Garden Theater holds 17th annual Frankfort Film Festival

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The 17th annual Frankfort Film Festival will be held Wednesday-Saturday, October 15-19, at the Garden Theater in downtown Frankfort. Click the link for tickets to individual films. “As always, we strive to show a collection of films that are powerful, thought-provoking, and diverse,” says Garden Theater communications director Nick Loud. “This year’s lineup of award-winning films from across the globe spans genres, languages, and overall themes. We could not be happier to share these movies with you.”

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Glen Lake Library hosts open house, authors

The Glen Lake Library invites community members to an open house on Saturday Oct. 11 from 2-4 pm to celebrate the fifth birthday of its new facility. The Library is hosting upcoming readings by two local authors. On Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 pm, Empire resident Ginger Langdon will present her new book, Empire After Dark. On Friday, Oct. 17 at 6 pm, the library will host Glover Davis. He’ll share selections of his poetry from various collections including Academy of Dreams.

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Empire Museum celebrates Heritage Day

The Empire Area Museum celebrates Heritage Day this year on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 1-4 pm with old-time music and old-fashioned arts and crafts and tricks and treats. Treats include Moomers ice cream, free popcorn and samples of homemade maple sugar candy, sauerkraut cake, apple cider and butter made on site. Exhibits include demonstrations of yarn spinning, hand quilting, rug hooking, chair caning, corn shelling, washboard laundering, sauerkraut making and log cutting.

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Belko Peace Lecture features Karen Segal discussing immigration

On Oct. 11, Karen Puschel Segal will speak at Trinity Church in Northport for the 2025 Belko Peace Lecture. Her topic is “The Immigration Challenge in America Today.” Karen had a 20-year career in the Department of State, first as an intelligence analyst of Soviet Affairs and then as a diplomat in Russia. Upon moving to Traverse City, she became Co-Chair and Director of NMC’s International Affairs Forum. Now, Karen leads a local team resettling families from Afghanistan and Ukraine. She knows first-hand how our nation has been dealing with immigrants, including right here in northern Michigan.

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Kenya partnership spreads global solutions for girls

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Global changemaker Madhvi Dalal travels from her native Kenya to Northern Michigan this October for a series of events at which she’ll share solutions to some of the most surprising and challenging issues facing women and girls across the world. The visit expands a partnership between Dalal and the Uplift Travel Foundation—a Leelanau-based nonprofit where participants travel with a purpose, walking alongside local visionaries to help them solve their community’s most pressing issues while finding authentic connections and friendships that transcend borders. Uplift has worked with Dalal to provide reusable menstrual pads and empowerment training to women in villages across Kenya’s Maasai Mara. The project now also includes Northwestern Michigan College staff and students in a variety of exciting ways.

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Northport hosts 11th annual Leelanau UnCaged

Mark your calendars for Saturday, Sept. 27 as the village of Northport transforms into a vibrant, car-free celebration of local music, dance, art, and food—all absolutely free. Now in its 11th season of performances, Leelanau UnCaged has grown into northern Michigan’s most anticipated street festival, drawing thousands to enjoy the creative spirit of the region. From 11 am to 10 pm, enjoy a spectacular lineup featuring 34 live performances across seven stages—plus, a dedicated dance stage with performances and interactive experiences happening all day long.

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Northport Arts Association hosts “Harbor of Creativity”

The Northport Arts Association is thrilled to invite six exceptional northwest Michigan artists, whose talents reflect the vibrant and diverse spirit of the arts, to participate in its inaugural invitational art exhibition. Welcome Martha Elchert, Debra Howard, Logan Hudson, Charles Passerelli, Barbara Reich and Adam VanHouten. The Arts Association is honored to showcase their work in their first invitational art exhibit. Harbor of Creativity’s opening reception takes place Sept. 19, from 5-8 pm.

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Jazz, funk, pop, soul conclude Homestead’s Music on the Mountain

The last of the season’s outdoor music shows are upon us. Music on the Mountain at The Homestead concludes its season with East Bay Drive and special guest Miriam Pico on Sept. 18, while Leelanau Uncaged in Northport takes place Sept. 27. East Bay Drive is a quintet of music veterans from the Traverse City area who bring together varying interests in soul, jazz and funk. Think the Rippingtons, the Crusaders, Fourplay and others of that ilk. The core quartet of David Chown (keyboards), Rick Kiehle (guitar), John Paul (bass) and Alex Wyant (drums) has been joined by new official member Ryan Critchfield (saxophone), formerly a regular guest.

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Bay Theatre announces Live at the Bay fall 2025 series

The Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay kicks off its Fall 2025 live series on Saturday, Sept. 20, at 7 pm with a special solo evening with May Erlewine. One of the Midwest’s most prolific and passionate songwriters, Erlewine has a gift for writing songs of substance that feel both fresh and soulfully familiar. Her ability to emotionally engage with an audience has earned her a dedicated following far beyond her Michigan roots, touching people all over the world.

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Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts artists in residence

Ohio artist Nicholas Hill brings the 19th century to his Glen Arbor Arts Center residency in September. Hill, a resident of Granville, Ohio, has developed a practice around the combining of intaglio printmaking and cyanotype photography, a plein air approach to camera-less photography. Hill will talk about the resulting collages he’ll make while in Northern Michigan at a presentation on Sept. 18, at 10 am. The program takes place at the GAAC and is open to the public at no charge.

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