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SUMMARY:MSU Extension - Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 Registration
DESCRIPTION:Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 – Registration is Open \nWe are pleased to announce that registration for MSU Extension Smart Vegetable Gardening 101 is now open. This course is online and self-paced. Individual\nregistration is $40.00. We also offer a group rate of $125.00. Group leaders must email Liz Slajus\, slajusel@msu.edu with a list of names and email addresses for all group members. \nRegister at https://bit.ly/SGVEG101 \nCourse Overview\nThis course covers gardening from start to finish: what you need to get started\, types of gardening\, planning and preparation\, soil preparation\, plants to select\, starting and maintaining healthy plants\, garden maintenance\, harvest and storage\, pollinators and various gardening activities. \nPlease email Liz Slajus\, slajusel@msu.edu with any questions or concerns.
URL:https://www.keepitintheup.com/event/msu-extension-smart-gardening-with-vegetables-101-registration/
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SUMMARY:Finnish Folk Supergroup Frigg to Perform at NMU
DESCRIPTION:The Finnish folk supergroup Frigg will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday\, Feb. 27 in Reynolds Recital Hall at Northern Michigan University. This concert will be part of the 2025 Winter Roots Festival\, a collaboration between the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at NMU\, Hiawatha Traditional Music Co-op\, the Peter White Public Library\, and the City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center. Frigg’s new album\, “Dreamscapes\,” is scheduled for release on Feb. 21. \nAdvance tickets can be purchased online at tickets.nmu.edu. The prices are as follows: general public\, $20 advance/$22 door; and NMU students/under 18\, $10 advance/$12 door. To purchase tickets over the phone\, call 906-227-1032. Due to the limited number of seats\, advance ticket purchases are highly encouraged. \nAfter two decades\, 10 albums\, around a thousand gigs in 30 different countries and tens of thousands of kilometers traveled\, the group’s light and passion still burns. The “hypnotic” combination of the famous violin sound\, the irresistible forward-pushing strum of string instruments\, and the pulse from the double base continue to create new paths. \nIt all began in February 2000\, when a group of teenage folk music enthusiasts spent a weekend shut away in Pelimannitalo\, a folk music house in Kaustinen – the heart of Finnish folk music. Violins were played\, musical thoughts flew about\, and new songs were learned with gusto. The first demo tapes were recorded\, and the future was being planned. This group started going by the name Frigg. \nThe ensemble of four violins\, string instruments\, and a double bass recorded its first album in 2002\, and Frigg became an increasingly popular topic of discussion amongst the Nordic folk music circles. The band’s pace only accelerated and its music took on new directions. Audiences appreciated the band’s ability to transport listeners to traditional Finnish Polska\, bluegrass\, and Balkan rhythms and all the way to the dynamics of classical music\, as if multiple groups were performing on stage. \nFrigg went on to visit the WOMAD Festival at the invitation of the BBC\, the Rainforest World Music Festival in the rainforests of Borneo\, and tour around Japan and Australia. The joyful Nordic folk music laced with Bluegrass was “a knockout in North America” and one state after the other got its share of Frigg fever. The group wais invited to perform at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival along with some of the best of the best in Roots music. \nIn addition to their own concerts\, the band performs spectacular projects together with symphony orchestras\, choirs and brass bands. New music is released at a steady pace\, with albums repeatedly appearing in the listings and raving album reviews of fRoots\, Songlines\, Rhythms.au and numerous other world music portals. \nFor more information\, visit www.nmu.edu/beaumier or call 906-227-3212. Watch a video of Frigg performing live here.
