Grayling Visitors Bureau

Marianne saw this book and just had to try the technique. Two quilts later she is excited to share this easy and fast technique with you. Check out her models and you too might just get hooked on Wonky One Blocks.

March 29, Thursday 10:30-4:00
$25

The Icehouse Quilt Shop
509 Norway Street
Grayling, Michigan  49738
info@theicehousequiltshop.com
Phone:  (989) 348-4821
Fax:  (989) 348-7745
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm

Lynn has created many innovative jackets and you will have to see her model of this quilted jacket. You can pre-quilt pieces to use in this jacket or if there is a quilt that you have made but would like to give it a second life you can use it to create your own masterpiece.

February 25, 10:30-4:00   $25

http://www.theicehousequiltshop.com

Phone:  (989) 348-4821
509 Norway Street
Grayling, Michigan  49738

Take a trip back in time to Wellington Farm on Saturday and Sunday, October 20 & 21 and catapult pumpkins! Using a farm-style trebuchet, pumpkins are thrown across a field – how far can you chunk your punkin’? (Pumpkins available at Wellington)

A visit to Wellington Farm USA is a great full day outing for the entire family. The complex, located near Grayling, Michigan, is a 60-acre living history farm depicting life during the Great Depression. Gates to the farm open at 10 a.m. and tractor drawn shuttles are waiting to provide transportation from the Visitor Center to the heart of the agricultural complex where activities are happening all day long.

Wellington Farm Park is located on Military Road between North Higgins Lake State Park and the Michigan National Guard Camp. Admission to the farm is $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for students and seniors. For a map, or more information, call 989-348-5187 or visit the farm’s website at www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

Favorites from the Depression Era, such as apple pie, apple dumplings, apple grunt, cider, apple sauce, and apple butter will be highlighted in this special event at Wellington Farm, USA. In addition to all the Apple recipes being created in the kitchen, the Grist Mill will be in operation and the Sawmill will be sawing lumber, powered by one of the farm’s two steam engines. Throughout the farm, there will be demonstrations and interpreters working throughout the entire complex, explaining the lifestyle of years long past.

This event is scheduled for October 6 & 7, 2012. For more information, please call (989)348-5187 or visit www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.

On Saturday September 15, Wellington Farm, USA near Grayling will play host to a Folk Arts Festival. The one day event will feature artists, musicians, authors and storytellers from across Northern Michigan. Wellington Farm’s outdoor stage is tastefully set in the heart of the beech/maple forest with wonderful acoustics.

The gates to Wellington Farm, USA open at 10:00 a.m. and guest performances will begin shortly thereafter. Be sure to bring a blanket or lawn chairs.

All of the Wellington Farm, USA historic buildings will be in operation during the one-day festival. In addition there will be artists, craftsmen, storytellers and musicians scattered about the park. A food concession will be available so families can plan on spending the entire day at the farm.

Admission charge for the Folk Arts Festival is just $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for seniors and students. Wellington Farm, USA is located at 6940 South Military Road between Higgins Lake and Camp Grayling. It is easily accessed from US-127, I-75 and M-72. The farm also has a General Store which is fully stocked with produce items, jams and jellies, gift items, tee shirts and hats. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc. a non-profit corporation.

1-888-OLD-FARM; (989) 348-5187; www.wellingtonfarmpark.org

The last weekend of August will find all kinds of activity at Wellington Farm Park when the Wellington Antique Tractor and Engine Club present their annual Tractor and Engine Show. Tractors of all shapes and sizes will begin arriving at the 60-acre living history farm on Thursday, August 23 and will be available for viewing throughout the entire weekend.

On Friday evening there will be a Tractor Safari. The tractor group will ride to a local food establishment for dinner and then return to the farm. Those wishing to participate should contact Wellington Farm for more information. Saturday and Sunday will be the big days with many events being scheduled for both days. Highlight of the day will be a big tractor and machinery parade each afternoon.

On Saturday evening, August 25 Wellington Farm, USA will present “The Wellington Farm Country Music Show”. If you like old-fashioned country music and corny country humor, then this show is a must. Presented on one of the most picturesque outdoor stages in Northern Michigan, the Wellington show is a full evening of very enjoyable entertainment. Price of admission for the Variety show is only $12.50 and tickets are presently available at the farm’s Visitor Center or by phone. Steel guitars sing, the banjos ring and Ezra and Ethel Frogmire banter at the Wellington Barndance.

