Join local foresters, certified arborists, and resource professionals for a day of planting at Ruby Ellen Farm, 5946 S. Center Highway, Traverse City, on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 am-12:30 pm.
Do you like to hike the trails and play in the snow? Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is recruiting up to three fall and winter interns to assist with snowshoe field trips, weekend hikes, and planning for the National Lakeshore’s 50thanniversary. The internship time periods are mid-October to mid-December and early January to mid-March with the opportunity for extension based on student academic requirement needs.
The Glen Lake Community Library will host a presentation by Deb Lake of American Waste on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7 pm, in the Empire Township Hall. Lake will discuss the company’s regional recycling program, it’s impact on waste reduction in Northern Michigan, and the various issues and trends in the recycling world. For more information, contact the library at 231-326-5361, or visit their website at GlenLakeLibrary.net.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center takes a short look back, and a long look forward, at contemporary fiber and textile arts on Sunday, October 6, at 2 pm. This visual survey is part of the GAAC’s exhibition Fiber Without Borders, and is presented without charge. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager and studio fiber artist, will facilitate the program.
Following news that the popular Cheese Shanty lunch joint in Leland’s historic Fishtown is closing early this year due to high water levels, Fishtown Preservation executive director Amanda Holmes issued wanted the public to know that Fishtown remains open. She wrote the following letter on Wednesday, Oct. 2:
The first weekend of October marks the sixth annual Hops & Harvest Festival in Empire. Each fall the Empire Chamber of Commerce hosts the festival to celebrate the harvest season with local food, beer, and music on Front Street. Tickets to the event are $25 for adults, which includes a commemorative Hops & Harvest Festival glass and drink ticket. Children 16 and under are free.
A powerful opportunity awaits Leelanau voters on Nov. 5. The Leelanau County Commission, in a bi-partisan vote, is offering voters the opportunity to make a significant difference for families raising young children and to entice young families to move to the County. Because, healthy resilient families are the backbone of a thriving community.
The Leelanau Women Artists will host a members’ show of basketry, fused glass, jewelry and painting, Oct. 4-5 at the Leland Old Art Building. An opening reception with the artists will be Friday, Oct. 4 from 5-7 p.m.
Holland, Mich. resident Jon Ornée swam from Pyramid Point to North Manitou Island on Friday, Sept. 20. The 7.4-mile swim took him 2 hours and 50 minutes. He believes he is the first person to accomplish the feat.
On Wednesday, September 25 at 2 pm, the Leelanau Historical Society & Museum and Leland Township Library will host award-winning author and oral historian Martha Bloomfield for a talk titled “Michigan Immigrants: Romanies, Hmong, and Many More” in the Munnecke Room at the Library.