Though the 2020 Empire Asparagus Festival was canceled last weekend due to the coronavirus pandemic, the virtual Ode to Asparagus poetry reading on Saturday, May 16, drew 19 submissions and 20 people who tuned in via Zoom to read their poems or to listen.
Amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, the Empire Chamber of Commerce will hold favorite events online for annual festival From staff reports The third weekend of May is typically one of the busiest weekends of the year in the village of Empire. Each spring the Empire Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Asparagus Festival to celebrate the […]
The Empire Asparagus Festival—originally scheduled for May 15-16 in downtown Empire—has been canceled, festival organizer Paul Skinner told the Glen Arbor Sun. Other popular Leelanau County events have postponed until the fall. The Cedar Polka Festival will be moved from mid-June to September 17-20, 2020.
The idea of opening a small market in Empire dawned on Mae Stier last spring after Deering’s Market closed. Shuttered was a lifeblood business in this close-knit town. For decades, community members had come to Deering’s to buy food and daily provisions, to cross paths and interact.
Here are the winners of this year’s Empire Asparagus Festival recipe contest, held earlier this month in Empire.
Here are the winners of this year’s Ode to Asparagus poetry contest at the Empire Asparagus Festival
Free to enter, this year’s Empire Asparagus Festival recipe competition on Saturday, May 19, is open to anyone who loves asparagus. Participants create asparagus dishes for the public to sample while competing for cash prizes.
The quirky local festival featuring the pungent green stalk returns to Leelanau. The Empire Asparagus Festival returns for its 15th delectable year.
The Glen Lake Library in Empire will once again host an Ode to Asparagus poetry contest as part of the upcoming Empire Asparagus Festival.
Winners of this year’s Empire Asparagus Festival poetry contest.