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Registration Ends May 31 LANSING, Mich., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- People interested in Modern design have one week left to register for Michigan Modern: Design that Shaped America, a four-day symposium at Cranbrook that will bring together national experts to talk about Michigan's major role in the development of American Modernism. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/MM85741LOGO) Michigan was the epicenter of Modern design during the mid-twentieth...
"Michigan Modern(TM): Design that Shaped America" Opens at Cranbrook in June LANSING, Mich., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The official launch of the ground-breaking Michigan Modern symposium and exhibition is set for the week of June 13-16, 2013, at the Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Symposium registration is now open at michiganmodern.org. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110419/MM85741LOGO ) The goal of the project is to showcase...
Organization for Bat Conservation staging hands-on presentations at 14 nature centers throughout southeast Michigan to facilitate better understanding - and love - for bats BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bats navigate by echolocation, but the world's sole flying mammals fly under the radar screen when it comes to positive first impressions among the public. Volunteers at the Cranbrook Institute of Science-based non-profit Organization for Bat Conservation...
Work has started on a scheme designed by Kent architecture firm jhd Architects to extend Hartley House Care Home in Cranbrook. The scheme will provide additional specialist services for the elderly and dementia sufferers at a time when demand in the county is rising and the supply of places is limited. Kent, United Kingdom (PRWEB) January 30, 2013 jhd Architects' extension of Hartley House comes at a time when modern, well-designed facilities are increasingly sought after by Kent...
DETROIT, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A documentary on the life and work of Eero Saarinen, considered one of the masters of American 20th Century architecture, will be produced for PBS and international distribution thanks to a $350,000 matching grant from Michigan entrepreneur A. Alfred Taubman. The hour-long film, produced and directed by Emmy award winning Peter Rosen, will be presented by Detroit Public Television on PBS in 2014. Eero Saarinen was one of the most prolific,...
DETROIT, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a work stoppage that has left Orchestra Hall in Detroit quiet, the musicians of the Detroit Symphony will be making their music available to all of southeast Michigan through a live television broadcast on Sunday, October 24th at 3PM. WADL-TV38 and the musicians have agreed to a broadcast of their concert from Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, featuring internationally acclaimed conductor and violinist Joseph Silverstein with...
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Art, education, business and politics will converge for a spirited community dialogue when leaders of Metro Detroit's Arts Community engage in a discussion on the positive influence of art in the daily lives of Metro Detroit's citizens on the topic: "Art ... A Catalyst for Change?" hosted for the second year in a row by Daimler Financial Services in Farmington Hills. Last year's event drew over 300 people. WHO: The Metro Detroit...
AVON, Ohio, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Insider Perks, the world's first website dedicated to professional unbiased travel videos, today announced the completion of its new Detroit Travel Guide which offers users exclusive looks inside the most popular tourism attractions in the Detroit metro area utilizing the immersive power of travel videos. While filming each tourism video in the Detroit area, Insider Perks worked closely with local museums, hotels, restaurants and other tourism...
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmington Hills based Ruby+Associates, a constructability focused structural engineering firm, is part of the team that recently received special recognition from Building Construction+Design magazine, the publication that "inspires the building community", for its work on Kingswood School at Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Other members of this team included Skanska and Quinn Evans Architects. Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright's...
An official at a rowing club in the Swedish city of Malmo says the site is negotiating with an individual who stole the club's beloved Indian statue. Malmo Rowing Club official Peter Kauranen said The Indian statue, a replica of an original statue created by Carl Milles, was stolen last fall by an unidentified thief, who has since contacted the club to sell the item back at a price, The Local said Sunday. The thief has realized that the statue is so well known that it can't be sold at...
