Greater Detroit's Original Cultural Events Weekly, Thursday, January 19, 2017 DOWNTOWN MONITOR Palmer Park's WinterFest and Doggie Fashion Parade Photos: Barbara Barefield People for Palmer Park's 5th Annual WinterFest and Doggie Fashion crowds will gather for the afternoon's highlight at 3 p.m. when dogs, Parade will be a festival of fun and fur at one of Detroit's most appeal- accompanied by children dressed in their doggie masks, will strut ing and magical winter playgrounds, Palmer Park, on Sunday, Janu- their stuff around Lake Frances, wrapped in scarves, cloaks, hats, ary 29 from 1 - 4 p.m. The event includes nostalgic horse and car- sunglasses and more. There will be prizes and treats for all pets from riage rides, a colorful doggie fashion parade, winter sports (weather Razor K-9, Paws in the D, and local pet stores. permitting), food, music, arts and crafts and more. If Mother Nature Everyone is encouraged to bring unopened and unexpired dog or cat provides snow and freezing weather, Lake Frances will be open for food to donate to Paws in the D for area pet shelters. Pre-registra- ice skating, and the trails will welcome cross-country skiers, snow- tion for dogs and guidelines for safety and behavior can be found at: shoers, and hikers — winter sports enthusiasts must bring their own peopleforpalmerpark.wordpress.com/calendar/winterfest-doggie- gear. People for Palmer Park (PFPP) volunteers will assist as guides fashion-parade/. and volunteer skaters who will be on hand for those new to the ice — "Bundle up and bring your ice skates, skis or snowshoes," says Peo- parents and responsible adults must accompany their children. ple for Palmer Park President Rochelle Lento. "We hope to create a Defrosting fun will be set up in the warm-up tent where young mu- winter wonderland for kids and adults to enjoy." sicians from Detroit Youth Volume will perform, children can create More information can be found at peopleforpalmerpark.org. - WinterFest and Doggie Fashion Parade will take place in Palmer cial winter hats and pet bandanas to warm up with. Outside the tent, Park, on the south side of the park adjacent to Merrill Plaisance, dogwarm and up cat with masks soup, to hot wear cocoa, in the hot pet coffee, parade, grilled and cheese, PFPP willyummy sell desoffi- which is located just north of McNichols (Six Mile Road) and just west serts and other healthy goodies from Nosh Pit Detroit Food Truck. of Woodward Ave. in Detroit. Follow the signs to free parking. Horse and carriage rides through the woods throughout the event, Admission is free; small donations are requested for carriage rides. 2 DOWNTOWN MONITOR Thursday, January 19, 2017 SHOWINGS The Edible Monument: The Art of Food for Festivals at the DIA The Detroit Institute of street festivals as table pieces designed of Arts is exhibiting a well as court and civic for Italian and French special display of culi- banquets in Europe in courts have survived nary objets d’art and the 16th to 19th cen- in illustrated books scarce food ephem- turies. and prints, many of era, entitled The Ed- Public celebrations which are featured in ible Monument. The and street parades the exhibition. exhibition includes featured large-scale The exhibition in- about 140 prints, rare edible creations made cludes a monumental Oranges, Circa 1639 books and serving of breads, cheeses and sugar sculpture based manuals from the Los meats. At court festi- on an 18th-century Angles-based Getty vals, banquet settings print by sculptor and Research Institute’s and dessert buffets culinary historian collection and other featured elaborate ta- Ivan Day is set on an private collections. ble monuments made 8-foot table and fea- Winter W derland! The artworks illus- tures sugar paste on trate in lush detail and fruit. These ed- sculpted into a classi- the delectable monu- ofible sculpturessugar, flowers didn’t cal temple with sugar ments and sculptures last long, but images statues and sugar- made of food that of towering garden sand gardens. were an integral part sculptures and lavish By the mid-17th century cookbooks and guides to the Two Bedroom Apartments new skills and pro- fessions of carving Starting at $780 and pastry making WASHER & DRYER included! were published. Cop- ied and plagiarized, they became models that spread through- out European court culture. Examples of such books are in- cluded in the exhibi- tion. 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Costume of the Cook, Circa 1690's Minutes from Downtown Detroit Close to public transportation, shopping, entertainment and dining Thursday, January 19, 2017 DOWNTOWN MONITOR 3 THE SPORTING LIFE General manager Al Avila and manager Brad Ausmus are slated to join Tigers 30 stops across two tours—one around Greater Detroit and into Toledo, the players,other across coaches, the statebroadcasters to Grand and Rapids officials and onnearby a schedule areas. thatA full includes list of players nearly Tigers Winter Caravan attending is expected to be announced next week. The caravan begins Thursday, January 19, with a public event at the DSO, where Avila and Tigers players will help the orchestra celebrate the opening day of its Mozart Festival with a Piano Sonata marathon. The event is free and open to the public, with the Tigers scheduled to arrive sometime after 1 p.m. Around the same time, between 1 and 2 p.m., another group of Tigers will be Downtown, helping serve customers at Hard Rock Café. Tigers players will visit Children's Hospital, U.S. Customs and Border Protec- tion, Mariner's Inn and the Farmington Public Safety Department during the afternoon, before a pair of public events in the evening. At Hockeytown Authen- tics in Troy, fans who bring canned goods for donation to the Salvation Army will have the chance to take photos with Tigers players sometime during the 5 p.m. hour. Around the same time, other Tigers will visit kids at Clarenceville High School in Livonia. Ausmus, meanwhile, will spend Thursday evening in Toledo, where he'll join new Mud Hens manager Mike Rojas at the team's winter party from 6-7 p.m. at Fifth Third Field. Miggy and Justin Yuk it Up The Tigers will visit the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, honor a fallen Michigan Whitecaps' annual winter banquet, where catcher Alex Avila will be - inductedOver in Grandinto the Rapids, Whitecaps Tigers Hall players of Fame. and The officials banquet will is take sold partout. in the West ers at Hard Rock Café and check out cars at the North American International On Friday, the Tigers will visit Selfridge Air National Guard Base, the FBI's policeAuto Show officer, as partvisit ofpatients their annual at DMC Winter Children's Caravan Hospital, on Thursday, work as January celebrity 19 serv and - Friday, January 20. The tour leads up to the sold-out TigerFest at Comerica Park on January 21. localRose. officeThe Tigers and DTE will Energypresent headquarters a jersey to Wayne before State heading police to chief Wayne Anthony State Holt,Uni "Year in and year out, the players, manager and coaches have made a com- versity, where the team will help honor the memory of fallen police officer Colin mitment to engaging with fans throughout the state of Michigan," Tigers vice Tigers players on the west side of the state will make a visit to the Meijer store president of public affairs and strategic planning Elaine Lewis said in a state- andin Holland a gift to before the parents meeting and with fiancé members of Sgt. ofRose. the University of Michigan athletic ment, "and they enjoy seeing the smiles, hearing the cheers, and feeling the department Friday afternoon as part of the school's 200th anniversary celebra- passion and outpouring support from fans. 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