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Elberta’s phoenix from the ashes
Mercedes Michalowski named new director
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Gerald’s dog LOVES cherries; they are all he talks about. This is not necessarily a bad thing…
Gerald’s Talking Dog loves cherries. That’s all he talks about. In fact, I can’t get him to shut up.
Questions & Answers with Community Faces
The collector and creator behind Monumental Finds
Art Park adds Temporary Exhibit
Art Center celebrates three years at the Frankfort Coast Guard Station
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 […]
Meet the artists at weekly open houses
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 […]
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 […]
“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? […]
First solo exhibition at the Oliver Art Center opens May 30
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.
The first in a series about local artists and events
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.
Peggy Hawley captures “Up North” magic on canvas