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HAPPY MAY DAY
May 1-June 15 Sylvia Randolph: An Artfilled Life in Saugatuck, SCA
May 1 Woodcock Walk at Dunes State Park, DeGraaf Nature Center
May 2 Jennie DeVoe Band, folk and blues, SCA
May 2 Saugatuck/Douglas Spring Preview
May 2 Blue Coast Artist’s Opening Weekend
May 2-9 Tulip Time, Holland
May 2 Girl’s Afternoon Out, Cooking Seminars at Fenn Valley
Winery
May 2 Star of Saugatuck Cruises season opens
May 2 Jack Tabler, guitar, The What Not Inn
May 3 Entyce croons at The What Not Inn
May 5 CINCO DE MAYO
May 7 The Bachelor and The Bobby Soxer, Old School House
May 9 International Migratory Bird Day, VanRaalte Farm - DeGraaf
Nature Center
May 9-June 10 New Artists at The Water Street Gallery
May 9 Harry Lucas & The Lowdown Blues Band at What Not Inn
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Michael Holmes
• May 17, Jazz, 6-10
pm, The What Not Inn
• May 23 & June 20, Judy Show, 10 pm, Dunes Resort
• June 21, Jazz, 7-11 pm, The What Not Inn
• July 15, Standards,
7-9 pm, Music in the Park, Saugatuck sponsored by Wickwood Inn
• July 17 & 18, Judy
Show, 8 pm, The Red Barn
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May 10 MOTHER’S DAY
May 10 Mary Rademacher sings at The What Not Inn
May 12 West Michigan Drum Circle, Felt Mansion
May 13 Holland Farmer’s Market Opens
May 16-17 Pit and Smoke Firing Workshop, Khnemu Studio
May 16-17 Bonsai Show, Meijer Gardens
May 16 Southwest Michigan Birdathon, DeGraaf Nature Center
May 16 Southwest Michigan Birdathon, DeGraaf Nature Center
May 16 Saugatuck-Douglas Garden Club Plant Sale
May 16 Entourage sings at The What Not Inn
May 17 The Michael Holmes Trio, What Not Inn
May 18 Community Pride Day
May 21 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, Old School House
May 22-24 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
May 22-24 Memorial Day Weekend Concert Series, SCA
May 23 The Wonder Bread Years, Baby-Boomer comedy, SCA
May 23-30 Wildflower Sale, DeGraaf Nature Center
May 23 Lakeshore Allstar Blues Band
May 24 Hot Club of Detroit, swing dancers and gypsy jazz, SCA
May 27 The Fire Within, Khnemu Studio
May 29 Memorial Day Weekend, Parades everywhere
May 30-31 Iris Show, Meijer Gardens
May 30 Jack Tabler at The What Not Inn
May 31 Allegan Antique Market, Allegan Fairgrounds
May 31 Explore Far View Nature Park, DeGraaf Nature Center
May 31 Diego sings at The What Not Inn June
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11th Waterfront
Film Festival
June 11 - 14
“One of the Top 5 Film Festivals ... right up there with Cannes
and Sundance”
—The Screen Actor’s Guild
Outdoor screenings, movie premiers galore, The New Media
Television Festival, workshops, screenplay competitions,
workshops, parties and movers and shakers everywhere!!! You don’t
want to miss this annual rite of Spring in Saugatuck.
It’s terrific!
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MSW Annual Spring Benefit
May 16, Laketown Conference Center
Summer Season
The season begins June 26th
- July 19th with the Broadway hit, “The Full Monty".
Based on the film, a group of unemployed steel workers dream up
the ultimate money-making gimmick and along the way renew their
self-esteem and remember the importance and fun of friendship.
“Pump Boys and Dinettes”, that
Broadway classic of pump boys selling high octane in Grand Ole
Opry country while dinettes run the Double Cupp diner. It’s an
evening of country western song on guitars, piano, bass and
kitchen utensils. July 24th - August 9th.
