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in the USA and the world. I was recently in Uganda, where the farmers are struggling with changes in rainfall, temperature fluctuations, and reduced yields, impacting already impoverished conditions. The collateral damage by complacency in action to address the climate change crisis compounds astronomically, daily, worldwide. This is not a dress rehearsal; it’s real time. Yes, let’s speak truth to power.

Thank you Ms. Williams. We can make a difference today! It’s not a partisan issue.

We all benefit by raising our collective voices, making energy-use changes in our own lives and contacting our representatives and senators. In Congress, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act merits checking out and asking our representatives to support. Also the Citizens Climate Lobby has useful, level-headed, scientific information worth exploring to learn more about climate change. I believe we can make a difference — but only if we do something.

God at the Mall I went to the mall and sat by the frog, watching children play with laughter and simple hearts. There is fire in their eyes.

Kids say what they mean and mean what they say. Every so often they would look toward me. For just an instant their faces lit up.

We know each other from deep within, connected somehow in a special way. I walk away quietly with longing in my heart for their innocence and courage that once lived in my heart. At night in my bed I think about those times: just God, my family, and me. There were days of chocolate, camping, and State Fair mimes.

God reached down from heaven with an eraser so gentle and spoke softly into my ear: “You didn’t get it right that time, either, Billy.

Let’s try it again.”

Beware the 5G What are the problems surrounding 5G? The telecom industry can’t prove that 5G is safe. Experts have warned about dangerous cybersecurity and the Internet of Things (I.o.T). Independent, industry, government and military research has already proven that ALL sources of wireless radiation — 1G through 5G — is harmful. Telecom companies have been warning shareholders that they may eventually be held liable for harm from their products and infrastructure. Insurance companies won’t cover telecom companies; it’s too risky! The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is being investigated for collusion regarding federal 5G legislation that eliminated local control over installation. The “race for 5G” is ungodly.

We made a presentation to the county commissioners at their last meeting. We provided them with all this information.

Like over 100 other municipalities in Michigan, we are asking them to pass a resolution against 5G. There are also issues with property rights and right of ways in our towns. It has also been proven that real estate values decrease if you end up with one of these 5G antennas in front of your home. We showed the commissioners that there is a much safer option. That option is fiber optics, which emit no radiation. Let’s hope the county passes this resolution to demonstrate to the state that we want a safer option. Portions of Emmet and Charlevoix counties are already offering fiber optics to the home.

Sure, the telecoms are telling us about all the “wonderful things” we’ll be able to do with 5G. You’ll be able to download movies in mere minutes and other things. But this comes with a terribly high cost to our health from the scientifically proven intense wireless radiation from the hundreds of 5G antennas that would appear throughout the area. Please educate yourselves regarding this issue.

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G. Ronald Vaughan, Cadillac Williams a Hero Thank you, Northern Express, for printing Cathye Williams’ Opinion piece, “Casting Call: Newsroom Heroes.” She’s a community hero bringing attention to the urgency of our government and citizenry to enact sound, data-based action to address climate change. Climate change is real here

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Country is a Mess Let me say in clear transparency that this letter is not in support of Donald J. Trump. I have friends, acquaintances, and relatives who voted for him and support him to this day. I respect that, because no matter how misguided they may be, at the time of the election, he seemed to be a much better choice that Hillary Clinton. I certainly can understand that; I thought they were both losers.

I was aware of what a slimy businessman he had been his entire adult life. No reason to think he was going to change if he won the election. He hasn’t.

Look at where we are 26 months into Trump’s presidency. Make America Great Again. I don’t think so. It’s a joke. What he has done is Make America more angry, hostile, divisive, racist, bigoted, and sexist, and created chaos. Notice the rise in white supremacist activity since he has been in office?

It’s ironic that his spouse, Melania, has chosen as her initiative and focus while serving as First Lady of the United States, the cause of anti-bullying. There isn’t a bigger bully anywhere in this country. I have a suggestion where she could start her work.

So how are we doing in draining the swamp?

Not so well. It is not only not draining; it is now overflowing. With the more than 15 close staffers fired or resigned from the White House, investigations everywhere, and litigation in the court system, the swamp is not draining. It’s a flood.

One columnist said the president has the intellect of a middle-schooler. That’s an insult to middle schoolers. They are smarter.

Mr. President, words to consider: Humorist Will Rogers said, “Never miss a good chance to shut up!”

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top ten Where is “the Sixth Great Lake”?

Most who read this probably never heard of Groundwater Awareness Week, which was last week, apparently.

Traverse City-based Great Lakes advocate FLOW wants to change that, and they put together a team to make a video about groundwater, which Dave Dempsey, a senior advisor at the nonprofit, calls “the sixth Great Lake.” Groundwater is all around us, it’s essential for life, and it’s taken for granted, he said.

The video is lovely and engaging; it features art by Glenn Wolf, narration by Anne-Marie Oomen and is based on a script

by Joe VanderMeulen.

The video notes that misuse of fertilizer, 6,000 contamination sites across Michigan, and 130,000 leaking septic systems threaten the resource.

Find “I Am Groundwater” at flowforwater.org/sixth-great-lake

sips, chips & dips Participating wineries on the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail pair everyday snacks with Leelanau wine at Sips, Chips & Dips on Sat., March 23 from 12 to 5pm. Tickets are $15, or $8 for snacks only or designated drivers. lpwines. com/events/sips-chips-dips

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The ’70s are back in all their drug-addled, bellbottomed glory in Taylor Jenkins Reid’s highlyanticipated new novel, “Daisy Jones and The Six.” When we meet Daisy, she’s an undiscovered singer-songwriter, popping pills and sleeping her way down the Sunset Strip. Enter Billy Dunne, the leather-wearing, JaggerA The Six. The two esque frontman for rising rock band, I G for a duet, and the P E when they’re paired cross paths H TO S C E Y, M IPresented as a collection of rest, as they say, isKhistory. transcribed interviews from one of the biggest bands of the ’70s, “Daisy Jones and The Six” reads like a textual episode of VH1’s Behind the Music. In fact, Reese Witherspoon has already claimed the copyrights for a 13-episode Amazon series. Can you dig it?

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The first item on the menu at Grille 44 is Tater Kegs. There’s no beer in this potato-packing appetizer, but its oversized tots won’t leave you wondering where the name originated from.

The dish includes a half-dozen huge tater tots smothered in cheddar cheese, bacon, and fresh chives. The toppings give the school lunch staple a gourmet makeover. But don’t expect to pop one at a time in your mouth; it takes at least three bites to finish each tot. And while beer might not be an ingredient, it sure makes a good pairing. “A lot people that sit at the bar get the Tater Kegs,” said server Abby Hornkohl. “We sell a lot of them.” Find the family friendly bar and restaurant, a popular destination for snowmobilers, at the corner of US-31 and 13 Mile Road: 12951 Pleasanton Hwy., in Bear Lake. www.grille-44.com, (231) 864-4000

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Help Save a Historic Cabin

A group wants to save a massive 90-year-old log cabin that once served as the gateway to Hartwick Pines State Park.

Friends of Hartwick Pines launched a gofundme campaign, and they hope to raise $100,000 to restore the Memorial Building, which, despite having fallen into disrepair, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The building was constructed in 1929 and served as the park’s visitor’s center until a new visitor’s center opened in 1995. Since then, the building has been vacant. The Friends group recently fumigated and cleaned the building and now want to make the structure sound,update the building’s electricity, and add accessible restrooms and an HVAC system.

The building is special, said Hillary Pine, northern lower peninsula historian for the DNR and Michigan History Center. It’s a true log structure with a high vaulted ceiling, a wraparound balcony, and a giant stone fireplace.

“It definitely gives you the sense of going back in time a little bit,” Pine said.

For more info search “Friends of Hartwick Pines” on gofundme.com

stuff we love Charlevoix’s Elise Stuck Bests Own Coach Junior basketball standout Elise Stuck became Charlevoix’s all-time scoring leader for the girls program with a 39-point performance against Grayling last month. Since then, the 6-foot-1 hoopster has pushed the new record to more than 1,434 points, shattering the old record of 1,356, which was held by none other than Stuck’s coach, Liz Grunch. Stuck eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career last season, as a sophomore, in the district tourney, and in less than a year has added over 400 points to the total. “It’s cool, but I honestly didn’t know,” Stuck said after the new mark was set. “She [Grunch] kept it a surprise, and I had no idea, so it’s really cool.”

Audio Tech Students to put on Free Concert — with Your Help A concert showcasing several bands and focusing mental health and homelessness will take place April 6 at Milliken Auditorium.

The “Concert For Community Awareness” is being organized and implemented by audio tech students at Northwestern Michigan College. Beginning at 5pm, the show will feature several bands as well as displays and speakers discussing issues including mental health, suicide prevention, substance abuse, and homelessness.

The students are responsible for all the facets of the show, including promotion, booking talent, running live sound, and videotaping the event, immersing them in all aspects of creating a live event. The goal is make the event free to the public, so to cover the costs of hiring musicians, promotional fees, and other expenses, the students are looking to raise $5,000. The students hope that coupling awareness with a live music event will bring a healing and learning experience to their campus community. For additional information, including sponsorship opportunities, email David Chown and Patrick Niemisto, audio technology instructors at NMC: dchown@nmc.edu or pniemisto@nmc.edu.

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Coal is neither beautiful nor clean. It is now, and always has been, the most destructive fossil fuel to extract and the dirtiest to burn.

Even with new technology that tries to scrub out pollutants, coal is still filthy.

Now, after more than two centuries of causing death, coal itself is dying.

The United States still has more than 8,600 coal-fired power plants that produce at least one megawatt of power. They provide 27 percent of our total power output. But that number is shrinking — more than 200 coal plants have shuttered since 2010 — and will continue to do so. Some plants are being replaced by natural gas, some by renewables, and some aren’t being replaced by anything.

Coal will not be missed by most of us, and for good reason.

In 2016, the last year for which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, or is willing to share, data, coal burning produced a cornucopia of dangerous and unwanted toxins.

This is a death that will benefit the vast majority of us but not everybody. Some coal industry workers will be left behind, absent some help. Coal mining operations, which employed more than 863,000 less than a century ago, now use less than 50,000. But that’s still a significant economic demographic, men and women who will be without jobs and untrained for anything else.

A good example is the Navajo Generating Station, a coal-burning power plant outside of Page, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation.

Operated by the Salt River Project (SRP), a quasi-governmental utility, the Navajo Generating Station is shutting down.

The economics of coal is no longer tenable. Natural gas is now much cheaper and, as a bonus, burns much cleaner than coal. Renewables like wind and solar are cheaper still — less than a fifth the cost of coal.

For example, coal burning plants produced 576,185 tons of carbon monoxide, 197,286 tons of particulates of the sort that get into our lungs, 82,400 pounds of lead, 77,108 pounds of arsenic, 45,676 pounds of mercury (42 percent of all mercury pollution), and 9,332 pounds of cadmium, not to mention more than a million tons of sulfur dioxide.

All of it is either carcinogenic or known to cause pulmonary disease and respiratory distress. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 30,000 Americans die directly from particulate pollution every year.

Even the Trump Administration’s wholesale deregulation of coal plants, which reversed efforts to curb both end-product pollution and environmental damage during extraction, won’t be enough to save coal. It earned votes in coal country, but the industry is gasping its last, a fitting end to something that caused so many to do the same.

Though our lungs and our land will benefit from coal’s demise, the cause has very little to do with a response to climate change, pressure from environmentalists, or even a faint concern for the environment or our health. It’s way simpler than that.

The economics of coal is no longer tenable.

Natural gas is now much cheaper and, as a bonus, burns much cleaner than coal. Renewables like wind and solar are cheaper still — less than a fifth the cost of coal.

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mental destruction caused by coal mining.

Nearby streams and wetlands are destroyed, wastewater ponds leach into groundwater and frequently erupt beyond their manmade levees, coal dust destroys nearby woodlands and, of course, the mine workers themselves are exposed to life-threatening pollutants daily. What the EPA should have stopped long ago will now, finally, be stopped by economics.

The decline of coal has the added benefit of a cessation to the unimaginable environ-

Some of the plant’s 500 employees will transfer to other SRP power plants, but most will simply be out of a job. And the 300 employed at the Peabody coal mine that provides the fuel also will be laid off.

Not huge numbers in the overall picture but devastating on the Navajo Nation, where unemployment hovers around 45 percent, and 43 percent of the residents live below the poverty line. It’s a scenario being played out around the country where mines are located in economically distressed regions.

There is a solution for displaced miners, though one not likely to be undertaken. At least some of the environmental damage around coal mines can be mitigated. The piles of toxic waste can be removed to a safer landfill designed to hold such substances.

Streams can be cleaned. Waste ponds can be drained. The landscape can be restored to some semblance of what nature created.

It would require re-training but provide useful employment for many displaced miners for a very long time because there is much work to be done.

And, yup, the federal government should pay for the work since the federal government allowed this environmental destruction to take place. There is apparently a bottomless pit of available money, deficits be damned, so we should spend some to fix the damage we’ve created.

Coal’s condition is terminal. No amount of deregulation will save it. Some residual coal dust will be all that’s left.

Crime & Rescue PEEPING SUSPECT WANTED Residents of a Crawford County home called police after they spotted a man peeping into one of their windows.

Deputies were called at 7am March 12 to a house on Billman Road in Beaver Creek Township after a man was seen looking into a bathroom window, according to a press release from Sheriff Shawn Kraycs. The man ran away after he was spotted.

Deputies got help from a state police tracking dog, but the dog could not locate a suspect.

The peeper was described as six feet tall, wearing dark clothing and a stocking hat. Anyone with information should call (989) 348-6341.

TWO ARRESTED IN TRAFFIC STOP State police arrested two people on drug charges following a traffic stop in Manistee County.

A vehicle was stopped at 2:50pm March 9 in Springdale Township, and the trooper determined that the vehicle’s passenger, 37-year-old Jason Davis of Bear Lake, had a warrant out for his arrest. The warrant had been issued March 1 in Grand Traverse County for Davis after Davis failed to show up for alcohol testing following a drunk driving conviction, according to court records.

During the traffic stop, police found Davis allegedly in possession of drugs; troopers also said the driver, 33-year-old Amber Oshea, was uncooperative and suspicious, as though she was attempting to hide something. A search of the vehicle yielded more drugs.

Davis and Oshea now face numerous drug charges involving meth and analogues; Oshea faces a charge of resisting arrest.

MAN TRAPPED AFTER PLOW CRASH A driver was injured after he rearended a moving snow plow on I-75 in Cheboygan County amid a winter storm.

Deputies responded at 2:21pm March 10 to Nunda Township where 59-year-old Donald Sholl of Sears was trapped in his 2013 GMC Sierra pickup; he had crashed into the back of a road commission truck near the 300-mile marker.

Sholl needed to be extracted from his vehicle and was taken to McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey for treatment. The plow driver, 34-yearold Thomas Horrocks of Onaway, was not injured.

Deputies said speed and weather conditions were factors in the crash.

DRIVER CHARGED IN DEADLY CRASH A South Boardman man who’d just been discharged from parole following felony drunk driving convictions faces a charge of operating with license suspended, causing death.

The charges stemmed from a crash in January that took the life of his 48-year-old father-in-law.

Terry Duncan of South Boardman was killed in the crash that occurred Jan. 28 on US-131 near Fife Lake.

The crash happened after driver, Brad Lafuze, attempted to slow down but lost control of his vehicle, crossed the centerline, and spun into the path of a semi. Lafuze, 35, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The semi driver was not injured.

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Lafuze had previous third-offense drunk driving convictions in Grand Traverse and Wexford counties. The current case was filed in Grand Traverse County.

COUPLE’S DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION Police are investigating after two Emmet County residents were found dead under suspicious circumstances.

Alan Daniels, 61, and Brenda Daniels, 55, were found dead at their residence March 8.

Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies didn’t release details about the circumstances of the couple’s deaths but said in a press release that they believe no one else was present when they died.

