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NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • april 10 - april 16, 2017 • Vol. 27 No. 15

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Trust Those Scientists

Whenever I pass through the roundabouts on M-72 in Acme, I am always grateful I do not have to stop for a traffic light and needless waiting. Thanks to those who had the good sense to ignore the complaining and push through with this project! I do recall the all the opposition and fears expressed by many doubters. Not trusting the engineers (scientists), they questioned the logistics of the project, questioned the snow removal troubles, predicted traffic disarray and endless confusion. Thank goodness the city planners trusted the expertise of the engineers -- yes scientists -- and not the criticism of the “common sense” crowd.

Everyone has an opinion and in a democracy objecting voices need to be heard. However, expertise and educated knowledge should prevail. The voices of the scientists need to be heeded rather than those who are the loudest. Opinion based on fear and limited experience (such as observing our weather) should not take precedence over expertise, research and academic study (of climate scientists). With global warming threats to the planet, we should not be left like one waiting for the red traffic light to change.

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technology upgrades, better park-n-ride options; a downtown shuttle — all of which could free up parking and street space for downtown workers and visitors.

The Groundwork Center supports BATA’s direction, and we want to see that progress continue. That’s why we’re voting yes on the May 2 millage.

Jim Bruckbauer, Groundwork Center, Traverse City

Who Will Pick Your Crops?

To all you farmers who voted for the Republicans, guess what? You have no one to pick your crops. You might have to get your own family out there. Now the cost of food will go up. Thank you.

When are you going to realize Republicans are concerned about only two things – gold and corporations! Not People! You have helped to perpetrate the greatest fraud ever put over on the American people. I hope it will cost you a bushel of money. Then you will have to go to the well the Democrats have given you.

Stupid can’t be fixed.

People, protest like your life depends on it because it does. We have a madman as president with his truckload of crazies and it just keeps getting worse and worse.

David L. Petty, Charlevoix

Yes for BATA

In my years working on transportation policy at the Groundwork Center, I’ve watched the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) transform itself from an ordinary bus provider to a modern-day transit agency.

BATA has proved that you can provide reliable service to those who depend on it and, at the same time, serve young people or families who just want to drop that expensive second car.

They’ve boosted their image, created “fixed” routes, and built new strategic partnerships.

Future plans call for new buses;

Fix Ourselves First?

I agree with Carole Underwood ‘s letter last month. I don’t hate foreign people, but why are we putting them up with room and board by the tens of thousands when we have American citizens, some of whom are veterans, homeless and dying in the street from hypothermia, like some animals? I would love to fix the world but I think it’s time to fix ourselves first. I have friends in Detroit who are trying to fight homelessness. They don’t have much themselves, but they do what they can.

Think about it, people.

Chris Wormell, Indian River

CONTENTS

features Crime and Rescue Map........................................7

The Vacation Rental Dilemma...........................10 Creatures of the Wind......................................14 The Buzz to Save the Bees.............................18 Fashion Forecast...............................................21 Pearl’s New Orleans Kitchen..............................28 Seen..................................................................31

dates...............................................32-34 music Great Lake Swimmers.......................................25 Hatching Inspiration at Hill House.......................26 FourScore.......................................................35 Nightlife............................................................37

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Klaus Lehrer, Williamsburg Top Five............................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................4 Weird................................................................9 No Wall Crossed..........................................................13 As it turns out, Mexico is not going Modern Rock/Kristi Kates.................................36 to pay for Trump’s Great Wall -- surprise! The Reel.......................................................38 Instead, the American taxpayers will pay for it, with targeted cuts to the Great Lakes Advice Goddess..............................................40 restoration initiative, Meals on Wheels, Crossword....................................................41 home heating assistance for low-income Freewill Astrology...........................................42 residents, the program that helps to bring Classifieds......................................................43 broadband to rural areas, and more. These are programs important to many people in the 1st Congressional district, which includes all of northern Michigan. Are you willing to give them up for a large vanity monument on our southern border?

Will a wall cut down on the drug trade? You may think this would benefit northern Michigan, which like the rest of rural America seems to be home to a large number of heroin addicts. But the cartels Cover photo by have already demonstrated sophisticated tunneling skills, and for each one discovered Anne Morningstar

by Border Patrol more pop-up in its place.

The cartels may also be stocking up on drones and small boats. In other words, Northern Express Weekly is published by traffickers will cross over, under, and around Eyes Only Media, LLC. any wall the U.S. builds, as they already get Publisher: Luke Haase around the existing wall.

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Kathy Twardowski, Austin Lowe Your Congressman, Rep. Jack Bergman, Listings Editor: Jamie Kauffold serves on the Congressional Budget Contributing Editor: Kristi Kates Committee. Contact him. Tell him to vote Reporter: Patrick Sullivan no on the wall.

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darkening of our society will take us to places that are not so great. Fear that nonexistent hordes of Mexicans would continue to swarm over our southern border. Fear that health care for everyone is going to ruin the country. Fear that denying guns to the mentally ill will somehow lead to a less safe society. Fear. Baseless fear, as it turns out.

On the other hand, nearly all the things Trump’s opponents feared prior to November 8, 2016 are well on their way to fruition.

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Since my last Northern Express column, I have had the opportunity to think a lot about how people are handling the Trump presidency. I went back and looked at things people were saying before the election, as well as the things they said once the incredible became reality. People who sensed Trump to be the disaster he has in fact become are still largely in a state of shock. It is really difficult to come to grips with the thought process that would put a man so incredibly incompetent in charge of a country so dearly loved. Thankfully, many people have become involved in the political process for the first time in their lives. Marches, letters, phone calls, contact (or attempted contact) with representatives, and just plain good, old fashioned resistance have cropped up all

I have tried to put myself in their positions by thinking back to 2008 when they were likely wondering how the country could possibly have voted for Barack Obama. I remember frustrated people squawking about guns and welfare and socialism and communism and birth certificates and Islam and whatever else over our wonderful country.

For supporters of Trump, there’s been the rude awakening they could have avoided by simply looking at the evidence right in front of them before November 8. Trump’s approval ratings continue to nosedive across the country, with even the most Trumpfriendly polls showing ratings below 40 percent. Those who crowed at me on November 9 say nothing now, and I suspect until they can start a sentence with “Gee, I’m really sorry,” I suspect I have little interest in what they have to say anyway.

I have, however, continued to try to understand why people voted for Trump in the first place, and what they are thinking now that the Orange Cloud of Doom has descended upon our nation. I have tried to put myself in their positions by thinking back to 2008 when they were likely wondering how the country could possibly have voted for Barack Obama. I remember frustrated people squawking about guns and welfare and socialism and communism and birth certificates and Islam and whatever else their hysteria would allow them to articulate.

Aren’t the Trump opponents acting exactly in the same way? Weren’t supporters of Mr. Obama asking his detractors to just give him a chance? So how is it different this time around?

All my analysis leads to one word. Fear.

We know, of course, that none of the things that people feared about the Obama presidency became reality. No guns were seized.

Mr. Obama was born in the United States.

No one ever captured a photo of him facing Mecca. The economy is the most capitalistfriendly it has been since the Great Depression. But Mr. Obama’s detractors were seemingly genuinely afraid that his presidency would produce a country that they could no longer love. Fear. Baseless fear, as it turns out.

And it was fear that drove them to vote for Trump in 2016. Fear that the gradual

So the difference between a person agonizing over the election of Mr. Obama in 2008 and the person agonizing over a Trump win in 2016 is clear. It’s all about the fear.

Somewhere along the way, a large group of Americans were encouraged to fear before thinking...and they somehow fell for it. They ceded their responsibility to think things out and question things before they marked their ballot. The rest of us, on the other hand, became afraid when the evidence around us suggested it was truly time to duck and cover.

Fear, sadly, is a powerful motivator. It leads people who should know better to make decisions that have dreadful consequences not for just themselves, but for their community and their country. Fear shuts down our ability to think critically. It activates the fight or flight instincts in our brains, and neither of those two options are likely to lead to a desired result. Fear promotes blustery claims of self-righteousness and intimidation, or it promotes cowering in the face of the unknown. Fear is a roadblock to understanding and progress because it shuts off the paths to genuine self-examination and reconciliation. Fear is what tyrants rely upon to mold a pliant constituency.

As the resistance to Trump’s dismantling of the American Dream continues to grow, it represents a welcome affront to fear. The activities to replace the corrupt Tom Price in Georgia’s sixth Congressional district with political newcomer Jon Ossoff are a beacon of hope to those who are getting no sense of hope out of Washington. If Mr. Ossoff can truly win the special election in Georgia, it should empower many more people to refuse to be part of that pliant constituency so important to Trump’s agenda.

I’m afraid I can’t wait.

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Four More Years for Maestro The Traverse Symphony Orchestra’s outsized maestro has signed on for four more years.

That will take Music Director Kevin Rhodes into his 20th year with the TSO. Under Rhode’s leadership, the orchestra has grown from a regional ensemble into a formidable symphony that attracts talent from throughout the state, stages innovative productions and manages to land internationallyknown guest artists.

Rhodes has conducted 50 orchestras in 15 countries and he remains a regular guest conductor across Europe. This season, in addition to Traverse City, he will return to the Opéra National de Paris, the Vienna State Opera and the Stuttgart Ballet and will make his debut with the Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo.

“How privileged we are to have Maestro Rhodes locked in for many more exciting concerts in the years ahead,” TSO Board President Ward Lamphere said. “Being able to engage a world-class conductor in Traverse City is so typical of the greatness of this community and its commitment to the arts.”

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Tastemakers Wood Winds’ Hawaiian Burger Winter might be taking its time departing northern Michigan, but you can get a sweet taste of warmer weather via one of the brand new selections arriving on Wood Winds Restaurant & Pizzeria’s menu, newly updated for spring.

Our pick, the Wood Winds Hawaiian Burger, starts with a flour–dusted telera roll, a bread similar to ciabatta with roots in Mexico, where it’s often used to make a sandwich called a torta.

But we digress. It’s back to Hawaii for this savory burger, which then stacks a patty of 100 percent ground chuck underneath a slice of grilled ham, a grilled pineapple ring, mozzarella cheese and a sweet red chili sauce made in–house.

As concocted by Wood Winds manager Les Tennant, the sweet and savory ingredients perfectly complement each other for a hearty and unusual lunch that hints at the flavors of summer on the way.

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Various Easter egg hunts are happening in northern Michigan, including some unique events. Swim & dive for eggs at the Aqua Egg Hunt at Charlevoix Area Community Pool on Weds., April 12 at 6-7pm or 7-8pm. charlevoixpool. org. The Allergy-Free, Non-Food Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Sat., April 15 at 10:15am at the Petoskey District Library. Every child who hunts for eggs will take a brand new book home. petoskeylibrary.org. A more traditional egg hunt happens at Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville on Sat., April 15 at 10am. crystalmountain.org. To find more egg hunts & other Easter activities, check our Dates listings.

Mighty Mack to Get $6.3 Million Paint Job One of the Mackinac Bridge’s iconic ivory towers is getting a new paint job.

Work was scheduled to begin on the north tower April 6; it’s the first time in the bridge’s 60-year history one of the towers is being repainted. The structure will be stripped to bare metal so that lead-based paint can be replaced with safer zinc-based paint.

Contractor Seaway Painting, which most recently repainted the bridge’s south approach span, won the contract with a low bid of $6.3 million. Seaway is required to remove all of the lead-based paint from the site and dispose it in an “appropriate landfill facility,” according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority. The project is expected to be complete in under two years and work on the south tower should begin in 2019.

“Fans of the bridge should be relieved to know that when this project is done, the tower will still be the same classic ivory that everyone recognizes,” MBA Executive Secretary Bob Sweeney said.

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People who do live downtown might want to venture out occasionally, probably in their vehicle. Maybe a drive out on Old Mission peninsula, for example.

If you drive out the East Bay side on Bluff Road, you'll see some pretty dramatic changes in one four-mile stretch; the County Road Commission is cutting down hundreds of trees, all in the name of safety.

They are in the right-of-way and too close to the road, they say. Not everybody is happy about it.

Typically when safety is the reason used for this kind of thing, there are statistics aplenty. Accidents, injuries and even fatalities pile up until a traffic light is installed or an intersection redesigned or a bunch of trees cut down. We didn't really get those numbers this time.

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Some people are now claiming downtown Traverse City has a parking problem.

No kidding.

Parking is scarce downtown, at least in part because planners and decision-makers from a couple decades ago decided downtown residential units need not include at least one parking spot per household as is the case in the rest of the city. You can see the problem. It's a mystery why those making the decision at the time didn't.

They apparently believed people would give up their vehicles just like they did in the big cities. In some places it worked. Boston now allows residential towers with minimal or no parking at all but they have a population density in the region that allows for a robust transit system. And they have a downtown full of the necessities of life within an

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We keep talking about affordable housing and making efforts to encourage developers to include it in their downtown projects. Fair enough.

But those residents will have vehicles whether we want them to or not, and their affordable housing becomes unaffordable if they have to pay to park in city lots. easy walk or subway ride; small bodegas, grocery stores, hardware stores and more.

Rural areas, which is what Traverse City is, are vehicle-dependent. We have neither the population nor the population density to sustain the same kind of transit system unless we'd like to substantially increase the amount we give to the Bay Area Transit Authority (BATA) every year.

Our downtown does not include life's every day necessities within an easy walk.

We have restaurants, microbreweries, bars, and gift shops aplenty -- but a loaf of bread or half-gallon of milk is a trek on foot and BATA just can't run often enough to satisfy last-second errand running. In the winter, walking or waiting for a bus is simply untenable for many people.

We keep talking about affordable housing and making efforts to encourage developers to include it in their downtown projects. Fair enough. But those residents will have vehicles whether we want them to or not, and their affordable housing becomes unaffordable if they have to pay to park in city lots.

If we're talking about so-called workforce housing, the economics become even more problematic. Most downtown jobs are not high-income careers. Barely above minimum wage is a more likely scenario. To consider subsidizing housing for those folks while at the same time forcing them to pay a significant chunk of their paycheck for parking is just daffy.

We might consider revisiting downtown zoning that does little but make an already challenging situation worse.

true some of the trees now being designated for the executioner's saw are close enough to the water to help maintain the little embankment between road and water. Trees are outstanding natural erosion control devices; stumps not so much.

Nobody likes dangerous roads. But trees that actually help hold the road in place are pretty important. A safer road that eventually collapses into the bay won't be of much use.

Our county board has a different issue – it appears there's a communication problem.

Or a lack of it.

The board's job is to set policy, and County Administrator Tom Menzel's is to implement that policy. When the previous regime's tenure ended with a thud at the polls, a philosophical shift occurred.

That leaves Menzel implementing policies created by a board that no longer exists.

