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legislature and governor have exempted themselves from the Freedom of Information Act. The Michigan House recently passed legislation to correct this, but the Republican State Senate Leader, Sen. Arlan Meekhof, opposes the bill. By blocking this bill he will continue to conceal his and the governors communications from the public.

“Sunshine Week,” an effort to encourage open government, has just concluded, but you can still call your representatives and demand open government. Citizens in a free country deserve nothing less; we pay for this government. The concealment of Trump’s taxes, in light of his many known Russian ties, and the current FBI investigation, is particularly worrisome.

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World According To Meeker..............................10 Zoning in on the Foot.......................................12 The Sky’s the Limit.......................................13 Frank Ettawageshik...........................................15 Decades of Dining at City Park Grill..................17 Juju’s Jewels..................................................18 Seen..................................................................19

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inflation in fifty years.

Undoubtedly there are problems with the ACA, and these must be repaired. In other parts of the country, premiums have risen significantly and insurance companies have left the market, resulting in fewer choices and higher premiums.

We need to learn why it is working in so many parts of the country and use that knowledge to reduce problems in other markets. We need to continue to reduce costs, stabilize markets, improve quality, and expand Medicaid in more states.

When Medicare was enacted in 1964, it was not universally popular. Since then, improvements have been made and it is now recognized as an efficient insurance program that successfully meets seniors’ health needs. The Affordable Care Act has that promise for the rest of us, if Republicans can work with Democrats and objective evaluators to find solutions.

Martha Lancaster, Harbor Springs

Transparent Government

Repair and Improve The ACA Now that Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have failed, we need a new approach to improve health care.

I call upon Rep. Jack Bergman to reach across the aisle to “repair and improve” the law. The ACA is not “a disaster, a failure, or exploding.” In fact, it has made remarkable progress in improving access to health care for millions.

As the Republican proposal was debated, support for the ACA increased. Now 54 percent of Americans approve of the law.

4,200 people in Michigan’s 1st Congressional District are covered through the Marketplace or expanded Medicaid.

They need the access that the ACA has given them to affordable health care. Costs are still rising but, under the ACA, we’ve experienced the slowest rate of health care

There was a vote in the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, and then a resolution for a floor vote, that could have finally forced disclosure of Trump’s taxes.

Cowardly Republicans voted to block the action, including our representative Jack Bergman.

Bergman and his Republican allies are now accomplices in whatever Trump is hiding. If we are a democracy, citizens deserve to see several years of Trump’s taxes, which could reveal financial ties to the corrupt Russian government or could help clear him of those suspicions.

Every president since Nixon forward has released their returns. I can just imagine the uproar and righteous indignation if a Democrat failed this minimum standard of transparency. Seventy-three percent of voters want to see his taxes, including 53 percent of Republicans. It is simply a lie for Trump to state that “no one is interested” in his taxes.

Michigan ranks dead last in government transparency and ethics, partly because the

This is to all who use the excuse “we are a nation of immigrants” to justify support for the settlement of unqualified aliens in our country. We are also a nation of laws, and there is a right way and a wrong way to let people in. One who enters the company illegally has broken the law. Furthermore, many of these aliens are not immigrants; they are colonizers. An immigrant is someone like my German grandmother who came here legally in 1891. She got a job the day after her arrival in Toledo, and saw her sons and grandsons fight against Germany in World Wars I and II. There was no question where her loyalty lay.

Today, colonizers, some who come legally and some who come illegally, enter with the intent to remain subject to their parent country and devoted to their fanaticism, which disdains everything American. These aliens have no respect for the United States, its laws, its traditions, and its long history of freedom. They will not assimilate, and they want to turn us into a copy of their home countries.

I sincerely hope President Trump will continue his anti-colonization policies and protect our country from illegals and terrorists.

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Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................4 Weird................................................................8 Style..................................................................9 The Reel.......................................................25 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates.................................26 Advice Goddess..............................................29 Crossword....................................................30 Freewill Astrology...........................................30 Classifieds......................................................31

Carole Underwood, Maple City

Tackling Hospitals And Colleges

The letter written by Mr. Chahbazi outlining his case for transparent hospital pricing as a way to cut costs and promote competition in healthcare was spot on. My only change would be the addition of higher education as another institution allowed too much leeway.

The real problem is not health insurance and student loans, it is the cost of healthcare and college. If lawmakers want a legitimate battle, take on the hospitals and universities. Insurance and loan companies are simply middlemen. Also, regarding college, why does every degree require either 60 or 120 credits? Why can’t college training be specific to the job? Students pursuing management degrees should not be on the hook for ski and pottery classes to gain electives. Every elective is an opportunity for colleges to pad their pockets. Does a religious studies class really add value to an engineering degree?

The credit system used to be attributed to a well-rounded education. With internet, social media, blended cultures, worldwide communications and travel, this is no longer required. The military trains its people this way, civilians should be able to do the same.

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I AM NOT YOUR AFRICAN AMERICAN opinion

BY isiah smith, jr.

It would have been a gas to sit on a pillow beneath the womb of Baldwin’s typewriter and catch each newborn page as it entered this world of ours.

– Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice The last time I saw James Baldwin, he was on stage reading from his collected works.

It was April 28, 1986 in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The law firm that employed me was across town, and many taxi drivers were reluctant to pick up a well-dressed black man wearing thick glasses, even if he was carrying a stack of books in one hand and an attaché

No one around wrote like Baldwin, at least no one I had ever read. He was a fearless and intrepid guide, his sharp pen wielded like a machete cutting through thick under brushes of racism, homophobia and man’s inhumanity to man. He declared to the world, “I am not your [negro], I am a man!”

And so it happens that, once again, the world has caught up with Baldwin’s lonely voice and begun to share his incisive vision. A new movie, “I Am Not Your Negro,” a cinematic and kaleidoscopic glimpse into the mind, life and times of this great American voice, recently opened to wide acclaim. A companion book of the same name is a bestseller.

What would he think today of how our time has curled back on itself, turned around like a snake swallowing its own tail? What would he think of the current occupant of the White House? case in the other (some of the drivers who passed me by looked a lot like me). Despite these minor inconveniences, I managed to take my seat moments before my literary hero took the stage.

He strode across the stage like he was royalty, which of course he was, and he moved like he already owned the place, which of course he did. His large, inquisitive eyes held an ineffable sadness as he stared intensely at the sea of faces awaiting him. He seemed genuinely surprised that he had drawn such a large crowd. His star no longer shone so brightly in 1986; his popularity had taken a beating over the last decade, some black Americans going so far as to claim, as Eldridge Cleaver had, that he was a traitor to his race because he loved white people too much. But to the restless and adoring faces in the Coolidge Auditorium (mine included), he was, if anything, more revered than ever. His words were never more desperately needed than they were that long ago spring day in the city of despair.

Ironically, given his countrymen’s disenchantment with him (some even referred to him derisively as “Martin Luther Queen”), in 1986 he was more beloved in France than in the United States. Earlier that year, France saw fit to bestow upon Baldwin one of that country's highest honors when he was named Commander of the Legion of Honor. Home is not always where one was born, and the people closest to you don’t always look like you. We all, at some point in our lives, find comfort in the kindness of strangers.

I started reading James Baldwin during my freshman year in college. Still a teenager, I felt adrift, confused and without a firm plan for my life. I found myself in college competing with kids who did not look like me, kids I had been taught were smarter than me, classmates who assumed, without tangible evidence, that they were superior to me. To my great surprise, I found these to be not only lies, but also demonstrable and damnable ones. Throughout all this, Baldwin proved to be my guide through the fog of self-doubt, and the high tyranny of low expectations. With Baldwin’s eloquent words ringing in my ears, I fought my way out of the suffocating confusion about the world and my place in it.

Fifty years after I grasped the life-saving magic that poured from Baldwin’s prose, turning poison into medicine, I can’t resist looking back, and wondering how, as he himself wrote shortly before his death in 1987, “How I got over?” What would he think today of how our time has curled back on itself, turned around like a snake swallowing its own tail? How would he have reacted to President Obama’s election? Would it have surprised and amazed him as it did millions of Americans? What would he think of the current occupant of the White House, that man without a conscience? Would he see it as a predictable and natural reaction to the election of America’s first black president?

Would he grow disheartened to read about the increase in anti-Semitic and racist incidents flaring up in cities across America?

Today in America there are echoes of James Baldwin’s eloquent voice rising all about us. We can hear it in the surging tides of resistance and struggle raging across the land following the last election. Diverse and vocal groups of Americans have risen up and declared opposition to what they consider un-American actions perpetuated by those newly in power.

I can almost hear them shouting “I am not your ______(fill in the blank).”

These voices demand to be heard, these rights insist on being respected, and thus silence is not an option. The voices of dissent are like poetry, and as Adrienne Rich has written, “Poetry can break open locked chambers of possibility, restore numbed zones to feeling, recharge desire.”

James Baldwin spoke for a generation of Americans who demanded the right to speak for themselves, to define themselves, and claim their rightful place at the table.

Leaders who ignore this do so at their peril.

Isiah Smith, Jr. is a former newspaper columnist for the Miami Times. He worked as a psychotherapist before attending the University of Miami Law School, where he also received a Master’s Degree in Psychology. In December 2013, he retired from the Department of Energy’s Office of General Counsel, where he served as a Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Administrative Litigation and Information Law. Isiah lives in Traverse City with his wife Marlene.

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by stephen tuttle We are the sickest, most pain-riddled and depressed country on the planet. It's not even close.

We consume more prescription drugs than the rest of the world combined. And we take them for almost everything. According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a whopping 60 percent of Americans over the age of 12 take some kind of prescription drug and nearly 15 percent of children 12 and under also use prescription drugs.

There are some benign explanations for this and some that are less so.

Americans, despite our constant grumbling about it, have more and better access to medical providers able to write prescriptions.

We have more doctors, more clinics and more hospitals. We have a cultural paradigm tolerant of prescription drug use as a viable and often necessary medical intervention.

The most commonly prescribed medications in the U.S. are cholesterol fighters and heart medications (globally, cancer fighting drugs are the most widely used.) Our near-

corner of the country at any social or economic level immune to the issue.

We also suffer from more depression and anxiety than the rest of the world. At least we take more anti-depressants. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which studies the subject from a business-impact perspective, 11 percent of Americans over the age of 12 are now regularly using mood altering prescription drugs. Unfortunately, less than a third of those people have actually seen a mental health professional in person in the last year.

This is more than just a minor problem.

Aside from the obvious – more than 500,000 Americans have died from drug overdoses since 1999 – the economic impact is in the tens of billions. Some manufacturing companies are finding more than half their American applicants can't pass a pre-employment drug test so they now actively recruit refugees from countries where neither the culture nor the law tolerate drug use.

Doctors are not blameless here. The

The most commonly prescribed medications in the U.S. are cholesterol fighters and heart medications (globally, cancer fighting drugs are the most widely used.) Our near-epidemics of artery-clogged heart ailments, diabetes, high blood pressure and acid reflux are mostly related to weight. epidemics of artery-clogged heart ailments, diabetes, high blood pressure and acid reflux are mostly related to weight. With nearly a third of us now clinically obese, we've traded common sense diet and exercise for drugs after already making ourselves sick.

The numbers become really skewed when talking about pain and psychiatric medications. We are in great pain and painfully depressed.

You've probably read stories about opioid overdose deaths, some here in northern Michigan. We assume an addict probably overdosed on bad heroin. Some 33,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2015 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but nearly half were from legally obtained prescription drugs. It's no wonder.

The United States has about 5 percent of the world's population but consumes a stunning 80 percent of the world's opioid pain medication and almost all of the oxycodone, the generic opium-based drug found in brand names like Vicodin and Percocet, among others. We hand them out like they are Skittles.

According to the CDC, opioid pain medication prescriptions have more than quadrupled since 1999, though it seems unlikely we're suffering four times more pain. Recent articles have chronicled the rise of opioid abuse and addiction, especially among low income white men. An investigation by University of Washington researchers found the average NFL team dispenses nearly 3,000 pain pills and some 8,000 anti-inflammatory medications during the season. There is no

American Medical Association recommends pain medication prescriptions be issued for no more than three days in most circumstances. But according to their own research, the majority of doctors routinely prescribe pain medications for 10 days or more. Stranger still, nearly 20 percent of doctors could make no diagnosis as to the source of the pain about which their patient was complaining. That leaves plenty of room for overuse and abuse, not to mention plenty of pills for the black market.

It's not impossible to slow this down.

We're actually prescribing fewer antibiotics than we did just three years ago because we now know there can be nasty consequences, like bugs that become resistant to all meds. There is little reason, other than money, we couldn't make the same kind of effort with opioids.

It would make sense to require an actual office visit for any opioid refill regardless of the inconvenience. These are medications easily abused, can easily result in dependence and kill people every single day. That should be enough to justify an office visit.

Patients receiving months or even years of anti-depression medicines without seeing a mental health professional seems completely absurd. An occasional chat with someone taking mind-altering drugs seems a more reasonable course.

Plenty of people need prescription drugs to maintain a reasonably viable life. We're fortunate such medications are available. But we've become a country awash in drugs, including opioids routinely killing us. Maybe we're just too drug-addled to notice.

Crime & Rescue MAN KILLED IN STANDOFF A 73-year-old man who objected to an investigation of a blight complaint in Manistee drew a rifle, chambered a round and was shot and killed by a police officer.

Lee Pat Milks died overnight as a result of gunshot wounds, Chief Dave Bachman said.

An officer arrived at the 400 block of Second Street at 5:17pm March 28 to investigate an ordinance violation when Milks emerged from his house carrying a long gun. Milks told the officer to leave and the officer called for backup as Milks refused demands to drop his weapon.

Bachman said preliminary reports indicate that Milks chambered a round and raised the gun toward the officer when the officer fired multiple shots from his handgun at 5:24pm. The officer was not injured and it was believed Milks did not fire his weapon.

Paramedics rushed Milks to West Shore Medical Center where he later died. Michigan State Police are investigating the shooting. The officer, who was placed on paid administrative leave, was not identified.

GUNSHOTS PROMPT ARRESTS A Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputy parked after hours at Logan’s Landing watched a pickup truck slow down on South Airport Road as three gunshots rang out from the vehicle.

The people in the car apparently had not noticed the patrol car, and the shots were not aimed at police, deputies said.

The deputy followed the pickup and made a “high risk” traffic stop at the Shell station at Lafranier and South Airport roads at 11:30pm.

Three men who had been drinking were detained and three semiautomatic handguns and spent shell casings were found in the pickup.

The driver, a 31-year-old Louisiana man, was arrested for drunk driving. The rear-seat passenger, a 21-year-old Alabama man, was arrested for possession of a firearm while intoxicated and reckless discharge of a firearm.

A third passenger, a 24-year-old Alabama man, had a concealed weapons permit and was cited for violating the permit.

