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Nobodies of Comedy

Second annual stand-up comedy event returns to the LMC Mendel Center Mainstage Thanksgiving weekend

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ENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – After eating too much turkey, watching too much TV and spending too much time in the stores this Thanksgiving, it will be time for southwest Michigan to get off the couch and have some laughs. The second Annual Nobodies of Comedy is coming to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage Thanksgiving weekend on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 8 p.m. as part of the Artists You Should Know series.

Mendel Center leaders have scoured the country for the funniest and most outrageous comics they have ever seen and guess what... you’ve never even heard of them. But all that’s about to change. The evening will feature nearly two hours of stand-up comedy with the best “unknown” comedians from across the country rolled into one hilarious show. No over-hyped stars, just hilarious comics and a great night out with guaranteed laughs.

Comedians scheduled to appear are Adrienne Iapalucci, Liz Miele, Dwayne Murphy, Jr., and Mark Walton. They are all on the national touring circuit having appeared on Comedy Central, Letterman, and other TV comedy outlets.

Adrienne Iapalucci Born in the Bronx, Adrienne Iapalucci’s skewed look on life is reflected in her unique brand of intelligent comedy.

Her dark sense of humor is enhanced by her political incorrectness, and counteracted by her love of puppies.

She has been featured in the Daily News, New York Times, and Stage Time Magazine. She was named

by Huffington Post as one of their 53 Favorite Female Comedians and “Top 18 Women You Should be Following on Twitter.” She has appeared on David Letterman and was a semifinalist on season seven of NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

and even at the Lucille Ball and Buffalo Lebowski Festivals.

The show contains adult language and content and is recommended for audiences 18 and older.

Tickets for the second Annual Nobodies of Comedy are $25 and $28 and are available by calling the LMC Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 9271221 or visiting www.lmcmainstage.org.

Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or mnadolski@ lakemichigancollege.edu.

Patrons may upgrade their experience by adding a VIP package to their Stage Side and Platinum seats for just $20. The VIP package includes a meet and greet with the stars of the show, private pre-show and intermission party area with bar, two complimentary drinks and snacks, as well as prize drawings.

A cash bar will be open for all patrons one hour before show time and during intermission. Special Mendel Center drink cups are available for purchase, which allow patrons to enjoy their beverages inside the theater.

Rock 107 WIRX and Comcast Spotlight are sponsoring the LMC Mendel Center performance of Nobodies of Comedy.

The full line-up of LMC Mendel Center Mainstage entertainment can be found at www.lmcmainstage.org.

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Clockwise from top: Adrienne Iapalucci, Dwayne Murphy, Jr., Liz Miele and Mark Walton.

turning heads with a profile in the humor issue of the The New Yorker Magazine.

Now a “veteran” at 28, Liz is a regular at the best clubs in the city including Carolines, Gotham and Stand-up NY. She tackles such topics as inter-racial dating, fear of walking home alone, and mental illness in her Liz Miele family with a sarcastic wit By 18, Liz Miele was and youthful charm. She

was recently featured on audiences everywhere. In Comedy Central’s Live at 2013, Dwayne toured North America with stops Gotham. at numerous colleges, comedy festivals, comedy Dwayne Murphy, Jr. Dwayne Murphy, Jr. is a clubs, and as an opening small town kid with a big act for Loni Love. Dwayne city personality and his is a comic on the rise with comedy is reflective of no ceiling in site. that. From lamenting on his origins in Nebraska to real- Mark Walton izing that not all black peoMark Walton technicalple are city people, Dwayne ly began comedy in fourth brings a fresh voice to grade when he performed a

short set to blank stares in Mrs. Mandiak’s class. He waited until he was a little bit older before writing and performing jokes again, but when he got on stage a few years back, the audience had a completely different reaction. Since then, Mark has kept audiences laughing with his unique style, and has entertained on Sirius Satellite Radio, at comedy clubs, colleges,

The Lake Michigan College Mendel Center is located just 40 minutes from Kalamazoo and South Bend on the Lake Michigan College Napier Avenue Campus in Benton Township, Michigan, one mile east of I-94 (Exit 30) and one mile west of the US 31 Bypass (exit 24).

The LMC Mendel Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., and one hour before show time.

