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CONTENTS

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

Oryana Café......................................................9 The Personalities of Mackinac Island.................10 Of Flowers and Fabled Ships...........................13 The Battle of Mackinac Island...........................14 Preserving the Porch........................................17 Mackinac Island’s New Doctor..........................18 Seen..................................................................26

dates................................................27-30 music Memorial Weekend Makes Moves in Detroit.......20

letters Road Reverie

I seem to be suffering from a recurrent dream and it’s this: I am driving my car across town and much to my astonishment, no bumps or bonks. The roads are newly and beautifully paved! The freshly painted yellow lines could glow in the dark, and I can even distinguish with great certainty which are the left turn lanes!

When reality hits, I find myself pitying my poor car (and back) for having to endure such abuse. Will my tires fulfill their life expectancies? Probably not. I feel like some sort of pilot as I maneuver to avoid all the road anomalies. All the valiant hole-filling of our deteriorating roads is, unfortunately, just a fleeting Band-Aid and certainly doesn’t do much for aesthetics.

I have never driven in a town with such poor roads. Why is this? With all the taxes we pay, why can’t we be proud of our roads instead of frustrated and embarrassed? Our residents and visitors deserve better.

Caralee Giuntoli, Traverse City

Robots And Immigrants

We do NOT need immigrant labor any more.

Touch-screen kiosks are replacing cashiers in fast food restaurants, and robots will soon be flipping burgers on their grills. Robot-milking parlors are not just eliminating cow-handling jobs on dairy farms, they’re letting farmers take vacations.

Japan’s robot poultry-packing systems will come here whenever it pays to bring them. Corn, wheat, and rice have long been harvested by machine, but now even romaine lettuce is being automated. Bush blueberries are picked by machine, cherries are brought down by shakers; apples and peaches are not going to be long to follow.

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Modern Rock/Kristi Kates..................................32 The Reel........................................................33 Russ Cage, Williamsburg Advice Goddess...............................................35 Crossword.....................................................36 Freewill Astrology............................................37 Seniors and Movies This past weekend, my wife and I Classifieds......................................................38 watched “Manchester by the Sea” on Netflix, a highly rated movie. I had a difficult time understanding the dialog, which was a big part of the movie. I have had hearing aids for three years and, while they help, my hearing is still deficient. My wife’s hearing is fine, but she also has some difficulties understanding the dialogue of movies.

According to AARP Bulletin, 40 percent of the over-60 population experiences hearing loss and only 20 percent of those use a hearing aid. Some 70 million grandparents Northern Express Weekly is published by are in the U.S., a 20 percent increase since Eyes Only Media, LLC. 2001. With that many seniors, the movie Publisher: Luke Haase industry should ensure that the dialogue is 129 E Front Traverse City, MI absolutely clear, that actors speak up, and Phone: (231) 947-8787 Fax: 947-2425 that actors do not mumble. email: info@northernexpress.com www.northernexpress.com At the local theatre, we recently enjoyed “Going in Style,” a movie about three old Executive Editor: Lynda Twardowski Wheatley Finance & Distribution Manager: Brian Crouch guys who rob a bank. The audio was fine.

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Spider In The White House?

Who can put a label on Trump voters at the moment in the booth, when they thought the tone of the nation should change? They were probably suckers, just like the rest of us. But now an entity has been identified as a spider cancer that runs its poisonous fingers throughout a vulnerable body and threatens to extinguish its very life. Dreams, prone to violent end and questions that just hang in a dark, dead universe. No one has the vaguest answers or the simplest solutions.

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BY Thomas Kachadurian The big news last week was the WannaCry attack on 230,000 computers, including those of big players like the British National Health Service. The attack reveals just how powerless the world is against hacking; the recommended solution for the WannaCry victims is to pay the $300 ransom. A big part of the story will be that WannaCry hackers used the EternalBlue hack developed by the United States National Security Agency and leaked to the world by other hackers. The real story, however, is that we not only knew this would happen but also were warned a while ago.

In an August 2016 Washington Post article, published August 16, 2016, national security and technology reporters Ellen Nakashima and Andrea Peterson warned of the dangers of the NSA using software flaws to hack foreign targets. This was shortly after The Shadow Brokers hacker group published several leaks containing hacking tools, which it claimed had been acquired from the NSA. Although the NSA publicly denies the charge, it is widely understood that the NSA hoards and exploits security flaws before software companies themselves find and patch them.

Despite its denials, the NSA does not have a policy of immediately notifying software companies when it finds flaws in their codes. Nakashima and Peterson noted, “The government has a process for determining when to share software flaws. Agencies such as the NSA and the FBI are supposed to submit any flaws they discover to a multiagency group of experts, who then weigh whether the advantage of keeping the vulnerabilities secret outweighs the public’s cybersecurity.” In other words, the government is willing to risk a potential threat to citizens of the U.S., and the world, if it thinks it might be able to first exploit the flaw for its own uses.

In a textbook display of hubris, the NSA inhouse hackers so overvalue their abilities that they assume their discovery is unique, something no one else will ever find. They assume that they are smarter or luckier (or both) than anyone else in the world. They’re wrong. A key element used in the WannaCry attack came from the NSA, stolen by someone who outsmarted its people.

While hubris might be entertaining in a Greek tragedy, it is dangerous in governments. Despite its high opinion of itself, even the NSA is vulnerable. It might have denied that Shadow Broker’s leak came through the NSA, but the world is certain it did. As we saw earlier this spring when WikiLeaks posted a list of code flaws the FBI held, government agencies aren’t without their own security problems.

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It’s easy to pick on the United States because we’re fairly open about these things (as governments go), but this is a worldwide problem. If our NSA is finding and holding software flaws, it’s safe to assume there are a least a few other governments doing exactly the same thing. There is equal prob-

ability that the flaws those governments are holding will be revealed. Governments are fallible; the cybersecurity information they withhold will come back to hurt their own people. Governments, corporations, and individuals have an obligation to quickly report any threats they discover. This is not a new idea.

On April 13, 2017, a month before the WannaCry attack, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer called for a Digital Geneva Convention to “establish international norms for responsible nation state behavior in cyberspace.” His blog post focused on cyberattacks by nations — the ultimate reason that nation’s hoard security flaws. More importantly, he calls for a change in government attitudes. Smith wants the NSA and its worldwide counterparts to stop looking at cyber security as something to exploit and begin seeing it as an obligation to protect. He calls for “100 percent commitment to defense and zero percent to offense.” He didn’t specifically address the practice of holding discovered security flaws, but if the NSA had employed the 100 percent defensive strategy he suggests, it would have immediately and aggressively reported the EternalBlue flaw to Microsoft and worked with them to repair it.

Sunday morning, after Friday’s attack, Smith pointed fingers. His post in April called for a constructive philosophical change; his May 14 post got right to it: “This most recent attack represents a completely unintended but disconcerting link between the two most serious forms of cybersecurity threats in the world today — nation-state action and organized criminal action,” Smith wrote. He has a point.

Every time any government holds back information on potential security vulnerabilities, it is willingly putting its citizens at risk. While the NSA thought it could use the EternalBlue flaw to protect the interests of the United States, by withholding it until after it had been leaked, they delayed updates that have cost Americans and the world. Timing is critical in these matters — not only for getting software patched but also for users to install the provided updates. On March 17, 2017, Microsoft issued a patch for the vulnerability used by WannaCry; by May 12, 2017, when the attack occurred, a significant number of users still had not applied the patch.

The hackers who built and circulated the WannaCry Trojan horse are ultimately responsible. Yet, the leak of EternalBlue that led to WannaCry could have been avoided if the NSA had not stored and hoarded the code. While it is not the absolute role of government to protect citizens from cyber threats, it is its moral obligation to not help propagate them.

Thomas Kachadurian is a photographer, designer, and author. He lives on Old Mission with his wife and two children. He is a member and past president of the Traverse Area District Library Board of Trustees.

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top five Whale of a Photo is Fake News A Facebook photo of a whale swimming under the Mackinac Bridge is a hoax.

Someone went to great lengths for the prank, doctoring a photograph and concocting a backstory about a nonexistent whale that’s supposedly been extinct for 35 years.

A Facebook post about the photo reads: “Wow. This is the first sighting of a freshwater sturgeon whale in the Great Lakes in over fifty years. Officially declared extinct in 1982, but not anymore. Very cool.”

Snopes.com, a website dedicated to investigating Internet claims and revealing hoaxes, failed this claim on every point, determining that there is no such thing as a “freshwater sturgeon whale,” there never has been such a thing, there is no record of whales ever having lived in the Great Lakes, and the Mackinac Bridge Drone Authority, which the post credits for the photograph, does not exist. Also, Snopes investigators found an undoctored version of the same photo in an image search.

Snopes’ Mackinac Straits whale debunking story was published May 15.

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Final Push for Homeless Shelter Funds Safe Harbor is in the final stages of raising money to open a permanent shelter and resource center on Wellington Street for the winter of 2017-18.

Private donors and institutions helped the nonprofit raise $1.5 million so far and Safe Harbor hopes to raise the final $250,000 through an appeal to the general public.

“Through the generous support of the philanthropic community, our church network and many individual donors, we have secured financial commitments to help us reach 85 percent of our goal,” said Christine Minervini, fundraising chair. “But we need the help of our public supporters to get us across the finish line.”

The group is looking for gifts of any size and have secured matching funds from the Community Foundation’s Snyder Fund and other philanthropic organizations so that small donations can be as much as tripled.

“A gift made today is three times more powerful because of these generous matching funds,” Minervini said. “Even a small gift has great impact.”

Safe Harbor has been serving adults experiencing homelessness in the Grand Traverse region since 2004. In those years, 20 churches and 2,000 volunteers have provided emergency shelter from late November through early April. To donate or for more information, visit gtsafeharbor.org.

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It was a bad idea back in 2011 when Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed similar legislation. It was a bad idea in 2014 when he vetoed it again.

It’s an even worse idea now.

It’s not clear the Trump administration will even have environmental standards. The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, says his focus will be “working with” the business community. He isn’t sure human beings have caused or contributed to climate change, nor does he believe carbon dioxide emissions are causative.

In his post-inaugural flurry of executive orders and presidential memoranda, President Trump approved the Keystone XL pipeline, eliminated restrictions that prevented coal mines from dumping their waste in nearby waterways, and laid the groundwork for more gas, oil and coal exploration, drilling, and mining. He favors uranium mining near the Grand Canyon and gold mining in the Alaskan wilderness. He’s even discussed reversing some of President Obama’s nationalmonument designations to allow drilling and mining in those restricted areas.

Most troubling, Trump’s preliminary budget, now being called a trial balloon, included a 90 percent cut to the Great Lakes Initiative, a primary source of funding designed to protect these five freshwater lakes.

Confidence is not high that environmental protection is still a priority at the now ironically named Environmental Protection Agency. Removing regulatory protection seems to be the objective. To tether Michigan to a regressing EPA, as Rep. Cole now suggests, does us no favors.

This is an especially delicate issue in a part of the state that often feels ignored by a legislature that seems to believe Michigan ends just north of Grand Rapids. Up here, our lives and livelihoods are dependent on natural resources we’d sooner see protected.

The business vs. environment debate should end. Communities intent on being good shepherds of the environment attract more business and jobs than they hinder. Northern Michigan farmers and growers support and have adapted to environmental rules, with many going the extra step of producing organically.

And we do have our own issues to which the feds, and occasionally our own DEQ, seem oblivious.

Some parts of Lake Michigan’s bottom are now feet deep in zebra mussels, an invasive species that degrades the low end of the food chain, crowding out native species. We still haven’t found a real solution for the threat of Asian carp entering Lake Michigan, a kind of natural-disaster-in-waiting.

Nestlé would like to increase their waterpumping capacity by 60 percent at one well and 167 percent at another five. They’ve thus far pumped, bottled, and sold almost 3.5 billion gallons of Michigan groundwater. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) says groundwater is a renewable resource, and no harm is being done.

Environmentalists in the area claim there is evidence springs, seeps, and wetlands are being diminished.

Many residents of Flint are still being forced to use bottled water — some donated by Nestlé — or a filtration system on their taps years after local officials and DEQ allowed lead-tainted water into their homes.

And Waukesha, Wisc., received approval to suck 8.5 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan despite its being well outside the boundary that allows such withdrawals.

Michigan, or any other member of the Great Lakes Commission, could have stopped it with a single “no” but nary a peep was heard.

If the feds are no longer going to oversee the protection of our air, land, and water, then Michigan legislators and the DEQ, despite their sketchy recent record, will need to do it for them. And for us. We need more, not less; lowest common denominator environmental protection is nowhere near good enough. _______________ There will be no offshore powerboat races on West Grand Traverse Bay. The Traverse City City Commission unanimously rejected the idea. The races were never a perfect fit. Essentially closing the bay for another summer weekend was never going to be popular.

But the instantaneous and venomous opposition was wildly overblown. Misinformation and disinformation spread quickly.

It definitely would have been noisy, but it’s a fair bet the racing boats emit less air pollution during their time on the water than is emitted by hundreds of motorized pleasure craft on the bay on any given summer weekend. That’s especially true when they congregate with engines idling.

And we can’t reflexively reject everything that makes noise, or we’ll be restricted to attracting an annual mime convention.

The boat race didn’t make the grade. Fair enough. But the knee-jerk reaction of some was troubling.

Crime & Rescue MOTEL FIRE CONNECTED TO DRUGS A Manton motel fire that left three people seriously burned might be drug related.

Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies said the cause of the fire was unknown but they brought in the Traverse Narcotics Team to assist in the investigation.

Residents awoke to an explosion and a fire at the Green Mill Motel at 4am May 17. Firefighters and police were called to the motel at 709 N. Michigan Ave., and they found the building engulfed in flames, deputies said.

Three victims were taken to Munson Cadillac with severe burns; they later were transferred to Grand Rapids for specialized treatment.

ALLEGED PEEPER CHARGED AGAIN A former youth pastor accused in Charlevoix County of secretly recording video of undressed underage girls now faces charges in Emmet County.

Sheriff’s deputies launched an investigation after they received information from Charlevoix County and determined that Boyne City resident Benoni Jonathan Enciso videotaped four teenagers while they were undressing and showering at a house he was staying at in Bay View, just north of Petoskey.

The incidents allegedly occurred between July and September 2015, according to Sheriff Pete Wallin. Emmet County Prosecutors charged Enciso with 20 felony counts.

Enciso, 49, also faces charges in Charlevoix County stemming from an incident in Boyne City in February when a family staying at his house discovered he was using a hidden camera to record girls, ages 15 and 18, while they showered.

Enciso had been a youth pastor in Harbor Springs prior to his arrest.

TC ARMED ROBBERY INVESTIGATED Four people burst into a Traverse City house, held a couple in bed at knife-point, demanded money, and beat the man in the head with brass knuckles.

Traverse City Police Chief Jeffrey O’Brien said the 33-year-old man suffered five head wounds that appeared to require stitches. The man’s 32-year-old girlfriend was not injured in the incident, which was reported May 14 at 3:14pm.

The suspects, two women and two men, demanded money they said they were owed; they fled with $150. The victims and suspects were acquaintances.

A Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputy spotted the suspect’s vehicle at Roy’s General Store, located at Three Mile and Hammond roads, shortly after the incident. Three of the suspects, two women ages 26 and 20, and a 21-year-old man were arrested. A 27-year-old male suspect was not in the vehicle; O’Brien said officers are looking for the man.

The suspects are expected to face charges of home invasion, armed robbery, and felonious assault. The female victim also was also arrested because she was wanted on a warrant in an unrelated case. The male victim was arrested on a parole violation.

O’Brien said another man was arrested for burglary when investigators returned to the victims’ house and found him trying to break into a safe; O’Brien said investigators believe the whole case is drug related.

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PROM-GOER OKAY AFTER CRASH A teenager who attended prom, hiked with friends, and didn’t get any sleep overnight was okay after falling asleep while driving the next morning.

The 17-year-old crashed on Seaman Road, near Rosemarie Road, in Manistee County’s Norman Township at 11am May 14, state police said.

The man was taken to Munson Medical Center to be checked out for non-life threatening injuries.

Troopers said alcohol was not a factor in the crash.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER FLEEING CRASH Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for drunk driving after they came across a crashed and abandoned pickup truck.

Deputies found the truck on the side of M-22 near East Lakeview Hills Road at 2:47am May 14. Deputies tracked down the suspected driver, a 22-year-old Traverse City man, whom they determined had crashed his truck at 2am and called a friend for a ride. They determined the man had been drinking prior to the crash.

Deputies took the man to Munson Medical Center and then to jail.

PENINSULA WOMAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT A 911 hang-up call brought police to the Old Mission Peninsula where they arrested a woman for domestic violence.

The call was placed just before midnight May 12; the dispatcher heard a scream before the line went dead and alerted Grand Traverse Sheriff’s deputies, Capt. Christopher Clark said.

Deputies arrived to find a 36-year-old intoxicated female with a cut lip that she said happened when she fell down some stairs. The woman’s 42-year-old boyfriend told deputies that the woman had smashed his phone, slapped and scratched him, and threw a glass ashtray at the back of his head amid an argument over infidelity.

