Pizza and Game Night
2025-12-11 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-12-18 16:00 - 20:00 (America/Detroit) | Cherry Public House, 6026 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Join us in the Pub for Pizza and Game Night! We will be open 4-8p with a specialized menu and open tables to play games or jump in with others. It will be a great way to start off the weekend!

Locals' Night
2025-12-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Downtown Glen Arbor, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636, United States
Locals’ Night — Friday, December 12, 2025 • 4–7pm
Shop small and support local! Grab a friend or meet some neighbors for a festive evening of holiday shopping and sipping throughout Glen Arbor. Enjoy exclusive specials, cozy vibes, and a fun night out in the heart of the season.

Chestnuts Roasting!
2025-12-12 16:00 - 19:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Stop by Glen Arbor Wines on Glen Arbor Locals’ Night (4 to 7 pm, December 12) for hot cider, chestnuts roasted over an open fire, storewide discounts and bundles of holiday cheer!

Trivia Night!
2025-12-14 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-21 17:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-28 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-04 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-11 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-18 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-25 17:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-01 17:00 - 19:00 | Cherry Public House, 6026 South Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Think you’ve got what it takes to be the trivia champ? Join us every Sunday evening at Cherry Public House for a brain-boosting good time with Trivia Night, hosted by the legendary Quizmaster Whoot! 🍻
🧠 Test your knowledge across pop culture, history, music, and more
🍔 Enjoy delicious food and drink specials all evening
🏆 Prizes for top teams – bring your A-game!
Grab your smartest friends, snag a table, and settle in for two hours of laughs, surprises, and fierce-but-friendly competition. Walk-ins welcome — fun guaranteed!

Michigan Beer - a Heady History
2025-12-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Come learn about the rich and tasty legacy of Michigan beer in this virtual lecture by author Patti F. Smith. She’ll highlight the history of our state’s brewers, from the pioneers through Prohibition and post-WWII. Learn how immigrants brought distinctive beer styles from their home countries, as well as about early Detroit brewers, brewing consolidation after the war, and how the industry continues to evolve. The lecture is part of the ongoing History Hounds series, presented by the Historical Society of Michigan.

Ugly Sweater Bingo Chamber Connect
2025-12-17 18:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Township Hall
Please join the local community for a festive Chamber Connect event! We will mingle on December 17th at Glen Arbor Town Hall for Ugly Sweater Bingo. Doors open at 6 pm. Bingo starts at 6:30 pm.

BYO food and drink for the potluck table.

There will also be a food donation box and a Toys for Tots donation box.

Live Music at Dune Bird: The BayTrippers
2025-12-28 15:00 - 18:00 | Dune Bird Winery, 5620 N Manitou Trail,, Northport, MI, 49670, United States
Dune Bird Winery invites you to unwind and sip on your favorite wine, handcrafted coffee or just soak in the vineyard views while enjoying live music by The BayTrippers.

Book Release Party!
2025-12-28 17:00 - 19:00 | MI
You are cordially invited to celebrate our beloved Grace Dickinson and her new book, Frederick W. Dickinson, Sleeping Bear Dunes Pioneer Photographer, from 5 to 7 pm, Sunday, December 28. In this must-have book for anyone who loves Sleeping Bear, Grace has collected the photos her father captured of Sleeping Bear from the 1930s to the 1970s—an era that spanned the years when steamers unloaded cottagers from Chicago, to the establishment of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

UGLY SWEATER MASHUP!
2025-12-30 17:00 - 20:00 | MI
Suit up in your ugliest and head to Glen Arbor Wines at 5 pm, Tuesday, December 30 for the Glen Arbor Wines/Arts Tavern Ugly Sweater Mashup. Happy Hour, discounts and a $25 gift card best sweater prize at Glen Arbor Wines. Parade to Arts at 6:30 p.m. for the REALLY BIG CONTEST!

NYE at Glen Arbor Wines
2025-12-31 21:00 - 2026-01-01 00:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Join us for a fun and festive New Year’s Eve at Glen Arbor Wines! The evening begins with our beloved Luke Woltanski performing from 9 p.m. to midnight, when the famously funky but MOST authentic ball drop in All of Glen Arbor occurs from our top deck. Don’t miss this hilarious countdown!

