2012-2013 Budget - City of Saginaw MI

Saginaw Art Museum features an expansive permanent collection, enhanced museum store, andtraveling exhibits of national and international merit. Lectures, tours, and classes are just part of thewide range of educational offerings and community outreach. Saginaw Art Museum also features amulti-purpose lecture theatre, and an enlarged Vision Area, as well as the Museum’s popular hands-onchildren’s gallery.Saginaw Choral Society is comprised of 100 members, auditioned volunteer performance, whichannually presents a season of classical, contemporary, and popular concerts for the community. Thechorus has earned much critical acclaim, has garnered local, state, and national awards and has built asubstantial regional following.Lawn Chair Film Festival is geared to the 20 year old and upcrowd with one additional family feature per season. It takesplace during the summer on Sunday nights in Old CitySaginaw at North Hamilton and Ames. This event is great forfamily and friends to gather together for a good blockbusternight. It also features outstanding independent, foreign, andclassic movies. It draws on average an audience between 700 and 1,500.Saginaw Eddy Concert Band consists of60 members from retired music teachers,music majors from local colleges such asCentral Michigan, to otherwise musicallyinclined Saginawians. The Saginaw EddyConcert Band plays standard marches,musical scores with accompanying vocalists, classical selections adapted for concert bands and more.St. John’s Episcopal Church was founded in 1851 and is the oldest church in the Saginaw Valley. Itis located on North Michigan Street. It boasts stained glass windows from both the United States andEurope. Saginaw has other churches in the area, ranging from Catholic, Baptists, Church of God InChrist, , and many more denominations.422