Maxwell Howard

David Exelby was scrolling through Reddit when he came across a mysterious post. This guy had stumbled on a ghost town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The problem was no one could find it. David and producer Max Howard go looking.

Ashley Christopher cut her teeth as a musician playing at small festivals and house parties. But she found her musical community in northern Michigan.

Jamie John's artistic journey delves deep into the intricate connections between personal experiences, ancestral stories and the natural world.

This week on Fresh Coast Creatives, we spoke with Ashley Christopher, a member of the folk band Silver Creek Revival.

Traverse City is known for a concentration of plein air artists. But one local artist is determined to put his own stamp on the genre.

This week on Fresh Coast Creatives, we talk with Jamie John – an artist from Traverse City and a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians.

After seven decades of playing the trumpet, Jim Bekkering still feels the same passion as he did as a kid when he first picked up the trumpet. We meet him in this special midweek bonus episode of the Up North Lowdown.

Liam Berigan is a young landscape painter utilizing materials and techniques from Japan, Korea, and China to create minimalist landscapes of Northern Michigan. And while Berigan’s landscapes do not look like the typical Michigan landscape painting, the stories the paintings depict are deeply rooted in local history.

After seven decades of playing the trumpet, Jim Bekkering still feels the same passion as he did as a kid when he first picked up the trumpet. And now, as the president of the Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra, Jim leads a group of dedicated local musicians who volunteer their time for the love of music.

Anne-Marie’s writing studio is a small cabin nestled in the woods that she calls her “think house.” Her years of observing trees changing, growing, and dwindling in the woods have made her acutely aware of the interconnectedness of all living beings.