Since opening in 2005, Zehnder’s Splash Village in Frankenmuth has hosted tourists from across the state, country and around the world. The park currently features 25,000 square feet of indoor aquatic fun. Zehnder’s Splash Village water park in Michigan’s little Bavaria hopes expanding their current facilities will not only bring […]
Arts
Delta knows the way to Carnegie Hall
The Delta College Chorale and Chamber Choir will be going to New York City in June to perform at Carnegie Hall. A fundraiser was held at the Planetarium on March 28 and raised the money for the trip. The fundraiser featured a spaghetti dinner catered by Grampa Tony’s Restaurant and […]
Characters come alive at “Secret Garden” open auditions
Thespians and new actors alike transformed into different people during the open auditions for “The Secret Garden.” The two hours of flipping through scripts, going over lines and interacting with other characters were well spent for the group of actors and actresses who gathered in the lecture theater. They’ll all […]
Rock the record store
Two Bay City stores, the Electric Kitsch and Brewtopia, are participating in Record Store Day on Saturday, April 19. Record Store Day is an international event created to “celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1000 independently owned record stores in the US,” according to www.recordstoreday.com. […]
Master class gives singers tips
The Humanities Division Arts Festival exhibited a public master class on the final night of the festival, bringing the jazz choir from the University of Tennessee to Delta to sing with and constructively critique Delta’s jazz choir. Within the lecture theater, audience members observed the master class, hearing the descending […]
Local church invites young adults to gather
Young adults gathered to socialize and worship at Living Word Church on Friday, March 21. Young Adults Night has been happening monthly for about seven years. It is organized by the Young Adults Leadership Team at Living Word Church, 2010 Stark Road in Midland. Each Young Adults Night begins at […]
Tennessee singers wow Delta community
Delta hosted the University of Tennessee singers for a vocal jazz concert on March 18. The 11-man vocal group is led by music instructor and pianist Wendel Werner. The concert was accompanied by Werner on the piano and was lively with snapping and clapping worked into the arrangements. The audience […]
Frankenmuth bringin’ back the 80’s
The 1980’s return for the 10th time as “Bringin’ Back the 80s Festival” in Frankenmuth at Heritage Park raises money for the American Cancer Society and cancer related causes. Jeanna Rogner, president of the 80’s festival, began the event 10 years ago when her mother, Jill Ann Zehnder, passed away […]
Red Eye Caffe brewing the good stuff for decades
The Red Eye Caffe in Saginaw has been catering to the coffee crowd on North Hamilton Street for over 20 years. It was opened in 1993 by Bret Cousineau and Pat Green. Cousineau opened Espresso Milano in Midland three months later with Keith Jay Taylor. Cousineau and Taylor Still own […]
Student poets compete in poetry slam
The Delta Night Garden Poetry Club held their first poetry slam last Thursday evening. Five judges were selected randomly from the audience. They judged the poems on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best. Five students competed in the slam, each reading two poems. Three students also […]