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sawyer—with its lasers, plasma cutters, and water jetcutters,

Liberty steel may seem like a strange place to find art being created, but that is exactly what is happening at the st. Joseph fabricating plant that andy Gantenbein first opened in 1998.

The current project, a 20-foot-tall steel sculpture entitled “Psyche” by artist Harry Borgman, is a collab-oration between Gantenbein, Borgman and the Harbor Country Public arts Initiative (HCPaI), which commissioned the piece.

“Psyche” has been in the works for about a year, according to artist and board member rick Ott, and the collaboration has been an enjoyable experi-ence for all those involved.

“we’re probably about a year into this project now, between selecting it and going out and getting some quotes from different places,” Ott said. “andy’s desire is to be involved in the arts, which is just great. when you take a steel fabricator, like he is, with an interest in the arts, too, it’s just really nice to have that kind of support. we’ve had a ball with it.”

Ott and other members of the board hope that the sculp-ture will be placed in its des-ignated spot—at the intersec-tion of sawyer road and red arrow Highway—in con-junction with art attack.

“we’d like to do it april 25 or 26,” said board mem-ber Cathi Teas-rogers. “That’s art attack week-end in Harbor Country, so we’re thinking of doing it that saturday afternoon. we’d have the dedication,

have some wine, and let everybody come see it.”

while the sculpture is still in the process of being constructed, Teas-rogers and others are confident that the piece will be com-pleted by then.

“It looks like it will be done by then,” Teas-rogers said. “My understanding is that, once it is done, they’re going to take it outside and let it patina a little bit before they take it down to sawyer and install it.”

That patina should start the sculpture on its way to its changing from the shiny steel it is now to a striking rust-orange color

“It’ll start off really shiny because it will just be the raw metal, and then they’ll do a sandblast on it to kind of texture the metal a little bit, and then it will rust more uniformly,” Ott explained. “It’s Cor-Ten steel, so it’ll form this rust coat on it, and then it’ll seal itself right off.”

Because they are using Cor-Ten, or “weathering steel,” the sculpture should be virtually maintenance-free.

“we’re trying to put art

out there that we don’t have to keep re-doing,” Ott said. “we’d like to put a perma-nent piece out there, and that is what we’re doing with this. This will be our second permanent piece.”

HCPaI’s first perma-nent piece is “Dewey,” a painted aluminum sculp-ture of a whimsical unicy-clist created by robert Cordisco and located out-side of the New Buffalo Public Library.

HCPaI is also behind the placement of many other pieces of public art at locations throughout south-ern Berrien County, includ-ing several that have been placed in the Three Oaks sculpture Garden.

That, in fact, is the loca-tion of another piece of public art that was fabri-cated at Liberty steel, a hyperscale kaleidoscope, designed by william anderson.

“I got into the art indus-try four years ago,” Gantenbein explained. “I’ve been working with an artist, william anderson, and I sponsored him to do some art, and the art went to art

Prize in Grand rapids. as a result, I did a second project with william anderson, a hyperscale kaleidoscope, which is in Three Oaks.”

Those two pieces put Gantenbein on the HCPaI’s radar, and they contacted him when it was time to find a fabricator for Borgman’s “Psyche.”

“as a result of those two pieces, the Harbor Country Public arts Initiative got a hold of me and said, ‘Hey, we have a job we want you to do as contract work.’ so, this is the first contracted art job that I’m being paid to do,” Gantenbein said. “The only industry that I hadn’t diversified into was the arts, so I went after that, and it’s been a lot of fun!”

For his part, Borgman has also enjoyed the pro-cess of seeing his piece go from sketch to maquette, or model, to 20-foot-tall sculpture.

“I enjoy what I do. It’s a lot of fun,” Borgman said. “The real creation of it comes with the model, and the large piece is just a repro-duction of the model. so, all of the creating goes into the

original. I probably worked on it for about a month.”

at 85 years old, Borgman has had a long, varied and successful career in the arts.

“He’s a very prolific art-ist. He used to work for GM. years ago, in the 1960s, they would do a lot of ads that were line drawings, and that was Harry Borgman,” Ott said. “He’s written a lot of books that are used in class-rooms on graphic arts. and then, he is a very prolific painter. He was just featured on ‘The Good wife’ last sea-son. He’s a pretty neat guy.”

The HCPaI chose

“Psyche” from a number of different designs that Borgman had completed.

