Calendar

BEFORE YOU GO

To curtail the spread of the coronavirus, some events may be canceled after our print deadline. Please check with the venue before going.

ART

• Beginning Colored Pencils: 6-8 p.m. Oct. 19-Dec. 7, $140members, $150nonmembers, Art Reach, 111E. Broadway, Mt. Pleasant. Artreachcen ter.org. Masks required in building.

• Artfest 55: View winners of annual competition for ages 55+ at becre ative360.org/artfest-55.

• CMU Graphic Design Exhibition: Exhibition theme is Vision/ Vote 2020, capstone2020.cmu-design.com.

• Linda Beeman & Lynita Shimizu, SAG, Pooh Stevenson: Exhibit through Nov. 8at Shiawassee Arts Center, 206Curwood Castle Drive, Owosso, free; shiawasseearts.org, 989-723-8354.

• Saginaw Art Museum: Noon-5p.m. Wednesdays-fridays, saginawartmu seum.org, 989-754-2491.

BEATS

• Live fromstaples!: 7:30p.m.

Oct. 22, percussion ensemble, free, Facebook.com/cmumusicschool, 989774-3738.

• Uncorked: 5:30p.m. Oct. 22, drink specials, small plates with free, live music, at Saints and Sinners Lounge, Midland Center for the Arts, 1801W. Saint Andrews, Midland, midlandcenter.org.

• Russell Thomas: Tenor performs 7 p.m. Oct. 22, with behind-the-scenes live master class with Q& A, $10household (ticket sales close half hour prior), 989-631-8250, midlandcenter.org.

• Cedar Springs Brewing Co Live music: Wednesdays at 6:30p.m. and Sundays at noon, Cedar Springs Brewing Co., 95N. Main, Cedar Springs, 616-696-2337, csbrew.com.

• Laith Al-saadi: 8p.m. every Friday, facebook.com/ laithalsaadi.

• Mondays with May: 7p.m. every Monday, facebook.com/mayerlewine music.

• Kris Pride:

2p.m. daily, sessionslive.

com/ krispridemusic.

COMEDY

• Curbside Comedy: 8p.m. Oct. 22, Danny Browning featuringwesley Ward, $10, outside the Midland Center for the Arts, 1801W. St. Andrews. St., Midland, mcfta.org.

FARMERS MARKETS

• Alma: 7a.m.-1p.m. Wed. and Sat. through Oct., corner of Pine and Downie Streets, gratiotfarmersmarkets.com/alma.html.

• Mt. Pleasant: 7:30a.m.-2p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 29, Island Park, and 9a.m.-2p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 16, Broadway St. at Town Center, with social distancing, mt-pleasant.org.

• Midland: 7a.m.-1p.m. Wed. and Sat. through Oct., 9a.m. – noon Saturdays Nov. 7, 14, 21, Dow Diamond parking lot, 825E. Main St., mbami.org/farm ersmarket.

FAMILY FUN

• Papa’s Pumpkin Patch: 10a.m.-6 p.m. Tues.-sat., free admission, 3909 S. Summerton Road Mt. Pleasant, 989-773-4345.

• Grandma’s Pumpkin Patch: daily 9a.m.-7p.m., free admission, 4277 N. Eastman Road, Midland, 989-5135222.

• Johnson’s Giant Pumpkin Farm: 10 a.m.-7p.m. weekdays, 10a.m.-6p.m. Sat. and noon-6p.m. Sun., free, 4715 N. Portsmouth Road, Saginaw, 989752-3133.

• Saginaw Children’s Zoo: 10a.m.-5 p.m. daily, $5ages 1and up, reserve tickets online before visit, saginawzoo. com.

Zoo Goes Boo: 10a.m.-5p.m. Oct. 1618, Oct. 23-25, John Ball Zoo, 1300W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, tickets $1113at jbzoo.org/event/zoogoesboo.

• Children’smuseumplay at Home: facebook.com/playatgrcm, grcm.org/ playathome.

GARDENS & MUSEUMS

• Grand Rapids Public Museum: 272 Pearl St. NW, Grand Rapids. Admission is $ adults, $ for children. For more information, visit grpm.org.

• Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: 9a.m.-5p.m. Mon.

Sat., 11a.m.-5p.m. Sun., 1000E. Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, with social distancing, tickets $4-$14.50, 888-957-1580, meijergardens.org.

• Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park: Virtual visits daily 10 a.m. and 2p.m., facebook.com/meijer Gardens.

HALLOWEEN

• Deadwood Grove/haunted Forest: 7-10p.m. Oct. 16-17, 23-24, 30-31, Mid Michigan Community College, 1375S. Clare Ave., Harrison, tickets at door, $10, $5younger than 12, midmich.edu/community/news/deadwood-grove-haunted-drive.

• Zoogoes Boo: 10a.m.-5p.m. Oct. 16-18, Oct. 23-25, John Ball Zoo, 1300W. Fulton St., Grand Rapids, tickets $11-13at jbzoo.org/event/zoo goesboo.

OUTDOORS

• Mushroom Foray: 9:30a.m.-noon Oct. 21, with Sister Marie Kopin, free, Sylvan Solace Preserve, (Pickard

Road between Gilmore and Littlefield roads), chippewawatershedconser vancy.com.

• Trapping Clinic: 10a.m.-3p.m. Oct. 17, $25includes lunch, trapping book and a trap, Mitchell State Park, 6087 E. M-115, Cadillac, register at Michigan.gov/ Dnrlicenses and click on “Purchase a license,” 231-779-1321.

• Wilddeer Open Disc Golf: 7:30 a.m. Oct. 18, $25+, raising awareness for the Sawyer Light Foundation, Deerfield Park, 2425W. Remus Road, Mt. Pleasant, discgolfscene.com/ tournaments/ Wilddeer_ Open_ 2020.

POETRY

• Rumi Poetry Hour: 4:15-5:15p.m Thursdays, Highland Blush Cafe, 228 E. Superior St., Alma, highlandblush. com, masks required.

TALK

• Reel Talks: “Short Term 12” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, free film chat, register by 7p.m. at mcfta.org.

THEATER

• “A Song for Coretta”: 7:30p.m. Oct. 22-24, and 2p.m. Sunday Oct. 25, livestream from CMU Theatre, $5 at showtix4u.com/events/cmutad.