Life Is a Cabaret With Tom Vendafreddo Saugatuck Center for the Arts October 11
Several pop summer events accept appear that they volition return this summer such equally Chiliad Rapids' Festival of the Arts. Saugatuck Center for the Arts' Mason Street Warehouse also has appear it summer flavour.
Only commencement, we start with an event in March.
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Artist Sean Kenney of the Grand Rapids Public Museum's current exhibit "Sean Kenney's Wild Connections Fabricated with LEGO Bricks" volition be the guest speaker during a March 14 GRPM Facebook live presentation.
The 1 p.g. consequence will feature Kenney sharing his experience as a professional creative person working with LEGO bricks, a behind-the-scenes tour of his studio space and will conclude with Kenny answering questions submitted past viewers in existent time.
"I expect forward to coming together with members of the GRPM community, and sharing my thoughts on the procedure of how we bring these sculptures to life," Kenney said.
"Wild Connections," featuring several LEGO sculptures created by Kenney, volition run through May 2.
In Feb, Festival of the Arts announced information technology would return this June with a different format.
Plein Air will take identify June 4 – vi and will feature artists creating landscape portraits as well equally musicians performing throughout the city. Participants are encouraged to pick upwardly their favorite food item from one of the many expanse restaurants so come up to one of the social zones featuring an artist. The regional art show volition exist virtual.
In the autumn, Festival of the Arts will partner with ArtPrize to host a stage at Calder along with the Festival'southward artisan market, featuring local artists and their works. The fall effect will have place Sept. 17 – 19.
Saugatuck Center for the Arts
Saugatuck Center for the Arts announced there will be live theater this summertime at Bricklayer Street Warehouse.
"Last summer'due south outdoor concerts and films were a fantastic dress rehearsal for this summer," said SCA Executive Manager Kristin Armstrong. "Then nosotros converted our parking lot into a flexible, multi-purpose plaza. We're now able to host theatre, concerts, markets, classes, special events — and still park on it when needed. Guest volition take a fresher, much lovelier experience in the reimagined infinite."
Stamm noted that the outdoor plaza stage is smaller than the indoor theater stage. This twelvemonth guests will see original sets, unique lighting pattern, and bold costumes during all of the shows. Live musicians will back-trail the musical productions.
Three productions volition be staged at the renovated outdoor plaza with participants encouraged to bring their own chairs. The season starts June thirty with "Shout! The Mod Musical." "Dixie'south Tupperware Party" is in July and "Just As well Big! Songs from Broadway Blockbusters" is in August. In that location volition exist ii Cabaret-series shows, "The Big Red Testify!" Sept. 4 and The Best Bad Idea Sept. 16.
For more than data visit sc4a.org.
Each winter, the Saugatuck Centre for the Arts (SCA) offers a curated option of intimate piano concerts presented in its lobby. More than than just a concert, these world-class musicians perform classical, modern, and jazz works; along with sharing stories and engaging with the audience.
This year the SCA is bringing the Hempy Keyboard Series performances directly to your living room through an exclusive livestream feel filmed from the Bertha Krueger Reid Theater in Saugatuck. After the performance, patrons can participate in a virtual Q&A session with the performers. Unable to sentry the live show? A recorded version of the show will remain active for (72) hours after the live performance.
Tickets can be purchased individually or arranged together as part of a special Full Serial Pass.
Every VIP package includes e-ticket access to each Hempy Keyboard Series concert plus a unique musical souvenir created past Maestro Robert Nance. During his Thursday, March 11, 2021 performance, Maestro Nance will debut a composition dedicated to and orchestrated effectually the names of Full Series Pass holders.
Individual and flavour passes may be purchased online at www.sc4a.org/hempy-keyboard.
The Saugatuck Douglas Area Convention and Visitor Bureau (SDCVB) is pleased to announce the launch of its new tourism website for the Saugatuck/Douglas/Fennville area, located at www.saugatuck.com. This recently redesigned website remains the best resource for visitors to find inspiring travel-planning information for their next trip to the Fine art Coast of Michigan but at present offers enhanced features and content for a better visitor experience.
