Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
The 4th Annual Great Indoor Folk Festival takes place this Sunday, February 12 in Building 50 at the Grand Traverse Commons. The festival runs from noon to 5:30, and it is family-friendly and free, though you're encouraged to donate through "busker buckets."
There will be 6 different stages with over 50 musicians on seven different stages.
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Glen Arbor’s  annual ode to winter will take place again this year with the Glen Arbor Winterfest, on Saturday, February 18th!
The Glen Arbor Winterfest is sponsored by the Glen Lake/Sleeping Bear Chamberand takes place Saturday February 18. Highlights include a perch fishing contest, a chance to "fish" for deals at Glen Arbor stores and the Chili Cookoff at Boonedocks along with live music and plenty of warmth from the cozy wood-burning fire pits on the deck. Don't miss the video of the Cookoff courtesy Michael Buhler and the Glen Arbor Sun below!
The Glen Arbor Art Association offers several residencies each year for practicing artists who would like the opportunity for creative exploration in an idyllic setting in northern Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula. The purpose of the residency program is to provide visiting artists with a respite from daily responsibilities to enable them to concentrate on their work.
Participants use studio space provided at Thoreson Farm, a farmstead in the historic Port Oneida district of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. A small apartment is provided in the Art Association building in Glen Arbor at no charge for the residency period. Residencies are considered in writing, visual arts, photography, sculpture, fiber arts, ceramics, music, philosophy and creative research.
Applications may be submitted until March 1 for the 2012 season. For more details and how to apply, see their web site!
Great art, wine and food are the main events of a special evening, Art from Michigan’s Wine Country which kicks off the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association’s Taste the Passion weekend (Feb 4 & 5, 2012). For a fourth year, this fun winter event will be held on Friday, February 3rd at the Homestead's Mountain Flowers Lodge and features wine from Leelanau wineries, original art by local artists and a fabulous small plates menu designed by The Homestead’s Chef Piombo.
The price is $20 per person advance reservation by February 2 and includes one glass of wine and food stations with delectable small plates and coffee. Additional wine available for $4/glass or three glasses for $10. Call The Homestead at 334-5100, to make a reservation with will call ticket at the door for pre-paid reservations. $25 per person admission at the door.
The invitational art exhibit and sale offers recent original works by nine Leelanau artists. The artists will be on hand to discuss their work. This is a great opportunity to meet local artists and celebrate a perfect pairing of wine and art. A portion of the art sales will benefit Glen Arbor Art Association's summer programs.
Five dollars of each ticket goes to support the Glen Arbor Art Association class scholarships and a free after-school art program for Glen Lake students. Scholarship assistance and the after-school art program provide arts opportunities for those who could not otherwise afford art classes.
For more information go to www.glenarborart.org or call the GAAA office at 334-6112.
Photo credit: Victoria Creek Winter-Looking West by Mary Fuscaldo
The photo above showing twin iridium flares piercing the night sky was captured above Glen Arbor, Michigan during the evening of September 24, 2011. Iridium flares occur when sunlight is reflected off the solar panels of one of the 66 Iridium satellites that are in orbit around Earth. To correct for changes in the angle these panels make as they orbit, the satellite rotates to reposition the solar cells. It's during this short 10-30 second rotation period that sunlight bounces off the cells towards the Earth's surface. On the ground, the Sun has already set, and the sky may be quite dark. If you're looking at the right spot, you'll notice that the reflection gradually brightens and then may suddenly flare before quickly fading. The brightest flares achieve a magnitude of approximately - 8 or about 85 times brighter than Venus at its brightest. To see when you should be able to see an iridium flare at your location, visit the Heavens Above: Iridium Flares web page.
Ken took this photo of the annual holiday display at Art's in Glen Arbor last year. Ken has a nice little Christmas lights slideshow that you can check out. In case you're wondering, the unfamiliar white stuff is I'm told called "snow", and it used to (get this) fall from the sky and cover the ground.
All kidding aside, reports today say that at 3.5" of snow, this is the lowest recorded total by this time EVER.
The Glen Arbor Art Association presents its new dramatic venture, Readers' Theater on Wednesday, November 30 at 7pm. It features two adapted Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "The Adventure of the Tolling Bell" and "The Problem of Thor Bridge,” directed by Josephine Zara. This event at the GAAA (across the street from Cherry Republic in Glen Arbor) is free and open to the public - goodwill offerings will be accepted at the door.
Readers’ Theater involves members of the local community performing stories, adaptations from novels, or other literary materials onstage, using a script, lighting and sound effects. Actors use their voices and facial expressions to dramatically communicate the story to their audience, rather than costumes, sets or other visual aids. No memorization is required.
