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Find your American Roots with Mark Lavengood at free #findyourpark concert

On Aug. 17, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore can listen to eclectic bluegrass artist Mark Lavengood from 8 to 9 p.m. at the D. H. Day Campground amphitheater. The concert is part of the free Find Your Park Concert Series in celebration of the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial. Members of the Quest music program, led by Earthwork Music founder Seth Bernard, will be opening the show. Because of limited parking at D. H. Day Campground, visitors who are not camping will be asked to park in Glen Haven and hike or bike to the D. H. Day Campground amphitheater via the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail.

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Loss and longing: the art of Michael Huey

Michael Huey spent the first decade of his life in an enchanted kingdom: The Leelanau School and Camp Leelanau for Boys. Huey, 52, grew up here with his grandparents and great aunt, who founded the school and camp, his parents, and two siblings. In his 2013 book Straight As the Pine, Sturdy As the Oak, a history of the school and camp, Michael Huey writes: “We lived on-site year ‘round … When thick, heavy snowflakes fell around The Homestead on quiet December afternoons … it simply intensified the feeling I always had anyway of being tucked in under the shelter of Prospect Hill. There, more or less alone, with the hill behind us, and the Crystal River, its dune, and Sleeping Bear Bay before us, our lives seemed as complete and as safe as they possibly could be.”

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Japanese woodblock prints at Lake Street Studios

Linda Beeman, an Owosso, Mich., resident specializing in Japanese woodblock printing, exhibits prints of Northern Michigan’s landscape and lakeshores, Aug. 19-Sept. 1 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The show opens Aug. 19, 6 p.m. with a reception for the artist.

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What government owes Flint’s poisoned immigrant community

Like many in Flint’s Latino immigrant community, Yaquelin Vargas said she didn’t learn until late January that Flint’s drinking water was lead poisoned. Vargas, a U.S. citizen, said she drank tap water while she was pregnant, and as she first began breastfeeding Lydia, now 8 months old, who suffers from lead poisoning.

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Condon returns to Lake Street Studios

Grand Rapids artist Jeff Condon opens up his mental file of images — collected over a lifetime living in the city and country — and returns to Center Gallery with an exhibition of contemporary landscapes. This show opens Aug. 12 with a 6 p.m. reception, and runs through Aug. 18. Center Gallery is located at 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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Summer Singers hold Aug. 16 concert

The Manitou Music Festival’s annual choral event highlights the Summer Singers, an all-volunteer group of 50 singers from around Leelanau County. The concert, directed by Empire resident Dana Allen, will perform traditional classics like “Bound for the Promised Land” with four-hand piano and Mark Hayes’ arrangement of “Dry Bones”.

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Golfing in Leelanau yesterday and today — Part II

Here’s your guide to Leelanau County golf courses, past and present, with a little inside info from a few avid local golfers. This installment expands to courses in Leland, Northport and Suttons Bay.

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Celebrate National Park Centennial at revived Port Oneida Fair

The Port Oneida Fair returns to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 12-13, following a hiatus in 2015 caused by the Aug. 2 storm that pummeled the Glen Arbor region and forced the National Lakeshore to divert all personnel to the cleanup effort for weeks after the wind maelstrom. Last year marked the first time that the fair was canceled since its launch in 2002.

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Volunteer scientists at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Citizen Scientists in national parks get out in the field, gain deeper knowledge about the resources in the parks, and contribute valuable information to assist the National Park Service (NPS) manage the resources we all love. Many participants report a greater awareness of local issues, increased appreciation of the value of protected lands, and a stronger sense of stewardship. For the NPS, citizen science provides a wealth of much-needed data about key resources that can be used in planning management actions. Citizen Scientists at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are involved in establishing baseline data on native frogs, conducting breeding bird surveys, monitoring piping plover nesting territories, managing avian botulism outbreaks, and contributing to our understanding of how invasive aquatic species contribute to avian botulism in the nearshore environment of Lake Michigan.

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Eighth annual Plein Air weekend supports the arts

On Saturday evening, Aug. 6, artists gathered for a thank-you dinner given by the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) before the Plein Air Paint Out Wet Painting Sale Reception. Art lovers began to arrive at 5 p.m. to line-up to view the art work that culminated the weekend’s events. The GAAA was filled with over 300 art patrons and artists enjoying a lovely evening.

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