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hospitality, construction trades, disaster cleanup, and more.

Instead of separations and caging, let’s provide humane family housing during the 3to 4-month vetting process and teach entire families English and computer literacy 5 to 6 hours a day — days that are otherwise idle.

Vetted refugees and immigrants can then be matched to areas needing workers.

Newly settled families would then have the skills to immediately start work, shop, drive, and integrate into the U.S. environment.

This is a recipe for success.

Claiming corruption, our government has reduced aid to Central American governments. I suggest we bypass these governments and work with Central American churches. Catholic churches in Guatemala, for example, have been building medical/dental clinics, schools, and women’s sewing centers, and distributing small parcels of land to individual families for coffee and corn production for years. I saw this firsthand in 2013.They are making a difference.

Everyone can help. Please consider supporting “Justice For Our Neighbors.”

Kate Dahlstrom, Traverse City

Go, Amash!

Three cheers for U.S. Rep. Justin Amash of Grand Rapids. [In our July 8 issue, Northern Express guest columnist Donna GundleKrieg wrote about her hopes for Amash to make a run for president, as a Libertarian; he was a member of the GOP until July 4, 2019, when he left his party and declared himself Independent]. I deem him to be a real American patriot — one who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interests. Hopefully he can persuade others to join him to do the job they were elected to do, namely at this time of history, to support and defend the Constitution, not the president, as Amash stated.

There are so many actions that have come from this administration, causing one to wonder just what is going on in the White House. Perhaps it is not too early to think about the definition of despotism, a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power. It behooves us to realize that deception allows the magician to fool the audience.

Hey, Bergman!

June 2019 was the hottest ever recorded on earth, including in the Arctic. Last year California wildfire season was the most destructive on record, with 8,527 fires.

The continental U.S. was the wettest on record in 124 years. Last week, the National Weather Service declared the first-ever flash flood in Washington, D.C. Ice is melting at record rates around the world.

We are witnessing climate-change refugees as islands begin to disappear, as nations endure unlivable flooding and limited natural resources such as drinking water. Droughts/floods are causing loss of crops and livestock. There are climate change hotspots where conditions become too hot and dry, or too cold and wet, threatening livelihoods and exacerbating food insecurity.

Our planet is witnessing its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals. It is the worst species die-off since the loss of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

The fossil fuel industry knew what was happening 40 years ago, per research by their own scientists.

Instead of addressing the global, earthchanging crisis, they buried the facts and instead chose to spend billions on propaganda — to purposely confuse people —especially here in the United States.

Our planet and all living things on it, are interconnected. The cycles of the seasons control the cycles of plant growth, are connected to when species migrate, when they mate, what they’ll eat, etc. We foolishly, unknowingly at first, turned to fossil fuels for almost all our energy needs, but changes over time have changed our planet. The changes are accelerating right before our eyes. The planet is in crisis, and climate change is driving it.

We should be supporting the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R. 763. Congressman Bergman, are you listening?

Thomas E. Hagan, Empire

Karen Martin, Cheboygan

Justice for our Neighbors What our government is doing at the border is inhumane. More than 99 percent of folks trying to enter the United States are honest, hardworking, and willing to learn English if we give them the tools. We, in the U.S., urgently need workers for farming,

For Shame For shameful behavior and insulting language, I may call you many things: monster, derelict, ugly, stupid, inconsiderate, selfish, outrageous, unfortunate, condemnable, poor excuse for being human, mentally incompetent,

Kudos to Tuttle Stephen Tuttle’s column “Too High a Price” [July 8 issue] was spot on. He only failed to state the root cause of most of the animus in the Middle East. It’s found in Genesis 16:11-12. Ishmael is the progenitor of the Arab people. Abram had another son, Isaac, the progenitor of the Jewish people. Hence the fighting pitting Arabs against Jews and one faction of the Arab population against a different faction.

It’s been going on for centuries, with no end in sight. As Tuttle rightly stated, our involvement exacts “too high a price for too little return.” P.S. Great Roxburgh pictures.

Garwood Hansen, Traverse City

sorely lacking, crooked, sick, or finally, racist. That is the best: “racist.” Call you racist, and you have no defense. The mob starts shouting “Racist!” and you are branded. It will usually shut you up! Those who died for the Constitution and all the amendments, including the first would wonder how we got here.

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I’m Sorry, World I never thought I would apologize for my country, but after hearing the latest chants at a political rally, I am ashamed of the U.S. When did we become a country of bigotry and hatred? When did we allow our leader to discredit other countries, other religions, other ethnicities? I asked Rep. Bergman to denounce the racist comments of our president. He did not; he went on to support the president.

My apologies to my friends who pick the fruit and vegetables that I eat every day, to the vendors at farmers markets, the restaurant workers and owners, the entrepreneurs of many businesses in my community.

My apologies to my grandchildren from Myanmar, Colombia, Russia, Thailand, Haiti, Guatemala, Congo. I know what your lives would have been in your country of origin, and we are so glad you are safely here.

My apologies to my friends from Mexico, Burundi, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Romania. You are welcome here, and I still have faith that our next election will prove who we really are, and that the Statue of Liberty will once again stand proud and strong.

Michigan’s Davy Rothbart is coming home........10 Pivot........................................................16 Resurrecting the Family Spirits.......................19 So.Many. Gigs............................................21 5 Questions with Weird Al.............................22 Must-See Movies at the TCFF........................24 Beulah’s Lucky Dog Restaurant......................27

dates................................................29-34 music Four Score.....................................................36

Nightlife.........................................................39

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

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Chef’s Notes....................................................13 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................35 Film................................................................37 Crossword...................................................40 Lou Ann McKimmy, Rapid City Advice..........................................................40 Freewill Astrology..........................................41 Room for Refugees In 1948, after the Holocaust, the United Classifieds..................................................42 Nations determined there needed to be a refugee status, so that people should have the right to seek shelter from harm. In 1980, the United States Congress legislated a similar definition that we would accept people “who have a well-founded fear of persecution.”

Trump won an election while calling the people at our border thieves, rapists, and drug lords. Some might be, but so many are not. Half of all refugees are children. Their parents take huge risks to bring their children from countries at war Northern Express Weekly is published by or where gangs and violence rule.

Eyes Only Media, LLC. Call them illegals if you like, but the U.S. Publisher: Luke Haase signed on to be part of the world community 129 E Front Traverse City, MI 49684 that acknowledges that humanitarian crises Phone: (231) 947-8787 Fax: 947-2425 produce refugees. So many refugees exist that email: info@northernexpress.com they collectively would be the 20th largest www.northernexpress.com country in the world. Compared to the rest Executive Editor: Lynda Twardowski Wheatley of the world, the U.S. has a small population Finance & Distribution Manager: Brian Crouch Sales: Kathleen Johnson, Lisa Gillespie, Kaitlyn Nance, asking to take refuge here.

Mike Bright, Michele Young, Randy Sills, Todd Norris The people coming to our border seek For ad sales in Petoskey, Harbor Springs, to be vetted as non-criminal entrants to Boyne & Charlevoix, call (231) 838-6948 our country. Instead of providing legal Creative Director: Kyra Poehlman help to speed these people through the Distribution: Dave Anderson, Dave Courtad process and either let them in or send them Kimberly Sills, Randy Sills, Roger Racine back, we spend our money on for-profit Matt Ritter, Gary Twardowski warehousing of families while separating Listings Editor: Jamie Kauffold the children from their parents.

Reporter: Patrick Sullivan What is the real cost of Trump’s Contributors: Amy Alkon, Rob Brezsny, Ross Boissoneau, decisions? He is pitting us against the rest Jennifer Hodges, Al Parker, Eric Cox, Craig Manning, of the world and proving to impressionable Michael Phillips, Steve Tuttle, Meg Weichman militants that they should hate us enough to strap on a bomb and come kill us.

Copyright 2019, all rights reserved. Distribution: 36,000 Terrorism increases. And he has destroyed copies at 600+ locations weekly. Northern Express Weekly is free of charge, but no person may take more than our moral leadership. Children in cages? one copy of each weekly issue without written permission But worst of all, he has transformed us of Northern Express Weekly. Reproduction of all content into a country where only white, straight, without permission of the publisher is prohibited.

Christian males are full citizens. And he revels in dividing us more as we grow suspicious and distrustful of each other.

Carolyn Medland, Hubbard Lake

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top ten traverse city triathlon two big wins for leelanau conservancy The Solon Swamp, an ecologically critical and naturally stunning area also known as the Cedar River Preserve, was among the first priorities of the Leelanau Conservancy after its founding three decades ago.

When the conservancy first approached the property owners of a critical part of the property, however, they were unwilling to sell. As the years went by, Brian Price, the conservancy’s founding executive director reached out again and again, but he always got the same answer: not for sale.

Then this April, everything changed. The property was put on the market for $450,000. Conservancy staff knew they needed to act fast because the upland parts of the property would be attractive to developers.

They did, and a purchase agreement quickly followed.

Making that achievement even sweeter, the conservancy fulfilled another dream: It completed a long-worked-for land swap with the State of Michigan that would consolidate all of the conservancy’s holdings in the preserve around the Cedar River.

“It was a now-or-never kind of opportunity,” said Tom Nelson, executive director.

“And, the real credit for pulling this off goes to our donors. We were fortunate to have the funds on hand that gave us the wherewithal to make the purchase. And that is an amazing thing.”

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Once upon a time, Traverse City’s beloved Taco House closed and broke our hearts — could downtown Kingsley’s new Taco Castle be the knight in shining armor that could rescue us? If its fish tacos are any indication, yes. The Castle’s $1.95 street taco — among the best we’ve tasted in northern Michigan — consists of lightly battered Pollock topped with a crunchy garden slaw marinated in a bright cilantro, coconut, and lemon and lime sauce — wrapped in a fresh, piping hot corn tortilla. Taco Castle opened on April 1, and though the teal-colored booths of its former occupant, Whirly’s Coffee & Cream, suggest a retro vibe, don’t be fooled.

This family run restaurant serves up the authentic, of-the-moment fresh fare you crave. Open noon to 9pm Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursday through Saturday (closed Wednesdays); noon to 5pm Sundays. 413 W. Main St. in Kingsley. (231) 263-8065.

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The Olympic- and sprint-distances races start in Bowers Harbor on West Grand Traverse Bay for a loop swim during the Traverse City Triathlon on Sun., July 28. There is also a half-distance triathlon, relay, duathlon, and open-water swim. Enjoy beautiful the and challenging landscape! Info: enduranceevolution.com

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The Nickel Boys

Phrasal phenom Colson Whitehead is at it again, and this time, he’s not playing with politesse. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author that brought us 2016’s “The Underground Railroad” comes “The Nickel Boys.” Whitehead’s newest novel follows straight-laced, highly principled Elwood Curtis. An African American teenager in Jim Crow-era Florida, Elwood is a straight-A student with a one-way ticket to the local black college — until one ill-timed error re-routes him to a juvenile reformatory called Nickel Academy. Though publicly pristine, Nickel Academy is nothing more than a chamber of atrocities, catering to the perversions of a sadistic staff and abusive officials. As harrowing as it is heartbreaking, “The Nickel Boys” offers a contemporary response to the civil call of 1960’s black experience. Oh, and, it’s Oprah-approved.

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The Farmers Market: Yes to Growers, No to Dogs, and Please for Volunteers

What’s the hardest part of managing the twice-weekly Sara Hardy Farmers Market in Traverse City?

“Definitely enforcing the ‘no pet’ rule,” said market manager Elizabeth Dunham in a recent newsletter from SEEDS, the nonprofit that has contracted with the Downtown Development Authority to oversee the market since 2011. “All of us love dogs, but they’re not allowed in the market for health and safety reasons.”

The farmers market is a “growers only” market, meaning that vendors grow all of their own products, and the vendors who are creating products, such as soap or baked goods, source as much of their product locally as possible.

The farmers market is also looking for volunteers.

“Volunteering at the market is a lot of fun!” Dunham said. “It’s a great opportunity to meet local farmers and stay in touch with what crops are in season.”

The market operates Wednesday and Saturday mornings from the beginning of May through the end of October. For more information visit www.ecoseeds.org.

Stuff we love We’re All About That Bass Bassmaster Magazine recently announced the best lakes for fishing bass in the northeastern U.S. Among the Top 10 are six Michigan lakes — four of which are here in northern Michigan: Burt and Mullet lakes, Lake Charlevoix, and Grand Traverse Bay. Not to be left behind, Game and Fishing Magazine also published its list of the best bass fishing spots. And it, too, named Burt and Mullet, Lake Charlevoix, and Grand Traverse Bay, but added to the list Torch Lake and those in its chain of lakes. Now that you know where to go, here’s what you need to land those bass lunkers, according to Dave Stepanovich of Young’s Bait Shop in Alanson: Although many anglers like artificial bait, Stepanovich says he favors leeches and crawlers — and letting his boat drift — to lure bass. Michigan’s bass season runs May 25–Dec. 31 for catch and keep, but you can catch and release bass all year.

See 7 Wonders of the Music World Imagine seeing Neil Diamond, Shania Twain, Freddie Mercury, Madonna, Blondie, Patsy Cline, and Garth Brooks perform live in concert Up North. It’s (kinda) coming true 8pm Saturday, August 10, at the Boyne City Performing Arts Center. That’ when Toronto’s best Tribute Entertainers showcase their Legends of Rock and Country show.

Each performer will be backed by a live four-piece band — no prerecorded music or lip-syncing, folks — and the talent is said to be “Vegas quality.” Bonus: If you want dinner before or after the show, flash your ticket at one of seven popular Boyne City restaurants, and you’ll get a 10% discount. Boyne City Tap Room, Cafe Sante, Friggy’s SOBO Pub, Lake Street Pub, Red Mesa Grill, Stiggs Brewery and Kitchen, and Water Street Café are participating. Buy tickets online at www.boynecc.com or in person at Boyne City Hardware.

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Thankfully, Black Star Farms has reminded us that Chardonnay isn’t always of the rich, buttery, oaky character that permeates even pizza menus. That style is, in fact, but one of dozens. And Black Star has decisively sought another: a dry and — as its maker aptly terms it — “flinty, steely” Chardonnay whose mineral notes come courtesy of a fermentation spent in stainless steel rather than oak barrels. To us, the alteration elevates the wine’s weight and flavor, allowing a hint of spiced apple and pear to shine in a lightly creamy texture that pairs perfectly (we know because we tested it all weekend long) with hot and humid summer days. We found ours for $16.99 at Cherry Bend Grocery, 10200 E. Cherry Bend Rd., Traverse City. Find more retailers (and directions to Black Star Farms’ tasting rooms) at www. blackstarfarms.com.

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LEADERSHIP LOST spectator

by Stephen Tuttle This isn’t your grandfather’s Republican Party or Robert Griffin’s or William Milliken’s, or Ronald Reagan’s. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump.

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That’s a shame, because Republicans are now part and parcel of his fear-mongering, racebaiting ignorance. They fear his tweets and look the other way at his lies and outrageous assaults on people and propriety. We have to assume they agree with him.

The argument for ignoring his misogyny, xenophobia, and racism has always been policy; supporters are willing to look the other way because they agree with the direction he’s taking the country.

In fact, Trump might even win the policy argument on the merits; the tariff economy is rumbling along, unemployment is low, and the markets high. Our current foreign policy is an odd combination of punishing our allies and kissing the feet of our enemies but, hey, we haven’t started any new wars, just made a lot of threats.

His verbal assault on four Democratic members of Congress is just the latest example.

To be sure, the four congresswomen — Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York — colloquially referred to as “The Squad,” are a contentious group.

All elected from safely Democratic districts, they are free to push their agendas without much fear of electoral consequences at home.

They ran and won as radical replacements for the Democratic status quo, and they are not the typically quiet newcomers willing to bite their lips in deference to party leadership.

Tlaib, Pressley, and Ocasio-Cortez would all have to return to here since they were all born in the United States. Omar’s parents brought her here, legally, when she was a toddler, escaping the horror that was and is Somalia. She

became a naturalized citizen when she was 17 and is now one of 29 members of Congress who were born outside the U.S. Not content with the first offense, Trump said they “hate America,” should leave if they don’t like it, and “they have to love our country.” Pretty funny coming from someone whose entire presidential campaign was based on telling us how terrible things were.

The unified outrage of the Democrats was predictable, as was the relative silence of Republicans — though a dozen or so brave GOP souls did condemn the president’s comments. Most said nothing, or worse.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, now comfortably ensconced on Trump’s lap like a Pomeranian, called the four “a bunch of communists.”

Ken Cuccinelli, the acting administrator of ICE, said, “So what?” A congressman from New York inexplicably claimed the president actually meant they should go back to their home districts. The hosts of “Fox and Friends” laughed, thinking the entire thing was comical.

But it wasn’t funny. Returning us to the 1950s, when racial animus was overt and calling political opponents communists was all the rage, isn’t likely to make us great.

Quite the contrary.

They are also often offensive and almost always confrontational when communication and cooperation would better serve their agenda of Medicare-for-all, the Green New Deal, free college tuition, forgiveness of student debt, free day care ... what some call democratic socialism though it’s actually neither. They openly and aggressively support impeaching the president.

The president has emboldened white supremacists and xenophobes and likely endangered the four women he attacked. Andrew Anglin, founder of the neo-Nazi news site The Daily Stormer, said, “This is the kind of WHITE NATIONALISM [his capital letters] we elected him for.” Given the opportunity to disavow his white supremacist supporters, Trump demurred.

Their unpleasant approach was in the process of irreparably splitting the party. They had been openly and none too politely feuding with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for months, an internecine squabble that was only getting worse.

And while we were all distracted, the Trump administration proposed ending almost all asylum requests at our southern border.

Pelosi was trying desperately to keep the far Left and center of her party from perma-

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Then the president, whose delicate ego cannot accept criticism of any kind, lashed out in a Twitter tantrum, saying The Squad should “ ... go back to the countries from which they came.”

The president has emboldened white supremacists and xenophobes and likely endangered the four women he attacked.

But the president doesn’t much discuss policy. He’s too busy responding to what he perceives as personal grievances. If there is a sound policy or issue-related notion in any of his recent tweets, he’s cleverly hidden it. Everything is personal with this president.

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nently fracturing. At least 23 of the 40 new Democratic House members came from red districts in red states. The farther left the party moved, the less likely their chances for reelection.

In his last speech as president, Ronald Reagan said, “… if we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.” It already is.

Crime & Rescue WAYWARD TODDLER FOUND SAFE A 2-year-old child is safe after he went missing for two hours in Charlevoix County.

Deputies were called at 4:15pm July 16 to an address on Old US-31 North in Hayes Township after the boy’s parents were unable to locate him.

The parents said the boy left a camper trailer wearing only a diaper and vanished.

The child was found after two hours of searching. He had walked a half-mile into a field of vegetation that was taller than he was.

In addition to deputes, several neighbors, and personnel from the Charlevoix Fire Department, Charlevoix EMS, Boyne City Police Department, Charlevoix Police Department, East Jordan Police Department, and the state police joined in the search.

MAN ARRAIGNED FOR BRUTAL ATTACK A Traverse City man accused of a horrific attack was arrested following a hunt by police and U.S. Marshalls.

David McQueer was arrested in Grand Rapids and faces charges including first-degree criminal sexual conduct, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, and third-offense domestic violence.

A 43-year-old woman told Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s investigators that at a home in Garfield Township on July 9, McQueer brutally beat her, strangled her with an electrical cord, and sodomized her with an object. Next, according to the charges, he dragged her to a pole barn, forced her to watch as he tied a noose, and said he would hang himself.

McQueer, 46, was arraigned July 15. He is charges as a four-time habitual offender.

