Backyard Invasives – Classes on ZOOM
Groundcovers & Vines
Tuesday, March 14, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Herbaceous Plants and Grasses
April 11: 11 to 12 noon

Join Go Beyond Beauty Specialist Shelly Stusick as she highlights common ornamental vines that might be growing in your backyard! REGISTER HERE.

ISN’s full year of events can be found on their website. Keep an eye on the Events page as they continue to add events as dates and locations are confirmed!

If you wanted to tune into either of their webinars previously hosted this year, good news! They’re available on YouTube and their website. Please email ISN Coordinator Audrey Menninga with any questions or to register for any event.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

This will also be streamed online!

Call for more info: (231) 271-3077

Captain Ben, Captain Lily, and First Mate Rebecca talk about ship culture on Schooner Inland Seas. Lots of great foundational information regarding chain of command, when to ask questions during a program, etc.

District Forester Office Hours: Seedling Selection and Care

With District Seedling Sales in full swing, join us for an office hours style event to chat with District Forester Ellie Johnson about seedling selection and care for your property based on its characteristics, your goals for the property, and what is or has successfully grown in the past. We’ll begin with a short presentation followed by plenty of time for questions! Two event dates/times are being offered to best fit your schedule.

When: Wednesday, March 15th from 6:00 – 7:00pm & Wednesday, March 22nd from 12:00 – 1:00pm

Where: Zoom

Registration: Free. Please click here to register.

Our Homeschool Program will meet once a week for the Winter/Spring 2023 session on Thursday from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. February 2 through April 27 (No class on March 30.)

The GTCD Homeschool program gives children the opportunity to study and connect to the natural world while being outdoors. Through guided exploration and hands-on, nature-based activities, this program engages children in appreciating and conserving Northwest Michigan’s natural features.

Sessions will be run on Thursdays, February 2 through April 27 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. These two-hour active-learning sessions will include themes based on environmental topics for ages 7-12 years old. We encourage appropriate dress for the weather and any possible conditions that may arise. These programs are drop-off and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. Please refer to our family guide on our website for pickup and drop-off procedures.

Registration is OPEN for the WINTER/SPRING 2023 Session!

REGISTER HERE

MORE INFO ABOUT EVENT PROGRAMMING HERE.

This will also be streamed online!

Call for more info: (231) 271-3077

Rachel, Trisha, and Jillian talk about all of our program offerings, what to expect onboard our schoolship programs, and an overview of our program season.

What could be worse than getting a flat tire while enjoying Northern Michigan on a bike? Learn how to fix it on the fly with our weekly flat repair clinic. We’ll show you the proper way to replace a tube and what supplies you should carry with you for when its time for you to fix a flat on the trail. Join us downstairs at Mclain Cycle on 8th Street. It is free to attend.

September 22, 2022 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (EDT)

This month’s Business After 5 will be hosted by City2Shore Cadillac. This networking opportunity will provide more opportunities within the Greater Cadillac area to network with other business professionals while enjoying hor d’oeuvres and light drinks.

City2Shore Northern Michigan
110 Mitchell Street, Cadillac, MI, 49601

REGISTER HERE.

Business After 5 is hosted by different local businesses on the 4th Thursday of every month.

Business After 5 provides more opportunities within the Cadillac area to network with other business professionals while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks.

Come with business cards, and ready to make connections.

Please follow Cadillac.org/events or Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce on FB for updated information.

Join The Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce HERE.

Fly tying classes

ELK RAPIDS — Ethanology hosts “Tyin’ Thursdays” from 6-8:30 p.m. each week through March 23. DNR Biologist Eric Crissman leads these classes. Materials are provided. Cost is $20.

For more information, call 231-498-2800.

Welcome! The Grand Traverse Audubon Club members enjoy birding together, meeting for nature-oriented programs or field trips, and participating in service projects related to the environment. We are concerned about the preservation of habitat for wildlife, and natural areas for the enjoyment of all residents. We are a chapter of the Michigan Audubon Society.

