Saturday, May 11, Picnic on Belle Isle. 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., (NEW LOCATION) Shelter 5 on Riverbank Road, last shelter on left before exiting island. Stop by and chat with members of Belle Isle Concern. We will provide hot dogs (both meat & veggie), buns, condiments, cake, cookies, lemonade, and water. All else is potluck so feel free to bring chips, dips, salads, desserts, veggie/fruit trays, etc. No alcohol. Please let us know via email at belleisleconcern@gmail.com if you want to bring something.
Park Film Screening - A Success
Our first event in the series “Artists Speak out on Belle Isle” was a rousing success. Detroit visual artist Nicole Macdonald premiered her new documentary short film, “A Park for Detroit," at the Annex Gallery in Highland Park. A Q & A followed the movie, Macdonald said the film, which
focuses on the plants, birds, and other animals that inhabit the abandoned zoo on Belle Isle, is an artistic argument for allowing at least some
parts of Detroit to return to nature. Members of a community panel then discussed the issues around the privatization of the park for the Grand Prix with an audience of over 100.