We're visiting local businesses to see what they're offering this holiday season.
Today, we launch our holiday shopping guide with a profile of The Bling Thing, located at 131 E. Michigan Ave., in downtown Saline. Store hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday. For more information, visit the website or call 734-470-6279.
Organizers of Saline's summer block party promise fun, food, music, emories … and mystery!
You’ve heard the phrase “something for everyone”? Saline’s Summerfest 2012 will more than deliver on that promise. On Friday and Saturday, August 10-11 – on the streets of downtown Saline – this year’s Summerfest schedule will offer a wider-than-ever assortment of activities, attractions, and amusements in one super hometown celebration. Summerfest builds on the traditional festivities of Saline’s “Picnic in the Park,” which was held each summer for nearly two decades in the city’s Mill Pond Park along the banks of the Saline River. In 2006, Picnic in the Park became part of a new, bigger event, called Saline’s Summerfest, and moved to downtown Saline for the first time. By all accounts, Saline’s Summerfest events of the past half-dozen …
Tonight's show features Bill Bynum & Co,
Today's Good Morning Saline greeting is from Jeff Dowling, who invites us to the Saline Summer Music Series concert tonight in Downtown Saline. Dowling, who works for LaFontaine Chrysler Dodge Jeep, helps with Saline Main Street, one of the organizations sponsoring the music series. Tonight's show, which starts at 7 p.m., features Bill Bynum & Co. Here is how the band is described on the band's website. With songs both traditional and original, and a sound that's at once as comfortable as old jeans and as fresh as a new blade of grass, Bill Bynum & Co. is a band that’s easy to love and hard to quit. The band’s core of guitar, pedal steel, fiddle, bass and harmony vocals can lean into country, veer toward bluegrass, or take listeners on a …
The weekly free concert in downtown Saline takes place on South Ann Arbor Street at 7 p.m.
Kari Holmes performs a free concert in Downtown Saline Thursday evening. Holmes, a country, rock and pop singer/songwriter inspired by artists like Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson and Adele, takes the Summer Music Series stage at 7 p.m. on South Ann Arbor Street. A performer since she was four years old, Holmes has written over 50 songs so far. "Writing songs is a way to express my love, heartbreaks, joys, concerns, excitement, doubt, friendship, etc.," Holmes writes in her biography found at Reverbnation.com. "Basically, it's a way to express how I react to what life gives me...good and bad! Through them, I hope to touch the hearts of everyone." Holmes and her band have played all over Michigan and have made the trip to Nashville, too. If …
The Saline Summer Music Concert continues at 7 p.m. Thursday with another free concert.
Creole du Nord, an Ann Arbor-based band, brings its Cajun and Zydeco music to downtown Saline Thursday night. The Summer Music Series presents another free concert at 7 p.m. on South Ann Arbor Street, between Michigan Avenue and Henry Street. Here's how Creole du Nord describes its sound in its press package. Creole and other traditional music” may suggest sounds rooted in pre-mass media Americana, true... but it’s more than just a marketing label or a sales hook. The band’s sound can be traced to southwest Louisiana’s traditional music mixed with some crossover tunes such as in “Cluck Old Hen, Alberta, or Rueben’s Train” or some forgotten gospel song of the “Okay” label. This music usually keeps uneasy company with slicker stuff. It’s …
Saline Summerfest 2012 takes place Aug. 10-11 in downtown Saline.
You’ve heard the phrase “something for everyone”? Saline’s Summerfest 2012 will more than deliver on that promise. On Friday and Saturday, August 10-11 – on the streets of downtown Saline – this year’s Summerfest schedule will offer a wider-than-ever assortment of activities, attractions, and amusements in one super hometown celebration. Summerfest builds on the traditional festivities of Saline’s “Picnic in the Park,” which was held each summer for nearly two decades in the city’s Mill Pond Park along the banks of the Saline River. In 2006, Picnic in the Park became part of a new, bigger event, called Saline’s Summerfest, and moved to downtown Saline for the first time. By all accounts, Saline’s Summerfest events of the past half-dozen …
On the eve of Saline's big festival, there was a Celtic vibe downtown.
On the eve of the Saline Celtic Festival at Mill Pond Park, local residents previewed the fun downtown Thursday night. The Cleary's Pub Sessions Band from Chelsea performed their brand of traditional Irish music at the Saline Summer Music Series free concert on South Ann Arbor Street. Athletes from Saturday's Highland Games at the Saline Celtic Festival were on hand to demonstrate the "sheaf toss" event. In the sheaf toss, athletes attept to use a pitchfork to toss a 20-pound burlap bag of rope over a bar that can be raised 20-feet high. It was the only Highland Games event that could be held downtown without damaging the street. Other events includ stone throwing, the hammer throw, weight over bar and Caber toss. Two Twelve Arts Center …
The Saline Summer Music Series continues downtown with a Celtic Flair on the eve of the Saline Celtic Festival.
The Saline Summer Music Series takes on a Celtic flavor Thursday night, the Cleary's Pub Session Band performs a free concert in downtown Saline. The concert begins at 7 p.m. on South Ann Arbor Street, between Michigan Avenue and Henry Street. "It's going to be a great way to lead into the Saline Celtic Festival," said Bob Rash, a member of the festival's organizing committee. Rash said that some of the athletes from the Highland Games will be on hand to promote their events, which take place Saturday at Millpond Park. Check out Saline Patch's Guide to the Saline Celtic Festival for more information or visit www.salineceltic.org.
The show begins at 7 p.m. on South Ann Arbor Street.
The Saline Big Band performs a free concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the heart of Saline. The Saline Summer Music Series continues on South Ann Arbor Street, between Michigan Avenue and Henry Street. The Saline Big Band, formed in 1973, is a 17-piece band that plays music from the swing era, primarily. Look for specials at Saline's downtown restaurants.
Mac's Acadian Seafood Shack hosts a traditional Celtic dinner July 11.
Kick off the annual Saline Celtic Festival with a gourmet Celtic dinner and Whiskey tasting event at Mac's Acadian Seafood Shack at 6:30 p.m., July 11. Mac's is preparing an authentic Scottish and Irish dinner together with paired single malt whiskeys for guests. The event takes place in Mac's private dining room. Tickets are $50 with 50 percent of the proceeds donated to the Saline Celtic Festival. Make reservations at Mac's website (www.macsinsaline.com) or by calling 734-944-6227. Mac's is loacted at 104 E. Michigan Ave.
