The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers snowshoe walks every Saturday through the end of February or later if conditions permit. Each hike will start by meeting at the Philip Hart Visitor Center in Empire at 1 PM. If you don’t have your own snowshoes, you may use a pair free of charge by calling […]
Interlochen Public Radio’s Peter Payette interviewed three of the most entrepreneurial citizens of the Grand Traverse Region last week on Points North. They also happen to be brothers, and I think you’ll enjoy with interview with Paul Sutherland (owner of the Financial & Investment Management Group), Bobby Sutherland (owner of Cherry Republic) and Matt Sutherland […]
This photo is part of creed 400’s excellent Sleeping Bear Dunes set (slideshow). You might also enjoy their M-22 set.
The Winter Wine & Vine Experience takes place next Friday (Jan 30) at the Old Art Building in Leland from 5-7 PM. With the aid of Sommelier Becky Hemmingsen of Hansen Foods, you will explore the unique characters of a selection of award-winning Leelanau wines and learn how to evaluate wines for personal taste and […]
20090101_Barns by ETCphoto News from the Week In addition to the upcoming Taste the Passion wine tour and the first of the Talks About Art with the Glen Arbor Artists, we had a feature on bears in Leelanau County (courtesy the Glen Arbor Sun) and a local book selected as a 2009 Michigan Notable Book, […]
The Glen Arbor Sun’s winter edition features some great reads including In search of the sleeping bear by Pat Stinson. Here’s the start – be sure to click through to read the rest for information about the bear population in Leelanau County! In January, as snowshoe hares bound across Thoreson Road and minks skirt a […]
Talk About Art, a series of free talks featuring local artists talking about how they create art begins next Thursday (January 29) at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Art Association. The series begins with quiltmaker Sarah Bearup-Neal of Empire who will talk about “Postmodern Piecework” at the Glen Arbor Art Association on Thursday, January […]
Today’s feature is courtesy Absolute Michigan, and you can click to read about many more Notable Books on Absolute Michigan. The Michigan Notable Books program annually selects 20 of the most notable books published in the year. The selections are reflective of Michigan’s diverse ethnic, historical, literary, and cultural experience. Learn more about the program […]
Missy used to live right on Lake Leelanau, so she has a lot of great shots in her Leland set (slideshow). Two of her other sets are Grand Traverse Bay and Nature. She is apparently quite the fisherman … or is that fisherwoman? Person of Fishing?
The Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association invites you to celebrate Valentine’s Day (and wine and chocolate) at their annual “Taste the Passion” wine tour held February 7-8, 2009. The weekend features special pours and sweet and savory offerings at Leelanau County wineries. As a bonus, many of the wineries along the wine trail are hosting special […]
Sleeping Bear Dunes by gh patriot News from the Week News from the week included a story that made official what we all knew: we got a lot of snow in December! Actually, Leelanau had a record snowfall total in 2008. Other stories included a report on an expansion and new partner for Leelanau sparkling […]
The annual Winter Sledding Party at the Cedar HillToppers Snowmobile Club will be held this Sunday (Jan 18, 2008) from 1:30 – 3:30 PM. Bring your sleds, toboggans, XC skis, snowshoes and they’ll have a bonfire, food and hot chocolate to warm you. Great family fun, fresh air, and exercise! Here is a map to […]