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Mario Batali New York raffle unveiled at Leelanau Conservancy annual picnic
Upcoming EventThe Leelanau Conservancy will hold its annual Picnic and Auction on Thursday, Aug. 2 at the Newton Farm overlooking the Manitou Islands on Jelinek Road. The 100-acre farm near Gills Pier was permanently protected by the Leelanau Conservancy in 2004. The picnic begins at 5 p.m. and features a silent and live auction, as well as pre-picnic field trips, a Kids Tent and a short program that includes recognizing the Conservancy’s “Volunteer of the Year” and “Business Supporter of the Year.” A local foods-focused meal will be served, along with local wines. Tickets are $30 for adults until July 30, when the price increases to $35. Tickets for Kids Tent children under 12 are just $5.
Good Harbor Day
NewsThis painting is an imaginary place, based on an adventure at Good Harbor Bay with my friend Marilyn. Years ago, we were having a hot, dry summer similar to our present conditions. We hiked for miles down the beach under sunny skies, while a dark cloud appeared in the northeast above the Whaleback. The storm moved in so rapidly we were engulfed long before we expected, far from our cars. Lightning and thunder crashed down all around as we ran for the relative shelter of the fore dune pine copes. We could just feel the great joy of all the plants as the heavy down pour washed off the dust and filtered down the root zone. Marilyn and I however had to run two miles through the violent storm, covering each lightning strike, and reaching our car, soaking wet. We laughed all the way home.
Slide, Trina Hamlin, Mulebone, Ronny Cox perform at 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.
Port Oneida Run offers views of Lakeshore’s historic sites
Upcoming EventThe third annual Port Oneida Run — a 5K Barn to Barn Trail Run/Walk in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will take place on Saturday, August 4. The natural trail offers an inspiring alternative to paved courses, meandering through beautiful meadows, forests, and the pastoral landscape of farmsteads from the late 1800s in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District with bluff views over Lake Michigan.
Dreaming of Empire
Talk of the TownEmpire attorney Lea Ann Sterling grew tired of driving her children, Amelie and Daniel, back and forth to basketball practice at Glen Lake Schools when a perfectly good gymnasium in the Empire Schoolhouse sat vacant at the corner of M-22 and M-72, in the heart of Empire. So she began to dream.
Will climate change kill the Michigan cherry?
Investigative ArticleThat pie you ate at Cherry Republic last week wasn’t the fruit of a local tart cherry farmer’s labor — not this year, at least. The Glen Arbor retail company’s quick-thinking president Bob Sutherland imported those pie cherries from Poland after extreme weather this spring all but wiped out northern Michigan’s tart cherry crop.
Lake Street Studios holds Arts Collage
Upcoming EventOn Sunday, July 29 at 8 p.m. the annual Arts Collage event will take place outdoors at the Studio Stage, located behind Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor. The rain location is the Glen Arbor Town Hall. This year’s Arts Collage features guitarist Will Pearsall, poets Teresa Scollon and Anne-Marie Oomen and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.
What’s in a name? Meet Barbara
Local PersonalityA group of women in the Glen Arbor area have found a common bond, and it’s all in a name. More than 45 Barbaras have joined together to celebrate the simple fact that they share the same first name, and they are finding that they have many other similarities, too.
Letter from Romania, by a Leelanau native
Dispatch from AfarI was busy teaching in the Peace Corps all year, but school just ended. I’m writing to you on the Fourth of July. It’s weird to be in a place that’s a holiday only for me. I’m thinking of the Fourth of July on the Leelanau Peninsula, the families with their picnics, the bonfires on the beaches, fireworks in the night sky over Lake Michigan, dancing in the park up in Northport. I’m thinking of all the carpenters I know who loaded up their trucks and drove to New Orleans after Katrina.
Center Gallery features Margo Burian
Upcoming EventPaintings of Leelanau County’s land and water — as processed through the imagination of Grand Rapids artist Margo Burian — are on display next at the Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios, in Glen Arbor. A public reception opens the show on July 27 at 6 p.m.