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Building blocks of fun Annual Lego event returns to St. Joseph

By INDIA JACKSON

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T. JOSEPH, Mich. — Snow covered streets, snow covered cars and snow covered trees.

Around this time of year, many Midwesterners yearn for the passing of winter’s dull shade. Quite possibly the ones who dread it the most are the children who are stuck inside because it is too cold outside to play.

To help cure the winter blues, seven cultural and tourism organizations in St. Joseph, have joined together to make the area a bit more colorful. During the month of March, Lego fanatics everywhere can join the city in its third annual Build Your Way Around Town event.

Build Your Way Around Town is a festival featuring hands-on workshops, movies, music, displays and contests.

In February, Lego lovers ages 4 to 18 submitted their own Lego creations to be featured at the Silver Beach Carousel. The models will be on display throughout the month of March.

Complete with a red carpet, the Silver Beach Carousel hosted a Builders Bash where builders and their families and friends could enjoy a ride on the carousel, free cotton candy and free swag bags. The event also offered family and friends a chance to see the 120 unique Lego displays throughout the building.

Carla Sykora, Silver Beach Carousel administrative assistant, recalled

the excitement at the Builders Bash event.

“When you see the kids come in they are so excited and proud of their work,” Sykora said.

The purpose of the event, according to Sykora, is to inspire imagination and creativity and to give people a chance to explore St. Joseph.

Inspiring imagination and creativity seems to be a reoccurring theme of Build Your Way Around Town.

The Silver Beach Carousel is not the only place where participants can go on their journey in discovering St. Joseph. Lego enthusiasts can also check out the Box Factory for the Arts, the Curious Kids Museum, the Heritage Museum, the St. Joseph/Maud Preston Palenske Public Library, St. Joseph Today and the Krasl Art Center, all of which have events this month.

Those who are interested in participating in Build Your Way Around Town can print off a passport or receive one at any of the seven participating venues around St. Joseph. At each stop, participants can collect a stamp on their passport and once all seven stamps have been collected they can be entered into a drawing to win a Legothemed prize.

One past event that sparked Lego builders’ imaginations was the Lego Stop-Motion Animation Workshop hosted by Keith Stevens, the youth program coordinator at the Krasl Art Center. The workshop

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Children from all over Michiana submitted Lego sculptures to be judged in the Build Your Way Around Town contest. allowed participants to work in teams and learn how to create their own short clips with Legos.

“Legos have an already built-in character. You can really allow a child to use their imagination,” Stevens said.

All of the events are free to public and have been

drawing crowds of people from all over. First time visitor Marquis Walker came all the way from St. Louis, Missouri, to take his son Andrew, 6, to Build Your Way Around Town.

Walker had nothing but good things to say about the event.

“There’s a very good atmosphere, it’s very energetic and there is something for everyone to do,” he said.

Andrew, who was bouncing between the enchanting carousel to the tables covered with Legos, shared that he loves to

build horses.

There are many more upcoming events that can satisfy everyone’s thirst for Lego fun. A complete schedule of remaining events and information can be found on Build Your Way Around Town’s selftitled website.

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ENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Anticipation is high for the Fifth Annual Art of Beer Festival coming to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center on March 21, from 5 to 9 p.m. The list of participating breweries and the beer selection that will be available was announced recently. It features offerings from both established and new brewers.

“We’re sure that everyone will find something new to try, whether their favorite is a stout, pale ale, lager, pilsner, porter, or cider. We even have local, artisan spirits this year,” said Tonya Martindale, LMC Mendel Center’s director of conference and event services.

Tickets are on sale now at www.artofbeerfest.com and through the Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221, Monday through Friday, 3 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $35 in advance, and $40 at the door. Admission includes 12 beer tokens, $10 in food tickets, and a festival pint glass (while supplies last). For those not drinking, designated driver tickets will be available for $20. All attendees must be 21 or older.

Sponsors of this year’s Art of Beer Festival include Southwest Michigan Tourist Council, Alliance Beverage Distributing and Rock 107 WIRX. The Mendel Center is just a 40-minute drive from Kalamazoo, Mich. and South Bend, Ind. Located on the Napier Avenue campus of Lake Michigan College, the Mendel Center is one mile east of I-94 on Napier Avenue (exit 30) and also ½ mile west of the US-31 Bypass (exit 24) at 2755 E. Napier Avenue, Benton Township, Michigan.

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ON DISPLAY

Art Hop returns to Benton Harbor

By TIM MOSIER tim.mosier@leaderpub.com

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ENTON HARBOR — The New Territory Arts Association (NTAA) Spring Art Hop is coming up Friday and businesses in Benton Harbor’s art district are getting ready to open their doors to artists and patrons.

The Benton Harbor Art Hop is put on four times a year, and organizers believe 2015’s kick-off event is setting up to be a great one.

“The Art Hop is a great thing for the

Benton Harbor Art District, the local people seem to really embrace it and hopefully it brings in some people from out of town as well,” said Simon Rusk, head brewer at the Livery.

The Livery has participated in the Art Hop in past years with many different artists; this year’s exhibit will feature the painting of artist Chantelle Allen.

