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“Why do you like your summer job [working in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore]?” (Left) “I love being outside and seeing beautiful nature in Northern Michigan.” (Right) “I don’t have to wake up early since I work for a campfire program.” Humans of Benzie County is an ode to the popular Humans of New […]
Improvisational Moves at Dance Benzie
Two Cello, Two Friends, Two Nights at The Garden Theater On June 21, Two Cellos, Two Friends, Two Nights was a unique jazz and blues collaboration of two virtuoso cellists, Vermont-based Eugene Friesen and Benzie County’s own Crispin Campbell. The performance broke from the stereotypical image of a cello concert – very serious, full of […]
“Can you describe your art style? “I love going outside and drawing landscapes in Benzie County. Landscape paintings are my favorite. Using many colors and short and broken brush strokes are my style. For 12 years in England, I learned oil and outdoor painting. I’ve been a painter for 45 years.” Humans of Benzie County […]
“How did you start dancing?” “When I was growing up, I saw my parents dancing at weddings and house parties and how much they loved it. My father went to college on the GI Bill and taught ballroom dancing at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Milwaukee for extra money while in college. He first […]