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HIT SEND! In Bad Company The U.S. Federal Government has reinstated the death penalty under Attorney General William Barr. The first execution is to take place this coming December, with four others to soon follow. To provide some perspective on this, as a former director of the educational program at Illinois Statevile Penitentiary, I worked with a number of men convicted of murder. These men were either given life sentences for their crimes, or execution. (Illinois has since abolished the death penalty.)

Over the years of working with men who were in prison for life, I learned that this was a far greater punishment than being given the death sentence. Why? When an execution is carried out, the punishment ends. When a murderer spends the rest of his life in a maximum-security prison, his punishment continues until death.

Further, we are now seeing — thanks to research from the Northwestern University in Illinois — that many convicted criminals have been exonerated due to DNA analysis among other factors.

And finally, no countries in Europe use the death penalty. In the United States, 29 states, the U.S. military, and the federal government allows people to be executed. Russian and China have the death penalty. These are the countries we are keeping company with; not the civilized countries of the Western world.

Perhaps this says it all.

Micheal M. Cromley, Afton NY’s Gun-Control Sense Works Six years ago, the State of New York enacted laws that limit the sale of assault weapons and firearm magazines with a capacity exceeding 10 rounds. The state also instituted universal background checks to ensure that guns do not reach the hands of the mentally ill. As a result, the number of injuries due to firearms in New York has decreased, hunters and others continue to legally possess and use their guns, and most importantly, no mass shootings have taken place.

In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court stated that gun control measures, such as those taken in New York, do not violate the Second Amendment. Still, the National Rifle Association continues to tell us otherwise. This is so because the NRA represents the gun manufacturers, not the hunters and other gun owners.

Like any other advertiser, the NRA will tell us anything to sell more guns. Many of our legislators — both state and federal — receive hefty campaign contributions from the NRA and other anti-gun-control groups, and of course, something is expected in return.

Thus, the main factors stopping the passage of sensible gun-control laws are corporate greed and the lawmakers’ desire for reelection It costs us the lives of our children and grandchildren, and it makes no sense at all.

Gary C. Petty, Bellaire Boo on Bergman’s “Monitoring” Donald Trump has made vicious and racist comments about four U.S. Representatives who are women of color. In response, the U.S.

House passed non-binding House Resolution 489 condemning Trump. Northern Michigan Rep. Jack Bergman didn’t vote for HR 489 because, according to a letter he sent out, he claims that the resolution is a stunt with the intent of sowing further division among us.

This rationalization is so hypocritical and such a double standard as it is pathetic and insulting to anyone with an ounce of moral and intellectual integrity.

Apparently, Bergman thinks it’s OK for Trump to spit his hate and racism and do his damnedest to sow division, but if we rightfully defend ourselves in response, then Bergman would accuse us — his constituents, the American people — not Trump, of furthering divisiveness. Another way of looking at Bergman’s message is that he is telling us Americans we should just put up and shut up when this dangerous, immoral man-child throws temper tantrums that aim to undermine our resolve to be a more inclusive, compassionate, welcoming nation — or as the U.S. Constitution proclaims, to make of ourselves a more perfect union. Bergman then laughably concludes his letter by patronizingly touting that he’ll “continue to monitor the situation” and keep our “concerns in mind.” As usual, Bergman’s message is a crock.

Allen McCullough, Interlochen Do Something!

Those simple but powerful words — directed at elected officials — have emanated from the mouths of many Americans in the days since the latest mass-shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. But, neighbors, it does beg the question: How long before a similar act of gun violence (occurring in one of our Michigan shopping centers, nightclubs, schools, churches, or any other place we congregate) will force us, as survivors, to redirect that same cry to our own legislators and representatives?

Note, too, that Michigan House Republicans have again cited “protecting Second Amendment rights” as a top priority this legislative session and have focused their taxpayer-funded time on bills to reduce existing penalties for violating current gun laws and removing restrictions on gun use.

This invites another question: Why make it easier for the next crazed gunman to actout his murderous fantasies??

In a society that values the (oftmisinterpreted) constitutional “rights” of a few over the public safety of all, we instinctively, chillingly know the risk of being ordinary Americans in our not-ordinary gun culture.

Frank W. Hawthorne, Petoskey Wild Grapes In his Aug. 5 letter wondering if the invasive grape vines on his property are due to the region’s many vineyards, Henry Ramsby identifies the problem but gets the cause wrong. Wine grapes aren’t causing his problems. European wine grapes can’t establish from seed; they are vulnerable to a deadly root fungus, which nearly wiped them out. To grow, they have to be grafted onto American wild grape root stock.

The problem is called “CO2 fertilization,” which gives an advantage to woody vines (like poison ivy and including grapes) over trees.

Human-caused climate change is behind both our local wine industry and the plague of wild grapes overrunning everything. Perhaps we should all feel a bit guilty as we enjoy our Old Mission-grown wine.

Russ Cage, Williamsburg Help the Children Our country needs to enact new and meaningful immigrant legislation. That’s

down the road, as they say, and has been for years. Right now, thousands of children have been separated from their families in the cruel and harmful tactics being used by our government toward immigrants and refugees at our borders. All this in the name of deterrence.

Just recently, as our President visited El Paso and Dayton, cities where mass shootings took place, a huge raid by ICE was underway, again separating children from their parents. I think we can all agree, or at least I would like to think we can, that children deserve better than this. They are harmed by being suddenly and violently separated from their parents.

At the border, they have been kept in inhumane conditions, without information about their families, often without legal representation, and with no provision for emotional support, school, or play. Let us each petition our congressional representatives, our president, and whomever else we can enlist to help these children to be treated differently, and to be reunited with family.

Betsy Davidson, Grace Chapter of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship Reconstructing Reconstruction After reading Ronald Marshall’s airbrushing of history and his irksome racebaiting [Letters page, Aug. 12], I need to add a smidgen of historical depth and texture to “The Freedmen’s Bureau Bill” issue. The act itself ensured that blacks received all “... of the civil rights or immunities belonging to white persons, including the right to ... inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to have full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and estate, including the constitutional right of bearing arms.”

The conveniently unnamed president Mr. Marshall alluded to was Andrew Johnson, a Tennessee Democrat, slave owner, and diabolical racist, who colluded with the South’s planter class to castrate the Freedmen’s Bureau. They did, and subsequently laid the political foundation for 100 years of institutional racism, domestic terrorism, and racial segregation by the Democratic party.

In this epoch of a wholly corrupt news media and its subsequent subversion and twisting of reality, the concept of racism and the term “white nationalism” have been so bastardized as to be rendered nearly meaningless.

Consequently, for clarification I will cite an example of racism — abject racism — from the text of the 1857 Dred Scott decision, which stated blacks are “beings of an inferior order, and all together unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”

White nationalism was succinctly articulated by President Johnson himself, when he said, “This is a country for white men, and by God as long as I am president, it shall be a government of white men.” If any Democrat wishes to be “woke,” please read “The Republic for Which it Stands.”

by Richard White.

Steve Redder, Petoskey Are You Truly Pro-Life?

Some think Trump is a great man because he is “honest” about his racism and speaks the words they would like to say. Let’s remember: Hitler was honest, too, about his hatred of Jewish people. Those of you who believe in Trump, is this really the kind of world you want? 70 years after Americans fought in WWII to dethrone Hitler?

Donald doesn’t pull the trigger in these mass shootings, and Manson didn’t kill

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

Intervention.....................................................10 Better by Design........................................12 Women’s Fall Fashion.....................................15 Men’s Fall Fashion......................................16 Kid’s Fall Fashion........................................19 The Tribune Ice Cream & Eatery.....................20

dates................................................24-27 music Four Score.....................................................29

Nightlife.........................................................31

columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................5

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................28 Advice..........................................................32 Crossword...................................................33 Freewill Astrology..........................................33 Classifieds..................................................34

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taste of boyne highlands Heisman Trophy winner, Super Bowl MVP and wine proprietor Charles Woodson will bring a selection of his wines and do a bottle signing at Taste of Boyne Highlands on Sat., Aug. 24, 6-9pm at Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Meet and greet this former Wolverine. Tickets are $30 and include five tasting tickets. boynehighlands.com

No More Tokens for the Mackinac Bridge

If you have any Mackinac Bridge tokens saved, you better use them before they become souvenirs. The Mackinac Bridge Authority announced it will no longer accept bridge tokens as of Sept. 10.

The decision was made “due to dwindling demand.”

“We currently only see two or three customers use tokens to pay the toll each day, and we only sell a few of our commemorative token sets,” said MBA Executive Secretary Kim Nowack. “Most customers still pay tolls with cash, MacPass cards, and, increasingly, with credit cards.”

The MBA has issued many different versions of the tokens over the years, available in rolls of 24. Commemorative token sets of two — memorializing people such as Prentiss Brown and David Steinman, as well as eight different designs in honor of the Mackinac Straits ferries — will still be available for purchase as keepsakes.

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When we meet Roberta, she’s the mistress of antimatter. A taciturn 20-something in an urban university, Roberta spends most of her time in the kitchen, quelling her social cravings with snacks. That is, until she meets the eccentric Stevie. Together, the two form an underground ladies’ lounge they dub The Supper Club, a clandestine co-op where group members gather for riotous evenings of dining and drinking. But, as the group’s reach — and collective waistline — begins to expand, Roberta is forced to confront the corporeal call … and the past she’s worked so hard to hide. Released last month, Lara Williams’ debut novel, “Supper Club,” is a multi-course exploration of feminism, friendship, and the interpersonal feast of taking up space. Bon appetit!

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To some, the words “breakfast” and “burrito” don’t play well together. Right or wrong, they have their own ideas of what breakfast should be, and it doesn’t often involve tortillas.

That’s fine, but strict adherence to tradition has its perils. In this case, the danger lies in foregoing the delicious collision of morning food and supper fare — the almighty breakfast burrito. Grain Train Market Café has a potent game in this regard. All-natural ingredients pack this burrito’s accurately grilled, whole wheat tortilla wrapper. Offering great value at $6.99, this item can satiate just about any robust a.m. appetite. Grilled red peppers, caramelized onions, roasted potatoes, and a tangy, house-made salsa roja all sing harmoniously with the burrito’s main ingredient, lovingly scrambled and locally produced eggs. Sharp white cheddar cheese compliments the lot. Add bacon for $2 more. This breakfast burrito will satisfy one large appetite, or two dinky ones. Get up and go get it at 316 E. Mitchell St., Petoskey. (231) 753-2950, www.graintraincafe.com.

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Horton Bay Wants to “Take Back” Hemingway

Some folks in Horton Bay believe Petoskey has staked an overly large claim on Hemingway’s youth, and they want to “take back” the legendary writer.

An event on Aug. 25 will celebrate Hemingway’s “real summer home.”

The day will feature a social hour at the General Store beginning at 5pm and featuring a cash bar, music, and readings that highlight Hemingway’s time as a teenager in northern Michigan.

At 7pm, there will be a screening of a documentary about young Hemingway made by northern Michigan-based filmmaker George Colburn. Colburn interviewed 12 Hemingway scholars during an international Hemingway conference in Petoskey in 2012.

The Horton Bay event was organized following the dedication of a young Hemingway statue that was erected in Petoskey. Some in Horton Bay believe that statue belongs in their village. Colburn said that sentiment is “partly tongue-in-cheek, partly serious.”

The social hour costs $5. A pre-screening party and a DVD of the documentary cost $15.

For reservations, call (231) 535-2440 or email gac@starbrightmc.com.

Stuff we love Out-of-the-RetailBox Thinking For this, our annual Fall Fashion issue, we scoured clothing shops across the North, and much to our surprise, we found one of our favorite fall styles (see the chic floral kimono, p. 15) in a unique boutique that wasn’t a brick-and-mortar store at all. Tawny Elizabeth Cox’s Tiny Traveling Boutique is a sweet little mobile pop-up shop on wheels that pops up all around northwest lower Michigan. And like all small packages, it is full of very good things: fun, trendy, boho clothing — all of which costs $60 or less — plus artisan-made jewelry, handbags, candles, skincare, and accessories. From 2pm to 8pm every Thursday and Sunday in summer, the Chicago-schooled fashion-marketing maven parks her 1989 travel trailer at its home base at 703 Ames St., in Elk Rapids. The rest of the time … well, you have to check her website weekly to find out where she’ll be. After Labor Day, the TTB’s schedule shrinks a bit, but it’ll continue trekking through October, and online sales continue all year. Catch up with this roving house of style at www. tinytravelingboutique.net or search “Tiny Traveling Boutique” on Facebook.

Free Money for Charlevoix Startups Hey, Charlevoix County entrepreneurs! Do you have a business that’s two years old or younger — or a great idea for one? Here’s your chance to compete for startup cash: The first county-wide pitch night, “Ignite Charlevoix County,” is coming to Castle Farms Oct. 9. If you’re selected to compete, you’ll get business counseling from professionals who will also help you prepare the 4-minute business pitch you’ll present to the panel of judges and attendees. Cash awards will be given to first, second, and third place winners, plus an audience choice. The winner will also advance to a finale competition, Grand Event, to compete for even more startup funds. Free and open to the public, the event begins at 5pm and pitches at 5:30pm.

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The tart cherries are poppin’ at Central Lake’s King Orchards — and so are the tops off the family-owned orchard’s latest product: its newly released farm-crafted cherry soda with a twist of lime. Bubbly and sweet with just a wee bit of refreshing pucker, the soda is made from King’s own tart cherries and proving wildly popular. Staff tells us the bottles will be available year-round, but they’re not yet available for purchase online. Translation: Get yourself to one of the King’s retail markets — 4620 N. M-88 in Central Lake, or 986 S. US-31 in Kewadin — and stock up. $2.50 for a single bottle; $48 for a 24-pack.

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either; he sent others. Hitler didn’t murder any Jewish people; he normalized it and ordered others to do it for him.

Can you really enjoy your peaceful northern Michigan home and support Trump? What if “it” does happen here? Will you still continue to think you’re safe? That you can go to the mall, church, big box store, Cherry Festival, etc., without fear of being gunned down by someone who listens to a white supremacist president? Do you, or a close family member, have to be gunned down before you care? Or will it only matter when your bank account is affected? Then you’re not really a conservative, nor a believer in Jesus. What you are is a dangerously illogical hypocrite. You can’t really be “prolife” when you think that the solution to the “Hispanic Invasion” is to “shoot ’em” Colene Giddens, Traverse City Broadcasting Hate Because I was born in 1940, one of my earliest memories is of the adults gathered around the big radio in the living room listening to war news. Maybe that’s why I’ve always been interested in World War II and have read about and watched a lot of its history.

I came to understand intellectually the roots of fascism (radical, right-wing, authoritarian ultra-nationalism) but could not quite grasp, at gut level, how, if German people aren’t evil, could Hitler come to power and actually carry out his murderous plans to eliminate “the other” (the people you are told

SHADOW GRASPING you should blame for your troubles).

I understand it better now that I’ve watched recent social and political developments in our own country. We know that race, religion, and nationality have not caused income inequality and the erosion of the middle class, yet “the other,” is being successfully blamed for working people’s economic woes and social concerns.

