Calendar
ART
• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center workshops: Jewelry/Metals Workshop (In-Studio) 10a.m.-1p.m. Oct. 24, $58/ member, $98/guest + $35materials fee. Ceramic Turkey Bowl Workshop (virtual) 2-3:30p.m. Nov. 1, for families, curbside pick-up of supplies, $30/member or $70/ guest. Character Design for Animation Workshop (virtual), (for grades 6-12), 10:30a.m.-noon, Nov. 7, Nov. 14and Nov. 21, $60/member or $100/guest. Advance register for workshops at BBArtCenter.org, 248-644-0866.
• Art at the Museum: South Oakland Art Association show and sale 1-4p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through Oct. 24, Royal Oak Historical Society Museum at the Northwood Firestation, 1411W. Webster Road, Royal Oak, royaloakhistoricalsociety.com.
• Open Air Mini Mitten Markets: 10a.m.4p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Oct. 25, outdoors, next to Made In The Mitten, 706S. Washington Ave., Royal
Oak. Free, COVID precautions. Parking in Lafayette Street parking structure, bit.ly/ Mitten Markets.
• Art in the Hills-A Virtual Gallery: Auburn Hills Public Library online gallery through Oct. 26. Winners of judged contest and community choice award to be announced, Oct. 24, ahplibrary.org/2020art-show.
• “Trusting the Journey”: Abstract art by painter Sam Kthar through Oct. 30, Farmington Hills City Hall, 31555W. 11Mile Road, Farmington Hills, masks required, fhgov.com.
• “Ofrendas: Celebrating el Día de Muertos”: 8th Annual, through Nov. 8,
The Detroit Institute of Arts, features ofrendas, (altars) created by local artists in celebration of Día deM uertos (Day of the Dead), honoring the life and memory of lost loved ones. Timed tickets to DIA or virtual viewing of exhibit at dia.org/ofrendas2020or 313-833-4005. Share a photo on Facebook at facebook.com/DetroitInsti tuteofArts/posts/ 10157542891295983 using hashtag #DIAOfrendas2020, include the names of lost loved ones and the years they lived.
• Michigan Ceramics 2020exhibit: through Nov. 12, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, BBArtCenter.org. Other exhibits include Emily Elconin- ”Her Evolution”; “Heroes-Now & Then”; Students of Andrea Tama, BBAC instructor. Admission free. Open to in-person viewing for fall exhibitions and online.
• “Voting Matters”: interactive multimedia exhibition illustrates work of AfricanAmericans from pre-Reconstruction to present day, what it means to have the right to vote in democratic societies around the world, through April 4at 315E. Warren Ave. Detroit, thewright.org/exhibi tions/voting-matters.
• Art Talk: Ben Colman, Detroit Institute of Arts’ associate curator for American
Art, discusses Group of Stained Glass Windows by John La Farge, formerly installed at First Unitarian Church, Detroit, bit.ly/2Th0BiN.
HALLOWEEN
• Halloween Stroll: Oct. 22-25and Oct. 30, Canterbury Village, 2325Joslyn Road, Lake Orion, all ages, presale- only tickets, $10, canterburyhalloweenstroll.com. Free for children younger than 2, military and veterans.
• Terror in the Village: Timed tickets start at 10p.m. Oct. 23-24and Oct. 30, Canterbury Village, 2325Joslyn Road,
Lake Orion, for ages 13+, terrorinthevillage. com, presale-only tickets, $20+.
• Halloween Science: Oct. 23-24, Cranbrook virtual event via Zoom, register at science.cranbrook.edu, $18per person, hands-on activity pack available curbside.
• Safe Little Goblins Trick- or-Treat: Drive-through at Ford House, 2-5p.m. Oct. 24, 1100Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, fordhouse.org, 313-884-4222 $20/car.