CRASH VICTIM FLOWN OFF ISLAND A seasonal resident of Beaver Island was flown to the mainland for medical care after he rolled his vehicle in a crash police said was probably caused by excessive speed and alcohol.

Charlevoix County Sheriff’s deputies were called to West Side Road near Donnel Mors Lane March 22 at 10pm, Sheriff Chuck Vondra said.

The 70-year-old Illinois resident had just made a turn when he lost control, slid sideways and rolled his vehicle onto its side.

The man sustained injuries that were serious enough to require medical care and he was airlifted by North Flight EMS. MAN ARRESTED FOR TEXT THREAT Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies investigated after a man sent text messages threatening to shoot his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

A 26-year-old Buckley man sent the text messages between midnight and 4am on March 26 and the threats were reported to police late that morning, Lt. Brian Giddis said.

The deputy took the text messages to prosecutors, who issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, who was believed to own many guns.

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A Wexford County Sheriff’s deputy arrested the suspect at his home and he was taken to jail on charges of sending threatening or harassing text messages.

WOMAN CRASHES INTO FLOWER POT A 39-year-old woman was arrested for drunk driving after she crashed her car into a flower pot in Cadillac.

Cadillac Police responded to the crash at 2:15am at South Mitchell and Howard streets.

A vehicle travelling north missed the curve, ran off the road and struck a large concrete container. Police determined that the woman was intoxicated and she was arrested.

DRUG SHIPMENT INTERCEPTED Three people who were arrested as they drove an alleged drug shipment from Kalamazoo to Traverse City have been charged.

The three suspects, 41-year-old Kingsley resident Aaron Patrick Campbell, 41-year-old Traverse City resident Donald James Bottomley, and 21-year-old Gowen-resident Destiny Kay Park, each face multiple 20-year conspiracy and drug delivery charges involving methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine. Campbell and Park are charged as two-time habitual offenders and Bottomley as a four-time offender.

Campbell is also charged with human trafficking for allegedly forcing Park into prostitution, according to the charges. The charges were filed March 27 and each defendant faces a preliminary exam on April 17.

A confidential informant tipped Traverse Narcotics Team officers to the drug shipment and state police arrested the suspects in a traffic stop in Osceola County on March 22.

Mackey was found a quarter mile from her house after deputies, while investigating the missing person complaint, noticed something suspicious in the water. Preliminary results of an autopsy showed no obvious cause of death and investigators are awaiting toxicology results, Sheriff John O’Hagan said.

MAN WANTED BY FEDS BUSTED Grand Traverse Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man who was wanted on a federal warrant for possession of stolen firearms.

Deputies arrested 28-year-old Jeremy Robert Stevens at 1:30am March 24. Stevens was wanted on a warrant from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.

He was found at a residence on S. Michael Place in Garfield Township, where deputies learned he might be staying with a girlfriend.

He was arrested without incident.

A person who came upon the two-car crash shortly after it occurred, Thaddius Bedford, started a campaign on youcaring.com to raise money for the 6-year-old daughter in case she needs medical or psychological care as a result of the crash or for her education. Bedford set a $5,000 goal.

“Myself and one other person tried desperately to help the driver and his daughter,” Bedford wrote in the fundraising appeal. “Tragically, there was nothing we could do to help the driver. But we stayed with his 6-year-old daughter who was trapped in her car seat. All she wanted was her daddy and we couldn’t help him.”

Donations can be made by searching Johnson’s name on the webpage or at any 4Front Credit Union branch.

FUNDRAISER FOR 6-YEAROLD SURVIVOR The man who stopped at a crash scene to comfort a 6-year-old girl until help arrived has started a fundraiser for the family of the girl’s father, who was killed in the crash.

The March 16 Paradise Township crash took the life of 30-year-old Kingsley resident Christopher Ryan Johnson.

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MISSING WOMAN FOUND DEAD A woman who was reported missing was found dead in Manistee Lake.

Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies found the body of 40-year-old Marcia Mackey in the lake in Filer Township March 25; Mackey had been reported missing four days earlier.

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TP GOES HIGH TECH China's public-park restrooms have for years suffered toilet-paper theft by local residents who raid dispensers for their own homes (a cultural habit, wrote Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, expressing taxpayer feelings of "owning" public facilities), but the government recently fought back with technology. At Beijing's popular Temple of Heaven park, dispensers now have facialrecognition scanners beside the six toilets, with pre-cut paper (about 24 inches long) issued only to users who pose for a picture. (Just one slug of paper can be dispensed to the same face in a 9-minute period, catastrophic for the diarrheastricken and requiring calling an attendant to override the machine.)

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LATEST RELIGIOUS MESSAGES — The church-state "wall" leaks badly in Spindale, North Carolina, according to former members of the Word of Faith Fellowship (reported in February by the Associated Press). Two state prosecutors (one a relative of the church's founder), in nearby Burke and Rutherford counties, allegedly coached Fellowship members and leaders how to neutralize government investigations into church "abuse" — coaching that would violate state law and attorney ethical standards.

Fellowship officials have been accused of beating "misbehaving" congregants, including children, in order to repel their demons. (Among the Fellowship's edicts revealed in the AP report: All dating, marriages and procreation subject to approval; no wedding-night intimacy beyond a "godly" cheek kiss; subsequent marital sex limited to 30 minutes, no foreplay, lights off, missionary position.)

— Babies born on the Indonesian island of Bali are still today treated regally under an obscure Hindu tradition, according to a February New York Times report, and must not be allowed to touch the earth for 105 days (in some areas, 210). (Carrying the infant in a bucket and setting that on the ground is apparently acceptable.) Each birth is actually a re-birth, they say, with ancestors returning as their own descendants. (Accidentally touching the ground does not condemn the baby, but may leave questions about negative influences.)

— Catholic priest Juan Carlos Martinez, 40, apologized shortly after realizing, as he said, he had gone "too far" in celebrating March's Carnival in a town in the Galicia area of Spain -- that he acted inappropriately in dressing as Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, reclining on a red satin sheet on a parade float carrying men dressed as classic Playboy "Bunnies."

Despite apparent public support for Father Martinez, his Archbishop asked him to attend a "spiritual retreat" to reflect on his behavior.

THE BEDROOM OF TOMORROW — In March, vibrator customers were awarded up to $10,000 each in their classaction "invasion of privacy" lawsuit against the company Standard Innovation, whose We-Vibe model's smartphone app collected intimate data (vibrator temperature and motor intensity) that could be associated with particular customers — and which were easily hackable, and controllable, by anyone nearby with a Bluetooth connection. The Illinois federal court limited the award to $199 for anyone who bought the vibrator but did not activate the app.

— The company British Condoms is now accepting pre-orders for the iCon Smart Condom, with an app that can track, among other data, a man's "thrust velocity," calories expended "per session," and skin temperature, as well as do tests for chlamydia and syphilis.

Projected price is about $75, but the tech news site CNet reported in March that no money will be collected until the product is ready to ship.

PERSPECTIVE The U.S. House of Representatives, demonstrating particular concern for military veterans, enhanced vets' civil rights in March by removing a source of delay in gun purchases.

A 2007 law had required all federal agencies to enter any mentally-ill clients into the National Instant Criminal Background Check database for gun purchases, but the new bill exempts veterans (including, per VA estimates, 19,000 schizophrenics and 15,000 with "severe" posttraumatic stress syndrome). (An average of a dozen veterans a day in recent times have committed suicide with guns.)

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW Police and prosecutors in Williamsburg, Virginia, are absolutely certain that Oswaldo Martinez raped and killed a teenage girl in 2005, but, though he was quickly arrested, they have — 12 years later — not even put him on trial. Martinez, then 33, is still apparently, genuinely (i.e., not faking) deaf, illiterate and almost mute, and besides that, the undocumented Salvadoran immigrant has such limited intelligence that test after test has shown him incapable of understanding his legal rights, and therefore "incompetent" to stand trial.

(Police made multiple "slam dunk" findings of Martinez's DNA on the victim's body and also linked Martinez via a store camera to the very bottle of juice left at the crime scene.)

EYEWITNESS NEWS On the morning of March 20 in Winter Park, Florida, Charles Howard, standing outside his home being interviewed live by a WFTV reporter, denied he had committed a crime in a widely reported series of voicemail messages to a U.S. Congressman, containing threats to "wrap a rope around your neck and hang you from a lamp post." He boasted that "proof " of his having done nothing wrong was that if he had, he would have already been arrested. "Three minutes later," according to the reporter, agents drove up and arrested Howard.

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US — Hey, How About a Little "Remorse": (1) Royce Atkins, 23, told the judge in Northampton County (Pennsylvania) in March that he was so sorry he did not stop his car in 2015 and help that 9-year-old boy he had just hit and killed.

However, Atkins had earlier been jailhouserecorded viciously trash-talking the boy's family for "reacting like they're the victims.

What about my family? My family is the victim, too." (Atkins got a four-year sentence.) (2) In February, in a Wayne County (Michigan) court during sentencing for a DUI driver who had killed a man and severely injured his fiancee, Judge Qiana Lillard kicked the driver's mother out of the courtroom for laughing at the victim's sister who was tearfully addressing the judge. (Lillard sentenced the mother to 93 days for contempt, but later reduced it to one day).

THE ARISTOCRATS! Among the facts revealed in the ongoing criminal proceedings against U.S. Navy officials and defense contractor Leonard ("Fat Leonard") Francis, who is charged with arranging kickbacks: In 2007, Francis staged a party for the officials at the Shangri-La Hotel in the Philippines during which (according to an indictment unsealed in March) "historical memorabilia related to General Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts."

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MEEKER One of the nation’s most notable pediatricians and authors opens up about parenting teens in an oversexualized society, her Donald Trump accolades, and why she does it all from northern Michigan

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by Donald Trump in the lead-up to the presidential election. And she’s a practicing pediatrician right here in Traverse City.

Dr. Meg Meeker might not be a household name to some, but she’s cultivated lots of noterity since she published her first book in 2004. She writes from a conservative perspective about topics such as teen sex and parenting.

She’s got a new book coming out next month called “Hero – Being the Strong Father Your Children Need.” Northern Express sat down to talk to Meeker about how she traded her experience as a doctor to become a national figure.

Northern Express: What is your background and how did you end up in Traverse City?

Dr. Meg Meeker: My husband and I went to medical school together in the ‘80s. He is an internist and a pediatrician and I’m straight pediatrician, and when we finished our training we knew we wanted to work together and we were living outside of Boston and at that time that wasn’t a good climate for opening a private practice where we could be in control. There were a lot of huge groups and HMOs. So my husband had always come to Lake Leelanau as a kid vacationing, because he’s from Ohio. And he said, “You know? There’s an opportunity to come and look at a private practice in Traverse City.” I grew up outside of Boston and I’d never even been to Michigan; I didn’t know anything north of Ann Arbor.

So we came and looked and we found an opportunity to set up a private practice. So in 1990, I came here thinking, “We’ll be here a year, this will be great, and then we’ll go back to New England,” and we never went back. So that’s how that happened. Really because we wanted to work together.

Express: And it turned out to be a good place to raise your family.

Meeker: Yeah, yeah, it was great. We started out at the Milliken Medical building, doing pediatrics upstairs and he did internal medicine downstairs, and we had small kids.

And we grew and grew and eventually, now we have seven doctors, two of whom are straight pediatricians and the others are doubleboarded, internal medicine and pediatrics.

Express: And then around 2004 you decided to write a book and you chose to focus on the dangers of teenage sex. What made you want to write a book and what prompted you to take on that subject?

Meeker: Well, I’ll tell you what. I never really set out to write or anything like that, but our girls were young in the ‘90s, late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and I just didn’t like the over-sexualization of kids that I was seeing in the media. You know, little kids. And I thought, this isn’t okay.

Somebody’s got to speak out against that, that sex isn’t for kids and back off. So I just started to do a lot of medical research on what the dangers of it were. I said, “Why isn’t anybody telling kids this?” And so that’s sort of morphed into a book, and that sort of threw me into the national spotlight, and I just kept on writing. I sort of turned away from that subject and just started writing more general parenting books.

Express: You’ve got three daughters and one son. Do you think your perspective would be much different if you had three sons and one daughter?

Meeker: You know, no one has asked me that question. I would love to say, “I hope so.”

But I would honestly sort of say, it probably would have come later, because here’s what I feel: I think that the pressure on boys is equal to the pressure on girls, but what I see in the media is the over-sexualization of girls through clothing. Like if you pick out clothing for girls from the time that they’re six years old and older, it’s very different.

You know, you get midriffs, you get the lowriding pants, and you get the little bikinis.

And you don’t see that in boys’ clothing as much. It’s easily recognizable in girls. So it probably would have come but it would have come later.

Express: I understand that although you take a Catholic perspective, your position on teenage sex is based on health, not religion?

Meeker: Very much so, yes. Because what I do as a physician, I’m trained to sort of look at what the medical research shows and then just bring the medical research out.

And my belief has always been, the parents are in charge of their kids. So my role is to give information and knowledge to parents and then let them go. And I know that some pediatricians will sort of come in and say, “I think you should do this; I think you should that,” and sort of treat the kids like the parents don’t know what they’re talking about. But I tend not to do that. I tend to really support parents in their job as a parent and then just give information. And then whatever they decide is their decision. I honor that. For instance, I see a lot of parents who chose not to immunize their kids. Now, a lot of pediatricians will say, “We’re not going to do that.” But I say, “You know what, you’re the parents. Now I can tell you what the research shows and why it’s good for you to immunize your kids, but if you chose as a parent not to do that, I honor your decision as a parent.” So that’s kind of my approach.

Express: When you take your message directly to teens – like you’ve talked to students at Interlochen Center for the Arts – how do they receive your message?

Meeker: Very well. I will tell you something very odd. I love talking to teenagers about sex and it is fun. From what I’ve watched of how the kids respond, they enjoy it. And here’s kind of my approach: My approach is never to go in and say, “Sex is bad. You shouldn’t have sex. Sex is terrible. What’s wrong with you kids? Wait until you’re older.” I say, “Look, here is the thing,” and I said this at Interlochen because there are a number of students who are struggling with their sexual identity, this kind of thing.

I said, “You feel a lot of pressure to sort of stamp yourself as this or this or this. But I want you to sort of back off from that, give yourself time, and look at yourself as Rachel or Johnathan or Jose whatever, and take a deep breath and give yourself time, don’t feel the pressure.” And then I said, “And I will tell you, no matter what you say, if you’re 15 or 16, and your body is wired for sexual activity, for say, 60 years, so you die at age 76, what you chose to do, the decisions you make in the next five to 10 years are going to have a big impact on the rest of the 50 years, so here’s what I need you to know, and here’s how I want you to take charge…” And I do a lot of the same things with the kids: I give them information and I say, “No matter who you are and what you say your orientation is, it’s not healthy for you from a psychological standpoint and from a physical standpoint to engage in a lot of partners now at 16, so here’s my recommendation now that you wait.”

