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Rapid-fire Mouth Once again, Thomas Kachadurian is shooting off his egomaniacal mouth!

According to him, we are just a bunch of sign painters who move on from one cause to the next. He paints us as being ignorant to the facts about guns and gun safety. Allow me to enlighten you Mr. K. I — and every person I have marched with at anti-gun rallies, or any other kind of rally for that matter — know the facts. And so do the hundreds of thousands of students who are out there marching for better gun safety.

I have also noticed that you never quote your sources. Maybe you could enlighten us to exactly what you’re referring to when you mention Chelsea Handler. Again ... just shooting off your rapid-fire mouth. If only there were only one round and one trigger pull when it comes to your rhetoric!

“Let’s review.” We’re ignorant, we have no credibility, and we “sound like children struggling to understand an adult universe [we] aren’t ready to enter. I suggest you think about the real children out there who are struggling to make sense of so many senseless killings across this nation — killings that they witnessed firsthand.

God forbid you should lose a loved one to a gun-related shooting where weak gun laws were in place. Stand with the students, people!

Tom Emmott, Traverse City Of Oil Spills & Gutless Politicians Roughly 600 gallons of toxic dialectric fluid spilled into the Mackinac Straits from submerged electrical cables recently.

Weather conditions were difficult. Not one drop that was released was recovered.

Enbridge’s Line 5 lies near the damaged cables. This could easily have been an oil spill. After nearly four years of commissions, studies, and reports, elected officials remain content to play Russian roulette with the most magnificent, life-giving freshwater system on earth.

Not one elected official is calling for the permanent decommissioning of this pipeline or even suggesting this is a

possibility. Oil and gas is probably the most powerful industry on earth, used to getting its way.

Gov. Snyder made it clear he wants a tunnel under the Straits, meaning Line 5 would continue to operate indefinitely, likely at increased capacity. We now know his own lengthy and costly public process has been mainly for show and delay.

Attorney General Bill Schuette took legal action against the tugboat operator. Senator Peters Gary called for a temporary shutdown of Line 5. Senator Debbie Stabenow also wants the flow of oil stopped “until we know it’s safe.” Neither is suggesting what is actually needed: legislation that prohibits transport of crude oil in, on, or under the Great Lakes.

The “safety” measures these officials are touting distract from the fundamental question: Why are we allowing 23 million gallons of crude oil to be pumped daily through the heart of the Great Lakes in an exposed 65-year-old pipeline for one more day? No one can guarantee Line 5 will not fail or predict when it will. We’ve just seen what can happen.

There are consequences for standing up to power. No one seems willing to take them. How much risk are we willing to take with the Great Lakes to meet Canada’s energy needs? Who will decide their fate?

at various engagements, pushing false conspiracy theories to undermine MuslimAmericans.

And now in Cheboygan, our hometown, we have a man celebrating Colbeck and promoting hate, fear, and intolerance. Is this what Cheboygan stands for? Is this the kind of message we want to teach our children and our grandchildren? Do we want our children to grow up in fear of people who look different than we do? Do we want our children to grow up hating people because they have different religious beliefs? Isn’t it better to raise children in love, kindness, compassion, and empathy?

We are a small community with so much to offer. Can we not open our arms and welcome people from all backgrounds? Instead of offering hate, fear, and intolerance, we can offer diversity and promote a community that is about inclusion — not exclusion. If we want to attract new businesses, young families, and tourists, we must take an honest look at these issues. We must stand up against hateful speech and actions. If we choose to remain silent and do nothing, this place we call home will wither and die. We must not allow these things to divide the amazing community that is Cheboygan.

Rev Deb Hansen, Concerned Citizens of Cheboygan and Emmet County

Chip in, Tourists and Townships I have lived in Traverse City with my family since 2004. My wife and I live in the Slab Town neighborhood because we wanted to live where we could be close to downtown, beaches, trails, etc. We like to be able to walk and bike to work, but I can’t because I work on Old Mission Peninsula, which was my choice, but it would be nice if there was reliable public transportation to get out and back without a car.

Over the years we have watched the roads crumble and the pot holes come close to resembling sink holes. The sidewalks are broken, vaulted, and cracked, and underground pipes are collapsing. Our city leaders seem unable to come up with a plan to fix and pay for its infrastructure problems when there are solutions right in front of them.

Pull the surrounding townships into the city proper and let everyone who uses the city services pay their fair share. How many people do you know that live right outside the city so they can pay substantially lower property taxes, yet they use all the benefits the city has to offer? Wait, here is another idea: instead of our meager bed tax going to fund Traverse City Tourism’s $5 million advertising budget, let’s stop advertising a city that everyone across the nation already knows about because it is such a beautiful place. Let’s charge a real bed tax on all hotel beds, vacation rentals, and AirB&B rentals, and fix our infrastructure. Companies are not going to leave if we do, and tourists are not going to quit coming. In fact, there are four major new hotels going up between 2018 and 2019. We live in a beautiful city, but how long can it stay this way with more and more tourists and new residents coming but no real fiscal plans to fix our infrastructure problems? Everyone needs to pay their fair share. It is as simple as that.

King Trump It’s important to understand why our democracy is a miraculous treasure. After a revolution against a king’s tyranny, our Founding Fathers wanted a country where laws, not one man’s whims or beliefs, would rule our decisions.

That means no man is above the law.

Not even a president.

This idea is paramount. It is what separates us from a country where your rights are gone because one man thinks he deserves to decide what is true or not, what laws matter, and what ones don’t.

Donald Trump is dangerously close to being that man.

How do I know? Because he already has done many things that show he has always believed he is above the law. As a businessman, he was notorious for stiffing those he hired. He has cheated on ALL his wives. He bragged that he lied to one of our allies in order to win an argument. He stated he could shoot someone and still get elected.

If this list sounds trivial, it is very much still the measure of the character of this man.

He is now lashing out at those who are enforcing the rule of law. The vast majority are Republicans, many appointed by him Trump keeps telling us who he is. We must hear him. If we don’t insist Trump follow the rule of law, we will experience the biggest crisis our democracy has ever faced.

Carolyn Medland, Alcona County C’mon, Cheboygan This past Saturday in downtown Cheboygan, a man drove around town with the name of Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck plastered all over his car. Sen. Colbeck is from the 7th District, and he is running for governor on the Republican ticket.

Sen. Colbeck recently has become infamous for spreading racial and religious hate and fear against Muslim-Americans and, in particular, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. Colbeck is speaking out on the senate floor and

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Perry Harmon, Traverse City Correction: Because of a reporter’s error, an incorrect date appeared in the April 30 article “Arcadia Divided.” The date the township treasurer raised questions over the marina payroll was October 2016.

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

Traverse City’s Safe Harbor...............................10 For Sale By Owner........................................13 Home Sweet Homestay..................................15 State of the Market Up North.............................17 Kid Geniuses.................................................18 Spring Re-Awakening......................................19 One Week to Change Your Life..........................21 The Dam Site Inn..............................................22 Affordable Housing Solution in TC.....................22 Northern Seen.................................................24

dates................................................25-29 music FourScore.....................................................30 Nightlife........................................................34

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

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...................................6 Opinion............................................................8 Weird..............................................................9 Crossed.........................................................12 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................31 The Reel..........................................................32 Advice Goddess...........................................35 Crossword...................................................36 Freewill Astrology.........................................37 Classifieds..................................................39

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4 A Traverse City-based Great Lakes protection group commissioned a study to evaluate the potential cost of a failure of the Line 5 oil pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac. They reached a staggering figure.

Such an event could cost Michigan $6 billion in economic impact and natural resource damage, according to the study conducted by Michigan State University ecological economist Dr. Robert Richardson. The study was commissioned by For Love of Water.

“This study puts credible numbers behind what common sense tells us, that a Line 5 spill could cause catastrophic economic impacts in addition to environmental destruction,” said Liz Kirkwood, FLOW’s executive director. “It’s another compelling reason for the state to take swift action to shut down Line 5.”

Enbridge Energy, which owns and operates the twin 65-year-old pipelines, disputed the conclusions and asserted that a spill would release far less oil than what the study assumed.

Kirkwood said the study was based on a realistic but not worst-case scenario kind of failure and determined that an oil spill would devastate tourism, commercial fishing, municipal water systems, and coastal property values.

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The End of The Middle

After nine seasons and over 200 episodes, The Middle is hardly/never really was a hot new show. But before its upcoming May 22 finale, this underrated gem of sitcom deserves a little recognition. Because while it might not be the buzziest or coolest show around, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more endearing TV family. Patricia Heaton leads the quirky ensemble, playing matriarch Frankie Heck, an overworked mom who can’t seem to catch a break. A family of five, all the Hecks are a delight, but none more so then teen daughter, Sue, whose relentless optimism has truly made her one of the most loveable characters on television. Set in colorful rural Indiana, the show presents relatable concerns of the heartland served up with a hearty helping of Midwestern comfort.

So whether you’ve dropped off and want to see how it all ends, or decide to check out past seasons, it’s always a good time with the Hecks. Catch the one-hour series finale on May 22 on ABC; previous seasons are available on Hulu.

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6 Historic Vote Slated for Beaver Island

Voters on Beaver Island will decide Tuesday whether to consolidate the island’s two townships into one.

The island today consists of St. James Township at the more densely populated northern tip; and to the south, the much larger and much less populated Peaine Township.

The debate has divided the island, and residents have argued on an online message board over which option will lead to higher taxes. Proponents of consolidation argue it will save money because it will eliminate redundant costs; opponents disagree and want to maintain local control.

A survey linked to the message board favored consolidation, with 56 percent in favor and 26 percent opposed, with the rest undecided, though those numbers might not reflect all residents of the island who are registered to vote.

The new township would be called Beaver Island Township.

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national writers series Samantha Irby’s OkCupid screen name was “fartthrob.” Her brand is, essentially, scowling baby animals. And, by her own estimation, the word “motherfu**er” appears in her latest book, “Meaty,” about 4,000 times. For some, that might be reason enough to avoid her May 11 National Writers Series appearance at City Opera House in Traverse City. But for those who find her hyper-profane and gasp-worthy honesty hysterical (uh, guilty), it’s an event you won’t want to miss. The comedian and New York Times bestselling author will no doubt lay it bare as she talks about her debut essay collection (the basis for a new FX Series); her famous blog, Bitches Gotta Eat; and her incomparable take on being black, being single, and being stuck with Crohn’s disease — all while being funny as a motherfu**er. For tickets, $15.50+, to An Evening with Samantha Irby, 7pm May 11 at COH, call (231) 941-8082 or visit cityoperahouse.org.

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Public school teachers have had just about enough. Still scrambling for budgetary crumbs left over after their states have paid for everything else, some have reached the breaking point.

Teachers in Oklahoma, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arizona all walked off the job for a day or more, and they have much in common.

All four states, among others, decided cutting taxes during the recession would somehow solve their budget problems. Not surprisingly, it did not. Corporate beneficiaries of legislative tax-cutting largess paid down their debt, bought back shares of their own stock, and increased bonuses for executives; there was no surge in business expansion or job creation. Individuals also paid down debt and saved; there was no surge in spending to boost the economy and sales tax revenues.

Now, despite a significant economic upturn — the stock market is three times what it was in 2008, and unemployment hovers around 4.4 percent — many states that slashed taxes are still struggling, and public education continues to have a budget-cutting target on its back.

Nearly half the states provide less funding for their public schools now than they did in 2008, in real dollars. Teachers have borne too much of the burden.

The states where the teachers walked out are good examples.

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an arm of the Department of Labor, the median income for teachers in Oklahoma has increased just .9 percent since 2000. In Kentucky, it's just .4 percent. It gets worse in West Virginia, where the median income has actually fallen 8.9 percent, and in Arizona, where the decline has been 10.4 percent.

In fact, median income in more than a third of states is either below what it was in 2000 or has increased less than 1 percent. All are in budget-cutting states.

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The diminished priority we've given public education is now manifest around the country. Half the states are reporting teacher shortages and difficulty filling those slots.

Some have eased credential and education requirements for prospective teachers, and some have resorted to flashy recruitment campaigns.

The Arizona Republic reports that some teachers there face classrooms with 35–40 students, some of whom must share textbooks and desk space. Teachers everywhere still spend out of their own pockets for classroom supplies, often for the most basic necessities.

TCAPS now receives about $300 more per pupil than they did in 2008, an increase of about 4 percent, well below even our modest inflation rates.

Rather than restore the taxes and revenue, an idea that was anathema to Republican-controlled legislatures and skittish Democrats, states began slashing away at their budgets.

And the departments of education are the biggest budget target in most states. Public schools, and their teachers, took hit after budgetary hit as states attempted to balance their budgets with all the nuance of a chainsaw.

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about $300 more per pupil than they did in 2008, an increase of about 4 percent, well below even our modest inflation rates. Budgets become strained because repairs, maintenance, construction, and other operational costs increase more than four-tenths of a percent each year.

Students haven't fared much better. Per-pupil funding is making a modest comeback after disastrous cuts five or six years ago, but the progress is coming at a snail's pace.

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) is a good example. TCAPS now receives

What every story has in common is a state that has abdicated its responsibility to provide the best public education possible to our children. It doesn't help that at the national level our Secretary of Education, Michigan's own Betsy DeVos, treats public education like an unwanted necessity, a temporary impediment in the way of her quest to privatize education.

More money is not, in and of itself, a panacea, nor does it guarantee superior outcomes on the classroom. Washington, D.C., which spends nearly $20,000 per pupil — without commensurate student accomplishment — is the not-very-shining example.

But we continue to expect our public schools to provide a quality education while at the same time serving as daycare center, breakfast providers, medical and psychological assistants, and dispute-resolution experts.

We've asked them to turn their schools into impenetrable fortresses, and there's always somebody willing to file a lawsuit if little Justin scrapes his knee. We expect them to do all of this on revenues barely more than what they received a decade ago while paying teachers less than we did two decades ago.

It couldn't be more absurd or self-destructive.

There was a time when public education was a genuine priority. Since that children-areour-future cliché is actually true, we believed school was pretty important.

Politicians of both parties have told us for years how they value children and our schools. They have been lying. Public education is no longer a priority; it's a target to be denigrated for political gain, its budget slashed in the name of fiscal responsibility.

No textbooks or desks? The grownups haven't learned much.

Crime & Rescue TODDLER WANDERS INTO STORE A 2-year-old — allegedly abandoned after his father passed out drunk — wandered several blocks to a convenience store where clerks called police.

Traverse City Police were called to Deerings Market on Barlow Street at 8:30pm April 28 after the boy appeared crying in the store.

Officers found a neighbor who recognized the toddler and pointed them in the direction of the boy’s house on the 800 block of Baldwin Street.

There, they found a sliding door open and the father, a 28-year-old, passed out on a couch.

The father was arrested for a probation violation, and officers filed a report seeking child abuse charges, Chief Jeff O’Brien said. Amid the investigation, the child’s mother returned from work and took custody of the boy.

WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH A 69-year-old Alden woman died in a two-car traffic crash.

Karleen Walden, a front-seat passenger, was killed in a crash that happened at 8:30pm April 28 on M-72 in Kalkaska County’s Bear Lake Township, according to state police.

Investigators determined the crash occurred because one of the drivers involved was blinded by the setting sun.

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Traverse City Police were called to the railroad tracks behind the Safe Harbor homeless shelter after witnesses said Taylor stabbed another man.

The victim, a 33-year-old Traverse City man who didn’t cooperate with police, was expected to recover after undergoing surgery at Munson Medical Center. The men were spotted together on Safe Harbor surveillance footage at 6pm April 22 just before the stabbing, according to the charges.

Both men had been staying at the shelter.

Taylor was held in lieu of $100,000 bond and is scheduled to for a preliminary hearing May 16.

CRASH CLOSES ROAD A drunk driver crashed into a utility pole on Keystone Road, forcing officials to close the road for hours.

The crash happened at 2:30am near Dipley Road and involved a single vehicle, Capt. Randy Fewless said. The driver, a 22-year-old Grawn man, was uninjured, but he was over the limit and arrested for operating under the influence.

The crash caused utility lines to fall across Keystone and forced officials to close the road between Cass and Hoch roads while Consumers Energy worked to clear the area. That meant delays for parents and players who needed to reach the Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer fields April 28.

TWO KILLED IN PLANE CRASH An Indiana couple died when their small plane crashed in Kalkaska County.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash scene in Boardman Township at 2:16pm April 27 and later issued a press release that the plane’s occupants — 71-year-old Thomas Wolfe and 70-year-old Mary Wolfe — had been pronounced dead.

The red, single-engine kit plane crashed just west of US-131 near Vroom Road. Deputies secured the scene until Federal Aviation Administration officials could arrive. FAA investigators cited engine failure as the cause of the crash in a preliminary report.

SUBWAY MONEY MISSING Police are investigating an apparent theft at the Suttons Bay Subway restaurant.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 8:50am April 29 after an employee and owner reported that several hundred dollars was missing from the till.

Investigators determined no one broke into the business. Anyone with information about the missing money should call the sheriff’s department.

DELIVERY DRIVER CHARGED A 30-year-old Traverse City man who once worked as a delivery driver faces theft charges after investigators found $7,902 of undelivered merchandise at his home.

