Celebrating 10 years of Chamber membership, Skydive Harbor Springs. Luther Kurtz, Owner, 8380 M-119, Harbor Springs. Tel. (231) 242-8822.  www.skydiveharborsprings.com. Are you ready to feel the excitement of 120 mph freefall, or the peaceful canopy ride back to the beautiful Skydive Harbor Springs landing area? We Skydive from up to 2 miles high with up to 60 seconds of freefall.

Beach House Restaurant & Short's Beer Dinner on September 19^th. An evening of pairing delicious fall foods from the Beach House Restaurant and fall brews from Short's Brewing Company, this beer dinner is a complete five-course meal from 6 - 9 p.m.. A Short's Beer Liberator will be on-site explaining how the different brews complement each dish. Cost is $55 per person. Seating is limited, so make your reservation today by calling Bobbi Jo at 231.549.6854.For more information and to see the menu, visit boynemountain.com.

Charlevoix Area Community Pool presents a Rootin' Tootin' Fundraisin' Hoedown on Friday, September 19th! Wear your Boots, Chaps, and Cowboy Hats (or your jeans) and join us at Shanahan's Barn at the Charlevoix Country Club for food and fun with friends! Appetizers, BBQ dinner stations, wine pull, awesome silent auction items, and an incredible LIVE auction. Music and dancing with HORTON CREEK BLUEGRASS BAND! Doors open at 5:30 pm and tickets are $50/each with a cash bar. Contact the Pool today and make your reservations - 231.547.0982. Seating is limited. Care to join us but not able to buy a ticket? We need volunteers too! Like our Facebook page for auction teasers!

There are still tickets available for the Bay Harbor Home Tour Saturday September 20^th, from 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. session brought to you by the Bay Harbor Foundation. Participants will enjoy learning about the history of Bay Harbor as they are driven through the community on old-fashioned trolleys, and then are shown through the fabulous homes by knowledgeable and experienced guides. For more information contact the Bay Harbor Foundation directly at 231.439.2700 or click here.

At Curves, we're opening our doors so you can see what we're all about! Come to Curves during our Anniversary Open House today until September 20th for a visit and if you join, your first month is FREE!  Plus you can try a FREE workout and register to win lots of great prizes! Every woman needs 'me' time.  Come see the difference 30 minutes can make and let Curves help you change your life! Curves of Petoskey (829 Charlevoix Ave, behind Fletch's Used Cars, 231-487-1950) or Curves of Harbor Springs (8494 M-119 in the Harbor Plaza, 231-526-7455)

Come visit Shadetree Studios between now and Saturday, September 20th for our end of the summer sale.  Prices reduced on summer artwork, sun catchers, lamps and windows. Come and visit the colorful creations of Shadetree Studios!

The Headlands International Dark Sky Park and Emmet County are pleased to announce special guest David H. Levy for the Sept. 20^th, "A Night Watchman's Journey:  My Life and Hard Times as a Searcher of Comets." The Headlands program is offered in partnership with the Northern Michigan Astronomy Club and it occurs the night of September's waning Moon phase, which means skies will be clear for spectacular views of the thickest part of the Milky Way and the Summer Triangle. Stargazing will follow Levy's program. Reservations are not required, and the program is free of charge. It will take place rain or shine at the Festival Tent which is located near the designated Dark Sky Viewing Area. Questions? (231) 348-1713 or email darksky@emmetcounty.org. 

Do you know ALICE? More than one in three households in Charlevoix & Emmet counties' is walking a financial tightrope, one emergency from falling into poverty. Char-Em United Way will unveil its first statewide ALICE Study, The reality is that 1.54 million Michigan households are unable to afford life's basic necessities. That number includes those living in poverty and a population often overlooked -- ALICE, a United Way acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, and Employed. Please join us as we share this data and host a Community Conversation at NCMC in the Edward Fenlon Lecture Hall on Monday, September 22^nd from 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. For more information visit www.charemunitedway.org 

FRIENDS @ THE CARNEGIE SPEAKER SERIES program for Monday, September 22^nd at 7 p.m. will be "Michigan's Ghostly Beacons" with Dianna Stampfler of Promote Michigan. The event will be at the Carnegie Bldg., 451 E. Mitchell St. What is it about lighthouses that attract ghostly spirits? Nearly two dozen lights in Michigan are rumored to be haunted - from Seul Choix Point Light to White River Light Station to Waugoshance Shoal, these stories will entertain all ages - just in time for Halloween season. Open to the public and admission is free. Sponsored by Petoskey District Library and Friends of the Library. For more info, call the Library at 231-758-3100.

The Bank of Northern Michigan hosts Profit Mastery a Business Finance Workshop - Sept. 22nd & 23rd. The Bank of Northern Michigan (TBONM) is hosting, Profit Mastery, a two-day Business Finance Workshop designed to enhance the financial management skills of all business people. The two-day workshop is taught by the founder of Profit Mastery, Steve LeFever, and begins Monday, September 22 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme. The cost for this seminar is $495 for TBONM clients and $595 for non-clients. Registration includes the workbook and materials, lunch for both days, and a reception. This course qualifies for 16 hours of CPE credits for CPAs. To register for the workshop visit https://www.tbonm.com/pm.aspx  or call 231-922-1445

Fall Culinary Classes at CTAC. Registration is open for the popular Culinary Arts Series at Crooked Tree Arts Center. Limited to only 12 participants, the Culinary Series classes fill quickly.The series begins September 23 and runs through October 28. Registration is available online at www.crookedtree.org or by calling the Arts Center at 231.347.4337. Spice up the fall with CTAC's Culinary Arts Series.

