Jeziorany Hancock gazes at her reflection in the mirror as she and her fellow cast mates prepare for their first performance of “Mary Poppins” at Mission Point Theater on Mackinac Island. Alexa Miller, far left, and Kyrsten Cavazos, far right, led the production as stage director and director, respectively, and assisted the girls with their makeup. The girls in the mirror are, from left, Mia St. Onge as Mary Poppins, Josie Badour as bird woman, Addie Coleman as an extra, and Wielczka Hancock as a Banks daughter.
Dan Smith, lead singer of British pop rock band Bastille, sings on stage at the Masonic Temple in Detroit, Michigan during their North American tour.
University of Michigan senior Julia David collects river specimens from a net to assess stream health as part of the field work component of her Restoration Ecology class at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan in September.
A Michigan fan watches the Wolverines lose 35-14 during a game against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin September 21st, 2019.
Sue Stejskal praises Bagheera upon his successful recall. As part of an initiative funded by the Mackinac Island Community Foundation, Ms. Stejskal is working with Bagheera and Dodger, who are personal pets of two Mackinac Island State Parks employees, to become avian control canines( ACC). Their training includes directional and recall commands that will allow them to be deployed in state park property to deter geese populations from settling.
Dr. Harvey Blankespoor, assisted by Biology of Parasite professor and his son Dr. Curtis Blankespoor, holds a Common Merganser that was removed with her goslings from Douglas Lake as part of research at the University of Michigan Biological Station. Mergansers are known carriers of the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch, so the birds are removed and relocated to larger lakes in order to disrupt the parasite life cycle.
Nico Collins carries the ball down field during a game against Wisconsin at Camp Randall Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin September 27th, 2019.
A couple dances together to polish music played lived by one of many polish bands hired to celebrate The Detroit Tigers Polish Night at Comerica Park. The night also featured traditional polish dancers that took the field prior to the start of the game.
Eleanor Fitzpatrick blows out the candles on her cake while celebrating her 98th birthday with friends and family at Shirley Goudreau Elder Housing in St. Ignace Thursday, December 29.
Chad Rouche, bartender and manager at Good Time Charley’s college bar in Ann Arbor Michigan, makes drinks on the first Friday night after Covid curfew restrictions were lifted in the state of Michigan. After working shortened shifts with an 11 p.m close time, the return to full capacity and 2 a.m. closing shifts was a jolt back to pre-pandemic normalcy. Gazing at a row of tickets hanging above the bar well, Chad’s experience making the infamous 64oz “fishbowl” sized drinks kept things moving through the chaos.
Hannah Glass, left, removes a Red-tailed Hawk from a mist net while Ed Pike, right, holds the net taut in Mackinaw City, Michigan Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The two raptor biologists caught the bird as part of a banding and tracking study with the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch that will study the species’ migratory pathways to conserve and protect them.
David Koepp, senior firefighter on E651 out of St. Ignace, uses a drip torch to ignite a prescribed burn in the Hiawatha Forest as part of a joint effort between the Bay Mills Tribe and the National Forest Service in Brevort Lake, Michigan Friday, May 12, 2023.