Dogwood

Friday, March 24 - Lionheart Production Presents: The Odd Couple 7:30 p.m. Main Stage
2023-03-24 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Detroit) | Dogwood Center for Performing Arts, 4734 S. Campus Court, Fremont, MI, 49412, United States
Friday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 26, 2:00 p.m.
This classic comedy opens as a group of the guys assemble for cards in the apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.
Click here to purchase tickets: Main Stage, General Admission. Tickets $15 Adults, $10 Students and Seniors (60+)
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.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.

Friday, March 17 - Karan Casey - 7:30 p.m. Black Box
2023-03-17 19:30 - 21:30
Irish singer-songwriter Karan Casey has been blazing a trail for over 25 years. A lover of ballads, love songs and searing versions of social justice songs, fond of a good yarn, she has toured the world making deep connections with her audience connecting via Ireland’s past but crucially repositioning women and songs in a universal and a modern setting.
Karan has been striking out lately to explore new areas of performance on the piano and with spoken word and theatre. She has released eleven albums as well as contributing to numerous other artists’ projects – appearing on more than 50 albums so far – and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan, performing with her own band as well as collaborating with such diverse musicians as Maura O’Connell, James Taylor, Bela Fleck, Boston Pops Orchestra, Kate Ellis, Niall Vallely, Pauline Scanlon, The Chieftains, The Dubliners, Peggy Seeger, Karen Matheson, Mick Flannery, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Tim O’Brien and Solas. In 2018 Karan helped found FairPlé which is an organization aimed at achieving fairness and gender balance for female performers in Irish traditional and folk musics. Karan tours with her band Niamh Dunne, Sean Óg Graham and Niall Vallely.
Karan most recent album Hieroglyphs That Tell the Tale produced by Donald Shaw, was released on the Vertical Records Label. Her song “Down in the Glen” was nominated for Best Original Folk Song at the RTE Folk Awards 2019 and she completed a PhD in music in 2019. Karan has recently performed her new show with Director Sophie Motley called I Walked into My Head which was premiered at the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2021. Karan is currently working on a stage show about women in the Irish revolutionary period to be produced at the Everyman Theatre in Cork in 2023. Karan’s new album “Nine Apples of Gold” will be released in February 2023.
Click here for tickets. Tickets are $20.00 each. General admission, Black Box. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of eight tickets. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Thursday, March 16 - Grand Rapids Symphony - 7:30 p.m. Main Stage
2023-03-16 19:30 - 20:30
The Grand Rapids Symphony returns to the Dogwood Center on Thursday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. for a sure to be incredible performance! Join us and you will experience a world-class orchestra performing for you live at the Dogwood!
The Grand Rapids Symphony was officially organized in 1930 and is recognized as one of America’s leading regional orchestras. The Grand Rapids Symphony presents more than 400 performances each year, touching the lives of some 200,000. Nearly half of those who benefit are students, senior citizens and people with disabilities reached through extensive education and community service programs. Their mission is “to share great music that moves the human soul”…..and that is what they will be doing right here in Newaygo County!
This program is funded in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation. Tickets are $17.50 for adults, $5 children 18 and under and seating is reserved. Click here to purchase tickets.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Dogwood Theater Workshop for Youth!
2023-03-11 10:00 - 12:00
Dogwood Presents: Theater Workshops for Youth!
Prop and Scenery Workshop:
Youth will have the chance to take part in the magic behind the scenes by creating props and learning painting methods to make it pop! We ask that each participant wears clothes that are comfortable and could possibly get messy.
This workshop is for ages 10 – 18. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $15.00 each.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Online sales close one hour prior to workshop, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Saturday, March 4 - B2Wins - 7:30 p.m. Main Stage - SOLD OUT
2023-03-04 19:30 - 21:30
Pronounced B-Twins, this high energy entertainment group continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its unique renditions of crowd favorites and engaging, uplifting live show that targets the masses. Led by charismatic Twin brothers from Brazil, they combine a plethora of genres into a feel good performance that is equal parts rock concert, dance party, jam session and vacation for the soul.
