Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District hosts fifth annual Strolling Lights Festival

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The Strolling Lights Festival within The Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District has become an annual tradition for both families, groups or individuals to join together to decorate a holiday tree in honor of a worthy cause, or to get visitors in the holiday spirit when they light up The District in Glen Arbor. Proceeds from the 2025 Strolling Lights Festival will support the Empire Area Food Pantry which serves all of Leelanau County. This once-a-week Food Pantry, which is hosted at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church on Tuesdays year-round, serves an enormous need in our community to help support those who are struggling to put food on their tables.

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Apply with Confidence: GAAC offers artist exhibit application tutorial

Want to apply to one of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2026 exhibitions, but not sure of the process? The GAAC will host a one-hour tutorial about its online application process November 8, 11 am. There is no charge. Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will discuss how to apply using the online application, creating effective photographic images of one’s artwork, and writing an artist’s statement.

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Leelanau League of Women Voters examines Federal Dollars & Rural Healthcare

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, at noon the League of Women Voters of Leelanau County will host a public forum: “Federal Dollars & Rural Healthcare: What’s Ahead for Our Region?” at the Leelanau County Government Center off M-204, between Lake Leelanau and Suttons Bay.

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Glen Arbor holds trick or treating Sunday, Oct. 26

The Sunday before Halloween, come out and enjoy family-friendly, daytime trick-or-treating in Glen Arbor on Sunday, Oct. 26, from 12–3 pm (or until the treats run out). Be festive, dress in costume and invite your friends, family and neighbors to trick-or-treat at participating businesses. This is open to the public and free to attend. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce encourages you to “shop small and eat local,” too. SHOPtober runs the month of October.

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Stephanie Mills takes us home

The Glen Lake Library will host author and environmentalist Stephanie Mills on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 6-8 pm. She’ll lead a participatory workshop to depict your knowledge of and raise questions about the nature of your home territory. Using Peter Berg’s classic workbook, Mills will facilitate graphic descriptions and revelations of our whereabouts. Space for the workshop is limited, so please contact the library to register in advance.

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Preserve hosts Page to Page: A Writing and Hiking Experience

Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear is offering the return of the program, “Port Oneida Path to Page” on Friday, Oct. 17, from 12-4 pm, for writers at any level, but especially for those interested in creating history-inspired pieces. Participants will explore their creative muse hiking this fall through select farms, woods and fields of the lovely Port Oneida historic region with local poet and playwright Anne-Marie Oomen.

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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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