JULY 2010
News from the Forest
The summer is upon us, and there's a whole lot happening
around here! The golf courses are in tip-top shape, the off-Broadway
theater has a fantastic line-up, and Lake Michigan is saying,
let's take a dip mon ami! We've got some awesome lounge chairs
by the pool, and our 1970s-era Schwinn Suburban bicycles are
ready for your riding pleasure. Ahh, it's a great time of
year, so get out your calendar and schedule some free time
soon.
Sherwood Forest Picnic Baskets
Venture forth from Sherwood Forest with your own basket of
goodies this summer. The picnic includes a fine selection
of Italian meats, cheeses, and baguettes, along with fresh
fruit and sweets to make your afternoon rendezvous complete.
To wet your whistle, choose from spritzers or bottled water
(vegetarian selection also available). Price: $55 for two.
Melt Your Stress Away
Upon your arrival, you'll find a beautiful wine and cheese
basket with a bouquet of fresh flowers. During your visit,
you'll each experience a soothing massage in a style suited
just for you and a $30 voucher good toward a romantic dinner
at a fine restaurant. Upon your departure (which we're sure
you'll want to delay as long as possible before returning
to the real world) a gift from us: a compact disc of relaxing
music and an illustrated guide to massage. Price: $235 (does
not include room rate). If you wish to have this awaiting
your arrival, give us a call at 800-838-1246.
Sherwood Forest Cottage
Our cottage is almost booked up for the summer, but here's
what we have left: August 14-20 and 21-27. It goes for $1250/week.
It sleeps up to 5 people, has a full kitchen, washer/dryer,
and is only 1/2 block from Lake Michigan and the public beach,
and yes, it's pet friendly. It goes back to nightly rental
after Labor Day. For more information, you can visit the cottage
website at http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com/COTTAGE.HTML.
Here's what's happening in and around the area:
Bed & Breakfast, Dinner, and Off-Broadway Theater
Sherwood Forest has this to offer: 2 nights at Sherwood Forest
B&B, dinner for two at either Chequers in Saugatuck, a British-style
pub offering English favorites, or Restaurant Toulouse, a
French-American restaurant with warm French provincial ambiance,
and 2 tickets to the Mason Street Warehouse, where you'll
experience professional off-Broadway theater. The line up
for this season is Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (June 25-July 18),
Dixie's Tupperware Party (July 21-August 1), The Marvelous
Wonderettes (August 6-22), and The Nuclear Family (August
25-29). Package prices range from $249 to $569. To book this,
call Keith or Sue at 800-838-1246.
Bed & Breakfast and Brewery
Looking for a getaway involving brewing your own batch of
beer? Sherwood Forest is offering a unique weekend package
that includes a 2-night stay plus access to Saugatuck Brewing
Company's brew-on-site facilities. SBC will provide the recipes,
from light to dark, with more than 70 different recipes available.
They'll also provide the ingredients and professional brewing
equipment as well as the expertise to take you through the
brewing process. You'll brew at least 11 gallons of beer (sixty
22oz. bottles). If 11 gallons of beer is more than you need,
bring a friend or two and split the batch. It takes 3-4 hours
to brew your batch and you return in 2 weeks to bottle and
sample your beer, which takes about 2 hours, or you can have
them bottle it and pick it up later (an extra $20). The cost
runs from $512 to $695 depending on the time of year and the
room. For more info, call Keith or Sue at 800-838-1246.
Bed & Breakfast and Charter Boat Fishing
Looking for the ultimate experience in Saugatuck fishing charters?
Sherwood Forest B&B is offering an extraordinary package that
includes some great fishing with Best Chance Charters, Saugatuck's
premiere fishing experts. For years, the Saugatuck port has
provided some of the best salmon, trout, perch, and walleye
fishing within the Great Lakes region. Whether you're a novice
who wants special attention or an experienced angler who is
looking for more of a hands-on trip, their professional staff
is prepared to help make your experience a highlight of your
visit. Here are the details: you'll get 1 or 2 nights at Sherwood
Forest B&B plus a fishing trip on Lake Michigan and some awesome
bragging rights when you return home. The cost runs from $608
to $985, depending on the time of year and the room. For more
info or to book this package, call Keith or Sue at 800-838-1246.
Bed and Breakfast and Arnold Palmer Golf
Spend a couple of nights at Sherwood Forest, and we'll arrange
for you to play at The Ravines, an Arnold Palmer signature
championship golf course, a sweeping, 18-stanza epic, where
nature meets sport in ways you simply must witness to believe.
