One Detroit Weekend | Things to do around Detroit this weekend: May 16, 2025
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A spring market, a collectibles fair, a comedy challenge and more events happening this weekend.
This weekend, check out the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s season finale, a spring market at the Chelsea Community Fair, and the Wyandotte Collectibles Fair. Plus, there’s a Comedy Challenge Kickoff in Royal Oak and a celebration of what would have been Malcolm X’s 100th birthday at The Charles H. Wright Museum. Contributor Peter Whorf of 90.9 WRCJ shares what’s coming up on “One Detroit Weekend.”
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One Detroit Weekend | Things to do around Detroit this weekend: May 16, 2025
Clip: Season 9 Episode 46 | 1m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
This weekend, check out the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s season finale, a spring market at the Chelsea Community Fair, and the Wyandotte Collectibles Fair. Plus, there’s a Comedy Challenge Kickoff in Royal Oak and a celebration of what would have been Malcolm X’s 100th birthday at The Charles H. Wright Museum. Contributor Peter Whorf of 90.9 WRCJ shares what’s coming up on “One Detroit Weekend.”
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Starting off, "Lungs" is now at Tipping Point Theater through June 1st.
It's a raw, intimate story about a couple navigating love, fear, and climate anxiety in today's uncertain world.
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Kylyn AAPI Arts and Culture Festival has many events taking place in Ann Arbor.
Friday, May 16, musicians Kyoto Aoki, Haruki Kobayashi, and Mai Sugimoto will perform an improvised score for a classic Japanese silent film.
On May 17th, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra wraps up its 24, 25 season with a grand finale at Hill Auditorium, a night of beautiful music and celebration.
Then on May 18th, the Finders Keepers Biggest Spring Market returns to the Chelsea Community Fairgrounds, filled with vintage fines, handcrafted goods, and treasures waiting to be discovered.
And for comedy fans, the Detroit to L.A.
Comedy Challenge kicks off May 20th at Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, where local comics compete for a spot on the West Coast stage.
And of course, stick around for even more events happening all around Metro Detroit.
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AAPI Story Series | Brenda Hu and Meaghan Kozar: Am I American Enough?
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Clip: S9 Ep46 | 5m 51s | Two women talk about their Asian American identities and what it means to be “American” enough. (5m 51s)
Interactive exhibition threads together Vietnamese American stories 50 years after Fall of Saigon
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Clip: S9 Ep46 | 3m 30s | Artist Linh My Truong talks about her exhibit “Threads of Passage: From Vietnam to America.” (3m 30s)
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Clip: S9 Ep46 | 6m 40s | Mary Kamidoi and Shinji Takahashi talk about the Japanese incarceration camps during World War II. (6m 40s)
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