Express: What is your position on homosexuality; what do you tell teens about that?

Meeker: As a physician, my job is to take care of every teen I encounter- whether in my practice or outside my practice. So, I treat gay teens exactly how I treat straight teens. I tell them that being sexually active with multiple partners is dangerous- emotionally and physically. As I talk with teens about sex, I try hard to talk to them about the emotional issues attached to it. I have found that kids engage in sex for many different reasons so I always try to help them focus on positive aspects of their relationships- like intimacy for instance. I try to talk to them on a deeper level than just how many partners they have, etc. I ask probing questions to help them think through important behaviors like sex.

The bottom line is this: I care about every teen who comes through my door.

Express: Your biggest book so far was “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters.” Where did the inspiration for that come from?

Meeker: Well, my publisher just said there’s never been a father-daughter book out there and I said, “Oh, that would be fun. I’ll write about fathers and daughters.” I really wrote that because one of the things I’ve seen over the years is that daughters who have fathers who are regularly engaged with them tended to do better. Because I’ve taken care of kids with eating disorders and anxiety and depression, all sorts of things – unloved teenagers. And I started to do some research, and I was really discouraged that there wasn’t much research on dads out there. It was like seven-to-one was the ratio of research done on mothers’ impact on their kids but not on fathers and their impact on their kids. And I thought, well, what’s with that? Because fathers are very important. And I just wrote the book and kind of forgot about it and a few months went by and I started to get a lot of letters and emails from dads saying, “Thank you for saying something nice about us.” And I thought, “Woe.” What I found was a lot of fathers – good dads – felt sort of pushed to the side, they felt kind of put down. A lot of divorced dads felt they’d been estranged from their kids, their daughters, so I thought this is a real problem, because dads are really important in their kid’s lives. So that’s how I got involved in “dad writing.” I didn’t chose it.

It just sort of happened.

Express: Despite becoming a national figure on parenting, I understand you’re still a practicing pediatrician in Traverse City.

With everything you’ve got going on, why do you keep that up?

Meeker: Because I love my patients. I can’t give them up. That’s it. That’s the heart and soul of what I do, being in a closed room with a hurting kid and helping him and helping his parents. And so, many times, I’ve thought, I can’t do this anymore. I don’t have time.

But I just really love my patients. And their parents. Like that boy – I can’t walk away. I have also the luxury, because my primary job is writing and speaking, of being able to spend more time with my patients, and I like that. But I’m in a very unique position.

Express: I see that you wrote a column last May for Breitbart News about how Donald Trump was a good father to Ivanka Trump and what that means about his relationship with women [Meeker even got a personal thank you from Trump on his Facebook page]. Since that time, we’ve learned more about Trump’s relationships with women.

Have you reconsidered your position?

Meeker's new book his bookstores May 15.

Meeker: Well, okay, here’s the thing: Nobody really put out my take. My take was this: I had a book, my Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters book, and we wrote a devotional, a Christian devotional, to accompany the book, and that came out in May of last year. And we were doing PR and I had written an article, and this is when the firestorm was going. And I was trying to say, regardless of what you say about Obama, or regardless of what you say about Trump, here’s the good things you can say. It appears to me that Obama was a very good dad. I think that. I don’t know the man.

It appears to me that Trump was a good father, because regardless of what you think about him politically, he appears to be a good father. I was writing at that time about fathers and daughters.

And then what happened is, the article ran and I got on Fox News about something and they said, “Oh, so you support Donald Trump for president?” And I said, “Well, I didn’t say that.” I said, “From all rights it looks like he was a good father.” I was trying to pull it out of the political firestorm and just talk about something above it, but I really wasn’t allowed to go there. So that was that. And then that all really died down and went away. Most people who do what I’m doing try not to go political because politics and medicine are not a good mix, so I always try to stay away.

Express: Tell us about your podcast. You record that in Nashville?

Meeker: I go to Nashville because, I don’t know if you know who Dave Ramsey is, he has a radio program called the Dave Ramsey Show.

So here’s how I get looped into a lot of sort of funny stuff: When my father-daughter book came out 10 years ago, he read the book and he has an enormous radio show. So he went on the air and told all of his listeners to read this book. I went down and I did an interview and we became friends and he essentially said to me, “Come and record all your podcasts here.

I have great producers. I have great people.”

So I go to Nashville and I use his studio out of his kindness and I record probably six or eight podcasts at a time. And our podcast is huge – it’s global. We have done probably 25, it’s about a year old, we’re number one in parenting and we’ve had over 150,000 downloads and we’re in over 140 countries. It’s phenomenal. Because again, I talk to parents as parents. I talk to the parent’s heart. And I find that if you just sort of stay there, all parents want their kids to do well.

All parents want to be close to their kid. All parents want their kids to be safe. All parents want to be the best parents that they can be.

My job is to help the parent parent their child as well as they can.

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Zoning in on the Foot An Alternative Therapy

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o your feet hold the key to good health?

Some think so, including Chinese dating back to 4,000 BC, William Fitzgerald, an ear/nose/throat specialist who pioneered reflexology in the U.S. in 1913…and Linda Franklin of Traverse City.

Franklin and others believe that through “zone therapy,” precise areas on the foot correspond to specific organs and systems of the body, and that applying pressure to these areas will affect the related organs and systems, thereby benefitting the patient’s health.

Some individual studies suggest that these therapies may help reduce some symptoms and increase relaxation, but scientific evidence is inconclusive. But Franklin points to patient success stories, and is always eager to discuss her life’s work. The Express caught up with her to hear more.

Express: I understand you have a traditional medical background in addition to your foot zone therapy experience?

Linda Franklin: I have a four-year degree in health education from Grand Valley State University. When I first moved to Traverse City, I went to Munson to apply to work in health education. But I was discouraged to find out that I also needed to have a nursing degree.

So I said, “well, I’m going to keep looking until I can find a way to help people with the degree that I already earned and paid for.”

Express: How did you find out about foot zone therapy?

Franklin: I had a friend who said they’d come across something they really thought I’d be interested in, and it was foot zone therapy. So I looked into it and had a treatment done on my own feet, and I was really, really impressed.

Express: What impressed you?

Franklin: Well, I’m a pretty healthy person, and being a health educator I take responsibility for my health. but I was impressed by how much the foot zone practitioner found out about my body just from the one foot treatment. She told me, “The body doesn’t lie.

You just have to learn how to read it.” I also just felt so relaxed when the foot treatment was over. So I started looking into becoming a foot zone therapist.

Express: What kind of schooling did you go through to achieve that?

Franklin: I went to school over a five-year period in Utah, at the Academy of Foot Zone Therapy. My existing degree helped a lot, because you have to really learn the digestive, muscular, and skeletal systems.

And to be certified, you take a 22-page test.

I now consider myself a health educator specializing in energy work.

Express: So tell us a little about how foot zone therapy works. For starters, how, as a foot zone practitioner, do you diagnose your clients?

Franklin: The places on your feet correspond to places elsewhere on and in your body.

For instance, if you had a stiff shoulder or sciatica, it would reflect in your foot. When I work on people’s feet now, I can feel what’s going on with the rest of their body in their feet. For instance, it might be stiff in an area of the foot that should be pliant, or you might feel a bump. That’s “stuck energy.” But I don’t actually diagnose in any way – I’m a health educator. I can only work with what your body is telling me. The only thing I’m doing is assisting your body to do its own job.

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Express: Can you explain that a little more?

Franklin: Let’s say there’s a blockage, for instance. I can feel that, and I intuitively know what it probably is, so I’d ask if you’ve been having some back pain. Yes, you say, you have. So then I’ll work with that part of the foot. Sometimes just by giving attention to that particular area of the foot, applying pressure or using essential oils, it may help get rid of the pain. The feet are like a signal system; in that example, the signal would go from the foot to the brain and then to the lower back. So I’d work with that specific area of the foot to help that specific problem in the back.

Express: Tell us about a few clients you might consider “success stories.”

Franklin: Well, one person had huge gut problems; let’s just say digestive issues.

Because we worked on her to help bring circulation to the whole area, it helped calm everything down, and calmed down her stress and emotional issues that were in turn affecting her digestive issues, which in turn fixed all of it.

I have another client right now with rheumatoid arthritis, and I could hardly work on her feet at all at first because the process was so painful for her. Now she can’t believe the difference; her feet hardly hurt at all. I helped restore the balance in her body.

Then was a client who had very low energy in her endocrine system, and because of the work I did on her feet, she lost about 18 pounds, because we got her endocrine system rebooted. It was a gradual process, though; it took about a half-dozen sessions.

Now people might think, “Oh, I should go to

Linda to lose weight,” but I have to emphasize that that was one person. Not everyone works the same way.

All bodies are different. What I do is a custom-designed program for everyone.

There’s no specific foot zone procedure that will work for everyone. You’re not only a different person from everyone else, you’re different every time you come in, so you have to let your body help you.

Express: What are some of the conditions people bring in to you?

Franklin: Everything. Everything! Low back pain, headaches, gut issues, depression, joint pain -- any kind of imbalance in the body. I encourage people to pay attention to what their bodies are telling them. You’re actually the healer. I’m just assisting your body in healing itself. And because I also do esoteric healing, which is an off-body energy treatment, and craniosacral therapy, I think I do foot zone therapy on a different level, if I might say so.

Express: And how do you feel foot zone therapy compares to traditional Western medicine?

Franklin: I mean, I’m glad there’s Western medicine. I’m not opposed to it. But I feel that our bodies are designed to heal themselves, and for me, that doesn’t mean taking pills.

I want to get to the root of a health issue instead of just putting a band-aid on it. You have to take responsibility for yourself so your body can heal itself.

The content of this article is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice or treatment. For more information, visit lindafranklinfootzone.com.

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT Michigan’s Statewide Astronomy Night

By Kristi Kates

A bright branch of our Milky Way galaxy. Photo credit Jay Fisher.

Organizers of Michigan State University’s Science Festival hope that thousands of Michiganders will aim their telescopes skyward on April 7 as part of Statewide Astronomy Night (SWAN).

Renee Leone, coordinator and cofounder of the MSU Science Festival, was inspired to add SWAN to the Science Fest after experiencing a unique astronomy night in the UK. “In 2011 my family and I spent an extended period in Cambridge, England,” Leone explained. “During this time I had the opportunity to experience the Cambridge University Science Festival, as well as enjoy an event entitled Stargazing Live.”

Stargazing Live is a series of coordinated astronomy events across the UK that was so popular it was even televised. “Upon our return to Michigan, I put my energy into proposing and launching the MSU Science Festival,” Leone continued. “While our festival’s schedule always included a special evening of astronomy events, I never forgot the national experience that Stargazing Live provided.”

In 2016 the MSU Science Festival launched its first Statewide Astronomy Night with planetarium and observatory partners across the state.

Now in 2017, the festival is asking all SWAN location organizers to offer a variety of programs such as guest speakers, planetarium shows, tours, and observing opportunities, if the weather agrees.

“We want to create an evening that will be amazing, even if it’s cloudy!” Leone said.

The evening is also geared to inquiring minds of all ages and levels, from novice to expert stargazers. “SWAN events are great opportunities for community members to meet and talk with astronomers, exchange ideas, and engage in new activities,” Leone continued. “I find the idea that so many people are sharing these experiences all across the state at the same time to be particularly amazing.”

Locally, the Headlands International Dark Sky Park in northern Emmet County will be participating with several special events. Dark Sky Park Director Mary Stewart Adams says exciting things are happening at the venue, with SWAN offering an opportunity for people to find out more.

“We are opening our new waterfront event center and observatory officially in June,” Adams said, “but during SWAN, you’ll be able to get a sneak preview of the telescopes, which we’re just in the process of installing and synchronizing with the dome.”

With April 7’s moon set to be a waxing gibbous (between half and full), the night sky will be a little challenging for SWAN, but it’s nothing that the Dark Sky Park’s experts can’t handle. “Mars and Jupiter will be in the constellation Virgo, along with the bright star Spica,” Adams said. “So hopefully we’ll be able to get a good look at the moons of Jupiter, and the superclusters in the region of Virgo.”

Weather permitting, guests will also get a look at the surface of the moon as well as the “terminator line,” the line on the moon that separates its illuminated and dark sides. “Through a high-powered telescope like ours, we can see the craters, peaks, and valleys of the moon as well,” Adams said.

But no matter where you are in the state, you should be able to locate some of these special activities.

“If you live a bit farther north, you may be interested in activities at the Shiras Planetarium in Marquette,” Leone suggested. “If you’d like to go green, MSU’s Abrams Planetarium and Observatory will be offering a premiere of Phantom of the Universe followed by a talk with a collaborator on the show; lf you lean toward blue, the University of Michigan will have events at their Museum, Angell Hall and the Detroit Observatory.” Elsewhere, Flint’s Longway Planetarium, Bay City’s Delta College, the Kalamazoo Valley Museum, FRIB (MSU’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams) in East Lansing, the Detroit area’s Stargate Observatory, and the James C. Veen Observatory near Grand Rapids are all preparing for a night of astronomy.

“The night sky can inspire big questions, such as ‘where do we come from?’ and ‘what’s out there?’” Leone said. “These are timeless and universal questions, and a statewide astronomy night brings people together to explore the questions that our universe inspires.”

For more information and a complete list of participating venues, visit sciencefestival.msu. edu (click on the purple and black Statewide Astronomy Night box).

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inAgurAl HopFest | Friday, April 7 indoor beer festival featuring 16 Michigan breweries with 80 varieties including beer, mead, and cider. tickets: $15 in advance (thru 4/6) | $20 at door includes commemorative 20th Anniversary glass and six 3-oz pours. Half off appetizers from 4 – 8pm with regular menu offerings all night long. Karaoke starts at 10pm.

Little Traverse Conservancy

$2 tuesdAys | Tuesdays, April 11 – May 30

5/5 Cinco de Mayo

$2 pints on all 16 taps, $2 well drinks, other specials, plus entertainment at 9pm.

Summertime Margarita Menu Kick-off

5/10 eating for others

JunK Food beer dinner | Thursday, April 20

Manna Food Project

Junk food favorites like jalapeno popper home fries, nacho chicken wings, and housemade candy bars paired perfectly with burnt Marshmallow brewing Company selections.

5/16 20th Anniversary $20 dinner 5/17 eating for others Women’s Resource Center

5/18 20th Annual Morel Mushroom dinner 5/19 20th Anniversary day 5/19 restaurant Week through 5/29 5/24 eating for others

eAting For otHers | Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24 20% of all dinner food sales benefit local non-profit organizations.

CinCo de MAyo CelebrAtion | Friday, May 5 summertime margarita menu kick-off.

20th AnniversAry tHree-Course dinner | Tuesday, May 16 20th Anniversary, $20. need we say more? reservations suggested.

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20th AnniversAry Morel MusHrooM dinner | Thursday, May 18 Four-course morel mushroom dinner with berringer wine pairings. reservations required.

