January 7 – Roberta Green Ahmanson – "Dreams Become Reality: Inspiration through the Arts" – 12:30 p.m.

Calvin College January Series 2013- Remote Live Webcast
Ahmanson is a writer and a philanthropist whose public activities are focused on deepening awareness and understanding of the role of religion in public life, the importance of knowing history to understand the present, and the vital roles the arts play in shaping human experience. She is chairman of the board of the Museum of Biblical Art in New York City, a regular speaker at the International Arts Movement’s annual encounters, and a frequent commentator on the arts. She has sponsored a number of international art exhibitions, the most recent being “The Sacred Made Real” at the National Galleries in London and Washington DC. She and husband, Howard, are trustees of the private philanthropy Fieldstead and Company. Most recently, Ahmanson was Visionary-in-Residence for Biola University’s Year of the Arts, 2011-2012. Ahmanson is a Calvin Alum who will return to share her passion for the world of art.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m.. Admission is free. For those who would like a lunch provided for a donation, please call 231.924.8885 to reserve one at least 24 in advance of the lecture you would like to attend.

Calvin College January Series 2013- Remote Live Webcast
WuDunn is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and co-author of three best-selling books. The most recent is Half the Sky, about the challenges facing women around the globe. It has been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Colbert Report, and other network television shows and will be featured as a four-hour PBS primetime national and international broadcast event this October. WuDunn lectures to a wide range of American and global audiences and has been invited to speak to the secretary general of the United Nations, former vice president Al Gore, and other senior officials on economic, political, and social topics related to women in the developing world, the global economy, China, and the emerging markets. In 2011, Newsweekcited WuDunn as one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World.”
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m.. Admission is free. For those who would like a lunch provided for a donation, please call 231.924.8885 to reserve one at least 24 in advance of the lecture you would like to attend.

Calvin College January Series 2013 – Remote Live Webcast
If performing heart surgery isn’t difficult enough, try doing it in the war-torn country of Irag. Jeremy Courtney is the executive director of Preemptive Love Coalition, a non-profit that provides medical training for Iraqi physicians and heart surgeries for children in Iraq. He makes a compelling case for extending a helping hand first and asking questions later. In the process of mending hearts, he is mending cultural discord, unmaking violence, and living out the call of Jesus to be a peacemaker.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m.. Admission is free. For those who would like a lunch provided for a donation, please call 231.924.8885 to reserve one at least 24 in advance of the lecture you would like to attend.

Baffling Bill is back at the Dogwood this time to present “Baffling Bill’s Magic of Christmas Show”!  With over 16 years of experience as an educator/entertainer, Baffling Bill knows how to make learning fun through dazzling magic, audience participation, and non-stop laughter! 

Let the fun begin!  Card tricks, illusions, rabbits, and puzzling magic!  Things will disappear and re-appear later in the show when you least expect it!  Be ready to giggle, laugh and then wonder… “How did he do that”???  A special appearance (or will it be a disappearance?) by Santa!  Bring the family for a fun night out at the Dogwood!

Click here to purchase tickets! $15 for adults and $5 for children under 18.  7:30 p.m. Main Stage. General Admission.
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.

The Braunschweiger Blues Band will be back in the Black Box on December 8!  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!
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.
Click here to purchase tickets! $12.50. Black Box. 7:30 p.m. 
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 Elisabeth von Trapp, the sounds of music are part of her earliest memories. Born and raised in Vermont, Elisabeth is the granddaughter of the legendary Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose story inspired The Sound of Music. Singing professionally since childhood, Elisabeth has enthralled audiences from European cathedrals to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center.

The Empire Brass enjoys an international reputation as North America’s finest brass quintet, renowned for its brilliant virtuosity and unparalleled diversity of its repertoire. The five musicians – all of whom have held leading positions with major American orchestras – perform over 100 concerts a year in cities such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, London, Zurich, and Tokyo. With their best-selling recordings on the Telarc label they have introduced an even larger audience worldwide to the excitement of brass music, ranging from Bach and Handel to jazz and Broadway. They are equally at home in the majestically antiphonal works that Gabrieli composed for St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice and the exuberant show-stopping tunes that Richard Rodgers and Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote for the Broadway stage.

With a voice that critics have called “hauntingly clear” (New York Times), Elisabeth, along with the Empire Brass, “…will send a thrill of pleasure through your nervous system” (Boston Globe).

The highlight of the evening is a wonderful medley from The Sound of Music, wherein the guitar solo Edelweiss flows into an extraordinary rendition of Stille Nacht.

Preglow will start at 6:30 p.m. and feature a photo opportunity complete with sleigh and Christmas scene for a complimentary image of you and your family and friends, hot chocolate, coffee, and treats, and much more to celebrate the Dogwood 10th anniversary!

Click here to purchase tickets. Adults $30. Children 18 and under $15. Main Stage. Reserved seating. Preglow 6:30 p.m. Show 7:30 p.m.

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.

West Michigan’s two newest orchestras, the Shoreline Symphony and the Newaygo County Community Orchestra, will present a joint performance on Sunday, November 25 at 3:00 p.m. on the Main Stage.  Highlights will include Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8, Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, and familiar and much-loved works by J.S. Bach, Bela Bartok, and Maurice Ravel.  The concert is free of charge.
The Shoreline Symphony, established in September 2012, is celebrating its first season of creating quality classical music for Muskegon and Newaygo County audiences.  Led by founding director S. Annette Jurcevic, the Shoreline Symphony brings together professional and amateur musicians who play alongside students and faculty from several area colleges and universities.  It is the only all-volunteer orchestra in the Muskegon area to include woodwinds, brass, percussion, and strings.
The Newaygo County Community Orchestra, a string orchestra established in February 2012, is in its second season of rehearsing and performing in Newaygo County.  Founding director Lucy Spinner leads orchestra rehearsals.  Members include musicians of all ages and from a variety of musical backgrounds.  NC Community Orchestra specializes in adaptations of popular classical works.
Conductor Annette Jurcevic will direct musicians from both orchestras in the joint performance.  Jurcevic is a recent transplant to West Michigan from Austin, Texas, where she directed the Austin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Austin Summer Pops Orchestra, and the St. Edward’s University Orchestra.  She currently conducts Shoreline Symphony, the West Shore Chorus, and the Muskegon Shoreline Chorus.
Free admission. Main Stage. General Seating. 3:00 p.m.

The Newaygo County Community Choir presents their Christmas program. Free admission. Main Stage. General seating. 3:00 p.m.

The Newaygo County People for Peace will present their annual Celebrate Peace concert with Sandra Bernard and Friends. Other performers will include Eldon Howe and Beth Keloneva and Shea Russell, Dan and Shelly Wierenga, David and Lee Middleman, Tom Messinck, Fred Convertini, Charlie Johnson and Peggy Maat, Redwing, Donald Benson, Barb Pitcher and Amy Oak, and Brenda Huckins Bonter!
Click here to purchase tickets. $12.50. Black Box. 7:00 p.m.
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.