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Skimmin’ off the top
Photo Spread, Upcoming EventSleeping Bear Surf & Kayak in Empire holds its second annual Skimboard competition on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. at North Bar Lake. Registration costs $20, begins at 10 a.m. and includes a t-shirt. Be sure to have a National Park pass in your car. Last year’s event featured 40 competitors.
Take Five! TC Film Festival Returns
Talk of the Town, Upcoming EventBy Pat Stinson Sun contributor When the curtain rises on the fifth Traverse City Film Festival, held July 28 through August 2, this moviegoer will skip down the sidewalks like Tom Hanks in Big (showing Saturday night at the Open Space), but with a fistful of tickets in one hand and a box of popcorn […]
Arts Collage needs an audience
Upcoming EventBy Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor Harry Fried is frantic. The chilly, wet weather has been playing games with him all summer, and the spontaneous thunderstorms make it nearly impossible to decide where to set up for the installments of the Manitou Music Festival. On the afternoon of a concert, you can find Fried pacing the […]
Dunegrass savior: Glen Arbor Sun interview with Ryan Lake
Local Personality, Talk of the Town, Upcoming EventBy Jacob Wheeler Sun editor You’d have a hard time imagining it once you see how great this year’s Dunegrass Festival (July 31-Aug. 2) turns out, but Ryan Lake and Win Win Productions didn’t come aboard to help revive Empire’s cherished music festival until two months ago. Seemingly dead in the water after last year’s […]
Appalachian poetry in motion
Upcoming EventBy Lindsay Simmons Sun contributor Mary Ann Samyn is a poet. “Poetry is how I make sense of the world,” she says. Soon, Samyn will be drawing inspiration from Leelanau County while she spends the beginning of August as one of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s artists in residence. As other artists in residence, Samyn […]
Hilltop Music
Upcoming EventJeff Haas Quintet performs atop Homestead hill Press release The Jeff Haas Quintet will perform at the top of The Homestead ski hill on Thursday, July 30 at 7 p.m. This amazing venue offers magnificent views of Lake Michigan and the Manitou Islands. Chairlifts and golf carts will be available to transport the audience to […]
Third annual Running Bear 5K and Kid’s Run
Upcoming EventPress release The Glen Arbor Women’s Club will hold its third annual Running Bear 5K Run/Walk and half-mile Kid’s Run on Tuesday, July 28. This is the third year for this great event, which replaced the Glen Arbor Women’s Club’s annual October Smorgasbord after more than 40 years. The Smorgasbord had been a favorite with […]
“Everyday Art” at North Gallery
Business Feature, Local PersonalityBy F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor With its bright red carriage doors beckoning a warm welcome, Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor — a former three-stall mechanics’ garage — houses several stellar art galleries, each with its distinctive focus on beautifully crafted and aesthetically pleasing goods. Step through the left-hand doors into North Gallery, and […]
Art and camaraderie in Glen Arbor
Business Feature, Local Personality, Upcoming EventBy Nadine Gilmer Sun contributor Just west of the Good Harbor Grill and Boone Docks, on the Lake Michigan side of M-109 in Glen Arbor, are several art galleries run by four women who have developed an interesting camaraderie over the years. They’ve even gone so far as to call themselves sisters. They are Ruth […]
Concierge Up North serves less frantic vacations
Business FeatureBy Pat Stinson Sun contributor Everyone’s idea of the perfect vacation differs, but most of us would appreciate having some help with our travel plans, whether we journey 500 miles or 5,000. And all of us would love an insider’s scoop on our destinations: sights to see, things to do and amenities or services about […]