From staff reports The Glen Lake Library in Empire is once again hosting Stories and More, a weekly preschool program, every Thursday morning at 11 a.m. Joanne “Yogi” Beare leads these engaging gatherings, with stories, music, movement and hands-on craft activities. This is a great way for young children to interact and learn together, and […]
The second annual Empire Hops Festival will run from noon until 10 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3. The festival takes place on Front St, between Union and La Rue Streets. An entry fee of $15 will be charged which will include complimentary glass & drink tickets. Guests under 16 are free.
Studio painter and muralist Conrad Kaufman talks about his artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) Sept. 24, 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Sculpture — architectural and totemic — comes to Center Gallery for an extended stay. The work of artists Larry Fox and Van Wilson is on display Sept. 18-Oct. 11. A 6 p.m. reception for the artists opens the show.
Have you seen the beautiful rainbows spinning outside the Sleeping Bear Gallery in Empire this summer? Last year, owner Heather Caverly acquired a patent on the 3D Colorwheel Book, which she hopes will turn the traditional wheel into a fun and accessible tool to enhance learning for kids of all ages. She will take her invention to Art Prize in Grand Rapids this month, and hopes to one day sell the colorwheel book at her gallery.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore welcomes the September artist-in-residence for 2015; Cara O’Brien, a Michigan artist currently working and living in Whitehall, Michigan.
Join Leelanau Independent Women for democratic Action (LIWdA) on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at The Leelanau School (recreational room behind cafeteria) at 4 p.m. and participate in a conversation with these three notable women: Chava Bahle – Spiritual leadership; BJ Christensen – Community leadership; Marian Kromkowski – Civic leadership.
Creative writer Daryl Murphy talks about his artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) on Sept. 10 at7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor.
The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) Readers’ Theater productions have become eagerly anticipated, playing to a full house at nearly every performance. The next performance will be The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with Josephine Zara as director and Celeste Crouch as assistant director. Auditions will take place at the Art Association on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. The play calls for eight men and three women.
From staff reports “My goal is to get a lot of people thinking differently about the “connections among nature, what we eat and what we are.” — Lisa M. Rose, author, wild food activist and educator, who lives in Grand Rapids. Rose’s newly released book, Midwest Foraging; 115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to […]