Now, as broadcast daily by our president, the message of resentment and hate has been embraced by millions of Americans.

So many people seem willing to overlook the admiration of dictators, daily lies, the groping of women, caging of children, and demonization of “the other” because they find the white supremacist message comforting in some way. The silence surrounding this, in many centers of power, is deafening. This is destructive to our democracy, as well as to the people who are being goaded to hold fast to these unfounded beliefs.

I am frightened for our country. One hope is that the 2020 election results will show, at all levels of government, that an overwhelming majority of Americans reject the message of right-wing, authoritarian ultra-nationalism.

Doreen Fitzgerald, Frankfort Correction: In Clay Bowers’ Aug. 12 article, “Seek & Eat,” we incorrectly showcased an image of a European hazelnut (Corylus avellane) rather than a beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta), which he highlighted in his piece. Our apologies to both Mr. Bowers and our readers for our mistake.

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by Stephen Tuttle The quadrennial invasion of presidential candidates is now fully upon Iowa. It’s the Democrats this year, nearly two dozen strong, and all of them in a hurry; there is much to do.

The Iowa caucuses, frighteningly, are less than six months away. And no Democratic candidate has ever been nominated after finishing worse than third in Iowa.

There are mandatory campaign stops; county fairs, picnics, barbecues, farms, diners and backyard cookouts. The candidates will be eating plenty of corn, pork, beef, and deepfried anything at the fairs, a challenge for a vegan like Corey Booker. They will recite versions of their stump speech dozens, if not hundreds, of times.

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Their goal is to somehow distinguish themselves from others who have proposals at least similar to their own. And they have proposals aplenty.

If it all sounds plenty expensive, it is, and new taxes on rich people is the funding source of choice. Suggestions have ranged from a top marginal tax rate of 70 percent to new taxes on investment income. Warren even suggests a “wealth tax,” in which people whose net worth exceeds a certain threshold must pay a percentage of their overall wealth. And what if rich people decide to flee the country for more tax-friendly climes? Warren has a plan for that, too; a 40 percent “exit” tax.

Plenty of plans, issues, and policy statements. It’s not clear it matters to every potential Democratic voter. Iowa Democrats are already split into two fairly distinct camps, and their priorities are a bit different.

The first and larger group is looking for one thing only: a candidate who can defeat Donald Trump. Their take on policy differences is that any Democrat’s plan is fine as long as that candidate can win. Whether it’s Warren, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, or anybody else is irrelevant.

The second group is made up of progressive absolutists who truly believe we need pretty much every program being proposed. They are very concerned about the purity of a candidate’s positions and unpleasantly intolerant of alternative views. They don’t much like compromise — though they likely would be-

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Lost in all the attention to the presidential race is a looming problem that would render every Democrat’s platform worthless. If a Democrat defeats Donald Trump but Republicans retain the Senate, or lose the Senate but regain the House, no plan we’ve now heard from any Democrat will ever move a millimeter.

There are 34 Senate seats up for grabs in 2020, including a special election in Arizona. Republicans hold 22 of those seats, of which 10 are considered safe. Democrats will have to hold their 12 seats (unlikely, given one of them is in Alabama) and flip three Republican-held seats.

If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is reelected and Republicans keep the Senate,

Democrats’ focus should be the House and Senate races.

Given that Donald Trump is the sworn enemy of Democrats and must be stopped, gaining control of both houses of Congress is the best avenue to do that.

There’s the Green New Deal, “Medicare for All,” forgiveness of student loan debt, free tuition at community colleges and public universities, free universal daycare, a $15/hour national minimum wage among others. Every candidate proposes some version of most of it, from Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, who are all-in on all of it, to those considerably less so.

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grudgingly support a Democrat other than their chosen candidate.

he has already flatly said he won’t even assign any of the Democratic proposals to committee, much less hold hearings.

National Democrats, enamored with the current polls and their chances to regain the White House, are becoming lost in the trees and unable to see the forest. While the candidates joust and inexplicably criticize Barack Obama, the better prize is little mentioned.

(The candidates should do a little research: Compare the dire condition the country’s economy was in when Obama took office in January 2009 to the condition it was in when he left in January 2017.)

Democrats’ focus should be the House and Senate races. Given that Donald Trump is the sworn enemy of Democrats and must be stopped, gaining control of both houses of Congress is the best avenue to do that. It would give them the power to block judicial appointments, cabinet nominations, budget items, and perhaps even some executive orders. And they could conduct all manner of investigations, which seems to be what they like doing best.

It would make for a very contentious couple of years with plenty of presidential vetoes and tweets. It might not work at all. But a Democratic president and a Republican Senate doesn’t work any better in the current political environment.

For many Democrats and Independents, getting rid of Donald Trump is the primary objective, regardless of what happens with Congress. That’s a mistake. Congress is the Trump roadblock they seek.

Aesop, the fabulist, said, “Beware lest you miss the substance by grasping at the shadow.” Democrats seem intent on shadow grasping while the substance slips through their hands.

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Crime & Rescue MAN ARRESTED IN OLD ROBBERY Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a 42-year-old man in connection with the robbery of a Garfield Township Walgreens seven years ago.

At the time of the robbery, investigators believe Jason David Cook lived nearby, at a business off of South Airport Road, down the street from the store that was robbed in 2012.

Cook was arrested, with help from the state police fugitive team, at a Macomb County motel Aug. 7 and brought to Grand Traverse County to face charges of armed robbery and being an habitual offender.

Detectives allege that Cook stole a car and drove up to the pharmacy’s drive-thru window on May 11, 2012. He presented a note that claimed a bomb had been placed inside the building and demanded some specific prescription drugs, which were handed over to him. He drove off, and the stolen car was found a short distance away.

A finger print lifted from the stolen car connected Cook to the crime, said Capt. Randy Fewless.

The fingerprint was submitted to the state crime lab just after the robbery in 2012; Fewless didn’t know why it’s taken so long for a positive match to show up.

“We don’t know,” Fewless said. “This guy is not exactly a stranger to the criminal justice system.”

SEARCHERS LOOK FOR LOST BOATER The discovery of a small boat washed up ashore on a beach near Northport prompted authorities to launch a search for a 57-year-old man who was believed to have fallen overboard into Lake Michigan.

Witnesses saw Northport resident Terry Eugene Warren leave the marina in his boat at 4pm Aug. 14; the boat was found washed up on shore two hours later with no one in it, according to a press release from the state police. Warren was believed to have been the sole occupant of the boat.

That prompted troopers, the U.S. Coast Guard, and Leelanau County Sheriff’s personnel to launch a search for Warren.

WOMAN INJURED IN HEAD-ON CRASH A woman suffered life-threatening injuries in a head-on collision in Antrim

County.

Sheriff’s deputies responded at 6:35am Aug. 8 to the Alden Highway between Chapman and Crystal Springs roads.

A 1994 Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by a 24-year-old Mancelona man was headed west when the vehicle swerved into the opposing lane, crashing head-on with a 2002 Buick LeSabre driven by a 53-year-old Mancelona man.

A 61-year-old female passenger in the second car was taken by North Flight Air to Munson Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, deputies said.

The two drivers suffered relatively minor injuries.

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DOMESTIC DISPUTE ENDS IN ARREST Two visits in less than two hours by Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies to a residence near Maple City led to the arrest of a man on domestic violence charges.

Deputies were first called at 12:35am Aug. 10 to a house on South Maple City Road in Kasson Township to investigate a family disturbance. A 21-year-old woman reported that she’d been in an argument with her 25-year-old boyfriend, but it had been only verbal. The deputies left.

They were called back to the same address at 2:25am, however, this time to investigate a physical altercation.

The woman told police that her boyfriend had grabbed her and thrown her against a wall and that her phone was broken. Deputies took the boyfriend to jail, and he was expected to be charged with domestic assault.

THREE ARRESTED IN DRUG STING A drug sting in Kalkaska County resulted in the arrest of two women and one man.

Following an undercover operation, Traverse Narcotics Team officers arrested a 42-year-old Rapid City woman Aug. 8, according to a press release. The woman was charged with delivery of methamphetamine and cocaine.

That investigation led officers to execute a search warrant at a home on Plum Valley Road in Rapid River Township early in the morning of Aug. 9. There, officers arrested a 40-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman on various felony drug charges, including possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and manufacturing crack cocaine.

WOMAN CRITICAL AFTER CRASH Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies closed a road for eight hours while they investigated a crash that seriously injured a 22-year-old woman.

The driver was taken to Munson Medical Center following an Aug. 11 crash on 13 Mile Road in Cleon Township.

Deputies were called at just past noon after the 22-year-old woman attempted to turn her 2003 Pontiac Grand Prix onto 13 Mile Road and pulled into the path of a 2010 GMC Yukon driven by a 40-year-old Cadillac woman.

The 22-year-old was taken to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City in critical condition; a passenger in her car, a 21-year-old Mesick woman, was treated and released from Munson Manistee.

The driver of the Yukon and two passengers were treated for minor injuries at the scene.

HOUGHTON LAKE KAYAKER SAVED A 19-year-old man who went overboard while kayaking a mile from shore on Houghton Lake was pulled from the water by onlookers.

State police launched a search for Anthony Alexander Anstead Aug. 13 when someone reported that they had spotted his orange kayak overturned out in the lake.

Later, troopers learned that Anstead had been saved and that he was in good health. Someone on shore had spotted the overturned kayak, borrowed a friend’s pontoon boat, and brought Anstead back to shore.

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A lot has been said about the charges that the United States of America has made against State Representative Larry Inman.

Charges of fraud, extortion, and lying to the FBI. There have been calls for Mr. Inman to step down from his seat representing Michigan’s 104th District, which is all of Grand Traverse County. These calls have come not only from the public and the Democratic opposition but also from Mr. Inman’s own party, at both the state and local levels.

Since being charged, Mr. Inman has announced that he has a problem with opioid addiction and is he seeking treatment. Inman’s attorney, Chris Cooke, has submitted court documents stating that, in Mr. Inman’s defense, he plans to

We know that Larry Inman has solicited dark money, apparently in exchange for his vote on a bill. In the charging documents there are total of three text messages from Inman to a union lobbyist and a union official. Mr. Inman hasn’t disputed that he sent these messages. Two of these messages remind these union people that a total of $360,000 in campaign contributions had been promised but didn’t materialize. Both of these messages conclude with this: “We never had this discussion.” And the third message is a reminder to bring checks to a breakfast meeting.

A federal judge recently denied a motion to dismiss one of the charges but put on hold two others pending his written opinion. submit expert testimony and evidence of diminished cognitive capacity. Yet in these documents Mr. Inman tries to have it both ways. He said he only took opioids as prescribed, but then he goes on to say that it materially affected his judgment. So this opioid addiction is apparently based on Mr. Inman’s taking legally prescribed medication that clouded his judgment just enough so that he’s not responsible for his actions — but not so much that he broke any laws.

There are those that say that Mr. Inman is innocent until proven guilty. They say that we should wait and see how his court case turns out. And now that Inman is claiming opioid addiction as a defense, there are those that say that that is enough of a reason for us to wait and see.

What are we to make of all this? Shall we just press pause on the calls for him to step down and wait until the court decides his fate? And for good measure, shall we see how his opioid rehab turns out as well? Not in my opinion.

We have to consider both the practical effects on the people of the 104th District, as well as the less tangible but ever-so-real effects of Mr. Inman’s character on the district, the state legislature, and Michigan’s political system.

Mr. Inman needs to step down. Now. Let’s break this down: We know that Mr. Inman has been charged by the United States of America with three felony counts. A federal judge recently denied a motion to dismiss one of the charges but put on hold two others pending his written opinion. The FBI is very methodical, and they don’t like to lose in court. It’s safe to say that they feel they have a strong case. Is he guilty? Of course not; there’s been no trial, no verdict. Maybe he’s innocent. But one doesn’t have to be a felon in order to have committed corrupt

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conduct in office, which is one of the criteria for removal from office in Michigan. The issue is more about corruption than it is about law-breaking.

We know that Larry Inman only took opioids as prescribed, at least if his court filing is to be believed. Mr. Inman wasn’t shooting up, wasn’t snorting, wasn’t stealing drugs or money, but still he would have us believe that his addiction to prescribed doses of opioids was so bad that he couldn’t exercise proper judgment.

Well maybe so, but one wonders if he isn’t able to make good decisions while taking legally prescribed medication, then would he make better decisions if he stopped?

We know that Larry Inman is not supported by his own party, and he is not representing his constituents. He’s been kicked out of the House Republican Caucus, he has lost his committee assignments, he has missed dozens of votes, his staff are no longer providing constituent services, the Grand Traverse County Republicans have called for him to resign, and there has been a joint Michigan House resolution urging him to step down.

In my opinion, a Michigan legislator who has been charged with three counts of federal felonies related to his conduct while in office, who has not disputed the basic facts of the matter, who has been kicked out of his own party’s caucus, and who intends to use the taking of legally prescribed medication as his reason for exercising bad judgment should step down.

Mr. Inman, give us back our representation.

Give us back our respect for the office. Let us move on. Step down now.

John DeSpelder worked in the public sector for 40 years, most of them as director of a large state office based in northern Michigan. After retirement, he served as a staff trainer and an authorized representative for Medicaid appeals. He writes from Traverse City.

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Lake Worth, Florida, homeowner Phil Fraumeni emerged from his house on July 19 to find a white Tesla not only parked on his lawn, but tethered to an outlet on his house, charging the car’s battery. Fraumeni told WPBF he waited a couple of hours, then called police. The car was not stolen, and police were able to contact the owner, who showed up around noon and told Fraumeni he had been visiting friends in the neighborhood when the battery died around midnight. Fraumeni declined to press charges (pun intended) and did not ask for reimbursement for the 12 hours of electricity the car used.

Recent Alarming Headline Alex Bonilla, 49, took revenge to an extreme on the man he told police he had caught cheating with his wife in May, according to WCJB. On July 14, Gilchrist County (Florida) Sheriff ’s deputies said, Bonilla entered a house in the town of Bell, firing a gunshot and forcing a man inside into a bedroom, where he tied the man up and, using scissors, cut off his penis, which he ran away with. Later that day, deputies arrested Bonilla at his place of employment; his bond was set at $1.25 million. The family of the victim declined to comment, but said through the sheriff ’s office the victim was doing well medically.

T(winning) Keep up with us here: On Aug. 1, identical twin brothers Andy and Chad Baker of Nashville, Tennessee, were on their way to the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, in their identical blue Tesla Model 3s, when an Ohio state trooper pulled them both over for having identical license plates, reading “SUBJ TO.” The brothers patiently explained to the officer that the plates are, in fact, different: In one, “TO” is spelled with a zero, and in the other, it’s spelled with a capital O. “Nobody likes getting pulled over by police, we were both nervous, but it’s a great story and we will tell it all weekend,” Andy told Fox8.

Can’t Stand the Heat -- It’s been a hot summer in Europe.

