Good eats, good company, good music, and doing good, too. What more could you want? Mark your calendar right now for the Gull Lake Area Rotary Club's annual all-you-can-eat Spaghetti Dinner on Monday and Tuesday, October 8 and 9, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
This year, the event will be at the NEW Gull Lake High School on North 34th Street. Rotary has partnered with the high school to offer entertainment by the band and choral group. This is a great venue to enjoy dinner and chat with friends. And if you haven't spent any time at the new high school building yet, you'll be impressed!
Tickets are $10.00 per adult and $5.00 for children 5-12 (under 5 are free). Carry-out dinners are available. You can buy your tickets ahead of time from Rotary members or e-mail Rotary for more info.
This is a primary fund-raiser for Gull Lake Area Rotary Club. Over the years, GLARC has supported many local, regional and international projects through monetary donations and through lots of volunteer hours: Gull Lake High School Scholarship, GL School Readiness Program, GL student to White Water Student Affairs, Cheff Center Projects, GLHS Grad Bash, GL Pathway of Pride, GLHS Volunteens, GL Little League, Older Bunch for Lunch, Kalamazoo County Child Abuse, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, GL Fifth Grade Camp, Richland Area Community Center, Sherman Lake YMCA Center, Gryphon Place, Open Door Next Door, GLMS Integrated Education School Project at Sherman Lake Y, Richland Township Park Projects, Gull Road Park Benches, Richland Horse Park Volunteers, Richland Community Hall refurbishing, Thirsting to Serve water project in Dominican Republic, Casa Amparo Project in Mexico, Concert in the Park at Sherman Lake Y, Red Cross Blood Drive, Polio World Eradication Program, and more.
Buon apetito a tutti!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Get active--for free--September 22-29
It's a new school year, whether you're actually in school or not, so why not make a new school-year resolution to get more active? Next week the Sherman Lake YMCA is participating in the Y's nationwide program, America On the Move.
The idea is to get everyone in our community moving a little more. Start with a lovely one-mile walk. They'll be led Monday through Friday next week at 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and afternoon walks will happen Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
The Y is also offering FREE membership for the week to all community members. You can join a group fitness class like Zumba or spinning, swim in the pool, play a game of basketball, lift weights, or use a treadmill.
So . . . no excuse not to get moving. For more info, click here or contact Kay Barker at 269-731-3009 or accounting@ymcasl.org.
The idea is to get everyone in our community moving a little more. Start with a lovely one-mile walk. They'll be led Monday through Friday next week at 7 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and afternoon walks will happen Monday through Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
The Y is also offering FREE membership for the week to all community members. You can join a group fitness class like Zumba or spinning, swim in the pool, play a game of basketball, lift weights, or use a treadmill.
So . . . no excuse not to get moving. For more info, click here or contact Kay Barker at 269-731-3009 or accounting@ymcasl.org.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Action-packed September calendar
Where to begin? September is picking up speed, so I'll just bring your attention to the Performing Arts Foundation regular meeting this Thursday, September 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the Richland Area Community Center--you're all invited--and then give you a little calendar of the many events coming up in September. Please send along further listings for school, community, and arts-related events. And arts alumni, we're especially glad to hear about performances you're involved in, even if they're far away. You never know who will have the opportunity to show up.
Okay, here's your action-packed September:
Thursday 13: PAF meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Richland Area Community Center.
Friday 14 and Saturday 15: Richland Oktoberfest, Richland Village green, admission $5 after 5 p.m. each day. See previous post for more info.
Sunday 16 and Monday 17: Auditions, Whole Art Theatre, for Trevor Stafanick's "The Great Pumpkin Massacre," directed by Tara Sytsma, late-night performances October 19, 20, 26, and 27 at the Whole Art Studio, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall. Whole Art is also looking for volunteer directors for their Late Night Series. Call 345-7529 for info.
Thursday 20 and onward: If you happen to be near Ypsilanti, you can catch former Gull Lake teacher Brian Evely in "Hollywood Nights," a fictionalized version of Carol Burnett's biography. 8 p.m., September 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27, 28, 29, plus a 2 p.m. matinee September 23 at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, 76 North Huron. 734-483-7345 for reservations. Tickets are $16, $11 for students and seniors.
