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Trick or Treat times MICHIGAN Baroda................................... Oct. 31, 5:30-7 p.m.

Benton Harbor................ Oct. 31, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Berrien Springs........................ Oct. 31, 6-7 p.m.

Buchanan.............................. Oct. 31, 5-7:30 p.m.

Bridgman.................................. Oct. 31, 5:30 p.m.

Cassopolis................................. Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m.

Coloma........................................... Oct. 31, 6 p.m.

Dowagiac................................... Oct. 31, 6-7 p.m.

Eau Claire......................... Oct. 31, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Edwardsburg........................ Oct. 31, 6-7:30 p.m.

Marcellus..................... Oct. 31, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

New Buffalo.................... Oct. 26, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Niles........................................ Oct. 31, 6-7:30 p.m.

Stevensville.......................... Oct. 31, 6-7:30 p.m.

St. Joseph............................. Oct. 31, 6-7:30 p.m.

INDIANA Mishawaka................................ Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m.

South Bend................................ Oct. 31, 5-7 p.m.

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SPOTLIGHT

SMC presents ‘The Matchmaker’

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OWAGIAC, Mich. — Paul Mow directs “The Matchmaker” at Southwestern Michigan College Oct. 24 26.

In Thornton Wilder’s play, irascible, penny-pinching store owner, Horace Vandergelder (Josh Boger), refuses to let niece Ermengarde (Jessica Lopez) marry Ambrose Kemper, the poor artist she loves (Daniel Breen), while planning to remarry himself.

Vandergelder’s beleaguered clerk, Cornelius Hackl, is played by Jason Cope, with Danny Ferenczi as Barnaby Tucker, Vandergelder’s shop assistant.

Isaac James portrays Malachi Stack, Vandergelder’s tipsy apprentice.

Ferenczi and Boger live in the same Niles neighborhood, but met at SMC because the former attended Edwardsburg High School while the latter went to Brandywine High School, where he knew James. Cope is from Bellevue, near Lansing.

Boger played the title role in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” two years ago before moving to Tampa with his family.

“It seems like I’ve done this forever,” said Boger, a former Bremen, Ind., resident.

“I went to a really small school and we did little kid musicals, so I started in second grade and never stopped.

My stepmom was a choir director. There was always music in the house. My dad played guitar in bands and acted when he was younger. I’ve never played a character this mean. It was difficult finding the right voice.”

“The leads are trying to transfer to other schools to be vocal performance or acting majors,” said Cope, who debuted in last spring’s Jason Robert Brown musical, “Parade,” in which Ferenczi starred as Leo Frank.

Cope came to college from Renaissance fairs, intending to major in medieval studies and be a professor or an historian who goes on digs.

“Some of the verbiage is hard because it was written a long time ago,” said Ferenczi, who has amazing physical comedy chemistry with Cope. “Thornton Wilder definitely has an eye for comedy. I acted all through high school. I want to go to (the University of Michigan). My first part was sophomore year.”

James started freshman year with “The Sound of Music” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” both with Boger. He portrayed Rooster Hannigan in “Annie” and the Cat in the

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Hat in “Seussical.” As a high school junior he appeared in SMC’s “Joseph.”

“I’ve only done musicals until now, with the exception of a melodrama at The Tin Shop in Buchanan,” James said. “This has a lot of heart. Each character has their own time to shine so you can find something to like about them.”

“It’s very well-written,” Boger agreed. “Even if you don’t like all the characters, you’re going to like one. It was very smart of (Mow) to make a minimalist set. It’s not about flash, it’s about heart-to-heart moments with each character. Major characters each have their own monologue, breaking the fourth wall with the audience.”

Mow took students to U of M over Easter for “Les Miserables.”

“That was an eye-opener,” Cope said, “because that legitimately felt like a professional production. If these kids are the same age as us, we don’t have any excuses for not being all we can be in every production SMC does.”

“That’s kind of what Paul wanted to show us with that trip,” Ferenczi said. “Hey, this can be you, too.”

Ferenczi and Cope will jump from “Matchmaker” into “The Christmas Schooner” at the Mendel Center, followed by SMC’s spring musical, Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.”

Dolly Gallagher Levi (Eliza Carpenter), the matchmaker, pretends to help Vandergelder find a suitable bride while actually scheming to marry him herself.

Cope’s Hackl meets the woman of his dreams (Jessica Blank as Irene Malloy, the hat-hating milliner), although

Vandergelder intends to marry her.

Miranda Rael plays Minnie Fey, Malloy’s hat shop assistant.

