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was 1976. Please support Prop. 3 and keep Traverse City a city that has natural beauty and not excessive man-made mortar! Carole Daniels, Traverse City

A Right To Vote

I cannot understand how people living in a democracy would willingly give up the right to vote on an impactful and important issue. But that is exactly what the people who oppose Proposal 3 are advocating. They call the right to vote a “burden.” Really? Since when does voting on an important issue become a “burden?” The heart of any democracy is the right of the people to have their voice heard. And if the people believe their will is being ignored, the Constitution guarantees them the right to demand a vote. Interestingly, some of our elected officials who have relied on the vote of the people are among those who oppose giving the electors of Traverse City a vote on the future of the city. Keeping the power to themselves is considerably more attractive.

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The group Save our Downtown (SOD), which put Proposal 3 on the ballot, is ignoring the negative consequences that would result if the proposal passes. Despite the group’s name, the proposal impacts the entire city, not just downtown. Munson Medical Center, NMC, and the Grand Traverse Commons are also zoned for buildings over 60’ tall. Munson was forced to rush through their request for the 110’ tall Maternal and Pediatrics Center to avoid the negative effects if the proposal were to pass. SOD spokespersons emphasized passionately in public that they supported Munson’s request. Weren’t they violating their own proposal, speaking without a vote of the people authorizing them to make those statements? In their campaign literature SOD states, “City Prop 3 does not conflict with any

state law.” Yet an Assistant Attorney General stated in writing in August that Proposal 3 does conflict with state law. The city will have to spend thousands of dollars in court if it passes, diverting needed revenue from essential services. SOD supporters have not explained how or when a public vote on a building would take place. Developers spend a great deal of time and money creating detailed plans for their property and meeting with City staff for guidance. Why would they do that, with the prospect that their project could be voted down? What information would voters have upon which to base their decision? Who would provide that information? A special election costs $20,000, paid by city taxpayers. Most developments are timesensitive; if a developer has to wait months for a general election, he/she could lose the option on the property where the project is to be built. This proposal is flawed and the information disseminated by its supporters is misleading. Vote “no.” Jan Warren, Traverse City

Keep TC As-Is

In response to Lynda Prior’s letter, no one is asking the people to vote every time someone wants to build a building; Prop. 3 asks that people vote if a building is to be built over 60 feet. Traverse City will not die but will grow at a pace that keeps it the city people want to visit and/or reside; a place to raise a family. It seems people in high-density cities with tall buildings are the ones who flock to TC. Check out the dying “big cities.” Is this what we want? According to police reports we are already experiencing an increase in drug use and human trafficking. By the way, the last time an election was upheld regarding building construction

Those who oppose Proposal 3 have spent thousands of dollars to convince you to give up your right to vote. You should ask yourself, “why?” What is it that concerns them so much that they do not want you at the polls? Perhaps the prospect of losing is more than they can bear. Vote “yes” on Proposal 3. Brenda Jones Quick, Traverse City

Reasons For No

I have great respect for the Prop. 3 proponents and consider them friends but in this case they’re wrong. A “yes” vote on Prop. 3 is really a “no” vote on: 1. Affordable-workforce housing 2. An increased business and tax base in downtown Traverse City 3. Controlling sprawl 4. Public Parking 5. Thoughtful expansion of the Munson, NMC, or GT Commons campuses 6. And most importantly, your right to elect public servants to represent you in city government. It may have been well intentioned, but when did we decide that our city master plan and the zoning regulations that help control it should be abandoned in order to let citizens vote on whether private development should happen? After spending upwards of $40,000 and waiting for a city wide vote before project proponents know if the city planning department and city boards will approve their development is ridiculous. It is also illegal…. I love this town and the measured growth we have seen. I appreciate that while I don’t always agree with them our city officials have done a good job of managing that process. I have lived near the city core for most of my life. I never once thought I needed to take the responsibility to manage this process away from the people we elected. Vote No on Prop. 3. Scott Hardy, Traverse City

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Struggles Of A Blind Man................................10 Up North Instagrams........................................14 Three Legendary Women Authors.....................18 Microscopic Masterpieces.................................22 Feel Fabulous This Fall......................................25 Fall/Winter Race Schedule................................29 Seen.................................................................32 Mission Table.....................................................33

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their best. They’re sending people with a lot of problems. They’re sending criminals, they’re sending deviate rapists. They’re sending drug addicts. They’re sending mentally ill. And some, I assume, are good people.

has been proven that we cannot rely on the parties to do what is necessary to enact positive, progressive and needed change to a system that is extremely corrupt and designed to benefit them and their elite donors.

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I believe that a fair and democratic electoral process, a simple and fair tax structure, quality health care, good education, good paying jobs, adequate affordable housing, an abundance of healthy affordable food, a solid, well maintained infrastructure, a secure social, civil and public service system, an ecologically sustainable outlook for the future and much more is obtainable for all of us. Countries elsewhere are able to make it happen and there is no reason that we should not be enjoying the same benefits. As I have come to understand it, the Green Party embodies fairness and common sense and represents the change we need to make this a reality.

Stormy Vote

Florida Governor Scott warns people on his coast to evacuate because “this storm will kill you! But in response to Hillary Clinton’s suggestion that Florida’s voter registration deadline be extended because a massive evacuation could compromise voter registration and turnout, Republican Governor Scott’s response was that this storm does not necessitate any such extension. Can you detect any political motivations here to either diminish voter turnout, increase it, or both? Bob Ross, Pellston

Third Party Benefits

It has been proven over and over again that electing Democrat or Republican presidents and representatives only guarantees that dysfunction, corruption and greed will prevail throughout our government. It also

It is up to us to demand and vote for change if we want it. Please exercise the powers you have (such as voting and persuading others) and help us get the fair treatment we all deserve from our representatives. Your vote and support for the Green Party is a step in the right direction. Patrick McDuff, Manistee

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By Grant Parsons There were many signs. I’m not talking about yard signs; I’m talking about signs of opposition that started 18 months ago, when city hall joined forces with real estate developers to promote a “tall buildings” project at Pine and Front in Traverse City. If anyone was surprised by the public opposition, it can only be because they haven’t lived in Traverse City for the last 30 years. Residents have fought hard to preserve TC’s unique small-town character. When offered the alleged benefits of large developments, city voters have voted “small” every time. They adopted a zoning code that prohibits buildings over 60 feet, except in special circumstances. In 1986, they voted down the seven-story Bayview Mall proposal on property where the farmers market now stands. During the 70s and 80s, voters refused to widen part of Front Street to five lanes, and voted money to demolish bayfront buildings. In 2006, they voted 2,800 to 1,100 against bonding the Federated project. So, in 2015, when developers showed up with another tax-subsidized tall buildings proposal, what did city hall expect? Public concern was immediate and loud (disclosure: I was conspicuously involved). At that moment, city hall had to define its relationship with residents. Would it collaborate or dictate? The signs are clear that city hall unwisely chose to dictate.

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(Sign) Political gamesmanship: In August, 2015, Commissioners indicated they would vote 4-3 against the tall buildings Special Land Use Permit (SLUP). The developers slickly withdrew the SLUP application; then two months later, when new commissioners were elected, re-submitted it. (Sign) Governmental hustle: Did the newlyelected Commission try to dispel the appearance of “Commission shopping?” No. City hall treated concerned residents like outsiders and approved the complex SLUP little more than a month after taking office, leaving unanswered questions about tax subsidies, infrastructure costs, and environmental impact. (Sign) Legal reversal: Philip E. Rodgers, Jr., who is recognized as one of Michigan’s finest judges, reviewed the SLUP and threw it out on legal grounds. “In approving this Special Land Use Permit the City Commission has either been hopelessly naive and uninformed with respect to the source and use of TIF and Brownfield monies or less than candid with the general public.” (Sign) City versus taxpayers: When taxpayers petitioned for a vote, city hall gave them an invalid petition form, then challenged them for using the form. (Sign) Downtown Development Authority (DDA) violated its Mission Statement: “Protect downtown’s small town character. Our historic buildings, pedestrian scale, tree-lined streets, and special natural and cultural amenities make us unique. No glass towers, widened streets, or ugly contemporary looking parking decks are planned.” DDA supported millions in tax incentives for glass-and-steel towers. (Sign) Tax subsidies: City hall approved a plan based on millions in tax subsidies, and agreed to pay infrastructure expenses without even calculating the cost.

(Sign) General fund diversion: City hall backed a property tax rate “freeze and capture” for more than 20 years that will divert about $200,000 annually. (Sign) Environmental impact: City hall reinterpreted river setback rules and allowed a ten-foot setback from an imaginary “dockline” in the water; it ignored potential risks from contaminated soil and dust during construction. (Sign) Affordable housing: City hall touted “affordable housing,” but tall buildings would obliterate sunrise, sunset, airflow, and views of next-door residents in Riverview Terrace. (Sign) Planning violation: Traverse City’s Master Plan is sub-titled “A Community of Neighborhoods and the Relationships They Foster”. It states, “… the Plan focuses on the level of intensity … places high priority on services developed in scale and proportion with each neighborhood. Intensity, then, is synonymous with proportion and scale.” This tall buildings project would dwarf West Front and dominate historic Central Neighborhood. (Sign) Governmental intransigence: Judge Rodgers offered a simple suggestion: the city should reconsider the SLUP, fairly analyze the facts, explain the results. Did the city do it? No. All the signs point to a central truth: City hall lacks the capability to resolve the tall buildings issue. It can’t handle the fine points of tax fairness, neighbor rights, aesthetic character, the environment, growth and planning. Instead of collaborating with residents, city hall spackled over all questions with a “one answer fits all” New Urbanist policy, tacked a veneer of “affordable housing” over luxury condos, and declared it a done deal. City hall did not decide the tall buildings project based on city zoning. It adopted New Urbanist “dense downtowns” policy. It decided taxpayers should pay millions, and cranked up a PR campaign. The adoption of New Urbanism, in place of traditional zoning, represents an unprecedented change in city policy. It’s an end-run around zoning regulations. Most importantly, New Urbanism was never voted on by residents. No doubt, some city hall functionary read a book – or attended a taxpayer-funded junket – and listened to some pinhead from a large metropolitan area pitch a doctoral thesis version of snake oil. New Urbanism is not and never has been city policy. That’s why 1,200 citizens signed the Prop 3 petition to vote on whether or not tax subsidies and New Urbanism’s “downtown densification” will replace traditional zoning. If approved by a “Yes” vote, Prop 3 will require a vote on any tall buildings development over 60 feet high. If Prop 3 is approved, every developer, resident, and commissioner will know there is one smart, simple rule: Fairly analyze the costs and benefits of a tall buildings proposal or risk the consequences of the people’s vote. Grant Parsons is a Traverse City native and a trial attorney with a keen interest in local government.

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1 READY, SET, SWEEP... Get out those brooms and try to get your stones onto the button in the house. The Traverse City Curling Club will offer two-hour “Learn to Curl” classes on Oct. 19, Nov. 8 and Nov. 16. Classes are $30 each and are required in order to join a league team this fall and winter season. This year there is a new threeweek beginner’s league that commences on Oct. 26 and again on Nov. 30 and costs $75. Earn a discount by registering for both the class and the beginner’s league. The club also runs an eight-week “Recreational League,” described as moderately competitive, and a nine-week “Open League,” beginning Oct. 18. There’s no need to purchase special equipment. Everything is supplied and the class and league play take place at Centre Ice. Register at www. tccurling.org.

tastemakers Fresh Coast Chocolate Dark A new small-batch chocolate boutique in downtown Traverse City is pairing ethically-sourced cacao beans from around the globe with winsome northern Michigan packaging for a series of dark chocolate bars worth savoring. Fresh Coast Chocolate - located behind Workshop Brewing Company in the Warehouse District - handcrafts its 70 percent dark chocolate Peru, Madagascar and Belize bars. The namesakes reflect the countries of origin of the cacao beans. The Peru bar (tasting notes: “citrus, green banana & roasted nut with a fudge brownie finish”) uses beans from a cacao and coffee cooperative in the San Martin region. The Madagascar (tasting notes: “red berry, raisin, tobacco”) sustainably sources beans from the Sambirano region. With tart cherry, honey and cashew notes, the Belize bar’s cacao beans hail from the careful harvest of small-holder farms in the country’s southern Toledo district. Each bar retails for $9 and features just two ingredients, befitting their standalone quality: organic cacao or cocoa beans and organic cane sugar. Stop in to Fresh Coast to try one for yourself, or order online at www.freshcoastchocolate.com. - Beth Milligan

A fingerstyle guitarist on tour from Italy, Pino Forastiere performs a solo program at The Music House in Manistee on Saturday, October 22 at 7:30pm (tickets: $10 at door; 231-723-2744), & at Red Sky Stage in Petoskey on Sunday, October 23 from 7-9pm (tickets: $10 advance, $12.50 door; redskystage.com). Classically trained, Forastiere combines aspects of jazz, rock, improvisational & classical music.

NWS REACHES 100 The National Writers Series is celebrating a milestone. It’s been around for just seven years, but the literary series will host its 100th writer on Oct. 20 with Margaret Atwood at a soldout event at the City Opera House in Traverse City. The NWS was conceived by author Doug Stanton as he promoted his 2009 book “Horse Soldiers.” He took the Opera House stage with Col. (Ret.) Mark Mitchell to talk about the war in Afghanistan and realized the sold-out crowd was hungry for “Great Stories and Great Conversations.” Stanton, his wife Anne Stanton and attorney Grant Parsons founded NWS two months later. Atwood might be sold out, but tickets are still available for the 101st NWS event. Author Anne Patchett takes the stage Oct. 22 at 7pm at Lars Hockstad Auditorium with host Benjamin Busch.

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Isn’t this an interesting election cycle? We have a county commissioner race in which a Green Party candidate is likely to garner more votes than any Green Party candidate in memory. We have odd legislative races in which candidates from one district are ubiquitous, and candidates from the other are nearly invisible. We have a congressional race intruded upon by national party advertising, nearly all of which is relentlessly negative. We even have a contentious local ballot proposition and two county millage proposals about which I’ll write more next week. And, of course, we have the presidential election.

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Traverse City is witnessing an unusual pair of legislative races. We’re getting political television advertising aplenty for Dan Scripps and some for Curt Vanderwaal, both running for the state house in the 101st District which does not include Traverse City. But we’re seeing none for Larry Inman or Betsey Coffia, who are running for the state house in the 104th District, which does include Traverse City.

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Which brings us to a presidential race dipping into new levels of coarseness and crudity. But that’s not the most troubling part of the Clinton-Trump mudfest. Intrusions into our election process from a pair of outside-the-country parties should be concerning us more than they seem to be. The first is an Australian-born man now ensconced in the Ecuadoran embassy in London rather than face sexual assault accusations in Sweden. He dribbles out information, including secret American documents, someone else stole and gave to him. The second is a murderous dictator whose country’s cyber-war efforts have managed to penetrate the Democratic National Committee’s computer system. (At least our Department of Justice says that’s the most likely scenario for the hacking of the DNC.)

That’s more than can be said for the congressional race to replace the retiring Dan Benishek in Congressional District 1.

The recent efforts of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been granted asylum by Ecuador and denies the sexual assault accusations, are clearly aimed at damaging Hillary Clinton. She would like to damage him too. It was Wikileaks that released reams of hacked and embarrassing messages from Clinton’s State Department. Now he’s releasing Clinton campaign emails. Clinton, on the other hand, would like to see Assange prosecuted for possessing stolen documents. They aren’t exactly fans of one another.

Lon Johnson and Jack Bergman, both of whom have raised and are spending small fortunes, have dipped into the negativity pool only to soil themselves. Their proxies have been even worse.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cyber warriors are presumed to be the source of Wikileaks’ documents. Perhaps he’s just returning a favor to Trump, his most ardent American cheerleader.

The congressional campaign committees of both parties consider our CD 1, which has bounced back and forth between Democrat and Republican congressmen, a swing district. Both parties are pouring money and advertising into the race. And doing so foolishly.

It shouldn’t matter whom these two are attempting to assist or harm, it’s an appalling intrusion by both into our election system. Heightened security for our computerized voting systems should be an issue that isn’t.

