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Try Honey, Not Vinegar If Thomas Kachadurian wishes to “educate,” he might try refraining from denigrating those he wishes to inform rather than coming off as a pompous ass demonstrated by his “One Trigger, One Pull” opinion column [April 16 issue].

Fred Niles, Manistee Try Brevity and Unity Thomas Kachadurian’s recent putdown of anti-gun advocates is very divisive. He packs a group of people into a box of his own making and insults them. His longwinded “lesson” on semi-automatic weapons could have been summed up with one sentence: “Semi-automatic: one trigger pull, one round.”

Thanks for the “service,” Mr. K., but I believe most people know what semiautomatic means. People are concerned with gun violence in the real world, not what they see on TV. I would caution Mr. K about calling people concerned about the increasing gun violence “gun-banning advocates,” “gun grabbers,” “gun-dreading friends,” and “low-information activists.” Many are not opposed to gun ownership and hunting and are fully aware of constitutional rights.

Some own guns and know how to use them safely. What we are opposed to is the increasing prevalence and ease of obtaining and/or building automatic weapons, among other issues.

Something Mr. K. failed to mention in his lecture to us dummies is that AR-15s can be converted legally and easily to a nearly automatic weapon capable of firing 900 rounds per minute — not for Boy Scouts or sporting clays — and should not be compared to guns for those uses. If I sound like a child “struggling to understand an adult universe they aren’t ready to enter,” this child says all people should be working together to ensure that children have the opportunity to become adults.

BJ Ingwersen, Traverse City

Low Blow & Low Brow Another dozen-or-so dead teenagers and Mr. Kachadurian decides the most appropriate way to enter the conversation is to berate a C-list late-night host for misunderstanding the difference between automatic and semiautomatic rifles.

Jack Hagen Traverse City En Garde!

The people of the March For Our Lives movement want to restrict we the people from having military-style assault weapons.

If that happens, there would be a revolution, and I would be one of the first to start it. The Second Amendment is a God-given right to protect us from a tyrannical government, like the one we have right now. If the government — local, state, or federal — comes to take my guns, I will surrender them — bullets first, that is. If that seems harsh coming from a Christian, then please reread your Bible. What would Jesus say to get Himself beaten, tortured and murdered?

“But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.” (Luke 19:27) That’s what! At Luke 22:36, Jesus instructed His disciples to go buy the assault weapon of the day, a sword. I could care less what any government will allow or won’t allow because I get my authority from Yahweh, God, and His word. (Genesis 14:1416, Exodus 2:11,12, 22:2, I Samuel 13:19-22, Psalm 149:6-9, Luke 11:21, 12:39, 19:27, 22:38,38, I Timothy 5:8) Some adults want to restrict 18 year olds from purchasing guns until they’re 21. But it’s fine to join the military at 18 and give them fully automatic ones? Really! As far as greater mental health awareness goes, that depends on who’d be doing the analyzing and who would they be singling out. Pretty sure myself and many other armed Christians would fit the bill.

No, I don’t trust drug- pushing doctors — especially shrinks. The Greek word “pharmakeia” means medication, pharmacy, magic, sorcery, and witchcraft. So just say no to drugs, and then go buy your sword.

Gordon Lee Dean, Benzonia For Scout’s Honor After suffering Mr. Kachadurian’s bloviating missive I was left scratching my head as to what point he was trying to make.

His comment about Ms. Handler’s bodyguards being “armed with muskets and dueling pistols” and his stance on “gun-free zones” simply parrot what passes for journalistic integrity at a high number of far right “news” organizations and appear to not be an original thought. His own “spoon-fed talking points” exactly mirror those of Breitbart, Red State, and Bearing Arms, to mention a few. Referencing a TV show that had its season finale 12 years ago is hardly germane to the current situation.

His 939-word of rant to educate the public about automatic weapons falls far short for one who struggles to justify his point by mentioning his library board credentials.

As a responsible gun-owner myself, I applaud Mr. Kachadurian for giving clay pigeons a “sporting” chance with the twoshell limit. Unfortunately, with the easy availability of bump stocks, rapid-fire trigger systems, and large-capacity magazines, an inclined person now has the opportunity to shoot an entire 90-count box of clays in as little as three seconds while it sits defenseless on the ground, and this is the very point he refuses to recognize.

Mr. Kachadurian, I am not part of a “shouting mob,” nor do I retain a “selfrighteous superiority,” but when the “next

outrage” comes (regrettably, it will), I will still be on the right side of this equation, unlike yourself.

In the Boy Scouts, we were also guided to respect the beliefs of others and never harm or kill any living thing without good reason. It’s frightful that many of our fellow countrymen have discarded those wonderful lessons and remain blind to the true issue at hand.

John Hunter, Traverse City Post-military, No Need for Guns I have to admit that I read Mr. Kachadurian’s column and couldn’t help but smile. For the record, I grew up with guns. My first gun was a Springfield .22 caliber bolt action that I completely refinished and took immense pride in. I used a Remington Wingmaster shotgun for hunting and skeet shooting, and I can disassemble and reassemble an M-16A1 rifle with my eyes closed. I was authorized to carry an M-203 grenade launcher. And following my military service, I came to the conclusion that I didn’t need guns.

At times I lived in areas that some gun advocates would feel they really ought to have one. Interestingly, I never felt a need for a gun, don’t want a gun, and certainly don’t advocate that people carry guns other than for hunting. The reason for my smile was the short-sighted assumption by Kachadurian that those who are not gun advocates need his “lesson” to understand them. His little diatribe appeared to this reader as more an unnecessary braggadocious exposition than a beneficial advance of the conversation.

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

Another Strange Twist in Bank Heist Case ........10 The Arrangement..........................................12 Cookin’ Up the Jams.....................................14 Five Albums Every Northerner Should Own.......15 On the Move....................................................16 Scientist Gives up Software Career for Piano.....19 White on Rice..................................................20

dates................................................21-24 music FourScore.....................................................26 Nightlife........................................................28

columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................4

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...................................6 Opinion............................................................8 Weird..............................................................9 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................25 The Reel..........................................................27 Tom Speers, Fife Lake Advice Goddess...........................................29 Crossword...................................................29 Freewill Astrology.........................................30 Remember the Fourth Estate Three recent Letters pertaining to Classifieds..................................................31 Sinclair Broadcasting bring to mind something taught years ago but perhaps not so much today.

Not long after our national independence, an interesting political concept was brought to life that remains an essential component of a democratic republic: the “Fourth Estate.”

Per Wikipedia: “The Fourth Estate (or fourth power) is a segment of society that wields an indirect but significant influence on society even though it is not a formally recognized part of the political system. The most commonly recognized part of the fourth estate is the news media, or press.”

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The 82nd National Trout Festival runs Weds., April 25–Sun., April 29 in Kalkaska. Country music returns to the Trout Friday Concert with Melissa Lee and Kin Faux on Fri., April 27 from 7:30-9pm at Railroad Square. For a complete list of events, visit nationaltroutfestival.com

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A Michigan native with an impressive Hollywood background is the new executive director of the Traverse City Film Festival.

Joseph Beyer recently relocated from Los Angeles to Traverse City to take over the post, and he’s got his work cut out for him; he’s taking over just 15 weeks away from the weeklong festival’s July 31 kickoff).

Fest founder Michael Moore said Beyer is up to the task and, anyway, plans for this year’s event are well underway.

“We’ve been watching movies for the last seven or eight months, and finding movies is the most important thing,” Moore told Northern Express’ sister publication, The Ticker. “We were interviewing interns this and last week, we’ve got virtually all of the sponsors re-signed for this year. With Joe starting, we’ll be able to really start putting together the festival over the next six weeks.”

Beyer grew up in Holland and has worked for Hollywood institutions like Warner Brothers and the Sundance Institute, where he was director of digital initiatives. Beyer replaces Deb Lake, who left TCFF in December after 13 successful years.

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André the Giant

We don’t know where the term gentle giant first originated, but it was destined to describe André Roussimoff, aka André the Giant. And for those who only know him for his iconic portrayal as Fezick in The Princess Bride, with HBO’s fascinating new portrait you’ll never look at the 7-foot-4-inch, 520-pound wrestler the same. You’ll not only understand the French-born Andre’s game-changing role in the growing “WrestleMania” of the ’70s and ’80s but also come to appreciate the world of pro wrestling in a whole new way. Featuring interviews with fellow wrestling legends like André’s main “foe” (and reallife friend) Hulk Hogan, and Vince McMahon, along with family and friends, they peel away the myth this larger-than-life personality was shrouded in to beautifully and heartbreakingly reveal the man.

(As for you Princess Bride diehards, don’t worry — there’s still plenty of insightful reminisces from that cast, too.) André the Giant is streaming on HBO Now and HBO Go.

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BELLA ARANCINA

Lo Greco has a wicked sense of humor, but he takes his arancina seriously, emphasizing that this is the correct word for the famous Sicilian snack in the north, in his native Palermo, but noting with disdain that the people of Catania, in the south, make it in a different shape and call it arancino.

Either way, the root word is arancia, Italian for an orange, which the Palermo version resembles in both size and color.

The arancina on the Ballaró menu, while somewhat smaller than the original, is the same formula: a ball of cooked risotto rice stuffed with cheese, meat or fish, breaded and deep-fried. Lo Greco serves it in a pool of his rich red marinara sauce. “Our two most popular versions are done with a meat ragù or mozzarella and prosciutto,” he said. “But one of my favorites — because Palermo is on the ocean — is this one, with seafood.” That would be a mix of chopped squid, shrimp, scallops, mussels, and clams tucked inside a perfect sphere of saffron risotto. Delizioso! $8. PepeNero/Ballaró, 700 Cottageview Drive (inside the Village at Grand Traverse Commons), Traverse City. (231) 929-1960. pepenerotc.com

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Mackinac Travel Delayed!

Spring’s slow start delayed one of the season’s hallmark turning points.

Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry announced that they were forced to bump out the start date for service to the island until April 25.

In the announcement, the company blamed “unprecedented ice conditions” for the delay.

“We'd rather not point fingers or name names, but a certain someone named Mother Nature is to blame for this announcement,” the company wrote on its Facebook page. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and beg for your understanding as we plow, ram, and break our way into the upcoming season. Stay warm, friends. And we’ll see you real soon.”

While people can reach the island by air year-round, the island’s other ferry service did start up for the season, although intermittently. Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry began runs in mid-April but announced that travelers should contact the ferry service for up-to-date information about what times ferries would actually be able to run.

Free Shakespeare Primer in Frankfort

things we love Food & Fermentation The wee village of Elk Rapids is ringing in spring in a big way: Its DDA is launching the village’s first-ever Food & Fermentation Restaurant Week — although that week is a bit truncated, to four days — April 25–28. But for those four fab days, diners can indulge in deals like a two-course, two-wine pairing for $25 at Cellar 152; a special three-course menu for $30 at Siren Hall, and a special $30 menu at Pearl’s.

Drinkers will also find specials at the Town Club, Townline Ciderworks, and Ethanology distillation.

Chef Charles pizza, Harbor Café and the Cone Corral are also offering up some extras. Learn more at facebook.com/DowtownElkRapids.

If you are interested in but intimidated by Shakespeare, take heart. And then take in a performance — by the pros from Alpena’s Thunder Bay Theatre — at Oliver Art Center in Frankfort. On Saturday, April 28, at 2pm, “Binge the Bard” will introduce you to the equivalent of William Shakespeare’s greatest hits. The traveling theatre troupe has strung together Shakespeare’s most iconic sonnets, soliloquies, and scenes into an experience that’s said to be great for all ages. “We’re excited to offer a different type of art than our usual visual art,” said Mercedes Michalowski, Oliver Arts Center executive director. She said she was contacted by Thunder Bay Theatre, which bills itself northeast Michigan’s only professional year-round theatre. It was looking for presentation options on this side of the state, and Michalowski was happy to oblige.

“We’re always looking for opportunities to bring arts to Benzie County and the area, so having art come here is great.” The performance is free and open to the public. Call 352-4151 for more information.

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spectator by stephen tuttle Some Republicans running for the U.S. House of Representatives have adopted an interesting campaign strategy: Elect me, or they will impeach him. The Democrat corollary — elect me, and I will impeach him — hasn't yet appeared but likely will.

Articles of Impeachment had already passed the Judiciary Committee and were on their way to the full House) and convicted had he not chosen to resign.

It's entirely possible if Democrats regain control of the House there will be Articles of Impeachment introduced. Maybe even several. It's less likely any will get much further.

We now know Nixon could be heard on tape, among other outrages, ordering underlings to break in to the Brookings Institute, crack a safe, and destroy the Vietnam-related documents therein. That was an entire series of unmistakable high crimes in about 15 seconds.

To impeach — which only means to accuse — a president isn't so easy, and it's even harder to convict one. In fact, no president has ever been removed from office as the result of impeachment and conviction. Richard Nixon would have been the first, but he resigned before the process unfolded fully.

The problem for current Democrats eager to remove this president from office is there is not yet any evidence he has committed an impeachable offense. Article II, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution specifies “ ... treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

The president may be offensive to many, but no one has yet fully connected the dots between him and impeachment. Even then it wouldn't be so easy.

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A trial would then be held in the Senate.

Again, witnesses would be called and evidence introduced, the president represented by counsel, and the House lawyers representing the prosecution. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court would serve as judge and the senate as the jury.

A conviction requires a two-thirds majority, or 67 Senators, a very high threshold in any political environment.

Only twice has the United States witnessed impeachments and trials.

Andrew Johnson was impeached in 1868 on 11 different articles, most notably his decision to simply ignore the recently passed Tenure of Office Act. The Senate failed, each time by a single vote, to convict on the first two articles. The other nine charges were abandoned when it became clear they would always be one vote sort of conviction.

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Impeachment starts with an Article of Impeachment being introduced in the House like any piece of legislation. Hearings would be held, witnesses called, and evidence introduced. If it passed the House Judiciary Committee, debate would be held in the full House. If a majority of the House voted affirmatively, the president would have been impeached, or accused.

Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 and tried by the Senate in 1999 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. This was not, as most people seem to believe, connected to the Monica Lewinsky scandal but to testimony Clinton gave under oath in the Paula Jones lawsuit.

There was never any chance he would be convicted, and the Senate predictably fell 17 votes short on the perjury charge and 22 short on the obstruction of justice charge.

It should be noted it is more than likely Richard Nixon would have been impeached (the

Undefined “high crimes” leaves a little wiggle room but not much. As far as we now know, none of Trump's offenses meet the constitutional test for impeachment.

His alleged serial philandering with and pay-offs to various young women, all of which he has denied, are not crimes. The allegations of misogyny, xenophobia, racism, nativism, and the rest, which he seems to frequently confirm on Twitter, are not impeachable, either. Even his constant lying is little more than annoying unless Robert Mueller finally gets him under oath, and Trump can't help himself.

The president may be offensive to many, but no one has yet fully connected the dots between him and impeachment. Even then it wouldn't be so easy.

Let's assume, hypothetically, Democrats regain the House, and they sneak in a couple more Senators. With the two independent senators who caucus and vote with the Democrats, they would have control of both houses of Congress.

They might be able to get Articles of Impeachment heard in the House and they might even have the votes to impeach. But they will be way short in the Senate, absent some kind of smoking gun evidence of Trump criminal wrongdoing. Their 51 solid votes means they have to somehow find 16 Republicans willing to convict and remove from office a sitting president of their own party.

Impeachment hearings of this particular president, who doesn't believe in many of the rules of decorum, would be especially interesting. To accuse him is possible. To convict, based on what we now know, is so unlikely that Democrats would be better served focusing their energy on local elections and policies other than just opposing the president.

Crime & Rescue SMOLDERING METH LAB FOUND Antrim County central dispatchers got a call from an elderly woman who found some active chemicals in a garbage can she suspected were part of a methamphetamine lab.

The substances were smoking and smelled toxic, so the woman requested an ambulance, Antrim County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Deputies responded to the Village of Bellaire residence April 13 and found what appeared to be a discarded “one-pot meth lab.” They called in the state police meth response team and Traverse Narcotics Team officers, who got a search warrant for the property.

The investigators quickly tracked down two Bellaire men they say are responsible — Deairus Neal, 26, and Allin Griffis, 47. The pair were charged with drug crimes and held in jail in lieu of bonds of $50,000 and $100,000, respectively.

MAN CHARGED WITH SEX CRIME A 55-year-old Fife Lake man is accused of sexually assaulting an underage girl.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the man April 11 on a charge of firstdegree criminal sexual conduct, a crime that carries up to life in prison. The sexual assault was alleged to have occurred that day at the man’s home on M-113 in Fife Lake Township.

The man was charged after interviews with the victim and a witness, deputies said.

FLEEING DRIVER CAPTURED When a Petoskey police officer attempted to pull over a motorist for several moving violations, the driver sped off, and a chase ensued.

The chase began at 2:40am April 18 on E. Mitchell Street near Kalamazoo Avenue and passed along several residential streets.

The suspect lost control on Northmen Drive and rolled the vehicle, which landed on its roof.

The driver, an 18-year-old from Alanson, took off on foot into a nearby field. An officer and an Emmet County Sheriff’s deputy chased down the suspect and arrested him.

During an interview, the suspect admitted he stole the vehicle from the central business district and that he had stolen items from numerous parked vehicles around town.

The driver faces operating under the influence of narcotics, fleeing police, resisting arrest, and other charges.

MAN FACES NINE SEX CHARGES A 24-year-old Indian River man faces charges after a criminal sexual conduct investigation.

Marshall James Schoolcraft is accused of having sexual contact with two minors under the age of 16, according to Cheboygan County Sheriff’s deputies.

The incidents were reported April 9, and Schoolcraft was arrested April 13.

Sheriff Dale Clarmont said the incidents began in 2016, and investigators believe there may be more victims.

Schoolcraft currently faces nine counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, charges that carry up to 15 years in prison. He faces a preliminary exam April 30.

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SPRING BLIZZARD CAUSES TROUBLE A nasty spring blizzard forced most people off the roads in Grand Traverse County for a weekend, keeping deputies busy handling assaults that occurred between people cooped up inside.

Deputies responded to 10 assault complaints over the April 13 weekend, although none of them resulted in serious injury. In one case, a 17-yearold attacked his dad after the older man had complained that the teenager was being too rough with the refrigerator door handle; in another, a 43-year-old man assaulted his 46-year-old live-in girlfriend after he had too much to drink.