SANDWICH THIEF SOUGHT A man barged into a Garfield Township Subway restaurant, waited on some customers, made himself a sandwich, and took $20 from the register.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies are reviewing surveillance footage of the suspect and investigating the incident that happened just after 7pm March 9, said Lt. Chris Barsheff.

The man told employees of the restaurant, which is inside a Walmart store, that he worked at another Subway location. He asked them if he could make himself a sandwich and was told no before he went ahead and did it anyway.

POLICE CAR STRUCK TWICE ON SNOWY ROAD A state police sergeant’s patrol vehicle was struck two times as the officer helped out a stranded motorist on the side of the road during a snow storm.

The sergeant was out of his vehicle talking to the motorist when his car was struck, pushing it into him. He was not injured, but the driver suffered minor injuries. Then, as the sergeant went to that person’s aid, another oncoming vehicle crashed into the pileup.

State police said the drivers responsible for the crashes were not intoxicated, but they were driving too fast. The crashes occurred at just past 10pm March 9.

KINGSLEY COACH CHARGED A former Kingsley Youth Wrestling coach faces charges that he stole thousands of dollars in donations made to the program.

Jason Guy Leonard faces a charge of embezzlement between $1,000 and $20,000, which carries up to 10 years in prison.

A treasurer for Kingsley Youth Wrestling Club noticed some suspicious transactions in a bank account that held the group’s fundraising proceeds and confronted Leonard, who admitted he took $127 from the account for personal reasons when his credit card was tied up and then later forgot to reimburse the account, according to the charge.

That lead state police to take a closer look.

They found that between 2014 and 2017, Leonard allegedly stole $5,189 from the club’s fundraising proceeds.

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Dear Winter,

WHAT ARE THE REAL ISSUES IN MEDICARE FOR ALL?

You’ve been blustery cold.

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bY Tom Gutowski In a general sense, Medicare For All, or MFA, isn’t a radically new concept. Every highly developed country has universal health insurance, except us. Some of those insurance systems — not all — are single payer. What’s radical is that America, the richest country on earth, doesn’t have some form of universal coverage.

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Potential government intrusion into our choice of doctors or our medical decisions isn’t the threat it might seem; current Medicare recipients actually have a broader selection of healthcare providers than they did when dealing with private insurers’ networks. Medicare does sometimes deny coverage, but that happens in private insurance as well. At least in a governmentrun program, the profit motive doesn’t get in the way of fair decision-making, and coverage issues can be addressed through the political process.

And decoupling health insurance from employment could boost the economy by sparking an increase in entrepreneurship.

Additional savings also could come from cutting Medicare payments to providers, but that might be unwise if we want to avoid discouraging people from practicing medicine.

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Then there’s the insurance industry itself.

Billions of dollars disappear into the pockets of health insurers every year, and per capita spending would be less if this weren’t true.

But eliminating private insurers would be hugely difficult. There are a half-million people employed in the private health insurance industry. Some could end up working for Medicare, but what about the rest? The industry can reinvent itself, but not overnight.

If you’ve worked hard and been responsible, you don’t want to pay for someone who hasn’t been.

But here’s the thing: You don’t have to be irresponsible to be overwhelmed by medical bills.

And the total projected cost doesn’t make MFA a radical idea either. Savings could come from more efficient administration, from allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and from more people getting care on a timely basis, rather than waiting until urgent or emergency care necessitates it. Plus there are savings that come from having a healthier population: higher productivity, fewer bankruptcies, healthier military recruits, and less utilization of various social safety-net programs.

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— no matter how that’s accomplished — will increase the demand for care, and probably further increase wait times. Of course, that’s no reason to deny them care. Besides, this issue can be addressed through things like increased use of telemedicine and of physician assistants, and by pursuing policies designed to increase the number of practicing physicians.

The real cost-related issue is how each of us would be directly affected. Under any version of MFA, taxes would go up while premiums for private health insurance would go down, possibly to zero, depending on what form of MFA was enacted. Premiums might also fall for other forms of insurance — such as auto — if they no longer needed to cover medical. (What a boon that would be for Michigan.) And out-of-pocket costs would presumably drop, as well. Exactly how that would add up for any particular person or family remains to be determined. Half of Americans get their health insurance through their employers, and most like it.

If we’re asking them to embrace change, they’ll need reasonable assurances that they won’t be worse off.

Wait times are another concern. Overall, wait times have been growing due to a physician shortage and an aging population. For some people, though, wait times are infinite; they never get the care they need, because they can’t afford it. Getting these people insured

We need bold visions of the future, but we also need concrete ideas about how we get there in practical, measured steps. Two obvious examples of how we could ease the transition to MFA: Phase it in by age bracket and give people options: to continue using private health insurance or to buy in to Medicare. Long term, it might also make sense to keep supplemental insurance as part of the mix and to use modest co-pays to prevent overutilization.

Finally, some folks just don’t like the idea of their tax money going to pay for someone else’s healthcare. If you’ve worked hard and been responsible, you don’t want to pay for someone who hasn’t been. But here’s the thing: You don’t have to be irresponsible to be overwhelmed by medical bills. Millions of hardworking Americans are one serious illness or injury away from losing everything, either because they can’t afford to buy health insurance and also pay the rent, or because the insurance they do have proves inadequate. Besides, we’re already paying for those who can’t pay their own medical bills, and some of the ways we do that aren’t very cost-effective. It would be cheaper, as well as more humane, to ensure that everyone gets quality healthcare up front.

Any system of universal coverage could enforce personal responsibility by requiring everyone to participate. That should alleviate some of the concerns about fairness. Under true Medicare For All, everyone would participate by being subject to the same tax code; who pays what under the tax code is a separate discussion. In the ACA, the original intention was to enforce participation through the individual mandate.

(The penalty for non-compliance has since been reduced to zero.) Either way, the idea is to get everyone into the system. And that, ultimately, is how it should be.

Tom Gutowski is retired from the insurance industry and lives in Leelanau County. A good read on the healthcare systems of other developed nations is “The Healing of America”

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CUBA: TIME FOR NEW THINKING opinion

bY Jack Segal and Karen Puschel Segal The message from a trip that we just took to Havana is that revolutionary Cuba is at a tipping point, second only to the economic collapse that occurred in Cuba after the Soviet Union ended its support in 1990. Then, Cuba’s GDP dropped 35 percent in three years. That led the Castro regime to adopt some reforms (termed a “necessary evil”), which were later walked back as economic conditions improved.

Today, like then, experts across the board recognize that if Cuba doesn’t adopt genuine economic reforms, the results will be disastrous. Cuba suffers from a huge bureaucracy that sees, as one speaker put it, “no solution for which it cannot find a problem.” All decisions — wages, prices, housing, you name it — are made through central planning. Attempts to open the economy to foreign investment are stymied by an opaque legal framework, inconsistent enforcement, and the government’s fear of losing control. There’s no “Cuban Deng Xiaoping” yet visible who can lead the people into the uncertainties of an open economy, let alone democracy.

Meanwhile, day-to-day life for Cubans is getting harder. Wages are stagnant at $30 a month; 80 percent of food is imported, and the average citizen has trouble getting eggs, chicken, and other basics, while the best imports are snapped up by the many new hotels and restaurants catering to tourists.

Agriculture is in such bad shape that Cuba now must import (!) sugar and coffee. There is no banking system to support entrepreneurs and severe restrictions on creating and running your own company.

With little access to capital, Cuba’s macro economic outlook is also bleak. The key sources of hard currency are tourism and $5 billion in remittances by Cuban family members living in the U.S. (When Obama met Raul Castro in Havana three years ago, Raul insisted that the U.S. “give back Guantanamo.” Obama jokingly replied, “When you give back Miami.”) Neither Russia nor China are offering bailouts. And now with the Venezuela crisis, Cuba may lose its source of oil.

All of this creates pressure. Will the government act? No one knows, but, for the first time since 1959, Cuba is ruled by someone other than a Castro. Although President Miguel Díaz-Canel is a Communist Party loyalist, his relative youth (58) and his need to prove himself as Cuba’s new leader make some experts hopeful that he might try to adopt much needed reforms.

Across Havana, there are signs of a restive younger generation, one impatient for improvement. Cuba now has a “private” economy which employs 600,000, plus another half-million working in “cooperatives.” But, reflecting the heavy hand of Cuba’s central planners, these new self-employed workers are restricted to only one of 210 fields! What we heard during our trip is that it’s time to go much further; Cuba’s universities don’t even offer a business curriculum!

The government is under particular pressure to encourage foreign investment. Cuban law

currently limits foreign ownership of joint ventures to 51/49 and totally bans foreign ownership of land. Land leases are allowed only for 25 years; when Vietnam reformed, it allowed 50 years. Want to build a hotel? You put up 100 percent of the hard currency, and the Cuban government owns 51 percent of what you build.

Central to the debate: How do investors trust the government not to renationalize assets as they’ve done before? How much support really exists for opening up the Cuban economy?

Yes, there is an emerging self-confident and impressive group of younger Cubans, particularly in Havana. But there is also real anxiety about reform from the half-millionmember Communist Party and other Cubans who are understandably reluctant to risk losing hard-earned social benefits. These include safe streets (in part through strict restrictions on guns and drugs); a very good (but declining) education and healthcare system; and genuine progress in integration and social mobility for Cuba’s diverse races — from which the U.S. could learn a thing or two.

U.S. policy toward Cuba is the 800-pound gorilla in the room. We have isolated Cuba and stopped U.S. engagement through a 60year long embargo. Is this justified any longer, particularly when the U.S. trades and deals with many countries whose behavior is far worse? After all these decades, easing up U.S. pressure might turn younger Cubans into supporters of better U.S.-Cuban relations and help create conditions for reform.

But it appears President Trump wants to increase the pressure on Havana. The president has not just rolled back Obama’s cautious opening to Cuba; he’s reversed it.

Last week, the White House applied new restrictions under the 1996 Helms-Burton Act’s Title III that now lets Americans — including Cubans who have since become U.S. citizens — sue companies that “traffic” in property confiscated by Cuba after 1959.

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That may go down well with some CubanAmericans who are rightly disgusted with how badly Cuba has been mismanaged.

But what we heard during our visit is that it makes it less likely that current Cuban leaders will experiment with reform since they need to avoid being perceived as “buckling under” to the big brother to the north.

We met warm, friendly people everywhere in Havana. We can’t do the heavy lifting that the Cuban government must do to replace its socialist “paradise” with something that actually works, but we could at least move beyond old thinking by old people in both countries and let the younger generation chart a new path.

Karen Puschel Segal and Jack Segal co-chair the International Affairs Forum (IAF, which at 6pm, March 21 at Milliken Auditorium in NMC’s Dennos Museum, will host Dr. Samuel Kling to discuss “Reinventing Our Cities” for 21st Century technology. The trip to Havana was organized by Ambassador Charles Shapiro of the World Affairs Council in Atlanta, who will discuss Cuba and Venezuela at the IAF’s May 16 event.

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METAL SCRAPPER MURDER Three metal scrappers lived on the margins of society, trading scrap for cash and drinking hard. Now two of them are charged with murdering the other.

By Patrick Sullivan The day that 64-year-old Frederic resident Dennis Everson went missing was a busy one for his two partners. The pair, downstaters who salvaged and sold scrap metal with Everson, made several hauls, according to records investigators dug up.

For Matthew Franklin Smith, 37, the day — July 2 — started off at the B&B gas station and convenience store in Frederic, where, at 8:34am he bought a pint of Mohawk peppermint schnapps.

Just over a half-hour later, he and his codefendant, Dylan Ziegler, who would turn 18 in four days, delivered scrap metal to the A&L scrapyard in Gaylord in a 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 Magnum V8. They received a $280.85 check, which Smith cashed at Walmart.

From there, Smith and Ziegler repeated the cycle, returning two more times to the scrapyard with loads of metal. Ziegler returned at least once more that day to the B&B station, and Smith returned three more times, buying another pint of peppermint schnapps with each visit.

The only other notable event from July 2 listed on a court document recounting “factual circumstances,” (which Smith and Ziegler conceded during their preliminary examinations on murder charges), was when the pair posed for a photo on Everson’s property that would be shared on Facebook.

Later, that photo would tie Smith and Zeigler to Everson’s disappearance and murder. When Smith was questioned by police about Everson, even before he was a suspect in his murder, Smith claimed that he had not been in northern Michigan on July

2. But the photo, investigators said, placed the defendants at Everson’s property the day he disappeared.

A SENSELESS, BRUTAL MURDER Today, Smith, of Canton, Michigan, and Zeigler, of Romulus, are in jail, awaiting trial on charges stemming from Everson’s homicide.

The case that Crawford County Sheriff ’s

One thing that’s clear is there was a lot of drinking before Everson’s death.

Ziegler told Crawford County Sheriff ’s Det. Ryan Swope he’d been up in Frederic for a few days, scrapping with Smith, when he found himself one evening at Everson’s place, drinking with Smith in the pickup.

Zeigler said Everson was drunk, too, and at some point, the older man came out

First, according to the narrative, Smith put Everson in the camper and tried to light it on fire by setting fire to some clothes inside. Everson, though, had enough wits about him to put the fire out.

and Michigan State Police investigators have pieced together against Smith and Zeigler paints a picture of people who live on the margins of society, living itinerantly, drinking excessively, and collecting scrap metal for (perhaps not so-) easy money.

In a summary of the defendants’ preliminary hearing, in which Judge Monte Burmeister found on January 22 that there was enough evidence for the pair to stand trial, Burmeister laid out the narrative of the events that led to Everson’s senseless, violent death. The narrative was based primarily on statements Zeigler made to investigators and testimony from a jailhouse informant who claimed Smith had bragged about the crime after his arrest.

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and punched Ziegler in the face while he sat in the truck. Everson went back into his home and came out again a short while later, this time going to Smith’s side of the truck.

Zeigler said Everson called Smith derogatory names and spilled beer in his lap.

That was allegedly enough for Smith to decide that Everson needed to die, according to Burmeister’s summary of the evidence.

Before Everson could get back inside his residence, Smith caught up to him, pulled him off of his porch and threw him on the ground, according to the account. He beat him up badly and then told Zeigler to grab his feet. They threw Everson into the back of truck.

As they drove off, the detective said that

Ziegler explained that Smith planned to either burn Everson or throw him in a lake.

Meanwhile, however, Everson managed to get up and jump out of the truck bed.

Smith slammed on the brakes, said “Nope,” and backed up quickly.

NEVER SEEN ALIVE AGAIN Everson almost made it back to his home before Smith caught up with him again, according to the narrative.

Smith grabbed Everson for the second time, beat him up, and again threw him back into the truck bed.

At this point, Zeigler told the detective, Zeigler struck Everson once to subdue him so that they could drive away without him getting out of the truck again.

They drove to another property, also owned by Everson, where they stored scrap metal. They backed up to a camper on the property.

First, according to the narrative, Smith put Everson in the camper and tried to light it on fire by setting fire to some clothes inside. Everson, though, had enough wits about him to put the fire out.

From there, it is unclear what befell Everson or how it unfolded.

Burmeister described Everson’s final moments like this: Zeigler heard rattling around in the back of the truck, and Smith left and came back about 15 minutes later and said, Done, don’t talk about it.

Everson, who was last captured on surveillance video at B&B earlier on July 2, was never seen again. His family reported him missing July 6. In an autopsy, his death was ruled a homicide, and cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma to the head.

Zeigler

Although Zeigler was originally charged with murder in the case, Burmeister found there wasn’t evidence that he had committed murder. However, Burmeister found that that there was evidence that Zeigler had committed a crime just as serious: conspiracy to commit murder.

Zeigler was also bound over on a charge of conspiracy to commit torture.

Smith faced torture, conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful imprisonment, and arson charges, but Burmeister only bound him over to stand trial on a single murder charge, finding that prosecutors didn’t present enough evidence to establish the other charges against him.

Dylan Ziegler’s attorney, Michael Brown, did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Smith’s attorney, Kevin Hesselink, said in an email that his client insists he is innocent.

