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April 9, 2015
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Canton to host Acts of Culture Week
Plymouth library adds new online history portal
Rake-N-Go volunteers sought to aid seniors
Canton will once again focus a
spotlight on arts and culture dur-
ing the 5th annual Canton Acts of
CultureWeek. The activities, pre-
sented by the Canton
Commission for Culture, Arts and
Heritage and sponsored by
Canton Community Foundation,
will begin on Friday, April 24 and
continue through Sunday, May 3,
at various community locations.
In celebration of the arts, a
variety of events have been
planned, including:
The Michigan Philharmonic
performance of “Middle Eastern
Fusion Fest,” featuring music of
the Middle East such as Rimsky-
Korsakov's “Scheherazade: The
Young Prince and The Young
Princess,” Oztoprak's “Zuzdil
Samai” and “Arabian Waltz” by
Rabih Abou-Khalil. A special
guest will be Michael Ibrahim,
music director of the National
Arab Orchestra. The concerts
will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3
at 2 p.m. at The Village Theater
at Cherry Hill. Tickets are $10
for adults and $5 for seniors and
youth and can be purchased
online at
or by contacting the Michigan
Philharmonic at (734) 451-2112.
The 5th Annual Ladies
Dillenbeck Art Exhibition
Reception at D & M Art Studio,
located at 8691 N. Lilley Road,
from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 26.
The reception will be hosted by
Sharon Lee Dillenbeck,
owner/operator of D & M Art
Studio, and will include recent
original works by Dillenbeck and
her daughters, Erin and Kristin,
and her sister Donna Knight.
Additional works will also be on
display from Marilyn Meredith,
Vivian Hewitt, Elizabeth
Gullikson, Deana Salhaney, Kyla
Suchy, Teresa Davis and Kay
Masini. For more information,
visit
Canton Concert Band Spring
Concert, “Flight of Fancy,” will
feature pieces that will take lis-
teners on an imaginary flight
through the sky and will range
from Rossano Galante's “Beyond
theHorizon” and “Mt. Everest” to
Samuel Hazo's composition
“Rush.” This special perform-
ance will begin at 7 p.m. on
Saturday, May 2 at The Village
Theater at Cherry Hill, located at
50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton,
MI 48187. Tickets are $12 and
can be purchased online at
.
Community members are also
encouraged to support the fol-
lowing weekend events, includ-
ing:
Canton Club 55+ “Cinco de
Mayo Celebration” from6-10 p.m.
on Saturday, May 9 in the
Summit on the Park's Walnut
Room, located at 46000 Summit
Parkway. This event features a
delicious “south of the border”
buffet, cash bar and entertain-
ment. Biggby Coffee is sponsor-
ing a five-member Tejano band,
Grupo Fantasia. Tickets are $39
per person, $72 p r couple, $280
for table of eight. Register online
at
, in person
at the Club 55+ Front Desk or by
calling (734) 394-5485.
“Acts of Fashion - Fashion
Show” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May
9 at The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill, located at 50400
Cherry Hill Road, Canton , MI
48187. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $12 per person and
are available at
-
ion.com or by calling (734) 612-
2041. Children 6 and under are
admitted at no cost.
Acomplete calendar of the 5th
annual Canton Acts of Culture
Week events is available at
For more
information, call (734) 394-5360.
Everything old is new again at
the Plymouth District Library
where a new online local history
portal has been launched.
The portal,
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brary.org, includes an index cov-
ering the local weekly newspa-
per, The Plymouth Mail, that will
provide access to the history and
heritage of Plymouth and the sur-
rounding communities from 1887
- 1914.
The first issue of thePlymouth
Mail was published on Sept. 16,
1887 and it contained extensive
news regarding people, places
and happenings in and around
not only Plymouth, but much of
westernWayneCounty.
Since 1990, library volunteers
have viewed microfilmed copies
of The Plymouth Mail, indexing
names, events, businesses, organ-
izations and advertisements.
This index covers the years 1887 -
1914, and is now fully searchable
on the local history portal -
Community organizations and
individuals will find the portal
efficient and valuable.
“In a small town, newspapers
are often the only source we
have for information,” explained
Heidi Nielsen, archivist of the
Plymouth Historical Museum.
“Being able to search the
Plymouth Mail by date and key-
words on-line is going to make
researching so much easier than
usingmicrofilm. The hardpart is
going to be remaining on topic,
because the old papers are so
much fun to read!”
The information students
need to understand local history
and to learn to value the founda-
tion upon which Plymouth was
built, will be easily accessible
through the local history portal.
Darrin Silvester, Salem High
School Social Studies teacher,
has used the index.
“For a decade my students
and I have worked to preserve
aspects of our community's rich
history. For two community-
basedprojects, I searched the on-
line index and found hundreds
of useful leads to further our
work and research,” he com-
mented.
This research tool is support-
ed by the Michigan Council for
Arts and Cultural Affairs
(MCACA) and the Detroit
Recreation Department. The
City of Detroit's Recreation
Department facilitates the
MCACAminigrant programs.
The Plymouth Community
UnitedWay is seeking volunteers
for the semi-annual Rake-n-go
set for April 25.
Twice each year, volunteers
visit homes in the Plymouth and
Canton communities to help sen-
iors and others unable to care for
their yards. This year, about 70
such neighbors will be helped by
volunteers who rake leaves and
debris, pull weeds, bag up the
refuse and are on theirway.
The program has been a part
of the United Way efforts in the
local community since 2006. One
year, according to Linda Chomin,
community relations associate at
United Way, there were nearly
400 volunteers helping the effort.
Chomin said that many volun-
teers bring their families along
for the day. Volunteers should
bring rakes, garden tools, hedge
trimmers and gloves, all clearly
marked with the owner's name.
United Way will supply yard
waste bags for disposal of debris
and yard refuse.
To register as a volunteer or to
request help, call (734) 453-6879,
Ext.
7
or
email
.
Plymouth Community United
Way has served Plymouth,
Canton and the western Wayne
County area since 1944. Formore
information or to learn about giv-
ing or volunteering, go to
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