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Michigan Arts and Culture

  • Will there still be mosquitoes at Interlochen this summer? Does corduroy swish?Most folks are aware that male mosquitoes are more or less innocuous,…
  • Wildlife habitat is a combination of food, water, shelter and space that meet the needs of wildlife. That definition can describe Kresge Auditorium,…
  • Many years ago, we had faculty member at Interlochen who was a great teacher and fine violinist but who was reluctant to work with Junior campers.Turns…
  • Opossums may be ugly, but what they lack in grace and beauty, they make up for with their abilities to reproduce and with their acting skills, which are…
  • Many years ago, a lighting technician made a comment that stuck with me.She said, “If we do our job right, nobody notices us. If we don’t — ooh, boy.”And…
  • Visual artists always have been aware of geometric shapes. The Great Masters were all about geometry. Pablo Picasso captured his world in shapes. M. C.…
  • When I think of Interlochen, I can’t help but thinking of lines. Morning line-up, lines for meals, lines for tickets, lines at the Melody Freeze.The…
  • The plays of Shakespeare are filled with references to herbs and flowers. “There’s fennel for you and columbines. There’s a daisy. I would give you some…
  • The rodents that thrive in dry sandy fields at Interlochen are called thirteen-lined ground squirrels. At least, that’s what we call them now.Around…
  • The Little Betsie River connects the two lakes at Interlochen. Then the Betsie River flows from Green Lake to Lake Michigan.They were named for a duck: a…