Grand Traverse Sheriff’s Capt. Christopher Clark said the roads were unusually quiet over the weekend, though the traffic that was out ran into trouble: The department responded to 20 property damage crashes and helped 25 motorists who got stuck between 7am Friday and 7am Monday.

In Leelanau County, deputies said the weekend weather also kept them busy helping drivers who got stuck in ditches, responding to crashes, and conducting welfare checks on home-bound residents.

SIECHE DAMAGES MANISTEE A sieche swamped the Manistee River Channel, forcing authorities to close the Riverwalk through downtown.

Access to the channel was temporarily closed April 13 following the seiche as officials surveyed the damage. The U.S. Coast Guard closed the harbor to boat traffic.

A sieche is a surge in water level caused by sudden changes in atmospheric pressure; the Manistee Police Department issued a press release about the event saying that water levels were observed to fluctuate by eight feet within 10 or 15 minutes that afternoon, causing significant damage to the channel and boat docks.

shoplifts to pay for them.

Traverse City Walmart security guards spotted someone stealing several items and confronted the man, who told them, “I’m not going to jail,” before he fled on foot toward the Chile’s restaurant.

Walmart staff called 911 at 1:20pm April 12, and Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies responded and got a description of the suspect, who had fled across South Airport Road to the Grand Traverse Mall.

Deputies spotted the suspect heading into Target; they followed and soon arrested the man, a 26-year-old from Grawn, for third-degree retail fraud, possession of marijuana, and six misdemeanor warrants.

The suspect told deputies he uses “multiple illegal drugs” and shoplifts in order to pay for his habit, police said.

who was also in the motel room was arrested for parole violations.

SNOWMOBILE CRASHES A 64-year-old Kingsley man suffered serious injuries in a snowmobile crash in Leelanau Township.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies were called to North Jelinek Road at 9:37am April 19, where the man had lost control of his sled and crashed into a group of trees.

The man was riding with a group of five friends, and investigators didn’t know why he lost control. Leelanau Township Fire and Rescue also responded and helped the man get to Munson Medical Center.

MOTHER-DAUGHTER HEROIN DUO Traverse Narcotics Team officers said they interrupted a mother-daughter heroinselling duo who operated out of a Traverse City motel room.

Officers executed a search warrant and arrested the women, ages 43 and 17, following a months-long investigation, according to a press release. The motel is located on US-31.

During the investigation, undercover officers set up controlled purchases of heroin from the suspects. When they executed the search warrant, both women were found inside the motel room and were arrested.

Investigators said they also discovered 25 grams of packaged and bulk fentanyl and a large amount of cash. A “male subject”

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CAN #METOO BREAK UP THE GOOD OL’ BOYS? opinion

bY Mark Pontoni When a society is in the middle of massive social change, it’s very difficult to see exactly what is happening and how far that change will go. Sometimes, we get an obvious event that becomes the symbol of change that we can glom onto, helping us put all this change in context. For example, when Obergefell v.

Hodges was decided, suddenly gay marriage was a legal right. But hadn’t the process toward this fundamental right to love whomever we want begun decades earlier?

Prior to Matthew Shephard’s murder, how many gay men were tortured and murdered in obscurity? Before Harvey Milk and Barney Frank, how many homosexuals were willing to embrace their sexuality while trying to serve the public? Through tragedy and triumph, social change can be

story has played out, but there is reason to hope that we are in the middle of something, and not near the end.

After every school slaughter we have been told that the power of the NRA is so immense that it is pointless to try any sensible solution to these slaughters. Just like the “boys will be boys” argument to mansplain sexual harassment and abuse, we are made to feel that weapons of mass murder are just part of America … maybe even a constitutionally protected part of America. (This is the second biggest lie in our culture, by the way.) Why bother to make school slaughters less likely to occur?

They are as much a part of our culture as trading sex for roles in movies.

The common thread between Parkland and #MeToo is the willingness to stand up to those in power who have safely assumed they can act with impunity. Intimidation is easy if no one will challenge a person’s misuse of power. painfully slow, and while it’s happening, it’s impossible to know where it will all end.

Once some great social achievement has been obtained, however, it is possible to look back and chronicle events that once seemed distinct but are now clearly part of the tides of change.

This seems especially true with the #MeToo movement. Make no mistake, we’re in the midst of enormous social change.

Mistreatment of women has been a part of every human culture since at least Neolithic times. Men have often used their positions of power to gain non-reciprocated sexual gratification, and few women have ever been able to do much about it. Complaints from women, however, did not start with the victims of Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, or Donald Trump. What changed is a willingness for a substantial number of people to listen.

As the nation-wrecking, embarrassing, vile Trump presidency rolls on, in the end we are likely to have little to celebrate in terms of accomplishments. It is possible, however, that his gross misconduct threw enough gas on the sparks of the #MeToo movement to empower more women to come forward and more men to understand what women have long known. Maybe we will be able to honor the Trump era with a wing in his presidential library dedicated to his sexual misconduct.

It occurs to me that the amazing bravery of students at Parkland High School might very well be connected to the #MeToo movement. Students have been slaughtered in their classrooms before, but we have never seen a more powerful, intelligent, and inspiring response than we have seen in these past few months. Was the courage to speak out inspired by the women who chose to challenge the system of harassment and abuse that for so long defined the relationships between men in power and their prey? We won’t know for sure until the

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So if the actions by students in Parkland are, in fact, connected to the #MeToo movement in some way, we are free to ask what’s coming next. The common thread between Parkland and #MeToo is the willingness to stand up to those in power who have safely assumed they can act with impunity. Intimidation is easy if no one will challenge a person’s misuse of power.

With some luck, more people will begin to recognize that just because things have always been done a certain way doesn’t mean they can’t be changed.

Small-town good ol’ boys thrive on the notion that the network of those who have been running things forever know best for the rest of us. These good ol’ boys anticipate never having to be held accountable, and so, like most humans with a free pass, they use their power to accumulate wealth and excuse misconduct. Government contracts? “I’ll take one of those.” Spousal abuse? “Aw, jeez, he was just drunk.”

Misusing county or city email? “Aw shucks.” Kid not getting enough playing time? “Watch this.” Middle management, administrators, and even local media are so intimidated and afraid to challenge the status quo, I’m afraid that if Donald Trump walked by, he just might reach out and grab them.

There are many more victims to come forward and many more battles to be fought against those who abuse their power.

Sometimes false accusations will ruin careers, because women are people too. In the aggregate, however, the changes that result from people willing to stand up for justice and common sense are long overdue.

All across the country, good ol’ boys are starting to sweat. And that is long overdue as well.

You can read more of Mark Pontoni’s thoughts on education, politics, sports, and family at www.thegrumblings.com.

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Traverse City Demo Days Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20, 2018 Landlord Woes On Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, a home rental agreement took an X-rated turn when Leah Bassett, artist and longtime resident of Aquinnah, unknowingly leased her home to an employee of Mile High Distribution Inc., a pornography production company. In September 2014, the Boston Globe reported, Joshua Spafford approached Bassett about renting her home from October through May 2015.

In March 2015, Spafford informed Bassett he had left the house because he was fired, prompting Bassett to ask her parents to stop by and check it out. They were "shocked by the deplorable state of condition in which they found their daughter's personal residence," according to court documents.

As "circumstances evolved," Bassett began reviewing internet sites maintained by Mile High, which "publicly boasted about their porn shoots on chic and tony Martha's Vineyard." Bassett filed suit in late March in U.S. District Court, alleging the sites featured photos showing her home, artwork and furnishings, "utilizing nearly every room of her home" including scenes on top of her dining room table, sofas and in her laundry room. Defense lawyer Stephen A. Roach said the suit "arose out of a basic landlord-tenant dispute."

Compelling Explanation Fort Pierce, Florida, police pulled over a car on March 21 after observing it swerving down the roadway. As they approached, they smelled marijuana, and during the ensuing search, passenger Kennecia Posey, 26, was shocked -- shocked! -- when police found two bags in her purse: one containing marijuana, the other cocaine. WPLG TV reported that Posey admitted the marijuana was hers, but told officers: "I don't know anything about any cocaine. It's a windy day. It must have flown through the window and into my purse." Posey was charged with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Questionable Judgment On March 20, the U.S. Marine Corps fired Navy Cpt. Loften Thornton, serving as a chaplain for the Marine Forces Reserve in New Orleans, after Thornton was captured on video having sex with a woman on the street in front of the Crown & Anchor Pub, according to USA Today. Marine Reserve spokesman Lt. Col. Ted Wong said only that Thornton had been fired for "loss of trust and confidence." According to the Navy's strategic plan for religious ministry, chaplains "provide a source of comfort and refuge" to service members, which Thornton had apparently extended to members of the general public.

Dangerous Food Some people don't like ham. When Beverly Burrough Harrison, 62, received a gift of ham from her family on Feb. 12, she waited until they left, then set it on fire and threw it in a trash can at the Bomar Inn in Athens, Alabama, where she was living. As smoke filled the room, AL.com reported, Harrison took her dog and left without alerting anyone to the fire. As a result, she was spared from being a victim of the ham bomb that blew out the front wall of the room when a can of butane fuel was ignited.

Harrison was held at the Limestone County Jail on a felony arson charge and could face life in prison if convicted.

Failure to Communicate Things went from bad to worse for soccer player Sanchez Watt during a match in Hertfordshire, England, on March 6.

Awarded a yellow card, Watt was asked his name by referee Dean Hulme, who mistook "Watt" for "What." As Watt repeated his name over and over, the referee became perturbed and changed the yellow card to red for dissent, BBC Sport reported. Hulme rescinded the card when someone explained the mixup. "I think everybody found it amusing afterwards, including the referee," said team chairman Dave Boggins. "He was very apologetic."

Our Weird Addiction On March 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police participating in an awareness campaign set up several large electronic signs in North Vancouver, British Columbia, that warned drivers: "POLICE AHEAD -- STAY OFF YOUR PHONE." Despite that, within just two hours, officers ticketed 89 drivers, 74 of them for distracted driving, which results in a $368 fine, plus a $175 penalty payment on a first offense. "It is evident there is still more education and enforcement needed to make our roads safer," remarked Cpl. Richard De Jong to CTV News.

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Disappointing Organizers of the Big Cheese Festival in Brighton, England, on March 3 were forced to offer refunds to patrons after the event failed on several levels: 1. The festival ran out of cheese. 2. The promised "craft" beer was Bud Light and Stella Artois. 3.

The wet weather prompted some to call the event #BigMudFestival and prevented some cheese-mongers and entertainment acts from making it to the site. "Sadly, due to this, a few compromises had to be made," festival organizers said. The BBC reported the festival has offered half-price tickets to next year's event for anyone who bought a ticket this year.

Unclear on the Concept -- Jonathan Rivera, 25, of Hartford, Connecticut, dutifully appeared in Hartford Superior Court March 7 to answer charges of stealing a car on Feb. 17. While he waited his turn, the Hartford Courant reported, parking authority agents outside the courthouse spotted a 2014 Subaru Legacy with license plates that had been reported as stolen. The car itself had also been stolen from Newington, Connecticut. Police waited for the driver to return and arrested Rivera as he started to drive away in the Subaru. He was charged with second-degree larceny and taking a car without the owner's permission.

-- Phoenix mom Sharron Dobbins, 40, was determined to get her two teenage sons out of bed for Easter services on April 1. When one of them sassed her back, she grabbed a Taser and "I said, 'Get up! It's Jesus' Day!'" she told KNXV TV. Dobbins said she "sparked" the weapon just to make noise, but the 16-year-old called police, who found two small bumps on the boy's leg and arrested Dobbins for child abuse. Dobbins told KNXV, "I did not tase my son ... all I was trying to do is tell my kids to put God first."

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ANOTHER STRANGE TWIST IN BANK HEIST CASE After months of intense litigation in Leelanau County, the case of the purported 70-year-old bank robber was transferred to federal court, only to be promptly dismissed.

By Patrick Sullivan Charges against bank robbery suspect William Minore were suddenly dismissed by a federal judge, leaving prosecutors scrambling to figure out their next move.

Minore was transferred from Grand Rapids to Traverse City April 18 and was arraigned the next day on felony weapons charges.

Those charges, which had earlier been discarded, stem from when police zeroed in on Minore as a suspect in the September 2016 armed robbery of the Huntington Bank branch in Empire. Investigators at that time searched his van, which was parked in Interlochen, and they found two tasers, according to court records.

Minore’s Grand Traverse County charges are just the latest twist in the case. In early April, after 19 months of arguing over, seemingly, every detail in the bank robbery and just weeks before his trial was to begin, the Leelanau County charges were dismissed and Minore was transferred to federal custody.

There, on April 17, Magistrate Judge Ray Kent dismissed the bank robbery charges following a preliminary hearing in which Kent ruled that prosecutors didn’t prove probable cause that Minore was responsible for the crimes.

A LATEST DEVELOPMENTS Minore’s attorney in the Leelanau case, William Burdette, said he was surprised but pleased by the dismissal.

Burdette said the case was thrown out based on some of the same arguments that he used in seeking to have the Leelanau charges dismissed.

“They looked at all the evidence, from the FBI and the state police, and they just didn’t think there was probable cause to say that that Mr. Minore was guilty of any of this,” he said.

Meanwhile, Burnette was appointed to represent Minore in the taser case, for which Minore was ordered held April 19 in lieu of $100,000 bond set by Grand Traverse County District Court Judge Thomas J. Phillips.

Burdette said that’s a pretty high bond considering that, even if Minore were to be convicted right away in the taser case, at this point, Minore would be sentenced to time served considering how much time he’s already spent in jail.

“Given what happened down in the federal court, I don’t think it’s justified at all,” he said.

Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Bob Cooney and Leelanau County Prosecutor Joseph Hubbell could not be reached for comment. Messages left at the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Grand Rapids were not returned.

While appellate courts declined to hear Burdette’s objections to the admission of the “other acts” evidence prior to trial, if Minore was convicted in Leelanau County, Burdette said he believes the introduction of the evidence from the Benzie County robberies could have been grounds to have the conviction overturned.

He said that while Circuit Court Judge Thomas Power ruled to allow the evidence, Power said in his ruling that it was a close call and allowed Burdette to try to get the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court to intervene.

All along, Minore has maintained his innocence. “I am an unlikely criminal – 70

The case against Minore follows a sprawling, complicated investigation that includes considerable circumstantial evidence that ties Minore to the bank robbery in Empire; his connection to the two bank robberies that occurred in Lake Ann in 2015 is murkier.

Minore’s Leelanau County trial had been scheduled to begin May 18 before the case was moved to federal court. It’s possible that bank robbery charges could be re-filed in Leelanau or in federal court.

AN EARLIER INVESTIGATION In court filings over the past 19 months, Burdette has laid out his case why he believes Minore is innocent.

While Minore had been charged in Leelanau in connection to the Empire bank holdup, he is suspected in two other bank robberies in Benzie County. Burdette said prosecutors may have moved the case to federal court because they determined that it made sense to try the case in a court where Minore could face charges for all three.

Much of the argument in Minore’s Leelanau County case was over whether prosecutors could introduce evidence linking him to the Benzie County bank robberies.

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years old, never been arrested, not even a current traffic ticket,” Minore wrote in March a letter to Northern Express.

The case against Minore follows a sprawling, complicated investigation that includes considerable circumstantial evidence that ties Minore to the bank robbery in Empire; his connection to the two bank robberies that occurred in Lake Ann in 2015 is murkier. Prosecutors argued the modus operandi in all three crimes were so similar as to constitute a signature.

But in recent months, Burdette filed motions in Leelanau County that detailed an earlier investigation that focused on group of suspects who police focused on before Minore appeared on their radar.

Police interviewed witnesses and suspects who apparently had inside information about the crimes.

TALKING ABOUT A BANK HEIST The first bank robbery occurred at the

Honor Bank branch in Lake Ann on April 22, 2015. It was a shocking and brazen crime.

The robber made three diversionary calls to the non-emergency lines for the central dispatch offices in Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, reporting phantom, unfolding crimes in an alarmed voice to draw police away from Lake Ann just as he was about to strike.

Covered in a winter coat with a furlined hood and a ski mask, he carried a snub-nosed silver revolver and threatened the bank staff, ordering them to close the blinds and he gave them a sign to hang on the window that read: “Sorry we’re closed.

Electrical Problems”. The sign included two crudely drawn frowny faces.

A local television news reporter breathlessly reported that “the armed robber remains on the run tonight. As police hunt for him, they say he could be very dangerous.”

Benzie County Sheriff ’s deputies and the FBI launched an investigation and got a break on June 2, when a Grand Traverse County Sheriff ’s deputy encountered a suspect who claimed to know who stuck up the bank.

The deputy had just arrested a driver and a passenger after he found methamphetamine during a traffic stop; the two men were apparently driven separately to jail, and on the way, one of the suspects, a now-29-yearold Traverse City man, told a deputy that the other guy was responsible for the bank heist.

The development sent police into a nest of backstabbing, drug-using criminals.

Along the way they would use warrants to search properties and they got judicial authorization to put a tracker on a vehicle belonging to one suspect.

The 29-year-old later told the FBI that he’d known the other guy for less than a year and they often used drugs together. He said they discussed bank robberies, and that the other guy “told him he would use a sign to describe electrical problems, chain and lock the doors, and have a vehicle parked a short distance away,” according to a search warrant affidavit filed by Benzie County Sheriff investigators that was included in a

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The man said his friend suddenly had wad of cash “the size of a baseball” a couple days after the robbery, despite being unemployed.

That information led to the execution of a search warrant at a Long Lake Township residence that turned up no evidence.

That suspect, a now-36-year-old Traverse City man, would later tell investigators that he believed the accusation was retribution because he’d previously informed on the 29-year-old in a drug case.

“DECEPTION INDICATED” In December, the Lake Ann bank branch was robbed a second time. This time, just one diversionary call was placed moments before the crime from a man who directed police miles away to Homestead Road where he claimed his daughter had been shot by her boyfriend.

The second bank robbery prompted police to tighten their focus on the two men from the traffic stop in June.

They also interviewed the younger suspect’s on-again, off-again girlfriend, who told police that when she was visiting friends at another Long Lake Township address two weeks before the first robbery, she saw a handwritten sign that read “electrical” and included frowny faces.

The woman told police that she “asked [the couple] about the sign and was told to mind her own business while the piece of paper was covered up. The sign was never mentioned again,” according to the affidavit.

The now-26-year-old also told police she’d spent the summer selling heroin to the couple and she estimated they’d purchased around $25,000 worth of the drug over that period despite apparently not having much of an income.

