Art
“A Fine Canopy” brings you outdoors while the world is stuck inside
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“A Fine Canopy” is Alison Swan’s new book of poetry.
Great Lakes Echo (http://greatlakesecho.org/tag/art/)
Paintings, books, music, plays and other arts are effective ways of communicating environmental issues.
“A Fine Canopy” is Alison Swan’s new book of poetry.
By Eric Freedman
Looking for a holiday gift with the spirit of the Great Lakes region? If so, here are books (in alphabetical order by title) that Great Lakes Echo has written about this year, including interviews with their authors. Eating with the Seasons, Great Lakes Region by Dereck Nicholas
This cookbook combines recipes, language and the history of the Anishinaabeg people. What the author says: “Back in the day, elders would take their sons and their daughters out fishing and they would use the language. You’d hear how to catch the fish, how to net fish, how to cook the fish.
Donovan Hohn’s a new book of essays, “The Inner Coast” is available from W.W. Norton.
When L. David Mech arrived at Isle Royale in 1959, he had no idea he would pioneer the nation’s longest-running prey-predator study, one that would become a model for wildlife biologists around the world.
An art exhibition and panel discussions hosted by the Detroit Center for Design + Technology that addresses climate change is available to explore online through August 15.
A new cookbook serves up the culture along with the food of the Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.
From crime boss and occasional visitor “Scarface” Al Capone to the Upper Peninsula’s own Public Enemy #1, John “Red” Hamilton, Up North has historic ties to organized crime and the baddies who used the area as a playground.
The new book from Theodore Karamanski explains how industries and communities dependent on the Great Lakes have created tools and markers to safely navigate them.
Northern Michigan may be known for beautiful water views and serenity, but more recently it’s become known for a variety of excellent restaurants.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is displaying photographer Jeff Gaydash’s work alongside Instagram submissions of the Great Lakes from the public in the Michigan Great Lakes exhibit.