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spring 2018 NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • APRIL 09 - april 15, 2018 • Vol. 28 No. 15

BMW Motorcycles of Grand Rapids

Traverse City Demo Days Saturday, May 19 & Sunday, May 20, 2018

2018 G 310 R

2018 K 1600 GT

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EunicE KEnnEdy ShrivEr:

The reason We no Longer Lock Away children with Special needs

Those with special needs are now educated and given the chance to thrive. But it wasn’t always this way. come hear author Eileen Mcnamara tell the story of Eunice, who helped change the world.

A National Writers Series Event in conversation with

We’re bringing some of our 2018 models to Traverse City, Michigan for demo rides.

If you’ve wanted to test a BMW motorcycle, now is your chance. Call the dealership today to reserve your time. The spots fill up fast, so don’t wait!

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A one-time exhibit of 200 paintings created by members of the Oil Painters of America. Open every day and never an admission charge! Lectures, demos, workshops, receptions, and sales.

A six-day plein air painting festival featuring 44 fabulous artists as they paint our nationally acclaimed shorelines, orchards, sunsets, forests, dunes, marinas, gardens, and vineyards. Watch and learn all week and take a piece home for your collection. All work for sale!

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not to be missed— events to meet artists and purchase work

AUGUST 15: Quick Draw at Fountain Point Resort, Leelanau AUGUST 18: Exhibit of all work painted during the week at the Awards Ceremony and Art Sale

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Jack Bergman Can’t Have it Both Ways

A recent compilation of results from more than 15 polling organizations reveal that 75 percent of Americans disapprove of the current U.S. House of Representatives’ job performance. When representatives practice blatant hypocrisy, that isn’t a big surprise.

For those of us in Michigan’s 1st District, we need look no further than the record of Jack Bergman. Bergman voted against the recent budget bill, explaining that “it’s my job to stand up for what is right, regardless of politics and partisanship … our national debt and deficit has gone off the rails.” He predicts that unless we have fundamental change, we will be “leaving our children and grandchildren an impossible crisis to confront.”

So why did he vote for the tax bill last November that added $1.5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade and gives a tax cut to the wealthy? Where were his “fiscal conservative principles” and concern for future generations then?

He cannot have it both ways. Bergman is clearly not “standing up for what is right,” but rather, seems motivated by party politics and his donors, 87 percent of whom live outside the 1st District.

Michael Earl, Traverse City

Bad Joke, No Punchline

The Trump administration is the joke of the world. Not only does Trump run his administration like his television show, The Apprentice, he has made our country look like a bunch of fools with his moronic comments.

The carousel just keeps turning with new faces in his administration all the time — more than any president in history. But there is hope.

Please vote in 2020. Maybe we’ll get some common sense in the Presidency again Tom Webster, Grawn

Full Disclosure

I hate going to Detroit. Why? Because I’m afraid of black people, that’s why. Through no fault of theirs, mind you. I grew up in lily-white northern Michigan in the ’50s, with a very narrow-minded father and only saw blacks on television, depicted as either heroes (seldom), servants (mainly), or criminals (often). It sure felt like they most certainly weren’t like me.

Their music evoked fear and violence, they dressed in an intimidating manner, they walked like they’re just about to go crazy on someone.

But, when I do have to go to downtown Detroit (I’m a die-hard Tigers fan), I end up always loving the experience. Always. Every single time. Why? Because like every other kind of people, there are extroverted blacks who just plain insist on talking to you while you’re walking down the street. And, being one of the extroverted whites, I’m compelled to join in.

So, here’s what happens: At the end of our conversation, whether it’s about politics or sports or the weather or family or where we’re from, we’ve laughed with or at each other a number of different times. And more times than not, when we say goodbye, there’s a hug

involved. And for days afterward, my heart is filled with the certain knowledge that, not only are we all just people — but goodness lies at the center of every human’s heart.

So, I hate going to Detroit. But thank God I get there now and again.

Jack Lane, Traverse City

Taking Issue

I am writing in response to your story [“NCMC’s Big Bargain”] in your March 26 publication concerning unionization efforts for North Central Michigan College’s support staff. I found the article to be one-sided and take issue for the following reasons: • The article quotes a former employee of the College, who is in no way qualified or vested with the authority to speak for the College support staff and in fact provided incorrect or misleading information.

• That more information was gathered from the union, as opposed to the College’s support staff.

• That the article makes it appear that the entire support staff is in consensus that a union is necessary.

While the MEA states that they have more than 50 percent of the potential bargaining unit favoring the union, they fail to mention the possible 50 percent or more of College support staff (like me) who are against unionization, who feel that they are treated fairly, who do not have problems with their supervisors, and who appreciate the wonderful benefits and perks of being an employee of North Central. In fact, the vote to unionize is not a fait accompli by any means.

I find the article insulting to the many employees at North Central who are feeling railroaded by the MEA and ostracized by some fellow employees. It is also insulting to our College to insinuate that employees are treated so unfairly that only a union can help, and that the informational updates provided by our administration are inaccurate.

Kathy Bardins, Petoskey

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Ed. Note — Article author Patrick Sullivan did reach out to administration and was permitted only a short interview with the college president.

Nevertheless, he did detail the president’s memo to staff in which she made her case against the union and explained why the step program was eliminated. Sullivan was informed that current support staff were unable to comment publicly about the organizing effort due to their current employment contract.

Be Aware: Sinclair Broadcasting in Your Home

We are concerned about the reporting on TV 7/4. This local station, in addition to approximately 192 others around the country, is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting.

These stations are REQUIRED to air: • “Terrorist Alert Desk” • Boris Epshteyn’s commentary • Scripted news items camouflaged as news anchors reporting “the news” This manner of “reporting” is disingenuous, misleading, and fails to uphold journalistic standards of transparency and integrity. Sinclair Broadcasting is unabashedly conservative and has hired Boris Epshteyn, a former spokesman for President Trump, as its chief political analyst and on-air commentator.

Surveys have shown that viewers trust their local news more than any other source. Viewers tuning in to their local news have no way of distinguishing between unbiased reporting and commentary. It is vital to a healthy democracy that we clarify the difference.

It is appropriate, reasonable, and fair that Sinclair-owned stations provide a disclaimer before and after these segments, stating that each is political commentary, not news, and is not the opinion of the local station. This would be consistent with other guest editorials.

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this week’s

top ten Grand Traverse Rural Fire Up in Smoke

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The wailin’ jennys

Multi-award winning vocalists The Wailin’ Jennys bring their international folk act to Corson Auditorium at Interlochen Center for the Arts on Thurs., April 12 at 7:30pm. Tickets: $37 pit; $33 orchestra. tickets.interlochen.org Photo by Art Turner.

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Grand Traverse Rural Fire is no more. The volunteer fire department dissolved April 1, leaving the rural townships around Traverse City to organize their own fire departments.

Formed in 1989 in an effort to pool resources, Grand Traverse Rural splintered apart in recent years amid disagreements about how volunteer fire departments should be managed. Last January, Green Lake Township split off to form its own department. Officials there said they wanted to merge the department with EMS services. More recently, Fife Lake and Springfield townships joined together to make their own department.

Grand Traverse Rural Fire’s struggle for funding and to recruit enough volunteers to offer a viable service was profiled in the May 13, 2017 edition of Northern Express.

Increased training demands and shifts in the economy have made becoming a volunteer firefighter a daunting challenge. Also, in recent years, people increasingly work farther from home, making them unavailable to answer calls.

Hey, watch it!

WILD WILD COUNTRY

Joining the storied tradition of bizarre, strangerthan-fiction tales comes the jaw-dropping documentary series Wild Wild Country. Over the course of its six gripping episodes, it follows the controversial Rajneesh cult and its efforts in the early 1980s to establish a Utopian city in rural Oregon.

And with bioterrorism attacks, assassination plots, naked psychotherapy, wiretapping, arson, group sex, voter fraud, and so, so many orange outfits, it’s a story so unbelievable, you won’t believe that you’ve somehow never heard of it. Undeniably fascinating, incredibly complicated, and featuring candid interviews with many of the key players, it unfolds like the great twisty true crime mystery of your dreams and you’ll be questioning everything and everyone. Streaming on Netflix.

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NEWSWORTHY NEWTONS

Whatever your age now, you probably grew up noshing on Fig Newtons. After all, they’ve been around since 1891!

But have you ever had a freshly baked, homemade Newton? We hadn’t, until java guru BLK\MRKT coffee and bakery in Traverse City’s Warehouse District began making one – in a jumbo version, no less.

