By Grace Dickinson Johnson Sun contributor There’s something about an island that lures the traveler from the mainland and beckons the voyager on a passing vessel. Times on South Manitou Island were spent within a mist of great natural beauty. My sister, Terry Dickinson, and Sandy Holds were best friends during their school years at […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor For most of us, the Beijing Olympics earlier this month represented a spectacle happening a world away. Lost somewhere over 12 time zones was any sense of familiarity (and a television delay meant that anyone with Internet access already knew which record American übermensch swimmer Michael Phelps was about to […]
By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “A lotta people didn’t get paid, that’s the buzz.” In the last issue of the Glen Arbor Sun I wrote about the amazing, over-the-top musical extravaganza that was the 2008 Dunegrass & Blues Festival in Empire from July 31-August 3. Here’s the rest of the story: By Saturday noon of […]
Press release During the peak of fall color the Glen Arbor Art Association will host world-renowned watercolorist Frank Webb for a four-day workshop, October 7-10, at The Homestead resort north of Glen Arbor. Sixty years as a professional artist back up Webb’s current activities in painting, lecturing, jurying and writing. As an invited instructor he […]
By Peter Richards Sun contributor September 25, 2005 is a day I will always remember. On that day I flew for 24 hours from Marquette, Michigan, to Nirita, Japan, to Beijing, China, to Chundu, Tibet. Once I staggered off of the plane, I could see the Himalayas, and realize of my goal of hiking Mt. […]
Don’t miss delicious treats like these during the Epicurean Classic’s Gala Dinner at the Hagerty Center in nearby Traverse City on September 13. Check out www.epicureanclassic.com for more information. Photo by Andy McFarlane/Absolute Michigan Here’s an Epicurean morsel from our archives: Local co-founders Mark Dressler and Matt Sutherland, both of whom work in publishing, “realized […]
By Joanne Bender Sun contributor Where would you expect a Book Club to meet every month? In a yarn shop? Indeed, the Glen Arbor Book Club meets every third Friday of each month at Mary Turak’s Yarn Shop, in the Village Sampler Plaza just across from Tiny Treasures. And the group has flocked to that […]
By Andy McFarlane Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association If you’re looking for a reason to get back to Leelanau this fall, consider the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association’s annual Harvest Stompede Vineyard Run and Walk and Wine Tour over the weekend of September 20 and 21. It’s considered one of the most scenic running and wine touring […]
By Larry Kaplan The following chapter is excerpted from Kaplan’s manuscript, “Life and death on a Great Lake,” which chronicles the stories of local fishermen through the twentieth century: from the Carlson family in Leland’s “Fish Town,” to Native American struggles for fishing rights, to the more recent battles against the invasive sea lamprey. You […]
Labor Day is still a couple weeks away, which means there’s still plenty of time to hike the sand dunes and leave your brush strokes in the sand. Rest assured, they’ll last at least until Mother Nature offers her next gust of wind. Photo by Jeff Rabidoux, www.lifeonthe45th.com Check out subsequent issues of the Glen […]