Sept 14 | Bellini Opera Theatre in Traverse City, Michigan
In partnership with The Traverse City Wine and Opera Festival: “Da Vinci – 500th”
Traverse City
Traverse City Film Festival to Award Jane Fonda Lifetime Achievement Award
TCFF July 31 - Aug 5 | Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented to Jane Fonda by festival founder Michael Moore
Grand Traverse Bay | “Land of Rieslings”
There is now a very solid group of producers who don’t need to fear comparisons between their wines and those produced anywhere else on Planet Riesling.
Up North | Women’s Winter Tour
Unlike other athletic events, the Women’s Tour features no stopwatches or numbered bibs. In fact, it’s entirely noncompetitive. Participants ski or snowshoe at their own pace, stopping along the trail for locally crafted wines, gourmet cuisine, desserts and chocolates
Traverse City | Eat Like the Locals
Writer Mike Norton suggests a few local haunts for food and drink
AUTUMN IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
Autumn is often the best season in northern Michigan for outdoor recreation in this place of dunes, lakes and forests.
11 BEACHES IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
181 miles of shoreline on Grand Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan and 149 inland lakes, the Traverse City area is blessed with dozens of gorgeous beaches
“THE OTHER GUYS” | Traverse City’s Unsung Golf Architects
Words by Mike Norton
There’s a reason why this Michigan region is known as the “Golf Coast” of the Midwest.
And it’s not just because of the massive dunes and moraines left behind some 8,000 years ago by retreating ice sheets, which give this a... Read More...
Northern Michigan Offers Snowbirds A Winter Wonderland
From skiing to restaurants and boutiques, Mike Norton offers some winter-friendly places to visit in Northern Michigan.
HOCKEYTOWN NORTH
Hundreds of fans from the U.S. and Canada come to watch and meet as many as 70 team members in what may be the sport’s most up close and personal series of events.
Northern Michigan | To Beach Or Not To Beach
That is the question ...
Traverse City Cherry Blossoms
Cherries are deeply woven into the fabric of everyday life in Traverse City, which bills itself as the “Cherry Capital of the World.