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BARODA, Mich. — Round Barn Brewery & Public

House, the Southwest Michigan winery’s produc-tion brewery and restau-rant, was selected as Business of the Year this month by The Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce.

The popular Baroda establishment beat out competitor Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant and Competitive Edge of Stevensville.

“We are extremely proud to be named business of the year in our first year open,” says Chris Moersch. “It says a lot about the quality of our products and customer service, which starts with each one of our dedicated staff, and this honor is certainly shared with each of them.”

The Round Barn team is thrilled with the honors and has their sights set on con-tinuing to make the brew-ery and public house an outstanding destination for patrons.

Later this month, unique sliding paneled windows will be installed on the enclosed patio, allowing for a comfortable, open-air experience, but with roof protection from the ele-ments. Live music is also scheduled at The Public House from February to Memorial Day. Further, to enhance its family-friendly

Round Barn Brewery & Public House named Chamber’s Business of the Year

atmosphere, the kitchen team has added a kid’s menu for the finicky little one.

Finally, once the warm weather breaks, the Moersches will be outfit-ting the patio with com-fortable new furniture to add to the relaxing outdoor experience in the spring.

The Round Barn Brewery & Public House offers the largest line-up of locally produced small batch beverages in the coun-try. More than 20 taps of unique Round Barn Brews, hand-crafted cocktails and award-winning Michigan wines are topped off with a menu highlighting scratch-made pizzas from locally-

sourced ingredients.

About The Round BarnRound Barn Brewery &

Public House is located at 9151 First Street in Baroda, Michigan. For a full menu, directions and hours of oper-ation, visit www.roundbarn-winery.com or www.face-b o o k . c o m / R o u n d B a r n Brewery Pub.

Round Barn, located in Baroda about 95 miles from Chicago, and has it all: wine, beer, vodka, rum, and bourbon. Situated in a quaint area of mostly farm-land—and, surprisingly, a whole lot of grape vines—Round Barn is the ideal day-trip from Chicago, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis

or Detroit. What sets The Round Barn apart from neighboring wineries in Southwest Michigan is its diverse product line. More than a winery, The Round Barn also operates a distill-ery and a brewery - all with same attention to quality and taste.

Celebrating their 23rd anniversary of business this year, the Moersch’s have built a flourishing family operation rooted in a spirited, educational and friendly atmosphere. They proudly source local pro-duce from area orchards, vineyards and farms in the production of its hand-crafted varietals, spirits and beers.

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from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Buchanan Art Center.

The event will feature new exhibits by three local artists: Two Together; Photographs and Bird Drawings by Todd Hoover in the Roti Roti Gallery; Seasons of My Heart; Quilts and Textiles by Sandy Whitmyer in the Showplace Gallery and Showcases, and Circles; Ceramics and Paintings by (Jennifer) Zona in the Hess Library.

These exhibits open on Wednesday Feb. 25, and run through Saturday, April 18.

Todd Hoover

Todd Hoover (Two Together) received a degree in Art Education from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 1968, and an M.F.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1973. He taught drawing and photography classes at James Whitcomb Riley High School, South Bend, Indiana, and photography at Indiana University, South Bend Campus.

In 1999, he received a Lilly Endowment Education Grant for the study of non-silver photography. Hoover has a strong exhibition histo-ry in juried art shows and has had several one-man shows. His one-man shows include the South Bend Museum of Art; the Northern Indiana Artist Association Gallery, Hammond, Indiana; Indiana University, South Bend Campus; St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana; Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and the Michiana Jewish Federation, South Bend, Indiana.

In 2010, Hoover switched from film photog-raphy to digital photogra-phy. Initially, going from darkroom silver photogra-phy to digital computer printed photography was an extremely difficult transi-tion for him after making photos in his darkroom for so many years.

In 2011 Hoover started a series of photographs he called “Small to Big.” He photographed miniature toys and figurines and then greatly enlarged these imag-es.

At the end of 2013, Hoover reexamined a series of Bird Drawings that he completed in the 1980s. He started to collage strips from his paint-by-number painting collection

(circa:1950s), and then he re-photographed them. In 2014 he went back into the darkroom to make “Bird Photograms.”

Hoover found that he still loved the magic of darkroom photography. Also during this period, he started a series of photo-graphs that he calls “Two Together.” In these photos he explores the relationship of two visuals that he makes into one photo.

Sandy (Williams) Whitmyer

Sandy (Williams) Whitmyer (Seasons of My Heart) graduated from Galien High School and attended Lake Michigan College. She returned to Southwest Michigan eight years ago after living in Virginia, Atlanta and finally Northwest Arkansas.

Sandy has always enjoyed art and crafts and while living in the Atlanta

area she joined a Decorative Artist Club and started doing woodworking and selling her crafts to four shops in the Stone Mountain, Georgia area. Also at that time she learned to quilt.

