Internationally Acclaimed Novelist
Dennis Lehane

Friday, May 7, 2010

Dowagiac Middle School Performing Arts Center

57028 Riverside Dr.

7:30 p.m.

Tickets:

Upper Level, $20; Main Floor, $25; Reception w/ Premium Seating, $60

Dennis Lehane was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He has written eight novels, A Drink Before the War; Darkness, Take My Hand; Sacred; Gone, Baby, Gone; Prayers for Rain; Mystic River; Shutter Island; and The Given Day. Many of these novels have been New York Times best-sellers. Mr. Lehane has become one of our most heralded mystery writers.

Mystic River was a finalist for the PEN/Winship Award, and won both the Anthony Award and the Barry Award for Best Novel, as well as the Massachusetts Book Award in Fiction given by the Massachusetts Center for the Book.

Two of his novels, Mystic River and Gone, Baby, Gone were made into Academy Award-nominated movies. Another novel, Shutter Island, was recently made into a movie directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley. His latest novel, The Given Day, is currently in development for the big screen. Mr. Lehane also won awards for his work on the HBO series, The Wire.

Herman’s Hermits
featuring Peter Noone

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Dowagiac Middle School Performing Arts Center

57028 Riverside Dr.

7:30 p.m.

Tickets:

$25, $35, $45

Peter Noone is a multi-talented entertainer, who has been delighting audiences nearly all his life.

At the age of fifteen, Mr. Noone achieved international fame as “Herman”, lead singer of the legendary Sixties pop band Herman’s Hermits. His classic hits included I’m Into Something Good, Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter, I’m Henry VIII, I Am, Silhouettes, Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat, Just A Little Bit Better, Wonderful World, There’s A Kind of Hush, A Must To Avoid, Listen People, The End of the World, and Dandy.

Ultimately, Herman’s Hermits sold over sixty million recordings. In all, fourteen singles and seven albums went gold. The Hermits were twice named Cashbox’s “Entertainer of the Year.”

For four years, Noone served as the winsome host of VH1’s My Generation, the highest-ever-rated half hour retrospective of popular music. He also hosted the informative PBS Special The British Invasion Returns. More recently, Mr. Noone appeared as a guest advisor on the hit TV series, American Idol.

There is no doubt that Peter Noone’s extraordinary talent, disarming wit, and compelling stage presence will continue to delight fans of all ages, for a long, long time to come.