Growing up in the violent, impoverished slums of Rio De Janeiro, the Twins began playing classical music on violins their father handmade. They used music as an escape from their reality and began teaching others in their neighborhood to do the same. After being featured on National Public Radio, the Twins were invited to the US on full ride music scholarships in 2008.
After performing over 1,000 shows around the world the past decade, the B2wins continue to cultivate a loyal fan base wherever they perform. From hip-hop heads to jazz aficionados, pop enthusiasts and ravers, rockers to reggae fans, all find common ground together with the B2wins. Using music as the tool, the B2wins are on a mission to make the world smile.
This event is sold out. Tickets are $17.50 each. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Saturday, February 25 - Another Round - 7:30 p.m. Main Stage
2023-02-25 19:30 - 21:30
Another Round is Indiana University’s premier all-male (mostly single) a cappella group. Established in 1996, Another Round has entertained audiences in Bloomington and beyond for two decades. By pairing their rich harmonies with their signature sense of humor, Another Round puts their audiences in the middle of a truly unique entertainment experience. Their chemistry and showmanship leave you with a feeling of hometown charm unique to the group’s beloved Bloomington, Indiana.

Originally named Straight No Chaser, the group was founded in 1996 by Dan Ponce and several friends from the world-renowned Singing Hoosiers. In 2008, a video of the group singing a unique rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas” went viral, leading to a deal with Atlantic Records for the founding members. Although the school group is no longer known as Straight No Chaser, the music and traditions continue to be preserved under the new name: Another Round.

A night with the group will leave you with a tune in your head and a smile on your face. No matter what the scene, you could always use Another Round.

Click here to purchase tickets. Tickets are $17.50 each. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Saturday, February 11 - Dave Bennett 'Rockin' the 50s' Main Stage
2023-02-11 19:30 - 21:30
Dave has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops (2013) and has been featured with 35 other US and Canadian orchestras including Nashville, Detroit, Rochester, Omaha, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Orlando, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Portland, OR and Portland, ME. Some of his annual appearances include The Elkhart Jazz Festival, The Suncoast Classic Jazz Festival, The Arizona Classic Jazz Festival, The Sacramento Hot Jazz Jubilee, The Clambake Music Festival, and The Redwood Coast Music Festival.
Dave has been featured on NPR Radio’s “Jazz at Riverwalk.” He made his European debut in 2008 at The Bern Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in a combo with jazz legends and Benny Goodman band alumni guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and vibraphonist, the late Peter Appleyard.
In March 2022, Dave and his band performed to a sold-out audience at New York City’s Birdland Theater. Dave is a Mack Avenue Records artist. His 2013 CD “Don’t Be That Way” met with critical acclaim. His second release, Blood Moon, which features five originals and six pop/jazz covers, reached No 24 on the Billboard Jazz charts in 2018.
During the isolation of the pandemic, fate steered Bennett’s time off the road and pushed him into his home studio where he transcended his jazz leanings altogether. Released in June 2022, “Nowhere Fast” taps into the pain and joy of living in these trying times, the power of healing, and music’s ability to transform isolation into inspiration. Road songs, reverb-laded guitar solos that could power a surf documentary, and memories of loves and lives lost are the mile markers that make up his latest release.
Click here to purchase tickets. Tickets are $20.00 each. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Dogwood Theater Workshop for Youth!
2023-02-11 10:00 - 12:00
Dogwood Presents: Theater Workshops for Youth!
Essential Acting Techniques Workshop:
Youth will experience how an actor builds a character from the ground up and brings the role to life. From script to performance, we’ll concentrate on the creative process of actors and how they combine cognition, emotion, and action. We ask that each participant wears clothes that are comfortable and easy to move in.
This workshop is for ages 10 – 18. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $10.00 each.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Online sales close one hour prior to workshop, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

January 27 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Kate Bowler – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-27 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Kate Bowler
LIFE AFTER PERFECT
Underwritten by: The Center for Excellence in Preaching
Kate Bowler is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, professor at Duke University, and incurable optimist. She studies the cultural stories we tell ourselves about success, suffering, and whether (or not) we’re capable of change. At 35, she was unexpectedly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, causing her to think in different terms about the research and beliefs she had been studying.