Among those suffering was an unnamed 66-year-old military veteran in the small southeastern French town of Les Arcs-surArgens, who had been complaining for several weeks to his landlady, Maryse Malin, 71, about the lack of air conditioning in his villa. That may have been why, the Local reported, he shot the “sweet, kind and caring lady” three times, killing her. Malin had agreed to install air conditioning but told the tenant it couldn’t be done until October.

-- Two men in Antwerp, Belgium, felt the heat on July 24 when they accidentally got locked in a shipping container full of cocaine in the huge port there, reported AFP. That day, temperatures reached a record high of 104 degrees Fahrenheit, stifling the 24- and 25-year-old, who had entered the container “to remove drugs,” according to prosecutors.

As the mercury rose, they desperately called a police emergency number and when police finally found them two hours later, they gratefully gave themselves up. Port workers were videoed pouring water over the pair to try to lower their body temperatures.

Going to Extremes Kim Gordon, 55, vanished on Feb. 25, according to his 17-year-old son, after going for a nighttime swim at Monastery Beach in Monterey, California, an area with a deadly reputation sometimes called “Mortuary Beach.” The Associated Press reported that police searched for three days before learning the Scotsman from Edinburgh, also known as Kim Vincent Avis, faced 24 charges of rape in Scotland, which made them suspicious about the story. “When that came up, we start to wonder if this is a hoax,” said Monterey County sheriff ’s Capt. John Thornburg.

Finally, on July 26, the U.S. Marshals Service announced it had caught up with Gordon in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he is now being held; the son had been returned to Scotland and will not be charged with filing a false report.

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In a product expansion move that inspires one to shout, “Stay in your lane!”

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United Press International reported that the company partnered with a New York ice cream company to create the confectionary treat. BONUS: French’s announced the day before the creation of its own mustardflavored ice cream together with Coolhaus.

Least Competent Criminals -- Police in Sydney, Australia, had a drug bust land in their laps on July 22, when an unnamed man slammed a van loaded with 600 pounds of methamphetamines into a patrol car parked outside a suburban police station. The car was empty at the time of the collision, Reuters reported. The van sped away from the scene, but police caught up with the 28-year-old driver an hour later and charged him with drug supply and negligent driving. The drugs had an estimated street value of about $140 million.

-- Michael Harrell, 54, strolled into a U.S. Bank in Cleveland on July 29 with a note demanding cash from a teller: “This is a robbery. Don’t get nobody hurt.”

Unfortunately, according to WJW, he wrote the note on a document he had apparently received from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, which included his full name and address. The teller, who called Harrell by his first name after seeing it on the letter, gave him $206 and summoned police, who later arrested him.

Sticking It to the (Recycling) Man A man in southern Spain who is a serial mocker of recycling efforts was fined 45,000 euros ($50,000) and ordered to retrieve a refrigerator he tossed down a hillside in July. Spain’s Guardia Civil identified the man from a Twitter video he posted of the refrigerator incident with the truck he used, and its license plate, clearly visible behind him, The Local reported. He could also be seen in a different video throwing a washing machine into the ravine in the same area.

The truck was registered to a house-clearing company in Almeria, from which the man was promptly fired. In a tit for tat, officers later posted video of the man struggling to bring the refrigerator back up the hill.

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Intervention Before an A&E television show made the practice famous, Tom Gilbert went through a very public intervention of sorts. Now he assists others to stage them with love and care.

By Patrick Sullivan It starts with a phone call from someone who needs help for someone they love. That leads to a meeting in Tom Gilbert’s office, if the person can get to Traverse City. If they live too far away, they talk by phone.

Gilbert gives them the book “Love First: The Family’s Guide to Structured Intervention” by Jeff and Debra Jay, and he helps them assemble a team of three to eight people who love and care about the person who needs help. Although the person doesn’t know it yet, these loved ones will be his intervention team.

Next, the team schedules a conference call — they rarely live in the same town — in which they talk about their loved one’s drug or alcohol problem in great detail. Gilbert teaches them how to write an intervention letter. They explore what they anticipate will be the objections to treatment, and they come up with answers to those objections. They agree upon a preferred treatment option.

Finally, they agree upon a date.

Gilbert — an attorney, substance abuse counselor and former district court judge — knows something about interventions that might make him particularly suited for this kind of work: In 2002, after a local woman reported she saw him hit a joint being passed through the audience at a downstate concert, he endured an intensely public intervention led by the media, angry constituents, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission, and

even America’s late night talk show hosts.

As Gilbert recalled: “It did go viral — before there was viral.”

INTERVENTION DAY When the date of an intervention arrives, Gilbert and the teammeet the night before to fine-tune their strategy. Everyone reads, out loud, the letter they’ve written. People offer feedback. At Gilbert’s direction, blame, shame, and anger are redlined.

The next morning, the intervention takes place.

to you, and then asking you to get help. I mean, a eulogy is as close as it comes, but you never hear that because you’re dead,” he said. “A lot of times, you don’t hear it in the intervention either, because your mind’s going a million miles an hour and it’s hard to concentrate and whatnot. But the goal is to get to an emotional level to crack that armor of denial.”

Gilbert said the success rate of his interventions — defined by whether or not the person agrees to go into treatment — is 85 to 90 percent.

“I went into persuasive lawyer mode and just said, ‘Well, how many former prosecuting attorney-defense attorney-judges in long-term recovery with a master’s degree from Hazelden do you have on staff? He thought about it for a second, and he said, ‘I’ll just do a little extra supervision with you.”

It always happens in the morning, Gilbert said, because that’s when they are most likely to catch the person at their most sober. Also, if the person agrees to go into treatment, Gilbert will accompany them, and that usually requires travel time.

As Gilbert describes them, interventions are by nature intense and confrontational, but they’re also cathartic.

“What happens is almost like a eulogy.

There is no other experience in life where people that really matter to you are saying some really amazing things about you,

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“They almost always go, because this is a game changer,” he said. “I’m actually training Mom and Dad, or I am training the family, not to play the game the same way ever again.”

Gilbert said it took him a lot of time and training to learn how to shape successful interventions.

“A lot of people think they can do it, but it’s not an entry-level position, let’s put it that way,” he said.

It was a long road that led Gilbert from the judge’s bench to founding Touchstone

Intervention and Professional Services and becoming an intervention leader a decade ago.

Gilbert’s own intervention was not carefully planned and choreographed, and it did not unfold over one morning.

“TOTAL PUBLIC HUMILIATION” Gilbert graduated from Cooley Law School and became a lawyer in 1987, eventually moving to Traverse City, where he worked as an assistant prosecutor and went on the become a defense attorney.

In 2000, Gilbert was elected judge for the 86th District Court, serving Antrim, Grand Traverse, and Leelanau counties. Later, he would admit that, throughout this period, he drank too much and habitually abused marijuana.

The course of Gilbert’s life would forever change on Oct. 12, 2002, when he puffed on a joint at a Rolling Stones concert in Detroit.

Someone in the crowd, a woman from Elk Rapids, witnessed that act. She also knew who he was. She informed the court. Chief Judge Michael Haley decided it would be best to go public with the controversy rather than to try to sweep it under the rug.

At first, even after the initial firestorm of outrage and bad press, Gilbert didn’t think his life was going to change that much.

“I remember at the beginning of all of it was the thought that public officials get in trouble, it blows up, and then it dies down, and then it goes away. And this did not follow that scenario,” he said. “From my perspective, it was the beginning of doing

that to a lot of other people that were in power. I mean, there was no precedent for what I went through. I mean, it was a year and a half, and as I say it, of total public humiliation.”

Indeed, Gilbert’s saga unfolded alongside 18 months of screaming headlines and earned him the moniker “the pot-smoking judge.”

As he was initially suspended by the district court, as he took time away from the bench to attend rehab, as he returned to preside over an at-first limited docket, as the Judicial Tenure Commission silently mulled over what to do about him, and as the commission finally handed down a sixmonth suspension, Gilbert chugged along, and the Traverse City Record-Eagle continued to report every detail, publishing a series of editorials that demanded he resign.

(Editor’s note: The author of this story, Patrick Sullivan, wrote most of the news articles about Gilbert that were published in the Record-Eagle.)

Gilbert refused to resign, though, and because of that, the relentless cacophony of bad press went on unabated until, finally, Gilbert announced he would not seek reelection, and he stepped down when his term ended at the end of 2004.

“I mean, it was terrible,” Gilbert recalled.

“And there’s my wife in a public job, too, standing by me. [Gilbert’s wife, Marsha Smith, was then the executive director of Rotary Charities.] There’s a scene in one of the movies, I can’t remember, where the lady came out in the morning, and she saw the bad headline, and she started running around the neighborhood picking up the papers. Well, you can’t do that.”

AFTER THE DELUGE As the bad press subsided and Gilbert’s life quieted down, he decided he wanted to return to Hazelden in Minnesota, where he’d gone to rehab, but this time for the one-year master’s program. In 2006, Gilbert graduated with a master’s degree from the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School of Addiction Studies.

“It was an amazing experience. I mean, it was every bit as academically rigorous as law school,” he said.

After he graduated with his new degree and returned to Traverse City to reunite with his wife and start a new career, Gilbert was at a loss; no employer wanted to touch him.

“I looked for a job around here and couldn’t find one,” he said.

Perhaps the substance abuse counseling providers didn’t want bad press; perhaps they were worried about Gilbert’s wellpublicized history.

He decided to strike out on his own and began looking more closely at the various specialties within substance abuse recovery work. There was something about interventions that piqued his interest.

“There’s not a lot of people that do it, and there’s even less that do it well, but I got an idea that I would like to try this, I would like to do this, and there was a fairly large intervention company in Minnesota.

They flew me out,” Gilbert said. “They were interested in picking my brain about how to capitalize on the legal system.”

It didn’t take long for Gilbert to realize that that particular company wasn’t going to be a good fit for him. For Gilbert, spirituality is at the center of his recovery; others in recovery focus less on spirituality or avoid it altogether. Gilbert said he realized that he and the leaders of the company weren’t in sync.

Next, he turned to Jeff and Debra Jay, the authors of the book that he gives to intervention clients today. The couple live in Gross Pointe and are well regarded in the intervention community.

“I was down there doing an advocacy training … and on a whim, I called them up. And [Jeff Jay] came down and had lunch with me,” Gilbert said. “I wanted to ask him the same question [about spirituality], but he’s the kind of guy that five minutes into the conversation, you don’t have to ask, you just know.”

Gilbert became more confident that his calling was to do interventions, and he said that he became determined to learn how to do them with the Jays.

The only thing holding him back, though, was that he wasn’t technically qualified, according to the Jays’ requirements.

“So, I asked him, [told him] I want to do intervention work,” Gilbert recalled. “’Oh,’ he said. ‘Um, you’ve got to be sober for so long, you’ve got to have a master’s degree, and you’ve got to have a minimum of — I don’t remember what the number was — two or five years of clinical experience.’ And I was a little panicked. I went into persuasive lawyer mode and just said, ‘Well, how many former prosecuting attorney-defense attorney-judges in longterm recovery with a master’s degree from Hazelden do you have on staff? He thought about it for a second, and he said, ‘I’ll just do a little extra supervision with you.”

“IT SAVED MY F-----G LIFE” Eventually, Gilbert set off on his own, launching Touchstone from a small office on Racquet Club Drive in Garfield Township.

He still considers the Jays his mentors and said he calls them on tough cases.

In the meantime, the practice of interventions has taken on a life of its own in pop culture.

Interventions, Gilbert said, are similar but different from what’s depicted in that now-cancelled hit A&E series Intervention.

“It’s overly dramatic. It’s television, right? You’ve got to sell it. Initially, I thought that TV show allows me to not have to explain what intervention is to people all of the time,” Gilbert said. “But it went past that to, ‘No, that’s not what we do.’ That is confrontational, frequently violent, very dramatic. That’s not what I do at all. … We surround people with love and dignity and respect for absolutely everybody, or else I’m not involved, right?”

Today, at Touchstone, Gilbert’s practice goes beyond interventions. He also offers substance abuse counselling, and he said he still, on rare occasions, takes on legal cases.

He has maintained his law license.

“I still practice law ‘that much,’” he said, holding a thumb and finger an inch apart.

“Usually I am pretty particular about who I am going to take on as a client. I’m not interested in fighting the fights anymore.

I’ve done over 250 jury trials. But I can really make a difference if somebody’s got a drug and alcohol issue associated with their legal matter, because, as I tell them, I know what the court wants to do with you before they know they’ve got a case.”

But his passion, he said, is overseeing interventions.

He said he’d like to conduct a couple dozen each year, so that he has at least two each month to work on; in reality, he said he does 10 to 20 per year.

“So, I am flying around the country and helping families,” he said.

He said he gets calls from around the country because he’s developed relationships with treatment centers across the U.S., and they refer cases to him. He’s also got a website and a listing on the Psychology Total website. He said he is not sure whether his notoriety as “the pot smoking judge” is good or bad for business.

“I’m willing to give 20 minutes of free phone consultation to anybody anywhere, and, generally, I can help them,” he said.

“Sometimes, all they need is somebody to listen to them.”

Today, Gilbert said he harbors no hard feelings about what happened to him in his public “intervention.” He even collected all of those bad press clippings — every news article, every editorial, every letter to the editor, even, in one case, an ad taken out by another attorney calling on him to resign — into a binder he keeps in his office. He’s said he’s tried to track down a recording of the monologue when Jay Leno made a joke about him on The Tonight Show, but he hasn’t had any success.

Those months of scathing press coverage, though, might have been a blessing.

“Hey, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing today if I hadn’t lived through what I lived through then,” Gilbert said. “It saved my f-----g life. You know, I got elected to the bench. I was ready to put in my 25 years.

I’d have been a miserable son-of-a-bitch, I think, eventually, because the disease of addiction would have kept progressing and, you know, nobody says ‘boo’ to a judge. [He laughs.] You know, rarely.”

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The mastermind of Leland Gal, Maggie Mielczarek, outside her shop in Leland’s Historic Fishtown. Photo credit Marty Baldwin/Meredith Corp.

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Better by Design A graphic design class she didn’t want to teach evolved into a business she never expected. How Maggie Mielczarek’s bright, bold patterned fabric has evolved into a trademark Northern style that’s spurring Leland Gal lines of clothing, housewares, textiles, accessories, and even vegan nail polish.

By Ross Boissoneau Maggie Mielczarek had an idea. Take what she loved about northern Michigan, combine that with her love of painting and art, and create a brand that reflected it all: clothing, accessories, even the fabric she cuts from.

That’s how Leland Gal became a thing. And it was all part of a grand plan. Umm, not exactly.

“It was completely by accident,” said Mielczarek. The longtime art teacher had moved to Grand Rapids to take a new position, which included a graphic design component. Not only had she never taught graphic design before, she didn’t even know how to use the computer programs.

After panicking, she discovered something unexpected. As she delved deeper into graphic design, she found she loved it. She began using the software herself, creating one-of-a-kind patterned designs and then translating them to fabrics. Pillows. Clothing. All derived from her painted works. She began selling her wares online under her new brand name.