Hesselink wrote: “My client has always maintained that he had no hand in the killing of Dennis Everson, the prosecution’s case is almost entirely circumstantial, and the witnesses that attempt to tie my client to the murder all have credibility issues and something to gain from making that claim.”

COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS There isn’t, on the surface at least, anything in Smith’s record that points at him being a violent sociopath capable of a seemingly arbitrary murder. Though he’s charged as a three-time habitual offender, both of his past felony convictions — from 2000 and 2004 in Emmet County — were drug offenses, according to his court file.

In Facebook posts, however, Zeigler’s mother (who is listed as Stacie Zeigler in court filings and who goes by Stacie Love on Facebook) blames Smith for getting her son into so much trouble and pins all of the responsibility for the crime on him. On his own, she said, Dylan Zeigler would not have committed murder.

She wrote in one post: “I know my son Dylan didn’t do this a mother know when their child is lieing (sic) or telling the truth this matt smith is a really bad person and has my son brain washed every one seen it he lied to my son and matt smith even said some messed up stuff about all this to my 14 year old.”

On Oct. 12, under a post about the case on the Crawford County Sheriff ’s Facebook page, she wrote that Smith used her son by making him seem pathetic: “Makes me sick that matt a 36 year old was taking my son around haveing Dylan tell ppl that he was hungry or didn’t have any cloths to have ppl give them or my son money for matt could take his money and spend it on drugs and bidding at the horse track…”

Reached by Northern Express, Stacie Zeigler said she could not comment on her son’s case because she is going to be a witness at his trial.

Smith

Stacie Zeigler’s relationship with Smith may be more complicated than her Facebook comments would indicate. According to court records, up until days before Smith and her son were arrested, she and Smith were together.

At the preliminary hearing, Stacie Zeigler testified that she was with Smith on July 4— two days after the alleged murder — when Smith became concerned she might get pulled over by police for speeding. She said Smith told her to say that his name was not “Matt Smith,” but was rather “Chris Miller.”

Stacie Zeigler also testified that while sitting with Smith that day, he said: “Well, you really want to know what happened?

Things just didn’t go well up north. I had to kick some old man in the ass and murder someone.”

They had a bonfire that day, Stacie Zeigler testified, and at one point, Smith burned a bundle of clothes in the fire.

Sierra Koch, Crawford County’s prosecuting attorney, said she could not comment on the case prior to the trial. There is a status conference scheduled April 4.

NOT TYPICAL SCRAPPERS People who make a living scavenging scrap metal do tend to live on the margins of society, but they also provide a valuable service — they ensure that tons of material is recycled rather than sent to landfills or dumped in forests.

Matthew Smith and Dylan Zeigler are not typical metal scrappers.

Most of the time, metal scrappers are hard-working people who want the freedom to determine where they go and what they do during the day, said John Hansen, recycling center manager at Padnos in Traverse City.

In recent years, due to high metal prices, scrappers have been responsible, in part, for removing items that have been dumped by others in Hoosier Valley south of Traverse City, for example, Hansen said.

“How many times have people gone out to Hoosier Valley and thrown a refrigerator out? Well, it’s worth money, and we’ll pay you for it,” Hansen said.

Hansen said scrappers who work within the law work long hours, develop relationships with people who generate lots of waste, and learn how to find valuables that other people see as trash. That means posting on Craigslist in search of metal refuse or scouring yard sales for leftover items worth money at a scrapyard. In other words, it’s hard work and long days.

“I can tell you, I believe, literally, they are pounding the pavement,” Hansen said.

Hansen said that, in the Traverse City area, lots of people make a living collecting scrap.

“I would say it’s more than dozens. In this area, people that rely on it for a job, I’d say it’s 50 or better. Maybe a hundred,” he said. “We literally see every walk of life.”

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Unfortunately named Johna MartinezMeth, 46, of Clearlake, California, was sentenced on Feb. 21 for involuntary manslaughter stemming from a delivery she made to Adrian Sepulveda, an inmate at California Medical Facility in Vacaville, in May 2018. Sepulveda, who died on May 28, 2018, was serving a life sentence for seconddegree murder when Martinez-Meth visited him; an autopsy showed that shortly after her visit, Sepulveda had swallowed multiple balloons filled with methamphetamine, Fox News reported. A subsequent search of Martinez-Meth’s home uncovered meth and balloons. She pleaded guilty to the charges and will serve two years.

Legal Shenanigans San Juan County (Washington) Sheriff Ron Krebs is on the hot seat after Superior Court Judge Kathryn Loring accidentally discovered a disturbing video. On Jan. 31, Loring was sitting at the desk of the court administrator when she noticed video from a courthouse camera on the computer screen. As she watched, the camera panned and zoomed in on the jury box and counsel tables -- settling on Juror No. 3’s notes and a legal pad belonging to Public Defender Colleen Kenimond -- right in the middle of a misdemeanor assault and trespassing trial for Lopez Island resident Dustin Schible.

According to the Seattle Times, Loring alerted Superior Court Judge Donald Eaton to the video, and Eaton dismissed the charges against Schible, citing government misconduct.

Krebs, who controls the cameras, said he was concerned about the defendant, who had threatened to stab a Lopez Island grocer. He claimed he didn’t pass on anything he saw with the camera, and County Prosecutor Randall Gaylord said no one in his office received any information from Krebs. “We are independently elected officials,” Gaylord said, distancing himself from Krebs.

The Continuing Crisis Attorneys in Maryville, Tennessee, are debating the merits of a felony case brought against Howard Matthew Webb, 31, after he -- proceed with caution here -- dipped his testicles in a takeout container of salsa that his companion was delivering along with Mexican food. As the two ferried the food on Jan. 12, Webb took his boys for a swim while he recorded the act, and the driver laughed and said, “This is what you get when you give an 89-cent tip for an almost 30-minute drive.” Webb is heard saying, “Oh, oh, it feels so good.” The video made it to Facebook, and Webb was arrested on Feb. 22 for “adulteration of foods, liquids or pharmaceuticals,” a Class C felony. But three local attorneys told the Knoxville News Sentinel that they don’t think the charge holds up. “It’s doubtful under these facts, no matter how outrageous, that this criminal offense could be proven,” said attorney Gregory P. Isaacs. “It appears salsa man may have committed an act for which the legislature has not yet contemplated the absurdity of.”

Bright Ideas -- The long, harsh winter must be getting to folks in Muskego, Wisconsin, to wit: Police were called to a home on Feb. 22 after “a big teddy bear” was reported to be at a neighbor’s front door. As it turned out, the human-sized panda -- not native to the Badger State -- was

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a 48-year-old man who had been asked to check on the dogs and thought it would be funny to prank his neighbors through their security system. “I knew my neighbors had cameras, and I thought I was going to make the ordinary extraordinary and dress up in the panda suit,” the unnamed man told CBS 58. Apparently he has also picked his daughter up at school and met her at the bus stop in the suit (pandas are her favorite animal).

-- Neighbors of Michal Prasek, 33, of Zdechov, Czech Republic, were rightly concerned about the animals living on his property. In 2016, Prasek bought a full-grown lion, and two years later added a lioness, for breeding purposes. He built enclosures for them, defying government regulations, and would not allow authorities onto his property to investigate. BBC News reported on March 5 that Prasek’s project had met a tragic end: He was discovered by his father in the lion’s cage, mauled to death. The father said the cage had been locked from the inside. Police who were called to the scene killed the two lions in order to reach Prasek’s body. Presumably grasping for a silver lining, Zdechov Mayor Tomas Kocourek commented: “Today’s incident will perhaps finally help to resolve this long-term problem.” Cold, dude.

-- Judith Streng and her son, Rod, traveled to Iceland in February, where they visited Diamond Beach, in Jokulsarlon. The tourist attraction features huge chunks of ice that have broken off a nearby glacier. The Texas grandma saw other visitors having their pictures taken on a beached iceberg that was shaped like a throne, so she climbed aboard for her turn. That’s when a “sneaker wave” swept in and took Streng out into the lagoon. “A very large wave came in and kind of made the throne kind of rock,” she told ABC News. Streng was rescued by a boater, Randy Lacount of Florida, who happened to be nearby when she drifted away from shore.

“You know I always wanted to be queen,” Streng said. “That was my chance.”

Least Competent Criminal In the category of Unnecessarily Calling Attention to Your Criminal Self, Trinidad J. Garcia, 26, of Forest Lake, Minnesota, wins the gold. On March 1, as Garcia motored his BMW north on snow-slick I-35, police say he fired a stolen gun, without provocation, into the passenger door of a pickup truck that was passing him on the left. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported he then veered into the median ditch. Luckily for him, a state trooper was close by and stopped. Garcia, who had stuffed the loaded gun in his front pocket, was arrested; in his car, officers found a shoebox with $11,481 in cash. He was charged with second-degree assault, drive-by shooting and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Recurring Theme Mark Anthony Jones, 46, of Marion, Indiana, is probably in the market for a nice holster after his experience on Feb. 28.

Jones told police he was walking along a riverside trail in Marion early that morning when his firearm began to slip from his waistband. As he reached to adjust it, the gun discharged and, according to the police report, “The bullet entered just above his penis and exited his scrotum.” WISH-TV reported that Jones did not have a license for the Hi-Point 9mm weapon. Grant County prosecutors were considering whether to charge him with any crimes.

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My introduction to bread pudding came when I was 11 years old, and my mother explained that bread pudding is made with large amounts of dried bread. She said that if we ever had large amounts of dried bread, she would show me how to make bread pudding. I, of course, set out to collect enough dry bread to make bread pudding. Over a few months, I started collection after collection — but they always mysteriously disappeared.

One day I came across my mom holding several moldy slices with a certain look on her face. I said something about starting my collection over and reminded her about the bread pudding offer.

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Did God want Donald Trump to become president?

During a January 2019 interview, the Christian Broadcasting Network asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to provide a “spiritual perspective” on the presidency of Donald Trump. In this column, Scott and Bill respond to her answer: “I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times, and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become president. And that’s why he’s there, and I think he has done a tremendous job in supporting a lot of the things that people of faith really care about.”

Bill’s statement “Did God want Donald Trump to be president?” Many have dismissed Ms. Sanders’ question. But what role does God have in the course of human affairs?

Ms. Sanders is correct. Regardless of our faith, God calls us to fill different roles at different times. The Creator of heaven and earth … the Lord and sustainer of life … chooses to take an active role in human history to work out the redemption of creation. God invites us to engage Rev. Dr. William in God’s saving work, while sustaining our free will to C. Myers accept or reject this invitation. Even when we reject God’s Senior Pastor invitation, God uses us for the same end: the redemption at Presbyterian of creation.

Church of Time will tell, but I also agree with Ms. Sanders that Traverse City God might have wanted Donald Trump to become president. But to what end? God ordains faithful leaders, giving them wisdom, courage, and integrity to lead God’s people, even the nations, in the fulfillment of God’s will and the greater good. However, God also calls forth those whose hearts have been hardened to chasten the nations and even God’s people, helping them to see more clearly how far they have fallen and where they have transgressed God’s will.

Here’s where we must take care. Ms. SandA LOCAL PASTOR ers, and others, believe President Trump is faithfully fulfilling God’s will for the greater good. Others would take issue with her assessment. Who is right? How are we to know?

We must look to the life and teachings of Christ.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has appointed me to bring good news to the poor … release to the captives … recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free … . Love your enemies, do good, and lend expecting nothing in return … . (Gospel of Luke, selected verses) If POTUS is working for the good of all people, bringing justice, peace, and hope where there is none, Ms. Sanders is correct; if not, God may have a different thought.

Scott’s statement If God weighs in on presidential elections, are all presidents God’s pick, or does he sometimes get outvoted?

Is Donald Trump there because God desired it, but Jimmy Carter failed to meet his standards, so was denied a second term? If God is in the business of selecting world leaders, there are a lot of nasty tyrants on his record.

A person who believes we have Donald Trump in the White House because God wanted him to be president Scott Blair must hold one of two perspectives: Either all events in the Blair is a conuniverse, down to the tiniest detail, are God’s will, or events sultant in the wastewater treat- unfold in accordance with initial conditions and the laws nature, with God only occasionally reaching in and overridment field and ing those laws to tweak outcomes. If the former, the believer president of the must credit God with all the horrors in the world, along Grand Traverse with the occasional cancer recovery and extraordinary sunHumanists. set. If the latter, how can one tell if an outcome is one where God intervened or one where he kept his hands off? If he is meddling, is it for one’s own team or the other side, which is equally populated with praying believers?

Isn’t it dangerous to have people thinking that God chooses who holds power? Would those people then assume that everything ATHEIST DEBATE that leader pursues is God’s intention? They would be unable to make reason-based judgments on actions or policies.

A less dangerous theists’ position would be one where God is seen as a “first cause,” or the order underlying the universe, but is not a hovering creator watching over or manipulating events. This perspective can lead to practical alignment with the Humanist view. Humanists recognize that we are responsible for the future we get. No deity manipulates the world (or elections) for us. We have to do the work ourselves to carefully and dispassionately evaluate the probable impact of our actions and decisions. And then, we should select the choices that best serve humankind and the health of the natural world.

CROSSED

Scott’s reply If I read it right, Bill suggests that God might have wanted Trump to be president so that we would experience the consequences of his hardheartedness, which might reveal to us our failings, chastise us as a nation, and promote our redemption. This is certainly a different take than that of Ms. Sanders! But both are superstition, constructions that attempt to fit current events into the prevailing religious myth. Seeing God at work in the wisdom and integrity of principled leaders, and also seeing him at work in the ascent of unprincipled leaders, is similar to attributing storms, plagues, and earthquakes to the anger of gods, and safe passages and battle victories to the approval of gods. Delusions of divine involvement in human affairs don’t help us understand and bear the responsibility of governing ourselves.

AND A LOCAL

Bills’s reply Scott makes the same mistake Ms. Sanders does. They try to make God fit their agendas. They try to keep God in their particular box. God doesn’t work this way. To claim “God commands history” doesn’t necessitate that God micromanages everything or is a dispassionate clockmaker. Scripture is clear: God’s ways are a mystery to us. God is free to work in human history as God chooses.

We are free to respond to God’s initiatives, as we choose. This mutual freedom, though a paradox, is necessary, if our love for God is to be freely given and not coerced. God is God, and we are not! It’s not out of line to say “God commands history, therefore God may have wanted Donald Trump to be president.” But we cross a line when we try to claim, definitively, how or to what end. We can get glimpses of how God works, even to what end, through God’s self-revelation, Jesus Christ. However, we must take care, “for we see in a glass darkly.” (1 Corinthians 13:12

Agree statement Scott and Bill agree that we share responsibility for creating our future.

Belief that a god also participates in the creation of that future is a matter of faith.

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SPRING BREAK DAYTRIPS

Meijer Gardens

A 2 1/2 hours’ drive to a day’s worth of family fun

Muskegon Museum of Art

By Ross Boissoneau No, it won’t be 80 degrees, and you won’t be on the beach. But there are plenty of things to do and enjoy if your break means staying home, or at least nearby. These options for a daytrip/daycation are all within 2½ hours of Traverse City.

For starters, head south to Grand Rapids. And yes, while it’s not even close to 80 degrees outside, it is inside to Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park. The “Butterflies Are Blooming” exhibition at Meijer Gardens is the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibition in the nation, with over 7,000 butterflies representing 50 species. Tropical butterflies from around the world fly freely in the Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory every March and April.

Location: 1000 East Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids. (888) 957-1580. Admission: adults $14.50, seniors and students with ID $11, children 5–13 $7, 3–4 $4. Eat at Anna’s House, 2409 E. Beltline Ave. SE, delicious, home to unique and sometimes decadent breakfasts, bowls, burgers and more.

If it’s museums you want, then Furniture City, a.k.a. River City, a.k.a. Beer City USA, has you covered as well. You can choose from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Children’s Museum, Art Museum, or African-American Museum & Archives. Maybe start with Grand Rapids Public Museum. Current exhibits include “Expedition: Dinosaur” (lifelike and life-size animatronic dinosaurs, electronic learning stations, hands-on interactive displays, and information about dinosaur hunters); “Toys!” (an interactive, multi-generational exhibit of toys and games to rekindle childhood memories and/or spark new ones); and “Meet Finny” (a virtual reality experience with the museum’s iconic 1905 finback whale skeleton).