When she and her hus-band were transferred to Arkansas she joined the local Decorative Artist Club, a quilt guild and became involved with the local “Festival of Trees.” Sandy is the President of the Niles Art Association and enjoys sharing her love of painting, quilting and craft-ing with the members.

Jennifer ZonaJennifer Zona a.k.a.

“Zona” (Circles) was born in Kalamazoo Michigan, and grew up in Niles, Michigan, where she completed her high school studies. She fur-thered her studies at the com-munity college in Dowagiac at Southwestern Michigan

College. After Zona received her associate’s degree in fine arts, which emphasized in ceramics, she pursued anoth-er degree in fine arts from Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids Michigan.

Immediately after receiv-ing her bachelor’s degree she moved to New Mexico to further investigate ceram-ics and weaving; then earn-ing her master’s degree in fine art from the University of New Mexico in 2009.

Zona is a public artist who focuses on large-scale ceramic and textile instilla-tions. Zona has shown her artworks internationally and nationally, and is part of the collections the Center for Peace and Justice, Law Library of the University of New Mexico, Grand Valley State University and Art in municipal Places 1 percent for the Arts pro-gram in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Zona continues to create her artwork in her home in Buchanan.

About the Buchanan Art Center

The Buchanan Art Center is located at 117 West Front Street in Buchanan, Michigan. The Center fea-tures three galleries with rotating exhibits of regional artists’ works, a program of educational art classes for all ages, and a gift shop offering works of local art-ists. Current hours are Monday – Thursday 10:00 am-6:00 pm, Friday 10:00 am–5:00 pm, and Saturday 10:00 am–4:00 pm. Closed Sundays. More information, including a schedule of classes, can be obtained at the Center by calling 269-697-4005, or by visiting their website at: www.buchananartcenter.org.

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Buchanan Art Center has a new exhibit avail-able for viewing. Pieces include works by Todd Hoover (above) and Jennifer Zona (below).

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Experience. More than a dozen reenactors will bring his-tory to life at this family fun event.

Based on the popular “Night at the Museum” movies, reenactors will be present throughout the evening. The Museum’s current exhibit, “Southwest Michigan in the Civil War,” will be transformed into an encampment. Attendees will interact with a variety of Civil War char-acters, including soldiers, a field nurse, a school child, a dentist and more. On the main level, there will be danc-ing and merriment as organizers recreate a ball organized to support Union troops. Children will enjoy 1860s games, crafts and vintage baseball. Light snacks will offer a taste of the times, and a Victorian photo booth will allow families to dress in costume and create a souvenir

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Local Civil War reeanctors Ted and Faye Chamberlain, along with a dozen others, will entertain visitors at the Heritage Museum on Feb. 27.

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fourth annual Author! Author! Reception & Readings from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 25.

Any authors who have not participated before, or who have previously participated but have a new book to share, are invited to take part.

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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — The music scene in Southwest Michigan is seen by most as a well-rounded,

open community that has a little some-thing for everyone, but local jazz singer Andrew Fisher believes that the jazz scene is not represented as well as it could be and he plans to do something about it.

The Livery Brewery, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, is a good representation of the diverse styles in the area and that is one of the reasons Fisher decided it was the per-fect place to start. “Sunday Night Jazz at the Livery” will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 15 and March 1.

“The Livery has a really great atmo-sphere. I’ve been able to do other concerts there before and I’ve called that place

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Fisher is excited to join together with The Livery and jump-start a revival of the jazz scene.

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many in the area is a desire to have a jazz scene. Jazz has always been a passionate genre of mine and the passion and emo-tion within it is something, I believe, should be shared with everyone. Since being back (in southwest Michigan) my dream has been to bring the fun and beauty of Jazz, in a big way, to this area,” Fisher said, “My mission is to bring really great music to this area and have more places offer a weekly or monthly jazz night…or even a jazz festival.”

Fisher is a graduate of the Great Lakes

Academy and has also studied music at Andrews University and Southwestern Michigan Community College.

On top of trying to bring jazz music back to the area, Fisher has plans of recording his first studio album. Faced with not one but two daunting tasks such as these, Fisher never lets the stress over-whelm him.

“I’m really just letting life take me where it takes me, right now,” said Fisher, “I’m really trying to put work into coming out with a debut album that will be out at the end of the year and I would love to just have a music explosion around here…because there is so much talent and cre-ativity in the area.”

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Carys Kresny directs a cast of more than 70 of our local young people! SBCT Kids4Kids productions feature casts drawn exclusively from community youth and are intended to provide stage experience for young actors. These family shows allow children in the audience to see live theatre performed by their peers to help inspire a creative spark in enjoying and hopefully participating in theatre arts.

