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containers, or better yet, bring their own reusable takeout containers and drink cups.

Our state’s ubiquitous marketing slogan, “Pure Michigan,” seems hypocritical as it promotes the natural beauty of our area while we trash it with materials that will be our toxic legacy for millennia.

Paul Ferris, Boyne City Lost in Space The moon. Man hasn’t been back in 50 years because it’s a dangerous dead rock, absolutely useless to mankind. The only benefit was a temporary, expensive, drug-like fix for man’s insatiable ego. It’s a miracle the Apollo program didn’t turn out like the deadly space shuttle [Challenger] fiasco. The gained technology? Look around you to the rudderless chaos the world is awash in. Mankind stumbling around, staring into a 4-inch plastic screen, as the only known planet, with life, that exists anywhere is collapsing and dying around them.

What message do you have to share?

How to turn a beautiful, miracle planet teaming with life into a dead, poison garbage dump? Or our genius in building wonder weapons to kill each other with?

New plan: Reforest the planet! The only doable program in the time we have left to reverse global warming is to clean its air, soil, and water and restore as many of its remaining lifeforms as possible. Then, and only then, go play, space man.

Bill Minore, director, Eden 51, Grawn

Not OK Indefinite imprisonment of children in the United States: Is that OK with you? It is with our president.

Lou Ann McKimmy, Rapid City

Pure Michigan?

Recently, while shopping, I watched the cashier use four plastic bags for four items, three of which were already wrapped in plastic. Later, at the grocery store, I watched a similar scenario. Few shoppers had brought reusable bags, and cashiers were using far more bags than necessary.

This is a habit we need to break.

The May 2019 issue of National Geographic states that on average, nine million tons of plastic waste washes into the world’s oceans every year. According to a September 2010 article in Business Ethics magazine, scientists fear that these petroleum products never completely biodegrade. Rather, they just continue break into smaller and smaller pieces. Larval fish eat them in their first days of life, introducing them into our food chain.

Think about that for a minute. Is this what we want for our children’s great grandchildren? There is a need for increased public awareness to curb this serious problem, and merchants are in the perfect position to help.

Most — thankfully, not all — of our local restaurants use Styrofoam takeout containers. Delis and gas stations continue to use Styrofoam hot drink cups. I believe that if more people were aware of the consequences of this wasteful practice they would be happy get into the habit of using reusable shopping bags, and to pay the small added cost for compostable takeout

Tunnel Vision The 4–3 vote of the Grand Traverse County Board of Commissioners to support the Line 5 tunnel showed me the recently named “Gang of Four” has no interest in working for the benefit of the people of their districts. Brad Jewett’s introduction of the Line 5 tunnel vote shows he is more interested in lobbying for a foreign oil company than working on the problems our county is facing.

The BOC is avoiding the more important local issues to show support of something over which they have no control. One can’t help but wonder about the ulterior motive behind the supporting votes. Are they perhaps “auditioning” for potential donors, or a more prestigious political position?

Commissioner Jewett said the tunnel presents no danger to him or his family.

This attitude shows a total disregard of his required concern, as a commissioner, to protect northern Michigan, its waters, and its economic stability. This vote has ignored the opinions of the constituents of Grand Traverse County. The people in District 5 need to keep a close watch over what else Jewett might have on his to-do list. It’s unlikely to be something to help his constituents.

Paul Singer, Traverse City Seeing Reds One need only read many of the letters to Northern Express to know that extreme socialists and or communists are alive and well in our area. While we defeated the old U.S.S.R decades ago, they have been reborn and are, for the most part, the Democrat party of today. May God save us.

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Crime and Rescue Map......................................7 A Race to the Top in Empire.............................10 Ambrosia’s Smooth Pop................................13 A Flying Boy Wonder.......................................14 Narnia in Northern Michigan...........................15 Figs Breakfast and Lunch..............................16 Seen.......................................................17

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Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................17 Film................................................................23 Advice..........................................................25 Crossword...................................................25 Freewill Astrology..........................................26 Classifieds..................................................27

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Good on Paper will celebrate a decade of making things up out of thin air when the improv troupe returns this month for its 10th season.

Cast members David Avis, Stephanie Young, Mike Gauthier, Bryan Boettcher, Heather Helsel, and Michael Libby formed Good on Paper to bring improvisational comedy to Traverse City at a time when there was nothing like it in Traverse City.

Now they’re seasoned veterans of northern Michigan’s comedy scene.

“We’re constantly amazed and thrilled by how enthusiastic our audiences are for local improv,” Avis said. “It’s one of the driving forces behind why we are so excited to keep striving to keep the art form going locally.”

The new season starts at West Bay Beach Resort at 7:30pm Sept. 14. Admission is $10. For more dates, search “Good on Paper Improv” on Facebook.

broom closet boys The 5th Annual Lake Leelanau Street Fair will run Sat., Sept. 14 from 11am-8pm and will feature four bands, including the Broom Closet Boys (pictured) who bring popular tunes from across the decades (Queen, Backstreet Boys, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steely Dan, Lionel Richie), along with Randy Beyer, Stonefolk and The Ol’ Microtones. There will also be local artists, craftspeople, authors, children’s activities including a petting zoo, plus local wines, foods, and more. Free for fair/$10 for entry into music and beverage tent (21 and older). www. lakeleelanaustreetfair.org

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If you’re wondering what the kids are watching these days, streaming on Hulu is an of-the-moment documentary that takes you inside an unknown world that will likely make anyone over 18 feel old.

Liza Mandelup’s portrait of an aspiring social media influencer will not only expose you to apps you’ve never heard of but also the ways today’s youth find community while interrogating its authenticity. Taking a careful and personal approach, Mandelup follows Austyn Tester, a sweetheart of a boy from small town Tennessee who’s drawn to the allure of social media fame. He thinks by spreading generic messages of inspiration and positivity on live broadcasts, he’ll be able to escape his troubled home and achieve his dreams. But the reality of what the would-be heartthrob finds when he leaves home is nothing less than heartbreaking in this tender and fascinating social document.

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The wings, pizza, and cheeseburgers at Brady’s Bar are the stuff after-party eating dreams are made of. But into the classic space — brass fixtures, vinyl seating, pool-feltgreen walls dotted with hunting and fishing memorabilia — the no-nonsense Old Town TC neighborhood bar has introduced a treat no over-indulging soul should go without: deep-fried Oreos, five for $4.99, drizzled with chocolate sauce and dusted with powdered sugar. Warm, plump, and chewy from exterior to in, the cookies are almost s’more-like, only better, (but better), right down to creamy centers that bubble up like hot marshmallow fluff when submerged in Brady’s soybean oil bath. Best (or worst?) of all, they’re available for pickup or dine-in, any time the kitchen is open, including during the 4pm–7pm dollarPBR draft special offered every day. Proceed with caution; too much of a good thing can’t be all good … can it? 401 S. Union St., Traverse City. (231) 946-8153, www.bradystc.com.

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No More Flavored Vaping in Michigan

Michigan is set to become the first state to ban flavored nicotine vaping products after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to issue new emergency rules.

The measure is aimed at reducing vaping among minors, who are drawn to colorful vaping juices with flavors like apple, bubble gum, and Nerds candy.

The measure also follows a finding by the state’s chief medical executive, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, that youth vaping constitutes a public health emergency.

E-cigarettes have stymied regulators and anti-smoking advocates since emerging earlier this decade. While vaping is considered a safer alternative to smoking, its appeal to kids has fueled concern over the industry. Meanwhile, little is known about the health impacts of vaping.

“As governor, my number one priority is keeping our kids safe,” said Governor Whitmer.

“And right now, companies selling vaping products are using candy flavors to hook children on nicotine and [making] misleading claims to promote the belief that these products are safe.”

Wine & Opera Fest celebrates Da Vinci Friends and fellow vineyard owners Silvio “Tony” Ciccone and Mario Tabone are also both opera enthusiasts.

So it seemed only natural that they would team up for the Traverse City Wine & Opera Festival in 2011. Now they duo is hosting its seventh concert at the City Opera House. “Da Vinci – 500th,” celebrating Leonardo Da Vinci, will take place Sept. 14. It will feature the Bellini Bel Canto Quartet: soprano Evola Soprano, mezzo soprano Lisa Agazzi, tenor Jesus Hernandez, and baritone Dino Valle, with pianist Martin Mandelbaum. Da Vinci’s inventions and paintings spurred the birth of the Renaissance, and the group, led by Maestro Valle, will pay tribute to his legacy with a program of arias, duets, and quartets from popular operas, as Lisa Agazzi well as classical songs and Neapolitan favorites. The Opera House will also feature a display of famous Da Vinci works. For tickets, contact the Traverse City Opera House at (231) 941-8082, or go to www.cityoperahouse.org.

Stuff we love A Bigger, Better Fall Red Dresser Barn Market The Red Dresser Market on South Airport road offers “new and vintage home décor, furniture, handcrafted jewelry, soaps and so much more,” according to its website. How much more? Lots more — especially when it hosts its annual fall barn market, Sept. 13 and 14 this fall at the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds. The event — originally started as an effort by a number of the market’s vendors (aka the Red Dresser Hens) to host a sale that allows them to turn over their inventory — used to be held at Rainbow of Hope Farm, a worksite and residence for adults with developmental disabilities, near Kingsley. Now the two-day sale has expanded so much it’s outgrown the site, hence the move to the fairgrounds. Red Dresser owner Tammy Simerson said she’s still committed to Rainbow of Hope, and a portion of ticket sales will go toward the farm. Tickets are $10 Friday, $5 Saturday; go to www.thereddressertc.com for more information.

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Ice cream has never had an easy time suiting up for fall. Its status as a star of summertime is as old as, well … maybe rock salt. The small but always-experimenting Lake Ann Corner Cone, however, is hardly one to shy away from try an autumnal twist. (See what we did there?)

The wee eatery’s latest concoctions — an Apple Cider Sparkling Float and an Apple Cider Shake — mix the bold, sweet flavor of Pure Michigan apple cider with LegenDAIRY creamy soft serve. But be warned: Much like a northern Michigan fall, these treats are fleeting.

They’ll last only as long as the cider supply does, and the shop’s curbside screen window locks up for the year at September’s end. Until then, make a date to try a taste between 3pm and 9pm Tuesdays through Thursdays, noon and 10pm Fridays and Saturdays, or Sundays noon to 8pm. Find it: Next to Lake Ann Brewing Co.; 6515 1st St. (231) 276-1236 www.corner-cone.com.

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Plastic was considered a minor miracle when first introduced commercially, as Bakelite, in 1907. It has expanded its reach a bit since then.

First created in 1869 using cellulose from cotton fibers, plastic wasn’t especially practical until its 1907 synthetic version.

It was and is an amazingly versatile product.

Remarkably lightweight, it can be thinner than paper and stretchable, thick and rigid, soft or hard, any color of the rainbow, transparent, translucent or opaque, and it can be

Sort of staggering, isn’t it?

We’re now told we should use less, but our options are limited. We needn’t use plastic straws or utensils or garbage bags. We can drink tap water in reusable containers. There are other avoidance options, but

When you finish this sentence, and it matters not where you might be, put down the paper and look around you at everything made of, framed with, encased in, covered in, or otherwise involved with plastic. molded into nearly any shape imaginable.

Cellulose isn’t much used to make plastic anymore; it’s almost exclusively created from combinations of coal, liquid natural gas, and crude oil. Nearly eight percent of the world’s fossil fuels are used in the production of plastic. And we make a lot of it.

(Michigan’s own Dow Chemical is one of the world’s largest producers of the polymers used to create plastic.)

The world produces 300 million tons of plastic every year, about half of which is created to be discarded after a single use. That includes somewhere between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags (various sources disagree, but it’s a lot), 35 billion plastic water bottles, and an endless stream of products wrapped or sealed in plastic. At least 9 million tons of that plastic finds its way into our oceans, lakes, and waterways every year.

That doesn’t even include the minuscule plastic microbeads included in so many personal products, including body washes, facial scrubs, lipstick, toothpaste, eyeliner, and others.

(Plastic straws, much in the spotlight lately because of videos of some very unlucky sea turtles that managed to snort them into their noses, makes up about four percent of plastic waste by number but a tiny fraction by weight.)

The stuff is quite literally almost everywhere. A reporter recently decided she was going to go an entire day without touching plastic. Her noble quest ended with an early surrender due to her plastic toilet seat, toothbrush, and all her other plastic toiletry bottles. Even if she’d figured out how to navigate the festival of plastic in her bathroom, driving was going to be tough. She could have opened the garage door and car door manually — key fobs and door clickers are plastic — but that darned plastic steering wheel was a real problem.

Do your own experiment to realize just how omnipresent this stuff is. When you

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finish this sentence, and it matters not where you might be, put down the paper and look around you at everything made of, framed with, encased in, covered in, or otherwise involved with plastic. Go ahead — we’ll wait.

much of what we need and must buy, including medicine, comes to us in plastic.

Presumably we’re not throwing our used products directly onto the ground or into water, so how do 9 million tons of it get there every year? Where did that Texas-size patch of floating junk in the Pacific, 80 percent of which is plastic, come from?

Only about 20 percent of plastic ends up being recycled, and that number is likely to shrink rather than grow. China, which was for years a repository of plastic waste because their low labor costs allowed them to create an economically viable way to reprocess it, no longer accepts America’s plastic waste.

And most of it we dutifully put in the recycling bin ends up in landfills, anyway. (Plastic marked with a 1 or 2 in the little triangle on the bottom is most likely to be recycled.)

Some futile attempts have been made to clean up the oceans’ garbage patches but skimming the surface, as those efforts tried, would put a tiny dent in the problem since much of that crud eventually sinks or becomes suspended beneath the surface.