William Matthew Hicks faces a charge of larceny between $1,000 and $20,000, a felony that carries up to five years in prison.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies searched Hicks’s residence on Four Mile Road in January and found suspected stolen goods, including a vacuum, diapers, computer monitors, a drone, shoes, a laptop, headphones, speakers, a crockpot, an air fryer and clothing.

Hicks worked for a company that makes deliveries for the U.S. Postal Service and Amazon, and he began to steal packages in early 2016, according to the charges.

STABBING SUSPECT CHARGED A man accused of stabbing another man in the gut has a long record of violent crime.

John Christian Taylor Jr. faces charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, a 10-year felony, and assault with a dangerous weapon. The 32-year-old was charged as an habitual offender because of previous convictions in 2005 for assault with intent to do great bodily harm and in 2012 for third-offense

ARREST FOLLOWS ASSAULT A homeless man told Traverse City Police that he’d been beaten and robbed of his beer supply in the woods near Grand Traverse Commons at Division and 11th streets.

The 60-year-old man, though, was too intoxicated to help police much with their investigation, and he had to be taken to Munson Medical Center for treatment at 6:14pm April 28.

Officers then followed a trail into the woods where they found four men in the process of burning two tents, said Chief Jeff O’Brien.

The men denied attacking the other man and stealing his beer and said they were burning the tents for warmth because the tents were damaged.

Officers arrested one of them, a 28-year-old, after they discovered he was wanted on a Grand Traverse County misdemeanor assault warrant.

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“This is typical of modern information consumption. People form an opinion based on a summary, or a summary of summaries, without making the effort to go deeper,” study co-author Arnaud Legout said in a recent interview with the Washington Post.

Worse yet, the study finds that these sort of unvetted peer-to-peer shares are key in determining what kind of news gets circulated and what disappears from public view. So our thoughtless retweets, and those of our friends, are actually determining our shared political priorities.

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In fact, there’s so much incivility, animosity, and disrespect on social media that 65 percent of American users express disgust and frustration with online discussions. (I suspect the other 35 percent are the ones doing the trolling.) It's not just affecting individual social media users — it’s also hurting our democracy.

Two-thirds of U.S. adults consume at least some of their news on social media. And sadly, most of us are just reading headlines.

A 2016 study by computer scientists at Columbia University and the French National Institute found that 70 percent of Facebook users comment without reading an article, and 59 percent of links shared on social media have never actually been clicked.

In other words, most people comment and spread news without ever reading it.

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We've all experienced it. An unkind remark while scrolling through the online comment section; then another, even more provocative.

Finally, the attacks get personal as trolls disrupt the conversation, making unfounded claims and spinning conspiracy theories in an attempt to challenge others' opinions.

In this new frontier of digital media, many acknowledge that civil discourse has become the exception, rather than the rule.

The problem isn't with social media itself, but with how it's currently being utilized.

Anyone can read a headline, write a quick uninformed comment, and hit “return” on a keyboard. And while everyone has a right to his or her opinions, I believe those that are well reasoned, with a basis in fact, should carry more weight — especially when policy-making is involved.

The debate surrounding the Traverse City Arts Commission's plan to paint a temporary mural around the retaining wall at the Open Space is the most recent example of social media users working in direct conflict with the democratic process.

When plans for the mural hit the news, it exploded on social media. Basic misinformation, mixed with distrust of local appointed officials and fueled by inflammatory comments, created a perfect storm of opposition to the project. In the span of just four days, the Traverse City Open Space Mural Opposition Facebook page gained 450 members. And, as the current chair of the Arts Commission, I participated in no less than 15 different online discussion threads in an attempt to dispel myths and to defend the legitimate decision-making process.

Everything — from the cost and location of the mural, to the design, length of installation and the publicity used during the process — was being misrepresented by social media users. The $2,500 cost was inflated to $25,000.

The unobtrusive retaining wall turned into a major impediment to lake views. The blues and yellows used in the design morphed into “neon” colors. The two-year rotating exhibit space became permanent. And nearly everyone refused to believe that this plan included multiple opportunities for public input. The accepted narrative was that we conspired behind closed doors to force this mural “down the throats” of area residents.

Long story short, the artists caved under the public pressure and pulled out of the project.

They didn't want to come where they weren't welcome and felt threatened by the nasty emails, phone calls, and even negative reviews being left by trolls on their business' social media pages.

As a result, this virtual “angry mob” wiped out six months of careful planning by officials on three different City boards. We have little way of knowing how many of them were actually City residents or taxpayers, but we do know that none of them participated in the public process prior to approval.

Even more depressing, just a handful of opponents bothered to show up at the well-publicized Arts Commission meeting immediately following the controversy. This is where next steps for the mural project were being considered and where public input was crucial. Many rejected the original project, but very few made their opinions known for future planning. At this rate, we are doomed to repeat the cycle of dysfunction.

Whether or not we agree with the actions of our government officials, it is our responsibility as citizens to engage during the process.

Protesting a plan after it's been approved not only wastes the City's time and resources, it runs contrary to a very important principle of democracy — political participation.

Citizens have an obligation to become informed about public issues, to monitor the conduct of their leaders and representatives, and to express their own opinions. Most importantly, political participation in a democracy must be peaceful, respectful of the law, and tolerant of the different views of other groups and individuals.

So please, get involved. If you can't attend public meetings, read the agendas and minutes online. If you have a concern, send an email — or better yet, meet your representative for coffee. Real people with real issues are far more persuasive than anonymous online commenters. And elected and appointed officials are very receptive when comments are constructive — and when criticism is expressed in a respectful way.

Christie Minervini is a Traverse City resident who owns Sanctuary Handcrafted Goods in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. She is passionate about gender equality, community development, and ending homelessness.

Irony At Pennsylvania State University, the Outing Club, founded in 1920, provided students with outdoor recreation opportunities such as hiking and camping. But no more. Penn State has announced that after this semester, the university will no longer allow the club to organize student-led trips because it is too dangerous out in the wilderness, according to the offices of Student Affairs and Risk Management. Two other outdoorsy clubs, the Nittany Grotto Caving Club and the Nittany Divers Scuba Club, have also been restricted from club activities outdoors. Michael Lacey, president of the Caving Club, told the Centre Daily Times: "Penn State's just been clamping down really hard on the nature of activities" since the Jerry Sandusky scandal. University spokesperson Lisa Powers said Penn State will offer school-sponsored outdoors trips, but students noted the cost will be much higher.

Unclear on the Concept In a perhaps unintentional bid for the worst criminal disguise of 2018, Kerry Hammond Jr., 22, broke into a GameStop store in St. Marys, Georgia, at 1:19 a.m. on April 13, where he was captured on camera wearing a clear plastic wrapper (of the sort that holds bundles of bottled water) over his head. Even with the plastic "mask," WJXT reported, Hammond's face is clearly visible in surveillance video, and St. Marys police quickly identified him and captured him on April 17. Hammond already had two active felony warrants for his arrest for burglary and second-degree criminal damage to property.

Techno-Weird In Tokyo, women who have qualms about living alone may soon have a new security option. "Man on the Curtain" is a prototype smartphone app that connects to a projector and throws a moving shadow of a man onto a closed window curtain. The shadow man can be doing any of several different activities, such as boxing, karate, vacuuming, playing guitar or getting dressed. Keiichi Nakamura, advertising manager of Leopalace21 Corp., an apartment management company where the idea originated, told Reuters that eventually his company would like to "commercialize it once we add variety, such as releasing a new video every day."

Fun-suckers In Oslo, according to Reuters, tradition calls for recent high school graduates to participate in "Russ," a several-weeks-long party that includes drinking, nudity and public sex, sometimes resulting in fatal car crashes. So this year, the Public Roads Administration issued a statement on April 18 headlined "No to sex on roundabouts," warning that students should refrain from running naked and having sex on bridges and roundabouts, because such behavior gives drivers "too much of a surprise." Terje Moe Gustavsen, head of the administration, said: "Everyone understands that being in and around roundabouts is a traffic hazard. It may not be so dangerous for someone to be without clothes on the bridge, but drivers can ... completely forget that they are driving."

Bright Ideas -- Resorting to a low-tech, but possibly offensive strategy, Largo, Florida,

detectives visited a dead man at Sylvan Abbey Funeral Home in Clearwater and attempted to use his finger to unlock his smartphone. Linus F. Phillip, 30, was shot and killed by Largo police March 23 after he tried to drive away from an officer wanting to search him. As part of their investigation, police said they needed to access and preserve data on Phillip's phone. Legal experts generally agreed the detectives had not broken any laws, but Phillip's girlfriend, Victoria Armstrong, 28, was less forgiving: "Nobody even calling us ... to let us know detectives were coming there at all is very disturbing," she told the Tampa Bay Times. "I'm very skeptical of all funeral homes now."

-- United Press International reports that in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, the mayor has employed a clever way to keep his finger on the pulse of the city. When he goes out, he wears a fake beard so he'll blend in and not be recognized as the capital city's leader.

Mayor Albek Ibraimov told Fergana, a Russian news agency: "I dress in old clothes ... take off my tie and I go and look, and see how things actually are."

Entrepreneurial Spirit Over the last two years, Cameron County employee Gilberto Escamilla, 53, of Brownsville, Texas, has been accepting shipments of fajitas worth a total of $1.2 million at the Darrell B. Hester Juvenile Detention Center in Brownsville. The only trouble is, the inmates there aren't served fajitas. Escamilla had been ordering the meat from Labatt Food Service in Harlingen and intercepting it to resell. "It started small and got bigger and out of control," Escamilla told the court, according to The Brownsville Herald. On April 20, he was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to theft by a public servant.

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TRAVERSE CITY’S SAFE HARBOR The longtime NIMBY debate about creating a permanent homeless shelter on Traverse City’s Wellington Street — near the public library, a neighborhood, and main thoroughfare — came to a decisive close when Safe Harbor finally opened its doors in 2017. While it hasn't hardly been the nightmare many predicted, there were serious issues even its supporters and board members didn’t anticipate.

Northern Express takes a look at the shelter’s first year, the lessons learned, and successes it spurred.

By Patrick Sullivan Safe Harbor faced some unexpected challenges in its first year at its new permanent location, including numbers that were way up, a nearby gas station that suddenly got a license to sell booze, and a small population who apparently wanted to use the shelter as a means to party.

Nonetheless, Safe Harbor officials called the inaugural year a success, albeit one in which they learned a lot.

“I think, overall I’m going to say it was a huge success,” said Mike McDonald, chairman of the Safe Harbor board of directors. “With any operation like this, when you’re opening a shelter for the first time, we certainly found a list this long of things we want to address this summer.”

SURPRISED BY THE NUMBERS Perhaps the biggest surprise was the number of people who showed up. That took McDonald and fellow board member Christie Minervini by surprise.

“Due to area economic conditions, lack of housing for people that are mentally ill — and partly due to the opioid crisis — we had a fairly significant increase in guests that we did not totally anticipate,” McDonald said.

“We thought we would probably have more, having a central location like this, but the

increase surprised us.”

Safe Harbor served 268 individuals between early November and April. An average of 57 guests stayed each night, for a total of 8,368 bed nights, a 40 percent increase over the numbers Safe Harbor served, via a rotating roster of churches who hosted those in need of shelter, the year before. On the upside, many guests found housing, either on their own or through service providers, making the average length of stay just 31 days.

Despite the flow of people off of the street, though, on its busiest nights, Safe Harbor neared capacity, with 73 or 74 guests.

McDonald said the shelter had 72 beds and plans to increase that to 82 next season.

Their special land use permit allows them to house up to 90 guests.

Minervini said she initially thought Safe Harbor was attracting guests away from the Goodwill Inn. “For the first maybe month or so I would periodically check in just to see, ‘Are your numbers down? Because ours are up. Are we getting your people?’ And they’re like, ‘Oh no. We’re to capacity,’” she said. “So I think it’s just an across-the-board increase in people experiencing homelessness.”

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has been built in the region.

“One thing I learned really early on is the number of people on the street is not finite, and they’re not the same people,” she said.

“There are people constantly going in and out of homelessness. Many of them find a way out of it themselves; some of them need assistance.”

Dan Buron, executive director of Goodwill Northern Michigan, which runs the Goodwill Inn, said that from a distance, he was impressed with the way in which Safe Harbor’s first season in its new home went off, despite the challenges.

“I was impressed,” he said. “I think it went really well.”

Buron said the uptick in homeless numbers is troubling. Also troubling, he said, is that the average age appears to be getting younger.

“Certainly, we know that housing is a challenge, but it’s been a challenge, so that’s not new,” Buron said. “[The number of younger people seeking shelter] was concerning. I thought maybe this was some kind of blip, but it stayed, and I was very surprised. … It’s just hard to say exactly what that means.”

MARATHON CHALLENGE Something new appeared in the neighborhood in the months leading up to

Safe Harbor’s opening on Wellington Street that took Minervini and the rest of the Safe Harbor board completely by surprise — the Marathon gas station less than a block away, on Eighth Street, got a license to sell beer and wine.

“It was surprising and, of course, many of our guests will stop there in the morning or in the late afternoon,” Minervini said.

The station is owned by Schmuckal Oil Company of Traverse City and sells items that are popular with the Safe Harbor clientele.

On a recent day, a couple of roughlooking Safe Harbor residents emerged from the store with armfuls of 25-ounce cans of Natty Daddys, a high-alcohol, low-cost beer.

In front of the register, the station sells of BuzzBallz Chillers, a 17-percent alcohol compact drink that sells for $2.99.

David Waldron, Schmuckal Oil’s chief operating officer, said he had no comment.

Residents of the neighborhood north of Eighth Street find those BuzzBallz bottles discarded in their yards and in the alleys, said Elizabeth Whelan, president of the Boardman Neighborhood Association.

She said Safe Harbor is not responsible, obviously, for what happens at Marathon, but it is an unfortunate circumstance. She said each morning when the shelter doors open, guests stream out, cross Eighth Street at Wellington, where there is no crosswalk,

and line up to buy alcohol.

“It’s a mad rush to the gas station,” Whelan said. “Safe Harbor didn’t anticipate this.”

Whelan straddles two sides of the Safe Harbor debate — she’s long worked for the Father Fred Foundation and believes in helping people who are living in poverty.

She also frequently hears complaints from people in the neighborhood, especially people who live near Wellington Street, about shelter guests.

“I’m very grateful that Safe Harbor is there, but there have been many issues, more issues, I guess, than I anticipated,” she said.

“Thank goodness it was open. I mean, it was a horrible winter and people would have potentially died this year. But we need our neighborhood respected. I don’t think that’s asking too much.”

Problems have included: public urination, vomiting on lawns, people loitering in alleys, people passed out in alleys, and yards littered with bottles and hypodermic needles.

“I witnessed one myself — an individual rolling around in the lawn across the street, couldn’t get up,” Whelan said. “This was at 10 o’clock in the morning.”

Whelan said she appreciates Safe Harbor’s willingness to hear complaints and the responsiveness of Traverse City Police.

Whelan said she doesn’t know what the solution is, but she hopes that Safe Harbor and its partners can figure out how to reduce bad behavior that flows from the shelter.

“I don’t want to seem like I’m down on the homeless, because I work with the homeless, and I’m not,” Whelan said. “I don’t feel like they are respecting our neighborhood, some of them.”

McDonald noted that the Boardman Neighborhood experienced similar problems before Safe Harbor opened because the neighborhood is located in the center of a corridor traveled by people looking for homeless services.

“You know, these folks didn’t just suddenly appear here because of the shelter,” McDonald said.

SHELTERING FRAT PARTIES? George Golubovskis is an advocate for people experiencing homelessness in broad sense (he served on a planning commission subcommittee that considered Safe Harbor’s special use permit application) and in personal sense (he’s homeless, and in late April, he lobbied for Safe Harbor to extend its season while below-freezing temperatures were forecast).

“There’s that Bible verse people bring up — ‘What you do for the least among us, you do for me,’” he said. “I don’t think there’s an asterisk at the end that says, ‘Well, not after mid-April.’”

While he is an ardent shelter supporter, Golubovski said he believes that the permanent shelter has attracted more people from out of town.

“I would say, proportionally speaking, most people are from Grand Traverse County, or the five-county region, but there were a lot of people from downstate. You know, it was a, ‘build it, and they will come’” situation, he said. “I know that’s used by opponents of Safe Harbor.”

Golubovksi, though, is worried about what an influx of younger out-of-towners could mean for the viability of Safe Harbor in the future, because many of the newcomers are disrespectful or even rude to volunteers, and Safe Harbor has a hard enough time finding people to donate their time.

“If anything, I probably speak more for the volunteers that want to speak up, even more so than other fellow people that are experiencing homelessness,” he said. “I’m always going to acknowledge volunteers.

They were amazing.”

There were people who stayed at Safe Harbor this season who, from Golubovski’s perspective, didn’t need to be there.

“It became a fraternity party for some people. I think it skews a little bit younger,” he said. “I’m just like, ‘What are you doing here?’ When I was their age, I was working. I do think there were people that were taking advantage of the system.”

Minervini and McDonald rejected the notion that people have been drawn to Traverse City because of the permanent shelter.

“Something like 85 percent of our guests are from Grand Traverse County. And another five or six percent are from the fivecounty area. I think less than five percent are from outside northwest Michigan,” McDonald said. “Do we occasionally have somebody show up from Chicago or wherever? Yes, we do, but not very often,” McDonald said.

rough, too, she said, until volunteers learned how to set and enforce the right set of rules.

