THE TM 911 Franklin Street Weekly Newspaper Michigan City, IN 46360 Volume 28, Number 16 Thursday, April 26, 2012 Art Attack Brings Creative Energy to Harbor Country by Barbara Stodola Irrepressible Corky Siegel (middle row, center) and his chamber blues band will entertain at Acorn Theater Saturday evening, 8 p.m. (EDT}. What began as a showcase for Harbor Country’s closing performance Sunday afternoon, where Chi- art galleries, 19 years ago, has turned into an all- cagoan Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow will read from her community weekend event, with live entertainment own published stories. Saturday afternoon, fi lm- and enthusiastic new participants – Art Attack, maker Steven Fischer will lead a creativity work- April 27, 28, 29. The hours vary from place to place, shop. but everybody is open Saturday. A new participant in this year’s Art Attack is the Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, can be counted on to Pokagon Fund Art Gallery, which opened last sum- set the pace. On Saturday evening, it will present mer on Hwy. 12. Indian regalia by artist-in-resi- Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues, the “outrageous fun, dence David Martin is on display, and the Pokagon phenomenal and musically infectious” band, with Band of Potawatomi Indians, a local dance troupe, guest Sue Demel as vocalist. Acorn Theater will also will do tribal drumming and dancing at 3 p.m. on host the Ad Fest opener, Friday evening, and the Saturday. Art Attack Continued on Page 2 Indian regalia by David Martin, artist-in-residence, is on view at Pokagon Fund Art Gallery, New Buffalo. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians will do tribal dancing and drumming Saturday, 3 p.m. at the Pokagon Fund Art Gallery. THE Page 2 April 26, 2012 THE 911 Franklin Street • Michigan City, IN 46360 219/879-0088 • FAX 219/879-8070 In Case Of Emergency, Dial e-mail: News/Articles - [email protected] email: Classifieds - [email protected] http://www.thebeacher.com/ PRINTED WITH Published and Printed by TM Trademark of American Soybean Association THE BEACHER BUSINESS PRINTERS Delivered weekly, free of charge to Birch Tree Farms, Duneland Beach, Grand Beach, Hidden 911 Shores, Long Beach, Michiana Shores, Michiana MI and Shoreland Hills. The Beacher is also delivered to public places in Michigan City, New Buffalo, LaPorte and Sheridan Beach. An organ concert by Dr. Roger Nyquist celebrates the renovation of St. Mary Catholic Church, New Buffalo. Art Attack Continued from Page 1 For a change of pace, visitors can attend a dedica- Driftwood sculpture by beachgoer Liz Locke will be tion concert of the new digital organ at St. Mary of displayed at Local Color Gallery, Union Pier. the Lake Catholic Church in New Buffalo. Califor- Furniture-maker Floyd Gompf and his sculptor- nian Dr. Roger Nyquist, guest organist, will perform wife Linda Hoffhines, longtime Harbor Country at 4 p.m. Saturday. Tours of the recently renovated favorites, are inviting the public to the concrete historic building will be offered for an hour preced- gardens they have worked on for nine years – just ing the performance. off the Red Arrow Highway on Wintergreen Place, On Sunday afternoon, folk singers Dan Moser Union Pier. Their whimsical gardens are fi lled with and his son, Wes Moser, are being hosted by Local mosaic vessels, cement birds and other fanciful Color Gallery’s owners, Rita and Jennifer Cochran, creatures, surrounding the house that could only be once again Art Attack’s co-chairmen. This year, they designed by a couple of artists. are featuring the work of Miller Beach artist Liz Newcomers to New Buffalo’s business community Locke, a beachgoer who uses shells, fossils, beach include Julie Nitz, a graphic designer with a Whit- glass and feathers, and makes little people group- taker Street studio, freshly decorated and trimmed ings from driftwood; also birdhouses hand-crafted with glittery paintings. Julie’s neighbors, Beach- by Becky Thomas and Daryl Schmidt. tails, have cat-and-dog portraits. Just up the street “Me And My Old Man,” Wes Moser (left) and Dan Moser are the featured The artistic home/studio and gardens of Floyd Gompf and Linda performers Sunday afternoon at Local Color Gallery. Hoffhines will be open this year for Art Attack visitors. THE April 26, 2012 Page 3 is Little Princess Treasures, where indulgent grandmothers can outfi t their budding ballerinas. People’s Property has opened a satellite offi ce on W. Wanted: Mechanic St., and will show unique jewelry. Curious, Creative Kids! Julie Nitz, a graphic artist, has fi lled her New Buffalo offi ce with FREE whimsical Tuition! paintings. Public, private, charter, and home-school