21st
Annual
Arts,
Beats
and Eats
set for
August
31 -
September
3 in
Royal
Oak
Zero
Hunger
Zero
Waste
initiative
to
provide
food to
local
organizations
and
expanded
cultural,
health
and
wellness
activities
take
center
stage
ROYAL
OAK, MI
– Ford
Arts,
Beats &
Eats
presented
by
Soaring
Eagle
Casino &
Resort
returns
to Royal
Oak Aug.
31 –
Sept. 3,
as the
premier
family-friendly
destination
for
Labor
Day
weekend.
In
addition
to the
prominent
art,
music
and
restaurant
participants
each
year,
festival
organizers
today
announced
a number
of new
features,
including
a
strategic
partnership
to
spotlight
the
culinary,
theatre
and
visual
arts
talents
of local
college
students,
and an
enhanced
health
and
wellness
program
with new
and
exciting
classes
for
attendees,
reaffirming
the
organizer’s
annual
commitment
to
wellness.
“ZERO
HUNGER
ZERO
WASTE”
PRESENTED
BY
KROGER
Kroger
will
debut
its
“Zero
Hunger
Zero
Waste”
Program
to fight
hunger
and
reduce
food
waste as
a new
feature
at this
year’s
Ford
Arts,
Beats &
Eats
festival.
The
program
will
feature
a
collaboration
with
Forgotten
Harvest,
The
Royal
Oak
Restaurant
Association
and
participating
Arts,
Beats &
Eats
restaurants.
More
than 75
restaurants
have
made a
commitment
to the
program,
which
will
include
a
minimum
of two
large
pans of
food for
local
organizations
that
provide
food to
those in
need.
Nonprofits
that are
slated
to
receive
the food
donations
include
Capuchin
Soup
Kitchen,
Detroit
Rescue
Mission,
and
Detroit
Boxing
Club.
Each
night,
Arts
Beats &
Eats
festival
team
members,
along
with
additional
staff
and
volunteers
from
Forgotten
Harvest,
will
pick up
donations
from
throughout
the
festival
and
deliver
them to
a
Forgotten
Harvest
refrigerated
truck.
OAKLAND
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
MAKES
THE ARTS
COME TO
LIFE
For
the
first
time in
the
festival’s
history,
Oakland
Community
College
(OCC)
joins
Ford
Arts,
Beats &
Eats
through
a
strategic
partnership
to bring
a
variety
of the
school’s
visual
and
performing
arts
elements
to life
throughout
the
festival
weekend.
OCC and
its
students
will
participate
with
special
live
performances,
art
exhibitions
and
cooking
demonstrations
for
attendees
to enjoy
and
learn.
Specific
events
include
a
variety
of
theatrical
performances
on the
OCC
Acoustic
Cultural
Stage,
to
highlight
the
school’s
acclaimed
Theatre
Program.
OCC
students
will
also
bring a
“taste”
of the
OCC
Culinary
school
with
stage
presentations
showcasing
talents
from
sautéing
to
slicing
and
searing
with
complementary
samples
to
festival
guests
at the
conclusion
of each
cooking
exhibition.
OCC
students
will
also
bring
art to
life,
not only
by
displaying
student
works of
art in
painting,
sculptures,
photography,
but also
with
artist
demonstrations
in the
festival
fine art
fair
throughout
the
weekend.
NEW
FITNESS
FUN AT
THE
FESTIVAL
Life
Time
will
make its
return
to Ford
Arts
Beats &
Eats
with new
classes
all
weekend
long for
festivalgoers
to
experience.
Dance
Jam
fitness
class
will
kick off
from 8
to 9
p.m.,
Friday,
Aug. 31.
All
fitness
classes
will be
located
at Main
St. and
Fourth
St. and
will
require
a $10
minimum
donation
in order
to
participate
with
proceeds
benefiting
the Life
Time
Foundation
and Ford
Arts
Beats &
Eats
festival.
Life
Time
Foundation
is
committed
to
removing
the
seven
most
harmful
ingredients
that is
fed to
children,
most
commonly
found in
food
provided
by their
school
system.
Life
Time
will
continue
the
fitness
fun at 1
p.m.,
Saturday,
Sept. 1,
with a
Warrior
Sculpt
class.
Smoothie
tickets
will be
provided
to
individuals
who
attend
the
class,
and can
be
redeemed
at the
Life
Time
smoothie
tent. A
Gluteus
Maxout
class
will get
underway
at 1
p.m.,
Sunday,
Sept. 2.
To end
the
festival,
a Strike
Class, a
combination
of
kickboxing
and MMA,
will
take
place at
9:30
a.m.,
Monday,
Sept. 3,
with a
$10
participation
required
donation
also
benefitting
the Life
Time
Foundation.
In
addition
to the
adult
workout
classes,
Life
Time
will
provide
20-minute
Fun Fit
Kids
classes
that
will
occur
every
day
following
the
adult
classes.
STRIKE A
POSE
WITH
PRIORITY
HEALTH
PRACTICE
FOR A
PURPOSE
PRESENTED
BY LIFE
TIME
With
physical
fitness
a clear
theme of
the
festival,
the
goals at
the
Priority
Health
Practice
for a
Purpose
remain
simple
and
strong:
empower
people
toward
physical
activity
and
mental
wellness
that
includes
the 2018
festival’s
calming
and
strengthening
yoga
classes.
Courtesy
of Troy
and
Farmington
Hills-based
Thrive
Hot Yoga
(formerly
Detroit
Bikram)
and
Royal
Oak’s
own
Citizen
Yoga,
two
large
groups
classes
will get
yogis
stretching
into
poses
that
will
help
find
balance,
peace
and
strength.
Classes
will be
held
Sunday,
Sept. 2
at 9
a.m. and
10:30
a.m.,
and are
$10 each
or $15
for both
with all
fees
supporting
great
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