Movie: An American Pickle
2023-01-26 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Detroit) | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Follow the hilarious journey of Herschel Greenbaum, who comes to America for a chance at a better life. After a freak accident Herschel awakens 100 years later in modern-day Brooklyn, confronting a new world while connecting with his great-grandson. Rated PG-13. Popcorn provided!

Soup Sunday at French Valley
2023-01-29 12:00 - 17:00 | French Valley Vineyard, 3655 South French Road, cedar, MI, 49621, United States
Warm up after hitting our 2.5 miles of groomed trails with a bowl of our hot soup of the day! Every Sunday in January.

Pop-Up Pasta Tuesdays
2023-01-31 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-07 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-14 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-21 17:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-28 17:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Complimentary bowl of gourmet pasta made by Inn and Trail Gourmet with the purchase of one glass of wine.

Yen Yoga at Nature
2023-02-01 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-02-08 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-02-15 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-02-22 17:30 - 18:30, 2023-03-01 17:30 - 18:30 | Nature, 2988 W Burdickville Rd, Maple City, MI, 49664, United States
Join us in an inspiring space for a community yoga class, held weekly on Wednesday’s at 5:30 pm. Hosted at Nature in Maple City by Yen Yoga & Fitness.
This ia an all-level yoga flow class. Please bring your own yoga mat and practice social distancing.
Sign up to participate is required at yenyogafitness.com You may sign up online up to 8 days in advance, or feel free to call us at 231-421-5496

Tamales and Live Music at French Valley Vineyard
2023-02-02 16:00 - 18:30, 2023-02-09 16:00 - 18:30, 2023-02-16 16:00 - 18:30, 2023-02-23 16:00 - 18:30, 2023-03-02 16:00 - 18:30 | French Valley Vineyard, 3655 South French Road, cedar, MI, 49621, United States
Live music and Spanglish tamales every Thursday night through April at French Valley Vineyard!
Enjoy 2 freshly made Spanglish tamales with chips & salsa and your choice of cider or select wines for just $15!
January Music Line Up
12 Luke Woltanski
19 Blair Miller
26 Rhett & John
February Music Line Up
2 Patrick Niemisto& Andre Villoch
9 Luke Woltanski
16 Dennis Palmer
23 Adam Sleder

Blotter Reading/Game @ Glen Arbor Wines
2023-02-02 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-09 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-02-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2023-03-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Join Darci Ricker at Glen Arbor Wines every Thursday for a fun weekly winter gathering. She presents a humorous reading of the (humorous) weekly Leelanau Enterprise Police Blotter calls. Stay for the infamous “Blotter Backstory” contest, in which participants write the backstory/endings of the most humorous calls. Prizes are given for most creative!

Walk + Talk The Exhibitions
2023-02-11 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
A guided walk-and-talk through the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Telling Stories and A Feral Housewife exhibitions takes place February 11 and, again, on March 4. Both programs begin at 11 am. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads a conversational tour of these exhibits about visual storytelling.
No one walks into a gallery and fully understands what the exhibiting artists intended to say with their work. During this one-hour program, Bearup-Neal will talk about the both exhibits’ theme; shed light on artists’ statements; and explore how artists use materials to communicate meaning, or make an idea more dynamic. Visitors will leave with a fuller understanding, and appreciation of the exhibit.
The Walk And Talk is free. To view both exhibits online, go to GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

SKI • SIP • SOUP
2023-02-11 14:00 - 18:00 | Bel Lago North Farm, MI, United States
Join Bel Lago Winemaker and avid skier Blake Lougheed for a guided cross-country ski and vineyard tour of Bel Lago’s North Farm. (Located at our Houdek Rd location)
The 2-mile trek will conclude at the farmhouse where skiers will be invited to warm up around the fire with hot soup and refreshments and a comparison wine tasting consisting of a selection of current and older library wines.
Tickets are $40/person and spaces are limited.
*Cross-country skiing is snow dependent. If the snow isn’t good for skiing, we’ll hike!

Technology Tuesdays
2023-02-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Seniors needing some assistance with personal technology are invited to drop by for this helpful session, coordinated by Share Care of Leelanau. Volunteers will be on hand to help with a variety of common tech tasks: accessing the Web, downloading smartphone apps, working with Microsoft Word, accessing electronic books, and much more. No appointment is required – just bring your device, and your questions, and get some one-on-one coaching from our volunteer team, including area high school students.
Please note that our volunteers will not be able to repair your device. This new program will rotate between our four Leelanau County libraries on a monthly basis.

Winterfest 2023
2023-02-18 12:00 - 15:00 | Boonedocks, 5858 Manitou Vw, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Chili Cook-Off Winners 2023:
1st Place – Hansen Foods
2nd Place – Boonedocks
3rd Place – The District
4th Place – Cherry Republic
5th Place – Shipwreck Cafe
Thanks to all who attended and participated!

