Artist-in-Residence Workshop
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandJoin our resident artist for a free workshop. Workshop to be held in the Station 256 Conference room, located above the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center. This is a free workshop! #thisismackinac June 12 – Rug braiding with multimedia artist Jillian Blackwell June 26 – Island Echoes: Exploring the Sonic Canvasses Inspired by the […]
Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture at Historic Mill Creek
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityToday at Historic Mill Creek, special programs explore historic hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about sedges, rushes, and other wild plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, […]
Music in the Park, presented by Mackinac Arts Council
Marquette ParkFrom the Arts Council: “With a spectacular backdrop, our summer concert series takes place on the lawn of a National Historic Landmark, Marquette Park, which is at the foothills of Historic Fort Mackinac downtown across from the marina. Bring a picnic and tune in for some great live folk, rock, country, blues—the best of Americana. […]
Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture at Historic Mill Creek
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityToday at Historic Mill Creek, special programs explore historic hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about sedges, rushes, and other wild plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, […]
Hay Cutters & Summer Pasture at Historic Mill Creek
Historic Mill Creek Mackinaw CityToday at Historic Mill Creek, special programs explore historic hay making at the Straits of Mackinac. Learn about sedges, rushes, and other wild plants which fed the King’s cattle in 1781. See which tools were used to harvest “tame hay,” and hay-making artifacts uncovered at Historic Mill Creek. You may leave humming the barley-mowers’ song, […]
Vintage Base Ball
Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island, MIA vintage game of “base ball” as it was meant to be played, barehanded and by gentlemen’s rules on the old Fort Mackinac ball field behind Fort Mackinac, the oldest continually used ball field in Michigan! Learn an old-fashioned cheer, watch players fined for smoking cigars on the field, and enjoy a good old-fashioned rivalry! […]
