holiday season

“I’ve gotten more calls this year than I’ve ever gotten for people looking for wholesale trees,” said Jamie Helsel, who owns a Christmas tree farm in McBain. “They can’t find ‘em.”

It’s about 5 o’clock on a snowy night in Frankfort. It’s already dark outside, and the temperature is about 20 degrees. Marley Demers is bundled up in his snow gear. He’s headed to his unheated barn to create holiday wreaths. He turns on the barn lights and Christmas music for a little motivation.

“I’ve gotten more calls this year than I’ve ever gotten for people looking for wholesale trees,” said Jamie Helsel, who owns a Christmas tree farm in McBain. “They can’t find ‘em.”

Sounds of the Season, Interlochen's highly-anticipated holiday show, is performed by Interlochen Arts Academy students and faculty. It is a…

The Traverse Symphony Orchestra performs its “Home for the Holidays” concert this weekend.Bill Church, theatre director at Interlochen Arts Academy, will…

The Northern LOWER Brass Quartet played some holiday tunes in Studio A in advance of the upcoming TubaChristmas/Encore Winds Event coming up Saturday,…

Red and green are the traditional Christmas colors.But why? How did those colors get that distinction? “Because Holly was red and green, we’ve accepted…

It’s holiday music for people who maybe aren’t really feeling the holiday spirit. May Erlewine is getting ready to drop her new EP The Little Things...