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July 1: Coopersville
Join the Historical Society for its annual potluck picnic on Thursday, July 1 at 6:30 pm. The potluck will take place at Veterans Park on Randall Street. Bring table service, a dish to pass, and your own soft drink beverage. Come celebrate the start of the July 4th holiday weekend with this pleasant summer gathering. Be sure to invite friends and family to also take part in this annual event.
July 22: Dowagiac
Come to the Museum at Southwest Michigan College from 11am to 3pm for "Small Town, Big World: Local Adventurers," an interactive program about local residents who had worldly adventures. For more information call (269) 782-1374 or visit www.swmich.edu/museum.
July 25 through August 20: St. Joseph
The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center will offer three walking tours on Lighthouse and Coast Guard History. Learn about the five different lighthouses in St. Joseph and take a rare tour of the Coast Guard Station and Lighthouse Depot. Lighthouse and Coast Guard History walking tours will be offered on Fridays: June 25, July 30 and August 20 at 10:00 am. Walking Tours are free for members of The Heritage Museum and Cultural Center and $5 for non-members. Tours leave from Tiscornia Park, parking fees apply. All tours weather permitting with rain dates TBD. Advance registration for walking tours is required. Call The Heritage Museum at (269) 983-1191 for more information or to register.
August 19: Dowagiac
Come to the Museum at Southwestern Michigan College from 11am to 3pm to learn about "The Lure of Leisure" and to participate in historic leisure activities. For more information call (269) 782-1374 or visit www.swmich.edu/museum.
The Saugatuck-Douglas Museum proudly presents its new exhibit, A Place Called Ox-Bow: 100 Years of Connecting Art, Nature, and People. Saugatuck's "Ox-Bow" is a site of many human and natural wonders: marvelous culture, nature, landscape, and waterscape - unfolding from the Lake Michigan shoreline to the Kalamazoo River and the old Village of Saugatuck. It is the place that has seen an Indian community, the old harbor and lighthouse, fishing settlements, an abandoned and buried village (victim to the shifting sands), a great dune, and the sandy beaches we enjoy today. But recent history's most important human activity at Ox-bow has unquestionably occurred at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting and the Arts, affiliated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2010 the Ox-Bow School celebrates its 100th year. Admission to this exhibit is FREE. For more information, call (269) 857-7900 or visit their website.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has produced a new temporary exhibit, Amway: 50 Years of Helping People Live Better Lives, which will open November 20 in the Van Andel Museum Center. Part of life and industry in West Michigan for the past half-century, Amway is the creation of two entrepreneurs (Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel) and their determination to convert dream into reality. The exhibit tells the story of these two men and the company they established together.
Today, Amway is an international corporation specializing in health, beauty and home care products. In just 50 years, it has emerged as one of the leading direct selling companies in the world. And while the company operates globally, Amway's founding families continue to make generous and lasting contributions to the west Michigan area, supporting health and medical research, and numerous arts, education and cultural projects and institutions, including the Grand Rapids Public Museum. This exhibit is free with general museum admission.
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