A rumor involving Combat Corduroy and the Black Crowes!

There's a rumor that our friends Combat Corduroy will open for the Black Crowes at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids on Sunday, July 27! The show is for ages 16 and up. Tickets are $35 in advance, $38 on the day of the show. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Also playing: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals.

Don't ask where I hear these things . . . I just do.

Theater camps

It's summer, so it must be time for summer camp! Why, yes, as it happens: There are two great summer camp weeks coming up for kids aged 8 to 13, all about theater. Gull Lake drama and storytelling teacher extraordinaire Robin Nott and his able assistants are running two great camps this summer, and there's still time to sign up. Kids will experience ensemble theater technique, including creative movement, improvisation, and story theater, and they'll apply those techniques to classic literature to create theater pieces.

The camps will be held:

July 21 - 26, Monday through Friday, 9 - 11:30 a.m., at the Gull Lake Country Club. $100 per child. Call the Country Club to register: 269-629-9714.

August 4 - 8, Monday through Friday, at Sherman Lake YMCA. Call the Y for information: 269-731-3000.