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Kudos I would like to thank Mary Rogers for her outstanding column in the Nov. 19 Northern Express, “A Family Reunion Gone Very Badly.” I hope every Republican reads this and thinks about the president they voted for. Is this guy really what you wanted?

Mary, like me, is not looking forward to the 2020 campaign! I do not want to wait that long, hoping for the best. I want to see Trump impeached in January! He must be removed from office!

Len Price, Traverse City Snyder Selling Out MBA to Help Enbridge Michiganders have just elected Gretchen Whitmer. Like them, she believes that Canadian-owned Line 5 is too risky for the Great Lakes and Michigan’s economy, and that it must be immediately removed.

Ignoring Michiganders’ clear mandate, Governor Snyder and the GOP legislature are attempting to prevent the shutdown of Line 5 by pushing Senate Bill 1197 into law during the current lame duck session.

This bill changes the charter of the Michigan Bridge Authority, despite outcries from many past and current MBA leaders.

The MBA would now work in Enbridge’s interest to build a tunnel at the bottom of the Straits at a cost of $45 million to Michigan taxpayers. The 65-year-old Line 5 pipelines would remain on the floor of the Mackinac Straits pumping oil through Michigan and back to Canada for at least another decade.

Enbridge profits would continue to flow while Michiganders and the Great Lakes not only remain threatened but also gain nothing but debt.

What motivates Governor Snyder and legislators to ram through SB1197? Why risk irrevocable harm to the state and the people they were elected to represent? Call your state senator, state representative, and Gov. Synder today; SB1197 is not in Pure Michigan’s best interest.

Brenda Rusch, Traverse City How About a Legal Workforce?

I have struggled with the concept of illegal aliens coming to the United States and giving birth to children on our soil and claiming them as citizens. I looked to the 14th Amendment of our Constitution (1868), and the first sentence reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the

State wherein they reside. The key is the little word “and.” If you’re born here and are subject to the jurisdiction, you’re a citizen.

If you come illegally, you are not subject to the jurisdiction; therefore you are not a citizen. As I drive around the area, I see “help wanted” signs everywhere. Either we have a generation that doesn’t want to work, or we need to facilitate getting legal people into the U.S. to do the work. Why can’t our legislature come up with a system to allow enough people to enter to fill the workforce?

Kurt Benghauser, Traverse City Election Over But Voting Remains Key It’s extremely important to note that even though Election Day is done and over with, it is still necessary to still improve the quality, expedition, and thoroughness of the voting system that we currently have. We should all be doing our part to keep informed, of course, but what are the lessons that could be learned from this election cycle?

For example, the inability to vote — even when you know for certain that you are registered to vote. Ensuring that your vote is counted next cycle is a necessary follow-up to ensure the direction of the local, state, and federal levels. Calling up the local officials to ensure you’re registered to vote is a vital part to our society, and to each individual’s weight on their consciousness.

Ensuring we are still asking random strangers, colleagues, baristas, younger generations, teachers — every person that we see and have a conversation with — if they are registered to vote, and why it is important to get their vote out there.

Democracy will only work if everyone contributes their voice to the overall wellbeing of not only themselves but also the people around them as well.

When it comes to the voting system, societal expectations, motivation to vote, and educated voting decisions are key to the direction of our country.

John Michael Haney, Traverse City No Public Ownership of Enbridge’s Private Problem For 68 years, the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) has used fare revenue to manage and maintain the Mackinac Bridge.

Now the Mackinac Bridge and the MBA are threatened.

Senate Bill 1197, introduced by Sen. Tom Casperson on Nov. 8, and referred to the Committee on Government Operations, would require that the MBA oversee and own Enbridge’s proposed utility tunnel beneath the Straits. The bill would require that the MBA condemn land to build the tunnel and supervise and operate the tunnel for Enbridge. The MBA would have the authority to set Enbridge’s timeline for building the tunnel and could allow Enbridge to continue to operate the Line 5 oil pipeline until it ruptures. Conveniently, the MBA would then become financially liable when Enbridge files bankruptcy to avoid further liability.

This effort to saddle the MBA with Enbridge’s utility tunnel is the result of a backroom deal between Enbridge and Gov. Snyder, and Michigan lawmakers are hellbent on finalizing the deal before governorelect Whitmer takes office. It makes no sense for a public agency to own and operate a tunnel for a private company or to fiscally jeopardize the Mackinac Bridge by requiring that the MBA take on these new tasks. To paraphrase Barbara Brown, granddaughter

of Prentiss Brown and current member of the MBA: The Mackinac Bridge Authority knows how to maintain and operate the Mackinac Bridge but knows nothing about operating a utility tunnel.

Help defeat this terrible bill by visiting the Friends of Mackinac Bridge website.

Contact the Mackinac Bridge Authority and your representatives to protect the Mackinac Bridge, not Enbridge.

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Cyndi Kress, Indian River Crime and Rescue Map......................................7 An Audacious Goal for Leelanau County...............10 New Super App for Seniors..............................13 All Eyes on Big Rock Quirk It, Girl...................................................14 With all the threats to our Great Lakes, The Escape Artist............................................17 now we have a new worry. Thank you, I’m Dreaming of a Trite Christmas...................18 Pat Sullivan, for calling our attention to the major problems at Big Rock Nuclear plant. Those who haven’t been around since 1980, when it was built, might not even be ................................................21-24 aware of the dangers it poses even in its decommissioned state.

Scientiests have always been concerned about what to do with the spent fuel; it is FourScore......................................................26 toxic for perhaps thousands of years.

Once again, the people have been kept in Nightlife.........................................................28 the dark about plans from the company that owns the site.

Now we know, thanks to you. And we Top Ten...........................................................4 will be watching.

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Ann Rogers, Traverse City Weird...............................................................9 Crossed........................................................12 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................25 Correction: In last week’s Tastemaker feature, Film................................................................27 we listed the wrong price ($9.95) for a jar of Advice Goddess...........................................29 Six Lugs’ Cocktail Cherries. Each jar retails Crossword...................................................29 for $14.99–$16.99, depending on its location. Freewill Astrology..........................................30 We apologize for the error.

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top ten It’s Curtains for Picnic at the Opera A popular downtown Traverse City wintertime diversion is going on hiatus.

Picnic at the Opera is taking a break after its organizers, City Opera House and UpNorthTV Channel 189, determined they lacked the resources to keep it going.

Dubbed Michigan’s only live TV variety show, the event ran for six years and became a popular lunchtime attraction.

“It’s been such fun to kick off each year with a new picnic,” said Kristi Dockter, opera house marketing director. “The studio audience had grown to over 300 guests weekly, and we attribute a large part of that to the amazing talent found in northern Michigan.”

UpNorthTV station manager Matthew Kern said he was sorry to see the event put on hiatus, but it had to happen.

“This was a really difficult decision for everyone involved. We run the publicaccess television station on a tight budget of both staff time and money, and an event like the picnic is a large investment of both,” he said. “Every year, we’ve had to balance that investment against other needs and activities for the station, and after six great years of the picnic, some other priorities need that attention.”

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Bottoms up North Arm Noir

Used to be that wine lovers and makers alike sneered at reds made of hybrid grapes; high quality red wines, it was thought, could come only from tried and true vinifera grapes — like cabernet francs and sauvignons. That’s been steadily changing in the north-central reaches of lower Michigan. There, the hybrid Marquette grape is making a stand against the region’s harsh climes, powdery mildew, and pests — and helping some reds stand head and shoulders above even nonhybrid competitors. One we love: Walloon Lake Winery’s North Arm Noir, deserving winner of a double gold medal in the dry red category at this year’s Michigan Wine Competition. A deep ruby-red wine that’s smooth but with spicy jam undertones — we’re sensing tastes and aromas of berries and plum with black pepper and herbs — North Arm Noir is a great multi-tasker: a flexible fit for your holiday table, a great go-to hostess gift for parties, and a spectacular partner for a solo night by the fireside. $31.99 per bottle; shipping available. 3149 Intertown Rd., Petoskey. (231) 622-8645, www.walloonlakewinery.com

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voiceplay Five-piece a cappella group VoicePlay brings unique twists on Christmas classics, modern hits and theatrics to City Opera House, TC on Fri., Dec. 7 at 8pm. VoicePlay soared to fame on NBC’s The Sing-Off. Tickets: $35, $25; students, $15. www.cityoperahouse.org

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BODYGUARD

Don’t be confused by the title, this is definitely not some kind of adaptation of Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston’s iconic The Bodyguard. Starring Richard Madden (aka Robb Stark on Game on Thrones), Bodyguard is a gripping British import that, from its brilliant 20-minute opening sequence, which finds Madden’s military veteran unexpectedly preventing a suicide bomber attack on a train hooks you, doesn’t let go. From there he’s promoted to the position of bodyguard for a conservative — and highly controversial — politician (Keeley Hawes) and the over the course of its mere six highly-bingeable episodes, the political and personal intrigue will keep you guessing.

Like a U.K. version of Homeland, this psychological thriller mixes contemporary geopolitics and shocking relationships into heart-pounding suspense. Streaming on Netflix.

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Enhanced Transit OK’d for Emmet

Emmet County will finally see expanded public transportation beginning in 2019 — though not to the extent that advocates had hoped.

The county board of commissioners voted 4–2 in October to enter into a $209,571 one-year contract with Straits Regional Ride in Cheboygan to support three additional bus routes in Emmet County, including a dial-a-ride bus. Straits Regional Ride previously offered a very limited service in the county.

The move is a start, but it’s not what Friends Enhancing Emmet Transit have pushed for, said Lorraine Manary, executive director of Char-Em United Way and member of FEET. FEET wanted to see a transit authority set up for the county, one of the few of its size in the state that lacks one. They’ve repeatedly asked commissioners to put the question to voters with a millage proposal, a request that’s fallen on deaf ears. This new bus service may finally demonstrate to officials that there is a need for more transit around Petoskey, Manary said.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” Manary said. “Our main goal in this coming year, as the enhanced service rolls out, is to get as many people riding the bus as possible.”

Northern Express chronicled Emmet’s battle over public transportation in “The Bus Doesn’t Stop Here” in the Sept. 23, 2017 edition.

stuff we love Summer in Winter If you can’t have the warm weather, you can at least harken back to it: Pair a glass of Chateau Chantal’s Amour rosé and the soulful sounds of the long-beloved Jazz at Sunset crew — the Jeff Haas Trio with special guests vocalists Claudia Schmidt and Janice Keegan and saxophonist Laurie Sears — at a special onetime winter event Friday, Dec. 7, at the gang’s usual summer stomping grounds, Chateau Chantal. Want summer to last all winter? Simply get your mittens on a case of Amour and the newly released CD, “Jazz at Sunset, Celebrating 25 years,” with cover art by the series’ resident artist, Lisa Flahive. The event and the album are a celebration of the quarter century the winery has been hosting the weekly jazz summer series. The event runs 6pm to 8:30pm; the CD as long as you like. Find both at Chateau Chantal, 15900 Rue Devin, Traverse City. (231) 223-4110, www.chateauchantal.com

The Best Dam Dog Weekend Ever Before you’re besieged by family, enjoy a low-key holiday getaway with the love of your life: your dog. The fabulously refurbed Falling Waters Lodge in Leland is opening its doors for folks and their furry friend for a special Dogs at the Dam weekend, Dec. 7–9. In addition to cozy rooms made for cuddling, a walkable downtown, and historic Fishtown right outside your door, the waterside lodge will welcome you and Fido with a basket full of local dog and human treats and a pizza party Friday night, plus have a dog trainer on-site, docent-led walks with the Leelanau Conservancy, and — for humans only — wine aplenty. $142+ nightly, which includes the Lodge’s latest deal: 30 percent off all rooms booked in December. (231) 256-9832, www.fallingwaterslodge.com

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tastemaker Hop Lot Chicken Tacos On a cold winter day, when you question whether the sun has abandoned the skies of northern Michigan forever, never fear! There is a place in the woods where the party continues in any season: Hop Lot Brewing Co. — home of heated igloos, S’mores your kids can roast over an open fire, and tacos that make you forget about any gloomy atmospheric conditions. (Especially when paired with one of their beers!) The chicken tacos, made with Cajun-seasoned shredded chicken, have just the right amount of Latin spice while still being mild enough for the pickiest palate. The caramelized onions bring a touch of sweetness and are a perfect complement to the peppery arugula and savory queso. Tossed into warmed corn tortilla, they’re tacos as dreamy as the glowing-igloo-peppered beer garden you’re eating in. $3 per taco. Find them at: Hop Lot Brewing Company, 658 S.W. Bay Shore Dr., Suttons Bay. (231) 866-4445, hoplotbrewing.com

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by Stephen Tuttle The National Climate Assessment (NCA) was released on Black Friday, conveniently hidden by sales and holiday celebrations. The report, required every four years by law, paints a dire picture of climate change and its consequences.

Regrettably, our president doesn’t believe in climate change. During his campaign he said he believed climate change was a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to force us to buy solar panels they manufacture. More recently he said he thought the climate “could very well change back.” During the Thanksgiving weekend he wondered where global warming was since there were cold temperatures in the eastern U.S. His reaction to the NCA was simple: “I don’t believe it.”

(All together now, let’s try this again. Weather is what’s happening in our backyards right now; climate is what happens globally over extended periods of time.)

