ESCANABA — Erica Mead dons a wig to look more like Dolly Parton in the Players de Noc musical “9 to 5”. It is based on the 1979 movie that Parton starred in. Mead said it can be difficult to play a part or person that people know.
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Controlling vibrant, fluid alcohol inks at Bonifas’ Senior Art class
ESCANABA — Among the variety of activities offered by artist Diane Krebs Mays during the Senior Art sessions at the Bonifas Arts Center, participants recently tried controlling alcohol inks. At the Feb. 28 Senior Art class, the group created placemats with alcohol ink.
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Pepin likes the Americana folk music of the Dead Pigeons
The Dead Pigeons are playing Friday night at the Bonifas Arts Center. It’s group from the Duluth, Minnesota, area that Wendy Pepin with Blues for Cause says plays Americana folk music. She first heard the lead singer in Marquette
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OSF Gladstone clinic to purchase artwork from Bonifas photo exhibit
ESCANABA — OSF St. Francis Hospital and Medical Group has agreed to purchase 15 to 20 photographs from the Bonifas Arts Center’s photo contest called “The Inspiring U.P.”
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Intricate scratchboard art reveals insights of Rapid River artist
RAPID RIVER — Tracy Anderson specializes in what is called scratchboard art. It’s the process of carving away the surface of a board to reveal the artwork rather than drawing on the board. Scratchboard is a white clay board with black ink applied to the surface.
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Toddler Art program at Bonifas uses art, music to educate
ESCANABA — Two-year-old Maxwell looks forward to Thursday mornings at the Bonifas Arts Center. He loves to use the paints while his little sister plays with clay.
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Players de Noc opens new season
ESCANABA – Players de Noc’s first production of the season opens Friday night at the Bonifas Arts Center theater. “Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” takes place 20 years after the death of the 1950s actor James Dean.
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Upper Peninsula artists set to take the world stage at Art Prize
Each year more and more art seekers come to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to comb its galleries, studios and arts and culture centers for paintings, sculpture, multimedia pieces, fiber art, photography and more.
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Toddler Art program helps develop literacy, motor skills
ESCANABA – Most of us learned our ABC’s by singing a song. Lorne Watson says art is a great way for young kids to learn and develop. He is leading a Toddler Art program at the Bonifas Arts Center on Thursdays
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Artwork of Upper Peninsula artists heads to Grand Rapid’s ArtPrize
ESCANABA – Artwork from 51 artists in the Upper Peninsula headed to Grand Rapids Tuesday for the annual ArtPrize competition. Twenty-eight of the artists will be featured at a special U.P. Pavilion at the DeVos Place convention center.
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