Here's what you get: a 2-night stay at Sherwood Forest, 18
holes of golf for two (with a cart) with a guaranteed tee
time at The Ravines, and some great dinner recommendations
so you don't have to do the hit and miss thing (cost ranges
from $404-$645). To book this package, call us at 800-838-1246.
We have lots of different packages, so for more info and prices,
check out http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com/GOLF.html.
U-Pick
There are some great Michigan U-Pick's about 8 miles or less
from our front door; Earl's U-Pick Farm is one of them. Through
August, you can pick raspberries, such as Laurens and Chester's.
Then at Krupka's Blueberry Plantation, beginning in early
July, blueberries will be in season, with the Dukes, and then
the delicious Jerseys will be ready after that. For more info,
contact Earl's at 269-227-2074 or Krupka's at 269-857-4278.
Airplane Rides
Looking for a cool experience? How about a joy ride in a nifty
Cessna 172 with a qualified, certified flight instructor?
You'll be able to fly over the Lake Michigan shoreline along
Saugatuck/Douglas and see from the air what makes this area
so magical. Rides are $25 per person for a half hour, or $120/hour
for up to three people. Advanced reservations are required.
If interested, give us a call at the B&B, 800-838-1246.
Balloon Rides
Enjoy the soundless flight on the wisp of a breeze in a hot
air balloon. Windmill Balloons specializes in champagne flights
that last about 1.5 hours. You'll take off about 2 hours before
sunset to capture the awesome view and colors as the sun lazily
sets over the horizon. Advanced reservations are required
and cost is $225 per person. If interested, give us a call
at the B&B, 800-838-1246.
Douglas Socials
Starting July 1 and continuing every other week on Thursday
nights through September 9, the Douglas Socials will be held
from 5:30-9 p.m. in downtown Douglas. This is a real hometown
happening that includes fun festivities for the whole family,
including beer and brats, music, and lively conversation.
Farmers' Market
The Green Market is at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts from
8 a.m.-2 p.m. every Friday until October 8 and on Mondays
from 3-7 p.m. from July 6 to August 30. Local farmers and
growers bring fresh produce, flowers, and perennials, plus
homemade jams, jellies, and baked goods. For more info, call
269-857-2399 or visit http://www.sc4a.org/GreenMarket.html.
Music in the Park--Saugatuck
By the river next to the band shell in Saugatuck, you can
listen to some free music this summer. July 7-Blue Coyote
Band (country); July 14-The Last Call Band (roots/rock); July
21-Function (funk/soul); July 28-Keith Scott Blues Band (Chicago
blues); August 4-Creolization (Zydeco/Cajun); August 11-Bryan
Michael Fischer Band (rock/R&B); August 18-Los Bandits (Tex/Mex);
August 25-The Niche Classic (top 40); and September 1-Delilah
DeWylde & The Lost Boys (honky tonk) For more info, visit
http://www.saugatuckdouglas.com/.
Music in the Park--Fennville
Free music every other Tuesday: July 6, Root Doctor (blues);
July 22, Red Sea Pedestrians (world music); and August 3,
Detour (bluegrass). The concerts will be held at Memorial/Paradise
Park on north Maple Street in downtown Fennville. For more
info, visit http://www.greaterfennville.com.
Jazz
The Cooper Hay Van Lente Group will be performing on July
12 at 8 p.m. at the SCA with some seriously cool jazz. The
group is influenced by swing, fusion, Latin, and world music.
For more info, call 269-857-2399 or visit http://www.sc4a.org.
Celtic
Krista Detor will be performing on July 16 at 8 p.m. at the
SCA. Like a poet and a playwright, she makes songs out of
crystalline moments. Her talent and the content of her songs
are what set her apart. For more info, call 269-857-2399 or
visit http://www.sc4a.org.
Jazz
Veteran jazz singer Libby York brings her cool style to the
SCA in the studio series on July 26. Known for her subtle,
understated yet expressive approach, York's vocals have inspired
comparisons to such noteworthy jazz stylists as Anita O'Day,
Chris Connor, June Christy, and Julie London. Chicago pianist
Jeremy Kahn will join York. For more info, call 269-857-2399
or visit http://www.sc4a.org.
Contemporary Ballads
Award-winning singer-songwriter Meg Hutchinson showcases her
talent at the SCA's 2010 Summer in the Studio series on August
2. With a poet's ease, Hutchinson makes the personal universal,
allowing people's stories to come alive through her unique
vocals and haunting melodies. For more info, call 269-857-2399
or visit http://www.sc4a.org.
