Events

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 in a LIVE conversation with a panel of experts who will join the episode premiere party to answer YOUR questions! In this premiere party a […]

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 […]

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 […]

Grandmother Josephine-ba Mandamin – The Water Walk – left millions of footsteps for us to follow in. Relationship to water, respect for water and our relative’s rights to water were […]

Join Great Lakes Now, Ideastream Public Media, Native News Online, Planet Detroit, Wisconsin Public Radio, and Grist for a robust live discussion about the national, regional and statewide climate implications of the November election.