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NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • may 14 - may 20, 2018 • Vol. 28 No. 20

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Duffy’s Garage & Grille 317 East Lake St. Petoskey 231-348-3663

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Whose Fiscal Responsibility?

In his recent letter to Express, [Traverse City resident] Perry Harmon recommended the [surrounding] townships should chip in for “city services.” What city service is he talking about? My water is a well, my sewer is septic, the road in front of my house will be paved this summer via a special tax assessment my neighbors and I will pay, I work in the township I live in, and I own a four-wheel drive for when the plows don’t make it around.

If he’s talking about the beautiful Traverse City, I will agree: Traverse is beautiful, but it is a mistake to believe “everyone” wants to be there. My personal preference for rest and relaxation is anyplace but Traverse City. I will do almost anything not to have to venture into TC. I like the fact that my township pretty much leaves me alone and, while I don’t always agree with what township administrators do, they are pretty much on the right track. Like most government entities, TC doesn’t need more money, it just needs to spend the money it has more wisely. And that, Mr. Harmon, is not the responsibility of the townships.

Tim Olson, East Bay Township Tax Cut or More Debt?

A recent email from Rep. Bergman highlighted topics for which he took credit: passage of the tax cut and his voting for the balanced-budget amendment. He contradicts himself, as his vote for the tax cut will increase the national debt by over $10 trillion.

If he was truly interested in balancing the budget, the tax cut could have been revenue neutral by having the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share of taxes. Although a tax cut in 2018 sounds good, the relatively modest increase in net income for most of us is actually increasing the national debt that he bemoans. He fails to acknowledge the huge windfall for corporations and the wealthy.

Rep. Bergman does not represent our interests. He represents the corporate donors to his campaign.

Irene Cotter, Traverse City

History History History Do they still teach history in our schools?

History will repeat itself. Hilter took the guns from his people and, with no way to protect themselves, 6 million Jews died. Stalin took the guns from his people; 20 million people died. Mao took the guns from his people; 20 million people died. Some people would like more gun laws to stop the killing. In Parkland, Florida, the sheriff was told about the shooter over 100 times. He sent his deputies over to the school; they hid behind a fence rather than go after the shooter.

The FBI was told about the shooter twice; they did nothing. Here you have people who swore to uphold the law, and they did nothing. You have Chicago, with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, and over 3,000 people were shot in 2017.

A.J Fasel, Traverse City Time’s Up, Enbridge Eight years after the costliest [onshore] oil spill in U. S. history (1 million gallons in the Kalamazoo River), the Enbridge Corporation has finally been fined $1.8 million after it was determined that they had missed several pipeline inspection deadlines.

It took Enbridge 17 hours to realize that the Kalamazoo River spill had occurred.

If a similar 17-hour time lapse should occur before a breach in the Enbridge Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac is recognized, a catastrophic release of almost 17 million gallons of a mixture of crude oil and liquid natural gas would occur before containment could even be attempted.

Because of the enormous and unpredictable currents in the Straits and the possibility of ice coverage (no containment of an oil spill under ice has ever been attempted), the unmitigated disaster to the world’s largest freshwater system, with 700 miles of coastline, would be a near certainty. One estimate places the ultimate economic loss to the Great Lakes area at $50 billion. While this economic loss can be roughly estimated, the aesthetic loss would be inestimable.

Line 5 began service in 1953 with a predicted safe-life of 50 years. That was 65 years ago. How long can we roll the dice on this continuous and increasing risk, a risk which has now even been enhanced by the recent anchor strike?

For those seeking additional information, Google the excellent 27 minute video, www. line5film.com.

Bob Ross, Pellston Love the Jobs Issue I have been picking up a copy of Northern Express at Tom’s Market for the last three or four years, and the Vol. 28, No. 18, issue impressed me like no other.

The seven pages of “Now Hiring” was fantastic. In my 76 years, I have never seen any other publication print something like this. Kudos to you for thinking of it. If I were a young person looking for a job or trying to figure out what line of work I might like to pursue — be it short-term (summer work) or long-term — this would be so helpful. Love that you’ve printed this information!

Joy Platteborze, Traverse City GOP Gift to the Wealthy Republicans used to at least pretend to be fiscally responsible. That was then.

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the recent GOP tax cut will

add more than $1.85 trillion to the federal deficit over the next decade. Who benefits from the law? Corporations have used the vast majority of what they’ve received to buy back their own stock. That raises stock prices, which means CEOs get bigger bonuses and wealthy investors do well.

Only about 4.3 percent of US workers saw a modest raise or a one time bonus.

Meanwhile the Koch brothers got an estimated one-billion-per-year tax break, while workers get an extra buck or two per pay period, if that.

And how will that $1.85 trillion hole be filled? If the GOP has its way, the shortfall will be addressed by cutting Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs and services. Make no mistake: The GOP tax cut was a gift to the wealthy, to be paid for by the rest of us.

Our U.S. representative, Jack Bergman, voted for it. And now he has the gall to tell us that he is very concerned about the deficit.

Yeah, right. Let’s send him back to Louisiana.

Tom Gutowski, Elmwood Township Trump’s Prostitutes I don’t think that our tax dollars should pay for Trump’s prostitutes. Justify it any way you try, but it just isn’t right! When a person goes through the process of getting elected to the highest office in the United States, a certain level of credibility is expected; for a president to brag about his conquests, as though he is proud of them, is just plain wrong.

What other personality traits is Trump hiding while he swaggers across the stage of this great country as a representative of the American people? We all have our darker sides, but let us not take pride in our sins as Donald Trump has. How embarrassing for the millions of good people who try to make America better with their daily contributions and sacrifices.

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

Welcome to Maxwelltown.................................10 Cherry Republic............................................13 A Showcase of Restaurants............................16 Rink Tribute........................................................17 Mackinaw to Manistee.....................................22 Right on Thyme..............................................25 Pedal to the Kettle.............................................21 It’s Time for Prine..............................................33 Emmet County’s Food Waste.............................36

dates................................................38-42 music FourScore.....................................................44 Nightlife........................................................46

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

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...................................6 Opinion............................................................8 Weird..............................................................9 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................43 The Reel..........................................................45 Advice Goddess...........................................47 Crossword...................................................48 Freewill Astrology.........................................49 Classifieds..................................................50

William E. Scott, Traverse City The Price of Public Art Christie Minervini deserves praise for her level of civic engagement and her willingness to speak out on relevant issues.

Correspondingly, her recent opinion piece merits serious consideration. With due respect for her opening critique of rudeness and superficiality on social media and her closing plea for greater public involvement in civic affairs, the essence of the piece seems to lie in her description of and disappointment with the failure of a specific public art project. This is understandable, since she identifies herself as current chair of the local arts commission.

My experience, as a long time practitioner, consumer, student, and observer of the arts and as a typically, concerned citizen, is that public art in our society — diverse, divided, contentious, and lately degraded by the careless incivility of an unstable, insecure adolescent-in-chief — is a poor investment. What looks like a splendid, culturally enriching idea too often results in disappointment, frustration, and wasted assets.

In a democracy, a vital culture needs to arise from a reasonably well-educated and reasonably affluent populace. As Ms. Minervini’s example, among others, demonstrates, public art projects imposed or generated from the top down may ignite public squabbles, squander public resources, and leave the public unsuccessful and unsatisfied.

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The 29th Annual Zoo-De-Mackinac Bike Tour is not a race! Take in 51 beautiful miles along Lake Michigan, some from 400’ high bluffs. Starting between 7:30am-10:30am on Sat., May 19 at Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs, this ride takes place on a paved road with very little automobile traffic. Stop at Legs Inn for lunch, & then continue the ride to Mackinaw City where there is a post-ride party at The Crossings. zoo-de-mack.com

4 Visitors to Manistee can now take walking tours of historical sites narrated by a Hollywood star.

Manistee native and television/film actor Toni Trucks unveiled the Manistee Historic Sites Tours on May 8.

Trucks, star of the CBS drama Seal Team, lent her voice to 20 short videos that bring to life Manistee’s most prominent historical sites. The videos are meant to accompany eight self-guided tours that have been designed to tell Manistee’s story.

The project was spearheaded by the Manistee County Visitors Bureau with help from the Manistee County Historical Museum, which is the starting point for the eight tours. It represents Manistee County’s most comprehensive history project ever.

“It feels like my hometown love has come full circle,” Trucks said. “Growing up in Manistee, I was completely enamored by the elaborate Victorian architecture that dominates the area. Manistee is flush with beautiful buildings with the breathtaking Michigan shoreline as a backdrop — and it has a rich, complex history to match.”

To find out more, visit the history museum on River Street or go to visitmanisteecounty.com.

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The Blind Squirrel’s Blind Dog

The Tigers are in full swing, and the Blind Squirrel in Gaylord is serving up its homerun version of a game-day essential: the Blind Dog. Starting with an all-beef frankfurter set into a fresh roll, the Blind Dog is smothered in classic Coney Island sauce, loaded beer cheese soup that’s made in-house, bacon, coleslaw, onions, and sweet mustard.

Ordering one in to watch Detroit on the screen, or eat outside, where you’ll get a great view of The Blind Squirrel’s own baseball diamond — the eatery hosts its own co-ed softball league all spring and summer long.

Go for the doubleheader — two blind dogs for $14 (including chips and a pickle) — at The Blind Squirrel, 1600 S. Otsego Ave. in Gaylord, blindsquirrelgaylord.com or (989) 448-2771.

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“The Death and Life of the Great Lakes”

We’re bringing it real close to HOMES with this book, folks. According to two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and renowned journalist Dan Egan, lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior aren’t so great these days; they’re dying. Published in March of last year, Egan’s “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” deftly outlines a grim future alongside a history as vast and undulant as the lakes themselves. From the completion of the Eerie Canal in 1825, to the first invasive species, to the more tangible concerns of pollution and climate change, Egan paints a frighteningly realistic picture of an ecological catastrophe that’s already underway. But all is not lost: There are actions we can take to ensure the protection and preservation of our precious Great Lakes, and Egan lets us in on those, too. Deemed “required reading for locals” by Traverse City’s Brilliant Books, “The Death and Life of the Great Lakes” is a true call-to-arms for all those who can bear to hear it — an oh-so-timely reminder that our defining lakes, though undeniably great, are also undeniably vulnerable.

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Northern Michigan Election Roundup

Voters in the Village of Kalkaska ousted a village president whose anti-Muslim Facebook rants made national headlines last summer. Jeffrey Sieting was recalled and will be replaced

by Harley Wales. Some of Sieting’s troubled tenure was profiled in “(Un)Welcome to Kalkaska” in our July 1, 2017 edition.

In Manistee County’s Arcadia Township, voters rejected a bid to recall two officials amid a heated dispute between the township treasurer and other officials. Trustees Patrice Wisner and Mike Cederholm will retain their positions following the vote. That saga was featured in “Arcadia Divided,” published April 28.

Finally, we never took an in-depth look at the question of whether the small community of Beaver Island should be governed by one township or remain as two, but we’ve been following the drama with interest. Voters there decided they want two townships, not one.

things we love Mohawks en Masse It’s pretty awesome that lil ol’ northern Michigan has its own dedicated cancer center — Thanks, Cowell family! — but what’s cooler yet is that, to raise money to support the community of cancer patients the Traverse City-based center treats, hordes of locals will shave their coiffs into mohawks on Saturday, May 19. If you want to help raise some dough, register your head at mohawksformunson. com now; if you just want to celebrate those brave folks donating all but one stripe of their hair to the cause, bring the fam to the North Peak Brewing Company parking lot on Saturday. In addition to some public Mohawk shaving, you’ll be treated to BBQ eats, live music from Mike Moran, free Moomers ice cream, a bounce house, face-painting, crafts for kids, and a faux-hawk styling station for kids. All money raised will go directly to the patients of the Cowell Family Cancer Center at Munson Medical Center.

national morel festival Nothing says spring in northern Michigan like a morel. And for a few short days, Boyne City is shouting from the rooftops. Its famed National Morel Festival kicks off Thursday, May 17, with a good reason to call in sick Friday: a Craft Beer Block Party featuring 22 craft beer brewers, two wineries, three local restaurants, two local food trucks, and live music. Friday follows up with a craft fair, carnival rides, a morelfinding seminar from shroom guru Anthony Williams, and a guided morel hunt — a requirement for any fungi or gal. Check out the rest of the weekend’s schedule, camping options, links to morel dining, and more at bcmorelfest.com.

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bottoms up WOOLY RYE First, let’s get the technical stuff out of the way: Mammoth Wooly Rye Reserve is 92 proof, 46 percent alcohol, and contains 88 percent pure Michigan rye — the rest is brewer’s malt. The elegant (yet if you look closely, whimsical) label on its flask-shaped bottle flaunts handwritten batch and bottle numbers, appreciated by serious collectors.

Got that? Now we drink! This rye is definitely on the drier side, but aging it for six months in smaller, five-gallon white American oak barrels with a No. 3 char increases surface area, allowing it to pick up sweetness and oakiness very quickly. Mammoth mixologist Nielsen Bell suggests sipping it neat or over a couple of rocks (for rye connoisseurs) or ordering a “Mammhattan,” a cozy blend of muddled orange, Mammoth rye, Cherry Bounce liqueur (produced in-house from local cherries), and a splash of bitters, finished with an orange peel garnish and rum/whiskey-macerated maraschino cherries. Even in its 375 ml bottle, this rye is monumental. $29 at Mammoth Distilling, 221 Garland Street, Traverse City. (231) 943-1073. mammothdistilling.com

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Both Congress and the Michigan Legislature hope to enact laws they claim will place new work requirements on Medicaid and food stamp recipients. The rhetoric surrounding these efforts certainly implies we've got ourselves plenty of deadbeats out there receiving benefits to which they might not be entitled.

and blame. Democrats like to find new victims they can pretend to help. It's an unholy symbiotic relationship.

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette is currently the spokesperson touting the Michigan legislation in a commercial, incidentally, that serves nicely as a campaign spot for the gubernatorial candidate though it technically isn't one.

Meanwhile, we have a bona fide financial miracle in Grand Traverse County. One assumes reporters from Forbes and Business Week will soon be streaming in to write their stories on The Great Turnaround.

The Kaiser Family Foundation analyzes data from the U. S. Census Bureau and the Department of Labor to determine who's receiving what and into what demographic groups they fit.

It turns out there aren't nearly as many moochers as we're being led to believe. Fully 80 percent of working-age non-disabled Medicaid recipients nationally work full or part time. More than half of them work for small businesses or companies that don't provide employee health insurance options.

More than 62 percent of Michigan's Medicaid recipient households have at least one person employed full-time and another 15 percent have one employed part-time.

So what problem are we trying to solve, and just who will it impact?

Michigan has nearly 2.4 million Medicaid recipients. Of those, 400,000 are disabled, and another 1.3 million are non-working-age children. Of the remaining 700,000, 77 percent already work full or part time.

That means our legislature's valiant efforts to make sure taxpayers are protected from the scourge of deadbeats taking advantage of Medicaid will, at most, impact about 7 percent of those recipients. Nationally the figure jumps to 9 percent.

The figures aren't a lot different for those eligible for some version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program (SNAP), commonly called food stamps. More than 70 percent of recipient households with at least one child have at least one adult who works full or part time. And only 6 percent of SNAP recipients receive any other kind of government assistance.

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It seems like just a couple years ago, because it was just a couple years ago we were being told of a financial catastrophe at the county. It was a two-headed monster of operational deficits and pension-funding shortfalls.

... our legislature's valiant efforts to make sure taxpayers are protected from the scourge of deadbeats taking advantage of Medicaid will, at most, impact about 7 percent of those recipients. Nationally the figure jumps to 9 percent.

Here in Michigan, the numbers are similar.

Come on in to your local Culver’s restaurant:

Going after a tiny fraction of the Medicaid recipients who themselves make up a small subset of the general population isn't likely to help solve any problem. If one even exists.

It's an election year, and perhaps Medicaid and food stamp recipients are going to be the new villains, the ubiquitous “them” both sides like to exploit. The new Republicans, many trying to out-Trump the president, are always looking for a new group to demonize

We were told, ad nauseum, the county's next budget was $4.1 million in the red, and drastic steps needed to be taken. Employees had to significantly increase their contributions to their health insurance plans, or there would have to be layoffs. There was no money for raises. Entire departments were eliminated or consolidated.

We were even told at one point the county could be in danger of needing an emergency manager to take over, like in Detroit and Benton Harbor.

(The state denied any such thing was possible.)

The pension fund was in even worse shape, falling $40 or $50 or $60 million behind, depending on who was talking and what day it was. We were told previous county leaders hadn't made payments and, oh my, something big had to happen to prevent something terrible from happening.

Fast-forward to today, and the county has a significant positive balance in its general fund, operations are within budget, and various other funds also have surpluses. The changes made can only account for a tiny fraction of that turnaround.

Either there was an accounting boo-boo of some significance, or leadership didn't know what it was doing. A more cynical view is it was all just a ruse to bludgeon employees into taking less than they deserved while forcing them to pay more than they could afford.