Deputies arrested the woman for domestic assault and malicious destruction of property.

POLICE: MAN CHOKED GIRLFRIEND A man is accused of throwing his girlfriend onto a bed and choking her in Leelanau County.

The 38-year-old Suttons Bay Township man faces felony assault charges after Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies investigated an incident that occurred at his home May 9 at 2pm.

Deputies responded to East Norris Road after a 30-year-old woman called police to report that she’d been assaulted. She told deputies that during an argument, her boyfriend had grabbed and choked her; the woman had injuries on her neck and shoulders, deputies said.

The man was charged May 11 on assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and he was held in lieu of $100,000.

WOMAN KILLED IN ROLLOVER CRASH A Grayling woman was killed when she drove her Chevrolet Trailblazer off I-75 and rolled several times.

State police responded to the crash in Otsego County’s Corwith Township at 1:30pm May 13.

Ashley Lucht was unconscious and trapped in the vehicle when troopers arrived; she could not be revived. Several passersby, including a nurse, had stopped to render aid.

The 29-year-old was extracted from the vehicle and taken to Otsego Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Troopers said they did not know why Lucht drove off the road.

THREE INJURIED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH Three people suffered injuries after a motorcycle and an SUV crashed in Cadillac.

The motorcycle crashed into a Ford Explorer that was waiting to make a left turn into a driveway from Sunnyside Drive, Cadillac Police said.

A man and woman on the motorcycle suffered life-threatening injuries and were taken to Munson Medical Center. The SUV driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital.

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-- In the course of pursuing claims against Alaskan dentist Seth Lookhart for Medicaid fraud, government investigators found a video on his phone of him extracting a sedated patient’s tooth -- while riding on a hoverboard. (He had apparently sent the video to his office manager under the title “New Standard of Care.”) Lookhart had been indicted in 2016 for billing Medicaid $1.8 million for patient sedations unnecessary for the procedures they received.

The Job of the Researcher “Marine mammologist” Dara Orbach’s specialty is figuring out how bottlenose dolphins actually fit their sex organs together to copulate.

When dolphins die of natural causes, Orbach, a post-doctoral fellow at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University, is sent their genitals (and also those of whales, porpoises and sea lions) and fills each one with silicone to work from molds in understanding the sex act’s mechanics. Dolphins’ vaginas are “surprising” in their “complexity,” she told Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in April, for example, with the ability to twist inner folds to divert the progress of any sperm deposited by undesirable mates.

Perspective In April, Tennessee state representative Mike Stewart, aiming to make a point about the state’s lax gun-sales laws and piggybacking onto the cuddly feeling people have about children’s curbside lemonade stands, set up a combination stand on Nashville’s Capitol Hill, offering for sale lemonade, cookies -- and an AK-47 assault rifle (with a sign reading “No Background Check,” to distinguish the private-sale AK-47 from one purchased from a federally licensed dealer). (In fact, some states still regulate lemonade stands more than gun sales -- by nettlesome “health department” and anti-competitive rules and licensing, though Tennessee allows the stands in most neighborhoods as long as they are small and operated infrequently.)

Bright Ideas -- Compared to busy coastal metropolises, Indiana may evoke repose, and entrepreneur Tom Battista is suggesting the state’s largest city capitalize on the sentiment by reserving a destination site on a low-lying hill overlooking the chaotic merge lanes of two interstate highways -- affording visitors leisurely moments watching the frantic motorists scrambling below. He plans three rows of seats and a sunshade for the relaxed gawkers to take in the “ocean”-like roar and imagine overwrought drivers’ rising blood pressure (while their own remains soothingly calm).

-- Several treatments are available to combat the heart arrhythmia “atrial fibrillation,” but all require medical supervision, which John Griffin, 69, said he tried to acquire at the emergency room at New Zealand’s Waikato Hospital in April, only to be met with delay and frustration.

Griffin went home that day, took notice of his neighbor’s 8,000-volt electric security fence and, with boots off, in a fit of do-it-yourself desperation, nudged it with his arm. He got quite a jolt, he said, but he walked away, and his heart returned to natural rhythm. The medical director of the Heart Foundation of New Zealand said that Griffin was lucky and sternly warned against the “procedure.”

Weird Science Medical researchers have been frustrated for years at failures in getting certain cancerfighting drugs to reach targeted areas in women’s reproductive tracts, but doctors in Germany announced in April a bold technique that appeared to work: sending the drugs via sperm cells, which seem to roam without obstruction as they search for an egg. The process involves coating active sperm cells with an iron adhesive and magnetically steering them to their internal targets.

News That Sounds Like a Joke -- Sean Clemens, now awaiting trial in Liberty, Ohio, in the death of an 84-year-old woman, allegedly confessed his guilt to a coworker after telling the man that something was bothering him that he needed to tell someone about -- but only if the co-worker would “pinkie-swear” not to tell anyone else.

Ironies (1) The Wall Street Journal reported in February that among the most popular diversions when Syrian households gather to escape the country’s bombs and bullets is playing the Hasbro war board game Risk (even though the game’s default version contains only five armies -- not nearly enough to simulate the many Syrian factions now fighting). (2) The parliament of Australia’s New South Wales, entertaining a February citizen petition to cut societal “waste,” admitted that the petition’s required 107,000 signatures (already on a USB stick) would, by rule, have to be submitted in hard copy (4,000 pages), even though the pages would immediately be electronically scanned into a format for data storage.

People Different From Us In March, an electrician on a service call at a public restroom in Usuki, Japan, discovered a crawlspace above the urinal area, which had apparently been a man’s home (with a space heater, gas stove and clothing). Investigators learned that Takashi Yamanouchi, 54, a homeless wanderer, had been living there continuously for three years -- and had arranged everything very tidily, including the 300-plus plastic two-liter bottles of his urine.

(It was unclear why he was storing his urine when he resided above a public restroom.)

Least Competent Criminals Not Ready For Prime Time: (1) In March, WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., broadcast surveillance video of a 7-Eleven armed robbery in the city’s northeast sector -- since some footage offered a clear picture of the suspect’s face. Moments into the robbery, the man peered upward, caught sight of the camera and, shocked, reached for his apparently forgotten ski mask on top of his head, where (better late than never) he pulled it into place. (2) In November, three teenagers were arrested after stealing superfast Dodge cars in the middle of the night from a dealership in St. Peters, Missouri. (After driving less than a mile, police said, the three had lost control of their cars, crashing them, including “totaling” two 700-horsepower Challenger Hellcats.)

ORYANA CAFÉ WAY TO GROW!

By Janice Binkert For all of those who lament that — despite its growing reputation as a dining mecca — Traverse City has few ethnic cuisine options, some good news: We have a restaurant that serves not only Indian specialties but also Greek dishes and Moroccan fare — the newly remodeled and expanded Oryana Café, on East Tenth Street, just a stone’s throw from downtown’s Front Street district.

YOU CAN PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE Here, those and other international flavors appear in myriad guises alongside a plethora of more familiar — but no less interesting — foods. Want a juicy burger? A crunchy vegetable or grain salad? A bowl of two-alarm chili? Oryana has those too.

“Practically everything is made from scratch, with the focus on fresh, fair trade, local and organic ingredients, and there are options for everyone — meat eaters, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free,” said Danielle ZimmermanTiedeck, the café’s prepared foods manager.

“We offer a tremendous number of choices, and our staff is very well educated on which ones are appropriate for certain restricted diets or allergies. That said, I want to emphasize that when people come into our café, they aren’t walking into the gluten-free place, or the vegan or vegetarian place, or the place for people who have allergies. They’re walking into a place with healthy, delicious food for a wide range of tastes — and in many cases, it’s also really decadent food.”

GO WITH THE FLOW Formerly known as Lake Street Café, Oryana Café is still inside Oryana Natural Foods Market, but now within a bright and much bigger. Seating capacity has doubled to 40, not including an outdoor picnic table area and soon-to-be-completed green-roof gazebo.

Why the changes? “We needed a little more breathing room, because — and granted, this was a good problem to have — we just kept getting busier and busier. It was really customer driven,” said Stephanie Mathewson, marketing and communications

manager for Oryana. “Our team has been really great about taking suggestions from customers all along and incorporating them, adding or changing things to make them better. As we grew, we heard a lot of requests for more seating and a better flow, and now we have that. It can also now be more of a community gathering space. All of the tables and chairs are lightweight and moveable, to accommodate different-sized groups.”

Changes also have been made to the café’s menus and service delivery. In addition to an even larger “grab-and-go” deli case, the café offers an expanded hot bar, a separate soup bar, a section for fresh baked goods, and made-to-order items galore: salads, sandwiches, juices, smoothies, and specialty coffees or teas. A second register has been added, and food runners will be present during peak hours to help speed up service.

For folks waiting on to-go food, the café this summer will provide pagers, enabling customers to shop around the store until their order is ready. Customers also can call ahead for pick up or order via the Chompler app or website (a local service that delivers within a five-mile radius for a small fee). “It’s very ‘millennial,’” said Zimmerman-Tiedeck.

SPOILED FOR CHOICE Putting the Oryana Café or its food into any particular category isn’t easy. The deli case offers premade selections as diverse as Mexican lasagna, sweet and sour chicken, roasted beets with lemon and ginger, Gruyere mac ’n’ cheese with bacon, and peanut-tofu spring rolls, as well as quiches, sandwiches, salads, and take-and-bake pizzas.

The hot bar has a different theme for its entrées every day (see sidebar). “Every day we update the hot bar menu. It’s the most clicked link on our website! And we hear about it if we don’t change it quickly enough — we get phone calls asking ‘What’s on the menu today?’”

FYI: Last Wednesday it was Mediterranean stuffed red peppers, chicken Merlot with mushroom-leek sauce, parmesan smashed red potatoes, Italian meatballs with marinara sauce, cider-glazed root vegetables, and roasted butternut squash lasagna. Soups

are also big sellers, and recent soup offerings included fire-roasted tomato-kale and oldfashioned chicken noodle.

The café has been doing breakfast foods for a while, but staff have steadily added new menu items like roasted potatoes and an array of tasty frittatas, as well as baked French toast. “We’d like to expand on that even more — especially on Sundays so that it’s more of a brunch,” said Mathewson.

UP NEXT: FROZEN FOOD, HOT ROOF One unique service the café offers is taking orders for easy-freeze entrées of any portion count. “Our lead chef, Maggie [Zimmerman], who is the driving force behind our culinary standards and kitchen operation, not only creates all of our cooked dishes but also knows which of those are most suitable for freezing,” said Zimmerman-Tiedeck. “It can be handy in the summer when you suddenly have unexpected guests arrive. We can also do healthy frozen meal options portioned for just one or two servings. That’s especially popular with people who live alone or who are older and maybe don’t want to cook that often.” Bonus: Oryana offers a 5 percent discount on Wednesdays for people over 55. Got kids? You’re in luck too; a special children’s menu is coming this summer.

Customer response to the new space has been great, according to Mathewson. “They say it is not only more comfortable, but more sophisticated, and they like the open and airy atmosphere with all of the windows. It was a very well thought-out design. We worked closely with Keen Technical Solutions, who have the same values as we do, and over a hundred other local subcontractors to create it. It was green built and is silver LEED certified. And it’s not going to stop here.

Among other things, we are talking about solar panels on the roof to offset some of the power usage we have. We love reinvesting into our operation. We’re always thinking about that — what’s going to be the best way to sensibly and sustainably grow? Whether it’s people or food or community or business or spaces, we want to do it in the right way.”

Oryana Café is located at 260 East Tenth St. in Traverse City. For more information, call (231) 947-0191 or visit oryana.coop/lakestreet-café. Rating: $

Around the World in Seven Days Oryana’s hot bar Oryana Café’s hot bar always boasts an array of foods, but its daily changing ethnic specialties get top billing — and rave reviews. Plan your week now, thank us later: SUNDAY: Chef’s choice MONDAY: Asian TUESDAY: Indian WEDNESDAY: European THURSDAY: Greek and Moroccan FRIDAY: Latin and European SATURDAY: Global

Starter Seed Oryana now and then Oryana Café is located inside Oryana Natural Foods Market, an institution in Traverse City since 1973, when a small group of like-minded people who wanted more transparency in their food’s origins formed a private cooperative.

Originally operating on a back porch, the cooperative was built upon a simple business model: buying food in bulk and splitting it among members. Now, 44 years later, Oryana’s back-porch business has morphed into a $16 million, 9,000-square-foot food cooperative that boasts more than 7,000 member-owners, as well as a large and loyal public following.

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Mackinac Island Mainstays

By Kristi Kates If you’ve ever been to Mackinac Island and marveled at the many, many different varieties of fudge (the island’s signature export), then you should definitely meet the people.

The residents of the island — some who live there full-time, some who only stay through the summer months — are a diverse bunch. Here, we meet six whose unique work and passions keep the 3.8-square-mile island ticking.

KEN HAYWARD

ELIZABETH BURT

Grand Hotel Executive Vice President and Managing Director Ken Hayward began his career at the Grand in 1985, directly out of college. “I am lucky,” he said. “It is the only place I have ever worked.”

He was brought on as a sales manager, but spent his first summer on the island as what he calls a “utility infielder” — helping out around the historic hotel wherever needed.

“That first summer, I worked the front desk, convention services, guest services,” he said. “It was a great way to learn the hotel business from the Musser family [the Grand Hotel’s owners, who purchased the property in 1979].”

Hayward took on something of a double life in the hotel industry by accepting the Grand Hotel job. He lived on the island that first summer, and then worked out of the hotel’s Lansing sales office, four hours south, for the following 25 years. This year, he’ll spend his sixth summer living on the island again, along with his wife, Nancy, and their dog, Coach.

“My daughter, Alexandra, and my son, Zach, also visit as often as their careers allow, at least three or four times a summer,” Hayward said. “The natural beauty here is amazing. Sometimes you just have to stop and look around and realize what a special place and environment you are lucky to work in.

And there is also an energy on the island with so many visitors enjoying all there is to do.”

A typical day for Hayward starts with his arrival at the hotel in the morning. He first takes a pass through the kitchen to make sure his chef and crew are all set for the day, then he makes a round through the dining room to say hello to the guests enjoying breakfast.

“Each morning, Mr. Musser, our VP of Accommodations, and I also go over the list of guests arriving for the day to make sure the room assignments and amenities are set,” Hayward said. “After that, it’s a balance of monitoring email, phone calls, and walking the hotel to interact with guests, our department heads, and staff members to

Elizabeth Burt is much like the Laura Ingalls Wilder of northern Michigan, teaching small classes in a community that becomes even closer during its isolation in the winter months.

Burt got her introduction to Mackinac as a Girl Scout in eighth grade, when she was part of the Mackinac Island Honor Guard, a rotating seven-day program in which selected Girl Scouts perform island flag ceremonies, guide duties, and service projects. Burt participated in the program through high school.

Later, while attending Michigan State University to earn her teaching certificate, she went back to the island, this time working as an historical interpreter at Fort Mackinac between college semesters. Burt said it was during that summer she had the notion that living on the island would be “really wonderful.”

“When a teaching job opened up on Mackinac, I applied, thinking maybe I’d stay for a few years,” Burt said. “But I loved it, and I didn’t want to leave — so I haven’t!”

Burt is now in her 24th year of teaching at Mackinac Island Public Schools, where she teaches fourth, fifth, and sixth grade math and science year-round. Her teaching job isn’t typical. In the winter, many of her young students arrive at school via snowmobile. The biggest Mackinac Island class she’s ever taught had 19 kids; the smallest had only 3.

“But smaller doesn’t necessarily mean easier,” she said. “They still all have to learn the same stuff!”

The bigger challenge, Burt said, is that because there aren’t enough students to fill each elementary grade, the school uses “splits,” grouping several grades together in a single class setting. Preschool, kindergarten, and first grade are one; second and third grades, and fourth and fifth grades form two others. Only sixth graders are their own group.

“To work with the kids well in this situation, you really have to be flexible, and you really have to be able to multitask,” Burt said.

Another challenge is acquiring school supplies.

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address any issues that may come up at the hotel or our six off-site restaurants.”

With so many different departments under his guidance, Hayward said he realizes that he’s part of something bigger than himself and important to so many.

In addition to the hotel’s most famous visitors — five U.S. presidents; Russian presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev; author Mark Twain; and actors Jane Seymour and the late Christopher Reeve (leads of the island-filmed movie Somewhere in Time) among them — the hotel welcomes visitors from around the world.

“Guests travel from near and far to celebrate special occasions or just get away from things, and it takes all 750 of our staff members to make that happen. I also appreciate the Musser family and their philosophy of how to treat our guests. How they care for and operate the hotel makes it enjoyable to come to work every day,” he said.

“I think everyone should spend the night on Mackinac at least once. I hope it is at the Grand Hotel, but if not, I still believe the experience is special. The peacefulness of the island at night and in the morning is wonderful, and the sunrise and sunsets are incredible.”

IRA GREEN

The Quiet Mogul A consulting job for Mackinac Island’s Lake View Hotel brought Ira Green to the island 26 years ago. It was love at first sight.

“I thought it was terrific,” Green said.

“There’s no crime, no bad guys, no bugs to speak of, and beautiful weather.”

