Life
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- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Community in Brief: 05/14/2013
Photo exhibit opens; LIWdA hosts program; film festival; and more.
Continued ... - Monday, May 13, 2013
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Historical Photo of the Week: 05/13/2013
Can any readers identify the people in this photo?
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Community in Brief: 05/13/2013
Antrim Republican Women meet; infant eye exams; Human Rights forum; and more.
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Service News: 05/13/2013
Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City has been awarded the 2012 MH-65 Aviation Standardization Excellence Award for exemplary performance during their annual standardization evaluation held in September of 2012.
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News from 100 Years Ago: 05/13/2013
The fire department was called out this morning for a bad chimney fire at the home of John Nesbitt, 418 West Seventh Street. No damage was done.
Continued ... - Sunday, May 12, 2013
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Keeping memories alive on Mother's Day, all year long
Some spend Mother’s Day with their mothers. Others devote the day to remembering them.
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Nothing's off-limits on mother-daughter podcast
Shelley Watkins grew up reading and discussing a wide range of topics at her family’s cottage on Lake Leelanau.
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Marta Hepler Drahos: Tiny dogs teach big lesson
Linda Gottwald was out of town when her Pine Cone Farm rescue facility got a call asking for help with several Pomeranians from a backyard breeder who had more than 40 dogs.
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Writers Series welcomes Nathaniel Philbrick
The National Writers Series welcomes author Nathaniel Philbrick to the City Opera House on May 14.
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Ed Hungness: Heinous acts tarnish American staple
Recently a friend of mine was in the national news. Sadly, the two Boston terrorists made use of two pressure cookers to construct improvised explosive devices. The result was tragic.
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Best Sellers: 05/12/2013
Hardcover fiction: 1. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25.
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Community in Brief: 05/12/2013
Kids' books sought; Torch area potluck; wildflower walks; and more.
Continued ... - Saturday, May 11, 2013
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Competition puts students' theological knowledge to test
Which came first, the Bible or the Catholic Church? Which book of the New Testament is categorized as a book of history? What are the names of the heavenly angels?
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Senior Focus: Creating 'covers of love'
For over a year now, dedicated ladies — and a few gentlemen — have met faithfully, using their passion and talents to create more than 100 quilts for injured children and adults.
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Body&Soul in Brief: 05/11/2013
Senior Expo; church carnival; church yard sale; and more.
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Area Blood Drives: 05/11/2013
Blood drives in the area:
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Body&Soul Newsmakers: 05/11/2013
Michigan Blood has released the names of blood donors in Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties who recently reached new gallon levels:
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Education Newsmakers: 05/11/2013
Traverse City Area Public Schools announced the students selected as 2013 Music Booster and Departmental Scholarship recipients.
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You're Needed: 05/11/2013
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will host a kickoff meeting for Adopt-A-Beach volunteers at 2 p.m., Wednesday, May 15, in the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center on M-72 in Empire.
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Community in Brief: 05/11/2013
Brunch and garden sale; TCAPS Makerspace; Boys book club; and more.
Continued ... - Friday, May 10, 2013
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Grammy-nominated Goulding joins Traverse Orchestra
Grammy-nominated violin soloist Caroline Goulding, hailed by critics as a “precociously gifted virtuoso,” will play two of Ludwig van Beethoven’s greatest works this May 11 and 12 with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra.
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City Opera House lineup announced
The City Opera House has a new season and a new five-year agreement with the Wharton Center for Performing Arts to go with it.
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Peter, Paul & Mary Remembered channels folk trio
Donna Wilson Probes was in high school when folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary were in their heyday.
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Weekend in Brief: 05/10/013
Dance concerts; Show in Leland; Celebrate morels. (Plus more)
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Family Reunion plays at Sleder’s Tavern
It’s a Family Reunion at Sleder’s Family Tavern on Sunday. The group, featuring mother-daughter duo Mary Anne and Elizabeth Rivers with old friends Pat Niemisto and Norm Wheeler, will appear in a special Mother’s Day concert on the porch starting at 4 p.m.
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