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Bates is the land records of Global Historical Climatology Network, the records of over 4,000 weather stations. What NOAA did, according to Bates, was adjust the historical records downward and recent ones upward so the warming trend looked steeper. Reality time: The last 3 years are not the warmest on record.

To make the so-called “Pause Buster” even more questionable is the fact that NOAA failed to archive the data for independent peer review and verification. When the U.S. House Science Committee issued subpoenas for internal emails related to it, the computer holding the data was reported to have suffered a “complete failure” and now cannot be verified. This minor detail did not stop Secretary of State John Kerry from withdrawing his signature, or then President Obama from demagoguing for its approval. Thankfully the U.S. Constitution requires the U.S. Senate to ratify treaties which, in this case, it has not done.

What the NOAA’s doctoring of the data has shown is there are those who will do anything to facilitate the government’s freedom destroying plan to save us from ourselves.

Matthew Schoech, Traverse City

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Where’s Bergman?

Another cold, damp Tuesday and another gathering of Patriotic Citizens, un-paid constituents, grandparents and residents of Michigan’s 1st District attempting to lobby our fearless congressman into having a Traverse City town hall meeting has again fallen on deaf ears. With a two-week recess underway, our “brave” representative has decided to hold a whopping two town halls, and neither of them will be local.

Considering the very cornerstone of Bergman’s candidacy was about his Marine rank and service, it is more than disheartening to find out his mere two meetings will more than likely be held in some “friendly” little pocket of voters with a “friendly” fundraiser immediately following.

The residents of Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie and Manistee counties deserve and should continue to demand that Bergman hold town halls that are easily accessible to all people the 1st District represents.

By now we have all heard the quote from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) A fair analogy could be made about that statement.

It seems Bergman is quite content to send a big “F.U.” to an increasingly large swath of northern Michigan.

John Hunter, Traverse City

Earth Day And Climate Change

Why not extend the Saturday, April 22, celebration of Earth Day through the weekend? Take a drive on out to Frankfurt to see the riveting documentary “Before the Flood” at the Garden Theater at 5 pm on Sunday, April 23. Admission is free!

With Leonardo DiCaprio as your host, travel the globe to witness firsthand the causes and effects of global warming and explore possible solutions.

This is a critical time in the health of our planet. We can no longer give polluters free access to the earth’s air and other vital resources. When you consider that some of our elected representatives are ignoring the science of global warming culled from the most trusted institutions and scientists in the world (think NASA, NOAA and countless others), it is clear that the responsibility for a clean energy future will fall to you and me.

Nancy Cotcamp , Thompsonville

Is Global Warming Real?

Those who consider man-made global warming real should reconsider. A retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) climate scientist has blown the whistle on a very big scam.

Dr. John Bates revealed to the UK’s Daily Mail that NOAA’s “Pause Buster” report was used to influence the Paris Agreement on Climate Change but was based on fraud led

by NOAA’s climate boss, Thomas Karl.

Bates further explained that NOAA replaced temperature readings from Argo ocean buoys with temperature measurements from ocean ships noted for their inaccuracy and ship heat influence. Another dataset that was “adjusted” by NOAA according to Dr.

As an amateur astronomer and member of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society (GTAS) I enjoyed the April 3rd article “The Sky’s the Limit” promoting the statewide Astronomy Night. However, there was a disappointing omission. NMC’s Rogers Observatory is, for the Traverse City area, the local venue for observing the night sky, hands-on astronomy activities, programs, and outreach.

The observatory was open on April 7 as part of its regular rain or shine open house schedule. There was a program on light pollution presented by an astrophysicist, followed by observing with the observatory’s research-grade telescope and others provided by the observatory and GTAS members.

We host open houses and have an outreach program in 20 school events each year. We’re the astronomers in residence at Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore (one of the top ten national parks for dark skies), where we co-host events from spring to fall.

We do support and promote the Headlands International Dark Sky Park and urge the public to visit Headlands the other venues mentioned in the article. But don’t overlook Rogers Observatory, the gem in our backyard.

Richard Kuschell, Traverse City

Township Does Rentals Right

I just finished reading your story on short-term rentals (STRs). My husband and I live in Garfield Township across the street from Silver Lake. The home right on the lake directly in front of us was a short-term rental for years. It was a nightmare; partying into the wee hours, profanity, garbage everywhere, a fight that we had to call 911 on and so many more stories I could tell.

I credit the township for investigating the complaints that were piling up, surveying affected owners including the landlords, and having multiple meetings to hear from both sides. To their credit, a long-time ordinance forbidding STRs was upheld. We now enjoy our home as it should be, a quiet retreat at the end of the day.

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A number of Republican Michigan lawmakers have been in the news for dodging the madding crowds of disenfranchised constituents. These elected officials are cowering safe in the knowledge that their re-election is a lock.

It’s all about gerrymandering, the corruptive practice of manipulating political districts to the unfair advantage of one political party.

If a grassroots group in Michigan has their way, this gross dereliction of duty will be abolished by making the state the first in the nation to constitutionally bar politicians from participating in redistricting. The nonpartisan ballot question committee Voters Not Politicians is launching a petition drive for a 2018 vote on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit professional partisans from drawing districts to favor their own interests.

The initiative will create a 9-member nonpartisan “citizens redistricting commission,” effectively removing politics from the process.

Nonpartisan state commissions became possible through a landmark 2015 Supreme Court ruling which struck down a Republican challenge to the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission’s authority. The door for reform was kicked wide open.

The high court mandated back in 1964 that redistricting must be “fair and effective representation for all citizens” — a fine idea in the theoretical realm, but it clearly has proven to be dysfunctional under the growing rancor of partisanship. Districts have been manipulated at both the federal and state levels, crippling the electoral process and weakening democracy.

Katie Fahey of Voters Not Politicians asserts it’s time to end the dominance of backroom politics. She explains how gerrymandering has drastically skewed results in Michigan: “In 2016, the difference between the two major parties’ state House vote was just 3,000 votes (0.07%). But the creative maps developed by the politicians and their consultants gave one party a 63-47 advantage in the House.”

Michigan is not unique in their politically tortured electoral maps. The practice of gerrymandering knows no party. But as Republicans came to dominate state legislatures across the nation over the past decade, GOP operatives set to work redrawing districts which simply defy logic and ethical norms.

Wisconsin recently got spanked hard in federal court over the issue. Bypassing the obvious political reasoning, plaintiffs instead argued that the way districts were drawn was inefficient. The court agreed. Subsequent to the ruling, a request from the governor to await a Supreme Court decision on the question was rejected. Wisconsin was ordered to redraw their districts prior to the 2018 midterm elections.

Legal action against gerrymandering is also in the works in Michigan. In fact, the judiciary is busy considering a multitude of cases across the nation over districts rigged based on the 2010 census, with a particular focus on racial bias. Anticipating a surge in legal challenges, Tufts University and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are now offering a 6-day training course for mathematicians to become expert witnesses on the topic. More than 900 people have indicated interest in the program.

Redistricting along racial lines has long been considered a violation of both the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act — yet the problem persists wherever minorities exist. Rulings on the topic are coming in fast and furious. Just this March, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Virginia State Legislature had engaged in a clear exercise of racial gerrymandering, and a few days later a federal court ruled on a 2011 case in Texas finding that redistricting had violated both the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.

In recent years, Democrats have suffered the most from extreme political mapping. The Democratic National Committee has been under increasing pressure from stakeholders to tackle the problem. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is the point man for aiding states in the redistricting process makeover.

He’s been tapped to head the National Redistricting Committee, an organization intent on undoing the state-level gerrymandering mess.

It seems a new appreciation for the “all politics is local” maxim is driving the DNC’s renewed interest in capturing state houses.

New lines will next be drawn after the decennial census in 2020. So significant change can only occur well after the 2018 midterm elections — a contest heavily skewed by GOP interests.

The process of petitioning for a Michigan constitutional amendment is an arduous one, requiring the collection of well over 300,000 valid signatures within the narrow window of 180 days. And it’s not cheap. Political strategist Howard Edelson, a veteran of a number of statewide ballot measure campaigns, estimates the cost will run between $10 and $15 million. Voters Not Politicians is actively fundraising, with a tentative petition launch date later this spring.

Putting an end to gerrymandering is certainly a herculean task — as with all things political, scruples typically are the first to go out the window for those in power. It’s a malady afflicting both parties. Martin O’Malley, a Democrat and former governor of Maryland, recently came clean on his abuse of the redistricting process. His turnaround occurred contemporaneous to being served a subpoena commanding his testimony on his 2010 participation in redrawing the state’s congressional districts to his party’s advantage. Maryland is somewhat unique in that current Republican governor Larry Hogan shares O’Malley’s call for a nonpartisan commission to consider redistricting.

Another Republican, a former governor of California, also weighed-in on banishing the unscrupulous practice of partisan redistricting: “We took the power of drawing the district lines away from the politicians and gave it back to the people, where it belongs…

We’ve proven that gerrymandering can be permanently terminated.”

Yep, that was Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Amy Kerr Hardin is a retired banker, a regionally-known artist, and a public policy wonk and political essayist at Democracy-Tree.com.

She and her husband have lived in the Grand Traverse area since 1980, where they raised two children, and have both been involved in local politics and political campaigns.

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Bergman to Appear at Town Halls U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, will hold two town hall meetings in his district this week.

The first-term congressman will appear at Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba on April 19 at 7pm and at the Ellison Place in Gaylord on April 20 at 6:30pm. All district residents are invited to attend.

On the day Bergman announced the meetings, frustrated constituents complained in comments on his web site that Bergman was avoiding the most populated cities in his district and that he’d scheduled too few town halls given the current political climate.

Farahn Morgan, Bergman’s communications director, said these are only the first town halls Bergman will hold and that Escanaba and Jack Bergman Gaylord were picked over larger cities in Bergman’s district like Traverse City or Petoskey because they wanted convenient locations.

“We really wanted this to be at a centralized location that will be convenient for folks across the Lower Peninsula,” Farahn said. “Michigan’s 1st District is huge geographically, and the Congressman wants this to be as inclusive as possible.”

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These self–professed “passionate people” partnered with a Michigan soda jerk to carefully create small batches, eventually perfecting the Brix Soda flavors. Today, the sodas, made right here in Michigan, are available in 13 fountain syrup flavors and six bottled flavors, all sweetened with pure cane sugar.

Bottled varieties include black cherry crème soda, island–inspired Jamaican ginger beer, orange crème soda and Brix’s perfectly sharp root beer; visit one of the locations using their fountain syrups to also try the standout lemon– lime and coconut pineapple flavors.

Brix Sodas are available regionally at Francisco’s Market and Deli in Traverse City, The Whi–Ski Inn in Boyne Falls, The Maple River Pub in Brutus, Duffy’s Garage and Grille in Petoskey and Biere de Mac Brew Works in Mackinaw City.

Leelanau County’s Fountain Point Resort has unveiled its Summer Concert Series lineup, with concerts slated for Thursday and Sunday evenings. This summer’s lineup will present 17 shows, including performances by Traverse City-based kickoff act The Accidentals (June 18); Kalamazoo rockers Graham Parsons and The Go Rounds (June 25); the classic sounds of Jazz North (July 6); folk-pop duo Oh Brother Big Sister (July 13); Suttons Bay’s own bluegrass wunderkind Nik Carman (July 30); and Minnesota jazz-blues outfit Davina and the Vagabonds (August 13.) All shows start at 7:30pm; the entire schedule and more can be found at fountainpointmusic.com or (231)-256-9800.

Plenty Planned for Earth Day Around TC Earth Day is April 22, but there are events celebrating the planet throughout the month.

Some include: The Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council hosts its 29th Annual Environmentalist of the Year Awards & Celebration April 28 from 5:30pm until 9pm at the Dennos Museum. More than 50 are nominated for the awards, and the guest speaker will be Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Chairman Aaron Payment, who will talk about Line 5 and treaty fishing rights in the Straits. For tickets, visit nmeac.org.

The following day, the People’s Climate Movement will hold a march at the Open Space from noon until 3pm. A “Fire-up Rally” is planned April 18 from 5pm Aaron Payment until 8pm at the Workshop Brewing Company.

Meanwhile, the Leelanau Conservancy will celebrate “Earth Week” beginning April 17. They’ve planned a week of hikes, trail building and a four-mile trail run.

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DEEPER INTO THE QUICKSAND spectator by stephen tuttle Already sick from the dirt diet that is the Middle East, we've decided to add Syria to the menu. We should be asking why.

Syria became an independent state and an original member of the United Nations in 1945. Things deteriorated after that.

Regular coups bedeviled the country until a nationalist socialist political party called the Ba'athists took over in 1963.

They almost immediately declared emergency law, virtually undoing their young constitution.

In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power and reigned for 30 years through oppression, violent secret police, state-sanctioned murder and the end to any shred of what we'd call civil rights. His virulent anti-Israeli views and alliance with the old Soviet Union were added complications.

Upon his death in 2000, his son, Bashar

gassed. If we were trying to send a message, it wasn't heard by the Assad government.

(As an aside, the discussion of the appropriate and moral method of killing people is patently absurd. Bombs and gas both kill indiscriminately. Being blown to smithereens or gassed matters little to those on the receiving end who are equally dead. Apparently rank ordering wartime killing is the best we've been able to come up with after 10,000 or so years of what we call civilization.)

What are we doing?

Even our new secretary of state and new ambassador to the United Nations can't seem to agree on our primary purpose.

President Trump gets to prove what a manly man he is and Vladimir Putin has to respond in kind to prove he isn't just another pipsqueak despot. Whoopee.

al-Assad, took over the family dictator business and tried to out-butcher his father, adding chemical weapons to the arsenal he casually used against his own people.

When the so-called Arab Spring broke out in 2011, rebellion started in Syria, too.

Assad responded with bestial aggression.

The United Nations estimates the death toll at 400,000, most of them civilian noncombatants.

Then things got a lot more complicated.

There are now dozens of players.

One side has the Syrian government and most of their military, the terrorist group Hezbollah, Iran, a dozen or so factions and militia groups and lately their Russian pals (Syria is Russia's largest arms customer).

The rebel side has the Free Syrian Army, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a jihadist group called al-Nusra Front that mostly cooperates with rebels, and Turkey. Then there's an eight-nation NATO coalition, led by us, fighting ISIS, which is fighting everybody.

We have tacitly supported the antiAssad coalition, and actively bombed ISIS positions in coordination with Russia. The Syrian government, Russia and Hezbollah are fighting the rebels we support but are on our side fighting ISIS. This is the quicksand into which we now wade ever deeper.