Step forward to 2017 — or pedal forward, in Green’s instance — and he’s still on the island, now as the proprietor of the Mackinac Island Bike Shop, among other things. He lives on the island in season, and in Petoskey in the winter.

In addition to the bicycle shop, Green’s business involvements on the island include the Lake View Hotel, the Bicycle Street

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Inn, two Sanders Candy stores, and three restaurants: Goodfellow’s, Winchester’s Craft Food and Drink, and Riley’s Grill.

But the bike shop is the place you’ll most often find him. Green worked as an aircraft mechanic in his youth, having attended trade school to learn to work on planes. At one point, he was working for a company that made fighter and bomber jets for the Vietnam war.

“It’s only a short hop from airplane mechanics to bicycle mechanics,” Green said.

Green opened his first bicycle shop on Mackinac Island in the early 2000s. Over the years, he acquired several more bike shops and blended them together to focus on expanding his flagship brand and stand, the Mackinac Island Bike Shop, which is located right next to Shepler’s Ferry dock. The shop opens in mid-May and closes each year

“Amazon Prime is my best resource,” Burt said. “That’s another way you have to be organized — to think ahead and plan a couple of weeks out. Our local grocery, Doud’s, is so great, but they aren’t able to carry everything, so you can’t just run to the store for certain things.”

Burt met her husband, Allen, through the local social scene when he was working right across the Straits as an archaeologist at Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City. He’s now in charge of the island’s drinking water plant. The couple has been married 20 years and have two kids; both children had Mom as their teacher.

“Having my own kids in my class has been a little challenging for me, although I think it’s probably harder on them,” she said.

Nevertheless, she wouldn’t change a thing about her life and work on the island.

“I love the fact that we are such a small, tight-knit community. Someone’s always here to help you out — that’s just what people on Mackinac Island do,” she said. “I also like the fact that you’re outside all the time. It’s beautiful here, and I can’t picture ever living anywhere else. I’ll retire here, for sure.”

around Halloween.

“Bicycles here are licensed vehicles, so there’s only a finite number of them,” he said. “We currently have a stable of 319 licensed bicycles; there are a total of, I believe, around 1,400 on the island. Since we’re right by Shepler’s as people arrive to the island, we do pretty well; bikes go in and out of here all day long.”

The pace of business suits Green.

“I’m not very good at play,” he said. “I work seven days a week, really. I do ride bikes, and walk, and look at the scenery. But what I love about the bicycle shop is that we don’t manufacture any goods. A person gets off the boat, heads to our shop, and all they’re looking for is a nice experience. So the only thing, and the best thing, that we offer is hospitality.”

RUTH ADAMUS

TREVOR RETTELL

Ruth Adamus of Dearborn, Mich., was a senior at Michigan State University, studying for her degree in environmental biological zoology, when she decided she needed an internship.

She found one at The Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House, said to be the first butterfly house in Michigan and the third oldest live butterfly exhibit in the U.S. Adamus, now manager of the butterfly house, is entering her fifth year at the facility.

“The job itself drew me to the island,” Adamus said. “It kind of surprised me how much I liked it here! I went to the island as a kid, of course, but I never thought I’d work here.”

She explained that zoologists have many different job options with their degree. “You can be a zookeeper, work at a nature center, be an educator, or do what I’m doing,” Adamus said. “My real passion is conservation education though, and this place is perfect for that. Our mission here is to teach people about how beneficial insects are, what an asset they can be, and what their plights are, from loss of habitat to the problems we’re currently having sustaining the bee population.”

The butterfly house features 1,800 square feet of tropical gardens, a waterfall, and hundreds of live butterflies from four continents, plus several hundred butterfly chrysalises in the house’s “emergence case.” Also on display is the butterfly house’s own Insect World display, a collection of live giant beetles, centipedes, and foot-long walking sticks, plus a beehive and nature pond of fish, toads, and turtles.

Tropical plants and animals are a crucial part of the butterflies’ habitat and food needs, but they’re not big fans of winter weather, so changing up the butterfly house’s garden every year is the trickiest part of Adamus’ job.

New plants for the garden are ordered each January, with a ship date tentatively planned for the end of March depending on the weather.

Fort Mackinac, much like its historical brother, Fort Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, offers a step back in time. The former British and American military outpost, which was garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century, is today the oldest building in Michigan. It and a dozen other onsite structures showcase exhibits on everything from Mackinac Island’s military battles to family life in the fort itself.

As impressive as the surroundings are, what truly steals the show are the historical interpreters — actors-slash-tour guides — who immerse guests in the action.

“Most people come to the Fort to work in order to experience the history of the fort itself and the history of the island — that’s what specifically draws them here,” Trevor Rettell said. “I’m a little different in that I’m more of an actor. I do a lot of plays and productions all around northern Michigan. But I do also really enjoy the historical aspect of it.”

Rettell, a Michigan native, stays on the island each summer in shared residences out

by Mission Point that the fort provides for staff.

His job as an historical interpreter is to help portray life in the region during the 1880s.

“It’s interesting because not a lot of places cover that time period, and if they do, they tend to focus more on things out west, like General Custer’s battles,” Rettell said. “We portray the infantry maintaining the eastern forts; Fort Mackinac was considered a luxury post at the time, because there wasn’t any fighting going on.”

Likewise, life for the actors portraying the infantrymen is fairly peaceful. The Fort opens at 9am, and Rettell and the rest of the crew, all in period costume, are on site at 8:30 to fire the morning salute cannon and welcome guests.

“How we dress each day depends on which shift we have,” Rettell said. “The first people arriving in the morning get to wear the more informal uniform, with the short coat and button pants. Our dress uniforms have a longer coat, with more white facing, and the

The Insect Keeper

The Aspiring Actor

“We have to factor in the weather conditions to make sure the plants can survive the trip across to the island, and then the trip from the dock to The butterfly house,” she said. “One very cold year, the boats didn’t start running until May, and we couldn’t wait any longer to get the plants set up for the butterflies. So we actually wrapped all of the plants in paper bags and tarps and transported them all over in a small five-seater plane that we had to rent!”

Not every day is that dramatic, but the job definitely keeps Adamus on her toes.

“I love that it’s different every day here,” she said. “I really like seeing people put away their cell phones and tap back into the side of themselves where they can get excited about nature. From the time we start in the morning — getting everything set up for the day’s guests — to closing time, my favorite part is teaching people the cooler side of insects.”

DEBRA FISHER

The Island Postmaster There are 1,182 post office boxes on Mackinac Island.

And all of them are overseen by one woman: Debra Fisher, the island’s sole postmaster.

Fisher has been living on Mackinac Island for 30 years. She moved there to join her husband, William “Willie” Fisher, who was born on the island.

In 1994, she started working at the post office as a clerk, following a postal career’s natural progression by applying to be postmaster when the job opened up in 2001.

When Fisher became postmaster, one

of her first orders of business was resolving a small problem that had long been plaguing the island’s resident travelers.

“People had to go all the way off island to get their passports taken care of,” she said. “So when I became postmaster, I took a special class to become a passport agent. Now, people can get their passport photos and apply for passports right here on Mackinac Island. We never had that before.”

Island mail, as you might expect, doesn’t travel like mainland mail. It arrives by boat when the Straits of Mackinac are free of ice, and by plane when they’re frozen. It’s brought to the post office from the docks by horse and buggy.

And mail availability is, well … not always guaranteed. Some days, because of the island’s

iconic spiked helmet you’ll see us wearing. But they’re all reminiscent of Civil War-era style and are what the real infantry soldiers at the Fort would have worn.”

The costumes are made of pure wool, which can be tough to wear when the weather warms. “Well, they do get a little hot in the summer … but the fabric does breathe well at least,” he said.

Each actor is expected to study an instructional/history manual and train in how to safely fire the rifles and cannons.

“The first year you’re here, you shadow the other interpreters and learn from them,” Rettell said. “And once you know your facts, you basically make up your own speeches to convey the information.”

What he likes least about the job: “Those days when it’s raining, and the cannons won’t fire no matter what you do!”

What he likes best: “All of it! We get to fire cannons and rifles, meet people from everywhere in the world, and tell people about history. What’s not to like?” he said.

location, the mail simply doesn’t make it at all.

“Oh yes, that definitely happens,” Fisher said.

“It’s winter, it gets foggy, the boats aren’t running because of the ice, and the planes can’t fly, so the mail just won’t arrive. We make sure we put up a sign to let people know that the mail isn’t here, otherwise the phone rings off the hook. But most people who live here year-round understand that when the weather’s nasty, that affects the mail.”

The best part of the job for Fisher? The people, hands down.

Well, the people — and one small perk.

“The post office boxes are a pretty good deal too,” she said. “They’re only $24 for six months.

That’s cheaper than a lot of the other post offices out there, because we don’t offer mail delivery — you have to pick it up yourself.”

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Of Flowers and Fabled Ships

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By Kristi Kates

TITANIC AT THE GRAND

The Mackinac Straits might be a world away from the icy North Atlantic waters that swallowed up the famed “unsinkable” passenger liner RMS Titanic in 1912, but distance doesn’t make the Grand Hotel’s annual Titanic at the Grand weekend any less popular.

Conceived as a spring counterpart to the hotel’s much beloved fall Somewhere in Time weekend dedicated to the film shot on Mackinac Island, the Titanic at the Grand weekend is much like its 46-ton inspiration was intended to be: an historic and luxurious experience for travelers.

Two receptions anchor the Titanic weekend at the Grand. Friday launches the Bon Voyage reception, which guests attend after they collect their boarding passes, actual reproductions of passenger tickets used by those onboard the Titanic. The hotel provides appetizers and cocktails on the Grand Hotel porch as guests mingle; guests are encouraged dress in period Edwardian attire (and most do).

Saturday evening brings a second reception, also on the front porch, with actors portraying some of the famous people who were on board for that fateful journey: the unsinkable Molly Brown, honeymooners Madeleine Force and John Jacob Astor, Bruce Ismay, and Titanic Captain E. J. Smith. After the reception, attendees will be escorted up to the theater for the interactive dinner-theater event “Last Night on the Titanic.”

The dinner features menu items that were served on the last meal on the Titanic, said Ken Hayward, executive vice president and managing director of the Grand Hotel, who works closely with dinner-theatre company Double Exposure, Inc., to create the weekend event.

Hayward said that the Titanic meal was quite extensive, so the Grand Hotel version will highlight five dishes: oysters a la Russe, consommé Olga (soup), poached salmon with dill sauce and cucumbers, sliced sirloin beef, and chocolate-painted eclairs.

“We also get the guests involved at the dinner theater,” said Double Exposure’s Ed Krajewski.

“When the guests check in on Friday night and get their boarding passes, we look for people who have an outgoing personality and ask them if they want to participate on Saturday night.

Over the years we have found that many people love doing this, so we give them a few lines. This keeps the interactive theater very lively.”

After the dinner theater, guests view a tribute to the passengers who didn’t survive the Titanic’s sinking.

Other events that take place over Titanic weekend include the First Class Fashion Show featuring men’s and women’s clothing from the 1912 era, both reproductions and authentic vintage pieces; special dance instruction classes in the Terrace Room, so guests can enjoy dancing the waltz and foxtrot in between courses at the dinner; and a presentation by David Kaplan, a popular Titanic historian and lecturer.

The weekend’s activities — during which many guests remain clothed in various

Edwardian ensembles — lend a real air of immersion to the event, bringing guests back to another time and place.

“It all adds to the ambiance,” Hayward said. “I think when you stand on the porch and look out on the Straits of Mackinac, you certainly can have the feeling of being on the deck of a ship.”

Titanic at the Grand happens at The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island June 2–4. grandhotel.com.

MACKINAC ISLAND LILAC FESTIVAL

Rest easy, flower fanatics, the lilacs of Mackinac Island are on track to bloom beautifully for this year’s Lilac Festival, said Tim Hygh, executive director of Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau.

There are over 100 varieties of lilac on the island, the most recognizable being the common lilac or the French lilac, which ranges in color from white and pink to blue and several shades of purple. Many of the island’s lilacs were planted in the Victorian age, and some have lived for over 150 years, thanks to the island’s nurturing microclimate.

“Mackinac Island has some of the largest specimens of the common lilac in the country,” said Hygh. “Also found here, but more rare, are the Himalayan lilac, which are lavender, and the Japanese tree lilac, which are typically white.”

The island’s Lilac Festival, which began as “Lilac Day” in the 60s, has blossomed over the years into a ten-day event packed with activities. The three biggest: the Lilac Festival 10K on Saturday, June 10, at 9:30am; the Taste of Mackinac, happening Thursday, June 15, at 11:30am, and the Grand Parade, which kicks off Sunday, June 18, at 4pm.

The 10K race starts at Windermere Point and welcomes over 700 runners each year on a race course that wends past many of the island’s most beautiful sights.

Taste of Mackinac, a Tapas-style event, features offerings from island restaurants, as well as local beer and wine, for just $20. Live music and entertainment will be provided by Grand Rapids-based Ardan Academy of Irish Dance and regional singer-songwriter Michelle Chenard.

The spectacle that is the Grand Parade showcases horse-drawn floats, many of which are crafted by locals. The famous Scottville Clown Band will be a part of the Grand Parade again this year, along with the Glen Erin Pipe Band, Superior Pipe and Drum, and Greenfield High School Marching Band. The parade is such an important part of the Lilac Festival that it’s been recognized as a local legacy event by the American Folklife Center of the U.S. Library of Congress.

“As always, there will be a slew of large Percheron horse teams and their carriages as well,” Hygh said. “I’m most looking forward to the Grand Parade — it’s my favorite part every year.

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The orginal Biddle House.

House & Homeland

The oft-overlooked island tale of local Native Americans’ struggle to stay in northern Michigan finally finds a home.

The Biddle House today.

NATIVE HISTORY, PHASE II Renovation of the Biddle House could begin as early as next year and will mark the second phase in a project to tell a fuller account of Native American history on Mackinac Island.

The first piece of the project — the Native American Cultural History Trail — was installed on the island and opened last summer. It circles the island and offers six stops that tell the story of local Native Americans from pre-contact through today.

There are turn-outs, bike racks, benches and interpretive signs at each of the stops.

The second phase is the planned indoor museum at the Biddle House. Phil Porter, director of the Mackinac State Historic Parks said they have applied for a $200,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. If it is awarded, construction on the exhibit would begin next winter, and the exhibit would open in 2019.

By Patrick Sullivan You grow up in Michigan, you know a little about Mackinac Island’s landmark events in history: Dr. William Beaumont and the stomach hole experiments, the illfated 1763 baggatiway game turned bloody battle at Fort Michilimackinac, the English takeover of Mackinac Island that marked the opening of the War of 1812 … .

What’s less well known, however, is the Anishinabek story on Mackinac Island — and the unfolding of a 19th century drama that threatened the very existence of Native Americans in northern Michigan.

An exhibit in the island’s oldest building, the Biddle House, seeks to change all that.

A PIVOTAL TURN IN HISTORY A cooperation between the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and Mackinac Historic State Parks, the history exhibit will look at local Native American history through the eyes of the building’s namesake, Agatha Biddle, an Odawa woman who lived in the island home with her American husband, Edward Biddle, in the early 1800s.

Why Biddle? Biddle, who lived her entire life in the region and would go on to become a fur trade entrepreneur and tribal chief, was a witness to one of the most pivotal times in the region’s Native American history, when 4,000 members of six tribes — Grand River, Muskegon, Grand Traverse, Little Traverse, Mackinac and Sault Ste. Marie — negotiated for their very survival.

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THE SCHOOLCRAFT AGENDA If negotiations were a Hollywood movie, Augustin Hamlin would be the hero.

The villain — at least from the Native American point of view — would be Henry Schoolcraft, famed Indian agent, geologist of Michigan, and chronicler of Native American history.

The scene: bleak. President Andrew Jackson in 1830 had signed the Indian Removal Act, decreeing that all Indians living in the eastern United States should be removed and settled west of the Mississippi. The Cherokee would be forcefully removed from Georgia in what would become known as the Trail of Tears. The Potawatomi would be removed from Indiana and southern Michigan in what is known as the Trail of Death.

“This happened to dozens of tribes. Over a hundred thousand natives are removed.

All of Indiana, Ohio, are evacuated,” Hemenway said. “The Potawatomi from southern Michigan are literally hunted down and caught, and they escape and come back. I mean, this is what’s happening during the treaty era.”

Desperate to avoid forced removal to the west, the tribal members of what is now northern Michigan came to Mackinac Island again and again in the early 1930s to negotiate holding on to some small part of their ancestral lands. Hamlin, age 23, who recently returned from the Vatican in Rome, where he’d been studying to become a priest, seemed to offer some hope.

“He’s young, and the tribes all entrust him to be an honest interpreter of what’s said because they don’t speak English, and Augustin speaks it fluently, so without Augustin at the table interpreting what’s Eric Hemenway being said, we very well may have been removed,” said Eric Hemenway, LTBB Odawa director of repatriation, archives and records.

“Because on the opposite end of this table is a guy by the name of Henry Schoolcraft.”

