Editing Harper Woods, Michigan (section)

===Cultural history===
Though a relatively new city, Harper Woods has played a role in the cultural history of [[Metro Detroit]].

For many years, the city was home to the East Side Drive-In (located at 19440 Harper Avenue, near 7 Mile Road), the first [[drive-in theater]] in Metro Detroit and one of the first in the Midwest. The East Side opened May 26, 1938, with ''The Big Broadcast of 1938'', starring [[W. C. Fields]] and [[Dorothy Lamour]]. Automobile capacity in later years was listed at 970 vehicles. The East Side closed in 1977 and was demolished a year later.<ref>[http://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/location.asp?ID=44&type=1 East Side Drive-In Theater - Harper Woods Michigan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The Hideout (located at 20542 Harper Avenue, at Beaufait Street) was a popular teen dance club in the mid-1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/places.htm#Hideout |title=Detroit Area Musical Venues<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-10-04 |archive-date=2008-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102223617/http://home.att.net/~s.m.geer/places.htm#Hideout |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many Detroit-area music acts - including some that would go on to national prominence - performed at the club. Among them were [[Bob Seger]], [[Mitch Ryder]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Glenn Frey]] (later of the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]), and [[Suzi Quatro]].  One performance at the club by the [[MC5]] was described by their manager [[John Sinclair (poet)|John Sinclair]]. The Hideout spawned a local record label, Hideout Records.  A 2001 compact disc, ''Friday at the Hideout: Boss Detroit Garage Bands 1964-1967'', documents the scene. One of the first bands to play at the Hideout, The Underdogs, wrote ''Friday Night at the Hideout''.<ref>[http://www.motorcitymusicarchives.com/underdogs.html# Friday Night at the Hideout]</ref> Dave Leone is credited as the writer on the record.

Another venue for local bands in the 1960s and 1970s was [[Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods, Michigan)|Notre Dame High School]]. According to various accounts,<ref>[http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/76017/77019.html?1153474208 Discuss Detroit: Notre Dame High School Dances in the 60's<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> "All the [[Motown]] artists used to come and [[lip-sync]] to their records. Local neighborhood bands got to play live." Among the local performers of note who played dances and concerts at the school were [[The Amboy Dukes (band)|The Amboy Dukes]] (featuring Ted Nugent), Bob Seger and the Last Heard, [[Frijid Pink]], [[The Frost]], Salem Witchcraft, Toby Redd, The Almighty Strut, and other acts.

U.S. Poet Laureate [[Donald Hall]]'s 1970s poem, "Poem With One Fact", alludes to the city.<ref>[http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=171759 Poetry Foundation: The online home of the Poetry Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Similarly, in 1986, the critically acclaimed crime fiction writer [[Loren D. Estleman]] unflatteringly portrayed the city in his [[Amos Walker]] novel ''Every Brilliant Eye''. Among other works, the Detroit-area crime fiction writer [[Elmore Leonard]] mentions the city in his 2000 novel, ''Pagan Babies''. [[Jeffrey Eugenides]]' bestselling 1993 novel ''[[The Virgin Suicides]]'' as well as his [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[Middlesex (novel)|Middlesex]]'' also mention Harper Woods.

Betty Bahr, an early local television personality,<ref>''From Soupy to Nuts! A History of Detroit Television'' by Tim Kiska</ref> Leonard H. Bahr, a fine press printer and publisher (Adagio Press), [[Helen Filarski]], professional baseball player from 1945 to 1950, [[Laura Joh Rowland]], author of historical mystery fiction, and [[Angela Ruggiero]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030716145902/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21846 Harper Woods, Michigan MI, city profile (Wayne County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 2006 Olympics bronze medal winner (ice hockey), have been among its better known residents. [[Dave Coulier]], a popular television and voice actor, graduated from [[Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods, Michigan)|Notre Dame High School]].

For decades, [[Eastland Center (Detroit)|Eastland Center]] dominated the cultural and commercial profile of the suburb. The mall housed a celebrated work of public sculpture, "The Lion and Mouse", by [[Marshall Fredericks]].<ref>[http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/OPINION03/707060395/1003/METRO Prodigal mouse returns: Pilfered icon back at mall after 50-year trip<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>