Blackberries and figs, dates and orange flower water, or other dried or fresh fruits are cooked down to a paste consistency and enrobed in “a hybrid cookie dough, shortbread-ish, but with less butter and more moisture,” said BLK\MRKT ownerfounder Chuck Korson. He and pastry chef Hannah Lane are to thank for this delicious retro reimagining, which is finished with a dusting of sanding sugar for texture. The Newtons, and all sweets and savories in the small but creative daily pastry selection, are meant to complement BLK/MRKT’s coffees, and vice-versa. “We take our baked goods just as seriously as we take our coffee,” said Korson. “It just doesn’t make sense to have great coffee and mediocre baked goods.” BLK\MRKT, 144 Hall Street, Traverse City, (231) 714-5038. $3.25.

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raising spirits.

That’s a number you can toast to.

That ’s the Power of Michigan Co-ops.™

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Get Off the Bottle

On the heels of the Michigan DEQ’s unpopular recent decision to allow Nestle Waters North America’s well near Evart to siphon even more public water — up to 400 gallons per minute — Traverse City-based FLOW (For Love of Water) launched a new campaign: Get Off the Bottle urges consumers to forgo hydration from disposable bottles.

Although FLOW did not plan the campaign in reaction to the Nestle decision, the timing (they launched Get Off the Bottle on March 28, days before the DEQ announced the approval) was prescient.

“The state DEQ’s wrongheaded approval of a 60 percent groundwater pumping increase by Nestle to bottle more public water for private profit increases the urgency of our campaign,” said Dave Dempsey, senior advisor for FLOW, in an email. “It’s not a good deal for Michigan consumers to buy back the water they own at a price 2,000 times higher than tap water. Throw in the waste of energy used to make bottles, the discarded plastic bottle waste, and the fact Nestle is setting a terrible precedent by exporting Great Lakes water, and you have all the reason needed to get off the bottle.”

Earth Day After Day After Day

things we love Raven hill Discovery Center Some kids weave pot holders. Your kid … ? Can build her own 3D printer. If you don’t believe it, East Jordan’s Raven Hill Discovery Center is about to prove it to you. On Saturday, April 14, at 10am, instructor John Clements will start with a $5 intro class, taking kids and/or adults of all ages through a discussion of what a 3D printer is, what it can do, the hardware and software needed, and a few tips for choosing your first printer. If you’re on board to build your own, over a full summer weekend — June 9 and 10 — Clements will lead you in the effort. The cost, $220 per person, covers the 3D printer kit, starter material, and instruction. (Just want to watch and help build, but don’t care to go home with your own printer? $20 for you.) Call 231-536-3369 or email info@miravenhill.org to register for the intro and/or the build. www.MiRavenHill.org

Who says Earth Day must be only one day? Earth Week Plus celebrates our big green and blue marble with two months of free (and pretty darn fabulous) earth-lovin’ activities. The party starts 10:30 am (until 2:30pm) Saturday, April 14, at Cheboygan High School, with seven workshops and 30+ eco-centered displays. You’ll meet Doug Larson, a Michigan State University researcher on a quest to protect Michigan’s 136-million-yearold Sturgeon. You’ll see an authentic native American bark house built

by Keith Knecht. You’ll get up close (too close?) to sea lamprey, the vampire of the Great Lakes. Bring your bike along for a safety check. Bill Prall, a bike expert with the Top of Michigan Trails Council, will not only check out your equipment but also do minor repairs. The celebrating continues throughout April and May with an authentic Native American sunrise ceremony, free tours of the research vessels docked on the Cheboygan River, a visit to a sturgeon hatchery, expert-guided birding walks, and even a how-to on building your own wind turbine. Take that, Scott Pruitt.

Check out the full schedule of adventures at earthweekplus.org.

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bottoms up THE MASSIVE MARY Sometimes over the top is a bad thing. But this towering concoction from Boone’s Prime Time Pub in Suttons Bay, which incorporates a panoply of classic bar food favorites, is a good thing. A very good thing. “It was funny — when we were developing it, I just randomly said, ‘We’re going to call this the Massive Mary,’ and it stuck,” said general manager Jen Lewis. It all starts with house-blend Bloody Mary mix and a double shot of vodka, served in a 24-ounce Mason jar rimmed with “everything” bagel seasoning. Then comes the “garnish”: a circus-worthy balancing act of deep-fried pickles, pimento-stuffed olives, blue cheese-stuffed olives, a buffalo chicken slider, a burger slider, three jumbo onion rings, a celery stalk, and lemon and lime wedges. The final flourish is a five-ounce “snit” of either beer (your choice of nine on tap) or hard cider. “It’s definitely fun, and a big seller,” said Lewis. $19.99 at Boone’s Prime Time Pub, 102 St. Joseph Street, Suttons Bay. (231) 271-6688. boonesprimetimepub.com

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ENOUGH?

spectator by stephen tuttle Had enough,yet? No? According to FactCheck.org, the President of the United States has told 2,500 lies since taking office. That seems to be quite a few, even for a Washington politician. He has other issues, as well. Let’s review.

As this is being written, at least 21 high-level White House staffers, agency heads, and at least one national security advisor have been fired or resigned. That’s a record for such a short time in office, but if the rumors are true, more will soon be leaving, voluntarily or not.

There are at least three investigations currently underway concerning the possibility of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and the Russians, who meddled in that election. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe has now expanded to include the president’s — and his sonin-law’s — various business entanglements with the Russians.

Trump, who has still not definitively acknowledged the Russian meddling, despite every United States intelligence agency saying it absolutely did happen, has called the Mueller investigation a “witch hunt.”

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As a bonus, the president consistently denigrates our FBI and its leadership, as well as the CIA and other agencies who have conclusively proven the Russians did meddle.

They know who, when, and from where the attacks were generated, but the president has been assured, by no less than his good friend Vladimir Putin, the Russians were not involved.

Enough? No? The president, to the apparent surprise of his own cabinet and Congress, slapped tariffs on imports of Chinese aluminum and steel. He actually said he believes trade wars are “good.” The Chinese, in retaliation, have now imposed tariffs on 128 items, $3 billion worth of American imports, including berries, apples, and pork. That won’t be good for Michigan.

The president is now attacking Amazon, claiming the company isn’t paying state sales taxes and is somehow hurting the United States Postal Service. Actually, Amazon pays state taxes on first-party sales in all 45 states requiring them. And according to the number crunchers at the USPS, Amazon parcel deliveries have been a significant boon to the USPS since its first-class-letter income continues to decline dramatically.

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It’s likely the president’s actual target isn’t Amazon at all since his campaign spent $150,000 using Amazon, but rather, its founder, Jeff Bezos. Bezos just happens to own The Washington Post. At the same time, Trump claims our economy is in the best shape it has ever been. The stock market hasn’t been so great, though, losing 11 per-

cent of its value from its high point just a few weeks ago.

Trump has now taken six different positions on immigration and an equal number on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Last week he claimed a “caravan” of illegal immigrants from Central America were heading here to cross the border illegally to take advantage of the DACA program.

But those folks intend to arrive at a U.S. border checkpoint and ask for asylum. And to qualify for the DACA program, you had to be in this country before 2007. Nobody who enters the country now will qualify. Ending DACA, as the president now wishes to do, will put more than 600,000 people who were brought here as children at risk of deportation.

The “great wall” for which we were promised the Mexican government would pay has been excluded from next year’s budget. Now the president says our military should foot the bill, and they are definitely not the government of Mexico. Repairs and extensions of the existing wall were planned before the president was elected.

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Still not enough?

There are 17 accusations of sexual harassment and what would be considered sexual assault against the president. He endorsed a U.S. Senate candidate despite accusations of sexual improprieties with a 14-year-old girl and praised an aide accused of physical abuse by both of his ex-wives.

The administration has rolled back or intends to roll back 67 environmental rules and regulations, the latest of which would allow auto manufacturers to skip new emission requirements. Add that to the elimination of restrictions on arsenic, lead, and mercury polluters, not to mention loosening the restrictions on coal-burning power plant emissions.

The president has now surrounded himself with hawkish advisers who continue to rattle sabers regarding both Iran and North Korea.

Iran is especially interesting since independent inspectors claim Iran is abiding by the agreements leaders signed during the Obama years.

Trump’s nominee as his national security advisor is a man who was unable to be confirmed as ambassador to the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration.

The president’s senior advisors include his daughter and son-in-law, the latter of which recently lost his top-secret security clearance. He just nominated his personal physician to lead the Veterans Administration and its 370,000 employees.

Still not enough? Then when will enough be enough?

Crime & Rescue MAN SAVED FROM ICE COLD LAKE Rescuers saved a 67-year-old kayaker from Chief Lake in Manistee County.

