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Tim Burton recreates the flavorful world of Wonka
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is pure spectacle, an imaginative vision well-wrought by Tim Burton. While I cannot make comparisons to the original, for I have never seen it, this new film does work, at least for the most part. By keeping itself focused on performances by Johnny Depp, Freddy Highmore, and Deep Roy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory maintains quality, although its taste is probably not the equal of some of Wonka's candies. »
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Festival attracts families to old Saginaw city
You usually won't find families on Sunday nights in old Saginaw city. Yet one recent Sunday evening, there were families aplenty in a parking lot at the corner of Ames and N. Hamilton streets, resting in lawn chairs and watching Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory projected on the side of a building. »
Armatures on display
The Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum at Saginaw Valley State University is displaying armatures of the late Michigan-based sculptor. The exhibition, "The Armature Revealed," will remain on display until Saturday, Sept. 24. »
Poetry, sculpture combined in Gallery
The creative works of two sisters exploring parallel life themes is the basis of an exhibition now on display at the Saginaw Valley State University Art Gallery. The show, "Memories We Keep," features the mixed-media sculpture of Ruth Ann Bowman and the poetry of her sister, Jane Bowman Smith. »