The Lansing Concert Band is a community band with a rich history spanning over 50 years in the mid-Michigan area. Today the all volunteer, seventy-five piece, adult concert band is a first-class performing ensemble, appearing in many concerts, festivals and civic functions throughout the year. This non-profit organization's charter is to serve Lansing and surrounding communities by providing quality musical entertainment and a vehicle with which adult musicians can continue to perform and expand their musical horizons.

Activities:

The band's year-round activities have included traditional holiday concerts, children's concerts at MSU's Wharton Center Great Hall attended by over 2500 elementary students from Lansing and surrounding communities, pops concerts, and performances for graduation exercises, outdoor park concerts, and other community events. For the past 20 years, the band has been featured in concert at the City of Lansing's Independence Day celebration at Riverfront Park.

In addition to presenting the finest in orchestral performances, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra is committed to taking an active role in the development of music education programming for our community. Throughout the season, we will present programs for area youth, including in-school performances, Young People's Concerts, open rehearsals, opportunities to perform Side-by-Side with the orchestra at our Holiday Pops, and our annual Symphony Youth Competition.

The Les Cheneaux Historical Museum displays artifacts showing many details from the past: Indian crafts and tools from the logging era, a model of a lumber camp, photos from frontier lift or early settlers and the hotel and tourist periods. The O.M. Reif Boathouse (circa 1920s) is home to displays of vintage boats, marine artifacts, antique outboard motors, historic photos of area boating, a boat building workshop, and a gift shop.

Little Traverse Civic Theatre was born in 1945 when a group of ambitious, talented volunteers organized an acting troupe under the name Petoskey Little Theatre. In January 1946, they presented their first play, You Can’t Take it With You. The group went on to present an average of three plays a year. In the spring of 1960, the group began a two-year reorganization; no plays were produced, but new members were recruited and plans were developed for the future. At this time, the name was changed to Little Traverse Civic Theatre to better represent the area the group served. The new name was then chartered as a Michigan non-profit corporation and later as a federal 501(c)3 corporation. Productions began again in 1962 with The Mouse that Roared.

The Lorenzo Cultural Center explores the influences and experiences that shape our community's heritage, examining topics from a variety of perspectives, featuring multidimensional programs related to science, history, literature, and culture through exhibits, presentations, hands-on activities, videos and more. Visitors can explore exhibits on their own, complete a scavenger hunt, take a tour, and attend presentations and performances.

The Ludington Area Center for the Arts is committed to excellence through:

Events
Exhibits
Programming
Performances
Arts education
Fiscal responsibility
Cultural collaboration
Support for local artists
Facility utilization and preservation

The Macomb Center for the Performing Arts presents Page to Stage, a theater and literacy program that brings to life, through professional actors, stage adaptations of significant works of literature. Check website or call for show dates and titles.

The Macomb Center also offers choral opportunities for students in grades 1-12 and summer workshops (Show Choir, Flute, Clarinet, Drama, Children’s Chorus) focus on enhancing and expanding on what students learn in the classroom through weeklong workshops, using highly qualified and recognized instructors.

The Marquette Maritime Museum offers two different tours.One is a guided tour of the Marquette Maritime Museum which focuses on Marquette Shipwrecks, Lake Superior Shipwrecks, US Life-Saving and Coast Guard History, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Local Lighthouse history and a WWII Submarine Veteran’s Memorial. Classes are shown a short 8 minute introduction to Marquette’s Maritime history. After that, students are guided through the Museum and then given 15 minutes to go and look on their own. The Second tour is a fully guided tour of the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse. This includes a walk through the US Coast Guard grounds. Classes get to go inside the lighthouse and learn about shipping on Lake Superior, mining in the area, life of a lighthouse keeper and general Lake Superior and Marquette facts.

The History Center offers guided tours through the museum, including hands-on projects, live performances and activities for all ages. Call to schedule your visit today.

We can host school groups both big and small. 60 is a nice maximum group size. Many dates and times are available for your field trip. Call or email to schedule as far in advance as possible; please try to schedule at least one week in advance.

Programs designed for all age groups are available, Preschool through College age!

The Mission of the Marquette Symphony Orchestra is to create, provide and promote professional performances of orchestral music through collaboration with residents and music educators of the region.