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CONTENTS Meet
features Crime and Rescue Map......................................7
(Un)Welcome to Kalkaska?..............................10 Air Apparent..................................................13 West End Tavern..............................................20 Celebrate the Arts!...........................................21 Paul Nelson Returns.........................................24 The Queen Mother...........................................27 A Northern Michigan Cocktail Tour...................30 Seen................................................................31
dates..............................................32-35 music Find Your Bliss..............................................16 FourScore......................................................36 Nightlife........................................................40
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Beware GOP Healthcare Bill
If the current bill by the GOP-controlled Senate passes, we are in a world of hurt. Seniors take note: Republicans are messing with Medicare and Medicaid. Over 60 percent of nursing home residents depend on Medicaid to meet most of the approx. $6,000 monthly cost. What will happen when that money dries up? The GOP plan transfers billions from these programs to pay for tax cuts for those who don’t need them. The GOP’s tax cut plan for millionaires and billionaires is cloaked behind the false claim that this is a “healthcare bill.” Hardly! Under the GOP plan, insurers can opt out of covering maternity care, pediatrics, ER, preventive services, prescription drugs, lab tests, hospitalization and more. States can decide if insurers must accept those with pre-existing conditions or not. Finally, the GOP plan caps Medicaid, which will hit the disabled and seniors in a huge way. Pres. Trump is on record as calling the House so-called Healthcare plan “mean, mean, mean.” The Senate bill is worse! What happened to candidate Trump’s promise to repeal and replace Obamacare with something better? If he signs this bill, he lied to us. When did we become so mean? Why do we always go after the most vulnerable among us, while letting America’s royal oligarchs suck us dry? Why is it okay for corporations and the royals to take as if it was a royal birthright? Karen Martin, Cheboygan
Real Life For Teachers
I taught for many years in Michigan Public Schools, mostly here at TCAPS. Mark Pontoni’s opinion column “Why Teach?” was right on, but one thing is missing. Resources are few, and yet highly paid administrators are a dime a dozen. It used to be their job and the teacher’s to join forces and teach kids. Now unfortunately that is not the case. They are a teacher’s boss. They do what they are told, whether that is best for the child or not. “Make mom and daddy happy” is now the routine, and God help any teacher who has the nerve to stand up for the kids unless it makes their boss look good. If it doesn’t, they will not likely last as a teacher, no matter how good they are. But they will never be considered for an administrative position if they do. The really good administrators in my day would never put the kids second. Test scores and sports events are all that matters, now. Group A or Group B? “Betsy” and her crap don’t cut it for this country at all. She doesn’t have a clue about the tremendous talent it takes to teach. Gary Baumdraher, Maple City
You Are Welcome
Dear Muslim and refugee friends as yet unmet: You are welcome to my world. I would like to apologize for some of my neighbors who, through ignorance or lack of exposure, have said hateful things about people who don’t look like them or are culturally different. They have not learned that more Muslims have been killed by terrorists than any other group. They have not heard that 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or the children of immigrants, creating 10 million jobs and 7 out of top 10 brands in the U.S. Sadly, they excuse their views as “free speech,” but consequences come from those views and “inciting to violence” is not free speech. Those of us who value your contributions and welcome you are more numerous than those who choose a darker path. We continue to claim the statement on the Statue of Liberty: You are welcome here.
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BY Christie minervini Think about it. It’s always easy to defend someone’s right to say something with which we agree. But in a free society, we also have a duty to defend speech with which we strongly disagree. Contrary to popular belief, there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment — hateful ideas are just as protected under the First Amendment as other ideas. Also frequently misunderstood in the free speech debate is that exercising free speech doesn’t mean one is free from consequences. The idea that “I can say and do what I want without repercussion, because ... free speech!” is actually false.
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Two recent examples of this logical fallacy include the Traverse City Police officer who flew a confederate flag at a political rally at the Open Space last fall, and the recent bigoted Facebook posts by the village president of Kalkaska. [For more on this story, please turn to p. 10.] Both men cited their free speech rights in response to the public outcry that followed their actions. In the case of Officer Michael Peters, he showed up to the “Love Trumps Hate” rally flying a Confederate flag from his pickup truck. Protesters said that he revved his engine while driving past a black family, and he also was observed drinking outside his parked vehicle during the event. After it was discovered that Peters was an offduty officer, the family said they didn’t feel safe knowing someone who is supposed to protect their rights would fly that flag. Peters asserted that he did so as a statement against political correctness: “There is a rapidly growing segment of the population in this country who seem to be offended by anyone who dares present anything politically incorrect to them, and normal people are growing weary of it.” He took issue with demonstrators who expressed their First Amendment rights, but he took “extreme exception” to him exercising his own. This is where Peters misses the point. Protesters didn’t challenge his right to display the racist symbol — they just don’t believe that an individual who deliberately provokes others and who expresses hateful ideas has any place in their police department.
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Facing an internal investigation, Peters quickly resigned. Actions have consequences. Now, Kalkaska community members are coming together and speaking out against a village president who they say has promoted racism and hate on social media. Jeff Sieting has posted several controversial statements ,commenting “Kill Them All — Every Last One” in reference to Muslims and “Time to thin the herd of this crap” in reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, and suggesting that transgender people have a “mental illness.” One Kalkaska resident expressed the frustration of many: “[He said] horrible things ... and to be our village president and speak for us, and act like that’s how we feel? It’s disgusting, and it’s not okay.”
Since the controversy broke, Sieting has maintained that he’s done nothing wrong. “I have a right to my opinion. If they don’t like my opinion, [then] stay off of my social media page,” he said. He doesn’t believe that being the village president should take away his right to express those opinions. Again, this is where he’s mistaken. The community isn’t saying that he can’t say what he said. They just believe that, as an elected official — a representative of the people — Sieting has crossed the line. According the Michigan Constitution, a village president is a “conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the village the power to suppress disorder.” Ironically, his statements include the exact kind of words that can lead to violence and have already caused disorder. The public has demanded Sieting’s resignation and, even if he refuses, he is unlikely to win re-election. Words have consequences. So many people on the right promote the idea of personal responsibility but here seem to hide behind the free speech argument when their words and actions have negative personal repercussions. If the things you express provoke a fierce and unpleasant reaction, you should ask yourself whether your critics have a point. And if you’re in favor of free speech when it comes to some issues but not others, perhaps you should ask yourself why. Whether you work for the government or in the private sector, you are by extension a representative of that organization. Actions and words matter. And unless you are clearly using them to parody or satirize, it is fair to expect that people will believe you mean what you say and what you do. From that point, it is up to your employer, coworkers, customers, or peers to judge your free speech and decide whether it is in conflict with their own values — especially if you are in a position of power within a given group. According to writer Thomas Healy in his June 18 article, “Who’s Afraid of Free Speech?” featured in The Atlantic, “One of the central tenets of modern First Amendment law is that the government cannot suppress speech if those harms can be thwarted by alternative means. And the alternative that judges and scholars invoke most frequently is the mechanism of counter-speech.” So, in essence, it is our responsibility to speak out or peaceably demonstrate against hate. And the answer is more speech, not enforced silence. We should defend Peters’ and Sieting’s First Amendment right to express themselves, just as we should hold them accountable for what they say and do. Christie Minervini owns Sanctuary Handcrafted Goods in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, and is passionate about gender equality, community development, and ending homelessness.
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Native American History, Reconsidered What you think you know about American Indians might be wrong. The Leelanau Historical Society will host an evening with a University of Michigan scholar about what is known about North America’s first residents. Phil Deloria, PhD., will give a lecture called “American Indian History 101: Constitutions, Treaties, Laws, Courts, Empires, Slaves, Automobiles, and a Few Other Things Besides.” In recent decades, tribal and academic historians have rewritten many of the familiar stories of the Native American people’s place in American history, revealing a more complicated past that leads to an equally complex present; Deloria’s contribution promises to cover some lesser-known territory. The event takes place Thursday, July 6, in Leland at 203 E. Cedar St. There will be a reception with wine and appetizers at 7pm; the talk starts at 7:30pm. Suggested donation is $5 per person.
Grow Benzie will feature two Grammy Award winners at its annual Bayou in the Barn fundraiser on Fri., July 7 at St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah from 5-11:30pm. These include Chubby Carrier “The World’s Premier Zydeco Showman” and the Bayou Swamp Band hailing from Louisiana; and Peter “Madcat” Ruth & the Midnight Blues Journey. Also performing will be Grammy nominated K Jones & the Benzie Playboys. This Louisiana-themed fundraiser will include Grow Benzie’s food truck & other vendors serving Louisiana cuisine, a silent and live auction, yard games and more. Tickets: $10-$25. mynorthtickets.com
Ghost Sign to be Restored A 100-year-old commercial mural on the side of the Coburn Building in Petoskey will be restored, thanks to private donors and artist Abby Kent. The mural — which actually reveals parts of several old advertisements layered on to the building — has faded away to almost nothing over the years; the restoration will bring to life parts of each work, Kent said. The most recent mural was painted there in 1969. “I’ve always had a love for old signs,” Kent said. “They were probably very difficult to paint 100 years ago, hanging off the side of the building.” Kent, a Petoskey resident, is an artist specializing in large-scale works. She’s helmed public art projects around the country. The city planning commission approved the project, but it’s funded through private donations — primarily from a donation from the Sutter family, who want the mural restored in honor of their father, who recently passed away.
tastemaker Traverse City Cherry Balsamic Vinegar In January of this year, the folks at northern Michigan’s Fustini’s Oils and Vinegars had the idea to flavor one of their balsamic vinegars with Michigan fruit. What more natural choice than the cherry? Over the first quarter of this year, Fustini’s worked closely with Cherry Central fruit cooperative to create the perfect frozen purée crafted from tart cherries plucked in Traverse City. After that V.I.I. (very important ingredient) was settled, Fustini’s developed an entirely new vinegar recipe to accommodate the tart cherry’s bright-sour flavor; the end result blends a rose-balsamic vinegar base with the cherry purée for a special Traverse City Cherry Balsamic Vinegar that is being exclusively made for, and only available at, Fustini’s. “It’s doing great already, even though it’s only been on the shelf for two weeks,” said Sandy Thompson, Fustini’s marketing communications manager. “The flavor is both sweet and tart, and complements cheese and desserts really well. You can also use it in a marinade, as a salad dressing, mix it into barbeque sauce, or combine it with sparkling water for a nice summer drink.” Bonus: Fustini’s is donating part of the proceeds from every sale of this particular vinegar to the area’s Food Rescue, which diverts and distributes unused food from groceries and restaurant to the people in need. Find Traverse City Cherry Balsamic Vinegar at three Fustini’s locations Up North: 141 E. Front St., in Traverse City; 206 Howard St., in Petoskey; and 120 Water St., in Boyne City. www.fustinis.com
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KILL EVERYBODY spectator by stephen tuttle Jeff Sieting is the Kalkaska Village president. He has a Facebook page on which he describes himself as a “white, Christian, conservative American.” He likes to post niceties he finds elsewhere. Sieting recently posted an especially noxious bit of business that included this: “Kill every last Muslim. Burn every last copy of their satanic book. Burn every last mosque to the ground. Burn every last dwelling they have occupied.”
lims go about their daily lives without plotting attacks or the downfall of western civilization, or attempting to inflict Sharia law on Americans. Like most Christians, Jews, and Hindus, they have moved away from the most unreasonable and violent suggestions in their holy books, recognizing they were written of and for different times. Jihadists, on the other hand, much like handfuls of Christians, Jews, and Hindus, have found the ugliest passages from their holy book and turned that into their scriptures.
The point here is that the Quran is hardly the only holy book with violent passages, including calls to violence in the name of somebody’s god.
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Well, how delightful. It sounds pretty much like some unhinged jihadist barking, “Death to the infidels.”
Their only commandment is hatred; their sacrament, murder. They all seem to want kill everybody else.
What especially catches the eye is the reference to “their satanic book,” the Quran.
(An exception involving the evil kingdom that is Saudi Arabia must be noted here. Their monarchy, the House of Saud, has inflicted a version of Sharia law on the populace, and it still lashes, beheads, and occasionally stones people, including adulterous women but not men. The Saudi monarchy’s extremist version of Islam, Wahhabism, has been the foundation for most jihadist leaders, including Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers.)
Really, what kind of allegedly holy book would call for the stoning death of a son disobeying his father or for praying incorrectly, or for a woman falsely claiming she is a virgin or for breaking the Sabbath? There are more than two dozen capital offenses for “crimes” other than murder. Not to mention tolerance of polygamy, adultery, and slavery (though you’re supposed to be nice to your slaves), plus all manner of advocacy for wars against all sorts of perceived enemies. Oh, wait ... that’s all actually in the Old Testament of the Bible, which some believe we should be following literally. The point here is that the Quran is hardly the only holy book with violent passages, including calls to violence in the name of somebody’s god. Judaism’s Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament, can be extremely harsh. The Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism’s holy books, is a lyrically written — or at least lyrically translated from the original Sanskrit — exhortation on going to war against perceived enemies. There isn’t anything unique about the Quran’s calls to violence. What is unusual is there are still those who would like to back up behavior five centuries to the time it was written. It’s a reasonably tiny group that has caused Sieting and others to recommend obliterating the entire religion. There are, according to the CIA, no more than 25,000 to 35,000 active ISIS fighters. Al Qaida is down to no more than 1,000 active Taliban fighters not many more. Add a few thousands involved with various mutant offshoots, and there are perhaps as many as 50,000 jihadists murdering in the name of Islam. There are more than a billion Muslims. So significantly more than 99.9 percent of Mus-
Every belief system seems to have its extremists and lunatics, and all major religions — even the peace loving Buddhists, whose holy book, the Tipitaka, does not advocate violence — have engaged in ugly wars, large and small, in the name of their beliefs. Those few who have bastardized Islam beyond recognition to satisfy their own blood lust are just the latest in a long line of religious extremists. Blaming Islam for these murderers is akin to blaming Christianity for the Ku Klux Klan. Mr. Sieting, whose post did not threaten any specific individual, is protected by the First Amendment. He has the right to be every bit as hateful and stupid as he wants to be, and he apparently wants to be plenty of both. It is ironic that anyone professing to be Christian would advocate murder. A detailed search of the Bible finds nothing suggesting the annihilation of entire religions or advocacy for any of Sieting’s post. There is plenty, however, that counsels against most all of it, not to mention a pesky commandment that’s pretty specific about killing. The hate-mongers among us are free to spit venom in any direction they choose. But self-proclaimed Christians who believe we should kill all Muslims might want to skim forward a bit in their holy book and check out what a man named Jesus had to say about violence and hatred. You know, the guy on whom the religion is based.
Crime & Rescue INJURIES SERIOUS IN ORV CRASH An ORV driver lost control when he tried to go around a puddle on a Roscommon County trail, prompting a crash and roll-over that cause severe injuries. Two brothers, a 19-year-old and a 20-yearold from Indianapolis, were seriously injured, according to troopers from the Houghton Lake state police post. Police were dispatched to a walk-in clinic where the younger brother was being treated for injuries the afternoon of June 24. They then returned to the scene on Higgins Lake Road, near Pine Street, to determine what had happened. Investigators don’t believe alcohol was a factor, but speed and failure to use helmets aggravated the injuries, F/Lt. Josh Lator said. One of the brothers was taken to Grayling Munson in critical condition and airlifted to Grand Rapids for treatment. SPEEDING TEENAGER CRASHES CAR A speeding car interrupted Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies who had pulled over another vehicle on the Old Mission Peninsula, causing them to switch gears and give chase. They pursued the Honda driven north by a 19-year-old Traverse City man, heading north on Peninsula Drive from Wilson Road until just past Gray Road, where the teen crashed his car. The incident occurred June 27 at 11:47pm Deputies were unable to keep up with the suspect, who they estimate drove over 100mph on the winding rural road, more than double the speed limit. They soon came upon the car, which had left the road, crashed into a tree, and landed on the beach. The teen suffered extensive injuries and was taken to Munson Medical Center. Alcohol and or drug use are under investigation. DEATH RULED ACCIDENTAL A 40-year-old woman who was found dead in Manistee Lake in March drowned accidentally, investigators determined. Marcia Mackey was reported missing March 21 and was found dead four days later; Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies investigated and, after an autopsy and toxicology results, ruled the death accidental, though according to a press release, elevated amphetamine levels were a contributing factor to Mackey’s death. Mackey was found a quarter mile from her house by deputies who were investigating the missing person complaint. MAN ARRESTED IN STOLEN CAR A homeless man was arrested after police found him in a stolen 2003 Chevy Malibu on June 24. The car’s owner, a 16-year-old Kingsley boy, had left the parked car unlocked with the keys inside, Traverse City Police Chief Jeffrey O’Brien said. The boy reported the car was missing from a Traverse City street at 10:30pm on June 23. A Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s sergeant spotted the car near the law enforcement center at 6am the next day and followed it to the Sail Inn parking lot a few blocks away, said Capt. Randy Fewless. The suspect, Bryan Lee Thomas, a 36-yearold who has two prior drunk driving convictions in Tennessee, refused verbal commands from the sergeant to get out of the car and was arrested once backup arrived. Officers suspected
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Thomas was intoxicated, but he refused to take a breathalyzer, Fewless said. Thomas claimed he had no idea the car was stolen and that he’d gotten it from guests at a motel. Deputies got a warrant for a blood draw; the man refused to cooperate at Munson Medical Center, prompting two deputies to hold him down while his blood was drawn. He was taken to jail on charges of car theft, third-offense drunk driving, and resisting arrest.
