Samaritans’ Closet, a plain brown house over the bridge in the village of Lake Leelanau, is becoming a destination thrift shop. On this particular day the chartreuse leaves of the willows and poplars are just beginning to show. The red twig dogwood is redder than usual and the maples are a dusky ruby and pink. Cardinals call, “Teacher, teacher,” in the marsh along the narrows.
The wonderful work of Frankfort artist Ellie Harold will once again grace the walls of Blu. The restaurant in Glen Arbor will celebrate Harold’s work with an afternoon art showing and reception from 1-3 p.m. on June 11. Punch and hors d’oeuvers will be served. Please call 231-334-2530 to RSVP.
On Saturday, June 4, at 2 p.m., Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host a free InstaMeet event to celebrate National Trails Day. An InstaMeet is an interactive, in-park event, allowing Instagram users (IGers) to meet up, take photos, and get to know each other. Once the IGers meet, they will accompany a park ranger on a nature hike.
Celebrate the National Park Service’s 100th birthday by joining in the annual Glen Haven Days historic festival. The event will be held Saturday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Glen Haven historic village and United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS) Station at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The festivities will include hands-on activities and costumed reenactments.
Madame La Gimp is a hilarious tale of antics and romance. A down on her luck New York fruit seller named Apple Annie (Madame La Gimp) has the shock of her life when she learns her long separated daughter is coming with her fiancé and his parents from Spain to meet her. It seems that Apple Annie has been characterizing herself in her letters as a wealthy aristocrat. Because one of her steady customers, gangster Dave the Dude, believes she is his good luck charm, he decides to extend the charade by helping Annie pose as a New York socialite.
This Memorial Day weekend, Friday and Saturday, May 27-28, on the Village Green in Leland, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, the Leelanau Conservancy will host its annual wildflower plant sale. Working with environmentally conscious area builders as well as the County Road Commission, plants have been rescued from areas of future roads, gravel pits, or other development. Plants were dug and potted this spring by more than 30 Leelanau volunteers.
Over the past decade, there has been an increased incidence of bird deaths in Lake Michigan due to Type E avian botulism. Over 6,500 dead birds have been documented within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore alone. Scientists from the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have been conducting a collaborative research project to determine the causes of these botulism outbreaks — work that includes underwater research in Good Harbor Bay.
From staff reports The world-famous Empire Asparagus Festival returns to Empire, May 20-22 (it’s considered among the world’s weirdest festivals). Empire also recently made a Slovakian magazine’s list of the most interesting cities in the USA. Click this link and visit page 39 to read Lucia Matúšková’s story. Events kick off Friday night, May 20, […]
Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail ambassadors help visitors by answering questions, giving directions, and sometimes handing out coupons for Cherry Republic ice cream when they find trail users “Doing Something Right”. Ambassadors are also Friends of Sleeping Bear’s eyes and ears on the trail reporting maintenance or safety issues that need to be resolved.
Join popular art lecturer Linda Young and favorite Chef Randy Chamberlain for a special event exploring the joie de vivre of French Impressionism on Wednesday, May 18th. A three-course par excellence luncheon at Blu, designed by Chef Randy and inspired by Monet’s recipes at Giverny, will be complimented by a talk at the Glen Arbor Art Association.