A CELEBRATION: THE PAINTINGS OF AMY L. CLARK-CARELS
2021-05-03 11:00 - 2021-08-31 14:00 (America/Detroit) | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Glen Arbor Arts Center celebrates Amy L. Clark-Carels’s love of watercolor painting in a small exhibition of work May 3 – August 31. This exhibition, a visual remembrance, is the GAAC’s second Lobby Gallery exhibit of 2021. It will also be viewable on the GAAC website beginning May 3.
Carels’s long, loving history with Glen Arbor dates back to the late 1950s. Her parents began camping here, then later built a family cottage on Big Glen that the Carels family continues to enjoy today. Carels’s passion and dedication to the visual arts can be seen in her many paintings of local landmarks — from Alligator Hill to interior scenes from the historic Sleeping Bear Inn.
The works in A Celebration offers a curated selection of these iconic paintings. They reflect Carels’s life-long love of the area. Carels divided her time between Glen Arbor and her home in Oakland Township. She passed away in September of 2018. To learn more about Amy Carels, go to her website: https://www.amycarels.com/
For more information call the GAAC at 231/334-6112; or go to GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITIONS.

Mini Masterpieces
2021-05-06 08:00 - 2021-05-26 17:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s annual Mini Masterpieces outdoor exhibit is on display. Over 100 tiny works have been hung on trees along the GAAC’s gravel walkway from Lake Street to the gallery and in the GAAC’s Grove behind the building. This self-guided experience runs through May 26.
Mini Masterpieces are 3 x 3” canvases illustrated and painted by K-12 children in Leelanau County. The theme this year is “Summer Camp.” Children were invited to paint and draw images of camping scenes and outdoor summer fun. The Mini Masterpieces exhibit will travel to the Indigo Bluffs Campground, 6760 W. Empire Highway / M-72, Empire, on May 28 and display there until being auctioned off mid-summer. Details about the auction will be announced on the GAAC Facebook page in May. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the GAAC.
The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. For more information or to participate, call 231/334-6112; or email questions to communications@glenarborart.org.

Author Interview: Ronan Hession
2021-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Cottage Book Shop, 5989 Lake St, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
The Cottage Book Shop and the public libraries of Leelanau County will host Irish author, Ronan Hession for a virtual interview. In his debut novel “Leonard and Hungry Paul”, Hession shares the story of two 30-something friends, unique in their kindness and normalcy, as they strive to make their way in an increasingly jaded world. The novel has received wide-spread acclaim throughout Ireland and the U.K. and is now garnering rave reviews in the U.S.
Copies of the book are available for purchase at the Cottage Book Shop.
The interview will take place via Zoom. For the meeting link, visit https://glenlakelibrary.net/events, or contact your local library for more information.

Virtual conversation with Ronan Hessian, author of Leonard and Hungry Paul
2021-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | MI, United States
Thursday May 13 at 2:00 p.m.
Register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvd-6urTkqGtXYXaCDu5rqZ29yMYFW5tye
In partnership with the libraries of Leelanau County and Cottage Book Shop, we are pleased to welcome Ronan Hessian to our virtual space where we will talk with him about his book Leonard and Hungry Paul (just released in paperback). Pull up a chair and grab a cup of tea and we will hear from Ronan all the way from Ireland. This book is a devastatingly clever and uplifting and is just the medicine for troubled times. In this charming and truly unique debut, popular Irish musician Ronan Hession tells the story of two single, thirty-something men who still live with their parents and who are . . . nice. They take care of their parents and play board games together. They like to read. They take satisfaction from their work. They are resolutely kind. And they realize that none of this is considered . . . normal.
Leonard and Hungry Paul is the story of two friends struggling to protect their understanding of what’s meaningful in life. It is about the uncelebrated people of this world — the gentle, the meek, the humble. And as they struggle to persevere, the book asks a surprisingly enthralling question: Is it really them against the world, or are they on to something?
British Book Awards 2020 Debut Book of the Year Finalist
Irish Book Awards 2019 Newcomer of the Year Finalist
Ronan Hession is an Irish writer and musician based in Dublin. As Mumblin’ Deaf Ro, he has released three albums of songs, and his most recent album, Dictionary Crimes, was nominated for the Choice Music Prize for album of the year. Leonard and Hungry Paul is his first novel, and was shortlisted for an Irish Book of the Year award.
Books can be ordered or picked up at Cottage Book Shop

Suzanne Wilson Artist-in-Residence Program Presentations
2021-05-28 12:00 - 13:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Since the 1990s, the Glen Arbor Arts Center has welcomed visiting artists who want to immerse themselves in their work. The GAAC’s Suzanne Wilson 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 and time to develop, to an on-going project that might be nearing conclusion.
The 2021 program begins in May. Each of the GAAC’s residents offers a conversational presentation at the end of their stay. The presentations begin at noon at the GAAC. They are free, and open to the public. On May 28 Indiana potter Samantha Purze talks about her residency. She is developing a series of ceramic vessels that use map-like drawings on the surface to talk about personal connection, and her visual travels.
For more information call the GAAC at 231/334-6112.

