According to Stefanie Kulpe of Michigan Travels, based in Ann Arbor, 700 German tourists will visit Glen Arbor on Saturday, Sept. 17, and Monday, Sept. 19. The German cruise liner MS Columbus will harbor in Traverse City this weekend, and over 330 passengers will visit Glen Arbor each day. They will come in in a total of nine buses, at staggered times, and stay in Glen Arbor for about 45 minutes.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) will host a presentation on Lyme disease and ticks on Thursday, September 15, from noon to 1 p.m., in the auditorium of the National Lakeshore Visitor Center in Empire. Visitors are encouraged to come and learn about tick identification, their life cycles, the diseases they transmit, and the measures used for prevention.
Six women from the Leelanau Independent Women for Democratic Action (LIWDA) attended the Democracy Convention in Madison from Aug. 24-27. They included Barb Schneider, Betty Bushey, Jenny Olson, BJ Christensen, Betsy Johnson and Elsie Peterson.
This Sunday, Sept. 11, the water access nonprofit 11 Oaks will hold its sixth annual Music Fest and Fundraiser, at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor. Featured bands beginning at 2 p.m. include Song of the Lakes, New Third Coast, Andre Villoch and Doug Zernow/Zack Light. According to 11 Oaks’ Chris Skellenger, technologies in extreme urban gardening and gravity fed drip irrigation will be on display for all to see.
After decades of wrangling with State bureaucrats, Glen Arbor will finally have a four-way stop at Western Avenue & Manitou Boulevard. Better known as M-109 & M-22, the intersection has been the cause of scores of accidents and innumerable near-misses. Persistence by nearby property owners and Township leaders led the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to evaluate the intersection this past July.
Glen Arbor will hold its annual Labor Day Bridge Walk over the Glen Lake Narrows Bridge on Monday, Sept. 5. Participants will begin at noon on the north side of the bridge (in front of On The Narrows Marina) and proceed to the south side, where an inexpensive lunch and after-party will unfold at McCahills Crossing (formerly the Dairy Bar).
On Saturday, Sept. 3, at 9 a.m., Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear hosts their second annual Port Oneida Barn to Barn Run/Walk – a 5K on the Bayview Trail in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
“Chaotic Harmony,” an original theatrical dance production, celebrates the legacy of Gwen Frostic, regional artist and cultural icon. “Chaotic Harmony,” named after one of her 18 books, renders a fresh dance-based interpretation of Frostic’s work by choreographer and director, Gretchen Eichberger (Elberta, Mich.) and writer Anne-Marie Oomen (Empire). The production will premier as a gift to the community on Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. and on Aug. 28 at 3 at the Meeting Hall of the Congregational Summer Assembly in Frankfort.
Traverse City artist Joan Richmond returns to Glen Arbor’s Center Gallery with “Colors of the North,” a series of new paintings of Northern Michigan beginning Aug. 26.
On Friday, Aug. 19, friends and family of Phyllis Davis will celebrate her memory by playing her favorite sport … golf. All are welcome at the Dunes Golf Course on M-72 east of Empire for a check-in at noon and a shotgun start at 1 p.m.