Summer Singers rehearsals start June 16
The Summer Singers, a community chorus sponsored by the Glen Arbor Art Association, invite all singers, young and old, to join them for a summer filled with making music.
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Readers’ Theater performs “God Bless the Child”
Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) presents the Readers’ Theater performance of “God Bless the Child” by Empire author Ron Healy. It is a story of redemption within the generations of a family.
Glen Arbor Art Association features St. Paul poet
Nancy Cook, a creative writer from St. Paul, Minn., will talk about her artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) on June 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, which is located at 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor.
M-22 Challenge returns June 13
Voted the Best Endurance Event in Northern Michigan by Traverse Magazine, the M-22 Challenge has become the “must do” event for athletes of all calibers. This run-bike-paddle race is hosted in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park. This year’s M-22 Challenge will take place on Saturday, June 13, at 8 a.m.
Children Safety vs $$$$$$$
Glen Arbor will never be a bikers’ paradise until there is a safe route into and around the village. The tone of the article “Glen Arbor a bikers’ paradise”, with its emphasis on economic benefit and little concern about biker safety, borders on callousness.
Frequently Asked Questions in Glen Arbor & Sleeping Bear
From staff reports Glen Arbor is hot. Glen Arbor is busy. You need to eat. You need to swim. You need to find a bathroom. But a line of fellow tourists snakes out the door of Art’s Tavern and down Lake Street. And no one seems to have answers for your most dire questions. That’s […]
Video: Biking the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail to Port Oneida
Leg 3 of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, between Glen Arbor and the National Lakeshore’s Port Oneida Rural Historic District, opened in late May 2015. Glen Arbor Sun editor Jacob Wheeler took a ride on the new portion of the trail this week.
National Parks for America’s next generation
This is the first in a series of articles prompted by the centennial celebration of the founding of the National Park Service. Throughout 2015, the Glen Arbor Sun will publish a range of stories about the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and people’s relationships with their local park.
Sleeping Bear on cusp of another Good Morning American bonanza
From staff reports Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore once again find itself in the spotlight of ABC’s “Good Morning America”. In 2011, the show’s viewers picked our National Lakeshore as America’s “most beautiful place”. That gave tourism to Sleeping Bear and the Glen Arbor region a shot in the arm. This time, ABC’s Ginger Zee […]
Meet the Sylvan Inn’s new owners
Cedar residents David and Theresa Gersenson are the new owners of the Sylvan Inn, the guesthouse at 6680 Western Avenue in Glen Arbor. They closed the deal Feb. 11, almost three years after moving to Leelanau County from Nederland, Colo., a small mountain town located about 15 miles west of Boulder.