Empire Art Encounter

Press release Explore 10 different galleries and professional artist studios during the “Empire Art Encounter,” Thursday evening July 17, from 5-9 p.m. Wander through the quaint village of Empire and see a wide variety of fine art, including painting, various works on paper, photography, furniture-making, weaving and jewelry. Some studios and galleries will be offering […]

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Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear Hosts Historic Preservation Projects

Press release Join the nonprofit organization, Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, in a volunteer project to preserve some of the historic buildings in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The group is hosting a preservation project on two buildings at the Ole Oleson farm. The event will take place from Friday, July 18-Sunday, July 20 from […]

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Glen Arbor’s Fourth of July Schedule

10 a.m. Flag Raising at Old Settler’s Park 10:30 a.m. Bike Decorating, Glen Arbor Art Association 11 a.m. Parade line up in Glen Haven, departs at noon 12:30-ish. Parade arrives in Downtown Glen Arbor. Kazoo Korps, line up at Christian Science Church parking lot around noon. 4 p.m. Glen Lake Boat Parade: lineup at Glen […]

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10th Anniversary Dune Climb Concert July 13

Once again the Manitou Music Festival and the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have teamed up to present the Dune Climb Concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 13. This year will feature two cellos serenading the Dunes: Crispin Campbell and Eugene Friesen. The landmark event is free. Photo by Andy McFarlane

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Local artists join Safe Passage efforts on behalf of Guatemalan children

Press release Several area artists are lending their talents to help provide hope and opportunity to impoverished children of families who work and live at the Guatemala City garbage dump. Last April, at the invitation of Great Lakes Friends of Safe Passage, local artists visited a virtual dump constructed at Higher Grounds Trading Company in […]

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Girls Night Out!

Don’t miss the second-annual Girls Night Out event at the Glen Arbor Township Hall on Thursday, June 19, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Last year, approximately 200 women shopped for a great mix of food, chocolate and wine, clothes, jewelry, accessories and books, and services including insurance, dental, spa and photography. Other upcoming local events […]

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Joel Mabus to Lead Songwriter’s Workshop and Perform

Press release Joel Mabus, songwriter, serious picker, old time fiddler and humorist will host a songwriters’ workshop and then perform a concert on Saturday June 14. This event is hosted jointly by the Glen Arbor Art Association and Northern Michigan Songwriters in the Round. The evening concert will kick-off the 2008 Manitou Music Festival.

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House the bikers, feed the bikers

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor On Sunday, May 25, roadside onlookers throughout the county will catch bike racers zooming by during the fourth annual Tour de Leelanau (moved from the fall to Memorial Day weekend this year to get a leg up on other national bike races). Among other feats, the pedalers will climb the […]

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Park unveils revamped General Management Plan to public

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor In early June, the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (the local branch of the National Park Service) will hold three identical public meetings on consecutive days to present four action alternatives, including the Park’s “preferred alternative,” for a new General Management Plan (GMP), and solicit public comments in the process. […]

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Election 2008: A (presidential) race comes full circle

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Cape Coast Castle, a haunting old slavery fort on the Atlantic shores of Ghana, was converted into a museum in the 1990s with help from the Smithsonian Institution and is now a tourist destination for, notably, African Americans to make their ancestral journey homeward and, quite possibly, back to the […]

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