“This is not a ministry that anybody can do. It really is not,” she said.

Andrews believes that Safe Harbor needs to have paid overnight staff (something that Minervini said is in the works for next season). Safe Harbor, Jubilee, and Central United Methodist Church (which hosts weekday breakfasts) all serve the some population, but Safe Harbor faces the biggest challenges. Andrews said many guests spend the afternoon drinking, and are often intoxicated when they arrive at Safe Harbor; during the night, some of those guests begin to detox.

Rotating bands of volunteers, no matter how well meaning, are not equipped to deal with that, she said.

“I think they are demanding a little too much of the volunteers,” Andrews said. “I’m hearing they are tired; they are very tired after a long winter.”

“I do in my heart know that we’re making a difference, and that there are people who are alive now and there are people who are housed now because of having come into Safe Harbor.”

Minervini said other factors draw people to northern Michigan before they become homeless.

“They’re not coming here to stay at Safe Harbor,” she said. “They are coming here because they were promised a job that didn’t pan out, or because of an invitation from a family member that didn’t pan out, or whatever.”

Minervini, though, said shelter operators learned this season that guests should be screened to make sure they should be there.

“We haven’t actively practiced diversion techniques,” she said. “If you come to stay with us, we don’t ask you qualifying questions like, ‘Can you prove you’re homeless?’ or ‘Why are you staying with us tonight?’ There are things that we can do, things that we can say, and assistance that we can give when someone comes to stay with us the first time, to kind of divert them back to another safe place to be.”

Minervini said “some, not many” people used Safe Harbor like a drop-in center, a place to get a meal, a shower, and to do laundry before heading back out onto the street for the night, presumably because guests in the building are prohibited from using drugs or alcohol.

“I look at those folks as, ‘Well, where are you going? Where are you staying?’” she said. “We really want to be sure that we are providing emergency shelter to those who truly need it.”

MINISTRY THAT’S NOT FOR EVERYONE Glenda Andrews knows a thing or two about providing services to the homeless.

She helped start Grace Episcopal Church’s Jubilee House on Washington Street a dozen years ago, and she understands the growing pains experienced at Safe Harbor.

“It’s been a rough year [at Safe Harbor], and the steering committee knows that,” said Andrews, Jubilee’s director. “I’m trying to be very optimistic and positive about it. … I think this year is a year of adjustment. I think next year will be a lot smoother.”

Andrews said an organization like Safe Harbor needs to mature and figure things out. The first couple years at Jubilee were

Also, moving from being a churchbased shelter to a permanent building has created new challenges, she said, because churches are sacred spaces. Jubilee House is on a church campus, and inside it feels like a small home, which instills a sense in visitors that they need to treat the place well; Safe Harbor’s permanent home is institutional, sterile, and almost jail-like. That affects the way guests behave, Andrews said.

“In church, there’s reverence. In a church, even if you’re not religious or spiritual, there’s still reverence there that demands respect,” Andrews said. “I don’t know what you can do to soften a building.”

Minervini disagreed that volunteers suffered from fatigue this year, even though the season was the longest ever for Safe Harbor because of winter weather that persisted well into spring.

“We received notification from one very small church that has an aging congregation that they would not be coming back with us this coming fall,” Minervini said. “But I believe we picked up two new ones this year.”

Minervini said overnight volunteers faced challenges, but they worked through them.

“We did have an issue early on in the season where the police department were bringing folks in after our 11 o’clock hard timeline,” she said. “There’s a new arrival that they may have found in a snowbank someplace, and, ‘Can we take them?’ Well, we did have volunteers who were expressing concerns. They just didn’t feel comfortable or confident in bringing in someone that they didn’t know.”

Safe Harbor worked with police, who agreed to take people to the Goodwill Inn overnight, which is professionally staffed.

POLICE CALLS AND SOLUTIONS Traverse City Police were called to Safe Harbor 84 times between Nov. 1 and April 22, according to the department’s incident records.

That includes non-emergency calls, like when officers visit to give a presentation, and it also includes false alarms, said Capt.

Jim Bussell. The number does not, however,

capture all of the activity that required police response to folks heading to or from the shelter, such as the Marathon station, Family Video, or the Webster Street alley, where officers were also sent.

The Safe Harbor calls include 15 ambulance calls, three suicide attempts, and one mental health call. The largest category was disorderly conduct calls, which numbered 24. Calls that could have resulted in criminal investigations included six assault reports, three larcenies, and five for trespassing.

Traverse City police Capt. Keith Gillis said despite some bumps, he considered Safe Harbor’s inaugural year a success, and he expects things to improve next year. He said it helps police to have the shelter located in one place.

Everyone — including the homeless population — learned this year, he said, adding that some simply needed to be reminded where they should not hang out and drink.

On the last weekend that the shelter was open, one guest stabbed another guest during a fight near the railroad tracks just outside the shelter. Minervini said that wasn’t representative of how things went this year.

“The vast majority of calls that we get here are health-related rather than any sort of violence,” Minervini said.

McDonald agreed.

“The stabbing the other night was unusual, and it would have been unusual any given year. But we’ve had incidents where we’ve had guests fighting with each other and things like that in the churches,” McDonald said. “It maybe wasn’t as visible.”

Safe Harbor guests were also the source of many police calls to the Traverse City Area District Library, though library administrators succeeded in drastically reducing incidents over the season.

The library saw an increase in incidents and patron suspensions due to drunkenness and drug use after Safe Harbor opened for the season.

“I guess I was surprised at the number of problems that we had; I didn’t expect that much of an increase,” said Gail Parsons, library director. “At first our staff really took the brunt of the problem. You know, we have a list of rules and regulations that everyone has to abide by, and it doesn’t matter to us were you come from, you know, you have to comply.”

While she said she could not be certain that troublemakers were Safe Harbor guests, there was plenty of circumstantial evidence pointing in that direction.

From November, when the shelter opened for the season, until February, problems at the library increased roughly 400 percent from over the same period the prior year, Parsons said. In February, Parsons and library sight and sound coordinator Aaron Olson made a presentation at Safe Harbor.

“We both spoke, letting them know that, yes, this is a public place, and everyone is welcome to come into the library — unless you misbehave,” Parsons said.

They hung posters that listed library rules and several residents approached them afterward, apologizing on behalf of others.

Parsons said that following that presentation, incidents of disruption at the library almost stopped.

“Once we did that, it was amazing how quickly things turned around,” she said.

Minervini said that working through the problems is important because Safe Harbor’s mission is so crucial.

“I do in my heart know that we’re making a difference, and that there are people who are alive now and there are people who are housed now because of having come into Safe Harbor,” she said.

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Teaching our children about religion: Is there a line between education and indoctrination?

Scott’s statement Believers bringing children up in their faith feel they are passing down life’s most important and joyous understandings. They may also hope to impart protection to their children by enrolling them in God’s care.

Parents may not view religious teaching as indoctrination or intend it to cause harm, but harm can occur (even as compassionate principles are also conveyed). Children may Scott Blair feel guilt over natural thoughts and behaviors. They might Blair is a confear that their faith is inadequate and that they will fail to sultant in the make it into God’s kingdom. I know children who have been wastewater treatterrorized by the belief that demons surround them in their ment field and own home. Many will engage in imagined supernatural president of the causes their whole life rather than understand and address Grand Traverse Humanists. the world as it is.

Once when I visited a church, in a segment of the service, little girls in Sunday dresses and boys in child-sized bowties were called up front to sit on an area of carpet. An adult, using a tender voice, told the young ones a Jesus A LOCAL PASTOR story. There was a sense of tradition, warmth, and continuity of generations. Adults in pews glowed and made nearly inaudible vocalizations of approval — giving every vibe that it is admirable to revere what they were hearing.

This ritual is part of a centuries-old process that psychologically cements a child’s self-image of “goodness” to belief in a fantastical story. A compromised ability to evaluate reality becomes tightly bound to the desire to be good and to be regarded as such by family and peers. The process is subtle and steeped in loving intentions but it is indoctrination.

Many atheists are Humanists. Humanists attempt to teach and demonstrate empathy, curiosity, and inquiry. We try to model effective ways of questioning and examining the nature of reality rather than passing down fixed beliefs. Critics may assume we indoctrinate, but the Humanist view is that inquiry should be dispassionate — that is, as free as possible from emotional and psychological attachment to claims.

Education promotes inquiry. Indoctrination tethers assertions to emotion and identity.

Bill’s statement “We prefer to let our children decide for themselves.”

Pastors hear this often! Usually from families whose children aren’t regularly involved in worship or church school. “We don’t want to impose our beliefs. We want our children to choose for themselves.”

Does this laissez-faire philosophy extend to every facet of their lives?

“We’ve chosen not to feed our children. We think it’s Rev. Dr. William C. Myers better for them to hunt and forage.”

Senior Pastor “We don’t plan to potty train our children or teach at Presbyterian them personal hygiene. We don’t want to impose our Church of social norms on them.”

Traverse City “We’re going to let our children decide for themselves whether to go to school or not. We want them to be freethinkers.”

Sadly, there are people who raise their children this way, and many are considered unfit to be parents. But these aren’t the people I’m speaking about. The folks I’m speaking about are otherwise highly engaged in their children’s ATHEIST DEBATE lives — some are even “helicopter parents” — except when it comes to matters of faith. Why would they leave the most important part of their children’s development to chance?

I honestly don’t know. I suspect they have questions about faith, or don’t know how to teach their children to have faith. Some might fear that teaching children to live by faith is the same as indoctrination. This couldn’t be further from the truth!

The theology of mainline protestants, largely responsible for the creation of the public school and university systems in America, is grounded in the liberal arts philosophy of learning, which includes the free and rational study of the arts and sciences, as well as theology. Our belief that “the life of the mind is a service to God” is the antithesis of indoctrination. As Graham Nash suggests, we strive to “teach our children well.”

“Hear, my child, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching; for they are a fair garland for your head and pendants for your neck.”

—Proverbs 1:8-9

CROSSED

Bills’s reply Scott, the 1950s called. They want their religion back! Yes, there are religious people who indoctrinate. There are religious people who do harm. But the same can be said for secular folks. Soviet-era communism comes to mind. Dare we mention what’s been done in the name of science? Tuskegee?

Your “Christian” has more straw than the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz! Secular or Christian: Some indoctrinate. Some nurture. The question is, how do we look at life?

Child: “Why was I born?” Secularist: “Well, Mommy and Daddy [fill in the blank] … .” Christian: “To love God and people … .” But don’t secular people love? Sure, I know many who love, care, share, and show compassion. The difference? People of faith know God is the source of such love and teach this faith to our children.

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Scott’s reply If ideas are rational, the parents Bill describes can teach them to their children with a clear conscience. Parents can model curiosity, inquiry, and intellectual integrity so that in the future their children are free to adjust or reject assertions in favor of more supportable ones when necessary, without stress or identity crisis. Teaching ideas that can be evaluated for their compliance with reality is not indoctrination.

Faith (belief without evidence), in supernatural claims is not rational and may require some technique to weave into a child’s psyche — methods marginally convinced parents may not be comfortable using, hence their reluctance.

Attaching mythology that conflicts with the laws of nature to a child’s innate desire to be good and be accepted would seem to qualify as indoctrination.

Agree statement Bill and Scott both recognize that parents are in a position to have significant influence on the development of a child’s character and that this position brings with it one of life’s greatest responsibilities. Whatever a parent’s religious beliefs (or lack thereof), modeling empathy and compassion are two of the most important parts of meeting that responsibility.

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By Ross Boissoneau With what is undeniably a seller’s market, it seems like this would be an ideal time for a seller to forego the cost of a Realtor and sell their home as a FSBO (For Sale By Owner, pronounced FIZZ-bo). And when you look around, both on the street and online, you do see signs of an increase in the number of FSBO’s. Or do you?

“I think it’s the same (as it’s been),” said Laura Sielaff, a Realtor with Century 21 Sleeping Bear Realty in Empire.

Mark Knapp agreed. “The market is hot.

We have a shortage of listings, yet I’m not seeing an increase in FSBOs,” said Knapp, the sales manager of the Charlevoix office of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors.

Maybe it’s just the fact that in years past, those looking to sell their own home would put a sign in their yard and maybe run a classified ad in the paper. Today, they can take advantage of many of the same tools Realtors use. Sellers can take digital photos with their phones, post the information on their own Facebook page, Craigslist and even real estate sites like Trulia and Zillow, and put a sign in their yard. In other words, FSBOs may be no more prevalent, they’re just more visible.

So if the market is hot, then why aren’t more people taking advantage of personal selling, eschewing the cost of paying a commission? Knapp said he thinks the reason might be twofold, and one of them is the fact the market is particularly strong right now, as is the rest of the economy.

“They think, ‘I’m too busy. I can do it and save some money, but everyone is doing fairly well.’”

Knapp said some believe that if their home can sell for a several thousand more dollars now than it would have in the throes of the recession, letting someone else do the work for a small portion of that might be a good tradeoff. “People are just too busy” to do all the work marketing and doing the transaction themselves, he said.

For those who don’t mind the work, however, selling their home does have appeal. David Berg is in the process of selling the Traverse City home belonging to his mother-in-law, Jacqueline Kidd. “It was her decision not to use a Realtor. That’s why I chose to help,” he said.

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Berg has experience in facility management and had previously bought and sold homes, so, as he said, “I have a lot of experience in facets of real estate.” He started by researching a couple different title companies and got forms and necessary paperwork from the one he selected.

Berg researched prices online for properties similar to his mother-in-law’s.

He then took photos and posted the home for sale on sites such as Craigslist, Facebook, and Zillow. “We had two showings within a week,” he said. “The response has just been incredible. It’s really a pretty simple process.”

Adam Sevensma would agree — to a point. He just sold his Lake Ann home, which he’d been renting out since he moved to Massachusetts. He was contacted by his renters, who said were interested in buying the house. That got his mind going in that direction.

The renters eventually changed their minds and bought elsewhere, but they told their best friends, who decided they wanted the house. All parties agreed on a price, and then it was just a matter of doing the paperwork. Sevensma enlisted the aid of Pam DePuy, a family friend and Realtor with the Martin Company who agreed to act as a transaction coordinator for a significantly lower cost than acting as a Realtor. “She gave me information and said when we agreed on a price, she would draw up the purchase agreement,” he said.

For her part, DePuy said she has occasionally acted as a transaction coordinator. But like Sielaff and Knapp, she said she hasn’t seen an increase in the number of calls for just that small portion of her services. She said the advantages of using a Realtor include bringing the most

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and right buyers to the table. In fact, had Sevensma’s deal not gone through, she had another buyer lined up.

All told, it worked great for Sevensma. “I decided to sell in mid-February and closed April 25,” he said.

For those looking to sell high-end homes, the Realtor’s commission will mean an even more significant amount of money.

Six percent of $250,000 is $15,000. For a home priced at $600,000, the amount is $36,000. While that’s a lot for the seller to give up, marketing those homes is not as easy, particularly if it’s a vacation home where the buyer is likely to not be from the area, or even from Michigan. “The buyer may be from California or Texas. My last transaction, the buyer was from Houston,” said Knapp.

Sielaff also warned that what might seem a smooth transaction might come back to haunt the parties at a later date if the title work and other paperwork was not properly done. “People watch HGTV and think they know everything, but there’s a lot to it.

Points on the mortgage, appraisal — there’s a lot of things going on that most people don’t understand. What I worry about is if they don’t do it properly, the next time it’s sold, it’s a mess,” she said.

Still, there is that cost of doing business with a Realtor — and as shown above, it’s substantial. Choosing FSBO vs. real estate agent depends on the situation and how motivated a person is to take on the process.

The tools and technology are there for those who want to do so. But for those who don’t want to take the time to market their home, do showings, and process the paperwork, but who want to make sure they reach the largest pool of qualified buyers will probably still want to go through a Realtor.

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HOME SWEET HOMESTAY A group of Traverse City homeowners are working for the right to rent out what they own — responsibly, of course

By Craig Manning On an average night, 2 million people around the world are sleeping at Airbnb rental properties. Since Airbnb’s 2009 inception, the online short-term rental marketplace has grown exponentially. Yet, despite the global embrace of platforms like Airbnb, or the slightly less popular VRBO, short-term rentals have yet to make a substantial impact in Traverse City.

That’s because of a 25-year-old ordinance that heavily regulates short-term rentals within the city limits — an ordinance some in Traverse City are working hard to change.

The ordinance breaks short-term rentals into two categories: vacation rentals and tourist homes. A residential property would qualify as a “vacation rental” if the homeowner were to rent to a guest an entire home, condo, or unit.

A tourist home, meanwhile, operates more like a bed and breakfast, where the homeowner rents out rooms in his or her house but is still present while guests are there.

In the City of Traverse City, vacation rentals are prohibited, while tourist homes are allowed on a highly regulated basis. A homeowner wishing to Airbnb his residence as a tourist home must provide off-street parking and can’t give guests separate kitchen facilities. A house with an apartment above the garage, for instance, can’t be used as a tourist home. Instead, the homeowner must always rent out part of their main living space.

Most crucially, no tourist home in Traverse City can operate within 1,000 feet of another tourist home.

