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For Shame, Bergman A majority of GOP lawmakers — twothirds — believe that Trump’s pullout of troops from northern Syria was a huge foreign policy gaffe and a gift to the Russians and Turks. That is why they condemned Trump’s decision in a resolution Oct. 16.

However, Rep. Jack Bergman voted against the resolution, supporting Trump.

Apparently, Bergman put his fear of a Trump reprisal over his duty to protect our national security. Bergman, a retired military officer, should have had the common sense not to support Trump’s reckless Syrian decision.

Rep. Bergman should let go of Trump’s coattails and instead stand up for what’s best for the country.

Celeste Crouch, Glen Arbor Kudos!

Thank you so much for your Oct. 21 article on American Waste! I have contacted two television news stations to do a segment, but they blew me off. This article was very helpful and wonderfully organized and presented. I will show it to friends and tell people about it. Thank you again.

Darcy Schlitt, Traverse City Learn the Difference Carol Frances’ Oct. 21 letter — “Hot Earth Hogwash” — and others who deny the climate crisis based on cold temperature, please be open enough to learn the difference between climate and weather. I’m totally serious.

Climate and weather are not the same thing. Your argument is almost funny if the consequences of denial were not so extreme.

Lisa Franseen, Traverse City

Fundamentalism, not Environmentalism The Oct. 14 article, “Gods Army . . . is Fighting to Save Our Environment,” reveals the unfortunate truth of the deception of the public by a major religious institution.

The storyline: The Au Sable Institute caught a lucky break — it was pure serendipity that they unexpectedly and accidentally inherited a large tract of land that turned out to be a gold mine of mineral rights, riches, and royalties (oil and natural gas), yielding them an endowment, which allows them to extend their fundamentalist mission.

And then they rationalize reasons why that justifies them, as “Disciples of Jesus Christ,” to preach “Christian environmentalism of God’s creation” and “creation care.”

This is being done with youth and adults alike of our country, and, per your article, by a self-taught Christian theologian and one-time wildlife research biologist who says he has found his true self and calling and “fits in” at a camp outside Mancelona.

Good for him. But this is yet an example of the hypocrisy of his brand of the Christian Church in taking dark money and then passing off their works as “enlightened environmentalism of God’s earth.”

While he describes five differences between scriptural and secular environmental work, how is that better than a de-mythologizing (but still Christian) interpretation of the Bible — or no interpretation at all? He sees no contradiction between fundamentalism and science. How does he deal with the classical problem of evil in an all-good concept of the universe? The deeper your article penetrates into this hypocrisy, layer by layer, the more troubling and unnecessary the “pillars” become.

Naturalism and supernaturalism are separate, distinct metaphysical doctrines that cannot be reconciled, because they are mutually exclusive. Compartmentalizing the two is irrational and hypocritical.

What is appalling is that the people behind this Christian fundamentalism think they can sell this ugly lie to the unsuspecting, naïve public.

At the end of the interview, the subject admits he doesn’t understand people who identify as fellow evangelicals and are conservationists but do not subscribe to his “genuine” evangelical metaphysics. That is not rational thinking; but irrational dogma.

Yes, we need to save the environment, not because “God created it,” but for many good secular, naturalistic, and humanistic reasons (regardless of one’s metaphysical scheme).

Kenneth R. Gibson, Traverse City Missing Words Following Donald Trump’s example, many current Republican lawmakers seem to have deleted words like “class,” “restraint,” “character,” and “truth” from their dictionaries and don’t seem to be familiar with their definitions. They certainly don’t put those words into play with their dayto-day actions. When I think of people in American politics who still understand and exemplify those traits, one name comes to mind: Michelle Obama.

Now there’s a thought.

Richard Wehn, Elmira Treatment, Not Punishment Grand Traverse County Prosecutor Noelle Moeggenberg has asked commissioners for money ($69K) to add another assistant prosecutor (seven total prosecutors now). Part of her stated reason

is to prosecute MIDC (Michigan Indigent Defense Commission) defendants. Hmmm.

We don’t need another prosecutor. Her office needs to prosecute fewer mentally ill and drug-addicted individuals and reroute these folks into treatment from the start.

As a result of overzealous prosecution, sick people go to jail, are forever caught up in the legal system, incur tremendous fees, and then maybe, as part of probation, get treatment. If Ms. Moeggenberg needs additional staff, it should be a mental health professional to screen and divert people into the right treatment and rehab services immediately and make sure they follow through.

This is much more consistent with the goals of the Governor’s Task Force on [Jail and Pretrial Incarceration].

We want our prosecutor’s office to take bold, new steps to address the mental health and drug addiction crises in our community.

No one benefits from locking up these vulnerable populations.

NAMI, BDAI, and others are working hard to establish more treatment centers and better long-term treatment in northern Michigan. We need our prosecutor to support these efforts for treatment and rehabilitation.

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Rick Dahlstrom, Traverse City Top Ten...........................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................25 Law Enforcement v. Social Services Local law enforcement agencies Film................................................................27 are asking for funding for additional Advice..........................................................29 staff. Michigan has one of the highest Crossword...................................................29 incarcerations rates in the country, and Freewill Astrology..........................................30 Grand Traverse County one of the highest Classifieds..................................................31 in the state. This might be something those with a lock-’em-up mentality boast about.

However, most people feel there’s a better approach to dealing with our crime.

Governor Whitmer’s Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration has toured the state, providing information on the legal processes, and listening to public comments/ testimonials. It was stated that the main constant recognized as a contributing factor in crime is mental illness and drug addiction.

These conditions were involved in as high as 60-70 percent of the cases studied. These are both health — not criminal — problems.

As a member of the ACLU’s Smart Justice Campaign, I would like to suggest, instead Northern Express Weekly is published by of hiring more staff to arrest and incarcerate, Eyes Only Media, LLC. the county hire social workers specialized Publisher: Luke Haase in pre-incarceration diversion programs. It 135 W. State St. Traverse City, MI 49684 doesn’t make sense to ignore the causes of Phone: (231) 947-8787 Fax: 947-2425 crime. The salary differences would allow email: info@northernexpress.com for at least two or three community health www.northernexpress.com workers to assist people between arrest Executive Editor: Lynda Twardowski Wheatley and judgement. It is proven that treatment, Finance & Distribution Manager: Brian Crouch either instead of incarceration or during a Sales: Kathleen Johnson, Lisa Gillespie, Kaitlyn Nance, sentence, greatly decreases the possibility of Michele Young, Randy Sills, Todd Norris recidivism.

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top ten Historic Lighthouse Under Threat A Lake Michigan lighthouse built in 1851 is under threat from high water levels.

Waugoshance Lighthouse has guarded the western entrance of the Straits of Mackinac for 168 years, but today its future has become uncertain.

“The high water mixed with the fall storms in the northern Great Lakes have proven to be too much for our beloved Waugoshance,” said Chris West, of the nonprofit Waugoshance Lighthouse Preservation Society. “The base of the lighthouse is being eaten away by the lake.”

Now, society members are trying to come up with a plan to save the light.

They hope to build a breakwall around the base that would protect the structure and provide safe haven for boaters.

They’re hoping to receive grant money from the Michigan Waterways Commission and State Historic Preservation Office, and they are seeking private donations. For more information, visit www.waugy.com.

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BAYSIDE RESTAURANT’S BISCUITS & GRAVY

Petoskey’s Bayside Restaurant clearly has a knack for concocting delicious morsels that warm the innards and quell the cold weather demons. Understated on their menu, this near-perfect embodiment of comfort food — savory with a creamycrunchy consistency that massages all those needy little spots in the pits of our chilly, autumn gullets — is simply labeled “Biscuits & Gravy.” But the fact is, this is no bland, ordinary plate of breakfast fare. Accompanied by two eggs, which, along with electricgreen scallions, crown the dish, this humble hot plate has a foundation of extraordinary biscuits, toasted to perfection, on top. Atop those is the expertly seasoned sausage gravy, a superlative beige flow of creamy goodness that mates perfectly with the light crunch of the biscuits. In this dish’s next layer are the fluffy eggs (we had ours scrambled). Then, another small ladle of that enticing gravy is added, enriching the strata even more. This is one of the most satisfying and tasty breakfasts around. For an extra kick, add a few shots of Frank’s RedHot Sauce; you won’t need your hat and gloves for the walk home. Find Bayside Restaurant at 3890 Charlevoix Ave. (231) 622-8298, or search “Bayside Restaurant” on Facebook.

children’s book festival Curious George will make an appearance at the free 10th Annual TC Children’s Book Festival at City Opera House, TC on Sat., Nov. 9 from 10am-2pm. Previews of the new PBS show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum will be shown, and there will be award winning authors who will sign and sell their work, live entertainment from Old Town Playhouse Young Company, storytelling by Jenifer Strauss, arts and crafts, and more. Proceeds benefit Born to Read. TCChildrensBookFestival.com

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Tell Me Who I Am

This unbelievable and unfathomable true story is the latest documentary feature from Traverse City Film Festival award winner and Oscar nominee Ed Perkins.

Following a motorcycle accident, 18-year-old Alex wakes up without any memories. He can’t remember where he lives or who he is, but the one thing he does know, innately, is his twin brother, Marcus, and that he can trust Marcus to guide him through this strange new world. But when the memories and childhood that Marcus presents fail to add up, Alex tries to get to the bottom of some very deep, dark family secrets Marcus cannot bear to face.

Unfolding like a suspenseful thriller, this harrowing look at childhood trauma asks profound questions of both its audience and subjects and delivers a powerful purifying catharsis that will stay with you. On Netflix.

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Volunteers Needed at Safe Harbor

Traverse City homeless shelter Safe Harbor opens this weekend for the cold weather season, and organizers are looking for volunteers to help run the shelter.

It’s the third season for the shelter on Wellington Street in Traverse City. Last season, more than 300 people were served between early November and mid-April. Guests receive a blanket, bunk, and storage tub, along with an evening meal and a cold breakfast.

Mike McDonald, Safe Harbor’s chairperson, said numbers were up at Safe Harbor last season, but overall the size of the population experiencing homelessness in the region has remained steady because there were fewer people seeking services at the Goodwill Inn. Safe Harbor needs volunteers, however. For information about how to volunteer and what it entails, visit Safe Harbor’s website at www.gtsafeharbor.org.

Cheers to TC Beer Week Hops on board the Sixth Annual Traverse City Beer Week, Nov. 7 to 15 (yes, that’s eight days, but who’s counting). Learn about beer, drink beer, find new beer, make friends, drink beer, learn which foods go best with which beer (including flapjacks), run a race, drink beer, play games, do yoga. Did we mention drink beer?

At least 19 local breweries will be participating. Though it might be stretching the limits of local: Bellairebased Short’s Brewing and Green Bush from Sawyer, Michigan — near the border with Indiana — are included. As for activities, they kick off with the TC Ale Trail IPA Challenge, a patron-vote competition between 11 Traverse City breweries. Then there’s the pub crawl Nov. 8, with a T-shirt (and beer) for participants.

There are beer releases, pairings at the Cooks’ House, and don’t forget the Great Beerd Run Nov. 9 at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. It starts at the Resort’s Pavilion and features beer tastings scattered throughout the course, as well as at the start and finish lines, courtesy of Petoskey’s Beards Brewery (of course), Short’s Brewing Company, and Right Brain Brewery. There’s even a Best Beard competition.

Don’t forget Jolly Pumpkin Beer Yoga Nov. 13, the Right Brain Beer Dinner that night, or the Hip Hop release at Acoustic Tap Room Nov. 15, featuring a special batch mead made with Honey Hops and Rose Hips. For more, go to traversecity.com/tcbw.

Stuff we love Yoopers Making Their Hollywood Dreams Come True, eh?

Many people in Norway grow up with ambitions to be an actor.

Most of them are from Scandinavia, however — not the tiny Upper Peninsula town near the Wisconsin border. But Normway, Michigan native Zoe Kanters always wanted to act. “It’s the only thing I’ve wanted to do since I was young,” she said. She graduated from the University of Michigan’s acting program before moving to Los Angeles. While she and her friends had some success on various productions, from indie films to TV, as well as the comedy circuit, they wanted to create something of their own, something personal.

“I was tired of waiting for an opportunity,” Kanters said. So they made their own.

She and her friends/crew/fellow actors decamped to Kanters’ U.P. hometown, where her mom’s house tripled up as a set, lodging, and main production hub. “My mom fed us for two and a half weeks, and we collaborated with friends and family,” Kanters said.

Everyone pulled off multiple roles: The star was also the costume designer, the sound mixer was also the assistant director, the director was also the digital imaging technician.

And the result is the film Up There, in which a down-on-his-luck journalist finds himself in the Upper Peninsula with a dead-end assignment. He discovers a local has a story that could jumpstart his career, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it. Up There will screen at the Bay Theatre in Suttons Bay Nov. 8–14, with a Q&A with the cast following the Nov. 8 showing.

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There might not be a better view on Leelanau Peninsula than the one from the Suttons Bay Ciders tasting room. Especially amidst the full splendor of northern Michigan fall color, simply walking through the door of Suttons Bay Ciders or spending a few moments on the deck is enough to make a visit worthwhile. Luckily, the view is even better when paired with pint from one of the most interesting and unique cider tap lists in the area. Options include the Mosaic, a hoppy treat that tastes like a cross between a hard cider and an IPA; or SidraLaPeño, a Spanish-style cider that packs a legitimate kick thanks to an infusion of Jalapeño and Habenero peppers. Our favorite might be the Barrel Rider, a dry still cider aged in oak barrels from Traverse City Whiskey Co. The combination of the apples and the flavors from the oak and liquor (which include bourbon, vanilla, and caramel) makes the Barrel Rider a perfect cider for a chilly fall day. Try a pint for $7 (with $6 refills!), or sample the entire eightcider tap list with an $11 tasting flight. Find Suttons Bay Ciders at 10530 E. Hilltop Rd. (231) 271-6000, www.suttonsbayciders.com

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The Democratic presidential primary race is down to a scant 18 candidates. Or maybe it will be 17 by the time you read this; the people we didn’t realize were running are starting to drop out.

visible after a time, but writing bigger checks, or receiving less back, will be highly visible.

The current leader of the gaggle, and it changes regularly, is Senator Elizabeth Warren. She “leads” despite nearly 80 percent of Democratic voters preferring someone else, but her numbers will likely increase as the field narrows.

The private health insurance industry would cease to exist under the Warren/Sanders plan. How long will that take? What do we do with the more than a million Americans working in that industry? Do they all go to work for Medicare since it will need a vastly expanded bureaucracy?

So let’s take a look at her signature issue, “Medicare for All.” She says she is “all in” on Bernie Sanders’ version of the same issue.

That means an end to private insurance, plus no premiums, no co-pays, no deductibles, and includes free dental, free vision, free prescriptions, and free everything else health related. It’s cradle-to-grave coverage with no out-of-pocket expenses.

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There are additional, as yet unresolved issues little discussed.

The 10 biggest publicly traded health insurance companies have more than $220 billion worth of stock currently outstanding. That stock is held by private and institutional investors, in pension plans, and possibly your 401k. What happens to that?

Do the companies liquidate everything, including their big office buildings, and repay stockholders, or are investors just

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The private health insurance industry would cease to exist under the Warren/Sanders plan. How long will that take? What do we do with the more than a million Americans working in that industry? Do they all go to work for Medicare since it will need a vastly expanded bureaucracy?

Set in that sassy Miami house in 1985, That Golden Girls Show! is one of off Broadway’s biggest smash hits that parodies classic Golden Girls moments with puppets.

Estimates of the cost of such a program range from $30 to $34 trillion in the first decade.

You might be wondering how we would pay for such a thing, though you likely already know the answer.

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Frontrunner Warren has not yet released a funding plan, but Sanders has, and we can amalgamate that with what Warren has said and get a pretty good idea.

