"WE NEED TO raise funds if we're going to sustain our growth." The words of Jamie Weeder, the cofounder and director of Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and Wolf's Head Theater Company. So begins a campaign to identify arts-loving individuals and businesses who will put the two relatively new theater groups on ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Jamie Weeder
Brian Cabell sits down with the 34-year-old cofounder and artistic director of the Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and the Wolf's Head Theater Company. BC: Where were you born and raised? JW: Primarily downstate. Westland, Michigan, the Detroit metro area. I was raised there with my mom and my dad, my brother and ... Continue Reading
Investor Interest in the Old Hospital, Uncertain Future of the Presque Isle Power Plant, Re-Opening of Johnny Dogs, Revival of Anna Dravland, Progress of BotEco, Forecast for Summer, and Hopes for a Touring Theater Troupe
LOOKS LIKE THERE'S some interest in buying the old hospital property about to be vacated by UPHS Marquette. "We just received our first two RFP's (Requests for proposal) from two separate interested investors last week," reports Victor Harrington, the regional marketing director for UPHS. That's good news. UPHS is ... Continue Reading