We’re not going to stop using and discarding plastic. Its use is too widespread, our dependence on it too great, and there is no environmentally sensitive substitute on the horizon.

Since we’ve found no solution for cleaning up the plastic waste, a better strategy would be fighting it at the source. If the plastic is flowing down rivers and into the ocean, then the rivers are a more logical place to make a stand. The even better strategy is to determine where it’s all coming from and why. If littering, open landfills, illegal dumping, and uncovered garbage trucks are the beginning of the problem, that’s where we should try to end it.

As we pick up plastic washing up on our beaches, more is heading for the water. We need to find a way to stop it before it gets there.

Crime & Rescue DUBLIN STORE BLAZE SUSPICIOUS The Dublin General Store, a grocery store that was the heart of the town of Dublin, in southeastern Manistee County’s Norman Township, was destroyed by a fire that investigators believe was intentionally set.

Firefighters were called to the burning structure at 3am Aug. 31 and though no one was injured in the blaze, the building was a total loss.

Manistee County Sheriff’s investigators and state police suspected arson soon after launching an investigation.

Sheriff John O’Hagan said in a Sept. 3 press release that surveillance video led investigators to believe the fire had been set; a tracking dog was on the scene to sniff out accelerants. Investigators also canvassed the neighborhood and conducted interviews.

Anyone with information is asked to call central dispatch at (231) 723-6241.

WOMAN JAILED AFTER NEAR CRASH A Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputy arrested a woman after she pulled out in front of a patrol car on M-72.

The 25-year-old Grand Rapids woman pulled out of the Hayloft Inn at 11:41pm Sept. 1, forcing a deputy to take evasive action in order to avoid a collision.

The woman drove west on M-72 and turned north onto County Road 651 in Solon Township where she was pulled over, found to be intoxicated, and arrested for drunk driving.

SHOOTING FOUND TO BE JUSTIFIED An Otsego County Sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a man who threatened him with an ax was cleared in the shooting.

State police announced Sept. 4 that Otsego County prosecutors had reviewed their investigation and determined not to file charges in the shooting, which happened in July.

Deputies were attempting to take Chad Williams, subject of a court-ordered mental health petition, into custody when Williams threatened them with an ax, according to state police.

Williams was tazed twice, but when he continued to advance toward officers, a deputy shot and killed him.

Prosecutors determined the deputy was in immediate danger and that deadly force was justified.

by patrick sullivan psullivan@northernexpress.com

BODY FOUND IN PARK Investigators ruled out foul play but were nonetheless attempting to determine the cause of death after a body was found in Cadillac park.

Cadillac Police and first responders were called at 4pm Sept. 2 to check out an unresponsive person near the Performing Arts Pavilion on Lake Street.

They found a 67-year-old man and started CPR, but the man could not be revived; the medical examiner was called to the scene to help determine the cause of death.

CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE ENDS IN PRISON A 33-year-old Cheboygan man was sent to prison for 20 to 30 year for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old.

David Nils Calleaux Jr. was sentenced Aug. 27 in circuit court in Cheboygan County following a sheriff’s department investigation and a no contest plea to third-degree and second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Calleaux will be eligible for parole in 2039, and when released will be subject to electronic tethering for life.

Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Goodrich said in a press release that the sentence reflects Calleaux’s “predatory conduct,” which included allowing the child to smoke cigarettes and marijuana, drive his car, and watch pornographic movies.

TWO DIE IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH Two members of Grand Traverse County’s law enforcement community were killed in a motorcycle crash.

Joseph Miller, 48, of Beulah, and Rene HoxiePapineau, 62, of Traverse City, were killed in a crash that occurred at 1:35pm Sept. 1 on US-31 in Benzie County’s Joyfield Township.

Miller worked as a dispatcher for Grand Traverse 911; Hoxie-Papineau ran the evidence and property room at the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s office.

Benzie County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the crash, which occurred while Hoxie-Papineau rode on Miller’s motorcycle in a group with seven other motorcycles. Miller’s bike ran off the shoulder and struck an embankment. Deputies said speed and alcohol did not appear to be factors.

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WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER STOP A 22-year-old Mt. Pleasant woman was jailed following a traffic stop for an equipment violation on I-75.

The woman was pulled over by state police in Crawford County at 8:30pm Sept. 1. Troopers soon discovered the woman was not only driving without a license but also had a warrant out for her arrest in Isabella County for receiving stolen property, along with four other warrants.

The woman was taken to jail in Grayling, where she was to be picked up by Mt. Pleasant Police.

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JFK AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

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bY Isiah Smith America would be a much different country today if JFK had not suffered from a bad back and other serious medical conditions.

If, like young Donald Trump during the Vietnam War, JFK had been stricken by “deadly bone spurs” in his foot, he might never have joined the Navy, never have become a war hero, never have written “While England Slept,” or won the Pulitzer Prize for his “Profiles in Courage.” He almost certainty would not have become the 35th and second youngest president in American History.

As a young man, Kennedy desperately wanted to join the Navy, however, he was originally rejected because of chronic health problems — in particular, a back injury he had sustained playing football while attending Harvard. In 1941, though, his politically connected father used his influence not to keep Jack out of the service, but to get Jack into the service.

Instead of hiding behind Daddy’s money, Kennedy in 1942 volunteered for hazardous PT (motorized torpedo) boat duty in the Pacific.

Lieutenant Kennedy received one of the Navy’s highest honors for gallantry for his heroic actions as a gunboat pilot during World War II. The future president also received a Purple Heart for wounds he received during battle.

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In July 1943, according to the official Navy report, Kennedy and the crew of PT 109 were ordered into combat near the Solomon Islands. In the middle of the night on Aug. 2, their boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer and caught fire. Several of Kennedy’s shipmates were blown overboard into a sea of burning oil.

Kennedy dove in to rescue three of the crew and, in the process, swallowed some of the toxic mixture. (Kennedy would later blame the incident for his chronic stomach problems.)

For 12 hours, Kennedy and his crew clung to the wrecked hull, before he ordered them to abandon ship. Kennedy and the other strong swimmers placed the injured on a makeshift raft, and then took turns pushing and towing the raft four miles to safety on a nearby island.

For six days, Kennedy and his men waited on the island for rescue. They survived by drinking coconut milk and rainwater until native islanders discovered the sailors and offered food and shelter. Every night, Kennedy tried to signal other U.S. Navy ships in the area. He also reportedly scrawled a message on a coconut husk, communicating by gesture to the islanders to ask them to take it to a nearby base at Rendova. On Aug. 8, a Navy patrol boat picked up the haggard survivors.

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On June 12, 1944, while in the hospital recuperating from back surgery, Kennedy received the Navy and Marine Corps medal for “courage, endurance and excellent leadership [that] contributed to the saving of several lives and was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.”

Douglas Brinkley’s recent book, “American Moonshot,” describes JFK as a young man with big ideas, none of which included splashing his name all over tasteless buildings across the globe. Rather than self-promotion, President Kennedy enabled projects that made America

great in the true sense of that word. In 1961, he pledged that America would put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth; in 1969, his intention was realized.

Nobody expected a spoiled, super rich, favored son to grow up to be a man who asked not what his country could do for him, but what he could do for his country. No one would have been surprised if he had emerged from a privileged childhood as an egomaniacal, narcissistic bully whose only concern was his own welfare.

Instead we got Jack Kennedy, a man who, against all odds, spurred the U.S. to shoot for the impossible by leaving this planet and traveling 238,900 miles to an uninhabitable satellite and return with faculties, limbs and mind intact.

McGeorge Bundy, JFK’s national security advisor, considered Kennedy’s pledge scientifically reckless, politically risky, and a “grandstanding play.” But as Brinkley noted, “the man and the hour had met.”

The man outperformed expectations, but he did not live to see his bold promise come to fruition on July 20, 1969. There is little doubt, however, that without his leadership, vision, and courage, the impossible would never have happened.

And without the fortitude forged during his military service, and the resilience he learned in the face of recalcitrant and crippling physical challenges, JFK would not have become the man whose words inspired a nation to reach higher, dig deeper, and accomplish more than we ever thought possible.

The law of unintended consequences was diligently at play in the Apollo Space Program as well; giant leaps in technology, science, and medicine followed America’s space missions. Computer science, understanding how the human body operates under different conditions — the list goes on and on. Without the moonshot, America and the world would be a different place today.

America today is hungry for that kind of leadership. We are desperate to find replacements for men with small minds and microscopic ideas.

Leaders with character, discipline, largeness of heart — where have they gone?

As British novelist Mick Herron noted in his thriller “Joe Country,” the most vicious enemies lurk within. Herron wonders if the myth of “decent gentlemen — [who] uphold values . . . by dint of superior intelligence” has become a fiction.” Herron believes we are now being served by “venal politicians with no values other than the grabbing of power and survival.”

The story of JFK and the moonshot reminds us that it does not have to be this way.

Isiah Smith Jr. is a former newspaper columnist for the Miami Times. He worked as a psychotherapist before attending the University of Miami Law School, where he also received a master’s degree in psychology. In December 2013, he retired from the Department of Energy’s Office of General Counsel, where he served as a deputy assistant general counsel for administrative litigation and information law. Isiah lives in Traverse City with his wife, Marlene.

Inexplicable Jacob Pina, 20, of Westport, Massachusetts, can’t explain his physical oddity, but that’s not stopping him from firmly grasping his 15 minutes of fame. Pina, recently dubbed “Thumb Boy,� unveiled his unusually long (5 inches) right thumb on the TikTok app on Aug. 24, reported Metro News. “There’s no reason it’s so big just an anomaly,�

Pina posted. “I feel great about it. It’s always great to be different and embrace your own essence.� Pina has gained 145,000 followers on the app -- and he’s never lost a thumb war.

Cuteness Overload About a dozen service dogs in Ontario, Canada, took in a performance of “Billy Elliot: The Musical� in August as part of their training through the K-9 Country Inn Working Service Dogs organization. When the actors took their curtain call, nary a whimper or a quiet woof could be heard -- music to the ears of head trainer Laura MacKenzie. During such a performance, dogs are trained to sit under the seat or at their handler’s feet, but MacKenzie told CNN that a few of the dogs peeked over the seats to see the action on stage. Dogs are also exposed to subways, zoos and crowded fairs during their training.

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Firefighters near Estacada, Oregon, rescued a woman on Aug. 20 who had been trapped in a septic tank on her rural property, possibly for two or three days. The unidentified woman, who lives alone, couldn’t alert neighbors of her predicament because they live out of shouting range. Her daughter found her after becoming concerned

when she was unable to reach her mother for four days. Firefighters told KATU that work appeared to be being done on the tank -- a hole had been dug exposing the tank, which had a rusted 2-by-2-foot hole in its lid. The woman had apparently fallen through the hole and was lying in sewage, with her face just above the surface, when rescuers got to her. They did not see any visible injuries on her, but she was transported to a hospital in Portland.

Weird Fetish Sebring, Florida, resident Gary Van Ryswyk, 74, has been charged with practicing medicine without a license following a bizarre incident at his home. According to the arrest report, Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a 911 hang-up call on Aug. 18 were told by Van Ryswyk he had just removed the testicles of a man he’d met on a “website for those who have a fetish for castration.� Officers found a 53-year-old man from the Tampa area lying on a bed, holding a towel to his groin, with said body parts in a jar nearby, BuzzFeed reported. The victim was flown to Tampa for medical treatment. Police also found a surgery room set up in the house with medical equipment and a camera to record the procedures.

Investigators said Van Ryswyk told them he had bought painkillers from England and admitted to performing the surgery on at least one other man and on bulls and other animals while living on a farm growing up. He also said he removed one of his own testicles in 2012. But his most recent procedure went wrong when the “patient� bled profusely, making it difficult for Van Ryswyk to suture the wounds. For now, he’s facing seconddegree felony charges and a $250,000 bond.

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Shanti Witt at the 2018 climb.

A Race to the Top in Empire When there’s a big hill with a long, winding road, what else is there to do but see who can reach the top the fastest?

By Patrick Sullivan It was inevitable, perhaps, that someone would decide to see who could be the fastest to climb that winding road that snakes its way through thick forest to the top of a Lake Michigan bluff at the edge of Leelanau County.

Thus began the Empire Hill Climb, a ragtag race that was born in 1964, went into semiretirement in 1980, returned in 2014, and which has an all-new turbo-charged life since Autoweek signed on as a sponsor last year.

“The thing that attracts us to it is its grassrootness, its accessibility,” Autoweek editor Wes Raynal said. “It’s a very low-key event.”

This year’s climb takes place Saturday, Sept.

14. There’s no entry fee for spectators who want to wander around the pit on Front Street or partway up the hill to the viewing area perched on a ridge above some curves on the 3/4-mile racecourse on Wilco Road.

AFFORDABLE TO ALL The Empire Hill Climb is meant to offer access to any takers. It draws car enthusiasts from near and far, all of whom enter whatever vehicle they think might have a chance to make it to the top in a fast time without spinning out and crashing into a tree.

Raynal estimated the average cost of a car entered in 2018 was $15,000. That reflects the event’s grassroots roots: Entrants are regular people who are free to enter just about anything with four wheels as long as it’s equipped with a roll cage and some minimal safety gear. Most of the cars, though, arrive at the race modified with after-market upgrades and stripped of all of the comforts of daily driving cars.

That means what’s most striking about the field of competitors is the sheer variety.

It’s also how spectators got a chance last year to see professional driver Peter

Cunningham race at blistering speed to the top in an Acura TLX GT owned by RealTime Racing; just prior to Cunningham’s run, a racer puttered to the peak behind the wheel of a ’92 Saturn SL2, a piece of work race director Paul Skinner estimated was purchased for $500.

