Special Event
‘A Mackinac Day’ Open House and Reception
The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum Mackinac Island"A Mackinac Day" will be celebrated with awards and a reception outside The Richard & Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum. This event is open and free to the public. Co-sponsored by Mackinac Associates and the Mackinac Arts Council. There’s always something special about being able to spend a day on Mackinac. The sun seems to […]
G. Mennen Williams Mackinac Celebration
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac IslandMackinac Associates' annual G. Mennen Williams Celebration brings together lovers of Mackinac to recognize the outstanding support and efforts of Mackinac State Historic Parks' friends group. Location on Mackinac Island TBD. This is a Members Only event. Head to the Mackinac Associates website for information on how to join.
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Composer Andrew Perkins
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandPerkins is a composer, conductor, and music educator from Fenton, MI. In 1938, a young folk music collector named Alan Lomax came from Washington, DC to record Michigan’s folk music traditions for the Archive of American Folk-Song at the Library of Congress. Lomax was particularly interested in the trove of ballads remembered by aging lumberjacks and […]
Mackinac Associates Red, White & Blue Celebration
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac IslandAn annual private Independence Day reception for members of Mackinac Associates. Head to the Mackinac Associates website for information on how to join.
Maritime Michilimackinac
Colonial Michilimackinac Mackinaw CityColonial Michilimackinac was a major hub for the Great Lakes Fur Trade, and its location where Lakes Michigan and Huron meet was crucial to its success. This special event will focus on Michilimackinac’s maritime history. Join the interpretive staff as they discuss and demonstrate the many different ways Michilimackinac’s historic residents interacted with and worked […]
Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Poet Lauren Carlson
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandLife By Water: on Mindfulness and Poetic Form with Lauren K. Carlson and Great Lakes Poet Lorine Niedecker Lauren K. Carlson will present an interactive poetry workshop for the public on mindfulness, poetic form and observing the natural world. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will 1) receive a presentation on haiku, […]
