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Liv Buzzell’s Gap Year

Jordan Bates September 9, 2015 0 comment

Questions & Answers with community faces

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Solstice Festival Rises Again. Festival is June 20, 2015

Staff Reports June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 0 comment

Elberta’s phoenix from the ashes

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From Oz to Oliver Art Center

Jacob Wheeler June 9, 2015June 15, 2015 0 comment

Mercedes Michalowski named new director

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Annual Regional Student Exhibition to Open at Oliver Art Center

Staff Reports April 9, 2015 0 comment

Frankfort, Michigan. Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts’ Regional Student Exhibition is an annual favorite in the community. High School works are juried by special guest artists for display in the Beck Gallery, and area elementary and middle school works are accepted for display in the Borwell and Entrance Galleries. Last year saw the […]

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OAC’s April Classes Kick off the 2015 Season

Jordan Bates March 25, 2015 0 comment

April kicks off the class season at Oliver Art Center! With several new instructors, this year promises to be the best yet. OAC’s ceramics program is seeing growth with a Spring Concentration class with instructor, John Dietsch. Taking place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, for three weeks starting April 20, the class will offer the […]

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2014: Second Place

Staff Reports December 16, 2014December 15, 2015 0 comment

Gerald’s talking dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. This got Gerald into considerable trouble with the ASPCA as cherries can be fatally toxic to dogs.

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2014: Third Place

Staff Reports December 16, 2014December 15, 2015 0 comment

Gerald’s dog LOVES cherries; they are all he talks about. This is not necessarily a bad thing…

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Gerald’s Talking Dog Essay Contest 2014: First Place

Staff Reports December 16, 2014December 15, 2015 0 comment

Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. In fact, I can’t get him to shut up.

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Loveless for Art

Jacob Wheeler November 13, 2014 0 comment

Questions & Answers with Community Faces

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Wildest of the Wild Things

Susan Koenig September 10, 2014 0 comment

The collector and creator behind Monumental Finds

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Seven New Sculptures

Staff Reports August 5, 2014 0 comment

Art Park adds Temporary Exhibit

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Supporting Arts, Culture, and Education

Staff Reports August 5, 2014 0 comment

Art Center celebrates three years at the Frankfort Coast Guard Station

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Go with the Flow

Suyeon Yang July 3, 2014December 15, 2014 2 comment

Improvisational Moves at Dance Benzie

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All That String

Suyeon Yang July 1, 2014July 1, 2014 0 comment

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 […]

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Live For Art Gallery – Weekly Open Houses Start June 26th

Staff Reports June 19, 2014June 18, 2014 0 comment

Meet the artists at weekly open houses

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Fairies and Forts at Michigan Legacy Art Park

Staff Reports June 16, 2014June 18, 2014 0 comment

Fairies and Forts is the 2014 summer kick-off event and children’s concert at Crystal Mountain Resort’s Michigan Legacy Art Park, featuring Joe Reilly on Saturday, June 21. What better way to usher in the celebration of long summer days than to sing, dance and use your imagination in a natural setting? This event is from […]

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Elberta Solstice Festival, June 21, 2014

Staff Reports June 16, 2014June 19, 2015 0 comment

Event organizers say it will be “WILDER THAN EVER” The Elberta Solstice Festival is back for its 12th year, Saturday June 21, 2014! Join the teeming masses of music and food buffs descending on our magical village amid the dune bluffs of Lake Michigan for a grassroots music festival with local food, beer, games, and […]

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Who is That Seth Bernard Guy?

Jordan Bates May 30, 2014May 30, 2014 0 comment

“Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs included in the tradition of a culture, subculture, or group.” -From Wikipedia. Seth Bernard was born on April Fools Day and raised by a pack of wild coyotes on the high-desert plains outside of Lake City. What? […]

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The Wings of Rufus Snoddy

Jenny Robertson Richardson May 22, 2014September 10, 2014 1 comment

First solo exhibition at the Oliver Art Center opens May 30

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“The Feast of Illyria” Saturday May 24th at the Oliver Art Center

Jordan Bates May 7, 2014 0 comment

All lovers of music, Shakespeare, theatre, love and laugher are invited to Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre’s “The Feast of Illyria” on May 24, 6:30pm at the Oliver Art Center in Frankfort, Michigan! Join LST to celebrate and support our upcoming summer productions of 12th Night and Richard III and our year-round educational workshops.

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Oliver Art Center Celebrates Young Local Artists

Jenny Robertson Richardson April 17, 2014April 17, 2014 0 comment

The first in a series about local artists and events

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Zen and the Art of Ice Rink Maintenance

John Jass March 7, 2014March 7, 2014 2 comment

It starts with the equipment- a donated John Deere snow blower, circa 1980. Who knew they made even made them? No complaints though, as she has run steadily this year- noisy, shaky and smokey, but steadily.

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Near Shore, an Artist’s Life in Frankfort

Ellen MacDonald May 25, 2005January 25, 2014 0 comment

Peggy Hawley captures “Up North” magic on canvas