Upcoming Events ...

‘Lights of Honor’ set May 23


The USS?Silversides Submarine Museum, at 1346 Bluff St., Muskegon,  will host “Lights of Honor,” May 23. The event will include Family Fun 4 to 6 p.m., and a Memorial Celebration Service 6 to 10 p.m., with a flyover, tolling of the boats, engine start, music, free tours, food and more.


‘Music of the Beach Boys’
coming in October


Catch the sun-soaked sounds of Endless Summer as the Beach Boys join the West Michigan Symphony for full orchestral arrangements of timeless hits like “Good Vibrations,” “Surfin’ U.S.A.,” “California Girls,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and more. 
The concert is set 7:30 p.m., Friday, October 2, at the Frauenthal Center.


‘Mo Willems &?Friends’ Runs
at the MMA through June 21


The Muskegon Museum of Art hosts “Mo Willems & Friends” through June 21.
Among Willems’s best known creations are the Pigeon (Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!), The Knuffle Bunny trilogy and his Elephant and Piggie books, a series of early readers.
Willems began his career as a writer and animator for television, garnering six Emmy Awards for his writing on Sesame Street, creating Nickelodeon’s The Off-Beats, Cartoon Network’s Sheep in the Big City and head-writing Codename: Kids Next Door.
Often called “the Dr. Seuss of his generation,” Willems is among the most popular book author / illustrators of all time. 
He is a New York Times #1 Best Selling author and illustrator, and his work has garnered 3 Caldecott Honors, 2 Theodor (Seuss) Geisel Medals, 2 Carnegie Medals, and a Geisel Honor.