September 8, 2025

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Sailing Life: The Adventure of Michigan's Waterways

Saturday, July 26
10AM
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort
Art
Free

This exhibition explores the joy of sailing Michigan's rivers & lakes, & celebrates the adventurous heart of the harbor community. Artwork in all media highlighting all kinds of water travel from tug boats to kayaks, canoes to freighters, & everything in between. Runs July 18 - Aug. 22. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10am-4pm; Sun., noon-4pm.

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July 26 - July 26

Saturday 26

Run The Pier: 26.2, 13.1, 10K, 5K Run
7:00 a.m.
250 Duffy Park, Manistee

64th Annual Ugotta Regatta
8:00 a.m.
Harbor Springs

Alden Days
8:00 a.m.
Downtown Alden

AuSable River Festival
8:00 a.m.
Grayling

64th Annual Crooked Tree Art Fair
9:00 a.m.
GT County Civic Center, TC

Inaugural Great Lakes Cancer Foundation 5K
9:00 a.m.
Eastern Elementary School, TC

Northern Michigan Antique-Flywheelers Tractor, Engine & Craft Show
9:00 a.m.
Antique Flywheelers Show Ground, 00145 US 131 North, Boyne Falls

Random Exhibition
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

Sidewalk Sales
9:00 a.m.
Downtown Petoskey

The Quilt As Archive
9:00 a.m.
Cedar North, Cedar

Youth Plein Air Month
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

"Small Works: Community Collage" Project, Honoring Legacy of Joe Muer
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

25th Annual Bay Harbor Arts Festival
10:00 a.m.
Bay Harbor

3rd Annual Coastal Caravan Art Fair
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

6th Annual Invitational at Walloon Lake Art Show
10:00 a.m.
Village Green, Walloon Lake

Along Our Way: The Art of Doug Barron & Brian Goff
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Charlevoix Venetian Festival
10:00 a.m.
Charlevoix

Dune Wetland Walk
10:00 a.m.
Antrim Creek Natural Area, Ellsworth

Guidebook Author to Appear at Sleeping Bear Dunes
10:00 a.m.
Philip A. Hart Visitor Center, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire

Historic Festival
10:00 a.m.
Heritage Village, Mackinaw City

IMMERSED
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Let’s Get Lost
10:00 a.m.
Kehl Lake Natural Area, Northport

Made in Cheboygan Summer Craft Show Series
10:00 a.m.
Washington Park, downtown Cheboygan

Oliver Art Center Annual Summer Member's Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Petoskey District Library Friends Used Book Sale
10:00 a.m.
Petoskey District Library, lower level

Sailing Life: The Adventure of Michigan's Waterways
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Shay Days
10:00 a.m.
Harbor Springs

Torch Area Artisans Guild Show
10:00 a.m.
Helena Township Community Center, Alden

A Style All Our Own: Canadian Woodland Artists
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Great Bodies - Annual Group Show
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Joan Fitzsimmons: Into What World?
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Matt Shlian: Every Line is a Circle if You Make it Long Enough
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Michigan Brewery Running Series: 7K Fun Run
11:00 a.m.
Right Brain Brewery, TC

Paint Grand Traverse 2025 - Extended Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Reclaimed: The Art of Recology
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Saturday Family Concerts
11:00 a.m.
TC Philharmonic Center, TC

Say NO to Israel's Genocide
11:00 a.m.
Corner of Grandview Parkway & Union St., TC

Summer Salon
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Turning - TC
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Wooden & Earthen: A Celebration of Art Rooted in Nature
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC

East Jordan Garden Club Flower Show
12:00 p.m.
East Jordan City Hall

Gene Rantz Memorial Plein Air Paint Out Exhibit
12:00 p.m.
Northport Arts Association

Members Create
12:00 p.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Main Gallery

Spectrum of Realism
12:00 p.m.
The Ramsdell Theatre, Hardy Hall Gallery, Manistee

JRAC Member Exhibit & Opening Reception
12:30 p.m.
Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan

Series Novelist & Magazine Columnist Debby Buck DeJonge
1:00 p.m.
Horizon Books, TC

We are ONE People - A Mural Creation
1:00 p.m.
The Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd

Women's March Traverse City
1:00 p.m.
F&M Park, TC

"The Jungle Book"
2:00 p.m.
Voorhies Hall, Bay View Association, Petoskey

Beetlejuice JR
2:00 p.m.
The MATCH Theatre, Cherryland Mall, TC

Ranked Choice Voting Presentation
4:30 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

CSI3* Grand Prix
5:00 p.m.
Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg

"Peter and the Starcatcher"
7:00 p.m.
Cadillac High School, Community Auditorium

Beetlejuice JR
7:00 p.m.
The MATCH Theatre, Cherryland Mall, TC

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
7:00 p.m.
Northport Performing Arts Center, Auditorium, Northport School

Saturdays in the Park
7:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center Amphitheater, TC

Music in Mackinaw
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

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