In January 2016, the two suspects from the traffic stop each took lie detector tests at the FBI office in Traverse City and were asked about their involvement in the Lake Ann bank robbery, which they denied.

The 29-year-old was suspected of being the getaway driver in the first robbery; he had an alibi for the second one because he’d been in jail. The suspect told the interviewer that the other suspect used to brag about how stick-ups were his specialty, but he acknowledged some haziness in his recollection as he had been abusing “research chemicals” for a while.

The results of both lie detector tests were the same: “deception indicated.”

CENTERPIECE OF THE DEFENSE That investigation ultimately went nowhere.

(Also, it involved a group of people adept

SCONES at telling police what they wanted to hear in exchange for less trouble for themselves — the 26-year-old woman who told police about the sign with frowny faces is now in prison after she took a plea deal and agreed to cooperate with the Traverse Narcotics Team investigating other drug suspects.)

Nonetheless, Burdette said he would have highlighted the earlier bank robbery investigation in Minore’s trial as evidence that exonerated his client.

“Two people failed polygraphs in connection with the robbery and [the police] went to look for one of them when the robbery happened in Empire,” Burdette said.

Burdette said that what witnesses told police about seeing a sign similar to the one used by the robber from the first heist was compelling evidence that exonerated Minore.

“The FBI took that sign and they did a fingerprint analysis and they found numerous fingerprints on it and none of them matched Bill Minore,” he said. “When you look at the evidence that they had, they really didn’t have any physical evidence.”

In addition to the evidence collected after the first and second robbery that linked a group of suspects to the crimes, Burdette said there are other serious problems with the case against his former client.

The physical descriptions from witnesses don’t match Minore, he said, and they are not consistent from robbery to robbery. None of the stolen money was ever found. And despite exhaustive searches, investigators have never found the gun used in the robberies.

The case connecting Minore to the Empire robbery includes surveillance footage that shows him taking a car in Glen Arbor, that car driving into Empire just before the robbery, and that car driving out of Empire just after. Minore claims he was set up, and that someone in Glen Arbor asked him to move their car for him.

Minore was also tied to the Empire robbery when family members recognized his voice from the diversionary calls when they were played on the news. Minore’s estranged girlfriend and his daughter recognized his voice and called police.

Burdette doesn’t think Minore’s strange claim that he was asked to move a car by someone in Glen Arbor would have been a problem in his trial. And he argued that Minore was estranged from his family. He said Minore has never wavered from his description of what happened, even after 19 months.

“He didn’t do it,” Burdette said. “They don’t have enough evidence that he did. …

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The Arrangement Up North might be an assemblage of small towns, but we’ve got more symphonies than most big cities. Here, an ode to our orchestral brio.

By Ross Boissoneau There’s nothing like a symphony. Sure, you can plug in guitars and turn them up to 11, pound massive drum sets, even make whale sounds on synthesizers, but the power and majesty of a symphony orchestra can’t be duplicated. Not when you have 40, 50, 60 or more people all keeping in time with the conductor, moving bows across strings, channeling air through wood and brass, and walloping everything from huge kettle drums to a dainty triangle.

“You create something that’s more than the sum of all the parts,” said Tom Riccobono, the music director for the Benzie Symphony. He touts the benefits to the musicians: “It slows the aging process,” he said, noting its enhancement of motor skills, blood flow and basic fitness, and cognitive processing. As for audiences, Riccobono said, “When you hear Beethoven or Tchaikovsky, it brings [out] thoughts and feelings and traditions. That’s why we do this.”

It’s not easy to pull together enough musicians to create an orchestra. So the fact that this region has not one, not two, but five orchestras, plus one that forms for a week each summer, is pretty amazing. From the largest and best-known, the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, to the Festival Orchestra that comes together

for Baroque on Beaver, there are opportunities to hear the sweeping melodies and haunting harmonies of Beethoven and Prokofiev as well as modern composers, even holiday sounds.

Here’s a brief profile of each of the organizations:

1. Traverse Symphony orchestra

The granddaddy of them all, the TSO was founded in 1952. The professional symphony of 65 core players gives eight to ten performances each year under the baton of Music Director Kevin Rhodes. According to Krista Cooper, the executive director, about one quarter of its budget comes from ticket sales; the rest comes from donations, corporate sponsorship and grants.

Its repertoire includes the usual suspects, as well as lighter fare for some performances, especially at the holidays. Cooper said Rhodes also introduces compositions by modern composers to the orchestra and to audiences.

“There’s a great variety. We have a loyal audience (and) there’s plenty of wonderful music,” said Cooper.

The TSO frequently collaborates with guest artists, and both the members of the orchestra and the guests frequently work with young people to introduce them to classical music. The concert scheduled for April 22 was to find some

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225 people on the stage at Corson Auditorium, with the orchestra joined by choirs from NMC and Interlochen. Its season-ending concert, June 2, will feature Grammy-nominated pianist John Novacek.

2. Great Lakes Chamber orchestra

This is the 18th season for the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra, which now includes some 70 members and is led by Music Director Libor Ondras. Judy Zorn, the executive director of the GLCO, said its repertoire cuts across the classical spectrum.

There is plenty of music audiences are familiar with by the likes of Beethoven and Brahms, but the orchestra performs modern music as well, and pops shows include popular movie music. It even has a composer in residence, Gwyneth Walker.

Though based in Petoskey, the GLCO performs across the area, with shows in Harbor Springs, East Jordan, Boyne City, Chalrevoix and Petoskey. It regularly works with students at local schools, as well as presenting six mainstage concerts and six Sunday recitals throughout the year.

The group plays a Messiah show with guests at St. Francis Catholic Church in Petoskey every year, and also performs at Hall Auditorium as part of the Bay View

Music Festival. This year the group will also be among those christening the nearby Great Lakes Center for the Arts, as well as playing at the Castle Farms centennial. “I love being able to take the orchestra to different settings,” said Zorn. The group has also toured abroad.

3. Gaylord Community orchestra

The Gaylord Community Orchestra is now in its second iteration. After running into difficulty with financing, the group dissolved some six years ago. It then reformed and reorganized last year under the direction of Jim Van Eizenga, the director of orchestras at Novi High School. His wife, who also teaches music, is originally from Gaylord and her parents still live there and are active as string instructors.

Longtime members and musicians Gary and Shari Waldo (trombone and clarinet respectively) said the group has some 40 to 50 members. They say they enjoy the opportunity to play a variety of classical music with other like-minded individuals for an appreciative audience. “We try to cover the bases,” said Gary.

Its next concert is May 12, when the group will perform Dvorak’s “New World Symphony,” which Gary said he is looking forward to. In all, the Gaylord Community Orchestra performs four times per year, including a concert during Gaylord Alpenfest and a holiday concert.

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Unlike the other symphonies, Gaylord’s doesn’t schedule regular rehearsals. Instead, the musicians are expected to have practiced on their own. “We have one or two rehearsals before the concert, maybe just the morning of the show,” said Gary.

“They walk in the door with the music down,” added Shari.

While Gaylord is at the crossroads of M-32 and I-75, it’s still a challenge to get enough musicians, especially string players, who come in from across the state: “The conductor brings in friends from Western Michigan (where he went to college), some from Central Michigan, Traverse City, Petoskey, even Alpena.

“This is a growing community, and we hope to get bigger and better attendance. The biggest problem is people don’t know about us,” said Gary.

4. Benzie

The Benzie Symphony was formed in 1980 when founder Julia Kurtyka added woodwinds to what was then known as the Benzie Symphonette. The 45-member group performs several times each year throughout the summer and fall, typically at Benzie Central High School, though smaller groups take the music into other parts of the area.

Riccobono, an instructor of low brass at Interlochen Arts Academy and ICA Adult Band Camp Artistic Director, is also the principal trombonist for the TSO. So why add to his burden by conducting? “I have more to say than I can with my individual instrument. And I have more impact on the interpretation. What I love about the Benzie Symphony, similar to the TSO it is bigger and better than you would expect. For Benzie to have an orchestra says so much about the community.”

He said the orchestra’s approach is low-key.

“There are no auditions,” he said, instead inviting musicians to attend a rehearsal. “If you come (to rehearsal), you must have some skill,” he said.

Then he’ll ask how the player how it felt, and if it felt good, hopefully the musician returns. “I’ve seen so many lives changed, adult musicians who have put it (their instrument) down and then picked it back up. It’s about the collective product and cooperation.”

5. Cadillac Area Symphony orchestra

Mike Filkins serves double duty in Cadillac: He’s the Director of Bands for Cadillac Area Public Schools and the music director for the Cadillac Area Symphony Orchestra. He started his tenure with the orchestra as a clarinetist in 1996, and after conducting the Cadillac Youth Symphony was asked by the Board to take over when it released his predecessor. Like Gaylord and Benzie, members of the Cadillac Area Symphony Orchestra are not paid for their time; they simply do it for the love of the music.

Filkins said one of the things he’s proudest of is the “Locally Grown” artists featured at the orchestra’s spring concerts. While the

performance usually featured a guest artist, Filkins decided to feature only guests from the surrounding area. This year’s guests are performers from the Landing Dance Studio.

“We have to do it in the performance gym at the high school,” he said, noting that was the only venue large enough to accommodate 35 dancers plus the 60 members of the symphony.

The group performs several times over the course of the year, and its offerings are, according to Filkins, “all over the place.” Music by classical composers like Beethoven, Bach and Verdi, new music by composers such as Michael Markowski, seasonal favorites, and special pieces featuring the locally grown artists are all part of the mix.

Filkins says one of the most enjoyable and yet time-consuming parts of his job is selecting the music. “I spend over two hours every day listening and researching music for the (school) band and orchestra. I use tools like Pandora,” he said, which will suggest music based on his previous selections. “It’ amazing,” Filkins said of discovering previously unknown music or composers. But there is a downside: “Sometimes a sad part of the process is the music is it [the music] is not available or is extremely costly.”

Festival orchestra

This one’s an anomaly, as it only exists for the duration of the Baroque on Beaver music festival, which this year runs from July 27 to August 4. It draws players from across the state, professional talent from orchestras all over Michigan, including the Grand Rapids Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Midland Symphony, Traverse Symphony. If that’s surprising, given Beaver Island’s remoteness, then the fact some players come from San Diego, Oregon, even Mexico is even more so. Artistic Director Matt Thomas ascribes it to the festival’s burgeoning reputation and the island’s beauty.

Thomas said the 35-member orchestra sees is little turnover year to year. He told of one encounter he had with a violinist who, partway through his first time playing with the orchestra, approached him and said, “I don’t know how to say this.” Thomas thought he wanted to leave the island immediately. Instead, he told Thomas, “I really need you to ask me back. Playing the concert, the island is phenomenal, I’ve never seen anything like it.” Another musician says each year that if he isn’t invited back, “I will beg, I will grovel — it won’t be pretty.”

While the festival is called Baroque on Beaver, the music is not confined to any specific period or genre. “There’s no limit to what we can program,” said Thomas, noting the orchestra has performed show music, pops concerts, and world premieres of contemporary classical music. This year it will perform the U.S. premier of Stacy Garrop’s Violin Concerto.

It also brings in soloists, which this year include guitarist Matthew Cochrane and pianist Kevin Cole. Various other chamber groups perform, including Thomas’s Metallurgy Brass Quintet.

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Local Music: Cookin’ Up the Jams

with The Real Ingredients

By Kristi Kates

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There might be only two “ingredients” to this band, but boy, do they know how to put together one heck of a musical stew. Sean Miller handles the guitar duties, while Traven Michaels mans the saxophone. Both men sing and play percussion, and they go way back.

“We became friends at Petoskey Middle School, and started hanging out more often,” Michaels explained. “We were also in jazz and marching band together through high school; we were both passionate about playing music.”

Miller took part in the Petoskey Steel Drum Band as well, while Michaels was determind to take his own music outside of the band room.

“We used our shared enthusiasm and joined a band with a number of our friends,” Michaels said. “That band evolved into a four-piece that was the original The Real Ingredients.” The band dissolved briefly when both friends went to college but they reunited and pared their lineup down to just the two of them. They’ve now been a band officially for two years.

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THEM And they might be one of the hardest working bands, too.

“Over the last two years I think we have played in almost every venue across northern Michigan,” said Miller. “That includes Beards Brewery, City Park Grill, Stiggs Brewery, Mackinaw Trails Brewery, 7 Monks Taproom, all our local farmers markets, Pierson’s, Boyne Country Club, Grand Traverse Yacht Club, Snowbelt Brewery and more.”

For, the upcoming summer season, they’re not slowing the pace. The Real Ingredients have a whopping 40-plus gigs already booked, spanning from Petoskey to Traverse City to Holland and across the state.

THEIR INSPIRATION: When The Real Ingredients started, the band’s goal was simply to write some new original material together, focusing on upbeat folk, rock, and funk.

“Beyond that, we just wanted to get one gig,” Miller said. They accomplished both of those goals early on, notching the second toward the end of their first summer as a band when they got a gig in Harbor Springs playing to some family members and friends. As their audience expanded, so has their repertoire. The band focuses on a mix of half original tunes and half covers.

While fans old and new can find the band’s music on Facebook, the pair are working on a way to get even more of their originals into their fans’ hands.

“We are currently working on a four-song EP here in Petoskey,” Michaels said. “We hope

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to finish it before this summer, to have music readily available for people to grab at our upcoming performances.”

This first EP is something they plan to use as more of a promotional device; they don’t plan on charging for the EP other than by putting a tip jar out.

“Some current goals of ours are to spread our music and build our fan base,” said Michaels. “But for those interested, we do also have stickers and a handful of T-shirts that will be available at our upcoming shows.”

FARM FRESH When you hear the band’s name, the first thing that springs to mind most often is food.

And The Real Ingredients twist that to their advantage.

“Our catchphrase is that we play music that’s ‘funky, folky, fun, and farm-fresh,” Michaels said. The name came to the band after hanging out together for a few weeks, over — you guessed it — a meal. “We were all sitting around Sean’s table eating tacos, and saw that the salsa was made with ‘the real ingredients,’ he continued, “and now we definitely use puns based upon our name!”

FUTURE INGREDIENTS “Obviously, we’ve achieved our original goals,” Michaels said. “But we’ve come up with more goals to push ourselves even further.”

After finishing up that EP, they’ve got even bigger studio ideas to aim at. “We’ve got a full album slated for a year from now, featuring more of our original songs,” Miller said. “Other than that, we hope to play a far across the state as possible, and also to get into more festivals next year. We just want to keep playing music and doing what we love.

For more information on The Real Ingredients and their summer shows schedule, visit them on Facebook at facebook.com/realingredients.

Five Albums Every Northerner Should own

By Craig Manning

Northern Michigan might not rival Nashville or Austin as a hub of live music or a destination for artists hoping to hit it big. Still, there is a lot of talent up here, from the music rooms of local high schools to the stages of area bars and wineries. Consider this five-album collection your primer for the local scene: five terrific records from artists whose roots run deep beneath the dirt and sand of northern Michigan.

Stolen Silver

Drew Hale

Miriam Pico

Joshua Davis

The Accidentals

Levi Britton is one of northern Michigan’s most beloved musical talents, known for frequent performances at regional haunts like Kilkenny’s in Traverse City, Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire, and Hop Lot in Sutton’s Bay. While Britton normally performs as a solo artist, he is also the member of folk-rock band Stolen Silver. Initially formed as a duo with multiinstrumentalist Dan Myers— Britton’s former Chicago roommate and a graduate of Western Michigan University— Stolen Silver ultimately expanded to a full six-piece band. If there were any justice, they’d be playing big rooms in every major city in America.

Both Stolen Silver records — 2011’s self-titled debut and 2014’s more expansive We Are Everything, We Are Nothing — are essential components of any northerner’s music collection.

The self-titled record is perhaps catchier, loaded with effortless folk-pop that’s perfect for a Traverse City summer.

But We Are Everything, We Are Nothing is the stronger album, with pristine production and spacious arrangements that give Britton’s big, rafter-shaking tenor voice the showcase it deserves. Check out the propulsive “Prefontaine” or the yearning “Can’t Live Like This” for proof.

Up until a few years ago, Drew Hale was playing guitar and singing as part of the worship band at Traverse City’s Bay Pointe Community Church. Now, he’s gigging around the state and jamming with country music stars.

The sea change occurred in 2015, when Hale took part in The Country Showdown, an annual, nationwide country music competition that draws approximately 100,000 acts each year. The competition’s list of past contestants includes some of the biggest names in country music, from Garth Brooks to Carrie Underwood to Tim McGraw.

Hale was named the national champion, and out of that windfall was born Roots and Wings.

Hale’s style balances mainstream country, rock ’n’ roll edge, and the hair-raising crescendo of a well-executed worship song. His record is perfect for a northern Michigan summertime road trip, with a few of the songs even making overt references to the Mitten state. The single is fittingly called “Great Lakes Summer Night,” while “Southern Heart” has a lyric about a girl who would “trade all of her pretty for a week in Traverse City.” But the highlight might be “Pieces,” where Hale gets the opportunity to harmonize with none other than country music legend Vince Gill.

Miriam Pico is probably as close to an institution as the northern Michigan music scene has. Pico is one of the Traverse City area’s most prolific performers, juggling frequent gigs at local restaurants, bars, weddings, television commercials, and singand-dance classes for area kids.

She’s also extremely versatile, balancing engagements both as a solo artist and as one part of a long-running duo with area pianist David Chown. She’s even played starring musical theater roles at the Old Town Playhouse.

Travel Happy, Pico’s 2015 fulllength, is full of breezy, well-sung indie pop ditties. With Chown, Pico often plays the role of jazz singer. On Travel Happy, she usually sounds more like Ingrid Michaelson. Her warm, evocative voice sounds right at home over arrangements of lightly strummed guitars, tinkling piano keys, and whimsical ukuleles.

Of course, Pico is too much of a chameleon to rest in one musical niche for long. Some of the album’s best songs find her trying out different styles, from sugary indie rock (“No Good for Me”) to mariachi-inflected jazz (“Un Sol En Tu Corazon”), all the way to Broadway-style theatricality (the title track, complete with a full chorus of gang vocals).

Perhaps the biggest reason to call Travel Happy a northern Michigan staple, though, is the album cover, which was snapped in front of Downtown TC’s beloved “Heart Wall” before it vanished for good.

Joshua Davis brought the national spotlight to Traverse City in 2015, when he made it to the finals of NBC’s The Voice.

Davis ultimately came in third, but he got far enough into the competition to get the big on-air homecoming celebration, which spotlighted TC’s downtown area.