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More than 47 million American households and businesses are located within one-eighth mile of an ocean coast. In 100 years they will all be under water; sea levels will rise at least five feet and could rise as much as nine feet by 2100. (A six-foot rise in sea level doesn’t mean the shoreline will be six feet farther inland. It means the current water’s edge will be about six feet deep.)

Too much or not enough water will bedevil crop production. Increased heat and less rain will significantly reduce yields for corn, soybeans, sorghum and most every other grain, fruit, or vegetable grown in the Midwest.

Storms will continue to increase in severity and frequency, fueled by average temperature increases as high as nine degrees. By

The NCA says we no longer have to wait for the consequences of climate change because they are here now and will get dramatically worse absent immediate corrective actions.

The NCA, by the way, is the work of some 300 scientists who reviewed thousands of peer-reviewed research papers over the course of more than two years. Their report has been endorsed by the Department of Defense, NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and 10 other government agencies, all of whom participated in its creation.

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All of that and more, predicted for at least two decades, is happening right now. What comes next if we continue our inaction gets ugly.

The president says he’s read parts of the more than 1,000 page NCA but doesn’t believe it, especially the economic implications. Let’s take a look at what he doesn’t believe.

The NCA says we no longer have to wait for the consequences of climate change because they are here now and will get dramatically worse absent immediate corrective actions.

Global temperatures have already risen nearly two degrees in the last century, and sea levels have already risen eight inches in the last half-century. Snowpacks in the western U.S mountains have already diminished significantly, as have glaciers globally, reducing spring run-off that replenishes river systems and groundwater. Wildfires already burn twice as much land as they did just 25 years ago, due to extended drought and consistently hotter summers.

Shorelines are already eroding, and some low-lying coastal areas already flood with high tides. Seasonal weather anomalies are already complicating both growing and harvesting seasons. Normally warm-water sea creatures are being found farther and farther north, and many of them are unwelcome visitors for the indigenous fauna.

More intense storms, including rain-heavy hurricanes, are already causing unprecedented flooding costing tens of billions of dollars.

2100, a desert city like Phoenix will experience more than 150 days of temperatures in excess of 100 degrees to go along with their water shortages.

Wildfires such as we just experienced in California will become the norm, and NCA predicts the Southeast, with its dense pine forests and accelerating heat, will be the scene of similar disasters.

Disease-carrying critters, especially insects, will continue migrating north, bringing new pestilence to us. Alaska’s permafrost will thaw, releasing even more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Food shortages here and around the world will become the norm as growing seasons everywhere are interrupted. Areas already facing shortages will experience widespread famine.

The NCA’s conclusion is that climate change is real, already here, primarily caused by humans, and on our current path will cost tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses, annually.

The report does offer glimmers of hope. If, for example, we could meet the carbon emission goals set forth in the Paris Agreement, there’s a chance of at least delaying the worst to come. And renewables like solar and wind are now much cheaper than oil, gas, or coal.

Instead, we’re withdrawing from a pact to which more than 100 other countries have agreed, while eliminating environmental regulations and extracting ever more of the very fossil fuels contributing to the problem.

Climate change is no hoax, and it’s not going to “change back.” We have to make a choice between believing science or the president.

One offers facts and solutions, the other ignorance and delusions.

Crime & Rescue HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT A driver fled after crashing into a pedestrian in the Village of Cedar.

A 51-year-old Cedar woman was taken to Munson Medical Center after the incident, which occurred at 6:09pm Nov. 28.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies and Cedar Fire and Rescue responded to South Kasson Street, where a woman had stopped her car on the southbound shoulder and gotten out to attempt to remove an injured animal from the road.

As she did so, a vehicle struck her and then fled the scene, headed south out of town. The woman suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The vehicle is believed to be a white fullsized pickup, possibly a 1997–2003 Ford, with damage to the passenger-side headlight and black bug deflector. A black aftermarket fender flair was found at the scene, most likely from the front right of the vehicle.

Anyone with information is asked to contact deputies at (231) 256-8800 or tips@ co.leelanau.mi.us.

DRIVER KILLED IN ROLLOVER A downstate man was killed after his pickup rolled several times on a rural Manistee County road.

Investigators determined that 44-year-old Brian Brissette left the road in his GMC pickup and rolled several times. Brissette, of Auburn, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to Marilla Road near Sweets Ravine Road in Marilla Township at 12:46pm Nov. 25.

SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN ARMED ROBBERY Cadillac Police said they arrested suspects in an armed robbery that occurred in August.

A 20-year-old man reported that he’d been robbed at gunpoint Aug. 1. The man told police that he was physically restrained and robbed of his debit card, which was used to withdraw money.

The man was then let go and he went to police. The man said the robbery occurred at Diggins Hill Community Park near North Street.

WOMAN PLEADS IN PEDESTRIAN DEATH A 37-year-old Petoskey woman pled no contest to charges stemming from the death of a 9-year-old boy.

Holly Hibbler entered the plea to a charge of reckless driving causing death Nov. 28 in Emmet County District Court, according to Emmet County Prosecutor James Linderman.

Hibbler drove a vehicle that struck Sharon Myers and her 9-year-old son, Samuel, on Aug. 8.

The mother and son were walking their bicycles on the side of Maxwell Road in Springvale Township. Both were hospitalized, and Samuel later died.

WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER RAMPAGE A 35-year-old Gaylord woman was arrested after she allegedly got

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drunk, drove to the home of an ex-boyfriend, and attempted to leave with her two-year-old daughter.

State police were called to the home in Otsego County’s Chester Township at 7:30pm Nov. 24 after several people called 911.

Troopers determined that the suspect, Jennifer Smith, assaulted a resident of the home and damaged property, including a storm door.

Smith also assaulted the officers who placed her under arrest, police said.

She faces charges of first-degree home invasion, two counts of assault of a police officer, assault, drunk driving, and malicious destruction of property.

ASSAULT SUSPECT SOUGHT Traverse City Police want to find whoever seriously injured another man in an alley brawl that apparently started over drugs.

Officers were called to the alley behind the Little Fleet on Front and Wellington streets at just past 5pm Nov. 24, said Chief Jeffrey O’Brien.

The caller reported that “there were a couple of dudes fighting in the alley over drugs,” O’Brien said. When officers arrived, they found a 30-yearold Marshall man in need of medical attention.

They took him to Munson Medical Center, where he was admitted into intensive care.

O’Brien said the male suspect is tall and slender and wore a hoodie and shorts. Anyone with information should call police at (231) 995-5150.

The woman faces charges of drunk driving, driving with a suspended license and secondoffense child endangerment. Police said the woman’s blood alcohol level was two-and-a-halftimes the legal limit.

TROOPERS JAIL OBSTINATE DRIVER Police arrested a driver who was pulled over for equipment and lane violations after the driver demanded that the police officer fill out some paperwork before he would “consent” to a traffic stop.

State police pulled over David Stobbe, a 63-year-old Wellston man, on M-55 in Manistee County’s Norman Township at 6:30pm Nov. 23.

Stobbe refused to provide identification or his vehicle’s registration, police said, but troopers were able to determine his identity through the Secretary of State database.

They also learned that Stobbe had a suspended driver’s license. As they attempted to arrest Stobbe, he refused to move and had to be pulled from his vehicle. Stobbe continued to resist, police said, but nobody was injured.

Stobbe faces charges of resisting arrest, having an open alcohol container in a vehicle, and driving while license suspended.

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WOMAN DROVE DRUNK WITH KIDS A woman was arrested after two witnesses called 911 about a Jeep driving erratically in Leelanau County.

A sheriff’s deputy spotted the vehicle on South Lake Leelanau Drive in Bingham Township, watched it almost veer off the road and made a traffic stop at 2:10pm Nov. 26.

The deputy saw “immediate signs” that the driver, a 40-year-old Boon woman, was intoxicated.

The woman was unable to follow instructions, and she was arrested. There were two children in her vehicle: her 9-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son.

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MICHIGAN: A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE UNCERTAIN TIMES AHEAD opinion

bY Gary Howe On the Friday after Thanksgiving, the White House released the National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report mandated by Congress to be prepared by 13 government agencies on climate science. This report details the coming risks, costs, and interconnected impacts that will cascade through our natural, built and social systems.

The 13-agency report is clear that those impacts will be destructive, expensive, and many of them are already here. Its apocalyptic effect is similar to the October IPCC Special Report on Global Warming that said we have roughly 12 years to alter the way we live on the planet, or the impacts of climate change will be irreversible.

life cycle of the current ones, so there is an opportunity to build systems that reduce negative impacts and promise a more resilient future. This will certainly include more robust urban forests.

• Our transportation system will increasingly focus on quality of place, with more access options than the usual “one person, one car” (electric or autonomous).

The current model of mobility is energy hungry and consumes too much valuable land that will be needed for a more efficient tax base, a stronger agricultural economy, and protected green areas. We also have more choices on how to get from city to city. Passenger rail will return.

There is some good news, though. If you live in Michigan, you are well positioned to be a leader in this climatically challenged world.

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On Thanksgiving, the day before, few of us counted among our blessings the destructive, expensive, and horrifying impacts of climate change in the news: The West Coast is on fire. Atlantic hurricanes are stronger.

Tornadoes are more frequent in the middle of the country. Rainstorms are heavier, and extreme flooding more common. Spring is earlier, summer is hotter, and as a result, disease-carrying ticks and mosquitoes are swarming. Good grief!

• Places that have been quiet, like Sault Ste. Marie, will increasingly become destinations.

Our social systems, including land-use policies, will need to welcome newcomers from the hot, dry south, and seek their participation.

Interestingly, that will mark a return to the ambitious dreams of the Sault’s founding families who envisioned a grand city on par with the great cities of the world. Perhaps, even the campaign for Sault Ste. Marie to host the United Nations will be reintroduced.

There is some good news, though. If you live in Michigan, you are well positioned to be a leader in this climatically challenged world.

Our water-rich state will not be without its challenges because climate change will stress our infrastructure, wreak havoc on our farms, cause unnecessary heat strokes, and stress our social structures — OK, maybe not your standard good news.

Of course, none of these changes are a given, and the pains of coming climate change will be real and felt hardest among the most vulnerable among us. That is no joking matter. Nor is the political will, leadership, and willingness of Michiganders to embrace the investments of time, energy, and capital needed to mitigate and adapt to coming events. As the White House report shows, climate change is going to be expensive.

But watch Popular Science’s cheeky 2017 video “Where to Live in America 2100,” and you’ll see that apparently, everyone and their beagle is moving to Michigan in the next 80 years. You might say Michigan will have a comparative advantage. Are we ready?

Certainly not. But Michigan has an opportunity to be a welcoming port in the storm. We still have time to adapt in ways that help reduce the causes of climate change, help us cope with the inevitable negatives, and decrease fragility in our economic and social systems. There are no maps for these waters; they will evolve as progress is made. But we know improvement includes reduction of carbon emissions, and that carbon reduction is the byproduct of more important, tangible societal shifts in behavior and technology.

• Michigan can build greener, more efficient water and sewer systems. Most of our cities are already at the end of the

The path forward will require an all-parties, all-solutions approach. We don’t have time for dour pessimism and empty optimism, and we certainly don’t have time for climate change deniers, anti-science crusaders, and entrenched tribalism. Those forces will be replaced by a new generation of leaders committed to long-term planning for a world that will be increasingly unpredictable. It isn’t going to be easy, but neither is it easy to cheer for the Lions.

We Michiganders are hale and hearty stock, with a unique entrepreneurial spirit, a history of change, and a land of wealth — all of which is something to be grateful for, because whether or not we wished for it, there are interesting times ahead.

Gary L. Howe is a photographer, planner, and teacher. He encourages readers to follow the work of Michigan Climate Action Network and other organizations dedicated to providing solutions for the coming challenges.

Crime Without Punishment The historic Chattaway restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida, is a welcoming place, but it was the scene of a lot of unexpected latenight activity in early November, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Surveillance video of a Nov. 6 break-in captured an intruder who “spent over an hour just milling around going room to room and eating and drinking,” said manager Amanda Kitto. In the process, he stole chicken wings and beer, along with computer equipment and cash tips. In the midst of their investigation, police were surprised to find yet another nocturnal visitor on tape from the night before: A man riding a bicycle cruised up to the restaurant and slipped in a back gate. After emptying a storage shed of all its contents, he went into the restaurant bathroom and emerged completely naked. Next he can be seen at a restaurant picnic table, digging into the meal he brought with him: Maruchan Instant Lunch ramen noodles. But Kitto said he was so tidy staff wouldn’t have even known he was there had police not been investigating the later incident. “We still don’t know where his pants are,” said server Chad Pearson. Officers identified the man, who is homeless, but the restaurant declined to press charges because he caused no real harm. Police are still looking for the other man.

Latest Religious Messages Pastor John Lindell of the James River Church in Ozark, Missouri, took the opportunity presented by Halloween to compose a paranormal-themed sermon that warned against fortune-telling, Wicca -- and yoga. According to the Springfield NewsLeader, Lindell told parishioners on Oct. 28 that yoga positions were “created with demonic intent to open you up to demonic power because Hinduism is demonic.” He went on: “To say the positions of yoga are no more than exercise are (sic) tantamount to saying water baptism is just aqua aerobics.”