The Sanders plan, which would almost cover the costs, includes a 7 percent payroll tax hike, a 4 percent income tax rate hike, an increase in corporate taxes, a marginal tax rate of 70 percent on income over $10 million annually (income over the $10 million threshold would be taxed at the “marginal” rate), an increase in taxes on investment income, capital-gains income taxed as regular income, and a 77 percent inheritance tax on estates of more than $1 billion.

Warren, on the campaign trail, has added what she calls a wealth tax for the rich; they would annually pay two percent of their net worth in addition to their other tax obligations. For those wishing to flee all this taxing, she proposes a 40 percent exit tax.

Both Warren and Sanders have begrudgingly acknowledged this requires some level of tax increase for everybody but the lowest income earners. Their argument is that by eliminating insurance premiums, co-pays, and deductibles, most of us will save more than we pay in additional taxes.

Not everyone agrees. Analysts at Emory University believe at least 70 million Americans will pay more in increased taxes than they save. That’s nearly 40 percent of those with private insurance.

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Psychologically, it may be an even a bigger issue. Money we don’t have to pay becomes in-

out of luck? Absent a bail-out plan of some sort, won’t these companies just declare bankruptcy?

Billions more are at risk in privately held mutual insurance companies in which policy holders serve as quasi-shareholders.

Perhaps the most significant unintended consequence involves the 5,000 community hospitals scattered about rural areas in America.

If they are paid at current Medicare rates for all services, their income will drop 16 percent, with a potential job loss of nearly 1.5 million employees, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Losses to all hospitals would exceed $200 billion.)

This is especially troubling news in our most rural counties, where medical care is already sketchy. And job losses of any size there have a significantly more detrimental ripple effect on the community: customers out of work making fewer purchases of everything.

Even if Warren was nominated and won, it is unlikely Medicare for All would survive a Congress forced to convince their constituents that a tax increase is a good thing.

If we actually prefer a single-payer healthcare system, we have to accept that higher taxes will be required for most of us. It can’t be done any other way. It also must protect the already fragile community health system.

And we might want to give some additional thought to what happens if we eliminate a multi-billion dollar industry with more than a million employees.

Medicare for All was first formally proposed in 2003 by the late Michigan Congressman John Conyers. It failed, but we’ve been inching toward it since. We just haven’t yet found a way to satisfactorily get there.

Crime & Rescue GARAGE OWNER CHARGED WITH FRAUD An Interlochen garage owner is accused of charging a customer $5,000 for a phantom replacement motor.

Big Bear Auto Repair owner Jonathan Hamilton told a customer that their vehicle’s motor was damaged beyond repair and charged the customer $5,000 for a new motor and labor, according to a state police press release.

Hamilton refused to hand over paperwork or warranty information, however, and when the customer took their vehicle to another mechanic, that one informed them that they did not have a new motor but, in fact, it appeared that only one cylinder had been replaced.

Secretary of State Investigative Services confirmed that the motor was the original by locating the stamped vehicle identification number.

The 47-year-old was charged in Benzie County with false pretenses between $1,000 and $20,000, a five-year felony. He’s also charged as a four-time habitual offender.

WOMAN FACES DRUG CHARGES In December, state police interrupted a suspected drug deal taking place in a parking lot behind a Mesick business and later arrested one of the alleged participants.

On Oct. 28, Buckley resident Samantha Marchese, 34, was charged in Wexford County with possession of methamphetamine and possession of heroin.

Troopers launched the investigation after they received a tip; they approached a suspect vehicle and found three people inside — including Marchese — and spotted a glass pipe behind a seat, according to a press release. Police said they got consent to search the vehicle and found a metal case that contained syringes and suspected drugs.

Marchese was charged after lab tests later confirmed that the case contained methamphetamine, heroin, and Fentanyl.

ROADSIDE ASSAULT INVESTIGATED State police responded after a woman’s call to 911 was disconnected just as she was reporting that someone was trying to take her phone and throw her from a vehicle.

Troopers found the woman on the Boyne CityCharlevoix Road sometime after 3:15am Oct. 18.

The woman told police that she had been arguing with 30-year-old Alanson resident Bennie Cornish as he drove her home, leading to an assault. She said Cornish grabbed her by the throat and held he by her hair, tried to take her phone, and threw her out of the vehicle.

Cornish also called 911, and he claimed that the woman had assaulted him before she jumped out of the car.

Investigators believed the woman, and prosecutors charged Cornish with assault with intent to great bodily harm, a 10-year felony; interfering with a communications device, a twoyear felony; and misdemeanor domestic violence.

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POLICE KILL SUICIDAL MAN Police who were called to check on a suicidal man in Walloon Lake shot and killed the man after he pulled a weapon.

A Charlevoix County Sheriff’s deputy and a Boyne City Police officer went in search of the man around Walloon Lake at 12:33am Oct. 26. They located him at 2:20am near the intersection of US131 and Springvale Road.

The man, 27-year-old Battle Creek resident Johnathan Wayne Slattery, struggled with the officers, who attempted to subdue him with tasers.

When Slattery pulled out a firearm, shots were exchanged, and Slattery was struck, suffering a fatal wound.

ONE INJURED IN SCHOOL BUS CRASH A school bus driver and seven student passengers were unharmed after a crash in Kalkaska County.

The driver of the car that crashed with the school bus was taken to Munson Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries following the Oct. 28 crash, according to Kalkaska County Sheriff’s deputies.

Deputies were called at 4:30pm to W. Sharon and Puffer roads in Garfield Township, where the Forest Area Community Schools bus had collided with the car while the bus was making a left turn.

GAYLORD MAN FACES COCAINE CHARGES A Gaylord man was arrested for selling cocaine.

Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement officers arrested 45-year-old Gerald Leon Ballinger Jr. when he appeared in Otsego County District Court for another matter Oct. 24.

In April, investigators had executed a search warrant at Ballinger’s Otsego Lake Township home and seized cocaine, cash and other evidence.

Ballinger faces charges of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and maintaining a drug house.

C.O. DEATHS UNDER INVESTIGATION The deaths of two Oaks Correctional Facility employees are under investigation after the women were found dead of gunshot wounds at a residence near Kingsley.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s investigators identified the women as Tara Kelley and Angelina Winn. The women lived together at a home on Walton Road in Paradise Township, where they were discovered Oct. 25.

Investigators did not immediately determine a cause of death for the women and said they are awaiting autopsy results. Investigators would not characterize the deaths as a murder-suicide but said they do not believe there is any danger to the public.

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bY Amy Kerr Hardin The liberal media, you say? Think again.

A far-right corporation, Sinclair Broadcasting Group, has been acquiring local television stations and using them as a platform to spread their radical political agenda, forcing affiliate anchors to read prepared statements masquerading as locally penned Op-Eds. The statements are often blatantly pro-Trump and always provide a slam on progressive principles.

Vox reports that Sinclair’s recent station acquisitions extend their reach to three out of four American households. Michigan’s television market is deep in their partisan grip. The map is disturbing. If you’re reading this, you’re exposed. The fake Op-Eds are so repugnant and embarrassing that many stations are airing them in the wee hours, when viewership is lowest.

Just a few days ago, Sinclair pushed its latest revolting piece of vitriol, forcing stations to tell their local audiences that the “liberal obsession” with less stringent border policies was leading to a surge in child sexual abuse, asking, “How many American children have to suffer before Democrats see that illegal immigration is a national security issue?” This argument flies in the face of data that finds that immigrants, legal or not, are much less likely to commit crimes. But that fact doesn’t play well with the fear-mongering and racism perpetuated by the Oval Office.

Here would be a good place to note that crossing the border illegally is only a misdemeanor. The child sex abuse claim is a straight-up dog whistle for the same intellectually vulnerable demographic that believes the wild and thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory that the Clintons were running a child sex ring out of a Washington, D.C. pizza parlor. As the saying goes, you can’t fix stupid. However, fostering it is always a bad idea. Yet they do.

Like Sinclair Broadcasting, our president plays on the mental deficiencies of his avid followers and takes perverse delight in doing so.

Justia Dockets and Filings reports that Donald Trump is currently embroiled in just south of 1,200 lawsuits, most filed against him for non-payment to contractors. Yet, he is now threatening to sue CNN. It’s all bluster — just as it was when he declared that, after he was elected, he planned to sue the dozens of women accusing him of sexual assault. This kind of thing is red meat for his base. The impetus behind this new presidential tantrum is the claim that CNN is falsely calling itself a news organization while disseminating “fake news.” The fake news mantra recently prompted the Florida Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists to trademark the term, and to send cease and desist letters to those who use it when referring to fact-based journalism.

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As with all bullies, Trump talks big but provides little in terms of action. Instead, he taunts his crowd to do it for him. Early on, Trump signaled his willingness to target journalists with violence by proxy. At a rally

in December 2015, he drew an increasingly rabid crowd’s attention to a single journalist in the cordoned-off press pool — a group corralled behind hastily assembled bike racks.

He singled-out NBC’s Katy Tur, belittling her and falsely accusing her of lying.

In her book about her experience on the 2016 campaign trail, “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History,” Tur described the incident this way: “It’s clear what the crowd thinks: they love it. They turn all at once, a large animal, angry and unchained … Men are standing on chairs to get a look at me. They want to see me as they jeer.” She went on to say of Trump, “He’s relishing the moment and so are his supporters. They are spellbound.”

The Secret Service was so concerned for her safety, they escorted Tur to her car after the rally. She said she continues to look over her shoulder every day, but remains a political reporter for NBC. Then there was the cold and calculated bonesaw murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which was emblematic of the attitude this administration has toward violence against reporters. Through his lack of action, Trump made it clear he couldn’t have cared less about the horrific incident.

The president’s blithe behavior is a hallmark of fascism. His utter fecklessness was an intentional message to all journalists, here and abroad: If the ascending pack of oligarchs wish to “disappear” an inconvenient reporter, it will be swept under the rug, in plain sight.

Earlier this month, Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal encouraged lawmakers to take up legislation he’s sponsoring that would make assaulting journalists a federal offense, thereby giving U.S. prosecutors a clear path for charging individuals with the higher crime. He affirmed this call in the wake of a shocking video shown at an American Priority conference, held at Trump’s Doral Miami resort, which showed Trump slaughtering members of the press. Both American Priority and Trump’s spokesperson disavowed the video, but the damage was already done.

Message sent and received.

All of this is occurring against the backdrop of news organizations struggling to navigate the environment of dwindling profit margins in an increasingly complicated world dynamic.

Deep dives into investigatory journalism are expensive. And among those few media outlets still engaging in serious reporting, many have erected paywalls, thereby making important truths and facts the exclusive territory of the elite.

Unfortunately, far too many Americans indulge in the pre-masticated pablum of Fox News and never expose themselves to thoughtful long-form journalism. They live in the world of social media memes and false reassurances found in their information silos.

It’s everyone’s loss.

Amy Kerr Hardin is a retired banker, regionally known artist, and public-policy wonk. You can hear and learn more about the state of Michigan politics on her podcast, www.MichiganPolicast.com.

Spooktacular!

Fans of fright this Halloween may want to travel to Summertown, Tennessee, to see if they can become the first visitor to make it all the way through the haunted house experience called McKamey Manor. The rewards are compelling -- along with notoriety, a person who completes the tour will receive $20,000. But the demands are great, too: Along with bringing a bag of dog food for owner Russ McKamey’s dogs, you need to be at least 21 years old, watch a two-hour video of other contestants failing, complete a sports physical with a doctor’s letter, pass a background check, bring proof of medical insurance, sign a 40-page waiver and pass a drug test. WFLA reports McKamey doesn’t allow cursing during the visit; if you utter a curse word, he’ll subtract money from the $20,000 prize. But don’t despair: McKamey does have a “safe” phrase for those who want to bail out: “You really don’t want to do this.”

You’re right. We don’t.

Recent Alarming Headline The San Diego Humane Society was summoned to a convenience store parking lot in Del Mar, California, on Oct. 8 after law enforcement officers responded to calls of concern about a van parked there, near one of San Diego’s toniest neighborhoods.

Officers found a woman living in the van with more than 300 pet rats. Humane Society Capt. Danee Cook told The San Diego UnionTribune, “This was not a cruelty case. This was a relinquishment.” The unidentified owner said she had started with two pet rats, but the situation had gotten out of control, and she agreed to surrender all of them, many of which were juveniles or pregnant. Officers spent several days tearing the van apart and recovered 320 animals, about half of which were put up for adoption. Meanwhile, the woman has found a place to live with the help of a GoFundMe page.

The Name Game You probably thought Tupac Shakur died in 1996 in Las Vegas. Little did you suspect there’s ANOTHER Tupac A. Shakur walking the streets -- or pacing the jail cells -- of Washington County, Tennessee. Shakur, 40, was arrested Oct. 19 after he threatened Johnson City police officers with a knife, Fox News reported. Police were able to wrestle Shakur to the ground; they also found a syringe and bags of methamphetamine and charged him with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, and simple possession of meth and unlawful drug paraphernalia. It is unclear whether Shakur’s name was his from birth or whether he changed it to match the rapper’s.

Unclear on the Concept Andrew Blackwell, 25, has his sights set on a particular home in Salt Lake City, Utah, and apparently will stop at nothing to make it his own. Since late August, Blackwell, a neighbor of the property, has been repeatedly entering the home, according to court papers, even after being told by police that he does not have authority to do so. He has been doing work around the house, including removing trees and shrubbery, installing new locks and telling other neighbors he had bought the house. Blackwell told police he offered the elderly owner of the home, who lives elsewhere, $90,000 for her property, which has a market value of $363,000. Court documents state that after the owner refused the offer, he told her he would “forge any document needed to get the property from her,” according to KUTV. Finally on Oct. 18, police issued a warrant for Blackwell’s arrest, on charges of burglary,

forgery, stalking, theft, three counts of criminal trespassing and criminal mischief.

Questionable Judgment On-air reporter Angel Cardenas with KMAX TV in Sacramento, California, was fired on Oct. 21 after a bizarre incident at the Sacramento International Auto Show the day before. During a broadcast before the show opened, Cardenas climbed on at least two of the privately owned show cars and dinged another when he opened a door against it. “No one is out here to tell me which car I can’t go in ... so I’m just gonna live on the wild side,” he told viewers before posing atop a Ford Thunderbird. “I feel like a kid in a candy store,” he said, according to Fox News. The producer of the auto show contacted the general manager of the TV station and was told Cardenas had been terminated.

Overreaction Truck driver Cesar Schmitz of Eneas Marques, Brazil, was just trying to make his wife happy when he launched an effort to rid their backyard of cockroaches. “She ... begged me to destroy their nest under the ground once and for all,” Schmitz, 48, explained. After chemicals failed to do the job, The Daily Mail reported, Schmitz decided setting fire to the hole would work, so on Oct. 18, he poured a capful of gasoline into the hole and tossed in a lighted match. After a couple of misfires, caught on his home’s security camera, a match landed, and Schmitz and his dogs are seen ducking for cover as the resulting explosion sends turf and lawn furniture flying through the air. The gasoline itself had ignited but it had also set off the highly combustible methane from the bugs’ venom that had accumulated in an air pocket under the grass. “I wish I’d thought this through,” Schmitz said. He admitted it made a huge mess, but said, ultimately, his scheme was a success: The cockroaches are gone.

Wait, What?

Twenty-year-old Cody Christopher Meader of St. Petersburg, Florida, entered a Pinellas Park Target store on Oct. 22, where he sought a large Olaf stuffed doll from the Disney movie “Frozen,” the Smoking Gun reported. Meader placed the doll on the floor and climbed on to have his way with poor Olaf, according to the criminal complaint. After finishing, he returned the character to the shelf and proceeded to the toy department, where he “selected a large unicorn stuffed animal” and repeated his offensive behavior. Meader was detained in the store and later charged with criminal mischief. Meader’s father told police that his son “def has a history of this type of behavior.” Meader posted bond and was released from custody.

Inexplicable Stacey Wagers, 45, of Tampa, Florida, is suing the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach over an incident that happened in November 2018. She and a friend were celebrating her birthday at the hotel’s Maritana Grille when they observed a waiter pouring a liquid over a nearby table’s dessert that made it “smoke.”

