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Events Calendar

The Traverse City area hosts a wide variety of festivals throughout the year. By far our largest annual event is the National Cherry Festival, held in early July in downtown Traverse City. Other major celebrations throughout the year are listed below, with links to the official sites if available.

For information and online purchase of ticketed events in the Traverse City area go to TREATickets.

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Sep 14, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010

Arts of the Woodland Indians

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center

This exhibition draws from the museum's collection of art by the Woodland Indians.  Not only does this exhibition include excellent examples of quillwork and sweetgrass basketry from both Michigan and Ottawa artists, but also prints by artists of the famed woodland or Anishinabe style of painting, such as Norval Morrisseau and Roy Thomas.

Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm.  Admission: Adults $6, Children $4  The museum is closed on major holidays.

Phone: (231) 995-1055
Oct 1 - 31, 2009

Haunted Hayrides

Annual Event
(Fri. Sat. )
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Hearth and Vine Cafe, Black Star Farms

Haunted Hayride will take place from 6-10 pm every Friday and Saturday in October leaving from Hearth and Vine Cafe across from the Tasting Room.  The price is $10/per person for an evening of fright.  Pizzas and sandwiches will be made available for purchase in the cafe and of course, wine and mulled cider will also be available.

Phone: (231) 944-1251
Oct 9 - Nov 1, 2009

Grimfell Asylum

Annual Event
(Sun. Fri. Sat. )
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Location: Old Circuit City Building, Traverse City (next to Halloween Superstores and Home Depot)

Evernight Entertainment will once again be opening "Grimfell Asylum" Haunted Attraction in Traverse City.  This Fall The Asylum Doors Open...let the madness and screaming begin!!!  This year as last year, a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the "Munson Breast Health Center".  The Asylum will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in October as well as November 1.  $7

Oct 11, 2009 - Mar 28, 2010

River of Gold

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
This exhibit presents more than 120 exquisitely crafted pieces of Precolumbian goldwork from the University of Pennsylvania Museum’s 1940 excavations at the ancient cemetery site of Sitio Conte in what is now central Panama. The exhibition includes large embossed plaques, cast pendants and nose ornaments, gold-sheathed ear rods, and necklaces of intricate beads-as well as polychrome ceramics, and objects made of precious and semi-precious stones, whale-tooth ivory, and bone.
 
In the first section of the exhibit, visitors are introduced to the geographical setting of central Panama and the excavations at Sitio Conte. The exciting story of the dramatic find of a multi-grave burial containing a wealth of gold is told through site photographs, maps, drawings, even a video from the original color film of the archaeological team. The second section reconstructs lifestyles of Precolumbian society in ancient Panama. The third section analyzes the tantalizing iconography found on Sitio Conte goldwork and ceramics to help viewers interpret aspects of a long-lost ideology. The sophisticated metallurgical processes by which the goldsmiths of Sitio Conte achieved extraordinary results are thoughtfully explained in the final section of the exhibition.

River of Gold is not only visually stunning. It also gives viewers an invaluable glimpse into a Panamanian society as it was 1,000 years ago.
 
The Dennos Museum Center is open Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm, Thursdays til 8 pm and Sunday, 1-5 pm.  The Museum is closed major holidays.  Admission is $6 adults, $4 children.
Phone: (231) 995-1055
Oct 15 - 24, 2009

The Book of Matthew Liebowitz

Arts & Culture
(Sun. Thu. Fri. Sat. )
Location: Studio Theatre, Old Town Playhouse
        Nearing 40 and still a starving artist, Matt Liebowitz struggles with a recent separation from his wife, his floundering writing career and the inertia which has lead him to juggling pizza making and waiting tables with receiving rejection notices from publishers.
        When his widowed and grieving father Howard stays with him for a few weeks, Matt sees his father in a new light and must address his own fears. Supported and challenged by his flamboyant upstairs neighbor, his taciturn brother and bossy sister-in-law, and his earnest wife, Matt must decide what he values and what he will fight to keep.
        Thursday, Friday & Saturday performances - 8:00 PM, Sunday performances - 3:00 PM
Phone: (231) 947-2210
Oct 16 - 24, 2009

Field of Screams Haunted Hayride

Annual Event
(Fri. Sat. )
Location: On M72, one mile west of CR 669, near Empire

Travel in the dark...down to the abyss of terror on a tractor - pulled hay wagon through the haunted forest.  Enjoy eerie theatrics, startling events, ghouls and spooks.  Hang on to your loved ones and hope you make it back for hot cider and donuts.  $10 per victim.  Friday nights are family night, children 12 and under half price when accompanied by an adult.  First ride leaves at 7:30 PM, please arrive by 9:30 PM to ensure a ride.  Dress very warmly.  Hosted by the Empire Lions Foe #4404.  For information (231) 325-6021.

Phone: (231) 325-6021
Oct 16 - 31, 2009

Jacob's Corn Maze

Annual Event
(Sun. Fri. Sat. )
Location: Jacob's Corn Maze, 7100 M-72 West, Traverse City

Jacob's Corn Maze is an "A-Maze-ing" Farm Adventure."  Jacob's three separate corn mazes are fun for everyone, young and old alike.  Our pumpkin patch features "Super Freak" pumpkins.  Admission: Adults $8, kids 3 - 11 yrs $5, under 3 yrs Free.

