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Forgotten Harvest Charitable Yoga Retreat + Fundraiser
2025-12-14 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Detroit) | PLAYGROUND DETROIT Gallery, 2845 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48207, United States
Join us for a cozy and reflective half-day yoga retreat and fundraiser to support Forgotten Harvest – time to flow, give back and have fun!

Celebrate the charitable season and make a tangible difference with a half-day yoga retreat led by Lauren J. Williams, hosted on behalf of Forgotten Harvest at PLAYGROUND DETROIT.
By attending, you directly support Michigan’s largest food rescue organization. Last year alone, Forgotten Harvest rescued over 40 million pounds of fresh, excess food from grocery stores, restaurants, farmers, and other sources to deliver food free of charge to our neighbors in need.More than half a million people in Metro Detroit, including nearly 180,000 children, are facing hunger.
Your immediate donation ensures nutritious meals reach families in need. Every contribution helps provide essential food to our neighbors. Your support matters.Together, we can help provide the Right Food, at the Right Place, in the Right Quantity, and at the Right Time.
This half-day yoga retreat features meditation, movement, journaling, and community. To participate, please register to reserve your spot. You are also encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate or make a financial contribution; every act of support helps fight hunger.

December 14th from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at PLAYGROUND DETROIT, located at 2845 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48207.
The cost is $150- we also offer a sliding scale option for those who may require it. Please contact us for more information about our sliding scale opportunity.

Love Yourself: Vinyasa Flow Journey with Lauren J. Williams
2026-02-15 11:00 - 12:00
Show yourself some love with this vinyasa class connecting with our breath and opening our hearts.

Join us for Love Yourself: Vinyasa Flow Journey with Lauren J. Williams!
Let’s flow through poses, connect with our breath, and embrace self-love through movement. No matter your skill level, this session is all about YOU.
This class is a guided vinyasa class. We will take time connecting with our breath, opening our hearts, and moving intentional vigor.
If you have been feeling stagnant, cold, or coping with the seasonal Winter blues, this class is the perfect remedy. Modifications will be offered as well.
Bring your mat, an open heart, and get ready to dive into this empowering practice.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Lauren J. Williams is a yoga guide and founder of wellness brand Indie Spirit. She has over a decade of experience who is passionate about social justice, inspiring creativity, and healing. Indie Spirit curates transformational wellness experiences that invite soulful exploration, radical self-care, and elevated community connection.
Williams has spent years practicing yoga instruction in the Detroit community throughout various recreation centers, studios, and college campuses.

Artist Talk: Tony Rave on “Blue Lives Matter”
2026-02-22 14:00 - 16:00
Join Tony Rave for an in-person Artist Talk for a deep dive into the meaning and impact of “Blue Lives Matter,” his solo exhibition on view.

Artist Talk: Tony Rave on “Blue Lives Matter”

Come join us in person for an engaging Artist Talk with Tony Rave. Dive into the powerful themes behind Blue Lives Matter as Rave shares insights and stories about his work.
Don’t miss this chance to connect, ask questions, and get inspired by the artist himself. It’s going to be a thought-provoking event you’ll want to be a part of!
This exhibition brings together two interconnected bodies of work—the Reagan Series and the Smurks Series—that examine how systems of power shape lives long before consent is ever possible.

Tony Rave approaches both series with deep personal urgency rooted in lived observation. Growing up in Detroit, he witnessed how policy becomes personal and how slogans, symbols, and public messaging quietly embed themselves into private lives. His work does not chase shock value or reenact trauma; it insists on honesty.
Each piece invites the viewer to slow down, sit with the imagery, and confront it through the lens of their own experience. Many of the works in this exhibition are still in progress, making the show a snapshot of an evolving practice rather than a fixed or resolved statement.
By drawing on familiar characters and visual language, his work questions how innocence and authority become intertwined, and how imagery influences belief, belonging, and control. The connection between the two series is emotional and human rather than literal—together tracing a line between policy and culture, language and imagery, public narrative and inner life.

ON VIEW
Through Saturday, March 7th
Viewing Hours Thursday – Saturday, 12-5PM
