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 families can fill summer weeks with drop-in swim sessions at Goldfish Swim School, the weekly Farmers Market on Old Woodward, and free Wednesday concerts at Shain Park, plus a Kids Zone and MI Bon festival in early August.
Community
Bloomfield Township launched a resident feedback campaign on July 22 asking neighbors to share deer-related complaints, photos, and videos as officials consider next steps on the local deer population.
Community
The Woodward Dream Cruise returns Saturday, August 15, 2026, bringing classic cars, live entertainment and heavy foot traffic to Birmingham and Bloomfield businesses along the 16-mile Woodward corridor.
Community
Michigan band ZANG plays a free Concert in the Park at Shain Park on Wednesday, August 5, preceded by Birmingham Parks & Recreation's new Kids Zone from 4 to 6 p.m.
Community
Cranbrook Academy of Art alumnus Melih Meriç was selected from nearly 400 applicants for "New Voices: Design," a national juried exhibition at Print Center New York running through August 22, where the Bloomfield Hills MFA graduate will also lead a public block-printing workshop on closing day.
Community
The MI Bon Summer Festival returns to Cranbrook's Japanese Garden in Bloomfield Hills on Saturday, August 8, with six hours of free taiko drumming, Bon dancing, food trucks, and cultural displays open to the public.
Community
Allied Construction began curb installation on four Bloomfield Village Phase 1 streets Thursday, July 23, blocking driveway access for up to two weeks as the Green Section road reconstruction project ramps up through early August.
Community
Downtown Birmingham hosts two free events on Saturday, July 25: the Birmingham Shopping District's Day on the Town sale with 70-plus retailers offering up to 70 percent off, and the Birmingham Police Department's fourth annual Open House featuring drone demos, K-9 units, and hands-on activities.
Community
Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills will host "The World of Anna Sui," a major retrospective featuring more than 100 archival looks from the metro Detroit-born designer, opening Wednesday, October 21 and running through February 28, 2027, with an exclusive ArtMember preview event on Sunday, October 18.
Community
Birmingham's free In the Park Summer Concert Series features the Detroit Retro Society on Wednesday, July 22, with five more Wednesday-night shows through August 26 and a Kids Zone family event on August 5.
Community
Bloomfield Hills Schools and Oakland County Parks have finalized a $3 million interlocal agreement that opens the Johnson Nature Center and Bowers School Farm to the public while preserving student access, giving a city with no municipal parkland its first public greenspace.
Community
The Birmingham Museum received a $71,000 Community Impact grant from the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan to remove invasive plants, restore native species, and install QR-coded markers with Indigenous history along 1½ miles of Rouge River trail.
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