2012-2013 Budget - City of Saginaw MI

COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTSSaginaw Art Museumwww.saginawartmuseum.orgThe Saginaw ArtMuseum totals morethan 15,000 squarefeet. Amidst ongoing exhibitions and events, some ofthe museum’s permanent collection includes 19th and20th century American and European artists, Civil Warera sculptural groups, the work of Eanger Irving Couse(considered Saginaw’s most famous artist), and anAsian art collection, including the celebration of Saginaw’s Sister City relationship with Tokushima,Japan. The home is the foundation and the grandest piece of the museum’s permanent collection.Ojibway IslandOjibway Island, named after theOjibwa (Chippewa) natives, is awonderful, shaded get-a-away for riverside walks, biking,family outings, concerts, and celebrations. The WKCQCountry Fest and Cinco de Mayo takes place here annually.Ojibway Island is also host to the best view in town for thestunning 4 th of July fireworks display each year.Temple Theaterwww.templetheatre.comThe Temple Theater was built bythe Elf Khurafeh Shrine andopened its doors on July 28, 1927. At that time, it was thelargest theater in Michigan outside of the Detroit area, seating2,196. Featured Big Bands were Duke Ellington as well asSaginaw’s own Eddy Band, which still plays some of itsconcerts at the Temple. The Temple Theatre introduced majorblockbusters of the time, such as Casablanca and Gone with The Wind to Saginaw. Following WWII,wide-screen productions such as “Cinemascope” required major renovation, which was undertaken in1953.414