Friday 21 and Saturday 22: Crawlspace Eviction, improv comedy, 8 p.m. at the Whole Art Studio, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall. Their show "Menopause with a Cause" kicks off the troupe's fifth season. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults at the door. Gull Lake Performing Arts Company alumnus Adam Carter is usually part of the hijinks.
Sunday 23 and Monday 24: Auditions for "Bat Boy: The Musical" at Whole Art Theatre main stage at the Epic Center, performances November 15 - December 15. Call 345-7529 for info.
Week of September 24: Music and dance classes for all ages, infant to adult, begin 5-week sessions at Kalamazoo School of Music and Dance studio at Gull Road and Sprinkle. Try your feet at tap, ballet, hip hop, etc. Cost $38-58. Details at their website.
Saturday 29: Auditions for the improvisational comedy troupe Crawlspace Eviction, noon to 5 p.m. at the Whole Art Theatre's Epic Center stage. If you want to get involved in comedic writing, improvised or scripted performance, film/television work, piano accompaniment, or various technical opportunities, head on down and show what you can do.
Okay, here's your action-packed September:
Thursday 13: PAF meeting, 6:30 p.m. at Richland Area Community Center.
Friday 14 and Saturday 15: Richland Oktoberfest, Richland Village green, admission $5 after 5 p.m. each day. See previous post for more info.
Sunday 16 and Monday 17: Auditions, Whole Art Theatre, for Trevor Stafanick's "The Great Pumpkin Massacre," directed by Tara Sytsma, late-night performances October 19, 20, 26, and 27 at the Whole Art Studio, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall. Whole Art is also looking for volunteer directors for their Late Night Series. Call 345-7529 for info.
Thursday 20 and onward: If you happen to be near Ypsilanti, you can catch former Gull Lake teacher Brian Evely in "Hollywood Nights," a fictionalized version of Carol Burnett's biography. 8 p.m., September 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27, 28, 29, plus a 2 p.m. matinee September 23 at the Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, 76 North Huron. 734-483-7345 for reservations. Tickets are $16, $11 for students and seniors.
Friday 21 and Saturday 22: Crawlspace Eviction, improv comedy, 8 p.m. at the Whole Art Studio, 246 N. Kalamazoo Mall. Their show "Menopause with a Cause" kicks off the troupe's fifth season. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for adults at the door. Gull Lake Performing Arts Company alumnus Adam Carter is usually part of the hijinks.
Sunday 23 and Monday 24: Auditions for "Bat Boy: The Musical" at Whole Art Theatre main stage at the Epic Center, performances November 15 - December 15. Call 345-7529 for info.
Week of September 24: Music and dance classes for all ages, infant to adult, begin 5-week sessions at Kalamazoo School of Music and Dance studio at Gull Road and Sprinkle. Try your feet at tap, ballet, hip hop, etc. Cost $38-58. Details at their website.
Saturday 29: Auditions for the improvisational comedy troupe Crawlspace Eviction, noon to 5 p.m. at the Whole Art Theatre's Epic Center stage. If you want to get involved in comedic writing, improvised or scripted performance, film/television work, piano accompaniment, or various technical opportunities, head on down and show what you can do.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Must-do items for September
And it is already September! Here are a couple of items to put on your calendar right away:
Bobbaroo, Saturday, September 8, starting 4 p.m.
State Theater, Kalamazoo
$6 minimum donation
Bands include Gull Lake's own Combat Corduroy as well as Frontier Ruckus, Eyes of an Enemy, Asphodel Fields, Patience Patients, Olivet, Red Amendment, Fernelity, The Giving Tree, Daywalker and the Skychild, The Kinds, and Common Shiner.
Come out for a great concert--well, a festival, really--to benefit Bob Hill, a 2005 Gull Lake grad who suffers from a genetic eye disease called keretoconus. Bob started going blind his senior year of high school. Last year a benefit concert at the Richland Area Community Center raised $1,200 to give Bob a corneal transplant in one eye. This Saturday's concert will, we hope, raise enough donations to pay for Bob's second transplant. Any extra money raised will be donated to the next candidate for a benefit concert.
