Our apologies as yesterday we followed the links from an article to the wrong Sleeping Bear film. Please click to yesterday’s article to see the short film that won the Michigan Film awards! The trailer that we showed yesterday is from the full-length feature film Sleeping Bear that is seeking funding on Kickstarter to finish […]
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Here’s some videos from presenters and performers who will be at the Benzie County Water Festival, along with some videos of the beautiful water they’ll be talking about! The First Annual Benzie County Water Festival is a community water celebration that takes place on Saturday, March 18-19 south of us in Frankfort. This will be […]
The Leelanau Enterprise has a feature about a strain of lake herring that just came across my news feed about a Great Lakes fish long thought to be extinct that is making a comeback in Grand Traverse Bay: A strain of lake herring more commonly seen in the last century in Lake Superior is now […]
This weekend on Michigan in Pictures we featured an article by Suttons Bay writer Kim Schneider about the Northern Lights. As a side note, it ended up being our most popular post ever when it was featured on the Pure Michigan Facebook.
Update Thursday, March 17th Last night Leland fell to Manistee Catholic Central in the Regional final 55-43. Congratulations on a great season Comets! Update Tuesday, March 15th Last night Leland rode a hot hand from Calvin Gibson to defeat Bellaire in the regional opener. The Comets play in Cadillac Wednesday night in the regional final! […]
Next Friday (March 11, 2011) at 7 PM at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay, Loreen Niewenhuis will release her book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach. The book chronicles her walk around the shoreline of Lake Michigan and her observations along the way. Absolute Michigan caught up with Loreen and asked her a couple of questions. ABSOLUTE […]
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The Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan welcomes MSU Professor of Horticulture Dr. Art Cameron, who will take you on a virtual walk through the garden this Saturday (March 5) at 9 AM at the Leelanau County Government Center. Dr. Cameron will highlight various gardens, mostly from Michigan, pointing out interesting and noteworthy annuals, perennials, […]
Support the work of the Father Fred Foundation and enjoy great entertainment at the annual Lucky Leprechaun Ball on Sunday, March 13, 2011 beginning at 5 PM at Kilkenny’s Irish Public House in Traverse City. Click the poster for a larger view! Performers for this family friendly event will be Song of the Lakes and a new act, […]
Over on Absolute Michigan Bob Lovik has a great feature on Spring Hikes in the Grand Traverse Region that features photos from frequent Leelanau.com contributer Mark Lindsay. Bob talked with two of of the region’s hiking experts: John Heiam, president of the Grand Traverse Hiking Club (GTHC), and Dick Naperala, field trails coordinator with the GTHC. John […]
FYI, the photo this week is Voigtlander: Port Oneida and it was taken a few winter’s ago by Matt Callow. Matt does some amazing work with old cameras and homemade pinhole cameras. See some of it in his Leelanau slideshow.