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Habitat for Humanity Rocks the Block in Southfield
MAY 9, 2024 • Vol. 21, No. 10
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Vintage Boutique featured in Friends of the Southfield Public Arts Fashion Show BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
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he Friends of the Southfield Public Arts and Fantoni invite the public to step back in time for an evening 7-9 p.m. May 31 at the former Skyline Club, located on the 28th floor of 2000 Southfield Town Center. The Art and Vintage Fashion Show fundraiser features over 40 pieces of vintage couture fashion from the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Pieces that have withstood the test of time that were once sold in iconic stores such as Hudson’s, B. Siegel, Winkelman’s, Himelhoch’s, Jacobson’s, Bonwit Teller, Claire Pearone and Surwin’s will be modeled by 11 models from the Southfield High School for the Arts and Technology dance team. “We were all blown away, because I remember these pieces from back in the day, when our parents used to shop at Himelhoch’s and those places like that,” commented
BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
SOUTHFIELD — “I’m trying not to cry,” Eugenia Ballard said as a team of four Habitat for Humanity volunteers from Aptiv, an automotive supplier, got to work in her yard April 25. “This is not about me,” she said. “This is about bringing light to Habitat. When I talked to one of the people, he was like, ‘Well, this is your moment to shine.’ I said,
See HABITAT on page 7A
See FASHION SHOW on page 14A
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Jeffrey Ligon holds up one of the pieces that will be worn in the Art and Vintage Fashion Show May 31.
Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Jemimah Kwoba, a volunteer from Aptiv, gets to work cleaning up Ballard’s yard. The City of Southfield is seeking submissions for the 8th annual Southfield Photo Prize competition and public art exhibition.
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The photo that receives the most overall votes will be featured in the City’s 2025 calendar with a photo credit and winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in September.