Sheriff’s deputies got a call about a man struggling in the water at 9:09am April 3. Someone called 911 after the man’s kayak overturned.

Rescuers responded to Anderson Road in Bear Lake Township where ice around the open water prevented a bystander from launching a small boat to rescue the man, deputies said.

A group of firefighters from Bear Lake, Dickson and Onekama townships broke through a section of half-inch thick ice, launched a boat, and reached the man about 100 yards from shore. They pulled the man into the boat and took him to safety, where he was taken to Munson Manistee for treatment.

The man had been in the water for 25 minutes, deputies said.

TWO DIE IN CRASH Two 21-year-old Charlevoix men died, and another was injured in a single-car crash in Charlevoix County.

Brandon Russell and Aaron DeVries were found dead at the scene of a crash in Marion Township at 6:52pm March 31, sheriff’s deputies said.

Meeshann Schmidt was transported to McLaren Northern Michigan and put into intensive care.

In a press release, deputies said many questions remained about the crash: “There are many factors into this crash which remain unknown, and the investigation continues.”

The crash happened on Barnard Road near Gregory Road. Witnesses told investigators that the vehicle was speeding prior to the crash.

HANG UP CALL LEADS TO ARREST When a man called 911 to report he’d been assaulted but would not give his name or his location, dispatchers zeroed in on the call and sent police.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on East Omena Road at 7:20pm April 2 and found the man who had hung up on dispatchers.

Deputies learned that a 25-year-old suspect had been drinking for several days and became agitated and struck the caller, causing minor injuries. The suspect was the son of the caller’s girlfriend. He was taken to jail.

ELDERLY MAN KILLED IN CRASH A crash into a tree just before midnight claimed the life of a 78-year-old Cadillac

man.

Joseph Southwick was killed in the singlevehicle crash at 11:59pm March 30, Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Deputies responded to East 30 Road near South 27 Road in Selma Township and determined that Southwick lost control of his vehicle, left the road, and crashed into a tree. Southwick was transported to a hospital where he later died.

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WILLIAMSBURG WOMAN KILLED A 51-year-old Williamsburg woman died in crash that occurred in snowy conditions.

Betty Lou-Korson Send was a back-seat passenger in an SUV that crashed into an oncoming tree service truck, Kalkaska County Sheriff’s deputies said. Two others were seriously injured in the crash: the driver, Deborah Shelagowski, 48, and front-seat passenger, Dorothy Korson, 80. Both were taken to Munson Medical Center in serious condition.

The driver of the tree service truck, a 30-year-old Hamilton, Ohio man, lost control and crossed the center line on M-72 near Hill Road in Clearwater Township, crashing into the women’s SUV. The crash happened at 5pm April 3. The truck driver suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.

8-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN CRASH An 8-year-old Maple City girl was killed in a crash on M-72 in Leelanau County.

Ava Mae Geiger was in a booster seat behind the driver when the vehicle she was in crossed through an intersection and was struck by a van at 10:46am March 31, deputies said.

The crash happened at Plowman Road after the driver of the car, a 22-year-old Lake Ann woman, failed to stop at the intersection amid heavy, wet snow. The van struck her vehicle, causing it to roll over and strike a tree. The woman suffered non-life threatening injuries and another passenger, a 5-year-old Maple City girl, suffered serious injuries.

The driver of the van, a 51-year-old Traverse City man, was also taken to Munson Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

ARREST MADE IN FIREARMS THEFT A 37-year-old Saginaw man faces charges after investigators said he broke into his father’s home in Interlochen and stole four firearms.

Following an investigation by Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies, Chad Michael Johnson faces charges of home invasion, larceny of firearms, receiving and concealing firearms, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

Two AR-15 assault rifles, two 9mm handguns, and a box of shotgun shells were taken from a Green Lake Township home Feb. 18.

Saginaw County Sheriff’s deputies found an empty gun box and paperwork for one of the guns on a road in Saginaw 1.5 mies from the suspect’s home. Although Johnson told deputies that he had not been north in years, investigators found text messages on his phone indicating Johnson owed someone money, had been looking for a ride to Traverse City, and later had some weapons to sell, according to the charges.

MANY INJURED IN BUS CRASH A tour bus carrying a 40-member church group crashed in Roscommon County, causing 14 passengers to require hospitalization, three of them with serious injuries.

State police responded to US-127 in Lyon Township where traffic was rerouted as troopers investigated the crash, which occurred at 2:18pm March 31.

The bus, which was carrying 33 high school students and seven adults, left the slush-covered roadway and rolled over into a ditch. A 16-yearold passenger was trapped in the bus following the crash and was extricated by responders and taken to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City with non-life threatening injuries.

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THE YOUTH GO TO WASHINGTON — AND THEY WON’T BE LEAVING

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bY Gary L. Howe Right from the get-go, it was a magnificent mess.

And complicated. In the history of our great United States, for every glorious achievement, history offers up parallel infamies. The Founding Fathers showed profound wisdom in basing our experiment in democracy on the Charters of Freedom. At the same time, they institutionalized slavery for another 89 years and restricted the right to vote for an-other 144.

Touring our nation’s capital during spring break this year, I was hooked by the eternal optimism that is intrinsically woven into our nation’s fabric. Today’s challenges of impassable partisanship and en-trenched power are daunting, but our gleaming national treasures — the White House, the Capitol, the Supreme Court, the National Mall, and its memorials — stand proudly as solid structural reminders that we can and will weather terrible fires and storms.

Americans rise in the most challenging times, accepting with inevitability our generational rendezvous with destiny. Right now, we are witnessing the moment when a new generation of citizens are finding their voice.

Immediately after the nation’s second-deadliest school shooting of all time in Parkland, Florida, on Valentine’s Day, when 17 students and teachers were murdered by a 19-year-old with a semi-automatic rifle in 6 minutes and 20 seconds, we returned to our endless national debate about gun regulation. It started as it always does these days, with both sides saying that nothing can be done. Solving this problem is definitely impossible, everyone agreed. The Speaker of the House reflexively responded, “I think we need to pray.”

But then something very American happened: The young survivors at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School skipped the eye rolls and refused to heed the accepted wisdom of their elders. Like many great civic leaders before them, they responded to the tragedy not by cowering, but by finding their voice and amplifying it to the national stage. They called BS to hopes and prayers, and they jumped into action.

They used Twitter instead of pamphlets, but like other young revolutionaries before them, they pushed back when condescending adults belittled them. They supported each other, reaching out to other communities that face gun violence every day. And they brought forth

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the March for Our Lives, the largest youth-led protest in U.S. history. Over a million people participated nationwide.

Standing on a platform that is hard to oppose — that American kids should be able to go to school without being shot — the speakers on stage in Washington, D.C. were not radical in their demands. Not one of them called for repeal of the Second Amendment. They called for lawmakers to do their jobs and protect children with policies that are overwhelmingly supported by their constituents, but, distressingly, are opposed by the well-funded lobbyists who steer the lawmakers’ agendas.

Yet, there was something radical about the march in front of the Capitol. All of the speakers were young. All were students. They came from Chicago and Los Angeles and Parkland, with different backgrounds and different stories, and they spoke with a united, persuasive voice, delivering a mes-sage that transcended the single issue of the rally: “We are here. We are citizens.

The future belongs to us. Where you adults fail to act, we will act. You may attempt to silence us, but we aren’t going anywhere. Fix this, or we will vote you out.”

Their student-led movement is a shining example of the American experience, giving patriots much to celebrate. In their letter to the Parkland students, Michelle and Barack Obama wrote: “Throughout our history, young people like you have led the way in making America better.”

America can be changed. It has changed. It will change again.

At the National Archives, we are urged to Study the Past, and we are reminded of the encouraging truth that What’s Past is Prologue.

History is clear: With effort and persistence, the United States of America can overcome great challenges, no matter how immense, no matter how daunting. The change begins when the youth rise up and find their voice. #neveragain Gary L. Howe is friends to all canines, a photojournalist, writer, urban planner, and former adjunct instructor of American Government and Geography.

Public Service Announcement Police in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, appealed to the public for help in late March tracking down a most unusual perpetrator. “Over the past year and a half,” the department posted on its Facebook page, “someone has been clogging the women’s toilet (at the Deland Community Center) with a 20-ounce soda bottle. This is very strange ... and gross.” The Sheboygan Press reported that the string of more than 25 incidents began in 2016. Joe Kerlin, the city’s parks and forestry superintendent, says the suspect is likely an adult male, based on security camera footage from outside the restroom. The city’s resulting plumbing bills have totaled between $2,000 and $3,000.