WOMAN DROWNS ON THE MANISTEE A 32-year-old woman drowned after she got caught in a rope while tubing on the Manistee River.

First responders were called to the river near Chase Creek in Liberty Township at 1:12pm July 16, Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Investigators determined that Anna Marie Harper was floating when her inner tube got stuck in a tree that had fallen across the river. She became tangled in a rope that connected her inner tube to another innertube and the current pulled her under water.

Harper was pronounced dead at the scene.

STOP RESULTS IN DRUG CHARGES A car stopped in Grand Traverse County ended in the arrest of a Kalamazoo man who was wanted on drug charges in Ohio.

On July 14, state police stopped a car driven by a 21-year-old Traverse City woman on M-72 for equipment violations, according to a press release.

Troopers discovered that a 30-year-old passenger was wanted in Lucas County, Ohio, and that authorities there wanted him extradited.

The man was arrested, police said. He complained of a sudden medical problem and was checked out by EMS before he was taken to jail.

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HOME INVASION SUSPECT WANTED Police are looking for a man wanted for a home invasion in Buckley.

Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched at 11pm July 14 after residents reported that they saw someone in their house, possibly a former resident of the home, and then discovered a handgun missing.

Deputies were unable to locate the suspect, but hours later, at 1:40am, the man returned to the home and was spotted inside by two women who were upstairs. The women called police, and the suspect fled from the property.

Deputies returned along with a state police tracking dog, which followed a scent away from the residence but did not locate the suspect. Along the way, investigators found a knife that had been taken from the home’s garage.

The suspect is a white male who wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and possibly a white mask.

Anyone with information should call deputies at (231) 779-9216.

POLICE: MAN TRADED DRUGS FOR GUN A 21-year-old Traverse City man is accused of trading drugs for a handgun.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies received a tip about the transaction July 16 and then got a search warrant for the Garfield Township apartment where the man lived.

As police arrived, they spotted the suspect leave the complex in a vehicle and pulled him over, deputies said. The suspect and a 23-yearold passenger were both arrested on contempt of court warrants from unrelated cases.

The search of the man’s residence turned up a stolen derringer handgun and another suspected stolen handgun. Investigators also found cocaine and packaging material. The 21-year-old is expected to be charged with delivery of cocaine, receiving stolen property, and maintaining a drug house.

DISTURNANCE LEADS TO ARREST One man was arrested after police responded to a disturbance outside of the Cedar Tavern.

Two men were yelling at each other amid a group of eight or nine people when Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrived just before midnight July 9.

Deputies questioned the two men and learned that one of them, a 23-year-old, was highly intoxicated and had been talking inappropriately to women inside the bar. Next, the man had pushed and punched his brother.

The man, from Las Vegas, was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

A search of the car turned up syringes, some suspected heroin, and pills believed to be the prescription drug Gabapentin, a painkiller. The driver, Timothy Goodrich, was arrested on felony drug charges.

Troopers also discovered that a passenger, a 19-year-old Mesick woman, was wanted on a Wexford County warrant. She was arrested.

Another passenger, a 26-year-old woman, was let go.

DRIVER ARRESTED FOR HEROIN A driver pulled over for a bad exhaust in Cadillac faces drug charges after police found heroin in his car.

State police pulled over the 34-year-old July 8 on Mitchell Street and discovered that he didn’t have a valid driver’s license.

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bY Tom Gutowski Despite current divisiveness on the abortion issue, most Americans are somewhere in the middle: They think abortion should be legal but would like there to be less of it, especially after the first trimester. That’s actually been the trend for a while now. Abortion rates are at their lowest level since Roe v Wade.

Teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates have all been dropping since the 1990s.

Today, 91 percent of abortions occur within the first trimester. About 1.3 percent take place after 20 weeks.

It’s possible to further reduce both the number of abortions and the percentage occurring later in pregnancy — in line with the preference of a majority of Americans — without denying women the right to control their own bodies, and without shaming them when they choose to exercise that right.

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Parental leave policies also could be improved.

The United States is the only wealthy nation that has no federal law mandating paid maternity leave. The Family Medical Leave Act grants twelve weeks of unpaid leave, but 40 percent of women don’t qualify for it under the law, and 25 percent of new mothers go back to work within two weeks.

More support from pregnancy through the early stages of child raising might reduce the number of abortions. It would also result in healthier and happier mothers and babies, and it might lower our very high infant and maternal mortality rates. [Could you cite those rates?]

Finally, anything that facilitates adoption helps by giving expectant mothers another alternative.

The number of unwanted pregnancies could be reduced through a combination of easier access to effective contraception (not just condoms) with comprehensive, medically accurate sex education. Improved access to birth control is one of the reasons for the continuing decline in the teenage pregnancy rate. But real sex education — not just the “abstinence only” approach — is needed as well. To be effective, it should include information about human reproduction, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception (including abstinence), pregnancy, and childbirth, along with instruction in healthy relationships, affirmative consent, and the necessity of both parties taking responsibility for their actions. It’s self-defeating to decry the use of abortion as birth control if we simultaneously impede access to accurate information and effective contraception.

To decrease the number of abortions after the first trimester, we should look at the obstacles to timely access to abortion services that have been put in place over the years. These include lengthy waiting periods, mandatory counseling, unnecessary and sometimes highly invasive tests, gag rules, laws forbidding insurance companies from including abortion services in standard coverage, laws that needlessly force safe clinics to close, and — the one that would be most difficult to repeal because of religious objections — the Hyde Amendment, which outlaws the use of federal funds for abortion in most cases. Reasons frequently cited for delaying an abortion include having to save up money, lack of insurance coverage, nonavailability of a clinic, and lack of knowledge chakradance.com of the options. To some extent these are all “man-made” obstacles.

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If young people learn about the risks and responsibilities associated with sex, some will delay having it, and some won’t. But whatever the timing, when they do have sex, it’s better if they’ve given it some thought, understand what they’re about [I’m unclear what this means — maybe what their relationship is, or who they are as indivduals? Could you be more specific?] and have access to effective contraception.

Late-term abortions 231-392-5813 will never go away entirely. There will continue to be situations where the pregnancy is a danger to the mother’s life (e.g. heart failure, severe preeclampsia, severe infection) or where the fetus has catastrophic abnormalities (such as anencephaly, which is the non-development of the brain) that make survival outside the womb impossible. Often these problems aren’t even diagnosed until the second trimester. But the scenario that President Trump describes — a mother gives birth and then discusses with the doctor whether to execute the baby — is spurious. That’s infanticide, not abortion, and it’s illegal.

What doctors and mothers do discuss when a non-viable fetus is born alive is what kind of life support or comfort care to provide to a dying infant. Each of these situations is heartbreaking and medically complex.

It’s hard to think of circumstances where it’s less appropriate to insert a government bureaucrat between a woman and her doctor.

We can increase the likelihood that women will choose to carry unplanned pregnancies to term by providing free prenatal care.

We already do this through Medicaid and through publicly funded clinics. However, funding is inadequate, and 14 states have not adopted Medicaid expansion. And if the Affordable Care Act is overturned, millions would lose health insurance, private insurance companies could again treat pregnancy as a pre-existing condition, and Medicaid expansion would be rolled back.

Many abortions occur for financial reasons.

Anything that makes it easier to feed, clothe, and shelter a family, such as free or subsidized day care, would help. So does anything that provides healthcare to those who would otherwise do without. Again, undoing the ACA without a viable alternative in place would be a step backward.

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Inexplicable In Yokohama, Japan, near Tokyo, one can visit the Unko Museum -- a whole interactive experience built around “cute” poop. (“Unko” means poop in Japanese.) For example, reports the Associated Press, one can sit on a colorful fake toilet and pretend to poop as music plays, then collect a brightly colored souvenir poop to take home. An enormous poop sculpture erupts every 30 minutes, volcanolike, and spews little foam poops.

In one room, visitors can play a “whack-amole” type game where they stomp on poops.

Visitor Toshifumi Okuya was delighted: “It’s funny because there are adults running around screaming, ‘poop, poop,’” he said. The museum opened in March and will remain open until September.

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Walmart Shunning An unnamed woman pulled a stunt in a Wichita Falls, Texas, Walmart on June 25 that got her banned from the store.

According to NBC News, Police Sgt. Harold McClure said a store employee reported that the woman had eaten half a cake from the bakery, then attempted to buy the other half (for half-price), saying she found the cake in that condition. While Walmart did not want to press charges, they did prohibit her from shopping at the store in the future -- a policy they’re familiar with, after an incident in January at another Wichita Falls Walmart. In that case, a woman rode an electric cart around the store’s parking lot while guzzling wine from a Pringles can.

She was also Walmart-shunned.

Least Competent Criminal A craving for cake batter ice cream brought New York City police officers to a Baskin-Robbins store in Coney Island on June 29 -- a fortuitous detour, as it turned out. The Associated Press reported that when 33-year-old Emmanuel Lovett walked into the shop and tugged on his denim shorts, a loaded pistol dropped to the floor, and officers swarmed Lovett, who, it turns out, had a robbery record that prohibited him from having a firearm. He was charged with criminal possession of a firearm. No word on whether he, or the officers, enjoyed their ice cream.

Telling It Like It Is A diner in Little Rock, Arkansas, is getting attention for a clever menu item.

According to United Press International, Mama D’s offers a “My Girlfriend Is Not Hungry” option, which adds extra fries, chicken wings or cheese sticks to an order to share with a dinner partner who underestimates their hunger. On its Facebook page, Mama D’s said the option is “a solution for those who tend to dine with people that eat food off their plate.”

Family Values On July 6, Okaloosa County (Florida) sheriff ’s deputies responded to a 911 call after a 13-year-old boy stabbed his 15-yearold brother in the arm three times with a multi-tool. The boys, from Clarksville, Tennessee, were sitting in a parked car in Crestview, Florida, when the incident occurred. Lt. Todd Watkins told Fox News that the younger boy was “tired of his brother picking on him,” and he told officers he’d “rather be in jail than eight hours in the car with him.” “I stabbed him and I don’t care about going back to jail,” he said.

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Just Say No An Independence Day holiday in Bodega Harbor, California, went terribly wrong for a group of six friends who rented a house there. On July 4, 32-year-old Betai Koffi of San Francisco indulged heavily in LSD, taking four doses over the course of the afternoon. He became delusional and violent with his friends, who were trying to prevent him from leaving the home.

After assaulting several of his housemates and wrecking a rental car, he took off on foot and came upon a security guard.

Koffi plucked a landscape light out of the ground, Sonoma County Sheriff ’s Sgt. Spencer Crum told KTVU, “and stabs the security guard with the metal end of it,” knocking the guard to the ground. Koffi then stole the guard’s pickup truck and ran down two different couples as they enjoyed an evening walk. Finally, sheriff ’s and highway patrol officers arrived, and Koffi aimed the truck at them and accelerated.

A CHP officer fired his gun, striking Koffi three times. “If this guy had kept going, who knows what he could have done to other people,” Crum said. “He was just blatantly going after people, driving after them.” Eight people were injured, but all are expected to recover.

Dumb and Dumber According to WHDH, two men were transported to the hospital on July 6 after both were shot in the foot while they cleaned a loaded, homemade cannon in a basement in Epping, New Hampshire. Friends drove Albert Dionne, 56, of Nottingham, New Hampshire, and Christopher Krafton, 52, of Amesbury, Massachusetts, to the Epping Fire Station in the bed of a pickup truck.

The cannon, made from the barrel of a muzzleloader rifle, had been loaded and failed to discharge, so they were cleaning it.

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A Northern Michigan Camping Trip 20 Years in the Making Michigan’s Davy Rothbart is coming home — bringing his film, his adopted D.C. family, and 50 or so city kids with him.

By Patrick Sullivan There are several reasons why this year’s appearance at the Traverse City Film Festival will be special for filmmaker and FOUND Magazine founder Davy Rothbart.

The Ann Arbor native will host the Michigan premiere of his film, 17 Blocks, a project that’s been in the works for 20 years.

He’s also bringing 50 or so guests with him to northern Michigan. His nonprofit, Washington to Washington, organizes an annual camping trip for kids from the inner city who might not have experienced nature before. For Rothbart, who grew up taking camping trips to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, it means a lot to take this group to his beloved park.

Making the week even sweeter, though, is how these two events will intersect: Both his 17 Blocks film and his Washington to Washington nonprofit grew out of a twodecades-long relationship he’s had with a family in Washington, D.C., the subjects of his film. To be able to bring the realization of both dreams together in northern Michigan, Rothbart expects, will be magical.

Northern Express chatted on the phone with Rothbart about his film and upcoming whirlwind of a trip.

Northern Express: Tell me about the camping trip and what you’ve got planned this year.

Express: That’s when you began work on 17 Blocks, though you didn’t know it at the time.

Davy Rothbart: The family that I’ve been working on this film with for the last 20 years, we started an annual camping trip for kids from their neighborhood in D.C. We usually go to, like, Virginia or West Virginia, but this year we’re going to northern Michigan on the same weekend as the film festival. So, the entire family from the film — like 12 of the family members — plus about 50 other kids from our camping trip are going to be in Traverse City that week. And beyond the screening, we’re planning on doing an afternoon event beforehand that’s open to the public.

Rothbart: I was teaching myself how to use the camera, and the kids took a real interest, so we kind of learned together. And we started just kind of interviewing each other, wandering around the neighborhood to interview people we met. And their sister Denise and their mom, Cheryl, kind of got into it, too. The way I like to explain it is the family kind of adopted me. I was maybe a little lost and in need of family at that time, and they really took me in, and a friendship formed.

So, one of the things we did among many was to film each other and to film in their house and just around the neighborhood. And that continued. We haven’t stopped for 20 years.

Express: Tell me how this got started.

Rothbart: It’s really intertwined with the film, my connection with the family. I met the family in ’99. I’m from Michigan. I grew up in Ann Arbor, and I went to college there. I moved to D.C. after college, and on a basketball court, I met these two teenagers — Smurf, and his little brother, Emmanuel, who was 9. I had just gotten my first video camera because I was interested in filmmaking, but I didn’t really know what I was doing.

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Express: But there was a particular event that was the catalyst for 17 Blocks and Washington to Washington.

Rothbart: Everything changed about 10 years ago. [The family lives] in a neighborhood that’s 17 blocks from the U.S. Capitol building, but it’s also known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. Ten years ago, one of their family members was killed. I was actually home in

Michigan at the time, but I was there the next day, just to help out any way I could. And Cheryl, the mom, she said to me, she’s like, “Where’s the cameras?”

I didn’t know what she meant at first.

But she just said, “This is so common. This happens so much in our neighborhood. But

no one’s been documented as thoroughly as my family.” She had the wisdom to recognize that what’s normally a statistic or just an abstract idea — all these deaths in inner cities — she realized that it would really resonate with people if they saw footage of someone from when they were a little kid, throughout their life.

Express: So, you kept on filming, despite the tragedy.

Rothbart: She was like, “We have to film all of this.” So, me and her and the rest of the family, we just kept filming in the days and weeks following the family member’s death.

I’m being a little bit vague just because the family likes people to experience the film without knowing who dies, because they want people to be as shocked as they were.

Express: I understand that that act of violence also led to the annual camping trip.

Rothbart: After this family member passed, we were talking, and they remembered that I had been talking about doing a camping trip with them because I grew up in Michigan, and I love camping and hiking every summer, and it was a big part of my life. And I regret I never did that before then. But they said: “What can we do to change the outcomes and just change things up for kids that grew up in this neighborhood? Broaden their perspectives.

Expose them to some new things. Give them sort of a bigger sense of possibility.” So, Cheryl’s idea was, why don’t we take some of these kids camping?

That first year, we took about 12 kids from their block in Washington, D.C. to Mount Washington in New Hampshire, and we called it Washington to Washington. Now every year we go somewhere different. And we’ve added a group from the Detroit area and also New Orleans, where one of my friends from college is a teacher now, so he brings a bunch of kids from the city there. Every year it’s grown. Last year we had 55 kids that came on the trip. It’s amazing. You see how transformative it is for kids to have a week in nature. It really opens their eyes and gets them excited.

Express: These kids, given where they come from, must be fish out of water when they go camping in the woods.

Rothbart: One thing that I always take notice of is that, literally, these kids are from some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. I remember, the New Orleans group in particular, there was a boy whose father was killed about two weeks before the trip. That gives you a sense of just how rough his neighborhood is. And yet they were terrified when they got out to the woods. Hearing all these sounds. Every time a squirrel makes a sound next to their tent, they think it’s a bear. You see how, at first, a place so different can be really scary to you. But then you see that melt really quickly, too. Many of the kids have not been outside a 10-block radius. And so, just for them to meet each other is cool. Even things we take for granted as really ordinary are new to them. The stars at night. Often the Perseid meteor showers are in August, and we get a chance to see those.

Express: What have some of the surprising moments during the camping trips been like?

Rothbart: One thing that’s really cool — two years ago we were camping in Virginia.

Actually, only an hour from Charlottesville, Virginia. It was the same weekend as all the conflict in Charlottesville, all these rightwing groups were there, and the guy killed the anti-Nazi protester. Well, we were in a campground in rural Virginia. Forty-five to 50 African American kids. And I honestly didn’t know how a lot of the rural white folks that came to the campground were going to

receive us. We walk out, and I have to check my own prejudices because you’ve got a lot of folks in mullets, flipping burgers on a grill.

But what was so cool was, like, within half an hour, all of our kids were playing in the water, running around playing Marco Polo and doing flips off of our trip leaders’ shoulders and stuff, and before you know it, the white kids and the black kids are playing together, having fun, and then the dads flipping burgers end up inviting everyone to come over and join them for food.

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Express: That’s really moving. Tell me about what’s planned for this year’s trip.

Rothbart: We’ve always done the trips sort of with serendipity, but this year it’s going to be more intentional. Our screening of 17 Blocks is at the festival [6pm Thursday, August 1, at Traverse City Central High School auditorium]. It’s a special year, being the 10th annual trip.

Express: Where are you staying?

Rothbart: Seth Bernard and his family are hosting us at Earthwork Farm, where they hold the Harvest Gathering every year.

That’s extremely generous of them to host our group. And we’re going to go to the Sleeping Bear Dunes, which are a special place to me. That’s where I camped when I was 10, 12 years old. So to be able to bring all of these kids not just to a beautiful national park somewhere, but to the park that I grew up going to, that was the most special place that I ever camped when I was a kid — I mean, that’s incredible, you know? And beyond that, to be able to bring all the family to be there, to share the film with Traverse City audiences, with Film Fest audiences, that’s really meaningful. I’m a very proud Michigan native. Even living in L.A. for 10 years, I wear some kind of Michigan shirt every day. This is the Michigan premiere of the film that I’ve been working on for 20 years, so that’s really special.

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Express: And you’ve got something special planned before the screening, you said?

Rothbart: The film is at 6pm, but at 3pm we’re going to have a beach day and cookout, open to the public, at Bryant Park. Kids or families, grownups, whoever. We just want people to come and get a chance to hang out with some of our kids and then hopefully come see the movie afterward, you know?

Express: You’re best known as founder of FOUND Magazine, which publishes the random detritus of everyday life that’s scribbled in abandoned notes and journals and left behind. Does 17 Blocks signal that you are shifting your career to focus on filmmaking?

Rothbart: I still love FOUND, and I still do events sometimes, and I still put the magazine together periodically, every year or two. But I’ve always loved movies, and I love making them, too. That was always a dream of mine. My last movie was Medora, about a high school basketball team in rural Indiana.

Between that and 17 Blocks, I love making films, and I hope to continue making a lot more films. And being at the film festival is a huge deal to me.