“We’re keeping the entry fee at a level where it’s affordable to all,” said Skinner, village booster, owner of the Miser’s Hoard antique shop on Front Street and former longtime chamber of commerce president. “They ran up the hill, and the next car going up was Peter Cunningham in the Acura.”

congenial; even some residents who at first were concerned about crowds and noise have come around to support the event, he said.

“How many villages in the entire country close down their Front Street and invite 40 cars to use that as their pit?” Skinner said.

Though he was once a racer, Skinner doesn’t enter nowadays; however, he does take a ceremonial run up the course — in his German-made 1976 Ford Escort RS 2000 — to open the event each year.

“I feel being chairman of it, you know, I’ve got to be there to answer problems,” Skinner said.

“Going as fast as you can up a hill through the woods, you’re right on the limit of control and out of control, and it’s pretty cool.”

That Acura put on a show for the crowd last year, making one run in 18.5 seconds, breaking the course record by two seconds. Cunningham didn’t win the first-place trophy, though. In keeping with the downhome spirit of the race, professionals race in the “exhibition” class, leaving the awards to amateur drivers.

Skinner, an immigrant from the United Kingdom who moved to Empire in 1997, got involved in the hill climb because he’d been running another quirky Empire event that bookends the other side of the summer season, the Asparagus Festival.

When Leelanau County resident Mike Kelty approached him six or seven years ago with stories about the golden age of the Empire Hill Climb, the notion resonated with Skinner, who had raced rally cars in his younger days back in the U.K. Skinner said the revived event has been great for Empire because it’s low-key and

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“INSURANCE, INSURANCE, INSURANCE” Kelty had heard stories about the Empire Hill Climb from his dad. A friend of his had also heard stories about the race from his father. Even though neither Kelty nor his friend had their own recollections of the original hill climb, they would sometimes get together and trade second-hand memories and talk about how cool it would be if it came back.

The 42-year-old Omena resident and selfprofessed “car guy” eventually decided he wanted to try to make it happen again, but often when he raised the idea with people, all he got was discouragement.

“They would say, ‘insurance, insurance, insurance” — they closed it for insurance purposes, and they’ll never allow it to come back,’” Kelty recalled.

But he kept bringing it up with people, and eventually he learned that staging an event like a hill climb might not be as unfeasible as

people thought.

Kelty approached the Leelanau Chamber of Commerce, where he was referred to the Empire Chamber of Commerce, which was then run by Skinner.

Kelty said he was nervous when he approached Skinner at his antique shop. He didn’t know who Skinner was. He worried that after describing what the Empire Hill Climb was and declaring that he wanted the village to bring it back, that he’d be laughed at, called crazy, and asked to leave.

But then he entered the Miser’s Hoard and heard Skinner’s thick English accent.

Kelty remembered that he’d heard about an Englishman that lived in Empire and used to race rally cars back home. This could be that guy, he thought.

And so it was. Skinner loved the idea.

Even more surprising, perhaps, Kelty said, was when he and Skinner made the proposal to the village council, there was almost no resistance.

“I would say that it was 100 percent welcomed because of the fact that it had happened before,” Kelty said.

Now Kelty spends five to eight hours a week year-round working on his mostly stock 1986 Porsche 944 turbo, getting it ready to race up Wilco Road.

He said it’s been great to have the event back, and since Autoweek signed on as sponsor, it’s kicked up several gears. Before Autoweek, the event couldn’t attract 40 cars to enter; now, organizers turn away more cars than used to sign up.

“SOMETHING THAT MY DAD HAD DONE” Skinner also believes that the reason it was relatively painless to bring the event back was because it was so rooted in the history of Empire. Also, Skinner had been running the Asparagus Festival well enough so that village

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TWO-TIME WINNER RETURNS Daniel Milewski will enter his 2002 Chevrolet Corvette for the third time this year.

The 27-year-old calibration engineer who works for the GM Proving Grounds in Milford said that this year he expects the race will be fairly stressful for him. That’s because the first two times he entered, he won.

“The first time it was very stress-free ,and the second time, I had a reputation to uphold, and now I guess the pressure is on for this year,” he said.

Nonetheless, Milewski said he likes the Empire race because it’s a fun way to end the racing season and hang out with friends.

“It’s the weekend after the regular [rally] season is over, and everyone kind of goes to camp and hang out and chitchat a little bit,” Milewski said. “I like the atmosphere and hanging out with other people.”

Shanti Witt, a Troy resident who brought a 1990 BMW 325i to race in the 2018 event, said racing in Empire is more fun than he expected.

He’d gotten into rally car racing a few years ago and decided to try the Empire Hill Climb on a lark. He said he was surprised how thrilling each climb was, considering it’s over in a matter of seconds.

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officials knew that he knew how to do an event.

“When I went in front of them and said this is what we want to do, they didn’t say no,” Skinner said.

The result hasn’t only been an economic stimulus that comes at a perfect time — just as the tourist season is winding down — it also carries sentimental value for people with connections to the original Empire Hill Climb.

The return of the race was especially significant for racer Eric Burmeister, who grew up hearing about the Empire Hill Climb from his dad and has now raced it, himself, as an adult.

Burmeister entered for the third time in 2018 with a friend’s racecar that Burmeister said was known as the “Franken-Carlo” because it looks like a stockcar with a Monte Carlo-ish front end.

Burmeister said the car used to race circle track before he and his friend modified it so it could turn both ways. They thought it would be fun to race it in Empire, even if it lacked the agility and light weight of a lot of the other entrees.

“This race has a lot of history for me,” Burmeister said. “My dad won his class in 1965 in a Mini Cooper S, like that one down on the corner, back when they were brand new. As I grew up, I always heard stories about the Empire Hill Climb and stuff, and then a few years ago, when it came back, I called my dad and told him it was back, and he’s like, ‘No way!’”

That first year, in 2014, Burmeister’s dad got to open the course in a 1966 Corvair.

For Burmeister, the experience brought to life something that had been up until then only family legend.

“I wasn’t even born yet,” he said. “I was born in ’71. And he ran it in like ’65, ’66, somewhere in there, so I wasn’t even around yet. All I saw was the pictures and slides and stuff, so, I was pretty excited when they brought it back, you know. I could kind of do something that my dad had done.”

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“My fastest was 23 flat — 23 seconds of fun,” Witt said. “Going as fast as you can up a hill through the woods, you’re right on the limit of control and out of control, and it’s pretty cool.”

Jimmy Pelizzari, a Traverse City native who works for Autoweek, said the camaraderie among car lovers at the Empire event is what makes it special.

“I was talking to our copy chief. He’d never been to a grass-roots motorsport event before, and he was like, ‘Yeah, it’s like people are really nice and relaxed and, like … helpful.’ [I said] Yeah? ‘I kind of imagined kind of super competitive jerks, or whatever, and it’s really more people just trying to do what they are passionate about and having fun,” Pelizzari said.

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ROSTER FILLS UP FAST The race’s combination of laid-back drivers, the quirky field of entrant cars, and the stunning natural setting at the edge of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Natural Lakeshore make it a one-of-a-kind event. Raynal said he is not aware of another event like it in Michigan.

“I’m not even really sure how may there are around the country,” he said.

And it’s gotten increasingly popular each year. In 2014, they saw just 13 entrees. The next year, there were 18, then 20, and then 27. Last year, there were 52 applicants for 40 spots. This year, the race filled up even faster: Seventy drivers attempted to sign up, Skinner said. Due to time constraints, organizers have no immediate plans to raise the cap beyond 40 racers.

All of the spots this year, though, went to regular drivers. There are no special professional entrees this year.

That’s a bit surprising. It comes despite a taunt from Autoweek right after last year’s climb that touted the all-time course record achieved

by Cunningham in the souped-up Acura.

Autoweek tweeted: “Hey @FordPerformance @TeamChevy @FiatChrysler_NA and @ Cadillac here’s a picture of the @Acura that owns the course record at your backyard hill climb.”

None of the automakers accepted the challenge.

Not this year, anyway.

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NOT ONLY YACHT ROCK CRUISIN’ INTO LITTLE RIVER CASINO Ambrosia’s smooth pop and more drifting in Sept. 14

By Ross Boissoneau When Ambrosia hits the stage at Little River Casino Resort Sept. 14, no doubt fans will want (and get) to hear “How Much I Feel,” “You’re the Biggest Part of Me” and “You’re the Only Woman.” But those pop hits will be balanced by “Nice, Nice, Very Nice,” “Life Beyond LA” and other songs that marry progressive rock, jazz, R&B, and the style of soft, smooth pop that’s been dubbed “yacht rock.”

In other words, the group has the soul of a prog band and the hits of a pop group.

“We have our feet in two worlds,” said bassist and vocalist Joe Puerta.

He and guitarist/vocalist David Pack, keyboard player Christopher North, and drummer/vocalist Burleigh Drummond formed the band; today all except Pack are still onboard.

That marriage of styles makes sense, given Ambrosia’s antecedents. Formed in southern California in the early ’70s, it was inspired early on by the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Other popular outfits of the late ’60s and early ’70s — the Eagles, Jackson Browne, Crosby Stills & Nash — also influenced the band’s direction and vocal harmonies.

Then, a turning point: The members of the group attended a King Crimson concert at Los Angeles’ Whiskey a Go-Go bar on the Sunset Strip.

“We walked out and said, ‘We’ve got to change,’” Puerta said. “We started experimenting.”

When it was suggested that Ambrosia is one of just a handful of prog/pop bands alongside the likes of Supertramp and the Alan Parsons Project, Puerta noted that Parsons mixed the band’s first album and produced the second — and all of the band members appeared on the first Alan Parsons Project recording.

Puerta also mentioned several other artists in the same vein. “Phil Collins, Todd

Rundgren, Hall and Oates. Greg Lake solo played Elvis and the Beatles, showing where he evolved from. There’s a little of that in all of us.”

The band’s first two albums, Ambrosia and Somewhere I’ve Never Traveled, were both firmly in the prog camp, with melodic flourishes. By the time of Life Beyond LA, the more experimental elements were left behind in favor of a more lush sound, with R&B and pop taking hold — much to North’s chagrin.

He left the group during the recording sessions, though he returned as a touring member and contributed to subsequent recordings. “How Much I Feel” became the band’s first pop hit.

The following One Eighty was the band’s biggest seller, with hit singles “You’re the Only Woman” and “You’re the Biggest Part of Me.” But after its next album, Road Island, stalled, the band broke up.

In the years following, Pack was frequently absent, producing and performing with other musicians, and eventually left the band permanently. Puerta joined Bruce Hornsby and the Range (Hornsby was briefly a touring member of Ambrosia). Drummond and his wife, keyboard player, vocalist and arranger Mary Harris, a mainstay of Jimmy Buffet’s band, established their own band and their own studio; Puerta built a studio as well.

Today Puerta, North, and Drummond are joined as permanent members, along with Harris, Doug Jackson on guitars and backing vocals, and Ken Stacey on lead and backing vocals and guitar. Puerta said their shows balance their deep cuts with the hits, depending on the venue and the tour. In package tours, typically their time onstage is limited and the audience is more interested in the pop side. Ironically, one of the band’s frequent touring partners is Little River Band, who served as an opening act for Ambrosia when Little River Band was just getting started. Today the roles are reversed,

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with Ambrosia as the opener when they tour together.

That’s just one of the vagaries of today’s music industry. Though both Puerta and Drummond own and run studios, making a new album is still an expensive proposition — and one that’s relatively pointless without a label and distribution network.

“One of the frustrating things is we have a lot of material stored up. The problem is there’s no real interest in it from recording companies. It’s a whole new world from when we grew up,” said Puerta of the music industry. “The primary thing is to make a living touring.

“I realize how tough it is for anyone,” he continued. “My studio in Milwaukee mainly caters to local [artists] trying to establish themselves. Life Beyond LA was dedicated to all the young musicians trying to make it.”

So Ambrosia has made it, weathered personal and personnel storms, and today continues performing music the band and its audience enjoy. That includes their own hits as well as “The Way It Is” from Puerta’s time with Hornsby, the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour,” which Ambrosia covered on the cult classic 1976 film All This And World War II, and maybe a couple other surprises.

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Flying Boy Wonder Reaching for the Stars

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By Ross Boissoneau For most kids, saying “I’m going to run away and join the circus” is an empty threat.

Alyk Fuller isn’t most kids. In fact, at 23, he’s not a kid at all. But he is running away to join the circus.

By the time you read this, the Traverse City resident will be attending his first days of a three-year professional track training at the New England Center for Circus Arts, in Brattleboro, Vermont — one of the most prestigious circus schools in the country and, some say, the world.

His career choice is unique, but even more so, perhaps, is the story of Fuller himself, a kid who, by most statistics, wouldn’t seem destined to fly, whether in a circus or life.

His childhood was difficult. His father was diagnosed with MS, he lost two stepfathers, his family was impacted by drug and alcohol addiction, and he often moved from home to home. His mom passed away, after a long fight with addiction, three years ago.

A turning point had arrived when he was 15. The folks at Water’s Edge Gymnastics in Traverse City made a deal with Fuller: In exchange for cleaning the gym, he could take free lessons. Gradually, he gained skills in gymnastics, parkour, and eventually began teaching.

He said he found solace and joy in working with youngsters, teaching them some of the same things he’s learned to do with his body and his life.

“Teaching others is huge. I wanted to bring positivity, turn that negative 180 degrees,” he said. Providing for others, teaching and sharing, giving them a sense of

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accomplishment and friendship helped him as well.

“I was lucky enough to find a community of friends and family who have encouraged me to work hard toward my goals, and [that] helped me serve as a role model to my little sister,” he said.

