Muskegon Heights – The Muskegon Branch of the NAACP will hold a voting rally Saturday August 25 from 11:00am to 2:00pm at Rowan Park in downtown Muskegon Heights. The event will focus on three ballot initiatives including promoting the the vote to give equal access to the ballot box, allowing voters not politicians to draw […]
Muskegon – Wayne’s Deli is celebrating 60 years of business. A Muskegon County staple since 1958, visitors to Wayne’s can enjoy a full-service, old-fashioned style deli counter (home to the original “Gimmick” sandwich), a large selection of Michigan wines, fresh roasted coffee, local craft beer, and much more. They even offer catering services and a […]
Muskegon – The Shoreline Symphony will present a concert entitled “Musical Mysteries” on Wednesday, August 15, 2018, at 7:30 p.m. at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1206 Whitehall Rd., Muskegon, MI. This is the fourth and final performance in Shoreline Symphony’s 2017-2018 season Magic and Mystery. Admission is free. Each piece on the program has its […]
Muskegon County – Muskegon Community College Art Instructor Tim Norris and History Instructors Kurt Troutman and George Maniates will offer “The Art and History of Gettysburg,” a special six-part lecture series from Sept. 5-Oct. 24 at the Sturrus Technology Center. Students and community members have the opportunity to join a four-day guided excursion to Gettysburg […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MCC’s 19th Annual Global Awareness Festival on Feb. 20-23, 2017 will focus on islands of the World with a series of lectures, films, cuisine and music to bring awareness to that region’s population, culture, cuisine and political issues. Each year, the Global Awareness Festival highlights a different geographic area of the world. All Global Awareness […]
Muskegon’s historic ships are offering a late-winter film series to enliven the area’s weekend and hopefully raise money for the museums. The USS Silversides Submarine Museum, USS LST 393 Veterans Museum and PBR 7331 Operation Black Sheep — a restored Vietnam War riverboat – are sponsoring the films starting Sunday, Feb. 11, and running on consecutive […]
The MCC Center for Experiential Learning, in collaboration with the Fr. Phil Legacy Project, is sponsoring “All Things Chicago!” which includes a trip to four historic and cultural icons in “The Windy City” on Friday, June 23. The bus departs from St. Francis de Sales Church parking lot, 2929 McCracken, at 6:30 a.m. with stops […]