The first Glen Arbor Labor Day Bridge Walk took place in 1995. It is now a tradition that spans 20 years, so let us recall the reason why this annual walk across the M-22 Narrows Bridge came about.
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The Glen Arbor Art Association invites artists to submit original paintings for the annual Manitou Music Festival poster competition. Deadline for the 2016 poster competition is Sept. 20.
Peter and Cassidy (Edwards) Fisher are exceptions to the Michigan brain drain. Natives of Glen Arbor and bearing last names that are part of the town’s fabric, they forsook the East Coast and returned five years ago to make Leelanau their home.
From staff reports It doesn’t get any better than seeing all those cute kids ready to run their first race in the Running Bear Run’s ½ Mile Kids’ Run. They are so excited and can’t wait to start the race. Then there are the best runners from all over the area warming up and ready […]
From staff reports “Slow down and enjoy the scenery” is painter Susan Keen’s guiding principle — and the focus of a new body of Northern Michigan landscapes. This show of familiar roadside views opens Sept. 4 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor. An artist’s reception is 6-8 p.m. Keen, a resident […]
Hank Feeley’s latest painting is #OccupySugarLoaf, a humorous poke at the once popular ski resort which has been closed for 15 years while apparently languishing under the care of a series of disingenuous conmen and charlatans.
Sun co-editor Mike Buhler took these photos of the destruction to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Glen Arbor area following the Aug. 2 megastorm.
By David Pistorius Sun contributor In late July, two weeks before the Aug. 2 megastorm dropped trees helter sketler on Glen Arbor, approximately 100 members of the Tuschhoff family gathered here for their 50th family reunion (they come from far and wide, and meet every 5 years, typically near a National Park). You couldn’t miss […]
Many Leelanau homeowners are hoping the governor’s state of disaster proclamation following the Aug. 2 megastorm will help fund their debris cleanup. Unfortunately, they may find those hopes dashed, especially if they expect financial help any time soon.
At about 4 p.m. on Saturday evening, Aug. 1, more than 60 artists gathered for a thank-you dinner given by the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) before the Plein Air Paint Out Wet Painting Sale Reception. Art lovers began lining up at 5 to view the artwork that culminated the weekend’s events. The GAAA was filled with close to 300 art patrons and artists enjoying a lovely evening. Who would ever imagine that fewer than 24 hours later Glen Arbor would be hit by a megastorm that ravaged Leelanau County. That evening was literally the calm before the storm.