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TOURIST FOR A DAY

Off The Water, Michiana

Discover the local destinations right in your own backyard

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree Butler Tree Farm ready with variety of holiday activities

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By Jill McCaughan offthewater@leaderpub.com

The folks at Butler Tree Farm in Dowagiac, Mich. are definitely ready for the Christmas season to begin.

“I would say about 70 percent of my customers come from Chicago. At least 60, probably 70 percent,” said Sam Butler, coowner of Butler Tree Farm.

“They come up to their lake houses in the summer….

This is their paradise. They love Southwest Michigan, and they’re just looking for another reason to come back to this area.

“The average family that comes here during the normal Christmas season is here for six, seven hours,” Butler said. “It’s their annual family tradition.”

Besides choosing and cutting a Christmas tree from the farm located at 21515 Crane St., families can enjoy several other holiday activities. There is a bake shop, a gift shop and a petting zoo that includes bloodhounds, llamas, pygmy goats, peacocks, ponies and geese.

“I used to come up here with my family. We lived near here, and I really wanted to bring my children up here last year, but it didn’t work out. I’m so happy we made it this year! They opened a week early, and we were able to fit it into

our schedule. The kids love it,” said Ali Wenger, who recently visited the Christmas tree farm with her husband Jamie and their five children.

Adults also have their reasons for visiting Butler Tree Farm year after year.

“The service is great, and the trees are gorgeous.

And, it’s just a fun day out.

My daughter Ann Marie got us hooked on this place because she lives in Dowagiac. We’ve been coming here for about 10 years now,” said Peg Lyzon of South Bend, Ind. She and her daughter Julie each bought a tree.

Excitement at the beginning of the Christmas season was expressed by both customers and owners alike.

“We’re so blessed to have such loyal, dedicated families that come to us,” said Brenda Butler, coowner of the farm and Sam’s wife. “They truly are a part of our family, and we so look forward to when they all come home again —to Butler Tree Farm.”

Sam and Brenda, who just celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary, started planting the Christmas trees on their land in 1998.

With the expectation that the trees would be ready to cut and sell in about nine years, Sam planned to retire from his job with the

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Employees prepare trees at Butler Tree Farm.

Norfolk-Southern Railroad a few years after the trees were mature.

While they waited for their trees to grow, the Butlers began selling precut trees, but that quickly changed. As it turned out, the Butlers sold their first choose-and-cut tree in 2001, several years before Sam retired early due to an

injury from which he fought hard to recover.

Now, the Butlers sell eight varieties of Christmas trees. Pre-cut trees are less expensive than the chooseand-cut trees, and Sam never cuts them more than four days prior to sale.

Prices for trees range from $20 to $85.

“We just do a flat rate.

Each of the varieties is a different price. The very low end is your Scotch pine,” Brenda said. “At the high end is the Fraser Fir….

These are premium trees, but people need to attend to their tree. Keep it away from a direct heat source, and make sure it is constantly drawing water. The Michigan Christmas Tree

Growers Association recommends using hot tap b water.”

Growing Christmas treesd is more labor intensive thank one might realize, keepingm Sam and Brenda busy foru the majority of the year. w When the Butlers are notm caring for their farm, theym focus on a charity that ist very dear to them, as botha Sam and his son are veter-t ans. Along with the Marine Riders, they support thep VFW’s National Home forb Children. Open since 1925,i it houses approximatelyo 125 children of militarys families who require help inf raising their children fors o various reasons.

The Butlers also sellL pumpkins from their farm“ c in October.

“We operate October,s November and December.t The rest of the year is justw maintaining the farm.n October is weekends only,” Sam said. “It’s just likee Christmas, but it’s pump-t kins. Then, the weekendi before Thanksgivingt through to Christmas, it’s Christmas trees — where we are now.”

“It’s like, ‘Oh my gosh!

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We’re so excited,” Brenda said. “The people are coming in, and the snow’s coming down, and the guys are out there just giddy! I said, ‘Here it is, and more’s coming!’”