I have never been to it, but I’ve been following the festival. I look and see what movies are playing, and those are the ones that I seek out. The only thing I’m a little disappointed about is I won’t really be able to participate in this festival weekend, because I know what a great experience filmmakers have. We’re going to be having a really fun week out camping, but other than our screening, we’ll be at the Sleeping Bear Dunes and canoeing the Manistee River and stuff like that.

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How does a small band of creatives go from making music videos to cranking out viral videos, content for national commercials, and soon, their own feature-length film? They go home. And then they go big.

Traverse City’s JohnPaul Morris on the art of becoming Practical.

By Craig Manning JohnPaul Morris wants to turn northern Michigan into a filmmaking hub.

As the founder, director, and cinematographer of Practical Films — a Traverse City-based film media production company that also has an office in Grand Rapids — Morris is taking it upon himself and his team to that culture.

This spring, one of Practical’s projects — a short film about northern Michigan called Find Me Up North — netted significant viral attention. Looking forward, the studio is ready to tackle its first-ever feature film.

As early as next year, Practical could be playing the film festival circuit, including a potential appearance at the Traverse City Film Festival.

That future is a far cry from Practical’s past. When the company first got its start 10 years ago, Morris says his idea was to shoot music videos and live band projects. He and his collaborators were coming from musical backgrounds and wanted to pursue a living in that space. When that path proved not lucrative enough to be sustainable, Practical pivoted to commercials and short films.

On the advertising front, Practical has since become a go-to source for commercials that can sell the sweep and splendor of northern Michigan. The company has directed ads for Traverse City Tourism,

Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Turtle Creek Casino, and Short’s Brewing Company, to name a few. The company has had success beyond northern Michigan as well. Last year, Morris directed a corporate piece for the NBA. Practical footage has also appeared in ad campaigns for brands like Apple, BMW, and Sony.

In addition to paying the bills and keeping the lights on, the commercials have helped Practical build its confidence and

way to Find Me Up North, a rhapsodic and nostalgic four-minute film that captures what it means to grow up in northern Michigan.

“We were doing a lot of tourism pieces that pushed us to think, ‘Okay, how do we sell an area? How do we make it look good?’”

Morris said. “And it felt a little weird to sell a place as a tourist destination that, to me, is home. It’s so much more meaningful to me.

So every time we would start doing concepts

“We wanted to present Traverse City as a treasured place to take care of, not just as a destination to visit and consume.” style, to the point where Morris said he’s now ready to pursue bigger, more ambitious projects.

“It been a really good testing bed for us,” Morris said of the company’s TV commercial portfolio. “It helped us figure out how to get certain looks and certain feels, and it gave us experience working with different ways of telling stories in very short amounts of time.”

Specifically, the commercials paved the

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for tourism pieces, this same kind of project kept coming to mind, of ‘Well, if we could sell it as a home, we would do this.’ We wanted to present Traverse City as a treasured place to take care of, not just as a destination to visit and consume.”

Morris’s vision ended up resonating.

Practical Films initially premiered Find Me Up North last fall at the City Opera House in Downtown Traverse City. Practical rented

out the building for a night to show off both Find Me Up North and Future Kings, a sci-fi short film meant to act as a proof-of-concept for an eventual full-length feature. Morris says the idea was to invite everyone who had been involved in each film to see the finished fruits of their labor. He even arranged for a live orchestra from Traverse City Central High School to play the score from Find Me Up North at the event.

The community ultimately caught wind of the screenings and showed up in droves to see what Practical Films had been working on. The City Opera House ended up packed with a 710-person capacity crowd, and Morris says Practical had to turn away roughly 1,000 locals.

Find Me Up North didn’t make its online debut until this past spring, but when it did, it, too, found an audience. So far, the film has netted more than 150,000 views, been liked 14,000 times, and received 3,000 shares.

“People were leaving comments or even sending us messages privately, just expressing how much the area meant to them,” Morris said. They told us that there were things in the film that they had never really seen expressed in anything else. The response floored us.”

The positive reception to Find Me Up North has helped give Practical Films some extra momentum as the company starts making its first feature-length films. One

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In the meantime, Practical is preparing to make Quicksand, a “bromantic comedy” about “two co-best men on an increasingly harrowing quest to recover their friend’s wedding ring days before the wedding.”

Morris describes Quicksand as “the opposite of Future Kings” and as “the smallest film possible.” It’s his chance to get some experience directing a full-length feature before Future Kings starts filming.

Practical is in the process of casting the project right now, with plans to begin production in September. Once the film is done, Practical will show it at festivals with the goal of selling it to a distributor — perhaps for streaming on a platform like Netflix or Hulu.

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Resurrecting the Family Spirits Descendants of two famous Kentucky distillers are bringing one brand back to life — and donating a dollar to America’s national parks for every bottle sold. Northern Express chats with Steve Beam (yes, of that Beam family) in advance of his Traverse City tour, TCFF sponsorship, and local whiskey-sipping events.

By Eric Cox Steve Beam was in elementary school when he became aware of his family’s good name. But it would take several more years before he understood its value in the spirits world — not the ether, mind you, but the fiery-smooth realm of high-quality bourbon.

“Growing up with that name in Kentucky could be like growing up with the Hershey name in Pennsylvania. It was kind of hard to avoid the connections early on,” said Beam, whose resurrected Limestone Branch Distillery is the prime spirits sponsor of the upcoming Traverse City Film Festival.

BRANCHING OUT With such a pedigree, one might think Steve Beam’s involvement in the family business might be a foregone conclusion.

It’s not. His father downplayed his family’s name, while his mother, Dottie, who had worked at her family’s distillery as a young girl, celebrated hers, steadfastly educating Steve and his brother, Paul, about the Dant operations and products. She took them on childhood junkets to the family’s old distillery sites and shared the family’s lore.

While Steve and Paul found the history interesting, they chose not to enter the distilling business. Unlike their Beam cousins, who continue to operate that family’s Jim Beam enterprise, Steve and Paul took different paths.

Steve’s early interest in horticulture led to a degree in landscape architecture from Purdue University. He practiced that for a spell, and later operated a restaurant in Louisville.

Throughout those years, he continued to study his family’s history, gaining insights, inspiration, and, most importantly, a growing inclination to delve into distilling.

Adding to his interest was a burgeoning micro-distilling industry — one that seemed capable of sustaining a fledgling business rooted in a generations-old scorecard of success.

“As it started to become more feasible,” Beam said, “I got together with my brother and said, ‘It’s now or never. We’ll be the first generation since 1795 to have not been involved in bourbon. So we just need to do this!’”

Paul agreed, setting in motion a period of pre-launch research that culminated in the 2010 launch of Limestone Branch Distillery in Lebanon, Kentucky, a town very near the family’s original distilling sites.

DOUBLE DUTY Like the Hersheys and chocolate, the Beam family bears a royal name in bourbon.

Steve Beam, however, descends from not one but two venerated lines: His greatgrandfather on his father’s side is Minor Case Beam, the eldest son of Joseph M. Beam, of the legendary Beam family distillers that began in Kentucky with Johannes “Jacob” Beam. Jacob was a farmer who began crafting and selling his Old Jake Beam Sour Mash whiskey, in the late 1790s, in a style that would become known as bourbon.

The brand wouldn’t become “Jim Beam” until 1935, after James Beauregard Beam had ushered the family business through Prohibition — and the burning down of the family distillery by a Prohibition mob — rebuilt the distillery, and co-founded with two partners and his son, eventual master distiller Jeremiah Beam, The James B. Beam Distilling Company.

Steve Beam’s family on his mother’s side, while perhaps lesser-known today, was no less pioneering. Her great-grandfather was Joseph Washington Dant, whose early whiskey — HALLOWED GROUND famously made in a still he had crafted from In Lebanon, Limestone Branch finds itself a hollowed-out log — enabled him to begin in very good company. “Maker’s Mark is right producing, at a large scale, his Yellowstone around the corner,” Steve said. Oak barrel brand bourbon in 1850. (Interestingly, it was manufacturer Kentucky Cooperage is also a Minor Case Beam who helped Dant expand neighbor. “We’re right where we feel like we operations; he sold Dant his distillery.) need to be,” he concluded.

Unfortunately, Prohibition and its aftermath Though the Beam brothers have found wreaked havoc on the J.W. Dant companies, their home and niche, it didn’t happen with eventually forcing closure of the distillery that the blessing of their father, who discouraged had produced Yellowstone and many changes them from entering the business. of Dana hands for J.W. Dant brands. had event. seen the industry chew up and Nessel with Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers at a 2018 “He Pride Week spit out a lot of people,” Steve said. “He knew

it was hard — the hard way to go. It’s not what a lot of people think of as a semi-glamorous thing, being a distiller. It’s actually a lot of hard work.”

That didn’t deter the Beams, who in 2015 partnered with premium spirits supplier Luxco, family-owned bottling house in St. Louis, in re-launching three small-batch brands: Yellowstone Whiskey, Yellowstone Select Whiskey, and Minor Case Straight Rye Whiskey.

Aside from Luxco’s powerful distribution and marketing platforms, Beam credits electronic communication for making smallbatch distilling feasible. “Social media and the internet enable us to get the word out on a large scale,” he said. “Prior to that, it would’ve cost a small fortune to publicize new brands.”

Old Faithful Yellowstone Whiskey isn’t exactly a new brand; it’s simply a revitalized one. Once J.W. Dant’s flagship brand, Yellowstone Whiskey is named after the Wyoming park, America’s first national park, founded in 1872.

Like the park, its namesake bourbon brand outlived Prohibition — if only for a while. According to Beam, Yellowstone Whiskey became a medicinal alcohol, available only through a doctor’s prescription.

In fact, today’s Limestone Branch Distillery displays some of those Yellowstone-branded prescription bottles. While Prohibition deepsixed scores of small distilleries, Yellowstone carried on as a legitimate treatment.

Though modern Yellowstone doesn’t carry a doctor’s recommendation, Steve Beam maintains that it’s still a very approachable straight bourbon whiskey. “Yellowstone Select is a blend of the pot-still portion — a fullbodied whiskey, mixed with other bourbon stocks — all Kentucky straight bourbons. This produces a classic Kentucky bourbon profile,” he said. “Most Kentucky straight bourbons use column stills. But we use a pot still for individual distillation. So, it’s small batch. For us, it’s 600 gallons at a time, which is extremely small, compared to our Beam cousins.”

To the Beam brothers, that discrepancy equates to a uniqueness that can only be achieved through small-batch distilling.

“Yellowstone is something that a novice bourbon drinker can enjoy,” he said. “But it also has enough complexity to satisfy a connoisseur as well.”

MEET THE MAN

Want a taste of whiskey history from a man whose got bourbon in his blood? Steve Beam will be in town July 24–26, meeting the public at several Traverse City venues in honor of Limestone Branch Distillery’s prime spirits sponsorship of the upcoming Traverse City Film Festival. Here’s where he’ll be: Wednesday, July 24 4pm–5pm at Apache Trout Grill, 13671 S W. Bay Shore Dr. Beam will host an opento-the-public meet-and-greet happy hour event. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the National Park Conversation Association, representatives from which will be in attendance.

6pm–8pm at Nolan’s Tobacco and Cigar Bar, 336 E. Front St. Beam will host a ticketed educational cigar-and-whiskey pairing seminar.

A limited number of tickets are available through Nolan’s. www.nolanstobacco.com Thursday, July 25 4pm–8pm at Meijer, 3955 US-31. Beam will host Yellowstone Select and Minor Case Rye sampling, bottle signing, and a meet and greet. This event is open to public.

Friday, July 26 1pm–3pm at Olsen’s Farm Fresh Market, 1100 E. Hammond Rd. The public is invited to a release party of Olsen’s hand-selected single barrel of Yellowstone Select. This public event will also feature sampling of Yellowstone Select and Minor Case Rye, as well as a bottle signing and a meet and greet with Beam.

3:30pm–5:30pm at Olsen’s Farm Fresh Market, 3850 N. Long Lake Rd. Beam will host another public release party for Olsen’s handselected single barrel of Yellowstone Select.

6pm–7 pm at Low Bar, 128 S. Union St. Beam will host a public meet and greet during happy hour.

Through Aug. 31, the distillery is donating $1 (up to $30,000) from each bottle of Yellowstone sold to the NPCA.

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So. Many. Gigs.

Newly married musicians Jim and Sam on their quest to perform 365 days in one year, and their resulting film, After So Many Days.

SUMMER 2019

By Craig Manning A duo of singer-songwriters, who just so happen to be married, embark on a worldwide tour with one goal: Play a show every day for 365 days straight. Along the way, they experience the ups and downs of touring life, the power of music to transcend boundaries, and whether their commitment to music (and to one another) can weather miles and challenges alike.

That pitch might sound like fiction, but it’s actually the real-life story of Jim Hanft and Samantha Yonack, better known as the musical duo Jim and Sam. It’s also the plot of After So Many Days, their documentary concert film set to play at this year’s Traverse City Film Festival.

According to Hanft, the idea behind the 365-day tour — and the ultimate impetus for After So Many Days — came many years ago.

Hanft and Yonack had met the late 2000s at a mutual friend’s comedy show. It was a matter of days before they were writing songs together and playing joint shows. When fans started referring to them as “Jim and Sam,” the name stuck. Then, around 2013, they hatched a crazy concept: “What if we played one show every day for an entire year?” “[The idea] was born out of a late-night conversation with a producer that we were working with,” Hanft said. “We were all talking and commiserating over the music business, and about being in a band and wanting to play live.

And it became this idea of ‘Well, what if we just played all the time, played every single day?’”

In 2016, stuck in a musical rut and feeling a similar sense of music biz frustration, Jim and Sam wound back around to the idea. This time, though, they didn’t just ruminate; they dove in headfirst. And so it was that Jim and Sam ended up embarking on what would become an endlessly grueling, endlessly rewarding 365-day musical romp around the world.

SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION “We made the decision and then two months later left for the tour,” Yonack said. “We didn’t have much time to plan for it. We kind of just ripped the Band-Aid off and went for it. We wanted to take every relationship we had built [over years of touring] and put it into one year, to see what would happen. We started by just having the first three weeks or so mapped out — we had ideas for how the rest of the year might look, but we weren’t 100 percent sure.”

Complicating matters was the fact that Jim and Sam were newly married when they left for the tour, which meant that they were charting a new course in their personal lives even as they took on a daunting professional challenge. While the experience wasn’t without its challenges, though, Hanft says that it helped strengthen their marriage right out of the gate

— a baptism by fire, of sorts.

“It was a challenge,” Hanft says. “Having zero time alone, waking up in different parts of the world every day. But the good news was that, if we had a disagreement, it forced us to fix that problem really fast, because otherwise you’re sitting in a car for four hours angry at each other.”

Perhaps even tougher than the personal hurdles was the looming professional strain of the entire endeavor. While Jim and Sam ultimately succeeded in routing a tour with 365 consecutive days of gigs, the sheer size of the tour meant they were doing something professional musicians almost never do: heading out on the road with little idea of where they might be in a month or even a week. In the midst of this chaos, the two were dealing with the challenges every entertainer faces, from the occasional bad audience to simple fatigue.

“It’s almost as if you took the ups and downs you experience in 10 years of being a band, and you concentrated it into one year,” Hanft said of the experience. “The rejection, the second-guessing, the moments when we thought a week would be no problem with booking, and then all of a sudden it became really challenging to find places to play. We constantly had to be really resourceful to come up with alternative ideas.”

Along the way, Jim and Sam captured their experiences on film, returning home in mid2017 with a wealth of concert footage and a lot of stories. Working with two close friends, they crafted the footage into After So Many Days, which has already played at notable film festivals like the Dallas International Film Festival, Cinetopia in Ann Arbor, and NorthwestFest, in Edmonton, Alberta.

AFTER THE TOUR For Yonack, making the film — and touring it through the festival circuit — has helped bring stability and artistic fulfillment to what could have been a tough post-tour slump.

While Jim and Sam came back from the tour feeling thoroughly exhausted, they also found themselves having to adjust to a routine that no longer involved playing music in front of audiences every day.

“Having the film that we were going to dive into, we were really grateful for that, because I think we would have felt like ‘Now what?’ otherwise,” Yonack said.

Since the tour, answering that question of “Now what?” has become easier for Jim and Sam. They spent the first half of this year opening shows for famed folk singersongwriter William Fitzsimmons. Currently, they’re working on writing and recording new music that they hope to release this year. The film has helped them balance their artistic

ambitions and avoid any sense of burnout, while also bringing them closer to fans and earning them a few new ones.

Hanft says that the message of After So Many Days — about pursuing a dream even if it sometimes might look suspiciously like madness — has resonated even with people who had never heard a Jim and Sam song before.

“We’re big believers of diving headfirst into something if you’re interested in it,” Hanft said. “When you’re an entrepreneur of any kind, there are a lot of closed doors. You don’t have keys to them, and you can’t have access to them. And then you sometimes forget that there are all these other doors open that are welcoming, and that people are there and want to invite you in. It’s more fun to walk through the doors that are open than to stand outside knocking on doors that never will open. That’s what this tour was about, and that’s what this film is about.”

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After All These Days plays twice at the Traverse City Film Festival: 9pm Thursday, August 1, at the City Opera House, and 6pm Saturday, August 3, at Traverse City Central High School auditorium. Jim and Sam will be at both screenings. You can purchase tickets at www.traversecityfilmfest.org.

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5 QUESTIONS WITH WEIRD AL Yankovic bringing big show, schtick — and symphony — to Interlochen

By Ross Boissoneau When Alfred Yankovic was six years old, he began taking accordion lessons. No one knew then that only one decade later he’d unleash his talents on an unsuspecting world, playing his accordion to parodies of popular music of the day.

Today, Weird Al is an institution.

Whether it’s Joan Jett or Lady Gaga, Nirvana or Michael Jackson, his remakes of pop hits have made just about everyone laugh at some point in their life. Many of them are accompanied by clever videos, some bearing a resemblance to the song videos they satirize, while others are completely original.

Although he’s one of a kind, Yankovic says many musical comics (and just plain comics) inspired him — Allan Sherman, Spike Jones, Monty Python, Mad Magazine — but No. 1 on his list is Dr. Demento. The good doctor, a.k.a. Barry Hansen, had a syndicated radio show, from 1974 to 1992, on which he’d play novelty songs, comedy bits, and other musical performances outside the mainstream.

After Hansen spoke at Yankovic’s Southern California high school, young Al Yankovic (not yet Weird) gave Hansen a tape of his own efforts. Hansen played Yankovic’s “Belvedere Cruisin,’” an ode to the Yankovic family station wagon, on his show, and Yankovic was off and running.

Soon Yankovic created an EP with

Hansen’s backing, and later he returned the favor by featuring Hansen in several of his videos, as well as his 1989 feature film, UHF, which also featured Michael Richards and Fran Dresher.

He took on the sobriquet Weird Al during his sophomore year as an architecture student at California Polytechnic State University, where he became a DJ at the school’s radio station. That’s when he recorded “My Bologna,” which Knack leader Doug Fieger (writer and singer of “My Sharona” and brother of famed attorney Geoffrey Feiger) liked so much, he recommended his label release it as a single.

Since then, Weird Al has produced 13 albums, written books, directed many of his own videos, and appeared on Wheel of Fortune and Celebrity Name Game. Those of a certain age may remember his turn on Al TV, where he took over MTV (back when it actually broadcast music videos).

Though not available for a phone conversation, Al was happy to do a brief email interview — as long as it was five questions only, warned his manager. (Don’t tell anyone, but we snuck in one extra.)

Northern Express: What makes “My Sharona” into “My Bologna,” or “Addicted to Love” into “Addicted to Spuds,” or any of the other 2,046 parodies (we counted) you’ve done, including the polka medleys? In other words, how do you find your inspiration?