If the new board wishes to create new policies, they should probably spell that out.

What policy changes do you want to make?

What do you want administrator Menzel to do? The day-to-day minutiae of county business isn't the board's job. Create a policy, expect the administrator and county staff to implement it, move along.

At the same time, it would probably be a good idea if the administrator did a better job of communicating with his bosses.

Upper management types like elected officeholders rarely like surprises.

Maybe they should talk to each other.

Everybody's on the same team, so it would be nice if everybody made nice. That would make the team owners – that's us – happy.

Crime & Rescue ROAD RAGE PROBED A man who thought the driver ahead of him was on her phone and not paying attention honked in frustration at the intersection of Woodmere Avenue and Premier Street.

When the 42-year-old Traverse City woman pulled left onto Premier, the 32-year-old Suttons Bay man followed and the woman “break checked” the man, Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies said.

When the woman stopped at Barlow, the man sped around in front of her, blocked her car and got out, confronting the woman at her driver’s window, yelling and screaming threats. The woman drove around the man as he punched her vehicle.

Both drivers call 911 March 30 at 10:55am as the woman drove toward East Bay Township and the man followed, deputies said. Deputies met the woman at Roy’s General Store and the man at the Shell Gas Station.

The man claimed his foot had been run over by the woman’s car but he refused treatment; deputies interviewed both drivers and sent a report to prosecutors requesting charges against the man.

FORKLIFT INCIDENT INJURES MAN A man with a bloody head and face walked into the Glen Arbor post office lobby and asked for help.

The 47-year-old Manton man had been in a forklift accident at a construction site, Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies and Glen Lake Fire and Rescue responded at 7:39am and treated the man at the scene and got him to Munson Medical Center.

The man was unloading pallets of lumber from a semitrailer across the street when his forklift lurched forward and tipped over, throwing him into the forklift’s metal frame.

CROSSBOW TAKEN IN BREAK-IN Traverse City Police officers are investigating a burglary that netted an $800 crossbow.

Burglars struck a home on Woodland Drive, said Chief Jeff O’Brien. Someone entered the home through a side window and made off with the Barnett-brand weapon.

The victim reported the break-in on the afternoon of April 2 and told police the crime occurred sometime during the previous week.

DRIVER SOUGHT IN DEADLY CRASH A 49-year-old Manistee man was killed when a car pulled in front of him into the wrong lane and forced him into opposing traffic.

Dean Horaszewski was headed south in his 1994 Oldsmobile Cutlass on US-31 in Manistee Township when an SUV pulled out into the wrong lane from Big Al’s Pizza and then quickly pulled off of the highway into the next entrance into the restaurant, Manistee County Sheriff John O’Hagan said.

Forced into the opposing lane, Horaszewski crashed into a 1999 Chevrolet Suburban driven by a 24-year-old Onekama man. Horaszewski was pronounced dead at the scene; the Suburban driver and his 4-year-old son were treated and released for minor injuries. The crash happened March 29 at 9pm.

Investigators want to find the driver of the SUV who caused the crash. The car was described as a tan or gold SUV with a loud exhaust.

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CHARGES: MAN ABDUCTED GIRLFRIEND A Williamsburg man choked his girlfriend before he forced her to drive with him to Flint so that he could buy heroin, according to charges.

An Acme Meijer employee called police after she spotted a man choking a woman in the parking lot March 28, but the couple was gone by the time Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies arrived.

The 26-year-old woman later told police that her boyfriend, 28-year-old Lenzie Michael Hunter, grabbed her by the neck and choked her until her eyes started to water and she had trouble breathing.

The woman said Hunter was upset because she refused to drive him to Flint to buy heroin.

The woman said Hunter forced her to ride with him downstate and that he pulled her hair and contained her when she attempted to escape in Grayling. She said she agreed to drive back to Traverse City once Hunter had purchased heroin in Flint and was too high to drive.

Hunter faces charges of unlawful imprisonment, assault by strangulation and being a three-time habitual offender.

POWER LINES INJURE MAN A 60-year-old was severely injured when he was nearly electrocuted by a powerline.

Thomas James McManus was operating an aerial lift at noon April 2 on Peninsula Drive in Selma Township when the pole saw he was using struck a power line, Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies said.

The Marquette man suffered severe shocks and burns and he was airlifted to Munson Medical Center.

Police said they sent a report requesting charges against a 24-year-old passenger for weapons offenses.

BODY FOUND NEAR CADILLAC Human remains found on public land in Wexford County’s South Branch Township are thought to be those of an Oceana County man reported missing last August.

State police have searched the woods near where 37-year-old missing person James Hepworth’s vehicle was discovered on and off since he was reported missing.

Troopers located the remains at 1pm March 28 less than a mile from Hepworth’s vehicle, which was abandoned near the Dobson Bridge over the Pine River in the Manistee National Forest.

The remains were sent to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing for a forensic autopsy and post mortem exam. Police said DNA tests may be required to make an identification because of the condition of the body.

Investigators traced the stolen car to a home on Sixth Street and when Traverse City Police located the owner on vacation they learned the car had been stolen.

Campbell and Brumfield admitted to police they broke into a garage and stole the 2014 BMW; Witkop admitted that she knew the car was stolen, according to the charges.

THREE ARRESTED IN STOLEN CAR Three young people from Traverse City were arrested when they were pulled over in a stolen car in Genesee County.

Ethan Thomas Campbell, 20, Taylor Louise Witkop, 19, and James Malachi Brumfield, 17, face charges of receiving and concealing stolen property; Campbell and Brumfield also face charges of breaking and entering and auto theft.

WEAPONS FOUND IN STOP State police found switchblades and a two-foot machete in a Houghton Lake traffic stop.

Troopers pulled over a vehicle April 2 in Houghton Lake and determined the driver’s license was suspended. The vehicle was searched and troopers found the weapons inside.

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World's Coolest City Recently, in Dubai (the largest city in the United Arab Emirates), Dubai Civil Defense started using water jetpacks that lift firefighters off the ground to hover in advantageous positions as they work the hoses. Also, using jet skis, rescuers can avoid traffic altogether by using the city's rivers to arrive at fires (and, if close enough to a waterway, can pump water without hydrants). Even more spectacularly, as early as this summer, Dubai will authorize already tested one-person, "Jetsons"-type drones for ordinary travel in the city. The Ehang 184 model flies about 30 minutes on an electrical charge, carrying up to 220 pounds at about 60 mph.

Latest Human Rights -- Convicted murderer Philip Smith (a veteran criminal serving life for killing the father of a boy Smith had been sexually abusing) escaped from prison in New Zealand with the help of a disguise that included a toupee for his bald head -- before being caught. Prison officials confiscated the toupee, but Smith said a shiny head behind bars made him feel "belittled, degraded and humiliated" and sued for the right to keep the toupee.

(In March, in a rare case in which a litigant succeeds as his own lawyer, Smith prevailed in Auckland's High Court.)

-- In March, star soccer goalkeepr Bruno Fernandes de Souza signed a two-year contract to play for Brazil's Boa Esporte club while he awaits the outcome of his appealed conviction for the 2010 murder of his girlfriend. (He had also fed her body to his dogs.) He had been sentenced to 22 years in prison, but was released by a judge after seven, based on the judge's exasperation at the years-long delays in appeals in Brazil's sluggish legal system.

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The Cleveland (Ohio) Street Department still had not (at press time) identified the man, but somehow he, dressed as a road worker, had wandered stealthily along Franklin Boulevard during March and removed more than 20 standard "35 mph" speed limit signs -- replacing all with official-looking "25 mph" signs that he presumably financed himself. Residents along those two miles of Franklin have long complained, but the city kept rejecting pleas for a lowered limit.

Mating Strategies -- The Apenheul primate park in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, is engaged in a fouryear experiment, offering female orangutans an iPad loaded with photos of male orangutans now housed at zoos around the world, with the females able to express interest or disinterest (similar to swiping right or left on the human dating app Tinder). Researchers admit results have been mixed, that some males have to be returned home, and once, a female handed the iPad with a potential suitor showing, merely crushed the tablet. (Apps are not quite to the point of offering animals the ability to digitally smell each other.)

-- Peacocks are "well known" (so they say) to flash their erect, sometimes-6-foot-high rack of colorful tail feathers to attract mating opportunities. However, as researchers in Texas recently found, the display might not be important. Body cameras placed on peahens at eye level (to learn how they check out strutting males) revealed that the females gazed mostly at the lowest level of feathers (as if attracted only to certain colors rather than the awesomeness of the towering flourish).

Spectacular Errors!

(1) In March, jurors in Norfolk, Virginia, found Allen Cochran, 49, not guilty of attempted shoplifting, but he was nowhere to be seen when the verdict was announced.

Apparently predicting doom (since he had also been charged with fleeing court during a previous case), he once again skipped out. The jury then re-retired to the jury room, found him guilty on the earlier count and sentenced him to the five-year maximum. (Because of time already served, he could have walked away legally if he hadn't walked away illegally.) (2) In March, Ghanian soccer player Mohammed Anas earned a "man of the match" award (after his two goals led the Free State Stars to a 2-2 draw), but botched the acceptance speech by thanking both his wife and his girlfriend.

Reportedly, Anas "stumbled for a second" until he could correct himself. "I'm so sorry," he attempted to clarify. "My wife! I love you so much from my heart."

Leading Economic Indicators It turns out that Layne Hardin's sperm is worth only $1,900 -- and not the $870,000 a jury had awarded him after finding that former girlfriend Tobie Devall had, without Hardin's permission, obtained a vial of it without authorization and inseminated herself to produce her son, now age 6. Initially Hardin tried to gain partial custody of the boy, but Devall continually rebuffed him, provoking the lawsuit (which also named the sperm bank Texas Andrology a defendant) and the challenge in Houston's First Court of Appeal.

Most Competent Criminal An astonished woman unnamed in news reports called police in Coleshill, England, in February to report that a car exactly like her silver Ford Kuga was parked at Melbicks garden center -- with the very same license plate as hers. Police figured out that a silver Ford Kuga had been stolen nearby in 2016, and to disguise that it was stolen, the thief had looked for an identical, not-stolen Ford Kuga and then replicated its license plate, allowing the thief to drive the stolen car without suspicion.

Least Competent Criminals (1) Thieves once again attempted a fruitless smash-and-grab of an ATM at Mike and Reggie's Beverages in Maple Heights, Ohio, in March -despite the owner's having left the ATM's door wide open with a sign reading "ATM emptied nightly." Police are investigating. (2) Boca Raton, Florida, jeweler "Bobby" Yampolsky said he was suspicious that the "customer" who asked to examine diamonds worth $6 million carried no tools of the examination trade.

After the lady made several obvious attempts to distract Yampolsky, he ended the charade by locking her in his vault and calling the police, who arrested her after discovering she had a package of fake diamonds in her purse that she likely intended to switch.

Great Art! At what was billed as part of a cancer fundraising event at the AvantGarden in Houston in February, performance artist Michael Clemmons and a partner, working as the act Sonic Rabbit Hole, had the elegant idea that one give the other an enema on stage, but there was a "spraying" accident. Viewers were led to believe the procedure was authentic, but the artists swore later that the sprayed contents were just a protein shake. "What I did is not all that (extreme)," protested Clemmons. "I don't understand why I'm getting the attention for this."

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The Vacation Rental Dilemma Local Governments across Across Northern Northern Michigan Michigan Ponder Short–Term Rentals

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By Patrick Sullivan For some, vacation rentals are an enticing way to own a little bit of heaven Up North – buy a home on the water or near your favorite downtown, stay for a couple of weeks in the summer and pay for it by renting the property short–term for the rest of the year.

That’s been going on since people have taken vacations in northern Michigan, but it’s accelerated in the last couple of years as websites like Airbnb and VRBO have exploded the market for short–term rentals.

Now, officials in townships and cities across the region are weighing how to respond.

Permissive vacation rental rules likely raise property values and increase tourism but might also unfairly compete with hotels, strain availability of affordable housing, disrupt the peace and turn off homebuyers who want to live in a residential neighborhood. Shutting down rentals, on the other hand, takes away property rights and income from homeowners and might mean fewer tourists and more houses sitting empty.

A CLAMP–DOWN IN PETOSKEY In Petoskey, officials worry that the increase in short–term rentals might radically alter the housing market and strain the ability of businesses to hire workers.

“I’m getting a call probably every other week from someone looking to buy a house, and they want to know if they can do a vacation rental – that’s probably the biggest question we get,” said Amy Tweeten,

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Petoskey’s city planner. “A lot of units that fall for it. have been workforce housing historically are “If you read the comments of people who becoming vacation rentals.” are renting, clearly they are doing it for less She said buyers are looking for investment than that,” Tweeten said. properties they can turn into short–term rentals, and that takes housing stock off “THE GUTS OF THE COMMUNITY” the market just as affordable housing (in Down the coast and across Grand Petoskey and across northern Michigan) has Traverse Bay, Northport is much more been identified as a critical need. Petoskey permissive. If you own a home you want prohibited new short–term rentals in to rent short–term, you’re merely asked to residential areas in 2014. register the property with the village.

Now the city is preparing to crack down.

Barb Von Voigtlander, Northport’s Tweeten said letters and administrative coordinator, notices of violations are “What troubles said she hasn’t heard of being sent out this spring. any problems caused by Civil infractions start at me is the sense of vacation rentals. $150, but if a property the village slowly “It’s been working fine – owner continues to defy we have about 30, 31 short– the ordinance, the penalty emptying of year– term rentals that have been escalates. registered to date, and so round residents “The fees, to start out, are far we have not experienced not going to deter anyone, who own their any complaints with any but if they keep doing it, after homes,” she said. that we’ve registered,” Von a couple of citations, we’ll Voigtlander said. just send it to the court and “That’s the guts There are around 400 then the judge will give them of the community homes in the village, so an order to discontinue the short–term rentals make use,” Tweeten said. “Once – those people in up less than 10 percent of you get to a certain point, those houses.” housing. Besides, she said, every day is a violation.” many of the homes now It’s a challenging used as vacation rentals were ordinance to enforce because some property dilapidated and unused before they were owners are adept at hiding. Some don’t put bought as investments and restored. Now, at photos of their house’s exterior on Airbnb, and least, the homes host guests and pay taxes. the website allows property listings to be vague Susan Ager, a freelance writer and former about location. Others list a minimum stay of Detroit Free Press columnist who moved 30 days, which would be allowable under the to Northport 15 years ago, said affordable city ordinance, but Tweeten said she doesn’t housing has been in short supply in the

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village since she moved there. She believes vacation rentals are stripping Northport of much of the affordable housing it has left.

“Young families are the future of any village, and we’ve got a few of them, but gosh, we need so much more,” she said.

