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05/07/2026

🎨🐟 SAVE THE DATE! 🐟🎨

The Art Experience is excited to once again be part of the 12th Annual Art Fish Fun at Beaudette Park in Pontiac on Saturday, June 13, 2026 from 11am–4pm!

This FREE family-friendly community event is packed with:
🎣 Fishing
🎨 Arts & crafts
🌿 Environmental education
🎯 Games & activities
🌭 Free BBQ lunch
…and so much more!

We’ll be onsite creating art with the community and would love to see familiar faces and meet some new ones too. It’s always such a fun day filled with creativity, connection, and outdoor fun for all ages.

☀️🌧 Rain or shine, the fun goes on!

📍 Beaudette Park
786 Orchard Lake Rd, Pontiac

Mark your calendars now and plan to join us this June. More details to come as we get closer to the event! 🖌️💙

08/14/2024

It’s Back To School Time! And we are getting ready for you to get back into the swing of things. So join us on Wednesday August 21, from 9am-1pm for our Drive Thru Back To School Rally and Back Pack Give-a-way! All High School & Middle School students should pick up their bags at Pontiac High. All Elementary School students should pick up their back packs from Whitman Elementary! We are 22 days away from the start of school. Let’s Goooo!

08/04/2024

06/24/2024

🥳TODAY🥳Trinity Health MI is the presenting sponsor of FAMILY FUN DAY❣ Along with The City of Pontiac, and Oakland County Parks, they are bringing this fun-filled family event to Beaudette Park TODAY FROM 4:30-7pm❣ Make plans to be there🥳 NO pre-registration required

06/19/2024

Blues in the Park (3 years ago).... Now Blues in the Streets!!

06/12/2024

THIS THURSDAY- July 18th!

WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit will be broadcasting LIVE from the Alley Cat Cafe on Thursday, July 18th, 5:30pm, for their '
In Your Neighborhood' segment, showcasing the best of Metro Detroit! Come on down for dinner!

06/05/2024

Join us for the Juneteenth Freedom Day Festival June 15 in Downtown Pontiac!

Oakland County, Michigan Government Downtown Pontiac - Main Street Pontiac Pontiac Regional Chamber Pontiac Public Library Pontiac Youth Recreation & Enrichment Oakland Forward WDIV Local 4 / ClickOnDetroit FOX 2 Detroit Detroit News Detroit Metro Times CBS Detroit Michigan Chronicle MLive.com WXYZ-TV Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit Oakland County Sheriff's Office Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency (OLHSA) Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner (WRC) Oakland County Parks The Oakland Press Oakland County Moms Accent Pontiac

03/03/2024

02/28/2024

I got work that needs to get done... seeking at least one good candidate that is truly interested in a career in Building & Skilled Trades.