The winners of Muskegon Community College’s Fall 2017 Creative Writing Contest, organized by the Muskegon Community College English & Communications Department and the Muskegon Writer’s Series, were announced on Dec. 1. A total of 129 entries were submitted. The first place and second place finalists of the essay, fiction and poetry categories will be automatically […]

The annual Muskegon Community College Holiday Concert will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the Frauenthal Center, 425 W. Western Ave., in downtown Muskegon. Admission to the concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m., is $7 per adult and $2 per student. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at http://startickets.com/events/item/mcc-holiday-concert. The festive […]

A living newspaper production, “Boiling Point! Water, Politics, and Power,” will be presented nightly at 7:30 p.m. on the Overbrook Theater stage from Nov. 29 through Dec. 2. Tickets go on sale Monday, Nov. 27, at the Overbrook Theater Box Office on the MCC campus. Tickets are $10 for the public and $5 for MCC […]

The Muskegon Area Honors Orchestra will perform four selections on Sunday, Nov. 19, during its Fall Concert titled “Choose Your Own Symphony” at 3 p.m. in the Frauenthal Center. Under the direction of Philip David DeYoung, the orchestra will perform: Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, mvt. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, mvt. 2 […]

The Shoreline Symphony will present a concert entitled “The Power of Destiny” on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Frauenthal Center, 425 West Western Ave., Muskegon. The concert features Beethoven’s well-known Symphony No. 5. Additional selections include the overture to Verdi’s opera, La forza del destino (The Power of Destiny), and Schicksalslied (Song […]

Muskegon area residents will have two opportunities to commemorate America’s armed forces contributions – one a Veterans Salute on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Muskegon Community College, and the other a ceremony on Veterans Day, Saturday, Nov. 11, at Causeway Veterans Memorial Park. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call […]

The MCC Christian Fellowship Club is sponsoring a talk, entitled “Defending Faith in a Culture of Deception” by Dr. Frank Turek, a dynamic speaker, award-winning author, and TV and radio show host, at three different times on Monday, Nov. 6. All free and open to the public, the first talk is from 10 a.m. to […]

The MCC Overbrook Art Gallery will feature the color photography of Diane Zoellmer and the mixed media sculptures of Cara O’Brien in an exhibit titled “In Between Here and Gone: Works by Cara O’Brien and Diane Zoellmer” from Nov. 6 through Dec. 14. Free and open to the public, Overbrook Gallery hours are from 9 […]

Members and staff from the Boys & Girls Club of the Muskegon Lakeshore spent Friday afternoon, Oct. 27, on the Muskegon Community College campus participating in the Meijer State Games of Michigan – Adopt An Athlete Program, which included a motivational talk by former U.S. Olympian Gary Morgan. The mission of the program is to […]

Ten Muskegon Community College students were inducted into the college’s Beta Xi Xi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society during its 25th ceremony at MCC held Oct. 25 in the Blue and Gold Room on campus. The inductees are: Kierra Davis, Stacey Hilton and Megan Holwerda of Muskegon, MI;  Taylor Carlson and […]