The Grand Rapids Ballet Company presents Mario Radacovksy’s “Romeo and Juliet” at the Dogwood on March 17! The evening is sold out. This production is a stunning re-imagining of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of love, sacrifice and loss.
Radacovsky’s ballet centers on the two lovers’ struggle with the social barrier that restricted and insulated them from childhood…and was broken for love.
Set to the lush Prokofiev score, this passionate production contrasts a concept of duality through light and dark and a simplicity of sets and costumes, embracing bright splashes of color to explore the fate of two star crossed lovers.
Celebrating its 40th season, the Grand Rapids Ballet Company remains committed to lifting the human spirit through the art of dance. A proud recipient of the ArtServe Michigan Governor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Cultural Organization, Michigan’s only professional ballet company has a rich history marked by steady growth, a commitment to excellence, and strong community support. Presenting the best in classical and contemporary choreography, the Grand Rapids Ballet remains committed artistic excellence.
This performance is funded in part by a grant from the Fremont Area Community Foundation and is sponsored by Fremont Insurance and Hendon and Slate.
Tickets: $17.50 adults, $10 children 18 and under. Main Stage. 7:30 p.m. Click here to buy your tickets now!
Tickets are available here online at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace (downtown Fremont) hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
Archives for December 2011
February 4 – NCCA West Michigan Luthier's Concert – Sold Out – 7:30 p.m.
The annual NCCA West Michigan Luthier concert is back at the Dogwood on February 4! Come out and enjoy live performances by West 
Michigan musicians performing on hand-made instruments from regional luthiers. This show is sold out.
Performers will include Ralston Bowles, Isaac Smith, Dan Yother, Ron David, Jessa Alber, Mark Swanson and Thirteenth Hour, Don Benson, Luke and Jesse Sayers, and David and Lee Middleman.
Black Box. 7:30 p.m.
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
March 11 – "Citizen Kane" – 3:00 p.m.
“Citizen Kane” is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and starring Orson Welles. Many critics consider it the greatest film of all time, especially for its innovative cinematography, music and narrative structure. “Citizen Kane” was Welles’s first feature film. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in nine categories; it won an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Herman Mankiewicz and Welles.
The storyline of the film involves a group of reporters who are trying to decipher the last word ever spoke by Charles Foster Kane, the millionaire newspaper tycoon: “Rosebud.” The 1941 film begins with a news reel detailing Kane’s life for the masses, and then from there, we are shown flashbacks from Kane’s life. As the reporters investigate further, the viewers see a display of a fascinating man’s rise to fame, and how he eventually fell off the “top of the world.”
Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, and Dorothy Comingore. Rated PG. 119 minutes. Click here to buy tickets now.
Tickets: $5. Main Stage. 3:00 p.m.
You are able to purchase tickets here online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
March 3 – Petar Jankovic Ensemble – 7:30 p.m.
Petar Jankovic, international award-winning classical guitarist and faculty member at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, joins forces with a string quartet comprised of brilliant musicians from the prestigious Indiana University. This collaboration creates a very unique and attractive classical crossover – chamber ensemble: string quartet led by guitar. The string quartet and guitar blend infuses new vigor and refreshing outlook in combination with the group’s expressive and enjoyable renditions. The PJE show is well-received across a wide audience spectrum – from traditional chamber music lovers to guitar enthusiasts!
PJE covers a wide range of repertoire with idiomatic and expressive renditions: from early music jewels of Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Boccerini, to traditional Spanish works by Albeniz, De Falla, and Granados. Passionate Piazzolla tangos and rich Brazzilian music forms of Gnattalli, Bellinati, and Villa-Lobos are performed alongside exotic Balkan/Gypsy traditions, and new classical works by contemporary composers such as Roland Dyens, Elliott Bark, Jonathan Godfrey.
The musicians in this US based international ensemble are classically trained, highly-skilled professional artists whose brilliance and musical versatility are manifested through expressing the unique character of this new musical format. The group is comprised of: Sophie Bird (New Zealand) on Violin 1, Grace Kim (Korea/Canada) on Violin 2, Rose Wollman (USA) on Viola, Maria Martinez (Spain) on Cello and Petar Jankovic (US/Serbia) on guitar.
Tickets: $15. Black Box. 7:30 pm. Click here to purchase your tickets online.
Check out the Petar Jankovic Ensemble’s website here!
You are able to purchase tickets here online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
Tickets: $15. Black Box. 7:30 pm. Click here to purchase your tickets online.
Check out the Petar Jankovic Ensemble’s website here!
You are able to purchase tickets here online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
February 12 – "Casablanca" – 3:00 p.m.
Enjoy Valentine’s weekend with a movie, considered by many to be one of the most romantic (and best) movies ever made.
