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Acts of Culture Week to be celebrated
Upscale home plan OK’d
Newburgh repairs planned
Canton Township will once again focus
a spotlight on arts and culture during the
6th annual Canton Acts of Culture Week.
This week of events, presented by the
Canton Commission for Culture, Arts and
Heritage, will begin on Sunday, May 1 and
continue through Sunday, May 8, at vari-
ous community locations.
The week of events is designed to
showcase community cultural resources
and partnerships; celebrate diverse cul-
ture offerings; raise awareness of arts
accessibility; instill an appreciation of
local arts organizations and promote the
arts and heritage in and around the
Canton community, according to a
spokesperson.
Among the events planned are:
The Michigan Opera Theatre's “How
Nanita Learned To Make Flan”
at 2 p.m.
Sunday, May 1 at The Village Theater at
Cherry Hill. Presented by the Canton
Commission for Culture, Arts and
Heritage in partnership with the Village
Theater and Michigan Opera Theatre
Community Programs Touring Ensemble.
This 45-minute opera for children will be
sung in English (with some Spanish) by
Michigan Opera Theatre Community
Programs touring ensemble. Join a little
girl on a fairy tale journey filled with dis-
covery, danger and delicious flan.
Nanita's papa, a shoemaker, works so
hard he doesn't have time to make his
daughter shoes. Nanita's First
Communion is coming up, so Nanita
decides to make the shoes for herself, but
somehow her odd little creations turn out
to be enchanted, and they sleepwalk her
far away. When she awakens, she is lost
and must find her way home. Flan, made
by Los AmigosRestaurant, will be sold fol-
lowing the performance: $3 each or two
for $5. Tickets are priced at $6 and are
available on-line at
-
eater.org or by calling (734) 394-5300.
The 6th Annual Ladies Dillenbeck Art
Exhibition Reception
at D & M Art Studio,
located at 8691 N. Lilley Road, will take
place from2-4 p.m. onSunday, May 1. This
exhibition and sale of select original art-
work features pieces that were created by
local women artists. Art will include
drawings, paintings, and photography by
artists including: Sharon Lee Dillenbeck;
her daughters Erin and Kristin; her sister
Donna Knight; Marilyn Meredith; Vivian
Hewitt; Elizabeth Gullikson; Deana
Salhaney; Kyla Suchy; Kay Masini and
others. This exhibition is free and will
continue throughMay 31. For more infor-
mation, visit
.
“Acts of Fashion - Fashion Show”
will
take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at
The Village Theater at Cherry Hill, locat-
ed at 50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton.
Doors will open at 6 p.m. for this charity
runway fashion show and shopping expe-
rience. Included will be a spring/summer
lineup of high end fashion wear and
accessories fromnew, local and upcoming
designers. Participating merchants
include: Carson's, Rue 21, and Al Wissam
among others. There will be special per-
formances by Kelsey Rose, Central City
Dance, The Detroit Tap Repertoire and
others.
Tickets are $15 per person and are
available at
theater.org. A portion of the proceeds will
benefit the World War II Veterans
Dormitory via the Partnership for theArts
and Humanities. For more information,
visit
A complete calendar of the 6th annual
Canton Acts of Culture Week events is
available at
. For more
information, call (734) 394-5360.
Members of the Westland City Council
have approved the site plan for a new
upscale home development on the site of
the former Nankin Mills Elementary
School.
The 7.39 acre development will be
called Nankin Mills Subdivision and will
be located at the north side of Ann Arbor
Trail, at HubbardRoad, west of Merriman
Road.
The developer, Amson Development, is
proposing a 31-lot subdivision which will
contain city streets, concrete sidewalks,
street lighting and street trees, as
required for all residential development.
Amson Development has proposed
three models of single-family homes in
the project including a 2,270 square foot,
four-bedroom colonial; a 2,395 square foot
three-bedroom colonial and a 2,527
square foot, four-bedroom colonial. All
homes will be constructed with a brick
exterior on all four sides to the top of the
first floor, according to the site plans pre-
sented to the city council for approval.
The development will also contain a
storm water detention pond at the east
end of the site on the adjacent Livonia
Public Schools property. A 24-square foot
monument identification sign will be
placed at each entrance of the subdivi-
sion, according to the plans.
“The demand for new, upscale homes
inWestland is really starting to take off fol-
lowing Westland's recognition by Wall
Street 24/7 as one of the top 50 communi-
ties for young families,” commented
Mayor William Wild. “New families are
really attracted by Westland's schools and
highquality affordable living lifestyle.”
workwith our kids.”
“Now we have the opportunity to take
the technology even further, so when we
say our kidswill be able to reach the stars,
they will really do that,” said Michelle
Harmala, Superintendent of Wayne-
WestlandCommunity Schools.
In the future, the planetarium will
again be available for use by other
schools, the community and those outside
of Wayne-Westland through a facilities
rental process. The planetarium is locat-
ed at the high school, 36105 Marquette in
Westland.
For more information, contact John
Glenn High School principal David A.
Inghamat (734) 419-2323.
The City of Westland is partnering with
the
Michigan
Department
of
Transportation on concrete repair work
onNewburghRoad.
The work will take place along
Newburgh Road from north of Ford Road
to Warren Road, according to a prepared
release from the office of Mayor William
Wild.
The total cost of the project is
$1,458,660 and Westland will pay $264,760
which leaves $1,193,900 being funded by
the state.
As part of the road work, crews will
remove and replace deficient sections of
concrete including handicap ramps and
pavement sealing. At least one lane for
traffic will be accessible from both direc-
tions at all times for the duration of the
project, according to the statement.
The project is scheduled to be complet-
edduring this construction season.
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City and school officials celebrated the reopening of the high school planetarium.
