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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 .
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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 .