Also lucky: finding a partner who shared similar dreams and values. “My girlfriend [Michelle Mazzarella] has been a dancer her whole life,” Fuller said. “She moved to Traverse City to work at Interlochen.” They met at the gym and got to know one another.

“We finally went out on a date. Now we push each other,” he said.

They’ve pushed each other all the way to Vermont. Both Fuller and Mazzarella were accepted into and are attending NECCA this fall. But it’s not cheap. That’s why, in addition to saving money from his three jobs, Fuller this summer launched a fundraising campaign on GoFundMe. “It’s a three-year program, and there’s no financial aid through the government. With no parents to help, it seemed like a pretty improbable goal. I never dreamed I’d be able to do it,” he said.

But as of press time, Fuller had raised $8,285 of the $10,7500 required for the first year’s tuition. He announced the achievement online, saying “I WILL BE ATTENDING CIRCUS SCHOOL IN THE FALL. Thank you all for this amazing opportunity. It is incredible that I will be attending my dream school, working hard toward my dream job, and making my life become the best I can make it.”

Although he’ll need to earn and raise more money for the next several years, he said the achievement of being able to pay for one year is something for which he’s

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extraordinarily thankful and grateful.

Fuller said he anticipates a challenging environment at NECCA, learning skills including dance, theatre, trapeze, trampoline, and more. “One thing I do is a lot of flips. I do flips on the ground well, but I’ve had no proper training. I’m in shape and flexible.” So flexible that his audition tape included his landing a splits, which he said is an important skill and demonstration of what he’s capable of.

So after NECCA, what then? He said there are opportunities with professional circus organizations such as Cirque du Soleil, Cirque Italia, and Cirque Mecanics, as well as other industries, including theatre, film and television. “The professional industry is hard to get into,” he said, adding it is important to have good training and multiple skills.

Down the road he envisions using those skills and his entrepreneurial spirit. “My five- or 10-year goal — I’d like to have a street show. Private events — that’s another place you can take circus [skills]. Stunts for film or theater is possible, after you gain acrobatic skills and have air experience.”

He also doesn’t intend to leave his hometown permanently in his rear view mirror. “I want to bring something awesome back to the community. My first goal is to bring something back to the National Cherry Festival,” he said.

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Narnia in Northern Michigan How a Monthlong Festival Honoring C.S. Lewis Took Over Petoskey

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By Ross Boissoneau Petoskey might seem an unlikely location to fete an author who probably had never heard of the city — one who, in fact, had never even set foot in the United States. But that’s not stopped enthusiasts from nearly two decades of explications and celebrations of the life and works of C.S. Lewis.

This year is no different. The 17th annual C.S. Lewis Festival, which runs through October, will begin Sept. 20 with a luncheon and preview of the festival with Crystal and David Downing, the co-directors of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts college in Illinois. The Marion E. Wade Center is a robust research collection dedicated to seven British Christian authors “who provide a distinctive blend of intellect, imagination, and faith”: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dorothy L. Sayers, George MacDonald, G.K. Chesterton, Owen Barfield, and Charles Williams.

So why C.S. Lewis — and why Petoskey?

The festival began innocently enough, when filmmaker David Crouse moved his family from Chicago to Walloon Lake in the early aughts. He had produced a documentary, The Magic Never Ends: The Life and Work of C.S. Lewis, and had connections to Bay View, where he wanted to show the film prior to its debut on PBS. Others jumped on board, including Tom and Sarah Arthur, the latter of whom wrote devotional books based on the works of Tolkien (“Walking with Frodo”) and Lewis (“Walking Through the Wardrobe: A Devotional Quest into the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”).

MISE EN SCÉNE Also lending itself to Petoskey is the setting for much of Lewis’s writing. There is a lot of phraseology in his work about “northerness,” which McDevitt said area enthusiasts take to heart. Add to that the topography of the surrounding area, from the coastlines to the rolling hills (not to mention snowy winters), which also mimic some of that found in Lewis’s writing, and the fact some of the buildings date from his time, and it seemed like Lewis and Petoskey were indeed made for each other.

Since its inception, the festival has won state-wide recognition and has drawn not only expert international figures — like Douglas Gresham, stepson of C. S. Lewis and co-producer of the Narnia movies; Rev. Dr. Michael Ward, chaplain of Peterhouse, Cambridge U.K., and former warden of The Kilns; and Dr. Andrew Cuneo, former president of the Oxford CSL Society — it has

Lewis’s diverse writings — fiction, children’s literature, poetry, literary criticism, Christian apologetics, and personal letters — along with details about his life, provide ample subject matter for discussion, drama, music, creative writing, and visual arts at the festival.

spawned major local connections, such as a Modern Mythology class at North Central Michigan College and an annual children’s performance of “Narnia: The Musical.”

The festival’s impact on younger enthusiasts also has led to a writing workshop program at the local schools.

Fifth grade students have been provided books and materials to work on their own interpretations of C.S. Lewis works.

McDevitt said, for her, that’s been the best part of the festival — seeing its impact on the students.

“It’s a unique opportunity for reading, writing and public speaking,” she said. It’s been so successful it has now been moved into the fourth grade classrooms.

BEYOND NARNIA McDevitt said each year offers something a little different, from poetry contests to theatrical performances. “This year the Bay View Library is opening Friday with the lecture with David and Crystal Downing,” she said. It will include the reading of letters between Lewis and fellow author Dorothy Sayers, displaying the various facets of their friendship.

It concludes Oct. 29 with a book discussion on Lewis’s book “The Great Divorce” at St. Andrews Anglican Church.

In between are book signings, discussions, and Saturday Seminars on everything Lewis.

While the “Narnia” books get the most attention, McDevitt noted all Lewis’s writings are fodder for examination and discussion.

The festival is also noteworthy for being self-sustaining. “The first year it was profitable,” said McDevitt. “Scholars and professors are not too costly. It’s fun for them to talk about Lewis.

That’s why it has lasted.

“It’s a small group that has become larger and larger. People discover Lewis.

The films helped, as has the resurgence of interest in Tolkien. Maybe it’s the shape of the world.”

Maybe. Perhaps it’s also the way it’s been embraced by the schools. The Narnia passports and costumes can’t hurt.

Or maybe it’s the sheer breadth and depth of the works of C.S. Lewis and his contemporaries and comrades. Whatever the reasons, it continues this year and hopefully into the future as well. For more information and a complete schedule, go to www.cslewisfestival.org.

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By Danielle Horvath “The Figs,” as Jaimee and Bryon Figueroa are affectionately called, have been working in the restaurant business since they were old enough to get work permits. Their new venture, Figs Breakfast and Lunch in Lake Leelanau, reflects everything they’ve learned along the way — plus a little more via a sudden crash course.

“We always dreamt we would have our own place — we didn’t know it would come as quick as it did,” said Jaimee Figueroa.

Bryon Figueroa, who had spent time in the kitchens of Otsego Club & Resort and Treetops Resort, both in Gaylord, had long wanted more opportunities to grow as a chef. He went looking for a change a few years ago, interviewing at restaurants from Bay Harbor to Holland, eventually nabbing a chef position at the Blue Bird in Leland.

He next added wine dinners for Old Mission Peninsula’s Chateau Chantal to his resume.

Then, a turning point came when the couple least expected it. Bryon Figueroa took a summer job at The Redheads Café and Tasting Room, a petite and long-beloved roadside eatery in the tiny hamlet of Lake Leelanau. The red-headed sister owners, who had originally opened the space in 1997 as Kejara’s Bridge, decided in 2017 to focus on the distribution of their The Redheadsbrand products — hummus, granola, organic tofu veggie or black bean burgers, granola, etc. They offered to lease the space to Bryon and Jamiee.

The couple, who met working in a restaurant, leapt at the chance to run their own together.

“We knew it would be very time consuming, and we would have to arrange it to fit our family,” said Jamiee Figueroa. (The couple has four children, age eight months to 14 years.) But as it turns out, shaping a

restaurant business to suit their family’s needs wasn’t an obstacle; it helped make Fig’s the success it is.

“We dine out a lot and have a big family,” said Jamiee Figueroa. “We wanted quality food in a casual atmosphere that was small and cozy. The menu comes from Bryonhaving a vision for locally sourced, fresh food — the food we like to eat. He wants to use every seasonal flavor he can.”

If the family palate was important, family time was critical. The couple decided to focus on serving breakfast and lunch only — no dinner service. “We have young kids. It works for us with our family to have nights off,” said Jaimee Figueroa.

Bryon Figueroa admitted the earlier schedule and menu was a departure from what he’d known, and he was nervous when they first opened. “I hadn’t been off a professional cooking line in 20 years, and breakfast was new to me,” he said. “That first week of July [when we opened], it took some building up of stamina, but it has been better than expected.”

Patrons would likely agree. Because Figs driven by fresh and local foods, the menu changes often — daily in the summer.

In spring, dishes might include fresh strawberries and asparagus. When peaches are in, customers will find peaches and cream on the menu. As summer progresses to fall, dishes will reflect what is in season.

They use local ingredients as far into the winter as they can.

“We can get to about April with our homemade hot sauce and pickled veggies.

March brings new items that are not available locally, but those who stick out the winter with us get to try some more exotic dishes,” said Bryon Figueroa.

Recent breakfast choices included Fig’s Sweet Coconut French Toast, made using fresh Bay Bread, Guernsey cream egg batter, Michigan blueberries, Fig’s lemon curd,

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and toasted coconut; and the Fig’s Burrito, made with their own fresh ground sausage, scrambled eggs, cumin-dusted potato, organic pinto beans and Farm Country cheddar in a grilled El Milagro flour tortilla — served with Fluffy Bottom Farms cilantro yogurt and house-made hot sauce. Also a hit: Fig’s Sweet Veggie Hash is a burst of flavor in every bite, with sweet potato, Loma Farms greens, organic vegetables, two poached eggs or quinoa, and locally baked bread. All breakfasts run $7-12.

As for lunch, a variety of burgers could be on the menu at any given time, including the TNT Burger —turkey meat, Fig’s Tasso ham, fried green tomato, pepper relish, greens, and chili aioli on a 9 Bean Rows brioche bun, served alongside Loma Farms’ roasted Bok choy. Other burger choices, $16, could include Yak, beef, or lamb.

Brian Figueroa does all the meat butchering in-house and makes his own soup stock. For his popular Celery Corn Chowder, he adds roasted local corn, Loma Farms celery and Guernsey cream. The pork taco uses a braised shoulder of Michigan-

Clockwise from top left: Jaimee and Bryon, Eggs Benedict, Coconut French Toast, Sweet Potato Hash, the TNT Burger

raised pork, jalapeno aioli, heirloom tomato salsa, and queso fresco on an El Milagro flour or corn tortilla, all served with marinated cucumbers.

To wet your whistle, there’s Higher Grounds coffee, Light of Day Organics tea, Michigan Hops Soda and Cold-pressed beet or carrot juice.

While customers no doubt credit The Figs’ energy, passion, and menu for bringing them back season after season, The Figs are quick to credit the loyalty and talent of the staff they have, which has returned as a full crew for the past three years. “One of our waitresses lives up the hill and walks to work, one of our dishwashers has been on the line since we opened,” said Brian Figueroa. “We couldn’t do this without them.”

Find It: Fig’s is located at 202 W. Main St. in Lake Leelanau. It’s 8am to 2pm Wednesdays through Sundays, year-round. (231) 2562222, or search Fig’s Breakfast & Lunch on Facebook.

IGGY POP CHILLS OUT Detroiter Iggy Pop has a new solo album out: Free, which arrived last week on Loma Vista Records. The album’s first single, “James Bond,” is a good indicator of the rest of the album’s direction, a surprisingly jazzymeets-ambient effort that’s noticeably more low-key and chill that previous Pop releases.

The single was written and produced by Leron Thomas, a jazz composer and trumpet player; it’s part of Pop’s effort to collaborate with other musicians, wherein they provide the songs, and he sings the vocals …

Singer Angel Olsen is prepping for her Jagjaguwar Records album release for All Mirrors, which hits outlets Oct. 4. The first single from that album — the title track — has just been released, with an accompanying video that features Olsen in monochrome, meeting herself as a mirror image. This will be Olsen’s first album since her critically acclaimed 2016 release, My Woman. The past couple of years have found her primarily collaborating with other musicians, including Mark Ronson and Alex Cameron ...

A new rock documentary that examines the relationship between John Lennon and Yoko Ono around the time of the Imagine album release is on the way from filmmaker Michael Epstein. John and Yoko: Above Us

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ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

Only Sky not only features interviews with Ono and Julian Lennon, John’s son with first wife, Cynthia Lennon, but also the musicians who played on Imagine. It also digs into the couple’s respective childhoods, artwork, and choice causes through previously unreleased recordings, rare photos, and other documents. The movie will be out Sept. 13, with later releases on DVD and Blu-Ray …

Deftones has released the lineup for the second edition of its own Dia De Los Deftones Festival, taking place this year on Saturday, Nov. 2, in San Diego. Named after Mexico’s Dia De Los Muertos celebration, the fest will include live performances from a wide range of artists, including Chvrches, Gojia, JPEGMAFIA, Youth Code, Brutus, and more. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster, and the band said in a press release that it’s confident the event will offer “something for everyone” …

LINK OF THE WEEK Ed Sheeran’s newest album, No. 6 Collaborations Project, has spawned a number of unique singles as his sound shifts alongside other artists. The latest pairing is with the punky rapper Travis Scott for the track, “Antisocial.” The song’s video presents both musicians as a shortlist of colorful costumed characters in surreal

environments. Check it out at https://youtu. be/CfkxLRuSteI ...

release a new single, with a new EP on the way early next year …

THE BUZZ Snag your tickets now for next week’s Calexico and Iron and Wine dual concert coming up at Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids …

Fresh off of Battle Creek’s Leilapalooza Festival, Grand Rapids psychedelic bluesfolk-rock band On the Line is preparing to

Two Door Cinema Club is heading to the Royal Oak Theater next week for a big show on Sept. 19 … 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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HARBOR SPRINGS CYCLING CLASSIC: The 20, 45 or 60 mile cycle routes include the Tunnel of Trees, or you can choose from 14 to 30 miles to ride on a paved trail route that utilizes the Little Traverse Wheelway. All activity starts & stops at the Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs, including a lunch that ends at 3pm. Must start ride between 7:30am & 9:30am. Advance registration: $30 adult, $20 ages 6-12, free for 5 & under.

