1. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM's 'Weekend Planner with St. Joe Today' covers community events in the St. Joseph, Michigan area for the weekend of April 10-13, 2026.
2. The segment is co-hosted by Johnny and Danielle, with Danielle representing St. Joe Today; special guest Erica, Artistic Director at Children's Music Workshop, joins the episode.
3. The episode's purpose is to inventory weekend activities across local venues for St. Joseph, Berrien County, and the surrounding southwest Michigan region.
4. St. Joe Today opens with the Lighthouse Magnet Design Challenge — a community contest through the end of April where residents submit designs for the 2026 summer Lighthouse Magnet available at the St. Joseph Lighthouse.
5. Lazy Ballerina hosts three distinct free events this weekend: Late and Great Thursdays (5-7pm, wine and cheese samples with the Cheese Lady), a Brie Spa pop-up Saturday 12-3pm, and a Seed and Prop Swap Sunday 3-4:30pm.
6. The Acorn presents Bad Moms of Comedy on Friday 8-11pm, followed by live music from David Cook — winner of Season 7 of American Idol — on Saturday 8-11pm.
7. Pete's Cider Social brings back the Copper Cove Piano Bar from 7-9:30pm, a 21-and-over event where guests can sing along; KT reservations are available with a cider boat starting at 2pm.
8. Wanderlust Outfitters hosts a free monthly hiking class Saturday 9-10am featuring a representative from Chickamee Openlands discussing Berrien County trails, and a giveback weekend where 5% of in-store sales support Chickamee Openlands.
9. Journeyman Distillery holds its annual spring artisan market at the historic Featherbone Factory Saturday and Sunday 10-5, with local artisans filling all three floors.
10. Round Barn Winery hosts Sip and Strings Saturdays featuring acoustic performer Pamela Rocha from 1-4pm.
11. Danielle lists major summer save-the-dates: Antiques on the Bluff (first Sunday monthly, May-October), Memorial Day Parade on May 22nd, Lighthouse Tours and St. Joe Farmers Market launching May 23rd, and Lake Bluff Artisan Season starting May 3rd.
12. Special guest Erica describes Children's Music Workshop as a 30-plus-year institution in Berrien County serving young performers ages 6 to 18.
13. CMW produces two shows per year — a summer production called 'Team Sack' for ages 7th grade through 20 — plus eight weeks of summer camps.
14. The current production is a full staging of The Wizard of Oz, with all the songs from the movie plus some additional numbers.
15. CMW accepted 86 performers for the Wizard of Oz production but still had a waiting list of over 30 children who could not be placed.
16. The choreographer has been with CMW for 24 years, grew up in the program, and her six-year-old son will perform on stage with CMW for the first time this summer.
17. The assistant director, Ella, is a current Lake Michigan College student who performed in multiple CMW productions growing up.
18. Erica credits parent volunteers — who arrive with glue guns, sewing supplies, and hours of costume and set work — as essential to staging a production of that scale.
19. The Wizard of Oz runs Friday April 11 at 7pm, Saturday April 12 at 7pm, and Sunday April 13 at 3pm at St. Joe High School auditorium; tickets are available at cmwonline.org and on CMW's Facebook page.
20. The episode suits southwest Michigan residents looking for specific event logistics this weekend or parents considering CMW for young performers.
