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Black History Month | Chicago's DuSable exhibits keep the past ever-present
Louisville Courier-Journal
Where to eat: Try Pearl's Place Restaurant, 3901 S. Michigan Ave., about three miles northwest of the DuSable. DuSable founder Margaret Burroughs frequented this cozy restaurant offering “down-home Southern cooking”; her portrait hangs over “her” table ...

Beaver Nation, Oregon State University is just a starting point for exploring ...
Bend Bulletin
A Michigan-based fiber artist, Newport has a one-man show on exhibit in OSU's Fairbanks Gallery. “Alter Egos” features hand-knit superhero costumes and embroidered comic-book covers in the main entrance hall of the university's art department, ...

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Business people
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Louise Jackson was named CEO of the Women's Bureau. Jackson will direct all operations and fundraising initiatives of the bureau. Diana Parent, president and managing director of Sperry Van Ness/Parke Group, was named a member of the Midwest Commercial ...

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Ron Dzwonkowski: Community pitches in to help Suttons Bay schools
Detroit Free Press
Michael Murray, superintendent of Suttons Bay schools, plays guitar in the talent show art fund-raiser in November. Murray tried to solve the district's money woes by asking for donations, which came pouring in from the teachers union, residents and ...

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Learn About Electric Trolleys in Washtenaw County at Feb. 12 Program
Patch.com
The power substation for Old Maude was located on the site of the present-day fire station, at 201 E. Michigan Avenue. It was similar to a station that still stands on the northwest corner of Jackson and Lima Center Roads in Lima Township.

Scots Women's Tennis begins 2012 season on Saturday at home against Davenport
Alma College Athletics
Muskegon West Michigan Christian) and So. Lauren Moreau (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Catholic). The program has three incoming freshmen that hope to play a role in Alma's 2012 campaign. They are Maleah Benn (Jackson, Mich./Western), Erin Clutter (Petoskey, ...

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David Turrentine to Lead Michigan Shakepseare Festival's RICHARD III
Broadway World
David Turrentine, of Michigan native and staple of Chicago classical theatre, will be returning to Michigan this summer for the 2012 Season of the MSF. He will head the cast of Richard III as the machiavellan 15 th century monarch and will also will ...

The Jazz Academy of Music, Inc., Announces the Third Annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz ...
PR Newswire (press release)
With the goal of introducing jazz to our community through multiple modes of artistic expression, we will also present traditional jazz through dance. The Jazz Ain't Dead Group, under the direction of Candice Michelle Franklin and the musical direction ...

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Madonna's Super Bowl show kicks off new film, album
GoErie.com
Madonna's film education started at an art-house theater near the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, which she attended for a year before moving to New York to become a dancer at age 19 in 1977. "My father was quite strict.

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Clare Fischer, Arranger and Keyboardist, Is Dead at 83
New York Times
Mr. Fischer also collaborated with Paul McCartney, Michael Jackson and Celine Dion, among other pop artists. Skilled on a variety of instruments, Mr. Fischer garnered his earliest renown as the pianist and arranger for the popular jazz vocal group the ...

Weekend Music Spotlight – Live Music Highlights, Friday 2/3 – Sunday 2/5
ChicagoNow (blog)
This weekend Ladysmith Black Mambazo hits the area for two shows, George Clinton brings the funk to a Museum of Contemporary Art fundraiser (funk you very much!), and several great shows take place across the suburbs including the likes of Bobby Womack ...

AFL-CIO (blog)
More than 1200 Workers Join AFL-CIO Unions
AFL-CIO (blog)
More than 350 employees at IKEA Distribution Center in Perryville, Md., voted by an overwhelming margin to join the Machinists (IAM ) despite opposition from IKEA managers who hired Jackson-Lewis, the well-known union-busting law firm.

Ann Arbor food and drink calendar
AnnArbor.com
5-7 pm Ann Arbor Cooks, 5060 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor. Menu: MacnFour Cheese; MacnCheese with Bacon, Caramelized Shallots & Fresh Herbs; Green Salad with Vinaigrette. For kids ages 13-17. $45. 734-645-1030. SOUPER-FLY: A Delicious Fundraiser.

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2012 RECRUITING EFFORTS YIELD 24 NEW OWLS
The Cypress Times
The 2012 class features 21 signees from Texas and one each from Alabama, Georgia and Michigan. While the remainder of the class will enroll in classes later this summer, junior college transfer Nate Richards enrolled in classes in January and will ...

Theater events: 'Sirens' tempts married actors
Chicago Daily Herald
An enigmatic musician drifts into a Southern town and begins an affair with a lonely woman trapped in a loveless marriage in “Orpheus Descending,” Tennessee Williams' myth-inspired drama about lives transformed by art and passion.

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Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
Kalamazoo Gazette staff and contact information
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com
By Linda S. Mah | lmah@mlive.com KALAMAZOO — As MLive Media Group officially launches Thursday, we would like to introduce you to the news staff serving Southwest Michigan for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Many of the faces will be familiar to longtime ...

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The Saginaw News - MLive.com
Saginaw's Arts from the Heart adds a little kick to the Mid-Michigan ...
The Saginaw News - MLive.com
By Sue White | The Saginaw News View full size Jeff Schrier | The Saginaw NewsThe Mid-Michigan Children's Museum in Saginaw hosts its Arts from the Heart fundraiser on Feb. 9. SAGINAW — When birthdays come around, Pam Luth always creates a little ...

Braves dominate Silver Stick
Mississauga
Members of the team are goaltenders Nicolas Humeniuk-Chelak and Jake McGrath, plus skaters Dylan Frendo, Matthew Perrotta, Ben Ciprovski, Nicholas Arts, Noah Froud, Devlin Shanahan, Jason Silva, Jake Ervin, Jackson Oswald, Matthew Wilkins, Jacob Rayner ...

Princeton University
Chamber Music with Judith Kellock, Janice Weber and Fintan O'Toole performing ...
Princeton University
Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997) was an American composer who taught for many years at the University of Michigan, which established a Distinguished University Professorship in his name. After graduating from Minnesota's Carleton College in 1927, ...

Photographer seeks to help Mazahua people with art exhibit
Adrian Daily Telegram
Besides recording the Mazahua people with her photographs, McComb-Brown has built solar stoves, helped the Mazahua with management of their pottery businesses and taught art classes at the mission. McComb-Brown will display photographs, pottery, ...