Visitors may at present hands bank check for lodging availability and book directly for stays without always having to leave the site. Website content and visuals have also been enhanced to support various interests with suggested experiences and itineraries that today'southward visitors seek— directly tying back these experiences to local businesses.
"We know that our local businesses are always looking for ways to reach consumers, just some may lack the resources to do and so," said SDCVB Interim Executive Director, Lisa Mize. "This redesigned website creates an engaging and robust platform to connect visitors with our local businesses and attractions."
Later on months of behind the scenes work on the website, the new site officially launched on July 21, 2020. The SDCVB enlisted Concept A Creative, a creative and brand marketing agency based in Spring Lake, MI, and Aristotle Interactive, an interactive marketing and web pattern agency based in Little Rock, AK, to develop the new site.
"This was a monumental collaborative effort between the CVB Staff, the Board of Directors, and our creative partners," said Mike Jones, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "Our goal was to provide more compelling and useful content to assistance potential visitors discover what our surface area has to offer and to provide them with a streamlined planning experience. I believe we've accomplished that with this new website."
Relish an evening with the stars, nether the stars. A fabulous lineup of Mason Street Warehouse alumni performers shares the outdoor phase for this "all-time of" evening featuring hot songs from 17 years of by MSW productions.
Y'all'll groove to musical theater hits from Smokey Joe'southward Cafe, Cabaret, Beehive, Mamma Mia, Kinky Boots and more. Plus at that place will be a cash bar as yous "put your chair in a square" during this intimate performance that'due south part of the Outdoor Concert Series.
Only lxxx tickets are available at each performance.
Oh What a Night! features vocalists Kelly Carey, Marya Grandy, Joseph Anthony Byrd, and Ellie Frances plus musicians Tom Vendafreddo, Chris "Crimson" Blisset and Alex Hamel.
By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org
It'due south the last weekend to get your Halloween on and the Due west Michigan Tourist Clan has a few suggestions on just how to do that.
For Those 'Wine-ers: Round Barn Winery in Baroda, which is south of Southward Haven, will exist hosting its HalloWine Party from xi a.thousand. to 7 p.yard. Sat, Oct. 27. The event features all the treats of food and wine forth with some rockin' local bands such every bit Steve Foresman and the JGJ Band. The HalloWine Party is role of a serial that goes for 26 weekends with 68 bands and 108 live performances. Dress in your all-time Halloween costume and vote for "best costume." Admission to the effect is $5. For more information, visit https://www.drinkmichigan.com/round-upwardly .
The Party Ain't Over Until the Monster Sings: Coldwater is home to the land's second oldest opera house, Tibbits Opera Firm, 14 Due south. Hanchett St. The Tibbits volition host its almanac sppoktacular motion-picture show festival, Monsterfest three, Saturday, October. 27, starting at v:30 p.thou. The issue will feature B-movie monster classics such as "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein," "Monster on the Campus," and "The Mole People." The Monsterfest iii is office of a ten-function month double feature showcasing Hollywood classics and it'due south gratuitous. For more than data, visit tibbits.org.
The Whodunnit: Hither is a twist for Halloween, head over to Kalamazoo's Henderson Castle and be part of a murder mystery on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The story goes, there is a towering Castle located in the heart of Scotland. Spend the days walking the Scottish Moors and the evenings in the front of our large and spacious fire place as we'll assail you with days of valor in a fourth dimension when Knights walked the land protecting the weak and the innocent. Off-white warning: everything is not as it seems.
The evening is $142 and includes the dinner game, a 3-class dinner with a special Halloween Spirit Drink for each course. Besides, the event is Halloween themed so wearing apparel in the costume of your pick or best match your given character. For more information, visit hendersoncastle.com.
The Big Blowout: One area that actually knows how to celebrate Halloween is Saugatuck, which hosts two events for all ages on Saturday, Oct. 27. Activities start at three:30 p.chiliad. with the almanac Halloween family and pet parade. Judges will decide the winners and will distribute cash prizes at the end. After the parade, stay for an array of activities that include music, a puppet feel, equus caballus-drawn wagon rides, and more.
