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May 20, 2012 | PLEASE JOIN US!
Young Playwright's Festival at City Opera House
Six high school writers, whose plays were selected from a juried competition, will have
their plays produced on Sunday, May 20, 2012 at the City Opera House in Traverse City.
This is the 1st Annual Young Playwright's Festival in Traverse City. Collaborating ...

Ellen Airgood, author of the 2012 Michigan Notable Book, South of Superior, which is now out in paperback, will be signing her books at Horizon Books of Traverse City on Friday, May 18 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
South of Superior, set in Grand Marais in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, is a charming book exploring the deep reward in caring for ...

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Congratulations to the students and staff of Traverse City Central High School’s Black & Gold Newspaper, who won a Spartan Award – the highest award given in the state – at the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association’s annual conference in Lansing! Central’s Pines Yearbook staff also received a Gold Award at the conference. Read more

April 21, 2012
Wondering what to do tonight? For a little inspiration, read Bruce Makie’s review of The Secrets of the Luuce Talk Tavern. In a personal note to NWS staffers, he said: “Mostly I wanted to tell you to go see the play, if you haven’t already. A really fine piece of writing. There may not be too many tickets left.”
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The Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City is mounting a free production of Thomas Lynch’s new play Lacrimae Rerum at the premier of the new Old Town Playhouse Readers Studio at the Depot Theater (corner of East 8th Street and Woodmere Avenue) on May 9th at 7pm. Lynch will attend this premier. Jan Dalton is directing and he has selected Old Town ...