They commented to the waiter that the effect was cool, and he poured liquid nitrogen into their water glasses -- which they then drank.

“Of course I didn’t think it was dangerous at all,” Wagers told NBC News. “He had just poured it on a dessert.” But the lawsuit filed Oct. 11 says Wagers immediately fell ill, eventually having to have her gall bladder and parts of her stomach removed where the chemical had burned the tissue. Her attorney says she will have lifelong digestion issues.

The Traverse City Human Rights Commission presents

Civility Challenge:

Community Meal

Saturday, November 9, 2019, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Gilbert Lodge at Twin Lakes Park Join us for a simple meal of soup and bread where we will recap the week and facilitate table activities aimed at reviving civility and building community through shared values.

BATA will provide free roundtrip ADA bus transportation with a pickup scheduled for 4:30 p.m. at the Hall Street Station.

For more information and free tickets visit the “Traverse City Human Rights Commission” Events page on Facebook

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Turn On, Tune In, Rock Out YOUR LOCAL LIVE MUSIC BUCKET LIST Doesn’t matter if you’re into blues, funk, folk, rock, or country, or whether you’re looking for a crowd-pleasing cover band or a singer/ songwriter known for deep, personal confessionals. Northern Express has you covered. Below, we’ve rounded up 10 terrific musicians with deep ties to the northern Michigan community. Consider this your local live music bucket list for the next 12 months. By Craig Manning

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Most of today’s “disc jockeys” don’t use discs at all, relying instead on the convenience of MP3 files and slick, feature-rich DJ software. Not so with DJ Psycho. This native of Flint, Michigan, exclusively uses vinyl records in his DJ sets, which makes him almost as much fun to watch as he is to listen to. A DJ Psycho set is a juggling act in more ways than one. You’ll watch Psycho (known offstage as Dezi Magby) man multiple turntables, dig through crates of vinyl, and follow spontaneous bursts of inspiration as he takes his set in unpredictable and thrilling directions.

At the same time, the music coming through the speakers flits rapidly from genre to genre, leaving dancers on the floor wondering where the beat might take them next. It’s a thing to behold, and northern Michigan audiences frequently get the chance to do just that: DJ Psycho is an old favorite at Union Street Station in Traverse City.

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Finding great country bands in northern Michigan is surprisingly difficult, given the popularity of mainstream country radio in the area. Drew Hale Band is the exception — and one of the musical exports from the region that seems most likely to hit the big time. In 2016, Drew Hale himself won the national Country Showdown competition, earning a chance to perform on the stage of Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and netting a $100,000 cash prize. Since then, Drew Hale Band has released a full-length album — 2016’s Roots and Wings — and honed its live craft throughout the state of Michigan. Hale’s big, expressive voice helps him bring new emotion and authenticity to well-worn country tropes (road trips, whiskey, summer nights, etc.), while the band’s considerable chops make them a genuine live powerhouse. Drew Hale Band regularly opens shows or plays festivals with big-name country stars like Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Frankie Ballard, or Chris Lane. But you can also catch the band frequently around northern Michigan, from Leland to Petoskey.

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Two years ago, the guys in Crosscut Kings didn’t even know one another. Guitarist Jim Bonney and harmonica virtuoso Charlie Witthoeft met through a mutual friend in February 2018 and started making music together shortly thereafter.

Under the moniker of Crosscut Kings, though, this Petoskey-hailing roots-blues duo sound as if they’ve been an active band for 20 or 30 years. Part of it is the sound itself, which is familiar but invigorating: loose acoustic guitar picking and slide work; harmonica wails that evoke the sad whistles of a late-night train; Bonney’s gritty, whiskey-drenched vocals, which sound a little like country superstar Chris Stapleton.

The other part is sheer hustle; though they’ve only recently crossed the 18-month mark as a band, Crosscut Kings have already played more than 150 shows. Their near-constant spree of performances throughout northern Michigan has made Crosscut Kings one of the area’s buzziest live acts.

Catch them this month at breweries, like Short’s, in Bellaire (Nov. 8); Stiggs, in Boyne City (Nov. 22); or Stormcloud Brewing, in Frankfort (Nov. 23).

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Myk Rise Achieving legendary status is difficult for any musician, even in the smallest geographic area.

So it says something that singer, guitarist, and entertainer Myk Rise is a legitimate local legend on Mackinac Island — even if the island itself is less than four square miles in size. Rise now resides in Harbor Springs, but he still plays regular shows on his beloved Mackinac, at venues ranging from the Pink Pony (named Michigan’s most iconic bar by Thrillist) to the famed Grand Hotel.

Rise frequently fronts a band, but he’s arguably most impressive on his own, armed with just an acoustic guitar, a pedalboard, and a repertoire of more than 500 classic songs. His covers, which provide a sampling of hits from the 1950s to now, incorporate a wide range of songs that would be crowd pleasers in any environment, such as The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” or Tom Petty’s “Won’t Back Down.” But Rise’s incredible guitar playing is what breathes new life into these longbeloved songs. Case in point: his one-man-band version of the Derek & the Dominos classic “Layla,” where he leans on his pedal setup to make his acoustic sound like an electric — and to build up an explosive full-band arrangement from nothing.

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Eliza Thorp Who is making the most beautiful music in northern Michigan? It might just be Eliza Thorp, who uses piano and voice — and the occasional accompaniment of violin, cello, or upright bass — to craft stunning, understated folk songs about “her hometown and the places she’s been.” Thorp’s songs seem to capture, especially, the delicate beauty of a northern Michigan wintertime, something she likely knows all too well, given her upbringing in Petoskey. She attended the legendary Berklee College of Music in Boston but made her way back to Michigan in time to record her debut EP, a lovely six-song collection called Queen of the Sea, in Kalamazoo. The album came out earlier this year and is just about the ideal soundtrack for shortening days and dropping temperatures. Thorp is back in the North full-time now, regularly playing live sets at Petoskey’s Beards Brewery and other venues throughout the region.

Avid Kain

Nothing else quite sounds like Avid Kain. The band got its start in 2014, when founding members Sam Anthony (bass/bass synth) and Troy Novak (drums) connected as freshman audio engineering students. Since then, Avid Kain has continued to evolve, adding both a lead singer (Allie Kessel) and a whiz guitarist (Josh Scarbrough) to the lineup. Today, the Traverse City-based quartet describes its sound as “some of the funkiest music in the analog synth world.” It’s a sonic mix wrought equally from the past and present, featuring flavors of modern synth-pop and electronic music, but pairing those influences with jazz and funk touches from yesteryear. The result is not only a jam-driven live band that can ride a great groove for minutes at a time but also a true studio project that is always innovating and expanding its horizons with its recorded work. Just have a listen to the band’s three 2019 singles — “Beyond,” Chz,” and “Astro” — and you’ll hear just how much sonic ground Avid Kain can cover. Alternatively, check out what they do live: Avid Kain features regularly at local breweries and is an old favorite at Traverse City’s Studio Anatomy.

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Music and activism have long made a natural pairing, from Bob Dylan to Beyoncé. Northern Michigan’s preeminent musician/activist is Seth Bernard, an acoustic-guitar-toting folkie known for his uplifting live shows, his prolific body of work, and his numerous efforts to bring about social change. He is the founder of Earthwork Music, a collective of independent musicians “who focus their efforts on environmental advocacy, social justice, creative empowerment, and community building.” The name of the group comes from Earthwork Farm, the 181-acre working farm in Lake City where Bernard grew up and which shaped his worldview. He’s also founded the Clean Water Campaign for Michigan, which seeks to spread the word about Michigan water issues through “storytelling and music”; and Title Track, a nonprofit organization aimed at building “resilient social-ecological systems that support clean water, racial equity, and youth empowerment.”

Amid Bernard’s busy schedule, he’s somehow found time to release four albums since 2016 (all part of his Eggtones series) and tour almost constantly. You can catch him at Traverse City’s the Little Fleet Yurt on Dec.23.

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There is a deeply human resilience to her work as a songwriter that speaks to how powerful music can be when wielded in the right hands. While Erlewine is a Michigan girl at heart — she’s from Bay City and is based in Traverse City — it will be no surprise to anyone who’s heard her music that she’s is heading toward the national stage. Her calendar for the rest of the year includes tour dates in Massachusetts and Colorado, as well as Michigan. Erlewine’s forthcoming album, titled Second Sight, seems poised to expand her reach even further, thanks to songs that capture, with empathy and passion, what it means to live in a troubled time. The recently released single, “That’s My Home,” is arguably Erlewine’s greatest work yet. She wrote the song as “a direct letter to the 45th president, pleading with him to consider the direction he has been driving this country.”

“That’s my home you’re burning,” she sings; “My daughter’s future.” It’s a stark, desperate hymn, but one that seems to point to a brighter future, in the way that great music made in trying times often has before.

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Listeners who like their music wild and unpredictable will gravitate toward The Marsupials, a rock band out of Harbor Springs with lots of ambition and even more talent. This trio — fronted by vocalist/guitarist Tai Drury and also featuring drummer Alex Riesenbeck and bassist Jakey Thomas — plays rock music informed by funk, jazz, and even a little bit of ska. The result is a runaway train of sound. Songs often change time signatures and tempos on the fly, surging from groove-based sections into full-on rock guitar solos. It’s a wild ride, and not just for the audience. When Thomas joined The Marsupials shortly before the release of the band’s debut album, 2017’s Mellow Emergency, he was tasked with going back and re-recording the bass parts for the album.

Doing so was no small feat, given the shapeshifting nature of the music and the fact that the rest of the band hadn’t used a click track while in the recording studio. Now, though, Drury, Riesenbeck, and Thomas operate like a well-oiled machine, crafting music that is exhilarating and visceral. Long-term, Drury has said The Marsupials have high hopes of growing their fanbase and touring footprint to include other states. In other words, don’t miss seeing them live while they’re still a northern Michigan best-kept secret. You can catch them at the Boyne City Tap Room on Nov. 22.

BEHIND THE MUSIC There’s more to a guitar’s sound than its guitarist

By Ross Boissoneau It doesn’t matter how big your collection of local music. If you don’t know the guys making northern Michigan guitars, you don’t know northern Michigan music: Meet some of the area’s most esteemed luthiers. Tim Burke, Bob DeKorne, Jake Robinson, and Kim Hillard are among the musician woodworkers building guitars. And they’re not the only ones. Geno Hansen at Traverse City Guitar Company is both a luthier and a resource for other guitar makers. Mike Kemnitzer of Central Lake plies his trade at Nugget Mandolins.

THE FATHER OF HOXEYVILLE Most started out as musicians first, such as Robinson. Tiring of his day job in the oil and gas industry, he took a guitar-making course at Galloup Guitars in Big Rapids. “I was looking for something interesting to do in my 20s,” Robinson said.

After finishing the course, the Cadillac native eventually moved to the Kalamazoo area and opened Robinson Guitars. But he kept his eyes up north, eventually hosting a party for his fellow music-makers on some property he had there. Today that little get-together is known as Hoxeyville, the rootsy summer music festival in Wellston.

When Hoxeyville became big with acclaimed musicians from across the globe like Buddy Guy, Bill Frisell, and Jorma Kaukonen performing, he moved both his residence and business north. Today Robinson Guitars offers a variety of guitars, but his favorite to build is a small jumbo.

“It’s my flagship model,” he said. “It’s got a rounder shape and is more comfortable, with a balanced sound.”

TIMBER! The type of wood is a key. Spruce, rosewood, mahogany and others come to mind. You can never have too much. “It’s like a drug,” Robinson said with a laugh. “You buy wood you don’t need.” He said the different woods not only give the guitar a different look, they color the sound as well. So you should definitely start with the best wood — right?

Don’t tell Bob DeKorne. The Maple City resident loves to create guitars from things others would toss on the scrap heap. Like disfigured wood with holes in it. Or an old pallet — such as the guitar he made to benefit Buckets of Rain, the urban gardening nonprofit in Detroit. Maybe his late father’s WWII ammo box, like the one he crafted into a guitar last year for an auction benefiting Honor Flight.

Or maybe the dead ash tree threatening his garage. “It was a great big one I was afraid would fall. It was stupid to cut it for firewood,” DeKorne said. So instead he

used it for guitars, emerald ash borer trails and all. “I’ve been accused of using some weird wood,” he admitted — like from his grandfather’s barn. “The charity and heritage aspect keep me fired up.”

While Robinson plies the acoustic side of things, DeKorne gets electric with his Pyramid Point Custom Guitars. Though the use of materials makes each guitar truly unique, DeKorne said they still need to play well.

DeKorne looks to another local luthier for inspiration. Kim Hillard of Burdickville is a skilled woodworker, but is reluctant to play publically.

DeKorne said he tries to encourage Hillard to jump in at the regular Tuesday night jam sessions at a friend’s business, but Hillard typically sits back to enjoy the sound, rather than join the fray.

THE MASTER However, when it comes to creating guitars, Hillard takes a back seat to no one. “Kim is brilliant. He’s an engineer, a problem-solver,” said DeKorne. “The kind of guy who’ll spend two weeks building a jig” to build a guitar.

“I always had a guitar around. My dad, brother, and son Dane play. I’ve taken lessons, but I’m a builder,” Hillard said. When he decided to make a guitar, he took about a year to research it, watching YouTube videos and guitar builder forums online, reading books to determining exactly what tools he’d need — then another year to build it.

REPAIRS ONLY He’s now created four guitars. While he’s not yet offered any for sale, he hasn’t ruled it out. They’re beautiful to look at, and if Hillard himself isn’t completely comfortable playing, he’s happy his creations sound great.

He’s not the only guitar-maker who hasn’t sold a guitar. Tim Burke has found himself so busy with repairs he hasn’t been able to make one to sell. A fixture for years on Interlochen Public Radio, when he stepped away from the mic, he knew he didn’t want to just sit and watch the world go by. Since he played guitar, he thought building them might be fun.

“I decided this was how I’m going to flunk retirement,” Burke said.

Like Robinson, he hooked up with Galloup Guitars. “It’s going away to school for six months. You get immersed in it,” said Burke.

“It was a wonderful experience.” He said the range of ages in the class was people in their 20s to 70s, though notes he was disappointed there was only one woman in the class.

Today he’s working from his home shop in Benzonia. “I’ve used what I’ve learned virtually every day.”

So yes, you can go to a guitar shop and purchase a Martin or a Gibson. But there are those around who are handcrafting instruments, each with its own custom look and sound.

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Maestro — Your PlaYlist, Please The recordings that made the musicians Inspiration comes from many places: parents, teachers, books. For many musicians, particular recordings resonate, propelling them toward a path of professional or semi-professional music-making. Whether 78s or 8-tracks, CDs or MP3s, the music contained therein had a profound impact on many of this region’s musicians, influencing their direction or opening up whole new musical worlds.

Here some of them tell us about particular recordings, circumstances, and other things that helped open their ears to the possibilities of music. By Ross Boissoneau

ROBIN LEE BERRY, Boyne City The singer, songwriter, vocalist and guitarist (who also plays ukulele, piano, and violin) has released several recordings and performed around the region for many years.

Joni Mitchell, For the Roses I’m not sure who introduced me to this album but it was the fave. She embodied female to me. I learned “River” and “Where Are You Now?” and several others on piano. Some of them I still play. Her melodies were brilliant — mournful but clear and fluid in such an unconventional way. She exhibited vulnerability while clearly remaining independent.

Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles I remember playing it for the first time in the cozy little kitchen in a house that I was renting for myself and my two children. I was so moved by the very first cut that I lay down on the floor and just let the rest of the recording carry me right to the end. Its content, topic, lyrics, the feeling of space in the recording between every instrument, the jazz feel, the horn, the overlapping rhythms melded with ancient, haunting Russian melodies woven in with hypnotic bass lines. That was soul food. Sting’s voice was powerful and expressive, too, and that really ignited something in me about how and where my voice should come from to achieve the textures and effects of his passionate delivery.

