"I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that those producing the cloth starve in the process"

Forbes Quotes -- Benjamin Harrison was President of the United States

I pity that man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth shall starve in the process.

Sunday Sept. 15, 2019 Community Orchestra Concert - 4 p.m.

www.nileslibrary.com (Niles, Michigan District Library website)

"Join us for a delightful Sunday afternoon concert, courtesy of the Niles Area Community

Orchestra.  Please enter via the Rotunda door on Cedar Street, as the rest of the building will be closed.

Admission is free; all ages welcome."

Gregory Palamas, Thomas Aquinas, the Filioque (Lecture, Sept. 5, 2019) - Univ. of Notre Dame Medieval Institute, 7th Floor

September 5, 2019 -- 7th Floor Reading Room, Medieval Institute, Hesburgh Library,
University of Notre Dame campus -- Free to the public

Lecture (Byzantine Series): "Fighting Words? Palamas, Aquinas, and the Filioque"

Time: Thursday September 5, 2019, 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: 715 Hesburgh Library (Medieval Institute Main Reading Room)

Bruce D. Marshall is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. He grew up in Michigan, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, receiving his B.A. from Northwestern University and his M.A.R. and Ph.D. from Yale University. He is the author of Trinity and Truth (Cambridge University Press, 2000) and Christology in Conflict (Blackwell, 1987), and editor of Theology and Dialogue: Essays in Conversation with George Lindbeck (University of Notre Dame Press, 1990). A historical and systematic theologian, Marshall’s work focuses on the doctrines of the Trinity, the incarnation, and the Eucharist, the relationship between faith and reason, and the significance of the Jewish people and Judaism for Christian faith and theology. He works extensively on some of the major theologians of the Middle Ages, especially Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus.

Reception to follow.

Apple Harvest (Summer - Fall 2019)

full coverage at HeraldPalladium dot-com (local newspaper online website):

'Average' Michigan apple crop will be about a week late

PAW PAW, Michigan — The Michigan apple crop is being described as “about average,” according to Mark Longstroth, fruit educator for Van Buren County MSU Extension office in Paw Paw.

Renaissance Festival - 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

August 25, 2019 is the final day of the ninth annual Michiana Renaissance Festival,
from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Pinhook Park, 2801 Riverside Drive, South Bend, IN

There are four re-enactment areas with their own exhibits, shows, and vendors:

Medieval/Renaissance
Golden Age of Piracy
Time of the Vikings
Fairytale Storyland

Adult Admission is $12 // Get up to $2 off by bringing 2 non-perishable food items for
the Food Bank of Northern Indiana

"Craig's List" founder C. Newmark -- NPR call-in show The_1a (11 a.m. August 22, 2019)

http://the1a.org/

Program airs from 11 a.m. til noon on NPR affiliate schedule

More than 5 billion classified ads, 24 years, and billions of dollars later, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is giving his money away.

The entrepreneur was a programmer at IBM for 17 years. He moved to San Francisco to work for Charles Schwab. It was on the west coast where Newmark was first introduced to the internet. He began developing what would become the online marketplace as what he referred to as an “internet commune” where people could share ideas. In 1995, the world was first introduced to Craigslist.

Newmark said that the invention of the internet didn’t faze him all that much in an interview with cnet.com:

The internet wasn’t that much of a surprise to me in terms of what it was doing, what it could do and all that. Because, science fiction. Because, nerd. I’ve been reading, for almost 60 years, explorations of possible new technologies.

Newmark no longer runs his most famous creation. Now, he works with his charity, Craig Newmark Philanthropies. He personally has given over $100 million away.

And he’s focused on an industry in trouble: journalism. A decade after he created his online market, Newmark gave a reported $20,000 to a nonprofit producing investigative journalism about the internet. Since then, he’s donated to the likes of New York Public Radio, Poynter and the journalism schools at both CUNY and Columbia. Newmark is also serving on the board of directors for a new investigative online outlet called The Markup.

We caught up with Newmark at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June and talked philanthropy, journalism, the election and what’s next.

Chapin Mansion (Historic landmark building) - Niles, Michigan 49120 - celebration 20 August 2019

www.nileshistorycenter.org/

5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday afternoon
Free Admission

Historical re-enactors portray Henry and Ruby Chapin who built the mansion in 1882.