In her latest memoir, No Cure for Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear), Bowler grapples with her diagnosis, her ambition, and her faith as she tries to come to terms with limitations in a culture that promises anything is possible. She finds that we need one another because life is beautiful yet terrible and full of hope, despair, and everything in between.
Bowler’s work—including three other solo-written books and a co-authored book of spiritual reflections—has received widespread media attention from NPR, The Today Show, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the TED Stage, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. On her podcast, Everything Happens, Bowler has spoken with people like Malcolm Gladwell, Matthew McConaughey, and Anne Lamott about what wisdom and truth they’ve uncovered during difficult circumstances.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 26 – January Series of Calvin University – Efosa Ojomo – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-26 12:30 - 13:30
Efosa Ojomo
THE PROSPERITY PARADOX AND THE POWER OF MARKET-CREATING INNOVATION
Underwritten by: Howard Miller Company and Calvin Center for Innovation in Business
Efosa Ojomo is the director of the Global Prosperity Research Group at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, an innovation-focused think tank based in Boston. He focuses his research and writing on how innovation can transform organizations and create inclusive prosperity for many.
In January 2019, alongside the late Harvard Business School professor, Clayton Christensen, Ojomo published the book, The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty. In it, he suggests a different way to fight poverty through entrepreneurship and innovation as the center stage of economic development and prosperity.
Ojomo is a speaker and consultant on ways to develop a culture that fosters market-creating innovations. He’s presented his work at TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the World Bank, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and several other conferences and institutions. His work has been published and covered by The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Guardian, Quartz, Forbes, Fortune, The World Bank, NPR, and several other media outlets.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 25 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Esau McCaulley – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-25 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Esau McCaulley
WHAT IS AFRICAN AMERICAN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION AND WHY DOES THE WHOLE CHURCH NEED IT
Underwritten by: The Stob Lecture Series
Esau McCaulley is an associate professor of the New Testament at Wheaton College and theologian in residence at Progressive Baptist Church, a historically black congregation in Chicago. He is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. His writings have also appeared in places such as The Atlantic, Washington Post, and Christianity Today.
He wrote Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope as a personal and scholarly testament to the power and hope of Black biblical interpretation and argued that reading Scripture from the perspective of Black church tradition is invaluable for connecting with a rich faith history and addressing current issues.
McCaulley has won numerous awards for Reading While Black, including Christianity Today’s Book of the Year. He has other published books, including Sharing in the Son’s Inheritance and most recently a children’s book entitled Josey Johnson’s Hair and the Holy Spirit.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 24 – January Series of Calvin University – Peter Wehner – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-24 12:30 - 13:30
Peter Wehner
HOW CHRISTIANITY CAN BE A HEALING FORCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY
Underwritten by: Holland Home & the Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity & Politics
Peter Wehner is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, contributing editor for The Atlantic, and an in-residence senior fellow for Trinity Forum. He has written for numerous other publications and appeared frequently as a commentator for various television news outlets. Wehner worked for three Republican administrations and is a leading conservative critic of Donald Trump and his effect on the Republican Party.
In his recent book, The Death of Politics: How to Heal Our Frayed Republic After Trump, Wehner shares his belief that we can turn the country around, but only by abandoning our hatred and learning to appreciate and honor the unique and noble American tradition of doing politics. As a man of faith, he urges Christians to remember their call should be to care for all, for those within their political and religious tribe and those without.
He has also co-written City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era (with Michael J. Gerson) and Wealth and Justice: The Morality of Democratic Capitalism (with Arthur C. Brooks). Earlier in his career, Wehner served in the Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush administrations, including as deputy director of speechwriting and later as director of the office of strategic initiatives for former President George W. Bush.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 23 – January Series of Calvin University – Ken Jennings – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-23 12:30 - 13:30
Ken Jennings
AND THE ANSWER IS: WHY IS IT BETTER TO BE A GENERALIST?
