20 things to do in metro Detroit this week

Thursday, 3/9 Vanessa Williams @ Motor City Soundboard Vanessa Williams: She was the first African-American Miss America in 1984, and then she found herself at the center of controversy when photos were published without her permission in Penthouse, forcing her to relinquish her title. That didn’t hold her back from success though, and she quickly found a home on Broadway and in the R&B scene during the late 1980s.

Shondaland Legal Drama Gets Pilot Order at ABC

The pilot, from “Scandal” writer Paul William Davies, will be set in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka “The Mother Court.” It will follow brand new lawyers working on opposite sides – for both the defense and the prosecution – as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives intersect.