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FOCUS

Volunteer time can be most precious gift

By Jill McCaughan offthewater@leaderpub.com

With Thanksgiving now behind us, the winter holiday season will quickly kick into full-gear, and it may seem like every minute of the day is packed with things to do. However, many members of the community find it rewarding to take time out and volunteer as a part of their holiday traditions.

“The holidays are the perfect time to get back to basics and remember those in need, right here in our community. There are so many groups looking for folks to help out,” said Nicole Coar, president of Women’s Service League in St. Joseph, Mich.

“What better way to get caught up in the holiday spirit of giving than through sharing some good will with those who truly need a hand?”

It seems as though, everywhere one turns, there is an activity competing for any moment of free time during the holidays,

but volunteering offers something that goes beyond simple entertainment.

“It’s a matter of entertainment versus fulfillment,” said Scott Lolmaugh, volunteer coordinator at the Salvation Army of Niles, Mich. “I think this is more fulfilling. You can feel like you’re actually making a difference. You’re positively affecting people’s lives.”

Vo l u n t e e r S o u t h w e s t Michigan serves as a clearinghouse for many non-profit organizations that rely on volunteers. It provides an easy way to find a volunteer activity that will provide that type of fulfillment.

“Just go to our website at www.volunteerswmi.org and fill out a very simple profile, and see what opportunities are out there

eral families or groups of people who’d like to do something together, they should call me at (269) 9830912, and I’ll find an activity for them.”

Vo l u n t e e r i n g can easily be incorporated into a family’s usual holiday activities as well.

“We have a woman who bakes cookies, and we deliver them to a local organization,” Burnison said.

Vo l u n t e e r Leader File Photo opportunities for in our communities the Salvation because they are enor- Army can be found at mous,” said Judi Burnison, Volunteer South-west interim executive director Mich-igan, with service of Volunteer Southwest locations in both Niles and Michigan.

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Parents, in particular, “At Christmas, we’ve may feel overwhelmed at got a lot going on. We use this time of year, but as a lot of volunteers during Burnison said, “It’s a great the holiday season,” idea for families to volun- Lolmaugh said. “Last year, teer. And, if there are sev- just in Dec., we had 70

volunteers that worked 681 hours…. We helped over 400 families, which was over 1,100 kids.”

Volunteers have many options when it comes to the amount of time they wish to commit to a particular organization.

“Being a bell-ringer is a simple and easy way to get involved. All you need to do is ring a bell and say ‘thank you,’” said Angela DeVries, director of Kent County volunteer services for the Salvation Army.

People interested in bell-ringing for the Salvation Army can call Major William Walters, Corps Officer for the Salvation Army in Niles at (269) 684-2660.

A few of the other volunteer opportunities at the Salvation Army in Niles are “packing the Christmas baskets on Dec. 7th. We’ve got something called ‘Filla-Truck’ at Wal-Mart. We just need folks to man the toy barrels. It’s a toy collection drive,” Lolmaugh said. “There’s going to be the toy shop distribution,

where people who have signed up can come pick out items for their children, and we need people to take them around to the different tables.”

“Also there are things like picking up the food from the food barrels that we have out around the community and bringing them in for us,” Lolmaugh said. “Then, there’s taking applications for the Christmas assistance.

We’re going to be doing that on the 2nd of Dec. and the 6th of Dec. We’ll need some help with that.”

People interested in volunteering at the Salvation Army in Niles can call Scott Lolmaugh at (269) 684-2660 or visit their website at www.saniles.org and click on the “Volunteer Opportunities” link.

“It’s just an awesome experience,” Lolmaugh said. “There are a lot of emotions and a lot of joy around this season already, and you can help people have a happy holiday season, and really, it’s a good feeling.”

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Michel Dasse is “hoping that by Saturday, everybody’s going to be sick of football and family and looking for an escape.” That escape can be found at a concert organized by Dasse: Rustbelt Songwriters II. Dasse, performing under one of his many pseudonyms, “monTe micHel bLeu,” will be sharing the stage with three other Midwestern songwriters: Andy Willey, Malcolm Cumming and Larry Platz.

“This is a perfect time for this performance,” Dasse said. “It fits together well in a kind of thematic way because both Andy and Malcolm are from southwest Michigan but no longer live here. They both live up in Grand Rapids now….