Our regular meetings are usually the fourth Thursday of the month at the Boardman River Nature Center on Cass Road at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend!

Our Next Meeting: SEPTEMBER 22 (Thursday) – Regular Meeting

Members Maryellen Newport and Kirk Waterstripe will discuss some of the new information about migration in a slide show, and then proceed outside to listen with a parabolic microphone for migrants passing overhead! Watch your email for the adjusted start time, because migrants start flying about an hour after sunset.

GTAC membership here. 

The CACC presents the Economic State of Our Community, highlighting the state of the economy this upcoming year, and the priorities of local government entities moving forward. This year we invite Jim Robey, who will apply his expertise in economic forecasting and development to share an insight into what to expect in our rural Northern Michigan area. Following the keynote presentation, a panel of our local government representatives will discuss their priorities for our communities.

Breakfast @ 7:30 a.m.
Presentation on Rural Economy @ 8:00 a.m.
State of the Community panel @ 9:00 a.m.
 REGISTER HERE.

Join Chef Tom at the Kingsley Branch Library on the last Saturday of every month for “Simply Delicious with Chef Tom,” a quick and inspiring cooking class! You’ll learn tips and techniques, discover global cuisine and spices, build your personal cooking skills and menu repertoire, and sample delicious eats! Bring a friend!

Chef Tom Sisco is a retired, certified chef with more than 25 years of experience in everything from “mom & pop” restaurants to 4-star hotels. When he was in the 7th grade, his wise mother told him that if he was going to continue to love eating as he does, he would need to learn to cook. He took the hint to heart, enrolled in NMC’s Culinary Program, and made cooking his life’s trade. This is Chef Tom’s 9th year with the Kingsley Branch Library.

For more information, please call 231-263-5484.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Winter Webinar Series

Our Winter Webinar Series is back!

Join the Grand Traverse Conservation District, Benzie Conservation District, and Leelanau Conservation District for this free virtual series every other Monday at 6pm!

Dates, topics, and Speakers are as follows:
January 30th: Forestry for Michigan Birds with Joyanne Mittig, Stewardship Manager for the Headwaters Land Conservancy

February 13th: Understanding Forest Carbon Offsets with Brittany VanderWall, Senior Forestry Manager for the Family Forest Carbon Program

February 27th: Understanding Conservation Easements with Chase Heise, Conservation Easement Program Manager at Leelanau Conservancy

March 13th: Michigan Forest Communities with Julie Crick, MSU Extension Natural Resources Coordinator

March 27th: Seeing the Forest for the Trees – The Physiological Responses of Temperate Trees in a Warming World with Dr. Angie Patterson, Curator of Education and Outreach at Mount Holyoke College’s Miller Worley Center for the Environment

For more information on each topic and registration, please click here.

Join Us for Spring Peepers

Our Peepers Program is an adult-accompanied program for early learners ages 3-5 years old of all experience levels with the natural world. Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00am for a 60-minute nature program that includes stories, crafts, music, and discovery activities. The program cost is $5/child per session.
March 28th – Kickoff to Spring!
April 4th – Math in Nature
April 18th – Earth Day
April 25th – Lifecycles
May 2nd – Wildflowers
May 16th – Nature Journaling
May 23rd – Migration Time

REGISTER HERE.

District Readers Book Club

Wherever you live, GTCD and Benzie Conservation District welcome you to join the District Readers Book Club where we meet monthly over Zoom to discuss books on environmental topics.

Where: Zoom

The Treeline by Ben Rawlence – March 28th | 12:00 – 1:00pm
inspirational / global forestry / climate change
REGISTER HERE.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Our Homeschool Program will meet once a week for the Winter/Spring 2023 session on Thursday from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. February 2 through April 27 (No class on March 30.)

The GTCD Homeschool program gives children the opportunity to study and connect to the natural world while being outdoors. Through guided exploration and hands-on, nature-based activities, this program engages children in appreciating and conserving Northwest Michigan’s natural features.

