At Mr. Foods, a modest storefront in Eastern Market, there is big business in lamb chops.  The retail front is busy with people buying typical cuts of chicken in the back, but in the back, butchers are moving 100,000 pounds of lamb to local restaurants each week. 

MARCH 22  

Get a free dental exam and extraction at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry. 

See Summer Walker on tour at Saint Andrew’s Hall. 

MARCH 23  

Learn how to screen print notecards at POST.  

In recent years as the City of Detroit expands its network of bike lanes, it has called on an international mobility planner designer to assist with permeating bike culture throughout the city.

MARCH 15  

Watch the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater perform at the Michigan Opera House.  

Listen to true stories told live at The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers at the Wright Museum.  

Check out the Downtown Street Eats Food Truck Rally.  

MARCH 16  

Is your favorite coney on the square? Did the infamous Popeye’s on 7 Mile ever get cleaned up?

Your answers lie in a new series of datasets on the City of Detroit's Open Data Portal from the City's department in collaboration with the City’s Health Department. Residents can browse three datasets for restaurant inspections and violations.

MARCH 1  

Experience Mardi Gras at the Michigan Science Center’s MiSci After Dark.  

Celebrate the life of Grace Lee Boggs at Youth Movie Night.  

MARCH 2  

Learn how to knit at Knitting Workshop: Beginner’s Session, hosted by POST.  

They were born and raised in Detroit, but their parents weren’t. They grew up immersed in Black American culture, while their parents at home preserved a culture from thousands of miles away. They share the same lineage as African-American Detroiters, but many of their traditions lean more African than American. 

In case you missed it, “Green Book” director Peter Farrelly said at the Academy Awards Sunday night that Shinola is “saving Detroit.”  

FEBRUARY 22  

Watch the 2019 Oscar Shorts Program at the DIA.  

Enjoy the sweet sounds of afrobeats, Latin Trap, and more at SoulSolSole.  

Watch a showing of Black Panther for the final weekend of Beacon Park’s February Flicks series.