South Haven To Saugatuck Calendar

Monday, November 29, 2010

Glenn Comm. Pancake Blizzard

Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010


Start Time: 5:00 pm End Time: 7:00 pm

Category: West Michigan Coastal Surrounding Areas

Here are the details:

5-7pm

Glenn Comm. Center--114th St @ Blue Star Hwy

Contact: 1-269-227-2262

Come out on a winter evening for this annual pancake dinner--many years ago a blizzard stranded many motorist & Glenn residents came to the rescue & served them meals & many, many pancake!!

Fenn Valley Vineyards Nouveau Fest

Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010


Start Time: 1:00 pm End Time: 5:00 pm

Location: Fenn Valley Vineyards

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:

Join us from 1-5 PM as we introduce the first wine from the vintage. Visit the wine cellar where you will taste the newest Fenn Valley wines in their infancy. Fun, food, and good wine.

No admission charge, no reservations.

Location Details

Fenn Valley Vineyards

6130 122ND AVE

FENNVILLE MI 49408

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Saugatuck Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony

Date: Friday, November 26, 2010


Start Time: 5:00 pm

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:
5 pm, Wicks park, Water Street, Saugatuck. Enjoy the twinkling lights turned on for the season, music, refreshments, games for the kids and a visit from Santa Claus. For further information call (269) 857-1626 or info@saugatuckdouglas.com Sponsored by the Saugatuck-Douglas Area Business Association.

South Haven Santa Parade

Santa's Comin' to Town Parade 

Date: Friday, November 26, 2010

Start Time: 6:30 pm

Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

Downtown South Haven

Contact: 637-4342

There will be a Santa Parade thru downtown South Haven proceeding east to City Hall where there will be a tree-lighting ceremony. Also, pictures with Santa will be offered- $5. This is the kick-off for the Festival of Trees!

South Haven's Ice Rink Opens For Winter Season

Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

Tues - Thurs 4-7pm, Fri 4-9pm, Sat 12-10pm, Sun 12-6pm

Huron Street Pavilion-South Haven

Contact: 269.639.1113

Come and enjoys another season of ice skating - a fun-filled family activity!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

SINGAPORE, MICHIGAN

NAME: Singapore

COUNTY: Allegan
CLIMATE: snow in winter, hot in summer, cool in spring/autumn

 COMMENTS: just downriver of Saugatuck on the northernmost bend of the Kalamazoo River along Lake Michigan. Buried beneath sand dunes.

REMAINS: 23 buildings and 2 mills beneath sand dunes

Founded in 1836, started out as a single saw mill. First schoolhouse in Michigan was built on Singapore Road in Singapore. First teacher was Elizabeth Peckham. Shortly after the Civil War, Singapore was involved in a bank scandal. Federal banks were required to maintain a minimum amount of currency, and neither Singapore nor Allegan was at that level. Allegan Federal Bank would receive warning from nearby towns that the bank inspector was coming through. They would arrange for all the money from Sinapore Federal Bank would be transfered to Allegan Federal Bank. After the inspection, the banker in Allegan would take the bank inspector out and get him drunk. While he slept it off, they would get a head start on him and take all the money from Allegan to Singapore Federal Bank in time to pass the inspection there. At its peak in the 1870s, had 23 buildings, 2 working saw mills, and about 200 residents. In 1871, its remaining timber was cleared for use in rebuilding after the Great Fire of 1871 in Holland, MI (which occurred at the same time as the Great Fire of 1871 in Chicago, IL). Without the trees to shelter the town from the winds coming in off Lake Michigan, it was soon covered by the sand drifts and is now buried beneath the dunes. Submitted by: Brian Tice

GLENN, MICHIGAN

Glenn was first settled in 1843. Before 1876 this area was known by many names, including Packard's Corner and New Casco. Glenn has been used since 1856. As the land was cleared, crops and orchards were planted. Shipping became necessary, so piers were built out into the lake. The boats that carried fruit into the cities would bring vacation-bound passengers on the return trip. The resort business increased and Glenn grew rapidly. By 1897 the community had developed enough to support three grocery stores, a drug store, a meat market, two blacksmiths, a barber shop, two hotels, and several other businesses. During the 1920's truck transportation replaced the need for the piers. The blizzard of 1937 established Glenn as a community filled with hospitality. Travelers who were marooned in Glenn spread the word about this area=s people and warmth. A pancake festival was set up to celebrate the blizzard that next spring. This festival continued until 1941, when World War II forced its cancellation. The festival was revived in the 1960's and continues today. Since the construction of Interstate 196 rerouted traffic, Glenn saw a decline in tourism during the 1960's. The resort businesses were gone and life styles were changed forever.

