Best bets: Live the lakefront life

NOVI

You can find everything from an Adirondack chair to a dream home during the Cottage and Lakefront Living Show at Suburban Collection Showplace.

The event, produced by ShowSpan, will feature designers, lakefront builders, real-estate agents and boats, as well as seminars on vacations, gardening and waterfront property.

Visitors will be able to talk to professionals about lakeshore management, bluff control and other topics. Children can visit the wildlife nature area and try their hand at building sand castles.

“This event will appeal to people who already own a cabin or lakefront property as well as people who are looking for a cabin or lakefront property,” says show manager Dawn Baker.

2-9:30 p.m. today-Friday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River, Novi. 800-328-6550. www.novicottageshow.com. $10, $4 ages 6-14, free to ages 5 and younger.

SOUTHFIELD

Antique dealers come together

You can browse a large selection of antiques, jewelry and decorative art offered by more than 75 exhibitors at the Southfield Pavilion Antiques Exposition.

2-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Southfield Municipal Complex, 26000 Evergreen, Southfield. Call 586-465-9441 or go to www.antiquesexposition.com. $8, $6 with an ad or listing, free to ages 12 and younger.

ROMULUS

A wintry mix of fun

Ice skating, ice-carving demonstrations, music and games are on tap at the second annual Winter Frost Day.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Mary Ann Banks Memorial Park, Goodard Ozga roads, Romulus. For information, call 734-955-4533 or go to www.romulusgov.com.