Live Music -- Tours of the multi-level historic former home and former city office center

508 E. Main Street, Niles, Michigan 49120

Restorations included -- front porch and 
new metal switch-back ramp from parking area 
near District Library parking lot)

Macbeth - October 30 and 31, 2019 - two-man play adaptation (Notre Dame Shakespeare)

https://shakespeare.nd.edu/events/macbeth-from-out-of-chaos-october-2019/

A stunning new rendition of Macbeth, Shakespeare’s legendary tale of ambition, madness, and murder. This extraordinary staging features the entire play performed by two actors, Troels Hagen Findsen and Paul O'Mahony, in a dynamic contemporary production that reveals fresh new layers in the timeless story. Highlighting Shakespeare’s themes of manipulation, guilt, and power with boundless energy and surprising wit, Macbeth is both enormously entertaining and chillingly relevant. 

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 7:30pm
Thursday, October 31, 2019 at 7:30pm

Philbin Studio Theatre
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center

TICKETS ON SALE SOON!

STARRING
Paul O’Mahony as Macbeth, Malcolm, Ross, Witches, Doctor, Second Murderer, the English Army
Troels Hagen Findsen as Lady Macbeth, Duncan, Banquo, Macduff, Witches, First Murderer, Seyton, the Scottish Army

Directed by Mike Tweddle
Music and Sound Design by Phill Ward
Set and Lighting Design by Claire Browne
Photography by Alex Brenner
Produced by Out of Chaos in association with Mac Birmingham, Oxford Playhouse & The Civic, Barnsley
Supported by Arts Council England

Severe Weather

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 597 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON (August 18, 2019) FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN INDIANA ELKHART FULTON IN KOSCIUSKO LA PORTE LAGRANGE MARSHALL NOBLE PULASKI ST. JOSEPH IN STARKE STEUBEN WHITLEY IN MICHIGAN 

THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN BERRIEN BRANCH CASS MI ST. JOSEPH MI THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AKRON, ALBION, ANGOLA, BASS LAKE, BENTON HARBOR, BENTON HEIGHTS, BREMEN, BRONSON, BUCHANAN, CASSOPOLIS, COLDWATER, COLUMBIA CITY, CULVER, DOWAGIAC, ELKHART, FAIR PLAIN, FRANCESVILLE, FREMONT, GOSHEN, KENDALLVILLE, KNOX, LA PORTE, LAGRANGE, LIGONIER, MARCELLUS, MEDARYVILLE, MENDON, MENTONE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, NAPPANEE, NEW CARLISLE, NILES among other cities / towns.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch -- until 2 p.m. (Berrien County, Michigan - Sunday August 18, 2019

from National Weather Service --

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 597 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 p.m. Eastern DT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS MI . MICHIGAN COUNTIES INCLUDE BERRIEN County Michigan

Missing Niles, Michigan woman - Rebecca Percy - August 2019

from WSJM website

https://www.wsjm.com/2019/08/15/police-asking-for-help-finding-missing-niles-woman/

Police are asking for help finding a 49-year-old Niles woman who hasn’t been seen since late May. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Department says Rebecca Percy is white, about five-feet tall, 140 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. She has been known to stay in both the Benton Harbor and Niles areas, but the last contact she had with family was around May 20. The last known sighting of her was that same day in Niles. Police are asking if anyone knows where she is, to call the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department Detective Bureau at 269-983-7141 extension 7224.

Military Appreciation Day - August 17, 2019, 10 a.m. Potawatomi Zoo, South Bend, IN

announced at ABC - 57 (TV station, South Bend, IN)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – All military personnel current and retired can get free admission to the Potawatomi Zoo. Saturday the zoo honors the men and women who serve the country as part of Military Appreciation Day.

Saturday August 17, 2019 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Their families pay a minimal fee of five dollars.

Tickets include a voucher for a free hot dog and chips.

Mid-August severe weather possibility (SW Michigan) - August 17, 2019

from Weather Channel (www.weather.com)

Partly cloudy skies this morning. Thunderstorms likely during the afternoon. 
High 81F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain is 80% likely.

Songwriters and Storytellers Showcase Concert - August 15, 2019 evening

Thursday Concert in Buchanan Michigan on the Common (park at city center)

August 15 is the final concert for this calendar year

begins 7 p.m.
Admission is free!

This event features recording artists Dave Van Dyke, John Stephen Lee, Bo Martin, Jerry Crowe,
Dena Woos offering their "best of their Best" original and cover songs.

Storytellers include Tammy Layman, Gregg Fraley, Doug Stevenson, John E. Van Dyke.

The evening will conclude with an all-sing of "This Land is Your Land."

