In Memory, a wall of lights in Empire

This winter, in far away Guatemala City’s Central Parque, hundreds of people stood in silent awe as the street lighting...
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In Memory, a wall of lights in Empire

Northport photo exhibit opens May 23 at Village Arts Building

The Northport Arts Association is proud to present the 2025 Northport Photo Exhibit, launching Memorial Day weekend with a public...
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Northport photo exhibit opens May 23 at Village Arts Building

Glen Lake Library welcomes author Bonnie Jo Campbell

The Glen Lake Community Library in Empire will celebrate and host Michigan Notable Book Award winner and national best-selling author...
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Glen Lake Library welcomes author Bonnie Jo Campbell

Marking Anishinaabe trails

The Leelanau County and Grand Traverse communities, led by members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,...
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Marking Anishinaabe trails

Glen Arbor Cemetery holds sixth annual Memorial Ceremony

This year’s Memorial Day weekend ceremony at the Glen Arbor Cemetery will begin at 10 am on Friday, May 23,...
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Glen Arbor Cemetery holds sixth annual Memorial Ceremony

Preserve holds Thoreson Farm plein air event for Port Oneida Fair poster

Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear invites artists to the Thoreson Farm in Port Oneida, for a Plein Air Event on Saturday,...
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Preserve holds Thoreson Farm plein air event for Port Oneida Fair poster

Touring Burdickville’s art studios

Art is often encountered in curated stillness—hushed in museums, framed behind velvet ropes, and stripped from the context of its...
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Touring Burdickville’s art studios

Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Jeff Maharry’s “Good Harbor Bay”

Our story series celebrating songs inspired by Leelanau County and the Sleeping Bear Dunes continues with Illinois resident and summer visitor...
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Celebrating songs of Leelanau: Jeff Maharry’s “Good Harbor Bay”

Like a pile of dead elephants: On the loss of our great beech trees

It feels inviting to approach a beech maple forest on an early spring day when the snow is just thinning....
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Like a pile of dead elephants: On the loss of our great beech trees

The Homestead welcomes new chef Greg Miesch

The Homestead in Glen Arbor is excited to welcome Greg Miesch as its new executive chef. Miesch will oversee the...
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The Homestead welcomes new chef Greg Miesch

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