“Sherry Giryotas and Phillip Shore: Paintings and Sculptures” will be on exhibit at the Overbrook Gallery from Nov. 4 through Dec. 11. Admission is free. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday, with special weekend and evening hours during performances and concerts in the adjacent Overbrook Theater.

Muskegon Community College’s electric dragster, “Short Circuit” set a new world record in the DR/C 192 volt class on Friday night at Milan Dragway in Milan, Mich

Voters go the polls on Nov. 5 to decide upon a $23.7 million plan to upgrade Muskegon Community College’s facilities – most built almost a half-century ago – that serve the college’s nationally and regionally accredited programs in science, technology, engineering, math, health and the arts. MCC President Dale K. Nesbary recently explained the scope, […]

Muskegon Community College is seeking voter approval on November 5, 2013, for a $23.7 million bond issue that will provide needed funding to renovate the campus science lab facilities, health/recreation center, arts space, as well as establish a satellite facility in downtown Muskegon.  Since opening in 1967 with 2,000-plus students, the campus now annually serves […]

Thomas Lynch, whose brilliant writing captured The American Book Award and served as the basis for an Emmy Award-winning film, will appear at the Frauenthal Theater on Friday, Oct. 25, as part of the 2013 Muskegon Area Arts and Humanities Festival. The talk begins at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. for book sales, […]

The bulletin board in the CNC training room at Muskegon Community College is covered with help-wanted notices put there by Instructor Tom Groner. They are from Muskegon manufacturers looking for highly-skilled workers, the kind that Groner and his colleague Tom Martin are training through new CAD/CNC hybrid programs at the college. The bulletin board is […]

Muskegon Community College will celebrate the armed forces contributions of its students, staff, and alumni, along with those of the greater community, during its event-filled Veterans Day ceremony on Monday, Nov. 11, beginning at 2 p.m. The MCC event, which is being organized by MCC and local veterans organizations, includes a 21-gun salute, a medley of military songs, and speeches by local veterans.

The Muskegon Community College Wind and Jazz Ensembles will perform on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Overbrook Theater. The concert is free and open to the public.

The chilling CBS Radio live broadcast of H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” in October 1938 had millions of Americans believing that Grover’s Mills, N.J. was under siege by alien invaders. A cast of MCC Overbrook Players alumni will celebrate the diamond anniversary of that famous broadcast with their staged radio play on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m. in Overbrook Theater.

More than 170 guests filled The Lake House in downtown Muskegon for the 2013 Founder’s Day celebration on Thursday evening, Sept. 19, when the Foundation for Muskegon Community College netted more than $13,000 for improving the college’s science equipment and facilities. “Founder’s Day honors our past, while promising a brighter future,” explained Tina Dee, the […]