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Firefighters and families seated at picnic tables at an outdoor fire station open house.

Birmingham firefighters open station doors Oct. 10

The Birmingham Fire Department holds its annual open house at Fire Station 1 on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 1 to 4 p.m., with hands-on demonstrations, free food and family activities.

Birmingham Village Players graphic listing its 2026-27 season, including “Once On This Island,” “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” “Amadeus” and “Oklahoma!”

Village Players opens 'Once On This Island' tonight

Birmingham Village Players opens its 104th season Friday, Sept. 18, with the Tony Award-winning musical "Once On This Island," running through Oct. 4 at 34660 Woodward Ave. with $30 tickets.

Event flyer showing children in red firefighter helmets with Open House branding and colorful bunting.

Bloomfield Township Open House returns Sept. 27

Bloomfield Township's free annual Open House returns Sunday, Sept. 27, with all 11 departments offering activities, a noon fire demonstration, a charity dunk tank benefiting Special Olympics and live performances at the township campus on Telegraph Road.

Actor and Comedian Tim Allen doing stand-up at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles.

Tim Allen pledges $100,000 match for Birmingham Community House

Actor and Seaholm High School graduate Tim Allen has pledged to match up to $100,000 in donations to the City of Birmingham Community House Foundation before Dec. 31, but the foundation has raised just $21,125 so far toward that threshold.

Smiling man in a dark suit and striped tie at an outdoor gathering near a stone building.

Cranbrook mourns 'Monsieur' Dagbovie after 41 years

Prospero Dagbovie, who taught French at Cranbrook Schools in Bloomfield Hills for 41 years, died Aug. 24 after a battle with Parkinson's disease; the school community plans a remembrance at a future Reunion Weekend.

Black promotional graphic with the words "Hadestown Teen Edition" in cream and red block lettering.

BHHS Theatre presents 'Hadestown' Nov. 12-14

Bloomfield Hills High School Theatre will present three performances of "Hadestown Teen Edition" Nov. 12-14, bringing the eight-time Tony Award-winning musical to a local stage with teen actors.

Visitors viewing framed artwork on a white gallery wall at an exhibition opening.

Artist Amy Beeler leads free BBAC talk Thursday

Amy Beeler leads a free artist talk Thursday evening at the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, one of the last chances to experience her textile exhibition "Domestic Lines: Quiet Rituals" before it closes Sept. 17.

Red wooden barn building with a painted Franklin Cider Mill sign above the entrance.

Franklin Cider Mill opens 189th season

Franklin Cider Mill opened its 189th season Sept. 5 and runs daily through Nov. 29, offering fresh-pressed cider, doughnuts from an old German recipe and weekend jazz at 7450 Franklin Road.

Close-up of a modern digital thermostat mounted on a wall, displaying temperature settings in Celsius.

Michigan heating credit expires Sept. 30

Michigan renters and homeowners have until Sept. 30 to claim the Home Heating Tax Credit, which averaged $171 last year; the credit cannot be filed retroactively after the deadline.

A golf cart carries a flag bearer down Franklin Road as crowds line both sides of the street for the Labor Day parade.

Franklin's 81st Labor Day Round Up returns Monday

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.

A man and woman stand together indoors near leaded-glass windows in a historic hall.

Actor Matt Kimbrough sings in restored Cranbrook Dining Hall

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.

Promotional flyer for "Meet the Author," a Sept. 14, 2026 event with interior designer Young Lee Huh at Cranbrook Kingswood's Kingswood Library, featuring cover art from her book "A Mood, A Thought, A Feeling: Interiors."

Cranbrook alumna Young Huh brings book talk Sept. 14

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.

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