Oops A man playing with a baseball on the roof of a parking structure in Honolulu on March 23 had to be rescued by firefighters after he fell into the space between two buildings and got stuck, KHON2 TV reported. Security guard Ray Rodrigues was dispatched to the roof to run the 55-year-old off, but found the man had fallen into a 7- to 9-inch-wide space between the cement walls. When pulling him out with a rope failed, firefighters resorted to using drills and saws to cut through the concrete to free him. He was taken to a hospital in serious condition.

Questionable Judgments -- Shoppers at the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, got more than they bargained for on April 8, 2017, as model Chelsea Guerra, 22, of Indiana Borough and photographer Michael Warnock, 64, of Point Breeze conducted a nude photo shoot around 11 a.m. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, as Warnock took photos and families looked on, Guerra walked around and posed wearing only thigh-high black stockings and high-heeled shoes. In early March of this year, Guerra and Warnock pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after other charges were dropped, and paid a $300 fine. “My nude modeling is honest work,” Guerra said, “and I use it mostly to fund my college career.”

-- A dairy truck driver lost his job in early March after being caught on a surveillance camera urinating near dairy cows in a barn at Tremblay Farm in Highgate, Vermont. While no charges were filed, Monica Massey of the Dairy Farmers of America said the driver’s behavior was unacceptable. “We saw the videos. What we saw was deplorable,” Massey said told WCAX TV. Darleen Tremblay said she was “shattered” by what she saw on the video. “I couldn’t move.

I froze and I shook,” she added.

Bright Ideas -- The Snell Family Park ficus tree, a sprawling giant that has shaded the park in Fort Myers, Florida, for more than a century, played the part of groom to several brides on March 24 as Karen Cooper and others tried to save it from being cut down. The NewsPress reported that while its roots are on the park property, some of the limbs in the tree’s 8,000-square-foot canopy extend to an adjacent property that is for sale, and potential buyer Jeff Romer was concerned about his liability for the tree’s upkeep. In December, Fort Myers’ public works officials approved the removal of the tree, prompting protests from Cooper and others. She got the idea of marrying the tree from women in Mexico who have been protesting deforestation. “I

thought, ‘Oh, we should marry the ficus tree’ -- kind of giggle, giggle.” A city spokeswoman said the city is moving ahead to save the newlywed tree, but Cooper is worried that the decision is not final. “If they cut down this tree, I’m going to be a widow.”

-- Ruan Rocha da Silva, 18, was caught in late March trying to steal five cans of deodorant from a supermarket in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His prominent tattoo might have given him away: A year ago, after Silva tried to steal a bike from Maycon Wesley Carvalho, 27, and Ronildo Moreira de Araujo, 29, the two men forcibly tattooed Silva’s forehead with the words “I am a thief and an idiot.” The Daily Mail reported that Carvalho and Araujo were caught after filming themselves inking Silva’s forehead and sending the video to friends; both were sentenced to jail time. Silva is out on bail, awaiting trial for shoplifting.

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Inexplicable Eastern Michigan University student Andrew (who didn’t give a last name), 22, wasn’t making any kind of statement or protesting any government action (or lack thereof) on March 12 when he filled a pothole in Trenton with a whole box of Lucky Charms and a gallon of milk. Andrew then lay on the road with a spoon and ate the cereal out of the pothole. “I don’t know where the inspiration came from, but when it hit me, I knew it was a good idea,” Andrew told MLive.com. “It tasted great. If I was blindfolded, I wouldn’t know if it was a pothole or a bowl.”

International Relations Italian chef Fabio Picchi has offered three American exchange students in Florence a fourhour cooking lesson after the women tried to cook pasta in a pot without water on March 18.

The pasta burst into flames within minutes, and firefighters were summoned to put out the fire.

“We thought it was cooked like that,” one of the students told La Nazione. “They will have lunch in our restaurant with two of my extraordinary cooks,” Picchi said. “I think this can be useful to them, but also to us. Understanding is always ... what is beautiful and necessary.”

Weird Power In Didcot, England, known as the country’s “most normal town,” one resident creatively tried to change people’s perceptions with additions to road signs along local highway A4130. The prankster added destinations such as Narnia, Gotham City, Middle Earth, Emerald City and Neverland to roundabout signs, telling the BBC (on condition of anonymity): “To me there’s nowhere that is normal, there’s no such thing.” He said he’s been making “creative interventions” all over the country for about 20 years. The Oxfordshire County Council responded that while the additions were “amusing,” they’ll be removed as soon as the county’s potholes are fixed.

Anger Management Maghan LeGlue, 25, of Bridge City, Louisiana, shifted her rage into high gear on March 24 when she used her 2004 Ford Expedition to pin her 27-year-old boyfriend up against his Ford Crown Victoria, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff ’s Office. The Times-Picayune reported that the couple, who have three children together, had been arguing when LeGlue hit him, shattering his leg. Doctors performed emergency surgery on the victim. LeGlue was taken into custody and was held without bond.

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Flower Power

Wunderkind floral designer going for gold at the world’s “floral Olympics”

By Kristi Kates Grand Traverse flower fans know Derek Woodruff well. His Traverse City business, Floral Underground, is well-known for its gorgeous floral arrangements, and for Woodruff ’s propensity to settle for nothing less than the best.

While Woodruff regularly competes in more modest flower arranging events, he’s now entering what he called “the big kahuna” of florist competitions — the FTD America’s Cup, which could make his career blossom like never before.

PLANT SCIENCES While he’s been a Traverse City resident for a dozen years now, Woodruff actually grew up in Jackson, Michigan, where his interest in floral design started in a roundabout way.

“When I was in high school — vocational school, actually, at the Jackson Area Career Center — I had to do the career-aptitude testing thing. I was interested in botany, so plant sciences drew me in,” he said.

He applied to the plant sciences program, but that turned out to offer exactly two choices: landscape architecture or floral design.

“I didn’t want to be doing heavy lifting, so I chose floral design. Little did I know there’s heavy lifting in floral design, too,” Woodruff added with a laugh.

His teachers at the time were involved with the Michigan Floral Association, and they brought Woodruff to an association convention in Lansing.

“That’s where I competed in my first competition, at 16 years old, in the student division,” Woodruff said.

He had to bring in a themed flower arrangement that he’d created himself, following the competition theme of “Evasive Love.” Part of the appeal of floral design for Woodruff is that it involves similar qualities

as “classic” art — using color, harmony, and balance. He said he found he was good at floral design right from the start.

“I used analogous colors (three colors that reside next to each other on the color wheel) — blue, green, and purple — and I won,” he said.

“That’s when my obsession began.”

While still in high school, he began working at a local flower shop, later attending the horticulture program at Lansing Community College. After a road trip with a friend brought him up north (“I fell in love with it here, and had to come back,” Woodruff said), he moved to Traverse City and completed his degree at NMC. He started Floral Underground in 2008, when he was just 22 years old.

MOVING ON UP “Starting Floral Underground was a pivotal moment for me in reaching adulthood,” he said, “Sitting there thinking, ‘What’s the next step in my career?’”

At first, he focused on flower arranging for weddings and special events.

“The hardest part was finances,” he said. “I didn’t have a place to work out of, really, so I’d just temporarily rent studio space as I needed it per event. I finally saved up and got my own longer-term space in 2009.”

Since then, Floral Underground has moved “almost every year,” Woodruff said with a chuckle.

“My business has gone through a lot of metamorphosis. I’ve alternated between having a storefront and focusing on retail florals, wedding florals, and corporate events. Now I’m doing a floral subscription box exclusively, which is going very well.”

Woodruff ’s service is simple to use — you choose how often you would like flowers delivered — and it also allows his clients to add in a little creativity of their own.

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MAIN INGREDIENTS “I definitely based my floral subscription box idea on food subscription services like Blue Apron,” he said.

But instead of culinary ingredients, you get a box of floral “ingredients” — flowers, greens, and a container to arrange them in. Along with those items, you also get an instructional video from Woodruff that explains how to arrange your flowers.

Additional videos on his website showcase even more D.I.Y techniques, helping you craft diverse floral arrangements like the “Regal Garden,” “Antique Autumn,” the “Peachy Keen,” and the “Chartreuse with Envy.”

“We’ve only got a day or so delivery range, though, so that the floral ingredients always arrive fresh,” explained Woodruff. “So

by FedEx, right now we send as far west as Missouri, out to the majority of the East Coast, and as far south as Kentucky.”

POSY PARAMETERS Even with all of the above happening, Woodruff’s competitive spirit is very much active.

Which is why he still pursues floral competitions every year, sometimes up to three in one year.

Honors he’s won most recently include second place in the 2015 Sylvia Cup Competition (Society of American Florists) on Marco Island; second place in the Academy Division of the 2016 Michigan Floral Association competition; and first place in the 2016 Sylvia Cup Competition (Society of American Florists) in Maui, Hawaii.

