Photo: Geek Brush Studio owner Brenda Fineman cuts the ribbon on the Chelsea Art Alley on June 4, during the season’s first Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights, joined by Mayor Kate Henson, the Chelsea Chamber’s Terris Ahrens, and a crowd of about 50 neighbors and artists. Photo courtesy of Life in Michigan
As the season’s first Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights filled downtown Chelsea, 50 neighbors, artists and visitors, including Chelsea’s Mayor Kate Henson, crowded into the pedestrian corridor between 105 and 107 Main Street. At 7:30 p.m., Brenda Fineman picked up the scissors and cut the ribbon on the Chelsea Art Alley — and very nearly lost her composure doing it.
“After Terris from the Chamber spoke, I already had watery eyes. There was no way I was getting through everything I wanted to say,” Fineman said…