Bruno Streck Rodrigues and Alex Jones are waiters at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant. Chloe Chavers is the nanny Gertrude, with Tera Lynn Woolley as a gypsy musician.

Dakota Olguin is a world-weary cabman sucked into slapstick situations involving mistaken identities and secret rendezvous behind carefully placed screens.

In the end, everyone emerges happy and smarter.

Wilder revised his 1938 farce “The Merchant of Yonkers” and retitled it “The Matchmaker” in 1955. The year SMC was founded, 1964, David Merrick produced a musical version on Broadway.

“Hello Dolly,” starring Carol Channing, won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

“Hello Dolly” was also made into a 1969 film nominated for seven Academy Awards that starred Barbra Streisand. SMC staged “Hello Dolly” in 1982.

General admission costs $7, $5 seniors and is free to students with ID and those 18 and under. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.

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ICHIANA — All 21 Martin’s Super Markets will host a Caramel Apple Gala event for all ages on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We had such a great turnout in the stores last year for this event we knew we needed to host it this year, too,” said Martin’s Ed Osowski, director of produce and floral. “Once again, we’ll be providing the staff and ingredients so that anyone can create their own, oneof-a-kind, caramel-dipped, Gala-

variety apple. After all, the caramel apple is a true Midwestern tradition!”

Customers will be able to choose their fresh Gala apple for $2. Martin’s employees will place the apple on a stick and dip it in hot caramel.

Customers then decorate their apple with an assortment of traditional and contemporary sweets.

No peanuts or other nuts will be available at the decorating table.

As the event will be held indoors, it will proceed rain or shine.

Martin’s Super Markets was founded in 1947 and currently has 21 stores in South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger, Elkhart, Goshen, Plymouth, Nappanee, Logansport and Warsaw, Indiana, and Niles, Stevensville and St. Joseph, Michigan.

For more information, contact Elise Kunkel, Marketing Specialist, (574) 239-1391 or ekunkel@martins-supermarkets. com for more information.

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Where: American Legion Post 26 – 104 N. 3rd St. • Niles, MI When: Saturday, October 25th, 11 am–4pm Who: Any Male who has a Grandma, Grandpa, Father, or Mother who has served at least one Active Duty day.

If you can not make it or have any questions feel free to contact:

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ENTON HARBOR, Mich. — SWM Indoor Golf, the area’s first indoor golf center boasts 2,700 square feet of golf simulators located at 600 Langley Avenue in St. Joseph, Michigan. The establishment hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony last week.

The premiere indoor golf center will officially open their doors to the public following the opening ceremony.

Golfers of all levels will be able to participate in a series of free challenges for prizes including closest-to-pin, long drive, putting, and bunker shot.

Local entrepreneurs, Richard Askren and Michael Alexander, both from Coloma, Michigan, and avid golfers and gamers developed the idea several years resource, and this experience would have ago; wanting to create a facility where the been much more difficult without their local golf community could play their expertise and guidance,” said Askren. game all year long.

Plans for leagues and lessons are in “Golf is such a popular sport, and the works, along with renting a portable with so many great courses in our area, golf simulator to use off site. Rates can we wanted to develop a space where be found on their website at www.smingolfers of all skill levels could hone doorgolf.com. Golfers are now able to their game throughout the year, and not reserve time on the simulators to play a have to risk losing momentum due to round of virtual golf or practice their our sometimes long and cold winters,” swing. said Askren. “SWM Indoor Golf will “It’s always great to work with innofeature four state-of-the-art golf simu- vative entrepreneurs who have a paslators where golfers of all ages can sion,” said Margaret Adams, Women’s play a round of golf or work on their Business Center Manager at Cornerstone swing on the virtual driving range,” Alliance. “Michael and Richard knew added Askren. what they wanted to do, and were very Askren and Alexander took their idea diligent in making certain they had to the Women’s Business Center at everything needed to launch this preCornerstone Alliance and worked with miere business. All businesses start with the team to launch their start-up. an idea; we simply offer the resources “We could not have done this without and expertise to turn these ideas into a the Women’s Business Center,” viable and successful business.”

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Artlights!

South Bend Museum of Art presents annual gala

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OUTH BEND, Ind. — Leaders at the South Bend Museum of Art invites the community to join them for an n evening of elegant fun as they host s their annual gala event honoring guest artist Gundega Penikis and Friend of the Arts, Jeff Gibney. n ArtSlam begins with cocktails and a silent auction at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 30.

All proceeds of the event will benefit community programming at the museum. t Ceramic Artist Gundega Penikis has nurtured area clay students for 40 years, teaching in the 0 SBMA studios, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University - South Bend. Gundega arrived in South Bend in 1970, and within the year enrolled in a ceramics class at the then Art Center. “I discovered that working with clay was interesting, challenging and @ discouraging, but never boring.”

