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Trump’s “Great Again” Reincarnates George W. Bush!

Why does Donald Trump think that repeating three of George W. Bush’s worst mistakes will somehow help make America great again?

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number of jobs created balance out with the number lost. And recently there have been more Americans migrating to Mexico than Mexicans moving to the U.S., given their improved economic situation.

Improved economics, not a wall, would be a more effective way to stem illegal immigration.

The real job killer has been China. In fact it was George W. Bush who signed a proclamation granting China permanent normal trade relations in 2002. Now the Obama administration is pursuing China at World Trade Organization over trade barriers, attempting to negotiate a trade deal, and insisting that China stop manipulating their currency.

Ronald Marshall, Petoskey

We Love Traverse City!

Globalization Trumps Trade Deals

Trade and immigration are two big issues in this presidential campaign. Before we look at our trade deals, let’s look at today’s highly sophisticated transportation and information technologies, which have altered the center of trade from West to East. Commercial intermodal freight transport, as well as information technology that transfers money at the speed of light, have created new centers of economic power in Asia. Transportation costs are minimal, which enables traders to compete even in far distant places.

At the same time, capital can move very quickly to places with low wages to obtain a competitive advantage.

We hear nearly every night from Donald Trump that NAFTA has been the worst deal ever. Unfortunately, the facts do not bear that out. The consensus among economists is that NAFTA has been a wash as the

However Traverse City got to be the way it is....my wife and I hope it continues!

We’re residents here of only a few months, from Chicago. We marvel at the great restaurants and shopping. But most of all we marvel at the friendly people, our neighbors, store clerks, and workmen who have been at our house. Her and I made a great move!

Charlie Yates, Traverse City

Get Real

If Mr. Jackson [last week’s letter] wants to control what is being built in Traverse City, I suggest he and his friends run for City Commission. The idea that the city has to hold a city-wide vote every time someone wants to build a building is ludicrous, not to mention costly. Traverse City is not a little village anymore. Towns need to continue to grow or they die.

Lynda Prior, Traverse City

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1) Trump says he will nominate justices like Scalia, Alito and Roberts, that is, justices committed to enhancing the influence of corporations and the wealthy.

Most Americans now understand that the decisions by these corporate-friendly justices have undermined democracy by opening the floodgates of corrupting money. The anger directed at our increasingly gridlocked and incompetent political institutions is totally sensible, a justified response to Big Money’s growing dominance of our politicians. But doesn’t it make more sense to be angry that Trump wants to maintain this corruption and not work to end it?

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2) Bush spent eight years pretending that the undeniable evidence of climate change caused by fossil fuels was non-existent or unimportant. But again, Trump takes a giant step backward on this issue. There goes America’s chance to keep on building the wind and solar industries to provide many of the jobs we need!

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3) When will Republicans stop peddling that tired old nonsense, right out of Alice in Wonderland, that if we just huuuugely cut taxes for the wealthy (like him) – with a pittance reduction for everyone else — the entire economy will bloom like a rose? Even the Pope knows it’s a scam! But Trump actually wants to reincarnate the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. He expects us to accept a “plan” having no connection to reality.

Shouldn’t someone running for President make sense?

Ron Tschudy, Central Lake

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Sign Of The Times

I lease to Northport Village a portion of my real property on which the “WELCOME TO NORTHPORT SIGN” is erected. I receive no fee nor property tax adjustment. With my permission, I allow candidates’ signs from both political parties and community organizations to place their event signs on my property along M22.

On Sept. 26, Mrs. Von Voigtlander, Northport Village Administrator, instructed the DPW to remove two candidates’ signs from my property. I was notified by a candidate that the administrator stated no political signs, according to our lease, are allowed on that property. Mrs. Von Voigtlander is wrong. No such restriction is in the license agreement. Mrs. Von Voigtlander executed the lease as the Village President. Actually, as candidate for Village President, Mrs. Von Voigtlander placed her signs, without permission, on said property.

Her signs were removed.

Mindful of the First Amendment, I contacted my attorney, who contacted Will Davison, Village attorney. Mr. Davison instructed the Village to replace the candidates’ signs onto my property. Unfortunately one of the signs was damaged when removed from the property. The intact signs were replaced the next day.

Subsequently, I was informed Mrs. Von Voigtlander contacted Leelanau County Road Commission to complain about the candidates’ signs not complying with published policy regarding political sign

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placement along state roads. Dan Wagner, PE with the Leelanau Road Commission suggested the signs be moved back 30 feet from M-22 to comply with Michigan’s regulations. The signs were moved and are now in full compliance.

Meanwhile, other signs lining M22 are not in compliance. MDOT, citing lack of staff, will not enforce their own policy unless they receive a complaint. MDOT can be contacted at 231.941.1986.

Barbara Gilmore Weber, Northport

Where Are My Young People?

We millennials get a bad rap - that we’re lazy, entitled, don’t care about anything. We hear your criticism and deny it to our cores.

We may view things differently but that’s because we were raised in a different world. We had Google and texting instead of encyclopedias and postage stamps. We know we don’t have all the answers, but if you give us five minutes and a smartphone, we might.

with the world and feel helpless to enact the change we crave. John Mayer says it perfectly: “we see everything that’s going wrong with the world and those who lead it; we just feel like we don’t have the means to rise above and beat it. So we keep waiting, waiting for the world to change.”

Well, my young people, it’s time to stop waiting. It’s time to get involved.

As I become more involved in government, I find that at 28 years old, I am often the youngest person in the room. We need more young people around the table. We are the ones who have something to lose.

How do you get more involved? Run for local office. Join a club that resonates with you. Volunteer. Join your local party. Attend meetings and speak during public comment.

Be informed. VOTE. I welcome your involvement and I’m dying to hear from you.

Amanda Elliott, Elmwood Twp Planning Commission Member, Traverse City

We expect accountability and transparency, and we’re not getting it. We’re dissatisfied

DO THE MATH: CREATING OUR COMMUNITY’S BALANCE SHEET opinion

By Christie minervini Most residents and elected officials understand that a city brings in more tax revenue when people shop and eat out, but they often underestimate just how much more valuable this economic activity is when it happens downtown versus in outlying areas.

In fact, cities compile very little information to help them make decisions on development. According to Charles Marohn, PE-AICP and president and founder of Strong Towns, “Despite running corporations that have billions of dollars in assets and liabilities and annual cash flows in the tens, and sometimes hundreds of millions of dollars, few ever consider some very simple questions.”

“What are our total assets and the value of the tax base that constitutes our community’s wealth?”; “What are the long term obligations for infrastructure maintenance associated with sustaining those assets?”; and “In terms of geography, what parts of our community have a positive Net Present Value and which have a negative Net Present Value?”

The answers to these questions constitute a community’s balance sheet – the most basic of accounting requirements for any family or business – but one which many cities ignore.

To their credit, the City of Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority, the National Association of REALTORS® and the Traverse Area Association of REALTORS® have started asking these questions. They have combined funding for the city to contract with Joe Minicozzi, AICP and the principal at Urban3, a firm that analyzes the financial implications of municipal development strategies, including the relationship between building design and tax production. He plans to study and present on the economic productivity of all of the parcels in Traverse City and Grand Traverse County.

Urban3 is nationally recognized for simplifying complex information in order to include everyone in conversations about community growth. Their 3-D graphic visualization models are extremely eyeopening and easy to understand. Their work tells the financial story of a community.

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This study will use historical tax data and market analysis to determine the tax revenue potential of development projects. Their impact on surrounding property values can be projected well into the future, and the regional analysis will display real estate valuation trends across the region. Minicozzi will be able to show how interactions between Grand Traverse County and Traverse City impact phenomena in the built and natural environment as well as the market.

“As a community, if you have a finite amount of land, would you want $6,500 or $20,000, or $634,000 per downtown acre?”

Minicozzi asks. “People understand the cash-crop concept, so why aren’t we doing that downtown?”

Developing real estate downtown generates short-term economic activity in the form of retail sales and dinners out. Over time, it also raises the value of the buildings in that area, which generates even greater tax revenue for the city. And buildings downtown do this on much less land than, say, a shopping mall.

Minicozzi often cites an example from his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina.

There, a Super Walmart two-and-a-half miles east of downtown is valued at an incredible $20 million – but it sits on 34 acres of land, meaning that it yields about $6,500 an acre in property taxes. A department store in downtown Asheville that’s now home to retail, offices, and condos, is worth $634,000 in tax revenue per acre – nearly ten times the property tax productivity per acre.

One of the main reasons I continue to advocate for denser, walkable downtown development is because this approach has been proven, again and again, to greatly benefit a municipalities’ finances. Contrary to Judge Rodgers’ recent opinion on the Special Land Use Permit for the River West in Traverse City, density is far more efficient than sprawl.

Regardless of whether or not you support the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority or the Downtown Development Authority’s Tax Increment Financing plans, it’s important to remember that denser projects downtown not only generate more revenue, but incredibly, cost less to serve and maintain than the average Traverse City home.

“This study will be extremely valuable in educating the City voter prior to the Proposal 3 referendum on next month’s ballot,” says City Commissioner Brian Haas. “Before we limit development to 60 feet, we should fully understand what it is we’re giving up.”

There will be two public presentations of Urban3’s study: Monday, October 10th at 7:00 p.m. at the State Theater, and Tuesday, October 11th at 7:00 p.m. in Lars Hockstad Auditorium at Central Grade School.

It is my hope that our community sees enough benefit from this study that we bring back Urban3 to complete their analysis to include the cost of physical infrastructure and public services. This method allocates costs and matches them to revenues across a community. Armed with this information, city and county officials will be able to calculate the true costs and benefits of any future development proposal that comes before them.

Christie Minervini owns Gallery Fifty at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, and is active in causes of education and homelessness in the Grand Traverse region.

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1 THE NIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE COMES TO TC…

Two world-renowned climate change advocates will be in Traverse City on the same night, Oct. 20. One of them, author Margaret Atwood, a passionate climate champion who will be a National Writers Series speaker, is already sold out.

You can still catch the other, however. Rear Admiral David Titley, USN (ret.), one of the nation’s leading experts on climate, will be the International Affairs Forum guest speaker at 6pm.

Titley created the Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change and later served as the head of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He will discuss the measures already taken by the military in reaction to rising sea levels and disruptive weather, despite lingering debate over the existence of climate change.

The IAF is expecting a large crowd at Milliken Auditorium (they had to turn away attendees from their September event) and they will provide a simulcast at Northwestern Michigan College’s Scholars Hall (with pizza) for NMC and high school students. Admission is $10 at the door; students and educators are free.

bottomsup Blk\Mrkt Coffee’s Okumusashi Kamairicha Tea You might first think to head to Traverse City’s Blk\Mrkt Coffee for, well, coffee — and you’d be right to do so, as the chic and airy cafe offers up selections from Madcap Coffee, Mountain Air Roasting, and Drink Modern Art, among others. But it also boasts an impressive rotating selection of teas imported from Hibiki-an, a Kyoto, Japan-based tea purveyor, and Kettl, a tea and tea wares company based in both New York City and Fukuoka, Japan.

Kettl’s artisanal Okumusashi Kamairicha tea is a real standout on Blk\Mrkt’s tea list, so be sure to order a cup when you spy it in rotation. Carefully developed with farmers from Ureshino, Japan, this tea’s translucent gold color belies its sophisticated depth of flavor, which shifts from sweet jam tones to sharper, smoky chocolate.

Kamairicha tea is special in that it’s made using traditional pan-firing techniques as might have been seen in China in the ninth century; this particular varietal is also grown, harvested, and processed without any synthetic fertilizer or pesticides, giving you a true, clear pour of tea.

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Starting & finishing near the base of the front-side slopes at Crystal Mountain, riders journey through hardwood & pine forests during the 11th Annual Founders Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Classic on Sat., Oct. 15, with the first wave starting at 9:30am. There is also a festival held in conjunction with the race that includes a Spooky Trail Walk, Spooktacular Saturday with wagon rides, a petting zoo, & pumpkin carving; Tour De Tykes Race, & more. crystalmountain.com

DRINKS! COMEDIANS! LAUGHS! Looking for a drink or two and some laughs? Consider Comedy Night! At The Parlor!

The event, hosted by Falling Down Stairs Productions, will feature comedians with varying levels of experience performing standup.

“People can expect a wide array of talents in our showcases — from comedians who have been working on their craft for a couple years to someone who has only done it once or twice,” said David Graves, a comedy veteran who is the evening’s emcee. “It’s a great way to see young and up-and-coming comedians grow and also a great way to laugh!”

The comedians, all from Michigan, are: Jason Allen (not the politician), Matthew Zerilli, Craig Golden, Jordan Anderson, Marti Martha Johnson, Ben Macks and Justin McLeod.

The laughs start at 8pm Oct. 15 and the cover is $10 or $15 per couple.

Comedy Night! At the Parlor! will take place in the Northern Express Room. The venue is located at 205 Lake Ave. in Traverse City.

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by stephen tuttle Let’s talk about debt. We have plenty of it on the national level and maybe not as much as we’ve been told on the local level.

Obama. Erstwhile presidential candidate Rand Paul had a plan that eliminated the debt over the course of the next decade.

The national debt is rapidly approaching a staggering $20 trillion. For those of you who enjoy zeroes, that would be $20,000,000,000,000. That’s our cumulative debt, the annual deficits stacked one atop the other until they’ve made a really big pile.

Nobody paid much attention to any of it.

Privatizing Social Security and turning Medicare over to private insurers, as both Ryan and Paul proposed, were ideas welcomed by almost no one except Wall Street and big insurance companies, both of whom would reap billions from such changes.

Our deficit, the amount our annual expenditures exceed our annual revenue, will be somewhere around $600 billion this fiscal year. It doesn’t require complicated mathematical wizardry to understand that’s unsustainable. Simple arithmetic should be enough, but those spending our money while pretending to represent us seem little moved.

Our presidential candidates have both outlined economic plans that demonstrate all manner of magical budget thinking.

Donald Trump proposed lower taxes for corporations and the very rich and the almost very rich while promising a dramatic increase in defense spending. He claims he will eliminate the debt in five years. He’s also publicly said, “I love debt,” and “I’m the king of debt,” neither of which sounds promising.

Hillary Clinton proposes tax increases for the very rich and almost very rich, expanding healthcare coverage, and reducing college student debt, among other things. She doesn’t talk much about debt or deficits.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed both proposals as best they could; neither plan is especially strong on specifics.

The CBO found the Trump proposal would increase the debt by trillions and annual deficits by hundreds of billions. Reducing revenues while increasing expenditures isn’t really a path to debt reduction.

The Clinton plan will increase the debt, according to the CBO, by hundreds of billions, and increase the annual deficits by billions.

There simply aren’t enough rich people who can be taxed enough to pay for her plans.

The federal budget is an out-of-control monster gorging itself on debt. And it won’t be especially easy or painless reeling it back in, if that’s even possible.

The biggest chunk of our budget is wrapped up in just three basic areas: defense/homeland security (16.2 percent), Social Security (25.3 percent), and Medicare/Medicaid (28 percent). Much of that spending is considered mandatory, required by law.

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Real debt and real deficits but no real answers from our esteemed national leaders.

Locally, we have a different problem altogether. Unlike the federal government, local governments are required to balance their budget every year.

Grand Traverse County has a pair of budget issues, the worst of which is a seriously underfunded pension system. The good news is it doesn’t have to be balanced by the end of the year. The bad news is that the deficit — somewhere between $51 million and $62 million, depending on who’s talking — does have to be paid down over time.

The annual budget is a different matter.

We’ve been told there will be a $4.1 million structural deficit in the 2017 fiscal year. In other words, our expenditures will exceed our revenues by that amount. That would be a real problem.

That number has been repeated over and over again. The administrator and board used it as a cudgel to cut services, try to eliminate positions, and force employees to absorb a 300 percent increase in their share of healthcare costs. Candidates used the number in their campaign literature. It was bandied about in Lansing when county officials met with the Municipal Employee Retirement System (MERS).

Elected county officials, other than the board of supervisors, took a look at the numbers and wondered aloud why a projected deficit went from a few hundred thousand one year to several million the next.