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER KILLED A 45-year-old Kaleva man was killed when a deer ran in front of his motorcycle. Jason Wayne Pate was killed in the crash that occurred on Coates Highway, near Milarch Road, June 24 at 10:21pm, Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies said. Pate was transported to the hospital but later died of his injuries. He was not wearing a helmet.
MAN TRACKED BY CELL PHONE Deputies used a stolen cell phone to track down a man suspected in two home invasions in Blair Township. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home at 3:09am June 29 after a homeowner found a strange man urinating in his bathroom. The homeowner yelled at the man, who fled with the man’s cell phone. The homeowner called police from a neighbor’s house. Deputies used the phone’s device manager to track the phone, which led them to the scene of another home invasion that had yet to be reported. The suspect had just left, but after an hour of searching, deputies found the man in a backyard shed at another address. The 32-year-old Suttons Bay man was arrested on two counts of home invasion.
CRASH CAUSES CHAIN REACTION A 76-year-old Roscommon woman who swerved to avoid a cat crashed and caused a lot of damage but only suffered minor cuts. The woman was driving on M-55, near Village Avenue, in Roscommon Township on June 26 when she drove off the road and struck a utility-pole support cable. She continued driving and toppled a large pine tree into a yard. The woman’s vehicle also struck an empty boat trailer, which damaged a house. The vehicle continued and drove through a fence in the next yard before coming to a rest. The woman’s son, a 47-year-old, also sustained minor cuts in the crash. The woman was cited for careless driving.
LARCENY FROM AUTO Someone nabbed a purse that contained credit cards and prescription medicine from an unlocked car parked in an Elmwood Township driveway. Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating the theft, which was discovered on the morning of June 27 at a home on South Lake Leelanau Drive. Anyone with information about the theft should call deputies at (231) 256-8800.
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Playing the Hits Weird News is forever, but this is my last “News of the Weird” column, as I am now exhausted after almost 30 years in the racket. In this final edition, I remember a few of my favorites. My deep thanks to Andrews McMeel Syndication and to readers, who started me up and kept me going. Y’all take care of yourselves. -- Chuck Shepherd -- (1995) Chesapeake, Virginia, inmate Robert Lee Brock filed a $5 million lawsuit against Robert Lee Brock -- accusing himself of violating his religious beliefs and his civil rights by getting himself drunk enough that he could not avoid various criminal behaviors. He wrote: “I want to pay myself five million dollars (for this breach of rights), but ask the state to pay it in my behalf since I can’t work and am a ward of the state.” In April, the lawsuit was dismissed. -- (2002) The Lane brothers of New York, Mr. Winner Lane, 44, and Mr. Loser Lane, 41 (their actual birth names), were profiled in a July Newsday report -- made more interesting by the fact that Loser is successful (a police detective in the South Bronx) and Winner is not (a history of petty crimes). A sister said she believes her parents selected “Winner” because their late father was a big baseball fan and “Loser” just to complete the pairing. -- (1996) A pre-trial hearing was scheduled for Lamar, Missouri, on Joyce Lehr’s lawsuit against the county for injuries suffered in a 1993 fall in the icy, unplowed parking lot of the local high school. The Carthage Press reported that Lehr claimed damage to nearly everything in her body. According to her petition: “All the bones, organs, muscles, tendons, tissues, nerves, veins, arteries, ligaments ... discs, cartilages, and the joints of her body were fractured, broken, ruptured, punctured, compressed, dislocated, separated, bruised, contused, narrowed, abrased, lacerated, burned, cut, torn, wrenched, swollen, strained, sprained, inflamed, and infected.” -- (2002) From time to time “News of the Weird” reported on the fluctuating value of the late Italian artist Piero Manzoni’s personal feces, which he canned in 1961, 30 grams at a time in 90 tins, as art objects (though, over the years, 45 have reportedly exploded). Their price to collectors has varied (low of about $28,000 for a tin in 1998 to a high of $75,000 in 1993). In June 2002, the Tate Gallery in London excitedly announced it had purchased tin number 004 for about $38,000. (The price of 30 grams of gold in 2002 was a little over $300.) -- (1994) The New York Daily News reported in April on a cellblock fight between murderers Colin Ferguson and Joel Rifkin at the Nassau County jail. Reportedly, Ferguson (convicted of six race-related murders on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993) was using a telephone and told Rifkin (a serial killer serving 203 years for nine murders) to be quiet. According to the Daily News source, Ferguson told Rifkin, “I wiped out six devils (white people), and you only killed women.” Rifkin allegedly responded, “Yeah, but I had more victims.” Ferguson then allegedly ended the brief incident by punching Rifkin in the mouth. -- (1999) At Last! A Job That Actually Requires Geometry! Commissioners in Florida’s Seminole County and Manatee County passed ordinances regulating public nudity by requiring women to cover at least 25 percent of the area of their breasts and at least 33 percent of the buttocks, with detailed instructions as to the points from which each coverage must be measured. (Refresher for law enforcement: The lateral area of a cone is pi (times) r (times) s where r=radius and s=slant
height; for the surface area of a sphere, it’s pi (times) r (squared), and, alas, for a flat surface, it’s length times width.) -- (1998) On the day before Good Friday, reported the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Ernesto A. Moshe Montgomery consecrated the Shrine of the Weeping Shirley MacLaine in a room in the Beta Israel Temple in Los Angeles. Inspired by an image he said he had while riding in the actress’s private jet, Montgomery said a subsequent large photograph of him with MacLaine was “observed shedding tears,” which had inspired prayers and testimony of miraculous healings. -- (2001) A child pornography investigation in Minneapolis turned up 1,000 suspect images on the office computer of a 58-year-old University of Minnesota classics professor -- named Richard Pervo. -- (1993) In May, Elk River, Minnesota, landlord Todd Plaisted reported that his tenant Kenneth Lane had fled the area, abandoning his rented farmhouse and leaving behind at least 400 tons of used carpeting, at least 10,000 plastic windows from Northwest Airlines planes, and rooms full of sofas, mattresses and washing machines, among other things. Lane told townspeople he ran a “recycling” company, but there was no evidence of sales. A deputy sheriff driving by the farmhouse the year before saw Lane burying carpeting with a tractor and said Lane merely muttered, “I don’t know what to say. You got me. I can’t even make up an excuse.” -- (1990) An FBI investigation into interstate trafficking by diaper fetishists resulted in the arrests of five men belonging to an organization called the Diaper Pail Foundation, which has a letterhead and publishes a newsletter and information exchange for members. A Madison, Wisconsin, man, arrested in April for possession of child pornography, was found inside a van taking pictures of a child relieving himself. The man had offered service to the child’s parents as a toilet trainer. -- (1992) The Philadelphia Inquirer reported in June on the local “Silent Meeting Club,” consisting of several people who gather at various spots around town and make it a point not to speak to each other. Founder John Hudak said his inspiration was his observation that people often feel obligated to talk when they really have nothing to say, such as at parties, and wondered how nice it would be “to have a group of people where you wouldn’t have to talk.” -- (1991) In May, Maxcy Dean Filer, 60, of Compton, California, finally passed the California Bar exam. He graduated from law school in 1966, but had failed the exam in each of his previous 47 tries. -- (2004) The New York Times reported in February on a Washington, D.C., man whose love of music led him, in the 1960s, to meticulously hand-make and hand-paint facsimile record album covers of his fantasized music, complete with imagined lyric sheets and liner notes (with some of the “albums” even shrink-wrapped), and, even more incredibly, to hand-make cardboard facsimiles of actual grooved discs to put inside them. “Mingering Mike,” whom a reporter and two hobbyists tracked down (but who declined to be identified in print), also made real music, on tapes, using his and friends’ voices to simulate instruments. His 38 imagined “albums” were discovered at a flea market after Mike defaulted on storage-locker fees, and the hobbyists who found them said they were so exactingly done that a major museum would soon feature them.
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(UN)WELCOME TO KALKASKA? A fight is raging for the soul of Kalkaska. But meanwhile, decisions quietly made by village officials might have endangered the town’s future.
By Patrick Sullivan The scandal began with controversy over a Donald Trump sign on a shuttered hotel on Kalkaska’s Cedar Street. That was followed by outrage over hateful Facebook posts by the village president (and owner of the hotel), Jeff Sieting. Things crescendoed when demonstrators took to each side of the street — one group calling for Sieting to resign, the other defending his right to free speech. Politics have been far from usual lately in Kalkaska. Meanwhile, as Kalkaska has become the latest battleground in the culture wars between the right and the left, the village is in real trouble. Lawsuits filed in response to Sieting and the village council’s decision to cancel health benefits for some village government retirees threaten to bankrupt the small town and potentially force some residents from their homes. IT STARTED WITH A SIGN The flare-up began when residents complained about a sign on a building Sieting owns, the Hotel Sieting, at the southern edge of town. The sign read “FOR NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM PLEASE VOTE 4 TRUMP.” Residents noted that the sign violated a village ordinance that requires campaign signs to be removed within 10 days of an election. The complaints prompted Sieting to replace “VOTE 4” with “PRAY 4.” Later, in interviews with local television news stations, Sieting maintained that the sign did not violate the ordinance and was protected speech. Sieting did not respond to a Northern Express request for an interview, and a halfdozen Facebook commenters who came to Sieting’s defense on Facebook also ignored requests for comment. Village manager Scott Yost also did not respond to repeated requests for an interview. The Trump sign was just the beginning, however. What galvanized scores of people to protest in Kalkaska — and call for Sieting’s resignation — were a string of Sieting’s old Facebook posts that came to light following the
controversy over the Trump sign. In one post, Sieting had copied and pasted text that called for the murder of all Muslims; in another, he had encouraged liberals to get a “pet Muslim.” “That way we can thin out you bleeding heart wanna be liberals,” he wrote. Many of the most inflammatory posts have been deleted, but Sieting’s tone is captured in this post published in January: “President Elect Trump has shown more character in 1 speech than Bush, Obama, & Hitlary [sic] has in their entire political careers. Any of you brain dead morons that cannot see this are beyond resuscitation. He does not have to do half of the things he is doing but has. You asshole
Facebook comments were personal thoughts and had nothing to do with the operation of the village. A woman who said she is half Jewish and has known Sieting for years said that she’d never heard him make a racist comment. But nine others criticized Sieting and, to greater and lesser degrees, called him an embarrassment to the village and his beliefs abhorrent. Cindy Anderson said that although she is not a village resident, she owns property in the county and has for years invited friends to the area — some of whom are not white, Christian, or straight; those friends, she said, would no longer feel welcome in Kalkaska. “You owe your constituents an apology,” she told Sieting.
“It just seemed like a lot of hate on the other side, and that’s exactly what we were protesting,” Hopps said. “We had a really great turnout, and everything was awesome and peaceful on our side.”
demonrats [sic] have overlooked a gang rape of America while you all sat around telling the right ‘Tough shit’ Well here you are you hypocrites. Suck it up snowflakes & sit back & watch how a real American handles the Presidency of the United States of America.” A VILLAGE DIVIDED At a village council meeting on June 26, a large group of Kalkaskans faced off with Sieting over his posts. One person after another stood up to address the council and express frustration that the village president would share violent, racist, and homophobic views on an open forum. They said he had damaged the town’s reputation and has scared visitors away. Sieting sat back and calmly listened to his critics. Near the end of the public comment, three people spoke in defense of Sieting. Among them was Sieting’s brother, who said that Sieting’s
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Another woman asked Sieting if, after listening to the meeting attendees’ remarks, he had anything to say and whether he could offer any “calming words” to the village. Sieting, who otherwise said little more than “Thank you for your comment” to each person who spoke, said he would respond “against my better judgement.” He said, “How many people in the room know me personally? Raise your hands. How many know me just through the recent media blast? … Have I ever committed an act of aggression toward anyone in this room?” A woman said that he had — through his Facebook comments; he told her to stop talking because he had asked a rhetorical question. “I think that you will find that the answer is no,” he continued. Sieting refused to apologize or retract any of the comments he had aired on Facebook. The woman who had asked Sieting for any calming words, replied “That’s not an answer,”
Above and opposite: Scenes from a protest and counterprotest June 23 in Kalkaska, where demonstrators gathered on the east side of Cedar Street to rail against racist comments Kalkaska Village President Jeff Sieting had made on Facebook. Another group gathered on the opposite side of the street to support open-carry rights.
and after some more tense debate, the meeting continued. A PROTEST AND A COUNTER-PROTEST Kalkaska is no stranger to strained interactions these days. The Friday before the village meeting, Phoebe Hopps had organized a protest on Cedar Street in response to Sieting’s Facebook posts. Called the “No Hate in Kalkaska Demonstration,” the protest saw crowds of roughly a hundred people form on each side of the street. Those under the “No Hate” banner assembled around the village’s National Trout Memorial fountain on the east side of the street; a crowd of counter-protestors, who gathered in support of open carry rights — the right to openly carry a firearm in public — lined up to support Sieting in front of his hotel. Many of them were armed. Hopps said the event was mostly peaceful despite interruptions from hostile counterprotestors whom she said were there to intimidate the “No Hate” group. She said some of the protestors on her side, part of a progressive group called “Redneck Revolt,” also were armed. “It was pretty peaceful. We did have a lot of the open-carry people come over,” Hopps said. “I’m not sure what they were doing. It was really about them coming out and screaming things across the street.” Hopps said the dynamics of the protest showed what a divided place Kalkaska is today. “It just seemed like a lot of hate on the other side, and that’s exactly what we were protesting,” Hopps said. “We had a really great turnout, and everything was awesome and peaceful on our side.” Randy Bishop, host of a right-wing radio show that broadcasts from Mackinaw City, helped organize the open-carry group.
He insists that it was not a counter-protest and had occurred at the same time as the antihate rally by coincidence. “We hadn’t had a get-together yet this year, and we simple chose that date, location, and time,” Bishop said. “I didn’t even know the other protest was even going on that night. To be totally honest with you, I would say that it was God’s providence.” He said his group chose Kalkaska as the site of its get-together to support Sieting because Sieting supports the Second Amendment and President Trump. Bishop said he also supports Sieting’s positions posted on Facebook. Asked about Sieting’s post about killing all Muslims, Bishop said he supports that because he believes Islam is not a religion, but rather, a “power structure created to take over.” “Do your homework and learn your history,” he said. “A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T HAVE A LOT” Some people who are frustrated with Sieting’s leadership and who question his judgment say the conflict has a silver lining: It’s likely to prompt more people to get involved in village politics. Hopps said that could be useful, as the accusations of racism might actually be benefiting Sieting because they’re distracting residents from other serious economic problems the village faces. “It seems like [the village is] in a lot of trouble. We always have to be aware of distractions, and this is definitely one,” she said. “There’s already a group formed about getting active in politics, and I think this may have awakened people. I think that this is actually going to be a really good catalyst.” Danielle Stein-Seabolt, head of the Kalkaska County Democrats, also hopes there’s a silver lining. She said Sieting has only hurt Kalkaska by turning away people who might shop or eat there. “You want everyone to be your customer. You’re not trying to pick and choose what party someone is who’s walking into your store,” Stein-Seabolt said. “We’re a tourism town, and we need those dollars.” Stein-Seabolt, who has a master’s degree in public administration from Northern Michigan University, lives outside of the village, but she and her husband own property Kalkaska. “I would say it’s embarrassing how the village has handled this whole problem,” she said. Stein-Seabolt noted that when people have complained to the village about Sieting, they’ve been referred to Sieting himself, a move that could be viewed as intimidation. (In one case, Sieting posted what he apparently thought was the phone number of one of his detractors
on Facebook; the telephone number, was incorrect.) “To send them to someone who already seems angry, it seems like they’re setting somebody up for a real issue,” she said. “It’s disheartening to think that somebody is basically threatening violence online to people instead of actually getting to the issues of the community.” Rather than political division, Kalkaska needs better jobs and more businesses; it needs better Internet access, Stein-Seabolt said. “You look around, and a lot of people in our area don’t have a lot,” she said.
