The Exchange/Flea will host Lake Ann landscapes and wildlife artist Sally Peckham, paired with a white wine Pacentra from Ciccone Vineyard and Winery during the Suttons Bay Art Walk, which is scheduled for Friday, June 15, from 5-9 p.m.
Mark McBride, aka “Doctor Bear”, opened his Glen Arbor practice in March next to the Martin Company. He sees patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in Glen Arbor.
Ronald Leroy Bialy returned in mid-April to Glen Arbor to be new head chef at the Manor on Glen Lake, 32 years after he worked at Le Bear restaurant (which is now Le Bear Resort). This spring the Manor has new floors, new amenities, and an enhanced American bistro-style menu that focuses on ribs, steaks, specialty potatoes, salads and homemade dressings.
The new owners of Falling Waters Lodge in Leland bring new life to an iconic hotel with one of the most unique locations in Leelanau County. Their passage to ownership, and the chance to realize their dream, flowed through family ties, and therefore, love and frustration.
Leland holds its 33th annual Wine & Food Festival on Saturday, June 9, from noon until 6 p.m. in Fishtown. Enjoy tasting local award-winning wines from 12 Leelanau Peninsula wineries and one local brewery, delicious specialties from eight local food vendors while soaking up beautiful views of Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands from the Leland Harbor venue.
“When the new Glen Arbor Arts Center gallery opened in January, it signaled the arrival of a physical space that allows the GAAC to plan a series of exhibitions of multiple weeks’ duration—versus creating small, quickie shows that fit in between meetings and classes, all of which took place in the same room.”
Leelanau vintners will hold a Boskydel Tribute on Saturday, July 7, from 6-10 p.m. at Aurora Cellars in Lake Leelanau. The event is a collaboration between Good Harbor Vineyards, Mawby and Bel Lago Vineyards to honor Bernie Rink, pioneer of the region’s wine industry.
The inaugural Frankfort Elberta Restaurant Week, June 4-10, highlights the dynamic and growing culinary offerings along scenic highway M-22 and historic Betsie Bay.
Cady Hall scooped ice cream at the Pine Cone at age 14 and started waiting tables at the Good Harbor Grill a couple years later. A Glen Lake graduate now living with her family in Suttons Bay, Cady has joined forces with Cos Burroughs to manage the midtown mainstay eateries. The son of owners Ann and Brendan Burroughs, Cos has worked there all of his life.
Fine wine, great art and good music promise a beautiful evening at Glen Arbor Wines on Sunday, May 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. Glen Arbor Wines is located on Lake Street north of downtown. Join us for a celebration of wine made from grapes grown in the only vineyard in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.