Hit the Trail: The Lakeshore Museum'southward Michigan Heritage Park turns into the Haunted Trail Friday and Saturday, Oct,. 26 and 27, from 7:xxx – 10 p.m. The park partners volition the Muskegon Civic Theatre with actors telling legends, myths and tales from the 1600s to 1900s as participants walk through 10,000 years of horror. Due to scary elements, this event is recommended for ages 13 and older. Tickets are $15 per person.
For more ideas, check out the West Michigan Carefree Travel Guide that is available at the WKTV station, 5261 Clyde Park SW, or visit WMTA.org, There is also withal enough of time to follow the 2018 Lake Michigan Lighthouse Map and Circle Bout, also available at the station.
The Saugatuck Centre for the Arts will be hosting a Creativity Revealed featuring Pam Kravetz, the creative person and creator of the "Non My Circus, Non My Monkees." She volition exist discussing her inspiration and creative process in creating the whimsical exhibit. The issue will be held Midweek, Aug. 23 from seven to 8:30 p.m. and is gratuitous to the public. More than data tin be found at sc4a.org or by telephone at 269-857–2399.
Kravetz is a working artist and professional person educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. She uses vibrant colors and whimsical subjects to create a light-headed mood with a bold statement.
Kravetz says she gains inspiration everyday. "My creativity and fine art is inspired past the beauty and the chaos of the everyday. From a conversation with a friend, to a cupcake I received on the way to a road trip, to a shade of MAC lipstick. Naught is as well big or besides small for me to explore using my art."
"Information technology'southward always a pleasure to encounter an creative person's journey," said Kristin Armstrong, Saugatuck Middle for the Arts Executive Director. "It's a special hazard to glimpse inside of someone's thoughts and then see the terminal project in front of you."
The exhibit, "Not My Monkees, Non My Circus," is a site specific fine art installation which comes to life when the viewer steps inside the gallery. Featuring marionette puppets, pulley systems, and narrative quilts, the exhibit is highly interactive. It will exist featured in the SCA exhibition room Aug. 25 through October. 7.
Two-time Grammy nominee Matthew Santos will perform in the "Summer in the Studio" Concert Series at the Saugatuck Middle for the Arts, 400 Culver Street, on August 8 at eight p.m. Hailed for his soulful vox and versatile style, Santos is recognized for his talent by critics and music giants alike. Tickets for the evidence are $xv and are available at sc4a.org or at 269-857-2399.
Santos tours the world with his "One-Man-Band" show, using multiple pedals forth with his unique style of vanquish-boxing and looping to achieve a massive sound to back-trail his soulfully crafted songs and renowned vocalization. Santos has been recognized for his voice past Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Jay-Z, John Legend, Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam), and Kimbra.
"If I had one word…it would exist captivating. It's non just talent or skill…there's something more than profound there," said CBS radio Plan Director John Sebastian.
In 2008, Santos achieved international success with this collaboration of the vocal "Superstar" with Lupe Fiasco. The song was nominated for two Grammy awards. The two then opened for Kanye West's "Glow in the Dark" bout.
Santos has performed world-wide, with appearances on David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, and Ellen. He has also performed at Lollapalooza, Coachella, Glastonbury, and Bonaroo and the MTV Video Music Awards.
"We're thrilled to welcome Matthew to Saugatuck and showcase his talent in our intimate 55-seat operation studio," said Saugatuck Center for the Arts Executive Manager Kristin Armstrong. "This show will sell out – catch your tickets while you tin can!"
The Summer in the Studio Concert Series is sponsored by Carol and Greg Josefowicz. Tickets are bachelor at sc4a.org or by phone at 269-857-2399.
"The Bang-up American Trailer Park Musical" is returning to Mason Street Warehouse (MSW) Disinterestedness Theatre from Aug. 12 – 28. Dorsum by popular need, "Trailer Park" debuted on the MSW phase 10 years ago and is the most requested musical in Stonemason Street's history. Tickets ($29 – $46) are available online at sc4a.org or past phone at 269-857.2399.
Chosen "…i of the well-nigh laugh-out-load shows in town!" by Broadway.com, the musical takes identify in Armadillo Acres, the nigh exclusive mobile dwelling community in Stark, Florida, where mullets, spray cheese, road kill, hysterical pregnancies and mud flaps reign supreme.
