Creative fun Up North
We build cultural opportunities in Alcona County to make our county a destination and home for creative people of all kinds.
2026 Programs
Harbor Nights concerts
6 – 8 pm every summer Friday
at the pavilion
above Harrisville Harbor
Free to everyone
An open mic session closes the 2026 series on September 4. See the talented musicians who are also your neighbors and friends.
This program is supported in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sculpting in Clay
9 to 5 October 10, 11 and 24
Hierta Ceramics Studio
Greenbush, Michigan
Welcome to a hand-building clay workshop, where you will create a unique sculpture of your choice. Sculptor Autumn Bildson will teach the basics of sculpture and glazing, including movement, composition, color and form. You will take home your glazed ceramic sculpture, perhaps an animal or an abstract, after the three-day experience.
Click on this box for details and to sign up.
This program is supported in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
After-School enrichment
Alcona Community Schools students have 12 hours of tutoring and enrichment sessions each week: English, robotics, life skills, social skills and educational field trips such as this one to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn.
After the school year ends, two three-week summer sessions will help dispel the summer blues.
This opportunity is sponsored by Inspiration Alcona’s Out of School Time grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP).
Earlier this year
Plein Air Painting
August 19, 20 and 21
Besser Museum and
Alpena’s Duck Park
Eleven students were led by prominent Kalamazoo artist Richard Jordan in mornings of instruction at the Besser Museum, then outdoor painting in the wildlife sanctuary.
This program is supported in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Alpena’s Besser Museum also co-sponsored this event.
Sunrise Side Wine,
Brew & Food Festival
Noon – 6 pm
Saturday
July 11
in the big tent
above Harrisville Harbor
The 52nd annual tasting of Michigan-crafted drinks took place at the big tent above Harrisville Harbor.
This annual program is supported in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
7th-Grade Science
9 – 10:30 am May 20
Lost Lake Woods Club
Lodge Lobby
Alcona GospelFest
4 pm Saturday,
April 25, 2026
New Life
Lutheran Church
Kirche in the Woods,
Spruce
This program was supported in part by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.
High School Musical
7 p.m. May 6, 7 and 8
Alcona High School
auditorium
This event was sponsored in part by Inspiration Alcona’s Out of School Time grant awarded by the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential (MiLEAP).