The Traverse City media market overlays several legislative districts, so we’re subjected to coverage overlaps. Both Scripps and Vanderwaal, to their credit, are running mostly benign self-promotions rather than attack ads. Still, we’re especially appreciative that Inman and Coffia are not part of the television pack.

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He’ll come back to curry votes and money. The Republican and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees have helped neither their respective candidates nor the voters and have once again besmirched themselves.

They’ve decided the key issue is where the candidates live. The Democrats tell us Bergman loves New Orleans and would like to retire there. In fact, he has said it himself. The Republicans tell us Johnson has an apartment in Detroit. And he does. Oh my god, the horror of it all. We all know whoever wins will mostly live in or around the Washington D.C. area. He’ll cruise back into the district occasionally for an invitation-only town hall or some other photo op event and then he’ll be off to some fundraisers. Where he calls home won’t be where he spends most of his time.

Assange has issues with Clinton that likely don’t contemplate the potential consequences of his ongoing revelations beyond his enmity for her. It isn’t clear he even has a geopolitical agenda. Putin’s motives are surely darker. Anything that damages American credibility, including a cyber invasion of our national election, enhances his expansionist dreams. Or at least he seems to believe that. He may view Trump, rightly or wrongly, as a willing pawn in his game. Either way, neither Assange nor Putin are welcome participants in our elections. That they are is a problem mostly being ignored.

Crime & Rescue BEAVER ISLAND CRASH INJURES ONE The vehicles of two Beaver Island men collided on a sharp curve, injuring one of the drivers. The Charlevoix County Sheriff’s substation deputy was called to West Side Road and Mrs. Redding’s Trail Oct. 8 at 11:40am, Sheriff Don Schneider said. Richard Burris, an 87-year-old driver of a Chevy S-10 pickup, crashed into a 1992 Ford van driven by 68-year-old Dave Chandler. Burris was taken to the Beaver Island Rural Health Center for treatment of minor injuries. Chandler was not injured. Both cars needed to be towed away. CHURCH BREAK-IN PROBED Cadillac Police are investigating a church break-in. A burglary was discovered at the First Presbyterian Church on E. Harris Street on Oct. 7. It’s believes the crime occurred the previous afternoon. Thieves swiped a flat-screen television, two laptops and an unknown amount of money in a gray cash box. Also taken were business checks from two different accounts. One of the checks had already been fraudulently used and Chief Todd Golnick said detectives have a suspect in the case. COUPLE ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT State police paid two visits in two days to a Roscommon couple’s home, finally arresting both of them for domestic violence and other crimes. Troopers first visited the Roscommon Township home Oct. 5 in response to a report of a domestic assault. Investigators learned a woman had punched her male roommate in the face, causing the man to strangle her. She then hit the man over the head with a glass bowl and fled. She was gone by the time troopers arrived and they helped the man get to Grayling Mercy Hospital to be treated for his injuries. In the course of the investigation, police discovered that both the man and the woman were wanted on numerous warrants; police returned to the home the following day and arrested both of them. That prompted a struggle from the man, who resisted arrest, escaped from the front seat of the patrol car, and was wrangled into the back of the vehicle and taken to jail. THREE BUSTED FOR COCAINE A months-long investigation led to the arrest of three people in Cadillac on cocaine charges. Cadillac Police tipped off the Traverse Narcotics Team in August about a suspected drug ring, leading to an investigation and an undercover informant making a purchase on Oct. 5. That led to the arrest of a 26-year-old Manton woman, a 27-year-old Gaylord man and a 26-year-old Cadillac woman. They were charged with delivery of cocaine and possession of marijuana. DRIVER ARRESTED AT RESORT A driver swerved to avoid a deer at the Homestead Resort, crashed into a tree and was arrested for drunk driving. Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrived Oct. 8 at 9:20pm at South Woodridge Drive to find the driver and a passenger out of the car and talking to paramedics. Neither of them was injured. As the 26-year-old Lansing man explained to police what happened, they could smell alcohol

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and they determined he was intoxicated and took him to jail for drunk driving. ALLEGED HEROIN SELLERS BUSTED Police arrested a man and a woman accused of selling heroin in Cadillac. Traverse Narcotics Team officers used an informant to purchase drugs from a McBain man and a Reed City woman, leading to the arrests for the 27-year-olds on Oct. 5. They were charged in Wexford County with conspiracy to deliver heroin and delivery of a counterfeit controlled substance. DRIVER FLEES SCENE OF CRASH Cadillac Police found an abandoned car when they responded to a report of a vehicle that had crashed into a utility pole. They were called to Plett Road near Thirteenth Street at 8:30am Oct. 8 and soon after they learned that Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies had spotted the driver who was fleeing on foot and had arrested the 23-year-old Cadillac man. The crash damaged an electrical pole and fencing around the Cadillac Water Treatment Plant. Police suspect the driver was under the influence of narcotics when he crashed. He was treated for minor injuries and taken to jail. CHARGES REDUCED IN OBSTRUCTION CASE Felony charges were dismissed and a new misdemeanor case was brought against an Elmwood Township man accused of hindering first responders after a woman suffered an apparent overdose on his property. Frank Noverr originally faced felony charges of resisting arrest. Those were dismissed and prosecutors refiled a case against Noverr, this time on the less serious misdemeanor count of attempting to resist and obstruct a police officer. The 65-year-old was accused of interfering with a Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputy Aug. 13 as the officer attempted to respond to a 911 call from Noverr’s Elmwood Township farm. Someone called for help after a woman at a barn party suffered a possible overdose.

Noverr has been at odds with the township over a wedding venue he runs on his farm. He sued the township after the board of zoning appeals rejected his request for a conditional land use permit in January. While that case was pending, Noverr was barred from hosting events, a prohibition neighbors said Noverr repeatedly ignored. Noverr maintained he only held private events on his property. BRIDGE VANDALS WANTED Someone covered the supports of the newly constructed Cass Road bridge in graffiti and police want to find who is responsible. The spray painting occurred sometime between Sept. 21 and Oct. 7. Anyone with information should contact Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies at (231) 995-5000 or info@gtsheriff.org.

At the jail, it was discovered that the suspect had given a false name. She faces charges of second-offense drunk driving and giving false information to a police officer. A 22-year-old Northport man was also arrested for a parole violation. The stop occurred at 3:16am Oct. 12 in Elmwood Township.

TWO ARRESTED IN TRAFFIC STOP A Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a 2002 GMC van that was driving erratically on M-22. By the time the deputy reached the driver’s window, no one was in the driver’s seat and none of the four occupants would own up to being the driver. An odor of alcohol emanated from the vehicle and the officer eventually identified the driver, a 25-year-old Traverse City woman, who was arrested on drunk driving charges.

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Great Art! The 1,496-page German novel “Bottom’s Dream,” translated into (broken) English, more than twice as long as “War and Peace,” recently reached U.S. bookstores as a 13-pound behemoth, bound with a 14inch spine that, based on a September Wall Street Journal description, will almost surely go unread. The story follows two translators and their teenage daughter over a single day as they try to interpret the works of Edgar Allen Poe, making for slow going for anyone not already conversant with Poe. Bright Ideas -- While other vehicle safety-control engineers work on actually slowing down cars and buses when a risk is detected on the road ahead, one of Volvo’s recent innovations appears aimed merely at bullying pedestrians to get out of the way. According to a September report on Treehugger.com, the safety “control” for a Volvo bus consists of progressively louder horn-honking to scare off the pedestrian. -- Simple As That: (1) British farmer Pip Simpson, who lost nearly 300 sheep to rustlers in recent years, recently sprayed his remaining herd of almost 800 sheep a bright luminous orange (harmless, he said, though the sheep’s opinions are unknown) to make them less attractive to thieves. (2) Saudi Arabia switched to the 365-day Gregorian calendar on Oct. 2, in part to reduce government expenses. Bureaucrats had been using the Islamic lunar Hijri (354- day) calendar, but now must work a 3 percent longer year for the same salaries. Latest Religious Messages In 2014, British entrepreneur Azad Chaiwala, 33, created the matchmaking service Second Wife -- because, just as men have trouble finding that special person, some Mormons, Muslims and others have at least as much trouble finding that special additional person. (Most clients, he said, are in the United States and the United Kingdom, though bigamy is illegal in both places.) The service was so successful that Chaiwala this year inaugurated Polygamy. com, which he adamantly defended as a moral alternative to adultery and one-nightstand services such as Tinder. Police Report (1) The long-rap-sheeted Darren Clinton, 48, was in the process, according to Minneapolis police, of burglarizing a hotel room in September when an occupant returned and surprised him. Clinton, wielding a knife, escaped momentarily, but the occupant summoned his nearby roommates -- the visiting University of Arizona men’s cross-country team -- and after a chase, which included jumping several barriers, the runners steered a severely winded Clinton into the arms of a state trooper. (2) Kerry Johnson, 52, was arrested in August in Charleston, West Virginia, and charged with robbing a City National Bank branch. Police said Johnson had been gambling at the Mardi Gras Casino in nearby Nitro when he ran out of money at the blackjack table. (He left a $25 chip to preserve his spot, excused himself, went to the bank, and came back with more money.)

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Blind Man Life changed a lot when Mike Sincic lost his sight. Now he’s got a job, and he hopes to soon have his own apartment. But he faces obstacles. By Patrick Sullivan

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The challenges of everyday life are amplified for Mike Sincic. Things like transportation and the search for affordable housing — issues able-bodied people struggle with in northern Michigan — pose tougher challenges to Sincic because he’s blind.

it took me a little while to realize that I do have friends — it’s just, they’re older than me. So it was kind of interesting. I mean, I had to grow up fairly quick. Now I’m older, and I’m working, and so that’s changed a lot. And that’s been a huge blessing that I got a job at Chemical Bank.

The 34-year-old, who lost his sight two decades ago due to a brain tumor, has made a name for himself in northern Michigan as a popular local artist. He paints watercolors from memory or description; cards that feature reprints of his work are available at Horizon Books. Recently however, his life’s path has changed a bit. He took on a new job at Chemical Bank, and now he’s focused on finding a place to live, on his own, after a life spent living with his parents. Currently he commutes to Front Street in Traverse City from his home in Williamsburg, getting around with the help of a network of family and friends who give him rides.

Express: Tell me about getting that job.

The Express sat down with Sincic and talked to him about his life and the challenges he experiences living as a blind person in northern Michigan. Northern Express: What was it like to discover you had a brain tumor at age 13? Mike Sincic: It was pretty scary. I guess what made it real tough, or added a lot to it, was the surgeon had come in the room when my parents were not in the room and told me that he had looked at the scans, and I had three weeks to live, and not even God alone could help me, and that there was nothing that could be done. You know, he’s walking out of the room, and my parents are coming into the room, and my parents see me crying, and my dad grabs him, and he’s like, “What did you just tell him?” Express: When did you discover you had a chance to survive? Sincic: Well, my parents just kept reassuring me that they were doing research. And this surgeon in New York, everyone kept saying he was the one to do the surgery. And so, just because of the size of the tumor — it was larger than a man’s fist when we found out about it — he was on vacation at the time, and we reached him on his cell phone, and he said, “I’m on my way back to the office. I heard about your situation. I’ll call you in the morning.” And we got a phone call. I think it was 9 o’clock sharp. He said, “Come on out. I can do it.” Express: That must have been a relief. Sincic: I just felt so relieved. I was still scared having to go through a surgery and stuff like that. When we got out there, he said that he could do the surgery, and he knew that he could remove the tumor, but the tumor had severed the optic nerve; it’s just, like, paper thin. So [there was] a very good chance that I could lose my vision. Express: When you came out of that surgery, alive but blind, how much did your life change? Sincic: I think I matured and grew up quicker, you know what I mean? Because, like, my class at school, they had all stopped talking to me. And at the time, people were saying, “Oh, you know, they don’t know how to react.” Well, I had gotten up twice during two different classes — this was at St. Francis, so it wasn’t as big of a class — and I said, “Hey, I’m the same Mike blind, you know? I might need help here and there, but I still like to have fun. I still like to do things.” And it didn’t do anything. Even a friend that I grew up playing hockey with and stuff like that, I’m still friends with his dad today, but … Express: So it was difficult for you to relate with your peers after you lost your sight. Sincic: Yeah. And for a long time, even until up to just a few years ago, I always was like, I don’t have any friends, you know? But it’s not that I didn’t have any friends. It was that all my friends were my parents’ age. I mean, they were adults, and I didn’t have any friends that were my age. So

Sincic: After I graduated from high school, I had worked for a Junior A hockey team doing marketing and sales, and I did great with the sales and stuff like that. Since then I’ve volunteered at the disability network. So I’ve been looking for a job for quite some time. I worked with a job coach, and she was kind of like, “Oh, there’s not any jobs.” And before, any other time that there was openings at a bank, we were always told, “Don’t even bother. Your computer software is not going to be compatible.” And the president of Grand Traverse Industries, Steve Perdue, he’s a family friend. I knew his kids from playing hockey and stuff like that. So he also was helping to find me a job. He wanted to see me working again. And there was an opening at Chemical Bank, and the local president of Chemical Bank sits on the board of Grand Traverse Industries. Express: And that worked out? Sincic: They went above and beyond to make the computer software work. They had to reprogram some of their software and stuff like that, but they made it work, and since then they’ve now hired another blind lady. Express: How is the job going? Sincic: It’s awesome. I’ve been there four, five months. And it’s going great. I love it. It’s an incredible organization. They had just gotten an award for hiring people with disabilities from Grand Traverse Industries, and I’ve always just wanted to call the newspaper and be like, “This is John Doe. Put a story in the paper for Chemical Bank … .” Express: “This is a big deal …” Sincic: Yeah. This is an incredible organization. What they’ve done to make it work for us, for me and for the other lady, you know, it’s incredible. And they are hiring more people with different types of disabilities. Express: So you live with your parents out in Williamsburg now. Have you always lived with them? Do you feel like this job puts you closer to getting your own place? Sincic: Yeah. Definitely. I have, in the off season, especially in the winter, stayed at the Sleep Inn in Acme. They charge me like 25 bucks a night to stay there. So I’ll stay there four or five nights at a time, just to get away. It’s a little bit closer to town. I love swimming, and they have a really nice pool. I mean, I can live on my own. I’m pretty self-sufficient. I would love to live downtown. Express: How has your search for a downtown apartment been going? Sincic: It’s tough. It’s ridiculous. You know Justice Richard Bernstein [A Michigan Supreme Court Justice who is blind]? I got to meet him when he was here giving a talk, six months ago or a year ago. He gave me his phone number. He was saying that there needs to be more affordable housing. I’ve always thought that there should be a bigger push. The amount of building that’s going on, they’re building them, but it’s like, [so expensive], I don’t know who could live in them. Is there really a demand for highcost housing? Are there really that many people? It floors me that there are all of these places. Express: So have had you had any leads finding a downtown rental? Sincic: Not yet I haven’t. I’ve heard that they’re building next to J&S downtown. Someone said that those were low-income.

