The 22nd annual Artists’ Market will be held at the Old Art Building in Leland on Saturday, July 13, from 10 am to 5 pm.
We are closely monitoring Lake Michigan’s extreme high water levels this summer—their impact on beaches and beach walking, commerce and the economy, and whether their meteoric rise since bottoming out in 2013 represents a “new normal” in the age of Climate Change.
On Friday, July 12 at 10:30 am, local children’s book author and illustrator Brianne Farley will visit Leland Township Library to read her newest book, Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure, written by Camille Andros. Like the character Charlotte in the book, attendees will use their skills of scientific observation to examine, draw and color carrots.
Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor hosts an art exhibition by painter Joseph Lombardo, July 12-18 with an opening reception on Friday, July 12, from 6-8 pm. The gallery is open daily from 11 am-5 pm. Visit LakeStreetStudiosGlenArbor.com for more information.
Tuesday evenings in July in Northport will highlight a special writers’ series at the Leelanau Township Library. All of the events are free and open to the public.
Last summer’s Simon & Garfunkel tribute concert at Old Settlers’ Park was such a hit, they’re doing it again but with one major improvement. Enter “Looking Forward,” the trio made up of local favorites and all-around good guys—former Glen Lake music teachers Pat Niemisto, John Kumjian, and urban agriculturalist Chris Skellenger, of Buckets of Rain fame.
Security cameras were always part of the plan for the two-year-old Glen Arbor park, but there was no real need urgency until recently.
If you spot a tall, still-good-looking-in-his-70’s fella riding around Glen Arbor on his bicycle or in his little silver sport convertible, it’s probably Paul Walters. By the time he was 18, Paul Walters was already playing euphonium and trombone in the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra.
Mother Courtney Kaiser-Sandler reflects on the day a year ago when her 6-year-old daughter Sofia floated offshore, nearly 2 miles into Lake Michigan in an inflatable unicorn floatie, and nearly drowned.
JoAnne Cook, a practicing attorney and past vice president of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians, teaches the history of her people, and specializes in making this history relevant for non-native audiences. Cook comes to the Glen Arbor Arts Center with insights into the Anishinaabek people past and present on July 11 at 10 am.