Ager said she understands the benefits of increased tourism; she has friends who own businesses that depend on tourists. But she’s worried about the fundamental change she sees occurring.

“What troubles me is the sense of the village slowly emptying of year–round residents who own their homes,” she said.

“That’s the guts of the community – those people in those houses.”

A PIONEER IN PROHIBITION One northern Michigan township did away with vacation rentals a decade ago, even before Airbnb was founded in 2008.

Alan Martel, Torch Lake Township supervisor, said his locality decided to enact a vacation rental ban because people love the residential character of the township and don’t want neighbors operating businesses.

“In our township, we have Lake Michigan on one side and Torch Lake on the other, and it’s one long residential strip,” he said. “It comes down to what you want for your waterfront – do you want it to be a commercial enterprise? Or do you want it to be a residential area?”

Martel said officials in his township discovered that vacation rentals were big moneymakers and that people were purchasing homes as investments so that they could rent them out and have them

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significantly impact the availability of low– income housing in most places because the homes that are rented by the week tend to be on the water or in the center of town, places that wouldn’t be affordable even if they came on the market for sale or rent.

managed by rental management companies.

Owners often lived out of state.

Martel believes in the ban so much that he’s become an evangelist for short–term rental prohibition: In January, when Acme Township held a public hearing about what kind of short–term rental policy to enact, he travelled the 22 miles between township halls and spoke in favor of eliminating rentals.

Kim Pontius, executive vice president of the Traverse Area Association of Realtors, counters that if local governments hold public discussions, they will learn that most residents want flexible policies that allow vacation rentals.

He noted that discussions in Suttons Bay Township about an ordinance last year started out restrictive and then became more permissive as additional people weighed in.

“To bar them outright – I think that’s shortsighted, and I don’t really think it’s fair,” he said.

Kathy Egan, the Suttons Bay Township planner, said officials there didn’t intend to ban short–term rentals, but rather they realized between 2012 and 2016 that housing in the township was slowly being consumed by them. They passed an ordinance that requires homeowners to apply for a permit. The township will sort out the details over the next year and make it a requirement in 2018.

“All the trends show that it’s going to keep increasing, so we learned that now is the time to address it, before it’s a critical issue,” Egan said.

A DISCUSSION TAKES PLACE IN ACME Acme Township Supervisor Jay Zollinger said he learned at that January public forum that short–term rental policy is a complicated balancing act between competing property

rights and that there isn’t a simple answer.

“It’s a real tug of war both ways, and neither is particularly wrong,” he said. “There are some [rentals] that have been here for years and have never been a problem. We also know people who have been renting and there’s always been a problem.”

That sentiment was echoed by many commenters at the hearing where 27 speakers voiced opinions – 20 were more or less in favor of vacation rentals and seven were opposed. Many pointed out that one or two rentals seemed to be giving the whole concept a bad name because of noise and garbage left behind.

The planning commission is scheduled to take up the matter April 10 and will eventually make a recommendation to the board, either that short–term rentals should be banned, that they should be allowed or that they should be allowed with conditions.

Pontius said Michigan Realtors is pushing for state legislation that would prevent local bans. He said the topic deserves a lot of debate so that townships can craft ordinances that allow sensible short–term rentals and preserve property rights.

“I’m in favor of having a larger discussion on it rather than just a ban, an outright ban,” Pontius said.

Pontius said there have been vacation rentals in northern Michigan for as long as anyone can remember and that they are part of the region’s economy and culture. They prop up real estate prices, they pump money into the local economy and they enable sons and daughters who inherit the family cottage to be able to afford to keep it.

“That’s something that’s happened for decades. I mean, there are a lot of people who have done that for years and years and years,” he said.

Pontius disagrees that vacation rentals

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD Trevor Tkach, Traverse City Tourism president, said that in many cases, the way short–term rentals compete against hotels is not fair or sustainable.

Tkach said he hears over and over from hotel operators that vacation rentals hurt their businesses and that the playing field should be level. For example, hotel operators believe that fees and assessments like the five percent room fee local hotels pay by state law to fund the state–wide convention and visitors’ bureau should also be paid by short–term rentals.

“I’d say, at the very least, that the systems in place should be fair and equitable so that if a hotel or lodging facility is being held to a certain standard, everyone should be held to that standard,” he said. “That should always be consistent – no one group should have an upper hand.”

For example, Tkach said that short– term rentals should be held to the same fire code and accessibility standards as hotels and should be required to have someone available in the middle of the night to handle complaints.

“Every space is different, and it’s up to the local municipality to create the rules and enforce them,” Tkach said. “I think some have rules they aren’t enforcing currently, and other municipalities are basically avoiding the situation entirely.”

If you open Airbnb’s Traverse City page, the market for vacation rentals looks robust.

While Traverse City doesn’t allow short– term rentals in residential areas, there are several exceptions to that rule – short–term rentals are allowed in certain developments, at tourist homes and in the downtown business district, for example.

Dave Weston, Traverse City zoning administrator, said he enforces an ordinance against short–term rentals when he learns of violations. He said he hasn’t issued any tickets so far this year, but letters have been sent out and the city code enforcer has followed up

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and driven by homes to look for signs of vacationers. Last year, one homeowner on the base of the peninsula received a second– offense ticket, but Weston said most people stop once they receive a warning letter.

“We haven’t had a lot of issues or complaints about weekly rentals,” Weston said.

MEANWHILE, IN ACME… Rick Valley is one of those Acme Township residents who attended the January public hearing in opposition to vacation rentals. He didn’t speak, but his wife spoke out against vacation rentals.

Valley’s position is nuanced. He happens to live next to a rental that has been trouble, he said. It’s been the scene of noise, garbage and illegal use of fireworks, nuisances not quite severe enough to warrant calling the police.

But Valley isn’t necessarily against vacation rentals altogether. He said he understands that they are necessary for guests of Horse Shows by the Bay, for example. He just believes there should be something in the ordinance that requires owners to be around and be accountable.

“What we have noticed is that if the owner isn’t involved in these rentals or keeping an eye on them, they get out of control,” Valley said. “The [renters] come up and kind of think they own the place…

If the owner was more involved in his rental, I don’t think it would be a problem. In fact, I’m sort of for these, in general. I wish I had some of these.”

Margy Goss, another Acme resident who spoke at the meeting, believes the township should take its time to come up with an ordinance to allow vacation rentals.

“As far as I’m concerned, there’s no hurry,” Goss said. “There should be no rush to judgment on this because I believe Acme needs to get it right.”

She noted that residents at the hearing were almost three to one in favor of allowing some kind of short–term rentals.

“Acme desperately needs to be able to offer these rentals – we have some really cool stuff going on here in the summertime,” she said. “We don’t have a huge problem, so for our township to act as if it is a huge problem and to proceed in a rash manner is silly.”

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Can Religious Faith Minimize Human Aggression?

“Since civilisation began, aggression has been useful inasmuch as it has definite survival advantages. It is hard-wired into our genes by Darwinian evolution. Now, however, technology has advanced at such a pace that this aggression may destroy us all by nuclear or biological war.

We need to control this inherited instinct by our logic and reason.” – Stephen Hawking, Jan. 2017

Bill’s statement “Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.” Proverbs 29:11 (NIV) Hardwired with aggression for the sake of our survival, human beings have taken this evolutionary necessity to the next level, or so says Stephen Hawking. With our technological advances, we have the capacity to destroy all humanity biologically or by employing the nuclear option.

Mr. Hawking believes “We need to control this inherRev. Dr. William ited instinct by our logic and reason.” Is logic and reason C. Myers Senior Pastor enough? at Presbyterian Logic and reason, what we might call knowledge, are Church of learned and limited by our capacity for each. While every Traverse City generation expands this capacity for knowledge, building on the truths discovered generations before, the process reveals our limitations and reliance on future generations.

We may one day learn to control our aggressive instincts for a time, but surely we will also find new ways to enhance our aggression. Like a corkscrew, we will have circled around to the same challenge, managing our instinctive aggression, but at a higher level. Knowledge (reason and logic) alone is not the answer. We need Divine A LOCAL PASTOR Wisdom.

Knowledge and wisdom (human) are often used interchangeably. But like knowledge, human wisdom is learned. We grow wise in our understanding with age and experience. We benefit from the instruction of others.

Wisdom (Divine) is understood to be God’s Holy Spirit. Christ was wisdom incarnate. Such wisdom cannot be learned, but comes only by revelation. Only by wisdom can we learn to put away our anger, control our aggression, and “turn our swords into plowshares” – transforming enemies and aggressors into friends through Divine Wisdom and love.

“They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.” Isaiah 2:4 (NIV)

Gary’s statement Human beings have always been a murderous species. A recent study from the University of Granada concluded that today’s humans are average among primates, an especially violent segment of mammals. We can take solace in the fact that the rate of lethal violence among our own kind pales in comparison to the meerkat, killing its peers at a rate of about 1 in 5.

Since most of us would agree that any reduction in Gary Singer Gary helps violence is a plus, the problem becomes how best to accombusinesses with plish this. As Hawking notes, nuclear war could easily destroy their Internet most life on Earth, and it currently rests in the hands of a man marketing. devoid of reason and logic.

He was raised a What part might religion play in this? It could be benefiCatholic. cial as long as we are discussing the ability of large groups to organize toward mutual goals. If, on the other hand, we are talking about an individual praying to a god or faith that a supernatural deity will intervene, nothing much will change. It never has and never will.

Religion hasn’t been a useful tool for international problem solving. In fact, it has historically created more problems than it has solved. Any time you subdivide humans ATHEIST DEBATE into categories, you create competing groups that are certain their methods are optimal and alternatives are peripheral.

Jonathan Haidt, author of the 2012 best seller “The Righteous Mind” and a professor at New York University states, “When something becomes a religion, we don’t choose the actions that are most likely to solve the problem. We do the things that are the most ritually satisfying.” Since rituals vary with each religion, problem-solving also varies.

The key to minimizing international aggression is to eliminate separations among people and work towards governing on a world-wide scale. Those who wish to meditate or pray to a god can realize amazing internal benefits. However, neither will accomplish much in the way of limiting aggression beyond one’s self.

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Gary’s reply Bill’s quotes emanate from one of history’s most violent novels – the Bible.

Are we to believe that wisdom is somehow sourced in “revelation,” not genetics and education? There have been some incredibly wise non-theistic peacemakers throughout history including Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Joyce Carol Oates, Greta Christiana, and thousands more. The list of violent religious figures is exhausting.

Most aggression is sourced within a basic human instinct (for the religious, instilled by a god) to be suspicious and fearful of those who are different. We are all naturally racist and sexist to some extent. Those feelings intensify when similar people bind together behind their religion, nationality, or gender.

Gender and racial equality have taken lengthy strides forward over the past 60 years. Today’s millennials are more accommodating to those who are different than were people of their parents’ generation. They are also less religious.

Societies improve with education and understanding, and stagnate when saddled with primitive belief systems.

We can best reduce aggression by eliminating barriers to human interaction.

Religion is one of those barriers.

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Bill’s reply “You have heard it said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven.” Gary, these are the words of Jesus Christ, recorded in the Gospel of Matthew. They are not logical or reasonable, at least to those who believe their enemies must be destroyed. To them, what makes sense is to be stronger than our enemies, so we may destroy them before they destroy us. Only Divine Wisdom offers us an alternative.

Restore relationships. Transform enemies to friends. How? Love! Love our neighbors, even our enemies, as we love ourselves. Are my neighbors hungry?

Then I must share my food. Thirsty? A cup of clean water. Lonely? Friendship.

Grieving? Comfort. Sick? Healing. Who is my neighbor? Who isn’t?

You are right that divisions – economic, political, ethnic, racial, gender, even religious – bring contempt and aggression, if we empower them. But faith, in the power of God’s love to redeem, will make us well.

Agree statement Bill and Gary agree that the keys to reducing aggression lie within the ability of each of us to look beyond our differences and educate ourselves about other cultures, religious beliefs, and socio-economic systems.

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O N E O F N E W YO R K ' S H OT T E ST FAS H I O N L A B E L S . . .

AND ITS NORTHERN MICHIGAN ROOTS

By Tyler Parr A song made famous in 1957 by Johnny Mathis inspired a hot new fashion brand that began when two graduates of the Art Institute of Chicago set out to share their creative visions.

For one of those graduates, Shane Gabier, the adventure began in a small northern Michigan community.

FROM NORTHERN MICHIGAN TO FASHION Creatures of the Wind, or COTW, based in New York City and co–owned by Gabier and his partner Christopher Peters, designs and manufactures high–end women’s couture. Pharrell Williams recently wore a COTW jacket on The Voice. Last year, other famous customers appeared in COTW garb that garnered critical acclaim, including former first lady Michelle Obama.

In a recent interview at New York City Fashion Week, Gabier explained that he and Peters appreciate the attention but are largely oblivious to the hype. “We’re not really focused on what’s happening out there,” he said. “It’s more like we’re in our own little bubble, just putting our collection together.

If you’re actually working as a designer in New York, you’re rarely participating because it’s your busiest time of the year. The social aspect is kind of fun, but it’s not our priority, ever.”

Perhaps Gabier’s down–to–earth take is the result of growing up in the tiny Michigan

town of Mesick, population 390 as of the last census. Located near the Manistee National Forest with an abundance of tree varieties as well as abundant wildlife, Mesick offered the young Gabier opportunities to design with wood, yet music became his greatest inspiration. “[As a kid,] I never really knew you could work in fashion,” he said.

“It wasn’t on my radar at all until much later. I was really interested in music.

Music culture was the first tangible place that I could identify [with], a lot of new wave and post punk.”

After high school graduation, Gabier moved to Traverse City, where he studied art history and design at Northwestern Michigan College for two years. Of his upbringing in Mesick, Gabier explained, “Growing up in a town where there isn’t a lot of cultural stimulation or any arts programs at school encourages you to build your own little world. I took a lot of cues from things I saw and liked when I was a kid. When there aren’t a lot of creative influences, you have to discover them for yourself. You have to search to find the things that resonate with you.”

Gabier stayed in Traverse City an

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additional year after completing his studies and then enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago. He lived in the city for the next 17 years and still owns a home there. Initially, the future fashionista deferred to his first interest – the woods that grow abundantly around his northern Michigan home.

“What I started at the Art Institute, I was doing architecture and furniture design,” he said. “Then I started taking fashion classes and made the switch. With architecture, realistically, it’s going to be 20 years until you have your name on something. Everything I was doing was just models, nothing real. Then I started making clothes. In a matter of hours or a couple of days, you have something made.

I liked the immediacy of it, but it takes more than imagination to create apparel. It’s super technical,” he elaborated. “You definitely have to know how to make clothes before you can ask anyone else to make things for you, 100 percent.”