Whatever, it was a crisis that wasn't.

The pension payments are being made, and it is now up to 58 percent funded. That's not glorious, but it is only two percent shy of what the Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) considers minimally acceptable, a goal that should be reached shortly.

The pension fund needs further stabilization, but the financial dark clouds looming not that long ago have cleared up nicely. Or maybe it was the information we were given that was cloudy.

Crime & Rescue INFO SOUGHT IN DUCK DEATHS Police want to find whoever shot and killed six ducks that were part of a 4-H project.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies were called May 7 to investigate the shooting of the ducks near Blair Town Hall Road and Adam Lane in Blair Township sometime between 7:30am and 11:30am.

The ducks were shot and killed with what appears to be small-caliber ammunition, deputies said.

Anyone with information should call (231) 922-4770 ext. 5971.

MAN TRIES TO SWIPE GENERATOR State police arrested a man who attempted to steal a generator from a Wexford County store.

A cashier at a store on Mitchell Street in Haring Township spotted the man put the $1,000 item into a cart and leave the store. The clerk took down the man’s license plate number and vehicle description and called police.

Dispatchers put out a “be-on-the-lookout” alert for the vehicle, which a trooper spotted on Boon Road. After a traffic stop, the generator was recovered, and the man was arrested and charged with first-degree retail fraud.

MOTORCYCLIST DIED IN CRASH A 63-year-old Traverse City man died after he suffered injuries in a Leelanau County crash.

John Mull was pronounced dead at Munson Medical Center following the May 7 crash on M-22 near East Duck Lake Road, deputies said. A female passenger, a 49-year-old Traverse City woman, was taken to Munson with non-life threatening injuries.

Deputies and Leland Fire and Rescue responded to the single-vehicle crash at 6:07pm and found a passerby had stopped and was performing CPR. Emergency responders continued treatment and Mull was airlifted from the scene.

A section of the road was closed for over an hour during the investigation, which determined that the motorcycle had left the highway and crashed, possibly due to the driver suffering a medical emergency.

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT RELEASED William Minore, the 70-year-old bank robbery suspect, was released on a personal recognizance bond as the case against him remains in limbo.

Minore, of Benzonia, faces two counts of taser possession in Grand Traverse County in a case that stems from searches of his property after he became a suspect in a September 2016 Village of Empire bank robbery. He was released May 9 after District Court Judge Michael Haley lowered his bond.

Bank robbery charges were dismissed against Minore in Leelanau County in April after the case was transferred to federal court, where a judge in Grand Rapids promptly dismissed the charges citing lack of probable cause. Minore could still face bank robbery charges in federal court, in Leelanau County, or in Benzie County, where two banks were robbed in 2015.

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Minore has maintained his innocence. Minore’s attorney, William Burdette, had earlier argued that the $100,000 Grand Traverse County bond made no sense for the small-time, possession of taser charges.

The most recent developments in Minore’s case were profiled in “Another Strange Twist in Bank Heist Case” in the April 21 edition of Northern Express.

CHILD FALLS FROM SECOND STORY Cadillac Police responded after a toddler fell from a second-story window.

Officers and North Flight EMS were called at 1:07pm May 3 to E. Chapin Street, where they found the 1-year-old in need of medical care.

The child was taken to Munson Cadillac and then transferred to a downstate hospital.

Investigators determined the child was playing in an upstairs room while his mother was in the same room folding clothes; as the child played, a screen window popped out of the window frame, and the child fell to the ground, police said.

MAN JAILED IN ZERO TOLERANCE BUST Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies went on the lookout for an intoxicated driver seen in Elmwood Township.

Someone called 911 to report that the driver of a white pickup truck that left a residence on East Hoxie Road at 3:20am May 5 was drunk.

A deputy responded in time to spot the pickup run a stop sign at Hoxie and Bugai roads and continue on at 80mph. After a traffic stop, the 20-year-old Traverse City man was determined to have been drinking and was arrested under zero tolerance laws for people under 21.

Deputies got a tip that led them to recover the stolen property and ID suspects in the thefts. They arrested two males, ages 18 and 19, for larceny and causing damage to a traffic control device, as well as another 18-year-old for larceny. They expect to make a fourth arrest in the case.

Deputies said they take road sign theft seriously because missing signs can lead to hazardous driving conditions.

ARRESTS MADE IN ROAD SIGN THEFTS Three Traverse City men face charges after police received a tip about road signs stolen in Hoosier Valley.

After several stop signs and road signs went missing in March in Grand Traverse County, the road commission asked deputies to investigate.

OVERTURNED KAYAKER SAVED Rescuers who snatched an overturned kayaker from Lake Michigan, off the shore of Beaver Island, warned that water temperatures are dangerously cold this time of year.

Someone called about the kayaker at 9:14pm May 3, and a Charlevoix County Sheriff’s deputy and Beaver Island Fire and EMS responded to Donegal Bay, on the west side of the island, where the person was in distress about a quartermile out.

The person was rescued after being in the water for around 30 minutes, deputies said.

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A FRIEND’S PASSING opinion

bY Jack Segal Dennis Sandole, Ph.D., passed away on May 4. He was professor of conflict resolution at George Mason University and so much more.

I first met Dennis and his lifelong partner and wife, Ingrid Staroste, in Frankfurt, Germany.

Dennis was a young professor from the University of Southern California’s graduate school. He was teaching courses to part-time students like me while completing his first book. Publications in neat stacks served as the décor of their high-ceilinged apartment.

After hours of classroom debate, we would retire to a favorite Balkan restaurant for shashlik and German beer. Life was good.

Dennis was a gifted and challenging teacher.

In fact, he was responsible for my leaving the military, a feat accomplished with one simple question: After reading some of my work, he not-so-innocently asked, “Jack, I don’t get it.

You write about the futility of waging war to resolve conflicts with the conviction borne of experience. So why do you devote your life to a conflict-specific organization?”

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A conflict-specific organization. The words landed heavily on me. I was forced to confront the contradiction of my thenchosen path. I was comfortable in my Army career; had a nice car and apartment and skiing vacations, with Vietnam neatly compartmented in the back of mind. Dennis forced me to face what I had rationalized away, the fact that war would never resolve conflicts. Dennis showed me that the very structure of the institution I was serving was incompatible with the goals I wanted to pursue. Dennis had a profound effect on me and on the lives of hundreds of students over his four decades as a professor and mentor.

In the mid-’60s, Dennis had served as a U.S. Marine. This son of immigrants had volunteered to serve in that most demanding of our military services. But he was unsettled by the experience. He began to realize that war was not the answer, nor could he connect the dots of the Marine credo to use violence to achieve a political aim. How would killing and destroying things do anything but worsen the conflicts?

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As a professor, Dennis brought his ideas to my USC late-night courses, where he faced a classroom of skeptical young Army officers like me who had served in Vietnam and were bound to go back there after a short respite in Europe. We were confused by the chaos we had experienced in Vietnam and the apparent futility of what we had been asked to do there. We were confused by the explanations we had been given for the war, and confused by our powerlessness to alter what we had done or to change what we would be doing when we returned to the war.

During those turbulent years, Dennis and Ingrid worked together to develop theories of conflict and conflict resolution that might someday guide policymakers. His first book, “Capturing the Complexity of Conflict,” looked at the growing number of violent, intractable inter-ethnic conflicts then raging in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Somalia, and scores of other trouble spots. He gained his insights through not only intellectual

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pursuits but also by evaluating the actions of peace-building organizations.

He worked with and became a leading authority on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which he saw as a model — albeit flawed — for conflict resolution efforts.

Through his research, Dennis brought to light how leaders manipulate symbols and historical “memories” (real and imagined) to mobilize a population. He saw how this manipulation could extend and widen conflicts, and could become a means of control over societies by cynical, even evil, leaders. His impassioned debates about such leaders with his German-born wife (and intellectual equal) were something to behold, though they always seemed to end with kisses and laughter.

Dennis developed the evidence for how conflict breeds more conflict, and how the tools at our disposal for controlling and ultimately resolving conflicts are failing.

His greatest insights came in his study of how conflict “works” in the real world. He argued that we must decide: Are we trying to settle the conflict by imposing a solution, or are we seeking to resolve the conflict by getting at its root causes through mediation, conciliation, and collaboration? Are we using a competitive process to achieve our goals, or a cooperative process? Dennis required rigor from his students and forced us to focus clearly on the end goals. It doesn’t help to set off in pursuit of a goal if you don’t know where you’re trying to go.

Try it for yourself. What sort of process is President Trump employing with Kim Jong Un? Are Kim and Trump pursuing a strategy aimed at settling the conflict between us, or just at managing it? Are we clear on our goals in this confrontation? Or, as Dennis suggested in a later book, is it possible there is a continuum of possibilities in which the parties to the conflict must shift, even during an ongoing process, from one approach to the other.

A great mind is no longer with us to tackle these difficult questions. In the latter stage of Dennis’ life, he and Ingrid waged a 10year battle against the cancer that eventually took him. We use terms like “courageous” for such things, but it hardly conveys the burden imposed on both the patient and the spouse, just as “sympathy” can do little to lessen the pain on those who survive: Ingrid; their son, Tim; daughter-in-law, Sara; and a grandchild who will know Dennis only from our admiring stories and his valuable legacy. We are left with great sadness tempered by joy.

We deeply miss this man, but we treasure the fact that we knew and loved him.

Jack Segal co-chairs, with his wife, Karen Puschel, the International Affairs Forum. At IAF’s next discussion (Milliken Auditorium, May 17, at 6 pm) Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson, Rajmohan, and, by video-link, Pakistan’s Ajmal Khan address one of the world’s most vexing conflict resolution problems: How to build peace through nonviolence between Pakistan and India.

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themselves and get noticed, too.

There used to be more bars in Manistee, per capita, than anyplace else in the state. Or at least, that’s how the story goes.

“People like to say that, but it’s never really been substantiated,” said Mark Fedder, executive director of the Manistee County Historical Museum. “Talk to the old-timers in town, and they will say that every corner in town had a bar and a church.”

While the origins of the claim are lost to history, the fact that folks still repeat it today says a lot about how locals used to spend their Saturday nights and Sunday mornings in this Lake Michigan town.

Remnants of that bygone age remain in Maxwelltown, a century-plus-old workingclass neighborhood nestled between Manistee’s business district and the industrial complexes that line Manistee Lake. There ,four old-school neighborhood bars stand within a few blocks of one another. As Manistee’s downtown experiences a rebirth, anchored by the restoration of the Vogue Theatre on River Street, the people who run those scrappy saloons hope to reinvent

LOOKING FOR A SIGN Jeff Bladzik tends bar at the Painted Lady Saloon. He started five years ago, almost by chance, he said, because he was dating a woman who worked there.

The place fit Bladzik, though. His mom grew up in a house three blocks from the bar.

His dad’s childhood home was six blocks away. Now Bladzick — who has lived in Manistee his entire life minus his time in the Army during the 1980s — lives two blocks away.

Last October, he became part owner of the Painted Lady, which inhabits a building constructed in the 1880s.

He wants to shake things up and get the word out about Maxwelltown. He took part in Maxwelltown’s first chili cook-off in March, an event that brought hundreds of people to the neighborhood and which organizers hope to hold every year.

Bladzik said he’s also been trying to figure out how to get the Michigan Department of Transportation to install a sign on US-31 that would let motorists know about the

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businesses in his neighborhood. He said he brought it up to a city official that Saturday night after the success of the chili cook-off but was told to forget about it; it wasn’t going to happen.

Bladzik isn’t deterred.

Bladzik said each of Maxwelltown’s neighborhood haunts has something to offer. The Painted Lady is a restaurant first and a bar second — he points people who just want to hang out and have a drink to one of the other neighborhood establishments.

A couple doors down, at the Hi-Way Inn, there is often a DJ or a band; a couple blocks away, at the 522 Pub, they have a large dance floor and weekend crowds. Just down the street from there is Stu’s Pub, a dimly lit bar where, on nice days, patrons can play corn hole in an attached courtyard.

“When people are done eating, I definitely tell them about the [other] three bars,” Bladzik said. “We all have our own little niche down here.”

Bladzik said the quality of the comfort food he serves at the Painted Lady has already attracted more business. He said the Little River Casino and other

hotels send customers his way. But he hopes Maxwelltown can capitalize on the momentum of what’s happening downtown, which has seen a lot of new businesses open in recent years.

“This used to be loaded with businesses down here [in Maxwelltown], and a lot of them have since closed,” he said.

A ROAD RE-ROUTED Maxwelltown wasn’t always so out of the way. Until the late 1950s, US-31 wound its way through the neighborhood on its way toward downtown before the highway stretched north.

Back then, the road was lined with businesses that catered to travelers and to the neighborhood.

“US-31 went through there, and it would have slowed down and snaked its way through,” Fedder said. “That’s why there were several bars, not just on Ramsdell Street and Kosciusko Street — but on Seventh Street, there were a few more bars there.”

The name Maxwelltown comes from a lumber baron who came to Manistee in the 1860s. John C. Maxwell owned a lumber

Deb Cromwell of Stu's Pub

mill on Manistee Lake. The Maxwell & Pundt mill opened in 1868, according to an 1882 history of Manistee and surrounding counties.

Maxwell left Manistee not long after and was not heard from again. But his name lived on.

“He was only in Manistee for maybe eight to 10 years, but he bought up most of the property in that area, and the name Maxwelltown stuck. It’s been known as that ever since,” Fedder said.

From its beginnings, Maxwelltown has been a solidly working-class neighborhood of modest houses on a tight grid of streets.

The easternmost streets form a staircase of blocks that fall diagonally south along the shore of Manistee Lake.

Once all of the trees that could be reached from the Manistee River were cut, Manistee needed to reinvent itself, and it did in the 1920s when it became an industrial town.

That pivot was a success for decades but began to slow down in the 1980s, Fedder said, when a lot of industries closed or moved elsewhere, including the Century Boat Company, Manistee Drop Forge, Excello, and Glen of Michigan, a garment factory.

For Maxwelltown businesses, things started to slow in the 1950s when the highway was moved, but business was really hurt when most of the blue-collar jobs vanished.

“By the ’90s or so, all those [employers] are closed, and that area of town sees less and less activity,” Fedder said. “It’s a lot smaller than what it used to be.”

Today, Morton Salt, Packaging Corporation of American, and Martin Marietta are the only old industries that remain, but even those employ only a fraction of the number of workers they did a few decades ago.

What’s next for Maxwelltown? Fedder isn’t sure. Maybe Maxwelltown, like River Street, can reinvent itself and become a tourist destination.

“It would be great to think that area of town, Manistee in general, is going to see a lot more activity,” he said.

DEFINITELY ON THE UPSWING The four bars that remain weren’t always watering holes. Stu’s Pub, for instance, is in a building that used to be a slaughterhouse.

There are still hooks and a winch in the back room. The Painted Lady, which today looks like an ornate turn-of-the-century saloon, was once a pharmacy, Fedder said. Still, those four bars that remain have been bars for as long as anyone can remember.

Fedder, who was born and raised in Manistee, said that in his mind, Maxwelltown hasn’t changed much over the years.

“I was born and raised here my entire life,” he said. “I haven’t really seen a lot of change, to tell you the truth. Those were bars when I was a kid, and they still are today.”

While Maxwelltown hasn’t seen much change in years, Manistee’s downtown district has seen a small transformation of late. Fedder said he is often skeptical when he hears about big changes coming to Manistee, but the Vogue project proved him wrong.

Fedder worked at the theater before it closed, years before its restoration. He said he was doubtful when plans to revive the venue were announced, because over the years a lot of grand projects were talked about and never went anywhere. Today, from his vantage point at the history museum, just down River Street, he said there is a rebirth taking place, gradually, in the downtown district.

“It’s been pretty much five years since the Vogue reopened,” he said. “It wasn’t instant, it’s taken some time, but I think it’s definitely on the upswing.”

NEW MODERN ALTERNATIVES Something does seem to be happening around River Street.

The most recent addition is the North Channel Brewing Company, which opened late last year just north of the main street.

Jeff Bladzik of the Painted Lady Saloon.

It’s a smartly designed craft brewery and restaurant located in an historic repurposed building near the river and the Maple Street drawbridge.

The bluefish kitchen + bar, an upscale American restaurant, opened just down River Street from the theater in 2013. The venture was announced as an investment that was inspired by the Vogue.

Next door, the Fillmore opened in 2016 and offers an urban-style restaurant, café, and market. According to its website, the business was “envisioned, designed, stocked, and staffed … to inspire local love, to invigorate downtown Manistee, to preserve the past of this beautiful place and move it into the future.”

TJ’s Pub and the Ramsdell Inn reopened a few years prior to the Vogue renovation in the Ramsdell Building at the corner of River and Maple streets. The former bank building now includes a 10-room inn on the upper floors, a special events space in the original bank lobby, and a pub and restaurant in the lower level.

