It’s Shipwreck Month at the Grand Traverse Lighthouse, located in the Leelanau State Park. Every Thursday this month, starting tonight, there is a Zoom presentation at 7 p.m. about Great Lakes shipwrecks. Tonight’s program, will be presented by Stephanie Gandulla, maritime archaeologist and the Resource Protection Coordinator for NOAA’s Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, in Alpena. Stephanie will share the Ironton’s tragic story of loss, its exciting story of discovery, and learn more about the sanctuary’s ongoing exploration of Lake Huron.
All of the programs are free, but registration is required. You can go to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse to register and for information on the rest of the month’s programs. The GT Lighthouse Museum begins its regular hours this month from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., so you can also plan a visit to this beautiful and historic location.
The 37th Annual Exposures Show will be held at the Northport Arts Association’s (NAA) Village Arts Building in Northport on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26. Exposures is a collaborative project designed in 1988 to challenge Leelanau County students in grades 7-12 to express themselves through art and writing and provide a showcase for their work. Each year about 1,000 poems, stories, photographs, paintings, drawings, and sketches are submitted for review from students from every Leelanau County school. The venue for the show changes each year, and the NAA is honored to be the location this year. The opening reception in on Friday,April25from4to 6:30 p.m. and the show continues on Saturday from 11 a.m. 2 p.m.
Then, starting Thursday, May 1, is a fascinating art show organized by Northport Public School’s art teacher, Jen Evans. The show is entitled “Origin and Echo” and includes student and adult artists who are paired with each other. It involves most of the students from grades K – 12. Each student is randomly paired with an adult in the community. The adults each receive a work of art from a student without knowing who the student is. They will create a work of art inspired by the student’s piece. Both pieces will hang side-by-side at the show. They student and adult will find out who the other is at the show.
The Opening Reception for the Origin and Echo Show is Thursday, May 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. The show continues May 2-10 on Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
Happy Birthday this week to Judy Fowler, Lauren Browning, Chico Luna, Al Flees, Tabitha Pearson, Amanda Waskiewicz, Tony Brown, Debbie Bussey Mann, Mary Tonneberger, Geof Hodgson, Jackie Singer, and to Eric Hallett, who is celebrating a “milestone” birthday and Hazel Jane Heiser, who turns 3.