Express: They’ve talked about a nine-story building across from J&S, but that’s been halted because there was controversy over the height. Sincic: It’s crazy, because originally they were also talking about building some low-income around the Park Place, and I found out those have been put on hold too. Express: What’s it like in day-to-day life, being a blind person in Traverse City? Sincic: I know for any person, there’s good and bad, but for a person with a disability, it’s tough, you know? Because some of these stores you go into, and I know some of the excuses are, “We don’t have as many employees,” or whatever, and I understand that. But it’s amazing when you go in and ask for assistance to purchase stuff, and some of the stores, it’s like, “Are you serious? You’re really asking for us to move from where we’re standing to help you purchase stuff in the store?” You know? It’s like they thought that their job was to just stand there and not have to move. “No. We’re not going to help you. You need to bring your caregiver in. We’re not your personal shopper.” Express: Do you have good experiences? Sincic: Yes. On the other side, there’s places like Toys R Us. I go in there, and they see my ride dropping me off, and a lot of times, if they’re not extremely busy, they grab a chair, and they’re like, “Have a seat. Do you want to go around the store with us or do you want us to grab some stuff for you?” Express: How do you get around town? Sincic: I know people plan their days out. They have to have their schedules. But [if you are blind] you have to plan your whole day out ahead of time — like getting a ride into town, getting to breakfast, getting a ride after breakfast, to work or wherever you’re going. It’s pretty complex. That’s the one tough thing for me — if I want to do something, sometimes I can’t just do it, you know? If I decide I want to go to a hockey game or whatever, I can’t just go and do it. I have to make calls the day before, maybe the same day, and if people are busy or they don’t feel like going out, then I’m out of luck. Express: What about Bay Area Transportation Authority buses? Sincic: I’ve actually had a couple of experiences with BATA. One of them — it’s been a couple of years now, but I was on one of the fixed-route buses, and the driver was telling me, “Hurry up.” I’d just gotten on the bus. And he was like, “Just pay when you get off.” And so he’s pulling up to the stop and he’s like, “Come on, come on, hurry, I’m going to be late getting to the transfer station.” So I’m trying to get my pass out of my wallet as I’m walking up toward the front. This was the one bus where, when you turn, there’s one extra step, and I’d forgotten about that, as I was trying to get my pass out of my wallet, and fell down, and he had the door open, and I fell down the other stairs and went on out to the sidewalk. I ended up that night having to go to the emergency room because of my feet and legs. I have since taken them, but especially for work and things like that I don’t, because it’s not always dependable. Express: Do you ever date? Do you have a girlfriend? Sincic: No. And I would love to date and find someone. I guess I’m not — I guess I don’t pursue it. It’s tough. And I’ve hung on to this — I was with my friend at the Central girls golf team annual golf outing and fundraiser. And they had a silent auction for a limo ride and a gift card to Amical. And it was, like, at 30 bucks or something like that. So I’m like, that’d be cool to win that, you know? Take a girl out and not have to get ride? Pick her up myself and off to dinner. I ended up winning it, you know, for 50 bucks. I’ve hung on to that. This interview has been edited and condensed.

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Up North Instagrams! By Kristi Kates

Some of the best scenic shots of our region are photographed by those who live here and document the everyday beauty right around them. Here’s a trio of great Up North lifestyle photogs to check out on Instagram.

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Spending half of the year in Grand Rapids, where she teaches, and the other half on the Leelanau Peninsula, Alt finds she appreciates northern Michigan’s beauty even more when she’s been away for a while. She and her husband, Ian Degraaf, are (“very slowly!”) renovating an old farmhouse on M-22, and to earn extra income, Alt does wedding photography, which often leads to shooting landscapes as well. “I don’t really think about it — I just shoot whenever I see beautiful things,” Alt said.

Paul Retherford starting shooting photos in seventh grade with his first Canon Rebel camera, focusing first on nature photography, which taught him about macro work and composition. “I did my earliest ‘work’ shooting photos for the seventh grade yearbook, which was a long time ago,” he laughed. Today, Retherford’s a busy professional photographer specializing in portraits of people and wedding photography (he’s shot over 600 weddings to date), but his eye is still frequently drawn to the scenic wonders of northern Michigan.

Where She Points Her Camera: “I actually try to shoot a lot of northern Michigan-themed scenes that are more unique than what you might typically see. I mean — of course we all love and appreciate our gorgeous sunsets! But I try to shoot more than just that, angles or subjects that are a little more unusual. My favorite places to shoot are all on the west side of the peninsula, between Empire and Northport, where we spend a lot of time hiking around North Bar Lake and on the Empire Bluff trail.”

Where He Points His Camera: “We have such great beaches here, and I love the trails, especially the North Country Trail, which is awesome. Petoskey State Park is the best for sunsets. And in the winter, I like shooting at Petoskey’s Winter Sports Park. I shoot thousands upon thousands of images every year, and I’ve been doing this for 30 years, so a lot of it is instinctive. I do like pastel colors, linear lines, and nature, but I’ll generally just shoot anything I think is worthy of an image.”

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Alexa Hughes’ mother was a hobbyist photographer when Hughes was growing up, inspiring her to pick up a camera of her own. “I watched her to learn, and then took a few classes on my own when I was living in Chicago,” Hughes said. Today, she’s a mom herself (of three boys) and works as a copywriter at Hagerty. She didn’t get into photography seriously until 2008; now she shoots family and individual portraits and the occasional wedding, and drives around the region taking landscape shots, with a familiar central theme in mind. Where She Points Her Camera: “I’m really drawn to the water here. It looks so different from season to season. And going from, say, Grand Traverse Bay to Elk Rapids, there’s so much variation in the color and the landscapes. I really like shooting in Elk Rapids in particular, as the water is more still there, so you get such cool reflections, and the sunsets are just beautiful!”

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THREE LEGENDARY WOMEN AUTHORS Take to the National Writers Series Stage By Clark Miller

Three legendary women writers will visit the National Writers Series in Traverse City this month. Margaret Atwood, Ann Patchett and Jodi Picoult will talk about their work and lives on October 20, 22 and 23, respectively. Atwood’s appearance marks the 100th interview in the popular series. All NWS events are at the City Opera House unless otherwise noted.

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MARGARET ATWOOD – OCTOBER 20

Canadian poet, novelist, essayist and environmental activist Margaret Atwood, one of the most widely-read and oft-quoted writers around, is expected to discuss her most recent book, Hag-Seed, a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Atwood’s long, prolific career defies easy pigeonholing. For example, her work often deals with gender differences — both real and those societally imposed by patriarchy — and she has written, “We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.” Yet she rejects the label of feminist writer. Also, don’t call her work science fiction. She has written about a dystopic future in two of her best-known books, The Handmaid’s Tale and Oryx and Crake, but she prefers to call them “speculative fiction.” “Science fiction,” she explained, “has monsters and spaceships; speculative fiction could really happen.” Hers is a future rooted in real-life antecedents and therefore in plausible scenarios —environmental degradation, political chaos and tyranny. As she explained in an essay in The New York Times, “Welcome to The Future, one of our favorite playgrounds. We love dabbling about in it, as our numerous utopias and dystopias testify; like the Afterlife, it’s up for grabs, since no one has actually been there.” Atwood holds honorary degrees from Oxford University, Cambridge University, and the Sorbonne. In addition to the Booker Prize, she has won the Dan David Prize and numerous other national and international awards. A note for those who might want to attend: Organizers of the National Writers Series announced last week that Atwood’s appearance at City Opera House is sold out.

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ANN PATCHETT – OCTOBER 22

Fans of Ann Patchett can find out whether it’s a blessing or a curse to be named one of the “hundred most influential people on the planet,” an honor bestowed on her by Time magazine in 2012. The author of seven bestselling novels, including her breakthrough work, Bel Canto, Patchett’s latest novel, Commonwealth, is a multi-generational work that deals with loss and loyalty. She is a former Iowa Writer’s Workshop classmate of local author and National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton. She also has something in common with Traverse City’s reputation of supporting homegrown booksellers. Five years ago she discovered that her hometown, Nashville, no longer had an independent bookstore, so Patchett founded Parnassus Books there with a friend. The store opened in November 2011. She has also written for The New York Times Magazine; the Washington Post; O, The Oprah Magazine; ELLE; GQ; Vogue; and numerous other publications. Her October 22 appearance will be at Lars Hockstad Auditorium at Central Grade School.

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JODI PICOULT – OCTOBER 23

Jodi Picoult is the author of 23 novels, nine of which became No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. Known for tackling difficult themes such as mercy killing, stem cell research, the existence of God, gay rights and the death penalty — topics many readers (and writers) prefer to avoid — Picoult has built a solid fan base by creating characters who wrestle with life’s moral complexities. Her latest book, small great things, addresses the ways that individual acts can help dismantle racism and what happens when we don’t bother. Picoult said she’s thought for years about writing on the topic. “There is a fire raging, and we have two choices: we can turn our backs, or we can try to fight it,” she has written. “Yes, talking about racism is hard to do, and yes, we stumble over the words —but we who are white need to have this discussion amongst ourselves.” Her point is to chalenge readers. “The act of writing,” she has said, “is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that’s the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.” Picoult has written five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. Four of her novels — The Pact, Plain Truth, The Tenth Circle, and Salem Falls — have been made into television movies. My Sister’s Keeper was a big-screen film that starred Cameron Diaz. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Dartmouth College in 2010.

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THE BEAUTY OF BIOARTOGRAPHY, BORN IN MICHIGAN By Kristi Kates

You might have glimpsed the surface of this world before, if your eye doctor had a certain kind of imaging camera, or if you’ve ever broken a bone and viewed your own X-ray. But a group of professors, scientists and students at the University of Michigan are taking the photography of what’s inside our bodies to a whole new artistic level. The BioArtography program was launched as a fundraiser for U of M’s training program in organogenesis, a unique field focused on the forming of new organs. Deborah Gumucio, a James Douglas Engel collegiate professor of cell and developmental biology at U of M, founded the BioArt program in 2005, after founding the Center for Organogenesis (CFO) back in 1995. “The whole objective of the CFO is to unite the fields of clinical medicine, basic science, and engineering,” Gumucio said. “We are trying to understand how organs and tissues are formed in the body, and to use that information and technology to form new organs and tissues to repair or replace diseased ones.” The research is often done in the cells and tissues of yeast, fruit flies, worms, fish, mice, and chickens, and includes stem cell research as well. Through these studies, the CFO is finally making progress in the understanding and treatment of such complex and difficult diseases as diabetes, depression and bipolar disorder. Training the next generation of scientists in organogenesis is imperative and intense; students spend significant time in the laboratory,

meetings and conferences where they present what we do,” Gumucio said. “We are entering an their own findings. The BioArtography program age of regenerative medicine and personalized aims to support funding for these opportunities medicine that’s quickly resulting in an explosion by selling unique biological artworks created in scientific knowledge. We now have new geby scientists who photograph the unseen inner netic tools available, and we’re going to be able workings of our bodies through microscopes to better diagnose and treat difficult diseases and scanners. very soon, so it’s important “Most tissues and cells for the public to know more are transparent, except In order to better visualize about these advances so they plant cells, which usu- things under the microscope, can help support it and keep ally have some pigment,” the discoveries coming.” Gumucio explained. “So we have to add chemical And, of course, there’s in order to better visual- dyes, making different parts also the artistic component. ize things under the miThese images, each with their croscope, we have to add of the cells different colors own evocative title and dechemical dyes, making so you can contrast them scription, are unexpectedly different parts of the cells beautiful. Some are bold and against each other. different colors so you some delicate, others so aliencan contrast them against looking that it’s strange to each other.” think they’re actually part of us. “Monet’s GarThis process creates striking images that den” does evoke the works of Monet, with its range from pastel to brightly colored works, all impressionistic look — even though it’s nerve with unusual details. The images are sold both cells from a brain. “Superfly,” in bright neon online and at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, where blue against a stark black background, shows they’re a popular draw every year. “All proceeds off the muscles of a fruit fly. When you’re lookfrom BioArtography, which is entirely non-profing at “That’s Phernominal,” you’re seeing the it, go toward $500 travel awards for our trainees; pheromone cells of a red-backed salamander. we’ve awarded about 80 of these over the past 10 And “Technicolor Thoughts” is another look years,” Gumucio said. at the brain, in this case represented by microWhile the initial aim was funding, as the scopic art that looks like a Joan Miro mobile. program evolved, it took on additional meanGumucio puts out a call for images early ing. “We found that these images were helping each year, and gets around 80–100 submiseducate the public about science in a unique sions from U of M students, staff, faculty, and way, and it gave people a more tangible view of Photo post-docs. some of and the Recreation. images into courtesyShe Citybrings of Petoskey Parks

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Photoshop, cropping and making color and balance adjustments so the artworks are even more appealing. She then takes those images to the U of M School of Art and Design, whose students and staff serve as an informal art jury. “They select the 20 top images for us — the ones that have the best artistic qualities in addition to their scientific beauty,” Gumucio said. People seeing the BioArtography works for the first time have a wide range of responses to them. “At first, people are just drawn to the colors,” Gumucio said. “Then, once they find out what the images are, some say ‘Eww!’” she said. “But a much larger proportion of people want to learn more about the images. Some people want to purchases images of diseases that they’ve personally struggled with and beat, so they can ‘own’ the disease; other people buy them because they have kids studying medicine; and doctors and dentists buy them so they can have cool art for their offices.” But what made Gumucio think that these quirky works of art would actually sell as well as they have? “Well, even when you do this job all the time, day after day, often the first thing you think when you look through the microscope at a new slide is ‘Wow!’ You never tire of seeing the complexity,” she said. “These images allow the public to also appreciate this remarkable and compelling mixture of art and science.” Get more information and choose from over 200 images available for purchase in three sizes at bioartography.com.

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Feel Fabulous This Fall By Beth Milligan

rom cutting-edge skincare treatments and new hair and makeup services to rejuvenating massage therapies and luxurious spa getaways, here’s your guide to getting — and feeling —gorgeous in northern Michigan this fall.

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In addition to a range of traditional skincare services — including facials, chemical peels, waxing/brow tinting and injectables — Grand Traverse Ophthalmology Clinic is rolling out two new aesthetic offerings this fall. Dermaplaning is a noninvasive skin exfoliation treatment that removes the outer layer of dead skin cells, allowing for better absorption of skincare products. It also “removes peach fuzz and softens and smoothes the skin,” according to the company. GTOC — which has offices in Traverse City, Petoskey and Sault Ste. Marie — also has begun offering microneedling, a new skin rejuvenating treatment designed to reduce fine lines and wrinkles and improve the appearance of stretch marks. Need some personal guidance to find which skincare treatments are right for you? The Center For Skin Care/Plastic Surgery at Copper Ridge in Traverse City and Petoskey deploys a team of licensed “skin care coaches” and healthcare professionals designed to help you select the right services. The company specializes in “northern Michigan’s most advanced cosmetic laser skin therapies,” including the new Halo and the Sciton Joule Laser systems. The cutting-edge therapies are aimed at reducing the recovery time of past laser treatment options while still producing visible skin brightening and tightening. If you’re looking for a more natural path to improved skin, plan a visit to Notably Natural at Traverse City’s Village at Grand Traverse Commons. The boutique’s curated lines of skincare and beauty products are “hand-crafted in small batches” and feature “pure essential oils, herbs, spices, and allnatural ingredients,” many grown by hand or harvested from the wild by vendors. Try Creation Pharm’s Anna’s Skin Renewal Serum — made with jojoba and pure essential oils — for a facial toner or after-shower moisturizer.

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Nancy Bigley, owner of Beauty By Bigley, used her Mary Kay business as a springboard to expand into a wide range of makeup and beauty consulting services. “Making people happy and caring for others has always been a life mission of mine,” she said. Bigley provides makeover/glamour sessions, skincare and makeup consulting, hair styling and pampering day sessions. Also a paramedic, Bigley has used her services to support and raise funds for domestic violence victims, the elderly and military members overseas. In Petoskey, two beauty salons offer a full menu of hair, makeup and nail services — perfect for either special occasions or an everyday pick-me-up. Talulu Beauty Lounge in the Gaslight District, the largest retailer of Davines natural hair care products north of Grand Rapids, offers women’s and men’s cut-and-color services, blowouts, manicures/ pedicures, waxing and makeup applications (including airbrushing) in its stylish and cozy salon. La Dolce Vita Salon & Spa on Howard Street offers a range of unique services including professional hair extensions and eyebrow extensions, plus lash perms, add-ons, tintings and “X-TREME” extensions. Meanwhile, those ready to invest in serious results should consider Traverse Beauty Bar, owned by Cosmetic Skin and Laser Center on Front Street in downtown Traverse City. The company specializes in brow shaping (even offering an annual Brow Membership for monthly visits) and carries starter kits for at-home care. It also can help give you celebrity-worthy eyelashes, offering treatments including the Babydoll Lash Lift (which curls and lifts lashes for two months) and Nova Lash and Lotus Mink lash extensions.

