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Eight ways to spend the first weekend of 2024 in Detroit | One Detroit Weekend
It’s the first weekend of 2024, and here’s what’s coming up in and around metro Detroit. Get moving in the new year with a Hustle Class and Disco Party at the Detroit Public Library Chaney Branch; check out northern lights at Beacon Park in Detroit; or catch Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” show at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Plus, there is a dance film series at the Detroit Opera House and a workshop recognizing women at the Detroit Institute of Arts. See what’s coming up around town on “One Detroit Weekend” with Peter Whorf and Dave Wagner of 90.9 WRCJ.
List of Upcoming Events:
- Share stories and experiences of women at the Recognizing Women Project Workshop, a monthly multi-disciplinary arts event at the Detroit Institute of Arts Lecture Hall on Jan. 5.
- Get your dance on at the Detroit Public Library’s “Hustle in the New Year: Hustle Class and Disco Party” happening at the Chaney branch on Jan. 6.
- Audition for the Detroit Youth Choir during its mid-season auditions at Marygrove Conservancy in Detroit on Jan. 6. The auditions are open to kids aged 9-18.
- View the next installment of Detroit Opera’s Dance Film Series at the Detroit Opera House’s Ford Center for Arts and Learning on Jan. 9.
- Head over to The Creature Conservancy in Ann Arbor to learn about animals and conservation. The Conservancy is open on weekends and the first Fridays of every month.
- Take in the beauty of Beacon Park’s “Northern Lights” installation, which features a 15-foot infinity snow globe, photo opportunities and more. The installation is open through Jan. 16.
- Explore more than 60 award-winning movie costumes from “Black Panther,” “Malcolm X,” and more at Ruth E. Carter’s “Afrofuturism in Costume Design” exhibit at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
- Be amazed by a new performance from Cirque du Soleil coming to Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Jan 7. “Cirque du Soleil: Crystal” combines skating and circus acrobatics into one unique performance.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
The Detroit Police Department is investigating after a 5-year-old child was shot in the arm near a park on Tuesday.
The shooting happened at about 8:50 p.m. near the Fargo-Oaklfield Playground on the city’s west side. Police Chief Todd Bettison says the child was in front of his home riding a bike with his father supervising at the time of the shooting.
Bettison says an individual at the park fired multiple shots, striking the child. He says the boy’s father reported hearing shots and the child falling from his bike.
Bettison says the child is expected to be OK.
Bettison says the person appears to have been firing shots randomly, which he calls “problematic.” He says a person of interest is described as possibly between 15 and 16 years old and wearing a mask. He says the person is known to frequent the area.
“When you fire a weapon, what goes up must go down,” Bettison said. “To parents and everyone, know where your kids are. Juveniles should not have guns, and whether you’re an adult or a child, you should not be firing a weapon inside of the city limits.”
Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield released a statement, saying in part, “By the grace of God, this young boy will recover from his injury and is on his way home from the hospital. With that said, this incident was senseless and could have had a much more tragic ending.
“Every child in Detroit deserves to feel safe riding their bike, playing outside, and simply being a child in their own neighborhood. We cannot accept a reality where our children are placed in harm’s way because someone chose to recklessly fire a gun.”
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-Speak Up.
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