Editing Pontiac, Michigan (section)

== Culture ==
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Regionally, the city was known for the Arts, Beats and Eats Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsbeatseats.com|title=Home|website=Ford Arts Beats & Eats|access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref> a widely attended summer festival featuring an art show, musical concert venues, and a sampling of food from numerous regional restaurants. In 2010, the festival was moved to nearby [[Royal Oak, Michigan|Royal Oak]]. The First Annual Scheme Cruise was held September 6, 2015, an event sponsored by the Scheme Street Battle League. The event combined rap battles, basketball competitions, and a car show. Pontiac officials are considering relocating the event to the downtown area of the city.

The city is at the north end of the famous [[Woodward Avenue]], which extends as a major boulevard into Detroit. It was originally lined with mansions and prestigious businesses. In the 1950s and 1960s it was popular with young people who would "cruise" and drag-race their [[hot rod|hot-rods]] in the area. Pontiac participates in the annual [[Woodward Dream Cruise]], an event celebrating Woodward's hot-rod history, with a parade of cars stretching from Detroit to Pontiac.

The city hosts two nationally renowned [[haunted house]]s: The Realm of Darkness and [[Erebus haunted attraction|Erebus]].  The Realm of Darkness has in previous years been chosen as America's Best Haunted House.  [[Erebus haunted attraction|Erebus]] held the world record from 2005 to 2009 for "Largest Haunted House"; it is 4 stories high.

Pontiac was an early location of movie making, with the Raleigh Michigan Studios, renamed as the [[Motown Motion Picture Studios]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Associated |first=The |url=http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/08/news/local_news/doc5022b462cad6c048343416.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411233504/http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/08/news/local_news/doc5022b462cad6c048343416.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 11, 2013 |title=Pontiac movie studio reverts to original name after partnership ends |work=theoaklandpress.com |date=August 8, 2012 |access-date=August 17, 2012 }}</ref> Scenes of the 2012 remake of the film ''[[Red Dawn (2012 film)|Red Dawn]]'' were filmed in Pontiac and other Michigan locations, recreating [[Spokane, Washington]]. Additionally, downtown Pontiac in August 2012 was the filming site for the tornado-themed disaster movie ''[[Into the Storm (2014 film)|Into the Storm]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/23/entertainment/doc503551018218f921865198.txt|title='Black Sky' forming as tornado movie films around Oakland County|website=Theoaklandpress.com|access-date=2016-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830233711/http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/08/23/entertainment/doc503551018218f921865198.txt|archive-date=August 30, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The 2013 [[fantasy]] adventure film ''[[Oz the Great and Powerful]]'' was filmed at Motown Motion Picture Studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/35-things-we-learned-on-the-set-of-sam-raimis-oz-the-great-and-powerful/|title=35 Things We Learned On the Set of Sam Raimi's 'Oz: The Great And Powerful'|work=Slashfilm|date=January 31, 2013 }}</ref> ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' is the latest movie to be filmed within the studio, with the bulk of filming taking place in Pontiac.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metromodemedia.com/inthenews/transformers0307.aspx|title='Transformers 4' film shooting underway in Metro Detroit|work=metromode}}</ref>

Pontiac is home to the Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michiganfallenheroesmemorial.com/contact.html |title=Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial |publisher=Michigan Fallen Heroes Memorial |access-date=August 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112233403/http://www.michiganfallenheroesmemorial.com/contact.html |archive-date=January 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It is located within the Oakland County Government Complex off [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|Telegraph Road]].