UPDATE (May 2nd): Blossoms are really coming on and if you’re coming up to see them, you better make your travel plans now. They should be great this weekend! The Leelanau Enterprise reports that Jim Nugent, director of the Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Station in Bingham Township says that a warmer-than-average spring will have the […]
The Week’s News The stories were mainly events (apparently this is a big weekend for them) with the Leelanau Children’s Center Silent Auction, Exposures 2006 Opening & Exhibition and From Women’s Hands in TC all on Friday night. There was also a great daffodil photo by guest photographer Joel Gaff and an interesting piece on […]
Spring Is Here, photo by corremadrid. Today’s photo is courtesy Joel R. Gaff Jr.
The Leelanau Post has a great feature that looks back on the many newspapers that have been published in Leelanau County. There have been quite a few more than you may expect including the very exciting sounding “Burdickville Meteor”. Read Newspapers in Leelanau County in the Leelanau Post.
The annual Leelanau Children’s Center Silent Auction will be held this Friday (April 28) at the Leland Lodge starting at 7 PM. It’s always a great time and is the major fundraiser for the LCC. Click for Silent Auction item listing!
Exposures would like you to join them this Friday, April 28 at the Old Art Building in Leland from 5-8pm for the opening of a special exhibit of student work chosen for the publication of “Exposures 2006” (exhibition continues Saturday). Live music will be provided by Big Noise Jazz Combo, along with original art and […]
The Leelanau Enterprise reports that National Park Service officials are seeking additional public involvement in planning a large stabilization and rehabilitation project for the 3,400-acre The Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The district includes 18 historic farms and 113 structures and is considered one of the largest intact agricultural districts in the entire National Park […]
The weather was great, with lots of sun and temps mainly in the 60s and 70s. Daffodils came out in force and the leeks pushed up. About all you could complain about was the lack of rain (and morels) The Week’s Weather Thursday, April 13, 2006: Sunny & upper 50s (61°/46°) Friday, April 14, 2006: […]
Next Friday through Sunday, more than 150 talented female visual artists, authors, musicians and film makers will show and sell their works at “From Women’s Hands,” an all-female exhibition held April 28, 29 & 30 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. From Women’s Hands connects art, community and service of the arts to benefit […]
Bufka Barn, photo by Andrew McFarlane. Part of a set of photos of a farm located in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. There’s one that’s available really big and currently my background.
The Record-Eagle has an interesting feature by Traverse City resident Mark Livengood, former director of the Leelanau Historical Museum and current Fulbright Scholar at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. In this engaging read, Mark looks at the impact of community-based ecotourism, and, as the purpose of the Fulbright is to build mutual understanding between the […]
The TC Record-Eagle had a feature a few weeks back that we overlooked (skiing vacation I think) looking at the Northport Community Art Center’s spring and summer schedule. The next few months feature Pianist Flavio Varani on May 6, a May 20th event with the Cherry Capital Chorus, Grand Traverse Chorus of Sweet Adelines and […]