“And every four years is the FTD World Cup, which is held in a different country [each time],” he explained. “In 2015, it was held in Berlin; in 2019 it will take place in Philadelphia.

Everyone in our industry considers that competition the ‘floral Olympics.’”

The (florists’) America’s Cup, which takes place, June 30–July 4, 2018 in Washington

DC., is the qualifier for the 2019 World Cup. Woodruff has already been accepted as one of the 10 competitors for the America’s Cup, which will set him up to go to the World Cup if he wins first place.

To become one of the chosen 10, Woodruff had to submit what he called a “rigorous application.”

“You have to include all of your competition history and a lot of additional information,” he said, “and you also have to send in a portfolio of work based on their parameters. They sent us a PowerPoint presentation, and we had to plug in photos of our own creations. You also have to be an FTD member, which I wasn’t because I was more of an independent creative designer — but I am now!”

He found out he was one of the elite 10 in November 2017.

THINK TANK “I’m very excited about it, but I’m also trying to not think about it,” he said. “I tend to overthink and mess things up!”

The 10 competitors pay for their own transportation to the event as well as their own hotel, but FTD covers all of the additional expenses, such as conference and entry fees and floral supplies.

“It can get expensive, but FTD’s support helps, and I also have a private sponsor,” Woodruff said.

For the four-round America’s Cup competition in DC, the 10 competitors will start the first round by building a floral piece on site, bringing their own plan and all of their own floral ingredients.

“Then, the second, third, and fourth rounds are more in the style of the Chopped TV show, where everybody gets a box of mystery floral ingredients, and you have to craft your arrangement live and in a predetermined

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amount of time,” Woodruff said. “I actually do better at those kind of competitions — the fast decisions — than I do when you have to plan everything out ahead.”

DESIGN DETAIL One of Woodruff ’s particular floral design strengths is his attention to detail. While the different competitions all offer varying levels of pressure, he said he takes his time and focuses on the things he needs to do to make his work stand out.

“I like doing the detail work first — sometimes I’ll braid foliage, or use petal techniques to fold or roll the petals on the flowers to make them look different,” he said.

“The last competition I was in, I used peach and orange roses, plus some branches, pods, and seeds, and I spent the first 10 minutes of the 30 minutes allotted folding all of the leaves on my foliage accordion-style. The audience was probably wondering what on earth I was doing, and I was the last competitor to actually get flowers in my vase — but I won.”

Woodruff surmises that the reason he typically does well in competitions is that he always, in spite not thinking too far ahead, does make a plan.

“I make sure I know and study the parameters on which I’ll be judged,” he said.

“And I keep things clean and simple. They’ll often give you too many floral ingredients on purpose, to see what kind of decisions you make under pressure. Some people try to use all of it; I only use exactly what I need.”

FLORAL FAME Winning the America’s Cup qualifier and moving on to the FTD World Cup is something that’s been on Woodruff ’s bucket list; but he said either way, he’ll be glad he got to participate — and either way, he’s already got plenty of ideas for his future potential.

“If I don’t win, I’ll just be grateful for whichever place I get, because this will be the biggest competition that I’ve done yet. And of course I’ll just continue trying to grow my business here in Traverse City. But you know, there’s also this running joke between me and all of the people who know me — that I ‘just wanna be famous,’” he said.

“When I was in high school, I thought maybe I’d be an actor. Then, I was on a TV show about florists called The Arrangement (previously on LOGO, now available on iTunes), and I was the second runner-up on that show, although that was eight years ago. I do love the actual competition part — people engaged and watching what’s happening.”

“But I love the attention and the pressure and the fame the most. So if there’s ever another lifestyle TV show that needs a florist — well, let me be on it, because I’d love to be that florist!”

For more information, visit Floral Underground at floralunderground.com, and the FTD America’s Cup and World Cup at ftdi.com/ftdamericascup and ftdworldcup2019.com, respectively.

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Want to arrange flowers like a pro?

These tips from Woodruff will help you get the right look right at home!

GROCERY STORE UPGRADE “When you bring home a bouquet from the market, separate each individual stem and lay them on your kitchen counter.

Next, remove all of the foliage that will be below the waterline in your vase. Mix the flower food packet into cold water in the vase. Then arrange the flowers in your hand like a hand-held bouquet, give the flowers a fresh cut, and set the finished arrangement into the vase.”

MAKE LILACS LAST “Spring lilacs will soon be in bloom. To get the longest vase life out of your lilacs, all they need is a fresh cut, and very cold water. There is no need for floral food in the vase — this doesn’t help lilacs last any longer. Unlike ‘regular’ bouquets, the true secret to getting cut lilacs to last the longest is to leave as many leaves on the stems as possible; this helps with water uptake in the stems to keep the flowers hydrated and prevent premature wilt.”

CHECK FOR ‘CHOKE POINT’ “Some people think that they just can’t make a bouquet look pretty, and one hurdle with that may be your choice of vase. A vase that has a good choke point (an area in the vase that is cinched — think hourglass shaped) makes for easy arranging. This is because the choke of a vase helps keep stems where you want them, and allows you to naturally crisscross stems when arranging.”

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Do Atheists Pray?

Bill’s statement “Do atheists pray?” This was the question asked at our Lenten book study of Craig Groeschel’s book “The Christian Atheist: When You Believe in God But Live as if He Doesn’t Exist.” I had never thought about the question, so I emailed Scott in the middle of class. We agreed the question would make a good “Crossed” column. So here we are.

Spending much of my childhood with my grandparRev. Dr. William C. Myers ents and their friends, I would occasionally hear someone Senior Pastor — usually a World War II veteran — say: “There are no at Presbyterian atheists in foxholes!” While this might be true for some, Church of I’m not sure it’s fair to suggest all atheists change camps Traverse City in their hour of need. I can imagine some atheists dying a stoic’s death rather than crying out to God. But does this mean no atheists cry out to God? I don’t think so.

Scott’s in a better position to answer this question, but I would imagine some atheists do pray. We often equate prayer and meditation. I would think a few atheists might spend A LOCAL PASTOR time in self-reflection and centering practices akin to prayer. I would also think in a time of crisis — whether in a foxhole, or at the bedside of a loved one facing death — some atheists might silently express thoughts or feelings that, had they been spoken from the lips of a person of faith, we would consider a prayer. But are such detached thoughts prayers?

We could quibble over intent. If a person doesn’t believe in God, can we really call their prayer a prayer? Can a prayer truly be a prayer, if it wasn’t directed to any One in particular? Yes! I believe these “sighs too deep for words,” as the Bible describes them, are sincere prayers even if offered by those who have no faith in God. Why? Because God is not only the One who hears our prayers but also the One who inspires our prayers. “ … for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.” — Romans 8:26b-27

Scott’s statement Before even learning to speak, our earliest interactions are with loving, knowing, protective, authority figures. We submit to the security of their care and protection. Humans might unknowingly project this parental relationship model onto the universe. Later, language becomes integrated into our thinking processes, giving our mental life the feel of a conversation. The sense that we have a caring omnipotent Scott Blair conversation partner might be resident in our nature.

Blair is a conAtheists are humans. We experience the same emotions sultant in the that believers funnel into prayers: gratitude, contrition, wastewater treatawe, and pangs of concern for those we love or for humanment field and ity in general. president of the When the United States initiated war in Iraq, I watched Grand Traverse Humanists. it on television. Militarily, those were probably the most precisely delivered bombs in history. Nonetheless, I knew that crumbling concrete crushed flesh, and projectiles penetrated bodies while the sky flashed and the earth shook. There was terror. I recognized also, that military force is a blunt instrument with which to try ATHEIST DEBATE to improve the world; I feared further suffering. I don’t recall my posture — forehead in hands, eyes closed, perhaps. Thoughts and feelings merged. Sorrow, fear, empathy, and hope seemed a single substance. I immersed myself in it, trying to find what it should mean to me.

My daughter once received an old but functional handed-down hobby telescope. I aimed it at the brightest object we could see between treetops in our wooded yard. When I pulled it into focus, I saw Jupiter with little round moons suspended around it. Only night air and space stood between me and those bodies. A tingly wave of awe washed through me — an actual physical sensation.

I was suddenly intimate with the universe in a way words can’t represent.

Had I prayed? Well, now we’re discussing the meaning of words. No matter how solemn or transcendent these moments, I had no illusion of my thoughts being received by any being or having an effect outside of me. These moments were me processing perceptions with my human package of emotions, not prayers.