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Weird Al Yankovic: That’s a question that I’ve been asked thousands of times, and unfortunately there really is no good answer. Where do ideas come from? Who knows? Basically, I just listen to the voices in my head (and try to ignore the ones telling me to shave my head and run naked through the park).

Express: You’ve completely outlasted the artists you initially parodied (Greg Kihn, The Knack) and others along the way (Nirvana, the Backstreet Boys, etc.) How do you keep up with musical trends and artists?

Yankovic: I’m certainly not obsessive about it, but I’ve always been a fan of pop culture. I spend an unhealthy amount of time on the Internet, and I just try to stay aware of trends and keep my finger on the pulse of whatever the zeitgeist happens to be.

Express: Besides Prince, what artists have refused to let you rework their music?

Yankovic: People are always so focused on who didn’t let me do a parody. In a fourdecade-long career, I’m happy to say that it’s happened very rarely — I’ve found that most artists get the joke and have a pretty good sense of humor about it. In fact, Lady Gaga called it a “rite of passage.” It’s become something of a badge of honor to get a Weird Al parody, I’m told.

Express: Do you have a favorite parody of your own?

Yankovic: Honestly, no, but when pressed to answer that question, I usually say “White & Nerdy” just because it was both my biggest hit and my most autobiographical.

Express: Why should someone who is unfamiliar with the latest hits you’re parodying see one of your shows?

Yankovic: The show features hits from throughout my career, so don’t worry for a second if you’re not up to date on the latest popular music. Plus, the parodies are still funny even if you don’t know the original source material — so you don’t have any excuses not to come!

Express: Bonus question: You’ve sold millions of albums and won multiple Grammys. Does this mean we will forever be denied the efforts of a mediocre architect?

Yankovic: Oh, don’t worry, there are plenty of mediocre architects in the world!

Weird Al brings his show — and rest assured, it is a show — to Interlochen July 25. For this tour, he’s enlisted not only his trusted band and a full complement of backing singers but also a symphony orchestra. www.tickets. interlochen.com.

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WEICHMAN’S WATCHLIST: MUST-SEE MOVIES AT THE TCFF

By Meg Weichman In preparation for this year’s Traverse City Film Festival, I probably watched somewhere over 400 films, and the following films are not only among those that made the cut but also some of my favorites. While I have to watch hundreds of films, regardless of how I’m feeling the moment I push play, you get the luxury of a little leeway. So here, I present to you a smattering of some of my favorites, arranged by one of the best reasons I know for sinking into a seat in a dark theater: to feel all the feels.

Watch this if you feel … … like you want to experience the best and worst of humanity in one sitting.

Rewind is one of the most powerful experiences I can remember having at a movie theater. Director Sasha Joseph Neulinger (who will be presenting the film in TC) uses his family’s vast home movie collection to tell the unfathomable story of his boyhood, revealing, almost like a mystery, what caused a bright and loving little boy to become a withdrawn and angry young man. I realize a story of child abuse isn’t the easiest sell, but I urge you see this film to witness not only what true heroism and bravery looks like but also to leave the theater feeling more alive.

… that big-doc energy.

What can I say about American Factory other than it feels to be about everything — almost overwhelmingly so, as it confronts issues that span from the vast complexities of the modern global economy to the very basic human need for purpose.

Directors Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert (both appearing in TC) masterfully lead us into an abandoned GM factory after it’s been purchased by a Chinese billionaire who brings over his Chinese employees to train and work with blue-collar Ohioans hopeful for a second chance. Oh, and did I mention this is all true? Poignant and penetrating, I’m putting my money on this one being an Oscar nominee.

… like you want to believe you can make a difference.

I get it, gerrymandering (the redrawing of district lines to establish a political advantage) isn’t the sexiest subject matter for a film, but with Slay the Dragon I don’t think you’ll find a more important movie this year. Directors Chris Durrance and Barak Goodman (in person in TC) make something so dry feel so incredibly urgent and alive, painting a shocking and infuriating picture of the modern political process. But it’s not all outrage, there’s also inspiration, and it comes out of our own state, with the heart of the film’s proceedings following Michigan’s Voters Not Politicians and its incredible leader, Katie Fahey (also in person!) on the Prop 2 campaign. It’s truly stirring stuff.

… like you have commitment issues.

Honor that feeling and check out a shorts program. The festival has several wonderful collections of short films (last year, our Audience and Founders winner for Best Short Doc went on to take home the Oscar) that will introduce you to a wide array of unforgettable characters and stories. From the inspiring Youth Uprising collection to the homegrown Great Lakes, Great Shorts program featuring Michigan-related films, there’s something for everyone, even within the program itself. And if you don’t like one film, the good news is: Shorts aren’t long. Plus, you’ll get a packet of Audience Award ballots so you can rate the films along the way.

… like you don’t know what to feel.

Or what to do with your life, or who you are, or where you belong — Saint Frances is the kind of movie that comes into your life and touches you in a way you didn’t know you needed. A small film that’s immense power sneaks up on you, director Alex Thompson’s (joining us in TC) delicate character study follows the aimless Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan, also coming to TC) as she takes a job nannying for a fierce six-year-old after having an abortion. It’s just so honest and so beautiful and so affirming and so unapologetically female, you’ll wonder why more movies can’t be like this. … like really getting into a great conversation following the movie.

One Child Nation is just so darn good. After I saw, it was all I wanted to talk about for a straight week. It brings up so many important issues, makes you think about so many challenging things, asks so many impossible questions, and moves you in so many different ways. A deeply personal and truly shocking look at China’s One Child Policy from director Nanfu Wang (who will be joining us in person in TC), this Sundance Grand Jury Winning film is nothing less than essential viewing. It’s a window into Chinese culture unlike anything I’ve seen before, and what will also stay with you are the lessons that resonate eerily and strongly with our own contemporary existence. … like laughing when everything else hurts.

Comedian Marc Maron has never been better than as the crusty Southern pawn shop owner in Sword of Trust who comes into possession of sword that is said to be a relic that proves the South actually won the Civil War, or so a group of whack-job Civil War truthers believes. To Maron and the women who inherited this artifact, it could be a chance to make a quick buck, and so they embark on a hilarious, madcap misadventure that packs an emotional wallop. With a goofy spirit and some truly incredible comedic riffing, I love this weird and wonderful

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… like you want to know what it’s really like to be an Olympian.

Olympic Dreams is probably the closest most of us will ever get. A true marvel of filmmaking, this charming rom-com is the first scripted film ever shot in the Athletes’ Village during the Olympics (2018’s Pyeongchang Winter Games), and the access, perspective, and what they were able to achieve is utterly remarkable. Shot with only a one-man crew (director Jeremy Teicher) the film stars comedian Nick Kroll and real-life Olympian and actress Alexi Pappas — along with whatever athletes they could convince to also be in the film (including skier Gus Kenworthy).

It’s a sweet story of a volunteer dentist and restless cross-country skier who enjoy a Lost in Translation-style connection over the course of the games. ...like you want to select from 1 million emotions.

They’re in your phone, they’re all over consumer products, and they’re even the subject of a terrible animated film — I’m talking about emojis, and after seeing Picture Character you’ll never look at these ubiquitous images the same way again. Because, have you ever wondered where emoijis came from, what they’re supposed to mean, and what it takes for an emoji to be born? All that and more awaits you in this fascinating documentary that follows the journey of several would-be emojis seeking to be added to your keyboard while also exploring how emojis are impacting language, culture, and the ways we communicate. It’s a film everyone from teens to Grandparents can agree on.

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Lucky Dog’s smoked wings are one of its most popular dishes.

Beulah’s Lucky Dog Restaurant and Cool Cat Ice Cream Bowl Sit down, get a treat.

By Ross Boissoneau Cool cats and lucky dogs, all in the same place. Thanks to Rich and Karen Allen, downtown Beulah’s former bowling alley has been reborn as a rustic bar and grille, dubbed Lucky Dog, and ice creamery, Cool Cat Ice Cream Bowl.

“Cool Cat came first,’ said Rich, crediting his daughter for the name, noting it played off the name of an establishment in Elberta.

“One of the things she liked was the name Trick Dog,” he said, referencing the sinceclosed coffee shop and gallery perched in the Elberta Bluffs, overlooking Frankfort.

“She had friends in the advertising world who came up with the logo, then the Lucky Dog logo.”

Both restaurant(s) opened last year after extensive renovation. The roof of the bowling alley had collapsed following a snowstorm, and the area where it collapsed is now Nature’s Courtyard, “since nature took it down.” It connects the two sides of the family business, and is also where the on-site meat smokers are located.

Those comes in handy, since one of Lucky Dog’s signature dishes is its smoked wings. “They vie for most popular dish,” said Allen. “That — and all our burgers.”

Reminded that one of his servers pointed to the dishes made with smoked pulled pork as the second most popular, from a sandwich to nachos, he immediately included those as well and quickly credited the man behind the menu.

“Our head chef, Eric Niemi, had a lot of experience on Mackinac Island, from high end to other places. He was a local, and I enticed him with 12-months-of-the-year employment. He makes simple meals that people love.”

Allen said the fact the restaurant is open year-round is indeed an inducement in an area where it’s difficult to attract employees, particularly on a seasonal basis.

Allen and his family live on Platte Lake, having moved to the area permanently in 2011 after seven years as seasonal residents.

He grew up on Chicago’s South Side, where he worked at his family’s bar as a pre-teen, serving up beers and bets. As an adult, Allen worked in the securities industry. When

he decided to make an investment in some commercial property, he found what he was looking for in the tiny beach town of Beulah.

The opportunity was win-win: “There was 10,000 square feet in the center of downtown.

Make some improvements, and the business activity will help the whole town.”

He had a hunch that the town’s location on Crystal Lake and near Crystal Mountain would provide enough business to enable the eatery to remain open year-round.

“Employees and a manager needed 12 months a year,” he said, “so I made a contract to be open at least two winters.”

It was a good bet. “The first [winter] was excellent — every month better than the previous,” he said.

Lucky Dog joins a seemingly burgeoning restaurant scene in the tiny village, which includes A Papano’s Pizza, the Hungry Tummy, L’Chayim delicatessen, Ursa Major, Eastern Shore Market, Cold Creek Inn, The Roadhouse (just up the hill in Benzonia), plus food trucks, and Five Shores Brewing brewpub, which has plans to open this year.

Allen is unbowed, believing there is plenty of business to go around.

“We seem to have hit a sweet spot. We’re helping to put Beulah back on the map.”

Although Five Shores isn’t yet open, Lucky Dog is already partnering with the brewery for a signature beer. “We’ll market it as being brewed a block down” the street, he said.

That beer will join 19 other taps at Lucky Dog. “We have a magnificent manager, Ray Knox. He rotates the beers. It’s amazing how many there are,” Allen said. A photo on the restaurant’s wall, which tells of Allen’s early days, also notes the swelling number of breweries in his hometown of Chicago, from 165 in 1955, to none in 1980, to 205 in 2017.

More recent statistics point to a total of 213 in the city and its suburbs.

Benzie County, of course, isn’t quite as crowded. Five Shores will be the fourth brewery in the county, joining Lake Ann Brewing, Stormcloud in Frankfort, and Brose Brewing at St. Ambrose just outside Beulah proper. Lucky Dog includes brews from each of them, as well as from others from across the state and the country, in its rotation. “We support our local ones,” said Allen.

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15TH ANNUAL BEAR RIVER CRAWL: 8am, Northern MI Sports Medicine Center, Petoskey. 5K & 10K. Proceeds benefit the Northern MI Cancer Crusaders. northernmichigansportsmed.com/ wellness-a-fitness/brc

---------------------89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: July 20-27. Includes Aquapalooza, Beach Bash Basketball, Venetian Swim Meet, Main Street Monday with Dorthy Gerber Strings, Miriam Pico & more, Junior Sailing Regatta, Sailing Regatta, Venetian Rhythms with Mitch Ryder, Gin Blossoms & more, fireworks, Drenth Memorial Footrace, Ryan Shay Mile, Street Parade, The Bridge Street Block Party, Boat Parade & much more. venetianfestival.com

20-28 send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

---------------------PORT CITY RUN: 8:45am, 600 Main St., Frankfort. Featuring a 5K Run, 5K Run for high school teams, 5K Walk & 1 Mile Family Fun Run. runsignup.com

---------------------FRIENDS OF FISHTOWN 5K: 9am, Fishtown. $35. fishtownmi.org/events/fishtown-5k

---------------------TC TRAILS FESTIVAL: 9am, Ranch Rudolf, TC. Bike 40, 25, 20 or 8 miles. nmmbatctf.com

---------------------51ST ANNUAL CADILLAC ARTS FESTIVAL/ PHYLLIS OLSON ART FAIR: 10am-5pm, Cadillac Commons - City Park, Pavilion & Market. Enjoy fine artists, artisans, food vendors & local music.

---------------------6TH ANNUAL FORD MUSTANG CAR SHOW: Mackinaw City. Cars will be on display from 10am-4pm. Parade across Mackinac Bridge: 4:30pm. Dinner in Conkling Heritage Park: 5:30-7pm. Live music: 5-9pm.

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BIRDS AT ANTRIM CREEK NATURAL AREA: 10am. Free educational birding hike led by a GRNA staff member. Learn about the ecology of ACNA. Meet at the south entrance of ACNA located at 9890 Old Dixie Hwy., Ellsworth. grassriver.org

---------------------CHRISTINE WOOMER’S STUDIO SHOW & SALE: 10am-6pm, Village Arts Building, Northport. See years of Christine’s work in many different mediums. northportartsassociation.org

---------------------FAMILY YOGA IN THE PARK: 10am, Bryant Park, TC. Please bring a blanket or yoga mat for your family to join the yoga circle. Plan to arrive early to get parked & checked in. Donation based. littlemindsyoga.com/event/familyyoga-in-bryant-park

---------------------KALEVA DAYS: Kaleva, July 19-21. Featuring the Kaleva School Reunion, food, softball tournament, car show, pony rides, games & contests, parade, arts & crafts, & fireworks.

On Sat., July 20 Cheryl Wolfram will perform live music from 5-7pm.

---------------------PETOSKEY’S 34TH ANNUAL ART IN THE PARK: 10am-5pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Featuring about 130 artists.

---------------------SHAY DAYS 2019: 10am-3pm. Held in Shay Park, at the Shay Hexagon House & the Harbor Springs History Museum. Featuring kids crafts & games, live model steam trains, & self-guided tours. Learn about Ephraim Shay & how he helped shape Harbor Springs. Donation. harborspringshistory.org

---------------------SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 10am-noon: Author Gordon Berg & illustrator Emilee Petersmark will sign their book “Harry & The Hurricane.” 12-2pm: John Robinson will sign his book “Paranormal Michigan.” 2-4pm: Tony Steeno will sign his book “Beyond the Lighthouse, Over the Mountains.” 4-6pm: Poet Ruthann Barrie will sign her book “Eloquence: Words From the Father.” horizonbooks.com/event

The 71st Annual AuSable River Canoe Marathon is one of the many events of the AuSable River Festival (July 19-28).

Starting at the Old AuSable Fly Shop with a LeMans-style running-start to the river in Grayling at 9pm on Sat., July 27, this overnight marathon ends 120 miles later near the shores of Lake Huron in Oscoda. ausablecanoemarathon.org

JOB WINSLOW DAR MEETING: 11am, Elks Lodge, TC. Lunch will follow the meeting. This month’s program will honor the Chapter’s 105th birthday. DAR State Regent Gina LaCroix will be the featured speaker. Reservations are required. 946-6337.

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

LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: A PLAY FOR SMALL PEOPLE: 11am, Civic Center Park Amphitheater, TC. The new outdoor venue will have food trucks, ice-cream & more. Complimentary post-show talk back on July 21 after 11am performance. $25-$45. parallel45.org

ARCHIPELAGO PROJECT CONCERT: 4pm, Oryana Community Co-op Café Patio, TC. Enjoy the sounds of young jazz musicians from around the country. Free. eventbrite.com

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---------------------BEAVER ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL: 28599 Hideaway Trail, Beaver Island, July 18-20.

Featuring Zaynab Wilson, Moonbeau, Loren Cole, G-Snacks, Escaping Pavement, Bigfoot Buffalo, He Said She Said, The Bootstrap Boys & many others. bimf.net/lineup/schedule

---------------------EXPLORE THE PLANET!: 12-2pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Open to all teens between the ages of 11-17. Free. tadl.org/event/ explore-the-planet

---------------------SPACE DAY: TO THE MOON & BEYOND: 12-4pm, Raven Hill Discovery Center, East Jordan. Featuring earth & space activities, an Egg Drop Station & much more. miravenhill.org

---------------------WINE ON THE WATER FESTIVAL: 1-7pm, Marina Park, Suttons Bay. Featuring tastes from 10 Leelanau wineries, a distillery & brewery as well as food from Leelanau restaurants & live music. $20 advance; $30 day of. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“DISNEY’S MARY POPPINS, JR.” BY THE OTP YOUNG COMPANY: 2pm & 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Based on the series of children’s books by P.L. Travers & the 1964 Disney film. Adults: $15, youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

------------------------------------------INDIAN RIVER SUMMERFEST: Marina Park, Indian River, July 18-21. Featuring a Lobsterfest, Family Beach Bash, entertainment tent, Craft Show, Classic Car & Truck Show & much more. irchamber.com/event-schedule/summerfest-2

---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: 6pm, Veterans Memorial Park, Elk Rapids. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Picnic dinners are encouraged. Free; donations appreciated. Find on Facebook.

