July 9, 2025

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Zoo-de-Mackinac


The Highlands at Harbor Springs
Adventure

Today includes registration from 7:30-10:30am in the lobby below the Zoo Bar; the ride starting between 7:30-10:30am in the Ski Area Parking Lot; lunch between 10:30am-2pm at Legs Inn; Post Ride Party from 2-6pm at The Crossings in Mackinaw City; & evening parties on Mackinaw Island beginning at 8pm. The ride spans 51 miles along Lake Michigan on a paved road with very little automobile traffic. Riders pedal through rolling countryside & trillium covered forests, along sandy beaches, & are surrounded by breathtaking views of Lake Michigan from 400′ high bluffs.

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July 9 - July 9

Wednesday 9

60th Annual Gaylord Alpenfest
8:30 a.m.
Downtown Gaylord

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

SRC: Color Our World with Biomimicry
10:30 a.m.
Interlochen Public Library

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

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

TADL Summer Storytime
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Charlotte Ross Lee Concerts in the Park
12:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo, Petoskey

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

NAMI Connection & NAMI Family Support Group
12:00 p.m.
Christ Church, lower level, 430 Fair St., TC

Author Event: Matthew Gavin Frank
1:00 p.m.
McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey

Wild & Scenic Film Festival
3:00 p.m.
The Garden Theater, Frankfort

Music in the Streets
4:00 p.m.
Broad St., downtown Bellaire

Dart for ART 2025: Preview Night
6:00 p.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey

Ellsworth Concerts on the Square
7:00 p.m.
Ellsworth Community Square gazebo

Jazz, Jokes and Jesus
7:00 p.m.
Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd

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

America: The Encore Tour
7:30 p.m.
Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium

Summer Reading Event with Patchwork Pear Performers
10:30 p.m.
North Park Pavilion, Suttons Bay

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