
One Detroit Weekend: February 23, 2024
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Eight ways to celebrate Black History Month and more in and around Detroit this weekend.
Black History Month continues with a host of events in and around Detroit to celebrate and learn about Black culture. The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers hosts a performance in Southfield, the Detroit Historical Society celebrates Black entrepreneurship, and saxophonist Kenny Garrett plays his “Sounds from the Ancestors” album at Orchestra Hall. See what’s coming up on “One Detroit Weekend.
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One Detroit Weekend: February 23, 2024
Clip: Season 8 Episode 34 | 2m 14sVideo has Closed Captions
Black History Month continues with a host of events in and around Detroit to celebrate and learn about Black culture. The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers hosts a performance in Southfield, the Detroit Historical Society celebrates Black entrepreneurship, and saxophonist Kenny Garrett plays his “Sounds from the Ancestors” album at Orchestra Hall. See what’s coming up on “One Detroit Weekend.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Host] This is shaping up to be a very entertaining weekend in metro Detroit, filled with music, film, shopping, and even football activities.
Here's Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ with today's "One Detroit Weekend."
- Hi, I'm Cecelia Sharpe with 90.9 WRCJ here to help you plan your days ahead with some great events happening in metro Detroit.
Southfield is celebrating black history all month long, and Friday, the city brings The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers to the Southfield Pavilion.
The event is hosted by Detroit Performs' very own Satori Shakoor, and features four storytellers who will share their insights on black history and culture.
On Saturday, the Livonia Symphony performs "Melodic Melodies" featuring Sibelius Symphony number two in the Clarenceville Schmidt Auditorium at 4:00 PM.
On Sunday you can head to the Detroit Historical Society for their celebration of Black History Month.
From 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, museum-goers can take part in their On the Shoulders of Giants event, honoring Black Detroit entrepreneurs with a talk, live music, and a vendor marketplace featuring many of the entrepreneur honorees.
Another way to honor Black History Month is to head to the Wright, where John E. Dowell's exhibition "Paths to Freedom" is on display.
In the exhibition, Dowell uses night imagery to imagine the agricultural landscape his enslaved ancestors encountered during their pursuit of freedom.
There's also so much more going on in and around Detroit.
So here are other events to check out.
Have a fantastic weekend.
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