Thanksgiving is associated with homecomings, and it’s kind of a homecoming for them.”

It’s also a homecoming of sorts for monTe and Larry, in that they both performed in the first Rust Belt Songwriters concert last year.

The concert will be presented “in a format that came about with the TV show, Austin City Limits.

It’s also a pattern that I borrowed from Reily O’Connor, to whom I’m indebted,” Dasse said.

“In the first half of the show, we’ll each play a very brief set. For the second half, we’re going to just line up four chairs on stage and take turns, and hopefully chat a bit about how the songs came about,” Dasse said.

For his fellow performers, Dasse has nothing but praise.

“I’m a fan of [Andy and Malcolm]. I felt like it was a real coup that I was able to get both of them for this show,” he said.

Dasse calls Willey “a kind of a godfather of the acoustic music scene in this area.”

Many folks in southwest Michigan may remember Andy’s mid-1970s band called Hickory Creek.

“It was the ‘house band’ and [they were] also the founders of The Silver Fiddle Coffee House that was held in the Methodist Church basement in St. Joseph,” Dasse said. “Andy moved to Grand Rapids in the late 1970s and has been

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A performer from Rust Belt Songwriters at a previous concert. a strong force in the Grand Rapids music scene ever since. His band The Willeys were very active in the Midwest through the ‘80s and ‘90s, with five CDs to their credit.”

As for Malcolm Cumming, “I first heard Malcolm at a Livery open mic about four to five years ago. Molly Moon aptly described him then as ‘a genius.’ He was about 17 years old, and his original songs tore my heart wide open. They were raw with emotion, and crafted so well,” Dasse said. “His songs are so emotive and autobiographical.”

Dasse counts Larry Platz among his best friends.

“I first heard Larry’s music at a concert at The Battell Center in Mishawaka in 2005. His songs were so powerful and far-reaching that I felt as though someone had reached inside of me and turned me inside out. It was as though he was telling my own story. I personally consider his songs to be as good as they come,

from anyone, anywhere,” Dasse said.

“About a year ago, Larry was diagnosed with a terminal illness, yet he perseveres, working at his craft, writing about it honestly, and is perhaps doing more performances this past year despite the obstacles of his health, than [in] any years previously, Dasse said. “Larry’s 2012 album Where The Long Road Ends finds favorable airplay on the likes of the South Bend NPR affiliate WVPE’s The Back Porch.”

His music can also be heard and downloaded at http://www.reverbnation. com/larryplatz.

Finally, of his alter ego, monTe micHel bLeu’s, musical journey, Dasse said, “I started playing music as a teenager, and I’ve been in and out of the music scene in Michiana ever since. Around the Millennium, I gave it up. I said, ‘That’s it. I’m getting too old.’ I sold everything.

But after a while, I realized there was something missing in my life, and it was music.”

In 2011, he released a 12-song CD entitled “Songs Between Truth & Lies.” His music can be heard and downloaded at http://www.reverbnation. com/montemichelbleu.

Rust Belt Songwriters II will be taking place on Nov. 30 at 7:30 p.m. at the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph, Mich. Tickets are available at the door and online at www.boxfactoryforthearts.org/ calendar/#rustbelt. They are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and children 12 and under will be admitted free.

An added bonus is that concert-goers, while supporting locally-connected musicians, will also have a chance to jump start their holiday shopping in a way that supports local artists.

“Right now, we have an extended gift shop,” said Ali Hansen, Executive Director of the Box Factory for the Arts. “We have reasonably priced artistic gifts for holidays. People can shop at intermission or before the show. So, come early and shop!”

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ON DISPLAY

The Buchanan Art Center: White Saturday Celebration

By Jill McCaughan offthewater@leaderpub.com

Like many other towns in Southwest Michigan, Buchanan will be showcasing its local merchants and non-profit organizations on Nov. 30.

“The push is to shop local,” said Janet FlahavenLaw, executive director of the Buchanan Art Center.

“If I can shop local, I prefer to do that, and that’s what we like to encourage.”

