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.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Richland Park Horse Trials
This weekend we have an amazing opportunity to see some of the country's top horseback riders perform their art and sport right here in Richland, at the Richland Park Horse Trials.
Whether you love horses or you know nothing at all about them, you'll enjoy watching this weekend's competitions, including dressage (formal riding in a ring), show jumping (jumping in a ring), and cross country (dramatic jumps on a course that takes horses and riders through woods and fields, over water and obstacles).
The events run all this weekend, through August 26. Admission is free and parking is $5 a day. Parking fees are being donated to the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center in Augusta, which provides riding experiences for special-needs children and adults.
Richland Park is a hidden gem in our community. If you haven't seen it before, you'll be astonished to find an international-level horse park right in Richland. From the Richland traffic light, go north 1.1 mile, turn left on M-89 (west towards Plainwell) go 1.1 miles, turn left (south) on 30th Street. The Richland Park driveway is 3/10 mile on the right (west).
While you're enjoying those magnificent horses and fantastic riders, keep an eye out for those intrepid Richland arts and sports supporters, Jack and Marcia Sizer. They do the official photography for the event, and Marcia decorates the courses with gorgeous flower and plant arrangements.
For more info and a detailed schedule of events, go to: http://www.richlandpark.com/index.html
Whether you love horses or you know nothing at all about them, you'll enjoy watching this weekend's competitions, including dressage (formal riding in a ring), show jumping (jumping in a ring), and cross country (dramatic jumps on a course that takes horses and riders through woods and fields, over water and obstacles).
The events run all this weekend, through August 26. Admission is free and parking is $5 a day. Parking fees are being donated to the Cheff Therapeutic Riding Center in Augusta, which provides riding experiences for special-needs children and adults.
Richland Park is a hidden gem in our community. If you haven't seen it before, you'll be astonished to find an international-level horse park right in Richland. From the Richland traffic light, go north 1.1 mile, turn left on M-89 (west towards Plainwell) go 1.1 miles, turn left (south) on 30th Street. The Richland Park driveway is 3/10 mile on the right (west).
While you're enjoying those magnificent horses and fantastic riders, keep an eye out for those intrepid Richland arts and sports supporters, Jack and Marcia Sizer. They do the official photography for the event, and Marcia decorates the courses with gorgeous flower and plant arrangements.
For more info and a detailed schedule of events, go to: http://www.richlandpark.com/index.html
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Richland Area Community Center events galore
Have you had a chance to visit the Richland Area Community Center? It has kindly played host to our PAF meetings, almost since PAF began. It's a beautiful, welcoming meeting spot--but it offers a lot more than that. Check it out! It's at 9400 East CD Avenue, which I think of as the post office road. Stop in sometime and tell the Center's delightful director Faye Koestner that PAF sent you--and let her know of any programs you'd like to see added to its schedule. Here are just a few of RACC's offerings . . .
REGULAR ACTIVITIES
Monday
Bridge, 1:00-3:30 p.m.
WIN (Women in Networking), 6-8 p.m. (3rd Monday)
Tuesday
Richland Community Library Bridge Group
Ladies Non-denominational Bible Study, 5-6 p.m. Facilitator: Gail Hurn
Wednesday
Richland Community Library Euchre Group, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday
Gull Lake Area Rotary Club, 7:30 a.m.
Yoga, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Julie Drabik, Instructor
Book Discussion Group, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (3rd Thursday)
Performing Arts Foundation meeting, 6:30 p.m. (2nd Thursday)
Friday
New Hope and Friends Bible Study, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Sunday
Ballroom Dance with Band, 2-5 p.m. Singles and couples welcome. $7 per person.
The Center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A pool table, large-screen TV room, and computers (including wireless connection) are also available for community use.
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
Deanna House, Thursday, September 6, 6:30 p.m. “Fall Flavors to Savor.” Tickets in advance $8.00; at the door, $10. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Life Line Screening, Saturday, September 8. Pre-registration is required. Call 1-800-324-1851
Jacobson’s Alumni Fashion Show, Monday, September 24, 7 p.m., starring Richland-area “models.” Hors d’oeuvres. Tickets $10. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Estate Planning Workshop, Tuesday, September 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Richland Area Community Center
9400 East CD Avenue, Richland, MI 49083
269-629-9430
REGULAR ACTIVITIES
Monday
Bridge, 1:00-3:30 p.m.
WIN (Women in Networking), 6-8 p.m. (3rd Monday)
Tuesday
Richland Community Library Bridge Group
Ladies Non-denominational Bible Study, 5-6 p.m. Facilitator: Gail Hurn
Wednesday
Richland Community Library Euchre Group, 12:30 p.m.
Thursday
Gull Lake Area Rotary Club, 7:30 a.m.
Yoga, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Julie Drabik, Instructor
Book Discussion Group, 9:30-10:30 a.m. (3rd Thursday)
Performing Arts Foundation meeting, 6:30 p.m. (2nd Thursday)
Friday
New Hope and Friends Bible Study, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Sunday
Ballroom Dance with Band, 2-5 p.m. Singles and couples welcome. $7 per person.
The Center is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A pool table, large-screen TV room, and computers (including wireless connection) are also available for community use.
