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| Interactive Indian Classical Dance |
Rochester Hills Public Library will present “Interactive Indian Classical Dance,” a session and performance with Oindrila Bhar
on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. in the library’s Multipurpose Room. Bhar will perform and explain the history of Odissi, an ancient classical dance that originated in the Hindu temples of the eastern coastal state of Odisha in India. |
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| Vision Boarding at the Library |
Rochester Hills Public Library will present “Vision Boarding” with Courtney Jones on January 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the library’s
Multipurpose Room. Ring in 2022 by setting an intention around your health and well-being with a vision board to remind you of your goals and intentions throughout the year. |
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| Our Good News Story, by Mayor Barnett |
“People still love a good story, and I don’t think that will change.”
Those are the words of Robert Iger, Executive Chairman of Disney, who retires at the end of 2021. Everyone who knows me knows my love for Disney and my admiration for Mr. Iger as a leader. He’s had a great run. We […] |
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| The Downtown Rochester Snowglow |
The Downtown Rochester Snowglow will take place on Friday, January 14 from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, January 15 from 12 noon – 9:00
p.m. The Snowglow will include over 40 ice sculptures lining the streets, an ice carving competition on W. 4th Street, marshmallow roasting with the Lions’ Club on E. 3rd, shopping, fireworks each night and of course, The Big, Bright Light Show. |
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| ‘Nana Does
Vegas’ has Michigan premiere at Meadow Brook Theatre |
Win big with this comic farce running January 5 through 30, on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester. In 2018, Meadow Brook audiences met Nana
and her entourage in Nana’s Naughty Knickers. Now she’s back, this time for a run at Las Vegas. Nana and her sidekick, Vera, have taken a gamble and moved […] |
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| The 19th Century Evolution of Football |
Rochester Hills Public Library will present “The 19th Century Evolution of Football” with historian Jim Craft on January 13,
2022, at 7:00 p.m. in the library’s Multipurpose Room. Craft will recount the history of football's early forms, beginning with folk football, through how the game was played between 1863 and 1913, and on to the three most major forms of football known today: Soccer, Rugby Union, and Gridiron (American). |
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| Dear Crabby, Why Do We Care When Someone
Famous Dies? |
Dear Crabby, I was looking through my Facebook memories and was
shocked to see it’s been five years since Carrie Fisher and her mom Debbie Reynolds passed away. I still feel sad that they’re gone. Is that weird? It’s not like I knew them. What do you think? Thanks! Gwenie Tew Dear Gwenie Tew, Well, […] |
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| The Boogie Woogie Kid at the OPC |
The Boogie Woogie Kid, Matthew Ball, is coming to the Older Persons’ Commission (OPC) to help kick off the New Year on Thursday,
January 13 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. An internationally acclaimed performer, Matthew’s high-energy, toe-tapping show will have the audience swinging and swaying with classic Ragtime, Boogie-woogie, Jazz & Blues favorites from the 20’s, 30’s & 40’s. |
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| Augmented Reality – What is it All
About? |
Smart Towns will host Dr. Khalid Mirza, founding director of Oakland University's Augmented Reality Center (ARC), at
Rochester Hills Public Library’s Multipurpose Room on Thursday, January 20 at 7:00 p.m. In this program, Dr. Mirza will explain augmented reality and how it may be on the verge of changing our lives. |
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ENDS DECEMBER 31: HollyDazzle is a magical three-quarter mile outdoor trail featuring more than a dozen lighted Christmas scenes including Santa Claus, Sledding Penguins and Candy Land Castle in a magical winter wonderland walk through at the Michigan Renaissance Festival Village. Tickets will be sold for specific days and arrival times. Open Rain, Snow or Shine. Free Parking. Tickets are limited to only 100 people per time slot. HollyDazzle is an outdoor walk-through event. Kids 4 & under are FREE.
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