Freedom of Information Act request with the village to discover the cost of hiring Taylor; it was not immediately fulfilled. Di Giacomo said that throughout the lawsuit, he offered the village numerous opportunities to settle for an amount that would have been far less painful than what the jury finally ruled. “They declined to even entertain the offer,” he said. “They said you would have to go to trail and get a judgement against us. … They had plenty of money to pay our client, but they wouldn’t do it.” The judgement Di Giacomo won for Thomas was over five times the settlement DISASTER LOOMING offer, he said. Misty Lynn Marshall, who attended both That forced the village to raise property the protest and the village council meeting, said taxes by 3.8549 mills, a tax increase that she hopes the controversy gets officials offset by slashing the people to keep going to village budget elsewhere. At a June 12 meetings and keep a closer eye meeting, the village reduced on their elected officials. the millage rates for general, “This has brought me into major street, and local street “I think that that following [village politics] budgets. type of disgusting more than I used to,” Marshall Meanwhile, there are said. “This will cause people to three retirement-related cases talk is why pay more attention.” still pending with identical people think that People should pay closer sets of facts, and the village attention to how the village northern Michigan continues to stonewall them, is being run because it is on the attorney said. is racist and the verge of collapse, said Di Giacomo said if those attorney John Di Giacomo, cases follow the same course as homophobic and who represents a retired village Thomas’s case, property taxes Islamophobic.” clerk and other former village in the village could increase employees who have recently so much that some residents sued the village over suspended will no longer be able to afford retirement benefits. their homes. DiGiacomo sent a letter to “They have played this the village on behalf of Virginia sort of game of brinksmanship Thomas after her health benefits were cut off by where the end result will be bankruptcy,” he trustees several years ago. said. “What they said in the past is, ‘Well, we’ll Thomas, a former clerk and village just bankrupt the village.’” president, retired in 2010; in 1996, she and Yost, the village manager, and Sieting said other employees negotiated to receive lifetime after the June 26 meeting that they would not health benefits to be paid by the village. comment about the pending lawsuits. Whether or not that was a prudent move by the village at the time, a jury, the Michigan TOO MUCH SPENT ON POLICE Court of Appeals, and the state Supreme Court Former village trustee Harold Eickholt have found that Thomas is owed the benefits. defended Sieting, saying he believes that, at Despite the initial finding by a jury in least, the controversial village president isn’t Kalkaska, however, the village continued to out to enrich himself through his position. pursue a losing case. “I’ve known Jeff Sieting for a long time,” The village appealed the jury verdict, and Eickholt said. “I backed him simply out of the Court of Appeals rejected each one of the frustration that the previous two mayors were village’s arguments, which meant the village feathering their own nests.” was then on the hook for the plaintiff ’s court Eickholt said he agrees with Sieting’s costs. Rather than relenting after the release politics, and he’s got no problem with Sieting’s of that decision in March 2016, the village Facebook posts. He said the Facebook posts hired retired Michigan Supreme Court Justice that have attracted all of the attention were Clifford Taylor, presumably seeking an inside posted at the height of the Presidential election track to a favorable opinion. The gambit failed. when emotions were running high. In September, the Supreme Court refused to But he questioned whether Sieting is smart hear the case. The Northern Express filed a to risk offending so many people.
“You know, if you’re in business, you don’t alienate half your customers with a sign,” Eickholt said. Eickholt said he also understands why the village stopped paying for health care for some retirees. He said the benefits should not have been approved in the first place. “They should have never got those health care benefits,” Eickholt said. “The town has been on a downhill climb since 1986 when the oil industry packed up and left.” Of the prior officials he said: “They sold the village taxpayers out. I was on the council for four years, and I never voted for a budget because they were unrealistic budgets.” Eickholt parts ways with Sieting on how he believes the village should move forward to solve its financial woes, however. When Sieting was elected in 2010, the village employed one officer. Today, they’ve got a village department of five. “My advice to him at the time was not to rebuild the police department,” Eickholt said. “The village taxpayers are already paying the [county] sheriff ’s department for policing.” According to the June 12 meeting minutes. Sieting said the village police department has been looked at and deemed necessary. “IT’S AN EYESORE” Art Smith, a Flint DJ who goes by the name Artimis and grew up in Kalkaska, read an article about the Trump sign and thought it was interesting. Then he found Sieting’s Facebook page, and he became outraged. He also turned to Facebook to vent about Sieting. “I think that the bigger issue here is that we have a political leader, and that what he calls free speech is to spread hate and call for mass genocide,” Artimis said. “I think that that type of disgusting talk is why people think that northern Michigan is racist and homophobic and Islamophobic.” Artimis predicts the scandal will cause people to avoid Kalkaska, especially minorities. The Sieting Hotel is as rundown now as it ever was, he said. With or without a Trump sign, the building presents a bad image for visitors who drive into Kalkaska on US-131. Sieting and his wife bought the hotel in 2010, and the Downtown Kalkaska website still states that the Hotel Sieting is scheduled to reopen in 2013. From the exterior, there is little evidence of any reconstruction having taken place. Artimis said when people see Sieting’s hotel and the homemade Trump sign, they must want to keep driving. “Right when you get into downtown Kalkaska, that’s the first thing you see. It’s an eyesore,” he said. “You look up the definition of an eyesore, and there’s a picture of that building.”
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“I’m too old for baseball now,” Wilcox said. “But the last time the Tigers won the World Series in 1984, I was part of that team, so that was pretty great.”
Air Apparent The Making of a Canine Champion
By Kristi Kates Behind every great athlete there’s almost always a great coach. So let’s start there, in this case with Lori Caloia, a physical therapist and athletic trainer, and her husband, John, also an athletic trainer. The Caloias moved to Traverse City three years ago from Livonia, Michigan, having traveled north every summer prior for years to attend the National Cherry Festival. The first time the couple saw the Ultimate Air Dogs competition, they were hooked and began training their own
two dogs to compete. “Since we work with athletes, we train our dogs in very much the same way,” Lori Caloia said. Both of their dogs are tops at the Air Dogs Splash events, which take place in a large 45-foot-by-17-foot swimming pool. The pool features a dock with an astroturf deck; each dog runs off the end of the dock into the pool, and are measured by how far they leap, and how much air they get. “Any leap over 20 feet is considered good, but it depends on the size of dog,” Caloia explained. “A heavier dog may not get as far, while a small dog may get
farther than you might think because of the speed with which they can launch themselves off of the dock.” Additional fun events challenge the dogs to chase, catch, and fetch various objects as they leap. The Caloias also have learned a lot along the way from Milt Wilcox, the founder of Ultimate Air Dogs: “Milt always says it’s not about how far the dog jumps, it’s about the fact that you’re having fun with your dog,” Caloia said. “It’s definitely all about the dogs, although we’ve also met a ton of great people who are our friends now — but still, we wouldn’t have met them if it wasn’t for doing Air Dogs!”
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Maddy is in it to win it, 24/7. She’s fast and can be seen scoping out her competition. “Some people say girl dogs are faster, and Maddy proves it,” Caloia said. “Her biggest strengths are her cutthroat speed and her focus — she’s ready to compete all the time.” CAREER HIGHTLIGHTS: Maddy has been competing for nine years. A triple Cherry Festival champion, Maddy is one of only two dogs who have won the Traverse City Air Dogs competition three times. BEST AIR DOGS JUMP TO DATE: 27 feet, 4 inches FITNESS APPROACH: Staying in shape, keeping her weight under control, constantly working on developing more speed. TRAINING DIET: Earthborn Holistic chicken flavor and extra apples; joint supplements. TRAINING METHOD: Treadmill, always. “When we turn the treadmill on, she’ll run to it from wherever she is in the house and stare at you until you get off of it and put her on it,” said Caloia. Also trail running on Brown Bridge Quiet Area Trails near Ranch Rudolf. OFF THE FIELD: Even when she’s not competing, Maddy’s thinking about competing; she spends most of her spare time exercising and swimming.
For Laker, competing is all about being understated and not posing a threat to your competitors until it’s go time. “Laker is very laid back and mostly likes to hang out with his buddies,” Caloia said. “He only gets fired up once he’s actually out on the dock — sometimes he has to be woken up from his kennel when it’s time to compete.” CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Laker has been competing for six years, and she’s nipping at Maddy’s heels. “Laker’s moving in on Maddy’s territory as she gets a little older, and he’s started beating her on occasion, so he likes that,” Caloia said. BEST AIR DOGS JUMP TO DATE: 26 feet, 7 inches FITNESS APPROACH: Simply does whatever is asked of him. (“Although you can tell he secretly loves it,” said Caloia.) TRAINING DIET: Earthborn Holistic chicken flavor with green beans added; joint supplements. TRAINING METHOD: Frisbee and ball catching, with an eye on improving precision. Trail running on Brown Bridge Quiet Area Trails near Ranch Rudolf. OFF THE FIELD: “He’s really good at naps,” Caloia said.
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By Kristi Kates You might recognize Milt Wilcox from his own sporting career: He enjoyed a 16-year career as a Major League Baseball pitcher, spending 10 of those years pitching for the Detroit Tigers. But after hanging up his glove in 1986, the former Tiger went to the dogs — literally. Wilcox is the mastermind behind Ultimate Air Dogs, a touring event where dogs compete in a canine long jump (and, depending on the dog, sometimes short jump) from dock to pool. It’s one of the most popular events at Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival, and its concept, perhaps not surprisingly, was sparked by the player’s time Up North. “When I got out of the Tigers and was spending my summers up in Torch Lake, I had a black lab named Sparky, named after Sparky Anderson, who used to manage the Tigers,” Wilcox said. “I’d watch Sparky run and jump off the dock up there, so I thought it would be fun to bring that experience to other people.” Wilcox’s Ultimate Air Dog event today travels around the country, putting on about 80 shows annually. “You know, the Tigers were a really fun time for me,” he said. “And now I get to have fun with the dogs. So I’ve been pretty fortunate — I’ve been able to play my whole life.” Interested in getting your high flyer in an Ultimate Air Dog event at the Cherry Festival? Dogs six months and older, of all sizes and abilities — “from the smallest jumper to the biggest ultimate high flyer” — are welcome to participate, provided they know how to swim, or, as the Air Dog website warns: “Your dog must be past the ‘splashing around haphazardly’ stage.” In addition to the usual Splash jumping events, three UAD-exclusive games — Fetchit (a horizontal distance-jump game where the dog knocks a bumper out of its hold); Catch-It (a horizontal jump to catch a thrown object); and Chase-It (fastest swimmer wins) — will be held July 6–8. You can pre-register your pup online the day before the event, or on-site; cost is $20 and up. A $10 practice fee and one-hour practice slot prefaces each event. For more information, visit ultimateairdogs.com.
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FIND YOUR BLISS Hint: It’s at the 37th annual Blissfest
By Kristi Kates
With nearly 50 great performers packed into northern Michigan’s annual Blissfest, the weekend-long summer folk and roots music festival in Bliss, Michigan, choosing which shows to see is a tough task — and one made tougher by the multitude of other diversions available at this mega family friendly festival: drum circles, yoga gatherings, impromptu jam sessions, dance meditation lessons, food and craft vendors, and more. Got your wristband at the ready? We’re breaking down the music schedule for the festival’s 37th edition to help you pick the don’t-miss acts sure to move your musical soul.
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FOR THE ECLECTIC EXPLORER The self-proclaimed “Funky Transcendent World Tribal Band for a Conscious Evolution” — aka Ojolo — is like a ’70s new-age version of world music. The talented trio includes Greek-Canadian musician Djon Djon on “stringed things” and vocals; Israeli sound healer Osher Levi on percussion, vocals, and didgeridoo; and Korean African-American LO Rojon on concert drums and vocals. Between the three, you’re sonically traveling much of the world, and you’ll have a lot of fun doing it. Take Two: The 10-year-strong Yamakiya Taiko Club drum group utilize their bombastic and emotional drumming skills to translate the ambiance of the land and mountains of their Japanese homeland to their audiences. Links: Find Oiolo at ojolo.world and The Yamakiya Taiko Club on YouTube and Vimeo. FOR THE FOLK FANATIC The shows of modern bluegrass-folk hybrid Parsonsfield often turn into the equivalent of an old-time porch jam, albeit one with a lot more physical showmanship. In addition to searingly on-point vocal
harmonies, the band also rallies ’round a remarkable range of instruments — all the usuals, like guitar, drums, and bass; and some more unexpected, like vibraphone, organ, and saw, which the band manages to rope into a loose, friendly, compelling fastgrass sound. Take Two: Also tops in this category are Nathan Rivera and Jessie Andra Smith, a trilingual guitar- and accordion-playing vocal duo that blends jazzy folk with blues, plus a little banter, too. Links: parsonsfield.com and nathanandjessie.com FOR THE HIPPIE AT HEART It’s not just the fusion of sounds (reggae, rock, hip-hop, and funk being the most prevalent) that make Michael Franti and Spearhead the perfect choice for the hippie in you. It’s also Franti’s stance on sociopolitical issues; he’s participated in a wide variety of projects ranging from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the promotion of vegan diets and, well … being barefoot. That said, the soul-rocker’s music is sure to move your Birkenstocks and all the rest of you with its catchy melodies and beats.
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Take Two: Donna the Buffalo’s mix is nothing like Franti’s; theirs is the more rootsy, country side of this genre, with instruments including fiddle and washboard, and a little zydeco thrown in for good measure. Links: michaelfranti.com and donnathebuffalo.com FOR THE LOCAL LOYALIST Taking big strides as a solo artist over the past year, Michigan’s May Erlewine has said she’s worked harder on the songs for her new album than anything she’s ever done before, and that effort is showing through. The as-yet-unnamed album will be released in fall, but in the meantime you can catch Erlewine on the Blissfest stage as she lends her distinctive vocals to a host of her folk-inspired tunes, which often veer faintly into Americana, soul, pop, and even a little disco groove. Take Two: Traverse City’s own Blake Elliott and the Robinson Affair lean on Elliott’s poetic sensibilities to craft an unexpected folk-funk mix of originals and off-the-wall covers. Links: mayerlewine.com; find Blake Elliott and the Robinson Affair on Facebook.
FOR THE ROCKIN’ REBEL “Para bailar La Bamba!” — i.e., to dance the Bamba — is one of Los Lobos’ biggest hits (their remake of the 1950s Richie Valens classic), and that’s exactly what you’ll be doing during the headlining Blissfest set by this multiple Grammy Award-winning outfit from East Los Angeles. Los Lobos crafts its stew of sound by blending Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, R&B, and blues-rock with traditional Mexican sounds like música norteña. It’s a blend that’s truly Los Lobos’ own, and it never fails to get feet moving. Take Two: With its complex yet accessible sound, The Dustbowl Revival is an energetic female-led mashup of blues-rock, jazz, folk, swing, and soul from Venice, California, that’s also perfectly poised for dancing. Links: loslobos.org and dustbowlrevival.com The 2017 Blissfest will take place July 7–9 at the Bliss Festival Farm, north of Harbor Springs. For a full schedule, ticket availability, and more information, visit blissfest.org or call (231) 348-7047. (Note: Weekend wristbands are sold out; only Sunday bands remain at press time.)
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By Janice Binkert “There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced, as by a good tavern.” – Samuel Johnson, 18th century British literary figure Traverse City restaurateurs Mike and Sheila Connors must have been inspired by Johnson’s famous quote when they decided in 2015 to purchase the vacant property overlooking Harbor West Marina on West Grand Traverse Bay. Long before the remodeling and menuplanning process began at the property, less than a mile north of their already successful waterfront Apache Trout Grill, they had the name – West End Tavern – and a concept. “Mike really wanted to infuse this place with a sense of community, like the original taverns, where people came to hold their town hall meetings, to get together with friends, and to celebrate life’s events — even everyday events,” said Brittnay Fritz, general manager. Now, one year after the tavern’s grand opening (no small mid-summertime feat) it seems their classic vision has become a vibrant reality. WARM-UPS A long, neatly stacked pile of split cherry wood lines one wall of West End Tavern’s covered entrance. “Yes, we’re into wood,” said Fritz. “It sets the tone for our wood-fired grill theme and the wood design elements throughout the restaurant that give a warm, northern Michigan feeling.” Sleek new black walnut and African mahogany bar tops inside and out are both comfortable and eyecatching, while cedar beams over the main bar and canopies over the booths in the main dining room serve a dual purpose, delineating those areas while dampening sound. A large stone-hearth pizza oven, open to the main dining room, is another warming element and focal point, and the seats alongside it are a popular place to watch all the action.
