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Royal Hoax band performs benefit concert for Scarab Club
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Oakland County band Royal Hoax will rock the Scarab Club on June 28, bringing music to the art gallery at the Preserve the Arts benefit concert. Brothers Jake and Mark Hoke with Elijah Nelson make up Royal Hoax, a band that plays for causes — this one an effort…
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Highland Games bring Celtic music, more to Canterbury Village
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Take a journey to Scotland by heading out to Orion Township for the 20th annual Highland Games at Canterbury Olde World Village June 29-30. The family-friendly two-day Scottish celebration, presented by Ultimate Fun Productions and The Scottish American Society of Michigan, will be five times larger this year, said…
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St. Nick’s Opa! Fest celebrates church’s 77th anniversary
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press The members of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Troy enjoy sharing and celebrating their Greek culture each year at a lively festival, the Opa! Fest. This year’s will be the 20th annual Opa! Fest, June 21-23, also celebrating St. Nicholas’ 77th anniversary. “(Opa! Fest is) for everybody, a very…
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Bloomfield natives bring “Les Mis” to Meadow Brook
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press A dreamlike interpretation of “Les Miserables” will be at Meadow Brook Theatre June 30 through July 3. Director Katherine Carter is an alumna of Andover High School in Bloomfield Hills. She now lives in New York City, and through her theater company, The Other Mirror, she adapts stories for the…
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Local band, Kougaran, plays benefit concert for Rochester Adams High School music program
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press The golden age of rock ‘n’ roll will return to Rochester Adams High School in the form of a benefit concert, where local band Kougaran, with special guests The Old Adage will perform. Niko Puzio, lead guitarist for Kougaran, and Rochester Adams High School graduate, said the group wanted…
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“Prelude” fundraiser ‘AMPS’ up Milford community
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Milford’s Central Park will see an orchestra of proceeds this week, with the presentation of “Prelude,” the first movement in a series of fundraising events for the city’s new AMP performance stage. With 10 shows in the Milford Music in the Park summer concert series, the village needed a…
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Frame Your Face for charity
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press John Lennon, Elizabeth Taylor, David Letterman and James Dean are just some of the subjects of Birmingham Artist Tom Maniaci’s pop art works for charity. “When I started doing these portraits, I had no idea that it would evolve into these big paint-by-number canvases for charity and that the…
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Bacco Ristorante, Birmingham, Bitonti Salon, David Letterman, DJ Lex Morrison, Elizabeth Taylor, Frame Your Face, Frank Sinatra, Heaven Hill Distilleries, John Lennon, Memorial Day Weekend, Optik, Primi Piatti, Rhonda Walker, Rhonda Walker Foundation, Scavalini, Scavolini by Cucina Moda, The Art of Giving, Tom Maniaci -
Fascinating Frogs and Toads returns to Van Hoosen Farm
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Adults and children 5 and older can learn about Michigan-native amphibians at the second annual “Fascinating Frogs and Toads.” The event is 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Van Hoosen Farm’s Rochester Hills Museum. “This program is a family-friendly event, to introduce the differences between frogs and toads, because…
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Art Birmingham to brim with color during Mother’s Day weekend
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press With more than 150 juried artists, the annual Art Birmingham Fine Art Fair will happen during Mother’s Day weekend in downtown Birmingham’s Shain Park. Hosted by the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and the Guild of Artists and Artisans, works by national and local artists include paintings, ceramics, photography, jewelry,…
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Art Activities Tent, Art Birmingham, Beth North Designs, Birmingham, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham Michigan, Bloomfield, Ferndale, Guild of Artists and Artisans, John Fitzpatrick, John Fitzpatrick glass, Lucia Lucas, Max Clayton, Mexico City, Orrefors, Shain Park Birmingham, Sweden, The Oakland Press -
“SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody” returns to Detroit
Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press After seven sold-out shows in February, “SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody” will be performed for eight more shows May 1-5 at The City Theatre in Detroit. Written and directed by Jim Milan, and produced by Mills Entertainment, the play is not affiliated with the E.L. James’ “50 Shades of…
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Amanda Barker, Anastasia Steele, Christian Grey, Danielle Trzcinski, E. L. James, E.B.J., Fifty Shades of Grey, Gabe Bowling, Hockeytown Authentics, Hugh Hanson, Joe Louis Arena, Million Dollar Quarter, Olympia Entertainment, One small hitch, SPANK! The Fifty Shades Parody, Tasha Woode, The City Theatre Detroit, The Fox Theatre, Ticketmaster
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