County Treasurer Heidi Scheppe, who has some experience with budget numbers, thinks an accounting error was made, and the actual deficit is $671,000, not $4.1 million.

The county administrator, his assistant, and the board were remarkably cavalier when confronted with the discrepancy. Let those wanting a new audit pay for it, the administrator said.

That doesn’t leave much discretionary spending to cut.

We deserve better. The audit should be meticulously reviewed without additional expense and accurate numbers presented. If the original audit was wrong, we deserve an explanation and a plan for walking back some of the cuts based on it.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan had a plan that actually reduced the debt. So did a bipartisan commission appointed by President

It’s our money, and our employees being impacted. At a minimum, we deserve an honest accounting.

Crime & Rescue TRAVELLER KILLED IN CRASH A 20-year-old Tennessee man who was headed to Canada to meet a friend died on I-75.

Cheboygan County Sheriff Clarmont said deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash near the county line in Wilmot Township Oct. 1 just before 8am.

Nathan Franklin was driving a 1994 Ford Taurus too fast when he veered left off of the roadway into the median and struck some trees. Clarmont said it appeared the accident happened some time in the night and was discovered at daybreak.

ELDERY MAN ARRESTED A 77-year-old driver was arrested for drunk driving at the Homestead Resort.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded after the man lost control of his red 2002 BMW on a curve and struck a tree Sept. 29 at 9pm on Twisted Oak Drive inside the resort, causing heavy damage to his vehicle.

The driver needed to be taken to Munson Medical Center. At the hospital it was determined the Empire man was intoxicated and he was taken to jail after he received treatment.

EXTORTION CASE DISMISSED Charges against an East Bay Township resort owner accused of extortion were dismissed.

The case against ParkShore Resort owner Bryan Punturo was dismissed by 86th District Court Judge Thomas J. Phillips at the conclusion of a preliminary examination that had already been delayed several times.

The case was brought by Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, who alleged that in summer 2014 Punturo threatened the owner of a parasailing business, telling the man he would run him out of business unless he paid tens of thousands of dollars. Schuette said Punturo told the man he had “both the people and the resources to ensure” his company would fail and that fearful of losing his business, the man paid Punturo $35,000.

Punturo faced up to 20 years in prison if he had been convicted. Punturo’s attorney, Jonathan Moothart, said that what his client did amounted to aggressive business tactics, not extortion.

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MAN FACES LIFE FOR FRAUD A Central Lake man was found guilty of defrauding a vulnerable adult.

William Cords Jr. faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced as a four-time habitual offender, Charlevoix County Prosecutor Allen Telgenhof said.

Cords is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 28.

A jury found that the 48-year-old took $80,000 in cash, checks and through a car loan from an 86-year-old Marion Township man beginning in September 2012.

THREE INJURED IN CRASH A man who attempted a U-turn caused a crash that injured himself and two others.

An 81-year-old Suttons Bay man pulled into a private driveway on M-22 near Lee Point Road and then pulled out, attempting to go the other way, Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies said.

The man pulled in front of a Ford SUV from Northport. The 70-year-old driver tried to swerve but he could not avoid a collision; he and a 74-year-old passenger were both injured.

The 81-year-old, who was driving a Dodge SUV, was also injured, and everyone needed to be taken to Munson Medical Center. None of the injuries were life threatening.

The crash happened Oct. 2 at 12:37pm in Bingham Township.

DEPUTY AT FAULT IN CRASH A Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputy was ticketed for driving through an intersection and causing a crash.

The accident happened at Three Mile and Hammond in East Bay Township at 4:46am Sept. 29.

Traverse City Police investigated at the request of the sheriff’s department and determined that Deputy Kyler Rosin failed to yield the right-of-way.

Rosin had just cleared a suicidal person complaint and was traveling south on Three Mile when he drove through a flashing red light at Hammond, into the path of a westbound vehicle.

The driver and passenger of the vehicle were taken to Munson Medical Center for possible injuries. Rosin was not injured. Rosin has been with the department for one year and has received favorable evaluations, the department said in an announcement of the suspension.

TODDLER SUFFERS TRAGIC DEATH A three-year-old Levering boy was struck and killed by a vehicle as he pushed a stroller in a road.

Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies were called to Carp Lake Township Oct. 2 at 1:10pm where Nathan Cordray was pronounced dead. He had been pushing a stroller when he walked into the path of a pickup truck on Luesing Road driven by 27-yearold Emily Cordray.

Sheriff Pete Wallin said the incident appears to be nothing more than a tragic accident.

COACH PLEADS TO SEX CRIMES A former girls basketball coach pled no contest to sex crimes involving students.

Forty-year-old James Calvin Barkley pled no contest to three counts of fourthdegree criminal sexual conduct and in exchange, seven counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct were dismissed and prosecutors agreed not to pursue charges related to a fourth victim.

HELMET-LESS DRIVER KILLED A 63-year-old motorcycle driver struck a deer and was killed in Grand Traverse County.

Fife Lake resident Michael Douglas Babcock was not wearing a helmet, deputies said. The crash occurred Oct. 3 at 8pm on Walton Road near Hodge Road in Fife Lake Township.

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SUSPENDED FOR OFF-DUTY BUST A Cadillac Police officer faces 30 days of unpaid leave after he was convicted of drunk driving stemming from an off-duty

incident.

Chief Todd Golnick said he took into account Sgt. Jeff Izzard’s previously unblemished record when determining the punishment.

Izzard was arrested in May for drunk driving in Osceola County. He pled guilty to operating while intoxicated.

“Sergeant Izzard is a long standing member of the Cadillac Police Department who has not had any prior discipline during his tenure,” Golnick said in a press release. “He is completely aware of the impact his actions have on the community, the department and to the reputation of law enforcement, and he has accepted full responsibility.”

The charges stem from allegations that Barkley had inappropriate contact with female students while serving as the Alanson’s varsity girls basketball coach and athletic director, said Emmet County Prosecutor James Linderman.

Barkley faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced in November. Barkley had faced 15 years in prison.

Linderman agreed to the plea deal so that minor victims would not have to go through a trial and to ensure that Barkley is punished and will have to register as a sex offender, he said in a press release.

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Frontiers of Science Large kidney stones typically mean eyewatering pain and sudden urinary blockage until the stone “passes” (often requiring expensive sound-wave treatment to break up a large stone). Michigan State University urologist David Wartinger told The Atlantic in September that he had recently happened upon a pain-free -- even exciting! -- way to pass stones before they become problems: the centripetal force from a roller coaster ride. In a 200-trip experiment preparing for a validating “human” trial, he successfully passed stones in his hand-held, silicone model kidney (using his own urine) about two-thirds of the time when sitting in a rear seat at Disney World’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Perspective -- With about 30 states having adopted some form of “stand your ground” defense to assault (or murder) charges, five membership organizations, charging up to $40 a month, have signed up a half-million gun owners concerned that law enforcement treat them fairly should they someday be forced to shoot -- providing instructions and a “hot line” to coach members on what to tell police, plus liability insurance and help getting a lawyer.

Critics say such organizations are also useful to those who might be prone to shooting people and want advice on how best to get away with it. The U.S. Concealed Carry organization’s wallet-sized card, to give to police, asks that the shooter under suspicion be given the same consideration as the officers might give to their own colleagues under suspicion.

-- In a dozen YouTube videos recently released, Syria’s Tourism Ministry praised the country’s sandy, fun-filled beaches as ideal vacation spots and its many World Heritage Sites as renowned tourist exhibits -attempting to distract world travelers from the country’s daily bloodshed (and the wartime destruction of those priceless historical sites).

Before civil war broke out in 2011, Syria was a fashionable, $8 billion-a-year destination (and the now-devastated city of Aleppo was known worldwide for its food).

Awesome!

Diego the giant tortoise, believed to be more than 100 years old, now lives in semi-retirement on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos, but from 1976 to 2010, Diego brought an almostextinct species back to life by fathering about 800 babies in the captive breeding program on Espanola, another of the Galapagos Islands.

Biologists did not realize Diego’s prowess until 2010 when DNA tests identified him as the father of 40 percent of all tortoises on the island. Even on Santa Cruz Island, Diego keeps busy, with a “harem” of six females. (Another Galapagos tortoise species did die out in 2012 when the last male, the centenarian Lonesome George, maintained his celibacy until death.)

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Compelling Explanations -- The New York City Council, grilling police officials in September about their practice of freely seizing money from detainees under suspicion, asked for a thorough accounting of that money (suspecting that innocent victims rarely get it back unless aided by high-powered lawyers). Though (in “crime-fighting” hyperbole) NYPD routinely boasts of its half-million annual seizures, an NYPD official told the council it would be “impossible” to account for everything -- that keeping track of it all would cause its computers to crash.

-- The Los Angeles Department of Water

and Power is bureaucratically at the epicenter of the state’s drought crisis, but in September KCBS-TV aired video of the department actually using sprinklers to water the artificial lawn at a substation in South Los Angeles.

A DWP spokesperson said such watering is routine at substations to “clean” the plastic (and wash off any dog urine, for example).

Things You Thought Didn’t Happen Wanda Witter, 80, had been living on Washington, D.C., streets for 10 years, but insisting to anyone who would listen that the Social Security Administration owed her sums that recently reached $100,000, and that she had documents to prove it. However, given her circumstances, most regarded her as just another luckless person confused by homeless life. In June, though, after social worker Julie Turner took a closer look and found, improbably, that Witter was indeed owed $100,000 and even more improbably, that all of her paperwork was carefully organized among the unimpressive possessions she hauled around daily, SSA paid her $999 on the spot, and the remaining $99,999 arrived in August.

Feel-Good Marketing -- One branch of the James Harper funeral homes, in Bromley, England, announced its latest promotion via a sign in a front window (reported by the Bromley News Shopper in September): “Wow! Free Child’s Battery Powered Vehicle With Every Pre-Paid Funeral Arranged This Month.” A Harper spokesperson said the purpose was to encourage residents to think ahead about funerals.

-- “Considering Cremation?” was the headline of the Aug. 7 advertising supplement to the Tampa Bay Times (and other Florida newspapers), appearing just below a snapshot of a mom, dad and three youngsters frolicking in the grass, seemingly overjoyed (http:// bit.ly/2dBv3yk). Nothing about cremation appeared except dates and sites of free cremation seminars, sponsored by the National Cremation Society (whose website is thankfully more somber).

Recurring Themes The most recent immigrant family living high on the hog in the United Kingdom is Arnold Mballe Sube and his wife, Jeanne, both 33, who drew the equivalent of about $130,000 in government benefits last year, but are still feuding with the Luton Borough Council near London over its inability to find (free) housing adequate for them and their eight children.

They turned down four- and five-bedroom homes, were housed temporarily in a Hilton hotel, and said they would be satisfied only with a six-bedroom residence. Mr. Sube, from Cameroon, emigrated to France at age 18, then came to England in 2012 to study nursing at the University of Bedfordshire.

The Aristocrats!

Iowa City Jamboree: (1) Thomas Morgan, 42, was charged in a May 7 incident at the University of Iowa’s Main Library when, using a men’s room urinal, he turned to reveal to a fellow user that he was “measuring” his penis with a hand-lettered cardboard “ruler.” (2) Thomas Warren, 49, was arrested in September near the Iowa City home that he, naked, had allegedly trespassed into minutes before. He was discovered passed out in the grass, though his clothes, car keys and driver’s license had been left on the doorstep (along with telltale evidence that he had used the doorstep as a toilet). Alcohol and a controlled substance were involved, said police.

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ADAM SIMON Millington, MI

CLARKE BROWN Traverse City

Fall just wouldn’t be the same without plaid; nearly as popular as denim and just as wearable, it’s no surprise that once October hits people of all ages are covered in this checkered fabric. If you’re feeling bold this season, try a plaid skirt, hat, or even pants.

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28th Annual

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Recovery Plus is an annual conference for women who have had or who are currently living with breast cancer.

Participants will enjoy a continental breakfast, special “pampering” session, informative presentations, lunch, and a fashion show.

Guest speakers include: David K. Heimburger, MD Recent Advancements in Breast Cancer Management

Mary Raymer, LMSW, ACSW, DPNAP Thriving, Not Just Surviving: Emotional Recovery and Breast Cancer The event is sponsored by the Zonta Club of Traverse City and Munson Medical Center’s Breast Cancer Navigator Program.

Cost is $30. Register by Oct. 10 online at munsonhealthcare.org/RecoveryPlus2016event or call 800-533-5520.

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Johnson

Bergman

WHO’S THE CARPETBAGGER?

The race for the 1st District congressional seat is proving to be a knock-down, drag-out fight.

By Patrick Sullivan

A

irwaves have been inundated with ads from the National Republican Congressional Committee that claim the Democrat running in the 1st District congressional race doesn’t live in northern Michigan, but rather, in a Detroit penthouse. The ads end: “For Lon Johnson, it’s all an act.”

Johnson’s campaign retorts with questions about its Republican rival’s insistence that he is a full-time resident of the Upper Peninsula.

In a press release, the campaign pointed to evidence that shows Jack Bergman lives primarily in Louisiana. It ends: “Bergman is not from northern Michigan, and it’s clear he is not for northern Michiganders.”

The race for the 1st District — the second largest congressional district east of the Mississippi and one that encompasses the entire Upper Peninsula and the norther portion of lower Michigan — is one of the most competitive in the country. If you watch television, listen to radio or visit election-related web pages, brace yourself for an onslaught.

SORTING THROUGH THE DUELING CLAIMS A panel of journalists at Bridge Magazine, a non-partisan publication of the nonprofit The Center for Michigan, fact-checked each campaign’s claims and faulted each side, though it noted that it found that Johnson’s campaign raised legitimate questions about Bergman’s assertion that he is a full-time resident of Watersmeet.

“Johnson’s attack was backed by real, first-hand evidence,” said David Zeman, Bridge editor, in an email. “The attack by Republicans on Johnson was not.”

Among the evidence the Johnson campaign has cited: that Bergman has owned a home in St. Francisville, La., since 2009; that he took a four-year government appointment to a Louisiana military commission in 2013, and that the retired Marine Corps lieutenant general is on record in a newspa-

per stating he planned to retire in the state.

Bergman was not available for an inter“We quite honestly fell in love with New view, but John Yob, a Bergman spokesman, Orleans and Louisiana,” Bergman told the said his candidate’s ties to the district are unnewspaper. “And it doesn’t hurt that we don’t questionable. get 10 feet of snow here in the winter.”

Bergman’s grandfather was born in IronHowever, the Bridge panel found that wood and worked in the mines. His father Johnson went too far in his criticism of Berg- moved to Minnesota for work, and that’s man when he claimed that Bergman had lied where Bergman was born and raised, but he on a congressional disclosure form by failing considers the Upper Peninsula to be his “anto list his Louisiana resicestral home.” dence; the panel deterBergman bought land in mined real estate owner- Two days after the the 1980s and built his home ship was not required to there two decades ago, Yob be listed as an asset under phone interview, the said.

House rules.

“He moved to various On the other hand, Express dropped by places around the country, the Bridge review called but he always considered the “foul” on the NRCC’s Johnson’s Kalkaska Upper Peninsula home,” he claims about Johnson’s said. “For anybody to say he’s supposed “fishing cabin” address to see if it anything other than a Yoopin Kalkaska. er is bologna.”

Since 2011, Johnson looked like a place As for whether Berghas owned a home on man spends his winters in Bass Lake in Blue Lake where someone Michigan or in Louisiana, Township, northeast of Yob wouldn’t answer dithe Village of Kalkaska, lives year round. rectly. His response echoes and that’s where he is regthat of Bergman, whom, istered to vote. His camwhen asked in September by paign maintains that he and his wife, Juliana a constituent in Hancock whether he was a Smoot, live in that home. snow bird, answered that he liked to snowThe Bridge found that Smoot, a former mobile in the winter and also liked to fish in Obama administration official and a nation- the Bayou, according to a video available on ally known Democratic fundraiser, owns a YouTube. property in Detroit where she stays on occaYob insisted that Bergman is a “fullsion, but the inquiry found that the NRCC’s time” resident of the district. “evidence” to back up its claim that that’s “There’s a big difference between a partiwhere the couple actually lives is weak; it san political operative and a straight-talking depends on a photo of Johnson and Smoot Marine Corps veteran who bought property, outside of the Detroit building that houses moved there, and voted there for the last 20 Smoot’s apartment. years,” Yob said. “Questions that are raised “That’s a pretty thin reed upon which to about (Johnson’s) true intentions in moving call Johnson’s residency in northern Michi- to Kalkaska are legitimate.” gan ‘an act,’ especially when juxtaposed with the evidence against Bergman,” Zeman said.

