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Judge Hayes, Guilty as Charged Patrick Sullivan’s article on Antrim County Probate Judge Norman Hayes [“Judgement Time for a Judge,” Oct. 1 issue] was a fair and balanced description of the issues in this upcoming election for Antrim County probate judge.

But for those of us who were unfairly prosecuted in 1986 and suffered stress-related health issues, unrecoverable prison time, and severe family disruptions, the article seemed, if anything, a bit too balanced.

We wonder, as do many others, how someone with Judge Hayes’ history of prosecutorial misconduct can effectively serve as a probate judge for those “person-oriented” cases that he describes as “all the domestic relations cases for Antrim County. That is all divorce and custody, paternity, child support, and all personal protection order cases.”

The convictions of the five men Hayes had arrested have all been overturned. All had families who were devastated. One of the five men had only been married a few months.

Another lost his father unexpectedly just days after his arrest; he was unable to attend his father’s funeral. Another of the five men was a sole parent of three children; his middle child was a senior in high school. The last two months of her senior year — her dad was arrested on April 5, and she graduated June 8 — were hell for her. Another one of the five men arrested was a new father for the first time, with twins less than one year old.

The false arrest of the five men has deeply scarred many, many people for life. Hayes rode the publicity he got from the Tobias case to a judgeship. This was a trial that turned on his misconduct. It was outrageous, unjust, and unfair to us. One of the five men arrested has since passed away at a young age from a stress-related disease.

I, Terry Moore, truly believe Hayes should be prosecuted for what he did in the Tobias case.

I cannot believe that anyone would vote for Norman Hayes.

Terry Moore, Gaylord Harbor Hall Misrepresents In response to the article “No Place for Women” [Northern Express, Oct. 8), Harbor Hall has distorted several issues regarding its expansion plan in a residential neighborhood of Petoskey. I have resided across the street for 37 years and have seen the growth from alcoholic rehab facility to an addiction treatment center of 50 beds.

My issue is its size. The site plan shows the square footage is over five times its current size: three stories, a 125-seat auditorium, 85-bed dormitories, and a detox center or clinic. A $15 million dollar investment to build an addiction treatment center in a residential neighborhood.

Harbor Hall takes up one block, which is off tax rolls. The domino effect will occur in a matter of time as another block will be Harbor Hall and off the tax roll.

This is residential, not a business district. Harbor Hall is a business. It needs

large numbers of clients with addiction to be financially viable. The city has granted numerous variances for this facility. The ZBA increased the number of clients to 59 and setback changes to adjacent properties. Not granted was detox center of 10 beds; the city believes it should be H-2 zone district for that kind of therapy. If Harbor Hall is so concerned with helping women, why not split the numbers in half for men and women: 29/29 beds. That seems only fair and logical.

Dr. James Ehrnst, Petoskey Vote to Protect Working People In 1952, 32 percent of federal tax revenue came from corporations, 42.2 percent came from individual income tax, and 9.7 percent from payroll taxes. Today, the corporate tax revenue is 8.9 percent, individual tax revenue has remained about the same, and the payroll tax revenue is up to 40 percent. This means that working women and men have financed the decline in the corporate tax rate with only a 10 or 11 percent increase in real wages, adjusted for inflation, while the economy has increased in size 300 percent.

This gives the corporations enough money to invest whatever is required to own Congress and our state legislature, with zero pain in their pocketbook. This is why these Republican-controlled entities want to take still more away from the working people, who are the lifeblood of any industry and the largest market for their products. Trump and Congress are just symptoms of this incredible imbalance in socio-economic priorities, and I cannot, for the life of me, comprehend the prejudicial animosity that rules their thinking.

Bob Wallick, Cross Village A Simple Test of Faith I was raised in an evangelical home. I knew the names Hagee, Swaggart, Hinn, Baker, and Crouch before I knew the names of the members of the Musketeer Club. I left the church when white evangelicals and the Republican Party entered a marriage of worldly convenience. The Lord gave me the spiritual gift of discernment — a fancy Bible word for having a functioning BS meter, which made it impossible for me to stay.

White evangelicals had a choice of 17 sufficiently conservative presidential candidates in 2016, all of whom indicated they would fill the Supreme Court with right-wing judges who would pick away at Roe v. Wade and the rights of the LGBT community. They chose the Birther in Chief, Donald Trump. They saw the poisoned fruit of his rotten tree and knew he’d be willing to throw it at their perceived enemies. Never mind love your neighbor, or pray for and be kind to your enemies — they wanted Trump to give those Liberals a whipping.

The biblical test of the veracity of Trump Christians claim is the fear factor. Fear is the absence of faith. Fear and faith can’t coexist in the heart of a Christian. White evangelicals spent all the years of the Obama administration perpetuating racist conspiracy theories about him. They’re the most heavily armed group in America. You can smell their fear of losing their white patriarchal status. It wafts off them like a week-old tuna sandwich under your car seat on a 90 degree day.

With every important decision a Christian makes, God asks, “Will you believe I am adequate to meet your needs or not?” For white evangelicals on election day, the answer was a resounding “no!” They trusted a libertine con man who told them that he alone — not God — could fix what ails them.

Julie A Racine, Marion Remember Water at the Polls Water is life, and yet here in Michigan, our water is at risk. It is my hope that when people go to vote they will keep the environment in mind and how their vote will affect us for

generations. It saddens me that in my beautiful state of Michigan there is so much suffering because of the policies that have been made by people who we have counted on to protect our water and therefore the health and well-being of our citizens. We have heard the personal stories of the people of Flint and the suffering in that city, and yet the people of Flint are paying the largest rate for their water of any of the major cities in the United States. In the City of Detroit, where 40 percent of the people live in poverty, the price of water is going up 8 percent per year, and when people cannot pay, it is possible that their water will be shut off. This is happening now in one of the “wealthiest” and most “powerful” countries on earth. I have heard firsthand accounts of what it is like for people to be without water and have seen the results of medical studies regarding the health impacts on vulnerable people who have had their water shut off. I applaud all who are working on behalf of those people. Please, when you are voting, keep these people in mind.

Susan Wheadon, Cedar Environmental Migration Without rain, the soil turned to dust, and powerful windstorms picked up that dust and carried it over the plains. Soon dust blanketed thousands of square miles of the American heartland, smothering crops and burying livestock. Farming became impossible on land that had been stripped of top soil. For many people, the Dust Bowl made life unbearable, and almost 300,000 people migrated to California. This is a prelude to what is coming: environmental migration.

In 2017, a string of climate disasters — six big hurricanes in the Atlantic, wildfires in the West, horrific mudslides, record-breaking high temperatures — happened all over the country.

After Hurricane Maria, 300,000 Puerto Ricans fled to Florida, and disaster experts estimate that climate and weather events displaced more than 1 million Americans from their homes last year. But in the coming years, as the climate gets hotter, the seas keep rising, and storms grow more intense, action needs to be taken in order to stabilize our climate.

We can stabilize our climate by putting a price on carbon emissions and returning the fees collected to American households. This will create jobs since renewables are labor intensive, and it will reduce carbon emissions, which will prevent premature deaths. Lastly, since fees returned are the same for everyone regardless of income, the most vulnerable will be protected from the rising cost of carbon.

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

The Art of the Flesh............................................10 Life is Beautiful..............................................15 Extracurricular...............................................13 In Deep.........................................................21 Thrift-O-Rama!.............................................24 Aaron’s Tree.....................................................27 Son, Can You Play Us a Memory......................30

dates................................................32-37 music FourScore......................................................38

Nightlife.........................................................41

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

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion.............................................................8 Weird...............................................................9 Guest Opinion.................................................13 Chef’s Notes...................................................19 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................39 Film................................................................42 Advice Goddess...........................................43 Crossword...................................................44 Freewill Astrology.........................................45 Classifieds..................................................46

Ronald Marshall, Petoskey Kavanaugh’s Blame Game Life goes on as we head for another election, but conscientious voters will have much to ponder as they make their choices. Much of this rests with how we are now being forced to reconsider the ground rules for our shared democracy. One recent focus is the highest court in the land. The Conservative-dominated Supreme Court now resumes its business with a full complement of jurists, including the greatly partisan and less-than-judiciallytempered Brett Kavanaugh. True “Stalinists” (of the sort that right-wingers often cite when finger-pointing at their U.S. neighbors, but of whom they have little knowledge) would have admired the way that Senate Republicans ignored the truth, belittled or ridiculed the innocent, attacked non-relevant strawmen, and declined to fully investigate leads arising from the Kavanaugh hearings. And, in the end — like the myriad ranks of trained-seals (paid-for, appointed, or elected) who have spent decades in degrading our shared democracy, even as they schemed to grab more power — Justice Kavanaugh himself loudly reverted to the newnormal form by non-relevantly blaming — wait for it — Democrats and those Clintons!

Frank W. Hawthorne, Petoskey

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top ten Input Wanted on Northport’s “Floating” Fat Tire Trail The Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants your opinion on a winter sports trail that opened at Leelanau State Park in Northport last December. The 5.3-mile trail, piloted last season and planned to open again Dec. 1, is open to nonmotorized recreation, including hiking, crosscountry skiing, snowshoeing and — when there are 4 inches or more snowfall on the trail — fat-tire biking.

Although some questioned whether bikes would ruin the serenity of the forest [“A Trail Floating Through the Woods,” Northern Express, Dec. 30 issue], DNR staff is looking for feedback on how the season actually played out, and will be available to help answer questions and take suggestions for improvements. Trail maps will be on display. Said Kasey Mahony, district supervisor: “We had a lot of positive feedback on the addition of the new winter sport trail; however, we are assessing what adjustments may need to be made, such as frequency of grooming and signage placement.” Want to chime in? Be at the Leelanau Township Fire Department, located at 100 8th St. in Northport any time between 4pm and 6:30pm Monday, Oct. 15.

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COMMON GOOD PIZZA AL TAGLIO Catsup

When in Rome — when at Common Good Bakery in Traverse City — do as the Romans do and savor authentic Roman-style pizza al taglio (translation: by the cut). “There, they sell it by the gram and cut off pieces with scissors, but we of course use a knife and cut it into squares,” said Common Good chef/ owner Jason Gollan. “The other thing that’s different there from what people expect here is that you don’t choose what kind you want — it’s just whatever they have.

And the toppings are minimal.” The texture of pizza al taglio is unique as well. “As bread bakers, we know a lot about controlling fermentation,” said Gollan. Baked in a sheet pan in a high-temperature brick oven, the pizza comes out light and airy on the inside, and crisp on the outside. Gollan makes both a white and a red pizza, with toppings that change seasonally. Right now, the white pizza features zucchini, artichokes and asiago cheese, and the red features Italian sausage (from Rice Farms in Benzonia), ricotta cheese, and tomatoes. And fresh garlic for both, of course — because it’s Italian, right? Buon appetito! $4.95 per slice; available Tuesday through Sunday at 537 W 14th St. (231) 933-8002, commongoodbakery.com.

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Chicago Blues Living Legend John Primer brings his strong traditionalist blues phrasing, seasoned rhythm and blues vocals and lightning-fast slide guitar techniques to Milliken Auditorium in Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC on Sat., Oct. 20 at 8pm. Tickets are $27 in advance, $30 at the door, and $24 for Museum members plus a $2 processing fee. mynorthtickets.com

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Hey, read it! the haunting of hill house

The bewitching hour has officially begun, and in the immortal words of Winifred Sanderson, “I want my book.

Je veux mon livre.” (Hocus Pocus, anyone?) But, don’t lose your head just yet — the staff at Brilliant Books in Traverse City has you covered. This month, they’re throwing it back — we’re talking decades — with a Halloween book discussion of Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting of Hill House.” Originally published in 1959, this gothic horror novel is the original cult classic. It follows four Scooby Doolike seekers in their exploration of Hill House, a crumbling pile with a paranormal past. There’s Dr. Montague, the quintessential scholar and patent disbeliever; his carefree assistant, Theodora; shy, timid Eleanor; and finally, Luke, the mansion’s well-to-do heir. At first (read: in daylight), the house seems unremarkable.

But in its walls lives something sinister, and it will soon lay claim to one of its visitors. You say trick or treat; we say, why not both?

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Radio Shake-up

After two years of negotiations, a deal for Blarney Stone Broadcasting to purchase Northern Broadcast Inc. has fallen through. Sheryl and Jerry Coyne’s Blarney Stone Broadcasting announced in 2016 it planned to buy the six-station Northern Broadcast group that includes 97.5 KLT The Rock Station, 94.3 Fox FM, and 105.5 FM ESPN. But while the deal has since fallen apart, Blarney Stone has entered into a different local marketing agreement to take over three other northern Michigan stations, which are owned by Roy Henderson. 101.9 FM The Bay has been relaunched as “the new” 101.9 WLDR featuring The Morning Scramble with Lorri & Mike (featuring Mike Misico, who came from the Fox FM, and Lorri Schreiber), JJ in middays, and Maria Miller in afternoons. Also as part of the deal, WBNZ FM in Frankfort will no long simulcast WLDR but instead has switched to a sports simulcast of Blarney Stone’s “Up North Sports Radio” station, WGRY. Meanwhile, WOUF 99.3 FM in Beulah — another former WLDR simulcast – is now simulcasting Blarney Stone’s rock station WQON 100.3 FM. Several changes are also underway at Midwestern Broadcasting. Long-time sports station 1310 The Score has now been rebranded to “AM 13,” an oldies station playing hits from the ’50s and ’60s. The format complements sister station 107.5 FM WCCW, another oldies station. DJ Brian Hale, who served as a host on The Score, will continue on in the mornings on AM 13.

Tandem’s 10th Birthday Party The next best thing to attending your own birthday party? Attending the birthday party of one of the early leaders of northern Michigan’s cider scene. October 2018 marks 10 years since Dan Young and Nikki Rothwell founded Leelanau County’s Tandem Ciders (its moniker marking the moment Young got the idea to start a cidery: while on an overseas bike tour with Rothwell), and it’s a milestone worth celebrating. Tandem’s robust mix of celebratory and session ciders have brightened many a northerner’s own birthday parties, so it seems only right to head up to Tandem’s tiny but unequivocally awesome tasting room to toast the occasion noon to 6pm, Sunday, October 21. Both kids and grownups are welcome and can expect apple and cider tastings, food and beverages for sale, free live music from Mark Lavengood and Justin Avdek, and, says J.P. Kent, who has worked at the cidery for seven of its 10 years, “merriment of the greatest kind.” Find it: 2055 N. Setterbo Rd., Suttons Bay. (231) 271-0050, www.tandemciders.com.

Conifer Pop-up Traverse City-born and raised bros Mike and Patrick Evans are back, and they are cookin’. Literally.

The pair — who both launched their culinary careers at the Great Lakes Culinary Institute, cut their teeth at the acclaimed Trattoria Stella, then went on to hone their skills in awardwinning, Michelin-star restaurants in California — have returned to TC to host a two-night pop-up restaurant event in the former Gaijin space. Their aptly named Conifer pop-up promises a small, seasonal a la carte menu based on Michigan produce and wildly foraged foods. No reservations or tickets are needed for either event (both 5:30–10:30pm on Oct. 19 and 20) but as the bros have become a bit of a hot ticket among local foodies, you might want to line up early at 136 E. Front St. Find the menu on Facebook (search Conifer Pop-up), or continue to drool over their Instagram account (Conifer TC).

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by Stephen Tuttle Things were going so well. The candidates for federal and statewide office were playing nice, and even their television ads were mostly positive, often clunky, but issue-oriented and at least marginally informative.

That has now changed, and the ugliness we loathe but have come to expect is upon us.

If we believe all the negative rubbish, all the candidates are bums: This one is a left-wing radical, and that one is a right-wing radical.

This one is going to take away something we want, but that one is going to ruin something else.

(The campaign for Senator Debbie Stabenow has been an exception. Her Republican opponent, John James, has been mostly invisible in northern Michigan, her lead in the polls has been large and consistent, and even the third-party independent professional mudslingers haven’t bothered to show up.)

There is scant, anecdotal evidence that it is addictive, and virtually none that it leads to other drugs. It is certainly less lethal than alcohol or nicotine, both of which are legal. There is science now indicating marijuana can be useful in treating post traumatic shock disorder (PTSD), nerve pain, glaucoma, and as an appetite enhancer and nausea reliever.

It also allows police to focus on the drugs, both legal and illegal, that are killing people.

The real story here is money. It will mean hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue to the state and potentially millions for cities. If not this year, it will be legalized eventually. Michigan would become the 10th state to legalize marijuana.

Proposal 2 A “yes” vote approves a constitutional amendment establishing an independent, citizen redistricting committee. It would

The real story here is money. It will mean hundreds of millions of dollars of new revenue to the state and potentially millions for cities. If not this year, it will be legalized eventually. Michigan would become the 10th state to legalize marijuana.

Since most of the candidate races have become offensive, let’s take a look at the ballot proposals. There are three that made it to the ballot through the initiative process.

Proposal 1 A “yes” vote legalizes the recreational use of marijuana — with a caveat.

People 21 and older could legally possess up to 10 ounces and grow up to 12 plants. Any amount greater than 2.5 ounces would have to be kept in a locked container. Sales would be licensed by the state, and a 10 percent excise tax would be assessed. The catch is that municipalities could still ban marijuana sales by ordinance. Revenues to the state will be used for marijuana research and education, schools, and other state programs.

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consist of 13 members — four Democrats, four Republicans, and five independent/ unaffiliated voters — chosen at random from public applicants. Current and former partisan-elected or public officials, lobbyists, party officials, or their employees need not apply; they are ineligible.

The best argument in favor of this is that anything is better than allowing whichever party happens to be in control of the legislature to gerrymander the state to their heart’s content.

(Interesting that the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, ever protective of their influence when a partisan legislature redistricted, went to court to have this removed from the ballot. They were rejected by the State Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court.)

There are downsides. We know it can be very harmful to young people with developing bodies and brains. It can lower the IQ of a young person and interfere with neuro-development. It makes for some very bad driving at any age, spurring slower reaction times and impaired depth perception. We’ll need to develop better testing to determine if people are driving while impaired by THC, the psychoactive component of marijuana.

Proposal 3 A “yes” vote approves a multi-faceted constitutional amendment designed to make voting easier. It allows straight party-line voting, registers someone to vote automatically when they obtain a driver’s license (unless they specifically decline), allows people to register to vote up to 15 days before the election, allows any registered voter to obtain an absentee ballot simply by requesting one, and requires election results be audited.

The experience in other states that have legalized has been increases in use and traffic incidents, including accidents, now decreasing slightly.

The only part of this that is slightly controversial is the straight party-line voting. The Republican legislature discovered most straight ticket voting was occurring in Democrat-vote rich southeastern Michigan, so they changed the rules. Straight party voting by pulling a single lever is not the smartest way to vote, but it’s not the government’s business to decide that for us.

But our marijuana laws have been absurd since it was classified — along with heroin, opium and cocaine — as a Schedule 1 drug. There are now more than 30,000 opioid overdose deaths a year in the U.S. There has been one suspected marijuana overdose death in history: an infant who ingested a large quantity.

Legal marijuana, a new redistricting system, and easier voting — at least three reasons to get out and vote next month.

Crime & Rescue CHILD’S DEATH UNDER INVESTIGATION Emergency responders attempted without success to save the life of a child who was not breathing at a Cadillac apartment.