An informally organized lobby group called Responsible Home Sharing – Traverse City is fighting to loosen short-term rental regulations in the city. The group wants to bring about an amendment to Traverse City’s 25-year-old ordinance — one that acknowledges the way travel has evolved since Airbnb and VRBO rose to prominence.

“Things have changed,” said Diane Kolak, a core member of the Responsible Home Sharing. “People travel differently than they used to. And if the city doesn’t update this ordinance, we’re going to miss out on a big opportunity to attract more tourists as the years go on and as this type of accommodation becomes more popular.”

Kolak thinks Traverse City’s restrictive ordinance might be scaring away potential visitors, particularly younger people traveling on tighter budgets. In the summertime, when local hotel rates skyrocket and vacancies are almost nonexistent, short-term rentals could be a compelling alternative for visitors. Thanks to the local ordinance, though, that alternative isn’t there.

Durbin believes the limitations in Traverse City could be encouraging some travelers to look elsewhere for the vacation experiences they want to have. While preparing to go before the City of Traverse City Planning Commission to make a case for short-term rentals, Durbin spoke with city officials in either other communities throughout Michigan. The cities — Holland, South Haven, Grand Haven, Saugatuck, Frankfort, Suttons Bay, Elk Rapids, and Charlevoix — all have similarities to Traverse City in terms of proximity to water, small town feel, and summertime tourist season.

They all also allow “unhosted” short-term rentals, which means homeowners can rent out their residences when they leave town.

There is no need for the host to be present during a guest’s stay.

Durbin does acknowledge that there are legitimate concerns about allowing Airbnb and VRBO to operate freely in Traverse City. One big worry is that allowing unregulated shortterm rentals would turn quiet, quaint family neighborhoods into loud party destinations.

Another is that real estate investors would take advantage of the system by coming into Traverse

City, buying up a slew of residential properties, and renting them out at exorbitant rates.

The Responsible Home Sharing group is trying to be receptive to these concerns. In particular, Durbin wants to prevent a situation where short-term rentals in Traverse City become a cash cow for people who don’t live here. Such a shift, he says, would cut into longterm rental availability in Traverse City, which is scant to begin with.

As such, the Responsible Home Sharing group is not asking the Planning Commission to dispense with any and all regulations. Instead, the group is proposing two basic but significant changes to the existing ordinance.

The first change would eliminate the 1,000foot radius rule that currently limits tourist homes in the city. As is, tourist home permits don’t expire, which means that if one person in a neighborhood has a permit, no one else in the vicinity can do any short-term renting unless that person gives up their license. The rule also means that there is only space for about 20 tourist homes in the entire city.

The second change would allow for “unhosted” stays. Durbin, who has illegally rented out his home in the summer on two previous occasions, says this point is crucial.

On both occasions, Durbin rented his home to vacationers when he was out of town. On both occasions, he received cease and desist letters from the city. And on both occasions, his guests had memorable visits that would have been fundamentally different as “hosted” stays.

“I try to think about how different their experiences would have been if I were there, sitting on the couch watching the Tigers game when they got back from the Dunes,” Durbin said.

To alleviate some of the fears that people have about vacation rentals, the Responsible Home Sharing group also wants to limit short-term renting in Traverse City to primary residences. To earn legal tourist

home designation – and to list on Airbnb or VRBO without fear of getting a ticket or a cease and desist notification – a homeowner would have to provide proof of primary residence. This requirement would effectively take investment properties or second homes out of the mix. Durbin also thinks a primary residence rule would make hosts more accountable, thereby limiting concerns about loud and unruly guests.

“These are our homes,” he said. “We’re not going to let just anybody come and stay there. We have a vested interest. It’s my bed. It’s my furniture. It’s my dishes. It’s my neighborhood. And there are also already safeguards in place, where both the host and the guest are getting rated and reviewed, and where there’s a security deposit in place that guests want to get back.”

According to Missy Luick, a Planning and Engineering Assistant with the City of Traverse City, the Planning Commission is currently looking at several amendment considerations that could change the city’s short-term rental ordinance. Key considerations include eliminating or shortening the tourist home operation radius and allowing “accessory dwelling units,” such as guest houses, granny flats, or other structures that are separate from the main residence.

The commission might also start regulating tourist homes differently depending on their “intensity” levels. Intensity could be determined by the number of guests a property has each year, how often the property is rented, or how seasonal the property’s rentability is.

These considerations will likely be discussed at length during upcoming Planning Commission meetings. A full schedule of 2018 Planning Commission meetings can be found at traversecitymi.gov/ downloads/2018mtgscalendar.pdf. To learn more about Responsible Home Sharing – Traverse City, find the group on Facebook.

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By Ross Boissoneau Back in the early 2000s, the real estate market was exploding. Lenders were eager to provide money to buyers, and property values were appreciating yearly. Then the recession hit, the bubble burst, and the values started to tumble.

If you’ve been paying attention, you probably know the real estate market has come roaring back. But how does it compare with past years? And to what can you attribute the differences (or similarities)?

This year started off strong. In fact, last month’s statistics from the Northern Michigan MLS provided by Emmet Association of Realtors show sales increased over last year, from 81 homes to 93. “The market is hot,” said Mark Knapp, the sales manager for the Charlevoix office of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors.

But wait — further south, the five-county region served by TAAR (Traverse Area Association of Realtors) shows 176 sales in March. That’s down from 237 last year. In fact, that’s more than only three other of the past nine years, two of which were when the industry was still struggling to bounce back from the recession.

Was weather a factor? Probably. According to Accuweather, temperatures in March for the most part lagged behind the averages for both highs and lows. The late-season snowfalls

which persisted into April may have played a part as well.

But that doesn’t explain the disparity between the two regions. Knapp provides both proof of the strength of the market and a reason sales are down in some places and up (though maybe hitting a wall) in others. “We have a shortage of listings, and we’re getting multiple offers.”

One can make the argument that the decreasing numbers for this year reflect the relative strength of the market, not the opposite. A smaller inventory will obviously yield a smaller number of sales.

In 2017, there were 1,101 units on the market in the counties served by the Emmet Association; last month there were 893. Knapp said that pressure on the market is what is leading to multiple offers, and for some properties go sell for more than the list price.

So perhaps a better indicator than actual homes sold is how much they are selling for.

While prices and values took a nose dive in the face of the recession, they’ve been steadily climbing the past few years. For March of 2018, the Emmet Association average selling price was $329,220; a year earlier it was $278,092. This year’s March average was $265,745 for TAAR; last year it was $253,031.

That pattern persists throughout the years. In 2013, the average price for a home sold in the five-county region served by TAAR failed to reach $200,000, at $197,003. In 2009, as the

recession was ending, it was nearly $50,000 less, at $147,652.

Carolyn Collins, an agent with Century 21 Northland in Traverse City, agreed with Knapp’s assessment. ”It’s a tough time. We have a shortage of inventory.” She said that’s universal throughout the region. “Everyone is looking for listings. Everyone has a slew of buyers. We’re all waiting for a new listing.”

She said that’s particularly true for homes priced below $300,000. And if it’s below that, even more so. “Under 200,000 is impossible (to find). If it’s in decent shape, you’ll have multiple offers.” She said she recently listed a home for sale and within no time had three offers for it. “It went under contract almost immediately.”

Another statistic demonstrating the heat of the current market is the number of days a property is listed for before selling. The average days on market (DOM) for TAAR counties (Grand Traverse, Leelanau, Benzie, Kalkaska and Antrim) was 151 this year. Again, that is more than a year ago, when it was 140 — but less But less than every other year going back to 2009, when it was a whopping 201.

As to where the hottest market is, there’s one answer throughout the region, and it’s a bit different than when everyone wanted to be directly on the water. Now it’s enough that the water is nearby, because where they really want want to be is downtown, whether that’s Traverse City, Petoskey or Beulah. “Everybody

wants to be downtown,” said Perry Pentiuk, president of Venture Properties in Traverse City, who works primarily with properties in Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties.

“They sure like to be near the villages.

People like to park their car and walk,” said John Martin, president of the Martin Company in Glen Arbor.

Debra Knapp, an agent and office manager at Berkshire Hathaway in Petoskey, agreed.

“People want to be downtown for sure. I hear more frequently, ‘We want to be able to walk to the library, the pub, the store.’” She added that in her area there’s a bonus: “It’s a beautiful thing that Petoskey, Harbor Springs, and Charlevoix are all on the water.”

Knapp provides a word of warning for those who might look to take too much advantage of the market. “If you price it well and it’s ready, it will sell. But don’t overprice because the market is good,” he said. One reason: If it’s listed beyond what a typical comparable is priced at, even if it could theoretically fetch that much, it may not get the eyeballs necessary. Better to price it comparably and let competition drive the price up.

Collins provided another reality check.

Sellers often become buyers, and while the first step may be easy, it’s actually proof the next may not be. “You have to think about a plan,” she said of sellers. “You better have a place to go.”

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The Crystal Lake Elementary team.

The Central Grade School team.

KID GENIUSES?

By Ross Boissoneau

So when should one start preparing for the job market? Maybe it’s never too early — though that’s not necessarily the motivation for two groups of elementary students. Teams from both Traverse City’s Central Grade and Crystal Lake Elementary in Benzonia have made to the highest level of the Odyssey of the Mind competition: its 2018 world championships, held May 23–26 this year at Iowa State University.

But even if they’re not consciously charting a career path, using their young minds and creativity means to solve problems gives them a leg up for a lifetime, explains Pam Gombert, the Odyssey of the Mind association director for Michigan.

Odyssey of the Mind problems challenge students in a variety of ways: Teams might have to design mechanical dinosaurs, build working vehicles, put a twist on classic artworks, or turn Pandora’s Box into a video game. All OM solutions require students to perform, not just the sciences, but the arts as well, whether it’s set-building, costume-making, creating props, acting, singing, or playing an instrument.

HISTORY LESSON The Odyssey of the Mind program was founded by Dr. C. Samuel Micklus, an instructor at Rowan University in New Jersey.

He challenged his industrial design students at Rowan to use their creativity to solve unique problems like building a vehicle without wheels, designing and testing a mechanical pie thrower, and making a flotation device that transported them safely across a lake.

Teachers and students at nearby secondary schools asked to be included in such challenges.

In 1978 Micklus created problems for middle

and high schools in New Jersey, and Odyssey of the Mind was born. In 1980 the first teams from outside of New Jersey participated, including teams from Canada. It’s now the largest creative problem-solving competition in the world.

Today there are five areas from which the students can choose their problem: Vehicle, technical, classics, structure and performance.

The team from Central Grade decided to work on a problem from the classics. “We create a problem to make a skit based on a classic children’s book, such as ‘Charlotte’s Web’ or ‘Gulliver’s Travels,’” said Shanna Girrbach, who coaches the team. “We chose ‘Peter Pan.’” Girrbach got involved when her son, Gabe, decided to participate as a first-grader at Eastern Elementary. In fact, that’s where most of the team hails from, though the majority now attend the TAG (Talented and Gifted) program at Central Grade.

The students focus on a dispute about an aspect of the story, and then the characters are interviewed. One aspect of the competition that almost threw the team was a requirement that there be a witness to the proceedings, and they didn’t find out until the eve of the state competition that it could not be a person.

“We had to change everything the day before,” Girrbach said. Thinking quickly, the team selected Peter’s shadow as the witness.

The group wasn’t sure how well they had done with their skit. “I thought they were probably somewhere between seventh and 11th,” said Girrbach. Their saving grace was the second part of the competition, which is a spontaneous reaction to judges’ questions. There, the coach isn’t even in the room — just the kids.

“We get a problem and have a minute of think time, then three or four minutes to respond,” said Gabe Girrbach. Only five of the seven team members can participate in

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Two sets of students — from Traverse City’s Central Grade School and Crystal Lake Elementary in Benzonia — prepare to outsmart, outwit, and out-create 250+ Odyssey of the Mind teams from around the world. the spontaneous portion of the competition, while the other two sit and observe. The team chooses ahead of time which students will and will not participate, based on whether the problem is verbal or hands-on. “I’m part of the verbal group, not the hands-on,” he said.

Gabe Girrbach said that, based on experience, the team thought it would do well enough to go to the state competition — but moving on after that was questionable, at best. “We were expecting to go to state. We thought we might make it to worlds, but it was a long shot,” he said.

He and his teammates were jubilant at the prospect of moving on to the world championships. “It was really exciting when I heard we made it to worlds,” said Cady Madion, who is in her first year on the team.

Her friend Isabel Espinoza, like Gabe Girrbach, has been on the team since first grade and is now in fifth grade. “I love it every year,” she said. The two are among the three girls on the team. Shanna Girrbach said when the team started it team was all boys, but in the years since it’s been more evenly split.

They are not the only students from the region who have the opportunity to move on. A team from Crystal Lake Elementary in Benzonia also qualified for the World Championships, participating in the “Stellar Hangout” problem.

The team needed to create a story about an alien hangout on another planet. It chose a sports theme to solve the problem, which included a 3-D treasure map, an alien puppet, unique space food and entertainment.

While this is the first time this team will be going to Worlds, this is actually coach Karen Zickert’s third time. She previously went when, first, her son’s, and then her daughter’s teams qualified: and lauded the program for what it teaches students. “I’ve been with OM seven or eight years now. The students gain confidence,

they’re not afraid to try and fail and try again,” she said.

Gombert said the fact the program has been ongoing for four decades gives it additional credibility. “This is our 40th year as an international organization. We were doing STEM and STEAM before they were buzzwords.”

And yes, it is an international organization, and this is the world championships. That means the students from Traverse City will be meeting and competing against students from Africa, Europe, and Asia, as well as students from across the U.S. “Poland, Germany, China, Korea, Japan — there are 250 to 350 teams,” said Gombert.

Whether driving or flying, the trip is not inexpensive. Various means of raising money for the two groups include things like a silent auction, ice cream social, car wash, and online fundraisers.

Organizers point to various benefits that are a part of the experience, from becoming comfortable speaking in public and doing independent study to artistic expression. More importantly, according to the promoters, students learn that it is worth taking risks and that there are methods they can use to increase the likelihood of success in their risk-taking.

Most important are the learning opportunities, which Gombert said go far beyond simply winning or losing. “I’m not big on competition. I always ask, ‘Did you have fun? Did you learn something? Did you grow as a person? Did you grow as a team?’ I end with team. That’s what it’s about. When you grow up and work, you won’t always be friends, but you still have to work together.”

That said, Gombert said the competitive aspect has rewards. “There is also competition.

There are winners and losers. That’s a life lesson as well. We don’t win everything.”

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Spring Re-Awakening After a harrowing series of losses and her own illness, Traverse City musician Angela Josephine re-emerges after a six-year hiatus with a brand new album and a soundtrack to propel all of us to the light.

By Craig Manning Ever since she got her start at a Borders open mic night in 2002, local singer-songwriter Angela Josephine has been a notable fixture in the northern Michigan folk music scene.

She’s flitted in and out of the contemporary Christian music world, earned comparisons to the likes of Amy Grant and Nick Drake, and brought her modern indie-folk sound to venues ranging from Horizon Books in Downtown Traverse City to the stages of the TC Film Festival.

Recently, though, things have been pretty quiet in the Angela Josephine camp.

That’s set to change this month, as Josephine releases her brand-new full-length album, titled Daylight. However, even as Josephine gears up to drop her first musical release since 2012 (and her first full-length album since 2005), it’s the period of relative silence between those recordings that is most informing her mindset.

Josephine has been through a lot since the release of her 2012 EP, titled Stone Bright Solid – Volume 1. Her sister died of cancer, and she became the primary caregiver for her fatherin-law in his final stages of life. Just recently, her motherin-law passed away unexpectedly. Amidst these crushing losses, Josephine says that she was “trying to be everything to everyone” while still attempting to maintain a career.

Eventually, something broke. Josephine found herself battling an illness whose origins had to do with exhaustion and deep, unaddressed anxiety. So, she walked away from music. She put down the guitar, canceled a string of gigs, stopped writing songs, and took a three-week vacation to New Zealand with her husband to mark their 25th wedding anniversary. Even after returning to her home in Traverse

City, she took some time before returning to music with the passion she had always brought to it. In fact, it took the words of a loved one to bring her back.

“One of the last things my mother-in-law said to me, before she passed unexpectedly, was ‘Honey, you have to get back to your music,’” Josephine says. “That was a wake-up call.”

The result is Daylight, a dark, explosive album that Josephine describes as a “folk-rock opera.” Recorded over the past two years at studios in Ann Arbor and Detroit, and co-produced with acclaimed Ann Arbor singer-songwriter Chris Bathgate, the album is lush, immersive, and complex.

Josephine says it’s about finding light in darkness and meaning of life in brokenness. The story or thematic arc of the album is loose, in part because Josephine crafted the songs into a narrative after writing them. The way she describes the story, though, is as “a reflection of my personal journey over the past seven years.”

“When I write music, what I find is that it tends to be a selffulfilling prophecy, and that later I live into the meaning of what the song is about,” Josephine says. “So, I had these songs and I needed to process what they were saying. I needed to put them into a form that would make sense for me and be my truth.”

