By Corin Blust Sun contributor Even though local oil and pastel painter Carol Spaulding has traveled all over, she still finds the rolling hills, sparkling water and colorful gardens of Leelanau County most intriguing. Spaulding is devoting her show at the Lake Street Studio’s Center Gallery from July 28-August 3 to the water, land and […]
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor As Hollywood embraces northern Michigan for the second annual Traverse City Film Festival on July 31-August 6, the Glen Arbor Sun profiles two local residents who are developing their chosen crafts in acting and production in LA’s legendary movie industry. Budding filmmaker Lark Arrowood vividly remembers the thrill of […]
Press release The cavalry is coming. So is the heavy artillery, the infantry, and the sharpshooters. Civil War re-enactors will highlight this year’s Port Oneida Fair. On Friday August 4 and Saturday August 5 the Port Oneida Rural Historic District of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host the fifth annual Port Oneida Fair. […]
Photos by Ryan Romeike (l) and Joanne Rettke (r) Glen Arbor held its first Independence Day Boat Parade on July Fourth, sponsored by the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce. Don’t miss Empire’s Anchor Day festival coming up on July 15 and Glen Arbor’s third annual Village Art Fair on July 19, and also check out […]
From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival, under the auspices of the Glen Arbor Art Association, will kick off its 2006 season with the traditional Dune Climb Concert in collaboration with the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Sunday, July 16, at 7 p.m. The headlining act this year is The Greencards, a “new grass” […]
From staff reports Nancy Wright is at it again. Four summers after she and Janet Niewold bid Le Bear Restaurant goodbye to make way for Dominic Moceri’s gigantic Le Bear Resort at the north end of Lake Street in Glen Arbor, Wright is charging onto the local scene once again. The 100-year-old Glen Lake Manor, […]
By Jane Greiner Sun contributor Firefighters at the Glen Arbor Township Fire Department are proud of their new state-of the-art ladder truck, a Pierce Quint, number Q331. They were eager to bring it out and set it up for photographs and a demonstration of the incredibly long ladder. Firefighter, EMT Andrew Anthony stabilized the 70,000-pound […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Miriam comes from south of the border. Her skin is darker than the white hue covering most of us. And when she speaks English (which is totally fluent), the r’s roll of her tongue like waves on the ocean. What separates Miriam from other Latinos in northern Michigan is that […]
One of 182 images in Pete Sandman’s book “Soaring and Gliding: The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Area” shows L.D. Montgomery being winch launched on the Frankfort beach during the 1939 American Open meet. Montgomery, who flew to Northport on this flight, was the overall winner of the contest that year. Photos from Sandman’s book […]
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor GUATEMALA CITY — The children’s Christmas pageant at Safe Passage, near the dump in this gritty urban hell, resembled similar pageants all across the United States last December. Kids dressed up in costumes made of brown crate paper or wings made out of yarn string, and danced in front of […]