The Harry Goldson Quintet will perform on Sunday, August 25, at the Old Art Building in Leland featuring live jazz music. Harry will be accompanied by Steve Sandner on piano, Elgin Vines on bass, Will Harris on percussion, and Jim Cooper on vibraphone. Doors open at 7 pm; the show will begin at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $25 available online at oldartbuilding.com, mynorthtickets.com, or by calling 231-256-2131.
How many waiters can recite an Emily Dickinson poem to you while serving you haggis? Paul Baumbusch at the Little Traverse Inn can. Originally from Washington, D.C., Paul graduated from the creative writing program at Interlochen Arts Academy in 2004, then attended Northwestern University and graduated in 2008. His teacher at Interlochen was Michigan’s local “Notable Writer” Anne-Marie Oomen, from Empire.
The inaugural Ironman race 70.3 comes to northwest Michigan on Sunday, Aug. 25. The extreme event features three stages: a 1.2-mile swim in West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City; followed by a 56-mile bike ride west to M22 south of Empire, north into Empire, and east along M72 returning to Traverse City; concluded by a 13.1-mile run from Traverse City south around the Boardman Lake.
Phil Thiel, recently departed, was in some ways mystifying. His life comprised several eras. He won fast friends in each. In his all too brief 65 years Phil was an altar boy, an Eagle Scout, a college dropout, a world traveler, a cooperatives advocate, a bioregional organizer, a hippie carpenter, an environmental activist, a writer, editor, and publisher, a champion of renewable energy, a caterer, a shopkeeper, a gonzo sports fan, a connoisseur of wine and liquor, a gourmand, and Cedar Michigan’s Mardi Gras King, circa 2014. This past March 8 he was felled by a cardiac event outside the Long Lake home his mother shared with him.
Following a rainy spring and early summer, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore visitation numbers rebounded in July. 499,376 people visited the National Park last month—7,913 more than July 2018. In fact, last month’s number was the second highest monthly tally ever recorded at Sleeping Bear. (A whopping 561,784 visited in July 2017—the only time visitation topped 500,000 for the month.)
Nature enthusiasts who live with disabilities are often limited in their ability to hike more rustic trails in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes (official nonprofit partner of the National Lakeshore) wishes to provide an opportunity for more visitors to experience the Park’s natural beauty through the use of a personal mobility device.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts a yarn bomb Maker Day on Sunday, August 18, from 1-3 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This is one of several Makers Days leading up to a September 15 yarn bombing/installation at the GAAC.
Glen Arbor has a new music venue this summer. The M22 patio, where guests gather at the outdoor bar to sip wine at Katy and Matt Wiesen’s M22 Store, has hosted live music on Tuesdays and Thursdays since mid-June, featuring artists Blake Elliott and Dennis Palmer. We caught up with Blake before her final appearance on the patio this season—Tuesday, Aug. 20—to learn what the experience has been like.
See colorful Adirondack chairs, painted by local artists, sprinkled throughout the Glen Lake area. Each chair is sponsored by a local business or person and is on display all summer around Glen Arbor. In its second year, the “ARTirondack Chair Project” is coordinated by the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce, a 501c organization.
Painter Jeff Condon will show his latest works at Lake Street Studios Center Gallery from August 16-29 with an opening reception on Friday, August 16, from 6-8 pm. The gallery is open daily from 11 am-5 pm. For information call 231-334-3179 or visit LakeStreetStudiosGlenArbor.com.