The annual Suttons Bay Jazzfest takes place this Saturday, July 26 at Marina Park in Suttons Bay. The event features fine wines and food from the Leelanau Peninsula and world-class jazz music. This year’s lineup includes hris Copeland Big Band Featuring Harry Goldson and Claudia Schmidt, Tad Weed Trio, Betty Joplin Quartet, Cooper, Hay, Van […]
Serenity by Stacy Niedzwieck (click photo for wallpaper-sized image) We’re not doing daily news & weather updates until fall, but you can check weather for the week from Weather Underground and here’s a few stories & photos that that caught our eye last week: Taste of Dehli from the Record-Eagle tells the story of New […]
The Glen Arbor Art Association welcomes singer/songwriter Annie Gallup to the Studio Stage/Lake Street Studios (in case of rain, location is Glen Arbor Town Hall) this Wednesday (July 23) at 8 PM. Head over to the Glen Arbor Art Association web site or call 334-6112 for details! Annie grew up in Michigan and taught herself […]
For the rest of the summer Leelanau.com will go to a summer schedule. That means that some days we’ll update the site and this blog and other days we won’t. We will of course continue to post our weekly email newsletter (sign up on our home page) and you can check events in the Leelanau […]
Baled hay (South French Rd) by John Levanen News from the Week Last week’s news was (as usual) mostly events. We did have a nice Fireworks video from Ken Scott (featuring music from Song of the Lakes) and a cool Sleeping Bear Dunes photo. The Week’s Weather We had a good deal of sun and […]
The first annual North Bar Lake Skimboard Competition takes place this Saturday (July 19) at North Bar Lake just north of Empire. Registration is from 10 to noon and the competition starts at 1 PM. For details, please call Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak at 231.326.WAVE (9283). photo: Goofyfooted by Andy McFarlane
Wednesday is apparently Women’s Club Day in Leelanau County. The Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair takes place from 10 AM – 4 PM this Wednesday (Jul 16) at the Glen Arbor Town Hall. It showcases fine arts and quality crafts and all profits are used for scholarships. Call 326-6084 for details! On July 16th […]
This is part of Mike’s great set of Leelanau photos (slideshow). Have a great weekend!
Photographer Ken Scott has put together a great photo show from the Leland Fireworks, complete with a classic track Pearl of America from Song of the Lakes. It’s just great, so check it out! Watch Leland Fireworks … 2008 on YouTube. Ken notes that this is a community sponsored event that needs your support, especially […]
Northport Marina by Bean in Sylvan Lake News from the Week In addition to posts about the Leelanau Artists Market and the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb Concert, the week’s news included a report that the cherry harvest is just getting underway in Leelanau, a free well water testing day (next Monday) and the release of […]
Tonight (Wednesday, July 9) in Harbor Square in Leland (behind Leelanau Books) from 7 – 9 pm, Doug Hansen and band will sing and play music from the just-released CD Songs from the Circle! Everyone is invited (it’s free) and CDs will be available. 100% of proceeds benefit programs at Leelanau Children’s Center in Leland […]
MSU Extension will be offering free well water testing on Monday, July 14, 2008. Here’s how it works: The screening will test for nitrates, nitrites and triazine pesticides in drinking water. (Testing your water for other things can be done through the Health Dept.) Stop in at the MSU Extension office (suite #107 at the […]