If Maria Ulrich is the wizard at the sound board (or more likely these days, at the tablet and monitors), then lucky listeners and presenters alike can relax under her professional support. Ulrich will run Glen Arbor’s Manitou Music series starting next year.
Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails, Inc. is a proud partner of the eighth annual Dune Dash, a 4-mile run/walk along the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail (SBHT) on Saturday, August 17, at 9 am at the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb. The course highlights the trail within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Registration is open at www.DuneDash.com and ranges from $25-$35 per person based on age. Prices will increase on August 15.
An annual tradition returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The GAAC’s “Members Create” exhibition opens Friday, August 16, with a reception from 6-8 pm in the gallery. This exhibit showcases the talents of more than 50 GAAC members working in 2D and 3D media.
“I was impressed with how personable the Governor was,” said Cherry Republic president Bob Sutherland after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer spent Thursday afternoon, August 8, on Lake Street—first at Cherry Republic, then at the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC), then on Lake Street Studio Stage where she spoke to the public about Great Lakes issues.
Author Tom Carr tells stories of murder, robbery and mayhem through the ages in the Great Lakes state. Delivered in a lively manner with irreverence and historical context, the stories include crimes of passion, greed, insanity and just plain awfulness. On Wednesday, August 14, at 6 pm, Carr will be in the Munnecke Room at Leland Township Library
To all soccer aficionados, on Thursday, August 15, at 1 pm at Myles Kimmerly Park near Maple City there will be a NCAA division 1 exhibition soccer match. University of Virginia (UVA) v. Illinois.
Check out the Little Free Library that Blu owner and chef Randy Chamberlain installed in front of his restaurant at the end of Lake Street in Glen Arbor early this summer, as a way to share his abundance of worldly cookbooks and travel books with other readers. Be careful. Open a page, and you might be tempted into Blu for a delicious meal.
“The wine industry is a sea of men,” confirmed Kasey Wierzba, head winemaker at Shady Lane Cellars in Suttons Bay, as we sat down to discuss her experiences in the wine industry and the path she took to arrive where she is—in charge of production at one of the region’s most beloved wineries, winning accolades alongside her colleagues.
Lover of variety Amy Hubbell has about as many employment experiences as there are positions in hatha yoga. We met huddled under Bob Babich’s food tent in a downpour at the Hiawatha Music Festival in Marquette in 2010. During our stand-up lunch that July day, I learned that she had just moved to Traverse City. Amy grew up in Haslett, Mich., near Lansing, and she graduated from the University of Michigan in 1999.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will be the featured speaker at the Cherry Public House in Glen Arbor today, Thursday, Aug. 8, from noon until 1:30 p.m. She will discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding our Great Lakes and inland waterways. Cherry Republic will host this Michigan League of Conservation Voters event.