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Events Happening This Week

• Monday-Friday: Family Open Swim @ Aqua Tots (multiple locations)
• Monday: Mom & Baby Exercise Class @ Play and Grow (Milford)
• Monday: Music For Little Ones @ Iroquois Ave Church (Detroit)
• Monday: Nature Lab Drop-In @ Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve (Rochester)
• Tuesday: Parent Tot Baking Class @ Summit Canton (Canton)
• Tuesday: Nature Story Time @ Community Center (Auburn Hills)
• Tuesday: Tinkering For Tots @ Henry Ford Museum (Dearborn)
• Tuesday: Parent Tot Gym Time @ Community Center (Auburn Hills)
• Tuesday: Winter Storytime @ Ford House (Grosse Pointe Shores)
• Tuesday: Time Travelers @ Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve (Rochester Hills)
• Tuesday: Private Raptor Tours @ Leslie Science & Nature Center (Ann Arbor)
• Tuesday: Kinderbots Engineering @ Marshbank Park (West Bloomfield)
• Tuesday + Saturday: Open Gym @ Bloomfield Gymnastics (Bloomfield Hills)
• Tuesday – Sunday: Munchkin Ropes Course @ Troy Gymnastics (Troy)
• Wednesday: You, Me and The Trees @ Johnson Nature Center (Bloomfield Hills)
• Wednesday: Winter Toddler Time @ Stage Nature Center (Troy)
• Wednesday: Drop-In Play @ Nature’s Playhouse (Ferndale)
• Wednesday: Knee High Naturalist @ For-Mar Nature Preserve (Burton)
• Wednesday: Outdoor Explorers @ For-Mar Nature Preserve (Burton)
• Wednesday: Story & STEM @ Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve (Rochester)
• Thursday: Blizzard Blast @ Civic Center Park (Madison Heights)
• Thursday: Snow Science @ Recreation Activities Center (West Bloomfield)
• Thursday: Little Explorers @ Nature’s Playhouse (Ferndale)
• Thursday: Nature Lab Drop-In @ Dinosaur Hill Nature Preserve (Rochester Hills)
• Thursday: Nature at Night @ Linden County Park (Fenton)
• Thursday: Public Ice Skating @ Garden City Ice Arena (Garden City)
• Thursday – Friday: Winter Park @ Bowers School Farm (Bloomfield Hills)
• Thursday – Sunday: The Lion King @ Detroit Opera House (Detroit)
• Friday: Little Hikers @ Hawk Woods Nature Center (Auburn Hills)
• Friday: Paper Beads Self-Led Kits @ Red Oaks nature Center (Madison Heights)
• Friday: Ice Sculpture Festival @ The Discovery Center (Mount Clemens)
• Friday: Cupcakes and Canvas @ Lakeshore Park (Novi)
• Friday: Super Sweet Celebration @ Rev’d Up Fun (Woodhaven)
• Friday: Pets and Pajamas @ Huron Valley Humane Society (Ann Arbor)
• Friday: Parents Night Out @ Maplewood Community Center (Garden City)
• Friday: Daddy Daughter Dance @ HAWK Community Center (Farmington Hills)
• Friday – Sunday: Ice Festival @ Downtown Plymouth
• Friday + Saturday: Chow Time @ Kensington Farm Center (Milford)
• Friday – Sunday: Motown Love Festival @ Valade Park (Detroit)
• Friday – Sunday: Monroe Street Drive-In @ Downtown Detroit
• Saturday: Ice Fishing Derby @ Independence Lake County Park (Whitmore Lake)
• Saturday: Junior Naturalists @ Heritage Park (Farmington Hills)
• Saturday: Wild About Books @ Johnson Nature Center (Bloomfield Hills)
• Saturday: Hot Shot Competition @ Recreation Authority of Roseville & Eastpointe (Roseville)
• Saturday: Drop-In Art Workshop @ Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit) 
• Saturday: Hearts For Art Week @ Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills)
• Saturday: Winterfest @ Heritage Park (Hartland)
• Saturday: Maple Syrup 101 @ For-Mar Nature Preserve (Burton)
• Saturday: Winter Survival @ Howell Nature Center (Howell)
• Saturday: Model Train Depot @ Train Depot and Museum (Flat Rock)
• Saturday: Nature Explorers @ Stage Nature Center (Troy)
• Saturday: Winterfest @ Central Park (Milford)
• Saturday: Detroit Youth Choir @ Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit)
• Saturday: Parent’s Evening Out @  Carls Family YMCA (Milford)
• Sunday: Valentine’s Day Yoga & Crafts @ DownPup Yoga (Plymouth)
• Sunday: Winter Hike @ Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center (Shelby Township)
• Sunday: Sensory Friendly Jump @ Urban Air (Oxford)

Photo credit: Plymouth Ice Festival 2015

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