URL:https://www.keepitintheup.com/event/finnish-folk-supergroup-frigg-to-perform-at-nmu/
LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:"Much Ado About Nothing" at NMU
DESCRIPTION:A Shakespeare play presented with the second week of deer camp in the Upper Peninsula as its backdrop might seem a strange combination or stretch\, but Jimmy Ludwig\, director of this month’s Northern Michigan University production of Much Ado About Nothing\, said his adaptation is designed to make the show more relatable to local audiences. \n“Shakespeare isn’t really worth doing if the audience doesn’t see themselves in it; otherwise\, it’s museum theater\, which is a lovely production that sort of mimics how it was done back in the day\,” said Ludwig\, who grew up hunting near Iron River. “It may be interesting and cool\, but why do we care? The first act of the play is basically a party\, which is similar to the second week of deer camp. Whether you got your buck or not\, all you want to do is drink beer\, play cards and just hang out. \n“Also\, one of the recurring themes in the play is the idea of the haves and the have-nots intermingling and often clashing with each other. We have that here to a degree with some locals’ opinions about big-money folks who buy up properties and only live here part-time\, or those who fly in on private planes to stay at their private club off [highway] 550. If you can relate to the play\, then the language of Shakespeare suddenly isn’t a big deal.” \nThe primary plot of Much Ado about Nothing centers on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor\, Claudio\, but the witty banter between Claudio’s friend Benedick and Hero’s cousin Beatrice often takes center stage. Add the slapstick of Dogberry and his absurd “forest cops” and the result is arguably Shakespeare’s funniest play\, which flips from rollicking comedy to searing tragedy and back again. NMU’s production will run Feb. 20-22\, 27-28 and March 1 in the Panowski Black Box Theatre. \n“At one end of the stage will be a deer camp that looks like somebody’s grandpa built it\,” Ludwig said. “You know the kind: no right angles\, nothing matches\, nothing’s level\, and it’s been added onto multiple times. It’s the kind of place you can party like crazy and you don’t care\, because you can be rough on it\, and it will remain standing\, right? And on the other end of the is a ‘cottage’ like those you might see along Lake Superior.” \nLudwig’s “dream cast” includes Maya Moreau as Beatrice. She advanced to the nationals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last year and earned the Classical Acting Award at this year’s regional festival. Others in leading roles are: Samuel McKnight\, Benedick; Sophia Zavala\, Hero; and Phillip Smith\, Claudio. \n“I want people to look at our characters in the play and say\, ‘I know someone like that\,’” Ludwig added. “He’s the bartender at Third Base\, or he runs a startup and only visits Marquette for a couple months each year. There’s also a series of comedic scenes featuring a group of bumbling DNR officers. One of them speaks only Finnish. Sometimes there’s someone translating what he says; other times people just kind of pretend they know what he’s saying.” \nShakespeare plays are often perceived as elitist entertainment\, but he wrote for the masses\, who comprised the bulk of his audiences\, Ludwig said. Nearly all of them were illiterate\, so he was writing for them to hear his work performed\, not to read it. \n“He was really just a businessman trying to get people in his theater so he could sell tickets and make a living. He had to have widespread commercial appeal to pull that off. The reason some have difficulty with his material now is that he wrote in a particular way that was very popular 450 years ago. We want to challenge our audience\, but we also don’t want to alienate anybody. The themes of his works continue to have relevance today\, and we’re making it even more relevant to the community through this regional adaptation of one of his classics.” \nShowtimes are at 7:30 p.m.\, with additional 1 p.m. Saturday matinees on Feb. 22 (a “pay as you may” Theatre for All sensory-friendly performance) and March 1. Tickets are $25 for the general public; $22 for NMU employees\, seniors and military; $15 for youth; and $5 for NMU students. They can be purchased at nmu.universitytickets.com.
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LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:“Ruby Bridges” film screening
DESCRIPTION:Disney’s “Ruby Bridges” film screening\, 8:30 p.m. in The Science Building room 2701. This 1998 drama presents the real-life tale of young Ruby Bridges (played by Chaz Monet)\, one of the first African-American children to attend an integrated school in the Deep South. At only age 6\, Ruby is selected to attend an all-white school in New Orleans\, causing an uproar in the racially divided region. Among the people who try to help Ruby adjust to the tense situation are teacher Barbara Henry (Penelope Ann Miller) and Dr. Robert Coles (Kevin Pollak)\, a child psychiatrist.
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