January 17, 2022 People/Dining/Shopping/Events/Culture All defining Livonia
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“People fail to get along because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don’t know each other; they don’t know each other because they have not communicated with each other.” ― Martin Luther King Jr.
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Crowded race for Congress as more candidates announce. Tliab, Jackson, Cavanagh announce campaigns. |
Shanelle Jackson, a former Michigan state representative from Detroit has announced that she will formally enter the race for Congress in February. She will run against incumbent Congresswoman Rashida Tliab.
Tlaib has represented Michigan’s 13th Congressional District since 2019 and plans to run for the open seat in the redrawn 12th district in the 2022 midterms this fall after Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence said she plans to retire.
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Attorney, former deputy Wayne County Treasurer, former Wayne County Commissioner, and former state representative Philip Cavanagh, son of the late Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, announced Wednesday he will join the campaign against Rep. Rashida Tlaib in this year's Democratic primary for a redrawn district.
"Michigan’s new 12th U.S. Congressional District needs a representative that will work to build trust, respect, and relationships in order to deliver results to all the people of the District," he said in a statement taken from Deadline Detroit. "This will include someone with a vision for the future and willing to compromise to get results while never losing sight of the core values of all families in our region."
The primary election is on August 2.
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Exciting news!
The 2020 Clarenceville Education Foundation Reverse Raffle has officially been rescheduled to Friday, March 25th, 2022!
Tickets are $100 and include 2 dinners, 2 drink vouchers, and 1 entry into the raffle. Get your ticket(s) before they are gone.
If you had already purchased a ticket for the canceled 2020 with cash, then they have your entry. If you purchased with a check, you will need to write a new check as they did not cash any of the initial checks. You can keep the ticket number you originally selected.
If you have lost your ticket stub, they will provide you a replacement (at the door, if not before).
Thanks in advance for the support! Best of luck!
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Kick off a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Greenmead Historical Park's Alexander Blue House with our Valentine's Day Tea event.
Register with a friend or loved one and enjoy an afternoon of delicious sandwiches, scones, tea and desserts while listening to some entertainment.
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Musings about the typewriter's favorite writer
The typewriter has long appreciated the writings of Franz Kafka, 1883 – 1924) a German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic.
I have read The Trial dozens of times. It was made into a film directed by Orson Welles in 1961, at which time he said, "Say what you like, but The Trial is my greatest work, even greater than Citizen Kane."
I found a note by Dr. Kris Rizzotto who wrote in July of 2021 about Kafka, and true or not it makes for a great telling:
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At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, was walking through a park one day in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favorite doll. She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully.
Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her.
The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures."
Thus began a story that continued until the end of Kafka's life.
During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.
Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned to Berlin.
"It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl.
Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me." The little girl hugged the new doll and brought the doll with her to her happy home.
A year later Kafka died.
Many years later, the now-adult girl found a letter inside the doll. In the tiny letter signed by Kafka it was written:
"Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way."
Embrace change. It's inevitable for growth. Together we can shift pain into wonder and love, but it is up to us to consciously and intentionally create that connection.
The writer of this note is Latvian Brazilian organist Dr. Kris Rizzotto (they/them) received a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma, a Master of Music from East Carolina University, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
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Postal Address
19514 Bainbridge 48152
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E-mail
rwilliamjoyner@gmail.com
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Who will represent Livonia after the
2022 elections?
Congress
12th District, west Detroit Dearborn, western Wayne County with Livonia, and Southfield.
Rashida Tliab (D) incumbent
Philip Cavanagh (D)
Shanelle Jackson (D)
No Republican has announced
State Senate
5th District, southwest corner of Livonia, Canton, Westland, Garden City, Inkster
Dayna Polehanki (D) incumbent
No Republican has announced
State Senate
6th District, majority of Livonia, Redford, Farmington, Farmington Hills
No Democrat has announced
No Republican has announced
State Representative
17th district, representing parts of Livonia (NE corner), Redford, and Detroit
Laurie Pohutsky (D)-incumbent
No Republican announced
State Representative
22 District: Michigan’s 22nd House District include Northville,, Northville Twp (part), Plymouth, Plymouth Twp (part), and western Livonia.
Matt Koleszar (D)-incumbent
Cathryn Neracher (R)
State Representative
representing parts of Livonia (SE corner), Redford, and Detroit
No candidate has announced
County Commissioner
12th District, all of Westland and 1/3 of Livonia
Glenn Anderson (D) incumbent
No Republican announced
County Commissioner
2/3 of Livonia, Northville City and Twp
Terry Marecki (R) incumbent
No Democrat has announced
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Livonia's Ken Overwater takes on a leading role in Farmington Players production of Tokens of Affection
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Tokens of Affection by Topher Payne
Directed by David Reinke | February 11-26, 2022
Frank Garrett is caught completely off-guard when Jackie, his wife of thirty-seven years, announces she’s leaving. Frank seeks solace at the New York apartment of his son Charlie, played by Ken Overwater.
When Charlie calls his sister Claire in a panic, he discovers Jackie has found refuge at Claire’s Connecticut home. Via a series of telephone conspiracies, the siblings join forces to get their parents back together in this heart-warming romantic comedy.
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Around the World in 80 Days
A fast-paced masterpiece classic!
Directed by Rob Papineau, Barefoot Productions
A SLAP-DASH COMEDY brings a madcap, frantic pace to a comedy version of the Jules Verne Classic JAN 28 AT 8 PM – FEB 6 AT 5 PM.
A small group plays EVERYBODY! We play cowboys, East Indians, Chinese, Native Americans, Dance-Hall Girls, Millionaires, Sailors, and an Elephant, imitating furniture, weather, a boat, and a locomotive! The famous train-jumps-the-collapsed-trestle scene!
The action travels from London through Europe, the Indian Continent, China, the Wild West, plus a couple of oceans, all in the intimate Barefoot Productions theater space. They must be mad!!
Show Dates: January 28, 29 and 30, February 4, 5, and 6, 2022 | Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM, Sundays at 2:00PM.
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