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FRANK ETTAWAGESHIK Caring for People and Planet

By Kristi Kates

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orthern Michigan resident Frank Ettawageshik has contributed over 40 years of public service to the Midwest’s Native American communities. When you ask him what has inspired his decades of work, his answer is simple: This is how things are supposed to be done.

Ettawageshik, who’s also a storyteller and potter, resides in Harbor Springs with his wife, Rochelle. As the patriarch of a family that includes four adult children and six grandchildren, he believes firmly in honoring one’s roots and following longstanding Native American traditions.

He keeps a special focus on these traditions as they relate to his own tribe, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.

“Everyone is indigenous to the earth,” Ettawageshik said. “But some people have become separated from their roots and have drifted away from respecting them.”

As the executive director of the United Tribes of Michigan, the chairman of the governing board of the United League of Indigenous Nations, and the co-chair of the Federal Recognition Task Force of the National Congress of American Indians, Ettawageshik doesn’t merely speak about how things should be. He acts to improve them, working with all twelve Native American tribes in the state of Michigan, as well as the sovereign tribes of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.

A big part of Ettawageshik’s focus is on the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, much of which starts for him right at home. He led the campaign to bring the Native American tribes and the Canadian First Nations together in 2004 for the

Tribal and First Nations Great Lakes Water Accord, the historic document asserting the tribes’ sovereign duty and responsibility to protect the waters of their homelands and assure their healthy future. The Accord was instrumental in the negotiations for the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, which manages the use of the Great Lakes Water Basin’s water supply and was adopted as federal law in 2008.

More recently, he worked on the resolution to oppose the operation of environmental threats like Enbridge Line 5, the troubled underwater oil pipelines running under the Straits of Mackinac, a major tourism area that’s waters are considered ecologically sensitive. University of Michigan experts have called the locale of Line 5 pipelines “the worst possible place for an oil spill in the Great Lakes.” But as Ettawageshik explained, Line 5 is only one component of an ongoing battle that affects not only humans but also plants, animals, and fish.

“The thing is, it’s not just Line 5,” Ettawageshik said. “It’s also Line 6 that broke down near the Kalamazoo River. It’s other such pipelines throughout the state. It’s an ongoing situation, and we absolutely have to work together to protect our environment.”

His major concern involves how we all, as a people, are treating the planet that we collectively call home. Ettawageshik recently attended the 21st annual Conference of the Parties (COP21) of The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Paris, France. As a delegate from the National Congress of American Indians, he joined 200 fellow indigenous peoples as a member of the International Indigenous Peoples Caucus on Climate Change.

“For the purpose of indigenous peoples,

the world is divided into seven regions: America, the Arctic, Africa, Asia, the South Pacific, and Central and South America,” Ettawageshik explained. “I was there both as a Michigan representative, and to help inform the world of the positions of indigenous peoples worldwide.”

He spent two and a half weeks in Paris, digging through environmental and human rights issues in his ongoing efforts to make a difference. “There were 45,000 people total at COP21,” he said. “So we were meeting in smaller groups and forming alliances, with the biggest issue being global warming.”

The aim, he said, was to work out ways to prevent the world from getting any hotter — specifically, capping the acceptable rise at 2 degrees centigrade.

Ettawageshik said even that number is too big a risk to our current way of life as humans, so with his fellow delegates, he formed the 1.5 To Stay Alive Coalition within the conference, lobbying for a cap of 1.5 degrees centigrade.

“Many calculations have been made about the use of fossil fuels and the levels of carbon dioxide in the air, and right now the carbon dioxide levels are higher than any time in human history,” Ettawageshik said. “And at 2 degrees centigrade, most of our low-lying nations would be underwater.

There’s a correlation between our activities as humans and the rise in temperature — rising sea levels, distribution of rainfall, intensity of storms, droughts where there was farmland, floods in previously dry areas.”

Ettawageshik recognizes that the climate change issue is as emotional as it is controversial. “Some of the people said that global warming was a science problem and that there was no place for it in a human rights discussion,” Ettawageshik

said. “But I say, if you displace 30 million people because of rising ocean levels, that is a human rights issue. Two degrees is too much. Human beings need a livable environment.”

The final agreement hammered out at COP21 took the new 1.5 Coalition’s arguments seriously. “At the end, it read ‘well under 2 degrees centigrade, with 1.5 degrees centigrade in mind,’” Ettawageshik said. “That was a major success for us, and now that’s the goal. But the problem is, we don’t know if we can achieve that goal, because while the rules are set up, it is now up to the people to follow them.”

Also in the new agreement are two additional provisions championed by the International Indigenous Peoples Caucus. “Added were considerations for human rights, including the rights of indigenous peoples, and also a phrase regarding the respect of the knowledge of indigenous peoples,” Ettawageshik said.

“The knowledge that we have of working in harmony with Mother Earth is part of the intellectual wealth of human beings, and we want to share this knowledge to help solve these climate problems.”

In the end, Ettawageshik’s efforts are all about respecting the planet that we live on. When asked what’s been most difficult part of his mission, Ettawageshik paused and said, “This is the biggest challenge to our way of life. It is a lack of respect, for the environment, for the rule of law, for each other. Respect is one of our seven grandfather teachings [a set of Anishinaabe teachings about human conduct toward others]. When there’s an absence of respect, other things creep in, and many of them are not good. That, to me, is a fundamental problem.”

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City Park Grill, formerly The Annex, as it looks today.

Vintage photos of the early days of City Park Grill show its more austere interior and exterior compared to the modern improvements it carries today.

City Park Grill Decades of Dining at

Restaurant Celebrates Storied History With Events

By Kristi Kates If you were a very important person of the gentlemen set, The Sampling Room was the place to be in downtown Petoskey in the late 1800s. It resided in McCarthy Hall, a building that served “intoxicating beverages” and cigars to a steady stream of (only) male customers who enjoyed conversation and drinks over billiards.

By 1888, the building had been purchased

by Frank Gruclich, who changed the name to The Annex and expanded in a big way, adding a food menu and a 32-foot long solid mahogany bar to provide dining and entertainment to the adjacent Cushman Hotel.

Nearly ten years later, another new owner, Frank Fotchtman, took over the business and renamed it The Grill Cafe, and added gas lighting to the windowless interior and a bowling alley to the basement. The Grill Cafe would soon enter the prohibition era, with its owner refusing to stop serving alcohol, stubbornly building secret underground tunnels beneath Petoskey to bring the banished beverages in and out.

By the 1920s, one Ernest Hemingway had decided that this cafe was a good place to become a regular. The author would sit at the second seat from the end of that mahogany bar, jotting down his ideas for stories and books, unaware that decades later, he’d be a popular part of Petoskey history.

MODERN AGE One hundred years later, The Annex still exists – but now it’s known as the City Park Grill, after having lived out another 60 years of its life as The Park Garden Cafe. It’s still next to Petoskey’s Pennsylvania Park, in its

original building; the mahogany bar is still much as it was in the 1800s, and doors to the (now closed) underground tunnels can still be seen in the basement.

But the restaurant itself, now owned by The Wineguys restaurant group, has firmly moved into the modern age, utilizing locallyprocured ingredients including produce, meats, and lake fish to serve meals cooked from scratch plus seasonal specials.

Wineguys became involved with the restaurant in 1997, with the goal of appealing to a wide range of guests and providing both dining and entertainment. Patrick Faylor —part of Wineguys along with local restauranteurs Bob and Mary Keedy — manages City Park Grill, and explained that it’s a combination of the building, history, and their staff that have continued the restaurant’s success.

“The elements contributing to our success are many, but the one constant has been the quality of staff throughout the years,” Faylor said. “We wouldn't be here having this conversation without their passion for creating great dishes and their commitment to excellent service.”

HEMINGWAY HAPPENINGS “We are a designated haunt from the ‘Michigan Hemingway Society,’ of which the most interesting aspect is the lore,” he added.

“Hemingway often wore a beret and a cape with knee-high boots,” Faylor added, “and the last meal and beverage he had here was during his return to Petoskey in 1947.”

CITY PARK CELEBRATION As you tell, City Park Grill has a lot

to celebrate, as Wineguys’ portion of the restaurant’s ownership hits its 20th anniversary in 2017.

The celebrations will kick off on Friday, April 7 starting at 4pm with City Park Grill’s inaugural Hopsfest, an indoor beer festival featuring 16 Michigan breweries including Dark Horse, Shorts, Bell’s, and Petoskey Brewing.

Beginning the Tuesday after kick-off (April 11) through May 30, City Park Grill will feature $2 Tuesdays, including $2 pints on all 16 taps plus $2 well drinks and other specials.

Every Wednesday in May will feature a local non-profit organization that will receive 20% of all dinner food sales.

May 18th will feature the restaurant’s 20th Annual Morel Dinner, complete with a 1996 Beringer Reserve wine tasting.

Frequent visitors to the restaurant can enter to win prizes throughout the twomonth celebration, with the grand prize drawing of a dinner for eight at City Park Grill with wine pairings wrapping up the festivities on Tuesday, May 30th.

And a full roster of live music (see sidebar) will keep the party happening late into the evening, as this longstanding local favorite keeps going strong.

So what might The Annex guests of the 1800s think of City Park Grill as it is today?

“They would feel just as comfortable as they did in 1875 — sans the billiards and spittoons,” Faylor said.

City Park Grill is located at 432 E. Lake Street in downtown Petoskey’s Gaslight District.

Find them online at cityparkgrill.com, or call (231)-347-0101.

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Jewel “Juju” Samsey spends infinitely more time looking down than looking up. But there’s a good reason; she uses nature as her muse — and as supplier for rock and stone ingredients, which she crafts into unique, handmade jewelry for Jujus Nature, the business she launched in 2015.

REGIONAL ROCKS Michigan serves as Samsey’s palette. “I’ve collected rocks from as far up as the Keweenaw Peninsula, down to the middle of the lower peninsula,” Samsey said. “I look for what I believe to be the most unique specimens. Color is also something that pulls me to them. I’ve found rocks in dunes, beaches, camping sites, parking lots — everywhere.”

Samsey, who’s originally from Marquette, Michigan — “I am a born and raised Yooper,” — moved to Traverse City a half-dozen years ago, and now runs Jujus Nature out of her one-bedroom apartment in downtown TC. “I wanted to change up my scenery, but I wasn’t willing to venture too far from home,” she said.

Samsey began teaching herself jewelry design around age 8. Though not professionally trained, she got a lot of encouragement as she progressed in her art. “I would make items for gifts and was told frequently that I should try to sell what I make,” she said.

As she developed her hobby into a business, Samsey relied upon the fundamentals of her childhood. “A lot of my business techniques are built off of how I was raised — and I was raised to respect and appreciate what nature has, and what nature provides me,” she said.

EVOLVING ELEMENTS “My life revolves around nature — it is my happy place — so I have a highly regarded respect for its beauty and preservation,” she said. Seeking out the materials that inspire her is just the start of the work she devotes to a piece. “Every rock I work with is personally hand collected throughout Michigan, and I also clean, tumble, polish, and wire-wrap every stone myself in my apartment,” Samsey said.

Her inspiration isn’t limited to gathered rocks. “I also work with other materials, such as wine cork and natural stone beads, and I am thinking about starting a branch and driftwood collection. I was raised to leave nothing unused.

My feelings about re-purpose for new life are pretty strong. So anything that inspires me and is closely related to nature is game. I feel like I am not only able to show off the beauty I see in nature everyday but also show my appreciation for having the opportunity to live in such an amazing environment.”

Samsey lets the materials dictate the design

of each jewelry piece. “When I see something that intrigues me, it either shows its abilities to me right away, or it sits and stares at me on my work station until one day the vision comes,” Samsey said. “When I see a rock, for instance, if it’s dry, the pattern and colors don’t show themselves as easily, so I have to look past the rough surface to imagine its possibilities. I feel that, since I’m self-taught, it forces me to think harder about designs. I really like to be different and unique, and I believe I can be that with nature on my side.”

NATURAL REWARDS Samsey’s favorite design element right now is something new she came up with after a trip back to her home region. “I have a favorite spot in the U.P. with the coolest sandstone that I have ever seen,” she said. “I realized one day that sandstone absorbs moisture well, so it would be a great option as a wearable diffuser for essential oils. I use essential oils frequently, and with the use of the stone, I can wear them without having to worry about the oil’s concentration. I can wear any oil, anytime, no hassle. The design also has a really rustic and natural feel, which keeps me happy, and the memory of my favorite spot is always with me!”

Samsey sells her jewelry locally and online at her Etsy shop (etsy.com/shop/JujusNature) and will showcase some pieces at the upcoming Lake Ann Market, to be held March 18 at the Almira Township Hall.

Looking forward, Samsey hopes to invest her earnings in expanding her line and its reach — albeit gradually. “I have huge plans, but since I’m a one-woman show, I am taking things one day at a time.” The patience is worth it. “There are so many rewards to owning Jujus, but if I had to pick one it would be that I have a job that allows me to be in my happy place — nature — nearly every single day,” Samsey said.

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apr 01

saturday

SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOW CHALLENGE: Schuss Mountain, Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire. The Snow Challenge transforms the late season slopes into side-by-side uphill truck racing. Watch as modified trucks, jeeps and more step on the gas and race to the top. A portion of the proceeds is donated to Michigan’s Disabled American Veterans. griztekusa.com/SnowChallenge.html 2ND ANNUAL “FOOD 4 KIDS” BACKPACK CHALLENGE: 10am, Manna Food Project, 8791 McBride Park Court, Harbor Springs. Facing off will be AmeriCorps, Kiwanis/Key Club of Harbor, Pepsi Co, and the Potter extended family. This event will help feed thousands of children.

1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: April 1-9. 2-10pm, Mackinac Bay Trading Company, Mackinaw City. Mackinac Island Brewhouse offers over 300 selections of MI microbrews & craft beer, & Mackinac Island Winery offers 400+ MI wines. mackinawchamber.com

“COLLECTED STORIES”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. An intimate character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) WRITING WORKSHOP: CRAFTING THE SHORT STORY: 4pm, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Writers can improve their skills and be shortlisted for a local publishing opportunity with a new literary journal, “Northern Wildes,” for writers and artists exploring gender and sexuality. horizonbooks.com

apr 03

monday

AUTHOR PRESENTATION: 2pm, Horizon Books, TC. By Judith St. King, author of “Incomplete Diary of Good & Evil.” horizonbooks.com DISNEY’S ALADDIN, KIDS: 2pm & 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Based on the iconic animated film with its Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice. Presented by OTP Young Company. $15 adults; $6 youth under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 12-1pm, Moka, Bellaire. The senator will be available to answer questions and provide information and assistance, as well as take suggestions on issues affecting communities and businesses in the district. senatorwayneschmidt.com

“MURDER AT THE SPEAKEASY”: 5-8pm, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. This Murder Mystery Dinner begins in the Resort’s Michigan Ballroom with an opening reception from 5-6pm featuring prohibition-era cocktails.

