In this photo from our archives, Ed Love shakes hands with his fresh perch at the Chili Cook-Off and Perch Fishing Contest on the deck at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor, which returns this year on Saturday, Feb. 19, from noon–3 p.m. Proceeds from the event fund scholarships for Glen Lake School students headed to college.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) is exhibiting Woodland Studies, a small exhibition of black and white photographs by Grand Rapids photographer Rodney Martin. The exhibition runs until April 13 in the GAAC Lobby Gallery. Among highlights planned for this summer, the GAAC will collaborate with Interlochen Public Radio to host their first ever Music in Residency for June. IPR’s Soundgarden Quintet will play impromptu free concerts around Glen Arbor—at the beach, on a hiking trail, maybe a store, and once a week, they will host a free community concert on the GAAC’s front porch.
The Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay is launching The Bay Cinema Society, a monthly opportunity to watch and discuss classic, contemporary, foreign, and documentary films in a relaxed setting.
The Glen Arbor Players will host an audition for their first summer play of 2019, “The Scarlet Pimpernel,” at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church on Monday April 29 at 7 pm.
Think of it as a holiday. Think of it as a celebration. Think of it as a living, active, fun love-note to our region and our health. The All-in-One-Day Day mission is simply to get outside with friends and do as many activities—both winter and summer—as you can.
Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) will begin its 2019 Volunteer Training on Wednesday, April 3 from 5:30-7:30 pm at NMC’s Freshwater Studies Building, Room 112, 715 E Front St, Traverse City.
The Glen Lake Library will host local author Anne-Marie Oomen, on Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m., at the Empire Township Hall. Oomen will read from Elemental: a collection of Michigan creative nonfiction, a 2019 Michigan Notable Book selection.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts the 31st edition of Exposures, an annual exhibition of creative work of nearly 100 Leelanau County students in grades k–12. The exhibition runs April 19-28. A reception to honor the exhibitors is Thursday, April 25, from 4–6 pm in the GAAC gallery.
From staff reports The Glen Arbor Township will officially thank retiring treasurer Terry Gretzema and clerk Bonnie Quick for their years of service at its annual township meeting on Saturday, March 30, at the Township Hall.
The Leelanau County Planning Commission will hold a session on Wednesday, April 17, about regulations and zoning of marijuana. The guest speaker will be Mary Reilly, AICP, government and public policy educator with Michigan State University Extension.