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Image for Disability Pride Month is red and blue lettering on a white background. The acronym A-D-A is at the top next to a graphic representation of a person in a wheelchair. Beneath A-D-A it reads Americans with Disabilities Act. Beneath this is the number 36 written in blue. 36 stands for how many years since the first Disability Pride Month celebration was held. Next to 36 it says: Celebrate July 26, 2026, the date of the first Disability Pride Month celebration of the passage of the A-D-A. Image courtesy of the the Arc.

In celebration of Disability Pride Month

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Image for Foster's 'Threads of a Life' exhibition is titled, "Rural Links, Poles and Road." There is an enormous expanse of blue sky hazy with thin clouds. A light gray rural road runs between fields. Electric poles fade from view on one side of the road with golden field beneath and white farm buildings in the distance. Image by Nancy I. Foster courtesy of Oliver Art Center.

Foster’s ‘Threads of a Life’ art exhibition offers US ‘travelogue’

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Photo for add to your cache at the Ludington Coin and Stamp Show is an assortment of silver and gold coins, some in special cardboard and cellophane sleeves. Photo supplied by Ryker Johnson.

Add to your cache at the Ludington Coin and Stamp Show

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Photo for Manistee Fringe is of the Gorman Sisters on stage wearing cabaret-style outfits with tall feathery headdresses. One sister is reading, the other is surprised with wide eyes by a brown critter with a long nose she is holding in one hand and a glass of champagne in the other. Photo courtesy of the Gormans.

‘Manistee Fringe’ to take the stage

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Image for Festival of Cigar Box Guitar performers returns is of musican Steve Arvey strumming his cigar box guitar. Photo courtesy of SteveArveyMusic.com

Festival of cigar box guitar performers returns

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In the "Fireflies and dark skies" cover photo, the glow of fireflies is seen in the foreground against a black silhouette of trees and field with a dark blue sky above, a faint glow above the trees is from a sunset, sunrise or city lights.

Fireflies and dark skies

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Idlewild tour photo, taken on a bluesky day. Members of MARJDI listen during a stop on the Idlewild tour.

A tour of Idlewild, past and present

July 9, 2026 No Comments

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Black Eden Brews' interior is pictured with the smiling faces of (from left) Artist Tabitha “Tab” Rasul, Black Eden Brews Owner/Manager Nicolena Stubbs and an unidentified art lover seated at a table at the “Sacred Lakes and Places” art exhibit opening. Photo courtesy of Nicolena Stubbs.

Idlewild’s Black Eden Brews

July 8, 2026 No Comments

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Photo for old-time radio mystery is of an old upright wooden radio with a cathedral-type face and A.M. F.M. tuning and volume dials. Photo by Mark Saxby, Unsplash dot com.

Old-time radio mystery to haunt the stage

May 28, 2026 No Comments

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Photo for Idlewild historic tour is an image of Jean Howell looking at signage that includes a map of the Idlewild community found at the Idlewild Historic & Cultural Center in Idlewild. Photo by Kevin Howell.

Idlewild historic tour offered

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Patina announces relocation

May 26, 2026 1 Comment

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Photo for History of the Easter Bunny and his eggs is of the Easter Bunny and was taken by Grace Grogan, the author of the story.

History of the Easter Bunny and his eggs

April 4, 2026 No Comments

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