Dinner and the murder mystery show will begin at 6pm, featuring a four-course dinner. 1920s attire is encouraged. Tickets: $50/person or $90/couple. SOLD OUT. mynorthtickets.com

HERE:SAY WORKSHOP: 1pm, TC Senior Center. Join Karen Stein, founder and creative director of Here:Say, with the topic “New Attitude.” Free. Advanced registration required. Info: 922-4911.

LAUGH FOR A GOOD CAUSE! COMEDY SHOW: 8pm, The Parlor, 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

apr 02

sunday

BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-12pm, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kinglsey. Suggested donation: $7. rainbowofhopefarm.weebly.com SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOW CHALLENGE: (See Sat., April 1) BEER YOGA: 1-3pm, Jolly Pumpkin, Peninsula Room, TC. Led by Jennifer Haase of Yen Yoga & Fitness. Reserve your spot: megan@nubco.net. $10. Find on Facebook.

send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

LAUGHS FOR SHANE: 7pm, The Blacklite Lounge, Gaylord. A comedy show to benefit Shane Carpenter. Hosted by Brad Hall.

Featuring Craig Golden, Dick Norman, John Hall, David Graves & Chad Schwan. $5.

COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 10-11am, East Jordan City Hall. The senator will be available to answer questions and provide information and assistance, as well as take suggestions on issues affecting communities and businesses in the district. senatorwayneschmidt.com

“COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. An intimate character study of what happens when the student becomes the master.

Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

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1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 4:30-5:30pm, GT Pie Co., TC. The senator will be available to answer questions and provide information and assistance, as well as take suggestions on issues affecting communities and businesses in the district. senatorwayneschmidt.com

LANDLORDS & REAL ESTATE INVESTORS: 5:30pm, The Elks Lodge, TC.

Northern Michigan Rental Property Owners Association (NMRPOA), a non-profit organization assisting landlords and real estate investors, will be meeting at 6pm. Please arrive by 5:30pm if you are ordering dinner.

All members and interested parties are welcome. For more information email Chris at chris.realtor@ymail.com. Free.

“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS” AUDITIONS: 6-8pm, Cooley High School Annex, Cadillac. cadillacfootliters.com LOCAL AUTHOR VISIT: 7pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Old Mission’s own Stephen Lewis will talk about his new book, “Murder Undone,” which is a sequel to “Murder on Old Mission.” Hear how actual Old Mission events inspired these historical fiction novels. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

Sculptor Bill Allen from Maple City will be featured in the “Talk About Art” series presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association with host Norm Wheeler on April 9 at 2pm at The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. Allen is known for his large-scale, welded steel sculpture celebrating a wide range of four-legged animals, as well as mixed media paintings - sculptural compositions made from drift wood & other treasures found washed up on local beaches. glenarborart.org

apr 04

tuesday

REMOTE OFFICE & HOME OFFICE WORKER MEETUP: 5:30pm, Petoskey Brewing. Connect in person with your local colleagues to network & talk about the joys & challenges of working from home.

Free hors d’oeuvres provided.

LIVING ON: LOSS OF SPOUSE: 121:30pm, 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 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1)

GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT & CASINO’S CAREER FAIR: 3-6pm, Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel (Ballroom), Williamsburg.

Free. turtlecreekcasino.com/experience/ careers “LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS” AUDITIONS: 6pm-8pm, Cooley High School Annex, Cadillac. cadillacfootliters.com ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY MEETING ON SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION & INTERVENTION: 6pm, Banks Township Community Hall, Ellsworth. Information on sexual abuse and prevention will be presented by a panel of speakers from this region. 231622-2944.

PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH EVENING SUPPORT GROUP: 6pm, MCHC, room A & B, TC. Neurologist Glen Acker-

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man, MD will present “Role of Neurologist Hospitalist.” Split discussions follow. 9477389. gtaparkinsonsgroup.org TC NEW TECH MEET UP: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. A monthly meetup to share new product, technology, & tech business venture ideas. Five minutes to present, five minutes Q&A. Think Shark Tank lite! tcnewtech.org “SUSTAINABLY HARVEST WILD FOODS”: 6pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan presents Clay Bowers from NoMi Foraging. Bowers will explain how to start being a participant in the forests and fields of Northern Michigan. $5 donation from non-members appreciated. mganm.org “HOW TO HANDLE THE LONELINESS”: 6:30pm, TC. A meeting of partners and family of adults with Asperger’s.

Presented by the NW Michigan NT Support group. Meetings are free to members who have joined the private Meetup group. For more information and meeting location, go to www.meetup.com/NW-Michigan-NTSupport/.

MP READS- MICHAEL’S PLACE BOOK CLUB: 7pm, Michael’s Place, TC. The first book in this series will feature “Daring Greatly” by Brené Brown. Read the book & join the discussion. RSVP to: goodgrief@ mymichaelsplace.net or 947-6453. Free. mymichaelsplace.net/events/mp_reads

apr 05

wednesday

INTERLOCHEN WOMAN’S CLUB SPRING LUNCHEON: 12pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. “Home Energy Saving Tips.” Guest speaker is Energy Use Advisor Tammy Squires from Cherryland Electric Cooperative. Lunch provided. Info: 231-421-1554.

LWVLC FORUM: 12pm, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level, Suttons Bay. “Immigration Challenges in Leelanau: Who Will Harvest Our Produce?” The Farm Labor Task Force of the League of Women Voters Leelanau County will highlight the impact current immigration policy has on area agricultural employers and their workforce. LWVLC business meeting to follow. lwvleelanau.org THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION & FILM: 12:30-2pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Travel to Prehistoric caves and Egyptian tombs, all the way through the Wild West and Hollywood, and end in the present day. Presented by Anne Morningstar. $10 advance or $12 at door. petoskeylibrary.org 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT & CASINO’S CAREER FAIR: 3-6pm, Leelanau Sands Casino & Lodge (Showroom), Peshawbestown. Free. leelanausandscasino.com 2017 SMALL BUSINESS CELEBRATION CANDIDATE SHOWCASE: 5-7pm, Hagerty Center, NMC, TC. Presented by the TC Area Chamber of Commerce. Free. business.tcchamber.org

APRIL RECESS: “WINE COUNTRY ESCAPE”: 5-7pm, Hearth & Vine, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. Join The Ticker for socializing, wood-fired pizza & paella, beverages & prizes, including a one night stay at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay, two Estate & Wine Tasting Tours for four people combined with $25 Hearth & Vine Café dining dollars, a GT Distillery Tour for four & an Apple Watch. Presented by Remax Bayshore Properties. Admission, $10. traverseticker.com PINTS FOR A PURPOSE: 5-9pm, Tap30, Petoskey. Founders Tap Takeover, including KBS. Six raffle prizes. Sign a 2x4. $1 from each draft beer goes to future NW MI Habitat for Humanity projects in Charlevoix and Emmet counties.

WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY: 6pm, Chateau Grand Traverse, TC. BINGO! Games are free to play with prizes after each round. cgtwines.com

apr 06

thursday

COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 10:30-11:30am, The Thirsty Sturgeon, Wolverine. The senator will be available to answer questions and provide information and assistance, as well as take suggestions on issues affecting communities and businesses in the district. senatorwayneschmidt.com

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

“Meditation: Tapping into the healing powers of the mind.” Free. mclaren.org “COLLECTED STORIES: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com EDMAR CASTANEDA TRIO: 7:30pm, Dendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda has become known for his crafting of cross-rhythms layered with chordal nuances that rival the most celebrated flamenco guitarist’s efforts. David Silliman on drums/percussion and Marshall Gilkes on trombone join Castaneda. Tickets, $30. tickets.interlochen.org

apr 07

friday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: Mackinaw City, April 7-9. Provides an entertaining & educational showcase to promote public awareness & knowledge of raptors & waterbirds & the significance of Mackinaw City & the Straits of Mackinac during migration. For a schedule of events visit: www.mackinawraptorfest.org

COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 12:30-1:30pm, Roast & Toast, Petoskey. The senator will be available to answer questions and provide information and assistance, as well as take suggestions on issues affecting communities and businesses in the district. senatorwayneschmidt.com

LUNCHEON LECTURE: VERBAL JUDO: NCMC’s Library conference room, Petoskey. Dan Branson, chief of the Harbor Springs Police Department, will demonstrate a less-visible tool that is the best and safest way to achieve voluntary compliance most of the time - when used correctly. Lunch, 11:30am; program, noon. Reservations required: call 231-348-6600 or email luncheonlectures@ncmich.edu. $10, includes lunch.

1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1)

1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1)

GO BEYOND BEAUTY SPRING MEETING: 2-4pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Go Beyond Beauty, a program of the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network, is now open to any interested person or organization in ISN’s service area: Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau and Manistee counties. Free. Register: 9410960 ext. 20 or ecook@gtcd.org.

20TH ANNIVERSARY KICK-OFF INAUGURAL HOPSFEST: 4pm, City Park Grill, Petoskey. An indoor beer festival featuring 16 Michigan breweries. Admission includes the commemorative 20th Anniversary glass and six 3-oz pours with 80 varieties including beer, mead, and cider. Additional tickets available. Tickets at the door are $20.

Advance tickets available through April 6 are $15. cityparkgrill.com

2017 SPRING READ: 5:30-7:30pm, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Hear many new short works read by well-known local authors & some new faces. If you would like to read your original poetry or prose, submit your work before March 30 to: director@oliverart. org. For guidelines & info visit: oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

GIFT OF LIGHT & COLOR: STAINED GLASS GALLERY SHOW: 6-9pm, Northport Arts Association. northportartsforall.com

ESSENTIAL OILS? WHAT’S THE BUZZ?: 5:30pm-7pm, Kingsley Branch of the Traverse Area District Library. Presentation by Shelley VanBrocklin. Reserve your spot: 231-263-5484. tadl.org/kingsley

“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

BARRY VAN GUILDER THE BANJO MAN: 5:45pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling.

High-spirited bluegrass, old country, folk & western swing. Free. 989-348-7123.

“COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

MUSIC WITH BRIAN ASHTON: 5:45pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling. 989-348-7123.

BEN WHITING’S MORE TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY: 8pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Magic and mind reading show. $20. oldtownplayhouse.com

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MURDER MYSTERY: Presented by the Rivertown Follies & performed over dinner at Great Lakes Grill, Cheboygan from 6-9pm. Tickets, $25. Make your reservation: 231-627-8161.

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saturday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: (See Fri., April 7) GT MUSICALE AUDITIONS: 9am-3pm, First Congregational Church, TC.

RACE TO THE TOMB 5K: 9am, New Hope Community Church, Williamsburg. Benefits Habitat for Humanity. $25. runsignup.com GAYLORD’S THIRD ANNUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. Fun run/walk. Benefits the Otsego County United Way, T.A.C.K.L.E. Cancer Fund. facebook.com/5KColorTourFightingC ancerOneColorataTime DOMESTIC DRINKING WATER WELL SCREENING: 10am-12pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Presented by the Grand Traverse Conservation District and the Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program. The screening is for nitrates and nitrites, and is open to everyone who uses a personal well for drinking water.

For directions on how to collect a sample, visit natureiscalling.org/event/water-screening/. 941-0960. Free.

2ND ANNUAL COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT: 10:30am, First Congregational Church, TC. Organized by age group, and features several thousand plastic eggs, filled with wrapped candy. Also enjoy a craft tent, donuts, and hot chocolate - all for free. fcctc.org HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: Noon1pm: Music Composition Workshop for Kids Hosted by Dan Mills. 2-4pm: Author Angela K. Crandall will sign her book “Spirit Guide.”

4-5pm: Author Angie Morgan will read from her book “SPARK: How to Lead Yourself & Others to Great Success.” horizonbooks.com MOTHER DAUGHTER LUNCHEON: 122:30pm, Williamsburg Dinner Theater, Acme. Presented by the Yuba Historic Society. Prepared by Catering By Kelly’s. 100% of the proceeds go to Restore Yuba School.

Tickets: $20; $10 for 10 & under. Reservations: 231-264-8038 or email: rdsayler@ gmail.com.

AUDITIONS: “TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA”: 1-3pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare.

There are roles for a minimum of 14 actors, and some roles that were written to be male roles might be adapted for females to play. oldtownplayhouse.com CBG MINDED MICHIGAN’DERS: 1-5pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. A Michigan based movement of musicians, instrument builders, hobbyists, fans and just plain folks with an interest in cigar box guitars, ukuleles and related creations. Free. redskystage.com CTAC STRINGS COLLAGE CONCERT: 1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Performances by students from all levels of the Gerber Strings and Crooked Tree Youth Orchestra programs. crookedtree.org

1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) AUTHOR HEATHER SHUMAKER: 3pm, Bluewater Hall Event Center, TC. Heather will give a presentation about her new book, “Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes.” RSVP. eventbrite.com ROCK N JAM: 4:30-8pm, The Rock, Kingsley. Sandy Blumenfeld, WNMC DJ and popular local musician, will make a benefit appearance at this community music session. Blumenfeld will sit in with the Rock N Jam regulars and perform a couple of songs from his new folk-roots-blues album, “Stone Wah!,” which will be on sale at this event.

Sandy is donating $10 to The Rock for each $15 double-CD set sold tonight. therockofkingsley.com COMEDY NIGHT WITH DINNER: 5:30pm, TC Masonic Lodge. Presented by Traverse City Lodge No. 222 F&AM and the Valley of Traverse City Scottish Rite Masons. Featuring comedians Luis Valencia & John Raynor. $25. eventbrite.com SMALL PLATES: 6-9pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. This progressive dinner has seatings at 6, 7 & 8pm. Enjoy a glass of wine paired with a gourmet tapas dish in the tasting rooms. Tickets: $15 per seating. lpwines.com/events/small-plates “FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Southern sass, tears and charm engage as five bank tellers speak their hearts and brew lots of coffee in the break room of a small bank in Mississippi. This warm and gentle play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com BACK PORCH COFFEEHOUSE: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center. Presents jazz pianist, composer, arranger & author Steve August. A circle jam will follow. 231-6222944. Suggested donation, $10.

BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: 7pm, Twin Lakes – Gilbert Lodge, TC. Live music by Dag Nabbit. All dances will be called and taught by Jan Fowler. 7pm lesson; 8-11pm Contra dance. $11 adults, $7 students w/ ID, & $9 members. dancetc.com “COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com BEN WHITING’S MORE TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY: 8pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Magic and mind reading show. $20. oldtownplayhouse.com DMC CONCERT: DAVID LINDLEY: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. The David Lindley electro-acoustic performance combines American folk, blues, & bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, & Turkish musical sources. Tickets: $27 advance, $24 Dennos members, & $30 door with additional fees. mynorthtickets.com TOBIN SPROUT: PRE-TOUR CONCERT: 8pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Sprout is an artist & multi instrumental musician.

