Actor and playwright Leslie McCurdy will bring her one woman play, “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman,” to the Cheboygan Opera House at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 26. McCurdy invokes the “spirit” of Harriet Tubman as she portrays the life of the famous Underground Railroad conductor, recreating stories familiar and some rarely told, using words said to …
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By Kathy King Johnson Nearly 100 years ago, Andrew Kurtz’ great-great aunts, Jessie and Harriet Clark sang and danced on the Opera House stage in a benefit for Saint Mary’s Church. In the 1980s, his grandmother Susan Blum appeared with the Northland Players. With showbiz in his veins and the support of his family and …
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By Kathy King Johnson Celia Zimorksi graduated on the Cheboygan Opera House stage in June 1920, where she received honors as third in in her class of 28 students. On July 9, 1925, she married Birdsall Barber. “Miss Celia Zimorski, daughter of Mrs. Marion Zimorski of South C Street, was united in marriage to Birdsall …
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A new film club has been created in the City of Cheboygan and will be meeting for the first time at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, at the Cheboygan Opera House. “Do you love movies? If you’re fond of the classics, or would like to see a noteworthy foreign film, an indie award-winner, or …
By Kathy King Johnson On Mother’s Day in 1923, “An Old-Fashioned Mother” opened at the Opera House. The cast was photographed on the front steps. “The Mother’s Day Play Given at the City Opera House last Sunday evening by the Young Ladies of the St. Mary’s Church will be repeated at the Opera House on …
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