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agriCULTURE explores interconnections of food, farming, community
NewsThe Glen Arbor Arts Center presents agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapes, a juried exhibition exploring the interconnections of food, farming and community through the lenses of art, architecture, film, history and theater. agriCULTURE opens Friday, Sept. 14 with a reception from 6-8 p.m. The show runs through Nov. 1.
Lake Leelanau holds Sept. 15 street fair
NewsThe mission of the Lake Leelanau Street Fair is to have an annual event that provides entertainment for the Lake Leelanau Community, showcases our community to visitors in our area and provides funding for Lake Leelanau area projects, through: children’s activities’ arts and crafts; local artists; local businesses; local wines and foods, and music. For more information visit LakeLeelanauStreetFair.org.
Empire Hill Climb 2018
NewsThe Empire Hill Climb returns on Saturday, Sept. 15, and will include all sorts of race cars from homebuilt monsters, to vintage racers, rally cars and drift cars. Autoweek is this year’s event sponsor. Entries are full but a waiting list is available at EmpireHillClimb.com. The event is free to attend.
Center Gallery features Obata, Sorensen, Hill
NewsCenter Gallery exhibits the fiber constructions of three northern Michigan artists in its final 2018 exhibition. The work of Midge Obata, Holly Sorensen and Elizabeth Rodgers Hill opens with a reception on Friday, Sept. 14, from 6 p.m. to sundown, and runs through Sunday, Oct. 7 at the Glen Arbor gallery located at 6023 S. Lake St.
Glen Arbor goofs again
NewsGlen Arbor just can’t seem to catch a break from its own communication goof-ups. After a terrific uproar over the surprise new large digital sign foisted on an unsuspecting populace, followed by an Aug. 21 meeting attended by 70 taxpayers demanding better communication, the township called a special meeting to deal with the question of the sign. Problem is, the meeting was called on Aug. 29 for an Aug. 30, 4 p.m. meeting, giving townspeople less than a 30-hour notice.
Author Hartig champions cleanup of Great Lakes
NewsJohn Hartig is one of seven artists selected to participate in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist in Residence program. He plans to work on his book-in-progress, Great Lakes Champions: Stories of People Who Have Championed Cleanup of the Great Lakes during his residency.
Glen Lake Library holds Stories and More
NewsThe Glen Lake Library in Empire has begun another season of Stories and More—the weekly program for preschool kids and their caregivers—on Thursdays at 11 a.m. Joanne “Yogi” Beare shares stories, music, rhymes, and hands-on crafts, creating a fun & engaging environment for young learners.
DH Day Campground to adopt reservation system
NewsSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will institute an online reservation system on Jan.1, 2019, for camping at DH Day Campground, located on M-109 between Glen Arbor and Glen Haven. DH Day, a popular draw each summer, currently operates on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Michelle Ferrarese’s love of the farm
News“I didn’t grow up farming. Farming wasn’t even on my radar, though we always had a garden where we lived in the suburbs,” begins Michelle Ferrarese, owner, farmer and prime motivator of Birch Point Farm, located between Lake Leelanau and Bugai Road, northwest of Traverse City.
Eating and drinking your way through Lake Leelanau
NewsWhen I drove into the town of Lake Leelanau this time, I tried to think about it more from a discovery perspective rather than take it for granted as I always do. It’s a town I visit for specific destinations, or on my way through, but I don’t often plant my feet and take my time.