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Acoustic Routes Concerts is celebrating 10 years of bringing live music to Saline with an incredible three nights of music on April 20-22 at Stony Lake Brewing, 447 E. Michigan Ave.
Since A Prairie Home Companion’s Dakota Dave Hull kicked off the series in April 2013, Acoustic Routes, founded by Saline native Jim Cain, has hosted 118 concerts, first at Mangiamo Italian Grill and since 2017 at Stony Lake Brewing. Artists from across the Midwest and Canada, and from as far away as Scotland, Ireland and Sweden have all performed, including several Grammy winners. In all that time, 100% of ticket sales have gone to the artists.
Acoustic Routes has also worked with renowned music club The Ark to raise more than $125,000 to support the Breakfast at St. Andrew’s daily meal program in Ann Arbor, which has fed anyone in need since 1982. Featured artists have included legends like Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Mavis Staples and Lucinda Williams. Up next is Rosanne Cash & Her Band
on May 13 at The Michigan Theater.
The 10th
anniversary weekend kicks off on Thursday, April 20 with Nicole Boggs & The Reel, who are making the trek north from Nashville. This hard-charging electric trio brings jazz, country, R&B and rock influences to original songs like Existential Blues
and I Don't Want to Know You Anymore.
On Friday, Peter Madcat Ruth’s C.A.R.Ma Quartet, the latest project from the Grammy Award-winning harmonica legend, take the stage. Joining Madcat are Grammy-winning drummer John Churchville, bassist and Macpodz founder Brennan Andes and singer and guitarist Dan Ripke. The range of musical influences they bring to the party – from jazz and blues to rock, funk and Indian drumming – brings new perspectives to traditional music and opens the door for some amazing improvisations.
The celebration weekend wraps on Saturday with Wilson Thicket, Michigan's newest bluegrass supergroup featuring virtuoso picker Jason Dennie on mandolin and vocals, Scott Kendall on bass, Keith Billik on banjo and vocals, and Aaron Markovitz on guitar, mandolin and vocals. Expect plenty of roots and lots of grass, like In My Arms and Three Stones in the River. There may be some thorns but also some flowers.
Advance tickets are available at Stony Lake Brewing.com. Tickets for the Rosanne Cash concert are available at Ticketmaster.
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No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,