Art & Apples Festival and more

323 East Gallery: "Cluster ****," art by Ron Zakrin. Opening reception 6-11 p.m. Fri. Exhibit runs through Oct. 7. Noon-9 p.m. Mon.-Fri., noon-7 p.m. Sat.-Sun. and by appointment. 323 E. Fourth St., Royal Oak. 248-246-9544. www.323east.com.

Citybeats: A Rose Bowl love story stars in film

Nearly four years to the day since the Star-News ran a story about artist (and Art Center College of Design alumnus) Joel Tauber falling in love with a 25-year-old sycamore tree in Lot K at the Rose Bowl parking lot, his "documentary/love story" premiers Saturday at the Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles.

Rambling Rose: Downtown Divas

Downtown doyenne and culture chronicler Rose Hartman has documented the worlds of art and fashion in New York and across the globe for more than three decades. Here, she offers her best-of picks for where to see and be seen around town.

At the heart of art

Rose Principe, of Lancaster, works Saturday on an oil painting at the 23rd Heart of Lancaster Arts and Crafts Show on the grounds of Root's Market, Manheim. The juried show, which expanded this year to two days, features about 150 vendors. In the second photo are flowers made from spoons, created by...

PATRICIA ANN MUNGER, 1931-2010: Homemaker was an artist, seamstress

By DAVID YONKE BLADE STAFF WRITER Patricia Ann Munger, a Perrysburg artist and homemaker known for her boundless energy and creativity, died Friday in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township, after suffering a heart attack. She was 79. Mrs. Munger was a world traveler with many talents and interests who put her creative eye to work not only in art but also in cooking, and designing and ...