Arts & Entertainment

Published August 6, 2018

Sticky situation: Royal Oak public piano vandalized

ROYAL OAK — Sometime during the night of Wednesday, Aug. 1, an unknown person vandalized a public piano stationed outside Gayle’s Chocolates, 417 S. Washington Ave. — one of nine pianos spread throughout the downtown as part of an outdoor art program.

Published August 6, 2018

Shelby - Utica News

Shelby Art Fair returns for 35th anniversary

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Art Fair is returning for its 35th annual event Aug. 11 and 12 on the municipal campus, 52700 Van Dyke Ave., and there will be more than 100 artists participating from all over Michigan and neighboring state

Published August 3, 2018

Advertiser Times

Fine Art Fair to return to Detroit

DETROIT — Both connoisseurs and casual appreciators of local art can swing through Detroit on Saturday, Aug. 11, to check out the seventh annual Fine Art Fair.

Published August 3, 2018

Advertiser Times

Rock and muscle car festival to debut in Detroit

DETROIT — Cars and rock stars are coming to Detroit for a brand-new festival celebrating two of the city’s most beloved passions.

Published July 31, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Public Art Program encourages creativity in City Hall

FARMINGTON HILLS/DETROIT — The array of resplendent and mystical, century-old houses that dot the streets of Hubbard Farms in southwest Detroit, aka Mexicantown, take on new life through one woman’s eyes.

Published July 31, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Artists draw on shared history of creativity

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Grosse Pointe Congregational Church has a creative congregation — many of the artists featured at public exhibitions at the church have also been members there — and it turns out that this isn’t a recent phenomenon.

Published July 30, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Da Vinci’s ideas come alive at Cranbrook in new exhibit

BIRMINGHAM — According to Janet Beylin, a museum educator at the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Leonardo da Vinci had one of the most notable artistic and intellectual minds in history.

Published July 25, 2018

C&G Newspapers

Art center hosts winners of noted Midwestern art contest

BIRMINGHAM — Landscape photographer Bill Jackson said he’s inspired by what’s popular in New York City, which he described as “the center of the art world on the planet,” and he brings that inspiration back to the Midwest.

Published July 24, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Museum to present car show, new exhibits

ROYAL OAK — Volunteers at the Royal Oak Historical Society Museum have been busy curating its seventh annual car show and signature Woodward Memories and Automotive Concept Art exhibits, which will run Aug. 3-Sept. 15.

Published July 16, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Art center hosts winners of famed Midwestern art contest

BIRMINGHAM — Claudia Hall Stroud, of Bloomfield Township, remembers the time as a girl when she joined her mom on a tour of an old sewage plant near her house. Her parents, along with some other folks, had a big idea to turn that plant into an art center.

Published July 16, 2018

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Next showcases local artists

BIRMINGHAM — For those looking to explore art in their community, Birmingham Next is offering art classes and a gallery of pieces created in the classes.

Published July 16, 2018

Shelby - Utica News

Enjoy music and a movie at Grant Park this Tuesday

UTICA — Utica will host a Park It movie night beginning at 6 p.m. July 24 at Grant Park, 8243 Hahn St. in Utica.

Published July 16, 2018

Shelby - Utica News

Appetite for Art to include support for Camp Casey

UTICA — Get inspired while making a difference at the annual Appetite for Art festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 21 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 22 in Utica.

Published July 13, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Music in the Plaza provides community fun and opportunity to give back

EASTPOINTE — Music duo Bob and Carl, who performed at the Music in the Plaza concert series July 11, are no strangers to the Eastpointe community.

Students, along with West Bloomfield Youth Assistance Chair Curt Lawson, center, pose in front of a work of art in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Published July 12, 2018

West Bloomfield Beacon

Youth Assistance teams up with art museum to host local students

WEST BLOOMFIELD — West Bloomfield community groups came together once again to give kids the chance to experience art.

Published July 10, 2018

Grosse Pointe Times

Seniors enjoy life’s second act by appearing in short film series

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Even in today’s fractured television universe, with more channels and online options than ever catering to different audiences, TV remains a youth-driven medium. That’s one of the elements that makes Grosse Pointe Woods writer/director Harry Burkey’s latest project welcome. Alongside a cast of acting newcomers, he made a series of short comic films that resemble a sitcom that focuses on the lives of a small group of senior friends.

Published July 2, 2018

Royal Oak Review

Shakespeare Royal Oak to embark on 18th season

ROYAL OAK — Shakespeare will be returning to Starr Jaycee Park, with the Water Works Theatre Company presenting three shows July 26 through Aug. 5.

Published July 2, 2018

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Music in the Plaza strikes again with Kat Orlando Duo

EASTPOINTE — Rain couldn’t stop the show for the Kat Orlando Duo, featuring Larry Pinho on guitar, which performed at 6:30 p.m. June 27 inside Eastpointe City Hall for Eastpointe’s Music in the Plaza concert series.Read More

Published July 2, 2018

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Rock concert to benefit Turning Point

MOUNT CLEMENS — Turning Point Macomb, the Mount Clemens-based shelter for victims of domestic and sexual abuse, will benefit from an upcoming rock concert at the Emerald Theatre. Femmes of Rock will perform on Sunday, July 15, at the venue, located at 31 N. Walnut St. in Mount Clemens.