To that end, the Buchanan Art Center is participating in Buchanan’s White Saturday Celebrat-ion, and they have several holidaythemed activities lined up.

“We’re having our gift shop artists’ sale, FlahavenLaw said. “We’re going to have tables in the galleries so that our artists can bring in more of their inventory than they can fit in the gift shop...All the art and pieces in here have to be juried in.

We have a committee that approves them for their level of quality. They are all handmade goods, all hand-

crafted.”

“Also that day, we’re going to have our raku walk-through. Raku is a firing process for pottery.…

It’s kind of like ‘fast-food pottery’ in the sense that the pieces are already made and they are fired once, which would be bisqueware. You can glaze them in the time that you’re here, and we’ll fire them,” said FlahavenLaw. “The hope is that, if you came in here, picked a piece out, paid for it, glazed it, and then have it scheduled to be fired, you can go and enjoy some of the other things we’re doing as well as some of the other things in town, and then come back,” said Flahaven-Law. “The last firing is at 4 p.m., so they would want them all glazed by 3 p.m.” These pre-fired pieces are priced from $10 to $25.

“It’s a suitable activity for kids under 12 as long as the parent is there helping them, making sure the glaze is applied properly,” said Flahaven-Law. “We’ll have

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a festive atmosphere with all the hustle and bustle, and there’ll be some cider and cookies or donut holes here for anybody coming through.”

“The third thing we’re doing is that we have four Santa Clauses [made by artist Barbara Leyba] that have been donated by a local resident, Virginia Reddig.

They’re up for silent auction, and the auction closes at 5 on Saturday the 30th,” said Flahaven-Law. “Comparable pieces online can be found at Etsy, and those range from $200 to $400. They’re really beautiful pieces, and exceptionally made. And, you need not be present to win the auction.”

Opportunities to view, create and purchase local art in Buchanan will continue long past White Saturday.

Pieces for the Buchanan Art Center’s juried architecture exhibit “More than Bricks and Mortar” will be on display in their Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired building from Nov. 27 through Jan.

4. The show will feature works from local artists of all ages. A new session of classes for all ages will begin in January, too.

For now, “We’re hoping that a lot of people stop by”

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hopefully, they’ll come up this side of the hill, as well as the other side of the hill, because there are going to be lots of things going on between here and there.”

The Buchanan Art Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 117 W. Front St., Buchanan, Mich.

More information can be found by visiting www. buchananartcenter.org or by calling (269) 697-4005.

And, more information about the many other events on White Saturday in downtown Buchanan can be found at www.Discover Buchanan.org.

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CUISINE SCENE

Find out what's brewing at Tapistry

By Jill McCaughan offthewater@leaderpub.com

When Tapistry Brewing opened its doors toward the end of last summer, it put Bridgman on the expanding map of Michigan towns that call themselves home to a microbrewery.

“Bridgman’s been a great city for us. They’ve been very supportive,” said Joe Rudnick, co-owner of the production facility and taproom located at 4236 Lake Street.

By founding Tapistry, Rudnick and his partner Greg Korson joined what the Michigan Brewers Guild estimates to be a $133 million industry for this state. Bringing a piece of that industry to the local economy and supporting the local community are priorities for these partners.

“Bridgman’s a beautiful little town, so you can come down here and see what Bridgman’s about, if you haven’t already. The atmosphere in [the taproom] is welcoming. It obviously has an artful characteristic to it. We use just local artists — these are all their prints,” said Korson, pointing to the walls, “to help support them — so they can put up their wares and get exposure that way. So again, it’s part of that local community feel. That’s what we have to offer to people.”

“We use meats from Al, the butcher down the street,” Rudnick said, referring to Bridgman Premier Meat Market.

“Bit of Swiss makes our bread. So there’s a lot of local support in what we do.”

Rudnick and Korson are working hard to provide a fun atmosphere at Tapistry by offering nightly specials. For example, on Mondays they offer $2 Tier III beers, on Tuesdays there is Team Trivia Night and Thursday is both Mystery Beer Day and Brat Night.