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When I was in Peru last fall I met this foodie from Toronto while hiking. He’s not a vegetarian by any means, but we bonded quickly over our love of high quality regional foods and from scratch cooking. When he told me he was going to embark upon a BBQ & Blues road trip through the United States I was intrigued. I decided to go with him for a leg of the trip and I’m glad I did.

While I obviously didn’t take part in any of the tradi-tional BBQ spots he sam-pled, I did find the concept of all the different sauces, rubs and styles inspiring. Every city and region has its own flavor and tradi-tion. I love barbeque sauce, but the store-bought ver-sions, like most prepared sauces and dressings, are filled with sugar, corn syrup, and preservatives. I haven’t made anything bar-beque style in years, but the trip really inspired me to make a sauce from scratch. Why not? It couldn’t be that hard.

A simple Google search turned up thousands of rec-ipes in various regional styles. I decided to go with a Kansas City Style recipe since that was one of the

stops on my friend’s tour. Also, it was one of the few that didn’t call for ketchup and I refuse to take any recipe that calls for ketchup seriously.

Making the sauce from scratch was incredibly easy and the result was deli-cious. I tossed it on some vegan “cutlets” I’d found at a local health food store. These dehydrated soy and pinto bean protein cutlets had a similar texture to sei-tan, which is a little too,“meaty” for me, but I served them to a friend for dinner and they were down the hatch in no time.

In the future, I think I’d

toss this sauce in some tempeh sticks, or even pan fried tofu. You can really do with it what you want, but I encourage you try this over a store bought ver-sion. The ingredients are common pantry items you probably have around any-way, and it only needs to simmer for about 20 min-utes while you prep the rest of your dinner.

This recipe is modified from the blog Gimme Some Oven.

Kat Barry, a St. Joseph, Michigan native, is owner of Kat’s Hot Cakes vegan catering, and co author of “The New Chicago Diner Cookbook: Meat Free Recipes from America’s Veggie Diner.” She also develops recipes for eHow.com, where you can find over 30 of her vegan instructional cooking vid-eos. She is also a certified yoga instructor. Kat cur-rently resides in Chicago, and in her free time she enjoys practicing yoga, sampling local spirits, lis-tening to live music, and getting outdoors. Follow @katshotcakes on twitter. Kat can be reached via email at: [email protected].

Homemade Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce

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Place all ingredients in a medium size sauce pan. Whisk together over medium high heat until smooth and combined.

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Feb. 11-13

Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS), a self-directed ensemble of five professional British ac-tors, will present William Shakespeare’s Macbeth at the historic Washing-ton Hall on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on Feb. 11, 12, and 13, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. ndividual tickets are $22, student tickets are $12, and children under 18 are free with a paid adult (limit five). Tickets may be purchased at the De-Bartolo Performing Arts Center ticket office, by phone at (574) 631-2800, or online at shakespeare.nd.edu. For more infor-mation on Actors From The London Stage, visit aftls.nd.edu.

Feb. 13

Warm up a southwest Michigan winter weekend with Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys when they per-form at the LMC Mendel Center on Friday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. The show rounds out the inaugural season of the Hanson Theatre Living Room Se-ries. For more informa-tion about the band, visit www.lindsayloumusic.com

The Elkhart County Parks will be offering a program on the history of soda pop at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13 at the Ox Bow Haus Shelter in Ox Bow County Park. Participants will have the opportunity to make their own home-made soda pop using a variety of flavored syr-ups. Cost for the program is $2 per person. Prepay-ment and preregistration is required by Thursday, Feb. 12. To register or pay by phone, please call the Elkhart County Parks Admin. Office at 574-535-6458 or in per-son at 211 West Lincoln Avenue, Goshen IN.

Feb. 14

The Lake Michigan Col-lege Mendel Center Mainstage welcomes the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia as they present The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites on Sat-urday, Feb. 14, 2015, for two shows at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tickets for The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Fa-vorites start at $14 and are available through the LMC Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or www.lmcmainstage.

org. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrange-ments, contact Mike Nad-olski at (269) 927-8109 or [email protected].

Come and shop for all those hard to find farm toys at the Cass County Fair Grounds on Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will also be NAS-CAR items available for purchase. Silent auction and door prizes as well.

There will be a free semi-nar on attracting blue birds on Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. Come learn how to attract bluebirds to your yard and how to deal with predators. Visit us at Wild Birds Unlimited, 421 E. University Drive, Granger, Ind. (In the super target shopping center) For more infor-mation, contact (574) 247 – 0201 or visit Mishawaka.wbu.com

Feb. 15

The Twin City Players will hold auditions for its

Spring mainstage pro-duction. Auditions for the April/May production of Social Security by Andrew Bergman, direct-ed by Dave Goodyear, will begin at 1 p.m. and at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, February 16. For more information call 269-429-0400 or visit us at twin-cityplayers.org.

