What’s going on in metro Detroit this week (April 30-May 6)

By Lee DeVito on Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 10:58 am

Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Be sure to check venue websites before all events for the latest information. See our online calendar for more ideas for things to do, or add your event: metrotimes.com/AddEvent.

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Frühlingsfest

Macomb County’s Kuhnhenn Brewing Co. is celebrating spring with its first annual Frühlingsfest. The German-themed event will feature festivities including a brass band, a stein holding contest, arm wrestling, ethnic food like bratwurst, and, of course, German-style beers from Kuhnhenn. The festival launches at the company’s Warren location this weekend and continues next week at its Clinton Township spot.

From 11 a.m.-midnight on Saturday, May 3 at Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., 5919 Chicago Rd., Warren; kbrewery.com. No cover.

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2001: A Space Odyssey

If Star Wars and the annual fan tribute Space Dive (see this week’s cover story) isn’t quite your thing, another sci-fi classic is being celebrated in Detroit this week. Presented by the Motor City Cinema Society, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is screening on 70mm film at the Redford Theatre. Here’s your chance to see the epic two-and-a-half-hour tale of, um… wait what happens in this movie again? Something about alien monoliths? Anyway, yeah, this is your chance to view the film as Kubrick originally intended.

Screenings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser Rd, Detroit; redfordtheatre.com. Tickets are $15.

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60th Annual Cinco de Mayo Parade and Fiesta

This year’s Cinco de Mayo festivities in Southwest Detroit are extra special. Not only is Detroit’s Latino community celebrating six decades of its cultural parade, but it’s also commemorating the election of Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. A two-day Cinco de Mayo Fiesta starts on Saturday at Patton Park with vendors, food trucks, musical performances, and more. The parade starts at noon on Sunday at Patton Park, ending at Clark Park.

Fiesta from noon-8 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at Patton Park, 8151 Dix St, Detroit; detroitcincodemayoparade.com. No cover.

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An event that bills itself as the “largest glass art show in the world” will bring more than 400 works of art to Royal Oak’s Habatat Galleries Complex, which also describes itself as the oldest and largest gallery dedicated to contemporary glass art. In addition to beautiful creations on display from internationally acclaimed artisans, the long-running event — now in its 53rd year — will also feature mesmerizing live glass blowing demonstrations from Andrew Madvin at the nearby Axiom Studio. Other highlights of this year’s event include a massive installation by Minhi England (a runner up in Netflix’s popular Blown Away) featuring a dazzling infinity mirror and work by Amd ldizsar Lukacsi of Budapest, Hungary, who comes from a family of acclaimed glass artists.

Gala from 8-10 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at the Habatat Galleries Complex, 4400 Fernlee Ave., Royal Oak, habatat.com. No cover.

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