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• Upcoming Events

  • 2 September:
    • End of Summer Sidewalk Sales - Bay Harbor - September 2 - 5, 2010 (all day)
  • 4 September:
    • City Park Grill - Labor Day Weekend Bash with Pete Kehoe and the Stimulus Package - September 3 - 4, 2010 (10:00 pm)
  • 22 September:
    • Jeff Daniels - Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center - September 22, 2010 (7:30 pm)
  • 24 September:
    • 3rd Annual Biketemberfest hosted by Zoo-De-Mack - September 24 - 26, 2010 (all day)
  • 2 October:
    • Boyne Mountain - 2nd Annual Skitoberfest - October 2, 2010 (12:00 am)

An evening with Michigan’s foremost actor and a darn good singer-songwriter too. In support of the Blissfest Arts Recreation Center Capital Campaign.Patron Ticket holders join us for an afterglow reception.

Jeff Daniels
Weds., Sept. 22, 2010 - 7:30pm
Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center Harbor Springs, MI

Jeff Daniels-Ticket Information
Patron- $50 reserved seating
Adults- $25/ $15 upper section
Students- $15 or $10 upper section
Children- $10 or $5 upper section
Ticket info. 231-348-7047 or click Store
Tickets Outlets: Between The Covers, Copy Plus- Harbor Springs & Petoskey Chamber and Grain Train- Petoskey

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Take advantage of some incredible end of the season selections at the annual End of Summer Weekend Sidewalk Sales at the Village at Bay Harbor!  You will find a great selection of fashion, home, art and seasonal items.  Get an early start to your holiday shopping or treat yourself to some fantastic buys!  Shop early for the best selection.

Treat yourself to a leisurely day of shopping and great food at any one of the many restaurants located in The Village at Bay Harbor during Sidewalk Sales this weekend!

Location: Village at Bay Harbor
September 02, 2010 - September 05, 2010
10:00am - 6:00pm

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Local favorite Pete Kehoe reunites with some of his favorite musicians to put on an “absolute must see” show at City Park Grill.

Band members have toured with, jammed with and opened for such luminaries as Ray Charles, Tony Bennett, Four Tops, Temptations, Grand Funk Railroad, Bob Seger, Anita Baker, Chuck Mangione, Arturo Sandoval, Kenny Loggins, Stevie Wonder, David Sanborn, Grover Washington, Jr., Bob James, Pat Travers, The… Romantics, Hootie & The Blowfish, Foghat, The Coasters, Rick DerringerMatt “Guitar” Murphy, Edwin McCain, Humble Pie, P-Funk All-Stars, and a myriad of others.

Pete says the band is “absolutely the most talented bunch I’ve ever had the pleasure to play with, and I’m excited about our reunion at the City Park.”

Expect a mix of 70’s funk, 80’s pop, 90’s rock, and everything in between….from Duke Ellington to Three Doors Down, from Steely Dan to Journey, from Stevie Wonder to Dave Matthews….etc., etc…..

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Celebration and giving, festival style….

Join us for the second annual Skitoberfest, a fall extravaganza and homecoming taking place in the Boyne Mountain Village and surrounding area. Skitoberfest celebrates the coming winter season with a Snowsports Summit hosted by Cary Adgate and the best of fall’s family offerings in an Oktoberfest style setting. Highlights include great food, Michigan brews, live music and guest celebrities. Everyone is invited to experience this event and a special invitation goes to our family of loyal BOYNE homeowners and passholders. It’s art, it’s drama, it’s entertainment plus food, beer, wine and fun for everyone!
Skitoberfest Events and Highlights:

THE Party

Saturday, October 2, 2pm-12am
Activities: 2-8pm
Entertainment in the Beer Tent: 8pm-Midnight
Staged in the Village and nearby open lawn, the entire area comes alive with food and entertainment!

• Live Music
• Artists Galore… talent from many walks of life including performance art
• More than 50 brews available for sampling from over a dozen of Michigan’s top breweries
• Gourmet foods and from area restaurants, each serving their specialty dishes
• More than 20 wines for tasting from Michigan’s award-winning wineries
• Family horsedrawn hayrides and bonfire sing-a-longs
• Antique cider press demonstration
• Dancing in Village Lane
• Jugglers
• Kids art projects and face painting
• Parade of decorated golf carts and featuring costumed dancers
• FREE scenic chairlift rides
• Burgers and a View at Eagle’s Nest, located at the top of the mountain
• Celebrity guests!
• Live statues
• SEE-North Live Birds of Prey 4-6pm

THE Snowsports Summit

Saturday, 10am-6pm
The very best opportunity for winter sports enthusiasts to be prepped - gear, technique, physical conditioning - for the coming winter season! The BOYNE Snowsports Summit is the best place for information about the coming season.