Police, firefighters, and paramedics responded to a unit at the Cadillac Shores Apartments Oct. 2 and attempted to resuscitate the child, according to a press release. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital.

In the release, police offered little information about what happened other than they were investigating the death and seeking information about the circumstances of the death from the public.

Investigators “remained on scene to gather evidence, witness statements, and photographs for the death investigation that is currently underway,” the press release read. “This is an ongoing investigation, and as such, details from this incident cannot be released to protect the integrity of this case.”

Anyone with information should call police at (231) 775-3491 or the Silent Observer at (231) 779-9215.

ELECTRICAL LINEMAN KILLED A 51-year-old utility worker was fatally electrocuted in a Peninsula Township accident.

James Farrington of Alden worked for Consumers Energy and was killed the morning of Oct. 5 while working on a line on the Old Mission Peninsula. Farrington, who joined the company this year but had worked as a lineman for 18 years, received an electric shock from a 7,200-volt line.

Farrington was rushed to Munson Medical Center but could not be revived.

Officials from the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Consumers Energy are investigating the accident.

BUILDER FACES CHARGES An Emmet County builder faces fraud charges.

Sheriff’s deputies received a complaint of builder fraud in September and launched an investigation of Petoskey resident James Russell, owner of JPR Builders.

Deputies turned over a report about alleged fraud that took place in Readmond Township to prosecutors, who charged Russell with a count of fraudulent use of a building contract fund, a felony that carries up to three years in prison. Russell was arrested Oct. 4 and released after posting bond.

Anyone who believes they’ve been the victim of contractor fraud in Emmet County can call Sgt./ Det. Matt Leirstein at (231) 439-8900.

MAN DIED OF CAR CRASH INJURIES Investigators determined that a man who disappeared after he leaving work at a sporting goods store died of injuries suffered in a car crash.

State Police said an autopsy determined that Zachary Scot Lytle died of injuries in a car crash; Lytle was not wearing a seat belt when he crashed.

The 40-year-old Roscommon man was found dead in his vehicle in Crawford County the day after he failed to return home from work at Jay’s Sporting Goods in Gaylord.

The next morning, Lytle’s sister reported him missing. A passing motorist later spotted the car crash on I-75 and called police.

by patrick sullivan psullivan@northernexpress.com

CADILLAC MAN FACES METH CHARGES A Cadillac man faces meth charges after state police seized the drug amid a shoplifting investigation.

Troopers received a retail fraud complaint Oct. 2 and, during that investigation, learned that 41-year-old Steven Hudson allegedly manufactured methamphetamine.

Two days later, Missaukee County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Hudson on a contempt of court warrant from an unrelated case. At the same time, Traverse Narcotics Team officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Cadillac where they found the chemicals and components needed to make methamphetamine.

DRUG USE SUSPECTED IN CRASH An Elmwood Township resident called police after a man appeared at their door screaming about someone being dead in a car crash.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 11:22pm Oct. 4 but did not find a deceased car crash victim. They did find the man who’d been screaming at someone’s door and determined that he was not only the lone person involved in the crash but also likely to be under the influence of drugs.

Investigators determined that the 26-year-old Suttons Bay man had been driving a GMC pickup north when he veered off the roadway, traveled some distance, and then struck some trees. The man claimed he had fallen asleep, but deputies found evidence of drug use.

The man was taken to Munson Medical Center to be treated for injuries and was expected to face charges in the crash.

Deputies said the man has an extensive criminal history that includes convictions for operating while intoxicated and assault with a dangerous weapon.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER METH TIP After police got a tip about possible meth-making at a home in Crawford County, they raided the place and arrested a resident on drug charges.

Members of the Strike Team Investigative Narcotics Group got the tip and executed a search warrant on Oct. 2. Police found one man, plus 15 grams of meth and two grams of heroin in the home,.

Police arrested Christopher Dusseau, a 34-year-old Roscommon man, on felony drug charges and for being a four-time habitual offender.

WOMAN KILLED IN FIRE IDENTIFIED State police released the name of a 66-year-old woman who died in a house fire in Mesick Christine Ann Dovolos died in a fire Sept. 27 at a residence on North 15 Road, near M-115, in Wexford County, troopers said.

When responders got to the home on the night of the fire, it was fully engulfed in flames. Once the fire was extinguished, Dovolos was found inside.

It took some time to positively identify the body. Investigators have not determined the cause of the fire but said they don’t believe it is suspicious.

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There is an old adage, sometimes credited to Washington Irving, other times to Mark Twain, but no one is sure: “A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its boot on.” This has been assumed to signify the power of a lie rather than the speed at which it travels. People confuse it with Vladimir Lenin’s assertion: “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”

Lenin’s contemporary followers have taken his tenet as a marching order. In an attempt to fabricate truth, the left has adopted the policy of repeating unsupportable claims over and over, thinking that fiction will turn into fact.

As history has shown us, Lenin was wrong. A lie is the little pig’s house of straw. It’s easily

Justice Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court because important people had the courage to stand firm under the pressure of dishonesty. Perhaps the greatest legacy of President Trump will be his example of disregard for the power of social pressure. made by the lazy, but also quickly crumbles under challenge. Truth is the house of bricks — it takes longer to establish, but once constructed, withstands all forces.

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When the lie becomes your weapon, and your way, the truth is your enemy and must be guarded against. Politically correct language and speech codes are defensive tools against people trying to voice the truth against lies.

The explosion of speech rules and “safe zones” are evidence of deception. When people make restrictions on speech and shout down opposition, you can be certain the wind of truth will dismantle their straw house of lies.

Censorship of truth has taken many shapes over the years, but the current incarnation is attacking speakers of truth for the form of their message, not the substance of their arguments.

It has become axiomatic in popular culture that anyone who uses and acknowledges the true, scientific description of biological sex assignment hates people who are uncomfortable with their genetic composition.

The rage mob has taken it even further. People who challenge the idea that sex is fluid, that a man can become a woman, vice versa, or that humans can be non-sex, are also shouted down as people who also must “hate” the gay and lesbian community.

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forces of the Left — national democrats, the traditional media, and Hollywood — marshaled their deceit machine to keep Brett Kavanaugh off the Supreme Court. The full power of the left was employed, but they failed because their tactic was deception, not truth. They smeared Judge Kavanaugh.

They accused anyone who looked at the facts and supported him as “wanting to kill women.” With the most ambiguous of claims, they decided he must be evil, and that the majority of Americans who trusted him must be anti-woman. Their tactics had the ring of “the dog ate my homework.” The left was so hurried and careless in their deployment of disinformation that they used the weakest boondoggles. Their accusers looked and

This current political pressure can prevail for years, or even a few generations, but it will never be true. Male humans have both different plumbing and different genetic composition than female humans. You can put a boy in a dress, but if he has Y chromosomes, he’s male.

A woman can have modest breasts and slender hips, she can cut her hair short and don a baseball cap, but with only X chromosomes, she is still female. A surgeon can mutilate her genitals into something resembling a penis, and we can give her hormones to make her grow facial hair. She will still be a female — just one who looks outwardly like a man. When this cultural trend dies off, and it will, the truth of male and female will be right here waiting.

Truth doesn’t need a PR campaign. Lies and deception need promotion campaigns, spokespeople, and movements. Deception needs slogans and talking points. The united

sounded like teenagers trying to talk their way out of coming home drunk. Only the Left’s foot soldiers bought it.

From this Monday-morning-quarterback example of the latest political smear, it’s easy to assume the truth will always win, but truth cannot prevail alone. Truth needs one thing: strong, brave people willing to speak it. Justice Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court because important people had the courage to stand firm under the pressure of dishonesty. Perhaps the greatest legacy of President Trump will be his example of disregard for the power of social pressure. He has demonstrated how propaganda is defeated by indifference. For more than 50 years, the greatest strength of the progressive movement has been its masterful slight-of-hand in promoting lies. Progressives use their tactics to destroy any opposition who do not unapologetically employ the defensive tool of truth.

We learned as children that peer pressure could lead to trouble. The social pressure of political correctness is nothing more than the kid on the playground offering other children a cigarette. It’s easier to go with the crowd and take one harmless puff than to be seen as someone who’s uncool. It’s not easy to stand up for truth in Traverse City.

The power of the progressive deception is strong, and bizarre ideas are pushed forward.

Michael Moore, whose only talent is making mockumentaries*, is a hero in many circles.

Our paper of record tilts so far that if you use it to line a birdcage, all the droppings will slide off to the left. Still, our home is dry land compared to the Washington, D.C. swamp.

We have seen in the last few weeks that, even in the swamp, truth can prevail when bold people defend it. *mockumentary: a type of movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.

While mockumentaries are usually comedic, pseudo documentaries are their dramatic equivalents.

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Undignified Deaths -- A husband and wife have been exposed as murderers and cannibals in Krasnodar in southern Russia, reported the Express on Sept. 28. Natalia Baksheeva, 43, has confessed to killing and eating dozens of victims with her husband, Dmitry, 35, over 18 years.

Investigators were tipped off to the couple’s gruesome culinary tastes after a 35-year-old waitress, Elena Vashrusheva, and Natalia fought over accusations that Vashrusheva was flirting with Dmitry. Natalia ordered her husband to kill Vashrusheva: “Following this demand, the man took out the knife that he always kept in his bag and stabbed the woman twice in her chest.

The victim died from her injuries on the spot,” investigators reported. Police charged Natalia with one count of goading her husband into killing the woman after they found “steamed,” pickled and frozen human remains belonging to Vashrusheva in the couple’s kitchen. A photo found in their apartment from 1999 showed a human head served as dinner, garnished with mandarin oranges. Dmitry, who has tuberculosis, will be charged at a later date.

-- Tu Thanh Nguyen, 32, of Sunnyvale, California, made two crucial mistakes while she was visiting Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan on Sept. 19. First, Nguyen was hiking alone, reported WLUC News. But her fatal error was stopping at a point along the North Country Trail to take selfies, where she slipped and fell 200 feet to her death in Lake Superior. Two kayakers witnessed her fall and retrieved her body, which they moved to Chapel Beach. However, first responders were unable to revive her.

Bold Moves Three cheeky raccoons jolted a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, woman awake late on Sept.

18 when they broke into her kitchen. Jenny Serwylo heard noises coming from her kitchen and approached the critters with a broom, which scared away two out of the three. But a third wouldn’t budge, barricaded behind her toaster oven and munching on a package of English muffins. “He was like, ‘I’m eating, get out of here,’” Serwylo told the Toronto Star. She tried calling authorities but couldn’t get any help, and her contest of wills with the raccoon lasted for more than a half-hour. “I was growling at him and hissing at him,” she said.

As she pointed the broom handle at the animal, it would grab the end and “yank it really hard.” Finally, having consumed all the bread in the kitchen, the raccoon calmly went out the window, which Serwylo locked behind it.

Toronto Animal Services spokesperson Bruce Hawkins told the Star that such encounters are unusual, but you be the judge: The city has created a guide for residents about how to deal with raccoon intrusions.

The Passing Parade Gender reveal events, in which expectant parents creatively announce the sex of their unborn children, are taking on increasingly more ridiculous and, in some cases, dangerous proportions. To wit: Border Patrol Agent Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty on Sept. 28 to accidentally starting the April 2017 Sawmill Fire, which burned 47,000 acres in and around Madera Canyon in Arizona, prompting evacuations and closing highways, according to the Arizona Daily Star. It all started when Dickey and his pregnant wife hosted a gender reveal party at which he shot a target containing Tannerite, an explosive substance, and colored powder signifying the child’s gender. When the target exploded, it caught nearby brush on fire, and Dickey immediately reported the wildfire and admitted he had started it. Dickey will pay

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Airport official Mohammad Sanowar Khan explained: “Pandemonium prevailed ... and he was restrained. ... He said that the confusion happened because he had boarded a flight for the first time in his life.” The unnamed traveler was questioned at the Patna airport.

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The Wagner Funeral Home in Jordan, Minnesota, made news on Sept. 26 when a judge released the details of a ruling against the mortuary for, among other violations, storing jarred applesauce in the same room where embalming takes place. Joseph Wagner, who runs the funeral home, was just helping out his brother, who owns nearby Wagner Bros.

Orchard and needed some extra storage space, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

But the Minnesota Department of Health took issue with the jars being stored adjacent to a hazardous waste container, where blood and other waste from the embalming process are disposed of, and under an emergency shower and blocking an emergency eyewash station.

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-- In the remote town of Yungar, Peru, two candidates for mayor with remarkable names are duking it out: Local politician Hitler Alba Sanchez, who served as mayor from 2011 to 2014, has been challenged by Lennin Vladimir Rodriguez Valverde. Sanchez told The Independent that his parents had been unaware of the Nazi connection to his name when he was born, but even after realizing its origins, his father liked it because it “sounded foreign.” Peruvians are known for choosing foreign-sounding first names for their children: Last year, Peru’s junior football team featured a player named Osama Vinladen.

-- Election season brings out the funny name stories: In Belgium, 26-year-old Luc Anus is running for a council seat in the city of Lobbes. But when he tried to incorporate social media into his campaign strategy, he hit a snag: Facebook wouldn’t allow him to use his last name. The candidate didn’t miss a beat, though: He changed his online name to Luc Anu. Metro News reported that there are 49 people in Belgium with the last name Anus.

Recent Alarming Headline At a Port Orange, Florida, Walmart on Sept.

28, Tracy Nigh and her 8-year-old daughter were taking a break on a bench inside the store when 81-year-old Hellmuth Kolb approached them and asked if Nigh was married. “He didn’t seem like a threat at first,” Nigh told WKMGTV, but then Kolb started offering to buy the little girl. “The first amount was $100,000, the second amount was $150,000 and then the final amount was $200,000,” Nigh said. “I then said, ‘No, we have to go.’” They rose to leave, but Kolb grabbed the girl’s wrist and kissed it.

Nigh alerted store security, and the encounter was recorded on surveillance video. Another woman reported a similar incident. Kolb was arrested and charged with simple battery and false imprisonment.

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By Blair Yarroch Ancient Egyptians were among the first known humans to get tatted up, and those trendsetters started something that stuck.

Today, 40 percent of Americans rock at least one tattoo. Since this booming form of selfexpression has been captivating us since Pharaoh times, we decided to get up close and personal with some of the most notable men and women on Traverse City’s thriving tattoo scene.

Ram Lee Owner, Traverse City Tattoo There’s something soulful about talking to a man who has found his passion, and Ram Lee is that guy. Lee has been tattooing for 24 years, and his specialties are broad: black and gray, portrait and wildlife realism, and — unique in the region — Japanese art.

He said Japanese-style tattoos in particular inspire him because of their distinct aesthetic beauty, the way they fit and flow over the body, and that they allow him to incorporate into his work the four elements commonly found in Japanese art: fire, earth, air and water.

Years ago, Lee got the best advice he would ever receive, from Bob Tyrrell, a world-renowned tattoo artist based in Detroit: “Slow down.” The phrase became his holy grail. As he continued to study under some of the most noteworthy artists in the business, Lee began to take his time — he once spent six months designing a piece, then spent a year tattooing it into an intricate full sleeve — and watched as his work reached the next level and his wait list

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His shop, Traverse 1760 Lears City RoadTattoo, is located above The Petoskey Workshop Brewery in Traverse City’s Warehouse District. Lee works with two other 231-344-4420 artists; together the three boast more than 40 years of experience. The shop has a distinctly cozy atmosphere, a vibe that feels more your best friend’s living Side like Door Saloon room than1200 a sterile tattoo parlor. Ram says US-31 this is no accident. The TV, leather sofa, snack bar, Petoskey fridge, and drinks are there so the clients 231-347-9291 feel at home and at ease. His goal is to make clients feel welcome, appreciated, and relaxed.

As for his customer service philosophy, it’s equally simple: “If you don’t come through the door, I don’t feed my family.”

Twistedwork Olive and shop info Find Ram’s 319 Bay@ramleetattoo St. on Instagram and @ traversetattoo.

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Harbor Rex Rector was 11, he was inking his first Harborof a motorcycle club. tattoos on Bay members 231-439-4051 True story. Thanks to the encouragement of his mom, who dabbled in tattoo artistry herself, Rector carved out his life’s path at a very young age. He said he was a kid who loved to sketch and draw, so the progression to tattoo artist was natural and seamless. By age 16, he landed his first gig at a tattoo shop and has since spent his life in the industry.

Rector has worked all over the country,

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recalling his time in Virginia, where body art often involved graffiti design, and the years he spent in Florida, where the tattoos trended toward aquatic. In the nearly 10 years Blue Heart Tattoo has been up and running in Traverse City, he has seen his share of Petoskey stones, and of course the much-loved Mitten outline. Lately, he’s seeing mandalas and written words ruling the tattoo scene.

Rector has always loved tattooing in black and gray and depicting things found in nature but more than anything else, he said he strives to be versatile. He wants to work with his clients and give them original designs that are what they want — even if they don’t line up with his own preferences.

Find Rector’s work on Instagram @ bluehearttattootc Jessica Harrigan Truth Seeker Tattoo Tattoo artistry has historically been a male dominated industry. Well, move over fellas. More women than ever before are getting inked, and more women are starting to do the inking. Jessica Harrigan finds many female clients tend to seek her out particularly because they’d prefer a woman working on them.

Born and raised in Traverse City, Harrigan is a longtime artist, but she didn’t begin tattooing until last January; she is the apprentice of Ryan Decker, Truth Seeker Tattoo’s owner. She specializes in whimsical illustrative work with a dark spin but prides herself on being adventurous and versatile with her designs. Peek through her work and

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you find everything from soft and beautiful to edgy and sinister. When asked about what drew her to tattooing over other forms of art, she responds that it’s about the personal connection she builds with clients. She could commission a piece of fine art on canvas, but that would lack the relationship she builds with her clients during her tattoo process.

When asked if she could ever see herself doing anything else, she gives a lightning quick response: “Never.” A few minutes later, she lifts her pant leg to display the first tattoo she ever did, the logo of Truth Seeker Tattoo on her own ankle.

Find her work on Instagram @ jessicaharrigan.art.

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The marijuana merchants and pro-pot media tell us: “It’s harmless.” “It’s benign.” “Trust us.”

Marijuana is not a “soft” drug. In its new configuration, it is more powerful, more dangerous, and more addictive than it has ever been in its history; the scientific agro-business industrialists have aggressively strengthened its psychoactive chemistry. As early as 2011 the Netherlands labeled the new potent marijuana with a THC level of 16 percent or more as a hard drug on par with cocaine and ecstasy.

Despite its liberal reputation, the Netherlands routinely prosecutes pot growers.

Now Traverse City Commissioners want to bring marijuana grow operations into the city.

When will we learn?

Today’s marijuana has increased from .5–1.5 percent THC levels in the ’70s and ’80s, to 15–24.5 percent in the leaf, 40 to 55 percent or more in edibles, and 80 to 90 percent in butane-enhanced oil concentrates. (Demers 2018 Infographic, Today’s Marijuana).

Hospitalization is not uncommon for the unwary or first-time user. For the very young, it can be lethal.

Traverse City Attorney Lauren Trible-Laucht has stated, “In 1970 the federal Controlled Substance Act made marijuana a Schedule I controlled substance, which means the U.S. Congress found the following: Marijuana has the potential for abuse; Marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the U.S …” (City Memorandum. 9-12-17).

The dangers of marijuana are now more apparent as the national marijuana experiment goes into its 22nd year: • Since recreational marijuana was legalized in Colorado, the state’s marijuana-related traffic deaths increased 151 percent, while all Colorado traffic deaths increased 35 percent.