“Harry just has tons of scale models, so we went through lots of his pieces and studied them because some of these things are easier to fabricate than others,” Ott said. “This one here is really interesting because it chang-es as you walk around it. when you see this piece, the thing changes constant-ly. It’s very simple, but it looks more sophisticated, really, just because of the way it’s made. It’s going to be a beautiful piece.”

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Left: Artist Harry Borgman and metal fabricator Andy Gantenbein pose with maquettes of the sculpture, “Psyche.”

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Lights, camera, action! Film festival returnsBy JILL McCAUGHAN

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sOuTH BeND—There is no question that american’s love affair

with motion pictures is alive and well. Nearly 250 million movie tickets have been sold so far this year, according to By the Numbers, a company that collects data on the film industry.

However, as Tim richardson notes, many of those movie-goers never take advantage of local film festivals where they could see a wide variety of movies that will never make it to the big cinema chains.

“some people think that a film festival is not for them — even though they love to go see movies,” said richardson. “But, you don’t get the chance to see these kinds of films in the-aters.”

richardson, who teach-es theater at Indiana university south Bend (IusB), has been involved with the river Bend Film Festival for many years. It will be returning to south Bend for its sixth year, beginning on april 3 and running through april 5.

“This is our thirteenth year of running the festival, but it is our sixth year as ‘river Bend.’ It began on the campus of IusB, but we moved it off campus, and we wanted to change the name to reflect that,” richardson explained. “Plus, it’s not just about south Bend. It’s a festival for the entire region.”

richardson explained that there are many film-makers in this region, but there are not many oppor-tunities for them to show their work to audiences.

“Films are made by filmmakers, but they need an audience,” richardson said. “you can see films you’re not going to see anywhere else. you can also meet the filmmakers and ask them questions and learn more about film-making.”

while many of the films that will be shown have a connection to the region around south Bend, film-makers from all over are welcome to enter their films in the various compe-titions at river Bend.

“we wanted to create a venue for people to show the films they were mak-ing,” richardson said. “we highlight local films, but

we also leave it open to people from outside the area. It’s a great opportuni-ty to mix that altogether.”

One of the high points of the festival will be the Indiana premier of “sand Castles,” a film written by and starring Goshen native Jordon Hodges. That will take place at 7:30 p.m. on april 3 at showplace 16. Hollywood actor Clint Howard, well-known for roles in more than 200 films, including “apollo 13” and “star Trek” will be present at a Q&a session along with Hodges.

“Hodges was able to get Clint Howard to play a role in the film. The screening has provided us with a great opportunity to bring Clint out,” richardson said. “we hope to bring out a well-known actor or director every year, and this is really going to be

special.”Film-lovers who appre-

ciate different styles of film-making will have the opportunity to view a vari-ety of genres that are rarely shown in commercial cine-mas.

“we’ll show a number of documentary films on saturday,” richardson said. “we’ll have a docu-mentary called ‘without Charity.’ That’s a local story. Last year we had a documentary about the Kankakee river that won various awards.”

Other documentaries include a pair of films that present different perspec-tives on 9/11.

“we’ll have a post-9/11 documentary and a movie ‘american arab,’ paired together as very different viewpoints on that topic,” richardson said.

Besides screening nearly

40 independent films, the film festival will also include a variety of panel discus-sions, Q&a sessions, and workshops. IusB New Media students will also have a display of video art, and Mid america Filmmakers is hosting movie swag give-aways to attendees. Venues include showplace 16, the lower level of south Bend’s Century Center and the state Theater.

a full schedule of events can be found at www.river-bendfilmfest.org. Tickets

can also be purchased there, including weekend-long passes. The festival’s Facebook and Twitter pages are also places where updates can be obtained. They can be easily accessed via links on the festival’s website.

“People don’t often get a chance to see some of these great films,” said richardson, hoping that film-lovers from around the region will make the festival a part of their plans for the weekend.

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Upper: Jordon Hodges’ “Sand Castles” will make its Indiana debut at the River Bend Film Festival. Lower: Guests check out the camera display at last year’s River Bend Film Festival.

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“Prairies need fire to propagate and regenerate. It puts nitrogen back in the ground. It’s very beneficial for the prairie,” Ferris explained. “It actually happens in nature—with lightening strikes and things like that.”

By burning only half of the land, Fernwood pro-vides visitors with a clear view of how beneficial the

process can be for the land.“If you come back in the

summer, you’ll see that the side we burned is more lush than the one we didn’t burn. It blackens the ground, and that enhances the amount of sun that the ground soaks up.” Ferris said. “Burning the prairie also helps to keep down on the invasive plants that spring up there.”

