Northwestern Michigan College
1701 e front street, 231-995-1135 or 800-748-0566, (http://www.nmc.edu/). a community college since 1951, offering associates degrees and professional certificates, as well as baccalaureate and graduate degrees from 10 partner universities.
Traverse City Record-Eagle
120 w front street, 231-946-2000, (http://www.record-eagle.com/). daily morning newspaper.
Events
National Cherry Festival
109 sixth street, 231-947-4230 or 800-968-3380, (http://www.cherryfestival.org/). held during a week in early july since 1926, to celebrate and promote cherries, tourism and community involvement. cherry cuisine tasting, cherry pit spitting contest, cherry pie eating, cherry pancake breakfast, cherry buffet lunch, cherry industry information, cherryopoly tournament, golf contest, beach volleyball tournament, sand sculpture contest, skateboarding tournament, kiteboarding demonstration, races, air show, classic film showings, arts and crafts fair, games, swing dancing, ice cream social, area tours, parades and fireworks.
Northwestern Michigan Fair
3606 blair townhall road, 231-943-4150, (http://www.nwmifair.com/). held in early august. exhibits, animal shows, carnival, midway rides, harness racing, horse pulls, demo derby, llama and alpaca obstacle course, go-cart races, and more.
Traverse City Film Festival
227 e state street, 231-392-1134 or 231-929-1506, (http://www.traversecityfi...). held in late july and early august. six full days of "just great" movies in three classic theatres, and nighttime classic movies free of charge shown on an inflatable outdoor screen overlooking the bay. $7 - $25 per film.
Indoor activity
Centre I.C.E. Arena
1600 chartwell drive, 231-933-7465, (http://www.centreice.org/). home of the detroit red wings training camp. ice skating, hockey, fitness center and hockey camps.
Timber Lanes Bowling
1705 s garfield avenue, 231-947-2610, (http://www.timberlanesbow...). open m-f 9am to 5pm, m-w 8:30pm to 12am, th-f 8:30pm-1am; call for lane availability on weekends. 40 lanes of bowling, billards, snack room.
Outdoor activities
Grand Traverse Balloons, Inc.
225 cross country trail, 231-947-ride 7433, (http://www.grandtraverseb...). multicolored, seven-story-tall hot air balloons flights over the grand traverse bay area. one-hour sunrise or sunset flights with champagne celebration. $245.
Ranch Rudolph
6841 brown bridge road, 231-947-9529, (http://www.ranchrudolf.com/). a 195-acre four-season resort on the boardman river, surrounded by the pere marquette state forest. horseback riding, trail rides, canoeing, inner tubing, hiking, mountain biking, bird watching, fly fishing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, sports, backpacking, morel hunting, hayrides and more. motel rooms, bunkhouse and camping available. on-site lodge restaurant.
Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf
1710 us-31 n, 231-938-9599, (http://www.piratescove.ne...). open 10am to 11pm daily from memorial day to labor day; call for hours during the rest of the season late april to early october. 18-hole championship adventure golf courses, water coaster, go-carts, bumper boats, kiddy cars, arcade game room. adults $7.50 - $13, children $6.50 - $11. pirate's cove is an outdoor activity
Farmers Markets of Downtown Traverse
Sara hardy farmers market, gt commons market.
Traverse City Hang Gliders / Paragliders
231-922-2844. paragliding down sand dunes near lake michigan.