Community Calendar

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.

People of all skill levels, including beginners, are welcome! For more info, contact Sue Archer at 231-944-0013.

Sponsored by Alden District Library and held at Helena Township Community Center & Library, 8751 Helena Rd, Alden, 231-331-4318.

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.

Hey, babe, let's go out tonight for an evening where storytellers tell true, first-person stories about a time in their lives that they bucked the system in ways big and small.

Join The Kingsley Folk School at Kingsley Branch Library for a relaxed, no-prep storytelling community circle. Inspired by NPR’s The Moth, the Everyone Has a Story series invites you to simply show up and share—no scripts, no pressure. Just real moments from your life, told in the moment.

Together, we’ll listen, laugh, reflect, and connect with neighbors through the power of spontaneous storytelling.

Participants are welcome to speak for up to 5 minutes, or simply come to enjoy the stories and the sense of community.

This gathering happens on the second Thursday of every month from 5:30–7:00 p.m. at the Kingsley Branch Library.

Event is free and open to all, with no registration required.

For more information or to request reasonable accommodations, please call the Library at 231-263-5484 or follow us on Facebook.

Date: Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 am–3:30 pm
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Location: Glen Arbor Arts Center Classroom
Skill: Beginner to Intermediate

If the garden brings you joy, this watercolor workshop will put a kick in your step. First, we’ll look back in art history at watercolor artists celebrated for their paintings inspired by gardens. We’ll discuss style and technique. Our subject for this 2-day workshop is the nasturtium, a cheerful flowering plant that keeps on blossoming throughout the summer, and adds a splashy pop of color as a garnish to any plate. You’ll work through a step-by-step guided process, drawing from a photograph and layering watercolor washes to bring your painting to life. Expect plenty of demos, good humor, and an encouraging group studio space. Return home with a joyful painting and a handful of nasturtium seeds to plant in your garden.

Date: Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, 2026
Time: 10:00 am–3:30 pm
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Location: Glen Arbor Arts Center Classroom
Skill: Beginner to Intermediate

If the garden brings you joy, this watercolor workshop will put a kick in your step. First, we’ll look back in art history at watercolor artists celebrated for their paintings inspired by gardens. We’ll discuss style and technique. Our subject for this 2-day workshop is the nasturtium, a cheerful flowering plant that keeps on blossoming throughout the summer, and adds a splashy pop of color as a garnish to any plate. You’ll work through a step-by-step guided process, drawing from a photograph and layering watercolor washes to bring your painting to life. Expect plenty of demos, good humor, and an encouraging group studio space. Return home with a joyful painting and a handful of nasturtium seeds to plant in your garden.

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

On the Ides of March, you are invited to roam the Village at Grand Traverse Commons for a free Shakespeare festival where food, drink, and live performance intertwine. In partnership with The World’s a Stage, Mashup Rock ‘n Roll Musical, and our local breweries, wineries, and Village businesses, this Sunday afternoon experience is a chance to eat, drink, and witness bite-sized interpretations of Shakespeare performed in unexpected spaces.

The day unfolds as a journey: you'll move from venue to venue, encountering scenes, songs, and soliloquies. Between performances, linger over local wine and beer, enjoy Sunday fare, and soak in the historic atmosphere of the Village, where Shakespeare’s themes of love, fate, folly, and betrayal will come alive.

For more information or to RSVP, please click here