Tag: news
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ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence at SBCT
As a recipient on the South Bend Civic Theatre‘s email list, I found out about this event a week or two before and took advantage of the free ticket on a night I was kid-free. Free theatre? Plays written by teens? As a movement to end gun violence? Having the availability, I couldn’t pass it…
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Learning about the world
I had some questions about things, so I’ve been doing more reading about Palestine/Israel/Hamas/Gaza Strip/West Bank/Anti-Semitism/Anti-Zionism. Here are a few pieces I read for understanding: https://www.un.org/unispal/history/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgr71z0jp4o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgp5z1vvj5o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyv7w3gdy2o https://www.mideastjournal.org/post/what-is-zionism https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47828 https://www.cjpme.org/mapss#:~:text=Israel%20(shown%20in%20yellow%2C%20at,Syrian%20Golan%20Heights%20(green). And here are my thoughts about it. I didn’t understand that conflict and factions enough, but after…wait for it…some research, I’ve come to…
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Feature Blog: Heartland Art Center
In the heart of downtown Plymouth, with a prime location on the main strip, is the Heartland Art Center. According the Society of Architectural Historians, the three-story building at 214 N Michigan St was originally opened in 1926 as the first-ever retail outlet store for Montgomery Ward. Nearly a century later, I had the chance…
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Women’s Entrepreneur Summit
I first met Cindy Cohen on my first visit to 1 Million Cups – Mishawaka. She was very clearly the woman in charge in the room and she introduced herself early on. I found out very quickly, that there aren’t very many small business events I hear of or attend that Cindy isn’t a part…
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Moccasin Elementary Veterans Day Program
If you blink, you may miss Buchanan, Michigan. A town of approximately 4,000 residents with one high school, one middle school, two elementary schools, a virtual academy, and a Step Up program covers 2.5 square miles in Berrien County. Affectionately known as Redbud City for the Eastern Redbud Trees that line the streets, it’s a…
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Feature: Mary Pottenger and The Process Art Studio
In August of this year I launched LIT Comms and within a few short weeks I had been connected with 1 Million Cups – Mishawaka, thanks to Liz Georges. That first time I was there I met Mary Pottenger of The Process Art Studio, and I knew I wanted to boost her local image as…
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Audition Announcement: Once On This Island
This same community theatre has produced multiple August Wilson plays, Lin Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed In the Heights, as well as theatre-goer favorites such as The Music Man, Legally Blonde, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Their latest announcement invites the community to audition for Once On This Island, a Tony Award-nominated,…