“And,” said Fritz, “our pizza chefs are really good at interacting with customers.” They’re also really good at turning out handcrafted creations like fennel sausage pizza with confit garlic and sweety drop peppers, or white pizza with whipped goat cheese, prosciutto, fig preserves, arugula, and balsamic reduction. “West End Tavern is is meant to be a ‘crafted experience,’” said Fritz. “That applies to everything from our food to our service to our beverages. We train our servers to ‘read’ the customers. Some of them may not want to be bothered, others will want more attention, some will be in a hurry, and others will want to linger. And if it’s the latter, that’s perfectly all right. It’s a pleasant atmosphere here, and we don’t focus on turn times. We really want them to take as much time as they want and feel relaxed.” CUSTOMERS’ CHOICE West End Tavern’s beverage program, like its ingredient sourcing for the food menu, is committed to supporting Michigan products. “All of our draft beers right now are from Michigan, including as many local selections as possible,” said Fritz. “The same goes for our wine list. And as for our crafted cocktails, we’re tuned in to what our customers want. The Moscow Mule, for example, is still in demand, but our version is called the Leelanau Mule. It’s not in a copper mug — it’s in a glass Mason jar — and we make it with local Northwoods ginger beer, which is a bit spicier than your average ginger beer, and Petoskeymade Gypsy vodka.” Fritz said that before starting their second summer season, the management took a step back and evaluated what changes they could make to enhance their customers’ experience. “We’ve been listening to them and looking at the reviews, not only to find out what people wanted but also what they didn’t want. They weren’t crazy about sharing plates, so we adapted our menu to reflect that. They did
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want more local fish options, so we now offer lake perch fish and chips, a walleye sandwich, and a weekly market fish selection. They wanted hearty home-style options, so we added classic tomato soup with half a bacongrilled cheese sandwich, and lobster mac and cheese, as well as wood-grilled BBQ ribs, and a 24-ounce Tomahawk bone-in ribeye.” Since January, Chef Grant Steiner has headed up the kitchen at West End Tavern (see sidebar). “In addition to bringing in his own ideas, recipes, and perspectives, he has been very open to suggestions from us. He didn’t change the menu drastically, but working with Mike, who really stays on top of trends, [Steiner] grew it to a new level,” said Fritz. “I’m excited to be working with him.” FOR THE BIRDS Fritz is also excited about the restaurant’s latest addition: a rotisserie/roaster. “It’s a fantastic piece of equipment. Among other things, it’s where we start our chickens before transferring them to the wood-fired grill to finish. They are worth trying! You know, like a lot of other people, I make chicken at home, so if I go out to eat, I seldom order it, but this chicken really special, very flavorful and juicy.” And speaking of birds, if you look carefully at the West End Tavern logo, you’ll notice that it incorporates a stylized bald eagle. “Mike is fascinated by bald eagles,” said Fritz. “Driving to work along the bay on M-22, he often sees them and wanted to reference them in some way because he sees a parallel: He watches over his restaurants just like the eagles watch over their territory and have a bird’s eye view of everything.” West End Tavern is located at 12719 S. West Bayshore Dr., in Traverse City. On June 30, the restaurant will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a deck party. For more information, call (231) 943-2922 or visit westendtaverntc.com. Rating: $$-$$$
Where can you find a chef who brings to the table an arsenal of dishes as diverse as exotic Thai chili-marinated chicken wonton tacos with coconut rum sauce and decadent down-home carrot cake? Well, since January, he’s been heading up the kitchen at West End Tavern. Prior to that? Sous-cheffing at Mario Batali’s Eataly in New York City, where he worked in multiple kitchens — a clear indication of his versatility, organizational skills, and competence. Said general manager Brittnay Fritz: “Meeting Grant, I knew he was going to be a great fit — [he’s] calm, hardworking, dedicated, personable, and very knowledgeable.” If his employers feel lucky to have him, Chef Grant feels just as lucky to be here: “I have a background in classical French techniques, but I’ve also done Asian, Italian, and steakhouse cuisine. What I really enjoy, though, is that this type of restaurant lets me exercise my creativity in so many ways. We dress things up [with bold, flavorful sauces, dips, and seasonings] and we put great emphasis on plate presentation” — a natural inclination for this former graphic artist. “Most importantly,” he said, “We have the same goal: making sure that the quality is there, and that we’re serving a really good product.”
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“We are very conscious of pleasing our boaters, who are our neighbors — and also customers who are literally at our feet daily,” said Fritz. “We have worked hard to build a good relationship with them and have listened to their feedback. We are now offering delivery to the harbor, and we might expand that to the other marinas at some point.” Also in the works is the possibility of opening a retail take-out shop in part of West End Tavern’s newly enlarged prep area, and yes, pizza definitely would be on that menu.
Artist Margaret Tvedten, who organizes the Night of Arts, bicycles in front of her own gallery in downtown Harbor Springs.
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Oils and acrylics. Pastels and clay. Precious metals, gemstones, bronze, glass, vintage art and collectibles. You’ll find all of these at Harbor Springs’ Night of Arts, an expanded version of an art gallery walk that’s being specially dedicated to local artists and the fans of their work. Margaret Tvedten, who’s owned Tvedten Fine Art in Harbor Springs for the past 23 years, is helming Night of Arts, which she calls an “arts party” to celebrate this small town’s artistic accomplishments. And by small, we mean small; while very much hometown proud, the fact remains that Harbor Springs’ main downtown business district is only two blocks wide by three blocks long. “For such a little community, we have 13 businesses and galleries participating in Night of Arts, so that’s pretty great,” Tvedten said. “The other nice part is that with such a compact, walkable area, you can easily visit everyone participating in the three hours that the event is going on.” This is the ninth iteration of the annual event, although it jumped around for a few years before it settled into itself. “We actually did Night of Arts years and years ago, but we didn’t get enough momentum back then, so we stopped for a while around 2000, and then started it up again more recently,” Tvedten said. Postcards with maps of all the Night of Arts participants will be available at the various galleries, with bouquets of balloons out front of each participating storefront so guests will easily know where to go. Tvedten shared some shops that she anticipated will be highlights. “Huzza has been here longer than anyone it seems,” she said. “They have several fine artists showing in their shop, plus a lot of amazing collectible items.” Also in the collectibles department is My Dad’s Garage, a newer boutique that offers a treasure trove of unusual picks. “He’s got everything from vintage toys to specialty items,” Tvedten said. “I think I even saw some kind of leather gladiator suit in there! So a lot of really interesting one-ofa-kind things.” Local jewelers participating in Night of Arts include Becky Thatcher Designs (purveyor of fine handmade jewelry) and
Douglas Allan Bacon, whose store features both handmade jewelry and curated vintage estate jewelry. Bacon works out of northern Michigan and from his second studio and office in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Trisha Witty is another local artist who will be participating; she’s well-known in the area for her oil paintings, giclées, and fine art prints, many of local settings. “Elizabeth Pollie Fine Art is another great stop,” said Tvedten. “She displays her work as well as that of some other painters. They’re all OPA [Oil Painters of America] and mostly work in realistic art.” Tvedten herself paints in oils, too. She’s currently working on a series of paintings that she said “breaks the rules of oil painting” by working the canvas in threedimensional ways. “But you’ll have to wait and see exactly how,” Tvedten said. Complimentary refreshments at each art stop will encourage guests at Night of Arts to dawdle and browse, converse and ponder about the many different styles of works they’ll see throughout Harbor Springs’ downtown. “It’s a real mix of artists,” said Tvedten. “I represent another 20 artists in my gallery, in addition to my own work, and they all have unique, all one-of-a-kind works from Michigan, Maine, Wisconsin, and Texas. But our whole downtown Harbor Springs art scene is like that — very diverse. Night of Arts is going to be a very special evening.”
Harbor Springs Night of Arts will take place from 6pm–9pm on July 12. Learn more at harborspringschamber.com.
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Scott’s statement I came to my atheism by rejecting an inherited faith. I grew up in a family fully involved in a Presbyterian church. I was an earnest communicant and believer, equating as we are taught to do, the ability to “believe” with “goodness.” But my faith dissolved while I was still a teenager. At first I rationalized that doubt was normal. I tried to embrace contradictions as paradoxes that could only be true by the will of a God bigger than my understanding. But leaning on this mystique to protect my faith could not succeed for long. Praying felt fake. I began to acknowledge, without trauma, Scott Blair that I am a non-believer, an atheist. Blair is a consulI remember realizing how fully I had transitioned at a tant in the waste- Christmas Eve service. The sanctuary was lit with candles water treatment carried by parishioners humming “Silent Night” as ushers solfield and vice emnly dismissed rows. I was affected by the familiar mystical president of the mood induced by the annual ritual. At the same time, I felt a Grand Traverse sadness for those worshipers who actually believed the impossible narrative that is Christianity — people who couldn’t Humanists. separate that Christmas Eve feeling from their determination of what is true. That was my path. Generally, I think, believers become atheists simply upon seeing that the stories making up religion do not warrant belief: a half-god, half-man reconciling “fallen” man with the divine through a bloody sacrifice, a virgin birth, resurrection, ATHEIST DEBATE heaven, Noah’s ark, parting seas, a person turning into a pillar of salt. These things are not consistent with how we observe the universe to behave. These stories are, however, very sensibly understood as mythology of an earlier time, a mythology that found some psychological traction and spread through conquest, colonialism, and evangelism. Further, many of us find the stories morally incoherent. The identification “atheist” often evokes a particularly negative regard for its bearers. This is exasperating for many of us. An atheist is simply a person who honestly finds it impossible to accept religious narratives as something other than mythology.
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Scott’s reply Bill’s being “born a Presbyterian” is at least figuratively true from my perspective also. Humankind evolved with a propensity for communal religious thinking. Which form it takes is often an accident of birth or circumstance. But we also have in our nature some ability to override our primal tendencies using inquiry and thought. I learned my initial Christian beliefs from family and Sunday school teachers. I did not “learn” my atheism, as Bill asserts. At the time I stopped believing, there were no external influences in my life advocating against religion or the existence of God. No person or media source presented atheism to me. It was my almost reluctant evaluation of the claims of the religion and the absence of any perception of God, tangible or intangible, that ended my belief.
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Bills’s reply Scott doesn’t believe in God. The “science” doesn’t work. The truth of religious narratives is elusive. Could it be that Scott is trying to make them fulfill a function they were never intended to fulfill? I wouldn’t turn to James Weldon Johnson’s poem, “The Creation,” to understand global warming. But it’s a powerful proclamation of God’s love and the beauty of creation. Truth is revealed in many ways: science, art, music, drama, dance, religion ... . Sometimes these truths complement; sometimes they contradict and reveal an even greater truth. Scott’s experience is valid for Scott. But it’s not universal, and it’s arrogant for him to think so or pity those who don’t share his experience. I have seen the Living God transform lives and bring life from death. That’s all the proof I need.
Agree statement Scott and Bill agree that family of origin, cultural context, and life experiences play significant roles in shaping religious belief. Loving and understanding our neighbors and enemies is a foundation for common ground and peaceful disagreement.
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Paul Nelson has won a Grammy Award and performed in front of millions. The onetime guitarist and producer for famed blues-rock guitarist Johnny Winter has toured the world and been on TV, playing on The Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Now he’s returning to northern and western Michigan, performing in Pentwater, Baldwin, Reed City, Manistee, and Cadillac. And he’s loving every minute of it. “We had such a good time last time. The music plays to the heartland,” he said of the songs he and the band played, primarily from his 2016 release, Badass Generation. The recording is a modern take on the guitar-centric, bluesy rock Nelson grew up with: Free, the Allman Brothers, Boston, Aerosmith. It bears the influence of his time playing the blues with Winter as well. “It’s retro. Everybody says they love it,” said Nelson. That retro sound was very deliberate. Nelson tried his best to reproduce the sounds that inspire him — from guitar heroes like Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons, and Angus Young — with original music that crosses musical boundaries: country, blues, metal, even singer/songwriter, as on the mostlyacoustic “Please Come Home.” He says Badass Generation has found an audience with listeners of all stripes. “People who listen to Led Zeppelin like it, people who like the blues — the record’s hitting with a broad batch of fans.” While he and the band play the material, don’t expect it to sound exactly like the original recording. Nelson says the looseness of the live shows allows him and his bandmates a chance to stretch out on the material. “Oh yeah. I’ll go out on a tangent, go into Jeff Beck [licks] or different changes. The listeners are open to it. “It’s a format for improvisation,” he continued. “It opens up the musicians to do
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more. Johnny Winter was keen on that. It’s all blues-based.” While the band with which Nelson played last year was composed of the same players as on the recording, this year finds new blood. Ethan Isaac is the new vocalist, Jeff Hatcher is on drums, and Jeff Howell from Foghat is playing bass. “The lineup’s gonna change. It’s whoever wants to play and who’s available. That keeps it fresh,” says Nelson. That doesn’t mean he’s abandoned his former bandmates, singer Morton Fredheim in particular. “Morton’s in Norway, so it’s not easy to get him here, but we’re still writing [together] for the next album. When we go to Europe, I’ll use Morton,” says Nelson. “Lineups can change, but the approach is the same. It’s great to play with other musicians.” That plan of attack works in the studio as well. Nelson says when he records, he’ll add additional guitar parts, keyboards where applicable, and the like. On the road, he goes back to the familiar guitar/bass/drums lineup with a vocalist out front. “I like the four-piece. I want a core of four guys that can make it sound thick enough.” The Berklee-educated Nelson has taken lessons from the likes of Steve Vai, Steve Khan, and Mike Stern. He learned enough and practiced enough to become a studio pro. That’s where he connected with Winter. After recording and writing some songs for the renowned musician, Nelson was asked by Winter to join him on the road. He became Winter’s producer, a role continues to fulfill with others as well. He still performs on others’ albums and works as a producer and arranger. He manages to balance it with his own music, even while on the road. “When you’re on tour, you’re on the bus for 14 hours. The cell phone and hotel become your office,” Nelson said. “Offers are just coming in. Some things have just been talked about with others, so I can’t talk about them. I
surround myself with music, either in the studio or touring. I’m fortunate. I know how to organize. I find time and energy for our thing.” Nelson will be forever grateful for his time with Winter. He first joined the blues master in 2003, and went on to record with him and produced both Step Back and its predecessor, Roots. Both he and Winter thought Step Back would be a landmark recording, and they were right. Winter told Nelson, “If we don’t get a Grammy for this, they’re nuts!” Unfortunately, while on tour in Europe, Winter passed away before their Grammy Award win for Best Blues Album was announced. Immediately following his Michigan dates, Nelson heads north and east across the border, to the Blues World International Festival in Montreal. But whether it’s in Montreal, onstage on TV, or in downtown Cadillac, Nelson says the thrill for him is the same. “Playing stuff you created and seeing the response of the audience to hearing it … ? You can only do that live. You’re not with them on radio or CD.”
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Retro-rock-and-blues-hungry audiences have a host of opportunities to catch Nelson and his band play around northern Michigan this summer: July 4 July 5 July 6 July 7 July 8 July 9
Manistee Rotary Gazebo Gull Landing, Pentwater Cadillac Rotary Pavilion Crossroads Guitar Showcase, Reed City Wenger Pavilion, Baldwin Gull Landing restaurant, Pentwater
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Kay Relyea embraces 2016 National Cherry Queen Abbey Kaufman. The crowning of this year’s National Cherry Queen will be announced at 9:45 p.m., July 7, at the Queens Ball, which will be held at the Hagerty Center, 715 E. Front St. Get tickets at cherryfestival.org.
Express: It sounds like Cherry Fest alone is a full-time job for you and the crew. Relyea: It kind of feels like it is. Oh yeah, I would say that for sure. We chaperone the girls 24 hours a day. There’s always two chaperones with them at all times. These girls do not ever leave the hotel unless we’re all together. Starting Friday morning [first day of festival] until Friday night after the Queen’s Ball, these girls are with myself and committee members for the entire week. They’re never on their own. They don’t have any cell phones. They don’t have any computers. They’re not open to social media, and the only times that they talk to their families or friends is when we’re back in the hotel, and we share the chaperone phones. We pass them around, and they get to call their family friends. The reason for that is we want them to be very present. This is an amazing week. It is the experience of a lifetime for these young women to see the festival from the view they’re going to see it from, so we want them to be very present. We want them to be their own person, and we try to take away all distractions. Express: So how do you see your role — more as mother hens, executive assistants?
