Young Fashion

Western Michigan University's Merchandising Opportunities Design Association is holding MODA Glamour, a fashion show to showcase student designed and created clothes on Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. in the Bernhard Center.

MODA, a student organization at WMU, was formed in 1998 and has grown to over 110 members. For the show, 48 students volunteered to be models, wearing the creative looks of the 30 student designers.

"It's a big process," says Heather Holland, the senior public relations member on the executive board of MODA. "It's impressive what people can do."

Proceeds from the show will benefit the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission, an organization that serves local homeless or abused men, women and children.

Tickets are $5 for students and $8 for general admission. A $25 VIP ticket is also available by contacting modawmu@gmail.com; doors open for VIP ticket holders at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. Visit MODA's Web site for more info.

A Toe-Tapping Good Time

Holy Ghost Tent Revival is coming to Foundry Hall in South Haven on Thursday, Dec. 17. Doors open at 7 p.m., and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival is a six-piece band from Greensboro, North Carolina that plays its own brand of folk-bluegrass-soul. The sound created by the banjo, guitar, brass, drums and keys "breathes a sense of celebration and salvation; of a raucous party where everyone's welcome and where even the most stoic will find their toes tapping and a smile breaking free," assures the band's Web site.

Holy Ghost Tent Revival is on tour promoting their latest and second album, Family. The band is participating in the Chicago Blues and Bluegrass Festival Dec. 12.

Tickets are $5 in advance; $7 the day of the show. They can be purchased at the door after 7 p.m., at the South Haven Art Center, or online here.

"Rock 'n' Roll Never Dies"

As part of WGVU's Independent Cinema program, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts will be hosting a free screening of Young @ Heart at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 1.

The 2007 documentary Young @ Heart won four awards, including the Audience Award from the Warsaw International Film Festival. The film follows a choir of senior citizens who perform contemporary hits and classic pop and rock.

The performers range from age 74 to 92, and the difficulties of growing old and dealing with the loss of friends are, as one critic remarked, "a brilliant testimony to the resiliency of the human spirit."

The screening is free; more info can be found on WGVU's Web site.