Leelanau Conservancy announces raffle: culinary NYC weekend with Mario Batali

Mario Batali loves Leelanau County and is again offering a great opportunity to raise funds for farmland preservation this year. On tap, a one-of-a-kind raffle for a culinary weekend of a lifetime in New York City. The winner of the 100-ticket raffle — and five of his or her friends—will enjoy a prize that includes salumi and wine tasting and dinner at Otto; a six-course tasting menu at Mario’s flagship, Babbo, cooked and served by the chef himself. The prize also takes in a behind-the-scenes tour at Eataly along with an olive oil class and lunch at Pizza/Pasta at Eataly. To defray travel expenses, the winner will also receive $6,000 in cash.

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Sandmeyer exhibits at Art Association

Paintings by Susanne Sandmeyer of Chapel Hill, North Carolina are currently on display at the Glen Arbor Art Association. Susanne grew up in Leelanau County and she studied art at the University of North Carolina. She has been painting and showing her large-scale abstract oils in Michigan, Minnesota, and North Carolina for over 20 years. Her show may be viewed Monday-Friday, June 18-29, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. There will be a Meet & Greet for Susanne this coming Friday, June 22, 6-8 p.m.

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Vintage cars to visit Empire

On Friday, June 22, approximately 80 vintage automobiles will take part in “The Trophy Run” portion of the 2012 Great Race. These autos, the oldest being a 1907 Renault and the youngest a 1967 jaguar E Type will stop for a lunch break on Front Street in downtown Empire.

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New Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail empowers young and old, enabled and disabled

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Phase One of the Heritage Trail, a paved, 10-foot-wide multi-use trail, which runs from the Dune Climb to Glen Arbor, is the first leg of what supporters envision will one day be a 27-mile trail from the Leelanau-Benzie County Line running north to Good Harbor Bay. Though it has been operational for over a month, the Heritage Trail’s official grand opening is scheduled for June 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb.

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Endurance running on the solstice

Our town hosts the inaugural Glen Arbor Solstice 5K and Half Marathon on the morning of June 16. The event, organized by local athlete Joel Gaff, will take runners on a 13.1-mile run around picturesque Big Glen Lake, followed by a 3.1-mile run just south of Glen Arbor. We asked Gaff to tell us about his project, Endurance Evolution, and why it’s coming to Glen Arbor (as well as Empire for another marathon in October):

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The Leelanau School: small boarding school with big international flavor

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Grupo Aye!, the hottest Cuban salsa band in the Midwest, will make you want to dance in a show that includes Leelanau School alum and conga virtuoso Rob Mulligan ‘83. The concert is open to the public. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the event and are available online at the Leelanau School’s website, Leelanau.org, or by calling (231) 313-8865.

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Glen Arbor Art Association hosts annual meeting, Readers’ Theater show

Join the Glen Arbor Art Association on Monday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. for its Annual Meeting and celebration of the tenth anniversary of the GAAA building. A brief business meeting will be followed by the Readers’ Theater performance of “Murder in the Casbah”, a Sherlock Holmes tale. The Artist-in-Residence Collection will be exhibited. Refreshments will be served.

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BBQ & Brew Fest returns to Glen Arbor

Kick off summer in the Most Beautiful Place in America. After a one-year hiatus, the fourth annual Glen Arbor BBQ and Brew Festival will be held on June 16 from noon – 6 p.m. in Glen Arbor, in the heart of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This year the event will be in the center of town, on the corner of Lake Street and M‐22, just a block away from beautiful Lake Michigan.

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Rock the River fundraiser benefits The Leelanau School

The Leelanau School, a non-profit, college preparatory boarding and day school in Glen Arbor is holding its first-ever Rock the River! fundraiser, rain or shine, Friday, June 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. The show features Grand Rapids based GRUPO AYE`, a first rate, 11-piece Cuban salsa band led by Robert Mulligan, a 1983 graduate of The Leelanau School.

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Glen Arbor Art Association features Robert Raack

obert Raack of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is a representational watercolor and oil painter who will be presenting a talk on his art at the Glen Arbor Art Association on Thursday, May 31 at 7:30 p.m.

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