MAY 16
Traverse City– Brazil: No longer Just the Country of the Future. International Affairs Forum Lecture, Milliken Auditorium, 1701 E. Front St., Reception at 5:15, Lecture a 6:00 pm. $10. Free for students and educators. Ambassador Mel Levitsky, currently lecturer and senior fellow at the University of Michigan’s Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, will discuss how Brazil has emerged as one of the world’s leading economic successes but must deal with a number of systemic problems to maintain that status.
MAY 16
Traverse City– TC Green Drinks. 5:00 -7:00 pm, Xylo Bistro Cafe, 221 Garland (across from Inside Out Gallery). Talk about green topics and share a drink with friends. Tonight: Connected Communities: Complete Streets.
MAY 16
Greilickville– Art of the Watershed, 5:00 to 8:00 pm. The Watershed Center, 13272 S. West Bay Shore Dr., Greilickville, hosts the opening reception for photographers Mark Lindsay and John A Gessner’s exhibit, running through late September. A portion of the proceeds from all sales goes to The Watershed Center.
MAY 17
Traverse City– TC 350 Kickoff Meeting. 5:30 pm, Horizon Shine Cafe, 243 E. Front St, Traverse City. TC 350 is becoming an official chapter of 350.org. At this gathering we will show some videos of our bus trip to Washington D.C. for the Forward on Climate Rally, get an update on what is happening with 350.org, and the Keystone XL Pipeline, and discuss our next event to bring climate change awareness in a fun, engaging way.
MAY 17-19
Empire– Empire Asparagus Festival. 7:00 Friday night dance and pig roast. Saturday 10:00 am 5k, 11:00 am Asparagus cook-off, 2:00 pm Asparagus poetry contest, 4:00 pm Asparagus Parade, 7:00 pm Finale Party. Sunday, 8:00 -12:00 Empire Eagles Famous Breakfast
MAY 18
Traverse City– “Ending the Silence on Climate Change”, 6:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, 6726 Center Road in Traverse City. A Bill Moyers interview with Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. Everyone is welcome and childcare will be available. The event is sponsored by Grand Traverse Climate Conversations, a nonpartisan event series organized by friends and neighbors interested in expanding the regional conversation about climate change.
MAY 29
Traverse City– Community Composting Day at Oryana. 10:00 am – 7:00 pm. Oryana Natural Foods Market, 260 E. Tenth St., Traverse City. Bay Area Recycling for Charities will also be at Oryana with free finished compost. One bucket per person. From 4:30 – 7:00 pm Carter Schmidt of Carter’s Compost will be on hand with his mobile worm compost pile to give a vermicompost demo.
JUNE 1
Traverse City– Northwest Michigan Citizens Climate Lobby monthly meeting. 12:30-2:30 pm at the MLUI Offices, 148 E. Front St., Suite 301. Monthly meeting of local CCL chapter. We learn together about climate change and lobby to create the political will to solve the climate crisis. All are welcome.
JUNE 4
Traverse City– Getting Transportation to Work. 3:00 -6:00 pm, Traverse City Opera House, Traverse City. Commuter Summit to kick off a community conversation on transportation options in northwest Michigan. Keynote by Jeffrey Tumlin, author of the book Sustainable Transportation Planning. Also, Mary Sell from GetDowntown Ann Arbor.
JUNE 6
Traverse City– Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys. 7:00 pm, Good Works Collective, 417 S. Union Street, Traverse City. $15. Doors at 6:00 pm.
JUNE 7
Traverse City– The Ragbirds, at The Good Works Collective. 417 S. Union St., Traverse City. 6:30 pm Drum Workshop, $15. 8:30 Concert. Workshop and Concert, $25.
JUNE 7
Traverse City– First Fridays at the Village. 5:00 – 8:00 pm, The Village at Grand Traverse Commons. After hours event every first Friday of the month. Art, food and drink samples, shopping, dining and salon specials, live music, and demos.
JUNE 8
Traverse City– Oryana’s 40th Anniversary Party. 2:00 – 6:00 pm, The Village at Grand Traverse Commons (across from Higher Grounds). All members are invited to celebrate 40 years of Oryana. Live music including Sister Wilene and the Mark Sanders Band, vendors, food trucks, beverages including a special “Oryale” from Right Brain Brewery, and of course, birthday cake!
JUNE 9
Traverse City– 4th Annual Colantha Walker Dairy Festival, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, on the Piazza at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. Food vendors, arts and crafts, recycling demo, Village Merchant demos, live music.
JUNE 20
Leelanau County– Solstice Run. 9:30 pm – 9:30 am June 21. On the Ground Global midnight run to raise funds and awareness about Project Ethiopia. Runners solicit pledges and run 40 miles across Leelanau County overnight to ring in the Summer solstice.