Feb. 17

Trinity Episcopal Church, located at 9 S. Fourth St., in Niles, is hosting a pan-cake and sausage sup-per from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 17. Donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, call (269) 683-6060.

Ryan Postema, Chikaming Openlands Land Protection Specialist, will speak at the River Valley Garden Club meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 17, at noon. The club meets at the Harbert Community Church at the corner of Three Oaks and Harbert Roads in Sawyer. Ryan will dis-cuss wildlife habitat res-toration and invasive species control in addi-tion to native landscap-ing. For information con-tact Elizabeth Palulis,

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Feb. 18

iGoodwill Industries of Michiana, Inc. will facili-tate a Job Fair with sev-eral businesses ready to hire at their Community Career Center in Mishawaka from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18th at 3 4 2 0 Grape Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545 Sixteen employers and staffing agencies from the Michiana area will be in attendance to meet job applicants. For more information contact Nick Pittman at (574) 968-0640 ext. 1.

Feb.26

Experience an all new show when the inter-nat ional ly-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, returns to the Lake Michi-gan College Mendel Cen-ter Mainstage at 7 p.m. Tickets for Rain: A Trib-ute to the Beatles start at $48 and are available by calling the LMC Men-del Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or visiting www.lmcmainstage.org.


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RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLESThursday, February 26, 2015, 7 p.m.

$48 $52 $56 $60RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES is a live multi-media spectacular that takes you on a musical journey through the life and times of the world’s most celebrated band. Going further than before, this expanded RAIN adds even more hits that you know and love from the vast anthology of Beatles classics such as “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “Hard Day’s Night,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Let It Be,” “Come Together,” and “Hey Jude.”

This stunning concert event takes you back in time with the legendary foursome delivering a note-for-note theatrical event that is the next best thing to the Beatles. Don’t miss the Broadway smash that’s taking the world by storm… RAIN: A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES.

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Jekyll & Hyde musical comes to LMCBENTON TOWNSHIP — This

weekend the epic struggle between good and evil comes to life on stage

in this all-new production of the musical phenomenon, “Jekyll & Hyde.”

For the first time, this just announced, special engagement comes to the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center Mainstage for one performance only at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15.

Based on the classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson and featuring a thrilling score of pop/rock hits from multi Grammy and Tony nominated Frank Wildhorn and double Oscar and Grammy winning Leslie Bricusse, “Jekyll & Hyde” has mesmer-ized audiences the world over.

An evocative tale of two men: one a doc-tor, passionate and romantic — the other, a terrifying madman; and two women: one, beautiful and trusting — the other, beautiful and trusting only herself. Both women are in love with the same man. Both are unaware of his dark secret. Their story unfolds in this gripping musical thriller resplendent with a sumptuous score includ-ing the unforgettable, “This Is the Moment,” “Someone Like You,” and “A New Life.”

With a Grammy nominated score, the 1997 Tony nominated Broadway produc-tion of “Jekyll & Hyde” is the longest run-ning show in the history of the Plymouth Theater. The show has seen four major tours and more than 500 regional produc-tions in the United States and Canada. More than 100 international productions also have been seen in such countries as Germany, Austria, Spain, Hungary, Japan,

Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. There have been 32 international recordings of “Jekyll & Hyde” in 28 differ-ent languages.

The critics proclaim:• “Jekyll & Hyde is “Lush and appeal-

ing... genuinely moving.” — New York Daily News• “Powerfully charismatic...mesmeriz-

ing... composer Frank Wildhorn unleashes torrents of surging melody.” — Newark

Star Ledger• “The great strength of this show is its

score.” — The Chicago TribuneTickets for “Jekyll & Hyde” start at

$30 and are available by calling the LMC Mendel Center Box Office at (269) 927-1221 or visiting www.lmcmainstage.org. Special rates are available for groups of 10 or more. For information about group rates, pre-show party options, and other special arrangements, contact Mike Nadolski at (269) 927-8109 or mnadols-

[email protected]. A cash bar will be open one hour before

show time and during intermission. Special Mendel Center drink cups are available for purchase, which allow patrons to enjoy their beverages inside the theater.

The full line-up of LMC Mendel Center Mainstage entertainment can be found at www.lmcmainstage.org. Find the LMC Mendel Center on social media at www.face-book.com/mendelcenter and @LMCMendel on Twitter.


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PARTING SHOTS

Dowagiac ice Festival 2015Leader photos/TED YOAKUM

Despite this weekend’s thaw, hundreds of people flocked to downtown Dowagiac on Saturday for this year’s Ice Time festival. As in previous years, the highlight of the day came during the carve off held inside Beckwith Park, with the area ice carvers competing against each other to create the best frozen marvel within the hour-and-a-half time limit.

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