The Pointer Sisters Live Oh my God, what energy, snappin,’ wrappin,’ dancin’ sisters voices that went large and shook the house. “Black Coffee” —oooh — and “Steam Heat.” What a thrill — this is one I have in vinyl. My oldest, Woodrow, knew how much I loved this recording and presented a copy to me as a gift. It is one of the few vinyl I possess. I was working with the Reef Petroleum Big Band for 4–5 years as principal singer and could feel what it was really like having that kind of band just leaning in on those great rides and riffs.

XAVIER VERNA, Manistee A percussionist by trade, he performs as part of the percussion trio Identity Cubed.

Verna is also the executive director of the Ramsdell Center for the Arts.

The Police, “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic” (Synchronicity) When I was a freshman in high school, all I knew of music was MTV and band. I was in the marching band and percussion ensemble, and our teacher wrote an arrangement of “Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic.”

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RALPH SCHWEIGERT, Gaylord A trumpeter with the United States Continental Army Band, Schweigert was director of bands at Gaylord High School from 1974 to 1999 and conducted the Gaylord Community Band from 1976 to 2016. He now heads the Northern Michigan Brass Band.

Roger Voisin, The Art of The Trumpet, seven recordings from the late 1950s and early 1960s Voisin was principal trumpet with the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1950 to 1973.

These were pivotal in introducing me to the “legit,” non-jazz approach to trumpet playing and steering me toward a deep, abiding love of classical music. Most of this music was from the Baroque period, with the most recent being Joseph Haydn’s “Trumpet Concerto in Eb,” written in 1796. The playing style is rather dated by today’s standards, but it did open up a whole new musical world to me as a young trumpeter.

Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Brahms “Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73” This recording also dates from the late ’50s and early ’60s. I received this as a gift when I was still in high school, part of a boxed set of all four Brahms symphonies. The sheer beauty of the sound and the clarity of the structure are truly astounding. But those important elements take a back seat to the depth of feeling that Bruno Walter brings to the score. For the first time, I became aware of the profound emotional power of truly great music.

Herbert von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic (CD), Claudio Abado/Berlin Philharmonic (Blu-ray), Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony No. 9” I fell in love with this symphony because of the overpowering emotional effect of the final movement. This was the last piece Mahler completed before his death. Its profound depth of despair and sadness leads me to believe Mahler knew he was about to die.

I have heard all the other Mahler symphonies played live by various orchestras over the years. I had no idea what I was missing until I bought Abado’s recording a few years ago. Being able to watch the conductor gives the music even more meaning, and the pathos is excruciating. The emotional impact is so profound that I, like the audience in the Philharmonic, held my breath at the end of the piece. It must have been a good two minutes before Abado turned around, and the applause erupted. That visual of a motionless Abado and the perfect silence of the 2,500 people in the audience reminded me again that no recording can even come close to matching the power of experiencing a well-played, inspired performance by a great orchestra in a great concert hall. experience to perform a popular song. I listen to it [the song] every now and then. I default to the Police because of that experience.

Igor Stravinsky, “Rite of Spring” On a field trip to the Chicago Symphony we heard “Petrushka.” That was my favorite orchestra, and I got more into classical music.

When I got to college, a pianist was arranging “Rite of Spring” for two pianos and two percussionists. The other percussionist did tympani and guiro — I did everything else. I had a blast. I’d roll a gong with my feet, set up a double bass pedal.

Claude Debussy, “Clair de Lune” I took a class on Debussy. I was interested in his writing and his life. He was so different than any composer of his time. He didn’t like to conform to standard music theory. I think a lot the same way. That’s one I’ll play, or if I hear it, I’ll stop and listen.

DAVID CHOWN, Traverse City A popular keyboard player, Chown has led several ensembles and released a number of CDs. A member of the music faculty at Northwestern Michigan College, he recently performed with the NMC Big Band.

LARRY AVERY, Traverse City Avery, a guitarist and vocalist, was frequently seen onstage at Dill’s when he owned the downtown restaurant. He’s a mainstay of the Swing Shift and the Stars band.

Led Zeppelin 4 I was in eighth grade when I took some of my hard-earned paper route money and headed to Kresge’s to buy the new Led Zeppelin album. When I dropped the needle and heard the ominous sounding singing/ screaming of Robert Plant, coupled with the hard riffing of Jimi Page, the slamming groove of John Bonham, and the underrated support of John Paul Jones, I was hooked, and I knew that music was what I wanted to do. I had just made the transition from bubblegum pop music into hard rock.

Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority I grew up playing in R&R garage bands and then got in stage band in high school so I knew how powerful the horns could be. This album came out when I was a sophomore in college. A year later I was playing guitar for the Ball State Singers — they had a bad-ass horn section and got to sing and play “Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?” in front of 3,500 people. I remember that very well. Terry Kath could sing lead and play lead at the same time.

He was a monster. The songs and the sound were brand new.

Jethro Tull, Aqualung I first heard this album on the transistor radio next to my bed on a late-night FM rock station. Suddenly there seemed to be a concept behind the tunes, a storyline. And, of course, the virtuosic playing of the all the members of the band. When I heard the classically trained piano stylings of John Evan on the opening of “Locomotive Breath,” I got some blank music-manuscript paper and would run back and forth from the piano to the turntable across the room to try and to notate exactly what was being played.

Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life I was playing in Louisville with my road band at a supper club and this bunch of long hairs comes in twice in one week for our early show. Finally introduced, they were a rock band called Quickdraw playing at Eddie Donaldson’s on the River. We went to see them. They knew somebody who knew somebody and had Songs in the Key of Life before it was out. They did “AS” and “Another Star” and we all lost our minds. There are no musicians alive didn’t change for the better after hearing “I Wish” or “Sir Duke” or “Ordinary Pain” and all the rest.

Thelonius Monk, Underground My brother Bill bought this album for my birthday, but at first I couldn’t get my head around the weird harmonies. When I was a jazz studies major at Western, one night I had a musicologist friend over for a party, and we dropped the needle on this album, and everything changed and became clear. We listened to the whole album about four times in a row, and I was [forever] hooked on jazz. This became my new passion. The rest is history. I had to somehow become a professional musician, and I did.

LUKE WINSLOW-KING, Cadillac The national recording artist is an Interlochen grad who cut his teeth in New Orleans and New York City. His bluesy approach to Americana has resulted in critical appreciation and sold-out shows around the globe.

Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind Produced by Daniel Lanois, Time Out of Mind, to me, is one of the greatest breakup albums in the late 20th century and is widely considered to be Bob Dylan’s comeback into modern times. I love the production, his vocal phrasing, and delivery, but most of all, the lyrical mastery.

Adele had a platinum-selling single covering “To Make You Feel My Love.” I first heard this album as I crossed Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans for the very first time in my life. This record has followed me and has helped me through hard times. It’s always revealing different meanings with each listen.

Mark Knopfler, Tracker I love Knopfler’s soothing low vocal sounds on this album. It complements the icy sound of his slide Stratocaster playing.

Modern designs and ideas are woven together with the sounds and traditions of old Scotland.

Ry Cooder, Boomer’s Story “Dig my grave beside the railroad so I can hear the trains roll by.” I received a copy of this album from an old friend and mentor at the age of 16. It’s been an inspiration to me ever since. Old train songs and the mandolin style of “Yank” Rachell. This is truly the slide guitar bible. One song about President Kennedy features blues hero Sleepy John Estes as Ry Cooder tips his hat to the greats that came before him.

Steely Dan, Aja “Deacon Blues.” “I cried when I wrote this song, sue me if I play too long … this brother is free, I be what I want to be.” I know they are not for everybody and that’s a shame and too bad for those folks. I could say I like this or that about Dan music, but in the end, when the song is over, a voice in my head says, “That’s the way music is supposed to sound.”

Honorable mention to Blood Sweat and Tears with David Clayton-Thomas. Saw them in Saratoga, NY in 1968 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. DCT is blue-eyed soul in my book.

CHERYL STAATS, Petoskey Staats is a Nationally Certified Teacher of Music, a member of the College of Examiners of The Royal Conservatory of Music and the National Music Certificate Program. In Colorado, she held many positions in the Boulder Area Music Teachers Association and was vice president for the Colorado State Music Teachers Association. She sings with the Little Traverse Choral Society and the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra.

Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto played by pianist Van Cliburn When I was a teen Cliburn was very much in the news. He won the International Tchaikovsky competition in Russia. I heard him and thought it was great. I was hoping to play as well. It was encouraging to think, as he was also from Texas. The best [piano players] were all from Russia, so it meant others in the world could be really good.

Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin Rubinstein was the poet of piano. He was the go-to guy — everybody thought he was the best interpreter [of that music]. Such musicality. He had a photographic memory, could read music in his mind.

The Beatles, “Eleanor Rigby” I was a teen when the Beatles came out. “Eleanor Rigby” is just vocals and strings. We all thought it was great, whether [we were into] pop or classical. The fact it was a string octet, it was classical crossover. They [The Beatles] felt free to borrow from anywhere. The words were poignant and sad.

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Nov. 14 Artists from Interlochen at Kirkbride Hall: Thomas Riccobono, Corbin Wagner, and Ken Larson Interlochen Arts Academy brass faculty unite for a program of solo and ensemble music.

Nov. 16 Kittel & Co. Led by Grammy Award-winning violinist Jeremy Kittel, the string quintet inhabits a sonic landscape that blends elements of Celtic, bluegrass, jazz, folk, and classical music.

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EVAN TYRONE MARTIN TO DELIVER CHRISTMAS EARLY

By Ross Boissoneau Dec. 12-14 The Nutcracker The Arts Academy Dance Company presents the timeless story of Clara, her enchanted Nutcracker, and their journey through the Land of Sweets.

Dec. 17 Sounds of the Season Get into the holiday spirit with an evening of festive tunes by the Arts Academy Wind Symphony and Choir.

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Who doesn’t love Nat King Cole? The singer’s appeal has continued long after his untimely death in 1965. “I think Nat King Cole gives you a warm feeling,” said Evan Tyron Martin, “and everybody needs that around the holidays.”

That’s why Martin is bringing back the song stylings that made Cole famous. His “An Unforgettable Nat King Cole Christmas” will feature signature songs and yuletide favorites in a special holiday show Nov. 15 at Odawa Casino in Petoskey.

Martin is an acclaimed Chicago actor and singer who’s won praise from the likes of the Chicago Tribune and the Sacramento Cultural Hub, which said, “No one alive sings Nat King Cole’s ‘Nature Boy’ as well as Evan Tyrone Martin.”

Martin said singing Cole’s best is natural to him. “I grew up with it. My family listened to The Christmas Album every year.”

Martin’s extensive theatre background includes roles in “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Hair,” “Oklahoma,” “Rent,” and a show called “Duke Ellington’s Greatest Hits.” He first toured last year with a non-holiday Nat King Cole show before revisiting “The Christmas Song,” “The First Noel,” “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” and yuletide favorites.

“We were highlighting his incredible body of work,” said Martin.

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The set list included a couple of the Christmastime favorites, and his manager and producer, Michael Ingersoll, approached him about doing a special holiday tour. “He said, ‘Everybody loves it when you sing “The Christmas Song.” That’s just a slice of the [holiday] catalog.’ So we do [this show] during the holiday season,” Martin said.

It is part of a number of touring shows Ingersoll and his wife, Angela, created.

Michael Ingersoll is known for starring as Nick Massi of the Four Seasons in the musical hit “Jersey Boys,” launching the original San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Chicago runs.

He went on to start the retro-rock vocal group Under the Streetlamp, recording, touring, and co-starring in the quartet’s multiple PBS concert specials. Angela Ingersoll is an Emmy-nominated actress who headlines concert stages nationwide in “Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland,” which aired on PBS. She also won significant acclaim portraying Garland in the play “End of the Rainbow”; she earned Chicago’s prestigious Jeff Award and was named Los Angeles Times’ Woman of the Year in theatre.

Though familiar with the music from his youth, Martin admitted that when he and the Ingersolls first talked about creating a show dedicated to Cole’s holiday music, he hadn’t heard Cole’s Christmas songs in a while, other than the occasional “chestnuts

roasting” on the radio or the like. “I hadn’t put it on since childhood. I listened to it again,” he said.

Martin’s show isn’t a tribute show in the sense of artists who try to sound and perform exactly like the star they’re emulating, such as the Musical Box doing the music of Genesis, or Purple Reign doing the music of Prince. “It’s his music, as me. His vocal quality and mine are similar. I’m not doing an impression,” Martin said.

He takes pains to laud the musicians he’s performing with, a five piece with guitar, bass, drums, and woodwinds, all led by acclaimed Chicago pianist Joann Daughtery.

“The band is incredible,” he said.

And though this show is focused on Yule favorites, Martin said he still performs other songs from the Cole songbook.

“Unforgettable” and “Mona Lisa” are in the set list, as well as some holiday favorites that Cole didn’t perform. Martin said they’ve also taken pains to add some upbeat material. “It could get saccharine if we didn’t,” he said.

The overall experience is one he thinks brings to mind everything that’s great about the holidays, when families gather together and share memories and favorite Yuletide music.

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REBUILDING THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL How a high school reunion concert launched a nonprofit that’s changing the face of Manistee

By Ross Boissoneau Old bands reunite, play a dance, and save the city. Sort of.

Spinal Tap? Nope, try Salt City Rock and Blues. And while that might sound like a band, it’s not. It’s the name of the Manistee-based nonprofit that emerged from a parade that switched holidays to become a funding resource that saved — OK, not the city, but dozens of dogs and cats. And next on the nonprofit’s

life-improvement agenda is a new amphitheater for the town.

Confused? Let’s go back a few years. The Manistee High School class of 1973 was preparing for a 40th reunion when the idea came up to invite two of the region’s popular bands from back in the day, Red Apple Road and Band X, to reunite for the festivities.

“Those two bands were very popular,” said Bob Ogilvie, one of the planners for that reunion and now vice president of the Salt City Rock & Blues nonprofit. “A lot of the

musicians from both bands still live in the Manistee area. It was not only a reunion for us; it was a reunion for them.”

So the reunion became a two-night event. The first night featured Red Apple Road and Brand X (some members coming from as far away as Colorado), and a third band, Bo White and the Bluezers, featuring members of both the other bands and other area musicians. The second night was the class reunion proper.

The organizers were so pleased they decided to do it again the next year, and that would be the end. But then … ?

“We had such success with the first two, we said let’s keep it going,” said Tom Volkema, another of the original planners and the president of Salt City Rock and Blues.

Not only that, but because of the overwhelming response to the reunion concerts, the organizers decided to raise funds for local charities as a sideline. The first couple years they raised money for Manistee North Pierhead Lighthouse — over $20,000, according to Volkema. They also made a donation to Homeward Bound Animal Shelter.

The group had also begun working with the Manistee Area Chamber of Commerce, which Ogilvie said offered them the prime Saturday night slot for the city’s annual Fourth of July festivities. But Ogilvie said, as the years went by, the event never caught fire like it did those first few years. One reason, Ogilvie and Volkema suspect, is that there was already such a crowd at the beach for carnival rides and such, parking was hard to come by. So after much thought and discussion, last year the group struck out on its own.

First they made it an official 501(c) (3) nonprofit under the sobriquet Salt City Rock and Blues. Second, it opted out of the

Independence Day holiday and instead took on Labor Day for its own signature event: LaborFest.

In addition to a classic car show and Labor Day parade, LaborFest features several local bands playing during the day, while the evening features a national headliner. The daytime music is free; the evening show is a ticketed event.

“Last year was a phenomenal success with Here Come The Mummies,” said Ogilvie.

“We want to rotate [the bands] to encompass more. Everybody should get a shot,” he said. That includes younger bands and music geared for the under-40 crowd, which Ogilvie said is important as the organization looks to attract younger members. One key to that is attracting bands with younger audiences. “We want to get some bands that get [younger fans] enthused,” he said.