Those are just the most visible new additions to Manistee.

Tyler Leppanen, executive and economic development director of the Manistee Downtown Development Authority, said more than 20 successful new businesses have opened in the past five years. Just this month, an art gallery, a convenience store specializing in selection called the Manistee Beverage Company, a bridal store, and a bike and moped rental business are opening.

“We’re averaging over five new businesses per year and we have only one to three that don’t make it,” Leppanen said. “I would say that there’s a lot of energy and a lot of outside interest to open businesses downtown.”

Leppanen said he hopes that success can pour over into Maxwelltown, which is not part of the DDA. “What I really like about that district is the kind of grassroots, business ownerto-business owner connection that they are making on their own,” he said. “There’s

more nightlife over there. A lot of our bars and restaurants [on River Street] close at midnight or earlier, and they’re open until 2am.”

USUALLY, IT’S MORE FUN Cecelia Van Alstine opened Two Slices, a restaurant that sits between the Painted Lady and the Hi-Way, last August.

She picked the spot because it was one of the few commercial kitchens available in Manistee, but she likes the vibe of her new neighborhood.

Van Alstine, an artist who grew up in Manistee and gradually got drawn into the culinary world, said she doesn’t like to use the word “gentrification,” but she thinks Maxwelltown might be ripe for it, and she sees signs that it is happening.

She also hesitantly uses the word “dive” when talking about the neighboring bars, but she uses it with love.

You might call any of the Maxwelltown bars “dives,” after all, but Van Alstine said she hopes that if gentrification does come, and the neighborhood is transformed, that some of that original character is preserved.

Kari Warren, manager of the Hi-Way Bar, believes that Maxwelltown can attract new people by offering a different atmosphere than River Street.

“I think there’s got to be something done, because downtown, they get all the tourists,” she said.

The bars of Maxwelltown, after all, are old-school neighborhood places that should have an appeal exactly because they are not multi-million-dollar, professionally designed craft breweries or restaurants.

Warren notes that the bars of Maxwelltown have pool tables, corn hole, darts, and Keno, unlike the places downtown.

“We go on a lot of bike trips, my fiancé and I, and we always like to visit the holein-the-wall bars, as we like to call them,” Warren said. “You know, the bars that the hometown people would go to because, usually, it’s more fun.”

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n May 15, Cherry Republic will officially open the doors to its Cherry Public House.

The establishment will feature full lunch and dinner menus, indoor seating, and an extensive outdoor beer garden. Most notably, the restaurant will mark Cherry Republic’s first-ever foray into beer, with a tap list of 12 original beers, ciders, and shandies.

According to Cherry Republic Founder and Owner Bob Sutherland, the expansion into beer was always an inevitability. For years, Cherry Republic has been partnering with local wineries to produce its own cherry-flavored vintages. As craft beer has become an increasingly popular niche, that market has grown more attractive.

“It’s a progression,” Sutherland said.

“As we seek to showcase the universality of cherries and all the things you can do with them, it was just a matter of time before we’d get to beer. We’re finally to that point, and we’ve been planning it for a long time.”

The planning involved more than just picking a few beer styles that could feasibly be paired with cherry flavors. Since 1998, Cherry Republic has been operating a seasonal lunch café on its Glen Arbor premises. According to Sutherland, the café building — and the Cherry Republic campus in general — had reached the point where it could no longer serve the business’s huge influx of annual visitors. The café needed new kitchens and a modernized design, and the property as a whole demanded a new septic field and additional customer parking.

“We had a building that could only do so much and a septic field that could only do so much,” said Jason Homa, vice president of sales for Cherry Republic. “So the investment for the expansion was twofold: there was the customer experience side of things and then there were the infrastructure improvements.

We needed a great product to fill in and justify a pretty big investment.”

Beer, it turns out, was that product, for two reasons.

First, by serving beer, Cherry Republic felt it could expand its restaurant operations from basic breakfast and lunch fare to sitdown dinners. The dinner menu will feature a range of dishes, from barbeque ribs to whitefish to skillet queso dip, all with unique cherry flavors or accents.

Secondly the craft beer market has grown and stratified to such an extent that Homa thinks now is the perfect time for Cherry Republic to join the fray. He recalls a time 10 years ago when Sutherland brought a raspberry-flavored lambic beer to the office and expressed an interest in making something similar. At the time, though, craft beer was just getting its start, and most customers weren’t ready to go beyond the standard ales and lagers that had defined beer up to that point. In recent years, as sour and fruit-based beers have steadily gained traction with beer drinkers, Cherry Republic’s entry point into the market has become clearer.

“Now we have a space where Cherry Republic can come in with its own line of beer and people won’t shy away from it,” Homa said.

Cherry Republic’s push to create a unique and brand-appropriate tap list resulted in four cherry-flavored beers that will be central to the pub’s menu. The flagship beer is the Leelanau Lambic, a cherry sour that realizes Bob Sutherland’s decade-in-themaking dream to brew a Cherry Republic beer. Other offerings include the Hoppy Bobby, a cherry-flavored pale ale; the Night Swim, a sweet cherry porter; and the Dead George, a cherry medley golden ale.

Other beers include an IPA, a porter, a lager, a fruity rye ale, and three ciders. There will also be one seasonal tap, occupied to start by a summer shandy. The Leelanau Lambic will be available in bottles and guests will be able to purchase growlers of other on-tap beers.

Patrons at the Cherry Public House will also be able to order any of Cherry Republic’s wine. As for dessert, the restaurant will feature an ice cream and bakery counter where customers can pick up sweet treats after lunch or dinner.

All told, the Cherry Public House will have seating for 40 inside, with ample additional seating outside. The outdoor beer garden area will also feature an assortment of lawn games for patrons to play. Once the restaurant is up and running, it will open at 8am for coffee, scones, and other morning treats and run until last call at 10pm.

According to Homa, the Tuesday, May 15 opening date will function as the “soft opening” for the Cherry Public House. As the restaurant has been closed and under renovation since it wrapped up the 2017

season in late October, Cherry Republic is hoping for a gradual ramp-up to the peak summer traffic that usually hits Glen Arbor in mid-June.

Mid-June, meanwhile, will mark the official grand opening of the restaurant. On June 16, Cherry Republic is hosting what it has dubbed “Cherry Palooza.” The 21+ event will run from 4-10pm and feature three bands, including May Erlewine, Reggie Smith & The After Party, and The Voice alumni Joshua Davis.

To make way for an anticipated attendance of 1,000 or more people, Cherry Republic is closing down Lake Street in Glen Arbor and turning the event into a big block party. Tickets are $35 each and include the entertainment, five beer tastings, and food.

There are also $20 tickets for attendees who don’t plan on drinking.

While the event is intended as a celebration of the Cherry Public House’s grand opening, Homa says that it could become an annual event to mark the beginning of summer in Glen Arbor.

Cherry Republic also plans to keep the restaurant open year-round — a notable shift, given the old Grand Café’s MayOctober season.

Interested in checking out the new restaurant and brewery? The Cherry Public House is located at 6026 S. Lake St. in Glen Arbor and will be open for business starting on May 16.

For the Cherry Palooza grand opening party in June, keep an eye on cherryrepublic.com for details on how to purchase tickets.

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Please be seated for these abbreviated versions of the restaurant reviews we’ve featured since our last restaurant tour issue. Bon appetit!

Compiled by Kristi Kates A Showcase of Restaurants Please be seated for these abbreviated versions of the restaurant reviews we’ve featured since our last RestauranTour issue. Bon Appetit!

Trattoria Funistrada Glen Lake Out in western Leelanau County, on the eastern edge of Big Glen Lake, lies Funistrada, a charming restaurant housed in a historic cottagelike clapboard building surrounded by greenery and flowers. Holly and Tom Reay, owners of Funistrada since the spring of 2000, were Glen Lake “summer kids” growing up. In the 1970s and ’80s, the building that Funistrada now occupies was a German restaurant called the Glen Lake Inn, and it was a favorite haunt of Tom and Holly’s grandparents, both of whom had summer homes in the area. Before that, it had hosted another restaurant and a bar, but originally, nearly a century ago, it was a dining hall for nearby cabins that didn’t have kitchens. Looking at the menu, you immediately think of Italy. But the food that comes out of the kitchen here is actually an homage to the Italian restaurants of St. Louis, Missouri, where Tom Reay grew up surrounded by a big Italian-American neighborhood of Italian grocery stores, shops, and restaurants called ‘The Hill.’

On the Menu: Funistrada’s menu changes very little, because their customers depend on being able to come in and get the dishes they love. True to the Italian love of vitello (veal), the menu offers three different preparations of it, most popular of which is the saltimbocca (with prosciutto, mozzarella, and Parmesan in a mushroom-Marsala sauce). That same preparation is also offered with chicken breast.

Another highly popular dish is the appetizer lumache (snails), with garlic and red onion, served on crostini. If you’re a pasta fan, you’ll appreciate the many options on that part of the menu, like the hearty lasagna Bolognese, the angel hair Carsoni, and two variations of linguini. An extensive wine list includes several Italian selections, both red and white (including prosecco), and the full bar stocks Italian spirits like grappa, Vin Santo, and limoncello, as well as espresso drinks.

Find Them: Funistrada is located at 4566 West MacFarlane Rd. in Burdickville. (231) 334-3900. Opens for dinner at 5:30pm Wednesday through Sunday. Reservations accepted via phone or website. trattoria-funistrada.com $$$$$ White on Rice Traverse City For the past three years, husband and wife team Eric and Amy Kolden have been on a mission to make highquality sushi and other Japanese specialties

easily accessible to a wider audience in northern Michigan. Their White on Rice food truck quickly established itself as one of the busiest venues at The Little Fleet lot, drawing fans of all ages, who appreciated not only the expertise and unique offerings that the Koldens brought with them but also their standards.

Their venture was so successful that they took those standards a step further and opened a second White on Rice — this time a brick and mortar location, just a year later, in 2016. The hope of both Amy and Eric is that the restaurant — a narrow, unpretentious carry-out or eat-in space with just six seats (the kitchen is huge) whose only embellishments are a map of Japan, a bookshelf full of colorful cookbooks, and a white plastic Japanese “lucky cat” inside a clear round tip bowl — will become a new kind of takeout place, a better alternative to fast food. The Koldens are also very conscientious about keeping a low carbon footprint, using environmentally friendly wooden chopsticks and traditional ‘usuita bowls,’ very thin, biodegradable sheets of pinewood, which are shaped and formed into little serving boats.

Almost everything they use is compostable or recyclable.

On the Menu: A key concept that has been a driving force behind White on Rice is “everyday sushi,” meaning high quality and easy accessibility. The sushi menu runs the gamut, from off-the-wall, such as the rock ’n’ roll (tuna, salmon, yellowtail, lump crab, tempura, pankocrusted, spicy mayo), to very traditional, like nigiri (rice ball topped with raw fish), to something familiar but in a new guise, like the seared salmon roll (with cucumber, avocado and lemon). If you don’t want sushi, try the Japanese sliders — bao buns — with marinated and braised pork belly served chasu style, with miso aioli, daikon radish, and pickled cucumbers.

The signature ramen bowl is offered in three variations, while other warm entrées include the katsu curry (Japanese-style sweet curry served over rice with a panko-crusted pork cutlet) and gyoza (shrimp and pork pot stickers with house ponzu sauce or spicy mayo).

Find Them: The White on Rice restaurant is located at 510 West 14th St. in Traverse City, (231) 633-7423. The food truck is located at The Little Fleet, 448 East Front St. in Traverse City. whiteonricesushi.com $ Omelette Shop Traverse City The Omelette Shoppe has been putting an egg on it — and around it, and under it, and beside it, and in it — since 1975, drawing breakfast lovers from near and far.

Forty-three years later, the cozy little original Omelette Shoppe still sits at 124 Cass St. in downtown Traverse City. And customers still cheerfully line up outside the quaint yellow brick building in the warmer months, more than willing to wait for the chance to put their name in to snag one of the leatherette booths inside or a patio table on the sidewalk. The

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small but wildly popular establishment eventually spawned a second, larger location in the Campus Plaza on East Front Street, and two more Omelette Shoppes were added in Grand Rapids.

On the Menu: The four-egg, French-style omelettes are the stars of the show. Incredibly light and fluffy, they would please even Julia Child. The menu features 11 specialty omelettes, including the customer favorite, California veggie (avocado, wild mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, green olives and Monterey Jack cheese), and the intriguing Inferno (Latin-seasoned beef barbacoa, avocado, hash browns, mozzarella, sour cream, and a little kick from chipotle hollandaise), as well as a “Create Your Own Omelette” section, offering almost endless variety. Egg whites and egg substitute are also available. Beyond omelettes, yet staying in the savory department, there are scrambles and skillets and quiches and Benedicts; a standout Southwest breakfast burrito; and down-home biscuits and gravy (both homemade). Meats for various menu items are also done in house. And if you prefer a sweet indulgence, try the strawberry shortcakes or bananas Foster French toast. Baked goods are another Omelette Shoppe specialty: cinnamon rolls, pecan rolls, muffins, Black Forest cherry strudel, apple strudel, and cookies are all baked fresh at the Cass Street location.

Find Them: The Omelette Shoppe Breakfast Bistro & Bakery has two locations in Traverse City: 124 Cass St., (231) 946-0912, and 1209 East Front St. (Campus Plaza), (231) 9460590. For more information, visit omeletteshop.com or check them out on Facebook. $ Roast and Toast Petoskey Coffee lovers are grateful for Roast and Toast, where the philosophy is “Great coffee doesn’t just happen.” Using carefully selected beans from around the world, they roast according to bean profile, create blends, and conduct small batch techniques to maintain a selection of freshly roasted varieties, never selling coffee more than two weeks old.

Each day the Roast and Toast team brews five varieties, rotating the offerings with coffee sourced from around the world. They receive coffee from 16 countries; more than half are fair trade organic, and some come direct from the coffee farmer.

On the Menu: Whether crafting a cappuccino or making a mocha, the Roast and Toast baristas are passionate about coffee.

They also make their food component a staple and stand-out. From baked goods to salad dressings, from hand-cut sandwich meats to breads, everything is made in-house using products from local growers whenever available and in season. Some of the Michigan companies Roast and Toast supports include the Alden Mill House, Beards Brewery, Big

Apple Bagels, Bill’s Farm Market, Fustini’s Oils and Vinegars, Great Lakes Potato Chips, Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery, Martinchek Dairy, Michigan Dried Cherries and Cherry Concentrate, Northwoods Soda and Syrup, Petoskey Plastics and Plath’s Meats.

Find Them: Roast and Toast is open 7am to 7pm daily at 309 E. Lake St. in downtown Petoskey. To learn more, visit www.roastandtoast. com or call (231) 347-7767. $ The Cantina Charlevoix East Jordan native Evan Chappuies’ most recent venture is The Cantina in Charlevoix, in which he partners with local developer Luther Kurtz. Kurtz is aiming to make one particular section of property in downtown Charlevoix into what he’s dubbed “The Mercado” — a northern Michigan take on a Mexican market square, with a variety of businesses and social venues, including Chappuies’ own. The Cantina can be thought of as a “hidden find,” due to its location down The Mercado’s alley; it’s constructed out of an old garage, to which the men added a kitchen and a patio, and brought in Luke Meredith as chef. The goal was to do a quick-service restaurant, similar to Mexican street food but in a more concrete atmosphere.

On the Menu: All the usual things you’d think of as the staples of ‘authentic Americanized Mexican food’ — tacos, burritos, tostadas. The tacos, on white corn tortillas, can be purchased as singles or multiples. Guests can choose from the pollo, featuring green chilibraised chicken; slow-roasted pork carnitas; slow-roasted pulled beef barbacoa; chorizo sausage; or the grilled shrimp camaron. The Papas features crispy fried potatoes, pickled red onion, and salsa verde. The Super Burrito is a flour tortilla-rolled extravaganza that includes your choice of chicken, pork, beef, spicy sausage, or shrimp, with rice, beans, avocado, shredded cabbage, chihuahua cheese, and pico de gallo, plus your choice of salsa on the side. For the vegetarians, they offer our spicy potato burrito, which includes shredded cabbage, avocado, and the chihuahua cheese.

The Mexican chopped salad is also very popular, mixing black beans, chihuahua cheese, and crispy fried tortilla chips with romaine lettuce and homemade cilantro-lime vinaigrette.

Find Them: The Cantina is located at 101 Van Pelt Place (in The Mercado in Van Pelt Alley in downtown Charlevoix). charlevoixcantina.com (231) 437-3612. $-$$ Centre Street Cafe Traverse City If you haven’t yet discovered this somewhat-off-theb e ate n - p at h - but totally-worth-the-short-detour lunch spot in Traverse City, it’s time to get your GPS in gear

and put some excitement back on your midday plate. While it’s not easy to pin down the best way to describe what owner-chef Pete Boothroyd is serving up Monday through Saturday at his lively Traverse City eatery, one thing is certain: It’s much more than just lunch. The ambience is a bit retro, but there’s nothing about the Centre Street Café that’s stuck in the past. Other than the diner-esque décor, the most likely reason people get a familiar or nostalgic feeing here is the fact that it is a place where people still come to make human connections in a world where technology dominates so much or our lives, where fresh, innovative and visually attractive food is affordable, where “pretentious” is an unknown word, and where the number-one goal is making and keeping customers happy. The goal Centre Street is create and deliver a diverse contemporary menu that offers unique choices that sometimes go outside the boundaries of conventional fare.

