July 2008. "The Lonely Goldfish," sculpture by Otto Bacon.
Header image: "The Lonely Goldfish," sculpture by Otto Bacon

Lower Peninsula Exhibits & Shows

Last updated: July 1, 2008

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Alpena  --  Charlevoix -- Cheboygan  --  Detroit --  Elk Rapids
Interlochen
 --   -- Midland
Mount Pleasant  --  Petoskey  -- Rogers City --  Traverse City


Alpena

Jesse Besser Museum

No news this month.


Charlevoix

July 12 & 13, from 10 to 6: 40th Art & Craft Show. East Park. Charlevoix Chamber of Commerce, 231-547-2101. www.charlevoix.org


Cheboygan

Cheboygan Opera House

Sat., July 5, 7:30 p.m.: Parrots of the Caribbean, a Tribute to Jimmy Buffet. $23. Reserved seating.

Sat., July 12, 10 to 4: 40th Annual Arts Festival at the Cheboygan Ice Rink Pavilion

Sat., July 19, 7:30 p.m.: Legacy Five. $17/10. Reserved seating.

Sat., July 26, 1 to 4 p.m.: Cheboygan Street Fair. Chalk the walk around Washington Park

Sat., July 26, 7:30 p.m.: Fiddlers Restrung. Saline Fiddlers. $12/8. Reserved seating.

Gildner Gallery

Location: 216 South Main. Phone: (231) 627-2121

No news this month.


Detroit

Detroit Institute of Arts

Located in the heart of Detroit's cultural center and owned by the City of Detroit, the Detroit Institute of Arts was founded in 1885 and is recognized as one of the country's premier art museums. Approximately 60,000 works of art form a multicultural survey of human creativity from prehistory through the 21st century.


Elk Rapids

No news this month.


Interlochen

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Interlochen Center for the Arts is well established as one of America's true cultural treasures, continuing as the country's premier site for young musicians, dancers, actors, visual artists and writers to explore and develop their talents.


Kalamazoo

WMU School of Art

Exhibits and special events are free and open to the public.


Midland

Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art

Midland Center for the Arts

No news this month.

Grace A. Dow Memorial Library


Mount Pleasant

CMU Theater (Bush Theater)

Bush Theatre is the home of special events and University Theatre productions and Orchesis Dance Theatre concerts.


Petoskey

Crooked Tree Arts Center

Exhibits

to July 26: Bobby Kennedy: A Time It Was. Over 40 photographs taken by Bill Eppridge during the days just before and after the assassination of Bobby Kennedy.

to August 17: Reflections of Superior. Work reflecting the wilderness, coastlines, history and industrial aspects of Lake Superior by artists aboard the Alwihta, a replica of an historic wooden sailboat that traveled the circumference of Lake Superior from June to October.

Events

July 11, 12 & 13: Blissfest. Harbor Springs. www.blissfest.org.

Mon., July 21, 8 p.m.: Gary Puckett. Ross Stoakes Theatre. $35.

Little Traverse History Museum

No news this month.


Rogers City

No news this month.


Traverse City

Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College

To Aug. 31: Stephen Knapp—Light Paintings

Traverse Area Arts Council

No news this month.


Sault Area Arts Council  Home Page
217 Ferris Street, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
e-mail: saac@saultarts.org    Phone: (906) 635-1312

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