This delightful musical of
overachievers angst chroicls the experience of adolescent
outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.
August 14th - 30th.
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visit ---
Chicago-born Steve
Rubinkam’s passionate and colorful art is on display at his
new gallery in Douglas. Stop in to view his joyous expressionist
works. Fans of Lautrec, Matisse, Dufy, Sargent and Chicagoan William
Carr Olendorf are in for a treat.
20 East Center St.,
Douglas 269-857-7100
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June 6 Entourage sings at The What
Not Inn
June 6 Lake Macatawa Triathlon, Holland
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"Art resides in the doing. The process is not
magic but that’s what artists crave."
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Charles Eames
Ox-Bow and the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago in Saugatuck Announces 2009 Schedule
For the past 99 years, Ox-Bow has remained a
haven for artists and fellowship and an integral member of the
Saugatuck-Douglas community. This year resolve to take a class.
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June 7 Ox-Bow Class Season Begins
June 7 Tim Johnson Trio at The What Not Inn
June 1-28 The Fire Within-Exhibit of Dick Lehamn, Khenumu Gallery
June 9 West Michigan Drum Circle, Felt Mansion
June 9 Tuesday in the Park Concerts, Fennville
June 11 Street Performer Series, Downtown HollandJune 11-14 Waterfront Film Festival,
Saugatuck
June 12 Summer Concert Series, Centennial Park, Holland
June 12 Saugatuck Green Market, every
Friday 8-2, SCA
June 13 Summer in The City, Waterstreet Gallery
June 13 Douglas Dutchers Baseball, Beery Field, Douglas.
June 13 Entyce sings at The What Not Inn
June 14 FLAG DAY
June 14 Mary Rademacher sings at The What Not Inn
June 19-20 Sticks Show, Good Goods Gallery
June 20 Saugatuck Arts & Crafts Street Fair
June 20 James Brandess Studio and Gallery Open House
June 20-21 Rose Show, Meijer Gardens
June 20 Douglas Dutchers Baseball, Beery Field, Douglas
June 20 Christy G sings at The What Not Inn
June 21 FATHER’S DAY & SUMMER SOLSTICE
June 21 The Michael Holmes Trio at What Not Inn
June 23 Tuesday in the Park, FennvilleJune 26-30 The Full Monty,
Mason Street Warehouse
June 27 Fenn Valley Wine Fest, Fenn Valley Winery
June 27 Jack Tabler sings at The What Not
June 28 Allegan Antique Market, Allegan Fairgrounds, 7:30-4pm
June 28 Edye Evans Hyde sings at What Not Inn
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Lecture
• May 14, 7 pm, Lights,
Camera, Action! Michigan's Starring Role in the Film Industry, Deborah
Havens, presenter Michigan is wooing the nation's film industry -
is it working? A conversation about making movies in Michigan and
which Hollywood stars may be spotted in the region this summer.
Main Stage at the Saugatuck Center for
the Arts
• May 2, 8 pm, Jennie
DeVoe Band DeVoe returns to the SCA for another high energy, funky
pop-rock performance. Her voice – a delicious mix of scratchy blues
and sweet low notes (think Bonnie Raitt fused with Tina Turner) –
brings her unique blend of folk-funk-rock music to life.
• May 23, The Wonder
Bread Years, 8 pm Kick off your Memorial Day weekend with this
fresh slice of hilarious baby-boomer Americana! Former Seinfeld
writer Pat Hazell will have you roaring with witty conversations about
our collective youth: sugar-coated cereals, lawn darts, Jiffy Pop
popcorn, and those long distance trips to "way back" of the Country
Squire station wagon.
• May 24, Hot Club of
Detroit, 8 pm Experience the sexy, infectious rhythms of “Gypsy
Jazz” with this five-time Detroit Music Award winning group and live
swing dancers! The swinging sound originated in the night clubs of
Paris but now the music pulses in clubs from Tokyo to San Francisco to
Madrid.
