Past Programs

12:00 pm at Scott Club, 652 Phoenix Street
RSVP Required. Email to info@scottclub.org
$15 per person NO ZOOM

This year’s holiday luncheon will be at Scott Club in the lower level. After lunch we will go upstairs to enjoy music by the amazing students of the South Haven High School Chamber Orchestra, directed by Jessica Fiedorowicz.

Lunch will start at noon with a Croissant Bar offering egg, tuna, or chicken salad, along with various side salads and fruit catered by Phoenix Street on Broadway restaurant.

RSVP is required to attend. Members will receive a notification.

Reservations required. Free and open to all.

Seating will be available at 10:00 and 11:00. NO ZOOM

You can reserve your seating time by emailing info@scottclub.org or by phone, 269-449-0290.

Come to the Historic Scott Club to have brunch and visit Santa and Mrs. Claus. Families will have time to enjoy brunch and then head upstairs to spend time with Santa and take pictures to capture this fun experience. Children will receive a book, a gift bag and can make a craft to take home. Brunch made fresh by Phoenix Street on Broadway restaurant. Books are provided by the Van Buren Great Start Collaborative through a grant from the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential.

The South Haven Scott Club is pleased to host the Community Soup Luncheon on Saturday, November 22nd from 11 am to 2 pm at their Michigan Historic Site at 652 Phoenix Street. All are welcome at this fun event that serves as a kickoff to the holiday season in concert with other local events. There will be something for everyone with a range of options including vegan and vegetarian; come early to choose your favorite. A beverage and dessert are also included, and a to-go option will be available. Come out and support the Scott Club and warm up with some hot soup and festive company.
The suggested donation is $10.

By Curt Tofteland, Founder, Shakespeare Behind Bars Program

The Mission of Shakespeare Behind Bars is to offer theatrical encounters with personal and social issues to incarcerated, post-incarcerated, marginalized, and at-risk communities, allowing them to develop and expand life skills that will support their reintegration into society. Founded in 1995, Shakespeare Behind Bars is the oldest, continuously operating program of its kind in North America. Each year Shakespeare Behind Bars serves 200+ incarcerated adults and juveniles in thirteen SBB programs in Kentucky, Michigan, and Illinois.

Curt L. Tofteland, as the Founder of the internationally acclaimed Shakespeare Behind Bars program, produced and directed fourteen all-male Shakespeare plays. SBB is the subject of the multiple award-winning documentaries by Philomath Films. During his twenty-year tenure as the Producing Artistic Director of Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Curt produced fifty Shakespeare productions, directed twenty-five, and acted in eight. As a professional director and an Equity actor, he has 200+ professional productions to his credit. Additionally, he has presented 400+ performances of his one man show Shakespeare’s Clownes: A Foole’s Guide to Shakespeare.

By Martha Lohrstorfer

1:00 p.m.
At the Scott Club

Join us for a trip to the “end of the world” as described by Martha about her most recent adventure. Her program will take us on a visual tour to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica.

Martha is a retired Kalamazoo librarian who moved to South Haven 20 years ago. She and her husband John are active disaster responders with the Red Cross. Martha has deployed 41 times all over the country, including Guam. When they are not traveling with the Red Cross, they enjoy adventures to not so well-known spots – like Antarctica.

By South Haven History Club Students

The 2026 National History Day theme is “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History”. This theme, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the United States, invites students to explore the interconnectedness of these concepts, where one often triggers the others in a cycle of societal change.

Each year the hard-working students, led by teacher Julie Sheppard, prepare for competition at the state and national levels. We are honored to have the history students perform their presentations live at Scott Club. Join us to hear, see and learn how much work they put into their award-winning presentations.

Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Beautify your surroundings with gorgeous geraniums and assorted hanging baskets while supporting the South Haven Scott Club’s Annual Flower Sale. Funds raised will help us maintain our historic building and provide a rich variety of programs.

By Valerie Marvin

In November 1920 Eva McCall Hamilton made national news when Grand Rapids voters elected her to the Michigan Senate. Ever since, she’s been celebrated as a trailblazer-Michigan’s first female legislator. But Hamilton had actually been going to the Capitol, and working in political circles, for years before her election. Learn more about the issues and passions that drove her, and the many challenges she faced, as Michigan’s “Lady Senator.”

Valerie Marvin is honored to serve as the Director of Education and History at the Michigan State Capitol, a National Historic Landmark. A graduate of the University of Michigan (Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies, 2005) and Eastern Michigan (Masters of Science in Historic Preservation, 2009), she lives with her husband David in a 1906 home in downtown Lansing