Celebrate 100 Years of Baldwin and the Michigan Modern Exhibit

"From Sea to Shining Sea"

The Music at Christ Church Cranbrook Concert Series launches with a free concert by the Sounding Light Choir at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Christ Church Cranbrook. familiar favorites like “O Shenandoah” and “She’ll be Comin’ Round the Mountain,” and compelling original works from Aaron Copland to Stephen Paulus will be featured. More information is available on the church's website.

Celebrate Martha Baldwin

Join the celebration to honor the 100th anniversary of the naming of the Baldwin Public Library for miss Martha Baldwin from 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Activities are planned throughout the library, including a presentation by local historian Diane Bert called “Getting to Know Martha Baldwin.” Library officials will also host a ribbong cutting ceremony at the newly-renovated Teen Scene.

Children Of The World

Experience a free international dance and music concert showcasing children of the world from 1-5 p.m. Saturday at Shain Park in downtown Birmingham. Costumed groups will perform traditional music and dance from countries from around the 
globe, including Irish dancers, Middle-Eastern belly dancers, Flamenco dancers 
and a Caribbean steel drum band. The concert will also showcase three local student singers, and nn ethnic costume parade with 'prizes' for children begins at 2:30 p.m.

Michigan Modern: The National Context

Bloomfield Hills resident Eric Hill, professor of practice in architecture at the University of Michigan will present an overview of the findings of the Michigan Modern project from pre-modern pioneers to Michigan’s leading architects. The lecture begins at 4 p.m. Oct. 6 in the deSalle Auditorium at the Cranbrook Art Museum and are included with Museum admission. The Michigan Modern Exhibit is on display at Cranbrook through Oct. 13.