Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Upcomming Concerts

Clutch with Danko Jones & Caverns
Ground Zero
669 S. Garfield Ave.
Apr 2, 2010 8:00 pm

Ultraviolet Hippopotamus
The Loading Dock
205 Lake Avenue
Apr 3, 2010 10:00 pm

FUNKTION
Union Street Station
117 South Union St.
Apr 3, 2010 10:00 pm

Rally For One
InsideOut Gallery
229 Garland Street
Apr 4, 2010 4:00 pm

Rally For One - Robert Jon
Poppycocks

Apr 5, 2010 8:00 pm (Monday)

Self InflictedA Competition to open for Baby Bash
Ground Zero
669 S. Garfield Ave.
Mar 31, 2010

Todays Local EventsTraverse City

RECESS: After-work business networking and
social opportunity at Corky's Wine Bar & Beach
Bistro, Suttons Bay, from 5-8pm. $5 gets you
appetizers, a glass of wine and entry to win prizes.
Hosted by Traverse City Business News.

"All the Way from Michigan, Not Mars": Film
about one artist's creative process as songwriter
and musician. Hosted by ISLAND and Parkside
Arts Council at the Antrim County Building,
Bellaire, from 6:30-8:30pm. Donations welcome.
Call 231-480-4515 for more info.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser: For Area 32 Special
Olympics at the Bear Claw, Cadillac, from 6-7pm.
Cost, $5. Entertainment by "Patriot's Choir," and
includes a 50/50 raffle and silent auction.


Seeking photos and memories of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
please email your memory or JPG image to Missy at missy@traversetrails.org.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Traverse City News

H.A.N.D.D.S dog rescue group
H.A.N.D.D.S. to the Rescue is a all volunteer group that is dedicated to saving those dogs that would otherwise be euthanized due to lack of space, medical conditions or severe injuries.
The organizer of the group spoke with 7&4 News about the challenges they're facing and what community members can do to help including volunteering with H.A.N.D.D.S or adopting dogs that need foster homes.
For more information about H.A.N.D.D.S check out their website: http://www.handdstotherescue.com/


Calling all actors
A Traverse City film production company is looking for actors. Kids Creek Production is holding a casting call for its new short film "Xingu".
The company is currently working on two other productions "The Scrapper", which is being filmed in Grand Rapids, and "The Boys of Summer", which will show in Michigan this summer. Company owners say they're looking to fill six roles for their latest short film, "Xingu". Those who get hired won't get paid.
CLICK HERE for information on an audition.


Fire Crews Bracing For A Critical Fire Week
There's still no rain in sight, and with these dangerously dry conditions, fire crews are standing by.
Firefighters across the viewing area are bracing for what could be a very long week.
The US Forest Service says this is the most critical fire week they've seen yet.


Rejected Whiting plan
City commissioners in August voted down a plan that involved Sutherland and developer Gene LaFave renovating the downtown Whiting Hotel with millions in public dollars. Commissioners defeated the measure by a 4 to 2 vote.
The $7.4 million Whiting project was meant to create 27 affordable housing units and 11 low-income apartments around an expanded Cherry Republic store on the ground floor.
Proponents said the project would have created 190 new construction jobs and fit with The Grand Vision land use study that calls for public investment in city and village centers. Opponents questioned the large use of public dollars that eliminated 54 rooms for existing tenants.


Resources:
The Record Eagle, 9&10 News, Up North Live

Monday, March 29, 2010

Todays Events March 29, 2010

Spring Break at the Nature Center
Daily 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. Through April 2nd
The Program includes activities for all ages. Time on the trails, dress for the weather. $5 donation suggested, reservations not required.
Boardman River Nature Center , 1450 Cass Rd. Traverse City
941-0960 www.natureiscalling.org

A Cork and a Fork:
Taste wines and enjoy hors d'oeuvres with Chef Johnathon Dayton and Chef
Paul Carlson at Black Star Farms
Suttons Bay, from 6-8pm. Cost, $25. Register at 922-2015.


Senator Jason Allen:
Providing an updateon activities in Lansing.
Held at North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Lunch starts at noon.
RSVP at 231-347-4150.

Sketch & Doodle Gallery Exhibit
This exhibit will be on display at Artcenter Traverse City from March 8-April 8. Join us on Friday, March 12 from 6-9pm for an opening reception. The exhibit is fun and unique--stop by to vote for your favorite!


Varanasi: Photographys by Larry Snider Mar 21 - Jun 13, 2010
Larry Snider has been taking photographs in locations around the world for 30 years. He documents the people and landscape of a particular region, making a personal connection with that place and its culture. In this series, Snider explores the city of Varanasi (also known as Benares), situated on the west bank of the Ganges (Ganga) River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi is considered to be the most sacred of India's seven holy cities and it is visited annually by more than 1,000,000 Hindu pilgrims, who believe that bathing in the Ganges remits sins and that dying and being cremated in Varanasi releases a person's soul from the cycle of its transmigrations.
Dennos Museum Center
Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm. Admission: Adults $6, Children $4 The museum is closed on major holidays.
Phone: (231) 995-1055

Sunday, March 28, 2010

National Cherry Festival

2008 National Cherry Festival, Cherry Royale Parade

Celebrating 84 years of tradition, the Touchstone Energy Junior Royale and DTE Energy Cherry Royale Parades will again return to the streets of downtown Traverse City.
More than 50,000 viewers will stand curbside enjoying time with family and friends while watching high stepping marching bands, larger-than-life floats, colorful walking units and royalty pass them by in historic downtown Traverse City.



