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Bay View’s Blind Lyricist: The Songs of J. Will Callahan

Friday, July 19
10AM
Bay View Association, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey
Music
Free

Noted historian Mary Jane Doerr will explore the life & career of blind Tin Pan Alley lyricist J. Will Callahan, who built a cottage on Forest Avenue in Bay View in 1909. His song, "Smiles," written in 1917, sold 5 million copies of sheet music during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic & World War I. He published 300 songs during his time in Bay View.

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July 19 - July 19

Friday 19

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

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

Native Plants: Painted + Stitched Canvases by Dana Falconberry
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery

Outdoor Gallery Exhibit: Margo Burian + Ordinary Magic
9:00 a.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center's Outdoor Gallery

Auras of Travel: Paintings by Dorothy McGrath Grossman
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey

Bay View’s Blind Lyricist: The Songs of J. Will Callahan
10:00 a.m.
Bay View Association, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey

Cadillac Festival of the Arts
10:00 a.m.
City Park, 190 W. Cass St., Cadillac

Finding the Light: Photography & Glass
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Horizons: Landscapes & Figures by Robert & Susan Perrish
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Bonfield Gallery, Petoskey

Michigan: An American Portrait
10:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey

OAC Annual Summer Member Show
10:00 a.m.
Oliver Art Center, Frankfort

Summer's Palette Magic Thursday Artist Annual Show & Reception
10:00 a.m.
City Opera House, TC

Unique Art of Antrim County Outdoor Art Exhibit
10:00 a.m.
Downtown Bellaire

Children's Summer Program Presents Magician Cameron Zvara
10:30 a.m.
Leland Township Public Library, Leland

Kids Craft Lab: Drop-In Art
10:30 a.m.
Great Lakes Children's Museum, TC

Boyne Thunder July Exhibit: "All Things Watercraft"
11:00 a.m.
Boyne Arts Center, Boyne City

Clay in Space
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC

Hard Edges, Vibrant Colors: Op Art from the Permanent Collection
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Louise Jones: "10,000 Flowers"
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

Michigan Water Color Society 77th Annual Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

New Vistas: Emerging Northern Michigan Painters & Printmakers
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie East Gallery, TC

Northern Views
11:00 a.m.
Higher Art Gallery, TC

Paint Grand Traverse 2024 - Extended Exhibit
11:00 a.m.
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC

Solo E Tutti: A Celebration of Community
11:00 a.m.
Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC

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

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

"Shrek The Musical Jr."
1:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Tour de TART
4:00 p.m.
Darrow Park, TC

Artist Reception: Forest Bathing
5:00 p.m.
Tinker Studio, TC

Late Night Friday
5:00 p.m.
Glen Arbor Arts Center

"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
6:00 p.m.
Grand Traverse Mall, TC

Lavender Goes Pink! with Starfarm
6:00 p.m.
Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City

PAIRINGs - Alcohol Ink Works by Kimberly Erickson & Penny Gabor
6:00 p.m.
Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids

"A Free and Independent State:"
6:30 p.m.
Old Art Building, Leland

Friday Night Music in the Park
6:30 p.m.
Marina Park, Harbor Springs

"Shrek The Musical Jr."
7:00 p.m.
Old Town Playhouse, TC

Downtown Gaylord Summer Concert Series
7:00 p.m.
Claude Shannon Park, Gaylord

East Jordan Music in the Park
7:00 p.m.
Memorial Park Bandshell, East Jordan

Sounds of Summer
7:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Park, downtown Petoskey

Summer Sounds Concert: The Shouting Bones
7:00 p.m.
Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville

Troubled Water Film Screening - Frankfort
7:30 p.m.
The Garden Theater, Frankfort

Music in Mackinaw
8:00 p.m.
Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City

Movies in the Park at Dark
9:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Park, downtown Petoskey

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