We rained $70 million worth of missiles down on a Syrian airfield we allege was used to launch a gas attack on Syrian civilians. Fans of the adventure said a line had been crossed when Assad again used chemical weapons. Within hours the Syrians had launched another bombing foray, from the very airfield we had just attacked, on civilians in the same town they had earlier

Nobody is willing or able to articulate why this is in our national interest or exactly what our national interest in Syria actually is. If there's a legitimate reason for us to expand our war footprint to include Syria, somebody should tell us.

An even better question is what would we consider victory in Syria? If Assad is deposed, he will be replaced by anarchy, an even more fertile breeding ground for more violent jihadists. We've already seen this play out in Libya and Iraq. If we run ISIS out of the country, that makes it easier for Assad to continue his ruthless pursuit of Syrian rebels we support.

If ISIS is crushed and Assad removed, then what? That surely will not please either Russia or Iran. How long do we plan on being engaged in a third front in the Middle East? Our promised quick victories in Afghanistan and Iraq have become 16- and 14-year war nightmares, the longest in our history.

Syria's civil war poses no direct security or geopolitical threat to the United States.

A deeper involvement wastes more treasure, risks more American blood, puts us on a dangerous collision course with the Russians and furthers no American cause or objective yet stated.

We should be able to maintain our position in the world without furthering the carnage already underway in Syria.

In the meantime, we're sending a naval battle group led by an aircraft carrier to cruise off the Korean Peninsula. North Korean megalomaniac Kim Jong-un has been running his mouth and testing missiles, so we have to teach him a lesson, too.

Already involved in wars without end, we're looking for more. It is obscene.

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Crime & Rescue METH LAB FOUND IN TRAILER Following a complaint of suspected drug use at a mobile home park, Cadillac Police found evidence of a meth lab.

Police talked to witnesses and residents on April 10 and then called in the Traverse Narcotics Team, who got a search warrant for a trailer at Country Acres.

Investigators found the chemicals and components commonly used to manufacture the drug, Det./Lt. Daniel King said. Two suspects who live at the residence were expected to face drug charges.

DEPUTIES BREAK UP ASSAULT A woman’s screams for help prompted an anonymous call to 911 and caused Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies to break up an assault at an Interlochen home.

Deputies used a Taser to stop a 39-yearold man as he stood over his 30-year-old wife and stomped on her face, said Capt. Christopher Clark. The deputy arrived at the trailer on Betsie River Road sometime after 2:39am April 9 and found the man over his wife in a covered porch.

The man ignored orders to stop kicking his wife, Clark says.

The woman’s face and forehead were swollen and she was taken to Munson Medical Center; the man was arrested for felonious assault and resisting arrest. The couple had been drinking and there were three children in the home at the time.

BEAVER ISLAND TRUCK INVESTIGATED Deputies were called to investigate a damaged truck left on Kings Highway on Beaver Island.

Charlevoix County Sheriff Chuck Vondra said deputies were called to the truck at 10am April 9 and they determined a crash had occurred at 9:30pm the previous evening.

A 21-year-old woman failed to make it around a curve, left the road and struck a tree; she suffered minor injuries and Vondra said investigators suspect speed and alcohol were factors.

FANTASY’S MANAGER CONVICTED The former manager of a Grawn strip club could spend life in prison after he was convicted of sexual assault and being a fourtime habitual offender.

Christopher Allen Kingsland, 45, was convicted of first-degree criminal sexual conduct following a three-day jury trial.

Kingsland faces a minimum 25 years when he is sentenced May 12.

Kingsland was accused of using his position of authority to take advantage of dancers at Fantasy’s and sexually assaulting one of them.

Kingsland was found not guilty of assault by strangulation. The case was profiled in the Sept.

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SEARCH FOR KAYAKER SUSPENDED An overturned kayak on Otsego Lake prompted and extensive search for a lost man.

A witness saw someone paddling on the lake the afternoon of April 6, turned away briefly, and then looked out to see an overturned kayak, troopers said.

State police were called and found the overturned watercraft drifting a quarter mile from shore and a search was launched from the Otsego Lake State Park that included Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies, the Otsego Lake Township Fire Department, the Department of Natural Resources and a U.S. Coast Guard

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Searchers recovered the overturned kayak and a paddle but the kayaker was not found, prompting the search to be called off and an underwater recovery team to be sent in.

ALLEGED ARMED ROBBER ARRESTED Cadillac Police arrested a man who visited the home of an acquaintance, drew a gun and demanded money.

A 32-year-old woman called police at 1:37am April 11 and said the 22-year-old man had entered her Spruce Street home and when she confronted him about some missing cell phones, he drew a gun and demanded money, Chief Todd Golnick said.

She gave the man cash and he left. Police later tracked down the suspect, someone they’d had contact with in the past, and arrested him for armed robbery.

DISPUTE ESCALATES INTO SHOOTING An argument over a truck boiled over and a 61-year-old Kingsley woman took a shot at the head of her 61-yearold estranged boyfriend as he attempted to drive away.

The shot missed, but the woman was arrested and is expected to be charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm, Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Capt. Christopher Clark said.

The woman shot twice at the passenger side of the 2006 Ford pickup, breaking the rear window and damaging the driver’s headrest.

Clark said the man lived in a fifth wheel on the woman’s Mayfield Township property and both of their names are on the title to the truck. The man has previously proposed to the woman two times and been turned down, and the argument that broke out April 8 at 11:30am began when she accused him of stealing from her.

WOMAN FOUND DEAD AT HOSPITAL Cadillac Police are investigating after a woman was found dead in a hospital parking lot.

The 63-year-old Manton woman was parked in a car outside Munson Cadillac while her husband underwent a medical treatment, said Chief Todd Golnick.

The death was not suspicious but it was unexplained. The woman was found at 8:45am April 9.

The woman had been waiting in the car for much of the previous day and night. The woman was known to have a medical condition but it was no known whether that could have caused her death. An autopsy was ordered.

MAN WANTED FOR GIRLFRIEND ASSAULT A man punched his girlfriend in the nose with a closed fist and a witness called 911, but the man was gone before police arrived.

The assault happened April 9 at 3am at an apartment on Carter Road in the Leelanau County section of Traverse City, Chief Jeff O’Brien said.

The couple, both 25, had been out separately that evening – she at a wedding and he with friends – and argued once they were home together. The woman refused medical treatment. Officers submitted a report to prosecutors seeking an arrest warrant on domestic violence charges against the man.

CHARGES STEM FROM FOOLING AROUND Someone called police after they saw two people involved in a sex act in a parked SUV in Suttons Bay. Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded to St. Joseph Street at 4:46pm April 8 and they questioned a 36-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, both of Traverse City.

The deputy discovered the driver had a suspended license and that he had been convicted three times previously for driving without a license. He was arrested.

Deputies said the man made incriminating statements about taking part in a sex act in a public place and that both he and the passenger could face charges of indecent exposure.

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Rethink Rethink your your Guest Guest Book Book Try, Try Again Samuel West announced in April that his Museum of Failure will open in Helsingborg, Sweden, in June, to commemorate innovation missteps that might serve as inspiration for future successes. Among the initial exhibits: coffee-infused Coca-Cola; the Bic "For Her" pen (because women's handwriting needs are surely unique); the Twitter Peek (a 2009 device that does nothing except send and receive tweets -- and with a screen only 25 characters wide); and Harley-Davidson's 1990s line of colognes (in retrospect as appealing, said West, as "oil and gas fumes"). (West's is only the latest attempt to immortalize failure with a "museum."

Previous attempts, such as those in 2007 and 2014, apparently failed.)

Government in Action -- Toronto, Ontario, Superior Court Justice Alex Pazaratz finally ridded his docket of the maddening, freeloading couple that had quibbled incessantly about each other's "harassments." Neither Noora Abdulaali, 32, nor her now-ex-husband, Kadhim Salih, 43, had worked a day in the five years since they immigrated from Iraq, having almost immediately gone on disability benefits and begun exploiting Legal Aid Toronto in their many attempts to one-up each other with restraining orders. Approving the couple's settlement in March, Judge Pazaratz added, "The next time anyone at Legal Aid Ontario tells you they're short of money, don't believe it. ... Not if they're funding cases like this."

-- In May, a new restaurant-disclosure regulation mandated by the Affordable Care Act is scheduled to kick in, requiring eateries (except small chains and independents) to post calorie counts for all menu items including "variations" -- which a Domino's Pizza executive said meant, for his company, "34 million" calorie listings. The executive called the regulation, for the pizza industry, "a 20th-century approach to a 21st-century question," since for many establishments, orders increasingly arrive online or by phone.

Redneck Chronicles (1) Dennis Smith, 65, was arrested in Senoia, Georgia, and charged with stealing dirt from the elderly widow of the man Smith said had given him permission to take it. Smith, a "dirt broker," had taken more than 180 dump-truck loads. (2) New for Valentine's Day from the SayItWithBeef. com company: a bouquet of beef jerky slices, formed to resemble a dozen full-petaled roses ($59). Also available: daisies. Chief selling point: Flowers die quickly, but jerky is forever.

New World Order In March, Harvard Medical School technicians announced a smartphone app to give fertility-conscious men an accurate semen analysis, including sperm concentration, motility and total count -costing probably less than $10. Included is a magnification attachment and a "microfluidic" chip. The insertable app magnifies and photographs the "loaded" chip, instantly reporting the results. (To answer the most frequent question: No, semen never touches your phone. The device still needs Food and Drug Administration approval.)

Pretentions -- Hipsters on the Rise: (1) The Columbia Room bar in Washington, D.C., recently introduced the "In Search of Time Past" cocktail -- splashed with a tincture of old, musty books. Management vacuum-sealed pages with grapeseed oil, then "fat-washed" them with a "neutral high-proof " spirit, and added a vintage sherry, mushroom cordial and eucalyptus. (2) The California reggae rock band Slightly Stoopid recently produced a vinyl record that was "smokable," according to Billboard magazine -- using a "super resinous variety of hashish" mastered at the Los Angeles studio Capsule Labs. The first two versions' sound quality disappointed and were apparently quickly smoked, but a third is in production.

-- The telephone "area" code in the tony English city of Bath (01225) is different than that of adjacent Radstock (01761) and probably better explained by landline telephone infrastructure than a legal boundary. However, a Bath councilwoman said in April that she is dealing with complaints by 10 new residents who paid high-end prices for their homes only to find that they came with the 01761 code.

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Weird Science -- Magnificent Evolvers: (1) Human populations in Chile's Atacama desert have apparently developed a tolerance for arsenic 100 times as powerful as the World Health Organization's maximum safe level (according to recent research by University of Chile scientists). (2) While 80 percent of Americans age 45 or older have calcium-cluttered blood veins (atherosclerosis), about 80 percent of Bolivian Tsimane hunter-gatherers in the Amazon have clean veins, according to an April report in The Lancet. (Keys for having "the healthiest hearts in the world": walk a lot and eat monkey, wild pig and piranha.)

-- Awesome: (1) University of Basel biologists writing in the journal Science of Nature in March calculated that the global population of spiders consumes at least 400 million tons of prey yearly -- about as much, by weight, as the total of meat and fish consumed by all humans. (2) University of Utah researchers trained surveillance cameras on dead animals in a local desert to study scavenger behavior and were apparently astonished to witness the disappearances of two bait cows. Over the course of five days, according to the biologists' recent journal article, two different badgers, working around the clock for days, had dug adjacent holes and completely buried the cows (for storage and/ or to keep the carcasses from competitors).

-- News You Can Use: A study published in the journal Endocrinology in March suggested that "whole-body" vibration may be just as effective as regular "exercise."

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Summer of Ansel Adams Mount Williamson, The Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, California

Four years in the works, a summer of events in Petoskey and Traverse City will accompany a national Ansel Adams exhibition.

By Patrick Sullivan

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t took four full years of planning and fundraising, so when Crooked Tree Arts Center secured the rights to display the traveling exhibit titled “Ansel Adams: Masterworks,” it decided that merely hanging the iconic photographs in its Petoskey gallery would not be enough. Instead, the organization decided to plan a summer’s worth of related events in both Petoskey and Traverse City.

The 48 high quality prints that Adams himself hand selected to represent his work will be accompanied by lectures, a visit by a legendary documentary filmmaker, photography workshops and a juried photography show of national parks photography. The exhibition will run in Petoskey from June 1–Sept. 28.

Northern Express sat down with CTAC Executive Director Liz Ahrens to talk about all that went into booking the show and the excitement that continues to build as its opening nears.

Northern Express: How does the Ansel Adams show rank in the history of exhibitions Crooked Tree has hosted over the years?

Liz Ahrens: Probably one of the top two or three. A number of years ago, we borrowed pieces from the Manoogian Collection, so we had John Singer Sargents, we had J. M. W. Turner, we had American master painters here.

Amazing, beautiful paintings that are museum quality experiences. The other component of this would be that photography is so accessible and that people understand Ansel Adams photography. They might not know his background, but most people are going to walk in the door and go, “I know these photos.

I love these photos. I’m connected to these photos.” To me, that’s what’s really important.

There’s no barrier. No, “I have to have a fine art background to understand this.”

Express: Tell me what this collection is and how you decided you wanted to bring it here.

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Ahrens: So, we have a patron. His name is David Crouse, and he’s a passionate collector of photography. We’ve hosted a number of amazing photography exhibits with him over the years with his support and help in fundraising.

Unlike most of our exhibits, we were going to have to pay a pretty high fee [for the Ansel Adams show]. When you borrow these kinds of exhibits, you have to have support from the donor base and somebody has to be a champion behind them in the community, saying, “This is going to be amazing.” Four years ago now, David’s brother Jay – he knew Ansel Adams, and he also had one of the first true photo galleries for collecting in Atlanta, back in the ‘70s and ‘80s – was traveling out West and saw this amazing exhibit in California. He said to David, “This would be beautiful in northern Michigan. I know you know Crooked Tree. Let’s talk about helping get it here.” We said, “Okay, great. Let’s call the company that is the lending institution.”

Express: So the challenge was in raising the money to bring it here.

Ahrens: It really was. The challenge was raising the money. We knew this would be a blockbuster show for us, but it was raising the money and providing the complementary programming that’s going to create the ongoing groundswell of, “Oh my gosh, I’d better go see this exhibit.”

Express: What did the fundraising entail?

Ahrens: Our goal was $130,000. That’s the cost of all the events. For instance, the exhibit fee and insurance and shipping is almost $50,000.