Chamber
The performance line up for the Chamber Music Festival of
Saugatuck is as follows: July 8-9, Khachaturian, Saint-Saens
and Rachmaninoff; July 15-16, Milhaud and Poulenc; July 22-24,
Beethoven and Brahms; July 29-30, Liszt, Wolf, Respighi, and
Tchaikovsky; August 5-6, Kernis, Barber, and Bernstein; August
12-13, Martinu, Dvorak, and Dohnanyi. All performances are
at 8 p.m. at the Saugatuck Woman's Club. For more info, visit
http://www.saugatuckmusic.org.
Jazz/Blues
There is some awesome music being played at the What Not Inn
(a neat little restaurant) every Saturday and Sunday. (Mondays
with Wally Michaels on piano, Jeff Beavan on bass, and Jack
Wilkin on the drums). Enjoy Michael Holmes, Christy G, Entourage
Mike Raleigh, and Keith Scott, and there's some cool jazz
by vocalist Mary Rademacher and Edye Evans Hyde. Show times
are 7-11 p.m. Plus don't forget about open mike night on Mondays.
For more info, call 269-543-3341 or visit http://www.whatnotinn.com.
Music at the Lucky Stone Pub
Join the folks at Saugatuck Brewing Company's Lucky Stone
pub for some music and locally crafted beer: July 1, Jen Sygit
and Sam Corbin (folk/acoustic); July 3, Last Call Band (cover/rockabilly);
July 8, Dean Millu (jazz); July 10, Vincent Hayes Project
(jazz/funk); July 15, Dave Hardin (country/Nashville), July
17, Fred Knapp's Groove Merchant (jazz); July 22, Vincent
Hayes (jazz); July 24, The Waxies (Irish): July 29, Todd Warnock
Band (local favorite-rock); July 31, Last Call Band (cover/rockabilly).
All performances are from 7-11 p.m. For more info, visit http://saugatuckbrewing.com.
Art
Ox-Bow Open Studios Ox-bow is a 98-year-old artist residency
for experienced and aspiring artists. Each summer, more than
500 artists make their way to the 115 acres located among
the dunes and forests of West Michigan to delve into their
artistic process. Join them on Friday nights for demonstrations,
performances, and live auctions on July 2, 16, 30 and August
13, from 7:30-10 p.m. For more info, visit http://www.ox-bow.org
or call 800-318-3019.
Movies
Film Studies at the Red Barn
Local resident and film concept developer John Hardy will
introduce each film and lead a brief discussion afterward
during the Red Barn Film Studies. July 6: Giant-1956- Dinner
and a Movie Night at The Red Barn Theater--Rock Hudson, Elizabeth
Taylor, James Dean; July 13: To Be Or Not To Be-1942, Jack
Benny, Robert Stack, Carole Lombard; July 20: Kiss Me Kate-1953,
Ann Miller, Bob Fosse, Carol Haney; July 27: To Kill a Mockingbird-1962,
Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, John Megna, Phillip Alford, Mary
Badham, Robert Duvall; August 3: Dr. Zhivago-1965, Dinner
and a Movie Night at The Red Barn Theater, Omar Sharif, Julie
Christie, Alec Guinness, Rod Steiger; August 10: Rock Around
the Clock-1956; August 17: Cabaret-1972,Michael York, Liza
Minnelli; August 24: Sunset Boulevard-1950 William Holden,
Gloria Swanson; August 31: The Lady Vanishes-1938, Margaret
Lockwood, Dame Mae Whitty, Michael Redgrave; September 7:
Fiddler On The Roof-1971,Dinner and a Movie Night at The Red
Barn Theater, Israeli actor Topol, Norma Crane; September
14: High Noon-1952 Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges;
September 21: Gypsy-1962,Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood; September
28: Moby Dick -1956,Gregory Peck; All screenings are at 6:30
p.m. For more info, call 269-857-5300 or visit http://www.redbarnsaugatuck.com.
Theater
The Red Barn Players present Neil Simon's comedy/mystery Rumors
on July 2-3. Several affluent couples gather in the posh suburban
residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their
host's 10th anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there
are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host - the
deputy mayor of New York City - has shot himself through the
earlobe. Comic complications arise when, given everyone's
upper class status, they decide they need to do everything
possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police
and the media. The Jewish Theater of Grand Rapids returns
to the Red Barn Theater on July 16 and 18 with the musical
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Seven angels plays host to a musical
revue based on Allan Sherman's endearing collection of song
parodies. For more info, call 269-857- 5300 or visit their
website at http://www.redbarnsaugatuck.com.