Volkema agreed. “We’re all getting older and hope the younger generation steps in a follows. Everybody loves music. I don’t think that will fade away.”

They certainly hope not. Especially since Salt City Rock & Blues has taken on a new, multi-year project: The money it raises is now earmarked for a bandshell at the beach. The cost for the state-of-the-art amphitheater is $2.7 million, which the group hopes to raise through a combination of its efforts and grants.

It’s quite a ways from that initial class and band reunion. And while Band X and Red Apple Road haven’t played the show in several years, the hope is they come back for another go-round. “We had some of the musicians [from those bands come to Manistee] but Band X and Red Apple Road were not here in 2018 or 2019. But 2020 is a possibility,” Ogilvie said.

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Local Sounds What’s trending in northern Michigan music

By Kristi Kates Music trends come and go like everything else, but it’s always interesting to take the pulse of our region to see what’s happening on our stages and in our music stores. We checked in with some in-theknow folks, and here’s what’s hot on the local music scene.

GET DISTORTED The resurgence of ’70s and ’80s-era heavy rock is music to the ears of Tim Harding, manager at Traverse City Guitar Co. “The younger people, in particular, seem to really be getting into ’70s-era rock, and early ’80s rock, like Van Halen — and thank goodness,” he said.

The most popular way the kids are achieving that grungy, scratchy, oldschool rock sound is by teaming up their electric guitar of choice — the most popular models for this brand of music in particular include Stratocasters and Les Pauls — with a distortion pedal.

Boss, Ibanez, Electro-Harmonix all offer up their own versions, but Traverse City Guitar Co. makes and sells a distortion/ fuzz pedal of its own, said Harding: “… the Fuzzy Mitten, with an obvious nod to northern Michigan.”

VINTAGE BEATS Now that people born in the 1960s are old enough to see their music officially become “collectible,” there’s been a corresponding run on the vintage instruments used to make that music — drum kits especially, said Al Jankowski of Traverse City’s Marshall Music.

The result?

“The value is really going up on vintage drum sets,” he said. “We have a lot of collectors who buy them just to add to their personal collections; working drummers are also always looking for vintage drum gear.”

Jankowski most recently sold a 1976 Ludwig Vistalite kit and a Rogers Drums set from 1964; still in stock is an early ‘80s Yamaha drum kit — he said that’s being eyeballed by several patrons.

ACOUSTIC AUDIO While those ’70s and ’80s sounds are trending among electric guitars, Jankowski pointed out that, for much of northern Michigan, the guitar focus has shifted to acoustic instruments. “It’s become part of the way of life Up North here,” he said. “You can just more easily backpack an acoustic guitar, take it to the beach, or even just sit on your couch and strum.”

Local northern Michigan craftsmen like Barley Guitars in Lake Ann, and Root Guitar Works in Traverse City let you

customize your acoustic guitar by ordering up a specially-made guitar direct from their respective workshops. Jim Howard of Howard Guitars in Boyne City makes both electric and acoustic guitars, but says he gets more requests for acoustics.

“I do get some people who play Celtic music and other genres, but it’s primarily folk music, for the most part,” he explained. And while he does do inlay work, he said that most people seem to want more plain designs lately. “Clients will tell me that they want the wood to ‘speak for itself,’ so they prefer a really simple but nice-looking instrument without much detailing,” he said.

FOLK CLUB In line with the acoustic trend is the resurgence of ’60s-era folk music, which is actually its own resurgence — one whose roots are in the music of the 1930s and ’40s, from artists like Lead Belly, Oscar Brand, John Jacob Niles, and Cisco Houston.

“What I find personally interesting is that it’s the younger kids — teenagers, high school kids — who are playing the kind of music I liked when I was young,” said Kevin Johnston of Petoskey’s Sight and Sound Music. “[Johnny] Cash, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, all those old folk standards that are usually just called ‘traditional’ music. We sell

a lot of guitars that suit those artists, as well as any other kind of music of course; and we’ve also been selling a lot more mandolins lately, so there does seem to be a turn back toward those classic sounds.”

ULTIMATE UKULELES Ukuleles — a smaller member of the guitar family that most commonly has four strings and originated in Hawaii as an adaptation of a Portuguese instrument — have become especially trendy over the past several years, and are still going strong here in northern Michigan. “There’s a local community group called Strum (Society of Traverse Region Ukulele Musicians) that really helps drive the ukulele market for us,” Jankowski said. “They meet once a month, with up to 50 people, just to get together and play ukulele tunes.”

Johnston agreed. “Ukuleles are definitely one of our hottest-selling items,” he said. “Last Christmas we were literally selling three to five per day. They’re easy to play, not pricey, and good for both kids and beginners.”

Sight and Sound sells most of its ukuleles, though, to a perhaps unexpected market. “Well, there are actually a bunch of ukulele clubs at the senior centers here — so we sell the majority of our ukes to ladies 60 and over,” Johnston said.

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3. City Opera House and P45 Theatre had big fun distributing candy and bookmarkers at the downtown TC Trick or Treat.

4. Crowds gather inside Right Brain Brewery before the 2019 Zombie Run in Traverse City.

5. Zombie fisherman run in the annual Zombie Run 5k in TC.

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32ND ANNUAL DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: 9am-3pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Over 100 artist spaces will feature Christmas gifts & home furnishings & décor. Proceeds benefit global & local non-profits. Free. fcctc.org/events/dickenschristmas-bazaar

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 9-10am: Poetry Workshop led by Susan Griffiths.

10am-noon: Poetry Writing Group. 11am9pm: NaNoWriMo: Writing Hop. 1-3pm: Book Launch: “Lesson of the Larks” by Laura Knight Cobb. horizonbooks.com

---------------------ICEMAN COMETH CHALLENGE: SOLD OUT: 9am, Kalkaska Airport. A 30 mile point-topoint mountain bike race from Kalkaska to TC. iceman.com

---------------------MEIJER SLUSH CUP: SOLD OUT: 9am, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. “A half-frozen version of the Bell’s Iceman.” Approximately eight miles long. iceman.com/pages/meijer-slush-cupand-sno-cone-races

---------------------SKI SWAP: 9am-4pm, Crystal Mountain, Crystal Center, Thompsonville. The Ski Swap is looking for ski & snowboard equipment, golf clubs, & paddle sports (kayaks & stand up paddle boards). Drop off used equipment at the lower level of Crystal Center on Thurs., Oct. 31 from 10am-5pm or Fri., Nov. 1 from 10am-8pm.

Equipment not sold must be picked up after the Ski Swap sale on Sun., Nov. 3 between 1pm & 4pm. crystalmountain.com/event/ski-swap

---------------------37TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR: 10am3pm, Bellaire High School. Featuring over 60 regional artisans. 231-533-6023.

---------------------TREETOPS TRIFECTA: 5K & HILL CLIMB: 10am, Treetops North Resort, Gaylord. 5K: 10am; Hill Climb: 4pm. greatlakesendurance.com

---------------------GLCO YOUNG CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SERIES: WINDS-TEMPP: 10:30am, Petoskey District Library. For ages 4-10. Features storytelling, directed listening, sing-a-longs, chant, movement & dance, imitation & rhythm games.

Free. glcorchestra.org

---------------------PARTNER PROGRAM WITH CHALLENGE ISLAND: 10:30am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. This free program presents kids with challenges related to Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM) as well as encouraging teamwork, problem solving, & tenacity. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------47TH ANNUAL ZONTA FASHION SHOW: 11am-2pm, Odawa Casino, Ovation Hall, Petoskey. This show will highlight the latest fall & winter fashions from more than 30 retailers in the Petoskey area & feature a silent auction, gift basket raffle, entertainment by Michelle Chenard & Meg Kehoe, & an elegant lunch. The theme this year is “A Centennial of Inspiration.” Benefits women who need financial assistance to help them overcome barriers that may prevent them from meeting essential needs. $65. zontapetoskey.com

---------------------BOOK SIGNING: 11:30am-1:30pm, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord. Kath Usitalo will sign her newest Michigan guide, “Secret Upper Peninsula: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure.” saturnbooksellers.com

---------------------MODEL RAILROAD MEETING: 1pm, Peninsula Township Hall, TC. National Model Railroad Association North Central Region Division 2 Monthly Meeting. Includes a presentation on model railroading & a show & tell. info@ncrdivision2.groups.io Free.

---------------------“THE LARK”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. This parable of faith, truth & religion recreates the trial

of French war heroine Joan of Arc. Presented by the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Company. Leonard Bernstein’s incidental music will accompany the performance, performed by the Interlochen Arts Academy Chamber Singers. $19 full, $14 student. tickets.interlochen.org

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MEIJER SNO-CONE: 3pm, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. A 1/4 mile relatively flat loop around Timber Ridge Resort for the very youngest riders & a 1.5 mile course for older riders. $5. iceman.com/pages/meijer-slush-cup-and-sno-cone-races

4 C’S CRAWL FOR THE CURE PUB CRAWL BINGO: Boyne City. Hosted by the Cancer Crushers & Cyd’s Crusaders of the Chain of Lakes Relay For Life. Registration will open at 4:30pm at the Lake Street Pub, & the pub crawl will start at 5pm. Participants will crawl at their own pace to the participating establishments until 8:30pm & then gather back at the Boyne City Tap Room for a door prize drawing at 9pm.

Proceeds will benefit the Chain of Lakes Relay For Life. Register at Eventbrite.com. $25 per person. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“THE OUTSIDERS” BY THE YOUNG COMPANY: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. A play about young people who still have hope in the midst of struggle. This story by S. E. Hinton has been adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel. Adults: $15; youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------BLISSFEST COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Petoskey. Contras, squares, rounds & more. Live band & caller. All dances taught. No partner necessary. $5/person, $7/couple, $10/family.

---------------------SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND: 7:30-9pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Featuring singersongwriters Eliza Thorp, Lara Fullford & Sean Miller in an “in the round” style performance. $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------THE HARMALEIGHS: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Enjoy a mix of indie, folk, pop & Americana poetic, passionate & powerful songs. Their newest album is “She Won’t Make Sense.” $30. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------5TH ANNUAL CITY OPERA HOUSE GALA: “LIFE IS A CABARET”: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Performers include Paul Canaan, Eve Starr, Adinah Alexander, Eden Espinosia, Joey Taranto & Jacob Yandura. Tier 1/Main Floor/Table: $125; Tier 2/Balcony: $25; Student/ Balcony: $15. cityoperahouse.org/life-is-cabaret

---------------------LAMB’S RETREAT SONGWRITER CONCERT: 8pm, Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs.

Featuring Michael Smith, Anne Hills, Joel Mabus, Ray Bonneville & Claudia Schmidt. Hosted

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

---------------------BRUNCH AND BOOKS: 8am-3pm, Cafe Santé, Boyne City. Cafe Santé will donate ten percent of the food items sold in support of the Boyne District Library. Silent auction; children receive a free book.

---------------------SKI SWAP: 9am-noon, Crystal Mountain, Crystal Center, Thompsonville. The Ski Swap is looking for ski & snowboard equipment, golf clubs & paddle sports (kayaks & stand up paddle boards).

Drop off used equipment at the lower level of Crystal Center on Thurs., Oct. 31 from 10am5pm or Fri., Nov. 1 from 10am-8pm. Equipment not sold must be picked up after the Ski Swap sale on Sun., November 3 between 1pm & 4pm. crystalmountain.com/event/ski-swap

TC author Bob Downes biked more than 4,500 miles across North America, starting with 2,711 miles from Seattle to TC in 2016, and then 1,800 miles from Michigan to the northern tip of Newfoundland last summer. Bob will present a digital slide show, “Biking Across the Continent,” at Horizon Books, TC on Thurs., Nov. 7 at 7pm. Downes is the author of five books, including the historical novel, “Windigo Moon.” horizonbooks.com TREETOPS TRIFECTA: HALF MARATHON: 9am, Treetops North Resort, Gaylord. greatlakesendurance.com

---------------------6TH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS EVENT: 11am2pm, Hagerty Center, Great Lakes Campus, NMC, TC. Featuring soup & breads from 35 area restaurants, a silent auction, folk & bluegrass music, along with choosing an artisan bowl from hundreds made by area artists. Proceeds benefit Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan’s mission to deliver healthy food to 48 food pantries in five counties. $20. secure.acceptiva. com/?cst=R3Ygmi

---------------------CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: Nov. 3-9. Eat at your favorite local eateries & experience new restaurants & dishes at special prices. Each restaurant will have a unique menu for the week, as well as their regular menu. charlevoixrestaurantweek.com

---------------------YOGA + BEER: 11am, Silver Spruce Brewing Co.,

TC. A one hour flow class. Bring your own mat.

Register. Donation based class. eventbrite.com

---------------------FREE VETERAN’S BUFFET DINNER: 12-4pm, TC Elks Lodge. All veterans & active duty personnel are invited. Non-veteran meals are $10 each.

---------------------20/20 VISIONS BRIDAL SHOW: 1-5pm, Visions at CenterPointe, TC. Benefits the Mary Kay Foundation. Enjoy a fashion show, vendors & silent auction. $5. Find on Facebook.

---------------------FOR ANIMALS VEGAN POTLUCK: 1-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Includes the movie “Called to Rescue,” featuring special guest Naomi Call, one of the film’s directors. Feel free to bring a vegan dish to pass & a friend. 231-492-0063. Free. foranimalstc.org

---------------------“THE OUTSIDERS” BY THE YOUNG COMPANY: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. A play about young people who still have hope in the midst of struggle. This story by S. E. Hinton has been adapted for the stage by Christopher Sergel. Adults: $15; youth under 18: $8 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------AILEY II: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. “The next generation of dance.” $38 full, $14 student. tickets.interlochen.org

GLCO SUNDAY SERIES PERFORMANCE: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church, Boyne City.

Featuring The Cummings String Quartet, a northern MI-based ensemble of professionals.

Free. glcorchestra.org/concerts

nov 04

monday

CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

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COFFEE HOURS WITH SEN. CURT VANDERWALL: 12:30-1:30pm, Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce, Cadillac. Open to residents of the 35th Senate District to express their opinions or concerns about state government or to request assistance with a state issue. senatorcurtvanderwall.com

---------------------DROP-IN RÉSUMÉ WORKSHOP: 3pm, Elk Rapids District Library. Drop in for one-on-one tips & pointers. Brush up your résumé with Michigan Works career adviser Mandi Brown.

Free. elkrapidslibrary.org/news-events/drop-inresume-workshop

---------------------AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: amical, TC. With 3 distinct land regions, the coast, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon, Peruvian food has a wide variety of ingredients, flavors & aromas with tradition & history. Call 941-8888 for reservations. amical.com/peru

---------------------AUDITIONS FOR INDECENT: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. This play with music has roles for three women & four men of various ages. All but one actor must play multiple parts. oldtownplayhouse.com/getinvolved/auditions.html

nov 05

tuesday

COFFEE @ TEN LECTURE: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. With “Michigan Now: Juried Fine Arts Exhibition” participating artist Julio Suarez. Free. crookedtree.org

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WE BUY

november

02-10 RECORDS

EVERY DAY 231-947-3169

Buying Collections & Equipment

1015 Hannah Ave. Fonts: Gotham Black / Century Expanded Traverse City 231-947-3169 • RPMRecords.net

CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

---------------------GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT WEEK: Nov. 5-12. $15 lunch menus & $25 dinner menus at participating restaurants. gaylordchamber.com/ restaurant-week

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Greyscale: K 100% / K 75%

GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Gratitude Rocks: Use your creativity to paint a cool rock & add a message of what you are thankful for. Held from 11am-noon & 2-3pm. greatlakeskids.org

CONSIDER THIS: INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Consider This: Philosophy for Everyday Life is a program presented by Boomerang Catapult, LLC. Discuss the ethics of individual freedom. Free. tadl.org/event/consider-this-individual-freedom

DETOX YOGA FLOW: 6:45pm, Press On Juice Cafe, TC. This one hour class involves a lot of twists & poses that are focused to help eliminate toxins from the body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat. Must sign up on Eventbrite.com to reserve spot. 9445694. Donation.