ESTATE SALE - Rich and Bonnie Quick Estate
2021-05-29 09:00 - 2021-05-30 21:00, 2021-05-30 09:00 - 2021-05-31 21:00 | MI, United States
Estate Sale- Sat May 29, Sun May 30, 9 am to 9 pm.
8317 West Skyline Drive, Empire, Mi
Featuring
Tools
Fine Furnishings
Collectibles
Outdoor furniture
Household goods
Art and more!
Please bring truck for large furniture pieces. No delivery available.
5 groups allowed in every 45 minutes.
Please bring your own bags for smaller items. We look forward to seeing your there! All major credit cards and cash accepted.

GAAC DEDICATES NEW OUTDOOR GALLERY PANELS
2021-05-30 13:00 - 14:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
A ceremony to dedicate the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s new Outdoor Gallery exhibition takes place Sunday, May 30, 1 pm. The public is welcome to attend this event celebrating the work of Traverse City artist Pam Spicer.
Five, vibrant paintings by Pam Spicer have been reproduced on 5-foot-square, weather-resistant aluminum panels by Image360 of Traverse City. The panels will be installed on the GAAC’s south and west exterior walls.
Juror Mark Mehaffey selected Spicer’s work from a field of 14 applicants. An Empire artist, Mark’s work comprised the GAAC’s inaugural Outdoor Gallery exhibition in 2020. Spicer’s work remains in place through April 2022. The panels will be available for purchase in Spring 2022.

Rescuing Food In Northern Michigan
2021-06-05 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Taylor Moore, program manager of Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan, is in conversation about how this Traverse City organization feeds people and supplies food pantries with fresh, healthy food. This outdoor program is offered as part of the GAAC’s exhibition Food Is Art / Art Is Food, in the GAAC gallery through August 19.
Since 2008, Food Rescue has collected soon-to-expire, fresh, healthy food from groceries, restaurants, and food processors. With a network of volunteers, it distributes this reclaimed harvest, and distributes it to the Northwest Food Coalition’s 70-plus food pantries and community meal sites. Food is delivered the same day it’s picked up, and provided at no cost to its distribution partners. Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan is a project of Goodwill Northern Michigan.
For more information about this free program or the Food Is Art/ Art Is Food exhibition, call 231/334-6112.

Glen Arbor Farmers Market
2021-06-08 09:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-15 09:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-22 09:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-29 09:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-06 09:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-13 09:00 - 13:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
The Glen Arbor Farmers Market is held every Tuesday morning from 9 AM – 1 PM. The market location is behind the Glen Arbor Township Hall at 6394 W. Western Ave, Glen Arbor, Michigan 49636.
Market dates of operation: June 8 – September 14, 2021
This event is organized by Leelanau Farmers Market Association. A full list of Vendors present at this market, can be found here.

FEED ME! A Word Feast
2021-06-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Poets and writers are challenged to create a short, original poem about feeding the mind, body and soul. Feed Me! is part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s exhibition Food Is Art/Art Is Food, which runs May 28 – August 19 in the GAAC gallery. These works will be performed or read outdoors on Friday, June 11, 7 pm, before a live audience at the GAAC, 6031 S. Lake St. Glen Arbor. Each writer may read up to five minutes. No pre-registration is required. Poets will be added to the evening’s readers list on a first-come basis.
Feed Me! is open to all writers and poets, both children and adults, of any experience or skill level. Poems may be the work of one author or a team of writers working in any genre: poetry or prose, free verse, traditional verse, haiku, rap, beat or other experimental forms. Both previously published and unpublished work is welcome. Feed Me! is a family-friendly event. Participants are asked to share work that is consistent with the temperament of this event.
To read more about the Food Is Art/Art Is Food exhibition, go to GlenArborArt.org/Exhibits.

Glen Lake Chamber After-Hours Member Meeting
2021-06-14 17:30 - 18:30 | M22 Outdoor Wine Patio, 6298 W. Western Ave, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
For the first time in over a year (after doing monthly Board meetings via Zoom) the Glen Lake Chamber will be hosting it’s first back-in-person Member meeting. We invite you, our Chamber members, new neighbors, friends and colleagues to join us for a business after-hours meeting to kick off the Summer season.
Monday, June 14th at 5:30pm, located at M22 Glen Arbor’s outdoor wine patio.
Please wear a mask when walking up/ordering and practice social distancing. We hope to see you there!