Sessions will be run on Thursdays, February 2 through April 27 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. These two-hour active-learning sessions will include themes based on environmental topics for ages 7-12 years old. We encourage appropriate dress for the weather and any possible conditions that may arise. These programs are drop-off and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. Please refer to our family guide on our website for pickup and drop-off procedures.

Registration is OPEN for the WINTER/SPRING 2023 Session!

REGISTER HERE

MORE INFO ABOUT EVENT PROGRAMMING HERE.

What could be worse than getting a flat tire while enjoying Northern Michigan on a bike? Learn how to fix it on the fly with our weekly flat repair clinic. We’ll show you the proper way to replace a tube and what supplies you should carry with you for when its time for you to fix a flat on the trail. Join us downstairs at Mclain Cycle on 8th Street. It is free to attend.

Leadership Lecture Series is back with our first Lecture Luncheon:

Updates in Education with Superintendent of CAPS Jennifer Brown and Superintendent of Wexford Missaukee Manistee ISD David Cox. Join us as we talk education after COVID, Strategic Planning, construction updates & upcoming goals!

$10 For Chamber Members (We have a new database, may need to create new login)
$20 For Non- Chamber Members.

REGISTER HERE.

In partnership with Baker College of Cadillac, the Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors Lecture Luncheons with guest presenters that address a wide array of topics impacting community, economic development, education, government, health care, legislative updates, and workplace wellness.

Please follow Cadillac.org/events or Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce on FB for updated information.

Join The Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce HERE.

TSO TOTS @ TADL
What a fun and rhythmic ToTs@TADL in February! Every first Saturday at 11am at the Woodmere Branch library until May we invite you to bring your kids and grandkids to our FREE Tots@TADL events.
Join members of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra for an hour of music and movement. Explore rhythm and instruments of the orchestra with hands-on musical fun. Instrument petting zoo, story reading, movement and crafts. Ages 5 and under.
February 4, 2023 11:00 am TBA
March 4, 2023 11:00 am Clarinet
April 1, 2023 11:00 am Bassoon
May 6, 2023 11:00 am TBA
Special thanks to collaborative partners:
Traverse Area District Library
Kindermusik

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Join Us for Spring Peepers

Our Peepers Program is an adult-accompanied program for early learners ages 3-5 years old of all experience levels with the natural world. Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00am for a 60-minute nature program that includes stories, crafts, music, and discovery activities. The program cost is $5/child per session.
March 28th – Kickoff to Spring!
April 4th – Math in Nature
April 18th – Earth Day
April 25th – Lifecycles
May 2nd – Wildflowers
May 16th – Nature Journaling
May 23rd – Migration Time

REGISTER HERE.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Our Homeschool Program will meet once a week for the Winter/Spring 2023 session on Thursday from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. February 2 through April 27 (No class on March 30.)

The GTCD Homeschool program gives children the opportunity to study and connect to the natural world while being outdoors. Through guided exploration and hands-on, nature-based activities, this program engages children in appreciating and conserving Northwest Michigan’s natural features.

Sessions will be run on Thursdays, February 2 through April 27 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. These two-hour active-learning sessions will include themes based on environmental topics for ages 7-12 years old. We encourage appropriate dress for the weather and any possible conditions that may arise. These programs are drop-off and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. Please refer to our family guide on our website for pickup and drop-off procedures.

Registration is OPEN for the WINTER/SPRING 2023 Session!

REGISTER HERE

MORE INFO ABOUT EVENT PROGRAMMING HERE.

What could be worse than getting a flat tire while enjoying Northern Michigan on a bike? Learn how to fix it on the fly with our weekly flat repair clinic. We’ll show you the proper way to replace a tube and what supplies you should carry with you for when its time for you to fix a flat on the trail. Join us downstairs at Mclain Cycle on 8th Street. It is free to attend.