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Scott’s reply “Sighs too deep for words” is a very nice expression. When solitary contemplation isn’t enough to process my most profound experiences, sharing and exploring them in close relationships with other living, caring, empathetic humans is usually the most fulfilling outlet.

Perhaps some religiously uncommitted people facing death do “cry out to God,” throwing their last chips down on Pascal’s wager. But I suspect most atheists would not generate belief during those moments, any more than a drowning Christian would cry out to Poseidon.

In my youth, attempts at prayer underscored the non-reality of God. God was described as powerful, loving, and present, yet I found myself struggling to detect him by force of will and imagination. Praying was indistinguishable from pretending. Now, as an atheist, I am free to explore deep emotions without doing that futile mental work.

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Bills’s reply And there’s the rub! It’s not my place to give meaning to Scott’s experience. Yet, the question must be asked, “What makes a prayer a prayer?” Scott had no intentions or illusions he was praying to God. But what did God hear?

Scott believes he’s alone with his heartfelt thoughts and emotions. But does that mean God isn’t listening? I can’t speak for Scott, but I would think God was deeply moved by Scott’s compassion, and God was the inspiration of his awe. In the words of the Psalmist, “Deep calls to deep at the thunder of Thy cataracts” (Psalm 42). Whether we know God or not, this is who God is: the One who hears our “sighs too deep for words.” The One who hears our prayers.

Agree statement Scott and Bill agree, human emotions and experiences are wondrously nuanced. The reflections of an atheist might sound much like the prayers of a believer. While they do not agree on whether God exists to hear those reflections and prayers, they believe it is good to recognize how much of the human experience the believer and the atheist have in common.

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Biker Girls Norte sees the bicycling community needs more girls — and it’s doing something about it.

By Craig Manning Norte is fighting to get more girls involved in cycling.

For the past four years, the Traverse City-based organization has pushed to get more local youths on bikes. For the most part, the mission has been successful. Norte has hundreds of kids involved in its various programs, including a Youth Leadership Council that helps the organization advocate for a more walk/bike-friendly Traverse City.

According to founder Ty Schmidt, though, Norte’s programs have consistently skewed heavily male.

Across Norte’s programs, Schmidt says that boys tend to outnumber girls five to one. Last year, Norte’s Bike Mas Project — an after-school and summer camp program geared toward elementary school children — had 95 kids. Only 25 were girls.

The numbers are just as skewed for older age groups. Norte’s 2017 middle school mountain bike team had 110 boys and 30 girls, while the organization’s aforementioned Youth Leadership Council — called El Liderato — had 12 boys and just one girl.

When Norte took kids out for Traverse City’s

annual 30-mile Iceman Cometh bike race in November, girls accounted for a quarter of the 60-person group.

Schmidt has asked parents for their opinions on why Norte’s membership tends to skew male, and why getting girls involved seems to be such a challenge. Answers varied, he says, running from ideas about limited visibility of female cyclists in the professional sports world to the way young

Bikes initiative, which includes several 2018 events designed to get girls more excited about cycling.

The first More Girls on Bikes has already taken place. On Sunday, March 25, Norte invited girls to meet at its clubhouse — located at the Traverse City Civic Center — for a bike ride over to the Bijou on the Bay and a screening of A Wrinkle in Time.

Other events planned for 2018 include

Girls on bikes are strong girls, and strong girls will change the world. girls are often treated as being more “frail” than their male counterparts.

“Do we need a Mia Hamm to get girls to notice cycling?” one parent asked, after noting the discrepancy in coverage between the male-driven Tour de France and the little-known female equivalent, called “La Course.”

Whatever the reason for the limited female representation, Norte is doing its part to change the narrative. The organization recently announced a new More Girls on

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a ride to the State Theatre for a morning film screening (10am May 19); Take a Girl Mountain Biking Day at the VASA single track (10am June 16); a PB&J ride sometime in August; and a girls-only Iceman gathering for the Nov. 3 race. Norte also plans to add other girls-only events to the calendar for July, September, and October.

Norte’s kickoff celebration for More Girls on Bikes initiative is planned for April 29 at the Keen Loft, located above The Franklin in Traverse City. Schmidt says the event

will feature “snacks, high fives, a dance party, fun, and prizes.” Norte will also use the event to give away 10 scholarships to its summer camp and after-school programs.

The celebration is an ideal opportunity for girls to learn about Norte and get involved.

Traditionally, Norte has opened all of its programs to girls and boys alike. However, Schmidt is hopeful that offering a series of girls-only events will help send the message that cycling is a sport for everyone.

“Bicycles change lives,” Schmidt says. “More than most sports or types of recreation, bikes are for life. Bikes are freedom. Bikes are transportation. Bikes are adventure. Bikes are happiness. And girls on bikes are healthy, independent, confident girls. Girls on bikes are strong girls, and strong girls will change the world.”

Learn More Read up on Norte’s More Girls on Bikes initiative and get the scoop on the latest event announcements at elgruponorte. org/moregirls.

Planning a spring or summer bike trip in northern Michigan? If so, staying aware of the latest trail closures, construction plans, and other developments is always a good idea.

Not only will knowing about recent updates help you plot your route, but it will also give you something to look forward to as you survey future plans for your favorite trail.

Northern Express has done the hard work for you, getting the scoop on the latest plans for many of northern Michigan’s most beloved trails.

The TART Trail According to Julie Clark, the executive director of the TART system, big things are in store for Traverse City’s beloved 10.5-mile recreational trail. Recently, the Village of Elk Rapids crowdfunded $6,000 to extend the TART from Acme to Elk Rapids. Clark says that TART will work with Acme and Elk Rapids this summer to figure out the preliminary design of the trail. The plan is to have the basic questions — where the trail goes, what it looks like, and when it will be built — answered by the end of 2018.

Engineering and construction would follow.

Speaking of TART expansions, there has long been a plan to connect the current main trail terminus at Bunker Hill Road with the stretch that runs from Lautner Road to M-72. TART has a design for the trail expansion and has been working with landowners to secure the necessary private easements for the project. Unfortunately, Clark says there still isn’t a firm timeline for closing the so-called “Acme Gap.” A stretch of the main TART trail between Five Mile and Three Mile roads has been closed all winter, thanks to the construction of a sewer line. Clark says the Department of Public Works should be finished with the project soon, with the plan being to reopen that part of the trail in May. The reconstruction will include brand new asphalt and will widen the affected trail segment to 10 feet. Access the trail at its east end via M-72/Bates Rd in Acme Township, or its western end at Carter Rd in Traverse City, where it connects to the Leelanau Trail.

Boardman Lake Trail Another years-in-the-making TART plan is the completion of the Boardman Lake Trail, which currently goes around part of the lake. (Access the trail behind Oryana Natural Foods Market, 260 E. 10th St.) Clark says that Traverse City locals should expect to see movement on that front this year. Last year, TART got a $600,000 grant from the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund to finish the Boardman Lake loop. This summer will see both a groundbreaking and a public fundraising push for the final 1.5-mile section of the trail. Construction should kick into high gear next year, with the goal of completing the Boardman Lake Trail in 2019.

Three Mile Trail TART finished the first phase of a trail on Three Mile Road, a 2-mile trail that follows Three Mile Rd., from the State Park beach on US 31 to South Airport Road, back in 2006.

For years, the TART website has said that phase two — meant to create a trail from South Airport to Hammond Road — is “in progress.” Clark says TART is collaborating with East Bay Township, the Grand Traverse Road Commission, and Norte to get the ball rolling again. Ideally, there will be a design and route in place by the end of the summer, with construction to follow.

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Cherry Bend Road. The project includes a culvert replacement and an all-new asphalt overlay. Clark says the work should be done

by Memorial Day, clearing the way for a summer of uninterrupted biking, running, and walking on the Leelanau Trail. Access the southern end of the trail and find trail parking at its Cherry Bend Rd. (just west of M-22); access its north end at Fourth Street (also just west of M-22) in Suttons Bay.

tie into numerous other northern Michigan trails — including the Boardman Lake Loop, the VASA, and the regular TART — for a lengthy 46-mile loop. Clark says that TART is currently working on a trail segment near Cass Road.

Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail The Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail is one of northern Michigan’s newer outdoor recreation trails, with the earliest phases dating back to 2012. From the start, the plan has been for the trail to span 27 miles through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore, from the Manning Road Trailhead, south of Empire, to the Good Harbor Trailhead, on the shores of Lake Michigan. Right now, the trail is about 22 miles long, with sections at both ends still pending construction.

Currently, TART is working with Cleveland Township to launch, design, and engineer one of the final legs of the trail. Once complete, the new section will function as the northern terminus of the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail.

