The Week Ahead: Budgets, Music and a Parasol Drill Team

and City Councils will be talking budgets Monday night and will meet Tuesday night with officials. But there's more than government going on in our community this week:

The meets at noon Monday at the Spicer House in . A guest speaker will give a presentation on "Designing Summertime Entertaining Spaces." This club is a community institution; it was organized in 1932.

At 7 p.m. Monday at the , you can learn more about the , which will march in July's Farmington Area Founders Festival Parade. The group's members meet Monday nights to practice their routine. For more information, call Sharon Bernath, 248-474-3262.

Farmington Hills City Council members will hear City Manager Steve Brock's budget presentation at 7 p.m. Monday in council chambers. The meeting will be televised.

Farmington City Council members have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Monday to continue their review of the 2011-12 budget. They'll also interview member Dave Cornwell, who is being reappointed, review a resolution to consolidate financial accounts related to the Governor Warner Mansion and consider an outdoor seating plan for Mentobe Cafe, which is slated to open this month.

On Tuesday night, city and school officials will meet at  7 p.m. at . An agenda was not available as of this writing.

If your kindergarten through second-grade child is interested in acting, consider , a monthlong program that introduces children to theater basics. Script to Stage starts Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. at the . A performance is held for parents at the end of the program.

The Pro Mozart Society of Greater Detroit performs at 8 p.m. Tuesday at , with Emmanuelle Boisvert leading the Schubert Quintet for String in C Major and Pauline Martin of West Bloomfield playing the Mozart Sonata in D Major, K.311, on the piano. Information about tickets is .

Remember ? The troupe is organizing a junior division to do a mystery dinner theater geared for ages 8 to 18. For information about auditions Thursday, 6:30 p.m., at ,

Check our calendar to learn more about these and all the events on our calendar this week – and remember to add your own.