Fernwood’s prairie is known as “tall-grass prairie.”

“some of the grasses get to be 8 feet tall,” Ferris said. “we have Turkey grass, Indian grass, and switch grass, and lots of really cool wildflowers that grow there.”

while a variety of birds and other animals make their homes among Fernwood’s long prairie grasses, Ferris

explained that they will not be in any danger during the burn.

“usually, there’s no issue with the wildlife. we burn it now because the birds have not begun nesting yet. The larger animals can see us, and they get out of the way,” Ferris said. “It usually burns for about an hour, but some-times it can go faster, so it just burns right over the turtles that bury themselves in the mud.”

Ferris suggested that par-ents bring their children to watch the annual spectacle.

“a lot of people like to come and watch it. It’s a con-trolled burn, and kids love to come and see the fire trucks.”

while observers of Fernwood’s annual prairie burn are welcome to stay and take advantage of the many other features of the botani-cal garden located at 13988 range Line rd., Ferris noted that no admission fee will be charged if folks only come to watch the burning.

“There is no admission fee if you come just to watch the burn,” Ferris said. “Just come down the service road and park, and you can watch safely from there.”

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NILes—This coming weekend, area resi-dents will have the

opportunity to witness Fernwood Botanical Garden’s annual spring prairie burn. The event pro-vides a great opportunity to get out in the springtime and to witness a special conservation event at the same time.

The fire department will be on-hand for the con-trolled burning of 2.5 acres of prairie land at Fernwood. It is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. on March 29, but as always, it could be rescheduled due to unfa-vorable weather conditions.

“People should call (269) 695-6491 in the morning to make sure it will be happening,” noted Jan Ferris, special projects manager at Fernwood. “wind or wet weather will

cause it to be rescheduled.”Fernwood’s reconstruct-

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a couple years ago a fellow vegan foodie shared with me a recipe for raw turtle truffles. I was totally impressed by how simple it was to convey this classic confection with raw, natu-ral, healthy ingredients that I started expanding on the recipe and using it to build and create new delectables.

raw desserts are so excit-ing to me because the reci-pes use really clean and simple ingredients such as cashews, pine nuts, hazel nuts, raisins, dates, citrus juice, maple syrup, raw cacao, dried coconut, apri-

cots, and other dried fruit, nut, or seed combinations.

I once convinced myself that a raw cheesecake made of cashews, dates, flax, coco-nut, and orange juice was basically the same thing as eating trail mix. I then used this justification to eat half of the pie. It wasn’t hard to do.

you get the idea.using dried fruits and

citrus juice to sweeten, and nuts for richness, really does create a much healthi-er way to indulge and sat-isfy our sweet cravings.

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period were caramel coco-nut balls. These are scrump-tious and easy to just keep popping in your mouth. They are perfect for those of us with a sweet tooth who have to watch sugar intake because they are sweetened solely with dates.

I made them a couple weeks ago for a friend who has a major sweet tooth, but was sick and trying to avoid sugar. They were gone in moments.

Try serving these at a party or just to your loving friends and family. They turn out really pretty, so you could even wrap them up as a gift.

Kat Barry, a St. Joseph, Michigan native, is owner 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 vid-eos. She is also a certified yoga instructor. Kat cur-rently resides in Chicago, and in her free time she enjoys practicing yoga, sampling local spirits, lis-tening to live music, and getting outdoors. Follow @katshotcakes on twitter. Kat can be reached via email at: [email protected].

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GraNGer—Just as with any other activi-ty, restaurant patrons

can get into a rut, and it may seem like the only option is the “same old, same old.”

To help them break out of that habit and try some-thing new, the restaurants in Granger have joined togeth-er with epicureans unite to present Granger restaurant week, which features nine days of special offers at 17 different eateries as well as special promotions at a number of other food-relat-ed businesses.

“we’re trying to attract people and educate people on the fine dining and other restaurant options available in the Granger area. we have everything from sports bars to upscale dining,” said Michele scherpenberg, who founded epicureans unite in 2010. “we have Japanese, barbeque, and family res-taurants.

we really have a lot of options for our community.”

From March 28 through april 5, many of Granger’s

restaurants will be offering specially-priced menu options so as to entice res-taurant patrons to try their fare. Most of the restaurant specials will follow a $15/$30 pricing structure.