Schoolcraft was the Indian Agent for the Michigan Territory. Lewis Cass, who was then Secretary of War under Jackson and had previously been governor of the Michigan Territory, ordered Schoolcraft to get as much land as he could from the tribes.

So Schoolcraft duplicitously entered into negotiations and he acted as though he had the tribe’s best interests at heart.

“It was a massive land-resource grab and displacement of the tribes, and Schoolcraft was 100 percent on board with the removal, but he wasn’t up front with this,” Hemenway said. “When the treaty was being negotiated, he would tell the tribes, ‘Don’t worry, you will never be removed.

Nobody will come this far north.’”

But when it came time to sign the negotiated document on Mackinac Island that July, it contained a surprise: a clause

Agatha Biddle

that stated that the president “may” remove the tribes from Michigan after five years. This concerned Hamlin, and when he translated it to the tribal members, it concerned them.

But Schoolcraft insisted they shouldn’t worry about it because it wouldn’t happen.

Complicating matters, said Hemenway, was that tribal members were under great duress. If they didn’t sign, the reality of forced removal was real. It was also a time when the tribal members needed compensation: 1835 had been an extremely harsh winter, and they were suffering. Crops had failed, game was scarce, and people were starving. Making matters worse, small pox was ravaging Native populations around the Great Lakes.

“Everything’s stacked up against them,” Hemenway said. “People are dying in droves.

Entire villages are passing away due to small pox and measles … Yet they go make the journey to see what was going to happen with their future.”

What happened was grim: The tribes signed the Treaty of 1836, giving up 16 million acres of Michigan in exchange for a small portion of their tribal land and access to natural resources on the ceded lands. It was a huge win for the United States — and no coincidence, Hemenway noted, that one year later, in 1837, Michigan became a state.

“NO. WE’RE NOT GOING” Two years later, despite what he’d promised, Schoolcraft told the tribes they had to pack up and move west of the Mississippi.

“He tells all the leaders, ‘Go pick your lands in Kansas.’ He doesn’t even let the five years run out,” Hemenway said. “He says, ‘It’s inevitable, you cannot be civilized, you’re too barbaric.

This close proximity to white populations is destroying you, you drink too much.’” I mean, he’s giving all these reasons why it’s beneficial for us to be removed, and all the tribes push back and say, ‘No. We’re not going.’”

The tribes had sent scouts to Kansas and found that the land there didn’t suit them — there was no water, no maple trees, and it was far too far away from the sacred land where their ancestors were buried.

Aided by their interpreter Hamlin, the tribes made the case that Schoolcraft’s order was unlawful and that they should be allowed to stay. They pointed out that the treaty said they “may be removed” in five years by order of the president; not “must be removed.”

Also, five years had not yet passed, and no order from the president had come.

“The guy who understood this the best, or the guy who could translate it the best, was Augustin Hamlin, and he would fight back against removal over and over again against Schoolcraft,” Hemenway said.

The tribes realized that if they wanted

to avoid removal, they needed to mount a political campaign. They wrote letters to presidents and senators. They changed the way they dressed. They altered the way they lived, giving up wigwams and tattoos to become farmers who lived in log cabins and went to church.

Efforts were redoubled in 1841, after the five year period had passed, and continued until the Treaty of 1855 was signed in Detroit, withdrawing all of the unsold public land in Michigan and allotting it to tribal members.

By then, the tribes had won the political argument, and the mood in the United States had shifted away from a desire to forcefully remove the Indians; instead, the new Americans wanted the Native peoples to assimilate to their way of life. “[Native Americans] pulled off this amazing act of resistance to removal with all the odds against them. I mean, the state of Michigan is really starting to grow, populationswise, especially in the south, so people are slowly making their way up north, and it just accelerates. And the government has all these policies of removing Indians and civilizing them,” Hemenway said. “The tribe actually used that in their argument with the United States by saying, ‘We’re becoming civilized, we go to church, we cut our hair, we’re living in log cabins. This is what you are demanding of us, and we’re doing it, so let us stay home.’”

“THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY” The portrait of Schoolcraft is further complicated by the fact that his first wife was an Ojibway woman from Sault Ste. Marie who became a noted writer herself.

Later in his life, Schoolcraft, aided by his first wife, Jane Johnston, and his access to northern Michigan tribes, published volumes of Native American histories and he became a famous writer. His work, in fact, served as the basis for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem, “Song of Hiawatha.”.

Hemenway said Johnston was not a moderating influence on Schoolcraft’s views toward Native Americans and that he exploited Native Americans by publishing their stories, though Hemenway concedes it is fortunate that those histories are preserved.

“So Schoolcraft married into this family, and he acquired all of these stories and oral histories through his native wife, and then he published these. And that’s what really his claim to fame is — it’s being this historian,” Hemenway said.

Hemenway said Schoolcraft also left behind records of his racism and bigotry.

Even in an era when racism and bigotry were commonplace, he said, Schoolcraft was a standout.

“I’ve read a vast number of his letters and his annual reports back to the Secretary of War, and his recommendations, and the racism and bigotry that he uses, which is common for the day, he uses it on a whole other level,” he said. “You know, he is always advocating that we be removed because of our insurmountable barbaric state.”

The bigger villain in all of this, however, is Andrew Jackson, the architect of the Indian Removal Act. Hemenway said he doesn’t understand how Jackson can be so revered today that he has a place on the $20 bill.

“I think of this as a really dark, dark period for Native history and just American history overall. This is the epitome of genocidal policy and action,” he said. “So many people were removed by force, and so many people died, and families suffered tremendously when they were removed and finally relocated into Oklahoma, Kansas.

And the stress and the pain caused by this, not just for the Odawa, but all these tribes east of the Mississippi, I feel a real strong motivation to educate people about the other side of the story.”

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Now that the porch reconstruction is complete, it’s ready again for thousands of summer visitors.

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By Kristi Kates The Grand Hotel’s porch, said to be the world’s largest, stretches 660 feet. Five U.S. presidents have taken a stroll on it. Hundreds of thousands of feet walk on it every summer.

Its decorative flower boxes hold over 2,500 geraniums in seven tons of potting soil.

And it’s included in countless photos of summer vacations, weddings, cocktail parties, special events, and anniversary celebrations.

So as you can probably guess, the famous porch at The Grand Hotel, overlooking the Straits of Mackinac and the Grand’s own gardens, gets a lot of wear and tear. It does receive regular sweepings, cleanings, and touchups, but after 50 years of near nonstop use, it became clear in recent years that a full revamp was necessary. In November 2016, the hotel’s team began restoration efforts; this summer, the porch is ready for its big reveal.

SUPER STRUCTURE The two-year job was no small undertaking.

“Too many coats of paint and leaks made it time to take the porch back down to its foundation,” explained Ken Hayward, the hotel’s executive vice president and managing director. “We have to do this when we are closed, and the process takes all winter, from November to April, with a gap in-between the construction and the coating.”

Dan Hosford, maintenance supervisor for the Grand, oversaw the entire reconstruction process.

“We did the reconstruction in two sections — the west half in 2016, and then the east half this past winter,” Hosford said. “The original waterproof covering on the porch was put down in the 1940s. It was a canvas-type covering that had been affixed to the porch with some kind of glue, so we had to remove

that first.”

After taking off the waterproofing, Hosford and his team started investigating the original porch floor, which was constructed of 2x6 wood planks that had been painted green.

“We had our engineers check the original porch underneath, which is the structural part of the porch, before we started rebuilding on top again,” Hosford said. “The original porch is holding up surprisingly well, probably because it’s not exposed to the elements any more. There were a couple of boards we had to replace, but that was pretty much it.”

WINDY WEATHER The real challenge was in getting the porch set up so the Grand Hotel crew could work on it over the winter months.

“The toughest thing is the weather,” said Hosford. “Obviously, it’s going to be cold and wet and snowy, but winter’s the time we’ve got to do this.”

The solution? Enclose the porch — a substantial job all on its own, considering its size.

“We built a structure of 2x4s and plastic over the top of the entire porch,” Hosford explained. “That way we could keep the weather out, gain some solar heat, and keep the porch both out of the elements and warmer.

The temperature had to be around 60 degrees for the waterproofing products we were going to be using on the porch to work properly and adhere to the surface.”

A couple of times over this past winter, the winds howled well over 60 mph, but Hosford said that their temporary wood and plastic structure held firm.

“It worked really well, considering,” he said.

GRAND GREEN With the protective layer in place, Hosford and his team started work on the porch itself,

A protective shell of 2-by-4s and plastic put the Grand Hotel porch into hibernation for the winter months while it was revamped.

layering plywood then cement board.

Once the base was completed, the next step was to return the porch to its original distinctive look. A commercial waterproofing sealant, Tremco, was used to both prevent leaks and give the porch a durable surface.

“We start with a caulk and fill coat. Then roll on the waterproofing sealant, which is kind of like polyurethane,” Hosford said. “The third step is to add sand for grip, to make the porch non-slip. And then we roll on a colored coat of the Tremco to finish.”

That colored Tremco is what visitors to the porch are familiar with; the coating is tinted in a custom “Grand Hotel Green” that was specially ordered from Tremco by Mrs. Mimi Cunningham, a member of the Musser family, owners of the Grand Hotel.

FINISHED PRODUCT Each part of the four-step process that

Hosford outlined takes 12 hours to dry. The team helped the drying along by using electric heaters and large fans to help circulate the air.

Hosford, who’s been in the construction business for years, said he was still very impressed by the historical aspect of the project.

“I’ve been doing this kind of work for years, so a lot of it is pretty mundane to me,” he said.

“But it was fun to pull up the wood and be able to see and inspect the old, original porch. It’s also a great thing to be able to provide the Mussers with a good finished product. I feel good that I was able to help. The Tremco covering is supposed to last for 50 years or more, or so they tell me, so we won’t be doing this again for a very long time.”

Now that the porch has been completed and is ready for summer guests once again, Hayward said the best way to appreciate it is the most simple of all.

“Just rock in one of our chairs, and take in the view,” he said.

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By Kristi Kates If you’re picturing an exciting, fast-paced hospital drama akin to what you might see on medical shows like Chicago Med or Code Black … well, you won’t find much of that at the Mackinac Island Medical Center. And Dr. Gregory Hessler, the island’s new in-residence doctor, is no Gregory House, the doc-slashdetective from the TV series HOUSE, as there are few mysterious ailments or traumatic incidences to decipher here. Instead, it’s a doctor’s life as tailored to island life, in a place where seasonal allergies and sporadic insect bites far outnumber vehicle crashes or emergencies of any kind.

Dr. Hessler hails from the North. He graduated from high school in Frankfort, Mich., and after four years of medical school at Wayne State University and three years of residencies, became a working family medicine doctor at the veteran affairs outpatient clinic in Traverse City. He spent the last five years as medical director for the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, then pushed northward still.

“There were a number of things that made me decide I needed a change of scenery,” Hessler said. “I was driving to work every day, and working 8am to 5pm five days a week. Both of my Traverse City practices were quite fulfilling, especially working for the Indians; and there were real needs at the VA that were very rewarding to help with. But those were all primarily adult patients, and mostly males. There was nothing wrong with the people in particular, but I was missing diversity and variety in my cases. So when another doctor wanted to be the medical director for the tribe, and I realized I could leave with someone capable filling those shoes, I started looking around.”

Hessler’s wife, Margo Hessler, heard about an opening for a doctor on Mackinac Island, and brought the possibility to Hessler’s attention. The Mackinac Island Medical Center is primarily designated as an emergency room but also handles routine office calls.

Hessler, while technically the only fulltime doctor on the island, explained that doctors on Mackinac Island typically have had a tough time in years past, as there would be only one doctor available, which means there’s no relief or break from the job. However, the island’s medical center today is supported by a national practice management group that ensures a roster of emergency and family practice physicians are always available to back Hessler up when needed and ensure his schedule is a reasonable one. In winter, he works ten days on and four days off; in summer he works four days, then is off for three, with short-term doctors filling in the gaps. This schedule allows Hessler to not only be the primary physician for his Mackinac Island patients but also stave off the burnout that typically plagues a largely solo physician in a 24-hour setting.

“People who live on the island or who are here for long periods of time really need their own family doctor,” Hessler said. “But for the past three years, three doctors have rotated through here and didn’t stay, I think in part because the demand of being on the job all the time as the only doctor can be a little much.

“If you look at the new shift rotation, it might seem like a lot of time off, but when I’m ‘on,’ I’m often up for half the night as well as during our day office hours. So the chunks of free time help me and the other doctors from getting overwhelmed.”

Hessler’s still on call 24 hours a day — “We never really close our doors,” he said — but the new schedule and the additional physicians rotating through help him maintain a healthier life, as does his new commute, now a walk, bike ride, or snowmobile cruise of about a third of a mile.

The hospital owns a home on the island — nicknamed “The Doc House” —where Hessler and his wife stay. The couple has two grown children who visit as often as they can.

Mackinac Island’s NEW DOCTOR ON DUTY “The Doc House overlooks the grounds of Mission Point [Resort] and the ship canal,” Hessler said. “It’s really neat because the whole house shakes when some of the bigger freighters go by!”

Hessler delights in his Mackinac Island surroundings. He and his wife often take long walks or bicycle rides around the island, and he considers his environment part of the support structure for his work as a doctor, along with Mackinac Island’s long-time mayor, Margaret Doud, and the Mackinac Island Community Foundation. “The medical center is so strongly supported by the community,” he said. “That’s a really important thing that we greatly appreciate.”

Like the community’s medical needs, the facilities are a little different than what might be considered a typical hospital. Although there is an emergency room with two beds, there are no operating theaters, trained surgeons, or long-term-stay rooms, so any serious conditions or major traumas are taken off island. “We have a great little facility here, but we don’t have heart monitoring, so if we have a major incident, we’ll do our best to keep the patient stable, and then get them off the island by boat or plane when needed, usually to the Petoskey hospital,” Hessler said. “That can be challenging in the winter, as sometimes the weather won’t allow the plane to be brought in, but that’s pretty much the only big obstacle.”

The medical center does have its own ambulance — it’s one of the few motorized

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vehicles allowed on the island, where the primary transportation is via horse, bicycle, or in winter, snowmobile. Because many of the year-round residents live up a hill in the heart of the island, farther away from downtown, the ambulance is outfitted with four-wheel drive and tire chains. A recent addition to the medical center’s local resources is a 32-foot rescue boat outfitted with a large enclosed cabin, a snap-in stretcher, and IV hooks. “As long as there’s no ice, we can now transfer people across the Straits on the rescue boat if needed,” said Hessler, “and then of course get them to a hospital on the other side.”

The medical center is open four days a week in the winter, and five in the summer, with a small roster of nurses and paramedics making up the rest of the staff. There’s a button on the door to push at any hour if you’re having an emergency; that button connects directly to 911, which immediately notifies Hessler.

“We tell people to call the ambulance first if it’s an actual emergency,” Hessler said, “but many of them still just head to the hospital, find we’re not open, and end up having to push the button to call us anyway. I can get to the hospital in 20 minutes flat, but that can get interesting sometimes when it’s 3am and I’m up at The Doc House … in my pajamas.”

Those actual emergencies are thankfully pretty scarce on Mackinac Island. “We don’t have a lot of violence. I’ve been here since

November of [2016], and so far there haven’t been any bar fights or anything like that, which is nice,” said Hessler. “We have some bike accidents, but those are mostly due to weather conditions — someone hitting a mud slick in heavy, rainy weather, or cycling down the big hill by the Grand Hotel with no hands on the handlebars, which you obviously shouldn’t do.”

Hessler most often deals with bug bites, allergic reactions, the flu, an occasional tumble on the hiking trails — and in the winter, sporadic snowmobile accidents, although he said even those are pretty rare.

“We see most of what every other medical place sees — we just don’t get much serious high-energy trauma here,” he said. “At first, what drew me here was the idea that it was more of an adventure. But in addition to the work that I get to do helping patients, there are so many reasons that make me want to stay here. The island is beautiful, and it slows you down. And the people here truly are neighborly. I can’t recall anyone saying an unkind word about anyone else since I’ve been here. People are thankful that they live here, and they’re aware of what they have to be thankful for — so there’s a real community feel of people pulling together.”

Dr. Gregory Hessler is the primary physician at the Mackinac Island Medical Center, 7474 Market St., mackinacstraitshealth.org or (906) 847-3582.

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But in 2006, Detroit event production company Paxahau took over the fest and renamed it Movement, and its pulsating beat has been going strong ever since.

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN The fest takes place May 27–29 at Detroit’s Hart Plaza, where you’ll find six stages, each carefully curated to showcase

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all genres of electronic music and a roster of over 100 electronic music acts. Behind the barricade, expect plenty of space to dance your face off. Special musical showcases will round out the performances throughout the weekend. And if you’re still not techno’d out after the fest shuts down at midnight, you can chase down more dancefloor mayhem at six official afterparties featuring the likes of Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, DJ Qu, Andre, Fred P, and The House of EFunk.

WHO’S PERFORMING THIS YEAR? A trio of heavy hitters anchor the 2017 Movement. Richie Hawtin’s new Close project hits the main stage on Saturday.

