The typical jazz drummer is a hip but restrained figure, seated behind a trap set keeping the beat. He and the bass player are the core rhythm section; their job is to remain out of the spotlight, providing a solid but unobtrusive backing for the band, the pianist, or whoever is frontlining. Tim Froncek—who brings […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The local economy continues to maintain solid growth, while some area business leaders express concern about an impending tariff war, said Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business. Long surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data […]
Lansing -Governor Rick Snyder called the referral of a criminal complaint against Attorney General Bill Schuette to the FBI “clearly a serious matter.” The governor’s office went on to reiterate the importance of an impartial investigation, telling the Detroit Free Press, “It’s important that the FBI be allowed to do a thorough investigation without any undue […]
President Donald J. Trump says he understands there is a valid reason NFL players were protesting and he wants to be part of the solution. During a press briefing ahead of his G7 meeting, Trump said he knows many NFL players have “seen a lot of abuse, they’ve seen a lot of unfairness”. He then […]
Muskegon – West Michigan Symphony Principal Violist Arturo Ziraldo and two of his colleagues, principal cellist Alicia Gregorian Sawyers and assistant principal second violin Mark Portolese, will team up for a program including works by Schubert and Beethoven. The concert will take place at The Block, the WMS’s intimate alternative performance venue located in the […]
LANSING, Mich. – With National Financial Literacy Month coming to a close, the Michigan Department of Treasury’s MI Student Aid Team is providing five tips so student loan borrowers can become their own financial advocate. “Michigan students and families cover a considerable amount of their higher education costs,” said Anne Wohlfert, director of Treasury’s Student […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Graphic Production Technologies (GPT) students from the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center took first place for Chapter Display at the SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference. The conferences took place at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, April 21-22, 2018. The Chapter Display contest requires participants to design […]
Muskegon Community College’s 90th Commencement exercises will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in the L.C. Walker Arena, where 270 graduating students will participate in the ceremony. The event is free and open to the public. MCC Class of 1972 graduate Dr. Pamela Smith, whose successful career in higher education, retail […]
MICHIGAN — A coalition of local activists and organizations kicked off a ballot initiative seeking to incrementally raise Michigan’s renewable energy portfolio standard to 30 percent by 2030. The group, called Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan, will organize Michiganders to support the initiative on the ballot in November 2018. The initiative would protect Michigan’s clean air […]
Muskegon Community College will celebrate Black History Month in February with several events which are all free and open to the public. On Wednesday, Feb. 14, the documentary, “Agents of Change” will be shown in Stevenson Center Room 1100 from 1-3 p.m. and again from 6-8 p.m. Both presentations will be followed by a discussion of […]