This weekend kicks off the start of the holiday season in Glen Arbor and Empire. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce invites you to shop small and shop local at the special events lined up after Thanksgiving.
From staff reports It’s hard to imagine there’s another Michigan winter right around the corner. But The Homestead is already preparing for a season-long celebration marking three decades of ski and snowboarding fun. “Our 30th ski season is a special milestone,” says Jamie Jewell, the resort’s vice president of sales & marketing. “There have been […]
By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor Twenty years after the publication of the critically acclaimed children’s book Flight of the Reindeer, Robert Sullivan delivers a second holiday story, artfully wrapped in Glenn Wolff’s colorful, multilayered illustrations. The series of anecdotes and childhood memories of the 1950s and ’60s as told by a father to his […]
From staff reports A special holiday tradition continues on Nov. 16, as the Friends of the Glen Lake Library kick off their 15th annual call for children’s books. The Friends of the Library, in cooperation with Glen Lake School’s “Parenting Communities” program, will once again collect donations of new children’s books for children whose families […]
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has announced that Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 9-11, will be celebrated as a fee-free weekend for all Park visitors in honor of U.S. veterans and current members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Despite the stormy weather in Leelanau County today, Empire Area Community Center board chair Gerry Shiffman reports that Halloween trick-or-treating is still on for tonight. “So if your good with it, bring out the goblins,” he says.
From staff reports The League of Women Voters Leelanau County (LWVLC) will host government and public policy educator John Amrhein at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Leelanau County Government Center. His presentation topic is “Understanding County Government: Its Structure and Authority”. Does county government have you totally stymied? In 45 minutes you will […]
From staff reports Schools throughout northwest Lower Michigan are cooking up locally grown foods for lunch this October as part of National Farm to School Month celebrations. In 2010, the United States House of Representatives declared October National Farm to School Month, recognizing the strong role Farm to School plays in promoting good health and […]
The recently created Benzie Solar Initiative will hold its monthly meeting at Stormcloud Brewery in Frankfort on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. You don’t have to be a Benzie County resident to join the group for some fall food and brew, while learning about: two recent solar installations in Benzie County.
Glen Arbor Art Association’s “Readers’ Theater” begins its 2013-2014 season with a tour de force production of Notorious, directed by veteran actor, director and co-chair of Readers’ Theater, Josephine Zara, and featuring the area’s talented thespians. “The fun and the satisfaction for me in directing at Readers’ Theater is in witnessing the tremendous growth of our community actors’ skills.” she says.