On the Menu: Centre Street’s repertoire is extensive, to say the least, with two to three daily soups, nearly a dozen salads (including two pasta salads), and no fewer than 40 specialty sandwiches and wraps. That said, the menu is easily navigable, with categories divided by street terms. Take a stroll on “Avenue T” for anything turkey, including the wildly popular Smokin’ Jo (smoked turkey, turkey bacon, smoked Gouda, onion, Roma tomato, leaf lettuce and mesquite mayo on Jewish rye). Cruise down “Beef Boulevard” to find the extravagant Rabish Radish Pastrami (beef pastrami, capicola, pepperoncini, jalapeños, pepper jack, provolone, red onion, radish microgreens, Sicilian dressing and horseradish sauce on panini-grilled rye). Head for “Henway” if you need a chicken fix like the Pecos Pete (grilled chicken, lime-marinated jicama, poblano pepper jam, pepper jack, red onion, cilantro, arugula and Sriracha-lime aioli on a jalapeno-cheddar bun). Stop at the “Green Light” to choose from tempting veggie combos like De Gaulle’s Galley (Portobello mushrooms, artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes, French mushroom brie, red onion, arugula and lemon-truffle aioli on sunflower rye). Or put together your own sandwich or wrap in the “Middle of the Road” from a large list of possible ingredients.

Find Them: Centre Street Cafe is located at 1125 Centre Street in Traverse City. Open for lunch 10:30am–4:00pm Monday through Friday, and Saturdays 10am-3pm. Dine in or carry out. Catering available. For more information, call (231) 946-5872 or visit centrestreetcafe on Facebook. $ Pangea's Pizza Pub Traverse City Take a good look around the narrow, cozy, eclectically adorned interior of Pangea’s Pizza Pub in Traverse City next time you stop in for one of their award-winning artisan pizzas. Because by this summer, you might not recognize it. A major renovation, expansion and branding project now in progress will change the look, size, and configuration of the restaurant inside and out, and even the name and logo. Pangea’s 2.0 will, when completed, accommodate two full bars — one inside, and one on a new rooftop dining deck. Besides the deck — certain to be a prime drawing card, with unmatched views of Front Street, the Boardman River, West Bay, and the adjacent walkway and park area — Pangea’s will double seating capacity in the main-level dining room and feature a newly expanded and more efficiently designed kitchen, with two new — and larger — stone deck pizza ovens, which will greatly improve ticket times. The restaurant will also comfortably accommodate larger groups of friends or family who want to dine together.

On the Menu: As any pizza lover would agree, the crust is crucial. Pangea’s signature crust is baked in a stone deck pizza oven,

which produces the ideal crispy exterior and tender interior. Or are you a Chicago deepdish fan? The kitchen will do any style of pizza on that type of crust as well. The menu is sprinkled with a host of pizzas that take you on a culinary world tour, including Greek (sun-dried tomatoes, feta, spinach, banana peppers and Kalamata olives), Indian Raja veggie (turmeric and coriander, curried chickpeas, ricotta and spinach), or Caribbean jerk (chicken, pineapple, red onion, red and green peppers, and jerk seasoning), while other varieties keep you happily at home in the USA, such as the addictive BBQ chicken pizza (barbecue sauce topped with diced chicken, green and red onions, mozzarella and cheddar cheese) or the ridiculously indulgent cheeseburger and fries pizza (sesame seed crust, ground beef, cheese, tomato, pickle, lettuce and special sauce — and yes, it’s topped with fries!). And as if all that and about a dozen other specialty pizzas weren’t enough, guests are welcome to get creative and customize their own pie from a wide variety of sauces, cheeses, meats, veggies, fruits, herbs and flavored crusts (including glutenfree). No matter what the choice, fresh ingredients are a forgone conclusion.

Find Them: Pangea’s is located at 135 East Front St. in Traverse City. Winter hours: 11am– 9pm Monday through Thursday, 11am-10pm Friday and Saturday, and 12pm-9pm Sunday.

Take out and delivery available. (231) 9469800, www.pangeaspizza.com or check them out on Facebook (PangeasTC).

The Dam Site Inn Pellston There’s something decidedly Dirty Dancing about the Dam Site Inn. 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 building that the Inn resides in was built in 1875, and originally served as a dining hall for lumberjacks in the area. So it’s definitely a vintage place, reminiscent of an old dinner or supper club, anywhere from the ’20s up to the ’50s. Alongside wide vistas of the northern Michigan countryside, the Maple River, and East’s gardens, the restaurant’s interior features some of the best, most well-kept midcentury modern furniture you’ve ever seen, including original pieces by Eero Saarinen and Ficks Reed.

On the Menu: The most popular item 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 real potatoes, house-made gravy, buttered peas, house-made Polish dumpling-style Kluski egg noodles rich with egg yokes, your choice of cole slaw or tossed salad, and table crackers, plus the Inn’s own hot homemade buttermilk biscuits, which are served up with everything. Some of the other highlights include all you can eat Michigan yellow lake perch; filet mignon; smoked pork chops; Alaskan king crab legs; and golden brown scallops. 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, cranberry-orange relish, corn relish, and jumbo pimento-stuffed olives. And make sure you leave room for dessert: angel food or chocolate mousse cake.

Find Them: The Dam Site Inn is located at 6705 Woodland Road. You can also find them online at damsiteinn.com, or call (231) 5398851. Open seasonally $$-$$$ .

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Rink Tribute includes wines, special event

By Ross Boissoneau In 1964, Bernie Rink planted a test plot of grapevines on his 16-acre homestead in Lake Leelanau. More than a half-century later, the wine industry he kicked off is saying thank you with a trio of tribute wines and a celebration at Aurora Cellars on July 7.

Rink plowed under his sons’ baseball field as a way to test whether grapes could actually grow in this climate. The anti-Field of Dreams also provided a way to test his children’s patience, since they would be trading the national pastime for weeding in summer, picking grapes in fall, and pruning in winter.

“He needed cogs to make the machine go. He started it to keep the kids out of trouble. I guess it worked,” said Andy, the youngest of the five Rink sons, with a laugh.

Rink's Boskydel Vineyards became the first winery in northern Michigan, and one of the most successful. Rink became a charter member of the Michigan Wine and Grape Council when Governor Jim Blanchard established it in 1985. Today the wine industry contributes over $5 billion to the state’s economy.

Last year the Rinks closed Boskydel Vineyards and leased the farmland to other winemakers. “My brother Jim and I have been running it for Dad for years. I’m an architect, and [Jim’s] got a job, and it just became too much,” said Andy.

“It’s a little bittersweet, but we’ve been doing this a long time. I maintained the vineyards last summer and fall, and Sam Simpson offered to harvest it,” he added.

Simpson and his sister Taylor are the second-generation owners at Good Harbor Vineyards, which followed in Boskydel’s footsteps. “We agreed to harvest the fruit and decided to create a tribute for the Rinks and Boskydel from the fruit grown there,” said Taylor.

To honor Rink and his contributions to the industry, Good Harbor Vineyards created a Vignoles medium dry white. It was joined by a sparkling de Chaunac Rosé from L. Mawby Vineyards and a Soleil Blanc, a dry white wine blend, by Bel Lago Vineyards and Winery.

Each of the wines are French-American hybrid varietals, the type of wines Rink was known for, and all three tribute wine labels

feature a cartoon image of Bernie drawn by son Jim. “It’s a celebration of [Bernie] and the wines he made,” said Patrick Marino, the tasting room manager at Bel Lago. “It’s a cool thing to do.”

The three wines are available at locations across the region and will be served and sold at the celebration at Aurora Cellars in Lake Leelanau. From 6 to 10pm, guests will enjoy a glass of each of three Tribute wines, paired with heavy appetizers. Tickets to the event are $75 per person, $130 per couple. A portion of the proceeds, including $2 for each bottle sold, will be donated to two charities: the Mark Johnson Scholarship (honoring the late winemaker at Chateau Chantal) and the Carmelite Monastery. Tickets are available at MyNorthTickets.com.

“We have one-third of the wineries in the entire state (in this region) and make 60 percent of the wine,” said Simpson, who was born the year her parents opened the doors at Good Harbor. None of that would have been possible without the Rinks.

“We were the forerunners. Now we’ll have a formal sendoff,” Andy noted. “We’ll have a big chunk of the family there. It’s a big honor.”

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Eat Your Way From Mackinaw to Manistee Your summer bucket list of must-visit

classic restaurants along one of the prettiest routes in the North

By Janice Binkert The 150-mile section of US-31 that stretches from Mackinaw to Manistee is one of the most scenic and historically interesting routes you’ll find anywhere. And our warm-weather months are a great time to experience its timeless allure. Winding through forests and fields, along the Lake Michigan shoreline and past rivers, streams and inland lakes, this rural undivided highway is also dotted with charming towns and villages that boast many of the same attractions that have drawn visitors to them for over a century, as well as modern enhancements that have revitalized them.

In 1932, the recently established Michigan Tourist and Resort Association (later renamed the West Michigan Tourist Association) touted West Michigan as “The Playground of a Nation.” And indeed, whatever your idea of the perfect “playground” is, you’ll almost certainly find it here: beaches, lighthouses, marinas, golf courses, fishing and boating, hiking and biking trails, campgrounds, wineries and breweries, museums and art galleries, lovingly restored movie theaters, annual outdoor festivals, and lively downtown shopping districts.

That said, at some point before or after “playing,” you’ll want to eat — and chances are, you’d like that to be a memorable local experience, too. Lucky for you — especially in this day and age when restaurants seem to appear and disappear like the sun popping

in and out of fluffy cumulus clouds on a Northern Michigan summer’s day — some of our region’s most classic eateries are still alive and well. They have not only survived, but thrived though the ups and downs of the economy, evolving culinary trends, and society’s changing tastes. So come along and discover, or perhaps rediscover, some of these enduring local gems …

THE STRAITS TO PETOSKEY The Mackinac Bridge opened to great fanfare in 1956, and the Mackinaw City restaurant that later became Audie’s opened that same year. US-31 reached all the way to the bridge and beyond then, but later, its northern end was moved to just south of town, intersecting with I-75. Audie’s huge menu highlights freshwater fish (eight different preparations of whitefish!), which is not surprising, given its immediate proximity to two of the five Great Lakes — but there is a wide array of other choices as well, in intentionally distinct dining areas.

The rustic “up north” lodge décor extends from the Native American-themed, casual fine dining Chippewa Room (oysters Rockefeller, Hunter’s elk with mushrooms, onions and pepper), to the informal Family Room (breakfast treats like the Sportsman’s special with New York Strip and eggs, Audie’s “secret recipe” pancakes; lunch entrées like the half-pound Angus chili and cheddar dog, New Orleans chicken), and the huntingthemed Welcome Lounge (cocktails, beer, wine and a separate smaller menu).

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Home cooking is a tradition here, also with breads, pastries, pies and desserts (hot fudge cream puff, strawberry shortcake). You won’t go away hungry! Nearby: Colonial Fort Michilimackinac, ferries to Mackinac Island, boat tours on the Straits of Mackinac, Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park, Headlands International Dark Sky Park.

We’ve barely begun our US-31 dining adventure and already we’re taking you on a short detour at the intersection of M-119, just outside of Petoskey to the north — but The New York restaurant in Harbor Springs is well worth those few extra miles. Housed in a stately red brick building across from picturesque Little Traverse Bay, The New York is continuing a legacy of hospitality that began there with a hotel, bar and restaurant in 1904. Its present configuration dates back to 1977. Guests today are treated to creative, sophisticated appetizers and entrées (smoked whitefish ravioli, veal roulades, braised lamb shank) prepared with seasonal and local ingredients, a vast wine and spirits selection (New and Old World reds and whites, single malt whiskey flights), and decadent house-made desserts (bumpy cake, dried cherry bread pudding), all served by professionally trained staff in an elegant, yet relaxed atmosphere. Nearby: Boyne Highlands, Zorn Park, Tunnel of Trees, Thorn Swift Nature Preserve, Pond Hill Farm, Lyric Theatre Back in Petoskey, we head to the City Park Grill in the historic Gaslight District.

The building began life in 1875 as an all-male

billiard hall serving “intoxicating beverages.”

Over the next century, a restaurant was added, and it went through several name changes leading up to the present appellation in 1997, which came with new owners and a complete renovation.

Today, the mahogany bar where Ernest Hemingway used to sit and write during the 1920s (his picture now hangs above it) has been restored to its former glory, along with the tin ceiling and the rest of the interior.

The current menu lists several intriguing selections (smoked pork poutine, steak on a stick, Creole gumbo, house-made meatloaf with wild mushroom-bleu cheese gravy and truffled mashed potatoes) complemented by a beverage menu on which Michigan beers and white wines are well represented.

Nearby: Bayfront Park, Bay View Music Festival, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey State Park, Odawa Casino, Bay Harbor CHARLEVOIX TO INTERLOCHEN Following US-31 from Petoskey seventeen miles to the south, much of the way hugging the Lake Michigan shoreline, we reach the lovely harbor town of Charlevoix, nestled between Lake Michigan and Lake Charlevoix. There, overlooking the Pine River Channel, right next to the town’s iconic drawbridge, the Weathervane restaurant was built on the site of an old 19th century grist mill in the mid-1950s and soon became a local landmark.

One of several properties belonging to the legendary Northern Michigan restaurant

group Stafford’s Hospitality, it is a must stop for lunch and dinner year round, but especially in summer when the outdoor dining deck beckons. The Weathervane’s main menu focuses on regional cuisine (Great Lakes chowder, oak-planked whitefish, Belvedere chicken salad croissant sandwich, baby back ribs) and Stafford’s signature desserts (cherry- praline ice cream, peanut butter pie). Nearby: Beaver Island Ferry, summer concerts in East Park, Earl Young’s “Mushroom Houses,” Castle Farms, Michigan Beach Lighthouse, Ironton Ferry Another 50 miles down the road in Traverse City, Sleder’s Family Tavern, established in 1882 (one the oldest continuously operated taverns in Michigan) awaits with several house specialties (lightly dusted and deep-fried Canadian smelt, the Royal Reuben sandwich, an Oleson’s Farm buffalo burger with Swiss cheese and grilled onions, cherry-barbecued chicken), which customers savor while seated in wooden booths or at the original 21-foot long bar, surrounded by antique lamps, vintage photographs, and other memorabilia, including the stuffed and mounted heads of various species of wild game, most notably Randolph the Moose, who presides over the scene from his post at the back of the dining room. Giving Randolph a kiss is supposed to bring luck. Nearby: Tall Ship Manitou, Village at Grand Traverse Commons, TART Trail (hiking and biking), State and Bijou Theatres, Clinch Park Beach and Marina, City Opera House, Old Town Playhouse, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse Wine Coast US-31 goes inland for a bit at this point, and yet another — very small — detour off US-31 onto M-137 in Interlochen brings us to the Hofbrau Steakhouse & American Grill, which was simply the Hofbrau from its inception in 1950 until 2016, when the Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany declared a trademark infringement and demanded a change. What hasn’t changed is the restaurant’s popularity among locals and visitors, a good percentage of whom are either students or families of students at the Interlochen Arts Academy or concertgoers for the institution’s annual Arts Festival.

The all-you-can-eat Sunday Brunch always attracts a large crowd for the generous buffet (prime rib carving station, made-to order

waffles and omelettes, pastries, cheese platter, and more). Standout dishes on the weekly menu (char-grilled cuts of steaks and ribs, homemade pizzas, whitefish, yellow perch) are equally appreciated by the Hofbrau’s enthusiastic clientele. Add 52 beers on tap, as well as a large wine and spirits selection, and it’s no wonder this place has been packing ’em in for almost 70 years. Nearby: the worldrenowned Interlochen Center for the Arts FRANKFORT TO MANISTEE Back on the main highway, the route leads west, back toward Lake Michigan – and yes, just one more little detour, via M-115 to Frankfort — where Dinghy’s Restaurant & Bar has been holding court behind an unassuming brick-and-glass storefront on Main Street for the nearly a quarter century.

Inside, a nautical theme pays homage the ferry boats that plied the Great Lakes from Frankfort for 90 years.

Local fishing traditions are also honored, as witnessed by the world-record winning brown trout pulled out of adjacent Betsie Bay that is proudly displayed behind the wellstocked bar (avid fisherman Hemingway would have liked that parallel to his framed photo up at Petoskey’s City Park Grill).

