Tres Altman, founder of The Paper Stars, will perform his band’s new EP for the first time at Live at Ted’s on Saturday night. (Photo courtesy) WILMINGTON – A year of isolation due to the Covid-19 pandemic had local musician Tres Altman confined to his home and family, but producing his band The Paper Star’s … Read more
It’s time for Saturday Night Live’s 48th season, which has already been dubbed a transition or rebuilding year by the show’s creator and guru Lorne Michaels. Eight cast members left over the summer (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kyle Mooney in May, then Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd in September), … Read more
Last updated on October 2, 2022 1:37 pm The recently announced Cinema Classic sci-fi film series at the AppalachianTheater of the High Country screens its first film Tuesday October 4 at 7pm with amodern cult classic that celebrates several popular film genres. Little Shop of Horrors is a musical horror comedy directed by Frank Oz … Read more
Spanish football fans can address their regional focus when asked about their favorite players. The Catalans might say Andrés Iniesta or David Villa and the Madrileños Iker Casillas or Fernando Torres. However, players can tell you that their hero is not a former Spanish player or even a real person. He is the fictional 11-year-old … Read more
Photos courtesy of Ted Smith. Mosrite Melobar: Willie G. Moseley. Born in Northern California in 1920, Walt Smith took piano lessons and became a multi-instrument prodigy before developing a love for big band music and western swing. Pursuing his dream of becoming a cowboy musician, he focused on guitar and lap steel. Walt rebelled against … Read more
Linda Ronstadt’s second memoir, Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands, might as well have been a cookbook. Her friend CC Goldwater, whose grandfather was Arizona politician Barry Goldwater, suggested that a cookbook by the superstar musician could raise funds for research into Parkinson’s disease, which Ronstadt was diagnosed with in 2012. “I … Read more
David Joseph Trout was born on July 18, 1935 in Kokomo, Indiana at the Good Samaritan Hospital. He died on October 4, 2022 at his home in Lafayette, Indiana, at the age of 87. His mother was Catherine M. Dufendach Trout and his father was Dr. Carl J Trout. At the time, his parents lived … Read more
Dover Chamber welcomes new board members at annual meeting DOVER – The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual meeting at Sassy Biscuit Co. to welcome new board members and honor outgoing board members. The three new board members are Benjamin Lord of Chapel + Main, Benjamin Bradley of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Kevin … Read more
Dover Chamber welcomes new board members at annual meeting DOVER – The Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce recently held its annual meeting at Sassy Biscuit Co. to welcome new board members and honor outgoing board members. The three new board members are Benjamin Lord of Chapel + Main, Benjamin Bradley of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and Kevin … Read more
Editor’s Note: This story is part of the Southwest Michigan Second Wave In the Ground Battle Creek series. A program offered by the Battle Creek Music Center is not yet in its infancy, but its participants are. As has been the case for more than 10 years, this year the music center offers its Music … Read more