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• As of June 2017, there were 491 marijuana stores in the state of Colorado compared to 392 Starbucks and 208 McDonalds. (RMHIDTA, 2018) • “We see kids using ‘dabs,’ which is basically highly concentrated THC oil — and really nothing like the plant material that parents might think of when they hear the word marijuana,” stated Massachusetts Pediatrician Dr. Sharon Levy. “The presentation of kids who use marijuana has absolutely changed over the years,” Levy added. “We see more kids with psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions and other mental health symptoms … The key for parents,” she said, “is that marijuana is bad for health and bad for the developing brain.” (Journal of Adolescent Health, March 30, 2018).

• Cannabis use, even among adults with moderate to severe pain, was associated with increased risk of non-medical prescription opioid use … ” (The American Journal of Psychiatry, 2017).

• A New Zealand study showed that “People who started smoking marijuana heavily in their teens … lost up to eight IQ points between the ages of 13 and 38.” These lost mental abilities failed to return to even those who quit using … in their adult years. (Safeguard America’s Future: Prosecuting Attorney’s Association of Michigan).

• Biological evidence shows that THC can pass through the placenta as well as through breast milk and may be associated with increased risk of heart defects, still birth, decreased growth, impaired cognition, decreased academic ability, and increased depression. (Michigan Association for Local Public Health).

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• Two million teenagers are “Vaping” (e-cigarettes) now, in and out of schools — 7 percent of youth surveyed, with highly potent marijuana oils without FDA controls. (U-M Drug Survey 2018).

Before we add a Medical Marijuana Facilities Ordinance to the city or recreational marijuana to the state, citizens and government officials have to think of our community’s health, and choose between drug promotion or drug prevention.

Bradley Spencer taught English and Journalism in Ann Arbor. He has been a political reporter, a columnist, a freelance writer, a community drug prevention leader, and a Marine Corps officer.

He lives in the Leelanau Peninsula with his wife of 52 years.

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Like all the other addictive drugs, marijuana impacts the pleasure centers of the brain, increases dopamine levels, impacts the hippocampus, can lower the I.Q., inhibit the ability to learn, and lead to the search for ever stronger highs — marijuana has always been a dangerous gateway drug.

• The yearly rate of emergency department visits related to marijuana increased 52 percent percent after legalization (2012 compared to 2016), and the yearly rate of marijuana-related hospitalization increased 148 percent after legalization (2012 compared to 2016); while marijuana-only exposures more than tripled in the five-year average (2013-2017). (RMHIDTA, 2018).

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We have seen this before: The indifferent tobacco industry created the cancer-causing cigarette, which killed millions of people, including our parents and grandparents. The indifferent pharmacy industry created the opioid epidemic that killed hundreds of thousands of our brothers, sisters, and cousins. And now the relentless marijuana industry wants us to buy into another virulent drug that can change a nation’s culture, addict new generations of young people, and threaten the health, safety, and minds of an entire nation … which leads me to wonder: When will we learn?

Traffic deaths involving drivers who tested positive for marijuana more than doubled, from 55 in 2013, to 138 people killed in 2017. The percentage of all Colorado traffic deaths that were marijuana related increased from 11.43 percent in 2013 to 21.3 percent in 2017. (Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, 2018)

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“The unregulated tobacco industry is a worldwide public health disaster. We should learn from our mistakes, not repeat them with marijuana,”— Kimber Richter, Tobacco Researcher, University of Kansas

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By Al Parker The concern rises in Bernadette Oesterling’s voice as she talks about her husband Gene’s medical dilemma.

“We’re trying to get people’s attention,” she said. “I’m searching for a way and a place to begin a very personal and intimate request.

My husband is in need of a kidney transplant very soon. We are not sure what caused this declining kidney issue, as he led a very clean life. He never experienced a hospital stay in all of his life until this year and is now facing a life-threatening circumstance.”

Both of Gene’s kidneys are inexplicably failing, and he needs a living transplant as soon as possible.

Gene’s situation isn’t rare; there are several patients in northern Michigan who require an organ transplant. But like all of them, any movement to the top of the transplant list will require additional movement — to one of the state’s transplant centers or out-of-state — for the critical care transplant surgery and recovery requires.

Neither McLaren Northern Michigan or Munson Healthcare perform organ transplants from either living or deceased donors. Both, however, work in conjunction with Gift of Life, Michigan’s only federally designated organ and tissue recovery program.

“Gift of Life Michigan often flies specialized surgeons and surgical teams to recover donated organs in northern Michigan,” said Kathi St. Pierre, RN, MSN, clinical nurse manager at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. “The surgical teams then return by flight to the location of the patient requiring a transplant. Many of the patients awaiting organ donations throughout the state require very specialized care to prepare for and recover from transplantation surgery. Large university/ teaching hospitals provide the ideal level of care for these patients.”

Based in Ann Arbor, Gift of Life provides all services necessary for organ donations in the state. It’s a nonprofit that works 24 hours a day across Michigan as a liaison between donors, hospitals, and transplant centers.

“There are nine transplant programs in the state — located in metro Detroit (including Ann Arbor) and Grand Rapids — out of roughly 176 hospitals” explained Tim Makinen, communications director for Gift of Life. “The vast majority of hospitals do not have a transplant program … . Typically the doctors who do transplants are located close to the transplant centers. People from all over the state receive transplants; they just need to be able to get to a center when an organ becomes available.”

Most organ donations take place after the donor has died. But some organs, including kidneys, can be donated while the donor is alive. Nearly 6,000 living donations take place each year. That’s about 40 percent of all organ donations.

“Should my husband have to wait for a deceased persons’ kidney, the time frame is five to seven years on the waiting list,” said Bernadette. “His kidney function is about 15 percent, so the wait list most definitely does not fit his need. If there is anyone who may consider being a living donor, we would be deeply indebted to you.”

Gene is listed with the national organ transplant registry and is waiting and praying to be matched with a living donor.

Organs are matched to patients based on a number of different factors, including blood and tissue typing, medical need, time on the waiting list and geographical locations.

According to organdonor.gov., the kidney is the most frequently given organ from a living donor, whose remaining kidney is still able to function properly and remove waste from the body.

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Bernadette — “Bernie” to her friends — and Gene were high school sweethearts at Wayne Memorial High School in suburban Detroit. Soon after graduation they wed and moved north. For 15 years, Gene drove a truck for Team Elmer’s. Now the Oesterlings live south of Suttons Bay in rural Leelanau County and have shared married life together for 53 years, raising a son and daughter. They cherish time spent with their five grandchildren and one great grandchild.

It was during a routine physical exam that Gene learned his kidneys weren’t working properly. The couple went to a kidney specialist, but there was no indication of why his organs were failing.

“He always ate healthy and was very physically active,” said Bernie. “He didn’t smoke, never even drank coffee.”

After the diagnosis, the Oesterlings registered through the University of Michigan and attended a day-long class on organ transplants. They learned about the surgery, the psychological effects, the financial aspects, and more during the session.

Every two months Gene gives blood locally to be tested and every six months they return to Ann Arbor so Gene can be examined in person. “My kidneys are operating at 15 percent,” he said. “At 10 you need to go on dialysis.”

But Gene recently had cardiac surgery to clear up a heart problem — and that makes

dialysis a risky proposition for him.

“We wait and pray,” said Bernie. “We hope to get an email or phone call that says ‘We’ve got a match for you.’ I’ve never, not felt positive. I just know something is going to work out for us.”

For more information on organ donation, visit www.giftoflifemichigan.org or contact U of M at (800) 333-9013 or twalder@med.umich. edu. To reach out directly to the Oesterlings, email groesterling@gmail.com.

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Your Kid’s Extracurriculars: Cost v. Benefits

The school year is now in high gear, and with it, an all-new season of extracurricular sports and activities is underway. Like most communities, northern Michigan has lots of options, both school-affiliated and independent, to keep kids involved, active, and challenged.

To get a better sense of what’s available — and how several popular activities vary in terms of cost, time commitment, challenges, and benefits — we reached out to coaches and mentors running six different extracurricular programs. To keep the comparisons consistent and as objective as possible, we focused on a fairly narrow area of the region and the high school age range. (Keep in mind: Most of these activities are available, in some form, to younger participants as well.) Here’s what we learned.

Soccer The Organization TBAYS, or Traverse Bay Area Youth Soccer, is an organization that offers club soccer to juniors (ages 4-7), youth (ages 7-12), and North Storm (10-18).

The Cost North Storm coach Jason Smith says that soccer programs for high school players start at a base rate of roughly $600 per year, which covers jerseys, practices, coaching fees, and tournament registration for one season of club soccer. Travel costs add between $600 and $1,200, depending on the skill level of the players. Smith says that the variation in cost is due to the fact that most competitive club soccer in the state of Michigan is clustered around the Detroit area — leading to more away games, more downstate travel, more nights in hotels, and more meals on the road.

The Time Commitment North Storm players have three 90-minute training sessions a week, as well as one or two games. Again, total time commitment is contigent upon travel, as higher levels of competition demand more time on the road. According to Smith, teams play eight to nine games per season, and at least half of those are downstate for older and higher-level teams. Seasons last about three and a half months, with high school

boys playing in the spring and high school girls playing in the fall. For school-affiliated soccer, the seasons are flipped, enabling athletes to play both club soccer with TBAYS and school soccer with their districts. On top of season obligations, athletes also have the option of participating in a variety of soccer camps throughout the year, each of which focuses on building a different skill or proficiency.

The Biggest Challenge Smith says that travel and time commitment make competitive club soccer a major commitment and a scheduling puzzle for athletes and their families. “The proximity of northern Michigan to where a lot of competitive soccer is played is one of our largest challenges,” he said. “There are not a ton of competitive soccer clubs between Traverse City and Detroit. There are probably 15 max. So that means a lot of our games are played down in the Detroit area, especially as kids get better and more competitive. I think the travel element for competitive teams is definitely something that makes it difficult to schedule.”

The Biggest Reward For Smith, the sheer level of physical fitness that athletes can achieve through playing soccer is virtually unrivaled. “Soccer is one of the few sports that is multidimensional when it comes to development,” he said. “It touches on hand-eye

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coordination, it touches on foot dexterity, it touches on cardiovascular development, and all these other different key development factors within athletes. It’s more of a freeflowing game with limited stoppages, versus basketball or football or golf. It’s continuous play. And soccer games are also considerably longer than football games or basketball games. One half of a soccer match is the length of an entire basketball game.”

decide to participate in the fundraising opportunities the program offers or write a check to cover the full cost. These fees cover all expenses, including boats, safety equipment, stipends for coaches, and travel to regattas (including transportation, hotel costs, meals, and race registration fees). Bott says that Tritons Rowing is actually on the lower end for rowing programs in the state of Michigan, which typically cost between $475 and $750 for a season.

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The Time Commitment Bott says the main time commitment for rowers is 12 hours of practice a week (during the spring and fall seasons) and 10 hours a week during the summer season.

In the fall and spring, those practices occur from 5pm to 7:30pm Monday through Thursday, as well as every Saturday from 8am to 10am. In the summer, practices are 7am to 9am Monday through Friday. The program also schedules three regattas per season, which vary in travel time based on whether the competition location is close (Grand Rapids) or far (Cleveland or Toledo). Usually, regattas involve a Friday and Saturday commitment, between travel and competition. The optional fundraising opportunities can also add between three and eight hours of commitment each season.

The Organization TC Tritons Rowing partners with the Learning, Enrichment & Athletics Program (LEAP) through Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) to offer recreational rowing for middle school students and competitive rowing for high school students.

Parents can get involved too: Tritons Rowing hosts a “parents learn to row” day once per season and is affiliated with the Traverse Area Community Rowing (TACR). That’s a convenient and fun bonus: Parents who decide to start rowing competitively with TACR can often compete in races at the same regattas where their kids are competing.

The Cost According to Chris Bott, head coach for Tritons Rowing, the cost-per-season for rowers rangers from $385 to $725. The variable is whether rowers and their families

The Biggest Challenge For Bott, the biggest challenge of rowing is obvious: the amount of physical exertion

the activity involves. While races are usually eight minutes or less, Bott says studies have shown that the body goes through the same amount of physiological exertion in those eight minutes as it would over the course of two full basketball games played back to back without breaks or timeouts. Since rowers typically have two or three races per regatta, they tend to give a lot of themselves over the course of a competition day. “Rowing is a complete head-to-toe sport,” Bott said. “You are going to use every major muscle group in the body, combined with intense physical endurance.

The better you are at it, the more effortless you make it look. But the more effortless it looks, the harder you’re actually working.”

The Biggest Benefit “The level of self-discipline and selfdetermination taught through this sport is incredible,” Bott said. “Some of the local businesses would tell you that they absolutely love hiring rowers in the summer because they never have harder-working employees.

We also hear from some of our rowers who are in college now that rowing taught them the self-discipline they needed to be able to handle the college workload and handle it efficiently, where some of their other friends are struggling with it now.”

According to Bott, rowing can also help kids get to college. He says the opportunities for scholarships in this sport are huge, and that five Tritons rowers have gone to school with scholarships or grants in the short time that the program has existed. In addition, five current juniors or seniors with the program are being actively recruited by college rowing programs.

Dance The Organization Dance Arts Academy has been operating in Traverse City for 20 years. The owners and instructors, Betsy Carr and Sue Buck, have a combined 60-plus years of dance experience between them. The program works with dancers of all ages and skill levels to help them reach their goals.

The Cost Co-owner Carr says that estimating cost for a semester of dance can be a challenge, given that so much depends on the dancer’s level of skill and overall time commitment.

The Academy offers a wide range of different dance classes, ranging from ballet to tap to musical theater. Each course lasts for a 16week semester and has its own tuition rate, typically falling between $169 and $236.

These rates cover class instruction. Costumes are extra, usually adding between $50 and $90. Dancers with the Academy’s “Senior Fusion” program, which meets two nights a week and travels to one competition, can participate for approximately $500 annually.

Carr says that Dance Arts Academy has never, on the basis of ability to pay, turned away a dancer who wanted to train there.

The program offers numerous work-study and scholarship opportunities designed to make classes more affordable for families.

The Time Commitment According to Carr, high school dancers who will end up going on to dance at either the professional level or the college level do 2.5 hours of training, five days a week. In total, opportunities are available with Dance Arts Academy for kids to dance up to four hours a day, six days a week. Performances and occasional competitions add weekend time. For instance, the Academy is currently preparin g for aproduction of “The Nutcracker” — a show it always mounts in even-numbered years. High school dancers

rehearse two extra hours on the weekends for the show and are involved in all six performances, which will run December 13–16 this year.

The Biggest Challenge The time commitment for dance is substantial. Where most extracurricular activities offer season breaks or only occur during one part of the year, Carr describes dance as “a constant thing.” The most dedicated dancers — the ones that will likely end up going on to dance in college or as a career — might take a week off here and there, but are otherwise fully engaged year-round.

It takes discipline and dedication, Carr says, for dancers to stay focused on their goals and commit to hours of after-school training or dance intensives in the summertime when all their friends are at the beach.

The Biggest Benefit For Carr, the greatest thing about dance is that it is a true lifelong passion. “As someone that has been involved in the dance world for 54 years — and still loving it with my whole heart — I see the benefits of dance training every day,” she said. “I feel it is the best gift, as it provides grace, coordination, strength, confidence, discipline, self-esteem, and is both physical and artistic. At Dance Arts Academy, we have students as young as 18 months, and as old as 80, and that is pretty awesome to see every week.”

Hockey The Organization/Activity The varsity hockey teams at both TCAPS high schools have long histories of success.

The Traverse City Central High School team won the Big North Conference title six years in a row, from the 2011/12 season to the 2016/17 season. Traverse City West Senior High won the title in 2017/18.

The Cost Both Jeremy Rintala, head hockey coach at TC West, and Chris Givens, head hockey coach at TC Central, say that the big cost for hockey players is equipment. Players provide most of their own equipment, including skates, sticks, helmets, gloves, pants, and pads. Rintala says that TCAPS offers some of these items for free, including helmets and gloves, but that players typically buy their own to keep. Both schools provide uniforms, including jerseys, and cover most expenses for ice time and travel. Hockey equipment can get expensive, especially when competition is the goal. For instance, the website NewToHockey.com says that high-end skates for competitive players will typically range from $400 to $800.

The Time Commitment Both TCAPS hockey programs practice daily, usually hitting four to six hours of practice per week in season (which runs November to March). At West, those practices happen after school, while Central’s team practices in the morning before school.

On top of practices, high school teams play two to three games per week, some of which involve travel, which adds extra time. Rintala says his players also sometimes come in before school for strength and conditioning, and that many join club or tournament teams in the offseason to stay sharp.

The Challenges For Givens and the Central High School hockey team, the biggest hurdle is the early morning practice schedule. Daily practice times for the team run from 6am to 7am every morning before school. For parents of players who don’t have driver’s licenses

or cars yet, this schedule can be a strain.

For Rintala, the hardest part is the limited number of spots available on the high school team. TCAPS does not offer JV hockey, which means that not all kids get to play. For some families, who have put years of time, effort, and money into supporting their kids in youth hockey leagues, having a player miss the cut for the varsity team can be genuinely heartbreaking.

The Benefits Rintala says there is much to be gained from the physical fitness and mental determination necessary to find success out on the ice. He also thinks that hockey builds huge levels of passion and dedication, which can help students flourish in many aspects of their academic and professional lives. “As a high school hockey coach, I’m fortunate that most of the players that try out for my team have been playing hockey for many years before high school,” he said. “They have already decided that it is something that they love and want to continue to play, or they wouldn’t be trying out.”

Theater The Organization/Activity Theater opportunities abound at TCAPS high schools, which both offer theater classes and annual extracurricular musical theater productions.

The Costs Theater tends to be one of the least expensive extracurricular activities for students and their families. According to Minda Nyquist, a theater and stagecraft teacher at Traverse City West Senior High, the biggest costs pertain to the rights of the productions that classes or casts perform.

Performance rights for newer plays or musicals cost more than those for older shows. Shakespeare plays, for instance, don’t cost anything for schools to perform. If there are performance rights costs, they are typically absorbed by the schools themselves and are not passed on to the students.

Students are more likely to see costs for things like costumes, props, and makeup, but even those expenses are modest and depend on the production.

The Time Commitment Theater classes rehearse daily in class and then add weekend rehearsals. Nyquist says that her casts usually come in after school for additional rehearsals and on Saturdays from 10am to 3pm to build sets, props, and costumes. Add in the actual performances, and she calculates the time commitment of theater at more than 150 hours per semester. TCAPS musical productions are similarly intense, involving rehearsals most days after school and frequent all-day Saturday rehearsals.

The Biggest Challenge Both Nyquist and Katie Polius, a theater teacher at Traverse City Central High School, cite the time commitment of preparing a professional-level theatrical production as one of the biggest challenges of the activity.

Polius also thinks that it can be nerve racking for students to “put themselves out in the public sphere,” especially if they are participating in theater for the first time.

The Biggest Benefit Polius believes that the opportunities for bonding and belonging in theater make it unique from most other extracurricular activities. “Theater creates a home or community for students from all backgrounds,” she said. “They are able to reflect inwardly through their outward

performances and find a community of other like-minded individuals, both onstage and behind the scenes.”

Tennis The Organization/Activity The Traverse City Central High School tennis program, which coach Shane Dilloway inherited from Larry Nykerk — the winningest high school tennis coach in Michigan history.

