Jazz North will rock the Sleeping Bear Dunes with its special blend of jazz and funk at the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s annual Dune Climb concert on Sunday, July 8, 7 p.m. The concert is free, but a National Park pass is required. Jazz North is a “little” big band comprising the best of acoustic
A panel of water activists and advocates talk about how the lakes, streams and ponds in our region are “More Than Just A View,” on Sunday, July 15, 2 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This conversational interview will be conducted by GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal. The “More Than
The blues duo Mulebone returns to the Manitou Music Festival stage on Sunday, July 15, 8 pm. Mulebone brings inventive instrumental know-how and expressive blues that evoke the Mississippi Delta to Studio Stage at 6023 S. Lake St. behind Lake Street Studios. The Manitou Music Festival is a project of the Glen Arbor Arts Center.
Glen Arbor watershed biologist Rob Karner takes Glen Arbor Arts Center visitors on a visual voyage aboard the good ship Discovery on Tuesday, July 17, 10 am., in the GAAC gallery, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Karner captains Discovery, a 22-foot pontoon boat that’s part of the Glen Lake Association’s water monitoring program. The July 17 program
Jeremy Kittel, one of the great violinists and creative musicians of his generation, brings it all to the Manitou Music Festival stage on Wednesday, July 18, 8 pm. Kittel is known for his technical expertise and sonic sensitivity. He is a composer and performer, and blends inventive ideas and techniques from other genres into Irish
Artists have been inspired by H2O since its first surprising visualization in the prehistoric African Sahara. Artist Hank Feeley springboards off of this history and into “The Art of Water in 28 ½ Minutes,” July 19, 11 am in the Glen Arbor Arts Center gallery, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Cost of the presentation is $10 GAAC
The Glen Arbor Players perform Leland playwright Priscilla Cogan’s new work, “The Summer Cottage,” on July 20 + 21, 7:30 pm in the auditorium at the Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, in Glen Arbor. Cogan’s work, a full-length, comedy drama, brings four generations of women to a lakeside cottage where they confront a range of
The Glen Arbor Players perform Leland playwright Priscilla Cogan’s new work, “The Summer Cottage,” on July 20 +21, 7:30 pm in the auditorium at the Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, in Glen Arbor. Cogan’s work, a full-length, comedy drama, brings four generations of women to a lakeside cottage where they confront a range of persistent
The Moxie Strings take to the Manitou Music Festival stage with their polished, high-energy spin on Celtic and American music on Sunday, July 22, 8 pm. — an electrifying combination of Diana Ladio on fiddle, cellist Alison Lynn, joined by percussionist Fritz McGirr. The MMF Studio Stage is located at 6023 S. Lake St. behind
Vocalist Kathy Lamar presents a diverse evening of R+B, soul and jazz on Wednesday, July 25 as part of the Manitou Music Festival. Lamar and company appear on Studio Stage, located behind Lake Street Studios at 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. During her 40-year career, Lamar, a Grand Rapids native, has sung backup and
The Glen Arbor Players perform “The Diaries and Adam and Eve,” an adaptation of two Mark Twain stories about a couple in Paradise. The performance is July 27 + 28, 7:30 pm at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, 4902 W. MacFarlane Road, Glen Arbor. GAP regular Ron Smith wears many hats in this production.
The Crane Wives do a musical fly-through to the Manitou Music Festival Studio Stage on Sunday, July 29, 8 pm. Studio Stage is located behind Lake Street Studios, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. This four-person indie folk group is a familiar presence at the Manitou Music Festival. The Crane Wives came together in Grand
