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Glen Arbor Players announce 2021 season
NewsThe Glen Arbor Players are eager to return to the stage in 2021 in front of a live audience. The troupe has developed a COVID-19 protocol that will allow them to return to the stage at a wonderful home at the Glen Lake Church community center. The Players have four talented, seasoned directors, several new thespians, a new drape background system and four diverse, entertaining plays.
Brothers in basketball from the city to the country
NewsBasketball may be the common bond between high school hoops teams from Louisville, Kentucky, and Glen Lake in Northern Michigan, but the opportunity for a meaningful racial and cultural exchange is what inspired two close friends to launch the trip. Michael McDonald and Bryan O’Neill joined a group of basketball coaches last year called Kentucky Coaches Advancing Racial Equity (KCARE), which seeks to improve race relations in Louisville and break down stereotypes and racial equity barriers. One of their calls to action was the killing of Breonna Taylor, an African-American woman, by white police officers in Louisville on March 13, 2020—just as the nation was shutting down to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Old Settlers Park hosts Flag Raising on July 3
NewsThe Glen Lake Woman’s Club will host their annual Flag Raising ceremony at Old Settlers Park at 10 am on Saturday, July 3. Click below for a lineup of all Fourth of July weekend events.
Glen Arbor parade returns
NewsAntique cars, the Leelanau County sheriff and firetrucks will once again roll through downtown Glen Arbor on Independence Day. They’ll be joined by the Kazoo Corps, the Cherry Republic bear, Elvis, kids on bicycles, local newspapers tossed from a convertible, and live music on a flatbed trailer. Art’s owner Tim Barr will patrol the corner of M-22 and Lake Street with his broom to keep candy-seeking children out of the street. Our Fourth of July parade is back!
Tours to North Manitou lighthouse crib begin
NewsFive years ago, when the North Manitou Light Keepers won the bid to acquire the North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse— commonly referred to as “the crib”—they set an ambitious goal to restore the lighthouse and begin to offer tours by July 4 of this year. The group accomplished their goal with two weeks to spare.
Meet Dr. Elizabeth Wolterink, PhD, Leelanau School
NewsThe pandemic pivots and pirouettes required of teachers everywhere only inspired the creativity of Leelanau School’s Dr. Elizabeth Wolterink. Her PhD (and MA) in Mythological Studies (with an emphasis in Depth Psychology), and a BA in Anthropology (with a minor in Cinema) show her versatility, her attention to detail, and her passion for expansive imagining and deep thinking.
Leland library hosts author Tim Mulherin
NewsOn Tuesday, June 29, at 7 pm, Cedar summer resident and author Tim Mulherin will visit Leland Township Library to discuss his new book Sand, Stars, Wind & Water: Field Notes from Up North. This book is a vivid, entertaining chronicle of the author’s outdoor adventures exploring northwest lower Michigan.
Tamarack, a hidden gem among Leelanau’s commercial galleries
NewsYou can’t drive through the tiny lakeside village of Omena without stopping to check out the gallery which has been a fixture there for more than 40 years. Tamarack Gallery, opened by David and Sally Viskochil in 1972, was originally located in a building owned by Sugar Loaf and then moved to its current Omena location in 1976. Though David, the joyful and warm-hearted frontman—committed to his artists and his clients both—died unexpectedly in 2005, Sally, with the capable assistance of Len Cowgill, has kept the gallery open and flourishing since.
Glen Lake Library opens community exhibit with “On the Precipice”
NewsThe light and inviting new Glen Lake Community Library, which opened in Empire in September 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic, will host its first public exhibit and opening reception on Tuesday, June 29, from 6-7 p.m. for a show called “On the Precipice” which pairs 10 pastel paintings and 10 poems written in response to those paintings. The painter is Glen Arbor resident Linda Alice Dewey, and the poet is Empire resident Anne-Marie Oomen.
Well-traveled Copemish Depot finds new home near Glen Arbor
NewsThere’s a painted lady in Glen Arbor, setting heads a-swivel as they walk, bike, or drive past Bay Lane at M-22. Although diminutive at under 700 square feet, she has an outsized personality. She’s well-traveled for her age—at least 125 years—and her pedigree is just as colorful as her painted trim, ornate corbels, and drop finials. “She” wears a sign proclaiming herself the Copemish Depot.