Oddfellow Concert Lounge will feature local performers

The Odd Fellow Concert Lounge is a not for profit / fundraising music venue brought to you by The Downriver Council for the Arts and the charity ‘Be Well My Friends’. The purpose of the venue is to cultivate local original music.

The Odd Fellow Concert Lounge is a very cool and unique room in Wyandotte.

Imagine your band on the stage performing for hundreds of live music fans. The venue is booking now for 2023 dates. Visit our Facebook page and send us a message.

The plan is to have concerts featuring area acts on the last Saturday of each month throughout 2023. Organizers expect to feature four bands at each concert.

Concerts begin January 28.

The Oddfellow Concert Lounge is located inside The Downriver Council for the Arts building located at 81 Chestnut in Wyandotte.

Come and see Ray Street Park, along with three special guests at the initial show on Saturday, Jan 28.

Proceeds raised from bar sales will go to Be Well My Friends and donated to varying people, organizations and charities in Downriver. Be Well My Friends is the charity behind the popular annual Zombie Pub Crawl through the streets of Wyandotte each fall.

The venue is a non-profit venture where all the bar sales go to Be Well My Friends and the cover goes to the bands! The cost is $10 at the door; cash, credit and Venmo.

Schmittou, a proud military veteran, owns New Eyes Optical, located on 1616 Ford Avenue, right at 16th Street in Wyandotte.

There are no doctors at New Eyes, just lots of frames and Schmittou, who can get you into fashionable new glasses for a lot less than all of the other chains and franchises out there.

Just bring your eyeglass prescription to him and see what kind of magic he can work for you.

“I am kind of like what the pharmacy is to your doctor,” Schmittou said. “Your doctor writes you a prescription. He doesn’t try to sell you the drugs. You go to the pharmacy. The same is true with us. You bring us a prescription and we will fill it.”

New Eyes Optical does not accept insurance, but their low prices mean that is often not an issue.

Schmittou has been in the eyeglass game for a long time. He enlisted in the Army after graduating from Lincoln Park High School and Uncle Sam sent him to school to learn how to make eyeglasses.

He did that in the Army for nearly four years and then worked for Lenscrafters and for private doctors after that.

In 2012 he opened New Eyes Optical and has been there ever since.

Schmittou said he has over 1,300 frames in his building and can make arrangements to get others if customers come in with a specific brand or style in mind.

For sunglass lovers, Schmittou said he has the largest selection of Ray Ban and Oakley sunglasses in the area.

If you come in, you will deal with Schmittou himself. He and his wife Pam are the only employees. Schmittou does the fitting of the eyewear, and Pam orders frames and keeps the shop looking fresh by arranging the frame displays and decorating.

So, if you are in the market for new glasses, would like a little personal attention and a really low price, give Schmittou a call at 313-587-4204, drop an email at neweyesoptical2012@gmail. com or contact them through their Facebook page, Facebook.com/neweyesoptical.