SWING JAZZ FESTIVAL: JULY 20, 21, AND 22
If you’d like a great weekend of professional music, a great wood
dance floor beneath a 40’ x 40’ tent, great food and an ambience
like none other, you need to be in Marshall, Michigan on July 20, 21
and 22. It’s called “Swing, Jazz & Other Stuff!!!” and
it’s a FREE music festival of eleven professional musical groups
known throughout the United States.
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Greater Guide to Geocaching
Hide ‘n Seek the High Tech Way
What is it?
It’s a sport, a hobby and a game that’s family-friendly, mentally
stimulating and physically challenging. Enthusiasts boast that it’s the
one pursuit that combines their love of the great outdoors with their appreciation
for high-tech gadgetry. Part treasure hunt and part problem-solving, it’s
called geocaching <geo-cash-ing> and it’s one of the fastest-growing
outdoor activities across the globe.
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GET A CLUE AT THE PORTAGE LIBRARY!
2007 Summer Events for Adults and Families
The Portage District Library has great plans for your summer reading.
Events kick off with the 2nd Annual Taste of Portage at the Overlander
Bandshell
behind the Portage City Fire Station. Beginning June 12, adults can register
for the reading program in person, over the phone or online for drawings
every week. Even more fun will be the Clue Trail, a type of letterboxing
program. Waterproof boxes will be hidden in Portage parks. Follow the
clues to the boxes, stamp your logbook and move on to the next clue.
The box’s
logbook keeps a record of all its visitors, and the hunters keep a record
of all the boxes they have found. Events culminate in an August Ice Cream
Social. Check out the fun at www.summerfun.portagelibrary.info or by stopping
in at the library.
Get a clue! Participate in the fun.
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Golf: Making It a Family Affair
Dave Stockton, a PGA tour professional has said, “Golf gave me
a chance to teach my sons good values without boring them with lectures.
There’s nothing like a game of golf to show honesty in action.” Some
of America’s best golfers—Arnold Palmer, Bobby Jones, and
of course, Tiger Woods—began playing golf with their fathers.
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NOW THRU SAT, JUNE 30; SPECIAL BC EVENT MAY 18, 5-9 PM PAINTINGS
BY KEN JOHNSON
Brownstone Café
Battle Creek
Plainwell painter,
Ken Johnson, who has a studio at WMU in Kalamazoo has a show of his
paintings at the Brownstone Café in downtown Battle Creek
which runs through June 30. An excellent time to view the paintings
will be on May 18 from 5-9 pm in conjunction with the downtown Battle
Creek’s “BC Spring/Fall into Art.”
NOW
THRU FRI., JUNE 29 AMELIA FALK EXHIBIT
Borgess Woodbridge,
Portage
Amelia Falk, photographry professor at KVCC and photographer
for Greater Guide Southwest Michigan has an exhibit of her recent
work at the gallery at Borgess Woodbridge in Portage. Works can be
viewed during business hours until June 29. They include scenes from
the South Pacific.
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