It’s expensive. And security – we’re going to put in new security cameras. During the day, we have to guarantee we’ll have someone on site all the time. We’re also bringing in documentary filmmaker Ric Burns, brother of Ken Burns, who did a documentary on Ansel Adams back in ’02. We said, “Gosh, if we could bring Ric Burns up here, how cool would that be?” Ric Burns’ speaking fee is 15 grand by the time we fly him here. I can’t charge 500 bucks a person to sit in the theater, but we’ve got a

nice community of photographers and donors and patrons. As we were putting together all the programming, we decided to do a private dinner with Ric for $75 a person. If you want to just come and hear Ric speak and get a bite of dessert after, it’s 10 bucks. We’ve done the fundraising. We’re at $90,000, so we’re almost there. It’s an expensive proposition. I won’t say it’s once in a lifetime, but we won’t do something like this again for years.

Express: What makes these prints special? Why didn’t they just make enough prints so that every museum that wanted them could hang them any time they liked?

Ahrens: There’s a whole back story to this traveling exhibit. When Ansel Adams was still alive – he died in 1984 – he put together a group [of photographs] specifically that he curated. He selected these photos to travel to smaller museums. He was there when they were all printed. He signed them – these are not plate signed. And he selected them knowing there were all these smaller institutions across the U.S. Actually, some large museums have hosted the exhibit, but [he did this] especially for the smaller institutions that either don’t have the same kind of collection or that don’t have access to these kind of museum quality shows. Ansel Adams photographs are very limited. He was very aware that he wanted to limit the number of photos he created.

Express: What’s the difference between seeing one of these images online versus seeing it person, standing in front of it?

Ahrens: Well, first of all, when you see something online, every monitor, every phone, every device self-corrects, lighter or darker, so it’s always going to look different in whatever kind of device you’re looking at. A photograph that he’s developed, the paper and the image itself, is the one he wanted to produce. This is exactly what Ansel Adams wanted it to look like. This is not me downloading it from the Library of Congress and going, “Yeah, I’m going to print it off and make a mousepad.” He chose these photos because they are exactly the representation he wanted.

Express: So they’re something special to see.

Ahrens: They are. Yes. Express: Ansel Adams is known for his iconic photos of national parks. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was not yet a national park when he was working. Mackinac Island had been a national park, but it was a state park by the time he was contracted by the federal government to photograph the national parks in the 1940s. So he’s not known for any photographs of Michigan. How are you connecting this exhibit to our area?

Ahrens: That’s why we did the national parks show – to complement it. Because, first of all, we have a lot of photographers in the region, all of northwest Michigan and the U.P., who travel other places to make photos.

So it was kind of a combination of, “Let’s pay homage to those photographers who are out there today, following in his footsteps, and let’s create the awareness, especially of Isle Royale, Pictured Rocks, Sleeping Bear Dunes, of what’s here in Michigan.” To us, that was a great opportunity. How great is it that you’re going to come in and see the Ansel Adams photos but then walk out in the hallway and go, “My neighbor took that. I had no idea this guy took photographs.”

Express: Which of the complementary programs are you most excited about?

Ahrens: It’s kind of two–fold. I’m really excited to bring a scholar and filmmaker like Ric Burns here. But the other side of it is, I’m happy we’ve got people training to provide tours. It’s not a long time. They’re only 20– minute or half–hour tours, but for those people who want to know more – “Okay, I get Ansel Adams, but I want to walk away with one thing I didn’t know” – we’re going to have these wonderful tours every week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at no charge, that I hope really enhance people’s experience. The docents are training right now.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

“It Was All about the Light” Two brothers were the spark behind this summer’s Ansel Adams exhibit.

David Crouse grew up with a camera in his hands.

He and his siblings were raised in Lima, Ohio, and spent summers at their cottage in Bay View in Petoskey. From an early age, their father instilled in them a love of photography.

As far back as Crouse can remember, he had his own cheap Kodak camera.

“Today, all our kids and grandkids, they all have cameras, more than just iPhones,” Crouse said. “Photography in our family is more than just art. It’s a lifestyle.”

Crouse, who has lived in Petoskey full–time since 2002, went on to become a documentary filmmaker. His brother Jay opened a photography gallery in Atlanta in the 1970s, the first in the South, and became friends with Jay Crouse and Ansel Adams Ansel Adams.

Now the Crouses hope to share their love of photography and Adams with Petoskey – they’ve been instrumental in bringing this summer’s Ansel Adams photography exhibit to Crooked Tree Arts Center.

“Ansel Adams: Masterworks” is a national touring exhibit that seeks to bring world–class photography to smaller regional museums around the country; it will be on exhibit at Crooked Tree from June through September.

“He wanted his artwork accessible beyond wealthy patrons who purchased his artwork outright,” Crouse said. “I can tell you, virtually all of these prints are hanging in museums and private homes around the world, so it’s pretty special that Crooked Tree is able to put on an exhibition of this size.”

This is the sixth photography exhibit David and Jay Crouse have helped to underwrite and bring to Crooked Tree. They helped sponsor an exhibit of Robert Kennedy photographs, a show of Beatles photography, a show called “Great 20th Century Photography,” an installation by photographer Chip Duncan and an exhibit of works by Kendall Stanley, a long–time photojournalist for the Petoskey News–Review.

“We do it primarily because there is tremendous interest in photographic art and it’s a way to expose the public to beautiful photographic art that’s free and open to the public,” Crouse said.

Crouse, whose film company was the first to produce a television documentary that featured interviews with five former presidents, said Adams is special because he learned how to convey the beauty he saw in nature through his photography.

“He wasn’t doing anything that hadn’t already been done; he just did it better than anyone else. He captured the American West before progress, before the giant cities,” Crouse said. “He was out there literally in the wilderness. He would go into an area and not just spend a couple of hours; he would spend hours and hours and return day after day to get the right shot. It was all about the light.”

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS “Ansel Adams: Masterworks” runs in Petoskey from June 1 through Sept. 30.

The exhibit is free, but CTAC will ask for a $5 donation at the door. That’s just the beginning, however – there’s a lot more taking place around the exhibit both in Petoskey and at Crooked Tree’s Traverse City location.

IN PETOSKEY: “Our National Parks” June 2–Sept. 7 “Our National Parks” is a juried photography exhibit in honor of Ansel Adams and the 100th anniversary of the national parks. Over 200 photographs were submitted, and the best of those will be selected to hang this summer at Crooked Tree.

Lectures Lectures by photographers will take place Tuesdays and Thursday throughout the summer. Check the website at crookedtree.org for details.

Ric Burns Lecture June 21, 5:30pm Film producer Ric Burns, who directed a documentary about Adams’ life that aired in 2002 on PBS, will be a guest speaker at a dinner at Crooked Tree.

Tickets are $75 per person for dinner and lecture or $10 per person for dessert and lecture.

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Film Screenings June 13, July 11 and Aug. 9, 7pm Screenings of Burns’ documentary “Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film” will take place at Crooked Tree.

Ansel Adams Concert July 5, 7pm “Tribute! Ansel Adams: America” composed by Chris and Dave Brubeck will be performed along with works by other iconic American composers at Crooked Tree. Tickets are $20 for members and $28 for non–members.

Guided Tours and Photography Workshops Guided tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays and photography workshops for people of all skill levels will be scheduled throughout the summer. Check the website at crookedtree.org for times and descriptions.

IN TRAVERSE CITY: “Northern Lights Juried Photography Exhibition” June 8–Aug. 2 “Northern Lights Juried Photography Exhibition” is a collection of stunning photographs of the aurora borealis and the night skies taken in northern Michigan.

“Monte Nagler: Visions of Light” June 8–Aug. 2 A collection of photographic work by Monte Nagler, a former student of Ansel Adams.

Coffee @ Ten with Peggy Zinn from Michigan Aurora Hunters June 20, 10am Photographer Peggy Sue Zinn heads the Michigan Aurora Hunters, an organization of over 1,000 Michigan residents who photograph the northern lights.

Team Photo Scavenger Hunt June 24, 10am–4pm Enjoy a day exploring downtown Traverse City and hunting down clues in this family–friendly photo scavenger hunt.

Grab a camera and a team of two to eight and compete for TC–themed prizes.

Coffee after Dark: History of Photography with Kaleigh James July 11, 7:30pm Tickets: $10 Resident art historian Kaleigh James will discuss the medium of photography through the lens of art history beginning with its invention in the late 1830s and running through the formalist photographic works of artists such as Alfred Stieglitz, Alexander Rodchenko and, of course, Ansel Adams.

Family–Friendly Photo Fest!

July 22 11am–2pm An opportunity for kids and their grown–ups to learn about the photographic process and experience hands–on activities.

For more information, visit crookedtree.org.

The exhibition was organized by the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, California.

Exhibition tour management by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California.

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THE RIGHT FIT Hussey grew up in an artistic family and had long planned to incorporate creativity into her career. Initially, she thought she wanted to be an architect, so after graduating from Traverse City Central High School in 2006, she moved to Raleigh, N.C., where she earned a double bachelor’s degree in environmental design and architecture. “I had every intention of following through on that career path,” Hussey explained, “but after working at a fancy architecture firm in Durham, N.C., during my final year of school, I realized this might not be the right fit for me.”

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“I use a variety of materials to create the lettering, anything from a traditional oblique calligraphy pen to hand painting with watercolor brushes,” Hussey said. “I love that including custom hand lettering into my clients' designs makes their invitations look very unique and sets them apart from the pre–designed ones that just plug in a font.”

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Weddings come in a variety of shapes, sizes and prices, all with the same basic needs but different savings and splurge options to consider at every budget level.

Each element of a wedding is a personal choice, perhaps most notably the ring, wedding dress and venue departments, and it’s not always about the money. A family heirloom wedding ring, a thrift shop gown with sentimental meaning or that favorite beach where you met can be just as perfect as a diamond stunner, a high– end designer dress or a glamorously decorated hall.

Of course, the many options available to brides and grooms can really add up, so here are some ideas for your wedding at three price points: a modest wedding at $5,000, a mid–level celebration at $25,000 and an extravagant event at $100,000.

FLOWERS Cindy McCoy of The Flower Station, Traverse City (flowerstationtc.com) $5,000 Save: You can choose different, less expensive flowers to save money and still get the look you want with the less expensive but similar–looking flower in the same color scheme you were going for – for instance, if you want calla lilies, choose mountain lilies, which are less pricey.

Splurge: On the bridal bouquet since it’s in every photo! $25,000 Save: Similar to the $5,000 budget, substitute less expensive flowers that look similar and you’ll still keep your wedding dream alive; also keep the centerpieces at the reception more simple.

Splurge: More elaborate, full arrangements of reception table flowers. $100,000 Save: Choose simpler containers for the reception and church flowers since most of the focus is on the flowers themselves.

Splurge: Add in ceremony extras at the church, like dressing the chairs and pews with flowers, and bring in lots and lots of flower petals for the bride to walk through.

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Jessica Stubbs of Simply Sweet by Jessica, Petoskey (simplysweetbyjessica.com)

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$5,000 Save: For the more modest wedding, we could do a small two–tier wedding cake and have sheet cake to serve to the rest of the guests.

Splurge: Add fresh flowers to the cake, which is always so pretty.

$5,000 Save: To maximize that amount, they really need to do everything they can themselves.

Splurge: You could get a very small cutting cake and cupcakes but that would be for maybe a dozen people.

$25,000 Save: I’d suggest a full four–tier buttercream wedding cake.

Splurge: Get both the four–tier wedding cake and a dessert bar, with a mixture of cupcakes, cake truffles, macarons, cannoli and cookies.

$25,000 Save: You can get a “naked cake” or buttercream banding on the cake, which makes it look like there’s a horizontal ribbon going around it.

Splurge: Add handmade sugar flowers to the cake.

$100,000 Save: Definitely a six–tier wedding cake.

Splurge: The six–tier and then a huge dessert bar, which we can set up on hutches and cabinets that we bring in ourselves; you could also get a fondant wedding cake at that level with gold leaf right on the wedding cake or a unique hand–painted watercolor cake.

$100,000 Save: I can’t imagine anyone settling for a low–end cake at that budget.

Splurge: Lots and lots of handmade sugar flowers and lots of intricate handmade details on the cake – it takes so much time to make those flowers; they are very time consuming, and time equals money.

$5,000 Save: I’d suggest making everything DIY and picking up plenty of flowers at the farmers market.

Splurge: On the bridal bouquet. Always. $25,000 Save: Keep the floral centerpieces on the tables very petite.

Splurge: Splurge on the personal flowers for the bride, bridesmaids and groomsmen; let those really go over the top. Also maybe consider one big statement floral piece for the reception. $100,000 Save: Keep it to just one big centerpiece per table but of rich, beautifully selected flowers.

Splurge: I’d do a giant flower arch for the ceremony!

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PLANNING Kris Rundblad of Merry Makers, Charlevoix (merrymkr.com)

Sheila Dodson–Wright of Tableau Events, Petoskey (tableauevents.com)

$5,000 Save: At $5,000, you might want to keep your guest list to 25–50 people and make it an afternoon or brunch event. Then you can typically serve champagne and mimosas but you won’t need a full bar. Call on talented friends like musicians or friends with a good camera and use a professional photographer for maybe just an hour or two for the ceremony and some portraits.

Splurge: The couple should feel great about how they present themselves to each other at the ceremony, so the bride should have a beautiful dress she really loves and the groom should have a suit he can wear again.

$5,000 Save: Really try to maximize what can be included in your venue fee – some venues include things like house linens and house chairs if you ask, which can save a lot of money. And really emphasize flowers to add to the ambiance.

Splurge: Since you’re probably getting very basic linens and dishware at this level, try to find some nice decorative plates, chargers or bread and butter plates to add color and impact to the table.

$25,000 Save: Limit the bar or even have a dry reception, with great flavored coffee drinks with garnishes and sodas made with fancy syrups. And be conservative with the food menu; choose more simple dishes but make sure they’re prepared with really good quality ingredients.

Splurge: A farm to table dinner is always nice. Music is another good splurge for dancing; make sure you hire a DJ who has a great reputation or add some live music. And photography is so important, as that’s what you have left at the end of the day. $100,000 Save: You don’t need to save much at $100,000!

Splurge: Consider making it a big outdoor event where you create your own space just as you want it, with tents, a stage, a dance floor, the works. People often don’t realize how expensive things like tents and chairs are, but you can afford it at this level. And hire a videographer in addition to a photographer.

$25,000 Save: Utilize local vendors to maximize resources locally. Instead of “importing” suppliers from out of town or downstate, you’ll save so much on delivery fees, labor fees and travel expenses by thinking locally.

Splurge: Pick one or two focal points and emphasize those pieces, such as a beautiful standout fabric backdrop for the head table or a chandelier cluster overhead if you’re using a tent. $100,000 Save: You can mix a combination of linens at different price points by incorporating the premium linens the couple loves into high profile areas and then being creative in the other areas of the reception with your other linen combinations.

