Alexandra K. Newman

2 months ago | heraldpalladium.com | Alexandra K. Newman

DOWAGIAC — The Southwest Michigan theater community has come together for an event this weekend like no other. It includes one festival, five playwrights, four directors, eight plays, 20 actors, 80 minutes and three performances, all benefitting the Beckwith Theatre Company’s building fund. kAm“pF5:6?46D 2C6 :? 7@C 2 C62= EC62E[” 4@\@C82?:K6C %@?: |2J36CCJ D2:5 :? 2?

Nov 19, 2024 | heraldpalladium.com | Alexandra K. Newman

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of equality and justice for all was celebrated across several ZIP codes Tuesday in Berrien County. “There’s nothing we can’t do if we work together,” Martin Luther King III told a packed crowd at Grand Upton Hall inside the Mendel Center at Lake Michigan College on Tuesday. kAm%96 >@56C2E65 AC6D6?E2E:@? 3J z:?8[ sC] |2CE:? {FE96C z:?8 yC]’D D@?[ H2D A2CE @7 E96 {|r $A62<6C $6C:6D[ 2D H6== 2D E96 4F=>:?2E:@?

Aug 28, 2024 | heraldpalladium.com | Alexandra K. Newman

ST. JOSEPH — Twin City Players will open its 92nd season Friday to a crowd that sold out on Monday. “Young Frankenstein,” the Mel Brooks musical of 1974 film fame, boasts a cast of 19, a stage crew of six, and an additional crew of 18 assembling sets, costumes, lights, sound and more. kAm“%96 D9@H 92D 366?

Aug 25, 2024 | heraldpalladium.com | Alexandra K. Newman

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Growing up playing basketball in Lansing, Mich., Earvin “Magic” Johnson said his high school team only feared one school in the state. “Benton Harbor,” he told the crowd at Lake Michigan College’s season opener of its 2024-25 Speaker Series on Friday evening. kAmy@9?D@? D92C65 6IA6C:6?46D 2?5 =6DD@?D 7C@> 9:D 3FD:?6DD 42C66C 2?5 E:>6 2D 2 492>A:@? @? E96 32D<6E32== 4@FCE E@ 2 5:G6CD6 4C@H5 @7 {|r DEF56?ED[ 724F=EJ[ G@=F?E66CD 2?5 E96 4@>>F?:EJ]k^Am kAmw6 D2:5 96 76== :?

Aug 23, 2024 | heraldpalladium.com | Alexandra K. Newman

BENTON TOWNSHIP — Growing up playing basketball in Lansing, Mich., Earvin “Magic” Johnson said his high school team only feared one school in the state. “Benton Harbor,” he told the crowd at Lake Michigan College’s season opener of its 2024-25 Speaker Series Friday evening. kAmy@9?D@? D92C65 6IA6C:6?46D 2?5 =6DD@?D 7C@> 9:D 3FD:?6DD 42C66C 2?5 E:>6 2D 2 492>A:@? @? E96 32D<6E32== 4@FCE E@ 2 5:G6CD6 4C@H5 @7 {|r DEF56?ED[ 724F=EJ[ G@=F?E66CD 2?5 E96 4@>>F?:EJ]k^Am kAmw6 D2:5 96 76== :?