If you can't make it to the concert, you can still donate via First Presbyterian Church in Richland (8047 Church Street, Richland, MI 49083), marking your check "Bobbaroo."
Richland Oktoberfest, September 14-15
Richland Village green, 4 - 11 p.m. Friday, 1 - 11 p.m. Saturday
Admission $5 after 4 p.m. each day
Come enjoy the fun of fall with music, great food, and Saturday daytime activities for kids, sponsored by the Richland Area Business Association. There will be food from Richland Pub, Blackhawk Bar and Grill, and Lakeside Deli, and beer, wine, pop, and water will be available. Some highlights:
Friday, September 14
5 - 7:30 p.m.: Matt Giraud, soloist
7:30 - 11 p.m.: HD5/Classic Fix Band, classic, southern and pop rock
Saturday, September 15
1 - 5 p.m.: Carnival games and petting zoo sponsored by Richland Bible Church
1 - 6 p.m.: Project Safe Kids, fingerprints and Amber Alert information taken on children for their parents to keep on file, sponsored by Richland Police and Lindsay's Run
1 - 7 p.m.: Bouncy sponsored by Gull Lake Community Volunteers
5:30 - 6 p.m.: Puppet show sponsored by RBC
5 - 7 p.m.: Rock climbing wall sponsored by Sherman Lake YMCA
1 - 5 p.m.: Dunk tank sponsored by Richland Fire Association
6 - 6:45 p.m.: Magician Alan Smola sponsored by Richland Village Drug Store
7 - 11 p.m.: Drop 35, dance band
See you there!
Bobbaroo, Saturday, September 8, starting 4 p.m.
State Theater, Kalamazoo
$6 minimum donation
Bands include Gull Lake's own Combat Corduroy as well as Frontier Ruckus, Eyes of an Enemy, Asphodel Fields, Patience Patients, Olivet, Red Amendment, Fernelity, The Giving Tree, Daywalker and the Skychild, The Kinds, and Common Shiner.
Come out for a great concert--well, a festival, really--to benefit Bob Hill, a 2005 Gull Lake grad who suffers from a genetic eye disease called keretoconus. Bob started going blind his senior year of high school. Last year a benefit concert at the Richland Area Community Center raised $1,200 to give Bob a corneal transplant in one eye. This Saturday's concert will, we hope, raise enough donations to pay for Bob's second transplant. Any extra money raised will be donated to the next candidate for a benefit concert.
If you can't make it to the concert, you can still donate via First Presbyterian Church in Richland (8047 Church Street, Richland, MI 49083), marking your check "Bobbaroo."
Richland Oktoberfest, September 14-15
Richland Village green, 4 - 11 p.m. Friday, 1 - 11 p.m. Saturday
Admission $5 after 4 p.m. each day
Come enjoy the fun of fall with music, great food, and Saturday daytime activities for kids, sponsored by the Richland Area Business Association. There will be food from Richland Pub, Blackhawk Bar and Grill, and Lakeside Deli, and beer, wine, pop, and water will be available. Some highlights:
Friday, September 14
5 - 7:30 p.m.: Matt Giraud, soloist
7:30 - 11 p.m.: HD5/Classic Fix Band, classic, southern and pop rock
Saturday, September 15
1 - 5 p.m.: Carnival games and petting zoo sponsored by Richland Bible Church
1 - 6 p.m.: Project Safe Kids, fingerprints and Amber Alert information taken on children for their parents to keep on file, sponsored by Richland Police and Lindsay's Run
1 - 7 p.m.: Bouncy sponsored by Gull Lake Community Volunteers
5:30 - 6 p.m.: Puppet show sponsored by RBC
5 - 7 p.m.: Rock climbing wall sponsored by Sherman Lake YMCA
1 - 5 p.m.: Dunk tank sponsored by Richland Fire Association
6 - 6:45 p.m.: Magician Alan Smola sponsored by Richland Village Drug Store
7 - 11 p.m.: Drop 35, dance band
See you there!
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