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Great Gifts for Great Lakes enthusiasts

On: December 7, 2020

In: Art, Echo, gift guide

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 […]

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Ann Arbor author explores Great Lakes as the ‘inner coast’

On: November 13, 2020

In: Art, Echo

Donovan Hohn's a new book of essays, “The Inner Coast” is available from W.W. Norton.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/11/13/ann-arbor-author-explores-great-lakes-as-the-inner-coast/

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Trash Fish: Marine debris becomes sculptures at Great Lakes aquariums and museums

On: September 29, 2020

In: Art, Books, Authors, Art and Music, COVID-19, Detroit, detroit river, Feature Detroit, Green Bay, Latest News, Lighthouses, Museums and Cultural Institutions, Michigan, microplastics, Natasha Blakely, News, plastic, Recreation, Tourism and Culture, south haven, Wisconsin

Trash Fish: Marine debris becomes sculptures at Great Lakes aquariums and museums

An array of more than 80 marine-debris-turned-art works will be making another Great Lakes stop, adding a lake sturgeon sculpture when it’s installed at a Wisconsin site next year.

Made entirely of plastic trash, these larger-than-life figures have realistic designs. They come as part of the traveling exhibit, Washed Ashore, which aims to educate people about plastic pollution.

Great Lakes Now

https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2020/09/trash-fish-marine-debris-sculptures-great-lakes-aquariums-museums/

Natasha Blakely

Remembering the birth of Isle Royale’s wolf-moose study

On: August 20, 2020

In: Art, Echo

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.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/20/remembering-the-birth-of-isle-royales-wolf-moose-study/

Artists, activists shift environmental art exhibit online during pandemic

On: August 6, 2020

In: Art, Echo

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.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/08/06/artists-activists-shift-environmental-art-exhibit-online-during-pandemic/

New cookbook highlights food of Great Lakes indigenous peoples

On: July 29, 2020

In: Art, Echo

A new cookbook serves up the culture along with the food of the indigenous people of the Great Lakes region.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/29/new-cookbook-highlights-food-of-great-lakes-indigenous-peoples/

Mobsters in the vacationlands

On: July 9, 2020

In: Art, Books, Echo

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.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/07/09/mobsters-in-the-vacationlands/

“Mastering the Inland Seas” explores history of Great Lakes navigation

On: June 3, 2020

In: Art, Echo

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.

http://greatlakesecho.org/2020/06/03/mastering-inland-seas/