Chelsea News and Blog
Chelsea Center for the Arts Announces its 8th Annual Spring Breakfast,“Creating a Renaissance“ The Chelsea Center for the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Spring Breakfast, Creating a Renaissance, which will be held on Thursday, May 17th, from 8:00 to 9:00am at Silver Maples (100 Silver Maples [...]
Posted on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 by emily | Filed under General, Local
Chelsea High School’s talented song and dance performance group, Company C, will be paying tribute to the Motown Sound at their annual spring show, Friday and Saturday, May 18th and 19th, 7:30pm at the CHS auditorium. Now in it’s 22nd year, the Company C troupe have been rehearsing since January [...]
Posted on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local, Visitors
Downtown Chelsea’s Saturday Farmers Market opens May 5 anticipating a fun and eventful 2012 season. For over 20 years the Chelsea Farmers Market has brought high-quality food and artisan products to the Chelsea community. This 2012 season promises several new vendors along with the return of musical entertainment and new events [...]
Posted on Saturday, April 28th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local, Visitors
From AnnArbor.com - The Chelsea City Council has approved a new ordinance which states that groups requesting to use city owned public property for their events are treated equitably, whether for religious or non-religious purposes. The ordinance was brought to the council after a local church group was denied use of a [...]
Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local
The popular Chelsea Area Historical Society Annual Dinner Address is set for Saturday, April 28, 2012 with Bob Riemenschneider scheduled as guest speaker. The event will be held again this year at Silver Maples of Chelsea. Attendees can anticipate a night of exceptional discourse and area history – surely to [...]
Posted on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local
Excerpts from the Chamber Area Chamber of Commerce weekly enews. Heart & Sole Race – The 23rd Annual Heart & Sole Run-Walk-Bike Race takes place on Saturday, May 5th at Chelsea High School. Proceeds to benefit Chelsea Grace Clinic, a local non-profit that provides free healthcare to the uninsured. For [...]
Posted on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local
Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Join the Chelsea District Library for the grand opening of their business resource center Thursday, April 26th from 5:30 to 7:00pm. Network with local business leaders and have a chance to tour the electronic resources and print collection donated by [...]
Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by emily | Filed under General, Local
Spring Cleaning? If you have an overflowing stack of documents to that need to be disposed of securely, check out the upcoming fundraiser for Chelsea Boy Scout Troop 425 on April 28 from 10am until 1pm. Securely eliminate your old outdated documents through mobile shredding service which will take place [...]
Posted on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local
The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan is seeking male and female actors over 21 years of age to audition for the upcoming 2012 / 2013 Season. Both Equity and non-Equity actors are welcome. Actors are asked to prepare a one-minute contemporary comedic monologue and bring a current headshot and [...]
Posted on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local, Visitors
Ground Cover/Covering Ground Exhibition Extended Until April 29 | The River Gallery The River Gallery, located on Main Street in Chelsea, Michigan, announced that they will be extending the exhibition by artist Larry Cressman until April 29. 3-D installations, altered postcard drawings, and site specific artworks is on [...]
The Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome one of its newest members, Wesley’s Catering. Todd Wesley Brown is the Chef and Owner of Wesley’s Catering based in Chelsea, which offers cutting edge cuisine that is handcrafted, and is as creative as it is delicious. Todd has over [...]
Posted on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under General, Local
Just Imagine, bookstore in downtown Chelsea, Michigan, will participate in the World Book Night on Monday, April 23, according to owner Bill Harris. The store will be by giving away (yep, absolutely free) 20 copies of Barbara Kingsolver’s novel The Poisonwood Bible. While normally closed on Mondays, Just Imagine will be [...]
Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local
In one of their most ambitious efforts to date, the dancers and volunteers of Chelsea’s Youth Dance Theatre (YDT) have been creating their first-ever performance of Swan Lake. A significant undertaking for the company, this classic ballet has required many hours of rehearsal, all new costumes, updated sets and skillful choreography by Artistic Director, Wendi DuBois. Swan Lake tells [...]
Posted on Friday, April 20th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under Local, Visitors
Nationally known poets and writers visit Chelsea to share their work and greet fans. Some will even listen to you read your own work at Open Mic. Last year’s Literary Walk drew more than 250 people to Chelsea. Building on that success, the Chelsea District Library (CDL), Chelsea Center for the [...]
It’s a business fair, it’s a craft show, it’s a bake sale…it’s the Chelsea Spring Expo on Saturday, April 14! This community event will showcase the diversity of services and products available in the Chelsea area. Over 125 vendors will be on display at the Washington Street Education Center from 10 a.m. – [...]
Posted on Monday, April 9th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under General, Local
Having a “new” dress for the Prom has never been easier! The Chelsea District Library and Gemini Salon and Day Spa are joining forces to give away prom dresses. This week long event, held at the Spa, for girls from all over the Chelsea, Dexter and Manchester area, offers nearly [...]
Posted on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 by Leslie | Filed under General, Local
Ground Cover/Covering Ground Sunday, April 1, 2pm | The River Gallery The River Gallery invites you to participate in an informal artist conversation and Q&A with the innovative and talented “one and only” artist Larry Cressman. Larry will be on hand to talk about his unique use of [...]
4th Annual “SculptureWalk Chelsea” Chelsea, Michigan The postmark deadline for submissions is April 14, 2012. Artists may submit up to 3 sculptures / each artist selected will receive a $350 stipend. (pdf of the application is attached here for the 2012 Chelsea SculptureWalk) “SculptureWalk Chelsea” is an annual public arts [...]
SRSLY announced this week that they are pleased to welcome Jesse Kauffman as the new Program Coordinator. After receiving a grant from The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Drug Free Communities Support Program in 2011, members of SRSLY decided to seek out a Program Coordinator to assist [...]
Posted on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 by emily | Filed under General, Local
By Amy Heydlauff of The Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation Good Things Come in Threes… Matt LaFontaine started a Dexter Relief Fund at the Dexter Branch of Chelsea State Bank The Dexter Wellness Coalition is hosting a Community Walk on Saturday Chelsea-Area Wellness Foundation is going to donate $20 to the Dexter [...]