Local yoga instructors were not amused, especially when fewer people started showing up to their classes. Instructor Amanda Davis said the pastor doesn’t have a thorough understanding of the practice. “Yoga doesn’t prescribe (sic) to any religion, and I don’t think people understand that, so they get false ideas about it,” she said. “It’s ignorant.”

Girl Fight!

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas on Nov. 9 seeks up to $1 million in damages and accuses American Airlines flight attendant Laura Powers, 56, of assault and battery on her co-worker Kathy Ida Wolfe during an in-flight brawl in June 2016. In her suit, Wolfe claims Powers “maliciously dug her fingernails into my arm, and slammed the door of a beverage cart on my arm,” and also “grabbed my scarf, choking me, and dragged me in the aisle and in front of the passengers.” The Dallas Morning News reported Wolfe also said she alerted the captain and other flight attendants about the behavior, but American took no action “to ensure my safety.” In response to the suit, originally filed in Tarrant County, the airline and Powers both said they are “not liable because (Wolfe) caused or contributed to cause the harm for which recovery of damages is sought.”

Compelling Explanation Christopher Greyshock, 57, of West Milford, New Jersey, used the old disappointed

football fan excuse to explain how things went wrong after he was involved in a traffic accident in Wayne on Nov. 11 that injured two people: “I drank too much because the Jets suck.”

According to News12, as first responders were attending to the injured, Greyshock staggered toward them smelling of alcohol. A field sobriety test confirmed Greyshock was inebriated, and he was arrested. On the front seat of his car were a bottle of bourbon and marijuana. Buddy, there’s always next year.

Compulsions David Rush of Boise, Idaho, has found a unique way to score his 15 minutes of fame. On Nov. 13, at the public library in Oak Brook, Illinois, Rush set his mind to achieving a new Guinness record for eating sweet corn kernels within three minutes with a toothpick. Rush, who holds 40 Guinness records, succeeded on his third try, downing 241 kernels. “It’s a ridiculous talent to have,” Rush admitted to the Chicago Tribune. “I practiced skewering a lot to prepare along with the size of the plate, spreading out the corn and best toothpicks to use.” Rush told the Tribune he got involved in breaking records to promote science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM), saying a lot of kids don’t feel confident about STEM subjects.

“If you believe you can get better at something and work hard at it, you can get better at anything,” he explained.

My Generation Hasbro has determined that the buying hotels and houses aspect of Monopoly doesn’t much appeal to millennials, who “can’t afford it anyway.” So just in time for Christmas, the company has released a new version of its classic game, Monopoly for Millennials, in which players, whose game pieces include an emoji and a vintage camera, gather experiences rather than property. On the box, Rich Uncle Pennybags holds a takeout coffee and wears ear buds and a “participation” medal that reads, “If you had fun, you won!”

USA Today reported the game’s experiences include “Thrift Shop” and “Farmers Market,” along with dining at a vegan bistro and attending a music festival. But make sure you Uber home: There is still a “Go to Jail” space on the board.

Inexplicable Police in Youngstown, Ohio, received an unusual call late on the morning of Nov. 14, according to WFMJ TV. A resident of the city’s South Side called 911 to report that four men appeared to be stealing the sidewalk along Ridge Avenue. Police arrived to find parts of the sidewalk were indeed missing, and following a tip from a neighbor, they soon caught up with four men driving a truck hauling six flagstone slabs. Thomas Clark, Andre Eggleston, Levar Riley and D’Vaille Williams were charged with theft.

Bright Ideas -- The Zolotoy Bridge in Vladivostok, Russia, is more than a mile long and opened in 2012, but three years later, inspectors banned pedestrians from crossing it because the walkways were too narrow to be safe.

United Press International reports the ban didn’t stop four pedestrians on Nov. 8, who attempted to cross the vehicle-only bridge wearing a yellow cardboard bus costume to disguise themselves. Police weren’t buying it, though, and pulled them over.

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An Audacious Goal for Leelanau County Northport Energy and a group of U-M graduate students are working on a plan to power the entire county with 100 percent renewable energy — within 10 years.

By Patrick Sullivan Northport Energy was founded a decade ago with a singular mission: to make the tip of Leelanau County completely green.

The group hasn’t gotten there yet, but it’s had some significant achievements.

Members have helped establish one of the first “net zero” golf courses in the country.

They’ve seen a wind turbine installed to help power the town’s wastewater treatment facility. And they’ve set up renewable projects across the Village of Northport and Leelanau Township.

Upon their 10th anniversary, they embarked on an even more ambitious goal: They’re devising a plan to power all of Leelanau County with 100 percent renewable energy. And they’re determined to do it within a decade.

NEVER DONE BEFORE It is an extraordinary project, said Brandon Smith, one of three graduate students at the University of Michigan’s School of Environment and Sustainability who have been recruited to map out a strategy to rid Leelanau County of coal-fired power.

“This hasn’t been done before in Michigan,” he said. “There have been initiatives to increase renewable energy, either on the utility scale or the local level, but it’s never been done for an entire county. And part of our problem, in doing our research to find another county that’s trying to do this, we have to go to Arizona or California, or across the Atlantic Ocean.

This is something that’s never really been done in the Great Lakes region before.”

Northport Energy board member Peter Wolcott wrote the application for the grant that is funding the students’ work, and he’s optimistic about the project. He said the idea to go county-wide was bolstered when Northport Energy started to hear from people elsewhere in the county who were interested in what they were doing and wanted in.

“I’d say for the last year we’ve been talking about it, especially since we’ve got some people from Suttons Bay getting active,” said.

“In the last couple weeks, in the work that the students have done so far, suddenly it seems quite a doable thing, because we don’t consume that much energy in the county. …

I’m very optimistic.”

The project launched in November, and the students are expected to complete their study by April.

goal, Smith said. In the first place, it’s home to the people who started Northport Energy — a clear indication there is the kind of homegrown interest in renewables that such an ambitious project requires.

“This county has a lot of motivation, and I don’t say that lightly. The fact that Northport Energy actually exists as an entity within the county kind of gives credit to how much hutzpah this county has,” Smith said at a town meeting in November.

“This hasn’t been done before in Michigan,” he said. “There have been initiatives to increase renewable energy, either on the utility scale or the local level, but it’s never been done for an entire county. And part of our problem, in doing our research to find another county that’s trying to do this, we have to go to Arizona or California, or across the Atlantic Ocean. This is something that’s never really been done in the Great Lakes region before.”

Walcott said the project has the potential to be transformational. If the group succeeds, it could potentially domino across the nation, show people around the country how to power a rural, out-of-the-way place entirely with green energy.

A MODEST PROPOSAL This is the third time Northport Energy has worked with U-M graduate students to further its green energy ambitions.

Several years ago, students studied how Leelanau Township could become 100 percent renewable. Two years after that, other students studied how to promote and assist the development of residential solar in the region.

While Leelanau Township is still a long way away from its ultimate goal, and the expansion of residential solar projects have slowed amid shrinking incentives offered by utilities, Leelanau County is particularly well positioned to achieve the 100 percent

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Also helping matters: Leelanau isn’t too big, and it lacks the massive, industrial-scale energy users that would render the goal near impossible.

“This county only has 20,000 people,” Smith said. “You don’t need a lot of energy to service 20,000 people.”

Leelanau does have some disadvantages, however.

Locations for sites that could host solar and wind turbine installations are severely limited. Parkland located in the Sleeping Bar Dunes National Lakeshore or township parks are out because regulations do not allow solar or wind installations in those places. And off-shore wind installations are also off the table. The group of graduate students said they removed that option at that outset, knowing that including it would generate strong opposition to their work.

“Personally, I don’t have a problem,” Smith said. “We’re not going to be studying off-shore wind turbines in this study, though.”

“THEY JUST KILLED IT” Another possible means to get Leelanau County to 100 percent renewable would be a large-scale wind farm. But that’s not under consideration either.

About a decade ago, a vast wind farm was proposed for Centerville Township, in the southern center of the county, and the reaction was unequivocal.

“The community freaked out and stopped it by restrictive zoning and just general opposition,” said Steve Smiley, a Northport Energy board member and a project manager at Leelanau Solar. “They just killed it and sent them packing.”

That proposal, however, included 60 to 80 wind turbines and was promoted by a company from outside the area.

Northport Energy believes it can come up with something more palatable to Leelanau County residents, one that requires only a handful of turbines that could be located in carefully selected places where they would have minimal impact on neighbors.

Smiley notes that today’s turbines generate much more electricity than those of a decade ago. He referenced a development by Traverse City-based Heritage Energy that’s located on the Upper Peninsula’s Garden Peninsula. That site features windmills so powerful that even one could generate 75 percent of Leelanau Townships energy needs.

That Garden Peninsula development, however, prompted a lawsuit from neighbors and opposition to an effort to seek permission to expand the development this year.

Renewable energy advocate Skip Pruss said he believes that opposition to wind turbine projects isn’t organic, but rather spurred on by oil and gas industry operatives who attempt to sew discord whenever a large project is proposed.

In the Garden Peninsula case and elsewhere, opponents charge that the noise and light flicker from large wind turbines can cause health problems, though this has never been proven.

Ultimately, almost all opposition is

Wind Power Density Overview Great difference between summer and winter

Global Horizontal Irradiance Overview Great difference between summer and winter

These maps show optimal locations in Leelanau County for the generation of wind and solar power.

wrapped up in aesthetic concerns, and Pruss said it’s important to understand that and prepare for opposition before making proposals.

Smiley and Smith said it is critical to get township officials on board and craft a plan that can accommodate concerns from residents about aesthetics. To do that, they need to find the places in the county where solar farms or wind turbines could be located without raising the ire of neighbors.

LOTS OF EVs EXPECTED How do you transform the infrastructure of a pristine, rural paradise that’s home to many residents who don’t want to see things change? That’s what the U-M students set out to answer at that presentation in Northport to launch their study. Two of the three students involved, Smith and Abhijeet Walchale, made a presentation to a group of 30 or so residents.

They explained that they will set out to study the potential for wind and solar at locations throughout the county to determine where in Leelanau wind or solar installations could be located. They also plan to measure energy use and projected energy use in the county, taking into account that energy consumption is bound to rise as more and more residents switch to electric vehicles and charge those at home.

They also plan to study how energy storage will play a part in the achievement of the 100 percent goal.

For one, they expect county residents will drive electric vehicles at a higher-thanaverage rate, given Leelanau’s demographics.

Smith said his team had already thought about that and concluded it could be an advantage, because those EV vehicle batteries could be a means to store electricity. When the wind blows at night, and demand for energy is low, those vehicles can be charged. Moreover, they might represent a battery factory that could be used by the grid.

“There are some studies out there that are saying in certain areas we could see any many as 60 percent of people switch over to

EVs in the next 10 years,” Smith said. “We can program to charge in off peak hours and then feed the energy back onto the grid should anything happen where we actually need the energy.”

The U-M team will also look at other energy storage options, though there aren’t a lot of options that are immediately apparent.

Smith and Smiley said they are looking for suggestions.

“Throughout the year, wind and solar are not constant. The sun is not out 24/7, unfortunately. I wish it were. It would make things a lot easier for us,” Smith said. “We have to kind of balance things out, and storage is the best option to do that.”

They don’t expect that anything largescale, like Ludington’s pumped storage plant, would be suitable for Leelanau.

That plant stores energy at night by using it to pump water into a reservoir, and then produces electricity during the day by releasing the water to turn hydro-turbines.

Battery farms at brownfield sites around the county are a more likely solution for Leelanau County, Smith said.

However, the whole plan hinges upon how receptive the county’s utilities will be to accommodate the radical changes Northport Energy plans to propose for the county’s electrical grid.

Smith said he met with representatives of Cherryland Electric and Consumers Energy, and he is optimistic “To be completely honest, I was expecting pushback from Consumers and Cherryland, because what we’re doing impacts them directly,” Smith said.

Instead, Smith said, the people he met with at the utilities were encouraging and generous in sharing data the U-M team needs to complete its study.

That’s important, because the plan to get to 100 percent, even with large-scale storage, will depend on access to the grid, which is controlled by the utilities. Smith said he believes that the utilities understand that what they’re attempting to do in Leelanau represents “the next step in the evolution of energy.”

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How does it end?

Scott’s statement What a story we are, evolving as bipedal mammals with opposable thumbs, rising to extraordinary biological “success” on the benefits of brains capable of language and cooperation. We are often critical of ourselves as a species — focusing on our violence, selfishness, and reckless deployment of technologies. Grim views of humanity exist because we compare ourselves to visions of what we could be, but Scott Blair we are always resetting the scale. Every generation feels Blair is a conthey live in the most troubled of times. Actually, right now, sultant in the violence, extreme poverty, and hunger across the world are wastewater treatlower than they have ever been. Lifespan, literacy, democment field and racy, wealth, and leisure time are higher now than any other president of the time in history.

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Can we continue? Can creativity, market forces, and social structures borne of clashing political theories lead to continued improvement? Maybe. Humans are wildly clever and adaptable. However, factors loom that we have yet to fully face. Our ascendance correlates with extraction of energy — first from A LOCAL PASTOR domesticated beasts, then from fossilized carbon. Can we replace fossil fuels before we use them up or harm our climate irreparably by burning them? The population of earth is two-and-a-half times what it was when I was born (1960) and is predicted to peak near 10 billion mid-century. Pressures on resources and environment intensify with increasing population, as does the rate at which new human-triggered challenges arise. Can we thrive or even survive through the crest?

