“Everyday Art” at North Gallery

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By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor With its bright red carriage doors beckoning a warm welcome, Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor — a former three-stall mechanics’ garage — houses several stellar art galleries, each with its distinctive focus on beautifully crafted and aesthetically pleasing goods. Step through the left-hand doors into North Gallery, and […]

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Art and camaraderie in Glen Arbor

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By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Just west of the Good Harbor Grill and Boone Docks, on the Lake Michigan side of M-109 in Glen Arbor, are several art galleries run by four women who have developed an interesting camaraderie over the years. They’ve even gone so far as to call themselves sisters. They are Ruth […]

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Target Women: let them eat yogurt

The Glen Arbor Sun interview with Sarah Haskins By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Chicago native, and Glen Arbor summer native, Sarah Haskins is all the rage with web-savvy young women these days. Her hilarious, and smart, satirical show “Target: Women” airs at 7 and 10 p.m. on Thursdays (Eastern Standard Time) as part of infoMania […]

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Castles are a Marine family

By Codi Yeager Sun contributor Anyone who has served in the military knows the meaning of brotherhood. For Kevin, Keith and Kyle Castle, that concept takes on additional significance. The three brothers, who grew up near Maple City and graduated from Glen Lake High School, all chose to serve in the United States Marine Corps—a […]

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The Glen Arbor Sun Interview: John Peppler

In honor of Memorial Day, we spoke with Glen Arbor native and Coldwell Banker real estate broker John Peppler about his service in Vietnam and the way that experience has impacted his life, and views on service and patriotism, since coming home. If you Google his unit, the 1st Battalion 20th Infantry, you’ll find that […]

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Keeping the peace: A conscientious objector reflects

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Memorial Day traditionally signals the start of summer, festively launching Leelanau County’s flotilla of villages into waves of visitors, family gatherings, beach outings and more. Some folks still recall the holiday’s original purpose, begun after the Civil War. Veterans offer paper poppies, civic groups lower the flag, and communities […]

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Joe VanderMeulen: Information master

By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor You may have met local resident Joe VanderMeulen, out enjoying the beauty of the region with his wife Bronwyn Jones, or perhaps, in one of your activist endeavors you have indirectly come into contact with an organization or idea that he began. Or maybe you live in an area that […]

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Olympics at Art’s, through the eyes of a native son

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 […]

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Enabling women as business entrepreneurs

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor What brings an international women’s business research consultant and former leader of a national group advising Congress and the President on issues affecting women’s businesses to Empire, a close-knit community on the edge of obscurity? Julie Weeks, owner of Womenable, said it was “D.C. traffic” and “political pretentiousness” that motivated […]

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Emma Cook and Will Hendricks share keys to music making

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Interviewing musicians Emma Cook and Will Hendricks is akin to a front row seat at one of the duo’s intimate stage performances. The vibrant alto and pianist pairs with her mindful yet laid-back guitarist and singer to create intelligent, warm, memorable vignettes in song or conversation. Like all good […]

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