More Theater
Hope Summer Repertory Theatre will present Into The Woods
from June 18-July 31 at the DeWitt Theatre in Holland. Then
it's I Do! I Do! from June 25-August 10 at the Knickerbocker
Theatre in Holland. Then The Last Night of Ballyhoo will run
from August 2-13 at the Knickerbocker. A Year With Frog and
Toad will run from August 2-13 at the Knickerbocker. For more
info, call 616-395-7890 or visit http://www.hope.edu/hsrt/.
Exhibitions
The award-winning Saugatuck-Douglas Museum has unveiled its
2010 exhibit: A Place Called Ox-Bow: 100 Years of Connecting
Art, Nature, and People. Saugatuck's Ox-Bow is a site of many
human and natural wonders: culture, nature, landscape, and
waterscape, all unfolding from the Lake Michigan shoreline
to the Kalamazoo River and the old Village of Saugatuck. This
exhibit is about how for a century the Ox-Bow School has been
a bridge between nature and art for thousands of people, comprising
an important chapter in the history of the lakeshore and its
dunes. This exhibit is open daily, noon to 4 p.m., until Labor
Day, and on the weekends only in the fall. Admission is free.
For more information, call 269-857-7901 or visit http://sdhistoricalsociety.org/.
Exhibition
Re(fr)action: Experiencing the Art of Glass will be on display
until August 9 at the SCA. From the collection of the Muskegon
Museum of Art, experience these spectacular modern works of
glass. In a dazzling array of colors, shapes, and sizes, this
collection nudges boundaries and conceptions about glass artistry.
For more info, call 269-857-2399 or visit http://www.sc4a.org.
Antiques
The Allegan County Antique Market will be held the last Sunday
in July from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Allegan County Fairgrounds.
The 400 exhibitors will be there rain or shine--200 indoor
and 200 under canopies (the market is always the last Sunday
of the month, April through September). For more info, call
269-735-3333. And don't forget to visit our friends down at
the Blue Star Antique Pavilion on Blue Star Highway in Douglas.
Honorable Mentions
July 1, free movie, Moonstruck, 7 pm at the Saugatuck-Douglas
Library.
July 3, Waterfront Invitational Fine Arts fair, Saugatuck
July 4, Parade 2 pm and fireworks at sunset
July 6, Movie, Giant, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 5:30
July 7, Music in the Park
July 8-9, Chamber Music, Saugatuck
July 10, Ox-Bow, Summer Benefit
July 13, Movie, To Be or Not to Be, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 7
pm
July 14, Music in the Park
July 15, Douglas Social
July 15-16, Chamber Music, Saugatuck
July 17, Douglas, Dutchers Vintage Baseball Game, 2 p.m. Douglas
July 20, Movie, Kiss me Kate, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 7pm
July 21, Music in the Park, Saugatuck
July 21, Opening Weekend, Mason Street Warehouse, Dixies Tupperware
Party
July 22-23, Chamber Music, Saugatuck
July 24, Douglas, Dutchers Vintage Baseball Game, 2 p.m. Douglas
July 25, Allegan Antique Market, Allegan
July 27, Movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, Red Barn, Saugatuck,
7 pm
July 29, Douglas Social
July 31, Venetian Festival, Lighted Boat parade and Fireworks
at Dusk
July 31, Village Square Art and Fine Arts Fair, Saugatuck
July 31, Blues in the Vineyard, Fenn Valley Winery
Aug 2, Music, Meg Hutchinson, SCA, Saugatuck
Aug 3, Movie, Dr. Zhivago, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 5:30 pm
Aug 4, Music in the Park, Saugatuck
Aug 5-6, Chamber Music, Saugatuck
Aug 6, Opening Weekend, Mason Street Warehouse, The Marvelous
Wonderettes
Aug 9, Music ,Edye Evans-Hyde and Mark Kahny, SCA, Saugatuck
Aug 10, Movie, Rock around the Clock, Red Barn, Saugatuck,
7 pm
Aug 11, Music in the Park, Saugatuck
Aug 12, Douglas Social
Aug 12-13, Chamber Music, Saugatuck
Aug 13-Oct 4, Rediscovering a Century of Art in Saugatuck,
SCA Saugatuck
Aug 16, Drew Nelson, SCA, Saugatick
Aug 17, Movie, Cabaret, Red Barn, Saugatuck 7 pm
Aug 18, Music in the Park, Saugatuck
Aug 19, Douglas & Saugatuck Sidewalk Sale's
Aug 19, Taste of Douglas
Aug 22, Taste of Saugatuck
Aug 23, Music, The Guggenheim Grotto, SCA, Saugatuck
Aug 24, Movie, Sunset Boulevard, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 7 pm
Aug 25, Music in the Park, Saugatuck
Aug 26, Douglas Social
Aug 26, free movie, June 17, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 7 pm
at the Saugatuck-Douglas Library
Aug 29, Allegan Antique Market
Aug 31, Movie, The Lady Vanishes, Red Barn, Saugatuck, 7 pm
Books
Last month, more than 5,000 librarians from around the country
gathered in Portland, Oregon, for the Public Library Association
Convention.