To sustain or improve our condition as we approach peak population, humans need to consume responsibly. We need to selectively apply technologies with eyes open wide to the benefits and risks. We need to become better at science-based, collective decision-making (governance). Let’s hope our current dysfunction is only a blip. If we fail, homo sapiens may experience an uncomfortable decline, and nature wouldn’t mourn another extinction.

Humanists understand we are responsible for our future. Some religions narrate a pre-scripted “end” or simply leave it “in God’s hands.” This removes believers’ sense of responsibly and agency and hurts our chances.

Bill’s statement How will it end? Life? My life? The world? Doesn’t really make much difference. How will it all end? I don’t know. The Bible doesn’t say.

Sure, there are stories: The four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Lakes of eternal fire. The many mansions of God’s house. Choirs of angels around the throne of God. The Messianic banquet and the communion of saints. The heavenly temple of God and the thundering voice of the Rev. Dr. William C. Myers Most High. Jesus riding on a white horse, his robe dipped Senior Pastor in blood. Christ, the Lamb of God, seated with the Father. at Presbyterian There are pearly gates. Jeweled walls. Streets of gold. The Church of promise of a life free from suffering and the hope of morTraverse City tal enemies living in peace.

Some will devote their lives to searching these stories for some clue, some assurance, that when all is said and done, however it ends, they will be in the right place at the right time, and on the right side. Others will use these stories to justify earthly suffering or appease their guilt, trusting that the reward of those who suffer will ATHEIST DEBATE be great in heaven. Still others will use these stories to mock people who believe in God, calling them irrational or naive. “Where is this house of many mansions?” “Where are these streets of gold?”

But unless you’re a Gnostic, life’s purpose isn’t to know the inner secrets of God. How will it end? What is heaven like? According to Jesus, no one knows these things, not even the Son; only God. “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Mark 13:32) No, ours is not to know the mysteries of God. Ours is to trust that the God who gave us this precious gift of life will provide for us all the more in the life to come. “They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain …”

(Isaiah 11:9a)

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Bills’s reply Scott, some 3000 years ago, King David made a similar observation. “O Lord, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth ... What are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?

Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honor …” (Psalm 8) To answer your questions, “Can we continue? Can we thrive or even survive through the crest?” Yes! By God’s providence and grace we will not only continue and thrive, we shall become the people God created us to be. All creation shall be made new, in God’s time. As you have identified, faithful stewardship of natural resources and ever-evolving technologies will be required. Collective government, where, as Christ commands, we place the needs of others before our own is also a necessity. King David would agree we have a role in creating our future: “We have been given dominion over the works of God’s hands.” Left to our own devices, we fall short. But with God, all things are possible!

AND A LOCAL

Scott’s reply Bill is sensible in not seeking a preview of how the world will end by dissecting some rather psychedelic stories in the Bible. But how does he decide where to stop applying that caution? Bill has faith that there is a life after this one and that God will provide for us “all the more” in that life. I assume this belief is rooted in other stories from the Bible (a collection of sometimes imaginative writings of men from a prescientific time, affected by politics of the day, and assembled by committee).

Secular projections of the future also have their limitations, but focusing on using our best understandings to sustain livable conditions here on earth is a rational and caring priority.

Agree statement Scott and Bill agree, while life on our planet may come to an end, we don’t know when this might happen or what it might be like. In the meantime, we must carefully and wisely use the resources we have been given, for the good of those now living, the welfare of generations to come, and the health of the environment.

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NEW SUPER APP FOR SENIORS Like Skype, but even easier

By Al Parker Sharon has multiple sclerosis and it’s difficult for her to attend regular church services.

Ninety-two-year-old Mavis gave up her car, which meant giving up her beloved volunteer work at a grade school.

Gladys, who lives in a senior housing facility, enjoys making video calls to her daughter in Sweden and to her granddaughter who serves in the Peace Corps.

All three are now able to enjoy their favorite activities, thanks to new “Super App” technology, according to Donna Wishart, executive director of the Otsego County Commission on Aging (OCCOA).

Gaylord, Traverse City, and Flint have been selected to participate in the innovative tech program, CommunO2 (Community Oxygen) that helps connect seniors — and others — to an array of community agencies and businesses to meet a variety of needs and reduce social isolation.

Through it, users can view live-streamed faith services, weddings, funerals, and other special events offered by participating organizations. They can also connect with healthcare practitioners, long-distance caregivers, family members, social service organizations and many businesses.

“It’s extremely easy to use, it’s free to users, it’s safe and secure and fully encrypted and HIPAA compliant,” said Wishart. “It’s supported by technical help inside the U.S., and it’s very compelling. This will bring twoway video connections to a wide number of users. It’s like Skype, but easier to use.”

The two-year program is funded through a $360,000 grant from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.

“This program will benefit people of all ages and many organizations in each community,” explained Wishart. “We also know it will become ever more important for people of all ages, including older adults, to understand how to access and use technology to meet their needs. Older adults, their caregivers and family members will all benefit from this.”

Wishart predicted that the program will reach 28,000 users, free of charge, over the next six years.

“The societal costs and implications of the aging population in Michigan and nationally will be extremely severe,” said Bob Schlueter, executive director of the Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan in Traverse City. “The projected shortages of clinicians, especially in rural communities, will have a tremendous impact on everyone’s ability to experience healthy aging.”

CommunO2 holds great promise for benefitting caregivers and care recipients, according to Schlueter.

“It will help increase and strengthen the abilities of local and remote family caregivers and empower and provide greater

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independence to older adults and those with disabilities,” he said. “We’re excited about Traverse City’s opportunity to be on the forefront of this innovation.”

This effort dates back to 2015 when OCCOA partnered with a company called BeBloomin’ to test pilot a similar platform in the county.

“We learned that users enjoyed being able to connect with their faith communities through live-streamed services and events,” said CommunO2 founder Joel Ackerman.

Snowbirds, for example, can “attend” services at their home church even when they’re in Florida, Arizona, or another warm clime.

“They appreciated being able to safely and easily connect with family members and friends through live video calls,” he said.

“However, they also wanted to be able to access the platform through an app that they could download to their smartphones, iPad or tablets. We also learned that they would like a different name for the platform!”

As a result, Ackerman, a 66-year-old “serial entrepreneur” who spent a lengthy career with UnitedHealth Group, developed CommunO2.

“Other apps each have their own user interface, login, nuances, learning curve and support,” he said. “But CommunO2 provides an easy single sign-on and integrated and consistent user interface for a wide range of capabilities which would normally require a user to load and use many individual apps.

The internet can be a scary and dangerous place, particularly for infrequent or novice users. CommunO2 protects people from the risk of being hijacked while accessing the World Wide Web. The technology provides a safer approach and simplified connection to people, services and organizations.”

Three scholars from the Michigan State University’s school of social work will evaluate CommunO2’s impact.

Organizations interested in participating in the program should contact Wishart at (989) 748-4060 or DonaWishart@occoaonline. org. For more information about TC’s participation, contact Heidi Gustine or Schlueter at (800) 442-1713.

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Quirk It, Girl Kalkaska entrepreneur proves big things come from little (monthly) packages

For self-described “quirky girl” Rochelle Nevedal, it was a case of need meeting opportunity. She needed a job, and she didn’t see any subscription boxes that were designed with someone like her in mind: fun-loving, colorful, eclectic. So she created one, and Quirky Crate was born. By Ross Boissoneau 14 • December 03, 2018 • Northern Express Weekly

“I was working a corporate job and was not happy with the lifestyle. It didn’t fit my personality and didn’t fulfill my desire to be creative,” said Nevedal. So she did what any enterprising entrepreneur did: Reality TV. “I did The Amazing Race,” she said, the CBS reality competition in which teams of two race across the world.

When she returned to her home in Kalkaska, she decided to switch gears completely. With an engineering background, she’d worked for AT&T and done e-marketing for Fox Motors. “One day, I was looking for a subscription box to try out and realized there wasn’t much out there for color-loving, quirky girls like myself,” she said.

For those not in the know, a subscription box is a regular delivery of some sort of goods. They run the gamut from clothing to cosmetics, education to foodstuffs.

HelloFresh, Birchbox, Stitchfix, and Dollar Shave Club are among the best-known.

Now Nevedal is hoping Quirky Crate can join them.

And it appears she’s on her way. “Since May 2017, I have shipped nearly 10,000 crates worldwide out of my home office in Kalkaska. I run every aspect of my business including the website, design, product curation, marketing, photography, customer service and more.”

The boxes themselves include artwork and some sort of special product inspired by the artist of the month. “Each month I collaborate with an artist. I include at least one item from them and a postcard that has their biography, photos, and where to find them,” said Nevedal.

She and the artist often collaborate in the creation of an exclusive product, and then Nevedal gets it manufactured. “For example, in October, I did a pillow sham with the artwork from the artist printed on it. I also have my own line of products that I design and create. Each month I design and manufacture an enamel pin that is included in the crate, and I also design and produce products like bags or hats.”

The base cost of the goods each month

runs around $15, not including Nevedal’s time in creating items and curating the collection. They sell for $35 each. “I decide on a theme (so) they all fit together,” she said of the items in any one box, which typically includes eight different pieces. “Last month I featured an artist from the U.K. There are lots of exclusive things.”

She’s received accolades from numerous sources, from Buzzfeed to Forbes. The website PureWow.com listed Quirky Crate among its “50 Best Subscriptions Boxes,” saying, “If unicorn lattes pique your interest, then this box filled with colorful items is exactly what you need each month.”

Her subscription model is very flexible, offering one-, three-, and sixmonth subscriptions as well as a full year of Quirky Crates. She also allows her subscribers to skip a month. “It’s tricky.

People cancel every month,” Nevedal said.

She gives her subscribers until the 23rd of the month, then buys her products, but said she always has some late buyers. So she tries to guess how many of each item she’ll really need. “Ones that don’t sell out I include on the website.”

The 33-year-old thought when she started the business that the bulk of her customers would be in her age range. “My target market when I started was women in their 20-30s. However I have found out that my subscribers are of all ages, from eight to 55. A lot of moms and daughters subscribe and share their crates.”

Speaking of moms and daughters, Nevedal has seen the business grow to the point where it’s no longer a one-woman operation. She employs both her parents, and her husband occasionally helps out.

As might be expected, social media is her best friend. “I only have spent maybe a few hundred dollars in marketing since I started.

I mainly use Instagram to portray the vibe of my brand and it’s worked out really well.

Ninety percent of my customers come from Instagram, and it’s been a really great free platform for me to grow on,” Nevedal said.

“People like to buy from people, so I have made sure to incorporate myself through the

brand. I spend a lot of time getting to know my subscribers and networking with other creative,” she said. She also taps into others who are well-known on social media. “Every month I send a couple boxes to social media influencers who have 100,000 followers.

They share my crate to their followers, and

it’s really helped get my name out there.

All told, she’s ecstatic at how successful Quirky Crate has become, though she said with only two employees, she’s careful about trying to get too big, too fast. “It’s been around 600 boxes per month. I’m going slow with growing.”

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The Escape Artist Why Paul King ditched Royal Oak for an Up North trout stream and got back to his drawing board

By Ross Boissoneau Paul King has always had an interest in art. So it’s probably not a surprise that he’s drawn caricatures of popular musicians, from Dave Brubeck to Stephen Tyler.

What is a surprise is how he got there — and here, meaning his riverside abode and studio outside Beulah. “I was pre-med at Michigan State University. I wanted to be a thoracic surgeon,” said King. That changed when he decided he didn’t want to be in school that long. “Science yes, [but] I didn’t want to do that for eight years. I changed to art.”

He’d always been drawing and sketching, and thought he’d apply his art to some aspect of business. But when he graduated, ad agencies weren’t hiring — they were laying people off. He instead landed a job creating slide shows for corporations like Ford. That went well until video came along. “Video killed multi-slide; I dumped my equipment and started Fresh Produce,” said King. That’s his creative design studio, where he creates 2D and 3D presentations

for commercials and trade shows, does illustrations and web design.

All was going well there until the recession hit. His largest client, John Deere, discontinued its annual meetings, which had been the bulk of his business. He decided to make himself more viable with the latest advances in software, and learning various 3D and CGI platforms.

At the same time, though, he felt a tugging toward his old love. “Last year, I had a three-week break. I thought, I hadn’t drawn anything for years. I drew Paul McCartney and put it on Facebook,” King said.

The response was better than he could have ever hoped. “My friends would say, ‘This is great.’ A set designer from New York, a producer from California, [they] all said ‘Why don’t you do this?’”

So he did. But then there was the question of how to get his artwork printed.

For that, he turned to Vada Color in Traverse City, which uses the high-end giclée process to make a high-quality art reproduction. “There are four or five [such high-end printers] in Michigan, and one is

in Traverse City. I’m just a half-hour away.

They print on demand, and I don’t have to manage a warehouse.”

He took his show on the road this summer, showcasing his work at art shows across the state. “It was my first summer doing art shows. It was fun. I met a lot of people.

“It’s cheap advertising,” King continued.

“I think this will take five to 10 years to really get going.”