Patrons can order either a multi-course dinner or two meals for the special price of $30. Breakfast, lunch and dinner menus will be available at some of the restaurants at $15 for two complete meals. In addition, restaurants will provide drink specials and the opportunity to learn more about Granger restaurant week sponsors, including the Granger Business association.

“we’re very thankful for our sponsor, the Granger Business association,” scherpenberg said. “They’re an intricate part of our com-munity, and they’ve been very helpful in setting up the event this year.”

Participating restaurants include uptown Kitchen, soho Japanese Bistro, Tony sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza, Villa Macri ristorante, The eatery reads & Things, ruth’s Chris steakhouse, Temper Grille, BHG Chinese Bistro, Copper

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Details on the various specials can be found by visiting www.grangerres-taurantweek.com. updates are also available on Twitter and Facebook. In addition, epicureans unite has developed Michiana’s first dining app for both android and iphones, and it can be used to look up restaurant locations.

Beyond the 17 restau-rants, epicureans unite has invited several other culi-nary establishments to take part in the nine-day event.

“another thing were doing that’s different from all of the other restaurant weeks is that we have extra special deals that are listed on the website. There are a lot of other food and drink businesses

in Granger as well, and we have five of them that are participating,” scherpen-berg said.

For example, Bare Hands Brewery will be brewing an exclusive beer that will only be available during those nine days. also, Down to earth, a health food store, will be offering discounts, and The wine Gallery at Villa Macri is also doing a special.

“I’d like for Granger to eventually become a culi-nary destination—from breweries to wine shops to olive oil shops and candy stores like wakarusa,” scherpenberg said.

scherpenberg and the owners of the various res-taurants are hoping that visitors from around the region will visit Granger and discover what all of them have known for some time: that’s there’s a lot of great food choices in Granger.

“I love Granger!” scherpenberg said. “I love Granger food!”

Submitted photo/ MICHELE SCHERPENBERGDishes from both Uptown and BHG Chinese Bistro will be featured on their menus for Granger Restaurant Week.

sOuTH BeND — The Potawatomi Zoo officially opens for the season at 10 a.m. on March 28. Visitors can experience over 400 species on 23 acres, includ-ing many rare and endan-gered species.

In the 2014 season staff will continue their daily keeper talks where guests can interact with the keep-ers who take care of our beloved animals. The Potawatomi Zoo also plans to host more enrichment Making Days and enrich-ment demonstrations

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Day weekend, guests can stroll through our full-immersion butterfly exhib-it for the sixth season and visit our revamped Zoo Farm area complete with goats, alpacas and Bantam chickens.

Guests will notice changes occurring through-out the Zoo to include train and butterfly ticket sales being available at the admissions gate and in our gift shop, giving guests more options for purchas-

ing attraction tickets. Guests will also experi-

ence a more streamlined front entrance operation. subtle exhibit and infra-structure changes are occurring throughout the zoo as leaders prepare for our 2014 association of Zoos and aquariums accreditation, including a revamp of our front pond stage area and new addi-tions to our Zoo Farm.

Potawatomi Zoo hours

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Fortunately for young Kent, Kenny Bowers, a family friend, would take him fishing on the banks of the st. Joseph river.

“He’d come pick me up and take me bass fishing all the time. He didn’t have to do that. He just wanted a fishing partner, and here I was, just a little kid, but I became pretty good at it,” Kent said. “I had a knack for this stuff. He instilled that in me, but I also think it’s just born in you.”

Kent’s imagination was also captivated by the idea of living the outdoor life in

alaska. so, when Kent’s mother remarried and moved the family to that state, it was a dream come true for him.

“Here in Niles, as a very young man, I remember going to ring Lardner Junior High school, and I would go through all of the fur, fish and game maga-zines in the library. I read them, and I’d read the arti-cles on alaska and the out-doors,” Kent said.

“when my mother came home and said we were moving to alaska, it was like a dream,” Kent said. “I never thought in a million years that I could go to alaska.”

since then, Kent has made the most of that opportunity, learning the land, hunting big game in that state and building a customized tour business.

“I got the chance to live the dream, and I excelled. I was the adventurous type, pretty much a gypsy,” Kent said. “If you can make a

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“From start to finish, the whole ordeal lasted from about 2005 to 2009,” Kent said. “It all boiled down to, basically, was it a resi-dent or a non-resident tag. you’re dealing with the government. They can do whatever they want, and they do.”

Due to a dispute over the type of hunting license he should be using in alaska, Kent found him-self embroiled in court cases in both the united states and New Zealand. The fight cost him thou-sands of dollars as well as his marriage.

