Tag: Music
She joined because marching band ‘looks like so much fun.’ (And it is.)
For some, the National Cherry Festival Marching Band in Traverse City is a chance to keep marching. For others, it’s an opportunity to try something new.
Eugenia Gold Rush a boon for community-funded projects
They never did find gold in Eugenia. Prospectors became excited in 1853 by “fool’s gold” at the base of the falls. “It was the same time as the California gold rush. People had gold on the mind,” said Ron Barnett. Now, 173 years later, community members hold an annual tongue-in-cheek gold rush festival as an […]
Stateside: Friday, June 27, 2025
Today on Stateside: Bridge Michigan’s Kelly House discusses her series about the whitefish population. Then, a University of Michigan researcher and his friend, a Gila monster named Pebbles. And, a look at Shakespeare in the Arb, the outdoor theater show in Ann Arbor.
Waves of Change: Meet Ojibwe leader, activist and water walker Sharon Day
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
Sharon Day is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe and makes her home in Minnesota, where she is a founder and the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force, a vital provider of culturally appropriate health services, programs and housing.
Letters to the Editor: June 26, 2025
A Free Press reader says there is no better way to show patriotic pride than supporting local attractions