Blotter Bingo 2026!
2026-01-02 17:30 - 19:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Join us in launching a new season of Blotter Bingo at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, January 2! Get ready for laughs as we take you through years of holiday mishaps for the pigs, cows, dogs, cats and people of Leelanau County. Candy prizes! Yum! Blotter Bingo will happen Fridays at 5:30 through April unless otherwise announced.

Lobby Gallery: Small Accomplishments by Harvey Gordon
2026-01-05 09:00 - 2026-04-23 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Glen Arbor Arts Center welcomes the new year with a small exhibition, Small
Accomplishments by Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon. This exhibition of acrylic
paintings is in the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery from January 5 – April 23, 2026.
“Ever since I started looking at art, I’ve had a special affinity for small work; work that
you could get up close to and see the whole thing, and how it was done,” Gordon said.
The acrylic paintings in Small Accomplishments offer an intimate view of the artist’s
process and technique — his signature practice of layering one transparent color on top
of another, which he applies to a range of subjects: beach walkers, the American flag
flying in front of a business, Sleeping Bear Bay.
Small Accomplishments is on view in the Lobby Gallery during GAAC business hours;
or may be viewed online: GlenArborArt.org / Exhibits

INteriors
2026-01-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-01-09 09:00 - 2026-03-12 15:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
The Glen Arbor Arts Center looks inward with its first exhibit of 2026. INteriors, an exploration of inner spaces, both real and imagined, spaces of the home and of the mind. Through March 12. Open Monday – Friday, 9 am – 3 pm; Saturday, noon – 4 pm. Read more here: https://glenarborart.org/product/exhibit-interiors/

Euchre at Glen Arbor Wines!
2026-01-14 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-01-28 18:00 - 20:00, 2026-02-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Glen Arbor Wines
Join us for relaxed, friendly euchre at Glen Arbor Wines, Wednesdays from 6 to 8 pm January through the end of April.

DWELLING: A CONVERSATON ABOUT LIVING WELL
2026-01-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
How can we live better, and dwell more thoroughly in our homes? Two Northern
Michigan interior designers explore that question on January 18, 1 pm at the Glen Arbor
Arts Center. This conversation takes place as part of the GAAC’s INteriors exhibition. It
is facilitated by GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal. The program is free.
Gretchen Knoblock, design director of the Traverse City firm New Leaf Interiors, and
Karen Van Nort, a home stager and designer located in Leelanau County, will reflect on
the ways they’ve helped clients make their interiors livable and congenial. What
essential design elements ground homeowners in their personal space? And, what does
it mean to bring the outside indoors?
In the event of inclement weather, Dwelling: A Conversation About Living Well will
take place February 8, 1 pm. INteriors, an exhibition about real and imagined inner
spaces, runs Janurary 9 – March 12 in the GAAC’s Main Gallery. Read more about the
exhibition and view images of the artwork at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

String Art Workshop
2026-02-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Glen Lake Community Library, 10115 Front Street, Empire, MI, 49630, United States
Explore your crafty side in this fun workshop! Two area crafty gals will help you create delicate string art hearts, just in time for Valentine’s Day! Space is limited so contact the library – 231.326.5361 to register.

Inside The Outside
2026-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Inside The Outside is the title of a new exhibition of work by Traverse City painter Justin Shull. Actually, the paintings are digital drawings, which have been created for the 6th edition of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Outdoor Gallery project, a year-long, invitational exhibition that turns the GAAC’s exterior walls into an outdoor exhibition space. Open 24/7. Free. Read more here: https://glenarborart.org/product/outdoor-gallery-exhibit-justin-shull-inside-the-outside/

Small Accomplishments
2026-02-06 08:00 - 17:00 | Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake Street, Glen Arbor, MI, 49636
Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon inaugurates the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2026 exhibition season with a small exhibition, aptly titled Small Accomplishments. Through April 23. Open Monday – Friday, 9 am – 3 pm; Saturday, noon – 4 pm. Read more here: https://glenarborart.org/product/exhibit-small-accomplishments-by-harvey-gordon/
