August 30, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am EDT Event Series Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence Tours Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence Tours Explore the Governor's Summer Residence on Mackinac Island on select Wednesdays June through August. Built in 1902 as a private summer cottage by Lawrence A. Young, it has served as the Governor's summer Residence since 1945. The residence was listed in the Michigan Register of Historic Places in October 1975. In November 1997, the house... Read more »
August 30, 2023 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT Full-Blue-Super Moon over Mackinac Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island Experience Mackinac Island by the light of the full moon on a free guided walk with Park Naturalist, Kyle Bagnall. Meet at the Avenue of Flags (behind Fort Mackinac) for a walk to the highest point of the island at Fort Holmes. We’ll arrive in time to watch the full moon rise over the Straits... Read more »
September 6, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Playwright Jessie Lillis Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island For their public presentation, Heron Kennedy and Jessie Lillis will present their research on the island, as well as excerpts from an adapted script of The Tempest. By this point in the residency, they will have chosen a location for the performance, and will be well-underway with adapting the script, so they will be able... Read more »