INTERVIEWED BY PHONE The Express interviewed Johnson by SPOKESMAN: TIES UNQUESTIONABLE phone, and he expressed frustration about The Express wanted to hear from candi- having to talk about where he lives rather dates directly. than the issues of his campaign. Johnson con-

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tends that Bergman wants to eliminate Social Security and slash Medicare, though the Bergman campaign has said that is not true.

Johnson said he and his wife have made their Kalkaska cabin their primary home.

“I grew up just south of Detroit, but I am the fifth generation of my family to live here in Kalkaska County — not to come up on weekends, but to live here,” Johnson said.

There have been periods when he hasn’t lived in Kalkaska County — like when he became chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party, a position he left to enter this year’s race.

Johnson said he doesn’t understand why his residency has been such an issue.

“I can’t believe that we’re actually even writing about this, to be blunt,” he said. “This is a distraction.”

Johnson said he wishes people would focus on the policy differences between him and Bergman. Johnson said he believes Bergman’s legislative decisions would be bad for the district.

“He moved here from Louisiana, bought the nomination, and now the [Republican National Committee] has come in here and they’re trying to buy the seat,” Johnson said.

AN UNANNOUNCED VISIT Two days after the phone interview, the Express dropped by Johnson’s Kalkaska address to see if it looked like a place where someone lives year round.

Johnson was in his driveway, on a cellphone, walking toward the lake. A campaign staffer came out of the cabin, followed by Smoot, wondering what was going on.

Johnson was getting ready to take the campaign camper to an event in Petoskey, but he took the interruption in stride and gave the Express a tour of his cabin and the surrounding property.

Johnson said the place means so much to him because he loves northern Michigan and Bass Lake in particular. It is a place where his family has come for generations, and he loves to hunt in the woods nearby.

Johnson’s grandfather owned a cabin across the lake, and he’s been visiting the area all his life, he said. His brother now owns that cabin, plus acreage in the nearby woods where Johnson likes to trail run and hopes one day to build a larger home.

Johnson has completely renovated the cabin, and today it is small but comfortable, set up like a loft apartment. Johnson said he and his wife, who do not have children, have spent as much time as they’ve been able to in recent years in Kalkaska, despite their busy lives.

WHO IS MORE “OF” THE DISTRICT? Questions surrounding this year’s candidates’ claim to the district are in stark contrast to the two most recent representatives of the 1st District.

Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, who is vacating the seat after six years, was born in the U.P. and long worked as a doctor there. Rep. Bart Stupak, who was elected to represent the district in 1992 and served through 2010, graduated from Gladstone High School and lived in Menominee.

But what’s at stake in the argument between Bergman and Johnson isn’t legal standing to run for Congress. It’s more about who can make the better case that they are of the district they’re hoping to represent.

The requirements to run for are fairly straightforward: A candidate must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and an inhabitant of the state — not the district — in which he or she is running.

While a candidate is required to be an “inhabitant” of the state, it’s a pretty wide open term, said John Zachman, political science professor at Northwestern Michigan College.

Zachman believes that both candidates likely have tenuous enough ties to the district that it could cost them politically, but each one’s position probably cancels out the other.

Scott Ladeur, professor of political science at North Central Michigan College, believes Bergman has the advantage in the duel over who can lay claim to the district because his military service makes it easier for people to explain away all of the time he hasn’t lived here.

“I think that that kind of thing helps to smooth the charge that he doesn’t live in the district — the military career explains his moving around,” Ladeur said.

POLITICS NO LONGER LOCAL This year’s race for the 1st District could be a sign of things to come, Zachman said.

Changes in media and campaign finance mean it’s less important than in year’s past for candidates to be from the place where they run.

Because Michigan’s 1st District is so vast and diverse, it might be only natural that native status is less important than it might be in a smaller district that has a more homogeneous, geographically tight identity — one whose voters are more likely to hold out for one of their own, Zachman said.

Another change affecting this and future races: It used to be that the local newspaper, radio station or town hall meetings were the only source of information about candidates.

Today a voters doesn’t need any of those communication hubs to get informed.

Citizens United, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that permitted unlimited U.S. election donations from corporations and special interest groups not tied directly to campaigns, further eroded the advantage of being the local candidate, Bachman said.

The result? Rather than connecting with voters who came out to town hall meetings or stump speeches, a candidate today simply needs to impress a few large donors that can afford massive media buys.

“Now you have fundraisers where you shake hands with people, and it’s not for

their vote, it’s for their money,” Zachman said. “What it takes to get elected under Citizens United is support from interest groups and wealthy supporters.”

WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM So where does the money come from in this year’s race?

Johnson’s campaign raised far more during the primary cycle; Bergman’s campaign relied mostly on loans from the candidate himself.

In the general election, Bergman’s campaign has ramped up fundraising, but it still relies heavily on Republican political action committees who are running attack ads against Johnson.

According to the most recent data available from the Federal Election Commission, Johnson raised nearly a million dollars from individual donors leading up to the primary.

He raised an additional $283,800 from political action committee contributions.

Bergman received just over $70,000 in individual contributions leading up to the primary. He loaned his campaign an additional $270,120.

Where did the individual donations come from? From voters in the district?

From voters in Michigan?

An analysis of the donations shows that roughly 20 percent of Johnson’s money came from within the district, 37 percent from outside the district but within Michigan, and 43 percent from out of state.

Money raised by Bergman’s campaign included 15 percent from within the district, 27 percent from outside of the district but within Michigan, and 57 percent from out of state.

Campaign fundraising only tells part of the story, however.

By mid-September, the candidates and groups working for them had purchased $1.6 million in ad time for the two months leading up to the election, based on a Michigan Campaign Finance Network analysis of Kantar Media tracking data. The data represents money spent on broadcast television ads and does not include cable or online media buys.

Outside interest groups spent considerably more in support of Bergman compared to Johnson: The National Republican Campaign Committee reserved $839,040 worth of time, and the House Majority Pac spent $404,390 in support of Bergman. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, meanwhile, reserved just $20,205 in time. Johnson’s campaign reserved $411,658 in ad spots.

Regardless of the final outcome, Craig Mauger, MCFN’s executive director, said there’s an irony to what’s happening within this election. And it’s probably one that voters caught up in the contentious debate about the candidates’ geographical ties should keep in mind.

“It’s really funny and also sad that you have two candidates arguing about where the other one was born,” said Mauger, “and the people that are making that argument happen are groups from way outside the district.”

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Jack Bergman and Lon Johnson has been invited to attend a candidate forum organized by the Petoskey Regional Chamber of Commerce. The event takes place Wednesday, Oct. 12, at the Iron Horse Café at North Central Michigan College in Petoskey.

There will be a meet and greet at 6pm and a moderated forum at 7pm.

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Ann with Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore, the 2013 ArtPrize winner, at the Gerald Ford Museum

A Conversation with 2015 ArtPrize Winner Ann Loveless

By Kristi Kates Sometimes you’ve just gotta go for it — twice.

In 2013, artist Ann Loveless won the grand prize at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids — $200,000 for her strikingly detailed landscape art quilt Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore.

In 2015, in an unprecedented accomplishment, Loveless won again, snagging the grand prize honor and another $200,000 for her co-entry, a 5-foot-tall, 25-foot-long “photo fiber” work called Northwood Awakening. The piece begins on the left side with her husband Steve Loveless’ landscape photography and, as the viewer’s eye moves to the right, morphed into fiber art.

Loveless, who said she was “stunned” to win a second time, took a circuitous route to her accomplishments. We talked to the artist to find out how her winning artistry began.

Northern Express: You went to Michigan State University and acquired a degree in clothing and textile design back in 1982. What did you initially aspire to with that degree?

Ann Loveless: I originally wanted to be a dress designer! I was planning to move to New York City or Chicago to pursue that. But I got married and decided to return to Frankfort.

Express: Did you do fashion design Up North?

Loveless: Not really. I worked as a seamstress mostly. I did do some custom work, like wedding gowns. But I developed arthritis in my hands and couldn’t do the alterations-type work anymore; it was too difficult to rip out seams and such. So I transitioned to making quilts, as it was lighter sewing on the hands.

Express: How did you discover landscape quilting? It’s such a specific and very beautiful craft, but it seems a little more unusual.

Loveless: I actually took a landscape quilting class right in Traverse City at Quilt-N-Bee. The turning point happened when I working with some batik fabric one day. The painterly look of it brought back the more artistic side of me, and something just clicked. I started making quilts for art fairs and started selling a lot of them.

Express: All in the landscape quilting style?

Loveless: I never really did much traditional quilting. I like landscape quilting so much better because there are no patterns or rules.

You just make it up as you go. It’s more spontaneous, and it’s fun not to have any rules to break in the first place!

Express: I understand that there are three

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types, or styles, of landscape quilting you primarily work with. Would you tell us about those?

Loveless: The first are impressionistic art quilts — a borrowed technique from Japanese [quilt artistry], where I chop up fabrics and layer them under a tulle-like netting.

The second are fabric mosiacs. For those, the fabric is cut then fused onto the background, which is made up of little squares. The third is collage landscape art, which involves cutting, fusing, and stitching the fabrics, then adding linen and silk yarns and other nontraditional fibers, and the pieces forming the background are much larger.

Express: What determines which style you’ll use for a given piece of art?

Loveless: It depends on what I’m trying to achieve. I usually reference photos — most often my husband’s — to choose the colors and style. But sometimes you’ll decide you want a sunset or something when there isn’t one in the photo. That’s where the ‘no rules’ comes in!

Express: How long does it take to create one of your works?

Loveless: The smaller pieces, little 4-by-6inch quilts that are framed and hung as wall art, can be completed in about four hours.

The really big works like Northwood can take up to four months. That one was done in panels to make it manageable to work on.

Everything is machine-quilted, so it has to fit through the machine and is then assembled as it’s being hung.

Express:And while I’m sure it’s rewarding in the first place to complete a work of art like that, I’m guessing it was even more so upon winning ArtPrize — twice! How did you feel when that happened?

Loveless: It really was amazing! It’s just been such a wonderful opportunity and has led to so many nice things in my life. And it’s not just the money — it’s the exposure. 300,000 people visit ArtPrize — where else would you have that many people view your work?

It’s awesome exposure even if you don’t win.

I can’t thank ArtPrize enough. I used to just be known in Michigan. Now I’m known nationwide. I’ve written a book, I travel and teach and lecture. I have long had such a fascination with fabric and sewing and nature, and I feel so fortunate I can combine all three of these things that I love.

To view more of Ann Loveless’ landscape quilting and Steve Loveless’ photography work, visit quiltsbyann.com or State of the Art Gallery (stateoftheartgallery.com), 261 S. Benzie Blvd. in Beulah, 231-882-0200.

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IT’S APPLE

SEASON!

By Kristi Kates A tisket, a tasket, it’s time to grab a basket — of northern Michigan apples. Here’s all the way to get your apple on for the fall 2016 season: APPLE MONTH Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has declared October 2016 as Michigan Apple Month. More than 11.3 million apple trees on over 800 family-run Michigan farms fuel the state’s commercial production of apples, and this year’s crop is expected to hit a record-breaking 31 million bushels. Look for that Michigan Apples sticker to ensure you’re getting the nation’s best and visit the dedicated Michigan apples website at michiganapples.com for apple flavor profiles, farm market locations, recipes and more.

DANCE THE SWEETANGO Consider this SweeTango’s sweetest season yet. Since coming on the scene in 2009, the extra-crunchy and sweet apple — with notes of lime, honey and spice — has been gaining popularity, and is said to finally have knocked the popular Honeycrisp off the top of the proverbial apple pile. Despite its big reputation, only a handful of orchards grow the popular variety. You can find SweeTangos on the trees at Bakker’s Acres in Suttons Bay and Interwater Farms in Williamsburg, and on the shelves at Marvin’s Garden Spot in Interlochen and any Meijer store.

ANTIQUE APPLES SweeTango might be what’s new in apples,

but don’t miss what’s old, too. Antique apples — those our ancestors enjoyed, with varieties dating back as far as the 1600s — offer very different flavor profiles and aromas than most varieties commonly available today.

Kilcherman’s Christmas Cove Farm (christmascovefarm. com) in Northport is one of the biggest purveyors of antique apples in Michigan, producing varieties from all over the world and centuries past.

Owner John Kilcherman started collecting apple cuttings more than 30 years ago; at his farm today, you can find such unusual apples as the French Rambo; U.K. varieties like the Sheepnose and Pippin; the Missouri-originated Ozark Gold; the German Holstein; and Thomas Jefferson’s rumored favorite, the Esopus Spitzenburg.

GET FESTIVE True apple fans can’t miss the festival devoted to their favorite fruit: The 38th Annual Apple Fest, which takes place in downtown Charlevoix, October 14–16. Area orchards will set up booths in Charlevoix’s East Park, offering over 30 varieties of apples, plus related foodstuffs like Irish apple cake, apple cider, and apple flappens (Dutch apple turnovers). A little savory to complement the sweet will come courtesy of dishes like kielbasa and chili. An arts and crafts show, interactive trains provided by Castle Farms, the Kiwanis Apple Fest Fun Run, commemorative Apple Fest 2016 T-shirts, and swing music by the Pine River Jazz Band round out the offerings; for a complete schedule of apple-y events, visit charlevoix.org or call 231-547-2101.

Thursday, October 13 Tickets from $22.50 The “Aca-Perfect” concert experience from the artistic producer of “Pitch Perfect” and “The Sing-Off” celebrating the human voice.

Thursday, November 3 Tickets from $15 Don’t miss a rich, diverse musical performance of Prine classics with the all-star cast of Michigan musicians, Prine Time.

Photo courtesy City of Petoskey Parks and Recreation.

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Gaylord dance-pop outfit The Cookies are the band that helped inspire Marcia Taylor to launch her talent management agency.

The Sweet Sounds of Local Talent M A R C I A TAY LO R ’ S M A R S H - M E L LO W D R E A M

By Kristi Kates Growing up in Marietta, Ga., Marcia Taylor sang her way through her school days and beyond. Now, she’s moved on to help the next generation of musicians do the same — and more — by way of her boutique talent management and booking agency Marsh-Mellow Entertainment.

Taylor made music her focus throughout school. “I did it all — I was in choir, musical theater, everything. I gigged all through school and competed in singing competitions. Music was a big part of education back then, too, so I got a vocal coach because I wanted to be in the best choral groups. I made all-state choir every single year.” She learned to read music and could ‘pick her way’ through both guitar and piano. She even led a music trio of her own, called The Goldtones, as a young adult. But in spite of her training and her passion, Taylor doesn’t sing in public anymore; her route after school quickly turned practical.

“I went to Shorter University in Georgia to get a degree in business management, and I also acquired a real estate license,” she said.

“I then had a long career working in Atlanta with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, doing finances and fundraising for them. And then I went on to have my own real estate business — I’m good at those things, but the missing piece was always my love for music.”

The message Taylor got growing up was that you need skills to support and take care of yourself, and she was told that music wasn’t going to provide that. “So I took the safe way,” she said. “But in doing that, there was a piece of my soul not nurtured. When I walked away from performing, I left part of me right there on stage. If I could redo my life, I would’ve followed another life road and would have pursued my own music.”

While working in Atlanta, she met the man who would become her husband — John Taylor, from Waters, Mich. “He moved to Georgia when he got out of high school to look for

business opportunities,” Taylor said. “We met in 1987, and we’ve been together ever since.