Bathgate, Josephine says, proved to be instrumental in shaping what Daylight would become — not only thematically or narratively but also musically. When the two went into the studio together to start the project in 2016, they already knew each other well. Bathgate produced Josephine’s foursong EP back in 2012, a project that came about thanks to a Kickstarter perk for one of Bathgate’s records. When the two reconvened in 2016, Bathgate was familiar with Josephine’s artistic impulses — and willing to push them to their brink.

“Chris said to me, ‘How important is it to you to be able to reproduce these songs live?’ Josephine says. “And I told him, ‘I don’t care about marketability. I don’t care about producing it live. I care about being true to the art. I want these songs to live and breathe, as if they’re talking to us.’”

Consequently, Daylight is a true studio production, one that takes Josephine’s sound further from her initial brand of homespun folk music than it has ever been before. The instrumental arrangements are layered and ambient, pitting radiant strings and mandolins against reverbdrenched vocals, foreboding pianos, and even scrapes of aggressive electric guitar. The ambition of the music helps bring to life the light-versus-dark themes of the writing, and works to convey the album’s narrative of struggle and redemption.

For Josephine, the album is the light at the end of the tunnel for what has been a difficult few years in her life.

It’s been a painful road, but also one she wouldn’t change.

After all, it’s the dark moments in life that make the daylight worth savoring.

“Some of the best music and art comes from a place of brokenness, and the reason for that is that so many people can relate to it,” Josephine says. “It ultimately brings hope. It’s not a sad, dark thing, because it shows us we can find light right where we are. We don’t have to live up to some ideal place we want to be in the future, or someplace we’ve been in the past. You miss what’s right here when you’re doing that, and what’s here is what is important. What’s right here is all we have.”

You can order Daylight or learn more about Angela Josephine online, at www.pledgemusic.com/projects/angela-josephine.

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One Week to Change Your Life Theatre incubator taking applications until May 15

By Ross Boissoneau Those interested in creating plays have friends they might not even know about. That’s because Katherine Carter and Rachel Sussman are offering emerging artists an opportunity to hone their craft at a retreat in September in Bear Lake. The MITTEN Lab — aka the Michigan Incubator for Theatre Talent Emerging Now — is an artist residency program aimed at providing early career theatre artists with the time, space, and support to develop new theatrical works.

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artists. Projects can vary in degree of development, from the seed of an idea to a final draft. Housing, travel, studio space, and food are provided at no cost to participating artists.

This will be the third year the duo host their workshop, and it’s the first year they are accepting applications. “The first two years it was by invitation. This is the first year we’ve opened submissions,” said Carter, noting that at least one of those selected for the residency is always from Michigan.

So why Bear Lake? Turns out the reason is simple — the co-founders are familiar with and love northern Michigan, and that’s where Carter and Sussman were able to secure the space to host the program. “We’re so lucky to have a place to bring artists,” said Carter.

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The two are careful to note that, while the incubator is for emerging artists, there is no age restriction. “Emerging artists can be 65 years old,” said Carter.

The MITTEN Lab selects three artists to participate in the program each year, at least one of whom is from Michigan. It partners with Parallel 45 Theatre and Interlochen Center for the Arts to showcase a free presentation of works-in-progress from the three artists-in-

Clockwise from top left Composer/lyricist Zach Zedek performs as part of the 2017 Mitten Lab. Co-founding Artistic Directors Rachel Sussman and Katherine Carter.

Playwright Morgan Breon introduces a scene from her play "Waking Up Alive,” which was part of the 2017 Mitten Lab.

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The founders are hoping the program continues to grow and develop. “We hope to do two residency weeks in 2019 and have six artists,” said Sussman.

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TheSummer’s Dam Site Inn quintessential classic

By Kristi Kates There’s something decidedly Dirty Dancing about the Dam Site Inn. It’s a fact that co-owner Pam East, who runs the restaurant with her husband, Ray, states with obvious pride. Nestled between Douglas Lake and Burt Lake, the destination restaurant offers a unique ambiance and carefully maintained throwback menu that would perfectly suit the movie’s main character, Baby, and her family as they travel to the Catskills for a wholesome vacation at a mountain resort in the summer of 1963. The Dam Site Inn is unlike anything else in northern Michigan — unless you’re somehow able to travel back in time about six decades.

The building that the Inn resides in was built in 1875 and originally served as a dining hall for area lumberjacks. Over the next century, the building, which has always housed an eatery, changed hands a few times. In 1977 Pam East’s parents, Betty and Joe Church, purchased it. The restaurant has remained in the family ever since. The Easts’ daughter Olivia, with her husband, Steven Brinks, are apprenticing and plan to buy the restaurant from the Easts. (Their other daughter, Erica, also works at the Inn.) Much like any family heirloom, the Inn has been kept in pristine condition — lovingly maintained and safe from any unneeded modern “improvements.”

Alongside wide vistas of the northern Michigan countryside, the Maple River, and East’s own gardens, the restaurant’s interior features some of the best, most wellkept mid-century modern furniture you’ve ever seen. “We only change the paint and carpet — we never change the furniture,” East explained. “It’s fortunate that we’re a seasonal restaurant, because we only put half the wear on it!”

One of the most notable things about their mid-century collection are the tulip chairs in the retro cocktail bar, which are original and designed by Eero Saarinen, the acclaimed Finnish-American architect known for his modern stylings. (Interesting side note: Saarinen grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.) The bar itself is another centerpiece; it’s covered in automotive Naugahyde from Buick, as are several of the walls in the Inn. “The Naugahyde walls are especially fun to look at, as they’re all embossed with different patterns,” East said.

Out in the lounge, the seating includes once-exotic Ficks Reed bamboo-style rattan chairs, from the era in the ’50s when Asian décor fascinated Americans. The front hall features all handmade furniture from The Sampler, the Homer, Ind. furniture store that’s been in business since 1946. “A lot of people come to look at the decor, as well as to enjoy the food,” East said. “And kids who have worked here decades ago

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in the summers come back and say, ‘Wow! Nothing’s changed!’”

The clientele is a mix of longtime regulars, tourists, and celebrities. the Inn’s dinner guests have included senators, famous musicians and actors, sports figures, and even astronaut Buzz Aldrin, according to East. There’s no dress code at the Inn (casual is fine), but you can easily picture yourself in a much fancier era, as the vibe recalls that of a mid-century supper club.

Perhaps it’s no surprise then that diners’ longtime favorite dishes are still available.

“We’ve kept the original menu with very differences, other than the prices,” East said. The most popular item, front and center on the menu, is the Inn’s Southern pan-fried chicken, cooked in a special fryer made especially for the restaurant. Served family style and all you can eat, each dinner includes platters of chicken, cream-whipped potatoes — “From real steamed potatoes, not from a box,” East added — house-made gravy, buttered peas, house-made Polish dumpling-style Kluski egg noodles rich with yolks, your choice of coleslaw or tossed salad, plus table crackers and the Inn’s famed hot buttermilk biscuits served with butter and honey.

Some of the other highlights include allyou-can-eat Michigan yellow lake perch; filet mignon; smoked pork chops; Alaskan king crab legs; and golden brown scallops.

The throwback interior of the Inn is a key draw for those who covet the classic fine dining ambience.

One favorite is The Dam Site Inn's all-you-can-eat chicken dinner, which arrives with a bounty of additional fixings.

Kluski egg noodles are just one highlight of The Dam Site Inn's classic menu.

Order their nine-item relish tray and you’ll be treated to appetizers worthy of The Rat Pack: green onions, fresh radishes, peach halves, pickled watermelon rind, pickled beets, thick-sliced dill pickles, cranberryorange relish, corn relish, and jumbo pimento-stuffed olives.

And, as wait staff always say, make sure you leave room for dessert. The Inn’s angel food cake is made right in house, using the egg whites left over from making the Kluski noodles. “We also have a chocolate mousse cake made by making chocolate angel food cake, slicing it in half, filling it with chocolate mousse, and freezing it,” said East.

“And our crème brûlée is made in-house, and served in nice, big portions, not those tiny ones you usually get.” Top your meal off with an Old Fashioned or a Manhattan from that Naugahyde bar, and your Dirty Dancing evening out will be complete.

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By Ross Boissoneau Add to the list of housing debates in Traverse City: the conversion of part of former Country Inn and Suites hotel to an apartment building. The proposed East Bay Flats, at 420 Munson Avenue, just east of Northwestern Michigan College (NMC), will offer both working-class apartments and apartments for at-risk youth. It’s the latter group that seems to be causing some unease, as does the potential for increased traffic on Eighth Street, which borders the back half of the property.

Addressing the first part of the objections, Traverse City Housing Commission Executive Director Tony Lentych said it is important to note that the label of “at-risk” means “at risk of becoming homeless.” Over 200 youth in the five-county region have aged out of foster care and/or are listed as homeless and not living with their families as of 2016.

Lentych did acknowledge that there will likely be an impact on traffic on Eighth Street. That’s because drivers headed toward downtown will find it much easier to turn right onto that road from the back of the property rather than trying to turn left onto Munson from the front. Indeed, that is part of the appeal of the property, along with its proximity to NMC and several restaurants, motels and other work opportunities, as well as the relative proximity to downtown.

Lentych said addressing the concerns of those who own property near the development is of paramount importance.

“I am sympathetic … to how it affects the neighborhood. I’m not discounting anything.

We want to be good neighbors,” he said.

To that end, Lentych organized a tour of the property in March and followed it up with a meeting in April. He also noted that there is an application process for screening potential resident, and there will be onsite oversight for the project. “We’ll have a resident assistant who lives there,” he said.

Though a member of the neighborhood initially contacted Northern Express to express dissatisfaction over the development and note that a petition was underway, no one from the neighborhood would respond on the record to multiple requests for comment.

Nevertheless, it appears that concerns and a general fear of change was driving the opposition to the project. At least part of the dispute arises from a perceived lack of communication between the development’s partners and the neighborhood.

As the property was privately owned, there was no requirement for the sales or plans to

be publicized prior to the sale. In fact, says Lentych, such publicity could have derailed the project. Given that, he doesn’t see how there could have been better communication at the outset.

Owners Jack Burns and Jay Payne initially intended to convert the building to condominiums, but after contacting Socks Construction the plan changed. Socks Construction had been looking for an opportunity to construct a multi-dwelling unit to provide more affordable housing in town, but costs kept the company from realizing such a project. John Socks said the company saw this as a way to address the issue in a more affordable manner. “We’d like to build it — that’s what we do — but with the land cost, taxes, and construction costs it doesn’t work.

Now it’s fallen into place,” Socks said.

Thus, East Bay Flats. The partnership between the Traverse City Housing Commission and Socks Construction will allow for 46-50 units. They will be available to those earning less than 80 percent of the region’s area median income, $41,000 for a single person and $47,00 for two persons. The estimated rental cost for the one-bedroom units will be $990, and the efficiency apartments will be $924.

A grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will provide rent support for the 10 to 14 units set aside for youth at risk of homelessness. Over 200 youth in the five-county region have aged out of foster care and/or are listed as homeless and living without their families as of 2016. Those youth renting the apartments will be expected to pay one-third of their income as rent. The HUD grant that will make up the difference.

Burns is a believer in the project, and is hopeful it will help to address the housing crunch in Traverse City. He also said its cement block construction — “It’s built like a fort,” he said — and the fact the building was originally constructed as suites makes it ideal for converting it to one-bedroom apartments.

One thing he wants to make clear: Country Inn and Suites is not closing. The hotel portion is remaining open for the foreseeable future. It is the lodge building adjacent to the motel that Burns and Payne have decided to part with. “It’s always been a separate parcel,” Burns said.

Lentych hopes to use the project as a model for other such proposals. Likewise, Socks said his company is hoping to participate in building, developing or redeveloping other such units. “We have others in sight. We’re always looking, but this one is the farthest along,” he said.

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3. Sheena, Mike, and Mary Ann enjoying the Recess scene at The Parlor.

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4. Richard and Kristin Wren and Melissa and Gregory Somers amidst all the art at Crooked Tree.

5. Bob Brill, Marnie Duse, Mel Majoros and Doug Kasischke during Swirl at Crooked Tree in Petoskey.

6. Matt, Ben, Keely, and Bonnie looking sharp for spring at Recess at The Parlor in TC. 7. Bob Brill, Sun Meades, and Matt Blythe take a seat on the stage/set for "August: Osage County at Crooked Tree."

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MUD, SWEAT & BEERS: 9am, Mt. Holiday, TC. The Filthiest Thing on Two Wheels. Ride to support Mt. Holiday, a not-for-profit organization focused on providing affordable winter & summer recreational opportunities for the youth. mudsweatandbeers.com

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NEW & USED BOOKS ‘N BAGS SALE: 9am-6pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC. Bag sale on Sun. Books, DVDs, CDs, puzzles & games. Presented by AAUW. Proceeds provide scholarships for local women, Friday Night Live art/books, & books for local schools & libraries. thevillagetc.com

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

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---------------------7TH ANNUAL FUN WALK FOR AUTISM: 10am, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Boyne City.

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---------------------BEACH CLEAN UP + MICROPLASTICS FILM: Elberta Beach Clean Up at 10am. Free screening of “The Smog of the Sea” at the Garden Theatre, Frankfort at 1pm. This is a documentary from filmmaker Ian Cheney that chronicles a research expedition through the Sargasso Sea. Pre-register for beach cleanup: 231-882-4391; aime@benziecd.org.

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CINCO DE MAYO 5K RUN: 10am-1pm, Barrel Back Restaurant, Walloon Lake. Featuring a masquerade costume contest, prizes & more.

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Folk artists Ryan McKasson and Eric McDonald bring the music of Scotland, along with their good humor to northern MI. McKasson & McDonald play the Grow Benzie Event Center in Benzonia on Fri., May 11 at 8pm ($15 advance; $20 door) and Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC on Sun., May 13 at 3pm ($20 advance; $25 door). growbenzie.org; sleders.com

STREAM MONITOR TRAINING: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Hosted by The Watershed Center. Learn the process of biannual aquatic insect monitoring. Registration required. Free. grassriver.org

SOUNDS SPECTACULAR: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring the Northern Michigan Chorale. 3pm & 7:30pm. $15 adults, $12 seniors & students, & free for 10 & under. nmchorale.org

Manistee Headwaters Preserve. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. gtrlc.org/ recreation-events/events

THE VILLAGE TAG SALE: 10am-7pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC. A sidewalk sale throughout The Mercato. thevillagetc.com

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

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SPRING SIP & SAVOR: 11am-6pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail wineries. Includes a self-guided tour along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail, where you can visit any of the 24 participating wineries. Enjoy Leelanau Wines paired with small bites. Tickets are good for both Sat., May 5 & Sun., May 6. $40. lpwines. com/events/spring-sip-savor

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 1-3pm: Natalie Barnes will sign her book “Beautifully Chaotic.” 2-4pm: Kim Schneider will sign her book “100 Things to do in Traverse City Before You Die.” 4-5:30pm: Book Launch Party with Cari Noga, author of “The Orphan Daughter.” horizonbooks.com

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THE DERBY PARTY: 4:30-8pm, The Corner Loft, TC. Featuring heavy hors ‘doeuvres & open bar, prizes for best dressed & best hat, a raffle & more. Benefits Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan. $100. goodwillnmi.org

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CINCO DE MAYO DINNER & COCO MOVIE: 6pm, The Presbyterian Church of TC. Enjoy an authentic Mexican dinner & the Disney Pixar movie “Coco.” Free; donations welcome. tcpresby.org

---------------------WILDFLOWER HIKE: 6pm, Proposed Upper

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MICHAEL CARLUCCIO “VEGAS STYLE SHOW”: 7pm, VETS Inc, of Northern MI, Gaylord. Enjoy this Legend Tribute Artist - A Man with a Thousand Voices. 616-240-3014. $20.

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“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: 7:30-10pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. In Mel Brooks’ musical comedy based on his film parody of horror movies, the grandson of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein inherits his family’s Transylvania estate. $15-$28. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------BLISSFEST SATURDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. All dances are taught. This month’s live band will be Bliss Township Band. $3/person, $5/couple, $7/family. redskystage.com OAKLAND U. CHORALE CONCERT WITH CANTICUM NOVUM: 7:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. Oakland University’s

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Chorale presents a free concert as part of its Spring 2018 tour. Traverse City’s Canticum Novum will join the performance too.

---------------------DAVY KNOWLES: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Davy’s professional career started with arriving in America at age 19 with his band Back Door Slam, an acclaimed debut album. Knowles keeps exploring & performing the blues. Tickets: $27 advance, $30 door & $24 for museum members. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERTS PRESENTS THE MAMMALS: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. This Americana quintet from Woodstock, New York performs down to earth folk music. Please bring an item for the food pantry collection box. $30 advance/$35 door. freshwaterartgallery.com

---------------------JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This multiplatinum country music star will perform his biggest hits. $30, $40, $45. lrcr.com

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BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-noon, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley. $7 donation. rainbowofhopefarm.weebly.com

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THE DOCUMENTARY FILM: STRAWS: 11am, State Theatre, TC. Presented by The Last Plastic Straw Committee --TC. Free.

