Birmingham's Cathie Badalamenti receives the 17th annual Birminham/Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award.
Cathie Badalamenti, founder of Birmingham's Village Youth Theatre, is the 17th annual recipient of the Birmingham/Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award. The award is sponsored by the Cultural Council of Birmingham-Bloomfield, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), The Community House and the Observer and Eccentric newspapers. Badalamenti founded the Village Youth Theatre — the youth arm of Birmingham's Village Players theater troupe — in 2007 for youths ages 8 to 18. The group produces two musicals a year, while also sponsoring a Summer Theatre Arts Camp. "I am so very excited and honored to receive this award," Badalamenti said. "I have always felt very fortunate to live in a community that emphasizes the understanding, development and …
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Do you know someone who has been influential in furthering the arts and culture in your community? Nominate them for the 2012 Birmingham-Bloomfield Cultural Arts Award. Now in its 17th year, the award is jointly sponsored by The Community House, the Birmingham Eccentric, the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) and the Cultural Council of Birmingham-Bloomfield. Past winners have included musicians, philanthropists, writers, sculptors, teachers, photographers and volunteers. Last year's honoree was Maury Okun, executive director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival and Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. Judy Adelman also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her "indefatigable promotion of the arts." "The quality of the …
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The Community House
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David Wachler & Sons Jewelers
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Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
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David Klein Gallery
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Baldwin Public Library
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Robert Kidd Gallery
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Jane Bonanata
1:18 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012
Congrats to Cathie! so well deserved! more ›