Testpilot (aka Deadmau5; Testpilot is his side project) headlines Sunday. And Carl Cox, the acclaimed British DJ and veteran of acid house and techno music production, is Monday night’s festival closer.

The roster is rounded out with additional performances and DJ sets from big names like Carl Craig, Death in Vegas, Jamie Jones, Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt, Factory Floor, Dixon, and the aforementioned Troxler, plus up-and-coming acts like Twin Cousin, InSoul, DJ Hyperactive, Golf Clap, and BXT. This year also will see the Movement debut of electronic legends Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, and Juan Atkins as The Belleville Three.

IS THERE MORE TO SEE THAN “JUST” MUSIC? Oh, yeah. When you need a rest from all your fancy footwork, you can shop the wares of dozens of on-site artisans, retailers, and record labels; charge up your cell phone and stash your gear at several break stations;

check out some grooving art installations; relax with free on-site yoga sessions; and indulge in a wide range of food options served right at the festival by local food trucks and Detroit-area restaurants.

Movement is also one of 40 U.S. locations that will host Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim limited edition pop-up shop, the Rickmobile, a hard-to-miss rolling monument to the fictional Rick Sanchez, from the network’s Rick and Morty. The mobile shop will hawk gear inspired by that and other Cartoon Network shows.

HOW MUCH IS THIS GONNA COST ME? A single-day general admission ticket is $80; a three-day ticket is $175. Three-day VIP tickets are $420 each, snagging you access to a dedicated VIP festival entrance, as well as a variety of furnished lounge areas, air-conditioned restrooms (trust us, you’ll greatly appreciate that option), and VIP viewing platforms for several of the stages.

(Note: the Club313 ticket option — which grants you super-exclusive concert-viewing areas, your own dedicated serving staff, hors d’oeuvres, and other goodies — is already sold out this year.)

Tickets to Movement 2017 are going fast but, at the time of press, still available online and from the box office at the festival gate. For more information, visit movement.us.

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A Really Big Show Arriving in Boyne City.

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By Kristi Kates Ed Sullivan is perhaps most famously known in music circles for having introduced The Beatles to American television audiences in 1964 with the simple phrase “Ladies and gentlemen, The Beatles!”

He also called Elvis Presley “a very nice person,” told rock band The Doors that they were great but ought to smile a little more, and said about Michael Jackson, when Jackson was performing with his brothers in The Jackson Five, “That little fella in the front is incredible!”

That hometown innocence is perhaps a big part of why the Boyne Country Community Center has chosen to sponsor a recreation of Sullivan’s variety show as a local fundraiser, with a combination of friendly small-town emceeing and a roster of tribute acts that are set to bring back the sounds and visuals of some famous musical celebrities.

MAKING IMPROVEMENTS Another reason, according to Jim White, president of the non-profit Boyne Country Community Center, is the simple fact that the venue where the show will be held, the Boyne City Performing Arts Center (aka, the PAC), is currently being underused.

White would like to see the city make better use of the well-appointed space with bigger shows. The venue features a large stage, wellpitched seating, backstage dressing rooms, a green room, an afterglow area, a large scene shop, digital projection, and live video feed availability from the stage to the green room.

“The PAC is so great, and it seats 620 people — if it was in a bigger town like Traverse City, it would be busy every weekend!” White said. “Right now, it’s only being used for the Footliters’ plays, the firemen’s show once a year, and graduation ceremonies.”

Booking larger events into the PAC, like the one they’ve dubbed “Ed Sullivan’s Really Big Show,” is a start. Funds from

this show will go toward renovating the Boyne Country Community Center’s own building, a second facility in Boyne City that’s sometimes overlooked for different reasons: It’s in need of improvements.

“It’s a 60-year-old building, so we want to upgrade its facilities and accessibility,” White explained.

PORTRAYING ED To draw a big audience to the PAC, the Community Center worked with a talent agency from Toronto, Canada, that offers a full Ed Sullivan tribute show, with an actor portraying host Ed Sullivan, and celebrity performers taking on the roles of various musicians.

“The PAC is so great, and it seats 620 people — if it was in a bigger town like Traverse City, it would be busy every weekend!”

There was a snag in the plan, however: Turned out, the Canadian Ed Sullivan doesn’t have clearance to perform in the U.S., so local realtor and sometime actor Marty Moody will save the show and step into Ed’s shoes for this special event.

“Everybody knows Marty around here,” White said. “He’s always been involved in the local plays, and he and his whole family watched the Ed Sullivan show when he was a kid.”

Moody, who jokingly said he agreed to take the role simply because “a phone call from Jim will do it every time,” said he’s been preparing by watching a lot of old Ed

Sullivan show episodes as well as some other variety show footage from the ’60s and ’70s.

“That’s really all we had to watch when I was growing up,” Moody said. “Milton Berle, “The Colgate Comedy Hour,” Sonny and Cher. Ed’s actually a pretty stiff host, so there’s not a lot of character to work on as far as portraying him! But we’ll interject some fun into it. And he pretty much just wore a regular suit on stage, so costuming is easy.”

RETRO CELEBRITIES The rest of the award-winning cast, who will be traveling in from Canada, will arrive in Boyne City the day of the show and are sure to turn a few heads.

The show’s lineup will include onenamed actress Kara portraying ’70s singer Cher; Doug Varty as English rock singer Rod Stewart, who enjoyed hits throughout the ’70s and ’80s; Dave La Fame as campy Las Vegas lounge performer Tom Jones; and yet another musician/actor portraying the classic ’50s/’60s crooner singer Roy Orbison.

Each performer will be backed by a six-person band and two backup singers.

All music will be performed live with no backing tracks or pre-recorded music. And a special fifth performer, a current pop diva who’s being left unnamed until showtime, is sure to draw out the local paparazzi once people find out who she is.

“We picked these four tribute performers specifically,” White said. “The show itself will be set in the 1960s, when Ed’s original show took place, and we’re hoping that the combination of these particular acts for the younger folks — and Ed for the older generation — will draw a really diverse crowd.”

Ed Sullivan’s Really Big Show will take place at 8pm on May 27 at the Boyne City Performing Arts Center in Boyne City. All seats are reservation-only. For tickets and more information, visit www.boynecc.com or call (231) 582-6532.

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2. Sam Ostwald and Angela Papi represent GrainTrain and good food at the 7th Annual Health Expo at Odawa Casino.

3. Claire Walters of Arts for All paints the “community canvas” at the Oryana Block Party.

4. Master Chris Pline of ATA Martial Arts and student Gage Fall demonstrate at An Evening with Miriam Pico & David Chown, the annual Arts for All benefit at the Dennos Museum in TC. 5. David Klco and sister Mara join Aaron Steppe and Adrienne Winchester at the Noggin Room for a recent Thrive45 gathering.

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NATIONAL MOREL MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Boyne City. Today includes the Morel Breakfast, “Run for Their Lives” Humane Society 5K run, National Mushroom Hunt, Taste of Morels, live music with Scarkazm & Project 6, & more. bcmorelfestival.com/events

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ALDEN MEN’S CLUB’S BUSINESS/BREAKFAST MEETING: 8am, Alden United Methodist Church. Reviewing plans for the June 17 Golf Outing. 231-322-6216.

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CARS, COPS & COFFEE: 8-11am, MFD Classic Motors, TC. Honor law enforcement. 947-3850.

-------------------CAMP QUALITY 5K “FLAT & FURIOUS PART II”: 9am, Serra Traverse City North Campus - Toyota Building, TC. Benefits kids with cancer. $25. runsignup.com

-------------------RACEWALKING CLINIC: TC Central High School Health Ed room. Coach Diane GrahamHenry will teach this year’s 2-part training clinic, sponsored by Traverse City Track Club. The clinic will be held on May 20 and June 17 from 9am - noon. Free for TC Track Club members; $15 to join. tctrackclub.com/race-walking-clinic

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TAILS TO TRAILS 5K FUN RUN/WALK: 9am, Vasa Pathway, Bartlett Rd., Williamsburg.

Mingle with other dog owners and experience the trails with your canine friend. All proceeds benefit TART Trails. Registration is $25 for individuals & $50 for families. traversetrails. org/event/tails-to-trails-a-four-paw-5k

-------------------TIP OF THE MITT FIBER FAIR: 9am-5pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. Check out weaving & spinning, & more. $2 suggested donation. facebook.com/mittfiberfair

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SPLASH OF COLOR FUN RUN/WALK: 10am, Festival Park, Petoskey’s Bay Front Park. Mental Health Awareness Event. $10$15. eventbrite.com

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WESTWOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUN RUN & 5K: Westwoods Elementary, TC. 5K, 10am; 1 Mile Fun Run, 11am.

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JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER, NSDAR MEETING: 11am, The Elks Lodge, TC. Lunch will follow meeting. Reservations required. 946-6337.

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PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: May 19-26.

Three course menus for $25 for dinner & $15 for lunch with some establishments offering two for one pricing. petoskeyrestaurantweek.com

-------------------MOHAWKS FOR MUNSON CANCER FUNDRAISER: 12-4pm, North Peak Brewing Co., TC. Participants will get a mohawk shaved to show their support for the local cancer community & Cowell Family Cancer Center at Munson Health Center. Featuring a BBQ, live music & more. To register, visit: www.mohawksformunson.com

-------------------3RD ANNUAL MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS & FRIENDS TEA: 1-3pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. For ages 7 & up. Stop by the Interlochen Public Library to RSVP. Free.

-------------------ARTS ACADEMY SPRING DANCE: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. $21 full, $18 senior & $10 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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EMPIRE ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL: Today includes the Kick Yer Ass-paragus 5K Fun Run, an arts fair, Asparagus Cook-Off Recipe Contest, Asparagus Parade, live music & more. empirechamber.com

“THE GREAT GATSBY”: City Opera House, TC. Join NMC iDance for an evening of partner dancing inspired by the Great Gatsby. Dance at 8pm. $20 for workshop & dance; $15 for dance only. Students: $10/$8. (231) 499-9793.

GT DEMOCRATIC PARTY PROGRESSIVE POTLUCK BRUNCH: 10am, The Little Fleet, TC. Featuring a presentation from ACLU of Michigan.

Bring a dish to pass. The Little Fleet donates 10% of all drink sales to the guest organization each month. For info email: bcoffia@gmail.com.

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GET CAUGHT READING CELEBRATION: 10am-12pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Featuring DIY crafts & activities. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: Noon-2pm: Eric Wood will sign his book “The Horsemen: Embers of the Old World.” 2-4pm: Poetry Reading with Fleda Brown, author of “The Woods are on Fire”; & Keith Taylor, author of “The Bird-While.” 4-6pm: Jake Smith will sign his book “Wish.” horizonbooks.com

SILENT AUCTION & DINNER TO BENEFIT AVA OLSON: 2-8pm, St. Francis Cafeteria & Gym, TC. Ava is fighting a rare form of cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. She is undergoing treatment in London, England. Ava’s family needs help with their medical bills. Dinner is $5.

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SAVING BIRDS THROUGH HABITAT WITH GRAND TRAVERSE WILD ONES: 9:30am12:30pm, Saving Birds Thru Habitat, Omena.

Presentation and guided tour to see how native plants help save birds. Free. savingbirds.org

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-------------------CHARLIE MILLARD BAND: 7pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. Millard brings an Indie-Americana style that is reminiscent of a 70’s folk/rock singer/songwriter. $15 adults;

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28TH ANNUAL ZOO-DE-MACK BIKE BASH: A weekend of parties with bands, a very scenic bicycle ride, views of the Mackinac Bridge, & more. Start the ride anytime between 7:30am & 10:30am. Choose from different distances: 51 miles or 25 miles: Zoo-de-Legs or Legs-deMack. Info: zoo-de-mack.com

“Leland Air,” a one-day Plein Air Event & Exhibit, will be hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center at the Old Art Building, Leland on Sat., May 27. From 10am-4pm artists will be seen painting in & around picturesque Leland capturing images of historic Fishtown, views of orchards and vineyards, terrain, and beaches. A reception & sale of paintings will take place from 6-8pm. Artists will donate 40% of art sales to the Old Art Building. Tickets, $10. oldartbuilding.com

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$5 students 18 & under. musichouse.org/ event/charlie-millard-band-concert

WTCM on air personality, Maddie Lundy. Free. traversehistory.wordpress.com

LON DUBH: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center.

Enjoy this trio bringing traditional Irish tunes & ballads with an occasional Scottish or American Old Time piece. $10 suggested donation.

AUDITIONS: 2pm, Gaylord High School Commons area. For “Hansel & Gretel and the Creepy Woods.” Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Gaylord & Gaylord Community Productions. For ages 8-18. Find on Facebook.

--------------------------------------SIPS ‘N GIGGLES COMEDY SHOW: 7pm, Leelanau Studios, Grand Traverse Regional Art Campus, TC. Enjoy wine & comedy by Uncorrect Comedy with Andrew Norelli & Floyd J Phillips. $20. lpwines.com/sips-n-giggles-comedy-show

-------------------WINERIES OF OLD MISSION PENINSULA WINE PAIRING DINNER: 7pm, GT Resort & Spa, Michigan Ballroom, Acme. Nine-course food & wine pairing event. $75/person. grandtraverseresort.com/wompdinner

-------------------CANTICUM NOVUM: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Sculpture Court, NMC, TC. A Spring Evening of Wine, Sweets and Song. Enjoy choral music of the masters both old and new, performances by special guest musicians, local wines and sparkling wines, light hors d’oeuvres, and sweet treats from Morsels.

Advance tickets are $35; door, $40. Admission includes one drink ticket. MyNorthTickets.com.

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“KEEPING OUR TREES HEALTHY”: 12:15pm, The Bluewater Hall, TC. Presented

by The Friendly Garden Club. Featuring Kama Ross, forester for the GT, Leelanau and Benzie Counties Conservation District. If you are interested in lunch at 11:30am, please call Letha at 231-271-6831.

AMERICAN “HURRAH”: 3pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Presented by Encore Winds. Featuring the Encore Winds Youth Artist Winner Madison Hertel. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students, & free for 12 & under. encorewinds.org

BIRDS OF PREY: 3:30pm, TC Senior Center.

Presented by the Department of Natural Resources & the TC Senior Center. Featuring facts about MI’s Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons and the Osprey. Free, but advance registration required. 922-4911.

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-------------------‘ON THE PORCH’ CONCERT SERIES W/ PAT NIEMISTO: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Patrick shares his creative range, humor, poetry, & instrumental virtuosity. $15 adv; $20 door. 947-9213.

-------------------GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’S SUNDAY SERIES: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Featuring Two’s, Threes & Fours Traverse Quartet. Freewill donation. 231-487-0010. glcorchestra.org

“THE EAGLE HUNTRESS”: This film will be shown at the Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building at 7:30pm. Donations appreciated. facebook.com/petoskeyfilm

28TH ANNUAL ZOO-DE-MACK BIKE BASH: A weekend of parties with bands, a very scenic bicycle ride, views of the Mackinac Bridge, & more. Info: zoo-de-mack.com

may 21

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29TH ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8-11:30am, Torchport Airpark, Eastport.

Will benefit Torch Lake Township Firemen.

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TIP OF THE MITT FIBER FAIR: 10am-4pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. Featuring yarn, spinning fibers & handcrafted goods; view fiber animals such as alpacas & angora rabbits; check out weaving & spinning, & more. $2 suggested donation. facebook.com/mittfiberfair

-------------------NMC BARBECUE: 11am-5pm, NMC’s main campus, TC. $6 online; $8 gate. 995-1020. nmc. edu/departments/public-relations/nmc-barbecue

-------------------NATIONAL MOREL MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: 11am, Boyne City. Today includes a craft show, M.O.R.E.L. Outdoor Show, & more. bcmorelfestival.com/events

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PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: May 19-26.

Three course menus for $25 for dinner & $15 for lunch with some establishments offering two for one pricing. petoskeyrestaurantweek.com

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PLOW DAY: 11am-3pm, Ruby Ellen Farm, TC. Featuring horse-drawn plowing demonstrations by the NW MI Draft Horse & Mule Association, horse-drawn wagon rides, & more.

Free. rubyellenfarm.org

-------------------INTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE – TOWARDS A NATURE BASED CULTURE: 12:30pm, High Self Bookstore, TC. Permaculture is for anyone who cares about their heath, and the health of our living world. Free, donations welcome. nmipermaculture.org

-------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: 1-3pm, Horizon Books, TC. Steve Hamilton will sign his book “Exit Strategy (A Nick Mason Novel).” horizonbooks.com

-------------------HISTORY OF WTCM: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Room, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society. The history of local radio station pioneer WTCM will be reviewed by noted local historian and

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CTAC SPRING CONCERT: 2:30pm, Boyne City High School. The annual Spring Concert features students that participate in the Crooked Tree Youth Orchestra program and the Dorothy Gerber Strings Program in the Schools. Free. crookedtree.org

“SPAMALOT”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Telling the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Tickets: $15-28. oldtownplayhouse.com

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CWIB LUNCHEON: 11:30am-1pm, Stafford’s Bay View Inn, Petoskey. Hear about Rotary’s polio immunization efforts. Chris Etienne of Harbor Sotheby’s International Realty is the featured speaker. $17 CWIB members; $22 not-yet members. Register in advance: 231347-4150.

