Glen Arbor Art Association hosts Talk About Art
Fiber artist Char Bickel opens the 2012 “Talk About Art” series on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., at the Glen Arbor Art Association, which is located on Studio Lane, across from Cherry Republic.
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Sleeping Bear posts second highest visitors total
Tom Ulrich, Deputy Superintendent of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, reports that 2011 won’t be the Lakeshore’s busiest year in history — despite Sleeping Bear being voted “the most beautiful place in America” by Good Morning America — and the final tally won’t come close to the 1,364,834 the Lakeshore welcomed in 1999. But 2011 will post the second highest visitors total.
Ben Bricker: fanfare for an uncommon man
The sudden death of Ben Bricker, early on Monday, December 12, has saddened and shaken not only the Glen Arbor community, but people who loved him in places near and far: his children Cherrie, Bruce, and Beth and their spouses, his brother Bill and sister Barbara, his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, in-laws, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and acquaintances from the many phases of a life long and well-lived.
Skating in Glen Arbor
This winter will feature open skating on a new rink in Glen Arbor. Located in the Lake Street Woods (behind Leelanau Coffee Roasting and the Cottage Book Shop), the 40′ x 60′ sheet of ice will be open to skaters of all age.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers snowshoe hikes
Explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on snowshoes this winter. Join Park Rangers for a guided snowshoe hike this holiday season and every Saturday throughout the winter. The first hike of the season will be on Thursday, December 29 at 1 p.m. Thereafter, regularly scheduled Saturday snowshoe hikes will start up again on Saturday, January 7 at 1 p.m. Meet at the National Lakeshore Visitor Center in Empire. If you do not have your own, snowshoes will be loaned out at no charge.
Glen Arbor Sun to document Run Across Palestine
This coming February, journalist Jacob Wheeler and filmmaker Aaron Dennis will follow a team of American and Palestinian athletes as they run the West Bank, from Hebron to Jenin (129 miles over five days) to raise awareness about the struggles facing olive farmers in Palestine. The “Run Across Palestine”, a project of On The Ground aims to reestablish sustainable olive growing practices in a place where the economy, culture and identity are rooted in the ancient tree.
Mitten Wars
“You forgot how righteously screwed Wisconsin was out of the Toledo War. As part of the deal we in Michigan got the Upper Peninsula … which at the time wasn’t a big deal, until we realized it was just one big hunk of Iron and other valuable things.”
Leelanau School hosts culinary journey
Join The Leelanau School in the Karman Activity Center for a multi-continental dinner on Dec. 3 or Dec. 9 from 6:30-8 p.m. Your taste buds will be satisfied.
“Life Above All” airs at Bay Theatre
The Bay Theatre in nearby Suttons Bay runs award-winning foreign films monthly between September thru April. The cozy small-town theatre is just a 45-minute drive from Glen Arbor, or 20 minutes from Traverse City.
Leelanau wineries hold “Taste the Passion” tour
Share the love of Leelanau (and Leelanau wine) at the “Taste the Passion” wine tour on Feb. 4-5, 2012. This special weekend celebrates wine, chocolate and love at the wineries of the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail in northern Michigan.