Includes route map, refreshment stops, sag service & lunch. birchwoodinn.com/hscyclingclassic.html

---------------------RED WINGS HOST NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: Centre Ice Arena, TC. The tournament runs Sept. 6-10. The eight-team field consists of prospects from the Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues & Toronto Maple Leafs. centreice.org

---------------------AAUW SEPTEMBER BRUNCH: 9am, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. Kelly Hirko, Ph.D. & Jean Kerver, Ph.D., assistant professors of epidemiology at Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, will discuss their research on area health issues. Suggested $10 donation. aauwtc.org

---------------------FATHER FRED FOUNDATION FALL GARAGE SALE: 9am-3pm, 826 Hastings St., TC. Clothing, household goods, jewelry, antiques & collectibles & some furniture. Benefits Father Fred Foundation. fatherfred.org

---------------------TC MUSIC BOOSTERS USED INSTRUMENT SALE: TC West Middle School. If you have a musical instrument to sell, drop it off between 9am & 11:30am. Appraisers will be available to help determine the value. Return between 4-5pm to pick up your check or unsold instrument. TC Music Boosters keeps 15% of all sales to fund student music scholarships & classroom mini-grants. If you would like to buy an instrument, shop from 1-4pm. 933-6984. traversecitymusicboosters.com

---------------------9/11 HONOR RUN 5K: 9:30am, F&M Park, TC. This run will honor those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, as well as local first responders & veterans. $35. runsignup. com/Race/MI/TraverseCity/911HonorRun

---------------------14TH ANNUAL MIKE MCINTOSH TRUCK & CAR SHOW: 11am-2:30pm, NMC’s Automotive Services Building, TC. Car enthusiasts will display their classic cars, 4x4s, dragsters, sports cars, modified late models, motorcycles & more. Also enjoy food, music, prizes & more.

Free. nmc.edu/programs/academic-programs/ automotive-service-technology/classic-carshow/index.html

---------------------CLASSIC SAIL, PADDLE & ROW BOAT SHOW: 11am-4pm, Discovery Pier, TC. Pre-

sented by Maritime Heritage Alliance. Enjoy live maritime music, sail model boats, see rope work, tour watercraft & more. Free. maritimeheritagealliance.org

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---------------------HARVEST STOMPEDE: 11am-6pm. This weekend kicks off the fall harvest season along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. Featuring cool-climate wines & culinary delights. Includes a self-guided tour along the trail, where you’re free to visit any of the 26 participating wineries in any order you choose on both Sat. & Sun., Sept. 7-8. Tickets: $40; good for both days. No Harvest Stompede RACE this year. lpwines. com/events/harvest-stompede

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send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am-1pm: Abra Berens will read from & talk about her book “Ruffage.” 1-3pm: Deborah Miller will sign her book “The Essence of Shade.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------MUNSON HEALTHCARE HOSPICE MEMORIAL BUTTERFLY RELEASE: 11am, Senior Center Network, TC. Free. munsonhomehealth.org

---------------------MUSICIANS OF THE TITANIC: 11am, Cadillac Wexford Public Library. A biographic photo presentation of the Titanic musicians & the legacies that each left behind. Presented by David Kaplan. The eight musicians on the Titanic played light, spirited music on the decks of the sinking ship until the end. Free. friendsofthecadillaclibrary.com

---------------------4TH ANNUAL ADVENTURAMA: TC’S GAME OF STRATEGY: Noon, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Adventurama is a game of strategy played atop bicycles on the neighborhood streets & trails of TC. Part scavenger hunt, urban expedition, kids-on-bikes fundraiser, geocaching & costume contest. Pedaling squads of 3-5. $50 donation/squad. Benefits the TC area Safe Routes To School initiative. Hosted

by Norte. Find on Facebook.

---------------------COMMUNITY PIG ROAST: 12-4pm, Grant United Methodist Church, Buckley. Featuring live music, pony rides, a silent auction & yard games. Free; goodwill offering. grantumcbuckley.com

---------------------“SCRABBLE SCRAMBLE” FUNDRAISER: 1pm, Stafford’s Pier Restaurant, Wheelhouse Lounge, Harbor Springs. Each team member is asked to raise pledges of at least $50 for the Harbor Springs Library. 231-526-2531. harborspringslibrary.org

---------------------EMERALD ISLE IRISH FEILE: Beaver Island, Sept. 6-8. A celebration of Irish history, music, dancing & old-fashioned Irish fun. Performers include the Byrne Brothers, Andro, Finvarra’s Wren, Brother Crowe, Milwaukee Currach Club, Scoil Rince no Bhroanain Dance Group & more. irishfeile.com

---------------------MACKINAW CITY BEER & WINE FESTIVAL: 1-9pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City.

ANNIVERSARY OPENING DAY CELEBRATION AT OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE, TC: 9am. Sept 13, Celebrate the opening of the first production, Oscar Wilde’s comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The Cracked Breakfast Truck will be in the parking lot until 1pm & in the lower level there will be tea from Light of Day Organics, floral & garden paintings by local artists, ticket sales, & Playhouse information tables. Free. oldtownplayhouse.com Admission, $5; includes tasting glass & 3 drink tickets. mackinawcity.com/event-detail/mackinaw-city-beer-wine-festival

---------------------4TH ANNUAL FLOWER OF LIFE HEALING RETREAT & FESTIVAL: 10557 N. 19 Rd., Buckley, Sept. 6-8. Featuring a healing lodge, drum circles, healing circles, Strongheart drum meditation, psychics, mediums, workshops, music, native flute by Mark Thunderwalker, a labyrinth & much more. Tickets for one day are $20.

Three days: $50. flowerofliferetreat.weebly.com

---------------------PATTY STEELE’S BOOK LAUNCH: 3pm, Kensington Church, TC. “The Gift of Second Chances: When Shame Isn’t Enough: Seeking Freedom From Addiction” is a painful & heartfelt story that touches those affected by alcoholism & addiction.

---------------------BOOTS & BLING: 5-8pm, Otsego County Sportsplex, Gaylord. A Girls’ Night Out Event. Featuring food & beverages, music, cooking demos, games & prizes, crafts, shopping & more. Donate an item of clothing to the Caring Closet & be entered to win. $5. ocsportsplex.com/girls-night-out

---------------------27TH ANNUAL CROOKED RIVER FIREFIGHTERS OPEN CAR & TRUCK SHOW: Downtown Alanson. Tonight is Cruise Night. Line-up at 5:30pm, followed by a Poker Run & corn roast.

AN EVENING WITH JOHN U. BACON: 6pm, Petoskey Middle School. John will discuss his latest book, “Overtime: Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines at the Crossroads of College Football.” Tickets: 231.347.1180. $5. mcleanandeakin.com/event/john-u-bacon

---------------------GT BAY YMCA HOSTS INAUGURAL CLASSICS UNDER THE LIGHTS FUNDRAISER: 6-10pm. A classic car show will be held under the lights at Pit Spitter Park, TC. You can also bid on silent auction items & enjoy live music

by Common Cents. All proceeds support the YMCA’s Annual Campaign, which funds financial assistance for those who can’t afford child care or membership to the Y. Free. gtbayymca. org/classics-under-the-lights

---------------------ROTARY HOE DOWN & LIVE AUCTION: 6:30pm, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord.

Featuring food trucks, square dancing, live music by Steel & Wood and Double Wide Ride & more. Must be 21. $25. gaylordrotary.org/page/ hoedown-2019

---------------------LEELANAU CONSERVANCY YOGA SUMMER SERIES: 7:30pm, Van’s Beach, Leland.

With Katherine Palms. Proceeds benefit the Leelanau Conservancy. A slow flow practice modified for outdoor purposes. The focus is on

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Located 2 miles from downtown Boyne City, across from Young State Park.

For reservations call 855-ZIP-INFO or visit WILDWOODRUSH.com

integrating breath & movement through Sun Salutations, balancing & core work. All levels welcome. Donation based. leelanauconservancy.org

presented by Kelly Ferguson, Dave Reck & Sue Reck, to commemorate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. 231-331-4318. Free.

THE SERIES @ LAVENDER HILL FARM, BOYNE CITY: 7:30pm. Featuring Suzie Vinnick, 3X Juno nominee, CFMA Award winner, & a 10-time winner of the Maple Blues Award for songwriting, female vocalist, acoustic act & more. $15. lavenderhillfarm.com/the-series BOB SAGET: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. A star of “Full House” & “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” Saget has also been a standup comedian for over 30 years. Most recently, Saget can be seen in the hit Netflix series, “Fuller House,” & he directed & starred in the 2019 independent film, “Benjamin.” Tickets range from $43-$73. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/comedian-bob-saget

TRAVERSE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAGNER GALA WITH OTHALIE GRAHAM: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. $25.50-$61.50. traversesymphony. org/concert/wagner-gala

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27TH ANNUAL CROOKED RIVER FIREFIGHTERS OPEN CAR & TRUCK SHOW: Downtown Alanson.

The Open Car & Truck Show is held today from 7am-2:15pm.

---------------------RED WINGS HOST NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 7)

---------------------AUTUMN FESTIVAL CAR & MOTORCYCLE SHOW: 12-4pm, Tom’s Food Market Parking Lot, Interlochen. Presented by the Interlochen Chamber of Commerce. Registration at 10am. $10 advance; $15 day of. interlochenchamber. org/annual-car-show-festival.html

---------------------CLASSIC SAIL, PADDLE & ROW BOAT SHOW: 12-4pm, Discovery Pier, TC. Enjoy small craft on display, boat tours, maritime skill demonstrations, music & activities. Free. maritimeheritagealliance.org

---------------------HARVEST STOMPEDE: 12-5pm. This weekend kicks off the fall harvest season along the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. Featuring coolclimate wines & culinary delights. Includes a self-guided tour along the trail, where you’re free to visit any of the 26 participating wineries in any order you choose on both Sat. & Sun., Sept. 7-8. Tickets: $40; good for both days. lpwines.com/events/harvest-stompede

---------------------NW MICHIGAN LIBERTARIAN BBQ, MEET & GREET: Noon, Kentwood Heritage Park, Cadillac. Bring the kids to swim & play while you meet local Libertarian Party leaders & find out how you can be involved. You are welcome to bring a dish to pass. For questions email: nwmichiganlibertarians@gmail.com. nwmichiganlibertarians.org

---------------------EMERALD ISLE IRISH FEILE: (See Sat., Sept. 7)

---------------------PORCHFEST 2019: 1pm. The Central Neighborhood Association is hosting a free afternoon event showcasing local music & talent performances on multiple front porches in the Central Neighborhood. Join in this ‘walkable’ event as the TC community strolls from house to house. tccna1.wixsite.com/tcporchfest2019

---------------------“THE LOST DOUGHBOYS OF GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY”: 2pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society & local historian/Interlochen Arts Academy instructor Brian McCall.

This program will discuss the local perspective on those who fought in World War I. Free. traversehistory.wordpress.com

---------------------4TH ANNUAL FLOWER OF LIFE HEALING RETREAT & FESTIVAL: (See Sat., Sept. 7)

---------------------CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 101: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. An overview of the United States Constitution will be

------------------------------------------“MURDER ON MAUI”: 5-8pm, Sportsplex, Gaylord. A murder mystery dinner theatre. Presented by Gaylord Community Productions.

Doors open at 4:30pm. 989-731-3546. $25. ocsportsplex.com/murder-mystery-dinner-theatre

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RED WINGS HOST NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 7)

NMRPOA: 11:30am, Harrington’s By The Bay, TC. Northern Michigan Rental Property Owners Association (NMRPOA), a non-profit organization assisting landlords & real estate investors, will have their lunch meeting. Guest speaker will be Clay Powell, director of RPOA. Free.

---------------------OTP YOUNG COMPANY AUDITIONS FOR “THE OUTSIDERS”: 4-6pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. This is a play about young people who still have hope in the midst of struggle. Auditions are open to students ages 9-18. Free. oldtownplayhouse.com/ young-co

---------------------GT HUMANISTS PRESENT DR. JIM FOX: 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. A cardiologist with Traverse Heart and Vascular, Dr. Jim Fox will talk about the science behind which foods are best for us, & which are just hype. Free. gthumanists.org

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RED WINGS HOST NHL PROSPECT TOURNAMENT: (See Sat., Sept. 7)

COFFEE @ TEN: “THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE IN MUSIC & ART”: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring Dr. Amanda Sewell of Interlochen Public Radio. Attendees will see art

by Augusta Savage, Archibald Motley & William Johnson, & hear music by Duke Ellington, William Grant Still & Florence Price, among others. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Paint a big leaf & print your design on a square of fabric. Held from 11am-noon & 2-3pm. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------STATE OF THE COMMUNITY 2019: 11:30am1:30pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Learn from community leaders about their successes & upcoming initiatives, as well as specific topics that are timely & insightful to businesses & the Charlevoix community. 231-547-2101.

