Car Show/Cruise Nights
2023-08-24 18:00, 2023-08-31 18:00 (America/Detroit) | Northwoods Hardware Home + Garden, 6053 S. Glen Lake Rd, (Off of M-22), Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Thanks to the commitment of classic car “connoisseur” Don Drabik, cruise into Glen Arbor to show off your hardware. Cruise Nights take place every Thursday evening in July and August beginning at Northwoods Hardware in Glen Arbor at 6pm.

Lanphier Observatory Public Viewing
2023-08-24 22:00 - 23:59 | Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Rd, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
See the sky! The public is welcome to attend “Lanphier Observatory Public Viewings” on Wednesday & Thursday nights from 10 pm-Midnight (clear sky permitting!) at Leelanau School Beach, June 21st-August 24th.
Donation Students $4, Adults $5.
Visitors may park in any Leelanau School lot and walk down the scenic boardwalk, across the Crystal River, to the Lanphier Observatory boardwalk.

Biking Tours
2023-08-25 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-08-26 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-08-29 09:30 - 11:30, 2023-08-31 09:30 - 11:30 | Port Oneida Rural Historic District, 3164 W Harbor Hwy, Maple City, MI, 49664, United States
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9:30 am, a 2 hour narrated tour. Reservations required.

Three tours available:
• Biking a By-gone Era
• Peddling Port Oneida’s Past
• Secrets of D.H. Day’s Kingdom and Beyond

Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for Children ages 7 -17. Discount Bike Rental for these tours is available at Crystal River Outfitters.

Biking Tours
2023-08-25 09:30 - 23:30, 2023-08-26 09:30 - 23:30, 2023-08-29 09:30 - 23:30, 2023-08-31 09:30 - 23:30 | Port Oneida Heritage Center, 3164 W. Harbor Hwy., Maple City, Michigan, 49630
Ride the Historic Side! Discover the charm, local lore, and history of Port Oneida, by immersing yourself in nature and culture. Get an up-close guided tour in a small group of the rural landscape’s farming, logging and maritime heritage, imagining life in the early 19th century. Listening devices allow learning while cycling, stopping to peak inside some of the historic structures. Connect with each other and your heritage!
Bring your own bike, or rent through our partners The Cyclery in Glen Arbor at a discount. Book the bike tour first to get the discount. Bike rentals will be delivered at the starting point of the Port Oneida Tours or waiting for you at The Cyclery for Glen Haven Tours.
Reservations required.

Junior Ranger Angler Program
2023-08-25 10:00 - 14:00 | Loon Lake Picnic Area, N Scenic Hwy, Honor, MI, 49640, United States
Always wanted to learn to fish? Curious about local fish species? Need more information about fishing regulations, or preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species? The wait is over! Stop by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore for a day of festivities aiming to provide safe and barrier-free opportunities to engage youth (primarily K-5th graders) in fishing!
Between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., collect a Junior Angler booklet from the Mobile Visitor Center (Bear Force One) and complete all activity stations to learn about aquatic food webs, water safety, Leave No Trace, the importance of fishing to the Anishinaabek, etc. Once the Junior Angler booklet is complete, return it to Bear Force One to earn a Junior Angler badge and other goodies!
Completing the Junior Angler booklet and activities takes about one hour, so please plan on arriving to Loon Lake by 1:00 p.m. to ensure there is enough time to complete all stations. This event is the first of several Junior Angler Day events funded by a generous grant from the National Park Foundation that will be happening at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this summer.

Artist In Residence Presentation - Ian Kennelly
2023-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Massachusetts artist Ian Kennelly will use his Glen Arbor Arts Center residency to “further my observations” of the ephemeral space that exists where water, land and sky meet. This is familiar territory for the painter. In the last two years, Kennelly has created works that explore the human relationship to the boundaries created by water. Kennelly will talk about his project during a public presentation August 25, noon, at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. The presentation is free.
Since the 1990s, the GAAC has welcomed visiting artists who want to immerse themselves in their work. The GAAC’s Artist-in-Residence program offers up to seven, creative practitioners a two-week respite from their daily lives in order to focus on a new idea that needs space, or to develop an on-going project. For more information go to GlenArborArt.org/EVENTS.