Director Josephine Zara of Glen Arbor is a former communications and theater professional who studied with Uta Hagen at the Herbert Berghof Studio in NYC, and is a GAAA member. She co-chairs Readers’ Theater with Harriett Mittelberger of Glen Arbor, a professional director and educator who has directed at Old Town Playhouse, and serves on the board of the GAAA.
The Glen Arbor Art Association will host its third annual Plein Air Paint Out on Saturday, August 6th. This popular event hosts artists from throughout the Midwest who arrive early in the morning at GAAA to have their canvases or papers stamped to verify that their paintings have been done on this day. Artists then find their ideal spots for a day of plein-air painting before returning with their completed works for display to the Glen Arbor Art Association in the afternoon for a juried exhibit and “wet painting” sale and reception. Painter and retired professor art, Harvey Gordon will be this year’s guest juror and will award three cash prizes. A fourth prize this year will be the People’s Choice Award determined by popular vote.
The Wet Painting Reception and Sale is open to the public from 5:30-7:30 pm at GAAA, located off Lake Street across from Cherry Republic. Paintings may be purchased on a “first come” basis beginning at 5:45 pm. There will also be a wine tasting provided by the 24 wineries of the Traverse City Wine & Art Festival along with light appetizers. Proceeds from the sales will benefit the art association’s enrichment programs. A $10 donation per person donation is requested.
Plein-air painting refers to the technique of painting out-of-doors which was initiated by the French Impressionists in the mid-nineteenth century. The challenge is to paint or draw directly and spontaneously from nature during a very limited period of time. Leelanau County’s beauty provides the perfect setting for a paint-out event.
Artist who would like to participate should call the GAAA office, 231-334-6112, or go to www.glenarborart.org. The fee to participate is $25 with a discount for early registration.
Through a variety of sources including the Leelanau Chamber, Glen Arbor Sun and MichiganFireworks.com, we've come up with our Leelanau Fourth of July event listings. Did we miss something? Post a comment letting us know below and definitely scroll down for a sweet timelapse of the Northport Fireworks by Ken Scott!
July 2, 4 PM, performance of patriotic music by the Northport Community Band at the Glen Arbor Athletic Club.
July 3, 10 AM: Flag Raising Ceremony at Old Settler’s Park in Burdickville.
Leelanau Farmer's Markets are underway in Glen Arbor, Lake Leelanau, Leland, Northport and Suttons Bay. They offer you a chance to get out and connect with farmers and other folks who produce food in Leelanau County. Tell us your favorite Leelanau farmers market in our poll!
Tuesdays in Glen Arbor
9 am—1 pm
June 21 - August 30
Location: Behind the Township Hall on Western Ave
Thursdays in Leland
9 am—Noon
June 23 - September 1
Location: Parking lot across from the Bluebird Restaurant
Fridays in Northport
9 am—1 pm
June 17 - September 16
Location: The Depot, next to the marina
Saturdays in Suttons Bay
9 am—1 pm
May 14 - October 22
NEW Location:Â North Park; intersection of M-204 & M-22, water side
Saturdays in Empire
9 am—1 pm
June 18 - September 10
Location: Downtown, next to the Post Office
Sundays in Lake Leelanau
9 am—1 pm
June 19 - September 4
Location: Parking lot across from NJ's Grocery downtown
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Radishes, eggs, salad greens and garlic from Abra at Bare Knuckle Farm
Taste the Local Difference is a comprehensive guide that includes farm, farm market, CSA, winery and other listings with addresses, phone numbers and an index to seasonal food availability. The guide includes farms and winery listings, CSA contacts, addresses, phone numbers and an index to seasonal food availability. A kind of phone book for food. No need to shuffle through the yellow pages--just pick up a guide and start eating!
Ohio artist and art professor Taimur Cleary will be the Glen Arbor Art Association's second artist-in-residence for the 2011 season. His presentation for the public will take place this Thursday (May 26) at 7:30 at the Art Association's building in Glen Arbor (opposite Cherry Republic – follow the sign to GAAA). The program is free and light refreshment will be served. Cleary is an adjunct professor of art at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio. Prior to that he taught art as an assistant professor in Lahore, Pakistan. He has lived and worked in New York City and Denver among other places, but he always returns to northern Michigan in the summer where he is captivated by the landscape and has a "deep spiritual connection" since childhood summers near Frankfort.
Cleary will use his spring residency to depict the wildlife and "dramatic weather" of the season. He explains, "Migratory birds will be returning, and the beaches, rivers, forests and towns will have yet to meet with the traffic of those on summer vacation. I generally prefer to depict landscapes as free, or mostly free of people. This choice is made to highlight the relationship of the viewer to the canvas, the scene depicted and the viewer's own environment."
To learn more about the artists and their residencies visit www.glenarborart.org.
Great Indoor Folk Festival ~ Feb 12, 2012
February is the time to celebrate winter in Northern Michigan and Leelanau County has three great festivals that do exactly that!
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