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1 week ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Art Bukowski |Molly Cox |Ren Brabenec
By Jamie Kauffold | April 12, 2025 Hop on over to City Park Grill in Petoskey for the return of Hopfest, Thursday, April 17, from 5-9pm! Fill your glass with craft beer, mead, or cider from Right Brain Brewing, Big Buck Brewery, Elder Piper, Bee Well, Tandem Ciders, Petoskey Brewery, and more while enjoying dishes from City Park Grill crafted to highlight the complexity of the beverages.
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1 month ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Anna Faller |Rachel Pasche |Art Bukowski
By Jamie Kauffold | March 8, 2025 The Henhouse Prowlers, Bluegrass Ambassadors for the U.S. State Department, have traveled to more than 30 countries, teaching and performing music. This Chicago group brings their storytelling, songwriting, and intricate instrumentation to Freshwater Art Gallery and Concert Venue in Boyne City on Saturday, March 15, at 8pm. Tickets, $45. (231) 582-2588
Photo by Lily Shea Photography
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2 months ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Victor Skinner |Anna Faller |Molly Cox
By Jamie Kauffold | Feb. 22, 2025 Embrace winter at the inaugural Michigan Sauna Fest at Clinch Park Waterfront in Traverse City, Feb. 28 – March 2! Take part in open sauna sessions, the Community Cold-Plunge, social games, live music, and more. A VIP Weekend Pass is $50 and is an all-access full weekend pass that also grants you entry into Friday night’s VIP event. A 90-minute event pass is $20 and allows you access to all mobile saunas on site. Sessions are limited only to the time slot selected.
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2 months ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Art Bukowski |Karl Klockars |Geri Dietze
By Jamie Kauffold | Feb. 15, 2025 Interlochen Arts Academy hosts their free annual winter festival, Saturday, Feb. 22, beginning at 11am. With both indoor and outdoor activities to choose from, you and the kiddos can enjoy sledding and s’mores, instrument trials, acting, dancing, jazz, painting, and much more. And join a parade to Corson Auditorium to check out a performance showcasing the different art forms represented at Interlochen! interlochen.org/events/winterlochen-2025-02-22
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2 months ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Kierstin Gunsberg |Ross Boissoneau |Brighid Driscoll
By Jamie Kauffold | Feb. 1, 2025 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer brings the young adult version of her memoir True Gretch: Lessons for Anyone Who Wants to Make a Difference to Traverse City’s City Opera House on Friday, Feb. 7, at 7pm. “That Woman from Michigan” has packed this new edition with a Q&A with her two teenage daughters, along with backmatter resources relating to surviving sexual assault and gun violence.
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2 months ago | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Art Bukowski |Greg Tasker |Anna Faller
By Jamie Kauffold | Jan. 25, 2025 Fans of The Good Place, listen up! Three characters arrive in a windowless room, one by one, realizing they are in hell in No Exit. This one-act play by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre takes place at Traverse City’s Old Town Playhouse Jan. 31 – Feb. 1 and Feb. 7-8 at 7:30pm and Feb. 2 at 2pm. Expecting physical torture, the characters realize their torment instead is through psychological anguish inflicted by one another’s presence.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Ross Boissoneau |Ellen Miller |Rachel Pasche
By Jamie Kauffold | Jan. 18, 2025 Embrace the snow and fresh air at Ranch Rudolf in Traverse City during Frosty Family Days, Jan. 19 – Feb. 16! Climb aboard Beau and Knox for a winter hayride, indulge in a s’more station and hot chocolate, and don’t forget your snow gear for making snow angels…although Family Days happen with or without snow! Tickets are $16/person or $75/family (6 person max). Must have reservation: (231) 947-9529; ranchrudolf.com
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Karl Klockars |Art Bukowski |Ross Boissoneau
By Jamie Kauffold | Nov. 30, 2024 Calling all book lovers! Traverse City Authors present the (free!) third annual Holiday Book Fair, featuring more than a dozen local authors reading from their books, as well as signing them, live music by Bob Downes, food and beverages, and more in the Mercato at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City. Catch all the reading fun on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 10am-2pm.
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Nov 23, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Art Bukowski |Jillian Manning |Ross Boissoneau
By Jamie Kauffold | Nov. 23, 2024 Northport Arts Association invites you to get in the spirit with their Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale at two Northport locations on Saturday, Nov. 30, from 10am-4pm. Get your shopping done with more than 30 artisans at both the Village Arts Building at 301 N. Mill St., Ste. E and Willowbrook Mill at 201 N. Mill St. (And then catch the Northport tree lighting that evening!) northportartsassociation.org
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
northernexpress.com | Jamie Kauffold |Ross Boissoneau |Ellen Miller |Geri Dietze
By Jamie Kauffold | Nov. 16, 2024 Downtown Traverse City will be lit up on Saturday, Nov. 23! Front Street closes at 3:30pm; holiday music begins at 5:30pm; tree lighting with Santa at 6pm at Cass and Front streets; and the Light Parade begins at 6:30pm and rolls down Front St. from Franklin St. west to Union St. After the parade, head to Santa’s House at City Center Plaza on the corner of State and Cass streets, which will be open until 9pm.
