Lifestyle questions and artist profiles in local features
Lori Timmer notes lifestyle questions while Jason Wesan, a mixed media artist from Turtle Clan Potawatomi Nation in Bangor, Summer Peters a bead artist in Grand Rapids, and Kelly Church a basket weaver of the Match-E-Be Nashes tribe are highlighted. Kristin Armbrister, SCA executive director, discusses inviting guests to view stunning works.
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Jason Wesan
Bangor
Summer Peters
Michigan
Holland
Grand Rapids
Kelly Church
Couture
Res Turtle Mountain
Ippewa
North Dakota
SCA
Kristin Armit
Ally Stunning Works
Notable deaths and events scattered through history
The text lists varied biographical notes and incidents including a ship supervisor in Holland and Ottawa County, a book signing in New York interrupted by a stabbing by Izola Curry, Curry's later death in 2015, Billie Jean King’s 1973 Wimbledon style match in Houston, a plane crash death of Jin Croce in 1999 near Natchitoches, Texas white supremacist Lawrence Russell Brewer’s conviction in James Byrd Jr.’s dragging death, and ages for Sophia Loren and Ben Shephard with Charlie Weber.
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Olympic
Southampton
New York City
Izola Curry
Curry
Queens
New York
Billie Jean King
Bobby Riggs
Houston Astrodome
Jin Croce
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Lawrence Russell Brewer
James Byrd Jr
Jasper
Texas
Brewer
Allendale Fall Festival Offers Family Fun and 5K Run
Allendale Township Park hosts the Allendale Fall Festival from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on September 23 with a 5K Relay for Life run at 8:30 a.m. plus arts and crafts, kids activities, scarecrow contest, antiques tractors, food trucks, a DJ, and an obstacle course by the 8 Side Fraternal Order of Leatherheads. Engine House No. 5 Museum opens for free tours with exhibits and an Army M60 battle tank onsite. Proceeds from the car event support local causes.
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Allendale
Allendale Township Park
Relay For Life
Order of Leatherheads
West Michigan
Mason Street Warehouse earns Wilde Awards nominations and wins
Mason Street Warehouse captured five Wilde Award nominations and won two awards at the 2017 Wilde Awards ceremony on August 28 at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts in West Bloomfield. Nominations included Best Musical Best Scenic Design and Best Musical Director for The Great American Trailer Park Musical along with Best Actor for James Scheider in Million Dollar Quartet and Tom Vendafreddo in Murder for Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Street Warehouse
Berman Center For the Performing Arts
West Bloomfield
Michigan
MSW
James Scheider
Jerry Lee Lewis
Tom Vendafreddo
Jamie Reed
Jeremy Barnett
Laughter During a Home Inspection Visit
A humorous reminiscence unfolds during a home inspection when a mother playfully acts as an undercover agent. She critiques the narrator's old purchases, comments on cleanliness, and recalls childhood drawers and trunks. The story blends family charm with generational jokes about money and aging.
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Lifestyle Questions
Contact
Lori Timmer
Mitay Eae Ees
Jason Wesaw
Wisconsin
Ottawa County
Sophia Loren
Ben Shepherd
Charlie Weber
Mason Street Ware‘house
so#a.org
Jamae Reed
Loretta Laroche
Laroche
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