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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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May 18 - Aug 31, 2010

Wildflower Walks

Hiking/Outdoors
(Tue. )
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Grass River Natural Area

Love wildflowers and plants?  Want to know more about them?  Join GRNA docent Julie Hurd each week to stroll the trails to learn about and label the exquisite flora at Grass River.  No experience necessary, just bring your love of nature. 

Contact Information:
GRNA Office
Phone: (231) 533-8314
Jun 15 - Sep 4, 2010

Tapas Tour

Wine & Culinary
12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Location: Chateau Chantal, 15900 Rue de Vin

A Tapas Tour experience consists of a tour of the winery that winds through the vineyard and cellar as the winemaking process is explained from vine to wine. It concludes with our tapas-style exploration of wine and food pairing. We aim to satisfy your appetite for wine knowledge as well as for tapas! Please bring an eager palate, an inquisitive mind, and a light jacket to wear as we venture through the cool cellar.  Cost: $25 per person. Reservations are required at least one day in advance, and may be made by calling us at (800) 969-4009 or booking through our online web store at www.chateauchantal.com

Contact Information:
Chateau Chantal
Phone: (231) 223-4110
Jun 20 - Sep 5, 2010

Michigan Water Color Society's 63rd Annual Exhibition

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center
Founded in 1946, the Michigan Water Color Society is a non-profit organization. The mission of the Michigan Water Color Society is to promote education in the contemporary arts. These goals are accomplished through sponsoring juried exhibitions and awards along with lectures, demonstrations and presentations for the mutual exchange of ideas. 
 
This exhibition will be juried by Kenneth Holder, a respected artist, professor and charter member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society.  Artists interested in submitting work should contact the Michigan Water Color Society.  A prospectus is available on their website (the entry deadline is April 5, 2010). 
Contact Information:
Dennos Museum Center
Phone: (231) 955-1055
Jun 20 - Sep 5, 2010

Wesley Merritt: Folk Art Sculpture

Arts & Culture
Location: Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College
Born March 10, 1926 in Midland, Michigan, Wesley Merritt was one of Northern Michigan's most sought-after folk sculptors before his death in 2004. Having worked previously as boiler-tender, janitor, and all around handy-man, Merritt was self-employed as artist-in-residence and proprietor of "Wesley's Wood Carvings and Wonder Shop" in Mount Pleasant.  He called it that because "people wander in and they "wonder" what I got in all this junk."
 
A self-taught wood carver who attributed his abilities to a "god-given talent," Wesley produced several hundred folk sculptures between 1960 and 2004. Many of his pieces now reside in museums and important private collections across the country. His work has a certain naïve charm about it that is as hard to resist as his philosophy: "I'm happy with a piece of log...and money enough to get chisels and carve...I do it mostly ‘cuz I love it. I don't want to sell it much. I do sell it, but I do it more or less ‘cuz I love it. If you don't love it, don't do it.  I don't think we will ever get rich, but in our hearts we are rich in peace of mind. I'm most generally happy through Christ. Without Jesus we wouldn't know how to carve. If it's the will of God, we're gonna have a lot of strange things around here."  Wesley Merritt. 
 
The works of this show are from the private collections of Sandra Hulst, Dewey Blocksma and Sally Viskochil. 
 
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
Jun 21 - Aug 31, 2010

Glen Arbor Farmers Market

Farm Markets
(Tue. )
9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Downtown, behind the Glen Arbor Township Hall
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