Aromatherapy Massages/ Essential Oil Treatments

A traditional massage can work wonders for your body, but a new crop of aromatherapy massages and essential oil treatments promise to further enhance those benefits. At The Spa at Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls, guest can choose from a 50- or 80-minute aromatherapy massage featuring essential oils derived from plant and flower extracts. The service is designed to stimulate the senses as the massage “allows the oils to carry specific healing properties throughout your body.” You choose the blend of oils to tailor the treatment experience to your personal preferences. As a distributor for Young Living Essential Oils, Petoskey’s Harmony of Life Massage

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Spa Retreats

Looking for a fabulous fall getaway? Considering booking a weekend at one of these luxury retreats Up North: At The Homestead’s Spa Amira in Glen Arbor, guests enjoy sweeping views of Sleeping Bear Dunes and Lake Michigan and expansive outdoor amenities that include terraces, gardens, waterfalls, a fireplace, labyrinth and pool. During the month of October, Spa Amira offers a specialty menu of fall-themed services, including a Bourbon Bubbler (a body

scrub of brown sugar and Kentucky bourbon, followed by a pour of the spirit), a Cinnamon Girl scrub (accompanied by a glass of the namesake cider from Left Foot Charley) and a Pumpkin Purifying Power Peel. The renovated Crystal Spa at Crystal Mountain Resort in Thompsonville offers 18,5000 sprawling square feet of “LEED-certified oasis” — an environmentally sensitive destination that has earned the spa multiple national awards, including a spot on the Top 10 Green Spa Awards. Crystal Spa offers private transition rooms with heated floors, steam rooms and infrared saunas, an outdoor Mosaic Garden with hot tub, and a full range of services including massages, aromatherapy baths, body wraps, facials, and manicures and pedicures. Book a lodging package to take advantage of the resort’s acclaimed golf courses through the fall and ski hills in the winter. Sure, you’ve been to happy hour, but have you ever had happy hour in a spa? The Inn at Bay Harbor offers the Happiest Hour of all each Thursday from 4pm to 8pm, offering complimentary light snacks and an adult beverage with spa treatment services. The award-winning lakeside resort features a full-service spa with “Lakesive Lovers” couples packages, Mama’s Touch maternity treatments for stressed-out moms-to-be, and an extensive menu of a la carte “Royal Treatment” options for day visitors. If you find yourself planning your next visit before you leave, consider a frequent massage plan: The Inn offers up to 50 percent discounts for frequent clients.

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Here’s a look at upcoming races in the Northern Express readership area this winter. We hope it encompasses most public races, but please forgive us if we’ve missed a few! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 Petoskey - Run Cheap MI: Half Marathon, 10K & 5K 2936 Charlevoix Ave., Petoskey https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Petoskey/PetoskyRunMichiganCheap SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 Founders Peak 2 Peak Mountain Bike Classic Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville http://www.crystalmountain.com/events/peak2peak-mountain-bikeclassic SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 Orchards at Sunset 5K & Fun Run 3672 N. Stowe Rd., Suttons Bay https://www.eventbrite.com/e/orchards-at-sunset-fun-run-and-5kregistration-25516309970 SUNDAY OCTOBER 16, 2016 Great Pumpkin Dash: Jack-o’-Lope 5K & 2K Great Pumpkin Lug. Mt. Holiday, TC http://www.greatpumpkindash.com/ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 Mackinac Island Great Turtle Trail Run 6633 Main St., Mackinac Island http://runmackinac.com/turtle.htm SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016 Gaylord - Run MI Cheap: Half Marathon, 10K & 5K 216 Fairview Dr., Gaylord https://runsignup.com/Race/MI/Gaylord/GaylordRunMichiganCheap SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2016 Haunted Valley Trail Run Otsego Club & Resort, Gaylord https://register.chronotrack.com/r/22891 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 Treetops Trifecta Treetops Resort, Gaylord http://www.active.com/gaylord-mi/running/trail-run-races/treetopstrifecta-2016 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2016 Treetops Trifecta Treetops Resort, Gaylord http://www.active.com/gaylord-mi/running/trail-run-races/treetopstrifecta-2016 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2016 The Great Beerd Run 5K GT Resort & Spa, Acme https://events.bytepro.net/TheGreatBeerdRun SATURDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2016 12th Annual 5K Turkey Vulture Trot Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville http://www.crystalmountain.com/events/5k-turkey-vulture-trot

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2017 North American Vasa 41st Annual Festival of Races Timber Ridge Resort, TC http://www.vasa.org/register/

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017 North American Vasa 41st Annual Festival of Races Timber Ridge Resort, TC http://www.vasa.org/register/

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2016 Jingle Bell Jog 5K Run/Walk Kennedy Elementary School, Manistee http://www.runmichigan.com/calendar/event_detail1. php?recordID=13539

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2016 Jingle Bell 5K Park Place Dome, TC http://www.tctcjinglebellrun.com/ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016 Holiday Rail Jam Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs http://www.boyne.com/boynehighlands/events/2016/december/rail-jam SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2016 Cadillac Area YMCA Resolution 5K Cadillac Area YMCA Email: resolution5k@cadillacareaymca.org SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2017 Resolution Run 5K Run/Walk The Little Fleet, TC http://www.resolutionruntc.com/ SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017 Bigfoot 5K/10K Snowshoe Race Timber Ridge Resort, TC http://www.runsnow.com/ SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017 Fat Chance Fat Tire Bike Race Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville http://www.crystalmountain.com/events/fat-chance-fat-tire-bike-race SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 2017 Grass River Shiver Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire http://www.grassriver.org/ FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 & 4, 2017 Snowmobile Lake Races Boon, MI http://nasfcadillac.com/ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017 White Pine Stampede Mancelona High School http://www.whitepinestampede.org/register SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2017 Frosty 5K Gaylord Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. http://active.com

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2017 Dynastar/Lange Challenge Nub’s Nob, Harbor Springs https://nubsnob.com/signature-events/ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 Ice 3 (Ice Cube) Arctic Triple Relay Timber Ridge Resort, TC https://www.facebook.com/events/343758245960611/ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 IceBerg - Winter Triathlon Timber Ridge Resort, TC https://www.facebook.com/events/599428930230004/ SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2017 Beard of Zeus Timber Ridge Resort, TC http://www.shortsbrewingfatbikeseries.com/beardofzeusfatbikerace/ MARCH 4, 2017 Nub’s Nob Open Nub’s Nob, Harbor Springs https://www.nubsnob.com/signature-events/ SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017 Spring Fling Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville http://www.crystalmountain.com/events/spring-fling SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2017 K2 Banked Slalom Nub’s Nob, Harbor Springs https://www.nubsnob.com/signature-events/ MARCH 25, 2017 Family & Friends Race Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs http://www.boyne.com/boynehighlands/skiing-riding/ski-racing/ family-friends MARCH 26, 2017 Boyne Highlands “Chocolate Cake” Downhill Boyne Highlands, Harbor Springs http://www.boyne.com/boynehighlands/skiing-riding/ski-racing/ downhill

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hris Freeman, Antonio Alcorn, Harrison Goodale, Erik Hischmann, and Max Shakun became a band almost before they knew that they were one. They met in college, in a folk music club, congregating together each week to jam out old tunes, from bluegrass and Celtic music to Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. These day, they’re playing professionally, as Parsonsfield, an eclectic brand of Americana.

THE FOLK BEGINNING “We got our start when that weekly jam session was mistaken for a band, and we were asked to open a show,” Freeman said. “We played that gig and grew from there, trying to write songs that would fit in with the others we were playing at the folk music club.” After college, the crew decided they wanted to make an album — and that they also wanted to step away from the “old-time folkie” sounds with which they started. “While respecting the roots that our music came from, our goal now is to be limitless in experimentation and make whatever music sounds good to us at the time,” Freeman said. THE WALKING DEAD The bandmates hail from Massachusetts but named the band after the rural Maine town of Parsonsfield after recording their debut album, Poor Old Shine, there. And it was the songs from that album, along with the band’s boisterous and

impressive live performances, that have snagged them plenty of attention. This past March, their track “Weeds or Wildflowers” was included in an episode of the wildly popular AMC TV show The Walking Dead. So when it came time to record their sophomore album, the stakes were higher, and the band was busier than ever, which made things a little tricky.

main instrument, the room. We also wrote songs start to finish there.” Parsonsfield had been touring together as a band for years, which became an asset to its recording process. “We’re able to have many moods now, and I think that shows up as making a different kind of album, audio-wise, from our debut,” Freeman said. “Most of all, though, these songs are much more thoughtfully composed.”

THE DUSTY DESTINATION “We’d written music for a play that ran in Canada for close to 300 shows,” Freeman said, “and we were hearing our songs in a pretty inorganic way — through in-ear monitors — and even seeing each other on TV monitors while performing on opposite sides of the stage. So we wanted to find a space that sounded as different as possible to inspire new sounds for this new record.” Most of the band had grown up in the same area out East and knew of an old axe factory that was vacant. In spite of the layer of sawdust covering everything in the place (that would soon find its way onto the band, their instruments, and amps), the crew cleaned out the factory as best as they could and set about making use of its cavernous acoustics — and their newfound creative time.

THE NEW SOUNDS The new album, Blooming Through the Black, opens with the slowly accelerating “Stronger,” which starts on more of a folky note, but soon progresses to an enthusiastic folkpunk barn-burner. “Water Through a Mill” takes the opposite approach, as more of a ballad anchored by calming organ lines, while “Across Your Mind” gets a little funky. All throughout, Parsonsfield’s multi-part harmonies meld the album into one cohesive and intriguing listen that’s even better when you hear the tunes performed live. “We try to have people stomping their feet and hollering one minute, and a moment of near silence the next,” Freeman said. “Our shows are the best part of our day on tour, and we’re doing one of the longest tours we’ve ever done this fall to support this record. We’re really excited to get out there and show off the new stuff.”

THE THOUGHTFUL TUNES “Because of our hectic schedule in Canada, we were barely able to rehearse together,” Freeman said. “So these songs were mostly made as individual demos, or bits and pieces played on one instrument. By moving to the axe factory, we introduced so many new instruments — in addition to the

Parsonsfield will be in concert at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Petoskey on Oct. 28 at 8pm as part of the Blissfest Concert Series. The opening act will be Laney Jones and the Spirits. For tickets and more information, visit blissfest.org/all-events or call 231-347-3209.

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NORTHERN SEEN 1 Jake and Heather Keeler, Carrie Dubin, and Vince Carozza try their hand at pumpkin bowling at Pond Hill Farm in Harbor Springs. 2 Marina Call and Bonnie Jo Campbell at Acoustic Taproom’s “Poets Meet Musicians” adding to the post note inspiration wall. 3 Michigan State Rep. Triston Cole chats with Eric Leister at the Charlevoix Chamber’s First Friday Breakfast. 4 Marya, Meaghan and Kody taking in The Accidentals performance at Olives and Wine in Traverse City. 5 Chris Fitzpatrick, Courtney Stewart, Kat Miles and James Roach finish up a corn hole game during a fall festival weekend at Pond Hill Farm. 6 The twins are fifty! Matt and Brad Anderson celebrated with friends at Red Ginger in Traverse City. 7 Heidi Robinson and Cindy Milock of the new “In the Night Kitchen” food truck inside The Little Fleet. 8 Katherine Forrester, Alissa Post and Shelly Ferguson gather at the First Friday Breakfast in Charlevoix.

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MISSION TABLE

By Janice Binkert

egend has it that the stately structure housing Mission Table, which in the early 1900s served as a wealthy Chicago lumber baron’s summer home, is haunted by the ghost of his jealous wife, Genevive. But what’s legendary about the restaurant these days is the food being conjured up in the kitchen by Chef and General Manager Paul Olson and his crew. And the soul of this cuisine – inspired by the land and waters of northern Michigan – is very much alive. People from around our region may remember that this venerable Old Mission Peninsula property was long known as Bowers Harbor Inn, an acclaimed fine dining destination. Set amid tall oaks and pines rising from an expansive rolling lawn, it enjoys unparalleled views of Bowers Harbor and Power Island. Olson, a Michigan native and Michigan State University graduate, spent 18 years on the East Coast at the Culinary Institute of America. He later worked at and co-owned several dining establishments in New York and Connecticut. He came on board as head chef at the Bowers Harbor Inn in 2006 and has continued in that role since the restaurant was renovated and reopened in 2010, with a new look and a new concept, as Mission Table. FARM, FIELD AND FISHING LINE TO FORK Olson says that while the name certainly honors the restaurant’s location, it also embodies the philosophical mission that he and his wife, Barb, as well as their local partners Jon Carlson and Greg Lobdell, envisioned: to emphasize fresh, seasonal, sustainably produced ingredients from the region’s famers, growers and fishermen. “Barb [who is event manager for Mission Table] also wanted this big community table in the main dining room, and she came up with the full name in the end,” said Olson. “My personal mission is to make people happy and give them a memorable dining experience.”

Last winter, the partners undertook a further renovation. “We opened up the kitchen and redid the floors and the tables in the bar area, making it a warmer, more intimate space to gather,” Olson said. “We also added a chef ’s table in an adjoining semi-private space. We’ve gone through a lot of changes here over the past several years — good changes. The Bowers Harbor Inn needed a facelift. It had a great run, but it was too formal for the times. I felt we needed to make the restaurant more casual and to focus on the food. I like working with our area farmers — we know them personally and have good relationships with them. It’s nice to be able to make a phone call and have just-picked heirloom tomatoes in an hour. It’s not like that year round, but during the growing season, it’s pretty amazing.” WORKING WITH NATURE Deciding to use purely local sources for menu ingredients is not without its challenges, however. ”These people all work so hard, and their products are so good, but — with the farmers, for example — one week they may have those heirloom tomatoes, and the next week there’s a storm or a freeze, and that’s the end of it. It’s brutal,” said Olson. “As a chef, you have to be flexible when those things happen. You have to improvise a lot, but that’s OK — it can fuel your creativity.” And, he adds, “Cherry Capital Foods has definitely made my life easier.” Olson’s menus read like a food lover’s wish list. A sampling from the current fall version includes intriguing small plates like flashfried cauliflower with garlic-jalapeño vinaigrette; lively salads like salt-roasted beets with local greens, lemon basil, goat cheese and pickled radish; and tempting mains like lake trout with crispy Brussels sprouts, quinoa, pancetta, Nomad cider and cranberry butter. Pastry chef Corinne Slosnerick’s desserts add more mouthwatering options — among them blueberry-lavender cheesecake with Bam Biere caramel shards, balsamic reduction and crispy basil. A three-course tasting menu for $25 is available at 5pm, Sundays through Thursdays.

SPIRITED FARE

Paul Olson

With its predominance of earth tones, unpretentious painted wooden tables and metal chairs, stone and wood floors, filament bulb light fixtures, and large-scale photos of local produce gracing the walls, the interior of Mission Table is as unfussy as it is cozy. It seems to echo the essence of Olson’s menus, and that is intentional, he said. “Both the food and the interior are designed to be simple, clean and inviting. That is both my wife’s vision and mine — we’re a good team. I need her female perspective, and her eyes see different things than mine do.” ALL IN THE FAMILY The various dining areas can accommodate groups of all sizes and ages. “This year was our busiest summer ever, and we got a lot more kids in here, which is awesome, because when this was the Bowers Harbor Inn, you would never bring your two-year-old with you to dinner,” said Olson, the father of two. “But now I see babies and young children, and we really welcome that. We love to have families here. We get a lot of repeat business, too, and it’s especially nice when we get guests from out of town who come here two nights in a row, saying they liked it so much that they wanted to come back. That makes my day, because there are a lot of good restaurants in this area, and if they choose us — not once, but twice — it’s very satisfying.”

One of the many unique features of Mission Table is that it offers spirits — in this case, the alcoholic kind — that are distilled on site. Beer and wine lists are also exclusively local. “Some people embrace the idea, because they’re ‘Up North,’ and they want to taste something from here; and others wish they could have their Absolut vodka or Jack and Coke,” said Olson. One plus for wine lovers: They can bring their own bottle for a $15 corkage fee. And speaking of spirits, while dinner at Mission Table does not come with a guaranteed visit from the resident ghost of Genevive, there have been several reported “sightings” and peculiar occurrences inside these walls over the past century. And October is, after all, the month that celebrates all things otherworldly … . Mission Table is located at 13512 Peninsula Dr., on Traverse City’s Old Mission Peninsula. Fall hours for the restaurant are 5pm– 9pm ,seven days a week. Reservations are encouraged. Note: The restaurant will close for the season on Oct. 30 and open again at the beginning of May 2017. For more information, visit missiontable.net or call 231-223-4222. $$

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oct 15

saturday

FREE COLOR WALK: 10amnoon, Louis Groen Nature Preserve, Johannesburg. Includes free cider & donuts & crafts for kids. 989-731-0573.