Now living in Leelanau with his wife and two kids, Davis recently released his first album since reality TV made him a national star. The new record, called The Way Back Home, came out in October. Even before the big break, though, Davis was already making great albums.

Often, the contestants on shows like The Voice and American Idol are singers first and songwriters second, if at all.

But Davis was unique, convincing NBC execs to let him perform an original song on air and always pitching himself as artist instead of just a vocalist.

Davis’s records — such as 2013’s A Miracle of Birds — show off that artistry, as well as the smoky baritone voice that nearly won him a record deal with Universal Music Group. It’s music that plays well for any mood or occasion.

The Accidentals are one of Traverse City’s biggest musical success stories. The two founding members — Savannah Buist and Katie Larson — attended Traverse City West Senior High School, where they met in an orchestra class back in 2011. They eventually ended up in a then-brand-new singersongwriter program at Interlochen Arts Academy, where they adopted The Accidentals as their band name.

Since then, The Accidentals have added Michael Dause as their drummer, accumulated more than 26,000 likes on Facebook, and released three albums and an EP. Their latest work — the fresh-offthe-presses Odyssey, which came out last August — is their best yet.

With a contemporary indie folk sound that lands somewhere between Regina Spektor and The Punch Brothers, The Accidentals pair catchy melodies with impressive instrumental work.

(Both Buist and Larson are versatile multi-instrumentalists.) The band signed a record deal with Sony Masterworks earlier this last year (Sony’s “classical division”), and Odyssey seems poised to break them to a bigger audience.

No matter how far they get, though, The Accidentals will always have roots in Traverse City. The band graciously acknowledged those roots on “Michigan and Again,” a key track from their 2016 EP Parking Lot. “When I packed my bags, coffee stains of jet lag/There were conifers lining the driveway, whispering/’Stay, stay, stay, stay, stay.’” Who hasn’t heard those same whispers when leaving the beauty of northern Michigan behind?

We Have Everything, We Have Nothing

Roots and Wings

Travel Happy

A Miracle of Birds

Odyssey

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on the Move The latest on some of northern Michigan’s most talented musical exports

By Kristi Kates Many origin stories of famous musicians start with how they escaped their small-town roots to head for the big city, where they finally got the breaks they needed to become The Next Big Thing. Northern Michigan musicians aren’t exempt from this trope. While our region is often thought of by musicians as a great place to retreat, write songs, and build a fan base, many No-Mi born (or bred) performers have opted to chase their dreams in bigger ponds.

Nevertheless, as we check in with five of northern Michigan’s favorite musical exports, you’ll see that for many, Up North is still a critical component in their work.

BILLY STRINGS Billy Strings arrived in Traverse City a halfdozen years ago and quickly caused a buzz around himself for both his talent and his contrasts: a wealth of tattoos, a vintagetinged voice, unfailingly polite media manners, and searing guitar abilities. Now, he’s raising a ruckus in Nashville, where he’s been tagged as a rapidly rising bluegrass star. In August 2017, Rolling Stone Country named him one of “10 New Country Artists You Need to Know.”

Michigan Beginnings: Strings grew up in Ionia, Michigan, as William Apostol, learning guitar from his dad and only adopting the name Billy Strings when he moved Up North on a whim, snagging a job as a bellboy at the Grand Traverse Resort and playing music around town on his off-hours. As legend has it, one night he scrawled ‘Billy Strings’ on the open mic signup board at The Hayloft, and a stage name was born. A later collaboration with local mandolin guru Don Julin further expanded his growth as a musician. Even today, Strings has a longstanding fondness for the region that helped jumpstart his music career — even if he’s outgrown it.

“I definitely escaped Ionia, but I escaped there to go to northern Michigan,” he said. “I want to go back to Traverse City so bad. But now that I’m doing some things in Nashville, it seems more people might show up if I play back in Traverse City, and there’s just not a music venue there that would really work there for me any more.” The things he misses most? “The beach is so good for my mind and soul. I miss that so bad. And the people — well, they’re really encouraging folks.

Good people just out to hear good music.”

Moving On: Strings left Michigan for Tennessee two-and-a-half years ago, after his musical partnership with Julin dissolved. “I’d lived in Michigan my entire life, and I quit my job to do music full-time, so I had to

move along,” Strings said. “I feel like I have a spirit that wants to travel. I’m not a fella who stays in one small place and wants that white picket fence sorta thing. This world is my home, and in reality, this world is really small, too. Plus I think putting yourself into a risky situation now and then is good for you sometimes. When I separated from the work I was doing with Don, sure, that was a risk, but he has a family, and he’s tied to one place, and I’m not.”

Today’s Billy: This interview found Strings doing interviews from a “little room full of vending machines” at his hotel in Las Vegas, where he was on a tour stop to play the Bender Jamboree. “We’re in Vegas having a rowdy weekend,” Strings said with a chuckle.

But it’s Nashville that he calls home now.

“Nashville is such a hub,” he said. “There are some serious session pickers in the country and bluegrass realms there.”

Currently promoting his first major solo album, Turmoil and Tinfoil, Strings is playing 200 gigs this year, all over the country. But in his off-hours… well, it’s still all about the music for him. “Everybody in Nashville works in bands,” he said, “whenever we’re not on the road, we get together at my house in East Nashville, sit on my porch, and play music. I’ve even made friends with some of my heroes, people like Bryan Sutton and David Grier.

It’s amazing to me that I call them and say, ‘Hey, come over and let’s pick,’ and they show up!” Next, it’ll be a short break for Strings — eight days at a little lakeside cabin in Pennsylvania, where he’s escaping for a week to start writing songs for his next album. “It’s been difficult to find time to write as I’m on the road all the time,” he said. “But I’m willing to play all of these gigs until we can afford to pull back.

Sometimes you just have to put the time in, and I’m in it for the long haul. I’m really fortunate to be doing all this.”

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LISTEN TO THIS: Featuring insane picking and those classic oldschool vocals, Strings’ performance of his single “Turmoil and Tinfoil” at Music City Roots is an authentic barnburner: https://tinyurl.com/ y6u482ky FIND HIM: billystrings.com

photo courtesy Kit Armstrong

ANDREW STuRTZ Singer-songwriter Andrew Sturtz, whom you might’ve heard at the Traverse City Microbrew and Music Festival, is a rapidly growing name on the festival circuit and the Colorado music scene. On the former, he’s been featured at events like the Arise Fest in Loveland, Colorado, and the Riverlights Festival in South Bend, Indiana; on the latter, he’s held several popular residencies, garnering comparisons to the likes of Amos Lee and Martin Sexton.

Michigan Beginnings: Sturtz started playing music when he was just eight years old, mostly performing near Long Lake in his hometown of Traverse City. “One of the first places that gave me a chance to play live music for money was Boone’s Long Lake Inn,” Sturtz said. “I still try to head back there every summer.”

He found the best parts of playing music Up North to be the musical partnerships and friendships he made, and something that he defines as the “Michigan sound.”

LISTEN TO THIS: Check out Sturtz’s affecting performance of “Southern Night” at Boulder in the Round, during which his fluid vocals are complemented perfectly by his collaborators: https://tinyurl. com/yaoxouxb.

FIND HIM: sturtzmusic.com

“The love is definitely felt,” he said. “Further, ever since I’ve left, there is a clear distinction of Michigan folk music vs. other folk music.

That very specific sound makes me miss the area every day.”

Moving On: In October 2012, Sturtz moved away from Traverse City to Chicago, with the aim of playing his music to larger audiences and garnering more traction. “I felt I was

playing too much background music at the venues that I played, and I wanted to branch out to venues with more focus on the artist,” Sturtz said. “That's not northern Michigan's fault — moving was just how I knew I could force myself to change direction. Although I do think the community still needs more venues that tailor their vibe to a ‘listening room’ environment.”

After leaving northern Michigan, however, Sturtz found that starting out in a huge city with no connections proved challenging.

“It caused a huge inspiration loss and a lot of self-doubt,” Sturtz said. “I soon decided I wanted to get a little further away from city life.” His next destination (and current home), Boulder, Colorado, offered him close proximity to Denver and its music scene.

Today’s Andrew: That move proved to be a good choice; one of Sturtz’s proudest musical achievements to date was opening up for the Grammy-nominated The Secret Sisters, at Swallow Hill in Denver. “We played to over 200 people, and it was amazing,” Sturtz said.

He also submitted a video this past March to the NPR Tiny Desk performance contest with his girlfriend, Courtlyn Carpenter, on cello.

Most recently, he’s been writing new music, has invested in new recording equipment, and has been working on recording and producing his new album, adding in new instrumentation to older tracks as well. “It is definitely not an easy way to go about it, but I'm always excited for the challenge and for the finished product,” he said.

MICHIGAN RATTLERS Michigan Rattlers — Adam Young, Graham Reed, and newest member Christian Wilder — landed in Los Angeles after leaving Michigan, and quickly got the attention of producer Johnny K (3 Doors Down), cutting an EP at NRG Studios in just a single day. Rolling Stone, No Depression, and ABC News are just a few of the media outlets already throwing kudos at the band.

Michigan Beginnings: All three musicians grew up in Petoskey, graduated from Petoskey High School, and had started gigging in their youth. “Our first performances together were almost 10 years ago, back before we could even drive,” Adam Reed said. At first, they played mostly rock ’n’ roll cover sets.

Later, they snagged some performance opportunities through the Petoskey Steel Drum Band. “That was really our first experience traveling and getting paid to play music,” he said. “The best thing about Petoskey was that there was always a place to play, especially in the summertime. I suppose one might struggle with playing the same small markets over and over, but I also know people up here who love that about their careers.”

Moving On: Young and Reed (Wilder joined the band later) initially moved out of Michigan to attend college. “For those years, we only got together Up North for shows a couple of times a year, but I always looked forward to that,” Young said. “I think we always assumed we would make a run at a recording/ touring career together, so one day we just packed up the car and went for it.”

Reed had moved to Los Angeles by the time Young had graduated, so Young followed. “After spending my entire life in small-town Michigan and then small-town Ohio (for college), I craved something vastly different, and that’s definitely what I got,” Young said. California, he added, often makes him feel like he’s in “some whole other country. But living in L.A. has afforded us opportunities we likely would have never gotten back home. On top of that, feeling like an outsider has a way of making you more proud of your roots, and I’m sure that comes through in our music.”

Today’s Rattlers: “It’s been incredible to watch our music get real traction in cities around the country,” Young said. “Returning to a town for the second or third time and seeing ticket sales go up and up each time feels like success.”

Earlier this year, the Rattlers recorded their first full-length album in Chicago, with plans to release the set early this summer. “Until then we’ll be touring and playing music festivals, including Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, and Firefly,” Young said. “We actually just announced a string of shows in our home state — Ferndale, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Lansing — at the end of May, and we’re working on tacking on some up north shows too.”

LISTEN TO THIS: The wistful yet rollicking Jayhawks-esque single “Time to Move On” showcases why these guys are getting so much attention: https://tinyurl.com/yd7g2yxs.

FIND THEM: michiganrattlers.com

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TRAvIS HARRETT Travis Harrett made a name for himself around Traverse City, playing pretty much every rock venue in the area over the course of a decade, but northern Michigan proved too tame for the ambitious, gritty drummer and his over-the-top personality.

Michigan Beginnings: Harrett grew up in Elk Rapids, and started playing drums in junior high school, joining up with a range of Traverse City bands. “I would play house parties, or events like the annual Elk Rapids Fireman’s Jam and the annual Traverse City High School Battle of the Bands,” Harrett said. Throughout the ’90s, he lived in Traverse City, playing weekly gigs around the state and occasionally playing national tours.

Moving On: As Harrett continued on with his drumming, he found that local interest in the projects he was involved with was dwindling.

“The well-attended gigs I enjoyed playing in the early ’90s became under-attended gigs that I didn’t enjoy playing by the late ’90s,” he said. “I had friends who were having musical success in Detroit. They didn’t have to try very hard to talk me into moving. I

moved to Detroit in November of ’99.” After relocating, he headed out on tour. “For most of the 2000s, I lived in a van, out on the road playing drums with three different bands,” he said. He ended up playing gigs in 46 of the 50 states, and touring Europe a dozen times. “I made friends with great people from around the world through music,” Harrett added. “My greatest success was realizing my dream of traveling the world with a band.” Whitey Morgan and the ’78s, and Bloodshot Records performers the Deadstring Brothers are just a couple of the acts that Harrett has worked with.

Today’s Travis: At the moment, the drummer — who’s known for his entertainer persona on the road (if you ever meet him, ask about the time he got his boot stuck up on the roof of a gas station while on tour with Morgan) — is sticking close to D-town, wrapping up work on his current band’s third album, for which he serves as frontman, singer, songwriter, and guitar player. “It’s an oldschool country band called The My Ways,” Harrett said. “We’ve been playing gigs around Michigan this past year, and we’re more than halfway finished with the record. I’m hoping for a 2018 summer release.”

LISTEN TO THIS: Single “Detroit City” encapsulates the blending of Harrett’s northern Michigan roots with his new band’s urban-country sensibilities: https://tinyurl.com/ydzy9m5v.

FIND HIM: reverbnation.com/themyways4 and facebook.com/ themyways

LINDSAY Lou AND THE FLATBELLYS From even farther up north hails Lindsay Lou, who, with her band, The Flatbellys has expanded right out of Michigan entirely thanks to her catchy “soulgrass” tunes and round after round of infectious live performances.

Michigan Beginnings: Lou started singing early on, due to being surrounded by a musical family based in Kingsford, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “Writing, piano, and guitar came not long after that,” she said. “And if you can believe it, I was a ham, so I’ve been ‘performing’ for a long time, too.” Her first official gig, she said, has slipped out of memory, “but I bet it was a wedding, or a party for a women’s club of some kind.” From there, she traveled all over the state playing music, hitting particular popularity in the East Lansing area, where she found the music community unlike anywhere else she’s been. “The Earthwork Music Collective was the best thing. And Billy Strings. And The Crane Wives,” she said. “Michigan is home, and it’s full of family who inspire me. Still, it’s good to get out and see what’s going on in the world outside one’s backyard.”

Moving On: Lou and the rest of her band moved to Nashville three years ago; bass player PJ had already made the move prior. “I also have many other friends there who I feel fortunate to share the neighborhood with,” she said. “I’m always writing, and moving to Nashville was revolutionary to me on the songwriting front. Just to be so near so many ultra-talented music makers has moved me into a more regular practice, which is exactly what I wanted.”

She continues touring, as well, and she’s found that playing music in so many different destinations is something that really continues to stoke her career growth. “Telluride was pretty spectacular,” she said. “So were Australia and Shetland. The road is a labor of love and something to behold. Not to mention the understanding of the love we continue to foster.”

Today’s Lou: Lou’s latest album, Southland, is getting plenty of kudos from critics, including one who called her the new Amy Winehouse and her band the new Punch Brothers. The current tour schedule for Lou and her band is keeping them on the road all summer — including stops at the Aiken Bluegrass Festival in Ohio, the Blue Ox Music Festival in Wisconsin, and the famed Floyd Fest in Floyd, Virginia — then it’s back onto the bus in December for a tour through Mexico. In the meantime, she tries to squeeze in collaborative projects with her Nashville neighbors whenever she can, and she already has a whole new batch of tunes ready for recording. Well, as soon as she gets the chance to.

“We’ll be touring on Southland for the next year, though,” she said.

LISTEN TO THIS: While Lou has plenty of great originals, sometimes the best introduction to a new musician arrives through a standout cover version — in this case, it’s Lou and the band’s rootsy take on No Doubt’s “Just a Girl”: https://tinyurl.com/ydxq9jww.

FIND THEM: lindsayloumusic.com

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Computer Scientist Gives up Software Career for Piano

By Ross Boissoneau Peter Bergin’s choice was simple, though fraught with challenges. For 24 years, he had worked in the computer and software industry, mostly for Silicon Valley companies such as Autodesk and Adobe.

He fed his musical muse with side jobs as a church musician and teaching piano lessons.

He enjoyed his day job. “I was blessed to be able to work from home,” said Bergin, referring to his software career. “I wouldn’t have done it if I’d hated it.” But he found himself becoming unsure of continuing in an industry which makes such rapid shifts that if you don’t keep up, you’re obsolete.

“The computer industry changes so fast.

The technology I’d become an expert in was suddenly out of date,” he said, referring to Adobe’s Flash.

So Bergin and his wife, Carol, began to discuss a career change, and the alum of Central Michigan’s music school decided to toss his fedora into the musical ring. With one child in college and another on the cusp, giving up his comfortable income without a sure plan for success was more than a little scary. But ultimately he couldn’t sit at his desk anymore, and he sat down at his grand piano instead.

“We only change when we’re uncomfortable. That’s what happened with me,” Bergin said. “I had a lifelong calling to be a musician. There was no grand plan. I had no business plan. I had to learn how to trust: Trust I’d be guided and taken care of on this journey. You have to trust in something other than yourself.”

Perhaps easy to say for someone who spends weekends leading the celebration of Mass at St. Philip Neri in Empire. But not necessarily easy to do. After a few false starts — “I ran through many, many ideas with Carol that didn’t pan out,” he said — Bergin decided to return to his personal roots. For him, that meant ragtime. “It’s fun. I always played it, since I was a kid. It’s the pre-jazz original American music.”

Not that it was necessarily a straight line from Adobe to Scott Joplin. Bergin actually was playing music for a funeral when he was approached by someone who suggested he look into performing at retirement homes.

That’s when he turned to music from days gone by, first to ragtime and then the Great American Songbook. The bouncy, syncopated rhythms of ragtime make it a

favorite for many audiences. “There’s not a sad sound in ragtime,” he said. “You’ve got to tap your toes. I bring smiles to faces.”

Turns out that he found it incredibly gratifying. The music not only rekindled his early enthusiasm, it took his audiences back in time as well. “You can see they’re no longer old — they’re young again,” Bergin said. It was particularly poignant for him when playing for those afflicted with dementia.

“You see blank faces light up. It takes them back to the ballroom floor. I can’t tell you how rewarding that is.”

Today his concerts find him performing throughout both Michigan and Florida. He dresses the part with vest and fedora, so the visuals fit with and enhance the music. In his shows he talks with the audience, detailing the stories behind the songs. Bergin performs in libraries, museums, community centers, retirement homes, and private homes.

It’s all led to the release of his first recordings, Ragtime Live! and Ragtime in Time. Bergin said he released the first on a whim after capturing a live concert with a camcorder. “We set up a camcorder in a cavernous church, and it turned out I played well. Then I ran it through a noise filter and did just a couple edits.”

