You can visit each agent’s profile page on PPRMI.com for more information on them, or to view their current listings.

• April 1-15: WMU Theatre presents “Tony ‘N Tina’s Wedding”
• April 2-6: Challenger Learning Center (at Kalamazoo Valley Museum) is offering learning activities and Mission Scenarios for kids ages 8-11
• April 2-6: Kalamazoo Valley Museum presents “Spring Break Hands-On Happenings,” with a variety of offerings
• April 6: Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo’s Art Hop will be at the Wellspring Theater, with a live dance performance
• April 6: “Through the Looking Glass” exhibit opens at the West Michigan Glass Arts Center
• April 7: Kalamazoo State Theatre presents comedienne Paula Poundstone
• April 11: Food Dance Café is holding a cheese tasting class: For the Love of Cheese
• April 12: WMU hosts the Poverty Reduction Initiative’s Poverty Simulation Workshop
• April 14: Kalamazoo State Theatre presents Comedians from “Chelsea Lately”
• April 16: Can-Do Kitchen presents “Essentials of Northern Italian Cooking”
• April 18: Food Dance Café is holding a Cupcake Decorating Class
•  April 20: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts presents Flypaper Rock Band at “Art & All That Jazz“
• April 21: Kalamazoo Nature Center is presenting a variety of events at their Earth Day Celebration
• April 22-25: Kalamazoo College presents Bach Festival Week
• April 24-25: Miller Auditorium presents “Young Frankenstein”

Schedule Courtesy of Stephanie Sherriff

Please join us in welcoming Justin Rarick to the Prudential Preferred, REALTORS Three Rivers office!

To learn more about Justin, visit his profile page on PPRMI.com.

Photo Courtesy of Dark Sky Park and Midwest Living Magazine

In 2011, Emmet County was awarded International Dark Sky Park designation for the Headlands property — just the sixth such park in the United States and the ninth in the world.

Emmet County is continuing to put together monthly programming, brochures and more detailed information about the dark-sky viewing opportunities over the Headlands, in Northwest Michigan.

• Click to visit the official Dark Sky Park webpage for event details, photos, and more!

Dark Sky Park has also been featured in publications across the country, including Midwest Living Magazine!

• Click for links to featured publications about the park

Topics this year include tips for scanning photographs, and using computers in your research.

Visit the South Bend Tribune for more information on the event.

To learn more about Scott, or view his current listings, visit his profile page on PPRMI.com.

Gilda’s Club of Grand Rapids is holding its second annual LaughFest in Grand Rapids from March 8-18, 2012. With a wide lineup of performances, there’s something for everyone!

Visit LaughFestGR.org for a full lineup of events, or visit LaughFest’s Facebook page.

Savvy buyers are benefiting from emerging waterfront foreclosures and short sales.

For decades foreclosures on waterfront in Northern Michigan were rare and always sold prior to the redemption period so the banks never ended up getting the property back.  Only recently have we started to see bank owned properties on prestigious bodies of water such as Lake Charlevoix or Lake Michigan.  These bank owned properties tend to be priced under the market for a quick sale, the banks preferring not to hang on to them for more than 30 to 90 days.

A few owners who used their high value properties to borrow against, found themselves upside down when waterfront values dipped for the first time in decades.  The ones that end up in the banks hands offer a great opportunity for a ready and able buyer to pounce and get a great value.

Currently we have bank owned properties on Lake Charlevoix, Lake Michigan, Paradise Lake, and Long Lake to name a few.

Search for waterfront properties at PPRMI.com

• March 2-3: Kalamazoo County’s Premier Womens Expo
• March 2-18: Civic Theatre presents “Smokey Joe’s Café” Rock Musical
• March 2: Arts Council of Grater Kalamazoo’s Art Hop
• March 2: State Theater presents Coco Montoya, blues guitarist
• March 3: Gazelle Sports presents Walkin’ on the Wild Side: Kalamazoo River Valley Trail
• March 3: Killamazoo Derby Darlins Roller Derby at Wings Stadium
• March 5: Kalamazoo Cooks! Culinary Classrooms presents Essentials of Italian Cooking
• March 6: Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ Sunday Funday
• March 7-10: Home Builders Association of Greater Kalamazoo’s Home Expo
• March 11: State Theater presents Gabriel Iglesias, comedian
• March 13: Miller Auditorium presents The Acting Company in Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors”
• March 16: Kalamazoo Institue of Arts’ West Michigan Area Show Reception and Awards Ceremony
• March 17-18: Kalamazoo Nature Center’s Maple Sugar Festival
• March 20-31: Miller Auditorium presents “Jersey Boys” Musical
• March 23: Kalamazoo Cooks! Culinary Classrooms presents Essentials of Vegetarian Cooking
• March 23: Kalamazoo Institue of Arts’ Hands-On Sampling of Arts Classes
• March 24: Housing Resources, Inc.’s Walk for the Homeless
• March 24: Richland Area Community Center’s Spring Bazaar
• March 30: State Theater presents The Tommy Castro Band, R&B musical group
• March 31-April 1: Spring into Wings Arts & Crafts Show at Wings Stadium