Alert! Alert! Alert! It has come to our shocked attention that not every PAF supporter, friend, and family member is funneling free money to the arts at every opportunity! Here are three great ways to support PAF without spending an extra cent yourself. Please take advantage!
Modernistic Carpet Cleaning has made a fabulous offer: When you place your residential or commercial cleaning or restoration order, just tell the scheduler that you'd like your order to benefit Gull Lake Schools. Modernistic will automatically donate 10 per cent of your order to the Performing Arts Foundation and the Gull Lake athletic boosters. Just call 629-4500 or 385-3377 to schedule your pre-holiday cleaning. Check their website here. Thanks to the Hitows for this wonderful gift!
Harding's Markets have a community donation program that couldn't be easier. Next time you're in Harding's, pick up one of their eScrip Community Cards at the checkout. Just phone the 800 number on the card to activate it, tell them what group you'd like your purchases to benefit (and that would be the GLCS Performing Arts Foundation!), and then show the card whenever you shop at Harding's. A percentage of your purchases go to PAF, no further effort required. More info at the eScrip website.
The Meijer Community Rewards program is slightly more complicated than it used to be, but if you use a Meijer credit card they will donate 1 per cent of your eligible purchases to your chosen organization(s); if you pay with cash, they'll donate 0.5 per cent. Check the details and sign up at their website. Again, no extra cost to you!
And just a mention of our pals at Katie & Christy's mid-Lakes Screen Printing, who created our great PAF-wear. In addition to printing, monogramming and personalization, they have a tanning salon and do lake rentals. They're at 121 E. Orchard in Delton, (269) 623-8340. E-mail midlakes@mei.net or check their website. Print this out as a $10 Reward Coupon to be used towards the purchase of a Gull Lake varsity jacket.
Happy Halloween to all, a great time of year for costumers, actors, and storytellers. Wednesday, October 31, events: The Scream Team, a squad of storytelling students from the high school, will be telling spooky stories to elementary school kids all day at the high school. And don't miss Halloween in the Park, 5:30 to 7:30 on Halloween on the Village Green in Richland, a great safe trick-or-treating event for kids, sponsored by the Richland Area Business Association. Wonder if that familiar-looking gorilla will be back this year? Boo, y'all!
Monday, October 22, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
A radio spotting plus Halloween events for young and old
Is it possible to experience a radio "sighting"? "Hearing" just sounds wrong. But I did happen to hear our own Robin Nott on local radio station WMUK during its current fund drive. He spoke most eloquently--as he does--about the great value of storytelling in our lives. WMUK (102.1 FM) is trying to shorten its fund drive this year, but you may still have a chance to hear that nice piece from Robin again--and, of course, to support public radio as well.
And it finally feels a little like fall, which means that Halloween is on its way. Take special note of these two Halloween-related events:
Sorry, kids. NOT for children, in spite of the characters featured: The Great Pumpkin Massacre is the upcoming late-night offering at the Whole Art Theatre Studio Space. Charlie Brown and co. encounter a Great Pumpkin who proves to be a serial killer in this dark parody of the Peanuts specials. And, let's see . . . Who should play the Great Pumpkin? Gull Lake's Adam Carter, of course, now a member of the comedy improv group Crawlspace Eviction and frequent star of area stages. Adults should not miss this black comedy at Whole Art Theatre Studio Space, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, and October 26 and 27. Your $5 ticket also gets you free coffee and doughnuts, apparently.
Children should instead go to the Richland Area Business Association's Halloween in the Park, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31--yes, Halloween itself--on the Village Green in Richland. It's a safe place to go trick-or-treating, and it's FOR children!
And it finally feels a little like fall, which means that Halloween is on its way. Take special note of these two Halloween-related events:
Sorry, kids. NOT for children, in spite of the characters featured: The Great Pumpkin Massacre is the upcoming late-night offering at the Whole Art Theatre Studio Space. Charlie Brown and co. encounter a Great Pumpkin who proves to be a serial killer in this dark parody of the Peanuts specials. And, let's see . . . Who should play the Great Pumpkin? Gull Lake's Adam Carter, of course, now a member of the comedy improv group Crawlspace Eviction and frequent star of area stages. Adults should not miss this black comedy at Whole Art Theatre Studio Space, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall, 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, October 19 and 20, and October 26 and 27. Your $5 ticket also gets you free coffee and doughnuts, apparently.
Children should instead go to the Richland Area Business Association's Halloween in the Park, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31--yes, Halloween itself--on the Village Green in Richland. It's a safe place to go trick-or-treating, and it's FOR children!
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
October is hopping!
It's all in full swing! Get out your calendar and write these dates down so you don't miss anything. Lots of community and arts events, including some great chances to see Gull Lake alumni in action. Go!
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6: Gull Lake's own Jordan Lunardini and the Bad Beat play fantastic blues and rock at the Stagecoach Barn at the Blackhawk, M-89 and C Avenue in Richland, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7: Kellogg Biological Station Share the Harvest Open House, 1 - 5 p.m. Bring the family to visit the Kellogg Manor House, the Bird Sanctuary, the Dairy Center, and the Farming Systems Center. Admission and all the fun activities are free, but visitors are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.
Sunday, Oct. 7: Flosstradamus plays on a bill with other top Chicago alternative musicians at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, 1 - 6 p.m. Flosstradamus has been playing dates all over the country and returns to home base in Chicago for this very prestigious AND cool event celebrating the MCA's 40th anniversary.
