Oakland Township Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a free classic drive-in featuring Wonder Woman 1984 on Friday, July 23. Showtime is at 9:30 p.m., gates open at 8:30 p.m. Bring along your favorite snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. A designated FM station in your vehicle will produce audio for the movie. Pre-registration is required, as parking is limited. Only one person needs to register per vehicle. Registration is currently open for Oakland Township residents, and opens to … [Read more...]
Free Drive-In Movie at Bear Creek Nature Park
June 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Watch Tom and Jerry: The Movie with Drive-In Style at Bear Creek Nature Park Oakland Township Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a free classic drive-in featuring Tom and Jerry: The Movie on Friday, June 18, 2021. Showtime is at 9:30 p.m., gates open at 8:30 p.m. Bring along your favorite snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. A designated FM station in your vehicle will produce audio for the movie. Pre-registration is required, as parking is limited. Only one person needs to register … [Read more...]
Movie in the Park
October 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Movie in the park at Bear Creek Nature Park. Gates open at 6:30 p.m. and movie starts at 7:30 p.m. The movie is Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. ADMISSION BY PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY – NO DROP-IN REGISTRATION. PLEASE REGISTER EVERYONE THAT IS COMING IN YOUR CAR AS THE NUMBER OF REGISTRANTS AND VEHICLES IS LIMITED. … [Read more...]
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice perform at Bear Creek Nature Park
August 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice perform at Bear Creek Nature Park on Friday, August 19, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. Oakland Township Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce their third and final concert in their free, Music in the Meadows outdoor concert series, featuring traditional bluegrass band Junior Sisk & Ramblers Choice. Come hear some hard-drivin', lonesome, traditional bluegrass. This concert will be held at Bear Creek Nature Park, 740 W. Snell Road at 7:00 p.m. (between Rochester … [Read more...]
Outdoor Fun and Fitness in the Rochester Area
June 29, 2016 by 1 Comment
The Great Outdoors Summer is officially here so grab your gear and head outdoors for a great workout. Exercising outside can increase your motivation and make your workouts more interesting. Research shows spending time outdoors reduces stress and the fresh air releases serotonin in the brain which can put you in a fantastic mood. The scenery can help exercisers from getting bored and outdoor workouts offer more of a full-body workout that can burn more calories. The Rochester area has lots … [Read more...]
28 Acres Burned in Oakland Township
May 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Smoking Monday in Oakland Township Oakland Township has conducted two prescribed burns so far this spring. Residents may have spotted smoke in the area on Monday due to the prairie restoration plan that called for 28-acres to be burned. Seventeen acres were burned in the old agricultural fields in Charles Illsley Park and eleven acres were burned at the Bear Creek Nature Park. Plantwise, LLC out of Ann Arbor completed the burns. Plantwise has conducted more than 500 burns since 1998 across … [Read more...]
