• National Library Week at the Glen Lake Library

    Glen Lake Community Library 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, United States

    The Glen Lake Library will celebrate National Library Week, from April 13 – 18, with a series of special events. Scheduled programs include a screening of the new movie Unbroken, an open house at the library with refreshments and a demonstration of online resources, and a presentation by local shipwreck diver Ross Richardson. For details,

    FREE
  • National Park Week

    Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 9922 Front Street, Empire, MI, United States

    National Park Week | April 18th - 26th, 2015 America's national parks are filled with iconic landscapes, vibrant culture, and rich history. During National Park Week, April 18-26, 2015, you can explore them in depth. Take some time to visit and explore areas of our beloved Sleeping Bear Dunes this week! National Park Pass Required,

  • Talk About Art: Contemporary Painter E.J. Fitzpatrick

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    Contemporary painter E.J. Fitzpatrick is the next “Talk About Art” interview April 30, 7:30 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Art Association, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.   Fitzpatrick marries the intuitive and the planned into a working model for her abstract work. The Northport artist has developed a vocabulary of abstract imagery with which

    Free
  • Lions Club Pancake Breakfast

    Cedar / Maple City Lions Club 100 E Bellinger Rd., Maple city

    ANNUAL Cedar / Maple City Lions Club Pancake Breakfast – being held March 1, April 12, and May 3, 2015. If you have not had the opportunity to attend – it is well worth it, and for a GREAT cause! 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the LIONS COMMUNITY BUILDING DOWNTOWN MAPLE CITY next to

    $7
  • Readers Theater Auditions for God Bless The Child

    Glen Arbor Art Associations, Readers€™ Theater will hold Auditions Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30 pm. The play €œGod Bless the Child is an actor€™s dream. Needed are two women, and four men.  The dialogue and depth of character make this play a gift for actors. Performance dates are 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 12 and Saturday,

  • Annual Mother's Day Brunch at The Leelanau School

    Leelanau School 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    The Annual Mother's Day Brunch at The Leelanau School on Sunday, May 10th! Open to the Public! This is a joint project between our school and the Glen Lake School's National Honor Society. The brunch runs from 11-2 pm and includes an assortment of great items like local, high quality ham, turkey, assorted sides, hot

    $15
  • Artist-in-Residence Talk: Musician Matthew Tropman

    Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI

    The Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) kicks off its 14th season of artist-in-residence talks May 14, 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Musician Matthew Tropman, one of seven artists who will participate in GAAA’s 2015 Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program, will talk about his residency.   Tropman, a Michigan native now living

    Free
  • Blossom: A Springtime Members Show

    The Glen Arbor Art Association is holding an exhibition of 35 of its members’ paintings and photographs.  There will be an opening reception 6 pm - 8 pm, Friday, May 15 and the exhibit viewing will be open weekdays until June 15. The show will be judged and prizes will be announced at the opening

  • Asparagus Festival Poetry Contest

    Glen Lake Community Library 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, United States

    The Glen Lake Library in Empire will host a poetry contest on Saturday, May 16 at 2:00 pm, as part of the upcoming Empire Asparagus Festival. Poems should be submitted to the library by Thursday, May 14. For more details see the library's website at www.glenlakelibrary.net, or call 326-5361.

  • Stewardship of the Glen Lake watershed

    Glen Arbor Township Hall

    The Glen Lake Library will host a presentation by biologist and science teacher Rob Karner on Monday, May 18, 7:00 pm, at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. Rob will discuss the unique nature of our Glen Lake watershed, describing the various threats to its environmental health, and offering strategies for property owners to help preserve

  • Charles Murphy: New Paintings

    Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios

    Center Gallery opens its 2015 May 22 with new works of Up North icons by Traverse City painter Charles Murphy. A public reception for the artist is 6 p.m. at the gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.   Murphy’s new body of work reflects his affinity for classic, northern Michigan symbols – boats, barns,

    Free
  • Artist-in-Residence Talk: Photographer Eric Hatch

    Travel photographer Eric Hatch talks about his artist’s residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association (GAAA) May 28, 7:30 p.m. at the GAAA, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.   Hatch, of Loveland, Ohio, will use his two-week GAAA residency to continue his exploration of long-exposure photographs, and to move from strictly color imagery to

    Free