Join Great Lakes Now for the premiere party for our new episode! This time we'll check out a segment about the joys and learning opportunities in foraging for wild foods […]

Join Great Lakes Now Host Anna Sysling and Chris Cooper of Great Lakes Rocks & Minerals for a fun, educational, and engaging live event all about rockhounding in the Great […]

Join guest host Nina Ignaczak of Planet Detroit for a look at one of our featured segments from the latest episode of Great Lakes Now and stick around to join […]

Join Great Lakes Now Host Anna Sysling and Chris Cooper of Great Lakes Rocks & Minerals for a fun, educational and engaging live event all about rockhounding in the Great Lakes! This time, they'll focus on Petoskey stones! Featured guests include:--Don Reed, co-owner of Snob Appeal Jewelry, avid rock collector, and blogger. Don donated a […]

Join GLN for an episode premiere party featuring a segment from the August episode and some special guests to answer your questions live. Over the years, people have navigated the Great Lakes in everything from birch bark canoes to thousand-foot freighters. Yet one distinctive type of boat—a genuine Great Lakes original—has nearly vanished. Thankfully, there […]

Join Anna Sysling and Great Lakes Now's contributor and resident forager Lisa M. Rose for a live virtual event all about how to forage Great Lakes wild foods that are flourishing in the fall season! Bring your questions, foraging stories, and favorite foraging tips and tricks. As always, be prepared to learn a lot along […]

Join Great Lakes Now Host Anna Sysling and Chris Cooper of Great Lakes Rocks & Minerals for a fun, educational and engaging live event all about rockhounding in the Great Lakes! This time, they'll focus on meteorites!

Join GLN for the latest episode premiere party. Host Anna Sysling will showcase a story all about the history, research and science of Great Lakes shipwrecks! We'll watch the featured segment from the new episode, and then talk with Brendon Baillod of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Research Group to learn more and to answer YOUR […]

After a career in Great Lakes policy and environmental communications, Sally translated her life’s work into fiction through her multi-award-winning novel, The Best Part of Us. Join us for an interactive conversation to learn about the career and writing experiences that led her to write our 2024-2025 Great Lakes Great Read adult selection, which immerses readers […]