Visconti Medical Spa is hosting four amazing events this fall that you won't want to miss! Our first event is a Cool Nite Out. Are you sick of looking at those stubborn bulges? Do you have a "muffin top"? Then this is the event for you! Not only will we be discussing how to FREEZE your fat with CoolSculpting® but Dr Carin Nielsen will be giving a brief informative session on weight management. Space is limited....RSVP required! This event is on Tuesday, September 23rd from 5-7pm. Come join us for appetizers and special event pricing! RSVP to Becca@drvisconti.com or 231.347.SKIN.

Join Emmet County and the Essence of Emmet collaborative for a historical lecture series program exploring the 20th anniversary of the reaffirmation of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians as a federally recognized Indian tribe.

A panel of individuals who were part of the reaffirmation for LTBB, historians and Odawa elders will tell why it was so important for the tribe to pursue its status, the history leading up to 1994 and what Northern Michigan means for the Odawa.

The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, September 24^th at the Emmet County Fairgrounds Community Building. It is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information contact Beth Anne Eckerle at (231) 348-1704 or email beckerle@emmetcounty.org

McLean & Eakin's welcomes three publisher representatives for the annual Rep Night on Wednesday, September 24^th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Leah Hays from Simon & Schuster, Bridget Piekarz and Laura Baratto from Random House will be giving reviews of their favorite books and previews of new books soon to be released for the fall and winter season.   Reservations suggested.  To reserve your space or for more information, send an email to www.mcleanandeakin.com or call 231.348.1180. 

Cork & Canvas - A Creative Evening Thursday, September 25th, 6:30 to 8:30 pm

Back by popular demand, Stafford's Gallery brings back an evening of wine and art! Local artist Katie Brines provides step-by-step instructions allowing you to create a one-of-a-kind masterpiece on canvas - no painting talent required! $50 per guest, includes all supplies, wine tastings and light hors d'oeuvres. Each guest will take home a finished piece of artwork. Reservations required - 231-347-0142. (link: http://www.staffords.com/gallery-events-325/)

Grain Train Natural Foods Market concludes their Summer Herbal Wisdom series on September 25th, 2014 with a Balms and Salves workshop from 5:30 to 7:00 PM in the Grain Train Community Room. Add some "homemade" to your holiday giving this year by attending this workshop where we will learn just how easy it is to create personalized lip balms and body salves that you will be able take home with you. Registration required; light snack and materials to make your own oil will be provided. Cost: $5.00 or non-perishable cans of food, to be donated to a local charity
Contact chelsea@graintrain.coop or call 231-347-2381 to register.

Before "The Hole in the Ground" Program on September 25th at 7:00 p.m. The Temple and Gaslight Theaters, Crago's, Cook Electric and the Ford dealership? Long before it became a vacant block this part of downtown Petoskey was filled with businesses.  After the failure of the Petoskey Pointe development, the city was left with what is commonly referred to as the "hole in the ground". Now with a new developer exploring ways to create new and exciting activity there, it is interesting to look back at what was there as we consider what will be. The program is free of charge and open to the public. For more information on this program contact Michael Federspiel, Executive Director, at 231-347-2620 or info@petoskeymuseum.org.

Petoskey Brewing's 2nd Anniversary Party! Join us at the brewery and celebrate our 2nd anniversary! Saturday, September 27th, 5:00 p.m. - Midnight. $20.00 at the door gets you a special 2nd anniversary logo'd stainless steel pint glass (first 140 people), 3 beer/food tickets and killer jams all night long! Music by Sean Bielbly (5-6:30 p.m.), Ben Overbeek & Nate Strauss (7-8:30 p.m.), and Laith Al-Saadi (9-11 p.m.). We'll have brats and dogs on the grill! petoskeybrewing.com

Petoskey Historic Homes Tour. The Little Traverse Historical Society announces a tour of historic Petoskey homes on Saturday, September 27^th, between 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.  The tour begins with an orientation at the Little Traverse History Museum, and then the four beautiful and unique homes. Tickets cost $20 per person and can be purchased at the Little Traverse History Museum and at the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce. The four chosen homes are located at 1005 East Mitchell Street, 448 Grove Street, 918 Howard Street, and 100 Arlington Avenue, and represent diverse architectural styles and histories.  Please note: not all areas of the homes are handicapped accessible. This event is rain or shine and tickets are non-refundable. For more information call 231-347-2620 or visit info@petoskeymuseum.org.

Join us Saturday, September 27^th for the Little Traverse Half Marathon and 10k Run/Walk, a unique "must do" race experience in northern Michigan! Bay Harbor is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of this race that celebrates Little Traverse Bay, the historic Wheelway and our small town communities. There is still time to sign up before your shoes laces must be tied! For more information click here.

Join us at Castle Farms on Sunday, Sept. 28^th, 11 am - 2 pm, to celebrate nature's bounty and autumn's glory at our annual Harvest Festival! $10 admission includes full access to the Castle, plus entertaining family friendly activities for all ages. Horse-drawn wagon rides, arts and crafts, games and prizes, face painting, plus magic show and fire spinning performances by Magik Mike! Visit the 'Mini Farmer's Market', with vendors exhibiting and selling homemade items, including maple syrup and caramel popcorn. Take home a snapshot from the photo booth provided by Darrell Christie Photography. Free cider and donuts. Additional food available for purchase. Special: 2:00 pm Guided Historical Tour available for an additional $2 per person. Castle Farms, 5052 M-66 Hwy., Charlevoix.