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ProsperUs Detroit brings back its Family Block Party on Wednesday, October 14, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Eastern Market, Shed 5 in Detroit. An annual community celebration with ProsperUs entrepreneurs, families, partners, and friends. Free with RSVP.
Eastern Market, Shed 5, 2810 Russell St., Detroit, MI, 48207

Source Booksellers hosts an author talk around The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman on Wednesday, October 14, at 6 p.m. at the Detroit Public Library (Main Branch) in Detroit. Expect a laid‑back chat digging into the new book’s stories and secrets.
Detroit Public Library ( Main Branch)

Wise Guys Chess Club hosts a chess night on Wednesday, October 14, at 6 p.m. at Robert C. Valade Park in Detroit. It’s free, open to all ages and skill levels, with free lessons from 6–7:30 p.m.
Robert C. Valade Park

MotorCity Wine hosts a Tango Night on Wednesday, October 14, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at MotorCity Wine in Detroit. Go if tango is your thing.
MotorCity Wine

Scene Queen plays the METALICIOUS show at Saint Andrew's Hall in Detroit on Wednesday, October 14, at 7 p.m.
Saint Andrew's Hall

Dirty Dancing: The Musical takes the stage at Detroit's Fisher Theatre, 3011 West Grand Boulevard, on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 7:30 p.m.. It's live music and dancing in a show whose title practically tells you to get up and move. The run is short, and tickets are sold through the official box office with ATG Tickets.
Fisher Theatre

Bassist Langston Kitchen and the Mahogany Collective play Wednesday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Cliff Bell's in Detroit, followed by a jam session. Kitchen is a Detroit-born player known for his big bass sound and a Louis Armstrong Jazz Award winner.
Cliff Bell’s

Vibe Out Detroit hosts a fall movie night on Wednesday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. at Detroit Shipping Company in Detroit. The lineup is A Charlie Brown Halloween and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Detroit Shipping Company

Eastern Market's Well Wayne Fresh Truck, a mobile grocery store, stops at the Western Wayne Health Center in Taylor on Thursday, October 15, from 9 to 11 a.m. It brings nutrient-dense food to neighborhoods with few grocery options.
Western Wayne Health Center (Taylor), 26650 Eureka, Taylor, 48180, United States

Eastern Market's Well Wayne Fresh Truck, a mobile grocery store, parks at Whispering Willows Co-Op in Romulus on Thursday, October 15, from noon to 2 p.m. It brings nutrient-dense food to neighborhoods with fewer grocery options.
Whispering Willows Co-Op, 11100 Wayne Rd, Romulus, MI, 48174, United States

Eastern Market’s Well Wayne Fresh Truck stops at the Boll Family YMCA in Detroit on Thursday, October 15, 2026, from 3 to 5 p.m. A mobile grocery bringing nutrient-dense food right to the neighborhood.
Boll Family YMCA, 1401 Broadway St, Detroit, 48226, United States

Detroit Historical Society hosts a free evening on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5 p.m. at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit. Explore Great Lakes and Detroit River history, plus a 6:30 p.m. free lecture by Joel Stone on early Great Lakes maps (registration required for the talk).
Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Wayne State University’s Center for Gender and Sexuality screens the 1986 musical Little Shop of Horrors on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Auditorium in Detroit, followed by tribute drag and a special guest.
Community Arts Auditorium, Wayne State University

Wayne State softball hosts Oakland University on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 6 p.m. at Gary L. Bryce Field/WSU Softball Stadium in Detroit. Ticket info is on wsuathletics.com, Wayne State’s official athletics site.
Gary L. Bryce Field/WSU Softball Stadium

Detroit Artists Market hosts a junk journaling workshop on Thursday, October 15, at 6 p.m. in Detroit, tied to the Memory in the Margins exhibition. The show digs into nostalgia and memory—this session lets you engage hands-on with the theme.
Detroit Artists Market

DJ Moppy spins on Thursday, October 15, at 6 p.m. at Detroit Shipping Company in Detroit, presented by Detroit Shipping Company.
Detroit Shipping Company

We Run 313 leads an intermediate group run on Thursday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. at Robert C. Valade Park in Detroit. Pick 3.1 or 6.1 miles—both groups finish together.
Robert C. Valade Park

Joel Stone, DHS Curator Emeritus, speaks on Thursday, October 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit. He traces 17th‑century mapping of the Great Lakes, where French cartographers worked from Native knowledge. Free tickets.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
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