In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick’s surprise, Lazslo arrives with Ilsa, Rick’s one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan….
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid. Rated PG. Running time 102 minutes.
Tickets: $5.00. Main Stage. 3:00 p.m. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets are available online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
January 15 – "To Kill A Mockingbird" – 3:00 p.m.
Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930’s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead. How will the trial turn out – and will it change any of the racial tension in the town?
Starring Gregory Peck, John Megna, and Frank Overton. 129 minutes. Not rated.
Tickets: $5.00. Main Stage. 3:00 p.m. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets are available here online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
February 18 – Drew Nelson CD Release Party – 7:30 p.m.
Grand Rapids songwriter, Drew Nelson, will perform a special show in celebration of his highly anticipated new Red House Records debut Tilt-A-Whirl set to release on February 14. He will be joined by band HWY 2, a who’s who of Michigan musicians that includes Drew Howard, Michael Crittenden, Brian Morrill, Jen Sygit and Mark Schrock. An artist with an international reputation and several critically acclaimed albums under his belt, the folk/Americana singer writes as a witness to the lives and journeys of those he has met along the way.
“As you encounter the characters on this record, it becomes clear that Drew Nelson has dedicated and re-dedicated himself to getting at real human stories”, says acclaimed songwriter Peter Mulvey. “Some of these characters are him, and some are people he knows, and all their stories let us know that Drew is standing in the Midwestern cold, seeing and telling as clearly as he can”, he added.
Tickets: $12.50. 7:30 p.m. Black Box. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets are available online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at the NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
February 11 – Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald by Mary Rademacher – 7:30 p.m.
A “Tribute to Ella – The First Lady of Song”! Mary Rademacher swings it all the way, choosing favorite Ella Fitzgerald tunes from all the songbooks. From her first big hit, “A Tisket A Tasket”, to classics like “Mack the Knife”, “To Keep My Love Alive”, “I Got It Bad” and so many more ….. and all the while Mary inserts great trivia and fun facts about this legendary singer.
The Tom Hagen Trio will join Mary and they are sure to put a smile on your face.
Make this show your Valentine date! We will be having wonderful treats from the Tasty Cakery to go along with this romantic, fun evening. Beer and wine will be for sale as well.
Tickets: $15. Black Box. 7:30 p.m. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets are available online, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at the NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
January 21 – Tony Reynolds – 7:30 p.m.
Come and experience a potpourri of popular pop hits past to present with Tony Reynolds! It will be a pop music festival of fun spanning years and genres …… Tony Bennett, Patsy Cline, Elton John, Nat King Cole, Roger Miller and even Procol Harum (remember them from the 60’s??)! A great night to awaken your musical memories and make you feel like singing along!
Tony will be accompanied by musicians Wally Michaels and Mark Weymouth.
Tony Reynolds is a seasoned, professional vocalist with a smooth four-octave voice and years of experience. He has an extensive resume having lived and worked in Dallas,
Los Angeles and Las Vegas. For seven years Tony traveled the world singing backup for famed international singing star Tom Jones. Tony has had the privilege of singing backup with other notable entertainers including Elton John and Gladys Knight.
While touring with Tom Jones, Tony has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rachel Ray, Regis and Kelly, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The View, Dancing with the Stars, and Jimmy Kimmel.
As a professional entertainer and voice artist, Tony is serious about his craft, yet he conveys a jovial sense of relaxation. His style and talent add classy elegance to his performance.
Tickets: $12.50. 7:30 p.m. Black Box. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets are available here online,at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information, phone 231.924.4022.
April 13 – Grand Rapids Symphony – 7:30 p.m.
The Grand Rapids Symphony and conductor John Varineau return to the Dogwood Center on Friday, April 13 for a sure to be
incredible performance! Join us and you will experience a world-class orchestra performing for you live at the Dogwood !
Recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras, the Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates its 82nd anniversary this upcoming year, a tribute to an enduring partnership with the West Michigan community that has embraced it since the orchestra’s founding in 1930.
The evening’s program will include: Hungarian Dances by Brahms, The Three Cornered Hat by Falla, Classical Symphony by Prokofiev, Suite Pastoral by Chabrier, and Russian Easter Overture by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Program sponsors for the performance are Fremont Area Community Foundation and Nestle Nutrition/Gerber Products.
The program also includes Newaygo County youth artwork as the background for one of the musical selections. The performance in 2011 was sold out, so be sure to get your tickets now! check out more information on the Grand Rapids Symphony at www.grsymphony.org.
Tickets: Adults $17.50, Children 18 and under $5. 7:30 p.m. Main Stage. Click here to purchase your tickets now!
Tickets available here online, the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont.
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours before a performance. Call 231.924.8885 for more information.
NCCA-Artsplace hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursdays 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Phone 231.924.4022.