We’ll be celebrating our 25th anniversary this October.” With no kids, the Taylors traveled frequently, more and more often to their property on Heart Lake near Gaylord.

“Eventually, Georgia started feeling too busy, with too much traffic,” Taylor said. “We kept escaping to Michigan so often, we decided to just move there.” Once Up North, the question became what to do next. John Taylor established a painting business while Marcia acquired her Michigan real estate license. “But I just wasn’t super excited about real estate,” she said. “When you get to your late 40s, you start to reevaluate your life. You say, do I enjoy this?

Yes. Then do that more. Do I not enjoy that?

No? Then stop doing that!”

While still trying to decide what she did want to do next, Taylor met Farmfest organizer Stacy Jo Schiller at a local Rotary meeting.

“The second half of our meetings is always an entertainment program, and Stacy Jo would bring in musicians and bands that she thought had promise,” Taylor said. One night, Schiller brought in a brand new, half-baked band called The Cookies. “Even without their whole lineup — they had a member who didn’t show up that night — I thought, wow, these kids have so much potential,” Taylor said. When The Cookies were brought in to Rotary a second time months later, even Taylor’s husband was impressed. The couple booked the band for John’s annual lakeside birthday party, even though the bandmates weren’t sure if they had that date available.

“I was talking to Jakey Thomas of The Cookies, and I finally just asked, “Why are you guys so disorganized?’” Taylor laughed. “Jakey said, ‘Well, I want to put all I’ve got into this band, but I keep stepping back because my parents said I should get a real job.’ I said, ‘If you love being a musician, it makes sense to pursue what you love, because life is short.’”

The Cookies started getting more gigs with referrals from the Taylors’ party, but they still couldn’t keep their schedule under control. So Taylor offered to manage the band. “I’d never

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done that before, but I just kind of knew I could do it. I took my music background, my managerial skills, and my sales skills, and rolled them all together, and it just clicked. I’d seen the talent thes kids had, and I knew they could make a living at it. And suddenly, I’d found what I wanted to do. So as corny as it sounds, I thought, we need each other. And that was that.”

The Cookies, newly focused and supported by Taylor and her promotional savvy, started moving forward rapidly, getting new band photos and more and more gigs. The group’s most recent show was opening for the Steve Miller Band in Napa Valley, Calif., and it’s played pretty much every major event in northern Michigan.

When other musicians started approaching Taylor for booking and management opportunities, she dubbed her new agency Marsh-Mellow Entertainment and turned enthusiastically down her new road.

Today, Taylor’s agency, still headquartered near Gaylord, manages seven artists full-time, including The Cookies, and she books gigs for another two dozen. On MarshMellow’s roster are a number of names that will already be familiar to many who enjoy live music in northern Michigan, as well as some quickly-rising newbies: Olivia Mainville, Sleeping Gypsies, indie-pop folk duo A Brighter Bloom, Dede and the Dreamers, Philadelphia singer Rachel B, roots-pop outfit Jack and the Bear, punkers ThE DroogS, bluegrass outfit Medicine Bell, jazz/Latin combo Swingtooth, country singer Lance Boughner, and acoustic rocker Adam Hoppe. Marsh-Mellow Entertainment’s sleek, professional website already looks like it’s got reach well beyond northern Michigan, and for Taylor, that’s the whole idea.

“I’d like to expand this to at least be a major player in the Great Lakes region,” she said.

“There’s so much talent up here — and I think people like Joshua Davis and Laith Al-Saadi have helped bring more attention to our area.

Joshua, especially, has helped raise the profile of Michigan musicians; America’s Got Talent has even called me to scout potential contes-

Marcia Taylor, founder of Marsh-Mellow Entertainment in Gaylord.

tants. I think the rest of the country is finally starting to realize that there’s something good going on up here.”

In the meantime, Taylor will keep doing what she’s found she does best — in lieu of singing her own songs, helping others sing theirs. “I have such a strong belief in my artists.

I want them to feel appreciated, and that they can do anything they want,” she said. “Most of them haven’t experienced that belief, because society tells them that only a small percentage make it. But if you’ve got the talent, all you really need is a firm foundation and focus, and you need to work hard. What you put out there is what you’re going to get back.”

To find out more, visit marshmellowentertainment.com or call 989-619-1396.

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SINGING OUT LOUD:

THE GRAND TRAVERSE SHOW CHORUS

By Kristi Kates Barbershop quartets and choruses have long had one thing in common: The members are usually male. The Sweet Adelines seek to change that. Boasting more than 500 choruses and quartets, Sweet Adelines International showcases only female vocalists singing a cappella, four-part harmony, and barbershop-style music around the world. And a branch of that group, called the Grand Traverse Show Chorus (GTSC), is singing out loud right here in Traverse City.

“Our group was one of the first choirs in the Sweet Adelines organization,” explained GTSC Director Jill Watson. “Our chapter started in 1954 — and it was actually a man, Mel Gee, who started it, along with a group of determined women who wanted to bring female barbershop singing to our region.” The Sweet Adelines — named after the popular barbershop quartet song “You’re the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline” — promotes the advancement of this singing art form through education and performances.

The GTSC performs regularly on a regional basis, and it also competes once a year in Sweet Adelines’ own regional/international competition event. “Our region is most of Michigan and part of Southern Ontario,” Watson said. “We went to Dearborn to compete this past April and won first place for regional small chorus. This means we’re seeded first place to go into the international competition in 2017. The top five choruses go to Las Vegas next October to compete, and we’re going to be one of them!”

That success was a result of the GTSC members’ dedication. They get together every Thursday for rehearsals and focus on keeping their vocal parts sharp, precise, and emotive. The current group is comprised of 38 members. Ideally, Watson said, the group would like to have 45 to 50 vocalists.

Can you sing? The GTSC is always recruiting, said Watson. “What we encourage

people to do if they want to be part of our group is come to three or four rehearsals,” Watson said. “We’ll give you music and learning tracks to listen to — you don’t need to actually read music — then you audition by singing the song you’ve learned, which also has to be memorized, as we memorize all of our music.”

Be prepared to do more than just singing if you get accepted as part of the chorus; GTSC performers incorporate dancing and other movement to add to their showmanship. “We dress up in great costumes — we like things sparkly, with lots of rhinestones!

And we really get into the lyrics and the characters of the songs,” Watson said. “At competitions, you’re judged not just on singing but also on showmanship, and part of that is how much you engage with the song and with the audience.”

Originally, the GTSC did all traditional barbershop/Sweet Adelines material, which was mostly tunes from the ’40s and ’50s.

“The Adelines and the Barbershop [Harmony] Society have their own special arrangers. The songs are carefully selected, and the music is arranged in a certain way for a cappella singing, so it keeps those tight harmonies and that feeling of an audio freight train heading your way!” Watson said.

But the Traverse City group also has managed to find some more contemporary songs that can lend themselves to the a cappella/barbershop style. “We do some really fun ones that are more current,” Watson said. “Garth Brooks’ ‘The River’; Beatles songs like ‘All My Lovin’’; and Alison Krauss’ ‘When You Say Nothing at All’ — that’s one of our favorites to perform!”

Watson, who’s been with the group for 10 years (the past five as director and conductor), said that no matter what the song, the music itself is what ‘feeds the soul,’ and keeps this gathering of talented and focused ladies together. In addition to the charitable works that the group supports, the music itself gives back in a myriad of ways. “It’s just so rewarding,” she said. “I love standing in front of these women and hearing the sound of their singing come back to me. Music is the best, whether you’re singing it or just listening to it. Either way, people love it.”

To find out more about the Grand Traverse Show Chorus, its upcoming performance schedule, and how you can join, visit grandtraverseshowchorus.org or call 231-933-0729. Guests are welcome to attend a rehearsal any time.

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By Kristi Kates Mackinac Island’s The French Outpost was recently sold to the Grand Hotel, but many members of its old staff remained dedicated to their island home — and former Outpost owners, Debra and Sandra Orr. Together, the crew is quietly turning another Mackinac Island dining destination into a legend of its own: The Seabiscuit Café.

Inspired by the true story of the champion racehorse, The Seabiscuit Café is housed in a former 1800s-era bank near the waterfront.

HORSING AROUND Its owners, sisters and lifelong Mackinac Island residents Debra and Sandra Orr, have a familial tie to the restaurant equine theme: Their father was a horse veterinarian on the island, and his favorite horse was Seabiscuit.

In addition to the horse décor that runs throughout the restaurant, the most recent Seabiscuit movie (the 2003 version starring Tobey Maguire and Jeff Bridges) plays on a continuous loop on one of the televisions

peppering the eatery. As you might expect, the cafe swells with patrons during the Triple Crown horse races.

“We have parties for all three of the races,” said Karl Thalacker, a former Outpost employee who serves as Seabiscuit’s manager and food and beverage director, “the biggest party being the Kentucky Derby, complete with horse racing trivia and mint juleps. You can’t even get through the front door for that one!”

HOUSE SPECIALTIES Seabiscuit’s cool vintage style and celebratory vibe is a huge draw, but its food is truly the foundation of the eatery’s success — and it’s served starting first thing in the morning. “We have great breakfasts,” Thalacker said. “The island gets moving early, with couples, families, field trips — so we have a good breakfast menu available.” One of the house specialties is Stuffed French Toast, which starts with thick slices of banana bread, stuffed with cream cheese and covered in banana slices and maple syrup.

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another popular choice, featuring scrambled eggs mixed with sausage, red skin potatoes, red peppers, and cheddar cheese. Covering the gap between breakfast and lunch are specials like the Deep Fried Peanut Butter Balls, peanut butter rolled up in pastry shells and deep-fried, served in a dish of Smucker’s strawberry jelly and dusted with powdered sugar.

A similarly quirky dish is available on the lunch menu too: the Painted Pony Macaroni, which are deep-fried macaroni and cheese balls rolled in artisanal breadcrumbs and served in red tomato cream sauce with grated parmesan on top. The lunch menu expands further with items like the World Famous Derby Burger with bacon, barbecue sauce and American cheese; and the Triple Crown sandwich, featuring white meat turkey, Tavern ham, sweet smoked apple bacon, provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayo, all stacked “hands high” — the traditional units by which a horse is measured.

LATE NIGHTS Dinner selections include ribs — “Those are literally fall-off-the-bone tender,” Thal-

acker said — French Creole Jambalaya, spicy Salt and Pepper Fish and Chips with Sriracha mayo and seasoned haystack fries, and another of the house specialties, whitefish. “We always have fresh whitefish, on ice and ready to be cooked,” Thalacker said. “We serve it up in fish tacos, our whitefish Reuben, our Caesar Smoked Whitefish salad, Smoked Whitefish Nachos — it’s all so good.”

After dinner, stick around for the desserts, all of which come from the Orr sisters’ recipes, and enjoy the Seabiscuit’s busy late night scene, which includes theme nights and other crowd-pleasing activities. “One of the most popular is Mustache Mondays,” Thalacker said. “Come on in at 10pm, get a mustache painted on, and enjoy the specials!

The Seabiscuit is really chill and fun, especially at night — we’re just a positive, awesome group here. It says ‘Bet on a good time’ on our menus for a reason!”

The Seabiscuit Café is located at 7337 Main St. on Mackinac Island, open daily 7am–2am.

For more information, visit seabiscuitcafe. com or call 906-847-3611.

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3 Chrissy chats with the happy couples JL & Courtney Sumpter, Brandon & Alesia Dobbins, and David & Courtney Watson at Forty Acres Tavern during the Boyne Mountain Skitoberfest.

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4 Sara Manchester and Savanah Cool celebrate the grand opening of Create Community Arts Studio in Boyne City.

5 Gloria and John Lyon of Island View Orchards with Werner Kuehnis during the 10th Annual Harvest Festivus at TC’s Left Foot Charley.

6 Rebecca Cole, Renae Hansen and Susan Soffredine Rauser promote the Women’s Council of Realtors and upcoming Bras for a Cause during Recess at Incredible Mo’s in Traverse City.

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By Kristi Kates Behind every great show is a great director. The a cappella pop show Vocalosity, coming to the City Opera House in Traverse City, hit the jackpot with their director, who also created the show and serves as its producer and arranger.

Deke Sharon is widely known as the father of contemporary a cappella, the style of music that relies solely on voices, with no other musical accompaniment. Sharon, who started singing as a youth, said he still doesn’t know if he chose to pursue music or if it chose him.

“It’s when I heard vocal harmony that the clouds parted, and I was hit with the proverbial shaft of light,” he said with a chuckle. “I started collecting pro and collegiate a cappella records in high school, never expecting that one day my collection would form the core of the Contemporary A Cappella Society’s library.”

For decades, a cappella music was considered the territory of church choirs, collegiate groups, and barbershop quartets alone.

But while Sharon was in college, he started working with a cappella vocals in a different way, using the voices as instruments to create layers of sound and rhythm that transcended mere vocal harmony.

“It was more like a pop recording,” he said. “And audiences went crazy! I knew I had lightning in a bottle, but whenever I told

someone about my dream career, they either snickered or asked me what I was going to do for money. I didn’t let that stop me, and now 25 years later I’m an overnight success.”

As word got out about Sharon’s innovative a cappella work, interested singers and vocal groups started calling him for his music-arranging services.

Soon, the likes of Disney, Universal, and NBC came calling, and Sharon found himself named music director for the films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2 and as a coach on TV series The Sing-Off, working with groups like Penn Masala and Pentatonix. “Before this explosion of interest in a cappella, I thought, ‘If this is all I ever do — work with school groups, tour around performing — I’m perfectly happy! I’m living my dream!’

And then things went crazy,” he said.

Dori Armor from IMG Artists reached out to Sharon to inquire if he thought a cappella music would work on the theatrical circuit.

“We hit it off, laughed a lot — and before we both knew it, we were designing the perfect group and show together!” Sharon said. “Pitch Perfect and YouTube videos by Pentatonix are wonderful and beloved, but they’re on a screen and cannot compare to the incredible power of hearing vocal harmony live.”

The result of their collaboration is, of course, Vocalosity, a group of ten singers selected from The Sing-Off and The Voice shows, Broadway plays and national performing tours. The group performs

together as one vocal orchestra, and each member also steps out into smaller spotlight performances.

The show’s musical style covers everything from madrigals, barbershop songs, and sea ballads to The Beatles, Motown, and current pop tunes by the likes of Bruno Mars and Ariana Grande. One of the most remarkable things about the group is how members seamlessly execute 10-part harmonies together — and then wow the crowd with solos. Choreography from original Stomp cast member Sean Curran adds to the showmanship.

“The joy is in hearing how they execute these songs,” Sharon said. “Wait until you hear the voices of Vocalosity — each and every one is an all-star!”

For many years, performing as a singer was Sharon’s goal, but he said he’s at a stage now where he can reach more people by producing shows like Vocalosity, and that’s what matters to him. “Spreading harmony, inspiring others to sing, and making the world a more harmonious place,” he said. “I know it sounds crazy, but I’m the kid who heard the ‘I’d like to teach the world to sing’ Coca-Cola jingle and took it as career advice!”

Vocalosity, under the direction of Deke Sharon, will perform at the City Opera House in Traverse City on Thursday, Oct. 13. For tickets and more information, visit cityoperahouse. org or call 231-941-8082.

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INDOOR LISTENING Fall/Winter Concert Series

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By Kristi Kates Summer music festivals may be well over, and fall fests are winding down along with the temperature outside, but that doesn’t mean that the music stops in northern Michigan.

Instead, it simply moves indoors for great concert listening. Here are two series to start your season:

FRONT PORCH CONCERT SERIES Overseen by longtime local concert organizer Seamus Shinners, this series at Traverse City’s Sleder’s Family Tavern started its fall run with a pair of shows late in September from Ireland’s Aoife Scott band and medieval/Spanish guitarist Claude Bourbon. In October it welcomed The Waydown Wanderers, whose namesake debut album was produced by The Avett Brothers’ Mike Marsh. On Nov. 13, the Porch will welcome Izzy and the Catastrophics, a boiling mix of rockabilly, swing, surf, and bebop. Canadian folk singer-songwriter James Keelaghan is expected for the series’ mid-January show, in which you’ll hear the musician’s eloquent tunes centering around themes of social is-

sues, most notably on his best-known track, “Cold Missouri Waters.” And on the last Sunday in March, the Porch will welcome Bill Staines, the vintage Massachusetts singersongwriter whose own songs have been covered by everyone from Peter Paul and Mary to The Highwaymen and Nanci Griffith. Additional shows for December, February, and April are also in the works, so keep an eye on the Sleder’s website for more live music on the way.

