A cheery “Hello! Welcome!” rings out as TJ and I step inside The Sweet Shop, a downtown Cadillac landmark for more than 50 years. While…
Buster Keaton, a creative giant in the history of motion pictures, has ties to Michigan—something celebrated every October at a gathering in Muskegon near the honoree’s…
The buzz about ArtPrize, the “radically open international art competition” that consumes Grand Rapids each autumn, is justified. I’ve read about it, prowled the ArtPrize…
Although we’ve never attended it, I had a dream about being in the thick of things at the annual Outhouse Classic in the Upper Peninsula town of…
Beer is big in Michigan. Current count is 250 small, craft brewers across the state. It’s a movement more than worthy of a celebration or…
As someone who’s had a few memorable bouts of seasickness I’d rather forget, I can’t explain why I like to attend the Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat…
“Oz The Great and Powerful,” the 2013 Disney movie that is a prequel to the 1939 classic “Wizard of Oz,” was mostly made in Michigan by director…
Vernors, Detroit’s first and longest-running claim to soda pop fame, has been pleasing palates for 150 years. Perhaps its longevity has something to do with…
Despite the doom and gloom about the environment, we made it to another Earth Day! Since 1970, April 22 has been designated a time to protest…
The Dutch Dancers of Holland’s Tulip Time Festival, May 7-14, have been kicking up their wooden-shoe-clad heels at the annual event in Michigan’s Little Netherlands…