She continues to create art and inspire her students in the SBMA studios.

Friend of the Arts Jeff Gibney (1949 – 2014) served as Executive Director of South Bend Heritage Foundation and South Bend’s Director of Community and Economic Development. His commitment to improving the quality of life in South Bend through neighborhood development focused on not just affordable housing, but incorporated the fundamental value of the arts in creating a satisfied and healthy community.

The evening’s program includes the tallying of votes for ArtSlam!

This is a friendly competition among Five Fans of the SBMA: Rob DeCleene, Anne Feferman, Paul Kuharic, Chris Stackowicz, and Brooke Marks-Swanson. Each “Fan” has selected their favorite artwork from the Permanent Collection of the Museum and is creating a work of art in response to it, to be auctioned off at the event.

Click here or on each ArtSlammer’s photo to Vote for your favorite!

Votes are $40 each with all proceeds benefitting community programming at the South Bend Museum of Art. Rob DeCleene is a native of South Bend and a graduate of Adams High School. From there, he went to IU Bloomington and graduated in 1994 with a B.S. in Tourism Management. He has enjoyed a career in the tourism industry ever since and returned to his hometown in May 2010 to accept his current position as executive director of Visit South Bend Mishawaka. The vibrant arts and cultural scene of our communities and campuses are a constant focus for Rob and his staff as he works to position our destination as positively and impressively as possible. He also loves his two Boston Terriers very much.

Anne Feferman is a SBMA

board member and serves on the executive committee. A South Bend native, she is the VP of Residential Mortgage Operations at Teachers Credit Union and serves in various community capacities such as the South Bend Education Foundation, Temple Beth-El and more. Her passions and interests include jewelry making, gardening, reading and being outdoors. “Growing up, my father was an avid collector of art and an SBMA board member. Both my parents felt very strongly about artistic expression and enrolled my brother and me in classes at the SBMA. That ignited a wonderful outlet for a lifetime of creative expression.”

Ceramicist Paul Kuharic has taught art for 15 years, the last 10 at St. Joseph High School in South Bend. “I have always derived pleasure from creating things,” he states. Self taught in ceramics, he first started in the basics, striving

to achieve competency in form and function on the potter’s wheel. “As a teacher I am forced to teach functional pottery, but on my own time I choose to make more sculptural pieces. I don’t produce art about one subject or another. In my work, visual references derive from both nature and products of human consumerism. I make art solely for the enjoyment of executing ideas in a three dimensional way.”

Brooke Marks-Swanson received her MFA in Metals from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and a BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Her wall pieces and jewelry have been featured in national and international exhibitions, and reside in numerous public and private collections. She has given workshops on process and exhibiting at craft shows, and taught Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing at Indiana

University-South Bend. A member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Brooke resides and maintains a full time studio in South Bend, Indiana, USA. Chris Stackowicz was raised in Granger, Indiana and graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BFA in Printmaking and a minor in Art History.

He completed his MFA in Installation and Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies at Stony Brook University in New York and taught art at Cardinal Hayes High School in the South Bronx. Chris moved back to Granger in 2004 and was Chair of the Department of Visual Arts at Bethel College before stepping down to form cstackstudios, a company focused on large scale community based public beautification projects. Examples of his work can be seen all over town: the Marian Devotional Ceiling Painting at Queen of Peace in Mishawaka Indiana, the exterior wall mural at Bar Louie in Mishawaka, Indiana, the 933 Bridge Project, the Downtown South Bend Crosswalk project, South Bend Brew Werks Floor Mural, and the Spring Forward project on vacant and abandoned home facades. Chris has also worked as an international photographer for the Greek Architecture Project at Corinth Greece, and for the Peirene Visual Reconstruction Project through the American school of classical studies. His work has been shown locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Chris has served on numerous boards including Reading For Life and is also a candidate for County Council District C.

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HOMES FOR SALE IN DECATUR

Hunting & Fishing 645 GUNS FOR SALE

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Collectibles 602 NILES FLEA MARKET

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Good Things to 636 Eat HUNDREDS OF PUMPKINS •Fancy #1's .50 -$2.50 •Honey crisp apples $10 1/2 bushel 9 other varieties •Fancy #1's $9 & up •Sweet Jumbo Onions $16.50 50lbs.

•Winter Squash •Cabbage .25/lb •USA #1 Potatoes $10/50lbs.