Location: 272 Pearl Street NW, downtown.

(616) 929-1700. General admission adults $8, seniors $7, students $3; “Expedition: Dinosaur” admission $12, seniors $11, students $7. Eat at San Chez, 38 W. Fulton, for tapas, small plates, and Spanish food, breakfast to dinner.

If not Grand Rapids, maybe Big Rapids?

Ferris State University offers a variety of activities, as well as the ongoing series “An Army of Women” at the Fine Arts Gallery, portraying women of all ages as the strong, intelligent and courageous beings they are.

But maybe the most fun would be at the Big Rapids Roller Rink. Hey, the place even celebrates the holidays, like at its St. Patrick’s Day Skate. But you don’t have to be Irish or wait for a special occasion. Roller skating, food, and even some arcade games are always available.

Location: 325 N Michigan Ave., Big Rapids. (231) 796-1900. For food, try Nawal’s Mediterranean Eatery, specializing in traditional Mediterranean meals, specialty cupcakes, and other baked goods, at 14253 Northland Dr. Head southwest to Muskegon, and you can visit the Muskegon Museum of Art. One reviewer calls it “the best-kept secret in Michigan.” Current exhibits include the 37th annual Muskegon County student art exhibition, “Postcard Salon Art Return” (more than 1,350 cards by 381 artists from West Michigan), “American Spectacle: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection” (11 selected American paintings from the Detroit Institute of Art), and perhaps the most fun of all, “In Pieces: The Art of Vintage Puzzles” (a look back to the late 19th and early 20th century heyday of the puzzle, when manufacturers across Europe and the United States brought their products to market).

Location: 296 W. Webster Ave., Muskegon.

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(231) 720-2570. Admission: $10 adult, $8 seniors, $6 students 17 + with school ID, free for children through age 16. Eat at Rebel Pies, inside Unruly Brewing, 360 W. Western Ave. Southeast of Traverse City and Cadillac, the Ziibiwing Center in Mt. Pleasant shares the history of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. It was created to provide an enriched, diversified, and culturally relevant educational experience. It honors the tribal ancestors who protected and passed down the cultural knowledge, language, and teachings of its people.

Location: 6650 E Broadway Rd., Mount Pleasant. (989) 775-4750. Admission: adults $6.50, senior citizens (60 years & older) $3.75, active military personnel $3.75, college students, $4.50, certified teachers (MEA, NEA, MFT, AFT) $2, Youth (ages 5–17) $3.75. For food, try Mexican at Los Palominos, 4585 E Pickard St. You can always go east to west — West Branch, that is. At Ogemaw Nature Park, get up close and personal with some of the state’s most plentiful wildlife, the whitetail deer. You can see, feed, and touch deer.

Open weekends from 11 to 4, the non-profit offers free admission, though of course it’s great fun to buy bags of feed to offer the deer. The facility was established in the 1940s. 5626 W Rose City Rd., West Branch.

(989) 389-3257.

Less than 20 miles away, you can get your exercise walking from shop to shop at West Branch Outlet Shops. The 20-some stores offer discounted rates for all manner of things, from cooking to clothing, lotions to footwear.

Location: 2990 Cook Rd. (989) 345-2594.

Fuel up at the Tipsy Bear Bistro at 503 W Houghton Ave., with small plates, sandwiches and more, with Mexican, Mediterranean and

Asian flavors.

Over in Alpena, the Besser Museum offers illuminating Planetarium perspectives on the sky and space. Four shows are rotating through the end of the month: “Two Pieces of Glass,” the history of the telescope, from Galileo’s modifications to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope; “Accidental Astronauts,” where Cy, Annie and their dog, Armstrong, check out the sun, moon and earth; “Sunstruck,” all about heliophysics, space weather, and all of the ways the sun impacts the earth; and “Did the Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs?”

Tickets for the planetarium shows are $3 through the end of March.

Location: 491 Johnson St, Alpena. (989) 356-2202. For a diverse menu, try the Fresh Palate at 109 N. 2nd Ave. Like to hike? The North Country Trail runs from the southern border of Michigan through the U.P. to Wisconsin. If you want to begin at its U.P. starting point, check in at the St. Ignace Welcome Center and then walk through downtown before heading north outside the city. The North Country Trail has 40-plus miles of trails that aren’t groomed in the winter, making conditions perfect for snowshoeing. Want a shorter hike? The U.S. Forest Service St. Ignace Ranger Station, located about seven miles west on US-2, has a small network of trails called the Gros Cap Trails. Call North Country Trail Association Headquarters at (866) 445-3628 or the St. Ignace Visitors Buerau at Toll Free: (800) 338-6660.

Hungry? Then you’ve got to try Java Joe’s, the kitschy diner at 959 N. State St. Its enormous menu includes everything from pizza to sandwiches to a boatload of breakfasts, including crepes and chocolate peanut butter pancakes.

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VITAMIN D See what a dose of Detroit does for your system

Think you can’t afford to head south for spring break? Rethink it. An afternoon’s car cruise from most parts North, the Motor City is hardly the has-been metropolis the unfamiliar like to call it. To those in the know, Detroit is a vibrant trove where historic and ofthe-moment imagination meet. Sure, there’s no guarantee it’ll be 80 and sunny, but it’ll certainly be warmer than our neck of the woods — and, OK, even if it’s still chilly, Detroit affords you and your family options for indoor adventure, urban art, and an exploration of nature and history you won’t find anywhere else.

We tapped author Amy S. Eckert — author of Reed Press’ “Easy Detroit Outdoors” and the second edition of “100 Things to Do in Detroit before You Die” — for nine easy, affordable, and unforgettable outings spring breakers can do in Detroit.

Want more than what’s excerpted here?

Check out your local bookstore or visit amyeckert.com to purchase both books.

Learn to Camp, Fish & Hunt at the Outdoor Adventure Center It can be hard to appreciate Michigan’s great outdoors when you live in the heart of a major urban center. Enter the Outdoor

Adventure Center, which replicates the very best of Michigan’s many outdoor experiences: hiking state park trails, viewing northern Michigan’s towering waterfalls, or operating a fishing boat or a snowmobile. Many of the OAC’s exhibits are indoors, including virtual reality kayaking and boat fishing, but the center prides itself on the wide array of practical outdoor learning experiences and classes offered, all aimed at whetting urban dwellers’ appetite for the great outdoors. Adults, $5; kids and seniors, $3; 2 and under free.

Bicycle to Eastern Market by the Graffiti-Rich Dequindre Cut Greenway Once an abandoned leg of the Grand Trunk Railroad Line, the Dequindre Cut extends the pleasant green space that has made Detroit’s riverfront so popular in recent years. The 2-mile paved urban recreation trail is divided into pedestrian and bicycle lanes and has long attracted graffiti artists.

During redevelopment of the strip, effort was made to retain those artworks that were family appropriate and to augment with more. Consequently, the Dequindre Cut is something of a monument to urban art as well as a multi-use path.

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Pedal American-Made Wheels at Detroit Bikes Since 2011 Detroit Bikes has manufactured, assembled, and painted every component of their popular commuter bikes by a small crew. Detroit Bikes are built in northwest Detroit of American steel and assembled entirely on-site. If you’re interested in the process, you can sign up for a factory tour, but if you really want to ride one, visit their Capitol Park storefront.

Detroit Bikes are also sold at retailers across the city and around the state. Head to Wheelhouse Detroit if you’d like to rent a bike by the hour and put it through its paces before buying.

Tiptoe through the Tulips at Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory In 1902 Art Deco master architect Albert Kahn was commissioned to build a botanical space in the midst of Belle Isle. Originally constructed of wood, the Conservatory’s wings and domes were upgraded to steel and aluminum in the 1940s, making the building instantly recognizable on sunny days by its telltale sparkles of metal and glass. In 1955 the conservatory was dedicated to Anna Scripps Whitcomb in thanks for her gift of six hundred

orchids. Formal gardens complement the lily pond that was added to the Conservatory’s exterior in 1936. The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is the oldest continually operating conservatory in the U.S. Feed the Deer at Belle Isle Nature Center No one’s sure how a herd of European fallow deer made their way to Detroit in the late nineteenth century, but legend has it that in 1895 the president of France, Felix Faure, gave the deer to the city with the intent that they would populate a deer park on Belle Isle. However these deer arrived, their presence has long been associated with the island. Modern-day visitors to Belle Isle are permitted to pet and feed the creatures.

Other animals on display at the Nature Center are true Michigan natives: toads and frogs, half a dozen turtle varieties, rat snakes, and several freshwater fish.

Explore the Nation’s Oldest Aquarium at Belle Isle The Belle Isle Aquarium opened in 1904, designed by Albert Kahn and the oldest aquarium in the United States. At its opening, Belle Isle Aquarium was the third largest in

the world. Saltwater was shipped in from the ocean to fill the aquarium’s tanks, each intended to look like a work of art hanging on vaulted walls. After years of being shuttered, the Belle Isle Aquarium reopened in 2005 thanks to its transformation as a state park.

Animals on display range from native fish, such as perch and pumpkinseed sunfish, to more exotic creatures, such as seahorses, koi, and clownfish.

Learn About Trees and History at Elmwood Cemetery In 2015 Detroit was awarded its first certified arboretum, and the greenspace happens to be one of the city’s most important cemeteries.

Since 1846 Elmwood has served as the final resting place for Detroit’s prominent industrialists and abolitionists, once-famous politicians and veterans. Audio tours help visitors find their way among the who’s who.

The historic cemetery’s outstanding reputation can be traced to famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, whose artistry beautified Elmwood in 1890. Visitors can identify more than eighty species of trees using self-guided tour maps or join guided tree tours.

Set Your Hair on End at the Michigan Science Center Shrieks of laughter—and a lot of

static electricity—fill the air at the Sparks Electricity Show, standing participants’ hair on end and introducing kids to the cool side of science experiments. The thirty-minute show is one of several educational sessions at Detroit’s interactive science center. The Michigan Science Center also houses a planetarium, a simulated road construction center, and a program-it-yourself robotics lab. The exhibits aim to excite young people about science, technology, and math, but the center also succeeds in making those subjects wildly fun. General admission: Adult, $14; kids 12 and under, $11; under age 2, free.

Try Featherbowling at the Cadieux Cafe A remnant of a once popular Belgian sport, featherbowling lives at Detroit’s Cadieux Cafe . . . and scarcely anywhere else in the world. To play the game, participants roll small wooden balls the length of a sixty-foot hard-packed dirt court in a cross between Bocci and Closest to the Pin. But there’s no pin in this cafe, just a small pigeon feather jutting up from the earthen floor.

Cadieux Café’s authentic Belgian roots are reflected not only in its featherbowling lanes but in its menu, which includes white-winesteamed mussels, Belgian sausage, spinach mashed potatoes, and Belgian beer.

Note: All outings excerpted from “Easy Detroit Outdoors” except Michigan Science Center and Featherbowling, which were excerpted from “100 Things to Do in Detroit Before Your Die,” (2nd edition).

Clockwise from top left: Dequindre Cut Snowmobile Simulator, Outdoor Adventure Center Elmwood Belle Isle Aquarium All photos by Amy S. Eckert

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Century-old wooden booths and taxidermy mounts line Sleder’s dining room.

Sleder’s bar area

SLEDER’S FAMILY TAVERN

How can you not love a place “where people have come for over a hundred years to eat, drink beer, tell lies and kiss the moose”? Sleder’s Family Tavern — the oldest continually operating restaurant in Michigan — not only has a sense of humor but also a strong sense of community, offering up a unique piece of Traverse City history, scratch-made food, and a casual, laid-back atmosphere that has earned it a loyal following among both locals and visitors.

By Janice Binkert When Vencil Sleder, a Bohemian immigrant, came to Traverse City in the late 19th century — probably by train, since rail service had just established 10 years prior — it was primarily a lumbering town. Back then, the waterfront on West Bay that now boasts beautiful beaches and parks was dotted with a motley collection of sawmills, stables, warehouses, and steamer docks. Vencil settled in nearby Slabtown, where many of the lumber workers and their families lived, and in 1882, established Sleder’s Family Tavern in that same neighborhood (so named because the houses were built of leftover slabs of wood from the mills).

Three generations of the Sleder family ran the restaurant until it was sold to Bob and Sylvia Classens in 1978. In 1992, Brian and Deb Cairns took it over, and in the nearly 30 years since, the Cairns family has been establishing its own legacy at Sleder’s.

RANDOLPH AND FRIENDS “Brian and Deb brought a lot of business experience — not only restaurant experience, but the resort and tourist business — with them when they bought Sleder’s,” said Chrissine Cairns, a second-generation member of the Cairns clan who manages the website and social media for Sleder’s.

“My dad has a degree from MSU in hotel and restaurant management, and he actually owned the first burger/fast food franchise in Traverse City, Burger Chef, for about 10 years in the ’70s.” After that, he became the restaurant manager at the Schuss Mountain in Mancelona, advancing to general manager a year later. Brian and Deb also spent many

years as general manager and lodge manager, respectively, at both Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Cedar. “So our family has a lot of history with the restaurant scene in this area,” said Cairns. “Dad was president of the restaurant association, and my siblings and I all worked in restaurants growing up — though I ended up going into academics.” (She still works remotely, developing Purdue University Global’s online resources and website). “But when Dad called about a year ago and asked me, ‘Can you do what you do for Purdue for us?’ I couldn’t resist. It’s great being back by my family again.”

Cairns said her family’s aim from the start was to keep the original spirit of the restaurant intact. “I think the biggest things that have changed is that we got air conditioning and a new moose in 1992 — its lips were falling off.” The imposing head of Randolph the Moose occupies a place of honor at the back of the restaurant, with a stepladder close by for anyone who wants to kiss him for luck (the bartender rings a loud bell every time that happens). Taxidermy mounts of game animals line the adjoining walls and have been a part of the décor from the beginning, as old photos confirm. The original stamped-tin ceiling, wood plank floors, and antique light fixtures are also still intact. All in all, it’s a delightful time-capsule backdrop for enjoying time-honored food and drink.

SOMETHING FISHY Thirsty for a quick cold one? Sleder’s claims to have “the coldest beer in town.”

Belly up to the colossal original bar from 1882 — a solid 21-foot piece of mahogany

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sided with cherrywood and fronted by a brass foot rail — and order a tall, frosty, 22-ounce mug of Sleder’s own Cream Ale, made by Right Brain Brewery, or another draft or bottled beer; the selection is huge.

Or a creative cocktail. Or a glass of wine, including local vintages. Feel like a bite while you sip? Order from popular starters like jalapeno poppers; fried mozzarella cheese sticks with ranch dressing; deep-fried mushrooms, cauliflower, and onion rings; spicy buffalo shrimp; potato skins or Moose Chips (Randolph’s twist on the ‘tater,’ as the menu announces), which you can get plain, with cheese, or with chili and cheese.

If you’re lingering a while for lunch or dinner, seat yourself on an antique ice cream parlor chair at one of the original round oak tables, or settle into one of the just slightly “newer” wooden booths that were added around 1910. “Just like the interior here, the menu hasn’t changed that much over the years.” said Cairns. “We’re not fancy, but you can depend on quality and consistency.”

Beth Schram, Sleder’s general manager and former kitchen manager at Sugar Loaf, is also the kitchen manager and chef. She makes all of the homemade soups (the bean and ham is a customer favorite) and does all of the specials.

One thing that does make the Sleder’s menu different is the various preparations they do for fish. The smelt, for example, can be ordered as an appetizer, a basket (with hand-cut fries and coleslaw), or a dinner (with choice of potato, salad or coleslaw or cottage cheese). They also offer a cod or lake perch basket, a cod or perch sandwich, a cod or perch dinner, or — on Friday nights — all you can eat cod and/or smelt. And Cairns

The Sleder Burger

emphasizes that the fish is not pre-battered or dusted before cooking — it’s all done by hand. But lest you think it’s all about fish here, read on.

