Jamie Kauffold | Author

Keeping It Classic in Bay Harbor

June 15, 2024

Get a glimpse of some of the finest classic, future classic, and rare cars and boats in the country at the Bay Harbor Classic Car & Boat Festival on Saturday, June 22. Highlights include Dodge Vipers, a 1938 Delahaye Teardrop Coupe, and “Driving Miss Daisy” Ladies Tea & … Read More >>

Off to the Races!

June 8, 2024

Are you ready to run? It’s race season in Up North, with more than 60 competitions to see who can run, swim, bike, and paddle the fastest. From this weekend through the close of summertime when the air and water turn cool, there are plenty of opportunities to go for gold.

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The Red Drive Concert Series

June 8, 2024

The Red Drive Concert Series kicks off its 2024 season on Friday, June 14, from 6-8pm with west Michigan’s Delilah DeWylde at Left Foot Charley in Traverse City. With Delilah on lead vocals and upright bass, and Lee Harvey on electric guitar, you’ll hear honky-tonk country, rock… Read More >>

30 Years of Smart Commutes with TART

June 1, 2024

Hop on your bike, your feet, the bus, or carpool for the 30th Annual Smart Commute Week, June 3-7! Besides improving your health and saving money and the planet, you’ll score free breakfasts at various locations around TC and can win prizes. Sign up a team (for free!) for the competit… Read More >>

East Jordan Remembers

May 18, 2024

East Jordan is gearing up for Memorial Day observances on Monday, May 27, starting at 6am with coffee at American Legion Hall followed by a 7:15am departure for cemeteries holding military services (Calvary, Pesek Bohemian, Dunsmore, Sunset Hill, and Grandvue). At 10:45am, veterans and auxi… Read More >>

The Wedding Singer Comes to the Playhouse

May 11, 2024

Bring your big hair and head back to 1985 with New Jersey’s Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer at Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City. See what happens when Hart’s own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Performances run through May 25; visit Read More >>

GTB Celebrating 44 Years

May 4, 2024

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians will host their 44th Annual Federal Recognition Day – Mini Traditional PowWow & Tribal Market Day at Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel in Williamsburg on Saturday, May 11, from 11am-3pm. At this free public event, you can explor… Read More >>

Picturesque Paddling

April 20, 2024

GT County Parks and Recreation presents the only Michigan screening of the 2024 Paddling Film Festival World Tour at Howe Arena in Traverse City on Thursday, April 25, at 6:30pm. Catch some of the world’s best paddling films of the year—whitewater, sea kayaking, canoeing, and mo… Read More >>

Springtime Jazz with NMC

April 13, 2024

Award-winning vibraphonist Jim Cooper has been playing the vibraphone for over 45 years and has performed with jazz artists Marcus Belgrave, Buddy de Franco, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and many others. He will join the jazz ensembles of Northwestern Michigan college for their spring concert… Read More >>

On Your Mark, Get Set, Spring!

April 6, 2024

Swap out the winter boots for your trainers—it’s spring race season! We’ve found 20+ running, biking, and paddling races around the North to get you out on the trails, roads, and waterways. From easy breezy 5Ks to 100K ultramarathons, there’s a little something for e… Read More >>

Radium Girls at Old Town Playhouse

April 6, 2024

Get a glimpse of American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science in Radium Girls, performed April 5, 6, 11, 12, and 13 at 7:30pm; and April 7 and 13 at 2pm at Traverse City’s Old Town Playhouse. Set in 1926, the story follows the girls who paint … Read More >>

Silent Movies and Mighty Organs

March 23, 2024

Andrew Rogers will accompany the 2011 Oscar-winning silent film The Artist on the “Mighty” Wurlitzer theater organ on Saturday, April 6, at both 2pm and 5pm at The Music House Museum in Williamsburg. The Artist is a French comedy-drama set in Hollywood between … Read More >>

A Woman of a Certain Age

March 16, 2024

Staking her claim as “a woman of a certain age” who’s been through some “stuff,” award-winning songwriter, singer, and pianist Kit Holmes lands at the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee for Women’s History Month on Friday, March 22, at… Read More >>

Beaver Dam Olympics

March 9, 2024

Grab three of your friends and head to Otsego Resort in Gaylord for a blast at the Beaver Dam Olympics, a team relay showdown consisting of a sack race, corn hole, beer pong, and plank skis. Held on Saturday, March 16, these uniquely northern Michigan Olympics kick off at 2pm. The cost is $… Read More >>

The M-22 Chili Challenge

March 2, 2024

Chill(i) out at the 2nd annual M-22 Chili Challenge at Leelanau Sands Casino on Saturday, March 9, from noon-4pm. This cookoff includes local restaurants like Big Dex’s Restaurant, Bogey's 19th Hole at The Leland Lodge, Lylah’s, Knot Just a Bar, and more. Enjoy tastings, outdoor… Read More >>

Curling on the National Stage

Feb. 24, 2024

Traverse City Curling Club will host the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship at their 1712 S. Garfield Ave. location, Feb. 27 – March 3. This faster-paced discipline of the sport is played by teams comprised of one male and one female curler. See who will advance to repres… Read More >>

Folksy and Indoorsy

Feb. 17, 2024

TC’s Irish Fusion band The Wild Sullys is just one of the dozens of performers playing the Great Indoor Folk Festival on Sunday, Feb. 25, at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons from 12-5:30pm. With six stages, plus performances in Kirkbride Hall and Cuppa Joe, there is music for eve… Read More >>

A Wonderful and Wacky Winterfest in Beulah

Feb. 3, 2024

Try your hand at frozen turkey bowling or the frozen fish toss at Winterfest 2024 in downtown Beulah on Saturday, Feb. 10. With activities beginning at 10am, you can also hit the chili cookoff, enjoy free horse drawn wagon rides, try the snowball target competition, watch the classic Outhou… Read More >>

Catch Winter Olympics Close to Home

Jan. 27, 2024

Don’t miss the action of the Special Olympics Michigan State Winter Games held right here in northern Michigan! The 2024 games represents the 45th year of this statewide competition. Between Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, you can catch various indoor and outdoor events at Grand Traverse… Read More >>

Fire, Ice, and Everything Nice

Jan. 20, 2024

On Jan. 16—when the high was a balmy 10 degrees—Chateau Chantal harvested their 2023 ice wine grapes. While you’ll have to wait for that vintage, you can try the “nectar of the gods” at their Ice Wine Festival on Saturday, Jan. 27. You’ll find an ice scul… Read More >>