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Leelanau.com is on location at the 2010 Traverse City Film Festival. Tune in or come in - there's free movies every night on the giant screen outdoors and there's standby lines for every movie that give you a great chance of getting in. See you next week! Thanks to the Glen Arbor Sun we found this great video from the Leelanau Conservancy and their Why Leelanau Blog. You can see all their videos on their YouTube channel. Click through for their latest: Summertime Fun! Coming Events: 2010 Traverse City Film Festival (July 27 - August 1) Leland Summer Music Series (Wed nights), Leelanau Farmer's Markets (ongoing) Check the Leelanau Calendar. |
Thanks to the Glen Arbor Sun we found this great video from the Leelanau Conservancy and their Why Leelanau Blog. You can see all their videos on their YouTube channel – here's their latest – Summertime Fun:
It's 78 degrees with light rain at 4:30 PM at Leelanau Coffee Roasting in Glen Arbor. The record high for July 21 was 96 degrees in 1987, and the 80s proved themselves an extreme decade with the record low of 46 in 1981. There's a good chance of rain overnight and tomorrow morning with skies clearing and mid to upper 80s for Friday. For the weekend, expect rain to swing back through Saturday morning with skies becoming mostly sunny with highs in the 70s in the afternoon. Sunday, look for mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s.
Photo credit: Glen Arbor stirring Lake Michigan by LeelanauLens
Coming Events
Glen Lake Women's Club Annual Art Fair (July 21), Art Leelanau Benefit Show & Sale (July 23), 2010 Traverse City Film Festival (July 27 – August 1) Leland Summer Music Series (Wed nights), Leelanau Farmer's Markets (ongoing)
Check the Leelanau Calendar for more! You can add your events to the calendar for FREE! Not only will they be distributed with our weekly newsletter, but they may be a featured story on leelanau.com!
Week's Weather
Click for the Leelanau News Archive from July 2009.
Weather Resources
Weather Underground is just about as old as the internet (the first net weather service) and is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Sometimes the above banner will show personal weather system data from Leelanau Coffee in Glen Arbor, sometimes from Leland and sometimes it comes from a vineyard on Old Mission (it tells you which in the top left of the page it links to).
Buoy 45002 in Lake Michigan is located halfway between North Manitou Island and Washington Island in Lake Michigan. It provides wind and wave data. Also check out Michigan Sea Grant Coastwatch for water temps (the "early evening" images in their archive will give you a better idea of actual temps during peaks swimming hours … in seasons where you might actually want to swim!).
Keenan took this amazing photo in Sleeping Bear Bay. You gotta see it bigger or check out his whole Glen Arbor Gallery slideshow.
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With the Traverse City Film Festival almost upon us, there's a lot of interest in films and moviemaking.
The Glen Arbor Art Association is bringing in filmmaker, writer and radio producer Andrea Maio for a one week documentary boot camp course for teens August 9-12, 10 AM – 5 PM. It will be a whirlwind week exploring the many modes of non-fiction storytelling in all its stages; from research and interview techniques to shooting to making tough decisions in the editing room; students will get hands on experience in every aspect of documentary filmmaking. Students will access the rich cultural resources available to them in the Glen Arbor community to make a collaborative portrait of town. The week will culminate in a screening open to the Glen Arbor Community.
Video camera and laptop computer required, but some equipment is available. Tuition is $260 for Glen Arbor Art Association members and $270 for non-members. Registration can be handled at the GAAA web-site or by calling the GAAA office 231-334-6112.
In addition to Andrea's work on numerous non-fiction film and video projects she teaches filmmaking at Interlochen Arts Camp and the University of Missouri. Her work has been featured on IPR's This American Life. Here's a short video she did set in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore:
Sleeping Bear from andrea maio on Vimeo.
Photo: The Mill by LeelanauLens
All next week Absolute Michigan will be on location at the Traverse City Film Festival in Traverse City, Michigan. The festival takes place Tuesday, July 27 through Sunday, August 1. Check their site for tickets and also the times of free panels and free movies on the BIG screen at the Open Space.
Absolute Michigan & Leelanau.com sponsor the festival so we may have a little biased, but we have to say that this is one of the coolest weeks we get a chance to be a part of. In 2010, we're going to be working with a great group of folks including the University of Michigan Film School to produce daily online video – stay tuned!
Here's a great video produced by Scott Allman from last year's festival that will help get you in the mood.
The Glen Arbor Sun reports that the 39th Annual Glen Lake Woman’s Club Art Fair will take place this Wednesday (July 21) at the Glen Arbor Township Hall from 10 AM – 4 PM.
The Art Fair features over 90 carefully chosen artisans with fine arts and quality crafts. Proceeds from the Fair are used for scholarships for area graduating seniors (over $10,000 each year).
If you make it out to Glen Arbor, consider sticking around till 8 PM when Claudia Schmidt takes the stage for the latest show in the ongoing Manitou Music Festival. Call 334-6112 or email office@glenarborart.org for details!
Every week we send an email to our list that lets you know all you need to know about this week in Leelanau! Sign up using the form at the top right of the page and get out and enjoy some summertime!
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The 2010 Inland Seas Music Festival will take place on Saturday, July 17, 2010 from 10 AM – 5 PM on the waterfront at the Inland Seas Education Center in Suttons Bay. The Festival will provide live music from several area groups throughout the day. Live music will also be provided down by the boardwalk and performances on the main stage include:
The Great Lakes Schoolship Inland Seas will be available for tours from 10:00am – 5:00pm. Tours will be provided by some of ISEA's 200 professionaly trained volunteers. Short sails will be offered to families aboard ISEA's Friendship Sloop Liberty from 10:00am – 11:30am, 12:30pm – 2:00pm, and 3:00pm – 5:00pm. The cost is $20, with a limit of 6 people on each sail. Sign.
A variety of food will be served throughout the day from local restaurants, including House of Doggs, The Silvertree Deli, 45th Parallel Cafe, and Candy World.
Mark took this shot of the DH Day Barn in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Wednesday. Be sure to check this out background bigtacular and see more shots from the Lakeshore in his slideshow!
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