For tickets and more information: sleders.com or (231)-947-9213 Venue: Sleder’s Family Tavern, 717 Randolph, Traverse City

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GOPHERWOOD CONCERTS Cadillac-based Gopherwood Concerts’ 33rd series opened last week with a bang that came courtesy of longtime Gopherwood performer Seth Bernard. Oct. 22 is the next show in Gopherwood’s monthly lineup, and it will feature The Whistle Stop Revue, a progressive bluegrass outfit from Detroit. Nov. 19 will bring in the West Michigan trio The Schrock Bros. (actually two brothers and their father), who harmonize, Americanastyle, with their guitar and bass lineup.

January’s show will feature Detroit singer-songwriter Chris Buhalis, fresh off the Wheatland Music Fest and promoting his brand new album Big Car Town! In February, get out of the cold with Ralston Bowles, the Grand Rapids songwriter who’s shared the stage with Shawn Colvin, Arlo Guthrie, and the Del McCoury Band, among others.

One of Gopherwood’s most popular shows each season is its Made in Michigan fundraiser, and that’s coming up on March 11, with an always-solid lineup of performers TBA. On April 15, welcome in the warmer weather with a literal spring in your step at a show by Jive at Five, a band known to “get the room swinging from the first note” with an energetic combo of swing/jazz music. Finally, the Gopherwood season ends on May 13 with a sure-to-beeclectic show from Zak Bunce, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who surprises audiences by playing everything from guitar to bass, banjo to ukulele, to spoons and trash cans.

For tickets and more information, see gopherwoodconcerts.org or call 231-846-8383 or 800-836-0717.

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-------------------ONEKAMA FREE FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL: 10am-4pm, Village Park. Includes an arts & crafts show, hay rides, a bull train, bounce house & more. Onekama.info

-------------------BOOK LAUNCH PARTY, AUTHOR SIGNINGS & READING PERFORMANCE: Events start at 10am at Horizon Books, TC. horizonbooks.com

-------------------INTERPRETIVE HIKE: Learn about fall animals from 10:30-11:30am at the Boardman River Nature Center, TC, or take part in a hands-on lesson about Michigan owls under the Oleson Pavilion, behind Nature Center from 1-2pm. Presented by the GT Conservation District. Free. natureiscalling.org

-------------------WALK, RUN, EMPOWER 5K: To raise awareness about sexual violence. 8am, NMC, TC. $10 students, $15 others. 995-1056.

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The 7th Annual Bras for a Cause TC, INC will be held at Streeter’s Center in TC on Fri., Oct. 14. Doors open at 5:30pm, with the show at 7pm. The humor & enthusiasm of all male models helps raise funds for the Munson Healthcare Breast Care Assistance Fund & the Women’s Council of Realtors. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door. An After Party will feature live music by One Hot Robot. BrasForACauseTC.com

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7TH ANNUAL GUARDIAN GALS’ MAKING CHANGE EVENT: Featuring a half marathon (8am), 10K run/walk (9am), 5K run/walk (9:45am) & 1 mile run/walk (10am). Otsego County Park, Gaylord. GuardianGalsInc.org

TRITOFINISH: Run, walk or crawl around Otsego Lake. Half marathon, 10K, 5K or 1 mile run beginning at Otsego County Park, Gaylord at 8am. tritofinish.com/events “LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”: Sci-fi horror musical with a 1960’s pop/rock score. 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, MainStage Theatre, TC. Tickets: $15-$28. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------HARVEST DINNER: Hosted by the Alden Men’s Club at the Helena Township Community Hall. Doors open at 5pm; silent auction runs from 5-6pm; & dinner is at 6pm. Raises funds to support the needy & six food pantries in the area. 231-322-6216.

-------------------HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL WEEKEND: Held at Young State Park, Boyne City, today features kids crafts, hay rides, contests & a haunted trail. 231-582-7523.

-------------------SOFIA TALVIK: Growing up in Sweden, Talvik’s music has always had a tint of her Scandinavian heritage, but her 16 month, 37 state long tour through the USA has moved her music closer to the Americana tradition.

7:30pm, The Rhubarbary, 3550 5 Mile Creek Rd., Harbor Springs. 231-357-7339.

-------------------HARVEST AT THE COMMONS: Enjoy a local farm-to-table feast, bid on homemade pies baked by community champions, & dance to live music by The Crane Wives. 5pm, GT Commons, TC. Tickets, $45. Benefits Groundwork’s efforts to build community resilience. groundworkcenter.org

-------------------POETS MEET MUSICIANS: Featuring guest author Bonnie Jo Campbell. An informal workshop will take place at 7pm. Acoustic Tap Room, TC. RSVP: 231-392-6121.

-------------------HARBOR SPRINGS BREW FESTIVAL: 1-5pm, Harbor Springs Waterfront. $10 entry. Music

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-------------------GOOD ON PAPER IMPROV SHOW: 9-10:30pm, Ecco, TC. Tickets, $8. Find ‘Good on Paper Improv Show!’ on Facebook.

-------------------CHASIN’ STEEL: This high energy bluegrass band with a rock & roll attitude was brought together by a love of fishing. 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students. crookedtree.org

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RUN, ROW & RIDE: 3 Sport Challenge. 10am2pm, Ranch Rudolf, TC. Benefits Special Olympics Michigan Inc. firstgiving.com/somi/3sport-challenge

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage.

Follow them from their 40’s to their 70’s. 7pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

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16TH ANNUAL FIBER FESTIVAL: Presented by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center from 10am-5pm at the Old Art Building, Leland.

Artists with original fiber art will exhibit & sell their work in mediums of wearable art, textiles, weaving, art quilts, fiber sculpture, knits & yarns. Admission is free. oldartbuilding.com

-------------------FRANKFORT BEER WEEK: Oct. 3-8. Today includes the Homebrewers Competition at Stormcloud Brewing Co. For more events & info, visit: frankfortbeerweek.com

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HASAN MINHAJ: Homecoming King: This comedian, actor, writer & senior correspondent on The Daily Show comes to the City Opera House, TC at 8pm. His critically-acclaimed one-man show, ‘Homecoming King,’ recently returned Off-Broadway after a sold-out run in 2015. Tickets start at $20. cityoperahouse.org

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FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL: 10am-2pm, Pine Hill Village Gardens, TC. Featuring games, craft projects, cider pressing, a spooky maze & more. Free. 231-599-2824.

FALL FESTIVAL IN FRANKFORT: Featuring the Fall Festival Parade, live music by the Scottville Clown Band, giant pumpkin carving

by Pumpkin Ed, helicopter rides, a home brew competition, launching pumpkins across Betsie Bay, pie eating contest & much more. Activities begin at 11am at the Open Space. frankfortelberta.com/fall-featival

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BACK PORCH COFFEEHOUSE: Featuring Carry It On, a Peter, Paul & Mary tribute band.

7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center building. A circle jam will follow the performance. $10 suggested donation. 231-622-2944.

-------------------SIERRA CLUB HIKE: At Sleeping Bear Dunes, Bay View Trail at 1pm. Meet at the trail head at the north end of Thoreson Rd., a quarter mile from M-22, just north of Glen Arbor. 2.5 mile hike. Brings a snack & drinks.

RSVP: 943-1761.

-------------------TRAVERSE THE CITY: A Scavenger Hunt of Historic Proportions: Meet new people & lean historical facts about TC at this free event.

Start between 1-3pm. An after party will be held at The Little Fleet until 4pm. Info: lifeandwhim.com/scavengerhunt/

-------------------ANIMAL EVIDENCE AT HOUDEK DUNES: Explore the fall activities of plants & animals inhabiting Houdek Dunes Natural Area, Leland at 10am. Presented by the Leelanau Conservancy. leelanauconservancy.org

-------------------“THE GIRLS IN 509”: Presented by the Cadillac Footliters at the Cadillac High School Auditorium at 7pm. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 door. cadillacfootliters.com

-------------------JEREMY KITTEL TRIO: Jeremy Kittel is an American fiddler, violinist & composer whose original music draws from traditional roots, jazz, Celtic, classical, electronic & more. 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Tickets, $27 advance; $30 door; $24 museum members. dennosmuseum.org

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MACKINAW FALL COLORS BRIDGE RACE: 7am, Mackinaw City Recreation Center. mackinawcity.com

-------------------MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATER: “Rumplestiltskin”: 3pm & 7pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. Adults, $8; students, $5. theoperahouse.org

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AGED TO PERFECTION: Performing personal stories at 3pm at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Elk Rapids.

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CHOC~APPELLA!: A Chocolate & Singing Extravaganza!: 2-4pm, Kirkbride Hall at the GT Commons, TC. $22 includes several chocolate tastings, a glass of bubbly & a cappella performances by The Grand Traverse Show Chorus. www.grandtraverseshowchorus.org for tickets & details.

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PUMPKINFEST VI: Noon-4pm, Jolly Pumpkin, TC. Live music by Oh Brother Big Sister, games, crafts, sack races & more for kids, cider press, harvest buffet & more. $15 adults, $5 kids. facebook.com/jollypumpkintc

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CD RELEASE CONCERT: American roots duo Red Tail Ring will celebrate the northern MI release of their fourth full length album, “Fall Away Blues,” at the Old Art Building, Leland in a split bill with May Erlewine at 7pm.

Tickets: $15 adults, $5 kids. oldartbuilding.com

-------------------THE WAYDOWN WANDERERS: This quintet combines folk with boy-band appeal. 4pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 door. 947-9213.

-------------------DEVILS DIVE HALF MARATHON: Starts on Devils Dive Rd. on Old Mission Peninsula.

Half marathon, 8am; 5K, 8:30am. Info: devilsdivehalf.com

-------------------“THE SECOND TIME AROUND”: Selfies of a Spoken Kind. Presented by Aged to Perfection at St. Paul Episcopal Church, Elk Rapids at 3pm. Free will donation.

-------------------HALLOWEEN HARVEST FESTIVAL WEEKEND: Held at Young State Park, Boyne City, Info: 231-582-7523.

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage.

Follow them from their 40’s to their 70’s. 2pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

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PIZZA & PINT Try one of these special 9” pizzas or any of our regular tractor pies

served with a pint of Michigan craft beer for just $12.95 Monday – Thursday from 4pm

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“MEN OF SPARTA”: A documentary about the 1966 Michigan State Football team, told through the eyes of fellow teammate Bob Apisa, All-American full back. Presented by the GT Area Spartans at the City Opera House, TC at 3pm. Tickets: $10 advance, $12.50 door. cityoperahouse.org

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GAAA READERS’ THEATER AUDITIONS: For “The Bishop’s Wife.” 7-10pm, Glen Lake Community Reformed Church. Looking for 4 men, 5 women, & 5 parts can be male or female. glenarborart.org

-------------------NEUROSCIENCE & HUMANISM: Join the GT Humanists & Dr. Mark Reimers, professer at MSU (via Skype). 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. 231-392-1215.

-------------------AHA MOMENTS THAT HEAL: How spiritual discoveries transform your life & health. A free talk by international speaker Chet Manchester.

7pm, City Opera House, TC. Free. cityoperahouse.org

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WILD UTAH: America’s Red Rock Wilderness: Presented

by Petoskey Audubon at 7pm at Northern Lights Recreation, Harbor Springs. petoskeyaudubon.org

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CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY TC: Meeting runs from 6:308:30pm in the Thirlby Room at the Traverse Area District Library, TC. citizensclimatelobby.org

-------------------GAYLORD BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: Sponsored by Northland Area Federal Credit Union. Held at the Otsego Club & Resort, Gaylord from 5-7pm.

-------------------COLLEGE NIGHT: 6-7:30pm, Student & Community Resource Center, NCMC, Petoskey.

High school students & parents can meet with representatives from more than 60 public & private colleges & universities. Free. ncmich.edu

-------------------INTERLOCHEN WOMAN’S CLUB DINNER: Chicken dinner plus desserts. 4-6:30pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, next to Interlochen Library. Tickets, $10; must be purchased in advance: 231-421-1554. Proceeds benefit the local food pantry & more.

-------------------WOOF WEDNESDAYS: 6-8pm, Crooked Vine Vineyard & Winery, Alanson. One dollar from each glass & three dollars from each bottle of wine sold tonight from 6-8pm will be donated to the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society.

231-347-2396, ext. 6356.

-------------------MICHIGAN MODERN: Design that Shaped America: Author talk & book signing with Brian Conway. Learn about Michigan’s important contributions to mid-century modern design. 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. crookedtree.org/TC

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BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Tickets, $15. ltct.org

-------------------OCT. GT MUSICALE PROGRAM: Guest artists include Hammer’d, Judith Weaver & Thomas Pettinato. 1pm, First Congregational Church, TC. gtmusicale.org

-------------------BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. leelanauchamber.com

-------------------VOCALOSITY: From the creative mind of artistic producer Deke Sharon (“Pitch Perfect,” “The Sing Off”) comes the all-new live a cappella concert event. The Sashay Quartet will open for this event. 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Tickets start at $22.50. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------THE ART OF: Brewing: A special presentation of Artists After Hours with Crosshatch, Blackbird Arts & Higher Grounds. 6-8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Free but limited to 40 people. Register at the Facebook page: ‘The Art of: Brewing.’

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7TH ANNUAL BRAS FOR A CAUSE: 7pm, Streeters, TC. Proceeds benefit Munson Healthcare Breast Care Assistance Fund. After Party with music from One Hot Robot. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door. brasforacauseTC.com

-------------------IRISH STORYTELLING: With Pamela Browne.

7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Tickets: $10 advance, $12.50 day of. redskystage.com

-------------------LUNCH FOR SEAN: Help a TC man in his battle against stage four lung cancer. Sean McDonald is a service writer at Bill Marsh & has a wife & four children. Lunch includes burgers, brats, chips, apples & water, available for a goodwill offering. A silent auction will also be held. 11am2pm, Bill Marsh Chrysler, S. Garfield, TC. Find ‘Lunch for Sean Fundraiser’ on Facebook.

CTAC staff. Begins at CTAC-TC at 10am with additional stops including the State Theatre, Building 50 at The Commons, Michigan Legacy Art Park at Crystal Mountain, 9 Beans Row & more. Tickets, $50. Info: crookedtree.org

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FREE COLOR WALK: 10am-noon, Louis Groen Nature Preserve, Johannesburg. Includes free cider & donuts & crafts for kids.

989-731-0573.

-------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: Author signings & book launch party. Events start at 11am. Info: horizonbooks.com

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FRESHWATER CONCERTS: Presents Lee Harvey Osmond from Blackie & The Rodeo Kings at Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City at 8pm. Tickets: $25 advance. Reserve: 231582-2588.

FALL FINALE SUTTONS BAY ART WALK: 5-8pm, Downtown Suttons Bay. Featuring award-winning artists & Leelanau County wines. suttonsbayarea.com

PEAK2PEAK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL: Tonight includes the Pre-Race Pasta Buffet for the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Classic on Sat., Oct. 15. Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com DINNER WITH THE BOYS: This comedy takes place at Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre at the Depot, TC at 7:30pm. Tickets, $17. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------OPENING NIGHT “MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Includes artist appreciation & Afterglow. Tickets, $17. ltct.org

-------------------“REMEMBERING PATSY CLINE”: Featuring country/classic rock band ReBooted & Judy Harrison. 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Tickets, $32. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------MIRIAM PICO & DAVID CHOWN: Singer/ songwriter Miriam Pico & pianist David Chown play The Music House Museum, Williamsburg at 7pm. $15. musichouse.org

-------------------APPLE FEST: Oct. 14-16, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring an art & craft show, pumpkin painting, the Whispering Pines Petting Zoo, & much more. charlevoix.org

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“RADIO DAYS”: Presented by the Glen Arbor Art Association’s Readers’ Theater. 7:30pm, Glen Lake Community Reformed Church.

