Prospective House Officers: Community Life
Even as a busy House Officer, you will need to kick back and take a break
now and then. Ann Arbor offers hundreds of parks and recreational areas,
great cultural opportunities and, for those with children, a wealth of free
or low-cost things to do with kids. There also are more than 100
places of worship in Ann Arbor and the surrounding area.
Check it out:
Here’s a sampling of what Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and nearby Detroit offer.
- Take an Underground Railroad tour at Ann Arbor’s African American Cultural and Historical Museum
- Enjoy bilingual storytelling and more at the Festival Latino
- Eat at Bev’s Caribbean Kitchen
- Drive to Detroit and visit the Museum of African American History
- Go to the Great Lakes Powwow
- Learn Rueda de Casina, the Cuban-style salsa dance
- Enroll the kids in the African American Saturday Academy for ages 11-16
- Get a haircut at Class and Elegance Salon, or any of the other fine area salons
- Enjoy Ann Arbor’s Native American Heritage Month events
- See the Diego Rivera murals and the African collection at the Detroit Institute for the Arts
- Join the African American Book Club that meets at Nicola’s Books
- Take the kids to see LaRon Williams, veteran local storyteller who specializes in African and African American folklore
- See displays of Native American life and culture at the U-M Exhibit Museum of Natural History
- Take a tango class at Michigan Argentine Tango Club
- Take the train to Chicago . . . and read along the way.
And so much more . . .
- Annual Ypsilanti Heritage Festival
- Native American Festival at Detroit Zoo
- National Museum of the Tuskegee Airmen, Detroit
- Ford International Jazz Festival, Detroit
- Gospel Festival at Abundant Harvest Church, Ann Arbor
- Juneteenth End-of-Slavery in U.S. Celebration, Ann Arbor
- Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival
- January is U-M’s Black History Month
- Caribbean Festival at Detroit Zoo
- Mocha Moms, Inc. – Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Chapter
- Willis Patterson Our Own Thing Chorale
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