Those were Leland Gal’s baby steps. Next up was doing some shows out of her parents’ home in Leland.

Along the way, her full-time teaching job had evolved — er, make that devolved, as she found she was teaching less art and more keyboarding skills. “It was half typing, not art,” she said. “It was no longer fulfilling. And I was pregnant.”

That’s when a friend suggested she open a store of her own. “Malcom Chatfield’s wife [Chatfield is an artist who, at the time, owned Leland’s Main Street Gallery] suggested we get a Fishtown shanty,” said Mielczarek. So she put her name on a waiting list alongside numerous

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others for the coveted little shops, despite being told there was often a five-year wait for a vacancy. Two months later, in November 2012, there was suddenly an opening, and she found herself interviewing against other businesses that wanted the space.

In January 2013, while still teaching, she got the news: She had been awarded the shanty, and Leland Gal would have a shop. And yes, she was still teaching at the time. “Everybody in the family helped. I [spent] my maternity leave [building] inventory,” said Mielczarek.

Since then, she’s been on a mission to create a diverse collection of clothing, housewares, textiles, and accessories that feed the connection to the water she loves. Her website — LelandGal.com — boasts a dizzying array of products. Wallpaper. Pillows. Dog beds.

Ottomans. Greeting cards. Hats, headbands,

and sunglasses. Platters and drinkware.

Her designs are often whimsical in nature, but she shies away from pushing a nautical theme. And while the fabrics and textiles remain popular, she’s found herself branching out in directions she never envisioned.

“Bags are 40 percent of my business,” she said. “Our section of acrylic jewelry started last summer. It has become a pivotal part of our brand and also coincides with our ‘Make light of it’ concept. The pieces are also inspired by the lifestyle of Leland Gal, and many derived specifically from the hand-painted artwork.”

Eventually something had to give. First was her teaching job, then, eventually, the home in Grand Rapids. “For six years, I’d commute. I’d stay up here with my family.” Now she and her husband, Greg, have moved here permanently, and they’ve purchased a home in Leland.

Like others, Mielczarek been affected by Lake Michigan’s high water levels, noting that one day she came into her shop to find three inches of water on the floor. Fortunately none of her products were impacted. She’s hopeful some means will be found to address it.

“That’s been disheartening,” she said, but not enough to turn her off Fishtown, though her plans extend beyond it. Mielczarek is invested in wholesaling, noting that it’s about half her business. She’s also interested in expanding to other locations and selling her products through other boutiques.

She’s also interested in working with other local entrepreneurs. “I want to expand collaborations with local companies,” Mielczarek said. She’s already been doing so with charcuterie boards she’s created with local furniture maker Matt Voight, straps with Great

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Like the rest of Fishtown, her shanty is only open in the summer, but she keeps her business going year-round through her website, Facebook, and Instagram. “When the shanty closes, I hit the studio to start painting designs for the studio. I’m glad I don’t have a year-round store. I’m afraid I wouldn’t have time for rejuvenation.”

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8757 Tipperary Lane, Ellsworth

(Approximately 3 1/2 miles north of the intersection of M-88 & 31 in downtown Eastport then west 1/8-mile, watch for auction signs) Auction Highlights: 2002 Toyota Highlander 4x4 @ 113K miles * J.D. Gator TS 4x2 UTV w/power dump * Troy Bilt Pony & Mantis tillers * Yard & garden equipment * Woodworking & shop tools * Approximately 300 license plates, many states from 1912-1990 (most show condition) * (2) Chest freezer & other small appliances & electronics * Collectibles inc. crocks & jars

* Watch for information on the quality Williams Estate Tag Sale - August 22 & 23, Find out more on estatesales.net

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men's Fall Fashion Patagonia Men’s Organic Cotton Quilt Snap-T® Pullover in Logwood Brown: $149, The Outfitter, Harbor Springs, www. outfitterharborsprings.com

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M22 Beanie ($30) M22 Denim Hybrid Cap ($40): M22. com for locations and ordering

Marmot Anderson Lightweight Flannel (arctic navy shown here): $75, The Clothing Company, Charlevoix, www.myclothingco.com

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8 S. Cohen Suits: $390+, Captain’s Quarters, Traverse City, captainsquarterstc.com

34 Heritage’s Courage Straight Leg (contains elastane for superior stretch; shown here in rinse vintage): $190, Bahle’s of Suttons Bay, bahles.net

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Peter Millar Seasonal Quarter Zip Sweater: $125+, Captain’s Quarters, Traverse City, captainsquarterstc.com

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LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY Great Lakes Center for the Arts September 14 at 9 a.m.

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Open Space Park September 28 at 9 a.m.

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Tea Vertical Moto Graphic Layered Tee: $29.50, Sweet Pea, Traverse City, www.sweetpeatc.com

Obermeyer Fayetteville Knit Double Pom 2 (shown here in Va Va Violet): $32.50, Bahnhof Sport, bahnhof.com

Plae Ty water-resistant shoes (shown here in navy steel): $55, Golden Shoes, Traverse City, www.goldenshoestc.com

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Joules Dark Blue Blog Munch Lunchbag: $29.99, Bearcub Outfitters, Petoskey, bearcuboutfitters.com

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Tea Cozy Jersey Lined Pants: $45.50, Sweet Pea, Traverse City, www.sweetpeatc.com

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The Tribune Ice Cream & Eatery Lunch and brunch by the bay in Northport

By Craig Manning Tucked near the end of Leelanau Peninsula, in the quaint, unhurried downtown of Northport, diners will find a restaurant that is among northern Michigan’s best-kept secrets.

The Tribune Ice Cream & Eatery is a small breakfast and lunch spot located just a stone’s throw away from the shores of Northport Bay. The restaurant is so named because it occupies a building once used to print editions of the Northport Tribune newspaper. Today, the building bears few signs of its ink-andpaper past — though there are old photos of Northport papering the walls, a way to evoke the area’s rich history.

According to owner Eric Allchin, The Tribune’s atmosphere — welcoming, comfortable, and homey — didn’t come easy.

The building, which is over 100 years old, needed a significant remodel before it could pass as anything resembling a restaurant. It was through a genuine old-fashioned family effort that The Tribune slowly transformed from a dated newspaper building into the bright, relaxing café it is today.

“I grew up in Suttons Bay and left after I graduated in 2002,” Allchin said, explaining the origin behind The Tribune. “I moved around a little, traveled a little, went to school, and ended up back in northern Michigan when my sister and her husband told me about the building that his parents, Ray and Thea Kellogg, had just bought. They needed someone to open and run a restaurant, so my sister, Megan, called me up. I quit my job, moved north, and started remodeling with her husband, Mark Kellogg. My sister was the designer, Mark was the builder, and I was the restaurant guy. It was a good team.”

If You Build It Even throughout the lengthy building process, Allchin wasn’t sure what he wanted the restaurant to be. In fact, the first piece of the puzzle that came to him wasn’t the food itself, but the ice cream. The Tribune Ice Cream & Eatery, true to its name, features an ice cream window through which passersby can order a cone and get it in a matter of minutes, right

out on the sidewalk. While Allchin’s hunch that The Tribune’s ice cream component has proven as wildly popular as he predicted in the warmer months, he said he knew he needed more than just frosty treats to justify the very lengthy remodeling process. Eventually, he hit upon the restaurant’s breakfast/lunch menu, thanks to input from (hungry) locals.

“The breakfast/lunch idea came from asking the locals what they wanted to see,” Allchin said. “It was after almost a year of building that we committed to it. And it was a real challenge because I, for one, had never run breakfast service or cooked eggs to order.

Some chefs say cooking eggs to order is one of the hardest things to do.”

Beyond eggs made-to-order, The Tribune’s menu tends to rotate and transform considerably throughout the year. From the beginning, Allchin was committed to doing breakfast and lunch with the same focus on fresh, premium, locally sourced ingredients that are typically found at fancier dinner establishments. For instance, the restaurant sources 100 percent of its produce from Loma Farm, a fellow Leelanau Peninsula small business. Beyond Loma, The Tribune relies on 70 other Michigan companies and farms for its ice cream, meats, and other products — always adapting its menu to fit with what the seasonal availability calendar allows.

“We have a commitment to sourcing and providing the highest quality products and meals,” Allchin said. “We are so spoiled with the amount of talented farmers in this area and want to support them, and at the same time, they give us gorgeous produce.”

Allchin adds that the quality of the ingredients he and his chefs use make their jobs easy. “We’ve actually simplified everything [on the menu] because the quality produce shines.”

Now You See It Sometimes, seasonal cycles last long enough for The Tribune to rotate new dishes onto the menu for months at a time. Other times, those seasonal cycles are so brief that the new menu items can only be spotlighted for a few days or weeks before the calendar moves

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on. In early July, for instance, The Tribune put a pancake special on the menu; it featured fresh, perfectly ripe, and explosively flavorful local strawberries. But the special lasted only as long as the local strawberry season — a factor that gives Tribune regulars good reason to stop in every few weeks.

While Allchin and the rest of The Tribune staff are content to move with the whims of the seasons and the harvest calendar, there are a few signatures that are always on the menu.

The hearty Biscuits and Gravy dish combines a steaming hot, freshly-baked biscuit with sausage gravy, mixed greens, and a fried egg.

The Huevos pair two fried eggs with fried corn tortillas, queso fresco, salsa verde, and cilantrolime sour cream for a blast of Mexican zest.

And the Chicken Sandwich features a smoked and fried chicken thigh topped with arugula, a tangy house-made mustard, and a coleslaw made from charred cabbage and apple; it’s the perfect blend of spice and southern flare.

Winter Respite Allchin says the “aggressive” seasonal shifts were one of the most difficult aspects for him and his team to figure out after the restaurant opened in 2014. That challenge led to the calendar The Tribune keeps now, which includes a one-month reset in February.

The restaurant goes dark for 28 days to give everyone a chance to breathe and to provide an opportunity to prepare for the inevitable summer ramp-up.

“We were open 12 months the first year,” Allchin said. “Then we realized everyone needed a break at some point. It turned out that having a month off was a huge benefit to everyone and to the business. We are able to do projects and improvements, to paint, and to disassemble, clean, and put the kitchen back together. It really helps break up the season.”

The Tribune Ice Cream & Eatery is located at 110 E Nagonaba St. in downtown Northport. The restaurant is open 8am to 2pm Thursday through Tuesday and is closed on Wednesdays. All menu items are served all day. The Tribune does not take reservations and seats on a first-come, firstserved basis. (231) 386-1055, or view their menu online at www.northporttribune.com.

Sunday Suppers

Several times each year, The Tribune veers into late afternoon, early evening territory, applying its same farm-fresh, locally sourced approach to supper that it does to breakfast and lunch. Those special occasions are the restaurant’s Sunday Suppers. Among the offerings served at last May’s: Roman gnocchi with spring things (morels, asparagus, peas, green garlic, parmesan); roasted cauliflower with crispy chickpeas, chilis, mint, yogurt; braised rabbit legs with radish, turnips, mustard greens, preserved lemons, and herbs; and Paul’s grandma’s chocolate cake with blueberry reduction. To stay abreast of the eatery’s Sunday Suppers, follow “The Tribune: Ice Cream & Eatery” on Facebook.

Lighthouse Jaunt

Turn your trek up to Northport into a full daytrip with a visit to the Grand Traverse Lighthouse. Located in Leelanau State Park, at the northern tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, the Grand Traverse Lighthouse is just a scenic nine-mile drive north of downtown Northport. It’s been there for more than 150 years, making it one of the oldest lighthouses left standing anywhere along the Great Lakes. You can tour the structure ($4 for adults; $2 for kids 5-12; free for children under five) anytime between 10am and 5pm daily through Labor Day. Fall hours shorten to 12pm–4pm. Leelanau State Park is also home to 8.5 miles of trails and plenty of scenic beaches that rival the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in terms of beauty (but not in terms of traffic). Find the lighthouse at 15310 N Lighthouse Point Road, or access the trailhead and beaches off Densmore Road.

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Lunch with a View H&L Social - the rooftop space at the Hotel Indigo Open daily (weather permitting).

Serving a full, fresh menu and a wide array of beverages.

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GOOD TUNES. GOOD POURS. GOOD TIMES.

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OPTICAL TRUNK SHOW MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2019 12:00PM to 6:00PM

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COMMUNITY FEATURES • Outdoor pool • Community lodge • Community activities • Pets welcome • City water and sewer • Snow removal, lawn & home maintenance services available • New, pre-owned & custom homes from the $70’s to the $100’s Better Living Homes (new & custom) 231.421.9500 • Cindy at 843 Woodcreek Boulevard cindy@betterlivinghomestc.com Woodcreek (pre-owned) • 231.933.4800 Lyndsay at 501 Woodcreek Boulevard www.woodcreekliving.com Conveniently located on South Airport Rd, a quarter mile west of Three Mile in Traverse City

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PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE: FREE PAINTING DEMOS: Paint Grand Traverse is a week-long plein air painting festival & competition featuring artists from across the country. Watch live as they paint their way around the bays & shorelines; through the vineyards & orchards; & around the historic villages & vibrant downtowns. The event will take place August 12-18. Visit paintgrandtraverse.com to discover where to find artists each day.

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---------------------11 LEGGED LAKE TOUR: 7am, Cherryland Middle School, Elk Rapids. Fuel up at the pancake & sausage breakfast before riding any of three bike routes around the Elk Rapids area at this annual fundraiser for children’s charities.

The event also features a raffle & lunch between 11am & 2pm. $40/person or $80/family.

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Wednesday, Aug. 21 • 7:30 p.m.

Kresge Auditorium

FALL 2019

52ND ANNUAL BUCKLEY OLD ENGINE SHOW: Buckley Old Engine Show grounds, August 15-18. Over 1,000 antique steam, gas & diesel tractors, 400 lot flee market, 600+ antique gas & oil engines, 1800’s sawmill, 1918 steam train rides, 1948 Spirit of Traverse City steam train rides, arts & crafts, wood shop & wood crafts, tractor games, farm exhibits & much more. Adults, $10; 15 & under, free. buckleyoldengineshow.org

---------------------15TH ANNUAL CHURCHILL CLASSIC TRAIL RUN: 8am, North Central State Trailhead, Cheboygan. 5K, 10K & 1 mile. $30. cheboygan.com/events/details/15th-annualchurchill-classic-trail-run-2025

---------------------2019 MELGES 24 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Aug. 15-18. Presented by the Grand Traverse Yacht Club. Held on West Grand Traverse Bay. Featuring competitors from around the country & world. melges24. com/NorthAmericans2019

---------------------CHARLEVOIX SIDEWALK SALES: Aug. 1517. On the sidewalk: 9am-6pm. Inside after 6pm. Held at participating merchants in downtown Charlevoix & throughout the area.

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Lyle Lovett, Steep Canyon Rangers, Sir James and Lady Galway, Rebecca Makkai, Ailey II, NPR’s From the Top, The Nutcracker, A Chorus Line, and many more!

EIGHTH ANNUAL DUNE DASH: 9am. A 4-mile run/walk. Starting & finishing at the base of the Dune Climb, runners follow the paved Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore past rolling dunes & forests to the turn-around point at Glen Haven.

