Grand Rapids artist Jeff Condon opens up his mental file of images — collected over a lifetime living in the city and country — and returns to Center Gallery with an exhibition of contemporary landscapes. This show opens Aug. 12 with a 6 p.m. reception, and runs through Aug. 18. Center Gallery is located at 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Well known to many local jazz enthusiasts, Jeff Haas is heard weekly on Interlochen Public Radio’s “New Jazz Archive” and at other venues that feature his trio, quartet and quintet. The Quintet will perform at the top of Bay Mountain overlooking Sleeping Bear Bay, at The Homestead Resort, on July 22 at 7 p.m. Familiar and new jazz tunes will fill the air as the sun sets over Lake Michigan. Jeff Haas comes from a musical family. His father, pianist Karl Haas, was his first teacher and was well known throughout Michigan.
The Manitou Music Festival is pleased to welcome back Mulebone on Sunday, July 20 at the Lake Street Studio Stage in Glen Arbor. Mulebone is a partnership comprised of multi-instrumentalist, John Ragusa and roots music specialist, Hugh Pool. The launching pad for their musical expression is traditional blues. Hugh and John play slide guitar boogies, up-tempo rags, and country blues of all shapes and colors. Sometimes they play close to the source, as if tracing the image, and at other moments they take a new look, as if understanding their home from a distant land.