The Queen Mother
The woman behind the ladies behind the National Cherry Queen
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f you’re talking to Kay Relyea, the longtime director of queen’s activities for Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival, you’d better get two things straight: First, the court- and queenmaking system Relyea and her team of 12 women orchestrate and oversee isn’t a pageant — it’s an intense, year-long process rife with interviews, speeches, and not just a few secret judges. Second, the winner of that process, the tiara-topped, 19- to 24-year-old gal ultimately awarded an $8,250 scholarship and up to a $2,500 wardrobe to fulfill her queenly duties … ? Don’t call her the National Cherry Festival Queen — she’s the National Cherry Queen. And she’s charged with representing one of the North’s preeminent industries, around the state and the nation, for the next year. Relyea’s job is to help get her there. Express: How did you get into this role? Relyea: Well, 33 years ago I went to work for a local dentist [Dr. Gary Kaberle], whom I actually still work for, and he was very
heavily involved in the Cherry Festival. I think I was on the job about seven days and he goes, “You’ve got to do festival with us,” and so I started doing that, and in the course of the last 33 years, I’ve done a lot of different jobs throughout the festival. I was president in 2003. I’ve served on the board a couple of times. I was president again in 2010 — the first female to ever be president and elected twice to be president. I actually came on to the queens committee, not as the director, but I came on to the committee, I think, around 1999. I’ve been director for about 12 years. Express: How many hours would you say you put in to this job? Relyea: Honestly, for myself and my committee ... This is nothing I do just by myself. I’ve got some amazing women that support me at this. But it is a full-time — it’s a year-round commitment. We really like to give each of these girls, whoever the Cherry Queen is, any opportunity and every opportunity we can to serve this community … So I don’t think I could honestly give you — it’s whatever is required for that year because every year is a different year.
Express: So what kind of a commitment is the Queen expected to fulfill? Relyea: Education first, always. We say that there are probably five things throughout the year that we really need her at, but everything else is upon availability if she’s in school. The girls work really hard. They talk to their professors. They let them know what’s going on. In most cases, the professors are great and work with them. But how many hours? I don’t know. You know, now that we have so much social media and stuff, [2016 queen] Abbey [Kaufman] is always posting about where she’s going and where she’s been. Late at night I see her posts come up. I can’t even imagine how many hours these girls put in. I really, really can’t. It’s whatever opportunity comes up for them. I’ve never had a Queen since I’ve been doing this that hasn’t honestly stepped up to every opportunity that we passed to her … The only thing that ever holds any one of them back was — well, it’s been a while now, but one of our Queens [Maggie Schneider, 2004 queen) was in a really bad car accident. I think that, since that accident, she’s had like 26 or 27 surgeries. But she’s never missed a Cherry Festival. Every year she comes back.
Relyea: Well, for me, jokingly, everyone calls me the Queen Mother. Then for the chaperones, we just are mentors for them. We’re there to make sure that anything that they need is taken care of. We’re also there so that, for an example … if someone asks something inappropriate, or if we see that someone is monopolizing their time too much and we need them to move around a little bit, we’re there to buffer for them, to say, “I’m really sorry, we’re going to need to move you,” and we move them along. Obviously during festival, hopefully everyone is enjoying themselves, some people a little too much. Express: So you’re like bouncers too? Relyea: Don’t say that word! Well, I guess … Look, we’re moms. We’re moms! Every one of us that’s on the committee, most of us are grandmas now, but the committee is also made up of a lot of past Queens. They’ve been in these young women’s shoes before, so they’re such an asset to this committee. But we have grandmas, and we have young moms, and we want to take care of [these girls] ... Express: Can you give me either an unforgettable or best or worst moment — something that stands out in your mind as a quintessential Cherry Festival or Cherry Queen moment you’ve experienced? Relyea: I’ll try to do it without crying. It was when Maggie was able to stand up and walk at the Queens Ball for the first time … after her accident. To see her — when she had this accident, and she was going through all this stuff, she had other events that she wanted to make it to and most of the events she was in a wheelchair or was just throwing up profusely before she got there because she wasn’t feeling well, but she went in with a smile every time. To see her stand up and walk that night — that was incredibly powerful.
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A Northern Michigan Cocktail Tour By Kathryn Bertodatto
BARTENDER DINO
It is officially summertime in Northern Michigan, which means boats, beaches, and plenty o’ cocktails. If you’re still ordering the same ole, same ole vodka-soda, you’re missing out on some seriously spiced up summer fun. Craft cocktails are an art form here in the Mitten, and our local bartenders are shaking up pre-prohibition cocktails and saucy island drinks with Up North flair, bringing you unique blends of flavors with fresh herbs, juices, and locally distilled and infused liquors. So put down that gin and tonic, Sally. You’re not just looking for a drink; you’re looking for an experience. And we’ve found the goods that’ll give you something worth talking about: COLIN ANDERSON
Café Santé, Boyne City The Drink: Basil Hayden 2.0, $10.50
Twisted Olive, Petoskey The Drink: Fernet-Me-Not (by request) $15
The Taste: The Manhattan is a classic drink, fairly simple in itself: bourbon or rye whiskey, vermouth, bitters, served up or on the rocks, with a cherry. The Basil Hayden 2.0, however … ? In a class all it’s own, thanks to the addition of rich Michigan maple syrup and homemade brandied cherries. This drink tastes of divine comfort, a cozy, toasty warm-up worthy of a crisp summer night. The Vitals: According to Dino, a successful Basil Hayden 2.0 has a few critical rules: It must be stirred, not shaken, and served straight up. Using local maple syrup adds a fantastically sweet, homey element, but what really makes the drink an Up North essential is its cherry. Café Santé brandies their own cherries, a recipe that proved so successful out of the gate — Santé made five gallons worth last fall and ran out of them by Christmas — they’ve more than doubled their output this year. Drink It: 1 Water St. (231) 582-8800, www.magnumhospitality.com/cafesante/
The Taste: It’s not easy to make a cocktail with Fernet-Branca, an Italian amaro, as the base. The herbal liqueur, served most commonly as an after-dinner digestif, smells like Sea Breeze and, according to one of Anderson’s coworkers, “tastes like minty Jäger.” But Anderson has been working with the liquor for more than a year now to perfect his Fernet-Me-Not, and its complexity is sure to pique the interest of your tastebuds. A split-base cocktail with both Fernet-Branca and Blanco tequila, Fernet-Me-Not boasts muddled blackberries, lemon juice, and simple syrup. It’s spearminty, sweet, fruity, and has smoky notes from Mezcal, a liquor distilled from the agave plant native to Mexico. The Vitals: Anderson starts the cocktails with a rinse of Mezcal on the tin and glass to get the hint of smokiness without allowing it to overpower the entire drink, then muddles four large blackberries with the lemon juice and simple syrup. He said the drink must be shaken in heavy ice — hard and fast, so it isn’t diluted. Next, he strain the ice and remains of the blackberries and serves it up in a martini glass garnished with two blackberries. Drink It: 319 Bay St. (231) 487-1230, twisted-olive.com
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Chandler’s, Petoskey The Drink: Rum Runner $12
Siren Hall, Elk Rapids The Drink: Italian Greyhound, $9
The Taste: Rich holds his renowned Rum Runner recipe, which he said he brought to the mainland from his days tending Mackinac Island’s Pink Pony, close to the vest. Traditionally, the drink includes spiced rum, grapefruit rum, banana liqueur, grenadine, orange juice, pineapple juice, and lime juice shaken with ice and strained into a hurricane glass. Rich’s version? Let’s just say it smells like vacation and tastes like trouble, the kind of drink that could suck you into having a few too many. Perfect for summertime in northern Michigan. The Vitals: Aside from a hearty dose of bartender attitude and whatever other secrets Rich shakes into this drink, he offers only this hint: It’s necessary to include a float of dark rum on top. (See: tastes like trouble, above.) Drink It: Find Chandler’s at 215 1/2 Howard St. (231) 347-2981, www.chandlersarestaurant.com
The Taste: A sip of the Italian Greyhound is a lot like biting into a bit of grapefruit sprinkled with sugar: refreshing, not too tart, with the usual bitterness of grapefruit muted by an initial sweetness and a fruit base that lingers in the aftertaste. The Vitals: A greyhound is common, but an Italian Greyhound demands X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, a French vodka mingling with Sicilian blood orange, mango, and passion fruit. Thibert’s Italian Greyhound goes even further, mixing in a splash of Aperol, fresh squeezed grapefruit juice, a dash of grapefruit bitters. It’s served on the rocks and garnished with an exceptionally juicy orange. Drink It: Find Siren Hall at 151 River St. (231) 264-6062, sirenhall.com
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Little Fleet, Traverse City The Drink: Painkiller (by request), $7
H&L Social, Hotel Indigo, Traverse City The Drink: Red 8 Mojito, $9
The Taste: Appropriately named, the Painkiller melts away whatever ails you with a hefty dose of amber rum, plus pineapple juice, cream of coconut, and a splash of orange juice, all topped with a perfect pillow of freshly grated nutmeg. Heller and Barbara Saxton, another Little Fleet bartender, travelled to Vieques, Puerto Rico, to bring back this delightful drink. Heller said the pair searched the island until they found a bartender named Renie who gave them his secret recipe. The Vitals: Little Fleet is on a mission to remove plastic from their business as much as possible. Without the plastic straw to sip this drink, you’re able to kiss the earthy spice of the nutmeg before the creamy, sweet-island assault of the Painkiller. Drink It: Find The Little Fleet at 448 E Front St. (231) 943-1116, www.thelittlefleet.com
The Taste: Mojitos — made with white rum, soda, simple syrup, fresh mint, and lime juice — are a summer staple; H&L Social’s version adds extra depth by way of Traverse City’s own Red 8 Silver Rum. A surprisingly smooth silver spirit, this handcrafted rum is made from premium molasses (rather than less flavorful cane or beet sugars) and wild yeasts captured from the air near its namesake, the Red 8 navigational bouy in West Grand Traverse Bay. The Vitals: Spencer said fresh ingredients are the key in making any great summer drink, and a great mojito demands the freshest mint. She packs in and muddles only the fattest, greenest sprigs, and serves ’em up with the bar’s homemade syrup, making for a cocktail that’s as refreshing as the view from the rooftop where you sip it. Drink it: Find H&L Social atop Hotel Indigo, 263 W Grandview Pkwy.
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NORTHERN SEEN 1. Jenny and Olivia Craig at their first National Writers Series event in Traverse City. 2. Marla Van Hook, National Book Award-winning author Julia Glass, and Reberta Christensen at a National Writers Series event featured Glass. 3. Lyn Jenks and Joanne Schroeder looking good at a Kiwanis meeting at Stafford’s Weathervane in Charlevoix.
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4. Authors and friends Julia Glass and David Ebershoff share the stage at the City Opera House for a National Writers Series event. 5. Michelle Laramore, Heidi Wright, Shelby Laramore, Dale Wright, and Keith Wright enjoying the fun at the Pink Pony on Mackinac Island. 6. The massive crowd for the Up North Pride parade makes the turn at the corner of Front and Cass streets in downtown TC.
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91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes the Very Cherry Pancake Breakfast, Kids Big Wheel Race, Opening Ceremonies, Indigo View Air Show, Blues, Brews & BBQ & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
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EAST JORDAN FREEDOM FESTIVAL: June 27 - July 1. Today includes a carnival, Grass Volleyball Tournament, 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Maddie’s Petting Zoo, Grand Parade, fireworks, live music by The Acoustic Tribute at the Memorial Park Bandshell at 4:30pm; Full Circle at 8:30pm, & much more. eastjordanfreedomfestival.org/events
-------------------23RD ANNUAL LAKE ANN HOMECOMING CELEBRATION: 9am-3pm, Downtown Lake Ann. Ceremony begins at 9am in S.S. Burnett Park in the village of Lake Ann. There will also be a vintage tractor parade, craft sale, children’s games, pony rides, live music, wagon & vintage car rides & more. 231-275-7362.
-------------------ANTIQUES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS: 9am5pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring over 170 dealers. $5. 231.564.1971.
-------------------“STARS, STRIPES & SPLATTER” 5K COLOR RACE: 10am, GT Resort & Spa’s Jazz Live Field, Acme. $35 advance; $40 day of, if space available. Free for children 12 & under. GT Resort & Spa is partnering with Habitat for Humanity-Grand Traverse Region to help raise funds to build a home for a local veteran. starsstripesandsplatter.com
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PETOSKEY IMPROV TROUPE: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Tickets: $10 advance, $15 door. $8 students, $5 12 & under. redskystage.com. 231-487-0000. BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-12pm, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley. rainbowofhopefarm.weebly.com
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91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes the Four Person Beach Volleyball Tournament, Arts & Crafts Fair, the Great American Picnic, the Great Race, Air Show, Here Come the Mummies performing & more. Info: cherryfestival.org
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THE GREAT RACE: 1pm, 312 S. Union St., TC. This controlled-speed endurance road rally on public highways in classic cars will end in TC today. Featuring two of Hagerty’s vehicles: 1960 Plymouth Fury & 1917 Peerless Speedster, “The Green Dragon.” There will also be hundreds of vintage automobiles from the early 1900s through 1960s. 922-8837.
-------------------“PIPPIN”: 2pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince, Pippin, is in search of the secret to true happiness & fulfillment. Tickets start at $18. mynorthtickets.com
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WORLD YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Featuring Karina Canellakis, conductor. $21 adults; $18 seniors; $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org
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BENEFIT FOR MICHIGAN LEGACY ART PARK: 7-9:30pm, Iron Fish Distillery, Thompsonville. Featuring music by the Benjaman James Band, dancing, Taco ‘Bout It Food Truck, cocktail specials & more. ironfishdistillery.com
-------------------UP NORTH VOCAL INSTITUTE: 7-8:30pm, Charlevoix Odmark Pavilion. Free. crookedtree.org
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91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes History in the Movies Loop, Cherry Farmers Market, Kids Turtle Races & Cherry Pie Eating Contests & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
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THE FIRST ANNUAL YOGA BY THE BAY: 9am, Cherry Festival Food Court overlooking the Bay, TC. Presented by Bikram Yoga TC. Bring a mat & water. Free. bikramyogatc.com
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ALL HANDS ON DECK - PROTECT THE LAKES!: 10am, State Park on the east side of the Mackinaw Bridge, Mackinaw City. Raise awareness of the need to protect the Great Lakes at the federal, state & local level. Bring a Blue Marble to share. allhandsondeckgreatlakes.org
“PIPPIN”: 7:30pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Heir to the Frankish throne, the young prince, Pippin, is in search of the secret to true happiness & fulfillment. Tickets start at $18. mynorthtickets.com IGOR AND THE RED ELVISES: 7:30pm, Aten Place, Boyne Falls. Enjoy “raucous rock’n’roll” with this band. $16/$15. atenplace.com
-------------------“KING LEAR,” INTERLOCHEN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Upton-Morley Pavilion. $33. tickets.interlochen.org
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COMEDIAN DAVE DYER: 8pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $20. northportcac.org
-------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring Delilah DeWylde. mackinawchamber.com
-------------------RICK SPRINGFIELD - SOLD OUT: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. lrcr.com
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ANTIQUES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS: 10am4pm, Emmet County Community Center, Petoskey. Featuring over 170 dealers. $5. 231.564.1971.
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5TH ANNUAL BIG TENT CHRISTIAN CONCERT: 6:30pm, Hilltop Tabernacle, Benzonia. Featuring Matt Moore & Band, Modern Day Cure, Joe Guerra Band & others. There will also be praise & worship dancers, horse drawn wagon rides & more. $5. httabernacle.com
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FOUNTAIN POINT CONCERT SERIES: 7:309:30pm, Fountain Point Music, Lake Leelanau. With The Appleseed Collective. $10-$20. fountainpointmusic.com
RED, WHITE & BREW: 4-7pm, Harbor Springs Waterfront. Featuring red & white wine, craft beer, live music & BBQ. Find on Facebook.
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-------------------BOYNE CITY 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL: 10am, Boyne City. Today includes the 41st Annual Waterside Arts & Crafts Show, Soap Box Derby School, live music by Big Boss Band, & more. boynechamber.com
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STORYTIME WITH AUTHOR AMY YOUNG: 10am-12pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. A party with Amy Young, author of “A New Friend For Sparkle.” Featuring activities, a craft & cupcake decorating. mcleanandeakin.com
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SHANTY CREEK’S FREEDOM FESTIVAL: 6-11:30pm, Shanty Creek Resorts, Summit Village, Bellaire. Featuring kids’ games & activities, water slide, live music, disc golf, bonfire, fireworks & more. shantycreek.com
-------------------SUMMER STORY HOUR: 6pm, Horizon Books, Cadillac. Today features “They All Saw
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Legendary rock n’ roll band REO Speedwagon brings hits such as “Keep On Loving You,” “Can’t Fight This Feeling” & “Roll With the Changes” to the Open Space, TC during the National Cherry Festival on Weds., July 5 from 6-10:30pm. Special guest Donny Hartman will join them. General admission: $30. cherryfestival.org
a Cat.” horizonbooks.com/check-us-out-downtown-cadillac
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MONDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: 7pm, Onekama Village Park. Featuring the Shrock Brothers Band w/ Peter Madcat Ruth. onekama.info
-------------------PATRIOTIC MUSIC BY THE NORTHPORT COMMUNITY BAND: 7pm, Old School House Lawn, Glen Arbor. Kicking off the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Manitou Music Festival season. 231-334-6112. Free.