Underwritten by: The Peter C. and Emajean Cook Foundation
Ken Jennings is known for his trivia prowess after setting (and continuing to hold) the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy! In 2004, he successfully auditioned for a spot on the show and went on an unprecedented 74-game victory streak worth $2.52 million. He then went on to appear in several special tournaments, including the ABC special, “The Greatest of All Time,” which he won. Later that year, he joined the game show as a consulting producer, and in early 2021, he guest-hosted the program for six weeks after the passing of long-time host Alex Trebek.
As a speaker, Jennings appears at college and corporate events nationwide, covering topics ranging from the importance of education to artificial intelligence (specifically his encounter with IBM’s Watson) to his love of geography — always sharing his insider stories from behind the scenes at Jeopardy! For Calvin’s January Series, he will discuss why it’s important to be a generalist in the age of hyper-specialization.
Jennings has published 12 books, including Brainiac about his Jeopardy! Adventures, Maphead on geography obsessives, and Because I Said So regarding parenting myths. He currently stars on ABC’s hit game show The Chase and GSN’s Master Mind. He also co-hosts the twice-weekly podcast Omnibus.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 20 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Moo Cooper – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-20 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Moo Cooper
DIVERSITY IN STEAM FROM A REAL LIFE GUARDIAN OF THE GALAXY
Underwritten by: GMB Architects + Engineering
Moogega “Moo” Cooper is a real-life “Guardian of the Galaxy.” As the planetary protection lead of the famed NASA 2020 Mars mission, she’s responsible for keeping the red planet safe from any of Earth’s contaminants. Her work with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is integral to the ongoing mission to discern whether Mars could be habitable for humans and that we don’t harm what’s already there.
A role model for women in science and technology, Cooper is passionate about introducing more people to the wonders of the STEAM world. She is also about empowering organizations and others to achieve their dreams and overcome obstacles that she articulately conveys through her life story and love of her work and has appeared on Because Space and Bill Nye Saves the World to speak to children from underrepresented communities about her work.
Cooper graduated high school at 16 and went on to receive her doctorate at 24. She has received several notable awards, including the NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal, the Charles Elachi Award for Exceptional Early Career Achievement, and JPL Voyager Awards for Technical Leadership.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 19 – January Series of Calvin University – Kerri Arsenault – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-19 12:30 - 13:30
Kerri Arsenault
FAMILY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACIES
In Partnership with: Calvin Center for Faith & Writing
Kerri Arsenault is the co-founder of The Environmental Storytelling Studio at Brown University (TESS), contributing editor at Orion Magazine, book critic, and author. She is passionate about the lives of ordinary people and their intersection with waste, pollutants, and toxicities. And she enjoys researching and studying what happens to communities and people when long-term employment patterns change.
In her award-winning book, Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains, Arsenault uses narrative nonfiction to highlight how the papermill in her hometown contributed to the rise and fall of the community. Mill Town won the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award from the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Maine Literary Award for nonfiction. It was also The New York Times’ Editors’ Choice and top book pick for the Chicago Tribune, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Publisher’s Weekly, and many others.
Arsenault is also a fellow at the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, and the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich. And she serves as a mentor for the Urban Design Forum, a publication of the Architectural League of New York. She is currently working on two more projects with similar themes to her first book.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 18 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Noah Toly – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-18 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Noah Toly
LEARNING TOGETHER, LIVING TOGETHER: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS FROM CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION
Noah J. Toly, PhD, is the ninth chief academic officer at Calvin University. A ’99 graduate of Wheaton College with a bachelor of arts degree in interdisciplinary studies and Spanish, Toly earned a master of arts degree in theology from Wheaton College in 2012. He earned both a master of arts degree in urban affairs and public policy in 2005 and a doctor of philosophy degree in urban affairs and public policy in 2006 from the University of Delaware.
Prior to coming to Calvin, Toly served for fifteen years on the faculty of Wheaton College, where he held appointments as the executive director of the Center for Urban Engagement and Professor of Urban Studies and Politics & International Relations. He has also held appointments as a lecturer at the Free University of Berlin’s Center for Global Politics, Senior Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the University of Chicago’s Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion, Visiting Scholar at Duke Divinity School, and Associate Fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 17 – January Series of Calvin University – Kaia Kater – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-17 12:30 - 13:30
Kaia Kater
SONG SELECTIONS
Kaia Kater is a Grenadian-Canadian singer-songwriter and tradition bearer. Her musical career began as a search to discover the roots of her identity and became a physical and emotional exploration of history, which ultimately led her to bold new heights of imagination and creative expression.