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monday

PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: May 19-26. Three course menus for $25 for dinner & $15 for lunch with some establishments offering two for one pricing. petoskeyrestaurantweek.com

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AUTHOR & ILLUSTRATOR SIGNING: 11:30am, Horizon Books, TC. Amy Hanson & Jan Oliver will sign their book “Free Bird: The Story of The Kirtland’s Warbler.” horizonbooks.com AUDITIONS: 6pm, Gaylord High School Commons area. For “Hansel & Gretel and the Creepy Woods.” Presented by the Kiwanis Club of Gaylord & Gaylord Community Productions. For ages 8-18. Find on Facebook.

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FRIENDS @ THE CARNEGIE LECTURE SERIES: 7pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. “North Country Trail” presented

by Duane Lawton, president of the Jordan Valley chapter and Emily Meyerson, DNR trails coordinator. Free. petoskeylibrary.org

may 23

tuesday

REGIONAL ARTS & CULTURE SUMMIT: 9am3:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Mallory-Towsley Center for Arts Leadership.

Hosted by the Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network. $15. networksnorthwest.org

-------------------COFFEE @ TEN: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Featuring photographer & photo historian Judith Kalter. Free. crookedtree.org

-------------------DOCENT ENRICHMENT LECTURE SERIES: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey. Reverence of the Land with Elizabeth Fergus-Jean. Free. crookedtree.org

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TLD 2017 GUIDE TO LOCAL FOOD RELEASE PARTY: 5-7pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Take home your FREE copy of the 2017 edition of TLD’s Guide to Local Food for Northern Michigan. Mingle with local farmers, specialty food producers, and community members over light appetizers and drinks. Contact emma@ localdifference.org for more info.

-------------------MIGRANT FORUM: 6:30pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. The public is invited to attend a free panel discussion focusing on the new immigration climate and its effects on our economy, families, schools and our humanity. Panel guests include Benzie County Sherriff Ted Schendel, Marcelo Betti, immigration lawyer, Don Smeltzer, local grower, Father Wayne Dziekan and Carolina Atabora-Cortez, Migrant Family Services. For more information call Keira Duvernoy at 231-313-2080. Free.

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AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR SPEAKS AT “OFF THE PAGE” SERIES: 7pm, Mills Community House - Upper Level, Benzonia. Newberry Medal award author Lynne Rae Perkins will speak to a community audience as the kick-off program for this year’s “Off the Page” series.

Perkins won the Newberry Medal in 2006 for “Criss Cross.” A hospitality and book-signing session follows the presentation. Free. benzonialibrary.org

may 24

wednesday

PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH DAY SUPPORT GROUP: 10am, TC Senior Center. Guest speaker is Neurologist & Munson Hospitalist Glen Ackerman MD. 947-7389.

-------------------BOOK SIGNING: 11am, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. For the recent release of “A Sweater A History,” co-authored by Gail DeMeyere & fellow author Jane Merrill. The event encourages sweater enthusiasts to wear a sweater that has a story to tell. Free. charlevoixcircle.com

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LUNCH & LEARN: 11am-1:30pm, NMC Osterlin Library, Room 205, TC. “Parental Alienation in Domestic Relations Cases.” Featuring Licensed Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor Alissa Sherry, attorney Ashish S. Joshi, & 13th Circuit Court Family Division Law Judge Melanie D. Stanton. $15. Register. gtlaba.org

-------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 22)

-------------------BIRDS OF PREY: 12:30pm, 115 E. Blair Street, Kingsley. Presented by the Department of Natural Resources & the TC Senior Center.

Featuring facts about MI’s Bald Eagles, Peregrine Falcons and the Osprey. Free, but advance registration required. 922-4911.

-------------------COUNTY WIDE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7:30pm, Blue Smoke, East Jordan.

Admission: $10.

INTERLOCHEN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30pm, Hairold’s Hair Design, Interlochen.

See Harold’s freshly remodeled design. interlochenchamber.org

-------------------“BIKE TO STORY” COMMUNITY RIDE: Presented by Here:Say Storytelling & Norte!.

Begins at F&M Park, TC at 6pm and ends at The Workshop Brewing Company, TC, with several stops in between for scheduled performers to tell true bicycle stories. heresaystorytelling.com

-------------------SETH BERNARD & MARK LAVENGOOD WSG THE LIL’ SMOKIES: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy folk & bluegrass featuring the joint release of Bernard’s & Lavengood’s newest works. Tickets: $25, $20; students, $15. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------CITY PARK GRILL – EATING FOR OTHERS: City Park Grill, Petoskey. Featuring one local non-profit organization selected through collaboration among City Park Grill staff with voting from Frequent Diners. Tonight 20% of all food sales will benefit Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council. Checks will be presented to organization representatives on Tuesday, May 30, in conjunction with City Park Grill’s 20th Anniversary Celebration and Frequent Diner giveaway. cityparkgrill.com

may 25

thursday

LEELANAU CHILDREN’S CENTER PARADE: 10am, Downtown Northport.

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PETOSKEY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Duffy’s Garage & Grille, Petoskey. “Get Geeked” theme. $7 members; $12 not-yet members. petoskeychamber.com/businessafter-hours

-------------------LWVLC: ANNUAL DINNER & MEETING: 5:30pm, The Homestead Resort, Glen Arbor.

The guest speaker will be Deputy Director of the ACLU of Michigan Rana Elmir. Her topic will be “Where Do We Go From Here? Community or Chaos.” $30 for dinner & speaker or $15 for speaker only. RSVP. 231-271-5600. lwvleelanau.org

-------------------AUTHOR RICH BACHUS: 6-8pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. This is a free wine & cheese event. Bachus is the author of “Into No Man’s Land.” Reserve your spot: 231347-1180. mcleanandeakin.com

-------------------LINE 5 ACTIVISTS AT UP NORTH GREEN PARTY: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey.

Fred Harrington and grandson Riley will talk about shutting down Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. Youth are encouraged to attend.

Public welcome. Free. upnorthgreenparty.org

-------------------WHAT IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY?: 7pm, Peninsula Community Library in the Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Presented by PCL Director Vicki Shurly. Enjoy Emily Dickinson’s favorite snack & Truman Compote’s beverage. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

may 26

friday

GREAT LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY BARN SALE: 9am-5pm, 7246 E. Harrys Rd., TC. Help the animals & find deals on antiques, books, holiday decor, lawn furniture & much more. greatlakeshs.com

WILDFLOWER RESCUE PLANT & NATIVE PERENNIAL SALE: 9am-4pm, On the Village Green, Leland. Presented by the Leelanau Conservancy. 231-256-9665. leelanauconservancy.org

-------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 22)

-------------------CHERRY CAPITAL COMIC CON: 5-8pm, GT Resort, Acme. Northern MI’s largest comic book & pop culture expo. cherrycapitalcon.com

-------------------NORTHERN MI HEARSE CRUISE: 6-9pm, Under the Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. Taking donations for the Charlevoix Humane Society.

Featuring cars from New York, Ohio, Indiana & all over MI. hearseshow.com

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NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH ANDREA PETERSEN & IPR’S MORGAN SPRINGER : 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Petersen wrote a funny, honest book about her struggle with anxiety & the new treatments on the horizon. Doors open at 6pm with live music & treats from Morsels. Q & A & book signing afterwards. General admission, $15.50. nationalwritersseries.org/programs/eveningandrea-petersen

-------------------“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”: 7:30pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy people. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

may 27

saturday

MACKINAW MEMORIAL BRIDGE RUN: 6am, Bridgeview Park at the north end of the bridge, Mackinaw City.

Will have staggered start times. The first half of the race is a steady incline with a slope of 5º. The total length of the course is 5.06 miles. mackinawcity.com/events/14th-annual-mackinawmemorial-bridge-run

-------------------BAYSHORE MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 10K: The half marathon & 10K are FULL. An annual spring run up the Old Mission Peninsula that attracts more than 7,000 runners. The marathon starts at 7:15am at NMC, TC. Different starting times & locations for half marathon & 10K. See web site. bayshoremarathon.org STAFFORD’S TOP OF MI COMMUNITY MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 10K: Various starting locations. Also featuring a marathon team relay. Marathon: 7:30am, Charlevoix. Half Marathon: 8am, Bay Harbor.

10K: 8:30am, Top of MI Trails Council offices, M119. trailscouncil.org/community-marathon

-------------------NORTHERN MI HEARSE CRUISE: 8am-5pm, Downtown Gaylord. Taking donations for the Charlevoix Humane Society. Featuring cars from New York, Ohio, Indiana & all over MI. Today it travels from Gaylord to Boyne City. For two hours in the towns of Boyne Falls (Boyne Mtn), East Jordan, and Boyne City. hearseshow.com

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12TH ANNUAL ANTRIM COUNTY PETOSKEY STONE FESTIVAL: 9am-4pm, Barnes Park Campground, Eastport. Featuring 40 vendors of MI Petoskey stones, jewelry, food, music, kid’s fish pond, Petoskey Stone Hunt, U.S. Coast Guard presentation over the waters of Lake Michigan, & more. Free. Find ‘12th Annual Antrim County Petoskey Stone Festival’ on Facebook.

-------------------GREAT LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY BARN SALE: 9am-3pm, 7246 E. Harrys Rd., TC. Help the animals & find deals on antiques, books, holiday decor, lawn furniture & much more. greatlakeshs.com

-------------------SPRING PLANT & FLOWER SALE: 9am3pm, Ric’s Corner, US-31 & M-137, Interlochen. Proceeds support the Friends of Interlochen Public Library & children’s programs at the Library. 231-649-2943.

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WILDFLOWER RESCUE PLANT & NATIVE PERENNIAL SALE: (See Fri., May 26)

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“LELAND AIR”: Hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center at the Old Art Building, Leland. A one-day Plein Air Painting Event and Exhibit. From 10am to 4pm artists will be seen painting in and around picturesque Leland capturing images of historic Fishtown, views of orchards and vineyards, terrain, and beaches.

A reception & sale of the paintings will take place from 6-8pm. Artists will donate forty percent of art sales to the Old Art Building. $10.

231-256-2131. mynorthtickets.com

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ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: 10am-4pm, Downtown Elk Rapids. Featuring more than 70 artisans.

-------------------CARS IN THE PARK: 10am-3pm, Haserot Park, TC. 20th Anniversary Show.

-------------------CHERRY CAPITAL COMIC CON: 10am-6pm, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. Northern MI’s largest comic book & pop culture expo. cherrycapitalcon.com

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GLEN HAVEN DAYS: 10am-4pm, Glen Haven Village. Bring the early 1900s to life with the help of park rangers and volunteers at Glen Haven and the Maritime Museum. Watch a blacksmith forge metal, try your hand at timber-framing, learn about shipping and shipwrecks, & much more. Free.

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AUTHOR SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 11am-1pm: Peg Jonkhoff & Fred Hoisington will sign their book “Perry Hannah’s Gifts: Then & Now, 2nd edition.” 1-3pm: Tracie BartonBarrett will sign her book “Buried Deep in Our Hearts.” horizonbooks.com

-------------------12TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN BEER & BRAT FESTIVAL: 4-8pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy Michigan’s microbrews, local hard cider and mead, and gourmet brats from northwest Michigan markets. Held slopeside.

Tickets: $30 through May 26; & $35 dayof. crystalmountain.com/events/beerfest

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COUNTRY DANCE: 6pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. 6pm hot dog dinner; 7-10pm dance. Live music. Donation. 231-263-4499.

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COMEDIANS AGAINST CANCER: TC Elks Lodge. Join the American Cancer Society for a night of comedy. The show will be headlined by local comedian and cancer survivor Marti Johnson. Also featuring David Graves, Ben Macks, Abby Veitengruber, Jeremy West and more. Proceeds support Relay For Life of Grand Traverse County. Doors open at 7pm with performances at 8pm. $15/person. 231.409.3900.

-------------------SMALL TOWN OUTLAWS VS. EAST LANSING MITTEN MAVENS: 7pm, Kalkaska Kaliseum. Veterans & active military personnel will be admitted for free to this roller derby match. $10 advance/$12 door. Find ‘Memorial Day Weekend Salute!” on Facebook.

-------------------“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”: 7:30pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy people. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com MUSIC SPEAKS: 7:30pm, Grace Episcopal Church, TC. This eclectic concert featuring chamber music, poetry, and prose spanning centuries and genres is presented by Manitou Winds. Free. manitouwinds.com/performances

may 28

sunday

NORTH MITTEN HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K: 8am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. All racers receive free entry into Micros on MountainTop from 12-4pm. crystalmountain.com/events/ north-mitten

-------------------CHERRY CAPITAL COMIC CON: 11am-5pm,

GT Resort & Spa, Acme. Northern MI’s -largest -expo.

Ladies Night $1 off comic book & pop culture drinks & $5cherrycapimartinis talcon.com closing at 9pm

THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, noon-4pm on The Piazza. thevillagetc.com Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. Find on Facebook.

Mountain, Thompsonville. on the first open micHop w/ host Chris Sterr chairlift ride of the season and enjoy Michigan Wed - Get it inbarbecue the can for $1 w/ 2 and Bays live DJs microbrews, your favorites music from Refurbushed. $5 through May 26; $10 day-of. of the North ThursParticipants - MI beer night $1 off all Mitten MI beerHalf Marathon, 10K orBROTHERS 5K receive free entry. crystalCRUNCH mountain.com/events/micros-on-mountaintop

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-------------------MICROS ON MOUNTAINTOP: Tues - $2 well12-4pm, drinks & Crystal shots

- - -Fri- -May - -26: - -Happy - - -Hour: - -Jazz - -North ---“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND Then:Turnips SPIKE”: 2pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy people.

Sat May 27: ROOTSTAND $17. oldtownplayhouse.com - - Sun - - May - - 28: - - HEAD - - - FOR - - THE - - -HILLS ---JAZZ AT SUNSET: 3-5:30pm, Chateau Chantal, LIVEstudent SHOWmusicians 10AM-NOON TC. Featuring from TC Cen-

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tral, West and Kingsley High Schools performing with the downtown Jeff Haas watercolorist Lisa checkand us out at unionstreetstationtc.net 941-1930 TC Trio Flahive. Great panoramic views of West & East Grand Traverse Bays. Enjoy wines & lemonade for the kids. Free. chateauchantal.com

-------------------WRITING WORKSHOP: PENNING POETRY: 4pm, Horizon Books, 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

ongoing

GENTLE YOGA: Wednesdays, 9:30am, May. 24 - May. 31, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Gentle instructor Tina Livingston offers yoga basics for adults & teens of all abilities.

Call 231-223-7700 to save a place.

-------------------EARLY MORNING BIRD WALKS: Tuesdays, 9am; Thursdays, 7:30am through May 30.

Pond Hill Farm near Harbor Springs. Hosted

by Petoskey Regional Audubon. For info, email: tadatl@live.com

“Ride, Don’t Drive!”

“POINTS OF INTEREST”: Through June 9.

Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Artists interpret the idea of mapping their world, life, & emotions in an exploration in charting the course of life. charlevoixcircle.com

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Electric Bikes and Pro Scooters CHANNELING PICASSO: Through May, Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Visit the extraordiRental | Sales | Service nary world of Pablo Picasso as interpreted by formichiganartistsgallery.com Rental Rates and Pricing 40+Call artists.

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FAMILIAR Downtown ROADS & DIVERGENT Traverse City PATHS: Through May, City Opera House, TC. Water231.632.3011 • 231.632.7000 color & acrylicbayfrontscooters.com paintings by TC artist Charles R. Murphy. cityoperahouse.org

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HIGHER ART GALLERY CALL FOR ART: For their first Black and White Photography exhibit.

Submissions are taken until June 5. higherartgallery.com/callsforart

-------------------MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Runs through May 26. crookedtree.org

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SPARK! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SPARK! is a juried exhibition of artists, ages 18-39, presented by the Northport Arts Association.

Deadline for submission is May 20, 2017. The exhibition will run June 16 - 25, 2017 at the Northport Village Arts Building. $10 submission fee. northportartsforall.com/spark

-------------------SUMMER MEMBERS EXHIBIT: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Runs through June 16. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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”THIS PLACE FEELS FAMILIAR”: Presented by students from the Aesthetics of Health Class EVENING BIRD WALKS: Wednesdays, 5:30pm led by Interlochen Arts Academy’s Visual Art through May. 31. 9502 Burgess Rd., near Department faculty member Megan Hildebrandt.

615 East Front Street | Traverse City, MI Charlevoix. Hosted by Petoskey Regional AuduFeaturing art49686 inspired by Cowell Cancer Center bon Society. Begins with a potluck, followed by a staff & patient interactions during the past year. stroll along the property. Info: 231-330-4572.

Runs through the summer in the cancer center’s Reflection Gallery on the third floor & Health & JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF: Tuesdays, 6:30- Wellness Suite on the second floor, TC. munson8:30pm, May 23 - June 13. Hospice of Michigan healthcare.org/cancerservices office, TC. This free to any adult, four week grief support group focuses on how to express feelings related to the loss in a supportive, caring NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN BESTSELLERS and non-judgmental environment. 929-1557.

