Sue Boucher, owner of the Cottage Book Shop, and Connie Kroll of Century 21 Northland Real Estate and Northland Vacation Rentals, were voted co-presidents at the Glen Lake Chamber meeting on May 8.
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Painter Robert Ross likes “to paint ordinary, often overlooked scenes and subjects.” Ross takes viewers on a tour of these places and things in an exhibition of new work at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The show opens Friday, June 29, with a 6 p.m.-sundown reception, and continues through Thursday, July 5.
The Grand Traverse Area Home Builders Association’s Parade of Homes, June 14-17, will include a modern farm house on the Crystal River just steps away from downtown Glen Arbor.
Ronald Leroy Bialy returned in mid-April to Glen Arbor to be new head chef at the Manor on Glen Lake, 32 years after he worked at Le Bear restaurant (which is now Le Bear Resort). This spring the Manor has new floors, new amenities, and an enhanced American bistro-style menu that focuses on ribs, steaks, specialty potatoes, salads and homemade dressings.
Cady Hall scooped ice cream at the Pine Cone at age 14 and started waiting tables at the Good Harbor Grill a couple years later. A Glen Lake graduate now living with her family in Suttons Bay, Cady has joined forces with Cos Burroughs to manage the midtown mainstay eateries. The son of owners Ann and Brendan Burroughs, Cos has worked there all of his life.
Fine wine, great art and good music promise a beautiful evening at Glen Arbor Wines on Sunday, May 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. Glen Arbor Wines is located on Lake Street north of downtown. Join us for a celebration of wine made from grapes grown in the only vineyard in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
The Glen Lake Community Library kicks off building expansion fundraising on Memorial Day weekend at Northwoods Hardware, according to capital campaign chairperson Linda Young. The construction project will transform the present library and will nearly double the space while accommodating the needs of both children and the elderly.
Time for a day of fun and discovery with park rangers and skilled volunteers at the annual Glen Haven Days. The event will be held Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Glen Haven Historic Village and U.S. Life-Saving Service (USLSS) Station at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The festivities will include hands-on activities and costumed reenactments. All programs are free with a valid park pass.
Center Gallery hosts an artists’ reception to open its first exhibition of the 2018 season on Friday, May 25, from 6-8 p.m. at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A celebration of the region’s rural life—as seen by painters Barbara Cochran and Margie Guyot—launches Center Gallery’s 2018 season.
The Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) is issuing a call-for-entries for its next exhibition, “New Views: Water = Life = Art.” The exhibition runs June 1–August 4 in the GAAC gallery, 6031 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor.