October 28,2020 Your Source for Livonia Cultural Happenings
Come experience Michigan’s most entertaining magic and comedy show LIVE in the comfort of your home!

For one special night join Magician Jonathon LaChance on a private interactive Facebook LIVE! ( Facebook Login Required ) as he amazes and amuses YOU with his unique magic show called Laugh Magic LIVE! Experience mind-boggling magic right before your eyes – all while laughing till it hurts! See for yourself why audiences appreciate the smart, youthful charm of Jonathon LaChance and leave wanting more.

By special arrangement, James Alt will be joining the show with his own unique brand of amazing close-up magic. Get your tickets now for a full evening of magic and mirth in your own home!

Magician Jonathon LaChance has joined forces with the Livonia AM Rotary Club to help them in the fight to end Polio around the world by hosting this Laugh Magic LIVE event in an effort to raise funds toward that end. Rotary has been fundraising since 1979 to eradicate this disease around the globe. Working with other agencies and donors together they have coordinated an amazing effort using trained medical personnel and volunteers to immunize unvaccinated children, one-by-one, in every country of the world.

We are so close to making history by causing polio to be the second disease totally eradicated from the face of the earth!

If the scheduled date doesn't work for you, the show will be available for you to view through November 15, 2020.

General Admission (Household Link) : $25
***FACEBOOK LOGIN REQUIRED ***
Show recommended for the whole family!

3 Easy steps for ticket purchase
(Facebook Login Required for viewing)

1) Purchase ticket using the link below 
2) Check your email for a RESTRICTED/CONFIDENTIAL link to access the private event.
3) Click the link and join the private event preferably at least the day before the show!
The Livonia Performing Arts Academy

They are kicking off their Performing Arts Academy with a FREE 90-minute virtual workshop covering the basic needs to make it in New York City with Michigan-native, Alan Highe!

Topics of discussion will include auditioning for a performance-based school, navigating the city, time management, and meal prep, audition processes, and an inside look at putting an Off-Broadway musical together!

Bring your questions about the industry, schooling, and general life in New York and prepare to learn from a Michigan insider!

Be sure to register online at:
Corsi's says that you are loved.

Corsi's Restaurant & Banquet Hall is partnering with the non profit group, You are Loved. Their goal is to keep the homeless warm this winter. Since they can not open their dining room for dine in, "let's fill it up with donations!"

Please drop off clean, coats, sweats, socks, hat, gloves, boots, blankets. Men, Women and Kids. They do not need to be new, but gently used that are clean. Bagged please. They are open 2 PM to 7:30 PM to accept your donations through November 16th!
Join the Livonia Library for a friendly, spooktacular outdoor trick-or-treating!

Stop by the StoryWalk® behind the Bennett Civic Center Library anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, October 30 for a free program for kids! Kids are encouraged to attend in costume and bring a treat bag to pick up a few (non-candy) treats while reading the story.

For our older kids, the StoryWalk interactive begins at 3 p.m. Scan the QR code with your phone, hunt for characters, solve a few puzzles and see if YOU can catch a monster!

StoryWalk® interactive runs from 3 p.m. Friday through the evening of Sunday, November 1. Please maintain social distancing.
I took the dare and joined Dan MacIver and the bodyguard for a birthday lunch in North Livonia otherwise known as Farmington.

Once the 1/2 day visa was approved to cross Eight Mile we were off.

Three huge patios with the best propane heaters and a handful of tables inside so well spaced that it was a canyon between seating.

Waitress Sue, from Westland, helped make our first visit to the Sidecar memorable. A great ambassador for the restaurant.

The bodyguard had a salmon slider and a PBJ slider. That's right peanut butter and jelly with cheese and bacon.

Dan had brussel sprouts with bleau cheese and bacon and a slider with meat blackened, pepper jack, habanero popper and habanero aioli.

The typewriter kept it simple 3 oz of hamburger slider and a chicken breast slider. Boring eater.

The menu also includes hot dogs, pita tacos and so much more. A real trip with widened eyes as you read over the possibilities.

The owner sent over deep fried oreo's with a melted marshmellow and chocolate sauce. Really? It was great. Thank you.

LET'S GIVE THE SIDE BAR SLIDER BAR THREE TYPEWRITERS. Refreshing in this age of static bars with typical bar food.
It's time for a
Wednesday Smile
I get to love you By Ruelle, Cover by Svetlana Tsivinskaya, concertmaster for our Livonia Symphony Orchestra, on violin.

Svetlana's passion for classical music began at age 6, when she picked up the violin. Her diverse interests within the field of classical music culminated with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Music College and State Music Conservatory in her native Saint-Petersburg, Russia. 

Our Livonia Symphony Orchestra is a Livonia gem proving the point that Livonia is the cultural heartbeat of southeast Michigan.
Zonjic is coming to town.
Have you checked out the Detroit Institute of Arts' Inside|Out art installations yet?

Seven reproductions of classic art pieces are on display for a limited time throughout Rotary Park and the Livonia Civic campus mix of Livonia City Hall, Livonia Civic Center Library and the Kirksey Recreation Center.

Check them out among the backdrop of fall colors at each site.
Let's take a look at the endorsements for
Commissioner Terry Marecki
James McConnell asks for another look at Commission candidate Nancy Darga.

Okay Jim, here is your note asking for a closer look and material being distributed by Darga:
"Great endorsement of State Rep Laurie Pohutsky, but I do wish you had taken a closer look at Nancy Darga, whose values truly are reflecting of Livonia.

"Saving/protecting Hines Park, supporting Friends of the Rouge, even help found the Motor cities National Heritage Area as well as her years of experience on Northville City Council.

"With her extensive experience in both county and municipal governments, Nancy Darga will be an outstanding County Commissioner."