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From staff reports In advance of Glen Lake Restaurant Week, May 1-9, we reached out to several participating restaurants to ask our local chefs what excites them about this culinary opportunity before the local tourism season kicks into gear. Participating restaurants will offer their own 3-course prix-fixe dinner for $25. Some establishments will offer $15 […]

In advance of Glen Lake Restaurant Week, May 1-9, we reached out to La Becasse chef Guillaume Hazaël-Massieux to ask what excites him about this culinary opportunity before the local tourism season kicks into gear.

In advance of Glen Lake Restaurant Week, May 1-9, we reached out to Blu chef Randy Chamberlain to ask what excites him about this culinary opportunity before the local tourism season kicks into gear.

Don’t miss the Glen Lake Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Glen Lake Restaurant Week, which returns next week May 1–9. And look for interviews with Restaurant Week’s top chefs, all this week on GlenArborSun.com. This culinary celebration of the Glen Arbor area offers an array of dining options “from French Fries to French cuisine.”

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice, and longtime Glen Arbor resident Elizabeth “Betty” Weaver has passed on. She was 74. Weaver served on the Supreme Court for nearly 16 years, from 1994 until 2010, and was Chief Justice from 1999 until 2001. Weaver was an adored and respected member of the Glen Arbor community. She lived on the banks of the Crystal River, just east of town.

The next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert will be held on Sunday, April 26, from 4-6 p.m. at Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor. This event celebrates the third year anniversary of the Emergency Fund Program with a wonderful featured performance by Jim Crockett and the Beach Bards.

It was a hectic morning last week when the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) opened its online registration on March 31 for the Aug. 1 Plein Air Paint Out event. Registration opened at 9:30 a.m. and before 2 p.m. all 60 spots had filled.

Mark your calendars for the next Empire Area Community Emergency Fund Concert on Sunday, March 29, from 4-6 p.m. at Art’s Tavern in Glen Arbor. This will be a very special performance by featured artists Sue and Bill Dungjen.

The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) will open artists’ registration for the annual Plein Air Weekend on Tuesday, March 31. Member artists are invited to register beginning on March 31 at 9:30 a.m.; non-members may register beginning April 3. Only online registration will be accepted. According to GAAA Director, Peg McCarty, registration for the popular Saturday, Aug. 1 Paint Out fills quickly. A waiting list will be taken once the Saturday event registration has filled.

Pianist/composer Jeff Haas is the next “Talk About Art” interview on April 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA), 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Haas, a Traverse City resident, has spent his adult life making music work. He’s a classically trained pianist who has become the voice of jazz and blues in this region thanks to his long-running public radio program “The New Jazz Archive”, a weekly series that explores jazz’s place in the American story.