Tickets may be purchased in person, by phone at (269) 927-1221, or online at www.lmcmainstage.org.

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White Saturday Celebration returns to Buchanan Nov. 29

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UCHANAN, Mich.

– As a kick-off to the 2014 holiday shopping season and to promote shopping local, The Buchanan Art Center invites the public to its White Saturday Celebration — including BAC Gift Shop Artists’ Sale, and Raku Walk-Through Fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Held in conjunction with the other planned efforts by fellow downtown Buchanan merchants, the BAC White Saturday Celebration will feature an expanded selection of unique, one-of-a–kind items from local artists currently featured in the BAC gift shop.

Participating artists will have booth space through-

out the BAC galleries, and will be on hand to answer questions and/or craft their items during the sale.

Holiday refreshments will be served.

The BAC will also offer its popular Raku WalkThrough Fundraiser. This event gives participants the chance to experience the “dynamic coming together of clay, fire, smoke and water” by offering premade pottery for glazing and firing in Raku kilns set-up behind the BAC. No RSVP is required. All ages are welcome, but children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Pre-fired pieces available for glazing and firing are priced between $10 and $25. All glazing must be done one hour before firing to allow time for drying.

The entire process takes approximately three hours.

Please arrive no later than 3 p.m. to glaze.

The Buchanan Art Center is located at 117 West Front Street in Buchanan, Michigan. The Center features three galleries with rotating exhibits of regional artists’ works, a program of educational art classes for all ages, and a gift shop offering works of local artists. Current hours are Monday – Thursday 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Closed Sundays. More information, including a schedule of classes, can be obtained at the Center by calling 269-697-4005, or by visiting their website at: www. buchananartcenter.org.

Rust Belt Songwriters visit Box Factory

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T. JOSEPH, Mich. — "Rust Belt Songwriters III" will be presented at The Box Factory for The Arts, in St. Joseph, Michigan Saturday Nov. 29 at 7:30 pm.

Hosted by area songwriter Monte Michel Bleu, the concert will feature three (3) Midwestern songsmiths: Adrienne Frailey, Molly B Moon, and Jess Lucille, performing their compositions; "as they were written, one instrument/one voice."

Each artist will perform a solo segment, and then “in the round” with all

three taking the stage and sharing songs and stories about the tunes, the songwriting process, and tales of life as a performing artist. A very intimate show for audiences and artists alike.

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors and free for children under 12 with adult supervision.

The concert is dedicated in memory to the highly revered Northwest Indiana songwriter Larry Platz, who participated in the previous Rust Belt concerts in 2012 and 2013.

For the Love of the Game: Who said football was just for guys?

These female super fans show their spirit.

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ENTON HARBOR, Mich. — An artist’s reception featuring photography by the artists in the permanent collection of the Inn at Harbor Shores is scheduled for Dec. 5th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

This is the third exhibit of the Gallery at the Inn in its inaugural year. The theme of the exhibit is the spirit of winter and the work, as always, is by professional Michigan artists and is focused on the natural beauty of the winter season.

The featured artists are: Jan Nelson: born and raised in St Joseph, Michigan, Jan received her degree in photography from the Center for Southwest Photographic Studies at Daytona State, Daytona Beach Florida. Jan considers herself a visual storyteller and her work in this exhibit focuses on close up botanical features reminiscent of snowflakes.

Richard Hellyer: residing in Sawyer, Michigan Richard is primarily a commercial photographer with a strong body of creative work. His artistic focus in this exhibit is landscape in winter with its gray white tones and starkness of form.

Robert E. Lee: living in Grand Rapids, Michigan Robert sees himself as a photojournalist art photog-

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Robert E. Lee’s “Garden” is one of many photos on display at the Inn at Harbor Shore. rapher capturing life in real time so he can show that life to others.

Brett Maniscalco: living in New Buffalo, Michigan Brett says of his work, “I shoot mostly local scenes,

both in black and white and in color, depending on how the image speaks to me. A photo is just a photo unless it can tell a story or evokes a memory or an emotion, and then it is art.”

Everyone is invited to come and celebrate the beginning of the winter season and all its beauty with this fine art exhibit at the Gallery at the Inn at the Inn at Harbor Shores.

Twin City Players host auditions for ‘The Dixie Swim Club’

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T. JOSEPH, Mich. — The Twin City Players (TCP) will hold auditions for its March production of the 2014-2015 season next month.