He added, “Kids have it really easy today because of the internet. The ones who are successful at young ages are the ones who are super curious. Really, that’s all you need now, because if you want to know

Last year, other famous customers appeared in COTW garb that garnered critical acclaim, including former first lady Michelle Obama.

something, you can get the answer to it. It’s literally at your fingertips. I had to scrape it together between bits and pieces I would see on MTV and magazines I would find in a newsstand; I still had a lot of bases to fill in with my own imagination.”

A LIFE CONNECTION As a newly trained artist, Gabier took a hiatus from the windy city to live in Antwerp, Belgium. He explained, “When I graduated, there were no designers in New York I was really interested in working for, but there was a really good thing happening in Belgian fashion at the moment.”

Upon his return to the United States in 2008, Gabier met Peters, also an Art Institute graduate, and the two founded Creatures of the Wind. Gabier spoke about the influence of the song “Wild Is the Wind” on the company.

“Many artists have covered it, including David Bowie and George Michael. What we liked about it is [that] the song, each incarnation of it, had its own individuality.

Every individual who performed it did it in a different way, but we liked that it was always the same sort of sentiment. That’s how we wanted to approach the collection too, that each season, each collection, would be a different way of saying the same thing from an emotional or conceptual perspective.”

The artists soon began to earn fashion honors and recognition that continues today. Their brand has been listed as one of

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“I’m usually in Paris three to four times a year where the company takes a showroom space,” said Gabier. “Our business partner lives in Los Angeles, so we’re there six to 10 times a year. We also do various dinners or events with stores around the country, usually five or six a year. And we travel to Asia from time to time. A few years ago, we were doing a little collection of coats and having it produced in Japan, so we went there a couple of times.”

High fashion lies beyond the means of most women, but Gabier explained that each garment is special. “It’s all relative, but it’s not cheap. We’re making everything in the United States, and we make everything in a super responsible way, an ethical way, and that costs money. We know who’s doing our work, we know where the fabrics are coming from, we know how the fabrics are produced.

But what’s more important to us is the people who are involved in making sure everything is done the right way. Most of our factories are a 10–minute walk from our studio [in New York City]. As much as we can, we’re trying not to ship things across oceans. For the work we’re producing, I’m proud of the level of attention and responsibility we’re putting into it.”

Creatures of the Wind is based in New York City due to the industry. Gabier noted, “The press is here, the factories are here, the stores come to buy in New York.

The industry doesn’t really exist anywhere else in that same way [anywhere else] in the country.”

Yet Gabier was quick to point out that NYC is not necessarily right for all companies. “There are definitely fashion

companies working in cities other than New York, but for us it made sense to be here because we’re producing here. But I wouldn’t say you can only be successful in New York; that’s not what I’m trying to say at all.”

THE CONSTANT TRAJECTORY COTW wholesales to major department stores and luxury boutiques throughout the world, and two shops currently display its designs in Grand Rapids.

Gabier downplayed the notion that COTW’s recent successes might change his and Peters’ approach or perspective. “We’re still low to the ground. It’s a tight little group.

We’re relatively conservative, so I wouldn’t say it’s changed anything for us.”

He clarified, “I’m not anywhere yet.

It’s all relative. We’re not at the pinnacle of anything; there’s a long ways to go. I’m really happy about where I am, for sure. I can look at where I am now and where I was when I was 22 and I can obviously see the difference.

But I still think it’s kind of a constant trajectory. It’s never over. It’s not like all of a sudden we’ve landed somewhere and this is where we’re going to be forever.”

Gabier is pleased to be running COTW with his partner. “It works out really well for us,” he said. “It involves a lot of communication, a lot of discussion and a lot of honesty. I prefer it, actually. And you know, it’s not just us; we’ve got like 10 people in our office,” he said.

Asked if he could offer spring style advice to readers, Gabier stayed true to his individualistic roots. “I make clothes,” he said.

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Bees form colonies that function much like a community, with each bee playing its own “role.”

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The Buzz to Save the Bees

By Kristi Kates Like so many people in northern Michigan, Anne Morningstar and her husband Brian Bates were drawn Up North for the lifestyle, abundant fresh water and affordable land to start their homestead.

Morningstar, who has a bachelor of fine arts degree, joined Bates, who has a bachelor’s in geography with a focus in sustainable agriculture, when he drove from Pennsylvania to Petoskey with three hives in the back of his Volkswagen Jetta to start Bear Creek Organic Farm. “And the rest is history,” Morningstar said of Petoskey’s first 100 percent certified organic farm.

COLONY LIFE Morningstar and Bates had been making plans for the farm for years, but what Morningstar didn’t expect was that one of the most important and compelling components of farm life would be working with the bees, an experience she called “amazing.”

“Until moving to Petoskey in the summer of 2012, I had never even thought about beekeeping,” Morningstar said. “But from the moment I put on a suit and had Brian introduce me to my first hive, I was hooked.

The low buzz feels therapeutic and allows me to take in my surroundings, and the

bees’ artistry in construction and culinary works is downright awe inspiring.” Now Morningstar is an expert beekeeper, having worked with the industrious insects for the past five years; she also delivers lectures on beekeeping and bee preservation.

Bee communities are fascinating. Each hive typically includes one queen (the mother of most of the bees in the hive), a few hundred males and around 20,000 females (worker bees). A single hive can house as many as 80,000 honeybees. The bees each have roles, from the queen herself to nurse bees who feed the larvae to bee cooks who prepare “bee bread” for their hivemates to housekeeper bees who keep the hive clean and organized to guard bees who make sure no intruders enter the hive.

Worker bees live out their lives as foragers, finding as much food as possible until their wings give out. Incredibly, bees can see food (pollen) and water (nectar) from as far as three miles away. The end result: a bustling bee community and a hive full of honey.

“Together, a colony of honeybees will live a truly democratic lifestyle and work nonstop until their final breath,” Morningstar said.

QUIET CRISIS Bee life sounds organized and ideal, but lately, signs reveal trouble in paradise.

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concerned about the current status of bees as an imperiled species. This past March, for the first time ever in the United States, a bumblebee species (Bombus affinis, the rusty patched bumblebee) was declared endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; this bumblebee’s population has plummeted by nearly 90 percent over the past 20 years.

In addition, Arizona’s Center of Biological Diversity, a national nonprofit that utilizes science, law and creative media to protect endangered species, just released a report concluding that of the 1,437 native bee species for which there is sufficient data, over half are in decline. Kelsey Kopec, a native pollinator researcher at the center and author of the report, said in a statement, “The evidence is overwhelming that hundreds of the native bees we depend on for ecosystem stability are spiraling toward extinction. It’s a quiet but staggering crisis unfolding right under our noses.” The report concluded that the declines are caused primarily by habitat loss, heavy pesticide use, climate change and urbanization.

Morningstar agrees – for the most part.

“Bees have definitely been in the news,” she said. “They are generally credited with pollinating at least one in every three bites of food we consume.” But Morningstar emphasizes that all the biggest dangers to

today’s bee population boil down to humans.

For starters, a parasitic mite (the varroa) wreaking havoc on honeybee colonies across the nation was brought to the U.S. from Asia via humans transporting goods. She agrees that pesticides are a problem but wants to make sure we don’t use them as a convenient excuse to allow bee populations to continue to plummet.

David Ford, an insurance agent and amateur beekeeper from Traverse City, has been keeping a hive for the past four years.

A week ago, with spring just around the corner, he checked on his hive and found that all his bees were dead. He’s convinced it’s something in the bees’ food chain; he’s just not sure what that might be. “Beekeepers are experiencing so much hive collapse lately,” Ford said. “You’ll have a healthy hive of 50,000–80,000 bees throughout the summer and into the fall; they’ll overwinter together as a colony, primarily staying in the hive and consuming honey, which is normal. But then in the spring, you’ll open up the hive and they’re all dead. It’s very disheartening.”

If current trends continue, Ford added, beekeepers could lose 30–50 percent of their hives each winter. “That’s way too close to the tipping point,” he said. Ford’s main concern is the fact that while mites and pesticides are two of the main suspects, a definitive solution has yet to be found.

THINK LIKE A BEE “It’s easy to say, “The chemical companies did it – make them stop,” Morningstar said.

“But in reality, while pesticides have taken a toll, massive habitat loss is threatening all pollinators from bees to butterflies to bats. By this, I mean a fascinating cultural obsession with ‘clean’ landscapes, primarily mowing. Mowing the medians on highways, the shoulders of the road, the front lawn, the golf course, the edges of farm fields, the list goes on.”

These field edges and landscapes are the ideal place for many critical wildflowers to pop up – wildflowers that bees need. “We’ve lost millions of acres to mowing and clearing over the last 20–30 years, and the effects are finally manifesting themselves in pollinator habitat decline,” Morningstar explained. “We tell people to try looking at the landscape through the eyes of a pollinator. Can you pollinate cut grass? Does a golf course look lush when you need to bring home pollen and nectar to feed your insect family? Is an orchard a good place to build a home if you only have fresh flowers a couple weeks of the year? This is the critical piece that is so often missing from the conversation surrounding threats to the bee population – the systematic removal of flowers from the landscape.”

Kirk Jones, the owner of Sleeping Bear Farms in Beulah, is down south this time of year at Sleeping Bear’s second farm in the Florida Panhandle. Jones and his wife Sharon spend part of the winter there, raising new queen bees to bring back north to replenish the farm’s bee stock. He said he believes both bees and beekeepers have been pretty resilient so far but that there’s been more and more pressure to breed bees that are resistant to the mites and diseases.

“We try to pick bees to breed who are good survivors,” Jones said. “It’s tough to pinpoint exactly what happens in a hive collapse.

Sometimes there’s a perfect storm of mites, disease, fungal issues – it’s definitely challenging.”

Honeybees, Morningstar noted, are getting a lot of current attention because they are the only bees that humans keep as livestock, but much of the critical pollination work is actually done by native bees that have done this work for millennia.

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Honeybees are the easiest bees to import to a field for the flowering period and then to move to the next field. While this works for the honeybees that have these particular “jobs,” the native bees are left with what’s essentially a pollen desert. For instance, 10,000 acres of pumpkins might be just fine going through their growth cycle with honeybees in attendance, but that means 10,000 acres of indigenous plants have been removed to make room for the pumpkins, thereby removing much of the native bees’ usual food source – other flowers.

BEE ASPIRATIONS Morningstar suggests that the effects of altering the complex, symbiotic relationship between bees and the environment are less problematic to the Earth than to the humans who are interfering with that process. “The most important point about why we need to save the bees isn’t that the bees need saving,” she said. “We are the ones who need their help. Frankly, the planet will be fine – it was here for millions of years before humans.

It’s our existence on the planet that is threatened. Bees and all pollinators provide what we call ‘ecosystem services’ that are essential to survival and that, if lost, would need to be replaced. Pollination is one of these; it’s incredibly tedious for humans to do by hand.”

Ford added that keeping bees also allows us to better appreciate and think about what nature has to offer. In spite of the fact that

he’s lost his entire hive, he’s going to try again later this year. “It’s a simple thing to do, and it’s interesting to watch them, going in and out of the hive loaded with pollen. It’s like watching airplanes land on aircraft carriers.

You look at these tiny creatures of God and think, ‘How do these bees know what to do?’” he said. “Plus, I’ve been a gardener my

entire life, and my garden gets pollinated very well because I keep bees.”

Morningstar concluded, “We should save and protect all pollinators because it lets them focus on what they're good at and saves us from having to do it all ourselves.” She added, “A honeybee’s dedication to work and family is something we should all aspire to.”

HOW YOU CAN HELP THE BEES Simply put, bees are pollinators, so they need something to pollinate. This means flowers, which are often decimated by humanity’s efforts to keep tidy lawns or perfectly manicured parks. But we need to compromise with the bees in order to keep them happy and healthy. Kirk Jones suggests that if you have 10 acres or more, consider putting aside a wild corner and inviting a beekeeper in to set up a hive, allowing the bees to benefit from the flowers on your land. Below, Anne Morningstar suggests other easy ways to help, no matter what size your outdoor space might be.

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HEY, IT’S THE ‘80S! For the past few seasons, it’s been all about the ‘70s, so the natural progression of fashion trends has, as expected, fast forwarded to the ‘80s, with all its drama and exaggerated lines, especially in the realms of club and cocktail ware. This look will be easy to pinpoint as you shop for such elements as shoulder pads, gold lamé, wide belts, puffed sleeves, high–shine fabrics, embellished metallic shapes like hearts and lightning bolts and neon spandex (yes, we said “neon spandex”). If you ever saw photos of ‘80s band The Go–Go’s and wished you were one of them, this is going to be your summer of love. Seen at Marc Jacobs, Gucci, Isabel Marant, Kenzo, Balenciaga ADORABLE ATHLEISURE The hoodie reigned supreme all last year, and for those who welcomed its insouciant existence, here’s some good news: it’s back for 2017, with a sleeker style and a little embellishment. Athleisure, or athletic wear that’s suitable for casual happenings outside the gym, is set to be big for the next 12 months, including zip–up jackets in more fashion–forward fabrics and colors and sweatshirts with crystal beading. You might draw the line at some of the over–the–top cycling shorts you’ll be seeing in the fashion mags (trust us on this one), but the rest of this trend will be welcomed by pretty much everybody. Seen at Versace, Alexander Wang, DKNY, Dior, Vetements

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FORWARD FUCHSIA Think pink for summer! Just beware it’s not the typical girlish pink that might first come to mind. From Balenciaga to Valentino, the usual roses and blushes have been transformed into a shocking shade of fuchsia and utilized to create dresses and other garments with bold lines and dramatic flair. This is pink with a giant–sized capital “P,” and you’re going to see this color absolutely everywhere – it’s not for girly girls or shrinking violets but for femme fatales ready to put these fuchsia textiles to work. Be warned – if you’re not in the pink for this trend, you’ll feel quite left out by the time June rolls around. Seen at Bottega Veneta, Celine, Valentino, Balenciaga, Topshop UPWARD UTILITY While much of 2016 fashion was about utilitarianism with its direct approach, clean lines and plenty of khaki, 2017 shifts utility into something with a little more detail and less stark minimalism. The colors are practical to a fault (think tan, navy, beige, rust orange, army green), all the better to balance that ‘80s craziness documented above. The shapes are also based in reality with the exception of their detailing, which includes cinched, exaggerated paperbag waists and ruching; overlapping pockets (often cargo style); wide cuffs and collars and intriguing fasteners like toggles, belts and buckles. Seen at Kenzo, Stella McCartney, Chloe, Bottega Veneta, Roberto Cavalli MAKING A STATEMENT If you like your jewelry way over the top in order to bring new meaning to the word “bling,” this season is going to be a grand one for you. Statement jewelry, mostly in the form of pendant necklaces, wide chokers and earrings of astonishing size, were all over the runways, whether you prefer long links of beads, space–age metal collars, acrylic danglers or oversized designer logos. With this kind of jewelry, your visage is perfectly defined, as these massive ear adornments and wide neck chains form artistic face frames for your Instagram–perfect moments. Seen at Marni, Chanel, Stella McCartney, Delpozo, Alexander McQueen

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Bottega Veneta: The utilitarian style is a matter–of–fact look with its foundations in solid colors and minimal embellishments.

