Community Calendar

Kid's music followed by bike decorating and parade.

Every Wednesday May 6th, 2026 - Oct 28th, 2026, Except the 3rd Wednesday of each month and July 29. Free lessons at 11:30am. Lunch (bring your own) and bridge talk at Noon. ACBL-sanctioned bridge game for $5.00 begins at 12:30pm.

For more details, contact Lou Slyker at 248-770-6152 or ljslyker@gmail.com

Sponsored by Alden District Library and held at Helena Township Community Center, 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.

Leelanau Dark Sky, a Chapter of Leelanau Energy will be hosting a presentation and community conversation titled: Limiting Light pollution. How? Why?

Join friends and neighbors to learn about best practices for outdoor lighting that ensures safety at night while preserving the health of all.

The public is invited to Bos Winery (135 Ames Street) in Elk Rapids on Wednesday, August 26, from 7-8:30 pm for author Chad V. Broughman’s reading of and conversation about his historical fiction novel, “The Fall of Bellwether.”

The first 25 people who register for either event get a free copy of the “Fall of Bellwether.”

Chad V. Broughman is the author of “The Fall of Bellwether,” hailed by the American Writing Awards as “a triumph of literary fiction, deserving of a place among the modern classics.” In addition to earning top ten status in ScreenCraft’s Cinematic Novel Competition and being shortlisted by First Novel Prize, the novel was a finalist for the Page Turner Award and the International Book Award, winner of the Hawthorne Prize, and declared Best Historical Fiction Novel of 2024. Broughman teaches English at Harbor Springs HS and has his MFA from Spaulding University.

These events are part of the Antrim Writers Series, a collaborative project between Crosshatch: Center for Art and Ecology, Grass River Natural Area, the Elk Rapids Public Library, and the Bellaire Public Library.

For more information, please click here.

The 2^nd annual Long Lake Farmers Market will kick off on June 4^th and run every Thursday through October 1^st from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Stop by the market located at Haywood Park, due east of the Long Lake Township Hall at 8870 N Long Lake Rd, Traverse City, Michigan 49685, near the bocce ball courts.

We are excited to create a community-based farmers market that celebrates the historic agricultural traditions of Long Lake Township, while providing opportunities for Long Lake residents and the surrounding community members to buy and sell locally grown and produced products.

We see birds everyday, everywhere, some more often than others, but pollution and the consequences of modern technology, pesticides, and land development as well as the spread of invasive species increasingly impact their natural habitats, threatening their survival. How often do we stop to look and listen, take in their beauty, colors, patterns, behaviors, songs, and marvel at the magic of flight? Songbirds, raptors, shorebirds, arboreal birds and scavengers—each play an essential role in maintaining balance in our ecosystem.

“For the Birds” includes nine artists whose compelling works explore their own attraction to birds as a subject, whether rendered as two-dimensional images or 3D objects in printmaking, pen and ink, fiber, found materials, mixed media or the moving image. Each artist’s distinct approach and vision brings heightened awareness to the act of looking—imperative to both birding and art. “For the Birds” offers an opportunity to meditate on the shapes, colors and details within the broad range of avian species—inviting us to appreciate their diversity as vital to the environment, and our role in protecting the natural habitats we share.

Open during library business hours.

Chad V. Broughman, author of the historical fiction novel, "The Fall of Bellwether," will be holding a poetry writing workshop at the Grass River Natural Area Education Center (6500 Alden Hwy) in Bellaire on Thursday, August 27, from 1-3 pm. for writers of all levels (16 and older) who are interested in learning how to craft their stories into writing.

The first 25 people who register for this event get a free copy of the “Fall of Bellwether.” The registration fee is $10/person.

Chad V. Broughman is the author of “The Fall of Bellwether,” hailed by the American Writing Awards as “a triumph of literary fiction, deserving of a place among the modern classics.” In addition to earning top ten status in ScreenCraft’s Cinematic Novel Competition and being shortlisted by First Novel Prize, the novel was a finalist for the Page Turner Award and the International Book Award, winner of the Hawthorne Prize, and declared Best Historical Fiction Novel of 2024. Broughman teaches English at Harbor Springs HS and has his MFA from Spaulding University.

This event is part of the Antrim Writers Series, a collaborative project between Crosshatch: Center for Art and Ecology, Grass River Natural Area, the Elk Rapids Public Library, and the Bellaire Public Library.

For more information, please click here.

Join the Grand Traverse Area Genealogy Society for their August program covering the US Federal Census with Mark Mullinax.

Free and open to the public, Thursday, August 27, 1:00–3:00 PM, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Room, 610 Woodmere Ave, Traverse City.