Community Calendar Report For Friday, February 13, 2026

Harvest of Kindness, a Northern Michigan non-profit, increased their fundraising goal due to rising homelessness. They are prioritizing immediate needs over their planned healing farm project. This info from reporting by a 9 and 10 news story by Jodi Miesen.

Sarah Niles from Tustin, Michigan, is starting a plant hospital business called Revive and Thrive Plant Sanctuary. She will offer services like consultations, diagnosing problems, pruning, and extended plant care. Niles believes her personal expertise and hands-on approach will provide value beyond what technology and apps offer.

The Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra is offering their free Little Waves music program this Saturday, February fourteenth, at one p.m. at the Charlevoix Public Library. It’s for kids three to ten, with musical stories, demonstrations, and interactive activities. Free and open to the public.

The Beaver Island Irish Heritage Group and the BIC Center have just announced a musical kick-off to Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations on the Island. Ben Traverse and Nick Veine will take the BIC Center stage Thursday, March 12th at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20, kids 17 and under get in free with an adult. There’ll be cabaret seating, do bring snacks, a meal and your own libations to get the party started. Tickets are on sale now at tickets dot bic center dot org.

Now, here’s a look at events happening on your Emerald Isle…

First your meeting planner…

A-A meets Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 6:00. Locations and more details are in the calendar entires online. That’s it on the meeting front through the end of the week.

On the fun front today…

In our Dark Skies,  visit dark sky island dot org.

Friday, the Islanders Basketball squads head up to Lake State for the Northern Lights League tournament play. They’ll be away through Saturday. At school, Valentine Spirit Week continues with a wear your school colors day. On the Island, Senior + Vets Coffee & Donuts is at the BIC Center from 9:00 to 11:00.  There’s Pickleball at 10:00 and Chair Strength Training at 10:30.

[On the radio, Kick off your weekend with our fantastic Friday lineup! After the 6:00pm news, enjoy “That Thing with Rich Appel” featuring top forty hits from the 70s. At 9:00pm, tune into “The Titus Jennings Experience” offering music from all genres, followed by “The Midnight Special” with Marilyn Rea Beyer at 11:00pm for music, farce comedy, and late-night escape.]

Saturday, the Fiero Code Club is on at the library at 1:00. There are two movies showing at the BIC Center, both takes on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. The 3:00 show is Gnomeo & Juliet. Separated by a garden fence and a feud, are blue gnomes on one side and red gnomes on the other. This doesn’t stop blue Gnomeo and red Juliet from falling in love with each other. Do they have a future together?

It’s rated PG. At 6:00 Leonardo DiCaprio is opposite Claire Danesit’s in a modern take on the play. It’s a modern take on the classic story set in the hip modern suburb of Verona but retaining Shakespeare’s original dialogue. It’s rated PG-13. And, remember, Saturdays are Prime Rib Night at the Shamrock.

[On the radio, tune in for Country Classics at 5:00 Saturday evening with host Sheri Timsak. At 7:00, take a trip back to the best of the 80s and 90s with the Mix Tape show (that’s a 120-minute TDK cassette tape for those in the know) hosted by WVBI’s Adam Pettigrew. Mark Beltaire takes over at 9:00 with Rockin’ the Boat and continues at 10:00 with the Blues Cruise. Cousin Dan wraps up the evening with the Too Good Radio Show starting at 11:00.]

Sunday, there are services at the Christian Church at 10:00 and mass at Holy Cross at 12:15.

10:00am Becca for Kim

5:00pm All You Can Eat Pizza & Salad

5:00am Dark Sky Event: Quarter Moon and Partial Annular Eclipse

10:00am Babies and Toddlers Mix-Up

10:00am Pickleball at BIC Center

10:30am Chair Strength Training

1:30pm Beaver Island Waste Management Committee

2:15pm Homeschool meet up

4:00pm BIA Board Meeting

5:30pm Peaine Township Board Meeting

6:00pm Beaver Island AA Meeting

Wednesday

1:00pm BI Senior Advisory Committee BINGO

BI Senior Advisory Committee BINGO

Wed Feb 18 @ 1:00pm

3:00pm BOBI book club discussion

 5:00pm Time for Art

Today’s BIC Center Name of the Day is Iroh and Saturday is Sebastian. If that’s your name, come on it to the BIC Center to pick out a free drink of your choice.

On our Birthday List today: Robert Cole, Andi Kohls, Addie Stein, Roger Anderson and Tasha Runberg – Saturday Bill McDonough, Henry Breden and Cheryl Kern and – Sunday Ireland McDonough are celebrating. Happy Birthday to Robert, Andi, Addie, Roger, Tasha, Bill, Henry, Cheryl and Ireland and if we missed you on the list Happy Birthday to you too from everyone at the BIC Center and WVBI.

TRAFFIC: No delays inbound or outbound to the airports. The Island Beltway is running smoothly and there are no bridge delays. But, hey, let’s be careful out there, especially in the school zone.

On this date in 1633  Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Galileo officially faced the Roman Inquisition in April of that same year and agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. Put under house arrest indefinitely by Pope Urban VIII, Galileo spent the rest of his days at his villa in Arcetri, near Florence, before dying on January 8, 1642.

Our Merriam Webster Word of the Day Rapscallion

The word rapscallion refers to someone who causes trouble, often in a mischievous way. It appears in the same sorts of contexts as rascal and scamp.

// The movie follows the story of a rambunctious young rapscallion who can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Now, to wrap up for this Beaver Island Friday…

Here’s a thought for the day from Plato – “The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

On a lighter note… Why did the girl bring a ladder to her Valentine’s Day date? Because she heard love was in the air!

That’s the W-V-B-I Community Calendar Report for this Beaver Island Friday, February 13th, 2026. I’m Greg reporting from W-V-B-I’s Langford Family Studios wishing you a great day and asking: why not go ahead and make it the best day ever? And thanks for listening.

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[Current Condition Report, then…]

Air Quality Index at 6:00 this morning was 6.

Today

A slight chance of snow showers between 7am and 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 34. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 34. West wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Washington’s Birthday

Partly sunny, with a high near 37.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 36.

Tuesday Night

A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Wednesday

Rain and snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy.

Wednesday Night

A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Breezy.

Thursday

A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27.

Air Quality Index at 6:00 this morning was 6.

Coming up in our Community Calendar Report…

…all of that along with a run-down of local events, birthdays and more after global and national news from F-S-N. [Time check.]