Families Against Narcotics Family Forum:

In Person: Central United Methodist Church
222 Cass St, Traverse City, MI 49684

By Zoom:
Virtual Event URL: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84237126121?pwd=TS9LcnZPcWxuNm1BV2Nwa0ttT0hudz09

Price: Free
Note: Virtual  and in person event.
Join Families Against Narcotics the first Thursday of every month at 6:30 PM for our Family forum. Each forum covers information on substance use (drug and alcohol) disorder providing education, support and resources from speakers of recovery organizations and individuals in long-term recovery. Find support from people who have experienced first hand SUD personally or in their family and can offer a lending ear or provide resources in many areas. Join us and bring a friend. No reservations are required and admission is free.

Contact Info:
Lin Benfield
Families Against Narcotics Grand Traverse
tccoordinator@familiesagainstnarcotics.org
231-883-9111
More Info:
Families Against Narcotics Family forum

Join us the first Thursday of each month for our family forum night. Listen in as we host speakers on the topic of substance use (narcotic or alcohol) disorder, recovery, education, support and resources for individuals and families dealing with this disease. Forum is free of charge and in person or by Zoom. All our welcome. Please share and invite a friend.

Join artist Alyssa Smith at Traverse City’s Farm Club for a two-hour Watercolor Journal Workshop geared toward seeing and appreciating the everyday beauty around you. You’ll leave with basic sketching and watercolor painting skills, as well as your first entry in a journal.

Choose from two class times (9 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.) Tickets range from $75–$95, with an option to use or purchase watercolors and a paintbrush.

MORE INFO HERE.

Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal leads a conversational walking tour of the SWIMMING and the A Feral Housewife exhibits, April 8, 11 am. The Walk Talk is free. No reservations are required.

During this one-hour program, Bearup-Neal talks about how the exhibiting artists interpreted the SWIMMING exhibition’s theme, both literally and symbolically; tools and materials used; as well as other insights into their creative process. A Feral Housewife is a selection of collages by Leelanau County artist Mary Beth Acosta. Acosta uses vintage images to build her smart, funny stories about big-finned cars, “labor-saving devices,” and the mid-century womanhood.

Both exhibits may be viewed online. Go to GlenArborArt.org/EXHIBITS. For more information call 231/334-6112.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Join Us for Spring Peepers

Our Peepers Program is an adult-accompanied program for early learners ages 3-5 years old of all experience levels with the natural world. Join us on Tuesdays at 10:00am for a 60-minute nature program that includes stories, crafts, music, and discovery activities. The program cost is $5/child per session.
March 28th – Kickoff to Spring!
April 4th – Math in Nature
April 18th – Earth Day
April 25th – Lifecycles
May 2nd – Wildflowers
May 16th – Nature Journaling
May 23rd – Migration Time

REGISTER HERE.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 (6:45 AM – 8:00 AM)

Join the Chamber for Rise Up Cadillac, September 14th at 6:45 AM! Hosted and Located at The Wexford Civic Arena and sponsored by Sims Chiropractic Wellness Center. This Monthly Morning networking program is designed to keep members and community informed about the greater Cadillac Area.. In Person Event- Virtual attendance available (Link Below)

REGISTER HERE.

Cadillac Chamber is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: RISE UP! CADILLAC
MONTHLY VIRTUAL LINK
Time: This is a recurring meeting. Meet anytime. Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82865677575?pwd=VjV3dkxFdWJSNXVoMEU0dFVHOXVyZz09
Meeting ID: 828 6567 7575 Passcode: 627069
MORE INFO HERE.

Rise Up Cadillac! is held monthly at different sponsored locations. This fast-paced program lasts nearly an hour; the quick pace allows for many people to speak and cover a wide array of topics. Rise Up Cadillac!

This program is designed to keep members up to date on Chamber programming as well as information affecting the Cadillac area.

Please follow Cadillac.org/events or Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce on FB for updated information.

Join The Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce HERE.

Knee-High Naturalists Registration is Open – Winter/Spring 2023

Knee-High Naturalists is a nature-based preschool program for potty-trained 3-6 year-olds unaccompanied by a parent/guardian (drop-off). This program meets twice a week on Monday and/or Wednesday. Many of the children who come attend other preschool programs on the other weekdays.