---------------------AUDITIONS FOR INDECENT: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

nov 06

$45 / $40 / $35 / $30

World-renowned a cappella ensemble Naturally 7 summons up soul, rap, rock, and folk in one harmonious balance, and brings their unbelievable talent to Center stage this holiday season.

TICKETS ON SALE

at greatlakescfa.org or 231.439.2610 800 BAY HARBOR DRIVE BAY HARBOR, MI 800 BAY HARBOR DRIVE BAY HARBOR, MI49770 tickets@greatlakescfa.org 49770 tickets@greatlakescfa.org

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PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH EVENING SUPPORT GROUP: 6pm, Foster Family Community Health Center, Rooms A & B, TC. Dr. Stallman will present “Ready Set Balance,” plus split group discussions. Questions: Hettie: 947-7389. pnntc.org

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AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

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TCNEWTECH: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Five presenters are allowed 5 minutes each to present & 5 minutes of question & answer.

Between presenters, the audience is allowed to make brief announcements for things such as job openings, persons seeking employment, & other events happening in the area related to technology. Free; must register. cityoperahouse.org/tcnewtech

Naturally 7

---------------------SCHOLARSHIP SUCCESS WORKSHOP: 5:30pm, NMC University Center, Room 204, TC. Presented by GVSU Traverse City & the GT Regional Community Foundation. Participants will learn “Tips and Tricks” on how to write a winning scholarship essay. RSVP. Free. gvsu.edu/traverse

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Holiday A Cappella

Prizes include two NautiCat passes, a Delamar gift basket, overnight stay in renovated West Wing guest room, & overnight stay in executive sweet with dinner for two. Sponsored by Caliber Home Loans. $10. traverseticker.com

wednesday

FLOW & PARTNERS HOST “MICHIGAN SEPTIC SUMMIT”: 9:30am, Hagerty Center, NMC, TC. Explore emerging research on the human health & environmental risks presented by old & failing septic systems in MI, learn about local & regional programs & regulations adopted in response to surface water & groundwater quality threats, & more. $25/person in advance, $30/door. eventbrite.com

---------------------CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

---------------------GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Tues., Nov. 5)

---------------------MONEY SERIES: YOUR IRA & REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS: 3pm, Leland Township Library, Munnecke Room. Join Jason P. Tank, CFA, to learn about the age of 70 1/2 & how your IRA becomes subject to required minimum distributions. This program is part of Front Street Foundation’s Money Series. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------INVEST CHEBOYGAN: All Cheboygan County entrepreneurs & new businesses of two years or less are invited to apply to compete in the Invest Cheboygan County Business Model Competition for startup capital toward their business & a chance to advance to the finale competition, Grand Event, to compete for more startup funds. The competition will be held at the Cheboygan Opera House tonight at 5pm.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------NOVEMBER RECESS: 5-7pm, West Bay Beach, A Delamar Resort, TC. Networking happy hour with fig & goat cheese crostini, antipasto display, cheese & cracker tray, vegetable crudités & chicken pot stickers w/ sesame soy dipping sauce; domestic beer & house wines.

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---------------------THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! A PUPPET PARODY: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Set in the Miami house in 1985, this Off Broadway hit parodies classic Golden Girls moments with puppets. $30, $37; $15 students. cityoperahouse.org/that-golden-girls-show

nov 07 Nov. 5)

thursday

CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

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GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Tues.,

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Barnyard Song” by Rhonda Gowler Greene, followed by an activity or craft. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------ALL YOU CAN EAT SOUP, SALAD & DESSERT SUPPER: 5-7pm, East Jordan United Methodist Church. Free will donation.

---------------------AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

---------------------SIXTH ANNUAL TC ALE TRAIL IPA CHALLENGE: 5:30pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Presented by MI Local Hops, this is a local competition between 11 TC breweries. Each brewery will produce their “Best IPA” & submit it for the event. Two-hundred beer lovers will have the opportunity to get tickets & be a judge & choose their favorite brew. All tasting will be blind. $30 tickets available Oct. 14 - Nov. 7. $35 at the door. Each ticket includes a voting ballot, 11 tastings, 2 wild card tastings, a food token, & one vote. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CELEBRATE BABIES GALA: 6-9pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Presented by the NW Chapter of the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health. Featuring Farm to Table food donated by local area restaurants, live music

by Miriam Pico & a silent auction. Benefits ongoing promotion of Infant Mental Health education across the community, local training scholarships & ongoing support & promotion of babies & young children. $30. eventbrite.com

---------------------POTLUCK & OFF THE WALL MOVIE NIGHT: Helena Township Community Center, Alden.

Dinner, 6pm; movie, 7pm. Sign up for the potluck: 231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------FAMILIES AGAINST NARCOTICS: 6:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. Meets the first Thurs. of every month.

---------------------“BIKING ACROSS THE CONTINENT”: 7pm, Horizon Books, TC. This digital slide show will be presented by TC author Bob Downes, who bicycled from MI to the northern tip of New-

foundland last summer, along with 2,711 miles from Seattle to TC in 2016, fulfilling a dream of cycling all the way across the North American continent. Downes is the author of five books, including the historical novel, “Windigo Moon.” horizonbooks.com

nov 08

friday

VETERANS DAY EVENT: Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. The school wishes to recognize all veterans for their service. Refreshments at 9am; celebration at 9:30am. Veterans interested in attending should RSVP: 719-930-8869.

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BOOK PUBLISHING 101: 10am, City Opera House, TC. Learn about the process from manuscript to publication during this interactive, free seminar. Reserve your spot: ashamroe@bookpublishing.com tcchildrensbookfestival.com

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DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Playing with your Food. Children can explore finger foods & make their own snack. greatlakeskids.org

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CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

---------------------GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT (See Tues., Nov. 5)

WEEK:

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MUNSON HEALTHCARE HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 11am, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, 2nd floor conference room, Frankfort. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. Free. munsonhomehealth.org

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TC BEER WEEK: From Nov. 8-15 experience craft beer tastings, dinners & workshops. Get a pint or a sample, meet with brewers & brewery representatives & learn about the beer state of Michigan. The TCBW Pub Crawl takes place tonight from 6-10pm at 7 Monks, The Little Fleet, Brady’s, U&I, Rare Bird Brew Pub, Market Bar & The Franklin.

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44TH ANNUAL MARINERS MEMORIAL SERVICE: Noon, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, courtyard, TC. Held to remember & honor mariners who have perished on the Great Lakes & oceans. Sponsored by the Student Propeller Club, Port 150, of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. 995-1200.

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DARK SKY PROGRAM: 2pm, Leland Township Library, Munnecke Room. Join Kathy Garthe, a founding member of the Dark Sky Committee of Northport Energy, for a presentation on darksky-friendly lighting. Free. lelandlibrary.org

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VETERAN INFORMATION COFFEE TALK: 2-4pm, Interlochen Public Library. Get info about Veteran benefits while enjoying time spent over coffee. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

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AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

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FESTIVAL OF TREES PREVIEW PARTY: 5:30-8:30pm, Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Get a sneak peek of the Community Challenge holiday room displays, plus your first chance to shop in the Yuletide Emporium. Food

by Occasions Catering, wines from Black Star Farms, festive entertainment & more. $30/person or 2 for $50. mynorthtickets.com

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ANTRIM PITCH NIGHT: 6pm, Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire. Cheer on selected Antrim County businesses at this business model competition. Watch them vie for their share of $15k in startup funds & a chance to compete at the finale Grand Event for additional startup capital.

Reserve your spot. Free. eventbrite.com

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“WEST SIDE STORY”: 7pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Presented by the TC

Central High School Music Department. GA: $20; VIP: $25; students & senior citizens: $15. mynorthtickets.com

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“THE LARK”: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. This parable of faith, truth & religion recreates the trial of French war heroine Joan of Arc. Presented by the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Company. Leonard Bernstein’s incidental music will accompany the performance, performed by the Interlochen Arts Academy Chamber Singers. $19 full, $14 student. tickets.interlochen.org

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A MUSICAL NIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the Grand Traverse Show Chorus of Sweet Adelines International. Featuring the awardwinning GTSChorus with guests Miriam Pico, the Ukulele Orchestra of Suttons Bay & Sashay Quartet. $25/person. grandtraverseshowchorus.org

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RODNEY CARRINGTON: 8pm, Leelanau Sands Casino, Showroom, Peshawbestown.

This comedian, actor & writer has recorded eight major record label comedy albums, selling over three million copies. $35-$60. leelanausandscasino.com

nov 09

saturday

CIVILITY CHALLENGE: COMMUNITY MEAL: 5-7pm, Gilbert Lodge, Twin Lakes Park, TC. Presented by the TC Human Rights Commission. Enjoy a meal of soup & bread where you will recap the week & facilitate table activities aimed at reviving civility & building community through shared values. Free roundtrip transportation by BATA with a pickup time of 4:30pm at Hall Street Station. Find on Facebook.

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HOLIDAY GALLERY CRAFT SHOW: 8am4pm, TC VFW Post. Find on Facebook.

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ANNUAL SKI SWAP & SALE: 9am-3pm, TC West Middle School. Hosted by the Grand Traverse Ski Club. Equipment drop off will be Fri., Nov. 8 from 6:30-8pm. Equipment pick up (of unsold items) & check disbursement is on Sat. from 5-8pm. Over 10,000 items, including downhill, cross country & snowboard equipment, ski racks, ice skates, roller blades, helmets & race suits will be available for purchase. Tickets will be given out beginning at 7am Sat. for those in line to enter the sale. All participants will be let in based on their ticket order. gtskiclub.org/ upcoming-events/events/annual-ski-swap

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 9-10am: Poetry Workshop with Susan Griffiths. 12-2pm: Bruce Cameron will sign his book “A Dog’s Promise.” horizonbooks.com

Save your day trips for discovering new places, not traveling far to see a specialist. We’ll help keep you going wherever your heart leads you.

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RUN VASA: 5K, 10K & 25K TRAIL RUN: 9am, Vasa Trail Head, TC. runvasa.com

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GOLDEN Z SHOPPING DAY - ZONTA FESTIVAL OF TREES: 10am-6pm, Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Nine local nonprofit organizations will compete for your $1 votes through decorated holiday room displays & Christmas trees. Find on Facebook.

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INLAND TOWNSHIP FALL CRAFT SHOW: 10am-2pm, Inland Township Fire Barn, 19668 Honor Hwy., Interlochen. For info contact: inlandtwpevents@gmail.com

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Award-winning heart care, here for you. munsonhealthcare.org/youramazingheart

SHOP YOUR COMMUNITY DAY: 10am-6pm, Downtown TC. Get all of your holiday shopping done in advance & a percentage of your purchase amount will be donated to the charity of your choice.

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SIXTH ANNUAL GREAT BEERD RUN: 10am, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. A 5K fun run that has beer tastings scattered throughout the course as well as at the start & finish lines. Featuring local beers from Beards Brewery, Short’s Brew-

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ing Co. & Right Brain Brewery. At the post-race party will be the Best Beard competition, with prizes for winners with both the Best Natural Beard & the Best Assisted Beard. Live music by The Broom Closet Boys. $40. thegreatbeerdrun.com

---------------------TC CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL: 10am2pm, City Opera House, TC. Offering a sampling of books for the entire family from a variety of MI & national publishers. Local nonprofits will provide fun, kid-friendly activities & crafts. Proceeds benefit Born to Read. Includes the Sneak Preview Xavier Riddle Premiere with Curious George, the Old Town Playhouse Young Company, storyteller Jennifer Strauss, & the Sneak Peek of The Alphabet Experience.

Free. tcchildrensbookfestival.com

---------------------CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sun., Nov. 3)

---------------------GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Tues., Nov. 5)

---------------------PETOSKEY WINE REGION ANNUAL HARVEST STOMP!: 11am, Nov. 9-10. The Wineries of the Petoskey Wine Region. One ticket is good for two days. Enjoy delicious wines paired with small plates of homemade delights prepared by each of the 13 member wineries. $50. mynorthtickets.com/events/HarvestSTOMP-11--9-2019

---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Fri., Nov. 8) ---------------------BOOK SIGNING & BOARD GAMES: 12-2pm, Table 12 Coffee House & Christian Bookstore, TC. Meet Karin Beery, local author of “Practically Married.” Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------FLAPJACK AND FLANNEL FESTIVAL: Noon, The Little Fleet parking lot, TC. Presented by Create TC. Wear your flannel & drink brews paired with flapjacks. 10+ breweries, 30+ brews, live music by the Jonathan Timm Band, The Pocket & Pistil Whips, games & much more. General admission: Tickets include 2 drink tokens good for 2-8oz pours & one pancake. $30 tickets until Nov. 8; $35 day of. $10 kids ticket (non-alcoholic drink token & pancake). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“THE LARK”: 2pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. This parable of faith, truth & religion recreates the trial of French war heroine Joan of Arc. Presented by the Interlochen Arts Academy Theatre Company. Leonard Bernstein’s incidental music will accompany the performance, performed by the Interlochen Arts Academy Chamber Singers. $19 full, $14 student. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------“WEST SIDE STORY”: 2pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Presented by the TC Central High School Music Department. GA: $20; VIP: $25; students & senior citizens: $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“BANSHEE!” BOOK SIGNING WITH KIM RICHELLE: 4pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts.

Book signing, reading, presentation, speakers & Q&A. Kim is an author of books & illustration in mythology. Free/donations. charlevoixcircle. org/banshee-book-signing

---------------------AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

---------------------CHALLENGE ISLAND FAMILY NIGHT: 6-8pm, Great Lakes Activity Room, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. A fun family night of challenge activities designed to get everyone working together & cheering for their island tribe. $15 per family. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------“WEST SIDE STORY”: (See Fri., Nov. 8) ---------------------“THE LARK”: (See Fri., Nov. 8) ---------------------JEN SYGIT: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. This Lansing based singer/songwriter & multi-instrumentalist has released four solo

albums with her latest record being “It’s About Time,” a journey through the landscape of Americana music. $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------THE GORDON LIGHTFOOT TRIBUTE: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. The Tribute’s current tour, “The Songs, The Stories” replicates the songs, styles & moods of the Canadian singersongwriter’s best through backstories & ironies of how & why Lightfoot wrote his most intimate compositions. 231-627-5841. $20 adults, $10 students, $15 veterans. Find on Facebook.

---------------------THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP: 7:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Pedrito has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Paquito D’Rivera, Bruce Springsteen & Sting & has contributed, as a percussionist & vocalist, to over 50 albums. Mr. Martinez was a founding member of the Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat band, Yerba Buena, & formed The Pedrito Martinez Group. $10-$25. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------25TH ANNUAL LAMB’S RETREAT SONGWRITER CONCERT: 8pm, Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs. Featuring Pierce Pettis, Joshua Davis, Julianne Ankley, Chris Buhalis & Olivia Millerschin. Hosted by John D. Lamb. 231526-2151. $15. springfed.org/songwriters

nov 10

sunday

RECOVERY YOGA: 9:30am, Running Fit, downtown TC. A 50 minute, all-levels class designed to enhance recovery for your athletic performance.

Classes will build strength, flexibility, focusing on lengthening tight hamstrings, calves, quadriceps & hip flexors. Must register. Donation based class. eventbrite.com

---------------------FESTI-FALL ART & CRAFT SHOW: 10am5pm, Grand Traverse Event Center, TC. Presented by West Bay Handmade. Free.

