JUST FOR FUN

Football is in full swing, there's a nip in the air and cooler, comfortable days and chilly nights are becoming the norm, rather than the exception. Yes, summer is coming to an end, and the change of seasons also brings a change in the tone of events around the Great Lakes State. Festivals and events heralding the end of summer and the beginning of fall abound throughout the state as Michiganders ready themselves for the long winter ahead - a last hurrah for the warm weather, if you will.

SEPTEMBER

Through Sept. 30-Weekends - Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly. (800) 601-4848

Through Sept. 30 - Building Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. (313) 833-7900.

Through Sept. 30 - Harvest Festival Weekends, Romeo (810) 752-3123.

14-19 - Artists in the Collection: Electra Stamelos, The Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan, Dearborn. (313) 593-3592.

14-27 - Contemporary African- American Ceramic Artist exhibit, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit. (313) 822-0954.

14-Dec.2 - Frontier Metropolis: Images of Early Detroit, 1701-1838, Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing. (517) 373-3559.

15-23 - Boat Show USA, Metro Beach Metropark, Mount Clemens. (800) 529-0494.

21-22 - Festival of Forks, Albion. (800) 517-9523.

22-23 - Common Ground Sanctuary Art in the Park, Bloomfield Hills. (248) 456-8150

22-23 - Olde World Canterbury Village & Always Christmas, Lake Orion. (800) 442-9627.

28 - Inaugural Black Tie and Tails Charity Event, benefiting the Dearborn Animal Adoption and Education Center, Fairlane Club, Dearborn. (313) 943-2697

29-30 - Michigan International Alpaca Fest, South Barn of MSU Pavillion, East Lansing. (248) 627-7066.

OCTOBER

3-7 - Fall Detroit Camper and RV Show, Novi Expo Center, Novi. (517) 349-8881.

5-6 - Art and Octoberfest 2001, Old Town Lansing. (517) 482-3333.
6-7 - Chelsea Antique Show, Chelsea, (800) 572-6703.

6-7 - Michigan State African Violet Society Display and Sale, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor. (734) 998-7060.

7 - Stomp Out Hunger Benefit, Gleaners Community Food Bank Warehouse, Detroit. (313) 923-3535, ext. 245.
13-14 - Canterbury Village-Medieval Event, Lake Orion. (800) 442-9627.

13-14 - Pumpkin Fantasy Land, Montrose. (810) 639-6971.

17-21 - Halloween Zoorama Safari, Detroit/Royal Oak. (248) 541-5835.

19-21 - Detroit Zoo Boo, Detroit/Royal Oak (248) 541-5835.

21 - Ann Arbor Antiques Market, Ann Arbor. (850) 984-0122.

21-22 - Pumpkin Fantasy Land, Montrose. (810) 639-6971.

26-28 - Detroit Zoo Boo, Detroit/Royal Oak (248) 541-5835.

26-28 - Travel-Sport-Golf Show, Mt. Pleasant. (517) 687-9001.

27 - Fall Family Festival, Clinton Township. (810) 286-9336.

27 - Farmington Halloween Fun Fest, Farmington. (248) 473-7283.

27-28 - Pumpkin Fantasy Land, Montrose. (810) 639-6971.

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