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Nittolos eat Italy and Spain, bring tapas home
Business Feature, Food/Organic Living, Local PersonalityWhen Eric Nittolo, owner of Nittolo’s Seafood & Pizza in Lake Leelanau, travels to Europe, he brings a family entourage and they eat like royalty, night after night. With each plate, in each city, Eric challenges himself to learn something new, to bring culinary lessons home to Lake Leelanau. Every night on his trips to Italy, Spain and the Baltic countries, Eric took mental notes on how he could incorporate these culinary lessons back home. Now at Nittolo’s you can order a Tuscan wild boar pizza served with smoked mozzarella. And on May 17, a Spanish Tapas lounge will open at Nittolo’s.
Dancing sunset
Photo SpreadWater and light dance together during a Lake Michigan sunset following an early April storm with gail-force winds. Photo by Jenny Elyse Bremer
Glen Arbor Arts Center holds Outdoor Gallery Panel Auction
Upcoming EventAll five panels from the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s (GAAC) 2022 Outdoor Gallery exhibition will be available for acquisition. The GAAC is holding an online auction April 25-27. The five-foot square artworks are reproductions of original, acrylic paintings by Carrie Hensel, the Ann Arbor winner of the 2022 Outdoor Gallery competition.
Thornhill, Wessell, Moore receive NMEAC environmental awards
Local Personality, NewsThe Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council—an advocacy group which has fought to protect northern Michigan’s environment through citizen action and education since 1980—held its 34th environmentalist of the year award celebration on April 14 at the Milliken Auditorium at Northwestern Michigan College. Leelanau County residents Kate Thornhill, Ty Wessell, and Taylor Moore received awards.
Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts Creativity Q+A LIVE with Angela Saxon
Local Personality, Upcoming EventHow do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC). On Sunday, April 23, at 1 pm Leelanau County artist Angela Saxon talks about her practice with Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager. The program is free. No reservations are required. Doors open at noon.
Manitou Music series evolves, spreads throughout community
Upcoming EventA variety of sounds will fill the air during the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Manitou Music series this year, from piano to saxophones to drums, drums and more drums. The series kicks off April 28 with pianist Tyler Faruzzi, and concludes Aug. 24 with New Music Detroit’s take on chamber music, featuring works by 20th-century composers.
Tick exposures on the rise; Health Department warns public
NewsSpringtime means more people head outdoors, which also means the chances of incidental human-tick interactions increase. Several kinds of ticks can carry dangerous bacteria, viruses, or parasites. Not all tick bites will make you sick, but tick-borne diseases do occur in Michigan, such as Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Babesiosis. Last year, the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department reported 34 suspected or confirmed cases of Lyme Disease and six suspected or confirmed cases of Ehrlichiosis.
Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Little Free Art Gallery brings art to the masses
Local PersonalityThere is a phenomenon—albeit a very small one—sweeping the country, and it has made its way to Glen Arbor: the “Free Little Art Gallery” (FLAG). It was the ingenious idea of Glen Arborite, Michele Aucello, to install one on the grounds of the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC). Founded in May 2021, Aucello branded the micro-gallery: the “Little Free Art Gallery.” Despite the differentiating nomenclature, its purpose and spirit are indistinguishable from that of the countless FLAGs in existence: “Make Art, Take Art, Love Art.” The concept is gaining traction everywhere.
Glen Lake Restaurant Week returns, April 28-May 6
Business Feature, Upcoming EventGlen Lake Restaurant Week—Friday, April 28, until Saturday, May 6—offers an array of dining options “from French Fries to French Cuisine.” Each establishment will offer a mouthwatering prix-fixe menu. Participating restaurants include: Art’s Tavern, Blu, Cherry Public House, Funistrada, Good Harbor Grill, Inn & Trail Gourmet, La Bécasse, Nonna’s Italian Ristorante and Western Avenue Grill.
Leelanau Conservancy, Leland Old Art Building host Earth Week events
Upcoming EventPhoto by Mark Smith / Leelanau Conservancy From staff reports The Leelanau Conservancy and Old Art Building in Leland have planned a week of dynamic events for Earth Week 2023. Scroll down for more information and links to sign up. Every year the Leelanau Conservancy hosts Earth Week, which includes a series of fun and […]