Friday, May 13th Middle Eastern Food Festival- until 8pm the St. Joseph Melkite Church, across the street from Moores at 725 W. Mt. Hope will be hosting their annual event serving baked kibbie, stuffed grape leaves, baklava and much more. I’ve never been, but I hear it’s delicious! More info here.
Saturday, May 14th Adopt-a-River– citywide event for volunteers to go out and clean up the Grand River. The BWL/Impression 5 organized event will start at I5 at 10am and wrap up with a free lunch and environmental fair. More info on that project here. Register to be part of that, or just go out on your own and clean up our section of the river in Moores Park!
Saturday, May 14th REACH Mad Hatter Tea Party– from 1-4pm our neighborhood art studio, REACH will be hosting a benefit with Alice in Wonderland themed characters serving tea and desserts, games, hat making and tea cup glazing. It’s sure to be a blast! For tickets and more info, visit their website here.
Saturday, May 14th Neighborhood Pride Week kicks off- events will be happening in neighborhoods throughout the city starting on the 14th and going through the 21st. The attached document has info about all the events that are part of that. There are two that MPNO will be participating in:
Wednesday, May 18th Love Lansing Celebration- from 5:30-8:30 at the Lansing Center, the city will celebrate neighborhoods and community leaders at this free event. We’ll have our display up with info on the neighborhood.
Thursday, May 19th Osband Orchard TruNeighbor Event– at 9am, city planning and TruGreen will unveil the new green space located at 1845 Osband Ave which was the site of one of our neighborhood vacant house demolitions last year through the Land Bank. With input from the surrounding neighbors, this site has been turned into a small orchard with perennial flower beds. Join us to see the transformation or stop in anytime and check it out!
Thursday, May 26th Moores Monthly Meetup- from 5-7pm on the last Thursday of each month, neighbors are invited to meet at a local bar/restaurant for a casual, social event. It’s just drop in style to support a local business and give people an opportunity to meet new neighbors or catch up with old ones. This month, we’ll meet at Corey’s!