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| Dear Crabby, If you could make up a school subject, what would it be? |
 I didn’t care much for school, so that may be a tough
one to answer. Of course, things have changed. Math, the new math, and the newer math – so many ones to sell the same thing – 2 plus 2 is still 4, no matter how you do it, right? I think they do that just to make dads look dumb when kids ask them for help with their math homework. My kid gave me the same look that I’m sure I gave my father – somehow, the answer is the same but the way you get there keeps changing. Ugh. […] |
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| REVIEW: Avon Players’ ‘Night of January 16th’ Delivers Courtroom Drama and a Surprise Ending |
 Avon Players welcomed eager theatergoers back for the opening night of Ayn Rand’s courtroom drama, Night of January 16th, running now
until Saturday, October 9, 2021, in Rochester, MI. This moment is important because it marks the first live production since the shutdown in March 2020 when Lend Me a Tenor had to abruptly ends […] |
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| Christopher
Chen’s ‘Passage’ Coming to Oakland University Stage |
 Play leads audiences on a journey of self-exploration Oakland University’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance will present Passage, a gripping and
enigmatic play by Chinese-American playwright Christopher Chen, on Oct. 7-10 and Oct. 14-17 in the Varner Studio Theatre on the OU campus. Set in the fictional “Country X,” Passage engages audiences in an […] |
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| The Father of Computer
Science & Artificial Intelligence |
 Rochester-Avon Historical Society will present “The Father of Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence” on October
7 at 7:00 p.m. at Rochester Hills Public Library as a part of the Smart Towns program series. Oakland University professor, Frank Cardimen, will discuss the life and genius of Alan Turing, the mathematician who broke the German Enigma Machine during World War […] |
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| 2nd Street to Close in Downtown
Rochester |
 There will be a temporary road closure of 2nd Street from the Bridge to Main Street. The City’s of Rochester’s
contractor, Bowen Paving, will be removing three inches of asphalt off the roadway, starting on October 7 (pending weather). Then the road will be repaved on October 8 and 9. |
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| Rochester Community Concert
Band Presents ‘Exaltations’ |
 The Rochester Community Concert Band (RCCB) is excited to announce the return of the band to indoor concerts following a 19-month pause
due to the COVID pandemic. The concert will be held on Tuesday, October 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620 Romeo Rd, Rochester, MI. The concert […] |
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| Who did it? Where? And with what? Find out in the ‘Clue: On Stage’ at Meadow Brook Theater |
 Running October 13 through November 7, 2021 Six strangers, all with aliases – Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green,
Professor Plum, and Miss Scarlet – gather for a mysterious dinner party at a remote mansion. When their host winds up dead, they race to find the killer. Led by the butler, Wadsworth, they […] |
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| Remembering
Rochester’s Neighborhood Markets and Grocery Stores |
Tucked into some of Rochester’s older residential neighborhoods are a few ordinary-looking homes and buildings that are unlikely to attract special notice from passersby. But in days gone by, these places were hubs of local activity known as neighborhood grocery stores. In the middle decades of the twentieth century, Rochester had plenty of well-known groceries and meat markets scattered along Main Street in the downtown business district. Both independent grocers and chain
operations, such as Kroger and A&P, were represented there. However, in the residential sections of the village, several smaller stores that catered to hyper-local clientele flourished as well. |
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The Last Weekend for the Michigan Renaissance Festival
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