What to do this week in Detroit: Pride Month, Colombian Food Festival and Vibes with the Tribes

We hope you had a delightful Memorial Day weekend — whether you headed downtown to party hard or kept it low-key.

Before we can even recover from Movement last weekend , the Grand Prix will be taking over downtown this weekend. Car lovers can find more info on the Detroit Grand Prix website . For the rest of us, if you hear loud engines thrumming, just throw on some earplugs and carry on with your day. Oh, and watch out for road closures .

Also, happy (almost) Pride Month ! We’ll be highlighting Pride events in the city all June long (there’s something happening in downtown Ferndale this weekend), so stay with us to join in on the fun.

In other news, the Detroit Parks Coalition launched its summer 2024 calendar full of free and fun opportunities to get movin’ and groovin’. Use it to find your next summer outing — but don’t forget to check back here each week for our recommendations 😉.

Let’s get busy! 💛

Thursday

🎨 Join a special walk-through of the new exhibition “Underfoot/Overhead” at Wasserman Projects in Eastern Market. Artists Marina Zurkow, James Schmitz, Jasmine Murrell, Marshall Reese, and Nora Ligorano will discuss their multimedia work, inviting conversation about the climate crisis. Afterward, pianist Justin Snyder will perform “The Same Sky , ” a program of musical pieces chosen to relate to the visual works in the exhibit. Registration required. Free, donations encouraged.

📚 Dive into an awe-inspiring discussion with Los Angeles-based author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Lawrence Ingrassia at 27th Letter Books in Corktown. Ingrassia will join Detroit writer John Stoll for a behind-the-scenes look at his memoir “A Fatal Inheritance” and his life-long pursuit of knowledge to understand his family’s troubling history with cancer. Hard copies of the book will be available for sale. Free.

🌱 Learn to identify your favorite plant, tree or flower at the Honeysuckle Happy Hour at Rouge Park while you hike, clean up the park and sip on adult beverages. What a winning summer combo! Hosts will provide gloves, tools and drinks, but make sure to wear long sleeves, long pants and boots. Free.

This weekend

🖼️ Explore LGBTQIA+ artistic expression at the grand opening reception of “I’ll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer” at the Detroit Artists Market in Midtown on Friday. Hosted by Mighty Real/Queer Detroit, the show opens Friday and runs through June 29. Exhibiting artists include Marcel Pardo Ariza , Florence Derive and Bryan Hoffman , among several others. Free.

🧘🏽Kick off your Saturday morning under a canopy of trees at Yoga in the Park , hosted by Detroit Parks Coalition and Yoganic Flow. With classes at Palmer Park or Chandler Park, enjoy accessible yoga classes and breathe in that fresh morning air. More sessions are expected in Rouge Park, Clark Park, Pallister Park and Eliza Howell Park. Bring your own mat and some water, and arrive early to find parking (and meet your fellow yogis!). Free.

🤯 Enjoy an outdoor stroll and shop locally at the Palmer Park Art Fair on Saturday and Sunday. A select group of artists will display and sell their works so Detroiters (that’s you!) can meet and greet creatives, listen to music and create some art of your own. The fair is shining a spotlight on Indigenous artists from Michigan and beyond, with a specific focus on artists from the Detroit-occupied homelands of three Anishinaabe nations of the Council of Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. Free.

🇨🇴 Experience the flavors, sounds and traditions of Colombia without leaving Detroit at the second Colombian Summer Food Festival at 1211 Livernois in Mexicantown on Saturday. Join more than 30 entrepreneurs from the land of coffee for Colombian dishes, sweets, crafts and your fill of arepa or tamales. $1 suggested donation.

🥁 Celebrate more Indigenous cultures on Saturday at Vibes with the Tribes , a native music and cultural festival and intertribal powwow hosted annually on Anishinaabe land in Detroit. Drum groups Onion Creek , Treedown, and River Wild will compete in hand drumming while dancers Sage Snipe and Tera John create magical movement to the beats. $10.

🏳️‍🌈 Kick off Pride Month in downtown Ferndale on Saturday. Grab food from Hero or Villain and Fork in Nigeria, check out headliners like Detroit-born funk phenomenon DJ Holographic and EDM sensation Wreckno, and take some time to yourself at sensory, hydration and lactation stations provided by local businesses. Free.

🎭 Soak up ancient myth — and your afternoon espresso — with an outdoor performance of Wayfaring Theatre Co.’s “ Eurydice ” at the Congregation on Saturday and Sunday. Based on the play written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Detroit-based multidisciplinary artist Kevin Keller , the show brings to life the ancient tale of Eurydice from the heroine’s perspective. Arrive early to secure your seat. Registration required. Free.

🧚 Frolic with the faeries at the Faerie Festival and Enchanted Market at The Tangent Gallery on Sunday afternoon. Crune (DJ/ theremin set) will provide a musical backdrop while faeries play games for prizes, make faerie-themed crafts, learn herbalism and witchcraft, and make their own faerie dust and wishes. What a mystical event! $15 for adults, free for those under age 6.

Next week

🛹 Help your kid be the next skateboarder on the block at a free workshop in Chandler Park! Starting Tuesday, kids 8-18 can learn how to skateboard (maybe even perfect that ollie) with instructor Keviyan Richardson. The workshops will continue on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the summer. Equipment will be available for new students to try out various boards and techniques. Free.

🥰 Find your new bae (if you’re lucky) at Date Detroit’s singles event at Detroit Shipping Co. in Midtown on Tuesday. Aimed at singles in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, this IRL (that’s “in real life”) dating event lets you skip the dating apps and find that in-person chemistry. Let us know if you find your one and only — it may take a few weeks, though! Registration required. $20.

Luisa Fernanda Gómez contributed to this story.

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