LochenHeath Events.

While visiting Traverse City, you can also see what's going on at LochenHeath.

December

Old Mission Women’s Club Christmas Cookie Sale - 12/01/07

Beautifully decorated and delicious cookies and breads will follow a “Christmas around the world” theme. Proceeds from the sale will be distributed to area charitable and educational organizations.

Merry Marketplace - 12/01/07

A Christmas Arts & Crafts Show at the Old Art Building in Leland. 10am - 4pm. This year's show features 18 local artisans with fresh and dried holiday wreaths, herbal soaps and lotions, jewelry, specialty foods, pottery, woven wheat, cards, pillows, kids' and American girl doll clothes, and many hand knit items.

Disney's Mulan at Old Town Playhouse - 12/07/07 - 12/09/07

Based on the 1998 Disney film Mulan and the story FA Mulan by Robert D. San Souci. Travel back to the legendary, storytelling days of ancient China with this action-paced stage adaptation. Mulan Jr. is a heartwarming celebration of culture, honor and a fighting spirt.

Home for the Holidays - Traverse Symphony Orchestra - 12/08/07 - 12/09/07

Home for the Holidays - Ronald Foster, conductor. This seasonal Traverse area tradition will feature the full TSO, Traverse Symphony Chorus, NMC Chorale, and guest soloists in a program of traditional orchestral and choral favorites, from classical to pops. Guest conductor Ronald Foster is one of the new breed of composer/conductors capable of working within a wide variety of musical genres.

The Nutcracker at Interlochen - 12/14/07 - 12/16/07

“The Nutcracker” Interlochen Dance Ensemble and Orchestra A perennial favorite with audiences of all ages, this enchanting holiday classic features magnificent dancing, colorful costumes and one of the most enduring scores in all of ballet.

Christmas Concert at Northport Community Arts Center - 12/16/07

It has become a tradition to start Christmas in Northport with this festive concert. The Village Voices, under the leadership of Ann Bloomquist and the Northport Community Band, conducted by Ken Bloomquist, are together once again for this most anticipated performance. Here we go again with a full spectrum of holiday cheer. You can expect to hear the songs you all know and love along with a sprinkling of delightful new music. It will be done with spectacular staging, lighting and sound that should dazzle the imagination.

Festival of Trains - 12/16/07 - 01/01/2008

Grand Traverse Heritage Center is proud to host the Festival of Trains which is an extravaganza of model railroads featuring dozens of module units with many different themes and types of gauges. There are interactive displays for kids of all ages.

Last Sunday Jazz at Sunset - 12/30/07

Last Sunday Jazz at Sunset Come enjoy our tradition “Jazz at Sunset” with Jeff Hass and his Trio and learn about wine through our wine education series.

January

Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Sextet at Interlochen - 01/10/08

Billy Childs Jazz Chamber Sextet. Southern California pianist and composer Billy Childs fuses elements of classical and jazz with his Grammy-winning chamber ensemble.

A Streetcar Named Desire at Old Town Playhouse - 01/11/08 - 01/26/08

In 1946, A Streetcar Named Desire cemented William's reputation as a great American playwright, winning him a New York's Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize. The time is post-WW II New Orleans, as Blanche DuBois unexpectedly comes to live with her sister, Stella, and Stella's blue collar husband, Stanley Kowalski. It is summertime, the heat is oppressive, and the brutish Stanley torments the disturbed Blanche as her frail reality crumbles around her. Among the play's greatest achievements is the depiction of the psychology of working class characters. Williams portrays these characters on their own terms, without romanticizing them. A Streetcar Named Desire is considered one of the finest plays in Williams’ grand opus.

The Chenille Sisters - 01/12/08

Great music and great fun are guaranteed wherever the Chenille Sisters perform. "These women may be Michigan's best contribution to music since Motown blew out for the coast," - Utne Reader. "...Their sound, reminiscent of the Andrews, Boswell and McGarrigle Sisters, is sublime...they move deftly, with meticulous harmonies, from parody to pastiche to country to folk." - People Magazine.

The Art of Russell Chatham - 01/20/2008 - 03/29/2008

Selected Works from a Private Collection. Russell Chatham is a contemporary American landscape artist from Livingston, Montana that captures the landscape of the West in his paintings and prints. An accomplished fisherman and an essentially self-taught artist, Chatham is recognized today as one of the world’s foremost lithographers.

Shemekia Copeland - 01/26/2008

Powerhouse blues vocalist Shemekia Copeland returns of another spectacular concert. "Copeland has blues in her blood (daughter of the late blues legend Johnny "Guitar" Copeland) ...and sizzling, simmering soul" Living Blues. In a flaming mix of funky blues, R&B and Memphis soul, all delivered with searing gospel-influenced intensity.

New Shanghai Circus at Interlochen - 01/29/2008

The incredible acrobats of the New Shanghai Circus defy gravity in a beautifully orchestrated presentation of Chinese circus arts dating back two thousand years. Tickets for Interlochen’s Fall and Winter performance series go on sale September 7 and are available online.