Guide to the Detroit/Royal Oak Area

Food and Drink Performing Arts Other Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment Recommendations
Detroit Zoo
Woodward and 10 Mile Road
Royal Oak
248.398.0900
Animals.
Detroit Institute of Arts
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
313.833.7900
A really great art museum; you'll never see it all in one day.
Henry Ford Museum and
        Greenfield Village
20900 Oakwood Blvd.
Dearborn
313.271.1620
History and Technology. Great place for kids and adults; A bit of a hike (40 minute or so drive), but one of the best things to see in the Detroit area.
Yates Cider Mill
1990 E Avon Rd.
Rochester, MI
248.651.8300
Powered primarily by the Clinton River. Make sure to have cider with the fresh donuts.
Downtown Ann Arbor
Look around the U of M campus, visit the Natural History museum, shop in downtown.
Cranbrook Institute of Science
16 1/2 Mile West of Woodward
Bloomfield Hills
1.877.462.7262
A nice science and nature museum only a few miles away.
Main Art Theater
Main Street and 11 Mile Road
Royal Oak
248.542.0180
Art films and cult classics.
The Heidelberg Project
Heidelberg Street
Detroit
313.537.8037
This one is only for the adventurous. The Heidelberg project is an effort to transform the most blighted, poorest neighborhoods through art.
Pewabic Pottery
10125 E. Jefferson Ave.
Detroit
313.822.0954
A style of pottery invented by Native Americans in Northern Michigan and now only made in Detroit.
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle
4th Street and Troy Street
Royal Oak
248.542.9900
Stand-up Comedy.