“We always have weekly events,” Rudnick said. “We’re also trying to create some bigger events this winter...We’re

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Greg Korson and Joe Rudnick, Owners of Tapistry Brewing always trying to do creative things and make it fun for people. Our goal right now is getting locals out of the house. When it gets colder, when the weather’s not so great, people don’t want to be outside as much, and we’re trying to do anything and everything we can to get people out.”

One way Rudnick and Korson plan to accomplish that goal is by participating in the Bridgman Holiday Village Chili Cook-Off on Dec. 7. They will also be inviting the local community into their taproom for the presentation of

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the Chili Cook-Off awards at 7 p.m. The city’s celebration also includes gingerbread house building, a tree-lighting ceremony and a pet parade, among other activities. They are also participating in the Toys for Tots toy drive.

If southwest Michigan residents do accept Korson and Rudnick’s challenge to get out this winter and visit Tapistry, they will find 18 to 20 varieties of their craft beer on tap on any given day. The brewery also offers firkins, which are small casks of beer that have fermented naturally.

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In addition to their hand-crafted beers, Rudnick and Korson offer something more: education.

“It’s all about educating people.

That’s what the whole craft brew industry is all about,” Rudnick said.

“We’re doing a Brewing 101 class... and people can come in, and we talk about beer — how everything works…. It’s basically an educational thing, to get them in, get them excited about beer.”

Brewing 101 will take place on Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. Participation is free, but class size is limited, and those interested must sign up in advance.

“The plan is to certainly run another in the future,” Korson added.

To stay abreast of all that’s going on in the world of Tapistry beer, Rudnick and Korson recommend visiting their webpage at www. tapistrybrewing.com and clicking on the Facebook link there. They say there is also a “very cool” video of the brewers in action, made by assistant brewer Michael Ludwig, available at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FSOKGx4DEiY. “Our focus is beer. That’s 100 percent why we’re here,” Rudnick said.

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A remedy for the holidays Thanksgiving is behind us, and the crazy holiday season is in full swing. You probably stuffed yourself silly yesterday, and probably have about a week before your schedules are overcome with holiday parties and fetes galore.

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tical when checking the prices on Riedel crystal. Still, there really isn’t anyone in the world doing what they do. Riedel has been creating grape varietal specific glasses for nearly 50 years.

Members of the Austrian Riedel family, and their sales staff, travel the country constantly putting on tasting seminars to sell their prod-

uct. A recent event at Indianapolis’ Vine and Table Market provided convincing evidence the glass makes a bigger difference than most novice wine drinkers might think.

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participants poured each varietal into all three glasses then were led through a tasting. The difference on the nose and palate was striking.

“No one else out there does what we do which is create a glass specifically for a grape,” said Julio Ruiz, a Regional Sales Manager for Riedel. “Through workshops, more or less like the consumer experience of a tasting like this one tonight, we create a new glass.

“We actually go to a region, for example Mendoza (Argentina) which is traditionally a Malbec region, and with the experts and the winemakers we sit them down and do what we did tonight. We throw 20 different glasses in front of them and eliminate one glass at a time until there is one remaining glass. Everybody has to agree upon one glass and then that is the perfect Riedel crystal glass for Malbec.”

That example was timely because one of Riedel’s latest creations is a Malbec glass created in a partnership with the Argentinian label Graffina.

Riedel is not the only

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Howard Hewitt Grape Sense company in the world making different sized glasses, by any means. But they take it to levels far beyond anyone else in the business. The company history is fascinating with the birth of Johann Christoph Riedel in 1678 and the family’s start with luxury glass goods.

Maximilian Riedel is the 11th generation to head the company business in Kufstein, Austria.

Riedel crystal makes an outstanding wedding gift, holiday gift, or a special treat for your wine cabinet. Let’s be honest here – it’s not cheap. Most Riedel glasses

start with the factory made crystal from Germany which runs in the $20-$30 a glass range. The hand-blown wine glasses from the historic Austrian plant produces stunning stemware that costs up to $159 a glass.

No one is going to rush out and purchases pairs of the 30-40 different wine glasses. Ruiz offered some advice for getting started.

