Sleeping Bear Dunes tops 1.7 million visitors for first time
The final numbers are in. The number of people who visited Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in 2020 was 1,718,696. This is the first time that visitation has topped 1.7 million.
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Glen Arbor Arts Center holds exhibits: “Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages” and “You Are T/Here”
Traverse City artist Joan Richmond is exhibiting collages at the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC). Paper + Scissors + Glue = New Collages, her exhibition of 12 new works, will be on display in the GAAC Lobby Gallery from January 15 until April 22.
Glen Arbor Arts Center seeks submissions for Food is Art / Art is Food
The Glen Arbor Arts Center seeks submissions for its upcoming, juried exhibition Food Is Art / Art Is Food, which runs May 28-August 19, 2021. Applications will be accepted through April 15. A prospectus and online application are now available for review by clicking here.
Jobs in Leelanau, 2021
Cottonseed Apparel seeks motivated individuals to join our dynamic team of seasonal sales associates. Cottonseed is a fast-paced, fun, focused on fashion seasonal resort boutique in the heart of Glen Arbor. If you are a positive person looking for an awesome summer job we look forward to reviewing your unique qualifications. Some hours available in April. Please send […]
Mill
Full coverage of the Crystal River gristmill and the Brammer family that owned it, Turner Booth and his bid to revive the mill, the Township Board’s effort to rezone the neighboring Brammer parcel from “residential” to “recreational” and the community’s response, in the run-up to Glen Arbor Township’s August 3, 2021, zoning referendum.
Glen Arbor Sun’s top stories of 2020
The Glen Arbor Sun enjoyed a banner year in 2020 in terms of in-depth reporting and viewership, as our local coverage of COVID-19, the lockdown, racial equity, record-high Lake Michigan water levels and climate change forced us to up our game. Our website, GlenArbor.com, broke records for online views in 6 out of 12 months in 2020, and averaged a little more than 700 unique viewers per day.
Parenting During the Pandemic
A first-time mother considers how COVID has affected parenting in northern Michigan.
The Night Before Christmas
Empire writer Mary Sharry’s “The Night Before Christmas” puts a twist on the classic story, with Nick’s wife Maude holding the reigns of the sleigh. Her visit to the White House reveals a clothes-less would-be emperor, who definitely has not acted nice this year.
Love and Loneliness Through a Window
Notice the date on this photograph? March 17, 2020. This has been the way my mom, Toni Johnson, has visited with her family for nine months. Consider this, Mom hasn’t been hugged or kissed by her family for three quarters of a year, roughly 270 days, give or take. Three days after Michigan’s schools closed on March 13, assisted living facilities also closed their doors to visitors.
Malt and Barley: “the terroir of Empire”
It’s a glorious autumn day at the Empire Malting Company farm. The century-old red barn, clad in modern aluminum, features hand-hewn posts and beams that shelter ancient agricultural practices adapted to the 21st century. The spring barley harvested months ago is undergoing malting—a process of soaking seeds into germination, then drying, and kilning—before being packed and sent to discerning breweries and distilleries in Northern Michigan and beyond.