-------------------“AMERICAN HWANGAP” BY LLOYD SUN INTERLOCHEN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre. The story of Min Suk Chun, who some 15 years earlier left his family in a West Texas suburb to return to his native Korea. $33. tickets.interlochen.org
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INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN BAY HARBOR: 8pm, Bay Harbor. Find a spot on the lawn next to Bay Harbor Lake Marina & enjoy the Petoskey Steel Drum Band performing. There will also be balloon twisting with Jania Taylor & more. Fireworks over Bay Harbor Lake start at dusk. Find a seat on the lawn at the Village at Bay Harbor. bayharbor.com/events
-------------------THE CAPITOL STEPS: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Enjoy a blend of hilarious political commentary. $33. tickets.interlochen.org
july 04
Tuesday
BEULAH FIRECRACKER 5K: 8am, 273 S. Benzie Blvd., Beulah. clcba.org/ event/5k-firecracker-run/
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SMILE THROUGH THE MILES 5K & 10K: 8:30am, Louis Groen Nature Preserve, Johannesburg. smilethroughthemiles.com
BOYNE CITY 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL: Today includes the 41st Annual Independence Day Run: 2 Mile & 10K, Grand Parade, Kiwanis/Family Fare Supermarket Children’s Pie-Eating Contest, Commemorative Raft Race, Soap Box Derby, fireworks & much more. boynechamber.com
-------------------91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today is Heritage Day. Includes the Kids Pet Show, Cherry Pins & Pizza, GT Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians Pow Wow, 90s Dance Party 2.0, Consumers Energy Heritage Parade, 4th of July Fireworks & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
-------------------INDEPENDENCE DAY IN GLEN ARBOR: 10am: Flag raising ceremony in Old Settlers Park. Noon: Parade in Downtown Glen Arbor. 4pm: Boat Parade on Glen Lake. Begins in front of the Yacht Club.
-------------------INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS IN BAY HARBOR: The Fourth of July Automobile Parade starts at 11am on Main St. bayharbor. com/events
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PETOSKEY 4TH OF JULY: The parade starts at Petoskey High School at 6pm, winding through Downtown Petoskey. Afterwards head to Bayfront Park to listen to music by the winners of the Festival on the Bay Battle of the Bands. Fireworks will be set off over Little Traverse Bay at dusk.
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SUMMER CONCERT BY CONTINUUM NOVUM, NMC CONCERT BAND: 6pm, Northport Marina, Northport. With the Northport Community Band. Suggested donation: $15 adults, $10 students & seniors.
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TCNEWTECH MEETUP: 6-8pm, City Opera House, TC. Techology professionals can hear presentations from five pre-selected speakers who will each be given five minutes to showcase their technology product or business startup. tcnewtech.org
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MANISTEE SHORELINE SHOWCASE: 6:30pm, 1st Street Beach, Manistee. Featuring the Jim
Shaneberger Band and Paul Nelson Band.
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a Botanic Garden volunteer in the Giant Bird Nest. Free. thebotanicgarden.org/events
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RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC: 10am-7pm, Downtown Gaylord. Listen to over 30 local musicians performing in various participating downtown businesses. From 9-10am each day you can pick up that day’s schedule at GACA’s Art Center, Gaylord. Also available at: www. gaylordarts.org
RYAN SHAY MID SUMMER NIGHT RUN: 7pm, Thurston Park, Central Lake. 5K, 10K, or 1 Mile Fudgees Ice Cream Fun Run to honor the memory of world class runner Ryan Shay who grew up running the streets, hills, and byways of Central Lake. Art festivals, craft fairs, Fourth of July Parade & fireworks. ryanshay.org
MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 9pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Straits Area Concert Band. mackinawchamber.com
-------------------TORCH LAKE FIREWORKS: South end of Torch Lake at dusk.
july 05
wednesday
91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes Fun & Games for Special Kids, Kids Bicycle Rodeo, Royale Pageant of Fashion & Luncheon, Intergenerational Picnic, Kids Cherry Town Fun Night, REO Speedwagon wsg Donny Hartman & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
-------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: July 5-9, Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. greatlakesequestrianfestival.com
-------------------INDIAN RIVER LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE: 10am-2pm, Indian River Area Library, Tuscarora Township Building, lower level.
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-------------------SUMMER READING CLUB EVENT: 10am, Peninsula Community Library in the Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Featuring Gumdrop Engineering, a time to see what kind of structure can be built with gumdrops and spaghetti noodles. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org
-------------------LUNCHEON EVENT W/ THRITY UMRIGAR: 12-2pm, Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Rose Room, Petoskey. This author’s latest novel is “Everybody’s Son.” Presented by McLean & Eakin Booksellers. Reservations required: 231.347.1180. $25. mcleanandeakin.com
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MUSIC ON THE BIDWELL PLAZA: 12:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring Oh Brother Big Sister. Free. crookedtree.org
-------------------RON LLOYD THE BUBBLE MAN: 1pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Sponsored by Alden District Library/Friends of the Library. 231-331-4318.
ALDEN EVENING STROLL: 6-8pm, Downtown Alden. Live music with The 3 B’s.
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EVENING ON RIVER STREET: 6-9pm, River St., Elk Rapids. Live music with DAGS UND TIMMAH!
“AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY 101”: 7pm, Leelanau Historical Society, Leland. With U of M professor Phil Deloria. Suggested donation: $5. leelanauhistory.org
“AMERICAN HWANGAP” BY LLOYD SUN INTERLOCHEN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: (See Mon., July 3)
CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, GT Pavilions, lawn, TC. Featuring Jetty Rae. Free. gtpavilions.org/2017-concerts-on-the-lawn
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GAYLORD COMMUNITY BAND & CHORUS: 8pm, Downtown Gaylord. “Stars & Stripes” celebration under the downtown pavilion. Free.
-------------------TRIBUTE! ANSEL ADAMS: 8pm, John M. Hall Auditorium, Bay View. America & American Composers - Brubeck, Copland & Bernstein. General admission: $20. bayviewassociation.org
july 06
thursday
91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes the Teen Volleyball Tournament, Kids Fun & Games, Cherry Pie Make & Bake, Princess Tea, Ultimate Air Dogs, Cherry Mile, 7th Annual Carter’s Kids Festival Fun Run, Touchstone Energy Junior Royale Parade & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
-------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 5)
-------------------AUTHORS IN THE PARK STORY TIME: 10am-12pm, The Botanic Garden, TC. “Colantha” by Jeff Kessler will be read by the author in the Historic Barn; “Squash Boom Beet” by Lisa Maxbauer Price will be read by the author in the Community Garden; “Reggie’s Runaway Adventure” by Helen J. Wilson will be read by the author in the Walled Garden; & “Horton Hatches the Egg” by Dr. Seuss will be read by
37TH ANNUAL BLISSFEST FESTIVAL: Festival Farm, Harbor Springs. Bluegrass, blues, zydeco Celtic, folk, jazz, Latin, ethnic, world music & dance. Performers include Los Lobos, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Chubby Carrier & The Bajou Swamp Boys, Davina & the Vagabonds, Donna the Buffalo, Dustbowl Revival, The Mammals, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Brotha James, Boomatwang, John D. Lamb, Seth Bernard & many others. blissfest.org
-------------------RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC: (See Thurs., July 6)
-------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12pm, Petoskey’s Pennsylvania Park, gazebo. With Chris Koury. crookedtree.org
-------------------BAYOU IN THE BARN: 5-11:30pm, St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah. Live music by Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band, K Jones & The Benzie Playboys, & Peter “Madcat” Ruth & The Midnight Blues Journey. Also enjoy Cajun food vendors. All proceeds benefit Grow Benzie. $10-$25. mynorthtickets.com
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EAST JORDAN MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, Memorial Park Bandshell, East Jordan. Blues & jazz with The Pistil Whips. facebook.com/ EJChamber
“RAIN: A HISTORY OF STORMY TIMES”: 5:30pm, Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor Pavilion, Elk Rapids. Author Cynthia Barnett. Presented by Green Elk Rapids. 231-264-0618.
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GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 5)
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WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY: 5-7pm, Chateau Grand Traverse, TC. Featuring live music by Jeff Brown, vineyard views, & CGT wine, cider & food. cgtwines.com
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BEN WHITING’S TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY: 7pm, Mary Schmuckal Theatre, lower level of the Old Town Playhouse, TC. A Magic & Mind Reading Show for Horrible People! Performances at both 7pm & 10pm. Based on games & TV shows from the 80s & 90s to the present. For ages 18 & up. $20. oldtownplayhouse.com
-------------------BUILD YOUR OWN CIRCUS: 2pm, Leland Township Library. Join Cirque Movement for this interactive circus show. Enjoy stunts, silliness & songs. Free. lelandlibrary.org
CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12pm, Petoskey’s Pennsylvania Park, gazebo. Enjoy blues with The Snyders. crookedtree.org
TRUTV Impractical Jokers Starring The Tenderloins wsg Anthony Grupido & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
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SNOWBELT BREWING CO. & FARMFEST CONCERT: 7pm, Snowbelt Brewing Co., Gaylord. Featuring A Brighter Bloom, Watching for Foxes, Oh Brother Big Sister & Turbo Pup. $25. facebook.com/snowbeltbrewingco
--------------------------------------MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, Marina Park, Northport. With Steve Sandner playing jazz standards.
-------------------NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH BRUCE CAMERON & RON JOLLY: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Nationally syndicated humor columnist & New York Times bestselling author W. Bruce Cameron is best known for “A Dog’s Purpose.” Doors open at 6pm with live music & treats from Morsels. Q & A & book signing afterwards. General admission, $20.50. nationalwritersseries.org
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OWEN JAMES: 7-9pm, First Congregational UCC Church, Gaylord. Guitar & Voice in Concert.
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SUMMER SOUNDS CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring Kalamazoo indie-soul band Vox Vidorra. $10. mynorthtickets.com
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UP NORTH VOCAL INSTITUTE: 7-8:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey. Free. crookedtree.org
STREET MUSIQUE: 7-9pm, Main St., Harbor Springs. The Marsupials, Nathan & Jessie Band, Olivia Mainville & The Aquatic Troupe, Scott Cook, Tommy Tropic, & Magic Lady.
FOUNTAIN POINT CONCERT SERIES: 7:309:30pm, Fountain Point Music, Lake Leelanau. Featuring Jazz North. fountainpointmusic.com “AMERICAN HWANGAP” BY LLOYD SUN INTERLOCHEN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: (See Mon., July 3)
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MICHAEL FEINSTEIN & HIS BIG BAND: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Five-time Grammy Award nominee Feinstein is best known for his singing the classics of the Great American Songbook. Tickets start at $38. tickets.interlochen.org
july 07
friday
91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes the Cherry Golf Scramble, Kids Sand Sculpture Contest, Diaper Derby & Toddler Trot, Cherry Idol Auditions, Ultimate Air Dogs, Hole in One,
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MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Mighty Hiawatha Band. mackinawchamber.com/Annual-Events/music-in-mackinaw
july 08
saturday
91ST NATIONAL CHERRY FESTIVAL: TC. Today includes the Meijer Festival of Races, Disc Golf Tournament, DTE Energy Foundation Cherry Royale Parade, Ultimate Air Dogs Finals, Cherry Idol Finals, Festival Fireworks
Finale Over West GT Bay & much more. Info: cherryfestival.org
-------------------ART SNAKE: 10am-4pm. 10th annual tour of artist’s studios & work environments in the Onekama/Portage Lake area. Maps to artists’ studios are available at Onekama and Manistee businesses, & Manistee Chamber of Commerce.
-------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Weds., July 5)
-------------------SWEATY YETI 5K RUN & 1 MILE FUN RUN: 8am, Bosewell Stadium, East Jordan. sweatyyetirun.com
-------------------37TH ANNUAL BLISSFEST FESTIVAL: (See Fri., July 7)
-------------------49TH ANNUAL ART & CRAFT SHOW: 10am-6pm, East Park, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring over 150 exhibitors. charlevoix.org
-------------------BC BLAZE 5K THUNDER RUN: 7:30am, Young State Park, Boyne City. eventbrite.com
-------------------AMERICAN GIRL EVENT: 10am, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. McLean & Eakin Booksellers & Petoskey District Library welcome Carrie Anton & Erin Falligant, co-authors of “American Girl Character Encyclopedia,” for a morning of crafts, activities & games. Reserve your space. mcleanandeakin.com
-------------------ARTISTS’ MARKET: 10am-5pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Ninety art booths in Leland on the river & inside the building.
-------------------AUTHOR SIGNINGS: 10am-3pm, Horizon Books, Cadillac. With Juliann Tacoma, author of “Color Cadillac Scavenger Hunt,” Angela Crandall, author of “Myth & Spirit Guide,” & Daniel Fiesta, author of “Tales From the Rhyming Realm of Gandolin VI.” horizonbooks.com/check-us-out-downtown-cadillac
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EAGLE PROGRAM: 10am, Habitat Discovery Center, Omena. Wildlife biologist & federal & state eagle counter Jerry Weinrich will share his numbers of nests he counts every spring when he flies over the lower peninsula. $10 adults; free for kids under 12. 231-271-3738.
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LIFELONG LEARNING: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY: 10am-12pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Presented by Tony Dunaske, a retired NCMC professor & photographer. Photographic walk to follow class. Registration required. Free. petoskeylibrary. evanced.info/signup/Calendar
-------------------RANDOM ACTS OF MUSIC: (See Thurs., July 6)
-------------------SOUTH ARM CLASSICS: 10am-3pm, Charlevoix. The boat show is on the shore of Lake Charlevoix, with both land & water displays. The car show is on Main St., Charlevoix, displaying up to 150 cars. Free. Find on Facebook.
-------------------14TH ANNUAL BOYNE THUNDER POKER RUN: Boyne City. Begins with parade laps starting at 10:15am, leaving from the Boyne City Marina. Showcasing 120 high performance boats from all over the country, roaring through the waters of Lake Charlevoix & Lake Michigan on a 130-mile excursion in search of the best poker hand. boynethunder.com
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EAST JORDAN BREW FEST: 2-9pm, Memorial Park, East Jordan. Featuring live music by The Mickeys & Jelly Roll Blues Band in Memorial Park, domestic & craft beer, food, & more. $5/person; 12 & under free.
-------------------HIKE TIMBERS REC AREA: 6:30-8:30pm, Timbers Recreation Area, TC. Join GTRLC staff on a short hike to discuss current status of the property & future goals. RSVP. gtrlc.org
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AN EVENING OF CHAMBER MUSIC: 7pm, Gaylord First United Methodist Church, Gaylord. From Gaylord Community Productions. “PIPPIN”: (See Sat., July 1)
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BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS: 7:30pm, Mills Community House Theatre, Benzonia. Tickets: $15; $10 children 16 & under. 231-399-0242.
-------------------THE STRING DOCTORS: 7:30pm, The Aten Place, Boyne Falls. Enjoy storytelling, stage banter, & original & traditional acoustic music. Tickets: $16/$15. atenplace.com/Schedule.html
-------------------“KING LEAR,” INTERLOCHEN SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 1)
-------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring Monday’s Supper. mackinawchamber.com/Annual-Events/musicin-mackinaw
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SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Shen Wei is a choreographer, director, dancer, painter, designer & lead choreographer for the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tickets start at $37. tickets.interlochen.org
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INTERROCKIN’ TRIATHLON/DUATHLON & MORE: 8am, Interlochen State Park. 3disciplines.com
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-------------------37TH ANNUAL BLISSFEST FESTIVAL: (See Fri., July 7)
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49TH ANNUAL ART & CRAFT SHOW: 10am4pm, East Park, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring over 150 exhibitors. charlevoix.org
-------------------“PIPPIN”: (See Sun., July 2) -------------------SUNDAY FUNDAY: GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: 2pm, Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. Grand Prix Show Jumping featuring Olympic athletes. Gates open at noon. greatlakesequestrianfestival.com
-------------------AN AFTERNOON WITH AUTHOR ADAM SCHUITEMA: 3pm, Cellar 152, Elk Rapids. Adam will discuss his latest novel “Haymaker.” Presented by Elk Rapids District Library. elkrapidslibrary.org
-------------------BENZIE AREA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 4pm, St. Ambrose Cellars, Beulah. Chamber Music Concert: “Classics in the Country.” benziesymphony.com
-------------------MANITOU MUSIC FESTIVAL DUNE CLIMB CONCERT: 7pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. With Wisconsin-based blues powerhouse The Jimmys. Free. glenarborart.org
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MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN GATHER: 6:30pm, on the new moon or the Wednesday prior to one, May-Oct. Gather to share medicines, plant knowledge & stories. Email wisewomengather@gmail for more info.