The Cost Players pay a flat fee of $200, which covers weight room fees, tennis balls, water and Gatorade for matches, one shirt and T-shirt per player, and some travel expenses. In addition, players or their families pay $25 per hotel stay for overnight trips, which usually happen once or twice a season for JV players and four or five times a season for varsity players. Uniforms are $50 for JV but are the major expense for varsity players, totaling $300 or $400 each season. Varsity parents also pay one of the program’s moms to pack lunches for travel tournaments, a $100 expense for the whole season. Players are expected to provide their own tennis rackets.

The Time Commitment Dilloaway says that varsity team members typically compete two or three days a week, including one all-day weekend tournament.

The tournaments usually involve departing school mid-day on Friday, traveling downstate, and then playing throughout the day on Saturday. The other two matches are more minor conference play, with home and away matches against schools like Cadillac, Alpena, and Petoskey. On non-match days, teams practice after school for about two hours. In total, Dilloway estimates that the average week will include six hours of practice, eight hours of tournament play, and another match or event that lasts around two or three hours. Travel can add several hours to this equation, depending on where the tournaments or events are hosted.

The Biggest Challenge Dilloaway says that the time commitment of tennis — and balancing that commitment with academics, jobs, social lives, and other activities — is a challenge for some players. The challenge is doubled for boys tennis players, who started tryouts this year on Aug. 8. “Kids were still in summer mode,” Dilloway said. “They still had their summer jobs. Their families were still taking vacations.” Transitioning from summer mode into a competitive mindset for the tennis commitment was a tough adjustment for some. Achieving that commitment and focus, meanwhile, is crucial for success in the sport.

Dilloway says that, if a player is distracted or not engaged during a practice, it essentially becomes a wasted practice for them, which can in turn affect their teammates.

The Biggest Benefit Dilloway says that tennis teaches accountability and honesty in a way that is different from most other sports. “Tennis is supposed to be a ‘sport of gentlemen,’” he said. “Until you get to regionals and state finals, there aren’t any referees or umpires.

It’s just the coaches and the players, and we regulate it by ourselves. So, the sport relies a lot on honesty and integrity and making the right call when no one is there to check you, giving your opponent the benefit of the doubt when you’re not sure if the ball fell in or out. Those kinds of things are pretty cool, because these kids are learning about consequences and fairness and about always doing the right thing.”

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The superstar of the Up North art scene just might be the humble fish

By Al Parker Michigan might be known as the wolverine state, but in the eye of many local artists, aquatic animals reign supreme. To find out why these finny denizens inspire so much art Up North, Northern Express hooked up with four popular local artists who’ve elevated fish-making to a literal artform — and substantial form of income.

Reeling ’Em In He’s no angler, but for much of the past decade, Stephen Palmer has been lured by fish. Using everyday items like crutches, screwdrivers, yardsticks, thimbles, and tiny tins, the Leelanau County artist has handcrafted hundreds of the eye-catching multi-media fish since 2012.

Each fish made by the former educator is unique, formed from an impressive stash of wooden crutches, plus dozens of bins that hold children’s blocks, Lego pieces, screwdrivers, buttons, toy soldiers, and all sorts of other everyday items.

“There are a couple of reasons I focus on fish in my artwork,” explained Palmer, who was chosen as the featured artist for this year’s Crooked Tree Arts Center D’Art for Art. “First, I love the image of fish, their form and mystery, their variation and color. People first see the fish from a wide perspective. The inside details are what pull them in.

“Secondly, and more functionally, the basic ingredients I use in making the fish naturally create the basic structure of fish. The crutches I use work well, as do various types of paddles.

The inside of the fish are old/antique items — things that may have been discarded in an earlier time. With the proliferation of trash in our society — especially in the oceans — form and function come together for me.”

Since he was 18 years old, Palmer has worked with stained glass and fused glass. He still finds time to work in that media.

“About 10 years ago — after preparing work for the holiday season — I really wanted to make something different,” said Palmer. “I had collected items to make a fish from an old crutch. It was a large one, using screwdrivers for a fin. It turned out well.

I entered it into a multi-state competition.

Someone bought it, and it won a $1,000 prize.

So, I started making more!”

To see more of Palmer’s art, see www.runningdog-studio.com.

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Funky Fish Charlevoix resident Edith Pair started focusing on fish because, as an artist in northern Michigan, she wanted to keep a local vibe — and feel — without having to do landscapes or more traditional paintings.

“I needed to keep my contemporary, whimsical style while incorporating our beautiful and natural surroundings,” she said.

“I have always been a fan of fish art, and I particularly loved versions that artists did that are more non-traditional,” said Pair. “It all started with me when I began re-doing a random fish someone had given me. It was painted exactly like the fish was supposed to look like. I kept thinking if I changed the color and added some mixed media, etcetera, etcetera, it would look so much better — and lo and behold, it did. And I sold it immediately.”

Since then, she’s been determined to make “funky fish,” as she calls them. And the public clamor has been great, making them one of her best-sellers.

Pair is no angler but has always had fish as pets.

“They have such a personality,” she said.

“It’s amazing how they move and survive and how each species differs. I like to make sure to have some fun fish, serious fish, angry fish, and super happy fish — all with the overtone of never taking life too seriously.”

Each one begins with a large piece of wood, then Pair free draws a design, cutting and sanding it. Then she paints it “off the top of my head” and often adds “tons of hardware, mixed media and, lately, spiral copper wire coming out of the fins.”

Pair coats each one with a high-gloss epoxy that is scratch-proof and holds the color and mixed media in place.

“This allows them to be outside,” she said.

“I also have been putting them on steel rods into a mosaic cement base which makes for great garden and patio art.”

It’s usually a two-week process. “But I have gotten all consumed spending hour after hour in my studio and knocking them out in under a week.” she said. “If that happens ... you know I am psyched about that particular design.”

See more of Pair’s art at ellair.com.

Environmental Awareness After more than two decades as a veterinarian downstate, Leland artist Al

Rollings moved to northern Michigan in 1988 and has been carving lifelike fish, birds, and other wildlife ever since.

Seated in his cozy woodworking shop that is chock full of gnarly driftwood, hand tools, and projects, he carves roughly 40 hours a week. A morning person, he’s often in his shop by 8 a.m. working on three to five pieces at a time.

“My work includes fish because I try to increase the awareness of the beauty and value of fish, thereby increasing the respect for fish and their habitat,” he said. “My overall goal is to try and increase people’s appreciation and awareness of the natural world. Hopefully to promote the belief that it is much better to live with nature than to conquer it, develop it, destroy it.”

Rollings interest in fish began when he was knee-high to a casting rod.

“I started fishing at four years of age with my dad and uncles,” he recalled. “I would play with the fish and help to clean them and loved to eat them. I admired their beauty and anatomy. My father instructed me on the anatomy terms, and I would sit for hours and fish, in any body of water, even ponds and creeks.”

Still an ardent fisherman, Rollings admires the species, the balance of aquatic life and the importance of fish as a food source that benefits mankind.

“I’ve carved many species of fish, both fresh and salt water,” he said. “Some of my favorites to carve are the salmon, trout, walleye, and pike. I enjoy carving all of them.”

It takes Rollings about a week to complete a carving. “The painting of them is the most tedious part,” he explained. “Also challenging is to find the right piece of driftwood. I work a full day, every day, unless I’m fishing.”

Rollings’ work can be seen at several galleries in northern Michigan, including Main Street Gallery in Leland, Twisted Fish in Elk Rapids, and the Ruth Conklin Gallery in Glen Arbor. See more: www.driftwoodartist.com.

A Passion for Fish “Fish are amazing creatures,” said Benzie County artist Corey Bechler. “They cut through the water with such gracefulness and always cause people to stop and watch them when you see them out in nature. I love creating fish and coming with new and interesting ways of putting pieces together to shape and form them.”

Bechler’s respect for fish goes back to his childhood. His grandparents owned a canoe livery on the Platte River before the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was established.

“I remember many summers hanging on the shores of the Platte, fishing from sunrise to sunset waiting for that monster fish to bite the end of my line,” he recalled. “As my art career began to blossom, I reconnected with my passion for fish and began to really find a niche for making unique, funky and whimsical fish.”

Creating those fish sculptures can take Bechler weeks, or even a couple of months.

“I try to make a couple of each idea that pops into my head,” he explained. Because of the nature of the materials — clay, glaze, paint, epoxy, wood and metals — I try to work on the project every day, allowing for drying time between coats, jumping from one facet of the project to the other. I try to fit in my artwork whenever I can, early morning, late at night, and sometimes all day.”

And he still finds time to enjoy angling.

“I love waking up early, going out on Lake Michigan, and watching a sunrise pop up over the bluffs of the Sleeping Bear Dunes and Point Betsie Lighthouse,” said Bechler.

“Fishing for a King Salmon on Lake Michigan with a couple of buddies is an amazing adventure.”

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Thrift-O-Rama!

By Kristi Kates Thrift stores, consignment boutiques, and resale shops, while always useful, seem to cycle around as far as popularity or trendiness is concerned. Generally, in tough times, they thrive: There are more buyers looking for cheaper goods and more sellers hoping to offload what they have for cash or discounts. But these days, the economy is strong, unemployment is down, and resale shops — well, it looks like they’re as popular as ever. What’s their particular brand of magic? We check in with some of the most popular shops in northern Michigan to learn more about how they operate, what you might find there, and what you’ll get for giving ’em your gently used goods to sell.

Mrs. O’s Crap Shack Interlochen So popular that Mrs. O’s just moved to a bigger, 2,000-square-foot location, the winkand-nod “crap shack” started in owner Robin O’Malley’s basement about three years ago and is a favorite destination in Interlochen for local fashionistas.

“Initially, I started an online auction site called Crap You Gotta Have,” explained O’Malley, “but that really caught on, and it wasn’t long before my husband said, ‘We are really being overrun by crap!’”

O’Malley had been in banking and administration for over 20 years and was looking for a change, so the success of her online venture propelled her to take a

leap of faith and expand into a brick-andmortar version.

“I decided I didn’t ever want to write a resume again as long I lived,” O’Malley said.

“I also wanted to challenge myself. As long as this place keeps going as good as it’s been going, I’m sticking with it!”

The shop focuses on ladies’ consignment, primarily geared toward women whose ages range from the late ’20s to ’60s. If you bring in your used goods to sell, you’ll keep 50 percent of the sale price after the item is purchased. (Note: Bringing used items in for consignment consideration is only by appointment, so call first.)

“We try to stay trendy but still affordable,” O’Malley said. “In addition to clothing, we also carry accessories, furnishings, and small household items.”

Look For: Clothing and goods that arrive at the Crap Shack can be pretty random, but O’Malley suggests that shoppers always keep an eye out for unusual finds, because you simply never know when they’re going to arrive. Just recently, a “mega-gorgeous” ivory wedding dress by designer Lazaro (Say Yes to the Dress) was waiting for the perfect bridal customer. “And we’re also currently getting in a lot of estate jewelry made of sterling silver and turquoise for some reason — it’s just beautiful,” said O’Malley. “Things show up here in bursts, it seems.”

Find It: 2480 M 137, Interlochen. Search Mrs. O’s Crap Shack on Facbook. (231) 2763195.

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The Gold Mine Petoskey Tucked back on Emmet Street just a few blocks away from downtown Petoskey, the rustic but friendly Gold Mine has long been a stop of in-the-know Emmet County thrifters, who can spend hours digging through the two stories’ worth of rooms full of clothing, shoes, artwork, sporting equipment, games, costume jewelry, electronics, CDs, and other items.

The original Emmet Street store opened in 1981; a second store is now located out on US31 North. Both stores help support the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan.

Coats, sweaters, boots, hats, and other winter gear are usually in ample supply at this spot, thanks to both Boyne and Nub’s Nob ski resorts being nearby. Dig deep enough, and you’ll find interesting vinyl records, old board games, and quirky bric-a-brac sure to become conversation pieces in your household.

Keep your eyes peeled and check regularly, and you can even snag items rarely found at resale shops, like blowdryers and curling irons in great condition.

Look For: The back room (at the Emmet location) is where you can find outdoor activity gear like skis, sleds, and even golf clubs next to shelves of kitchen appliances and dishes. Also at the Emmet location, head upstairs to find curated racks of more upscale clothing and shoes, including sweaters and prom/fancy party dresses.

Find Them: 1002 Emmet St., Petoskey, (231) 347-3970; US-31 N., Petoskey, (231) 348-7908. www.wrcnm.org.

Zany Traverse City First opened in 2004 in a 300-foot space, Zany upscaled in 2007, moving to an historic TC house that had been built by owner Kate Kohler’s husband’s great-great grandfather, bringing a whole new meaning to the word ‘vintage.’ In 2014, Zany’s opened a second shop on East Bay in Williamsburg.

Zany doesn’t work on donations but on consignment. Bring in your like-new clothing, and Zany’s staff will select items that suit the store (women’s clothing, shoes, home décor, and accessories) and will keep them for 60 days to see if they sell (if they don’t, you simply pick them up again). When items sell, you’ll get 40 percent of the price.

“I’d say we’re a mix of current trends and a few eclectic vintage pieces,” said Kohler. “I feel like we have something for everybody.”

With clothing organized by color and size to offer customers more of a boutique feel, Zany focuses on more current designs made of high-quality, natural fabrics like cotton, linen, merino wool, and leathers. “I think customers here in northern Michigan really prefer those,” she said.

While the inventory is constantly changing, you’ll likely find everything from Woolrich plaid coats and Louis Vuitton handbags to clothing from labels like Eileen Fisher and Free People.

“We’re really not about digging out those vintage finds. We’re more about having stylish stuff available for people all the time, every day,” said Kohler. “So if you’re short on funds, you can come in here and maybe

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Find Them: 318 Vine St., Traverse City, and 4630 US 31 North, Williamsburg. zanyconsignment.com, (231) 933-4199 New Beginnings Conway A ministry of the Holy Childhood Church in Harbor Springs, New Beginnings thrift store, which started its run in 2005, now occupies a 24,000-square-foot warehouse building that’s often called “the biggest thrift store in northern Michigan” by its customers.

All proceeds go to the church.

“We’ve got everything,” said the store’s Carol Grissom. “Clothing for women, men, and kids, shoes, prom dresses, jewelry, furniture, toys, electronics, dish ware, even wedding dresses. And once we had an $800 diamond ring come through!”

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that’s been donated moving through the store. The staff logs how long something has been on the racks or shelves, and moves it to the sale room after three months on the floor.

In the sale room, items are marked to 50 percent off; in an item’s final week, it’s marked down to $1 before it gets shipped out of the warehouse store to make room for more donated goods.

“We send things that don’t sell to two places: World Mission in Grand Rapids, and also to the local Alanson Nazarene Church, so they can give out clothing at their food pantry.”

If you’re in need, this particular thrift store can also be a supportive resource. “If people are truly needy, we just let them take a few things to help them out,” said Grissom.

Look For: Vintage clothes from the ’60s and ’70s, and high-end designer wear seems to often find their way to this particular thrift store. “We get boatloads of clothing, and since this is a wealthy area with a lot of summer tourists, we get a lot of designer brands, like Ralph Lauren and Giorgio Armani,” Grissom said. “Some people will also redo their entire cottage, so we’ll get an influx of antiques, furnishings, vintage linens and quilts, even estate jewelry and décor items.”

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By Ross Boissoneau One of the most picturesque trees in Boyne City is a willow in Sunset Park overlooking Lake Charlevoix. It’s grown there for more than 40 years, planted in memory of 14-year-old Aaron MacNaughton in 1974.

Recent windstorms brought down branches but once again the tree managed to weather the storm, good news to those who treasure it, especially MacNaughton family members.

“When we heard it might come down, a lot of us were pretty upset,” said Don MacNaughton, the oldest of Aaron’s six siblings.

But thanks to the attention of All Aspects Forestry, the tree was not only saved, but trimmed and cleaned up and hopefully ready for another 44 years. “We had really heavy winds, which toppled a lot of trees in Boyne City. The willow took a big hit. There were a lot of branches down, but the structure of the tree stood strong,” said Joe Hauger of All Aspects. Much to the relief of family and fans of the tree, it will continue to provide shade in the summer and a remembrance of Aaron.

Aaron MacNaughton was one of seven siblings who grew up in Boyne City after moving north from Carson City. His sister Julie Cross said her brother was one of those people who would light up the room with his vivacious spirit. “He was a real card. He never sat still. I thank the universe he had the life he had in 14 years,” she said.

“He had a lot of friends. You’d ride your bike around town, stay out till dark. He was all about being your buddy.”

The thought of such a high-spirited, funloving kid succumbing to a fatal disease wasn’t something that was on anyone’s mind. In those pre-internet and pre-cable news days of the ’70s, the news of the day was much more at arms-length. “You didn’t hear so much about tragedy,” Cross said.

His disease came on suddenly. “We were at the kitchen table eating cereal. I vividly remember sitting across from Aaron. He said, ‘Hey, mom, look at this.’ He pulled down his shirt and it looked like a hickey,” recalled Cross. It was nothing so innocent. That was the second week in February. On his 14th birthday, Feb. 21, Aaron was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, in which the bone marrow does not produce blood cells.

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When the MacNaughtons had lived in Carson City, crops there were routinely sprayed with DDT. One of the known causes of aplastic anemia is exposure to toxic chemicals, and Cross blames Aaron’s death and subsequent health problems of herself and other family members on the pesticide, the use of which was finally banned in 1972 in the U.S. Cross said the community rallied around the family. She said her brother’s love of life, family and friends seemed to have touched the heart and soul of many people, and the family received love and support from everyone.

She also said the fact his death so quickly followed his diagnosis and the disease was so intense meant that neither family nor friends had time to come to grips with it before he died. “It was very fast, very painful, and ugly,” she said.

Aaron’s friends decided that in memory of him they would do something beautiful: plant a tree in the town’s Sunset Park. “It was all put

on by Aaron’s classmates,” said Don. It was just over a month after Aaron’s passing that the tree was planted. He and the next-eldest brother, Gregg, are shown in a newspaper photo from June 20, 1974, planting the tree. “It was a special day, a very hard day,” he said.

“It was a little tree. The trunk was the size of your thumb, and it was about two and a half feet tall. That’s how little that thing was,” said Cross.

Not any more. Over the years, the tree has become a special part of the city, a favorite spot for hanging out, taking wedding or prom photos, or just watching the festivities on the lake. “People sit under it for the Fourth of July.

It’s great shade. I’ve sat under it with my kids,” said Hauger.

That sentiment is true even for those who don’t know of the tree’s significance. While he was working on the tree, Hauger said a young lady came up to him. “She was maybe in seventh or eighth grade, and said, ‘Please don’t take down my tree. I’m planning to have my senior picture taken there,’” he said.

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SON, CAN YOU PLAY US A MEMORY Little more than a year after losing a young member of his Fourplay quartet to cancer, 78-year-old Bob James, an internationally renowned jazz musician who lives in Traverse City, didn’t retire. He went out and made an album.

By Ross Boissoneau After sales of millions of albums, after working with top jazz musicians for the last 50 years in virtually every setting, after jetting around the world for performances in front of enthusiastic fans alongside Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Nathan East, Harvey Mason, Kirk Whalum and the late Chuck Loeb in the band Fourplay, there isn’t anything left for Bob James to prove. Or is there?

