Dear Crabby, What Are Your Hopes for 2020

Dear Crabby, A new year is right around the corner. Is there anything you’re looking forward to in 2020? Thanks! Nancy Nuova Dear Nancy Nuova, Ahhh, yes. Here we are once again on the cusp of a new year. All that optimism is enough to make anyone gag. This week the circulars clogging our mailboxes will be filled with ads and sales to …

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Smash Classic Comedy Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' haunts up laughs at Meadow Brook Theatre

Running January 8 through February 2, 2020 While researching an upcoming novel, Charles Condomine invites an eccentric medium, Madame Arcati, to his home to conduct a séance with his wife, Ruth, and some friends. He doesn’t know what to expect, but he certainly didn’t think it would be the ghost of his late wife, Elvira, whom only he can see …

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'Dialogues of the Carmelites,' an opera, coming to Oakland University stage

Performances run Jan. 16-19, 2020 in Varner Recital Hall Oakland University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance will present the opera Dialogues of the Carmelites — Francis Poulenc’s moving tale of the martyrdom of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution — from Jan. 16-19 in Varner Recital Hall. “The story follows the arc of a …

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Bloomer Park is Steeped in History
Bloomer Park sign by the entrance to the parkBloomer Park, located at the north end of John R Road in Rochester Hills, is the city’s oldest park. The city will celebrate the centennial of its founding in 2022. Long before anyone thought of dedicating the land for recreational purposes, the location was part of a pioneer-era transportation project called the Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal. The […]
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Author’s Corner: Plot vs. Character
Author's Corner graphic with name and photo of Author R.L. HerronPlot vs. Character The plot-versus-character debate is nothing new. Most indie writers struggle with it. I’ve never been one to work from a plot outline, but I’m also among the first to admit that a man sitting alone with his thoughts is a not an interesting story. It may be a colorful character study, but […]
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Photo Highlights of the 2019 Rochester Area Hometown Christmas Parade
Dancers form a circle with raised hands holding pom pomsPhoto Highlights of the 68th Rochester Area Hometown Christmas Parade. Thank you the Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce for another successful event. Photos by Michael Dwyer of Rochester Media and The Community Edge.                     Check out last year’s photo highlights of the 67th Annual Rochester Hometown […]
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