---------------------SPRING PUMPKIN PEDAL: 11:30am, Jolly Pumpkin, TC. Free organized group ride through Old Mission Peninsula, hosted by Jolly Pumpkin, to benefit TART Trails. Registration starts at 11:30am in the Peninsula Room, adjacent to Jolly Pumpkin restaurant, TC before meeting in the Jolly Pumpkin parking lot for the ride. Ride leaves at noon. Two options: 40 miles or 20 miles. traversetrails.org/event/spring-pumpkin-pedal

---------------------NEW & USED BOOKS ‘N BAGS SALE: 12-3pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC. Bag sale on Sun. Books, DVDs, CDs, puzzles & games. Presented by AAUW. Proceeds provide scholarships for local women, Friday Night Live art/books, & books for local schools & libraries. thevillagetc.com

---------------------SPRING SIP & SAVOR: 12-5pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail wineries. Includes a self-guided tour along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail, where you can visit any of the 24 participating wineries. Enjoy Leelanau Wines paired with small bites. Tickets are good for both Sat., May 5 & Sun., May 6. $40. lpwines.com/events/spring-sip-savor

---------------------UNION APPRECIATION PICNIC: 12-3pm, Community Building, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. Sponsored by Charlevoix, Emmet & Cheboygan Democratic parties, UFCW Local 951 & MEA. All union members

& families active & retired as well as Dems are invited. Several Democratic candidates will attend. Call Gordy Bourland: 231-4392063 or email gbourland@charter.net with questions. Free.

---------------------“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. In Mel Brooks’ musical comedy based on his film parody of horror movies, the grandson of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein inherits his family’s Transylvania estate. $15-$28. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------SOUNDS SPECTACULAR: 3pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring the Northern Michigan Chorale. $15 adults, $12 seniors & students, & free for 10 & under. nmchorale.org

---------------------GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SUNDAY RECITAL SERIES: 4pm, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Petoskey. Featuring The Cummings String Quartet. Free will donation. glcorchestra.org

---------------------PETOSKEY IMPROV TROUPE: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Featuring Dean Tahtinen & Sally McCoy, Julie Stoppel, Carol Balouse, Mara Klco & Aaron Steppe. $10 advance, $15 night of. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

may 07

monday

COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: amical, TC. “Nopalito”

by Gonzalo Guzman. Using recipes from his restaurant in San Francisco, Guzman brings a collection of dishes that reflect the spirit, freshness & variety of regional Mexican food. amical.com/cookbookdinnerseries

---------------------SPRING SHEBIKES MEETING: 6pm, McLain’s Cycle, TC. For women who want to improve their cycling skills & who value both safety & socializing. Presented by the Cherry Capital Cycling Club.

FAMILY ART NIGHT: 6:30pm, Charlevoix Public Library. Enjoy family drawing fun with Mark Kistler of the Imagination Station. Free. charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------HERE:SAY PRESENTS: OPEN MIC: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. If you’ve been wondering what it’s like to tell a true story on stage, want to do a test run on a true story you’re working on for the stage, or just want to listen, check it out. Free. Find on Facebook.

may 08

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WILDFLOWER WALK: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Join wildflower enthusiast Julie Hurd as you walk along GRNA’s

boardwalks, above sedge meadows & cedar wetlands, & learn about delicate wildflowers.

Donation. grassriver.org

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ARCADIA DUNES WILDFLOWER HIKE: 10am-2pm, Arcadia Dunes’ Pete’s Woods.

With Volunteer Preserve Steward Paula Dreeszen. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. gtrlc.org

CONNECTING WOMEN LUNCHEON: Noon, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord. “Panel - Women in Leadership.” $15 members; $20 non-members. gaylordchamber.com

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COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., May 7)

“SOMEONE YOU LOVE: THE HPV EPIDEMIC”: 5pm, Jay’s Sporting Goods Conference Room, Gaylord. This film follows five women on their journeys in battling cervical cancer caused

by Human Papillomavirus (HPV). For more info email: k.horan@nwhealth.org. Free.

------------------------------------------SEASON PREMIER PARTY: City Opera House, TC. Get an advance look at the 20182019 Auto-Owners Insurance Performing Arts at City Opera House season & the chance to secure tickets. Held at 5:30pm & 6:30pm.

There will also be live music by Younce Guitar Duo & complimentary hors d’oeuvres.

Free, but tickets required. cityoperahouse. org/season-premier-event

---------------------KATH USITALO: 6:30-8pm, Charlevoix Public Library. This travel writer & blogger is the author of “100 Things to Do on Mackinac Island Before You Die.” charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------BEAVER ISLAND BIRDING TRAIL & CONSERVATION EFFORTS: 7pm, Northern Lights Recreation, Harbor Springs. Presented by the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society. Featuring Pam Grassmick. beaverislandbirdingtrail.org

may 09

wednesday

PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: Presents “O’Horten.”

7:30pm, Petoskey District Library. Donation. facebook. com/petoskeyfilm

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NORTHERN MI BIKES TO SCHOOL DAY: Commit to riding your bike to school today.

The Most Bike-tastic Northern MI School will be crowned. Info: elgruponorte.org

---------------------NONPROFIT EXCHANGE MONTHLY COFFEE BREAK: 8am, Otsego County Community Foundation, Gaylord. Nonprofit networking.

There is also virtual sharing. Email: dana@ otsegofoundation.org

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

---------------------NORTHWEST MICHIGAN ARTS & CULTURE SUMMIT: 9am-3:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Mallory-Towsley Center for Arts Leadership. Panel discussions & breakout sessions will focus on supporting regional artists, advocacy, community engagement, cultural tourism, hands-on tools & strategies, & much more. $15/person. nwm.org/artsummit

COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., May 7)

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---------------------“SECRETS OF THE LIBRARY”: 5:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Hosted by Friends of the Traverse Area District Library. Enjoy behind the scenes tours, an update on the year’s activities & elect the slate of officers, heavy appetizers & beverages, chances to win prizes & more. tadl.org/friends

---------------------ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION – GREATER MI CHAPTER HOSTS TC RESEARCH NIGHT: 6-8pm, NMC, Hagerty Center, TC. Featuring a presentation from Henry Paulson, PhD, MD who directs the MI Alzheimer’s Disease Center. RSVP: moreilly@alz.org or 248.996.1050. alz.org/gmc

---------------------MEALS THAT HEAL - ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET LECTURE: 6pm, Cowell Cancer Center CFCC, basement conference room B031, TC. A community talk featuring Carol Bell MS RD, founder of Nutrition and Body Dynamics. Includes samples, tips, recipes & resources. Hosted by Oryana Community Co-op. Register at eventbrite.com or by calling 947-0191. Free. oryana.coop/events/682

---------------------LIFETREE CAFE: 8pm, The Rock of Kingsley. Featuring a film about faith during tough times & a discussion. Free. Find on Facebook.

may 10

thursday

THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF CUBA: Noon, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen.

Chris Doyal, award-winning photographer, traveled to Cuba. See his photographic tour of Cuba that includes vintage cars, cigar rolling & the architecture of Old Havana. Lunch is a suggested donation of $3 for those 60 & older, & $5 for those under 60. Must register in advance: 922-2080.

---------------------GRAND TRAVERSE MUSICALE MAY PROGRAM: 1pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Featuring Sally Lewis & her piano & organ students: Scholarship Winners: Alan Tilley & Claire Bergen - trombone. Free. gtmusicale.org

READING THE WEATHER WITH JOE CHARLEVOIX: 1:30pm, Elk Rapids District Library.

Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

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REBECCA LOEBE: 8pm, Acoustic Tap Room, TC. Winner of the Kerrville New Folk Award, Rebecca Loebe is touring in support of her new album, “Blink,” that was inspired by mix tapes & the IRS. 231-275-2041. $15 advance; $20 door. drinkacoustic.com

may 11

friday

PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: (See Weds., May 9)

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GOOD MORNING GAYLORD: 7am, The Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Carla Parkes from Seniors Helping Seniors presents “Hosting Productive Meetings.” $10, includes breakfast buffet.

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59TH ANNUAL MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Mesick, May 11-13. Today includes the Co-ed Softball Tournament, Ping-Pong Ball Drop, Friday Night Live & much more. mesickmushroomfest.org

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING CAMPUS DAY: 9:45am-3:20pm, NMC University Center, TC. 995-1700. $29. nmc.edu

---------------------UP NORTH BEER WEEK: May 11-19. Beer lovers in Boyne City, Petoskey, Gaylord, Harbor Springs, Wolverine & Mackinaw City will find events, tastings, food pairings & beer classes to enjoy. Passports are $15 & include a souvenir pilsner glass & discounts at all 20 stops along the way. upnorthbeerweek.com

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COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., May 7) AN EVENING WITH KEITH GAVE: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Enjoy a wine & cheese reception for author & sports writer Keith Gave, who presents his new book, “The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage.” Free. mcleanandeakin.com

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DEPOT DINNER CONCERT: 6-8pm, After 26 Depot, Cadillac. Featuring live music by Chris Winkelmann & Zak Bunce. $25 advance ticket includes dinner & concert ($27 at door). 231468-3526.

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“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: (See Sat., May 5)

---------------------MCKASSON & MCDONALD: 8pm, Grow Benzie Event Center, Benzonia. Enjoy the music of Scotland with this duo who also brings good humor. 941-8667. $15 advance; $20 door. growbenzie.org

may 12

saturday

59TH ANNUAL MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Mesick, May 11-13. Today includes the Mesick Mushroom River 5K Run/Walk, Volleyball Tournament, TC Helicopter rides, Money Hunt, MMF Grand Parade, Mudd Bogg & much more. mesick-mushroomfest.org

---------------------SPRING STREAM MONITORING: Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Collect & ID aquatic insects from Shanty Creek. One group of volunteers will meet at 8am to go into the creek to collect the macros while another group meets at 10am to pick through, sort & ID the macros at the center. Lunch is provided. Registration required. Free. grassriver.org

---------------------SUE DEYOUNG /JUDY EDGER MEMORIAL BREAST CANCER 5K WALK & RUN: 8am, East Park Pavilion, Charlevoix. $30. walkruncure.org

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THE AOMCI WOLVERINE CHAPTER’S 4TH ANNUAL TC MEET: 9am, Medalie Park, TC. There will be a Peoples’ Choice show motor competition in the usual categories. Bring motor stands, a chair & table. Free.

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THE FATHER FRED SPRING GARAGE SALE: 9am-4pm, 826 Hastings St., TC. Sales from this event support stocking the food pantry & providing additional essential resources. fatherfred.org

---------------------FREE WORKSHOP: 10am, Superior Physical Therapy, TC. Meet with golf pros from Bay Meadows for a swing analysis & then talk to physical therapy pros of Superior Physical Therapy re. pain. Free.

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LIDS FOR KIDS: 10am-noon, F&M Park, TC. Trained professionals & volunteers will properly fit each child with a free bike helmet & share bicycle safety tips. Meet local law officials & firefighters, tour a fire engine, enjoy activities & games & more. Find on Facebook.

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SEARCH & RESCUE: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. National Park Service Ranger Andy Blake talks about the use of canine rangers for preventive measures in discouraging park visitors from dangerous choices before accidents happen. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

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SHANTY-TO-SHORTS 5K/10K/FUN RUN: 10am, Shanty Creek Resorts, Lakeview Hotel, Bellaire. Transportation back to the start will be provided from 11am-1pm. $20 pre-registration/person. shantycreek.com/event/shanty2-shorts

“CHASING CORAL” DOCUMENTARY: 6:30pm, Peterman Auditorium, Elk Rapids High School. Presented by Green Elk Rapids. 231-264-0618. Free/donation. greenelkrapids.org AN EVENING WITH SAMANTHA IRBY: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the National Writers Series. Comedian & New York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby is famous for her blog, “Bitches Gotta Eat.” cityoperahouse.org CONCERT W/ KORA PLAYER SEAN GASKELL: 7pm, Empire Township Hall. 231-3265361. seangaskell.com

---------------------PINE RIVER JAZZ BAND: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Enjoy dancing to the music of this band. $10 adults; $5 students w/ ID. redskystage.com

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---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 12-2pm: Peter Marabell will sign his book “Death Lease.” 2-4pm: Eleanor Payson will sign her book “The Wizard of Oz & Other Narcissists.” horizonbooks.com

ROCK N JAM: 4:30pm, The Rock of Kingsley.

Community play-along until 8pm. Bring an instrument or listen in. Free. facebook.com/ pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

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---------------------AUTHOR JENNY MILCHMAN IN-CONVERSATION WITH GLEN YOUNG: 6-8pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey.

Enjoy a wine & cheese reception with Jenny Milchman. Glen Young, local English teacher & writer, will interview & discuss Jenny’s newest book, “Wicked River.” Free. mcleanandeakin.com

---------------------AN EVENING WITH DARBY O. BELL: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. This American soul singer/songwriter will introduce her debut album, “Away It Falls.” Gideon Klein & Liesl Bell will join Darby on stage. Tickets: $15 advance; $20 night of. $8 students & $5 12 & under. redskystage.com

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BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS MAY CONTRA DANCE: 7:30pm, Solon Township Hall, Cedar.

Featuring live music by Big Fun. All dances will be called & taught by Pat Reeser. If you haven’t contra-danced before, arrive at 7pm for a lesson. 231-313-2596. $11 adult, $7 student with ID, & $9 member. dancetc.com

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MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS SOJOURN OF SPRING: 7:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. Celebate spring’s brief visit to northern MI with a program of music & poetry.

Featuring special guest Thomas Bara, organ.

Free. manitouwinds.com

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS PRESENTS JEN SYGIT: 8pm. Held at Paul & Nancy Brown’s house at 4320 E. 46 Rd., Cadillac.

Singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jen Sygit’s latest solo album is “So Long Pollyanna.” Her range includes bluegrass, folk & blues. Advance tickets: $15 adults, $7 students & free for 12 & under. Door: $18 adults, $9 students. gopherwoodconcerts.org

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

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING: CHARLES DICKENS: Wednesdays, 5-6:45pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Dr. Suzanne Shumway will discuss the life & influence of Charles Dickens, along with one of his novels. Held for three weeks. Register: 231.758.3100. petoskeylibrary.evanced.info/ signup/calendar

- -GRAND - - - - - - - - OPENING -----------MORNING BIRD WALKS: Tuesdays, 9am; Thursdays, 7:30am, through May 29. Pond Hill Farm, Harbor Springs. Presented by the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society. facebook.com/PetoskeyAudubon • free samples

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

---------------------Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET, PETOSKEY: Fridays, 10am-1pm, upper Soy-Free, Vegan level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. crookedtree.org Northern Michigan’s ONLY

---------------------allergy-friendly INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm through Oct. 28. Interlochen bakery and coffee house Corners, parking lot behind Ric’s Grocery Store, Interlochen. facebook.com/InterlochenFarmersMarket

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SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS Traverse City MARKET: Saturdays, 7:30am-noon through Oct. 27. Sara Hardy Farmers Market Lot, TC. 231-421-8696 Local produce, baked goods, flowers & plants. thirdcoastbakedgoods.com Wednesday markets start the first Weds. in June & run through Oct. downtowntc.com

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OUTDOOR BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Weds. & Sat., 8am-noon, starting May 19, through Oct. Veteran’s Park, Boyne City.

Featuring over 70 vendors. boynecityfarmersmarket.com

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MIKE SUPER: 8pm, Odawa Casino, Petoskey. This magician & illusionist, who was also a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” will perform. $25. odawacasino.com OAK RIDGE BOYS: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This Grammy Awardwinning country quartet will perform hits that earned them a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. $35, $45, $50. lrcr.com

may 13

sunday

59TH ANNUAL MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Mesick, May 11-13. Today includes the Antique Car Show & Cruise, Co-ed Softball Tournament & more. mesickmushroomfest.org

ART IN THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM: Michigan Artists Gallery & Higher Art Gallery, TC. Two galleries, 70+ artists interpreting Edward Hicks’ 1833 “Peaceable Kingdom.” Runs through mid-June. michiganartistsgallery.com

Prine Time

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“IN BLOOM”: An exhibition exploring the different ways five local interpret the Wednesday, May 16 artists at 7:30pm subject of flowers in paint, mixed media & Tickets: $25, $15 May 17 at Glen Arbor porcelain.

Runs through An all-star cast of Michigan musicians.

Arts Center, Glen Arbor. glenarborart.org

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“MARGIE GUYOT, A NOT SO STILL LIFE”: they banded together last year for their Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Known admiration for&the many musifor her shared plein air paintings still lifes, Guyot’s of masterMay Jedi26. songwriter, exhibit cal willworks run through charlevoixcircle.com John Prine. Every artist in Prine Time

---------------------UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Fri., May 11) - - - - both - - sings - - -and- plays - - -their - -primary ------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “THE JOY OF GREAT WORKS OF ART”: MOTHER’S DAY WILDFLOWER WALK: 1-3pm, Elmer Johnston Nature Preserve, Powell Rd., Harbor Springs. Featuring Little Traverse Conservancy Director of Stewardship Derek Shiels. landtrust.org/elmer-johnston-nature-preserve

(guitars, bass, drums, Twisted instrument Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids.

Learn about significant artists of the past few centuries mandolin, dobro), and being multi & the influence they’ve had on our lives, instrumentalists, the band loves to architecture, fashion & design. An opening swap instruments from song to song reception will be held from 3-5pm on Sat., throughout the evening’s show!

