COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Community Events
• Plaidurday Happy Hour is 5:30-9:30 p.m. Oct. 1, wear your best flannel, $30 per person includes drink tickets, games, music and snacks, outdoors, ages 21+. Register at troyhistoricvillage.org.
Festivals
• Septemberfest: 10a.m.-5 p.m., Sept. 25, downtown Ortonville, arts and crafts booths, food trucks, entertainment stage, children’s activities, car show.
• Canceled: Annual BBQ Battle rib and chicken wing competition, Oak Park (previously scheduled for Oct. 2).
Fundraisers
• Virtual Run For A Cause 2021is open for registration through Sept. 30, to raise funds in support of Community Housing Network’s efforts to connect those in need to housing. Registration is $30 per person or $100for families of 4or more. Participants receive a finisher’s medal, bit. ly/3zXX9NQ.
Libraries
• Clarkston Independence District Library, Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale fundraiser is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 25 at 6495 Clarkston Road, Clarkston, cidlibrary. org/community/cidl/friendsof-the-library.html, 248342-6383.
• Oak Park Public Library presents an evening with author and radio DJ Peter Werbe, author of “Summer on Fire: A Detroit Novel”, 7
p.m. Sept. 29, virtual and in-person at 14200 Oak Park Blvd. Oak Park, free, registration is required at oakparkmi. gov/departments/library/ index.php, 248-691-7480, • Wixom Public Library Fall Used Book Sale sponsored by The Friends of the Wixom Library is Sept. 29-Oct. 2, at the library, 49015Pontiac Trail, Wixom, wixomlibrary. org/friends.
Pets
• Michigan Animal Rescue
League 12th annual Yappy Hour, pet-friendly cocktail party is 6:30-9 p.m. Sept. 29, outdoors at Meadow Brook Hall’s Rock Garden, to raise funds for rescued animals’ medical care, features gourmet treats, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction, red-carpet photography. Register at Marleague. org, $85+.
Support Activities
• The Oakland County Suicide Prevention Task Force is hosting a Suicide Prevention event 9 -11 a.m. Sept. 30, virtual online, register at bit.ly/3Afdii5 or call 248-462-6341, conference ID is 87164364.
• Cancer Support Group, eight-week in-person and Zoom sessions are 7-9p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 28-Nov. 16 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 620Romeo Road, Rochester, 248-6731299.