The Glen Arbor Art Association Readers’ Theater presents two plays by British playwright J.M. Barrie, June 2-3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road in Burdickville (east shore of the Glen Lakes).
You are invited to attend a free showing of Hometown Habitat — Stories of Bringing Nature Home at 7 p.m. on June 2 at the Empire Township Hall. Through the film’s profile of seven hometown habitat heroes, this film will help to answer these questions and more for you.
In recent weeks, the otherwise inconspicuous stretch of grass on the Glen Lake High School football field has drawn an unusual amount of attention as the school board discusses whether to install artificial turf on the field.
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“You’ve got to do what you dig, / Dig what you do / On this rock spinning through the sky …” So sings Patrick Niemisto in one of his original songs that you can hear on the summer sundeck at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor, or on the CD N3C by the local power folk trio New Third Coast. That’s just one of the bands and venues frequented by Niemisto, the busiest man in local show business. Besides gigging every day all summer (sometimes twice, for years), Patrick produces other’s CDs in the Holy Wah sound studio in his basement, provides gear and/or sound for countless gigs and musicians, arranges for the seven-nights-a-week summer of music on the Boonedocks deck, teaches private lessons, champions the next generation of up-and-coming musical stars, teaches audio tech at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City, and presides over the spiritual epicenter of the local folk music scene at his home in the woods in Leelanau County with his wife, Mary Kay.
This essay originally appeared in Stocking’s book Letters from the Leelanau, University of Michigan Press, 1990. We’re reprinting it to launch a year-long series in the Glen Arbor Sun about the living and present-day legacy of Native Americans in Leelanau—one that survives beyond history books and museums.
By Jennifer Symons Sun contributor This story launches a season-long series on running and races in Leelanau County—a relatively new attraction for locals and visitors alike. Symons’ installments will explore both great places to train and offer narratives on the races themselves. Alligator Hill Trail Hills can be very beneficial for runners. Running hills builds […]
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is recruiting up to 10 high school students entering grades 9-12 in the 2017-2018 school year to spend a week in the park gaining backcountry skills, enhancing knowledge of environmental stewardship, providing volunteer service, and building friendships—all while sleeping beneath the stars in the National Lakeshore’s designated Wilderness areas. The weeklong experience will take place from July 30-August 5. The program is free to all participants and includes food, gear, and transportation during the experience. Transportation grants may be available to participants requiring additional financial assistance.
Join park rangers and skilled volunteers for Maritime Living History 101 throughout Glen Haven and the Maritime Museum on Saturday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. All programs are free with a valid park pass.
Neither local historian David Taghon nor I realize the surprise in store for us as we sit down inside the Empire Area Museum to talk about the old Empire schoolhouse—its history and what is to become of it.