Painting In A Traditional Manner
Thursday evening, a reception for painter Peter Sorrell will take place in Ludington’s A.M. Galleries. Sorrell’s paintings are realistic but not photo-realistic. Their emphasis is on texture, light and...
View ArticleArtist Brings Northern Michigan Americana To ArtPrize Competition
Each year Tom Moran unveils a new, massive sculpture at his hometown Independence Day parade in Onaway and since the late 90s his Americana sculptures have begun to dot the landscape in northern Lower...
View ArticleWoodmere Renaissance
In Traverse City, just south of the main library, there’s a stretch of road called the Woodmere Corridor. For years, this area has been associated with some empty factories, industrial warehouses and...
View ArticleThe Ragbirds Take Flight
The Ragbirds describe their music as "a mix tape made by a well-traveled friend." This Ann Arbor band combines Pop, Gypsy, Afro-Cuban, Celtic and African sounds, with a little Cajun spice. On Friday,...
View ArticleThe Accidentals On Purpose
The Accidentals is a duo made up of Katie Larson and Savannah Buist. Their CD, “Tangled, Red and Blue,” sold out its first printing and is now in its second. They’re playing some gigs September 22...
View ArticleLayering Genres In Collage
One performance in this week’s Collage at Interlochen will have choreography, creative writing and vocal music. And it will all be performed by one student. It’s the Collage debut of a 3-year old...
View ArticleA New Book About A Ludington Art Pioneer
When West Shore Community College professor Sharon Bluhm bought a house in rural Ludington in the 70s, she had no idea its previous owner was a pioneer in American art. Dawson was an abstract...
View ArticleInformation, Space & Time: Sheryl Connelly
Sheryl Connelly has led Ford Motor Company’s Global Consumer Trends and Futuring activities for seven years. As the in-house Futurist, she is responsible for identifying and tracking trends that will...
View ArticleLet's Party Like It's 1927!
An orchestra from Great Britain is performing at the City Opera House Saturday night but before you picture some prim and proper classical concert, take note: This orchestra is made up entirely of …...
View ArticleC.S. Lewis Celebrated On Stage
British scholar, theologian and author of the Narnia books – C.S. Lewis - is being celebrated again this year in Petoskey. The 10th Annual C.S. Lewis Festival is going on now through November 19th with...
View ArticleLudington Historic District Proposed
A group of homeowners in Ludington are hoping the city will create a new historic district. Some of the people backing the proposal own mansions built near the turn of the century by lumber barons....
View ArticlePerforming In The Pines
Wind, rain and cold will all be a part of a new dance work at Interlochen this weekend. The dance will be performed outside Saturday when temperatures are expected to be in the 40s. And the piano,...
View ArticleA New Historic District Proposed For Ludington
Driving into downtown Ludington, you see a lot of large, historic homes. Many of them are around one hundred years old and were built by the town’s wealthy lumber barons. Some people in Ludington worry...
View ArticleInformation, Space & Time: Carolyn Forche
Born in Detroit, Michigan in 1950, poet, teacher and activist Carolyn Forché has witnessed, thought about and put into poetry some of the most devastating events of twentieth-century world history.
View ArticleInformation, Space & Time: Steven Goodman
Steven Goodman is former artist and MacArthur Award-winning conservation biologist who studies and documents the endangered, diverse and previously unknown plants and animals of Madagascar.
View ArticleInformation, Space & Time: The Future Of Teaching & Learning
This panel discussion features Mary Palmer, a specialist in arts education for young people, Judith Burton of Columbia University Teachers College, Jack Ferver, a choreographer and teacher, Stephanie...
View ArticleWhat's In A Name? Interlochen Presents [title of show]
You may have heard about an upcoming musical at Interlochen with a strange title. It’s called “[title of show].” That name comes from the submission form for the New York Musical Theater Festival and...
View ArticleNational Writers Series - Maggie Stiefvater
New York Times bestselling Author Maggie Stiefvater brought a new audience to the Natinal Writers Series at the first young adult author to appear on the City Opera House stage. Bookends blogger and...
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