PIER COVE, MICHIGAN

Pier Cove was laid out by Deacon Sutherland in 1851 as a platted town in Allegan County. A steam sawmill and wood shop were constructed. The wood shop was later made into a grist mill, which was needed in the area. Two piers, measuring approximately 323 foot, were built. This area was thought of as a village, which boasted about its twenty families, four stores, a tavern, post office, grist mill and three hotels. As the cord wood supply was depleted, the fire of 1871 occurred, and the railroad came to Fennville, the Village of Pier Cove diminished in population and importance. One pier remained in service into 1919. Both piers were destroyed by storms in the 1900's and were not rebuilt.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

South Haven Presents Ross Richardson-Shipwreck Hunter

Date: Sunday, November 28, 2010


Start Time: 2:00 pm
Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

2pm

Maritime Museum--Dyckman @ the bridge

Contact: 1-269-637-8078

Shipwreck Diver & Maritime History Researcher, Ross Richardson recently discovered the propeller "Westmoreland," an arched steamship which went down in the Manitou passage in the 1850's. He will tell the tale of her all too brief career as a once beautiful ship, her recent discovery, shedding light on that for some 150 years, been shrouded in the darkness of the deep! Hosted by the MI Maritime Museum

South Haven Santa Dog Parade

Date: Friday, November 26, 2010


Start Time: 6:00 pm

Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

6pm

Meet at Black River Books

In anticipation of developing a Bark Park, we are putting our best paw forward and creating some great dog activities. The first one is a Santa Dog Parade as part of the We Care Festival of Trees Santa Clause Parade. What better way to showcase our community dogs than to have them welcome Santa to town front and center in a parade? To have your dog participate please pick up a registration form at the South Haven Visitors Bureau.

Saugatuck's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony & Visit From Santa

Date: Friday, November 26, 2010


Start Time: 5:00 pm

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:

5 pm, Wicks park, Water Street, Saugatuck. Enjoy the twinkling lights turned on for the season, music, refreshments, games for the kids and a visit from Santa Claus. For further information call (269) 857-1626 or info@saugatuckdouglas.com Sponsored by the Saugatuck-Douglas Area Business Association.

Monday, November 15, 2010

CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN-STEAMSHIP

Originally the civilian steamship City of South Haven (1903)

USS CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN, a 1719 gross ton coastal troop transport, was built at Toledo, Ohio, in 1903 as the passenger steamship of the same name. She operated commercially on the Great Lakes, primarily on southern Lake Michigan, for the next fifteen years. In April 1918 the ship was purchased by the Navy and sent to Chicago, Illinois, for conversion work.

Commissioned in November 1918,
two days before the Armistice ended the First World War fighting, CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN left the lakes later in the month and went to Boston, Massachusetts, to prepare for service in European waters. However, this requirement soon evaporated and she remained in the U.S.

Sold in December 1919,

Her new owners renamed her CITY OF MIAMI and operated her between Florida and Cuba. The steamer returned to the Great Lakes in 1923. Under the name E.G. CROSBY, she was employed on Lake Michigan until laid up in 1931. While idle at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, she suffered massive fire damage in December 1935 and was subsequently scrapped.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Saugatuck & Douglas Holiday Preview-

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010


Start Time: 12:00 pm End Time: 9:00 pm

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:

Welcoming the Christmas Season in downtown Saugatuck & Douglas 12 - 9 pm with trolley service running between the two communities. Sponsored by the Saugatuck/Douglas Area Business Association

South Haven Center For The Arts Presents Mistletoe Market

Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010 -Dec. 12, 2010


(All day or non-timed event)

Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm

South Haven Center for the Arts

Contact: 269.637.1041

Handmade holiday items, home decor creations, all-occasion greeting cards, jewelry, pottery, photographs by popular local photographers and a variety of other "surprises" you'll have to see to appreciate. Over 50 artists from southwestern Michigan are providing their one-of-a-kind creations at the market.

