The Grand Traverse Insider reports that the 23rd annual edition of Exposures, the Leelanau student journal of visual arts and creative writing will be unveiled on Friday. The opening reception takes place this Friday (April 29) from 4:30-7:30 at the Old Art Building in Leland. It continues from 10-4 on Saturday, April 30. The opening […]
The annual Spring Sip & Savor wine tour happens this weekend (April 30 & May 1) at the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association. It’s a chance to enjoy special wine and food pairings at each of the wineries on the wine trail, and to help you take home some of the flavor, your ticket […]
“Snow … and a lot of it!” says John. The Weather Underground says that Traverse City tied the record precipitation for an April 19th and agrees: Maple City: 8″ Lake Leelanau: 8″ Suttons Bay: 9.8″ April indeed.
National Geographic has a new book out entitled The 10 Best of Everything National Parks, and the Detroit Free Press reports that: Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has one of the top views of any national park. Listed first for “Hike-to Views” was the park’s Sleeping Bear Point Trail with its “beautiful overlooks of […]
Interlochen has announced their 2011 Summer Arts Festival Calendar. Some highlights include A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (June 18), Elvis Costello and The Imposters (June 21), Detroit’s own Temptations (June 25), folk standout Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee (July 13), one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Leo Kottke (July 16), The […]
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore invites you to join a celebration of our country’s 394 national park site. The theme for National Park Week 2011 is Healthy Parks, Healthy People, and you can celebrate April 16-24th with FREE ranger-led program or just get out in the park to soak up some healthy fun! On […]
This spring the Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce and Suttons Bay Schools are combining forces to create a new event, Suttons Bay Saturday. On April 30th fifteen area businesses will donate 10% of their proceeds back to the department of your choice at Suttons Bay schools. This is a great opportunity for local residents to […]
via the The Glen Arbor Art Association has released its 2011 Artists in Residence schedule and presentation dates. The Art Association is located behind Lake Street Studios across from Cherry Republic in downtown Glen Arbor. For more information call (231) 334-6112 or visit www.glenarborart.org. Martine MacDonald (April 29-May14) is an adjunct professor of art at Wayne County […]
The Leelanau Enterprise notes that the Leelanau Chamber of Commerce is holding a Community Business Forum Wednesday morning (April 18) from 7-9 AM at the Leelanau Sands Showroom. The forum is designed to help local business owners develop strategies for this year and beyond. The cost will be $10 for Chamber members and $15 for […]
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The Leelanau Peninsula Chamber of Commerce announces the First Annual Leelanau Peninsula BirdFest, to be held Wednesday, June 1 through Sunday, June 5. This unique festival offers a wide variety of distinctly different field trips, including a Sunday morning sail aboard Inland Seas’ schooner to see nesting gulls, cormorants and Caspian terns on Gull Island. […]
FIM Group and Northwestern Michigan College have collaborated to present the inaugural TEDx TraverseCity on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Tickets go on sale TODAY (Tuesday, April 5) at 10 AM through the website at www.tedxtraversecity.com. They will probably go quickly! The […]