We strive to facilitate natural curiosity and joy in the world around these young naturalists and help them establish an appreciation of the Nature Center grounds. Children in the program have the freedom to play and interact with their environment where they will learn to appreciate the variety and scope of the natural world around them.

Ages: 3-6 years old

Dates of Winter/Spring 2023 Session:
Mondays: February 13 – April 24 (No Class on March 27)
Wednesdays: February 15 – April 26 (No Class on March 29)
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm

Registration: Please click here to register!

Our Homeschool Program will meet once a week for the Winter/Spring 2023 session on Thursday from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm. February 2 through April 27 (No class on March 30.)

The GTCD Homeschool program gives children the opportunity to study and connect to the natural world while being outdoors. Through guided exploration and hands-on, nature-based activities, this program engages children in appreciating and conserving Northwest Michigan’s natural features.

Sessions will be run on Thursdays, February 2 through April 27 from 1:00pm-3:00pm. These two-hour active-learning sessions will include themes based on environmental topics for ages 7-12 years old. We encourage appropriate dress for the weather and any possible conditions that may arise. These programs are drop-off and unaccompanied by a parent or guardian. Please refer to our family guide on our website for pickup and drop-off procedures.

Registration is OPEN for the WINTER/SPRING 2023 Session!

REGISTER HERE

MORE INFO ABOUT EVENT PROGRAMMING HERE.

What could be worse than getting a flat tire while enjoying Northern Michigan on a bike? Learn how to fix it on the fly with our weekly flat repair clinic. We’ll show you the proper way to replace a tube and what supplies you should carry with you for when its time for you to fix a flat on the trail. Join us downstairs at Mclain Cycle on 8th Street. It is free to attend.

Spring is just around the corner… time to start thinking about the Spring Session of MBSR – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Classes; sponsored by Northern Michigan Psychiatric Services, PC and the Mindfulness Center of Northern Michigan, LLC. Teen class begins Wednesday, April 12 and adult class begins Thursday, April 13.

Reduced Rates/Financial Assistance is ALWAYS AVAILABLE and can be accessed on the registration page HERE.    Call 231-342-9634 for more information or help with registration. _________________________________________________________________

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week class that runs from April 13 through June 15 on Thursday evenings along with a full day Mindfulness Retreat on Saturday June 3.

MBSR is an evidence-based, well -researched program that offers secular intensive mindfulness training to assist people with a host of stress-related physical, emotional and psychological conditions. Along with ongoing practice throughout the week, this class trains attention and cultivates awareness, providing one with positive coping tools needed to become strong and resilient in both body and mind.

MBSR is a psychoeducational and highly experiential in nature. In addition to didactic teaching, classes are interactive and dynamic, using a combination of mindfulness meditation, body awareness, yoga and the exploration of patterns of behavior, thinking, feeling and action. The MBSR program helps us become aware of our habitual patterns of reacting and the self-agency to interrupt this cycle and create more choice in our life. MBSR offers us the potential to relate to ourselves, our experiences and the world around us with fresh perspectives and in new and more meaningful ways.

This is a hybrid class being offered both in-person and online via Zoom and each MBSR session includes:

An Orientation (1 hour)

8 – MBSR Class Sessions (2 ½ hours ea.)

Full Day Silent Mindfulness Retreat

Free Online Guided Meditations

MBSR was founded by Jon Kabat Zinn in 1979 out of the University of Massachusetts. Since then, there has been a tremendous amount of research coming out of U-Mass, Harvard, Brown, UCLA, Stanford, UW-Madison and numerous other institutions around the world providing insight into, not only how MBSR positively benefits the body and mind, but also how it changes the structure and function of the brain through positive neuroplasticity.

MORE INFO HERE.