Saugatuck Douglas Library Presents David Copperfield-movie

Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010


Start Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Saugatuck Douglas Library

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:

1935 George Cukor, director, with W.C. Fields, Lionel Barrymore. 7 pm at the Saugatuck-Douglas Library. Free admission and free popcorn.

Location Details

Saugatuck Douglas Library

Mixer & Center Streets

Douglas Mi 49406

Thursday, November 4, 2010

South Haven's-Martha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast

Welcome to Martha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast. We invite you to come and experience our private oasis. While only minutes from downtown South Haven and Lake Michigan beaches, the Inn is located on 5 acres of park-like setting with beautifully landscaped gardens, private pond with fountain and our very own vineyard nestled alongside the 2nd fairway of the South Haven Golf Course.


Escape from the ordinary to our private piece of South Haven. With an air of relaxed elegance, away from the hustle and bustle, Martha's Vineyard offers luxurious accommodations of unparalleled comfort, heartfelt hospitality, service that anticipates and pampers and soul-inspiring surroundings. Enjoy quiet solitude that allows for a picnic by the pond or a nap in the hammock, watching the sun rise or set from your private verandah, or take a stroll through the vineyard. Just the surroundings that you are looking for to create that quiet respite or romantic getaway that you so much deserve.

Select from eleven elegantly appointed guestrooms, each with private bath & fireplace, many with luxurious 2-person whirlpool tubs. All of our rooms are steeped with charm, and designed with your comfort in mind. Choose from either our main house or Martha's guesthouse accommodations.


Enjoy a scrumptious 4-course breakfast each morning and refreshments served mid-day. Guests staying in our main house enjoy personalized service as we serve breakfast course by course. When weather permits breakfast is served on the vine-covered verandah. For those who enjoy breakfast in bed, our guesthouse offers a little more privacy with breakfast delivered right to your door.



We invite you to come and refresh your spirit and restore your soul.

The memories you make will keep you returning time after time, after time. . .


Martha's Vineyard Bed & Breakfast

Innkeepers, Lou & Ginger Adamson

473 Blue Star Highway

South Haven, MI 49090

269-637-9373

Fax: 269-639-8214

adamson@marthasvy.com

www.marthasvy.com

South Haven Mi- Seymour House Bed And Breakfast

The Seymour House is a beautiful brick Italianate style mansion built by William H. Seymour in 1862. Our Bed and Breakfast is perfectly located half way between South Haven and Saugatuck. Our 11 acre grounds are complete with maintained nature trails and a stocked 1-acre pond. Five tastefully decorated guest rooms, large guest living room with fireplace and a library with books and movies, as well as a two bedroom log cabin are all featured on our grounds. Our Inn also makes a lovely place for weddings and retreats. For our B & B guests we prepare a full gourmet breakfast each morning*. Enjoy our special house blend of excellent coffee and fresh produce from the finest farm markets in West Michigan. Lighter fare always available upon request. There are also many activities in the area during the year, click here to see what's happening. So spend your days in South Haven or Saugatuck and then come back to quiet in the country at The Seymour House just eight miles from South Haven and eight miles from Saugatuck.

South Haven- Kal-Haven Trail

Here are the details:

The Kal-Haven Trail is a 33.5 mile long linear multi-use trail that links Kalamazoo a major southwest Michigan city to South Haven a Lake Michigan resort area. The trail starts in South Haven on North Bailey Avenue and ends in Kalamazoo on 10th Street.

The route of the Kal-Haven originally was a railroad compleated in 1870, the railroad bed has been converted to a trail with a limestone/slag surface. It is usable for all non-motorized bicycles, hiking, and snowmobiling when there is a 4-inch snow base. In 2004 Van Buren County obtained a use permit to operate and maintain The Kal-Haven Trail Sesquicentennial State Park. Van Buren County continues to operate the trail under this permit.

The trail fee was suspended the first of 2011.

