Community Calendar

Come hang out with us for live music. We'll be serving wine, seasonal cocktails, cider, coffee, and tapas-style small plates to share. Bring your crew or show up solo — Dune Bird is that kind of place.

This is a free event — no reservation required. Seating is first come, first served.

Please check our social media for the most up-to-date event information.

Laughter is alive at Full Tilt Comedy's Comedy Lab! Come see what our students are working on at this experimental monthly show. Improv, stand up, new teams, new formats... anything goes!

Many are discussing what AI and other advanced technologies may become; few have thought through what we will become. "Generation AI"-those who are born after 2022-will be the first humans to grow up in a world of immersive AI, intelligent robots, and ambiguous boundaries between the born and the made. They will differ fundamentally from us, yet their future is our future too.

Drawing on evolutionary biology, social science, and progress in advanced technologies, renowned scientist-philosopher Gregory Stock offers the most comprehensive analysis yet of how AI will reshape not just our world, but our very nature. "Generation AI: The Transformation of Human Being" is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the profound transformation already underway-and our place within it.

Event Details
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. with live music, and the conversation begins at 7:00 p.m. This event includes a Q&A session and an author signing immediately following in the lobby.

Virtual Tickets are available to view the event live or on-demand.

Thank you to our donors and sponsors!

In memory of Joe and Jane Muer, this giant community collage with over 200 canvases, created by local artists, is on display beginning June 6th. Each piece is priced at $40.00 with all proceeds benefiting programming at the Oliver Art Center.

Summer Hours:
June 1 – September 30:
Monday – Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 12:00pm – 4:00pm

In 1867, three young orphaned brothers left New York to live with their sister in Adrian, Michigan. They began to sell sewing machines to raise some money, but after stumbling across a large assortment of new musical instruments, they discovered that selling musical instruments was far more successful.

Join us for a look back at the history of the Grinnell Brothers Music House with Hugh Grinnell, great-grandson of Herbert Grinnell who, with his two brothers, founded the company in 1879 in Ann Arbor. The brothers could not envision that their little wooden Ann Arbor store would launch a business that would be headquartered in Detroit by 1895. There, they built what was known as the Grinnell Building at 1515 Woodward Avenue. By 1950, they would become the largest music company in the world with 40 branch stores, including a branch store in Petoskey.

Mr. Grinnell's presentation will include the history of the company along with hundreds of historic photos from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Stock up on books, puzzles, games, DVDs and CDs at the annual FPCL Used Book Sale, August 6 through 12 in the Peninsula Community Library.

Members-only shopping is August 6 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m.(join at the door!), with public sale hours beginning August 7.

Proceeds support Peninsula Community Library programs and services. More information and hours on the PCL website or at (231) 223-7700.

Come have fun with us at French Valley! Enjoy live music, locally crafted drinks, kid-friendly options, and tasty snacks for the whole family.

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)

Michigan is home to an amazing array of food and drink brands, each with a fascinating story behind it. Ready-to-eat breakfast cereals like Kellogg’s and Post changed how the world eats, and Gerber first made baby food commercially available. But the Wolverine State is bursting with many other notable edibles, such as Faygo, American Spoon, Jiffy, Sanders and Vernors. Better Made uses Michigan potatoes for its chips. Fudge, pasties and anything made with cherries are also local standards. Others are gone but not forgotten, like Awrey’s and Twin Pines. Authors Gail Offen and Jon Milan explore the history and stories behind all of these and many, many more.

Come to the museum and join an informal tour of our current exhibitions with one of our docents.

Tours are free with museum admission and will begin at 12:00 PM. Please meet by the front desk a few minutes before the tour begins.