Proceeds benefit the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail. $20-$30. dunedash.com

---------------------HOXEYVILLE MUSIC FEST: Aug. 16-18. Featuring Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, Billy Strings, Dave Bruzza, Keller & The Keels, Anders Osborne, Fruition, The Go Rounds, May Erlewine & The Motivations, The Crane Wives & many others. Daily passes: $30. Located a half mile west of the intersection of M-37 & W 48 1/2 (Hoxeyville) Rd. hoxeyville.com

---------------------PADDLE 4 THE POOL: 9am, Ferry Beach, Lake Charlevoix. 2 mile or 4 mile courses. Paddlecrafts: SUP, kayak, canoe. Estimate your elapsed time for this paddle event, & if you finish the closest to your prediction, you are the winner. Benefits the Charlevoix Area Community Pool. There will also be live music by the Crosscut Kings & a food truck. $25; $35 after Aug. 9. paddle4thepool.com

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Fall 2019 tickets on sale now!

View the full lineup at tickets.interlochen.org

32ND ANNUAL RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL: Aug. 12-18, Downtown Bellaire. Featuring the Bay Area Big Band, Community Paddle Event, Commission on Aging Picnic & Car Show, Duck & Glow 5K Run/Walk & 1 Mile Kiddie Dash, Grass River’s “Riverfest & Auction,” Dominic Fortuna, Corn Hole Tournament, Rubber Ducky Parade & Race, Woodstock 2, Short’s Glacial Hills Challenge XC, & much more.

---------------------BUCKLEY VINTAGE BICYCLE SHOW & SWAP MEET: 10am-4pm, Buckley Hardware.

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Country legend Vince Gill performs in Kresge Auditorium at Interlochen Center for the Arts on Wed., Aug. 21 at 7:30pm.

Gill has a 40-year career so far which includes 21 Grammys, 18 Country Music Association Awards and 28 million albums sold. His latest album is “Down to My Last Bad Habit.” Tickets range from $38-$55. tickets.interlochen.org

Must be pre-1980. All bicycles, bicycle parts, bicycle related antiques & riding toys welcome.

Buy, sell, trade, display, & swap.

---------------------ELK RAPIDS SIDEWALK SALES: 10am5pm, Downtown Elk Rapids.

---------------------EXPLORE KEHL LAKE NATURAL AREA, NORTHPORT: 10am. The trail is gently sloping but traverses wetlands so choose appropriate footwear. Please sign up. Free. leelanauconservancy.org/events/hikes

---------------------KIDS EVENT WITH PATTY BROZO: 10am, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. A free children’s event with author Patty Brozo to celebrate the release of her newest book, “The Buddy Bench.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. eventbrite.com

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a story to wow the senses. To “win” you must complete the story from start to finish in the allotted amount of time using all the ingredients you pulled. Winners will be entered into a random drawing for prizes. Presented by the local NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) group (TC WriMos). Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------DISNEY’S THE JUNGLE BOOK, KIDS: 2pm & 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, MainStage Theatre, TC. $8-$15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------DIVE DEEP INTO SELF-EXPRESSION THRU INTERPLAY: 2-5pm, New Moon Yoga, TC. Explore yourself, life & joy of creativity, using drama, movement, sound, storytelling & contact. $15-$30 suggested donation. soulwayshealing. com/interplay.html

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NORTHPORT WINE & CRAFT BEVERAGE FEST: 2pm, Marina Park, Northport. Enjoy local wines, craft beer, music & food. Tickets are $15 advance & $20 door & come with 2 drink tickets. Extra drink tickets are $3 each or four for $10. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------MODEL TRAIN SHOW: 10am-4pm, Alden Depot.

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17TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL ON THE BAY: Petoskey’s waterfront, Aug. 15-17. Featuring live music, The BIG Art Show, kayak rides, Jiimaan Canoe rides on the Bay, Petoskey Great Duck Drop, Petoskey Cardboard Boat Race, Celebration of the Sunset, Million Dollar Sunset, & more. petoskeyfestival.com

KIERSTEN’S RIDE: 10am, Chandler Hills Campground, Boyne Falls. Horseback trail ride/walk/ATV ride. A fundraiser for suicide prevention programs in northern lower MI. kierstensride.org MACKINAW CITY RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: Featuring costumed performers, familyfriendly entertainment & events, a Renaissance themed outdoor marketplace & performance stage & more. Free.

WHISTLE UP THE BAY: 10am-noon, Antrim Creek Natural Area. Learn Antrim Creek history on a hike using the story from the book “Whistle Up the Bay” as the starting point. Meet at ACNA’s south entrance on Old Dixie Hwy. near Atwood. grassriver.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am-1pm: Gretchen Rose will sign her book “Dune Dragons.” 1-3pm: Mary McNear will sign her book “Up at Butternut Lake.” 3-5pm: Book Launch Party for Elizabeth Buzzelli & her book “And Then They Were Doomed.” horizonbooks.com/event

---------------------WAGANAKISING BAY DAY: 12-4pm, Bayfront Park, Petoskey. Family-friendly water festival with hands-on activities. Learn from environmental experts on wildlife, water quality, stewardship & recreation. Learning stations feature the natural & cultural heritage of the region.

---------------------WRITER’S BLOCKED (CHOPPED WRITING CHALLENGE): 12-6pm, Traverse Area District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. Choose from a list of mundane, wild, or exotic ingredients & cook up

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BLUEGRASS BARBEQUE BUFFET & DEL MCCOURY BAND: 6pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Enjoy live music by the Del McCoury Band while feasting on Southern-style BBQ, followed by some line dancing.

BBQ: $15. Del McCoury Band tickets range from $20-$50. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ bluegrass-barbeque-buffet

---------------------TAKE IT FROM THE TOP SHOWCASE: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. The pinnacle of the weeklong musical theater workshops, the Take It From The Top Showcase is the culmination of participants’ musical theater talents. Working side by side with Broadway teaching artists, students have honed their musical theater skills (dance, voice, acting) & debut their learnings in this performance. Free. cityoperahouse.org/ take-it-from-the-top-showcase-2019

---------------------GAYLORD COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA - PAVILION POPS: 7pm, Pavilion on Court, Downtown Gaylord. Free.

PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE FINALE CELEBRATION & SALE: 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. View & purchase the paintings created by featured artists over the course of the Paint Grand Traverse week. Over 200 pieces will be available, depicting scenes from Leelanau Peninsula, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Old Mission Peninsula, Downtown Traverse City, Crystal Mountain Resort, the Michigan Legacy Art Park, & more. Also enjoy food, wine & live music. Ages 21+. Your ticket includes a strolling dinner & one drink ticket. A ticketed Pre-Sale Hour is also available. $25/person. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-traverse-city/pgt-finale

---------------------DAVE BENNETT: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. A multi-instrument phenomenon, Dave Bennett is a clarinet virtuoso who plays electric guitar, piano, drums & vocalizes. Enjoy swing to rock. 231-627-5841. $20 adults, $10 students. davebennett.com

---------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring Robin Connell (jazz vocalist trio). Free.

---------------------THE TELEGRAPH QUARTET: 8pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium.

Playing both standard chamber music & a mix of contemporary & non-standard repertoire, this quartet has played from Carnegie Hall to San Francisco’s Herbst Recital Hall & beyond. $30. tickets.interlochen.org

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PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE: FREE PAINTING DEMOS: (See Sat., Aug. 17)

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52ND ANNUAL BUCKLEY OLD ENGINE SHOW: (See Sat., Aug. 17)

---------------------2019 MELGES 24 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP: (See Sat., Aug. 17)

---------------------HOXEYVILLE MUSIC FEST: (See Sat., Aug. 17) ---------------------32ND ANNUAL RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL: (See Sat., Aug. 17)

---------------------MACKINAW CITY RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: Featuring costumed performers, familyfriendly entertainment & events, a Renaissance themed outdoor marketplace & performance stage & more. Free.

---------------------MODEL TRAIN SHOW: 10am-4pm, Alden Depot.

---------------------SHORT’S GLACIAL HILLS CHALLENGE MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE: 11am, John R. Rodger Elementary, Bellaire. Presented by Shanty Creek Resorts. Various cross country distances. funpromotions.com

---------------------GIRLS ON BIKES - PIES IN THE PARK: 1pm.

Meet at the Norte Wheelhouse, TC at 12:45pm.

Then ride to F&M Park for pie & bike decorating. At 2pm head to Hull Park for a field obstacle course including a 3 legged race, hula hooping & corn hole. Then head to the Norte Clubhouse for another piece of pie & playground fun until 4pm. elgruponorte.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 1-4pm: Simeon Mills will sign his book “The Obsoletes.” 2-3pm: Story Time with Spiderman! horizonbooks.com/event

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MADE IN THE MITTEN: SAVORING MICHIGAN’S RICH FOODIE & AGRICULTURAL HISTORY: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Dianna Stampfler with Promote Michigan will present a variety of MI made & grown products, including samples. Register: 231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------STORY & ART TOUR: 2:30pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Join storyteller Jenifer Strauss for an interactive & interpretive tour. Become immersed in MI legends &

lore while learning about what inspired the artists whose sculptures are featured at the park.

Free. michlegacyartpark.org/tours-workshops

DETOX YOGA FLOW AT PRESS ON JUICE, TC: 6:45pm. Donations appreciated. eventbrite.com

carriage rides, animal barns, shows, cute baby contest, motors & mayhem arena action & more. kalkaskacountyfaironline.com

AN EVENING WITH JEFF GUINN - WINE & CHEESE EVENT: 4pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Guinn will celebrate his newest book, “The Vagabonds.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

CHERRY CAPITAL MEN’S CHORUS: 7pm, The Church in the Hills, Bellaire. Hosted by the Alden Men’s Club. Free.

STORIES IN STONE: ANCIENT TOOLS: 3-5pm, Samels Farm, Williamsburg. Rock specialist Mike Neumann will review stone artifacts & discuss the geology of Samels Farm. Free.

------------------------------------------KIDSTOCK IN CHX!: 4pm, Charlevoix Bandshell.

Join Dos Hippies for kids tunes, originals, & hippie classics. Free. Facebook.com/billypandkate

---------------------SONG OF THE LAKES: 7pm, Benzie Central High School Auditorium, Benzonia. The Benzie Area Symphony Orchestra will take the stage with Song of the Lakes in a collaborative performance. $15 adults, $10 seniors, & free for 18 & under. benziesymphony.com

---------------------SUNSET CONCERT SERIES: 7-9pm, Grace Memorial Harbor Pavilion, Elk Rapids. Featuring Royal Grand.

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MAKER SPACE: 1-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. “Colors of the Wind” Chimes: Hang up a wind chime that you design & make from recycled plastics, beads & bottles. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------TRAPPED IN THE UPSIDEDOWN ESCAPE GAME: 1-2:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. This event is free for all teens 11-17. Free. tadl.org

---------------------MOVIE MONDAYS: 5:30-7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Featuring “More Art Upstairs,” which follows four accomplished artists as they compete at ArtPrize.

Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/ movie-mondays-more-art-upstairs

---------------------“BATTLE OF EGO” MEDITATION: 7-8:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Working with the Intense Battle of Narcissism, Prejudice & Self-Centeredness Through the Practice of Meditation. Free. sokukojitc.org/battle-of-egoaug-2019-3

------------------------------------------SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB’S MONTHLY SPEAKER & MEETING: 7pm, Acme Township Hall, Willliamsburg. Guest speaker will be Emily Cook of the Northwest MI Invasive Species Network. She will speak on the growing movement to replant native plants & fight the threat of invasive plants. 938-9611.

---------------------BEATLES VS. ELVIS - A MUSICAL SHOWDOWN: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Beatles or Elvis? Who was the real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll? Two of the greatest musical acts of all time face off in a musical showdown courtesy of nationally touring Beatles band Abbey Road & premier Elvis tribute, Scot Bruce. $35-$45. cityoperahouse.org

aug 21

wednesday

SUMMER LECTURE: CANADIAN CONSERVATIONIST JOANIE MCGUFFIN: 8:30-10am, NCMC, gym in Student & Community Resource Center, Petoskey. Joanie is a public speaker, educator & one of the founders of the Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy. She is the author of eight books with her photographer husband Gary. Reservations required: 231-348-6600. $10, includes breakfast.

---------------------EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 20)

---------------------YOGA IN THE OUTDOORS: 10-11am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Start the morning with stretching & breathing in the fresh northern MI air. Bring a mat if you have one. $5. grassriver.org

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, gazebo, Petoskey. Featuring self-proclaimed gritfunk band The Pistil Whips.

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BACKYARD BIRDS & THE PLANTS THAT ATTRACT THEM: 12:30pm, Fife Lake Public Library. Join Emily Cook, Northwest MI Invasive Species Network outreach specialist, as she talks about spring wildflowers & why planting native plants are better for our birds, bees & people. An optional lunch will be served at noon; $3 suggested donation for 60+; $5 all others. 922-2080.

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THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF CUBA: 12:30pm, The Rock, Kingsley. Join awardwinning photographer Chris Doyal for a photographic tour of Cuba, including vintage cars, cigar rolling & the beautiful architecture of Old Havana. An optional lunch is offered at noon for a suggested donation of $3 for 60+ & $5 all others. Must register. 922-2080.

aug 20

tuesday

SUNRISE YOGA FLOW AT EAST BAY PARK, TC: 7am. Donations appreciated. eventbrite.com

E M M E T- C H A R L E V O I X COUNTY FAIR: Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey, Aug. 20-25. Featuring a Frankie Ballard Concert, Beatles vs. Elvis Showdown, grandstand shows, rides, 4-H tent, Firefighter Show, Lego Man, pony, mini-horse & draft pulls, monster trucks & auto cross racing & much more. emmetchxfair.org

COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. “Celebrating the Garden: Narrative Painting & Ecology” with Good Hart Artist in Residence Emma Steinkraus. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: 11am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Spiral Snake: Paint a paper towel roll to make a snake. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------LIVE ON THE BIDWELL PLAZA: 5:30-7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring brother-sister duo Oh Brother Big Sister. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------WINE & CHEESE WITH FLEDA BROWN: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey.

Fleda’s latest book is “Growing Old in Poetry.”

Reservations requested: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

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---------------------SUMMER STEAM: 1-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Work on paper airplanes, tessellations, & other fun projects. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------LEARNING FOR LONGEVITY: VITAMINS & YOUR HEALTH: 1:30pm, Foster Family Community Health Center, Rooms A & B, TC. The Munson Community Health Library is hosting this program.

Register: 935-9265. Free. reg.abcsignup.com

---------------------THE STATE OF LINE 5 WITH FLOW DIRECTOR LIZ KIRKWOOD: 2pm, Leland Township Library. Join Kirkwood for a conversation on the state of Line 5 & FLOW’s policy, legal, technical, & communications work in support of protecting the Great Lakes. Free. lelandlibrary.org

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KALKASKA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR: Kalkaska County Fairgrounds, Aug. 2124. Carnival & midway, petting zoo, pony rides,

------------------------------------------“MEET ME AT THE DOCK!”: 4pm, Leelanau Historical Society, Leland. The author of this book, local historian Kathleen Firestone, presents her progress on preserving the history of Leelanau docks, boats & communities. leelanauhistory.org

---------------------WEEKNIGHT HIKES - AUGUST: 5:30pm.

