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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Art and camaraderie in Glen Arbor

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By Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Just west of the Good Harbor Grill and Boone Docks, on the Lake Michigan side of M-109 in Glen Arbor, are several art galleries run by four women who have developed an interesting camaraderie over the years. They’ve even gone so far as to call themselves sisters. They are Ruth […]

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“Sleeping Bear and elsewhere”

By Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor He’s a world traveler, but after 57 years of visiting Leelanau County, Craig Capehart still can’t get enough of the area. Capehart recently combined his travels, his family history of visiting The Homestead resort and his passionate love for photography. The result is his first public photo show, “Sleeping Bear […]

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Manitou Music Festival welcomes Josh White, the Photographers and Kat Eggleston

From staff reports The Manitou Music Festival continues its 19th season of exciting and diverse concerts, featuring classical, jazz, blues, folk, country and bluegrass music in some of Leelanau County’s most idyllic settings. On Wednesday, July 22 at 8 p.m., Josh White, Jr. will perform outdoors at the Lake Street Studio Stage in Glen Arbor. […]

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Claudia Schmidt

The creative noisemaker is back. Local musical favorite Claudia Schmidt will return to Glen Arbor after a hiatus of nearly a decade. She’ll perform on Wednesday, July 22 at The River at Crystal Bend.

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Shout Sister Shout: Steppin’ In It to Perform at Dune Climb

Press release The Manitou Music Festival’s annual free family Dune Climb Concert takes place on Sunday, July 12 at 7 p.m. in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore at the base of the Dune Climb. This year’s concert will get everyone up and dancing when Michigan’s own Shout Sister Shout: Steppin’ In It with Rachael […]

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