Spring Wildflowers - Peeper Program - Traverse City

Peeper Program: Spring Wildflowers

Local Event

10am to 11am

Location: Boardman River Nature Center

Join the Grand Traverse Conservation District for the new Peepers Program at the Boardman River Nature Center! This fun and educational program is designed to foster the exploration of nature in preschoolers. Peeper's will take place every Tuesday morning from 10-11am. Preschoolers will explore nature and seasonal nature themes with experienced early childhood educators and naturalists. Each morning will include indoor and outdoor activities-so dress for the weather.

Fee: $3 per child or $45 for entire session. For more information, or to register your little peeper, call (231) 941-0960 or email cmasterson@gtcd.org. Drop-ins are always welcome.

American Landscape & Innovation Photography

Arts & Culture

10am to 5pm

Location: Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College

Photography from the Museum Collection focuses on the themes of American landscape and innovation in photography. The exhibition was developed in association with the National Humanities Council Picturing America Program.

The Dennos Museum Center is located on the campus of Northwestern Michigan College at 1701 East Front Street, Traverse City. Open Mon. - Sat. 10am-5pm, Sundays 1pm-5pm. Admission: $4 adults, $2 children ages 2-12 yrs., and free for children under 2 years old, $12 family.

E-Mail: www.dennosmuseum.org

Phone: (231) 995-1055

Snowshoe Hikes! - Traverse City

Snowshoe Hikes

Traverse City Area

(Sat. )

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Location: Sleeping Bear Dunes

Website: www.nps.gov/slbe

The popular Saturday afternoon snowshoe hikes at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will continue into March as long as snow conditions permit. March often provides some of the best snowshoeing conditions of the winter. Meet at the Lakeshore Visitor Center in Empire at 1:00 p.m. each Saturday. If you don’t have your own, snowshoes will be provided free. Later in the month, if snow conditions deteriorate, rangers will offer guided nature hikes to explore the changing of the seasons.

Inside the Visitor Center, rangers will first provide basic snowshoeing instructions, and then participants will travel by car to the trailhead or area pre-selected by the ranger. By exploring the site, the ranger will encourage participants to learn about winter’s effect on the park’s unique features. Be prepared and plan to be outside until about 3:00 p.m. Dress in layers and wear waterproof boots to be most comfortable.

Not only is snowshoeing easy, fun, and good exercise, it is also an activity that can be enjoyed by all ages. The ranger-led hikes are mildly strenuous, yet they proceed at a leisurely pace for no more than one and a half miles. This allows visitors an opportunity for discovery, adventure, and to look for signs of wildlife or evidence of ancient glaciers. Some snowshoers simply want to experience and enjoy a winter wonderland, which is what you will find at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

The National Park Service has a supply of snowshoes for use within the Lakeshore. Participants need only purchase the park entrance pass or have an annual pass to join in the fun. Reservations are not required but are suggested, especially if you wish to borrow snowshoes or are with a group. Please call the number listed below for details and to make reservations. For more in-depth information about Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, go to the website listed above.

Phone: (231) 326-5134 ext 328

Film Festival - The Pink Panther - Traverse City

Film Festival-The Pink Panther

Sundays
1:30pm to 3pm

March 8 - 31, 2009
Location: Traverse Area District Library

Website: www.tadl.tcnet.org

The Youth Services Department of the Traverse Area District Library presents a program for 6th-8th graders on Sundays throughout the month of March. A Pink Panther Film Festival will be held on four Sundays in March from 1:30pm-3pm in the Library Meeting Room. There is no charge for this program. Refreshments, prizes and games. Area middle-school students are encouraged to stop by and join in the fun.

The Library is located at 610 Woodmere in Traverse City. For more information call 932-8503.

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Horse Shows by the Bay - The Piaffe

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The piaffe is a dressage movement where as the horse is in a highly collected and cadenced trot, in place. The center of gravity of the horse should be more towards the hind end, with the hindquarters slightly lowered and great bending of the joints in the hind legs. The front end of the horse is highly mobile, free, and light, with great flexion in the joints of the front legs, and the horse remains light in the hand. The horse should retain a clear and even rhythm, show great impulsion, and ideally should have a moment of suspension between the foot falls. As in all dressage, the horse should perform in a calm manner and remain on the bit with a round back.
The piaffe was originally used in battle to keep the horse focused, warm, and moving, ready to move forward into battle. In modern times the piaffe is mostly taught as an upper level movement in Classical dressage and as a Grand Prix level movement. Additionally, it is needed to develop the levade and from that the airs above the ground.