TOUGH GUY If jumpsuits or yellow tees aren’t your thing, give your wardrobe a fighting chance with the return of camouflage to the style scene. Primarily spotted on long oversized jackets in the familiar green version of camo, these patterns are also surfacing on bombers and trousers. Seen at Givenchy, Dries van Noten, Valentino

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By Kristi Kates Half a dozen albums in and with a major tour already under their collective belts featuring A Forest of Arms, their latest full– length collection of songs, Tony Dekker and his Great Lake Swimmers bandmates are ready for something a little different: an “almost– unplugged” tour that will find them making a stop in northern Michigan.

The Canadian band is woven around the accomplished writing of Dekker, whose songs focus on environmental issues and are often recorded in natural locales like Forest’s audio backdrop of the Tyendinaga Caverns in Ontario; acoustics and ambiance hold their own importance in the band’s musical process.

“I tend to treat the recording aspect of the band and the live show as two different entities, but when we play a venue that has truly great acoustics or an interesting ambience, it’s a really special thing,” Dekker said. “Every space has its own particular feel and sound. We seem to sound really good in churches or halls or other spaces where the sounds get to bounce around.”

For those yet to hear the Swimmers, the band’s indie–folk songs occasionally recollect echoes of outfits like Iron and Wine, Blind Pilot and The Low Anthem but are always distinctively unique.

In addition to the full tour they did for the Forest album, Dekker and crew embarked on a more acoustic–focused trek in Europe last year that proved to be a hit, with the band digging back through the quieter side of its catalogue.

The success of that tour led Dekker to consider approaching the band’s next round of North American dates in a similar format.

“We found that audiences really appreciated going back with us to some of our earlier recordings,” Dekker said. “As a performer, it was also quite revelatory to take a step back from ‘band mode’ and tune in to the quiet intensity of some of those older songs.

We have a lot to choose from now, six or seven albums’ worth, so it’s been great to be able to sculpt a set in that way.”

The band’s immediate follow–up to Forest is its current release, an EP called Swimming Away that dropped just a few weeks ago. Swimming Away was carefully planned but fortuitously took on a life of its own. “It’s a loose collection that I think works really well,” Dekker said. “The title

track is an outtake from the full length A Forest of Arms, and I really wanted to find a home for it.” The band paired the title track “Swimming Away” with “Torn from the Pages,” a song Dekker worked on for an author series in Toronto, along with a pair of cover songs.

“The covers are two songs that I love dearly,” he said. “One of them has been showing up in our set list for many years now; it’s a cover of Tom Waits’ ‘Innocent When You Dream.’ The other song is the heartbreaking ‘The Desperate Kingdom of Love’ by PJ Harvey. I really liked the interpretation of this song through a male voice and thought it dovetailed nicely with the other songs. So yeah – on one level the tracklisting on the EP was thought through.

But on another level, the songs just all sounded good together.”

While Dekker’s voice easily comes to mind as one that could cover the music of Leonard Cohen, he doesn’t believe he’s quite there…yet.

“I feel eternally in debt to the music of Leonard Cohen,” Dekker said. “If I could ever reach a point where I thought I could do them justice, I might try to interpret some of his songs. He was truly a visionary.”

Dekker might be called a visionary of sorts himself, as he always seems to be looking forward to the next album, the next tour, the next venture that will continue to propel his songwriting forward. His newest effort is his current work on a musical project called Thesis on which he’s collaborating with Kinbrae, a group from Scotland. But as has long been the case for Dekker and his 14–year–old band, most things wind back to Great Lake Swimmers, which has a series of festival dates scheduled for this summer and even more in store.

“The Toronto imprint Paper Bag Vintage is releasing our first three albums in a vinyl–only box set at some point this year. That’s exciting to me, as those records have been out of print for quite a few years,” Dekker said. “I’m also working towards recording a new album – depending on how that goes, we’ll see when it might get released.”

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By Kristi Kates Breathing space from the obligations of daily life and literal space to create are two things that artists of all stripes often find in short supply. So when an organization like the Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology offers up something like the Hill House Artist Residency – an opportunity for select writers, visual artists, musicians and other performing artists to be gifted with a retreat to work on their crafts – you can bet the demand is high and the rewards are great.

“Crosshatch hosts the Hill House Residency in a cabin near the Jordan River in the Mackinaw State Forest,” explained Amanda Kik, co–director of Crosshatch. “We support talented artists with a two– to four– week stay. We stock the kitchen full of local foods and most importantly provide the time and space for artists to create new work.”

The Hill House hosts artists 50 weeks each year in its two–story log cabin; prior talents who have benefitted from the residency include singer–songwriter Chris Bathgate, visual artist Sioux Trujillo, sculpture artist and photographer Scott Hocking, piano and percussion pair Passepartout Duo and the band The Go Rounds, along with dozens of others.

This month, Crosshatch is partnering with the Blissfest Music Organization, another local association that advocates the arts, to present the Crosshatch Hill House Songwriters in the Round Showcase Concert.

The event will feature performances by Hill House alumni including one from our area; the concert itself is a rare opportunity for the community to see some of the work that has

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been crafted by artists participating in the residencies.

“We are excited about the partnership with Blissfest because of its reputation of bringing artists to northern Michigan,” Kik said. “We get talented artists from around the world at the Hill House, but because their time in–residence is spent working, our community often doesn’t get to witness the end product. This concert is a window into the work that gets done at the Hill House.”

While Crosshatch has held a benefit concert at Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire every April for the past decade, this year the organization decided to showcase the work of the artists in a venue that allows the audience to sit and focus on the music. The 2017 event will take the form of a two–night showcase concert series in two different locations. “We do love Short’s, so we will utilize that venue for our volunteer party in May with special guest Seth Bernard,” Kik explained.

The showcase concert is not a fundraiser but rather an appreciation event. “It’s happening in part thanks to a grant from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and additional generous support from The Erickson Family Fund at the Petoskey–Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation,” explained Mollie Thomas, Crosshatch’s communications and development coordinator.

The concert also aims to highlight the diversity of some of Hill House’s prior artists–in–residence, starting with Robinson and Rohe. “When these two came to the Hill House, we were immediately smitten,” Kik said. She added, “Three Thirds is a really interesting quartet; its

compositions are haunting and often based on historical events.”

Kik continued, “As your readers know, northern Michigan is packed with musical talent. We were interested in showcasing both musicians from farther afield and those closer to home. Joshua Davis is a great example of ‘closer to home’ – he’s a great performer and whip–smart songwriter.”

Folk–pop artist Davis, the former Voice finalist from Traverse City, will headline both nights of the showcase with his trio featuring Mike Shimmin and Mike Lynch. Robinson and Rohe’s sound is based on traditional Americana, while Three Thirds fuses bass, oboe and viola with acoustic guitar.

For Crosshatch, it’s both the music – of all genres – and the people that matter, which was the impetus behind starting the residencies in the first place. “Artists are in residence for such a short time and are often very busy with work during that time, so it will be a treat to reconnect with some of our favorite alum,” Kik said. Thomas added her appreciation: “We are so lucky to have art lovers and funders in Michigan, and we are grateful for their support.”

The Crosshatch Hill House Songwriters in the Round Showcase Concert will feature Joshua Davis, Robinson and Rohe and Three Thirds at 7:30pm Fri., Apr. 14, at Kirkbride Hall in Traverse City and at 7:30pm Sat., Apr. 15, at the Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey.

(The same show will run both nights.) For tickets, visit blissfest.org/concerts. For more information on Crosshatch and the Hill House Residency, visit crosshatch.org or call (231) 622-5252.

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By Janice Blinkert Call it what you will, The Big Easy, Crescent City, NOLA, N’Awlins…The list goes on and on, as do debates about which nickname best describes it, but no one debates the fact that New Orleans is a mecca for food and drink lovers.

For years, we here in northern Michigan could only dream about savoring that city’s iconic specialties unless we were ambitious cooks or jetted or road–tripped down south to sample them firsthand. Then, in 1998, the original owners of the Magnum Hospitality Group, who had already found success with two unique restaurant concepts in small towns (Latin American–themed Red Mesa Grill and European–style bistro Cafe Santé in Boyne City and a second Red Mesa Grill in Traverse City), opened a destination restaurant with a different ethnic twist – Pearl’s New Orleans Kitchen in Elk Rapids, specializing in both Cajun (rural) and Creole (city) cuisine.

Getting It Right To ensure the authenticity of the atmosphere and menu they wanted to create for their new venture, the owners made several visits to New Orleans to get a feel for its multicultural origins and to taste their way through the legendary venues and culinary delicacies of the old French Quarter. Their odyssey included beignets at Café du Monde, which now supplies Pearl’s with its signature beignet mix and chicory coffee, and Bananas Foster at Brennan’s, creators of the dramatic rum–infused tableside–flamed dessert.

And, of course, they indulged in gumbo, jambalaya, muffulettas, etouffée, po’boys, shrimp and grits, oysters, dirty rice and blackened alligator.

Now all these delicacies, along with many more, appear on the menu at Pearl’s.

The Pearl’s concept has proven to be a big hit with locals and tourists alike over the years, and the new owners (since 2015) of Magnum Hospitality, Mark Wibel and Steve Rossi, have wisely chosen not to change it. But they also encourage the staff to exercise innovation and creativity. “Our chef, Ben Cross, does wonderful specials, and he’s brought a lot of fresh

new ideas,” said Jessica Jones, one of the three managers at Pearl’s. “He’s also made some subtle changes to the menu that have been well received by our customers. That said, we will always try to keep certain items that have been offered for a long time because people would be disappointed to see them go.”

Gumbo ya–ya, made with chunks of chicken and spicy andouille sausage and finished with rice, is one customer favorite that will doubtless always be on the menu. “Filé powder and the browned roux are what give the soup its distinctive taste – that smokiness and nuttiness,” Jones explained. “Then there’s the okra, which has some of the same thickening properties as the roux – it all kind of works together.”

Feasting and Festing Several festivals and events are featured at Pearl’s throughout the year. The Origins of Creole Cuisine menu series started Mar. 20 and continues for five weeks until Apr. 23. Louisiana cooking been influenced by many cultures – Irish, French, Spanish, German, West African and Italian – and Pearl’s will focus on a different area every week, sharing a little history and culture on each menu.

For its six–week Crawfish Festival in late spring – usually from the beginning of May to mid–June – the restaurant sources its crawfish directly through the Louisiana Crawfish Company right out of New Orleans. “We pay a premium to get it delivered fresh twice a week from them,” said Jones. “You can obviously get crawfish anytime down there, but in the spring, when they’re running and plentiful, we like to make them accessible to people here. We do a crawfish boil with traditional spices and make crawfish cakes, crawfish–smothered catfish and lots of other combinations.”

There’s also a Louisiana shrimp boil held every Friday from Labor Day to Memorial Day. Also a Bourbon, Vittles and Sips event in the fall. And of course there’s always Mardi Gras – Pearl’s does it up in true New Orleans style every year. But that’s another story for another time.

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The Bourbon and Cocktail Show A large horseshoe–shaped bar anchors the dining room at Pearl’s and is itself a main attraction, not least of all thanks to its selection of more than 40 different bourbons. And in deference to the city that was the birthplace of the cocktail, bartenders at Pearl’s are true mixologists who are happy to concoct such classic New Orleans libations as the mint julep, the Sazerac, the hurricane, the oyster shooter and the “Big Easy” Bloody Mary garnished with a crawfish and a house– made blue-cheese–stuffed jalapeño as well as any number of other specialty drinks.

“The bar is kind of like a show in itself,” said Jones, “and that’s nice, because when people are sitting there, they are at the center of things and can look around and also get a feel for the restaurant’s character and ambiance.”

About that ambience. It would not be an understatement to note that the décor is an important part of a visit to Pearl’s. Deep red– painted walls are covered with a riot of photos, murals, posters and other artwork depicting famous jazz, blues and zydeco musicians, bourbon barrels, distillery equipment and Mardi Gras revelers, just for starters. Long rows of shelves display hundreds of hot sauce bottles. Giant papier–maché sculptures of a bee, a dragon and an alligator in vibrant colors dangle from the ceiling. A shady–looking fortune teller adorned with gaudy beads glares into the dining room. Subtle it’s not, but somehow it works and gets you in the Pearl’s spirit.

“A Heap of Hospitality” Surprisingly, with all the Cajun– and Creole–inspired dishes Pearl’s offers, Jones revealed that their brisket dinner is hands down the biggest seller on the menu. “It has been forever. We slow cook the brisket in its juices and accompany it with cheddar mashed potatoes and andouille milk gravy. I think the fact that it’s something familiar might be one of the reasons it’s so popular.

You get people in here – maybe for the first time – who are a little apprehensive about the kind of food we specialize in, and they kind of start there

and maybe eventually try something else.”

Ultimately, Jones said she feels it’s the staff ’s focus on hospitality that is one of the restaurant’s biggest selling points. “I feel like many of our guests – at least the first time – come in out of curiosity and because it’s something different. We get a lot of phone calls, too. People will ask, ‘Do you only have Cajun and Creole?’

Maybe they’re bringing in someone who doesn't like spicy food, and of course we can tell them that we have other things as well. Everyone does have their own taste, so we try to accommodate that. We really want to make sure that everybody has an enjoyable time and feels welcome here, every single time. It’s not just about people coming in and getting food and drink – we want them to have the whole experience.”

In short, as in New Orleans, the reigning motto at Pearl’s seems to be “Laissez les bon temps rouler!” or “Let the good times roll!”

Pearl’s is located at 617 Ames Street in Elk Rapids.

Happy hour occurs daily from 3pm–6pm. Lunch is served 11am–4pm Mon.–Sat.; dinner from 4pm– 10pm Mon.–Thurs., 4pm–11pm Fri. and Sat. and 3pm–10pm on Sundays. Brunch is served every Sunday from 10am–3pm. Separate vegetarian, vegan and celiac–safe menus are available. Everything on the menu is also available for carry out.

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NORTHERN SEEN 1. The big crowd was attentive while prizes were announced at the recent Recess event held at Black Star Farms’ Hearth & Vine Cafe in Suttons Bay. 2. Nick Hansmann and Suzanne Miller watch as Chris Gibson (middle) puts the finishing touches on one of five murals he’s creating for Snowbelt Brewing in Gaylord.

