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Fremont Area Community Foundation welcomes Salvatore Alaimo for their 2014 Fall Lecture Series.  Alaimo, a GVSU professor, will do a screening of his documentary “What is Philanthropy?” on Friday,  October 17 in the Dogwood Center Black Box at 7:00 p.m.
“What is Philanthropy?” is a documentary  produced by Alaimo that seeks to enhance our understanding of philanthropy and its role in American culture and society. The 86-minute film portrays and discusses philanthropy through the perspectives of people from across the country.
After the film, producer Alaimo will engage in a Q&A session.
Click here to register. 7:00 p.m. Black Box. Free admission.

Registration is also available at the Dogwood Box Office and NCCA-Artsplace.

Dogwood Box Office Hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.

The NCCA-Artsplace is in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.

Fremont Area Community Foundation welcomes Dr. Claire Gaudiani for their 2014 Fall Lecture Series.  Dr. Gaudiani will present, “Only in America: How Citizen Generosity Builds Our Economy and Our  Democracy,” on Tuesday, September 9.
Dr. Gaudiani author, speaker, consultant, and idealist, is an expert on the history and economics of American philanthropy. In her presentation Dr. Gaudiani will mount a spirited defense of philanthropic freedom to conservatives, liberals, and centrists alike. Through the synergy of capitalism and philanthropy we can harness America’s tradition of moral entrepreneurship to solve today’s problems of poverty and social inequality.
Copies of Gaudiani’s books, “Generosity Unbound” and “Daughters of the Declaration” will be available for purchase and signing by the author following the speech.
Click here to register. 7:00 p.m. Black Box. Free admission.

Registration is also available at the Dogwood Box Office and NCCA-Artsplace.

Dogwood Box Office Hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.

The NCCA-Artsplace is in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.

The Braunschweiger Blues Band will be back in the Black Box for a SOLD OUT show on November 22!  Come on out for a great time with Doug Harmon and crew….these guys know how to have fun! This popular local group has a great sound, gets everyone up and dancing, and having fun! Join us for a great night! The theme for the evening is “Hunter’s Ball” so wear your best camo and see who takes the grand prize!

Band members include:  John Chandonnet on drums and vocals; Todd Juengel on guitar, keyboard and vocals; Wade Perkins on horns, keyboard and vocals; Randy Seabolt on bass and vocals; Doug Harmon on guitar and vocals; and Cousin Richie on vocals and sound technician.
Event sponsors are H & S Companies, Saugatuck Brewing Company, and Richard and Sherrie Harris.
Click here to purchase tickets! $12.50. Black Box. 7:30 p.m. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of 8 tickets. Please call the Dogwood Box Office to reserve yours today!

Dogwood Box Office Hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.

Tickets may also be purchased at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact the NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.

Newaygo County Farm Bureau presents “We’re Farming and We Grow It” with Greg Peterson of the Peterson Farm Brothers at their County Annual Event. Timeline for the event is as follows:

• Member Only Reception and Meet & Greet with Greg Peterson from 6:30-7:30 PM
• Business meeting including the election of new board members from 7:30-8:00 PM
• Greg Peterson’s presentation from 8:00-9:00 PM. Greg will perform some of his YouTube Parody Songs and discuss how to use Social Media to relay a positive message about agriculture.

Click here to purchase tickets. $20. Main Stage. Reserved seating.

Dogwood Box Office Hours are Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.

Tickets may also be purchased at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.

Join us in celebrating Peace and Kindness with local West Michigan entertainers.  Musicians include:  Mary and Faith Pryer, “Pryer Times”, who enjoy creating and harmonizing new arrangements of vintage songs and Eldon Howe and Jody Swanson, singers, songwriters, actively promoting peace through their original music. The “Musicians from St. Mark’s Episcopal Church” are Kirk Weller, baritone, with his young daughter Alexandra, accompanied by Michelle Mines on flute present positive and uplifting music for the heart. “The River Valley Ramblers”, now made up of Charlie Johnson, Fred Convertini, and Peggy Maat, harmonize on folk, bluegrass, and their original songs. Robert Jackson and Sioux Teegardin-Jackson form “Two Bits Shy” and blend vocals with a smooth rich acoustic style. Narrator of Native American stories, Two Dogs will share a traditional Ottawa legend. Pre-concert and intermission will be filled with piano selections by high school students and music scholarship winners, Cassie Luchies and James O’Banion. Steve Albert of Blue Lake Public Radio will be the M.C. for the evening’s entertainment.   Before the concert and during the intermission take advantage of great deals with bids on local art, gifts and opportunities thanks to the kindness of many local people.
Silent auction & conversation begin at 6:30 p.m. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m.
Click here to purchase tickets. $12.50. Black Box. General admission. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of eight tickets. Call the Dogwood to reserve yours today!
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact the Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.
Tickets may also be purchased at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.
Pictured above left: Faith and Mary Pryor, Prior Times. Above right: sketch of Eldon Howe by Ann Martin.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Fremont Area Community Foundation has cancelled the Janet Topolsky event at the Dogwood Center.

