Spot wildlife in the woods, visit Hundred Acre Woods or hear Lee DeWyze

Shake off the winter doldrums with a hike to learn how to spot wildlife — or take a different kind of hike with a different kind of wildlife in the Hundred Acre Wood. Other highlights of the weekend include radio and television performers and a local artist in the spotlight. Joseph Dits also other suggestions from his Outdoor Adventures column, and The Tribune's online events calendar has even more.

‘This American Life’ host Ira Glass appears at Goshen College

GOSHEN — Goshen College presents An Evening with Ira Glass: “Seven Things I’ve Learned” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Goshen College Music Center.

Glass is the host and creator of the popular public radio program “This American Life,” which is heard each week by more than 5 million listeners on public radio stations and podcasts since its beginnings in 1995.

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Under Glass’s editorial direction, the Chicago-based “This American Life” has won seven Peabody awards and the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for audio journalism.

In “Seven Things I’ve Learned,” he talks about the art of storytelling.

Tickets are $55-$40.

For more information, call 574-535-7566 or visit goshen.edu/tickets.

Learn how to spot signs of wildlife on hike in Three Oaks

THREE OAKS — Harbor Country Hikers presents the hike “Whose Tracks Are These?” at 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Chris Thompson Memorial Preserve, 7592 Warren Woods Road.

Grace Ball, the education and community outreach coordinator for Chikaming Open Lands, will teach hikers how to spot animal signs by showing the group how to find and identify common clues wildlife species leave behind in local forests and fields.

Those who attend are advised to dress for the weather and bring plenty of water. Depending on conditions at the time of the hike, there could be muddy or icy patches.

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The 1.1-mile hike is rated moderate and is expected to last about two hours.

The Memorial Preserve is a mix of abandoned agricultural field, floodplain forest and frontage on the Galien River.

For more information, visit harborcountryhikers.com.

‘American Idol’ winner Lee DeWyze performs at The Acorn

THREE OAKS — Singer-songwriter Lee DeWyze performs at 8 p.m. Jan. 21 at The Acorn, 107 Generations Drive.

The winner of the ninth season of “American Idol,” in 2010, DeWyze has released eight albums, including the pre-“Idol” independent releases “So I’m Told” in 2007 and “Slumberland” in 2010, as well as 2010’s “Live It Up,” 2013’s “Frames” and his latest, 2021’s “Ghost Stories.”

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His songs have appeared in more than 70 films, TV shows and commercials, including “Horizon” in the movie “The Secret: Dare To Dream,” “Castles” the TV show “Station 19” and “Blackbird Song” on the TV show “The Walking Dead.”

Tickets are $50-$25.

For more information, call 269-756-3879 or visit acornlive.org.

Exhibit of retired Goshen College art professor Randy Horst opens with a reception

GOSHEN — The art exhibit “Inside Voices” opens with a reception at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 and continues through March 19 at the Hershberger Art Gallery in Goshen College’s Music Center.

The solo exhibit showcases works by former Goshen College art professor Randy Horst, who retired in 2022 after teaching at the college full-time for 13 years.

A 1983 graduate of Goshen College, Horst received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green University in 1986.

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During his time in the art department, Horst taught courses in drawing, painting, graphic design, printmaking, art education, aesthetics and art history.

Horst’s work in graphic design, drawing and painting has been widely exhibited in the Midwest region.

He will give an artist talk at 2:30 p.m.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Admission is free.

For more information, call 574-535-7400 or visit goshen.edu,

New Winnie-the-Pooh musical adaptation comes to the Mendel Center

BENTON HARBOR — Lake Michigan College presents “Disney’s Winnie the Pooh: A New Musical Stage Adaptation” at 2 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Mendel Center, 2755 E. Napier Ave.

In a new story from the Hundred Acre Wood featuring life-size puppetry, the 2021 stage adaptation tells new stories about A.A. Milne’s iconic characters: Pooh, Christopher Robin, and their best friends Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl and Tigger.

Accompanying the modern narrative is an original score from Nate Edmondson that features some of the songs written for the animated feature from The Sherman Brothers, including “Winnie the Pooh,” “The Blustery Day,” “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers,” “Whoop-De-Dooper Bounce,” and A.A. Milne’s “The More It Snows.”

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Milne introduced the characters in 1926’s “Winnie-the-Pooh” and 1928’s “The House at Pooh Corner.” Disney acquired the theatrical rights in 1961, with an original intent to produce a feature film. However, after production began, Walt Disney decided to make short featurettes instead, with songs by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman.

The three featurettes — “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree,” “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” and “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too.” — were subsequently incorporated into the 1977 feature “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.” This was the last film in the Disney canon in which Walt Disney had personal involvement.

Tickets are $30. VIP tickets are available for an additional $30.

For more information, call 269-927-8700 or visit themendelcenter.com.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Winnie-the-Pooh, Ira Glass, Lee DeWyze and more around South Bend