Jamie Kauffold | Author

Get Smart

June 4, 2022

Hop on your bike, use your two feet, take the bus, or carpool to celebrate the 28th Annual Smart Commute Week in TC, June 6-10. Presented by TART Trails, this week offers free daily breakfasts at various locations around town, plus incentives and prizes. Sign up a team for a competition kno… Read More >>

Al Fresco Art

May 28, 2022

The Glen Arbor Arts Center’s front yard and parking area will be turned into an open-air exhibition and music venue on Saturday, June 4, from 11am-3pm for Up North Pride’s Unconditional PRIDE Artist PopUP + Demo. The first of three summer pop-up events, it features work by studi… Read More >>

2022 Summer Race Calendar

May 21, 2022

Time to get in gear—race season is here! We’ve compiled 50+ running, biking, paddling, and swimming races around northern Michigan for you to enter this summer. (It’s also fine if you just want to cheer your friends on from your lounge chair.) This is not an exhaustive lis… Read More >>

Get Your Tires Dirty

May 14, 2022

Get outside for the Northern Michigan Mountain Bike Association Trail Day on Saturday, May 21, from 10am-2pm at the Vasa Singletrack Supply Road Trailhead. Learn about land management, trail access and permission, erosion prevention and repair, and more. Bring your little ones to the same l… Read More >>

Bird Is the Word

May 7, 2022

Birders, these events are for you. Saving Birds through Habitat offers guided birding hikes at Charter Sanctuary Discovery Center in Omena, May 14, 21, and 28 from 8:30-10am. Must reserve your spot: 231-271-3738. They will also host the Leelanau Birdfest June 2-5 (Read More >>

3, 2, 1...Draw!

April 30, 2022

See what artists can create in 20 minutes at the Quick Draw Exhibit at the Village Arts Building in Northport. Meet the artists and models from Northport Arts Association’s ongoing Monday night Figure Drawing Studio at the reception on Friday, May 6, from 5-7pm. The exhibit runs throu… Read More >>

Cooking for Kiddos

April 23, 2022

Put your kids to work in the kitchen at Vita Bella Italian Kitchen and Market’s Kids Cooking Class in downtown Frankfort on Sunday, May 1, at 11am. They’ll learn how to cook homemade pizza and pasta—fresh sauce included—so you can bring easy recipes home! Cost is $30… Read More >>

Lift a Glass...and Your Spirits

April 16, 2022

Welcome the arrival of spring at the Lift Your Spirits Tasting Event in Bay Harbor April 22 and 23. A five-course, spirit-paired dinner will be held on April 22 from 6-9pm in ELEVATION, on the second floor of the Bay Harbor Lodge Building. (Tickets, $125.) A tasting event follows on April 2… Read More >>

Shades of Us

April 9, 2022

Shades of Us, an exhibit by students of Leland Public School and Leelanau Children’s Center that celebrates the people in our area and fosters conversation about diversity, was inspired by the work of Brazilian photographer Angélica Dass, who created a photography project calle… Read More >>

An Equine Literary Event

March 26, 2022

Award-winning humorist Debby Buck DeJonge will sign her book Lead Horse at Horizon Books in Traverse City on Saturday, April 9, from noon – 2pm. Enjoy the adventures of Candy Clark and her nemesis, Crissy von Foque-Trot, in the arcane, sometimes steamy world of dressage ridin… Read More >>

Buy Pierogi, Support Ukrainian Families

March 19, 2022

Choose from 40 varieties of pierogi from Lost Village Pierogi of Petoskey’s pop-up Presale Pierogi Drive on Sunday, March 27, from 12-3pm at Cherryland Center Mall in Traverse City. Ten percent of all proceeds will be used to support displaced Ukrainian families who have fled their ho… Read More >>

Float Your Boat at the TC Boat Show

March 12, 2022

Ready to start planning your summers on the lake? The Traverse City Boat Show heads back to the Grand Traverse Civic Center March 18-20. Presented by Blue Water Promotions, this show features ski boats, pontoons, cabin cruisers, personal watercraft, kayaks, docks, lifts, water toys, and muc… Read More >>

Celebrate St. Patty's in Traverse City

March 5, 2022

Looking for ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day a bit early this weekend? Run or march...it's up to you!

Leapin’ Leprechaun!
Don your green for TC’s Irish 5K, Sat., March 12 beginning at The Workshop Brewing Co. at 9 a.m. Cost is $35 for in person o… Read More >>

Join the White Pine Stampede

Jan. 29, 2022

Northern Michigan’s longest-running point-to-point Nordic ski race, the White Pine Stampede is held on Saturday, Feb. 5. Established in 1977, this race features 50K, 20K, and 10K distances for both freestyle and classic skiers. Skiers start from Mancelona High School — the 30K a… Read More >>

Far Better than a Bar: Highlands on the Rocks

Jan. 8, 2022

Some folks apres ski; others shake or stir, then ski. Those in the latter camp will love Highlands on the Rocks, held Jan. 14 through 17 at Boyne Highlands Ski Resort in Harbor Springs. Sponsored by High Five Spirits Craft Distillery in Petoskey, the weekend brings a bevy of on-hill cocktai… Read More >>

Blissfest Presents On the Winter Solstice

Dec. 18, 2021

On the Winter Solstice, presented by Blissfest, will feature jazz, folk and roots music in the spirit of the season. Don’t miss Rachael and Dominic Davis, Hadassah Greensky Trio, Djangophonique, and The Hype at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey on Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 7pm. And, in a… Read More >>

Manistee Old Christmas Weekend Dec. 2-5

Nov. 26, 2021

Step back in time as you take part in the Victorian Sleighbell Parade and Old Christmas Weekend in Manistee, Dec. 2–5. The port city’s parade includes horse-drawn entries, bagpipers, a reindeer meet and greet, and carolers elegantly dressed in Victorian-style attire. T… Read More >>

We got the Trots!

Nov. 20, 2021

Wherever you are in northern Michigan Thanksgiving morning, there’s bound to be a turkey trot close by! If you’ll be in Traverse City, work up your appetite before the big meal at the 14th Annual Up North Media TC Turkey Trot. It begins at 123 E. Eleventh St. at 8:45am. Cho… Read More >>

Fun Run, Pancakes & Fall Drinks Down on the Farm

Nov. 6, 2021

Work up an appetite with a 9am fun run at Jacob’s Farm in Traverse City on Saturday, Nov. 13. Jacob’s A-maze-ing 5K & 10K includes an off-road adventure across the farm and through a portion of its 10-acre corn maze. Fun run tickets also get you free entry to the farm’… Read More >>

Sprint, Bike, Snowshoe, Ski

Nov. 6, 2021

Saturday, November 13, 2021
Wild Turkey Trot 5K
Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire
www.bonfire.com/wild-turkey-trot-5k

Saturday, November 13, 2021
Mt. Holiday CX - Cyclocross
Mt. Holiday, TC
www.upnorthcx.com

SAT., NOV. 13
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