---------------------GAYLORD FALL RESTAURANT (See Tues., Nov. 5)

WEEK:

---------------------PETOSKEY WINE REGION ANNUAL HARVEST STOMP!: (See Sat., Nov. 9)

---------------------TC BEER WEEK: (See Fri., Nov. 8) ---------------------THE VILLAGE BRIDAL EXPO: 11am-4pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Featuring top wedding service providers. Register to win door prizes & the Ultimate Village Wedding Package valued at over $10,000. $5. thevillagetc.com/kirkbride-bridal-wedding-expo

---------------------YOGA + BEER: (See Sun., Nov. 3) ---------------------FESTIVAL OF TREES: 12-4pm, Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Family Day. Visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus, enjoy kids’ crafts, holiday treats & festive entertainment from Young Company Showstoppers. Nine local nonprofit organizations will compete for your $1 votes through decorated holiday room displays & Christmas trees. zontacluboftraversecity.org/festival-of-trees

---------------------“WEST SIDE STORY”: 2pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Presented by the TC Central High School Music Department. GA: $20; VIP: $25; students & senior citizens: $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------NORWAY, LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. This travelogue is presented by Tim & Sally Hannert & Dave & Jennie Schultz. 231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------AN AFTERNOON WITH AUTHOR JOSEPH HEYWOOD: 4pm, Mills Community House, Benzonia. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------AMICAL’S COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES PRESENTS “PERU: THE COOKBOOK”: (See Mon., Nov. 4)

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOOD DRIVE: THANKS-FOR-GIVING PROJECT: NMC students will prepare 200 boxes, each containing fixings of a traditional Thanksgiving meal. Each box will be given to a local family in need of extra support in time for the holidays. Donations are being collected through Nov. 19. These include food, monetary donations for family games or crafts. Info: 231-645-6365.

---------------------WINTER GEAR DRIVE: Collecting mittens, gloves, hats, coats & boots for local kids & teens in need. Proceeds benefit EJ kids. Collection locations: South Arm Café, East Jordan Public Schools (Elementary front door), East Jordan True Value, Valley Graphics Printing, Inc. & The East Jordan Laundromat. 231-350-0781.

---------------------OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD: On Nov. 18-25, multiple locations throughout TC will open to collect shoebox gifts filled with toys, school supplies & hygiene items for the Samaritan Purse project. A list of drop-off locations can be found at: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/ drop-off-locations/?utm_source=OCC-PressRelease-Coordinator-Multiple-Drop-OffOpening&utm_medium=referral&utm_ content=Drop-Off-Locations-Pitch

ongoing

DETOX YOGA FLOW: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6:45pm, Press On Juice Cafe, TC. Includes twists & poses that are focused to help eliminate toxins from the body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat. Register. eventbrite.com

---------------------SOUL SOOTHING YOGA: Sundays, 9am, Table Health, GT Commons, TC. Weekly donation-based community yoga class. Gather for a guided, uplifting, all-levels yoga practice. tablehealthtc.com

art

JUST GREAT ART: City Opera House, TC. This exhibit runs from Nov. 2, 2019 to Jan. 2, 2020. Fifteen local artists, all members of the Plein Air Painters of Northwest Michigan, will exhibit their original works in pastel, oil, watercolor & acrylic. The show hours are M-F from 10am-5pm & during events at the Opera House. An opening reception will be held on Nov. 7 from 5-7pm. www.cityoperahouse.org

---------------------WOOD & WEAVING FOR THE ARTISAN HOME: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. Artful home goods from handweavers & woodworkers. Runs through Nov. 8. jordanriverarts.com/events/weavingandwood

---------------------“STILL LIFE WITH SOUP”: This juried show at Charlevoix Circle of Arts celebrates artist interpretations of the prompt, “Still Life With Soup.”

Over 20 works will be on display along with a selection of handmade Soup Bowls by area potters. Runs through Nov. 2. charlevoixcircle.org

---------------------FIBER WITHOUT BORDERS: Glen Arbor Arts Center. A juried exhibition of 2D & 3D work exploring fiber materials in fresh, original ways.

Runs through Nov 7. Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 9am4pm. Sat. & Sun.: 12-4pm. glenarborart.org

---------------------OTP IS LOOKING FOR ART: Old Town Playhouse is looking for art depicting winter scenes or holiday scenes to be part of a mini art exhibit.

This exhibit will take place during performances of “Elf the Musical,” beginning Nov. 15 & running through Dec. 14. Contact 947-2210. The art must be delivered to the Playhouse by Mon., Nov. 4, 2019. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------CALL FOR ENTRIES: HOLIDAY ART MARKET SHOW & SALE: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. GACA member artists 16 years or older may enter this exhibit. Entries can be of any medium, but must be in good condition & of the artist’s own creation. Art is

encouraged that would make great holiday gifts or decorations. The show & sale will run Nov. 5 - Dec. 21. A Holiday Celebration will take place Dec. 4, 2-6pm. Artwork will be accepted on a first come - first served basis from Oct. 29 - Nov. 2. Drop-off, Tues. - Fri., 11am-3pm or Sat., 12-2pm. gacaevents.weebly.com

---------------------WILD: Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Featuring paintings by Anni Crouter & Dani Knoph, & sculptures by Roger Smith, Sam Soet & James Troutman. Runs through Nov. 9. twistedfishgallery.com

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - “READY-SET-GO: YOUNG ARTISTS SPOTLIGHT”: Held in Atrium Gallery. A juried exhibit of local student artwork. Runs Nov. 9 Dec. 20.

- CALL FOR STUDENT ARTWORK - 2020 NYE AT CTAC, PETOSKEY: Entry is open to students 18 & under, in Charlevoix & Emmet counties, to submit their artwork for the New Year’s Eve at the Arts Center logo. The artwork will be used for promotional materials, t-shirts & admission buttons, & the selected artist will receive a family pass to the event & a gift certificate for art supplies. Download an entry form at crookedtree.org. The deadline is Mon., Nov. 11.

- “MICHIGAN NOW: ANNUAL JURIED FINE ARTS EXHIBITION”: Artists throughout the state of Michigan were invited to submit work of all media & subject matter. A total of 58 artists are represented in the exhibition of 79 works of art. Runs through Nov. 9. crookedtree.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION SHOW 2019: Runs through Nov. 16.

- ORIGINAL: JURIED EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTS: Featuring all forms of printmaking by artists from across the U.S. Runs through Nov. 14.

- THE FLOATING WORLD: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: Held in Carnegie Rotunda. A select assortment of prints

by Japanese artists of the Edo & Meiji periods, including Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) & Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), will be on display.

On loan from Purdue University’s permanent collection. Runs through Nov. 14. crookedtree.org

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - EXPLORATIONS IN WOOD: SELECTIONS FROM THE CENTER FOR ART IN WOOD: Runs through Dec. 29. Curated by Andy McGivern, this exhibition features 74 objects, a small sample of the work in the collection of Philadelphia’s Center for Art in Wood, gathered over a forty-year period.

- CAROLE HARRIS: ART QUILTS: This fiber artist extends the boundaries of traditional quilting by exploring other forms of stitchery, irregular shapes, textures, materials & objects. Runs through Dec. 29. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - ARTISTS FOR FLOW: Runs through Nov. 5. Twenty artists in the region created a work based on the theme of or inspired by the Great Lakes. Proceeds from this show benefit the local organization, FLOW. - BIG GROUP/SMALL WORKS EXHIBIT: Featuring over 50 artists. This show is dedicated to encouraging the gifting of original art by providing small works at affordable gift giving prices. An Open House Style Reception will be held on Nov. 16 from 11am-3pm. Show runs Nov. 9 - Jan. 1. higherartgallery.com

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OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - KEN COOPER & PHIL JOSEPH EXHIBIT: Cooper will show his abstract paintings & ceramic sculptures from his ‘Scratch and Dent’ series. Joseph will feature his large-scale abstract & landscape paintings. Exhibit runs through Nov. 22.

- ANNUAL HOLIDAY MARKET: Nov. 3-17.

Featuring more than a dozen local artists & their one of a kind works. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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ROCK

Lamp Light Fest Gets Dimmed

BY KRISTI KATES

Eight years in, Grand Rapids Lamp Light Music Festival is closing down the early November event that showcased live “house concert” performances in various Eastown area homes, citing difficulties with community support, accessibility, financial sustainability, and safety. Word is, the event had grown too big to remain hosted in private homes but was too small to book venues or, in the case of a short run at the Wealthy Theater, too unique. The group who oversaw the Lamp Light concerts say they’re unsure if the original event will ever return, but that they hope to continue bringing together the region’s musicians …

Memphis, Tennessee, will honor the site of the its first punk rock venue with a historical marker. Now home to an events space, the site used to house The Antenna Club, the region’s first showcase for punk, underground, and hardcore music performances — including a show headlined by the legendary Sex Pistols.

A plethora of musicians and fans, along with former Antenna Club owner Steve McGehee, were on hand for the marker’s unveiling last week …

Out in Los Angeles, the Educational Theater Foundation (supporting school theater programs) is honoring Tony Awardwinning singer/actress Bernadette Peters

with a Nov. 18 event featuring a host of fellow performers, including Mandy Moore, Matthew Morrison (Glee), Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, Sara Bareilles (Waitress), Seth MacFarlane, Renee Zellweger, Rachel Bloom, Brandy, and many more. Nia Vardalos and John Stamos will host the event at The Avalon in Hollywood …

Camila Cabello debuted as musical guest on Saturday Night Live recently, making a striking appearance by dressing herself and her dancers like Marie Antoinette and court to perform her single “Cry for Me.” Cabello returned to the stage to sing a more stripped down version of another single, “Easy,” which simply featured her band playing in the background. Cabello is expected to release her sophomore full-length album, Romance, late this year …

LINK OF THE WEEK Animal Collective has released the second song from its seasonally themed new EP, New Psycho Actives Vol. 2. The new track, “Autumn Rites,” is a whopping 21 minutes long and features an ambient feel with background effects of radio static and playground sounds; check it out at https://soundcloud.com/anmlcollective/ autumn-rites-new-psycho-actives

THE BUZZ Julia Michaels will be bringing her folk-pop to the Royal Oak Music Theater on Nov. 4 …

Diva Celine Dion will perform at Detroit’s Little Caesar’s Arena on Nov. 5 …

DJ Todd Ernst (DiscoBrunch), singersongwriter J. Oscar Bittinger, indie-folk outfit The Far Shore, and electronic artist FADE are just a few of the musicians you might run into at the new Site: Lab

Tanglefoot Installation performance space in Grand Rapids …

Also on Nov. 5, folk-rockers Jeff Tweedy and Wilco will perform at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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

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A big-time roster of actresses leads this Emmy-winning HBO series — Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, and Laura Dern — and the series’ accompanying soundtrack is equally impressive. Here, you’ll find tracks deftly themed to the show’s edgy storylines, from Christina Vierra’s pleading take on “Piece of My Heart” to Jim James’ “Why Can’t We Live Together.” Also included are bonus tunes from Elle King, The Spinners, Cassandra Wilson, and more, plus the show’s adopted theme song, Michael Kiwanuka’s “Cold Little Heart.”

Various Artists – Booksmart (Music from the Motion Picture) –Interscope The movie Booksmart, a look at the current teen girl generation through a singular night of hijinks, might be something of a pander to said generation, but, well … the music is decent. Opening with Jurassic 5’s churning “What’s Golden,” the trendy setlist careens through timely tunes by Cautious Clay, Perfume Genius, Edward Sharpe, Lykke Li, and a standout from Spiegel, featuring CeeLo Green.

The reel

by meg weichman

harriet hustlers lucy in the sky

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ne of my all-time favorite WTF news stories was that of Lisa Nowak, a NASA astronaut who drove 900 miles, nonstop, from Houston to Orlando, armed with pepper spray and wearing a wig, trench coat, and adult diapers while on mission to kidnap the Air Force Captain in a relationship with a man who dumped her. All these years later, that story really stuck with me. So when I heard about a film adaptation of this relatively obscure tabloid headline, imagine my disbelief after seeing it and discovering they left out the absolute best part of the story: the adult diapers.

Sure, this might seem like a small detail, but it really does speak to the greater problems at work in Lucy in the Sky. Director Noah Hawley (FX’s resident auteur, of Fargo and Legion fame) makes his feature film debut with this story that attempts to go beyond the sleazy punchlines to humanize this ridiculed figure. But in trying to create sympathy for Lisa — renamed Lucy for the purposes of this fictionalized film and played by a poorly accented Natalie Portman in a distractingly awful wig — Hawley aims too high and goes overly serious, unsuccessfully trying to create a meaningful mediation out of what is essentially a very campy story.

It’s hard for me to knock a film directed by an African American woman (Kasi Lemmons, Eve’s Bayou), starring an African America woman (Cynthia Erivo), and about the heroic untold story of abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman. This is an important film simply for being made and given a major release by a Hollywood studio.

But, yeah. Thing is, Harriet is just so mediocre and underwhelming it doesn’t leave any impression. I saw this film weeks ago, and had to extensively refer back to my notes, because most of what occurred in the film completely escaped my memory. This is an uninspired biopic that aims to be completely middlebrow and conventional so as to be as palatable as possible to a wide (read: white) audience. It’s the type of film that will find its greatest value being used as a perennial tool in high school history classrooms.

Before she was Harriet Tubman, the famed underground railroad “conductor,” she was Minty (Cynthia Erivo), a slave living on a plantation in Maryland with members of her family. The grandfather of their current master had promised the family their freedom, but his descendant won’t recognize their claim as valid.

With no reason to believe her master (Joe Alwyn; the only thing notable about him here is to report that he is also Taylor Swift’s boyfriend) will ever live up to his grandfather’s word, she takes matters into her own hands, running away with her freeman husband, John. John is caught as they flee, but Minty successfully travels over 100 miles on foot and makes her way to Philadelphia.

There she meets free-born blacks like Marie (Janelle Monae), who takes Minty in and helps her find her way in this new, strange world. Minty renames herself Harriet, freeing herself from the moniker her owners gave her. But Harriet knows she will never be truly free unless she is with her family and the ones she loves, so she begins traveling through the South to bring them and other slaves back north. Disguising herself, she becomes known only as “Moses”; a massive manhunt for this unknown slave emancipator ensues.

All told, Tubman brought more than 300 slaves to the North, and she never lost a single one on the journey northbound. This is a staggering accomplishment, one that,

somehow, the narrative structure of the film seems to underplay. See, because while you do still get to know more about what made Harriet Tubman such an important historical figure, we don’t ever get to know her or her inner life in an illuminating way, beyond the facts and events of her biography.

For instance, on one of her trips back, she finds that her husband has married another woman, and what could’ve been a highly emotional moment was nothing more than a footnote.

In fact, most of the time the film allots for introspection into Tubman’s psyche focuses on a brain injury she sustained as a child, suggesting through frequent cuts to dreams and visions that it gave her the power of prophecy. This not only does a disservice to Harriet’s resolve and strength of character, it makes her achievements seem like the result of some outside hand or spiritual/ supernatural force; not her own. This elevates her to a near mythological status, but she was a real person, a human who deeply suffered and then persevered — not some special being with powers. The film leaves out the true horror of what Tubman experienced as a slave. Only the scars allow you to fill in the blanks.

While exceedingly old fashioned in its construction, at times the film tries to make Tubman feel more modern or “cool,” but she is so completely beyond such triteness that that portrayal is very off-putting. The dialogue can be heavy-handed and cheesy, the cinematography is stale, the narrative structure is clichéd and predictable, Terrence Blanchard’s stirring score undercuts the performances, and even the slave raids lack drama and suspense.

There is a deeply compelling and meaningful story within this film that somehow get lost.

Ervivo is the film’s saving grace; her soulful performance guides you through, even though she is stripped of the raw intensity we saw in her work in the far-too-underappreciated Widows.