This hilarious comedy follows Pippi, a stripper on the run, who comes between the Dr. Phil-loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her toll-collector husband, Norbert. Featuring tastefully distasteful songs, witty dialogue, and far-out situations, "The Groovy American Trailer Park Musical" "is more fun than a chair throwing episode of Jerry Springer ready to music!"
Broadway talent is coming to the stage along with MSW "alumni." Chris Blisset, playing Norbert, comes from New York City and was on the national tour for "Stand past Your Human being"twice and was the musical director for this summertime'due south production of "Million Dollar Quartet." Alyssa Malger is playing Pickles, and is making her Mason Street Warehouse debut. She performed in the national bout of "Hairspray."Mary Mossberg, who is playing Betty, was awarded an "Outstanding Individual Functioning" award for her role in the musical "What Exercise Critics Know?" in the New York Musical Theatre Festival and is a proud member of the Actors Disinterestedness Association.
"Both Broadway Equity talent and familiar faces are coming back to our stage, and we couldn't be more than excited," said Executive Director Kristin Armstrong.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical will be at Mason Street Warehouse from Aug. 12 – 28. Tickets are bachelor online, at the Saugatuck Centre for the Arts box office, and by phone at 269 857 – 2399.
Stonemason Street Warehouse is located in the Saugatuck Heart for the Arts, 400 Culver St., Saugatuck.
Mason Street Warehouse continues its 2016 season at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts (400 Culver Street, Saugatuck) with the hilarious whodunit musicalMurder for Two. The show opens Friday, July 22 and runs through August seven. Tickets for adults, seniors, and students are bachelor online at sc4a.org, at the SCA box office, or at 269-857-2399.
New York Times calls the evidence, "Ingenious! A snazzy double-act that spins out a comic mystery animated by funny, deftly turned songs."
Murder for Two is the perfect blend of musical comedy and madcap mystery. Every character is a suspect in this witty and winking homage to old-fashioned murder mysteries. xc minutes, 13 characters, iv hands and 1 piano make Murder for 2 "a giddy romp" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). Don't miss this killer musical that puts thelaughterin manslaughter!
Mason Street Warehouse brings Actors Equity Wedlock talent to West Michigan every summer, and Equity actors Tom Vendafreddo and Brian Walters bring the double-human activity ofMurder for Two to life.
"I saw the prove ii years ago Off Broadway in New York and knew immediately that it would be a bang-up show for Mason Street," said Creative Managing director Kurt Stamm. "Information technology's the perfect family evening out because the evidence is appropriate for ages 8 to 80!"
"Nosotros're thrilled to bring Tom and Brian to West Michigan for this wonderful Off-Broadway hit," said SCA Executive Director Kristin Armstrong. "Murder for Two is terrific summer entertainment with these two very talented professionals."
The acclaimedThe Bang-up American Trailer Park Musical wraps upwardly MSW'south sizzling summer lineup. For more data and tickets visit sc4a.org or phone call 269-857-2399. Tickets are selling as fast as the cast is able to find new suspects – grab yours before they're gone.
MSW's summertime flavor is sponsored by Premiere Sponsor K. Thomas Boylan, plus Great Lakes Manor & Cottages, Edward Jones / George Stoutin, Coldwell Banker / Gregg Smith, Shoreline Realtors / Dan & Sandy Shanahan, Mill Pond Realty / Laura Durham, Holland Doctors of Audiology, Hilliard Lyons / Stephen Osculation, Cunningham Dalman, Coldwell Banker / Mike Bojko, Shoreline Realtors / Jim Sellman, Miller Johnson, Lakeshore Allergy / Julie Hutson, Frattallone Wealth Management Group / Carlton Technologies, and the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Diplomacy.
Nigh the Saugatuck Center for the Arts
The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, is a non-profit system dedicated to creating a more vibrant lakeshore customs in West Michigan and across. For more data about the SCA and upcoming events, visit www.sc4a.orgor telephone call 269.857.2399.
The Saugatuck Middle for the Arts, 400 Culver St., Saugatuck, is calling all filmmakers to submit their short films to the fourth annual Saugatuck Shorts Film Competition.
