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Must-do Metro Detroit: 101 fun and fabulous activities for 2013

Must-do Metro Detroit

1. Spend the day on Belle Isle

2. Check out a new ride at the auto show

3. Settle the epic coney battle between Lafayette and American Coney

4. Sing inside Studio A at the Motown Museum

5. Grab a burger at the Red Coat Tavern

6. Visit the Rivera Court Inside the DIA

7. Cheer on the girls of Detroit Roller Derby

8. Arts, Beats & Eats your Labor Day Weekend

9. Eat, shop and play in Greektown

10. Ride the People Mover

11. Roll the dice at the casinos

12. Get your scare on at Erebus

13. Experience the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

14. Show your Irish pride at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

15. Attend the Detroit Music Awards

16. Try the Polish Plate at Polish Village Café

17. Try your luck at Drag Queen Bingo

18. Explore your inner child at Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum

19. Watch a Chene Park concert from the river

20. Try a slice of Supino’s pizza

21. Get bizarre at Theatre Bizarre

22. See a drive-in movie at the Ford Drive-In

23. Explore your wild side at Noir Leather

24. Get a belly full of laughs at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle

25. Take the kids to America’s Thanksgiving Parade

26. See the Lions play Thanksgiving Day at Ford Field

27. See a concert at St. Andrew’s Hall

28. Have a Reuben at Zingerman’s Deli

29. Get a history lesson at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

30. Have a beer and play the jukebox at Gusoline Alley

31. Check out the Heidelberg Project

32. See the 55th annual Target Fireworks

33. Dine at the Whitney

34. Do Opening Day in Detroit

35. Sample some local sounds at the 16th annual Metro Times Blowout

36. Drive a classic car in the Woodward Dream Cruise

37. Skip work for the Jobbie Nooner

38. See a summer concert at DTE Energy Music Theatre

39. Find out what dirty means to you at the Dirty Show

40. Get wild at the Detroit Zoo

41. Shake the winter blues at the Motown Winter Blast

42. Travel the Dequindre Cut

43. Take a Segway tour of downtown

44. Catch hockey fever at the Joe

45. See a show at the Fox Theatre

46. Eat at Roast

47. Save at Half off Mondays at Woodard Avenue Brewers

48. See an acoustic show at the Ark

49. Check out the Magic Bag

50. Experience Campus Martius

51. Rev it up at Autorama

52. Have a sandwich at Ernie’s Market

53. Take a cruise on the Detroit Princess

54. Get your techno on at Movement

55. Shop till you drop at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs

56. Sip some suds at the Tashmoo Biergarten

57. Dine at Coach Insignia

58. Drive through the Wayne County Lightfest

59. Get the perfect pair of jeans at Caruso Caruso

60. Check out the Moth at Cliff Bell’s

61. Shop Record Store Day at UHF Records

62. Have a romantic dinner at La Dolce Vita

63. Be a part of the laughs at Go Comedy!

64. Eat at Wolfgang Puck’s

65. Cheer on the runners at the Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank Marathon

66. See the Pistons at the Palace

67. Visit a Henry Ford attraction

68. Show your pride at Motor City Pride

69. Try a slider at Hunter House Hamburgers

70. See the APBA Gold Cup Races on the river

71. Hang out at Café D’Mongo’s Speakeasy

72. Banish the red dwarf at March du Nain Rouge

73. Taste the heavenly mac-and-cheese at Slows Bar BQ

74. Party for a purpose at BravoBravo!

75. Try a classic cocktail at the Sugar House

76. Dine at the Root, the Free Press’ 2012 Restaurant of the Year

77. Participate in Detroit Soup

78. See a concert at the Crofoot

79: Frolic in the fountain at Hart Plaza

80. Golf at Oakland Hills

81. Hang out at Rivard Plaza

82. Be a kid again at CJ Barrymore’s

83. Shop at the Rust Belt Market

84. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Mexicantown

85. Soak up the sounds at the Detroit Jazz Festival

86. Hang out on the deck at the Beach Grill

87. Tailgate at the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game

88. Play a round of Disc Golf at Firefighters Park in Troy

89. See the latest and greatest designs during Detroit Fashion Week

90. Party in the streets at Dally in the Alley

91. Bask in the amazing architecture of the Guardian Building

92. Knock some pins down at the Garden Bowl’s Rock ’n’ Bowl

93. Get down at the Hoedown

94. Dance the night away at Bleu Detroit

95. Eat fresh at the Traffic Jam & Snug

96. See the eclectic homes of Indian Village

97. Learn about Detroit at the Detroit Historical Museum

98. Visit Cranbrook

99. Spend a Saturday at Eastern Market

100. Don your best white or black duds at the annual Ultimate White and Black parties

101. Hang out at Northern Lights