Dress rehearsals for “Down the Rabbit Hole” have been taking place at North Star High School with public performances of the show being at 7 p.m. both May 28-29. Students and staff at North Star High School are inviting the community to go “Down the Rabbit Hole” with them later this month. The first musical play held under the North Star banner will take place May 27-29 and will be co-directed by teachers Sam Thomas and Jake Simpkins. A dress rehearsal for North Star student

The free music series “Music off the Back Porch” returned to the rear of the Park House Museum May 15 featuring Kara Kaufmann (left) as the opening act with Johnny Mac & Friends (above) closing it out. The friends that joined Johnny Mac (John McDonald, also below) included his wife Liz as well as Doc & The Rev (Terence Morris and Rev. Shirley Carleton). The next “Music off the Back Porch” is June 19 at 6 p.m. - weather permitting - with Monique Belanger and Joe Perry schedule

Tommy Parham and Tia McGraff performed recently at a "Storytime" event at the River Bookshop in Amherstburg. Music and literature collided recently when Americana and Country singer-songwriter, Tia McGraff, visited the River Bookshop to promote her new children’s book, In Your Dreams Jake, the second installment in the Jake the Road Dawg series. Children sat enraptured as McGraff, joined by her husband and musical collaborator Tommy Parham, blended storytelling with live musi