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Frank Morgan was a prodigal alto sax player who, like so many of his fellow musicians of the era, saw his career plagued by …

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 …

By Beth Milligan
With additional reporting by Allison Peters

“There’s something seductive about the thing we believe we cannot do, the achievement that seems out of reach. I imagine it’s what keeps people climbing mountains or surfing during storms, that …

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 …

2012 has been an exciting year for the National Writers Series (NWS).  This evening, at our sold-out event with New York Times best-selling authors Anna Quindlen and Susan Casey the National Writers Series will award its 2012 scholarships in the …

The US News and World Report (click here for report) named Traverse City West Senior High School and Traverse City Central High School two of the top performing high schools in the state and nation this past week. TC West …

NWS Recognized in Top Three National Publishing Magazines

2012 has been an exciting year for the National Writers Series. This month, at our sold-out event with Anna Quindlen and Susan Casey on May 14, we will award our 2012 scholarships …

Anna Quindlen’s new book, Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Just Debuted at #2 on the New York Times best-seller list.  (Random House, $26.) The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of …

Doug Stanton’s feature story, “What It Feels Like To Be Yvon Chouinard,” which first appeared in Men’s Journal magazine, where Doug has been a contributing editor, is part of the just-published “Men’s Journal 20th Anniversary Archive.”

Doug traveled …

James Russell, Traverse City Record-Eagle  |  May 10, 2012
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TRAVERSE CITY — Aspiring writers will have a new place to call home.
The Front Street Writers Program — a collaborative effort between the locally based National …