At the convention, internationally known literature expert
and librarian Nancy Pearl convened a group of renowned editors
to give us their best summer reading recommendations. We've
listed the authors alphabetically (we only have room through
the letter C):
Bender, Aimee; The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
(A girl tastes her mother's emotions through cake)
Blake, Sarah; The Postmistress
(What havoc can ensue if a postmistress keeps a letter instead
of delivering it?)
Brown, Harriet; Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with
Anorexia
(A mother struggles to save her daughter from anorexia)
Bronsky, Alina; Broken Glass Park
(A young Russian immigrant in Berlin)
Caldwell, Gail; Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of
Friendship
(Friendship formed over a dog walk sustains two women through
life and death of one of them)
Cameron, W. Bruce; A Dog's Purpose
(What happens when a dog has unfinished business and can't
get to heaven?
Castillo, Linda; Pray for Silence: A Thriller
(In Ohio, Amish country Police Chief Kate Burkholder comes
face to face with pure evil)
Coonts, Deborah; Wanna Get Lucky?
(Set in Las Vegas with a protagonist named Lucky)
Cousteau, Jean-Michael and Daniel Paisner; My Father, the
Captain: My Life With Jacques Cousteau
(Just what it sounds like - a tribute to a father and his
life's work by his son)
Cronin, Justin; The Passage
(An apocalyptic novel)
The rest of the list can be found at http://heightslibrary.org/wordpress/director/?p=267
You can purchase or order this book at the Singapore Bank
Bookstore in Saugatuck (269-857-3785) or at Treehouse Books
in Holland (616-494-5085) or visit http://www.treehousebooks.net.
Sherwood Forest Staples
We will pamper you to your heart's content with one of our
Sweetheart Specials (we now can include Godiva Chocolates),
or you can try one of our in-house massages--doesn't get much
better than that. And of course, there's our ever-popular
Famous Chefs of Saugatuck Gourmet Dinners November through
April. You can link to our Sweetheart Specials at http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com/SWEETHEART.HTML
Here's the link for gourmet dinner details and a sample menu:
http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com/DINNERS.HTML.
From the Sherwood Forest Files:
Melissa, our beekeeper from the Greek Isles, has returned
to us this spring. Her mama, the Greek muse Terpsichore, once
again schlepped her daughter and dropped her off at our door,
asked for those magnificent shopping coupons we give our guests,
and went to do some shopping in Douglas and Saugatuck. M brought
some fresh Mahi Mahi and proceeded to BBQ us a delicious,
ambrosial, and enticing dish. During her prep work (her hostile
takeover of our kitchen), she pulled out a small packet of
spices to rub on the fish. She said it was super secret and
her mother the muse would be furious if she shared it, so
she did. M made us the most delicious lunch, of which the
rub for the Mahi Mahi follows:
Ingredients:
2 lbs mahi-mahi or pacific halibut cut into 4 portions
4 teaspoons chili powder
2 tablespoons fresh-squeezed limejuice
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1-teaspoon ground cumin
1-teaspoon onion powder
1-teaspoon garlic powder
1-teaspoon salt
one-half teaspoon fresh ground pepper
Instructions:
Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and rub generously
on fish filets. Grill to perfection. Enjoy as fish tacos....
For more hip and groovy recipes, you can visit our recipes
page on our website at http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com/RECIPE.HTML
Hope to see you soon!
Keith & Sue
Sherwood Forest Bed & Breakfast
938 Center St.
Douglas, Michigan
http://www.sherwoodforestbandb.com
800-838-1246
P.S. Peace on Earth
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