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: Grayling, July 19-28. Includes the 8th Annual Car & Truck Show Cruise Night, Great Northern Art Explosion, 34th Annual Classic Car & Truck Show, C-1 Race, C-2 Race, Junior & Fledgling Races, Mentor Races, H.U.P. Race, Grayling’s Got Talent, live music by A Brighter Bloom & Oh Brother Big Sister, GRA’s 10K/5K, AuSable River Canoe Marathon & much more. ausableriverfest.com/2019-events-draft-only

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25 YEAR REUNION FOR TRAVERSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1994: 7pm, Elks Lodge, TC. The ticket price includes an appetizer menu, complimentary Bud Light beer keg while supplies last, automatic entry into a raffle to win baskets sponsored by several local businesses, & more. Music by DJ Josh King. $25. tcclassof94.com

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ANNIE & ROD CAPPS BAND: 7-9:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. These performers have two albums topping the Folk-DJ charts, multiple Detroit Music Award nominations, & were 2-time Kerrville New Folk Finalists. $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------KALKASKA BACCHANALIA 2019: 7-11pm, Kalkaska County Fairgrounds. Featuring live music by Kenny Thompson, Trending: Classic and The Rhythm Kings. Each event ticket includes: a souvenir tasting glass, six adult beverage tastings, two appetizer plates & free unlimited non-alcoholic beverages. Tickets available at the door for $35. Purchase tickets before July 19 for $30 at Pick Kwik in Kalkaska or by visiting: squareup.com/store/kalkaskacounty-agricultural-fair/

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JOSHUA DAVIS WSG STEPPIN’ IN IT: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. A top-three contender on NBC’s “The Voice,” singer-songwriter Joshua Davis combines honest lyrics, Americana sound & Midwestern charm. Davis reunites with his former band Steppin’ In It. $36 platinum, $31 gold, $26 silver. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------PIANO MEN: A TRIBUTE TO ELTON JOHN & BILLY JOEL: SOLD OUT: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. All of Billy Joel & Elton John’s hits come alive when performed by Broadway veteran Craig A. Meyer & Gregory Scott, accompanied by backup singers & The Rocket Band of all-star musicians. $30-$100. greatlakescfa.org

---------------------HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVEROCK MUSICAL: 7:30-10pm, Civic Center Park Amphitheater, TC. Presented by Parallel 45 Theatre. This production features an era “when the thrill of rebellion became a powerful force against intolerance, subjugation and war.” $48-$60. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------THE TEXAS TENORS: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. The most successful music group & third highest selling artist in the history of “America’s Got Talent.” Their most recent albums “Rise” & “A Collection of Broadway and American Classics” both debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Chart. General admission, $22.50. tickets.vendini.com

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sunday

89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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RIDE AROUND TORCH (RAT): Projecting 1,000 cyclists this year, & possibly even breaking the record for the most riders since the tour began in 1986, the Ride Around Torch (RAT) starts from Elk Rapids High School. Choose from 23, 40, 63 & 100 miles options. This leisurely ride stops at food & beverage stations along the route, & enjoy a BBQ picnic & live music on the beach in Elk Rapids following the tour. The biggest fundraiser of the year for the Cherry Capital Cycling Club, proceeds support local bike trails, cycling safety & cycling organizations. Century riders must start by 8am. The 63 milers must start by 9am. $55. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

---------------------KALEVA DAYS: (See Sat., July 20) ---------------------LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: A PLAY FOR SMALL PEOPLE: (See Sat., July 20)

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YOGA + BEER: 11am. One hour flow class at Silver Spruce Brewing Company. Donation based class. eventbrite.com

---------------------CHRISTINE WOOMER’S STUDIO SHOW & SALE: 12-4pm, Village Arts Building, Northport. See years of Christine’s work in many different mediums. northportartsassociation.org

70TH ANNIVERSARY/ICE CREAM SOCIAL: 2pm. The Elk Rapids District Library is celebrating its 70th Anniversary in the historic Island House with an ice cream social. A short program honoring people past & present, followed by live music from Peter Bergin, a photo booth, games for kids, face painting & an antique car show. Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

---------------------HOME/PLACE: A SIGN OF THE TIMES: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center. An historic wind storm ripped through Leelanau County in early Aug. 2015, leveling acres of woodland, forest & residential structures. The broken remains of sheds, docks & other wood structures provided the raw materials for two young entrepreneurs to turn destruction into construction.

Siblings Bella & Zack Pryor talk about the small business they created. glenarborart.org

---------------------STOCKADE LABYRINTH SCULPTURE TOUR: 2:30pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Led by MLAP Special Projects Manager Troy DeShano. The hike covers 2 miles of rustic hilly trails through the 30-acre forest preserve. You’ll see & learn about native wildflowers & see scenic vistas & up to 50 works of art in the permanent collection & temporary exhibits. Free. michlegacyartpark. org/tours-workshops

---------------------FULL OF HOPE DINNER & DRINKS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: The Pelican’s Nest, Bellaire. Dinner, drinks & live entertainment.

From 4-9pm, 20% of all sales will be donated to the Traverse City Out of the Darkness Walk during this evening of raising awareness & inspiring HOPE! outofthedarknesstc.com

---------------------INDIAN RIVER SUMMERFEST: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: 6pm, Haserot Park, Northport. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

Picnic dinners encouraged. Free; donations appreciated. Find on Facebook.

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20) ---------------------CD RELEASE PARTY: 7pm, The Rhubarbary, 3550 Five Mile Creek Rd., Harbor Springs. For Boundarywater. $10 donation requested.

---------------------WORLD YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Returning with Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director JoAnn Falletta at the helm. $23 full, $21 senior, $16 student. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------DYNAMIC DUOS: SIMON, GARFUNKEL & MORE: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. $18.50 adults, $13.50 members. tickets.vendini.com

---------------------MANITOU MUSIC: JAZZ NORTH: 8pm, Lake Street Studios, Studio Stage, Glen Arbor. “Little” big band Jazz North performs everything from funk to swing to rhythm & blues, from Latin to bebop. Tickets: $20 nonmembers, $18 GAAC members, & under 18 are free. glenarborart.org

july 22

monday

89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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BLC VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: 8am-1pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. Games, Bible study, crafts, snacks, water day & more. Students from kindergarten to 6th grade welcome. Register online. Free. myvbs.org/blcmiraculousmission

---------------------AMERICAN RED CROSS NORTHERN MICHIGAN CHAPTER ANNUAL BOARD MEETING: 11:30am, Northern MI Chapter Office, 735 S. Garfield Ave., lower level, TC. RSVP: cathleen.anthoferfia@redcross.org

MAKER SPACE: 1-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Decorate your own pig pet. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------UNDERSTANDING ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA: 2pm, Leland Township Library. Join Taylor Cramer, program coordinator of the Greater Michigan Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, to learn about the impact of Alzheimer’s, the difference between Alzheimer’s & dementia, Alzheimer’s disease stages & factors, & current research & treatments available to address some symptoms. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------“SAILING INTO OBLIVION”: City Opera House, TC. Jerome Rand presents the true account of this ocean adventure - 271 days aboard a 32 foot sailboat, alone & without stopping. Held at 3pm & 6pm. $15; senior & youth, $12. cityoperahouse.org/sailing-intooblivion

---------------------VENETIAN SWIM MEET: Charlevoix Area Community Pool. Warm up, 3:15pm; meet, 4pm. Open to youth & adults. Pre-Registration: $12. Day of: $15. Meet fee allows each participant to enter up to four events (relays included). Questions? Email: thea@charlevoixpool.org. 231-547-0982. charlevoixpool. org/venetian-swim-meet

---------------------CRUISE FOR A CAUSE - ANNUAL CLASSIC CAR CRUISE-IN: Culver’s, 101 US 31 South, TC. Culver’s will donate $10 for every classic car on the sign up list, plus 10% of all sales from 5-9pm to the Disabled American Veterans TC Chapter 38. There will be live music by Elvis Tribute Artist Jake Slater.

---------------------MOVIE MONDAYS: ART & DESIGN FILMS: 5:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey.

Featuring “The Price of Everything.” A discussion will follow the film. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------FRIENDS @ THE CARNEGIE: 7pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. Journey of the Daughter of a Holocaust Survivor to the Rabbinate. Hear the story of Rabbi Maya Leibovich’s life. She is the first Israeli-born woman ordained as rabbi by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------MOVIES AROUND THE BAY: 7pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, DeRoy Center for Film Studies. “Tel Aviv on Fire.” tickets.interlochen.org

july 23

tuesday

89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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BLC VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: (See Mon., July 22)

---------------------13TH ANNUAL RUNNING BEAR RUN: 9am, Cherry Republic, Glen Arbor. 5K Run/Walk & 1/2 Mile Kids’ Run/Walk. $20; Kids’ Run, $5. runningbearrun.com

---------------------COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. “Impressions of an Era” with local pianist Tawyna Morse. Examining Impressionism as a musical idiom through the work of four composers from France, America & Spain. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------TUESDAY TOURS: 10am, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Join Dennos volunteer docents for a guided tour of the museum. Your guide will lead you through the galleries for an informative & interactive experience, including discussion, looking exercises, & more. Museum admission. dennosmuseum.org

GET CRAFTY: 11am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Make a ladybug to take to your home. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 11am, Munson Home Health, 618 S. Mitchell St., Ste. A, Cadillac. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood.

Info: 800-252-2065. Free. munsonhealthcare. org/home-health/munson-home-health

---------------------EVERYDAY HEALTH: Noon. A monthly gathering of individuals interested in creating their own healthy living toolbox. Join Carol Bell, registered dietitian for this ongoing series at Table Health in TC. Free. tablehealth.eventbrite.com

---------------------CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP: 2pm, MCHC, Meeting Room A, TC. Free. munsonhealthcare.org/cardiac-rehab

---------------------LAURIE LOUNSBURY BOOK SIGNING: 2pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey.

Laurie will sign copies of her latest book, “Kingdom Forgotten.” Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------CHARTING THE THIRD COAST: 4pm, Leelanau Historical Society Museum, Leland. Presentation by local historian Andrew White. An in depth look at what it took to chart the waters surrounding the Leelanau Peninsula in 1860 for safe navigation of the Great Lakes.

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A WATER SAMPLER: 5pm, Alden Depot Park. An Update on Most Things Water! A wine & cheese reception will follow the program. Free. 3lakes.com

---------------------AN EVENING WITH ALLISON DICKSON: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers,

Petoskey. Join Allison for a wine & cheese reception to discuss her latest book, “The Other Mrs. Miller.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20) ---------------------DETOX YOGA FLOW: 6:45pm, cafe space at Press on Juice, TC. This one hour class involves twists & poses that are focused to help eliminate toxins from the body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat. 944-5694.

Donations appreciated. eventbrite.com

---------------------“THE TWO GENTLEWOMEN OF VERONA”: 7pm, Tank Hill, Frankfort. Presented by Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre. July 23 is preview night. Free; suggested $15 donation. lakesideshakespeare.org/lst/performances

---------------------PLANET D NONET: Detroit’s little swing band.

7pm, First Street Beach Rotary Gazebo, Manistee. Free, donations appreciated.

---------------------“WHAT THE EYES DON’T SEE”: 7:30pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey.

Bay View’s Big Read event featuring author Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, presenting with Senator Jim Ananich. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is the crusading pediatrician who first researched & revealed the lead in the blood of Flint, MI’s children. $15; $10 members. bayviewassociation.org/all_performances

---------------------SUMMER WRITERS’ SERIES: 7:30pm, Leelanau Township Library, Northport. Journalist, lecturer, screenwriter & author Doug Stanton will take you into the thrills of his motion picture “12 Strong.” Free.

---------------------THE FAREWELL TOUR - PETER FRAMPTON FINALE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Rock legend Peter Frampton is known for his trademark “talk box” & virtuosic guitar riffs. His career has produced 19 albums, a Grammy Award, & hits such as “Baby, I Love Your Way” & “Do You Feel Like We Do.” $66 platinum, $61 gold, $56 silver, $49 bronze. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------JAZZ FROM INTERLOCHEN: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Join

Interlochen Arts Academy Director of Jazz Studies Bill Sears & acclaimed jazz musicians Jeremy Allen, Sean Dobbins & Luke Gillespie as they perform an evening of jazz, America’s own music. $35, $30. greatlakescfa.org/eventdetail/jazz-from-interlochen

---------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Straits Area Concert Band.

july 24

wednesday

89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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BLC VACATION SCHOOL: (See Mon., July 22)

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KEVIN DIVINE MUSIC PROGRAM & PIZZA PARTY FINALE: 10:30am, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Interlochen Public Library’s Summer Reading Program. tadl.org/ interlochen

---------------------LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: A PLAY FOR SMALL PEOPLE: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------SUMMER STEAM: 11am-1pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. A is for Art! Explore the art of Charley Harper. Create a bird with geometric shapes to take home. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, gazebo, Petoskey. “Stars Still Shine: the Music of Indigo Moon” featuring Lee Anne Whitman & Caroline Barlow.

---------------------EVENING ON RIVER STREET: 6-9pm, River St., Elk Rapids. Live music by Brett Mitchell.

Free.

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FREE PUBLIC GARDENING, ECOLOGY SEMINARS: 6pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, R.B. Annis Botanical Laboratory. “Aquatic Native Communities at Green Lake & Duck Lake.” interlochen.org

---------------------WINE & CHEESE WITH STEPHEN MACK JONES: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Stephen will discuss his latest book, “Lives Laid Away.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

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

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------EVENINGS AT THE GAZEBO: 6:30pm, Old City Park, Boyne City. Live music by Mike Dhaseleer.

celebrate 40 years of performing their style of acoustic Americana, with roots in folk, bluegrass & traditional music. Tickets: $20 nonmembers, $18 GAAC members, & under 18, free. glenarborart.org

july 25

thursday

NORTHERN MI FLYWHEELERS ANTIQUE TRACTORENGINE & CRAFT SHOW: 7am, Flywheelers Show Grounds, Boyne Falls - July 25-28. Featuring a working blacksmith & tractor scales, basket shop & veneer mill, old machinery in operation, steam engines & antique autos, the Huddleston one-room schoolhouse, arts & crafts, music & more. $7 donation; under 12, free. walloonlakeflywheelers.com

---------------------CHERRY CAPITAL TOASTMASTERS WEEKLY MEETING: 7:15am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Gain skills in leadership, communication, confidence & public speaking.

Please arrive early. Free. cherrycapitaltm.org

---------------------89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------BLC VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: (See Mon., July 22)

---------------------BIENNIAL HOME TOUR: 10am-4pm. The tour includes two homes on the Crystal River, an expansive home on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan, a home on Fisher Lake, & a Homestead duplex. Tickets can be purchased from members of the Glen Lake Garden Club, The Cottage Book Shop & the Glen Lake Community Library in Empire. 231-326-5361. $25. glenlakelibrary.net

---------------------FRIENDS OF PETOSKEY LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMER USED BOOK SALE: 10am4pm, Petoskey District Library. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Just for You” by Mercer Mayer. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: A PLAY FOR SMALL PEOPLE: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH: 2pm, 2019 Suttons Bay/Leelanau Governmental Center. Questions: 947-7389. Free. pnntc.org

---------------------MEET THE FALLOWS: 5:30pm, HERTH, Elk Rapids. Authors James Fallows & Deborah Fallows speak about their book “Our Towns: a 100,000 Journey into the Heart of America.”

Hosted by Green Elk Rapids. Free; donations appreciated. greenelkrapids.org

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“THE ROVER”: 7pm, Tank Hill, Frankfort.

Presented by Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre.

The preview is held on Weds., July 24. Free. lakesideshakespeare.org/lst/performances

30TH SAVE THE TREES BENEFIT: 6-8:30pm, Walstrom Marine Showroom, Harbor Springs.

Featuring live music by the River Band Jazz Trio, small bites by Carol Costello, desserts

by Colin’s Corner Café, bubbles by L. Mawby, beer from Beards Brewery & more. $75. landtrust.org/save-the-trees-tickets

THE WORLD FAMOUS GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. Considered the most popular & sought after big band in the world today for both concert & swing dance engagements. 231-6275841. $20 adults, $10 students. glennmillerorchestra.com

CREATIVITY IN MOTION: 6pm, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. This year’s benefit features international cuisine by Catering by Kelly, music by Interlochen’s Matt Cochran, & artists creating their works live during the event.

Tickets: 231-352-4151. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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---------------------A STUDY IN CONTRASTS: WIT & WISDOM: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. The string faculty featured in a concert of witty Haydn, revolutionary Shostakovich, & the genius of Beethoven. $15. bayviewassociation.org/all_performances

---------------------MANITOU MUSIC: RUTH & MAX BLOOMQUIST: 8pm, Lake Street Studios, Studio Stage, Glen Arbor. The Bloomquists

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

---------------------STREET MUSIQUE: 6-8pm, Harbor Springs.

Featuring “Women of Street Musique.”

---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK: 6pm, Hull Park, TC. Vinyasa flow session. Bring your own mat.

Donation. eventbrite.com

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ARTS FOR ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN - SUMMER DANCE: 6:30-8:30pm, Elks Lodge, TC. $5. artsforallnmi.org/access

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: 7pm, Hannah Park, TC. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Picnic dinners are encouraged. Free; donations appreciated. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“THE TWO GENTLEWOMEN OF VERONA”: (See Tues., July 23)

---------------------ALDEN EVENING STROLL: 7-9pm, Downtown Alden. Enjoy blues, folk & jazz with Sam & Bill. There will also be street entertainers & shops & restaurants stay open late.

---------------------CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, GT Pavilions Campus, Grand Lawn, TC. Featuring the Petoskey Steel Drum Band. Concessions open at 5:30pm, offering a picnic style menu & Moomer’s ice cream. Free. gtpavilions. org/2019-concerts-on-the-lawn

---------------------THURSDAY EVENING AUTHOR SERIES: 7pm, Dog Ears Books, Northport. Fiction writer Dorene O’Brien will read from her new book of short stories, “What It Might Feel Like to Hope.” She will also sign copies of her book.

231-386-1033. Free.

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“STUPID F’ING BIRD” PRESENTED BY PARALLEL 45 THEATRE: 7:30pm, Civic Center Park Amphitheater, TC. Sort of adapted from Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ By Aaron Posner. The new outdoor venue will have food trucks, wine & more. Complimentary post-show talk back after July 28 2pm matinee. $38-$50. parallel45.org

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“WEIRD AL” YANKOVIC: THE STRINGS ATTACHED TOUR: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Weird Al’s humorous spoofs of popular songs have won him five Grammy Awards & a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. His hits include “Like A Surgeon” & “White and Nerdy.” $59 platinum, $54 gold, $49 silver, $42 bronze. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------AN EVENING WITH AJA GABEL: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Writing House Commons. This author will read her debut novel, “The Ensemble.” $24. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS WSG JEROME COLLINS (FROM SNC): 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. General admission, $18.50. bayviewassociation. org/all_performances

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

july 26

friday

NORTHERN MI FLYWHEELERS ANTIQUE TRACTORENGINE & CRAFT SHOW: (See Thurs., July 25)

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89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------BLC VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: (See Mon., July 22)

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54TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY SIDEWALK SALES: 9am-9pm.

---------------------59TH ANNUAL LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY REGATTA: 10am-4pm. Held in Harbor Springs on Lake Michigan’s Little Traverse Bay. The Ugotta Regatta begins with “one-design” racing on Friday followed by a “tour-of-the-bay” course on Saturday & windward-leeward racing on Sunday. ltyc.org

DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Kids can roll, toss, match & sort the selection of balls in this ball bonanza. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------FRIENDS OF PETOSKEY LIBRARY ANNUAL SUMMER USED BOOK SALE: (See Thurs., July 25)

---------------------GATHER FOR OUR TOWNS: 10am, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. Listen to Deborah & James Fallows speak about what they learned from visiting communities in every part of the country. $15/person. brownpapertickets.com/event/4253577

---------------------NATURE STORY TIME: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Featuring a short children’s story & an activity or hike on the trails at Grass River. For young children ages 4 & up, but all ages welcome. $5 per child. grassriver.org

---------------------“SPACE 4 RENT”: 11am, Bellaire Public Library. An original play performed by Chad Patterson & the Acting Up Theatre Co. The Planet Picnic Party follows. Free. bellairelibrary.org

---------------------LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: A PLAY FOR SMALL PEOPLE: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, gazebo, Petoskey. Featuring Chris Koury.

---------------------DOWNTOWN CHEBOYGAN MUSIC FESTIVAL: Featuring The Whitmore 4 at 5pm & Brena at 8pm. Free. cheboyganmusicfest. com/music-fest

---------------------2ND ANNUAL ART LEELANAU BENEFIT EXHIBITION & SALE: 5:30-8pm, Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Old Art Building, Leland. Raises operating funds for programs offered throughout the year at the Old Art Building. Participating artists donate 40% of art sales to the LCCC. Visual art, jewelry, ceramics & sculpture will be featured in the exhibit. $30 advance; $35 door. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------COUNTRY DANCE: 6-10pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. Featuring the Straight Forward Band. 231-263-4499.

---------------------PETOSKEY ROCKS!: 6pm, Downtown Petoskey. Featuring free carriage rides, Music in the Park with the Jon Archambault Band, a ghost walk, movie (“Mary Poppins Returns”) in Pennsylvania Park & more.

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20) ---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: (See Thurs., July 25)

---------------------“THE ROVER”: (See Weds. July 24) ---------------------EAST JORDAN MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7-9pm, Memorial Park Bandshell, East Jordan. Enjoy bluegrass with Steel & Wood.

