Donnie Love, of Detroit, Mich., performs at Necto Nightclub in Ann Arbor Mich., during the The First Gate of Hell pre-Halloween Season Spooktacular on September 29, 2023. The event kicked-off the Halloween season with local entertainment and encouraged club-goers to dress for the occasion.
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Derick Prins, of Novi, Mich., walks beside the edge of a crevasse on the Easton Glacier on Mt. Baker in Wash., on August 25, 2023. The American Alpine Institute has been educating aspiring alpinists for more than 45 years. They continue the tradition of educating climbers on technical skill, safety, and leadership.
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Noah Ehlke, 9, of Clarkston, Mich., enjoys a s'more on the back porch of his new home on May 13, 2023. The Ehlke family had moved into their home this past March. To celebrate moving into a new home, they invited family and friends over for a housewarming party.
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Whitney Naomi VanderVixen applies her makeup in her drag studio before her gig in Melvindale, Mich. Every Halloween weekend, Five15, a drag brunch and show bar in Royal Oak, Mich., hosts a shadow cast performance of the Rocky Horror Picture Show featuring their resident drag performers. For the second year in a row, Whitney Naomi will be performing as the character, Colombia.
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ANTI, a drag performer from Detroit, Mich., puts on their costume at LIVE Nightclub in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Ildi Akbar (Left) and Bradley Meek (Right) hold hands to the Nae Bother Scottish Highland Dance on August 28, 2022 at the Ohio Valley School of Celtic Dance and Culture in The Plains, Ohio. Anna Hess, the founder of the Athens Ohio Scottish Country Dancers, founded the group because of her love for Scottish dancing. ‘’I finally decided that if I wanted one, I needed to create it myself,” Hess said. “I love the way people in Athens are willing to try new things they've never heard of before and our little dance community is growing slowly but surely.”
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Students of the Kiparang'anda Primary School in Mkuranga, Tanzania, work together on a mapping project with Women Building Tanzania on May 30, 2022.
Women Building Tanzania is a growing project that began as a partnership between Michigan State University and the University of Dar es Salaam. Their goal is to support young women by increasing their educational opportunities, health, and wellness throughout their primary and secondary education.
Recently, the team returned to the Kiparang'anda Primary School in the Mkuranga region to visit the schools, check on the student’s overall wellness, and to inspire young girls in the world of STEM by putting on a GIS mapping workshop. The country being notorious for female genital mutilation, with the hopeful end to its practices in the near future, the goal of this workshop was not only aimed to inspire but to educate the students on how to better understand their community.
The students were given maps of Tanzania and instructed to pinpoint places on the map they were familiar with. They were then given a crash course to use a compass, go out into their campus, and to design a map of their school themselves. ×
Trevor Sell of Athens, Ohio, skateboards during the Big Bowl Competition at Skate Jam in Athens, Ohio, on August 27, 2022. Sell placed second in the Big Bowl Competition and when asked about what skateboarding means to him he said, “everything.”
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Ryan Markmann, of Seattle, Wash., ascends Left Twin Falls at the Michigan Ice Fest in Munising, Mich., on February 12, 2022. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the Michigan Ice Fest is greeted by visitors from all around the country. Offering classes taught by local guides and sponsored athletes, no matter the skill level there is a class for everyone.
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The Rome Township cemetery on McGur Road in Guysville, Ohio, April 13, 2023.
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Leah Tanton, of Fenton, Mich., hikes the trail to the summit of Mt. Belford in Colo., on August 12, 2021.
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