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His website describes it as “One man’s true story of political corruption in alaska and New Zealand, revealing why he was

chased across the globe by a u.s. special agent and jailed in a for-eign country.”

“It’s a story of hope in the end. The message is, when you’re at the end of you’re rope, that’s not the end,” Kent explained.

“It took me years to get over that experience, to calm down and to forgive everybody. That’s why I waited awhile before I wrote it,” Kent said. “It was just a story I had to tell. By no means am I an author, but I had to get it out. It was like therapy for me. I’m pretty proud of it.”

Now that the troubles and tra-vails detailed in the book are behind him, Kent continues to guide tours to both alaska and New Zealand, under the aegises of alaskan Quest and New Zealand Quest.

“My life is 100-fold better than it was before,” Kent said. “I had to go through that to get where I am now.”

Now, Kent finds purpose in his life by sharing the natural wonders of those locations with others through the customized tours that he operates in the sum-mer months. Kent’s clients can choose from a wide variety of tours, from whale and polar bear watching, to guided hunting trips for moose and other big game, to

glacier tours.“The biggest things for me

now are my outdoor businesses, especially alaska. That’s my love,” Kent said. “and with that, I’ve been blessed ten-fold. I have more tours set up for this coming year than I’ve ever had in my life.”

Kent now spends his winters on the lecture circuit, speaking to various groups about his experi-ences, his travels and his rela-tionship with God. Most recently, Kent was invited to speak at a wild Game Dinner at Howardsville Gospel Chapel.

“His story of adventure and the outdoors connected with out-doorsmen in attendance,” said Pastor sheldon Combs. “His sharing of the adversity in his life connected with others on the level of general trials in life, mar-riage, and the strong hand God uses to bring us back to Him.”

Copies of Kent’s book are available at www.hardwayback.com as well as at amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and many Martin’s supermarkets, just to name a few locations. People interested in booking a tour with Kent can learn more about his services on the internet at www.alaskanquest.com and www.nzquest.com.

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Featherbone Factory building.although the details of all of the activi-

ties planned at nearby businesses and

organizations around Three Oaks are too numerous to recount, one highlight will be an opportunity to tour the historic warren Featherbone Factory and learn about how turkey quills were turned into a clothing accessory known as “Featherbone.” Many of the other participating locations are included on the register of National Historic Places.

More details about the event can be obtained on the region of Three Oaks Museum page on Facebook or by contact-ing Three Oaks Village Manager adam umbrasas by phone at (269) 756-9221 or by email at [email protected].

while the museum will open on History Day, its regular season will run from May through October, with hours being 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays and saturdays and from 2 to 4 p.m. on sundays. However, groups that would like to visit the museum can call (269) 336-9557 to schedule off-season tours.

according to Jackson, many of the artifacts housed in the museum were orig-inally collected as a part of the warren-Chamberlin Memorial Museum. Disbanded in 1952, the 80,000 artifacts in the collection were donated to Michigan state university.

Now, many of those artifacts have returned to Three Oaks under an agree-ment with the university. some of those are permanently owned by the museum, whereas others are on loan for a year at a time. One such loaned item is a unique, hand-made steam locomotive.

Therefore, visitors can view displays of clothing made with Featherbone, historic toys, farm implements, Civil war artifacts, and several areas furnished with historical furniture and appliances.

although the focus of the museum is the Three Oaks region, a great deal can be learned about the history of the Midwest and of the country for their collections as well. april 5 will be a perfect day to become acquainted with those collections.

“we’re looking forward to History Day,” Jackson said. “In fact, we’re just excited about this whole summer. It’s going to be great.”

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THree OaKs—If you’ve ever won-dered about the history of Three Oaks, april 5 is the day for you to

get your questions answered. On that day, the region of Three Oaks

Museum will be hosting their second annual History Day from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., complete with a variety of activities. Maps for an interactive walking tour of the town’s historic locations will also be available. In fact, 20 other locations around the town are participating in the event by hosting their own historically oriented events.

In addition, robert C. Myers, author of a new historical account of Three Oaks and the curator of the Berrien County Historical association’s History Center at Courthouse square in Berrien springs, will be in attendance to sell and sign cop-ies of his new book.

“Three Oaks is a great town, a town with a fascinating history,” said Myers. “‘Greetings from Three Oaks’ is actually the fifth book in a series that we’ve done. we’ve done others on Berrien springs, Buchanan, st. Joseph and Benton Harbor.”