I hope to see another adaptation of Harriet Tubman’s life story brought to the screen some day, or at the very least, look forward to the day we see her on that $20 bill.

the addams family

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wful. Terrible. Horrible. These are among some of the macabre-loving Addams Family’s favorite words to describe things. But when it comes to their new animated movie, not only do those words apply, in this case, it’s definitely not a good thing. (And perhaps the film isn’t all that bad, but you get my point.) This adaption of Charles Addams’ darkly delightful creations misses the mark, turning something unique, distinctive, and strange into something conventional and bland. It never truly embraces the deranged and morbid characters. Featuring some bigname vocal talents (Charlize Theron as Morticia, Oscar Isaac as Gomez, Chloe Grace Moretz as Wednesday, and Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard as Pugsley) the plot revolves around the family becoming the enemy of an HGTV-esque star (Allison Janney) who builds a planned community down the road from the Addams’s home. The messaging here, about being yourself and learning acceptance is incredibly heavyhanded. And while some of the word play rises to amusing levels, we primarily get groaners like a whine cellar (with people’s whines stored in the barrels; not wine). Toothless and innocuous, this film should be called The Average Family.

judy

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n bringing his biopic of Judy Garland to life, director Rupert Goold goes the popular route of focusing on a particular moment in his subject’s life: — her life during a string of Garland’s performances at London’s Talk of the Town — that speaks to the whole. (Some flashbacks to her days on the set of The Wizard of Oz and as part of MGM’s — or more specifically, Louis B. Mayer’s — machine are also included.) Thanks to Renee Zellweger’s phenomenal work as Garland, this approach pretty much works because there’s definitely nothing original or new going on here, story-wise. Uninsurable and thus unhireable by the movie studios due to her erratic and unreliable behavior, Garland had to turn to live gigs in order to pay the bills. London is ready to welcome her with open arms, while Judy is looking to fall into the arms of a younger man (Finn Wittrock), who is also in search of a business opportunity. Some days are good, some days are bad, but, man, when she is on, she is on, and it’s a beautiful thing.

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

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ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 11/2 -- 5 Year Anniversary w/ Corbin Manikas, Levi Britton & Ron Coonrod, 2

SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs & Karaoke, 9

BONOBO WINERY, TC 11/9 -- Sam + Bill, 6-8

TC WHISKEY CO., THE STILLHOUSE, TC 11/7 -- Chris Smith, 6-8

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TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 11/2 -- Aaron Dye, 7

KILKENNY'S, TC 11/1-2 -- Bad Jam, 9:30 11/7 -- 2Bays DJs, 9:30 11/8-9 -- Sweet Jay, 9:30

THE DISH CAFE, TC Tues, Sat -- Matt Smith, 5-7

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC 11/4 – Open Mic Night w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 11/8 – Jeff Brown, 6-8 PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE: Thurs,Fri,Sat -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30 RIGHT BRAIN BREWERY, TC 11/2 – Crosscut Kings, 5-9 Wed -- Traverse City Backgammon, 6-9 ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 11/8 -- Chris Smith, 5-8

THE LITTLE FLEET, THE YURT, TC 11/2 -- Breathe Owl Breathe: SOLD OUT, 7-9 11/8 -- Oh Brother Big Sister, 7 11/9 – Flapjacks & Flannel Festival w/ Jonathan Time Band, The Pocket & The Pistil Whips, 11am-7pm THE PARLOR, TC 11/2 -- Chris Sterr, 8 11/5 -- Jimmy Olson, 8 11/6 -- Wink Solo, 8 11/7 -- Chris Smith, 8 11/8 -- Blue Footed Booby, 8 11/9 -- Jim Hawley & Co., 8

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 11/2 -- Charlie Millard Band, 8 11/4 -- Rotten Cherries Comedy Open Mic, 8:30 Tue -- TC Celtic, 6:30 Wed -- Jazz Jam, 6-10 11/8 -- Jazz North 7, 8 11/9 -- The Lofteez, 8 UNION STREET STATION, TC 11/2 -- Bells Iceman After Party w/ The Dopes, 9 11/3,11/10 -- Karaoke, 10 11/4 -- Kamikaze Comedy Night Presents Keith Bergman, 8pm; then Chris Sterr 11/5 -- TC Comedy Collective, 8-9:30; then Open Mic/Jam Session w/ Matt McCalpin & Jimmy Olson 11/6 -- Skin & Marshall Dance Party, 10 11/7 -- DJ JR, 10 11/8 -- Happy Hour w/ TC Guitar Guys; then Soul Patch 11/9 -- Electric Red, 10

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We went on a coffee date, and the chemistry made things go further than I would have wanted or expected (making out like crazy in the car). My friends keep reminding me to build trust and friendship before sex. But can you really go backward? Like, is it possible to just hang out and chat once things have gotten hot and heavy?

--Lustbucket

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: A nice thick pane of bulletproof glass between two people is an underappreciated chastity helper, which is to say, in a perfect world, you’d plan your dates around one of you getting a job in a check-cashing place or getting arrested and held without bail.

There’s a tendency when you’ve initially gone a little too heavy into the heavy petting to be all: “Oh, well...cat’s out of the bag. Let’s just go straight to the sex dungeon.” However, for women especially, having sex right away can lead to a sort of psychological blinding to their sex partner’s shortcomings.

Women seem more prone to getting attached when they have sex. This is thought to result from surging oxytocin, a hormone associated with emotional bonding between mothers and children, as well as lovers. Oxytocin is released in both men and women through cuddling, kissing, and especially through orgasm. However, in men, having sex also sets off a big blast of testosterone. Testosterone goes all nightclub bouncer on oxytocin, blocking it from getting to its receptor. So just as a woman’s going all melt-o about a guy, if the guy has no pre-sex emotional attachment to her, his neurochemistry is prodding him to say something sweet and romantic, like “Thanks for the ride! Have a great life!”

In other words, the bulletproof glass suggestion isn’t all that outrageous. It’s a form of “precommitment,” a strategy by economist Thomas Schelling that involves preparing in advance to make it difficult for you to break a promise or duck a goal. Incorporating precommitment could mean only scheduling lunch dates in restaurants and only on days when you have a work meeting right afterward.

Another idea is getting to know each other over the phone more than in person -- with the caveat that you only do it in relatively public places, where turning FaceTime into PenisTime is likely to lead to, um, jail time.

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Fade To Bleh

Q

: I’m a very obsessive person. I went on one date with this guy, and it was immediately apparent that he’s emotionally unavailable and broken. I deleted his number but soon dug it back up. I texted, but he never responded. I know he’s bad news, but I still think about him constantly. It’s especially bad when I’m trying to go to sleep. How do I stop these intrusive thoughts?

--Besieged

that spinning teacup ride, with Satan A:asIt’sthelikecarny: “Wanna get off? Too bad!”

You’re doing your best to avoid thinking about the guy. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with that. Research by psychologist Daniel Wegner on “the paradoxical effects of thought suppression” suggests our minds have something in common with a defiant 2-year-old, meaning that telling yourself not to think about something gets your mind doing exactly the opposite: thinking about that thing with a vengeance.

This is just how the mind works. When you tell yourself not to think about something, it’s an immediate fail. The mind sweeps around to monitor how well you’re doing at not thinking about it, which of course involves thinking about whatever you’re not supposed be thinking about.

Helpfully, Wegner and his colleagues found a possible way to stem the flood of intrusive thoughts: distraction. This requires thinking of something positive and unrelated to the thoughts you’re trying to suppress. Even a red Volkswagen -- the example they used in their experiment -- could do the job.

What’s more, psychologists Jens Forster and Nira Liberman found that you can keep your mind from constantly bouncing back to a thought if you shift your focus: admit that not thinking about it is hard. As I explain in “Unf*ckology,” “Removing the need to patrol your thoughts ... removes the mental sticky note that tells you to keep going back into Thoughtland with a flashlight to see how well you’re doing at it.”

Finally, because the mind cannot multitask, meaning think two thoughts at once, it might be helpful at bedtime to tire yourself out reading aloud or following a guided meditation on your phone: You’re walking down a beach... you’re looking out into the waves...and...um... oops! Just remind yourself that not thinking about something is hard and yank your mind back to Swami Doodah after you inevitably picture yourself holding the guy down and drowning him in the ocean.

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"Nothing Is As It Themes" --themeless this time. by Matt Jones ACROSS 1 They may be moved higher to prevent stealing 11 Green beans, e.g.

15 Line from a permissive judge 16 Moving feature of a Jurassic Park pinball machine 17 Skype predecessor 18 Onetime “Fashion Emergency” host 19 Pandora releases 20 Like notation in some high school classes 22 Make equal 23 “Grand Ole Opry Live” channel, once 25 Filing material?

26 Manuscript enclosure, for short 28 Trickster god of African folklore 30 “George of the Jungle” creature 33 Yielded under pressure 35 Lucky Charms bit 37 World’s oldest active endurance car race 41 Saffron-and-rice dish 42 Concert add-on?

43 Patient observers, for short 44 Daughter of Cyrus and mother of Xerxes (hidden in LOS GATOS-SARATOGA) 46 Meal prep boxes 50 Kristen of the upcoming “Wonder Woman 1984” 51 X-___ large 53 Dance-drama of Japan 54 Bars and clubs, say 58 Czech Republic capital, to locals 60 “Largo al factotum,” e.g.

61 Too steep 63 Phrase 64 Like a field for horses, perhaps?

65 City that hosted the Winter Olympics 8 days after Elizabeth II took the throne 66 Sextant forerunners DOWN 1 Musk-making mammals 2 Rachel’s “The Favourite” costar

3 Radio staples 4 “When the Lights Go Down” critic Pauline 5 “___ on Jeopardy” (“Weird Al” Yankovic parody) 6 ‘70s prog rock supergroup, for short 7 Astronomer Kepler 8 Deserter status 9 Greet (the new year) 10 Stays away 11 Rigid 12 “Harry Potter” librarian ___ Pince 13 “…chame la Culpa” singer Lovato 14 Boardroom fixture?

21 Basement fixture 24 Athlete who once said “Labels are for filing.

Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.”

27 Green New Deal concern, for short 29 “___ Life” (Peter Mayle book) 30 “13th” documentarian DuVernay 31 Cross product 32 Unsure syllables 34 Cafe designation 36 Stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway 37 1400, for legionnaires?

38 Record label for acts like Cocteau Twins and Bon Iver (and a year in the reign of Emperor Augustus) 39 “___ a real nowhere man” 40 Nurturing sort 45 Gothic arches 47 Riding with the meter running 48 “I’ve had it up ___!”

49 “___ back, tell a friend” (Eminem lyric) 50 Company that makes the Slip ‘N Slide and Frisbee 52 Earth Day setting 54 Its HQ is in Brussels 55 Mad moods 56 Word in a series of Larsson titles 57 Boba not found in tea 59 First Atlantic hurricane “R” name to be used twice 62 Con con

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average each of us has a social network of about 250 people, of whom 120 we regard as a closer group of friendly acquaintances. But most of us have no more than twenty folks we trust, and only two or three whom we regard as confidants. I suspect that these numbers will be in flux for you during the next twelve months, Scorpio. I bet you’ll make more new friends than usual, and will also expand your inner circle. On the other hand, I expect that some people who are now in your sphere will depart. Net result: stronger alliances and more collaboration.

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

polymath Avicenna (980–1037) wrote 450 books on many topics, including medicine, philosophy, astronomy, geography, mathematics, theology, and poetry. While young, he tried to study the Metaphysics of Aristotle, but had difficulty grasping it. Forty times he read the text, even committing it to memory. But he made little progress toward fathoming it. Years later, he was browsing at an outdoor market and found a brief, cheap book about the Metaphysics by an author named al-Farabi. He read it quickly, and for the first time understood Aristotle’s great work.

He was so delighted he went out to the streets and gave away gifts to poor people. I foresee a comparable milestone for you, Capricorn: something that has eluded your comprehension will become clear, at least in part due to a lucky accident.

to being a key figure in Renaissance art, fifteenth-century Italian painter Filippo Lippi had a colorful life. According to legend, he was once held prisoner by Barbary pirates, but gained his freedom by drawing a riveting portrait of their leader. Inspired by the astrological factors affecting you right now, I’m fantasizing about the possibility of a liberating event arriving in your life. Maybe you’ll call on one of your skills in a dramatic way, thereby enhancing your leeway or generating a breakthrough or unleashing an opportunity. (Please also reread your horoscope from last week.)

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): “Stand high

long enough and your lightning will come,” writes Piscean novelist William Gibson. He isn’t suggesting that we literally stand on top of a treeless hill in a thunderstorm and invite the lightning to shoot down through us. More realistically, I think he means that we should devotedly cultivate and discipline our highest forms of expression so that when inspiration finds us, we’ll be primed to receive and use its full power. That’s an excellent oracle for you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries psychologist

James Hillman said we keep “our images and fantasies at arm’s length because they are so full of love.” They’re also quite flammable, he added. They are always on the verge of catching fire, metaphorically speaking. That’s why many people wrap their love-filled images and fantasies in metaphorical asbestos: to prevent them from igniting a blaze in their psyches. In my astrological opinion, you Aries folks always have a mandate to use less asbestos than all the other signs—even none at all.

That’s even truer than usual right now. Keep your images and fantasies extra close and raw and wild.

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Merrill was ecstatic when he learned the Greek language. According to his biographer, he felt he could articulate his needs “with more force and clarity, with greater simplicity and less selfconsciousness, than he ever could in his own language.” He concluded, “Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.” Personally, I think that’s an exaggeration. I believe the freedom to be yourself is very, very important. But for you in the coming weeks, Taurus, the freedom to not be yourself could indeed be quite liberating. What might you do to stretch your capacities beyond what you’ve assumed is true about you? Are you willing to rebel against and transcend your previous self-conceptions?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Musician Brian Eno made a deck of oracular cards called Oblique Strategies. Each card has a suggestion designed to trigger creative thinking about a project or process you’re working on. You Geminis might find it useful to call on Oblique Strategies right

now, since you’re navigating your way through a phase of adjustment and rearrangement. The card I drew for you is “Honor thy error as hidden intention.” Here’s how I interpet it: An apparent lapse or misstep will actually be the result of your deeper mind guiding you to take a fruitful detour.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): We devote a lot of energy to wishing and hoping about the meaningful joys we’d love to bring into our lives.

And yet few of us have been trained in the best strategies for manifesting our wishes and hopes.

That’s the bad news. The good news is that now is a favorable time for you to upgrade your skills at getting what you want. With that in mind, I present you with the simple but potent wisdom of author Maya Angelou: “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” To flesh that out, I’ll add: Formulate a precise statement describing your heart’s yearning, and then work hard to make yourself ready for its fulfillment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What are the key

parts of your life—the sources and influences that enable you to be your most soulful self? I urge you to nourish them intensely during the next three weeks. Next question: What are the marginally important parts of your life—the activities and proclivities that aren’t essential for your long-term success and happiness? I urge you to corral all the energy you give to those marginally important things, and instead pour it into what’s most important. Now is a crucial time in the evolution of your relationship with your primal fuels, your indispensable resources, your sustaining foundations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “When she spoke

of beauty, he spoke of the fatty tissue supporting the epidermis,” wrote short story author Robert Musil. He was describing a conversation between a man and woman who were on different wavelengths. “When she mentioned love,” Musil continued, “he responded with the statistical curve that indicates the rise and fall in the annual birthrate.” Many of you Virgos have the flexibility to express yourself well on both of those wavelengths. But in the coming months, I hope you’ll emphasize the beauty and love wavelength rather than the fatty tissue and statistical curve wavelength. It’ll be an excellent strategy for getting the healing you need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger

Ana-Sofia Cardelle was asked, “What is your signature perfume?” She said she hadn’t found one. But then she described how she would like to smell: “somewhere between fresh and earthy: cinnamon and honey, a rose garden, saltwater baked in the sun.” The coming days will be an excellent time to indulge in your own fantasies about the special fragrance you’d like to emanate. Moreover, I bet you’ll be energized by pinpointing a host of qualities you would like to serve as cornerstones of your identity: traits that embody and express your uniqueness.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) I blame

and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I get brave and brazen enough to follow my strongest emotions where they want to lead me. I also blame and thank the Sagittarian part of me when I strip off my defense mechanisms and invite the world to regard my vulnerabilities as interesting and beautiful. I furthermore blame and thank the Sagittarian side of me on those occasions when I run three miles down the beach at dawn, hoping to thereby jolt loose the secrets I’ve been concealing from myself.

I suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time to blame and thank the Sagittarian part of you for similar experiences.

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