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Empire Winter Fest schedule
Upcoming EventFrom staff reports Here is the schedule of events for Empire’s upcoming “Winter Fest”, which will be held Feb. 13-15 and is sponsored by the Empire Chamber Of Commerce. February 13 • Empire Eagles Pool Tournament 6:30 p.m. Sign Up – Empire Village Inn ◦ (50/50 Drawing) ◦ All Proceeds go to the Empire Eagles […]
Squirrel wars and a mouse story, too
Poetry/Essay, Upcoming EventThe squirrels arrived the first summer when the English walnut tree bore nuts. The tree was perhaps nine or 10 years old and until the summer of the squirrels there had been nothing to show of its true nature. The walnuts were formed as walnuts are, perfectly, with the insides of their halved shells, the nut meat, resembling intricate passageways of brain tissue.
Glen Arbor Winterfest turns 15
Talk of the Town, Upcoming EventJoin the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce for the 15th annual Glen Arbor Winterfest on Saturday, Feb. 14. Festivities start at 7 a.m. with the Perch Fishing Contest, with prizes for first through fourth place catches. All participants will bring their biggest catches from Big and Little Glen Lake to the Sportsman Shop at 1 p.m., and winners will then be crowned. Entry fee for this event is $20, and all ages are welcome.
Art Association seeks Artists in Residence
Upcoming EventThe 2015 Glen Arbor Art Association artist-in-resident application is live at GlenArborArt.org. The entire process is now done completely online.
“Talk About Art” features Doug Stanton
Local Personality, Upcoming EventThe Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) “Talk About Art” series opens its 2015 season with Traverse City author Doug Stanton on Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Empire Emergency Fund features Freya
NewsThe next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert is Sunday, Jan. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. and will take place at Llama Meadows Eco Farm Creative Arts Center which is located at the southern most boundary of our service area at 1176 West Street in Benzonia with a featured performance by “Freya”.
Art From Michigan’s wine country
NewsArt, wine and small plate delectables will warm the night as the Glen Arbor Art Association, The Homestead, and Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail team up to offer Art From Michigan’s Wine Country on Friday, Feb. 6, from 6-8 pm. Now in its seventh year at The Homestead’s Mountain Flowers Lodge this fun winter event kicks off Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trails “Taste the Passion” weekend. The Friday night GAAA benefit features an art exhibit and sale of work by local artists, wine from Leelanau wineries, and a small plates menu designed by The Homestead’s chef.
Wine tasting event benefits Leelanau food pantries
Food/Organic Living, Upcoming EventThe Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail has announced the launch of Sips & Soups. Proceeds from this SOUPer wine and soup tasting event will be donated to Leelanau Christian Neighbors to help restock the local food pantries after its holiday needs are met.
Ice Caves return?
NewsPhoto by Robert Bushway, robertbrucebushway.com Snowpocalypse 2.0? Will we see ice caves again along the shores of Lake Michigan this winter?
Water—LOTS of it—means trouble down below
Investigative ArticleIt began last March over at Woodstone. While Karen and Peter Van Nort were off in sunny Arizona, their house sitter was out walking their dog one day when an acquaintance drove by in a Glen Arbor Outdoor truck. He mentioned that he was checking their clients’ vacant homes as a precaution and asked if she had checked the Van Nort’s basement.