The final installment in the 2017 Manitou Music Festival (MMF) features the Summer Singers on Tuesday, August 15, 7 p.m. at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor. This concert is offered at no charge.
Painter Catherine VanVoorhis brings the accumulated knowledge of her three-decades long relationship with the Sleeping Bear Dunes to canvas. An exhibition of VanVoorhis’s take on Leelanau County’s iconic natural features will be exhibited at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This show runs Aug. 11-17. An artist’s reception opens the exhibition on Friday, Aug. 11, 6-8 p.m.
With the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore’s Port Oneida Fair coming up this weekend, folks might notice that the landmark little white schoolhouse just off the junction of M-22 and Port Oneida Road looks better than it did a few years ago.
Mark your calendar for the 2017 Port Oneida Fair at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where history comes alive at six historic sites. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11-12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Port Oneida becomes a lively fun-filled location once again. This two-day event includes rural history demonstrations, activities, and special events each day. The event will end Saturday night with solar viewing and an astronomy party.
The Friends of the Glen Lake Community Library will hold their annual book sale August 9-11 at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. You will find gently used and new books, games, puzzles, and recordings at this fundraiser for our wonderful library.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) invites artists to submit original paintings for the annual Manitou Music Festival poster competition. The limited edition posters are popular, and sold through the GAAA and selected shops and art galleries in Leelanau County. The competition is open to anyone who is a current GAAA member.
Pacific Northwest meets Northwest Michigan when The Gothard Sisters bring their Celtic sound to the Manitou Music Festival on Wednesday, August 9, 8 p.m. at the Leelanau School lawn, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor.
In this installment of our series profiling local musicians, we interview the duo Uncle Z (Doug Zernow and Zack Light). Together they bring a special kind of kinetic energy to perform rare but recognizable songs. You’ll catch yourself nodding and singing along if you join them on the deck at Boonedock’s in Glen Arbor.
There are dozens of Leelanau County races that I love, but the Port Oneida Heritage Race takes the cake. This event offers three distances to choose from on August 5; the Homesteaders Hillier 5k, Tiller’s 10k, and Fast and Flat 4-Mile. I had the opportunity to catch up with Susan Pocklington, director of the nonprofit Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, and together we gushed about this amazing event.
By Linda Alice Dewey Sun contributor Renovation and expansion is on the docket for the Glen Arbor Park, home of the township’s only public playground and tennis courts. Some improvements are scheduled to commence in late August, regardless of the results of an August 8 bond election. The rest depends on voters. Glen Arbor park […]