The book, which took Myers about a year and a half to complete, includes both a written history as well as hundreds of photographs. In fact, it is the first general history of the town to be published in 75 years.

“we’ve been able to include photo-graphs from the library, the museum, from our own collection, and from private resi-dents who let us borrow their photo-graphs,” Myers said. “It was just a fun town to do a history on.”

“we are very excited about that book,” said Judy Jackson, vice president of muse-um board and a member of a family whose roots in Three Oaks go back many genera-tions.

In addition to the book signing, mem-bers of the museum’s board of directors have a variety of demonstrations and pro-grams planned. For example, Pastor ron ahrens will be on hand to explain lace-making. Jackson will demonstrate turn-of-the-century food preservation techniques. The american Legion will also be present to discuss the military service history of Three Oaks’ residents.

event-goers will also have an oppor-tunity to enter a drawing for prizes pro-vided by Three Oaks businesses. The drawings will be held at the region of

Three Oaks Museum at 4:30 p.m. weather permitting, free horse and carriage rides will also be available from the museum. although the address is 5 Featherbone ave., the building is actually located in a parking lot at the end of the old

Day focused on Three Oaks' historic past

Leader photos/JILL McCAUGHANThe museum has an exhibit of old-fashioned farm implements, includ-ing a corn shucker that belonged to Grover Gridley. BELOW: The Region of Three Oaks Museum is run entirely by volunteers, including Roger Barksdale, Judy Jackson, Roy Brown and Teddie Jelenik.

See page 12 for more photos from the Region of Three Oaks Museum.


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i Narcotics anonymous meetings are held 8- 9:30 p.m. each Tuesday, Thurs-day and saturday at st. Paul’s episcopal Church, 306 Courtland st., Dowagi-ac. Narcotics anonymous is a self-help group for ad-dicts seeking recovery and for people who think they may have a drug problem. Dowagiac meetings are held in a closed format.

March 27- April 16

Inspiring Future artists (Middle and High school show) in all galleries. re-ception is March 27 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. with awards

presented at 6:30 p.m. Box Factory for the arts, 1101 Broad st., st. Joseph, MI. For more info, visit www.boxfactoryforthearts.org.

March 28

The internationally acclaimed Bruce Katz Band will play at The Livery, 190 5th st., Ben-ton Harbor, Mich., at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.

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i Learn to Make a solar Heat Collector. New Buffalo High school’s leading en-virothon team, The Psionic Mushrooms, will share its knowledge for building op-erational solar heat collec-tors using aluminum cans in this special workshop. Visit www.psionicmush-rooms.wix.com/psionic-mushrooms to learn more about this team. register by Friday, March 28. $5 (Members Free). Fernwood Botanical Garden, 13988

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eryca Nelson returns to the Box Factory stage. Tickets are $10 general admission; $8 students and seniors; children 12 and under ad-mitted free). Box Factory for the arts, 1101 Broad st., st. Joseph, MI. For more info, visit www.boxfactory-forthearts.org. 7:30 p.m.

i Class on Photoshop Basics, LMC Bertrand Crossing Campus, room 111. Free. For more info, call (269) 695-1391 or visit www.lakemichigancollege.edu/ce. 9-11 a.m.

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Tim Dudley show (Trib-ute to elvis Presley) re-turns to The state Theater, 212 1/2 s. Michigan st., south Bend, IN. Tick-ets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/503192 or 1-800-838-3006 (Option 1) $10 adults, free for children 12 & under. 7-11 p.m.

iJule Zaroff, the Grocery store Herbalist, will speak at sarett Nature Center on March 29 at 1:30 p.m. The workshop also includes the creation of various natural remedies. The fee is $20. Pre-registration is required. Please call (269) 927-4832 to register.

March 29-31

Goshakes will host five performances of its first production of 2014, “Chemical Imbalance,” a rendition of shake-speare’s “a Midsummer Night’s Dream” at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on March 29 and 30, and 8 p.m. March 31. Tickets can be pur-chased at Better world Books in Mishawaka, or by calling (574) 534-1984.

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Join park staff and meet other local people who are interested in walking for fit-ness for a 6-week walking club. The group will meet to walk around the trails of st. Patrick’s County Park wednesdays at 2 p.m. Par-ticipation is $18/person.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING?iApril 3

The 6th annual river Bend Film Festival, a three-day event sponsored by Mid america Filmmakers, Down-town south Bend and wNIT, will kick off april 3 at 7:30 p.m. at showplace 16.