THE Jib Fest
Saturday- Time TBD
It’s what you’ve been waiting all summer for …..time to get your park fix until winter truly arrives a month later. We’ll supply the “snow” and the features, you bring your gear and your attitude!

Nightly lodging starts at $133 per night for a Mountain Villa and $138 in the Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa. Hotel rates are also available. For reservations, please call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963).

THE Giving

Skitoberfest: Giving Back to the Community:
Introducing the Warren Miller Freedom Foundation, a young entrepreneur program serving to educate area youth on the steps of conceiving, planning, and forming a business on their own and truly achieve young entrepreneur success. Educational sessions to be offered at Boyne Mountain and Boyne Highlands and FREE of charge to interested youth. Classes are once per week for 10 weeks and dependent on interest, a 10-week session could be offered as early as this winter season.

The program targets ages 12-17 and local schools and youth organizations are asked to assist in generating awareness for this youth opportunity. The program focuses on development of the entrepreneurial spirit and is taught by area professionals.

During the Skitoberfest event, the program will have a booth in the Snowsports Summit with informational flyers, Warren Miller videos and a sign-up sheet where those interested can let us know whether winter or spring is better for them and/or if they are interested in learning more. http://www.warrenmiller.org/

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The art world will descend upon Downtown Petoskey for its eleventh annual Gallery Walk. This evening of art and entertainment has definitely become a community tradition.

Participating art galleries will greet guests on the third Thursday in June, June 17, 2010, from 6:00 to 9pm in an open-house format and offer delights for your eyes, ears, and taste buds. Many of the galleries will have the artists present to introduce their works.
Gallery Walk Afterglow on the Veranda of
Stafford’s Perry Hotel

As a wonderful and exciting wrap up to the evening, art lovers will get a chance to win some fabulous art donated by the participating galleries. Each gallery that you visit during the evening earns you another dot on your walking map, and each dot earns you a ticket to go in the drawing. Additional tickets are earned with each purchase that you make. The tickets will then be drawn at the Afterglow Party in the Rose Garden at Stafford’s Perry Hotel. Thousands of dollars worth of art is given away each year.

Walking maps are free and will be available at the Petoskey Downtown Office, the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce, and the participating galleries. So, get a babysitter, grab your friends, and stroll around Downtown Petoskey and soak up the cultured atmosphere.

Gallery Walk is sponsored by the galleries of Downtown Petoskey with the support of the Downtown Management Board and Crooked Tree Arts Center. Participating galleries in 2010 are: Arlington Jewelers, Crooked tree Arts Center Art Tree Sales Gallery, Mitchell Street Frameworks & Gallery, Northern Artists Market, Shadetree Stained Glass Studio, Stafford’s Gallery of Art and History, Valerie Fine Art Gallery, Ward & Eis Gallery, and WARD Gallery at Ciao Bella!

Visit Gallery Walk Web Page >>>>

Krazy Daze is a little bit of something for everyone from live bands and wild costumes to kids events including a silly slalom.

Friday, March 19th

Charlie’s Root Fusion in The Slopeside Lounge from 9pm ’til close

Saturday, March 20th

Adult event times:

Registration 8:30 – 10:30 in the front of the cafeteria

Dual GS Ski Race 11:00 on the NASTAR course on Leprechaun

The Krazy Cup 12:45 on Camelot

Ski over the pond 3:00 near the bottom of Camelot, MC’d by Tommy

Costume Contest 4:00 in the ZOO Bar

**All Participants must participate in ALL events to be eligible for drawings and prizes

Aaron Vaughan and Friends in the ZOO 4pm ’til close

Nancy’s Fury in the Slopeside 9pm ’til close

Kids event times:

Registration 8:30 – 10:30 in the front of the cafeteria

Jump Competition 11:00 on Camelot

Nastar Race 12:15 on the NASTAR course on Leprechaun

Silly Slalom 1:45 on Camelot

Awards 4:00 in the back of the cafeteria

**All Participants must participate in ALL events to be eligible for drawings and prizes

In addition, New Heights Attraction Company will have a boxing ring/bounce house and a Euro Bungee set up near the bottom of Camelot on Saturday from 10am - 4pm.

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The 2010 Bay Harbor Vintage Car and Boat Festival and Dream Cruise will be held the weekend of June 24^th- 27^th in the Village at Bay Harbor. The Public is welcome to the following events:

Friday, June 25, 2010

9:00 am 1:00 pm, Vintage Car Driving Tour

6:00 pm 10:00 pm, Bay Harbor Main Street Cruise

6:00 pm 11:00 pm, Bay Harbor Sock Hop featuring the best of Motown

Saturday, June 26, 2010

10:00 am 4:00 pm, 12^th Annual Bay Harbor Vintage Car and Boat Festival

10:00 am,Opening Car Parade

11:30 am 1:00 pm, Fashion Show Luncheon

2:00 pm, Awards Presentation

4:00 pm, Car & Boat Festival concludes

4:00 5:30 pm, Afterglow

We hope you will join us!

