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Thursday, August 1 – Story Hour with Miss Julie Friday, August 2, 10:00 a.m. – World of Lego, ages 5-12 Monday, August 5, 10:00 a.m. – Circle Time for Infants & Toddlers Tuesday, August 6, 10:00 a.m. – Young Artists, ages 6-14 Wednesday, August 7, 10:00 a.
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Each June since 2002, the Elberta Solstice Festival has brought masses of people to this tiny village nestled amid the dune bluffs on the shores of the Betsie Bay and Lake Michigan for a free festival of local food, beer, games, crafts, and fantastic live music, all capped off with
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By Mary LinkAl Bryant, a local taphophile (someone who studies gravestones) gave a presentation for the Benzie Genealogical Society monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8. Showing pictures of tombstones of the famous and infamous, including his distant cousin, Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde fame), Mr. Bryant explained the symbolism
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Read our March interview with Gretchen Eichberger here. Dress, an original theatrical dance production created and directed by Northern Michigan folk culture maven Gretchen Eichberger, brings together amateur and professional dancers, musicians, poets, and activists to explore a woman’s experience of rebellion, sensuality, ecology, and piety. Cast members reside
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It's OK to admit it: You just don't know whether climate change is actually happening and if it is, whether and how it's going to affect you. On April 17, just ahead of Earth Day, join nationally known filmmaker Peter Sinclair for CLIMATE CHANGE
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Dress is a dance cycle conceived and directed by Gretchen Eichberger about women’s experience, with themes of rebellion, sensuality, ecology, and piety. The piece features the prose and poetry of Jennifer Sperry Steinorth, Stephanie Mills, Simone de Beauvoir, and Virginia Woolf. The project utilizes the talents of area women
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FEB 1 THE FRANKFORT COAST GUARD STATION CHILI COOKOFFwho: Competition is open only to public safety officers (police, fire, EMS, Coast Guard), but anybody can come to the station and eat some chili. A panel of judges including Sheriff Ted Schendel and some members of the Chamber of Commerce will
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Next Friday, 12/21, at 6 pm, celebrate the winter Solstice in Elberta with a placing of luminaries and a (re)lighting of the Marina Park tree. Bring your own candle and can or use one of the ones the organizers, Diane Jenks and Sue Oseland, will have on hand.
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By Emily Votruba EVENT Tuesday, December 4. The Northern Michigan Culinary Arts Community invites the public to a talk by Patty Cantrell, "Local Food: A Prescription for National Healing." With free, locally sourced appetizers made by SEEDS kids and some of our area's most talented chefs.