“Her work has been hanging up on the balcony for awhile now, but this will give us a chance to show off her stuff,” Rusk said.

“She has stuff from scenes of posed portraits to landscapes, it is all interesting work.”

On top of food, beer and art, the Livery will be hosting musical act The Outer Vibe, a Michigan band known for its ‘70s style funk music. South Bend natives, Wilson’s Reservoir will be the opening act.

Some institutions in the art district already planned this week that just happen to coincide with the Art Hop, but when there is so much art and creativity to go around, no one haggles about what goes where.

Sarah Nadolski, owner of the Oakroom at the Citadel, is excited to have a mixture of audiences.

“The Coastline Children’s Film Festival was scheduled far in advance and when we realized it would coincide with the Art Hop we just decided to go with it,” Nadolski said.

The film festival has the advantage of lasting 10 days, but the Art Hop is a onenight extravaganza of art, culture, food and drinks.

“We will be showing the silent film ‘Gold Rush’ (1925) accompanied by a pianist playing an impromptu score for the film,” Nadolski said. “Since we are showing a film we will not be doing an open house, we ask that people show up before the film begins (7:30) as to not interrupt,” Nadolski said.

One of the many festivities that will be taking place through out the night is the “Hot Glass, Cold Beer” fundraiser that is being done at the Water Street Glass Works.

“You can come in and purchase a glass, get it filled up with beer and proceeds go to help the fundraising for the Glass Works and their after school program, Fire Up,” said Ken Ankli, president of the New Territory Art Association, the organization who is putting on the event.

The Art Hop is scheduled to run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. but festivities at some locations will probably overflow late into the night.

For families looking for a place to park so they can walk around, there will be live music from David Brock, an exhibit from local artist Josh Mason and refreshments at the Benton Harbor Public Library as the institute joins the New Territory Arts Association in celebrating the Vernal Equinox Spring Art Hop.

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The Benton Harbor Arts District expects hundreds to visit the art themed festival March 20.

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SPOTLIGHT

SMC presents ‘The Relevance of Lincoln’

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OWAGIAC — Fifteen thousand books have been written about 16th President Abraham Lincoln.

Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership built a tower in its lobby using one copy of each title.

Yet “I can assure that you will learn something new and inspiring about Abraham Lincoln and America that has a practical application to our lives today,” former Michigan lawmaker Cameron S. Brown said.

Brown brings “The Relevance of Abraham Lincoln” to Southwestern Michigan College on Wednesday, March 25, at 11:30 a.m. in the event theatre of the Student Activity Center in the Charles O. Zollar Building on the Dowagiac campus.

His talk is free and open to the public.

“I have found that people in all walks of life today — be it education, business or government — need to be encouraged and inspired in creative ways,” Brown said. “The example of Lincoln draws on so many relevant points of character and leadership development critical to the educational training of young people.”

Where other political figures polarize, Lincoln “is claimed by all,” Brown said. “He is one of the best examples to model. Using the lens of history, my presentation provides a fresh perspective on Lincoln and his life that students will appreciate as they face the challenges and complexities of today’s dramatically-changing world. My talk

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Former lawmaker Cameron S. Brown will host a talk about Abraham Lincoln at SMC March 25. concludes with a largescreen showing of a fourminute video tribute to Lincoln.”

Brown’s interest in the life of Lincoln has a personal element. He is related to Joseph Sessford, ticket taker at Ford’s Theatre the night Lincoln was shot.

Brown on April 16 presents “The Relevance of Abraham Lincoln” to the Michigan Bankers Association Perry Schools of Banking commencement on the campus of Michigan State University.

Brown was born in Washington, D.C. As a child, his family lived in Lagos, Nigeria, in West Africa. Their two-year, 1966 commitment was cut short in 1967 by the outbreak of the Biafran civil war.

Cameron’s father worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

His most formative academic experience, however, was at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va., the eventful year depicted

in the Walt Disney movie “Remember the Titans,” when he was vice president of his senior class.

He attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of MissouriKansas City.

He added a master’s degree in public administration from Western Michigan University.

He is the sixth generation of his family to live in southwest Michigan.

He and his wife, Chicago native Helen Lukan, live in the Fawn River Township farmhouse east of Sturgis built by his great-great-grandparents.

She is principal pianist for the Southwest Michigan Symphony and a regular keyboard substitute for the Grand Rapids Symphony.

Before holding elective office, Brown was vice president, marketing for Freeman Manufacturing Co., an orthopedic soft goods manufacturer headquartered in Sturgis. He spent 18 years with the company.

Brown served five terms as a member of the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners. He was elected board chairman three times.

From 1981-86, he was a member of Sturgis City Commission.

In 1998, Brown was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives from the 59th District and re-elected to a second term in 2000 between Glenn Oxender of Sturgis and Rick Shaffer of Three Rivers.

Brown was elected to the Michigan Senate from

the 16th District in 2002 Emancipator’s April 15, scholar,” Brown said, “but and 2006.

1865, assassination with a Lincoln appreciator who wants to encourage a love Term limits prohibited more scholarly volumes. him from seeking re-elec“I’m not a Lincoln of liberty.” tion in 2010.

