Villages at Grand Traverse, Oct 1-31, 7:30pm Take a step back in time and experience a night at the Northern Michigan Asylum. Explore one of our most popular cottages from attic to basement as scenes from our historic past are played out in dramatic fashion. The sights, sounds, and darkness will leave you wanting to explore more! Join us for a bonfire after your experience and take home an exclusive piece of asylum history. Each tour is a 30 minute…

Fall Sale and Happy Apple Days, Oct 3, 10-6pm, Downtown Traverse City The streetscapes of our beautiful downtown will be bustling with great sales and great apples! Merchants will have bushels of local apples to share with their customers for Happy Apple Days and Downtown’s Annual Fall Sale will take place, as usual, on the first Saturday of the month.

Voter Registration Rally, Sat Oct 3, 11-1 in Charlevoix’s East Park A non-partisan rally, with the goal of registering, informing, and encouraging young voters, sponsored by YOUTH VOTE MI, is planned for 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Saturday October 3, in Charlevoix’s East Park.  (It will be a fully masked and socially distanced event). LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS volunteers will help register voters on the spot. Volunteers from the League will provide voter information on polling places and other…

National Writers Series presents An Evening With Kate Walbert, Oct 6, 7pm, online From Kate Walbert, the highly acclaimed National Book Award nominee, comes She Was Like That, a dazzling, career-spanning collection of new and selected stories. In these twelve deft, acutely funny and often heartbreaking stories, Kate Walbert delves into the hearts and minds of women, they seek their own way within isolated, and often isolating, circumstances, reveling in small, everyday epiphanies and moments of clarity. The guest host for this event is Shannon Kleiber, an author, producer…

Inland Seas Fall Color Sale, Oct 10 and 11, 2pm and 4pm Most fall color tours are done from cars, Inland Seas would like to offer you a unique experience to observe the changing of the seasons from the water! On this two-hour sailing adventure, you’ll feel the crisp fall air on your face and observe the beautiful changing trees. You’ll even have the opportunity to play the part of schooner sailor as you help raise the anchor, hoist the sails, and…

Night Sky Story Telling at the Offield Family Viewlands (former Little Traverse Bay Golf Club site) With Mary Steward Adams Orionid Meteor Show, Sat Oct 17, 7pm Each year, from early October  thru early November, the meteor shower of the giant Orion lights up the sky producing 10-20 meteors and hour. This program is about the stories, art and science inspired by Orion. Get more info here.

Night Sky Story Telling at the Offield Family Viewlands (former Little Traverse Bay Golf Club site) With Mary Steward Adams Halloween Hike, Saturday, Oct 31, 6:30pm As if the events of 2020 weren’t rare enough already, this year includes a Halloween Blue Moon.  A full moon only happens on Halloween every 19 years. Mary will share stories of the mischief associated with All Hallows Eve and why they matter. Bring a luminary of  your own to light the way. Get…