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Capturing CAL History at the Grand Hotel
Michigan State University College of Arts & Letters – Arts Weekend June 28-30. Nineteen years ago, the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University took over the Grand Hotel to host what would become the first of almost a decade of yearly events devoted to celebrating the Arts. Since then, the College of [...]
Grand Hotel to Roll Into Lilac Festival
The ordinary, the safety, the tandem, the Palm Beach and the Collegiate will be featured by Grand Hotel during the 2013 Mackinac Island Lilac Festival Parade at 4 pm, June 16th on Mackinac Island’s Main Street. The theme for this years parade is “Michigan History” and Grand Hotel is proud to present its entry to the parade [...]
Grand Garden Management
The Grand Hotel grounds crew does so much more than just plant flowers and mow the lawn. Recently, our Superintendent of Golf and Grounds, Drew Butterfield answered a few questions about Grand Gardens Management for Turf Magazine. We thought we would share some of the interesting facts he provided with you. The Grand Hotel grounds [...]
THREE DECADES OF LIVING HISTORY OVER 18 INNINGS
The vintage base ball games at Grand Hotel on May 18th will not only include 19th century base ball but also will represent three decades of historic interpretation on Mackinac Island. Brian “BT” Thomas, a fielder for the Monitor Base Ball Club, was a historical interpreter at Fort Mackinac during the 1990s. He served faithfully [...]
Opening Day Letter From Hotel President Dan Musser III
Last year in my season opening blog, I was excited about celebrating our 125th anniversary. It was a wonderful celebration that was worthy of this grand old building. Time marches on and I am very excited about the 2013 season. For as long as I can remember, I have always thought Grand Hotel was the [...]
R.D. Musser Hotelier of the Year Award
We are so pleased to announce that the Michigan Lodging and Tourism Association voted unanimously this past week to rename their “Hotelier of the Year Award” the “R.D. Musser Hotelier of the Year Award.” In addition, the Board also voted to devote all future MLTA Workplace Scholarships to the name and memory of a man [...]
Arts Weekend Performers – The Accafellas
The MSU Accafellas will be performing on Saturday night during Arts Weekend, June 28-30, 2013. Below is an update on what the Accafellas have been up to this winter, and what they are looking forward to. Arts Weekend guests will enjoy the play Comfort Food, spotlighted in a previous guest blog by Rob Roznowski on Friday evening, as well [...]
Margaret’s Garden and Grand Hotel Shops – New Location and New Items for 2013
With the exciting addition of Sadie’s Ice Cream Parlor this year Margaret’s Garden has found a new home just inside the hotel across from both Astor’s Salon and Spa and Grand Hotel & Co. Fine Jewelry. Carleton Varney (President of the decorating firm Dorothy Draper & Company, and our favorite designer) has come up with [...]
Win-Some Women Spring Registration Has Begun
Win-Some Women held its’ first retreat at Grand Hotel in May of 1994, with our theme that spring being “Praise”, from Isaiah 42:10. We were singing to God a new song, and very excited to see what God would do to extend this ministry for our attendees. Here, at Grand Hotel, we soon discovered that [...]
