The Grand Vision, a long term land use and planning project created by the citizens of Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford Counties will hold the first preview of “The Roadmap to Regional Prosperity” on May 19th at the State Theater in Traverse City from 6:30-8:30 PM. At the event leaders of the […]
Tilling the soil, photo by John Levanen News from the Week Stories from the week included a pair of features from our newest writer, Cherie Spaulding. One was on cherry blossoms and the other was about morels! We also had an essay from James D. Sprattmoran and a feature on the Northport Omena Summit II […]
ETCphoto (Terry Clark) has some cool sets of photos from our region including Michigan lighthouses, Buckley Old Engine Show and Grand Traverse Commons / Building 50. Check out the photo above bigger and see more of his Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore photos.
Spring Beauties in Empire by Jim Sorbie News from the Week Stories from the week included news that the King’s Challenge at Sugar Loaf has been purchased by a group led by Homestead owner Bob Kuras, news of another major wine award from a Leelanau County winery and a cool photo of Leelanau’s vintners by […]
The Leelanau County Cherry Blossom Tour has been scheduled for Saturday, May 16 from 9:30 AM – 2 PM. The Tour is sponsored by the Leelanau Conservation District, Leelanau Conservancy and the Leelanau Enterprise, with several other organizations presenting a tour of orchards with a leisurely FREE bus ride for folks of all ages (wheelchair […]
Be Here Now is a film from Traverse City based Weston Film that brings together our community and its locations, talents and financial resources to showcase the region through a story that embraces local cultural arts and music. Next Wednesday (May 13) there will be a fundraising reception at the Inside Out Gallery in Traverse […]
An investor group has purchased the King’s Challenge Golf Course near Sugar Loaf in Cedar and laid out an ambitious plan to transform the course into one that can compete on a national level. Bob Kuras, president of The Homestead will head the new operation and says that two of the most respected firms in […]
With the Spring Sip & Savor wine tour coming up tomorrow, I thought it would be cool to look at the poster of the LPVA winemakers that Traverse City photographer John Robert Williams shot last year. Click the poster to view it larger! John’s an amazing commercial photographer who you should definitely consider when you […]
A Leelanau Peninsula wine, Forty-Five North’s 2008 Pinot Noir Rose by Shawn Walters, was awarded the Best Pacific Rim Rose Wine at the 2009 Pacific Rim Wine Competition last week. There were about 2000 wines (54 Rose and Blush wines) entered by close to 400 wineries and the Rose came in second overall to the […]
Ready for my closeup (Leelanau Cheese) by Andy McFarlane News from the Week News from the week was just all events with stories on the Empire Asparagus Festival, Saturdays at the Lakeshore in May, the Manitou 2009 Music Festival and the Exposures 2009 Opening Reception. There was also a cool Cherry Blossoms photo from leelanau2010. […]
Every Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., a Park Ranger will await you at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center (VC) in Empire on M-72 to introduce a topic and then lead a car caravan a short distance to where the walk will begin. Each week, a different topic and location in the park will be […]
The Traverse City Record-Eagle has a feature on the Manitou Music Festival that begins: Even before she became executive director of the Glen Arbor Art Association, Peg McCarty fell in love with its “Dune Climb” concert. “There are kids running up and down the dunes, seagulls overhead, families having picnics,” said McCarty, of the free […]