The drawing shown is an original limited edition 1993 print of Chief Baw Beese, a Potawatomie village chief of Hillsdale County, by artist Jim Wildt of Litchfield, Mich. The background was created based off of a photograph taken on the east side of Baw Beese Lake in February of 1993. This is the only known...
Month: October 2012
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Historic art at their fingertips
The Grosvenor House Museum in Jonesville was home to Michigan Lieutenant Governor Grosvenor in the late 19th century and remains the home to many original pieces of history from the time. One of the most interesting of these artifacts is the carriage, which provides a look into the past ways of transportation, as well as...
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Movie review: ‘The Master’
“The Master” created a significant amount of buzz when the project was announced almost two years ago. The character of Lancaster Dodd, played by the talented Phillip Seymour Hoffman, was widely known to be based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Given how protective the Scientologist community has been about perceived attacks on its church,...
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Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More, Part 2’ reaches to heaven and fails
Mumford & Sons’ highly anticipated new album “Babel” is simply “Sigh No More Part 2.” The men, who dress like modern interpretations of characters from Oliver Twist, found a music formula that sells, and they have stuck to it. The sound of “Babel” remains squarely within the overstated, folk-rock-pop style established in “Sigh No More.”...
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Mumford and Sons: The new album grapples with universal subjects in a successful way
They call themselves gentlemen of the road. Marcus Mumford and his band of multi-instrumental “sons” –– Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, and Ted Dwane –– only record albums part time. Their primary business is touring and performing live. It’s been three years since the English folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons released their debut album “Sigh No...