Splurge: Layer lots of customized and personalized details throughout the whole wedding – things like beautiful tableware and tablescapes and dramatic location décor like amazing floral arrangements and personalized touches. You can really “brand” your wedding at that budget with details that are significant to the couple.

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MUSIC Mike Valliere of DJ Mikey, Acme (funhotstuff.com) $5,000 Save: Unfortunately, we can’t really accommodate an event at that price point.

Splurge: I’d suggest renting some sound equipment and hooking up an iPod; that works pretty well. $25,000 Save: To save, you could skip the lighting options and just hire the DJ. Splurge: A nice splurge is to add ceremony music and then bring in uplighting and a monogram projection for the reception. $100,000 Save: This would be the same as the $25,000 option, really – the DJ plus music at the ceremony and special lighting at the reception.

Splurge: Well, at $100,000, they’re probably going to want to hire Tiësto or someone, not some guy from Traverse City!

Scott Perry of 2BaysDJs, Traverse City (2baysdjs.com) $5,000 Save: I’d recommend renting a nice small

speaker system and hooking up an iPod. Splurge: They could also consider an off–season wedding if having a DJ is really important to them, as the costs are much lower off–season. $25,000 Save: You can easily get a DJ at this level.

We can also do ceremony sound outdoors with microphones, even without power, as we bring in our own battery.

Splurge: For this budget, you could get one of our professional DJs and gear plus wireless mics for toasts, uplighting and plenty of music choices. You could also probably add a guest musician. $100,000 Save: At the low end, you could get a DJ plus full uplighting that would coordinate the lights with the wedding color scheme, which is subtle and elegant but still really fun.

Splurge: You could bring in a silent disco system [in which guests wear wireless headphones] like the one we just bought; this lets your guests dance all night, as late as they want, without having to worry about sound ordinances. At $100,000, we could bring in three DJs all spinning at the same time on three different silent disco channels so you would get a huge variety of music.

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By Kristi Kates Johnny Cash. Loretta Lynn. Hank Williams. Patsy Cline.

If you’re looking at that shortlist and thinking “legends of country music,” then you’re on the same track as Tom Waselchuk, the writer and founder of the stage show Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks, a heartfelt revue that pays tribute to these four classic artists in both story and song.

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BREAKING BARRIERS It might be impossible to crown any one performer as country music’s biggest star, but as Waselchuk pointed out, this foursome would be near the top of any list, since each broke barriers and influenced the future of country music and pop culture.

In the early stages of planning Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks, Waselchuk realized he was including too many classic country stars, so he “pared the list down to these four.”

He explained, “By featuring so many artists, we couldn’t dig deeply into the music or lives of any one of them. Now we can do quite a bit of music from each of them and tell some great stories about their lives and careers.”

“I don’t claim that these four are the most important to the history of American country music,” Waselchuk elaborated, “but for me, the songs of Hank Williams and Patsy Cline played a big part in my own growth as a musician and performer, and their songs are ubiquitous in American music, not just country music. Also, I simply couldn't leave out Johnny Cash – his entire career had a monumental effect on country and popular music. And the more I delved into Loretta Lynn’s music, career and life, the more I realized just what an important figure she was and continues to be.”

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CREATIVE COUNTRY Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks debuted in November 2012. Waselchuk’s prior duet partner was singer Jamie Lampkins; in the current version of the show, he co–stars with Lindsey Juarez, whose experience includes the vocal revue The Geise Girls as well as a four–year run as lead singer on Holland America and Celebrity Cruises.

“I’ve never been as relaxed with an ensemble change as I was when Lindsey debuted with us in November,” Waselchuk said. “She hit it out of the park! Plus, standing a few feet away from her on stage when she belts out a Patsy Cline ballad is a big thrill.”

But Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks isn’t a tribute act per se; Waselchuk and Juarez don’t try to impersonate the artists they’re honoring. Instead, they focus on performing their best known songs with a bit of a twist.

“For the most part, we treat their music with loads of love and respect for the original recordings,” Waselchuk said. “But we are musicians and artists, and we like to put a little of our own creative spin on some of the music. For example, we do a version of Johnny Cash's beautiful haunting ballad ‘I Still Miss Someone’ that ends with an extended instrumental passage that builds to a powerful end. It's a little unusual for a country song, but it underscores and echoes the poignant sadness expressed in the lyrics. It's a thrill to do, and sometimes I've wondered while performing it, ‘Will a country music audience like this?’ But it always gets a huge positive response.”

GRAND OLE HONKY TONK The most frequent comparison Waselchuk has heard about Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks is that it’s reminiscent

of an evening at the Grand Ole Opry, the legendary weekly country music concert that takes place in Nashville and has showcased music from all four of Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks’ featured artists as well as other vintage performers like The Carter Family and contemporary country stars like Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood and The Dixie Chicks.

Waselchuk and Juarez’s rapport with the audience is one of ease, and in addition to Waselchuk’s guitar playing, they perform with a full band that includes bass, drums, fiddle, pedal steel guitar, banjo and mandolin (“and a healthy dose of flashy pickin’,” Waselchuk confirmed).

“What makes Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks different than a simple music recital are the stories and anecdotes we share about the artists’ lives and careers,” he said. “Some of these stories will be familiar to die–hard country fans, no doubt, but I always hear from folks after our shows about how much they enjoyed hearing things about the stars they hadn't known before.”

Waselchuk said the most rewarding aspect of the show for both musicians is the simple fact of performing such great songs, tunes that were not only famous in their own time but that stand out today as true classics, with a longstanding ability to strike an emotional chord with just about anyone listening.

“Doing this show is such a privilege,” Waselchuk said. “The music may be ‘old,’ but it holds up quite well.”

Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks will take the stage at the City Opera House in Traverse City Sat., Apr. 22, at 8pm. For tickets and more information, visit cityoperahouse.org or call (231) 941-8082.

PRISONERS IN THE WAR ON TERROR: Do They Deserve Humane Treatment?

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Eric Fair

By Clark Miller In the age of global terror, should we care how our military treats its prisoners? That question forms the backdrop for a discussion between author Eric Fair and retired Marine Major General Michael Lehnert at the National Writers Series at Traverse City’s City Opera House on Fri., Apr. 28, at 7pm.

America has long been known for its humane treatment of POWs. In the last days of WWII in Europe, German soldiers threw down their weapons and scrambled toward the Western lines. They had one goal in mind: to surrender to the Americans instead of the Russians.

It was a wise choice. For many prisoners, capture by the Soviets meant nearly two decades of forced labor.

By comparison, the nearly half million German POWs housed in some 700 camps across the U.S. had, by their own accounts, good food and adequate housing – and no forced labor or torture. Of their own accord, many prisoners even worked as day laborers on local farms to earn a bit of money.

Fast forward more than half a century to the 9/11 attack followed by decades of American involvement in simmering wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as the rise of ISIS and those inspired by its ideology of hate.

In some quarters, attitudes about the treatment of prisoners had changed.

President Donald Trump has publicly endorsed torture and vowed to fill the prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba with “some bad dudes.”

For Eric Fair and General Lehnert, this misguided view is at odds with American principles. Patriots both, they have publicly argued for a clearly defined, humane detainment policy in keeping with Geneva Convention protocols.

ERIC FAIR: CONSEQUENCES Eric Fair is a former Army translator who in 2003 and 2004 served as an interrogator for private contractor CACI International at Abu Ghraib prison and other sites in Iraq. Photos from Abu Ghraib emerged in April 2005.

They showed the world that “enhanced” techniques were used to wrest information from Iraqi prisoners.

Fair’s book “Consequences” shows how he came to feel deep personal shame for what he saw and did, even though he was not involved in more extreme forms of prisoner mistreatment. A religious man, he came to reject the notion that torture can ever be justified.

“I am a torturer,” he has said. “I have not turned a corner or found my way back. I have not been redeemed. I do not believe I ever will be. But I am still obligated to try.”

He disagrees with those who justify torture because “it works”; i.e., produces important and reliable information. “I'm not sure why we've gotten to this point where we start to talk about the effectiveness of torture, as if that makes any difference whatsoever,” he said. “Torture is wrong. Americans, all Americans, should know better. That's what makes [America] attractive; [it] is the way we do things, it's the example we set.”

Fair describes in detail the infamous “Palestinian chair” used to force prisoners into excruciating stress positions for long periods. He and a colleague tried out the chair themselves for a few seconds to understand how it felt.

“What begins as a searing burn in the calves and quads evolves into a tearing sensation in the hamstrings and lower back,” he explained. “You sweat, you shake, you can’t breathe. It is a violent and frightening pain. It’s torture.”

Ultimately, 11 U.S. soldiers were convicted of crimes at Abu Ghraib. But Fair refutes the notion that these were the acts of just a “few bad apples.” Instead,

he shows how illegal detention practices reflected a pattern of thinking that can be traced all the way up the chain of command to Donald Rumsfeld, secretary of defense under President George W. Bush.

As for Fair’s former employer, a federal class action lawsuit alleging abuse at Abu Ghraib by CACI International’s employees was dismissed by a federal appeals court in September 2009.

GENERAL MICHAEL LEHNERT: GUANTANAMO In 2002, Marine Major General Michael Lehnert was placed in charge of building and then commanding a makeshift detention center at Guantanamo. During his tenure as commandant, despite intense pressure from Rumsfeld, he did his best to ensure that Geneva Convention protocols on the humane treatment of prisoners were followed. In particular, he drew the defense secretary’s ire by inviting the International Committee of the Red Cross to assess conditions at the prison.

Looking back, Lehnert calls the facility a “blot on our history.”

“It’s a question of what we stand for as a country,” he has said, “and [that] starts with our Constitution.”

Lehnert, who graduated from Central Michigan University in 1973 with a degree in history, held 13 different commands during his career as a Marine, including leadership of 5,000 Marines and sailors during the initial invasion of Iraq. He was the subject of Karen Greenberg’s book “The Least Worst Place,” a book used as a study in ethical decision making.

In 2010, he received the National Peacekeeper Award from the National Conflict Resolution Center.

Tickets for the discussion between Fair and Lehnert are available online at cityoperahouse.org, by visiting the City Opera Box Office at 106 E. Front Street (Mon.–Wed., 10–5pm) or by calling (231) 941-8082, extension 201.

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Traverse City’s own Car Trek offers wedding guests the opportunity to croon their way to the ceremony.

Intricate laser–engraved designs (these are from Northerly Design) are an eye–catching feature of this year’s hot wedding invitation ideas.

From Weddbook, this rose gold metallic gown offers old–school glamour.

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Transparent cakes, or “naked” cakes, are the hot new thing in wedding cake design with their deconstructed look. (photo credit Big Sugar Bakeshop)

Light Bright can project a wedding couple’s names or initials right onto a wall or dance floor.

By Kristi Kates Much like fashion itself, every year brings with it new wedding trends and ideas, from the shifting designs of wedding dresses to new takes on cakes, and 2017 is no exception. Here are some of this year’s best new ideas to keep your wedding plan on top of the latest trends.

1. Super–Specialized Invitations

This year, it’s not enough to pick out a cute font and let the printer do the rest. 2017’s brides are in on the whole invitation process, with the end goal being the most unique invitation they can dream up. From a complete suite of hand– lettered works on beautiful hand–selected papers (try sableandgray.com in Traverse City) to bright envelopes in shades of fluorescent yellow or bright fuchsia (the latter is also one of this year’s hot fashion colors), the choices are many. Try laser invitations (available at northerlydesign.com, also in Traverse City), dark paper with white ink or even glow–in– the–dark ink to turn your regular invite into a fun and quirky puzzle for your guests to solve.

Unusual materials like stamped metals or even plexiglas turn those invitations and place setting cards into true souvenirs of your special day.

2. Mobile Music

Whether it’s part of the bachelor/ bachelorette party, a way to calm nerves on the way to the rehearsal or a fun excuse for the party to continue after the bride and groom have departed, mobile karaoke is rapidly becoming a big hit for modern wedding festivities. By mobile, we mean “car” – you’ll be

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in a limo equipped with a top–notch karaoke machine, microphones and a stockpile of pop, rock and country songs for you and your guests to wail along to, whether you’re crooning The Dixie Cups’ “Chapel of Love,” rocking out to Train’s “Marry Me” or getting funky with Bruno Mars’ “Marry You.” Car Trek of Traverse City (cartrektc.com) is one local purveyor of this trend, offering more than 6,000 karaoke songs to choose from, three microphones and an LED and laser light show right in the car.

3. Metallic Silhouettes

Traditional white or crème are never wrong, but if you want to be truly ahead of the bridal curve, follow the lead of this year’s wedding fashion runways and choose something metallic. You might immediately think of gold and silver – either of those is definitely gorgeous – but the top two trends are softer metallics in rose gold, bronze or copper, which are all beautifully flattering shades, especially for nighttime weddings. Airy fabrics like tulle, long mermaid–style trains and reflective elements like sequins add lightness to these daring dresses. Additional new trends such as off–the–shoulder lines, modern blouson waists and skirts with sections that snap off to reveal shorter sheath dresses beneath (perfect for reception dancing) add even more zip to your sparkling choice of aisle wear.

4. Projected Glamour

Take advantage of technology to make your guests ooh and ah by utilizing projection mapping for your wedding cake, or, even more impressively, for your reception tent or room. Much like those

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lighted advertisements you’ve seen projected onto the sidewalk in big cities, your wedding cake can be festooned with scrolls of moving “frosting”; a wall can feature your monogram or initials; or you can cover the inside of your reception tent with an entire surface of projected swirls, geometric designs or flowers. If you’re tech savvy and your space isn’t too big, there are plenty of instructions online on how to do this with your computer, specialized software and a high–powered projector (check out Christie Digital at christiedigital.com for some impressive ideas). If you’d prefer someone else to tackle this assignent, check out companies like Grand Rapids’ Encore DJ (encoredj.org), Light Bright in Howell (lightbright.us) or Light Up My Event (lightupmyevent.com) in Rockwood.

The only real limits are your imagination and your budget.

5. Transparent Treats

The two biggest trends in wedding cakes this year are polar opposites, but both are easy to explain to your favorite wedding cake bakery. The first cake is the transparent or “naked” cake, which is perfect for less formal celebrations. Instead of elaborate icing or fondant, these cakes are left mostly unfrosted or very faintly swept with buttercream and then topped with fruits or fresh flowers; some bakers will “ombre” the different batter layers of naked cake for a gradation of color. The second trend is to create a vintage wedding cake of the very tall variety; some of these cakes have 10 or 12 layers and feature nostalgic, traditional piped frostings that look torn from the pages of a 1950s’ wedding magazine. These tall cakes add loads of drama while the transparent cakes

offer a more modern, spare look, so this choice is an entirely personal one. Another dessert trend brides are sweet on for 2017 are “grazing dessert stations” at the reception; these are essentially the dessert version of a cocktail bar with treats like s’mores, gourmet candy bars and miniature cupcakes for guests to enjoy.

