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This Month's Events

Wed 10

New Comic Book Day at Green Brain Comics 12:00am @ Green Brain Comics

Every Wednesday (barring holiday delays) we get over 100 new comic book and graphic novel titles. Something for everyone, all ages and tastes. Check http://www.greenbrain.biz/ for more details. Creato


Wed 10

Leni Sinclair: Legends of the Music 09:00am @ Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

Leni Sinclair fled to Detroit from East Germany when she was 18 years old and co-founded the Detroit Artists Workshop, where she began photgraphing such cutting-edge artists and musicians as Miles Dav


Wed 10

Joe Louis: Hometown Hero 09:00am @ Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

This exhibit is a comprehensive portrait of one of boxing's greatest figures. Louis' legend is built on the fact that he managed to topple Nazi Germany's hubris as well as America'


Wed 10

Visit the Automotive Hall of Fame 09:00am @ Automotive Hall of Fame

The Automotive Hall of Fame is a hall of fame for notable figures in the development of the automobile industry. Visitors will experience automotive history through visual and interactive exhibits, au


Wed 10

Streets of Old Detroit 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

Ask any visitor what they remember most about the Detroit Historical Museum and their response will probably be "The Streets of Old Detroit." As the museum's signature exhibit, "th


Wed 10

With Liberty and Justice for All 09:30am @ The Henry Ford

'With Liberty and Justice for All' is a groundbreaking new exhibit that explores the proud and often painful evolution of American freedom: from the Revolutionary War through the struggle fo


Wed 10

The Motor City 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

The Motor City exhibit is one of the Detroit Historical Museum's most highly visible exhibitions, of interest to school groups, families and auto enthusiasts alike. Opened in December 1995, the g


Wed 10

Heroes of the Sky 09:30am @ The Henry Ford

Share the experiences of people's stories from the first forty years of aviation. Hear the wind from the dunes of Kitty Hawk as the magic of the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903 comes t


Wed 10

The Glancy Trains 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

A crowd favorite for years, The Glancy Trains are from the collection of Alfred R. Glancy Jr., real estate financier and former co-owner of the Empire State Building in New York City. During the 1950s


Wed 10

Hero or Villain? Metro Detroit's Legacy of Leadership 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

What makes a leader? Are there certain qualities or characteristics that define leadership? Are leaders a product of their time or would they have risen to such status regardless of when they lived? M


Wed 10

Frontiers to Factories 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

Come see what Detroit was like before the advent of the automobile! Within the span of 200 years, Detroit grew from its founding in 1701 as a French frontier outpost into a leading American industrial


Wed 10

Dymaxion House 09:30am @ The Henry Ford

Explore R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House - the only surviving prototype of Fuller's vision for mass-produced, affordable housing. Restored to its original 1946 condition, this extraord


Wed 10

Velocity: Detroit's Need for Speed 09:30am @ Detroit Historical Museum

This exhibit is devoted to Detroit's appetite for fast competitions. From dragsters and stock cars, to hydroplanes sailboats and airplanes, there is something for everyone. Through graphics, vide


Wed 10

Cape Farewell: Art and Climate Change 10:00am @ Cranbrook Institute of Science

Created by artist David Buckland in 2001, Cape Farewell has lead five expeditions to the High Arctic, the frontline of climate change. From these expeditions has sprung an extraordinary body of artwor


Wed 10

Deer Encounter 10:00am @ Belle Isle Zoo

Twenty-five fallow deer that once roamed the island now enjoy a one-acre enclosure and barn at the Belle Isle Nature Zoo. The exhibit is part of a multi-phase project to convert the former nature cent


Wed 10

Government Support for the Arts: WPA Prints From the 1930s 10:00am @ Detroit Institute of Arts

This exhibition features about 100 prints created under the Federal Art Project, a unit of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) formed in 1935 to provide economic relief to Americans during the Gre


Wed 10

Toddler Story Time 10:30am @ Riverview Public Library


Wed 10

For the Blind Man in the Dark Room Looking for the Black Cat That Isn't There 11:00am @ Museum of Contemporary Art - Detroit

This exhibition features work from the following artists: Anonymous, Dave Hullfish Bailey, Marcel Broodthaers, Sarah Crowner, Mariana Castillo Deball, Eric Duyckaerts, Ayse Erkmen, Hans-Peter Feldmann


Wed 10

Gardens and Grounds Tour 11:30am @ Edsel and Eleanor Ford House

The Gardens and Grounds are a beautiful example of the art of the natural landscape. As part of the house tour, visitors are invited to enjoy the grounds at their own pace. Audio tours are available.


Wed 10

Wild Adventure Show 12:00pm @ Detroit Zoo

Wild Adventure 3-D/4-D Theater. Celebrating and Saving Wildlife has NEVER been so much FUN!