Little Traverse Wheelway The Petoskey Department of Parks and Recreation will close a section of the Little Traverse Wheelway this spring. The Wheelway runs 23.25 miles from Charlevoix through Petoskey and up to Harbor Springs.

The closure will affect about a half-mile of the trail, from near Petoskey’s Magnus Park to Ingalls Avenue and Bayfront Park West.

The Petoskey Department of Public Works will be executing an extensive improvement project on West Lake Street, which runs alongside the Little Traverse Wheelway. The project will involve the installation of a new water main and new curbs. The Department of Public Works will also be widening the sidewalk that connects Magnus Park to the nearest Wheelway entrance. To avoid any potential safety concerns, the affected section of the Wheelway will be closed for the duration of the project, which should be four to six weeks starting in early April.

Boardman River Trail The Boardman River Trail is a new trail of dirt paths and two-tracks that has been in the works since 2010. The first phase, which spans seven miles from the North County Trail to Mayfield, has been done since 2013.

The plan going forward is to finish out the other two phases of the trail — one from the Boardman Lake Trail to Beitner Road, and the other from Beitner to Mayfield.

Ultimately, the Boardman River Trail will

Iron Belle Trail The Iron Belle Trail is the “longest designated state trail in the nation,” starting at Belle Isle in the Detroit area and stretching all the way to Ironwood in the Upper Peninsula. The Iron Belle is actually two trails: one designated for hiking (1,273 miles; 69 percent complete) and one designated for biking (791 miles; 64 percent complete). Currently, there is a sizable gap in the bike trail near Gaylord — something that

should be rectified this year with a planned 12-mile extension. Much of the new trail will run along the east side of Otsego Lake, before connecting with an existing trail that starts near downtown Gaylord.

The estimated project cost is $2.938 million. While Otsego County, Otsego Lake Township, and Bagley Township are all taking on shares of the cost, most of it should be covered by grants from the Department of Natural Resources Recreation Trail Program, the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, the Iron Belle Grant program, and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Transportation Alternatives Program. Bidding for the project should start this spring, with construction likely commencing in the summer.

North Central State Trail The North Central State Trail is a paved biking path that spans 61 miles from Gaylord to Mackinaw City. In fact, the North Central State Trail actually hooks into the Iron Belle system, doubling as the Iron Belle Trail for that entire Gaylord-to-Mackinaw span. Numerous projects are on the docket for the trail this year, including new signage installations along the trail and the new Iron Belle Trail connection in Gaylord. The signage project will be funded by a $25,800 grant from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Access the southern end of the trail in Gaylord, about one mile north of downtown, on Fairview Road (sometimes called Five Lakes Road). Parking is available across the road at the soccer complex. At the north end, you can access the Mackinaw Trailhead off Mackinaw Crossings Drive.

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Safe Zone Legislation Pedaling Forward A bill mandating a five-foot berth for cars passing bicyclists died in committee, but a three-foot rule — and potentially more bike safety measures — might be headed for Gov. Snyder’s desk.

By Craig Manning On July 7, 2016, a man driving a pickup truck plowed into a group of bicyclists in Kalamazoo. The crash killed five cyclists and injured four others. It also became a lightning rod of controversy and activism for Michigan’s bike community, which has long criticized the state and its legislators for lax bike safety regulations. Now, lawmakers are looking at legislation that could shift the future of bike safety in the state.

The Kalamazoo crash helped make 2016 one of the most dangerous years on record for cyclists in Michigan. According to statistics from the state’s Office of Highway Safety Planning, 38 cyclists were killed in 2016, up from 21 just two years earlier.

Many of them were struck from behind by overly aggressive drivers. At least a few cases were hit-and-runs. The League of Michigan Bikers, or LMB, has been working ever since to pass a safe passing distance law to foster safer road sharing between cyclists and drivers.

Initially the advocacy group’s goal was to get a five-foot passing buffer on the books, which would have helped reverse Michigan’s reputation for lax bike safety laws. Fact: 39 states and the District of Columbia have already beaten Michigan to the punch on safe bike-passing legislation, and 27 of those states (plus D.C.) have laws that require drivers to give at least three feet of space when passing cyclists on the road.

North Carolina only demands a two-foot buffer, while nine states require drivers to pass cyclists at a “safe distance” but don’t give a number specifying what that distance must be.

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Only two states go beyond three feet with their passing requirements: Pennsylvania, which requires four feet of clearance for motorists wishing to pass cyclists; and South Dakota, which requires a three-foot buffer for roads with speed limits below 35 miles per hour, and a six-foot buffer for roads with speed limits above 35 mph.

A five-foot law for Michigan would have made the state one of the strictest in the country for safe bike-passing distance.

A five-foot law for Michigan would have made the state one of the strictest in the country for safe bike-passing distance.

Since LMB started advocating for a fivefoot passing buffer, nine local Michigan communities — including Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Ann Arbor — have taken it upon themselves to adopt the rule.

However, the chances of five feet becoming the statewide standard are now nil. At the beginning of March, Michigan’s safe passing bill passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for review by the full House. However, it didn’t get out of committee without a language substitution that switched the distance requirement from five feet to three feet.

According to John Lindenmayer of the LMB, the advocacy group is still supportive of the bill, even given the language change.

While Lindemayer thinks that a wider berth would be better for cyclists — not least because most people aren’t reliable judges of

distance — he also thinks that a compromise might be the best way to get the bill passed.

“There was a lot of opposition to even putting a number [in the bill], on the House side,” Lindemayer said. “In the House Transportation Committee, this bill has been struggling for a year to get the attention that it deserves. It’s gone through a lot of proposed amendments, one of those being that they wanted to take away a number altogether and just have the language say you had to pass bicycles ‘safely.’ The ultimate compromise was on the number, and we can live with three feet.”

The LMB is still pushing for further compromises on the safe passing bill.

The group got the House to add language allowing drivers to cross solid yellow lines to pass cyclists in “no passing zones” — something Lindermayer considers an important triumph. On the other hand, there’s still language in the bill that says drivers can shirk the three-foot rule if it isn’t “practicable.” The LMB will push for three feet to be the absolute minimum before the bill goes to the governor’s desk.

In addition to the safe passing bill, the LMB has also been working on a few other pieces of cycling legislation. Just recently, Governor Rick Snyder signed a new bill into law that reclassifies electric bikes as bicycles instead of mopeds. The prior classification required e-bike riders to have licensing and insurance, while the new one eliminates those hurdles. The LMB is also pushing the legislature to clarify the definition of an “obstructed license plate,” to save cyclists with rear-mounted bike racks on their cars from getting pulled over and ticketed.

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Lily Culver, August Culver, and David Zaiss are the mainstays of “Interotten,” the local Interlochen composting program.

The Benevolent Compost King … and his loyal subjects

By Kristi Kates They say that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

In the case of David Zaiss, Lily Culver, and the Interotten Community Compost program, that trash is turned into something that will grow into treasure all on its own … given a little time.

LOCAL INSPIRATION Interotten Community Compost is a local program in Interlochen that, for a small fee, provides clients (both residences and businesses) with buckets for their food waste and other biodegradeable materials.

Interotten then picks up the buckets, brings them to a composting bin, and transforms the waste into finished compost.

“Ried Meyer is actually the person who started the program here after he saw similar programs like Carter’s Compost in Traverse City,” said Zaiss, who currently oversees the Interotten program. “He actually worked with Carter and his family for a while, but then he moved to Creekside Cottages here in Interlochen, and started his own composting program.”

Zaiss initially met Meyer at the Interlochen Library, where Meyer was in the middle of doing some composting work for the facility; the two men talked, and both a friendship and a composting collaboration was born.

GROWING GOALS “We both happened to be on bicycles the day we met at the library, so when I asked to see what he was doing, he invited me to go with him. He was going around picking up the buckets of scraps on a trailer attached to his bicycle, and then taking them back to make the compost.

I ended up working with him on the program as a volunteer.”

After Meyer moved to Holland, Michingan, to pursue a job opportunity, Zaiss took over the Interotten program. Meyer’s previous residential facility at Creekside continued to grant Zaiss and Interotten ongoing permission to use part of their land as the compost facility, and in return, Interotten also uses part of Creekside’s property to maintain a large garden.

“We grow a huge variety of flowers and vegetables,” Zaiss said. “The tenants and guests at Creekside get some. We sell some at the Interlochen Farmers Market as well.

And anyone who brings kitchen scraps over and dumps them in the Interotten bins is offered anything from the garden that’s ready to pick.”

All of this is done with the help of some ambitious locals — including twelve-yearold Lily Culver.

