July 8, 2025

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Laying of the Lilacs


Benzonia Twp. Cemetery, Benzonia
Other
Free

This community ceremony is sponsored by the Benzie Area Historical Society. Honor the area’s Civil War Veterans at the mushroom-shaped monument made by the E.P. Case Grand Army of the Republic Post 372 Veterans in the late 1880s. Lawn chairs are suggested. Following the ceremony will be a headstone cleaning workshop focusing on Veterans' graves. Each participant will need to bring a cleaning kit consisting of a bucket, natural stiff brush, toothbrush, trowel, trash bag, & plastic or wood scraper. Metal objects may not be used to clean the stones.

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July 8 - July 8

Tuesday 8

Random Exhibition
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

Youth Plein Air Month
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

"Small Works: Community Collage" Project, Honoring Legacy of Joe Muer
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Great Lakes Pastel Society's 2025 Members Small Works Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Fisher Room Gallery, Frankfort

IMMERSED
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Legacy & Light: 150 Years of Bay View
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Oliver Art Center Annual Summer Member's Exhibition
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Wonders of the Woods
10:00 a.m.
Seven Springs Nature Preserve, Indian River

Outdoor Story Time
10:30 a.m.
Suttons Bay Bingham District Library, outside, overlooking the beach

A Style All Our Own: Canadian Woodland Artists
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Joan Fitzsimmons: Into What World?
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Juggling Performance by Will Juggle
11:00 a.m.
Kalkaska Senior Lawn, 303 S. Coral St.

Matt Shlian: Every Line is a Circle if You Make it Long Enough
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Paint Grand Traverse 2025 - Extended Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Reclaimed: The Art of Ecology
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Summer Salon
11:00 a.m.
Charlevoix Circle of Arts

TC Pit Spitters vs. Kenosha King Fish
11:05 a.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

60th Annual Gaylord Alpenfest
11:30 a.m.
Downtown Gaylord

Members Create
12:00 p.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Main Gallery

Leland Library Summinars
4:00 p.m.
Leland Township Public Library, Munnecke Room

Imagine Rotary Square Event
4:30 p.m.
Rotary Square, corner of State & Union streets, TC

Book Launch
7:00 p.m.
Willowbrook Mill, Northport

TC Pit Spitters vs. Kenosha King Fish
7:05 p.m.
Turtle Creek Stadium, TC

Interlochen "Collage"
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Music in Mackinaw: Straits Area Band Concert
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

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