Events
The “Camp and Activities Fair” is a free event of Metro Parent held in February on two days; one day in the Ann Arbor area and the other day in the Detroit area. It gives parents an opportunity to meet local and national representatives of summer programs targeted at kids ages 3-18. Included are: day camps, overnight camps, specialty camps, year-round cultural programs, teen adventures and tours, academic enrichment and summer employment.
The “CoverKids Search” is an annual, two-day competition hosted by Metro Parent and held one weekend in April at Oakland Mall in Troy, Mich. Its mission is to find children ages birth-12 to appear on the cover of the Metro Parent Publishing Group’s various publications.
The “Education Expo” is an annual event of Metro Parent held on a Sunday in late September/early October at the Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. It features representatives and information from various local schools, along with enrichment, tutoring and extracurricular programs, financial planners and more. The event, which marked its 12th year in 2007, typically includes free admission to the institute.
The “Native American Festival and Mini Pow Wow” is an annual family-targeted event of Metro Parent held the second Saturday and Sunday of November at the Southfield Pavilion in Southfield, Mich. It is produced in cooperation with the North American Indian Association of Detroit and marked its 15th year in 2007. The event is intended to celebrate and educate about Michigan’s three major Native American tribes: the Ojibwe, the Ottawa and the Potawatomi. It includes Native American dancing, storytelling, lifestyle demonstrations, vendors, food and crafts for children.
The “African American Family Magazine Distinguished Speaker Series” is an ongoing event series hosted by African American Family Magazine. Previous keynote speakers have included former president Bill Clinton, “Lost Boy of Sudan” John Bul Dau, poet and actress Maya Angelou, Coretta Scott King and Toni Morrison.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.”
—Amelia E. Barr (1831–1919)
“I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“One thing that makes art different from life is that in art things have a shape ... it allows us to fix our emotions on events at the moment they occur, it permits a union of heart and mind and tongue and tear.”
—Marilyn French (b. 1929)