Auditions for “The Dixie Swim Club,” book by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, directed by Larry Nielsen, will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14.

The Dixie Swim Clubs offers roles for five women.

Participants will be asked to perform selected readings and a comedic monologue from the script. They should also bring a monologue to perform or be prepared to read from one provided at auditions. Participants are asked to arrive early to fill out audition forms and check the tentative rehearsal schedule.

Auditions will be held at on TCP Campus at 600 West Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085.

Perusal scripts are now available at the TCP Playhouse at 600 West Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085.

St. Joseph, Michigan 49085.

This production is sponsored by The Herald-Palladium. THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

About The Dixie Swim Club Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives.

Performance dates are Dec. 13, 14 15, 20, 21 22, 27, 28 and 29 at TCP Playhouse at 600 West Glenlord Road,

About Twin City Players Formed in 1932, Twin City Players is one of the oldest, continuously operating community theaters in Michigan.

It is a volunteer based nonprofit organization that offers quality live theatre to the communities of southwest Michigan. The TCP Playhouse is located at 600 West Glenlord Road, St. Joseph, Michigan. New members are always welcome. For more information about TCP, call 269-429-0400 or visit us at twincityplayers.org.

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CUISINE SCENE

Journeyman Distillery releasing Featherbone Series of craft spirits Three Oaks business debuts the first spirits in its distillery-exclusive collection

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HREE OAKS, Mich.

— This weekend Journeyman Distillery will be releasing its highly-anticipated Featherbone Series of craft distilled spirits.

The line of spirits will be available exclusively at the distillery, which is located in the old Featherbone Factory in Three Oaks. The first

offerings will be 100 proof versions of the distillery’s Bilberry Black Hearts Gin, Featherbone Bourbon, Ravenswood Rye, Silver Cross Whiskey and Red Arrow Vodka.

While these Featherbone Series spirits are a higher proof than the standard 90 proof versions of these products, the pricing will be the same, repre-

senting an added value for the distillery’s visitors.

The series takes its name from the distillery’s location in the historic Featherbone Factory. Once the manufacturing center for E.K. Warren’s featherbone corsets and buggy whips, the building now houses one of Michigan’s largest craft distillers.

“When deciding on the

name for our distilleryexclusive spirits, we knew we wanted to honor the building’s past as the Featherbone Factory,” said Bill Welter, founder of Journeyman.

“These exclusive spirits are our way of thanking our customers for stopping by to visit the distillery,” said Welter.

“They can take a tour,

crafts organic and kosher certified spirits in the historic Featherbone Factory in Three Oaks, Michigan.

The distillery prides itself on using the highest quality grains sourced from Midwestern organic farmers to craft its award-winAbout Journeyman ning spirits. Journeyman Distillery spirits are distributed in Founded in 2011, eleven states across the Journeyman Distillery country. grab a drink and a bite to eat and then take home handcrafted spirits that won’t be available anywhere else.”

The spirits will be available for purchase in the distillery’s bar and gift shop.

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was walking through the grocery store last week and upon seeing stacks and stacks of bagged fresh cranberries, it suddenly hit me that Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Of all the squash and yam dishes I’ve been making recently, I’m not sure why it was the cranberries that made it click for me, but I figured I better get on it and get some holiday recipes out to you all.

The holidays are such an emotionally charged time and for many of us, the connection between food and emotions are much stronger than we think. Basically, all of our holidays center around food. I’m not going to get into it too much here, because I really want to dedicate this piece to the cranberry, but if you want

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to eat well and avoid feeling alienated this holiday season, please visit my website where you’ll find some great vegetarian mains, most of which are gluten free as well.

There’s also plenty of potlucks for all walks of dietary restrictions. Search meet-up and facebook groups to find one that fits your needs. In the meantime, on to the cranberry!

These tart fruits are a great compliment to many types of dishes. They add a nice punch to a sweet crisp or cookie, and a side of relish or sauce serves to freshen up a rich holiday plate.

Of course, there are health benefits to this tart little berry too. Everytime I read about the nutrients and properties fruits and vegetables, I get excited that delicious foods can help maintain and improve your

health. The cranberry, for example, is good for your cardiovascular system and your liver, and is a natural anti-bacterial that helps in the prevention of urinary tract infections and even stomach ulcers. Awesome, right?!

