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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

Oakland men's basketball (exhibition) hosts Grand Valley on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7 p.m. at OU Credit Union O'rena in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
OU Credit Union O'rena

Detroit Historical Society leads a docent-guided tour on Saturday, October 17, at 11 a.m. at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit. Knowledgeable guides bring Detroit’s maritime legacy and Great Lakes connections to life. Tickets are free; museum admission is required separately.
Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Oakland baseball hosts Madonna on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Oakland Baseball Field in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
Oakland Baseball Field

Aliah Sheffield plays a rescheduled date on Saturday, October 17, at 6 p.m. at Candela in Detroit. Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; tickets $30.
Candela, 3564 W. Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI, 48216, United States

Silents at the Senate marks 100 years of Faust (1926) with an anniversary screening at the Senate Theater, 6424 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 8 p.m.. It's a century-old silent film, back on a movie-house screen with an audience around you.
Senate Theater

Oakland men's soccer hosts Bowling Green on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
Oakland Soccer Field

Detroit Social Walk Club leads a women’s walk on Thursday, October 22, at 6:30 p.m., starting at Cullen Plaza along the Detroit Riverwalk in Detroit. It’s the city’s largest all-women’s walking club; register through the link they provide.
Cullen Plaza

John Cameron Mitchell comes to Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Street in Hamtramck, on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7 p.m. to celebrate 20 years of Shortbus with a live, in-person commentary screening full of behind-the-scenes stories. The night wraps with a Q&A and music. The film follows New Yorkers who converge at an infamous underground salon.
Planet Ant Theatre

Oakland women's soccer hosts Wright State University on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Oakland Soccer Field in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
Oakland Soccer Field

Meadow Brook Hall hosts a glamorous murder mystery dinner on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 7 p.m. in Rochester. Sold out; the booking page is taking a waitlist.
Meadow Brook Hall

Oakland baseball hosts Mott C.C on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Oakland Baseball Field in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
Oakland Baseball Field

Tonight’s Conversation brings its audience-driven Live & Uncut talk show to Huntington Place in Detroit on Saturday, October 24, 2026. Expect mic-in-hand audience Q&A, real stories, and throwback R&B energy — tickets required.
Huntington Place

Oakland women's volleyball hosts Cleveland State on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 2 p.m. at OU Credit Union O'rena in Rochester. Ticket info is on goldengrizzlies.com, Oakland’s official athletics site.
OU Credit Union O'rena

Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 animated family film featuring Count Dracula and his monster friends. It was shown as a family matinee at the Senate Theater in Detroit.
Senate Theater

The Senate Theater, 6424 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, screens The Shining (1980) on Saturday, October 24, 2026, at 8 p.m.. If you've only seen it from the couch, here's your shot at the big screen in a dark room with other moviegoers.
Senate Theater

On Sunday, October 25, Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester lets kids trick-or-treat along the estate's woodland paths and through the first floor of the historic mansion, with games, crafts, cider and donuts in a heated Garden Tent. Advance timed-entry tickets are required ($20 youth, $10 adults), and every slot is expected to sell out.
Meadow Brook Hall

Meadow Brook Hall hosts a family Halloween on Sunday, October 25, at 10 a.m. in Rochester. Come in costume to trick-or-treat across the estate, with yard games and crafts in the heated Garden Tent, plus cider and donuts included.
Meadow Brook Hall
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