LoFrom staff reports Superintendent Dusty Shultz announces the continuation in 2010 of summer bike tours at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. As part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Interpretive Park Ranger Ryan Locke will lead bicycle tours that focus on how invasive species are affecting our native plants and animals here on the […]
From staff reports The Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library have a 30-year tradition of supporting Library programs and collections through funds raised at their Annual Vintage Book Sale. This three-day event is held in mid-August at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. The schedule for this year’s sale is as follows: Wednesday, August 11, […]
By Pat Stinson Sun contributor On a wall clock in the dimly-lit barn, the big and little hands are both on six. A small black-and-white cat named Dora silently launches herself from the rafters and lands on hay bales beneath, then hops to her dish, where she hungrily awaits the day’s first scoops of cat […]
By Brooks Vanderbush Sun contributor A trip to that picture-perfect beach town is a dreamy subject at the height of summer. Imagine the sand, the laid-back tempo, and the breeze blowing off an inland lake. How about the smells? Hawaiian Tropic, suntan lotion, or boat exhaust in the distance — all while picking up your meal […]
From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival is pleased to announce an upcoming concert by Texas singer/songwriter Denice Franke on Sunday August 8 at the Lake Street Studio Stage in Glen Arbor. Joining Franke for the evening is her own Michigan band, the Mudsliders, who will give an added spark to the evening’s performance. Franke counts both Lyle Lovett […]
By Rob Karner Sun contributor Sometimes the solution to preserving our lakes and streams is simple. Often, keeping it simple has the best opportunity for success. Many people along the shorelines of the Glen Lakes-Crystal River Watershed need to water their lawns and plants (the greenbelt) during the dry periods of the summer. In addition, […]
From staff reports Kathleen Dodge Buhler and her husband were walking the wonderful shoreline of Lake Michigan around 9 p.m. on July 17, as she had done for the last 58 years, enjoying the pink sunset afterglow to the west as small waves lapped in. An aqua-colored wine bottle on the top of a wave lapping gently […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Now that Dunegrass organizer Ryan Lake has the 2009 rebirth of the festival under his belt, he can focus on bringing harmony to the popular annual northern Michigan music event, which celebrates its 18th year this August. To Lake, that means trimming the number of bands, so that festival-revelers can […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor What is the perfect finish to an ideal summer day? What dwelling could you possibly enter after baking all afternoon on a secret beach where the sugar sand and the sweet water have drawn every knot of stress and worry from your languid body? Where can you find the ideal […]
From staff reports The Arts Collage returns to the Lake Street Studio stage in Glen Arbor on Sunday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m., featuring a special line-up of regional, national and international scale creative arts performers, including local poet, writer and activist Holly Wren Spaulding, contemporary dancer Gretchen Eichberger, the Little Bang Theory’s Toy Instrument […]