He’s much more pleased with the results on the latter, which came about in large part as a result of one purchaser’s discontent with the live CD after hearing Bergin perform. “He said, ‘I loved the concert, but I’m not satisfied with the CD. I don’t think it represents what you’re capable of doing.’ Then he returned a signed copy,” said Bergin with a laugh. Both he and Carol said they thought that was a sign he should record a “real” CD. He’s very happy to have turned back to his first love, all with the support of his family. “It’s not just about me. It was a financial sacrifice to do this. I couldn’t have done it without Carol and her support. We all sat down and talked about it,” he said.

While he still gives lessons and plays at St. Philip Neri, he’s focusing more and more energy on his performing and recording career. He’s choosing tunes for potential upcoming recordings, from early American classical music to the Great American Songbook. Until then, Ragtime in Time is available at his shows, through his website (Berginmusic.com) and on CDBaby. “It was a milestone for me in my professional development as a musician,” said Bergin.

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White on Rice

By Janice Binkert Deftly wielding the appropriate gleamingly sharp-edged Japanese knife from the many he has in his toolbox, Eric Kolden can break down a whole snapper (or any other large fish) in — well, a snap. It’s quite a sight to see.

An experienced sushi chef, he, and his wife, Amy, founded the food truck White on Rice, featuring fresh made-to-order sushi and other Japanese specialties, in April 2015. The food truck came about after the owners of Traverse City’s The Little Fleet, Gary and Allison Jones, had invited them to host two pop-up shops inside The Little Fleet in Traverse City in December 2014 and February 2015. “It allowed us to springboard into what our menu might look like as a food truck out on The Little Fleet lot, and what kind of place we wanted to be,” said Eric.

With two young children, the pair — both natives of Traverse City — decided that what they wanted to be was a true family business.

“Everyone in Amy’s family and mine is involved in some way,” said Eric. The collaboration turned out to be a good one. The White on Rice food truck quickly established itself as one of the busiest venues at The Little Fleet lot, drawing fans of all ages, who appreciated not only the expertise and unique offerings (hello, hamachi wasabi roll) that the Koldens brought with them but also their standards.

HIGH QUALITY, LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT

Their venture was so successful that they took those standards a step further and opened a second White on Rice — this time a brick and mortar location, just a year later, in 2016.

“From the start, we were very specific about what would distinguish us,” said Amy. “We take a lot of pride in our food, so the emphasis is on quality ingredients, sourced sustainably — and that includes not only the fresh fish but also other ingredients, like greens and vegetables, as well as the free-range organic chicken and local pork we use. It’s all very thoughtfully done — that’s the passion that we have.”

The Koldens are also very conscientious

For the past three years, husband and wife team Eric and Amy Kolden have been on a mission to make high-quality sushi and other Japanese specialties easily accessible to a wider audience in northern Michigan.

about keeping a low carbon footprint. “Ever since we did the initial pop-up, we have been using the same environmentally friendly wooden chopsticks and the traditional usuita bowls (very thin, biodegradable sheets of pinewood, which are shaped and formed into little serving boats),” said Eric. “And now, almost everything we use is compostable or recyclable.

We have reduced our waste by 80 percent. I don’t know how much money we’ve saved on just garbage liners alone!” Adds Amy: “You think of a restaurant, even what we produce here in this relatively small space — all the kitchen scraps, even the fryer oil. It does take a little more effort to dispose of it all sustainably, but we’re all on board here. We would encourage other restaurants, if they’re not already doing it, to do the same. Our local BARC (Bay Area Recycling for Charities) is so easy to work with. There is impact to be made in a lot of different areas if you’re a modern restaurant.”

YOU CAN PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE

A key concept that has been a driving force behind White on Rice is “everyday sushi,” meaning high quality and easy accessibility.

“That’s an unfilled market niche here,” said Eric. “We felt that here was a middle ground that could be had with this idea of quality and price point. It’s a simple kind of statement: This looks beautiful, this tastes beautiful, this is healthy and clean. But it won’t cost you an arm and a leg, you can get it easily and quickly, and you can find something different on the menu every day. Whether it’s a miso soup and ginger salad combination, a tempura lobster roll and green tea, an order of shrimp and pork gyoza (pot stickers), or sashimi, there really is something for everyone. Young and old, families and businesses, gluten-free or dairyfree, vegetarian or vegan, raw or cooked, hot food items and cold food items, options for people with a shellfish allergy or peanut allergy — we never have a problem accommodating anyone, and it’s all made in house and served up fresh to order in a matter of minutes.”

Take the sushi. It runs the gamut, from offthe-wall, such as the rock ’n’ roll (tuna, salmon,

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yellowtail, lump crab, tempura, panko-crusted, spicy mayo), to very traditional, like nigiri (rice ball topped with raw fish), to something familiar but in a new guise, like the seared salmon roll (with cucumber, avocado and lemon).

Or maybe you don’t want sushi. The Japanese sliders — bao buns — are extremely popular (marinated and braised pork belly — chasu style, with miso aioli, daikon radish, and pickled cucumbers), as is the signature ramen bowl, in three variations (house-made chicken broth, soft poached egg, green onion, quick pickles, sweet shitake, and choice of tempura shrimp, pork belly or a combination of the two). Other warm entrées include the katsu curry (Japanese-style sweet curry served over rice with a panko-crusted pork cutlet) and gyoza (shrimp and pork pot stickers with house ponzu sauce or spicy mayo).

A NEW KIND OF TAKEOUT

The hope of both Amy and Eric is that the restaurant — a narrow, unpretentious carryout or eat-in space with just six seats (the kitchen is huge) whose only embellishments are a map of Japan, a bookshelf full of colorful cookbooks, and a white plastic Japanese “lucky cat” inside a clear round tip bowl — will become a new kind of takeout place, a better alternative to fast food.

As Eric put it, “We want people to think of us when they need something quick and easy, but also want it to be something they can eat with good conscience … Many of our regulars who have lived in Chicago, New York, or other big cities around the country, or who have lived or traveled abroad, tell us that they come to us because this is the sushi experience as they know it. They are used to getting it freshly made all the time, in little no-frills shops just like ours, where the emphasis is on really good, fresh and affordable.”

The White on Rice restaurant is located at 510 West 14th St. in Traverse City, (231) 6337423. The food truck is located at The Little Fleet, 448 East Front St. in Traverse City. $ Whiteonricesushi.com

DIFFERENT STROKES

TRUCK VS. RESTAURANT MENU

The White on Rice food truck will be on The Little Fleet lot from the end of April through mid-October. While it is usually busier at the food truck in the summer than it is yearround at the restaurant, it’s a different type of busy, and a different crowd, said Eric Kolden. “At the food truck, you get mostly single orders — one California roll, one spicy tuna roll, one ramen — and the pace is much faster, whereas at the restaurant, you’re getting orders for 10 sushi rolls and two ramen bowls, or very large carry-out trays. We also have the time and space to do some dishes that are more elaborate and technically demanding. That’s why certain items that are on the restaurant menu are not on the food truck menu. There, we need to offer things that can be made quickly, that are portable, and that are the classics. People often expect the same food at both places, but that’s neither practical nor possible.”

OUT OF THE BOX BENTO ON THE GO

New at the restaurant recently, and soon to be a staple at the food truck as well, are Bento boxes — those clever compartmentalized Japanese to-go containers (those from White on Rice are compostable, of course) that hold a full meal.

Customers have their choice of two standard options: a pork belly bao, a full spicy tuna roll, and wakame (sesame seaweed) salad; or three pot stickers, wakame and your choice of a full California roll or full vegan roll.

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saturday

april

CARS & COFFEE: 8-11am, MFD Classic Motors, TC. mfdclassicmotors.com

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BIG LITTLE HERO RACE: 9am, NMC, TC. Featuring a one-mile fun run (free), 5K ($15 students; $25 adults) & 10K ($15 students; $25 adults). Wear a costume. There will also be food, family-friendly events, games & more.

Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan. biglittleherorace.com

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21-29 send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

SPARTAN’S GLOBAL DAY OF SERVICE: 9amnoon, Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center, TC. MSU alumni, family & friends can learn about the work of the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center, the reality of child sexual abuse in the community, & take a “help, hope & healing” tour of the Center’s facilities. serve.msu.edu

-------------------COFFEE WITH GREEN ELK RAPIDS: 9:3011am, HERTH, Elk Rapids. Share your ideas for future programs, review local & global plastics issues & more. Free. greenelkrapids.org

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MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S 28TH ANNUAL CHILDREN’S HEALTH FAIR: 10am2pm, Petoskey Middle School. Featuring the snowman Olaf, “Action Hero Fun Run,” crafts & much more. 800-248-6777.

-------------------TART TRAILS SPRING WORK BEE: 10amnoon, TART Trails. Held at various locations along the trail network. This is a family friendly event. 941.4300. Free. traversetrails.org/event/ tart-trails-work-bee-2

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VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING: 10am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Open to those interested in promoting peace at home & discussing the cost to individuals. A silent peace walk follows in downtown TC at noon. vfp50.org

-------------------GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESTAURANT WEEK: April 18-25. $25 dinner specials; $15 lunch specials. gaylordchamber.com/restaurant-week

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HEALTHY KIDS DAY: 11am, GT Bay YMCA, 3700 Silver Lake Dr., TC. This free event provides education, activities & experiences that teach good health & foster connections through fitness, sports, fun & healthy habits. gtbayymca.org

-------------------JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER, NSDAR MEETING: 11am, Elks Lodge, TC. Lunch will follow the meeting. jobwinslow.michdar.net

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THE WINGS OF WONDER: 11am, Betsie Valley Elementary Gym, Thompsonville. Meet Rebecca Lessard, wildlife rehabilitator & educator, & the Birds of The Wings of Wonder. 231-3782716. Free.

-------------------“THE LAKE MICHIGAN MERMAID” BOOK TALK: 11:30am, Leland Township Library.

Featuring authors Anne-Marie Oomen & Linda Nemec Foster. Free. lelandlibrary.org

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GREAT LAKES MARITIME ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE/SHIP TOUR: 12-3pm, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, TC. Cadets will lead guided tours of the Training Ship State of Michigan.

995-1200, ext. 0. Free. nmc.edu

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GO FLY A KITE!: 1-3pm, The Village Arts Building, Northport. Hear kite stories & decorate & fly your creation, weather permitting. Kites & decorating materials provided. For school age children. Pre-register at the Leelanau Township Library, Northport. 231-386-5131. Free.

-------------------POETS SIGNING: 3-5pm, Horizon Books, TC. Anne-Marie Oomen & Linda Nemec Foster will sign their tale in poems, “The Lake Michigan Mermaid.” horizonbooks.com

-------------------SIPS N’ GIGGLES COMEDY SHOW FEATURING MICHAEL PALASCAK: 6pm, Streeters, Ground Zero, TC. Leelanau wine is paired with nationally touring comedian Michael Palascak. Free wine tasting, dinner packages and VIP tables available. $20 advance, $25 door. mynorthtickets.com

Don’t miss the annual Celebration For Young Children in Downtown TC on Sat., April 28 from 11am-1pm. Featuring a hands on activity center at Ecco, store specials and activities for the little ones, a Wings of Wonder demonstration, children’s artwork displays and more.

BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: KITTY DONOHOE: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Enjoy hearing this Michigan Emmy award-winning songwriter perform ‘folky, bluesy, Irishy, American, Canadianish’ music. Tickets: $15 advance; $20 door. $8 students, $5 12 & under. redskystage.com

-------------------“FOOLS & FOOLISHNESS”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. This collection of short comic plays is presented by OTP’s senior readers’ theatre. Goodwill donation. oldtownplayhouse.com

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“THE FATHER”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. A performance of an honest & human story of dementia. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

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“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: 8pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey. Presented

by Little Traverse Civic Theatre. $17 adults, $12 students & matinee. ltct.org

-------------------AN EVENING OF ILLUSION: 8-10pm, Charlevoix Cinema III. Featuring illusionist Ben Whiting. $25. livefromcharlevoix.com

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TC CHARITY JOKE JAM: 9pm, State Theatre, TC. Grand Finale Event headlined by Stewart Huff. Benefits Norte, Cherryland Humane Society, Polestar LGBTQ Center & FLOW. Free. traversecitycomedy.com

apr 22

sunday

EARTH DAY VOLUNTEER WORKBEE: 9am-noon. Join GT Conservation District staff & fellow stewards by sprucing up the trails at the Miller Creek Nature Reserve, TC & planting native seedlings along river banks.

941-0960, ext. 15.

-------------------2ND ANNUAL EARTH DAY EVENT: 11am4pm, Twin Lakes Park & Gilbert Lodge, TC. Presented by Grand Traverse County RecycleSmart & Grand Traverse County Parks &

Recreation. Includes a scavenger hunt, Wings of Wonder Live Raptor Program, Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl, Meet the Fleet & Photo Op – American Waste Recycling Truck; DNR Fire Brush Truck, live music by Jack Pine & much more. Learn about recycling, composting, water protection, invasive species, earth friendly gardening, energy conservation & more. 941-5555.

Free. co.grand-traverse.mi.us

-------------------CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: April 22-28. Several Charlevoix restaurants will feature both lunch & dinner specials. Some will only feature dinner. visitcharlevoix.com

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An infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of London lining up.

Featuring some of the most chilling music ever written for the stage, Sweeney Todd is a masterpiece sure both to thrill and delight audiences.

GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., April 21)

-------------------A PLASTIC OCEAN DOCUMENTARY: 1pm, Elk Rapids Cinema. Presented by Green Elk Rapids. Free. greenelkrapids.org

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CADILLAC CELEBRATES EARTH DAY: 1-4pm, Cadillac City Park. Kids activities & crafts include creating a “Seed Bomb” & a seek-and-find puzzle game. There will also be live music by Seth Bernard, an Earth Day themed sculpture, a collection of examples of MI wildlife from the Michigan DNR & more. 231-468-9554.

-------------------EARTH DAY CELEBRATION: 1-4pm, Leo Creek Preserve, Suttons Bay. Activities include a biochar demo, making oyster mushroom totems, seedlings give away, conifer excursion, nature scavenger hunt, & more. Parking available at the Leelanau Trailhead, Fourth St., Suttons Bay. Free. leocreekpreserve.com

tickets.interlochen.org 800.681.5920

-------------------MAKE YOUR BIKE MAGIC FOR EARTH DAY: 1-2:30pm, Elk Rapids District Library.

Ride your bike to the library to make a bike flag & handle bar streamers with recycled & ecomaterials. Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

-------------------“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: 2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey. Presented

by Little Traverse Civic Theatre. $12. ltct.org

-------------------“THE FATHER”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse

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Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. A performance of an honest & human story of dementia. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

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TALK ABOUT ART WITH THE MANITOU WINDS: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center, gallery.

Leading the conversation will be Norm Wheeler.

Free. glenarborart.org

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BAROQUE CHORAL FESTIVAL: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium.

Featuring the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Kevin Rhodes, the Interlochen Arts Academy Choir, combined choirs from NMC, & vocal soloists. $25.50, $38, $46. traversesymphony.org

-------------------EARTH DAY FAMILY CONCERT FOR LOVE OF WATER: 3pm, GT Circuit, TC. Featuring singer/songwriters Kitty Donohoe & Miriam Pico. Profits support FLOW. Sponsored by Dance of Life Midwifery & Taproot Cider House.

Adults $10; children $5; under 5 years free; families $25. gtcircuit.org

-------------------“CROSSING LAKE HURON”: 3:30-5pm, The State Theatre, TC. Three TC area men formed the group Stand Up for Great Lakes & made an attempt to cross Lake Huron on stand-up paddle boards. After the documentary will be a Q&A with all three paddlers. Free.

apr 23

monday

CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., April 22)

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GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., April 21)

-------------------MONKS FOR ANGELS FUNDRAISER: 4-8pm, 7 Monks Taproom, TC. Featuring Willie and the Wannabes & a silent auction.

Find on Facebook.

-------------------ANTRIM AREA WOMEN DEMS APRIL MEETING: 5pm, Torch Riviera, Rapid City.

Featuring speaker Melissa Fruge, Democratic candidate for MI’s House of Rep. 105th district.

RSVP: chrisandglennh@gmail.com $13.

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FREE LEARN TO CURL SESSION: 6-8pm, Petoskey Ice Arena. Presented by the Petoskey Curling Club for beginning curlers. petoskeycurling.com

-------------------LINE 5 RETIREMENT PARTY: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. This event marks the 65th anniversary of Enbridge’s easement to operate Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac. Featuring speakers, videos, live music by Seth Bernard, & a discussion about the steps you can take to retire Line 5. Free. oilandwaterdontmix.org

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INTERNATIONAL LECTURE: 6:30-7:30pm, NCMC, Room 122, Main Classroom Building, Petoskey. “Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba” is Philip Sugden & Carole Elchert’s documentary that explores the power of art to transform societies & improve human conditions.

Free. ncmich.edu

-------------------CONCERTS ON THE PORCH PRESENTS HOUSE OF HAMILL: 7pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Made up of Rose Baldino & Brian Buchanan, this married duo brings their “Celtic inspired, fiddle-driven, pure stage chemistry.” $20 advance; $25 door. sleders.com/concert-serie

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FRIENDS @ THE CARNEGIE: GREYHOUND RESCUE: 7pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. Join Amy Tweeten & discover misconceptions about this ancient dog breed, how adoption groups work to get them into forever homes, & why they make great pets.

Free. petoskeylibrary.org

apr 24

tuesday

MUNSON HOSPICE SOCIAL GROUP: 9am, Big Boy Restaurant, Cadillac. Join a friendly environment where

grief & loss are understood. 1-800-252-2065.

Free. munsonhomehealth.org/griefservices

CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., April 22)

COFFEE @ TEN TALK: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Featuring artist & young adult art instructor Richie Gunn. Free. crookedtree.org

FOOD & FERMENTATION RESTAURANT WEEK: Downtown Elk Rapids, April 25-28.

Featuring special offers from participating restaurants.