COMING IN SEPTEMBER
Deanna House, Thursday, September 6, 6:30 p.m. “Fall Flavors to Savor.” Tickets in advance $8.00; at the door, $10. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Life Line Screening, Saturday, September 8. Pre-registration is required. Call 1-800-324-1851
Jacobson’s Alumni Fashion Show, Monday, September 24, 7 p.m., starring Richland-area “models.” Hors d’oeuvres. Tickets $10. Call Faye at 629-9430 for tickets.
Estate Planning Workshop, Tuesday, September 18, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Richland Area Community Center
9400 East CD Avenue, Richland, MI 49083
269-629-9430
Friday, August 10, 2007
August catch-up
Several items of note:
PAF met last night and approved grants to send one or two high school juniors or seniors to Stratford in October to see King Lear and To Kill a Mockingbird. Also approved: a grant to pay for a class with a Stratford actor. It should be a great experience! Finally, a grant to add to the play library at the high school was approved. Arts teachers, please submit your fall requests to be considered at the next meeting!
Three awesome photos of Ty G., PAC '04, who is a medic stationed in Iraq right now, can be found at viewimages.com by searching on Ty's name (with his last name). Sorry I couldn't find a way to link directly to the photos, but it's well worth the search: There's a very touching photo of Ty bandaging a little girl held in her father's arms. Ty was home briefly in June and is back in Iraq now.
And we'll hope to see you at the tour of the new Gull Lake High School, Sunday, August 12, 5 to 7 p.m., and all the coming week, noon to 8 p.m. . . . and at the Bobbaroo benefit concert on September 8, NOT August 11, starting at 4 p.m. at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo.
And send your news along! We're glad to pass along listings, notices, and general chat.
PAF met last night and approved grants to send one or two high school juniors or seniors to Stratford in October to see King Lear and To Kill a Mockingbird. Also approved: a grant to pay for a class with a Stratford actor. It should be a great experience! Finally, a grant to add to the play library at the high school was approved. Arts teachers, please submit your fall requests to be considered at the next meeting!
Three awesome photos of Ty G., PAC '04, who is a medic stationed in Iraq right now, can be found at viewimages.com by searching on Ty's name (with his last name). Sorry I couldn't find a way to link directly to the photos, but it's well worth the search: There's a very touching photo of Ty bandaging a little girl held in her father's arms. Ty was home briefly in June and is back in Iraq now.
And we'll hope to see you at the tour of the new Gull Lake High School, Sunday, August 12, 5 to 7 p.m., and all the coming week, noon to 8 p.m. . . . and at the Bobbaroo benefit concert on September 8, NOT August 11, starting at 4 p.m. at the State Theatre in Kalamazoo.
And send your news along! We're glad to pass along listings, notices, and general chat.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Meeting August 9 . . . and much more!
You are invited to the regular monthly meeting of the Performing Arts Foundation on Thursday, August 9, at 6:30 p.m. at the Richland Area Community Center on CD Avenue. We'll hear what's coming up artswise this fall and make plans to help with all we can. Arts teachers, parents, alumni, community members, parents of alumni, arts supporters of all stripes--all are welcome to any meeting to offer ideas, ask for help, pitch in on a project, or just hear what's going on!
And now, a change of date, just as our newsletter goes out with the old info:
Saturday, September 8 (not August 11), 4 p.m. onwards, State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Bobbaroo! benefit concert featuring Combat Corduroy and other great bands. See post below--but note the change of date to September 8!
Don't miss this:
Sunday, August 12, 5 - 7 p.m.; and August 13 - 17, noon to 8 p.m.
Tour the new Gull Lake High School building, 7753 North 34th Street, Richland
And a reminder of three ways for you to support arts education in your everyday life:
Sign up for Harding's free eScrip Community Card. Just pick up a card at a Harding's store, phone the number on the car, and voila! Harding's will make a contribution to PAF whenever you shop.
Every time you call Modernistic Carpet Cleaning to clean at your home or office, just mention Gull Lake Community Schools to the operator. Ten per cent of your order will be donated--half to athletics and half to the Performing Arts Foundation. Thank you, Lee and Katie Hitow, for this wonderful gift to our schools!
Finally, if you pay cash at Meijer or use a Meijer credit card, please do sign up for Meijer Community Rewards. It's a little more complicated than it used to be, but PAF can still benefit!
And now, a change of date, just as our newsletter goes out with the old info:
Saturday, September 8 (not August 11), 4 p.m. onwards, State Theatre, Kalamazoo
Bobbaroo! benefit concert featuring Combat Corduroy and other great bands. See post below--but note the change of date to September 8!
Don't miss this:
Sunday, August 12, 5 - 7 p.m.; and August 13 - 17, noon to 8 p.m.
Tour the new Gull Lake High School building, 7753 North 34th Street, Richland
And a reminder of three ways for you to support arts education in your everyday life:
Sign up for Harding's free eScrip Community Card. Just pick up a card at a Harding's store, phone the number on the car, and voila! Harding's will make a contribution to PAF whenever you shop.
Every time you call Modernistic Carpet Cleaning to clean at your home or office, just mention Gull Lake Community Schools to the operator. Ten per cent of your order will be donated--half to athletics and half to the Performing Arts Foundation. Thank you, Lee and Katie Hitow, for this wonderful gift to our schools!
Finally, if you pay cash at Meijer or use a Meijer credit card, please do sign up for Meijer Community Rewards. It's a little more complicated than it used to be, but PAF can still benefit!
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