April 18, 2026

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April Early Childhood Free Family Fun Days

Saturday, April 18
10AM-2PM
YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Torch Lake Camp, Central Lake
Entertainment

Arts & crafts, free giveaways every 15 minutes, & interactive storytelling & music with Jen Strauss & Miriam Pico beginning at 10:15am. A free lunch will be provided from 11:15am-12:15pm. Local organizations & service agencies will be on site to share info about youth programming & family resources. For more info, email: ldake@NorthwestEd.org.

April 18 - April 18

Saturday 18

Traverse City Curling Club Cherry Bombspiel
8:30 a.m.
TC Curling Club

31st Annual McLaren Children's Health Fair
9:00 a.m.
Petoskey Middle School

Members Create
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

NMC Hero Race
9:00 a.m.
NMC's campus, TC

Small Accomplishments by Harvey Gordon
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

2026 Youth Arts Show, Petoskey
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert & Bonfield Galleries, Petoskey

April Early Childhood Free Family Fun Days
10:00 a.m.
YMCA Hayo-Went-Ha Torch Lake Camp, Central Lake

Bloom! A Celebration of Spring
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

CONSTRUCTed
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Earth Week Trash Cleanup Workday
10:00 a.m.
Wildwood Harbor Nature Area, Boyne City

Emerging Artists: A Collection of NCMC Student Works
10:00 a.m.
NCMC, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Guild Pop-Up Exhibit: Susan Burks
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Libragallery, TC

Solo Exhibition: Marie Parmer
10:00 a.m.
Art on Union Gallery, TC

TART Trails' Spring Work Bee
10:00 a.m.
TART Trails

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

NMC Student Art Exhibition
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

New Perspectives: Recent Aquisitions from the Dennos Permanent Art Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, McFarlane Gallery, NMC, TC

Protest Israel's Genocide Against Palestine
11:00 a.m.
Grandview Parkway + Union St., TC

Schoolhouse Rock Singalong
11:00 a.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

Trilobite Treasures
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Return to Light
12:00 p.m.
Boyne Arts Center, Boyne City

Dagger Fighting Demo & Petting Zoo
1:00 p.m.
Five Shores Brewing, Beulah

TC Comedy Fest
1:00 p.m.
TC

Walloon Lake Author's Fair
1:00 p.m.
The Talcott Event Center, Walloon Lake

The 1st MI Colored Regiment
4:00 p.m.
Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC

"Acting Can Be Murder"
7:00 p.m.
Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall

One Love Reggae Band Live in Concert
7:00 p.m.
AuSable Artisan Village Performing Arts Center, Grayling

The Drowsy Chaperone
7:30 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Mark Farner: SOLD OUT
8:00 p.m.
Odawa Casino Resort, Ovation Hall, Petoskey

Willie Nile Band in Concert
8:00 p.m.
Freshwater Art Gallery/Concert Venue, Boyne City

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