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Fifth Annual Strolling Lights Festival

Sunday, December 21
11AM
Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District, Glen Arbor
Benefit/Charity

See the Strolling Lights Festival Trees that were purchased, helping the Empire Area Food Pantry, which serves those who are struggling to put food on their tables. Monetary donations can also be made online. With the funds that are raised from this festive tradition, Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District hopes to increase the amount of protein, flour & sugar on hand, as well as helping four-legged family members who often go unfed. Runs through New Year’s.

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December 21 - December 21

Sunday 21

OAC Holiday Artisan Boutique
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Portraits of Place
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Winter Member Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

8th Annual Art Tree & Ornament Show
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Beneath the Surface: Training Tomorrow’s Water Stewards
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Charlevoix Circle mARkeT
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Dewey Blocksma: Roundtable
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Doug Cannell: "Selections from Backstories"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Fifth Annual Strolling Lights Festival
11:00 a.m.
Crystal River Outfitters Recreational District, Glen Arbor

Ice Into Ocean: Arctic Tracings
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Impressions of an Era: Prints from the Denison Museum Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Local Artist Melonie Steffes Solo Exhibit: Wilder Alternatives
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Winter and the Blues
11:00 a.m.
Art on Union Gallery, TC

Festival of Trains
1:00 p.m.
Creekside Community Church, TC

Holiday Music with Pianist/Vocalist Peter Bergin
1:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

CTAC School of Ballet's "The Nutcracker"
3:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Fire & Seed-Winter Solstice Community Event
3:00 p.m.
Northern Natural Cider House & Winery, Kaleva

Holiday Music: TLC Handbell Choir
3:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

Home for the Holidays
3:00 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

Noteable Chamber Choir Concert: "A Celebration of Light"
4:00 p.m.
Harbor Springs High School Performing Arts Center

Menorah in the Square
5:00 p.m.
Rotary Square, downtown TC

AlpenLights Christmas Drive-Thru Light Display
5:30 p.m.
Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord

TC Track Club Jingle Bell Run
5:30 p.m.
Park Place Hotel & Conference Center, TC

Solstice Silent Disco
6:00 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

The Holiday Special - Pay What You Can
6:00 p.m.
The MATCH, Cherryland Center, TC

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