Reggie Love & Friends performed during the Dragon Heart benefit concert for Common Ground on Aug. 21 at the Children’s Park gazebo in downtown Lake Orion. Common Ground is an Oakland County-based organization dedicated to helping those in crisis through support programs and crisis hotline. The concert brought together five musicians, three painters and hundreds […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The 11th annual Dragon on the Lake festival wrapped up on Sunday, drawing in thousands of people from throughout Oakland County and surrounding areas to downtown Lake Orion. The festival is the Orion Art Center’s largest fundraiser of the year and helps fund its operations and community programs for the […]
Canterbury Village hosted their first ever Taco Fest this past weekend. The packed event saw over 20,000 visitors during its three day span with some waiting hours to try some of the best tacos Michigan has to offer. Complete with a taco eating contest, a burrito rolling contest, a hot pepper eating contest, margarita madness, […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor The Boy Scouts of America and Cub Scouts organizations have seen several changes over the past two years, most notably including girls in scouting. But what will future generations of Lake Orion scouts learn when they open a soon-to-be buried time capsule? Perhaps what is was like for their mothers […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor From the cheers, smiles and tears of their friends and families. From the applause of the approximately 1,500 people who showed up in support of the special needs athletes, the overwhelming emotion was joy, evident from the smiles on the faces of the kids and young adults who were about […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer It’ll be a weekend of fun for the 11th annual Dragon on the Lake event from Aug. 22 – 25. The festival originated 11 years ago with just a few vendors and Dragon boat races, said Orion Art Center Director Karin Starick. “It just kept expanding to where now we […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor It’s a fireworks extravaganza celebrating the Red, White & Blue but the Lake Orion Fireworks Association’s annual Dueling Fireworks Show is now in the red and needs some community support to get back in the black. The show, which was June 29 this year, attracts thousands of spectators each year […]
Michigan Rib Fest moves to Lake Orion this Fourth of July weekend, offering family fun and a variety of cuisine during the festival from July 4-7 at Canterbury Village. Rib Fest features live musical performances, dozens of food vendors, pig races, Monster Truck rides, lawn games and a Kids Zone. Festivities are noon – 11 […]
By Jim Newell Review Editor For a fledgling entertainment event from the fledgling nonprofit Friends of Lake Orion Village Parks, the inaugural Pours for the Parks fundraiser on Saturday, by most measures, was a great success. “We thought it came together really well. It was well received,” said Rosemary Ford, chair of the Lake Orion […]
By Megan Kelley Review Writer Lake Orion’s Downtown Development Authority will kick off their yearly summer concert series on July 10 carrying through to August 28. Every Wednesday from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. through July and August, the Children’s Park Gazebo will play host to local talent, free to everyone. Last year, the concert […]