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
Birmingham Next's August calendar includes nearly sold-out talks, a trip to a historic Detroit church, wellness programming with Henry Ford Health and open art studios as the nonprofit wraps its final full summer at 2121 Midvale St.
Community
Baldwin Public Library invites cardholders across Birmingham, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills and Bloomfield Hills to submit original artwork for special-edition library cards and bookmarks celebrating the 1927 building's centennial, with entries due Sunday, Oct. 25 and winning designs available starting Jan. 2, 2027.
Community
The Bloomfield Township Public Library closes Aug. 31 through Sept. 11 for Phase 1 of its $7.7 million renovation, but August is packed with events including a Summer Reading Wrap-Up, furniture sale and tech classes.
Community
Birmingham's David Bloom is organizing "An Imperfect Union," a seven-panel collaborative mural at Baldwin Public Library honoring America's 250th anniversary, with artist applications due Wednesday, Aug. 12.
Community
Cranbrook Academy of Art alumna Karyn Olivier opens her solo exhibition "Bend, Break, Mend" at MOCAD on Saturday, Aug. 8, with a free Family Day and artist conversation, curated by fellow Cranbrook alumna Jova Lynne.
Community
Birmingham presented three design concepts for a $300,000 playground renovation at Crestview Park during an Aug. 4 Parks and Recreation Board meeting, with an online survey for resident feedback expected soon at engage.bhamgov.org.
Community
Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills is accepting participants for its Education for Ministry program, a weekly small-group faith study beginning in September that requires no prior religious background.
Community
Cranbrook's Bloomfield Hills campus offers two distinct family-friendly experiences this August: a Discovery Days solar eclipse program at the Institute of Science on August 12 and a Monumental Connection poetry reading at the Art Museum on August 8.
Community
Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills is launching a six-workshop Community Science Network series for adults starting Sunday, Aug. 9, covering topics from insect identification to pollinator conservation, with no prior science experience required.
Community
The Birmingham Shopping District has three free events on tap for August — an outdoor movie night, the Farmers Market Corn Festival, and a classic car show.
Community
Jayoung Yoon, who earned her MFA in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2009, has been named a 2026 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Craft/Sculpture, receiving an $8,000 unrestricted grant after being selected from nearly 4,000 applicants.
Community
Cranbrook alumnus and former faculty member Scott Klinker will launch his new design book, "Fine Design," at a free public event at Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills on Wednesday, September 23, during Detroit Month of Design.
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