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.

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October 15th - December 28th, 2009

Story Time

Family Event

(Tue. )

Time: 11am

Location: Great Lakes Children's Museum

Each Tuesday at 11am, the Great Lakes Children's Museum will host Story Time. During Story Time, Museum Educator Anne Drake will read a story and facilitate an activity or craft based on that story. Join us for a new story each week. Age group: Pre-K, Early Elementary.

Story Time is free with Museum admission. The Great Lakes Children's Museum is located at 13240 S. West Bayshore Drive (M-22) in Greilickville. Admission is $6 per person for everyone ages two years and up, and free for children under age two.

E-Mail: www.GreatLakesKids.org

Phone: (231) 932-4526

November 28th, 2009

Stargazing- Public Viewing

Family Event

8:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Location: NMC's Roger's Observatory

Website: www.nmc.edu

Students from the NMC Astronomy Club and Grand Traverse Astronomical Society are hosting an opportunity to Stargaze in order to expose more people to astronomy. They have scheduled weekly viewing nights to commemorate 2009 as the International Year of Astronomy. Programming will be different each week. Souvenirs like a "star finder" map of the sky will be available.

The Northwestern Michigan College Rogers Observatory is located at 1753 Birmley Road in Traverse City.

Phone: (231) 995-2300