His inspirations cut across genres and date from the ’50s through the 2000s, classic rock to country, jazz, blues, pop. Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley are shoulder to shoulder with Robert Smith from The Cure and Tom Waits.

There’s Bono, Jim Morrison, Stevie Nicks, Beyonce, Leadbelly and Frank Sinatra. Even Charles Dickens and Balin from The Hobbit.

So why Beulah? Well, if art was King’s first love, fly fishing wasn’t far behind. He had a goal of living in a log home on a trout stream by the time he was 45, and in 1999 bought a vacant lot on the Platte River. He built a home in 2005 and for three years went back and forth between Up North and

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I’m Dreaming of a Trite Christmas The best of the worst made-for-TV holiday movies, now streaming

By Meg Weichman The start of the holiday season is signaled by many different traditions. For some, it’s putting up a tree or decorating cookies. For others, singing Christmas carols. But when you’re a single adult woman with a cable package, the holidays begin with the arrival of the year’s slate of new and original Christmas movies! While objectively I know the acting isn’t very good, the dialogue is often stilted, and the stories insanely predictable, that’s not going to stop me from watching these disposable works of comfort and joy 24/7 through New Year’s Day. There’s just something so delightfully reassuring about celebrating the season with sentimental offerings of pure Christmas corn.

And 2018 is shaping up to be one of the best years yet for the original holiday film, with over 75 different made-for-TV (and made-for-streaming) films premiering. A full 37 are coming from the gold standards alone, Hallmark (home to merry romantic comedies) and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries (home to heartwarming, festive dramas), along with other notable contributions from Lifetime, #Freeform, and Netflix.

With so many unexpected romances to be found, old flames to reignite, family businesses to save, baking competitions to win, stranded travelers to embrace, and more people named Mary, Eve, Holly, or Joy than you ever thought possible — here is a primer to some of a Christmas-movie addict’s must-see yuletide flicks: A SHOE ADDICT’S CHRISTMAS Hallmark Candace Cameron Bure (Full House) is one of Hallmark’s most beloved stars, and as such, always seems to get dibs on one of the year’s primo productions. This year she’s playing a woman at a crossroads in her life who accidentally gets locked in a department store on Christmas Eve. There she’s visited by a guardian angel (Jean Smart) who has her revisit Christmas past, present, and future.

As she reflects on her life, will she find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas?

Tropes Featured: A Christmas Carol reimagined, career crisis, magical happenstance A VETERAN’S CHRISTMAS Hallmark Movies & Mysteries The two leads of the fabulous Christmas with Holly reunite for the story of an honorably discharged Marine (Eloise Mumford) who is headed home for the holidays when her car breaks down (oh no!), and a cutie of a local judge (Sean Faris) offers her a place to stay (oh yes!). A heartfelt story that brings genuine tears. Before her car gets fixed, she just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: Stuck for the holidays, small town Christmas festival, career crisis, DOG! A CHRISTMAS PRINCE: THE ROYAL WEDDING Netflix The surprise sensation of last year’s holiday season gets a highly anticipated sequel! Former undercover reporter Amber (Rose McIver, I Zombie), who unexpectedly wooed a playboy prince, experiences some major royal pains (will she have to quit blogging!?!?) as she prepares for her wedding to the Prince of Aldovia. As the big day approaches, will she break off her engagement, or will she marry her prince and remember the true meaning of Christmas?

Tropes Featured: fake royalty, event planner

THE PRINCESS SWITCH Netflix Netflix is riding the successful wave of its royaltythemed festive fare, with this Roman Holiday meets The Parent Trap switcheroo. Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) plays a Chicago baker headed to a prestigious competition in the country of Belgravia.

She switches places with a duchess (also played by Vanessa Hudgens, with a dubious British accent), and the two gals end up falling for the men in each other’s lives and remembering the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: magical happenstance, baking, single parent, fake royalty

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A GODWINK CHRISTMAS Hallmark Movies & Mysteries With this one you get a real dream team of stars unrecognizable outside of Hallmark (maybe they’re Canadian?) as Kimberly Sustad (12 Lives of Christmas) and Paul Campbell (Once Upon a Holiday) join forces with a very recognizable Kathy Lee Gifford to bring us a true love story. A reluctantly engaged antiques appraiser heads to her aunt’s to clear her head.

But on a side trip to Martha’s Vineyard, she finds herself stuck on the island and enjoying all the holiday festivities with a charming inn owner. Will she follow her heart to find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas?

Tropes Featured: Career crisis, stuck for the holidays, small-town Christmas festival

NO SLEEP ’TIL CHRISTMAS #Freeform (Premieres Dec. 10) The network formerly known as ABC Family made some all-time great contributions to the genre (12 Dates of Christmas, with local fav Amy Smart; The Mistle-Tones, etc.), so I’m excited to see they’re back in the game in a big way. Starring real life (and super adorable) couple Dave and Odette Annable and featuring a uniquely out-there premise, they play a bartender and an engaged go-getter who discover the only cure to the insomnia that’s plaguing both of them is to sleep next to each other. As they work their way through this unusual arrangement, they just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: Event planner

ENTERTAINING CHRISTMAS Hallmark (Premieres Dec. 15) A fun (and considerably more low-rent) twist on the classic Christmas in Connecticut, Jodie Sweetin (yes, Full House stars get a lot of play on Hallmark — see also Lori Laughlin’s Homegrown Christmas on Dec. 8) stars as the daughter of a Martha Stewart-type who makes a case to inherit her mother’s brand. Only problem: She can’t cook, sew, or do any of the things her mother is known for.

Amongst the heartwarming hilarity, she just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: Baking, career crisis, family business, lifestyle guru

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CHRISTMAS ON HONEYSUCKLE LANE Hallmark Movies & Mysteries For me, Alicia Witt (A Very Merry Mix Up) is the queen of the Hallmark movie, and I never miss her annual entry. Based on a novel (Mary McDonough’s “The House on Honeysuckle Lane,” which you’ve never heard of, but that still equals prestige in the Hallmark-verse), Witt moves to the tear-jerking world of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries for the first time to play Emma, a woman who returns home after the recent passing of her parents. Along with uncovering some hidden holiday surprises among their belongings, she just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: Hometown visit, old flame

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A VERY NUTTY CHRISTMAS Lifetime Lifetime is bringing some “star” power to this story of a brokenhearted bakery owner (Melissa Joan Hart, Holiday in Handcuffs, Sabrina the Teenage Witch) who meets a soldier (Barry Watson, 7th Heaven) who may or may not actually be Tchaikovsky’s nutcracker prince come to life! Together they just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

Tropes Featured: Magical happenstance, baking PRIDE, PREJUDICE, AND MISTLETOE Hallmark “Pride and Prejudice” has been retold and remade many times (see also 2018’s Christmas at Pemberley Manor), but you’ve probably never seen it like this: gender-swapped and brimming with yuletide spirit! Another favorite Hallmark leading lady Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls, A Royal Christmas) plays the Darcy in this inventive scenario, reluctantly returning home at the holidays. When forced to plan a charity event with a rival restaurant owner, she just might find love and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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22ND ANNUAL JUDY KUHEANA BENEFIT BREAKFAST: 8-10:30am, Red Mesa Grill, Boyne City. Benefits Boyne area food pantries through the Manna Food Project. 231582-0049.

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18TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY HOME TOUR: 10am3pm. This year’s tour will feature four Cadillac homes that the Cadillac Garden Club has decorated for the holiday season. $15. mynorthtickets. com/events/18th-annual-holiday-home-tour

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FARMLAND 5K AND FREE FOR ALL BIKE: 10am, Rasho Farm, TC. Celebrate year round active living in northern MI. Includes a 5K cross country style running race & “Free for All” bike race: 6 laps (12 miles) where racers can use either fat bikes, cyclocross bikes, mountain bikes or single speed bikes. Runners & riders may enter a combined Run & Bike competitive category. $35 run or bike; $50 combo. tctrackclub.com

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---------------------FRIENDS OF LELAND TOWNSHIP LIBRARY HOST HOLIDAY PUZZLE & GAME SALE: 10am-3pm, Leland Township Library, Munnecke Room. A wide array of gently used puzzles, games & children’s books will be available at low prices. 616-460-8092.

---------------------HOLIDAY MERCHANT OPEN HOUSE: 10am, Downtown Charlevoix. Merchants will feature entertainment, samples, snacks, sales & more all day. Three different movies will play at the Charlevoix Cinema III, beginning at 2pm, in exchange for a canned good to benefit the Charlevoix Food Pantry. These include “Mary Poppins,” “Christopher Robin” & “Zootopia.”

A Hot Cocoa Contest will run from 12-5pm at downtown businesses. charlevoix.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 10am-noon: Sally Jo Messersmith & Krystyna Speaks will sign their book “Hana Crosses The Freedom Bridge.” 12-2pm: Donald L. Totten will sign his book “Light Through Little Word Windows: Two Letter Words from The Bible.” 3-5pm: Book launch with Anne-Marie Oomen, editor, “Elemental: A Collection of Michigan Creative Nonfiction.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------MERRY MARKETPLACE: 10am-4pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Featuring 19 local artisans with jewelry, willow furniture, pottery, specialty foods, candles, herbal & soaps & lotions, cards, clothing for children, hand knit items & much more. 231-256-2131. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------SUTTONS BAY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL: 10amnoon: Help the Friends of the Suttons Bay Bingham District Library decorate, enjoy cookies, caroling, crafts & write a letter to Santa.

3pm: “The Polar Express” will be shown at The Bay Theatre for free. 5pm: Caroling at corner of M-22 & Jefferson. 5:15pm: Santa arrives on the fire truck to light the village tree. Follow Santa to the VI Grill. Most stores open until 8pm.

---------------------TRAIN WONDERLAND: 10am-3pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Kids can enjoy model & interactive train displays, including the Polar Express & riding trains. Holiday interactive games, craft, snacks, hot cocoa & tram rides around the Castle are included (weather permitting). $5 ages 3 & up. castlefarms.com/events/train-wonderland

---------------------STORY TIME WITH SANTA: Pine Hill Nursery, Torch Lake. Story time begins at 10:30am, noon & 1:30pm. Children will have one on one time with Santa, make a Christmas craft & have a snack. Save your spot: 231-599-2824. $5. pinehill-nursery.com

---------------------LIGHT UP THE NIGHT & SOUP KICK OFF: 12-7pm, Downtown Bellaire. Enjoy holiday events, from a free kid’s movie, ornament making, to the annual “Soup Cook-Off” with 10+

The Interlochen Arts Academy Ballet presents Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” the tale of a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. It will feature live accompaniment by the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra. Performances take place Thurs. through Sat., Dec. 6-8 at 7:30pm in Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Tickets: $29 full, $26 senior and $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

participating restaurants, a visit with Santa after the “Parade of Lights,” community tree lighting, caroling & a live nativity.

---------------------QUANTUM HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO: 126pm, GT Circuit, TC. Explore the world of health & wellness from a natural & holistic perspective.

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---------------------ELK RAPIDS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 1-3pm: Santa’s reindeer @ Siren Hall. 2-4pm: Cookie decorating at Lighthouse. 5-8pm: Visit with Santa at Cellar 152 & horse drawn sleigh rides. 5:30pm: Caroling at the Christmas tree.

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---------------------SUGAR PLUM FAIRY TEA: 1-3pm, Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Petoskey. Enjoy an afternoon with the principal performers of the CTAC School of Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” as well as lemonade, tea, cocoa, finger sandwiches & treats; a reading of “The Nutcracker” story; & while available, two tickets to a performance of “The Nutcracker” at Bay Harbor’s Great Lakes Center for the Arts. Tea for Two: $75. crookedtree.org

---------------------“VIOLET”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre. This multi-award winning musical follows a determined woman who embarks on a cross-country bus trip to have her disfiguring scar healed by a preacher. Presented by the Arts Academy Theatre Co. $20 full, $18 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------MERRY MAKERS MARKETPLACE: 5pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Enjoy a holiday shopping market with artists’ booths, a festive spread of cookies & coffee, & holiday music & cheer. Free. crookedtree.org

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“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Charles Dickens’ story, adapted

by Doris Baizley. $28 adults, $15 youth under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------BLISSFEST COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Contra & square dances along with a few circles & reels. Hannah Harris Trio will provide music, with Larry Dyer & Jan Fowler calling. All dances are taught. $5/ person, $7/couple, $10/family. blissfest.org MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS “WINTER SONGS & CAROLS”: 7:30pm, Grace Episcopal Church, TC. Free. manitouwinds.com/ performances

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---------------------WINTER JAZZ ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. $12 adults, $7 students & seniors. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------4TH ANNUAL CITY OPERA HOUSE GALA: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Broadway on Front: Starry Night. Featuring Paul Canaan, Haven Burton, Carlos Encinias, Cortney Wolfson, Brad Willcuts, Jacob Yandura, & Take It From The Top - Class of 2018. Tickets: Tier 1/Main floor: $125; Tier 2/Balcony: $25; Students/Balcony: $15. cityoperahouse.org/gala

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BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-noon, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley.

Held every Sunday. Benefit residents of Rainbow of Hope Farm. NO BREAKFASTS IN JAN. OR FEB. $7. rainbowofhopefarm.weebly.com

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SUPPER WITH SANTA: 5-8pm, VFW Hall, TC. Dinner with Santa, silent auction, bake sale & dog adoptions. Proceeds benefit Handds to the Rescue dogs. $8 per person/ $24 family/5 & under, free.