2009 National Cherry Festival Fireworks, Traverse City, Michigan, July 11, 2009



2009 National Cherry Festival: Global Wine Pavilion

Join Master Sommelier Ron Edwards and Chef Dan Marsh in a Global Wine Pavilion 'Warm Up' at Red Ginger on Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
Advanced pre-paid reservations, limited to the first 200 people, are $20 and allow you five $4.00 tastes. Additional tastes are also available for $4.00 per taste.


Blue Angels in Traverse City 2008

The 84th National Cherry Festival Air Show, sponsored by Cherry Capital Airport, Northern Michigan Toyota Dealers, Sam's Club, and Charter Communications on Saturday, July 3 and Sunday, July 4 for an exciting airshow, featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Watching from the shores of West Grand Traverse Bay? Listen live on WTCM AM 580 to hear air show commentators give minute to minute maneuvering.

Art Center Taverse City Events and News

Rotating Art at the City Opera House
Sharlene Kruger will display her abstract paintings during the month of March. Exhibits will be open for viewing during normal office hours (Tuesday-Friday, 11am-5pm) and during shows.
For more information, please contact the City Opera House at 231.941.8082.


Sketch & Doodle Gallery Exhibit
This exhibit will be on display at Artcenter Traverse City from March 8-April 8. Join us on Friday, March 12 from 6-9pm for an opening reception. The exhibit is fun and unique--stop by to vote for your favorite!
EVENTS
Andre's Place Pilot Program
Begins February 24th at the Riverview Terrace Apartments. Call Michelle St. Amant at 231-631-2477 for more information. Click here for ways to help Andre's Place.


Sketch Live Music
at Seed Studio Gallery in Elk Rapids
Every third Tuesday evening of the month.
Featured music TBA
Tuesday, 7pm-8:30pm, at Seed Studio Gallery
Artists sketch or paint musicians performing live music. Patrons can enjoy music and purchase artworks hot off the tablet or palette. A $5-$10 donation appreciated.


News

Open for Bids
On November 7 Artcenter TC hosted a benefit concert for ISLAND, featuring Michael Beauchamp and the Barn Roughs. Local artists Lindy Bishop, Terry Dickinson, and Kaye Krapohl painted during the concert, rotating to each other's canvas every three songs. Based on the theme of Community Resilience, together these three artists created beautiful, one-of-a-kind artwork. Each piece is displayed at Artcenter and is available for bid. Please stop by our gallery at 720 S. Elmwood to view each work.


The 2010 Wine with Artists Series
at the Wine Trail Art Gallery & Madwoman’s Attic in uptown Suttons Bay is looking for spring-fall art and crafts instructors for 2-hours in length course offerings at $45 per session per attendee (up to 3 sessions per course), fees split. The series offers creative classes – the more offbeat and unique in concept the better - for adult participants who want to explore fine arts/crafts skills in the company of amiable folks and local wines in beautiful Suttons Bay Village. Please visit www.WineTrailArt.com for information, course proposals and contracts required. Ongoing gallery space available at standard split. - From ACTC member, Jacquelyn Freeman


City Studio
Located on 8th Street in Traverse City. This venue is available for artists to rent for exhibits, receptions, meetings, concerts, etc. For more information visit CityStudioTC.com.


Resource: Art Center Taverse City

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Traverse City State Park

Traverse City State Park features a quarter mile of beautiful beach on the Grand Traverse Bay. The park is only two miles from downtown Traverse City, one of the most popular resort towns in Michigan. The campground is open year round with heated restrooms.

Activities:
Biking, Boat Rental, Fishing, Hiking
Metal Detecting, MiWiFi, Swimming

Facilities:
Beach House, Concession Store, Picnic Area, Playground


Traverse City-Group Use Area
(231) 922-5270
0 site(s), $4.50 Per Night/Per Person
Electrical Service, Group Use Area, Modern Restrooms, Winter Camping

Traverse City-Modern
(800) 447-2757
343 site(s), $27
Electrical Service, Mini Cabin, Modern Restrooms

Dennos Museum Center Events

The Underground Railroad: Vermont and the Fugitive Slave Jan 15 - Jun 13, 2010
In association with Martin Luther King's birthday and Black History month, the Dennos Museum Center presents an exhibition of 16 block prints by artist Samuel Kerson. The images included in this series are the original designs for the mural: The Underground Railroad Vermont and the Fugitive Slave, painted by Sam Kerson at the Vermont Law School in South Royalton, Vermont in 1995. After the mural was completed the images were published as a limited edition portfolio in book form.



