Taking a step in a snowshoe is like taking a step back in time. Along with the wheel, snowshoes are one of the oldest inventions. Imagine life without the creation of snowshoes; much of our northern landscape would have been left unexplored… Read...
Sometime next year, the restored Wright Leppien Opera House in downtown Alma will be transformed to showcase the type of performances it was known for in its heyday, at the turn of the 20th century. That’s thanks to a $15,000 grant awarded to Alma College by the...
At East Middle School in Plymouth in her seventh-grade social studies class, Shelley Lloyd is using virtual field trips, part of a program called Religious Diversity Journeys, to teach about world religions. “One of the things I like about it is a live Q&A where...
Ferris State University recently received a $15,000 grant to help digitize and protect photos of the Civil Rights Movement. Bruce Davidson’s works from the 1960s will be digitized, catalogued and framed, with protective materials developed for transport when the...
A collection of images taken during the civil rights movement of the 1960s by renowned photographer Bruce Davidson will receive preservation and preparation by the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University. The project has the support of a...
Just in time for the holidays, Parallel 45 and the National Writers Series will present a virtual staged reading of “The Thanksgiving Play,” followed by an interview with playwright Larissa FastHorse. The November 17 virtual event begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12,...
