By Marc Boissoneau Sun contributor “You don’t mind if I work while we talk, do you?” Carol Worsley asks. “Because as a cooking teacher, I’m used to working and talking.” On this particular day, Worsley is shelling shrimp for a friend, but she already has plans to bake scones and cookies when she finishes that […]
The Glen Arbor Art Association will host an exhibition of work by Jim Jacoby and David Westerfield, Aug. 30-Sept. 1 at the Art Association, 6031 S. Lake Street in Glen Arbor. Photographer Jacoby and oil painter Westerfield have teamed up for this show.
Wings of Wonder invites the public to its next raptor release at Little Traverse Inn, north of Glen Arbor on M-22. Three young Eastern Screech Owls will be released on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 8 p.m. A trio of attendees will have the opportunity to do the actual release.
Grand Rapids artists Jeff Condon paints the “Beauty of the Earth,” an exhibition of landscapes opening Aug. 30 at Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This show opens 6 p.m. with a reception.
The end of summer is nigh, but the good times aren’t over yet. Don’t miss the Glen Arbor Sidewalk Sales, when merchants offer their biggest sales of the year. The shopping fun runs from Thursday, Aug. 29 until Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2. Participating stores include the Cottage Book Shop, the M-22 Store, the Cyclery, Crystal River Outfitters, Art’s Tavern, Queen of Couture, Anderson’s Beach Shop, Lake Affect, the Sportsman’s Shop, Glen Arbor Botanicals, Northwoods Hardware and Wildflowers.
By Jacob Wheeler Sun editor The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will not close Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive and facilities at the Dune Climb, Glen Haven and other crowned jewels of this National Lakeshore — as local administrators had planned to do after Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of the summer tourism season in […]
Northport resident Michael Huey has written a new book, Straight as the Pine, Sturdy as the Oak, a history of Camp Leelanau for Boys, the Leelanau School, and the Homestead resort, from their inception in 1921 until 1963. These institutions shaped Glen Arbor during the 20th century, and continue today. The publisher is Vienna, Austria-based Schlebrügge. The 500-page hardcover book, which includes 300 vintage images, will soon be available for purchase at the Cottage Bookshop in Glen Arbor.
When the Glen Arbor Athletic Club closed this past May, it left the Old School building on M-22, arguably among Glen Arbor’s most recognizable landmarks, sitting vacant. But thanks to a group of local artists, the schoolhouse has again found a purpose.
On Sunday, Aug. 11 at 8 p.m. the jazz/swing singer-guitarist extraordinaire George Cole will perform with his quartet at Studio Stage, located at Lake Street Studios in Glen Arbor, as part of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival. On Wednesday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. the singer/songwriter Trina Hamlin and the jazz/swing duo The True Falsettos will perform outdoors on the Leelanau School Green, located at the Leelanau School in Glen Arbor. The rain location for both concerts is the Glen Arbor Town Hall. The festival is celebrating its 23rd season of jazz, classical, blues, folk, country, celtic, bluegrass and world music on the Leelanau Peninsula.
Jim Dorsey is the living grandson of 1850s pioneer John Dorsey. He and his wife Velma, and daughter and son-in-law, Christine and Duane Shugart, still live on the old home place on the south shore of Little Glen Lake. Where the farm and its sheep and cows used to be, is now a well-kept summer trailer park with a view of the dunes in the distance. Jim Dorsey says the Indians helped his grandfather locate this place, pervaded even now by an unusual peace and beauty.