October 15, 2026

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The Northwoods Improvisers

Friday, October 16
7PM
Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC
Music
$20 - $30

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Northwoods Improvisers! The band formed in 1976 in Traverse City by Mike Johnston, Mike Gilmore & John Plough. Originally a total improvising electro-acoustic ensemble, they switched to an all acoustic instrumentation in 1980.

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October 16 - October 16

Friday 16

"At Least A Dozen Friends"
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

"Taking Flight"
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

Friends of the Cadillac Library Used Book Sale
9:00 a.m.
Cadillac Wexford Public Library, Cadillac

The Long Moment: Polaroids & Solargraphs by Rachel Winslow
9:30 a.m.
Leelanau Twp. Library, Northport

"Modern Movement: Martha Graham & Barbara Morgan"
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Bonfield Gallery, Petoskey

All Media Juried Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Atmospheres: Photography by Steve Loveless
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Echoes: Revisiting Memory
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey

Inside Crooked Tree II
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Galleries, TC

Women + Water: Life Bearers, Teachers, Storytellers
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

"Full Circle: Waste Plastic Transformations"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

"Heart of a Tree, Soul of a Storm"
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

Darryl Brown: "Bubbles of Love"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Drawing to Motion: Contemporary Inuit Art From The Dennos Museum
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Material World: Ten Women
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

18th Annual Frankfort Film Festival
12:00 p.m.
The Garden Theater, Frankfort

Shape, Form & Light 10-Year Anniversary Member Exhibit
12:00 p.m.
Village Arts Building, Northport

TC Curling Club Adaptive Curling Open House
12:00 p.m.
TC Curling Club

The Dead Ends on Spruce
6:00 p.m.
Spruce St., TC

The Anishinaabek - Past, Present & Future
6:30 p.m.
Glen Lake Community Library, Empire

BASO Brass
7:00 p.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

The Northwoods Improvisers
7:00 p.m.
Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC

Things that Go Bump in the Night
7:00 p.m.
1st Congregational, UCC, Charlevoix

Fall Orchestra: Dunner & Sarkissian
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

NMC Concert Band Fall Concert
7:30 p.m.
TC West Senior High School

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