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DOWNTOWN COCOA CRAWL: 11am-3pm, Downtown TC. Shop local for the holidays & sip on hot cocoa at various locations. Vote for your favorite. Free. downtowntc.com

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SUTTONS BAY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL: 12-3pm: Meet the elves & live reindeer at Brain Storm & Enerdyne. 2:30pm: Community Choral Concert at Suttons Bay Congregational Church.

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PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW & HOLIDAY PICK ME UP: 5-8pm, Gallery 31, Beulah. Handmade gift market with photography from Elijah Browning, Nick Irwin, Brett Martin, Holly Nelson & Jeffery Stratton. Local wine, treats, music & more. 231325-2522. Free. facebook.com/Gallery31.net

MERCHANTS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 6pm, Downtown Harbor Springs. Main St. will be closed from 6-9pm so shoppers & kids can mix & mingle. With Petoskey Steel Drum Band.

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---------------------TC HOLIDAY BOOK FESTIVAL: 1-4pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Featuring 25 authors & musicians in The Mercato.

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“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Charles Dickens’ story, adapted

by Doris Baizley. $28 adults, $15 youth under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------“CHRISTMAS GIFTS”: 2pm, Up North Arts Center, Cadillac. Readings on Christmas giving, from laughter to tears. 231-468-3040. $10.

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ACCC ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 4pm, Bellaire High School Performing Art Center.

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------------------------------------------ANNUAL MESSIAH SING: 4pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. 2:45pm rehearsal; 4pm performance.

---------------------THE JEN SYGIT TRIO: 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jen Sygit has three solo albums with her latest release “So Long Pollyanna” named as album of the year by both John Bommarito (107.1 FM Ann Arbor, MI) & The Progressive Torch & Twang (88.9 FM East Lansing, MI). 947-9213. $20, $25.

---------------------IRISH CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Enjoy Irish ballads, instrumental tunes & Irish dancing. Tickets: $24 members, $27 advanced & $30 door. dennosmuseum.org

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27TH ANNUAL BREAKFAST FOR CHAMPIONS: Odawa Casino, Ovation Hall, Petoskey.

This event honors Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce member businesses. Featuring a performance by the Petoskey High School Madrigals. Breakfast at 7am; program at 7:30am. $30 each or $240 for 8. petoskeychamber.com

---------------------SEASONAL ECONOMY SUMMIT: 9am-4pm, Hagerty Conference Center, NMC, TC. “Tis the Season: Planning for Northwest Michigan’s Seasonal Economy.” Community leaders will learn about & discuss seasonal populations & impacts on traffic & agriculture. networksnorthwest.org

---------------------THREADS FIBER ARTS GROUP: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Bring your own needlework project & work among friends. Meets on Mondays. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: 5pm, amical, TC. French influencer of the hospitality world. Call 941-8888 for reservations. amical.com/robuchon

---------------------MARKETING/WEB DESIGN & MAINTENANCE - MADE SIMPLE: SOLD OUT: 5-7pm, NCMC, Corporate & Community Education Student & Community Resource Bldg., Room 536, Petoskey.

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---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. For “Moon Over Buffalo.”

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GET CRAFTY: POPSICLE STICK SNOWFLAKES: 11am & 2pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Make a memory with your child & take home a craft, all while learning through play. Free with admission. greatlakeskids.org

GINGERBREAD HOUSE MAKING EVENT: 4:30-6:30pm, Rare Bird Brewpub, TC. Rare Bird will donate half of all beer sales to the Great Lakes Children’s Museum. $15/house. greatlakeskids.org

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Five presenters are allowed 5 minutes to present & 5 minutes of question & answer. Between presenters, the audience is allowed to make brief announcements for things such as job openings, persons seeking employment, & other events happening in the area. cityoperahouse.org

COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: (See Mon., Dec. 3) AAUW HOLIDAY PARTY: 5:30pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. $10. aauwtc.org

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GOOD SAMARITAN FAMILY SERVICES MOVIE NIGHT: RESCHEDULED!: 7pm, Charlevoix Cinema III. Donation.

OTP AUDITIONS: (See Mon., Dec. 3)

dec 05

wednesday

INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “The Hat” by Jan Brett. greatlakeskids.org

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“LET’S MINGLE & JINGLE”: 12-2pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. The Interlochen Woman’s Club’s Annual Christmas Party. Bring an appetizer or dessert & a wrapped, Christmas stocking filled with candy. Bring mittens, scarves & hats for the children at Silver Lake School.

---------------------ALL ABOUT THOSE ROUNDABOUTS: 12:30pm, 115 E. Blair St., Kingsley. Join officials from the MI Department of Transportation for a discussion on the Fife Lake roundabout, scheduled for construction on US 131 in the spring of 2019. Register: 922-2080.

---------------------HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: 1-6pm, Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Light refreshments & music. Free. gaylordarts.org

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------------------------------------------CENTRAL LAKE ANNUAL WINDOW NIGHT: 3-8pm, Downtown Central Lake. Enjoy the tree lighting, visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus, see Santa’s reindeer, enjoy hay rides, fire truck rides, participate in the food drive, pet food drive, toy drive, mitten tree & more.

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: (See Mon., Dec. 3)

---------------------HOLIDAY AFTER HOURS: 5-8pm, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord. Featuring an ugly sweater contest & more. Receive one raffle ticket per item donated to Toys for Tots. 989-732-6333.

---------------------RECESS OF GIVING: 5-7pm, The Park Place Hotel & Convention Center, TC. This is a joint Recess & Business After Hours. A partnership between The Ticker & the Chamber of Commerce.

Enjoy networking, hors d’oeuvres, drinks & prizes including an overnight stay at The Park Place Hotel & Convention Center & two Minerva’s gift cards. Entrance is $10. Benefits the Cherryland Humane Society. Presented by Remax Bayshore Properties. traverseticker.com

---------------------SOCIAL MEDIA: MARKETING YOUR BUSINESS - MADE SIMPLE: 5-7pm, NCMC, Corporate & Community Education Student & Community Resource Bldg., Room 536, Petoskey.

Join Sommer Poquette with Keep It Real Social, who will explore the insights on how to create an effective advertising campaign using social media for your business. Register. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------CLIMATE MEET & GREET: 5:30pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Learn about climate change solutions. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ARTIST BLENDER: 6-8pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Evening of connecting with other artists & sharing opportunities. Free. higherartgallery.com

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30TH ANNUAL VICTORIAN SLEIGHBELL PARADE & OLD CHRISTMAS WEEKEND: Manistee. Includes caroling, lighting of the tree, Festival of Trees, The Nutcracker Ballet, Manistee Jingle Bell Jog 5K & much more. manisteesleighbellparade.com

---------------------DISCOVER WITH ME!: “PLAY WITH ME”: 10am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Caregivers & children can explore the importance of imagination in play. greatlakeskids.org

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6:30pm, Darcy Public Library, Beulah. Author Robert Downes will present this digital slide show that offers the history behind his prize-winning historical novel, “Windigo Moon: A Novel of Native America.” darcylibraryofbeulah.org

HOLIDAY COMMUNITY NIGHT: 5pm, Downtown East Jordan. Featuring a Soup Cook-Off, “Make & Take” craft for kids, Lighted Parade, Community Tree Lighting & caroling, Santa & much more.

JEREMY KITTEL TRIO & PETER “MADCAT” RUTH: 5pm, Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Dinner at 5pm; concert at 7pm. Silent auction featuring the work of local artists & musicians. All proceeds benefit the Farmfest Music Organization & Gaylord Area Council for the Arts. $45/person for dinner & concert; $25 for concert only. gaylordarts.org

---------------------LADIES NIGHT: 5-9pm, Downtown TC. Enjoy a night with specials, food & refreshments while shopping.

---------------------51ST ANNUAL MADRIGAL DINNER THEATRE: 5:30pm, The Presbyterian Church of TC. Featuring music by the TC Central High School Trumpeters & Vocal Majority, Presbyterian Church Choir, & TC Central Choral-Aires. Entertainment includes Jill Beauchamp’s original play, “The Christmas Angels.” 946-5680. $20; $140 for table of 8.

---------------------CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 5:30pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling. Hear the choir from Mt. Hope Lutheran Church perform. Free.

---------------------OLD MISSION PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY POTLUCK & CAROL SING: 5:30pm, American Legion Hall, 4001 Swaney Rd., TC. Karen Rieser will sign her children’s book, “Aiden’s Tree.” Free. omphistoricalsociety.org

---------------------OFF THE WALL MOVIE NIGHT: 6pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Potluck dinner, 6pm; movie, 7pm. Sign up for the potluck: 231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------SCRAPBOOKING-CROP NIGHT: 6-8:30pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Capture memories with Thanksgiving layouts, create two 12x12 pages. All supplies provided for $8 or bring your own scrapbook supplies & work for free.

Register: beth_scraps1960@sbcglobal.net

---------------------“LIFE IN NATIVE AMERICA 400 YEARS AGO”: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Author Robert Downes will present this digital slide show that offers the history behind his prize-winning historical novel, “Windigo Moon: A Novel of Native America.” tadl.org

---------------------THE ART OF: STORYTELLING: 6:30-8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Here:Say Storytelling offers you the opportunity to explore storytelling in all its forms – oral, written & visual – through discussion, interactive demonstrations & hands-on projects. Free. dennosmuseum.org

SWAN LAKE, ARTS ACADEMY DANCE CO.: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Performed by the Interlochen Arts Academy Ballet. $29 full, $26 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org “THE LION IN WINTER”: (See Weds., Dec. 5)

dec 07

friday

GOOD MORNING GAYLORD: 7am, Otsego Resort, Gaylord.

Featuring guest speaker Dana Bojcic of Black Diamond Digital Solutions: “Digital Marketing/ Social Media Best Practices!” $10, includes breakfast buffet.

---------------------30TH ANNUAL VICTORIAN SLEIGHBELL PARADE & OLD CHRISTMAS WEEKEND: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE: The Village at GT Commons, TC. Held Dec. 7-9. Enjoy music, Santa Claus, shopping specials, carriage rides & much more. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: 7TH PROBATE DISTRICT COURT: NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. The Honorable Valerie K. Snyder has served as judge of 7th Probate District Court since she was appointed by the governor in June 2017. She will give an overview of the services it provides to the residents of Charlevoix & Emmet counties. Lunch, 11:30am; program, noon. Reservations required: 231-348-6600. $12.

---------------------6TH ANNUAL INTERLOCHEN AREA CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY: 5pm: Tree lighting at Tom’s Food Markets. 5:25pm: Follow Santa to the Children’s Christmas Party at the NEW Interlochen Public Library. Enjoy caroling, hear a holiday story & make holiday crafts.

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---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: (See Mon., Dec. 3)

---------------------WARREN MILLER MOVIE & PIZZA NIGHT: 5pm, Boyne Highlands Day Lodge Cafeteria, Harbor Springs. Featuring “Face of Winter.” A fundraiser for the Harbor Springs ski teams. $10 ticket includes all-you-can-eat pizza, salad, cookies, lemonade & iced tea. hsskiteam.com

---------------------51ST ANNUAL MADRIGAL DINNER THEATRE: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------BIGGEST LITTLE HOLIDAY PARTY: 6pm, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. Take all of the planning, organizing & budgeting out of your hands but still enjoy that holiday extravaganza for employees, friends & family. Hors d’oeuvres, a dinner buffet, dancing, music by the Levi Britton Trio & more. $32/person. grandtraverseresort.com/biggestlittle

---------------------JAZZ AT SUNSET - CELEBRATING 25 YEARS: 6-8:30pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Celebrate the release of Jeff Haas Trio & Friends’ new CD, marking the 25th anniversary of the series, Jazz at Sunset. This event features the Jeff Haas Trio & special guest vocalists Claudia Schmidt & Janice Keegan & saxophonist Laurie Sears.

---------------------PETOSKEY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 6-9pm, Downtown Petoskey. Santa Claus will fly into town to light the Christmas tree in Pennsylvania Park. The streets will be filled with entertainment by carolers & the Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band. Poetry for a Purpose will be held at McLean & Eakin Booksellers, featuring Petoskey High School English Department staff who volunteer to write customized poetry for a donation.

---------------------UNSILENT NIGHT: 6pm, Left Foot Charley, TC. A free outdoor participatory sound sculpture & walk around The Commons followed by live music by Jeff Brown. Reserve your spot: 995-0500.

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: (See Sat., Dec. 1)

---------------------BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS: 7:30pm, Frankfort United Methodist Church. Family friendly

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MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS “WINTER SONGS & CAROLS”: 7:30pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. A freewill offering will benefit The Leelanau School & Manitou Winds. manitouwinds.com/performances

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------------------------------------------SWAN LAKE, ARTS ACADEMY DANCE CO.: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------VOICEPLAY: WARM UP - A HOLIDAY SPECIAL: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Soaring to fame on NBC’s The Sing-Off, the five-piece a cappella group, VoicePlay, brings an explosion of harmonious holiday sounds. Tickets: $35, $25. cityoperahouse.org/voiceplay

Specializing in fine ceramics, Kevin Wilcoxson combines Japanese Mingei techniques and Industrial Design to create a “New Modern” style of hand-made functional porcelain.