Anything besides scratch cooking is nonnegotiable in this kitchen and on this menu, which offers seven varieties of house-smoked meats (ribs, pulled pork BBQ, shaved tritip sirloin, chicken halves, turkey legs, chicken wings and andouille sausage). Other standouts show up as appetizers (Dinghy’s “famous” onion blossom), handhelds (smoked chicken cherry wrap), Mexican dishes (Betsie Bay burrito) and mains (Kobe sirloin). Nearby: Point Betsie Lighthouse, Elizabeth Lane Oliver Center for the Arts, Garden Theater, Arcadia Bluffs Overlook Trail The last stop on our US-31 northern corridor tour is a restaurant that has only been around for five years. However, due to its owners’ rehabilitation of the crumbling Victorian-era building in which it was would be housed and their stated intention to have its resurrection make a positive impact on Manistee’s downtown business district, the Bluefish Kitchen + Bar could be destined to become a new classic.

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Get There: Audie’s 314 Nicolet Street, Mackinaw City (231) 436-5744 audies.com The New York 101 State Street, Harbor Springs (231) 526-1904 thenewyork.com City Park Grill 432 East Lake Street, Petoskey Phone: (231) 347-0101 cityparkgrill.com The Weathervane 106 Pine River Lane, Charlevoix (231) 547-4311 weathervane@staffords.com

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The cofounder of Leelanau’s Herbal Renewal group shares her history with herbs — and how you can make it part of your summer growing and cooking future

By Kristi Kates Delighted about dill? Thrilled with thyme? Crazy for coriander? So is Julie Krist, the cofounder of Herbal Renewal, a Leelanau County organization of women who are interested in growing and using herbs.

NORTHERN HERBS Krist moved up north in ’98, and has lived her since; but she first became interested in herbal gardening back in the late ’70s.

“A good friend of mine, Mary Thompson Gerathy, and I were gardening together downstate, in the suburbs of Detroit, and she invited me to go to a presentation on herbs at one of the colleges,” Krist said. “This was back in 1979 or so. Mary wanted to start an herb group at Greenfield Village (now The Henry Ford) — so we did.”

The friends later co-founded The Michigan Herbal Association (MHA), which held its first meeting on the campus of Michigan State University in January of 1987; Krist continues working with the MHA to this day.

“I’m still on the board, and I’ve held various positions over the years; I was president, secretary, regional representative,” she said.

Meanwhile, Krist was also working to become a master gardener; she completed her master gardening training in Wayne County in 1989, and just a few years ago became an advanced master gardener.

But when Krist moved north, she quickly found that there was no local herbal group to speak of.

ENTRY LEVEL “So I started one with another woman, Lonnie Morley, in 2000,” Krist said. “And that one became Herbal Renewal. Our goal was to gather people together who are interested in herb gardening. We meet once a month, at members’ homes or on field trips to places like the botanical garden in Traverse City.”

Herbal Renewal also holds herbal talks for its members, and has a garden in Omena that the group maintains on a volunteer basis.

“It’s across from the beach, and includes both herbs and wildflowers,” Krist said.

“In addition, we make donations to herbal causes, including the aforementioned botanical garden, and we help each other learn more about herbs in general.”

While gardening can be a complex endeavor subject to the whims of soil, weather, plant choices, and other conditions,

Krist assures that herbal gardening is more “entry level.”

GARDEN ACCESS “Most herbs originate in the Mediterranean area, and are actually very easy to grow,” she said. “They’re typically not fussy about soil, they’re hardy, they don’t need a ton of water; you can incorporate herbs into your existing garden, or make a separate garden just for them.”

One idea for that separate herb garden is ingenious on Krist’s part: “If you just want a small garden of, say, a half-dozen herbs, go to an estate sale and pick up an old wooden wheel. Embed it into the ground, and plant a different herb in each spoke area.”

She also suggests placing your herb garden close to your door.

“So, for instance, if you’re cooking and you need fresh chives, you just step out and pick them.”

She offered a shortlist of “starter herbs” that anyone can easily grow (see sidebar), but she also encourages those interested to branch out into some more unusual herbal endeavors.

HERBAL HOBBIES “Lemongrass, for instance, is a really good one for any dish you’d like to have a strong lemon flavor,” she said. “Garlic is easy to grow here in northern Michigan, but you want to plan in the fall, then harvest the following June or July, and dry it out. You can also store garlic cloves by putting them in olive oil and storing them in the refrigerator.”

Lavender — she stresses to make sure you get the culinary, not ornamental kind — is another of Krist’s favorites.

“I used to run a bed and breakfast out of my home, and I used to serve lavender scones,” she said. “Lavender sugar is very nice in baking.”

While she’s stepping back from some of her work with herbs (Krist used to be known for her herbal presentations), she’s still very active with the group, and suggested that people email her at bjkrist@charter.net if they’re interested in joining Herbal Renewal.

Her own enthusiasm for herbs certainly hasn’t waned.

“When I grew up, we had salt and pepper and parsley — and that was pretty much it,” Krist said. “We’ve come such a long way.

Herbs add so much depth and flavor to food. Plus I’ve always enjoyed cooking and gardening my whole life, so working with herbs blends two of my favorite hobbies.”

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CHIVES Closely related to garlic, leeks, and scallions “They’re very easy to grow, but make sure you remove the flower heads right away, or you’ll be overrun with more chives than you can handle.”

SAGE A native herb of southern Europe and the Mediterranean “Great for stuffings!”

TARRAGON A perennial herb from the sunflower family “I like it in egg dishes, egg or potato salad, and quiche.”

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PEDAL TO THE KETTLE How local long-haul truckers are cookin’ lean and mean in their rig

By Al Parker Brian Schultz is rolling his flatbed rig through the Georgia countryside, just north of Atlanta, when he decides it’s time to eat.

But rather than hit a fast-food joint, gamble on a truck-stop hot dog or take time out of his busy driving schedule to visit a sitdown eatery, he opts to dine in.

“I cook on my truck,” said Schultz, a former Kingsley resident who now drives so much that he calls his truck his home. “I’m fortunate to have an APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) with a dedicated outlet, plus a 1500watt power inverter. For appliances, I have a toaster oven, Aroma cooker [a kind of slow cooker/rice cooker that can simmer meals], hot plate, coffee maker, and an electric tea kettle to heat water for my morning oatmeal.”

His rig also features a small built-in refrigerator with a tiny freezer, plus he has a 12-volt plug-in cooler for even more cold storage. Many times he’ll also carry a small portable propane grill.

Schultz, a former student at Northwestern Michigan College who worked in customer service jobs before beginning driving in 2015, is among a growing trend of longhaul truckers who shun fast-food staples like burgers, fries, and pizza in favor of healthier choices that they cook themselves as they roll along the nation’s highways at 60 mph.

These road warriors are putting the pedal to the kettle.

“Once every week or two, I park at a truck-friendly Walmart or a truck stop next to a grocery store and get my shopping done,” said Schultz, who drives for Melton Trucking, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

“I try to stick to easier, healthy one-pot recipes, but I make all sorts of things. I like to make a large batch of something that I can eat for a few days, since you don’t always feel like cooking. I always keep a variety of sandwich fixings and healthy snacks on hand for a quick lunch.”

Trucker-chefs swap recipes online and compete in virtual contests like the “Chopped Challenge” run by Big Truck Cooking, a 13,600-member Facebook group whose recent contest entries include slow-cooked Thai peanut pork and skillet shepherd’s pie.

Almost 70 percent of long-haul truck drivers are obese, according to a 2010 survey by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which also found more than half were smokers. Some trucking companies promote cooking as a way to stay healthy in the sedentary profession,

posting instructional videos on social media or outfitting cabs with inverters that convert electricity from the truck battery to power microwaves or hot plates. Dedicated Systems Inc. in Green Bay, Wisconsin, installs refrigerators on its big rigs and auxiliary power units so drivers can run appliances.

About half the drivers in its 70-truck fleet now cook, said M.J. Hintz, a company vice president.

Getting truckers to eat healthier is a big trend in the industry, explained Tim Baker, co-owner of Pinnacle Truck Driver Training in Cadillac. More than 500 drivers have been trained since Pinnacle was launched three years ago.

“We go over healthy eating in our classes and talk about the importance of nutrition,” said Baker. “You’d be amazed at how many of these guys are eating cold cereal and lunch meat sandwiches. Some of them eat a lot of fruit, but a lot are also eating pork rinds. We do encourage them to eat healthy.”

Mancelona resident Steve Crider, who has been driving for Schneider trucking for a little over three months, has taken healthier eating to heart.

“When I started with Schneider, I was at 300 pounds,” said Crider, a Pinnacle grad.

“Now thanks to more sensible dining, I’m at 272 pounds. I try to keep under 1,000 calories a day. I’ll typically have an Equate protein drink for breakfast, another one for lunch, and a Campbell’s Chunky soup for dinner. I’ve also cut out pop, and drink water now. And I also have a supply of fruit, veggies, nuts, and protein bars.”

In addition to the health benefits, preparing their own meals can help truck drivers pad their bottom line, according to Schultz.

“Cooking on the truck saves me a ton of money,” he said. “When I first started, it didn’t take me long to realize I could keep a lot more of my hard-earned pay in the bank this way.”

Whether they are trying to eat healthy, save cash or simply satisfy a discerning palate, some drivers are determined to make their own meals in their own rig, a somewhat cramped, but comfortable environment.

It’s an over-the-road trend that sees truckstop showers function as dishwashing opportunities, engine blocks as grills, and hot dogs boiled in dashboard coffee pots.

There are several tools available that can help a trucker get cooking on the road. Here are a few: Portable stove. By far one of the most convenient appliances for a trucker who

wants to cook in their rig, a portable stove — aka “lunchbox stove” — typically heats up to about 300 degrees. It’s great for warming leftovers, heating up canned foods or cooking fully frozen meals. Drivers set it up before hitting the road for the day, and the meal is ready when it’s time for a break.

One popular unit is the Waring Pro, which features adjustable thermostats with “on” and “ready” indicator lights, heavy cast iron plates, and non-slip rubber feet.

Microwave oven. An alternative to the portable stove, microwaves are handy and easy to use. Trucks with power inverters can typically handle units up to 800 watts.

Smaller options can save space in the truck.

Crock pot. Models are made specifically for use by truckers. Look for one that operates from the cigarette lighter or opt for one that uses regular power if there are outlets in the truck. It’s a good idea to get one with a cord for the lid. This holds the lid in place and hooks under the handles, keeping the meal from spilling out of the slow cooker on bumpy roads. Start a meal in the morning, set it on low, and enjoy it at dinner time.

Electric skillet. Another popular choice with truckers. There are models of different sizes, depending if the driver is alone or cooking for a group. These skillets cook fairly evenly and are good for preparing meats, quesadillas or just about anything you’d prepare on a stovetop.

Hot pot. Especially nice in northern Michigan winters, this unit plugs into the cigarette lighter and heats up beverages, soups, chili, and any liquid-based food.

Coffee drinkers rely on these units to provide fresh brews on their trips.

Freezer/refrigerator. These have become a ‘must-have’ for drivers who want to cook as they roll. They take up little space and save drivers from having to stop for cold drinks, chilled fruit, or bottled water. The freezer can store burritos, veggies, and prepared smoothie packs.

Blender. In trucks with electrical outlets, a blender is a popular choice. It’s a great way to start the day with a blended smoothie.

Some drivers even prepare their smoothie ingredients before they leave on their trip and just pull out the bag and toss it in the blender for breakfast. To save space, singleserve models with a convenient travel mug are choice picks.

Whatever appliances a driver might use, a key factor in healthier eating is planning ahead. Many drivers create a rough plan for meals and snacks before their trip, then

Photos above courtesy of the members of the Big Truck Cooking Group on Facebook.

do some grocery shopping and pack their food securely. This minimizes the chance of needing something at a truck stop where convenience items are often more expensive.

“Eating out every meal gets expensive fast, and poor eating habits will affect your health just as quick,” said Schultz. “That being said, I treat myself to meals out once or twice a week usually. You have to live a little!”

ONE FOR THE ROAD While not his creation, here’s one of Brian Schultz’s favorite recipes that he makes in his Aroma cooker while rolling down the highway.

Chili-Lime Sweet Potato and Chicken Skillet 2 large chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large sweet potato, cut into ½-inch cubes 2 bell peppers, cut into small pieces ½ red onion, cut into small pieces 2 tablespoons chili powder 2 tablespoons ground cumin ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup chicken stock 1 tablespoon lime zest Greek yogurt In a skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat, then add the chicken, and brown for approximately 6 minutes. Remove and place on a plate. Add more olive oil and sweet potato; cook 10–12 minutes until brown. Add the bell peppers, onion, chili powder, cumin, salt, and chicken stock. Return the chicken to the skillet and stir until combined. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Add the black beans and lime zest and cook until heated through.

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It’s Time for Prine at the City Opera House

By Kristi Kates Now in his early 70s, John Prine — the singer-songwriter famous for blending country, folk, and comedy with social and political commentary — is a legend around the nation. But in Traverse City in particular, he’s got four big fans — so big, in fact, they’ve come together as a John Prine tribute band.

The musicians are well known in their own right: Seth Bernard, Mark Lavengood (formerly of Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys), solo artist Michael Beauchamp-Cohen, Dan Rickabus (of The Crane Wives), and solo artist Max Lockwood.

SHORT RUNS Each of the five are working on “legendary” status of their own on the Michigan music scene. They all sing and play multiple instruments; Lavengood is the one who spearheaded the tribute collective.

“I had the initial idea, called the players, and I book the shows,” he said. “I’m not really the ‘leader,’ but I guess I’m more the mover and shaker among a group of really talented artists.”

Prine Time isn’t a band in the usual sense, pounding the pavement for gigs, touring cross-country, and constantly performing.

Instead, they’re selective and regional about their shows, mostly due to the fact that each member has their own individual music career already going strong.

“It’s a temporal kind of project in that we don’t play consistently,” Lavengood said. “We just do a couple of short runs of shows every year to bring the people those sweet, sweet John Prine tunes.”

BAND BOND Lavengood, who is based in Grand Rapids, first listened to Prine’s music in college.

“I was listening to a lot of folk, Americana, and bluegrass music at the time,” he explained.

“But John Prine’s music just pierced my soul. He takes deep philosophical concepts and breaks them down to make them more simple, so that anybody can listen.”

He pursued his bandmates each for different reasons.

“Seth Bernard lives near Williamsburg.

He is truly an inspiring character in the local scene; he’s a hardworking songwriter and artist, plus he’s created so much energy through his Earthwork Music collective. He was high on my list for the band,” Lavengood said.

“Michael — who’s actually moving up to Traverse City from downstate — he and I have such a good connection. We’ve long been familiar with each others’ work, and he’s always covered a lot of John Prine songs.”

Rickabus and Lockwood, on drums and bass respectively, are what Lavegood called “a killer rhythm section.”

“They also both write, themselves, and throw a lot of support to other songwriters,” he added.

FAN FAVORITES With Prine as the songwriter they’re paying homage to, these five musicians have plenty of popular material from which to draw.

Prine tunes you might recognize include “Grandpa Was a Carpenter,” “Angel from Montgomery,” “Paradise,” “In Spite of Ourselves,” and more.

“We definitely want to play the John Prine hits,” Lavengood said. “And also tunes that aren’t necessarily hits, but would definitely stand out to any Prine conneisseur.”

One track Lavengood is particularly excited to play is Prine’s “Fish and Whistle,” a tune Prine ostensibly wrote about the car wash down the street from his house, for lack of anything else to write about. In a contradictory fashion, that song became a big fan favorite for him.

“Almost every time, as we bust into the ‘Fish and Whistle’ rhythm, the whole place will start cheering, ’cause they know what song is coming next,” Lavengood said. “So that one is a favorite.”

“But we’re always thing of how the songs are going to flow together in the setlist — we’re always thinking of the crowd, and what Prine’s fans will want to hear.”

Prine Time: A John Prine Tribute Band will perform at the City Opera House in Traverse City on May 16. For tickets and more information, visit cityoperahouse.org and earthworkmusic.com.

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Emmet County’s Quest to Cut Food Waste

The region’s two-prong approach to helping restaurants and residents tackle the problem

By Kristi Kates According to the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), food waste in the United States is estimated at 30–40 percent of the total food supply. This isn’t only wasteful on a surface level; it also impacts everything from food security and conservation to climate change.

Lindsey Walker, of Recycling Outreach for Emmet County Recycling and Department of Public Works (DPW), said northern Michigan is no different than the rest of the nation’s rate of food waste. That’s why her department has created two innovative food scraps recycling programs in Emmet County, one for residences and one for businesses. Both are great examples of how the rest of the state — and, in fact, the country — could follow suit.

SCRAP SOLUTIONS “Our commercial program started in 2015, as a small pilot program, so we could try it out without expectations,” said Walker. “We started then to collect food scraps from restaurants in the Petoskey and Harbor Springs area, mostly pre-consumer prep scraps.”

These would be the scraps left over from preparing meals — i.e., the tops of carrots, fat cut off of meats, or wilted leaves of lettuce.

