Manitou Music Festival Kicks Off With Stars and Stripes

From staff reports On Friday, July 3, the Northport Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. outdoors at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club. This free concert is the first concert of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s 2009 Manitou Music Festival and will feature patriotic music. The Northport Community Band has existed for many years and […]

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Inaugural M-22 Challenge to feature running, biking, paddling

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The famous Sleeping Bear Dune Climb has hosted many events since the great mother bear lay down here and slumbered. Thousands of children have tumbled down this dune, their hair filling with beach sand. Chamber orchestras have played at its base, their music rising up the hill and moving toward […]

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Girls Night Out

Come and sample what Glen Arbor has to offer women, in the Glen Arbor Town Hall on Thursday, June 18. You’ll find music, chocolate, wine and food, not to mention shoes, scarves, beauty products, jewelry, clothing and lavender soap. You can even get a massage, talk to an investment or insurance counselor, or learn about […]

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Dart For Art on June 27

Press release The Glen Arbor Art Association is on the run. Join us for fresh morning air and a little exercise at the 3rd annual Dart for Art 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 27 at 8:30 a.m. This event is open to runners and walkers of all ages and abilities. Race Director TJ Ewing promises […]

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Safe Passage holds fundraiser concert in Traverse City

From staff reports The Great Lakes Friends of Safe Passage will hold a fundraiser concert featuring Marta Goméz on June 26 at 6 p.m. at the Milliken Auditorium in nearby Traverse City. Tickets are $40. A limited number of discounted tickets for students and children are available on a first come basis. Call (231) 590-6072 […]

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Libby Brydges honored by golf tourney

Press release The ladies of the Dunes Women’s Golf League lost a member and a dear friend this winter, Libby Brydges in a tragic incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning. To celebrate Brydges’ life and love of golf, they are sponsoring a Libby Brydges Memorial Golf Tourney on June 26 at the Dunes Golf Course in […]

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Park’s Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive Environmental Assessment available for public review

Press release The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s Lake Michigan Overlooks Environmental Assessment is available for public review until July 6. The Environmental Assessment (EA) describes and analyzes alternative approaches for addressing visitor safety, resource damage and maintenance issues at the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive while continuing to offer the spectacular views at this popular […]

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Summer Singers harmonize again

Press release All adults who like to sing are invited to join the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Summer Singers, who meet every Tuesday from June 23 until the concert, August 11, at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church in Burdickville. No tryout. Just come — once or twice or every time. Last year, 70 people […]

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Premium Pour and the Leland Wine & Food Festival

The Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association (LPVA) recently started a new “LPVA Second Fridays” series that allows wine lovers a chance to experience Leelanau County’s award-winning wines and unique tasting rooms after hours (from 5-8 p.m.) on the second Friday night of every month. Ciccone Vineyards Tasting Room Manager Jaclyn Eikey says, “This is not business […]

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Winter Fun!

In this picture, the Velis boys take the plunge into Empire’s South Bar Lake. Photo by Ryan Romeike Empire will hold its famed Winterfest on Feb. 13-15 (visit www.empirechamber.com for information), and Glen Arbor will hold its own frigid fiesta on Saturday, Feb. 14 with a perch-fishing contest from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and […]

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