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Educators, bring your students to Sleeping Bear Dunes
Upcoming EventSleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is providing outdoor educational field trips in May and June. The National Lakeshore is an outstanding natural classroom that provides endless educational opportunities. Your students have the opportunity to learn about science and history in a hands-on, experiential format.
Going Coastal, Cherry Republic brew, Hoard expansion, road construction
Business FeatureGlen Arbor pedestrians and shopping tourists have one more reason to walk west on M-109 this spring. Just past the Good Harbor Grill and the Pine Cone ice cream shop, Katy and Matt Wiesen have opened the clothing apparel store Coastal in the space formerly occupied by Great Lakes Tea & Spice. The tea & spice shop hopscotched west to the other side of Ruth Conklin Gallery, and now shares a space with Arabella Concepts jewelry store.
Portrait of the artist: Tim Lewis, Empire’s poster man
Local Personality, Upcoming EventThose quirky posters you see every year promoting the Empire Asparagus Festival were illustrated by Tim Lewis, who passed away on Jan. 5 at age 79. A native of Midland, Lewis summered as a child in Empire, worked as an artist at the famous Push Pin Studios in New York City, then inherited and settled in his mother’s house on Lambkin Lane, circa 2001 (his mother was born in Empire in 1905). Lewis’ unique persona and art were symbolic of Empire, itself.
Cheer your spear at Empire Asparagus Festival
Business Feature, Upcoming EventPhoto by Ashlea Walter From staff reports The 14th annual Empire Asparagus Festival is set for May 19-20 in the quaint village with a quirky spirit. Festivities kick off on Friday with live music and a pig roast from 7-10 p.m. Dance, drink and be merry under the big tent downtown. The Traverse City-based funk, […]
All aboard for asparagus
Business Feature, Food/Organic Living, Local PersonalityOne of the first harbingers of spring in the veggie world is asparagus, a popular early farmers market pick. People are so enthusiastic about asparagus, said third generation farmer Harry Norconk — who along with wife Barbara owns Norconk Asparagus Farm between Empire and Honor — that they begin inquiring about availability as early as April. “When you get a sunny day about 50 degrees, people start calling to ask when the asparagus will be ready,” he said.
Center Gallery in bloom
Upcoming EventSpring arrives in full flower when Center Gallery in Glen Arbor opens its 2017 season with “The Flower Show,” May 26. This three-person exhibit showcases two different approaches to floral paintings by Grand Rapids resident Margo Burian and Lauren Everett Finn of Honor; and the porcelain pottery of Matt McGovern of Cedar. An artist’s reception is May 26, 6-8 p.m. at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St.
Friends of Sleeping Bear seeks Heritage Trail ambassadors
Upcoming EventAttend a training scheduled for Saturday, May 13, at 1 p.m. and become a Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail ambassador. Trail Ambassadors help visitors by answering questions, giving directions, and handing out coupons for Cherry Republic ice cream when they find trail users “Doing Something Right”! Ambassadors are also our eyes and ears on the trail reporting maintenance or safety issues that need to be resolved.
Art Association’s “Talk About Art” features Fleda Brown
Poetry/Essay, Upcoming EventThe Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) “Talk About Art” series continues with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with Traverse City poet Fleda Brown on Sunday, May 7, at 2 p.m. at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. There is no charge.
Sleeping Bear Dunes offers severe weather training 101
Upcoming EventInterested in being able to recognize approaching weather patterns and report your findings to the National Weather Service? If so, as a severe weather spotter, you can play a pivotal role in helping the National Weather Service identify and report dangerous storms that can ultimately tore through an area and cause major damage.
State lawmakers consider 10 Cents a Meal program
Business Feature, Food/Organic Living, Letter to editor/OpinionThe Michigan legislature is considering whether to continue, or expand, a new state pilot project that is increasing business from schools for a significant number of farms and related food companies throughout the state and in Leelanau County.