Things to do this Mother's Day weekend in Metro Detroit
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Make sure to celebrate the mother figures in your life this weekend.
🌷 Volunteer with nonprofit Cadillac Urban Gardens for its 13th annual planting day.
- Saturday, 10am-2pm.
🍲 Snag a reservation for a Mother's Day meal through OpenTable or Resy.
- As of Thursday morning, there were still spots at Cadieux Cafe on the east side and Bar Pigalle in Brush Park on Resy.
🪻 Check out Royal Oak in Bloom in the city's downtown for a colorful annual flower, plant and landscaping sale.
- Sunday, 7am-2pm.
🎥 Take someone special out for a Mother's Day brunch and movie at Emagine's Royal Oak theater.
- The buffet brunch is 11am-1pm, with movies starting at 1:15pm including "Mamma Mia," "The Fall Guy" and "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes."
- Select the "brunch and a movie package" when buying movie tickets. It includes the buffet, popcorn and coffee or another drink.
🏺 Stop by Pewabic Pottery for a Mother's Day celebration with snacks and drinks, plus a free flower arrangement if you buy a vase.
- Saturday, 11am-5pm. Free!
🎹 Listen to a concert from pianist Aki Takahashi in the DIA's Rivera Court, home to the famous mural.
- Friday, 7pm. Free with admission.
⛳ Mark your calendar for national mini-golf day at the Cranbrook Art Museum. Admission is free for mothers and other parental figures on Saturday and Sunday, including putt-putt and the museum.
- Cranbrook on the Green hours are 10am-5pm on weekends. Tickets are $15 per adult.
🖼️ Tour through "Re/View," a juried exhibition of College for Creative Studies alumni artwork of all types.
- It opens with a reception 5-10pm Friday and runs through May 22. Hours are 10am-4pm Saturday-Wednesday and 10am-8pm Thursday-Friday.