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months. More information can be obtained by calling the farm at 989-348-5187 or visiting the website at www.wellingtonfarmpark.org. Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.

Sticky-buns Day has become a tradition at Wellington Farm, USA. It was started 13 years ago as a means of giving recognition to some of the baking skills generally practiced by the homemakers of the Great Depression.

Since that beginning, Sticky-buns Day has grown into a full blown event at the 60-acre living history farm. In addition to all the Sticky-buns being created in the kitchen, the Grist Mill will be in full operation, turning out the whole wheat flour used to create the famous culinary treats. Across the way the Sawmill will be sawing lumber, powered by one of the farm’s two steam engines. Throughout the farm, there will be music and demonstrations, and of course, interpreters will be working throughout the entire complex, explaining the lifestyle of years long past. Just the regular park entrance fee will gain you admission to all the events of Sticky-buns Day on July 21.

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer months.  www.wellingtonfarmpark.org.
Wellington Farm, USA is owned and operated by Wellington Farm Park, Inc., a 501©3 non-profit corporation.

“The Wellington Farm Country Music Show”, a variety show with old-fashioned country music and corny country humor, is scheduled for Saturday, June 23, July 21, August 25, September 15 and October 6, 2012. Presented on a picturesque outdoor stage, the Wellington show is a full evening of fun entertainment. Price of admission for the show is only $12.50 and tickets are presently available at the farm’s Visitor Center or by phone. Steel guitars sing, the banjos ring and Ezra and Ethel Frogmire banter at the Wellington Country Music Show.

Wellington Farm, USA is within easy reach of Exit 251 of I-75 and Exit 206 of US-127. This historic agricultural complex is open from 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. seven days a week during the summer. More information can be obtained by calling the farm at 989-348-5187.

The AuSable Artisan Village presents an evening of “Music and Art Infusion” featuring the duo known as Marcie*. Marcie Slater and Mari Ann Henion will perform on stage while artist Terry Dickinson paints to the inspiration of their music on Saturday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

jazzforthesoul@live.com

Some lucky person attending the event will have an opportunity to go home with the inspirational artwork.

Members $10
Non-members $12

AuSable Artisan Village Art Center
219 Michigan Avenue
Grayling, MI  49738
www.artgalleryaav.org.

St. Patrick’s Day Concert
Mar. 17, 2012
7 P.M. to 9 P.M. in the AuSable Artisan Village Art Gallery
219 Michigan Ave.  in downtown Grayling, MI – (989) 293-9305
Admission:   $10 for AAV Members, $12 for Non-Members

An Evening of Celtic and Celtic-Inspired Music by:
Kelly Shively: Singing songs that combine love, family, and farming, with the humor, faith and hope also involved in her Northern Michigan lifestyle, Kelly Shively loves the old ways and traditional music, and tries to weave them into the songs she writes. Her clear soprano voice has been known to stop people in their tracks and draw them in, as she sings the songs of her heart. She accompanies herself on Celtic harp, banjo, banjola, banjimer (is there a pattern here?) and fiddle.

Pam Luce: A “collector of tunes”, Pam Luce developed her vocal skills in school and community choirs, and church. Visiting family in New Brunswick, Canada flavored her musical choices with the texture of the mountain. She loves to share her Celtic and mountain story songs a cappella with her lovely contralto voice, and occasionally accompanies herself with her very special mountain dulcimer, “Mabel”.

When these two women combine their voices, the harmonies that come so naturally to them will soothe your spirit and weave a web around your souls. These women are not to be missed, as they present favorite traditional Celtic as well as Celtic-inspired mountain ballads and some of Kelly’s original songs.

Dan House: Local musician and veteran of a couple of appearances at previous art gallery concert series in Grayling, Dan brings with him a strong love for instrumental excellence through his fingerstyle guitar, mandolin, and mountain dulcimer solo arrangements as well as an artistic aesthetic for providing the right backgrounds for framing and reinforcing his, and others’ vocal efforts.   His repertoire includes many Celtic tunes and his family tree and background contribute strongly to it.