Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October. This is a day for you to recognize that sweet and special someone. It doesn’t matter who that person is, they just have to be “sweet” in order to get a little recognition. The day is often celebrated with gifts of flowers, candy and cards. Many restaurants in the area offer Sweetest Day specials.
Spend your weekend at For-Mar, Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad! Starting Friday at 5pm, Crossroads Village hosts Halloween Ghosts & Goodies. This yearly event celebrates all things Halloween and is great for children. Visit the enchanted forest, laugh at musical comedy at the Colwell Opera House, get lost in the straw maze and be overloaded with treats, treats, treats! Don’t you dare leave without a ride on the Huckleberry Ghost Train Express. Halloween Ghosts and Goodies will take place all weekend at Crossroads so bundle up and join the fun.
Are ghosts for real? You can find out on Sunday at the Historic Holly Hotel. You and a team of professional ghost hunters armed with several types of sensors, detectors, cameras, thermal scanners, will together explore the dimly lit and admittedly haunted Holly Hotel.
The Meg Okura Trio will be performing a free concert this Thursday October 17, 2019!
Some interesting things have happened in the month of October over the years.
Tomorrow night, starting at 6pm at the Flint Farmer’s Market, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Flint will hold the 17th Annual Suits & Sauce Dinner and Silent Auction presented by Big John Steak & Onion. Dinner will be provided by Blackstone’s Smokehouse. Proceeds will benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Flint.
Sara Shanning, is the author of the Chosen Angels series. Seal One releases October 1 (ebook), and print is available now on Amazon and at Faith Christian Store in Flint.
This weekend, running Friday and Saturday is Michigan’s Big Country Fest in Frankenmuth! Take a quick trip to that lovely Bavarian Village and enjoy the old west in a big way. The festival will be held in Harvey Kern Community Pavilion on Weiss Street and will take place rain or shine.
On the campus of Mott Community College this upcoming Monday (October 14), the 27th Annual Peace & Dignity Ceremony will take place. The ceremony is designed to promote cultural and racial harmony. Starting at 11am, the program will begin at the Peace and Dignity Tree on the lawn of the Mott Memorial Building, facing Court Street. It will be held outdoors (rain or shine) and is free for the public to attend.
Get ready for the crisp, cool air this weekend is going to bring and fill you’re your home with the aroma of cinnamon and spice! Apple Crisp, still warm from the oven and topped with a scoop of French Vanilla Bean ice cream, is one of my family’s all-time favorite desserts, especially in the fall when apples are in abundance at the local orchards. I like to use a variety of apples such as Granny Smith, Jonathan, Honey Crisp, McIntosh to name a few. Here is my favorite recipe for Apple Crisp, one your family will surely love, too!
The Flint Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., in collaboration with the Delta Research and Educational Foundation (DREF), has received a grant of $3,500 from the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) to support youth programming. Specifically, the funds will support the chapter’s Delta Academy and Delta GEMS initiatives for girls and the EMBODI program for boys.
