Community Events
Sixth Annual Festival of Lights Brings Cheer and Joy to Stockbridge Residents
Article and photos by Hope Salyer Christmas music flows through the breeze of the crisp winter air in downtown Stockbridge. The Stockbridge Township Hall is lit up with white Christmas lights. The smell of freshly made kettle corn and hot dogs grilling travels through the air as residents from as far as downtown Lansing, Mich. […]
Stockbridge Community Thanksgiving 2017: 24 Years of Warming Hearts and Bodies
by Diane Rockall Work goes on year around as volunteers gather donations and recruit helping hands for the annual Community Thanksgiving, for the past several years held in the Heritage School Cafeteria. A small group of enthusiastic volunteers assembled in the High School cafeteria on Tuesday evening to cook turkeys. Wednesday, many of the same […]
Stockbridge Festival Chorus Sings to Near-Full House
Click IMG_0047 below to listen to music clips from the evening: IMG_0047 IMG_0047 After an absence of approximately 15 years the Stockbridge Festival Chorus returned under the direction of Kristi Stevens with Carol Hatch in accompaniment on Saturday, November 18 at the Stockbridge Township Hall. Both Ms. Hatch and Ms. Stevens, mother and daughter, are […]
Southwest Nazarene Church-Gregory hosted Mime Artists
photos by Carolyn Schoonover November 11, Gregory’s Southwest Nazarene Church-Gregory hosted a spaghetti dinner featuring local residents and mime artists, Michael Lee and Danielle Gamelin. Below are photos of the mind-expanding event:
Jazz and Birthday Cake Brighten Back Street Bar & Family Restaurant
IMG_0047 Click for a sampling of jazz music at Back Street Sunday, November 12. Pat Cronley, Jazz pianist, graced the Back Street Bar and Family Restaurant, Sunday, November 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the final of three monthly jazz performances supported by the local Stockbridge Area Arts Council and an anonymous donor. Intermission featured […]
Sons of the American Legion “Thank You” Dinner a Great Success
by Abigail Walls STOCKBRIDGE, Mich. — The steaks were gone by 5:00 p.m. and so was the fish. This year, the Sons of the American Legion Mackinder-Glenn Post 510 (SAL) and the Women’s Auxiliary hosted a full meal for all veterans and their spouses, and those who came early were well fed. It was the […]
Stockbridge Community Outreach Assists Families for the Holidays
by Karen Smith Halloween has barely passed and our thoughts are already racing forward to the holidays ahead. November and December bring a flurry of family gatherings and gift giving that cause any family some stress, but to those with limited resources, these holiday expectations can be financially crushing. Stockbridge Community Outreach offers to ease […]
Back Street to Rock with Final of Three Monthly Jazz Performances
Pat Cronley, Jazz pianist, will grace the New Back Street Bar and Family Restaurant, Sunday, November 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the final of three monthly jazz performances supported by the local Stockbridge Area Arts Council and an anonymous donor. “The performers are topnotch professionals who know how to please a crowd,” Scheller […]
United Methodist Church Celebrates Fall Fest in Time-honored Tradition
By Lorrie Brooks This past weekend the United Methodist Church celebrated fall with its annual Fall Fest, an occasion that the UMW and its Seeker Circle group have held in some form since the 1970s. “This event brings people from outside the area, they can find great baked goods and a treasure or two,” UMW […]