Mountain Flowers Lodge at The Homestead With a career spanning from the Magic Castle in Los Angeles to New York’s Off-Broadway playhouses, Award-winning actor, playwright, and magician Ben Whiting is one of the world’s premiere entertainers. With corporate and private clients alike prizing his humor, originality, and ability to connect with an audience, Ben combines
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting ranger-led snowshoe hikes every Saturday at 1:00 p.m. from January 7, 2017 through March 11, 2017. Meet at the visitor center at 9922 Front St. Empire, MI. If you don’t have your own, snowshoes will be loaned at no charge. Participants need only purchase the park entrance
Join the folks from local radio station Z-93 for a Ski Day at The Homestead. They bring the notorious Hummer for the live remote and play the stations music while you glide down the slopes between 2pm - 5pm. What a great way for local kids and families enjoy the afternoon of a half day of school!
What is your favorite soup? Is it bean with ham or perhaps tomato bisque, cheddar broccoli or chicken noodle? No matter your preference, you’re invited to celebrate National Homemade Soup Day on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at The Homestead’s “Super Soups” contest. While homemade soup can be traced back to about 20,000 BC, the word
An extension of our popular summer concert series, The Homestead is hosting a concert at Mountain Flowers Saturday, February 4 from 7pm to 10pm. The music and energy will be so inspiring you'll have a hard time sitting still. Jazz North is a "little" big band combining the best acoustic and electric jamz for all genres.
Winterfest Festivities start at 7am with the beginning of the Perch Fishing Contest then the Chili Cookoff, kicks off at Noon at Boonedocks in Glen Arbor.
Mountain Flowers Lodge at The Homestead Join in on some good 'ole fashioned family fun. Local folk musicians and story tellers host an evening of sing-a-long songs and story time at Mountain Flowers Lodge from 5:30pm to 8:30pm. We'll also have the outdoor fireplace roaring for marshmallow roasting and s'mores. Adults: $12; Children $9; Children
Trio Jazz Volume 1, a closer look at jazz and the popular songs that make up our national songbook, is the next installment of the Glen Arbor Art Association’s “Mostly Music” series, Sunday, Feb. 19, 7 p.m. at the Leelanau School Dining Hall in Glen Arbor. Tickets are $12, and available at the door or
An extension of our popular summer concert series, The Homestead is hosting a concert at Mountain Flowers Saturday, February 25 from 7pm to 10pm. This concert features Robin Connell on keyboards, Kathy Lamar as vocalist, Laurie Sears on saxaphone and flute, Neil Gordon on guitar and Mark Weymouth on drums. It's a fun, lively group
Join us for a special program by the Empire Area Museum: On March 4th we'll enjoy a night of remembering the ole Empire Lumber Co. on this 100th anniversary of it's final burning.
Lisa Wheeler, author of the 2017 Michigan Reads children's book "Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum", will present a special preschool story hour at the Glen Lake Library. Lisa will bring her rollicking story to life with puppets, finger plays and singing. Her visit to Empire is part of a state-wide tour sponsored by the Library of
The Glen Arbor Art Association Readers’ Theater will hold auditions for two plays by British playwright J.M. Barrie on Wednesday, April 26, 7 p.m. at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor. Barrie’s plays, The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and The Twelve-Pound Look, are both set in London in