--------------------------------------COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey. Featuring a panel of art students from NCMC. Free. crookedtree.org

-------------------CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., April 22)

-------------------GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., April 21)

-------------------GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Held at 11am & 2pm. Create a dragon fly to take home. greatlakeskids.org

-------------------CWIB LUNCHEON: 11:30am-1pm, NCMC, cafeteria, Iron Horse Café, Petoskey. This luncheon on human trafficking is co-sponsored by the Zonta Club of Petoskey & Petoskey Chamber’s Connecting Women in Business group. Moderated by Gail Kloss, executive director, Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan. $18 for CWIB members; $25 others. ncmich.edu

-------------------NEW CARDIAC REHAB SUPPORT GROUP: 2pm, MCHC, rooms A&B, TC. Share, learn, support & connect with others experiencing the effects of cardiovascular disease.

935-8560. munsonhealthcare.org

-------------------THE 7 CHURCHES OF REVELATION: 5:30pm, Samaritas Senior Living of Traverse City, Williamsburg. A Biblical Travelogue

by Bob Francis. View photos, hear stories, ask questions. Learn about Bob’s travels through these churches. RSVP: 231-408-3385.

-------------------ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS - THE JOURNEY: 6pm, Harbor Springs City Hall. Held every fourth Tues. 810-516-0405.

-------------------OVERDOSE RESPONSE: 6pm, Traverse Area District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. Harm Reduction Michigan presents a training for any community member interested in learning how to respond to a drug induced overdose. Use of the immediate antidote, Naloxone, will be demonstrated; each attendee will leave with their own emergency response kit. Registration encouraged: www.harmreductionmi.org Free.

-------------------REQUIRED EQUIPMENT FOR WINE MAKING: 6-8pm, NCMC, room 536 SCRC, Petoskey. Must register. 231-348-6613.

Free. eventbrite.com

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WORLD OF FERMENTATION: POTLUCK DISCUSSION: 6-8pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia.

Featuring Chris Schnepf, full-time brewer at Stormcloud Brewing Company. Also enjoy a recipe exchange. Find on Facebook.

-------------------MICHIGAN COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP: 6:30pm, TC West Senior High School.

Free. michigancollegeplanning.com MOVIE NIGHT: 6:30pm, Bellaire Public Library.

Featuring “Before the Flood,” a documentary about a journey to five continents to witness climate change firsthand. bellairelibrary.org

apr 25

wednesday

NORTHWEST MICHIGAN TECH BUSINESS SUMMIT: Hagerty Center, TC. Breakfast & registration: 8-8:30am; presentations: 8:30am-12:30pm. $40, includes breakfast. networksnorthwest.org

-------------------MEN IN GRIEF SERIES: 9am, Hospice of Michigan Office, TC. A series examining issues that are unique to men who have lost a loved one. Led by a male counselor, it will compare expectations of men versus the reality of men dealing with grief. Register. Free. hom.org

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--------------------------------------GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., April 21)

-------------------PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH DAY SUPPORT GROUP: 11:30am, TC Senior Center. Celebration of Parkinson’s April Awareness Month. Free lunch for PNN members - TC, Frankfort, Suttons Bay/Leelanau. Reservations required: 947-7389.

-------------------HELPING OUR YOUNG PICKY EATERS & PROBLEM FEEDERS: 5:30-7pm, MCHC, Rooms A&B, TC. The Munson Community Health Library is hosting this program with Patty Flynn, MS, OTR/L. Register. 935-9265.

Free. munsonhealthcare.org

-------------------INTERLOCHEN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30pm, Bradley’s Pub & Grille, Interlochen. $5 donation. interlochenchamber.org

-------------------CREATING A WILDLIFE FRIENDLY BACKYARD: 6-8pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Join the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network at their Spring Go Beyond Beauty Meeting. Learn about removing the use of invasive species from landscaping projects & how to incorporate more native plants. Guest speaker is Tom Ford. Free. habitatmatters.org

-------------------NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: Kalkaska, April 25-29. Tonight features Opening Ceremony at 6pm & Trout-tastic featuring the Pub Runners at 6:30pm. nationaltroutfestival.com

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“THE BITTER TRUTH OF SUGAR ADDICTION,” “REFINED SUGAR-FREE” TASTING THEME: 6:30-8pm, Timber Ridge Conference Center, TC. Presented by Plant-based Lifestyle TC. eventbrite.com

-------------------CLEAN ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Northern MI Environmental Action Council will host clean energy expert Skip Pruss & climate change expert Peter Sinclair. Free.

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AN EVENING WITH EILEEN MCNAMARA: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by National Writers Series. Pulitzer Prize winner Eileen McNamara’s new book, “Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World,” celebrates the founder of the Special Olympics & an advocate of disabled children & adults. There will be live music at 6pm. $15.50, $25.50. Students: $5.50. cityoperahouse.org/nws-eileen-mcnamara

apr 26

thursday

OFF THE CUFF: 8-9:30am, North Perk Coffee, East Jordan. Join East Jordan’s city, chamber & school leaders for an informal gathering to ask your questions & hear about current projects & events.

Featuring Mary Faculak, Matt Stevenson & Tom Cannon.

-------------------GRASS RIVER READS: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Discuss “The Bird in the Waterfall” by Jerry Dennis & explore water in all of its complexity. Free. grassriver.org

-------------------CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., April 22)

-------------------FOOD & FERMENTATION RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Weds., April 25)

-------------------INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Bears Wants More” by Karma Wilson. greatlakeskids.org

-------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS: MARGIE GUYOT STUDIO TOUR: 12-4pm, Possum Hill Studio, Eastport. See the Eastport studio of Margie Guyot to see where she creates the paintings that are represented in her solo exhibition: “Margie Guyot, A Not So Still Life.”

Free. charlevoixcircle.com

-------------------NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: Kalkaska, April 25-29. Today the flea market, Skerbeck Family Carnival & Shady Belle open. nationaltroutfestival.com

-------------------SWIRL & A SHOW: 5:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Enjoy a Swirl ($15 advance; $20 day of) featuring hors d’oeuvres & wine provided by Chandler’s – A Restaurant, with music

by Jeff Pagel. CTAC is also partnering with Little Traverse Civic Theatre for “Swirl & a Show.” A “Swirl & a Show” ticket ($25) includes admission to the Swirl & a general admission ticket to the 8pm performance of “August: Osage County” that evening. crookedtree.org

-------------------8TH ANNUAL ART ATTACK: 6:30-8pm, Kinglsey Branch of the Traverse Area District Library. Enjoy the artistic skills demonstrated by students of the Kingsley Area Schools.

Free. tadl.org/kingsley

-------------------ARTS FOR ALL - SPRING DANCE: 6:30pm, Elks Lodge, TC. Dances are designed to be accessible for all abilities & needs, & are open to all. Contact grace@artsforallnmi.org for more info. $5. eventbrite.com

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GLEN ARBOR PLAYERS AUDITION FOR “SUNSET BOULEVARD”: 7-9pm, Glen Lake Community Reformed Church, Burdickville.

Offering roles for six men, two women & a narrator. glenarborart.org

MICHIGAN LCV HOSTS A “WATER CONVERSATION” TOWN HALL MEETING: 6:30pm, NMC, Great Lakes Campus Room 101, TC. Learn about recent developments with Line 5, Nestlé’s recent approval to increase its bottled water operations, PFAS in drinking water & more.

WORSHIP & JUSTICE TOUR: 7pm, Faith Reformed Church, TC. World Orphans & Big Ticket Festival present a free concert (with freewill love offering) featuring Aaron Boyd, songwriter of “God of this City” & Grant McCartney, American Ninja Warrior. frctc.org

THAT’S DEBATABLE: 7pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Is civilized disagreement possible anymore? Two two-person teams will face off in formal debate, arguing the pros & cons of mandatory national service. Free. nrec.org

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-------------------2018 ROTARY SHOW: 7:30pm, State Theatre, TC. The Rotary Club of Traverse City is hosting its annual Rotary Show that includes the Rotary Chorus, comedy skits, music parodies & “The News at 9ish.” General admission is $15. Proceeds fund Rotary Good Works Grants for local nonprofits. 947-3446. stateandbijou.org/movies/rotary-show

-------------------LIFETREE CAFE: 8pm, The Rock of Kingsley.

This one-hour event features a film about the state of education, along with a discussion.

Free. Find on Facebook.

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-------------------“THE FATHER”: (See Sat., April 21) -------------------2018 ROTARY SHOW: (See Weds., April 25) -------------------“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: (See Sat., April 21)

apr 27

friday

FREE HEARING CLINIC: 9:30am-3pm, TC Senior Center. Staff members from the William and Leni Carls Hearing Clinic at Munson Medical Center will offer free hearing screenings & hearing aid repairs. Register: 922-4911. munsonhealthcare.org/hearing

ARBOR DAY PLANTING WORKBEE: 10am2pm, East Creek Reserve, TC. Presented by the GT Conservation District. Bring sturdy shoes, work gloves, water & a packed lunch. Register: 941-0960, ext. 15. Free. natureiscalling.org

-------------------DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. “Cars & trucks.” greatlakeskids.org

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 10-11am: Story Hour - Owls. Enjoy some stories, activities & a craft. 8:30-10:30pm: Live music with the Jim Crockett Trio. Enjoy original folk, roots & blues music. horizonbooks.com

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NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: Kalkaska, April 25-29. Today includes the Trout Brunch, National Trout Festival Youth Parade, Melissa Lee & Kin Faux Concert & much more. nationaltroutfestival.com

-------------------CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., April 22)

-------------------FOOD & FERMENTATION RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Weds., April 25)

-------------------CP CONNECT: 2-4pm, TC Chamber of Commerce. An opportunity to connect state representatives to their constituents with cerebral palsy. 922-0903, ext. 321.

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GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: Held in Leelanau County, April 27 - May 5. Participating establishments will offer their own special (3 course) prix-fixe dinner menu for $30. Lunch specials may be offered at some locations. Find on Facebook. $30/person. visitglenarbor.com

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EAST JORDAN ROTARY VARIETY SHOW: 5pm, The Landing, East Jordan. Featuring “Forks to Funnies.” mynorthtickets.com

-------------------TC TRAIL RUNNING FESTIVAL: Timber Ridge RV Resort, TC. 6:15pm: Free kids’ race (12 & under). 6:30pm: 10K relay (2 person teams). enduranceevolution.com

-------------------“THE FATHER”: (See Sat., April 21) -------------------2018 ROTARY SHOW: (See Weds., April 25) -------------------UP NORTH BIG BAND: 7:30-10:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. 30’s & 40’s swing & big band dancing. A dance lesson will be held from 6:45-7:30pm. $10 adults; $5 students w/ ID. redskystage.com

-------------------“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: (See Sat., April 21)

-------------------THE CLAIRVOYANTS: 9pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Enjoy the mind-reading magic of “America’s Got Talent” runner-up, The Clairvoyants. $35, $45, $50. lrcr.com

apr 28

saturday

12TH ANNUAL TAGGED FISH DERBY: 12:01am to Sun., April 29, 6pm, Lake Billings, Manton.

The Chamber plants $1,100 of rainbow trout in the lake. 15 have tags. If a licensed fisherman catches a fish during the Derby time that has a tag on it, he can win a prize of $50 or more or (one) prize of $500. 231-824-3391.

-------------------SPRING CHALLENGE 10K, 5K, 1K: 7am, Treetops Resort, Jones Masterpiece Golf Course, Gaylord. treetops.com

-------------------TC TRAIL RUNNING FESTIVAL: Timber Ridge RV Resort, TC. 7am: 50K Run. 7:30am: 25K Run. 8am: 10K Run. 9:30am-3pm: Postrace celebration. enduranceevolution.com

-------------------INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE DAY: Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Featuring free admission & free guided tours at 10am & 2pm (2pm is designed especially for artists, led

by Artistic Director Kaz McCue). michlegacyartpark.org

NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: Kalkaska, April 25-29. Today includes the Rotary Wood Memorial Run, Kids’ Fishing Contest, K.A.M.P.S. Fun Fly Air Show, 82nd Annual Grand Royale Parade, Chute Dogging Rodeo Event, fireworks & much more. nationaltroutfestival.com

-------------------LANDSCAPING: 9am-noon, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Presented by the GT Conservation District. Help make the gardens shine & learn from experienced gardeners. Free. natureiscalling.org

-------------------SPRINGING INTO SUMMER STROLL FOR EPILEPSY: 9-11am, Clinch Park, TC. epilepsymichigan.org

-------------------STEWARDSHIP DAY · ART PARK SPRING CLEANUP: Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. There are many jobs for people of all ages & abilities. Dress for weather & working outdoors. Art Park trailhead at 9am. Bring work gloves, a rake, drinking water, leaf blower, or other outdoor maintenance tools. Expect to work no later than noon. michlegacyartpark.org

-------------------WOOD MEMORIAL RUN: 9:55am, Kalkaska VFW Hall. Featuring a 1 Mile Fun Run, 5K & 10K. runsignup.com

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BEACH CLEAN UP: 10am, TC State Park.

Presented by GT County 4-H. RSVP: 922-4825.

-------------------GLCM’S NEW PARTNER PROGRAMS: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. For children ages 2-8. Oryana Community Co-op will present a Bee Demo.

Featuring honey samples from local farms, handouts & fun games. greatlakeskids.org

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CELEBRATION OF THE YOUNG CHILD EVENT: 11am-2pm, Downtown TC. Join hundreds of little ones & their families strolling through downtown TC & celebrating by taking part in activities throughout the area. Events will take place at many locations downtown. Free.

-------------------CHARLEVOIX SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., April 22)

-------------------FOOD & FERMENTATION RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Weds., April 25)

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WINGS OF WONDER WITH REBECCA LESSARD: 11am, Horizon Books, TC. Featuring live raptors & raptor artifacts. horizonbooks.com

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JORDAN VALLEY FIDDLERS JAMBOREE: 1210pm, East Jordan Civic Center. Fiddlers from around the state, ages 5-95, will play three of their favorite tunes. 231-526-9924. Donation.

-------------------AUDITIONS FOR “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE”: 1pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Presented

by Riverside Shakespeare. Find on Facebook.

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“BINGE THE BARD”: 2pm, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Presented by Thunder Bay Theatre.

You will be introduced to William Shakespeare through sonnets, soliloquies & scenes. Free. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., April 27)

-------------------EAST JORDAN ROTARY VARIETY SHOW: 5pm, The Landing, East Jordan. Featuring “Forks to Funnies.” mynorthtickets.com

-------------------CONRAD GOLD & JON HOAGLAND: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. These two musicians blend their voices & guitars to bring you an evening of folk, blues, country & roots rock.

Tickets: $10 advance; $15 door. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

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FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: 7pm, The Rock, Kingsley. 231-263-7000. Free. Find on Facebook.

-------------------“THE FATHER”: (See Sat., April 21) -------------------2018 ROTARY SHOW: (See Weds., April 25) -------------------LITTLE TRAVERSE CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT: 7:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs. “Songs of Peace, Hope &

Mon -

Strife.” Tickets: $15 adults, $5 students & free for 12 & under. littletraversechoralsociety.org

Ladies Night - $1 off drinks & $5 martinis

-------------------SPRING JAZZ ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE: 7:30pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Tickets: $12 adults, $7 students & seniors. Admission for NMC students w/ student ID is free. mynorthtickets.com

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“AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY”: 8pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey. Presented

by Little Traverse Civic Theatre. $17 adults, $12 students & matinee. ltct.org

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RHUBARBARY HOUSE CONCERT: 8pm, 3550 Five Mile Creek Rd., Harbor Springs. Featuring Drive South with Roger Brown & Mary Sue Wilkinson. This duo brings their creative take on Americana music. $20. peacemealstringband.com

apr 29

sunday

12TH ANNUAL TAGGED FISH DERBY: (See Sat., April 28)

with Jukebox - Closing at 9pm

Tues - $2 well drinks & shots with Jukebox

Wed - Get it in the can for $1 w/2 Bays DJs Thurs - $1 off all drinks w/Time Fugitives w/Stu Ford

Fri Apr 27 - Happy Hour: Wink

then: The Gasoline Gypsies

Buckets of Beer starting at $7 from 2-8pm

Sat April 28 : The Gasoline Gypsies Sun April 29: Head for the Hills Live Show THEN: KARAOKE (10PM-2AM) 941-1930 downtown TC check us out at unionstreetstationtc.net

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NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: Kalkaska, April 25-29.

Today includes the Classic Car Show, Pizza Eating Contest & much more. nationaltroutfestival.com

-------------------DEPOT SUNDAY SYMPOSIUM: 12:30-2pm, After 26 Depot, Cadillac. “Discovering Cuba” with Leo & Pat Paveglio. Reserve your spot: 231-468-3526.

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For Traverse City area news and events, visit TraverseTicker.com

MOVIE SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY “RESILIENCE”: 1-3:30pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Learn about abuse & neglect during childhood. This documentary chronicles the dawn of a movement determined to fight back. Following will be a panel discussion with local experts. Register.

Free. traversebaycac.org/event/resilience

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2ND ANNUAL OLD TIME RADIO SHOW: 1pm, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord. Presented by Gaylord Community Productions. See & hear old time radio shows of yesteryear. $10.

-------------------AC PAW WINE FOR WHISKERS LIVE AUCTION: 1-5pm, Williamsburg Event Center, Acme. Tickets are $20 plus one donated bottle of wine or wine gift for the live auction. Admission includes wine, appetizers & desserts provided by Catering by Kelly’s, a keepsake tote bag, collectible AC PAW wine glass, & more. wineforwhiskers.com

-------------------7TH ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE: 1:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy six original one act plays produced & performed at COH. Written by regional high school students who were matched with national mentors. Free. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------MORE GIRLS ON BIKES: 2pm. A celebration of girls on bikes. Presented by Norte. Ride to downtown TC to the Keen Loft, above the Franklin Restaurant for a GIRLS’ ONLY meet up. elgruponorte.org

-------------------LITTLE TRAVERSE CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT: 3pm, United Methodist Church, Petoskey. “Songs of Peace, Hope & Strife.”

Tickets: $15 adults, $5 students & free for 12 & under. littletraversechoralsociety.org

-------------------ADAIR CORRELL’S CD RELEASE PARTY W/ THE OLDER THAN DIRT BOYS BAND: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, on the porch, TC. Enjoy this singer/songwriter who combines wit & wisdom within many of his songs. $20 advance; $25 door. sleders.com

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SUN 1 PM - FREE! Presented by TC Central SEA Club

CROSSING LAKE HURONNR

SUN 3:30 PM - FREE! Presented by Stand Up for Great Lakes

MIKE'S BIRTHDAY BENEFIT SUNDAY 6 PM - $20 Fundraiser Tickets

BYE BYE BIRDIENR WEDNESDAY 10:30 AM

Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll Classics - 25¢ Matinee

THE ROTARY SHOWNR

WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY 7 PM - Tickets $15 DOWNTOWN

IN CLINCH PARK

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GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., April 27)

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FULL MOON FEAST: FISH MOON: 6-9pm, Wagbo Farm & Education Center, East Jordan.