Meet St. Mary ~ June 15, 2021 6 PM - 7 PM
2021-06-15 18:00 - 19:00 | MI, United States
Stop by and check out St. Mary School in Lovely Lake Leelanau. An overview will be given by Principal Megan Glynn, classroom tours will be available, current parents and alumni will be on hand to facilitate Q&A sessions. Preschool – 12th grade students are now being accepted for Fall Enrollment.
For more information, check out our website at www.StMarysLL.org or call us at 231-256-9670

Scrap Tire Collection
2021-06-25 | Glen Lake School, 3375 W. Burdickville Rd., Maple City, MI, 49664, United States
TIRE COLLECTION UPDATE
June 25, 2021
There are spots for just 450 more tires for the Tire Collection, Friday June 25 at Glen Lake School. Anyone needing to get rid of scrap tires should call 231-256-9812 or email planning@leelanau.gov to reserve a spot.
$1.00 cost per tire/prepaid/non-refundable

Beach Bards Bonfires
2021-06-25 20:00 - 22:00, 2021-07-09 20:00 - 22:00 | The Leelanau School, 1 Old Homestead Road, Glen Arbor, Michigan, 49636
After a 2020 pandemic hiatus, the Beach Bards are back on Friday Nights with bonfires featuring poetry, storytelling and music.
The event takes place on the beach at The Leelanau School: June 25, July 9, July 23, and August 6, 2021.
Come share in the open forum for By Heart Poetry, Storytelling, and Music. As always Children’s Hour begins at 8 p.m. with the inimitable Fuzz Foster helping you to take your turn reciting a favorite rhyme, rap, joke, story, skit, song, or poem around the big bonfire. Then the adult hour continues after sunset.

Artist Pop-Up + Demos at the GAAC
2021-06-26 11:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Artist Pop-Ups + Demos turn the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s front yard and parking area into open-air exhibition and music venues. Participating studio artists will demonstrate what they do, talk about their work, and exhibit on June 26, 11 am – 3 pm. Pop-Up artists will work in 2D or 3D, paint, printmaking, clay, fiber, photography, wood, metal, mixed media, paper, plastic art collage and more.
In addition to exhibiting visual artists, the June Pop-Up features live music from the Glenn Wolff Trio, jazz, 12:30 – 2 pm. The Pop-Up is part of the GAAC’s 6ft Apart Art Series. It’s free and open to the public. A rain date has been scheduled for June 27. For more information go to GlenArborArt.org/EVENTS. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

Make-and-take Fairy Homes at GAAC
2021-06-26 11:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Make Fairy Homes at the 6ft Apart Art Pop-Up
June 26, 11 am – 3 pm
Calling all kids – fairies are living in the Grove, the wooded area behind GAAC. Come see! Whether they heard about our Make-And-Take Fairy Home booth at the 6ft Apart Pop-Up or were intrigued with the tiny art in our Little Free Art Gallery, it appears they are setting up shop for the summer. Join us on June 26, 11 am – 3 pm to help make some homes for them. Bring a parent, though, to help with the glue guns. And enter our Fairy Home Contest for a chance to win a prize! Contact communications@glenarborart.org for more information.

Pop-Up Activities For Kids at GAAC
2021-06-26 11:00 - 15:00, 2021-07-10 11:00 - 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Children are invited to stop by the GAAC during one of our pop-ups and outdoor talks and visit the Make-and-Take Fairy Garden Table.
June 26, 11 am – 3 pm
July 10, 11 am – 12 pm
July 24, 11 am – 3 pm
Create a fairy house to take home or make one to leave in the Grove and participate in our contest. The fairies will vote on August 1 and the winner will receive a basket of art supplies. Participants who cannot make it to a pop-up are free to drop their own creation in the Grove behind GAAC any time before August 1. The Fairy Garden is open for discovery all day this summer. Direct questions to communications@glenarborart.org
The pop-up activities are free and open to the public. The GAAC is located at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.