Sleder’s large menu is nothing if not diverse. The house salad is a meal in itself (lettuce, ham or turkey, Swiss cheese, olives and parmesan cheese with garlic and lemon dressing) takes first place in its category, although the steak salad comes in at a close second. Or try one of Sleder’s legendary burgers (made with beef or buffalo, ground fresh daily, from Traverse City’s Oleson’s Farm) and choose from a host of toppings.

The top pick on the sandwich list is the Royal Reuben (corned beef with Swiss, sauerkraut, and special dressing on rye). Slabtown ribs (tender oven-roasted and char-broiled baby back pork ribs with Sleder’s house-made cherry barbecue sauce) are, hands-down, the favorite dinner choice. And while you

Chicken wings

Perch basket

might be surprised to find Mexican food on the menu here, you can choose between a “deconstructed” beef, chicken or veggie burrito — a Sleder’s original — as well as “super” nachos with the same topping choices.

The kids’ menu serves up several choices (including a cod filet basket) that include a soft drink fries and an ice cream treat.

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? Cairns has a lot of respect for the history that preceded her family’s role as stewards of Sleder’s. “It took Vencil three years to

build this place, because the neighbors who were helping him could only work on Sundays, their day off,” said Cairns. “What I love from what we know about Vencil is that he built Sleder’s so that the people who lived and worked in this neighborhood would have a place to go to relax and enjoy some hearty food and drink. And it’s still the same today, though the ‘neighborhood’ has obviously grown. The whole idea is that families, friends, and businesspeople can all gather here and feel like they belong. I see it as a place where people create friendships,

but also partnerships.” Looking around the dining room on a busy Friday night, one can tell that Sleder’s is a place local return to again and again, sometimes generations of them.

“I don’t think people come here just for the food — although the food is very good!” said Cairns. “I think people also come for the experience, for the fun and for the history — there’s something special about it.”

Brian and Deb Cairns were very handson in the beginning, but they live in Alabama most of the time now. Chrissine Cairns, her stepbrother Ryan and his wife, Megan, are the

three family members who are really involved in Sleder’s day-to-day operations now. And just as it was with the founding Sleder family, Cairns said she expects that the restaurant will continue to stay in her family for a few more generations. “We’ve all been groomed for it,” she said. “And we love it.”

Sleder’s Family Tavern is located at 717 Randolph St. in Traverse City. Open seven days a week from 11 a.m. for lunch and dinner (dinner service begins at 5pm). (231) 947-9213, www.sleders.com

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Spring Break in Your Own Backyard Under-the-radar indoor and outdoor adventures Up North

By Ross Boissoneau You’ve sprung ahead, and now you’re looking to spring somewhere nearby. Not to worry. The region offers plenty of fun.

Sure, you can do the usual: Traverse City Children’s Museum, Kilwin’s chocolate factory tour in Charlevoix, bowling and laser tag at Traverse City’s Incredible Mo’s, or hitting the slopes where there’s still snow — but if you’re looking for less crowded, under-the-radar options for family fun Up North, try these: Call of the Wild Museum in Grayling boasts some 60 displays of animals from this area and beyond, in natural settings with hand-painted backgrounds. There’s a handson Discovery Room, a wildlife theater, and did we mention the displays of artifacts and animals, some with sound effects? Thought so. Located at 850 S. Wisconsin Ave., in Gaylord. Call (989) 732-4336. Admission is $5 for kids 5–12, $7.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors. Hungry? Try Crave Pizza & Pub at 148 W Main St., with one of its signature pies or pasta.

Up in Cross Village, art- and craft-loving teens will find exceptional and engaging art at Three Pines Studio. Textiles, ceramics, glass, wood and metal work, paintings and more are on display, with works ranging from whimsical to sophisticated. While the studio really cranks it up in the summer, with a full slate of exhibits, classes and workshops, the slower pace of the offseason lends itself to greater reflection and engagement. Located at 5959 W. Levering Road, Cross Village; call (231) 526-9447.

For eats, try Vernales on M-119, between Harbor Springs and Petoskey, for a variety of salads, sandwiches, appetizers,

and exploratory eats like Himalayan salt dry-aged beef.

If you’ve got a foodie in the family, do a day of devouring: Start at the Boyne City Indoor Farm Market (on Saturdays, 9 to noon), where nearly two dozen vendors offer everything from scones and chocolates to carrots. You’ll find goodies from Bear Creek Organic Farm, Beijo De Chocolate, Big Medicine Ranch, Bluestem Farm, Blackbird Gardens — and that’s just the B’s! Located at Boyne City City Hall, 319 N. Lake Street; call Boyne City Main Street at 582-9009.

Still hungry after the market? Can’t go wrong at Café Santé, with its Euro vibe and unique offerings, including eggs, sandwiches, pizza, and scrumptious sides. Located at 1 Water St., conveniently close to Bruce’s Gourmet Caramel Corn, where you must try the chocolate peanut butter caramel corn.

Like the outdoors? Sleeping Bear Dunes offers outstanding cross-country skiing and snowshoeing on a variety of trails and terrain. The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail is groomed for both classic track and skate skiing. And snowshoe hikes with a National Park ranger are offered every Saturday at 1pm at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center on M-72 just east of Empire. Call the Visitor Center at (231) 326-4700, ext. 5010 to make a reservation.

Fuel up at the Village Inn in downtown Empire at 11601 S. Lacore (M-22), where you can get a burger (Village, Salmon, or Veggie), portobello fries or other upscale pub fare.

If hiking is your thing, hike south to Elberta Dunes South Natural Area. EDNA, as it’s also known, is the most recent addition to the Village Parks. Rising to 225’ above Lake Michigan, EDNA rewards hikers with beautiful panoramic views of the Betsie

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River Wildlife Refuge and the Lake Michigan Shoreline. EDNA is at the southernmost part of the village and is accessed by a parking area off M-22.

All that activity will make you hungry and thirsty, so stop in at Stormcloud Brewing, 303 Main Street in Frankfort.

While the kids nosh on nibbles like baked brie or Stormcloud beer brat-bites, flatbreads, or sandwiches, you can sip a Rainmaker or Fun Guv’nr.

Hiking in Traverse City? You bet. The three-mile Boardman Lake Trail wraps along the eastern and northern boundaries of Boardman Lake. Access and parking at the north end is off Hannah Road, just south of the Traverse Area District Library, and at the south end from Medalie Park, in the Logan’s Landing area off South Airport Road. You can also access the trail from Oryana Natural Food Store at 260 E. Tenth St. That’s handy if you want to get a bite before or after: Oryana’s hot bar offers daily specials, you can order hot sandwiches, or choose from a variety of cold sandwiches or salads in the cooler. Cookies and scones round out the foodstuffs.

If you’re more into zooming than hiking or schussing, then maybe a trip down Cadillac way is for you. As the unofficial snowmobile headquarters of the region, the Cadillac area boasts a vast trail system that spreads through the Huron Manistee National Forest — over 200 miles of groomed trails. They offer snowmobilers everything from an exciting sledding experience to for a more leisurely day riding with the family.

After sledding, the Clam Lake Beer Company at 106 S Mitchell St downtown has 40 craft beers on tap, brick-fired artisan

pizzas and quesadillas, grilled Angus burgers, and some fantastic salads.

If you want to enjoy the outdoors without quite so much work, you’re in luck. Black Horse Farm offers sleigh rides (weather permitting) drawn by registered Percheron horses. The ride through the farm’s wooded and hilly terrain takes about an hour, with a stop midway at a warming house for hot chocolate. Owners Tom and Kathy Cyr suggest you dress warm, sit back, and enjoy the scenic lookouts over Glen Lake and Lake Michigan.

11177 S Plowman Rd., Empire. Call (231) 334-4705. Adults $17, Children 4–12 $12, 3 and under free. Hit Pegtown Station at 8654 S. Maple City Rd. in (where else) Maple City, for sandwiches and pizza.

If you’re more the indoor type, the Dennos Museum Center offers free admission for kids 17 and under March 22– 31. On Wednesday, March 27, from 1-4, join Dennos staff and volunteers for “Colorful Characters,” a drawing activity inspired by art in the galleries. Create a simple, colorful portrait of your favorite person or imaginary friend, using a variety of materials. Both are sponsored by DRAW NoMI, a collaborative arts event focused on bringing people together to make art. On Thursday, March 28 at 7pm, see a free screening of Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Academy Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville looks back on the legacy of Fred Rogers, focusing on his radically kind ideas.

Of course, Traverse City is home to a boatload of great eateries. That’sa Pizza at 110 Munson Ave., directly across from the entrance to NMC and the Dennos, makes it fun and easy, with a variety of pizza, wraps and sandwiches.

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mar 16

saturday

KRAZY DAZE: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs.

Featuring inflatables, Jumping Contest, Nastar Race, Silly Slalom, Ski Over The Pond Competition, Get Crazy After Party & more. boynehighlands.com

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SPRING PASTELS & MORE: 1-3pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. To welcome spring, participants, led by artist & naturalist Arlene Westhoven, will take a short walk looking for signs of spring’s awakening. Return to the Grass River Natural Area Nature Center to use pastels & a variety of other media to illustrate what they discovered. $8. grassriver.org

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CARDBOARD CLASSIC BY SHORT’S BREWING: 9am-2pm, Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire.

Design your sled & construct it with cardboard, tape & glue. Prepare for racing down Ivan’s Alley. shantycreek.com

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CARNIVAL WEEKEND: Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls, March 15-17. Featuring skiing & snowboarding, live music, On-Hill Party, Village Party, Adult Costume Contest, ShamROCK Party, Slush Cup & much more. boynemountain.com/ upcoming-events/carnival-weekend

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CELTS & KAYAKS: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring a Kayak on the Snow Race, Slush Cup, DJ Dance Party & BBQ, Celtic Dance, free Slopeside Concert featuring Brena & more. crystalmountain.com/event/celts-kayaks

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LEAPIN’ LEPRECHAUN 5K: 9am, Downtown TC. Wear green! Starts & ends at The Workshop Brewing Co. for a post-race party. runsignup.com/ Race/MI/TraverseCity/LeapinLeprechaun5K

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ANNUAL YOUTH 3-ON-3 TOURNAMENT: 10am, Petoskey High School Gym. This is a one day, double elimination tournament for youth in grades 3-10 with both boys & girls divisions. First, second & third place teams in each division will receive award medals. $25/player. gtbayymca.org

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BOYNE CITY’S 1ST ANNUAL PUB CRAWL: Local area businesses will offer Irish inspired food & beer specials all day long. Guests go from business to business, on their own time frame, to have a bite or a pint. facebook.com/boynecitypubcrawl

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SHAMROCK SHUFFLE 5K & 1 MILE FUN RUN/WALK: 10am, Charlevoix Elementary School. runsignup.com

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25 CENT FAMILY FAVORITES: 11am, The Lyric, Harbor Springs. Featuring “Big.”

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CELTIC WEEKEND: 11am, The Boyne River Inn, Boyne City. Featuring a pub crawl, Soda Bread Contest, & music by the Hidden Valley Irish Band.

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ST. PATTY’S DAY @ POND HILL FARM, HARBOR SPRINGS: 11am-5pm. Hit the trails for a self-led Leprechaun Candy Hunt, & enjoy Trailside Tasting & Irish food specials.

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11:30am12:30pm: Book Release Party with Brianne Farley, author of “Charlotte the Scientist Finds a Cure.” 2-4pm: Tanya Anne Crosby will sign her book “Everyday Lies.” horizonbooks.com

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19TH ANNUAL EAGLE 101.5 ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: Noon, Downtown Gaylord.

Runs from Michigan Ave. to Main St. to Center St. to the community center. Following the parade will be the St. Pat’s Day Pub Crawl.

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LEGO SATURDAY: 12-2pm, Benzonia Public Library. Enjoy creative LEGO fun. Ages 6 to 106.

231-882-4111. Free. benzonialibrary.org

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ST. PATTY’S SATURDAY PUB CRAWL: Pick up your Pub Crawl Card at State Street Market any time after 2pm. Follow the map & collect stamps at each Downtown TC location. Bring your fully stamped card back to State Street Market at

10pm for the grand prize drawings of $350 in gift cards to Downtown TC bars. Find on Facebook.

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: 12-5pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. blackstarfarms. com/snowshoes-vines-wines

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ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: 1:30-3pm, Downtown TC. Presented by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Northern Michigan Irish Queens. Starts & ends at Kilkenny’s where there will be a post-parade party with music & more.

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send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

1ST ANNUAL TC DANCE RHAPSODY & FUNDRAISER: 2pm, Bodies in Motion, TC. Hosted by Mykl Werth Movement and Torch Valley Dance.

Enjoy a day of workshops, open dance & food.

Workshops include tango, lifts, co-creative partner dance & more. All proceeds go to benefit the MWM Teacher Certification Program. Tickets on Eventbrite: $25 all day, $15 dance, $10 workshop.

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4 C’S CRAWL FOR THE CURE: 6:30pm, Bellaire. Register & pick up shirts at Short’s Brewing Co. Complete Bingo cards by finding items & participating in tasks at each of the participating establishments. Hosted by Cyd’s Crusaders & Cancer Crushers teams of the Chain of Lakes Relay For Life. $25. main.acsevents.org

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“BYE BYE BIRDIE”: 7pm, Suttons Bay Public Schools, auditorium. This spring musical will be performed by a cast of 30 students from Suttons Bay Public Schools. $8 students, $10 adults.

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“CINDERELLA”: 7pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. The original Rodgers & Hammerstein version. Presented by Harbor Springs High School. $10 adults, $7 students.

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“NEWSIES THE MUSICAL”: 7pm, TC West Senior High School Auditorium. Presented by TC West Senior High School. “Newsies” tells the story of the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 against Joseph Pulitzer & William Randolph Hearst. $12 general admission. mynorthtickets.com

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BENZIE CENTRAL PRESENTS “THE MUSIC MAN”: 7pm, Benzie Central High School Auditorium, Benzonia. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 & is a familyfriendly. Tickets: 231-882-9653. $12/adult, $6/student & senior.

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DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID JR. PERFORMANCES: 7pm, Elk Rapids High School, Peterman Auditorium. Presented by Cherryland Middle School. $3 children, $7 adults.

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RAY & THE BLUES MAKERS IN: “THE SONG OF THE WOOD MAN”: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Featuring poetry, prose, comedy & music. $10 advance; $15 night of. redskystage.com

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“MOON OVER BUFFALO”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. When two fading Broadway stars bring their run-down touring company to Buffalo, they discover they have one last chance at stardom. $28 adults, $15 youth under 18. oldtownplayhouse.com

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THE STORMCLOUD GONG SHOW: 8-10pm, Stormcloud Brewing Co., Frankfort. A tribute to the classic amateur talent contest. 20% of pub sales from 7-11pm will be donated to Grow Benzie. Contestants compete for a Year of Beer Card at Stormcloud & a Year of Movies at The Garden Theater. stormcloudbrewing.com

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sunday

CARNIVAL WEEKEND: (See Sat., March 16)

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ST. PATTY’S DAY @ POND HILL FARM, HARBOR SPRINGS: (See Sat., March 16)

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5TH ANNUAL TC FAMILY EXPO: 1-4pm, Hagerty Center, TC. This interactive expo fea-

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Blues artist Albert Cummings makes a stop on his stateside tour at Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC on Sat., March 23 at 8pm. Albert has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter and Buddy Guy. Bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris Layton, of late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section Double Trouble, volunteered to play on and produce Cummings’ solo debut recording “From the Heart.” $24 members, $27 advanced, $30 door. mynorthtickets.com/events/ albert-cummings

tures family-friendly resources on health, wellness, education, arts, music, recreation, retail, community organizations & events, & more.

This expo is for folks thinking of growing their family to those with kids up to about age 7.