parents: You have a choice! Michigan City Area Schools invites you to consider our outstanding magnet schools for YOUR child’s education. State-of-the-art facilities Strong focus on core academics Guest artists at Courtyard Gallery are Brown Pine Elementary County painter Jerry Smith, Brooklyn sculptor An- 1660 County Line Road dre Tourrette and cabinet-maker Frank Schmidt. A K-5 magnet school for the Roger Harvey Art Gallery is introducing a new line Visual & Performing Arts of giclee prints, based on Roger’s landscape paint- Enrichment in the ings. The Frisky Frog will have one-of-a-kind San- arts and sciences tas, and Customs Imports is hosting the photogra- Lake Hills Elementary phy class from New Buffalo High School. Specialized instruction 201 Ferguson Road A K-5 magnet school for Science, Gallery-goers searching for active involvement through the latest Technology, Engineering, & Math have a variety of activities to choose from: Catherine technology Cuddeback is offering free instruction on rewiring a lamp, at her shop, 900 W. Buffalo St. All you pay Magnet school for are the parts. At the Gompf/Hoffhines concrete deadline extended: garden, you can make your own miniature garden April 30th Art Attack Continued on Page 4 Visit EducateMC.net or call (219) 873-2000 to apply. NEW! Coming for 2012-13: S.T.E.M., Cultural Arts, and Environmental Science Middle Schools. Open to students outside the MCAS district! Now serving high-ability students: Call to see if YOUR child qualifies for our gifted/ Bucolic scenes by Brown County painter talented programs, grades 3-8! Jerry Smith will be at Courtyard Gallery. THE Page 4 April 26, 2012 Art Attack Continued from Page 3 In Lakeside, you can fi nd art at RE/MAX, and ar- ornament, and at Gintaras Resort you can make a tistic chairs at Hearthwoods Custom Furnishings. bracelet. Fritz Olsen gives you the opportunity to In Harbert, you can stop at Millie’s Antiques and submit a name for his new sculpture. Or, you can Harbert House B & B, which will have four wom- try on designer clothes at Indian Summer in New en artists: Chicagoans Nicole Helsing and Jen A. Buffalo and Catherine Doll’s in Sawyer. Schmidt, Judy Kauchak from Bridgman, and Mau- reen Lighthall, a Kandinsky-infl uenced painter and resident of Harbert. In Sawyer, Michigan, the northernmost point of Art Attack, Fritz Olsen Sculpture is featuring new work. Also on Sawyer Road are Catherine Doll Clothing, Sweet Pea Studio (furniture) and Fitzger- ald’s Restaurant, where Richard Hellyer’s photo- Catherine graphs will be shown. Center of the World Wood- Cuddeback, shop, on the Red Arrow Highway, has scheduled a proprietor of Catherine Saturday program with author B.A. Brittingham & Co. lamp reading from her latest novel. shop, will also Art can even be found out on country roads. At be showing grass skirts Middlebrook Farm, one of southwest Michigan’s and leis from oldest barns will have Kim Pruitt’s paintings, Bill her Hawaiian Hurst’s photographs, Cheryl Gibisch’s jewelry, and collection. unusual pieces by Jon Hook and Andrea Peterson of Hook Pottery Paper. If ever you need a break from art experiences, the proprietors will give you a tour of the farm, and explain all about free-range chickens and grass-fed beef. Greenbush beer will be served on Saturday afternoon. Eight good reasons to drive up to Union Pier: John Knudsen’s gallery and Margaret Sullivan’s new scarf shop are both on the Red Arrow Highway; Ara- nacci is on Union Pier Road, as is St. Julian Winery; Janet Schrader a.k.a. Sand Pirate demonstrates the techniques of building fabulous sand castles; Janet Krehbiel Pieracci, a Chicago architect, will show her paintings in an adopted space on Victor Street. Harry Borgman’s “Dancers” is one of the paintings Craig Smith Gallery has on view at Gordon Beach Inn. Your art-tour should end up in Three Oaks, where “Garden at the Art Institute” combines Janet Krehbiel Pieracci’s interests it may have started. In between the Acorn Theater in nature and architecture. (15600A Victor St., Union Pier.) events, you can shop at Studio b Gallery & Artisan The welcome mat is out at all these places on Sat- Market, which has a great variety of work and is urday and Sunday afternoons. All weekend, Lithu- open long hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Or anian artists are gathering at Gintaras Resort on visit “an art show of Biblical proportions” at Real Lakeshore Road; in the next block, Gordon Beach Life Community Church. Brochures with complete Inn has the contemporary artists represented by listings can be downloaded at www.harborcountry. Craig Smith Gallery; reception Saturday, 3 to 12. org/artattack. 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