Community Calendar

In partnership with the Michigan Parkinson Foundation, we are pleased to be offering these bi-monthly informational programs about Parkinson's Disease. PD 101 is a free, in-person orientation designed to help individuals better understand Parkinson’s.

Fri, Feb 27, 12:00 PM - 9pm and Sat, Feb 28, 12pm- 6:00 PM EST

Blessed Be Tea and Apothecary
116 E Front St
Traverse City, MI 49684

Clothing Swap at Blessed Be Tea 12p-6p both feb 27th and feb 28th. Bring an item, swap an item. Please bring clean, undamaged items. All left over items will be donated to the Women's Resource Center.

Join the Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA) for a magical evening at Leo Creek! On Friday, February 27, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, we invite you to wander a lantern-lit loop through the preserve. This casual community event is the perfect way to embrace the season, enjoy the crisp winter air, and learn a bit more about what we do.

Warm up with a cup of hot cocoa at our check-in tables and, if the weather permits, borrow a pair of our snowshoes (limited adult and child sizes available) to explore the trail. We can’t wait to see you there!

Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Glen Arbor Arts Center Classroom
FREE – Just show up!

Want to apply to one of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2026 exhibitions, but not sure of the process? The GAAC will host a one-hour tutorial about its online application process February 28 @ 11 am. There is no charge.

Fri, Feb 27, 12:00 PM - 9pm and Sat, Feb 28, 12pm- 6:00 PM EST

Blessed Be Tea and Apothecary
116 E Front St
Traverse City, MI 49684

Clothing Swap at Blessed Be Tea 12p-6p both feb 27th and feb 28th. Bring an item, swap an item. Please bring clean, undamaged items. All left over items will be donated to the Women's Resource Center.

The Music House Museum is happy to welcome local band East Bay Drive Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 7:00PM

East Bay Drive is a 4-piece American Jazz-Fusion band from Traverse City, Michigan. The band formed in 2019 from a collection of eclectic musicians who met at MusicHub.Live Studios and who all just couldn’t get enough Fourplay, Steely Dan, and creating original compositions. These individuals had worked with each other individually for years but never together as a group. Their unique brand of entertainment fuses dynamic grooves with deep feel, and a friendly humble approach to music that will make you want to move with the groove.

The band members consist of: David Chown-Piano and Keyboards, Rick Kielhe-Guitar, John Richard Paul-Bass, Alex Wyant-Drums, with special guests Ryan Critchfield-Saxophone, and Skylea-vocals.

Get ready for a fun-funky time!

You can get tickets by going to MyNorthTickets here, visiting musichouse.org or by calling 231-938-9300

What is Soup and Bread? It’s simple. Local restaurants donate soup. You come, eat, and pay what you want. All money raised goes to a local non-profit.

November: Planned Parenthood
December: North Sky Raptor Sanctuary
January: FLOW For Water
February: Jubilee House
March: Women's Resource Center

Participating Restaurants include: Bubbies Bagels, Cooks House, S2S, Umbo, Modern Bird, Black Star Farms, Common Good Bakery, Identity Brewing, and Farm Club

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)

Sparking Creativity with instructor Carol Hohle

Registration Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Location: GAAC Classroom
Skill: All Skill Levels
Cost: $130 member/ $145 nonmember

Launch the new year with a new view of creativity. Using “best hits” from the book The Artist’s Way–A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, participants will engage in journal writing and creative play to express ideas and intentions and come away with a deeper, creative approach to life.

Back again for 2026! Launch the new year with a new view of creativity. Using “best hits” from the book The Artist’s Way–A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron, participants will engage in journal writing and creative play to express ideas and intentions and come away with a deeper, creative approach to life.

Join us for part two of a five-part conversation series hosted by Derenda Lefevre of Open Your Eyes To Access (OYETA). These conversations will focus on centering disability stories, the history of disability in our communities, and provide opportunities for non-disabled people to learn about disability, ableism, and what it means to embrace accessibility and equity in our community spaces. Refreshments will be served and documentation for continuing ed hours will be available.

#2 Grounding In History: This second conversation will dive into our complicated past with disability including poor laws, institutionalization, “ugly laws”, eugenics, and the object of normality and we’ll explore how these have shaped our attitudes and our community spaces.