Nancy Steltmann recently retired as principal cello of the Grand Rapids Symphony, a position she held since 1990. Helen Lukan is the principal pianist for the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and is a regular keyboard substitute for the Grand Rapids Symphony among many others. Together they have created the newly released CD “Music to Dream By” which features the music of Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Shostakovich. They will be recording another CD in the fall of 2014.
Nancy Steltmann is a native of Albany, New York and holds a Bachelor and Masters Degree from Jilliard School where she studied cello with Leonard Rose and Harvey Shapiro, chamber music with Felix Galimir and the Juilliard Quartet, and played under Leon Barzin in the National Orchestral Association Orchestra. Upon graduation, she received the William Henderson Price in Cello. She also studied with Bernard Greenhouse. Steltmann appeared many times as the featured soloist  in her 31 years with the Grand Rapids Symphony. She performed many of the major works for cello and orchestra including Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Tchaikovsky’s Roccoco Variations, Haydn’s Concerto in D Major, the Saint-Saens Concerto, and Richard Strauss’s Don Quixote. She also appeared in the Brahmns Double Concerto for violin and cello, and collaborated with Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, in two performances of the David Ott Concerto for 2 Cellos.
In addition to her CD’s with Helen Lukan, Ms. Steltmann will be on a soon-to-be-released CD featuring previously unrecorded chamber music of Alan Hovhaness, performing his cello and piano chamber music. It will be released on the Ogre/Ogress label.
Helen Lukan is a Chicago native and well regarded as a versatile collaborative pianist and harpsichordist throughout west Michigan and Chicagoland. She is gaining national notice as a respected collaborator for such groups as the BostonBrass. She has vast experience accompanying a diverse range of soloists from vocalists to brass and wind instrumentalists, performing music in every genre. Helen recently performed with the Western Winds as the featured soloist in a performance of Rhapsody in Blue using the original orchestration premiered by Paul Whiteman in 1924. She was also invited to perform with TubaCOR at Eastman Conservatory for the Women in Music Series. Helen is the featured artist and co-creator of the multi-media presentation, A Kaleidoscope Of Sound.
In addition to Music to Dream By, Helen’s piano artistry can also be heard on the compact disc recordings, From the Start with Elizabeth Start, composer and cellist, and Shamanic Journey with Deanna Swoboka, tubist. For more on Helen please visit her website here.
Click here to purchase tickets. $12.50. Black Box. General admission. 3:00 p.m.. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of eight tickets. Call the Dogwood to reserve yours today!
Dogwood Box Office hours are Tuesday – Friday from 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and two hours prior to an event. For more information please contact the Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.
Tickets may also be purchased at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact the Artsplace at 231.924.4022.

“Monsterpiece Theater” is a fun filled youth theater program where local youth will show off their new skills in acting, mime, juggling, acrobatics and very cool backlight illusions. Local performer Mat Emerick is the director…or “monster maker” as he likes to call it. The program is a very funny, family friendly Halloween show. No blood or gore, “Monsterpiece Theater” is a masterpiece of spooky, kooky skits and music!
Free admission. Please call the Dogwood Center Box Office with any questions at 231.924.8885.
*An open call will be held on Thursday, September 4 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the Dogwood Center for kids ages 8-13 who would like to participate in the program.

Calling all Monsters! If you’re between the ages of 8-13, you are invited to invade the Dogwood Center for the Performing Arts! “Monsterpiece Theater” is a fun filled youth theater program where you’ll learn skills in acting, mime, juggling, acrobatics and very cool backlight illusions. Local performer Mat Emerick is the director…or “monster maker” as he likes to call it. An open call will be held at the Dogwood on Thursday, September 4 from 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m. with weekly Thursday night practices after that  (exception of Thursday October 2 changed to Tuesday September 30). The program concludes with a very funny, family friendly Halloween show on Saturday, November 1. No blood or gore, “Monsterpiece Theater” is a masterpiece of spooky, kooky skits and music!
Free admission. Please call the Dogwood Center Box Office with any questions at 231.924.8885.

Aquila Theatre brings to life Emily Bronte’s classic story of all-consuming passion with its new production of Wuthering Heights.
The novel, one of the most famous works of world literature, was first published in 1847 under a pseudonym and is Emily Bronte’s only work. Wuthering Heights recounts the tale of ill-fated lovers on the lonely moors of northern England. Heathcliff and Catherine meet as children when Catherine’s father brings the abandoned boy home to live with them. The two grow up together, living freely on the moors while Heathcliff is tormented by Catherine’s brother. When Catherine’s parents die, her brother turns Heathcliff out, forcing him to live among the servants. Catherine marries and the crushed Heathcliff disappears. Years later, a wealthy Heathcliff returns, but is it too late for them?
Wuthering Heights is a deep and wide story of passion, revenge, family, class, and the supernatural. Over a century and a half later, Bronte’s magnum opus remains incredibly moving.
Bringing its signature style and dynamic approach, Aquila re-imagines one of the most famous love stories ever told with this heart wrenching new production. Aquila Theatre is renowned for its ability to adapt works of classical literature into enthralling and mesmerizing live performances. Impeccable design and a unique physical style combine with a marvelous cast to make Wuthering Heights an exquisite and captivating theatrical performance.
For more on Aquila Theatre click here.
Click here to purchase tickets. $25 adults, $10 kids 18 and under. Main Stage. Reserved seating.  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 more information please contact Dogwood Box Office at 231.924.8885.

Tickets may also be purchased at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. Hours are Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Thursday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., and Saturdays 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.. For more information please contact NCCA-Artsplace at 231.924.4022.