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Leelanau Summer Music Fest features Music of the British Isles
Upcoming EventThe Leelanau Summer Music Festival opens its seventh season this Saturday, June 11, with Music of the British Isles. The concert will take place at 7 p.m. in the former school of Holy Rosary Church in Isadore (near Cedar) and feature Richard Sherman, MSU Professor of Flute and principal flutist of the Lansing Symphony. Sherman will be joined by virtuoso Russian pianist Genadi Zagor in a musical tour of the British Isles.
Sleeping Bear researchers to discuss DNA methods for monitoring beach water quality
Investigative Article, Upcoming EventHistorically, water quality monitoring programs have relied on traditional techniques, such as culturing microorganisms (e.g., E. coli, enterococci) in the laboratory, to evaluate if beaches are safe for swimming, surfing, and other water-exposure recreational activities. However, the significant time-lapse between sample collection and results, typically 18 hours or longer, can result in inaccurate management decisions due to rapidly changing water quality conditions. This results in either unnecessary beach closures or beaches open to swimming when the water quality is actually poor. Recent advancements in DNA-based technology are increasingly becoming indispensable tools in environmental applications, including water quality monitoring. With these techniques, water quality results are achievable on the same day of sampling, within hours of sample collection.
Acclaimed photographer provides glimpse into Northern Michigan history
Upcoming EventNationally recognized architectural photographer Dietrich Floeter and Leelanau Press publisher Barbara Siepker capture the beauty and essence of 60 summer cottages and the nostalgia enveloping them in Historic Cottages of Glen Lake.
Glen Arbor Art Association unveils New Views exhibition
Upcoming EventA big wind swept through Glen Arbor on Aug. 2, 2015, and one of the things it left behind was a different perspective. “New Views: A Storm of Art” opens June 10 at the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA), and presents work by 26 artists who interpreted the storm.
Wings of Wonder to release bald eagle
Upcoming EventWings of Wonder is inviting the public to a release of an adult Bald Eagle on Sunday, June 5, at 10 a.m., at Eagle Meadow located at 3805 West Empire Highway (about 6.7 miles east of Empire off of hwy 72).
The little thrift store with the big heart
Business Feature, Local Personality, Upcoming EventSamaritans’ 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.
Spotted Wing Drosophila — not your average fruit fly
Investigative ArticleI am grossed out. On the video, a creature reminiscent of horror flicks, B-movies, an almost pornographic monster, except it’s not a monster, except it’s real and it is a monster. Sortof. The winged thing trembles on a flesh-like surface. The film reveals in full detail the tail-end of the monster’s abdomen, where a serrated ovipositor descends, and a double row of “teeth” pierces the surface. Slowly, with mesmerizing tenacity, she saws into the thin-skinned softness, dipping ever deeper into the flesh. Then, and this is where I feel sick, out of that same organ she forces a single small white egg, deposits it firmly into the hole. The ovipositor closes, lifts like a machine, revealing a tiny filament still extending from the hole—the breathing tube of the egg. The egg’s breathing tube!?! The creature turns; huge red eyes stare straight into the camera, and after all that, the darn thing starts the process all over. Hundreds of times. I am not kidding.
Storm Signs
Talk of the TownTwo, new 16” x 16” signs will be placed along the Heritage Trail in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, using a combination of texts and photographs “to explain what happened in August 2015,” said Leonard Marszalek, manager of the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes’ Heritage Trail.
Blu restaurant hosts Ellie Harold artist reception
Upcoming EventThe 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.
John Soderholm’s accomplishments as township supervisor
Business Feature, Local PersonalityAfter serving as Glen Arbor’s chief executive for 16 years, township supervisor John Soderholm is stepping down for several reasons. “Sometime it gets so you need new blood in the system,” he said. For Soderholm himself, it’s a case of “service fulfilled. We accomplished a lot and there are some new challenges.” Plus, Soderholm feels he is at a point in life where time is getting short. He prefers now to focus on his personal life.