Thunder Bay Maritime Festival, Alpena, July 4 Live entertainment, tall ships, and boat tours, family boat building, kids games and activities, face painting, food, displays and demonstrations. Free Admission! Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, 500 W. Fletcher Street, Alpena
Vintage Base Ball See a 21st-century team playing 19th-century "base ball"—including rules, uniforms and gentlemanly conduct on the diamond. 2009 teams include the following base ball clubs: The Fort Mackinac Never Sweats, The Hartwick Pines Swampers and The Walker Wheels.
Historic Downtown Buildings, Mackinac Island, Open through Aug. 22, 2009 Mackinac State Historic Parks' five historic downtown buildings are open to the public between June 6–August 22. They are located throughout downtown Mackinac Island, including Market Street, Main Street, also known as Huron Street, and Fort Street. One general admission ticket gets you into all five Mackinac Island Historic Downtown Buildings.
Governor's Residence Tours, Every Wednesday, June 10–Aug. 26, 2009 Constructed in 1902 as a private summer cottage, this residence has served as weekend getaways for Michigan governor's since July 1945. (The nearby Major's Quarters was used as the official "Governor's Cottage" between 1935 and 1945.) Every Wednesday between June 10–August 26, the governor's summer residence is open to the public between 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. for a guided tour.
Events at Historic Walker Tavern Have fun discovering Michigan's past! Participate in interactive museum education programs. For more information, please send an e-mail or telephone (517) 467-4401.
Michigan's Roadside Attractions If you have traveled Michigan's highways and byways, chances are you've stopped at sites like Big John, the World's Largest Miner, near Iron Mountain; the Twin Towers in the Irish Hills; or any number of places—perhaps one that no longer exists—for amusement, to rest, to buy a souvenir or to have your picture taken.
Michigan's Roadside Attractions looks at the fun, interesting, even quirky, places that travelers visit while on their way somewhere else. The exhibit will be appearing ...
Find More Events at the Library of Michigan, Michigan Historical Center museums and historic sites, Mackinac State Historic Parks and the Michigan Coucil for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Arts Organizations in Michigan Click to find links to many arts programs around the state. Includes National Organizations, MCACA clients, education resources, accessability information and research.
Arts Organization Spotlight
North American Choral Company The choral company celebrates the human family's kaleidoscopic beauty by cultivating choral music as a form of contemporary art and exploring cultures world-wide.
Kerrytown Concert House Operating out of a small and unique facility in a premier location in downtown Ann Arbor, KCH presents a rich and diverse performing arts series (approximately 70 events per year) to a cross-section of southeast Michigan and local community audiences.
Museum Galleries Online
• First People Galleries What is the story of Michigan's birth as a land and a people?
Most of Michigan's story is unwritten. It is almost entirely an American Indian story. Its 14,000 years are known through Native American tradition and clues discovered by archaeologists. The first galleries of the Michigan Historical Museum tell its story.
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