“Mingei is the handcrafted art of ordinary people and coined by Yanagi Soetsu, who saw beauty in the ordinary and utilitarian objects made by unknown craftsmen. They are functional in daily life and representative of the region where the objects are produced.”

dec 08

saturday

ART SHOW: 10am-4pm, The Village at GT Commons, Bldg.

50, Community Room, TC. Seasoned illustrator, artist Robert K. Schewe will showcase his newest art, “TC Kaleidoscope.”

---------------------CHRISTMAS MAGIC: Events start at 9am in downtown Beulah. Includes Breakfast with Santa & Frosty at Hungry Tummy, Benzonia Public Library Holiday Party, carolers, Christmas Magic Lighted Parade & more.

---------------------SNOW KICK-BALL TOURNAMENT: 11am, The Blind Squirrel Bar & Grill, Gaylord. 989-448-2771.

---------------------PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 9-11am, Banks Township Hall, Ellsworth. Choose a stuffed toy & take a picture with Santa & Mrs. Claus. Free.

---------------------In The Village at Grand Traverse Commons 231.932.0775 | sanctuary tc.com

30TH ANNUAL VICTORIAN SLEIGHBELL PARADE & OLD CHRISTMAS WEEKEND: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE: (See Fri., Dec. 7) ---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 12-2pm: Chris Kassel will sign his book “A Being Otherwise.” 2-4pm: Tom Carr will sign his book “MI BAD: Robbers, Cutthroats & Thieves in Michigan’s Past & Present.” 4-6pm: Dean R. Feldpausch will sign his book “The Batman and the Ballerina.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------SWAN LAKE, ARTS ACADEMY DANCE CO.: 2pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Performed by the Interlochen Arts Academy Ballet. $29 full, $26 senior, $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS: 3pm, Frankfort United Methodist Church. Family concerts to “Celebrate the Season.” Freewill offering. benziechorus.org

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: (See Mon., Dec. 3)

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“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: (See Sat., Dec. 1)

concerts to “Celebrate the Season.” Freewill offering. benziechorus.org

SINGLE MOMM DECEMBER EVENT NIGHT: 5pm, Church of the Living God, TC. Moms will “shop” in the Books-A-Million store for gifts for their kiddos (18 & under please) & enjoy a meal together. There will also be a kids program. Must RSVP. Free. singlemomm.org/eventnightregistration

---------------------BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: 6pm, 9191 S. Kasson St., Cedar. Potluck at 6pm. Bring your table service, beverage & a dish to share. Live music by Big Fun. Basic skills workshop from 7-7:30pm & dancing from 7:30-10:30pm. Bring a white elephant gift for the traditional gift exchange dance. $11 adults, $7 students, free for members. dancetc.com

---------------------WARREN MILLER’S “FACE OF WINTER”: 6:30-8:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the GT Ski Club. gtskiclub.org

---------------------16TH ANNUAL JINGLE BELL JAM: 7:30pm, American Legion Post #10, Manistee. Live music

by Cheryl Wolfram, Ted Bounty, Sufferin Suckatash, Junk Monkey, & The Rock Supply. Admission is one new, unwrapped toy or cash donation.

AN EVENING WITH DON WHITE: 7:30pm, Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall. Enjoy this storyteller-comedian-author-troubadour-folk singer.

Proceeds benefit HERTH. $20 advance; $25 at show. ertownhall.org SWAN LAKE, ARTS ACADEMY DANCE CO.: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------“THE LION IN WINTER”: (See Weds., Dec. 5) ---------------------COMEDY NIGHT - GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV: 8pm, West Bay Beach Holiday Inn Resort, TC. $10. westbaybeachresorttraversecity.com

dec 09

sunday

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: (See Sun., Dec. 2)

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30TH ANNUAL VICTORIAN SLEIGHBELL PARADE & OLD CHRISTMAS WEEKEND: (See Thurs., Dec. 6)

---------------------THE CHRISTMAS SHOP: 10am-4pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. Featuring over 100 vendors & crafters. Admission proceeds will be donated to a local charity. $1. nmievents.com

---------------------BENZONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY HOLIDAY PARTY: 11am-1pm, Mills Community House, upper level, Benzonia. Christmas carols, crafts, stories, gift making & wrapping workshop & more.

---------------------CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE: (See Fri., Dec. 7) ---------------------CANCER FREE-DOMS SUPPORT GROUP: 12:15pm, West Side Community Church, TC. For all of those affected by cancer. Learn about individual resources, emotional support, treatment research & review, love & support. Held every other Sun. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------GTHC HOLIDAY HIKE: 1pm, Muncie Lakes State Forest Pathway. The hike will be followed by dinner at Peegeo’s (optional) at 4pm. facebook.com/ GTHikers

---------------------“THE LION IN WINTER”: 2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. A modern-day classic about sibling rivalry, adultery & dungeons. $15 adults; $12 students (18 & under). ltct.org

---------------------NORTHPORT COMMUNITY BAND/THE VILLAGE VOICES CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 2pm, Northport Community Arts Center Auditorium.

231-386-5001. $25; students, $5.

---------------------FREE FAMILY CHRISTMAS ACTIVITIES: Beulah. 3-5pm: Beulah Trailhead: Art project, face painting, cookie decorating & Santa. Downtown Beulah: 4pm: Christmas carolers from Benzie Central High School Choir. 5:15pm: Christmas Magic Lighted Parade.

---------------------THE LONG MEMORY PROJECT PERFORMANCE: Community elders gathered with MI-based artists to retell stories of the little-known social & environmental movements seen in the region’s past. Musicians Seth Bernard, Sam Cooper & Zach Watson, & writers Jaime Delp & Amber Edmondson will perform original pieces inspired by these stories. 3:30pm, Kirkbride Hall, TC. $20. thevillagetc.com

---------------------SANTA & MRS. CLAUS AT OAC: 3-5pm, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Enjoy seeing Santa & Mrs. Claus, as well as a holiday story time with Benzie Shores Library, holiday arts & crafts, a hot chocolate bar, & activities with Cognition Discovery Center. Free. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS THE COMPLETE ROBUCHON: (See Mon., Dec. 3)

---------------------BENZIE COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS CHRISTMAS CONCERTS: 7:30pm, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Beulah. Family friendly concerts to “Celebrate the Season.”

Freewill offering. benziechorus.org

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CHARLI XCX POPS INTO A ROCKUMENTARY Charlotte Aitchison, aka Charli XCX, is the latest singer featured in a new radio rock documentary from the BBC. The doc follows Charli on both her own recent tour, Pop 2, and went along with her as she served as opening act for Taylor Swift’s Reputation tour. The BBC’s Kate Mossman conducts the majority of the interviews with Charli, discussing her recording and performance processes, as well as some of the things she’s experienced as her music career has taken off. The documentary is available now via the BBC World Service, as is Charli XCX’s latest album, Pop 2, which features contributions from Carly Rae Jepsen, Mykki Blanco, A.G. Cook, and more …

Singer John Darnielle and The Mountain Goats are back with a brand new surprise EP called Hex of Infinite Binding, a mini-album with four new tracks. The set, a follow-up to their 2017 EP, Goths and Marsh Witch Visions, was primarily written at Darnielle’s house; only one of the tunes was recorded on-site. Chris Stamey played bass and electric guitar on both, plus composed the string arrangements for another track.

Matt Espy (Dead Ride) played drums for “Almost Every Door.” Hex of Infinite Binding

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is available now at all the usual outlets …

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has released the first song from the 25-track score he contributed to Luca Guadagnino’s film Suspiria, with the full score out now on XL Recordings. The initial track, “Suspirium,” highlights the recurring melody motif that can be heard throughout the movie. On it, Yorke sets his vocals over a piano theme; the accompanying video features spooky, colorized images of ballet dancers.

With this project, Yorke followed his bandmate Jonny Greenwood into movie scoring.

Greenwood has worked on music for several films by director Paul Thomas Anderson …

Pop diva Kelly Clarkson has announced that she’s going to be hosting her very own daytime talk show, which will hit TV in fall 2019. Simply called The Kelly Clarkson Show, the program will air on NBC Universal television stations across the U.S. and is thought to be a direct result of Clarkson’s audience appeal during her stint as a judge on The Voice (another NBC property).

Clarkson is prepping for everything from conversations and games to music and charity initiatives for the program …

LINK OF THE WEEK Whadda mashup! Entertainment website Super Deluxe snagged a variety of quotes

from Detroit rapper Eminem’s recent interview with Anderson Cooper, and set them to an ’80s dancefloor beat, the result being a way-catchy single that you won’t soon forget. Take a listen at https://tinyurl. com/eminem-talking …

THE BUZZ West Michigan outfit Melophobix is prepping to release its much-awaited new fulllength album, Cage-Free, later this December…

Speaking of anticipated music releases, Michigan band Roosevelt Diggs releasedits last album, Songs from the Shed, four years ago — so fans have bee stoked to hear that its new album, Better Days, is finally out now…

I lost 140 pounds and found my freedom.

Brother Elseylocal, a Grand Rapidsbased band of three real-life brothers, recently performed two singles, “Peacekeeper” and “Taker,” for WYCE Radio as a preview of the music release early next year…

Think you’ve got what it takes to rock Grand Rapidians and tourists alike?

Applications are open now for the 2019 Grand Rapids Festival of the Arts’ downtown music stages; apply by Feb. 15, 2019, at festivalgr.org/applications … 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.

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by meg weichman

widows

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diverse group of women team up for a risky heist. Wait, is this Ocean’s 8? I assure you it is definitely not. In fact, it couldn’t be further from the frothy farce of that film. And while it’s definitely got a dazzling heist sequence, it ain’t no caper. It’s an epic crime drama, a potent social commentary, and a raw melodrama. Basically, it’s the perfect adult blockbuster, the kind of film we can only hope Hollywood would make more of: a prestige popcorn movie in the vein of The Fugitive or Inside Man that offers masterful craftsmanship, seething intelligence, and exquisitely enjoyable thrills. And that it straddles the worlds of arthouse and commercial filmmaking so successfully shouldn’t come as a surprise, because behind the camera is Steve McQueen, who is making his long-awaited follow-up to his Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave with this adaptation of a 1983 British miniseries about four women living disparate lives, unconnected until they discover their recently deceased husbands had accrued some hefty debt from the criminal underworld. And that’s just the beginning. Featuring one of the most stacked ensemble casts in recent memory — Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall, among many, many talent others — Widows is a dazzler.

green book Sometimes a film comes along that, while not without it’s shortcomings, is so heartfelt in its charms, so enjoyable in its journey, and so needed in this moment, you give yourself over to its irresistible pleasures. Green Book is such a film. And with its rich characters, fantastic performances, and classic storytelling, I’d be hard-pressed to name a more purely pleasant film this year (well, other than Paddington 2).

The People’s Choice winner at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Green Book joined this year’s Oscar race in a big way. The TIFF audience rarely gets it wrong, and Green Book joins such esteemed company as Slumdog Millionaire, The King’s Speech, and La La Land.

And after seeing it, you’ll discover it’s just as likeable as all the buzz led you to believe.

A mix of a buddy comedy, a road movie, fish-out-of water antics, and old Hollywood “message movies,” it’s based on a true story so tailor-made for Hollywood, the dream factory couldn’t have even made it up. It follows two diametrically opposed men turned unlikely friends on a 1962 road trip through the Jim Crow-era South. Set to embark on a concert tour in the deep South, the black classically trained pianist Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) was in need of driver who could double as bodyguard of sorts.

The man for the job? Tony “Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), a rough-around-theedges, Bronx-born and raised, Italian American in search of work while a renovation at the Copacabana, where he works as a bouncer, left him temporarily unemployed.

Tony is given a turquoise Cadillac to drive, an itinerary to follow, and a guide to help him.

That guide? The titular Green Book, a travel manual published between 1936 and 1967 to give African American travelers “information that will keep him from running into difficulties, embarrassments and to make his trips more enjoyable.”

On the road, they’re an odd pair, with Tony as crude as Dr. Shirley is refined. But wouldn’t you know, somehow they manage to teach each other a thing or two on their long drives.

In a stereotype reversal, Tony introduces Dr. Shirley to fried chicken and popular music like Little Richard. Shirley assists Tony with elocution, manners, and the fine art of writing a love letter.

It’s sentimental to be sure, perhaps paints too rosy of a picture, and I can certainly understand why it would raise flags of

concern in 2018. But the film handles the weighty subject matter and very real threats to Dr. Shirley’s life thoughtfully and sensitively.

That it allows so much room for laughter as situations get increasingly contentious and dangerous is part of the film’s magic.

You’ll definitely laugh all along the way, and as a friend said after seeing it, “Doesn’t it feel good to laugh?” Boy, does it ever.

The performances are so strong and the characters so well drawn that the humor and heart come naturally.

And while I am not immune to the film’s “magical negro” criticisms — Dr. Shirley doesn’t save Tony from racism — it’s the entirety of this eye-opening trip, that a man who never left his insular Bronx enclave and had never even seen the countryside got to meet new people, travel to new places, and have his world view expanded.

Green Book doesn’t reach for anything challenging or new, but it doesn’t need to.

