Hotel Walloon presents The Last Good Country: Walloon Lake, An Ernest Hemingway Occasion

March 22, 2017 Dianna Stampfler aaa, boyne country, Ernest Hemingway, fishing, fly fishing, hemingway, horton bay, hotel walloon, last good country, nick adams, nobel prize, papa, Petoskey, pulitzer prize, pure michigan, trout, valerie hemingway, walloon lake, Windemere

Hotel Walloon is pleased to present The Last Good Country: Walloon Lake, the second annual event celebrating Ernest Hemingway’s connection to the northern Michigan area. The event will take place Friday, April 28th through Sunday, April 30th. The three-day event package includes two nights’ accommodation at the 32-room boutique hotel, as well as personally guided tours throughout the area and a chance to meet Valerie Hemingway, who was both a personal assistant and daughter-in-law to the late author.

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Protecting Michigan’s Historic Forts

February 27, 2017 promotemi

Michigan is home to nearly 20 historic forts, some dating back to the early 1700s—decades before the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Detroit was founded in 1701, its first fort being built that year by the French and destroyed a century later by the 1805 fire which ravished the city. The British-built Fort Lernoult (renamed Fort Detroit and later Fort Shelby) was constructed in 1778 and demolished in 1827.

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A Taste of Success culinary fundraiser set for February 24 at TC’s Northwestern Michigan College

February 5, 2017 Dianna Stampfler culinary education, culinary school, great lakes culinary, northern michigan college, pure michigan, traverse city

Patrons at the February 24 “A Taste of Success,” the largest annual fundraiser for students at NMC’s Great Lakes Culinary Institute (GLCI), will enjoy a strolling dinner of international cuisine with local wine and craft beers, all prepared and served by culinary students.

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Crystal Mountain Celebrates 60 Years this Winter

November 23, 2016 Dianna Stampfler benzie county, crystal mountain, downhill skiing, michigan winter, pure michigan, snowshoeing, spa

In 1956, a group of community members from Benzie County built a warming hut, fashioned a rope tow from a pick-up truck engine and opened Buck Hills Ski Area. Now in its 60th year, Crystal Mountain is a year-round resort recognized nationally by publications like Parents magazine and Conde Nast Traveler.

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Sample Regional & Global Fare at the 9th Annual Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival – November 17-19

October 30, 2016 Dianna Stampfler beer festival, cocktail week, craft beer, craft cocktails, craft spirits, culinary tourism, date night, devos place, distilled spirits, downtown grand rapids, experience grand rapids, food workshops, foodie, grand rapids, grand rapids restaurants, hard cider, michigan beer, michigan spirits, michigan wine, night on the town, pure michigan, wine festival

More than 18,000 people are expected to enjoy a vast menu of food and beverage at the 9th Annual Grand Rapids International Wine, Beer & Food Festival coming up Nov. 17-19 at DeVos Place in downtown Grand Rapids.

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C.S. Lewis Festival Celebrates Author’s Imagination (October & November, 2016 – Petoskey, Michigan)

September 27, 2016 Dianna Stampfler christian literature, classic literature, CS Lewis, Jerry Root, literary history, Mark Neal, narnia, Petoskey, Phil Jamieson, united methodist church, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary

The 2016 C.S. Lewis Festival will explore the imagination that created Narnia. Taking place during October and November in the Petoskey, Michigan area on Little Traverse Bay, events including music and theater performances, school and library programs, scholarly lectures, community discussion groups, and more. Several national speakers will be featured, including Jerry Root, Mark Neal and Phil Jamieson.

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Hemingway Enthusiasts Trek to Petoskey for Annual Fall Historical & Literary Conference

September 13, 2016 promotemi Ernest Hemingway, featured destination, hemingway conference, literary tourism, MiHemingway, nick adams, papa, perry hotel, Petoskey, pure michigan, walloon lake

The Michigan Hemingway Society is currently accepting reservations for its annual conference, October 14-16, at Stafford’s Perry Hotel in historic downtown Petoskey (a property built in 1899—the same year Hemingway was born and a place where he stayed in 1916—paying just 75 cents for his room). This year’s Michigan Hemingway Conference theme is 1919—the last year that a 20-year-old Hemingway spent in the Walloon Lake area, 10 miles southwest of Petoskey.

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Marshall’s Historic Home Tour Started in Schuler’s Home Kitchen

August 24, 2016 promotemi

Long before the Food Network, HGTV and The History Channel (and even before the widespread availability of cable television) Marshall was establishing itself as one of the Midwest’s top historic and foodie destinations.

Established in 1830, seven years before Michigan’s statehood, Marshall was the front runner for the state capitol. Town leaders were so confident of their lead, that a Governor’s Mansion was built. Yet, the city lost by just one vote to Lansing, due north.

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Traverse Tall Ship Company Offers Multi-Day Autumn Excursions Aboard the Schooner Manitou

August 11, 2016 promotemi grand traverse bay, great lakes, lake michigan, manitou, schooner, tall ship, traverse city

Pure Michigan is blessed with the Great Lakes—the largest bodies of fresh water in the world. You’re invited to turn off your cell phone, set your email on autoreply and set sail on the inland seas for one of the multi-day excursions aboard the Schooner Manitou.

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Chelsea Commemorates World War I with Community-Wide Historic Display

July 25, 2016 Dianna Stampfler chelsea, great war, historical exhibitions, history tours, michigan, michigan arts, michigan history, michigan humanities council, national endowment for humanities, world war I

More than 100 years ago, America was gripped in the midst of World War I (July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918). It affected U.S. troops overseas and families back home in communities across the country, including those in the southeast Michigan town of Chelsea, in Washtenaw County. Strong Foundations New Possibilities is a chance for this community to share its stories.

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A Michigan Birthday for Hemingway

July 4, 2016 promotemi

The year was 1899. The intersection of Bay and Lewis streets in downtown Petoskey was taking shape with the completion of The Perry Hotel—the only one of this city’s grand turn-of-the-century resort hotels still in existence and the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad Station—which was part of the 500-plus-mile passenger and freight system that traveled between Cincinnati, Ohio and the Straits of Mackinac from 1854 until 1918.

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Discovering the Secret Garden at Brys Estate

June 12, 2016 promotemi

Tucked back in off Blue Water and Center roads in the heart of the Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City, a lush 12-acre “Secret Garden” is waiting to be explored.

The new agricultural space in the far northeast corner of the Brys Estate property is the latest edition to Brys Estate Vineyard & Winery.

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Kalamazoo’s Check Cab History Rolls Out in Summer Museum Exhibit

May 1, 2016 promotemi

A new exhibit, Fares and Squares: The History of Checker Motors, is on display through August 21, 2016 at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum in downtown Kalamazoo. The exhibit explores the company’s history and features a 1923 taxi on loan from the Gilmore Car Museum.

For six decades, Checker cabs, with their iconic black and white checkered detailing, were synonymous with taxi service in America’s cities, and those cabs were built right here in Kalamazoo. This exhibit explores the company’s history and features a 1923 taxi.