August 18, 2025

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Sailing Life: The Adventure of Michigan's Waterways

Thursday, August 21
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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August 21 - August 21

Thursday 21

HIStory / HERstory: Whose Story?
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

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

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

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

119th Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair
10:00 a.m.
1129 Charlevoix Ave./U.S. 31, Petoskey

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

Artist in Residence Talk: Lynn Heasley
10:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

Coffee @ Ten, Petoskey: Bruce Lynn, Executive Director, Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey

Horizons: Alternative Landscapes
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

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

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

Traverse City Food & Wine
10:00 a.m.
TC

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

An Art PAIRING with Debra LaRocque & Marilyn Stover
11:00 a.m.
Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids

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

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

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

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

STEM Maker Cart: Rain Gutter Regatta
1:00 p.m.
The Curiosity Place, GT Mall, TC

43rd Annual Cedar Polka Fest
4:00 p.m.
Under the big tent, Cedar

Drop In & Draw
4:00 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

More Girls on Bikes!
6:00 p.m.
Norte Youth Cycling, 1213 West Civic Center, Dr., TC

Speaking of Wildlife
6:00 p.m.
Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor, marina pavilion, Elk Rapids

Harbor Springs Street Musique: Finale with the Locals
6:30 p.m.
Downtown Harbor Springs

An Evening with Jeff Daniels: SOLD OUT
7:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

Music on the Mountain: Joe Taylor Quartet
7:00 p.m.
The Homestead Resort, top of Bay Mountain, Glen Arbor

The Prince of Egypt
7:00 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC

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