Monthly night hikes on the North Country National Scenic Trail. Meet near the intersection of Island Lake Road NW & South Island Lake Road NW for an “out and back” hike that is about 2 miles total. This event will count towards the NCTA Hike 100 Challenge. Free. kalkaskaconservation.org/events/augweeknighthike

---------------------WINE & CHEESE WITH CHARLES EISENDRATH: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Charles will discuss his book, “Downstream from Here.” Reservations requested: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK: 6pm, Hull Park, TC. Vinyasa flow session. Donation based. eventbrite.com

---------------------EARLY MIGRATING BIRDS: 6:30pm. Benzie Audubon Club members & friends will meet leader Doug Cook at the Betsie Valley Trailhead in Elberta to look for migrating birds (& resident species) in the Elberta Marsh. Free. benzieaudubon.org

---------------------FREE EDUCATION WORKSHOP: “PREHARVEST CHECKLIST”: 7-9pm, NCMC, Petoskey. Ensure you have what you need to run a successful harvest at your winery or at home. This class will cover everything from yeast selection & equipment tuning, to labware calibration & cleaning. ncmich.edu

---------------------JAZZ @ THE LIBRARY: 7pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. Featuring Stargardt Family & Friends. Free. charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------PLANT IT WILD PRESENTS “LIVING SOIL”: 7pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Frankfort. Presented by Dr. George Bird, professor emeritus, Michigan State University, Department of Entomology. Free. plantitwild.net

---------------------ST. JUDE SUNSET IN THE VINES: 7pm, Rove Estate Vineyard & Winery, TC. Benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Featuring dinner, artisan wine, live music, live & silent auctions, a patient speaker, & more. Your contributions help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. $100/individual tickets; $175 VIP tickets. stjude.org/sunsetinthevines

---------------------THE EDMUND FITZGERALD: THE STORIES - THE SONG: 7pm, Fife Lake Public Library.

With Mike Fornes. 231-879-4101. Free.

---------------------AIRLIFTER BRASS U.S. AIR FORCE BRASS QUINTET: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House.

Airlifter Brass performs every genre of music from traditional brass quintet repertoire & original arrangements of patriotic favorites to jazz standards & pop tunes. Free; tickets required. theoperahouse.org

---------------------SLEDGE-O-MATIC EXPERT & COMEDIAN GALLAGHER: 7:30pm, Kalkaska County Fair. $10 advance, $15 gate. kalkaskacountyfaironline.com

---------------------VINCE GILL: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. This country legend has a 40-year career so far, which includes 21 Grammys, 18 Country Music Association Awards & 28 million albums sold. He released his 18th studio album in Feb.: “Down to My Last Bad Habit.” $55 platinum, $50 gold, $45 silver,

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$38 bronze. tickets.interlochen.org/events/ vince-gill/august-21-2019-730pm

---------------------YESONG SOPHIE LEE: 8-10pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Besides winning First Prize at the 2016 Menuhin International Junior Violin Competition in London at the age of 12, Yesong Sophie Lee has soloed with numerous orchestras including the London Philharmonia Orchestra, Berlin’s Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Suisse Romande, the Seattle Symphony, & the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. $30. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/yesongsophie-lee-in-recital-violin

aug 22

thursday

E M M E T- C H A R L E V O I X COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 20)

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INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Little Beaver and the Echo” by Amy MacDonald & a hands-on activity. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------NATIVE AMERICAN IMPACT ON THE REGION: 12:30pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen.

This presentation reveals the history & impact of one of our region’s native tribes, led by Little River Band of Ottawa Indians Historic Preservation Department Director Jay Sam. Advanced registration required: 922-4911. Free.

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KALKASKA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR: (See Weds., Aug. 21)

---------------------MUSIC ON MAIN: DOS HIPPIES: 6-8pm, Village at Bay Harbor.

---------------------STREET MUSIQUE: FINALE!: 6-8pm, Downtown Harbor Springs & waterfront. Children’s activities, live music, & local dining & shopping.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------WINE & CHEESE WITH FRANCES DE PONTES PEEBLES: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Frances is the author of “The Air You Breathe.” Reservations requested: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------A POETRY WORKSHOP: FINDING BEAUTY & RHYTHM IN POETRY: 6:30-7:30pm, Interlochen Public Library, Conference Room. The poets discussed include Mary Oliver, Phillip Levine, Jim Harrison, Joy Harjo, the new Poet Laureate, Fleda Brown, & Jack Gilbert. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------ALDEN EVENING STROLL: 7-9pm, Downtown Alden. Featuring live music by Brian Ashton & street entertainers. Shops & restaurants also stay open late.

---------------------CHARLES EISENDRATH: 7pm, Dog Ears Books, Northport. Charles is the author of “Downstream from Here,” a memoir of essays about his colorful career(s) as a foreign correspondent & head of the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowships at the University of Michigan.

Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, GT Pavilions Campus, Grand Lawn, TC. Featuring K. Jones and the Benzie Playboys. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------LIVE ON THE LAKE: DOUG THOMAS: 7-9pm, East Park Performance Pavilion, downtown Charlevoix. Doug covers artists of all genres, from folk to classic rock to alternative country to country.

---------------------UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRLIFTER BRASS: 7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. This brass quintet with percussion is known for their versatility. They perform every genre of music from traditional brass quintet repertoire & original arrangements of patriotic favorites to jazz standards & pop tunes. Free; tickets required. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ united-states-air-force-airlifter-brass

2ND ANNUAL MOVIES IN THE PARK: 9:30pm, Alanson Community Park, Alanson.

Featuring “Dumbo.”

aug 23

friday

E M M E T- C H A R L E V O I X COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 20)

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LELAND SIDEWALK SALES: 9am-5pm, Aug. 23-24.

---------------------DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Chase bubbles & draw with chalk. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------AARP DRIVERS SAFETY CLASS: 10:30am5pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom.

A safe driver course designed for drivers 50 years of age & older. Learn the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques, & how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s increasing challenging driving environment.

Registration required. Free. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 10:30am, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, 2nd floor conference room, Frankfort.

Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. Free. munsonhealthcare.org/ classes-and-events/classes-events

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, gazebo, Petoskey. Featuring Fowler & Richey - Old Time Fiddle & Banjo Duet.

---------------------LIVELYLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL: Various locations in Empire. Enjoy live music by The Go Rounds, The Sea The Sea, Escaping Pavement, Seth Bernard & many others. $25-$65. thelivelylands.com

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KALKASKA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR: (See Weds., Aug. 21)

---------------------FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: 5:30-9pm, Front St., Downtown TC. Live music by The Lofteez, art, games, food & free family fun.

---------------------NORTHLAND WEAVERS & FIBER ARTS GUILD MEETING: 6pm, Dennos Museum Center, Janis Room, TC. Featuring award-winning artist Sarah Fortin. Sarah’s presentation, “Weaving in 3 Dimensions: Textiles and Corded Baskets,” will show how she pushes the boundaries of weaving into new territory through her use of materials & techniques. Free. northlandweaversguild.com

---------------------STROLL THE STREETS: 6-9pm, Downtown Boyne City. Featuring the Inland String Band.

---------------------BALLOONS OVER BELLAIRE: 6:30pm, Sha nty Creek Resort, Bellaire. Featuring over 20 hot air balloonists. Gather atop the slopes of Summit Mountain to watch the balloons take flight. shantycreek.com/event/balloons-over-bellaire

---------------------KINGSLEY HERITAGE DAYS: Aug. 23-25.

Tonight features Methodist Church in the Park.

Food & drink at 6:30pm; Christian Concert featuring the Muwendo Childrens Choir at 7pm. kingsleyheritagedays.net/events

---------------------“SHOWSTOPPERS”: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Presented by the OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. Adults: $15; youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------MUSIC IN THE PARK, NORTHPORT: 7pm, Marina Park, Northport. Eclectic jazz with the Ron Don Quartet.

---------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring roots & bluegrass by Dragon Wagon.

---------------------SKID ROW: 8pm, Leelanau Sands Casino, Showroom, Peshawbestown. Catch this multi-

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platinum rock band & celebrate 30 years since their first iconic album. $35-$60. startickets. com/events/item/skidrow

aug 24

saturday

AUTHORS SIGNINGS: 11am-1pm: Bill Smith will sign his book “Chickadeeland.”

1-3pm: Pamela Cameron will sign her book “Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes.”

3-5pm: Janet R. Douglas will sign her book “A Wonderful Stroke of Luck.” Horizon Books, TC. horizonbooks.com

---------------------KINGSLEY HERITAGE DAYS: Aug. 23-25. Today includes a 5K & Fun Run, Pancake Breakfast, Done Softball Tournament, “Tailgating in Paradise” Parade, Kingsley Sportsman Club BB Gun Shoot, live music by Zach Brayton & Rebooted, Youth & Adult Pizza Eating Contest & much more. Free. kingsleyheritagedays.net

---------------------BALLOONS OVER BELLAIRE: 7:30am. Balloon flight over Torch Lake. Featuring over 20 hot air balloonists.

---------------------IRONMAN KIDS FUN RUN: 7:45am, Open Space Park, TC. ironman.com

---------------------RAPA NUI - POWER ISLAND: 8am, Bowers Harbor, TC. Paddle 3 miles to Power Island, run 2.5 miles around the island, & paddle back to finish. paddleguru.com/races/PowerIslandRAPANUI2019

---------------------EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 20)

---------------------LELAND SIDEWALK SALES: 9am-5pm, Aug. 23-24.

---------------------30TH ANNUAL CORVETTE CROSSROADS AUTO SHOW & BRIDGE PARADE: Hundreds of Corvettes are on display at the Mackinaw Crossings Mall parking lot from 10am2pm. The Corvette procession will cross the Mackinac Bridge at 7pm. Line up at 6pm in the Mackinaw Crossings lot.

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ALDEN DEPOT ART FESTIVAL & MODEL TRAIN SHOW: 10am-5pm, Alden Depot.

---------------------BENZIE LONG LAKE WATER TOUR: 10am.

Register by contacting John Ransom: 231-8824391; john@benziecd.org. Meet at end of Long Lake Rd., north of Round Lake off M-22. Free, please pre-register. benziecd.org

---------------------FOREST IMMERSION AT SWANSON PRESERVE, CEDAR: 10am. Join docents Shelly Yeager, Sharon Oriel & Mary Tris on a walk through ancient cedars to the shores of Lime Lake. Please sign up. Free. leelanauconservancy.org/events/hikes

---------------------MACKINAW PREMIER ARTS & CRAFT SHOW: 10am-7pm, Mackinaw City.

---------------------THE HIGHLANDER: 10am, Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. This mountain bike race with a 7-9 mile loop, along with road rollout & singletrack return, will take you through some of northern MI’s most scenic & challenging trails. $45+. ridethehighlander.com

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TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN TOURS: 10:30am, Downtown, TC. Meet at the Perry Hannah statue at the corner of Sixth & Union streets. These tours are conducted by guides with a special interest in TC history & provide an experience of TC’s past. Find ‘TAHS Downtown Walking Tours’ on Facebook. Suggested $10 donation.

---------------------LIVELYLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL: (See Fri., Aug. 23)

---------------------DISNEY’S THE JUNGLE BOOK, KIDS: (See Sat., Aug. 17)

KALKASKA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR: (See Weds., Aug. 21)

---------------------SAVING BIRDS ANNUAL EXTRAVAGANZA: 4pm, Saving Birds Thru Habitat, Omena.

Award-winning, best-selling author Doug Tallamy returns to present “Are Alien Plants Really Bad?”. Western swing music by the True Falsettos, wine & heavy hors d’oeuvres & silent auction. Space is limited; reservations required - online at savingbirds.org or by calling 231271-3738. $45. savingbirds.org

---------------------“SHOWSTOPPERS”: 5pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Presented by the OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. Adults: $15; youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------TASTE OF BOYNE HIGHLANDS: 6-9pm, Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Featuring Heisman Trophy winner, Super Bowl MVP & wine proprietor Charles Woodson, who will be bringing a selection of his wines & doing a bottle signing. Meet & greet this former Wolverine. $30; includes 5 tasting tickets. boynehighlands.com

---------------------BALLOONS OVER BELLAIRE: (See Fri., Aug. 23)

---------------------COUNTRY DANCE: 7pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. Featuring the Straight Forward Band. 231-263-4499.

---------------------THE COME UP == HIP-HOP CONCERT: 7-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Northern MI hip-hop talent, including headliner Clay Meadows, along with Drebb, Letter B, M-Five, Markavelli & Blissful. $10. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------CUMMINGS STRING QUARTET: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. The Cummings String Quartet is a northern MI-based ensemble who performs with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra & the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. Call 231627-5841 for free tickets. Find on Facebook.

---------------------SOUSA!: 7:30pm, Northport Community Arts Center. Annual salute to America’s March King, John Philip Sousa, by the Northport Community Band. $5-$15.

---------------------THE SERIES @ LAVENDER HILL FARM: 7:30pm, Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City. Featuring Detroit’s singer/songwriter Jill Jack. $15$25.50. lavenderhillfarm.com

---------------------GARY ALLAN: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This country music star brings his hits, including “Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)” $50, $60, $65. lrcr.com

---------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring classical pop quartet The Harbor Strings.

---------------------THE JOFFREY BALLET: BEAUTIFULLY MOVING: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. This world-class, Chicago-based ballet company & dance education organization has performed major story ballets, reconstructions of masterpieces & contemporary works. $40, $70, $115, $125. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ the-joffrey-ballet-beautifully-moving

aug 25

sunday

IRONMAN 70.3/TRAVERSE CITY: SOLD OUT: 7am, Open Space Park, TC. The race consists of a 1.2 mile swim in West Grand Traverse Bay, a 56 mile bike through Leelanau County & Benzie County, & a 13.1 mile run along Boardman Lake, finishing on Front St. in downtown TC. ironman.com

---------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: Diana Matuszak will sign her book “To Kale and Back” at Horizon Books, TC from 1-4pm. horizonbooks.com

EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 20)

---------------------KINGSLEY HERITAGE DAYS: Aug. 23-25.

Today includes Church in the Park at Brownson Park. kingsleyheritagedays.net/events

---------------------MACKINAW PREMIER ARTS & CRAFT SHOW: 10am-3pm, Mackinaw City.

---------------------MODEL TRAIN SHOW: 10am-4pm, Alden Depot.

