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SUMMARY:Maker Fest
DESCRIPTION:Join the Traverse Area District Library and our regional friends for this annual celebration of STEAM and Making in our community. This year's FREE event features 20+ exhibitors spread out on the grounds of the Grand Traverse Civic Center (pavilion and amphitheatre areas) with hands-on learning and activities ranging from crafts to coding to art to engineering to music to animals and plants and much more.\n\nWe'll even feature a Littles MakerFest\, where children ages 2 - 6 and their families can explore the building blocks of STEM with educators from various early learning organizations (denoted below with a *). Monty the mascot for the TC Pit Spitters will join us for a fun "reading" at 10:30 in the Little Makers area.\n\nOrganizations exhibiting at this year's MakerFest include:\n\n- 4-H / MSU Extension\n\n- Art and Connection (via the Reid Family Foundation)\n\n- Challenge Island Northwest Michigan\n\n- Cherryland Amatuer Radio\n\n- Cherryland Ghostbusters\n\n- The Dennos Museum\n\n- Discovery Center & Pier\n\n- Grand Traverse Area Children's Garden\n\n- Grand Traverse Conservation District\n\n- *The Great Lakes Children's Museum\n\n- Inland Seas Education Association\n\n- Mission Blues\n\n- MiSTEM Network\n\n- Newton's Road\n\n- TADL - East Bay\n\n- TADL - Sight & Sound\n\n- TADL - Tech Center\n\n- TADL - Teen\n\n- *TADL - Youth\n\n- *Traverse City Cooperative Preschool\n\n- Young Eagles (Traverse City Airport)\n\nStop by to see new additions to our participating organizations. A big "thank you" goes out to Oryana Food Co-op as well for providing food for our exhibitors at this year's event!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Merriweather Sans&quot\;\, &quot\;sans-serif&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Join the Traverse Area District Library and our regional friends for this annual celebration of STEAM and Making in our community. This year&#39\;s FREE event features 20+ exhibitors spread out on the grounds of the Grand Traverse Civic Center (pavilion and amphitheatre areas) with hands-on learning and activities ranging from crafts to coding to art to engineering to music to animals and plants and much more.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Merriweather Sans&quot\;\, &quot\;sans-serif&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">We&#39\;ll even feature a Littles MakerFest\, where children ages 2 - 6 and their families can explore the building blocks of STEM with educators from various early learning organizations (denoted below with a *).&nbsp\;<a href="https://northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters/meet-monty/" style="box-sizing: border-box\; color: rgb(73\, 104\, 142)\; text-decoration-line: none\; background-color: transparent\; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s\; font-weight: 700\;" title="Monty - TC Pit Spitters">Monty the mascot for the TC Pit Spitters</a>&nbsp\;will join us for a fun &quot\;reading&quot\; at 10:30 in the Little Makers area.</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Merriweather Sans&quot\;\, &quot\;sans-serif&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Organizations exhibiting at this year&#39\;s MakerFest include:</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Merriweather Sans&quot\;\, &quot\;sans-serif&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">- 4-H / MSU Extension<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Art and Connection (via the Reid Family Foundation)<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Challenge Island Northwest Michigan<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Cherryland Amatuer Radio<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Cherryland Ghostbusters<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- The Dennos Museum<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Discovery Center &amp\; Pier<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Grand Traverse Area Children&#39\;s Garden<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Grand Traverse Conservation District<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- *The Great Lakes Children&#39\;s Museum<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Inland Seas Education Association<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Mission Blues<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- MiSTEM Network<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Newton&#39\;s Road<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- TADL - East Bay<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- TADL - Sight &amp\; Sound<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- TADL - Tech Center<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- TADL - Teen<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- *TADL - Youth<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- *Traverse City Cooperative Preschool<br style="box-sizing: border-box\;" />\n- Young Eagles (Traverse City Airport)</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin-top: 0px\; margin-bottom: 1rem\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; font-family: &quot\;Merriweather Sans&quot\;\, &quot\;sans-serif&quot\;\; font-size: 18px\; background-color: rgb(255\, 255\, 255)\;">Stop by to see new additions to our participating organizations. A big &quot\;thank you&quot\; goes out to Oryana Food Co-op as well for providing food for our exhibitors at this year&#39\;s event!</p>\n
LOCATION:Grand Traverse Civic Center 12130 W. Civic Center Drive Traverse City\,
UID:e.2409.36422
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DTSTAMP:20260406T225141Z
URL:https://business.elkrapidschamber.org/events/details/maker-fest-36422
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