May 9, 2026

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Story Trail Community Launch

Friday, May 1
6PM-7:30PM
Boardman River Nature Center, TC
Children's Events
Free; registration required

Explore the Boardman River Nature Center’s new Story Trail with Michigan author Allison Bartlette! This hands-on event will feature a craft, scavenger hunt, & interactive reading of Bartlette’s book: "Walking on a Trail."

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May 1 - May 1

Friday 1

Fresh Coast Film Festival Traverse City
8:30 a.m.
TC

Fresh Coast Film Festival: Friday Birdwatching w/ Nate Crane
8:30 a.m.
Logan's Landing, TC

Annual May Book Sale by AAUW-TC
9:00 a.m.
The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC

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

"350: Imagining the World in 2126"
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

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

Antique Apple & Pear Pruning Workshop
10:00 a.m.
Port Oneida Rural Historic District

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

Brightletics/Ageless Grace Chair Exercise
10:00 a.m.
Senior Center, TC

Connections & Flow
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, West Gallery, TC

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

Fresh Coast Film Festival: "Fintastic Close-Ups with the Dinosaur Fish"
10:00 a.m.
Elev8 Climbing & Fitness, TC

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

Local Color A to Z
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

The Art of Connection
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, East Gallery, TC

Tomorrow's Artists Today
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie East, TC

12th Annual Glen Lake Restaurant Week
11:00 a.m.
Glen Lake area

17th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Impressions of an Era: Prints from the Denison Museum Collection
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

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

Job Fair & Career Exploration Day
11:30 a.m.
Elk Rapids Schools' Athletic Complex

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

Antique Apple & Pear Pruning Workshop
1:00 p.m.
Port Oneida Rural Historic District

May Day Mutual Aid Picnic
1:00 p.m.
Rotary Square, downtown TC

Fresh Coast Film Festival: Walking Street Art Tour
4:00 p.m.
Eighth St. Corridor, The Boardman Lake District, TC

The Fresh Coast Film Festival Presents: “Making in the Midwest” / Artist Panel
4:00 p.m.
TC Whiskey Co. - The Stillhouse

Spring Exhibits Opening Reception
5:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC

Tuba Day Parade
5:00 p.m.
Downtown Kingsley

Story Trail Community Launch
6:00 p.m.
Boardman River Nature Center, TC

AuSable Community Theatre Presents: "Community Garden"
7:00 p.m.
AuSable Artisan Village Performing Arts Center, Grayling

Comedian Chris Turner
7:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

Miriam Pico & David Chown - A Special Mother's Day Concert
7:00 p.m.
The Music House Museum, Williamsburg

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

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