Share a potluck meal & participate in a “show & tell” time. Bring a dish to pass. Find on Facebook.

SUNDAY 12:30 • 3 • 5:30 • 8 PM MON - THU 1:30 • 3:45 • 6 • 8:30 PM 231-947-4800

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C3: CHARLEVOIX CREATIVES COLLABORATIVE WEEKLY BREAKFAST GATHERING: Fridays, 10:30am, Smoke on the Water Cafe, Charlevoix. Info: alexis @ 503.550.8889.

Find on Facebook.

-------------------C3: CHARLEVOIX CREATIVES COLLABORATIVE WRITE ALONG GROUP: Sundays, 2:30-4pm, Charlevoix Public Library, 2nd floor Trustees Rm. Info: alexis @ 503.550.8889.

Find on Facebook.

-------------------HORIZON BOOKS OF CADILLAC STORYTIME: Wednesdays, 4pm. Listen to a story & create a take-home craft. facebook.com/hori

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BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon through April, main lobby area of the new City Facilities Building, Boyne City. On April 21 Robert Beaupre will perform live music. On April 28 Brad Hersy will perform. boynecitymainstreet.com/farmersmarket-welcome

-------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET, PETOSKEY: Fridays, 10am-1pm, upper level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. This market has moved back inside. When weather permits, vendors will sell their goods out on the Bidwell Plaza, too. crookedtree.org

-------------------INDOOR FARMERS MARKET, THE MERCATO, THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC: Saturdays, 10am-2pm through April.

941-1961.

-------------------SUNDAY FUNDAY GENTLE YOGA: Sundays, 10:30-11:30am, Bodies in Motion, TC. Open to all levels, this class is for anyone looking for an unhurried soothing practice & will introduce postures & breathing techniques. bodiesinmotiontc.com

art

“A WORLD WITHOUT ABUSE” COMMUNITY ART EXHIBIT: Sponsored by the Traverse Bay Children’s Advocacy Center in honor of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Work from 35 artists will be on exhibit in Downtown TC through April 26. Locations include Brew, James C. Smith Jewelers, Fustini’s, Diversions, & Acoustic Mead Taproom. traversebaycac.org

-------------------“HANDBUILDING”: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. Creating with Clay Without a Potter’s Wheel. An exhibit of vessels & sculptures created out of clay by hand without the aid of a pottery wheel. Runs through April 29. jordanriverartscouncil15.wildapricot.org

-------------------SUMMER MEMBER EXHIBITION & RETROSPECTIVE: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort.

Celebrating OAC’s 70 Years. Featuring a multi-media presentation on the history of OAC going back to 1948 & works by former members, instructors & volunteers of OAC. Runs through June 1. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org “COLOR CATCHERS”: Runs through Apr. 25 at The Old Art Building, Leland. Five photographers examine the wonders & mysteries of color through abstract images. oldartbuilding.com

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DRINK & DRAW: Tuesdays, 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. traversecityworkshop. com

-------------------JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Runs through Apr. 28 at Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Enjoy the work of nature & wildlife photographer Kristina Lishawa.

-------------------MARCIA K. HALES SOLO SHOW: Runs through Apr. 27 at Higher Art Gallery, TC. Marcia’s new exhibit, “Cycle of Duality,” contains new abstract works. higherartgallery.com

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: Mon. - Sat., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm.

- “LINES OF LIGHT: CRAIG TANDY - MONOFILAMENT SCULPTURE”: Runs through April 29 at Zimmerman Sculpture Court.

Canadian artist Craig Tandy constructs complex sculptures with monofilament nylon that illustrate the properties of projected light, with an interest in creating a space through which the viewer can move.

- TUTANKHAMUN: “WONDERFUL THINGS” FROM THE PHARAOH’S TOMB: Runs through May 6. From the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Egypt & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibit features about 100 replicas of the pharaoh’s possessions & artifacts from the period surrounding Tutankhamun’s reign. It reconstructs the discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter & the life of Pharaoh. dennosmuseum.org

“IN BLOOM”: An exhibition exploring the different ways five local artists interpret the subject of flowers in paint, mixed media & porcelain. Runs through May 17 at Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor. glenarborart.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - “ART OF NCMC STUDENTS”: Featuring 29 NCMC student artists. Runs through April 21.

- YOUTH ART SHOW: Featuring artwork created by Char-Em ISD & home school students, kindergarten through grade 12. Runs through May 5. crookedtree.org

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-------------------AIKIDO AT LIFT YOUTH CENTER - AN ADAPTIVE ARTS FOR ALL EXPERIENCE: Mondays, 4pm at LIFT Youth Center, Suttons Bay. Registration required. Free. artsforallnmi.org

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“MARGIE GUYOT, A NOT SO STILL LIFE”: Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Known for her plein air paintings & still lifes, Guyot’s exhibit will run through May 26. charlevoixcircle.com

SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST: The Suttons Bay Art Festival committee is accepting entrees for the 2018 poster that will be used in advertising & promoting the 39th anniversary of the show. $350 prize.

Deadline for submitting is May 15. Info on format & entree: suttonsbayartfestival.org

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: -CRAFT AND NEW TECH EXHIBIT: Where traditional handcraft meets new technologies, materials & methods. On display through May 5. crookedtree.org

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Mo Pop Is PopRockin’ Into Detroit Step right up and get your tickets (on sale now at $99 for the whole weekend, or $75 for one day) for this year’s Mo Pop Festival, arguably the most commercial pop-rock fest in Michigan, at which you’ll find a huge slate of your favorite radio-friendly acts.

The Detroit event, which will take place July 28¬–29 at West RiverFront Park, has amped up its roster with two dozen acts, including headliners Bon Iver, The National, St. Vincent, and Portugal. The Man, as well as a plethora of national touring acts, like indiepopsters Alvvays, rapper Vince Staples, and Michigan’s own Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers. Get all the details and those tickets now at mopopfestival.com …

If you’re loving the National Geographic channel show One Strange Rock, the Will Smith-hosted series hosted that tells the story of earth from the perspective of the only people who have left it, namely astronauts, then chances are good you’ll enjoy the Lakeshore Records soundtrack, as well. Composed by Daniel Pemberton, the soundtrack is chock full of original tracks that evoke the drama of the series itself, and it’s available in all the usual outlets and in digital form now …

MODERN

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

Detroit hometown boy Jack White (now living in Nashville) has returned with his latest solo album, Boarding House Reach, on which the alt-rocker showcases a pile of experimental tracks, whose theme seems to evoke the Cold War era, complete with various officials and spies cast as characters in his tunes. Despite the era oddity, his first single “Ice Station Zebra” from the album is a current chart fave. White will promote the set this summer with a North American tour, and he’ll also be headlining spots at both the Governors Ball (NY) and the New Orleans Jazz Fest …

David Guetta and Sia have already collaborated on a number of tracks together — their 2011 hit, “Titanium,” and “Bang My Head” and “She Wolf ” — but now the pair are back with a fourth single, “Flames,” on which Guetta also appears in an energetic, action-movie-style video clip. He plays an evil emperor trying to take out a trio of youthful ninjas and their martial arts master (played by Danny Trejo). Check out the clip at https://tinyurl.com/guettaflames …

LINK OF THE WEEK The ’90s brought us many a boy band, but few were bigger than *NSYNC, the crew that also spawned current mega-artist Justin Timberlake. All five members of the band — Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone, Chris

Kirkpatrick, and Lance Bass — will reunite on April 30 as the star dedicated to their band is unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard. Find out more about the band at their newly redesigned official legacy website, nsync.com …

THE BUZZ Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Kyle Rasche has just released In&In, a brand new album of music from his Chain of Lakes ensemble …

Detroit rock band Octopus is releasing a new edition of its debut album, Supernatural Alliance, on vinyl …

Chicago neo-soul singer Ravyn Lenae has been making a named for herself on the Detroit music scene, thanks to increasing gigs in the Motor City, including a standout set at The El Club last week …

And Detroit hometown boy Bazzi (aka Andrew Bazzi) has snagged a contract with Atlantic Records and will be releasing his asyet-untitled debut album with the label this month … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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

Get Your Life Back And get ready for summer.

Your life is worth living. If you struggle with your weight, attending a free surgical weight loss seminar may be your first step toward getting your life – and your good health – back.

Wendy Whitfield, FNP-BC, will talk about your options and answer your questions. Join us for this special presentation at the office of Traverse General Surgery & Trauma Care.

Wednesday, May 2, 10 - 11 am Traverse General Surgery & Trauma Care 701 W. Front Street, Ste. 200, (at Division Street) | Traverse City, MI To reserve your space, call the office at 231-346-4000.

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FOURSCORE by kristi kates

Various Artists – Dancehall Dreamin’: A Tribute to Pat Green – Greenhouse Records

Following Pat Green along the ol’ dirt road are a plethora of his fans — who also happen to be his musical peers — and they’ve contributed their versions of his songs on this eclectic tribute album. A total of 20 tracks are included here. Ten of them are music, by the likes of John Baumann (“Nightmare”), Aaron Watson (“Crazy”), Walt Wilkins (“Washington Avenue”), and the Randy Rogers Band featuring Radney Foster (“Three Days”); the other 10 are intriguing “behind the scenes” stories about the making of each track.

Will Stewart – County Seat – Cornelius Chapel Records

On Stewart’s first full-length effort and his first release since moving from Nashville to his home state of Alabama, his influences are clearly outlined, as solid as with a Sharpie, as each track reveals its roots on first listen. Whether Stewart is drawing upon more vintage inspirations like Neil Young or Bob Dylan (“Sipsey,” “Dark Halls”), or quirkily bringing more modern-day folk-pop into the mix (just listen to those Michael-Stipe-ian phrasings on “Brush Arbor”), it’s a set full of personal detail.

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers – Years – Bloodshot Records

If you like the edgier side of country — aka alt-country — Shook and her gang are probably right up your alley. Fusing upright bass drones with steel guitar riffs and the group’s direct, pointed songwriting, this album charges directly ahead at all times, from the coastalCalifornia rock of “Lesson” to the Arkansas punk of “Good as Gold.” Even the slower numbers never really let up, as Shook simply substitutes dramatic emotions for tempo on tracks like the agonizingly personal “Parting Words.”

WITH BRUNCH! May 13th, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Join us this Mother’s Day for a beautiful brunch on the bay, with live jazz and children’s activities.

P.S. Free flowers for all Moms!

Reservations recommended: (231) 714-9810, Ext. 122.

ADULTS: $29 • CHILDREN: $14 • CHILDREN UNDER 5 EAT FREE

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Johnny Cash – Forever Words – Legacy/ Columbia

Bringing forward a collection of Johnny Cash’s previously unknown lyrics, poetry, and even some letters, an assortment of musicians pay tribute to Cash and his writings by setting his words to music. Recorded in Nashville and co-produced by John Carter Cash, the album includes standout contributions from Brad Paisley (“Gold All Over the Ground”), Alison Krauss “The Captain’s Daughter”), Elvis Costello (“I’ll Still Love You”), and the late Chris Cornell (“You Never Knew My Mind”). It’s an emotional set worthy of Cash’s work.

The reel

by meg weichman

Blockers

B

lockers is not just a solid, enjoyable studio comedy. It’s something genuinely refreshing — a film that is coarse and crude but also sweet and heartfelt, perfectly balancing smart, broad, and raunchy comedy. The premise, though, could not be more clichéd: Three lifelong friends make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night. Yet this isn’t your typical grossout teen-sex comedy ála American Pie or Porky’s. See, it flips the situation in a couple of key ways, making the film about not only teen girls but also their parents (Leslie Mann, John Cena, and Ike Barinholtz), as the parents vow to put a stop to their plans for more nuanced reasons than you might expect.

(It’s never about outmoded ideas of “purity”). So throughout the night, the parents are hot on the girls’ trail, and crazy, Fast and Furious-like antics follow. Without spoiling anything, the girls end up coming to their own conclusions and making decisions best for them. It’s empowering and a rare positive display of female sexuality. And while resolution might come a little too easy, there are moments that will melt your heart. Goofy and sentimental, it’s fairly insightful and hits an incredibly sweet spot of hilarity with which both young and old can connect.

ISLE OF DOGS Adorable dogs, plus animation. It’s a recipe for your most basic, derivative, and unchallenging kind of kiddie fare. Heck, the title here even sounds like something as reductive as “I Love Dogs.” But these cursory conclusions belie the sheer brilliance of the feel-it-in-your-gut good storytelling on display.

abandoned amusement parks and nuclear waste plants in search of Spots. There are twists and flashbacks, and they encounter great characters, like former show dog Nutmeg (Scarlett Johansson) and the wise elders, Jupiter (F. Murray Abraham) and Oracle (Tilda Swinton), the latter of whom derives wisdom from watching TV.

This is a movie by Wes Anderson — the quirky auteur who meticulously crafts dollhouse worlds of curiosities and eccentricities. It is his singular aesthetic and wondrous worldbuilding that is often imitated and parodied, but it is the feelings they conjure that is much more difficult to describe and capture.

Frances McDormand does Japanese translation. There’s perhaps the first-ever animated kidney transplant and a terrific set piece involving poisoned wasabi. We’ve got the influence of Miyazaki, Ozu, and Kurosawa. Yoko Ono plays a scientist. And Angelica Huston is credited as a mute poodle.

It’s an offbeat mix of so much whimsical and wonderful detail, wholehearted character development and contemporary political undertones that there is a surprise around every turn.

Witty, dazzling, melancholy, and heartfelt, Isle of Dogs is daringly imaginative and transfixingly beautiful work. And going back to the whole “cartoon thing” (Anderson tells this story using classic stop-motion animation techniques ála his 2009 film, Fantastic Mr. Fox), this is in no way a children’s movie. It is rated PG-13, folks.

Yet for anyone other than the very youngest moviegoers, it’s just so charming and brilliant that it really is for everyone.

Set in the near future in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki, the authoritarian government has fanned a “dog flu” and “snout fever” hysteria. Even with scientists close to a cure, Mayor Kobayashi banishes all dogs from the city, suggesting to concerned citizens that something much fouler is afoot.

And so we then journey to the dystopian delights of Trash Island, where the displaced dogs have formed packs that fight for whatever putrid scraps from the city come their way, and we are informed via subtitle that that “all barking will be rendered in English.” Thus we meet four former house dogs — Rex (Edward Norton), King (Bob Balaban), Boss (Bill Murray), and Duke (Jeff Goldblum) — who now run together with their stray leader, Chief (Bryan Cranston), a dog that bites and never had any use for masters.

Their everyday tedious existence and struggle for survival is disrupted when “The Little Pilot,” aka Atari Kobayashi, ward of the mayoral household, crash lands on Trash Island in search of his beloved dog, Spots.

Meanwhile, back in the city, exchange student Tracy (Greta Gerwig) leads a team of pro-dog student activists determined to expose the corrupt government while Mayor Kobayashi sends a team of vicious robot dogs in search of now-folk hero Atari.

It’s a wonderful madcap adventure as Atari and the dogs embark on an odyssey across

While it might not deliver fast and furious laugh-out-loud guffaws, with its ingenious sight gags and witty one-liners, you won’t go very long without chuckling or smiling at all the clever amusements.

And the imagery as a whole is truly exquisite. This is an astonishing feat of scope and invention where nearly every frame is a painting, and a stylized vision where every painstaking detail seems like it was simply breathed into life. The retro-futuristic Japan setting is filled with incredible texture, bold spots of color, and fearless originality. Even the tiniest gestures and movements are uncannily familiar and strikingly real, and the details like the 321 handpainted freckles on Tracy — well, that boggles the mind.

Then you add a cooing pop-music soundtrack that blends with Oscar-winner Alexandre Desplat’s inspired Japanesedrumming score, and it’s nothing less than a moving celebration of artisans and the depths of the imagination.

It’s so very easy to love dogs; and the dogs here are no exception, beautifully reflecting our own humanity. Chief ’s distrust of people is perhaps a sentiment that resonates too loudly today, and the way we treat “man’s best friend” here is a powerful parable of our capacity for evil. But all this aside, Isle of Dogs is ultimately a very benevolent fantasy, a film that, for as bleak and cynical it is as times, is as much a giddy and goofy joy — the dog bath for the soul that might just be exactly what you need (unless you’re staunchly procat).

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

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hat is there to say about the nostalgia feast that is Ready Player One? It’s an adventure story with no complex motive, designed to be readily consumed and to hit all the spots your brain needs in order to be moved. And yes, for two-plus hours it feels so, so good. Based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is set in the year 2045 and centers on a young man named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan). Wade, like everyone else in the vaguely dystopian world he inhabits, spends all his time on the OASIS, an advanced virtual reality network where people can do anything and be anyone. The OASIS was designed and built by an enigmatic weirdo named James Halliday (Oscar winner Mark Rylance looking like an elderly Garth from Wayne’s World.). And when Halliday dies suddenly, he posthumously reveals that he’s hidden a secret quest in the OASIS that, once successfully completed, will award the whole kit and caboodle to the winner.

Director Steven Spielberg (you know, the guy who has been the steady hand guiding popular culture for the past 40 years) takes the flimsy source material and slim characters and absolutely knocks it out of the park. I mean this is a guy who certainly knows a thing or two about a good treasure hunt (see: Indiana Jones franchise), and the set pieces, action sequences, and chase scenes are just so absolutely stunning and undeniably thrilling. Even though the film is certainly CGI-heavy, RPO gets the full Spielberg treat

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h to be post-retirement Steven Soderbergh, to get an idea into my head for a feature film and seemingly just do it.

Like you get the feeling the auteur director is just working his way through genres, experimenting along the way. And his latest experiment? A psychological horror film with decidedly pulpy B-movie vibes shot entirely on an iPhone (an iPhone 7 Plus to be exact). The Crown’s Claire Foy plays Sawyer Valenti, an incredibly capable woman who has just started a new job in a new city. Struggling with the move more than she lets on to family and friends, she seeks out a therapist and ends up accidentally committing herself to the psych ward for what starts as a 24-hour voluntary hold. The situation escalates when the real reason for Sawyer’s move, her stalker, shows up as an orderly on the ward.

And so you begin to start questioning what’s real and what isn’t.

Is the stalker really there, or is she actually crazy? Unbearably tense and socially aware, Unsane is a tight and effective thriller with something on its mind — a work of metaphorical resonance for the #metoo era that is worth your time.

