Don’t miss this weekend’s ninth annual Empire Asparagus Festival, which celebrates the arrival of spring and precedes the official opening of Northern Michigan’s tourism season a week later.
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The Glen Lake Library in Empire is hosting the “Ode to Asparagus” poetry contest as part of the upcoming 2012 Empire Asparagus Festival, to be held the weekend before Memorial Day weekend. Poems will be judged in adult and youth categories, with prizes awarded in each group.
Misers’ Hoard will hold a grand re-opening celebration on Friday, June 24. After many years of dealing antiques, the Empire store recently expanded its business to include new items. Paul and Heidi Skinner’s expansion included giving up almost their entire first floor of living space — what dedication!
Empire Asparagus Festival 2011 poetry winners. First place, Kimberlee Johnson. Second place, Mary O’Neil. Third place, Paula K. Darling.
On May 20 and 21, join the Village of Empire for its eighth annual Asparagus Festival in downtown Empire. Help celebrate the arrival of this welcome spring bounty by penning a tribute and submitting it in the 2011 Empire Asparagus Festival Poetry Contest.