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: Author signings & book launch party. Events start at 11am. Info: horizonbooks.com

-------------------2ND ANNUAL ORCHARDS AT SUNSET 5K: Held at the Gregory/Miezio Farm at 3672 N. Stowe Rd., Suttons Bay. Racers begin on a hilltop surrounded by Lake Michigan & GT Bay views. The race will wind through apple & cherry orchards & vineyards. Fun Run, 4:30pm; 5K, 5pm. Proceeds benefit Leelanau Montessori. leelanaumontessori.org

-------------------FRESHWATER CONCERTS: Presents Lee Harvey Osmond from Blackie & The Rodeo Kings at Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City at 8pm. Tickets: $25 advance. Reserve: 231-582-2588.

-------------------HEMINGWAY HARVEST FESTIVAL: Celebrate fall in Downtown Petoskey, just like Hemingway did. In store activities, hay rides, Jelly Roll Blues Band & more. petoskeydowntown.com

-------------------FALL CRAFT SHOW: 9:30am-4:30pm, Kingsley High School. Benefits Kingsley Project Graduation. 231-944-9961.

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NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE PETOSKEY AREA HOME TOUR: From 10am-5pm see seven homes in Antrim, Charlevoix & Emmet counties. Tickets, $20. 800-836-0717.

-------------------THE ENERGY EXPERIENCE: Learn about electricity, magnetism, & renewable energy sources. Demonstrations include wind power, use of a photo-voltaic cell & more. 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. greatlakeskids.org

-------------------FREE MONTHLY DROP-IN CRAFT: 10am4pm, Scrap TC. scraptc.org

-------------------DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 7:30pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------“REMEMBERING PATSY CLINE”: Featuring country/classic rock band ReBooted & Judy Harrison. 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Tickets, $32. mynorthtickets.com

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PEAK2PEAK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL: Today includes the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Classic from 9:30am-12:30pm; cookout & Founder’s beer tent from 11am-3pm; Tour De Tykes Race at 1pm; Spooktacular Saturday from 2-6pm; & a Spooky Trail Walk from 7-9pm. Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com

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BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: Held at Twin Lakes Gilbert Lodge, TC. 7-7:45pm: Intro to Contra-dance, free lesson. 8-11pm: Contra dance. $11 adults, $7 students with ID, $9 members. dancetc.com

-------------------AUTUMN FEST: 1-3pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Join the trick-or-treat trail, try your hand at the Big Draw, or enjoy some fall arts & crafts. Free. grassriver.org

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Tickets, $17. ltct.org

-------------------JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER MEETING: Of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held at 11am at the Elks Lodge, TC. “A Civil War Letter from the Battlefield” will be presented by Lorraine

Anderson, followed by lunch. Reservations: 946-6337.

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-------------------APPLE FEST: Oct. 14-16, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring an art & craft show, pumpkin painting, the Whispering Pines Petting Zoo, & much more. charlevoix.org

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-------------------NICU REUNION: 2-5pm, First Christian Church, TC. Presented by Munson Medical Center. Featuring activities & fall family fun for children 0-5 years old, a NICU slideshow, snacks & dessert. RSVP: munsonhealthcare. org/nicureunion

send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

-------------------26TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 9am-3pm, Trinity Lutheran School, TC. Featuring over 70 artisans. 946-2721.

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“RADIO DAYS”: Presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Readers’ Theater. 7:30pm, Glen Lake Community Reformed Church. Free. For reservations, email: gaaareaderstheater@gmail.com

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MICHIGAN HEMINGWAY SOCIETY FALL CONFERENCE: Oct. 14-16. This year’s theme is 1919: The Beginning of Something & features Dr. Donald Daiker as keynote speaker & Saturday dinner in the old Carnegie Library building in Petoskey. See michiganhemingwaysociety.org for conference details & to sign up.

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage. Follow them from their 40’s to their 70’s. 7pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

-------------------“THE GIRLS IN 509”: Presented by the Cadillac Footliters at the Cadillac High School Auditorium at 2pm & 7pm. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 door. cadillacfootliters.com

oct 16

sunday

PFLAG MANISTEE MEETING: 2pm, Holy Trinity Church, Manistee. Featuring a DVD presentation: “What’s Morally Wrong with Homosexuality?” 231-398-3340.

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MICHIGAN – THE AFTERMATH OF WAR: Presented by Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. 231331-4318.

-------------------DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 2pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

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THE GREAT PUMPKIN DASH: 5K & 2K run/ walk. The Jack-o’-Lope 5K is a timed event that follows the hilly terrain around Mt. Holiday & the 2K Great Pumpkin Lug is where pumpkins & their people have one goal: crossing the finish line ... unsquashed. 9am, Mt. Holiday, TC. greatpumpkindash.com

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“THE JOY OF MUSIC!”: Presented by Encore Winds at First Congregational Church, TC at 3pm. $15 adults, $10 seniors & $5 students. encorewinds.org

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey at 2pm. Tickets, $15. ltct.org

-------------------APPLE FEST: Oct. 14-16, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring an art & craft show, pumpkin painting, the Whispering Pines Petting Zoo, & much more. charlevoix.org

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“AFTERNOON OF ILLUSION”: Presented by Carson Entertainment at St. Francis High School Gym, TC at 3pm. Includes everything from comedy & audience participation to grand

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Lillian Ellsworth from the Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet Pre-Professional dancers is one of the dancers performing during “Fall for Dance” at the Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center on Sunday, October 23 at 7pm. Comprised of student choreography, as well as material set by School of Ballet alum & professional dancers, this showcase & fundraiser supports the Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $15 adults, $5 students. crookedtree.org illusions. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 door. 17 & under, $10; $12 at door. sfparish.org

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DIVE DEEP INTO SELF EXPRESSION: Drama, movement, sound, storytelling & contact. 3-6pm. TC. $10 suggested donation. Info: 231-421-3120. www.meetup.com/InterPlay-TC/

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THE BAY FILM SERIES: Presents “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble.” 2pm & 5pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $9.50 at the door. thebaytheatre.com

-------------------MICHIGAN HEMINGWAY SOCIETY FALL CONFERENCE: Oct. 14-16. This year’s theme is 1919: The Beginning of Something & features Dr. Donald Daiker as keynote speaker & Saturday dinner in the old Carnegie Library building in Petoskey. See michiganhemingwaysociety.org for conference details & to sign up.

-------------------MSU BE-BOP SPARTANS: This college band plays the repertoire of the great jazz masters as well as a wide range of soul, swing, blues & gospel. 4-6pm, Boyne City Performing Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage. Follow them from their 40’s to their 70’s. 2pm,

Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

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BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

-------------------HERE:SAY: Brand New Day. Stories begin at 7pm. New location: The Workshop Brewing Company, TC. heresaystorytelling.com

-------------------THE BAY FILM SERIES: Presents “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble.” 6pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $9.50 at the door. thebaytheatre.com

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BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB MEETING: 7pm, Acme Township Hall, Williamsburg. Sue Soderberg presents: “How to Hold a Garden Walk.” 938-9611.

Bill Couzens, founder of National Cancer Prevention Day. 5:30pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center basement REMEC Room, TC. munsonhealthcare.org/cancer-events

participating eateries & food retailers. boyne- Ladies Night - $1 off appetit.com

GT HIKING CLUB PROGRAM MEETING: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Sara Cockrell will share her summer hikes in Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park & more. northcountrytrail.org/gtr/

ELF TALKS SERIES: “Social Challenges & Solutions for Today’s Youth.” Featuring some of the community’s leading voices in support of National Bullying Prevention Awareness month. 6pm, ELF, TC. Free. 943-2272.

OPEN champion MIC W/HOSTbluegrass CHRIS STERR Edith Wallace & world banjo player Jeff Scroggins. 7pm, Red Sky Wed - Tickets: Get it in$10 the advance, can for $1$15 Stage, Petoskey. w/Riley Pinkerton (7-10pm) Then: 2 Bays DJs day of. redskystage.com

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-------------------AGED TO PERFECTION HALLOWEEN SHOW REHEARSAL: 5pm, lower level, Old Town Playhouse, TC. 947-7389.

-------------------COFFEE @ TEN, CTAC-PETOSKEY: With Jackie Rybinski, president of The Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors. 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. crookedtree.org

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-------------------OCTOBER GEEK BREAKFAST: 7:45am, Bubba’s, TC. A casual monthly communitydriven networking event for tech-minded people to discuss topics like social media, digital marketing & more over bacon, eggs & coffee. geekbreakfast.org/cities/traverse-city-mi

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DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 7:30pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

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LOCAL AUTHOR SHENANDOAH CHEFALO: This author of Garbage Bag Suitcase will talk about her journey in overcoming a childhood spent with addicted parents & in foster care. 7pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

COFFEE @ TEN LECTURE, CTAC-TC: A free talk by the landscape artists featured in the “Walk Through Michigan Seasons” exhibition. 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. crookedtree.org THE BAY FILM SERIES: (See Mon., Oct. 17)

oct 19

wednesday

BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

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BREAST CANCER FUNDRAISER: The Zonta Club of TC presents their annual pink ribbon Fashion Show. “Gatsby for the Cure” will be held in Kirkbride Hall at the Historic Chapel at GT Commons, TC with doors opening at 5pm, & the runway show starting at 7pm. Tickets, $50; includes a taste of the eateries the Village has to offer. MyNorthTickets.com

-------------------AROUND THE TABLE: Growing Our Local Food Economy: This conference is presented by the Local Food Alliance in the Iron Horse Café & Conference Center, NCMC, Petoskey from 4-8pm. Free. Register in advance: ncmich.edu

oct 20

thursday

3RD THURSDAY BENEFIT NIGHTS: 5:30-8pm, Betsie Bay Furniture, Frankfort. A benefit to support Benzie Beds for Kids. Live music by Saldaje. 231-352-4202. explorebetsiebay.com

-------------------BELLAIRE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7pm, Northaire Resort, Bellaire. Enjoy a campfire, tour the resort & network with chamber members. $3/person. northaireresort.com

-------------------GT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 1pm, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, TC. Betty Driscoll will present on “A Genealogist’s search for lost souls.” 231-275-6671.

-------------------BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

-------------------HARBOR HISTORY TALK SERIES: Wes Hovey will share stories & photos from Harbor Highlands Ski Club’s simple homegrown beginnings as a nonprofit venture with three runs & an old school house as a warming hut. 5:30pm, Harbor Springs History Museum. $5 adults; free for Historical Society members. 231-526-9771.

-------------------“What You Can Do to Prevent Cancer”: With

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-------------------ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: Oct. 20-23, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Tickets, $10 each. Schedule: frankfortgardentheater.com/filmfestival/

-------------------ELK RAPIDS BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Elk Rapids Area Historical Society. 231-264-8202.

-------------------C.S. LEWIS FESTIVAL: “The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis.” 6:30pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. mcleanandeakin.com

-------------------SWIRL & A SHOW – “MURDER BY POE”: 5:30-10pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Presented by CTAC & Little Traverse Civic Theatre. Featuring appetizers & wine from Bel Lago Vineyards & Winery & Petoskey Cheese. Oh Brother Big Sister will perform in the galleries. Tickets: $15 advance or $20 day of for Swirl, or $25 for both Swirl & “Murder by Poe.” crookedtree.org

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Petoskey Bay View Country Club, Petoskey. Celebrate Local Food! Admission: $7 members; $12 notyet members. 231-347-4150.

-------------------AN EVENING WITH MARGARET ATWOOD: Presented by the National Writers Series. Featuring Atwood’s newest book Hag-Seed, a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. 7pm, City Opera House, TC. General admission, $25.50. SOLD OUT.

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ARTISTS FROM INTERLOCHEN: At Kirkbride Hall, TC. Featuring Joan Raeburn Holland, harp instructor for Interlochen Arts Academy & Arts Camp. Holland will be accompanied by Ara Sarkissian & Steve Larson. 7:30pm. An Afterglow event will be held afterwards in the lobby. Tickets: $24 full, $10 youth. interlochen.org

-------------------INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FORUM LECTURE: “The U.S. National Security Risks of a Changing Climate” with Speaker Rear Admiral David W. Titley, USN (ret.). 6pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. A reception will be held from 5:15-6pm. Admission is free to all students & educators; $10 for others. dennosmuseum.org

oct 21

friday

BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at

Mon - - - - - - - - -drinks - -&-$5 -martinis - - w/- Jukebox ---BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONTues - $2 well drinks & shots CERT SERIES: Featuring singer-songwriter - - - - - Thurs - - -- MI- beer - - night - - -$1-off- - - - SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: Featuring all MI beer w/Oh Brother Big Sister Louan Lechler, Les Dalgliesh, Adair Correll & Kurt Westie. Books, Friday Oct8:30-10:30pm, 21: Happy Hour:Horizon John Phillips Trio TC. horizonbooks.com

- - - Then: - - -DJ- -DomiNate - - - - -(No- Cover) -----DARCY LECTURE SERIES: With MauSaturday Oct 22: reen Dunphy, author of “Great Lakes Island Escapes.” 7pm, Darcy Library of Beulah. darcylibraryofbeulah.org

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ANCE SPEAKER SERIES: a Soo us out atFeaturing unionstreetstationtc.net 941-1930 downtown TC check Lock panel discussion. 3:30-5:30pm, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Hagerty Center, TC. Free for Chamber & Alliance members; $15 non-members. Reception to follow with area legislators. tcchamber.org/legislative-advocacy/alliance-speaker-series/

Into No Man’s Land: An Evening with Irene Miller: A Holocaust survivor, Irene Miller will take you on a survival journey little written & known about. 7-9pm, Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Free. dennosmuseum.org

“Where saturday Friends Gather” oct 22 TUESDAY NIGHT

BOYNE Featuring Super CITY GreekAREA Food RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. in a Relaxed Atmosphere 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

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QUOTA OF TC PRESENTSWIN TRIVIA GIFT NIGHT: A fundraising event to support the Quota Stuffed CERTIFICATES! Moose Project for EMS. Held at American 214 Post E Front • Downtown Traverse City at Legion 35,StTC. $100/team. Doors open 5:30pm. Play starts at 7pm. Come in costume, 231-946-8932 decorate your table. Register: quotatraversecity@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/quotatraversecity

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DINNER WITH THE BOYS: (See Thurs., Oct. 20)

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Tickets, $12$17. ltct.org

ZOMBIE WALK: Fight Hunger: 11am, Downtown East Jordan. Bring a non-perishable food item to help re-stock local community food banks. There will also be face painting, a live Reupholstery • pumpkin • Custom band, Monster Mash Box Car Race, carving contest &Treatments much more. 231-536-3395. • Window •

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SCRAPBOOK CLUB: 10am-2pm, Bethlehem C.S. LEWIS FESTIVAL: Jerry Root will sign Lutheran Church, 947-9880. his book “The Surprising Imagination(275-5459) of C.S. • 18080 US 31TC. • Interlochen Lewis.” 2pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Visit our online gallery: www.lilysfurnituregallery.com MEET THE CARTOONIST: Join local cartoonPetoskey. mcleanandeakin.com ist Jeffrey J. Manley for a look at his work & some drawing adventures. 2pm, Traverse SPOOK SWIM: 6-8pm, Charlevoix Area ComArea District Library, TC. Ages 5+. tadl.org munity Pool. Includes spooky music, pizza & more. $5 students, $6 adults. charlevoixpool. GLEN ARBOR’S PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: org/spook-swim 1-6pm, Downtown Glen Arbor. Featuring pumpkin carving, children & pets costume FINAL STAR PARTY OF THE CELESTIAL contest/parade, pumpkin games, live music CENTENNIAL SUMMER: 8-10pm, Pierce by Jack Pine, & lighting of the pumpkins. glenStocking Scenic Dr., Stop #3, Sleeping Bear lakechamber.com Dunes National Lakeshore. The Twlight Talk will be “100 Years of the Expanding Universe.” AGED TO PERFECTION MEETING: 10am, Park at Picnic Mountain. nps.gov/slbe Old Town Playhouse, TC. 947-7389. ARTY PARTY: Featuring selected area artists ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: showing a variety of original art. 1-8pm, The Oct. 20-23, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Old Art Building, Leland. An opening reception Tickets, $10 each. Schedule: frankfortgardenwill be held tonight from 5-8pm. 947-3081. theater.com/filmfestival/ “LEAVING IOWA”: The Comedy About Family “MURDER BY POE”: (See Fri., Oct. 21) Vacations. Presented by the Manistee Civic Players. 7:30pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. THE DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA CRAFTS Tickets start at $11. MyNorthTickets.com ‘N’ MORE SHOW: 9am-3pm, St. Mary Cathedral Hall, Gaylord. FALL LUNCHEON LECTURE: Michigan’s Energy Outlook. Michigan Public Service ARTY PARTY: Featuring selected area artists Commissioner Norman J. Saari will talk about showing a variety of original art. 9am-7pm, one of the important areas where technolThe Old Art Building, Leland. 947-3081. ogy, the environment & the economy all come together. Noon, NCMC’s Library conference “LEAVING IOWA”: (See Fri., Oct. 21) room, Petoskey. Lunch begins at 11:30am. Cost, $10. Reservations: 231-348-6600. PINO FORASTIERE: This internationally renowned Italian guitarist plays The Music House, LIFE LUNCHEON: Northern MI in WWII. Join Manistee at 7:30pm. Tickets: $10 at the door; NMC history professor Tom Gordon & hear $5 students & seniors. 231-723-2744. about WWII stories first hand. Noon, NMC University Center, room 215/217, TC. $19 with MACKINAC ISLAND GREAT TURTLE TRAIL buffet, $10 without lunch. nmc.edu RUN: 5.7 mile run & walk & half marathon. 11:30am, 6633 Main St., Mackinac Island. SWINGSHIFT & THE STARS: This Dance-off runmackinac.com/turtle.htm for Charity is held at the City Opera House, TC at 7pm. You will be entertained with star NORDIC SKI SWAP: Presented by the Vasa couple dances, a live performance by 10-piece Ski Club from 10am-2pm at Brick Wheels, TC. swing band SwingShift featuring Judy HarriBuy new & used ski equipment. There will also son, & a few dance lessons. General admisbe roller ski clinics, free food & more. You can sion, $25; $5 more at door. cityoperahouse.org

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SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB MEETING: 7pm, Acme Township Hall, Williamsburg. Sue Soderberg presents: “How to Hold a Garden Walk.” 938-9611.

