Fishtown by detroitsky News from the Week In addition to some articles about the venerable Suttons Bay Art Festival, the super-cool Port Oneida Fair (every August celebration of rural heritage) and the brand-new Leland Summer Twilight Art Walk, we had a neat photo from Port Oneida and a whole slew of Leelanau on Location entries […]
Cody has posted Leelanau on Location entries for all the towns in Leelanau County. They are packed full of history and links and we’re hoping that you will add your comments (and links) to the pages to make them even better resources! You can click for the pages for Cedar, Glen Arbor, Greilickville, Empire, Lake […]
Oneida Farm, photo by wrightpic Sorry, no time to update the weather for today – gonna be partly cloudy, probably won’t rain and if you see a certain wonderful daughter of mine, wish her a very happy birthday! Also, this photo should remind you to do everything in your power to get to the Port […]
Leland will hold its first annual Summer Twilight Art Walk this Friday (Aug 10) from 5-9 PM. Participating art establishments will present new work and all nine venues will serve refreshments and appetizers. Participants are Aurora Borealis Designs Studio, Benjamin Maier Ceramics, Brenda J. Clark Gallery, Fishtown Pottery, M. Frey Studio, Main Street Gallery, Nell […]
The annual Port Oneida Fair is a celebration of rural arts and culture that takes place next Friday & Saturday (Aug 10 & 11) in the Port Oneida Historic Farm District of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (located four miles north of Glen Arbor on M-22). This is one of Leelanau’s coolest family events, and […]
Cathead Beach (2005) by Joel Dinda News from the Week Stories from the week included a nice story on Leelanau.com’s Jeremy Steck from the Leelanau Enterprise, an article on tonight’s Conservancy Auction & Picnic (featuring a chance to cook with Mario Batali) and a feature about the Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival. Because the […]
The Leelanau Conservancy will hold its annual “Friends” picnic and auction this Thursday (Aug 2) at Woolsey Airport near Northport. Proceeds from the auction benefit Conservancy protection efforts in Leelanau County. In addition to Leelanau wines and food, there will be silent & live auction with almost 150 items including items for home & garden, […]
The Woolsey Memorial Airport is a public airport located three miles Northeast of Northport. The runway is turf, and there is no control tower. The airport is closed from November to March when the runway is covered with snow. Every year they host the Woolsey Airport Fly-in and Pancake Breakfast which features some great planes […]
The exhibit is open to the public 10 AM – 5 PM today, tomorrow and Wednesday at the Old Art Building and features a wide range of Leelanau artists working in everything from painting and photography to jewelry and sculpture. It’s a great exhibit and I really encourage you to check it out!!
With all the events and otters and what-not we almost missed this article on Leelanau Communications’ Jeremy Steck in the Enterprise. Read Web designer appreciates working in his home county. You might also enjoy checking out Jeremy’s awesome Leelanau & Michigan sports blog:
The 15th annual Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Festival (aka “Dunegrass”) takes place August 2-5 in Empire. The festival has some incredible nationally known talent this year including David Grisman, Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain String Band and Keller Williams. There’s also some great regional acts like The Biddies, Steppin’ in It and Earthwork Music. In […]
Photo credit: Sunfish by Andy McFarlane News from the Week The top story of the week (at least for the under 6 set) is our exclusive video of the otter family at the Leland Harbor (I was informed by one reader that after watching it, her daughter now wants to be a baby otter). We […]