Officially titled the Commercial Food Scraps Collection and Composting Program, the initiative stepped in next to Public Works’ curbside recycling program, which provides recycling for over 300 businesses in the Emmet County area as paid for by the businesses.

WASTE STREAM “Looking at the waste stream, we knew that the next part of the stream to tackle would be food,” Walker said. “We figured about 75 percent of our trash is recyclable, the other 20 to 40 percent is food waste.

Going from problem to solution, we approached restaurants first, and all the ones we approached jumped on board. We even signed on a few local flower shops, since they also have compostable materials.”

With a $50,000 grant from the DPW board of directors, the program modified some equipment to work with the scraps and invested in wheeled 64-gallon carts to collect the food waste.

“Two carts were distributed to each business, and we collect twice a week,” said Walker. “We integrated that with our existing composting operation.”

The pilot program didn’t charge a fee for the first year; by the second year, they did add a fee, “but no one minded by that point,” Walker said.

ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS Not all restaurants in the region use the program, though. Eateries that receive many of their ingredients prepackaged, like Grand Traverse Pie Company in Petoskey, said they simply don’t have that much waste to begin with.

“We don’t really have food scraps to speak of,” said Amy Westphal, owner. “We might have some onion skins or eggshells, but we just put those in the trash. There aren’t enough of them to be a real issue.”

“Whenever we have leftover pies, those go to the food shelters here,” Westphal said.

Similarly, some restaurants can’t use the program. For instance, Chandler’s, in Petoskey, has tried several food scrap recycling methods but has yet to find one that works. Staff there started by simply using a kitchen bucket and passing the scraps on to a colleague who raised pigs, but keeping the scraps indoors caused a bad odor.

“We then actually did try to get the carts from the Emmet County program, but the city wouldn’t let us keep them in the alley next to the restaurant, so that didn’t work,” said Chandler’s executive chef, Tom Kaszubowski. “A lot of the scraps we do repurpose so they don’t go to waste For instance, carrot ends go into stock.

But we don’t really have anywhere to properly store the bulk of the scraps outside. We’ve done a lot of talking to a lot of people trying to figure out what to do, and we’re still working on it.”

RECYCLING SCIENCE For the DPW, learning how to properly bring the food scraps in to the recycling center also took a little extra work.

“We were bringing in materials that could decompose quickly and get … well, stinky,” Walker said. “There’s a science to it, so we had to do some experimenting within our own department. For the carts, to prevent similar problems, we figured out that we could spray them clean with water between pickups, and in the winter, we put disposable liners in them, since it’s too cold to hose them clean.”

The bonus for both restaurants and households: Once you eliminate food waste out of your trash, your trash has little reason to smell bad any more. Next step: the home version of the program.

“You might think that the largest amount of food waste would be from restaurants, but it actually comes from us and from our homes,” said Walker. “People don’t necessarily see how much food they’re wasting.”

OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES Emmet County’s home food scraps

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recycling program — called the “Give All Food a Future” program — refers to the process of taking even the smaller amounts of leftover food scraps from private homes, and putting them through the same system that the restaurant scraps go through.

“To collect food scraps from residents, we provide them with a scraps collection caddy for their kitchen,” Walker said. “We can then teach them how to either compost the scraps at home in their own yard, or they can bring them to the farmers market in Harbor Springs or Petoskey to be composted; or they can bring the scraps right to our recycling center.”

More than 700 caddies have been given to households so far. A survey conducted by the DPW found that 71 percent of participants said that composting has helped decrease the amount of garbage thrown away in their household.

The home program, Walker added, is more about education; the DPW utilizes public outreach at the farmers markets to explain inperson how recycling and composting work.

But it doesn’t stop in your kitchen; the process applies to your yard clippings, too.

YARD GOALS “We also operate a yard waste facility, so we already have a recycling center, compost site, and transfer station,” Walker explained.

Yard waste — such as lawn and yard clippings — are composted and repurposed just like the food scraps.

“We’ve been making a really good, fine compost product for over ten years now,” said Walker. “It’s both sold in bulk, and in smaller bags for home use.”

The compost is important to the overall recycling program, as its used in gardens, meaning the program works full circle; this is good news to the DPW, who keep expanding the program with each year.

By this spring, the programs will have collected a half-million pounds of food scraps.

“For 2018 and 2019, we have a steady roster of 20 restaurants and flower shops, and we would like to add more participants for the residential program,” Walker said. “We also want to start doing work with schools to educate about food waste, and working more with the local farmers markets as well farm to table programs; they can use our compost and it will keep closing that loop.”

For more information on how to participate, whether you’re a resident or a business, visit emmetrecycling.org. If you’re not in Emmet County, call your local Department of Public Works to see what programs are available in your area.

WHAT CAN I DO?

Five Tips for Making a Difference How can you help reduce food waste at home? Try these tips: 1. Don’t Blind Date Don’t be uninformed. Learn about the date markings on food products. The sell-by date is aimed at retailers and informs them when a product should be sold or removed from store shelves. (Typically, after the sell-by date, one-third of a product’s shelf-life remains.)

The use-by date is a directive aimed at consumers; it informs how soon the food should be eaten. After the use-by date, food quality declines.

2. Grow Your Own Herbs Keeping your own miniature indoor garden of herbs growing in pots means you can snip off what you need, when you need it, instead of buying a packet of herbs at the supermarket for one recipe, and letting the remainder of the herbs languish in your produce drawer until they’re unusable.

3. Shop Specifically Planning meals ahead is more than just an organizational tool. It can also help you prevent food waste. Don’t buy more than you need for each recipe; if you find you’ll have overage, plan a second meal around the extra portions or ingredients. Go into the supermarket with a specific list, and do your best not to buy extras just because they’re on sale or are in a particularly attractive sales display — especially when it comes to perishable foods.

4. Love Your Leftovers If you do end up with leftovers, don’t stuff them into Tupperware and hide them at the back of your refrigerator. Actively plan to make them into a meal the very next day, adding something to pep them up, like perhaps extra salad ingredients, a different side vegetable, or a savory sauce. Keep them visible so you remember that you’ve got more food all ready to enjoy.

5. Banish Clutter Don’t fill your refrigerator to the brim with everything from lunchmeats to condiments.

The better you can see what’s in there, the more you’ll remember to eat it, or to use those ingredients to prepare a fresh meal.

Food piled on top of food only means you can’t see what you’ve got … until it’s too late because it’s already spoiled.

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may 12

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59TH ANNUAL MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: 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

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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

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

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AOMCI TC MEET: 9am, Medalie Park, TC. The wolverine chapter of AOMCI will meet.

There will be a People’s Choice show of motors by the members. A swap sales area will be in the parking lot. Free.

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GARLIC MUSTARD WORKBEE: 9am-noon.

Help the Northwest MI Invasive Species Network remove invasive garlic mustard from the Natural Education Reserve in TC. Meet at the Boardman River Nature Center & carpool to Olsen Bridge Trail head. Dress for the weather.

Free/includes lunch. habitatmatters.org

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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.

---------------------The Avett Brothers • Aug. 10

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.

---------------------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/shanty-2-shorts

---------------------Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life with The Steep Canyon Rangers and Jeff Babko • Aug. 11

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

---------------------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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DOODLE ART DAY AT TFG: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Elk Rapids.

Bring pen, paper & pencil. Season-long, second Sat. of every month. Refreshments, music & socializing. 231-264-0123. Free. twistedfishgallery.com

---------------------“BIG FISH” AUDITIONS: 2pm, Alan L. Gornick Auditorium, Gaylord. Presented by Gaylord Community Productions. Ages 6-12: 2-4pm; ages 13+: 4-7pm. gaylordcommunityproductions.com

---------------------“SWEENEY TODD”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium.

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Boyne City’s Galactic Sherpas bring funk to the 4th Annual Craft Beer Block Party that kicks off the 58th Annual National Morel Mushroom Festival on Thurs., May 17 from 5-9pm in the 100 block of South Lake St. in downtown Boyne City. If the weather is bad, it will be moved to the heated Mushroom Festival tent in Veterans Park. Various MI breweries will provide the beer, including Petoskey Brewing Co., Cigar City, Shorts, Triple Root and many others. Admission is $18, which includes a souvenir cup and five tasting tickets. There will also be wine tasting and local food available for purchase. The festival runs through Sun., May 20. bcmorelfestival.com

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

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/performances

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

Community play-along until 8pm. Bring an instrument or listen in. Free. Find on Facebook.

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

---------------------- ------------------------------------------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

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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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MIKE SUPER: 8pm, Odawa Casino, Petoskey.

This magician & illusionist, who was also a finalist on “America’s Got Talent,” will perform. $25. odawacasino.com

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OAK RIDGE BOYS: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This Grammy Award-winning 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: May 11-13. Today includes the Antique Car Show & Cruise, Co-ed Softball Tournament & more. mesick-mushroomfest.org

“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: 7:30pm, 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

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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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RAINBOW OF HOPE FARM’S MOTHER’S DAY DINNER: 11am-2pm, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley. The greenhouse will be open as well as a petting zoo for children. $10. rainbowofhopefarm.weebly.com

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-johnstonnature-preserve

---------------------“YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: (See Sat., May 12 except today’s time is 2pm.)

---------------------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

may 14

monday

UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Sat., May 12)

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“BIG FISH” AUDITIONS: 4pm, Alan L. Gornick Auditorium, Gaylord. Presented by Gaylord Community Productions. Ages 6-12: 4-6pm; ages 13+: 6-9pm. gaylordcommunityproductions.com

---------------------MEET WITH SENATOR DARWIN BOOHER & REPRESENTATIVE CURT VANDERWALL: 4-5:30pm, Crystal Cafe, Benzonia. Learn what legislation is being worked on & what items are important to you in operating a successful business.

---------------------“BACKYARD BIRDS & NATIVE PLANTS”: 5pm, Samaritas Senior Living of TC, Williamsburg. Northwest MI Invasive Species Outreach Specialist Emily Cook describes the ways that native plants both pollinate & help MI’s backyard birds. Dinner at 5pm; presentation at 6pm. $5 for dinner. Presented in conjunction with the GT County Senior Center Network. RSVP: 9222080 or dmikowski@grandtraverse.org

---------------------SHEBIKES RIDE: 6pm, TC Central High School. Please show up early to sign in, get your gear ready & break into smaller groups, based on pace & distance. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

---------------------CUPCAKES DECORATING FOR ADULTS: 6:30pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Decorating materials provided. Bring a dozen unfrosted cupcakes. RSVP: 231-223-7700. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------GT HUMANISTS PRESENT MARK GUSTAFSON: 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Former literature instructor Mark Gustafson presents a program on Humanism in Literature. Free. gthumanists.org

---------------------RHUBARBARY HOUSE CONCERT: 7:30pm, 3550 Five Mile Creek Rd., Harbor Springs. Featuring Roy Zimmerman. For the past 20 years, Roy has brought satire to the struggle for peace & justice. His songs have been heard on HBO & Showtime, & his YouTube videos have garnered over seven million views. 231-499-8038. peacemealstringband.com

may 15

tuesday

COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. “The Creative Spirit” with Elizabeth Fergus-Jean, PhD, who is a nationally recognized interdisciplinary artist, author & lecturer on visual thinking, creativity, & archetypes in media. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------WILDFLOWER WALK: 10am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Join wildflower enthusiast Julie Hurd & walk along GRNA’s trails, learning about wildflowers. Donations. grassriver.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Create a butterfly collage. Held at 11am & 2pm. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Sat., May 12) ---------------------MARINA CALL’S BOOK PARTY: 5-8pm, Left Foot Charley, TC. Celebrate the book launch party of “Eastbound, I Think.” This coming-ofage novel tells the story of Oscar Santos, a young man who travels the Iberian Peninsula on a train. Free. themarinacall.com

---------------------CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY TC MEETING: 6:30-8:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, third floor, TC. If you’re new, come at 6pm for an introduction to CCL. citizensclimatelobby.org

---------------------TIM KEENAN: 6:30-8pm, Charlevoix Public Library. This author of “The Good Hike” writes about how he grew to loathe the impenetrable jungle of Vietnam, & how he overcame his fears. Tim will also be screening the short documentary “Naneek” about his return to Vietnam. charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------NCCA SPRING CONCERT: CELEBRATE THE ARTS: 7pm, New Covenant Christian Academy, auditorium, Big Red Barn, Interlochen. Free. newcovenantchristianacademy.org

---------------------SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB MEETING: 7pm, Acme Township Hall, Williamsburg. Jim Couling will present “Prison Master Gardener,” discussing his success in establishing a horticulture/gardening project in the Kinross Prison in MI’s upper peninsula. 938-9611.

---------------------THE GREAT AMERICAN READ: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Read. Vote. Watch. Help choose America’s favorite book. 100 books. One winner. cityoperahouse.org/the-great-american-read

may 16

wednesday

“IDEAS FOR LIFE” SENIOR EXPO: 10am-3pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. This year’s theme is “Trick or Treat: Treat Yourself & Avoid Being Tricked.” Presented by B.A.S.A. Featuring over 100 exhibitors. tcseniorexpo.org

UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Sat., May 12)

---------------------“SOMEONE YOU LOVE: THE HPV EPIDEMIC”: 4:30pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Attend this free film screening, including a panel of local experts.

Presented by the Health Department of Northwest MI. nwhealth.org

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---------------------“MARK TWAIN”: 2pm, Mills Community House, Upper Level, Benzonia Public Library.

Presenter Al Bryant had the opportunity to take classes about Mark Twain & to also teach them at the college level. Free. benzonialibrary.org

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GAYLORD BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Dynamic Physical Therapy, Gaylord.

Complimentary food & beverages by BJ’s Restaurant & Catering. $5.

GT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 2-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Author Thomas R. Dilley will speak on interpreting the unwritten messages found on your ancestor’s headstone. gtags.org

FREE LECTURE - SPRING HERB WALK: 6-8pm, NCMC, room 536, Petoskey. Sierra Bigham, certified herbalist & wild harvester, will lead this Spring Herb Walk on the campus nature areas. eventbrite.com

BENZIE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MAY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Thompsonville Airport, Thompsonville.

Featuring RC aircraft flying & more. 231-8825801. $5.

------------------------------------------TC RIDE OF SILENCE: 6pm, Depot parking lot, 642 Railroad Place, TC. A free, slowpaced, silent bike ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways. Five miles. Meet at 5:30pm.

Organized & led by the Cherry Capital Cycle Club. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

---------------------THE STATE OF NATIVE PLANTS: 7pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Frankfort. Learn by example what other areas/gardens, here & abroad, are doing with native plants & managing invasive species. Presented by Advanced Master Gardener Cheryl Gross. Free.

---------------------PRINE TIME: A JOHN PRINE TRIBUTE BAND: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Mark Lavengood, Seth Bernard, Michael BeauchampCohen, Dan Rickabus & Max Lockwood all share their admiration for the musical works of songwriter John Prine. They sing, play their primary instrument, & swap instruments from song to song. $25, $15. cityoperahouse.org/prine-time

---------------------LIFETREE CAFE: 8pm, The Rock of Kingsley.

Featuring a film about the struggle to forgive & a discussion. Free. facebook.com/pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------TC BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-8pm, Kirkbride Hall, TC. Celebrate Events North’s 10th Anniversary. Find on Facebook.

may 17

thursday

DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC: 11am-2pm, Benzonia Public Library. Advice on solving garden & landscape problems, including plant, weed, bug, & disease identification. Free clinic offered by MSU Extension & Local Master Gardeners. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin Jr. greatlakeskids.org UP NORTH BEER WEEK: (See Sat., May 12)

------------------------------------------ELK RAPIDS BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Elk Rapids Golf Club. Free.

---------------------NATIONAL MOREL MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Downtown Boyne City, May 17-20. Today includes the Craft Beer Block Party. Featuring 20+ craft breweries, wineries, food trucks/restaurants & live music by the Galactic Sherpas.

Admission is $18 & includes a souvenir cup & five tasting tickets. bcmorelfestival.com/events

---------------------JERUSALEM…A CUP OF TREMBLING: 5:30pm, Samaritas Senior Living of TC, Williamsburg. Learn about the significance of Israel’s 70th anniversary from the perspective of Pastor Joseph Bradway. RSVP: (231) 4083385 or cwhit@samaritas.org

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

There will be a demonstration of knitting socks using a machine. Bring your favorite hand knitted socks to show. Members will show their latest creations as well. Find on Facebook. Free.