Everything it does, it does so well, and there’s something inherently wonderful about that.

There’s genuine warmth in every cliché.

Co-written by Vallelonga’s son, the film really nails the period details and the sense of Italian American home life. It also has sharp visuals, fantastic music, and strong direction, by, if you can believe it, Peter Farrelly of the Farrelly Brothers — the pair responsible for such vulgar and unseemly classics as There’s Something About Mary and Dumb & Dumber.

Yet, even with all these strengths, this is a film that lives or dies by the chemistry and performances of its leads. And I don’t think any pair of actors could’ve done a better job.

Fresh off his Oscar win for Moonlight, Ali shows real comedic talent, as does Mortensen, who is almost unrecognizable, having gained 40-some pounds for the role.

Touching, sweet, and inviting, Green Book is a crowd-pleaser. It’s unabashedly feel-good.

And those needn’t be dirty words. This is a film that its a joy to watch. Its humanity made me feel more connected, and in a world of so much cynicism (myself included), watching this felt like it’s own little weird act of rebellion.

Bottom line, you’ll definitely laugh, you might cry, and you’ll enjoy the ride.

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

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hile this certainly won’t replace Dr. Seuss’ treasured book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! or the classic Chuck Jones TV special from 1966 in anyone’s heart, just like The Grinch’s heart somehow manages to grow three times in size, I think you’ll be able to find some room in your own heart for this sweet and streamlined CG animation adaptation. We all know the story, a Grinch who hates Christmas, along with his loyal canine companion Max, decide to steal all of the presents, food, and decorations from the people of Whoville. It’s a quick read, a handful of pages, or 26 minutes if you faithfully put it to film. And unlike the travesty of the Ron Howard’s 2000 feature length adaptation, The Grinch manages to exercise some restraint in adding to the sparse source material. Voice

by Benedict Cumberbatch, the Grinch sneers, jeers, scoffs, and taunts the yuletide-infected people of Whoville. And while he is misanthropic, he is never mean spirited. The humor is also largely based in slapstick physical comedy. It has an ageless quality to it, doesn’t go for the easy jokes, and steers clear of kiddie film lamebrain bathroom humor. And while it does have its share of modern updates and changes, what makes this adaptation such a winner is that The Grinch never loses sight of the story’s message of love and kindness, delivering poignant moments of Christmas magic.

the nutcracker and the four realms

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nother classic story falls victim to the Disney CGI machine.

Yes, Disney has taken a holiday tradition — going to the theater to see Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and thereby exposing children to classical music and ballet — and stripped it of nearly all of its cultural significance. It turns The Nutcracker into another watered-down, female empowerment-infused tale that almost makes this year’s similar Disney adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time look like a triumph. The filmmakers have concocted a complete nonsense story where the only through line to the source material seems to be the names of the characters, and there’s entirely not enough ballet, nor of Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music. The complicated, confusing, and dull tale involves “clever girl” Clara (Mackenzie Foy, Interstellar) uncovering a different world that her recently deceased mother apparently created and was queen of. And there’s apparently a war going on between the four realms that make up this magical land — with Keira Knightley’s daffy Sugar Plum Fairy on one side, Helen Mirren’s pirate-looking Mother Ginger on the other, and creepy clowns and way too many mice scattered about. With so little room for the imagination and a complete lack of perspective, it feels like The Nutcracker and the Four Realms was directed by no one, or rather, that is was simply spawned by Disney’s CGI extravaganza formula. While House of Mouse may be king, Disney was no match for the Mouse King.

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the ADViCE GOddESS For Whom The Sleigh Bells Toll

Q

: I get very lonely around the holidays. My family is just my parents, and they’re far away. I don’t have a boyfriend right now. I have many friends and good people in my life, but instead of hanging out with them, I find myself isolating. So...it seems my treatment for loneliness is loneliness and then feeling sorry for myself that I’m home alone. Help!

— Pity Party Animal

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: Each of us gets into the holiday spirit in our own special way. Some of us build gingerbread houses; some of us build gingerbread psychiatric hospitals.

To understand how you can long for human connection and (ugh!) long to avoid it at the very same time, it helps to understand the mechanics of loneliness — the pain we feel when we’re disconnected from others.

Like other emotions, loneliness is “adaptive,” meaning it has a function. It most likely evolved to motivate ancestral humans to behave in ways that would help them survive and mate.

(Survival in the harsh ancestral environment would have been strongly connected with social bonds, and mating without a partner tends to be a bust for those of us who are not aphids or slime mold.)

The problem is, our psychology is complex, and work orders laid out for us by different emotional adaptations — different functional feelings — sometimes conflict. For example, the sadness that comes with loneliness is also motivating — only it can motivate you to lie facedown on the couch.

This probably seems anything but useful, but psychiatrist and evolutionary psychologist Randolph Nesse explains that the slowing down in energy that’s a partner to sadness gives us time to examine our behavior, figure out whether we might do better with different tactics, and, if so, change our MO. It is important to take stock like this — to a point. But if you remind yourself of the evolved job of emotions, you’ll see that it’s sometimes in your interest to override them. In short, you can do your sadness homework without making your loneliness worse by spending your entire holiday mumbling into the throw pillows.

Tell your besties that you could use some cheering up, and give yourself an emotional work assignment: going to a minimum of

BY Amy Alkon

three parties over the holidays where groups of your friends will be in attendance. Keep in mind — while you’re lifting what feels like your 3,000-pound arm to apply mascara before going to some shindig — that we’re bad at predicting what will make us happy or unhappy. Chances are, once you’re at the party, you’ll catch a buzz from the eggnog, get laughing with your friends, and accidentally slack off on your fashionable nihilism — your muttering that it’s all nothingness and you’re alone in the universe except for your unpaid debts.

Crushin’ Roulett

Q

: I’m a 32-year-old guy with a really great female friend. We talk on the phone, grab food, etc. She even kept me company in the hospital after I got into a motorcycle accident.

I’ve started falling for her, and I want to ask her out, but I’m afraid of losing her friendship.

— Conflicted

A:

It’s just a bit of a twist on the friendship ring.

You’d like to give her a friendship penis.

Risk researchers find that decision-making in the face of uncertainty — when we can’t be sure of what the outcome will be — is really hard for us. However, by plugging in all the information we have, positive and negative, we can make an educated prediction about how things are likely to turn out -- and whether we can afford the loss if our effort is a bust.

For example, if you have only one friend and if you’re pretty sure you could never make another — say, because you live on one of those tiny desert islands in a New Yorker cartoon — you might decide it’d be too costly for you to risk saying something. And if, on a scale from 1 to 10, your friend is a 9.2 and you’re more on the bridge troll end of the spectrum (in both looks and career prospects), your chances of romance with her might be pretty slim. (“Shrek” is not a documentary.)

If, after weighing the pros and cons, you decide to ask this woman out, you could simply say, “I’d like to take you on a date. Would you be interested in that?” Yes, it’s possible that doing this would tank your friendship, but chances are, you’d just act a little weird around her for a while. Then again, if you said nothing and constantly agonized over wanting her, you might also end up acting all weird -- in ways that would make continuing your friendship impossible. (Okay, so she’s not into you, but maybe if you send her yet another love poem written in your own blood...)

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34 “Night Gallery” host Serling 35 Architect and Bauhaus School founder Walter 36 University official 37 Competed at Daytona 40 Istanbul title 41 “Better in Time” singer ___ Lewis 42 Olfactory stimulus 43 William and Harry, e.g.

45 Fleetwood ___ 46 Pet-related YouTube clip, according to the Internet?

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BY ROB BREZSNY

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Robert Louis Stevenson published his gothic novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in 1886. It was a bestseller, and quickly got turned into a theatrical production. In the ensuing 132 years, there have been well over a hundred further adaptations of the story into film and stage productions.

Here’s the funny thing about this influential work: Stevenson wrote it fast.

It took him three feverish days to get the gist of it, and just another six weeks to revise.

Some biographers say he was high on drugs during the initial burst, perhaps cocaine.

I suspect you could also produce some robust and interesting creation in the coming weeks, Sagittarius—and you won’t even need cocaine to fuel you.

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

athlete Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player who ever lived. He was also the first to become a billionaire. But when he was growing up, he didn’t foresee the glory that awaited him. For example, in high school he took a home economics class so as to acquire cooking abilities.

Why? He imagined that as an adult he might have to prepare all of his own meals. His ears were so huge and ungainly, he reasoned, that no woman would want to be his wife. So the bad news was that he suffered from a delusion. The good news was that because of his delusion, he learned a useful skill. I foresee a similar progression for you, Aquarius.

Something you did that was motivated by misguided or irrelevant ideas may yield positive results.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ve called

on author Robert Heinlein to provide your horoscope. According to my astrological analysis, his insights are exactly what you need to focus on right now. “Do not confuse ‘duty’ with what other people expect of you,” he wrote. “They are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect. But there is no reward at all for doing what other people expect of you, and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What does “beauty”

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Bible does

not say that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute or even a “sinner.” There’s no mention of her sexual proclivities at all. Delusional ideas about her arose in the Middle Ages, instigated by priests who confused her with other women in the Bible. The truth is that the Bible names her as a key ally to Christ, and the crucial witness to his resurrection. Fortunately, a number of scholars and church leaders have in recent years been working to correct her reputation. I invite you to be motivated and inspired by this transformation as you take steps to adjust and polish your own image during the coming weeks. It’s time to get your public and private selves into closer alignment.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When I write

a horoscope for you, I focus on one or two questions because I don’t have room to cover every single aspect of your life. The theme I’ve chosen this time may seem a bit impractical, but if you take it to heart, I guarantee you it will have practical benefits. It comes from Italian author Umberto Eco. He wrote, “Perhaps the mission of those who love humanity is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.” I swear to you, Aries, that if you laugh at the truth and make the truth laugh in the coming days, you will be guided to do all the right and necessary things.

mean to you? What sights, sounds, images, qualities, thoughts, and behavior do you regard as beautiful? Whatever your answers might be to those questions right now, I suggest you expand and deepen your definitions in the coming weeks. You’re at a perfect pivot point to invite more gorgeous, lyrical grace into your life; to seek out more elegance and charm and artistry; to cultivate more alluring, delightful magic.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You know the

expiration dates that appear on the labels of the prescription drugs you buy? They don’t mean that the drugs lose their potency after that date. In fact, most drugs are still quite effective for at least another ten years. Let’s use this fact as a metaphor for a certain resource or influence in your life that you fear is used up or defunct. I’m guessing it still has a lot to offer you, although you will have to shift your thinking in order to make its reserves fully available.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran rapper Eminem is renowned for his verbal skill. It may be best exemplified in his song “Rap God,” in which he delivers 1,560 words in six minutes and four seconds, or 4.28 words per second. In one stretch, he crams in 97 words in 15 seconds, achieving a pace of 6.5 words per second. I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will also be unusually adept at using words, although your forte will be potent profundity rather than sheer speed. I encourage you to prepare by making a list of the situations where your enhanced powers of persuasion will be most useful.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have a

cosmic mandate and a poetic license to stir up far more erotic fantasies than usual. It’ll be healthy for you to unleash many new thoughts about sexual experiments that would be fun to try and novel feelings you’d like to explore and people whose naked flesh you’d be interested to experience sliding and gliding against yours. But please note that the cosmic mandate and poetic license do not necessarily extend to you acting out your fantasies. The important thing is to let your imagination run wild. That will catalyze a psychic healing you didn’t even realize you needed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In my continuing

efforts to help you want what you need and need what you want, I’ve collected four wise quotes that address your looming opportunities.

1. “What are you willing to give up, in order to become who you really need to be?” —author Elizabeth Gilbert 2. “Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from.” —Rebecca Solnit 3. “You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary.” — Frederick Buechner 4. “Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In May of 1883,

the newly built Brooklyn Bridge opened for traffic. Spanning the East River to link Manhattan and Brooklyn, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. But almost immediately people spread rumors that it was unstable. There was a growing fear that it might even crumble and fall. That’s when charismatic showman P. T. Barnum stepped in. He arranged to march 21 elephants across the bridge. There was no collapse, and so the rumors quickly died. I regard the coming weeks as a time when you should take inspiration from Barnum. Provide proof that will dispel gossipy doubt. Drive away superstitious fear with dramatic gestures. Demonstrate how strong and viable your improvements really are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A blogger

on Tumblr named Ffsshh composed a set of guidelines that I think will be apt and useful for you to draw on in the coming weeks. Please study these suggestions and adapt them for your healing process. “Draw stick figures. Sing off-key. Write bad poems.

Sew ugly clothes. Run slowly. Flirt clumsily. Play video games on ‘easy.’ OK? You do not need to be good at something to enjoy it. Sometimes talent is overrated. Do things you like doing just because you like doing them. It’s OK to suck.”

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DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Forum NMC has an exciting new position as the Director of International Affairs Forum.

This highly visible position is responsible for all aspects of NMC’s International Affairs Forum, which is the World Affairs Council of America’s affiliate for northern Michigan, dedicated to educating and engaging the community on critical global issues through presentations by international experts, student outreach, panel discussions, film offerings, global Hot Spots, and in-depth classes. Found out more by clicking the link below. EOE http://jobs.nmc.edu/ JETS PIZZA HIRING flexible scheduling, competitive wages, apply within! Garfield, Chums Corner

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