NOTABLE DAYS & EVENTS Opening day - April 8 “Let me root, root, root for the home team, if they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out, at the old ball game!” What better way to start Opening Day of Baseball than with a tailgate party! Our bistro will be transformed into the ballpark with decorations, music, food, and drinks. Come get your hot dogs, crackerjacks, and beer before the Detroit Tigers take the field. Poetry Slam - April 14 Join Zach, Director of Life Enrichment, in the Bistro for a Poetry Slam featuring poems by Michigan poets. Please feel free to bring your own poetry to share at this unique event celebrating National Poetry Month. Mother’s Day Tea and Kentucky Derby Watch Party - May 7 We will kick off this fun and family-filled day with Mother’s Day High Tea to the sounds of renowned Harpist, Chanah Ambuter, followed by a Kentucky Derby watch party with refreshments and Mint Juleps! The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. Come dressed to impress and show off your Derby look! Best dressed wins a prize. Family and loved ones are welcome.
Juneteenth - June 19 This week, we will commemorate this day with a documentary on Juneteenth’s history and a celebration of freedom. Juneteenth commemorates the day when emancipation reached enslaved people in the deepest parts of the South. It wasn't until June 19, 1865, two months after the Civil War ended and more than two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, that Union Gen. Gordon Granger and more than a thousand U.S. troops shared the news of freedom with the 250,000 enslaved people in the state. The anniversary of that day is celebrated as one of the bestregarded African American holidays in this country. Equinox Artisan Showcase June 29 Celebrate the official start of summer with a communitywide Artisan Showcase. Do you have treasures you’ve accumulated from travels in far-off lands? Are you a craftsperson or artist, and have artisan wares you’d like to show off? Whether you’ve found it or made it, contact your Life Enrichment Team to secure a space in this year’s first-ever Artisan Showcase of resident antiques, art, and novel designs.
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