Free. For reservations, email: gaaareaderstheater@gmail.com

-------------------HEMINGWAY HARVEST FESTIVAL: Celebrate fall in Downtown Petoskey, just like Hemingway did. In store activities, hay rides, Jelly Roll Blues Band & more. petoskeydowntown.com

-------------------MICHIGAN HEMINGWAY SOCIETY FALL CONFERENCE: Oct. 14-16. This year’s theme is 1919: The Beginning of Something & features Dr. Donald Daiker as keynote speaker & Saturday dinner in the old Carnegie Library building in Petoskey. See michiganhemingwaysociety.org for conference details & to sign up.

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage.

Follow them from their 40’s to their 70’s. 7pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

-------------------“THE GIRLS IN 509”: Presented by the Cadillac Footliters at the Cadillac High School Auditorium at 7pm. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 door. cadillacfootliters.com

-------------------“MAN ON THE ROAD” BUS TOUR: Travel across northwest MI with artist John Sauvé &

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2ND ANNUAL ORCHARDS AT SUNSET 5K: Held at the Gregory/Miezio Farm at 3672 N. Stowe Rd., Suttons Bay. Racers begin on a hilltop surrounded by Lake Michigan & GT Bay views. The race will wind through apple & cherry orchards & vineyards. Proceeds benefit Leelanau Montessori. leelanaumontessori.org

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FALL CRAFT SHOW: 9:30am-4:30pm, Kingsley High School. Benefits Kingsley Project Graduation. 231-944-9961.

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THE ENERGY EXPERIENCE: Learn about electricity, magnetism, & renewable energy sources. Demonstrations include wind power, use of a photo-voltaic cell & more. 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. greatlakeskids.org

-------------------FREE MONTHLY DROP-IN CRAFT: 10am4pm, Scrap TC. scraptc.org

-------------------DINNER WITH THE BOYS: (See Fri., Oct. 14) -------------------“REMEMBERING PATSY CLINE”: (See Fri., Oct. 14)

-------------------PEAK2PEAK MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL: Today includes the Peak2Peak Mountain Bike Classic from 9:30am-12:30pm; cookout & Founder’s beer tent from 11am-3pm; Tour De Tykes Race at 1pm; Spooktacular Saturday from 2-6pm; & a Spooky Trail Walk from 7-9pm.

Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com

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BAYSIDE TRAVELLERS CONTRA DANCE: Held at Twin Lakes Gilbert Lodge, TC. 7-7:45pm: Intro to Contra-dance, free lesson.

8-11pm: Contra dance. $11 adults, $7 students with ID, $9 members. dancetc.com

-------------------AUTUMN FEST: 1-3pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Join the trick-or-treat trail, try your hand at the Big Draw, or enjoy some fall arts & crafts. Free. grassriver.org

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“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey from 8-10pm. Tickets, $17. ltct.org

-------------------JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER MEETING: Of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held at 11am at the Elks Lodge, TC. “A Civil War Letter from the Battlefield” will be presented by Lorraine Anderson, followed by lunch. Reservations: 946-6337.

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-------------------NICU REUNION: 2-5pm, First Christian Church, TC. Presented by Munson Medical Center. Featuring activities & fall family fun for children 0-5 years old, a NICU slideshow, snacks & dessert. RSVP: munsonhealthcare. org/nicureunion

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26TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 9am-3pm, Trinity Lutheran School, TC. Featuring over 70 artisans. 946-2721.

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Michigan – The Aftermath of War: Presented by Eric Hemenway, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. 231-331-4318.

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THE GREAT PUMPKIN DASH: 5K & 2K run/ walk. The Jack-o’-Lope 5K is a timed event that follows the hilly terrain around Mt. Holiday & the 2K Great Pumpkin Lug is where pumpkins & their people have one goal: crossing the finish line ... unsquashed. 9am, Mt. Holiday, TC. greatpumpkindash.com

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“THE JOY OF MUSIC!”: Presented by Encore Winds at First Congregational Church, TC at 3pm. $15 adults, $10 seniors & $5 students. encorewinds.org

-------------------“MURDER BY POE”: Presented by the Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey at 2pm. Tickets, $15. ltct.org

MIRIAM PICO October 20th

Claudia Schmidt October 13th

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“AFTERNOON OF ILLUSION”: Presented

by Carson Entertainment at St. Francis High School Gym, TC at 3pm. Includes everything from comedy & audience participation to grand illusions. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 door. 17 & under, $10; $12 at door. sfparish.org

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COMPULSIVE EATERS ANONYMOUS HOW: Held every Thurs. from 5:30-6:30pm at Friends Church, 206 S. Oak Street - at 5th Street, TC. For more info: traversecityCEAHOW.org

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THE HUNT FOR THE REDS OF OCTOBER: Takes place weekdays during the month of Oct. Your ticket gets you a complimentary pour at each of more than 20 participating wineries on the Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail offering diverse red wines. Tickets, $10; $5 of each ticket goes to the American Red Cross. www. lpwines.com

-------------------DOWNTOWN HISTORIC WALKING TOURS: Held every Sat. in Oct. at 10:30am. Meet 20 minutes early in front of Horizon Books, TC. Cost, $10; proceeds benefit the Traverse Area Historical Society. 995-0313.

-------------------HEALTHY COOKING ON A BUDGET: This free six-week class offered by Love In the Name of Christ begins on Sept. 26. Register: 941-5683.

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THE BIG DRAW - GRAND TRAVERSE: Activities through Oct. Schedule: dennosmuseum.org

-------------------DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP: Meets every Monday through Oct. 24 from 1-3:30pm at Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Free. Pre-register: 1-800442-1713.

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YOGA 1-2: With Kelly Stiglich 500-ERYT at GT Circuit, TC on Tuesdays at 5:30pm. $10 suggested donation. gtcircuit.org

-------------------OM GENTLE YOGA: With Kelly Stiglich 500-ERYT at GT Circuit, TC on Saturdays at 10:30am. $5. gtcircuit.org

-------------------CLUB ONE’S “LOSS & GRIEF” SERIES: This free program is sponsored by East Bay Family Dentistry & is composed of 12 different sessions divided into a variety of fitness classes, from yoga to cycling. “Work It Out” at Club One, TC. Runs through Oct. 15. For info email Robin@clubonetc.com

-------------------MCLAREN NORTHERN MI DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP: Meets the second Mon. of each month from 7-8pm at the John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. northernhealth.org/wellness

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DEBTORS ANONYMOUS: 12 Step Meeting. Held on Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Munson Community Health Center, east door, Room G, TC. For info, email: tcdajp34@gmail.com

MICHIGAN HEMINGWAY SOCIETY FALL CONFERENCE: (See Fri., Oct. 14)

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FREE JAZZERCISE: In Oct. enjoy a free week or two classes of Jazzercise at the John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion of McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey. Classes are Mondays at 5:30pm & Wednesdays at 4:15pm.

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THE BAY FILM SERIES: Presents “The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble.” 2pm & 5pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. $9.50 at the door. thebaytheatre.com

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Cost, $10; proceeds benefit the Historical Society. Meet on the sidewalk outside the cemetery at the corner of Eighth St. & Steele 15 minutes before start time. 941-8440.

DIVE DEEP INTO SELF EXPRESSION: Drama, movement, sound, storytelling & contact. 3-6pm. TC. $10 suggested donation. Info: 231-421-3120. www.meetup.com/ InterPlay-TC/

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Northport Community Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. northportcac.org

MSU BE-BOP SPARTANS: This college band plays the repertoire of the great jazz masters as well as a wide range of soul, swing, blues & gospel. 4-6pm, Boyne City Performing Arts Center. $15 adults, $5 students. mynorthtickets.com

-------------------DIXIE SWIM CLUB, A PLAY: For 33 years a group of friends returns to the same cottage.

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--------------------------------------ADOPTION SATURDAYS: Pets Naturally, TC hosts one dog & one cat from the Cherryland Humane Society on Saturdays from 11am2pm. www.petsnaturallytc.com

-------------------BOCCE E DEROCHE: Try your hand at authentic Italian Bocce while listening to Interlochen’s Brad DeRoche on guitar on Fridays & Saturdays, 7-10pm at Bella Fortuna North, Lake Leelanau. bellafortunarestaurant.com

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-------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, Rotary Park. Over 40 local vendors offer fresh produce, plants & baked goods. elkrapidschamber.org

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ALDEN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, Tennis Court Park, 4-8pm. visitalden.com

5TH ANNUAL FARM TO FRAME JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Oct. 10 – Nov. 30, Aerie Restaurant, GT Resort & Spa, Acme. From the seed to the harvest, & from the market to the plate, this exhibit highlights phases of local agriculture & food production.

An opening reception will be held on Mon., Oct. 10. crookedtree.org

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KALKASKA FARMERS MARKET: Held at Railroad Square in downtown Kalkaska on Tuesdays through Oct. 11, 2-6pm. 231-384-1027.

RARE THREADS: Ancestral Inspirations Exhibit: Through Oct. 23, Jordan River Arts Center, East Jordan. jordanriverarts.com

-------------------INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Interlochen Shopping Center, big parking lot behind Ric’s, Interlochen Corners, 9am-2pm, every Sun. through Oct. facebook.com/interlochenfarmersmarket

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ARTIST-MADE HOLIDAY ORNAMENT EXHIBITION: Created by eight area makers. Held through Oct. 9 at Center Gallery, Glen Arbor.

231-334-3179.

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BOXING FOR PARKINSON’S: Parkinson’s Network North meets at 10am every Mon. at Fit For You, TC for these free sessions. gtaparkinsonsgroup.org

-------------------“JUST FOR US” BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Meets the first Tues. of every month from 6:30-8:30pm at the McLaren Northern MI John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey.

800-248-6777.

-------------------SONG OF THE MORNING, VANDERBILT: Free yoga classes, Tues. – Fri., 7:30-8:30am. songofthemorning.org

-------------------TRAVERSE BAY BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION: Held the third Thurs. of every month from 7-10pm at InsideOut Gallery, TC. traversebayblues.com

-------------------PETOSKEY FILM THEATER: Showing international, indie, art house & documentary films on Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays.

Carnegie Building, 451 E. Mitchell St., next to Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Donations welcome.

For schedule find ‘Petoskey Film Theater’ on Facebook. 231-758-3108.

-------------------DEPOT COFFEEHOUSE: Fridays from 6-7:30pm at After 26 Depot Café, Cadillac. Enjoy coffee with dinner or dessert while listening to live entertainment. 231-468-3526.

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Thurs - MI beer night $1 off

all MI beer w/DJ Fasel

Friday Oct 14: Happy Hour: Wink

Then: GROOVEMENT Saturday Oct 15:

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Sunday Oct 16 : NFL Sunday Ticket

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COLORING CLUB FOR GROWN-UPS: Held on Wednesdays from 12-1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Free. crookedtree.org/tc

RAMONA PLEVA, DC

Wed - Get it in the can for $1

-------------------THE BOTANIC GARDEN, HISTORIC BARNS PARK, TC: Oct. Artists of the Month in the upper level of the Visitor Center.

Acrylic & watercolor artists include Janet Wilson Oliver & Dorothy McGrath Grossman. thebotanicgarden.org

BLISSFEST JAM SESSIONS: Every Sun., 1-4pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Bring your instruments or just sing along or listen. www. redskystage.com.

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FRANKFORT FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, Main St., Frankfort, 9am-1pm. 231-325-2220.

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Tues - $2 well drinks & shots OPEN MIC W/HOST CHRIS STERR

Northern Lights Chiropractic

MYTHS OF THE NORTHWOODS: Explores the legend of Paul Bunyan & other lumberjack yarns. Runs through Nov. 4 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. charlevoixcircle.org

Ladies Night - $1 off

drinks & $5 martinis w/ Jukebox

“OTHER WORDS FOR NATURE”: Runs through Dec. 15 at the Cowell Family Cancer Center, TC. 231-392-8492.

“FANTASY MASQUES: What’s Hidden, What’s Revealed”: This multi-media exhibition by Carole Steinberg Berk is shown at the Leelanau Township Library, Northport through Oct. 31. carolesteinbergberk.com

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A PRJCT OMNI & WAREHOUSE MRKT EXHIBITION: Selected artists’ work from around the world will be shown & sold in the halls of Warehouse Market, TC through Nov. 30. warehousemrkt.com

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2016 ALL-MEDIA JURIED EXHIBITION: Runs through Oct. 15 at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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THREE PINES STUDIO, CROSS VILLAGE: - “Fellow Travelers: Large & Small”: Sculptures

by Doug Melvin.

- Letters: Words with Friends: This all media exhibition is held in support of the Harbor Springs Festival of the Book. Runs through Nov. 1. threepinesstudio.com

-------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - SOLILOQUY: Detroit Society of Women Painters & Sculptors: Through Nov. 19, Gilbert Gallery.

- More Than a Framer: Remembering the Life & Work of Trude Bigelow Croff: Runs through Oct. 8 in the Carnegie Building.

- Back to School: CTAC Teachers’ Exhibition: Runs through Jan. 7 in the Atrium Gallery. crookedtree.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - A Walk Through Michigan Seasons: Featuring landscape artists Alan Maciag, Margie Guyot & Lori Feldpausch. Runs through Dec. 3. crookedtree.org

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - Permanence & Impermanence: Iceland – a Land of Temporal Contrasts. By Jean Larson.

Runs through Dec. 31.

- Grandmother Power: A Global Phenomenon: The works of renowned photographer Paola Gianturco. Runs through Dec. 31.

- Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection: On display through Nov. 27. A reception & viewing of the prints will begin at 10am on Oct. 15, with the sale beginning at 10:30am. Featuring 27 images by 7 artists in stone cut, stencil, lithography & etching/aquatint. dennosmuseum.org

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FOURSCORE

Winds

Please join us

The Joy of Music

by kristi kates

SUNDAY, OCT 16 • 3pm

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Ingrid Michaelson – It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense – Cabin 24

This Northern Michigan concert band will bring to life some of the best music in the band and orchestra repertoire.

Most of the selections you will recognize.

Tickets available at Marshall Music Store, Evola Music Store and at the door.

Adults: $15 | Seniors $10 | Students $5 | 12 & under: Free - encorewinds.org

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The opening tune of Michaelson’s latest collection offers a lot of promise; “Light Me Up” offers all the right puzzle pieces, from a galloping beat and ascendant refrain to plenty of dramatic pauses. But from there, nothing ever really surfaces as groundbreaking or different for the singer-songwriter. “Hell, No” serves as a decent enough girl-power anthem, but it could be by anyone from Miley Cyrus to Ariana Grande. While her talent is evident, nothing really steps forward to help solidify Michaelson’s sound as distinctively her own.

Regina Spektor – Remember Us to Life – Sire

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One thing you can always count on with Spektor’s album releases is her ability to place each song into its own unique setting. This album in particular is like a charm bracelet with many different baubles collected over time. While she’s been called pop, rock, and anti-folk, all come into play at various times. “Small Bill$” is an electro-tinged pop masterpiece, while “Obsolete” calls upon Spektor’s talent for emotional balladry. Elsewhere, “Grand Hotel” is poised to join a lush Broadway production, and both “Older and Wiser” and first single “Bleeding Heart” make good use of their immediate hooks.

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. • Youth Program 10:30 a.m.

Rev. Eileen Stulak, Sr. Minister

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Norah Jones – Day Breaks – Blue Note

Nine new originals and a trio of covers make up Day Breaks, nine-time Grammy winner and Interlochen alum Jones’ latest, which continues her adept blending of jazz with pop, folk, and soul. First original single “Carry On” reestablishes Jones’ signature piano sound with a modern waltz feel, while the covers are Jones’ own versions of tracks by Duke Ellington, Neil Young, and Horace Silver. “Flipside” recollects Stevie Nicks, while on “Tragedy,” Jones sounds a little like Sheryl Crow — if Crow sang jazz.

Snag the record at a Barnes and Noble, and you can get the cool orange vinyl version.