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Lawn Service 721 GARDENING WITH INTEGRITY, LLC

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tour of the State Street Historic District led by Bob Myers, along with other staff and volunteers from the History Center.

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On Oct. 25, pet owners can enter their best friends in the FuzzyButz Halloween Costume Contest at this pet food bakery and boutique located at 306 State St., St. Joseph. All pooches that enter will receive a complimentary treat and their owners can take advantage of a 15% store discount.

Judging is from 1 to 3 p.m. and offers two categories Child and Adult. There are three prizes for each category. For more contest information call FuzzyButz at 269-983-9663.

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Tickets may be performed Thursday, purchased at www.dougOct. 30, and Saturday, Family Parting skidsonstage.com or by Family Parting Shots Nov. 1 atShots 7 p.m., Sunday, calling 269 313-2796.

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Join the Potawatomi Zoo as they celebrate Halloween – wild style! Zoo Boo is the Potawatomi Zoo’s annual safe trick-or-treating event complete with pumpkins, lights, candy, and a haunted train ride.

The event will be taking place Oct. 24 from 6-9 p.m, Oct. 25 from 3-9 p/m, and Oct. 26 from noon-4 p.m. Admission is $8.50 for adults, $6.50 for children (ages 3-14), and $6.50 for seniors 62+, 2 and under are free. Zoo Boo is a free event for Po-

tawatomi Zoological Soci- Michigan College Menety members. del Center Mainstage on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for Smokey Joe’s Café featuring The Coasters start The Franke Center wel- at $48 and are available comes Blackthorn Irish by calling the LMC MenBand for a musical trip to del Center Box Office at Ireland and it’s rich tap- (269) 927-1221 or visiting estry of Celtic music. The www.lmcmainstage.org.

Franke Center is located VIP packages are availat 214 E Mansion Street able for $20 and include in Marshall, MI. Tickets complimentary beverages, are $23 in advance and snacks, private reception $25 at the door. You can area, and special prize purchase tickets online at drawings. A cash bar for www.frankecenterforth- all patrons will be available earts.org or by calling the one hour before show time. box office at (269) 7810001, Monday through Friday from 11 to 5 p.m. and one hour prior to concert. On Saturday, Oct. 25 at The Franke Center is serv- 5 p.m., the Heritage Muing beer, wine, soft drinks seum & Cultural Center and refreshments begin- and the History Center at ning at 7 p.m. in the Down- Courthouse Square are Stage Banquet Room. teaming up for “Haunted Saint Joseph” walking tours. The tours will meet at the Brown Family GarSmokey Joe’s Café, the den located next to the longest running musical Maude Preston Palenske revue in Broadway his- Memorial Library (cortory, is celebrating its 20th ner of State and Market anniversary with a stop on Streets), and will begin its national tour at the Lake with a lantern lit walking

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Off The Water, Michiana

Cirque de la Symphonie joins Orchestra to create unforgettable performance

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ENTON HARBOR, Mich., Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and internationallyacclaimed Cirque de la Symphonie perform your favorite ‘spook’-tacular classics in perfect sync. Haunting harmonies and spectacular acrobatic artistry will turn the hall into a chilling chamber of fantastical fright and delight. Concert-goers are invited to come in their best costumes and experience the enchantment of symphonic music at its ghoulish best on Saturday, Nov, 1 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Mainstage.

“Those who experienced the incredible evening’s entertainment provided by cirque at their last visit,” said Music Director Robin Fountain, “will remember the sheer exhilaration their showmanship produces in combination with the powerful music making of the SMSO.” Cirque de la Symphonie Background and Bios of Performers Cirque de la Symphonie is an exciting production designed to bring the magic of cirque to the music hall. It is an elegant adaptation of some of the most amazing cirque acts performed on a stage shared with the full symphony orchestra, showcasing many of the best artists in the world.

The audience is thrilled and bedazzled by aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen. These accomplished veterans include world record holders, gold-medal winners of international competitions, Olympians and some of the most original talent ever seen.

Each performance is perfectly choreographed to classical masterpieces, raising cirque artistry to a fine arts level. Adding a stunning visual element to the concert experience, these aerialists and acrobats provide a threedimensional entertainment extravaganza. Orchestras play with enhanced enthusiasm, while patrons marvel at the jaw-dropping spectacle of aerialists flying overhead and astonishing acrobatic feats. Fusing the power and majesty of the live orchestra with the best of cirque artistry, Cirque de la Symphonie is the only cirque company in the world that performs exclusively with symphony orchestras.

