If Crater can't stop it, humanity on Earth will be destroyed. Turns out more than Maria is at stake: the planet Earth, majestically hanging over the lunar horizon, is in the crosshairs of an asteroid engineered by Maria's abductors. When she is kidnapped by green-lipped, gene-splicing scientists, Maria's only hope turns out to be the very man she once spurned: Crater Trueblood.Ĭrater and the Lunar Rescue Company must rescue Maria before she joins forces with the lunatics who have taken her hostage and aim to make her queen. Maria Medaris is the 21-year-old matriarch of the most powerful family on the moon-gorgeous, powerful, and high-maintenance.

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Docomomo is the U.S. chapter of Docomomo International, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites, and neighborhoods of the modern movement. The events are part of Docomomo US Tour Day Travel and Leisure. Separately there is an exterior-only walking tour of the Dow home, Dow Gardens, and exteriors of early Dow-designed homes. Tickets are $30 and advanced Reservations are required. Tour Times: 10 a.m., 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. Dow Home and Studio including all the extras: the roof, the tunnel, the terraces, and more. Dow home and studio tourīe ready to be delighted with this in-depth, docent-guided, two-hour tour of the Alden B. And there's a beer and wine garden for Mom and Dad.

Hands-on activities and performances for kids, who are encouraged to attend in costume to enjoy trick or treating, a free pumpkin patch, inflatable bounce houses, and live entertainment. Admission is $5, free for ages 17 and younger. both days along the Dequindre Cut Greenway. The event, the city's largest food truck rally with more than 60 vendors, takes place from 11 a.m. Tickets start at $35.99 and gradually increase to $55.99 on the day of the event. Event starts at 4 p.m., lanterns launch after 7 p.m.

In addition, the price covers the cost of collecting and removing the lanterns from the water following the event as well as cleaning up any trash that may have been previously been in or around the water. Each adult ticket provides entry into the festival area and comes with a floating lantern, commemorative drawstring bag, marker, and wristband. Watch hundreds of lanterns float along Lake St. Clair Metropark, 31300 Metro Pkw.y, Harrison Township Noah's Smokehouse will be on site selling BBQ and there will be tarot card readers and other events. Tickets are $30 in advance are $35 at the door. Tickets get you 6 tokens to sample beer from 3 local breweries (Dearborn Brewing, Downey Brewing and Jolly Pumpkin) in addition to live music by Atomic Radio. The 8th annual Beer Festival Fundraiser is being held for the first time with a Halloween twist at the Commandant's Quarters museum building from 6-11 p.m.

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