August 19, 2025

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NWS: A Conversation with Antoni Porowski

Friday, August 22
7PM-10PM
City Opera House, TC
Other
$49.85-$61.15

The National Writers Series & Traverse City Food & Wine welcome "Queer Eye’s" Antoni Porowski. A self-taught cook, Porowski will take the stage with writer & podcast host Matt Rodbard, to talk about his unique path to culinary stardom, gastronomic creations, & his work in the realm of animal welfare.

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August 22 - August 22

Friday 22

Corvette Crossroads Auto Show & Mackinac Bridge Parade - 36th Annual
8:00 a.m.
Downtown Mackinaw City

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

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

Summer Sidewalk Sale
9:00 a.m.
Downtown Gaylord

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

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

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

In-Water Tritoon Boat Show
10:00 a.m.
Holiday RV Park & Campground, 4860 US 31 South, TC

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

"A Canoe Named Klmin"
1:00 p.m.
Little Traverse History Museum, Petoskey

43rd Annual Cedar Polka Fest
5:00 p.m.
Under the big tent, Cedar

Balloons Over Bellaire
6:30 p.m.
Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire

Downtown Gaylord Summer Concert Series
7:00 p.m.
Claude Shannon Park, Gaylord

NWS: A Conversation with Antoni Porowski
7:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

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

Greensky Bluegrass
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Music in Mackinaw - An Exceptional Chorus
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

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