Participating Venues

Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts

Hackley Public Library

Harbor Theater

Lakeshore Museum Center

Muskegon Civic Theatre

Muskegon Community College Overbrook Theatre

Muskegon Heritage Association Museum


Muskegon Museum of Art

The Howmet Playhouse

West Michigan Symphony



Red Lotus Gallery 

AHFest 2011 is under way!  If you are interested in an event on our calendar, please click the link on the left of the sponsoring organization to learn more.

October 1

Wayzgoose IV

West Shore Graphic Arts Society
Norris Creek Printmaking Studio
Reservations: 616-865-6333

Passion and Perversity-The Inner Chambers of Edgar Allen Poe

A one-man show written and performed by Tom Harryman
Black Boxed on the Frauenthal Stage, 7:30 pm

October 3

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 6:45 pm

Tres Vidas:

Music Theater Based on the Lives of 3 Legendary Latin American Women

Muskegon Community College, Overbrook Theater, 7:00 pm

October 4

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 11:00 am

Diabetes Review

Hackley Public Library, 6:00 pm

Singing the Good Old Songs Again

Music by folk artists Gary Brandt and Jackie Davidson
Walker Library, North Muskegon, 6:30 pm

October 5

Education at the Muskegon Museum of Art

Friends of Art Program

Muskegon Museum of Art, 10:30 am

Muskegon Community College 2011-2012 Lecture Series

“I Wasn’t Deceived by the Trip, I Was Traumatized”

Using Archaeology and Ethnography to Understand the Social Process of

Undocumented Border Crossings in Southern Arizona

Jason De León, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
MCC Campus, Room 1100, 7:00 pm

October 6

Meet the Artists

“Walk-and-Talk” with "Neighbors" photographers Dave and Kathy Myers

Plus the featured Muskegon Chronicle Photographers
Muskegon Museum of Art, 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Red River

HarborLight Movie Night
Howmet Playhouse, 7:00 pm

October 7

First Fridays Michigan Music Concert Series

Gasta & the Carl Webb Band

Celtic & American Music
Howmet Playhouse, 7:30 pm

October 8

Friends & Neighbors Super Saturday

Communicating Through Photography
Muskegon Museum of Art, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Super Saturday Family Films

Newsies

Muskegon Museum of Art, 11:00 am & 2:00 pm

Buster Keaton Film Festival

Buster Keaton film “Go West” accompanied by Dennis Scott

Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts, 8:00 pm

October 9

Cinema Sunday Film

Onibaba

by Director Kaneto Shindo
(Japanese with English subtitles)
Muskegon Museum of Art, 2:00 pm

October 10

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 6:45 pm

October 11

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 11:00 am

Intro to Zumba

Hackley Public Library, 6:00 pm

October 12

Basic Spreadsheets

Hackley Public Library, 2:30 pm

"Home: Works by Molly Alicki Corriveau"

MCC Overbrook Art Gallery
Sept. 29-Oct. 28
Free public reception Wednesday, October 12, 6:00-8:00pm, Gallery Talk by the artist at 6:30 pm

October 13

Brown Bag Film Series

Second Time Around

Muskegon Museum of Art, 12:15 pm

Prime Time Family Reading

Hackley Public Library, 5:30 pm

Pictures of the Best Kind:

The 100th Year Lecture Series

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Holy Family
Muskegon Museum of Art, 7:00 pm

Hairspray, the Broadway Musical

Muskegon Civic Theatre
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

See the Sights in a Different Light

Learn more about the Hackley and Hume Homes
Hackley and Hume Historic Sites, 4:30-6:30 pm

October 14

Hairspray, the Broadway Musical

Muskegon Civic Theatre
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming

Presented by Master Arts Theatre of Grand Rapids
Howmet Playhouse, 7:30 pm

See the Sights in a Different Light

Learn more about the Hackley and Hume Homes
Hackley and Hume Historic Sites, 4:30-6:30 pm

October 15

How to Write a Mystery

With Teen Author Jennifer Allison
Workshop for grades 5 to 9, registration required
Hackley Public Library, 2:00 pm

Hairspray, the Broadway Musical

Muskegon Civic Theatre
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming

Presented by Master Arts Theatre of Grand Rapids
Howmet Playhouse, 7:30 pm

October 16

MAISD Student Art Exhibit Reception

Hosted by MAISD and Red Lotus Gallery
Red Lotus Gallery, 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Ah Fest Film Festival

Fanny and Alexander

by Ingmar Bergman
Film Host: Conor Roddy
Muskegon Museum of Art, 2:00 pm

Hairspray, the Broadway Musical

Muskegon Civic Theatre
Frauenthal Theater, 3:00 pm

Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming

Presented by Master Arts Theatre of Grand Rapids
Howmet Playhouse, 3:00 pm

October 17

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 6:45 pm

October 18

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 11:00 am

The Collins Foundation presents
“Blast”

Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

October 19

An Enemy of the People

Drama by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Arthur Miller
Muskegon Community College Center for Theater
Overbrook Theater, 7:30 pm

Muskegon Community Mental Health Services Exhibit:

“The Lives They Left Behind; Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic”

Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery, Hilt Building, 2nd Floor

October 20

Prime Time Family Reading

Hackley Public Library, 5:30 pm

Photography Lecture by Kendra Stanley-Mills

West Shore Graphic Arts Society Program
Muskegon Museum of Art, 6:00 pm

An Enemy of the People

Drama by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Arthur Miller
Muskegon Community College Center for Theater
Overbrook Theater, 7:30 pm

October 21

An Enemy of the People

Drama by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Arthur Miller
Muskegon Community College Center for Theater
Overbrook Theater, 7:30 pm

Business for Breakfast

Featuring Three Muskegon Hometown Heroes
Muskegon Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce
The Lakehouse, 7:00-9:00 am

October 22

Spooktacular Comedy and Magic with Joel Tacey

Hackley Public Library, 2:00 pm

Appraisal Day

Muskegon Museum of Art, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

MAISD Film Event

Up From the Bottoms:  The Search for the American Dream

A documentary about the African American migration from south to north
Q & A following film with Jim Schaub, James Martin and David Klemm
Howmet Playhouse, 7:00 pm

An Enemy of the People

Drama by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Arthur Miller
Muskegon Community College Center for Theater
Overbrook Theater, 7:30 pm

Pop Go the Sailors – Home Again

Presented by Mona Shores High School
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

October 23

Cinema Sunday Film

The Birds

by Director Alfred Hitchcock
Muskegon Museum of Art, 2:00 pm

An Enemy of the People

Drama by Henrik Ibsen, Translated by Arthur Miller
Muskegon Community College Center for Theater
Overbrook Theater, 3:00 pm

October 24

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 6:45 pm

October 25

Story Time for ages 3 -7

Hackley Public Library, 11:00 am

Healthy Steps

Proper Diabetes Foot Care
Hackley Public Library, 6:00 pm

October 26

Jazz & Wind Ensembles

Muskegon Community College
Overbrook Theater, 7:00 pm

David Sedaris, Live

Presented by Muskegon Writers’ Center,
Muskegon Community College and Frauenthal Center
Frauenthal Theater, 8:00 pm

October 27

Brown Bag Film Series
Community Praise

Muskegon Museum of Art, 12:15 pm

Prime Time Family Reading

Hackley Public Library, 5:30 pm

October 28

Brahms Symphony No.3

Scott Speck, Conductor and Alexander Buzlov, Cello

West Michigan Symphony
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

LOCKED IN:  A Haunted Halloween Happening at the Howmet Playhouse

Halloween Variety Show
Performed by the White Lake Youth Theatre and Nuveen Theatre Workshop Programs
Howmet Playhouse, 8:00 pm

Dark Site of the Museum

Learn about the creatures of the night
Lakeshore Museum Center, 4:30-5:30 pm

October 29

Band Means Together

Documentary Film exploring the artistry and passions
of the Muskegon Community College Jazz Ensemble
Muskegon Community College
Overbrook Theater, 7:00 pm

Brahms Symphony No.3

Scott Speck, Conductor and Alexander Buzlov, Cello

West Michigan Symphony
Frauenthal Theater, 7:30 pm

LOCKED IN:  A Haunted Halloween Happening at the Howmet Playhouse

Halloween Variety Show
Performed by the White Lake Youth Theatre and Nuveen Theatre Workshop Programs
Howmet Playhouse, 5:30 & 8:00 pm

October 30

Ah Fest Film Festival

Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

by Joel Coen
Film Host: Foley Schuler
Muskegon Museum of Art, 2:00 pm
 

Fall Concert

Muskegon Community College Singers

Overbrook Theater, 7:00 pm

October 31

Story Time for ages 3 to 7

Hackley Public Library, 6:45 pm

Ongoing Events

MCC Art Gallery Exhibit

HOME: Works By Molly Alicki-Corriveau

September 26 to October 28, 2011
Artist Reception: Wednesday, October 12, 6:00 to 8:00 pm with lecture at 6:30 pm
Muskegon Community College
Overbrook Art Gallery, MCC Campus

MAISD and the Red Lotus Gallery Present:

A STUDENT ART EXHIBIT

October 1 through 31, 2011
Location: Red Lotus Gallery, 825 W. Western Avenue, Downtown Muskegon
Gallery Hours: Monday, Thursday, and Friday 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm;
Saturday 11:00 am to 8:00 pm; Sunday Noon to 4:00 pm
Artist Reception: Sunday, October 16, 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Muskegon Museum of Art Exhibitions:

Through October 23, 2011

INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS: Selected Works of Art from the David W. Baas Collection

Through November 6, 2011

NEIGHBORS by David and Kathy Myers

LOCAL INTEREST Photographs from the Muskegon chronicle Archives

Through February 19, 2012

TINY TREASURES

MMA Fall Hours: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday 10:00 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday Noon to 4:30 pm

Muskegon Community Mental Health Services Exhibit

THE LIVES THEY LEFT BEHIND: SUITCASES FROM A STATE HOSPITAL ATTIC

October 19 to November 30, 2011
Bettye Clark Cannon Gallery, Hilt Building, 2nd Floor
Frauenthal Performing Arts Center