Community Calendar

The Guided Walking History Tours of Traverse City will begin its tenth season on July 9th, following the National Cherry Festival.

The informative tour is about two and a half hours covering a two-mile route. The tours begin at the Perry Hannah Plaza, located at the corner 6th and Union St. near downtown.

There is no charge for the tours, but gratuities for the guides are appreciated. Groups of six or more can schedule tours at other times.

For 2025 our 10:00 AM walking tours begin on Wednesday July 9th and continue daily through October 8th. No reservations are needed, simply arrive by 10:00 AM please.

EXPAND Storytelling #9 will take place at The Alluvion community performance venue at 7:00PM on Oct 1, 2025, in partnership with TC Design Week.

Four storytellers (and designers of many types) invited from the NoMi community will take the stage to share their life stories around how they find fulfillment from the inside out wherever they are. How they came to find the little things that make them come alive and how they continue to expand their being from right here, right NOW. Mindful, aware, present, grateful. Never arriving, always expanding.

STORYTELLERS:
Megan Stillwell, North Love and Table Health
Katie Asher, Slip Vintage,
Dana Lacuesta, Dana Grace Interiors
Ryan Hammon, Central United Methodist

TICKETS: $15 on Eventbrite or $18 at the door. Seating is limited to 150

Created and hosted by Chelsea Bay Dennis of C.Bay Design
In Partnership with https://www.tcdesignweek.com/

Elizabeth Evans, retired instructor at North Central Michigan College will be presenting a program on "Voyaging with Chief/Ogema Aishquaganabe; the people and Anishinaabemowin places he encounters."

She will show maps and tell us about the original names of familiar places in Antrim, Charlevoix, and Emmet Counties.

Explore the connection the Anishinaabe, Grand Traverse Bay's ancestral residents, have to the Bay. Tera John, a Knowledge Carrier and Story Keeper from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will be our guide as Manitou sails across the waters that have been a vital resource since time immemorial.

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling our office at 231-941-2000

Word for Word: Copy the Constitution
What does it actually say? Michigan Writers, in partnership with Traverse Area District Library, invite the community to join us on October 4, 10-12:00, at the McGuire Room in Traverse Area District Library to help hand copy the constitution word for word, post it in our hand-written scrawls, and then to read it aloud.

Each participant will be given a section to copy. We will post all the sections and read this important rights document aloud. All are welcome to join or observe. This exercise hopes to raise awareness through reclamation of the language that holds the principles of our country. It refreshes our understanding of the core rights document of democracy, bypasses partisanship, puts us in kinship with those early writers and thinkers, and offers affirmation. Join us at the library.

Just show up. Your favorite writing implement would be helpful.

Explore the connection the Anishinaabe, Grand Traverse Bay's ancestral residents, have to the Bay. Tera John, a Knowledge Carrier and Story Keeper from the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will be our guide as Manitou sails across the waters that have been a vital resource since time immemorial.

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling our office at 231-941-2000

The Guided Walking History Tours of Traverse City will begin its tenth season on July 9th, following the National Cherry Festival.

The informative tour is about two and a half hours covering a two-mile route. The tours begin at the Perry Hannah Plaza, located at the corner 6th and Union St. near downtown.

There is no charge for the tours, but gratuities for the guides are appreciated. Groups of six or more can schedule tours at other times.

For 2025 our 10:00 AM walking tours begin on Wednesday July 9th and continue daily through October 8th. No reservations are needed, simply arrive by 10:00 AM please.

Grand Traverse Musicale is proud to present the program “Gospel Music!” featuring the Elk Lake Community Choir. The choir is under the direction of Cheryl Knight. The performance will feature Willie Dahl on trumpet and Steve Stargardt on piano. Come join the fun on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Also, Grand Traverse Musicale 2025 Scholarship winners, Adriella Hargett and Luke Shumaker will be singing. See them perform at Mission Hill Church (formerly First Congregational Church) 6105 Center Road Traverse City, MI 49686.

The Guided Walking History Tours of Traverse City will begin its tenth season on July 9th, following the National Cherry Festival.

The informative tour is about two and a half hours covering a two-mile route. The tours begin at the Perry Hannah Plaza, located at the corner 6th and Union St. near downtown.

There is no charge for the tours, but gratuities for the guides are appreciated. Groups of six or more can schedule tours at other times.

For 2025 our 10:00 AM walking tours begin on Wednesday July 9th and continue daily through October 8th. No reservations are needed, simply arrive by 10:00 AM please.

Join us for an evening of discovery with Woodmere's own Katheryn and Kelly. Where you will discover how exciting history can be when it's your own!

This hands-on session combines research tips with creative ways to record and share your heritage.

• Learn how to trace your family tree using online resources
• Ways to read and understand old documents like census records and birth certificates
• Tips for interviewing relatives and collecting family stories
• Fun methods to preserve your history from digital storytelling to creative projects

This workshop is a great opportunity to practice research skills, explore personal history, and see how your family connects to the bigger picture of history. Come ready to ask questions, try out new tools, and start building a family story you can share and keep.