• Farm Fresh: New Paintings by Jeff Condon

    Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios

    Grand Rapids artist Jeff Condon opens up his mental file of images -- collected over a lifetime living in the city and country -- and returns to Center Gallery with an exhibition of contemporary landscapes. This show opens Aug. 12 with a 6 p.m. reception, and runs through Aug. 18. Center Gallery is located at

    Free
  • Port Oneida Chicken BBQ

    August 12th  4:30 – 6:30 Port Oneida Chicken BBQ At Charles Olsen Farm – proceeds benefit the Port Oneida Fair. Must buy tickets in advance. $15 donation. Music by Northport Community Band. Tickets will be available starting June 30th. Ticket Information

  • Level 1 – Foundation in Self Governance

    Private Home xxx provided upon registration, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    This event is an Applied Civics course for all ages (recommended 9+ years of age), being held at a private home in Glen Arbor, MI August 14th from 2-8pm.

    50$
  • Manitou Music Festival presents Summer Singers

    Glen Lake Community Reformed Church 4902 W. MacFarlane Rd., Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    Enjoy an evening with the  Summer Singers, an all-volunteer group of fifty voices who will present a wide variety of vocal works under the direction of Dana Allen. This enthusiastic group of mixed voices has been singing to a packed house for many years. They are a popular local tradition.

    Free
  • Manitou Music Festival presents Mark Lavengood

    D.H. Day Campground Amphitheater 8000 W Harbor Hwy, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    Mark Lavengood is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and dobro player. Eccentricity and diversity are two names of his main frame.  “Lavengood has woven together a sound quilt of friendship and American Roots music that could have only happened in Michigan,” according to Seth Bernard.

    Free
  • Volunteer Preservation Project – North Manitou Island

    Our 8th trip to North Manitou to work on preservation projects on Cottage Row, a series of resort cottages sitting along the bluff, from the 1800s. Come for a minimum of 3 nights or more. opportunities for hikes and beautiful sunsets! Fills up quickly and preference is given to previous volunteers so sign up soon.

  • Music on the Mountain – Crossroads Band

    The Homestead 1 Wood Ridge Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    Crossroads is an all family band that performs jazz, funk, and contemporary music. Although Paul, the band's lead percussionist, always had visions of a family band, he never dreamed it would develop into what it has.  Joined by teenage sons Alex, lead guitarist and Steven, bass and vocalist and youngest John who serves up vocals and

    $15
  • Mokuhanga: New Japanese Woodblock Print by Linda Beeman

    Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios

    Linda Beeman, an Owosso, Michigan, resident specializing in Japanese woodblock printing, exhibits prints of Northern Michigan’s landscape and lakeshores, Aug. 19-Sept. 1 at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The show opens Aug. 19, 6 p.m. with a reception for the artist.   Beeman practices a time-consuming art with ancient roots in Japan.

    Free
  • Star Party at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

    Sleeping Bear Dunes - Dune Climb 6748 S Dune Hwy, Glen Arbor, MI, United States

    The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore).  Explore the Milky Way, Mars, and Saturn with park rangers and astronomers in the Dune Climb parking lot on Saturday, September 3 from 9:00 to 11:00 p.m. Experience the late summer night sky in near total darkness. During the event, Grand Traverse

    $7 – $15
  • Free Find Your Park Concert– Lukas Krolikowski, Classical Guitarist

    Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 9922 Front Street Highway M-72, Empire, MI, United States

    - On Thursday, September 1, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) can listen to classical guitarist and composer Lukas Krolikowski at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater. Krolikowski will be performing from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., and the concert is free with a park pass.   Krolikowski will present a program featuring original

    Free with park pass
  • Free Find Your Park Concert–Lukas Krolikowski, Classical Guitarist

    Platte River Campground Amphitheater 5683 Lake Michigan Road, Beulah, MI, United States

    On Thursday, September 1, visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (National Lakeshore) can listen to classical guitarist and composer Lukas Krolikowski at the Platte River Campground Amphitheater. Krolikowski will be performing from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., and the concert is free with a park pass. Krolikowski will present a program featuring original works written

    $07 – $015
  • Streets, Beaches, Cafes: Jazz Painting by Lisa Flahive

    Center Gallery at Lake Street Studios

    Traverse City artist Lisa Flahive paints the immediacy of local streets, beaches, cafes and jazz clubs. Her view of these diverse worlds will be on display at Center Gallery, 6023 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor, Sept. 2-15. A reception opens the exhibition on Sept. 2, 6-8 p.m. Working in a range of water-based paints, Flahive

    Free