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Chelsea Cartoonist Brings Batcat to Young Readers

Chelsea Cartoonist Brings Batcat to Young Readers

Chelsea cartoonist Meggie Ramm has built a growing audience with Batcat, a graphic novel series that blends humor, heart and a slightly spooky world. The books have connected with readers across a wide age range, from first-time readers to kids into middle school. “The great thing about comics is they are accessible to a lot ...

JD’s Stage Bistro Announces Susie Sutter as General Manager, Hiring Staff

JD’s Stage Bistro Announces Susie Sutter as General Manager, Hiring Staff

As JD’s Stage Bistro in downtown Chelsea continues to take shape and build momentum toward its anticipated late-spring opening, the team has announced the newest addition to its leadership. Susie Sutter will serve as General Manager, bringing over two decades of hospitality leadership and a dedication to guest-focused service. A graduate of Eastern Michigan University, ...

Chelsea District Library Hosts 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk

Chelsea District Library Hosts 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk

Chelsea District Library (CDL) is thrilled to announce the 18th Annual Midwest Literary Walk lineup featuring Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray, George Orwell Prize Fellow Carmen Bugan, and New York Times Bestselling Author and Cartoonist Nathan Pyle. Each year, Midwest Literary Walk showcases award-winning authors from around the country at historic venues throughout downtown ...

Milan Hosts “We The People” Art Exhibit

Milan Hosts “We The People” Art Exhibit

A crowd filled Ink & Dye in downtown Milan on March 14 for the opening of We the People, a resistance-themed art exhibit featuring work by local and regional artists. The exhibit will remain on display through April 11. The show includes work from 68 artists, with visitors studying paintings, mixed-media pieces and sculpture exploring ...

Encore Celebrates Swifties At Tribute Concert

Encore Celebrates Swifties At Tribute Concert

The Encore Musical Theatre Company has proven they can stage great Broadway musicals. Thursday evening, opening night for the Taylor Swift Tribute Concert, they proved they know how to throw a good party. Broadway star Chelsea Packard, with Kaylin Rayne Gines, a student at the UM School of Theatre, Music and Dance and Encore stage ...

Ballet Chelsea Brings a New Alice in Wonderland to the Stage

Ballet Chelsea Brings a New Alice in Wonderland to the Stage

This spring, Ballet Chelsea invites audiences to tumble down the rabbit hole with a brand-new production of Alice in Wonderland—a ballet designed to be as imaginative for the dancers as it is enchanting for the audience. Featuring entirely new choreography, along with freshly designed costumes and sets, Alice in Wonderland promises a playful, colorful journey ...

From Country Roots to Global Icon: The Encore to Present Taylor Swift Tribute Concert March 12–15

From Country Roots to Global Icon: The Encore to Present Taylor Swift Tribute Concert March 12–15

The Encore Musical Theatre Company continues its popular tribute concert series with an electrifying celebration of global superstar Taylor Swift, running March 12–15. This high-energy concert event stars Broadway’s Chelsea Packard alongside Encore favorite Ash Moran and newcomer Kaylin Gines. Directed by Geoff Packard, with music direction by Jon Ophoff leading a live band, the ...

SHS Drama Club Sings A Big “Hello Dolly”

SHS Drama Club Sings A Big “Hello Dolly”

The Saline High School Drama Club staged the smash Broadway hit “Hello Dolly” on Feb. 27 – Mar. 1st in the Ellen A. Ewing Performing Arts Center. Hello Dolly first premiered in 1963 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, with Carol Channing playing the lead role of Dolly Gallagher Levi. The musical moved to Broadway ...

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Saline Fiddlers to Host Annual Hometown Show on March 14

Saline Fiddlers to Host Annual Hometown Show on March 14

The Saline Fiddlers will take the stage for their much-anticipated Annual Hometown Show on Saturday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ellen A. Ewing Performing Arts Center at Saline High School. The popular local ensemble will perform at the high school auditorium, located at 1300 Campus Parkway in Saline, for an evening celebrating music ...

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