Cranberries can be enjoyed dried or fresh in equal measure. I find it’s nice to have dried ones around to toss in with nuts for trail mix, or add to cookies and breakfast breads for a little zip. Last fall, I was on a huge fresh cranberry kick, making the homemade cranberry sauce recipe I’m going to share below constantly.

It’s really easy and an impressive dish to pass at parties. My dad has always loved the canned version, but we were able to switch hit with this from scratch version with little resis-

of Kat’s Hot Cakes vegan catering, and co author of “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook: Meat Free Recipes from America’s Veggie Diner.” She also develops recipes for eHow. com, where you can find over 30 of her vegan instructional cooking videos. She is also a certified yoga instructor. Kat currently resides in Chicago, and in her free time she enjoys practicing yoga, Kat Barry, a St. Joseph, s a m p l i n g Michigan native, is owner local spirits, lis-

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The cookies are a new creation I came up with when I was out of peanut butter but had ample tahini.

I’ve found a lot of people don’t know what to do with tahini, but it has so many delicious and versatile uses. Hopefully this will open your eyes to some of them. Bring these along to your fete for those who don’t like pie, or even for a little sweet treat at brunch or before the big meal.

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce Yield: about 8 servings

¾ pound fresh or frozen cranberries 1 tart apple, peeled and cut into ½ inch pieces 1 ¼ cups organic (pure cane) sugar 1/8 cup orange zest plus ¼ cup fresh orange juice (juice of 1 orange) 1/8 teaspoon sea salt Natural cooking spray In a medium saucepan, bring all ingredients to a simmer over medium to medium high heat. Cook, stirring often, for about 10 minutes or until cranberries burst and you have a nice thick jamlike consistency.

Carefully transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.

You may want to remove the cap from the hole in the lid and cover with a towel or cheesecloth to allow some of the heat to escape.

If you want a really smooth jelly, press through a wire mesh strainer and remove solids. Sometimes I like mine chunky so I skip this step. If you strain, you have to do it quickly before the mixture cools too much.

Spray a jello mold or fluted cake pan with cooking spray and pour the mixture into a dish. Spread evenly with a rubber spatula. Cover with a silicone lid or plastic wrap coated in cooking spray. Press against surface and refrigerate for at least one hour to set. Unmold just before serving.

Cook’s Note: This dish is really best made 2-3 days prior to serving.

Tahini and Coconut Cookies with Cranberry Yield: about 2 dozen mini cookies, or 1 dozen large

¾ cup coconut oil ½ cup tahini paste 1 ½ cups organic sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ cup soy milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ¼ cups Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free Flour Mix or whole wheat 2 cups shredded, natural coconut (unsweetened) 1 cup dried cranberries 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds zest of 1 lemon (about 1 1/2 teaspoon) Melt coconut oil in the microwave so it’s easier to work with. Beat the coconut oil and tahini in an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the sugar, baking powder, and baking soda. Beat until combined, scraping the sides often.

Next, beat in the soy milk and vanilla. Gradually add the flour then coconut, sesame seeds, lemon zest and cranberries. Make sure there are no dry ingredients at the very bottom of your stand mixer bowl.

Preheat oven to 375 and line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Using a small icecream scoop or 1 teaspoon measure, scoop out small balls and place them on sheet, a couple inches apart. Lightly flatten top of the ball with your palm. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown at edges. Let cool slightly, then transfer to a wire cooling rack.

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Discover the local destinations right in your own backyard

Downtown South Bend’s Gingerbread Village returns S

OUTH BEND, Ind. — Bakers of all age and skill levels are invited to enter Santa’s Gingerbread Village competition by submitting a Gingerbread House. The deadline for entry into the competition is Monday, Dec. 1.

First place prizes will be awarded in three categories that include nonprofessional child (18 and under), non-profesSubmitted photo sional (individual, family or group) and profes- People from all over Michiana visit downtown South sional (individual or Bend each year to enter handmade gingerbread houses group). A people’s choice first place prize in the annual competition. will also be awarded.

Registration is free. Forms are available at the appearance.

