Church Street outdoor seating council-approved

Church Street outdoor seating council-approved

BY MATT MACKINDER Clarkston News Editor In special meetings held virtually last week, both the Clarkston Planning Commission and Clarkston City Council approved the temporary usage of E. Church Street from Main Street to the alley entrance for additional seating by Honcho. “As businesses struggle to reopen during the COVID-19 crisis, the city has made […]

Postal clerk hailed as hero

BY BRENDA DOMINICK Clarkston News Staff Writer Marianna Weissenborn had less than a minute to get help when she started choking on some grapefruit. Fortunately, co-worker Ebony Turonek was there. “I thought I would die,” Weissenborn said at a recognition event at Clarkston Post Office, April 27. “I was so grateful and thankful, and I […]

Big 2018 plans in township

BY BRENDA DOMINICK Clarkston News Staff Writer There is much to look forward to in 2018 in Independence Township, said township Supervisor Pat Kittle.  “Here in the township, I am continuously amazed at the amount of support people are willing to give to an important project,” Kittle said. The Miracle League of Clarkston, a non-profit […]

Window art

Window art

Clarkston Cultural Arts members Aimee Baker and Denyse Loveless Couture check the placement of a found-object sculpture. Photos by Phil Custodio New found-object sculptures sit in the windows of the building at Main Street and Waldon Road, courtesy of Clarkston Cultural Arts Council members. “What you’re seeing within these windows are the result of a […]

‘Tenor’ kicks off season

‘Tenor’ kicks  off season

Steve Sanger’s Tito Merelli, at left, and Shaun Pittman as Max share a special drink. Photo provided by Emily Dowd The Clarkston Village Players opens their 2016-17 season with Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a Tenor” this week. The opera-themed farce is filled with mistaken identities and romantic shenanigans to have you rolling in the aisles […]

Making music

Making music

Singers  Josh Groban and Sarah McLachlan sing a heartfelt duet at DTE Energy Music Theater during the Josh Groban: On Stage show, Aug. 13. The performance featured Groban’s music theater favorites accompanied by Detroit area orchestra and choir performers, as well as special guests McLachlan and Foy Vance. Photo by Phil Custodio

Hamlet II with CVP

Hamlet II with CVP

Cyrano Jones’ Hamlet discusses a new view on life with the ghost, played by James Hoxsey. Photo by Phil Custodio Clarkston Village Players’ Hamlet II by Sam Bobrick, a loose retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy as a comedy, continues May 13-15 and 19- 21. The shows are at Depot Theater, 4861 White Lake Road. Call […]

Comedy of ‘Hamlet II’

Clarkston Village Players hit the stage with “Hamlet II,” a loose retelling of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy played for laughs, with an irritable ghost, a pregnant Ophelia, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern a la Groucho Marx. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, knows something is rotten – but finds himself quoting Edgar Allen Poe while debating whether to be, […]

Coachella Music and Arts

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