Traverse City Record-Eagle

Entertainment Update

November 6, 2009

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Toast the Season with Leelanau wine

The Toast the Season self-guided wine tour is this weekend and next on the Leelanau Peninsula; www.lpwines.com/toast.

Concert benefits ISLAND group

Artcenter Traverse City will host a benefit concert for the Institute for Sustainable Living, Art & Natural Design (ISLAND) Saturday at 7 p.m., 720 S. Elmwood Ave.; 941-9488, www.artcentertraversecity.com.

See 'Cats' at Old Town Playhouse

"Cats" kicks off at the Old Town Playhouse. tonight and Saturday, 8 p.m. The run continues through Nov. 28; www.oldtownplayhouse.com, 947-2210.

Underwater Summit is Saturday

The Underwater Summit is being held (above water) at the Waterfront Conference Center Saturday beginning at 5:30 p.m.; 267-9244.

Glass mosaic artist holds open house

Glass artist Brian Strickland is holding a gallery open house Saturday, 5-8 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., at 610 Pine St.; www.glassmosaicgallery.com.

Bikes will race through the woods

The Iceman Cometh bike race, 27 miles from Kalkaska to Traverse City, is Saturday with staggered starts beginning at 9 a.m.; www.iceman.com.

Who Hit John? playing in Cadillac

Who Hit John? plays a Gopherwood concert Saturday, 8 p.m., at the Elks Club in downtown Cadillac; 775-2813, www.gopherwoodconcerts.org.

'Godspell' cast performs Thursday

The cast of the Old Town Playhouse's Children Theater's production of "Godspell" will perform at the Grand Traverse Musicale Thursday, 1 p.m., at the First Congregational Church, 6501 Center Road; 264-9448.

Swingshift dancers compete tonight

Swingshift and the Stars have another dance-off tonight; doors open at 6:30, optional dance lesson at 7 p.m.; dance-off begins at 7:30 p.m.; (800) 836-0717 or www.swingshiftandthestars.com.

Films highlight addiction, recovery

Free films about addiction and recovery, including short films by local students, will be shown at the State Theatre in downtown Traverse City Monday, 5:45 p.m.

Dinner benefits children's center

A chicken dinner to benefit the Traverse Bay Children's Advocacy Center will be held Sunday, 5:30 p.m., at Blue Tractor on Union Street; $30; 932-5035.

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