“Depending on the grape you drink the most, that is the glass I would recommend,” he said. “For example, you drink Cabernet or Pinot Noir buy a Cab or Pinot glass. Don’t forget your spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever but that’s where you start. Then as your palate progresses, you move on to the next one.”

Howard’s Pick: I’ve never recommended anyone go buy Riedel crystal and that’s not the point of this column. I think a nice smaller glass for whites and bigbowled glass for reds is a good place to start for most wine drinkers. For those more serious about their wine, the crystal wine glasses are worth the investment.

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mation: (269) 983-2543 or www.curiouskidsmuseum. org12:00-4:00 p.m.

Small Business Saturday in downtown Niles, MI. Local stores will be offering speWinter Insects…Where Do cial deals.

They Go? Family Program.

Curious Kids’ Discovery Nov. 29 Zone, 333 Broad Street in St. Joseph, MI in the Silver Small Business Saturday in Beach Center. For more downtown Dowagiac, MI. “Magic Up Close.” Four information: (269) 982-8500 Local stores will be offerMagicians will rotate or www.curiouskidsmuse- ing special deals. around to 4 different um.org. 12:00-4:00 p.m. audience groups at The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Drive, Three The Nobodies of Comedy Oaks, 8 p.m. Tickets are Book signing at The at Lake Michigan College’s $30. For info & tickets, Christmas Tree, with Carls Mendel Center. 2 hours of call (269) 756-3879, or Sams II and Jean Stoick, stand-up comedy from the visit the website at www. authors of Stranger in the best unknown comedians acorntheater.com.

Woods. 2675 Mizpah Park from across the country, Road, Benton Harbor, MI. For including Matt Bergman, more information, call (269) Tony Deyo, Chris Doucette, 849-3360. 12:30- 4:30 p.m. and Andy Pitz. Tickets are Comedians Frank Roche $25, $28, and $32. For and Erik Monical. Sky tickets, call (269) 927-1221 Lounge, Mishawaka, Ind. or visit www.lmcmainDoors open at 7; show is Rust Belt Songwriters II. stage.org. 8 p.m. from 8 to 9:30 p.m. For Box Factory for the Arts. more information, call Tickets are $10, $8 stuJayson Smith (574) 257- dents & seniors, children 0759 or visit www.skymi- 12 and under are free. 7:30 The Niles Service League chiana.com. p.m. For more info, visit is hosting a holiday bazaar www.boxfactoryforthearts. at the Bell Building, 305 Nov. 30 org/calendar/#rustbelt Sycamore Street in Niles from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vendors can sell their products and Santa will be Animals Alive. Family Live reindeer and photo available for pictures.

Program. Live animals ops at The Silver Beach Contact Becky Kessler at with “Wild Tracks/Tom Carousel. 333 Broad St., (269) 591-1246, beckyk@ Moore.” Curious Kids’ St. Joseph, Mich. 12-4 p.m. sbfu.org or beckMuseum, 415 Lake Blvd., Visit www.silverbeachcar- ykessler20@gmail.com for St. Joseph. For more infor- ousel.com for more info. more info.

33rd Annual Decatur Holiday Arts & Craft Show, Decatur Senior High School, 110 Cedar St, Decatur, MI. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

708.305.0958 with ques- adults. Call (574) 631-8760 tions. 2:00 pm to sign up. Wednesdays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Gingerbread for Grown Ups with Chef Tim. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and adult eggnog or hot cider while making a gingerbread house. You may enter in in our Gingerbread Contest!

The Buchanan Art Center $37 (Members $30). will hold a White Saturday Register by November 29.

Celebration, Featuring Gift 1:30–3:30 pm Shop Sale, Raku WalkThrough, and Santa Silent Dec. 4 Auction. 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Bonnie Koloc, The Acorn Theater, 107 Generations Drive, Three Oaks, 8 p.m.

Tickets are $25. For info & tickets, call (269) 7563879, or visit www.acorntheater.com.

Dec. 1

Fernwood Photography Club. All ages and experience levels. One-hour indoor meeting with a onehour (or longer) outdoor photo shoot. No charge for club participation, but Fernwood membership or admission fee is required.

