Pastel painter Jim Markle is the current artist-in-residence at the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA). The Grand Rapids artist will talk about his residency on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA. This presentation is open to the public.
Join Endurance Evolution on Sunday, Oct. 6, for a scenic marathon and half marathon in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Both races start and finish in Empire. The out-and-back marathon course will take runners by the Dune Climb, past Little Glen Lake, and through Glen Arbor, north to Dunn’s Farm Road, with breathtaking views of the Manitou Islands along the way. At the peak of fall color season, this tree-lined course will awe both runners and spectators.
On September 12, the National Park Service launched a new online service for teachers that brings America’s national parks, including Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, into neighborhood classrooms.
Before the end of this year, Congress may approve “wilderness” legislation for the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore that — despite the implication of the word — would forever guarantee public access to the Park’s pristine beaches along county roads, to historic manmade structures, and continue to allow hunting and fishing within the Lakeshore.
Kathleen Stocking will give a 30-minute lecture about African-American pioneers on Glen Lake at the Empire Museum at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Please spread the word among friends, neighbors, and while waiting in the grocery line.
More than 200 patriotic Americans, local townspeople and students from two high schools attended an emotionally stirring September 11 Memorial Service at the Glen Lake Fire Department this morning — an annual event in Glen Arbor to remember the fallen, to honor those that serve in uniform and risk their lives for our communities and our nation, and as a reminder that evil still exists today in a dangerous world.
Local nonprofits Buckets of Rain and Great Lakes Friends of Safe Passage are organizing a “music marathon” next week in Traverse City which, if successful, will feature Woody Guthrie’s patriotic ballad “This Land is Your Land” sung, over and over again, for 72 hours straight. The performance will begin at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and conclude at noon on Friday, Sept. 20.
The Bay Film Series begins its new season of foreign films this Sunday, Sept. 15, with “Renoir” a biographical drama about famous French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Set on the French Riviera in 1915, a young and radiantly beautiful young woman enters the life of the aging artist capturing his attention, as well as that of his son, Jean’s. She becomes Renoir’s last model.
I am a 95-pound, 7-year-old, American Bulldog. My master and best buddy, Dave Tris, rescued me from the Animal Care and Control shelter on Chicago’s South Side. I was less than a year old at the time. Dave picked me because I was the friendliest dog in the shelter. Hambone was the name given to me at the shelter. People always chuckle and pet me more when they hear my name.
Cedar’s fire department, like others in Leelanau County, is experiencing noticeable growing pains, with increased demand from the four townships it serves: Solon, Centerville, Cleveland and Kasson. The latest available data is from 2012, where Fire Chief Dan Petroskey wrote that the CFD had “the most calls ever in the history of the department, with a total of 686 responses.” These included 444 ambulance responses, 242 fire runs, and 17 mutual aid responses to other emergency servers, for a total increase over 2011’s 544 calls.