by Courtney Jerome | Oct 20, 2015 | Counties, Events, Features, Live Here, Towns
Now that construction is complete and downtown Traverse City’s West End is adorned with new pavement, paint, and parking spaces, it’s time to throw a party! The Downtown Traverse City Association is hosting a Traverse City event to celebrate the businesses...
by Courtney Jerome | Oct 20, 2015 | Counties, Features, History, Towns, Vacation
Earlier this month, another award was added to the Grand Hotel’s shelf on Mackinac Island. From more than 200 nominees, the iconic Colonial Revival-era Northern Michigan hotel built in 1887 was awarded the “Best Historic Resort” by the Historic...
by Carly Simpson | Oct 20, 2015 | Counties, Events, Farm and Agriculture, Features, Live Here, Towns
After her husband Vic was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Northern Michigan author Mary Lynn Swiderski began writing down his life’s stories. Together, before his death, they published a children’s book, Barney the Farm Dog: A True Story to share the tales of...
by Lissa Edwards | Oct 19, 2015 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, Outdoors, Towns
Venison is one of the most healthy and nutritious red meats there is—and Northern Michigan venison on the hoof (otherwise known as whitetail deer!) grazes literally out our back doors. Free-range Northern Michigan venison delivers more iron than any other domesticated...
by Courtney Jerome | Oct 19, 2015 | Counties, Events, Features, Live Here, Towns
Ross Boissoneau introduces us to an international contemporary quartet, Barbara Furtuna, performing alongside internationally-recognized music group Constantinople at a Traverse City event on Wednesday, October 28. This Northern Michigan music event is a collaborative...
by Tom Carr | Oct 16, 2015 | Counties, Features, Live Here, Towns
Ben Hamper is a Northern Michigan music buff who spins classic country, soul, funk, and R&B every weekend on WNMC 90.7 FM out of Traverse City. Before that, he wrote a memoir about his days on the GM assembly line in Flint. Tom Carr got to know Ben a little better...
by mynorthmedia | Oct 15, 2015 | Counties, Events, Features, Live Here, Towns
Classic music legend and famed pianist Peter Serkin will perform in Interlochen on November 22 for a Northern Michigan music event. Called “one of the most perceptive and provocative pianists of his generation,” Peter Serkin will perform Mozart’s...
by Courtney Jerome | Oct 15, 2015 | Counties, Events, Features, Food & Drink, Live Here, Towns
Northern Michigan restaurants in Petoskey and Bay Harbor have teamed together to bring a week-long culinary event for your vacation and staycation desires. Three-course menus are offered at special fixed rates from Friday, October 16 through Friday, October 23....
by Courtney Jerome | Oct 15, 2015 | Counties, Events, Features, Live Here, Towns, Vacation
Every show is different with Broadway’s Next H!T Musical, coming to Traverse City on Saturday, October 24. Improvisers gather hit song suggestions from the audience and create an unscripted and spontaneous evening of music, humor, and laughter. Ross Boissoneau...