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Date: September 15, 16, and 19 2025
Time: 1–4 pm
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Location: Thoreson Farm
Learn new techniques or refresh your skills in surface decoration using sgraffito, slip trailing, and overglaze brushwork. The instructor will provide tiles and extruded pieces. Students are welcome to bring their leather-hard pieces to decorate.

Every year the Conservancy sends out appeals for support to further our mission of protecting land, and every year we are overwhelmed with gratitude for the generosity of our donors. We have found that spending time writing simple yet personal “thank you” notes for our donors is a fantastic way to share our appreciation.

GTRLC will provide all materials for writing “thank you” notes, but please feel free to bring your own writing utensil if you prefer.

Directions: Please meet us at the Conservation Center at Mitchell Creek Meadows Nature Preserve. Park in any designated space and come in the front entrance. We’ll meet you there and put you to work!

The purpose of the East Bay Corners Farmers Market is to provide fresh and locally grown products, educate the public on the importance of farming best practices, promote local agriculturally based business development, forge partnerships with local farmers and community partners, and create a community gathering space at the Township Hall. East Bay Corners Farmers Market accepts SNAP/EBT benefits and also offers a Power of Produce program for kids ages 5-13. There is family-friendly programming throughout the summer including live music, food trucks, and family game nights. It is a great night out for the whole family.

The Market will open on June 5, 2025 and run until October 2, 2025. It will be held on Thursdays from 2:00pm to 6:00pm at the Township Hall at 1965 N. 3 Mile Road Traverse City, MI 49696. More information about the East Bay Corners Farmers Market and other Food Security programs can be found on the East Bay Township website by visiting: https://eastbaytwp.org/residents/food_security.php

Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm

The Elk Rapids Farmers Market is brought to you by the Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce. This Friday morning market offers a wide selection of locally grown fruits and vegetables, fresh flowers and plants, baked goods, cheese, meats and fish, jams, maple syrup, local honey, coffee and tea, lavender products and so much more! In 2025, the Market is open every Friday from 8:00am to Noon from May 30th through October 3rd.

Date: September 15, 16, and 19 2025
Time: 1–4 pm
Registration Deadline: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Location: Thoreson Farm
Learn new techniques or refresh your skills in surface decoration using sgraffito, slip trailing, and overglaze brushwork. The instructor will provide tiles and extruded pieces. Students are welcome to bring their leather-hard pieces to decorate.

The Suttons Bay Farmers Market is held every Saturday morning from 9 AM – 1 PM.

For the 2025 season, we will be at our established location on St. Joseph St. at the north end of the village. Located on the east side of the intersection of M22 and M204 (between Concord St. and Race St.)

Market Dates of Operation: May 24 – October 18, 2025

This event is the Kingsley Folk School's first annual Herb Fest and is open to the public and anyone interested in learning more about the amazing gifts of herbs.

It is an all day event where participants attend classes and activities with various local experts. Join us for classes such as an Herb and Yoga Walk with Molly Moore of Daughter Corn Farm and Sierra Rose of Bear Earth Herbals, an Energetic Tea Tasting Class by Sierra Rose of Bear Earth Herbals, a make your own herbal remedies station, tabling from local vendors to shop, and so much more. Registration includes access to the full day of events, materials, light morning refreshments and an allergen friendly herbified lunch.

Early bird registration of $85 through August 31st, 2025.

Would you like to have inspiring personal affirmations at your fingertips every day? Are you feeling the weight of world events? Your thoughts are powerful tools that can help shape your well-being and actualize your dreams. Self-designed affirmation cards can be a wonderful tool for staying positive and focused.

Through a guided visualization and brief journaling session, teaching artist Naomi Call will help you tune into your inner voice. Using a wide array of inspiring quotes, images, and materials, you’ll craft your own set of cards designed to uplift, focus, and inspire. Think of it like creating mini collages or vision boards…bringing your inner world out in a most creative, joyful, and purposeful way!

This is a relaxing, hands-on workshop that blends mindfulness, creativity, and self-expression. Leave with an array of cards – a lasting tool for your daily inspiration or a meaningful gift for someone you love. These make especially beautiful gifts for people on a healing journey.

Objective
Creativity Enhancement, Personal Growth, Emotional Wellness, Inner Peace and Inspiration

Outcome
Creation of Artwork, Inspiration and Creativity, A uniquely personal and helpful tool for daily inspiration or healing

In recognition of Eileen Kelly's 96th birthday, The Oliver Art Center is excited to host this retrospective exhibit of her work from the past several decades.

The exhibit will be open:
Sundays 12:00-4:00pm
Mondays-Thursdays 10:00am-4:00pm

From pastels to oils, still life to landscape, Eileen has a diverse range of subjects and styles – each brought to life by her keen eye for composition and seemingly effortless brushstrokes. Eileen Kelly had an early fascination with the arts and design. At 19, her design for a women’s fashionable shoe was manufactured under mysterious circumstances. She married soon after and explored drawing and painting with her sons. In her 40’s, Eileen pursued art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, Manhattanville College in Harrison, New York, and the Silvermine Art Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. She studied with watercolorist, Charles Reid, Russian iconographer Vladislav Andreev, watercolorist Roland Roycraft and artist Charles Murphy.