3. Jenny Dollie jams during open mic at Mainstreet Market Bistro in Gaylord.

4. These three lovely local ladies pause during Recess at Hearth & Vine for a candid shot.

5. Robbie and Mara were on-hand at Tap 30 in Petoskey for the kickoff of Pints With A Purpose to help raise funds for Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity.

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saturday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: Mackinaw City, April 7-9.

Provides an entertaining & educational showcase to promote public awareness & knowledge of raptors & waterbirds & the significance of Mackinaw City & the Straits of Mackinac during migration. For a schedule of events visit: mackinawraptorfest. org/Schedule.html SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOWMOBILE RACES: Schuss Mountain, Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire. shantycreek.com/event/schuss-mtnsnowmobile-races GT MUSICALE AUDITIONS: 9am-3pm, First Congregational Church, TC. gtmusicale.org RACE TO THE TOMB 5K: 9am, New Hope Community Church, Williamsburg. Benefits Habitat for Humanity. $25. runsignup.com SPRING CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3pm, Buckley Community High School Gym. Includes a bake sale, luncheon & silent auction. 231-313-4483.

GAYLORD’S THIRD ANNUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. Fun run/walk. Benefits the Otsego County United Way, T.A.C.K.L.E. Cancer Fund. Find on Facebook.

DOMESTIC DRINKING WATER WELL SCREENING: 10am-12pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Presented by the Grand Traverse Conservation District and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program. The screening is for nitrates and nitrites, and is open to everyone who uses a personal well for drinking water. For directions on how to collect a sample, visit natureiscalling.org/ event/water-screening/. Free. 941-0960.

2ND ANNUAL COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT: 10:30am, First Congregational Church, TC. Organized by age group, and features several thousand plastic eggs, filled with wrapped candy. Also enjoy a craft tent, donuts, and hot chocolate - all for free. fcctc.org HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: Noon-1pm: Music Composition Workshop for Kids Hosted

by Dan Mills. 2-4pm: Author Angela K. Crandall will sign her book “Spirit Guide.” 4-5pm: Author Angie Morgan will read from her book “SPARK: How to Lead Yourself & Others to Great Success.” horizonbooks.com MOTHER DAUGHTER LUNCHEON: 122:30pm, Williamsburg Dinner Theater, Acme.

Presented by the Yuba Historic Society.

Prepared by Catering By Kelly’s. 100% of the proceeds go to Restore Yuba School. Tickets: $20; $10 for 10 & under. Reservations: 231264-8038 or email: rdsayler@gmail.com.

AUDITIONS: “TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA”: 1-3pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare. There are roles for a minimum of 14 actors, and some roles that were written to be male roles might be adapted for females to play. oldtownplayhouse.com CBG MINDED MICHIGAN’DERS: 1-5pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. A Michigan based movement of musicians, instrument builders, hobbyists, fans and just plain folks with an interest in cigar box guitars, ukuleles and related creations. Free. redskystage.com CTAC STRINGS COLLAGE CONCERT: 1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Performances by students from all levels of the Gerber Strings and Crooked Tree Youth Orchestra programs. crookedtree.org 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: April 1-9, 2-10pm, Mackinac Bay Trading Company, Mackinaw City. Mackinac Island Brewhouse offers over 300 selections of MI microbrews & craft beer, & Mackinac Island Winery offers 400+ MI wines. mackinawchamber.com

AUTHOR HEATHER SHUMAKER: 3pm, Bluewater Hall Event Center, TC. Healther will give a presentation about her new book, “Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes.” RSVP. eventbrite.com ROCK N JAM: 4:30-8pm, The Rock, Kinglsey.

Sandy Blumenfeld, WNMC DJ and popular local musician, will make a benefit appearance at this community music session. Blumenfeld will sit in with the Rock N Jam regulars and perform a couple of songs from his new folkroots-blues album, “Stone Wah!,” which will be on sale at this event. Sandy is donating $10 to The Rock for each $15 double-CD set sold tonight. therockofkingsley.com

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COMEDY NIGHT WITH DINNER: 5:30pm, TC Masonic Lodge. Presented by Traverse City Lodge No. 222 F&AM and the Valley of Traverse City Scottish Rite Masons. Featuring comedians Luis Valencia & John Raynor. $25. eventbrite.com MURDER MYSTERY: 6-9pm, Great Lakes Grill, Cheboygan. Presented by the Rivertown Follies & performed over dinner. Tickets, $25.

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SMALL PLATES: 6-9pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. This progressive dinner has seatings at 6, 7 & 8pm. Enjoy a glass of wine paired with a gourmet tapas dish in the tasting rooms. Tickets: $15 per seating. lpwines.com/ events/small-plates “FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Presented by the Cadillac Footliters. Southern sass, tears and charm engage as five bank tellers speak their hearts and brew lots of coffee in the break room of a small bank in Mississippi. This warm and gentle play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com BACK PORCH COFFEEHOUSE: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center. Featuring jazz pianist, composer, arranger & author Steve August. A circle jam will follow. Suggested donation, $10. 231-622-2944.

BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: 7pm, Twin Lakes – Gilbert Lodge, TC. Live music by Dag Nabbit. All dances will be called and taught by Jan Fowler. 7pm lesson; 8-11pm Contra dance. $11 adults, $7 students w/ ID, & $9 members. dancetc.com “COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com BEN WHITING’S MORE TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY: 8pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Magic and mind reading show. $20. oldtownplayhouse.com DMC CONCERT DAVID LINDLEY: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. The David Lindley electro-acoustic performance combines American folk, blues, and bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, and Turkish musical sources. Tickets: $27 advance, $24 Dennos members, & $30 door with additional fees. mynorthtickets.com TOBIN SPROUT: PRE-TOUR CONCERT: 8pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Sprout is an artist & multi instrumental musician. Enjoy his sixth solo album and his first since 2010, “The Universe and Me,” during this benefit for the Leelanau Community Cultural Center. Tickets: $15 or $25 for two. 231-256-2131. oldartbuilding.com GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV SHOW!: 9pm, The Circuit, TC. Good on Paper improvises comedy scenes based on audience suggestions. Tickets, $10. Find on Facebook.

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MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: Mackinaw City, April 7-9. Provides an entertaining & educational showcase to promote

Gopherwood Concerts presents Jive At Five on Sat., April 15 at 8pm at the Cadillac Elks Lodge. Enjoy small combo jazz with this group of veteran Michigan musicians. Advance tickets: $12 adults, $6 students & free for 12 & under. Door: $15 adults, $7 students. mynorthtickets.com

public awareness & knowledge of raptors & waterbirds & the significance of Mackinaw City & the Straits of Mackinac during migration. For a schedule of events visit: mackinawraptorfest. org/Schedule.html

program that provides caregivers with information and skills for effective caregiving of their family member residing at home with memory loss. Call AAANM at 1-800-442-1713 to register. There is no class on April 16, 2017.

SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOWMOBILE RACES: Schuss Mountain, Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire. shantycreek.com/event/schuss-mtnsnowmobile-races

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 2pm & 5pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile.

When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/bay-film-series

A MURDER IN EASTPORT: AN 1870 FAMILY STORY OF RACIAL PROFILING: 1pm, McGuire Community Room at the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society. This talk will examine an 1870 murder that echoes issues our country still deals with today. traversehistory.wordpress.com 6TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: 1:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Featuring five original works that were written by local high school students & chosen to be produced by students & performed on the stage of City Opera House. cityoperahouse.org/ypf “COLLECTED STORIES”: 2pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com “TALK ABOUT ART”: 2pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. Presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with sculptor Bill Allen. Allen is known for his large-scale, welded steel sculpture celebrating a wide range of four-legged animals. Free. glenarborart.org 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: April 1-9, 2-10pm, Mackinac Bay Trading Company, Mackinaw City. Mackinac Island Brewhouse offers over 300 selections of MI microbrews & craft beer, & Mackinac Island Winery offers 400+ MI wines. mackinawchamber.com CREATING CONFIDENT CAREGIVERS WORKSHOP: 2-4pm, Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan, TC. A free six-session

BUCKETS OF RAIN BENEFIT: Featuring Blind Dog Hank performing from 4-6pm at the Acoustic Tap Room, TC. Through the construction of urban gardens on abandoned city lots, Buckets of Rain diminishes urban blight, rekindles hope in struggling neighborhoods, brings fresh vegetables into the neighborhoods, & feeds the homeless through partners. Tickets, $10. bucketsofrain.org CONCERT: BRITAIN: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Presented by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. Pre-Concert Talk with Libor Ondras at 3:15pm. $25. glcorchestra.org CURTIS MCMURTRY: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. This Austin, Texas rising country star is touring in support of his just released second album, “The Hornet’s Nest.” $20 advance; $25 door. 947-9213.

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NW MI ARTS NETWORKS HOSTS LOCAL GATHERINGS IN APRIL: 11:30am1pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Community conversation to seek feedback on next steps in building the network and advocating for arts and culture throughout northwest Michigan. 231-883-8388. sparksandstarts.com

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 6pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile.

When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/bay-film-series A2TC: THE TC TO ANN ARBOR RAIL PROJECT: 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Presented by Jim Bruckbauer & the GT Humanists. Jim is leading a project that explores what it would take to establish passenger rail service on existing, state-owned railroad tracks between Ann Arbor and the Traverse City/Petoskey area. 231-392-1215.

PANTS DOWN CIRCUS: 7:30pm, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts.

This four-person troupe was inspired by classic rock such as Aerosmith, AC/DC, Joan Jett, Queen, Metallica and Bon Jovi. Pants Down Circus won the Best Circus award at the 2012 Melbourne Fringe. Tickets: $30 full, $10 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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tuesday

NATIONAL POETRY MONTH & NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK: 10:30am, Leland Library. Renowned narrative consultant and award-winning storyteller from “Story Be Told,” Jenifer Strauss will present a highly interactive program for children & their families. Free. 231-256-9152. lelandlibrary.org GET CRAFTY: 11am or 2pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Create a bunny basket. Decorate a milk jug to look like your favorite bunny. greatlakeskids.org RECYCLING & COMPOSTING PRESENTATION: 12:15pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling. Gary Lamberg from True North Community Services will teach about uses of items, when they have served their first purpose, including tips on composting for use in your garden. 989-348-7123.

GOVERNMENT 101: 5:30pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Center Space, a project of Accountability and Connection Together, presents this refresher lecture by Dr. Scott LaDeur. A reception will follow. Register. petoskeylibrary.org YAPPY HOUR: 5:30-7:30pm, Treetops Resort Convention Center, Gaylord. Presented by Friends for Life of Otsego County, Inc. All money raised is used to assist Otsego County residents to have their cats & dogs spayed/neutered. Tickets: 989-858-0223. Donation: $30/person.

FREE INTRODUCTORY BELLYDANCE CLASS: 6pm, 1128 8th St., TC. With certified instructor Amira Hamzar. Reserve your spot: 231-313-5577.

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 6pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile.

When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/bay-film-series

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wednesday

GTWOMAN LUNCHEON: 11am-1pm, Hagerty Conference Center, NMC, TC. “A Mountain of Courage - Inspiring Change” with TEDx Speaker Linda Lindquist-Bishop. Linda is a philosopher, executive & world champion sailor. Lunch tickets: $30 or 2 for $50. grandtraversewoman.com NW MI ARTS NETWORKS HOSTS LOCAL GATHERINGS IN APRIL: 12-1:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Community conversation to seek feedback on next steps in building the network and advocating for arts and culture throughout northwest Michigan.

231-883-8388. sparksandstarts.com SAVING BIRDS EVENT: 12pm, Community Meeting Room of the Leelanau County Government Center, Suttons Bay. Join Kay Charter for a presentation about the cause of bird populations declines, as well as bees, butterflies & other pollinators, and how we can help reverse the trends. RSVP: 231-256-9783. $10. Bring your own brown bag lunch.

THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION & FILM: 12:30-2pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Travel to Prehistoric caves and Egyptian tombs, all the way through the Wild West and Hollywood, and end in the present day.

Presented by Anne Morningstar. $10 advance or $12 at door. petoskeylibrary.org GAYLORD BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Michaywe’ Clubhouse. Sponsored by DBS. Entertainment by A Brighter Bloom. $5 Chamber Members; $10 not-yet members. gaylordchamber.com/business-after-hours-42 AQUA EGG HUNT: 6pm, Charlevoix Area Community Pool. Register for one of two waves: 6-7pm or 7-8pm. Swim and dive for eggs, & then trade them in at the end of your hunt for a goody bag. Reservations required: 231.547.0982. $5 per swimmer. charlevoixpool.org/aqua-egg-hunt

CAREER FAIR: 10am-3pm, North Central Student and Community Resource Center gymnasium, Petoskey. Targeted to people looking for full- and long-term employment. ncmich.edu INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “The Runaway Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown. greatlakeskids.org LEELANAU BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 4-7pm, Plant Masters, Suttons Bay. Includes a mini-expo. leelanauchamber.com KID’S DANCE PARTY & GAME NIGHT: 5-8pm, Incredible Mo’s, TC. Benefitting Child & Family Services’ Safe Haven Supervised Visitation and Exchange Program. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. cfsnwmi.org/danceparty ADHD SUPPORT GROUP: 7pm, Thirlby Room, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Spot On Skills ADHD Counseling is hosting a Support Group for parents of children struggling with ADHD or ADHD symptoms. Held the second Thurs. of each month. 231-383-8222.

OMPHS MEETING: 7pm, Old Mission Township Hall, TC. Julie Avery, of the Michigan Barn Preservation Network, will discuss “Reasons for and Examples of Michigan Barn Preservation.” Free. 947-0947.

“COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

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FREE INTRODUCTORY BURLESQUE CLASS: 6pm, 1128 8th St., TC. With certified instructor Amira Hamzar. Reserve your spot: 231-313-5577.

EGG-STRAVAGANZA: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Visit hands on science stations & learn about eggs. Make an egg craft to take home. greatlakeskids.org

NW MI ARTS NETWORKS HOSTS LOCAL GATHERINGS IN APRIL: 6-7:30pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Community conversation to seek feedback on next steps in building the network and advocating for arts and culture throughout northwest Michigan. 231-8838388. sparksandstarts.com

GOOD FRIDAY EASTER FAMILY CRAFT & FELLOWSHIP NIGHT: 3-6pm, The Salvation Army, TC. Presented by Spark in the Dark TC. Featuring crafts for parents to make gifts for their children’s Easter baskets, crafts for the kids, fellowship, a pancake dinner and Easter egg hunt. Pre-register: 946-4644. Free.