R.I.P. Toni Morrison (Nobel Laureate, educator, philosopher)

Princeton Professor and 1993 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Toni Morrison died

Monday August 5, 2019 at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

August 6 (Tuesday morning)

from WNDU weather website (NBC affiliate at South Bend, IN)

Scattered thunderstorms this morning, then mainly cloudy during the afternoon with thunderstorms likely. Storms may contain strong gusty winds. High 78F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

An evening of Shaker melodies (concert by South Bend, IN "Chamber Singers"

Free Saturday evening concert that begins 7 p.m.

August 17, 2019 at Chris Wilson Pavilion / Potawatomi Park, South Bend, IN

www.cfsjc.org/series

Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, IN

Pokagon Festival (History of Museum) - August 10, 2019 - Noon to 4 p.m.

Experience the culture of the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Tribe (Michigan);

One day only - free with admission to the regional history (South Bend, IN).

Keepers of the Fire: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi exhibit; basket-making and beadwork demonstrations

Noon - 1 p.m. Drum and Dance presentation

Pokagon DRN: Turtle tracking and other projects

Storytellers, artists, food vendors

808 W. Washington Street, South Bend, IN 

(574)-235-9664

www.historymuseumSB.org

Bertrand Crossing LMC -- Spanish and Arabic language courses - VIrtual Reality Lab - Open House August 12, 2019 for upcoming Fall Semester

Curious about virtual reality and how it’s helping people learn? Lake Michigan College is hosting a Virtual Reality Lab and Foreign Language Open House from 3-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 12 at its Niles MI Bertrand Crossing campus. 

Guests can learn about LMC’s new Spanish certificate program and Arabic courses, tour LMC’s new Virtual Reality Lab and try out HTC Vive equipment. 

LMC is integrating virtual reality (VR) in subjects like health sciences and literature, and this fall LMC’s Niles campus will offer VR to teach cultural understanding in foreign language classes. LMC’s Benton Harbor campus also opened a new VR Lab last fall. 

“Virtual Reality enhances learning by allowing students to use more of their senses and become fully immersed in experiences like virtual field trips using Google Earth. It really helps bring traditional textbook learning and lectures to life,” said language and communications professor, Nicholas Brittin.  

This event is free and open to the public. Pizza and beverages will be provided. The LMC Niles campus is at 1905 Foundation Dr. in Niles, MI. 

www.lakemichigancollege.edu/ 

Second New Moon visible in month of July 2019

from www.almanac.com/

“Black Moon” is not an astronomical term. In fact, if you ask a sample of astronomers, both professional and amateur, very few will have even heard of it. It’s not even a particularly widely known folklore thing. 

As for its definition, some people say it’s a “Black Moon” if:

• There is a new Moon twice in the same month. It’s similar to the Blue Moon, which has become a common term for the second full Moon in a month. This is the definition of Black Moon that’s used most often.
• There are NO new Moons in a month. This could only happen in February, and thus is kind of rare, meaning once every 5 to 10 years.
• The phrase might also simply refer to every new Moon, since we’re then seeing the Moon’s dark or black side.
• The phrase is also sometimes applied to mean the third new Moon when there are four in a season, which is actually one of the definitions of a “blue Moon” when the same thing happens to a full Moon.

You can’t see a new Moon. But the gravitational influence of the new Moon and Sun combine to create the stronger tides that we get for a few days around every full Moon and new Moon.

When is the Next Black Moon?

If we go by the standard “two new Moons in one month” definition, Black Moons are slightly rare, occurring about every 32 months (two to three years).

In North America, the next Black Moon will occur on July 31, 2019, at 11:12 P.M. ET (August 1, 2019, at 3:12 UTC). This new Moon is the second of two July 2019 new Moons. (Or, in some time zones, it’s the first of two August 2019 new Moons.

Yes, it’s all about scheduling, folks!

What Will You See During a Black Moon?

Uh, not much. Like all new moons, it’ll cross the sky with the Sun during the day.  Humans can’t see the new Moon in the Sun’s glare.

During the new Moon phase, the Moon is not illuminated by the Sun and seems to disappear from the night sky. A new Moon is practically invisible to the naked eye, so there’s nothing to see during a so-called Black Moon.

Remember, there are four quarters of the Moon—the Moon phases. There’s usually a new moon and a full Moon about once a month, because the Moon takes about a month to orbit Earth.

• You all know the “full Moon,” when the entire disk of the Moon is illuminated by the Sun (because they are on opposite sides of the sky).
• In contrast, the “new Moon” has its dark side facing us. It’s not reflecting any of the Sun’s light because the Moon is lined up between the Earth and Sun.