Wind Chill Warning continues on January 31, 2019 -- Berrien County, Michigan

WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills with snow and blowing snow. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. Additional snow accumulations of up to one inch with blowing and drifting snow over northern Berrien County. * 
WHERE...Berrien County. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EST this afternoon. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning commute. The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

Forum and call-in discussion on the "State of the Union Speech" : Present and Future

NPR sponsors this as an hour-long "The 1A" program (Wed. January 30, 2019) 11 a.m. - Noon Eastern

http://the1A.org/

Guests

• Mitch Daniels President of Purdue University, former governor of Indiana; @purduemitch
• Cody Keenan Senior advisor and chief speechwriter to President Barack Obama, professor of political science at Northwestern University, lead writer for four State of the Union speeches, @codykeenan ‏
• Donna Hoffman Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa; co-author of 'Addressing the State of the Union: The Evolution and Impact of the President’s Big Speech'.

Winter Storm Warning (Jan. 29) and two-day Wind Chill Warning for SW Michigan (Berrien County)

.WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY January 30, 2019... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TUESDAY TO 2 PM EST THURSDAY January 31, 2019... 

* WHAT...Periods of lake effect snow showers. Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Lake effect snow showers with total snow accumulations in excess of 6 inches possible through Wednesday. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Wind chills dropping to 10 below to 20 below Tuesday afternoon, and as cold as 45 below zero Tuesday night through Thursday afternoon. 
* WHERE...Berrien and Cass, MICHIGAN Counties. 

* WHEN...For the Winter Storm Warning, until 1 PM EST Wednesday. For the Wind Chill Warning, from 1 PM Tuesday to 2 PM EST Thursday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible during this period. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. Slick roads expected due to dropping temperatures. The hazardous conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather conditions will make travel very hazardous or impossible. If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. A Wind Chill Warning means the combination of very cold air and the wind will create dangerously low wind chill values

Monday Jan. 28 - Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 3 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time in SW Michigan and N. Indiana

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST  TO 7 PM EST MONDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches expected with the highest amounts north of the Toll Road. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. * WHEN...From 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ to 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ Monday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions will likely impact the Monday morning commute and possibly the Monday evening commutes. Blowing and drifting are likely

Tom Gjelten - Lecture at Goshen College - Monday Jan. 28, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Lecture - Free

From Goshen College "News":

Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: Tom Gjelten, NPR religion and belief correspondent
Date and Time: Monday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall
Free and open to the public

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Tom Gjelten, NPR religion and belief correspondent, will present the 2019 Yoder Public Affairs Lecture on Monday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Rieth Recital Hall. This event is free and open to the public.

Gjelten covers issues of religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and social and cultural conflict arising from religious differences.

Jan. 31 program POSTPONED Smithsonian Water|Ways Project (Niles District Library exhibit in 2019) - Program on Potawatomi "Honor and Protect" - 1/31/2019

from www.nileslibrary.com (Niles, Michigan library website):

Water|Ways: Postponed Due to Weather - Honor and Protect: Traditional Potawatomi Waterways

Thursday January 31, 2019 Will Not be Given at 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Honor and Protect: Traditional Potawatomi Waterways Presented by Andy Jackson, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi.
Traditional uses of water in the Potawatomi culture.

Program in the main first-floor Community Room by Andy Jackson begins at 6:30 p.m.  The public is welcomed; free admission.  The Library is open weekdays (M. - Thursdays) until 8 p.m.

History Unfolded: Conference on the Holocaust and American R. Catholic Newspapers - Jan. 25, 2019 afternoon

The University of Notre Dame is hosting a research session and panel discussion Friday, January 25, 2019 about the Holocaust as reported on in American Catholic newspapers of the time. Hesburgh Library - campus is host building.

History Unfolded is a nationwide research project headed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The idea is to have ‘citizen historians’ look through archives from their local newspapers and pull out any articles about the Holocaust.

Those articles are digitized and filed in the museums archives for further research and for exhibition at the museum.

History Unfolded has been around for about three years now. Marsha Stevenson is a librarian at Notre Dame. She says the school got involved more recently.

“We got started with this about a year ago when we met someone from the Holocaust Museum and as we began speaking, it occurred to us that we at Hesburgh Library have really a wonderful collection of American Catholic newspapers.”

The event begins with a research session at looking for articles in the microfilm archives, followed at 1:30 p.m. by a panel discussion, in room 102 in Hesburgh Library, about the History Unfolded project and the Catholic newspapers, then a reception.

