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On Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8 p.m., the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea (137 Park Street) stages Bastard, Devin Scillian's dramedy about two brothers who share nothing but a last name: an aging country rocker and a buttoned-down financial whiz. Their mother's death reopens old wounds, and a new one could tear the family apart. Heads-up: adult language and subject matter.
The Purple Rose Theatre

The Music Man takes the stage at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, 44575 Garfield Road in Clinton Township, on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8 p.m.. It's a single performance, and no discounts apply.
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts

The Redford Theatre screens The Sixth Sense on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 8 p.m., at 17360 Lahser Road in Detroit. One showing, a big screen and a dark room, the way movies are meant to be seen.
Redford Theatre

RuPaul’s Drag Race season 5 alum Roxxxy Andrews headlines a drag night at Uplift, Ann Arbor’s queer bar, on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 9 p.m. Tickets are sold through the venue.
Uplift

A ghost gets one final chance to solve their own murder. Big Fun Murder plays the Go Comedy! Improv Theater, 261 East Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 9:30 p.m.: a completely improvised mystery where you help figure out what happened and who did it. Every show has a special guest.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

The event titled 2nd Hand is hosted at Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mount Pleasant. No further details on the nature or theme of the event are available.
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort

Saturday Market — event at Eastern Market, 2934 Russell, Detroit, 48207, United States, Detroit.
Eastern Market, 2934 Russell, Detroit, 48207, United States

Join Huskies Group Swim Lessons at the Student Development Complex Pool! American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-5 offer a structured progression for developing swimming skills and water safety for participants aged 6 and up.
Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Join Huskies Group Swim Lessons at the Student Development Complex Pool! American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim Levels 1-5 offer a structured progression for developing swimming skills and water safety for participants aged 6 and up.
Student Development Complex (SDC), Pool

Preservation Detroit leads a downtown walk through Detroit’s LGBTQ history, from early gay bars to the Palmer Park scene, on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 11 a.m. from the Guardian Building. Tickets are $23.18–$28.52 on Eventbrite.
Guardian Building

Fall views of the Keweenaw landscape and Portage Waterway.
Mont Ripley Ski Area

A women's volleyball match takes place in Houghton's Student Development Complex (SDC) Wood Gym, featuring the local team facing Purdue Northwest.
Student Development Complex (SDC), Wood Gym

Emma C. Johnson's Neoliberal Loops project explores neoliberalism, postfeminism, and economic precarity through diverse media at the Rozsa Art Galleries. The exhibit runs from September 18 to November 6, 2026, in Houghton, inviting reflection on capitalism and representation.
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Rozsa Art Galleries

A mother, and a war between Michigan and Ohio: the title alone gets you curious. Farmers Alley Theatre stages My Mother and the MI OHIO War on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 p.m. at 221 Farmers Alley in Kalamazoo. There are eight performances in the run, so you've got options.
Farmers Alley Theatre

Williamston Theatre stages The One Good Thing or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze?" on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 p.m. at 122 South Putnam Street in Williamston. It's a thoughtful, poignant dark comedy about the bond between two brothers, in this life and beyond. With 22 performances in the run, there's a date that works for you.
Williamston Theatre

Is she mentally ill, or is society refusing to hear her voice? Nuts, a powerful, gripping courtroom drama, plays the Old Town Playhouse, 148 East Eighth Street in Traverse City, on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 p.m.. There are only three performances, so don't wait too long.
Old Town Playhouse

A progressive elementary school, a mumps outbreak and a community that can't agree on what's true. Detroit Public Theatre stages the Michigan premiere of Jonathan Spector's Tony Award-winning, bitingly funny Eureka Day on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 2 p.m., at 3960 Third Avenue in Detroit. The run has 22 performances.
Detroit Public Theatre

The Sounding Room: Battle Elf at MOCAD, Detroit.
MOCAD
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