She released her first EP, Old Soul, in 2013 when she was just out of high school. Since then, she’s gone on to release three more albums: Sorrow Bound in 2015, Nine Pin in 2016, and Grenades in 2018. She’s received a Canadian Folk Music Award and a Stingray Rising Star Award for her music, which touches on both social issues as well as more personal narratives.
Kater has toured internationally, performing at venues such as The Kennedy Center, Hillside Festival, and London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush. In 2021, she took part in the Slaight Music Residency at the Canadian Film Center, released her single Parallels, and composed original music for the CBC/BET+ TV series The Porter. She is currently working on a full-length album to be released in 2023.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 16 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Gregory Thompson – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-16 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Gregory Thompson
TO STICK WITH LOVE: KING’S VISION FOR TODAY’S MOVEMENT
Underwritten by: Mary & Larry Gerbens, Liza & Nedd Khan, and Miller Johnson
Gregory Thompson is a pastor, scholar, writer, producer, and amateur cook whose work focuses on racial healing in America. He currently serves as the executive director of Voices Underground, an initiative to build a national memorial to the Underground Railroad in southeast Pennsylvania. Thompson is also a research fellow in African American Cultural Heritage at Lincoln University and the visiting theologian for mission at Grace Mosaic Church in Washington, D.C.
He received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia where he wrote his dissertation on Martin Luther King Jr. Currently, Thompson is writing a book on the role of love in the work of the civil rights leader. While many recognize King as the ultimate symbol of justice and change, Thompson asks the question if the message of love has been forgotten or ignored and why we aren’t embracing it.
Thompson also contributes as a writer at The Welcome Table and Comment Magazine and a line chef at Broadcloth in Virginia He is co-creator of Union: The Musical, a soul and hip-hop-based musical about the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike; co-author of Reparations: A Christian Call to Repentance and Repair; co-founder of The Welcome Table Supper Club, songwriter for The Porter’s Gate worship project, producer of the forthcoming documentary film, Repairing America; and producer of Underground, a musical about the Underground Railroad.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

Dogwood Theater Workshop for Youth!
2023-01-14 10:00 - 12:00
Dogwood Presents: Theater Workshops for Youth!
Character Foundation: Disney:
Answering questions like “Who am I?” “Where am I?” and “Where am I going?” allows actors to get to know a character well. With the help of using well-known Disney movie characters, youth will address these, and other questions, to understand where they have come from and where they are heading, just like in real life, it can be helpful and even necessary to develop a history. This is a fantastic workshop to use your imagination! We ask that each participant wears clothes that are comfortable and easy to move in.
This workshop is for ages 10 – 18. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $10.oo each.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Online sales close one hour prior to workshop, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Friday, January 13 - Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds 7:30 p.m. Black Box
2023-01-13 19:30 - 21:30
Erin Zindle is the songwriter, fiddler, and leader of the nationally-touring folk-rock band Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds. With a genre-bending hybrid of indie-pop melodies, global-infused beats, rock guitar riffs, conscious lyrics and virtuosic fiddling, Erin Zindle & The Ragbirds deliver something that’s hard to define. Their music is equally danceable, intelligent, and vulnerable – a rare combination in an increasingly marketing-driven industry.
At each performance, Erin transforms into a seemingly-mythical creature who dances with graceful arms outstretched, hand-made wings glued to her shoulders, recklessly digging into her fiddle strings with her bow. Her voice is both earthy and ethereal, full of character and texture with lyrics that point to the daily paradox of intentionally cultivating hope in the midst of a crazed and jaded world. She skillfully switches between violin, kalimba, piano, and accordion, never losing her infectious smile.
Click here for tickets. Tickets are $15.00 each. General admission, Black Box. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of eight tickets. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m.
Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.

