From course redesigns to complete restorations, here are four reasons for golfers across Northern Michigan to be excited. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan. Find this story and more when you explore our magazine library. Want Traverse delivered...
Traverse City is Home to Michigan’s Only Tea Farm
Two decades into cultivating a dream, Angela Macke spills the tea on what’s next for Light of Day Organics. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan. Find this story and more when you explore our digital issue library. Want Traverse delivered to your...
Your Northern Michigan Summer Music Mixtape: Side B
What ties an eclectic Northern Michigan summer mixtape together? From the biggest Northern-born bands to touring singer-songwriters on the rise, they all claim this one-of-a-kind part of Michigan as their siren song. Give it a listen. (And view Side A for even more...
Your Northern Michigan Summer Music Mixtape: Side A
What ties an eclectic Northern Michigan summer mixtape together? From the biggest Northern-born bands to touring singer-songwriters on the rise, they all claim this one-of-a-kind part of Michigan as their siren song. Give it a listen. (And find Side B for six more...
The Bee Attitude: Celebrating 130 Years of Hilbert’s Honey
After 130 years of promoting pollination and caring for their hives in Traverse City, the Hilbert family knows this to be true: Blessed are the beekeepers. Here's what they've been up to for the past five generations and where you can buy Hilbert's Honey locally. This...
St. Ambrose Cellars in Benzie County is Literally Buzzing
From Sleeping Bear Farms to St. Ambrose Cellars, Kirk and Sharon Joneses’ farm, fields and packaging facility are buzzing with activity. Their busiest workers? Honeybees, of course. Featured in the September 2020 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine....
Munson Hospitals Use Telemedicine to Connect Pediatric Patients with Specialists
Technology continues to reshape our world, including medicine. For pediatrics patients at Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital, it is allowing doctors there to consult with and directly interact with specialists at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City....
Meet the Brothers Who Started Two K Farms in Suttons Bay
Two brothers with a love for agriculture came north to start their dream business, Two K Farms, a cidery and winery. Nostradamus doesn’t have anything on George and Max Koskela. The brothers foresaw the coming demand for cider seven years ago and began planning for...
Stop by Good Hart General Store on Michigan’s Tunnel of Trees
Good Hart General Store looks just about the same as it did in 1934 when it was built by Cliff Powers, who ran the general grocery, butchery and gas station until 1971. Today, the little red store on M-119's Tunnel of Trees still draws crowds of locals and visitors...
The Cherry Hut in Beulah is a Northern Michigan Icon
The Cherry Hut sells 300 to 400 pies per day in the summer. The record? A tidy 630 pies, sold during a Fourth of July weekend. Nearing 100 years of business, the Northern Michigan restaurant is a local icon. It’s tough for a new enterprise to make it. According to...
The Northern Michigan Wine Industry Had an Incredible Year
For many reasons, 2017 was a noteworthy year one for the Northern Michigan wine industry. From new tasting rooms opening to an excellent harvest, various awards, and a new wine trail partnership to boost the industry’s national profile, there was a lot going on....
Dennos Museum Expansion Means New Space, New Exhibits, New Performers
It’s fitting that Gene Jenneman gets to shepherd a long-planned, soon-to-be-completed $5 million Dennos Museum expansion: He’s the only director the museum has ever known—and in fact, delayed his retirement just to see the project through. When it’s all said and done...
Short’s Announces Partnership with Lagunitas Brewing Co., Release of Psychedelic Cat Grass
Sellout or lifeline? That perhaps depends on your perspective. For some fans of craft brews, the announcement that Short’s Brewing Company has sold nearly 20 percent of its equity to Lagunitas Brewing Company means the end of their infatuation with the idiosyncratic...
From Interlochen to the World, Famous Alums Reflect
Hundreds of members of prestigious dance troupes, major symphony orchestras and arts organizations around the world have studied at Interlochen Music Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy. Past students populate everything from the Boston Pops to Tower of Power, Disney to...
Trending Strong: Realtors Share Thoughts on Northern Michigan Real Estate Market
Northern Michigan Realtors talk trends in lakefront, small towns and countryside living. This story is featured in the April 2017 issue of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine. Get your copy! Everyone knew the real estate bubble couldn’t last forever, and when it...
Northern Michigan Summer Festivals Feature a World of Music
Warm weather is on the way, which means Northern Michigan summer festivals are not far behind. Most festivals and many venues have announced their summer stock of singers, fiddlers, rockers and the like. Some boast a particular musical theme and take place during a...
New Leelanau Coffee Roasting Facility Boosts Company’s Profile
The coffee is always on at Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company. Not just at the cafe in Glen Arbor, but at restaurants and in stores across the state and the Midwest. The company’s continued growth has led to the expansion of its facilities, which now includes two...
Concert Performance by Paul Nelson in Cadillac
Gear up for this awesome Northern Michigan event! Thursday, August 4, Paul Nelson will perform in Cadillac at the Rotary Performing Arts Pavilion. MyNorth Media entertainment writer Ross Boissoneau gives a look into the Nelson's start as well as more details about the...
Beaver Island Music Festival, Baroque on Beaver
There may be nothing the North loves more than live Northern Michigan music. From July 29 to August 7, the Baroque on Beaver Festival Orchestra and Chorus will perform with special guests in Beaver Island's highlight event of the summer. MyNorth Media entertainment...
Interlochen Glenn Miller Orchestra Concert Event
Seventy years after Glenn Miller's death, the Glenn Miller Orchestra continues to tour playing the band's some 1,600 songs across the world. On July 4, the 16-piece orchestra will perform in Interlochen. MyNorth Media entertainment writer Ross Boissoneau gives a look...