Oakland Town Hall to present 2025-2026 speaker series in Bloomfield Hills

Oakland City Corridor proclaims the audio system for the 2025-2026 school season. The packages are held at 10.30 am on their respective knowledge within the Iroquois Membership, 43248 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills.

The city corridor of Pontiac City Corridor, organized in 1959, continues to carry fascinating and revolutionary audio system to the realm with the management of presenting packages that give these current a window within the lives and personalities of well-known individuals from the previous and current, plus an opportunity to listen to a musical provide {of professional} musicians.

On October 8, Elliot Engel returns to the city corridor for the eighth time. A favourite of the viewers, he’ll share: “The preserving genius of Frank Lloyd Wright”, which is acknowledged as the best architect in America. Engel is investigating Wright’s private life and his non-conformist ardour that shaped his sensible skilled profession. Professor Engel is an insightful, private and entertaining educational keynote speaker. Engel achieved his MA and Ph.D. As Woodrow Wilson Fellow at UCLA and whereas he was there, the Excellent Instructor Award received. He has revealed ten books in England, Japan, Turkey and the US, printed along with articles in numerous newspapers and nationwide magazines, together with Newsweek. He has given all continents together with Antarctica in the US.

On November 12, writer Tom Santopietro returns to the city corridor to introduce his new e book “Audrey Hepburn: A Life in 63 scenes”. With the collaboration of Audrey’s son and granddaughter, Santopietro will share numerous interviews with producers, movie historians and co-stars Robert Wagner and Alan Adkin, Santopietro about Hepburn. In 2009, Santopietro shared considered one of his six -acclaimed books, the selection of the New York Occasions editor, “Seen Doris Day” with the viewers of the city corridor. One other of his books is the bestseller ‘The Sound of Music Story’. For the previous 30 years he has labored as supervisor of Broadway exhibits, together with “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Refrain Line.”

On April 8, 2026, Michael Minor will carry a “tribute to Frank Sinatra” in a present in Cabaret type. He’ll share what he has realized about Frank Sinatra and his gang whereas he sings a few of Sinatra’s best hits, resembling ‘Girl is a wanderer’, ‘Fly me to the moon’, ‘New York New York’ and extra. Michael’s love for singing began when he sang a solo on stage, in top quality. He was a member of the world -famous Nordic choir whereas visiting Luther School in Decorah, Iowa. After the college he performed many main roles in musicals all through the nation. His most memorable position was curly in ‘Oklahoma’. He carried out in Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and in Branson, Missouri, the place he was the principle singer, Emcee and rider for the Dixie Stampede.

On Could 13, 2026, writer Dianna Stampfler presents her lecture ‘Women of the Lights’. In her analysis, Stampfler found that Michigan has probably the most lighthouses within the nation. The lighthouse keeper had been in thoughts for Stoic, bearded males, however Stampfler found that Michigan has an extended historical past of feminine lighthouse holders and her information of those girls in her lecture. Since 1997, Dianna has been giving lectures on the historic lighthouses and places of Michigan. After graduating from Western Michigan College and virtually 40 years of radio broadcast and talking in public, she wrote two books, “Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses” and “Loss of life & Lighhouses on the Nice Lakes” and is a longtime freelance author. In 1997 she began working within the tourism trade of Michigan and in 2004 Promote Michigan, a consultancy agency for Public Relations.

On account of restricted seats, solely seasonal reservations are accepted. As soon as the reservations have been accomplished, a patron absent in a lecture is requested to tell the absent hotline. There will likely be a ready listing for individuals who need to purchase particular person lectures and lunch reservations and they are going to be honored if area turns into out there. For registration info name Denise Nault on (248) 515-7253.

– Submitted by Ruth Schuchter, chairman of the Talishal City Corridor City Corridor