May 9, 2026

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"No Small Matter"


Elk Rapids Cinema
Film/Theater/Art
Free

This is the first feature-length documentary to explore the critical importance of early childhood education & care in America. Doors open at 5:30pm; live intro by Full Tilt Comedy at 5:45pm; & film begins at 6:15pm. Presented by Great Start Collaborative of Traverse Bay, North Ed Partner with Chalfonte Foundation.

May 9 - May 9

Saturday 9

TC Trail Running Festival
7:00 a.m.
Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort, TC

Bird Walk on the Boardman
7:30 a.m.
Meet on the north side of the Traverse Area District Library at the entrance of the GT Area Children's Garden, TC

67th Annual Mesick Mushroom Festival
8:00 a.m.
Mesick

35th Annual Father Fred Garage Sale
9:00 a.m.
Father Fred Foundation, 826 Hastings St., TC

Community Hope's Love Your Neighbor 5K Run/Walk
9:00 a.m.
Timber Wolf Lake, Lake City

Manistee Rats & Rods Car Party
9:00 a.m.
Manistee VFW

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

Poetic Visions Of Port Oneida: Painting And Poems That Reimagine
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

Crystal Rush Mountain Bike Race
9:30 a.m.
Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville

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

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

Dream Team Opening Day
10:00 a.m.
GT County Civic Center, TC

Family Geology Hike: Ancient Echoes Expedition
10:00 a.m.
Grand Traverse Natural Education Reserve, meet at Meadows Pavilion, TC

Glen Arbor Beautification's Arbor Day Celebration
10:00 a.m.
Cherry Republic, Glen Arbor

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

It Takes A Fleet
10:00 a.m.
The Little Fleet, TC

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

Made in Cheboygan Craft Shows
10:00 a.m.
Washington Park, downtown Cheboygan

Plein Air Adventures: Students of Susan Glass
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Spring Art Market
10:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Spring Art by the Barn
10:00 a.m.
Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey

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

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

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

Art in the Barn
11:00 a.m.
6411 N. Overlook Rd., Northport

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

NMC Hosted High School 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

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

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

Animal Art Experience
1:00 p.m.
AuSable Artisan Village, Grayling

Mysterious Morels: A Gateway to Michigan Fungal Discoveries
1:30 p.m.
Mesick Branch of the Cadillac Wexford Public Library, Springerville Twp. Community Center, Mesick

Cosmo St. Charles is Dead & Someone in this Room Killed Him
2:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC

Choral Compass: Navigating the World One Song at a Time
3:00 p.m.
Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor

TC Roller Derby Triple-Header
3:00 p.m.
GT County Civic Center, TC

Cookbook Dinner Series
4:00 p.m.
amical, TC

Little Traverse Civic Theatre Presents "Annie"
7:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theatre, Petoskey

The Storytelling Series - The Women Who Raised Us
7:00 p.m.
AuSable Artisan Village Performing Arts Center, Grayling

"The Who’s Tommy"
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium

A Tribute to Bob Seger
7:30 p.m.
City Opera House, TC

FUNdraiser – Dueling Pianos
7:30 p.m.
Hotel Indigo, TC

MJ Live: Michael Jackson Tribute
9:00 p.m.
Little River Casino Resort, Manistee

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