The panel speakers are William Donahue, a Holocaust scholar and director of Notre Dame’s Nanovic Institute for European Studies;  Judy Shroyer, president of the Michiana Jewish Historical Society;  and Kevin Cawley, the Notre Dame archivist who handles the Catholic historical collections.

Berrien County, Michigan - Winter Weather Advisory Jan. 24 - Jan. 25, 2019

from National Weather Service www.weather.com/

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THURSDAY January 24 TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY January 25, 2019... * 

Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches expected. Winds from the west will be 15 to 25 mph with gusts as high as 35 mph. This will lead to patchy blowing snow. * WHERE...Berrien and Cass Counties. * 

WHEN...From 4 PM this afternoon to 1 PM EST Friday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday evening or Friday morning commutes. Also...wind chill values of 5 below to 15 below zero are expected Friday morning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties.

The hazardous conditions could impact the morning and evening commutes. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties. Expect snow covered roads and limited visibilities

Winter Weather Advisory - Jan. 22, 2019 Noon - 10 p.m. Eastern - for Niles and Berrien County, MI

Freezing Rain -- see details for N. Indiana and SW Michigan affected (Berrien, MI) --

www.weather.com/ (Weather Channel and National Weather Service)

Warning Continues (Saturday January 19) until 7 p.m.

WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... *

* WHAT...Snow will gradually taper off from northwest to southeast this evening, with additional snow accumulations of around 2 inches along and north of Route 6 across northeast Indiana into south central Lower Michigan late this afternoon. Gusty northeast winds to 25 to 35 mph will produce areas of blowing snow and reduced visibilities through early evening even after the snow tapers. 

* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan. * 

* WHEN...Until 7 PM EST

Winter Storm Watch (Jan. 18 to Jan. 19) - Weather update

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible along with gusty winds and significant blowing and drifting snow. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches expected, with locally higher amounts possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan.

* WHEN...From this evening through Saturday evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow will overspread the area late this evening and continue into Saturday afternoon. Moderate to heavy snow, combined with gusty northeast winds to 25 to 35 mph on Saturday into Saturday evening will create hazardous travel conditions.

A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.

www.wndu.com/

Winter Storm / Snow accumulations - Jan. 19, 2019 Michigan Counties - Southwest

from National Weather reckoning (www.wndu.com/weather )

Winter Storm Watch

Areas Affected: Berrien; Branch; Cass; Hillsdale; St. Joseph

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING (Jan. 18) THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING (January 19, 2019)

* WHAT...Heavy snow possible along with gusty winds and significant blowing and drifting snow. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches expected, with locally higher amounts possible.

* WHERE...southwest Michigan.

* WHEN...From Friday evening through Saturday evening.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Snow overspreading the area Friday evening through late Friday night and continuing into Saturday afternoon. Moderate to heavy snow combined with gusty northeast winds to 25 to 35 mph on Saturday into early Saturday evening will create hazardous travel conditions.

A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.

Winter Weather Advisory - Berrien County, Michigan - mid-January 2019

January 15, 16, 2019

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM EST  THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Freezing drizzle expected. Total ice accumulations of a light glaze. * WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana, southwest Michigan and northwest Ohio. * WHEN...From 11 PM EST this evening to 10 AM EST Wednesday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The hazardous conditions could impact the Wednesday morning commute. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Winter Weather Advisory means that periods of freezing drizzle will cause travel difficulties. Expect slippery roads and use caution while driving.

Hunter Ice Festival (January 2019) - Niles, Michigan activities

from ABC 57 news web article

NILES, Michigan – Ice blocks were delivered to Niles on Monday Jan. 14, 2019 in preparation for the Hunter Ice Festival.

The ice was delivered by two refrigerated tractor trailers for the professional ice carving starting on Tuesday 1/15/2019.  

Professional ice carvers will transform 32 tons of ice into art sculptures for the Hunter Ice Festival.

There will also be live carving during the festival.

“The caliber, the class, the quality of art that you will see turned into ice this weekend is bar-none. We have some of the best carvers in the nation, in the world that are carving this weekend,” said Lisa Croteau the Program Manager for Niles Downtown Development.

The festival will take place Friday 1/18/2019 through Saturday 1/19/2019 in downtown Niles with food and family fun.

Winter Weather Advisory -- Saturday Jan. 12, 2019

St. Joseph County, IN --  until 3 a.m. Sunday

NWS NorthernIndiana (Northern Indiana and Northeastern Ohio)

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST  SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches expected. Isolated amounts up to 7 inches possible near and south of a line from Monticello to Marion to Portland Indiana.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Indiana.

