Friday and Saturday, August 10 & 11, Port Oneida Rural and Cultural Fair from 10:00 am – 4 pm History comes to life at six historic farmsteads and the Port Oneida Schoolhouse in Port Oneida. Presented by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Event is free, Park pass required. Learn
August 12, Sunday Open Gardens for the Family from 11am - 2pm Drop in to explore the Olsen farm vegetable Garden with fun, guided activities for all ages. You might discover what’s growing in season, practice historic planting techniques, go on an insect safari or explore the wild world of soil!
The Summer Singers, an all-volunteer group of 50 voices, put a period on the 2018 Manitou Music Festival. This traditional MMF closing concert is Tuesday, August 14, 7 pm. The concert takes place at Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, in Burdickville. The concert is free. As the traditional closing act of
Join us August 16 at the Cherry Public House Are you free this Thursday night? Bob Sutherland and his wife, Stephanie -- along with several members of Cherry Republic's staff -- are hosting a fun and informative gathering with the Michigan League of Conservation Voters (MLCV) to talk about what we all can do to protect our precious
Linda Beeman looks “at nature through the eyes of mokuhanga” — an ancient form of Japanese woodblock printing. And what the artists sees will be on display Aug. 17 - 30 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. A artist’s reption to open the exhibition is Friday, Aug. 17, 6 - 8 pm.
An annual tradition returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The GAAC’s 2018 Member Show, a showcase of GAAC members’ talents, opens August 17 with an artists’ reception, 6 – 8 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor. The GAAC Members’ Show will display up to 50 works by as many member-artists.
Traverse City painter Royce Deans exhibits a new body of working that offers a glimpse into his ongoing relationship with the Leelanau landscape August 31 - September 13 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. An artist’s reception to open the show is Friday, August 31, 6 pm - sundown in the gallery.
After a year’s hiatus for construction, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist-in- Residence program resumed in May 2018. This program of working residencies was established in the 1990s, and now attracts applicants from throughout the United States. John Hartig, a resident of Trenton, Michigan, is one of seven artists selected to participate in the 2018 program. He plans
Center Gallery exhibits the fiber constructions of three Northern Michigan artists in its final 2018 exhibition. The work of Midge Obata, Holly Sorensen and Elizabeth Rodgers Hill opens with a reception on Friday, September 14, 6 pm - sundown, and runs through Sunday, October 7 at the Glen Arbor gallery located at 6023 S. Lake
The Glen Arbor Arts Center presents agriCULTURE: Barnyards and Farmscapes, a juried exhibition exploring the interconnections of food, farming and community through the lenses of art, architecture, film, history and theater. agriCULTURE opens Friday, September 14 with a reception from 6 – 8 pm. The show runs through November 1. agriCULTURE zeros in on the
After a year’s hiatus for construction, the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Artist-in-Residence program resumed in May 2018. This program of working residencies was established in the 1990s, and now attracts applicants from throughout the United States. Sagatuck, Michigan painter Anne Corlett’s goal for her residency is to create awareness-raising paintings of West Michigan’s shoreline and
The Glen Arbor Arts Center presents “What Will Be In The Fields Tomorrow?”, a readers’ theater-style production, Saturday, September 29, 7 – 9 pm at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. “Fields” touches on a wide range of issues at the center of modern agriculture: food production, food quality, sustainable agriculture, and the
