Papa Weeze Hosts Charity Estate Sale to Benefit Living Faith Non-profit

Papa Weeze will host a charity estate sale on from June 9-12, 8 am to 5 pm, all proceeds benefiting Living Faith, a nonprofit organization supporting the annual Easter production The Cross and the Light. Items for sale will include furniture, clothing, artwork, appliances, dorm furniture, jewelry, dolls, knick knacks, children's clothing, tools, lawn equipment, household goods, machinery, and other treasures.

If you have items to donate, please bring them to 36703 Kenmore Drive, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335 from June 7-8 between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm. If you can't drop off items those days, items will gladly be accepted during the sale itself. (If dropping offer after 5 pm, please leave on the driveway next to garage door. Donation receipts will be available on garage door.)

If you have questions, please email kelly@crossandlight.com or call 248-701-2643. Volunteers are needed as well. Tax deductible financial donations can be mailed to Living Faith - Fine Arts Apostolate, P.O. Box 343, Farmington, MI 48332.

For more about The Cross and the Light performances, please visit www.crossandlight.com or www.youtube.com/crossandlight. The production is also offering its production items for sale, including set pieces, period costumes, and backdrops. If interested, please contact the producers via the aforementioned contact info.

There is no shortage of quality theatre companies in Southeast Michigan, but unlike other metro areas the success of "arts collectives" - marrying the spontaneity of theatre, cabaret, and improv with the abstract joys of movement and dance as well as the crafts of design, fashion and visual arts - has been more hit-or-miss.

"PAPA Weeze" aims to "to provide collaborative opportunities for professional artists to create and display all forms of art, in an attempt to entertain, educate and expand." The organization, led by long-time local theatre professional Barbie Weisserman, is named for her late father-in-law Harold Weisserman, an individual whose generosity and heart led him to support many creative and entrepreneurial efforts in the community.

The group's flagship project for 2015 was crowd-funding/producing a short independent film Getting Ed Laid, written by Deborah Pearl (Designing Women) and starring Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) and Jean Smart (Designing Women, Fargo). Recently, the film received the "Lou Costello Award for Comedy Short" at the 2016 Garden State Film Festival.

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