Free. tcfamilyexpo.org

DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID JR. PERFORMANCES: 2pm, Elk Rapids High School, Peterman Auditorium. Presented by Cherryland Middle School. $3 children, $7 adults.

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CELTIC WEEKEND: 1pm, The Boyne River Inn, Boyne City. Featuring Celtic stories, poems, music, Soda Bread Contest winner announced, & more.

NWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS W/ GRACE LIN: 2:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Awardwinning children’s author & illustrator Grace Lin is the star author at the National Writers Series Battle of the Books championship. Free. cityoperahouse.org/nws-grace-lin

“BYE BYE BIRDIE”: 2pm, Suttons Bay Public Schools, auditorium. This spring musical will be performed by a cast of 30 students from Suttons Bay Public Schools. $8 students, $10 adults.

“CINDERELLA”: 3pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. The original Rodgers & Hammerstein version. Presented by Harbor Springs High School. $10 adults, $7 students.

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“NEWSIES THE MUSICAL”: 2pm, TC West Senior High School Auditorium. Presented

by TC West Senior High School. “Newsies” tells the story of the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899 against Joseph Pulitzer & William Randolph Hearst. $12 general admission. mynorthtickets.com

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BENZIE CENTRAL PRESENTS “THE MUSIC MAN”: 2pm, Benzie Central High School Auditorium, Benzonia. Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 & is a family-friendly story. Tickets: 231-882-9653. $12/ adult, $6/student & senior.

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TSO TCHAIKOVSKY + PROKOFIEV: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. With Kevin Rhodes, music director. Featuring award-wining pianist Ralph Votapek on Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor.

The Symphony will also perform Mussorgsky’s original version of St. John’s Night on Bald Mountain, & Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5.

Tickets: $28-$65. Students & first-time attendees eligible for a 50% discount. traversesymphony.org/concert/tchaikovsky-prokofiev

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THE STEEL CITY ROVERS: 5pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Enjoy a blend of traditional Celtic music & North American styles including bluegrass, folk & roots. 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door.

HERON VALLEY: 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. This young folk band from Scotland also performs country & bluegrass styles. $15 Blissfest members; $20 non-members. blissfest.org/concert-series

mar 18

monday

COFFEE HOURS WITH SEN. CURT VANDERWALL: 9-10am: Kalkaska County Administration Building, Kalkaska. 11am-noon: Crawford County Building, Grayling. Open to residents of the 35th Senate District to express their opinions or concerns about state government or to request assistance with a state issue. 1-855-347-8035.

---------------------FAMILY SLEDDING PARTY: 4-5:30pm. Meet at Bahle Park Warming Hut, Suttons Bay with your favorite sled & a helmet. Presented by a partnership between Parenting Communities, Leelanau Early Childhood Development Commission & Leland Township Library. Info: 231-256-9152. Free.

---------------------THRIVE 45 YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORK MARCH MADNESS SOCIAL EVENT: 5-7pm, Buffalo Wild Wings, Petoskey. Attendees can wear their favorite team apparel & be entered to win a $50 Buffalo Wild Wings gift card. Register. $5; includes appetizer buffet. facebook.com/groups/thrive45yp

---------------------FREE COMMUNITY DINNER: 5:30-6:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Elk Rapids. erfpc.org

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

Featuring “Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light.” This episode of PBS’ American Masters tells the story of Richard Avedon, one of the most influential & innovative photographers to have worked in the fashion industry. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------HERE:SAY PRESENTS: SHOCK AND AWE: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Scheduled performers will tell true, first-person stories about moments in life that they didn’t see coming. Suggested donation: $7. Find on Facebook.

---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. For “Mothers and Sons” by Terrence McNally. This play has roles for one woman, two men & one boy. oldtownplayhouse.com

mar 19

tuesday

COFFEE @ TEN TALK, TC: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Carnegie Rotunda, TC. Featuring Grace Hudson, executive director of Arts for All of Northern MI, which has been providing art & culture opportunities for individuals with disabilities for the past 23 years.

Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. A lecture & performance with local pianist Tawnya Morse. Tawnya will share her knowledge of the origins, influences, & characteristics of the barcarolle – a Venetian boat song characterized by alternating strong & weak beats that suggests a rowing rhythm. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: NAME BANNERS: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Find & decorate all the letters in your name. Make a banner & hang it in your room. Held at 11am & 2pm. greatlakeskids.org/news-events

---------------------FREE SCORE WORKSHOP: 11:30am-1pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. “Building Your Business Plan - I Have an Idea, Now What?” This work-

shop begins SCORE TC’s Business Plan Series. Participants will emerge with a good working draft to take into the next session, which will focus on marketing, research & planning.

Each session will build upon the last one, so it’s best to attend the full series. Bring your laptop or notebook. traversecity.score.org

---------------------PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION & AVOIDING IDENTITY THEFT: TBA Credit Union, 630 E. Front St., TC. Two, one-hour sessions are available, beginning at 3pm or 6pm.

Register. 946-7090. Free. tbacu.com

---------------------TRANSPORTATION INFO EVENT: 6-8:30pm, TC MI Works, Conference Center. Held to provide a recap of 2018 & preview of 2019 road construction projects in the TC area. Hosted by the Traverse Transportation Coordinating Initiative. Free.

---------------------“OUR ADULT CHILDREN WITH ASPERGER’S”: 6:30pm. Open to parents & other family members of adults with Asperger’s - diagnosed, undiagnosed, or self-diagnosed. The exact TC location is provided when the neurotypical family member joins the NW Michigan NT Support group at tinyurl.com/joinnwmints or contacts Nan Meyers at 231-631-8343 or nwmints@ gmail.com before noon on the meeting day.

---------------------COLLEGE PLANNING NIGHT AT LELAND TOWNSHIP LIBRARY: Held at 6:30pm in the Munnecke Room. Join Vicki L. Beam of Michigan College Planning as she shares tips & tricks for getting ready for, & paying for, college.

Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------GTHC MARCH PROGRAM: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Learn about the Canadian Rockies’ vast playground of mountains, icefields, glacial colored lakes, raging rivers & hiking trails. Free. facebook.com/GTHikers MOM POWER: USING REIKI ENERGY INSTEAD OF YOUR OWN: 7pm, Whole Health, 3639 Cass Rd., TC. Feeling drained? Learn techniques to access more energy to help yourself & your family. Free. gtreiki.com

---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: (See Mon., March 18) ---------------------VIENNA BOYS CHOIR: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Being associated with fine choral music for over 500 years, the Vienna Boys Choir bring their “celestial voices, pure tone, irresistible charm, & a wide-ranging repertoire spanning centuries.” $40, $35; students, $15. cityoperahouse.org/vienna-boys-choir

mar 20

wednesday

WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY: 11am-11pm, La Señorita, 2455 US-31, TC. Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day through the Fiesta Gives Back program. Visit www. dsupnorth.org for the voucher.

---------------------HABITS OF TIME MANAGEMENT: 121:30pm, NMC University Center, TC. Today features “Taming Your Technology.” Presented

by NorthSky Nonprofit Network. Register. Free. northskynonprofitnetwork.org

---------------------MAINTAIN YOUR TREES’ HEALTH: 12:30pm, The Rock of Kingsley. Join Tom Deering from Deering’s Tree Service as he discusses how to identify common illnesses that affect local trees & ways you can help keep your trees healthy.

Optional lunch served at noon for a $3 suggested donation for those 60 years & over; $5 for all others. Must register in advance: 922-2080.

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---------------------THE GILMORE CAR MUSEUM LECTURE: 1pm, Harbor Springs Library. “Driving Through the Jim Crow Era.” harborspringslibrary.org

---------------------ARTS FOR ALL YOUTH ART CLASSES: 3-4pm, Elk Rapids High School. Art Escapes for high school aged students. Learn from artist

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Dani Knoph about northern MI wildlife, & try out a variety of art making techniques in printmaking, illustration & watercolor painting. Materials are provided. Free. artsforallnmi.org/art-escapes

business owners alike. Free. Find on Facebook.

9TH ANNUAL BUSINESS EXPO & TASTE OF CHARLEVOIX: 4-7pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Featuring vendor booths in a wide range of categories, including retail, professional, industry, service, tourism & more. Restaurants offer a sampling of their culinary specialties. $5. castlefarms.com

INLAND SEAS: EVENING CREW TRAINING: 5:30-8pm, Capt. Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station, Suttons Bay. Ship Safety. Free. schoolship.org/news-events/volunteer-training-events

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---------------------NORTHERN MICHIGAN WEDDING EXPO: 4-7pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Win thousands of dollars towards your wedding services & give back to local animals.

Presented by The Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Half of the registration proceeds will go to Cherryland Humane Society; the cost is $5 to pre-register & $10 to register at the event. Each attendee will be entered into the Ultimate Wedding Package Giveaway plus much more. Learn more about local wedding vendors. nmiweddingexpo.com

---------------------FREE SCREENING: “STRAWS” - THE DANGER OF SINGLE USE PLASTICS: 5:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Photo gallery, film screening & community discussion. This event is sponsored in part by the Native American Student Organization, NMC, NMC Green Team, the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians, & the Last Straw Project. Please RSVP to get your free ticket. eventbrite.com

---------------------PLANTING WORKSHOP: REMOVE INVASIVES; PLANT NATIVES!: 6:30pm, Leelanau County Government Building, Community Room, Suttons Bay. Learn how to prepare your planting site by removing any non-native invasive plants with & without the use of chemicals.

Featuring botanists Liana May, Borealis Consulting and Katie Grzesiak, Northwest MI Invasive Species Network coordinator. Leelanau Conservation District Staff will help you choose native trees & shrubs to reforest, enhance wildlife, provide a screen or windbreak, & more.

Free. leelanaucd.org

---------------------WHEN HELPING HURTS: The Presbyterian Church of TC. The “Small” Group Experience by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. If you are interested in learning about the root causes of poverty, as well as approaches to assist the poor without further hurting them, then attend this five week session of discussion & video presentations. Runs March 13 & 20, & April 3, 10 & 17 from 6:30-8pm.

You can also attend the Wednesday Night meal from 5:30-6:15pm. Free. tcpresby.org

---------------------TSO CIVIC SINFONIA STRINGS PROGRAM: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Free. traversesymphony.org

mar 21

thursday

GEEK BREAKFAST: 8am, Bubba’s, TC. A casual monthly community-driven networking event for tech-minded people to discuss topics like social media, digital marketing, design, & more over bacon, eggs & coffee.

Free + cost of breakfast. facebook.com/pg/TCGeekBreakfast/events

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Moon Bears Shadow” by Frank Asch. greatlakeskids.org/news-events

---------------------BENZIE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Crystal Mountain, Bru Bar & Mountain Market, Thompsonville. $5.

---------------------DRINKS & DIGITAL: 5-7pm, Mammoth Distilling, TC. A monthly meet up designed to bring together the local digital marketing community. Website design & development, content writers & SEO’s, social media marketers, AdWords experts, marketing managers, consultants, strategists, & local

---------------------ELK RAPIDS BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, The Torch Riviera, Torch River.

------------------------------------------NORTHLAND WEAVERS & FIBER ARTS GUILD MEETING: 5:30pm, TC Senior Center.

This meeting will be “hands-on” to make items for the “Picnic in the Woods” display for the upcoming MI Handweavers League conference.

Tools & supplies will be provided to needle felt bugs & other creatures. Free. northlandweaversguild.com

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is $5; & 12 & under get in free. marvac.org

---------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: “THE ART OF ILLUSION”: NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. The presenter will be Mike Shore, retired vice president & chief risk officer of Consumers Energy, Jackson, MI. Lunch begins at 11:30am; program at noon. 231-348-6600. $12, includes lunch.

---------------------WOODLAND SCHOOL’S PRODUCTION OF DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID JR.: 12:30pm & 7pm, Woodland School, TC. $5. woodlandschooltc.org

---------------------CABIN FEVER DAYS: 4-6pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Enjoy a bonfire, hot chocolate & s’mores under the water tower, & music

by Summer Smith. thevillagetc.com/cabin-fever-weekend

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FORUM LECTURE: 6pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. “Reinventing Our Cities: The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles.” With Global Cities Fellow Samuel Kling, PhD. $15. tciaf.com

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PLANTING WORKSHOP: REMOVE INVASIVES; PLANT NATIVES: 6:30pm, Homestead Township Hall, Honor. Learn how to remove non-native, invasive plants & other site preparations techniques. Liana May, Borealis Consulting, & Katie Grzesiak, Northwest MI Invasive Species Network coordinator, will provide specific chemical & non-chemical treatments for the most common non-native species. Benzie Conservation District Staff will provide info on the bareroot seedlings available through the District to replace & enhance your property for a host of reasons. Free. wbenziecd.org

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---------------------GAME NIGHT: 7pm, NCMC, Student & Community Resource Center, Iron Horse Café, Petoskey. An all-day special event will be held on Sat., April 27 from 10am-midnight to celebrate International Tabletop Day with prizes, food & more. 231-439-6370. Free.

---------------------WOODLAND SCHOOL’S PRODUCTION OF DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID JR.: 7pm, Woodland School, TC. $5 per person. woodlandschooltc.org

mar 22

friday

WOODLAND SCHOOL’S PRODUCTION OF DISNEY’S LITTLE MERMAID JR.: 9:30am, Woodland School, TC. $5. woodlandschooltc.org

---------------------DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Sing & dance along to your favorite kids songs. Bubbles & scarves will add to the fun. greatlakeskids.org/ news-events

---------------------FREE MOVIES DURING SPRING BREAK: State Theatre, TC. Several free movies, March 22-29, beginning at 10am each day. stateandbijou.org/news-items/awwww-free-springbreak-2019-yall

---------------------KIDS RULE SPRING BREAK AT THE DENNOS: Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Children ages 17 & under will be free admission during spring break, March 22-31. Minimum of one paid adult admission per family. Dennos members & NMC students are free as always. dennosmuseum.org/events/draw-nomi.html

---------------------STORYTIME AT LELAND TOWNSHIP LIBRARY: 10:30am. Stories & play designed to promote joy & growth in literacy. Children ages 0-6 and their caregivers welcome. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------27TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN RV & CAMPING SHOW: 11am, GT County Civic Center, TC, March 22-24. All types of new recreation vehicles; more than 35 units will be displayed. These include folding camping trailers, travel trailers & fifth wheel travel trailers. Adult admission (13+) is $6; senior admission (55+)

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THE DIVINE DIVAS OF ROCK-N-SOUL: Odawa Casino, Petoskey. A Tribute to Diana Ross & The Supremes, Donna Summer, & Tina Turner. Shows at both 6pm & 9pm. $20. odawacasino.com/entertainment/events.php

HEIKKI LUNTA PARTY: 7:30pm, Treetops Resort, Gaylord. Party of the Snow Gods. The weekly celebration carries on the tradition of asking for abundant snowfall. Enjoy a big bonfire, entertainment by Tommy Tropic, s’mores, hot chocolate, a tube-pulling contest, & more.

Free. treetops.com

---------------------LULA WILES: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. $12 Blissfest members; $15 non-members. blissfest.org/concert-series

mar 23

saturday

EARLY SPRING BIRD WALK: 9am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Look & listen for the first chirping arrivals of spring. Also learn how to use eBird to record your findings.

Bring your own binoculars or borrow a pair. $5. grassriver.org

---------------------CABIN FEVER DAYS: The Village at GT Commons, TC. Featuring a Village Farmers Market Special Event between 10am-2pm; Taste of the Village with food & beverage stations provided

by Left Foot Charly, Earthen Ales & Village eateries; music by Summer Smith between 3-5pm; & a free showing of “Princess Bride” in Kirkbride Hall at 7pm ($5 donation suggested). thevillagetc.com

---------------------FREE MOVIES DURING SPRING BREAK: (See Fri., March 22)

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HANDS-ON PRUNING DEMONSTRATION CARING FOR TREES & SHRUBS: 10am, GT Conservation District, TC. Before winter winds up & plants leave dormancy, learn how to do corrective pruning on all types of trees & shrubs.

