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The MCC Overbrook Art Gallery exhibit features the work of David Dodd Lee, a Norton Shores native and MCC alumnus. A 30-year veteran poet, Lee’s lifelong dedication to visual art, specifically through the medium of collage, is being shown for the first time as a solo show in Overbrook Gallery through Oct. 31,

What are your rights at work? What are “unfair labor practices”? Have you committed one? Find out at the Muskegon Community College Labor Studies Lecture Series on Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 6 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100. The talk is free and open to the public. Andrew Hampton, a Field Examiner with the National […]

The Foundation for Muskegon Community College (FMCC) is offering a free estate planning seminar on Thursday, October 16. Estate Planning 101:  How to Protect You, Your Money, Your Family, And Your Legacy will cover changes in estate planning laws, methods of avoiding probate, charitable planning, and more.  Karen Kayes and David Waterstradt from Warner Norcross […]

David Dodd Lee, whose work is currently on exhibit in the MCC Overbrook Art Gallery, will read his poetry and discuss his work on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. in Overbrook Gallery. A public reception starts at 6 p.m. and continues until 7:30 p.m. The exhibit continues through Oct. 31.

Dr. Solee Lee-Clark will present “Time Travel with a Harpsichord,” a lecture and recital, on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Muskegon Community College Overbrook Theater. The event, being held in conjunction with the Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities (AH) Festival, is free and open to the public. “I chose this topic to […]

Dr. Alan F. Arbogast, the chair of Michigan State University’s Geography Department, will discuss The Evolution of Coastal Dunes along the Eastern Coast of Lake Michigan during a free talk at Muskegon Community College on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Part of the MCC Lecture Series, the event, which is open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in Stevenson Center Room 1100

The MCC Theater Department is seeking musicians and singers for its upcoming production of Paula Vogel’s play “A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration.”  Auditions take place in Overbrook Theater on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 4-7 p.m. and Monday, Sept. 29, from 5-8 p.m.  Performers on the harmonica, violin, guitar, concertina, snare drum and […]

One of America’s greatest and most popular living poets, Billy Collins, will make an appearance in Muskegon on Thursday evening, Oct. 9, in the Frauenthal Theater. Collins, who was the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, will read from his works starting at 7 p.m, followed by a question-and-answer session. Afterward, he will be in […]

Trombones and saxophones emitted the sound of smooth jazz that ran between each table, which showcased a bouquet of feathers emulating the colors Royal Blue and Gold. Stockbrokers could be seen with gangsters and crew ship captains. Women who wore sparkling flappers that shimmered in the light danced the Charleston. A bartender, who quickly passed […]

Following a successful partnership to bring a World War II lecture series to the area earlier this year, the USS Silversides Submarine Museum and Muskegon Community College once again are teaming up for the "Civil War and Gettysburg" lecture series. The lectures start Sept. 15 and run weekly through Oct. 6 at the Silversides, 1346 Bluff […]