Fourth annual Port Oneida fair tells story of rural culture

By Susan Pocklington Sun contributor Each August, amid the pastoral setting of meadows, maples, barns, farmhouses and corncribs, the Port Oneida Rural Historic District awakens from its peaceful slumber and comes alive with activity true to the period when it was a community of robust settlers. Once again visitors are invited to step back in […]

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An Anchor from the depths is cause for celebration

By Helen Westie Sun contributor Empire’s biggest event of the year, the Anchor Day festival, will be held, as always, during the third Saturday in July, which falls this year on July 16. The celebration commemorates the raising of the village’s famous anchor from the depths of Lake Michigan in July of 1977, and its […]

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“Ode to Joy” resonates through the Dunes

Press release One of the most-anticipated events of the summer, the Manitou Music Festival’s annual Dune Climb Concert, will be held Sunday, July 17, at 7 p.m. Free to the public, this popular event opens the Festival and is held at the base of the Sleeping Bear Dune Climb. Families are encouraged to bring chairs, […]

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Bicentennial Barn, turning 30, needs a facelift

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor One of Leelanau County’s landmarks is preparing for a facelift. The patriotic paint job on the Bicentennial Barn near Good Harbor is fading, but hopefully the community spirit that initiated it is not. Owner Susan Shields and painter Dennis Gerathy are hatching a plan to restore it, and they are […]

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Cedar Polka Fest gets ready for season number 24

By Pat Stinson Sun contributor The community of Cedar is abuzz this week preparing for its biggest annual event: the renowned Cedar Polka Fest which begins this year with a flag-raising ceremony on Thursday, June 30, followed by music, dancing and special events until 9 p.m., Sunday, July 3. Merchants are busy stocking their shelves […]

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Two can play that game

– from staff reports On the occasion of its tenth year in existence next summer, the Glen Arbor Sun will give birth to a sister publication, down the road in Frankfort, in 2005. Two 1996 Leelanau School graduates and hungry entrepreneurs, Jordan Bates and Richard Taber, will spearhead the Benzie County publication, and hope for […]

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Meet the Indians Behind the Indian Legends

By Lois Beardslee Sun contributor Some of Leelanau County’s finest traditional basket-makers, quill-workers, artists and authors will be demonstrating and selling their products at the Native American Art Market on Saturday, August 7 at the Grand Traverse Heritage Center in Traverse City, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The group, which normally meets the third […]

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Second Annual Glen Arbor Car Show

By Torin Yeager Sun automobile correspondent The sunlight filters softly through the trees, birds sing, and the scents of fresh flowers mingle with the perfume of motor oil… Indeed, it is time for the second annual Glen Arbor Car Show, following in the tracks of last year’s highly successful inaugural event, sponsored by the Glen […]

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Fanfare for the Sleeping Bear at Dune Climb kicks off Manitou Music Festival

from staff reports The Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival has a new director this year, but the quality and diversity of the concerts that will resonate from the Glen Arbor area this summer haven’t changed. Debra Fayroian, a cellist in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, takes over for Crispin Campbell, a cellist at the […]

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The Leelanau School to celebrate 75th Anniversary

From staff reports A seventy-five year-old wise man full of lessons for its many children, yet still boasting ageless enthusiasm. The Leelanau School, the fine institute of learning, located on quite possibly the most beautiful campus in the world, is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year on the banks of Sleeping Bear Bay, one mile […]

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