• Princesses and Superheroes: Characters visit The Village of Rochester
Hills shopping center, 3-5p.m. Sundays through Oct. 25, free meet and greet, drive-up fashion with COVID-19restrictions. Free Yates Cider Mill cider/doughnuts while supplies last, 11a.m. Saturdays, through Oct. 31, Village of Rochester Hills gazebo, facebook.com/thevorh/events.
• Queen Mary, A Virtual Haunt and Music Fest: Virtual access to entire ship, docked in Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 29
Nov. 1, live music, celebrity appearances, interact with paranormal investigators, thedarkzone.tv, $19.99.
• LightedWalk-Through: 3⁄4-mile path of lights and sounds at Michigan Renaissance Festival Village, 12600Dixie Highway in Holly through Oct. 31. Timed tickets, masks required, social distancing, $25for adults, $17.95ages 12or younger, free for ages 5or younger, halloweeninholly.com.
• Troy Historic Village’s Trick- or-Treat: Through Oct. 31, multiple days with timed entry tickets, pre-packed treats and trinkets, outdoor activities, touchless obstacle course, games, outdoor exhibit, Scarecrowtopia, and annual Scarecrow Row. Facemasks, costumes encouraged, members $5, nonmembers $7, free ages 4 and younger, register at TroyHistoricVil lage.org, 248-524-3570.
• Eloise Asylum tours: Historical tours of the former psychiatric hospital in Westland (soon to be redeveloped), are available Saturday and Sunday afternoons through Oct. 31, tickets are $65per person + booking fee. Tour times and tickets at bit.ly/3nLaPWV. Also, Eloise Paranormal Tours Friday and Saturday through Oct. 31 for $100+ booking fee, bit.ly/317py4A.
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Paranormal Investigation: 5:30p.m. or 8:30p.m. Oct. 31, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant, 461 Piquette St., Detroit, detroithis torytours.com, $70.
• Glenlore Trails-The Haunted Forest: 3860Newton Road Commerce Twp., Multi Lakes Conservation Association, timed tickets, glenloretrails.com/thehaunted-forest, $15for ages 4-12, $25for ages 13+.
• 11th AnnualBoo Fest: 4-8 p.m. through Oct. 31, Green Oak Village Place, 9608Village Place Blvd., Brighton, 810-225-0337, shopsatgreenoak.com, free.
BEATS
• A Rufus-Retro-WainwrightSpective: 5p.m. Oct. 23, livestream, The Ark in Ann Arbor, theark.org, $25+.
• World Music Concert: 4p.m. Oct. 24-25outdoors at Oakland University Varner Hall Courtyard, 371Varner Drive, Rochester, and livestream at oakland.edu/smtd/ performances-and-events/ livestreaming.
• Trio Escobar: 6:30p.m. Oct. 25, live at The Blue LLama Jazz Club, 314S. Main St., Ann Arbor, livestream, bluellamaclub.com.
• Soprano & Flute in Song: 4 p.m. Oct. 25St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 711S. Saginaw St., Flint, enter through garden door off Saginaw Street, $10, $5students, stpaulschurchflint.com, masks required.
• The Lemonheads: 9p.m. Oct. 25, livestream from the Bowery Electric, rollinglivestudios.com, $10+.
• Athens Creek band: Fall Concert Finale, 6p.m. Oct. 30, show starts at 7p.m., heated garden tent at Meadow Brook Hall, 350 Estate Drive, Rochester. Tickets are $30each, cash bar, register at meadowbrookhall.org/fallconcert-series.
• Drive-in concerts: Knuckle Puck/Hot Mulligan Oct. 30; Pop Evil Oct. 31and Boombox Cartel Nov. 1, The Crofoot Festival Grounds, 1S. Saginaw St., Pontiac, shows begin at 6p.m., prices vary, thecrofoot.com/events.
CLASSICAL
• DSODigital Series: Detroit Symphony Orchestra live streams include Strauss’ Four Last Songs 7:30p.m. Oct. 23;
Online: Complete list at THEOAKLANDPRESS.COM & DAILYTRIBUNE.COM.