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Bill Couzens, founder of National Cancer Prevention Day. 5:30pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center basement REMEC Room, TC. munsonhealthcare.org/cancer-events

GT HIKING CLUB PROGRAM MEETING: O N LY A T Y O U R N E I G H B O R H O O D B I G A P P L E B A G E L S ® 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Sara Cockrell will share her summer hikes in Norway’s Jotunheimen National Park & more. northcountrytrail.org/gtr/

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AGED TO PERFECTION HALLOWEEN SHOW REHEARSAL: 5pm, lower level, Old Town Playhouse, TC. 947-7389.

-------------------COFFEE @ TEN, CTAC-PETOSKEY: With Jackie Rybinski, president of The Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors. 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. crookedtree.org

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OCTOBER GEEK BREAKFAST: 7:45am, Bubba’s, TC. A casual monthly communitydriven networking event for tech-minded people to discuss topics like social media, digital marketing & more over bacon, eggs & coffee. geekbreakfast.org/cities/traverse-city-mi

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DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 7:30pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

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LOCAL AUTHOR SHENANDOAH CHEFALO: This author of Garbage Bag Suitcase will talk about her journey in overcoming a childhood spent with addicted parents & in foster care. 7pm, Peninsula Community Library, • School, 4952 Skyview Ct. Old231-929-3200 Mission Peninsula TC. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

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www.bigapplebagels.com COFFEE @ TEN LECTURE, CTAC-TC: WIFI A free talk by the landscape artists featured in the “Walk Through Michigan Seasons” exhibition. 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. crookedtree.org

THE BAY FILM SERIES: (See Mon., Oct. 17)

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- - www.schulzortho.com -----------------ELK RAPIDS BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Elk Rapids Area Historical Society. 231-264-8202.

-------------------C.S. LEWIS FESTIVAL: “The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis.” 6:30pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. mcleanandeakin.com

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AROUND THE TABLE: Growing Our Local Food Economy: This conference is presented by the Local Food Alliance in the Iron Horse Café & Conference Center, NCMC, Petoskey from 4-8pm. Free. Register in advance: ncmich.edu

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3RD THURSDAY BENEFIT NIGHTS: 5:30-8pm, Betsie Bay Furniture, Frankfort. A benefit to support Benzie Beds for Kids. Live music by Saldaje. 231-352-4202. explorebetsiebay.com

-------------------BELLAIRE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7pm, Northaire Resort, Bellaire. Enjoy a campfire, tour the resort & network with chamber members. $3/person. northaireresort.com

-------------------GT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 1pm, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, TC. Betty Driscoll will present on “A Genealogist’s search for lost souls.” 231-275-6671.

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-------------------AN EVENING WITH MARGARET ATWOOD: Presented by the National Writers Series. Featuring Atwood’s newest book Hag-Seed, a n o r t h e r n eof x p r e s Shakespeare’s s.com retelling The Tempest. 7pm, City Opera House, TC. General admission, $25.50. SOLD OUT.

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HARBOR HISTORY TALK SERIES: Wes for an all-new Nutcracker Hovey will share stories &Preparing photos from Harbor The battle over tall buildings and the future of Traverse City Highlands Ski Club’s simple homegrown NORTHERN with MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • NOv 23 - nov 29, 2015 beginnings as a nonprofit venture three runs & an old school house as a warming hut. 5:30pm, Harbor History Buy a 1/4Springs page color adMuseum. and get $5 a second adults; free for Historical Society members. 1/4 page color ad in the same issue for just $120! 231-526-9771.

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BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35n o ror t h e r n eless x p r e s s . c o mat

participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

-------------------BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: Featuring singer-songwriter Edith Wallace & world champion bluegrass banjo player Jeff Scroggins. 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Tickets: $10 advance, $15 day of. redskystage.com

-------------------SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: Featuring Louan Lechler, Les Dalgliesh, Adair Correll & Kurt Westie. 8:30-10:30pm, Horizon Books, TC. horizonbooks.com

-------------------DARCY LECTURE SERIES: With Maureen Dunphy, author of “Great Lakes Island Escapes.” 7pm, Darcy Library of Beulah. darcylibraryofbeulah.org

-------------------NORTHERN MICHIGAN CHAMBER ALLIANCE SPEAKER SERIES: Featuring a Soo Lock panel discussion. 3:30-5:30pm, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, Hagerty Center, TC. Free for Chamber & Alliance members; $15 non-members. Reception to follow with area legislators. tcchamber.org/legislative-advocacy/alliance-speaker-series/

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DINNER WITH THE BOYS: (See Thurs., Oct. 20)

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Tickets, $12$17. ltct.org

-------------------ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: Oct. 20-23, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Tickets, $10 each. Schedule: frankfortgardentheater.com/filmfestival/

-------------------C.S. LEWIS FESTIVAL: Jerry Root will sign his book “The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis.” 2pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. mcleanandeakin.com

-------------------SPOOK SWIM: 6-8pm, Charlevoix Area Community Pool. Includes spooky music, pizza & more. $5 students, $6 adults. charlevoixpool. org/spook-swim

-------------------FINAL STAR PARTY OF THE CELESTIAL CENTENNIAL SUMMER: 8-10pm, Pierce Stocking Scenic Dr., Stop #3, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The Twlight Talk will be “100 Years of the Expanding Universe.” Park at Picnic Mountain. nps.gov/slbe

-------------------ARTY PARTY: Featuring selected area artists showing a variety of original art. 1-8pm, The Old Art Building, Leland. An opening reception will be held tonight from 5-8pm. 947-3081.

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“LEAVING IOWA”: The Comedy About Family Vacations. Presented by the Manistee Civic Players. 7:30pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Tickets start at $11. MyNorthTickets.com

-------------------FALL LUNCHEON LECTURE: Michigan’s Energy Outlook. Michigan Public Service Commissioner Norman J. Saari will talk about one of the important areas where technology, the environment & the economy all come together. Noon, NCMC’s Library conference room, Petoskey. Lunch begins at 11:30am. Cost, $10. Reservations: 231-348-6600.

-------------------LIFE LUNCHEON: Northern MI in WWII. Join NMC history professor Tom Gordon & hear about WWII stories first hand. Noon, NMC University Center, room 215/217, TC. $19 with buffet, $10 without lunch. nmc.edu

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SWINGSHIFT & THE STARS: This Dance-off for Charity is held at the City Opera House, TC at 7pm. You will be entertained with star couple dances, a live performance by 10-piece swing band SwingShift featuring Judy Harrison, & a few dance lessons. General admission, $25; $5 more at door. cityoperahouse.org

oct 22

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BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

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QUOTA OF TC PRESENTS TRIVIA NIGHT: A fundraising event to support the Quota Stuffed Moose Project for EMS. Held at American Legion Post 35, TC. $100/team. Doors open at 5:30pm. Play starts at 7pm. Come in costume, decorate your table. Register: quotatraversecity@gmail.com. www.facebook.com/quotatraversecity

-------------------ZOMBIE WALK: Fight Hunger: 11am, Downtown East Jordan. Bring a non-perishable food item to help re-stock local community food banks. There will also be face painting, a live band, Monster Mash Box Car Race, pumpkin carving contest & much more. 231-536-3395.

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-------------------EMPTY THE SHELTERS DAY: The Bissell Pet Foundation is covering all adoption fees today & AdoptBoxes will be given out with each adoption at Little Traverse Bay Humane Society, Harbor Springs. ltbhs.com

-------------------SCRAPBOOK CLUB: 10am-2pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. 947-9880.

-------------------MEET THE CARTOONIST: Join local cartoonist Jeffrey J. Manley for a look at his work & some drawing adventures. 2pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Ages 5+. tadl.org

-------------------GLEN ARBOR’S PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: 1-6pm, Downtown Glen Arbor. Featuring pumpkin carving, children & pets costume contest/parade, pumpkin games, live music by Jack Pine, & lighting of the pumpkins. glenlakechamber.com

-------------------AGED TO PERFECTION MEETING: 10am, Old Town Playhouse, TC. 947-7389.

-------------------ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: Oct. 20-23, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Tickets, $10 each. Schedule: frankfortgardentheater.com/filmfestival/

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: (See Fri., Oct. 21) -------------------THE DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA CRAFTS ‘N’ MORE SHOW: 9am-3pm, St. Mary Cathedral Hall, Gaylord.

-------------------ARTY PARTY: Featuring selected area artists showing a variety of original art. 9am-7pm, The Old Art Building, Leland. 947-3081.

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PINO FORASTIERE: This internationally renowned Italian guitarist plays The Music House, Manistee at 7:30pm. Tickets: $10 at the door; $5 students & seniors. 231-723-2744.

-------------------MACKINAC ISLAND GREAT TURTLE TRAIL RUN: 5.7 mile run & walk & half marathon. 11:30am, 6633 Main St., Mackinac Island. runmackinac.com/turtle.htm

-------------------NORDIC SKI SWAP: Presented by the Vasa Ski Club from 10am-2pm at Brick Wheels, TC. Buy new & used ski equipment. There will also be roller ski clinics, free food & more. You can

also drop off your used Nordic skis, boots or other gear on Fri., Oct. 21 from 4-7pm. vasaskiclub.org

-------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS: Presents The Whistle Stop Revue. Enjoy this progressive/ bluegrass/Americana band from Detroit at the Cadillac Elks Club at 8pm. Tickets: $12 advance, $15 door. gopherwoodconcerts.org

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AN EVENING WITH ANN PATCHETT: Presented by the National Writers Series at Lars Hockstad Auditorium, TC at 7pm. Featuring her newest book Commonwealth. With guest host Doug Stanton. General admission, $25.50. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------MOTOWN THE SOUNDS OF TOUCH: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students. theoperahouse.org

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS GRAND TRAVERSE COMPETITION: 2-3pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Book-based quiz competition for all 4th & 5th graders living in the Grand Traverse region. Info: battleofthebooksgt.com

-------------------BOYNE CITY AREA RESTAURANT WEEK: Oct. 17-24. Two-for-one lunches &/or dinners for $35 or less at participating eateries & food retailers. boyneappetit.com

-------------------“FALL FOR DANCE”: This showcase & fundraiser is presented by the Crooked Tree Arts Center School of Ballet Pre-Professional dancers at the Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center at 7pm. It is comprised of student choreography, as well as material set by School of Ballet alum & professional dancers. Tickets: $15 adults, $5 students. Proceeds support the Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. crookedtree.org

-------------------DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 2pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

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FREE JAZZERCISE: In Oct. enjoy a free week or two classes of Jazzercise at the John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion of McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey. Classes are Mondays at 5:30pm & Wednesdays at 4:15pm. Register: northernhealth.org/classes

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COMPULSIVE EATERS ANONYMOUS - HOW: Held every Thurs. from 5:30-6:30pm at Friends Church, 206 S. Oak Street - at 5th Street, TC. For more info: traversecityCEAHOW.org

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THE HUNT FOR THE REDS OF OCTOBER: Takes place weekdays during the month of Oct. Your ticket gets you a complimentary pour at each of more than 20 participating wineries on the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail offering diverse red wines. Tickets, $10; $5 of each ticket goes to the American Red Cross. www.lpwines.com

-------------------DOWNTOWN HISTORIC WALKING TOURS: Held every Sat. in Oct. at 10:30am. Meet 20 minutes early in front of Horizon Books, TC. Cost, $10; proceeds benefit the Traverse Area Historical Society. 995-0313.

-------------------HEALTHY COOKING ON A BUDGET: This free six-week class offered by Love In the Name of Christ begins on Sept. 26. Register: 941-5683.

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ALDEN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, Tennis Court Park, 4-8pm. visitalden.com

-------------------FRANKFORT FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, Main St., Frankfort, 9am-1pm. 231-325-2220.

-------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Interlochen Shopping Center, big parking lot behind Ric’s, Interlochen Corners, 9am-2pm, every Sun. through Oct. facebook.com/interlochenfarmersmarket

-------------------BLISSFEST JAM SESSIONS: Every Sun., 1-4pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Bring your instruments or just sing along or listen. www. redskystage.com.

----T - -he- -P-resbyTerian ----------COLORING CLUB FOR GROWN-UPS: Held on Wednesdays fromfamily 12-1pm, Crooked hurCh gives Tree Arts Center, TC. Free. crookedtree.org/tc

“JUST FOR US” BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Meets the first Tues. of every month from 6:30-8:30pm at the McLaren Northern MI John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. 800-248-6777.

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TRAVERSE BAY BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION: Held the third Thurs. of every month from 7-10pm at InsideOut Gallery, TC. traversebayblues.com

DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP: Meets every Monday through Oct. 24 from 1-3:30pm at Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Free. Pre-register: 1-800-442-1713.

YOGA 1-2: With Kelly Stiglich 500-ERYT at GT Circuit, TC on Tuesdays at 5:30pm. $10 suggested donation. gtcircuit.org

-------------------OM GENTLE YOGA: With Kelly Stiglich 500-ERYT at GT Circuit, TC on Saturdays at 10:30am. $5. gtcircuit.org

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CLUB ONE’S “LOSS & GRIEF” SERIES: This free program is sponsored by East Bay Family Dentistry & is composed of 12 different sessions divided into a variety of fitness classes, from yoga to cycling. “Work It Out” at Club One, TC. Runs through Oct. 15. For info Robin@clubonetc.com

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MCLAREN NORTHERN MI DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Meets the second Mon. of each month from 7-8pm at the John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. northernhealth.org/wellness

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DEBTORS ANONYMOUS: 12 Step Meeting. Held on Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Munson Community Health Center, east door, Room G, TC. For info, email: tcdajp34@gmail.com

5TH ANNUAL FARM TO FRAME JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Through Nov. 30, Aerie Restaurant, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. From the seed to the harvest, & from the market to the plate, this exhibit highlights phases of local agriculture & food production. crookedtree.org

ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: Oct. 20-23, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Tickets, $10 each. Schedule: frankfortgardentheater. com/filmfestival/ PINO FORASTIERE: This internationally renowned Italian guitarist plays Red Sky Stage, Petoskey from 7-9pm. $10 advance, $12.50 door. redskystage.com

TSO CONCERT: World famous Frank Almond leads the Traverse Symphony Orchestra in a tour de force program as both conductor & violin soloist. 3pm, Corson Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts. Tickets start at $23.50. traversesymphony.org

-------------------ARTY PARTY: Featuring selected area artists showing a variety of original art. 10am-4pm, The Old Art Building, Leland. 947-3081.

