One of the most welcome sights for farmers market goers come springtime is the appearance of morel mushrooms. This intense, earthy fungus, a natural for pasta, omelets, quiches and pizza recipes, can be found at markets during the month of May.
Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a partner group of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, will offer a variety of tours this summer through the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. Tours will share the history of the agricultural community of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
University of Michigan professor, Phil Deloria, will speak on the topic “American Indian History 101: Constitutions, Treaties, Laws, Courts, Empires, Slaves, Automobiles, and a Few Other Things Besides” on Thursday, July 6 at the Leelanau Historical Society in downtown Leland. A reception with wine and appetizers will begin at 7 p.m. and the talk will start at 7:30. Suggested donation of $5 per person.
For many good reasons—the area’s beauty and its good life, for starters—Glen Arbor has become a haven for us retirees. By 2015, the influx of seniors pushed the average age of a resident to around 63. Now, census estimates reveal Glen Arbor’s residents as the oldest in Leelanau, one of the oldest counties in the state.
When it comes to senior participation in sports, pickleball has risen to the top rung of popularity. “Exercise is one of the great keys to success for older citizens,” said local tennis coach, La Becasse bartender, and pickleball enthusiast Tim Sutherland.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) will show artwork by its summer instructors in a pop-up gallery in the GAAA’s temporary offices at 6654 Western Avenue in Glen Arbor. The work of 14 GAAA instructors will be on display July 5 to August 31.
During these busy summer days in the Leelanau fields, Marcelino sometimes feels as though he carries the weight of two migrant farmworkers. He once picked grapes, cherries and apples alongside 12-15 other workers, but this year there are only seven splitting their time between two small farms.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) brings Wisconsin-based blues powerhouse The Jimmys to the Sleeping Bear Dunes for the annual Manitou Music Festival Dune Climb Concert, Sunday, July 9, at 7 p.m.
Janice and Paul Richards are the new proprietors of Compass Rose Bakery, which opened on June 23 on the corner of M-22 and CR-677 (Benzonia Trail). They are confident that their gluten free baked goods — a product in high demand these days — will make a lasting impression in the community.
Maple City painter Barbara Cochran shows paintings that reflect the color and spirit of Leelanau County, July 7-13, at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. An artist’s reception to open this exhibition of oil paintings is Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m.