Manitou Music Festival welcomes Sister Wilene, Electric Blue Quintet and Wild Turkeys

Press release Celebrating its 19th season in Glen Arbor, the Manitou Music Festival’s diverse lineup continues this summer, featuring classical, jazz, blues, folk, country and bluegrass music. The festival, sponsored by the Glen Arbor Art Association, will host the annual Arts Collage on Aug. 4 and 5 (free the first night), Sister Wilene on Aug. […]

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Annual Vintage Book Sale

Press release The Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library invite you to attend their annual Vintage Book Sale, to be held at the Glen Arbor Township Hall on Aug. 12-14. The sale starts with a community favorite, the first night Preview Party. This fun evening is the way to get a first look at […]

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Dunegrass lives! Popular music festival rises from the ashes for 17th year

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Sleeping Bear Dunegrass Music Festival is back, albeit in a new location on the Empire Eagles’ M-72 property six miles east of Empire. Come join the revelry from Friday, July 31-Sunday, Aug. 2, and enjoy excellent blues, roots, rock, reggae, bluegrass, progressive, funk and contemporary acoustic music playing on […]

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Skimmin’ off the top

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Sleeping Bear Surf & Kayak in Empire holds its second annual Skimboard competition on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. at North Bar Lake. Registration costs $20, begins at 10 a.m. and includes a t-shirt. Be sure to have a National Park pass in your car. Last year’s event featured 40 competitors.

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Take Five! TC Film Festival Returns

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By Pat Stinson Sun contributor When the curtain rises on the fifth Traverse City Film Festival, held July 28 through August 2, this moviegoer will skip down the sidewalks like Tom Hanks in Big (showing Saturday night at the Open Space), but with a fistful of tickets in one hand and a box of popcorn […]

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Arts Collage needs an audience

By Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor Harry Fried is frantic. The chilly, wet weather has been playing games with him all summer, and the spontaneous thunderstorms make it nearly impossible to decide where to set up for the installments of the Manitou Music Festival. On the afternoon of a concert, you can find Fried pacing the […]

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Dunegrass savior: Glen Arbor Sun interview with Ryan Lake

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By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor You’d have a hard time imagining it once you see how great this year’s Dunegrass Festival (July 31-Aug. 2) turns out, but Ryan Lake and Win Win Productions didn’t come aboard to help revive Empire’s cherished music festival until two months ago. Seemingly dead in the water after last year’s […]

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Appalachian poetry in motion

By Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor Mary Ann Samyn is a poet. “Poetry is how I make sense of the world,” she says. Soon, Samyn will be drawing inspiration from Leelanau County while she spends the beginning of August as one of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s artists in residence. As other artists in residence, Samyn […]

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Hilltop Music

Jeff Haas Quintet performs atop Homestead hill Press release The Jeff Haas Quintet will perform at the top of The Homestead ski hill on Thursday, July 30 at 7 p.m. This amazing venue offers magnificent views of Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands. Chairlifts and golf carts will be available to transport the audience to […]

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Third annual Running Bear 5K and Kid’s Run

Press release The Glen Arbor Women’s Club will hold its third annual Running Bear 5K Run/Walk and half-mile Kid’s Run on Tuesday, July 28. This is the third year for this great event, which replaced the Glen Arbor Women’s Club’s annual October Smorgasbord after more than 40 years. The Smorgasbord had been a favorite with […]

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