Downtown South Bend, Inc. (DTSB) office, 217 Santa House and Santa’s Workshop are locatSouth Michigan St.; online at http://downtown- ed in downtown South Bend on the former southbend.com/downtown- holidays/ginger- College Football Hall of Fame campus. Hours bread-village ; or by email at cdietz@downtown- are Friday, Dec. 5, 6:30 to 9 p.m.; Saturdays, southbend.com. Completed entry forms should Dec. 6, 13 and 20, noon to 6 p.m.; Sundays, Dec. be mailed to DTSB, Gingerbread Village 7, 14 and 21, noon to 4 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 12 and Competition, 217 S. Michigan St., South Bend, 19, 5 to 9 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday, and IN 46601 or faxed to (574) 233-7382 by Monday, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 23 and 24, noon to 4 p.m.

Admission to Santa House and Santa’s Dec. 1.

Entries are to be dropped off, fully assembled, Workshop is free and open to children of all ages.

Free Santa Trolley rides, underwritten by at the former College Football Hall of Fame from Dec. 3-5 between noon and 1 p.m. The ginger- TRANSPO, will be available on Dec. 5, 6, 13, bread village will be on display for public view- 20, 22, 23 and 24.

In addition to the Gingerbread Village display, ing in the lobby of the former College Football Hall of Fame as part of Santa’s Workshop from Santa’s Workshop offers free cookie decorating along with a variety of other fun, hands-on Dec. 5 to 24.

Judging will take place on December 13th at activities and crafts for children.

Santa’s Gingerbread Village competition is 11 a.m. with prizes awarded at 3 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to attend and place their vote for generously sponsored by Jordan Automotive Group. For more information on Santa’s the People’s Choice Award.

Entries will be judged on originality, design, Gingerbread Village call DTSB at 574.282.1110 craftsmanship, degree of difficulty and overall or visit www.DowntownForTheHolidays.com.

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Okay, that’s a bit harsh New York’s Finger Lakes but annually holiday gather- and upper Michigan winerings can have their moments ies all produce great of tension. Why add to the Riesling. If you want the tension by over thinking the classics look to the German menu or the wine choices? Mosel region and France’s Keeping it simple is never Alsace versions. better advice than around A really great choice, the holidays. and personal favorite, is The annual Thanksgiving unoaked Chardonnay. wine column is a staple for More specifically, a preevery wine writer. Today’s mier cru or grand cru “Thanksgiving column is my Chablis is unparalleled at seventh so I decided to look the Thanksgiving table. over advice and offer a ‘best- The rich fruit along with of’ remarks for the holiday the crisp acidity and minbird and juice match up. After eralality mixes perfectly all, there are only a few dif- with the bird and most of ferent ways to suggest the the side dishes. Good same wines.

Chablis of such pedigree “Thanksgiving is about will set you back at least family so make it a festive $25-$30 for starters. There occasion,” I wrote back in are many Chablis wines, 2011, still good advice. “Try non appellation specific, a light sparkling wine before for under $20. But give the the big meal. It’s sure to be a cru wines a try for an hit. Look for a Spanish Cava, important family holiday Italian Prosecco, or Gloria meal.

Ferrer’s delightful Sonoma Indiana’s signature County sparklers. For some- grape Traminette also thing really festive and deli- works well if you like cious, I love Banfi Rosa s w e e t e r wines.

Regale. The Banfi wine sells Gewurztraminer was a very for right at $20, has just fashionable pick for years seven percent alcohol, and is but Traminette substitutes delicious.” nicely. You can enjoy a floIt’s hard to improve on ral, light-bodied wine and that start to your dinner or support Indiana’s wine holiday wine recommenda- industry. I prefer the drier tions. versions of Indiana’s PARENT/GUARDIAN NAME Back in 2010 the col- Traminette but they can be DIRECTOR’S umn was largely about tra-NAMEhard to find. Most Indiana ditional Thanksgiving Traminette has substantial ADDRESS whites like Riesling which residual sugar. A few win-

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eries, like Turtle Run, Corydon, and others are producing Traminette in a dry version now days.

Pinot Noir is an easy red pick for your turkey and dressing but I prefer Beaujolais Grand Cru wines if I’m having red.

No, we’re not talking about the gimmicky Beaujolais Nouveau wines but the Grand Crus wines which have some oak aging.