Phone: (231) 632-6293
Oct 16 - 31, 2009

3rd Annual Haunted House & Hayride

Annual Event
(Fri. Sat. )
Time: Dusk
Location: Interlochen Eagles Club on US 31, next to East Bay Auto

Admission: $7 per person, $5 per person with a group of 10 or more.  Proceeds will be donated to a local charity.  On Sat. Oct 31st there will be a live band and costume contest.

Oct 16, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Inuit Print

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center

The Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College of Traverse City, Michigan will organize an exhibition consisting of 50 prints in observance of this significant 50th Anniversary milestone.  Prints will be selected from the Museum's collection and represent each year of the 50 year history of Inuit printmaking beginning with 1959.  The museum holds prints from co-operatives including Baker Lake, Cape Dorset, Holman, Pangnirtung, as well as miscellaneous and independent co-operatives.  The prints exhibited will also include a Cape Dorset 2009 Annual Print Collection release.

The exhibition will open with the date of the annual release sale of the Cape Dorset 2009 Annual Print Collection.  This will also coincide with the annual meeting of the Inuit Art Society consisting of Inuit Art collectors throughout the United States who will meet at the Dennos Museum Center the weekend of the Annual Dorset Collection release. 

Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm.  Admission: Adults $6, Children $4  The museum is closed on major holidays.

Phone: (231) 995-1055
Oct 18, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010

Presidential Papers and Portraits

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center

This exhibition explores presidential papers from the likes of James Madison, John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington as well as portraits of these important American leaders.  Presidential Papers and Portraits was organized in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America Program.

Hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 1 - 5 pm, Thurs - Open until 8 pm.  Admission: Adults $6, Children $4  The museum is closed on major holidays.

Phone: (231) 995-1055
Oct 23, 2009

Kevin Locke

Arts & Culture
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Milliken Auditorium, Northwestern Michigan College

Kevin Locke is known throughout the world as a visionary Hoop Dancer, a traditional storyteller, the preeminent player of the indigenous Northern Plains flute, cultural ambassador, recording artist, and educator. Kevin is Lakota and Anishinabe. His Lakota name, Tokeya Inajin, means “The First to Arise.” While his early instructions were received from his immediate family and community, Kevin has learned from his extended family in every part of the world many lessons in global citizenship and how we each can draw from our individual heritages ... and therein create a vibrant, evolving civilization embracing and celebrating our collective heritage.

Oct 23, 2009

An Evening with Shawn Colvin

Arts & Culture
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: City Opera House, 106 E Front St

The first song Shawn Colvin completed for These Four Walls, her Nonesuch debut, was the wistful "Summer Dress,"  which opens with Colvin singing over the austere strum of a lone acoustic guitar, then builds into a lilting folk-rock arrangement...Doors open at 7 PM.  All Ages, General Admission Presale $28.00.

Phone: (800) 836-0717
Oct 23, 2009

Halloween Fun at the Village Farmers Market

Farm Markets
2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Location: The Village of Grand Traverse Commons

Bring the kids for a fun-filled afternoon of games, face painting, and Halloween treats!  Find the perfect pumpkin for carving, or watch a renowned carver bring pumpkins to life with whimsical faces, toothy-grins, and spooky expressions.  Savor the tastes of teh season, and the colorful display of Fall's bountiful harvest from local growers and producers who bring you earthy, farm-fresh delights. Directions: Division (US31) to Eleventh St.  Turn west onto Eleventh and follow the Market signs.

Phone: (231) 941-1900
Oct 23 - 25, 2009

Dennos Museum Holiday Art Fair

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College

Fabulous annual three-day holiday art fair featuring fine arts and crafts from 55 Michigan artists.  No admission charge.  Hours: Friday and Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm.

Phone: (231) 995-1586
Oct 23 - Nov 1, 2009

Scary Fest '09

Annual Event
(Sun. Fri. Sat. )
Location: US 31 Between Interlochen & Honor

A double haunted house: 2 Guided Haunts, The Dark Side (Get Ready to Scream) and Creepy & Crawly (Colorful Thrills & Chills).  Price $5/Haunt or both Haunts for $9.  Guided groups of 5-7.  Haunts will last 10-15 minutes or more!  Open Friday and Saturday 7pm - 12am and Sunday 7-10pm.  Guides will customize each group to their age & fright level.  Search ScaryFest09 on YouTube.com for more details

Oct 23 - Nov 20, 2009

Chance to Dance

Arts & Culture
(Fri. )
10:00 PM to Midnight
Location: Northwestern Michigan College Physical Education Building
Website: www.nmc.edu

Beginners and experienced dancers are invited to come enjoy an eclectic mix of dance styles including waltz, blues, swing/jitterbug, slowdance, tango, Latin (salsa, cha-cha), and more.  Participants will practice learned steps and discover new ones with dance instructor Mykl Werth and others on hand to assist.  Dance nights are available every Friday, Oct 23 to Dec 4 (except Nov 27).  Admission is $5 at the door.  No partner necessary.  Wear slippery-soled shoes.

Contact Information:
Northwestern Michigan College
Phone: (231) 995-1700
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