Hours of Operation:

8:00 AM to 10:00 PM 7 days a week

Glenn Mi, Social-CANCELLED

Date: Thursday, November 11, 2010


Start Time: 6:00 pm End Time: 8:00 pm

Category: West Michigan Coastal Surrounding Areas

Here are the details:

What: Glenn Social

Where: Seymour House - 1248 Blue Star Highway, south of Glenn

When: Nov 11, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Description: Visit and network with local business owners; refreshments served. All donations go to helping maintain the park.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Saugatuck Presents Cocktails With Larry Miller: Little League, Adultery, And Other Bad Ideas

Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010


Start Time: 8:00 pm

Location: Saugatuck Center For The Arts

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details:

Ready for all the relatives, parties, and holiday hoopla? Indulge in the perfect pre-holiday escape with comedian Larry Miller. Larry shares his comic perspective about marriage, children and drinking…and how each one leads to the other two. As one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces, Larry Miller has appeared in over 50 films, including Pretty Woman, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and The Princess Diaries. He can be seen on television starring in "10 Things I Hate About You" and as a regular on "The Tonight Show," "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "Real Time with Bill Maher." When not busy with his acting career, Larry still performs as a standup comic, and writes a humor column for The Daily Standard. 8 pm, Saugatuck Center for the Arts. $35 reserved seats, cash bar. Tickets and info at www.sc4a.org or 269-857-2399
Location Details

Saugatuck Center For The Arts

400 Culver St

Saugatuck MI 49453

Location Phone: 269-857-2399

Fennville's Fenn Valley Vineyard-Fall Harvest Dinner

Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010


Start Time: 6:30 pm

Location: Fenn Valley Vineyards

Category: West Michigan Coastal Surrounding Areas

Here are the details:

6:30pm

FennValley

Contact: 269-561-2396

Chef Christine Ferris is our featured Chef

$70pp includes food, wines, taxes and tip.


Reservations required, accepted October 1st.

Come and enjoy the delicous food and visit with wonderful people.

Evergreen Lane’s Pyramid Pointe goat cheese and chanterelle mushroom tart

Roasted winter squash salad with arugula, bacon lardons, toasted pecans,

shaved Evergreen Lane’s goat milk tomme and sherry vinaigrette

Rabbit confit with french lentils and garlic crostini

Braised bison short ribs

With celeriac-youkon mashed potatoes and swiss chard

Chocolate hazelnut tart

Topped with caramelized pears and candied ginger

Location Details

Fenn Valley Vineyards

6130 122ND AVE

FENNVILLE MI 49408

South Haven Presents Fred Eaglesmith & The Fabulous Ginn Sisters

Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010


Start Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Foundry Hall

Category: South Haven Events

Here are the details:

$20 / $18 members

Since leaving the family farm at 15 to pursue the hitchhiking & train-hopping trail of a traveling troubadour, Fred Eaglesmith has forged one of the most unique and hands-on careers in contemporary music. The Juno award-winner's songs have been recorded by Toby Keith, Cowboy Junkies, Kasey Chambers, Mary Gauthier, Ralph Stanley II, Dar Williams and Todd Snider. A bit vaudeville, hoedown, jamfest, rockin' country and straight ahead rock-n-roll, Eaglesmith & the Ginn Sisters are not to be missed!

Location Details

Foundry Hall

422 Eagle St

South Haven Mi

Douglas,Mi-Molten-Reception-1St Annual Glass Show

Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010

Category: Saugatuck & Douglas Events

Here are the details

MOLTEN - A Glass-tastic event in beautiful downtown Douglas, MI

Galleries, merchants and restaurants unite for the first MOLTEN Glass-tastic event. Opening receptions and glass art-making demonstrations will be held Saturday, November 6, from 6-8 pm. Exhibit continues through December 8, 2010.

Area galleries will showcase a tremendous variety of striking glass works by well known artists. Among the presentations you'll find glass vessels, glass mosaic window pieces, sculptures and jewelry.

Each participating merchant will also have artful glass selections on display and available for early Holiday shopping.

Participating restaurants will feature a "molten delight", something bright, hot, delicious or by the "glass" in keeping with the MOLTEN theme of the evening.

Participating Galleries & Merchants:

Button Petter Gallery - (269) 857-2175

Water Street Gallery

Respite Cappuccino Court

Kubiak Gallery

Brackett and Co.

Wild Dog Grille


Circa

Thistle Gallery

Rubinkam Gallery

Every Day People Cafe

Cookies on Call / Cafe Francesca

Possessions

Parrot in the Square

Fancy Nancy

Lakeview Lanes Bowling Lounge & Grill

For further information contact:

Durenda Walker

269 857-7100

317 753-2776