Sure, the Put-in-Bay season has barely ended. But in this cold and gloomy weather, we’re looking forward to next summer on the Lake Erie Islands.  You can find up-to-day event information on the Put-in-Bay Chamber of Commerce website, www.visitiputinbay.com.  (FYI: The over-the-top island party weekend, Christmas in July, has not been officially recognized since 2013.…

Cleveland in July will welcome 10 Tall Ships — six from the United States, four Canadian and one from New Zealand. The festival July 11-14 will include day sails, live music, ship tours and more.  Read all about it — and see photos from the last few Tall Ship festivals in Cleveland — on cleveland.com/rock-the-lake.…

The Lake Erie Marine Trades Association — which puts on five boat shows in Ohio — has named Michelle Burke as its new president.  Burke, the founder of lifestyle brand Lyman Life, will also serve as executive director of the Boating Associations of Ohio, voicing boaters’ views on issues such as harmful algal blooms and…

Ever been to the National Museum of the Great Lakes? I hadn’t. And I was missing out on so much cool history, from the luxury cruise ships plying the lakes at the turn of the 19th century to the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. See photos and fun facts on cleveland.com/rock-the-lake.

Remember the beauty pageants at the Burlesque? Or the shaved ice at the Popcorn Ball? Both businesses boomed during the heyday of Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio’s first resort.  The strip on Lake Erie is honoring its memories with the Geneva-on-the-Lake Summer Fun Heritage Trail.  See dozens of the signs on cleveland.com.