January 13 – January Series of Calvin University – Dr. Amy Kenny – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-13 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Amy Kenny
MY BODY IS NOT A PRAYER REQUEST
In Partnership with: Baker Book House
Amy Kenny is a disabled scholar and a Shakespeare lecturer who hates Hamlet. Recently, she was appointed the inaugural associate director of the Disability Cultural Initiative at Georgetown University, a role that seeks to celebrate the diverse disability community and cultivate a culture of access intimacy across campus.
Her book, My Body Is Not a Prayer Request, mixes humor, personal narrative, and theology to invite faith communities to rethink their unintentional ableism and learn from the embodied wisdom of disabled people. Kenny explains that it is time for the church to start treating disabled people as full members of the body of Christ who have much more to offer than a miraculous cure narrative.
Kenny’s work on disability has been featured in Teen Vogue, Sojourners, Shondaland, The Mighty, and Huff Post. She also serves as a scribe for Freedom Road Institute for Leadership and Justice, coordinates support for people experiencing homelessness in her neighborhood, and is a co-founder of Jubilee Homes OC, a permanent supportive housing initiative in her local community.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 12 – January Series of Calvin University – Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-12 12:30 - 13:30
Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
FOLLOWING JESUS IN A WARMING WORLD
Underwritten by: Friends of the January Series
Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is the Vice President of the Evangelical Environmental Network. He holds an undergraduate degree in religious studies from Calvin University (B.A. ’12), a Master of Divinity degree from Western Theological Seminary (M.Div. ’16), and is ordained in the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA). For the last 10 years, he has educated and mobilized Christians around the world to address the climate crisis as an act of discipleship and neighborly love.
His forthcoming book, Following Jesus in a Warming World: A Christian Call to Climate Action, uses stories from the field, theological and scriptural exploration, and practical advice to offer hope to Christians paralyzed by the scale of the climate crisis and turn it into action. A field guide for Christian climate action, the book is set to be published on Feb. 21.
Meyaard-Schaap’s environmental work has been recognized in many places. His work has been featured in national and international news outlets such as PBS, NPR, CNN, NBC News, The New York Times, Reuters, and U.S. News and World Report. Additionally, he has been named to Midwest Energy Group’s 40 Under 40, the American Conservation Coalition’s 30 Under 30, and the Grist 50 Fixers cohorts for his work on climate change education and advocacy. And in 2020, he was named a Yale Public Voices on the Climate Crisis Fellow.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 11 – January Series of Calvin University – Nate Mook – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-11 12:30 - 13:30
Nate Mook
THE URGENT PURSUIT TO NOURISH THE WORLD
Underwritten by: Holland Litho
Nate Mook served as CEO of World Central Kitchen, a not-for-profit organization that provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. Having already worked alongside chef José Andrés for years, Mook joined World Central Kitchen to launch and lead food relief efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María in September 2017.
Under Mook’s leadership, World Central Kitchen distributed more than 60 million meals to people impacted by natural disasters and other crises around the world. During that time, the organization also experienced dramatic growth and a strategic shift to its current work using food as a solution to various crises around the world.
Earlier in his career, Mook launched multiple tech companies and made documentary films around the world for the UN, USAID, and the World Bank, as well as producing the film Baltimore Rising for HBO. More recently, he’s used his entrepreneurial and storytelling background for sharing World Central Kitchen’s mission, including working with Andres to produce the PBS/National Geographic documentary Undiscovered Haiti in 2015 and executive producing the Disney+/National Geographic documentary We Feed People in 2022.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 10 – January Series of Calvin University – Monica Guzman – 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-10 12:30 - 13:30
Monica Guzman
RECLAIMING CURIOSITY IN DIVIDED TIMES
Underwritten by: The Howard Miller Company
Mónica Guzmán is a bridge builder, journalist, and entrepreneur who lives for great conversations sparked by curious questions. She’s a senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels, the nation’s largest cross-partisan grassroots organization working to depolarize America. Guzmán also hosts a live interview series at Crosscut and co-founded the award-winning Seattle newsletter The Evergrey.
Her book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times discusses the crisis of broken conversations among confounded people. It shows you how to overcome the fear and uncertainty that surrounds us to finally understand and learn from people in your life with different and opposing world views.
