Message in a bottle

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From staff reports Kathleen Dodge Buhler and her husband were walking the wonderful shoreline of Lake Michigan around 9 p.m. on July 17, as she had done for the last 58 years, enjoying the pink sunset afterglow to the west as small waves lapped in. An aqua-colored wine bottle on the top of a wave lapping gently […]

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Dunegrass focuses local, with a little Big Easy

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Now that Dunegrass organizer Ryan Lake has the 2009 rebirth of the festival under his belt, he can focus on bringing harmony to the popular annual northern Michigan music event, which celebrates its 18th year this August. To Lake, that means trimming the number of bands, so that festival-revelers can […]

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Arts Collage celebrates five years in Glen Arbor

From staff reports The Arts Collage returns to the Lake Street Studio stage in Glen Arbor on Sunday, Aug. 1 at 8 p.m., featuring a special line-up of regional, national and international scale creative arts performers, including local poet, writer and activist Holly Wren Spaulding, contemporary dancer Gretchen Eichberger, the Little Bang Theory’s Toy Instrument […]

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Traverse City Film Festival 2010

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Gasland “Gasland” by director Josh Fox, aired at the 2010 Traverse City Film Festival, on Saturday, July 31. Following the movie, Fox and two Michiganders spoke about natural gas and mineral drilling companies, and the threats their “fracking” practices pose to the environment and citizen health. Que viva la revolucion de beisbol! Many of the […]

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Dickinson photos capture Lakeshore’s beauty

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By Chloe Gribbin Sun contributor The photos mounted on the walls of the Dickinson photo gallery on M-109 are an obvious attraction to those wandering the streets of Glen Arbor. The prints range from black and white to hand tinted, and offer beautiful scenes around the Glen Arbor and Empire area — both vintage and […]

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Fighting fires with a smile

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By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Twice a week, Mr. Happy drives to work for a 24-hour shift. Mr. Happy is a firefighter, and also goes by the aliases of “tinker-boy” and his given name, Andrew Anthony. I call him “Mr. Happy” because that is what the vanity plate on his truck reads. The name suits […]

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“Running Bear” runs again

From staff reports The Glen Arbor Women’s Club will hold its fourth annual “5K Running Bear Run” on July 27. Last year more than 700 runners, young and old, took part. The Women’s Club sought an activity that the whole family could enjoy, from the youngest child to their grandparents. The run day includes a […]

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Chords and Chocolate at Grocer’s Daughter

Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. at Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate in Empire 7/22 Freya: euro folk-jazz group made up of Lisa & Ingmar Johansson, Sue and Gary Cook 7/29 Backward Glance: Barbershop Quartet 8/5: Jazz North: Jazz, Latin, Experimental…. a self-described little big band. 8/12: Will & Emma: The Hoppin’est Folk Duo around 8/19: Celtic Music: Strings and […]

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Manitou Music Festival turns 20

From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival (MMF), celebrating its 20th season in the beautiful Leelanau Peninsula, presents another season of exciting and diverse concerts featuring jazz, classical, blues, folk, country, celtic, bluegrass and world music in some of Michigan’s most idyllic settings. On Wednesday, July 21 at 8 p.m. the folk/jazz extraordinaire Claudia Schmidt […]

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Art Association announces openings

From staff reports Lori Feldpausch, plein air oil painter will have an exhibition at the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) July 23-25 with a 6 p.m. until sundown opening on Friday and gallery hours Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 11-4. She grew up in the Upper Peninsula and paints northern Michigan’s unspoiled beauty. Feldpausch […]

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