---------------------GARDENING FOR HEALTH: 6pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling. Featuring Huron Pines & local health & wellness partners. Give your input about the revitalization of the Crawford County Community Garden Friends. crawfordcoa.org

---------------------INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FORUM LECTURE: 6pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Special Presentation on India & Pakistan. “On Stage Together: Ajmal Khan & Rajmohan Gandhi.” Two leading scholars look at the legacy of their families’ search for peace. Reception, 5:15pm. $15; free for current students & educators. tciaf. com/upcoming-events-2

---------------------AWARENESS EXERCISE: SEEING THE SPACE AROUND THOUGHT PATTERNS: 6:30-8:30pm, Pathways Preschool, 703 Rose St., TC. Sokuzan, abbot of SokukoJi Buddhist Monastery, will speak about meditation. Suggested donation, $10. sokukojitc.org

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---------------------AN EVENING WITH DAVID GRANN: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the National Writers Series. #1 New York Times bestselling author & staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, David Grann will sign his latest book, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” cityoperahouse.org/nws-david-grann

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29TH ANNUAL ZOO-DE-MACKINAC BIKE TOUR: May 18-20. The bike ride (not a race) takes place today, starting between 7:30am10:30am at Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs & spans 51 miles along Lake Michigan on a paved road with very little automobile traffic. Riders enjoy beautiful views of Lake Michigan from 400’ high bluffs. Stop at Legs Inn for lunch, & then the ride continues to Mackinaw City where there is a post ride party at The Crossings. zoo-de-mack.com

---------------------JOPPA 5K: 8am, Michigan Beach Park, Charlevoix. runsignup.com/Joppa

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Help the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network remove invasive garlic mustard from Magoon Creek in Manistee. Meet at the First United Methodist Church & carpool to Olsen Bridge Trail head. Dress for the weather. Free/includes lunch. habitatmatters.org/eventsworkbees.html

BOATING & FISHING GEAR SWAP: 9am6pm, Elmwood Township Marina. Bring your gear, boat equipment, parts, old boats, & anything fishing & lakes related. Cost: Free for Elmwood Twp. Marina slip owners; $10 per booth for non-slip owners; $20 for a double booth for non-slip owners. eventbrite.com

HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 10-11am: Story Hour: Dr. Seuss. 6-8pm: Cynthia Williams will sign her book “The Whispering Pines Inn.” horizonbooks.com

BUCKLEY OLD ENGINE CLUB’S SPRING SWAP MEET: (See Fri., May 18)

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Project. Join AmeriCorps members for a day of service in & around the community of East Jordan. Register. 231-547-9947. surveymonkey.com/r/DDNZ7X3

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GARLIC MUSTARD WORKBEE: 9am-noon.

Help the Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network remove invasive garlic mustard from Clay Cliffs Natural Area in Leland. Meet at the Leland Public Library & carpool to Clay Cliffs.

Dress for the weather. Free/includes lunch. habitatmatters.org/eventsworkbees.html

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SPRING STEWARDSHIP DAY: 9am, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Do some spring cleaning. Lunch is provided. RSVP: stewardship@grassriver.org.

AUTHORS AMY EMBERLING & FRANK CAROLLO: 2pm, Bellaire Public Library.

These authors will discuss their new book “Zingerman’s Bakehouse.” They will also bring food samples. bellairelibrary.org EMPIRE ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL: Front St., Empire, May 18-20. Tonight includes a dance, fish boil & pig roast. empirechamber.com/ event/asparagus-festival

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FOFA PRESENTS: THE CRANE WIVES: 7pm, Suttons Bay High School Auditorium.

Initially part of the indie folk boom, The Crane Wives’ sound has grown with each new recording & categorization is difficult. They’ve had seven “Jammie” awards from radio station WYCE. $16 adult, $12 student. brownpapertickets.com

TART TRAILS’ TAILS TO TRAILS 5K: 9am, Vasa Trailhead, Williamsburg. Mingle with other dog owners & enjoy the trails with your canine friend. All proceeds benefit TART Trails.

Includes a dog goodie bag with treats & photos of you & your dog(s). $20 - $50. traversetrails. org/event/tails-to-trails-a-four-paw-5k

29TH ANNUAL ZOO-DE-MACKINAC BIKE TOUR: May 18-20. Tonight features registration from 8pm-midnight in the Zoo Bar, Harbor Springs. The Kick-Off Party also takes place here from 8pm-1:30am. zoo-de-mack.com/ zoo-de-mack-info

ebrating MI’s natural fiber, farmers, processors & skilled artisans with 40 vendors from around the state selling spinning fiber, yarn & finished goods. There will also be workshops, live music, fiber arts, sheep dog & sheep shearing demos, & more. Free. facebook.com/mittfiberfair

THE B. WILLIAMS EXPERIMENT: 8pm, Old Art Building, Leland. A regular at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge in Detroit, The BWE features Brandon Williams on drums, Tony Gordon on keyboards, Lavon McPherson on bass & Jeff Ponders on sax. Brandon Williams is a musician & producer. He has worked with Janet Jackson, Anita Baker, Ryan Leslie, Stevie Wonder & many others. $20. mynorthtickets.com

TOGETHER WE GROW CHILDREN’S EXPO: 9:30-11:30am, Grand Traverse Academy, TC. Created especially for preschool & elementary aged children & their parents. Kids will enjoy science, music & art activities, face painting, balloon animals, a bounce house, story time & more.

Parents can learn about local organizations that offer programs & activities for children. Free. mygta.us/bulletin-board/childrens-expo-planned

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---------------------GIRLS TAKE OVER THE STATE THEATRE: 10am, The State Theatre, TC. Join Norte, GT Pie & the State Theatre for a “strong girls” celebration. Watch “Moana,” talk about riding bikes, & smash the “Most Girls at the State Theatre” record. elgruponorte.org

---------------------GLOBAL 6K FOR WATER: 10am, Medalie Park, TC. Join thousands of people from around the world in bringing clean water to communities in developing nations. $50; 18 & under, $25. teamworldvision.org

---------------------MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS SPLASH OF COLOR FUN RUN: 10am, Festival Park, Petoskey. 5K run & 1 mile walk. Presented by North Country Community Mental Health. $15$20. eventbrite.com

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TOXIC CHERRIES ROLLER DERBY HOME OPENER: 6pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Toxic Cherries versus Central Michigan Mayhem. Fundraising will benefit Disability Network/Northern Michigan. Tickets available from Brown Paper Tickets. $10. Find on Facebook.

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FREE TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES: 7-9pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay.

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HIP HOP CONCERT WITH PUG LOOP & FRIENDS: 7-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey.

A benefit for the Petoskey Public Library. $5 at door. redskystage.com

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USED BOOK SALE AT BENZONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: 10am-4pm. Info: 231-882-4111. benzonialibrary.org

CLEARANCE, OHMME, FIONA DICKINSON: 8pm, GT Circuit, TC. Three Band Triple Header. $10 suggested donation. Find on Facebook.

VETERANS FOR PEACE: 10am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. This group will meet to plan the annual yard sale on June 8-9. A silent walk for peace follows at noon. vfp50.org

NIGHT RANGER: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Catch these platinum-selling hard rock favorites on their 35th Anniversary Tour. $40, $50, $55. lrcr.com

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WINERIES OF OLD MISSION PENINSULA BLOSSOM DAY: 10am-5pm, Wineries of Old Mission Peninsula. Enjoy wine tastings & spring-inspired food pairings at each winery & a commemorative wine glass. $30 advance; $35 day of. wineriesofomp.com

---------------------MEETING OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: 11am, Elks Lodge, TC. A regular meeting of the Job Winslow Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held with lunch to follow. Reservations required.

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TWIN BAY TRAIL RIDERS DRUMLIN RUN: 7:30am, Heeres Farm, Ellsworth.

Round 3 of The D14 Hare Scramble Series. 2 hrs. + 1 lap XC race. Sign up: 7:30-11am. Mini parade lap: 9:30am. Mini race: 10am. 50cc race: 11am. Big bikes: No parade lap race: noon.

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AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 122pm: John Garavaglia will sign his book “Dorian Gray.” 2-4pm: Dean Smith will sign his book “The Lumper.” 4-6pm: Keith Gave will sign his book “The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery & Courage.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------MOHAWKS FOR MUNSON: 12-4pm, North Peak Brewing Co., TC. Help Munson Medical Center raise $30,000 for its Cowell Family Cancer Center. Besides watching mohawk shaving & faux-hawk styling for kids, also enjoy a BBQ, live music, bounce house, free Moomer’s ice cream, face painting & crafts for kids. Donations. northpeak.net

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4TH ANNUAL IPL’S MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS & FRIENDS TEA: 1-3pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Light fare, sweets & tea will be served. Little House on the Prairie theme. Also featuring crafts & entertainment. tadl.org/interlochen

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ORYANA COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY: 1:305pm, Oryana Community Co-op, TC. A celebration of community featuring live music (including Katie & Sav of The Accidentals), food from local vendors, art & more. Find on Facebook.

---------------------REGIONAL BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7:30pm, Antrim Dells, Ellsworth. $10.

---------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS SPRING CONCERT OF THE DOROTHY GERBER STRINGS PROGRAM: 5:40pm, Charlevoix

EMPIRE ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL: 9am-1pm, Empire Township Hall. Today includes an asparagus breakfast. $10. empirechamber.com/ event/asparagus-festival

TIP OF THE MITT FIBER FAIR: 10am-4pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. Celebrating MI’s natural fiber, farmers, processors & skilled artisans with 40 vendors from around the state selling spinning fiber, yarn & finished goods. There will also be workshops, live music, fiber arts, sheep dog & sheep shearing demos, & more. Free. facebook.com/mittfiberfair

THIRD COURSE | BROTHERS CABERNET Lamb Porterhouse, Beet and Feta Gratin, Red Wine Glaze INTERMEZZO Lime Sorbet with Fresh Blueberries, Tuile

---------------------63RD ANNUAL NMC BARBECUE: 11am5pm, NMC, main campus, TC. Proceeds help fund projects at NMC. $6 advance; $8 day of. nmc.edu

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BLESSING OF THE BLOSSOMS: 11am-5pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. This non-denominational service is the origin of the Cherry Festival.

Complimentary cherry pie, refreshments & musical entertainment will be on hand after the half hour service. Free. chateauchantal.com

FOURTH COURSE | RESERVE CABERNET Aged Wagyu Ribeye, Wild Mushroom Ragout, Fingerling Potato, Chimichurri, Charred Cipollini Onion FIFTH COURSE | DOMAINE TRIENNES ROSÉ Flan, Lemon Tuile, Strawberry Dust

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 Please call 231.439.4051 for reservations.

NATIONAL MOREL MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: Boyne City, May 17-20. Today includes a craft show, the M.O.R.E.L. Outdoor Show & more. bcmorelfestival.com/events

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., May 18)

---------------------PLOW DAY: 11am-3pm, The Rex Dobson Ruby Ellen Farm, 5946 S. Center Hwy., Bingham Township, Leelanau County. Featuring horse-drawn plowing demonstrations, horsedrawn wagon rides, a harnessing demonstration, obstacle course run, & much more. Free. rubyellenfarm.org

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---------------------BOOK LAUNCH: 2-4pm, Horizon Books, TC. With Lynne Rae Perkins, author of “Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------BOOK SIGNING: 2-5pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Author Kim Schneider will sign her book “100 Things To Do In Traverse City Before You Die.” chateauchantal.com

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TAHS LOCAL HISTORY PROGRAM: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Series of short local history presentations. Free. traversehistory.wordpress.com

---------------------CROOKED TREE YOUTH ORCHESTRAS SPRING CONCERT: 2:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Free. crookedtree.org

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---------------------SPRING BEAUTIES: A WOODLAND WILDFLOWER WALK: 2:30-4pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Featuring TC native Caitlin Chism. Free. michlegacyartpark.org

---------------------ENCORE WINDS SPRING CONCERT: 3pm, First Congregational Church, TC. $15 adults, $10 seniors, kids free. encorewinds.org

---------------------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

---------------------EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Sportsman’s Park, East Jordan. Held on Thursdays from 8am-noon. Featuring local organically grown fruits & vegetables, baked goods, jewelry, crafts, flowers & more. Free coffee.

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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

---------------------“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

---------------------“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

---------------------“WELCOME MAY WITH ART”: Runs through May at City Opera House, TC. Local artists Annie George & Margaret Weeks are exhibiting paintings. Hours: 10am-5pm, M-F, & in the evening during events. cityoperahouse.org

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

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

CAMERON BLAKE: 7pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. This singer/songwriter’s new album is “Fear Not.” He will be joined by Ethan Lucas on drums & Max Brown on guitar & bass. $20 advance; $25 door. sleders.com

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

---------------------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

---------------------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

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VASA DOMINGOS: Timber Ridge RV Resort, TC. This mountain bike group ride meets every Sun. at 11:45am. Starts at noon. elgruponorte.org

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

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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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BACH FAMILY FESTIVAL: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs. Presented by the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. A preconcert talk with Libor Ondras will be held at 3pm. General admission, $25. glcorchestra.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. 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

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

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: Mon. - Sat., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm NMC JURIED STUDENT ART SHOW: Featuring the work of NMC & local high school students. Runs May 16-27.

---------------------SPECIAL EXHIBITION & SALE OF WORLD ARTS & CRAFTS: May 18-20. See work from six countries representing media of wood carving, textiles & painting. Sale hours: Fri. & Sat.: 10am-5pm. Sun.: 11am-5pm. dennosmuseum.org

Børns Returns to Michigan for Lansing Fest The lineup for this year’s Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing (July 5–8) just keeps expanding with a diverse lineup of pop, rock, country, and hip-hop artists, including Judah and the Lion, T-Pain, Gucci Mane, Kip Moore, Logic, DJ Jazzy Jeff, The Aces, and Hunter Hayes. One of the additionally announced headliners is actually a Michigan native — Los Angeles pop singer Børns (aka Garrett Borns), who got his start in Grand Haven and later achieved national success with his hit “Electric Love” in 2015.

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Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr took a unique approach to recording his latest album, which he tracked in a studio above an old factory in Manchester, England. During the recording sessions, Marr hooked up a stack of old projectors and colorful lights to keep an endless series of video footage and kaleidoscopic images projected onto the walls. He said it included everything from BBC or French news footage to screensaver - type images of animals or the cosmos. The lyrical storylines of the resulting album, Call

LINK OF THE WEEK Canadian band Arcade Fire performed in Dublin, Ireland, last Friday. In honor of late singer Dolores O’Riordan, of the Irish pop group The Cranberries, AF performed a chorus of The Cranberries’ “Linger” in the middle of one of AF’s own songs; check out the affecting, emotional performance at https://tinyurl.com/yd3tghyk …

tune at the 2018 Detroit Music Awards at the Fillmore …

Michigan State University grad-turnedelectro-pop singer Quinn XCII (aka Mikael Temrowski) has released a deluxe edition of his debut album, The Story of Us …

Detroit rapper Payroll Giovanni, now signed to Def Jam records, just released a duo album, Big Bossin Vol. 2, with his production partner Cardo …

Detroit club regular Jody Raffoul will open for Needtobreathe on Aug. 14 at Meadow Brook Amphitheater … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

THE BUZZ Detroit rockers Sponge reunited last week for the first time in 24 years to play a

Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

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I Am They – Trial and Triumph – Provident

Following in the now-somewhat-worn footsteps of Mumford and Sons and The Head and The Heart: folk-rock band I Am They, which looks to be attempting to deck itself out in some more refined shoes to morph with radio preferences. Does it work? Sort of — although the more modern takes on its songs don’t always seem to be the best ones. Tracks like “The Water” and the late-’80s inspired “No Impossible With You” might have been better expressed via the band’s earlier, more rootsy form.

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With Tully, director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air) and screenwriter Diablo Cody (Ricki and the Flash) complete a spiritual trilogy of sorts that started with their cutesy and quirky sensation Juno (which hasn’t aged all that well, in my opinion) and one of my all-time least favorite viewing experiences (imo), the also-Charlize-Theron-starring Young Adult. But no matter where you stand on these somewhat divisive films, Tully proves to be a culmination of their artistic partnership, a mature and generous piece of filmmaking that is low-key marvelous.

It also isn’t at all the movie you are expecting.

It’s not the straight comedy about a put upon mom some of the marketing would have you believe. Instead it takes you somewhere different, somewhere surprising, somewhere real, and somewhere very rewarding. It’s the kind of movie you need to stay with, let it sit, and then think about it some more.

In an incredibly brave and entirely unglamorous performance, we have Charlize Theron (not as unglamorous as her Oscarwinning Monster role, but still) as Marlo, a mother of two young children about to get birth to her third (and unplanned) child.

In addition to trying to prepare for the new baby, her middle child Jonah, who has been labeled “quirky” at the tony private school the family can’t really afford, is causing disruptions at school that has put him at risk of being asked to leave.

See, the only reason Marlo’s children attend this school is that her brother, Craig (Mark Duplass), is extremely well off. And for the impending birth of her child, Craig decides to gift his sister with a night nurse, basically a nanny who comes in only at night so mothers can sleep, which quite frankly sounds more magical than anything Mary Poppins ever pulled. Both Marlo and her husband, Drew (Ron Livingston), are ill at ease with the offer, not wanting to accept such an extravagant offer.

That’s because, as compared to Craig’s beautiful and well-appointed manse that screams ease, the modest home they left Brooklyn for in order to raise a family in suburbia feels incredibly authentic and lived in. One step into their home, and you pick up on the details of their world. You know these people, and you understand their lives and struggles without having to be told.