Over one hundred orchestras worldwide have featured Cirque de la Symphonie in sold-out venues, adding energy and excitement to the concert experience. Join us on Facebook and explore our website for images, video, schedule, reviews, and more: www. cirquedelasymphonie.com Vitalii Buza began his gymnastic training in the Republic of Moldova and soon competed as an elite gymnast with the Russian national team. At the age of 16, Vitalii joined the Moscow State Circus as a professional acrobat and toured throughout Europe. After a move to the US, he starred in productions at Sea World, Universal Studios and Walt Disney World. He has been featured in numerous TV ads and won a role in the Walt Disney movie “Enchanted.” Vitalii also performed at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards, the 2007 NFL Pro Bowl, 2010 Academy Awards and the 2011 Latin Billboard Awards.

He has performed for celebrities such as Donald Trump, Russell Simmons, P-Diddy and Shaquille O’Neal and corporate events for major companies such as Microsoft, Formula1, Mercedes Benz, and Cirque du Soleil. Vitalii excels in multiple cirque acts, such as duo hand-balancing, straps, Cyr wheel, spinning cube, Chinese pole and the Russian bar.

cirque shows and has starred in dozens of special corporate events. Vova is one of the most multi-talented performers in Cirque de la Symphonie, with performances that include various juggling acts, the spinning cube and frame, Diablos, and other uniquely entertaining acts.

Alina Sergeeva is a third generation circus performer from Russia. She began performing on stage at the age of three with her family in a hand balancing adagio act with her father, later branching out into various acts such as aerial silks, lira, and hoops. Alina’s professional performances have taken her around the world to countries in South America, Europe, and Asia.

Along the way, she won the “most talented” award for youth performers in Brazil. Alina’s career in the US includes numerous circus tours, corporate shows, cruise ship productions and special events. Alina has starred in numerous Cirque de la Symphonie productions as an amazing hula hoops performer, with accompanying hand balancing, acrobatic and contortion skills. Her mastery of illusion includes the amazing quick change and magic jacket acts.

Pre-concert conversations Pre-concert conversations are a rare opportunity to learn firsthand about the music you are about to hear from Music Director Robin Fountain and our guest artists. Presented one hour before each Mainstage concert, the conversations provide an insight into the life and time of the composers, the context of the music and hints of what to listen for – provided to deepen and enhance your enjoyment of the concert.

Post-Concert Receptions Join the SMSO immediately following A Halloween Spooktacular for a post-concert reception. It’s an opportunity to meet and mingle with your friends, the evening’s guest artist, Music Director Robin Fountain and the Symphony’s musicians. It is the perfect way to end an evening of spellbinding music and astonishing acrobatic artistry!

Costume Contest Bound for Freedom, our business of note, will be judging our costume contest. Any Halloween-loving patrons who Ekaterina Borzikova is a graduate of the prestigious come dressed in costume will be eligible to participate.

School of Olympic Reserve in St. Petersburg, Russia, and There will be prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. completed ten years of training in gymnastics and another four years of training in acrobatics. Her circus training Business of Note included everything from elephant riding to aerial bunThe concert will also support Bound for Freedom as gees. A dynamic professional circus performer, Ekaterina our Business of Note. Bound for Freedom is a unique has been involved with all aspects of the art form as a business that aims to combat and raise awareness of performer and creator of unique acts. She is a 10-year global, local and national issues of injustice. They sell veteran of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus, fair trade products & social justice merchandise, redempand is an accomplished performer on the aerial platform tive artwork, nutritional products, books and media. with the Kabanov Troupe, aerial straps, and lyra. She was Every purchase that is made from Bound for Freedom the recipient of the Jean-Louis Marsan Award as an out- goes directly to helping and supporting a humanitarian standing performer. Ekaterina is also an amazing hand- cause. For more about them and the organizations they balancer and contortionist, and she performs an aerial support go to www.boundforfreedom.org. duo on silk fabrics with Cirque de la Symphonie.

The Symphony is able to perform these concerts only Vladimir Tsarkov comes from a famous circus fam- with support of our community. While that support takes ily rich in the traditions of Russian circus artistry. Trained many forms, we are particularly grateful to Meijer, The by masters in the circus arts, he exhibits exceptional tal- Boulevard Inn & Bistro, and 97.5 Y-Country. ents and skills in all of his performances. His “mystery The Mendel Mainstage is located on the campus of guest” juggling act is a fascinating blend of illusion and Lake Michigan College at 2755 E. Napier Avenue, juggling skills. Vova is a worldwide star, having per- Benton Harbor. formed in the major productions from Las Vegas to For more information, contact the Symphony office at Korea. He enchanted audiences from Busch Gardens’ 269-982-4030 or visit www.smso.org.