ONE DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY: ENDING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN IMPASSE: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. MidEast:JustPeace presents journalist and author Ali Abunimah, who proposes a radical approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: to revive the neglected idea of one state shared by two peoples. Meet the author and enjoy light refreshments at 6:30pm; program at 7pm.

Cosponsored by Veterans for Peace, The Episcopal Peace Fellowship of Grace Church, and the Neahtawanta Center. Free.

COMMUNITY DANCE: 6:30pm, East Jordan Civic Center Gym. Presented by the Jordan Valley All-Stars Band. Dance lesson at 6:30pm; dance from 7-9:30pm. $10.

CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY TRAVERSE CITY MEETING: 6:30-8:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, third floor, TC. citizensclimatelobby.org

“NOTHING LIKE CHOCOLATE”: 7pm, Empire Township Hall. This documentary which profiles the Grenada Chocolate Company Cooperative will be co-hosted by the Glen Lake Library & Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate. It takes place to help celebrate National Library Week. glenlakelibrary.net

FREE NUTRITIONAL TALK: 6:30pm, Saks Wellness Center, Gaylord. “How to Balance Hormones Naturally.” Reservations: 989-732-7000.

POET FLEDA BROWN: 7pm, Leelanau Township Library, Northport. leelanautownshiplibrary.org

ISEA SEMINAR SERIES: 6:30-8pm, ISEA Education Center, Suttons Bay. Boardman River Selective Fish Passage National Demonstration: Keeping out the bad and encouraging the good! Free. schoolship.org/news-events/2017seminar-series

Northport Highlands. A nonprofit group that seeks to engage the Leelanau community in renewable energy activities, with the ultimate goal of 100% renewable energy. Meetings are held the second Thurs. of each month. northportenergy.org

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NORTHPORT ENERGY COMMUNITY ACTION FOR CLEAN ENERGY: 9am,

“FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”:

7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Southern sass, tears and charm engage as five bank tellers speak their hearts and brew lots of coffee in the break room of a small bank in Mississippi.

This warm play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com LOCAL AUTHOR JERRY DENNIS: 7pm, Empire Township Hall. Jerry will share readings and insights from his various books such as “The Living Great Lakes” and “The River Home.” Hosted by the Glen Lake Library to help celebrate National Library Week. glenlakelibrary.net MAYA/JAMES: 7pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Maya James is an Indie folk singer who plays acoustic guitar. She is accompanied by Jimmy Olson on the piano. RSVP. $10 suggested donation. Find ‘Maya/James plays Higher Art!’ on Facebook.

“COLLECTED STORIES”: (See Thurs., April 13)

CROSSHATCH HILL HOUSE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: 7:30pm, Kirkbride Hall, GT Commons, TC. Featuring Joshua Davis wsg Robinson & Rohe and Three Thirds. Presented by Blissfest & Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology. $20. blissfest.org/concerts

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THIRD ANNUAL BIG LITTLE HERO RACE: 9am, NMC’s main campus, TC. This superhero themed race includes a 1 mile fun run/ walk, 5K run/walk & 10K run.

Benefits Big Brother Big Sisters of Northwestern MI. biglittleherorace.com COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT: 10am, Keswick United Methodist Church, Suttons Bay. Geared for toddlers to elementary age.

231-271-3755. Free.

EASTER EGGSTRAVAGANZA: 10am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Over 3,000 eggs are up for grabs during Crystal Mountain’s Easter Egg Hunt. One lucky child will find the Golden Egg and win an Easter basket full of fun. Free. crystalmountain.com EASTER FUN & GAMES: 10am-12pm, East Jordan High School Gymnasium. Hosted by the East Jordan Lion’s Club. Includes two bikes being given away, prizes, candy, games, & the Easter Bunny.

FREE ACHILLES TENDONITIS & PLANTAR FASCIITIS WORKSHOP: 10-11:30am, Superior Physical Therapy, TC. Registration required: 944-6541. thesuperiortherapy.com JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER, NSDAR MEETING: 10am, Elks Lodge, TC. This month’s program will present the DAR Good Citizens Award and the American History Essay Winners. Brunch will follow. Reservations required.

946-6337. jobwinslow.michdar.net ALLERGY-FREE, NON-FOOD EASTER EGG HUNT: 10:15am, Petoskey District Library, indoors. Presented by the OddFellows of Petoskey. For ages 0-12. Every child who hunts for eggs will get to take a brand new book home. petoskeylibrary.org EASTER EGG HUNTS AT POND HILL FARM: 11am, Pond Hill Farm, five miles north of Downtown Harbor Springs on M119. 11am & 3pm hunts, including hunts for 3 & under. Over 5,000 eggs hidden. Find one of the 20 golden eggs to win special prizes. Free. pondhill.com SELF DEFENSE SEMINAR: White Tiger Martial Arts, TC is hosting a FREE Self Defense Seminar from 11am–1pm. Please RSVP, space is limited: 231.313.6900. Class is taught

by Master James R. Adkins, 9th Degree Black Belt. Please note: there is adult content, age appropriate participants only.

GLCM CHERRYLAND HUMANE SOCIETY PARTNER PROGRAM: Volunteer and Community Outreach Coordinator for the Cherryland Humane Society Deane Widgren will bring an animal friend or two to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC from 1:30-4pm.

There will also be stickers & activities to teach about pet safety. greatlakeskids.org “FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”: 2pm & 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium.

Southern sass, tears and charm engage as five bank tellers speak their hearts and brew lots of coffee in the break room of a small bank in Mississippi. This warm and gentle play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com “SLEEPING BEAUTY AND MORE...”: Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. The Dance Center Youth Ensemble’s Spring Concert. Told through music, dance, and drama, this original one-act ballet of “Sleeping Beauty -- The Awakening” will be featured. In addition,

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the performance groups, Ballet Virtuoso & Studio Company from The Dance Center, will present excerpts from “Paquita” ballet. Competitive team will also perform a variety of award-winning group, trio, duo, and solo pieces from their recent competitive season. Concerts at 2pm & 6:30pm.

Tickets: $20 advance; $25 door. 947-6820.

Ladies Night - $1 off drinks & $5 martinis closing at 9pm

Tues - $2 well drinks & shots open mic w/ host Chris Sterr

Wed - Get it in the can for $1 w/ 2 Bays DJs

AUTHOR SIGNING: 2-4pm, Horizon Books, TC. Richard Bachus will sign his book “Into No Man’s Land.” horizonbooks.com

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CHARLEVOIX EASTER EGG HUNT: 2pm, East Park, Charlevoix. Also featuring face painting & balloon animals by Twister Joe, hot cocoa, cookies & more. Free for children up to 10 years old. charlevoix.org

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ARTIST TALK WITH RUFUS SNODDY & ROBERT MIREK: 3-5:30pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Two unconventional artists chat about their process, point of view & careers. A question & answer session will follow. Both artists will have work to view. facebook.com/higherartgallery

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NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH GREG ILES & DOUG STANTON: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Iles will present the latest book in the trilogy “Mississippi Blood”. Doors open at 6pm with live music & treats from Morsels.

Q & A & book signing afterwards. General admission, $15.50. nationalwritersseries.org/ programs/evening-greg-iles “COLLECTED STORIES”: (See Thurs., April 13) CROSSHATCH HILL HOUSE SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring Joshua Davis wsg Robinson & Rohe and Three Thirds. Presented by Blissfest & Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology. $20. blissfest.org/concerts GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS PRESENTS JIVE AT FIVE: 8pm, 3rd floor of Elks, Cadillac.

Enjoy small combo jazz with this group of veteran Michigan musicians. Advance tickets: $12 adults, $6 students & free for 12 & under. Door: $15 adults, $7 students. mynorthtickets.com THE GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. With six albums to their name, The Great Lake Swimmers’ most recent is “A Forest Of Arms.” It features “a surging rhythm section, razor sharp violin, and flourishing banjo and guitars.” Call for ticket price: 231-582-2588. freshwaterartgallery.com/concertCalendar.php LAUGH FOR A GOOD CAUSE! COMEDY SHOW: 9pm, Studio Anatomy, TC. Falling Down Stairs Productions has offered to donate proceeds from their shows in March and April to help Polestar LGBT + Community Center launch itself as a new non-profit. tcpolestar.org

SECULAR A.A.: Thursdays: 5:30pm, The Porch, TC. Fridays: 7pm, By the Bay Alano Club, TC. secularaainmichigan.org

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“GRAND VIEWS & NATURE’S SPLENDORS”: City Opera House, TC. Featuring the April Artists of the Month - Janet Wilson Oliver & Dorothy McGrath Grossman. Nature’s Splendors illuminates the natural beauty of Michigan’s water, greenery, and wildlife against the arid views of the desert and mountain ranges of the west. Runs through April 28. cityoperahouse.org “REFLECTIONS”: Old Art Building, Leland.

Images from the Women’s March on Washington. View photographs by Kathy Silbernagel, Marilyn Hoogstraten, and Babs Young as well as a narrative and video piece by Emmy Holman. Runs through April 10. oldartbuilding.com ANNUAL REGIONAL STUDENT EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. All schools in the five-county region are invited to participate. An opening reception will be held on Fri., April 14 from 5-7pm. Runs through May 12. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org ARTFUL AFTERNOONS: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Every Weds. through April 26 at 1pm. Free. gacaevents.weebly.com ARTWORK OF NCMC STUDENTS: Runs through Apr. 27 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey. Showcasing the best art and design work of North Central Michigan College students. crookedtree.org CALL FOR STUDENT ARTISTS: HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: Through Apr. 17. If you are between the ages of 16-24 and would like to show your artwork, please email images of your most recent body of work to: higherartgallery@gmail.com. Accepting up to 3 young artists at a time. Will change artists 4 times a year. The first exhibit begins April 22. higherartgallery.com SPRING EXHIBIT: SACRED SPACES: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Exploring ideas such as ancestry, time, nostalgia & individual views on what is sacred. Runs through April 22. Open Weds. through Sun. higherartgallery.com CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS, JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: Runs through April 28. Open to MI artists age 18 & older. Gallery is closed on Sundays. charlevoixcircle.com

HAWAIIAN LUAU: Featuring a Hawaiian buffet from Night Kitchen Pop Up, live music by The Parking Lots, & more. 5-10pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Tickets: $15. mynorthtickets.com

DOORS & WINDOWS: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. This Invitational Exhibit runs April 9-30. Open Tues. - Sun. jordanriverarts.com

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MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 8 from 1-4pm. Featuring a talk by exhibition juror Judi Betts & live music. The exhibition runs through May 26. crookedtree.org

ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30-7pm, basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. For those who seek to address the residual effects of having been raised in dysfunctional household. adultchildren.org BREATH & BALANCE - A ZERO IMPACT AIKIDO: Tuesdays through April, 10am, The GT Circuit, TC. A no-impact, safe class for adults/ seniors, focusing on maintaining and regaining balance, breathing exercises, and training with a partner. innerpathdojo.com CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET: Fridays through June 9, 10am-1pm, Upper Level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. crookedtree.org

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FREE COMMUNITY CLASS: Wednesdays, 7:30pm, Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. bikramyogatcgr.com

YOUTH ART SHOW: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District. Opening reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 8. Runs through May 6. crookedtree.org APRIL ARTIST OF THE MONTH, BETH BYNUM: The Botanic Garden at HIstoric Barns Park, TC. An opening reception will be held on Thurs., April 13 from 5-7pm with mixed media artist Beth Bynum. Art will be on display through April. thebotanicgarden.org/events

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The Shins – Heartworms – Columbia

While The Shins are officially a “band,” those in the know know that for many years the band has essentially been frontman James Mercer, a fact that comes to the forefront with this set. Self-produced and even more introspective than The Shins’ most introverted album to date (2001’s Oh, Inverted World), Heartworms demonstrates Mercer’s stock ability to churn out a remarkable ratio of songs that are as detailed and catchy as he is productive, from the nostalgic folk pop of “Mildenhall” to the Alan Parsons-like “Rubber Ballz” and the sprinting, personalized pop of “Name For You.”

Aimee Mann – Mental Illness – Super Ego

In interviews surrounding the release of this, her ninth solo album, singer- songwriter Mann has repeatedly acknowledged the overreaching sadness of her newest set of songs, but never fear – it’s all intentional. Correct or not, Mann’s long been thought of as a feminine sad sack of the indie-rock set, so she decided to just go with the stereotype and see what happens. The result: a graceful collection of liltingly-sung, slow-paced pop waltzes and hipster hymns that you can’t ignore, from the acceptance of “You Never Loved Me” to the character-driven “Lies of Summer.” They might be sad songs, but with melodies this catchy, that’s not a bad thing.

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First snagging some well-deserved attention in the UK for the title track from this album and now making his way stateside is Rory Graham, aka Rag N’ Bone Man, the modern blues singer from Brighton whose songs blend soulful, assured vocals with massive refrains and bluesy hooks that have immediate appeal. Graham’s vocal approach is reminiscent of a deeper-voiced James Bay filtered through Memphis on tracks like the rhythmic “Arrow,” the richly layered “Grace,” and the more pop-seasoned “Be the Man,” all produced with confidence and an extra layer of cool not often heard on a debut full-length set.

The Chainsmokers – Memories…Do Not Open – Disruptor

The production/DJ duo of Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart notched their first success back in 2014 with their club single “#Selfie,” and followed that up with a debut EP and a Grammy-winning dance track in the trap-pop hit “Don’t Let Me Down.” So anticipation was built up for their first studio album, which is just arriving now. The diversity of the duo definitely shows on this studio outing, from the chill dub of “Paris” to the emotional, faintly EDM stylings of “The One.” But there’s a cohesion missing that only surfaces during a couple of tracks -- one being their unexpected collaboration with Coldplay (“Something Just Like This”) -- and there’s a little too much reliance on downtempo drama for this to be a well-rounded effort.

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Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park just revealed the first chunk of their concert schedule for the 2017 summer season at the park’s outdoor amphitheater, with several big names on the bill plus a show full of woman power. The biggest news is buzz band St. Paul and The Broken Bones (June 9), the soul-pop outfit from Alabama that’s been making a ton of, well, noise, with their new album Sea of Noise, which helped snag them a spot at last year’s massive Glastonbury Festival in England. Also appearing at Meijer Gardens this year will be classic rock icon and flute player Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull – August 18), plus that triple female threat of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Joan Baez, and The Indigo Girls (June 12.) The remainder of the lineup will be announced later this month…

A couple of festivals out of town would make great road trip destinations this summer, the first being the 10th Annual Roots Picnic, hosted by none other than The Roots themselves. The Picnic will also welcome co-headliner Pharrell Williams, plus performances from Lil Wayne, Kimbra, Michael Kiwanuka, and 21 Savage on June 3. And July 6-16, you can head to Ontario, Canada for the Ottawa Bluesfest (which is only partially about the blues), to see sets by LCD Soundsystem, Pink, 50 Cent, Phantogram, and more…

‘90s outfit Blink-182 are returning with a new deluxe edition of their 2016 album California, which will include 11 new tracks plus an acoustic version of their album cut “Bored to Death.” One of the new tunes, “Parking Lot,” has already hit alt-rock radio and is causing a stir with its cranking beat and uber-catchy punk chorus. The new California album will hit outlets on May 19, and will be accompanied by a tour that will kick off on March 22 in Austin and will keep them busy across north America this summer…

Jake’s Music Festival, a benefit concert for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, had held its event at Grand Rapids’ Wealthy Theater, but this year the fest is set to take place at The Orbit Room (also in Grand Rapids), with Papa Vegas headlining a bill of five bands.

