Michigan Retailers Association’s Annual Buy Nearby Weekend is Oct. 7-8 Retail businesses across the state will celebrate Buy Nearby Weekend Oct. 7-8, offering special merchandise or sales and the chance for one lucky shopper to win $500 by posting a photo while shopping local with the #buynearbymi hashtag. It’s all part of the Michigan Retailers […]
Clarkston’s land conservancy, The North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy, is celebrating 45 years of preserving land and water in Northern Oakland County. To celebrate, they are hosting a “Wild Night Out” fundraiser on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. at the White Lake Oaks Country Club, 991 N. Williams Lake Road. “Although this is our annual […]
The 2017 Halloween for Special Needs Children is being sponsored by Mamon Ride and Andiamo’s of Clarkston, on Oct. 28 at 11 a.m., rain date, Oct. 29. “At approximately 1 p.m. hear the howling of as many as 100 bikers, many who will wear costumes for the kids, and bring Halloween to them,” said Kaz Mamon, […]
Mt. Zion Adult Theatre performs “Death by Dessert,” Sept 22-23 and 29-30 at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Zion Theater, 4900 Maybee Road. Set in New York’s Little Italy, the interactive comedy murder mystery features two feuding families who discover their landlord is dead, and everyone is a suspect. Tickets are $12. Check mtzion.org.
Matthew Ball, AKA Youtube’s Motor City Boogie Woogie Kid, performs at Clarkston Independence District Library, 6495 Clarkston Road, on Sunday, Oct. 8, from 2-3 p.m. The Michigan performer, who left the practice of law in 2001 to pursue a life in music, has over 3.9 million YouTube views. He performs toe-tappin’, family-friendly acrobatic piano favorites […]
Lee Western, bird song and vocalization identification expert, will be featured speaker at the Backyard Birders Club meeting at 7 p.m., Sept. 27, at The Gateway, 7150 N. Main Street. “People often say they have to see it to believe it, but not so with identifying a bird,” says Bob McGowan, founder and president of […]
Clarkston’s 45th annual Art in the Village returns to Clarkston’s Depot Park on Sept. 16-17, featuring more than 80 artists and vendors representing woodworking, glass, pottery, paintings, metalwork, photography, textiles, jewelry, edibles, and more. Admission and parking are free. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Hosted […]
DRAW (Disaster Relief at Work) hosts Bucket Run, their first 5K run/walk on September 30, from 7:30 -9:30 a.m. The walk, held with title sponsor, Fort Clarkston, costs $35 and is open to all ages. Disaster Relief at Work helps and supports victims of natural disasters around the United States. Their most recent efforts include […]
BY JESSICA STEELEY Clarkston News Staff Writer Experience some aspects of 19th century life this autumn by attending the Eighth Annual Davisburg Heritage Festival, Saturday, Sept. 23. Springfield Township and their Parks and Recreation Department organized the free festival to celebrate the town and its history. “We typically have antique tractors and a tour through […]
Clarkston Village Players presents “The Underpants,” a comedy satire by Carl Sternheim adapted for the U.S. stage by “wild and crazy guy” Steve Martin. In 1910 Germany, Louise Maske’s underpants fall down in public. Though she wore a long skirt, the whole town saw her bloomers and scandal ensues. Her husband, Theo, is mortified and […]