To hear James tell it, with his bandmates in Fourplay, the quartet he performed with at Milliken Auditorium in 2015, or his expansive recording dates, James could always disappear into the mix when he so chose. That’s in part exactly why he put himself out front on his new album, Espresso. “To play in a trio … with the piano being much more prominent, you need perhaps a greater degree of optimism and bravery,” said James in the liner notes to the album.

In short, the 78-year-old pianist refuses to rest on his laurels. Instead, he continues to look for new ways to express his music. In a wideranging interview at his Traverse City home, James expounded on the new album, told stories about his time in the recording studio and on stage, and hinted at future plans.

With the untimely death of the gifted Loeb July 31 of last year, Fourplay went on hiatus, and James was looking for a new means of musical expression. “I started to think of solo projects — so what kind?” said James. He had always enjoyed the sound of the classic piano trio, and when he was booked at the venerable New York jazz club the Blue Note last fall with drummer Billy Kilson and bassist Michael Palazzolo, he felt an immediate chemistry. It also answered a question in his mind. “Would fans come to see me without Fourplay?” he wondered. The answer was a resounding yes.

“I put myself on the firing line, and the gig was really good, and we did good business.”

So the group reconvened two months later to begin recording. “I’m excited to present it as my own personal statement,” said James of the album, which was released Aug. 31.

It includes nine James originals and two thoughtful takes on jazz classics: Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Mister Magic,” which James produced and arranged in 1975 for Grover Washington, Jr. It stands at least in part as a sequel to his recording Take It From the Top, a 2003 tribute to pianists who inspired James, such as Ahmad Jamal, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson. It also featured Kilson alongside bassist James Genus.

Highlights abound. The sprightly opener “Bulgogi” finds Kilson’s shimmering cymbals balancing a repeating James riff that is established as the melody, before the composer sets off on a solo. Palazzolo gets a solo shot as well, which leads back into the main melody.

James repeats the riff in different keys while ascending the scale as Kilson shows off his dexterity. James said he worried about the tune’s seeming similarity to an iconic ’60s song which shall remain nameless, since he was the only one who heard it.

The gentle stateliness of “Shadow Dance” follows, with the ever-sensitive Palazzolo providing supple support to James’s gentle explorations. “Topside” includes additional percussion and synthesizer shadings, including sampled voices, reminiscent of James’s full-on approach as a producer and arranger in the 70s for recordings by everyone from Hubert Laws to Maynard Ferguson to Blood, Sweat & Tears.

“Mojito Ride” makes full use of additional instrumentation, which James said the trio includes in performance via backing tapes.

That’s something he was resistant to previously, feeling it put the musicians in a straightjacket, but in this instance he believes it helps build the grandeur of the piece to the end. The closing “Submarine” has as its touchpoint the 1974 track “Nautilus,” which went on to

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become one of the most sampled tracks in the history of hip hop. It too builds on the acoustic trio with touches of Rhodes and synth. Kilson’s gently propulsive swing takes it out.

The two non-originals hold a special place in James’s heart. His late wife Judy was more a fan of old-time music, such as ragtime and Al Jolson, than modern jazz. “If I got too far away from the elements of the music, she kept me honest,” he said. “Ain’t Misbehavin’” was among the songs he would play for her as she struggled with Alzheimer’s. “It was one of 70 or 80 I recorded and played for her. She retained her love of music. Even when she couldn’t sing the words she would hum the melodies” when he would play, James said. “It’s a symbolic way of thinking about my wife.”

Then there’s the bare-bones arrangement of “Mister Magic.” In its original version, there were more than a dozen musicians, with horns, strings and percussion alongside James on piano and Washington’s soaring sax. Here it’s just the three musicians demonstrating that a great song can find life in a variety of settings. “I wanted to do it completely differently,” said James.

It, too, brings back memories for James. He said he was listening to the radio while driving in 1999 and heard a radio interview with Washington. The saxophonist was recounting the making of the song and said that he and his band had come up with the arrangement on the spot in the studio. James, who had booked the musicians, arranged the tune and conducted it, couldn’t believe his ears.

“I came up with the groove and the thump, thump thump, thump thump,” James said, imitating the piano and bass lines which open and propel the song. “I wanted to … restate my part in history. As history goes on, the part of the arranger goes dark,” meaning the composer and player get all the credit.

He contacted Pat Prescott, who had interviewed Washington, and she invited

James and Washington to come in whenever they were both in town to discuss it. They did so about six months later, and Washington readily admitted that his memory had been off.

“They brought in an electric keyboard, and Grover had his saxophone, and we played it live on the air,” said James, smiling at the memory. The encounter was made all the more poignant as the following day, Washington died of a heart attack.

While Fourplay has been on hiatus since Loeb’s death, James said there may be more in store, with a surprise addition to the group. Or readmission, more specifically. Lee Ritenour, the original guitarist for the band, guested on the group’s most recent recording, Silver. James said he and Ritenour used to butt heads during Ritenour’s tenure in the group, but there may be a reunion in the works. “Lee has mellowed, and I have mellowed I think,” he said, leading to discussions about a return for 2019.

Before that, though, there’s the matter of Espresso. James is pleased the album debuted at the No. 1 spot on the iTunes jazz chart, though he said that was not and has never been his goal. “My job is to make music, keep making it and hope for the best. I’ve been able to make a living playing music. I had success with LPs in the ’70s and ’80s. I’m not in there needing to chase big success.”

That doesn’t mean he doesn’t enjoy it, or enjoy the opportunity to play before crowds.

Days after this interview, James, Kilson, and Palazzolo were off to Japan for a series of shows, before returning stateside for more of the same.

And for James fans in this area, not to worry, though it will be a while before he’ll perform locally. Bob James, Billy Kilson, and Michael Palozzolo are scheduled to close the Dennos Concert Series at Milliken Auditorium May 4.

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EXPERIENCE INTERLOCHEN

oct 13

saturday

october

5TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: Oct. 8-13. Includes a “Chefvitational” Beer Dinner, Brews & Brushes with Artful Creations, kids open mic night & pumpkin carving, beer & cheese pairing workshop & more. frankfortbeerweek.com

---------------------BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN ART & CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. Featuring 40 Michigan original handcrafted artists & crafters. Free.

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send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

---------------------CRAFT SHOW: 9am-4pm, First Baptist Church, TC. 946-4727.

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE TOUR: 9am-5pm. Ten locations in the TC area. $20$25. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------VOLUNTEER STREAM MONITORING COLLECTION DAY: 9am. Seeking volunteers to help monitor aquatic insects in the Betsie & Platte rivers. Supplies, waders & lunch provided. Please pre-register by contacting John Ransom at the BCD: 231-882-4391; john@ benziecd.org Free. benziecd.org

---------------------From NPR’s Snap Judgment, Stand-up Storytellers James Judd & Jen Kober Nov. 29 • 7:30 p.m.

10TH ANNUAL BREEZEWAY FALL COLOR CRUISES: Participants pick up “goodie bags” filled with trip tips, color tour maps, coupons & more at Royal Farms Winery in Atwood between 10am-noon. Afterwards proceed at your own pace along C-48 The Breezeway, stopping, shopping, dining or enjoying a nature hike at one of the three preserves along the route. End the experience at Boyne Mt. in Boyne Falls with a complimentary chair-lift ride for a view atop the mountain. ridethebreezeway.com

---------------------40TH ANNUAL APPLE FEST: 10am-6pm, Downtown Charlevoix, Oct. 12-14. Takes place in East Park, Bridge Park & on Mason St. Featuring more than 30 types of apples, a variety of fall harvest items & apple related goods.

There will also be an arts & crafts show, 5K & 1 Mile Apple Fest Fun Run, artist booths, a petting farm, & more. Free. charlevoix.org

Swan Lake Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Co. Dec. 6, 7 • 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 8 • 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

---------------------BREAKFAST & A MOVIE: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Featuring “Hotel Transylvania.”

Wear your favorite monster costume & earn a small gift. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------FALL COLORS HIKE: 10am, Houdek Dunes Natural Area, Leland. Free. leelanauconservancy.org/events/hikes

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LEELANAU WOMEN ARTISTS ANNUAL FALL SHOW: 10am-5pm, Old Art Building, Leland. A members show of paintings, jewelry, fused glass & basketry. leelanauwomenartists.org

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RED GREEN - THIS COULD BE IT! April 1 • 7 p.m.

THESE AND MANY MORE

TC CARES DAY: 10am-2pm, Sojourn Church, TC. A free one-day health & wellness clinic offering medical, optical, chiropractic, physical therapy screenings & care; haircuts, family photos, a warm meal, manicures, spiritual counseling & winter outerwear. Free. tccaresday.weebly.com

---------------------AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 11am-1pm: Richard Ault will sign his book “The Names in the Hat.” 1-3pm: Mary McKSchmidt will sign her book “Uncharted Waters: Romance, Adventure & Advocacy on the Great Lakes.” 3-5pm: Barbara Stark-Nemon will sign her book “Hard Cider.” horizonbooks.com

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tickets.interlochen.org 800.681.5920

FALLFEST IN FRANKFORT: 11am-5pm.

Enjoy pumpkin carvings by master carver Ed Moody, hay wagon rides, a fall baking contest, giant pumpkin weight contest, parade featuring the Scottville Clown Band, mutt march & mutt coral, helicopter rides & much more.

---------------------VINYL RECORDS SHOW: 11am, Right Brain Brewery, TC. rightbrainbrewery.com

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New this year to Glen Arbor’s Pumpkin Fest is Lord of the Gourd, Pat Harrison, who will perform pumpkin carving demonstrations. Held on Sat., Oct. 20 from 12-3pm, there will also be games, face painting, music by DJ Miles Pendergast, a costume parade, pet parade, and much more. $5 suggested donation. Find ‘Glen Arbor’s Pumpkin Fest’ on Facebook.

YMCA FALL FESTIVAL: 11am, GT Bay YMCA, 3700 Silver Lake Dr., TC. Learn about & enjoy fitness, sports, fun & healthy habits.

Featuring an inflatable obstacle course, face painting & more. jenny@gtbayymca.org Free.

---------------------14TH ANNUAL CHILI COOKOFF: 11:30am2:30pm, Charlevoix United Methodist Church.

Featuring seven participating restaurants. $8.

---------------------GREAT NORTH SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL: Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. The free show that runs from 12-5pm includes Songwriters in the Round, Bob Fawcett, Dan Farrow, Terry Coveyou, Dwain Martin, & Patricia Pettinga with Bill Willging. The 6pm show ($17.50) features Ryan Peters & Roger Brown. The 8pm show ($17.50) features Joe Shields, Lara Fulford & Kevin Johnson. redskystage.com

---------------------HALLOWEEN 1 MILE FUN RUN: Noon, The Energy Outlet, Gaylord. runsignup.com DOODLE DAY: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. 231.264.0123. Free.

---------------------FALL INTO MACKINAW: Today includes the Creepy Critter Pet Parade, Monster Mash Street Bash, Pumpkin Painting on Central, Fudge Prowl & more. mackinawchamber.com

---------------------FOUR MILES FOR ONE CAUSE: 1:30pm, Mosaic Church, TC. A run/walk for all ages & abilities. Proceeds benefit the local Multiple Sclerosis Foundation in TC. Registration: 1:30pm; race: 3pm. Register: events.bytepro. net/run4ms Questions? Contact Roger Heeres at rdhmjh@hotmail.com or 231-631-5450. $10 for 15 & under; $30 adults & $50 families. fellowshipchurchtc.org

---------------------“MAMA MIA!”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. The Michigan Community Theatre premier by Catherine Johnson with music by ABBA’s Benny Andersson & Bjӧrn Ulvaeus. $28 adults; $15 under 18 (plus fees). oldtownplayhouse.com

ER FALL FEST: 2-8pm, Downtown Elk Rapids. A music & beverage festival highlighting the fall offerings of Elk Rapids. Live music by Dawn Campbell & The Bohemians and brotha James. There will also be pumpkin painting.

---------------------NICU REUNION: 2-5pm, First Christian Church, TC. Families can reconnect with their special care givers as well as meet other families. For all families, including those who lost their babies in the NICU. Featuring face painting, a bounce house, bean bag toss games & more. munsonhealthcare.org

---------------------OKTIMBERFEST: 2pm, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. Featuring live music, food & beverages.

Family friendly. Admission is $10... 12 & under are free. timberridgeresort.net/events

---------------------FUTURE OF CINEMA FILM FESTIVAL: 2:20pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, DeRoy Center for Film Studies. Free. tickets. interlochen.org

---------------------4TH ANNUAL ORCHARDS AT SUNSET 5K: 4pm, Gregory/Miezio Farm, 3672 N. Stowe Rd., Suttons Bay. The course winds through private apple & cherry orchards as well as local vineyards. Benefits the early childhood education scholarship fund for Leelanau Montessori preschoolers. leelanaumontessori.org

---------------------ROCK N JAM: 4:30pm. The Rock in Downtown Kingsley hosts a community play-along on the second Sat. of each month through Oct. Last chance to join in until Jan. Free. facebook.com/pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------FALL COLORS & SUNSET HIKE: 5:307:30pm, Lucia K. Tower & Portage Point Woods Preserves, Onekama. Register. Free. nature.org

RACE & REMEMBER GLOW RUN: 5:309pm, AMVETS, Elk Rapids. A 5K through Elk Rapids. $30 adults; $15 children. hom. convio.net

---------------------ALDEN MEN’S CLUB HARVEST DINNER: 6pm, Helena Township Hall, Alden. Silent auction runs from 5-6pm. 231-252-2329. $15.

---------------------BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: Solon Township Hall, Cedar. Basic skills workshop from 7-7:30pm. Contra & square dancing from 7:30-10:30pm. Live music by Woodland Celtic. $11 adult, $7 student & $9 member. dancetc.com

---------------------IMMIGRATION: HOW IT WORKS, HOW IT DOESN’T: 7pm, Trinty UCC Church, Northport. Featuring Marcelo Betti, immigration attorney as keynote speaker. “Donaji” will perform ethnic dances at 6:15pm. 231-386-5801.

Free will offering. trinityuccnorthport.com

---------------------THE LEGEND BROTHERS SHOW: A SALUTE TO THE LEGENDS: 7pm, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord. “Vegas Style” Benefit Show for VETS INC of Northern MI. 616-240-3014. $20.

---------------------FLOYD NORMAN: AN ANIMATED LIFE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, DeRoy Center for Film Studies. This cartoon artist discusses his work with Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Pixar & many more. $15. tickets. interlochen.org

---------------------VIJAY IYER: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Enjoy jazz with this Grammy-nominated composerpianist. $35. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------“HARVEY”: 8pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre. $15 adults; $12 students (18 & under). ltct.org

---------------------BLACK VIOLIN: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Featuring violist & violinist Wil B. & Kev Marcus, who combine their classical training & hip-hop influences to create a multi-genre sound that is often described as “classical boom.” $32-$60. greatlakescfa.org

oct 14

sunday

40TH ANNUAL APPLE FEST: (See Sat., Oct. 13)

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FALLFEST IN FRANKFORT: (See Sat., Oct. 13)

---------------------THE GREAT PUMPKIN DASH: 11am, Mt. Holiday, TC. Everyone has to carry a pumpkin through four obstacles of this 2K on Mt. Holiday’s woodsy terrain. Before the dash begins, pick a pumpkin from the patch. Costumes strongly encouraged. Proceeds support Mt. Holiday. greatpumpkindash.com

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY CROP WALK: 1:30pm.

Members of area churches will raise funds for hunger relief in the Grand Traverse region & throughout the world during this annual walk.

In TC, participants walk a 5K route through downtown & seek sponsorships to generate funds. crophungerwalk.org/traversecitymi

---------------------“HARVEY”: 2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre. $15 adults; $12 students (18 & under). ltct.org

---------------------FALL INTO MACKINAW: 2-4pm, Heritage Village, W. Central Ave., Mackinaw City. Today includes the Ghost Supper/Spirit Feast. Bring a favorite ancestral dish to pass.

HUMAN NATURE SCHOOL HOEDOWN CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER: 2-7pm, Twin Lakes Park, Gilbert Lodge, TC. Featuring intergenerational family-friendly games, interactive exhibits, a bonfire, wild edibles walk, silent auction, live music, contra dancing, & local food & drink. Tickets can be purchased at door. $10/person, $15/family.

Find on Facebook.

Jewelry, Minerals & Fossils from Michigan & Beyond

---------------------RED DIRT ROAD: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Marie Eckstein will share the story of two American women helping women in Cambodia build a business sewing scarves & purses to provide income for their small village. 231-331-4318. Free.

---------------------TSO COPLAND + SIBELIUS: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. With Kevin Rhodes, music director. Featuring TSO Principal Clarinetist Jeanmarie Riccobono on Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. The Symphony will also perform Brahm’s Academic Festival Overture & Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Tickets are $28 to $65. Students & first-time attendees eligible for a 50% discount. traversesymphony.org

---------------------NWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS INFORMATIONAL MEETING: 3:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. For GT area fourth & fifth graders.

---------------------ALEX DE GRASSI & ANDREW YORK: 4pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. These Grammy nominated & winning guitarists bring original compositions, improvisation, & arrangements of standards & pop songs. $30 advance; $40 door. dennosmuseum.org

oct 15

monday

HERE:SAY PRESENTS: SCHOOL’D: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Performers take the stage to tell true, first-person tales about times they’ve learned some hard lessons. Donation at door. Find on Facebook.

oct 16

tuesday

COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. “Fiber Futures” with Marianne Fairbanks, fiber artist & featured artist in “Woven Together: The Influence of Sherri Smith.” crookedtree.org

---------------------“COASTAL RESILIENCY” TRAINING WORKSHOP: 1-4pm, TC MI Works, Conference Center. Changes to lake levels & the climate are forcing coastal communities in MI to reevaluate how they manage land use, new development & infrastructure. This training workshop aims to equip local leaders to respond. Pre-register. Free. resilientmichigan. org/workshops.asp

---------------------DRAW NOMI EVENTS: MAKERSPACE: 4pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Artist & illustrator Brianne Farley will lead you through a fun & creative drawing activity (ages 6 - 12).

Free. tadl.org

---------------------FOOD FEATURE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Petoskey-Bay View Country Club. This event focuses on local farmers & the businesses supporting the local food movement in the area. Enjoy locally sourced food, door prizes & more. 231-347-4150. $7 members; $12 not-yet members.

---------------------THE ILLUSIONIST - TOM COVERLY: 6-8pm, Charlevoix Middle/High School Auditorium.

Enjoy this professional comedian, illusionist & motivational speaker. Free. centralusa.salvationarmy.org/petoskey

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Gluten Free Burger Buns Now Available!

Try our wrap of the day!

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Visit Randy’s Diner for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

Gyros, Cod, Subs, Soups, Salads, and much more! oct Finer Than Randy’s Diner!

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CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY MEETING: 6:308:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, third floor, TC. If you’re new, come at 6pm for an intro to CCL. 231-499-6747. citizensclimatelobby.org

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS CITY CANDIDATES FORUM: 6:30pm, Harbor Springs City Hall.