Enjoy his sixth solo album and his first since 2010, “The Universe and Me,” during this benefit for the Leelanau Community Cultural Center. Tickets: $15 or $25 for two. 231256-2131. oldartbuilding.com

GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV SHOW!: 9pm, The Circuit, TC. Good on Paper improvises comedy scenes based on audience suggestions. Tickets, $10. Find on Facebook.

MURDER MYSTERY: Presented by the Rivertown Follies & performed over dinner at Great Lakes Grill, Cheboygan from 6-9pm. Tickets, $25. Make your reservation: 231-627-8161.

apr 09

sunday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST:(See Fri., April 7)

A MURDER IN EASTPORT: AN 1870 FAMILY STORY OF RACIAL PROFILING: 1pm, McGuire Community Room at the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society. This talk will examine an 1870 murder that echoes issues our country still deals with today. traversehistory.wordpress.com 6TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: 1:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Featuring five original works that were written by local high school students & chosen to be produced by students & performed on the stage of City Opera House. cityoperahouse.org/ypf “COLLECTED STORIES”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com “TALK ABOUT ART”: 2pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. Presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with sculptor Bill Allen.

Allen is known for his large-scale, welded steel sculpture celebrating a wide range of four-legged animals. Free. glenarborart.org 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) CREATING CONFIDENT CAREGIVERS WORKSHOP: 2-4pm, Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan, TC. A free six-session program that provides caregivers with information and skills for effective caregiving of their family member residing at home with memory loss. Call AAANM at 1-800-442-1713 to register. There is no class on April 16.

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 2pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/ bay-film-series BUCKETS OF RAIN BENEFIT: Featuring Blind Dog Hank performing from 4-6pm at the Acoustic Tap Room, TC. Tickets, $10.

Through the construction of urban gardens on abandoned city lots, Buckets of Rain diminishes urban blight, rekindles hope in struggling neighborhoods, brings fresh vegetables into the neighborhoods, & feeds the homeless through partners. bucketsofrain.org CONCERT: BRITAIN: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Presented by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. PreConcert Talk with Libor Ondras at 3:15pm. $25. glcorchestra.org

CURTIS MCMURTRY: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. This Austin, Texas rising country star is touring in support of his just released second album, “The Hornet’s Nest.” $20 advance; $25 door. 947-9213.

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 5pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/ bay-film-series

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

CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS, JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: 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 MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 8 from 1-4pm. Featuring a talk by exhibition juror Judi Betts & live music. The exhibition runs through May 26. crookedtree.org OAC SPRING EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. An exhibit of artwork by Mary Fortuna, Janelle Songer and Jessica Kovan. Runs through April 7. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org SPRING EXHIBIT: SACRED SPACES: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Exploring ideas such as ancestry, time, nostalgia & individual views on what is sacred. Runs through April 22. Open Weds. through Sun. higherartgallery.com YOUTH ART SHOW: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District. Opening reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 8. Runs through May 6. crookedtree.org

FREE COMMUNITY CLASS: Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. Every Weds. at 7:30pm. bikramyogatcgr.com SECULAR A.A.: Thursdays: 5:30pm, The Porch, TC. Fridays: 7pm, By the Bay Alano Club, TC. secularaainmichigan.org

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by Kathy Sunday through Thursday evenings for a limited timeending starting March 20 Silbernagel, Marilyn Hoogstraten, and Babs For the week 3/26/17 Young as well as a narrative and video HARDCOVER FICTION piece by Emmy Holman. Meet the artists Charlotte the Scientist is Squished by Camille and join in on the conversation. An opening Andros & illustrations by Brianne Farley Clarion reception will be held on Fri., March 31 at Books $16.99 6:30pm. The exhibit runs through April 10.

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Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood ARTWORK OF NCMC STUDENTS: April Anchor $15.95 1-27, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Mink River by Sinclair Lewis Gallery, Petoskey. Showcasing the best art Oregon State University Press $18.95 and design work of North Central Michigan house-smoked brisket, mustard BBQ sauce, smoked cheddar cheese, haystack onions, Hawaiian roll, pub fries 12 College students. crookedtree.org

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Really Big Lunch by Jim Harrison CALL FOR ART!: Higher Art Gallery, TC is Grove Press $26.00 having a Functional Fiber and Functional Book of Joy by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu Diabolicalpop braised chicken,Event jalapeñoisBBQ sauce, salsa, cheddar mashed redskins 18 Ceramics uphalf Market.

May 6 roasted corn Avery $26.00 and geared towards Mothers Day gift giving.

Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance If you would like more info, and to apply, Harper $27.99 visit: higherartgallery.com or call: 231-2524616.

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How Thin the Veil by Jack Kerhoff Mission Point Press $16.95 Garbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah Chefalo Mission Point Press $17.99 Constitution of the United States & the Declaration of Independence by Delegates of the Constitutional Convention

CALL FOR STUDENT ARTISTS: 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 to: higherartgallery@ gmail.com.Accepting up to 3 young artists at a time. Will change artists 4 times a year.

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1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) AUTHOR HEATHER SHUMAKER: 3pm, Bluewater Hall Event Center, TC. Heather will give a presentation about her new book, “Saving Arcadia: A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes.” RSVP. eventbrite.com ROCK N JAM: 4:30-8pm, The Rock, Kingsley. Sandy Blumenfeld, WNMC DJ and popular local musician, will make a benefit appearance at this community music session. Blumenfeld will sit in with the Rock N Jam regulars and perform a couple of songs from his new folk-roots-blues album, “Stone Wah!,” which will be on sale at this event.

Sandy is donating $10 to The Rock for each $15 double-CD set sold tonight. therockofkingsley.com COMEDY NIGHT WITH DINNER: 5:30pm, TC Masonic Lodge. Presented by Traverse City Lodge No. 222 F&AM and the Valley of Traverse City Scottish Rite Masons. Featuring comedians Luis Valencia & John Raynor. $25. eventbrite.com SMALL PLATES: 6-9pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. This progressive dinner has seatings at 6, 7 & 8pm. Enjoy a glass of wine paired with a gourmet tapas dish in the tasting rooms. Tickets: $15 per seating. lpwines.com/events/small-plates “FIVE TELLERS DANCING IN THE RAIN”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Southern sass, tears and charm engage as five bank tellers speak their hearts and brew lots of coffee in the break room of a small bank in Mississippi. This warm and gentle play eavesdrops on the conversations of women about the men in their lives. $10 advance/$12 door. cadillacfootliters.com BACK PORCH COFFEEHOUSE: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center. Presents jazz pianist, composer, arranger & author Steve August. A circle jam will follow. 231-6222944. Suggested donation, $10.

BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: 7pm, Twin Lakes – Gilbert Lodge, TC. Live music by Dag Nabbit. All dances will be called and taught by Jan Fowler. 7pm lesson; 8-11pm Contra dance. $11 adults, $7 students w/ ID, & $9 members. dancetc.com “COLLECTED STORIES”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV SHOW!: 9pm, The Circuit, TC. Good on Paper improvises comedy scenes based on audience suggestions. Tickets, $10. Find on Facebook.

MURDER MYSTERY: Presented by the Rivertown Follies & performed over dinner at Great Lakes Grill, Cheboygan from 6-9pm. Tickets, $25. Make your reservation: 231-627-8161.

apr 09

sunday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST:(See Fri., April 7)

A MURDER IN EASTPORT: AN 1870 FAMILY STORY OF RACIAL PROFILING: 1pm, McGuire Community Room at the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society. This talk will examine an 1870 murder that echoes issues our country still deals with today. traversehistory.wordpress.com 6TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL: 1:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Featuring five original works that were written by local high school students & chosen to be produced by students & performed on the stage of City Opera House. cityoperahouse.org/ypf “COLLECTED STORIES”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. A character study of what happens when the student becomes the master. Tickets: $17. oldtownplayhouse.com “TALK ABOUT ART”: 2pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. Presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with sculptor Bill Allen.

Allen is known for his large-scale, welded steel sculpture celebrating a wide range of four-legged animals. Free. glenarborart.org 1ST ANNUAL TASTE OF MACKINAC: (See Sat., April 1) CREATING CONFIDENT CAREGIVERS WORKSHOP: 2-4pm, Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan, TC. A free six-session program that provides caregivers with information and skills for effective caregiving of their family member residing at home with memory loss. Call AAANM at 1-800-442-1713 to register. There is no class on April 16.

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 2pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/ bay-film-series

ENJOY A NIGHT OUT! Movie/Dinner Package $20 per person

BEN WHITING’S MORE TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY: 8pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Magic and mind reading show. $20. oldtownplayhouse.com DMC CONCERT: DAVID LINDLEY: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. The David Lindley electro-acoustic performance combines American folk, blues, & bluegrass traditions with elements from African, Arabic, Asian, Celtic, Malagasy, & Turkish musical sources. Tickets: $27 advance, $24 Dennos members, & $30 door with additional fees. mynorthtickets.com TOBIN SPROUT: PRE-TOUR CONCERT: 8pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Sprout is an artist & multi instrumental musician.

Enjoy his sixth solo album and his first since Petoskey, Mt. Pleasant 2010, “The Universe and Me,” during this two locations benefit for and the Leelanau Community Cultural Center. Tickets: $15 or $25 for two. 231in Traverse City.

256-2131. oldartbuilding.com

BUCKETS OF RAIN BENEFIT: Featuring Blind Dog Hank performing from 4-6pm at the Acoustic Tap Room, TC.(taxTickets, $10. included).

Through the construction of urban gardens on abandoned city lots, Buckets of Rain diminishes urban blight, rekindles hope in struggling neighborhoods, brings fresh vegetables into the neighborhoods, & feeds the homeless through partners. bucketsofrain.org CONCERT: BRITAIN: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Presented by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. PreConcert Talk with Libor Ondras at 3:15pm. $25. glcorchestra.org

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CURTIS MCMURTRY: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. This Austin, Texas rising country star is touring in support of his just released second album, “The Hornet’s Nest.” $20 advance; $25 door. 947-9213.

THE BAY FILM SERIES: “NERUDA”: 5pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Beloved Nobel Prize winning poet Pablo Neruda is also the most famous communist in post-WWII Chile. When the political tides shift, he is forced underground, with a tenacious police inspector (Gael García Bernal) hot on his trail. $9.50 at door. thebaytheatre.com/25/ bay-film-series

ongoing

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

CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS, JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION: 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 MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 8 from 1-4pm. Featuring a talk by exhibition juror Judi Betts & live music. The exhibition runs through May 26. crookedtree.org OAC SPRING EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. An exhibit of artwork by Mary Fortuna, Janelle Songer and Jessica Kovan. Runs through April 7. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org SPRING EXHIBIT: SACRED SPACES: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Exploring ideas such as ancestry, time, nostalgia & individual views on what is sacred. Runs through April 22. Open Weds. through Sun. higherartgallery.com YOUTH ART SHOW: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District. Opening reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 8. Runs through May 6. crookedtree.org

FREE COMMUNITY CLASS: Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. Every Weds. at 7:30pm. bikramyogatcgr.com SECULAR A.A.: Thursdays: 5:30pm, The Porch, TC. Fridays: 7pm, By the Bay Alano Club, TC. secularaainmichigan.org

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“REFLECTIONS”: Old Art Building, Leland. Images from the Women’s March on Washington. View photographs by Kathy Silbernagel, Marilyn Hoogstraten, and Babs Young as well as a narrative and video piece by Emmy Holman. Meet the artists and join in on the conversation. An opening reception will be held on Fri., March 31 at 6:30pm. The exhibit runs through April 10. oldartbuilding.com ARTFUL AFTERNOONS: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Every Weds. through April 26 at 1pm. Free. gacaevents. weebly.com ARTWORK OF NCMC STUDENTS: April 1-27, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey. Showcasing the best art and design work of North Central Michigan College students. crookedtree.org CALL FOR ART!: Higher Art Gallery, TC is having a Functional Fiber and Functional Ceramics pop up Market. Event is May 6 and geared towards Mothers Day gift giving.

If you would like more info, and to apply, visit: higherartgallery.com or call: 231-2524616. Deadline to apply is April 5. higherartgallery.com CALL FOR STUDENT ARTISTS: 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 to: higherartgallery@ gmail.com.Accepting up to 3 young artists at a time. Will change artists 4 times a year.

The first exhibit begins April 22. higherartgallery.com

NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN BESTSELLERS For the week ending 3/26/17 HARDCOVER FICTION Charlotte the Scientist is Squished by Camille Andros & illustrations by Brianne Farley Clarion Books $16.99 Secret Tree Fort by Brianne Farley Candlewick $16.99 Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles William Morrow $28.99 PAPERBACK FICTION Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Ballantine Books $17.00 Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Anchor $15.95 Mink River by Sinclair Lewis Oregon State University Press $18.95 HARDCOVER NON-FICTION Really Big Lunch by Jim Harrison Grove Press $26.00 Book of Joy by Dalai Lama & Desmond Tutu Avery $26.00 Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance Harper $27.99 PAPERBACK NON-FICTION How Thin the Veil by Jack Kerhoff Mission Point Press $16.95 Garbage Bag Suitcase by Shenandoah Chefalo Mission Point Press $17.99 Constitution of the United States & the Declaration of Independence by Delegates of the Constitutional Convention

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by meg weichman

Jake Gyllenhaal

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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.

life When my friend first saw the trailer for “Life,” he assumed it was for the new “Alien” movie (“Alien: Covenant” coming out later this May). And after seeing the film, his misguided remark proved rather astute, because this might as well have been an “Alien” remake or sequel.

It’s incredibly indebted to “Alien,” a flawed facsimile, taking on the tried and true tropes of the trapped-in-space-with-analien-on-board film mixed with a little of the satisfying survival instincts of “Gravity” for good measure. But don’t mistake its lack of innovation or derivative achievements for a bad experience, because while it may be 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 first rate special effects.

It follows six astronauts on the International Space Station set to retrieve and study soil samples from Mars, samples that contain a tiny organism that is the first evidence of extraterrestrial life.

In a live broadcast they share the news with an excited earth, school children even name the alien life form “Calvin,” and we are succinctly introduced to each of the insanely beautiful and sexily-accented members of the team: There’s Olga Dihovichnaya as the Mission Commander; she’s Russian, and that’s the extent of her character; Ryan Reynolds as a wisecracking flight officer; Rebecca Ferguson (“The Girl on the Train”) as a Center for Disease Control rep there to ensure the proper safeguards are taken; Arioyon Bakare as wheelchair bound (but in space he can fly) exobiologist researching the alien; Hiroyuki Sanada, who, if you can believe it, just became a new father back on earth; and Jake Gyllenhaal as a morose medical officer who’s broken the record for consecutive days in space and is in no rush to return to earth.

The performances are compelling despite uneven attempts at character development, but even the successful moments of depth are ultimately just set dressing. You don’t really need to invest in the character’s individual stories and lives. No, the action moves far too quick for that.