Lisa Loeb – Feel What U Feel – FR Productions

Singer-songwriter Loeb was one of the first in the mid-’90s to really pin down the winsome/smart musical combo with her Reality Bites hit “Stay (I Missed You)” and subsequent radio tracks “Do You Sleep?” and “I Do.” Lately, though, she’s turned toward recording fare like this kid-focused collection, which includes songs like the disco-meetsclassroom title track and companion tunes “Wiggle” and “Say Hello.”

While this is admirable, it also downsizes her talent, especially the lyrics, to a simplistic level that won’t make much of an impression on anyone over 10 years old

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nitelife

ocTober 8-16 edited by jamie kauffold

Send Nitelife to: events@traverseticker.com

Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee

• 522 - MANISTEE Tues. -- Karaoke Thurs., Fri., Sat. -- DJ • BUCKLEY BAR - BUCKLEY Fri. -- DJ Karaoke/Sounds - Duane & Janet • CADILLAC SANDS RESORT Porthole Pub & Eatery: Thurs. -- Live music

SandBar Niteclub: Fri. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs Fri. -- Karaoke/linedancing, 8:30 Sat. -- Dance videos, 8:30 • COYOTE CROSSING - HOXEYVILLE Thurs. -- Open Mic Sat. -- Live Music • DOUGLAS VALLEY WINERY MANISTEE

Sun. -- Live music, 1:30-4:30pm • HI-WAY INN - MANISTEE Wild Weds. -- Karaoke Fri.-Sat. -- Karaoke/Dance • LOST PINES LODGE HARRIETTA Sat. -- Karaoke, dance videos • THE FILLMORE - MANISTEE 10/8 -- Cheryl Wolfram, 7-10

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska • ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM - TC Tues. -- Open & un-mic'd w/ Ben Johnson, 7-9 • BUD'S - INTERLOCHEN Thurs. -- Jim Hawley, 5-8 • FANTASY'S - GRAWN Adult Entertainment w/ DJ • GT RESORT & SPA - ACME Lobby: 10/7-8 -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 • HAWTHORNE VINEYARDS - TC 10/9 -- E Minor & Caul, 3-5 • HAYLOFT INN - TC Thurs. -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8 Fri. - Sat. thru Oct. -- Two Old Broads & 3 Buddies • HORIZON BOOKS - TC 10/14 -- Blair Miller & Sandy Blumenfeld, 8:30-10:30 • JOLLY PUMPKIN - TC 10/9 -- Pumpkinfest VI w/ Oh Brother Big Sister, 12-4 • KALHO LOUNGE KALKASKA 10/13 -- Carrie Westbay • LEFT FOOT CHARLEY - TC 10/14 -- Grove of the Trees, 6-8 Mon. -- Open mic w/ Blake Elliott, 6-9 • LITTLE BOHEMIA - TC Tues. -- TC Celtic, 7-9 • NOLAN'S CIGAR BAR - TC 10/14 -- Windy Ridge Trio, 8-10 • NORTH PEAK - TC Kilkenny's, 9:30-1:30: 10/7-8 -- One Hot Robot 10/14-15 -- Ben Daniels Mon. -- Team Trivia Night, 7-9; karaoke, 9-1

Tues. -- Levi Britton, 8-12 Weds. -- The Pocket, 8-12 Thurs. -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:301:30 Sun. -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9 • PARK PLACE HOTEL - TC Beacon Lounge: Mon. -- Levi Britton, 8:30pm Thurs. - Sat. -- Tom Kaufmann • PARKSHORE LOUNGE - TC Fri. - Sat. -- DJ • RARE BIRD BREWPUB - TC Tues. -- Open mic night, 9 • SAIL INN - TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Phattrax DJs, karaoke, dance videos • SIDE TRAXX - TC Weds. -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 Fri.-Sat. -- DJ/VJ Mike King • SLEDER'S FAMILY TAVERN - TC 10/9 -- The Way Down Wanderers, 4 • STREETERS - TC 10/14 -- 7th Annual Bras for a Cause, 7pm w/ After Party w/ One Hot Robot Ground Zero: 10/8 -- Eryn Woods Birthday Bash w/ #1 Single "Rulebreaker," 9 10/15 -- Horror vs. Hip-Hop w/ King Gordy, Crooked I, Sloan Bone, Hollywood & K-Love • TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE TC Mon. -- Levi Britton, 7-9 Weds. -- Open mic, 7-10 Thurs. -- Acoustic G-Snacks, 7-10 Fri. -- Rob Coonrod, 8-10

Sat. -- Christopher Dark, 8-10 Sun. -- Kids open mic, 3 • TC WHISKEY CO. - TC 10/13 -- Paul Livingston, 6-8 • THE LITTLE FLEET - TC Weds. -- Vinyl Night, 7-9 • THE OL' SOUL - KALKASKA Weds. -- David Lawston, 8-12 • THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO. - TC 10/8 -- Zoopak, 8-11 10/14 -- Kung Fu Rodeo, 8-11 10/15 -- After Ours, 8-11 Mon. -- Rotten Cherries Comedy Open Mic, 8-9:30 Weds. -- WBC Jazz Society Jam, 6-10 • TRATTORIA STELLA - TC Tues. -- Ron Getz, 6-9 • UNION STREET STATION - TC 10/8 -- Rootstand 10/10 -- Jukebox 10/11 -- Open mic w/ Chris Sterr 10/12 -- DJ DomiNate 10/13 -- DJ Fasel 10/14 -- Happy hour w/ Wink, then Groovement 10/15 -- Groovement Sun. -- Karaoke • WEST BAY BEACH RESORT - TC Tues. -- Sweetwater Blues Night, 7-9:30 View: Thurs. -- Jazz w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30; on 10/13 vocalist Claudia Schmidt joins Fri. -- DJ Veeda, 9-2 Sat. -- DJ Motaz, 9-2

Antrim & Charlevoix • BC TAPROOM -- BC 10/8 -- Pete Kehoe, 8-11 10/14 -- Josh Hall, 8-11 10/15 -- The Shifties, 8-11 • BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM - CHARLEVOIX 10/8 -- Ben Overbeek, 8-11 10/9 -- Michelle Chenard, 7-10 10/11 - Owen James, 7-10 10/14 -- Dane Tollas, 8-11 10/15 -- Chris Koury, 8-11 10/16 -- Owen James, 710 • CELLAR 152 - ELK RAPIDS

10/8 -- The Avalon Man, 7:30-9:30 • JORDAN INN - EAST JORDAN Tues. -- Open Mic w/ Cal Mantis, 7-11 Fri. & Sat. -- Live Music • MURRAY'S BAR & GRILL - EAST JORDAN Fri. & Sat. -- Live Music • QUAY RESTAURANT & TERRACE BAR CHARLEVOIX Weds. -- Live jazz, 7-10 • RED MESA GRILL BOYNE CITY

10/11 -- Duffy King, 6-9 • SHORT'S BREWING CO. - BELLAIRE 10/8 -- Red Tail Ring & May Erlewine, 8:30-11 10/14 -- The Lawsuits, 8:30-11 10/15 -- Turbo Pup, 8:3011 • VASQUEZ' HACIENDA ELK RAPIDS Acoustic Tues. Open Jam, 6-9 Sat. -- Live music, 7-10

Nationally acclaimed Minneapolis vocalist Claudia Schmidt will be in TC to perform with the Jeff Haas Trio & saxwoman Laurie Sears at West Bay Beach Resort on Thursday, October 13 from 7-9:30pm, & Lelu Café in Northport on Friday, October 14 from 7-10pm.

Leelanau & Benzie • BELLA FORTUNA NORTH L.L. Fri.-Sat. -- Bocce e DeRoche, 7-10 • BLACK STAR FARMS - SB Third Weds. of ea. mo. -- Jazz Café w/ Mike Davis & Steve Stargardt, 7-9 • DICK'S POUR HOUSE - L.L. Sat. -- Karaoke, 10-2 • HOP LOT BREWING CO. - SB 10/9 -- Mike Moran, 3-6 10/15 -- Drew Hale, 2-5 • JODI'S TANGLED ANTLER BEULAH Fri. -- Karaoke, 9-1 • LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 6:30: 10/11 -- Brian Poirer • LAUGHING HORSE -

THOMPSONVILLE Thurs. -- Karaoke, 9 • LEELANAU SANDS CASINO - PESHAWBESTOWN 10/7-8 -- Risque, 9 10/14-15 -- BBI, 9 Tues. -- 45th Parallel Polka Band, 12-4p • LELU CAFE - NORTHPORT 10/14 -- Jazz w/ Jeff Haas Trio, Laurie Sears & Claudia Schmidt, 7-10 • LUMBERJACK'S BAR & GRILL - HONOR Thurs., Fri., Sat. -- Phattrax DJs, karaoke, dance videos • MARTHA'S LEELANAU TABLE - SB

Weds. -- The Windy Ridge Boys, 6-9 Sun. -- The Hot Biscuits, 6-9 • ROADHOUSE - BENZONIA Weds. -- Jake Frysinger, 5-8 • ST. AMBROSE CELLARS BENZONIA Tues. -- Cheryl Wolfram hosts open mic, 7-9 • STORMCLOUD BREWING CO. - FRANKFORT 10/8 -- Dot Org, 8-10 10/14 -- Jake Frysinger, 8-10 10/15 -- Olivia Mainville, 8-10 • WESTERN AVE. GRILL - GLEN ARBOR Fri. -- Open Mic Sat. -- Karaoke

Emmet & Cheboygan • BARREL BACK RESTAURANT WALLOON LAKE VILLAGE Weds. -- Michelle Chenard, 5-8 • BEARDS BREWERY - PETOSKEY Weds. -- "Beards on Wax" (vinyl only night spun by DJ J2xtrubl), 8-11 • CAFE SANTE - BOYNE CITY 10/8 -- Michelle Chenard, 8-11 10/13 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 6-9 10/14 -- Honesty & the Liars, 8-11 10/15 -- The Pistil Whips, 8-11 Mon. -- Nathan Bates, 6-9 Thurs. -- Entertainment, 5:30-9 • CITY PARK GRILL - PETOSKEY 10/8 -- 3 Hearted, 10 10/11 -- Sean Bielby, 9 10/14 -- Oonst, Oonst, Oonst: Electronic Music Night w/ DJs Moses, Franck & Dayv, 10 10/15 -- Karaoke in The Annex, 10 Sun. -- Trivia

• DIXIE SALOON - MACKINAW CITY Thurs. -- Gene Perry, 9-1 Fri. & Sat. -- DJ • KEWADIN CASINO - SAULT STE. MARIE DreamMaker's Theater: 10/8: Jukebox Heroes, "A Tribute to Foreigner," 8 10/9: Jukebox Heroes, "A Tribute to Foreigner," 4 Rapids Lounge: 10/7-8 -- Highway 63, 9 10/14-15 -- Hawk Junction, 9 Signatures Lounge: Fri. -- Karaoke, 9 • KNOT JUST A BAR - BAY HARBOR Fri. -- Chris Martin, 7-10 • MOUNTAINSIDE GRILL - BOYNE CITY Fri. -- Ronnie Hernandez, 6-9 • MUSTANG WENDY'S - HARBOR SPRINGS

10/8 -- Jeff Bihlman 10/14 -- Chris Koury 10/15 -- Sydni Kann • OASIS TAVERN - KEWADIN Thurs. -- Bad Medicine, DJ Jesse James • ODAWA CASINO - PETOSKEY 10/8 -- The Brooks Band, 8 10/14-15 -- Scot Bihlman • PURPLE TREE COFFEE CHEBOYGAN Weds. -- Open mic, 5-7 • STAFFORD'S PERRY HOTEL PETOSKEY Noggin Room: 10/8 -- A Brighter Bloom 10/14-15 -- Alex Mendenall • STAFFORD'S PIER RESTAURANT - HS Pointer Room: Thurs. - Sat. -- Carol Parker on piano

Otsego, Crawford & Central • ALPINE TAVERN - GAYLORD Sat.-- Mike Ridley, 7-10 • MAIN STREET MARKET GAYLORD 10/8 -- Shelley Catalan 10/14 -- Zeke Clemmons

10/15 -- Tim Williams Thurs. -- Open mic, 7-9 • TIMOTHY'S PUB - GAYLORD Fri.-Sat. -- Video DJ w/Larry Reichert Ent. • TINKERS JUNCTION GRAYLING

10/15 -- Limelight • TREETOPS RESORT GAYLORD Hunter's Grille: Thurs. through Sat. -- Live music w/ Late Night, 9

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THE GO-GO’S ARE GOING, GOING, GONE The Go-Go’s returned to Los Angeles last week for the final show of what they band called its farewell tour — 38 years after it dug its way out of the L.A. punk scene and became a darling of the ’80s. Singer Belinda Carlisle is reportedly planning to continue to pursue her solo music career, and drummer Gina Schock has been moving behind the scenes to write songs for the likes of Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus. But for now, that’s the last that the Hollywood crowd, and the world, will see of the band as the members head out for their own “Vacation” …

The Stagecoach Music Festival, which serves as the country and country-crossover counterpart to the annual Coachella Music Fest in Indio, Calif., is hitting the road. The inaugural Stagecoach Spotlight Tour will begin on Oct. 21 in Philadelphia, and it will continue for over a dozen stops across the U.S., with performances featuring alt-country band Old Dominion and Pennsylvania singer-songwriter Steve Moakler. The aim of the tour is to extend the Stagecoach brand beyond California, and it’s expected to add more artists and dates if the first run is a success …

With the revival of the ’90s hit TV mysterydrama show Twin Peaks just around the corner, a soundtrack to accompany the show is starting to take shape, with the first tune

MODERN

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

said to be coming from Eddie Vedder, who will reportedly contribute the solo track “Out of Sand” to the album. “Out of Sand” is actually a track the singer recorded for his band’s special collection at Third Man Records; it’s expected to be joined on the Twin Peaks soundtrack by a full listing of various artists, including potential tunes from confirmed Twin Peaks cast members-slash-musicians Amanda Seyfried, Julee Cruise, and Trent Reznor …

After weeks of will-she-won’t-she, it’s been confirmed that Lady Gaga is schedule to perform as the halftime act at next year’s 2017 Super Bowl, officially titled the Pepsi Zero Sugar Super Bowl LI Halftime Show.

(Whew.) Gaga’s performance will take place in the middle of the big game on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, in Houston, Texas at the NRG Stadium.

Gaga sang the U.S. National Anthem at Super Bowl 50, but this will be her first performance as the featured halftime act. She’ll have a shortlist of new original songs to choose from for her even shorter set, as Gaga’s new album, Joanne, will hit outlets on Oct. 21 …

MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK: Singer-songwriter Sia has probably written a lot of songs that you know, even if you weren’t aware that she wrote them. Among her tracks with other artists are “Titanium” (with David Guetta), Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” Maroon 5’s “My Heart is Open” (with Gwen Stefani), and Beyonce’s “Pretty Hurts.” Over the past

couple of years, she’s gotten well-deserved attention for her own singing, including hits like “Chandelier,” “Elastic Heart,” and “Alive.”

You can hear many of these at Sia’s upcoming concert at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Oct. 15, and at her official website, siamusic.net …

MINI BUZZ: Ellie Goulding is returning with a new song called “Still Falling for You,” part of the soundtrack to the new movie Bridget Jones’ Baby …

Real Estate and EZTV will share the stage for a dual bill at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids on Oct. 10…

Metro Station has announced that it’ll embark on a headlining North American tour this fall …

Swing retro-style with the Squirrel Nut Zippers at The Magic Bag in fashionable

Ferndale on Oct. 11 …

Lisa Hannigan’s third album, At Swim, is out now on ATO Records …

Pharrell Williams and his family have teamed up with gourmet grocer Dean and DeLuca for a new product line of foods based on authentic Williams family recipes, as inspired by the cooking of Pharrell’s father, Pharoah …

And these artists are hoping to inspire you to buy their new albums this week … Jojo’s Mad Love … Two Door Cinema Club’s Gameshow … The Orb’s Cow/Chill Out World! ... Katie Melua’s In Winter … and Kings of Leon’s much-anticipated Walls … and that’s the buzz for this week’s “Modern Rock.”