---------------------GTHC PROGRAM - NCTA ONLINE MAPS & NAVIGATION: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Featuring a behind the scenes look at how maps are made, & practices & tips for using these products. Free. facebook.com/ GTHikers

---------------------LECTURE SERIES: 7pm, NCMC, Student & Community Resource Center, gymnasium, Petoskey. Featuring Grant Imahara, robotics expert & Disney Imagineer. Reserve your seat: 231-348-6600. Free. ncmich.edu

---------------------SWEETWATER EVENING GARDEN CLUB OCT. MEETING & SPEAKER: 7pm, Acme Township Hall, Williamsburg. Guest speaker will be Robin Smille of Garden Goods, whose topic will be “How to Put Your Garden to Bed.” 938-9611. Free.

oct 17 events/events

wednesday

COLOR HIKE: 10am-noon, Upper Manistee Headwaters Preserve. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. gtrlc.org/recreation-

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WANDER WALLOON - FALL COLORS HIKE: 10am-noon, Postle Farm Preserve, Walloon Lake. Enjoy the fall colors with the Walloon Lake Trust and Conservancy. 231-535-6112. Free.

BENZIE AREA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 2pm, Benzie Area Historical Museum, Benzonia. Sue Irvine will present “Research is What I’m Doing When I Don’t Know What I’m Doing.”

---------------------GAYLORD AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUSINESS SHOWCASE: 4-7pm, Treetops Resort, Convention Center, Gaylord.

Featuring over 60 vendors. Free admission.

oct 18

thursday

TC GREEN DRINKS: 5:307:30pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Join conversations & get info surrounding the community & environment & how to keep it clean & green. Free admission. $1 off drinks. Find ‘TC Green Drinks’ on Facebook.

---------------------- ---------------------CHARLEVOIX BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, The Townhouse Bar, Downtown Charlevoix.

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING: UNDERSTANDING WORLD RELIGIONS: 5pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Today features Buddhism. Presented by NCMC professor Toby Jones. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------PUMPKIN FESTIVAL: 5-7pm, Downtown East Jordan. Featuring kids’ games, early trick-ortreating, a baking contest & more.

---------------------“CRYING TOWEL” PEP RALLY: 6pm, Knot Just a Bar, Bay Harbor. Presented by the Michigan & MSU local alumni groups. Enjoy a tailgate buffet, cash bar, door prizes & a raffle.

Register: 231-547-2728. $20.

---------------------U.S. CUSTOMS & BORDER PROTECTION TODAY: 7pm, Leelanau County Government Center, Suttons Bay. The Farm Labor Task Force of the Leelanau County League of Women Voters will host a free program with Alan Bersin, former commissioner for U.S. Customs & Border Protection, speaking on “U.S. Border Policy & Its Impact on Leelanau County.” LWVLeelanau.org

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GREAT LAKES HARMONICA RETREAT: Red Sky Stage, Petoskey, Oct. 18-20. Featuring entertainment & seminars. Instructors/performers include Madcat Ruth, Todd Parrott, Ronnie Shellist, Greg Heumann & Steve August. redskystage.com

---------------------FREE EDUCATIONAL LUNCH: Noon, Superior Physical Therapy, TC. Erin Goldman of Sattvic Home will talk about how clutter in the home can cause mental & emotional stress.

Lunch provided. Register: 231-421-9300.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: The Garden Theater, Frankfort, Oct. 18-21. Featuring 17 award-winning films from around the globe, plus more. $10 each. frankfortgardentheater.com/film-festival

---------------------BENZIE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Northern Auto & Tire, Honor. $5/person.

ELK RAPIDS BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm-7pm, Covell Funeral Home, Elk Rapids.

A Halloween themed event. Food & beverage provided by Cellar 152 & Farmer Whites Market. 231-264-5666.

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

Featuring a demonstration on making pictorial quilts. northlandweaversguild.com

flavorful

---------------------ARTISTS AFTER HOURS: 6-8pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Join Crosshatch, Blackbird Arts at this social event for artists of all genres writers, visual artists, musicians, performers & designers. RSVP. higherartgallery.com

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BRIAN C. WILSON AUTHOR EVENT: 6-8pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Meet this author of “John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age” while enjoying wine & cheese.

Make your reservation: 231-347-1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------IAF: 6pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Alan Bersin, former commissioner for U.S. Customs & Border Protection, will speak on “Walls or Bridges?

Balancing Trade, Migration & Security.”

Tickets: $15 at door; free to current students & educators; priority seating to IAF members. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------OKTOBERFEST: 6:30pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center. Enjoy country-infused melodies wsg Cold Tone Harvest. $15. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL ROADSHOW: 6:30pm, Michigan Works, TC. Find out what the Michigan legislature has been up to in regard to environmental issues, how your lawmakers vote when it comes to protecting the environment, who the Sierra Club has en-

amazing happy hour everyday 1/2 OFF ALL COCKTAILS!

EVEN TOP SHELF!

Mon-Fri (Cantina Only) 3pm-6pm & 9pm to close Mount Pleasant, Lansing, Gaylord, and two locations in Traverse City.

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AN EVENING WITH JEN CORT - PARENTING & EDUCATION TODAY: 6-8pm, The Children’s House, TC. 231-929-9325 or learn@traversechildrenshouse.org to RSVP. Join Jen Cort for an evening for parents, families, educators & anyone else interested in a discussion about how to support children & each other in the path of parenting. Free.

Find on Facebook.

dorsed in your area, & what impact the 2018 election will have on clean air, water, energy & natural resources. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“HARVEY”: (See Sat., Oct. 13) ---------------------COMEDIAN CHRISTOPHER TITUS TO PERFORM AMERIGEDDON: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Titus has six one-hour comedy specials currently running on Comedy Central, & his seventh special, “Born With a Defect,” premiered in 2017 & spent six weeks on the Billboard Top Ten Comedy Charts. $25, $35, $45. cityoperahouse.org

oct 19

friday

PEAKTOBERFEST: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville, Oct. 19-21. Featuring mountain bike racing, chairlift rides, live music, German food & brews, surrounded by the autumn colors of northern MI. There will also be wagon rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin carving & much more during Spooktacular Saturday. After dusk choose between the family friendly Spooky Walk or terrifying Haunted Trail. crystalmountain.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES HARMONICA RETREAT: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: Petoskey & Bay Harbor, Oct. 19-26. Three course menus for $25 for dinner & $15 for lunch with some establishments offering two for one pricing. petoskeyrestaurantweek.com

---------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: 11:30am, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. Featuring NCMC’s new president, Dr. David Roland.

Lunch begins at 11:30am & the program begins at noon. Reservations required. 231348-6600. $12. ncmich.edu

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------ARTY PARTY: 1-7pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Area artists offer a variety of acrylics, bead jewelry, digital paintings, illustrations, pottery, & much more. An opening reception will be held today at 4pm. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------SUTTONS BAY FALL FINALE ART & WINE WALK: 5-8pm, Downtown Suttons Bay. Enjoy local wines, cider & art which will be displayed in many village stores.

---------------------AN “AFTER HOURS” ON THE PORCH: 6:30pm, Elk Rapids District Library. Featuring Tom Carr, author of “MI Bad Robbers: Cutthroats and Thieves.” elkrapidslibrary.org

---------------------SWINGSHIFT AND THE STARS: 6:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Dance competition benefiting eight local non-profit organizations.

Tickets: cityoperahouse.org/events swingshiftandthestars.org

---------------------“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”: 7pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. This silent film series presents a family Halloween treat, with accompaniment by organist Andrew Rogers.

Adults $16, seniors $14, students $5. musichouse.org

---------------------60’S ROCK ‘N ROLL NIGHT: 7pm, Incredible Mo’s, Sauce, TC. Featuring the Franklin Park Band. A friendraiser with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Free. bigsupnorth.com

---------------------“MAMA MIA!”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. $28 adults, $15 youth. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------“HARVEY”: (See Sat., Oct. 13) ---------------------TC TAKEOVER: 8pm, The TC Circuit. Seven local hiphop artists will be showing off their talent & performing original music. They include

Joe Rich, Big Sharp, MarcoDeTC, Gubby Nueve, Moe Staxx, Reego, & Poor Homie Vang. $10. cydeproductions.com

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saturday

CRAFTS ‘N’ MORE SHOW: 9am-3pm, St. Mary Parish Hall, Gaylord. 989-731-4476.

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painting, music by DJ Miles Pendergast, & more. $5 suggested donation; 3 & under, free.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------FALL INTO MACKINAW CELEBRATION: North Main Street • Leland 5-8pm.112 Today features trick-or-treating at Mystery Town, USA in Mackinaw City. Photo ops with Bigfoot. Admission is by donation to Mackinaw Area Food Pantry.

TC. Read books, imagine & make new friends. battleofthebooksgt.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT: 4pm, Petoskey Middle School. Enjoy music from Star Wars, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones & more. The FIRST® Robotics teams will also MI 49654 • (231) 256-7747 present “Destination: Deep Space!” Children can wear costumes. $15; 18 & under, free. mynorthtickets.com

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PLACEMAT PALOOZA FOR MEALS ON Oct. 19) named a 2018 Gilmore Young Artist, onesof PEAKTOBERFEST: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

WHEELS: 9am, TC Senior Center. Everyone is welcome to participate in a potluck lunch. Fabric, patterns, pressing equipment & construction assistance will be provided.

Participants are asked to bring their sewing machine & basic tools. 231-276-9100. Free. interquilten.com

---------------------TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL FALL CRAFT FAIR: 9am-3pm, Trinity Lutheran School, TC. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------13TH ANNUAL FOUNDERS PEAK2PEAK MOUNTAIN BIKE CLASSIC: 9:30am, Crystal Mountain Resort, base of Crystal Clipper chairlift, Thompsonville. endomanpromotions.com

---------------------$.25 KIDS MATINEES: 10am-noon, State Theatre, TC. ARTY PARTY: 10am-6pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Area artists offer a variety of acrylics, bead jewelry, digital paintings, illustrations, pottery, & much more. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------COLOR HIKE: 10am-noon, Proposed Torch River Nature Preserve. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. gtrlc.org

---------------------GREAT LAKES HARMONICA RETREAT: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------NMET HALLOWEEN FUN RUN: 10am-noon, NMET, 05025 Church Road, Boyne City. A 1 mile walk & 5K fun run with a course featuring wooded trails. Wear your costume. $25 advance; $35 day of. nmequine.org

---------------------ST. PATRICK CHURCH 30TH ANNNUAL FALL BAZAAR: 10am-7pm, St. Patrick Church, TC. Silent auction, 50/50 raffle. Booths: Country Pantry, Jewelry Box, Grandma’s Attic. The kitchen will serve soup, sandwiches & dessert. Free. stpatricktc.org

---------------------AUTUMN FEST: 11am-1pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Featuring a trick-ortreat trail on the new section of boardwalk with “animal” encounters along the way, fall arts & crafts & games. 231-533-8314. $5/child. grassriver.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am1pm: Susan Steen Ciolek will sign her book “Imprinted Survivor.” 1-3pm: Paul Wheelock will sign his book “Love’s Finest Battle.”

5-7pm: Book Launch Party with Elizabeth Buzzelli, author of “In Want of a Knife.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------CHILI COOK OFF: 12-2pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Taste & vote for your favorites. The public will be judges, along with the TC Fire Fighters. Free. tadl.org/chili

---------------------COSTUME CREATION LAB: 12-3pm, Benzonia Public Library. Assemble a costume from scratch or claim a pre-made costume. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------GLEN ARBOR’S 3RD ANNUAL PUMPKIN FEST: 12-3pm, Glen Arbor Township Park.

Enjoy games, Lord of the Gourd pumpkin carving, a costume parade, pet parade, face

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Amy Goldstein, author of “Janesville: An American Story.” Among her many awards, Goldstein shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. The guest host will be Shannon Henry Kleiber, author of “The Dinner Club: How the Masters of the Internet Universe Rode the Rise and Fall of the Greatest Boom in History.” Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students: $5. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------“MAMA MIA!”: (See Fri., Oct. 19) ---------------------“HARVEY”: (See Sat., Oct. 13) ---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERTS PRESENTS MARIA MULDAUR: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. This American roots music performer brings her MI album release show for “Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker.” $35. freshwaterartgallery.com

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231-439-2610. $40 / $30 / $25 / $20. greatlakescfa.org

---------------------“FALL FOR DANCE”: 5pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. Presented by the CTAC School of Ballet. $15 adults; $5 students. crookedtree.org

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Tayari Jones, author of “An American Marriage,” a 2018 Oprah Book Club selection & an instant New York Times best seller. Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students, $5. cityoperahouse.org/nws-tayari-jones

---------------------“FIND YOUR PARK” AFTER DARK: FINAL 2018 STAR PARTY: 8-10pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Dune Climb, Empire. Observe the 93% gibbous moon & planets Mars & Saturn. Please park in the row furthest from the dunes with your headlights facing M-109. nps.gov/index.htm

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GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS: SHARI KANE & DAVE STEELE W/ FRANK YOUNGMAN: 8pm, Cadillac Elks Lodge. This acoustic blues duo adds a local music legend for an eve- 10 to 6 daily Open SCREAMS IN THE DARK: Fridays & Satning of street swing & stomp blues. Advance urdays, 7-11pm; Sundays, 7-10pm through tickets: $15 adults, $7 students, free for 12 & Oct. 26. Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, TC. under. At the door: $18 adults, $9 students.

From the Swamp of Suffering to the Grimfell mynorthtickets.com Asylum, there’s something to terrify everyone at Screams in the Dark Haunted Attractions.

JOHN PRIMER: CHICAGO BLUES LIVING evernighthaunt.com LEGEND: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Tickets: $27 advance, $30 door.

HAUNTED TRAIL: Held on Fridays & Satur$24 for museum members plus a $2 processdays through Oct. 27, 7-11pm at Ghost Farm ing fee. dennosmuseum.org of Kingsley. hauntedtraverse.com

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PEAKTOBERFEST: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

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ST. PATRICK CHURCH 30TH ANNNUAL FALL BAZAAR: 10am-2pm, St. Patrick Church, TC. Silent auction, 50/50 raffle. Booths: Country Pantry, Jewelry Box, Grandma’s Attic. The kitchen will serve soup, sandwiches & dessert. Free. stpatricktc.org

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------FALL PUMPKIN PEDAL: Free organized group ride on Old Mission Peninsula (donations benefit friends at TART Trails).

Registration starts at 11:30am. Please sign a waiver in the Peninsula Room (adjacent to Jolly Pumpkin restaurant) before meeting in the Jolly Pumpkin parking lot for the ride.

Ride leaves at noon. Two Rides: 40 miles or 20 miles. Following the ride will be $2 beers & live music by Chris Smith in the Peninsula Room. Free (donations welcomed!). Find on Facebook.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------NWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS INFO MEETING: 3:30pm, Traverse Area District Library,

---------------------CO-ED ADULT SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT GROUP: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm, Healing Private Wounds Center, Cadillac.

231-846-4495.

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

---------------------WRITING THROUGH LOSS: Thursdays, 9am-10:30am, Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Presented by Hospice of MI. Facilitated by Kathryn Holl, MA, LPC, & Melissa Fournier, MSW. Poetry & writing as a method of healing on the journey of grief. Register: 929-1557. hom.org

---------------------BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, beginning Oct. 20. Held in the main lobby & training room of the City Facilities Building, which is located across the street from the summer market location in Veterans Park.

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

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dorsed in your area, & what impact the 2018 election will have on clean air, water, energy & natural resources. Free. Find on Facebook.

Joe Rich, Big Sharp, MarcoDeTC, Gubby Nueve, Moe Staxx, Reego, & Poor Homie Vang. $10. cydeproductions.com

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COMEDIAN CHRISTOPHER TITUS TO PERFORM AMERIGEDDON: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Titus has six one-hour comedy specials currently running on Comedy Central, & his seventh special, “Born With a Defect,” premiered in 2017 & spent six weeks on the Billboard Top Ten Comedy Charts. $25, $35, $45. cityoperahouse.org

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friday

PEAKTOBERFEST: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville, Oct. 19-21. Featuring mountain bike racing, chairlift rides, live music, German food & brews, surrounded by the autumn colors of northern MI. There will also be wagon rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin carving & much more during Spooktacular Saturday. After dusk choose between the family friendly Spooky Walk or terrifying Haunted Trail. crystalmountain.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES HARMONICA RETREAT: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: Petoskey & Bay Harbor, Oct. 19-26. Three course menus for $25 for dinner & $15 for lunch with some establishments offering two for one pricing. petoskeyrestaurantweek.com

---------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: 11:30am, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. Featuring NCMC’s new president, Dr. David Roland.

Lunch begins at 11:30am & the program begins at noon. Reservations required. 231348-6600. $12. ncmich.edu

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------ARTY PARTY: 1-7pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Area artists offer a variety of acrylics, bead jewelry, digital paintings, illustrations, pottery, & much more. An opening reception will be held today at 4pm. oldartbuilding.com

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CRAFTS ‘N’ MORE SHOW: 9am-3pm, St. Mary Parish Hall, Gaylord. 989-731-4476.

------------PEAKTOBERFEST: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------PLACEMAT PALOOZA FOR MEALS ON WHEELS: 9am, TC Senior Center. Everyone is welcome to participate in a potluck lunch. Fabric, patterns, pressing equipment & construction assistance will be provided.

Participants are asked to bring their sewing machine & basic tools. 231-276-9100. Free. interquilten.com

---------------------TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL FALL CRAFT FAIR: 9am-3pm, Trinity Lutheran School, TC. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------13TH ANNUAL FOUNDERS PEAK2PEAK MOUNTAIN BIKE CLASSIC: 9:30am, Crystal Mountain Resort, base of Crystal Clipper chairlift, Thompsonville. endomanpromotions.com

---------------------$.25 KIDS MATINEES: 10am-noon, State Theatre, TC. ARTY PARTY: 10am-6pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Area artists offer a variety of acrylics, bead jewelry, digital paintings, illustrations, pottery, & much more. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------COLOR HIKE: 10am-noon, Proposed Torch River Nature Preserve. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. gtrlc.org

---------------------GREAT LAKES HARMONICA RETREAT: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------NMET HALLOWEEN FUN RUN: 10am-noon, NMET, 05025 Church Road, Boyne City. A 1 mile walk & 5K fun run with a course featuring wooded trails. Wear your costume. $25 advance; $35 day of. nmequine.org

---------------------ST. PATRICK CHURCH 30TH ANNNUAL FALL BAZAAR: 10am-7pm, St. Patrick Church, TC. Silent auction, 50/50 raffle. Booths: Country Pantry, Jewelry Box, Grandma’s Attic. The kitchen will serve soup, sandwiches & dessert. Free. stpatricktc.org

painting, music by DJ Miles Pendergast, & more. $5 suggested donation; 3 & under, free.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------FALL INTO MACKINAW CELEBRATION: 5-8pm. Today features trick-or-treating at Mystery Town, USA in Mackinaw City. Photo ops with Bigfoot. Admission is by donation to Mackinaw Area Food Pantry.

---------------------“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Amy Goldstein, author of “Janesville: An American Story.” Among her many awards, Goldstein shared the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. The guest host will be Shannon Henry Kleiber, author of “The Dinner Club: How the Masters of the Internet Universe Rode the Rise and Fall of the Greatest Boom in History.” Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students: $5. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------“MAMA MIA!”: (See Fri., Oct. 19) ---------------------“HARVEY”: (See Sat., Oct. 13) ---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERTS PRESENTS MARIA MULDAUR: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City. This American roots music performer brings her MI album release show for “Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker.” $35. freshwaterartgallery.com

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS: SHARI KANE & DAVE STEELE W/ FRANK YOUNGMAN: 8pm, Cadillac Elks Lodge. This acoustic blues duo adds a local music legend for an evening of street swing & stomp blues. Advance tickets: $15 adults, $7 students, free for 12 & under. At the door: $18 adults, $9 students. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------JOHN PRIMER: CHICAGO BLUES LIVING LEGEND: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Tickets: $27 advance, $30 door. $24 for museum members plus a $2 processing fee. dennosmuseum.org

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-------------21 SUTTONS BAY FALL FINALE ART & WINE WALK: 5-8pm, Downtown Suttons Bay. Enjoy local wines, cider & art which will be displayed in many village stores.

