Community Calendar

New Hope Community Church will host Night to Shine, a global celebration for people with special needs, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. The event takes place Friday, February 13, 2026, 6p-9p, and includes a red-carpet welcome, dinner, dancing, and a crowning ceremony where every guest is honored as a King or Queen.

More info: newhope.cc/shine

Performers: Louise Brodie, Tim Joseph, Laura Miller, Andy Rockwood, Marley Demers
Caller: Pat Reeser

Join us for an afternoon of contra dancing! No partners or experience needed. The first half hour will be a workshop to teach and practice some of the basic steps.

Dancing is not required. You are welcome to come listen to the music. Chairs will be set up around the perimeter of the room.
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What is the Benzonia Area Community Emergency Fund?
The Benzonia Area Community Emergency Fund will financially assist an individual or a family that has fallen upon hard times. This is done on a one time basis through the payment of a known expense such as a medical, housing or utility bill. Funds are collected and administered through the Mills Community House Association.

For more information on the Benzonia Area Community Emergency Fund, our service area, how funds will be dispersed, and the nomination form, please visit our website: www.millscommhouse.org

As part of Beulah's Winterfest activities, Darcy Library of Beulah will transform the library into the beloved game, Candy Land.

Join us Saturday, February 14 from 10am-1pm as we play a life-sized version of Candy Land. Make your way through the library on colorful squares, encounter activities, crafts and treats and be crowned a winner.

All folks are welcome to play the game. Also, while in town, please stop by the Trailhead in Beulah for the Friends of the Darcy Library of Beulah Bake Sale that helps fund the library.

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 February 14, 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 February 14 Walk + Talk is free and open to the public. Read more about both exhibits, and look at the artwork online at GlenArborArt.org / EXHIBITS.

Join us at Darcy Library of Beulah on Monday, February 16 11am-12pm

North Sky Raptors presents: All You Wanted to Know About Owls

Free, peer-led mental health support groups:

*NAMI Family Support (Mondays at 6pm. Online and in-person at HBA, 3040 Sunset Ln. See website for zoom link.)

*NAMI Connection Group (Mondays at 6pm. Online, see website for zoom link)

Free, peer-led mental health support groups: NAMI Family Support and NAMI Connection Group.

Both held Wednesdays, 12pm at Christ Church, 430 Fair St. (See website for zoom link)

Free, peer-led mental health support: NAMI Connection Group. Held Wednesdays, 5pm Online (see website for zoom link) and at Child & Family Services, 3785 Veterans Dr.

Creative Wellness Monthly Gathering
Facilitators: Carol Hohle & Meridith Mulcahy

Time: 1:30 pm–3 pm

Registration Deadline: N/A

Location: Meet at the GAAC front desk, then follow the fun—we may head to locations like Pine Street Studio or Thoreson Farm Studio during the summer. (Reserve Pinestreet Classroom as permanent option)
Skill: All Skill Levels
Cost: $10 member/ $12 nonmember
Min/Max: N/A
Time to Set Up: 15 minutes
Time to Clean Up: 15 minutes

This group will gather once a month to share and learn more about the value of creativity in our daily lives. Over a warm mug of brewed tea/coffee (or ice tea/lemonade in the summer!), come connect with others, share ideas, find inspiration, and practical tips to lead a more creative and whole-hearted approach to life. Each month, in addition to checking in with one another, we will explore different practices (journaling, stitching, collaging, photography) that may pique your creative curiosity.

Each week the group will meet at the front desk of the Glen Arbor Art Center and will move to locations such as Pine Street Studio, the GAAC Classroom, the GAAC grove or Thoreson Farm.