• June 8, Marcia Ball, 8 pm Last
spring 4-time Grammy-nominee Marcia Ball brought down the house at the
SCA --- now she’s back! Ball knows how to raise roofs and tear down
walls with her infectious, intelligent, and deeply emotional brand of
southern boogie, rollicking, roadhouse blues and heartfelt ballads.
Exhibition
• Sylvia Randolph: Art-Filled Life,
Daily 9-5 through June 22 Celebrate the life of artist Sylvia
Randolph through selected works from her eight-decade career. The
pieces illustrate her remarkable story and the profound influence of
the community she called home which, in turn, she deeply touched.
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Music in the Park
Wicks Park, Saugatuck
7 - 9 pm Wednesdays
June 24 - Sept. 2
Some featured
groups are
Don Middlebrook &
The LivingSoul
on July 1
Zion Lion
Raggae Band
on July 22
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| New
restaurants in town ---
449 Water Street
Saugatuck
269-867-2888
236 Culver Street
Saugatuck
269-455-5112
2948 Blue Star Highway
Douglas
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The Red Barn Cabaret Series
• May 17, 7 pm, The
True Reality Show, Let us introduce you to 4Now. Earlier in 2006,
the four of us sat down to discuss our desires to be part of a musical
group expressing our faith in this world and in spirit. Each of us is
an accomplished and gifted performer / musician, with our own
distinctive style; but put the four of us on a stage together, and
we’ll blow the roof off the place!
• May 31, 7 pm, Side By
Side, Audience pleasing favorites from Broadway to Blues by two of
West Michigan’s most popular entertainers, Mary Rademacher & Mark
Kahny
• June 7, 7 pm, Songs I
Sing In The Garden, Garden songs from pop to jazz to Broadway by
Gregg Sanborn with Kayle Clement.
• June 12 & 13, 8 pm,
Boogie Woogie Babies 1940's Review, The original Boogie Woogie
Babies show, featuring tight Andrews Sisters harmony, interesting
historical trivia and audience participation.
• June 14, 7 pm,
Welcome To Yesterday, The Nocturne Trio is a three-man “a
cappella” vocal group that specializes in singing music from the
1930’s and 40’s.
• June 25 & 26, 8 pm
and June 27, 2 pm, Not For Women Only, Audiences, including men! –
will LOVE this exciting, entertaining musical revue filled with songs
from Broadway, off-Broadway, cabaret, jazz, pop & country. The show is
a little sassy, a bit naughty & a whole lot of fun.
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Pump House Museum
The Saugatuck-Douglas
Museum is one of Michigan's best-known and most-visited small-town
museums, annually drawing nearly 10,000 visitors to its exhibits and
more than 40,000 visitors to its outdoor garden and harbor-front
walkway at historic Mt. Baldhead and just steps from the Saugatuck
Chain Ferry.
2009 Museum Exhibit
Summertime: One Hundred Years
of Leisure at the Lake Michigan Shore
Oval Beach Parking Lot - 1959
Museum is open daily from
Noon to 4 pm Memorial Day to Labor Day and on weekends in Sept. & Oct.
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In this classic screwball
comedy, an unscrupulous Broadway producer struggles to find a backer
for his new show. June 19th - July 25th, DeWitt
Theatre, Holland
A bubbly 60's musical about romance in
a Wash-O-Rama where Cindy, the laundromat attendant, has three
guardian angels appear to help her turn her life around and teach her
lessons about life and love. June 26th - August 13th,
Knickerbocker Theatre, Holland
This show embodies one of
comedy's most essential impulses: the adolescent urge to take a
baseball bat to the culturally revered. July 10th - August
14th, DeWitt Theatre, Holland
Six generations have read
the story. This one will sing it! Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel is
turned into a musical that surrounds the story of the four March
sisters. July 17th - August 15th, DeWitt
Theatre, Holland
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