AN “AFTER HOURS” ON THE PORCH: 6:30pm, Elk Rapids District Library. Featuring Tom Carr, author of “MI Bad Robbers: Cutthroats and Thieves.” elkrapidslibrary.org

AUTUMN FEST: 11am-1pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Featuring a trick-ortreat trail on the new section of boardwalk with “animal” encounters along the way, fall arts & crafts & games. 231-533-8314. $5/child. grassriver.org

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---------------------SWINGSHIFT AND THE STARS: 6:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Dance competition benefiting eight local non-profit organizations.

Tickets: cityoperahouse.org/events swingshiftandthestars.org

---------------------“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”: 7pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. This silent film series presents a family Halloween treat, with accompaniment by organist Andrew Rogers.

Adults $16, seniors $14, students $5. musichouse.org

---------------------60’S ROCK ‘N ROLL NIGHT: 7pm, Incredible Mo’s, Sauce, TC. Featuring the Franklin Park Band. A friendraiser with Big Brothers Big Sisters. Free. bigsupnorth.com

---------------------“MAMA MIA!”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. $28 adults, $15 youth. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am1pm: Susan Steen Ciolek will sign her book “Imprinted Survivor.” 1-3pm: Paul Wheelock will sign his book “Love’s Finest Battle.”

5-7pm: Book Launch Party with Elizabeth Buzzelli, author of “In Want of a Knife.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------CHILI COOK OFF: 12-2pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Taste & vote for your favorites. The public will be judges, along with the TC Fire Fighters. Free. tadl.org/chili

---------------------COSTUME CREATION LAB: 12-3pm, Benzonia Public Library. Assemble a costume from scratch or claim a pre-made costume. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------“HARVEY”: (See Sat., Oct. 13) ---------------------for special ad rates - - - -email - - - -info@northernexpress.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GLEN ARBOR’S 3RD ANNUAL PUMPKIN TC TAKEOVER: 8pm, The TC Circuit. Seven local hiphop artists will be showing off their talent & performing original music. They include

FEST: 12-3pm, Glen Arbor Township Park.

Enjoy games, Lord of the Gourd pumpkin or call 231-947-8787 carving, a costume parade, pet parade, face

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PEAKTOBERFEST: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

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ST. PATRICK CHURCH 30TH ANNNUAL FALL BAZAAR: 10am-2pm, St. Patrick Church, TC. Silent auction, 50/50 raffle. Booths: Country Pantry, Jewelry Box, Grandma’s Attic. The kitchen will serve soup, sandwiches & dessert. Free. stpatricktc.org

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Fri., Oct. 19)

---------------------FALL PUMPKIN PEDAL: Free organized group ride on Old Mission Peninsula (donations benefit friends at TART Trails).

Registration starts at 11:30am. Please sign a waiver in the Peninsula Room (adjacent to Jolly Pumpkin restaurant) before meeting in the Jolly Pumpkin parking lot for the ride.

Ride leaves at noon. Two Rides: 40 miles or 20 miles. Following the ride will be $2 beers & live music by Chris Smith in the Peninsula Room. Free (donations welcomed!). Find on Facebook.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Oct. 18)

---------------------NWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS INFO MEETING: 3:30pm, Traverse Area District Library,

TC. Read books, imagine & make new friends. battleofthebooksgt.com

---------------------GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT: 4pm, Petoskey Middle School. Enjoy music from Star Wars, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones & more. The FIRST® Robotics teams will also present “Destination: Deep Space!” Children can wear costumes. $15; 18 & under, free. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------PIANIST ELLIOT WUU: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Elliot was named a 2018 Gilmore Young Artist, one of the most prestigious awards given every two years to two young pianists up to 22 years old.

231-439-2610. $40 / $30 / $25 / $20. greatlakescfa.org

---------------------“FALL FOR DANCE”: 5pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. Presented by the CTAC School of Ballet. $15 adults; $5 students. crookedtree.org

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Tayari Jones, author of “An American Marriage,” a 2018 Oprah Book Club selection & an instant New York Times best seller. Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students, $5. cityoperahouse.org/nws-tayari-jones

---------------------“FIND YOUR PARK” AFTER DARK: FINAL 2018 STAR PARTY: 8-10pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Dune Climb, Empire. Observe the 93% gibbous moon & planets Mars & Saturn. Please park in the row furthest from the dunes with your headlights facing M-109. nps.gov/index.htm

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SCREAMS IN THE DARK: Fridays & Saturdays, 7-11pm; Sundays, 7-10pm through Oct. 26. Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, TC. From the Swamp of Suffering to the Grimfell Asylum, there’s something to terrify everyone at Screams in the Dark Haunted Attractions. evernighthaunt.com

---------------------HAUNTED TRAIL: Held on Fridays & Saturdays through Oct. 27, 7-11pm at Ghost Farm of Kingsley. hauntedtraverse.com

---------------------CO-ED ADULT SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT GROUP: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm, Healing Private Wounds Center, Cadillac.

231-846-4495.

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

---------------------WRITING THROUGH LOSS: Thursdays, 9am-10:30am, Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Presented by Hospice of MI. Facilitated by Kathryn Holl, MA, LPC, & Melissa Fournier, MSW. Poetry & writing as a method of healing on the journey of grief. Register: 929-1557. hom.org

---------------------BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, beginning Oct. 20. Held in the main lobby & training room of the City Facilities Building, which is located across the street from the summer market location in Veterans Park.

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

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

art

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Featuring over 32 artists from all over the region & world celebrating the Mexican cultural holiday known as Day of the Dead. Opening reception is Fri., Oct. 19 from 6-8pm. Make your own sugar skull.

Exhibit runs through Nov. 23. higherartgallery.com

---------------------“IT’S PERSONAL” GROUP SHOW: Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Featuring figurative work, from canvas to clay by Shanny Brooke & five other artists. Runs through Nov. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat. through Nov. 5; then Tues.-Sat. twistedfishgallery.com

---------------------“NATURE’S PALETTE”: Runs through Dec. 1 at The Botanic Garden, Visitor Center at Historic Barns Park, TC. Featuring paintings of 12 local artists, who often paint together plein air. thebotanicgarden.org

---------------------MICHIGAN PRINTMAKING: Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Sixteen MI artists have been invited to represent traditional & contemporary methods of printmaking in the exhibit “Block-Paper-Ink.” This exhibit runs through Nov. 3. Open Mon. - Sat., 11am-5pm. charlevoixcircle.com

---------------------NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION’S 2ND ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS EXHIBIT & SALE: Village Arts Building, Northport. Held Oct. 20-27, 12-4pm. 231-386-9798.

instructors. Runs through Dec. 1. A reception will be held on Thurs., Nov. 29 from 5:30-7pm. crookedtree.org

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - HOMAGE: INSPIRED BY OUTSTANDING CANADIAN WOMEN: Oct. 21 - Jan. 20. This exhibition features 40 framed neckpieces created as a celebration & tribute to Canadian women, past & present by jewelry artist Donald Stuart.

- PANGNIRTUNG WEAVINGS FROM THE DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER’S COLLECTION: Oct. 21 - Jan. 20. Featuring weavings from the Inuit art collection, by the artists of the Pangnirtung Weaving Cooperative.

- VISIONS OF AMERICAN LIFE: PAINTINGS FROM THE MANOOGIAN COLLECTION, 1850-1950: Oct. 21 - Jan. 20. From the Detroit Institute of Arts, this exhibition features 40 works by late-19th & early-20th century artists capturing American life, culture & identity in that time. Hours: 10am-5pm, Mon.-Sat.; 1-5pm, Sun,; & 10am-8pm, Thurs. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------OUTDOOR DIA EXHIBIT: Outdoor DIA Inside/ Out Exhibit in Gaylord thru mid-October. Maps at www.gaylordarts.org.

---------------------TEMPESTRY PROJECT EXHIBIT: Runs through Oct. at NCMC, Library, Petoskey. A group of nine women from NCMC combined their knitting & art talents with their concern about the environment to create a series of long, knit works where changing color represents the daily high temperatures for one year. ncmich.edu

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THREADS FIBER ARTS GROUP: Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. Local patrons are invited to bring their own needlework project & work among friends. The Threads group meets on Mondays at 10am. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - EXHIBEERTION POP-UP SHOW: Part of Frankfort Beer Week 2018, this exhibit runs Oct. 8-13.

---------------------LANDSCAPES INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: Runs Oct. 19 - Nov. 23. Featuring the work of Linda Beeman, Carolyn Damstra, Susana Green, Jane Kramer, Thomas Tomasek, Lynn Uhlmann & Catherine VanVoorhis. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 12-4pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - “WOVEN TOGETHER: THE FIBER WORK OF SHERRI SMITH”: Sherri’s exhibition features work from her most recent series, “Astronomy,” which investigates science & mathematics. Runs through Nov. 17.

- “WOVEN TOGETHER: BEYOND THE INFLUENCE OF SHERRI SMITH”: An exhibit of works created by a selection of 14 artists who completed their MFA degrees under Sherri Smith at the University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design. Runs through Nov. 17.

- “TESTAMENTS: CTAC FACULTY SHOW”: Atrium Gallery. Includes the work of 13 CTAC

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GAYLORD AREA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GAYLORD: - ARTFUL AFTERNOONS: Wednesdays, 1-3pm through Nov. 14. Join other art enthusiasts to view art related videos & discuss art themes throughout the world.

- JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Nov. 3 during gallery hours of 11am-3pm, Tues. through Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat. - THE CREATIVE CROWD: Join local artists working on their own projects & enjoying the company of others. Every Thurs. from 11:30am-2:30pm. NO MEETING ON 10/11/18.

Bring your own project, supplies & lunch, if desired. gaylordarts.org

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Canadian bluesman James dug pretty deep for this collection, stretching his own songwriting abilities on several new originals, and also going well beyond clichés to point a spotlight at some muchlesser known blues covers by the likes of Howlin’ Wolf and Blind Willie Johnson. Working with his longtime touring band, he delivers performances that are tightly locked in and sharp, especially on tracks like the horns-bedecked “One More Mile,” the swampy “Dig Myself a Hole,” and the modern blues of “40 Light Years.”

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Underwood’s always stuck her emotions right out in front of her tracks, and this album’s no exception. She goes over the top with all the drama a little too often — it would be nice to hear her dial it down below 11 once in a while, especially lyrically — but her diehard fans will certainly champion tunes like “Spinning Bottles” and the title track.

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Eric Clapton cohort and blues singer-songwriter Bramhall, while a skilled player, doesn’t really do anything unique here — he’s really just playing the kind of ’70s-inspired blues-rock you can hear at any street corner bar. Clapton shows up to throw down some guitar on “Everything You Need,” and pal Norah Jones adds some style to “Searching for Love,” but other than that, this is pretty much standard rock business.

Joe Bonamassa – Redemption – J&R

Primarily known for his blues guitar work, Bonamossa also throws in some vocal work on this set, and you know what? He’s not half bad. While his archetypal brand of blues may not appeal to all, as each track is quite similar to the ones before and after, his playing is excellent. His interpretations of the dynamics of each tune are particularly well-executed. Some of the tunes sound a little dated (“Deep in the Blues Again” could’ve easily been released back in the ’80s), but others, like “Redemption” and “King Bee Shakedown” show more diversity.

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R.E.M. GET ALL BOXED UP

MODERN

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

The ’80s/’90s musical icons from Athens, Georgia, will release a big box set this week called R.E.M. at the BBC. Eight CDs and one DVD, the set will include a variety of live sessions that the band recorded for the BBC, plus a short stack of live concerts that the band performed in the UK, and the band’s documentary Accelerating Backwards.

Abbreviated two-CD and two vinyl record versions of the set will be available as well, with everything out on Oct. 19 …

Mariah Carey, fresh off of the eighth annual iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas, is back with her new song “GTFO,” a preview of what’s coming up on her brand new album. Carey’s latest studio set, which will be her 15th full-length album, is her first since 2014. The record is as-yetuntitled but will also include a second official kickoff single, “With You,” as produced by Nineteen85, frequent collaborator of Jordan Manswell and Drake. The new album, its singles, and accompanying music videos are being released and overseen by Carey’s own Butterfly MC Records, in partnership with Epic Records …

L.A. DJ Dillon Francis is back with more of his hybrid dubstep/Latin sound on

his just-released second full-length album, Wut Wut, which also serves as his first primarily Spanish-language album. Francis collaborates on the set with a range of Latin pop performers, including Lao Ra, iLe (Calle 13), Sarinana, and De La Ghetto. The set, which was recorded in Miami, Mexico City, New York City, and the Dominican Republic, includes singles “BaBaBa” (featuring Young Ash) and “Ven” …

Father John Misty has just dropped a new album of his own, one that was recorded back in September 2016 at former Detroiter Jack White’s Third Man Records in Nashville. Misty recorded the album as an all-acoustic live set (hence the album’s name: Father John Misty: Live at Third Man Records), and also debuted his then not-yet-released single “Mr. Tillman” at that performance. The album is available now …

LINK OF THE WEEK Fidlar, currently in the middle of its tour, has also returned to the indie-rock charts with a new track and an apocalyptic music video to go with the single, which is called “Too Real.” The video includes cameo performances by fire, zombies, Rambo, and … Care Bears. Check out the video at https:// tinyurl.com/fidlar-tune …

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THE BUZZ Detroit songwriter/producer Fred Thomas has released his third record, Aftering, a widely eclectic set exploring the musician’s own emotional diversity …

Singer, American Idol winner, and The Voice coach Kelly Clarkson is hitting the road for her first headlining tour in three years (supporting her eighth studio album, Meaning of Life), and she’ll make a stop at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on Feb. 21 …

Detroiter Jack White is releasing a

special concert movie, Jack White: Kneeling at the Anthem D.C., on Amazon video …

And speaking yet again of Detroit, the city’s UFO Factory music venue, which was condemned by the city last year, has been revamped and is now set to reopen on Oct. 26 … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

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

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The reel

by meg weichman

a star is born LOVE, GILDA

I This is a case of being happy to have been proven wrong. ’Cause yeah, it might not seem like this tragic Cinderella story needed to be brought to the screen for the fourth (by some accounts, fifth) time. And, sure, the trailer seemed to get cornier with each (of many) repeated viewings.

Then there’s the fact that the film is brought to you by an untested first-time director directing himself in the starring role. And that his co-star is a pop singer who’s never had a lead acting role. But once you’ve seen A Star is Born, you’ll thank your lucky stars you did.

It only takes Lady Gaga beautifully belting a few lesser-known bars of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” from a grungy alleyway and an old-school title card spelling out “A Star is Born” to come on screen for you to get chills.

And it is at that moment you realize director Bradley Cooper gets it.

Not only has he made the first of many loving nods to versions that came before, but he’s also sincere and openhearted in his filmmaking. He believes in the story, he believes in their love, and by his taking the material so seriously, you will too. With rapturous music and downright remarkable performances, Cooper has modernized the studio romance, making a film with a soul of indie and the heart of classical Hollywood melodrama.

For those not familiar with this ultimate Hollywood myth, it’s the showbiz story of a male star — a fading star — who discovers and then falls for a female star on the rise. And in these iconic archetypes we have a nearly unrecognizable Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine, an outlaw rock and roller who’s some kind of rugged relic of Americana. He still plays to arenas, but it’s only a matter of time until his chronic tinnitus and alcoholism catches up with him.

And so, after one of his shows, this tortured poet with a thirst no amount of liquor will ever quench happens to stumble into a gay bar. It’s Drag Night, and as newfound friend Ramon explains, his BFF, a woman with a killer voice who performs with the queens, is about to sing.

Enter Lady Gaga’s Ally. Wearing painted-on hair and tape eyebrows, she captivates Mr. Maine with her performance of “La Vie en Rose.” Ally and Jackson meet after the show, and as they get to know each other, their connection is palpable.

She’s a waitress who knows she’s talented but has been broken down by an industry that doesn’t see her for all that makes her beautiful.

Jackson, however, sees both talent and beauty.

He can’t stop thinking about her and invites her to his next stop on tour. He’s taken the liberty of arranging a song she shared with him and surprises her by inviting her onstage to perform it with him. The song is “Shallow,” and it is transcendent. Call it fate, call it destiny — for me, this entire sequence is the stuff of celluloid dreams.

Their duet goes viral, Ally joins him on the road, and they fall hard. What makes their relationship so special is that it’s a creative

f you love Gilda Radner, you’ll love Love, Gilda. And if you’re only somewhat familiar with her life and body of work, you’re bound to walk away from this film with an understanding of what made Radner not only such a beloved comedian and performer but also such a radiant soul. Taking us through her all-too-brief life, first-time director Lisa Dapolito employs a mostly conventional biographical concept with one key difference: The film is narrated

by Gilda herself, using archival tapes that function as an intimate audio diary of sorts. A warm and introspective person outside of her iconic characters emerges as Gilda personally walks you through her battles with celebrity, body image, relationships, and finally, and tragically, cancer. Along with Gilda’s reminisces, there are, of course, interviews with those who loved and worked with Gilda. You get Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, and Laraine Newman. But no, you won’t hear from Bill Murray, an absence among other key players in Gilda’s story that are most notably and definitely felt. But what’s not missing are the highlights of her career — plenty of clips that are a joy to behold and help you see why the cult of Gilda still goes strong. Produced in collaboration with the Radner estate, it’s mostly a surface look at her life and struggles and doesn’t offer any social or historical context. Instead, Love, Gilda’s power comes purely from its subject. The evidence of the magic she made and the chance to get to feel for a brief moment what it might have been like to be in her presence.

partnership as much as a romantic one, and their love for making art is as beautiful to watch as their love for one another. The whole courtship is intoxicatingly atmospheric, and you’re struck by its overwhelming tenderness.

And boy, when they perform, especially together, it’s completely electric.

But this wouldn’t be A Star is Born if there wasn’t a fall from grace. Jackson is haunted by familial issues, including a strained relationship with his older brother-turnedmanager (a wonderful Sam Elliott). And this film is refreshing in that Jackson’s downward spiral has more backstory and less jealousy than other versions. While romantic AF, A Star is Born cannot be accused of romanticizing alcoholism or addiction. It’s raw and ugly and real. The relationship dynamics tap into painful issues that ring heartbreakingly true.

With its operatic emotional range, it is in no way subtle, yet all things considered, it’s remarkably restrained. While it has its share of pure cornball moments, not only are they totally earned, they completely slay you.

So much of the film’s success is dependent on its stars and their unbelievable chemistry. You can see why rumors are flying about Cooper and Gaga’s relationship status. And both actors transform themselves with a pair of completely vulnerable performances. This is a strippeddown Gaga that lets you see right into the heart of her talent. She’s absolutely luminous, a complete natural, and her acting ability should never be question. She owns this film and should be a frontrunner for the Best Actress Oscar. In truth, Jennifer Hudson won for far less.