There are 10 Beaujolais Grand Cru wines and all are reasonably priced in the mid to upper teens. Gamay is the grape of Beaujolais and it offers a wonderful light bodied wine with a wisp of earthiness that pairs well with the bird.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Howard W. Hewitt, Crawfordsville, Indiana, writes about wine every other week (18 OR UNDER) for moreAGEthan 20 Midwestern newspapers. Reach him at: hewitthoward@gmail.com

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General Notices 106 BANQUET HALL AND CHAIR & TABLE RENTAL up to 200 people American Legion Post 26 104 N. 3rd. St. Niles, MI (269)357-1411

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Manufactured 502 Homes GREAT HOME! GREAT PRICE!

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Rent-Lease, Misc. 442 OFFICE SPACE

For rent, approx. 750 sq ft, corner office, secure building, indoor parking, reasonable rent. Call Roger Tracey (269)683-2211

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Collectibles 602 NILES FLEA MARKET

111 E. Main St, Niles MI New vendors bringing many new items weekly. Open House Nov 28th-30th! Come Christmas shopping with us!

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Auctions

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NILES COMMUNITY AUCTION'S HUGE CHRISTMAS SALE December 6th, Doors open @ 3:30 pm, auction starts at 4 pm. Antiques, collectables, furniture, & tons of new items!

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HOMES FOR SALE IN DECATUR

Good Things to 636 Eat LEHMAN'S ORCHARD HONEYCRISP APPLES & CIDER (269)683-9078 2280 Portage Rd. Niles Sunday-Friday noon-5pm Saturday 9am-5pm

3 bed, 2 bath homes ready to be moved into. Lease options starting at $599 per month (includes lot rent, insurance, water, trash) Call (269)423-7024 or visit www.phelpscommunity.com to view pictures

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The Children’s Music Workshop will present Disney’s Peter Pan Jr. at the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage in Benton Harbor, featuring theatrical flying effects created by Hall Associates Flying Effects.

Showtimes are 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for seniors and students.

Nov. 22

Acorn Theater presents a staged read-

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Starting Black Friday, thru the month of December, 10-20% off!

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Merchandise for 643 Sale YOUR E-CIG EXPERTS

Vaporizers & e-hookah Over 50 liquid flavors.

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Miscellaneous 666 FOR SALE

6 Fondus's (tropical fish). 3 males, 3 females. 67". All must go together. $50 each.

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ing of one of the most loved holiday films. Directed by Arnie Saks, Acorn’s It’s A Wonderful Life features Martha Cares as Mary, Bob Swan as Mr. Potter, David Lahm on piano and Darren Stephens as Clarence.

Dennis Scott will play a short pre-show concert on the Barton Theater organ! Proceeds from this event will support Radio Harbor Country’s “Reach the Beach” campaign and Harbor Arts’ “Support the Acorn…It’s A Wonderful Theater” campaign. General admission tickets are $15.

Tickets for the VIP reception are $40.

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top dollar for junk cars, trucks & farm equipment.

Also buying repairables. Paul buys junk cars & trucks.

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days and Thursdays, and $21 Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. To Sarett Nature Center’s order tickets call (574) annual Nature Book and 234-1112 or go online Attic Art Sale takes place sbct.org. on Nov. 22 and 23 during Nov. 29 regular business hours.

Call the nature center at (269) 927-4832 for more details.

After eating too much turkey, watching too much Nov. 28 - Dec. 21 TV, spending too much time in the stores this Thanksgiving, it will be Irving Berlin’s White time for southwest MichiChristmas performs in gan to get off the couch the Wilson Theatre, 403 and have some laughs.

N Main Street, South The 2nd Annual NobodBend, Nov. 28- Dec. 21. ies of Comedy is comPerformances times are ing to the Lake Michigan 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays College Mendel Center through Saturdays and Mainstage Thanksgiving 2 p.m. Sundays. Ticket weekend on Saturday, prices are $18 Wednes- November 29, at 8 p.m.

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Lawn Service 721 GARDENING WITH INTEGRITY, LLC •Lawn Maintenance •Full Landscaping Service • Fall Clean Ups •Cut Back & Clean Beds Call Ellen (269)759-1012

Tree Service 725 PAYNE'S TREE SERVICE

Antenna Service

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Concrete, bricks, blocks & stonework. Any type of tear out & replace. Basement repairs, landscaping, bobcat work. No job too small. 35 years experience. Concrete $2.20 a sq. foot. Insured.