The acorn welcomes ameri-can Idol season 9 winner, Lee Dewyze, to its stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30, with first three rows (VIP seating) $40. www.leedewyzeofficial.com

auditions have been sched-uled for Barn swallow Theatre’s upcoming per-formances of “always...Patsy Cline” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and april 5th from 10:30 a.m. to noon. They will be held at the theatre located at 22334 u.s. 12, east of edwardsburg. The performances are sched-uled for June 12th through the 15th and rehearsals will start april 14th. For more information, contact the play Director Pam Boepple at 269-663-5012 or Carol at 269-445-2511.

i at 6:30 p.m., the Heritage Museum and Cultural Cen-ter will host the public pro-gram, “experiences of a soldier in the 102nd united states Colored Infantry,” presented by experienced Civil war reenactor, Mark Kelly. The program will de-tail the history of Michigan’s black soldiers during the war which divided our nation.

April 3-5

The 6th annual river Bend Film Festival will be held at three different venues in south Bend. The kick-off screening is Thursday, april 3 at 7:30 p.m.. – 11 p.m. at showplace 16, with the In-diana premiere of the Gos-hen-shot feature film “sand Castles,” a drama created by Goshen-native Jordon Hodges, who also stars in the film.

April 4

Knights of Columbus: Fa-mous Lenten Fish Fry. all you can eat. Carry-out avail-able. st. Pius X Parish, Fir rd., south of sr 23, Grang-er, IN. adults: $8, Kids (6-10): $4, under 6: free. Call (574) 271-7853 for more info. 4-7 p.m.

GFour Productions, win-ners of 54 Drama Desk and 44 Tony awards are bring-ing the international hit show Menopause The Mu-sical to Benton Harbor and will play Lake Michigan College’s Mainstage The-atre at The Mendel Center on april 8th for one per-formance. Tickets are cur-rently on sale, and can be purchased at the box office, www.lmcmainstage.org or by calling 269-927-1221.

sarett Nature Center’s an-nual spring stampede takes place on april 5. race packet-pick up and walk-in registration begin at 7:30 a.m. The Children’s 1-mile Fun run starts at 8:30 a.m. Full 5K run/walk takes off at 9 a.m. register online at www.sarett.com.

“The Day Carl sandburg Died” is the First Friday Film at the Box Factory for the arts at 7 p.m. There will be a $5 suggested do-nation collected at the door. The film is being shown as part of the Box Factory’s celebration of National Po-etry Month.

April 5

The ed Bagatini New swing Orchestra returns to the Box Factory for the arts stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available with PayPal at http://www.box-factoryforthearts.org/ or at the door for $10 general admission; $8 students and seniors; children 12 and under admitted free.

April 7

south Bend Civic Theatre will hold auditions for To Kill a Mockingbird, adapt-ed by Christopher sergel from Harper Lee’s beloved novel, Monday, april 7 and Tuesday, april 8 from 6 – 9 p.m. in the wilson Theatre at 403 N. Main street.

April 10

iwines of the Piedmont, wine appreciation course from ruth ryberg. Must be 21. Lake Michigan Col-lege, Napier ave. Campus, D-116 (Planetarium). Con-tact 1-800-252-1562 ext. 7502 or visit www.lake-michigancollege.edu/ce. $49. 6-7:30 p.m.

April 12

i10th annual LMC steven C. silcox spring Training 5K/10K run/walk. Lake Michigan College, Napier avenue Campus. Fee: $20 (before april 1) and $25 (after april 1 and on race day). registration at 7:45 a.m. at the flag pole plaza in front of the administra-tion Bldg. race begins at 9 a.m. registration forms available at south shore Health and racquet Club, yMCa in st. Joseph and Niles, and at www.lake-michigancollege.edu/race. For more info, contact an-drew Cowan at (269) 927-1000 ext. 5101 or [email protected].

The acorn Theater will host a special open mic night at 8 p.m. at no charge. Performers are encouraged to email [email protected] to reserve a slot.

Comedian wanda sykes will perform at Four winds New Buffalo’s silver Creek event Center. Tick-ets start at $35 and can be purchased through www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling at (800) 745-3000. 9 p.m.

atlantic steps at LMC Mendel Center. Tickets are $25, $28 & $32. Mendel Center Box Office, (269) 927-1221 or www.lmc-mainstage.org. 8 p.m.

