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Flower HOUSE

10/16/2015

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The day finally arrived. Opening day of the Flower HOUSE. Tickets were sold out for the temporary art installation made using fresh flowers and an abandoned house in Hamtramck. 

Floral designers from around the US descended upon Lisa Waud's abandoned Hamtramck home, dubbed Flower House, to decorate the dilapidated structure with thousands of fresh blooms. The home was purchased at an auction for $250. There are flowers throughout the house, from top to bottom. In the bathroom, in the closet, adorning the staircase. There's a flowing waterfall made from plants in the dining room. 
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This home is just one of hundreds of thousands that are broken. Mile after mile they- looking as if they were punched in the eye or beaten to a pulp and left for dead- are stripped of their metals by scrappers, gutted by scavengers and destroyed by teenagers looking for something to do. They are then set ablaze by a molotov. Sometimes the fire department comes, but don't hold your breath. The department is overwhelmed by the countless issues working against them.  
Visitors from near (down the street) and far (London) came to see the blooms and smell the scents of this special event. Attendees walk throughout the home at designated timeframes, in awe of the transformation of this once forgotten structure into the belle of the ball- even if only for a few days.

The house will be available for viewing from October 16 through the 18, 2015. The actual home will then be disassembled and its materials re-used and repurposed. 
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Behind-the-Scenes at the Opera House 

10/8/2015

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​The Michigan Opera Theatre held its annual Family Open House on Sunday. 

Once a year, the Opera House opens its doors to the public so everyone can see the inner workings of the theatre.

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