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 8 and 9: Gull Lake Area Rotary Club Spaghetti Dinner at the new Gull Lake High School, 5 - 7:30 p.m., $10 adults, $5 kids. More info in previous post.
Thursday, Oct. 11: Please note time change! Performing Arts Foundation meeting, usually held on the second Thursday of the month, will not meet on Oct. 11. We'll meet this month on October 18 instead! See below.
Friday, Oct. 12 through Oct. 27: Shakespeare's MacBeth at the Parish Theatre at the Civic in Kalamazoo, with at least two PAC alumni that I know of: Stacy Bartell serving as tech director, and James Perra as Lennox.
Saturday, Oct. 13: Jordan Lunardini and the Bad Beat play blues at Billy's Lounge, 1437 Wealthy SE in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m., $5. (It's a bar, so we assume you need to be 21 or over.)
Sunday, Oct. 14: Rich Ridenour, piano, and Barry Ross, violin, play Mozart, Billy Joel, hillbilly fiddle, and everything in between in the first Village Green Arts concert of the season at First Presbyterian Church in Richland, 3 p.m., freewill donation.
Thursday, Oct. 18: New date, this month only: Performing Arts Foundation meeting, 6:30, Richland Area Community Center. All are invited.
Friday, Oct. 26: Give yourself a Halloween scare at the Murder Mystery specialty dinner, 6:30 p.m. at the W.K. Kellogg Manor House at Kellogg Biological Station. Cost is $60 per person plus tax and gratuity. The Theatre Arts Production Company will perform the Murder Mystery. Reservations required. Call the KBS Conference Center, (269) 671-2400 or e-mail conference@kbs.msu.edu for info or reservations.
Wednesday, Oct. 31: Fractal plays at Kraftbrau in Kalamazoo for a Halloween show with Bones Brothers and Ceiling Star, 9 p.m, $5.
Looking ahead: Call now for tickets for a cooking class--"Quick and Easy Holiday Foods"--with Deanna House on Thursday, November 1, 6:30 p.m. at the Richland Area Community Center. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Find a date between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15 and put the Whole Art Theatre's production of Bat Boy on your calendar. GL alumnus Adam Carter is the choreographer and alumna Lisa Watson is assistant stage manager for this musical ripped from the tabloid headlines.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5 and 6: Gull Lake's own Jordan Lunardini and the Bad Beat play fantastic blues and rock at the Stagecoach Barn at the Blackhawk, M-89 and C Avenue in Richland, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7: Kellogg Biological Station Share the Harvest Open House, 1 - 5 p.m. Bring the family to visit the Kellogg Manor House, the Bird Sanctuary, the Dairy Center, and the Farming Systems Center. Admission and all the fun activities are free, but visitors are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.
Sunday, Oct. 7: Flosstradamus plays on a bill with other top Chicago alternative musicians at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, 1 - 6 p.m. Flosstradamus has been playing dates all over the country and returns to home base in Chicago for this very prestigious AND cool event celebrating the MCA's 40th anniversary.
Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 8 and 9: Gull Lake Area Rotary Club Spaghetti Dinner at the new Gull Lake High School, 5 - 7:30 p.m., $10 adults, $5 kids. More info in previous post.
Thursday, Oct. 11: Please note time change! Performing Arts Foundation meeting, usually held on the second Thursday of the month, will not meet on Oct. 11. We'll meet this month on October 18 instead! See below.
Friday, Oct. 12 through Oct. 27: Shakespeare's MacBeth at the Parish Theatre at the Civic in Kalamazoo, with at least two PAC alumni that I know of: Stacy Bartell serving as tech director, and James Perra as Lennox.
Saturday, Oct. 13: Jordan Lunardini and the Bad Beat play blues at Billy's Lounge, 1437 Wealthy SE in Grand Rapids, 9 p.m., $5. (It's a bar, so we assume you need to be 21 or over.)
Sunday, Oct. 14: Rich Ridenour, piano, and Barry Ross, violin, play Mozart, Billy Joel, hillbilly fiddle, and everything in between in the first Village Green Arts concert of the season at First Presbyterian Church in Richland, 3 p.m., freewill donation.
Thursday, Oct. 18: New date, this month only: Performing Arts Foundation meeting, 6:30, Richland Area Community Center. All are invited.
Friday, Oct. 26: Give yourself a Halloween scare at the Murder Mystery specialty dinner, 6:30 p.m. at the W.K. Kellogg Manor House at Kellogg Biological Station. Cost is $60 per person plus tax and gratuity. The Theatre Arts Production Company will perform the Murder Mystery. Reservations required. Call the KBS Conference Center, (269) 671-2400 or e-mail conference@kbs.msu.edu for info or reservations.
Wednesday, Oct. 31: Fractal plays at Kraftbrau in Kalamazoo for a Halloween show with Bones Brothers and Ceiling Star, 9 p.m, $5.
Looking ahead: Call now for tickets for a cooking class--"Quick and Easy Holiday Foods"--with Deanna House on Thursday, November 1, 6:30 p.m. at the Richland Area Community Center. Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 at the door. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Find a date between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15 and put the Whole Art Theatre's production of Bat Boy on your calendar. GL alumnus Adam Carter is the choreographer and alumna Lisa Watson is assistant stage manager for this musical ripped from the tabloid headlines.
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