Steve Sheldon primarily covers the performing arts for The Sun Times News, with additional focus on personal profile pieces and reporting in Saline Township. His writing highlights the people, creativity, and stories behind local arts organizations and community life, bringing depth and context to cultural coverage in the region.
Saline Township officials are considering a temporary moratorium on certain development proposals as concerns grow about industrial projects affecting the township’s rural landscape. The township is considering this option in response to recent industrial developments that threaten the rural and farm-like landscape such as the rhe recent data center. Township planning consultant Mike Auerbach, from ...
The Saline High School Drama Club staged the smash Broadway hit “Hello Dolly” on Feb. 27 – Mar. 1st in the Ellen A. Ewing Performing Arts Center. Hello Dolly first premiered in 1963 at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, with Carol Channing playing the lead role of Dolly Gallagher Levi. The musical moved to Broadway ...
Croswell Opera House Marquee in Adrian. Photo by Steve Sheldon. On Wednesday, the People’s Choice spoke loud and clear, Parade was their favorite 2025 Croswell production. Thursday, it’s my turn. One thing you can say about theatre is that it’s personal. We bring our collective experiences, hopes and dreams and our heroes and villains with ...
In recognition of the amazing local theatrical talent within our readership area, The Sun Times News developed the “Sunny Awards”. Today, the People’s Choice Awards are announced. Tomorrow, Sun Times Reviewer Steve Sheldon’s selections will be announced. Criteria for evaluating musical productions included three questions. The votes have been cast and tabulated and the winners ...
There was a joint meeting of the Saline Township Board and Planning Commission on Feb. 19 to begin discussions of how the township will consider future growth within its boundaries. The meeting included around two dozen citizens, with none speaking during the public comment portion of the meeting. Township consulting planner Mike Auerbach from Carlisle-Wortman, ...
Encore’s Tribute Concert honoring the words and music of Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, runs through Sunday, Feb. 22nd. Schwartz’s Broadway credits include the blockbuster production Wicked, which has run in Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre for twenty-two years, grossing over $1,800,000,000. Other Broadway shows of Schwartz’s include Pippin, Godspell, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Queen ...
Saline Township resident Kathryn Haushalter filed a civil suit against the township, pursuing a “Motion to Intervene” in the consent agreement that settled the lawsuit between Related Digital (RD)/property owners and Saline Township, which was heard Friday at 10 a.m. by Washtenaw County Judge Julia Owdzie. Haushalter’s motion to Intervene petition was required to be ...
Young “Swifties” dressed in glitter filled The Croswell Theatre in Adrian on Friday, Feb. 13, dancing and singing along during a high-energy Taylor Swift Experience concert starring 19-year-old Kanin Wren. What do you do when you are asked to review a Taylor Swift Experience concert, knowing you cannot hum a single note of a “Swiftie” ...
The Dexter Drama Club staged a remarkable production of Seussical – The Musical over two weekends in the Center for the Performing Arts at Dexter High School. With music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and the script written by both Flaherty and Ahrens, Dexter students showed heart and energy as they sang and ...
Ann Arbor Huron High School’s Huron Players staged Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” at the Paul K. Meyers Auditorium Feb. 5th – 8th. Into The Woods debuted on Broadway in November 1987 and ran for two years. The music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and the script by James Lapine. With a cast of thirty, ...
With tensions over the township’s data center project continuing to run high, and board members acknowledging they have received death threats in recent months, the Saline Township Board moved through a wide-ranging agenda Wednesday night that included road improvements, a proposed event barn ordinance, and updates on the controversial development. Much of the discussion and ...
The State of Michigan is noted by two names: “The Great Lakes State” and “The Automobile Capital of the World”. Director Jeff Daniels took a script written Richard Johnson, the former editor of Crains Communication’s Automotive News, the leading newspaper of the global automotive industry and provided the audience with a look at cars, dealerships ...
Though the weather outside was frightful, Thursday evening inside The Encore Theatre Musical Company, the audience was treated to some classic rock hits from the Bob Seger Tribute concert. Featuring Jason Briggs, Leah Gittlen, Ash Moran and Geoff Packard, they put their unique touches on classic Seger hits. The group was backed up by a ...
Singin’ In The Rain full cast. Photo by Lad Strayer. If you need proof of the adage “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” Croswell’s All-Area High School production “Singin’ in the Rain” provides it. A cast of thirty-two, from fourteen area high schools, including students from Adrian, Chelsea, Clinton, Saline, Monroe ...
At an overflow special meeting Wednesday evening, the Saline Township Board voted unanimously to rescind its earlier decision to rezone property tied to a proposed superscale data center from A-1 Agricultural to I-1 Industrial. The decision followed remarks from David Landry, the attorney representing the township in litigation filed by Related Digital and property owners ...
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