-------------------TC PATHS TO RECOVERY: Weds., 12pm., St. Michael’s Lutheran Church, TC. Al-Anon meeting.
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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30pm-7pm, basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. For those who seek to address the residual effects of having been raised in dysfunctional household. adultchildren.org
-------------------HOW IT WORKS IN AL-ANON: Fridays, 10am, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC.
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ALDEN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 4-7pm, Tennis Court Park, Alden.
-------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Veterans Park, Boyne City. Held on Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon. boynecitymainstreet.com
-------------------CHARLEVOIX FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-1pm, 408 Bridge St., Charlevoix. charlevoixmainstreet.org/farmers-market
-------------------GROW BENZIE FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 3-7pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. Featuring free cooking & nutrition education classes. Find on Facebook.
-------------------DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. m.facebook.com/DowntownGaylordFarmersMarket
-------------------DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, 400 block of Howard St. between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber.com
-------------------EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-12pm, Sportsman’s Park, East Jordan.
-------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-12pm, Elk Rapids Chamber, 305 US 31. elkrapidschamber.org
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SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, TC: Saturdays, 7:30am-12pm, Wednesdays, 8am-12pm. Jun. 24 - Oct. 28. Lot B, across from Clinch Park, TC. During the National Cherry Festival: July 1, 5 & 8, the market moves to the Old Town Parking Deck at 125 E. 8th St., TC. downtowntc.com
-------------------THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 12-4pm. On The Piazza, The Village at GT Commons, TC. thevillagetc.com/events-attractions/ farmers-market
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NORTHPORT FARMERS MARKET: Held on Fridays through Sept. 8, 9am-1pm, across from the marina, Downtown Northport.
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BEACH BARDS BONFIRE: Fridays at Leelanau School beach. Open forum for By Heart poetry, storytelling & music. Starts with Children’s Hour at 8pm. 231-334-5890.
SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7-10pm, Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor Pavlion, Elk Rapids. Live music with Rum Boogie. Free.
BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS: 7:30pm, Mills Community House Theatre, Benzonia. Tickets: $15; $10 children 16 & under. 231-399-0242.
-------------------FOUNTAIN POINT CONCERT SERIES: 7:30-9:30pm, Fountain Point Music, Lake Leelanau. Featuring The Understorey. fountainpointmusic.com
-------------------WORLD YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. With Conductor JoAnn Falletta. $21 adults, $18 seniors & $11 youth. tickets. interlochen.org
--------------------------------------COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Tuesdays, 5:30pm, New Moon Yoga, TC. Donation only. newmoonyogastudio.com
-------------------FREE COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Weds., 7:30pm, Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. bikramyogatc.com
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ELLSWORTH MUSIC IN THE PARK: Weds., 6-8pm, Lake Street Pavilion, Downtown Ellsworth.
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-------------------JAZZ AT SUNSET: Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Featuring the Jeff Haas Trio & special guests. chateauchantal.com
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QUIET TIME - GUIDED MEDITATION: Tuesdays, 4pm, Munson Hospice House, TC. Enjoy a relaxing environment where you can push your pain & anxieties away. 800-252-2065 or munsonhomehealth.org
-------------------STONE CIRCLE GATHERINGS: Sat., 9pm. Stone Circle: Ten miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr. & follow signs. Poetry, storytelling & music under the stars with poet bard Terry Wooten. 231-2649467. terry-wooten.com/index.html
-------------------STROLL THE STREETS: Fridays, 6-9pm, Main St., Boyne City. Featuring live music, magicians, caricature artists, face painters & balloon twisters. boynecitymainstreet.com
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WILDFLOWER WALKS: Tues., 10am-12pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. With GRNA docent Julie Hurd. grassriver.org
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“BLACK AND WHITE”: Higher Art Gallery, TC. A photography exhibit in small works of photographers. Exploring botanical, form, landscapes and abstractions. Runs through Aug. 10. higherartgallery.com
-------------------“CHANGES IN LATITUDES, CHANGES IN ATTITUDES”: Through Jul. 25, Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan. An exhibit of works by Jordan River Arts Council Artist Gathering Participants. Hours are Tues. - Sun., 1-4pm. Paintings will highlight Michigan scenes, as well as scenes from around the U.S. & other countries. jordanriverarts.com
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“CITIES, LIKE DREAMS, SWAMPS WHERE CEDARS GROW”: The Provincial, Kaleva. An exhibition featuring over 50 works by 29 artists. Runs through July 15. Free and open to the public on Saturdays from 12-4pm during exhibition or by appointment. theprovincial.net
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“FRESHLY PICKED”: Twisted Fish Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Elk Rapids. Premiering the artwork of five new artists to the gallery, exploring themes of color, light, energy and beauty. The five artists are Lindy Bishop, Ginnie Cappaert, Anne Corlett, Mimi Prussack & Lynn Uhlmann. The exhibit runs through July 2. twistedfishgallery.com
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“LAKE EFFECT”: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. A group exhibit featuring objects, sculpture, paintings & drawings by mid-career artists who have a strong connection to the region. Runs through July 21. 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/cancer
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ART IN THE CITY ARTIST COMPETITION: Cadillac Area YMCA. Theme: Local Inspirations. 11x14 Art Competition & fundraiser. The deadline is Aug. 23 & the preview party will be held on Thurs., Aug. 24 from 4-6pm. 231-7753369. paulk@cadillacareaymca.org
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Blending country with Black Crowes-style Southern rock is A Thousand Horse’s forte, especially when it gets the chance to charge full speed ahead on tracks like “Blaze of Somethin,’” which will surely be heard through the open windows of most every pickup truck in America this summer. A hankering for the good ol’ days is another ATH specialty, as best evidenced on this set by “Weekends in a Small Town,” with its Happy Days-reminiscent lyrics. This album is a treat for fans as, along with the new songs, it includes a shortlist of live tracks recorded in London and Nashville
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New to the Nashville scene is singersongwriter Ennis, born in Georgia and now a Tennessee transplant with plenty of ambition. Ennis co-wrote all of the tunes on this set with some of Nashville’s prime studio songwriters; the tracklisting is a careful shortlist of country-soul singles. “Woke Up in Nashville” goes back to the story of his arrival (Mabelle, the album, is named after the Nashville building the singer lived in when he first relocated), while “Think and Drive” is a more reflective number about a relationship, and “Play It Cool” amps up Ennis’ soulful side. He’s stepping carefully as he steps out, and the curation of his own work so far is serving him well.
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Luke Combs – This One’s For You – River House
Combs is a definite contrast as a country artist. On one hand, a lot of what he’s doing on this debut set isn’t so great — namely a long list of stereotypes that are so pushy they risk alienating anyone not already in that particular club (think: truck engines roaring, hooks with no purpose, beer-can-tab sound effects, and Bon Jovi guitar solos). On the other, Combs has some good vocal ability, hints of songwriting ability (as evidenced by the tune “I Got Away With You”), and insiders say he’s a genuinely nice guy. But buried under this landslide of yesterday’s cliches, it’s going to be a while before anyone gets to see the bulk of his talent.
BEACH BOYS HELP CELEBRATE THE FOURTH A Capitol Fourth, the free annual concert performed on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. in celebration of Independence Day will feature classic ’60s California-rockers The Beach Boys, Broadway actress Phillipa Soo, Disney Channel actress Sofia Carson, country performer Trace Adkins, and this year’s The Voice winner Chris Blue. A Capitol Fourth will air on PBS on July 4 … Some great music shows are heading our way locally and downstate. Two to watch in the Grand Rapids area are the St. Cecilia Music Center’s jazz series and its sister acoustic café folk series. Hosted by Acoustic Café radio show host Rob Reinhart, the unplugged side of the series will bring in returning virtuoso guitarist Leo Kottke on Oct. 26 and folk singer Judy Collins on Feb. 1, 2018, with additional shows soon to be announced. The jazz series starts on Nov. 16 with a performance from Christian McBride, and will also include shows from Gregory Porter, Brad Mehldau, and Kurt Elling … Last week we mentioned that U2 added a Detroit tour stop to its current trek (Sept. 3 at Ford Field); this week you can snag a massive
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box set of their The Joshua Tree album (the one they’ll be playing in its entirety on this tour) that includes the original album, plus a previously-unreleased concert recording from a show in New York City, B-sides, outtakes, new remixes by the likes of producers Jacknife Lee, Daniel Lanois, and Flood, and a book of photography by U2’s guitarist The Edge … Electronica artist Bonobo, known for scoring TV shows like House of Cards and The Newsroom, has hardly cooled off since releasing his sixth studio album, Migration, earlier this year; he’s already releasing a new three-track EP titled Bambro Koyo Ganda, which includes much of Bonobo’s tribal influences and also includes a collaboration with the NYC-Moroccan musical collective Innov Gnawa. The first single, “Samurai,” is stuffed with layers of electronic sounds, and can be heard on streaming services now … THE BUZZ The new Arcadia Ales Riversedge Summer Music Series is underway In Kalamazoo, with one big show taking place each month this summer. On July 22 the headliner will be Red Sea Pedestrians, Aug. 12 will feature The Crane Wives, and Sept. 16 will feature The Go Rounds, with each
night also including support acts … Michigan pop-rock band Parti! played its first live show back in March at the Pike Room in Pontiac, and now its reportedly working on some new music with plans for at least a single release later this year … 16 year old Marshall, Michigan bluesrock guitarist Jake Kershaw, who’s been called a “guitar wunderkind,” will release his first album, Piece of My Mind, this month … Detroit rapper Nolan Chapman, aka Nolan the Ninja, is set to release his
sophomore full-length album, Yen, this upcoming September … The 39th Hiawatha Music Festival is set for July 21–23 in Marquette, with performances coming from The Sweet Water Warblers, Sone de Mexico Ensemble, The Barley Jacks, The Bucking Mules, and more … Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.
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Cars has never been the most critically acclaimed series to come out of Pixar Animation Studios. It always, however, has been one of the top merchandising performers. I read years back that when it came to merch licensing, at one point Cars ranked No. 2 in the entirety of pop culture-dom, behind only Star Wars. (I repeat: Star Wars … then Cars!) The discussion as to why “Cars” got a third film pretty much starts and ends there. But even though Cars might not be the most respected Pixar film, I always found it to be an underrated gem — a film more of Route 66 nostalgia than NASCAR thrills, and with a bygone sweetness and one heck of a savvy critique of the homogenization of American culture. Cars 2, on the other hand, was indefensible, a hyperactive mess of a Bond-esque spy romp that could not have been further removed from the original. And it took Pixar to a new low, achieving the rare feat of NOT even being nominated for the Best Animated Film Oscar. Now, six years later, the third installment drops and attempts to right the course with director Brian Fee taking the wheel from Pixar Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter (Toy Story) and returning to the simple charms of the first. This is definitely a back-to -basics approach: There are no ridiculous antics to be found, and it’s like the second film never happened. This is thoughtful, poignant, and touching characterdriven storytelling that brings full circle everything people loved about Cars. Racing great Lighting McQueen (Owen Wilson), suddenly finds himself at the back of the pack as rookie racers, fueled by the latest technology, are beating him. These “next gen” rivals, led by Jackson Storm (Armie Hammer), won’t let Lightning forget his “glory days” are behind him. And after a near-fatal crash (shockingly realistic in nature), it seems he’s done with racing. But then a new sponsor, billionaire businesscar and Lightning-superfan Sterling (a wonderfully swarmy Nathan Fillion), swoops in and offers Lightening another chance at glory, taking him to a state-of-the-art training facility. So Lightning bids adieu to his old friends in Radiator Springs, and while the gang is all there, they take on a more supporting role. Yes, mercifully the divisive Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) is kept to the sidelines, and we focus on a new group of characters for whom we come to care deeply. One of these characters is Lightning’s trainer Cruz Ramirez (Cristela Alonzo), a spunky spitfire with some unique training methods that don’t initially mesh with Lightning. When Cruz’s newfangled systems don’t pan out, Lighting heads out to commune with the legacy of his old mentor,
Doc Hudson (Paul Newman, using archival recordings). He journeys to Doc’s haunts, where Cruz and Doc’s friend Smokey (Chris Cooper) help him come to grips with his new reality. And Lightning finds himself relating to his old mentor in more ways than he knows as he puts it all on the line for a big make-or-break race. This is an incredibly didactic work, but its pedagogy is just so amiable and tender, it feels like something special. I’m talking about a focus on aging, respecting your elders, and the cyclical nature of life. There’s even a subtle examination of white male privilege. Yes, in a scene that really stayed with me, Cruz — a car, but ostensibly representing a minority female — breaks down, confessing her dreams of being a racer. But Cruz was never encouraged to chase her dreams, and once she was told she couldn’t do it enough times, she started to believe it and squandered her shot at racing. She asks Lightning how he dealt with self-doubt, and he said, “I guess I never thought I couldn’t” and in that moment it hits you that Cars 3 is at least trying to stand for something more. The film is also about recognizing when it’s your time to step aside and let someone else flourish, and how to find peace and satisfaction in the sunset of life. So yeah, an underlying confrontation of one’s mortality does make for more serious G-rated fare, but it’s so refreshingly free of juvenile tomfoolery that its heartfelt maturity makes for a winning film. There still are, however, enough bells and whistles for this to be plenty entertaining for kids. The weighty themes are balanced by beautiful, eye-popping animation, a playful tone, and plenty of exciting racing set pieces, including an inspired demolition derby á la Mad Max: Fury Road. It’s definitely not as serious as it sounds or looks, and that’s what makes it successful. I like the world of Cars. There’s amusing sporting satire (Bob Costas voices sportscaster Bob Cutlass to perfection) and fun visual touches aplenty as the modern real world we know is translated to one inhabited by cars. And you know, bringing back some of the magic that was Paul Newman certainly doesn’t hurt. To hear his voice again on the silver screen is both surprising and comforting, like catching a glimpse of a dear old friend. Despite the predictable sports drama narrative and overt sentimentality, this is satisfying, emotional, and straightforward storytelling with the gentlest of hearts. Cars 3 might not be Pixar’s best, but it’s still Pixar, doing what Pixar does best. Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.
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ead Men Tell No Tales isn’t the soulless void you might expect from anything with a five after the title. While it might still be far from the heights of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, it works as both a standalone adventure and an entertaining continuation of what people have come to know and love about this franchise. It kicks off with the introduction of Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), the grown son of Pirates 1, 2, and 3 characters Will Turner (Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). Henry has spent his young life becoming an expert in maritime lore in hopes of finding the Trident of Poseidon and breaking the curse that keeps his father enslaved as the captain of the Flying Dutchman. As fate would have it, in the course of his quest, he meets up with his parents’ old friend, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), to whom the Trident holds its own, less altruistic, appeal. Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg prove capable captains, following the same standard formula but streamlining it a bit. The scenery is all so lush and detailed and transporting, and the action doesn’t feel mindless. Even if it’s missing the spark of a Gore Verbinski set piece, the effects are truly first rate. If you know what you’re in for, there’s a gratifying, albeit fluffy tale here, and by film’s end the saga has been, you guessed it, set up to continue.