May 5. Enjoy refreshments & comments from Professor Emeritus Paul Welch of NMC. Runs through May 27. twistedfishgallery.com

MCKASSON & MCDONALD: 3pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Enjoy the music of Scotland with this duo who also brings good humor. 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door. sleders.com

Tavern, TC. This exhibit features artwork by Theresa Youngman & Catherine Ufer. It runs from May 10 - June 24. Hours: 11:30am-8pm, Mon.-Thurs.; 11:30am-9pm, Fri. & Sat.; & 11:30am-7pm on Sun. oldmissiontavern.com

---------------------- ---------------------UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Fri., May 11) “YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: (See Sun., May - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6) ---------------------“SWEENEY TODD”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Inter“SWEENEY TODD”: 7:30pm, Interlochen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “TWO SISTERS”: Bella Galleria, Old Mission Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Arts Academy Theatre Co. “Sweeney Todd” has become a worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony’s, including Best Musical, for its Broadway premiere. $29 full, $26 senior & $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

lochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Arts Academy Theatre Co. “Sweeney Todd” has become a worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony’s, including Best Musical, for its Broadway premiere. $29 full, $26 senior & $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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231.499.5392 READING THE WEATHER WITH JOE CHARLEVOIX: 1:30pm, Elk Rapids District Library.

Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., May 7)

---------------------“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: (See Sat., May 5) ----------------------

REBECCA LOEBE: 8pm, Acoustic Tap Room, TC. Winner of the Kerrville New Folk Award, Rebecca Loebe is touring in support of her new album, “Blink,” that was inspired by mix tapes & the IRS. 231-275-2041. $15 advance; $20 door. drinkacoustic.com

may 11

friday

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PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: (See Weds., May 9)

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GOOD MORNING GAYLORD: 7am, The Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Carla Parkes from Seniors Helping Seniors presents “Hosting $10,onincludes 19+ acresProductive and 475 ft ofMeetings.” private frontage breakfast Long Lakebuffet. in Springfield Twp. near Fife

“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: (See Sat., May 5)

- - - - - - Vacant - - - - Land - - - in - -Cedar ------MCKASSON & MCDONALD: 8pm, Grow Benzie Event Center, Benzonia. Enjoy the music of Scotland this Acres duo who also • 20.5with Rolling brings good humor. 941-8667. $15 advance; • Scenic Leelanau County $20 door. growbenzie.org • Just 15 Minutes to Traverse City

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-231.499.5392 --------------------SPRING STREAM MONITORING: Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Collect & ID aquatic insects from Shanty Creek. One group of volunteers will meet at 8am to go into the creek to collect the macros while another group meets at 10am to pick through, Shorter Lake Development sort & ID the macros at the center. Lunch is provided. Registration required. Free.

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High ground, ideal for RV 11-13. park or private VAL: Mesick, May Today campincludes the ground.Softball AmazingTournament, value and an extremely Co-ed Ping-Pong Ball privateFriday setting Night with many Drop, Livepossibilities! & much more. mesickMLS #1844546 $249,900 mushroomfest.org

-5980 - -Ingersoll - - - -Road, - - Fife - - Lake ----------LIFELONG LEARNING CAMPUS DAY: 9:45am-3:20pm, NMC University Center, TC. 995-1700. $29. nmc.edu

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- -ft.- - - - - - - - - SUE DEYOUNG /JUDY EDGER MEMORIAL • Vaulted Ceilings BREAST CANCER 5K WALK & RUN: 8am, • Private Scenic Back$30.

YardwalkrunEast Park Pavilion, Charlevoix. cure.org • Stainless Appliances

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THE AOMCI WOLVERINE CHAPTER’S 4TH Walk to9am, Shorter Lake Park, TC. ANNUAL TC•MEET: Medalie UP NORTH BEER WEEK: May 11-19.

There will be$278,000 a Peoples’ Choice show motor RICK Beer KORNDORFER lovers in Boyne City, Petoskey, Gaylord, the usual categories. Bring mo231.590.9006competition in MLS #1844907 Harbor Springs, Wolverine & Mackinaw City tor stands, a chair & table. Free.

ERIKA& KORNDORFER will find events, tastings, food pairings beer Collins, REALTOR Ben Collins, REALTOR THE FATHER FRED SPRING GARAGE classes to enjoy.Carolyn Passports are $15 & include 231.342.7903 SALE: 9am-4pm, 826 Hastings St., TC. Sales a souvenir pilsner glass & discounts at all 20 cjcollins.net 402event E. Front St. | Traverse City, 49686 from this support stocking theMI food panstops along the way. upnorthbeerweek.com 231.499.5392 try & providing additional essential resources.

COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., fatherfred.org May 7) FREE WORKSHOP: 10am, Superior Physical AN EVENING WITH KEITH GAVE: 6pm, Therapy, TC. Meet with golf pros from Bay McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Enjoy Meadows for a swing analysis & then talk to a wine & cheese reception for author & sports physical therapy pros of Superior Physical writer Keith Gave, who presents his new Therapy re. pain. Free. book, “The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage.” Free. presents LIDS FOR KIDS: 10am-noon, F&M Park, mcleanandeakin.com New York Times bestselling authorTC. Trained professionals & volunteers will properly fit each child with a free bike helmet DEPOT DINNER CONCERT: 6-8pm, After 26 & share bicycle safety tips. Meet local law Depot, Cadillac. Featuring live music by Chris officials & firefighters, tour a fire engine, enjoy Winkelmann & Zak Bunce. $25 advance ticket activities & games & more. Find on Facebook. includes dinner & concert ($27 at door). 231With guest host Lucas Wittmann 468-3526.

SEARCH & RESCUE: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, “CHASING CORAL” DOCUMENTARY: TC. National Park Service Ranger Andy Blake 6:30pm, Peterman Auditorium, Elk Rapids talks about the use of canine rangers for preHigh School. Presented by Green Elk Rapventive measures in discouraging park visitors ids. 231-264-0618. Free/donation. greenelkr“A riveting true story of from dangerous choices before accidents apids.org happen. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org greed, serial murder, AN EVENING WITH SAMANTHA IRBY: 7pm, racial injustice that by the SHANTY-TO-SHORTS 5K/10K/FUN RUN: Cityand Opera House, TC. Presented 10am, Shanty Creek Resorts, Lakeview Hotel, National Writersan Series.

Comedian & New exposes extremely Bellaire. Transportation back to the start will York Times bestselling author Samantha Irby disturbing episode be provided from 11am-1pm. $20 pre-registrais famous for her blog, “Bitches Gotta Eat.” tion/person. shantycreek.com/event/shantyof American history. cityoperahouse.org 2-shorts David Grann is a terrific CONCERT W/ KORA PLAYER SEAN GASjournalist, and this is Hall. 231-326AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. KELL: 7pm, Empire Township 12-2pm: Peter Marabell will sign his book 5361. seangaskell.com maybe the best thing “Death Lease.” 2-4pm: Eleanor Payson will he’s ever written.” sign her book “The Wizard of Oz & Other PINE RIVER JAZZ BAND: 7pm, Red Sky Narcissists.” horizonbooks.com Stage, Petoskey.

Enjoy dancing – Jon Krakauer , author of to the music of this band. $10 adults; $5 students w/ ID. Into Thin Air and Missoula UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Fri., May 11) redskystage.com Event Underwriter: Anne & Bill Montgomery “SWEENEY TODD”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Inter“SWEENEY TODD”: 7:30pm, Interlochen lochen Center for the Arts, Corson AuditoCenter for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. The rium. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Arts Demon Barber of Fleet Street Arts Academy Theatre Co. “Sweeney Todd” has Doors 6 has pm become - live music,Academy cash bar & morsels Theatre Co. “Sweeney Todd” become a worldwide success since being a worldwide success since being awarded awarded eight Tony’s, including Best Musical, eight Tony’s, including Bestplease Musical, for City its Opera For tickets call House 231-941-8082, for its Broadway premiere. $29 full, $26 senior Broadway premiere. $29 full, $26 senior & nationalwritersseries.org ext 201 M-F, 10 am to 5 pm or visit & $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org $11 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

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ROCK N JAM: 4:30pm, The Rock of Kingsley.

Community play-along until 8pm. Bring an instrument or listen in. Free. facebook.com/ pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., May 7)

---------------------AUTHOR JENNY MILCHMAN IN-CONVERSATION WITH GLEN YOUNG: 6-8pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey.

Enjoy a wine & cheese reception with Jenny Milchman. Glen Young, local English teacher & writer, will interview & discuss Jenny’s newest book, “Wicked River.” Free. mcleanandeakin.com

---------------------AN EVENING WITH DARBY O. BELL: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. This American soul singer/songwriter will introduce her debut album, “Away It Falls.” Gideon Klein & Liesl Bell will join Darby on stage. Tickets: $15 advance; $20 night of. $8 students & $5 12 & under. redskystage.com

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BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS MAY CONTRA DANCE: 7:30pm, Solon Township Hall, Cedar.

Featuring live music by Big Fun. All dances will be called & taught by Pat Reeser. If you haven’t contra-danced before, arrive at 7pm for a lesson. 231-313-2596. $11 adult, $7 student with ID, & $9 member. dancetc.com

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MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS SOJOURN OF SPRING: 7:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. Celebate spring’s brief visit to northern MI with a program of music & poetry.

Featuring special guest Thomas Bara, organ.

Free. manitouwinds.com

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS PRESENTS JEN SYGIT: 8pm. Held at Paul & Nancy Brown’s house at 4320 E. 46 Rd., Cadillac.

Singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jen Sygit’s latest solo album is “So Long Pollyanna.” Her range includes bluegrass, folk & blues. Advance tickets: $15 adults, $7 students & free for 12 & under. Door: $18 adults, $9 students. gopherwoodconcerts.org

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

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING: CHARLES DICKENS: Wednesdays, 5-6:45pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Dr. Suzanne Shumway will discuss the life & influence of Charles Dickens, along with one of his novels. Held for three weeks. Register: 231.758.3100. petoskeylibrary.evanced.info/ signup/calendar

---------------------MORNING BIRD WALKS: Tuesdays, 9am; Thursdays, 7:30am, through May 29. Pond Hill Farm, Harbor Springs. Presented by the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society. facebook.com/PetoskeyAudubon

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

---------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET, PETOSKEY: Fridays, 10am-1pm, upper level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. crookedtree.org

---------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm through Oct. 28. Interlochen Corners, parking lot behind Ric’s Grocery Store, Interlochen. facebook.com/InterlochenFarmersMarket

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SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 7:30am-noon through Oct. 27. Sara Hardy Farmers Market Lot, TC. Local produce, baked goods, flowers & plants.

Wednesday markets start the first Weds. in June & run through Oct. downtowntc.com

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OUTDOOR BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Weds. & Sat., 8am-noon, starting May 19, through Oct. Veteran’s Park, Boyne City.

Featuring over 70 vendors. boynecityfarmersmarket.com

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MIKE SUPER: 8pm, Odawa Casino, Petoskey. This magician & illusionist, who was also a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” will perform. $25. odawacasino.com OAK RIDGE BOYS: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This Grammy Awardwinning country quartet will perform hits that earned them a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. $35, $45, $50. lrcr.com

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ART IN THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM: Michigan Artists Gallery & Higher Art Gallery, TC. Two galleries, 70+ artists interpreting Edward Hicks’ 1833 “Peaceable Kingdom.” Runs through mid-June. michiganartistsgallery.com

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

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

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Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Learn about significant artists of the past few centuries & the influence they’ve had on our lives, architecture, fashion & design. An opening reception will be held from 3-5pm on Sat., May 5. Enjoy refreshments & comments from Professor Emeritus Paul Welch of NMC. Runs through May 27. twistedfishgallery.com

Scotland with this duo who also brings good humor. 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door. sleders.com

from May 10 - June 24. Hours: 11:30am-8pm, Mon.-Thurs.; 11:30am-9pm, Fri. & Sat.; & 11:30am-7pm on Sun. oldmissiontavern.com

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“WELCOME MAY WITH ART”: Runs May 5-31 at City Opera House, TC. Local artists Annie George & Margaret Weeks are exhibiting paintings. A reception will be held on Thurs., May 10 from 5-7. Hours: 10am-5pm, M-F, & in the evening during events. cityoperahouse.org

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

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FIBER ART EXHIBIT: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Runs through June 2. An opening reception will be held on Sat., May 5 from 5-7pm. gacaevents.weebly.com

---------------------HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBIT: Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Featuring sculptural work by four schools: Frankfort High School, Interlochen Arts Academy, The Leelanau School, & Brethren High School. An opening reception will be held on Sat., May 5 at 2pm. Runs through May. michlegacyartpark.org

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NORTHPORT PHOTO EXHIBITION: Village Arts Building, Northport. Photographers will exhibit & sell their work in this Northport Arts Association sponsored event. Applications are being accepted through May 11. An opening reception will be held on Fri., May 25 from 6-9pm. The exhibition & sale will be held on Sat., May 26 from 10am-4pm. northportartsassociation.org

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

Celebrating OAC’s 70 Years. Featuring a multi-media presentation on the history of OAC going back to 1948 & works by former members, instructors & volunteers of OAC. Runs through June 1. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST: The Suttons Bay Art Festival committee is accepting entrees for the 2018 poster that will be used in advertising & promoting the 39th anniversary of the show. $350 prize. Deadline for submitting is May 15. Info on format & entree: suttonsbayartfestival.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: -YOUTH ART SHOW: Runs through May. 5.

Featuring artwork created by Char-Em ISD & home school students, kindergarten through grade 12.

----------------------”SEEDS” EXHIBIT: Runs through May 19 in the Atrium Gallery. Featuring the artists & faculty of NCMC. crookedtree.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: -HAND IN HAND: CRAFT AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES: Runs through May 5. Where traditional handcraft meets new technologies, materials & methods. crookedtree.org

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: Mon. - Sat., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm - TUTANKHAMUN: “WONDERFUL THINGS” FROM THE PHARAOH’S TOMB: Runs through May 6. From the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Egypt & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibit features about 100 replicas of the pharaoh’s possessions & artifacts from the period surrounding Tutankhamun’s reign. It reconstructs the discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter & the life of Pharaoh. dennosmuseum.org

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FOURSCORE by kristi kates

Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer – Sony Nashville

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Galloping through its trademark hoedown-sound with a wealth of stringed instruments, country-fried vocals, and energetic percussion, the Medicine Show, with Dave Cobb on board for production duties, is in a rowdy mood on this set. The too-short “Shout Mountain Music� holds fast to the band’s fast-pickin’ sensibilities, with “Dixie Avenue� offering a similar lively approach; the slower-paced side of the set’s offerings includes the Eagles-reminiscent “Whirlwind� and “Look Away,� both ballads that lean heavily on the nostalgic whine of a steel guitar.

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Various Artists – I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas – Merge

A collaborative effort between The Mountain Goats (the band), Merge Records, and podcast gurus Night Vale Presents, this collection brings together covers of each track from the The Mountain Goats’ 2002 album, with a cast of standout musicians contributing the music itself, while the podcastesque segments share info on the recording and writing of the tunes.

Don’t-miss tracks include Andrew Bird’s reboot of “Distant Stations,�

Craig Finn’s version of “Fault Lines,� and Amanda Palmer’s take on “The Mess Inside.� A cool bonus: each artist’s insights on the music.

Jordan Davis – Home State – MCA Nashville

A dozen tracks make up Louisiana native Davis’ debut album, on which he co-wrote all of the tunes and brought in accomplished producer Paul DiGiovanni to help add cohesion. Opening with “Take It From Me,â€? an anthem to breaking away from the crowd, the album is somewhat uneven: One track offers little more than clichĂŠs, while the next nicely outlines unexpected slices of life, like the impromptu dance floor Davis makes out of a slab of suburban concrete (“Slow Dance in a Parking Lotâ€?), or New Orleans seen through the eyes of a spurned romance.

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Brent Cobb – Providence Canyon – Low Country

The Grammy-nominated singer is back with his latest set, which was recorded in Nashville, includes 11 new tunes, and is supported

by Cobb’s ongoing Ain’t a Road Too Long Tour. The tour itself slots nicely into the album’s overall theme, which is one of travel and the open road (see tracks like “High in the Countryâ€? and “Ain’t a Road ‌ â€?). Its first single, “King of Alabama,â€? features plenty of those usual Cobb-meets-The Avett Brothers Southern rock rhythms and personal details.

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Devo Gets Unmasked

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Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale are releasing two new books about Devo that will showcase the band’s growth over the years. The two volumes, titled “Devo: The Brand” and “Devo: Unmasked,” will hit stores on July 13 (they’re both available for preorder now at your local bookstore) and will include plenty of photographs and entertainment industry anecdotes. “The Brand” will focus on the band’s visuals and press for a wide range of publications, while “Unmasked” will tell the story of the band itself, from how it got started in the ’60s to present-day activities ...

A new soundtrack is just out for the popular BBC drama series Call the Midwife, the story of a group of nurses working in London’s East End in the late 1950s and early ’60s.