---------------------RECOVERY ROAD RIDE POKER RUN: 10am, TC Masonic Center on GT West Bay, TC. Poker Run Fundraiser to support students whose parents have lost their battle with addiction. Food, music, silent auction & more. $5 per wheel. tcmasons.com/upcoming-events

---------------------LIVELYLANDS MUSIC FESTIVAL: (See Fri., Aug. 23)

---------------------“SHOWSTOPPERS”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. Presented by the OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. Adults: $15; youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------CARDINAL FLOWERS AT TEICHNER PRESERVE, CEDAR: 2pm. Join docents Karl Hausler & Mary Tris on a walk through this ecologically rich preserve at a time of year when the stunning cardinal flower should be putting on a show. Please sign up. Free. leelanauconservancy.org/events/hikes

with pianist Peter Bergin that includes American classical music & ragtime. $5-$16. musichouse.org/upcoming-events

---------------------HARRY GOLDSON QUINTET: 7:30pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Enjoy live jazz music with Harry Goldson, Steve Sandner, Elgin Vines, Will Harris & Jim Cooper. $25. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------JACK WILLIAMS: 7:30pm, The Rhubarbary, 3550 Five Mile Creek Rd., Harbor Springs.

Described as “one of the strongest guitarists in contemporary folk” by Sing Out! Magazine, Williams has been touring the U.S. for the past 50 years, & has added several other countries as well. 231-499-8038. Donation of $20 requested.

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BLOOMS & BIRDS: WILDFLOWER WALK: Tuesdays, 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. A relaxing stroll on the trails with Grass River Natural Area docent Julie Hurd to find & identify wildflowers. Along the way listen & look for the birds that call Grass River home. grassriver.org

---------------------BOYNE CITY’S STROLL THE STREETS: Fridays at 6pm through Labor Day, downtown Boyne City comes alive as families & friends gather to “stroll the streets,” listening to music, enjoying entertainment, children’s activities & more. boynecitymainstreet.com

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CHERRY CAPITAL CYCLING CLUB MON. EVENING PENINSULA RIDE: Mondays, 6pm, TC Central High School, west side parking lot.

Old Mission Peninsula ride out along East Bay & return along West Bay. Beware of high traffic areas & please ride single file in these areas, especially Center Rd. along East Bay & Peninsula Dr. along West Bay, south of Bowers Harbor. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

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FREE PROGRAM FOR THOSE WITH MEMORY LOSS: Peace Ranch, TC. Hosted by the Evergreen Experience. This farming & gardening program for those with memory loss is held on Saturdays through Aug., 9-11am. Register.

810-299-1479. mievergreenexperience.com

---------------------PG WHAT HAVE I SEEN?!?: 2-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Enjoy bad movies, good popcorn & many laughs. This event is free for all teens 1117. tadl.org/event/pg-what-have-i-seen-2

TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY OAKWOOD CEMETERY TOURS: 4pm. Meet at the main entrance of Oakwood Cemetery off of Eighth St., directly across from the intersection of Fair Street & Eighth Street, TC. Find ‘TAHS Oakwood Cemetery Tours’ on Facebook.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY CELEBRATION: Horton Bay General Store, Boyne City. Celebrate young Ernie Hemingway’s summer life in this region in “downtown” Horton Bay. A social hour begins at 5pm & includes music & readings from Hemingway’s short stories. A free screening of the new documentary on young Hemingway will follow in the First Methodist Church at 7pm. Ice cream at the General Store will follow the screening. Admission to the social hour is $5 & reservations are required: 231.535.2440.

A reservation for both the pre-screening party & a DVD of the documentary film is $15.

---------------------PETER BERGIN & AN EVENING IN THE AMERICAN PARLOR: 7-8:30pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. Enjoy a concert

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---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: Mon., Tues., Weds. at 2pm. The tours begin & end at Perry Hannah Plaza - 6th & Union streets. Each tour is about two & a half hours of slow walking over a two-mile route, with a rest stop at the TC Visitors Center.

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Tuesdays, 11am through Sept. 17.

Munson Home Health, 618 S. Mitchell St., Ste. A, Cadillac. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. Info: 800-2522065. munsonhealthcare.org

---------------------STONE CIRCLE GATHERINGS: Performance poetry, storytelling & music are featured

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HAND-CRAFTED O N LY A T Y O U R N E I G H B O R H O O D B I G A P P L E B A G E L S ®

at this outdoor amphitheater every Sat. through Labor Day weekend at 9:15pm. Poet bard Terry Wooten will host the gatherings around the fire.

Stone Circle is located ten miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr., then follow the signs. There is a $5 donation for adults; $3 for 12 & under. 231-264-9467.

---------------------THURSDAY NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: Thursdays, 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Open to all, but geared for intermediate level riders & new racers. You’ll get a chance to ride a lap of the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Race Course including the Crystal Climb. Meet at the Park at Water’s Edge. Rental bike with helmet: $19. Helmet only: $10. crystalmountain.com/ event/thursday-night-mountain-bike-ride

---------------------TUESDAY BIKE NIGHTS & CAR CRUISEINS: Tuesdays, 6-9pm, Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Bring your favorite roadster, hog, or coupe. There will also be free chairlift rides, a weekly raffle to benefit local charities & giveaways. boynemountain.com

---------------------YOGA + BEER AT SILVER SPRUCE BREWING COMPANY, TC: Sundays, 11am through Aug. 25. eventbrite.com

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ARTS OF OUR MEMBERS ANNUAL EXHIBIT & SALE: The Village Arts Building, Northport. Paintings, photography, wood work, fiber art & more. Runs 12-4pm through Aug. 25. northportartsassociation.org

---------------------“HARBOR SPRINGS: THEN & NOW”: Shay Hexagon House, Harbor Springs. Each piece of art from this exhibition is a snapshot of the people, events & landscapes which make up the heritage of Harbor Springs. Fridays & Saturdays, 11am3pm through Oct. 12. harborspringshistory.org

---------------------“MEMBERS CREATE” EXHIBITION: Glen Arbor Arts Center. Showcasing the talents of 50-plus GAAC members working in 2D & 3D media. Runs through Aug. 29. glenarborart.org

---------------------“SEA TO SKY”: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Solo show of MI artist Edward Duff. Featuring recognizable scenes of the region & beyond. Show runs during gallery hours through Sept. 1. higherartgallery.com

---------------------THE MAGIC THURSDAY ARTISTS SUMMER SHOW & SALE: City Opera House, TC. Runs through Aug. Enjoy over 100 works of original art in oil, pastel, acrylic & watercolor.

Hours are weekdays from 10am-5pm. A special feature this year is “Art Takes Flight,” a nod to the beauty of birds in northern MI. cityoperahouse.org

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - “LOCAL COLOR”: This exhibition series highlights outstanding examples of art, design & craft created by artists in the region. Aug. features the work of Martha Landis & Connie Landis.

- “IMPRESSIONS SMALL WORKS SHOWCASE”: Runs through Aug. Presented by the American Impressionist Society. Nearly 200 original paintings from artists across the nation will be on display for this showcase. crookedtree.org

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - “ARMAND MERIZON: HIS LIFE AND ART”: Armand was a lifelong Grand Rapids painter remembered for his detailed landscapes & brilliantly colored abstractions. Runs through Sept. 8.

- “LEE SUNG KEUN: INTERCONNECTED”: S. Korean artist Lee Sung Keun creates sculptures of primordial shapes that, at first sight, evoke human cells or the notion of fertility.

Runs through Sept. 22.

- “MINGLINGS: THE MIGRATION”: Featuring internationally recognized fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel. Inspired by a 17th century Ming dynasty textile fragment that traveled in its day from China to Portugal. Runs through Sept. 8.

- “TRANSFIGUREMENT II”: MI ceramic artist Susanne Stephenson presents this retrospective exhibition. Runs through Sept. 8. Open daily 10am-5pm & Sundays from 1-5pm. dennosmuseum.org

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- JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT CALL FOR ENTRIES: Awards for 2-D & 3-D artwork. Entries can be in any fine art medium except photography. MI artists 16 years of age & older may enter. Submissions (limited to 3) must be dropped off at the GACA Arts Center from Aug. 20-29 during hours of 11am-3pm, Tues.-Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat. Exhibit runs Sept. 4 - Nov. 1. $20 GACA members/$30 non-members. gaylordarts.org

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MTV VMAS NOMINATING SWIFT, JONAS BROS, EILISH The 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) are coming up fast. Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande lead the nominations with 10 each, followed up by Billie Eilish, who has nine. Nominees for the big Video of the Year award are Swift (“You Need to Calm Down”), Jonas Brothers (“Sucker”), Ariana Grande (“Thank U, Next”), Billie Eilish (“Bad Guy”), 21 Savage (“A Lot”), and Lil Nas (“Old Town Road (Remix) feat.

Billy Ray Cyrus”). Vote at mtv.com/vma/ vote and watch who wins when the awards show airs on MTV on Aug. 26…

Michigan singer Olivia Vargas (Conrad Shock/The Noise) has launched a new album project that’s “kind of ” a solo effort; she’s got a full backing band, but it’s very much a Vargas showcase. The album, Bloom, includes tracks “Medusa,” “6 AM,” “Underlying Meanings,” and more, and also features the work of guitarist Michael Pierce. Vargas just wrapped a series of live shows throughout Grand Rapids, and more promotional shows and events are said to be on the way soon …

The Detroit premiere of Berry Gordy’s documentary on the Motown music scene is taking place this week, with a show on Aug. 24 at the Emagine Royal Oak theater.

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Motown (as directed by brothers Ben and Gabe Turner), focuses on the Motown label’s Detroit era, from its founding in the late 1950s, follow its move to Los Angeles in the early ’70s, and highlights all of the Motown artists that passed through both sets of doors. The movie debuted Aug. 8 in Los Angeles, with Gordy and Motown star Smokey Robinson in attendance …

Twenty One Pilots has added another leg of North American dates to its Bandito tour, which launches Sept. 9 in Tampa, Florida, and continues onward until the Tulsa, Oklahoma, show Nov. 9, all in support of the band’s latest album, Trench. Other stops on the tour will include Minneapolis on Oct. 24; Des Moines, Iowa, on Oct. 25; Los Angeles on Nov. 1; and Fort Worth, Texas, on Nov. 8. No additional Midwest dates have been added yet …

LINK OF THE WEEK Singer Luke Spiller is the featured performer on a new Dodge commercial that cranks out a new version of an old Motown favorite, Martha and the Vandellas’ “Dancing in the Street” (previously covered by David Bowie and Rolling Stone Mick Jagger). Check out the fun clip at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=5K04zJotCOs …

THE BUZZ Holland, Michigan, outfit Daves at 7 has just held the release party for its debut album, Blue Collar Baby, a mix of bluegrass and ukulele music similar to Alison Krauss and Sheryl Crow …

Jack White and The Raconteurs kicked off their North American tour at the Masonic Temple Theater in Detroit last week, with over 4,000 people in attendance and White Stripes

drummer Meg White on site as a guest …

Phantogram and Bob Moses will take the stage at The Fillmore in Detroit on Aug. 29 …

You can relive the ’90s with Lenny Kravitz this fall — he’ll be at the Fox Theater in Detroit on Sept. 5 … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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The reel

by meg weichman

ONCE UPON A TIME IN … HOLLYWOOD the lion king

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This might be the movie where I finally breakup with Quentin Tarantino. Like so many a film student, I fell for the game-changing virtuosity of Pulp Fiction and followed him from there. And sure, there have always been things that bothered me about his subsequent films, from the use of the N-word and dehumanization of women to the glorification of violence (you can say it’s satirical all you want ... ), but the films were always somehow more than the sum of their parts.

It is with his latest and most personal film, Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood, that I feel things finally don’t add up. Which is surprising, considering this “love letter” to Tinseltown dwells on many things many of us share a personal affinity for: nostalgia for a Golden Age of Hollywood that never really was, mid-century Los Angeles, Sharon Tate’s murder, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and so on. But it is maybe my interest in all these things that gave me the perspective to see how indulgent, how festish-istic this film about the film industry — from a man who built his career off of film references — actually is.

So while it might have undeniable creative verve, eye-candy design and cinematography, a perfect bop of a soundtrack, an intoxicating mood, and a stellar only-Quentin-can-get-out-of-an-actor performances, when combined with meandering plot, empty characterizations, and the abhorrent depictions of women and people of color, well, you’ve lost me.

Set in 1969, a time when movies were still pictures, and the studios were in free fall as they tried to keep apace with the changing times, the film is a pseudo buddy comedy of sorts, focused on down-sliding actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double/driver/all-around guy Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Dalton was once the star of a Gunsmoke-style success of a TV series called Bounty Law, and after trying his hand at a movie career, he’s been reduced to taking TV guest spots. Meanwhile Cliff isn’t wanted on the set (he supposedly killed his wife and got away with it), lives in a sad trailer behind a drive-in movie theater, and other than Rick, his only other friend is his loyal Rottweiler.

DiCaprio and Pitt are maybe the last two true Hollywood stars, fading remnants of a lost era of filmdom that this film so exalts, which, as much as I may want to glamorize, I do also have to remember it was (and still pretty much is) an oppressive system of white male power.

n the circle of life, The Lion King has come back around to write Disney another king-sized check. This new “live-action” (I guess that’s what you call a bunch of CGI animals with creepily moving mouths and celebrity voices?) adaptation of the beloved film has already had the ninth-largest global debut of all time. Yet, while it is another undeniable financial success, of all the recent remakes of the Disney Renaissance films, this is the mostly likely to set Disney back. Directed by Jon Favreau (The Jungle Book, Elf), the film begins on a discouragingly low note. Though it seemed impossible to do, Favreau’s nearly shotfor-shot remake of the classic opening scene is emotionally lackluster; in the original film, it had been the most stirring part.

While visually impressive, the hyper-realistic animation of the animals ultimately hurts this adaptation, stripping the film of the creativity and imagination that gave the original so much heart. Yet, if it was Favreau’s agenda to simply make a stunning moving portrait of animals, I’ll admit that The Lion King is pretty.

But too much of the screen time is devoted to apathetic-looking but spirited-sounding animals, making it difficult to appreciate the visual beauty. And the hyper-realistic savannah is also drab and desolate, and it never seems to truly come alive. So if you really want to enjoy the majesty of the natural world, just skip this film and go watch the sunset at Bryant Park.

charm shines, and the whole thing kinda feels like cruising with the windows down and the music up.

And if you’ve been wondering how the film is about the Manson murders, it really kind of isn’t. Or it really kind of is. Facts are that Rick lives on Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, which, as any true crime-loving person of any salt knows, is where Sharon Tate was murdered.

So early on in the film we see Sharon and her husband, director Roman Polanski, move in next door.

The film kind of follows Sharon, on the days of February 8 and 9, months away from the looming August fate. We see her attend a party at the Playboy Mansion and go watch herself play a klutz — in the real Tate film The Wrecking Crew — with an audience at a local theater (the Bruin, in Westwood). It’s an incredibly slight depiction. I would love to see Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, but I don’t think she really got to do that here. She mostly just dances and listens to records in the same way Rick and Cliff just drive cars to music. But I do hand it to Tarantino, because it’s hard not fall under the spell of the exuberant way he matches image to music as he takes us on a vibrant and often beautiful pop-culture joyride.

The stories, however, never really come together.

