Anne Kauff, one of seven artists selected for a 2018 Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) artist-in-residency, will immerse herself in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District, scouting for subjects that will be the basis of concept-driven paintings of rural farms and barns. Kauff lives and works in Illinois.
For Empire resident and retired nurse Kathy Wiejaczka, the spark to run for office came when she and her 34-year-old daughter Adele attended the Women’s March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. With rallies in cities and towns across the nation, the Women’s March is considered the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history. It overshadowed the crowds at the previous day’s presidential inauguration.
The first weekend of October marks the fifth annual Hops and Harvest Festival in Empire. The village is surrounded by a number of hops farms, many of whom source their hops to breweries throughout the state. Each fall the Empire Chamber of Commerce hosts the festival to celebrate the harvest season with local food, beer and music on Front Street in the village.
The Leelanau Peninsula Vintners’ “Hung for the Reds of October” raises funds for the American Red Cross and raises awareness about local red wines in a fun way. In its sixth year, the Hunt for the Reds of October event takes place weekdays for the entire month. The event costs $10 per person and includes a signature wine glass, a complimentary red wine pour at each of 21 wineries and a $5 donation to the American Red Cross.
The M22 Art2Art Tour, Oct. 5-7, will feature award-winning work from nearly 40 Michigan artists. The tour will take place at four venues along M-22, each stop centered around a specific medium.
The Glen Arbor Players present “A Pair of Spades,” two short plays with the archetypal detective Sam Spade at the center of all that’s criminal. Performances are Oct. 5-6, at 7:30 pm at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Burdickville. Admission is free; no reservations are required.
Art educator Linda Young leads a conversational gallery talk about work displayed in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapeson Sunday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. in the GAAC gallery. This gallery event is free and open to the public.
After School Art returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center in October with projects and lessons that take elementary and middle school children to other cultures and countries. Two sessions—one for kids in grades K-4, and a second for students in grades 5-8—take place at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, educators working with youth in grades 3-12 are invited to enjoy the day immersed in a range of educational activities appropriate for these grades that explore the Great Lakes and Great Lakes issues! This workshop will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore headquarters in Empire.
Come join a special program on Monday, Oct. 1, from 7-9 p.m. at the Eyaawing Museum & Cultural Center celebrating Indigenous People’s Day. Professor Mathew Fletcher, author of The Eagle Returns: The Legal History of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa Indians, will give a presentation on his book. Fletcher is a Professor at Michigan State University’s College of Law and the Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center.