* WHEN...Continuing until 3 AM EST Sunday.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Plan on slippery road conditions. Snow may be moderate to locally heavy at times Saturday with visibilities of one quarter mile or less.

A Winter Weather Advisory for snow means periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties. Expect snow covered roads and limited visibilities, and use caution while driving.

Colm Keegan - History of Ireland through song - Acorn Theater Three Rivers - Feb. 2019 show-concerts

information re: tickets at http://www.acorntheater.org/

• Fri Feb 15, 2019 | 5:00PM
  Soundcheck Party and Show
• Fri Feb 15, 2019 | 6:00PM
  Irish Language Workshop and Show
• Fri Feb 15, 2019 | 7:30PM
  Show Only, Doors Open 7:00pm ET

Irish singer Colm Keegan, most known for his role as a Celtic Thunder principal singer, is launching his fresh, new, and completely original show, and has chosen the Acorn for its debut!

Combining Colm's musical talent, stunning voice, and performance / teaching experience, the show takes the audience on a heartwarming journey through the rich history of Ireland through Music. Experience a lively and enlightening evening of history, education and live music with charismatic Colm Keegan as your guide.

Ski and Snowboard SW Michigan -- for 50 years near Jones, Michigan -- January 2019 news from Swiss Valley

posted at http://skiswissvalley.com/

SNOW Guns are going -- weekend of Saturday Jan. 12, 2019 [check at website]

slope being prepared if temperatures and snowfall cooperate . . .

Weather Alert (Jan. 9,2019) until 7 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

...Snow Showers Causing Slick Roads Across the Area... Snow showers off of Lake Michigan will continue to spread well inland through this evening. Brief periods of moderate to heavy snow showers will be possible, reducing visibility to one mile or less for short durations. This will also cause roads to become snow covered, slick and hazardous in some locations, especially on untreated surfaces. As temperatures drop into the upper teens tonight, refreezing of compacted fresh snow is possible on untreated roadways. Motorists are urged to use caution, slow down, give additional space between you and other motorist, and allow extra time to reach your destination.

Third Monday of January 2019 -- MLK Birthday (LMC Mendel Center, Benton Harbor, MI) Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration & Community Breakfast January 21, 7:45 -10 a.m. at The Mendel Center

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration & Community Breakfast  January 21, 7:45 -10 a.m. at The Mendel Center

Hockey : Notre Dame Stadium (January 5, 2019) Starting Time Change -- ND versus Michigan (Big Ten)

Time: Saturday January 5, 2019, 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Notre Dame Stadium

 

The Fighting Irish hockey team will face off against Big Ten rival Michigan in an outdoor game at Notre Dame Stadium. Puck drop is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. (originally 3:30 p.m.)
The decision was made due to player safety as it relates to projected sunny conditions.

Reserved seating options in the bowl of the stadium starting at $20 per ticket.

Michigan 's 49th Governor will be sworn into office 1/1/19 -- ceremony on Public Television

from Michigan Live!  www.mlive.com/

Gretchen Whitmer is set to become Michigan's 49th governor Tuesday, when she is sworn into office on the steps of the State Capitol, in Lansing, Michigan. 

Other newly elected lawmakers will take the oath of office as well, including Lieutenant Governor-elect Garlin Gilchrist II, Secretary of State-elect Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel. 

Whitmer will be the last to take the oath of office and will be sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein. She is expected to speak about her plans to move the state forward. Her later address to legislators will be in these initial weeks of January - February.

Detroit Public Television will carry a live feed of the event, scheduled to run  from 11 a.m. to noon

All-star tribute concert to late Aretha Franklin (mid-January, 2019)

from Michigan Live! dot-com

A star-studded music tribute concert will honor the late Queen of Soul, but it won’t be in her hometown of Detroit.

The Recording Academy and music living legend Clive Davis are putting on the special tribute to Aretha Franklin, according to the Associated Press. The concert will take place on January 13, 2019 in Los Angeles featuring Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, and Celine Dion. It will be hosted by Tyler Perry.

“Aretha! A GRAMMY Celebration For The Queen Of Soul” will be at the Shrine Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. PT and will eventually be broadcast on CBS. A date for that hasn’t been announced yet (JANUARY. 1, 2019).  Also scheduled to perform some of Franklin’s biggest hits are Celine Dion, Yolanda Adams, Alessia Cara, and John Legend.

Presale tickets for the show go on sale on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. ET (use code Aretha). The rest of the tickets go on sale on Monday, Dec. 31 at 1:00 p.m ET