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New Volkswagen eLabs encourage innovation at Birmingham, Southfield elementary schools BY MARY GENSON mgenson@candgnews.com
BIRMINGHAM/SOUTHFIELD — Students at Birmingham Public Schools and Southfield Public Schools now have access to state-ofthe-art Volkswagen eLabs — resources that promote innovation through STEM learning. The VW eLabs are digital fabrication laboratories that provide students with hands-on opportunities with 3D printers, laser cutters and robotics systems. In partnership with Volkswagen Group of America, the Public Edu-
In the VW eLabs, students can create using 3D printers, laser cutters and robotics systems.
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Birmingham Village Players bring real-life chemistry to the stage BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham Village Players’ production of Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers” explores the dynamic of a family living in Yonkers, New York, in 1942. It revolves around two teenage boys who
move in with their grandmother and Aunt Bella while their father is traveling for work. The cast of “Lost in Yonkers” includes two actors who are best friends in real life and play siblings in the show: Andrea McDonald as Aunt Bella and Russell Boyle as Eddie. McDonald and Boyle met as Wayne State University students in 1992 — both
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Birmingham Village Players’ production of “The Producers.” However, they weren’t interacting on stage in the way that they do in “Lost in Yonkers.” “The last few years, we’ve been doing theater again together, but we’ve never been in a show where we actually share a scene,” See LOST IN YONKERS on page 21A
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