Varanasi: Photographys by Larry Snider Mar 21 - Jun 13, 2010

Larry Snider has been taking photographs in locations around the world for 30 years. He documents the people and landscape of a particular region, making a personal connection with that place and its culture. In this series, Snider explores the city of Varanasi (also known as Benares), situated on the west bank of the Ganges (Ganga) River in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi is considered to be the most sacred of India's seven holy cities and it is visited annually by more than 1,000,000 Hindu pilgrims, who believe that bathing in the Ganges remits sins and that dying and being cremated in Varanasi releases a person's soul from the cycle of its transmigrations.


Dennos Museum Center
Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm. Admission: Adults $6, Children $4 The museum is closed on major holidays.
Phone: (231) 995-1055


Resource: Traverse City Visitors Bureau

Recent Events

TUESDAY 3/30
Ransom Lake Rendezvous - The Grand Traverse
Hiking Club will host a hike at Ransom Lake, 6-
7:30pm. Call 231-620-3543 for more info.


WEDNESDAY 3/31
RECESS: After-work business networking and
social opportunity at Corky's Wine Bar & Beach
Bistro, Suttons Bay, from 5-8pm. $5 gets you
appetizers, a glass of wine and entry to win prizes.
Hosted by Traverse City Business News.
"All the Way from Michigan, Not Mars": Film
about one artist's creative process as songwriter
and musician. Hosted by ISLAND and Parkside
Arts Council at the Antrim County Building,
Bellaire, from 6:30-8:30pm. Donations welcome.
Call 231-480-4515 for more info.

Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser: For Area 32 Special
Olympics at the Bear Claw, Cadillac, from 6-7pm.
Cost, $5. Entertainment by "Patriot's Choir," and
includes a 50/50 raffle and silent auction.


THURSDAY 4/1
"Eye of the Needle": WWII thriller, based on
the novel by Ken Follett, showing at the Alden
Community Center, 7pm. Soup & bread served at
6pm. Donations accepted and appreciated.

Old Mission Historical Society: Monthly meeting
that will include a program on the history of the
Mission Point Lighthouse and its keepers. Held at
the Peninsula Township Hall, TC, 7pm.

Business Before Hours: Big Boy Restaurant,
Petoskey, at 7am. Presentation by Erika Van Dam
of the Health Department will discuss the new
smoke-free Air Law going into effect May 1.
Register there. Cost, is $7 for Chamber Members.

A Sense of Space: GT Land Conservancy engagment
coordinator Lee Maynard will facilitate
an audience-driven discussion on community
development regarding park space. Held at the

Author Presentation: Tom Weschler, author of
"Travelin' Man: On the Road and Behind the
Scenes with Bob Seger" will be at the Traverse
Area District Library, 7pm. No charge.

"The Horse Boy": True story of one family's quest
to seak treatment for their son who has autism.
The couple discovers the boy's connection with
horses, and, as a result, an understanding of
their son's life. Showing at the Dennos Museum
Center, TC, at 7pm. Free of charge.

Ukrainian Eggs: Egg decorating demo at the
Traverse Area District Library, 6-8pm.
Peninsula Community Library, TC, at 7pm. Free.


FRIDAY 4/2
"Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas": Part of the
Cinema Curiousa Film Series, at the Traverse Area
District Library, at 8pm. Free of charge. Rated R.

Potluck & Nature Hike: Bring a dish to pass, 6pm;
then take a hike through Wagbo Farm's scenic property.
Located in East Jordan. Call 231-536-0333.

No Egg Left Behind: Easter egg hunt and
"Unscramble" in downtown Cadillac. Find eggs
hidden around the town. Kids will look for eggs to
redeem for prizes. Visit downtowncadillac.com.

SATURDAY 4/3
Easter Egg Hunt: Held Elberta Waterfront Park, at
10am. Easter Bunny will be available for pictures at
9:30am in Frankfort. Bring a basket or bag for eggs.

Kid's Day: Indoor activities at the Great Indoor
Farmers Market, 10am-2pm, at the Village of the
Grand Traverse Commons. Registration starts at
11:30am, with an Easter egg hunt, Easter Bunny visit,
egg decorating, face painting, games and crafts.

Sleeping Bear Dunes Hike: Meet at the Visitors
Center on M-72, Empire, at 11am; and enjoy a hike
and picnic on the three-mile loop. 231-620-3543.

6th-8th Grade Dance: Hosted by the Grand
Traverse Bay YMCA, 7-10pm, at 3000 Racquet
Club Drive. This month's theme is "70s Boogie 'N
Disco." Admission is $5 for non Y-members. Call
231-421-3568.


Resource: The Northern Express

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Traverse City A Good Reason to Visit

The annual Cherry Festival the first week in July. The Traverse City Film Festival annually in late July to early August, and also operates a year-round, community-based, mission-driven art house movie theater, the State Theater. The downtown area of Traverse City is historic and has very many shops, restaurants, and offices. Grand Traverse bay has beautiful beaches, a mild summer climate, upscale golf resorts, vineyards, a nearby National Park lake shore Sleeping Bear Dunes, ski resorts and many miles of forest trails and paved trails, The TART trail.