ENTERTAINMENT MONTHLY – SEPT.

FUNDRAISERS
Sept. 9 10K Walk benefiting the stray, injured & neglected animals of Michigan; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House,
Grosse Pointe Shores; Pet photographer, bake sale, Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society merchandise, raffle; all
walking dogs receive a free bandanna; T-shirts to walkers raising over $100; 9:30 a.m.; to register, 313-
891-7188; if you don’t/can’t walk, donations can be made to the Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society, 13569
Joseph Campau, Detroit, MI 48212; Macsshelter.org
Sept. 13 Golf Classic to benefit the Detroit St. Patrick Senior Center; 11:30 am; golf with cart, continental breakfast,
lunch at turn, dinner, refreshments, prizes; Sycamore Hills Golf Club, 48787 North Avenue, Macomb Twp;
tickets: 313-833-7080, scoleman@stpatseniorcenter.com
Sept. 14 Wigs 4 Kids: A Hair Affair; 6-11 pm; dinner, dancing, clowns, magic show, art show, raffles, etc; $75/adult,
$30/kids 11 & under; Barrister Gardens, 24225 Harper, St. Clair Shores; www.wigs4kids.org, 586-772-6656
Sept. 14 Comedy for a Cause 39; “clean comedians” Tim Gabrielson & Henry Cho; to benefit Promise Village for
Children; 7 pm; Woodside Bible Church, 6600 Rochester, Troy; www.promisevillage.com, 877-277-6473
Sept. 15 Pancake Breakfast to benefit Cousino High School’s Patriots football players; 8-noon; $7, kids under 5 free;
St. Malachy Catholic Church Hall, 14115 14 Mile, Sterling Heights; Paul, 586-604-7542
Sept. 16 Quilt Raffle held by The Historical Society of St. Clair Shores; 5 pm during the Lac Ste. Clair Fine Art Fair at
Veterans Memorial Park; $1/ticket; 586-771-9020
Sept. 19 Showtime with Jay White as Neil Diamond; to benefit The Ambassador Club of Henry Ford Macomb
Hospitals’ Infusion Center & Healing Garden; Penna’s of Sterling; 586-263-2968
Sept. 29 Come to the Plymouth Whalers game & support the Royal Oak Eagles ’03 Travel Hockey Team; 7:05;
$12/ticket with $6 going back to the hockey team; tickets online: Plymouthwhalers.com/buytickets – click
September 29 – enter promo code “goeagles”. Thanks for supporting the Royal Oak Travel Hockey!
HEALTH EVENTS:
Sept. 10 Senior Expo; 9-noon; Sterling Heights Senior Activity Center, 40200 Utica; ages 60 & older; 586-731-5400
ext. 21
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS – 5200 Woodward, Detroit; 313-833-7900, www.dia.org
Workshops: Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Folk Art Toys: Spinners; noon-4 pm
Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Book Arts: Japanese Stab Binding; noon-4 pm
Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28 You’ve Been Framed; 6-9 pm
Special Events: Sept. 15 Friends of African & African American Art 50 th Anniversary Celebration; 7-11 pm
Sept. 20 Hamtramck Gallery Crawl
Sept. 27 Philip Levine Reading; 7 pm
Class: Sept. 8 The Potter’s Wheel for Adults & Children; 10-3
Sept. 15 Drawing: Inspired by Matisse & Picasso; 10-noon
Sept. 21 Clay: Rainsticks; 6-8 pm
Family Sundays: Sept. 9 Demo: Andrew Hawkes Papermaking; noon-4 pm
Sept. 15 Puppet Performance: Two Wheel Parade of Oddities; noon-5 pm
Sept. 23 Puppet: Cashore Marionettes “Simple Gifts”; 2-3 pm
Sept. 30 Storyteller: Hava Jean Delgado; 2-3 pm
HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATE . . . www.michiganfun.com
8/28 – 9/3 Saline Community Fair; 734-429-1131
8/29 – 9/3 Norway Dickinson County Fair; 906-563-8840
8/30 – 9/3 Big Rapids Riverdays Festival; 231-250-5968
8/30 – 9/3 Elkton Autumn Fest; 989-551-7275
8/30 – 9/3 Romeo Michigan Peach Festival; 586-752-6633
8/31 – 9/2 Newaygo Logging Festival; 231-652-3068
8/31 – 9/2 Trufant Trufant Jubilee; 616-984-2555
8/31 – 9/3 Fairgrove Michigan Bean Festival; 989-693-6841
8/31 – 9/3 Farwell Labor Day Celebration; 989-588-2517
8/31 – 9/3 Mackinaw Island Grand Hotel Labor Day Jazz Weekend; 906-847-3331