The soundtrack album features music from the show’s fourth through seventh seasons, including music from several of the show’s Christmas specials. The majority of the music was composed by Maurizio Malagnini, also known for his work on another BBC series, The Paradise. The album includes tracks “The Turners,” “Summer is Coming” (with Peter Salem), and “Lucille’s Theme” …

More festival news this week, as the 2018 Cowpie Music Festival is ramping up for its late-summer appearance on Shagbark Farm near Caledonia in Kent County. This year’s headliner is set to be one-man jam and Keller Williams, with additional performances from the likes of The Steel Wheels, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Paddlebots, Fauxgrass, Olivia Mainville and the Aquatic Troupe, and northern Michigan favorite May Erlewine. Get tickets and more info at cowpiemusicfestival.com …

The Cranberries, now minus singer Dolores O’Riordan (O’Riordan passed away earlier this year), has announced that it’ll be completing work on a new studio album on which O’Riordan had already recorded the vocals, and hopes to get that album mixed, mastered, and released by next year. Later this year, Cranberries fans will be able to pick up the deluxe 25th anniversary edition of the band’s debut album, Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, the release of which was paused following O’Riordan’s passing …

LINK OF THE WEEK J-Hope is breaking out and away from BTS with a second solo music video,

namely “Airplane,” a track from J-Hope’s first mixtape, which hit outlets on March 1.

The video brings together an artistic cut of airplane-related elements including flybys and clouds, and it’s out this week in the U.S. You can catch a peek online at https://youtu. be/8O_MwlZ2dEg …

THE BUZZ Detroit Music Weekend has selected the big headliner for this year, and with a big follow-up to 2017 performer Aretha Franklin, they’ve snagged The Jacksons to take the main stage at the June 16 event …

Classic ’70s-style Frankenmuth outfit Greta Van Fleet (a band of four — three brothers and a pal) has just been signed to a

deal with music industry vet Jason Flom …

Grand Rapids honky-tonk outlaw country outfit The Bootstrap Boys is booking up for the summer, including shows at the Creston Brewery (May 18) and The Pyramid Scheme (June 8) …

Detroit R&B-rap artist Neisha Neshae has just dropped a music video for her new single, “I’ma Go Crazy” to follow up the audio release of her song on YouTube, which has already notched almost 2 million views/ listens … 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.

A Whole New Life Kyle Zemsta was so impressed by his wife’s weight loss results one year after surgery, he decided to have the procedure, too. Now they both have much more energy, stamina, and enjoy outdoor activities together.

“It’s been absolutely wonderful,” Katie said. “I’ve lost 120 pounds.

My health is excellent and my sleep apnea is gone. My new addiction is shopping. I can’t find anything I can’t fit into.”

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“Katie and Kyle have had great success. Doing all of the followup steps and having the full support of a spouse really helps achieve and maintain long-term good health. It’s been very rewarding to watch the Zemstas become healthy and active.”

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Bariatric procedures are not for everyone. People qualify for weight loss surgery only if it is the best choice for their health and they demonstrate the required commitment, motivation, education, and medical history. Munson Medical Center’s nationally accredited program provides long-term support and thorough follow-up care. To learn more, join us for a free, informational seminar.

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10 years. 18 movies (totaling over 38 hours of entertainment). And it’s all come to this.

The superhero movie to end all superhero movies. A star-studded action extravaganza where the stakes (supposedly) have never been higher.

Yes, the culmination of Disney’s carefully plotted Marvel Cinematic Universe has arrived. And it’s the Avengers on steroids, a super-stuffed supersized spectacle designed to break the internet.

We pick up after the events of the latest Marvel movies. I’m not going to try to do a super indepth recap of where things stand in a world inhabited by playboy geniuses, arachnidenhanced teenagers, Norse gods, African princes, WWII soldiers, interdimensional sorcerers, and alien mercenaries, but let’s say the Avengers are still on the outs, Thor and the Hulk were out doing a buddy comedy in outer space, and we’ve just been introduced to the people and land of Wakanda (which is the best).

Tying all these disparate worlds and characters together is the looming threat of what is presented as the “ultimate” villain, Thanos (Josh Brolin). And it does become very apparent very early on that what Thanos is after is not your ordinary super villain power and control stuff. Because if Thanos obtains all six Infinity Stones (don’t worry about what exactly they are or where they come from; if he gets them, it would be very bad), he will be able to wipe out half of humanity (aka half of all life in all systems and all planets of the universe). And he’s doing it for moral reasons, which lends a particularly dangerous chill to the proceedings.

Thanos is more layered than one might expect from your typical interchangeable CGI-ed villain. He does get some emotional beats, like when we learn more about his complicated relationship with adopted daughter, Gamorra (Zoe Saldana), who has disowned him and found her true family with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

But the best part of having a villain this unyielding is that it forces once-separate groups to join together in the fight against him. The bat signal (whoops, wrong franchise!) goes out to pretty much everyone (where’d you go, Hawkeye?). Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Spider-Man (Tom Holland) venture into space with Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch).

Lovers Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) come out of hiding to fight alongside Captain America (Chris Evans). Thanos and his forces are seemingly everywhere that poses a threat.

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You just can’t deny the sheer delight of seeing all these characters on screen together. The new pairings — think Iron Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy coming face to face, or Thor (Chris Hemsworth) taking a real shine to Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) — make for a lot of truly satisfying comedic moments. The banter has never been better, and if you’re not really into the whole mythology thing, let’s face it, the banter is the best part.

The action set pieces are well done, but never particularly all that inspiring or memorable (except on Wakanda, ’cause did you know Wakanda is the best?). Thanos is really hard to attack, so while you’d think seeing our favorite heroes finally have an opponent they cannot as inevitably defeat would make for something more interesting, their unfulfilled efforts just become repetitive, creating an unrelenting feeling that might cause you to zone out.

This is an issue further exasperated by the film’s hella-long runtime. At 2.5 hours, you will feel it. Although I personally would love it if just about every film were shorter, with this much going on and this big of an ensemble, there is some necessity at play here. And directors Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil War) must be commended for doing one heck of a job of balancing it all. Just call them the Robert Altman of comic book flicks.

But did I mention we get to return to Black Panther’s (Chadwick Boseman) Wakanda?

And while everything really comes together in Wakanda, it brings about an unavoidable comparison for more causal Marvel viewers that makes plain just how much Infinity War lacks the meaningfulness, depth, power, and beauty of the recent Black Panther.

Then there’s the ending, which is such a cliffhanger, such a bold move, it will leave people talking and drop more than a few jaws, taking things almost it too far. It presents itself as a game-changer, as an attempt to add true stakes to the proceedings, but it’s hard to fully feel for what you’re witnessing when you factor in Hollywood’s vested interest in these characters and properties.

Because Marvel does have an incredible thing going here. The films are each thoughtfully executed, some more so than others, but with a polish and shine that pretty much all but guarantees your enjoyment. And that’s what we have here, just with a lot more pomp and circumstance.

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

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TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): ): Born under the sign of Taurus, Edmund Wilson was a renowned twentieth-century author and critic who wrote more than 30 books. He also served as editor for Vanity Fair and The New Republic, and influenced the work of at least seven major American novelists. When he was growing up, he spent most of his free time reading books: 16 hours a day during summer vacations. His parents, worried about his obsessive passion, bought him a baseball uniform, hoping to encourage him to diversify his interests. His response was to wear the uniform while reading books 16 hours a day. I trust you will be equally dedicated to your own holy cause or noble pursuit in the coming weeks, Taurus. You have cosmic clearance to be single-minded about doing what you love.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In his 1931

painting The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali shows three clocks that seem to be partially liquefied, as if in the process of melting. His biographer Meredith Etherington-Smith speculated that he was inspired to create this surrealistic scene when he saw a slab of warm Camembert cheese melting on a dinner table. I foresee the possibility of a comparable development in your life, Aquarius. Be alert for creative inspiration that strikes you in the midst of seemingly mundane circumstances.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): "My whole life is

messed up with people falling in love with me," said Piscean poet Edna St. Vincent Millay. She spoke the truth. She inspired a lot of adoration, and it stirred up more chaos than she was capable of managing. Luckily, you will have fewer problems with the attention coming your way, Pisces. I bet you'll be skilled at gathering the benefits and you'll be unflummoxed by the pitfalls.

But you'll still have to work hard at these tasks. Here's some help. Tip #1: Stay in close touch with how you really feel about the people who express their interest in you. Tip #2: Don't accept gifts with strings attached. Tip #3: Just because you're honored or flattered that someone finds you attractive doesn't mean you should unquestioningly blend your energies with them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Torah is a

primary sacred text of the Jewish religion.

It consists of exactly 304,805 letters. When specially trained scribes make handwritten copies for ritual purposes, they must not make a single error in their transcription. The work may take as long as 18 months. Your attention to detail in the coming weeks doesn't have to be quite so painstaking, Aries, but I hope you'll make a strenuous effort to be as diligent as you can possibly be.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It's possible you

could pass for normal in the next three weeks; you might be able to fool a lot of people into thinking you're an average, ordinary contributor to the dull routine. But it will be far healthier for your relationship with yourself if you don't do such a thing.

It will also be a gift to your less daring associates, who in my opinion would benefit from having to engage with your creative agitation and fertile chaos. So my advice is to reveal yourself as an imperfect work-in-progress who's experimenting with novel approaches to the game of life.

Recognize your rough and raw features as potential building blocks for future achievements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): "Paradise

is scattered over the whole earth," wrote the scientific poet Novalis, "and that is why it has become so unrecognizable." Luckily for you, Cancerian, quite a few fragments of paradise are gathering in your vicinity. It'll be like a big happy reunion of tiny miracles all coalescing to create a substantial dose of sublimity.

Will you be ready to deal with this much radiance? Will you be receptive to so much relaxing freedom? I hope and pray you won't make a cowardly retreat into the trendy cynicism that so many people mistake for intelligence. (Because in that case, paradise might remain invisible.) Here's my judicious advice: Be insistent on pleasure! Be voracious for joy! Be focused on the quest for beautiful truths!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): These days, your

friends and allies and loved ones want even more from you than they usually do. They crave more of your attention, more of your approval, more of your feedback. And that's not all. Your friends and allies and loved ones also hope you will give

more love to yourself. They will be excited and they will feel blessed if you express an even bigger, brighter version of your big, bright soul. They will draw inspiration from your efforts to push harder and stronger to fulfill your purpose here on Planet Earth.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): One of the advantages you get from reading my horoscopes is that I offer confidential information about the gods' caprices and leanings. For example, I can tell you that Saturn -- also known as Father Time -- is now willing to allot you a more luxurious relationship with time than usual, on one condition: that you don't squander the gift on trivial pursuits.

So I encourage you to be discerning and disciplined about nourishing your soul’s craving for interesting freedom. If you demonstrate to Saturn how constructively you can use his blessing, he'll be inclined to provide more dispensations in the future.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Vincent van Gogh's

painting The Starry Night hangs on a wall in New York's Museum of Modern Art. He created it in 1889 while living in a French asylum. Around that same time, 129 years ago, a sheepherder in Wyoming created a sourdough starter that is still fresh today. A cook named Lucille Clarke Dumbrill regularly pulls this frothy mass of yeast out of her refrigerator and uses it to make pancakes. In the coming weeks, Libra, I'd love to see you be equally resourceful in drawing on an old resource. The past will have offerings that could benefit your future.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Love everyone

twice as much and twice as purely as you ever have before. Your mental health requires it! Your future dreams demand it! And please especially intensify your love for people you allegedly already love but sometimes don't treat as well as you could because you take them for granted. Keep this Bible verse in mind, as well: "Don't neglect to show kindness to strangers; for, in this way, some, without knowing it, have had angels as their guests."

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

meditating on your astrological aspects for an hour, I dozed off. As I napped, I had a dream in which an androgynous angel came to me and said, "Please inform your Sagittarius readers that they should be callipygian in the next two weeks." Taken back, my dreaming self said to the angel, "You mean 'callipygian' as in 'having beautiful buttocks'?" "Yes, sir," the angel replied. "Bootylicious.

Bumtastic. Rumpalicious." I was puzzled. "You mean like in a metaphorical way?" I asked. "You mean Sagittarians should somehow cultivate the symbolic equivalent of having beautiful buttocks?" "Yes," the angel said. "Sagittarians should be elegantly well-grounded. Flaunt their exquisite foundation.

Get to the bottom of things with flair. Be sexy badasses as they focus on the basics." "OK!" I said.

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of a lifetime! 26-unit motel plus 3 bedroom house AND 2 bedroom apartment. Only motel for miles on 2.76 acres at US131 and M66 in heart of northern Michigan! Long time steady business year round.

8306 S US-131, Mancelona MLS#1845156 $450,000

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UNIQUE COMMERCIAL BUILDING

in prime Bellaire location on 1.3 acres. Includes two lucrative apartments and workshop measuring 30' by 50' plus 20’ by 30.’ Workshop has 16 foot sidewalls, and two overhead doors.

Brand new roof! 734 Cayuga, Bellaire MLS 1845401 $185,000

LARGE 4 BEDROOM

home on 5 acres in the heart of northern Michigan just outside Lakes of the North. Large bedroom sizes and sprawling nature of home would make it ideal for group home, vacation or primary family home, etc. Finished partial basement. 4 BR, 2.5 BA, 2718 sq. ft. 8244 Bocook Rd, Mancelona MLS# 1838017 $159,000

AFFORDABLE AND COMFORTABLE

home in desirable Cedar Meadows. Subdivision park includes beach on Lake Bellaire. Large windows, beautifully landscaped yard. 3 BR, 2 BA 1040 sq. ft. 7588 Sandy Lane, Bellaire MLS# 1842048 $125,000

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UPDATED NEWER RANCH just outside Schuss. Open bright floor plan with large rooms including 23’ by 13’ game room. Municipal water, furniture negotiable. Vacation rental income potential approx. $21K last year for 60 nights. 4BR, 2BA, 2368 sq. ft. 7949 M-88, Mancelona. MLS# 1837788 $179,000

HISTORIC well-maintained farmhouse on 3+ acres. Walking distance to schools, parks and shops. Attached garage plus numerous outbuildings, beautiful enclosed porch and beautiful gardens. 3-4 BR, 2 BA, 1900 sq. ft.

9015 S. East Limits, Mancelona MLS#1833648 $165,000

20 BEAUTIFUL WOODED

riverfront acres perfect for your dream home or getaway. Trout fishing, hunting, canoeing, kayaking, hiking and snowshoeing right off your property where there is a former beaver dam. 00 Cedar River Road, Mancelona MLS# 1835617 $96,000 Land contract with 20% down and short term payoff

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Excellent, small company work environment and a great opportunity for a well-organized, detail-oriented professional. Full time, based in Traverse City. You can find more information and apply via the following link. https://nmi.craigslist.org/ofc/d/data-entryadmin-logistics/6576258877.html HELP WANTED Mason, compensation depending on experience.

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MANUFACTURING T.C. Manufacturer is looking for individuals for our fabrication department.

Carpentry skills needed.

Insurance, vacation, profit sharing and 4 10/hr work days. Email resume.

SECRETARY - TBAISD CAREER-TECH CENTER Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District is accepting applications for Secretary. Skilled, enthusiastic, organized,

working with a variety of people, flexible, and demonstrate self-confidence and positive attitude. Very project-oriented position in a secondary career and technical education center. Full job description on website. http:// www.tbaisd.org

REAL ESTATE WAREHOUSE SPACE FOR RENT Light Industrial/Commercial,3 Phase elect., Nat. Gas Heat. 3,000 or 5,000 sq. ft. spaces available @ $3.75 per sq. ft. Located off 31 2mi. south of Airport Rd. Call 231-357-0025 gchodge47@yahoo.com RENTAL FOR BAYSHORE MARATHON Due to a cancellation the Schoolhouse Cottage is available for rental. Sleep 6.

OTHER BUYING OLD WOODEN DUCK DECOYS Buying Old Wooden Duck and Fish Decoys, call, text 248 877-0210 MOHAWKS FOR MUNSON North Peak Brewing Co is hosting their third annual Mohawks for Munson event on Sat, May 19 in their parking lot. This fundraiser event supports local cancer patients in northern Michigan. The event will kick off at noon with BBQ, live music, free Moomers ice cream, crafts for kids and Mohawk shaving. https://www.crowdrise.com/ MohawksforMunson2018 MULTIPLE FAMILY GARAGE SALE Lots of great items for everyone. 7815 Cram Rd Williamsburg, 9am-5pm.

and stop in with your resumé. (231)256-2700 Ask for Dave or Mandy dave@nldistillery.com

OLD MISSION WOMEN'S CLUB SALE Huge sale Saturday, May 19, from 8 AM to 4 PM at Brys Lavender Drying Barn, 13400 Center Road on Old Mission. All proceeds are redistributed to local charitable organizations.

FISH FOR SPRING STOCKING. Pond & Lake Management Solutions.

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LIVING ESTATE SALE Living Estate Sale of Jean and Jerry Greene, Rapid City, MI 49676 on May 10th, 11th and 12th from 9-5. Items include Jet Mill; Band Saw; Milling tools, equipment and raw machine stocks; Lots of Tools; farm implements; car parts; some household items. For more info visit estatesale. com. Address will be added to website 4 days before sale date. NO EARLY SALES. REDUCE SYMTOMS OF ALLERGIES & Pollen @ urban oasis salt spa Reduce symptoms of Allergies, pollen & Hay fever while relaxing in our Salt Room. Do not delay call today to get relief soon. 231 9386020 1545 S Division TC. urbanoasissaltspa.com NURSES NEEDED Private Duty nurses needed for days/nights in Traverse City area.

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