Once the baby is born, the realities of motherhood make you want to scream.

Marlo is sleep-deprived, her nipples hurt, and all she seems to do is change diapers, and in a particularly great sequence, you’ll deeply feel the monotony and madness of

en years. 18 movies. 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. I’m not going to try to do a super in-depth recap of where things stand in a world inhabited by playboy geniuses, arachnid enhanced teenagers, Norse gods, African princes, WWII soldiers, interdimensional sorcerers, and alien mercenaries, but let’s say the Avengers are still on the outs.

Bringing all these disparate worlds and characters together is the looming threat of Thanos (Josh Brolin), who seeks to collect all six “infinity stones” so he can wipe out half of humanity, and for moral reasons at that. You just can’t deny the sheer delight of seeing all these characters on screen together. The new pairings — think Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) 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, the action sequences are good (if not a tad unrelenting), the film is too long, but it will leave you shook, and it’s gonna make a ton of money. All in all, pretty successfully executed blockbuster entertainment.

the rhythms of life with a newborn: nothing is romanticized, and this isn’t bliss.

And while husband Drew is sweet, loving, and well intentioned, he still doesn’t get what she’s dealing with and prefers video games to sex in bed at the end of a long day.

So basically, her brother’s offer is looking too good to resist at this point. Enter Tully, a young woman who comes in with “ninja” baby skills and makes everything better.

The house is suddenly clean, Marlo has the perfect cupcakes to take to her kids’ classrooms, and she is suddenly present. It’s not just that Tully helps Margo by taking care of the baby, Tully takes care of Margo.

Tully is a bit of manic pixie dreamgirl, but it’s used in interesting ways, and there’s more to her than you think. Tully and Marlo form a very unique bond, and through Tully we get to know the person Marlo once was.

While you won’t exactly be laughing out loud throughout the film, make no mistake. It is incredibly funny in a wry and wonderful way.

Don’t expect the mile-a-minute jokes and hyperstylized dialogue Cody is known for.

The humor here is sometimes uncomfortable, adds to the film’s poignancy, and makes it all the more earned and profound.

Written after the birth of her own third child, Cody has come into her own. And Reitman’s understated direction pairs beautifully. There were so many moments that I wanted to continue to talk about, how the truth of them did something to me I couldn’t quite grasp. I left appreciating not only my own mother more but also a hearty dose of birth control.

Then there’s the sly ending, which I won’t say too much about other than this: For its questionable nature, it is not simply a slight-of-hand gimmick but something that enriches the film in unexpected ways. It also might play better on repeat viewings.

Trading in the messiness of motherhood more than the beauty, and confronting how we live with the decisions we make and the fraught expectations of modern parenthood, this a film that is so unbearably honest it is incredibly refreshing. One of it’s many poignant truths is when Tully encourages Marlo to kiss the baby goodnight, explaining she’ll be different in the morning. And after seeing this film, the same can be said of you — you’ll be different just for watching it.

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

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ate one night in the summer of 1969, Massachusetts Senator Edward Moore Kennedy accidentally drove his car, drunk, off a narrow bridge. And while the senator managed to escape, a young staffer named Mary Jo Kopechne, who was in the car with him, did not. She died of suffocation rather than drowning, waiting hours for a rescue that would never arrive.

Kennedy left the scene of the accident and didn't formally report it for a further 10 hours, choosing instead to begin to try and construct a narrative wherein he was absolved of as much of the blame as possible. Chappaquiddick aims to explain why, and presents a nuanced portrait of a deeply flawed man burdened with ambition but also touched with a chilling streak of narcissism and entitlement. Watching it play out, you can hardly believe something so heinous and so clearly bumbled could be so cleanly swept away. Director John Curran (The Painted Veil) has masterfully captured and firmly anchored those five days in July surrounding the incident. This is an astounding, well-done film, shedding light on a shadowy story that can only really told objectively nearly 50 years later. You’ll leave the theater dumbstruck that such a brazen act could be pulled off, that Americans could be so thoroughly hoodwinked.

But then you’ll look around and think, well … here we are.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise.

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dorable dogs plus animation. It’s a recipe for your most basic, derivative, and unchallenging kind of kiddie fare. But these cursory conclusions belie the sheer brilliance of the storytelling because this is a movie by Wes Anderson — the quirky auteur who meticulously crafts dollhouse worlds of curiosities and eccentricities. It is his singular aesthetic and wondrous worldbuilding that is often imitated and parodied, but it is the feelings they conjure that is much more difficult to describe and capture.

Set in the near future in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki, the authoritarian government has fanned a “dog flu” and “snout fever” hysteria. Even with scientists close to a cure, Mayor Kobayashi banishes all dogs from the city. And so we journey to the dystopian delights of Trash Island, where the displaced dogs have formed packs that fight for whatever putrid scraps come their way from the city. Their everyday existence and struggle for survival is disrupted when “The Little Pilot,” aka Atari Kobayashi, ward of the mayoral household, crash lands on Trash Island in search of his beloved dog, Spots. Thus we embark on a wonderful madcap adventure as Atari and a pack of dogs (featuring the vocal talents of Ed Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, and Jeff Goldblum) embark on an odyssey across abandoned amusement parks and nuclear waste plants. Witty, dazzling, melancholy, and heartfelt, this is daringly imaginative and transfixingly beautiful work. Isle of Dogs is a benevolent fantasy, a film that, for as bleak and cynical as it is at times, is as much a giddy and goofy joy — the dog bath for the soul that might just be exactly what you need (unless you’re staunchly pro-cat).

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: It is more taboo than ever to make cracks about a woman’s weight — that is, unless she doesn’t have a whole lot of it. Then it’s open season: “Wow, what happened to you?

Forget where the supermarket is?”

However, it probably is not “people” but “people who are female” who are thin-shaming you.

Welcome to female intrasexual competition — competition between women — which is covert and sneaky (and thus poisonous) in a way maleon-male competition is not. Men, who evolved to be the warriors and protectors of the species, tend to be openly aggressive. A guy will give another guy a beat-down or publicly dis him: “Yeah, bro, sure you can get a chick to go home with you — if you’ve got five grand for a sex robot.”

Psychologist Tracy Vaillancourt explains that women seem to have evolved to avoid physical confrontations (and in-your-face verbal attacks that can lead to them), which jeopardize a woman’s ability to have children or fulfill her function as an infant’s principal caregiver and meal provider. Women instead engage in “indirect aggression” to “reduce the mate value of a rival,” like by “disparaging the competitor’s appearance … or using derisive body and facial gestures to make the rival feel badly about herself and thus less willing to compete.” (Yeah, that’s right. It seems “Mean Girls” was a documentary.)

The tricky thing about these indirect attacks is the plausible deniability they confer. Call a woman out for thin-shaming you and she’s likely to duck behind “I’m just worried about your health!” So instead, simply tell her that remarks about your weight hurt your feelings.

Speaking up like this says that you aren’t likely to let any future digs slide, yet you remain on moral high ground — instead of giving back in kind: “Wow, looks like you’ve been exercising a lot. Do you do the backstroke in frosting?”

: I’m a married gay man, and I hate my inlaws. They were disgustingly abusive to my husband when he was a child. They’re in failing health now, and it’s important to him to visit them a couple of times a year. How do I get through these mandatory trips?

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There is actually opportunity within this biannual awfulness you two have to go through.

In the movies, people show their love through grand gestures: “We’ll always have Paris!”

In real life, according to psychologist John Gottman’s research, the strongest, happiest relationships are made up of constant mundane little loving interactions: “You were so sweet to me in Costco.”

Gottman finds that the key determinant in whether a relationship succeeds or fails is the ability to trust one’s partner. This means not just trusting that they won’t cheat but trusting that they’ll continually make you and your needs a priority, on a momentby-moment basis. For example, as Gottman puts it: “Can I trust you to be there and listen to me when I’m upset? … To choose me over your mother, over your friends? … To help with things in the house? To really be involved with our children?”

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So, though you can’t undo the past, when you’re on one of these visits, you can shift your focus from hating your in-laws to showing your love for your husband. Listen.

Tell him, “I know this is really hard for you.”

Hug him. Rub his feet. Once you’re out of the inlaw inferno, you might discuss trying to make a habit of this sort of thing — really being present for each other in the numerous “unimportant” moments of life.

This will keep you from being one of those couples frantically trying to plug gaping holes in their relationship with extravagant gestures. Typically, these are ultimately futile — too little, too late — and tend to not come off as planned. For example, if you’re having 150 doves released over you as you renew your vows, you’d better see that they’re all wearing tiny gold lame diapers.

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23 Dartmouth or Brown, e.g.

24 "I" focus?

25 Kissing disease's progression?

34 Lively tunes 35 Where the mojito supposedly originated 36 Pudding layer 37 In-flight announcement, for short 38 Powerful person 39 Fireman's tool 40 Doesn't just sit there 42 Zest 43 In ___ (stuck) 45 Scaredy-typesetting machine?

48 Singer Rita born in what's now Kosovo 49 Wide shoe size 50 British romance novelist's boast?

58 Awestruck 59 Intensify 60 "Sopranos" actress ___ de Matteo 61 Samurai without a master 62 "Monster" that's really a lizard 63 Fish sometimes eaten by raccoons 64 Special vocabulary 65 Fix, at the vet's office 66 Turns into compost

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TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): ): A chemist named Marcellus Gilmore Edson got a patent on peanut butter in 1894. A businessperson named George Bayle started selling peanut butter as a snack in 1894. In 1901, a genius named Julia David Chandler published the first recipe for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. In 1922, another pioneer came up with a new process for producing peanut butter that made it taste better and last longer. In 1928, two trailblazers invented loaves of sliced bread, setting the stage for the ascension of the peanut butter and jelly sandwich to its full glory. According to my analysis, Taurus, you're partway through your own process of generating a very practical marvel. I suspect you're now at a phase equivalent to Julia David Chandler's original recipe. Onward! Keep going!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One of the

saddest aspects of our lives as humans is the disparity between love and romance. Real love is hard work. It's unselfish, unwavering, and rooted in generous empathy. Romance, on the other hand, tends to be capricious and inconstant, often dependent on the fluctuations of mood and chemistry. Is there anything you could do about this crazy-making problem, Aquarius?

Like could you maybe arrange for your romantic experiences to be more thoroughly suffused with the primal power of unconditional love? I think this is a realistic request, especially in the coming weeks. You will have exceptional potential to bring more compassion and spiritual affection into your practice of intimacy.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): In accordance

with astrological omens, I invite you to dream up new rituals. The traditional observances and ceremonies bequeathed to you by your family and culture may satisfy your need for comfort and nostalgia, but not your need for renewal and reinvention. Imagine celebrating homemade rites of passage designed not for who you once were but for the new person you've become. You may be delighted to discover how much power they provide you to shape your life's long-term cycles. Ready to conjure up a new ritual right now? Take a piece of paper and write down two fears that inhibit your drive to create a totally interesting kind of success for yourself. Then burn that paper and those fears in the kitchen sink while chanting "I am a swashbuckling incinerator of fears!"

ARIES (March 21-April 19): According to my

assessment of the astrological omens, your duty right now is to be a brave observer and fair-minded intermediary and honest storyteller.

Your people need you to help them do the right thing. They require your influence in order to make good decisions. So if you encounter lazy communication, dispel it with your clear and concise speech. If you find that foggy thinking has started to infect important discussions, inject your clear and concise insights.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the most

popular brands of candy in North America is Milk Duds. They're irregularly shaped globs of chocolate caramel. When they were first invented in 1926, the manufacturer's plan was to make them perfect little spheres. But with the rather primitive technology available at that time, this proved impossible. The finished products were blobs, not globes. They tasted good, though. Workers jokingly suggested that the new confection's name include "dud," a word meaning "failure" or "flop."

Having sold well now for more than 90 years, Milk Duds have proved that success doesn't necessarily require perfection.

Who knows? Maybe their dud-ness has been an essential part of their charm. I suspect there's a metaphorical version of Milk Duds in your future, Gemini.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In my vision of

your life in the coming weeks, you're hunting for the intimate power that you lost a while back.

After many twists and trials, you find it almost by accident in a seemingly unimportant location, a place you have paid little attention to for a long time. When you recognize it, and realize you can reclaim it, your demeanor transforms. Your eyes brighten, your skin glows, your body language galvanizes. A vivid hope arises in your imagination: how to make that once-lost, now-rediscovered power come alive again and be of use to you in the present time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The etymological

dictionary says that the English slang word "cool" meant "calmly audacious" as far back as 1825. The term "groovy" was first used by jazz musicians in the 1930s to signify "performing well without grandstanding." "Hip," which was originally "hep," was also popularized by the jazz community. It meant, "informed, aware, up-to-date." I'm bringing these words to your attention because I regard them as your words of power in the coming weeks. You can be and should be as hip, cool, and groovy as you have been in a long time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I hope you will

seek out influences that give you grinning power over your worries. I hope you'll be daring enough to risk a breakthrough in service to your most demanding dream. I hope you will make an effort to understand yourself as your best teacher might understand you. I hope you will find out how to summon more faith in yourself -- a faith not rooted in lazy wishes but in a rigorous self-assessment. Now here's my prediction: You will fulfill at least one of my hopes, and probably more.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Polish pianist

Ignacy Jan Paderewski once performed for England's Queen Victoria. Since she possessed that bygone era's equivalent of a backstage pass, she was able to converse with him after the show. "You're a genius," she told him, having been impressed with his artistry. "Perhaps, Your Majesty," Paderewski said. "But before that I was a drudge." He meant that he had labored long and hard before reaching the mastery the Queen attributed to him. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Libras are currently in an extended "drudge" phase of your own. That's a good thing! Take maximum advantage of this opportunity to slowly and surely improve your skills.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The ancient

Greek poet Simonides was among the first of his profession to charge a fee for his services. He made money by composing verses on demand.

On one occasion, he was asked to write a stirring tribute to the victor of a mule race. He declined, declaring that his sensibilities were too fine to create art for such a vulgar activity. In response, his potential patron dramatically boosted the proposed price. Soon thereafter, Simonides produced a rousing ode that included the phrase "wind-swift steeds." I offer the poet as a role model for you in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Be more flexible than usual about what you'll do to get the reward you'd like.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here's

the operative metaphor for you these days: You're like a painter who has had a vision of an interesting work of art you could create -- but who lacks some of the paint colors you would require to actualize this art. You may also need new types of brushes you haven't used before. So here's how I suggest you proceed: Be aggressive in tracking down the missing ingredients or tools that will enable you to accomplish your as-yet imaginary masterpiece.

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

revelations and provocative epiphanies are headed your way. But they probably won't arrive sheathed in sweetness and light, accompanied by tinkling swells of celestial music.

It's more likely they'll come barging in with a clatter, bringing bristly marvels and rough hope. In a related matter: At least one breakthrough is in your imminent future. But this blessing is more likely to resemble a wrestle in the mud than a dance on a mountaintop. None of this should be a problem, however! I suggest you enjoy the rugged but interesting fun.

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CLASSIFIEDS EMPLOYMENT BAKERY PRODUCTION Stone House Bread is hiring for day and evening shifts. FT and PT available. Flexible schedule and Saturdays off.

Pay based on experience.Apply at 4200 US 31 South, Traverse City.

BELLA FORTUNA NORTH Fine Dinning Italian seasonal restaurant in Leelanau County hiring all FOH & BOH positions. Call 231-994-2400 or email manager@bellafortunanorth.com $16-30/HOUR LANDSCAPE WORKERS Landscape Company needs workers. Full time, inquire wilhelmlandscapes@gmail.com JOIN THE PURE ESSENCE SALON TEAM Seeking a licensed cosmetologist committed to delivering excellent service and making guests feel relaxed and confident. FT or PT with competitive commissions in an Aveda salon. desk@pureessencesalon.com

REAL ESTATE 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 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.

ETRAVERSE WELLNESS CENTER Open House May 12 Prizes, Snacks, Demo/Talks from 2:00-4:00pm. Bring your mom.

SLOW FLOW VINYASA YOGA, Janice Johnson Demo at 2:00-2:15. Soul Expression, Janeen Wenglikowski Massage Reiki & More Demo at 2:30—2:45. Chakradance with Jessica Demo 3:00-3:15. Talk of the Town Yoga, Svaroopa Yoga Demo at 3:30-3:45. 2745 Garfield Rd N #C, Traverse City. More info on our website.

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AWARENESS EXERCISE: Seeing the Space Between Thought Patterns Sokuzan, abbot of SokukoJi Buddhist Monastery in Battle Creek will give this talk on meditation. Thursday May 17th 6:30p-8:30p at the Pathways Preschool building on 703 Rose St, Traverse City.

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BOOKKEEPER POSITION Full-time BOOKKEEPER needed. Rosi & Gardner, a small Traverse City law firm, is hiring a full-time Bookkeeper/Legal Assistant.

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