October 17, 2026

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Help From My Friends Chili Cook Off Fundraiser


Helena Twp. Hall, Alden
Benefit/Charity
$15 adults; $5 kids 5-12

Enjoy tasty food from local restaurants while bidding on silent auction items. Visit web site or call 231-533-4070 for more info. Thanks for supporting the animals! 

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October 17 - October 17

Saturday 17

"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

Rock the Light: Trail Run 5K
9:00 a.m.
Leelanau State Park trails, off Densmore Rd., by Woosley Airport, Northport

Ski Swap by Grand Traverse Ski Club
9:00 a.m.
TC West Middle School Gym

Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Classic
9:30 a.m.
Crystal Mountain, frontside ski slopes, Thompsonville

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

Friends of the Cadillac Library Used Book Sale
10:00 a.m.
Cadillac Wexford Public Library, Cadillac

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

Wander Walloon: Guided Mushroom Foray
10:00 a.m.
Wildwood Harbor Nature Area, Boyne City

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

Free & Elude 5K/10K
11:00 a.m.
200 W. Michigan Ave., Grayling

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

Say NO to Israel's Genocide & Manipulation of Congress
11:00 a.m.
Grandview Parkway + Union St., 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

The Highlands Harvest Fest
12:00 p.m.
The Highlands at Harbor Springs

National Park Book Signing Event
1:00 p.m.
Horizon Books, TC

Cancer Prevention & Survival
2:00 p.m.
Skyke House, 201 Waukazoo, Northport

Country Night & City Lights
2:00 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

Dances of Universal Peace
3:00 p.m.
Llama Meadows Eco Farm, Benzonia

Free Film Screening: "Hocus Pocus"
4:00 p.m.
The Cheboygan Opera House

Corn Maze & Cherry Orchard 5K
5:00 p.m.
Cellar 1914/Shooks Farm, Central Lake

Witches Night Out
5:00 p.m.
Downtown TC

HeadWaters Land Conservancy Presents The Haunted Boardwalk
6:00 p.m.
Sturgeon River Preserve, Vanderbilt

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

Belko Peace Lecture
7:00 p.m.
Trinity Church UCC, Northport

William Elliott Whitmore
7:00 p.m.
The Bay Community Theatre, Suttons Bay

Downtown Sound: The Proud Naturals
7:30 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey

Gaylord Orchestra Fall Concert
7:30 p.m.
Mount Carmel Centre, Gaylord

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