Featuring Fritz Girrbach, owner & certified arborist with Brothers Tree Service of TC. Pre-registration is requested: 231-256-9783 or kama. ross@macd.org. $5/person. leelanaucd.org

---------------------KIDS RULE SPRING BREAK AT THE DENNOS: (See Fri., March 22)

---------------------MARDI GRAS @ NUB’S NOB, HARBOR SPRINGS: Featuring the Fat Tire Boogie, Crazy Kids & Mogul Munchers Silly Slalom, The Dorie Sarns Challenge, Silly Slalom, Soaker Cup & more. nubsnob.com

---------------------POTATO PANTS PARTY: 10-11am, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Featuring a reading of Laurie Keller’s “Potato Pants!” as well as a fun potato themed craft & snacks. RSVP: 231-347-1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------ARTS IN ACTION: 10:30am-12:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. greatlakeskids. org/news-events

25 CENT FAMILY FAVORITES: 11am, The Lyric, Harbor Springs. Featuring “Hugo.”

---------------------27TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN RV & CAMPING SHOW: (See Fri., March 22)

---------------------JOB WINSLOW DAR MEETING: 11am, Elks Lodge, TC. This month’s program is “What’s Your Roll in Growing Your Chapter” by Christine Richman. Lunch to follow. Reservations required. 946-6337. $15.50.

---------------------RETRO WEEKEND: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring the Mjolnir (Thor’s Hammer) Challenge, DJ Dance Party & BBQ, Rubik’s Cube Contest, Broomball Tournament, Live DJ Plus Karaoke Contest, & more. crystalmountain.com/event/retro-weekend

---------------------SIPS, CHIPS & DIPS: 12-5pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. Participating wineries pair everyday snacks with Leelanau wine. Tickets: $15 ($8 for snacks only or designated drivers). lpwines.com/events/sips-chips-dips

---------------------MAPLE BAY SUGARING DAY: 1-3pm, Maple Bay Farm, Williamsburg. Learn about every step of the maple sugaring process, from tapping the trees, to boiling the sap down to maple syrup, to tasting the finished product. gtrlc.org/ recreation-events/events

---------------------MODEL RAILROAD MEETING: 1-4pm, Peninsula Township Hall, TC. The National Model Railroad Association monthly meeting will include a presentation on model railroading with Show & Tell. Questions? Email: info@ncrdivision2.groups.io Free.

---------------------BOB DYLAN NIGHT: BROWN ON BLOND CONCERT: 7pm, BrownTown Hall, north of Manistee. Honor the songs of Bob Dylan in anticipation of his 78th birthday. A concert of Dylan’s songs interpreted by a variety of musicians from the region. Presented by Spirit of the Woods Music Association. Donation. spiritofthewoods.org

---------------------ALBERT CUMMINGS: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Albert has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter & Buddy Guy. Bassist Tommy Shannon & drummer Chris Layton, of late Stevie Ray Vaughan’s rhythm section Double Trouble, volunteered to play on & produce Cummings’ solo debut recording “From the Heart.” $24 members, $27 advanced, $30 door. mynorthtickets.com/ events/albert-cummings

---------------------RANDY HOUSER: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Enjoy this country singer’s big hits. $50, $60, $65. lrcr.com

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WINTER TO SPRING YOGA CLASS: 9am, New Moon Yoga Studio, TC. Oryana Community Co-op, in conjunction with New Moon Yoga Studio, is offering this class that will focus on recovery from cabin fever & transitioning to the livelier energy of spring. You will utilize poses that focus on grounding, balance, & finding your center. Cost: $10; all proceeds will be donated to Habitat for Humanity. Register.

Bring your own yoga mat. eventbrite.com

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---------------------27TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN RV & CAMPING SHOW: (See Fri., March 22)

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CABIN FEVER DAYS: The Village at GT Commons, TC. Enjoy Mini Tunnel Tours under the old asylum complex between 12-3pm for $5/person or $10/family. thevillagetc.com

BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE… WHAT CAN THE ANTRIM COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT DO FOR YOU?: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden.

Featuring Wendy Warren, executive director of Antrim County Conservation District. 231331-4318. Free.

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GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SUNDAY SERIES RECITAL: 4-6pm, First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City. Featuring the Cummings Quartet. Freewill donation. glcorchestra.org

---------------------MAGIC SHOW: 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Crystal Center, Thompsonville. A father & son duo create magic. Preshow at 5:45pm. Free. crystalmountain.com/event/magic-show

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17TH ANNUAL YOUNG WRITERS JURIED EXPOSITION: CALL FOR YOUNG WRITERS: Elementary, middle & high school students who attend schools served by the Char-Em ISD (or home school students in Charlevoix or Emmet counties) are invited to submit one work of poetry, prose, or one of each. Must be submitted online by a parent or teacher beginning at 9am on Tues., April 2 through 5pm on Fri., April 12. The submission page is located under Teacher Resources on the Petoskey portion of Crooked Tree’s website. crookedtree.org/petoskey

---------------------DEBTORS ANONYMOUS: Tuesdays, 6:307:30pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center, Rm. 3002, TC. A twelve step program for those with money problems. debtorsanonymous.org

---------------------FUNNY BUSINESS COMEDY SHOW: Saturdays, 9pm, Odawa Casino, O Zone, Petoskey. odawacasino.com RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKE: Saturdays, 1pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. Meet at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center.

Snowshoes will be loaned at no charge to participants who do not have their own. Reservations required: 231-326-4700, ext. 5010.

---------------------STORY STEW: Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Held every Thurs. at 10am, with the fourth Thurs. offering free books for kids courtesy of Born to Read & Twilight Rotary. Featuring stories, crafts & songs. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

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

---------------------WINTER MUSIC JAMS: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Held every Sun. through winter from 3-5pm for musicians of all skill levels.

Learn & network with other musicians. Bring your instrument, music & a friend. gaylordarts.org

---------------------WINTER WALK WEDNESDAYS: Presented

by Norte. All community members are invited to commit to walking to work, school, as an errand or just for fun every Weds. through March. elgruponorte.org/winter/walk

---------------------BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, City Hall, Boyne City.

---------------------GAYLORD DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, The Alpine Plaza, main hallway, Gaylord.

---------------------THE VILLAGE @ GT COMMONS, TC INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm. Held inside the Mercato. Enjoy local fresh produce, eggs, farm fresh cheese, local meats & more.

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“WOOD, WOODS, WOODEN”: Glen Arbor Arts Center. An exhibition that approaches the material (wood), the place (the woods), the state (wooden) from fresh, innovative & inventive perspectives — & carves into wood – the material, the place & the state – to reveal new layers of understanding, inquiry & thinking.

Runs through April 11. glenarborart.org

---------------------GREAT NORTHERN FINE ART - FINE CRAFT EXPO: An outstanding fine art—fine craft open to all MI artists 18 & older, offering eight juried category awards - $500 each, & a grand award determined by the People’s Choice: $1,500.

Can submit through May 31. Downtown Grayling becomes an art gallery during the fifteen days of voting: July 19-Aug. 3. Artists’ demos & the Performing Arts Music Competition will take place on Sat., Aug. 3, concluding with the awards gala at 5pm at Paddle Hard Yard, Grayling. artisanvillage.org/call-for-entries.html

---------------------KATHLEEN HOAGG ART EXHIBITION: Runs through April 4 at Blk Mrkt Coffee, 144 Hall St., TC. New Line Drawings by TC artist Kathleen Hoagg.

---------------------NEW EXHIBITION AT OAC: Featuring work by TC artists Marcia K. Hales, Dorothy Anderson Grow & Julie Braverman. Exhibit runs through April 5. Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION: Runs through April 6 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Showcasing artwork created by regional high school students. charlevoixcircle.com

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - HERE AND THERE: Runs through March 30.

A photographic exhibition showcasing the work of photographers Jin Lee, Larson Shindelman & Regan Golden.

- 2019 JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Held in Bonfield Gallery. Juried by John Fergus-Jean, this exhibition includes 43 photographs by 34 exhibiting photographers of local & regional acclaim. Runs through March 30. crookedtree.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - 2019 YOUTH ART SHOW: Runs through March 30. Celebrating the work of K-12 art students & educators from throughout the Grand Traverse region. crookedtree.org - CALL FOR ARTISTS: CERAMICS EXHIBITION: Apply through March 23 for “Bodies of...”, a juried ceramics exhibition. crookedtree. org/call-for-artists/call-artists-bodies

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - “ENTIRE LIFE IN A PACKAGE”: Runs through May 5. The story of millions of refugees with millions of packages, suitcases... sacks. “Life packages” that hold the desire to survive. In this exhibition Ben-Ami sculpts the packages carried by refugees shown in Reuter’s new photos in iron & then mounts them to the photo in place of the photographic image of the package.

- 2019 NORTHWEST MICHIGAN REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION: Runs through May 5.

Featuring art made by local artists over the last year, juried by a regional arts professional.

Hours: Mon. - Sat.: 10am-5pm; Thurs.: 10am8pm; Sun.: 1-5pm. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------GAYLORD AREA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GAYLORD: - 100-DAY PROJECT WEEKLY CHECK-INS: Held each Mon. at 1pm through April 29. Bring the work you’ve been doing or get inspired by others.

- ANDREA ONDISH-RECENT WORKS EXHIBIT: On display through March 30.

- ARTFUL AFTERNOONS: Have fun learning about art history & culture. Free. Wednesdays through April 24 at 1pm. gaylordarts.org

HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - CALL FOR ARTISTS: MODERN ARCHETYPES: An all-female artist exhibit exploring the idea of human consciousness & how archetypes unite all of us. Submit up to 2 pieces each which really capture the idea of the role archetypes play not only in your own life personally, but in society as a whole. Deadline to apply is July 1 at midnight. Exhibit runs Sept. 6 - Oct. 4.

- “NEU HISTOIRES”: Runs through April 30.

This exhibit by Jesse Jason features a collection of abstract, narrative works with a central focus on the imaginative world that weaves its way through reality. higherartgallery.com

---------------------NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION: - CALL FOR ARTISTS - NORTHPORT PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT: Open now through May 1. Artists paint July 27 & 28. Reception & wet paint sale on July 28, 6pm at the Village Arts Building, home of the Northport Arts Association.

- CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS - NORTHPORT PHOTO EXHIBIT: Through May 31.

Northport Photo Exhibit: June 21-30. Limited to 35. Photographers Reception: June 21, 6pm. northportartsassociation.org

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Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis is about to have a busy spring, starting with the arrival/release of her fourth full-length solo album, On the Line, which hits outlets March 22 on Warner Bros. Records, complete with lead single “Red Bull and Hennessy.”

The first single features none other than guest drummer Ringo Starr. Lewis is also packing up for a short series of headlining concert dates that will kick off this spring; her own tour schedule will be accompanied by several dates that will find the performer opening up for Death Cab for Cutie on its spring tour run…

The Cranberries, who lost lead singer, Dolores O’Riordan, and her distinctive voice when she passed away last January, is releasing its final album with O’Riordan later this year; the album was demoed before O’Riordan’s departure. In the End, which will hit outlets this spring on BMG Records, will include tracks “Catch Me If You Can,” “Illusion,” and “Crazy Heart,” as well as the first single released, “All Over Now.” The Cranberries also recently reissued its 1993 debut album, Everybody Else is Doing It So Why Can’t We? ...

If you’re planning a trip to New Orleans any time soon, the weekends of April 25– 28 or May 2–5 are great choices if you’re

a music fan. Those are the dates for this year’s two-weekend-long 50th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which has The Rolling Stones topping the bill (as part of the band’s current North American tour.) Also on the roster for the 2019 event are Pitbull, the Dave Matthews Band, Santana, Chris Stapleton, Katy Perry, and more. Snag the entire list of participating artists and those all-important festival tickets at www.nojazzfest.com …

In other festival news, the final lineup for this year’s big Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has been announced. Bonnaroo is a favorite of northern Michiganians; it’s a fairly easy trek to the festival’s site in Manchester, Tennessee. This year’s four-day Bonnaroo event will take place June 13–16, with night one (Thursday) featuring a roster of guests from the legendary Grand Ole Opry. The remainder of the weekend will feature performances from The Avett Brothers, Courtney Barnett, Solange, Childish Gambino, Odesza, The National, The Lumineers, Walk the Moon, and of course, jam-festival stalwarts Phish. Get tickets and more info at www.bonnaroo.com …

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THE BUZZ Muse’s Simulation Theory World Tour kicked off a couple of weeks ago in Houston, Texas, and will include a stop at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on April 4 …

Also coming up at Little Caesars is Justin Timberlake, taking the stage there on March 25 …

But wait, there’s more: Mumford and Sons will arrive at Caesars on March 27 …

And in our one non-Caesars date this week, Metric, with opening act, July Talk, will perform live in concert at The Fillmore in Detroit on March 25 … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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The reel

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stylish thriller with the heart of a campy B-movie horror flick, while there’s not a ton going on in Greta (it won’t be a film you’ll necessarily remember or revisit), some very giddy and satisfying thrills await. It’s a story of strange obsession, following a young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz), who befriends an older lady (French icon Isabelle Huppert) after finding her purse on the subway. And as it turns out, maybe that bag wasn’t so lost after all. There’s a certain beauty to how tight and clear the action is here. There’s some twists, some jump scares, and you might never look at a cookie cutter the same way again. And as things grow more unhinged and outrageous when the film starts its delirious march from serious to silly, Huppert rises to the occasion. It is Huppert who makes it all work. She’s in on the joke, and by the time her as-menacing-as she-is-kooky Greta is prancing and twirling with maniacal joy, you’ll have fallen in love.

CAPTAIN MARVEL There’s a new superhero in town (and it turns out, she kinda started the whole thing … sorta).

It’s Captain Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, an Air Force pilot shanghaied by an alien race and tricked into fighting for their cause. But of course her real cause is us here on earth, as well as finding her own true power, duh.

And if that sounds a little confusing, just wait — it’ll all be fine. Because the only real confusing part is that it somehow took the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) 20 films to get to its first female-led feature.

That said, there is a lot of pressure on Carol Danvers, and not just from the Internet trolls.

I mean, even the critically maligned people over at DC already managed to release Wonder Woman, a female-led superhero flick that was an indisputable critical and commercial success (and they can hardly do anything right) while Marvel seems to do no wrong, having been on a bit of an unstoppable hot streak as of late.

So when you look at Captain Marvel in the light of these things, it might seem like Carol comes up a little short: It’s not as hilarious or as inspired as Thor: Ragnarok, and it doesn’t feel as groundbreaking as the Oscar-winning Black Panther. But with a massively important origin story that brings so much of the whole MCU together, I would argue there is a much higher level of difficulty here, as well as a much-needed level of complexity.

Plus, there’s something about the distinct pleasures of Captain Marvel that just works.

Something that just totally reverberated for my particular frequency — like the ’90s setting and all its awesomely fun, extremely well done, and incredibly satisfying moments of nostalgia (shout out to the AltaVista cameo!), many of which stem from the film’s killer soundtrack.

Like, by the time TLC’s “Waterfalls” comes on, you’re ready to exclaim, “That’s my jam! Get it, gurl!” The use of period popular music in the film is very reminiscent of Guardians of the Galaxy’s Awesome Mix Vol. 1 & 2; it gets your heart pumping, brings on all those wistful feels, and provides some subtle humor.

There’s also the scene-stealing cat, Goose, which does feel a bit like pandering to the audience, but trust me, it works. So whatever it might be about the particular chemistry of this film, I left flying high.

There is an elaborate setup at work here, one with a lot of layers. Good news is that it follows a pretty unexpected path. See, when we first meet Brie Larson’s Carol, she’s Vers, an agent of

the elite alien race, Starforce of the Kree, led by commander Yon-Rogg (Jude Law). Vers has a lot of cool powers, including shooting ray blasts from her hands, but she doesn’t remember how she got these powers or even how she ended up with the Kree.

