Wednesday, May 9, 2012
What's your favorite song from the 1960s? Share it and you could win tickets to Peace Lovin' Brass.
The sounds of the '60s are coming to Dearborn, and you can win free tickets to the show! The Motor City Brass Band will perform Sunday, May 20, at the Michael Guido Theater in the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. The concert, Peace Lovin' Brass, will include a broad selection of music that represented the theme of peace and love. Highlights from the concert will be well-known hits from the 1960s as well as patriotic works from America's past. Patch has partnered with the Motor City Brass Band to give away 30 pairs of tickets to the show. All you have to do is tell us about the music from the '60s you love. Here's how to enter to win: OK, now for the rules:
Thursday, May 3, 2012
See how interior designers get clever with books galore in various rooms at the Junior League of Detroit Grosse Pointe Shores' home tour, which opens Saturday.
Books seem to be everywhere. Not only are they in homes and on bookshelves, but paperbacks and hardcovers aplenty are also adorning window displays at apparel shops and boutiques and in fashion designer and home-furnishings ad campaigns. There's even book-page wallpaper. Books are wearable, too. Kate Spade, in fact, introduced clutches that replicate classic tomes, from Romeo and Juliet to Emma to The Importance of Being Earnest. Is this our way of holding on to physical books in our Nook-ish, Kindle-ized world of “E?” Perhaps, and that may be why many of the designers at the Junior League of Detroit's (JLD) 2012 Show House used books in a variety of displays. They cherish books not only for design inspiration but also as intriguing …
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22 Webber Pl, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Designers' Showhouse
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
Jillian Rose Reed, who stars in the MTV show 'Awkward', will appear in episodes beginning on June 28.
Fans of MTV's Awkward. will soon get to see Northville actress Jillian Rose Reed continue in her role as quirky Tamara beginning June 28. The show will begin its second season airing on Thursday nights, according to an announcement on the show's Facebook page. Reed – who attended Northville High School – plays Tamara, the boisterous best friend of the show's protagonist. The show is narrated by Jenna, a teenager who starts off her school year trying to refute a false rumor that she botched a suicide attempt. The role is played by Ashley Rickards. In a previous interview with Northville Patch, Reed said she hoped the second season would hold more insight into what makes her character tick. “I definitely would like to see more of Tamara’s …
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Metro Detroit interior designers and volunteers aplenty prepare to wow tourgoers this May at the Junior League of Detroit Show House.
In a couple of weeks, the Junior League of Detroit (JLD) will open the doors to its 2012 Designers’ Show House, located at 22 Webber Place in Grosse Pointe Shores. The house will also feature fully landscaped gardens, a boutique, café and a greenery garden area, with items for sale. For several weeks, dozens of interior designers, painters, electricians, maintenance professionals, boutique staff and more have been coming and going at the massive 10,304-square-foot house, which was built in 1928 as the home of Oscar Webber, nephew of Joseph L. Hudson. The home will be open to the public from May 5-20; admission funds go toward programs for the JLD. Renowned architect Leonard B. Willeke designed the mansion. Tourgoers can view seven …
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22 Webber Pl, Grosse Pointe Shores, MI
Designer Showhouse
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Christine Kapusky Moore is featured in the play "Into the Woods" at Village Theater at Cherry Hill.
Northville High School graduate Christine Kapusky Moore stars in the play Into the Woods at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill. The play, presented by the Spotlight Players theater group, will show from now until April 29. Here's more from a press release: Into The Woods intertwines the plots of several Brothers’ Grimm fairy tales with an original story of a childless baker and his wife, who set the plot in motion by attempting to reverse a curse on their family in order to have a child. Written by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, the musical begins innocently as a simple wish for each of the characters in Into the Woods that sends them on a journey that changes them forever. The characters do not all find a happily ever after ending...…
Monday, April 23, 2012
Help raise money for group that raises awareness and supports people with the neurological disorder.
The Autism Heroes Gala Fundraiser is scheduled for April 28. And this is your last chance to get tickets. For $50, the gala will include a VIP cocktail reception (beginning at 6 p.m.), silent and live auction, strolling appetizers, and awards. Proceeds from the gala will be donated to the non-profit, Celebrities Against Autism. The event will be held at 800 Griswold St. in Northville. For more information and to order tickets, go to www.celebritiesagainstautism.org/news/.
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800 Griswold St, Northville, MI
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
This Friday, DuMouchelles appraises items for the public. Mid-century furniture and Chinese objects are hot commodities, say one expert.
Years ago, I discovered an old, dusty vase beneath the stairs in the basement of the home where I grew up. My mother asked, “Do you want that old thing?” I liked its design (magnolias adorn its surface, which is mostly green — one of my favorite colors). When friends saw it in my living room, they told me it was a valuable piece of Roseville pottery. I took it to an appraiser and sure enough, that old, dust-collecting vase from my parents’ cellar was valued at $450 for its stellar condition and 1940s heritage from the renowned Ohio pottery, which opened in the late 1800s (it’s no longer in business). Maybe you have a dusty vase or decorative object, and you wonder about its history and value. On Friday, an Antique Appraisal event by …
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Troy Community Center
3179 Livernois Rd, Troy, MI
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Let Patch help you plan.
What to do? Here are a few fun weekend happenings: Rec 101: Intro to Healthy Outdoor Cooking Alice in Wonderland at the Marquis NHS Drama Club presents "Hairspray" Northville Art House's 'Ann Arbor Women Artists: Juried All-Media Exhibit'
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Maybury State Park
20145 Beck Rd, Northville, MI
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Northville High School
45700 6 Mile Rd, Northville, MI
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Marquis Theatre
133 E Main St, Northville, MI
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Looking for something to do this first weekend of spring? Let Patch help you plan.
Update: We were informed today that the Enchanted Fairy Tea is sold out. What to do? Spring into these fun weekend happenings: For more events, visit our calendar page.
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Northville Art House
215 W Cady St, Northville, MI
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Mill Race Village
215 Griswold St, Northville, MI
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Marquis Theatre
133 E Main St, Northville, MI
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Tipping Point Theatre
361 E Cady St, Northville, MI
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Monday, April 9, 2012
The play – starring Aaron H. Alpern, Julia Glande and Alysia Kolascz – comes to a close this weekend.
The Tipping Point Theatre's play Fiction comes to a close this weekend. Your last chances to see it are on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Written by Steven Dietz, the play is the story of a married couple named Linda and Michael. Linda is suddenly diagnosed with a brain tumor and given weeks to live. Each keeps a diary, and Linda says Michael may read hers after she's gone, but she asks to read Michael's now. The contents of each proves to be shocking but some of it is real and some is not. With many twists and curveballs, the play keeps the audience on its toes. It stars Aaron H. Alpern as Michael, Julia Glander as his wife Linda and Alysia Kolascz as the woman that comes between them…
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Tipping Point Theatre
361 E Cady St, Northville, MI
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Jessica Carreras
10:37 pm on Sunday, May 13, 2012
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