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Fun Happenings Nearby This Weekend

Song and Spirit Institute for Peace celebration in Berkley; live organ music during 'Phantom of the Opera' film in Birmingham; authors event in Clawson; 'Flowers in the Attic' parody in Ferndale; Cat Power concert in Royal Oak; trick-or-treat in Troy.

 

There's a lot going on in our area this weekend, so we've collected some of the highlights to share with you.

A Weekend of Holy Foolery

Music: 'Phantom of the Opera'

  • When: 6 p.m. Sunday.
  • Where: St. James Episcopal Church, 355 W. Maple Road Birmingham.
  • Cost: Free.
  • Why Go: Love Phantom of the Opera? St. James Episcopal Church in downtown Birmingham has the perfect night for you. St. James will be showing the 1924 silent film Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney. However, hear the organ music in person as the film is accompanied by organist Glenn Burdette.

Books & Authors

  • When: 11 a.m. Sunday.
  • Where: Leon & Lulu, 96 W. 14 Mile Road Clawson.
  • Cost: Free.
  • Why Go: Meet and greet more than 40 local authors. Leon & Lulu, in conjunction with the Detroit Free Press' Gift of Reading Program, will also be collecting children's books to distribute to children in Detroit.

Flowers Up Her Attic

  • When: 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday.
  • Where: Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale.
  • Cost: $10.
  • Why go: Local playwright Marke Sobolewski and Ringwald artistic director Joe Bailey have teamed up to create what the theater calls "a campy, hilarious, ultimately loving parody" of V. C. Andrews' novel Flowers in the Attic.

Cat Power concert

  • When: Doors open at 8 p.m. Saturday.
  • Where: Royal Oak Music Theatre, 318 W 4th St, Royal Oak, MI 48067
  • Cost: Tickets range from $29.50 to $49.50.
  • Why go: Check out the indie rocker with special guests Xray Eyeballs and Willis Earl Beal.

The Magic of Halloween with The Amazing Clark

  • When: 1-3 p.m. Saturday
  • Where: Troy Museum & Historic Village, 60 W. Wattles Road, Troy
  • Cost: Kids 12 and younger with a paying adult get in free; adults, $5, and seniors 60 and older, $3.
  • Why go: Trick-or-treat among the historic buildings and enjoy magic with The Amazing Clark, magic-themed crafts, prizes and candy.

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Ronald Wolf

10:03 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012

Royal Oak has a St Patricks Day Parade replete with vomiting and falling down youth right after, along with other major holiday parades. While it has a nice "Spooktacular" for the kiddies and their parents there is nothing for us adult children on Halloween except to go to the bars, or watch the police patrols and the cheap last minute get ups at Leos around bar closing time. Other cities throughout the country have great parades, my favorite was in Greenwich Village NYC with stilts, broadway quality costumes, drag queens, pets in crazy get ups and last a loud bang with puff of smoke on top of the Washington Square monument with a devil in costume waving his pitchfork to the crowd below. Royal Oak and Ferndale should get together and have a grand parade down Main Street. If the Stardream Fountain was decently lit and repaired it could end there, or it could end at the Farmers Market with a grand party including a flash mob zombie dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller. What a waste of Royal Oak's creative population not to have a great Halloween, and we would not need sponsors, or an outside event manager. Just a little ambition and possibly a little help from the DDA for extra police.

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