---------------------FOOD PRESERVATION PRESENTATION: 1pm, Bellaire Public Library. Learn tips & tricks that can make preserving food less scary from MSU Extension educator Kara Lynch. 989-3174079. Free. antrimcd.com/food-preservation-presentation.html

---------------------OTP YOUNG COMPANY AUDITIONS FOR “THE OUTSIDERS”: (See Mon., Sept. 9)

---------------------4:45 CLUB: 4:45pm, The Bearded Dogg Lounge, Gaylord.

---------------------KIM DARST - HUSKY HAVEN KENNELS: 6:30-8pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Community Room. Kim will share what it takes to prepare, train & race in the Iditarod.

BENZIE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 50TH ANNUAL MEETING: 7pm, Elberta Live Saving Station. Highlights include a membership vote for two new board members & “An Elberta Girl: Reminiscences of about the Village” to be presented by Elberta native Cathie Glarum Stall. 231.882.5539. By donation. benziemuseum.org

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WOMEN CAN WOMEN DO - EMMET COUNTY: 11am1:30pm, Bay Harbor Yacht Club, Petoskey. This luncheon raises funds for critical programs & services provided by the Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan to women, children & families in Emmet, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Otsego & Antrim counties. 231-347-0067. Find on Facebook.

---------------------GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES: 2pm, Benzie Historical Museum, Benzonia. Presented by the Benzie Area Genealogical Society & Katherine Willson.

Katherine will introduce to you the records that are available & how you access them.

---------------------LET’S TALK ABOUT GREAT WRITING: JIM HARRISON: 2pm, Leland Township Library.

Enjoy Leland Township Library’s Great Books reading & discussion program led by Norm Wheeler. The text will be Jim Harrison’s essay, “Private Religion,” from his memoir “Off to the Side.” Jim’s longtime secretary, Joyce Bahle, will join for the discussion. Stop by the front desk at the library to pick up a copy of the essay ahead of time. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------CHAT ABOUT TRIPLE-BOTTOM-LINE DESIGN: 3-7pm, Waterfire Vineyards, Kewadin.

Learn about how design can balance human needs with the physical limits & flows of nature.

Featuring SEEDS volunteer & biomimicist, Will Nichols PhD.

---------------------BUSINESS AFTER HOURS TAILGATE: 5-7pm, NCMC, Petoskey. Networking, prizes & food. 989-732-6333. $5 members.

---------------------FREE CTAC SCHOOL OF MUSIC STRINGS WORKSHOP: 5:30-6:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, School of Music Studio, Petoskey.

Students ages 5 & up can try their hand at the ukulele, violin, viola, cello, or string bass. crookedtree.org/class/ctac-petoskey/free-ctacschool-music-strings-workshop

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING: MODERN MYTHS: 5:30pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom.

Join Dr. Suzanne Rosenthal Shumway on an investigative journey into the nature of myths that influence our culture. Some of the works considered will be “The Lord of the Rings,” “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” & “Star Wars.” Free. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------TWILIGHT TOUR: 6pm, Lakeview Hill Farm, TC. Learn from & connect with other farmers & gardeners. Farmers John & Bailey will showcase year round hoop house growing, renewable energy & their path to acquiring land as first generation farmers. RSVP by emailing: daniel@crosshatch. org. Free. crosshatch.org/events/2019/9/11/twilight-tour-extended-agriculture

---------------------FALL FORAGING IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Clay Bowers will teach you everything about foraging, from roots & leaves to nuts & berries. Free. tadl.org/event/fall-foraging-withclay-bowers

sept thursday 12

PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: Sept. 12-14. Experience the Chain of Lakes Water Trail & lakeside communities that

surround it. Non-competitive. paddleantrim. com/paddle-antrim-festival

---------------------TASTE OF BENZIE & BEYOND: 11:30am3:30pm, Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Annual food, wine & beer tasting event.

---------------------GRAND TRAVERSE MUSICALE PROGRAM: MIKE SULLIVAN: 1pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Donations welcomed. gtmusicale.org

---------------------PETOSKEY CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Entertainment provided by the Blissfest Music Organization. Advance registration required. $10 members; $15 not-yet members. petoskeychamber.com/businessafter-hours

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A POETRY WORKSHOP: FINDING BEAUTY & RHYTHM IN POETRY: 6:30-7:30pm, Interlochen Public Library, Conference Room. The poets discussed include Mary Oliver, Phillip Levine, Jim Harrison, Joy Harjo, the new Poet Laureate, Fleda Brown, & Jack Gilbert. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------AUTHOR TALK BY SUZANNE DALTON: 7pm, Central Lake District Library, Central Lake. Learn to attack cancer or any life-threatening medical event in the process from this author of “A Year Lost, A Life Gained.” 231544-2517.

---------------------FREE EDUCATION WORKSHOP: “IDENTIFYING & HARVESTING NORTHERN MI FUNGI”: 7-9pm, NCMC, Petoskey. Presented

by Marilynn Smith, expert mycologist. There will be classroom study of edible & poisonous mushrooms in the area, as well as field trips to collect & identify fungi in the field. Register: 231-348-6613. ncmich.edu

---------------------HOW TO WALK A LABYRINTH WITH BETH CHRISTIANSEN: 7pm, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC. Education & Outreach Specialist at Lake Superior State University’s Center for Freshwater Research and Education Beth Christiansen will discuss techniques for walking labyrinths for health, wellness & healing benefits. Get your free ticket. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------CONCERT ON THE HILL: PETER BERGIN: 7:30pm, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Beulah. This ragtime artist will explore the intersection of ragtime with early American Parlor music from the 1850’s-1930 featuring Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Scott Joplin, Eubie Blake & George Gershwin. Free will offerings benefit Northwest Michigan Supportive Housing & The Women’s Resource Center. Free.

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2019 MICHIGAN TREE CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIP & ARBOR FAIR: The Village at GT Commons, TC. Professional tree climbers will perform five different events in preliminary rounds of competition. Each event tests the competitor’s ability to professionally & safely maneuver in a tree while performing work-related tree care tasks in a timely manner. Free. asm-isa.org

---------------------PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Sept. 12)

---------------------RED WINGS HOST TRAINING CAMP: Centre Ice Arena, TC, Sept. 13-16. Red Wings players, prospects & tryouts will be divided into teams who will practice & scrimmage throughout camp, including the annual Red & White Game on Sun., Sept. 15 at noon. The team will hold one more practice on Mon., Sept. 16 prior to breaking camp to begin their preseason schedule.

---------------------ANNIVERSARY OPENING DAY CELEBRATION AT OLD TOWN PLAYHOUSE, TC: 9am. Celebrate the opening of the first produc-

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tion, Oscar Wilde’s comedy, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” The Cracked Breakfast Truck will be in the parking lot until 1pm & in the lower level there will be tea from Light of Day Organics, floral & garden paintings by local artists, ticket sales, & Playhouse information tables.

Free. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT HOSTS COFFEE HOURS: 9-10am, G.T. Pie Co., 525 W. Front St., TC. 11am-noon: Elk Rapids District Library. For constituents throughout the 37th Senate District. senatorwayneschmidt.com

---------------------ACORN ADVENTURERS: 10-11am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. For ages 4 & under. Presented by the GT Conservation District. A mix of guided & self-guided outdoor activities that allow young explorers & their grown-ups to explore, engage with, & experience the outdoors. Free. natureiscalling.org/ acorn-adventurers

---------------------DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Kids will experience the fun of painting on the wall with a brush or spray bottle. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 11am, Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital, 2nd floor conference room, Frankfort. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. munsonhealthcare.org/classesand-events/classes-events

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 11am, Meadowbrook Nursing Home, Bellaire. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. 800-252-2065. Free. munsonhealthcare.org/home-health/munsonhome-health

---------------------ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE TALK: EMILY BATE: Noon, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Vocal arranger & composer Emily Bate’s residency will be spent composing & scoring music that is still in rough-draft form. While she is a GAAC AIR, Bate hopes to polish these compositions & ready them for an upcoming theater production in which she is involved. Free. glenarborart.org

---------------------PADDLE ANTRIM BLOCK PARTY: 2-5pm, Richardi Park, Bellaire. Live music, refreshments & lawn games. $3/person for non-paddlers; free for registered paddlers.

---------------------THE RED DRESSER BARN MARKET: 4-8pm, Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC. A vintage flea & makers market. Shopping, food trucks, 100+ vendors & live music by Miriam Pico. Today is First Picks Event. $10; 2 day pass. 10 & under free. thereddressertc.com

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A PERFORMANCE AFTER HOURS: “A TREE ON THE MOON”: 6:30-8pm, Elk Rapids District Library. An original one-man play

by Raymond Goodwin with a series of scenes depicting the relationship between a lonely librarian in a small MI city & a local boy whose broken family is among the working poor. Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

---------------------BROADWAY & DISNEY WITH RED WINGS ORGANIST DAVE CALENDINE: 7-8:30pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. $5-$20. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Two bachelors create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome social obligations. When they attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men named Ernest, confusion reigns. Adults: $28; youth: $15 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

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NORTHERN LIGHTS 5K FUN RUN: 8pm.

Help raise awareness for the Thomas Judd Care Center in TC, & its services & role in HIV care & prevention. Begins in Parking Lot K at Munson Medical Center, TC & runs through TC neighborhood streets & along parts of the GT Bay. $20. runsignup.com/northernlights

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TRI UP NORTH TRIATHLON: 7am, Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. A bike, paddle, run triathlon that centers around Frankfort’s Betsie Bay on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Choose from two different courses: the Classic 10 mile event for beginners or the Challenger 22 mile event, a competitive course for experienced athletes & relay teams. If you aren’t interested in a triathlon, participate in the Betsie Bay Walk, a non-timed 2.5 mile walk. crystalmountain.com/ event/tri-up-north

---------------------2019 MICHIGAN TREE CLIMBING CHAMPIONSHIP & ARBOR FAIR: (See Fri., Sept. 13)

---------------------EMPIRE HILL CLIMB: 8am-6pm, Wilco Rd., downtown Empire. See vintage racers, rally cars & drift cars in action & cheer on local & out-of-town racers. Free for spectators & will feature 40 cars from all kinds of racing. empirehillclimb.com

---------------------LEELANAU HARVEST BIKE TOUR: 8am. An adventure for both families & single riders as the fall colors begin to show. Leaving from Suttons Bay High School, routes of approximately 20, 40, 65 & 100 miles wind throughout Leelanau County on paved roads passing by farms, orchards, vineyards, dunes, & through villages. $40 - $55/person. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

---------------------PADDLE ANTRIM FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Sept. 12)

---------------------RED WINGS HOST TRAINING CAMP: (See Fri., Sept. 13)

---------------------AFSP TRAVERSE CITY OUT OF THE DARKNESS WALK: 9am, The Open Space, TC. Mental Health Awareness/Suicide Prevention Walk. Free. outofthedarknesstc.com

---------------------GRAND BAY STRATHSPEY HIGHLAND DANCE COMPETITION: 9am, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Grand Bay Strathspey is a Scottish Highland Dance Competition where competitors age 4 to adult will dance in front of a judge with the goal of earning medals & trophies. $4. Find on Facebook.

---------------------MICHILIMACKINAC AT WORK: LABORS & TRADES: 9am, Colonial Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City. See how Michilimackinac worked in the 18th century. Voyageurs, blacksmiths, laundresses, clerks & soldiers all plied their trades at the fort. $12.50 adults, $7.25 ages 5-12, free for under 5. mackinacparks. com/mackinac-admission

---------------------THE RED DRESSER BARN MARKET: 9am4pm, Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC. A vintage flea & makers market. Shopping, food trucks, 100+ vendors & live music by Jim Hawley & Dominic Fortuna. $5; 10 & under free. thereddressertc.com

---------------------6 PACK - 6K FUN RUN: 10am, Beards Brewery, Petoskey. Presented by Beards Brewery, Life Above the 45th, & 5 Star Screen Printing Plus. A 6K out & back along the Little Traverse Wheelway where participants collect & creatively carry up to six cans of water which can be exchanged for cans of beer following the race. Racers collect 1 can each kilometer & build their own six pack. $25. eventbrite.com

---------------------KIDS EVENT WITH TONY STEENO: 10am, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Tony will read & sign copies of his book, “Beyond the Lighthouse, Over the Mountains.” RSVP: 231.347.1180. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------NORTHERN HOME & COTTAGE PETOSKEY HOME TOURS: 10am-5pm, Petoskey.

Get an inside look at six of the most stunning homes “Up North.” Benefits The Child and Family Services of Northwest Michigan. $20$40. mynorthtickets.com

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TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY DOWNTOWN TOURS: 10:30am, Downtown, TC. Meet at the Perry Hannah statue at the corner of Sixth & Union streets. These tours are conducted by guides with a special interest in TC history & provide an experience of TC’s past. Find ‘TAHS Downtown Walking Tours’ on Facebook. Suggested $10 donation.

---------------------5TH ANNUAL LAKE LEELANAU STREET FAIR: 11am-8pm. Featuring live music by 4 MI bands, local wines, beers & ciders, food vendors, local artists, craftsmen & authors, face painting, a juggler & a petting zoo. Music starts at 12:30pm, but the booths open at 11am. Free for fair/$10 for entry into music & beverage tent (21 & older). lakeleelanaustreetfair.org

---------------------INTERPLAY CLASS: 11am-1pm, Traverse Wellness Center, TC. Enjoy discovering your creative power & the wisdom of your own body.

Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------SIT ‘N SIGN: 11:30am-1:30pm, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord. Elizabeth Buzzelli will sign her book “And Then They Were Doomed.” saturnbooksellers.com

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EAST BAY ICE CREAM SOCIAL: 1-3pm, East Bay Branch Library, TC. Enjoy ice cream sundaes, root beer floats, live music by A Brighter Bloom, face painting, balloon twisting creations by Popper, & a used book sale. 9328500. Free.