Because “Calvin” quickly begins morphing and evolving at unprecedented rates. He’s all muscle, all brain, all eye, and his early instincts prove his curiosity outweighs his fear (the first of many red flags). Rendered like an amorphous blob with jellyfish and octopus characteristics, it’s cool to see Calvin move and flow, and easy to see why Bakare grows such an attachment.

But these humans keep making mistakes and despite their best intentions, Calvin’s deadliness is revealed.

You’ll want to yell at the screen; how have the astronauts not seen this movie before?! How did they not take heed at Jeff Goldblum’s warning that “life…uh…finds a way?” And that’s exactly what Calvin does; doing what he needs to get by, brutally feeding on what’s around.

“I don’t like watching people die,” says Gyllenhaal in one of the film’s more contemplative parts. But if you’re going to see this movie, you’d better like it, ‘cause what follows is one long cat-and-mouse chase as they gradually get picked off – like a horror movie in space.

Watching something so small outwit and outforce everyone is the one of the film’s most potent b-movie pleasures, and it can get a little gruesome (though blood in zero g is always fun!). The visuals are solid and sometimes even a little impressive (it’s “Gravity” Jr.). There are lots of pretty horizon shots of the earth and “2001”-style space porn. With the deliberately spartan space station setting, the action feels all the more claustrophobic and disorienting, but there is also a brisk breeziness to its chamber piece terror that moves things along with expediency.

The tone frequently borders on campy, but never fully commits. Moments like Gyllenhaal’s sensitive bit of a dullard, character doing an on-the-nose reading from “Goodnight Moon” as the clock ticks down is a miscalculated attempt at pathos that produces unintentional hilarity. It reminds me just how surprising it is how little deliberate humor screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick infuse the film with, especially considering their last film together was “Deadpool.” Ryan Reynolds gets in a few jokes (the “Deadpool” connection), but otherwise this is a pretty somber and exacting affair.

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-prettygenius ending is wildly satisfying. This might not be the most original thing, but hey, it’s not part of a franchise, and it stretches its creative might in some interesting ways. So in the end, as a motivational poster might put it, “Life” is short and it moves fast, so just enjoy it.

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

kong: skull island

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nlike other recent attempts at resurrecting ancient Hollywood properties (I’m looking at you “The Legend of Tarzan”), the smart choices the creative team behind this rebooting of King Kong makes it actually pretty wonderful. From the retro b-movie vibe and the vivid 1970s setting to the kooky touches and the eclectic cast – “Skull Island” gives you plenty of reasons to enjoy it. You might even forget you’re watching a “Kong” movie because the film is more like “Apocalypse Now” by way of “Jurassic Park.” And by mixing up the well-trodden tropes of Vietnam War films, monster movies, and swashbuckling adventures, you get something truly interesting. Set in 1973, Nixon has just delivered his “peace with honor” speech and troops are pulling out of Vietnam. A researcher, Bill Randa (John Goodman) has convinced a senator to fund a scientific expedition to map a newly discovered island in the middle of the Pacific, but what he’s really in search of are “massive unidentified terrestrial organisms.” And boy do he and the ragtag crew he’s assembled (including Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and John C. Reilly) ever find them.

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts may not be experienced in “big” movies, but he’s clearly someone embracing every moment directing one. He gives the film space to breathe, leaves the tiresome grittiness at the door, and keeps its ambitions in check. There’s a sincerity to “Skull Island” just wanting us to have fun. Brisk, entertaining, and funny, this almost feels like a standalone film — until that post-credits scene…

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rom its first brutal moments that find Logan (Hugh Jackman) aka Wolverine horrifically slaughtering a gang of would be carjackers, “Logan” lets you know that it will be wearing its R rating on its sleeve, not only in terms of the extreme violence, but also its extreme seriousness. This is a movie that wants you know it’s somber, difficult, and important – a superhero movie with the soul of an indie western that aspires to be a great stand-alone drama, and not just another X-Men movie (even though it’s the tenth, you’ll note there’s no X-Men branding in the title). The year is 2029 and mutants are on the way out. Gone are the days of X-Men heroics and Wolverine is now a haunted and haggard-looking chauffeur driving around bachelor parties in El Paso, earning money to take care of an ailing Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) and buy a boat so they can take to the seas and maybe find a little peace. His plan goes all to hell, however, when Logan’s path crosses with Laura (exciting newcomer Dafne Keen), a young girl VERY much like him and in need of a ride to North Dakota, where an “Eden” for mutant children awaits. “Logan” tests the range of the superhero genre, feels fresh and different for Marvel movies, and has some great performances along with some powerful emotional beats. But in eschewing fun to such a grim degree in what is typically an escapist genre, it overreaches, painting a dark picture of our national mood.

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JACK WHITE’S QUIET SONGWRITING DELIGHT Detroit-slash-Nashville rocker Jack White, who recently purchased a house in Kalamazoo as yet another retreat for himself and anyone he chooses to invite, is reportedly working on some new material for himself this time, as opposed to contributing to one of the many side projects he’s been busy with the past few years. White is holed up in a small Nashville apartment he’s said to have rented just so he can write tunes in peace with his four-track reel-to-reel recorder. No word yet on what all of this writing is for, but word on the street says that there might be a new solo album from the White Stripes/Raconteurs frontman as early as the end of this year…

Two duos are heading to Detroit this spring – in the same tour – and it’s going to be a big one for fans of pop music and fans of the ‘80s. Daryl Hall and John Oates, hitmakers behind such songs as “Say It Isn’t So,” “Rich Girl,” and “Sara Smile,” are teaming up with fellow popsters Tears for Fears for a co-headlining trek that will stop for a performance at Joe Louis Arena on May 17.

Hall and Oates will be playing their classic pop hits, while there may be some new material from Tears for Fears, who are working on a new album; either way, it’s sure to be a show full of singalongable tunes…

Singer-songwriter Ted Leo has turned to Kickstarter to crowdfund his next album,

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which will be the musician’s first set under his own name since his last album with his band, The Pharmacists, in 2010. Bonuses to those who contribute to the making of Leo’s album will include rare demos, mixtapes, vinyl records, Skype chats, dinner with Ted, and a private concert (based on the different levels of funding); Leo’s set a goal of $85,000 for the new album, which he said will grant him complete artistic freedom of the recording so he can bring his work directly to those who want it.

He hopes to release the album in September…

Linkin Park have teamed up with singer Kiiara for a studio tune, with Kiiara contributing vocals to Linkin Park’s new single “Heavy.” “Heavy” is a preview of the band’s upcoming new studio album, One More Light, which is set to hit outlets on May 19 via Warner Bros/Machine Shop Records; Linkin Park’s frontman Mike Shinoda told the press that the single is a good indication of the “core sound” of the album, which leans more towards dark pop-rock with a range of lyric perspectives…

MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK If you’ve not yet heard of Chance the Rapper, check him out for several reasons, not the least of which is that Chance was recently the subject of a thank-you letter from Chicago public school students that the rapper got (via Billboard) after he generously donated $1 million to Chicago schools. Chance also just

notched three Grammy Awards at this year’s ceremony for his heartfelt and well-delivered rap performances on his album Coloring Book. Find out more at his official site, chanceraps.com…

THE BUZZ If you’re done with the currently-trendy ‘90s, the next era of music you’ll be celebrating are surely the oughties - and you’ll be able to do exactly that at PopTueK, the dance party of all tunes from the early ‘00s, taking place at Billy’s Lounge on Wealthy Street in Grand Rapids…

Also happening in Grand Rapids, the five-piece funk-rock band Desmond Jones is currently working on their first full-length studio album, which is expected for release later this year…

Sanae Yamada and Ripley Johnson,

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Kyle Zemsta was so impressed by his wife’s weight loss results one year after surgery, he decided to have the procedure, too. Now they both have much more energy, stamina, and enjoy outdoor activities together.

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“It’s been absolutely wonderful,” Katie said. “I’ve lost 120 pounds.

My health is excellent and my sleep apnea is gone. My new addiction is shopping. I can’t find anything I can’t fit into.”

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collectively known as Moon Duo, are set to perform one of their conceptual music shows at El Club in Detroit on Saturday, April 22…

Heavy prog-rockers Tool are set to progressively rock the DTE Energy Music Theater on Wednesday, June 7, with tickets for that show on sale now…

If you bought tickets for the Lionel Richie concert (with opening act Mariah Carey, nonetheless) on April 11 at The Palace of Auburn Hills, better call your point of purchase, because that show’s been cancelled (likely due to Richie’s recent knee surgery)… and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

“Katie and Kyle have had great success. Doing all of the followup steps and having the full support of a spouse really helps achieve and maintain long-term good health. It’s been very rewarding to watch the Zemstas become healthy and active.”

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Bariatric procedures are not for everyone. People qualify for weight loss surgery only if it is the best choice for their health and they demonstrate the required commitment, motivation, education, and medical history. Munson Medical Center’s nationally accredited program provides long-term support and thorough follow-up care.

To learn more, join us for a free, informational seminar.

Bariatric Surgery Seminars Tuesday, April 11 | 6 - 8 pm Traverse City: Munson Medical Center Conference Room 1-3, Lower Level Via Video Conference at the following locations: Cadillac: Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital Charlevoix: Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital Gaylord: Otsego Memorial Hospital Grayling: Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital Manistee: Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital

Tuesday, May 9 | 6 - 8 pm Traverse City: Munson Medical Center; also available via video conference in Charlevoix, Gaylord, Grayling, and Manistee

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

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Thurs - MI beer night $1 off all MI beer

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ENYA – THE CELTS – REPRISE

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It’s back, and on special edition vinyl this time, such good news for fans of the consummate new age performer. Classically-trained on piano, Enya’s instrumentals teamed with her distinctive vocal stylings are perfect for these Celtic-themed tracks sung in both English and Gaelic; some of the songs arrive carefully, setting down paper-thin layers of faintly alien sounds one atop the next (“Dan y Dwr,” “Triad”) while others bring in the more familiar-sounding melodies of Irish pipe (“The Sun and the Stream”) or harp (“Epona”). It’s a pretty collection all around.

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You know Vangelis’ music if you’ve ever watched the 1982 movie Bladerunner, on which his electronic score was as important a component of as the striking scenery and skilled actors. The cool thing is that much of what Vangelis was doing in the ‘80s still works today, as he translates his own origin sounds to this new era of electronica music. The first track, “Origins,” serves as a welcome mat to the vast scores included here, from the shifting dynamics of “Philae’s Descent” all the way to the closer, “Return to the Void.”

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Holcomb manages to be both inspirational and plainly relatable on this sophomore effort, which leans more toward pop-age while still sticking to her positive and thoughtful messages on tracks like the hopeful “You Are Loved,” “He Will,” and (of course) “We’ve Got This Hope.” The album’s songs were inspired by some difficulties Holcomb was working through, and that personal, thoughtful approach is heard in each carefully-structured, encouraging verse and chorus.

MARK MOTHERSBAUGH – MUTANT FLORA – MUTATO

This pairing of art and music from the Devo multi-instrumentalist is a one-time release for Record Store Day, on which musicians serve up special albums and singles to celebrate vinyl sales.

Mothersbaugh’s contribution is not just one, but six different multicolored “splatter” vinyl records in a sharp foil-stamped slipcase, and the music inside is even more unusual, as it contains 12 sonic representations of Mothersbaugh’s Mutated Flora artworks for your thoughtful, artistic, slightly challenged listening.

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Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee ESCAPE BAR, CADILLAC 4/1 -- Becki & Joe Wagner from Acoustic Chaos, 10 Thu -- Open Mic Night Hosted by Lynn Callihan, 8 Fri -- Karaoke, 9

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

MITCHELL STREET PUB, CADILLAC 4/1 -- Limelight, 9 THE BOATHOUSE GRILLE, MANISTEE 4/7 -- Peace Love Music, 8-11

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 4/4 -- Open & un-mic'd w/ Ben Johnson, 7-9 Fri -- Andre Villoch, 7-9

Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30

BLUE TRACTOR, TC 4/5 -- Beer Trivia, 6-8

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC Mon -- Open mic w/ Blake Elliott, 6-9

BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8

LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9

GT DISTILLERY, TC 4/7 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9

MARI VINEYARDS, TC 4/7 -- Luke Krolikowski, 4-6

GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY, ACME Fri,Sat -- Blake Elliott, 7-11

PARK PLACE HOTEL, BEACON LOUNGE, TC Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8

RARE BIRD BREWPUB, TC 4/5 -- Orkestra 43, 8:30

HORIZON BOOKS, TC 4/7 -- Dede & The Dreamers, 8:30-10:30 HOTEL INDIGO, TC 4/1 -- Robin Lee Berry & Glenn Wolff, 8-11 4/7 -- The Bohemians w/ Dawn Campbell, 7:30-10:30 KALHO LOUNGE, KALKASKA 4/6 -- Carrie & The Wayward Sons, 8 KILKENNY'S, TC 4/1 -- Brett Mitchell & The Giant Ghost, 9:30 4/7-8 -- Sweet J Band, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9

SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 4/7-4/8 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9 SLEDER'S FAMILY TAVERN, TC 4/9 -- Curtis McMurtry, 4 STATE STREET GRILLE, TC 4/7 -- Carrie Westbay, 7 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 4/1 -- Red Sun Rising w/ Kaleido, No Resolve, & Graves Crossing, 8 4/7 -- William Michael Morgan w/ Drew Hale & Melissa Lee, 8 TC WHISKEY CO. 4/5 -- Mitchell McKolay, 6-8

TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 4/2 -- Kids Open Mic, 3 Tue -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 Thu -- G-Snacks, 7-9 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 THE PARLOR, TC 4/4 -- Clint Weaner, 7:3010:30 THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 4/1 -- Bigfoot Buffalo, 8-11 4/3 -- April Open Read Poetry, 7-9 4/4 -- STRUM Ukulele Sing-ALong, 6-8 Wed -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam, 6-10 4/7 -- Featured Local DJ, 8-11 4/8 -- Wink, 8-11 UNION STREET STATION, TC 4/1 -- Biomassive, 10 4/2 -- Karaoke, 10 4/4 -- Open Mic w/ Host Chris Sterr, 10 4/5 -- DJ DomiNate, 10 4/6 -- DJ Fasel, 10 4/7 -- Happy Hour w/ Chris Sterr, then G- Snacks, 5 4/8 -- G-Snacks, 10 4/9 -- Karaoke, 10 WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC 4/1 -- DJ Motaz, 9 4/6 -- The Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears w/ Miriam Pico & Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 4/7 -- DJ, 9:30

Leelanau & Benzie LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 4/4 -- Jameson Brothers, 6:30 LEELANAU SANDS CASINO, PESHAWBESTOWN Tue -- Polka Party, 12-4

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 4/1 -- Sandra Effert, 6-9 4/7 -- Great Lakes Graham & the Fiddle Man, 6-9 4/8 -- Peace Love Music, 6-9

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STORMCLOUD BREWING CO., FRANKFORT 4/1 -- Melissa Lee, 8-10 4/8 -- Dale Wicks, 8-10

Rising country star from Austin, Texas, Curtis McMurtry plays Sleder's Family Tavern, TC on Sunday, April 9 at 4pm. Touring in support of his just released second album, "The Hornet's Nest," Rolling Stone Magazine stated that McMurtry is "one of ten artists to watch in 2017." Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door. 947-9213.

