Royal Oak Review | Published April 26, 2023
Royal Oak Concert Band to play Michigan music
ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Concert Band’s next show, “Music Across Michigan,” will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Royal Oak Middle School auditorium, 709 N. Washington Ave.
According to a news release, the performance is a salute to Michigan through classic concert band repertoire and features projected scenes from around the state set to music.
The band, directed by Kevin R. Czarnik, will be performing works by Smokey Robinson, the Jackson 5, the Four Tops, Pierre LaPlante, David R. Gillingham and Leonard B. Smith, as well as its traditional set of marches. The concert also will have a set by the Woodward Avenue Jazz Orchestra.
Admission costs $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and is free for children ages 12 and younger. Tickets will be available at the door or online at www.royaloakconcertband.org.
Museum event to continue
ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Historical Museum will be hosting a second engagement of “Lincoln, The Man” this weekend.
The museum previously held its Abraham Lincoln exhibit in February, but it will be coming back for another engagement from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at the museum, located at 1411 Webster Road.
Reenactor Ron Carley will return as Lincoln. Admission to the exhibit costs $10, and refreshments will be served. For more information, call the museum at (248) 439-1501.
Attend the dedication of the Fred A. Erb Arboretum
ROYAL OAK — The public is invited to the dedication of the Fred A. Erb Arboretum at 10 a.m. April 27 at the sign for the arboretum that is just south of the Senior Center parking lot at 3500 Marais Ave. Royal Oak Department of Public Service Director Aaron Filipski will provide welcome statements, John Erb and Tom McGannon will be the guest speakers, and Royal Oak High School students will provide music. Light refreshments will follow the dedication.
Citywide garage sale is coming up
HUNTINGTON WOODS — The city of Huntington Woods will be holding its citywide garage sale May 19-21.
The sale will take place from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day throughout the city. The city advised in a new release that the garage sale typically brings with it more traffic than normal, so people should keep an eye out for pedestrians.
For more information, call the nonemergency line at the Department of Public Safety at (248) 541-1180.
Public engagement process
ROYAL OAK — Royal Oak will be holding a master plan public engagement process May 15-20.
In what the city called a weeklong charrette, the engagement will be held at 205 W. Second St., which is the first floor of the Center Street Garage across from the post office.
The opening presentation will be held 5:30-7:30 p.m. May 15. The following sessions will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. May 16-18 each day, and the closing presentation will be 3-5 p.m. May 20.
“Charrettes are workshops that consist of intense design and public engagement, during which future plans are drafted with stakeholder input and review,” a city posting states. “The master plan process thus far has consisted of listening to stakeholders, analyzing current conditions, and studying previous planning efforts. The charrette is the first step in creating plans for the future, in partnership with the community.”
Residents can visit planroyaloak.com for details on the scheduled public presentations and stakeholder meetings. For accommodation requests or more information, call (248) 246-3285.
Knit Michigan to hold fundraiser
CLAWSON — Knit Michigan will be hosting an open house and celebration fundraiser from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Yarn Stop, 25 S. Main St.
Knit Michigan is a nonprofit organization “dedicated to supporting cancer patients and their families by making, collecting, and donating comfort items,” a press release states.
The event will feature fundraising opportunities including a silent auction, social knitting and crocheting, a pillow-stuffing table, and various vendors.
“Knit Michigan has donated over 15,000 comfort items, including chemo caps, breast cancer pillows, Knitted Knockers, and blankets used in the infusion rooms. The comfort items are hand-made and have been gifted to cancer centers around the state free of charge,” the release states.
More information on the event can be found at fb.me/e/3x9WPgnB8.
Used book sale is this weekend
HUNTINGTON WOODS — The Friends of the Huntington Woods Library are having a used book sale from noon to 4 p.m. April 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 29 and 1-2 p.m. April 30 at the library, 26415 Scotia Road. Adult books cost $1 each and children’s books cost 50 cents apiece. Sunday will be a bag sale. For $3, shoppers will be able to fill up a bag with books that day. All proceeds will support library programs. Call (248) 543-9720 for more information.