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Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 4/21,4/27 -- Andre Villoch, 7-9 4/28 -- Nicholas Thomasma, 7-9 Tue -- Songwriters Open Mic, 7-9 CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC 4/29 -- The Jeff Haas Trio w/ student musicians from TC Central, TC West & Kingsley High Schools & NMC, 3-5:30 FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY BAR, ACME 4/21,4/27 -- Jim Hawley, 7-11 4/28 -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 GAIJIN, TC Wed -- Karaoke, 8 GRAND TRAVERSE DISTILLERY, TC Fri -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 HOTEL INDIGO, BAY BAR, TC 4/21 -- Zeke Clemons, 7-10 4/27 -- Chris Sterr, 7-10 4/28 -- Clinton Lake, 7-10 KILKENNY'S, TC 4/27-28 – Broom Closet Boys Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Sun. -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC 4/23 -- Open Mic Night w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 4/27 -- James & Jason Dake, 6-8

MONKEY FIST BREWING CO., TC 4/27 -- Breathe Owl Breathe, 7-10 PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE: Thurs,Fri,Sat — Tom Kaufmann, 8:30 ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 4/27 -- Blair Miller, 5-8 SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9 SLEDER'S FAMILY TAVERN, ON THE PORCH, TC 4/23 -- House of Hamill, 7 4/29 -- Adair Correll's CD Release Party w/ the Older Than Dirt Boys Band, 4 STREETERS, TC GROUND ZERO: 4/21 -- Sips n' Giggles Comedy Show w/ Michael Palascak, 4 4/28 -- Mushroom Head, 7 STUDIO ANATOMY, TC 4/28 -- The Droogs, Dude Man Sir, Rosedale, Milpool, Not The Average American, 7:30 4/29 -- Lokella, Hail Your Highness, Oro, Petty Crime, 8 TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 4/23 -- May Erlewine, 6-8 4/25 -- Open Mic, 7-10 4/27 -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 4/28 -- Chris Dark, 7-9

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THE DISH CAFE, TC Tues,Sat -- Matt Smith, 5-7 Thu -- Open Mic Comedy w/ Charlie Settles, 7:30-9 THE PARLOR, TC 4/21 -- Blair Miller, 8 4/24 -- Clint, 8 4/25 -- Wink Solo, 8 4/26 -- Chris Smith, 8 4/27 -- Miriam, 8 4/28 -- Melissa Lee, 8 THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 4/21 -- After Ours, 8 4/26 -- Blair Miller, 7 4/27 -- The Jetbeats, 8 4/28 -- Turbo Pup, 8 UNION STREET STATION, TC 4/21 -- Max Allen Band, 10 4/22 -- Karaoke, 10 4/24 – Jukebox, 10 4/25 – 2 Bays DJs, 10 4/26 – Time Fugitives w/ Stu Ford, 10 4/27 – Happy hour w/ Wink, 5, then The Gasoline Gypsies 4/28 – The Gasoline Gypsies, 10 4/29 – Head for the Hills Live Show, 5, then karaoke WEST BAY BEACH HOLIDAY INN RESORT, TC THE BISTRO: 4/23 -- Levi Britton, 5-6 4/24 -- David Chown, 5-6 THE VIEW: 4/21,4/28 -- DJ Motaz, 10 4/26 -- The Jeff Haas Trio w/ Interlochen Student Jazz Combo, Rob Mulligan & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30 4/27 -- Blue Groove, 7-9:30

Emmet & Cheboygan CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 4/21 -- Ron Getz, 7-9; Kellerville - CD Release Party, 10 KNOT JUST A BAR, BAY HARBOR Mon,Tues,Thurs — Live music LEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN, PETOSKEY Thurs — Karaoke w/ DJ Micheal

Williford, 10 Fri – TRANSMIT, Techno-Funk-Electro DJs, 10 Sun — DJ Johnnie Walker, 9

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TREETOPS RESORT, GAYLORD Hunter's Grille:

Leelanau & Benzie DICK’S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU Sat. — Karaoke, 10-2

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ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 4/21 -- Jack Pine Savage, 6-9 4/26 -- Open Mic Night, 6-10 4/27 -- Jim Spalink, 6-9

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Antrim & Charlevoix CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 4/28 – Levi Britton, 7:30-9:30

ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS 4/21 -- The Appleseed Collective, 8-11 4/28 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 8-11

RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 4/24 – Oni & Noeli SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 4/21 -- The Pistil Whips, 8-11 4/27 -- The Go Rounds, 9-11:30

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the ADViCE GOddESS Girl-On-Girl Inaction

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: I hate to be trite, but my wife and I are experiencing “lesbian bed death.” We’ve been happily married for three years. I’m not sure why we’re not having sex. Sure, we’re both busy, but it’s more a question of just not ever feeling the urge. I know sex is important for a relationship, and I’m worried. Is there a way to reboot our sex life?

— Bedfriends

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: It’s understandably depressing if the only time there’s heavy breathing in the bedroom is when you’re re-enacting WrestleMania XXV — that is, trying to get the duvet cover on.

This doesn’t mean you should buy into the lesbo-bashing notion of “lesbian bed death” — the myth that lesbian relationships, in particular, are where sex goes to die. The term traces back to a finding from social psychologist Phillip Blumstein and sociologist Pepper Schwartz, published in their 1983 book, “American Couples: Money, Work, Sex.” Blumstein and Schwartz, reviewing results from their survey of 12,000 American couples, announced that lesbians in relationships “have sex less frequently by far than any other type of couple.”

This single survey led to decades of sneering about lesbian relationships as the province of hot hand-holding. However, psychologist Suzanne Iasenza notes that a bunch of subsequent studies found that lesbians tend to be more sexually assertive and sexually satisfied than straight ladies — as well as less orgasm-challenged. (Helps when you know your way around the ladyparts without needing a two-hour lecture and a female anatomy PowerPoint.)

The reality is, so-called lesbian bed death actually happens to heterosexual women — once they get into relationships. In other words, the real issue is not being a lesbian but being a woman in a long-term partnership -- and the assumption that male sexual response, driven by spontaneously occurring lust, should be considered the norm for women.

Sex researcher Rosemary Basson, M.D., finds that when a relationship is brand-new or when women are apart from their partners for days or weeks, they’re likely to experience the “spontaneous sexual hunger” that men tend to have. However, once a relationship has been going for a while, women’s sexual desire becomes “responsive.” It isn’t gone. It’s “triggerable” — which is to say it’s hibernating until somebody wakes it up with a little makey-outey.

This, however, brings us to another problem.

Chances are, a reason that straight couples might have more sex is that men — driven by that spontaneous lust — are more likely to initiate.

You and your wife need to initiate -- and maybe even schedule sex dates so initiating doesn’t become yet another thing that falls off your todo list. Eventually, when you light a bunch of candles to set the mood, your wife’s response should be something a little more erotic than “You gotta be kidding me. Another squirrel fried on the power line?”

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For Whom The Cell Tolls

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: I’m addicted to my phone — Twitter, Instagram, news, texts…you name it. My girlfriend feels disrespected and unheard when I look at it while she’s talking, but I can’t seem to stop. Please help me out before I lose the woman I love!

— Addicted

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: If your smartphone were actually smart, it would ping you to listen to your girlfriend before she’s your ex-girlfriend trash-talking you in a bar.

Instead, smartphones and apps turn us into lab rats ferociously hitting the touch screen for another hit of techno-crack. They do this through what psychologists call “intermittent reinforcement” — “rewards” that come randomly and unpredictably.

Checking your phone sometimes “rewards” you with a new message or newsbit — sometimes (or even often), but not always. When “rewards” come regularly and reliably — like when a rat pushes a bar and gets a food pellet every time — the rat chills out and only presses when, say, his stomach rings the dinner bell. Unpredictable rewards, on the other hand — only sometimes getting a hit — drive the rats to pump the bar incessantly, sometimes even till the little fellers go claws up.

However, there is hope for you — and your relationship — thanks to research on habit formation (by psychologist Phillippa Lally, among others). Repeatedly behaving differently when your girlfriend’s talking to you -- by turning your phone totally off and, if possible, relocating it to another room —can eventually change your default behavior from robotically checking your phone to attentiveness to those important to you.

In time, you might expand your attentiveness into other areas of your life. A good test for whether it’s okay to be all up in your phone is swapping in its low-tech counterpart. For example, when the highway patrolman strides over and taps on your car window, is that really the best time to pick up that Stephen King novel and read the end of Chapter 4?

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27 “Dallas” family name 29 Flip option 30 Recombinant stuff 31 They’re silent and deadly 33 “I Need a Dollar” singer Aloe ___ 35 Namibia’s neighbor 36 Calculus for dentists 40 Country east of Eritrea 43 Beethoven’s Third Symphony 44 Double-decker, e.g.

47 Cave ___ (“Beware of dog,” to Caesar) 49 Fur trader John Jacob 50 Customary to the present 53 Pivot on an axis 54 Make further corrections 55 “Oh yeah? ___ who?”

57 “And many more” 58 “Caprica” actor Morales 59 Popular request at a bar mitzvah 63 “Okay” 64 Complete opposites 65 Rolls over a house?

66 Short religious segment on old TV broadcasts

1 Island where Napoleon died 2 Be active in a game, e.g.

3 Going from green to yellow, maybe 4 The day before the big day 5 Cork’s country, in Gaelic 6 Word after coffee or time 7 Follower of Lao-tzu 8 ___.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas member) 9 Cost-of-living stat 10 Swing to and fro 11 Lacking, with “of” 12 Novelist Lurie 13 Lead ore 15 Branch of govt.

21 Makeup with an applicator 23 “Hope you like it!”

25 Truck compartment 26 Feel unwell 28 Actor Johnny of “The Big Bang Theory” and “Roseanne” 32 TV host Bee and blues singer Fish, for two 34 Traverse 37 Golf club brand 38 Connection to a power supply 39 Uncommon example 41 Brian once of Roxy Music 42 Not quite improved?

44 Minimalist to the max 45 Depletes 46 Takes an oath 48 Be way off the mark 51 New Bohemians lead singer Brickell 52 Almost on the hour 56 Investigation Discovery host Paula 60 Hydrocarbon suffix 61 Open-reel tape precursor to VCRs (and similar, except for the letter for “tape”) 62 “I hadn’t thought of that”

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(April 20-May 20): ): The Simpsons is the longestrunning American TV sitcom and animated series. But it had a rough start. In the fall of 1989, when producers staged a private prerelease screening of the first episode, they realized the animation was mediocre. They worked hard to redo it, replacing 70 percent of the original content. After that slow start, the process got easier and the results got better. When the program completes its thirtieth season in 2019, it will have aired 669 episodes. I don't know if your own burgeoning project will ultimately have as enduring a presence, Taurus, but I'm pretty sure that, like The Simpsons, it will eventually become better than it is in the early going. Stick with it.

afford to hire someone to do your busy work for a while? If so, do it. If not, see if you can avoid the busy work for a while. In my astrological opinion, you need to deepen and refine your skills at lounging around and doing nothing. The cosmic omens strongly and loudly and energetically suggest that you should be soft and quiet and placid. It's time for you to recharge your psychospiritual batteries as you dream up new approaches to making love, making money, and making sweet nonsense.

Please say a demure "no, thanks" to the strident demands of the status quo, my dear. Trust the stars in your own eyes.

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deity who once served as a kind benefactor evolved into a militant champion, even a fierce and belligerent conqueror. In accordance with current astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to evolve in the opposite direction. Now is an excellent time to transmute aggressiveness and combativeness into fecundity and tenderness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You sometimes

favorable time for you to add a new mentor to your entourage. If you don't have a mentor, go exploring until you find one. In the next five weeks, you might even consider mustering a host of fresh teachers, guides, trainers, coaches, and initiators. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you're primed to learn twice as much and twice as fast about every subject that will be important for you during the next two years. Your future educational needs require your full attention.

get superstitious when life is going well. You worry about growing overconfident. You're afraid that if you enjoy yourself too much, you will anger the gods and jinx your good fortune.

Is any of that noise clouding your mood these days? I hope not; it shouldn't be. The truth, as I see it, is that your intuition is extra-strong and your decision-making is especially adroit.

More luck than usual is flowing in your vicinity, and you have an enhanced knack for capitalizing on it. In my estimation, therefore, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to build up your hunger for vivid adventures and bring your fantasies at least one step closer to becoming concrete realities. Whisper the following to yourself as you drop off to sleep each night: "I will allow myself to think bigger and bolder than usual."

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Imagine you're

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The bad news

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it's a

one of four porcupines caught in frigid weather.

To keep warm, you all have the urge to huddle together and pool your body heat. But whenever you try to get close, you prick each other with your quills. The only solution to that problem is to move away from each other, even though it means you can't quell your chill as well. This scenario was used by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud as a parable for the human dilemma. We want to be intimate with each other, Freud said, but we hurt each other when we try.

The oft-chosen solution is to be partially intimate: not as close as we would like to be, but only as much as we can bear. Now everything I just said, Aries, is a preface for better news: In the coming weeks, neither your own quills nor those of the people you care about will be as sharp or as long as usual.

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weeks might be an interesting time to resurrect a frustrated dream you abandoned in a wasteland; or rescue and restore a moldering treasure you stopped taking care of a while back; or revive a faltering commitment you've been ignoring for reasons that aren't very high-minded. Is there a secret joy you've been denying yourself without good cause? Renew your relationship with it. Is there a rough prize you received before you were ready to make smart use of it? Maybe you're finally ready. Are you brave enough to dismantle a bad habit that hampers your self-mastery? I suspect you are.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Hollywood

film industry relies heavily on recycled ideas.

In 2014, for example, only one of the ten topgrossing movies -- Interstellar -- was not a sequel, remake, reboot, or episode in a franchise.

In the coming weeks and months, Cancerian, you'll generate maximum health and wisdom for yourself by being more like Interstellar than like The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and the six other top-ten rehashes of 2014. Be original!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 1973, Long ago, in

the land we now call Italy, humans regarded Mars as the divine protector of fields. He was the fertility god who ripened the food crops.

Farmers said prayers to him before planting seeds, asking for his blessings. But as the Roman Empire arose, and warriors began to outnumber farmers, the

is that 60 percent of Nevada's Lake Mead has dried up. The good news -- at least for historians, tourists, and hikers -- is that the Old West town of St. Thomas has re-emerged. It had sunk beneath the water in 1936, when the government built the dam that created the lake. But as the lake has shrunk in recent years, old buildings and roads have reappeared. I foresee a comparable resurfacing in your life, Libra: the return of a lost resource or vanished possibility or departed influence.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope the next

seven weeks will be a time of renaissance for your most engaging alliances. The astrological omens suggest it can be. Would you like to take advantage of this cosmic invitation? If so, try the following strategies. 1. Arrange for you and each of your close companions to relive the time when you first met. Recall and revitalize the dispensation that originally brought you together. 2.

Talk about the influences you've had on each other and the ways your relationship has evolved. 3. Fantasize about the inspirations and help you'd like to offer each other in the future. 4. Brainstorm about the benefits your connection has provided and will provide for the rest of the world.

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

one of the rare times when you should be alert for the potential downsides of blessings that usually sustain you. Even the best things in life could require adjustments. Even your most enlightened attitudes and mature beliefs may have pockets of ignorance. So don't be a prisoner of your own success or a slave of good habits. Your ability to adjust and make corrections will be key to the most interesting kind of progress you can achieve in the coming weeks.

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

author Simone de Beauvoir was a French feminist and activist. In her book A Transatlantic Love Affair, she made a surprising confession: Thanks to the assistance of a new lover, Nelson Algren, she finally had her first orgasm at age 39. Better late than never, right? I suspect that you, too, are currently a good candidate to be transported to a higher octave of pleasure. Even if you're an old pro at sexual climax, there may be a new level of bliss awaiting you in some other way. Ask for it! Seek it out! Solicit it!

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NEW CAN AND BOTTLE RETURN Service in TC and Surrounding areas We will pickup at your home/business for 60% of total value. Go to can-nect.com WOMENS SKATE SKIS Fischer/Salomon 2016 skate skis. Ladies boot size 8.5. Used 3 times.

231.590.9728 ELK RAPIDS VILLAGE - Administrative Clerk Primary duties-utility billing & accounts payable. Must have proven customer service skills. Excellent benefits. Deadline 4-19-18. For details & to apply, visit www.elkrapids.org WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER Volunteer Training Program Please join The Women's Resource Center's mission to protect, shelter and empower those impacted by domestic or sexual violence in our community. Be a part of our Volunteer Training program, April 30 through May 3 each evening 5-7:30 PM and learn how you can assist survivors through advocacy and crisis intervention. http://www. womensresourcecenter.org/ TBA CAREER-TECH Community Open House Come to the 2nd annual CTC EXPO on May 2nd from 4:00 - 7:30. Explore the 24 CareerTech programs and see what CTC is all about.

There will be activities for all ages including demonstrations, a car show, a petting zoo, raffles, a silent auction, student entertainment, robot wars and MORE! A pulled pork dinner can be purchased for $5/person or $20/family.

GRAPHIC DESIGNER Active Marketing, a digital marketing agency in Traverse City is looking to add a talented graphic designer to our team. Must be able to work in TC. Send resume and portfolio link.

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Salon 72 at 231-943-1336. Also email us at: bridge72llc@gmail.com bridge72llc@gmail.com OLD MISSION WOMEN'S CLUB SALE Huge sale Saturday, May 19, from 8 AM to 4 PM at Brys Lavender Drying Barn, 13400 Center Road on Old Mission. All proceeds are redistributed to local charitable organizations.

FREE BEGINNER BELLYDANCE Class on 5/1/18 for ALL Bodies From XS-XL! 10660 E Carter RD TC. Call/Text to reserve your spot: 231.313.5577 2006 FORD FOCUS - $1500 Car is in good condition. 174000m. Needs minor fix. Please call 231-884-1836.

DONATE & SHOP TO HELP Our Neighbors in Need Mark your calendars for the Spring Garage Sale on May 12. Donations will be accepted through April 27 for clothing, housewares and jewelry and May 4 for quality furniture. https://www.fatherfred.org CHAKRADANCE WITH JESSICA Chakradance classes starting in June! CHAKRADANCE is a healing modality. See event page at: wwww. facebook.com/ChakradanceJessicaMerwin Or class schedule on www.chakradance.com

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SALON STAFF Salon overlooking the Spruce Golf Course. Chair rentals, facial massage,

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