This year marks the fourth twelvemonth of the Saugatuck Center for the Arts' (SCA) picture contest, where professional and pupil filmmakers will compete for $2,500 worth of greenbacks prizes for their short films—five minutes or less—that feature some sort of Michigan flavor. Student submissions (high schoolhouse students and younger) are free, and adults (college and up) are $20 per entry. Video projects by schools, clubs, and religious organizations are encouraged to enter. Registration for Saugatuck Shorts is open now until Oct, 9, and tin be completed at sc4a.org.
"Over the past three years, the SCA's Saugatuck Shorts competition has brought in filmmakers from beyond the land for a wonderful dark of engaging entertainment on the big screen," said SCA Executive Director Kristin Armstrong. "The competition is a great way for students and professionals alike to get their work in forepart of the customs. We are very excited to bring this special contest back!"
Saugatuck Shorts is the only picture show contest in West Michigan that offers a cash prize for film submissions in a juried category and an audition favorite. Similar to ArtPrize, a console of judges will choose the top x shorts to be shown on screening night. Of those top 10, a winner from the educatee and from the adult category will exist called. The pupil winner will exist awarded $500 and the adult winner, $1,000. On screening night, after the audience has viewed all ten shorts, they volition cast their votes for the "Audience Favorite" which will be awarded another $1,000.
This year'due south competition also marks the second year that the SCA will partner with Wyoming-Kentwood Television set (WKTV) to promote Saugatuck Shorts. In addition to the station coming to the effect to broadcast information technology live, WKTV will also feature the summit 10 juried films on their station.
WKTV will be airing last twelvemonth's tertiary Annual Saugatuck Shorts Film Festival Tuesday, April 26, at 9 p.chiliad. and again Sabbatum, Apr 30 at x p.m. on Comcast, aqueduct 25.
WKTV is a community television station located at 5261 Clyde Park Ave. SW. WKTV is one of the oldest community television set stations in the state that is still in performance, celebrating 40 years in 2014. More information virtually WKTV can be found here.
Crave a sliver of the limelight? If you're a Michigan filmmaker, here'southward your chance to win large and take your film aired on Television set.
Deadline to enter is October xvi.
For the first time, Wyoming Kentwood Community Television and Media (WKTV) is teaming with the Saugatuck Center for the Arts (SCA), at this twelvemonth's Third Annual Saugatuck Shorts Film Competition. Professional and educatee filmmakers are invited to compete for $2,500 in greenbacks prizes for their brusk films.
Films must exist five minutes or less (including credit
s and fade time) and each film must have a Michigan 'season' (fabricated in Michigan, filmmaker from Michigan, Michigan mentioned in the script, etc.).
"This is an heady new partnership for Saugatuck Shorts," said Kristin Armstrong, Executive Director of the SCA. "WKTV'southward mission is to educate the customs most how to create video content; through Saugatuck Shorts we are providing the station with an exciting outlet to highlight Michigan video. Nosotros couldn't be happier to work alongside WKT
V's talented professionals and volunteers."
For individuals entering the contest, some other do good of the WKTV partnership is the gamble to be featured on the station. WKTV will broadcast the meridian 10 juried films afterwards they're announced in late October.
"We thought this would be a slap-up mode to celebrate making the top ten," said WKTV Executive Director, Tom Norton. "We're giving those ten people just another sliver of limelight to get them excited for the live audience screening on Saugatuck Shorts' night."
In improver, there will be a live circulate of the November vii event on WKTV. For those living in Wyoming, Kentwood, or Gaines Township, the station'southward programming is on Channel 25.
Student submissions (loftier school students and younger) are free, and adults (college and up) are $fifteen.00 per entry. Video projects by schools, clubs, and religious organizations are eligible to enter. Registration for Saugatuck Shorts has been extended to October sixteen and can be completed online.
Registration data and questions regarding Saugatuck Shorts can be institute here or by calling 269.857.2399.
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hich celebrated 40 years in 2014, is one of the oldest community television stations in the land still in functioning. The station is located at 5261 Clyde Park Ave. in Wyoming, Mich.
The Saugatuck Center for the Arts, located at 400 Culver Street, Saugatuck, is a nonprofit arrangement dedicated to creating a more vibrant lakeshore community in West Michigan and beyond. For more information nigh the SCA and upcoming events, visit SCA's website or phone call 269.857.2399.
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