July 4th Flag Raising Ceremony on July 3rd
2021-07-03 10:00 - 11:00 | Old Settler’s Park, South Dunns Farm Road (County Road 675), Empire Township, MI, United States
Celebrate the founding of our nation in a patriotic, joyous ceremony with community members of all ages.
The Flag Raising Ceremony begins at 10 am on July 3rd at the Old Settlers Picnic Grounds, located on the south eastern shore of Glen Lake near the corner of Dunn’s Farm Rd. (CR 675) and Burdickville Rd (CR 616). Please bring your own lawn chairs and maintain social distancing. Event sponsored by Glen Lake Woman’s Club.
Jon Hoover, the Superintendent of Glen Lake Community Schools will share “A Father’s Love for Country” regarding his father’s service as a Marine in World War II. The flag will be raised by members of the Glen Lake Fire Department. The invocation will be offered by Mike Gafa, pastor at the Glen Lake Community Reformed Church. The National Anthem will be performed on the trumpet by Norm Wheeler. A singalong of well-loved and familiar patriotic
songs will be led by Nick Benson.
The Glen Lake Woman’s Club was established in 1937 with a mission to foster social, civic and educational projects. In addition to the Art Fair, other Club projects include the improvement and beautification of the Chapel and grounds at Old Settlers Park, organization of the community Flag Raising Ceremony at Old Settlers Park, and a Christmas party for residents of the Maple Lake Valley Nursing Home. For more information contact Julie Hopple juliehopple@gmail.com

4th of July Parade
2021-07-04 10:30 - 14:00 | Downtown Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Yes! The 59th Fourth of July Parade, from Glen Haven to Glen Arbor will happen on Sunday, July 4th!
10:30am and after on the 4th, all will be welcomed to Glen Haven to line up and get ready to go. Vehicle line-up is organized into “groups” in Glen Haven by our volunteers in RED SHIRTS, and Stan Brubaker in his usual YELLOW. If you’re a walker joining the parade, enter the parade via Forest Haven.
12pm the line up will roar slowly out of Glen Haven to make their way into Glen Arbor.
Note: This we the community relied on our Governor’s decision. On may 20th 2021, she announced “Michigan will fully lift outdoor capacity limits on June 1 and starting July 1, end indoor gathering caps that were put in place to curb Covid-19.” We take that to mean, since we are “outdoors” and “gathering” we can therefore have our parade! We hope you agree. Parade attendees/watchers should stay on the sidewalks and out of the street. Please be respectful, safe.

carrying the American flag

military vehicles in the parade

mom and child watching the parade

sleeping bear dunesmobile

camp kohana

GLFD in the parade

Remember: No organization is in charge of this parade. It’s simply a bunch of Americans showing their gratitude and patriotism in an old-fashions, small town way. This parade celebration would not work without our volunteers, sweepers. We always could use more. Thank you America, paraders, volunteers, Glen Lake Fire Department, Sheriff’s Dept. and supporters.

Glen Arbor Parade photos by Raquel Jackson, Rockwell Art & Design

Writing About Food: In Conversation With Chef Nancy Krcek Allen
2021-07-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Leelanau County chef and author Nancy Krcek Allen talks about food, recipes and writing about both. This outdoor program is offered as part of the GAAC’s exhibition Food Is Art / Art Is Food, in the GAAC gallery through August 19.
Author of Discovering Global Cuisines, Allen spent five years researching and testing hundreds of recipes that comprise this culinary magnum opus. Published in 2013, the 933-page textbook is a tour of world spices, culinary tools, food traditions, culture, history and geography. During her conversation with GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal, Allen will talk about the process and challenges of bringing this passion project to fruition, and how one brings food to life through words.
For more information about this free program or the Food Is Art/ Art Is Food exhibition, call 231/334-6112.

Michigan Historic Marker Dedication at Leelanau County Poor Farm
2021-07-10 11:00 - 12:00 | MI
This event celebrates the installation of a Michigan Historic Marker awarded to the Leelanau County Poor Farm. The address is 1110 W Burdickville Road, Maple City, MI 49664. The dedication will take place at 11:00 am on Saturday July 10, 2021. Bring a lawn chair. The speaker is Commissioner Tom Truscott of the Michigan Historic Commission. He will talk about the Michigan Historic Marker Program and its significance in preserving the legacies of significant historic sites throughout Michigan

Catherine Elizabeth Art POP-UP event
2021-07-14 10:00 - 13:00 | Northwoods Hardware Home + Garden, 6053 S. Glen Lake Rd, (Off of M-22), Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
ARTIST POP-UP in the “Backyard Garden Center” at Northwoods Hardware, Home & Garden in Glen Arbor, MI
July 14th from 10am – 1pm
Catherine Elizabeth Art offers 8×10″ prints, 4×6″ prints and greeting cards.
Catherine is a newspaper collage artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her work includes inspiration and scenes from Glen Arbor and the Great Lakes State, landscapes, florals, and Chicago residential architecture. Artist’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/catherineelizabeth_art/

Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/765485544124545