It’s the first new venue in ten years for the fest, which will take place on April 22. Rounding out that lineup after Papa Vegas, fans will get to set live sets by The JetBeats, PotatoeBabies, The Autumnatic, and Lipstick Jodi. Tens of thousands of dollars are usually raised for the cause each year via the tickets sold, so the fest needed to change venues in order to accommodate its growing audience; get tickets and more info at jakesmusicfestival.com…

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boss baby Babies. They’re cute and sweet and all, but there’s something about them I just don’t get. And the same thing can be said about my relationship to Dreamworks’ latest foray into animated family fare, “The Boss Baby.” Sure it has its charm and appeal, and things even get off to a pretty strong start, but then I just had so many questions. So many questions.

The filmmakers even spend a lot of time trying to answer said questions, but suffice it to say they never successfully establish a believable world for a film about a “boss” baby (yeah, I still don’t get exactly what that means other than I’m told there’s a Trump joke to be found somewhere).

So like I mentioned, things start off well enough with a truly inventive sequence set to Irving Berlin’s “Cheek to Cheek” that somewhat explains where babies (and boss babies) come from. Basically, before infants are sent to their families from a baby factory high in the clouds, they get one final inspection and a select few are instead selected to head to BabyCorp HQ where they become “bosses” and help run the baby producing “company.”

Now back on the ground, we meet a seven year-old boy named Tim who revels in a happy existence as the only child of his two parents (voiced by Jimmy Kimmel and Lisa Kudrow) where he gets all the attention and gets stories read and lullabies sung to him each night.

But then Tim gets the news that his parents are having another baby. Tim’s a smart kid, and he knows what’s coming. So to deal with the disruption to his blissful life, he retreats to his wonderfully imaginative fantasies. Depicted using different retro animation styles, Tim’s anxieties take the form of things like pirate adventures or spy missions. These delightful, whimsical, and vibrant sequences really pop and are the film’s biggest strength.

When that little brother does finally arrive, he comes home not with parents from the hospital, but this supposed infant walks straight out of a cab, wearing a suit, carrying a briefcase, with the name Boss Baby, voiced

by Alec Baldwin in “30 Rock” Jack Donaghy mode, and dropping lines about memos and HR. And the parents never question it.

There is a slightly amusing metaphorical truth here that a baby is the boss of the household, ruling the roost with constant demands to be fed, changed, and coddled (and I won’t lie, I loved the sight of Boss Baby in little sock garters). Plus, there is some genuine relatability to the sibling rivalry. But it’s not really enough to fill an entire film.

And how they do fill in “The Boss Baby” is with a decidedly dark corporate espionage

plot and predictable set pieces that don’t add to the story.

Turns out, Boss Baby is not really Tim’s brother, but rather an undercover agent from BabyCorp there to carry out a mission in the long raging war between puppies and babies for love (there’s apparently only so much to go around). So to get rid of Boss Baby and get his life back, Tim and Boss Baby work together, and in the process they might just, I dunno, bond.

See PuppyCo is about to release a new “Forever Puppy” (a puppy that will never age) and the stakes have never been higher – the threat being that humans will be so enraptured by these new puppies that they won’t have babies. And the consequences of such a turn of events, though never explicitly stated, are that without babies humanity will CEASE TO EXIST. How’s that for light kiddie fare?

And that’s not even mentioning the fact the puppies come from a veritable PUPPY MILL. It’s this ridiculous narrative stretch when the questions really start piling up. Like why does BabyCorp have to be run by babies that are really adults drinking a magic formula to keep them baby sized? I mean, PuppyCo is run by a human (a brilliant Steve Buscemi) and not a puppy.

With such an overcomplicated plot and a way-too-complex mythology (yes, I went there), “The Boss Baby” works way too hard to overcome its one joke setup, and you have to work too hard to suspend your disbelief.

If circumstances were different, I could certainly buy into this absurdity, but the problem here is that “The Boss Baby” just isn’t that funny, and drags on too long. The humor only has two levels: It’s either jokes that are way too adult (David Mamet kills with the elementary set, amiright?), or bottom-ofthe-barrel gags about butts (I counted at least 25). There’s no middle ground.

This dearth of engaging amusement means you have way too much time to overthink just about everything. I get that Boss Baby is essentially an extension of Tim’s fantasies, but that doesn’t give the filmmakers a pass.

The best thing I can say about “The Boss Baby” in its performance review is that it was better than I thought it would be. From the earnest sense of wonder and analog spirit to some heartfelt moments between brothers, director Tom McGrath (“Madagascar”) elevates a painful premise beyond animated drivel.

But with its gratuitous “Toy Story” influences, McGrath was clearly aiming for Pixar-level poignance, making it all the more apparent just what a frustrating imitation this is.

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While it might be utterly standard and formulaic, it’s slick and quick and gets the job done, competently executing a by-the-books genre film with an A-list cast and some firstrate special effects. It follows six astronauts – including Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, and Rebecca Ferguson – set to retrieve and study soil samples from Mars, samples that contain a tiny organism that is the first evidence of extraterrestrial life. But said organism, lovingly referred to as “Calvin,” begins morphing and evolving at unprecedented rates and the humans onboard keep making mistakes. So despite their good, scientific intentions, Calvin’s deadliness is quickly revealed and you can guess what happens next.

Yet, even with its familiar know-it’s-coming thrills, “Life” still manages to unsettle, surprise, and scare. So much so that the twisty, borderline silly, it’s-almost-pretty-genius ending proves wildly enjoyable. This might not be the most original thing out there, but hey, its not part of a franchise, and it stretches its creative might in some more interesting than not set pieces.

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: Once again, it’s Christmas. Ooh, ooh, what’s that under the tree?! Once again… it’s the floor.

Many men sneer at the importance their ladies place on getting gifts from them, deeming it a sign of female emotional frailty.

What these men aren’t taking into account is that the differences that evolved in male and female psychology correspond to differences in male and female physiology. To put this another way, women -- disproportionately -are into getting gifts from romantic partners for the same reason men (disproportionately) are into watching strippers. (“All the better to pass one’s genes on with, my dear!”)

Because, for a woman, sex can lead to pregnancy (and a hungry kid to drag around), female emotions evolved to act as a sort of alarm system, making a woman feel crappy when there are signs a man’s commitment may be waning. (Wanting to feel better makes her take corrective action -pressing him to put up or get out.) However, a man’s being willing to give gifts suggests a willingness to “invest” (beyond 2.6 minutes of foreplay and a teaspoon of sperm).

Accordingly, evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad believes that gift-giving evolved as a “distinctly male courtship strategy.” Though women do give gifts to romantic partners, they tend to wait till they’re in a relationship and then do it to “celebrate” being together. Saad’s research finds that men, on the other hand, “are much more likely to be tactical in their reasons for offering a gift to a romantic partner” -like, in the courtship phase, to get a woman into bed. (Of course, if a woman wants to get a man into bed, she doesn’t need to give him a present to unwrap; she just starts unbuttoning her top.)

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that works for you. That’s what people who love each other do -- even if they, say, believe the gift of their side salad at dinner should be gift enough. Besides, you aren’t demanding, “‘Tiara of the Week!’ or I’m gone!” You’d just like occasional little “thinking of you” prezzies and somewhat bigger ones on Official Girlfriend Holidays (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.). Ultimately, these are not just gifts but messages that making you happy is worth an investment of money and effort -- beyond what he’s been putting in to run out and get his wallet wired shut just in time for your birthday.

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Your fiancee probably still feels resentful and maybe even thinks less of you for how you basically showed all the testosteronedriven fortitude of a geranium. Consider what grandpas everywhere call “having character”: doing the right thing -- even when that kinda blows for you. If, in looking back, you would’ve done things differently, tell your fiancee. Then pledge that going forward, you’ll be that kind of guy -- and protecting the person who means most to you won’t involve pushing your girlfriend toward the grizzly bear so you’ll have more time to make a run for it.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES

(March 21-April 19): Before visiting Sicily for the first time, American poet Billy Collins learned to speak Italian. In his poem "By a Swimming Pool Outside Siracusa," he describes how the new language is changing his perspective. If he were thinking in English, he might say that the gin he's drinking while sitting alone in the evening light "has softened my mood." But the newly Italianized part of his mind would prefer to say that the gin "has allowed my thoughts to traverse my brain with greater gentleness" and "has extended permission to my mind to feel a friendship with the vast sky." Your assignment in the coming week, Aries, is to Italianize your view of the world. Infuse your thoughts with expansive lyricism and voluptuous relaxation. If you're Italian, celebrate and amplify your Italianness.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you ready

for a riddle that's more enjoyable than the kind you're used to? I'm not sure if you are. You may be too jaded to embrace this unusual gift.

You could assume it's another one of the crazymaking cosmic jokes that have sometimes tormented you in the past. But I hope that doesn't happen. I hope you'll welcome the riddle in the liberating spirit in which it's offered.

If you do, you'll be pleasantly surprised as it teases you in ways you didn't know you wanted to be teased. You'll feel a delightful itch or a soothing burn in your secret self, like a funny-bone feeling that titillates your immortal soul. P.S.: To take full advantage of the blessed riddle, you may have to expand your understanding of what's good for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It's closing time.

You have finished toiling in the shadow of an old sacred cow. You've climaxed your relationship with ill-fitting ideas that you borrowed from mediocre and inappropriate teachers once upon a time. And you can finally give up your quest for a supposed Holy Grail that never actually existed in the first place. It's time to move on to the next chapter of your life story, Taurus! You have been authorized to graduate from any influence, attachment, and attraction that wouldn't serve your greater good in the future. Does this mean you'll soon be ready to embrace more freedom than you have in years? I'm betting on it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The heaviest

butterfly on the planet is the female Queen Victorian Birdwing. It tips the scales at two grams. The female Queen Alexandra Birdwing is the butterfly with the longest wingspan: over 12 inches. These two creatures remind me of you these days.

Like them, you're freakishly beautiful. You're a marvelous and somewhat vertiginous spectacle. The tasks you're working on are graceful and elegant, yet also big and weighty.

Because of your intensity, you may not look flight-worthy, but you're actually quite aerodynamic. In fact, your sorties are dazzling and influential. Though your acrobatic zigzags seem improbable, they're effective.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Picasso had

mixed feelings about his fellow painter Marc Chagall, who was born under the sign of Cancer.

"I'm not crazy about his roosters and donkeys and flying violinists, and all the folklore," Picasso said, referring to the subject matter of Chagall's compositions. But he also felt that Chagall was one of the only painters "who understands what color really is," adding, "There's never been anybody since Renoir who has the feeling for light that Chagall has." I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will be the recipient of mixed messages like these. Praise and disapproval may come your way. Recognition and neglect.

Kudos and apathy. Please don't dwell on the criticism and downplay the applause. In fact, do the reverse!

LEO

APRIL 10 - APRIL 16

(July 23-Aug. 22): "Go Tell It on the Mountain" is the title of an old gospel song, and now it's the metaphorical theme of your horoscope. I advise you to climb a tall peak -- even if it's just a magic mountain in your imagination -- and deliver the spicy monologue that has been marinating within you. It would be great if you could gather a sympathetic audience for your revelations, but that's not mandatory to achieve the necessary catharsis. You simply need to be gazing at the big picture as you declare your big, ripe truths.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you were a

snake, it would be a fine time to molt your skin.

If you were a river, it would be a perfect moment to overflow your banks in a spring flood. If you were an office worker, it would be an excellent phase to trade in your claustrophobic cubicle for a spacious new niche. In other words, Virgo, you're primed to outgrow at least one of your containers. The boundaries you knew you would have to transgress some day are finally ready to be transgressed. Even now, your attention span is expanding and your imagination is stretching.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): For over a century,

the Ringsaker Lutheran Church in Buxton, North Dakota hosted rites of passage, including 362 baptisms, 50 marriages, and 97 funerals. It closed in 2002, a victim of the area's shrinking population.

I invite you to consider the possibility that this can serve as a useful metaphor for you, Libra. Is there a place that has been a sanctuary for you, but has begun to lose its magic? Is there a traditional power spot from which the power has been ebbing?

Has a holy refuge evolved into a mundane hang-out? If so, mourn for a while, then go in search of a vibrant replacement.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Most people

throw away lemon rinds, walnut shells, and pomegranate skins. But some resourceful types find uses for these apparent wastes. Lemon rind can serve as a deodorizer, cleaner, and skin tonic, as well as a zesty ingredient in recipes. Groundup walnut shells work well in facial scrubs and pet bedding.

When made into a powder, pomegranate peels have a variety of applications for skin care. I suggest you look for metaphorically similar things, Scorpio. You're typically inclined to dismiss the surfaces and discard the packaging and ignore the outer layers, but I urge you to consider the possibility that right now they may have value.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You're

growing too fast, but that's fine as long as you don't make people around you feel they're moving too slowly. You know too much, but that won't be a problem as long as you don't act snooty. And you're almost too attractive for your own good, but that won't hurt you as long as you overflow with spontaneous generosity. What I'm trying to convey, Sagittarius, is that your excesses are likely to be more beautiful than chaotic, more fertile than confusing. And that should provide you with plenty of slack when dealing with cautious folks who are a bit rattled by your lust for life.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Until

recently, scientists believed the number of trees on the planet was about 400 billion. But research published in the journal Nature says that's wrong. There are actually three trillion trees on earth -- almost eight times more than was previously thought.

In a similar way, I suspect you have also underestimated certain resources that are personally available to you, Capricorn. Now is a good time to correct your undervaluation. Summon the audacity to recognize the potential abundance you have at your disposal. Then make plans to tap into it with a greater sense of purpose.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The poet John

Keats identified a quality he called "negative capability." He defined it as the power to calmly accept "uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts without any irritable reaching after fact and reason."

I would extend the meaning to include three other things not to be irritably reached for: artificial clarity, premature resolution, and simplistic answers. Now is an excellent time to learn more about this fine art, Aquarius.

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