Check out some of the fun arts & cultural events to look forward to in the Farmington/Farmington Hills community this week:

Thursday, April 17th, at 6:00 pm: The Damned Spot Theatre Club presents the Festival of New Works at the Smith Theatre at Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge.

Friday, April 18th, at 6:00 pm, & Saturday, April 19th, at 11:00 am: The 3rd Annual New Playwright’s Festival, at the Studio Theatre Cafe, at Oakland Community College, Orchard Ridge. 

Saturday, April 19th, at 2:00 pm: Hockey News contributor and Windsor Star sports columnist Bob Duff discusses his new photo history of Hockeytown’s Golden Age, Original Six Dynasties: The Detroit Red Wings,  containing hundreds of previously unseen photographs taken from the old Detroit Times archive, with portraits and action shots of the team’s most legendary players. At the Farmington Community Library, 32737 W. 12 Mile.

Now through April 22, from 8:30 am-4:30 pm: View colorful oil paintings by Anthony Macioce, inspired by his lively Italian family heritage, at the City Gallery, Costick Center, 28600 11 Mile, in Farmington Hills.