UPDATE (as of 2/15/23): First time in over 20 years the annual perch tournament is canceled due to open water on Big and Little Glen Lake. You can still join the community on the decks of Boonedocks for the Chili Cookoff from Noon-3pm on Saturday!
Winterfest: Chili Cook-Off and Perch Fishing Contest
Winterfest, the anticipated, fun mid-winter event takes place annually, the Saturday of President’s Day weekend. The event includes a perch fishing contest followed by chili cook off on the deck of Boonedocks restaurant in Glen Arbor on Saturday, February 18th, 2023 from Noon-3pm.
Winners will be crowned as the event wraps up around 3pm. Proceeds from this event are given out on senior scholarship night at Glen Lake School, to deserving students to help defray college tuition. This is a family friendly event, just be sure to dress for the weather.
Admission to the chili cook-off is $10 per person, which includes unlimited chili samples. $5 for kids ages 6-12 and seniors 70+, kids under 6 enter for free.
The Sportsman Shop hosts the annual Perch Fishing Contest as either a spectator or participant. Sign up will take place at the Sportsman Shop in Glen Arbor, MI from 6-7:30am. Ice fishing takes place on the Glen Lakes all morning. Bring your catches back to weigh in at the Sportsman Shop promptly by 1pm. Entry fee for the Perch tournament is $20. ($10 goes to chili cook-off and $10 to tournament. 100% pay out.) Call Bob at 231-883-5638 for more info.

Enter your Chili! Please send an email to Boonedocksga@gmail.com or call Stephanie at Boonedocks (231) 218-0009 if you would like to participate by serving Chili in the Cook-Off. 8 gallons of Chili are required by each business, organization or family in order to serve at the event.

Inland Seas – Tools of the Trade: February 23 - 7:00 PM Glen Lake Library
2023-02-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Come learn about the environmental health of our Great Lakes in this presentation by the Inland Seas Education Association. ISEA staff will describe the various monitoring activities they perform during their excursions on Grand Traverse Bay, and demonstrate some of the specialized equipment they use in this work. You can also learn about the various volunteer opportunities available with this dynamic local organization. The program will take place in our Program Room.

Creativity Q+A LIVE with Mark Mehaffey
2023-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
How do artists think, work, and practice? Those questions are explored during Creativity Q+A LIVE, a series of conversations with Northern Michigan artists at the Glen Arbor Arts Center. The first, 2023 conversation is February 25, 11 am with Leelanau County resident Mark Mehaffey. The program is free. No reservations are required. Doors open at 10:30 am.
Mehaffey is an artist whose creative work refuses to be shoehorned into tidy boxes. He moves fluidly between representing the visible world, and working with not-so-representational subjects: marks, lines, scratches, color stories. His practice is less focused on “subjects” than it is on ideas, and “what-if?”. Working primarily in water-based media, Mehaffey paints, draws, collages, and taught art in the public school for 30 years.
Creativity Q+A LIVE is an offshoot of the GAAC’s online feature, Creativity Q+A. Since 2020, the GAAC has published monthly, long-form interviews that dig into artists’ creative practices. Mehaffey’s conversation was published in December 2022. To read it, and all the Creativity Q+A interviews, go to GlenArborArt.org/artists. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Community Pancake Breakfast
2023-03-04 09:00 - 13:00 | The Homestead, 1 Wood Ridge Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
A Community Pancake Breakfast
When: Saturday, March 4 9 am – 1 pm
Where: CQ’s Cabin located in Mountain Village of the Homestead Resort, just down the road from Port Oneida where the National Park will be hosting Maple Sugaring Days!
What: Enjoy all you can eat pancakes with local maple syrup, bacon, sausage, fruit, and beverage bar and then head down the road in Port Oneida to learn all about maple syrup and the sugaring process at two historic locations. Breakfast begins at 9AM and will be served until 1PM, so stop in before or after your day full of outdoor fun in the park!
Admission: $10 per person, cash or card at the door. Children under 5 eat free.
Win a prize: When you have breakfast with us you can enter a drawing for 2 free annual park passes!
Proceeds benefit Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a partner of the National Park who is helping to fund and plan Maple Sugaring Days.
The Pancake Breakfast is hosted by The Homestead Resort, sponsored by Sleeping Bear Dunes Visitor’s Bureau.

Maple Sugaring Days
2023-03-04 10:00 - 15:00 | Port Oneida Rural Historic District, 3164 W Harbor Hwy, Maple City, MI, 49664, United States
Come experience the sugaring process through time in the Port Oneida Historic District at the Dechow Farm and Olsen Farm. Learn the history of maple sugaring through a guided hiking tour from the Anishinaabe, to the Settler’s open fire process, to the sugar shack evolving to the present day.
Step inside the Olsen farmstead for the final boiling in the historic kitchen and purchase maple treats and books on maple sugaring. Try your hand at activities outside, carrying a yoke with buckets, hand drilling into a log, or make old fashioned maple syrup taffy.
You’ll want to plan enough time – to enjoy the whole experience allow 2 hours.
The fun includes:
a guided hike – leaving every 15 minutes from the Dechow farm
a visit to a historic sugar shack
sap boiling demonstrations
kid’s activities
and maple syrup sampling
A Community Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, March 4 from 9 am – 1 pm just down the road from Port Oneida. The breakfast is hosted by the Homestead Resort sponsored by Sleeping Bear Visitor Center with proceeds benefiting Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear who funds and helps organize Maple Sugar Days.
Admission: $10 per person at the door for pancakes with local syrup, sausage, fruit and beverages and then head to the Maple Sugar event down the road in Port Oneida. Have breakfast with us and enter a drawing for 2 free annual park passes!
MAPLE SUGAR DAYS IS PRESENTED BY Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Check for additions to the event as details are confirmed Sleeping Bear Dunes website.
Locations: 1 mile north of The Homestead, between Thoreson road and Port Oneida Road.
