C. S. Lewis Festival

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C. S. Lewis Festival The Northern Michigan C. S. Lewis Festival welcomes you to our annual celebration of the life and works of the man who created Narnia. The C.S.

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https://www.buzzsprout.com/1288832 Lewis Festival takes place annually in the Fall in beautiful Petoskey, Michigan. The 2021 Festival will feature keynote speaker, Philip Yancey the weekend of September 10th-12th. Details about registration will be available on our website, cslewisfestival.org, soon!

Malcolm Guite’s keynote address, presented by the Manthei Speaker Series, was enlightening and rich in depth, and his Q&...
10/19/2026

Malcolm Guite’s keynote address, presented by the Manthei Speaker Series, was enlightening and rich in depth, and his Q&A delivered more insight and passion through his recitations and thoughtful responses!
Thank you to Great Lakes Center for the Arts for hosting our Festival events on Friday and Saturday—this elite venue is a treasure in our Northern Michigan community.

To conclude the Saturday Seminar, Pete Peterson facilitated a table reading of “Into the Wasteland,” an excerpt from Mal...
10/16/2026

To conclude the Saturday Seminar, Pete Peterson facilitated a table reading of “Into the Wasteland,” an excerpt from Malcolm Guite’s “Galahad and the Grail,” and it was a roaring success!
Eleven seminar attendees, including Griffin Gooch, Malcolm Guite, and Festival board members David Crouse, Peter Manthei, and Gayle Harlow, joined in the fun, breathing theatrical life into character dialogue with voices, singing, and dancing. The audience even got involved, providing oohs, ahhs, gasps, and coconut clopping for horse hooves!
What a gas it was to observe such a group performance! Thank you to all who took up the script!

The sold-out Saturday Seminar was filled with camaraderie, knowledge-sharing, laughter, and deep thought, thanks to our ...
10/15/2026

The sold-out Saturday Seminar was filled with camaraderie, knowledge-sharing, laughter, and deep thought, thanks to our amazing speakers: Griffin Gooch, A.S. “Pete” Peterson, and Malcolm Guite.
The Community Engagement Room at Great Lakes Center for the Arts was brimming with engaged intergenerational attendees listening and learning all morning and afternoon!
Also, congratulations to our winning silent auction bidder who took home “Sunny Daydreams” by Megan Genevieve!
Thank you to Julienne Tomatoes, North Perk Coffee, Recovery Notes, and the Museum of the Bible for donating gift memberships, and to Great Lakes Center for the Arts and their team for helping us put on a seamless seminar!

P.S. A special table reading recap post is coming! There were just too many good photos and video clips to squeeze into this post!

We are so grateful for the support we receive from our local community and beyond! Thank you generous donors for helping...
10/14/2026

We are so grateful for the support we receive from our local community and beyond! Thank you generous donors for helping us keep the magic alive and bringing the 24th C.S. Lewis Festival to life!

Our Community Arts Night was a blast! We celebrated youth art in the visual, musical, and performing arts, and we also e...
10/13/2026

Our Community Arts Night was a blast! We celebrated youth art in the visual, musical, and performing arts, and we also enjoyed a surprise poetry reading by Keynote Speaker Malcolm Guite at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts!
Thank you to the student performers, teachers, parents, and community members who came to acknowledge our area’s talented youth—the event was a first for the Festival, and it was an honor to highlight student creativity.
Special shout-out to artist Megan Genevieve for completing her gorgeous painting “Sunny Daydreams” on stage during the performances!

Malcolm Guite’s book signing at Beards Brewery was a smash, and the Root Cellar provided excellent ambiance for intimate...
10/09/2026

Malcolm Guite’s book signing at Beards Brewery was a smash, and the Root Cellar provided excellent ambiance for intimate conversation, a celebration of story, and the best backdrop for a pint!
Thank you to Malcolm for signing so many books and chatting with so many engaged readers! And a big thank you to Liz Ahrens for facilitating the book signing as a C.S. Lewis Festival board member!

As we bask in the glow of a fun, successful, and meaningful Festival, we would like to thank our sponsors & grantors for...
10/08/2026

As we bask in the glow of a fun, successful, and meaningful Festival, we would like to thank our sponsors & grantors for helping make the 24th C.S. Lewis Festival possible!
Thank you to the Michigan Arts & Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation, the Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau, David & Teresa Crouse, the Manthei family, Karen Crouse Miller, Pete & Carrie Mogavero, and Sonflower Press.
Without the support of these organizations and individuals, the C.S. Lewis Festival could not present enriching intergenerational programming to the Northern Michigan community.

Last Thursday, we had the opportunity to screen “Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest of Meaning” at the Lyric...
10/06/2026

Last Thursday, we had the opportunity to screen “Tolkien & Lewis: Myth, Imagination & The Quest of Meaning” at the Lyric Theatre in Harbor Springs, which was a great way to kick off the Festival weekend!
Over 40 viewers joined Executive Director Kate Rallis and Assistant Director Alex Dailey to enjoy this documentary, with opening and closing remarks from David Crouse, C.S. Lewis Festival Co-founder, Board President, and producer of the film.
A big thank you to the Lyric Theatre and their team of awesome volunteers who make screenings like this possible!

It was a truly poetic end to the 24th C.S. Lewis Festival at Hotel Perry this morning with our trio of speakers, Dr. Mal...
10/04/2026

It was a truly poetic end to the 24th C.S. Lewis Festival at Hotel Perry this morning with our trio of speakers, Dr. Malcolm Guite, Pete Peterson, and Griffin Gooch, complete with coffee, pastries, and heartfelt recitations!
Full recap posts are in the works, but for now, thank you to all who attended and participated in the weekend’s festivities—it was a joy to connect and commune over C.S. Lewis’s works and those he inspired in this beautiful part of the world.
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A Keynote Address for the books! Malcolm Guite knocked it out of the park with his wisdom, knowledge, and absolute passi...
10/04/2026

A Keynote Address for the books!
Malcolm Guite knocked it out of the park with his wisdom, knowledge, and absolute passion for the written word and the stories we tell, pass down, and reimagine.
Today was a gift, as every day is, and the fellowship at the Festival served as a testament to the goodness that comes from gathering and communing.

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P. O. Box 2026
Petoskey, MI
49770

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