GOODBYE TO SUMMER CONCERT
2023-08-25 17:00 - 19:00 | MI, United States
The Glen Arbor Arts Center bids farewell to summer with a Front Porch Concert August 25, 5 – 7 pm. This musical adieu is part of the GAAC’s Late Night Fridays, and features two different woodwinds groups. The concert is free.
Hour one features Steve Gilbreath on clarinet, and Kama Ross on flute playing light classical arrangements. After a short intermission, the Leelanau Flute Ensemble finishes off the evening with selections from Mozart, Vivaldi, Gilbert + Sullivan, and some light jazz tunes. Both GAAC galleries will be open during the concert.
Concert-goers should bring a chair, and their evening picnic and refreshments. To read more about the GAAC exhibits, go to GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS. The GAAC’s parking area will be closed to vehicle traffic for the concert from 4 – 8 pm. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St.

Late Night Fridays
2023-08-25 17:00 - 20:00 | MI, United States
The Glen Arbor Arts Center is keeping the lights on a little longer this summer. Late Night Fridays continues Friday, August 25 with an evening viewing of In Translation. This juried exhibit explores the many ways visual artists translate the world and its events through the media of paint, sculpture, clay, fiber, and more. In the GAAC Main Gallery, 5 – 8 pm
The Birds Are Watching, mixed media constructions by Jessica Kovan, is on view in the Lobby Gallery. Read more about the exhibits at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.
All Late Night Fridays events are free. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Sail Away Summer: Manitou Winds
2023-08-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Old Art Building, 111 S. Main Street, Leland, MI, 49654, United States
Sail away with Manitou Winds on a fantastic summer’s journey where evocative music intertwines with imaginative short stories, legends, and poetry.
This eclectic program of traditional works and originals bridges Classical, Celtic, and Folk styles, interspersed with inspiring spoken word to tempt the imagination. Best of all, we get to share all of this with you in Leland’s Old Art Building, a mere stone’s throw from one of your favorite Lake Michigan beaches!
Admission is $20 for Old Art Building Members, $25 for non-members; your admission benefits Manitou Winds and the Old Art Building. Visit OldArtBuilding.com to reserve your seats, or call 231.256.2131 (weekdays, 9 am – 4 pm) for more information.

COFFEE WITH THE AUTHORS - Sarah Shoemaker
2023-08-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Coffee With The Authors is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the writing craft and process. This Glen Arbor Arts Center series continues August 26, 11 am with novelist Sarah Shoemaker in a conversation about historical fiction. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads the discussion.
Shoemaker, a Leelanau County resident, published Children of the Catastrophe, in 2022. Set in the early 1900s, Shoemaker crafts a fictionalized telling of a Greek family’s progress through the final, turbulent decades of the Ottoman Empire. Using the historical record as her map, Shoemaker builds a multi-generational story. In her August 26 conversation, Shoemaker will talk about how historical fact informs her fiction, and how she develops the voices of characters whose lives are rooted in a lost time.
Coffee With The Authors is offered without charge. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Rhett & John Live Music @ Glen Arbor Wines
2023-08-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Glen Arbor Wines, 5873 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
Relax and enjoy the tunes as Rhett belts out an eclectic lineup of acoustic pop.

Mel & Fell Pop Up Brunch @ Glen Arbor Wines
2023-08-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Glen Arbor Wines, 5873 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
Enjoy fresh-squeezed orange juice mimosas and brunch prepared by loved caterers Mel & Fell @ Glen Arbor Wines.

