Tag: The Oakland Press

• “The Kings of Summer:” A Q&A with director Jordan Vogt-Roberts

  Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press “The Kings of Summer” follows three teenage boys, who are fed up with adolescence and their parents. They decide to  run away from home and try to make it on their own by building a house in the woods and living off the land. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts, a metro…

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  06/03/2013

  Features

  Amblin, Chris Galleta, comedy, Detroit, Goonies, improv, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, Kings of Summer, Moises Arias, Stand By Me, Sundance Films, The Kings of Summer, The Oakland Press

• Concert Review: Of Monsters And Men open Meadow Brook summer season

  Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press As the storms cleared on Tuesday night, May 28, above the Meadow Brook Music Festival, Of Monsters and Men celebrated with warmth and excitement during it’s 14-song, hour-and-45-minute set. Emerging from behind a white curtain, silhouetted by purples spotlights, the Icelandic folk rock group began its set with “Dirty…

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  05/29/2013

  Features, Reviews

  Ari Bragi Karason, Arnar Rosenkranz Hilmarsson, Arni Gudjonsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Dirty Paws, Kristjan Pall Kristjansson, Little Talks, Love Love Love, lullaby, May 28, Meadow Brook Music Festival, My Head is an Animal, Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdottir, Of Monsters and Men, Ragnar Porhallson, Skeletons, Slow and Steady, Stephanie Sokol, The Oakland Press, Yeah Yeah Yeah, yellow, Your Bones

• “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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  05/27/2013

  Features, News Stories

  amphitheater, Ann Barnette, beverages, Empty Canvas, Food, fundraiser, Jack Shubitowski, MI, Milford, Milford AMP, Milford Music in the Park, Milford Township, Oakland County, Pine Ridge Market, Prelude, summer, summer concerts, Tavern 131, The Huron Valley Chamber of Commerce, The Oakland Press

• 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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  05/12/2013

  News Stories

  Fascinating Frogs and Toads, Patrick Endres, Rochester Hills MI, Rochester Hills Museum, The Oakland Press, Van Hoosen Farm

• 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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  05/06/2013

  News Stories

  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

• West Bloomfield artist exhibit at Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale

  Stephanie Sokol for The Oakland Press Folk art will be displayed at the Lawrence Street Gallery in Ferndale, as West Bloomfield artist Alice Frank presents her exhibit “Artful,” beginning Wednesday, May 1. The gallery, run by the 27 resident artists, changes displays monthly. This month features Frank’s works, which she created in various media. “I…

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  04/29/2013

  News Stories

  Artist Alice Frank, Bob Seger, Crooked Tree Arts, Detroit Society of Women Painters, Farmington Artist Club, Ferndale, Folk Art, J. Gordon Rodwan, Lawrence Street Gallery, Metro Detroit, Michigan Guild of Artists and Artisans, Ohio Designers, The Michigan Watercolor Society, The Oakland Press, Victoria Principal, West Bloomfield, Women in the Arts