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MONDAY TANGO: Mondays, 7pm, May. 22 May. 29. Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. Half-hour class for beginning tango dancers followed by a practice session by the TC Tango Co-op. No experience or partner necessary. 231-715-1066.

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HARDCOVER FICTION Mr. Rochester by Sarah Shoemaker Grand Central Publishing $27.00 A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Viking $27.00 The Thirst by Jo Nesbo Knopf $26.95

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WILDFLOWER WALKS: Tuesdays, 10am-12pm, May 23 - July 11. Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Donations appreciated. grassriver.org

Pianos

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

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

PAPERBACK FICTION Three Junes by Julia Glass Anchor Books $14.95 Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Anchor books $15.95 Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen Vintage $15.95 HARDCOVER NON-FICTION Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven Grand Central Publishing $18.00 Really Big Lunch by Jim Harrison Grove Press $26.00 Option B by Sheryl Sandberg Knopf $25.95

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CHARLEVOIX FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-1pm, May. 25 - Oct. 5. 408 Bridge St., Charlevoix. charlevoixmainstreet.org/ farmers-market

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by Heather S PSaving E CArcadia IALS A V AShumaker ILABLE Painted Turtle $22.99

SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, TC: Saturdays, 7:30am-noon, Lot B, westbaybeachresorttraversecity.com Compiled by Horizon Books: Traverse City, Petoskey, Cadillac across from Clinch Park. downtowntc.com

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WILDFLOWER RESCUE PLANT & NATIVE PERENNIAL SALE: 9am-4pm, On the Village Green, Leland. Presented by the Leelanau Conservancy. 231-256-9665. leelanauconservancy.org

-------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 22)

-------------------CHERRY CAPITAL COMIC CON: 5-8pm, GT Resort, Acme. Northern MI’s largest comic book & pop culture expo. cherrycapitalcon.com

-------------------NORTHERN MI HEARSE CRUISE: 6-9pm, Under the Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. Taking donations for the Charlevoix Humane Society.

Featuring cars from New York, Ohio, Indiana & all over MI. hearseshow.com

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NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH ANDREA PETERSEN & IPR’S MORGAN SPRINGER : 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Petersen wrote a funny, honest book about her struggle with anxiety & the new treatments on the horizon. Doors open at 6pm with live music & treats from Morsels. Q & A & book signing afterwards. General admission, $15.50. nationalwritersseries.org/programs/eveningandrea-petersen

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THURSDAY

“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”: 7:30pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy people. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

Trivia nite • 7-9pm

FRIDAY FISH FRY

All you can eat perch $10.99

FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS saturday

mayfor all Home Team Events.

27 Sporting 231-941-2276

MACKINAW MEMORIAL BRIDGE RUN: 6am, Bridgeview Park at the north end of the bridge, Mackinaw City.

Will have staggered start 121 S.times.

Union TC. The St. first •half of the race is a steady incline with a slope of 5º. The www.dillingerspubtc.com total length of the course is 5.06 miles. mackinawcity.com/events/14th-annual-mackinawmemorial-bridge-run

-------------------BAYSHORE MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 10K: The half marathon & 10K are FULL. An annual spring run up the Old Mission Peninsula that attracts more than 7,000 runners. The marathon starts at 7:15am at NMC, TC. Different starting times & locations for half marathon & 10K. See web site. bayshoremarathon.org STAFFORD’S TOP OF MI COMMUNITY MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 10K: Various starting locations. Also featuring a marathon team relay. Marathon: 7:30am, Charlevoix. Half Marathon: 8am, Bay Harbor.

10K: 8:30am, Top of MI Trails Council offices, M119. trailscouncil.org/community-marathon

-------------------NORTHERN MI HEARSE CRUISE: 8am-5pm, Downtown Gaylord. Taking donations for the Charlevoix Humane Society. Featuring cars from New York, Ohio, Indiana & all over MI. Today it travels from Gaylord to Boyne City. For two hours in the towns of Boyne Falls (Boyne Mtn), East Jordan, and Boyne City. hearseshow.com

WILDFLOWER RESCUE PLANT & NATIVE PERENNIAL SALE: (See Fri., May 26)

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“LELAND AIR”: Hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center at the Old Art Building, Leland. A one-day Plein Air Painting Event and Exhibit. From 10am to 4pm artists will be seen painting in and around picturesque Leland capturing images of historic Fishtown, views of orchards and vineyards, terrain, and beaches.

A reception & sale of the paintings will take place from 6-8pm. Artists will donate forty percent of art sales to the Old Art Building. $10.

231-256-2131. mynorthtickets.com

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ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW: 10am-4pm, Downtown Elk Rapids. Featuring more than 70 artisans.

-------------------CARS IN THE PARK: 10am-3pm, Haserot Park, TC. 20th Anniversary Show.

-------------------CHERRY CAPITAL COMIC CON: 10am-6pm, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. Northern MI’s largest comic book & pop culture expo. cherrycapitalcon.com

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GLEN HAVEN DAYS: 10am-4pm, Glen Haven Village. Bring the early 1900s to life with the help of park rangers and volunteers at Glen Haven and the Maritime Museum. Watch a blacksmith forge metal, try your hand at timber-framing, learn about shipping and shipwrecks, & much more. Free.

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AUTHOR SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 11am-1pm: Peg Jonkhoff & Fred Hoisington will sign their book “Perry Hannah’s Gifts: Then & Now, 2nd edition.” 1-3pm: Tracie BartonBarrett will sign her book “Buried Deep in Our Hearts.” horizonbooks.com

-------------------12TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN BEER & BRAT 231-922-7742 FESTIVAL: 4-8pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville.121 Enjoy microbrews, S.Michigan’s Union St. • TC. local hard cider and mead, and gourmet brats from www.dillingerspubtc.com northwest Michigan markets. Held slopeside.

Tickets: $30 through May 26; & $35 dayof. crystalmountain.com/events/beerfest

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COUNTRY DANCE: 6pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. 6pm hot dog dinner; 7-10pm dance. Live music. Donation. 231-263-4499.

Feeling Anxious?

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COMEDIANS AGAINST CANCER: TC Elks Lodge. Join the American Cancer Society for a night of comedy. The show will be headlined by local comedian and cancer survivor Marti Johnson. Also featuring David Graves, Ben Macks, Abby Veitengruber, Jeremy West and more. Proceeds support Relay For Life of Grand Traverse County. Doors open at 7pm with perYou are warmly invited to231.409.3900. hear formances at 8pm. $15/person.

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Veterans & active military personnel will be admitted for free to this roller derby match. door.with Find ‘Memorial about$10 heradvance/$12 own struggle Day Weekend Salute!” on Facebook.

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“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”: Studio Theatre at on the 7:30pm, horizon.OTP In conversation 12TH ANNUAL ANTRIM COUNTY PETOSKEY the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy STONE FESTIVAL: 9am-4pm, Barnes Park people. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com with IPR’s Morgan Springer.

Campground, Eastport. Featuring 40 vendors of MUSIC SPEAKS: 7:30pm, Grace Episcopal MI Petoskey stones, jewelry, food, music, kid’s Church, TC. This eclectic concert featuring fish pond, Petoskey Stone Hunt, U.S. Coast chamber music, poetry, and prose spanning Guard presentation over the waters of Lake centuries and genres is presented by Manitou Michigan, & more. Free. Find ‘12th Annual Antrim Free. manitouwinds.com/performances anWinds. evening with County Petoskey Stone Festival’ on Facebook.

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-------------------GREAT LAKES HUMANE SOCIETY BARN SALE: 9am-3pm, 7246 E. Harrys Rd., TC. Help the animals & find deals on antiques, books, holiday decor, lawn furniture & much more. greatlakeshs.com

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NORTH MITTEN HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K: 8am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. All racers receive free entry into Micros on MountainTop from 12-4pm. crystalmountain.com/events/ north-mitten

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SPRING PLANT & FLOWER SALE: 9am3pm, Ric’s Corner, US-31 & M-137, Interlochen. Proceeds support the Friends of Interlochen Public Library & children’s programs at the Library. 231-649-2943.

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GT Resort & Spa, Acme. Northern MI’s largest comic book & pop culture expo. cherrycapitalcon.com

-------------------MICROS ON MOUNTAINTOP: 12-4pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Hop on the first chairlift ride of the season and enjoy Michigan microbrews, your barbecue favorites and live music from Refurbushed. $5 through May 26; $10 day-of. Participants of the North Mitten Half Marathon, 10K or 5K receive free entry. crystalmountain.com/events/micros-on-mountaintop

-------------------“VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE”: 2pm, OTP Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC. A comedy play about gloomy people. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

-------------------JAZZ AT SUNSET: 3-5:30pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Featuring student musicians from TC Central, West and Kingsley High Schools performing with the Jeff Haas Trio and watercolorist Lisa Flahive. Great panoramic views of West & East Grand Traverse Bays. Enjoy wines & lemonade for the kids. Free. chateauchantal.com

-------------------WRITING WORKSHOP: PENNING POETRY: 4pm, Horizon Books, 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

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GENTLE YOGA: Wednesdays, 9:30am, May. 24 - May. 31, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Gentle instructor Tina Livingston offers yoga basics for adults & teens of all abilities.

Call 231-223-7700 to save a place.

-------------------EARLY MORNING BIRD WALKS: Tuesdays, 9am; Thursdays, 7:30am through May 30.

Pond Hill Farm near Harbor Springs. Hosted

by Petoskey Regional Audubon. For info, email: tadatl@live.com

-------------------EVENING BIRD WALKS: Wednesdays, 5:30pm through May. 31. 9502 Burgess Rd., near Charlevoix. Hosted by Petoskey Regional Audubon Society. Begins with a potluck, followed by a stroll along the property. Info: 231-330-4572.

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JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF: Tuesdays, 6:308:30pm, May 23 - June 13. Hospice of Michigan office, TC. This free to any adult, four week grief support group focuses on how to express feelings related to the loss in a supportive, caring and non-judgmental environment. 929-1557.

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MONDAY TANGO: Mondays, 7pm, May. 22 May. 29. Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. Half-hour class for beginning tango dancers followed by a practice session by the TC Tango Co-op. No experience or partner necessary. 231-715-1066.

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WILDFLOWER WALKS: Tuesdays, 10am-12pm, May 23 - July 11. Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Donations appreciated. grassriver.org

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

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

-------------------CHARLEVOIX FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-1pm, May. 25 - Oct. 5. 408 Bridge St., Charlevoix. charlevoixmainstreet.org/ farmers-market

-------------------DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays through Oct. 28, 9:30am.

-------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, TC: Saturdays, 7:30am-noon, Lot B, across from Clinch Park. downtowntc.com

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THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, noon-4pm on The Piazza. thevillagetc.com Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. Find on Facebook.

art

“POINTS OF INTEREST”: Through June 9.

Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Artists interpret the idea of mapping their world, life, & emotions in an exploration in charting the course of life. charlevoixcircle.com

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CHANNELING PICASSO: Through May, Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Visit the extraordinary world of Pablo Picasso as interpreted by 40+ artists. michiganartistsgallery.com

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FAMILIAR ROADS & DIVERGENT PATHS: Through May, City Opera House, TC. Watercolor & acrylic paintings by TC artist Charles R. Murphy. cityoperahouse.org

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HIGHER ART GALLERY CALL FOR ART: For their first Black and White Photography exhibit.

Submissions are taken until June 5. higherartgallery.com/callsforart

-------------------MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Runs through May 26. crookedtree.org

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SPARK! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: SPARK! is a juried exhibition of artists, ages 18-39, presented by the Northport Arts Association.

Deadline for submission is May 20, 2017. The exhibition will run June 16 - 25, 2017 at the Northport Village Arts Building. $10 submission fee. northportartsforall.com/spark

-------------------SUMMER MEMBERS EXHIBIT: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Runs through June 16. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

-------------------”THIS PLACE FEELS FAMILIAR”: Presented by students from the Aesthetics of Health Class led by Interlochen Arts Academy’s Visual Art Department faculty member Megan Hildebrandt.

Featuring art inspired by Cowell Cancer Center staff & patient interactions during the past year.

Runs through the summer in the cancer center’s Reflection Gallery on the third floor & Health & Wellness Suite on the second floor, TC. munsonhealthcare.org/cancerservices

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Kendrick Lamar just released his new album, DAMN, which had been preceded to radio by two tracks, “The Heart Part 4”

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Hitmaking diva Mariah Carey, the best-selling female artist of all time with 18 number one hits, just signed an exclusive joint partnership with Epic Records, launching her own label, Butterfly MC Records. The deal includes a new album expected from Carey later this year, and extends the association between the singer and Epic; Carey was personally signed to the label by LA Reid 2015, and since then has completed a sold-out international tour, appearances on TV, film, and with cosmetics companies, and a hit Las Vegas performance residency, the latter of which she’ll be returning to this July…

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THE BUZZ Animated band Gorillaz are making a welcome return to touring after a halfdozen years away from the road; the band, whose new album is called Humanz, will be appearaing at the Fox Theater in Detroit on Sept. 18…

Ann Arbor psychedelic-folk musician Chris Bathgate returns this week with his fourth album, Dizzy Seas, on Quite Scientific Records …

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Great Lakes Myth Society’s Timothy Monger just released his third solo album, Amber Lantern, with a few shows on deck this summer as Monger promotes the new set …

Grand Haven’s Walk the Beat Festival returns on Aug. 19 this summer, with 50 performers set to showcase their talents on the streets of the city; check out walkthebeat. org for more information… and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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The reel

by meg weichman

KING ARTHUR guardians of the galaxy vol. 2

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Has there really ever been a truly satisfying cinematic adaptation of the Arthurian legend?

“Excalibur” maybe? Nah, too pretentious and dated. With its overwrought romance, “First Knight” is a definite no. The movie musical “Camelot” disgraced the original Broadway version. And while I don’t think I hated 2004’s “King Arthur,” I don’t remember it either.

This is all to say that in these original story-averse and “Game of Thrones”-loving times, King Arthur seems about due for a reboot – a canonical work where someone could really leave a mark. And this time around that someone could be director Guy Ritchie, whose reboots of properties like “Sherlock Holmes” and “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” brought something new to in an enjoyable way, and who has an innovative visual style – facts together that seem to practically prophesize hey, at least this will probably be fun.

But turns out, Guy Ritchie will not be the one to pull the sword from the stone and bring the satisfying Arthur of every “The Once and Future King” reader’s dreams to the screen. And you won’t even get to have much fun. Because while there are glimmers of the cheeky delight found in Ritchie’s gangster films like “Snatch,” it’s never enough of a romp.

There are some inventive moments to be found, but Ritchie never sees anything through, resulting in an inconsistent mess of devices and tones, but with a certain degree of watchability that signals there must’ve been a decent film in there somewhere.

Take the bombastic opening that tries to give “The Lord of the Rings” a “Mad Max: Fury Road” treatment with frenzied action and giant warrior elephants: It amounts to a shrug and a “well, that’s different.” And then we get into “King Arthur’s” simplistic take on the lore.

The gist of the film’s events is that Vortigern (Jude Law in character actor mode) is jealous of his big brother Uther Pendragon’s (Eric Bana) throne and kills him. But Vortigern failed to also kill Uther’s son Arthur. So out there somewhere is a true born king, a waiting threat to his power, and some twenty years later it’s a threat made all the more clear when the all-powerful sword Excalibur suddenly reveals itself, but can only be drawn by the rightful ruler.

So that somewhere out there is a brothel in Londonium where the streetwise hustler Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) was raised and now runs. Fate being what it is, circumstances bring Arthur to Excalibur, he pulls it from the stone (an occasion preceded by a hella distracting David Beckham cameo), and becomes a reluctant hero who will eventually realize he has to take back the throne.

It’s a pretty standard and easy to follow

hero’s journey, but then they go and muck it up with so much sorcery and supernatural gobbledygook that suddenly this simple story gets incoherent. There’s this magical woman known only as “The Mage” and a band of rebels(?) who come out of nowhere to intervene to guide Arthur. And Vortigren is building a tower that will somehow seal his “powers” while also sacrificing women to a creepy three-headed siren/squid. It’s weird.

By not establishing the rules by which magic operates in this world, things are not only difficult to follow, nothing feels earned.

Like when a giant snake appears out of nowhere and saves the day, it doesn’t exactly make you invested. Here magic amounts to empty set dressing that allows the CGI artists to add more sparkles.

Speaking of the CGI, this is CGI where you are always cognizant of the fact it’s CGI. When Arthur is sent to the “Dark Lands” to confront his demons, we are treated to unconvincing mega fauna including literal Rodents of Unusual Size™. Ritchie pulls out his bag of tricks, but his frenetic imagery assaults rather than intrigues.

Hunnam is game, he looks the part, and does what he can. On the heels of his revelatory work in “The Lost City of Z,” I hope this doesn’t derail his career. Law, on the other hand, isn’t as invested, failing to bring his menacing A-game recently on glorious display in “The Young Pope.”

Arthur’s mates that will eventually form the Knights of the Round Table are a multicultural group (there’s even a kung-fu master – hello Chinese market) with names like Wet Stick, Back Lack, and Mischief John. They sure sound like a colorful cast of characters, but there is no color in their personalities.