Cirque Carnaval-Part I and II 7:30p.m. Oct. 29-30; Halloween Spooktacular Oct. 31, livestream, dso.org, $12each show.
THEATER
• “Little Red RidingHood”: 11 a.m. Oct. 24, online, Community Partnership Connection with Oakland Community College, Eisenhower Dance, and Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings, free, dia.org.
• Fall Back to Theatre: “Buyer and Cellar” 8p.m. Nov. 13-14, and “Belles” Dec. 4-5, Birmingham Village Players mini-season of virtual productions, tickets at birminghamvillageplayers. com, $12.32+ per device. “BVP Theatre Thursday” provides new content and clips from archived productions at youtube.com; search for “Birmingham Village Players.”
• “TooMuch Light Makes the Baby Go Zoom”: 9p.m. FridaysSaturdays, through Dec. 19, via UnTheatre Co, Detroit, 30Pandemic Plays in 60Covid Minutes, UnTheatreCo.org, tickets are $15. Neo-Futurist format, UnSemble members write, direct, and perform original plays using Zoom platform and tools.
• Call for Pontiac performers: Musicians, singers, dancers and stage performers who are residents of Pontiac invited to The PLAT-Pontiac’s Little Art Theatre, to performfor a recording to be viewed on the website. Participants receive $50, theplat.org/ppa.
COMEDY
• Billy Ray Bauer: Oct. 22-24, One Night Stan’s Comedy Club, 4761Highland Road, Waterford, onenightstanscomedyclub.com, $20each.
• Nick Green: Nov. 5, limited audience, reopening of Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle, 310South Troy St., Royal Oak, comedy castle.com, prices vary.
FILM
• “Escape From Extinction” documentary: Opens Oct. 23, Emagine Theatre, Royal Oak, emagine-entertainment.com/ theatres/emagine-royal-oak.
• “Martin Eden”: DFT @ Home, Detroit Film Theatre, dia.org/ events/dft-home-martin-eden, $12.
• Family Friendly Movies: Through Oct. 31, all Emagine Theatre locations. A new family friendly filmwill be selected each week, $2per ticket, emagineentertainment.com.
FUNDRAISERS
• Metal For Kids. United!: Allstar charity performance of Deep Purple’s “Burn,” youtu.be/ lIf Wn1C4jbw, cultural association Metal For Kids. United! will make an initial donation of $2,300to the Peter Pan Association to kick off campaign gofundme.com/ metal-for-kids-united-againstkids-cancer.
• “Night of Discovery” gala: 6:30p.m. Nov. 12, virtual, live program at 7p.m., featuring live entertainment, silent auction and opportunities to fund the mission of the American Cancer Society, nightofdiscoverydetroit. org.
• Sparkle Network’s #MomWouldBeSoProud: Sharing Laughs Cause We Care annual fundraiser to benefit the Alzheimer/Dementia Family
Fund 7:30-9:30p.m. Nov. 14, 2020momcomedy.bpt.me, online access to shows and auction pass $25.
HOLIDAY
• Magic of Lights drivethrough display: Nov. 13-Jan. 2at DTE Energy Music Theater in Independence Twp., 1.5mile route of holiday lights, soundtrack played through FM car radio, 5-10p.m. SundayThursday and 5-11p.m. FridaySaturday. Adv. tickets $25+, MagicofLights.com/events/ Clarkston.
MUSEUMS
• Ford House grounds and gardens: Historic estate of Edsel and Eleanor Ford, 1100 Lake Shore Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, open 8a.m.-6p.m., last entry at 4p.m., $5, free for children up to age 5, through Nov. 30, timed entry, COVID-19restrictions. Register at fordhouse.org, 313-884-4222. Ford House, historical buildings, visitor center and museum store closed. Ford House mobile app available at fordhouse.org and App Store.
• Sun, Earth, Universe exhibit: The Michigan Science Center with Ford Motor Co., open Thursday-Sunday. Reserve tickets at bit.ly/3jsZrwt, free, 313-577-8400, Mi-Sci.org.