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

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The reel

by meg weichman

the magnificent seven

A

remake of John Sturges’ 1960 classic The Magnificent Seven. Did we need it? Probably not. But you know what we did need? A reminder for the American moviegoing public of just what it so loved about the former pinnacle of Hollywood production. And that The Magnificent Seven has so much darn fun doing it feels downright revolutionary. This is not some pretentious, revisionist, serious take on the genre.

Instead we get something that feels like a crowd-pleasing modern blockbuster with some nice western iconography added for a change. It’s thrilling, entertaining, and combines old-fashioned shoot-’em-up storytelling with slick action sequences that make for one heck of a merry outing. The Antoine Fuqua-helmed story of seven hired guns (including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke) defending a town from a cruel and callous businessman (Peter Sarsgaard) is escapist entertainment at its most primal and satisfying.

From the brutal opening where you see just how bad our baddie is, to the final, epic showdown, the bloodlust builds, and the tension doesn’t let go. This is the way an afternoon at the picture show should feel: a return to a bygone era of filmmaking with the right amount of updates to make it sing.

So by the time Elmer Bernstein’s iconic theme music finally plays over the retro-cool credits, you just may find yourself wanting to howl, “Yee haw!”

The macabre fantasy and oddball outsiders of Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands) always have held a special appeal for young adults. That’s why the announcement that Tim Burton would be adapting Ransom Riggs’ supernatural YA series, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, seemed like a match made in heaven.

But in the end, having Tim Burton adapt a Burton-esque YA novel only felt like someone else trying to make a Tim Burton-style movie.

His craftsmanship and directorial control are there for sure, but the bizarre joy, the demented delight, the soulful scares, and the grotesque ghoulishness, is all gone. There’s no point of view, no panache.

And that meaningful message of celebrating weirdness that young fans continue to gravitate toward rings painfully hollow here. It’s Burton doing a imitation of himself.

The teen antiheroes at this story’s center are X-Men style mutants, known as peculiars, with special powers. But before we get to meet them, we start our journey with “normal” Florida teen Jake (Asa Butterfield). His beloved grandfather (Terence Stamp) has died under very mysterious circumstances. In order to find peace and closure, Jake’s therapist convinces his family that going to see if the stories his grandfather had told of an orphanage for children with special abilities were true.

And so Jake and his completely checked-out dad venture to a remote island in Wales only to find that the school was bombed in 1943, and no one survived … or did they?

Enter the misfit toys of Miss Peregrine’s Home.

Through some sort of time loop, Jake finds himself back in 1943, where he meets a girl as light as air, a boy who can reanimate the dead, creepy-clown masked twins, a lad with bees inside of him, and kids with super strength, monsters in the back of their heads, and pyrokinesis.

They all have abilities, and all operate under the watchful eye of their quirky caretaker Miss Peregrine (Eva Green). And after 70 years stuck living the same day over and over, they all are thrilled to see Jake.

Things get off to a solid start establishing the film’s world, but the deeper we go into the mythology, the messier things become.

The rules of engagement grow increasingly complicated, so by the time eyeball-eating monsters that only Jake can see show up, all the dialogue seems to consist of characters explaining things to one another. There’s too much set up and not enough time to enjoy it.

And you never get to really enjoy the wonderfully weird children who reside at Miss Peregrine’s. They’re just set dressing, sideshow oddities; there’s no emotional connection or development. They’re weird for weirdness’ sake.

The most compelling relationship in the film is, without a doubt, that of Jake and his grandfather, but this is thrown aside in favor of Jake making chaste goo-goo eyes with some Kewpie-dolllooking weightless girl (Ella Purnell).

As our audience surrogate, Jake is supposed to be that average, relatable person whose eyes we see the story through, but even understanding that role, Butterfield is still far too bland, too dull, and with a terrible American accent to boot.

Thankfully, the rest of the cast picks up some slack. The difficult-to-love Green works exceedingly well here as Miss Peregrine. And Samuel L. Jackson does what he can with what he’s been given. The rest of the stellar supporting cast like Chris O’Dowd and Allison Janney are completely underused. Heck, even Dame Judi Dench shows up in a worthless, blink-and-you’ll-miss-her role.

What passes for aesthetic vision seems to be more driven by the impeccable costuming of the great Colleen Atwood (11 time Oscar nominee!) than anything Burton brings to the table.

But then there are still those glimmers of Burton charm, like a sunken ocean liner that takes to the high seas, or the Ray Harryhauseninspired stop-motion skeleton fight. And this is still one of the better YA series adaptations to come along. Consequently, on the heels of a string of complete wayward failures like Big Eyes and Dark Shadows, this does seem like a step for Burton to find his own way back home.

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BRIDGET JONES’S BABY

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ifteen years after Bridget Jones’s Diary and 12 years after Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, our favorite British singleton has returned to the big screen. And Bridget is not only back but also better than ever. In a shocking turn of events from where we last left off, we find Bridget single yet again.

So while many things have changed — Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant) is dead, and her OTP Mark Darcy (Colin Firth) has up and married someone else — Bridget’s still just as endearing, she’s still wearing her signature necklace, and your heart is instantly full. But what about that baby mentioned in the title? Following two one-night stands in short succession, Bridget finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. And in true Bridget-blunder style, the question becomes whether the father is the rich and brilliant mathematician-cum-dating-guru (Patrick Dempsey) she met at a music festival, or her beloved Mr. Darcy, with whom she briefly reunited after discovering he was getting divorced. Both would-be daddies prove incredibly likable. Even if you don’t think anyone could be a credible threat to Mark Darcy, Dempsey is just that (Mc)dreamy. With such an engaging pair as romantic rivals, the film manages to maintain suspense and an air of unpredictability.

But this is Bridget’s show. Zellweger is effortlessly sincere, warm, and lovely in what is now her signature role. And that Bridget remains so wonderfully relatable, seeing this chapter of her journey feels earned and utterly satisfying, or — to paraphrase Bridget herself — like home.

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irector Clint Eastwood brings us the true-life story of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s emergency water landing of a passenger jet on the Hudson River in 2009. What is at first an almost hokey tale of a hero-indoubt, by the end becomes a comforting triumph. The film, which takes place in the scant few days after the landing, follows Sully (Tom Hanks) as he struggles to deal with his newfound, unwanted fame and the skeptical eye of the professionals overseeing an investigation into his decision to ditch in the water rather than return to an airport. So was the NTSB investigation trumped up here for the sake of drama?

Probably, but by the end you won’t care. Because Sully was a hero, untarnished and discrete, who stepped into his place and time in history at exactly the right moment. And Tom Hanks couldn’t be more perfect to play him. But Sully wasn’t the only hero that day. Sully is a beautiful homage to ordinary people, professionals, and compassionate human beings who act and do the right thing. America gets to look at a potential disaster, watch with bated breath, and find that the potential nightmare scenario didn’t play out. With how tired we are as a people, how worn down by derisiveness and petty umbrage, it’s a gift to watch something so riveting, something so perfect, unfold.

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: The way you see it, your friend found that mythical leprechaun with the pot of private jets and beachfront property — and she was all, “Too short! Too green! NEXT!” Okay, you concede, she was a little miserable, but hey — happiness can’t buy money! And no, money isn’t unimportant — and it’s especially vital when you don’t have enough to get lunch from the grocery store instead of from the dumpster. But even money is subject to what economists call “diminishing marginal utility.”

This is a term for how the benefit (“utility”) we get from each “unit” of a thing we’re consuming — like a good or service — decreases for us once we’ve filled our basic need for it. Norman Li, an evolutionary psychologist who started out in economics, explains this pretty simply: “Enough oxygen to breathe is a lot better than no oxygen, but extra (“marginal”) oxygen is not much better than enough. Thus, oxygen has” diminishing marginal utility.

Li, helpfully, took an economist’s look at mating preferences, meaning he didn’t just ask the open-ended question, “So…what would you like in a mate?” — which leads people to shoot for the moon (“Oh…ringer for Hugh Jackman, funnier than Chris Rock, annual earnings matching the GDP of France...”) Here in the real world, most of us have to settle — at least somewhat. So Li tested which attributes people would consider necessities (versus luxuries) in a longterm relationship by giving subjects either a tight budget or a generous one to “spend” on various qualities they’d want in a partner.

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When women (the childbearers and carers of the species) had limited mate-shopping dollars, they allocated most of them to having a Mr. Provider — a man with status and resources — saying “Oh well!” to hunkaliciousness and other qualities. Men on a tight budget disproportionately allocated their mating dollars toward hotitude — not surprising, because beautiful features are like a flashing “Fertile Myrtle!” sign. However,

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even on a constrained budget, women and men each saw kindness as a must-have — ranking it a close second to their top priority.

Getting back to your friend, who’s dumping what you see as a perfectly serviceable billionaire, consider that his pickiness and humorlessness may play out as unkindness. Apparently, for her, having, oh, 100 bedrooms on four continents to cry herself to sleep in doesn’t make up for that. And consider the view from diminishing marginal utility: “Okay, a billionaire is nice, but maybe I could make do with a funny, easygoing millionaire.” To stop being mad, focus on what you have to be grateful for instead of what she’s, uh, squandered — a lifetime of 26-hour arguments about how she failed to use the micrometer calipers to return the loofah to its rightful position.

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: I’m sure it’s exhausting doing the daily “Hi, gorgeous!” skywriting and cleaning up after the rented elephant that pulls the “You’re beautiful, baby!” billboard.

Only — oh, wait…you’re actually just tired from verbally “reassuring her,” which, admittedly, probably takes at least several words and a whole 10 seconds — if you include the time it takes for her to beam and go, “Reeeeally?!”

Yes, it is important for you to reassure her — but, in doing that, motivation counts.

Social psychologist Shelly Gable finds that relationships tend to be happier when those in them are guided by “approach” rather than “avoidance” goals. In normal-person terms, this means striving for positive outcomes rather than trying to avoid negative ones. In this case, an avoidance goal would be telling your girlfriend she’s beautiful in order to keep her from nagging you, but taking the “approach” approach would be doing it because you want her to feel good.

And here’s a secret: Break out the compliments before she asks and you might keep her from starting to worry that she needs “extra-coverage” makeup — the kind that involves scaffolding, three workmen, and $200 worth of drywall.

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we have conscious control of our fingers, we know we can stop any time. Without the element of uncertainty, our squirm reflex doesn’t kick in. But I’m wondering if you might get a temporary exemption from this rule in the coming weeks. I say this because the astrological omens suggest you will have an extraordinary capacity to surprise yourself.

Novel impulses will be rising up in you on a regular basis. Unpredictability and spontaneity will be your specialties. Have fun doing what you don’t usually do!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): A study published

in the peer-reviewed Communications Research suggests that only 28 percent of us realize when someone is flirting with us. I hope that figure won’t apply to you Aries in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological situation, you will be on the receiving end of more invitations, inquiries, and allurements than usual. The percentage of these that might be worth responding to will also be higher than normal.

Not all of them will be obvious, however. So be extra vigilant.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): ): The ancient

Greek sage Socrates was a founder of Western philosophy and a seminal champion of critical thinking. And yet he relied on his dreams for crucial information. He was initiated into the esoteric mysteries of love by the prophetess Diotima, and had an intimate relationship with a daimonion, a divine spirit. I propose that we make Socrates your patron saint for the next three weeks. Without abandoning your reliance on logic, make a playful effort to draw helpful clues from non-rational sources, too. (P.S.: Socrates drew oracular revelations from sneezes. Please consider that outlandish possibility yourself. Be alert, too, for the secret meanings of coughs, burps, grunts, mumbles, and yawns.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Helper

Experiment, Part One: Close your eyes and imagine that you are in the company of a kind, attentive helper -- a person, animal, ancestral spirit, or angel that you either know well or haven’t met yet. Spend at least five minutes visualizing a scene in which this ally aids you in fulfilling a particular goal.

The Helper Experiment, Part Two: Repeat this exercise every day for the next seven days. Each time, visualize your helper making your life better in some specific way. Now here’s my prediction: Carrying out The Helper Experiment will attract actual support into your real life.

It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to be obsessed with anything or anyone that’s no good for you. 2. It’s unimaginable and impossible for you to sabotage your stability by indulging in unwarranted fear. 3. It’s imaginable and possible for you to remember the most crucial thing you have forgotten. 4. It’s imaginable and possible for you to replace debilitating self-pity with invigorating self-love and healthy selfcare. 5. It’s imaginable and possible for you to discover a new mother lode of emotional strength.

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time, Leo. It’s ripple-sway-flutter time and flow-gush-gyrate time and jive-jiggle-juggle time. So I trust you will not indulge in fruitless yearnings for unswerving progress and rock-solid evidence. If your path is not twisty and tricky, it’s probably the wrong path. If your heart isn’t teased and tickled into shedding its dependable formulas, it might be an overly hard heart. Be an improvisational curiosity-seeker. Be a principled player of unpredictable games.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some English-

speaking astronomers use the humorous slang term “meteor-wrong.” It refers to a rock that is at first thought to have fallen from the heavens as a meteorite (“meteor-right”), but that is ultimately proved to be of terrestrial origin. I suspect there may currently be the metaphorical equivalent of a meteor-wrong in your life. The source of some new arrival

or fresh influence is not what it had initially seemed. But that doesn’t have to be a problem. On the contrary. Once you have identified the true nature of the new arrival or fresh influence, it’s likely to be useful and interesting.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the final

ten weeks of 2016, your physical and mental health will flourish in direct proportion to how much outworn and unnecessary stuff you flush out of your life between now and October 25. Here are some suggested tasks: 1. Perform a homemade ritual that will enable you to magically shed at least half of your guilt, remorse, and regret. 2. Put on a festive party hat, gather up all the clutter and junk from your home, and drop it off at a thrift store or the dump. 3. Take a vow that you will do everything in your power to kick your attachment to an influence that’s no damn good for you. 4. Scream nonsense curses at the night sky for as long as it takes to purge your sadness and anger about pain that no longer matters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A Buddhist

monk named Matthieu Ricard had his brain scanned while he meditated. The experiment revealed that the positive emotions whirling around in his gray matter were super-abundant. Various publications thereafter dubbed him “the happiest person in the world.” Since he’s neither egotistical nor fond of the media’s simplistic sound bites, he’s not happy about that title. I hope you won’t have a similar reaction when I predict that you Sagittarians will be the happiest tribe of the zodiac during the next two weeks.

For best results, I suggest you cultivate Ricard’s definitions of happiness: “altruism and compassion, inner freedom (so that you are not the slave of your own thoughts), senses of serenity and fulfillment, resilience, as well as a clear and stable mind that does not distort reality too much.”

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Now is a perfect moment to launch or refine a project that will generate truth, beauty, and justice.

Amazingly enough, now is also an excellent time to lunch or refine a long-term master plan that will make you healthy, wealthy, and wise. Is this a coincidence? Not at all. The astrological omens suggest that your drive to be of noble service dovetails well with your drive for personal success. For the foreseeable future, unselfish goals are well-aligned with selfish goals.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Has your world

become at least 20 percent larger since September 1? Has your generosity grown to near-heroic proportions? Have your eyes beheld healing sights that were previously invisible to you? Have you lost at least two of your excuses for tolerating scrawny expectations?

Are you awash in the desire to grant forgiveness and amnesty? If you can’t answer yes to at least two of those questions, Aquarius, it means you’re not fully in harmony with your best possible destiny.

So get to work! Attune yourself to the cosmic tendencies! And if you are indeed reaping the benefits I mentioned, congratulations -- and prepare for even further expansions and liberations.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Some astrologers

dwell on your tribe’s phobias. They assume that you Pisceans are perversely drawn to fear; that you are addicted to the strong feelings it generates. In an effort to correct this distorted view, a n d in accordance with current astrological omens, I hereby declare the coming weeks to be a Golden Age for Your Trust in Life. It will be prime time to exult in everything that evokes your joy and excitement. I suggest you make a list of these glories, and keep adding new items to the list every day. Here’s another way to celebrate the Golden Age: Discover and explore previously unknown sources of joy and excitement.

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