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Handmade musical instruments featured at art center.

December 4, 2015
Handmade musical instruments featured at art center.

LUDINGTON — The Ludington Area Center for the Arts will host a Handmade Instrument Exhibit through January 30, with a reception December 11, from 5 to 7 p.m.  The center is open Thursday-Saturday from noon-5 p.m. All LACA exhibits are free and open to the public. This exhibit features handmade instruments by Michigan artists Chester Winowieck, Carl Fish, Jon Erickson, Loyde Durham, Nelson Wood, Jason…

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WSCC music ensembles to present holiday concerts.

November 30, 2015
WSCC music ensembles to present holiday concerts.

VICTORY TOWNSHIP – West Shore Community College’s musical ensembles will be featured in five holiday performances throughout the area. According to Professor Ted Malt, who leads the college’s music department, members of the musical ensembles travel from throughout Western Michigan to rehearse every week during a semester. “Members of these groups represent nearly 200 students and community members who take part…

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Author to discuss book on Stearns.

November 23, 2015
Author to discuss book on Stearns.

LUDINGTON — Michael W. Nagle, author of “Justus S. Stearns, Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933,” will be at the Book Mark Sunday November 29 from 2 to 4 p.m. Nagle will highlight Stearns’ contributions to the development of Ludington with the presentation, “Justus S. Stearns, Ludington’s First Citizen” which will be followed by a book signing. Books…

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HistoryPrize to include lakeshore from St. Joseph to Frankfort; set to debut in 2017.

November 19, 2015

By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief.  FRANKFORT — HistoryPrize, a history competition based on the concept of Grand Rapids’ Art Prize, is scheduled to be held June 9 through June 19, 2017. The inaugural event was originally scheduled to be held in Mason County in 2016, however a conflict between the event’s founder, Mara MacKay and the local committee, resulted in the…

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Fountain sculpture will celebrate lumber heritage; to be dedicated next May.

November 19, 2015
Fountain sculpture will celebrate lumber heritage; to be dedicated next May.

FOUNTAIN — Fountain residents Jerry and Shirley Chancellor are leading a local committee which is preparing for the dedication of its sculpture over the Memorial Day weekend in 2016.  This new piece of public art will be located in a highly visible place on a plaza in close proximity to the village’s post office and convenience store. They have engaged…

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