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

A community play-along for music lovers of all ages. Listeners & dancers welcome. Free. facebook.com/pg/therockofkingsleyMI/events

---------------------RED WINGS ALUMNI & GUNS N’ HOSES: 6pm, Centre Ice Arena, TC. The Training Camp Alumni & Celebrity Game will return for a seventh-consecutive season, in which two teams comprised of Red Wings alumni & players from Guns N’ Hoses, a team of TC police & fire departments, will face off. $25 standing-room; $35 reserved seating. centreice.org

---------------------BROADWAY & DISNEY WITH RED WINGS ORGANIST DAVE CALENDINE: (See Sat., Sept. 13)

---------------------DA VINCI 500TH: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by TC Wine & Opera Festival.

Founders Silvio “Tony” Ciccone & Mario Tabone invite you to attend their 7th Annual live, operatic event. Tickets: $50 (includes Afterglow), $35, $25; students, $15. cityoperahouse.org/ da-vinci-500

---------------------HARVEST OF HARMONY: 7pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. An evening of a cappella music performed by the Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus with performances by the Frontier Quartet & the Grand Traverse Show Chorus. $15 general admission; $20 reserved. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”: (See Fri., Sept. 13)

---------------------2ND ANNUAL LELAND MUSICAL ARTS CELEBRATION: 7:30pm, Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Old Art Building, Leland.

Featuring works by Music by Bach, Beethoven Mozart, & Shultz. There will also be artwork by Fred Petroskey. oldartbuilding.com

---------------------JOE SHIELDS & AARON SMITH: 7:30-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Joe Shields is a fly fisherman/award-winning cartoonist/animator who bought a guitar 10 years ago & became an award-winning singer songwriter (2016 Kerrville New Folk Winner). Aaron Smith’s songcraft has earned him recognition twice as a finalist in the New Folk songwriting competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas, the Ozark Folk Festival and Rock House Festival. He recently won the BMG Songwriter Showcase at the Power of Music Festival in Bentonville, Arkansas. $15. mynorthtickets.com

AMBROSIA: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Having produced Top 5 hits & Grammy nominations, Ambrosia combines progressive, classical, blues & R&B. $30, $40, $45. lrcr.com

---------------------GOOD ON PAPER COMEDY IMPROV: 8pm, West Bay Beach, A Delamar Resort, TC. Ninety minutes of improvised shenanigans & laughter. $10.

---------------------MELISSA MANCHESTER: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. In 1980, Melissa Manchester became the first recording artist in the history of the Academy Awards to have two nominated movie themes in a single year: “Through The Eyes Of Love” from Ice Castles & “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” from The Promise, & to perform them both on the Oscar telecast. Recently, Melissa celebrated her 45year career with the release of her 21st album, “The Fellas,” a tribute to the iconic male singers who set the platinum standard for the music of the great American songbook. Tickets range from $33-$63. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ melissa-manchester

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DASHING FOR DOWN SYNDROME 5K: 9am, GT Commons, TC. All inclusive. Featuring live music, snacks & beverages & face painting. Benefits the local Down Syndrome community (education programs, families in need of assistance, & future events). $35; 2 & under free. dsupnorth.org

---------------------MICHILIMACKINAC AT WORK: LABORS & TRADES: (See Sat., Sept. 14)

---------------------BIRDWATCHING VS. BIRDING: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Learn about different bird feeders & bird seeds that attract a variety of birds to your backyard. Learn how to be a responsible birdwatcher with proper feeder placement & maintenance. Adventure into birding by leaving the house to find different species in different habitats. Free. tadl.org/ event/birdwatching-vs-birding

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ORYANA FARM TOUR - LAKEVIEW HILL FARM, TC: 1-5pm. The entire farm & homestead is 100% solar powered. Stop by for guided tours, fresh snacks made with just-picked produce, & activities for kids & adults. Farm yoga with Devin (bring your own yoga mat).

Meet the farmers & learn about organic farming practices & sustainable energy systems. Join the Norte bike train that will start at Oryana & ride out to the farm on the TART trail. For more info call 947-0191. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------“THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Two bachelors create alter egos named Ernest to escape their tiresome social obligations. When they attempt to win the hearts of two women who, conveniently, claim to only love men named Ernest, confusion reigns. Adults: $28; youth: $15 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------FREE GUIDED TOUR: 2:30pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. With Michigan Legacy Art Park Director Joseph Beyer. Free. michlegacyartpark.org/tours-workshops

---------------------SEED HARVESTING & PROCESSING WITH POESIS FARM: 3pm, Historic Barns Park, SEEDS Farm, TC. Meet SEEDS resident farmers & learn about heirloom seed production & storing.

---------------------YOUTH OPEN MIC: 3-5pm, The Shed Beer Garden, TC. For kids 18 or younger. The Beat Lab will provide a sound system. All you need is a guitar, piano or backing music tracks. Free.

Find on Facebook.

TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY OAKWOOD CEMETERY TOURS: 4pm. Meet at the main entrance of Oakwood Cemetery off of Eighth St., directly across from the intersection of Fair St. & Eighth St., TC. Find ‘TAHS Oakwood Cemetery Tours’ on Facebook.

---------------------THE ACCIDENTALS PRESENT MAY ERLEWINE & SAWYER FREDERICKS: 5pm, Fountain Point Resort, Lake Leelanau. An evening of songs & stories with four songwriters: Sawyer Fredericks, May Erlewine, Sav Buist & Katie Larson (The Accidentals). $20-$350. mynorthtickets.com/events/the-accidentalspresent-may-erlewine-and-sawyer-fredericks

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

---------------------FREE ‘WRITING THROUGH LOSS’ WORKSHOPS: Thursdays, 9-10:30am, Sept. 12 Oct. 17, Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. Presented by Hospice of Michigan. Open to adults grieving a loss & interested in writing.

947-6453.

---------------------THURSDAY NIGHT MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE: Thursdays, 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Open to all, but geared for intermediate level riders & new racers. You’ll get a chance to ride a lap of the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Race Course including the Crystal Climb. Meet at the Park at Water’s Edge.

Rental bike with helmet: $19. Helmet only: $10. crystalmountain.com/event/thursdaynight-mountain-bike-ride

---------------------CHERRY CAPITAL CYCLING CLUB MON. EVENING PENINSULA RIDE: Mondays, 6pm, TC Central High School, west side parking lot.

Old Mission Peninsula ride out along East Bay & return along West Bay. Beware of high traffic areas & please ride single file in these areas, especially Center Rd. along East Bay & Peninsula Dr. along West Bay, south of Bowers Harbor. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: Mon., Tues., Weds. at 2pm. The tours begin & end at Perry Hannah Plaza - 6th & Union streets. Each tour is about two & a half hours of slow walking over a two-mile route, with a rest stop at the TC Visitors Center.

---------------------MUNSON HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: Tuesdays, 11am through Sept. 17.

Munson Home Health, 618 S. Mitchell St., Ste. A, Cadillac. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. Info: 800-2522065. munsonhealthcare.org

BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays & Wednesdays, 8am-noon through Oct. 12. Veteran’s Park, Boyne City.

---------------------CHEBOYGAN FARMERS MARKET: Festival Square, Downtown Cheboygan. Held every Weds. & Sat. from 8am-1pm through Oct. 30.

---------------------EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, Memorial Park, East Jordan.

---------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, 305 US Highway 31.

---------------------ELLSWORTH FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, Ellsworth Community Square.

---------------------EMPIRE FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, 10234 W. Front St., Empire.

---------------------GLEN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 9am-1pm, 6374 Western Ave., Glen Arbor.

---------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm, 2112 M 137, Interlochen.

---------------------KINGSLEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 3-7pm, 205 S. Brownson Ave.

---------------------LAKE LEELANAU FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-1pm, M204 & Lake Leelanau Dr.

---------------------NORTHPORT FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, 105 S. Bay St.

---------------------PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Downtown Petoskey.

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Weds., 8am-noon & Sat., 7:30amnoon, parking lot “B,” at southwest corner of Cass & Grandview Parkway in downtown TC.

archetypes & how they connect us all, often regardless of age, geography & social status.

Runs through Oct. 6 at Higher Art Gallery, TC. Hours: Wed.-Sat.: 11am-6pm; Sun.: 11am4pm. Closed on Tues. Call on Mon. (sometimes closed). higherartgallery.com

---------------------ANIMAL SAINTS & STRANGE ANGELS: Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. New works by artist Char Bickel. Runs through mid-Oct. michiganartistsgallery.com

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FIBER WITHOUT BORDERS: Glen Arbor Arts Center. A juried exhibition of 2D & 3D work exploring fiber materials in fresh, original ways. A reception to launch the exhibition is Fri., Sept. 13, 6-8pm. Runs through Nov 7. Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 9am-4pm. Sat. & Sun.: 12-4pm. glenarborart.org

---------------------JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Runs through Nov. 1 during gallery hours of 11am-3pm, Mon. through Fri. & 12-2pm on Sat. Opening Reception on Sept. 7 from 5-7pm. gaylordarts.org

---------------------“HARBOR SPRINGS: THEN & NOW”: Shay Hexagon House, Harbor Springs. Each piece of art from this exhibition is a snapshot of the people, events & landscapes which make up the heritage of Harbor Springs. Open on Fridays & Saturdays, 11am-3pm through Oct. 12. harborspringshistory.org

---------------------RAVEN HILL GENERATIONS: Raven Hill Discovery Center, East Jordan. Inspired by the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street exhibit, “Crossroads: Change in Rural America,” Raven Hill’s exhibit is a chance to highlight for the community the importance of northern lower MI’s history through a collection of stories, artifacts, exhibits & structures. Runs through Oct. 12. miravenhill.org

“POETIC ABSTRACTION”: Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. The combined works of Rufus Snoddy & Pier Wright. Runs through Sept. 14. twistedfishgallery.com

---------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS: - EXHIBIT: MARILYN SILVER QUILTING LEGACY: Featuring Marilyn’s quilting timeline from 1998-present. Runs through Sept. 7 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix.

- “STILL LIFE WITH SOUP”: This juried show celebrates artist interpretations of the prompt, “Still Life With Soup.” Over 20 works will be on display along with a selection of handmade Soup Bowls by area potters. An opening reception will be held on Fri., Sept. 13 from 5-7pm, featuring wine from Cherry Republic & light fare from John Cross Fishery. Exhibit runs through Nov. 2. charlevoixcircle.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - ORIGINAL: JURIED EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY PRINTS: Featuring all forms of printmaking by artists from across the U.S. An opening reception will be held on Sat., Sept. 7 from 2-4pm. Exhibit runs through Nov. 14.

- THE FLOATING WORLD: TRADITIONAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS: Held in Carnegie Rotunda. A select assortment of prints by Japanese artists of the Edo & Meiji periods, including Utagawa Hiroshige (1797– 1858) & Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849), will be on display. On loan from Purdue University’s permanent collection. Runs Sept. 7, beginning at 2pm, through Nov. 14. crookedtree.org

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - “ARMAND MERIZON: HIS LIFE AND ART”: Armand was a lifelong Grand Rapids painter remembered for his detailed landscapes & brilliantly colored abstractions. Runs through Sept. 8.

---------------------SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm, intersection of M22 & M204, Suttons Bay.

---------------------THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 2-6pm, The Village Piazza.

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ANNUAL ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Runs through Oct. 4. Local & regional artists will compete for Gold ($1,000), Silver ($700) & Bronze ($300) awards.

Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10am-4:30pm. Sat.: 10am-4pm.

Sun.: 12-4pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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Larson was the creator of the major stage hit “Rent” but suffered an untimely death due to a tear in his aorta before the play even hit Broadway, leaving fans devoid of any further works from the skilled composer. Now, 16 new originals — sourced in part from Larson’s own papers — have been arranged for a five-piece band and performed by an equally skilled set of singers. The music itself veers from impassioned Broadway-worthy fare (“SOS,” “One of These Days”) to intriguing glimpses into ’80s dancepop (“Out of My Dreams”) and more.

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Directly following its debut album, Boundless (out last spring), Valis Ablaze apparently ran right back into the studio to record its sophomore effort. Playing on the heavy end of alternative rock, the set was previewed by its first two singles: “Proxy,” a hook-heavy, radio-friendly short tune, and “Hollow Heart,” which highlights the pushed range of singer Phil Owen’s vocals. Like the preview songs, the rest of the album isn’t immediately catchy but consistent and solid. Tracks like its closer, “Elevation,” hint that more progress is likely on the way from this band.

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he Peanut Butter Falcon is a helluva sweet little flick that will leave a mark on your heart. Filled with big laughs, low-key wonders, and sun-dappled charm, this is a seemingly familiar story of unlikely friends embarking on an age-old journey. A fresh take on a true American odyssey, there is a certain magical quality surrounding this Southern, Mark Twain-inspired fable. It follows Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who escapes the state-funded retirement facility where he lives so he can attend the prowrestling camp of his hero, the Salt Water Redneck. Along the way he meets Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a tortured poet of an outlaw, and together the two begin a beautifully honest buddy comedy/ road movie about two lost souls and their search for freedom and connection. I hesitate to describe it as a feelgood film, because that almost reduces it to another twee and ultimately forgettable gem of an indie, but I think there’s something more special at work here. This is a film that feels like a miracle it got made, and seeing it is an experience so disarming and earnest that it is something to treasure.

after the wedding It always seems like film sacrilege when Hollywood remakes a foreign language favorite — a lazy and derivative cash-in on someone else’s achievement made palatable for audiences at home. (’Cause who wants to read subtitles? Grrrrrrr.) But with this remake of Susanne Bier’s (Bird Box) Oscarnominated Danish film, After the Wedding, the remake offers a reinvention that manages to create something distinct and meaningful.