Instead, Brown sought the Republican nomination for Secretary of State, losing narrowly to Ruth Johnson, former Oakland County Clerk.

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“Most of my focus is public policy research on Call me to see why! health care,” said Brown, Cell who is finishing up a Texas project. juliecapron@cressyeverett.com Brown’s appearance cressyeverett.com/juliecapron coincides with Social Sciences Professor Dr. Jeffrey Dennis taking his U.S. history students to the Land of Lincoln the following weekend, March 27-29.

Springfield, Ill., has carefully preserved many sites, including the only home Lincoln owned; his law office; and Lincoln’s tomb, encased in 10 feet of concrete to thwart grave robbers.

“In addition, we’ll travel out to Petersburg, Ill., the New Salem state historic site” reconstructing the village where Lincoln spent his early adulthood “and tried many different careers he pretty much failed at.

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The Michiana Society of Human Resource Management will be having keynote speaker Jannifer Crittendon will discuss employee engagement. The luncheon will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 19, at the Windsor Park Conference Center. The cost of the event is $17 for members and $25 for the public.

March 21

The Baroda Queen Committee will be holding this fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, at the Baroda American Legion. The cost is $35 and includes an 8-foot table, lunch and dinner.

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At Meet At The Lender , dozens of lenders, loan guarantors, and business service providers from throughout the region will be on hand.

People in need of financing to buy a building or a piece of equipment, or need working capital to start a business or otherwise expand, this onestop loan fair is an ideal opportunity. The event will be held on Kinexus, 499 West Main Street, Benton Harbor. To register, contact Jeff at hannanj@kinexus.org or 269-927-1064, ext. 1171

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Goodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. will facilitate a Job Fair with several businesses ready to hire at their Community Career Center in Mishawaka from 1p.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 25. Seventeen employers and staffing agencies from the Michiana area will be in attendance to meet job applicants. Those interested in attending the Job Fair should dress professionally; bring a current resume and a positive attitude.

Candidates should also be prepared to interview with the prospective employer that day.

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The Edwardsburg Sports Complex has scheduled three meetings on March 24, 25 and 26 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Edwardsburg Middle School auditorium. ESC encourages all parents and community members to attend these important information-gathering meetings. The purpose of the three nights is to give everyone an opportunity to attend, it is not necessary to attend all three nights but you are welcome to. We ask individuals to try and have prepared suggestions, which will be limited to three minutes to allow everyone to have an opportunity to speak.

Additional time may be allowed, time permitting.

March 28

St. Mary’s Catholic school will be holding a fund raiser and food drive to benefit the Christian Services Center food pantry.

Admission is free as long as you bring at least one non-perishable food item to donate to the CSC food pantry. The night will enclude snacks, crafts, games, lunch, and pastries. The event is sponsored by the Christian Service Center at St. Mary’s. For more information, call (269) 684-0637.

The Edwardsburg Lions invite everyone to a delicious pancake and sausage breakfast as a fundraiser. They will be offering Project KidSight to screen children’s eyes from the ages of 1 year old to 17 years of age.

The Eye Screening is free. The Edwardsburg Leos will be on hand to do games and fun crafts with the kids as they play with the Easter Bunny and the Lion.Tickets are available from any Lion or at the door. Cost is $5 , $3 for kids 3 years old to 10 years of age. Kids under 3 eat free.

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The Episcopal Church of the Mediator in Harbert, Michigan, will offer opportunities for worship during Holy Week as follows: Palm Sunday, March 29, Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m.; Maundy Thursday, April 2, Agape Meal 6:15 p.m., Holy Eucharist 7 p.m. with hand and foot washing, followed by a Prayer Watch 8:30 to 12 p.m.; Good Friday, April 3, Good Friday Liturgy & Communion 12:15 p.m.; Saturday Easter Eve, April 4, Great Vigil and First Eucharist of Easter 7:00 p.m. followed by a reception; Easter Sunday, April 5, Holy Eucharist 10:30 a.m. followed by an Easter Egg Hunt. The public is invited to all ser-

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OUTH BEND, Ind. — Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, “Spamalot” retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, as they embark on their quest to seek the Holy Grail. Follow their manic adventures through dark and very expensive looking forests as they encounter a homicidal Black Knight, the mysterious Knights Who Say “Ni,” a killer rabbit, the beautiful diva the Lady of the Lake and attempt to survive a vicious French taunting!

Mark Abram-Copenhaver directs, with Heidi Ferris as musical director and Quinton McMutuary as choreographer. The cast includes Lucy Barron, Brian Beckwith, Micah Bryan, Michael Clarkson, Ryan Clubine, Magdalena Conway, Sam Green, Daniel Grey, William Heckaman, Nicholas Hidde-Halsey, Allison Jean Jones, Dave Kempher, William Loring, Tyler Marcotte, Dani Mazick, Gary Oesch, Alexandra Sadowski, Sharon Sims, Doug Thompson, Mark Torma, Jeremy Weyer, and Justin Williams.

Spamalot will be in the Wilson Theatre March 13 to April 4 with performances on Fridays, Saturdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.

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The South Bend Civic opened “Spamalot” last weekend and will continue performances through April 4.