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Stump Grinding & Firewood. Turn that Junker in your yard Over 30 years of experience, Bobcat & Concrete Work. to cash in your hand tile work, kitchens, bath- Insured. (269)663-8091 801 Carberry Rd, Niles rooms, decks & porches, 269-687-5865 windows & doors, window THE CUTTING EDGE Snow Removal 745 wrapping, siding, fascia & soffit. Call Randy (269)782PRO TREE CARE SNOW PLOWING 3139 (269)208-9838 Complete Tree Service Free Estimates!

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as part of the Artists You Should Know series.

Tickets for the 2nd Annual Nobodies of Comedy are $25 and $28 and are available by calling the LMC Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 9271221 or visiting www. lmcmainstage.org. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more.

For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or mnadolski@lakemichigancollege.edu.

Outer Vibe will play Benton Harbor’s The Livery.

After teaming up with producer Brad Dollar (The National, Bob Weir) the upcoming record is due in mid 2015. Get a taste of the band’s new sound from their music video “Shining Like A Diamond,” the latest single now available online.

The song blends the cinematic sounds of a classic western and the driving rhythms of the motor city.

As a kick-off to the 2014 holiday shopping season and to promote shopOn Nov. 29, Grand Rap- ping local (SHOLO), The ids based quintet The Buchanan Art Center in-

Misc. Services 747 HANDY MAN & WIFE

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We do leaf clean up & haul away, clean garages, basements & other maintenance needs. Also retired electrician, will do 10 Kia Rio, 4 door $9,875 electrical repairs, re11 Ford Fusion $13,670 placements and other 12 Jeep Patriot $14,931 electrical needs. Also can do 12 Dodge Ram SLT $28,697 light carpentry work. If you Call (574) 264-1174 today! need this type of work call 2006 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab (Red) (269)340-2365 9am - 8pm Engine: V8, 4.7 Liter KLIMEK City 14/Hwy 19/Comb 16 ENTERPRISES MPG Electrical Contracting, No Job 116k miles Too Big or Small. Free Quotes.

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Experience “Camelot” as Lerner and Loewe envisioned it in one of theatre’s most legendary musicals. Recount the time-honored legend of King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table in an enchanting fable of chivalry, majesty and brotherhood in this fourtime Tony Award winning show. See the event page for pricing information.

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vites the public to their White Saturday Celebration -- including A BAC Gift Shop Artists’ Sale, and Raku Walk-Through Fundraiser on Saturday, November 29, 2014, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The BAC will also offer its popular Raku WalkThrough Fundraiser.

This popular event gives participants the chance to experience the “dynamic coming together of clay, fire, smoke and water” by offering premade pottery for glazing and firing in Raku kilns set-up behind the BAC. No RSVP required. All ages are welcome.

Dec. 4

Kindle Your Christmas Spirit in Downtown Berrien Springs will be Thursday, Dec. 4 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. The downtown streets will be closed so visitors can enjoy strolling from store to store, listening to the out-

Light Up the Bluff on Dec. 5 will transform Lake Bluff Park when the mayor flips the switch at 6:30 p.m. and a million lights twinkle on the community tree and holiday-themed displays. The light display and music will continue each evening until the end of December.

The lights will then remain on through Feb. 15 for Valentine’s Day planning in Michigan’s Most Romantic City. This display is sponsored by the St. Joseph Improvement Association.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING? coffee, and Christmas Beach Carousel. Entry is punch. $1 per person (children 2 and under free) into Santa’s Christmas Corral in the Shadowland Round Barn Winery, Ballroom where you can Distillery and Brewery, pet these friendly, gentle located in Baroda, Michi- animals of North Pole gan, is gearing up for the fame. Have a profesholidays with its annual sional keepsake photo “Giggle & Mingle Toy taken with your family for Drive with Santa.” The just $3. family centered festiviDec. 19 ties will take place Saturday, Dec. 6 from 1 to 4 p.m. eastern time at the Round Barn Winery, Dis- The Lake Michigan Coltillery & Brewery (10983 lege Mendel Center is Hills Road). giving the gift of laugher this holiday season with The 2014 Victorian the Ha! Ha! Holidays Christmas Tea will be Show – A Comedy Exheld December 6 from travaganza on Friday, 1 until 4 p.m. at Living Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. as part Faith Fellowship pn Ben- of its new Hanson Livham Avenue in Elkhart. ing Room Series. Tickets We will be serving the for the Ha! Ha! Holidays Downtown Abbey tea as Show – A Comedy Exwell as Good Earth Tea, travaganza are $15, and Refinery Coffee, Christ- $10 for Mendel Center mas Punch, sandwiches, Mainstage series ticket cookies, cakes, and fruits. holders, students, and Several new vendors are seniors. They are availjoining us this season. All able by calling the LMC proceeds to benefit Soup Mendel Center Box OfOf Success. Admission $5 and a non-perishable food product or personal care item. We do hope to see you!