Contact Bob Denny, at b o b d e n n y. f e r n w o o d @ gmail.com, or

Bus Trip to Chicago Botanic Garden and Wonderland Express with Fernwood Botanical Garden. Watch miniature trains and see wreaths hand made by Chicago Botanic Garden staff, and stunning horticulture in the greenhouses. A display of 750,000 LED lights welcomes you to the exhibition. Includes transportation and admission to the garden and Wonderland Express. Lunch is on your own at the Garden Café. Register by Dec. 1. $90 (Members $72) 8 a.m. 6 p.m.

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Beer education with Head brewer Nate Peck. Free of charge. Tapistry Brewing, 4236 Lake St., Bridgman, MI. Space is limited. Sign up by calling (269) 266-7349.

Volunteer opportunities for helping to clean up Sarett Nature Center, 2300 Benton Center Rd., Benton Harbor, Mich. Cleaning supplies & lunch provided.

Call (269) 927-4832 if you plan to attend.

Dec. 5-8

The Nunsense Christmas musical, “Nuncrackers.”

Barn Swallow Theatre, 22334 U.S. 12, East of Edwardsburg. Reservations strongly encouraged. Call Carol at (269) 445-2511.

Dec. 5, 6 & 7 at 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 8 at 2:00 p.m.

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Learn to ice skate at the University of Notre Dame’s Compton Family Ice Arena. Gingerbread House Lessons for children and Competition in Downtown

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South Bend. Deadline for entry into the competition is Dec. 2nd. Registration is free and forms are available at: The DTSB office at: 217 South Michigan St, www. downtownfortheholidays. com/gingerbread-village. htm. Gingerbread village will be on display for public viewing in the lobby of the former College Football Hall of Fame as part of Santa’s Workshop from December 6th to December 24th. Free cookie decorating, Santa and other activities and crafts for children.

Dec. 6-7

Madrigal Feast, Lake Michigan College Fine Arts Program, Mendel Center, Room F-117. Featuring royal banquet fare, music and entertainment. Tickets are $30 and can purchased through the LMC Box Office at (269) 927-1221 and at the door one hour prior to the event. 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 6

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Three Oaks, 8 p.m. Tickets are $30. For info & tickets, call (269) 756-3879, or visit the website at www. Universal Xpression at Czar’s 505, 505 Pleasant acorntheater.com. 8 p.m.

St., St. Joseph. Doors 8 p.m. Showtime 10 p.m.

(Every first Friday of the Comedians Al Jackson and month, Czar’s 505 presents Brian Aldridge. Sky Lounge, Reggae bands for “Jamaica Mishawaka, IN. Doors open Me Crazy.) (269) 271-5219 at 7; show is from 8 to 9:30 p.m. For more information, call Jayson Smith (574) 2570759 or visit www.skymi- Dowagiac Christmas chiana.com Parade, Beckwith Park, Dowagiac.

100-unit Candle-light Christmas Parade. 7 p.m. (Street ven“Around the World for the dors will be selling hot Holidays.” Musicians for chocolate and treats at Michiana (MFM) chamber starting at 6 p.m.) music series at The Music Village’s First Fridays (Monthly Open House).

Jamming, swing dancing St. Joseph Today Light Up and holiday treats. 108 N the Bluff, at 6:30 p.m.

Main St, South Bend, IN. Tree-lighting, followed by 5:30-9 p.m. Call (574) 245- Live Mannequins on State 7664 for more information. St., St. Joseph. For more information, call (269) 985-1111 or visit www. stjoetoday.com “Date Night in the Clay Studio” takes place at the Dec. 7 South Bend Museum of Art, 120 St. Joseph Street, South Bend from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call (574) 235-9102 Animal Aid Open House. for more information and to Shopping, silent auction,

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Bridgman Holiday Village Celebration. Chili Cookoff, toy drive, gingerbread house building. Downtown Bridgman. Tree-Lighting at 6 p.m. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Annual Holiday Cookie Walk. Trinity Episcopal Church. 9 South 4th St. Coffee by Brew Ha Ha and homemade cookies, candies, cakes and breads. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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