Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Media Reception
Here are a few photo from the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association’s (LPVA) spring media reception. Learn more about LPVA and its fine wineries here.
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Eat healthy, eat local at Glen Arbor Athletic Club
Miranda Monroe, a Registered Dietitian and principal of Grand Traverse Nutrition, will share tips for easy and healthy meal preparation using local foods available to everyone in Leelanau County. A series of four, hour-long classes, will be held at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club every other Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Discover Empire, Eat Asparagus
Asparagus Party Don’t miss the ninth annual Empire Asparagus Festival May 18-20 in the cozy village in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This annual rite of spring, dubbed among the weirdest festivals in the world by MSN.com, brings the locals out of hibernation and precedes the tourism pilgrimage “up north” on Memorial Day weekend. […]
Biking the nearly complete Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail
The first phase of the long awaited Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail — between the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb and downtown Glen Arbor — is nearly complete. Pavement stretches nearly half the way from the Dune Climb to Glen Haven, but the remainder of the trail is already formed and tamped down. The trail’s grand opening is scheduled for June 20. In the meantime, check out this narrated video of a bike ride Saturday along the trail.
Sip & Savor Leelanau County wines
In this video, Leelanau Peninsula Vintners spokesperson Andy McFarlane and Dan Matthies of Chateau Fontaine promote the annual Sip & Savor event, which encourages tasters to visit all wineries in beautiful Leelanau County during the May 5-6 event.
Art Association hosts second artist in residence
The Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) second Artist-in-Residence, Rachel Drelles of Muskegon, Mich., is a printmaker and woodblock artist. The public is invited to her presentation on Thursday, May 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA’s building, 6031 S. Lake Street, across from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor. Drelles is a graduate of Kendall College of Art and Design and has been student teaching in addition to furthering her own artistic life in printmaking, intaglio, collograph and woodblock prints.
Sleeping Bear Dunes hosts Adopt-A-Beach kick-off
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting a kickoff meeting for Adopt-A-Beach volunteers on Thursday, May 24 from 1-3 p.m. at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center on M-72 in Empire. If you are looking for a way to help keep Lake Michigan beaches beautiful while enjoying a relaxing walk on the beach once a month, you’ll want to learn more about the Adopt-A-Beach Patrol. Many of the volunteers are families or groups of friends who enjoy hiking beaches together.
Fourth annual M-22 Challenge doubles in size, is sold out already
Imagine, 800 kayaks lying side by side, end to end in rows on the bank of Little Glen Lake in Glen Arbor. A few yards away, picture 800 bikes hanging in organized racks just off of M-22. Beyond the bikes and across M-22, envision 800 athletes ranging from 14 to 71 years old and hailing from 15 states and countries as far as Switzerland running up the Sleeping Bear Dunes Climb. What you are picturing is the fourth annual M-22 Challenge — which will take place this year on June 9 — and if you’re unfamiliar with where it’s taking place, just know that the athletes will tread on what was named the “Most Beautiful Place in America” by Good Morning America last year.
Glen Lake Odyssey of Mind heads to world championships
In late April, Leelanau’s newest one-of-a-kind vehicle carried the Glen Lake Odyssey of the Mind (OM) team to a state championship in Grand Rapids. As part of a twist on the Wizard of OZ, the GL Tor”o”nado had to incorporate at least two propulsion systems, carry a team member, fit inside a designated area, move backwards and forwards 14 feet AND show emotions in the process. The team’s vehicle accomplished all that and more as it motored through the Traverse City regional and on to the state finals.
Empire holds “Ode to Asparagus” poetry contest
The Glen Lake Library in Empire is hosting the “Ode to Asparagus” poetry contest as part of the upcoming 2012 Empire Asparagus Festival, to be held the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. Poems will be judged in adult and youth categories, with prizes awarded in each group.