Horse & Wagon Tours
2023-08-29 09:15 - 10:30, 2023-08-29 10:45 - 12:00 | MI, United States
TUESDAYS and THURSDAYS 9:15 am and 10:45 am for an 1.25 hour tour
$28 adults $18 children 4-12
Clip clop back in time to experience the Port Oneida Rural Historic District the way they did in the late 1800s – early 1900s! Learn about the life of the early pioneers, and their landscape as we travel by horse and wagon through the fields and side roads of this significant agricultural community of over 100 years, with beautiful vistas and farmsteads.
Our Horses: The stars of the tours are our two Belgian horses Mick and May. You will learn more about the horses on the tour!

Glen Lake Library Community Blood Drive
2023-08-29 11:00 - 15:00 | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Help support a critical component of our regional health care system. Our partners at Versiti, the primary blood supplier for hospitals throughout the state, have asked us to host a second drive, after our very successful first event in June. Summer is a more challenging time for blood collections, so these contributions are especially critical. Register online (https://donate.michigan.versiti.org) for an appointment between 11:00 am and 3:30 pm. Walk-ins will also be welcomed as the schedule allows. Our goal is to collect at least 15 units – help us exceed that mark and provide vital blood supplies to help patients in need!

Pizza Tuesdays at Bel Lago
2023-08-29 12:00 - 20:00 | Bel Lago, 6530 S LAKE SHORE DR, CEDAR, MI, 49621-9615, United States
Join us for live music and 25% off bottles off wine with each pizza order.

Yen Yoga at Nature
2023-08-30 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

Horse and Wagon Tours
2023-08-31 09:15 - 10:30, 2023-08-31 10:45 - 12:00 | MI, United States
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS: 1.25 hour tours at 9:15am and 10:45am
Cost is $28 adults and $18 children ages 4-12
Clip clop back in time to experience the Port Oneida Rural Historic District the way they did in the late 1800s – early 1900s! Learn about the life of the early pioneers, and their landscape as we travel by horse and wagon through the fields and side roads of this significant agricultural community of over 100 years, with beautiful vistas and farmsteads.
Our Horses: The stars of the tours are our two Belgian horses Mick and May. You will learn more about the horses on the tour!

Lyle Gun Demonstration
2023-08-31 13:00 - 13:15 | Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum, Sleeping Bear Dunes Rd, Glen Arbor , MI, 49664
The Lyle Gun is the only canon ever designed to save lives, not take them. Watch the demonstration to find out more about this life-saving tool. The program lasts about 15 minutes. Arrive early as the program starts promptly at 1 pm.

Stations of the Storm
2023-08-31 13:15 - 15:00 | Coast Guard Station Maritime Museum, Sleeping Bear Dunes Rd, Glen Arbor , MI, 49664
Do you have what it takes to be a surfman of the US Lifesaving Service? To find out, join park rangers on Thursdays from 1:15-3 pm at the Maritime Museum to complete a series of stations as part of the rescue duties of the surfman stationed the Sleeping Bear Point Station.
Stations will set up around the grounds of the Maritime Museum in Glen Haven where potential surfmen and women of all ages can try their hand at tossing out a lifering, doing a lookout for potential ships in distress, and participate in the Breeches Buoy demonstration to do a mock shipwreck rescue.
Move through the stations at your own pace, but expect to spend about 30 minutes (or more) if you would like to complete each activity.

Live Music at the M22 Wine Patio with Shelby and David
2023-08-31 17:00 - 19:00 | M22 Outdoor Wine Patio, 6298 W. Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Stop at the M22 Wine Patio Thursday, August 31st from 5-7pm for live music!
Grab a glass or flight of wine and enjoy some great music in beautiful Glen Arbor.

Sidewalk Sale Days 2023
2023-09-01 - 2023-09-04 | Downtown Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Labor Day weekend, participating local businesses in and around Glen Arbor, offer specials during the annual “Sidewalk Sale Days” from Friday, Sept 1st-Monday the 4th, 2023.
Shop local. Eat local. Enjoy the end of Summer!
Shopping is not limited to outside, many retailers will offer specials indoors as well. Please check any merchant you want to visit for their own unique business hours and offerings during this event.

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