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“Lift Every Voice: The Black Experience in the Heartland!”

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore welcomes the Bright Star Touring Theatre of Arden, North Carolina, to the area for two free performances of “Lift Every Voice: The Black Experience in the Heartland.” Everyone is invited to experience this very special production on Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the State Theatre in Traverse City, Michigan or at a 6 p.m. performance at the Mills Community House in Benzonia. This play is for everyone, but will be especially enjoyed by youth studying American history.

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Crossing barriers in the Holy Land

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Traverse City filmmaker Aaron Dennis (his dad, Jerry, writes wonderful books about the Great Lakes) and I are thrilled that the State Theatre in Traverse City will host the world premier of our documentary, The People and the Olive, on Monday, Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m.

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Run Across Ethiopia film premiers at State Theatre

The Glen Arbor Sun chronicled On the Ground’s Run Across Ethiopia this past January, as editor Jacob Wheeler joined a team of runners who traversed 250 miles across rural Ethiopia to raise money for fair-trade coffee farmers. Now “When We Run”, videographer James Weston’s documentary about Run Across Ethiopia, will premier this Saturday at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre as part of the Great Lakes Bioneers Conference.

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State Theatre to show shuttle launch

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Area residents looking for one of the best NASA space shuttle launch viewing experiences outside of Florida’s Space Coast are invited to watch the Endeavour blast off at 8:56 a.m. Monday on the State Theatre’s huge screen, while listening to the rockets roar via a state-of-the-art sound system.

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Flow for Water holds Saving the Great Lakes Forever Conference

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This weekend, May 6-7, the Flow for Water Coalition will team up with the Great Lakes Water Studies Institute, Northern Michigan College and Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation to present the 2011 Conference “Saving the Great Lakes Forever”.

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