Visit Bay Harbor Vintage Car and Boat Festival Website >>>>

First Annual SOBO Arts Festival, downtown south Boyne City!

Attractions include a Big Band Concert with swing dance instruction, a wine tasting and Blues music, and a variety of arts demonstrations and workshops.

Visit SOBO Arts Festival Website >>>>

The 5th Annual Waterfront Wine Festival is scheduled for Friday, June 25 in downtown Harbor Springs.

Enjoy both national and international wine tastings, edible samplings by local restaurants and specialty stores, live local music, a fabulous raffle and more.

The 5th Annual Waterfront Wine Festival is an event produced by Scenic Michigan, in partnership with the Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce.

A special thank you to:

CMU Public Broadcasting, our official media partner
Cadillac Insurance Center, donators of bottled water
Taylor Rental, donation of rental equipment
The City of Harbor Springs, donation of services and support

Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the event; tickets will be available for purchase beginning May 1, 2010.

Cheers!
The 2010 Waterfront Wine Festival Committee

Visit 5th Annual Waterfront Wine Festival Website >>>>

The 30th Blissfest Music Festival will be a celebration of music, culture, art and community featuring a world of diverse and innovative folk and roots music and dance at the Festival Farm in picturesque rural northern Michigan. It is truly a blissful musical weekend to be shared with families, friends and music-lovers of all ages.

The annual event is a showcase of the many musical styles that define American roots and world music. Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun, Celtic, Folk, Jazz, Latin, Ethnic, World music and dance all share the stage. Innovators of these roots styles are also on the scene. There is something for everyone. Follow the links on the right for all the details of the 30th annual festival. Remember, Life is Bliss so follow your Bliss to the Blissfest.

The Blissfest Festival Farm location is near Cross Village, Michigan north of Harbor Springs.Join us in our annual gathering to share in the joy of summer. The Institute of Modern Blissfest Studies (IMBS)reports that music and dancing will enhance the quality of your life. You really have to experience Blissfest to believe it! Bring the whole family, come for a day or spend the entire weekend. Rustic camping is $23/vehicle advance and $30 gate for the weekend with a Weekend Pass. There are 3 stages, 4 workshop areas, organized children’s activities a variety of food concessions and a juried arts and crafts
show.

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First Run April 2nd!!!!! Depart Beaver Island 8:20 am and Charlevoix 11:30 am.

Ride the boat . . . to Beaver Island!

Feel yourself start to relax the moment your board one of our ferry vessels. Become hypnotized by the passing water as it dances around the boat. Soak in the sun and cool lake breeze from one of our  open air decks or curl up with a good book and a loved one in one of our comfortable passenger cabins. We encourage you to forget your watch and begin to get acquainted with “Island time.”

Beaver Island Boat Company has been providing the most relaxing, affordable transportation for people, pets, vehicles, and freight to Beaver Island for over 20 years and reservations for passengers are never required.

A trip aboard one of our ferries is a must for those who believe the journey should be just as wonderful as the destination.

Beaver Island offers - nature lovers and sportsmen alike - pristine woods, isolated beaches, hiking and biking trails, and uncrowded campsites. Fine dining, hotel, motels, and bed and breakfasts await those looking for an extended get away. Those searching for a truly removed up-north destination will find it on Beaver Island.

Whether you spend a day or week we’re sure you’ll fall in love with Beaver Island.

Visit Beaver Island Boat Company Website >>>>

Showcasing the best Chefs in the state of Michigan.  If you’re looking for a fun-filled, exciting event don’t miss the 3rd Annual Chefs Challenge for Challenge Mountain, April 23-24.

Chef Teams from northern and southern Michigan present the state’s great agricultural diversity at its succulent finest, complimented by fine Michigan wines and micro-brews, a true premier Michigan event.  Weekend events includes exciting seminars, culinary exhibits and two Chef competitions along with great fine and wine.  This year’s celebrity judges are Chef Michelle Bommarito, Chef Hermann Suhs, Chef Angus Campbell, Chef Rob Haney, Barb Tholin and Ruth Mossok Johnston.