Then, while on a mission, she’s intercepted by the Skulls (a rival race of shape-shifting aliens) who try to dig into her missing memories, but Vers/Carol only ends up even more confused after she crashes into Earth (more specifically, into an Los Angeles Blockbuster Video store, circa 1995), catching the interest of one Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson, with two eyes and de-aged in such an uncanny way it is its own marvel). The way Jackson and Larson verbally spar is a very good thing.

But now that Carol is back on Earth, things start coming back and making sense for the Air Force pilot — including a meaningful friendship with her co-pilot, Maria Rambeau (Lashana Lynch).

It can’t be said enough how wonderful it is that the love story here is their friendship and not some trite and forced romantic interest.

But yes, this being a Marvel movie, there is, of course, the requisite action, threats to mankind, and so on. And directors and cowriters Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson), with the most indie cred of any Marvel directors yet, handle it with aplomb.

So while their wheelhouse might fall closer to neo-realisim than blockbuster in style, it pays off in the characters, their relationships, and the vibrancy of this strange world. And yeah, all that alien stuff, while it does take a while to wrap your head around, it feels less like out-there, serious sci-fi and more like the spacey joy of the ’90s – think Independence Day crossed with The Fifth Element.

The cast is just so enjoyable to watch. Annette Bening is fabulous as Carol’s mentor (a role originally written for a man), and Ben Mendelsohn is a surprising delight as a Skull.

And I really want to recognize the brilliance of now-character actor Jude Law; losing leading-man status was the best thing to have happened to him.

But this is Carol’s movie, and Brie Larson knows it. She is radiant. And she worked hard for every stunt, fall, and beat, and it shows, not only in the action but also in how deeply she understands Carol’s journey and how deeply the actress feels this milestone moment.

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

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FIGHTING with MY FAMILY

F

irst things first. Yes, this is the World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) movie. But no, you don’t have to like or really know anything about wrestling to appreciate this mega-entertaining flick. In fact, you’ll likely come out with a newfound respect for the sport. So set aside your preconceived notions and give yourself over to the big-hearted joys of this feel-good charmer, because when you strip away the spandex and stiffs, you not only have an inspiring story in the grand tradition of underdog sports movies but also a heartwarming tale of a family chasing its dreams — and a colorful and likeable family at that. Based on the true story of WWE Diva Paige’s unlikely rise to success from her family’s small-time wrestling league in Norwich, in the United Kingdom, to being selected to for the WWE’s training program in Florida, the film culminates in a finale that will make you want to stand up and cheer. With its heart in the right place and its own offbeat sweetness, professional wrestling may be “fake,” but the feeling here is very real.

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC

H

ollywood is back on board with the rom-com with their own high-concept take. See, the premise here is that a woman who despises rom-coms and thinks they perpetuate toxic ideals finds herself trapped in one! It’s pretty much what Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty wanted to be, and while it’s much more successful in execution of its concept and empowerment ideals, it’s not without its failings. Because while it takes loving aim at the romantic comedy, it’s perhaps too loving of a satire that somehow also seems to take a bit of the joy out of the genre. But the overriding complaint may be that, for as enjoyable and charming of a romp as it is, it’s not as sharp as you want it to be. Long-time supporting player and former rom-com best friend (see the underrated How to Be Single) Rebel Wilson steps into the lead role here.

She’s Natalie, a New York City architect who has long lost her infatuation with the romances of her youth and resigned herself to much more practical life focused on her career.

Then one day, after getting mugged on the subway and experiencing head trauma, she wakes up in a rom-comified New York, where she is the leading lady. Between the gratuitous rom-com references, the stellar production design, sense of fun, and fact that it’s under 90 minutes, if you enjoy romantic comedies, you’re going to enjoy this.

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the ADViCE GOddESS Eye Anxiety

Who’ll Stop The Reign?

Q

Q

: I’ve been with my boyfriend for four years.

I thought I was super happy, but I recently got a crush on a co-worker. Now I’m worried that maybe I’m not totally satisfied in my relationship. If I were truly in love with my boyfriend, why would I be crushing on somebody else? Does this make me more vulnerable to cheating? Should we go into therapy?

— So Confused A: You’re in a relationship, not a coma.

That said, your worries are understandable.

There’s been a belief, even amongst some researchers, that crushing (on somebody other than one’s partner) is the gateway to cheating — as well as lower commitment and lower relationship satisfaction. Obviously, crushy thoughts about, say, a co-worker can lead to a hookup (or more) in a way that matter-of-fact thoughts — “Why does he have four chargers?”

— do not.

However, it turns out that researchers failed to make a distinction -- between having a crush (an attraction to a person other than one’s partner) and having a high degree of what’s called “attention to alternatives” (basically, eyeballs ever on the prowl for “attractive alternatives” to one’s current partner).

In research by doctoral student Charlene F. Belu and psychologist Lucia F. O’Sullivan, 80 percent of the participants reported having a crush on somebody other than their partner while in a committed relationship. Only a small subset (17 percent) of those participants “reported they would leave their romantic partners for their crush if the opportunity arose,” suggesting that for many, their crushes “are not considered true viable alternative partners.”

The researchers found people’s crushes to be “of relatively long duration, although not as long as the length of ” a person’s “current romantic relationship.” This “duration ... suggests that one’s crush endures in parallel to one’s primary relationship.” They even speculate that having a crush may even help sustain a relationship, by (mentally) “providing some variety to help cope with monotony” that’s a natural part of long-term relationships but “without the risks inherent to infidelity.”

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BY Amy Alkon

So, getting back to you, as long as your relationship’s satisfying and the only sex vacations you take with your crush are in your mind, you’re probably okay. In short, “I only have eyes for you” sounds lovely but is probably only realistic if you wear special headgear whenever you leave the house -- such as one of those stylish black bags favored by kidnappers and executioners.

: Out of nowhere, a male friend started criticizing me, telling me that I need to change careers to make more money.

He does have a successful business (started with seed money from his extremely wealthy family). But I didn’t ask for his advice, and besides, I love my job, and I’m working on what I need to do to move forward. So I ended up snapping at him. He got mad and insisted that he just wants the best for me.

— Steamed

A

: Criticizing someone does not make them want to change; it makes them want to google for listicles like “10 Foolproof Tricks For Getting Away with Murder.”

To understand your friend’s spontaneous outburst of unsolicited advice, consider that human communication is strategic — just like that of our earth-dwelling colleagues, from apes to insects. Honeybees, for example, do a little dance to tell their fellow bees where the nectar is; they don’t just go all twerky for no reason.

Back here in Humanland, evolutionary scientists Vladas Griskevicius and Douglas Kenrick find that seven “deep-seated evolutionary motives” — emerging from survival and mating challenges our ancestors faced — “continue to influence much modern behavior.” These evolved motivations still driving us today are 1) evading physical harm, 2) avoiding disease, 3) making friends, 4) acquiring a mate, 5) keeping that mate, 6) caring for family, and — dingding-ding! — 7) attaining status.

Yes, status. There’s a good chance that a dispenser of unsolicited advice has the best of intentions — like “I just want to help you... uh...help you (and others who hear about my help) think more highly of me!” (He then becomes the expert, the career seer, the swami of success.) But whatever this guy’s motive, you have no obligation to donate your attention to his cause.

The best time to set boundaries is before they’re needed. Or needed again. Gently inform your friend that you truly appreciate his desire to help but the only advice that works for you is the solicited kind. Should he wish to, uh, solicit your solicitation, he can ask: “Would you be open to hearing...?” If you accept, it might help you keep an open mind if you focus on what you two have in common -- for example, a relative who proclaimed, “When I die, all of this will be yours!” Unfortunately, your grandma was making a sweeping gesture toward her salt and pepper shaker collection.

aSTRO

lOGY

MAR 18 - MAR 24

BY ROB BREZSNY

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): At the age of 97, Piscean

cartoonist Al Jaffee is still creating new material for the satirical Mad magazine, where he has worked since 1964. There was one 63-year stretch when his comic stylings appeared in all but one of Mad’s monthly issues. I nominate him to be your role model during the next four weeks. It’s a favorable time for you to access and express a high degree of tenacity, stamina, and consistency.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We don’t

know as much about European history between the sixth and ninth centuries as we do about other eras. Compared to the times that preceded and followed it, cultural and literary energies were low. Fewer records were kept. Governments were weaker and commerce was less vigorous. But historians don’t like to use the term “Dark Ages” to name that period because it brought many important developments and activities, such as improvements in farming techniques. So in some ways, “Lost Ages” might be a more apropos descriptor. Now let’s turn our attention to a metaphorically comparable phase of your own past, Capricorn: an era that’s a bit fuzzy in your memory; a phase about which your understanding is incomplete. I suspect that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to revisit that part of your life and see what new evidence and insights you can mine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Why do some

American libraries ban certain books, ensuring they’re unavailable to local readers? The reasons may be because they feature profanity or include references to sex, drug use, the occult, atheism, and unusual political viewpoints. Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis is one of the most frequently censored books. Others are Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Beloved, by Toni Morrison, and The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. In my astrological opinion, these are exactly the kinds of books you should especially seek out in the coming weeks. In fact, I suggest you commune with a variety of art and ideas and influences that are controversial, provocative, and intriguing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): During the coming

weeks, everything that needs to happen will indeed happen only if you surprise yourself on a regular basis. So I hope you will place yourself in unpredictable situations where you won’t be able to rely on well-rehearsed responses. I trust that you will regard innocence and curiosity and spontaneity as your superpowers. Your willingness to change your mind won’t be a mark of weakness but rather a sign of strength.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the animated

kids’ film Over the Hedge, ten talking animals come upon a massive, towering hedge they’ve never seen. The friendly group consists of a skunk, red squirrel, box turtle, two opossums, and five porcupines. The hedge perplexes and mystifies them. It makes them nervous. There’s nothing comparable to it in their previous experience. One of the porcupines says she would be less afraid of it if she just knew what it was called, whereupon the red squirrel suggests that from now on they refer to it as “Steve.” After that, they all feel better. I recommend that you borrow their strategy in the coming weeks. If a Big Unknown arrives in your vicinity, dub it “Steve” or “Betty.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I urge you to

locate a metaphorical or very literal door that will give you access to a place that affords you more freedom and healing and support. Maybe you already know about the existence of this door—or maybe it’s not yet on your radar. Here’s advice from Clarissa Pinkola Éstes that might help. “If you have a deep scar, that is a door,” she writes. “If you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much that you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Musician Carole

Kaye is the most famous bass guitarist you’ve never heard of. Over the course of five decades, she has plied her soulful talents on more than 10,000 recordings, including gems by Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Beach Boys. Twenty-seven-time Grammy

winner Quincy Jones has testified that Kaye has written “some of the most beautiful themes I’ve ever heard in my life” and that she “could do anything and leave men in the dust.” I trust this horoscope will expand the number of people who appreciate her. I also hope you’ll be inspired to become more active in spreading the word about the gifts that you have to offer the world. It’s high time to make sure that people know more of the beautiful truth about you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “When you want

happiness, what are you wanting?” asks aphorist Olivia Dresher. The repeat of an event that made you feel good in the past?

A sweet adventure you’ve thought about but never actually experienced? Here’s a third possibility.

Maybe happiness is a state you could feel no matter what your circumstances are; maybe you could learn how to relax into life exactly as it is, and feel glad about your destiny wherever it takes you. In my opinion, Leo, that third approach to happiness will be especially natural for you to foster in the coming weeks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There are old

traditions in many cultures that pay special attention to the first brick or stone that is laid in the earth to initiate the construction of a future building. It’s called a cornerstone or foundation stone. All further work to create the new structure refers back to this original building block, and depends on it. I’m pleased to inform you that now is a favorable phase to put your own metaphorical cornerstone in place, Virgo. You’re ready to begin erecting a structure or system that will serve you for years to come. Be sure you select the right place for it, as well as the best building materials.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Born under the sign

of Libra, Ivan Kharchenko (1918–1989) was a military officer and engineer for the Soviet army.

His specialty was disarming explosive devices before they detonated. Over the course of his career, he defused an estimated 50,000 bombs and mines.

Let’s make him your patron saint for the coming weeks. Why? Because I suspect you will be able to summon a metaphorical version of his power: an extraordinary capacity to keep volatile situations from blowing up. You’ll be a virtuoso at waging peace and preventing strife.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There was

a time, less than a century ago, when pink was considered a masculine color and blue a feminine hue. In previous eras, many European men sported long hair, wore high heels, and favored clothes with floral patterns. Franklin D. Roosevelt, one of America’s most prominent twentieth-century presidents, sometimes wore skirts and feather-bedecked hats as a child. With these facts as your keystone, and in accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to experiment with your own gender expressions in the coming weeks. It’s prime time to have fun with the way you interpret what it means to be a man or woman—or any other gender you might consider yourself to be.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According

to estimates by population experts, about 109 billion humans have been born on planet Earth over the millennia. And yet I’m quite sure that not a single one of those other individuals has been anything like you. You are absolutely unique, an unmatched treasure, a one-of-a-kind creation with your own special blend of qualities. And in my prophetic view, you’re ready to fully acknowledge and celebrate these facts on a higher octave than ever before. It’s high time for you to own your deepest authenticity; to work with extra devotion to express your soul’s code; to unabashedly claim your idiosyncratic genius.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Just Kidding" --or is it the other way around? by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Jean jacket material 6 Prefix meaning “ten” 10 Elliot of The Mamas & the Papas 14 Blunt married to John Krasinski 15 “Chill in the Air” singer ___ Lee 16 Spoken aloud 17 Sudden change of plans to not tumble down the hill after Jack?

19 “Escape (The ___ Colada Song)” 20 Had some gummy bears, perhaps 21 Statuary segment 22 Lightheaded 23 Like some terriers’ coats 24 “Beds ___ Burning” (Midnight Oil song) 25 Return 28 Earp/Clanton shootout site 33 Charles of polytonal music 34 ___ Lodge (motel chain) 35 Historic timespan 36 Utility vehicle that stays road-bound (and not on your lawn)?

40 One of a handful of notable hockey surnames in crosswords 41 Letter before India 42 Love, deified 43 bell hooks, for one 45 City with the ZIP 93888 47 Pen filler, perhaps 48 Twofold 49 Attacks, like a unicorn might 52 Hear about 54 Law enforcement gps.

57 Tournament type 58 Putting area sponsored by fruit spread?

60 Touch down 61 Eye creepily 62 Bird on a coin 63 Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist 64 Low digits?

65 First U.S. “Millionaire” host Philbin DOWN 1 “It’s ___ vu all over again!”

2 Give off, as light 3 River near the Valley of the Kings 4 Feverish, maybe 5 Washington WNBA teammate 6 Unlike almond milk and soy cheese 7 911 first responders 8 2017 Pixar movie 9 ___ Wednesday 10 Giant office machine 11 Calif. neighbor 12 “SNL” alum Horatio 13 Do in a dragon 18 Do the job 22 Slang for “friend” in “A Clockwork Orange” 23 Nesting insect 24 Proactiv target 25 “And knowing is half the battle” cartoon 26 Do-___ (second chances) 27 They’re held by growlers 28 Eight-member group 29 1980s-’90s German leader Helmut 30 Brings up 31 Lighting problem?

32 Wonder Woman’s weapon 34 Online banking transactions, briefly 37 “Most definitely!”

38 It doesn’t go in the microwave 39 Projectionist’s need 44 Meeting outline 45 Nick in the “Captain Marvel” movie 46 Smith, to Yogi Bear 48 Broad valleys 49 Spieth sport 50 Character formed by Pearl and Amethyst on “Steven Universe” 51 Artist Magritte 52 “The ___ Movie 2: The Second Part” (2019) 53 Cosmo competitor 54 Simon of “Shaun of the Dead” 55 Grocery store section 56 Star Fox console, once 58 Scribble (down) 59 “Party for One” singer Carly ___ Jepsen

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BY MARRIOTT Wed. March 27th 4pm - 6pm Courtyard Marriott 3615 s.airport rd. west, Traverse City, 49684 attend the open house job fair to learn more about the daily tasks of a bistro attendant, front desk associate or housekeeper! this open house will allow applicants to tour the hotel and see the jobs in action! we will have menu samples from the bistro and more!

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