And in addition to Tate’s less than fully formed human depiction, we get a scene that suggests Cliff might have killed his wife because she was a nag who deserved it. And when Cliff marries again, his Italian wife, Francesca, is presented as nothing more than a burden. Plus, there’s Tarantino’s well-documented predilection for women’s feet on full display, only adding to the troubling male gaze.

Because the bulk of the film takes place on the aforementioned two days in February, we have to fast-forward six months to Aug. 8 and 9, and it all feels tacked on and rushed, leading us to a controversial ending that is both a twist and somehow not surprising in light of Tarantino’s penchant for historical revision. In the end, it seems the film is not about the Manson Family, or Sharon Tate, or even Dalton or Booth; it’s about Tarantino, and all the stuff he likes.

And there’s really not much more by the way of plot. The film meanders from one vignette to the next, encountering a couple of showstopping set pieces along the way (Rick on set with a child actor, a phenomenal Julia Butters; Cliff getting into a hilarious fight with Bruce Lee; and a shot of classic neon signs of L.A. coming to life that will knock your socks off).

Violence in a Tarantino film has never really bothered me before, but here it is used so sparingly, and largely at the very end, that it really leaves an impression — that impression being that the supremely giddy and horrifying violence against women (I get it, giddy violence is pretty much the Tarantino way) does not offer any promise of catharsis, but only seems glib.

It capitalizes on a real tragedy to uphold the illusory and patriarchal power of Hollywood, leaving me feeling terribly empty and thinking this was certainly no fairy tale.

It’s a real hangout movie, of idiosyncratic character beats and chill vibes. Pitt’s laid-back

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

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the art of self-defense

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his wasn’t a film I enjoyed. I think it’s for a very particular type of person. And it’s perhaps not without merit but was definitely not for a wide audience. A dark satire — satire I say, because it is supposed to be funny — Jesse Eisenberg stars as Casey, a meek, mild-mannered milquetoast kind of guy who works as an accountant in a bland office and lives a lonely life in a drab apartment with his dachshund in Anywhere, USA. After being attacked by a roving gang of motorcyclists, fate takes him to a mini-mall dojo to be trained in the art of karate. There, he comes under the spell of the sensei, played by Alessandro Nivola, and the sensei’s hypermasculine pseudo spiritualism, as a new and disturbing “Fight Club”-esque world of testosterone displays opens up to him. From its stilted and awkward dialogue to its painfully deadpan approach, The Art of Self-Defense takes a humorous approach but is never really that funny. Attempting a fairly obvious critique of toxic masculinity, the film takes you on some very dark, twisted, and bizarre turns, but ultimately it doesn’t really go anywhere.

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ark Phoenix (the latest and penultimate film in the 20th Century Fox X-Men saga) is a film that feels both rushed and sluggish. Advancing the overall arc (and setting up the final installment) is pretty much all this film accomplishes, which is disappointing considering all it has to work with. Set roughly 10 years after the events of the previous film in the series (2016’s X-Men: Apocolypse), Professor Charles Xavier (James McAvoy, bald telekinesis guy in wheelchair) has finally seen his life’s dream accomplished: a world of respect and tolerance of mutants. But then one of his do-gooders, Jean Grey (Game of Throne’s Sophie Turner, normal-looking telekinesis lady) absorbs a weird energy field on a mission in space that amplifies her powers to an uncontrollable degree.

So what happens? Fightin’, of course, and lots of it. There are a few decent set pieces where everybody gets in their licks and we get to see the full suite of everyone’s powers and abilities. And for those few minutes of action, you sort of forget how boring the rest of the film has been. But just when you’re feeling warmed up, it all ends rather abruptly. I honestly can’t tell if that’s due to the story itself or that we’ve all been conditioned to expect superhero films to last upwards of three hours.

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Ideally, your friends’ responsiveness should not compare unfavorably to a giant hole — especially not when you’re all “Yoohoo...I’m kinda devastated about my dad!” But before you decide to “demote” friends, there are a couple of things to consider: “evolutionary mismatch” and our reliance on technology to get messages across flawlessly.

Evolutionary mismatch, a theory originated by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr, refers to how we modern humans are driven by an antique psychological operating system largely calibrated for the world of our human ancestors 2 1/2 million to 10,000 years ago.

This means, for example, that important triggers for others to take action that were there in the ancestral environment aren’t always present in our modern one.

Take expressions of sadness: Bodily expressions of sadness like tears or having all the spring in your step of a curbside couch are basically street corner sign spinners advertising our psychological state. When people see those behaviors, feelings of empathy automatically arise, motivating them to reach out with a hug or, at the very least, a mumbled kind word.

Expressions of sadness via smartphone text — in words on a tiny screen — lack the visual elements, the bodily signals, that evolved to trigger empathy. Also consider that many people think not knowing what to say is reason to say nothing. What they don’t realize is that saying nothing in a crisis is usually a bigger blunder — more hurtful — than saying the wrong thing would ever be.

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It’s also possible they missed your text. We rely on technology to keep us informed, and we forget how busy we are and that texts sometimes don’t go through or somebody hits their phone funny and a new text turns into an already read one (meaning the notification dot goes away).

BY Amy Alkon

This sounds like an excuse, and it may not be what happened. However, it’s possible. So it probably pays to check — ask, “Hey, did you see the text about my dad?” and keep the snarky ending silent: “...or do I need to tweet an orange tabby cat in scrubs giving a man chemotherapy?”

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: One of my best male friends is in a super toxic relationship. I’ve told him to end it many times, and he does, but then he gets roped back in. At this point, I don’t want to listen anymore, and I’m tired of saying the same thing. How do I convey that without blowing the friendship?

— Earache

If you wanted to repeat yourself constantly, A:you’ d get a side hustle as a parrot.

Let’s be honest. When a friend puts their relationship issues on endless repeat, it’s tempting to put the phone down while they’re talking and go prune your ivy. It’s tempting for anyone but probably more so for you because you’re a woman. Women, in general, have a tendency to be indirect — to hint at what they want rather than coming right out and stating it.

Women’s hintishness is often viewed as a flaw, but as I wrote recently, the late psychologist Anne Campbell, who researched female psychology and behavior, viewed it as an evolutionary feature. Campbell believed this indirectness evolved as a way for women — the baby carriers and primary child carers of the species — to avoid physical confrontation that could leave them hurt or dead. (If you don’t quite say something, somebody won’t quite have the ammunition to clobber you for it.)

But a tendency is not a mandate. You can understand why you, as a woman, might feel uncomfortable being direct — stating exactly what works for you — but you can decide to be direct despite that. To help keep the guy from seeing you as mean, unkind, or a crappy friend for saying “no mas” on hearing the sameoldsameold, explain, “I care about you, and it’s really painful to hear about you continuing to let yourself be abused.”

Follow this up with something like: “My advice has not changed, and I hope you’ll eventually take it. Until then, I’m sorry. I just can’t hear about this situation anymore.”

Difficult as this might be, it’s less invasive than the next-best option: having a string installed in the back of your head that you pull and out comes “So sorry to hear that” over and over and over again.

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AUG 19 - AUG 25

BY ROB BREZSNY

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The American idiom “stay in your

lane” has come to mean “mind your own business,” and usually has a pejorative sense. But I’d like to expand it and soften it for your use in the coming weeks. Let’s define it as meaning “stick to what you’re good at and know about” or “don’t try to operate outside your area of expertise” or “express yourself in ways that you have earned the right to do.” Author Zadie Smith says that this is good advice for writers. “You have to work out what it is you can’t do, obscure it, and focus on what works,” she attests. Apply that counsel to your own sphere or field, Leo.

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

researcher Jonas Salk developed a successful polio vaccine, so he had a strong rational mind. Here’s how he described his relationship with his non-rational way of knowing. He said, “It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It’s my partner.” I bring this up, Capricorn, because the coming weeks will be a favorable time to celebrate and cultivate your own intuition.

You may generate amazing results as you learn to trust it more and figure out how to deepen your relationship with it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian

environmentalist Edward Abbey once formulated a concise list of his requirements for living well. “One must be reasonable in one’s demands on life,” he wrote. “For myself, all that I ask is: 1. accurate information; 2. coherent knowledge; 3. deep understanding; 4. infinite loving wisdom; 5. no more kidney stones, please.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be an excellent time for you to create your own tally of the Five Crucial Provisions. Be bold and precise as you inform life about your needs.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): “We may be

surprised at whom God sends to answer our prayers,” wrote author Janette Oke. I suspect that observation will apply to you in the coming weeks. If you’re an atheist or agnostic, I’ll rephrase her formulation for you: “We may be surprised at whom Life sends to answer our entreaties.” There’s only one important thing you have to do to cooperate with this experience: set aside your expectations about how help and blessings might appear.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s not cost-

efficient to recycle plastic. Sorting and processing the used materials to make them available for fresh stuff is at least as expensive as creating new plastic items from scratch. On the other hand, sending used plastic to a recycling center makes it far less likely that it will end up in the oceans and waterways, harming living creatures. So in this case, the shortterm financial argument in favor of recycling is insubstantial, whereas the moral argument is strong. I invite you to apply a similar perspective to your upcoming decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): African American

slaves suffered many horrendous deprivations.

For example, it was illegal for them to learn to read. Their oppressors feared that educated slaves would be better equipped to agitate for freedom, and took extreme measures to keep them illiterate. Frederick Douglass was one slave who managed to beat the ban. As he secretly mastered the art of reading and writing, he came upon literature that ultimately emboldened him to escape his “owners” and flee to safety. He became one of the nineteenth century’s most powerful abolitionists, producing reams of influential writing and speeches. I propose that we make Douglass your inspiring role model for the coming months. I think you’re ready to break the hold of a certain curse—and go on to achieve a gritty success that the curse had prevented you from accomplishing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): For twenty-five

years, businessman Don Thompson worked for the McDonald’s fast food company, including three years as its CEO. During that time, he oversaw the sale and consumption of millions of hamburgers. But in 2015, he left McDonald’s and became part of Beyond Meat, a company that sells vegan

alternatives to meat. I could see you undergoing an equally dramatic shift in the coming months, Gemini: a transition into a new role that resembles but is also very different from a role you’ve been playing. I urge you to step up your fantasies about what that change might entail.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “The learning

process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot,” wrote author Audre Lorde. As an astrologer I would add this nuance: although what Lourde says is true, some phases of your life are more favorable than others to seek deep and rapid education. For example, the coming weeks will bring you especially rich teachings if you incite the learning process now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Yisrael Kristal was

a Polish Jew born under the sign of Virgo in 1903. His father was a scholar of the Torah, and he began studying Judaism and learning Hebrew at age three. He lived a long life and had many adventures, working as a candle-maker and a candy-maker.

When the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945, Kristal emerged as one of the survivors. He went on to live to the age of 113. Because of the chaos of World War I, he had never gotten to do his bar mitzvah when he’d turned thirteen. So he did it much later, in his old age. I foresee a comparable event coming up soon in your life, Virgo. You will claim a reward or observe a milestone or collect a blessing you weren’t able to enjoy earlier.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Sailors have used

compasses to navigate since the eleventh century. But that tool wasn’t enough to guide them. A thorough knowledge of the night sky’s stars was a crucial aid. Skill at reading the everchanging ocean currents always proved valuable. Another helpful trick was to take birds on the ships as collaborators.

While at sea, if the birds flew off and returned, the sailors knew there was no land close by. If the birds didn’t return, chances were good that land was near. I bring this to your attention, Libra, because I think it’s an excellent time to gather a number of different navigational tools for your upcoming quest. One won’t be enough.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): What do you

want from the allies who aren’t your lovers?

What feelings do you most enjoy while you’re in the company of your interesting, nonromantic companions? For instance, maybe you like to be respected and appreciated. Or perhaps what’s most important to you is to experience the fun of being challenged and stimulated. Maybe your favorite feeling is the spirit of collaboration and comradeship. Or maybe all of the above.

In any case, Scorpio, I urge you to get clear about what you want—and then make it your priority to foster it. In the coming weeks, you’ll have the power to generate an abundance of your favorite kind of non-sexual togetherness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): As the

CEO of the clothes company Zappos, Sagittarius entrepreneur Tony Hsieh is worth almost a billion dollars. If he chose, he could live in a mansion by the sea. Yet his home is a 200-square-foot, $48,000 trailer in Las Vegas, where he also keeps his pet alpaca. To be clear, he owns the entire trailer park, which consists of 30 other trailers, all of which are immaculate hotbeds of high-tech media technology where interesting people live. He loves the community he has created, which is more important to him than status and privilege. “For me, experiences are more meaningful than stuff,” he says. “I have way more experiences here.” I’d love to see you reaffirm your commitment to priorities like his in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. It’ll be a favorable time to do so.

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ACROSS 1 Georgia, once 4 Spotify release, maybe 9 Powerful influence 14 Whitman of “Good Girls” 15 Way more than one, in prefixes 16 Calf roper’s rope 17 Tahiti, par exemple 18 Arctic, e.g.

19 Out-and-out 20 Wrapped-up A-shaped beam in the garage?

23 1976 Wimbledon winner 24 Day-to-day grind 28 Tramp’s companion 29 OshKosh ___ (clothing brand) 32 Nerve cell impulse transmitter 33 Bucking animal, informally 34 Bothered 35 Your average places to create wooden boards?

40 City in 7-Down 41 Video chat problem 42 Suffix for gazillion 43 It’s fed at a curb 44 “The Nanny” portrayer Drescher 48 Enters, as a bar code 50 Solitary 51 High-achieving $10 bills?

55 Seiji with 2019’s “The Tokyo Gala Concert (Live)” 58 Not after 59 Kit ___ (candy bar) 60 All over the interwebs 61 Housing contract 62 Previously, on Shakespeare’s stage 63 Slack-jawed 64 Poly follower 65 Lincoln’s son DOWN 1 Robert who created Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 2 It may be on the tip of your tongue

3 Shortened, as a sail 4 “It’s ___ Unusual Day” 5 Enforcer Brasi of “The Godfather” 6 Spent frivolously 7 Bryce Canyon locale 8 A to A without any sharps or flats, e.g.

9 Pizza option 10 Reading group?

11 Porridge tidbit 12 Off-roading truck, briefly 13 “___ Baby” (1981 Toni Morrison novel) 21 Endeavor 22 “Go team!”

25 Jump in an ice rink 26 Frosty the Snowman’s eyes 27 Head experts?

29 Maidenform purchase 30 “Do unto others ...” principle 31 Beginning 33 ___-country (genre including Florida Georgia Line) 34 Comedian Schumer 35 Univ. application figures 36 Trump son played by Alex Moffat on “SNL” 37 Writer/director Ephron 38 Fair tradeoff 39 Part of WWI 43 “Paper Planes” rapper 44 Target of some shots 45 Harden or Westbrook, e.g.

46 Turkish capital 47 Placed one within another 49 Like old donuts 50 Better trained 52 “Yoshi’s Island” platform 53 Elephantlike machine seen in “The Empire Strikes Back” 54 Sagacious 55 Anatomical eggs 56 Change direction 57 Parseghian of Notre Dame fame

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