Guzman studied social and political division as a 2019 fellow at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation and researched how journalists can rethink their roles to better meet the needs of the participatory public as a 2016 fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. She was named one of the 50 most influential women in Seattle and served twice as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

January 9 - January Series of Calvin University - Dr. Sara Hendren - 12:30 p.m.
2023-01-09 12:30 - 13:30
Dr. Sara Hendren
WHAT CAN A BODY DO?
Monday, January 9
Underwritten by: Maria & Patrick O’Hare
Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering. She also considers herself a humanist in tech—creating collaborative public art, social design, and writings that reframe the human body and technology.
In her book, What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World, Hendren examines the things we use and spaces we inhabit and calls for society to imagine a better-designed world for all bodies. NPR selected the book as a Best Book of the Year, and it won the Science in Society Journalism book prize.
Her artistic work has been exhibited widely and is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt Museum. Hendren’s writing and design work have been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, and NPR. Hendren has also been a fellow at New America and the Carey Institute for Global Good.
This lecture will be broadcast live at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free.
For more information on the Calvin University January Series click here.
The Dogwood Center, a remote site for the Calvin University January Series, is supported in part by the Fremont Area Community Foundation.

Dogwood Theater Workshop for Youth!
2022-12-28 10:00 - 12:00
Dogwood Presents: Theater Workshops for Youth!
STAGE MOVEMENT! Workshop:
A director and actors collaborate through stage movement to organize thinking into language. Gestures are defined by acting as signs that communicate a character’s action, state of mind, and relationships to other characters. Participants will experience character development and finding their voices via movement, gestures, and facial expressions in interactive theater games. We ask that each participant wears clothes that are comfortable and easy to move in.
This workshop is for ages 12 – 18. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $10.00 each.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Online sales close one hour prior to workshop, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

December 11 – Christmas with John Berry: 26th Annual Christmas Tour – 7:30 p.m.
2022-12-11 19:30 - 21:30
John Berry is known for his seasonal fan favorite holiday performances which are filled with traditional Christmas songs, including his incredible version of “O Holy Night,” many of his most requested hit songs, and a few of his childhood stories sprinkled in.
Click here to get your “CONCERT” tickets! Concert tickets are $50 each, reserved seating. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m.
Click here to get your “MEET AND GREET” tickets! The “Meet and Greet” tickets are $25 and do not include admission to the concert. The “Meet and Greet” is from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m., doors will open at 5:30 p.m.
Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
“I cannot express the gratitude in my heart enough to be able to share this seasonal tour with fans for 25 years. With Covid-19 crippling the touring industry this past year, it has given me even more reasons to want to share God’s most precious gift, Jesus, with audiences through Christmas music along with my hit songs,” shares John Berry.
Grammy award-winning country star, John Berry is gearing up for the release of a new album in 2021 and the 2021 Christmas With John Berry, The Silver Anniversary Tour. He took advantage of being off the road for the bigger part of 2020 and created new opportunities to continue his reach to his fan base as well as new ones. Highlights include partnering with Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for his weekly series, “Songs and Stories For Kids,” which charted multiple times on the Pollstar Live Stream Chart. He released a new video and re-recorded a new single for “The Graduation Song,” started a new podcast, Faith Family & Friends with John & Robin Berry and ended the year with his 24th annual Songs and Stories with John Berry Christmas. In 2019 John Berry celebrated the 28th anniversary since signing his first record deal. He released “The Richest Man” dedicated to his father from the new album Thomas Road. In 2019, Berry was diagnosed with throat cancer, requiring 35 treatments combined of radiation and chemotherapy. In 2018 charted at #30 on the Music Row Breakout Charts with the single, “Beautifully Broken,” which is featured in the soundtrack for the movie of the same name. Berry has placed 20 singles on the country hit parade charts, six of which went Top 5 as well as a No. 1 on the Billboard and Radio & Records country charts. He has earned numerous Gold and Platinum records. Berry’s co-written “A Mind Of Her Own” and “Kiss Me In The Car” introduced him to radio audiences in 1993. Then, “Your Love Amazes Me,” “What’s In It For Me” and “You And Only You” thrust him to stardom in 1994. “Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye,” “I Think About It All The Time,” and “If I Had Any Pride Left At All” were all major hits the following year. “Your Love Amazes Me” earned Berry a 1995 GRAMMY nomination. In 1996, he scored a GRAMMY win for his participation in Amazing Grace: A Country Salute to Gospel Vol. 1. Berry took “Change My Mind” into the country music Top 5 in that same year. “She’s Taken A Shine” became an even bigger hit in 1997. The same year, he was nominated for CMA Vocal Event of the Year for “Long Haired Country Boy” with Charlie Daniels and Hal Ketchum. Both fans and the media took note when “There He Goes” was released as a 1999 duet with Patsy Cline. Berry’s two most recent albums, What I Love The Most and his holiday album, Christmas, are both available now on his website and iTunes and other digital retailers. Berry’s TV show, Songs & Stories with John Berry, aired weekly for two years on Heartland Television, The Family Channel, The Country Network, Roku (via Heartland), AMG TV, Country TV (New Zealand), and Keep It Country TV (UK). For more information, visit songsandstories.com. Follow John on his website at www.johnberry.com.