fice at (269) 927-1221 or visiting www.lmcmainstage.org. For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or mnadolski@lakemichigancollege. edu.

Twin City Players (TCP) will bring one of its season’s productions to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage. Performances of the holiday musical The Christmas Schooner, book by John Reeger, music and lyrics by Julie Shannon and directed

by Paul Mow, will be on Dec. 19-21 Friday, Dec. 19 and Saturday, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 21 at For the first time ever, the 2 p.m.

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Dec. 13

Barn Swallow closes out its season with “Christmas at Barn Swallow,” showcasing choirs and music ensembles from local schools, churches and performance groups.

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Dec. 13-14

Tea With Ruth and Friends does a Victorian benefit Tea every December for Soup Of Success, an intensive 5 month job and life skills training program, in Elkhart. This year’s tea will be held Saturday, Dec. 6 at Living Faith Fellowship, 2601 Benham Avenue in Elkhart, Indiana 46516 from 1 to 4 p.m. Suggested donation is $5 and a nonperishable food pantry item or personal care items.

Background music will be furnished by Adrienne Frailey. Tea sandwiches, salads, and desserts will accompany Downton Abbey Lord Grantham tea,

The Twin City Players (TCP) will host auditions for its March production of the 2014-2015 season next month. Auditions for The Dixie Swim Club, book by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, directed by Larry Nielsen, will begin at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13 and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14.

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South Bend Civic presents 'White Christmas' S

OUTH BEND, Ind. — Based on the beloved, timeless film, “White Christmas” is a heartwarming musical adaptation features many of Irving Berlin’s finest songs showcased in a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.

World War II veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have become a successful song-anddance team.

When they meet a duo of beautiful singing sisters, they follow them to a Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, run by their former army commander.

Featuring dazzling standards such as “Blue Skies,” “I Love a Piano, “How Deep is the Ocean,” this show will have you dreaming of a “White Christmas.”

Critics have fallen in love with this delightful holiday musical: “White Christmas is enchanting as a first snow…

Audiences drank it up like spiked egg nog” – San Francisco Examiner; “A jolly live extravaganza that only Scrooges can resist” – New York Magazine; “The show left me twinkling like a Christmas tree” – Minneapolis Star Tribune; “I don’t see how anyone who loves Broadway musicals can fail to

be pleased by so polished and ingenious a show,” – Wall Street Journal.

Jewel Abram-Copenhaver directs with Roy Bronkema as Music Director. The cast includes Laurie Balla, Lucy Barron, David Case, Alexandra Fontenot, Melaney Gabris, Morgan Garber, Zach Gassman, Dawn Hagerty, Chris Handy, Will Heckaman, Jill Hillman, Allan Holody, Bill Hunt, Allison Jean Jones, Sarah Klepinger, Libby Klesmith, Sean Leyes, Natalie MacRae, Lea Melton, Gary Oesch, Rachel Raska, Mandie Siems, Anna Thompson, Doug Thompson, Sara Walding, and Sara Womar Hawn.

“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” performs in the Wilson Theatre, 403 N. Main Street, South Bend, Nov. 28Dec. 21. Performances times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Ticket prices are $18 Wednesdays and Thursdays, and $21 Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. To order tickets, call (574) 234-1112 or go online sbct.org.

Sponsors for “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” are Villing and Company, Alfred H. and Martha J. Choitz, Holy Cross Village, and Lake City Bank.

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