Annual Regional Student Exhibition to Open at Oliver Art Center

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 […]

OAC’s April Classes Kick off the 2015 Season

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 […]

All That String

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 […]

Fairies and Forts at Michigan Legacy Art Park

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 […]

Elberta Solstice Festival, June 21, 2014

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 […]

Who is That Seth Bernard Guy?

“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? […]

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

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.

Zen and the Art of Ice Rink Maintenance

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.