Event Calendar
Harvest Stompede - Annual Vineyard Run & Walk - September 18 & 19, 2010
Categories: Entertainment, Events, Fall, Featured, Recreation, Wine
The weekend features a spectacular race through Leelanau’s vineyards and a self guided wine tour of LPVA member wineries featuring world class wines and culinary delights that reflect the season’s bounty. In 2010 we are highlighting local foods and each wineries food pairing will feature locally sourced items.
The Get Local Giveaway
This year Taste the Local Difference, Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa and the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association are teaming up to celebrate local food, wine and arts with the Get Local Giveaway. This summer & fall we’ll give away exciting prizes to people on our mailing lists including the Grand Prize of 2 tickets to any LPVA wine event and two nights’ lodging for 2 in hotel accommodations* at Crystal Mountain Resort! Visit The Get Local Giveaway page for detail.
You are encouraged to sign up for the LPVA Email Newsletter (in the sidebar to the left!) to be notified of additional details and also about upcoming events!
Please note that registering for the vineyard race/walk does not include the admission price for the wine tour. Watching the race/walk is both encouraged and free, but if you are planning to participate in both events you will need to pay your race/walk registration fee and purchase a ticket to the wine trail event.
BUY YOUR HARVEST STOMPEDE TICKETS! - $40
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On Saturday, September 18, the Leland Chamber will again facilitate the annual Leland Heritage Celebration.
Join the Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce, the Fishtown Preservation Society, the Leelanau Historical Museum, the Leland Township Library, the Old Art Building, Van’s Garage and the Leelanau Conservancy, for a fun-filled day of discovery.
This consists of the Wood Boats on the Wall at the Museum, Fishtown Fest, Van’s Garage Classic Car Show, a Leland Historic Building art show at the Old Art Building, the Leelanau Conservancy on the Village Green, and more.
Weather permitting, the deck at The Cove will be open and if reservations are sufficient, there will be a historical cruise by Manitou Island Transit.
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The Homestead - Watercolor Painting Workshop with Edee Joppich - October 4 - 7, 2010
Categories: Events, Fall, Featured, The Homestead
Monday through Thursday, October 4-7, 2010
Students will create a series of 3 to 9 small paintings on a specific subject. These works will be mounted on a full sheet of watercolor paper with related wash painted on it. The subject could be a barn. Each small painting is a view or detail of it. These are arranged on a large paper prepared with a wash of barn texture. Other suggestions are trees (leaves, twigs, blossoms, etc.) birds, animals, fish, people, etc.Edee encourages originality and will demonstrate many of her traditional as well as innovative ways of creating beautiful effects with watercolor. In-depth critiques along with color and design instruction make an Edee Joppich workshop an invaluable opportunity for serious painters at every level of experience.
Edee Joppich graduated from Marygrove College with graduate studies from Wayne State University. Her inspirational classes are widely sought after. Edee’s work is in corporate and private collections. She is a signature member of the International Society of Experimental Artists. www.edeejoppich.com.
Tuition: $325/members/$350 non-members for the four days (9am to 3pm). Accommodations not included in tuition. Special accommodation prices are available at The Homestead.
For workshop registration e-mail info@glenarborart.org or call 231.334.6112.
For accommodations at The Homestead call 231.334.5100.
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The Homestead - Autumn Dunes Eco-Photo Tour Weekend - October 15 - 17, 2010
Categories: Events, Fall, Featured, The Homestead
The favorite Great Lakes Photo Tour for alumni! Participants are treated to one of the most beautiful areas in Michigan. The splendor of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the quaintness of the Leelanau Peninsula offer outstanding scenic view of sweeping dunes, vast Lake Michigan shorelines and Wyeth-like farm scenes, all accented with the colors of the season. You’ll be guided on tour by naturalist photographer, Mark S. Carlson and digital expert, Bob Grzesiak.
Complete tour package includes: tuition, two nights’ lodging in a Fiddler’s Pond guest room. For more information or reservations, please call 517.230.1655 or visit http://www.markscarlson.com/glpt/tours/tours.html.
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