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CULTURAL CENTER Assumption Cultural Center | 21800
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COME BE GREEK FOR A DAY! ENJOY THE POPULAR GREEK FOOD YOU’VE COME TO LOVE!
GREEKFEST RETURNS 2024 AUGUST 15, 16, 17 & 18
Popular Greek food and pastries; entertainment with music and dancers. Taverna, Frappes, Baklava ice cream sundaes. Kids’ rides, games for all ages, magic shows, hair braiding, tattoos, inflatables, stilt walkers, balloon man, puppet shows, face painting and more! Tour Church Iconography by Vlasis Tsotsonis; Shop the Marketplace for unique items and gifts from the USA and Greece: Icons, art, photography, jewelry, oil paintings, handmade crafts, home accessories, imported women’s clothing and more! 4 Days, Rain or Shine! August 15, 4pm-10pm • August 16, 4pm-11pm • August 17, 11am-11pm • August 18, 11am-7pm • Grand Opening – Thursday, August 15, 5pm DRIVE-THRU CARRY-OUT OPEN DAILY DURING FESTIVAL HOURS Call ahead to order at (586) 596-6326 or (586) 779-8071. View menu and order online at www.assumptionfest ival. com. GREEKFEST GRAND RAFFLE! BUY YOUR WINNING TICKET NOW! 1st Prize: $10,000 • 2nd Prize: Signature Ahee Diamond Pendant – value: $3,600, donated by Ahee Jewelers • 3rd Prize: $500 • 4th, 5th & 6th Prizes: $200 Drawing on August 18 at 6pm • Tickets: $10 each To purchase tickets and for more information, visit www.assumptionfestival.com or call (586) 779-6111.
GREEKFEST FUN FACTS! There are thousands of reasons to attend Assumption’s GreekFest! 250 volunteers make…10,000 grape leaves (dolmades) • 5,000 spinach pies (spanakopita) • 5,000 shish kebobs (souvlaki) • 2,000 cheese pies (tiropita) 2,000 custard rolls (galaktoboureko) • 1,200 lamb shanks… All devoured by more than 10,000 visitors from throughout the Metro Detroit area who attend our annual GreekFest!
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ENJOY THE SENIOR EXPERIENCE!
ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO IS BACK AND, BY POPULAR DEMAND, DEVIN SCILLIAN, WDIV-TV NEWS ANCHOR, AND ARIZONA SON!
A day for Senior health, wellness, recreation and resource information. Helping older adults and caregivers maintain healthy, active and secure lifestyles. More than 50 Exhibitors Workshops and Health Screenings Valuable Resource Guide for each guest!
Thursday, October 17th 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Special Keynote Speaker: Devin Scillian, WDIV-TV News Anchor Performance by Arizona Son, featuring Devin Scillian, follows keynote
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Complimentary Lunch by Henry Ford Health Raffles, Giveaways and More! No reservations required. Free Shuttle for convenient parking at Grosse Pointe Woods Lakefront Park For corporate sponsorship and exhibit information, call (586) 779-6111 Presented by Assumption Cultural Center and Senior Expo Committee: American House Lakeshore Ascension St. John Health System Assumption Cultural Center Corewell Health Cranberry Park/Shorepointe Village Grosse Pointe Chamber of Commerce Harper Chiropractic Center Henry Ford Health The Helm Hope Senior Home Care Macomb County Chamber of Commerce Rutkowski Law Firm
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LOOK INSIDE FOR ASSUMPTION CULTURAL CENTER’S SUMMER/FALL 2024 BROCHURE
The former Pizza Hut on Harper Avenue will get new exterior renovations, removing the roof and cleaning up the parking lot. Photo by Patricia O’Blenes
Photo by Erin Sanchez
Head Brewer Leon Traczynski and owner Joe VanderMarliere of Baffin Brewery sit a table in the restaurant with mugs from their mug club.
BUSINESSES THRIVE IN ST. CLAIR SHORES
Site plan approved for exterior renovations at former Pizza Hut In a 7-0 vote at the St. Clair Shores City Council meeting on July 15, a site plan was approved for exterior renovations at the former Pizza Hut restaurant located at 24200 Harper Avenue. John Vitale, CEO and president of Stucky Vitale Architects, presented the item and said he represented
the developer who has a new tenant for the old Pizza Hut lot. John Vitale said they plan to remove the entire roof of the building and rebuild it with a new material and facade. “Kind of creating more of an upscale look, you know, getting rid of that Pizza Hut form is what we’re trying to do,” he said. He also said they are proposing a patio on Harper. See SITE PLAN on page 21A
St. Clair Shores offers a wide variety of restaurants, and over the years new ones have moved in while others have celebrated anniversaries and remodels. Baffin Brewing Company has been open for 10 years on the Nautical Mile, Joe VanderMarliere said. “My prior partners and I basically were young, and they brewed in college. I home-brewed in college. We just had a passion for beer,” VanderMarliere said. “Certain circumstances led us to have a lot of free time and not have many opportunities, so we decided to look at different locations to open a microbrewery.” VanderMarliere said he’d always thought there was a need for something to be on the Nautical Mile in 2014. “We figured it was untapped,” VanderMarliere said. “There See RESTAURANTS on page 14A
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