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“LEAVING IOWA”: The Comedy About Family Vacations. Presented by the Manistee Civic Players. 2pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Tickets start at $11. MyNorthTickets.com

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AN EVENING WITH JODI PICOULT: Presented by the National Writers Series at City Opera House, TC at 7pm. Featuring her newest book Small Great Things. General admission, $25.50. SOLD OUT. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------FALL COLOR HIKE: Join Leelanau Conservancy docents in a hike around the DeYoung Farm, TC to see fall colors at 1pm. Park in the Strang Rd. lot. leelanauconservancy.org

--------------------------------------ADOPTION SATURDAYS: Pets Naturally, TC hosts one dog & one cat from the Cherryland Humane Society on Saturdays from 11am2pm. www.petsnaturallytc.com

-------------------BOCCE E DEROCHE: Try your hand at authentic Italian Bocce while listening to Interlochen’s Brad DeRoche on guitar on Fridays & Saturdays, 7-10pm at Bella Fortuna North, Lake Leelanau. bellafortunarestaurant.com

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SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Farmers & gardeners from around the local region bring their fresh produce, flowers & baked goods to this Downtown Farmers Market located between Cass & Union streets, across from Clinch Park, TC. Held on Wednesdays from 8am-noon, & Saturdays from 7:30am-noon through Oct. www.downtowntc.com

-------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, Rotary Park. Over 40 local vendors offer fresh produce, plants & baked goods. elkrapidschamber.org

-------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - AIR Show: Featuring work created by 33 artists who have participated in the GAAA Artist-in-Residence program. Opens Fri., Oct. 21 with a reception from 5-7pm, & runs through Nov. 26. A panel discussion will be held on Sat., Nov. 5 at 1pm. - 2016 All-Media Juried Exhibition: Runs through Oct. 15. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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THREE PINES STUDIO, CROSS VILLAGE: - “Fellow Travelers: Large & Small”: Sculptures by Doug Melvin. - Letters: Words with Friends: This all media exhibition is held in support of the Harbor Springs Festival of theMAN Book. Runs through Nov. 1. threepinesstudio.com

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SONG OF THE MORNING, VANDERBILT: Free yoga classes, Tues. – Fri., 7:30-8:30am. songofthemorning.org

THE BIG DRAW - GRAND TRAVERSE: Activities through Oct. Schedule: dennosmuseum.org

the world will be shown & sold in the halls of Warehouse Market, TC through Nov. 30. wareWOMAN housemrkt.com

“OTHER WORDS FOR NATURE”: Runs through Dec. 15 at the Cowell Family Cancer Center, TC. 231-392-8492.

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-------------------MYTHS OF THE NORTHWOODS: Explores the legend of Paul Bunyan & other lumberjack yarns. Runs through Nov. 4 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. charlevoixcircle.org

-------------------“FANTASY MASQUES: What’s Hidden, What’s Revealed”: This multi-media exhibition by Carole Steinberg Berk is shown at the Leelanau Township Library, Northport through Oct. 31. carolesteinbergberk.com

-------------------RARE THREADS: Ancestral Inspirations Exhibit: Through Oct. 23, Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan. jordanriverarts.com

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THE BOTANIC GARDEN, HISTORIC BARNS PARK, TC: Oct. Artists of the Month in the upper level of the Visitor Center. Acrylic & watercolor artists include Janet Wilson Oliver & Dorothy McGrath Grossman. thebotanicgarden.org

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- Back to School: CTAC Teachers’ Exhibition: Runs through Jan. 7 in the Atrium Gallery. crookedtree.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - A Walk Through Michigan Seasons: Featuring landscape artists Alan Maciag, Margie Guyot & Lori Feldpausch. Runs through Dec. 3. crookedtree.org

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - Permanence & Impermanence: Iceland – a Land of Temporal Contrasts. By Jean Larson. Runs through Dec. 31. - Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon: The works of renowned photographer Paola Gianturco. Runs through Dec. 31. - Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection: On display through Nov. 27. A reception & viewing of the prints will begin at 10am on Oct. 15, with the sale beginning at 10:30am. Featuring 27 images by 7 artists in stone cut, stencil, lithography & etching/aquatint. dennosmuseum.org

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The Pixies – Head Carrier – PIAS America

This new Pixies offering had a lot of anticipation piled upon it before it was even out of the gate, as the band’s teeter-totter existence always has kept everyone guessing. But it lives up to the band’s status as an alt-rock standard, reviving The Pixies’ signature sound of gritty amps shuffled like aces into catchy yet understated melodies. Highlights here include “Tenement Song”; the first promo single, “Um Chagga Lagga”; and the band’s reply to its biggest track, “Where Is My Mind,” the witty “All I Think About is Now.”

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A more grown-up Bayside returns with less of the overly self-absorbed focus that marred its earlier albums, making room for listeners to really tune in to its direct, biting lyrical work and diverse instrumental arrangements. From the reflective approaches of “Rumspringa (Heartbreak Road)” and “Two Letters” to the more pop-rockoriented beats of “Not Fair” and “Pretty Vacant” (not to be confused with the Sex Pistols track of the same name), the band has returned with more depth and rhythm than ever before.

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From its foundation of alt-rap, De La Soul repeatedly take leaps across the board on its first set since 2004, inviting a full complement of guest musicians in to help it craft what’s essentially a potpourri of sound that often pushes hip-hop as far left-field as it can go. This means collaborations with everyone from David Byrne (“Snoopies”) and Blur’s Damon Albarn (“Here in After”) to 2 Chainz (“Whoodeeni”) and the completely unexpected Justin Hawkins of The Darkness on “Lord Intended.” While there are a few awkward missteps, for the most part, most of it actually works.

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Back in 2004, Gwen Stefani released her first solo album after years of work with her band, No Doubt. The album, called Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was in part inspired by Stefani’s fascination with Japanese culture and the interpretation of it in America. Now, she’s revisiting that interest with a brand new music-inspired show for Nickelodeon called Kuu Kuu Harajuku, in which the Gwen-lookalike main character, simply named G, heads up a team of Harajuku Girl characters that make up a five-member crime-fighting pop band called HJ5. Kuu Kuu Harajuku debuted on Nickelodeon last week, complete with Gwen rapping an intro to the show, and you can already watch the first episode online at nick.com … Thirty Seconds to Mars held their own summer camp this past summer called Camp Mars, a real camping fest-slash-concert event in Malibu, Calif., that found the band performing each night, and their fans — aka campers —participating in typical summer camp activities during the day, like hiking, yoga, campfire sing-alongs, and arts and crafts. The band filmed the entire thing with their frontman, Jared Leto, in the director’s chair, and now the film is set to launch later this fall as a full-length rockumentary, CAMP MARS: The Concert Film. The movie will be available to stream and download exclusively

on the new online media platform Vyrt, which Jared Leto founded … Stevie Nicks is hitting the road for a solo North American tour later this month. The trek, which Nicks calls her 24 Karat Gold Tour, kicks off on Oct. 25 in Phoenix, Ariz., and includes stops in Toronto and Chicago before wrapping in California in mid-December. Much of the show will focus on Nicks’ 2014 solo album, on which she revived tunes she’d written back in the ’60s. The tour also will include opening act The Pretenders, whose frontwoman, Chrissie Hynde, released a solo album of her own in 2014, called Stockholm. Tickets for Nicks’ tour are on sale now … The Lumineers were one of the artists featured at the SXSL (South by South Lawn) festival at the White House last week, an event spearheaded by President Obama to bring a SXSW (South by Southwest)like festival experience to Washington D.C. The band joined Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to perform live on the lawn, accompanied by panels, speakers, and a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate film. The band now moves on to prepping for their upcoming 2017 arena tour (on which they’ll be bringing along Andrew Bird and Kaleo as opening acts) in support of their new album, Cleopatra …

MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK: Their shows have been few and far between over the past few years, but Weezer returns to the stage Nov. 3 for a benefit show at Los Angeles’ El Rey Theater. Want tickets? Hurry over to AXS.com to snag ’em. If you can’t get to L.A. in time, you can still visit the band’s official website at weezer.com to get all the latest updates on their brand new The White Album … MINI BUZZ: Macy Gray’s new album, Stripped, is now set to hit stores on Nov. 18, complete with her acoustic-jazz cover of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” … Metallica itself is releasing its first new studio album in eight years, the follow-up to its 2008 set, Death Magnetic. The new album, called Hardwired to Self-Destruct, will be released on Nov. 18 … You Me at Six has a new album on the way too — its fifth, called Night People, which

is due out on Jan. 13 … Singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat will be in Kalamazoo at the State Theatre on Oct. 18 … Punk singer and activist Billy Bragg takes over The Ark in Ann Arbor on Oct. 19 … Hometown boy Joshua Davis will showcase his Voice-honed talents to The Ark on Oct. 21 and 22 … And bringing their albums to an outlet near you are the artists behind this week’s new releases … The Courteeners’ Mapping the Rendezvous … Jimmy Eat World’s Integrity Blues … Melanie C’s Version of Me … The Pretty Reckless’ Who You Selling For … and Lady Gaga’s much-discussed Joanne … and that’s the buzz for this week’s “Modern Rock.” Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

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the m Hailed as the literary heir apparent to Gillian Flynn’s publishing phenom Gone Girl, Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train filled that buzzed-about, compulsively readable, suspenseful book-club void, and naturally, a feature film followed. Given that both have the word “girl” in the title, enigmatic missing blondes at their centers, and near-identical October release dates, you can say the similarities between the respective film adaptations run deep. I won’t speak to the books’ literary merits, but when it comes to the whether The Girl on the Train fills that same cinematic void left by Gone Girl, all I can say is “When does the next David Fincher movie come out?” Despite being a capable and accomplished director, Tate Taylor (The Help) is simply no David Fincher (Zodiac). So with a lot less bravura and a little more pulp, this psychological thriller has more in common with Flynn’s other big screen adaptation, the forgettable Dark Places (yeah, I’m not surprised if you missed that one) than Fincher’s Oscar-nominated perverse wonder. But that being said, if you liked the twisty thrills and lurid intrigue of Gone Girl, and you don’t go in with Fincher-sized expectations, you will enjoy this melodramatic and moody murder mystery, especially because of the powerhouse performance from Emily Blunt. Blunt plays Rachel, a damaged mess of a divorcee who longingly stares out the window on her daily commute into Manhattan, sipping vodka out of a water bottle and yearning for the life she used to have with her ex-husband (Justin Theroux). See, every day on the train she goes by the house they used to own together, but now his new wife (Rebecca Ferguson) and the baby Rachel could never conceive live there in her place. These tantalizing glimpses at the life she could’ve had prove too much to bear. To cope, she turns to fantasizing about the gorgeous couple (Haley Bennett and Luke Evans) a few doors down, fixating on their daily activities: her early morning coffee on the

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porch, his readying-for-the-workday routine, their cozy evenings by the fire. But then one morning she sees something that upends everything about the fantasies that have so consumed her, and the next day she wakes up, blacked out, bruised, covered in blood, without any memory of what happened — and to the news that the “perfect” wife of her reveries is missing. It’s a great hook. And whether you know the ending or not, you’ll want to see how it all plays out. Yet the film does rely on those who have read the book to fill in some of the gaps — especially since some of the characters, the men in particular, are extremely underdeveloped. But I can let that slide if it means we get spend more time exploring the interior lives of the three female leads. And at the outset, we do. The opening is truly remarkable in that it starts from the three very different perspectives of three very different women. This compelling storytelling device, however, is later abandoned, and the film falls victim to a problematic use of the male gaze. The fall is a result of how the entire erotic nature of the film is essentially an afterthought. (Let’s just add some bare breasts for cheap thrills!) By not committing to either a deadly serious or an erotic/campy tone á la Fatal Attraction, it’s unable to be a complete success. But it’s definitely not a trainwreck; the only trainwreck here is Rachel. And Blunt gives a naturalistic, unglamourous, and heartbreaking portrayal that is for the books. Framed in extreme closeups in all her puffy and unappealing glory, Rachel’s alcoholism is some serious Days of Wine and Roses stuff. The level of her work alone makes it worth taking this ride, even though nothing and no one else in the film comes close to rising to her level. Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

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remake of John Sturges’ 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven. Did we need it? Probably not. But you know what we did need? A reminder for the American moviegoing public of just what it so loved about the former pinnacle of Hollywood production. And that The Magnificent Seven has so much darn fun doing it feels downright revolutionary. This is not some pretentious, revisionist, serious take on the genre. Instead we get something that feels like a crowd-pleasing modern blockbuster with some nice western iconography added for a change. It’s thrilling, entertaining, and combines old-fashioned shoot-’em-up storytelling with slick action sequences that make for one heck of a merry outing. The Antoine Fuqua-helmed story of seven hired guns (including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke) defending a town from a cruel and callous businessman (Peter Sarsgaard) is escapist entertainment at its most primal and satisfying. From the brutal opening where you see just how bad our baddie is, to the final, epic showdown, the bloodlust builds, and the tension doesn’t let go. This is the way an afternoon at the picture show should feel: a return to a bygone era of filmmaking with the right amount of updates to make it sing. So by the time Elmer Bernstein’s iconic theme music finally plays over the retro-cool credits, you just may find yourself wanting to howl, “Yee haw!”

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ifteen years after Bridget Jones’s Diary and 12 years after Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, our favorite British singleton has returned to the big screen. And Bridget is not only back but also better than ever. In a shocking turn of events from where we last left off, we find Bridget single yet again. So while many things have changed — Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is dead, and her OTP Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) has up and married someone else — Bridget’s still just as endearing, she’s still wearing her signature necklace, and your heart is instantly full. But what about that baby mentioned in the title? Following two one-night stands in short succession, Bridget finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. And in true Bridget-blunder style, the question becomes whether the father is the rich and brilliant mathematician-cum-dating-guru (Patrick Dempsey) she met at a music festival, or her beloved Mr. Darcy, with whom she briefly reunited after discovering he was getting divorced. Both would-be daddies prove incredibly likable. Even if you don’t think anyone could be a credible threat to Mark Darcy, Dempsey is just that (Mc)dreamy. With such an engaging pair as romantic rivals, the film manages to maintain suspense and an air of unpredictability. But this is Bridget’s show. Zellweger is effortlessly sincere, warm, and lovely in what is now her signature role. And that Bridget remains so wonderfully relatable, seeing this chapter of her journey feels earned and utterly satisfying, or — to paraphrase Bridget herself — like home.

