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Join us inside the Dennos Museum Center for an afternoon of observation and creativity with the Plein Air Painters of Northern Michigan. Bring your own sketchbook and pencils, or simply come to watch as artists interpret the museum’s collection. This informal, drop-in experience invites visitors of all ages to connect through artmaking, conversation, and seeing the museum through new eyes.

Please pay admission upon arrival to the museum.

Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm

The Elk Rapids Farmers Market is brought to you by the Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. This Friday morning market offers a wide selection of locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh flowers and plants, baked goods, cheese, meats and fish, jams, maple syrup, local honey, coffee and tea, lavender products and so much more! In 2025, the Market is open every Friday from 8:00am to Noon from May 30th through October 3rd.

Trinity`s Annual Rummage Sale

Event will be held in the gym, supported by multiple families. Something for everyone!

An Interlochen Arts Academy graduate and Berklee College of Music drop-out, Sierra spent her early twenties splitting time between Nashville, TN and her home state of Michigan, touring both as a solo act and fronting a trio.

In 2022 she released a string of singles written and recorded in Nashville that earned several big playlist placements and features in indie music blogs, being noted as "heart-ache to dance to." Swirling around the edge of all things alternative, the first releases of i.am.james. are an unusual cocktail of captivating melodies and heart-bearing lyrics tied together in a sonically lush vibe. i.am.james. embarked on a lengthy summer tour in 2022 reaching crowds both large and small across the midwest with acoustic versions of these releases.

After returning to her Northern Michigan roots in 2023, Sierra began recording her first full length project with the help of Michael Dause of TreeTone Studios. Recorded in a cottage deep in the snow covered woods of Northern Michigan, the project reflects this scene; intimate and transformative, drawing sonic influence from artists like Pinegrove, KT Tunstall, and Maggie Rogers. The project is reflective of the contemporary folk and indie rock sound i.am.james. delivered while on a 2024 summer tour, with performances at major Michigan music festivals like Bliss Festival and Wheatland Music Festival.

The project is set to release in 2025 and be accompanied by a midwest summer tour.

Trinity`s Annual Rummage Sale

Event will be held in the gym, supported by multiple families. Something for everyone!

The Suttons Bay Farmers Market is held every Saturday morning from 9 AM – 1 PM.

For the 2025 season, we will be at our established location on St. Joseph St. at the north end of the village. Located on the east side of the intersection of M22 and M204 (between Concord St. and Race St.)

Market Dates of Operation: May 24 – October 18, 2025

The Michigan Parkinson Foundation is hosting a Hero Walk Saturday August 23, 2025, at the Traverse City Civic Center Multipurpose Field at 9:00am to 12:00pm. The Parkinson Hero Walk is a team/pledge walking event that allows us to continue critical programs & services free of charge, to help ensure no person with Parkinson's in Michigan is without quality care and support.

The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s third season of Coffee With The Authors is about building. And the next interview in the 2025 series is about building the history of a place, in this case Glen Arbor Township: A History to 1920, a new, hardcover book edited by Andrew White; and written by Paul Dechow, Mary Severson Tris, Barbara Siepker, and John Tris. The interview takes place August 24, 11 am in the GAAC Main Gallery.

Published by Leelanau Press, Glen Arbor Township surveys the geological, social, and human history of what became Glen Arbor Township, a municipal designation encompassing 87.6 square miles of land and water. Over the course of 368 pages, and drawing on original documents, the five collaborating writers present a picture of this place, starting with the glacial activities that lay the groundwork for the Land of Delight; the lifeway of the original inhabitants; followed by the commercial timbering era, fruit orchards, Glen Arbor’s early resorts, and the accompanying population shifts. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will explore the mechanics of how a group of writers build a cohesive history, and what current day residents can glean from the past.
Coffee With The Authors is a series of conversational interviews with local, regional, and state authors about the art, craft, and process of writing. In these interviews, Bearup-Neal talks with writers - poets, essayists, memoirists, fiction writers, historical fiction writers, writers of creative non-fiction - and explores how writers work and think. There is no charge.

Coffee With The Authors enjoys the support of the Cottage Book Shop and the Glen Lake Community Library.

https://glenarborart.org/product/coffee-with-the-authors-glen-arbor-township-history/

The popular Bayside Concert Series returns this summer to the Petoskey waterfront! This free, family-friendly series of outdoor concerts will take place Sunday evenings from 5–7 PM, July 6 through August 31, on the Promenade near the waterfront clock tower.

The series, co-sponsored by Big Water Creative Arts and the City of Petoskey, features an exciting lineup of local musicians performing a variety of styles — all with a stunning view of Little Traverse Bay.

2025 lineup:
July 6 – Two Track Mind
July 13 – Eric Dane Jaqua
July 20 – Steel & Wood
July 27 – The Real Ingredients
August 3 – Michelle Chenard
August 10 – Kevin Johnson
August 17 – Lara Fulford
August 24 – Laura Crowe
August 31 – Continuous Imposition

Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy an evening of great music on the bay. No tickets or registration required.

For more information, visit: www.bigwatercreativearts.org or petoskey.recdesk.com.