April 14, 2023 7:30 AM – 10:00 AM (EDT)

Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce:
Successes, funding & next steps for Affordable Housing. Panelists include:

Stephanie McGreevy (Mackinac Island Community Foundation & Workforce Housing, Mackinac Island),
Josh Mills (City of Frankfort & Frankfort Housing Project),
Andrea Jacobs (Housing Ready Program Coordinator of Emmett County).

Also in attendance:
John Wallace: (City of Cadillac),
Craig Ardis: (Lake City Mayor),
Eric Hanna (Developer, Michigan Community Capital),
Robb Munger ( Developer),
Lee Richards (Developer).

Brought to you by Cadillac Area Community Foundation, Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce, Cadillac Leadership Program, Consumers Energy & Baker College.

REGISTER HERE.

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning author (and Walloon Lake’s most noted summer resident) Ernest Hemingway came from a family of creative types and has since left a legacy of writing that extends for generations.

Among those is his grandson, John Patrick Hemingway, author of Strange Tribe (The Lyons Press, 2007) – a memoir that details the turbulent, love/hate relationship between his father, Dr. Gregory Hemingway, and his grandfather, the Nobel Laureate Ernest Hemingway.

As part of a weekend-long Walloon Lake Writer’s Retreat Weekend at Hotel Walloon, the public is invited to a FREE event – A Lakeside Chat with Author John Patrick Hemingway – on Friday, April 14 at the Talcott Event Venue in downtown Walloon Lake. Doors will open at 7pm with a cash bar featuring a Pilar Rum Hemingway Daiquiri, along with select wine and beer; the discussion will begin at 7:30pm and a book signing will follow.

More information HERE.

Throughout the weekend, the Canadian/American writer and journalist will lead writers in a series of workshops, readings and other creative exercises meant to inspire personal storytelling. Last year’s inaugural Writer’s Retreat was led by Ernest’s great granddaughter (and John’s niece), Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, author of Ernest’s Way.

In addition to his memoir, John Hemingway has published a number of short stories in magazines and literary reviews such at The Saturday Evening Post and Provincetown Arts and has also written for many fishing and hunting magazines such as Showboats International and Ducks Unlimited. His first novel, Bacchanalia: A Pamplona Story (2019), takes place in Spain during the Fiesta de San Fermín, a nine-day event that was made famous in the1920s by the publication of his grandfather’s work The Sun Also Rises.

Ernest Hemingway was just three months old when he made his first trip from his hometown of Oak Park, IL to Walloon Lake where his parents – Clarence and Grace (Hall) – had purchased property along the North Shore. Ernest spent time every summer until 1921 at the family’s beloved Windemere cottage there, the simple cottage still owned by descendants today. The woods and waters in and around Walloon Lake shaped Hemingway’s life in many ways and it was a place he always held dear to his heart. It was here that his 1972 posthumously published book, The Nick Adams Stories, is primarily set.

Hear from dynamic women of varying backgrounds speaking on a spectrum of wellness topics including:

• Nutrition/Physical Wellness
• Mental Wellness
• Personal Wellness
• Financial Wellness
• Spiritual Wellness

The day will include presentations, vendors*, an optional workshop*, networking, afternoon Wellness Shot Bar, light healthy snacks throughout the day, a HOT TOPIC panel, after-party, and other event amenities TBA! Ticket holders will also receive a welcome bag and complimentary “Affirmation Photo*,” made possible by Mary Boike Photography!

Guests are encouraged* to attend all speaking presentations so as to enhance the value of education this event will provided. Guests may also access the vendor room throughout the day.

* Vendor Registration information forthcoming

* Workshop will require additional paid admission ticket

*Affirmation photo to be emailed by photographer, post event

*Encouraged but not required based on interest of subject matters being presented on

TICKETS HERE.

Join artist Alyssa Smith at Traverse City’s Farm Club for a two-hour Watercolor Journal Workshop geared toward seeing and appreciating the everyday beauty around you. You’ll leave with basic sketching and watercolor painting skills, as well as your first entry in a journal.

Choose from two class times (9 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.) Tickets range from $75–$95, with an option to use or purchase watercolors and a paintbrush.

MORE INFO HERE.