Community Calendar

Join us for part three 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 education will be available upon request.

#3 Activism, Resistance, and Resilience: In conversation three we’ll explore major events in the Disability Rights Movement, celebrate the disabled leaders that led the way, challenged the societal view of people with disabilities, and pushed the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Join this 3-day workshop and learn how to 3D print with others who are jazzed about printing! AND, you get to take home a printer!

This class is a 3-day commitment: April 7, 14, and 21 (6-8pm)

Price is $300/person (includes a take-home printer)

3D printing is the process of creating objects using plastic material (filament). Now widely popular in industry as well as STEM in schools. This set of classes will show what 3D printing is, how to set up and use a 3D printer, and finally creating your own objects to print.

Age range: middle school and above.

Please note:
A Windows, MAC, or Linux laptop is recommended to install and use the printing and CAD software.

Need to know who wants a printer 2 weeks before class.

Nomi Indivisible, along with Between the Covers bookstore and McLean and Eakin Booksellers, is pleased to sponsor the Meet the Primary Candidates forum in Petoskey on April 7th.

The MI-01 Meet the Candidates Project involves a series of eleven non-partisan events bringing candidates directly to communities across the 1st Congressional District early in the election cycle. All too often, voters in rural communities have limited opportunities to engage directly with the candidates. This event aims to change that by bringing the candidates to the voters.

This is a moderated and structured forum in which candidates will be asked to respond to questions of specific interest to our community. All major primary candidates have been invited to participate in the forum, which will be grounded in fairness and respect.

Four candidates have confirmed their participation: Kyle Blomquist - Democrat (Iron Mountain), Justin Michal - Republican (Grayling), Zebulon Featherley - Independent (Traverse City) and Wayne Stiles - Democrat (Traverse City).

Location:
Carnegie Building, 451 E. Mitchell St., Petoskey, MI 49770
Date & Time:
Tuesday, April 7
5:30 pm — Doors Open
6:00 – 7:30 PM – Candidate Forum
7:30 – 8:00 PM – Post-Forum Candidate Chat
Coffee and water will be provided.

For more information and to RSVP: M-1 Project.

This program is neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Petoskey District Library.

Glen Arbor Players will audition for a Reader's Theater play: "An Inspector Calls" by J.B. Priestly and directed by Teddy House. Roles for 4 men and 3 women.

No memorization required.

Location is the Leelanau School at Old Homestead Rd. in Glen Arbor.

For more information or a digital script contact Teddy House at: Teddyh@centurytel.net. You can also visit our website at www.GlenArborPlayers.org.

Welcome birdwatchers! April 7th features the film "Hunters of the Sky".

Learn about native spring wildflowers in this presentation by Empire resident and amateur naturalist Martina Dorn. She'll highlight species common to Northern Michigan providing insights into their unique characteristics and preferred habitats.

Come visit Alden District Library and see Barb VanPelt’s collection of bunny rabbit figures & figurines.

The display can be viewed during normal library hours. Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 9:30a-5p, Tue 9:30a-6p, Sat 9:30a-2p.

The library is located at 8751 Helena Rd, Alden, 231-331-4318. Free Event.

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)

The League of Women Voters of Leelanau County is presenting an April 8th Forum on early childhood services in Leelanau County, titled “Supporting Leelanau’s Youngest Residents: What’s Available, on the Way and Envisioned” at noon in the lower-level Community Room of the Leelanau County Government Center.

The forum will focus on what is available for young children and their parents in Leelanau County, as well as what is envisioned. It will feature a meeting facilitator and three presenters. The meeting facilitator and one of the presenters are both members of the League of Women Voters of Leelanau County.

Presenters include:
-Hannah Grinage, Personal Health Supervisor at the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department
-Michelle Klein, Director of Personal Health at the BLDHD -John Damoose, State Senator for the 37th District, and Betsy Coffia, State Representative for the 103rd District, presenting on RxKids

Click here for information about the programs being presented.

The forum is free and open to the public. You may bring your lunch.

The League of Women Voters is a national, political organization that encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in their government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. The League is non-partisan and, as an organization, does not endorse or oppose candidates or political parties.

The Tallest Dwarf follows filmmaker Julie Wyman as she searches for her place in the little people community and unpacks dwarfism’s impact on her own family. Through intimate stories, creative collaborations, and archival history, the film delves into identity and medicine, asking whether society should change people or the structures that limit them.