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.

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 50^th 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.

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.

The Helena Township Off the Wall Film Series will feature BLINDSIGHT - 2006, PG, documentary about 6 blind Tibetan teens who attempt to climb Mt. Everest led by the first blind man to scale Everest.  In Tibetan culture, blind children are often hidden away to live as pariahs.  The teens are determined to challenge that perception and learn some valuable lessons about life along the way.  Soup and bread will be served at 6.  Bring your own beverage.  Call the Library, (231) 331-4318 for reservations if you plan to come at 6pm to dine and socialize.  No reservation needed for movie only.  Donations are accepted and appreciated to offset costs.  For more information contact Nancy Ludwa at (231) 377-7034 or aldenlib@torchlake.com.

Alasdair Fraser is one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced. Together with brilliant American cellist Natalie Haas, he is reinventing the classic musical marriage of big and small fiddles – a centerpiece of 18th century Scottish dance tunes – in music of unrivalled beauty, eloquence and passion. The duo’s debut album, Fire & Grace, won the coveted Scots Trad Album of the Year award.  $20 adult, $17 senior and $9 student.