---------------------FREAKY FRIDAY - THE MUSICAL: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. When an overworked mother & her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. $10 advance at ticket outlets; $11 online; $12 door. cadillacfootliters.com

---------------------KRISTIN REBECCA: ACOUSTIC GUITAR & FOLK HARP: 7-9:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------MUSIC IN THE PARK BENEFIT: 7-9pm, Bowers Harbor Park, TC. Enjoy The Big Fun Band feat. Jeff Haas & Don Julin. Opener is Lauren Cole. Proceeds benefit the Old Mission Peninsula School & Carter’s Kids. Donation.

---------------------OUTDOOR FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: 7pm, Kensington Church, TC. Bring your favorite lawn chair or blanket & enjoy games & activities for all ages, treats, & a family friendly movie. Featuring Moomer’s ice cream & giveaways. Free. kensingtonchurch.org/events

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SUMMER SOUNDS CONCERT SERIES: 7-9pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Featuring Channing & Quinn. Known for their theatrical stage presence, this duo brings their vocals, multiple instruments & tap dancing. $10. michlegacyartpark.org/events/ summer-sounds

---------------------“STUPID F’ING BIRD” PRESENTED BY PARALLEL 45 THEATRE: (See Thurs., July 25)

---------------------PACIFICA QUARTET: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. This quartet has received the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the Naumberg Chamber Music Award, & Chamber Music America’s Cleveland Quartet Award. $34. tickets.interlochen.org/events/ pacifica-quartet/july-26-2019-730pm

---------------------BEACH BARDS BONFIRE: 8pm, The Leelanau School, on the beach, Glen Arbor. Held every 2 weeks on Fri., through Aug. 9. Share poetry, stories or music by a community bonfire on the shores of Lake Michigan. 231-3345890. $1.

---------------------CODESWITCH: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF SOUL SINGER SAM COOKE: 8pm, Bay View, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey. Superstar vocalist Jerome Collins (Straight No Chaser a cappella ensemble) comes as a solo act with band to workshop a brand new, one-man musical featuring the artist who made millions on hits such as “Cupid,” “You Send Me,” & “A Change is Gonna Come.” $15. bayviewassociation. org/all_performances

DOOR ART FAIR: 9am-4pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Over 100 artists & artisans from across the country will exhibit & sell their work.

Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/outdoor-art-fair

---------------------ALDEN DAYS RUN: 9am, Downtown Alden.

---------------------59TH ANNUAL LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY REGATTA: (See Fri., July 26) BALD EAGLES COUNT: 10am, Saving Birds Thru Habitat, Omena. Retired MI DNR biologist Jerry Weinrich will bring you up to date on the numbers of bald eagles in MI. Jerry is the official bald eagle counter for the federal & state governments. 231-271-3738.

---------------------UPPER HERRING LAKE & CREEK WATER TOUR: 10am-noon. Paddle the Upper Herring Lake & Creek with the Benzie CD. Register by contacting John: 231-882-4391; john@benziecd.org. Meet at public access site on Herron Rd. Free, please pre-register. benziecd.org

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12TH ANNUAL BOCCE TOURNAMENT & FESTA: 10:30am-5pm, The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC. There will be a break for a potluck picnic-style lunch & Italian sausage BBQ, accompanied by Italian music. $15/person or $60/team. Register.

941-1900, ext. 118. thevillagetc.com/12th-annual-bocce-tournament-2-2

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MACKINAW AREA ANNUAL HERITAGE FESTIVAL: 10:30am-4pm, Heritage Village, just outside Mackinaw City. Watch a vintage baseball game, ride on a hay wagon, play historic children’s games, dance around a maypole, square dance, or watch quilters & spinners. Free. mackinawhistory.org/heritagefestival.html

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

---------------------MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring LiveFire (U.S. Army - classic rock ‘n roll).

SHOW US YOUR STORY: 2019 NATIONAL LIBRARY LOCK-IN: 8pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. July 26, 8pm - July 27, 8am.

Teens 13-18 years old are invited to spend the night. Featuring games, crafts, music, virtual author visits, movies & more. There will be pizza, ice cream, breakfast & various snacks.

Free. tadl.org COUNTRY MUSIC STAR LEE BRICE: SOLD OUT: 9pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. $55, $65, $70. lrcr.com/event-calendar/ concerts/lee-brice

---------------------20TH ANNUAL BAY HARBOR ARTS FESTIVAL:10am-6pm, Village at Bay Harbor.

Featuring live music, dance performances, speed painting, sip & paint events, theater groups performances, children’s face painting & much more. bayharbor.com/eventdetail/20th-annual-bay-harbor-arts-festival

---------------------TAAG QUILT SHOW & SALE: 10am-4pm, Alden Community Center.

july 27

saturday

HAIR: THE AMERICAN TRIBAL LOVE-ROCK MUSICAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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FREE CAR SEAT CHECK: 10am-1pm, Dave Kring Chevrolet-Cadillac, Petoskey. Certified car seat technicians from Emmet County Sheriff & Michigan State Police will be on site providing education & inspection for open recalls, proper fit, & installation.

---------------------NORTHERN MI FLYWHEELERS ANTIQUE TRACTOR-ENGINE & CRAFT SHOW: (See Thurs., July 25)

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---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am1pm: Author Anne Hawley will read from her book “The Magic Sock Drawer.” 1-3pm: Linda Hughes will sign her book “Secrets of the Summer.” 3-5pm: Chaz Osburn will sign his book “At the Wolf’s Door.” 5-7pm: “Never Stop Driving: A Better Life Behind the Wheel” is the first book by Hagerty. It features essays on the driving life by the nation’s leading automotive journalists & an array of celebrity car fans, including Patrick Dempsey & Jay Leno. Talk cars with author & editor Larry Webster. Free. horizonbooks.com/event

---------------------LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO: (See Sat., July 20) ---------------------ROCKIN’ RIVERTOWN RIDE: Downtown Cheboygan. The Poker Run begins at noon. The Rolling Thunder Parade takes place on Main St. at 4pm, followed by the Bike Show at 5pm. cheboyganmusicfest.com/motorcycle-event

---------------------ALDEN DAYS PARADE: 1pm, Downtown Alden.

---------------------BELLAIRE HISTORICAL HOME TOUR: 1-4pm. Visit five historical places/homes in Bellaire. Tickets available at the Bellaire Historical Museum or Bellaire Chamber of Commerce. $10.

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DOWNTOWN CHEBOYGAN MUSIC FESTIVAL: Featuring High Speed at 5pm & Serita’s Black Rose at 8pm. Free. cheboyganmusicfest.com/music-fest

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THE SOUNDS OF TORCH: 5:30-9pm, Alden Depot Park.

89TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX VENETIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

54TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY SIDEWALK SALES: 9am-6pm.

---------------------59TH ANNUAL CROOKED TREE OUT-

------------------------------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: 6pm, Hannah Park, TC. Presented by Riverside Shakespeare. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Picnic

dinners encouraged. Free; donations appreciated. Find on Facebook.

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------“THE TWO GENTLEWOMEN OF VERONA”: (See Tues., July 23)

---------------------FREAKY FRIDAY - THE MUSICAL: (See Fri., July 26) DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Ensemble Intercontemporain Music Director Matthias Pintscher joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as they return to Interlochen for the first time since 2006. $66 platinum, $61 gold, $56 silver, $49 bronze. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS SUMMER SAMPLER: 7:30pm, Congregational Summer Assembly, just north of Frankfort off M-22.

Free. manitouwinds.com/upcoming-performances

---------------------THE SERIES @ LAVENDER HILL FARM, BOYNE CITY: 7:30pm. Bluesy country by Brian Ashley Jones. $15-$25.50. lavenderhillfarm.com/series-lineup

spending 10 years away. He quickly realized he needed to get reacquainted with his home turf. Mills talks about the tracking & mapping project he created to do that. Offered in conjunction with the GAAC exhibition “New Views: Home/Place,” June 7 - Aug. 8. Free. glenarborart.org

---------------------GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Music Director Marcelo Lehninger leads the orchestra in a concert of music including Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, & George Gershwin’s Concerto in F. $80, $65, $50, $30. greatlakescfa.org

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

---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: (See Sat., July 27)

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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HELL ON HEELS: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Lip syncing, dancing, singing & crassness with drag queens. redskystage.com MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus.

---------------------20TH ANNUAL BAY HARBOR ARTS FESTIVAL: (See Fri., July 26)

---------------------TAAG QUILT SHOW & SALE: (See Fri., July 26)

july 28

sunday

NORTHERN MI FLYWHEELERS ANTIQUE TRACTORENGINE & CRAFT SHOW: (See Thurs., July 25)

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TC TRIATHLON: 8am, Bowers Harbor Park, TC. The Olympic- & sprint-distance races start in the waters of Bowers Harbor on West GT Bay for a loop swim. The bike courses point athletes past orchards & vineyards & over a few tough climbs. Heading out on the run, racers follow Neahtawanta Rd. along the water before turning up a dirt road into the Pyatt Nature Preserve. Finishes at Bowers Harbor Park. enduranceevolution.com/ traverse-city-triathlon

---------------------SOUL SOOTHING YOGA: 9am, Table Health, GT Commons, TC. Erin Goldman MSW, ERYT movement specialist, will guide you through an all-levels practice & provide the opportunity for engagement with other practitioners. Free; donation based. tablehealthtc.com

---------------------59TH ANNUAL LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY REGATTA: (See Fri., July 26)

---------------------YOGA + BEER: (See Sun., July 21) ---------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: 12-6pm, Horizon Books, TC. Karl Manke will sign his book “Re-wired.” horizonbooks.com/event

---------------------“STUPID F’ING BIRD” PRESENTED BY PARALLEL 45 THEATRE: 2pm, Civic Center Park Amphitheater, TC. Sort of adapted from Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ By Aaron Posner. The new outdoor venue will have food trucks, wine & more. Complimentary post-show talk back will follow. $38-$50. parallel45.org

---------------------HOME/PLACE: MAPPING HOME: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Scott Mills moved back to his childhood home of Maple City in 2014 after

SUNSET CONCERT SERIES: 7-9pm, Grace Memorial Harbor Pavilion, Elk Rapids. Live music by Lazer Lloyd.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE: PROLIFIC PIANISTS: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. An evening of entertainment that spans two hundred years of musical history. $18.50; members, $13.50. bayviewassociation.org/all_performances

---------------------MANITOU MUSIC: MAY ERLEWINE: 8pm, Lake Street Studios, Studio Stage, Glen Arbor.

May is a contemporary folk singer & songwriter based in MI who has a rich variety of musical influences, including blues, traditional folk, R&B, & bluegrass. Tickets: $20 nonmembers, $18 GAAC members, free for under 18. glenarborart.org

---------------------SPECIAL ALL AGES HELL ON HEELS SHOW: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. redskystage.com

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GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: Flintfields Horse Park, TC. Equestrian competition, featuring jumpers, hunters & equitation with riders from around the country competing for prestige & prize money. Runs every Tues./Weds. through Sun. each week from July 3 - Aug 11. Every Sun. is family day, offering a variety of activities for the whole family, including autograph sessions, face painting, shopping, dining, the horseless horse show, farmers market & more. greatlakesequestrianfestival.com

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

---------------------BLUE MONDAYS: Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. Open mic held every Monday, 7-9pm through the summer. freshwaterartgallery.com

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

CHERRY CAPITAL CYCLING CLUB MON. EVENING PENINSULA RIDE: Mondays, 6pm, TC Central High School, west side parking lot. Old Mission Peninsula ride out along East Bay & return along West Bay. Beware of high traffic areas & please ride single file in these areas, especially Center Rd. along East Bay & Peninsula Dr. along West Bay south of Bowers Harbor. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

rides, a weekly raffle to benefit local charities & giveaways. boynemountain.com BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays & Wednesdays, 8am-noon through Oct. 12. Veteran’s Park, Boyne City.

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----DIXIELAND CONCERT SERIES: Wednesdays, 7pm through Aug. 7 at The Presbyterian Church, TC. Featuring The Backroom Gang band. The concerts include singing, jokes, refreshments & a freewill offering to support local nonprofit organizations. For info call 9465680. tcpresby.org

CHEBOYGAN FARMERS MARKET: Festival Square, Downtown Cheboygan. Held every Weds. & Sat. from 8am-1pm through Oct. 30.

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EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: ThursYoga Classes or Therapy days, 9am-1pm, Memorial Park, East Jordan.

--------------------Located at -ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, 305 US Highway 31.

---------------------Traverse Wellness Center ELLSWORTH FARMERS MARKET: Sat-

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urdays,

9am-noon,

Ellsworth

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Square.

2785 Garfield Rd, N., #C Traverse City ---------------------EMPIRE FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, TalkOfTheTownYoga.com 231-633-6033

FREE ALL-AGES WORKSHOPS AT THE ART PARK: Fridays & Saturdays, 9:30am• 12:30pm through Aug. 2 at Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Interpretive programs offer children & adults activities to develop a more personal relationship with art & nature. michlegacyartpark.org

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

Register. 810-299-1479. mievergreenexperience.com

---------------------GENTLE YOGA FOR ADULTS: Interlochen Public Library. Held on Tuesdays during the summer, 9:30-11am. Bring your own mats, water & towels. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------GET DIRTY! TEEN GARDENING CLUB: Thursdays, 10am through July 25 at Traverse Area District Library, TC. Learn to grow your own food. Prepare the soil, select crops, tend plants, & enjoy the harvest. tadl.org

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

---------------------STONE CIRCLE GATHERINGS: Performance poetry, storytelling & music are featured at this outdoor amphitheater every Sat. through Labor Day weekend at 9:15pm.

Poet bard Terry Wooten will host the gatherings around the fire. Stone Circle is located ten miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr., then follow the signs.

There is a $5 donation for adults; $3 for 12 & under. 231-264-9467.

---------------------SUNRISE YOGA FLOW: Tuesdays, 7am through July 30. Vinyasa Flow session on the East Bay beach of TC. eventbrite.com

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9am-1pm, 10234 W. Front St., Empire.

GLEN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 9am-1pm, 6374 Western Ave., Glen Arbor.

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Held on Saturdays & Wednesdays through Aug. from 9am-1pm in Downtown Harbor Springs.

---------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm, 2112 M 137, Interlochen.

---------------------KINGSLEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 3-7pm, 205 S. Brownson Ave.

---------------------LAKE LEELANAU FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-1pm, M204 & Lake Leelanau Dr.

---------------------LELAND FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, River St. at North First St., Leland.

---------------------NORTHPORT FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, 105 S. Bay St.

---------------------OLD TOWN EMMET FARM MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, corner of Emmet & Fulton streets, Petoskey.

---------------------PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Downtown Petoskey.

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Weds., 8am-noon & Sat., 7:30amnoon, parking lot “B,” at southwest corner of Cass & Grandview Parkway in downtown TC.

---------------------SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, intersection of M22 & M204, Suttons Bay.

---------------------THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 2-6pm, The Village Piazza.

TEEN HANGOUT: Tuesdays, 1-4pm through July 30. Traverse Area District Library, TC. Play games & make things. Meet in the children’s garden area next to the wooden train. tadl.org/event/teen-hangout/2019-07-09

---------------------THURSDAY NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: Thursdays, 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Open to all, but geared for intermediate level riders & new racers. You’ll get a chance to ride a lap of the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Race Course including the Crystal Climb. Meet at the Park at Water’s Edge.

Rental bike with helmet: $19. Helmet only: $10. crystalmountain.com/event/thursdaynight-mountain-bike-ride

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY BACKGAMMON CLUB: Tuesdays, 6-9pm through July 30. Right Brain Brewery, TC. Free lessons available to all new-comers. facebook.com/TraverseCityBackgammonClub

Deadline for Dates information is Tuesday for the following week.

---------------------TUESDAY BIKE NIGHTS & CAR CRUISEINS: Tuesdays, 6-9pm, Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Bring your favorite roadster, hog, or coupe. There will also be free chairlift

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dinners encouraged. Free; donations appreciated. Find on Facebook.

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

---------------------“THE TWO GENTLEWOMEN OF VERONA”: (See Tues., July 23)

---------------------FREAKY FRIDAY - THE MUSICAL: (See Fri., July 26) DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Ensemble Intercontemporain Music Director Matthias Pintscher joins the Detroit Symphony Orchestra as they return to Interlochen for the first time since 2006. $66 platinum, $61 gold, $56 silver, $49 bronze. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS SUMMER SAMPLER: 7:30pm, Congregational Summer Assembly, just north of Frankfort off M-22.

Free. manitouwinds.com/upcoming-performances

---------------------THE SERIES @ LAVENDER HILL FARM, BOYNE CITY: 7:30pm. Bluesy country by Brian Ashley Jones. $15-$25.50. lavenderhillfarm.com/series-lineup

spending 10 years away. He quickly realized he needed to get reacquainted with his home turf. Mills talks about the tracking & mapping project he created to do that. Offered in conjunction with the GAAC exhibition “New Views: Home/Place,” June 7 - Aug. 8. Free. glenarborart.org

---------------------GRAND RAPIDS SYMPHONY: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Music Director Marcelo Lehninger leads the orchestra in a concert of music including Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, & George Gershwin’s Concerto in F. $80, $65, $50, $30. greatlakescfa.org

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

---------------------“MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING”: (See Sat., July 27)

---------------------AUSABLE RIVER FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 20)

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HELL ON HEELS: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Lip syncing, dancing, singing & crassness with drag queens. redskystage.com MUSIC IN MACKINAW: 8pm, Roth Performance Shell, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus.

---------------------20TH ANNUAL BAY HARBOR ARTS FESTIVAL: (See Fri., July 26)

---------------------TAAG QUILT SHOW & SALE: (See Fri., July 26)

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NORTHERN MI FLYWHEELERS ANTIQUE TRACTORENGINE & CRAFT SHOW: (See Thurs., July 25)

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TC TRIATHLON: 8am, Bowers Harbor Park, TC. The Olympic- & sprint-distance races start in the waters of Bowers Harbor on West GT Bay for a loop swim. The bike courses point athletes past orchards & vineyards & over a few tough climbs. Heading out on the run, racers follow Neahtawanta Rd. along the water before turning up a dirt road into the Pyatt Nature Preserve. Finishes at Bowers Harbor Park. enduranceevolution.com/ traverse-city-triathlon

SUNSET CONCERT SERIES: 7-9pm, Grace Memorial Harbor Pavilion, Elk Rapids. Live music by Lazer Lloyd.

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE: PROLIFIC PIANISTS: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. An evening of entertainment that spans two hundred years of musical history. $18.50; members, $13.50. bayviewassociation.org/all_performances

---------------------MANITOU MUSIC: MAY ERLEWINE: 8pm, Lake Street Studios, Studio Stage, Glen Arbor.

May is a contemporary folk singer & songwriter based in MI who has a rich variety of musical influences, including blues, traditional folk, R&B, & bluegrass. Tickets: $20 nonmembers, $18 GAAC members, free for under 18. glenarborart.org

---------------------SPECIAL ALL AGES HELL ON HEELS SHOW: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. redskystage.com

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Drop in for a glass of wine & charcuterie - - - on - - -our - - -east - - - -terrace - - - - - or ---SOUL SOOTHING YOGA: 9am, Table Health, patio.