Dogwood Theater Workshop for Youth!
2022-12-10 10:00 - 12:00
Dogwood Presents: Theater Workshops for Youth!
THEATER GAMES! Workshop:
By experiencing this workshop. youth will gain skills that will enhance their ability to project their voices, think quickly, and vocabulary building. Additionally, participants will gain confidence, coordination, concentration, teamwork abilities, and focus through a variety of theater games.
This workshop is for ages 5 – 11. Workshops are limited to 20 participants.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $10.00 each.
The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Online sales close one hour prior to workshop, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Sunday, December 4 - 'A Dicken's Tale' 3:00 p.m. Black Box
2022-12-04 15:00 - 16:00
Bright Star Touring Theatre returns with their new acclaimed production of A Dickens Tale, based upon the Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. A Dickens Tale is a 45-minute, fast-paced version of the literary classic, A Christmas Carol. A Dickens Tale introduces audiences to the mean old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. Content in a life of misery, Scrooge is visited upon by a variety of entertaining and insightful ghostly visitors who encourage him to change his miserable life. Changed by the visits, he transforms into a jolly, holiday loving man! The show features all the classic characters from old Scrooge, bumbling Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the three ghostly visitors, a hilarious beggar woman and more—all played by just two professional actors. Seen by audiences across America, A Dickens Tale, has long been a holiday tradition and is best appreciated by audiences in grades 1st through adult.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $7.50. General admission, Black Box. Tables can be reserved with the purchase of eight tickets. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.

Saturday, December 3 - Second City 7:30 p.m. Main Stage
2022-12-03 19:30 - 21:30
The Second City, Chicago’s legendary sketch and improv comedy theater will take the main stage December 3 for an always funny, captivating show. Rooted in the groundbreaking improvisational games of Viola Spolin, The Second City opened its doors on a snowy Chicago night in December of 1959, and a comedy revolution began. The small cabaret theater has grown to become the most influential and prolific comedy empire in the world, developing an entirely unique way of creating art and fostering generation after generation of superstars.
Today, The Second City is home to a world-class entertainment company, continuing to produce premier talent in all three of its locations–Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood–and entertaining more than one million audience members a year. From Steve Carell to Keegan-Michael Key, Stephen Colbert to Tina Fey, Chris Farley to Mike Myers, Second City’s imprint is all over film, television, and beyond. In addition to its stages, Second City Touring Companies perform electrifying revues and original productions across North America and abroad.
This performance may be inappropriate for younger audience members. You must be 17 years or older or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian to attend this event.
Click here to purchase your tickets. Tickets are $20.00 each. Reserved seating, Main Stage. The Dogwood Center is located one mile east of downtown Fremont. Doors open for seating at 7:00 p.m. Online sales close two hours prior to events, please call the box office for ticket availability at 231-924-8885 if online sales have ended. The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Tuesday – Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available online at www.dogwoodcenter.com, at the Dogwood Box Office, or at NCCA-Artsplace in downtown Fremont. For more information, phone 231.924.8885.
