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Lake Linden to present French Canadian music, dance Dec. 9

Posted 12/07/2006 

HOUGHTON -- Enjoy an afternoon of French-Canadian music and dance from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the American Legion Lakes Lounge, Calumet and 4th streets in Lake Linden. The program will include traditional folk songs and holiday songs in both French and English, with plenty of opportunities to sing along. Live music will provide  French Canadian fiddle tunes for listening and dancing and will accompany lessons in folk dancing and a lesson in the rhythmic foot tapping often heard in French Canadian dance music. This event is part of the Village of Lake Linden's French Canadian Christmas celebration. Admission is free. Other family events include a luncheon and bazaar, an art sale, arts and crafts for children, pork pie tasting and sale and horse and wagon rides. At 7 p.m. the Prairie Folklore Theatre will present "Canoe Song: A Voyager's Tale," at the Lake Linden United Methodist Church. more
Photo: Local folk dancers lead audience participants in a French Canadian dance during the August 31, 2006, French Canadian music event at the Chassell Heritage Center. (Photo © 2006 Michele Anderson)

Student artists to exhibit one-weekend show at Houghton's Carnegie Cultural Museum

Posted 12/05/2006 

HOUGHTON -- Artists from three local schools are showing work that pushes the limits of art in a one-weekend-only event called Tag. The show’s reception will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, at Houghton’s recently opened Carnegie Cultural Museum at 105 Huron Street, Houghton (the former public library -- parking behind building and on the street). The show will run through Sunday, Dec. 10. Artists from Michigan Technological University, Finlandia University and Houghton High School are infusing their art with a vigorous emotional core. "It’s important to us in this show to give our audience the opportunity to respond emotionally to our work and to contemplate its meaning," said Paula McCambridge, show curator. "The substance of our art blends technical skill with the human experience." The Carnegie Cultural Museum's hours are noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information on the museum, contact Ralph Raffaelli at 906-482-2121.

CCGAP to sell Guatemalan textiles, holiday ornaments Dec. 8

Posted 12/05/2006 

HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project (CCGAP) will be selling colorful Guatemalan textiles and holiday ornaments from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday evening, Dec. 8, at the Community Arts Center in Hancock in the ballroom upstairs. Enter through the back door. Proceeds will benefit the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA).

Finlandia Gallery hosts "Salmela Architect" exhibit through Jan. 11, 2007

Posted 11/29/2006 

HANCOCK -- The Finlandia University Gallery is hosting the 16th Annual Contemporary Finnish-American Artist Series, “Salmela Architect,” through January 11, 2007, in the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. Large-scale photos and scale models of architect David Salmela’s work are on display. An opening reception for the architect will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30. At the reception, Salmela, an award-winning architect of Finnish descent practicing in Duluth, Minnesota, will present a brief talk about his architectural work. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Salmela’s projects range from a small stand-alone sauna to commercial spaces visited by thousands of people. His buildings, mostly located in the upper Midwest, have become nationally and internationally known. His work is rooted in the principles of modernism and influenced by the vernacular of Minnesota’s immigrants.
Photo: Architect David Salmela built this sauna in 2002 for Peter and Cindy Emerson. It received the 2005 American Institute of Architects Honor Award, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior design and urban design. The two-story building locates the sauna space and chimney on the ground floor and a sleeping room on the second floor above an outdoor shower. Click on photo for larger version. (Photo courtesy Finlandia University)

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