6. Unique Getaways

Rice, a limousine and tin cans clanging along behind? That’s so 2002 (but fine, of course, if you’re going for that retro vibe). This year’s couples are stepping away from the hug–everyone–as– you–gradually–leave departure and embracing quirky grand exits, coming up with inventive and unique ways for family and friends to stand in a crowd and watch them depart.

Locally, couples might meander away on a fun pedal boat, a canoe covered in flowers or a pontoon boat after a lakeside wedding. Other couples might don leather jackets over their wedding gear and zip away on a motorcycle for two (or a bicycle built for two, if they don’t mind departing slowly). Still others might rent a vintage car and change into what used to be called “traveling clothes” for an old–fashioned exit. More dramatic options include leaving via horse and carriage (try blackhorsellc.com in Empire), or, if money’s no object, arranging for a hot air balloon ride to float into a new life together (inquire at grandtraverseballoons. com in Traverse City or skyadventures.com in Oxford, Mich.). Or – for a complete flip on this idea – some might arrive at the church via one of these options. Those who do will not only surprise their guests but also ensure priceless photo opportunities.

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NORTHERN SEEN 1. This trio enjoyed the food and wine at the recent Recess event at Black Star Farms in Suttons Bay. 2. A group of spring bikers take a break at Hop Lot in Suttons Bay after a ride on the T.A.R.T. from Traverse City.

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Play a round of classic pinball or an arcade game while waiting for your food at Pierson’s.

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Retro Setting Serves Up Today’s American Food

By Kristi Kates Juilleret’s, a classic soda fountain and favored summer destination in downtown Harbor Springs, was open for 112 years before it closed in 2007, to sit vacant for several years. The building was purchased and updated by two ambitious local residents, Andrew and Martha Bowman, who valued its history and decided to wait for just the right fit for the downtown Harbor Springs scene, a mix of longstanding businesses, classic buildings and new growth.

Now Pierson’s Grille and Spirits is making a bid to leave its mark in the legendary location with a new operation aimed at family–friendly fun and good food. Pierson’s was originally located at the base of Boyne Mountain ski resort in Boyne Falls, but Pierson’s owner, Chandler Symons, did not renew the restaurant’s lease there when it ran out in 2015 (Symons also owns Chandler’s restaurant and Symons General Store with family members, both of which are in downtown Petoskey). He spent more than a year looking for a new spot for Pierson’s before settling on the old Juilleret’s building in Harbor Springs.

“Chandler really liked the story and the history behind the building,” explained Scott Love, Pierson’s general manager. “He likes the community of Harbor Springs and the small–town feel, so he thought it would be a good fit.”

Pierson’s takes the place of Georgina’s, a Traverse City–based Asian and Latin taquerìa that was the first restaurant to at-

The interior of Pierson’s is decked out in ski memorabilia to reflect one of the area’s favorite pursuits.

tempt setting down roots in the old Juilleret’s building. Georgina’s, a restaurant project of chef Anthony Craig, folded in 2016 after just a few months and is now re–opening on in Grand Rapids (its original locale still exists in Traverse City). Pierson’s has only been open since February of this year, but its cuisine and the après-ski ambiance that served it so well at Boyne Mountain are attracting locals and visitors alike.

The interior of Pierson’s pays homage to the local ski scene, from the two Boynes (Pierson’s old locale at Boyne Mountain plus Harbor Springs’ Boyne Highlands Resort) to the nearby Nub’s Nob. Old skis are mounted directly on the walls alongside vintage photos of the ski hill and a wide variety of retro trail signs.

“The walls are just packed with ski memorabilia, which makes the place really colorful,” Love said. Tables and booths from Juilleret’s were located and brought back in, their red and white vinyl a nod to the original restaurant, and the bar was constructed out of old wood taken from a demolished barn on the shore of Pickerel Lake. Pierson’s is still pondering whether or not to bring in live entertainment this summer; in the meantime, diners can play pinball and arcade games while waiting for their food or

cheer on their favorite sports teams via the TVs scattered about.

The menu focuses on American comfort food, from sandwiches and salads to burgers and more hearty entrees, kids’ meals and desserts. A few customer favorites made the trek from Boyne Falls to Harbor Springs, including the white chicken chili and artichoke–feta dip; other items are new to the menu, including Pierson’s selection of personal–sized thin crust pizzas.

“A couple of our bestsellers so far are the homemade meatloaf, a recipe developed by our chefs and served with mashed potatoes, mushroom gravy and vegetables,” Love said, “and the ribs, which you can get in a full or half rack, served with French fries and cole slaw. We serve the same menu all day, so you can get anything any time.”

Other appetizers include crispy calamari with wakame (an edible seaweed), lime and a sweet chili–garlic sauce as well as house–made guacamole served with blue corn chips. A roasted chicken sandwich with Swiss cheese, avocado and sprouts and the “Black Diamond” burger reside next to each other in the sandwiches section. In the entrees department, you’ll find sauteed Great Lakes whitefish, a perch dinner and spaghetti and meatballs. For dessert, diners

can choose from a classic chocolate cake, cheesecake, ice crème sundaes or a foodie tribute to what came before – old–fashioned milkshakes that Love explained are served in equally old–fashioned glasses as another nod to Juilleret’s.

Seating 80 indoors and ready to welcome an additional 48 when the patio opens come summer, the new Pierson’s is all set for the busy season, complete with a new outdoor fire pit and a friendly attitude.

“In Harbor Springs, most of the restaurants are pretty upscale, which can be a little limiting at times,” Love said. “So Pierson’s is aiming at being really great for everyone, whether you’re in here with friends, on a date or bringing your whole family.”

Pierson’s Grille and Spirits is located at 130 State Street in downtown Harbor Springs.

Visit online at piersonsgrille.com or call (231) 526-2967. Price rating: $-$$

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saturday

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.

Free. 231-271-3755.

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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

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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.

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FREE ACHILLES TENDONITIS & PLANTAR FASCIITIS WORKSHOP: 10am-11:30am, Superior Physical Therapy, TC. Registration required: 944-6541. thesuperiortherapy.com

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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

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VETERANS FOR PEACE: 10am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Monthly meeting. ‘Cost of War.’ vfp50.org

-------------------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

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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

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SELF DEFENSE SEMINAR: 11am-1pm, White Tiger Martial Arts, TC. White Tiger Martial Arts is hosting a FREE Self Defense Seminar, Saturday, April 15, 11am–1pm.

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: 1:30pm-4pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. 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. There will also be stickers & activities to teach about pet safety. greatlakeskids.org

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“FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”: 2pm, 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

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“SLEEPING BEAUTY AND MORE...”: 2pm, 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, the performance groups, Ballet Virtuoso & Studio Company from The Dance Center will present excerpts from “Paquita” ballet. The Dance Center 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.

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

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send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

BELLAIRE EASTER EGG HUNT: 2pm, Bellaire Community United Methodist Church. 231-377-2002.

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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

-------------------ARTIST TALK WITH RUFUS SNODDY & ROBERT MIREK: 3pm-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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HAWAIIAN LUAU: 5pm-10pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Featuring a Hawaiian buffet from Night Kitchen Pop Up, live music by The Parking Lots, & more. Tickets: $15. mynorthtickets. com/events/hawaiian-luau

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“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 and gentle play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com

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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

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“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/performances/studio-season/collected-stories.html

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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

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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. webpages.charter.net/ pnbrown/gopherwood.htm

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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

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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

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The Leelanau Community Cultural Center hosts Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys on Thurs., April 20 at 7:30pm at the Old Art Building. Enjoy the band that draw from soul, blues, folk & jazz to create a unique sound. $15 adults/$5 students 18 & under.

apr 17

monday

LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 10am, DeYoung Natural Area, TC. Today features “Hike-it-Baby.”

Join Leelanau Conservancy’s Natural Areas and Preserves Manager Becky Hill and her two-year-old son Ira for a kid-friendly hour-long hike at a pace fit for toddlers and little legs. Meet at the trail head next to the parking area along the TART trail. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

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tuesday

NONPROFIT SALESFORCE USER GROUP MEETING: 9am-10:30am, Interlochen Center for the Arts, TC. Volunteer demos and discussion with two area nonprofits on how they use the Salesforce app. RSVP required. Free. events.salesforceusergroups. com/april2017usergroupmeeting.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAREER FAIR: 4pm-6:30pm, NMC’s Hagerty Center, TC. Presented by Northwest Michigan Works!, local employers will be recruiting qualified candidates for current open IT positions. networksnorthwest.org/talent/job-seekers/it-career-fairapril-17th-in-traverse-city.html

LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 10am-2pm, Clay Cliffs Natural Area, Lake Leelanau. Today features a Garlic Removal Workbee. Join Stewardship Staff this Earth Week to help rid Clay Cliffs of garlic mustard, an invasive species. You’ll be pulling in a remote location so please meet in the parking area by 10am. Please bring gloves and water. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

CREATING CONFIDENT CAREGIVERS WORKSHOP: 5:30pm-7:30pm, Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan, TC. A free sixsession 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.

BROWN BAG PANEL DISCUSSION: WATER IS LIFE! STANDING ROCK TO THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC: 11:30am-1pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Moderated

by Fred Harrington. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration.

Free. ncmich.edu/community-events/

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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY DISCUSSION: 6pm, Tower Room, Grand Traverse Resort, TC. Open house and discussion with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, candidate for the Michigan Democratic Party Gubernatorial nomination. For more information, contact 231-590-6577 or chair@gtdems.org. Free.

NMEP’S LUNCH & LEARN: 11:30am-1pm, Historic Barns Park, TC. This month’s topic is “Telling Your Story & Authentically Connecting with Your Ideal Clients Through Social Media” with presentation & discussion. Featuring Kalin Sheick, Owner of Stems & Sprigs. $10. mynorthtickets. com/events/nmep-lunch-and-learn

“SEED: THE UNTOLD STORY” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 6:30pm-9:30pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration.

Free. ncmich.edu/community-events/

LIVING ON: LOSS OF SPOUSE: 12pm1:30pm, Hospice of Michigan office, 10850 E. Traverse Hwy., Ste. 1155, TC. Free to all adults grieving the loss of a spouse or partner. Info: 929-1557 or kholl@hom.org.

MEET THE DIRECTOR FOR RIVERTOWN FOLLIES 2017: “FOLLIES OR BUST”: 7pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. Try-outs. 231627-5841. theoperahouse.org

“TRACES OF THE TRADE: A STORY FROM THE DEEP NORTH”: 6pm, The State Theatre, TC. The Traverse City Presbyterian Church, in conjunction with the State Theatre, will host

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a screening of this documentary film that unearths a hidden history of slavery in America.

It traces a journey by Katrina Browne, the filmmaker, and nine of her cousins into the painful past of the slave trade which enriched their New England family and the North as a whole.

A post-screening Q&A will also be held. Tickets for the film are free and are available at The Presbyterian Church and at the State Theatre Box Office. There will be a voluntary nonperishable food drive for Food Rescue at the State Theatre on April 18 and the Presbyterian Church on April 19. Free. stateandbijou.org

-------------------FIRE SAFETY PRESENTATION: 7pm, Acme Township Hall. Sweetwater Evening Garden Club will host Jennifer Ritter of the Grand Traverse Fire Department for a presentation on Fire Safety. 938-9611.

-------------------GT HIKING CLUB MEETING: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. “Native American Trail Markers of the Traverse Area.” northcountrytrail.org/gtr

-------------------15TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DINNER: 3pm, Hagerty Center, TC. The NMC International Club invites you to try a three-course meal featuring flavors from around the world. Live entertainment will be provided by international students, in addition to presentations by the Interlochen Arts Academy and NMC Jazz Ensembles. Tickets: $45/ individual, $75/couple.

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wednesday

FREE HEARING CLINIC: 9:30am-3pm, Traverse City Senior Center. Staff members from the William and Leni Carls Hearing Clinic will offer free hearing screenings and hearing aid repairs. To register and for more information, call 231-922-4911. munsonhealthcare.org/hearing

-------------------ZONTA CLUB OF TC APRIL PROGRAM MEETING: 12pm, Hagerty Center, NMC, TC. Featuring a hands-on workshop by the Prevention of Violence Against Women committee. Tickets, $16. zontacluboftraversecity.org

-------------------FRIENDS OF PCL MEETING: 1pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Plan summer fundraisers and activities. Free.

-------------------BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm-7pm, TC Golf & Country Club, TC. Free for TC Area Chamber of Commerce members; $15 for others. tcchamber.org

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EAST JORDAN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm-7pm, Tilted Skillet, East Jordan.

Free for E.J. Chamber members & $10 for notyet-members.

-------------------LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 5pm, Palmer Woods Forest Reserve.

Today features the M22 Trail Fun Run, a four-mile round trip trek along the Price Valley Trail. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

-------------------PROJECT TOURISM: 5pm, Hagerty Center, TC. Hospitality-based businesses will compete at a live event for cash prizes for a special project. Finalists will be judged by a panel and attendees. $10. eventbrite.com/e/projecttourism-pitch-night-tickets-32266696558

-------------------“THE TRUE COST” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 6:30pm-9pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration. Free. ncmich.edu/community-events/ lectures-events/earth-day-everyda.html

-------------------ANNUAL SPRING SESSION OF THE LEELANAU COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION: 6:30pm, Leelanau County Government Center, Community Meeting Room, Suttons Bay.

Social gathering, presentation & Q&A. 231-2569812 for more information and to RSVP. Free.

creative art and writing of talented Kingsley Area School students. Free. tadl.org/kingsley

POST-SCREENING Q&A: 6:30pm, The Presbyterian Church of TC. Following the screening of “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North,” shown at the State Theatre, TC on Tues., April 18, filmmaker Katrina Browne will facilitate a deeper conversation on race, equality and healing in these days of heightened racial divisions. There will be a voluntary non-perishable food drive for Food Rescue at the State Theatre on April 18 and the Presbyterian Church on April 19. Free.

HEALTHY EATING SUPPORT GROUP: 6:30pm, TC Senior Center. “Fats: Are they helpful or harmful?” is this month’s topic.

Led by a registered dietitian. Reserve your spot: 231-392-5200 or nutritionandbodydynamics@gmail.com. $5. nutritionandbodydynamics. com/events-and-classes.html

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-------------------PAINT A PUP: 5pm-8pm, Workshop Brewing Company, TC. Join Blackbird Arts in supporting the Cherryland Humane Society by giving their signature ceramic Donor Dogs a new look. Registration is free, $5-10 suggested donation. 231-946-5116.

