>> halloween is almost here and there are plenty of spooky events taking place in metro detroit over the weekend along with a lot of fun activities.

cecelia sharpe and peter whorf from ninety point nine wrcj have the details in today's one detroit weekend.

>> hey, cecilia, great to be with you to talk about what's going on in metro detroit.

so what do you have for us today?

>> well, it's going to be a fright field weekend, but let's not forget about dia de los where tells there's a family friendly celebration going on saturday, october.

twenty-eight on the detroit riverfront with food, live music, shopping, dancing from ballet, folklorico and more.

>> sounds like a great time.

but you're near the river and you want to celebrate indoors.

you can go to the detroit institute of arts where you can learn about the tradition of sugar skulls while decorating one of your own.

>> sugar skulls.

look so amazing and they can be so extravagant.

another event happening saturday is arias.

an overture is at the detroit opera featuring superstar singers, including christine gerke and key mom or a.

>> also saturday, hops lovers can enjoy the detroit fall beer festival taking place in the stern market.

that one of the largest all michigan beer tastings around.

you'll also be delighted with live music and local michigan food while drinking your side.

so speaking of says, peter, what's your favorite, michigan beer and maybe too many to name?

>> well, you know, there are a lot of great michigan beers to choose from.

and there's something new happening at the henry ford museum honoring nelson mandela.

it's mandela, the official exhibition.

it will run through january fifteenth.

so make time to stop by and see all he did throughout his life for humanity.

>> plus, there's so many other fun things going on, including those rightful events we're talking about.

so let's see some more.

have a great weekend.

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