Judging takes place in two separate events:

Tasting: Chefs, micro brewers, vintners and spirits distillers are judged by a team of celebrity judges and the public
Iron Chef Cook-Off: A battle between the winning teams from the north and south

The tasting is from 11 am - 2 pm on Saturday, April 24 in the Civic Center.  Cost is $25 for 8 tickets good towards food and beverage tastings.  Entry/tickets can be paid at the door.  The Iron-Chef Cook-Off also happens on Saturday beginning at 6 pm and is $100 per person.  For Iron-Chef Cook-Off reservations, please call 231-582-1186.  All proceeds benefit Challenge Mountain.

Sponsorship and vendor opportunities are available.

Event poster.

Free seminars are scheduled on Saturday and hosted by the celebrity judges and other special guests.  The schedule includes:

9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.: The 8 Steps to Taking Care of You Bommarito Style
Presented by Chef Michelle Bommarito

9 a.m.-9:45 a.m.: Investigating the Michigan Mezze Table
Presented by Chef Angus Campbell

2 p.m.-2:45 p.m.: Feed Me Heartfully
Presented by Ruth Mossok Johnston

2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Food for Thought on Food Preservation, Canning and Organic
Presented by Tim Young

2:45 p.m.-3:30 p.m.: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Maple Syrup and Collection
Presented by Grant Woods

4 p.m.-4:45 p.m.: Pairing of Wines
Presented by Sommelier, Ed Brehm

4 p.m.-4:45 p.m.:  Micro-Brewing
Presented by John Leonardo of Motor City Brewing

4:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: The Ins and Outs of Vodka Distillery
Presented by Rafino Valentine of Valentine Vodka

Special lodging rates are offered on April 23 and 24 including the Clock Tower Lodge for $67 per night and $118 per night for the luxurious Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa.  For lodging reservations, please call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963).

For additional event information, please visit www.chefs-challenge.com.

All Chefs Challenge proceeds go to help Challenge Mountain, the nation’s only adaptive recreational facility dedicated exclusively to people with special needs. 100% of all donated dollars go directly to Challenge Mountain programs.

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The Northern Michigan C. S. Lewis Festival welcomes you to our annual month-long celebration. Events take place during late October and November  in the Petoskey area on Little Traverse Bay, including music & theater performances, school & library programs, scholarly lectures, community discussion groups, and more.

2009 Sneak Preview

This year we are pleased to welcome Walter Hooper, Literary Advisor to the Estate of C.S. Lewis and  Lewis’s secretary in 1963 and Dr. James Como, founding member of the New York C.S. Lewis Society and currently a faculty member at York College in New York. Their keynote address will take place on Friday, October 23 at North Central Michigan College with a day-long seminar taking place on Saturday, October 24. The primary theme is Lewis and Friends. Click on the 2009 flyer below for full details of this fall’s festival.

• 2009 Calendar of Events

• Join our mailing list

“To Narnia and the North!”

Sincerely,
The C. S. Lewis Festival Board

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On July 17th, 2010, artists from all over the United States will descend upon Downtown Petoskey to show off their wares. For its Silver Anniversary, approximately 130 booths will grace Pennsylvania Park, with items ranging from pottery to jewelry, from paintings to photographs, and much more.

Wander through the hostas to find everything from that perfect, one-of-a-kind gift for someone special to that jaw-dropping focal piece for the office. Items range in size from small, intricate pieces of jewelry, to functional wearable art, to big enough to take advantage of on-site UPS shipping. You’ll find something for everyone, even if they’re a budding art-lover or a seasoned collector of the fine things in life.

The show is rain or shine, so come prepared to shop. We’ll even help you find a lunch to spoil the artist in you - many of the downtown restaurants have delicious goodies to tempt your tastebuds.

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What began 80 years ago as a simple candle-lit boat parade has grown into a week-long flurry of color and pageantry that highlights the summer season and attracts tens of thousands of visitors.

The Festival offers a wonderful variety of events geared to delight and entertain every age group. Most events take place within waterfront parks, Round Lake Harbor and Lake Charlevoix.

WHAT’S MISSING AT VENETIAN?

Have you ever noticed what is missing at the Venetian Festival?

• It isn’t live entertainment. Throughout Venetian Week, bands in East Park will be jumping with a wide variety of music.
• It isn’t kids’ activities. The Venetian Games include kids and teens in soccer, basketball, running, boarding, sailing, volleyball, golf and tennis tournaments. Teens are provided their own music venue at the “Battle of the Bands.” Kid’s Day at Lake Michigan Beach also provides a slew of low and no cost children’s entertainment.
• It isn’t spectator opportunities. The street parade and the boat parade have entertained spectators for decades.
• It certainly won’t be fireworks that are missing, considering the festival features two nights of world class fireworks displays.

What’s missing is admission prices. All of the big events and entertainment offered at the Venetian Festival are absolutely free to the public. The Venetian tradition has thrived, however, through the support of loyal Venetian fans.

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