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Dune Dash
Upcoming EventBe one of the first to participate in a new five-mile run on Aug. 18, showcasing the new Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail. Starting and finishing at the Dune Climb, runners will race through miles of rolling sand dunes, Michigan lakeshore and historic Glen Haven, experiencing the beautiful scenic runs.
Country bird nests in the city
Business Feature, Food/Organic LivingGuillaume and Brook Hazael-Massieux are spreading their wings. The owners of the legendary La Becasse (“the woodcock”) French country restaurant in Burdickville are humming this week into their second nest at 118 Cass Street in downtown Traverse City named Bistro Foufou (“hummingbird”). Their new eatery is the fruit of a three-year process that finally ripened last winter when they negotiated the purchase of Hanna Bistro, a prime location just a block off Front St. in the busy center of Traverse City.
The Volt sizzles
Talk of the Town, Upcoming EventThe Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail fundraising committee is conducting a raffle of a lovely Crystal Red Chevy Volt that can be seen at various ticket vendors around Glen Arbor. Ticket sales are limited to 1,200 of the $100 tickets, and should net $100,000. This, in turn, will be used to help pay a $400,000 fee due in September. With the fee paid, the Heritage Trail will be able to commence with the next segment of construction, a path leading south from the Dune Climb along M-109, which will connect Empire to the Dunes. The Heritage Trail will one day stretch 27 miles, from the Leelanau-Benzie County Line, north to Good Harbor.
Woman between worlds: Lois Beardslee on why the turtle crosses the road
Investigative Article, Local PersonalityEach summer, while traveling through Michigan’s lake country, I notice a wide and depressing variety of roadkill, evidence of creatures not equipped for encounters with large, speedy machinery and an ever-increasing dissection of pavement across former habitat. I usually also encounter some few fortunate creatures like turtles, which have somehow avoided being struck or smashed — yet who are trapped in the roadway, trying to negotiate their ponderous way across alien terrain.
Activist rows and bikes perimeter of Lake Michigan to benefit breast cancer survivors
Local Personality, Sports/AdventureEnter Row4ROW, a fundraiser created by Jenn Gibbons. Gibbons is the founder and coach of ROW (Recovery on Water), a nonprofit in Chicago that provides breast cancer survivors with an exercise group in the form of a rowing team. To raise money for the organization, last month Gibbons set out to row the 1,500-mile perimeter of Lake Michigan, beginning in Chicago and moving along the coasts of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
George Cole, James Hicks conclude Manitou Music Festival
Upcoming EventThe Manitou Music Festival is celebrating its 22nd season of diverse concerts featuring jazz, classical, blues, folk, country, celtic, bluegrass and world music in some of Michigan’s most idyllic settings. The festival showcases regionally and nationally known artists performing in beautiful Glen Arbor.
Searching for Sleeping Bear artists
NewsThe Leelanau Press is searching for artists who painted the Sleeping Bear Dunes and surrounding landscapes before 1970 for possible inclusion in the historical preface for its 2013 publication, The Art of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. Several artists known to have painted in the area include Frank Dillon, Fred Dickinson, Mathias Alten, Charles Vickery, Charles Hetherington, Mary Moore, Kit Miller Knowles, Harry Weese, Sue Frank, Clarence Brower and Kay Smith.
Glen Arbor Art Association features photographers deJonge and Rabidoux
Local Personality, Upcoming EventFrom Aug. 10-12 the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) will feature photographers Robert de Jonge (Petoskey) and Jeff Rabidoux (Glen Arbor), with an opening reception on Friday from 6-8 p.m. The gallery will be open from noon until 7 p.m. on Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Letter from London
Dispatch from AfarEngland isn’t very big. It’s the size of Michigan. And, like Michigan, you’re never more than 60 miles from a view of the water. Six thousand years ago England was a European peninsula. Then glaciers melted, the sea rose, there was a tsunami and Britain became an island.
Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail receives $1.62 million
Talk of the TownThe Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route Committee, Michigan Department of Transportation, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation (TART) Trails, and Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes are proud to announce that the Federal Department of Transportation 2012 Public Lands Highway Discretionary (PLHD) program has awarded $1.62 million for the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail (SBHT). The PLHD funds will be used to construct 3.17 miles of the trail starting at Port Oneida Road and ending at Leelanau County Road 669/Bohemian Road.