Then there’s Cooper, who not only has responsibilities behind the camera but also transforms his voice and being (all puffy faced and leathery) into this sweet-souled and weary singer, and he does it with authenticity. That authenticity carries throughout the film — from the concert scenes (a rare film to truly nail the music industry) to the spellbinding vérité visuals that have a livedin, retro ’70s sheen. And the music is stellar, with many of the best in the industry lending their talents to the epic soundtrack.

Few things excite me more at the movies than films that hit the magical sweet spot of prestige blockbuster-studio filmmaking that is as sublimely satisfying as it is artful. And this adult story that’s romantic and dramatic with big stars and even bigger production and entertainment value, well, that just doesn’t come along every day.

As Sam Elliott’s Bobby recounts, all music is just 12 notes, the same old story told over and over again; what matters is how it’s told.

Cooper tells his “old story” with devastatingly exhilarating force. Putting you through the emotional wringer, from its soul-stirring highs to its soul-crushing lows, somehow by the end you’re just grateful for the opportunity to have experienced it.

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

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The house with a clock in its wall

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irector Eli Roth of Hostel fame, the man who basically invented the “torture porn” genre, might not be the most obvious choice when it comes to kiddie fare, but he finds a sweet spot in revisiting the influences of his youth to create a fantasy-horror primer of sorts for the next generation of moviegoers. But if Roth’s credentials still make you nervous, rest easy in that this is also an Amblin Entertainment production (Spielberg’s production company). So while it has darker tonal moments — think in the vein of Spielberg collaborator Joe Dante (Gremlins) and with Tim Burton — that Spielbergian sense of heart still comes through. Set in the fictional village of New Zebedee, Michigan, 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) arrives to live with his estranged uncle after his parents’ tragic deaths.

But Uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) isn’t any regular old uncle.

For one, he’s an eccentric who loves to wear kimonos, is prone to late-night free-form jazz, and lives in a creepy old Victorian mansion. Then there’s the fact that he’s a warlock working with his witch friend, Mrs. Zimmerman (Cate Blanchett), to try to stop his ex-partner from setting back the clock back on humanity.

And so Louis becomes involved in the battle too, all while trying to make some new friends. Very much a spooky throwback to classic adventure films and heavy on the ’80s movie magic, it features a pair of gloriously kooky performances from Black and Blanchett, plenty of spooky screwball silliness, and one heck of an imaginative “haunted” house.

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his mommy vlogger murder-mystery from director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters) might have its share of The Girl on the Train-style intrigue, but takes much more of a wickedly funny approach and the result is a deliciously soapy suburban noir that references everything from classic Hitchcock thrillers to NBC’s Dateline. It stars Anna Kendrick as Stephanie and Blake Lively as Emily, two unlikely friends brought together by their young sons. Kendrick is a widowed Type A super mom, and Lively is the sophisticated PR exec who has a hunky husband. They don’t have much in common, but they both have their share of secrets. And when Emily goes missing, those secrets begin to unfurl as Stephanie morphs into a gumshoe and grows a little too close to Emily’s husband.

Even with outstanding performances from Kendrick and Lively and capable direction by Feig, the film struggles as it moves between very dark elements and frothy fun. In the final act things go a little too bonkers with all its twists and turns and you forget who you’re even supposed to be rooting for. With its many deliciously devilish pleasures, that the script wasn’t just a shade more polished is practically criminal.

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— Dumbfounded

A

: Okay, so it seems he didn’t quite get around to mailing out the formal invitations to the funeral for his freedom.

Now, the guy may be an out-and-out lying cad, cooing commitment-y things to you that he never intended to follow through on. However, it’s also possible that he was legit enthusiastic in that moment when he offered to delete Match —confusing the buzzy high of a love thing that’s brand-new with a love thing that’s really right.

Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz discovered that things that are new to us — people, relationships, pleasure-producing substances — activate our brain’s reward circuitry and its chemical messenger boy, dopamine, in a way things we’re used to do not. (That very first bite of chocolate cake is always the tastiest, most chocogasmic.)

In fact, Schultz’s research suggests that “novel rewards” may be two to three times more dopamine-elevating than delishy stuff we’ve previously experienced. Basically, once we’ve tried something, even if we really, really enjoyed it the first time (hot diggity!), it becomes less motivating to us (kinda lukewarm diggity).

This motivational downshift comes out of how dopamine neurons are, in a sense, fortuneteller cells; they predict how rewarding things or situations will be. Dopamine, contrary to what countless books and articles contend, is not a “pleasure chemical.” It does not generate a heroin rush-type euphoria. It’s stimulating.

It drives wanting and seeking, motivating us to explore new stuff that might enhance our ability to pass on our genes.

After dopamine calculates the difference between the initial high a thing gave us when it was new and its current level of more meh rewardingness, it can push us to go out and chase the initial high — seek some new provider, and then another and another: “Sure, I could have a stable adult relationship — or I could continue my groundbreaking research into The Tramp Stamps Of Tinder.”

This is not an excuse for this guy’s lack of forthcomingness but a possible explanation for why he said he’d delete Match but then

signed right up for Tinder. It’s also possible the powerful human fear of regret is at play. Going exclusive with you would mean waving bye-bye to the rest of womankind. It’s possible that he and his penis feel the need for a second opinion.

The problem from your end is that your wanting to go exclusive with him is the dating version of the impulse purchase. A month in, you don’t have enough information to judge his character, see whether he’s boyfriendgrade, and see whether there’s, uh, brand loyalty. You should be just starting to see who he is and reserving judgment — much as you’d like to believe that he’s a wild dude seeking domestication, kind of like a lion knocking on the door of the zoo: “Got any vacancies, chief?”

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— Husband-Seeking

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: Men on FarmersOnly would be understandably annoyed if I posted a profile there, as my idea of farming is keeping a houseplant alive for more than a year.

But this site is called Jdate, not JewsOnly. Sure, some will be annoyed to find a nice non-Jewish girl like you there, but there are others -- like atheists from Jewish backgrounds and notvery-observant Jews -- who might not find it a deal breaker. Uh, that is, until they register the reality of inviting mom, dad, and bubbe over for Christmakkah.

Cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga estimates that 98 percent of our brain’s activity is subconscious — including some of our decision-making. A man seeking a relationship can have his short-term mating standards triggered without his knowing it while going through women’s profiles online. Not exactly surprisingly, evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt find men in shortterm mode are prone to lowering the bar on “their mate preference standards ... across an array of mate qualities, including personality, intelligence, and even attractiveness.”

Religion is surely one of these. Recognize this risk from being on Jdate as a non-J. If you do end up dating a Jewish guy, do your best, as early as possible, to suss out whether questions like “But what religion will the children be?” would lead to his ultimately following the advice of poet Dylan, uh, Thomasenstein: “Do not go gentile into that good night.”

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19 Home theater component 20 Every last one 21 Handler of meteorology?

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There are works which wait, and

which one does not understand for a long time,” wrote Libran author Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a long time after the answer.” That’s the weird news, Libra. You have been waiting and waiting to understand a project that you set in motion many moons ago. It has been frustrating to give so much energy to a goal that has sometimes confused you. But here’s the good news: Soon you will finally formulate the question your project has been the answer to. And so at last you will understand it. You’ll feel vindicated, illuminated, and resolved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You need a

special pep talk that’s best provided by Aquarian poet Audre Lorde. Please meditate on these four quotes by her. 1. “Caring for myself is not selfindulgence, it is self-preservation. 2. “We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.”

3. “You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. To do that, you must first be willing to believe you have it.” 4. “Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.” 5. “The learning process is something you can literally incite, like a riot.”

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Warning: My

horoscopes may interfere with your ability to rationalize your delusions; they could extinguish your enthusiasm for clichés; they might cause you to stop repressing urges that you really should express; and they may influence you to cultivate the state of awareness known as “playful wisdom.” Do you really want to risk being exposed to such lavish amounts of inner freedom?

If not, you should stop reading now. But if you’re as ripe for emancipating adventures as I think you are, then get started on shedding any attitudes and influences that might dampen your urge to romp and cavort and carouse.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Humraaz is a

word in the Urdu language. Its literal meaning is “secret sharer.” It refers to a confidante, a person in whom you have full trust and to whom you can confess your core feelings. Is there such a character in your life? If so, seek him or her out for assistance in probing into the educational mysteries you have waded into.

If there is no such helper you can call on, I advise you to do whatever’s necessary to attract him or her into your sphere.

A collaborative quest may be the key to activating sleeping reserves of your soul wisdom.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author

Roberto Bolaño suggests that the world contains more beauty than many people realize. The full scope and intensity of this nourishing beauty “is only visible to those who love.” When he speaks of “those who love,” I suspect he means deep-feeling devotees of kindness and compassion, hard-working servants of the greater good, and free-thinking practitioners of the Golden Rule. In any case, Taurus, I believe you’re in a phase when you have the potential to see far more of the world’s beauty. For best results, supercharge your capacity to give and receive love.

redirect this inclination so it serves you better. How? One way would be to gather supplies of precious stuff that’s really useful to you. Another way would be to assemble a batch of blessings to bestow on people and animals who provide you with support.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Chinese mythology

tells us there used to be ten suns, all born from the mother goddess Xi He. Every 24 hours, she bathed her brood in the lake and placed them in a giant mulberry tree. From there, one sun glided out into the sky to begin the day while the other nine remained behind. It was a good arrangement. The week had ten days back then, and each sun got its turn to shine. But the siblings eventually grew restless with the staid rhythm. On one fateful morning, with a playful flourish, they all soared into the heavens at once. It was fun for them, but the earth grew so hot that nothing would grow. To the rescue came the archer Hou Yi. With his flawless aim, he used his arrows to shoot down nine of the suns, leaving one to provide just the right amount of light and warmth. The old tales don’t tell us, but I speculate that Hou Yi was a Leo.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You now have

maximum command of a capacity that’s a great strength but also a potential liability: your piercing brainpower. To help ensure that you wield this asset in ways that empower you and don’t sabotage you, here’s advice from four wise Virgos. 1. “Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.” — psychotherapist Anthony de Mello 2. “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

—poet Mary Oliver 3. “I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.” — actor and writer Stephen Fry 4. “I wanted space to watch things grow.” —singer Florence Welch

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LOCALLy rOAsTed COffee And esPressO BAr www.baybreadco.com 601 rAndOLPH sT. TC 922-8022 behind the elks Club off of division & Grandview Pkwy

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many seekers

who read horoscope columns want commonsense advice about love, career, money, and power. So I hope I don’t disappoint you by predicting that you will soon have a mystical experience or spiritual epiphany. Let me add, however, that this delightful surprise won’t merely be an entertaining diversion with no useful application. In fact, I suspect it will have the potential of inspiring good ideas about love, career, money, or power. If I had to give the next chapter of your life story a title, it might be “A Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Practical Magic.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1962,

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Once upon a

time you were walking along a sidewalk when a fairy floated by and whispered, “I’m willing to grant you three wishy-washy wishes for free.

You don’t have to do any favors for me in return.

But I will grant you three wonderfully wise wishes if you perform three tasks for me.” You asked the fairy, “What would those three tasks be?” She replied, “The second task is that you must hoodwink the devil into allowing you to shave his hairy legs. The third task is that you must bamboozle God into allowing you to shave his bushy beard.” You laughed and said, “What’s the first task?” The fairy touched you on the nose with her tiny wand and said, “You must believe that the best way to achieve the impossible is to attempt the absurd.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Crabs

tend to be the stockpilers and hoarders of the zodiac. The world’s largest collections of antique door knobs and Chinese restaurant menus and beer cans from the 1960s belong to Cancerian accumulators. But in alignment with possibilities hinted at by current astrological omens, I recommend that you

when she was 31 years old, Sagittarian actress Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for her role in the film West Side Story. In 2018, she attended the Oscars again, sporting the same dress she’d worn for the ceremony 56 years before.

I think the coming weeks will be a great time for you, too, to reprise a splashy event or two from the past. You’ll generate soul power by reconnecting with your roots. You’ll tonify and harmonize your mental health by establishing a symbolic link with your earlier self.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Committee to Reward Unsung Good Deeds hereby acknowledges your meritorious service in the trenches of the daily routine. We praise your tireless efforts to make life less chaotic and more coherent for everyone around you. We’re grateful for the patience and poise you demonstrate as you babysit adults who act like children. And we are gratified by your capacity to keep long-term projects on track in the face of trivial diversions and petty complaints. I know it’s a lot to ask, but could you please intensify your vigilance in the next three weeks? We need your steadiness more than ever.

COMMUNITY FEATURES • Outdoor pool • Community lodge • Community activities • Pets welcome • City water and sewer • Snow removal, lawn & home maintenance services available • New, pre-owned & custom homes from the $70’s to the $100’s Better Living Homes (new & custom) 231.421.9500 • Cindy at 843 Woodcreek Boulevard Woodcreek (pre-owned) • 231.933.4800 Lyndsay at 501 Woodcreek Boulevard

www.woodcreekliving.com Conveniently located on South Airport Rd, a quarter mile west of Three Mile in Traverse City

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Seeking front desk, administrative, secretarial support for staff, board, committees & volunteers. The AA is the first contact for those calling or coming to the GAAC. Ability to meet the public is essential. Independent judgment required to prioritize and organize a diversified work load. Deals with variety of people. Creative, energetic, upbeat atmosphere. http://www. glenarborart.org/search COMMERCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONAL Peterson McGregor is an independent agency seeking an experienced Commercial Service Professional with high marks in integrity and work ethic for our TC office. PMA offers a very nice benefits package including training & empowerment opportunities. Provide exceptional customer service through handling daily servicing requests as well as processing of policies and policy activity. P&C Experience is preferred, with MI P&C license and/or willingness to obtain. Please submit cover letter and resume via the Employment tab on our website. http://www.petersonmcgregor.com OTR TRUCK DRIVER Silver Dollar Transport of McBain MI. Hiring OTR drivers. Home of NASTC Driver of the Year! Family owned & run. No East. Mostly West & Midwest. Run well maintained 379 & 389 Peterbilts pulling mostly spread axle trailers. Complete Pass. Up to .54 cents per mile. Paid per diem. Weekly pay.

Direct deposit. Paid vacations. Paid physicals.

Rider policy. Insurance pkg. Simple IRA. Sign on bonus. Safety bonuses. Min. 2 yrs verifiable driving exp. w/good background & no drug/ alcohol violations. 231-826-4554 hrsafety@ silverdollartransport.com

REAL ESTATE MOVE IN READY PRIVATE UPSCALE CHELSEA PARK CONDO 2 bedroom, 2 bath, cathedral ceilings, balcony, attached garage.

Like new with many updates including solid

wood floors. End unit, built 2005. Beautiful grounds and immaculate club house. 3 miles from town Chelsea Park. HOA $170. $215,000, by owner 231 944-3054. Would love to sell before snow flies.

10 ACRES Silverado Estates, 5-10 acre wooded parcels with electric and cleared building sites, land contract terms, discount for cash, call Randy at Great Lakes Land Company 231-633-6449

OTHER DAN’S AFFORDABLE HAULING Best rates in town! Hauling junk, debris, yard, misc.

Anything goes! For a free estimate, call (231)620-1370 BUYING OLD WOODEN DUCK DECOYS BUYING old wooden DUCK and FISH DECOYS, call or text 248 877-0210 ***SHRINKWRAPPING BOAT’S, RV’s, Patio Furniture, Industrial & anything that needs protection from the elements.*** We Specialize in Shrinkwrapping Boats, RV’s, Patio Furniture, Farm Equipment, Industrial Equipment and anything that needs Protection from the harsh outdoor elements. Best prices in Traverse City and #1 in T.C for over 10yrs. nothing to big to small. Fully insured and everything is warranted for one year. please call Captain Shrinkwrap @ 231-642-7356 today!

UPHOLSTERY AND SEWING Upgrading your home décor, furniture or pillows? Need clothing altered or special items like bags and costumes? Call Marcie for quality sewing and upholstery at 231-342-0962.

BIOINDIVIDUAL & FUNCTIONAL Nutritionist Specialty Lab & Food Sensitivity Testing Avoid prescription meds & find the cause with my Healing from Within Program www.nourishholisticnutrition.com Lake Ann 248 891 5215

SEWING, ALTERATIONS, Mending & Repairs Maple City Maralene Roush 231-228-6248

ABSENTEE HOMEOWNER Inspections 231 392-1147 HOME WATCH TRAVERSE - Up North trusted Home Watch Service...While You’re Away LONGBOAT KEY, FL CONDO for rent.

Available Jan- May 2019, 3 month minimum and deposit 2b/2b at Longboat Harbour, fully furnished, upscale decorating, 3rd fl, (elevator) end unit. Picturesque views of the Gulf and Bay. Washer/dryer, private beach/bath house, 4 pools. An exercise dream, workout room, walking/biking trails, centrally located for dining/ shopping. Call Jane 941-232-8392 WANTED OLDER MOTORCYCLES 810775-9771 Road Or Dirt Bikes Buying In Any Condition Picked up At Your Location Cash Paid OUTCALL MASSAGE TO YOU. RelaxRejuvenate. Serving all of northern Michigan.

Call Stephen @ 231-439-5099.

HIGH-TECH HOLISTIC DENTISTRY Lk Leelanau office with IAOMT approved Hg removal. Lisa Siddall DDS PIANO LESSONS Piano lessons available for all ages, styles and levels. Elk Rapids,Mich.

BMI POLE BUILDINGS “Your Barn, Your Way, Your Price” Call 989-916-8668 McLaren.brad@gmail.com COLD, COUGH, FLU have you down want relief come see us at urban oasis salt spa You having respiratory issues and looking for relief try dry salt therapy at URBAN OASIS SALT SPA. Call 231 938-6020 or for appointment.

Bring in add and get 50% OFF a session.

TIBETAN SINGING BOWL SOUND HEALING Concert with Mark Handler

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in The SALT ROOM in Traverse City Oct. 27th 6 & 8 pm Singing Bowl Sound Healing Concert @ Urban Oasis Salt Spa Salt Room 231 938-6020 WINTER GET AWAY 1989 Hitch Hiker 5th wheel, in an adult RV Park in Center Hill, Fla. Completely furnished, just bring personal items.

Asking $525.00 per month, plus electric. 231-879-3903 BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH SPECIAL -TC STUDIO Oncology Certified Facial -Safe & effective products $49 www.tcstudiospace.com SHORES CONDO, GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT Furn.1 bed/2 bath condo on 600’ of East Bay for rent until 6/1/19. 231-922-5053 GALLYS - WOW! 3 for $7 sale rack - womens resale shop in traverse city’s work center building - 710 centre street just off woodmere ave - call 855-style-85 for info. mention this ad & receive 50% off 1 item. hours 11-7 tues-friday & 11-5 saturday POLE BARN CLEARANCE SALE of Real Estate Staging Items !! Huge Pole Barn full of Fab Finds: Includes, pillows, rugs, furniture ,art, lamps and accessories. 9991 E Crain Hill Rd.TC. Red Pole Barn .Fri.Oct 19th and Sat. Oct 20th (9am-3 pm) NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION seeking artisans CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE ARTISAN SHOW November 24th, 10am to 4pm. In the Village Arts Building in Northport.

Apply: NorthportArtsAssociation.org HOME BUYER CASH As your Exclusive Buyer Agent I represent you on home buy.

After closing “I PAY YOU” 1.5% of home sales price. No contracts / No gimmicks. More info @ chaslahaie.com (231) 818-0098

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EVERY SATURDAY 4PM-9PM

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