Detroit’s Social Justice & Creative Events
Discover the powerful events driving positive change in Detroit's social justice and creative communities. From art shows to community actions, LoveList brings these impactful gatherings into focus.
View the list of upcoming events below or submit your own to be featured!
Upcoming Events
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The LOVE List seeks to aggregate events connected to social justice and creative community in the Detroit. Submit your event to be featured below!
All submissions sent after the deadline will appear in the following week’s listing. *DEADLINE TO SUBMIT TO THE WEEKLY LOVE LIST IS EVERY TUESDAY AT 11:59PM*
Empowered Flower Happy Hour
The Empowered Flower Happy Hour is a celebration of community and Empowered Flower Girl's 15 year anniversary.
DAYUM Office Warming
Come celebrate DAYUM's new office in the LOVE building with youth-lead activities, art making, and a baking competition!
Stretch Sigh Release: Healing & Renewal workshop
Self-Paced healing and renewal stretch workshop
"Commuted" Film Screening: Incarceration, Liberation, Reconciliation
Please join the Damon J. Keith Center for a viewing of the film, Commuted. At the age of 26, Danielle Metz was sentenced to 3 life terms in prison for a drug conviction tied to her husband. After serving 23 years, she was granted clemency. Clemency offered her a rare chance to regain the life and family that she’d been dreaming about in prison. The film, Commuted, traces Danielle’s journey to find purpose and love, and to confront the wounds of incarceration that linger after release from prison.
Crip Drift
This three part event will feature collective movement, a documentary screening, and a poetry reading on disability and ecojustice.
✨ Co-working at The LOVE Building! ✨
Monday, April 7th, we’re opening our doors for Co-working at The LOVE Building—a free, community-driven workspace.
Day Retreat
An all inclusive day retreat in Detroit designed to help you rest, recharge, and elevate your self-care, with up to full needs-based scholarships available.
FEMALE GAZE: Group Exhibition Opening Reception
Celebrate Women's History Month with the Opening Reception of “Female Gaze,” a Group Exhibition organized by curator and gallerist, Paulina Petkoski, highlighting fresh and authentic portrayals of women through their own lenses, reclaiming the power of representation from the traditional “male gaze.”
Mastering the Art of Networking: Workshop & Happy Hour
A dynamic workshop + happy hour to master connections, build relationships, and have fun.
Mint Doodle and Draw Open House
Detroit youth visual artists are invited to doodle, draw and learn more about the Mint Creative Summer Jobs program.
Plant Repotting Class
The Plant Repotting Class is designed to educate and empower our community with hands-on skills in plant care while fostering a deeper connection to nature. This class aligns with Story Community Garden’s mission to promote sustainability, wellness, and communal healing through gardening.
The People's Salon
A weekly space for open political dialogue, hosted by Hydra Mutual Aid Fund.
MPR - Matrix Poetry Residencies Open Mic
MPR - Matrix Poetry Residencies first 2025 open mic featuring Arrie Lane celebrating Women's History Month
DAYUM's UnBan Books Zine Making Event
Come make self published miniature books/magazines (Zines) that fight for social change, resist oppression and support our youth-lead campaign to stop book bans in Michigan!
Activewear Awareness: Mini Seminar
The goal and purpose of the event is to get attendees to understand and discuss the dangers of petroleum products being absorbed into our skin while we sweat & to consider textiles such as organic cotton, linen, etc for activewear.
DanceAbility Workshop with Trombonist Zekkereya El-magharbel
Join DanceAbility and our guest musician, Zekkereya El-magharbel, in a welcoming and vibrant MOVEMENT IMPROVISATION workshop for disabled Detroiters, caregivers, allies, and anyone exploring their relationship to disability and collective creativity.
“NOIR STAR” Miriam Uhura Solo Exhibition Closing Reception
This is the last day to view Miriam Uhura’s debut solo exhibition, "NOIR STAR,” an exhibition that celebrates Black culture through the lens of portraiture, where the richness of identity and the power of self-expression converge.
Game & Karaoke Night!
The Chip Bag Project is celebrating National Chip Day with a game & karaoke night with a walking taco bar!
♡ LOVE@Nite: A Love Supreme ♡
Experience a night dedicated to celebrating the power, creativity, and resilience of women!
Rest Like A Queen: Free Virtual Retreat for Black Women
Free virtual retreat is an intentional act of self-care, designed to help Black women rest, rejuvenate, and reimagine in honor of National Day of Rest for Black Women (Part 2).
Cinema Detroit presents NO OTHER LAND documentary screening
In this Academy Award-winning documentary, Palestinian activist Basel Adra films his community, Masafer Yatta, being destroyed by Israel's occupation, while building an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight.
Double DDOT - Transit Town Hall
It's time to win the frequent, reliable transit that Detroit deserves! Join the Double DDOT Coalition as we discuss the path to doubling DDOT service and how we can take action to make it happen!