BBQ and Brew Fest fun!

Anne Krawzcak and Patty Smith sample the BBQ chicken served by contest winner Bob Cook. Despite the rain, the mood was fun and festive under the tent for the First Annual Glen Arbor BBQ & Brew Fest! Photo by Grace Dickinson The Glen Arbor Sun staff will take a brief hiatus until we publish our […]

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Dispatches from the Democratic National Convention

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Founding editor Jacob Wheeler was in Denver last week reporting for Chicago-based magazine, In These Times (www.inthesetimes.com), on the Democratic National Convention and the coronation of Barack Obama as the party’s presidential nominee. Here are his dispatches: Was Hillary’s speech a turning point? Many Clinton supporters in Denver swallow doubts, […]

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Chamber sponsors microbrew festival

By Linda Peppler Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce Imagine the aroma of barbeque tickling our senses. Imagine this on a clear fall day in Glen Arbor. Imagine no more. The Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its inaugural BBQ and Brew Festival on Saturday, September 13 from noon until 4 p.m. under a tent […]

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Old Hellos, New Goodbyes: Laker Shakes Scoop!

By F. Josephine Arrowood Sun contributor For many residents and visitors to the Glen Lake area, summer’s relaxed pace and delicious warmth wouldn’t be complete without a cool, smooth malted, cone or sundae from Laker Shakes. The venerable Burdickville destination, on the east side of Big Glen Lake, has been owned and operated by Richard […]

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Re-lighting South Manitou

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor Half a century after the lighthouse on South Manitou Island went dark, the 104-foot-high landmark will soon illuminate the treacherous waters of the Manitou Passage once again. The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (the local branch of the National Park Service) has teamed up with the Manitou Island Memorial Society […]

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South Manitou Memories

By Grace Dickinson Johnson Sun contributor There’s something about an island that lures the traveler from the mainland and beckons the voyager on a passing vessel. Times on South Manitou Island were spent within a mist of great natural beauty. My sister, Terry Dickinson, and Sandy Holds were best friends during their school years at […]

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Olympics at Art’s, through the eyes of a native son

By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor For most of us, the Beijing Olympics earlier this month represented a spectacle happening a world away. Lost somewhere over 12 time zones was any sense of familiarity (and a television delay meant that anyone with Internet access already knew which record American übermensch swimmer Michael Phelps was about to […]

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Saving Dunegrass

By Norm Wheeler Sun editor “A lotta people didn’t get paid, that’s the buzz.” In the last issue of the Glen Arbor Sun I wrote about the amazing, over-the-top musical extravaganza that was the 2008 Dunegrass & Blues Festival in Empire from July 31-August 3. Here’s the rest of the story: By Saturday noon of […]

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Renowned watercolor artist offers fall workshop

Press release During the peak of fall color the Glen Arbor Art Association will host world-renowned watercolorist Frank Webb for a four-day workshop, October 7-10, at The Homestead resort north of Glen Arbor. Sixty years as a professional artist back up Webb’s current activities in painting, lecturing, jurying and writing. As an invited instructor he […]

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Returning to Tibet

By Peter Richards Sun contributor September 25, 2005 is a day I will always remember. On that day I flew for 24 hours from Marquette, Michigan, to Nirita, Japan, to Beijing, China, to Chundu, Tibet. Once I staggered off of the plane, I could see the Himalayas, and realize of my goal of hiking Mt. […]

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