Community Calendar

Showcasing works in wood, paper, and fiber, featured artists will present furniture, textiles, paper assemblages, basketry, and more in both functional and decorative creations.

Exhibit runs from March 14 - April 18
Tuesday - Saturday from 10am-4pm
Sunday from 12pm-4pm

Artist talk April 18-2:00

Step back in time as the soldiers of the 102nd United States Colored Troops Company C establish an authentic Civil War living history encampment on the front lawn of the library.

Visitors will experience a fully immersive outdoor camp complete with period tents, military equipment, historical displays, and personal impressions of Michigan's African American regiment.

Are you Interplanet Janet? Or Just a Bill? Want to revisit Conjunction Junction and make sure you know your function? Come and join your Schoolhouse Rock friends for a singalong of all your favorites from childhood Saturday mornings. We’ll have some crafty fun for you too! All ages welcome!

Historian and Executive Program Director of the Gospel Army Black History Group, Maurice Imhoff will present his book "The 1st Michigan Colored Regiment: FREE MEN WHO FOUGHT SLAVERY". He will explore the formation, service, and enduring legacy of the 1st Michigan Colored Regiment - later designated the 102nd United States Colored Troops - from its early authorization throughs its modern-day remembrance.

Gopherwood is thrilled to see the return of Willy Porter to our stage. Some folks are lucky to find what they love to do at an early age and quietly settle in for the long haul expanding and developing their work over the arc of a lifetime. Willy Porter is one of those artists. He has followed his own path to explore the sacred language that music truly is. 30 years after his solo recording debut, he continues to reach further into his guitar & pen while stretching the form of what his own music can be. He recently released his 13th full length album, The Ravine, in September 2023.

Willy Porter continues on a musical and personal odyssey spanning over two decades, 13 albums, and multiple continents. His journey has been defined by an inquisitive love for humanity and the language that describes what we all hold to be true. Porter’s songs weave a universal perspective about the questions, struggles, and triumphs of human existence. His live shows are guitar-driven grit, soul, silence and muscle– at times electrifying, dynamic, and unique in the way that Porter’s voice blends and fuses with his fret work.

This fun comedy begins with a theater-loving narrator playing his favorite cast recording. As the record spins, a 1920s musical springs to life in his apartment. The show-within-a-show follows a wedding disrupted by gangsters, mistaken identities and a tipsy chaperone. Hilarious and heartfelt, it’s both a loving parody and a tribute to the magic of classic musicals.

Northwestern Michigan College will host its first High School Jazz Invitational on Saturday, April 18, bringing together student musicians from several regional schools for a day of performances, clinics, and collaboration.

High school big bands from Traverse City West, Traverse City Central, Elk Rapids, and St. Francis will perform beginning at 1 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium. The afternoon performances are free and open to the public.

The day concludes with NMC’s Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. in Milliken Auditorium. The evening concert will feature the NMC Jazz Lab Band, an All-Star High School Big Band made up of students nominated by participating directors, and the NMC Jazz Big Band. Smith will perform as a guest soloist with each ensemble.

The evening concert will be directed by Joshua L. Wagner. Doors open at 7 p.m., and tickets are required. Tickets are available in advance at a discount by going to nmcmusicdepartment.simpletix.com. Tickets at the door are $20 for adults and $15 for seniors and students, while NMC students are admitted free with a student ID. A brief intermission will take place between groups.

For questions or assistance purchasing tickets, contact the NMC Box Office at 231-995-1340.

The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s next Coffee With The Authors conversation is April 19, 1 pm with Karen Mulvahill, author of The Lost Woman. Mulvahill, a Leelanau County resident, sets her novel in 1940’s Paris, just as the Nazis storm the City of Lights. What follows is a tale of one young woman’s resistance, art theft, and a long-delayed effort to restore stolen paintings to their rightful owners.

The Lost Woman is Mulvahill’s debut novel. Published in 2025, Mulvahill’s tale is fueled by history: the Nazi’s well-organized efforts to appropriate — through theft, murder and terror tactics — a vast array of cultural artifacts for installation in Hitler’s planned arts complex, the Fuhrermuseum, in Linz, Austria. Mulvahill will talk about how she crafted a story peopled by many characters over decades, and the role the arts played in the Nazi’s violent scheme to reorder the world to its specifications.

Coffee With The Authors is a series of conversational interviews with local, regional, and state authors about the art, craft, and process of writing, facilitated by GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal. There is no charge. Coffee With The Authors enjoys the support of the Cottage Book Shop and the Glen Lake Community Library.

This fun comedy begins with a theater-loving narrator playing his favorite cast recording. As the record spins, a 1920s musical springs to life in his apartment. The show-within-a-show follows a wedding disrupted by gangsters, mistaken identities and a tipsy chaperone. Hilarious and heartfelt, it’s both a loving parody and a tribute to the magic of classic musicals.

The goal of the Traverse Area Historical Society is to share local history of Traverse City and the Grand Traverse region.

This month's speaker will be: Marty MacLeod

The Cradle of Traverse City: Slabtown