Chasten Buttigieg: Traverse City Roots and What Lies Ahead

Chasten Buttigieg, husband of former Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg and a Traverse City native, will join the National Writers Series for a free virtual event on September 10 to discuss his memoir, I Have Something to Tell You.

Nat Geo editor headlines NWS 10th anniversary fundraiser

It was 1896 and National Geographic had been publishing its iconic magazine for eight years without the image of a woman — any woman.

Nat Geo looks at the Great Lakes

Although Susan Goldberg, the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic, lives in Washington, D.C., her roots are firmly planted in Michigan.

My Silver Lining

by Dianne Walker, 08/11/2020, Elk Rapids, MI. Adult Category

Author Next Door: Joan Schmeichel

Joan Schmeichel Writes Mysteries from Fairy Tale Characters to Football by Erin Evans Joan Schmeichel, 88, is always working on a story, and when she isn’t, she is thinking of her next one. When the idea of a character named Roman Boles — a 23-year-old football player — came to her, she was inspired to […]