Community Calendar

Alluvion Arts presents We Will Not Whisper, an exhibition featuring 19 female visual artists, collectively responding to the ongoing erosion of civil liberties and democratic institutions in America. 

The exhibition opens to the public on March 7,  5-7 pm inside Commongrounds, 414 E. 8th Street, Traverse City, Michigan, on the second floor. Artwork is exhibited on both the first and second floors of Commongrounds and varies in technique from painting to collage to assemblage and fiber.

The exhibit was conceived in early 2025, when a group of Northern Michigan artists began to talk about the emotional and practical impacts of recent federal social and civic policy changes on their studio practices. Weeks of conversation lead to the idea of creating an exhibition that employs the visual arts to take on and reflect upon these difficult times. 

Exhibit Hours: Monday - Saturday 8am-5pm

Come experience the sugaring process through time. Learn the history of maple sugaring from the Anishinaabe, then travel to the present day at the Olsen Farm. End your adventure by sampling warm syrup or making maple taffy.

The event is free with a park pass.

Bundle up and venture out with the Charlevoix Conservation District and Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy this winter!

Join local tree identification expert Chris Anderson from the Conservation District for an educational hike at WLAC’s Field Preserve to identify as many tree species at this diverse nature preserve as possible.

WLAC will provide snowshoes or crampons for participants, if conditions require them. Directions to the Fields Preserve trailhead can be found here.

Out of the Box is a group exhibit and invitational featuring 30 Artists based locally and throughout the United States.

Each Artist has transformed a discarded cigar box into a work of Art. Paintings, Sculpture, Mosaic and even a Ukelele are some of the treasures which have been made from a cigar box. Some are recognizable, and some have been taken apart and salvaged into something entirely different.

The show runs daily during open hours in-person from February 7th thru March 14th.

FALL & EARLY WINTER HOURS:
Sunday & Monday: by appointment
Tuesday- Thursday: 11-4
Friday & Saturday: 11-5

You can also browse the pieces online in our shop from your couch beginning on February 7th

Join a conversational tour of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s current exhibits on March 7, 1 pm. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a Walk + Talk of INteriors, and Small Accomplishments.

INteriors brings to the GAAC Main Gallery work that explores interior spaces real and imagined, in the home and mind. In the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery is Small Accomplishments, a group of acrylic paintings by Leelanau County artist Harvey Gordon that capture unremarkable events with remarkable technique.

The March 7 Walk + Talk is free and open to the public. Read more about both exhibits, and look at the artwork online at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

Anyone like to puzzle—and a little competition? We’re hosting our third annual Community Puzzle Competition! Join the warmth of fellow puzzlers for a fun and stimulating afternoon.

Gather your team of 2–3 and register to secure your spot. $30 per team.

Light snacks provided, prizes awarded, and all teams keep their 550-piece puzzle.

Become a wildlife detective and explore the natural world using your senses!

Join us with the Sleeping Bear Wildlife Fund as they present A Sense of Nature. This hands-on program will offer a just on experience of using touch, smell, sight, and sound to uncover and identities of five mystery animals.

You will be building your observation and reasoning skills while learning how these animals use their senses for survival and adaptations in the wild.

Anna Quindlen is the author of many bestselling books including the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Rise and Shine, the #1 bestselling memoir Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her other novels include Blessings, One True Thing, the Oprah Book Club Selection Black and Blue, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, and After Annie.

Event Details
Doors open at 1:30 p.m. with live music, and the conversation begins at 2 p.m. This event includes a Q&A session and an author signing immediately following in the lobby.

For much more information about virtual tickets, ticketing options, book sales, etc., please click here.

Facilitated by Crystal Woodward-Turner of Karasi Fitness and Healing Arts, this is a calming and restorative yoga-inspired practice infusing music, movement, and mindfulness sure to invigorate from the inside out, nurturing a lifestyle of love, peace, and purpose.

ALL levels welcome. Light refreshments will be served. Please bring your mat, water, a towel, and wear comfortable clothing. There will be limited mats available to use as well.

Please register at karasifitnessandhealingarts.com

Good on Paper is Traverse City's longest-running improv comedy troupe, creating comedy scenes based entirely on audience suggestions.

Join us as they partner with Old Town Playhouse for this special FUNdraiser!

Cash bar service will be available.