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CADILLAC SANDS RESORT, SANDBAR NITECLUB Sat -- Dance videos, Phattrax DJs, 8:30
FAMOUS FLYNN'S, MANISTEE 7/7 -- Cheyrl Wolfram, 8-10
MITCHELL STREET PUB, CADILLAC 7/8 -- Limelight, 9
LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE 7/1 -- Rick Springfield - SOLD OUT, 8
Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 7/1 -- Zeke Clemons, 7-9 7/4 -- Open & Un-Mic'd with Ben Johnson, 7-9 7/7 -- Andre Villoch, 7-9 7/8 -- Hannah Harris & Dane Hyde, 7-9
RARE BIRD, TC Benjamin James w/ After Ours, 8:30 7/7: AOK, 10 SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Karaoke w/ Phattrax DJs
THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 7/1 -- After Hours 7/4 -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam: Summer Edition, 6-10 7/7 — Big Dudee Roo 7/8 — The Pocket
BONOBO WINERY, TC 7/7 -- G-Snacks , 5-7
SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 7/7-7/8 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9
UNION STREET STATION, TC 6/30-7/1 — Mainstays, 10 7/2 — Kenny Olson, 10 7/3 — DJ Fasel, 10 7/4 — Open mic w/ Liquid Courage, 10 7/5 — DJ Prim, 10 7/6 — Brotha James, 10 7/7 — Happy Hour w/ Chris Steer, then Biomassive 7/8 — DJ Psycho, Marshall Law & Skin, 10 7/9 — Karaoke, 10-2
BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8
STUDIO ANATOMY, TC 7/6 -- Parsec, Nagazi, Petty Crime, Augres, 6:30
CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC Thu -- Jazz at Sunsetw/ Jeff Haas Trio & special guests, 7-9:30 CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE, TC 7/5 -- Wine Down Wednesday w/ Jeff Brown , 5-7 FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close GT DISTILLERY, TC 7/7 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8 KILKENNY'S, TC 7/1 -- Sweet J Band, 9:30 7/7-8 -- Risqué, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9
TC WHISKEY CO. 7/6 -- Paul Livingston, 6-8 TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 7/2 -- Kids Open Mic, 3 Tue -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 7/5 -- Open Mic w/ E Minor, 7-10 Thu -- G-Snacks, 7-9 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 THE FILLING STATION MICROBREWERY, TC 7/1 -- The Whistle Stop Revue, 8-11 7/5 -- The Bohemians w/ Dawn Campbell, 7-10 7/6 -- The Kings of Mars w/ Benjaman James, 7-10 7/7 -- Savage Soul, 8-11 7/8 -- Paddlebot, 8-11 THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 7/7 -- Bluegrass Association, 6:30-9:30 THE PARLOR, TC 7/4 -- Clint Weaner, 7:30-10:30
WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC Mon -- Dueling Pianos, 7-9:30 Tue -- Sweetwater Blues Band, 7-9:30 7/1 -- Risque on Patio, 6-10; DJ Motaz, View, 10-2 7/2 -- DJ Motaz, Pool Party, 4-7; Jeff Haas Trio plus Anthony Stanco & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30 7/5 -- Electric Fusion Project Jam band w/ Jeff Haas, Don Julin, Jack Dryden & Randy Marsh, 7-9:30 7/6 — Ron Getz & Chris Sterr, 5-9 7/7 — Soul Patch, 6-10 7/8 — Strobelite Honey on Patio, 6-10; DJ Motaz in View, 10-2 7/9 — Pool Party w/ DJ Motaz, 4-7; Jeff Haas Trio plus Anthony Stanco & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30;
Otsego, Crawford & Central BEARDED DOG LOUNGE, GAYLORD 7/7 - Randy Reszka MAIN STREET BISTRO, GAYLORD 7/1 -- Randy Reszka, 7-9
TREETOPS RESORT, GAYLORD Hunter's Grille: Thurs. - Sat. -- Live music, 9
BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM, CHARLEVOIX 7/1 -- Jabo Bihlman, 8-11 7/2 — Pete Kehoe, 7-10 7/7 -- Chris Koury, 8-11 7/8 -- Ty Parkin, 8-11 7/9 — Chris Calleja, 7-10 CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 7/1 -- Blair Miller, 7:30-9:30 7/7 -- Jeff Brown, 6:30-9:30 7/8 -- Levi Britton, 7:30-9:30 RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 7/4 -- Awesome Distraction, 7-10
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ALPINE TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD 7/1,7/8 -- Nelson Olstrom, 7-10 7/7 -- Mike Ridley, 7-10
Benjamin James & His Band play at a Benefit for Michigan Legacy Art Park at Iron Fish Distillery, Thompsonville on Sat., July 1 at 7pm. James performs with After Ours at Rare Bird Brewpub, TC on Weds., July 5 at 8:30pm. On Thurs., July 6 he joins The Kings of Mars at The Filling Station Microbrewery, TC from 7-10pm. James is a TC native with roots in funk, jazz, R&B & soul.
LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 7/1 -- Full Cord, 6:30-9:30 7/4 -- New Third Coast, 6:30-9:30 7/5 -- G-Snacks, 6:30-9:30 7/6 -- Therron Kokales, 6:30-9:30 7/7 -- Jim Crockett Band, 6:30-9:30 7/8 -- Andre Villoch, 6:30-9:30
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the ADViCE GOddESS Plenty Of Dead Fish
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: My girlfriend and I broke up recently, so I’m back in the dating pool. Do you think online dating is a good way to meet people? If so, which are the best dating sites? — Diving In
“Jonesin” Crosswords "Parts on Back-Order"--it is humanly elbissop. by Matt Jones ACROSS 1 South Beach, e.g. 5 Glide along 10 Get to the end of Julius Caesar, in a way? 14 “The Book of Mormon” location 15 Impractical 17 1999 Drew Barrymore rom-com (and James Franco’s film debut) 19 Kind of board at a nail salon 20 Passover feast 21 Some laptops 22 Have the appearance of 24 Bit of bitters 26 Protection for goalies 28 “You ___ awesome!” 32 Tomato on some pizzas 36 Mo. with both National Beer Day and National Pretzel Day 37 His first public jump in 1965 was over rattlesnakes and two mountain lions 39 Sewing kit staple 41 Nintendo’s ___ Sports 42 “Fidelio,” for one 43 Star of “The Birds” and grandmother of Dakota Johnson 46 Cup lip 47 Effortlessness 48 “Awake and Sing!” playwright Clifford 49 Bi- times four 50 Mitch’s husband on “Modern Family” 52 Tickle Me Elmo toymaker 54 Org. in “Concussion” 57 “Wheel of Fortune” host since 1981 61 Actress Woodard of “St. Elsewhere” 64 “Enough already!” 67 Constitutional amendment that established Prohibition 68 WWE wrestler John 69 “The Bone Garden” writer Gerritsen 70 Online magazine once owned by Microsoft 71 Shoe brand with the old slogan “They feel good”
DOWN 1 Frank Herbert sci-fi series
2 “Big ticket” thing 3 Listens in 4 “___ the door ...” 5 New reporter 6 Washington bills 7 For ___ (not pro bono) 8 Put in the mail 9 Accepts, as responsibility 10 “Pretty sneaky, ___” (Connect Four ad line) 11 1/2 of a fl. oz. 12 He has a recurring role as The Donald 13 “___ Are Burning” (Midnight Oil hit) 16 Apple voice assistant 18 Deli sandwich option 23 Dallas pro baller, for short 25 Get ready, slangily 26 Kindergarten glop 27 Via ___ (famous Italian road) 29 Got hitched again 30 Say “comfortable” or “Worcestershire,” maybe 31 Avoid, as an issue 33 How some daytime daters meet 34 Reason for a scout’s badge 35 Fictional beer on “King of the Hill” 37 Wallace of “Stargate Universe” or Wallach of “The Magnificent Seven” 38 Charged particle 40 Gp. that includes Nigeria and Iraq 44 Respectful tributes 45 Suffix denoting the ultimate 49 Time-based contraction 51 “I don’t want to break up ___” 53 Ex-NBA star Ming 54 No, to Putin 55 Pate de ___ gras 56 Carries with effort 58 “Community” star McHale 59 Tolstoy’s “___ Karenina” 60 Etta of bygone comics pages 62 Kentucky senator ___ Paul 63 Geological time spans 65 Bygone TV taping abbr. 66 Definite article
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: Asking “Which dating site is best?” is like asking, “Is pro basketball a viable career?” That question can only be answered by asking other questions, such as: “Aren’t you a 47-year-old, 5’2” Ashkenazi Jewish woman with 20/80 vision and bad knees?” To put this another way, context matters — which isn’t what they tell you in Datingsiteville. Save for specialty sites -- like those for farmers, the disabled, and people who relish a good flogging — the advertising for these venues tends to be context-free: “Hey, everybody in the entire galaxy, get your lasting love here!” Annoyingly, though most of us have a sense of what context is, nobody’s done a very good job of defining it — either in the dictionary or in Researchville, where I found a herd of dueling definitions, all so unhelpfully worded that they seem to be in secret code. So here’s my definition: Context is a combo platter of the particular situation at hand — like pro basketball, online dating, being a bad dancer, or being sexually attracted to woodchucks -- plus the details relevant to it that affect how you understand or experience the situation. In the context of online dating, the relevant details include age, sex, the quality of the competition, and one’s desired situation, as in: Do you just want casual sex, or are you holding out for something a little more, uh, black tie. There are sex differences in when people are at their most appealing, because men and women tend to be at their highest “mate value” at different ages. This comes out of how male sexuality evolved to be visually driven (because the features men find beautiful — youth being the biggie — are associated with fertility). Women, however, evolved to go for “providers” — men with high status and earning power. So, online dating tends to be more fruitful if you’re a hot 23-year-old female espresso jockey or a 43-year-old male VP of a successful startup, but it can have some challenges for the 43-year-old female startup star or the 23-year-old dude who’s the senior vice barista. So the question is not whether dating sites work but whether the qualities you have and the situation you’re seeking add up to more than a few tumbleweeds blowing around in
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your inbox. Because online dating success is shaped more by personal context (and plain old luck) than by the particular site you’re on, you might experiment with two or three. If things go poorly, use online dating as a supplement to meeting women the retro way, like at cocktail parties, where you won’t be competing with the 362 more genetically blessed males within a 35-mile radius. This vastly increases your chances of dazzling the ladies with your personality — distracting them from how Mother Nature zoned out when she was handing out necks to your family.
Man On The Flake
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: This guy asked me out and suggested we meet up after his dentist appointment. He said he’d call around 2 p.m. Well, at 9:30 p.m., I got a “Hey” text from him and didn’t respond. A friend said I shouldn’t write him off so fast. Am I being too harsh? — Dependability Fan
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: Individual bits of behavior are like cockroaches. You might see just one lonely roach twerking atop the toaster oven, but its presence suggests a whole colony of the buggers…gluing sequins to their exoskeletons and practicing their moonwalk behind the baseboard. No, you can’t always judge someone by a single thing they do, but this guy’s oneword text — seven hours after he said he’d call — speaks volumes: “Holy moly, wouldya look at the time. It’s 9:30, and I could use some sex.” How a person behaves is driven by their personality traits, which social psychologist Brent Roberts describes as habitual patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behavior that are relatively consistent across time and situations. Granted, there are occasions when impulse gets the best of us, and we’ll say something like, “That wasn’t really me.” But, at least in some way, it really was, because even impulsivity is part of personality. A person can resolve to act more conscientiously, but personality has a strong genetic basis, so they’re unlikely to be as motivated to be conscientious as someone whose genes make them feel icky when they aren’t. In other words, you were probably wise in nixing this guy, who couldn’t even be bothered to fake respect for your feelings by supplementing that “Hey” with “Carjacked!” “Carried off by a raptor!” or “Still high on anesthesia in my blanket fort, having a tea party with G.I. Joe and my dog, Steve.”
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JULY 03 - JULY 09 BY ROB BREZSNY
CANCER (June 21-July 22): It’s prime time for you to break
through any inhibitions you might have about accessing and expressing your passion. To help you in this righteous cause, I’ve assembled a batch of words you should be ready to use with frequency and sweet abandon. Consider writing at least part of this list on your forearm with a felt-tip pen every morning so it’s always close at hand: enamored, piqued, enchanted, stirred, roused, enthused, delighted, animated, elevated, thrilled, captivated, turned-on, enthralled, exuberant, fired up, awakened.
PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): The potential
breakthrough I foresee for you is a rare species of joy. It’s a gritty, hard-earned pleasure that will spawn beautiful questions you’ll be glad to have awakened. It’s a surprising departure from your usual approach to feeling good that will expand your understanding of what happiness means. Here’s one way to ensure that it will visit you in all of its glory: Situate yourself between the fabulous contradictions in your life and say, “Squeeze me, tease me, please me.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Unless you
were raised by a pack of feral raccoons or a fundamentalist cult, now is a perfect time to dive in to your second childhood. Is there a toy you wanted as a kid but never got? Buy it for yourself now! What were the delicious foods you craved back then? Eat them! Where were the special places you loved? Go there, or to spots that remind you of them. Who were the people you were excited to be with? Talk with them. Actions like these will get you geared up for a full-scale immersion in innocent eagerness. And that would be just the right medicine for your soul.
is engaged in a mostly unconscious campaign to promote our unique way of looking at and being in the world. Realizing the truth, I now feel no reservations about urging you Virgos to take advantage of the current astrological omens. They suggest that you can and should be aggressive and ingenious about marketing yourself, your ideas, and your products.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 2003, the
American Film Institute announced the creation of a new prize to honor acting talent. Dubbed the Charlton Heston Award, it was designed to be handed out periodically to luminaries who have distinguished themselves over the course of long careers. The first recipient of the award was, oddly enough, Charlton Heston himself, born under the sign of Libra. I hope you’re inspired by this story to wipe away any false modesty you might be suffering from. The astrological omens suggest it’s a favorable moment to create a big new award named after you and bestow it upon yourself. As part of the festivities, tell yourself about what makes you special, amazing, and valuable.
ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here’s your
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What I wish for
you, Taurus, is toasted ice cream and secrets in plain sight and a sacred twist of humorous purity. I would love for you to experience a powerful surrender and a calm climax and a sweeping vision of a small but pithy clue. I very much hope that you will get to take a big trip to an intimate turning point that’s not too far away. I pray you will find or create a barrier that draws people together instead of keeping them apart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In Dr. Seuss’s
book, Horton Hatches an Egg, an elephant assumes the duty of sitting on a bird’s egg, committed to keeping it warm until hatching time. The nest is located high in a tree, which makes the undertaking even more incongruous. By the climax of the tale, Horton has had to persist in his loyal service through a number of challenges. But all ends well, and there’s an added bonus: The creature that’s born is miraculously part-bird, part-elephant. I see similarities between this story and your life right now, Gemini. The duty you’re carrying out doesn’t come naturally, and you’re not even sure you’re doing it right. But if you keep at it till it’s completed, you’ll earn a surprising reward.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Matt Groening, creator
of the cartoon series The Simpsons, says that a great turning point in his early years came when his Scoutmaster told him he was the worst Boy Scout in history. While this might have demoralized other teenagers, it energized Groening. “Well, somebody’s got to be the worst,” he triumphantly told the Scoutmaster. And then, “instead of the earth opening up and swallowing me, instead of the flames of hell fire licking at my knees -- nothing happened. And I was free.” I suspect you may soon be blessed with a comparable liberation, Leo. Maybe you’ll be released from having to live up to an expectation you shouldn’t even live up to. Or maybe you’ll be criticized in a way that will motivate your drive for excellence for years to come.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Nineteen of my
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readers who work in the advertising industry signed a petition requesting that I stop badmouthing their field. “Without advertising,” they testified, “life itself would be impossible.” In response, I agreed to attend their re-education seminar. There, under their tutelage, I came to acknowledge that everything we do can be construed as a kind of advertising. Each of us
riddle: What unscratchable itch drives you halfcrazy? But you’re secretly glad it drives you halfcrazy, because you know your half-craziness will eventually lead you to an experience or resource that will relieve the itch. Here’s your prophecy: Sometime soon, scratching the unscratchable itch will lead you to the experience or resource that will finally relieve the itch. Here’s your homework: Prepare yourself emotionally to fully receive and welcome the new experience or resource. Make sure you’re not so addicted to scratching the unscratchable itch that you fail to take advantage of the healing it’s bringing you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The best
way to go forward is to go backward; the path to the bright future requires a shadowy regression. Put another way, you should return to the roots of a triumph in order to find a hidden flaw that might eventually threaten to undo your success. Correct that flaw now and you’ll make it unnecessary for karmic repercussions to undermine you later. But please don’t get all solemn-faced and anxious about this assignment. Approach it with humorous selfcorrection and you’ll ensure that all goes well.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Are you
familiar with the psychological concepts of anima and animus? You’re in the midst of being intoxicated by one of those creatures from inner space. Though you may not be fully conscious of it, you women are experiencing a mystical marriage with an imaginal character that personifies all that’s masculine in your psyche. You men are going through the analogous process with a female figure within you. I believe this is true no matter what your sexual orientation is. While this awesome psychological event may be fun, educational, and even ecstatic, it could also be confusing to your relationships with real people. Don’t expect them to act like or live up to the very real fantasy you’re communing with.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): As a
recovering save-the-world addict, I have felt compassionate skepticism towards my fellow junkies who are still in the throes of their obsession. But recently I’ve discovered that just as a small minority of alcoholics can safely take a drink now and then, so can a few save-the-world-aholics actually save the world a little bit at a time without getting strung-out. With that as a disclaimer, Aquarius, I’m letting you know that the cosmos has authorized you to pursue your own brand of fanatical idealism in the coming weeks. To keep yourself honest, make fun of your zealotry every now and then.
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