Director Bart Freundlich (Trust the Man) flips the genders of the original film’s two leads from male to female and creates two rich characters the actresses can sink their teeth into, one being Freundlich’s wife, Julianne Moore. And so the film becomes a gripping showcase for two of our most gifted actresses — Moore is joined by Michelle Williams — who have eight Oscar nominations and one win between them.

It’s not your typical gender swapping for sake of reinvention, either. After the Wedding is far removed from franchise reboots like Ocean’s 8 or Ghostbusters. Instead, it offers a more nuanced and more poignant take on the material: the tale of two women, Isabel and Theresa, and how their lives cross in an unexpected way.

Isabel (Williams) lives in India and works at an orphanage. It’s not clear what exactly led her to this place (or what exactly she was running from), but it’s obvious that through the children and her work, she has found her purpose.

Then there’s Theresa (Julianne Moore), a self-made advertising mogul who gets stuff done. She runs her New York office and has a dreamy Nancy Meyers movie-esque home in the suburbs where her handsome sculptor husband (Billy Crudup), twin boys, and grown daughter await.

Theresa and Isabel’s lives intersect when Theresa becomes interested in making a substantial donation to the orphanage Isabel runs. Theresa’s stipulation is that Isabel travel to New York to meet with Theresa about the organization. Isabel is hesitant to leave the

children but begrudgingly goes and is put up at a fine hotel and given a driver, along with other luxuries like new clothes.

The shift to this luxury environment is a lot for Isabel to absorb, and when the two meet, Theresa’s motivations aren’t yet clear. But when the benefactor politely invites Isabel to her daughter’s wedding that weekend, Isabel, of course, accepts, hoping to seal the deal on a donation that would do incredible things for the organization.

It’s at the wedding that Isabel catches sight of Theresa’s husband, and it becomes all too clear that she recognizes him from her past, forcing her to confront choices she made long ago and secrets she thought would remain hidden.

Now I won’t say much more about the plot, because to tell you too much more would deny you the enjoyment of the many twists and reveals that unfold. At its heart, After the Wedding is a melodrama, and it doesn’t pretend to be anything but, yet it’s an intelligent one, and Freundlich exercises some sensitive restraint to the more operatic tendencies, imbuing the film with a sense of grace.

But the really remarkable work is by the two leads, whose differing acting styles combine to generate sparks. Julianne Moore is much more forceful in her acting choices. And yes, in true Moore fashion, she does cry (Google “Julianne Moore loves to cry” for a choice supercut), and really, no one in the biz does it better. Then you have Williams, who is so beautifully and poetically restrained, there’s a wondrous unknowingness and pain behind her performance.

Together, honestly, they are the primary reason to see the film. The chance to see the two actresses go head to head in this intriguing story of family and strength packs an emotional wallop.

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

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n utterly irresistible gem, Blinded by the Light delivers the kind of heartwarming, soul-stirring joy that feels out of place in the modern movie theater. This story of young man discovering his love of Bruce Springsteen music is a bit of a throwback to coming-of-age stories of yesteryear, but it’s just so gosh darn earnest and sweet that even contemporary cynics will be flattened by its exuberance. I wager that even the most cynical among us can remember a song that helped them through something, or yes, even changed their life.

A song that opened their eyes to new possibilities and told them they weren’t alone. Far from being a derivative jukebox musical of Bruce Springsteen hits (though there are some 17 of them used), this is a poignant film where the narrative truly stands on its own. It’s the story of Javed, a British Pakistani teenager growing up in the working class town of Luton during the Margaret Thatcher 1980s, who’s unexpected connection to the music of Springsteen gives him courage to pursue his own dreams in face of the era’s anti-immigrant racism and the generational conflict of identity in his immigrant family.

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uentin Tarantino’s latest, and perhaps most personal film, is set in 1969, a time when movies were still pictures, and the studios were in a free fall as they tried to keep pace with the changing times. The film is a pseudo buddy comedy of sorts, focused on has-been actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double/driver Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). And there’s really not much more by the way of plot.

The film meanders from one vignette to the next, encountering a couple of show-stopping set pieces along the way (Rick on set with a child actor, a phenomenal Julia Butters; Cliff getting into a hilarious fight with Bruce Lee; and a shot of classic neon signs of L.A. coming to life that will knock your socks off).

It’s a real hangout movie, of idiosyncratic character beats and chill vibes. But while it may have undeniable nostalgic verve, eye-candy production design and cinematography, a perfect bop of a soundtrack, intoxicating mood, and the stellar that only-Quentin-can-get-out-of-an-actor performances, when combined with meandering plot, empty characterizations, and the abhorrent depictions of women (and also people of color) … well, you’ve lost me.

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But I have to say, when men use emojis, they make me feel good. Is it crazy that a heart or a rose emoji makes me feel like a man’s more interested?

— Wondering

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: It’s easy to misinterpret tone in texts.

However, emojis are basically the cartoon cousins of commas, which can make the difference between a quiet evening at home and an evening spent handcuffed facedown while the forensics team digs up your backyard for skeletal remains. (If only you’d tucked the commas into the appropriate places when you texted, “I love cooking my dogs and my grandma.”)

Emojis in courtship were the subject of two studies from the Kinsey Institute. In the more recent one, social psychologist Amanda Gesselman and her colleagues found a link between emoji use and maintaining a connection beyond the first date, as well as more romantic interactions and more sex (over the year that participants were surveyed about).

I suspect emojis are an especially helpful tool for men to use in dating. Research by psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen suggests that men, in general, don’t have women’s emotional fluency — that is, women’s ease in identifying and expressing emotion. Emojis help men communicate warmth and interest in a woman easily and comfortably. This in turn keeps women from getting mad that men don’t show their feelings — or mistaking a lack of expressiveness for a lack of feeling.

So it’s no surprise you appreciate the emojis.

Still, there’s much that remains unexplored in these studies. For example, do people who use more emojis get more dates and sex, or do people who get more dates and sex use more emojis? And do emojis play well with everybody, or do they sometimes kill a developing connection? ”Wait...a 55-year-old man just sent me an entire screen of cartoon eggplants?”

Of course, emojis could more charitably be viewed as a classic form of communication.

The medium was just different back around 2000 B.C., when the pharaoh would dispatch the eunuch with stone tablets covered in pictures of dogs, beetles, and mummies.

Message: “Dinner is at 6, unless there’s a plague of locusts.”

BY Amy Alkon

: A senior colleague was consistently rotten to me — demeaning, abusive, passiveaggressive. I tried to get him to behave more respectfully, but nothing changed. I now try to avoid him as much as possible. His mom just died, and a co-worker suggested I send him my condolences. But this would feel really insincere. Isn’t it important to be authentic?

— Mistreated

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: If you always expressed your true feelings, you’d probably get arrested a lot — like if a cop pulls you over and asks, “Do you know why I stopped you?” and you answer, “You have a small penis, and you’ve yet to hit your ticket quota?”

Authenticity is overrated. Sure, it’s seriously important when you’re bidding $3 million for a Picasso. But in humans, authenticity basically means having the outer you — your behavior — match the inner you: your thoughts, desires, feelings, and values.

Revealing your hopes, fears, and desires to another person is essential to having real intimacy — allowing them to really know and understand you. But as with the Officer Cocktail Sausage example, telling the whole truth isn’t always ideal.

Technically, by not letting rip whatever feeling comes to mind, you’re being “inauthentic,” “phony,” “insincere.” However, this view comes out of neuroscientific ignorance. Though we have personality traits that are consistent across time and situations, research by neuroscientists Roger Wolcott Sperry, Michael Gazzaniga, and Joseph LeDoux suggests there is no singular, consistent “real you” — or “real” anyone, for that matter. Instead, we each appear to be a set of shifting standards, preferences, and practices based on the priorities that a particular situation triggers in our evolved psychology: whether, say, it’s survival (“Run for your life!”) or mating (“Wanna have coffee?

Naked?”).

Not having a singular self means we can choose the sort of person we want to be. We do this by coming up with a set of values and acting in line with them. (For more on the practical steps involved, see the “Be Inauthentic!” chapter in my book “Unf*ckology.”) In your case, for example, if kindness is one of your values, you might set aside your grievances with your colleague and decide, “You’re a fellow human who’s suffering, and I’m gonna reach out to say I’m sorry about that.” Being kind to a guy you loathe is actually an act of sincerity when your behavior aligns with your values. If only “killing ‘em with kindness” were more than a figure of speech...then you could call dibs on this meanie’s swanky office as they wheeled him out in a body bag.

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ten months. To get started, identify what you would like that transformation to be.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1996, when

Gary Kasparov was rated the world’s best chess player, he engaged in a series of matches with a chess-playing computer named Deep Blue.

Early on in the first game, Deep Blue tried a move that confused Kasparov. Rattled, he began to wonder if the machine was smarter than him. Ultimately, his play suffered and he lost the game. Later it was revealed that Deep Blue’s puzzling move was the result of a bug in its code. I’ll encourage you to cultivate a benevolent bug in your own code during the coming weeks, Cancerian. I bet it will be the key to you scoring a tricky victory.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The Toxorhynchites are species of large mosquitoes that don’t buzz around our heads while we’re trying to sleep and will never bite our skin or suck our blood. In fact, they’re our benefactors.

Their larvae feast on the larvae of the mosquitoes that are bothersome to us. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that you be alert for a metaphorically comparable influence in your own life: a helper or ally that might be in disguise or may just superficially seem to be like an adversary.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Audre Lord

identified herself as a black writer, lesbian, librarian, mother, feminist, civil rights activist, and many other descriptors. But as ardent as she was in working for the political causes she was passionate about, she didn’t want to be pigeonholed in a single identity. One of her central teachings was to celebrate all the different parts of herself. “Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat,” she testified. These approaches should be especially fun and extra meaningful for you in the coming weeks, Pisces. I encourage you to throw a big Unity Party for all the different people you are.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Hi, I’m your sales

representative for UnTherapy, a free program designed to provide healing strategies for people who are trying too hard. Forgive me for being blunt, but I think you could benefit from our services. I don’t have space here to reveal all the secrets of UnTherapy, but here’s an essential hint: every now and then the smartest way to outwit a problem is to stop worrying, let it alone, and allow it to solve itself.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): People in Northeast India weave long, strong suspension bridges out of the living roots of fig trees. The structures can measure up to 150 feet and bear the weight of hundreds of people. In accordance with astrological omens, let’s make these marvels your metaphors of power for the coming weeks. To stimulate your meditations, ask yourself the following questions. 1. How can you harness nature to help you to get where you need to go? 2. How might you transform instinctual energy so that it better serves your practical needs? 3. How could you channel wildness so that it becomes eminently useful to you?

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“Some are born in their place, some find it, some realize after long searching that the place they left is the one they have been searching for.” I hope that in the last nine months, Virgo, you have resolved which of those three options is true for you. I also trust that you have been taking the necessary actions to claim and own that special place—to acknowledge it and treasure it as the power spot where you feel most at home in the world. If you have not yet fully finished what I’m describing here, do it now.

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Four-hundred-million-year-old fossils of marine life still abide there in the rock. Over the course of eons, through the magic of plate tectonics, that low flat land got folded and pushed upwards more than five miles.

I suspect you Geminis will have the power to accomplish a less spectacular but still amazing transformation during the next

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American hero Harriet

Tubman escaped slavery as a young woman.

She ran away from the wealthy “master” who claimed to “own” her, and reached sanctuary. But rather than simply enjoy her freedom, she dedicated herself to liberating other slaves. Nineteen times she returned to enemy territory and risked her life, ultimately leading 300 people out of hellish captivity. Later she served as a scout, spy, and nurse in the Union Army during the Civil War, where her actions saved another 700 people. In 1874, the U.S. Congress considered but then ultimately rejected a bill to pay her $2,000 for her numerous courageous acts. Don’t you dare be like Congress in the coming weeks, Leo. It’s crucial that you give tangible acknowledgment and practical rewards to those who have helped, guided, and supported you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Earth’s species

are going extinct at a rate unmatched since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago.

Among the creatures on the verge of being lost forever are birds like the cryptic treehunter and spix’s macaw, as well as the northern white rhino and the vaquita, a type of porpoise. So why don’t we clone the last few individuals of those beleaguered species? Here are the answers. 1. Cloned animals typically aren’t healthy. 2. A species needs a sizable population to retain genetic diversity; a few individuals aren’t sufficient. 3. Humans have decimated the homes of the threatened species, making it hard for them to thrive. Conclusion: Cloning is an inadequate stopgap action. Is there a better way to address the problem? Yes: by preserving the habitats of wild creatures. Inspired by this principle, Libra, I ask you to avoid trying halfway fixes for the dilemmas in your personal sphere. Summon full measures that can really work.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Though patched

together and incomplete, the 2,200-year-old marble sculpture known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace is prominently displayed at Paris’s Louvre Museum. It’s a glorious depiction of Nike, the winged goddess of victory, and is regarded as one of ancient Greece’s great masterpieces. For hundreds of years it was missing. Then in 1863, an archaeologist discovered it, although it was broken into more than a hundred pieces. Eventually, it was rebuilt, and much of its beauty was resurrected. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, could recover the fragments of an old treasure and begin reassembling it to make a pretty good restoration.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “I’ve

learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me,” said actor Sidney Poitier. That can be a dynamic meditation for you during the next three weeks. I think you will derive substantial power from putting it into action. If you’re ingenious and diligent about finding those positive outlets, your anger will generate constructive and transformative results.

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