More than 200 brews from 50 specialty breweries will be available to taste at the ultimate beer sampling event, Blue Chip Brew-fest, sponsored by Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & spa, Michigan City, Ind., on saturday, april 12 from 1:30 to 5 p.m.

The Parents without Part-ners dance will be from 7:30 p.m. to midnight at ZB Falcon’s Hall, located at the corner of western and sheridan in south Bend, Ind. admission is $7. For more information, call (574) 256-9326.

Niles elks Lodge is host-ing a benefit from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. to help with the

medical expenses of Diane smith, of Niles, who was recently diagnosed with stage II lymphoma. smith is a 7th grade girls basket-ball coach at Brandywine, mother of three, wife and soon-to-be grandmother. Tickets are $15 at the door and the event will include dinner, a cash bar and other fun features. For questions, contact Josh Hood at 574-315-6090.

Build a small table with the sarett Nature Center woodshop on april 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The project is appropriate for children ages 7 and up with an adult helper. The fee is $50. Pre-registration and prepayment are required. Please call (269) 927-4832 to register.

stringfever will return to the Lerner at 7:3 p.m. The four talented musicians have put together a truly original show featuring five and six stringed elec-tric violins, called violec-tras, a viola, and a cello.

April 13

Knights of Columbus all-you-Can-eat Pancake Breakfast. st. Pius X Par-ish, Fir rd., south of sr 23, Granger, IN. Immedi-ately following the 8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. mass in the auxiliary gym. adults: $6, Kids (6-10): $3, under 5: free. Call (574) 271-7853 for more info.

April 16

“Family Feud Live” will be at The Lerner Theatre, 410 s. Main st., elkhart, Ind. This fast-paced interactive stage show puts a live twist on america’s favorite fami-ly game show. all audience members have a chance to win hundreds of prizes at each. Call (574) 293-4469 or visit www.thelerner.com for tickets and more info.

i Join the elkhart County Parks and the Goshen wastewater Treatment Plant for a tour of their wet weather Detention Facility. The tour is open to anyone, ages 12 and up, who would have an interest in seeing and hearing about the ways this facility is designed to help keep untreated waste-water from entering our rivers and streams during rain events.

April 19

easter eggstravaganza, Downtown st. Joseph. Face painting, egg hunt, etc. For info, call (269) 985-1111 or visit www.stjoetoday.com. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Buchanan will host its an-nual easter egg Hunt at 11 a.m. Meet at the common downtown. Candy dona-tions can be dropped off in advance at redbud Insur-ance or the Chamber office.

May 9

Jack Hanna’s “Into the wild Live” at LMC Men-del Center. Tickets are $28, $32, $34 & $38. Mendel Center Box Office, (269) 927-1221 or www.lmc-mainstage.org. 7:30 p.m.

iThe Occupational Therapy assistant (aas) students at Brown Mackie College are celebrating OT Month by hosting an open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to showcase the Occupational Therapy profession; one that is expected to grow rapidly over the next several years.To learn more about this program, please visit http://www.brownmackie.edu/south-bend.aspx.

April 28

iTeenstock productions is preparing for its sum-mer performance of “Les Miserables.” Individuals entering grade seven (fall 2014) through age 20 can participate. auditions will be held at four southwest Michigan locations: Mon-day, april 28 at Coloma High school; Tuesday, april 29 at Brandywine High school; Monday, May 5 at Berrien springs High school; wednesday, May 7 at Lakeshore High school. all auditions begin at 5:30 pm. Callbacks (as needed) will be held on saturday, May 10 at 10 am at the Lake Michigan College Band room, Benton Harbor.

May 9-11

Barn swallow Theater hosts “Old Time radio show” di-rected by randi Pickley.

May 16

The Buchanan art Cen-ter is hosting a trip to the

Detroit Institute of arts (DIa). The one-day trip is open to anyone, but BaC and Fernwood members receive a discounted mem-ber rate. a royal excur-sion 29-passenger bus has been reserved, and the day begins at 7:45 a.m. and ends at approximately 9 p.m. when the bus returns to Buchanan. Trip prices: $76 BaC/Fernwood* member; $95 nonmem-ber. Includes bus, entrance ticket and driver tip. sign up in person at the Bu-chanan art Center, 117 w. Front st., Buchanan MI 49107 or by credit card by calling 269-697-4005.

May 16-18

Barn swallow Theater hosts “Old Time radio show” directed by randi Pickley.

June 12-15

Barn swallow Theater hosts “an evening with Original Playwrights” fea-turing local authors. Di-rected by Bev smith.

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