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Leelanau Lab captures area beauty in photographs
Business Feature, Local PersonalityA graduate student in architecture at the University of Michigan, Keenan May has created an unassuming, simplistic space to show off his printed canvas photos and to disseminate his passion for Leelanau County. While most graduate students choose to celebrate the end of their first year with friends and brews, Keenan wasted no time converting the garage and designing the layout of the empty space for the Memorial Day gallery opening.
Looking For Mr. Boizard
Historical FeatureIn this article I will continue to examine life during the Civil War through the first-hand accounts found in the fascinating Boizard letters, written between 1855-1888, and found in an old house in Glen Arbor. My focus here is on the letters written to and from Mr. John Oliver Boizard, who lived in Chicago from 1864 until his death in 1870, while his wife, Eleanor, and daughter, Marietta, lived in the woods across from the northern shore of Fisher Lake.
Designing a Timberpeg lifestyle in Cedar
Business FeatureAnne Noble and her husband John Rabideau live in a Cape Cod-styled timber frame home that serves as a model house for Grand Traverse Timberpeg®, a business they run together. And they’re surrounded not by the ghosts of pigs, cows and chickens but by their lively neighbors, the Dotsons, Judy Reinhardt and Jim Schwantes of the Sweeter Song Farm CSA and John and JoEllen Evans, known for their foster parenting and musical talents.
Baremans build beautiful home with reclaimed material
Investigative Article, Local PersonalityWhat’s remarkable about the Baremans’ work is that, wherever possible, they’ve used reclaimed and refurbished materials to improve their home, which they call the HalSeaOn House. Mark, who together with his brother owns a commercial construction business called Bareman & Associates, believes he’s saved 75 percent of the cost of buying new materials. Using reclaimed materials has cost him time, but that he writes off as a hobby.
Dune Climb Concert features Paul Keller Orchestra
Upcoming EventThe Manitou Music Festival rings in its 21st year on July Fourth weekend with a free Saturday concert by the Northport Community Band, one of Leelanau County’s favorite groups. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to the lawn outside the Glen Arbor Athletic Club for a 4 p.m. concert of patriotic music. In case of rain, the concert will be held in the Glen Arbor Township Hall.
Glen Arbor gears up for Fourth of July
NewsGlen Arbor’s celebration of Uncle Sam’s 235th birthday kicks off with a 4 p.m. performance of patriotic music by the Northport Community Band on Saturday, July 2, at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club.
Verizon service to be restored this Friday
Business Feature, Investigative Article, Talk of the TownLike many Glen Arborites, Molly Melin is frustrated. Earlier this week her Verizon Wireless cell phone went from full strength to “no service.” She’s been hampered without phone service, data connections, and text messages. Luckily, this Friday will see service restored.
Center Gallery announces exhibitions
Upcoming EventCenter Gallery at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor begins its summer of weekly exhibitions July 1 with metal sculpture by Rod Bearup. The exhibition opens with a public reception at 6 p.m., and runs through July 7.
Rejuvenated Duneswood Resort celebrates diversity and inclusion
Business Feature, Local PersonalityThe venerable Duneswood resort, snuggled up against the towering majesty of the old Dune Climb on M-109, has taken on a new shine, as second-generation owner Debbie Rettke renovates and rejuvenates in time for high summer season.
Fuzz Foster helps Beach Bards start 23rd season
Local PersonalityFuzz Foster, along with original Beach Bards Bob Sutherland, Anne-Marie Oomen, Les Dalgliesh and me, and long-time Bards Bronwyn Jones and Joe VanderMeulen, kicked off the 23rd season of by-heart poetry, storytelling, and music on The Leelanau School beach on Friday, June 24.