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Art Association holds Plein Air weekend, Aug. 4-6

The Plein Air Weekend, organized by the Glen Arbor Art Association, has become a signature summer art event attracting plein air artists and art lovers from throughout Michigan and the Midwest. Three painting events and two art sales will highlight the paintings of over 100 artists who will paint throughout the Glen Lake area Thursday night, Friday and Saturday. Competition for a spot in the main event, Saturday’s Plein Air Paint Out, is always keen and this year’s event filled in just 90 minutes in late March.

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Libraries: A Love Affair

I walk into the library and smell it: paper, pages, ink, sometimes leather and glue—the scent of books, the old and new stories. When I open a book, a word odor wafts up with a love tale, war epic, a medieval ballad of loss, or the aroma of an essay on food so good you want to eat it. That’s the first love of a library, that scent. My love of literature started with libraries, with that scent, the spirit of story.

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Libraries and democracy

Libraries are the great equalizer in America. Not everyone can afford to buy a book or a computer, but almost everyone can afford to go to the library. Libraries are the cornerstone of democracy. Free access to information is what democracy depends on in order to have an intelligent population.

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Golfing in Leelanau, yesterday and today—Part I

Here’s your guide to Leelanau County golf courses, past and present, with a little inside info from a few avid local golfers. Part one of our two-part series looks at the courses closest to Glen Arbor and Empire. In the next edition, we will expand to Leland, Northport and Suttons Bay.

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Walling watercolors Leelanau

Suttons Bay artist Neil Walling continues his love affair with Leelanau County in a new group of watercolor and oil paintings starting July 29 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

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Nation of immigrants

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore hosted a naturalization ceremony on July 21 for 20 new United States citizens, who hail from 15 different countries. They are white, black and brown; their names and native country religions are Protestant, Catholic and Muslim. Like American immigrants for the last 238 years, they are hardworking, creative and devoted to their new nation.

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Dana Falconberry performs at free Find Your Park Concert

On July 28, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore can listen to the avant-garde folk stylings of Dana Falconberry, starting at 8 p.m. at the Platte River Campground. The concert is part of the free Find Your Park Concert Series in celebration of the National Park Service Centennial.

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Animal House on the River

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore officials worry that the Platte River party scene has reached a pitch where, if left unchecked, could spell disaster: a child cutting their feet on a broken beer bottle; a drunken reveler passing out and drowning in the river, a pedestrian hit by a moving vehicle on Lake Michigan Road, where the speed limit remains 55 miles per hour—even near the mouth of the river where cars line the road for half a mile on hot summer weekends.

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Planning on re-planting with dune grass? You might want to read this first.

For his doctoral dissertation, Lukas Bell-Dereske has been studying dune grass in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. He created an experiment in which he mimicked one of the effects of climate change — increased precipitation in larger pulses — to see how dune plants would respond.

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Running Bear Run turns 10

This is the 10th birthday for the Glen Arbor Women’s Club “Running Bear 5K Run/Walk & 1/2 Mile Kids’ Run.” Join the celebration on Tuesday, July 26, at 9 a.m. in front of Cherry Republic on Lake St. in Glen Arbor. This is a favorite event for both local residents and visitors. The 5K is open to everyone. You can run or walk so young runners and our seniors can both take part. The Women’s Club has made it a family affair with a 1/2 Mile Kids’ Run for the little ones. The children get to run with the Bear and take home a ribbon along with coupons for an ice cream cone from Riverfront Ice Cream and a game of miniature golf provided by Dale’s Putt Putt. Bring the whole family and enjoy a great morning.

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