Antrim & Charlevoix CENTRAL LAKE TAVERN 4/1 -- Karaoke w/ Phattrax DJ, 8 4/8 -- Kenny Thompson, 9

BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM, CHARLEVOIX 4/2 -- Chris Calleja, 6-9 4/4 -- Sean Bielby, 7-10 4/7 -- Eric Jaqua, 8-11 4/8 -- Kellerville, 8-11 4/9 -- Pete Kehoe, 6-9 CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 4/8 -- Jim Moore, 7:30-9:30

RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 4/4 -- Ben Overbeek, 6-9

4/4 -- Open Mic & Community Jam w/ Seth Bernard, 7:3010:30 4/7 -- Captain Ivory, 8:30-11 4/8 -- Deep Greens & Blues, 8:30-11

SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 4/1 -- The Crane Wives, 8:30-11 4/2 -- Final: Battle of the Bands, 4

TORCH LAKE CAFE, EASTPORT Wed -- Dueling Pianos, 8:30 Thu -- Open Mic w/ Tim Hosper, 8:30

Emmet & Cheboygan BEARDS BREWERY, PETOSKEY Wed -- "Beards on Wax" (vinyl only night spun by DJ J2xtrubl), 8-11 CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 4/1 -- April Fool's Day Celebration w/ DJ Franck Oonst Oonst Oonst, 10 4/4 -- DJ Shawn Peterson, 9 4/6 -- Open Mic Night w/ Lee &

Dan, 9 4/7 -- 20th Anniversary Kick-off Inaugural Hopsfest, 4; Karaoke at 10pm 4/8 -- Botala, 10 LEO'S TAVERN, PETOSKEY Sun -- S.I.N. w/ DJ Johnnie Walker, 9 Wed -- Karaoke Night, 10

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: I’m a woman in my 30s. I was married for five years, but now, thank God, I’m divorced and about two years into a wonderful new relationship. Disturbingly, I occasionally call my boyfriend by my awful exhusband’s name. He laughs it off, but it really freaks me out. Should I see a neurologist? Is my memory going? Or — gulp — do I miss my ex on some subconscious level?

— Disturbed : Right about now, you’ve got to be recognizing the unexpected benefits of those gas station attendant shirts with the guy’s name sewn onto them.

As with dead bodies carelessly submerged after mob hits, it’s unsettling to have your ex’s name bobbing up when you love somebody new. Naturally, you suspect the worst — that you’re subconsciously pining for the ex. But — good news! — the likely reason for your name swapperoos is something you should find comfortingly boring. According to research by cognitive scientists Samantha Deffler and David C. Rubin, we’re prone to grab the wrong name out of memory when both names are in the same category — for example, men you’ve been seriously involved with or, in the pet domain, gerbils you’ve dressed in tiny sexy outfits.

You might also keep in mind that your ex’s name was the default for “man in my life” for more than twice as long as the new guy’s. Other memory research suggests that especially when you’re tired, stressed, or multitasky, it’s easy to go a little, uh, cognitively imprecise.

You send your mindslave off into your brain — back to the “My Guy” category — and the lazy little peasant just grabs the name he spent five years grabbing. So, you might think of this as a mental workforce issue. The Department of Emotions isn’t even involved.

However, research by cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork suggests that you can train your memory to do better through “spaced retrieval” — correcting yourself just post-flub by asking and answering “Who is the man in my life?” and then letting a few minutes pass and doing it again. But considering that you have a partner who just laughs at your errors, your time would probably be better spent appreciating what you have: an easygoing sweetheart of a guy and no readily apparent need for a neurologist.

Bottom line: Your calling the guy by the wrong name probably points to a need for a nap, not unwanted company — as in, a tumor named Fred squatting in the crawlspace behind your frontal lobe.

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: I’m extremely insecure about my looks, though objectively, I know I’m pretty.

I constantly ask my boyfriend for reassurance. He gives it to me but feels bad that I feel this way. Now I’m worrying that I’m making such a good case for what’s wrong with me that he’ll start believing me. Possible?

— Bag Over Head : One oft-overlooked beauty secret is to avoid constantly giving a guy the idea that you might actually be ugly.

People will sneer that it’s “shallow” to care about how you look, and they’re probably right — if it’s all you care about. However, research confirms what most of us recognize about the especially eye-pleasing among us: They get all sorts of benefits — everything from social perks to job opportunities to discounts when they act like dirtbags (with judges assigning them lesser fines and a lower rate of bail for misdemeanors).

As a woman, being babe-alicious is a pretty vital tool for landing and maintaining a relationship, because the features that men — across cultures — evolved to consider beautiful are actually health and fertility indicators. So, for example, full lips and an hourglass bod are basically evolution’s bumper sticker: “Your genes passed on here!”

Not surprisingly, psychologist Tracy Vaillaincourt, who researches competition among women, explains that women attack other women “principally on appearance and sexual fidelity” because men prioritize these qualities in their partners. One way women chip away at rivals is by trash-talking another woman’s looks to a man —suggesting he really could do better. That’s what you’re doing — but to yourself. It’s the relationship version of “Ewww, you’re not really gonna eat that, are you?” (And you’re the fricasseed crickets.)

Beyond that, constantly begging a romantic partner for reassurance — while being kind of a black hole for it — can be toxic to a relationship. Also, the fact that your need for reassurance seems bottomless suggests it’s not your exterior but your interior that’s in need of work. Get cracking on that, and try to remember that your boyfriend is with you for a reason — and it probably isn’t that your mom and grandma are crouched behind your sofa, holding him at gunpoint.

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(March 21-April 19): Be interested in first things, Aries. Cultivate your attraction to beginnings. Align yourself with uprisings and breakthroughs. Find out what’s about to hatch, and lend your support. Give your generous attention to potent innocence and novel sources of light. Marvel at people who are rediscovering the sparks that animated them when they first came into their power. Fantasize about being a curious seeker who is devoted to reinventing yourself over and over again. Gravitate toward influences that draw their vitality directly from primal wellsprings. Be excited about first things.

activities that will be especially favorable for you to initiate in the near future: 1. Pay someone to perform a service for you that will ease your suffering. 2. Question one of your fixed opinions if that will lead to you receiving a fun invitation you wouldn’t get otherwise. 3. Dole out sincere praise or practical help to a person who could help you overcome one of your limitations. 4. Get clear about how one of your collaborations would need to change in order to serve both of you better. Then tell your collaborator about the proposed improvement with light-hearted compassion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you weary of

"I TAKES GUTS"--FROM PARTS UNKNOWN. by Matt Jones ACROSS 1 Super Mario ___ 5 30-ton computer introduced in 1946 10 Gets hazy, with "up" 14 Au ___ 15 ___ precedent 16 Film director Wertmuller 17 Obama education secretary Duncan 18 Exterminator's targets 19 Reunion invitee 20 Harden, like adobe 23 Neutral area between N. and S. Korea 24 Brockovich played by Julia Roberts 25 Battleship initials 28 ___ Lambert (recent viral answer to the pub quiz

question "Who played Skyler White?" where the cheating team misread Anna Gunn's Wikipedia entry)

31 Hog, wild?

33 "No you didn't!"

35 Guns N' Roses frontman Rose 36 Hypnotized or anesthetized 38 Actress Taylor of "High Fidelity" 39 Highest-ranked tournament player 41 Facepalmworthy 44 ___-TASS (Russian press agency) 45 "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" author Mitch 47 Plumb of "The Brady Bunch" 48 Drops in on 51 Mr. Hoggett's wife, in "Babe" 52 ___ es Salaam, Tanzania 53 Italian writer Umberto 54 "Top ___ mornin' to you!"

56 "___ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" 58 Historical medical book, or literally what's happening in this grid?

63 Johnson of TV's "Laugh-In" 66 Watch brand that means "exquisite" or "success" in Japanese 67 Norwegian royal name 68 Spinnaker or jib 69 ___ Rock Pete (Diesel Sweeties character) 70 Sushi ingredient 71 Coop denizens 72 "Carnival of the Animals" composer Camille

Saint-___ 73 Eponymous developer of a mineral scale DOWN 1 Tattle 2 ___ avis (uncommon find) 3 Pig noise 4 Fine equine 5 Sports-channel-themed restaurant 6 Nair rival, once 7 "My package has arrived!"

8 September flower 9 Lieutenant killed by Iago in "Othello" 10 Taqueria dessert, maybe 11 Cruet contents 12 Wildebeest 13 "Stay With Me" Grammy-winner Smith 21 Infuse (with) 22 Sch. that's home to the Wildcats in Durham 25 American competitor 26 Trap liquid?

27 Sean played by Melissa McCarthy 28 Local 29 Far from drab 30 Texas city across the border from Ciudad Juarez 32 "___ pinch of salt ..."

34 Traffic sign warning 37 BBQ entree 40 ___ Lanka 42 They fall in line 43 "... ___ man with seven wives" 46 Area sheltered from the wind 49 "High ___" (Maxwell Anderson play) 50 Period of inactivity 55 "The Lion King" meanie 57 Typhoon, e.g.

58 Toothpaste types 59 Analogous (to) 60 A little bit of everything 61 Sound-barrier word 62 "Z" actor Montand 63 Pikachu's friend 64 Charlotte of "The Facts of Life" 65 Sn, in chemistry

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lugging around decayed guilt and regret? Is it increasingly difficult to keep forbidden feelings concealed? Have your friends been wondering about the whip marks from your self-flagellation sessions? Do you ache for redemption? If you answered yes to any of those questions, listen up. The empathetic and earthy saints of the Confession Catharsis Corps are ready to receive your blubbering disclosures. They are clairvoyant, they’re nonjudgmental, and best of all, they’re free. Within seconds after you telepathically communicate with our earthy saints, they will psychically beam you eleven minutes of unconditional love, no strings attached. Do it! You’ll be amazed at how much lighter and smarter you feel. Transmit your sad stories to the Confession Catharsis Corps NOW!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Now is an

excellent time to FREE YOUR MEMORIES. What comes to mind when I suggest that? Here are my thoughts on the subject. To FREE YOUR MEMORIES, you could change the way you talk and feel about your past. Re-examine your assumptions about your old stories, and dream up fresh interpretations to explain how and why they happened. Here’s another way to FREE YOUR MEMORIES: If you’re holding on to an insult someone hurled at you once upon a time, let it go. In fact, declare a general amnesty for everyone who ever did you wrong. By the way, the coming weeks will also be a favorable phase to FREE YOURSELF OF MEMORIES that hold you back. Are there any tales you tell yourself about the past that undermine your dreams about the future? Stop telling yourself those tales.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): How big is your

vocabulary? Twenty thousand words? Thirty thousand? Whatever size it is, the coming weeks will be prime time to expand it. Life will be conspiring to enhance your creative use of language . . . to deepen your enjoyment of the verbal flow . . . to help you become more articulate in rendering the mysterious feelings and complex thoughts that rumble around inside you. If you pay attention to the signals coming from your unconscious mind, you will be shown how to speak and write more effectively. You may not turn into a silvertongued persuader, but you could become a more eloquent spokesperson for your own interests.

LEO

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ARIES

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here are

“Jonesin” Crosswords

APRIL 3 - APRIL 9

(July 23-Aug. 22): We all need more breaks from the routine — more holidays, more vacations, more days off from work. We should all play and dance and sing more, and guiltlessly practice the arts of leisure and relaxation, and celebrate freedom in regular boisterous rituals. And I’m nominating you to show us the way in the coming weeks, Leo. Be a cheerleader who exemplifies how it’s done. Be a ringleader who springs all of us inmates out of our mental prisons. Be the imaginative escape artist who demonstrates how to relieve tension and lose inhibitions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): People in your

vicinity may be preoccupied with trivial questions.

What’s more nutritious, corn chips or potato chips? Could Godzilla kick King Kong’s ass? Is it harder to hop forward on one foot or backward with both feet? I suspect you will also encounter folks who are embroiled in meaningless decisions and petty emotions. So how should you navigate your way through this energy-draining muddle? Here’s my advice: Identify the issues that are most worthy of your attention. Stay focused on them with disciplined devotion. Be selfish in your rapt determination to serve your clearest and noblest and holiest agendas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I hope that by mid-May

you will be qualified to teach a workshop called “Sweet Secrets of Tender Intimacy” or “Dirty Secrets of Raw Intimacy” or maybe even “Sweet and Dirty Secrets of Raw and Tender Intimacy.” In other words, Libra, I suspect that you will be adding substantially to your understanding of the art of togetherness. Along the way, you may also have experiences that would enable you to write an essay entitled “How to Act Like You Have Nothing to Lose When You Have Everything to Gain.”

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you have a

dream of eating soup with a fork, it might mean that in your waking life you’re using the wrong approach to getting nourished. If you have a dream of entering through an exit, it might mean that in your waking life you’re trying to start at the end rather than the beginning. And if you dream of singing nursery rhymes at a karaoke bar with unlikable people from high school, it might mean that in your waking life you should seek more fulfilling ways to express your wild side and your creative energies. (P.S. You’ll be wise to do these things even if you don’t have the dreams I described.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you’re a

Quixotic lover, you’re more in love with love itself than with any person. If you’re a Cryptic lover, the best way to stay in love with a particular partner is to keep him or her guessing. If you’re a Harlequin, your steady lover must provide as much variety as three lovers. If you’re a Buddy, your specialties are having friendly sex and having sex with friends. If you’re a Histrionic, you’re addicted to confounding, disorienting love. It’s also possible that you’re none of the above. I hope so, because now is an excellent time to have a beginner’s mind about what kind of love you really need and want to cultivate in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your new

vocabulary word is “adytum.” It refers to the most sacred place within a sacred place — the inner shrine at the heart of a sublime sanctuary. Is there such a spot in your world? A location that embodies all you hold precious about your journey on planet Earth? It might be in a church or temple or synagogue or mosque, or it could be a magic zone in nature or a corner of your bedroom. Here you feel an intimate connection with the divine, or a sense of awe and reverence for the privilege of being alive. If you don’t have a personal adytum, Capricorn, find or create one. You need the refreshment that comes from dwelling in the midst of the numinous.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You could

defy gravity a little, but not a lot. You can’t move a mountain, but you may be able to budge a hill. Luck won’t miraculously enable you to win a contest, but it might help you seize a hard-earned perk or privilege. A bit of voraciousness may be good for your soul, but a big blast of greed would be bad for both your soul and your ego. Being savvy and feisty will energize your collaborators and attract new allies; being a smart-ass show-off would alienate and repel people.

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