GT Commons,west TC. Erin Goldman MSW, ERYT movement specialist, will guide you through an all-levels practice & provide the opportunity for engagement with other practitioners. Free; donation based. tablehealthtc.com

GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: Flintfields Horse Park, TC. Equestrian competition, featuring jumpers, hunters & equitation with riders from around the country competing for prestige & prize money. Runs every Tues./Weds. through Sun. each week from July 3 - Aug 11. Every Sun. is family day, offering a variety of activities for the whole family, including autograph sessions, face painting, shopping, dining, the horseless horse show, farmers market & more. greatlakesequestrianfestival.com

CHERRY CAPITAL CYCLING CLUB MON. EVENING PENINSULA RIDE: Mondays, 6pm, TC Central High School, west side parking lot. Old Mission Peninsula ride out along East Bay & return along West Bay. Beware of high traffic areas & please ride single file in these areas, especially Center Rd. along East Bay & Peninsula Dr. along West Bay south of Bowers Harbor. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

rides, a weekly raffle to benefit local charities & giveaways. boynemountain.com BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays & Wednesdays, 8am-noon through Oct. 12. Veteran’s Park, Boyne City.

DIXIELAND CONCERT SERIES: Wednesdays, 7pm through Aug. 7 at The Presbyterian Church, TC. Featuring The Backroom Gang band. The concerts include singing, jokes, refreshments & a freewill offering to support local nonprofit organizations. For info call 9465680. tcpresby.org

EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, Memorial Park, East Jordan.

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---------------------FREE ALL-AGES WORKSHOPS AT THE ART PARK: Fridays & Saturdays, 9:30am12:30pm through Aug. 2 at Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Interpretive programs offer children & adults activities to develop a more personal relationship with art & nature. michlegacyartpark.org

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

Register. 810-299-1479. mievergreenexperience.com

---------------------GENTLE YOGA FOR ADULTS: Interlochen Public Library. Held on Tuesdays during the summer, 9:30-11am. Bring your own mats, water & towels. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------GET DIRTY! TEEN GARDENING CLUB: Thursdays, 10am through July 25 at Traverse Area District Library, TC. Learn to grow your own food. Prepare the soil, select crops, tend plants, & enjoy the harvest. tadl.org

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

---------------------STONE CIRCLE GATHERINGS: Performance poetry, storytelling & music are featured at this outdoor amphitheater every Sat. through Labor Day weekend at 9:15pm.

Poet bard Terry Wooten will host the gatherings around the fire. Stone Circle is located ten miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr., then follow the signs.

There is a $5 donation for adults; $3 for 12 & under. 231-264-9467.

---------------------SUNRISE YOGA FLOW: Tuesdays, 7am through July 30. Vinyasa Flow session on the East Bay beach of TC. eventbrite.com

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“STUPID F’ING BIRD” PRESENTED BY PARALLEL 45 THEATRE: 2pm, Civic Center Park Amphitheater, TC. Sort of adapted from Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Seagull’ By Aaron Posner. The new outdoor venue will have food trucks, wine & more. Complimentary post-show talk back will follow. $38-$50. parallel45.org

---------------------HOME/PLACE: MAPPING HOME: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Scott Mills moved back to his childhood home of Maple City in 2014 after

Click or Call:

7-9pm through the summer. freshwaterartgallery.com

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

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CHEBOYGAN FARMERS MARKET: Festival Square, Downtown Cheboygan. Held every Weds. & Sat. from 8am-1pm through Oct. 30.

------------------------------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, 305 US Highway 31.

---------------------ELLSWORTH FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, Ellsworth Community Square.

---------------------EMPIRE FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, 10234 W. Front St., Empire.

GLEN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 9am-1pm, 6374 Western Ave., Glen Arbor.

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Held on Saturdays & Wednesdays through Aug. from 9am-1pm in Downtown Harbor Springs.

---------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm, 2112 M 137, Interlochen.

---------------------KINGSLEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 3-7pm, 205 S. Brownson Ave.

---------------------LAKE LEELANAU FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-1pm, M204 & Lake Leelanau Dr.

---------------------LELAND FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, River St. at North First St., Leland.

---------------------NORTHPORT FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, 105 S. Bay St.

---------------------OLD TOWN EMMET FARM MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, corner of Emmet & Fulton streets, Petoskey.

---------------------PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Downtown Petoskey.

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Weds., 8am-noon & Sat., 7:30amnoon, parking lot “B,” at southwest corner of Cass & Grandview Parkway in downtown TC.

---------------------SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, intersection of M22 & M204, Suttons Bay.

---------------------THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 2-6pm, The Village Piazza.

TEEN HANGOUT: Tuesdays, 1-4pm through July 30. Traverse Area District Library, TC. Play games & make things. Meet in the children’s garden area next to the wooden train. tadl.org/event/teen-hangout/2019-07-09

Call or click to make ---------------------- ---------------------- - -your - - - -reservations - - - - - - - - - -for - - -a- - BLOOMS & BIRDS: WILDFLOWER WALK: THURSDAY NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: 59TH ANNUAL LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY RETuesdays, 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Thursdays, 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompseated tasting.

GATTA: (See Fri., July 26) Bellaire. A relaxing stroll on the trails with sonville. Open to all, but geared for interme- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Grass River Natural Area docent Julie Hurd to Join for awildflowers. certified local, YOGA + BEER: (See Sun., July 21) find &us identify Along the way listen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - & look for the wine birds that call Grass River home.

7-course dinner.

AUTHOR SIGNING: 12-6pm, Horizon Books, grassriver.org TC. Karl Manke will sign his book “Re-wired.”

---------------------horizonbooks.com/event BLUE MONDAYS: Freshwater Art Gallery, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Boyne City. Open mic held every Monday,

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diate level riders & new racers. You’ll get a chance to ride a lap of the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Race Course including the Crystal Climb. Meet at the Park at Water’s Edge.

Rental bike with helmet: $19. Helmet only: $10. crystalmountain.com/event/thursdaynight-mountain-bike-ride

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY BACKGAMMON CLUB: Tuesdays, 6-9pm through July 30. Right Brain Brewery, TC. Free lessons available to all new-comers. facebook.com/TraverseCityBackgammonClub

---------------------TUESDAY BIKE NIGHTS & CAR CRUISEINS: Tuesdays, 6-9pm, Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Bring your favorite roadster, hog, or coupe. There will also be free chairlift

Deadline for Dates information is Tuesday for the following week.

CLARK GETS PSYCHEDELIC

MODERN

Gary Clark Jr.

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

Singer-guitarist Gary Clark Jr. has borrowed the likenesses of a shortlist of well-known cultural icons — including John Lennon, Nelson Mandela, Bruce Lee, James Brown, Bob Marley, and Martin Luther King Jr. — as positivity references in his new music video for his latest single, “Got to Get Up.” The icons, and, of course, Clark himself, traverse a lengthy road in the ’60-inspired, partially animated clip, which finds its characters traveling via trains, spaceships, and more. Co-directed by Manu Viqueira, the video is said to be a statement against all forms of oppression. The single arrives from Clark’s latest album, This Land, which he’ll promote on tour this summer, including a stop at Chicago’s Lollapalooza fest …

The 2019 BET Awards (Black Entertainment Television network) were held last week, and the winners are in.

Honored this year: Bruno Mars (Best Male R&B/Pop Artist), Beyonce (Best Female R&B/Pop Artist), Cardi B (Best Female HipHop Artist), Burna Boy (Best International Act), South African rapper Sho Madjozi (Best New International Act), Migos (Best Group), Rance Allen (Gospel/Inspirational Artist), and Lil Baby (Best New Artist.)

Donald Glover also snagged Video of the Year for his “This is America,” and Mary J.

Blige was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award …

Looking for an excuse to head to Europe this fall? How about the 2019 Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, an offshoot of the Chicago event that draws loads of Michigan indie-music fans each year. Set to take place Oct. 31–Nov. 2 at the Le Grand Halle de la Villette (Paris, France), the event will feature headliners Belle and Sebastian, Skepta, and Charli XCX, along with additional performances from Jamila Woods, Orville Peck, Mura Masa, Chromatics, In Mirrors, Briston Maroney, and Kojey Radical, among others. This year’s fest will also introduce two new stages, making four total. Get tickets and all the info at www. pitchforkmusicfestival.fr/en/ …

Britt Daniel and Spoon are returning — well, kind of — with a new best-of compilation album called Everything Hits at Once. The collection of 13 songs will feature fan faves like “The Underdog,” “The Way We Get By,” and “Inside Out,” plus a new Spoon single called “No Bullet Spent.” Spoon will promote the new set this summer; the band is one of the special opening guests on Beck and Cage the Elephant’s The Night Running 2019 Tour …

LINK OF THE WEEK The final album from The Cranberries,

In the End, has been released, along with an animated video from the album for its single, “Wake Me When It’s Over.” The video was a collaboration between The Cranberries (minus late singer Dolores O’Riordan) and students of the Limerick School of Art and Design, in the band’s Irish hometown. Watch at tinyurl.com/ cranberries-whenitsover …

THE BUZZ Detroit-based indie rockers The Raconteurs’ first album in over 10 years, Help Us Stranger (reviewed in this week’s FourScore, p. TK), has already notched No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart …

Perfect Summer.

Perfect Day. Perfect Time.

To own a VESPA!

Madonna is back on the top of the Billboard 200 too, with her new album, Madame X, making that set the ninth No. 1 album of her career …

Pre-Madonna was Jamaican-American singer and ’80s style icon Grace Jones, who will return to Detroit for a show at the Masonic Temple Theater this week …

Grand Rapids band Lokella has released its new rock/blues/Broadway/Latin sound mix EP, Censory Overload … 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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The Raconteurs – Help Us Stranger

The Raconteurs — White Stripes frontman Jack White, along with Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler — haven’t released any studio music in a decade, but it feels like the band never really left the scene, such is its skillful hold on current soundscapes. Mixing power pop with grungy rock, the album zigzags through a range of genre textures, from the ’60s-inspired “Shine the Light on Me” to the Seattle sounds of “Bored and Razed” to the outright swampy blues of “Don’t Bother Me.” There’s plenty of experimenting with quirky instrumentation, too, which suits this band well.

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Written and produced by TTMOE’s Kristian Matsson, in his Brooklyn apartment, this set was spurred by songwriting frustrations while on tour — and turned out to be exactly its enemy, an album about life on the tour bus. It’s a listen full of minute and intriguing details, from the vast reaches of “Hotel Bar” (many, around the world) to the sad observations of “I’m a Stranger Now” and the faint electronica echoes on “The Running Styles of New York.” Executed primarily on guitar, harmonica, and banjo, it’s a quirky yet personal set of compelling musical stories.

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Gov’t Mule – Bring on the Music (Live at the Capitol Theater) – Provogue

Gov’t Mule is also celebrating a whopping 25 years as a band, a solid accomplishment further enhanced by the fact that the band just keeps going. Recorded at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York, this is one of those live albums recorded in a way that places you directly in the audience; you’re marinated in the sounds of tracks like “Traveling Tune, Pt. 1,” “Mule,” “The Man I Want to Be,” and “Railroad Boy.” The band is confident and brawny throughout, and the set plays through many fan favorites.

The reel

by meg weichman

THE ART OF SELF-DEFENSE stuber

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

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

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This wasn’t a film I enjoyed. I think it’s for a very particular type of person. And it’s perhaps not without merit, but it was definitely not for me.

A dark satire — satire I say, because it is supposed to be funny — in which Jesse Eisenberg stars as Casey, a meek, mildmannered milquetoast kind of guy who works as an accountant in a bland office and lives a lonely life in a drab apartment with his dachshund in Anywhere, USA. One day, when returning from getting dog food for the dachshund, he is attacked by a roving gang of motorcyclists and ends up in the hospital. Once he gets out, fate leads him to a mini-mall dojo where he wants to be trained in the art of karate and self-defense.

There he comes under the spell of the sensei, played by Alessandro Nivola, and his hyper-masculine pseudo spiritualism. Casey becomes a bit of a teacher’s pet, as the sensei leads him on the path of the macho man, telling him to abandon classical music in favor of heavy metal, learn German instead of French, and to stop petting his dog (which felt particularly cruel, to be honest).

So Casey becomes the favorite, surpassing the much more talented Anna (Imogen Poots) in the sensei’s eyes, essentially only because Anna is a woman who has to change into her robes in the supply closet and is kept from achieving black belt level.

But, unlike the sensei, Casey can’t seem to fully adopt his sensei’s attitude toward women, and has taken a liking to Anna.

But don’t go thinking this will follow any predictable romantic path, cbeause once Casey gets invited to the after hours “night

class,” the film takes a very Fight Club turn in its testosterone displays. And that’s not the only ’90s infusion the film gets.

While The Art of Self-Defense maintains a very nondescript, could-be-set-anywhereat-anytime setting, the technology (answering machines, VHS tapes, bulky TVs) does suggest the ’90s. But it isn’t used in a way to specifically set the film in the ’90s, it just seems to add to the film’s overall quirkiness and strangely stylized specificity.

From its stilted and awkward dialogue to its painfully deadpan approach, The Art of SelfDefense tries to take a humorous approach but also is never really that funny. It’s funny in that way where you can’t really tell if they are trying to be funny, or just trying too hard to be funny. Ya know?

This is embodied by Nivola’s performance, one of the film’s strongest components, who (I think?) masterfully vacillates between seriousness and comedy in a way that causes you to desperately want to be in on the joke whether you get it or not.

And while I might not always get the humor, if by “getting it” I mean actually producing an effective endorphin effect in my neurosystem, I do “get” that it is attempting, in a self-satisfied manner, a fairly obvious critique of toxic masculinity that doesn’t really go anywhere. Where the film does go is on some very dark, twisted, and bizarre turns. But the destination is very much take it or leave it.

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esterday, from director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) and screenwriter Richard Curtis (Love, Actually) — talk about a Brit dream team! — imagines a world where the Beatles never existed. It follows struggling singer-songwriter Jack Malick (fab newcomer Himesh Patel), who wakes up after an accident caused by a freak global power outage to discover he’s the only person who remembers the Beatles. Poof! It’s like they never existed, and so Jack sets out to rewrite their songs and share them once again with a world that has never had the privilege of experiencing the words and music of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. But, from such a compelling setup, where does it go? Well, I wouldn’t say it completely succeeds in where it takes us from there, following a pretty straightforward and familiar romantic comedy path wherein the film becomes about Jack finally realizing that what his life is really missing is not fame, fortune, or acclaim but the love of his long-suffering best pal and de facto manager Ellie (Lily James). So while it might never truly surprise (except for one jaw-dropping moment to the end that rides the line of taste very closely) or interrogate many of the questions its fascinating premise presents, it is ultimately an endearing film. Bright, breezy, and buoyant, this heartfelt love letter to the Beatles is also a whole lot of fun. And as summer bops go, what really could be better?

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s an entertainment format, the late night talk show is quickly being outmoded into irrelevance. The current crop are not nearly as successful as their forefathers were, and their most lauded parts are viral bites that can be consumed online anytime. You can glibly chalk this up to another thing that Millennial’s Are Killing™, but talk shows just don’t speak to us like they did to previous generations. So watching Late Night, a sweet and predictable film about a late night talk show host (the always brilliant Emma Thompson) coming to terms with a career slump and a changing world, left me merely saying “meh” when it should have been hitting all my nostalgia and mediareverence pleasure points. She’s been behind the desk for 20+ years, and the audience (and network brass) has noticed her slump, so in an attempt at relevance, she insists they hire a female writer. That writer is Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling), a quality control specialist at a chemical plant who has no professional comedy experience but a lot of heart, and who sets out to win her peers’ respect and save her hero’s show. Overall, Late Night is funny but not enough. Both the film’s dialogue and the jokes and bits in the fictional show it’s depicting are charming but lacking. Perhaps all this torpor speaks to the subject matter itself. When you’re trying to lionize an entertainment format that most of world has moved on from, you’re better playing it safe and reminding those that are already in your corner how great that world used to be.

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BAYVIEW INN, WILLIAMSBURG 7/20 -- Tim Thayer, 7 BONOBO WINERY, TC 7/26 – Randy Guldner, 6-8 CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC 7/25 -- Unplugged on the Terrace w/ Mike Bass, 5-7; Jazz at Sunset w/ Jeff Haas Trio, Janice & Chris Bickley & Lisa Flahive, 7-9:30 CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE, TC 7/24 -- Wine Down Wednesday w/ Levi Britton, 5-7 GT DISTILLERY, TC Fri. – Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30 HOTEL INDIGO, TC 7/26 -- Shawn Butzin & Jeff Socia, 7 KILKENNY'S, TC 7/19-20 -- Sweet Jay, 9:30 7/25 – 2Bays DJs, 9:30 7/26 – Broom Closet Boys, 9:30 7/27 – Strobelight Honey, 9:30 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY 7/22 – Open Mic w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 7/26 – Fremont John, 6-8 MARI VINEYARDS, TC Tue -- Open Mic, 5:30-7 NORTH PEAK BREWING CO., TC ON THE DECK, 5-9: 7/20 -- Shawn Miller 7/23 -- Big Rand 7/24 -- Kaydee Swanson 7/25 -- Matt Phend 7/26 -- Chris Smith 7/27 -- Cross Cut Kings PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE: Thurs,Fri,Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

7/27 – Chris Sterr, 5-9

ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD, TC 7/28 – Chris Smith, 2 SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9 STATE STREET MARKET, TC THE MARKET BAR: Tue -- Karaoke Night Hosted by Ben Eaton, 9 Thu -- Open Mic Thursdays Hosted by Gregory Evans, 7-9 TC WHISKEY CO. 7/28 – The Groove Suns, 4-6 TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 7/23 – After Ours, 7 THE COIN SLOT, TC 7/20 -- Blair Miller, 6:30 THE DISH CAFE, TC Tues, Sat -- Matt Smith, 5-7 THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 7/20 -- Jack Droppers & the Best Intentions, 6:30-9:30 7/23 -- Ohmme wsg Proton Candy, 6:30-9:30 7/24 -- After Ours, Earth Radio, 6:309:30 7/26 -- Jack Pine, 6:30-9:30 7/27 -- Funk Cake Band, 6-9 THE PARLOR, TC 7/20 – Younce Guitar Duo, 8 7/23 – Matt Mansfield, 4 7/25 – Chris Smith, 8 7/26 – Joe Wilson, 8 7/27 – Jim Hawley & Co., 8 THE SHED BEER GARDEN, TC 7/20 – Jabo Bihlman, 5-8 7/25 – Wink, 5-9 7/26 – Andre Villoch, 5-9

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 7/20 Summer Vibes w/ Jordan Hamilton, 8 7/22 -- Big Fun Jam Band, 6 Tues. -- Jazz Jam, 6-10 Weds. – TC Celtic, 6:30 7/26 -- Blue Footed Booby, 8 7/27 -- Jack Fivecoat Band, 8 UNION STREET STATION, TC 7/20 -- Happy Hour w/ Nathan & Jessie; then The Lucas Paul Band 7/21 -- 74 Marauder, 9 7/22 – Chris Sterr, 9-1 7/23 – TC Comedy Collective, 8-9:30; then Open Mic/Jam Session w/ Matt McCalpin & Jimmy Olson 7/24 – DJ Coven, 10 7/25 – DJ Prim, 10 7/26 – 1000 Watt Happy Hour Jam; then Electric Red 7/27 – Electric Red, 10 7/28 – Head for the Hills Live Show, 10am-noon; then Karaoke WEST BAY BEACH HOLIDAY INN RESORT, TC 7/20 -- Live on the Bay Concert Series w/ American Made, 6-10 7/22 -- Live on the Bay Concert Series w/ Archipelago, 7-9:30 7/23 -- Blues on the Bay Concert Series w/ Sweetwater Blues Band, 7 7/24 -- Summer Jazz w/ Jeff Haas Trio, Laurie Sears & Don Julin, 7-9:30 7/25 -- Live on the Bay Concert Series w/ Funk Cake, 5-9 7/26 -- Live on the Bay Concert Series w/ Par-llo Connection, 6-10 VIEW: 7/20, 7/27 -- DJ Motaz, 10 7/26 -- DJ Ricky T @ View, 10