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thursday

MEDICATION DRIVE THRU DROP-OFF: 7am-4pm, McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital, Petoskey. Items that will be collected include medications, needles, cell phones, shoes, eyeglasses, and hearing aids.

Free. northernhealth.org

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APRIL GEEK BREAKFAST: 8am, Bubba’s, TC. A casual monthly community-driven networking event for tech-minded people to discuss topics like social media, digital marketing, design, programming, & ways to better the community over bacon, eggs and coffee. geekbreakfast.org/cities/traverse-city-mi

-------------------LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 10am, Munnecke Room, next to the Leland Library; & Krumwiede Forest Rerserve, Maple City. Today features a Wildflower Rescue Kick-Off Meeting at 10am at the Munnecke Room, next to the Leland Library; & a Spring Pops Hike at Krumwiede Forest Reserve, Maple City at 10am. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

-------------------GT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 1pm, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, TC. Lin Meeker will speak on “Writing Your Family History.” 231-275-6671.

-------------------WMU-TC OPEN HOUSE SPEAKER SERIES: 3pm-6pm, Western Michigan University, TC Regional Location, UC 211. 5:30pm in Room 215: “Many Hands Make Light Work” with Conservation Easement Program Manager, Leelanau Conservancy Yarrow Brown. 5:30pm in Room 219: “Slow Down to Spark Innovation: Why the key to happiness & business growth is cutting back” with Owner, Mental Wellness Counseling Joe Sanok.

-------------------APRIL SWIRL: 5:30pm-7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Mingle in the galleries while enjoying live music by Sky & Signal & sampling appetizers & wine from Chandler’s A Restaurant. Tickets: $15 advance; $20 day of. crookedtree.org/

-------------------NW MI ARTS NETWORKS HOSTS LOCAL GATHERINGS IN APRIL: 5:30pm-7pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Community conversation to seek feedback on next steps in building the network and advocating for arts and culture throughout northwest Michigan. 231883-8388. sparksandstarts.com

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IAF LECTURE: 6pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. “Turkey at the Crossroads” with U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission, Turkey, 2014-16 Lawrence Mandel. Free for current students & educators; $10 others.

995-1700. tciaf.com/upcoming-events-2

-------------------ART ATTACK @ THE LIBRARY!: 6:30pm8pm, Kingsley Branch of the TADL. Enjoy the

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-------------------PAGETURNERS: 6:30pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Book club at the PCL. This month’s book selection is “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly. 231-223-7700. Free.

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POSTLUDE TO PARIS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?: 6:30pm-8:30pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Keynote presentation by George Hartwell. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration.

Free. ncmich.edu/community-events/

GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT: 6pm-9pm, Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. Featuring two cooking demonstrations, a fashion show, adult beverages, food booths, shopping & more. $5.

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“A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES” BENEFIT: 7pm, The State Theatre, TC. Featuring the Academy Award nominated film, “Hidden Figures,” with a special introduction by retired US Astronaut and NASA Insider, Capt. Jerry Linenger. Tickets: $25 each or buy 3 get 1 free. Cost includes admission, popcorn, and beverages. Benefits Michael’s Place. 947-6453. stateandbijou.org

-------------------COMPOSERS IN CONTEXT: 7pm, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen. Gabriel Kahane performed by the Arts Academy Orchestra. Tickets: $12/full, $7/senior, $7/youth. tickets.interlochen.org/

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LGBTQ NIGHTS: WHICH CAME FIRST: LADY GAGA OR THE EGG?: 7pm, Mustang Wendy’s, Harbor Springs. Michelle Chenard, 7-10pm; Johnnie Walker after 10pm. mustangwendys.com

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NEIL MCCOY: 7pm, Streeter’s Center, Ground Zero, TC. Enjoy this country superstar, with his latest album “You Don’t Know Me.” Advance tickets: $28 plus $3 handling. groundzeroonline.com

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BIG BAND: 7pm-9:30pm, West Bay Beach Holiday Inn, TC. With Jeff Haas and Dave Hester. All ages welcome. Free.

HEART & HEALING ART: 7pm, John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center of McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey.

Mandala Art: Discuss and experience Mandela art as a mindful practice. Free. mclaren.org/ northernmichigan

-------------------LINDSEY LOU & THE FLATBELLYS: 7:30pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center. Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys draw from soul, blues, folk & jazz to create a unique sound. $15 adults/$5 students 18 & under. oldartbuilding.com

-------------------“GREAT LAKES FREIGHTERS: A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT”: 5:30pm, Harbor Springs History Museum. Jon The Harbor Springs Area Historical Society and David Lyle, recently retired president of Walstrom Marine, for this installment of their Harbor History Talk series.

Lyle has spent a lifetime sailing American’s inland highway from Lake Superior to Lake Erie.

231-526-9771.

-------------------UP NORTH GREEN PARTY MEETING: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. The Green Party is creating signs and planning for the March for Science (April 22) and People’s Climate March (April 29). The Green Party is a political party that is dedicated to peace, planet and people over profit. 231-547-2828.

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friday

GOOD MORNING GAYLORD: 8am, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord.

Sponsored by Headwaters Land Conservancy. Featuring guest speaker Executive Director Headwaters Land Conservancy Laura Justin. Tickets available at door: $10; includes breakfast buffet. 989-732-6333.

-------------------LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 10am, Chippewa Run Natural Area, Empire; & Kehl Lake Natural Area, Northport.

Today features a Trail Building Workbee at Chippewa Run Natural Area, Empire at 10am; & an Executive Director’s Hike at Kehl Lake Natural Area, Northport at 2pm. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

-------------------“GREAT GIRLS IN MICHIGAN HISTORY” LUNCHEON: 11:30am-1pm, North Central Michigan College, Iron Horse Cafe, Petoskey. $17/members, $22/non-members. The Friends of the Petoskey District Library will also host a wine and cheese reception at 4:30pm. Contact the Petoskey District Library at 231-758-3100. petoskeychamber.com/events/

--------------------------------------“DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY”: 7:30pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Presented by the NMC Concert Band. $12 adults; $7 students & seniors; free for NMC students with student ID. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------CARDENIO: 7:30pm, Harvey Theater, Interlochen. By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. A woman seduced and a friend betrayed; desire, deceit, and disguise abound in Shakespeare’s “lost play.” Tickets: $15/full, $13/senior, $10/youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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saturday

CARS & COFFEE: 8am10am, MFD Classic Motors, TC. 947-3850.

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HEALTHY KIDS DAY CADILLAC AREA YMCA: 8am8pm, Cadillac Area YMCA. The Y showcases what it has to offer during the summer as well as invites other community organizations to participate to help kids stay active and sharp summer long! cadillacareaymca.org

-------------------HOMEBUYER EDUCATION: 9am, 3963 Three Mile Rd., TC. Learn how you can improve on building your asset wealth through homeownership. For more information call 231-947-3780. nmcaa.net

-------------------1ST ANNUAL RECYCLESMART EARTH DAY EVENT: 10am, Medalie Park, TC. Get outside and learn from Earth Day Partners about recycling, composting, water protection, invasive species and more. Featuring a scavenger hunt with prize drawings, full-size trash truck, makeand-take eco-crafts and a backyard composting demo. Rain or shine celebrate Earth Day from 10am-2pm. Free. recyclesmart.info

-------------------27TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S HEALTH FAIR: 10am-2pm, Petoskey Middle School. This free event focuses on newborns to 12-year-olds.

Featuring Olaf from Disney’s “Frozen,” an “Action Hero Fun Run” (kids should bring capes), crafts & much more. 800-248-6777.

-------------------CELEBRATE EARTH DAY W/ TART TRAILS’ SPRING WORK BEE: 10am-12pm, Various TART Trail locations. TART is hosting spring work bees in various locations along the trail network. For info, visit: traversetrails.org/event/ tart-trails-work-bee-2/

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CHILDREN’S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: 10am-12pm, Pathways Preschool, TC. Celebrate Earth Day with live music by PhDJ Martoosh, a food experience facilitated by Oryana, hands-on art, and a total mud immersion.

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MI 4-H BEACH CLEAN-UP COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT: 10am-12pm, TC State Park.

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-------------------MAKE & TAKE CRAFT SESSION: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Kids ages 8 and older will be taught to make beads out of paper and how to turn them into colorful jewelry. RSVP 231-223-7700.

-------------------EARTH DAY AMPHIBIAN WALK: 11am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. A walk to woodland vernal pools to look for salamanders and listen for frog activity. $5. grassriver.org

-------------------LELAND JAMES: 11am, Bellaire Public Library. Award-winning poet Leland James will read from his new book “Longberry’s Leap,” accompanied by an on-screen presentation of its illustrations. 231-533-8814. Free.

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TOUR THE T/S STATE OF MICHIGAN: 12pm-3pm, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, TC. From the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. Guided tours of the training ship and interaction with current Maritime cadets will be offered. 995-1200.

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LEELANAU CONSERVANCY EARTH WEEK: 1pm, Palmer Woods Forest Reserve & Tandem Ciders, Suttons Bay. Today features the Earth Day ‘Trees Before Leaves’ Identification Hike at Palmer Woods Forest Reserve at 1pm; & Earth Day Celebration at Tandem Ciders, Suttons Bay Featuring The Moxie Strings at 6pm. leelanauconservancy.org/2017-earth-week

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MARCH FOR SCIENCE: 1pm-3pm, Begins at the corner of State & Howard streets, Petoskey. Show support for the importance of science in society – in education, research, public policy decisions, and technology. Register: march4science@gmail.com.

-------------------EARTH DAY EVERYDAY GATHERING: 4pm8pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration. Free. ncmich. edu/community-events/

-------------------HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CONCERT: 6pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. Featuring organist Tom Bara & special guests from Interlochen Arts Academy. Free. habitatgtr.org

-------------------TROJAN BOOSTER BASH: 7pm-11pm, Streeter’s Center, TC. Presented by the TC Athletic Boosters. “New York, New York.”

Dueling pianos, raffle, silent auction & more.

Tickets: $50; can be purchased at TC Central High School. groundzeroonline.com

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CARDENIO: 7:30pm, Harvey Theater, Interlochen. By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. A woman seduced and a friend betrayed; desire, deceit, and disguise abound in Shakespeare’s “lost play.” Tickets: $15/full, $13/senior, $10/youth. tickets.interlochen.org

-------------------NMC JAZZ BANDS AND NMC VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE: 7:30pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum, TC. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students and seniors in advance; $12 & $7 at the door. Admission for NMC students with student ID is free.

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SWEET DREAMS & HONKY TONKS: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Tom Waselchuk & Lindsey Juarez will present the best loved hits of country music’s biggest stars, such as Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn & Johnny Cash, along with stories of their lives & careers. Tickets start at $22.50.cityoperahouse.org/sweet-dreams-and-honky-tonks

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TREE PLANTING CEREMONY : 10am-4pm, LTBB Ziibimijwang Organic Farm, Petoskey. Directions and RSVP at 231-242-1670. Part of North Central Michigan College’s Earth Week celebration. Free. ncmich.edu/community-events/

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CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: Charlevoix. Special pricing on lunch and/or dinner at Charlevoix Area restaurants. facebook. com/CharlevoixRestaurantWeek

-------------------CARDENIO: 2pm, Harvey Theater, Interlochen. By William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. A woman seduced and a friend betrayed; desire, deceit, and disguise abound in Shakespeare’s “lost play.” Tickets: $15/full, $13/senior, $10/youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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BEETHOVEN 9: 3pm, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Beethoven reaches extremes of energy and peace, darkness and ecstatic joy in this rich symphony. Presented by the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, GT Chorale & NMC Chamber Singers. Tickets: traversesymphony.org/concert/beethoven-9

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A SPRING DANCE SHOWCASE: 7pm-9pm, Milliken Auditorium, TC. Presented by the NMC Dance Department. Advance tickets available online. $7/person. mynorthtickets.com/events/

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“BEFORE THE FLOOD” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 5pm, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Presented by The Northern Michigan Chapter of Citizens Climate Lobby. CCL volunteers will be on hand. Free.

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“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: Fridays, 7pm, Saturdays, 2pm, Saturdays, 7pm, Sundays, 2pm. Apr. 21 - Apr. 28. St. Francis High School, Kohler Auditorium, TC. Advance tickets: $13 Adult, $10 Seniors, $8 Students. Door tickets: $15 Adult, $12 Senior, $10 Student. thehap.net

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30pm-7pm. Apr. 20 - Dec. 28. Basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. Thursdays. For those who seek to address the residual effects of having been raised in dysfunctional household. adultchildren.org

-------------------“ALMOST MAINE”: Fridays, 7:30pm, Saturdays, 7:30pm, Sundays, 2pm. Apr. 21 - Apr. 28.

Bruises heal and hearts mend – almost – in this delightful comedy. Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee.

Tickets $13-$22. manisteecivicplayers.org

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BREATH & BALANCE - A ZERO IMPACT AIKIDO: Tuesdays, 10am-11am. Apr. 18 - Apr. 25. 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. Held on Tuesdays. innerpathdojo.com

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“BROMEO VS THE JULIETTES”: Fridays, 7:30pm, Saturdays, 7:30pm. Apr. 21 - Apr. 28. Former Inside Out Gallery, TC. A 1990s gender-bending Battle of the Bands from The Mash-Up Rock ‘n Roll Musical Troupe. General admission: $20. mashuprocknrollmusical.com/ bromeo-vs-the-juliettes

-------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 10am. Apr. 21 - Jun. 9. Upper Level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Fridays, 10am-1pm through June 9. crookedtree.org

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-------------------SECULAR A.A.: Thursdays, 5:30pm, Fridays, 7pm. Apr. 20 - Apr. 27. The Porch, TC. Thursdays: The Porch, TC, 5:30pm. secularaainmichigan.org

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ANNUAL E-WASTE DRIVE: Apr. 18 – 19. TC. Safety Net will collect unwanted computers from Traverse City area businesses, proceeds to benefit Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan. Allowable donations include computer components, PCs (desktops and laptops), hard drives, keyboards and mice. 231-944-1100 x 114 or goodwillpickup@safetynet-inc.com to arrange pickup.