But worse than Arthur’s mates being so lame is the fact there’s absolutely no room at the (round) table for women. Other than “The Mage,” who is more of a storytelling device than actual character, women are only there to be prostitutes or get stabbed. So though I can certainly appreciate that this King Arthur film doesn’t go down the expected Guinevere and Lancelot love triangle road, you can’t take away my thoughtful Arthur and also not give me any significant female presence.

I suppose this decision partly had to do with the fact that they are stretching the events of Camelot out – supposedly this is the first in a six-film franchise (explaining that ridiculous subtitle). But I don’t think you have to be a mage to see that ain’t ever gonna happen, because the only thing legendary here is just what a debacle this film is.

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

veryone’s favorite misfit band of intergalactic mercenary heroes are back in a sequel that equals or maybe surpasses the original. It has just as much heart, the soundtrack is just as rocking, it’s still laugh-out-loud hilarious, and though it trades heavily in snark, the feelings you’ll develop for these characters grow even deeper. There’s the verdanthued assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana), that genetically-altered talking raccoon Rocket (Bradley Cooper), deadpan literalist Drax (Dave Bautista), and of course Star-Lord (everyone’s BFF Chris Pratt), the abducted Missourian turned space bandit.

And joining them is Star-Lord’s long lost father Ego, played by none other than Kurt Russell with a swagger that trades on his legendary status in the most delightful of ways. And of course, the irresistible, adorable, Baby Groot, who truly steals both the film and your heart. Star-Lord and Gamora do their “unspoken” thing, enemies become allies, and family takes a focal point. It’s about sisters, fathers and sons, and the surrogate families we create – it’s a beautiful thing. Returning director James Gunn knows this world. He’s one of the misfits, and while not every bit lands, he has made a visual and verbal feast with a sincerity of spirit that speaks to us all.

the lost city of z

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Following the real-life exploits of British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, and archaeologist Percy Fawcett, “The Lost City of Z” takes us back to the days when honest-to-god explorers were a thing. Adapted from the nonfiction book of the same name by David Grann, this is an old-fashioned, nay, old-world adventure in the most classical of senses — which means that even though there are cannibals, shrunken heads, flesh-chomping piranhas, and spear-throwing natives, this is not an Indiana Jones-style throwback. No, it’s much more Merchant Ivory than anything Spielbergian, combining an adventurous expedition with chamber drama. The film’s quixotic quest follows Fawcett’s (Charlie Hunnam, Sons of Anarchy) obsessive search deep into the Amazonia jungle for a lost city he calls Z (pronounced zed), the needs of his growing family be damned. The motivations for his search prove complex, his relationships compelling, and Hunnam is spectacular in the role, radiating appeal, confidence, and the perfect amount of melancholy.

Stylized in the lavish manner of Visconti, with the natural lighting and sensibilities of Kubrick in “Barry Lyndon,” this is a breathtakingly detailed film with profound sense of time and place that delivers devastating and haunting moments. And that ending, with its speculative bit of magic, will linger.

colossal

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n “Colossal,” Anne Hathaway plays Gloria, a disgraced NYC blogger whose boyfriend has finally had enough of boozy party girl antics. He packs her bags, and Gloria, broke with no where else to go, leaves her life in the city and heads to her small-town childhood home to take refuge while she gets her shit together.

There she runs into her old pal Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), with whom she’s long been out touch, but as most meet-cutes go, they seem to pick up right where they left off. But that’s where the typical indie dramedy setup ends, because in the midst of this ostensibly standard tale of reconnection, news breaks that a giant Godzilla-esque kaiju has appeared out of nowhere in Seoul, and is wreaking havoc on the city, sending the world into a panic. How do Gloria’s very personal story and the worldupending development in Seoul relate? Well, to tell you would ruin what has become an all too rare experience at the movies – the pleasure of truly not knowing where a movie is headed.

Writer-director Nacho Vigalondo has made an astonishingly creative, genre-defying film that brilliantly combines indie millennial whimsy with classic monster movies. Vigalondo’s outré inclinations make for a richer and slightly profound work.

The weirdness feels organic, the outrageousness somehow intimate. So although there is a 300-ft monster and some global destruction, “Colossal” remains a little movie with perfectly modest ambitions. It is this simplicity of its execution, along with its fine performance, boundless imagination, and sheer audacity that makes it a colossally impressive feat.

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FAMOUS FLYNN'S PIZZA & BEER, MANISTEE 5/26 -- Cheryl Wolfram, 8-10 MITCHELL STREET PUB, CADILLAC 5/20 -- Limelight, 9

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska 7 MONKS TAPROOM, TC 5/25 -- Mike Moran, 7:30-10:30

5/25 -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 5/26-27 -- Risqué, 9:30 5/28 -- Afrodytee & the Tighty Whiteys, 9:30

ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 5/23 -- Open & un-mic'd w/ Ben Johnson, 7-9 Fri -- Andre Villoch, 7-9

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC Mon -- Open mic w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 5/26 -- Randy Reszka, 6-8

BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8 CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC 5/28 -- Jazz at Sunset w/ Jeff Haas Trio & TC Area Jazz Bands Students, 3-5:30 GT DISTILLERY, TC 5/26 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY, ACME 5/26-27 -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8 HORIZON BOOKS, TC 5/26 -- Zach Power, 8:30-10:30 HOTEL INDIGO, TC 5/20 -- EP - Peter Murphy & Elizabeth Sexton Rivers, 7:30-10:30 KILKENNY'S, TC 5/20 -- Scarkazm, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8

LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9 PARK PLACE HOTEL, BEACON LOUNGE, TC Thu,Fri,Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30 SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 5/26-5/27 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 5/20 -- Chevelle w/ Aeges, 8 TC WHISKEY CO. 5/25 -- Paul Livingston, 6-8 TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 5/21 -- Kids Open Mic, 3 5/23 -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 5/24 -- Open Mic w/ E Minor, 7-9 5/25 -- G-Snacks, 7-9 5/26 -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 THE FILLING STATION, TC 5/20 -- Hot n' Bothered , 7-10 5/21 -- Plumville Project, 1-4 5/25 -- Rhett Betty & The Sinners, 7-10

THE PARLOR, TC 5/23 -- Clint Weaner, 7:30-10:30 THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 5/20 -- Brett Mitchell, 8-11 5/22 -- Rotten Cherries Comedy Open Mic, 8-9:30 Wed -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam, 6-10 5/26 -- One Hot Robot, 8-11 5/27 -- Soul Patch , 8-11 5/28 -- Broom Closet Boys, 8-11 UNION STREET STATION, TC 5/20 -- Fauxgrass, 10 5/21 -- Karaoke, 10 5/23 -- Open Mic w/ Host Chris Sterr, 10 5/24 -- 2 Bays DJs, 10 5/25 -- Brothers Crunch, 10 5/26 -- Happy Hour w/ Jazz North, then The Turnips, 5 5/27 -- Rootstand, 10 5/28 -- Head for the Hills Live Show, 10am-noon, then Brotha James, 10 WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC 5/22,5/26 -- DJ Motaz, 9 5/24 -- Dueling Pianos, 7-9:30 5/25 -- Jeff Haas Trio w/ Laurie Sears, Anthony Stanco & Mahogany Jones , 7-9:30 5/27 -- Kat Orlando Trio, 5-9 on the Patio

MAIN STREET MARKET, GAYLORD 5/20 -- Nelson Olstrom, 7-9:30

Antrim & Charlevoix BOYNE CITY TAPROOM 5/20 -- Yankee Station, 8-11 5/26 -- Jabo Bihlman, 8 5/27 -- Yankee Station, 8

CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 5/20 -- Blair Miller, 7:30-9:30 5/26 -- Drew Hale, 6:30-9:30 5/27 -- Turbo Pup, 6:30-9:30

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SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 5/20 -- Mike Moran, 8:30-11 5/26 -- The Ol' Microtones, 8:3011:30

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Hailing from three different corners of the mitten, Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe describe their music as "inventive, genre-crossing music with a vintage feel." They play Hop Lot Brewing Co., Suttons Bay on Sat., May 27 from 2-5pm. Drew Hale plays later that night from 6-9pm.

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: I have this disturbing pattern. I’ve dated three different guys, each of whom said he didn’t want to get married, wasn’t ready, whatever. But then, the next girl they met…BAM! Walking down the aisle. Why am I marriage boot camp but never the one the guy marries?

— Aisle Seat

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: It’s depressing when the only place you’re ever “registered” is at the DMV.

There’s a reason you suspect your experience is a meaningful pattern, and it’s the same reason people think they see the Virgin Mary in their toast. Our minds are meaningmaking machines. We evolved to be deeply uncomfortable with uncertainty — probably because an uncertain world is a more dangerous world. Say a man hands you some blue liquid in a glass. You’re all, “Hmmm…should I drink that or take it home in case I ever need to dissolve a dead body in the bathtub?”

We figure out what things are by looking for patterns — ways that the things match up to things we’ve encountered before. So, regarding that blue liquid, yes, Drano is blue, but it isn’t sold in a martini glass and garnished with a tiny paper umbrella. Also, bartenders keep their job by having you pay your tab, not having you carried out in convulsions by a couple of EMS dudes.

Although our mind’s tendency to recognize patterns helps us quickly identify threats and opportunities, it often does this too quickly and on too little evidence. Neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga and psychologist Daniel Kahneman each caution that our mind is so intent on having things be concrete that when we’re faced with ambiguous or incomplete information, it will invent a tidy explanation to fill in the blanks. Your mind may be doing that now in seeing a meaningful pattern in guys sweeping you off your feet and then, like that annoying shopper who’s just reached the register, their going: “Ooops…don’t want this one. Gonna run and grab the other one. Sorrreeeeee!”

However, epidemiologist and stats ninja Sander Greenland reminded me that just because we’re prone to see a pattern where there is none doesn’t mean a particular pattern isn’t meaningful (as opposed to occurring randomly — by coincidence, like if you tossed a coin and got heads three times in a row).

One way you figure out whether something is due to coincidence or is a real effect is by

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having lots of examples of it. If you’d dated 10 men who’d left you to marry somebody else, it might say something. Might. But three? Greenland points out that in looking at what seems to be a pattern, “we tend to forget the times it didn’t happen (like before we started noticing the claimed pattern).”

Also, if you believe there’s a pattern — that you’re a sort of fruit bin where men go to ripen -- maybe you start acting differently because of it, coloring your results. (Selffulfilling prophecy kinda thing: “Why try?

He’ll be outta here anyway.”)

In short, maybe this is a meaningful pattern or maybe it is not. What you can explore is whether there are patterns in your behavior that could be tripping you up. There are three biggies that research suggests can be relationship killers.

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Blatant Boy-Chasing: Men often claim they like it when women ask them out. However, research suggests that this may permanently lower a woman’s worth in a man’s eyes. Men value women who are hard to get, not those who eagerly pursue them — sometimes with all the subtlety of a golden retriever chasing a hot dog down a hill.

Being Hard To Be Around: A review of research on personality by psychologist John M. Malouff finds three characteristics that are likely to eat away at a relationship: neuroticism (a psych term for being nervous, chronically distressed, and volatile), a lack of conscientiousness (being disorganized, unreliable, and lacking in self-control), and disagreeableness (being an unpleasant, egotistical, hostile and argumentative mofo).

The Undercooked Man: Behavioral science research supports the evolutionary theory that women — even today — prioritize male partners who can “invest” (a preference that men coevolved to expect).

For example, marriage researchers Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and David Popenoe find that “men want to be financially ‘set’ before they marry.” Career attainment and stability are likely a major part of this. So, unfortunately, a relationship with a man in transition can end up being a sort of FEMA tent on the road to permanent housing.

Ultimately, instead of deeming yourself death row for “happily ever after,” try to choose wisely and be a valuable (rather than costly) partner. That’s really your best bet for eventually walking down the aisle — and not just to hear, “Do you take this woman … till the last of your nine little lives do you part?”

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(May 21-June 20): Generation Kill is an HBO miniseries based on the experiences of a reporter embedded with American Marines fighting in Iraq. Early on, before the troops have been exposed to any serious combat, they’re overflowing with trash talk. A commanding officer scolds them: “Gentlemen, from now on we’re going to have to earn our stories.” Although you are in a much less volatile situation right now, Gemini, my advice to you is the same: In the coming weeks, you’ll have to earn your stories. You can’t afford to talk big unless you’re geared up to act big, too. You shouldn’t make promises and entertain dares and issue challenges unless you’re fully prepared to be a hero.

Now here’s my prophecy: I think you will be a hero.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it may be

the right time to tinker with or repair a foundation; to dig down to the bottom of an old resource and consider transforming it at its roots. Why? After all this time, that foundation or resource needs your fresh attention. It could be lacking a nutrient that has gradually disappeared. Maybe it would flourish better if it got the benefit of the wisdom you have gained since it first became useful for you. Only you have the power to discern the real reasons, Pisces -- and they may not be immediately apparent. Be tender and patient and candid as you explore.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Sin” is a puerile

concept in my eyes, so I don’t normally use it to discuss grown-up concerns. But if you give me permission to invoke it in a jokey, ironic way, I’ll recommend that you cultivate more surprising, interesting, and original sins. In other words, Aries, it’s high time to get bored with your predictable ways of stirring up a ruckus. Ask God or Life to bring you some really evocative mischief that will show you what you’ve been missing and lead you to your next robust learning experience.

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For a limited time only, you can get five cutesy oracles for the price of one! And you don’t have to pay a penny unless they all come true! Check ‘em out! Oracle #1: Should you wait patiently until all the conditions are absolutely perfect? No! Success comes from loving the mess. Oracle #2: Don’t try to stop a sideshow you’re opposed to. Stage a bigger, better show that overwhelms it.

Oracle #3: Please, master, don’t be a slave to the things you control. Oracle #4: Unto your own self be true? Yes! Unto your own hype be true? No! Oracle #5: The tortoise will beat the hare as long as the tortoise doesn’t envy or try to emulate the hare.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In your mind’s

eye, drift back in time to a turning point in your past that didn’t go the way you’d hoped. But don’t dwell on the disappointment. Instead, change the memory. Visualize yourself then and there, but imagine you’re in possession of all the wisdom you have gathered since then. Next, picture an alternative ending to the old story -- a finale in which you manage to pull off a much better result. Bask in this transformed state of mind for five minutes. Repeat the whole exercise at least once a day for the next two weeks.

It will generate good medicine that will produce a creative breakthrough no later than mid-June.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re being invited

to boost your commitment to life and become a more vivid version of yourself. If you refuse the invitation, it will later return as a challenge. If you avoid that challenge, it will eventually circle back around to you as a demand. So I encourage you to respond now, while it’s still an invitation. To gather the information you’ll need, ask yourself these questions: What types of self-development are you “saving for later”? Are you harboring any mediocre goals or desires that dampen your lust for life? Do you tone down or hold back your ambitions for fear they would hurt or offend people you care about?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Dream

Doctor: I dreamed that a crowd of people had decided to break through a locked door using a long, thick wooden plank as a battering ram.

The only problem was, I was lying on top of the plank, half-asleep. By the time I realized what was up, the agitated crowd was already at work smashing at the door.

Luckily for me, it went well. The door got bashed in and I

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As long as you keep

Syria, South Sudan, and North Korea off your itinerary, traveling would be food for your soul during the next 28 days. It would also be balm for your primal worries and medicine for your outworn dogmas and an antidote for your comfortable illusions. Do you have the time and money necessary to make a pilgrimage to a place you regard as holy? How about a jaunt to a rousing sanctuary? Or an excursion to an exotic refuge that will shock you in friendly, healing ways? I hope that you will at least read a book about the territory that you may one day call your home away from home.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): By now I’m

sure you have tuned in to the rumblings in your deep self. Should you be concerned?

Maybe a little, but I think the more reasonable attitude is curiosity. Even though the shaking is getting stronger and louder, it’s also becoming more melodic. The power that’s being unleashed will almost certainly turn out to be far more curative than destructive. The light it emits may at first look murky but will eventually bloom like a thousand moons. Maintain your sweet poise. Keep the graceful faith.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Life is

inviting you to decode riddles about togetherness that could boost your emotional intelligence and earn you the right to enjoy lyrical new expressions of intimacy. Will you accept the invitation? Are you willing to transcend your habitual responses for the sake of your growth-inducing relationships? Are you interested in developing a greater capacity for collaboration and synergy?

Would you be open to making a vulnerable fool of yourself if it helped your important alliances to fulfill their dormant potential?

Be brave and empathetic, Sagittarius. Be creative and humble and affectionate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “In youth

we feel richer for every new illusion,” wrote author Anne Sophie Swetchine. “In maturer years, for every one we lose.” While that may be generally true, I think that even twentysomething Capricorns are likely to fall into the latter category in the coming weeks. Whatever your age, I foresee you shouting something akin to “Hallelujah!” or “Thank God!” or “Boomshakalaka flashbang!” as you purge disempowering fantasies that have kept you in bondage and naive beliefs that have led you astray.

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Gardeners are the ones who get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a ‘natural way.’ You may see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leech-filled laurel hell. Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.” Happy Defiance Time to you, Aquarius! In the coming weeks, I hope you will express the most determined and disciplined fertility ever!

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