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Sun. -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9 • PARK PLACE HOTEL - TC Beacon Lounge: Mon. -- Levi Britton, 8:30pm Thurs. - Sat. -- Tom Kaufmann • PARKSHORE LOUNGE - TC Fri. - Sat. -- DJ • RARE BIRD BREWPUB - TC Tues. -- Open mic night, 9 • SAIL INN - TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs, karaoke, dance videos • SIDE TRAXX - TC Weds. -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 Fri.-Sat. -- DJ/VJ Mike King • STREETERS - TC Ground Zero: 10/15 -- Horror vs. Hip-Hop w/ King Gordy, Crooked I, Sloan Bone, Hollywood & K-Love 10/21 -- Becoming Human w/ Live for Tomorrow, Los Vimanas & Parsec, 8 10/22 -- Purple Masquerade: Tribute to Prince w/ DJ SweetN-Low, 9 • STUDIO ANATOMY - TC 10/21 -- Comedy Night, 9 10/22 -- In My Restless Dreams, Hail Your Highness, 9 • TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE - TC Mon. -- Levi Britton, 7-9 Weds. -- Open mic, 7-10 Thurs. -- Acoustic G-Snacks, 7-10 Fri. -- Rob Coonrod, 8-10 Sat. -- Christopher Dark, 8-10 Sun. -- Kids open mic, 3

• TC WHISKEY CO. - TC 10/19 -- Mitchell McKolay, 6-8 • THE LITTLE FLEET - TC Weds. -- Vinyl Night, 7-9 • THE OL' SOUL - KALKASKA Weds. -- David Lawston, 8-12 • THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO. - TC 10/15 -- After Ours, 8-11 10/21 -- Knucklefuss, 8-11 10/22 -Toomuchofagoodthing, 8-11 Mon. -- Rotten Cherries Comedy Open Mic, 8-9:30 Weds. -- WBC Jazz Society Jam, 6-10 • TRATTORIA STELLA - TC Tues. -- Ron Getz, 6-9 • UNION STREET STATION TC 10/14-15 -- Groovement 10/17 -- Jukebox 10/18 -- Open mic w/ Chris Sterr 10/19 -- Riley Pinkerton, 710; then 2 Bays DJs 10/20 -- Oh Brother Big Sister 10/21 -- Happy hour w/ John Phillips Trio, then DJ DomiNate 10/22 -- Biomassive Sun. -- Karaoke • WEST BAY BEACH RESORT - TC Tues. -- Sweetwater Blues Night, 7-9:30 View: Thurs. -- Jazz w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30 Fri. -- DJ Veeda, 9-2 Sat. -- DJ Motaz, 9-2

Antrim & Charlevoix • BC TAPROOM -- BC 10/15 -- The Shifties, 8-11 10/22 -- Sean Bielby, 8-11 • BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM - CHARLEVOIX 10/15 -- Chris Koury, 8-11 10/16 -- Owen James, 7-10 10/18 -- Sean Bielby, 7-10 10/21 -- Kellerville, 8-11 10/22 -- Ben Overbeek, 8-11 10/23 -- Pete Kehoe, 7-10 • CELLAR 152 - ELK RAPIDS 10/15 -- Jim Moore, 7:309:30

10/21 -- Jeff Brown, 7:309:30 10/22 -- The Avalon Man, 7:30-9:30 • JORDAN INN - EAST JORDAN Tues. -- Open Mic w/ Cal Mantis, 7-11 Fri. & Sat. -- Live Music • MURRAY'S BAR & GRILL - EAST JORDAN Fri. & Sat. -- Live Music • QUAY RESTAURANT & TERRACE BAR CHARLEVOIX Weds. -- Live jazz, 7-10

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• ROADHOUSE - BENZONIA Weds. -- Jake Frysinger, 5-8 • ST. AMBROSE CELLARS BENZONIA Tues. -- Cheryl Wolfram hosts open mic, 7-9 • STORMCLOUD BREWING CO. - FRANKFORT 10/15 -- Olivia Mainville, 8-10 10/21 -- Oh Brother Big Sister, 8-10 10/22 -- Dot Org, 8-10 10/23 -- Robbie Provo, 8-10 • WESTERN AVE. GRILL - GLEN ARBOR Fri. -- Open Mic Sat. -- Karaoke

Emmet & Cheboygan • BARREL BACK RESTAURANT WALLOON LAKE VILLAGE Weds. -- Michelle Chenard, 5-8 • BEARDS BREWERY - PETOSKEY Weds. -- "Beards on Wax" (vinyl only night spun by DJ J2xtrubl), 8-11 • CAFE SANTE - BOYNE CITY 10/15 -- The Pistil Whips, 8-11 10/20 -- Mike Bass, 6-9 10/21 -- Under the Moon, 8-11 10/22 -- Nelson Olstrom, 8-11 Mon. -- Nathan Bates, 6-9 • CITY PARK GRILL - PETOSKEY 10/15 -- Karaoke in The Annex, 10 10/18 -- Nelson Olstrom, 9 10/21 -- Duffy King, 10 10/22 -- Ben Daniels Band, 10 Sun. -- Trivia • DIXIE SALOON - MACKINAW CITY Thurs. -- Gene Perry, 9-1

Fri. & Sat. -- DJ • KEWADIN CASINO - SAULT STE. MARIE Rapids Lounge: 10/14-15 -- Hawk Junction, 9 10/21-22 -- Banned, 9 Signatures Lounge: Fri. -- Karaoke, 9 • KNOT JUST A BAR - BAY HARBOR Fri. -- Chris Martin, 7-10 • LEGS INN - CROSS VILLAGE 10/23 -- Jelly Roll Blues Band • MOUNTAINSIDE GRILL - BOYNE CITY Fri. -- Ronnie Hernandez, 6-9 • MUSTANG WENDY'S - HARBOR SPRINGS 10/15 -- Sydni Kann 10/21 -- Jeff Bihlman 10/22 -- Pete Kehoe • OASIS TAVERN - KEWADIN

Thurs. -- Bad Medicine, DJ Jesse James • ODAWA CASINO - PETOSKEY 10/14-15 -- Scot Bihlman 10/21 -- Pete Kehoe & Michelle Chenard, 8 10/22 -- Motif, 8 • PURPLE TREE COFFEE CHEBOYGAN Weds. -- Open mic, 5-7 • STAFFORD'S PERRY HOTEL PETOSKEY Noggin Room: 10/14-15 -- Alex Mendenall 10/21 -- Jake Allen 10/22 -- Chris Koury • STAFFORD'S PIER RESTAURANT - HS Pointer Room: Thurs. - Sat. -- Carol Parker on piano

Otsego, Crawford & Central • ALPINE TAVERN - GAYLORD Sat.-- Mike Ridley, 7-10 • MAIN STREET MARKET GAYLORD 10/15 -- Tim Williams 10/21 -- Sweet Tooth

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: My husband of a year is very tight with cash. It’s always save, save, save. I recently traded in my car, and I needed $1,000 more for the new one, but he never offered to give it to me. My parents ended up paying it. I make my own money, but not a lot, and I’m wondering what kind of financial arrangement makes sense in a marriage. — Confused

: Your husband comes into the living room, and there you are — sitting on the floor with a Starbucks cup and a cardboard sign that says, “Anything helps. God bless.” Unfortunately, the passive-aggressiveness of the wife-as-panhandler approach is toxic in the long run. However, the theatrics would get your message across better than the nonverbal forms of communication you’ve probably been using — pouting and closing cabinet doors a little more forcefully than usual. Like a lot of women, you may assume that whatever subtle emotional cues you can read, men can also read. However, research by social psychologist Judith A. Hall finds that women are far better than men at spotting and decoding nonverbal signals in facial expressions and body language. Women’s having evolved greater aptitude for this makes sense, as newborn infants generally aren’t in the habit of expressing their needs with, “Hey, mom-lady…would you grab me a pack of smokes and a beer?” So, yes, if you want something from your husband, you do have to put that out there in spoken-word form. But beyond that, you two need to sit down and hammer out a fiscal policy for your relationship — where the lines get drawn on “yours”/“mine”/“ours” and “what if one of us has a financial crisis and needs an alternative to, oh, stealing a mule to get to work every day?” In coming up with this policy, it’s important to go beyond the cold dollars-and-cents view and discuss each other’s attitudes surrounding money, especially any issues and fears. Then, when there’s a conflict, each of you can maybe start with a little compassion for the other’s point of view. It also might help to understand that our views about money are influenced by genetics and what behavioral ecologists call our “life history strategy” — a term that relates to whether our upbringing was stable and “safe” or risky and unpredictable. Child development researcher Jay Belsky and his colleagues find that a stable childhood environment tends to lead to

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a more future-oriented approach (saving, for example), whereas, say, growing up ducking gunfire or just having divorced parents and getting moved around a lot tends to lead to a more now-oriented approach (spendorama!). Whatever your past, going off into the sunset being chased by creditors can be a marriage killer. Family studies researcher Jeffrey Dew finds that married couples with a bunch of “consumer debt” (owing on credit cards, loans for consumer goods, and past-due bills) fight more about everything — from sex to chores to in-laws. And research by sociologist Carolyn Vogler, among others, finds that couples who pool their money (like their money got married, too!) tend to be happier. I would guess that the spirit in this is important -- going all in financially…“us against the world!” instead of, “If you lose your job and can’t pay your share of the rent, don’t worry, baby. I’ll help you pitch your tent on the front lawn.”

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the course of her long career, Libran

actress Helen Hayes won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony. Years before all that glory poured down on her, she met playwright Charles MacArthur at a party in a posh Manhattan salon. Hayes was sitting shyly in a dark corner. MacArthur glided over to her and slipped a few salted peanuts into her hand. “I wish they were emeralds,” he told her. It was love at first sight. A few years after they got married, MacArthur bought Hayes an emerald necklace. I foresee a metaphorically comparable event in your near future, Libra: peanuts serving as a promise of emeralds.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 1980s,

two performance artists did a project entitled A Year Tied Together at the Waist. For 12 months, Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh were never farther than eight feet away from each other, bound by a rope. Hsieh said he tried this experiment because he felt very comfortable doing solo work, but wanted to upgrade his abilities as a collaborator. Montano testified that the piece “dislodged a deep hiddenness” in her. It sharpened her intuition and gave her a “heightened passion for living and relating.” If you were ever going to engage in a comparable effort to deepen your intimacy skills, Aries, the coming weeks would be a favorable time to attempt it..

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

weeks would you prefer that we refer to you as “voracious”? Or do you like the word “ravenous” better? I have a feeling, based on the astrological omens, that you will be extra super eager to consume vast quantities of just about everything: food, information, beauty, sensory stimulation, novelty, pleasure, and who knows what else. But please keep this in mind: Your hunger could be a torment or it could be a gift. Which way it goes may depend on your determination to actually enjoy what you devour. In other words, don’t get so enchanted by the hypnotic power of your longing that you neglect to exult in the gratification when your longing is satisfied.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When the wind

blows at ten miles per hour, a windmill generates eight times more power than when the breeze is five miles per hour. Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect there will be a similar principle at work in your life during the coming weeks. A modest increase in effort and intensity will make a huge difference in the results you produce. Are you willing to push yourself a bit beyond your comfort level in order to harvest a wave of abundance?

CANCER June 21-July 22):

Cuthbert Collingwood (1748-1810) had a distinguished career as an admiral in the British navy, leading the sailors under his command to numerous wartime victories. He was also a good-natured softie whose men regarded him as generous and kind. Between battles, while enjoying his downtime, he hiked through the English countryside carrying acorns, which he planted here and there so the “Navy would never want for oaks to build the fighting ships upon which the country’s safety depended.” (Quoted in Life in Nelson’s Navy, by Dudley Pope.) I propose that we make him your role model for the coming weeks. May his example inspire you to be both an effective warrior and a tender soul who takes practical actions to plan for the future.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Eighteenth-century

musician Giuseppe Tartini has been called “the godfather of modern violin playing.” He was also an innovative composer who specialized in poignant and poetic melodies. One of his most famous works is the Sonata in G Minor, also known as the Devil’s Trill. Tartini said it was inspired by a dream in which he made a pact with the Devil to provide him with new material. The Infernal One picked up a violin and played the amazing piece that Tartini transcribed when he woke up. Here’s the lesson for you: He didn’t actually sell his soul to the Devil. Simply engaging in this rebellious, taboo act in the realm of fantasy had the alchemical effect of unleashing a burst of creative energy. Try it!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The planets have

aligned in a curious pattern. I interpret it as meaning that you have cosmic permission to indulge in more self-interest and self-seeking than usual. So it won’t be taboo for you to unabashedly say, “What exactly is in it for me?” or “Prove your love, my dear” or “Gimmeee gimmeee gimmee what I want.” If someone makes a big promise, you shouldn’t be shy about saying, “Will you put that in writing?” If you get a sudden urge to snag the biggest piece of the pie, obey that urge.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Welcome to the

Painkiller Phase of your cycle. It’s time to relieve your twinges, dissolve your troubles, and banish your torments. You can’t sweep away the whole mess in one quick heroic purge, of course. But I bet you can pare it down by at least 33 percent. (More is quite possible.) To get started, make the following declaration five times a day for the next three days: “I am grateful for all the fascinating revelations and indispensable lessons that my pain has taught me.” On each of the three days after that, affirm this truth five times: “I have learned all I can from my pain, and therefore no longer need its reminders. Goodbye, pain.” On the three days after that, say these words, even if you can’t bring yourself to mean them with complete sincerity: “I forgive everybody of everything.”

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

foreseeable future, you possess the following powers: to make sensible that which has been unintelligible . . . to find amusement in situations that had been tedious . . . to create fertile meaning where before there had been sterile chaos. Congratulations, Sagittarius! You are a first-class transformer. But that’s not all. I suspect you will also have the ability to distract people from concerns that aren’t important . . . to deepen any quest that has been too superficial or careless to succeed . . . and to ask the good questions that will render the bad questions irrelevant.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the past eleven months, did you ever withhold your love on purpose? Have there been times when you “punished” those you cared about by acting cold and aloof? Can you remember a few occasions when you could have been more generous or compassionate, but chose not to be? If you answered yes to any of those questions, the next three weeks will be an excellent time to atone. You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when you can reap maximum benefit from correcting stingy mistakes. I suggest that you make gleeful efforts to express your most charitable impulses. Be a tower of bountiful power.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) In 1415, a

smaller English army defeated French forces at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France. Essential to England’s victory were its 7,000 longbowmen -archers who shot big arrows using bows that were six feet long. So fast and skilled were these warriors that they typically had three arrows flying through the air at any one time. That’s the kind of high-powered proficiency I recommend that you summon during your upcoming campaign. If you need more training to reach that level of effectiveness, get it immediately.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let’s imagine

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REAL ESTATE AGENT. Experienced preferred. Move your career forward with an established, independent Broker that serves 5 counties with space in TC. Mike @TCarea.com @ 231-570-1111 SPANISH SPEAKING CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Publishing Company in Grawn, MI. We are looking for a customer service representative with marketing knowledge to work with helping and growing our Latino market. Must have excellent communication skills in both Spanish and English. Familiarity with a CRM. Ability to multitask & prioritize. Full time. $5000 SIGN ON! Dedicated Customer, Home Every Week, $65-$75K Annually and Excellent Benefits Plan! CALL 888-409-6033 www.Drive4Red.com (6 months experience and class A CDL required)

HEALTH SERVICES BODY-MIND THERAPY - A powerful integrative approach to personal growth and healing, incorporating bodywork, dialogue, movement, and a range of holistic therapeutic modalities. Fosters lasting growth and change by addressing your whole self - body, mind, and spirit. For more info, contact Lee Edwards of SoulWays, 231-4213120, www.soulwayshealing.com ACUPRESSURE MASSAGE w/aromatherapy joiedevivrearomatherapy.net 231 325 4242

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BUY/SELL/TRADE FANCY CHAROLAIS BULL and Heifer calves. Breeding Age Bull Ph 231 578 8456 1965 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Convertible L75 327ci/300HP manual 4 speed, blue/black, $16500 contact vieiralaura73@gmail.com / 313960-7578

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PIONEER POLE BUILDINGS- Free Estimates-Licensed and insured-2x6 Trusses-45 Year Warranty Galvalume Steel-19 Colors-Since 1976-#1 in Michigan-Call Today 1-800-292-0679.

OTHER SEWING, REPAIRS, MENDING & Alterations. Maralene Roush, Maple City 231-228-6248. 37 ACRE HUNTING PROPERTY. Pigeon River. $90,000 jlreinie@aol.com for details. LOOKING FOR A PUREBRED Charolais Bull for next Spring. Call 231 578 8456

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SeaSOned tO the bOne A celebration of authentic Jamaican cuisine and culture.

Saturday OctOber 29

Fresh seasoning and bold flavor are what make Jamaican foods among the most delicious in the world. We’d like to invite everyone from Northern Michigan to join us in a celebration of authentic Jamaican cuisine.

Rose, Lisa & Kim

4-courses 6pm-10pm $29.95*

traditional Jamaican Food & cocktails

prepared by our Jamaican culinary team

Menu highlights: Jerk Chicken •| Escoveitch Fish | Festival Three Bean Stew Curry Goat | Tia Maria Sponge Cake

For reservations, call 231-534-6800. grandtraverseresort.com/jamaicandinner Owned & Operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians

* plus tax & gratuity

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TREE OF GIVING OCTOBER 1 - 30

HELP THESE CHARITIES TAKE ROOT BR AVE HEART E S TAT E S

Here’s how to donate:

200 base points on your Optimum Rewards Card, then · Earn swipe at the kiosk and we will make a $4 donation. This can

dinner buffet purchased on Mondays and · Every Tuesdays during October will result in a $1 donation

a Tree of Giving T-shirt or a sun catcher in the Quill · Purchase Box and a portion of the purchase price will be donated.

your favorite charity and vote by hanging leaves · Help on your favorite tree. Leaves can be purchased in the

be done once daily.

to our selected charities.

Quill Box Gift Shop.

Items must be purchased by cash or credit to be eligible.

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