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Read our March interview with Gretchen Eichberger here. Dress, an original theatrical dance production created and directed by Northern Michigan folk culture maven Gretchen Eichberger, brings together amateur and professional dancers, musicians, poets, and activists to explore a woman’s experience of rebellion, sensuality, ecology, and piety. Cast members reside
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20thEarth Day...just about13th ANNUALBEACH-TO-BEACH CLEAN UP10 am to 11 amStart: Elberta Farmers' Market PavilionEnd: When Trail & Beaches are cleaned!Bring: Friends and NeighborsGloves and EnthusiasmWe'll Provide: Coffee & GoodiesFriends of Betsie Bay have been dedicated stewards of the Betsie Bay area for 13
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Starting pulling out all that stuff you've been meaning to get rid of. The Village will hold Spring Cleanup on Saturday, May 11, from 9 am to 2 pm. You may bring as much of your cr*p as you like, at a rate of $20 per full-pickup-truck
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UPDATE For the third year in a row, the Benzie County Water Festival convenes this coming Friday at Benzie Central High School from 3:30 pm to 9 pm. This year's theme is: “Under The Surface,” focused on youth and lesser-understood impacts to our water resources. Once again
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THE LIGHTHOUSE CAFÉ, ELBERTA—Ford Forrester called up the Alert a week ago saying he had something to donate toward Issy Stapleton's autism treatment. "Raffle, silent auction, whatever you want to do with it," he said. The item has a special Elberta significance: It's
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Reporting by Kelli Stapleton January 24, 2013—Frankfort–Elberta Men's Basketball, state ranked for the first time since the '70s, under the coachmanship of Elberta mayor Reg Manville, faced the Glen Lake Lakers, who were 9-1 coming into the game. According to coach Manville, who asked Pete
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The official announcement finally came today, January 15, 2013, over Facebook: This summer a little light industry rolls in to 303 Main Street in Frankfort. The Alert spoke with Stormcloud Brewing Company owner-operators Brian Confer and Rick Schmitt about their project, which will occupy the former site of the Caddy
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Come one, come all! to free movies Monday (August 20), Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at the Elberta Waterfront Amphitheater. It's the first annual Mushy Peach Festival, featuring films generously supplied by local auteur and Benzie booster Rich Brauer. All the films were shot locally and with local themes.
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A very awesome Reflections by the Bay tomorrow: Shipwrecks of Sleeping Bear Dunes! a talk by Ross Richardson, who should know. 7 pm at Benzie Shores District Library. Explore a treasure trove of history without having to squeeze into a diving suit.
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To learn more about this project of the Elberta Historic Preservation Committee, go to the Apron Savers Facebook page, and check out the Ann Arbor Car Ferry Memories page while you're there.
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Getting excited for this Saturday, when the Solstice Committee puts on a bunch of awesome fun for kids, to raise money for more awesome fun at the kids' tent at Solstice Fest. Check it out: Starting at noon at the Waterfront Park, it's relay games, a dunk