Free-spirited, fearless and fierce, nine-time Grammy Award winner Sheryl Crow has been influencing millions with her work for nearly a quarter of a century. Known for chart-topping hits like “If It Makes You Happy,” “Soak Up the Sun,” “A Change Would Do You Good,” and “Picture,” she is currently on tour with her latest album, “Feels Like Home” – a take on country music with a Nashville influence. Traverse City native Mandy Alexander, a rising country star, will open the show at 8 p.m.
A short drive north from Traverse City on Old Mission Peninsula we will be holding a 9 mile opening Time Trial. Registration is only open to the first 200 registrants. Peninsula Township Park, Bowers Harbor Rd. Traverse City, MI 49684
The old town crit – an afternoon criterium Saturday, through the streets of old town Traverse City! Imagine the thrill of a criterium race roaring down historic streets in the heart of Traverse City… like a traditional European race, the course passes over a short section of cobblestone! 484 S Union St, Traverse City, MI 49684
The Cherry-Roubaix Road Race follows a the same course for 2013. The course is a 23.3 mile (lap) course. The start-finish line is high atop Sugar Loaf Mt., Cedar Michigan. 4500 S. Sugar Loaf Mountain Road, MI Cedar, MI 49621
Garnet Rogers has established himself as ‘One of the major talents of our time”. Hailed by the Boston Globe as a “charismatic performer and singer”, Garnet is a man with a powerful physical presence – close to six and a half feet tall – with a voice to match. With his “smooth, dark baritone” (Washington Post) his incredible range, and thoughtful, dramatic phrasing, Garnet is widely considered by fans and critics alike to be one of the finest singers anywhere. His music, like the man himself, is literate, passionate, highly sensitive, and deeply purposeful. Cinematic in detail, his songs “give expression to the unspoken vocabulary of the heart” (Kitchener Waterloo Record). An optimist at heart, Garnet sings extraordinary songs about people who are not obvious heroes and of the small victories of the everyday. As memorable as his songs, his over-the-top humour and lightning-quick wit moves his audience from tears to laughter and back again.
Garnet: It’s an enormous privilege for me to be able to stand up and sing my own songs, but I would like to be able to have something left behind after the dust is cleared away where people are actually benefiting from the concert at some level.
InsideOut Gallery will set up a donation area where food can be left for local food banks, and we ask that audience members bring donations of non-perishable food and useful personal care items such as shampoo and toothpaste.
After 50 active years of hit song making and international album sales well into the multi-millions, it’s safe to say that esteemed singer-songwriter and musician Gordon Lightfoot resides with some very exclusive company atop the list of all-time greats. With his rich, warm voice and nimble guitar technique, the singer-songwriter weaves tales of love and longing in eloquent musical masterpieces that have become enduring standards, including “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown,” “Early Morning Ran,” “Carefree Highway,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” and many more.
Legendary rock band LYNYRD SKYNYRD popularized the Southern hard rock genre with hits like “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Free Bird” and more. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers remain a cultural icon that appeal to multiple generations.
For the passionate, longtime fans of the band, this is Skynyrd at the top of their game, complete with instantly memorable songs, more hooks than a tackle box, and a blistering three-guitar attack at full power. From the raging guitars of the title track and the pounding, funky homage to local talent in “Home Grown” to the mind-blowing “Honey Hole,” Lynyrd Skynyrd sound like young bucks having one hell of a good time, which, regarding the latter, founding member Gary Rossington says is very much the case.
“For me this is one of the happiest and most fun albums I’ve ever done,” says Rossington. “We didn’t have a lot of problems goin’ on; it was just fun goin’ to work every .”
Our Farm-to-Table dining series brings the fresh flavors of northern Michigan to the Thistle Pub & Grille the third weekend of each month, May through September.
Our chefs work with local farms, making personal visits to many of them, to build a custom three-course menu.
Our Farm-to-Table series is a clear example of Crystal Mountain’s commitment to the sustainability of the local food movement and the role that our restaurants play in it.
