Local news for Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Bloomfield Township
Local news for Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, and Bloomfield Township
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
The Franklin Community Association's 81st Annual Labor Day Round Up brings a parade, midway games, art fair and more to FCA Park on Monday, Sept. 7, with free admission and $2 activity tickets.
Community
Character actor Matthew Kimbrough, a 1970 Cranbrook Kingswood graduate known for roles in American Beauty and Mad Men, returned to campus and burst into song upon seeing the newly restored Eliel Saarinen-designed Dining Hall.
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Interior designer Young Lee Huh, a 1987 Cranbrook Kingswood graduate and four-time Architectural Digest AD100 designer, returns to Kingswood Library on Monday, Sept. 14, for a free talk about her debut book, A Mood, A Thought, A Feeling: Interiors.
Community
Amazon delivery drones launching from a Pontiac facility are flying over Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township, drawing noise complaints from residents, while local governments say they have limited authority over the flights.
Community
Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash and the City of Birmingham will host a free stormwater education event at Linden Park on Saturday, Aug. 29, featuring bug-hunting, a Vactor truck, a watershed model and free hot dogs for the first 200 visitors.
Community
Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills hosts its first-ever adult book fair, After Dark: Pages & Pours, on Saturday, Aug. 29, featuring five local bookstores, author signings, trivia and cocktails for guests 21 and older.
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Elise DeChard, a 2018 Cranbrook Academy of Art architecture graduate, has been named the inaugural winner of AIA Detroit's Women in Architecture Award for her community-focused Detroit practice END Studio.
Community
Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills has installed two notable artworks: a 15th-century carved stone grotesque sent from its English sister church in 1931, and a 1966 Marc Chagall lithograph portfolio gifted by Richard and Joanne Brodie in 2023.
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Bloomfield Township Senior Services hosts its free 2026 Senior Resource Fair on Sept. 16, offering older adults and families a one-stop chance to connect with local service providers at the Andover Road Senior Center.
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The 31st Annual Woodward Dream Cruise rolls through Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills on Saturday, Aug. 15, with nearly 200 classic and exotic cars on South Old Woodward, free SMART shuttles, sponsor displays and family activities along the 16-mile route.
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The Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills will close Sept. 9–18 for annual maintenance, reopening Sept. 19; the museum has several sky-watching events scheduled in August before the shutdown.
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Birmingham Next launches a new monthly Dementia Caregiver Support Group on Aug. 11, open to all families navigating memory-care challenges, with professional facilitators and peer connection at the Midvale Street center.
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