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Image for Rocks, Fossils and Minerals is of Slab cut pieces of Lake Superior agates displayed in clear lucite stands on an oak table. One glows white blue and the other is burnt orange. Photo by Valerie Chandler

Rocks and Fossils and Minerals. Oh, My!

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The “Art is Art” exhibition includes abstract artworks by (from left) Rufus Snoddy, Jef Bourgeau and Piers Wright, among others, at the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee. RRCA courtesy photo.

Still time to see area’s stunning mixed palette of art

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Test flight of Artemis rocket. Photo by Matt Rumpfeldt.

NASA sets date for Artemis 1 moon launch

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Partial brick and concrete structures were still standing in 1929, more than two decades after the fall of the Great Northern Portland Cement Company town of Marlborough, southeast of Baldwin, Michigan.. Lake County Historical Society photo.

New documentary cements Marlborough’s boom-to-bust history

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Kids enjoy the Bounce House at the 2019 Copemish Heritage Days. Photo by M. Videan.

Kids rule at Copemish Heritage Days

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Onekama Days includes a parade down Main Street with bands, Onekama ball teams, and floats by businesses and nonprofit organizations, such as this one by the Onekama Lions Club during the 2019 event. Photo by Mark Videan.

Onekama Days celebration returns

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Forest Trail Music Festival. Courtesy photo.

Concert series inspired by nature

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The art park’s amphitheater includes rustic bench seating for concert listeners. In this photo, the seated crowd waits for the band to strike up tune.

Michigan Legacy Art Park: not just a walk in the woods

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Horses at Amnesty Freedom Farm, an animal sanctuary in Brethren, Michigan. Photo by Ramona DeGeorgio-Venegas.

Animal sanctuary offers care, kindness

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Lakeshore Pyrates Head Club members dressed as pirates in front of their floating boat Venture. Courtesy photo.

Yarrr, Matey, the Pyrates be here!

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Kaleva Art Gallery storefront on Wuoski Avenue in Kaleva. Gallery hours are noon to 4 p.m. Fridays and Sundays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Kaleva Art Gallery celebrates 25 years

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This photo by Stewart McFerran of South Manitou Island lighthouse was taken from his boat while sailing in Lake Michigan's Manitou Passage in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

How the high winds of Manitou Passage almost claimed a sailor

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  • Advertisement for Kaleva Heritage Days is in red, white and blue with the Kaleva Art Gallery logo in the middle top of the ad. The festival is Saturday, July 18, and Sunday, July 19. Visit the fourth annual Arts and Crafts show with vendors along Wuoksi Street. Reserve your space until July 12. Call Les at 231-299-5392. Saturday's events include live music and food, softbal games, classic car show, children's activities, fireworks at dusk and the Heritage Day Parade. Sunday events include Church in the Park and a Chicken Dinner Picnic. Scan the Q.R. code at the bottom right of the ad for the full schedule. Click on this ad to be taken to the Heritage Days Facebook page.
    Advertisement for Onekama Monday Concerts in the Park. Free. 7 p.m. at the Onekama Village Park. July 6, Schrock Brothers. Premier Americana, folk, jazz and blues. July 13. Great Lakes Brass. New Orleans inspired jazz and pop with Mardi Gras spirit. July 20. Ashley Wineland, rising country star, powerhouse vocals and stage presence. July 27, Roger That. Greatest hits of the 70s, 80s and beyond. August 3, Acoustic Madness, Highspeed acoustic jams, classic rock jazz unplugged. August 10, Jake Slater. Award winning Elvis impersonator. The King lives on. August 17 is the make-up date in case one of the shows is rained out. Donations welcomed and encouraged. Venmo at PortageLakeAssociation. Bring chairs, blankets, picnic baskets and children. Follow us on Facebook at Onekama Community Connection. Click on this ad to be taken to the website. Thank you to our sponsors? Full Pull Adventures, Five Star Realty, Camp Tosebo, West Shore Bank, Reau Wealth Management-Edward Jones, Honor Onekama Building Supply, Hopwoods Heating and Cooling, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Onekama Marine, The Speckled Goat. Onekama Days is August 7 thru 10 this year. Email information at symbol onekama dot info.
    Advertisement for the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is a photograph of what appears to be a sunset or sunrise above a bay of a big lake, probably Lake Michigan, with a wide, sandy beach with lots of footprints in shadow curving into the distance. The water is gently lapping the shore and the sun is reflected in the wet sand just beyond the edge of the lake. The ad reads: Love the Land, Pass it On. click on this ad to be taken to the conservancy's website.
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