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“GRAND VIEWS & NATURE’S SPLENDORS”: Daily, 10am. Apr. 15 - Apr. 28. 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 April 3-28. An opening reception will be held on Weds., April 5 from 5-7pm. cityoperahouse.org

Mon MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Daily, 9am. Apr. 15 - May. 26. 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

-------------------SPRING EXHIBIT: SACRED SPACES: Daily, 11am. Apr. 15 - Apr. 21. Higher Art Gallery, TC. Exploring ideas such as ancestry, time, nostalgia & individual views on what is sacred. Runs March 24 - April 22. An opening reception will be held on Fri., March 24 from 6-9pm. Open Weds. through Sun. higherartgallery.com

-------------------YOUTH ART SHOW: Daily, 9am. Apr. 15 May. 6. 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

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-------------------ARTWORK OF NCMC STUDENTS: Daily, 10am. Apr. 15 - Apr. 27. Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey. Showcasing the best art and design work of North Central Michigan College students. crookedtree.org

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CALL FOR STUDENT ARTISTS: HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: Daily, 11am. Apr. 15 - Apr. 17. Higher Art Gallery, TC. 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. 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

-------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS, JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: Daily, 11am-5pm.

Apr. 15 - Apr. 28. Charlevoix Circle of Arts.

Runs March 31 - April 28. An opening reception will be held on Fri., March 31 from 5-7pm.

Open to MI artists age 18 & older. Gallery is closed on Sundays. charlevoixcircle.com

-------------------DOORS & WINDOWS: Daily, 1pm. Apr. 15 - Apr. 30. Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. This Invitational Exhibit runs April 9-30. Open Tues. - Sun. jordanriverarts.com/ calendar-day-2017-04-09.html

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tracks from this soundtrack album to the inspirational film The Shack are the most obvious – the strikingly sung Kelly Clarkson/ Aloe Blacc duet “Love Goes On” and the sweetly emotional Tim McGraw/Faith Hill duet “Keep Your Eyes on Me” – the rest of the set holds some pretty impressive country–seasoned tunes as well, including Lecrae’s hook–filled “River of Jordan,” Hillsong United’s prettily encouraging “Heaven Knows,” For King and Country’s slow, haunting cover of “Amazing Grace” and Dierks Bentley’s uplifting “Days of Dark.”

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Nineties’–era pop–rock singer Michelle Branch hasn’t done much with her own music for the past decade or so, in spite of a country–western side project and a collaboration with Timbaland, but now she’s got a full–length album recorded and ready to go, thanks to the help of Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, who offered to assist with her recording when she ran into him at a Hollywood party. Branch makes a return to her original pop sound on her new set, titled “Hopeless Romantic” and out this week; she also gained a little something extra in addition to the album because she and Carney are now an item.

This year’s Lollapalooza, the massive music festival that takes over Chicago’s Grant Park every summer, has revealed its lineup for 2017, with the four headliners set to be Muse, Chance the Rapper, The Killers and Arcade Fire. But that’s not all, folks – Lolla’s additional stages will present a whole lot more music, including performances from Wiz Khalifa, Run the Jewels, Spoon, Lorde, Ryan Adams, Phantogram, The xx and The Shins. Four–day passes are sold out, but general admission tickets for each day are still on sale. Check out lollapalooza.com for the tickets and a complete schedule.

For you modern rockin’ music fans who enjoy a little country now and then,

you’ll want to take note of another concert festival event that’s heading to the DTE Energy Music Theater early this summer.

The Summer Hoedown is back and has transferred to the DTE Theater from its prior location in downtown Royal Oak; now you’ve got more room to enjoy this multi–stage event, cowboy boots and all. Headliners for the 2017 edition include Lady Antebellum, Brett Young and Kelsea Ballerini with additional performances from Seth Ennis, Russell Dickerson and more TBA. Tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com.

Congratulations to one of northern Michigan’s favorite visiting bands, Grand Rapids outfit The Crane Wives, which made the top 10 list in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts competition for its new song “High Horse.”

New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas won the grand prize in the music video competition to win an on–air performance spot on the Tiny Desk Concerts show, but NPR passed out nods to 10 additional tracks in its 10 More Tiny Desk Concert Entries We Loved list; The Crane Wives track made that secondary cut.

Modern Rock Link of the Week: What do you give a legendary musician for his birthday? Even more legendary music, if you’re one of the in crowd. Elton John recently celebrated his 70th birthday at a big party in Los Angeles and was serenaded with

the Detroit area, with 90 bands playing at the traveling punk rock fest including Hawthorne Heights, Bowling for Soup and more; Warped will make a stop at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Fri., July 21.

Up and coming Royal Oak/Clawson pop– rock band Five Pound Snap just released its debut full–length album titled White Birch Lakes at a release party at the Polish Legion of American Veterans in Detroit.

And if you’re heading to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids for a concert anytime soon, you’ll probably notice some changes around the venue; the Gardens is planning an upgrade and expansion as part of its $115 capital improvement campaign.

Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ‘em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

“Happy Birthday” by none other than Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga. Watch and listen to all the fun at https://youtu.be/dkRZHuljwsE. The Buzz: Petoskey homeboy Sufjan Stevens is celebrating the second birthday of his most recent album with a live concert film and audio recording documenting his November 2015 performance in South Carolina; Carrie and Lowell Live will be available on YouTube and Vimeo starting at the end of this month.

The Calvin Festival of Faith and Music wrapped up this past weekend in Grand Rapids with performances from veteran musician David Bazan, Chicago rapper Jamila Woods and GR’s own Vagabonds and Vox Vidorra.

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Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee ESCAPE BAR, CADILLAC Thu -- Open Mic Night Hosted by Lynn Callihan, 8 Fri -- Karaoke, 9

CADILLAC SANDS RESORT, SANDBAR NITECLUB Fri -- Karaoke/line dancing, Phattrax DJs, 8:30 Sat -- Dance videos, Phattrax DJs, 8:30

TJ'S PUB, MANISTEE 4/22 -- Cheryl Wolfram, 6-9

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 4/18 -- Open & un-mic'd w/ Ben Johnson, 7-9 Fri -- Andre Villoch, 7-9 BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8 GT DISTILLERY, TC 4/21 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 6-8 GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY, ACME Sat,Fri -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8 HORIZON BOOKS, TC 4/21 -- Songwriters in the Round, 8:30-10:30 HOTEL INDIGO 4/15 -- Elizabeth and Peter, 8-11 KILKENNY'S, TC Sat -- Honesty & The Liars, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 Fri,Sat -- Soul Patch, 9:30 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC Mon -- Open mic w/ Blake Elliott, 6-9

LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9 PARK PLACE HOTEL, BEACON LOUNGE, TC Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30 RARE BIRD BREWPUB, TC 4/19 -- G Snacks, 8:30-10:30 ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 4/21 -- Rob Bolin, 5-8 SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 4/21-4/22 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9 SLEDER'S TAVERN, TC 4/23 -- Roger Brown, 4 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 4/21 -- Neil McCoy, 7 STUDIO ANATOMY, TC 4/15 -- Underground Comedy Night, 9 TC WHISKEY CO. 4/19 -- Mitchell McKolay, 6-8 TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 4/16,4/23 -- Kids Open Mic, 3 Tue -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 Thu -- G-Snacks, 7-9 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9

THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 4/15 -- Hawaiian Luau w/ Music

by The Parking Lots, 5-10 THE PARLOR, TC 4/18 -- Clint Weaner, 7:30-10:30 THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 4/15 -- Eric Engblade Quartet, 8-11 4/17 -- Here:Say Storytelling Check, Please!, 7-9 Wed -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam, 6-10 4/21 -- Featured Local DJ: John Corey, 8-11 4/22 -- Matthew Gabriel, 8-11 UNION STREET STATION, TC 4/15 -- Zoo Pack, 10 4/16 -- Karaoke, 10 4/21 -- Joe Wilson Trio, 7 4/21,4/22 -- Lucas Paul Band, 8 WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC Thu -- Jazz Night w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30 4/21 -- Jon Archambault Band , 7-9:30 WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, VIEW, TC 4/15,4/22 -- DJ Motaz, 9 4/21 -- DJ Fasel, 9:30

The Lucas Paul Band from Ann Arbor, Michigan bring their Pop/Rock songs to Union Street Station in Traverse City. April 21 and 22.

Antrim & Charlevoix BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM 4/21,4/22 -- Nathan Bates, 8-11 4/23 -- Pete Kehoe, 6-9 BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM, CHARLEVOIX 4/15 -- Owen James, 8-11 4/16 -- Chris Calleja, 6-9 4/18 -- Sean Bielby , 7-10

BIG CAT BREWERY, CEDAR 4/19 -- Chris Skellenger and Patrick Niemisto, 7-9

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LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 4/18 -- Dune Brothers, 6:30

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SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 4/15 -- Steve Leaf & The Ex Pats, 8:30-11 4/21 -- Ben Daniels Band,

8:30-11 4/22 -- The Ol' Microtones, 8:30-11:30 TORCH LAKE CAFE, EASTPORT Sat,Fri -- Leanna Collins Trio, 8:30 Wed -- Dueling Pianos, 8:30 Thu -- Open Mic w/ Tim Hosper, 8:30

Emmet & Cheboygan CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 4/15 -- The Bad NASA, 10 4/21 -- The Honorable Spirits, 10 4/22 -- Polar Bear Recon, 10 4/22 -- Polar Bear Reconlive , 10

MRS. ED'S, PELLSTON 4/23 -- Billy P & Kate Open Mic, 5-9 STORMCLOUD BREWING CO., FRANKFORT 4/15 -- Tamara Hansson, 8-10 4/21 -- Chris & Patrick, 8-10 4/22 -- Evan Burgess, 8-10

RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 4/18 -- Keith Scott, 6-9

CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 4/15 -- Lizze Liberty, 7:30-9:30 4/21 -- Jeff Brown , 6 4/22 -- Blair Miller, 7:30-9:30

LEO'S TAVERN, PETOSKEY Sun -- S.I.N. w/ DJ Johnnie Walker, 9

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CENTRAL LAKE TAVERN, CENTRAL LAKE 4/15 -- Mel Sweet Blues, 9 4/22 -- Shady Hill w/ Connor Dawson, 9

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The zookeepers wife boss baby

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hat’s a Boss Baby? Well, after 100 minutes spent in its vibrant and whimsical world, I’m still not quite sure other than I’m told there’s a Trump joke to be found somewhere. With an overcomplicated plot involving the war between puppies and babies for love and a way-too-complex mythology (yes, it goes 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 the absurdity and metaphorical truth of a “boss baby,” 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 references), or bottom-of-the-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 his older brother Tim’s fantasies, but that doesn’t give the filmmakers a pass. The best thing I can say about “The Boss Baby” is that it was better than expected. From the earnest sense of wonder and analog spirit to some heartfelt moments, director Tom McGrath (“Madagascar”) elevates a painful premise beyond animated drivel. But with its gratuitous “Toy Story” influences, McGrath was clearly aiming for Pixarlevel poignance, making it all the more apparent just what a frustrating imitation this is.

As we rapidly approach the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Holocaust, there are still thousands of stories of courage and perseverance to be told. Some of these stories will never be known, forever lost to time, while others will go on to be known the world over — and made into movies. And Holocaust dramas take on more urgency and importance as the actual events (and the people who lived through them) slip further away from the present. With so little time left, it’s important to tell these stories well.

“The Zookeeper’s Wife,” adapted from the bestselling book by Diane Ackerman, is one of those stories. It’s based on real-life husband and wife Jan and Antolonia Zabinski, who saved hundreds of Polish Jews from certain death by hiding them in the Warsaw Zoo. The Zabinskis’ bravery and heroism is astounding and worthy of celebrating, but the film telling their story never goes all in. It’s a perfectly serviceable Holocaust drama — it's not flippant or insensitive – but it doesn't really reach for anything beyond going through the motions of the central story and a rather uninspired understanding of the people who lived it.

The film opens on a typical morning at the zoo where we meet Antonina (two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain) as she bikes her way through her morning rounds, a baby camel trotting behind her. Antonina and her husband Jan (Johan Heldenbergh) live on the zoo grounds with their young son, Rys, and the two are perfect for each other. Their zoo is a friendly, well-oiled machine under their loving care.

The setting is summer 1939. It’s breezy and idyllic, all the more heartbreaking knowing the horror and destruction that will arrive in only a few months when the German invasion begins. We’re introduced to Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl, forever typecast as a Nazi), a fellow zoologist who runs the Berlin Zoo, at a dinner party the couple hosts that night. Heck is (and was in real life) “Hiter’s zoologist” and has some crazy ideas about genetics and breeding that only a proponent of the “master race” ever could.

When the war begins and Warsaw is attacked the zoo is not spared, nor are we spared from seeing what aerial bombardment does to the animals. Once the city is overrun, Heck arrives and appeals to Antonina to let him take some of their more prized specimens to Berlin for safekeeping. He claims to be looking after both their and the animals best interest. Heck promises to return them once the war is over, but of course he’s not on the

level. And later, as winter begins, the zoo is closed completely, but not before another disaster occurs.

Not long after that, colleagues of the Zabinskis, a Jewish couple, ask them to take in a prized insect collection — their life’s work — for safekeeping. Antonina then suggests that the wife of the couple also stay with them, hidden in a closet in their home.

It’s an act of defiance that would mean certain death if they were discovered -- and it’s only the start. Jan and Antonina slowly come to a grander plan to save their zoo and save as many Jews as they can while hiding them in plain sight.

The Zabinskis convince Heck (now stationed in Warsaw) to let them raise hogs for the war effort. After all, they have the infrastructure, and an occupying force needs food. Heck sees the arrangement as a chance to get closer to Antonina, as well as having a headquarters for his twisted experiments.

But how to feed the hundreds of hogs that they’re now responsible for? By feeding them the garbage picked up by Jan from the Warsaw Ghetto. This of course allows him to secret out several Jews with each trip in and out of the gates. It’s a very clever, though very dangerous plan. And Antonina must keep Heck distracted if it’s going to work.

It’s a tremendous story and handsomely done, but somehow the parts don’t add up to a convincing whole – the filmmaking never earns its pathos. And though this is a war movie and many scenes are hard to watch, the lack of graphic violence (most likely due to the PG-13 rating) makes for a more effective experience. Certain scenes are made more horrifying by what is not shown. And Chastain is positively ethereal as Antonina.

Director Niki Caro (“The Whale Rider”) uses every chance she gets to show the zookeeper’s wife cradling and gently kissing baby animals. Some of these shots are positively Madonna-esque in their framing and lighting. The message here is that someone who shows such compassion to one living thing surely will do the same for another, and anyone who learns of the Zabinskis’ courage and goodness in the face of such darkness and evil will no doubt be moved by it. And we should all be thankful this story, and stories like it, will continue to reach a wider audience. It’s just a shame that the film didn’t have more surprising ways of getting that story across.

Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

life

T

aking on the tried and true tropes of the trapped-inspace-with-an-alien-on-board films like “Alien” and mixing it with a little of the satisfying survival instincts of “Gravity” for good measure, don’t mistake “Life’s” lack of innovation or derivative achievements for a bad experience.

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.

So as a motivational poster might put it, “Life” is short, it moves fast. Just enjoy it.

beauty and the beast

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he latest live-action Disney update doesn’t take on one of their more flawed or dated classics, but rather their Oscar Best Picture nominee from 1991. No other film in the Disney canon may be as beloved, making this a risky proposition – one that for fans has really only two possible outcomes: big disappointment or big hit. But they can breathe a sigh of relief, ‘cause while “Beauty and the Beast” is not perfect (it’s a little overly CGI-ied, and some of the new additions work less well than others), these flaws are entirely immaterial to one’s enjoyment, especially in light of the many things it does so very well. There are the fantastic performances from an impeccably cast cast (including a ravishing Emma Watson as the most perfect Belle one can imagine), lavish no-expensespared spectacle, show-stopping production numbers, unapologetically romantic tableaus, go-for-broke grandeur, and that music, well, it remains as resplendent as ever. It’s an operatic, old-fashioned musical extravaganza that makes use of dazzling technology Busby Berkeley couldn’t dream of.

You can feel the sumptuous fabrics of the costumes, taste the delectable confections, and smell the crisp winter air – it’s an assault on the senses in the most grandiose of ways. The story is exactly the one you know. Yet even when it feels “ever just the same” there are moments that come as “ever a surprise.” And in the end, this richer, wittier, and inclusive take on acceptance and true beauty proves worth revisiting. This “Beauty and the Beast” is both a modern update and delightful throwback that will deliver all the nostalgic feels Disney is counting on.

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the ADViCE GOddESS Jihad Me At Hello

Q

: I'm a man in my mid-30s, and I'm dating a woman I really love. We match each other on so many levels, and I thought we had a really great thing. But, recently, she seems to want more than I can give. Specifically, she’s prodding me to say “I love you” repeatedly throughout the day, and she blows up at me for not doing it enough. Though I do love her, the required affirmations feel hollow.

But I am trying. Yesterday she called, and I told her, “I’ve been thinking about you all day.” She got super angry and said, “Then you should have called to tell me that!” WTH?!

Where's the line between being present for someone and being phony just to quell their unfounded insecurity?

— Besieged

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: Understandably, if your relationship is patterned on a movie, you’d like it to be “Love Actually,” not “Judgment at Nuremberg.”

Sure, things are looking bleak at the moment. In fact, the best thing about your relationship right now probably seems like the right to a speedy trial. However, you may be able to change that — get back to the “really great thing” you two had -- by understanding the possible evolutionary roots to your girlfriend’s morphing into LOVEMEEEE!zilla.

It turns out that perceiving things accurately isn’t always in our best interest.

In fact, evolutionary psychologist Martie Haselton explains that we seem to have evolved to make protective errors in judgment — either underperceiving or overperceiving depending on which error would be the “least costly” to our mating and survival interests.

For example, Haselton explains that men are prone to err on the side of overestimating women’s interest in them. Evolutionarily, it’s costlier for a man to miss an opportunity to pass on his genes than, say, to get jeered by his buddies after he hits on some model.

Man: “Yerrr pritty!” Model: “Um, you’re missing most of your teeth.”

Women, however, err on the side of underestimating a man’s willingness to stick around. This helps keep them from getting duped by cads posing as wannabe dads. And, as Haselton points out, a woman’s expressions of “commitment skepticism” may come with a fringe benefit — “more frequent displays of commitment” (like flowers, prezzies, mooshywooshy talk) from a man “who truly (is) committed.”

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Unfortunately, your girlfriend’s expressing her “commitment skepticism” in exactly the wrong way — by trying to berate you into being more loving. Practically speaking, this is like running alongside somebody and asking them to explain the tax code while they’re being chased by a mob with flaming pitchforks.

Because our brain’s “fight or flight” circuitry is also calibrated to protectively overreact, a verbal attack kicks off the same physiological responses as a physical one. Adrenaline surges.

Your heart beats faster. And blood flow gets shunted away from systems not needed to fight back or bolt — like digestion and higher reasoning. This makes sense, because you don’t need algebra to keep a tiger from getting close enough for you to notice his need for Crest Whitestrips. Only — oops — higher reasoning is exactly what you need when it’s only your girlfriend chasing after you for a little more loveydoveyspeak.

Of course, you understand that your girlfriend is a lady looking for your love, not a tiger looking to turn you into a late lunch.

However, once that fight-or-flight train leaves the station, it keeps building momentum. (You can’t just treat your surging adrenaline like a bratty third-grader and tell it to go sit down.)

So, though the problem between you might seem to start with your girlfriend, consider what psychologist Brooke C. Feeney calls “the dependency paradox.”

Feeney’s research suggests that continually responding to your romantic partner’s bids for comforting (like expressions of neediness) with actual comforting seems to alleviate their need for so much of it.

This isn’t to say you should make like a meth-jacked parrot and start squawking “Awwk! I love you!” until — thunk! — you beak-plant on the newspapers lining your cage. Instead, start by asking your girlfriend why she feels a need for this daily stream of “affirmations.” (Some women get wiggy when, weekend brunch after weekend brunch, there’s never a diamond ring under their waffles.)

Next, explain the science, including Feeney’s finding. Then, pledge to be more expressive in general (holding her, telling her you love her), but explain that you feel insincere punctuating every text and conversation with robo I-love-yous. As for her part, point out that if, instead of going off on you, she’d express her fears, it would put you in a position to reassure her. Ultimately, if you’re yelling “I love you!…I love you!” it should be because she’s running to catch a plane, not because you just can’t take another weekend chained to the radiator.

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19 Fix a feature, e.g.

20 ___ buco (veal entree) 21 Canines often metaphorically sacrificed 23 Weather report stats 27 Kleenex crud 28 Classic 1971 album that closes with "Riders on the Storm" 31 Rapper Biggie 35 Jointly owned, maybe 36 Animal who says "Baa, humbug"?

39 2003/2005/2007 A.L. MVP, familiarly 41 Elevator or train component 42 Blacken, as a steak 43 Where to dispose of cooking grease and tropical oils?

48 Apr. number cruncher 49 Plan so that maybe one can 50 Mischievous 52 Breakfast side dish 54 Gambling game played in convenience stores 55 Fifties fad involving undulation 59 "Terrible" ages 63 Conservation subj.

64 Product of a between-buildings cookoff?

68 Ointment ingredient 69 Illinois city symbolizing Middle America 70 "Funeral in Berlin" novelist Deighton 71 Kentucky senator Paul 72 Put up with 73 Animal that can follow the second word in each of this puzzle's four theme entries

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12 Aptly titled English spa 15 Wee 18 Acronym popularized by Drake 22 ___ of Maine (toothpaste brand) 24 Three-letter "Squee!"

25 Failure of diplomacy 26 Moved stealthily 28 Does nothing 29 Haloes of light 30 Made music?

32 Clingy critter?

33 Made like a kangaroo 34 Prevent infestations, in a way 37 The shortest month?

38 Practical joke 40 Record producer with the 2017 single "Shining" 44 Site of Bryce Canyon 45 Old-school "Fuggedaboutit!"

46 "Call Me Maybe" middle name 47 Horse's brownish-gray hue 51 Unironic ankh wearer at night 53 Fillings for some donuts?

55 Consider officially, as a judge 56 Bruins' alma mater 57 "On Golden Pond" bird 58 Novel necessity 60 Like joker values 61 Another word for margarine 62 Illumination Entertainment's other 2016 film (besides "The Secret Life of Pets") 65 History class division 66 Counterpart of yang 67 Philandering fellow

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aSTRO

lOGY

APRIL 17 - APRIL 23

BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES

(March 21-April 19): After George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States, he had to move from his home in Virginia to New York City, which at the time was the center of the American government. But there was a problem: He didn't have enough cash on hand to pay for his long-distance relocation, so he was forced to scrape up a loan. Fortunately, he was resourceful and persistent in doing so. The money arrived in time for him to attend his own inauguration. I urge you to be like Washington in the coming weeks, Aries. Do whatever's necessary to get the funds you need to finance your life's next chapter.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): The best

oracular advice you'll get in the coming days probably won't arise from your dreams or an astrological reading or a session with a psychic, but rather by way of seemingly random signals, like an overheard conversation or a sign on the side of a bus or a scrap of paper you find lying on the ground. And I bet the most useful relationship guidance you receive won't be from an expert, but maybe from a blog you stumble upon or a barista at a café or one of your old journal entries. Be alert for other ways this theme is operating, as well. The usual sources may not have useful info about their specialties. Your assignment is to gather up accidental inspiration and unlikely teachings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fantasize about

sipping pear nectar and listening to cello music and inhaling the aroma of musky amber and caressing velvet, cashmere, and silk. Imagine how it would feel to be healed by inspiring memories and sweet awakenings and shimmering delights and delicious epiphanies. I expect experiences like these to be extra available in the coming weeks. But they won't necessarily come to you freely and easily. You will have to expend effort to ensure they actually occur. So be alert for them. Seek them out. Track them down.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Contagion may

work in your favor, but it could also undermine you. On the one hand, your enthusiasm is likely to ripple out and inspire people whose help you could use. On the other hand, you might be more sensitive than usual to the obnoxious vibes of manipulators. But now that I've revealed this useful tip, let's hope you will be able to maximize the positive kind of contagion and neutralize the negative. Here's one suggestion that may help: Visualize yourself to be surrounded by a golden force field that projects your good ideas far and wide even as it prevents the disagreeable stuff from leaking in.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): A reader named

Kris X sent me a rebuke. "You're not a guru or a shaman," he sneered. "Your horoscopes are too filled with the slippery stench of poetry to be useful for spiritual seekers." Here's my response: "Thank you, sir! I don't consider myself a guru or shaman, either. It's not my mission to be an allknowing authority who hands down foolproof advice. Rather, I'm an apprentice to the Muse of Curiosity. I like to wrestle with useful, beautiful paradoxes. My goal is to be a joyful rebel stirring up benevolent trouble, to be a cheerleader for the creative imagination." So now I ask you, my fellow Cancerian: How do you avoid getting trapped in molds that people pressure you to fit inside? Are you skilled at being yourself even if that's different from what's expected of you?

What are the soulful roles you choose to embody despite the fact that almost no one understands them? Now is a good time to meditate on these matters.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I love to see you

Virgos flirt with the uncharted and the uncanny and the indescribable. I get thrills and chills whenever I watch your fine mind trying to make sense of the fabulous and the foreign and the unfathomable. What other sign can cozy up to exotic wonders and explore forbidden zones with as much no-nonsense pragmatism as you? If anyone can capture greased lightning in a bottle or get a hold of magic beans that actually work, you can.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A friend told me

about a trick used by his grandmother, a farmer.

When her brooding hens stopped laying eggs, she would put them in pillowcases that she then hung from a clothesline in a stiff breeze. After the hens got blown around for a while, she returned them to their cozy digs. The experience didn't hurt them, and she swore it put them back on track with their egg-laying. I'm not comfortable with this strategy. It's too extreme for an animallover like myself. (And I'm glad I don't have to deal with recalcitrant hens.) But maybe it’s an apt metaphor or poetic prod for your use right now. What could you do to stimulate your own creative production?

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Now would be

an excellent time to add deft new nuances to the ways you kiss, lick, hug, snuggle, caress, and fondle. Is there a worthy adventurer who will help you experiment with these activities?

If not, use your pillow, your own body, a realistic life-size robot, or your imagination. This exercise will be a good warm-up for your other assignment, which is to upgrade your intimacy skills. How might you do that? Hone and refine your abilities to get close to people. Listen deeper, collaborate stronger, compromise smarter, and give more.

Do you have any other ideas?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "If I had

nine hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first six sharpening my ax," said Abraham Lincoln, one of America's most productive presidents. I know you Sagittarians are more renowned for your bold, improvisational actions than your careful planning and strategic preparation, but I think the coming weeks will be a time when you can and should adopt Lincoln's approach. The readier you are, the freer you'll be to apply your skills effectively and wield your power precisely.

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

say that cannibalizing offspring is common in the animal kingdom, even among species that care tenderly for their young. So when critters eat their kids, it's definitely "natural." But I trust that in the coming weeks, you won't devour your own children.

Nor, I hope, will you engage in any behavior that metaphorically resembles such an act. I suspect that you may be at a low ebb in your relationship with some creation or handiwork or influence that you generated out of love. But please don't abolish it, dissolve it, or abandon it. Just the opposite, in fact: Intensify your efforts to nurture it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming weeks,

there will be helpers whose actions will nudge you -- sometimes inadvertently -- toward a higher level of professionalism. You will find it natural to wield more power and you will be more effective in offering your unique gifts. Now maybe you imagine you have already been performing at the peak of your ability, but I bet you will discover -- with a mix of alarm and excitement -- that you can become even more excellent. Be greater, Leo! Do better! Live stronger! (P.S.: As you ascend to this new level of competence, I advise you to be humbly aware of your weaknesses and immaturities. As your clout rises, you can't afford to indulge in self-delusions.)

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AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your astrological house of communication will be the scene of substantial clamor and ruckus in the coming weeks. A bit of the hubbub will be flashy but empty. But much of it should be pretty interesting, and some of it will even be useful. To get the best possible results, be patient and objective rather than jumpy and reactive. Try to find the deep codes buried inside the mixed messages. Discern the hidden meanings lurking within the tall tales and reckless gossip. If you can deal calmly with the turbulent flow, you will give your social circle a valuable gift.

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Sunrise Bliss towels & Glambitious skincare @ b.jeweled, 1-4 pm on Sat, April 29 DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY/VIDEOS - go aerial! Take your business, event or property to the next level with aerial imagery. Freelance, FAA-certified drone operator with experience and recognition throughout Michigan. 4K, high-speed video drone with endless photo/video possibilities.

Competitive, smallbusiness pricing tailored to your needs: call/text/email Trevor 505-750-1470 LOST SMALL BEAGLE from home between Cedar and Maple City Tag says Lucy but has wrong phone number call 231-342-1961 or 231-2283020 reward for return

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EVERYTHING’S COMING UP FREE PLAY.

10 $10 for

SATURDAY, APRIL 29 10AM-10PM

EARN 10 BASE POINTS, THEN SWIPE AT KIOSK TO RECEIVE $10 FREE PLAY. STANDARD PROMOTION RULES APPLY. SEE PLAYER’S CLUB FOR DETAILS. PETOSKEY LOCATION ONLY. BASE POINTS MUST BE EARNED ON DAY OF PROMOTION. ONE OFFER PER CARD HOLDER.

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