BEARDS BREWERY, PETOSKEY 7/20 -- Radel Rosin, 9 7/21 -- Charlie Millard Solo, 6-9 7/25 -- Open Mic Nite w/ Host Charlie Millard, 8 7/26 -- A Brighter Bloom, 9 7/27 -- The North Carolines, 9 7/28 -- BB Celtic & Traditional Irish Session Players, 6-9 CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 7/20 – The Marsupials, 10

7/26 – Annex Karaoke, 10 7/27 – Political Lizard, 10 ERNESTO'S CIGAR LOUNGE & BAR, PETOSKEY 7/25 -- Tyler Parkin, 8-11 7/27 -- Greg Vadnais Quartet, 8-11 KNOT JUST A BAR, BAY HARBOR Mon,Tues,Thurs — Live music

LEO’S NEIGHBORHOOD TAVERN, PETOSKEY Thurs — Karaoke w/ DJ Michael Willford, 10 THE QUEENS HEAD WINE PUB, CHEBOYGAN 7/24 -- Lori Cleland, 5:30-8 THE SIDE DOOR SALOON, PETOSKEY Sat. – Karaoke, 8

Leelanau & Benzie BOATHOUSE VINEYARDS, TASTING ROOM, LAKE LEELANAU 7/24 -- Brian Poirier, 5:30-8 7/28 -- Rhett Betty, 3:30-6 CICCONE VINEYARD & WINERY, SUTTONS BAY 7/24 -- Evenings in the Pergola w/ The Düges, 5:30-8 7/25 -- Evenings in the Pergola w/ Avian Aura, 5:30-8 CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, THOMPSONVILLE ROOFTOP TERRACE BAR: 7/22 -- Saul Chandler, 7-9 DICK’S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU Sat. — Karaoke, 10-2 GLEN ARBOR WINES, GLEN ARBOR 7/21 -- Blair Miller, 3 7/28 -- Blair Miller, 5 HOP LOT BREWING CO., SUTTONS BAY 7/20 -- Nicholas James Thomasma, 6-9 7/26 -- Jen Sygit, 6-9 4 7/27 Color:-- Sutton James, 6-9 PMS 583 Green PMS 7459 Light Blue PMS 7462 Dark Blue PMS 7413 Orange

LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 7/20 -- Blind Dog Hank, 6:30-9:30 7/23 -- New Third Coast, 6:30 7/24 -- Jim Crockett Band, 6:30 7/25 -- The Real Ingredients, 6:30 7/26 -- Dunes Brothers, 7 7/27 -- The Whiskey Charmers, 7 LEELANAU SANDS CASINO, PESHAWBESTOWN BIRCH ROOM: 7/20 -- Dominic Fortuna, 9 7/27 -- Time Machine, 9 SHOWROOM: 7/23 -- 45th Parallel Polka Band, noon LUMBERJACK'S BAR & GRILL, HONOR Fri & Sat -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9 SHADY LANE CELLARS, ON THE PATIO, SUTTONS BAY 7/20 -- Holly Keller, 5-8 7/27 – Randy Reszka, 5-8 ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 7/20 -- Barefoot, 6-9 7/25 -- Open Mic w/ Jim & Wanda Curtis, 6

7/26 -- Mark Lavengood, 6-9 7/27 -- Dale Wicks, 6-9 7/28 -- Ted Alan's Summer Jazz, 2-5 STORMCLOUD BREWING CO., FRANKFORT 7/22 -- Fremont John & Michael Carden, 8-10 7/23 -- Archipelago Project, 7-9 7/24 -- Lynn Callihan, 8-10 7/25 -- Gabrial James, 8-10 7/26 -- Chad Benson, 8-10 THE BOATHOUSE VINEYARDS, TASTING ROOM, LAKE LEELANAU 7/21 -- Andre Villoch, 3:30-6 THE CABBAGE SHED, ELBERTA 7/20 -- The Frenchtown Playboys, 9 7/24 – Vinyl Vednesday w/ DJ T.J. 7/25 -- Open Mic Night, 8 7/26 -- Sadie Bass, 9 7/27 -- Jennifer Westwood & The Handsome Devil, 9 TUCKER’S, NORTHPORT 7/20 – The Time Machine

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ALPINE TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD Sat -- Live Music, 6-9

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Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE 7/26 -- Lee Brice: SOLD OUT, 9

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RIVER ROCK SPORTS BAR & GRILLE: 7/19-20 – Global Village, 10-2

PORTAGE POINT INN, ONEKAMA 7/24 -- Open Mic Night, 7-11 7/25 -- Throwback Thursdays w/ DJ Eddie, 8 7/26 -- Grayson - On the Deck, 7-10 7/27 -- The Broom Closet Boys, 8-11

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7/27 -- Flower Isle, 8-11 LAKE STREET PUB, BOYNE CITY Sat -- Karaoke, 8-11

ROYAL FARMS, ELLSWORTH 7/25 – Blair Miller, 5-8

THE BLUE PELICAN, CENTRAL LAKE 7/27 -- Tim Thayer, 7

SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 7/20 – Reggie Smith & The After Party, 8:30-11

TORCH LAKE CAFÉ, CENTRAL LAKE 1st & 3rd Mon. – Trivia, 7 Weds. -- Lee Malone Thurs. -- Open mic Fri. & Sat. -- Leanna’s Deep Blue Boys 2nd Sun. -- Pine River Jazz

STIGG’S BREWERY & KITCHEN, BOYNE CITY 7/26 – Blair Miller, 7

Mon - Ladies Night - $5 martinis, $5 domestic beer pitcher, $10 craft beer pitcher. w/Chris Sterr (9pm-1am)

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“Jonesin” Crosswords "I'm Feeling It" --it's what's on the outside. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Author Asimov 6 “Even ___ speak ...”

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41 Candle ingredient that can be made from soybeans 42 “That’s a relief!”

44 “Caveat ___” 45 “Ambient 1: Music for Airports” composer 46 “I Am... ___ Fierce” (Beyonce album) 48 “The Prophet” author Kahlil 50 Prefix meaning “egg” 52 Anguish 54 Request at a hair salon, maybe 60 Someone born under the sign Cancer, in astrology 61 Figure out 62 Sister of Charlotte and Emily 63 Snack served at some crossword tournaments 64 Allow to flow freely again 65 Distort 66 Campsite sight 67 Clementine leftovers i

DOWN 1 Leader at a mosque 2 “She Used to Be Mine” singer Bareilles 3 Petri dish gel 4 “°Three ___!” (1986 comedy) 5 Fried squid 6 Don Draper et al. (with or without an “M”) 7 Smoky chimney deposits 8 Reaction from 1990s-era Keanu 9 Bridge defenders 10 Doctorate pursuer, presumably 11 Muffin topper?

12 Unit of sweat 13 Lamentable 19 Sci-fi character who sings “Yub Nub” 21 Modified 24 Illness with swellings 25 Nebraska city on the Missouri 26 Marching band section 28 Colder and windier 29 Whirlpool Corporation brand 30 Impersonation with two “V” signs and hunched shoulders 33 “Jeopardy!” all-star Mueller 34 Prankish one 35 Word before interested or guilty 36 Like lovestruck eyes 40 Imbibes 43 Words said with a shrug 47 Nice with?

49 Like every era except this one 51 “Turn on the A/C!” complaint 52 “Toy Story 4” co-star 53 Beckett no-show 54 “Straight, No Chaser” jazz pianist 55 Top-shelf 56 Aer Lingus land 57 Ye ___ Shoppe 58 NASCAR course shape 59 2020 Milwaukee conventioneers, for short 60 “Live ___” (Taco Bell slogan)

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: I’m a 27-year-old guy. I’m short, and honestly, I’m not that physically attractive.

I am nice, funny, and on the fast track in my career. My friends say bluntly that the more money I make the more women will be interested in me. I’m sure that’s true, but I’m interested in falling in love, not just finding a gold digger. Advice?

— Ambitious

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: It would be nice if there were an easy way to identify the gold diggers -- like if they showed up for dates carrying a giant golden shovel instead of a handbag they got on sale at Marshalls.

The thing is, a man’s earning power has an effect on kind, loving, generous women, too, to the point that Captain America hunko Chris Evans would likely see a major dive in his sex appeal if he were more, um, Captain Coat Hanger — earning just enough to sleep on a futon in his friend’s walk-in closet.

Guys sneer that women are shallow and terrible for caring about how much money men have, while many men would be just fine with dating a starving artist — a seriously hot starving artist, that is.

There’s some history — evolutionary history — that explains the looks versus income difference in the sexes’ mating priorities. Ancestral women could get stuck with some bigtime costs from having sex: possibly going around pregnant for 9 months (with all the fun of digging for edible roots in between hurling from morning sickness) and then having a kid to drag around and feed. Ancestral men, however, could choose to put way less into in the reproducing thing — just dispensing with a teaspoonful of sperm and maybe a parting grunt or two.

Men, in turn, evolved to prioritize hotness when seeking mates -- features like youth and an hourglass figure that suggest a particular lady would be a healthy, fertile candidate for passing on their genes. And while partnerseeking ladies of course appreciate a nice view, biologists Guanlin Wang and John Speakman write that women evolved to be more “sensitive to resources that can be invested (in) themselves and their offspring” — as in whether a particular dude could bring home the bison or whatever.

Wang, Speakman, and their colleagues explored the impact of “resources” — that is, a person’s economic status — on their physical

BY Amy Alkon

appeal to the opposite sex. They showed research participants in China, the U.S., the U.K., and Lithuania a stack of cards with images of silhouetted bodies of the opposite sex with varying levels of attractiveness and had them rank the images from most attractive to least attractive. (The researchers converted the rankings to a scale of 1 to 9.)

Next, the researchers randomly assigned salary numbers to the body pix. They brought participants back — at least a week later — and again had them rate the attractiveness of the figures, but this time given the salary paired with each bod.

Upon tabulating their results, they found a major sex difference in how “responsive” the attractiveness ratings were to an increase in salary. If a man’s salary increases by a factor of 10 — if his salary becomes 10 times greater — he goes up about 2 points (1.92 on average) on their 1-to-9 attractiveness scale. So, for example, a salary of $50,000 x 10 — $500,000 — gets a guy 2 points higher in hotness.

Meanwhile, in bummerific news for female honchos, for a woman to achieve that twopoint hottitude bump, her salary would need to be multiplied by 10,000. In other words, a woman making $50K would have to make $500 million to be hotter in a man’s eyes.

(No problem...right, ladies? Just get yourself promoted from legal secretary to international drug lord.)

The researchers note that because men are “largely insensitive to cues indicating resources” in women, women have to make themselves “physically more attractive” to improve their mating prospects. Men, however, “can offset poor physical attractiveness, or further enhance existing good looks, by demonstrating their large levels of resources.”

This does draw the gold diggers, but again, a woman doesn’t have to be a gold digger to be attracted to a man with money. To protect yourself from those who only care about the money, look for “inner beauty,” or what everybody’s grandpa calls “character.” Get to know her friends and family. And get to know who she is over time and across situations.

There are clever sociopaths who keep up appearances even when tested, but over time, they tend to reveal their true selves in small ways. By weeding out the rotten apples, you make space for a woman who sincerely cares about you — and can’t help but find you attractive in the right light, such as the recessed spotlights on your Gulfstream jet.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Queen of North America and Europe

called me on the phone. At least that’s how she identified herself.

“I have a message for your Leo readers,” she told me. “Why Leo?” I asked. “Because I’m a Leo myself,” she replied, “and I know what my tribe needs to know right now.” I said, “OK. Give it to me.” “Tell Leos to always keep in mind the difference between healthy pride and debilitating hubris,” she said. “Tell them to be dazzlingly and daringly competent without becoming bossy and egomaniacal. They should disappear their arrogance but nourish their mandate to express leadership and serve as a role model. Be shiny and bright but not glaring and blinding. Be irresistible but not envy-inducing.”

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

the dinosaurs died off 65 million years ago, the crocodiles didn’t. They were around for 135 million years before that era, and are still here now. Why? “They are extremely tough and robust,” says croc expert James Perran Ross. Their immune systems “are just incredible.” Maybe best of all, they “learn quickly and adapt to changes in their situation.” In accordance with the astrological omens, I’m naming the crocodile as your creature teacher for the coming weeks. I suspect you will be able to call on a comparable version of their will to thrive.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “My only hope

is that one day I can love myself as much as I love you.” Poet Mariah Gordon-Dyke wrote that to a lover, and now I’m offering it to you as you begin your Season of Self-Love. You’ve passed through other Seasons of Self-Love in the past, but none of them has ever had such rich potential to deepen and ripen your self-love. I bet you’ll discover new secrets about how to love yourself with the same intensity you have loved your most treasured allies.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): “Poems can

bring comfort,” writes Piscean poet Jane Hirshfield. “They let us know . . . that we are not alone—but they also unseat us and make us more susceptible, larger, elastic. They foment revolutions of awareness and allow the complex, uncertain, actual world to enter.” According to my understanding of upcoming astrological omens, Pisces, life itself will soon be like the poems Hirshfield describes: unruly yet comforting; a source of solace but also a catalyst for transformation; bringing you healing and support but also asking you to rise up and reinvent yourself. Sounds like fun!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): After analyzing

unusual animal behavior, magnetic fluctuations, outbreaks of mayhem on Twitter, and the position of the moon, a psychic has foretold that a moderate earthquake will rumble through the St. Louis, Missouri area in the coming weeks. I don’t agree with her prophecy. But I have a prediction of my own. Using data about how cosmic forces are conspiring to amuse and titillate your rapture chakra, I predict a major lovequake for many Aries between now and August 20. I suggest you start preparing immediately. How? Brainstorm about adventures and breakthroughs that will boost exciting togetherness. Get yourself in the frame of mind to seek out collaborative catharses that evoke both sensory delights and spiritual insights.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Tell me what

you pay attention to and I will tell you who you are,” wrote Taurus philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. You could use that idea to achieve a finer grade of peace and grace in the coming weeks. The navel-gazing phase of your yearly cycle has begun, which means you’ll be in closest alignment with cosmic rhythms if you get to know yourself much better. One of the best ways to do that is to analyze what you pay most attention to. Another excellent way is to expand and refine and tenderize your feelings for what you pay most attention to.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Uruguayan author

Eduardo Galeano wrote that in Havana, people refer to their friends as mi sangre, my blood, or mi tierra, my country. In Caracas, he reported, a friend might be called mi llave, my key, or 0, my bread. Since you are in the alliance-boosting phase of your cycle, Gemini, I trust that you will find good reasons

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to think of your comrades as your blood, your country, your key, or your bread. It’s a favorable time for you to get closer, more personal, and more intimate. The affectionate depths are calling to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your emotional

intelligence is so strong right now that I bet you could alleviate the pain of a loved one even as you soothe a long-running ache of your own. You’re so spiritually alluring, I suspect you could arouse the sacred yearning of a guru, saint, or bodhisattva.

You’re so interesting, someone might write a poem or story about you. You’re so overflowing with a lust for life that you might lift people out of their ruts just by being in their presence. You’re so smart you could come up with at least a partial solution to a riddle whose solution has evaded you for a long time.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Congrats, Virgo!

You are beginning the denouement of your yearly cycle. Anything you do to resolve lingering conflicts and finish up old business will yield fertile rewards. Fate will conspire benevolently in your behalf as you bid final goodbyes to the influences you’ll be smart not to drag along with you into the new cycle that will begin in a few weeks. To inspire your holy work, I give you this poem by Virgo poet Charles Wright: “Knot by knot I untie myself from the past / And let it rise away from me like a balloon. / What a small thing it becomes. / What a bright tweak at the vanishing point, blue on blue.”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I predict that

between now and the end of the year, a Libran genetic engineer will create a new species of animal called a dat. A cross between a cat and a dog, it will have the grace, independence, and vigilance of a Persian cat and the geniality, loyalty, and ebullient strength of a golden retriever. Its stalking skills will synthesize the cat’s and dog’s different styles of hunting. I also predict that in the coming months, you will achieve greater harmony between the cat and dog aspects of your own nature, thereby acquiring some of the hybrid talents of the dat.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet

Marianne Moore (1887–1972) won the Pulitzer Prize and several other prestigious awards. She was a rare poet who became a celebrity. That’s one of the reasons why the Ford car company asked her to dream up interesting names for a new model they were manufacturing. Alas, Ford decided the 43 possibilities she presented were too poetic, and rejected all of them. But some of Moore’s names are apt descriptors for the roles you could and should play in the phase you’re beginning, so I’m offering them for your use. Here they are: 1. Anticipator. 2. The Impeccable.

3. Tonnere Alifère (French term for “winged thunder”). 4. Tir á l’arc (French term for “bull’s eye”). 5. Regina-Rex (Latin terms for “queen” and “king”).

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s

conceivable that in one of your past lives you were a pioneer who made the rough 2,170mile migration via wagon train from Missouri to Oregon in the 1830s. Or maybe you were a sailor who accompanied the Viking Leif Eriksson in his travels to the New World five hundred years before Columbus. Is it possible you were part of the team assembled by Italian diplomat Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who journeyed from Rome to Mongolia in the thirteenth century? Here’s why I’m entertaining these thoughts, Sagittarius: I suspect that a similar itch to ramble and explore and seek adventure may rise up in you during the coming weeks. I won’t be surprised if you consider making a foray to the edge of your known world.

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ANNUAL GIFTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR TART Trails is recruiting for an Annual Gifts and Special Events Coordinator to support our development and outreach team.

With a focus on donor acquisition, retention and increased levels of giving, the coordinator will identify, cultivate, solicit and steward gifts through a variety of strategies including, but not limited to, annual direct mail appeals, social media, special events, phone calls and personal visits. Please visit www.traversetrails. org for a full position description. Applications accepted through July 31, 2019.

SHORT’S BREWING COMPANY is hiring Dishwashers! Short’s is looking for dishwashers to work in Bellaire: www.shortsbrewing.com PRESIDENT/CEO UNITED WAY NWMI United Way of NWMI seeks a dynamic leader to execute on our bold vision and strategic plan for community change in the region. The President/CEO gives voice and life to the vision and leads change. Visit our website for full job description. https://www.unitedwaynwmi.org/ about/join-our-team/

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3 BD HOME, LAMAR ESTATES, TC, $209,000 2190 Holland Circle, 2 bath, 2 car garage, basement, framed, nat gas, 590-6470 2BR W SHORE ELK LAKE HOME Beautiful home with public access to Elk Lake. Available Sept 1 thru May 31.Text Brian 847-502-0190 Don’t enter property until we talk. $1600 9987 Elk Lake Trail

OTHER BUYING OLD WOODEN DUCK AND FISH DECOYS, call/text 248 877-0210 ESTATE SALE – 50 years of stuff. Pottery & Glass $5-10. Pictures $15-20. Bring $20, leave a happy camper. This is good stuff. 10845 Maple Grove, Charlevoix. 231-348-5906. Fri 7/26 & Sat 7/37, 9-3.

RN/LPN/MA to join growing primary care office. eClinical Works knowledge a plus. Fulltime or part-time position. Competitive pay, medical benefits, paid time off, and 401k.

START YOUR CAREER AT CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN! F&B Jobs: Server, Busser, Cook, Kitchen Supervisor. www.crystalmountain.com

GALLYS - END OF SUMMER SALE - womens resale shop bogo 50% off 710 centre just off woodmere exc quality & prices call 855-style-85

FUND DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR Inland Seas Education Association is seeking a Fund Development Coordinator who will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and executing mail and digital appeals, planned giving, special events, sponsorships, creating gift and grant proposals, and other fundraising activities as assigned. Send cover letter and resume to srustem@schoolship.org

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