KID POWER “Last summer, David — he’s our neighbor — asked us if we would like to help out with the composting,” Lily Culver said. “I wanted to get more involved in the community around where we live. So now we go around and pick up peoples’ buckets of their food waste. We dump it into a bigger bin at Interotten and cover it up with leaves, and it turns into compost.”

Culver’s brother, six-year-old August, often helps as well. When asked what they like about helping with the community program, Lily Culver’s answer was simple.

“This way the waste isn’t just going into a landfill with nothing to do. We put it into a garden to help make more of the food we eat,” she said.

Lily and August’s father, Jeff Culver, a teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School in

Interlochen locals’ food waste and compostable materials are picked up by the Interotten Community Composting program and turned into compost for gardening.

Traverse City, fully supports his kids’ efforts.

“I look at my role in this as less handson with the compost, and as more of a cheerleader. I walk the dogs along with the kids and let them do the work,” he said. “I’m glad they’re involved, as I’ve always been a strong proponent of not throwing food away. We waste so much food. It ends up in the landfill, and then we wonder why some kids come to school hungry every day. It boggles my mind.”

GIVING BACK The finished compost — a fine, crumbly, loose material called humus — ends up in several different places. Some of it is put

right back into the Interotten gardens at Creekside Cottages. Some of it is given back to the people who have donated their food waste. And some is sold, purchased by people who contact Interotten to procure buckets of the compost for their own home or business gardens.

Zaiss is proud of what he’s doing. To him, the compost is definitely a local treasure, and one that he feels increases the greater good.

“I feel like I’m contributing to the earth by helping people be more aware of their role in the earth,” he said. “Waste isn’t waste if you don’t just throw it away.”

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A hallmark of the program is that students work on their art at the Cowell Cancer Center.

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THE GREAT OUTREACH EXPERIMENT Art, dance, theater students create art for — and at — Cowell Cancer Center

By Ross Boissoneau For those undergoing treatment for cancer, the time spent at the hospital is typically anything but cheery. Megan Hildebrandt knows that only too well, so she decided to do something about it.

Hildebrandt is an art instructor at Interlochen. She’s also a cancer survivor and knows what it’s like to undergo treatment.

She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma while in graduate school in 2009 and underwent eight months of chemotherapy.

She’s been in remission since 2011 but hasn’t forgotten either her disease or the treatment.

That’s why, when her local oncologist mentioned in passing that Cowell Cancer Center should have an artist on board, her ears perked up. Not satisfied with merely using her own art, she looked to her students at Interlochen Center for the Arts, where she is a visual arts instructor.

Thus was born the course “Aesthetics of Art,” which finds Interlochen Arts Academy students creating art onsite at Cowell Cancer Center. “As an educator and artist it’s been exciting to see,” she said of the program, now in its second year. “Everyone in the class has some personal connection to health and wellness.”

While Hildebrandt said she was enthused about the possibilities of the program, others

weren’t so sure. Some members of her cancer support group didn’t think that teenagers would be empathetic. Turns out that was definitely not the case. Take Simon Garb. “For me, the class resonated personally,” said the Interlochen Arts Academy junior, noting that his mother has an as-yet-undiagnosed autoimmune disease.

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the biology of cancer.

The work is not limited to visual art. Music, dance, and theatre students also take part in outreach efforts at Cowell Cancer Center.

Kate Swisher, the manager of nursing services at Cowell Cancer Center, said the students and their art help mitigate the stress level for patients. “They can discuss [the art] with the students. Art, music, all those things

“The best thing is, they put a smile on people’s faces. The cancer center isn’t a place you’d choose to go to. The students provide a distraction. Anything that makes it more pleasant is welcome. It brings joy and peace.” do their work while at Munson Medical Center. “We go [to the Cowell Cancer Center] periodically to work on painting. I personally do landscapes of the outdoors,” Garb said.

While looking out the windows at the scenery, he said he is often approached by and interacts with people at the center. “It’s mostly patients or family members.”

Students in the class work throughout the school year in the classroom, as well as making a couple trips each month to the Cowell Cancer Center. The class also includes lectures from guest speakers and workshops regarding

can bring you some peace,” Swisher said.

“The best thing is, they put a smile on people’s faces. The cancer center isn’t a place you’d choose to go to. The students provide a distraction. Anything that makes it more pleasant is welcome. It brings joy and peace.”

Both the displays and the work the students do change over time. Swisher said that is an aspect that can be overlooked. “If a patient hasn’t been in for a while, they may say, ‘The pictures are different!’ That gives them something to look forward to.”

Hildebrandt calls the class “a different

outreach experiment,” labelling it therapeutic art, which is different than art therapy. The students become part of the environment — and a part that is welcomed and appreciated.

“The response has been bigger and more enthusiastic than I anticipated,” she said.

Could a program like this work at other hospitals, bringing in students from nearby schools? Hildebrandt doesn’t know why not. It would take cooperation between the hospital and the schools, and a willingness to think outside the classroom box.

Technology plays a part as well. Garb and another student in the class have been Skyping with an art school in Miami that also has connections to an elderly population.

It’s even led to additional art offerings.

Hildebrandt said she’s taught art classes for clinical staff. They stay after their shifts have ended and work in the same spaces as the students. “I’ve been surprised at the turnout,” she said.

She also hopes for continuity with the class, which is offered during the academic year beginning in the fall. “The class was half seniors, half underclassmen. My goal is to have the underclassmen return,” she said.

Regardless of who is in the class, Swisher said the patients derive comfort and pleasure from it. It provides respite from their ongoing battle against the disease. “It’s a great partnership,” said Swisher.

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Actors bringing one of last year’s student-written plays to life.

Curtain Rising for Five Local Playwrights Winning class of student writers partner with national theater pros, get a chance to strut (and see) their stories on stage

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When writing a story, the characters come alive on the pages. For many that’s enough. But five young writers from around the area will see their characters come alive on stage April 29 at the Young Playwrights Festival at the City Opera House.

The Young Playwrights Festival program is an offshoot of a similar program at the Wharton Center in East Lansing.

That program has been ongoing for more than 20 years, while the local version is in its seventh year.

The rules are the same for both: Regional high school students submit an original oneact play, nine to 12 pages long, with up to four characters. “We got about 45 applications from all over the area,” said Diane Baribeau, executive director at the City Opera House. They represented students from Benzie Central, Cadillac, Elk Rapids, Glen Lake, Grand Traverse Academy, Kalkaska, Kingsley, Leland, Mancelona, Northern Michigan Home School Group, St. Mary Lake, St. Francis, Traverse City West, and Traverse City Central.

Twelve students are chosen as semifinalists after a blind reading process. Then those 12 are narrowed to the finalists by another group of readers, led by the director of education at the Wharton Center in East Lansing, which partners with the Opera House for programming. The finalists are: • Isobel Bowker, for her play, “The Intervention” (Central High School; Kerrey Woughter, teacher) • Paul Oh, for “Jane the Great” (Home school–Front Street Writers/Career Tech Center; Teresa Scollon, teacher) • Amelia Shotwell, for “Love, Lissette” (Central High School; Kerrey Woughter, teacher) • Olivia Seymour, for “Yellow Orchids” (Central High School; Kerrey Woughter, teacher) • Grace Zucco, for “Honey” (St. Francis High School–Front Street Writers/Career Tech Center; Teresa Scollon, teacher) Baribeau said the contest used to attract a number of students from Interlochen Arts Academy. As that number has decreased,

students involved in the Career Tech Center’s Front Street Writers program have picked up the slack. This year, the Front Street Writers students were required to submit to the Young Playwrights Festival as part of the curriculum. Instructor Teresa Scollon and writing fellow Sam Collier were pleased with their students’ efforts.

“In just a few short months, I have watched our kids’ skill level and creative capacity develop tremendously,” said Collier.

In addition to the two finalists who are members of the group, five others were semi-finalists.

Each of the finalists is assigned a national theater mentor with whom they work to revise their scripts for a second reading.

The finalists are now working with their mentors via email to refine their stories.

They will meet in person and work sideby-side on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29. At the same time, the City Opera House is recruiting actors and directors who will bring the stories to life onstage on the afternoon of the 29th.

Collier believes that in addition to the academic skills the students develop, they grow in confidence and are able to process their emotions through play writing.

“One of the critical steps of play development is a live reading,” explains Collier. “When a writer finally hears his or her dialogue spoken aloud, it is tremendously empowering when those expressions come to life.”

Baribeau said she is always excited to see what the students come up with, and this year is no exception. “They are very well-written.

I’m always impressed by the quality,” she said. Baribeau also noted the great variety in the subject matter of the student-written plays. “The subject matter varies widely.

They can be dark, light, use strong language — we don’t censor them.”

The plays will be performed for the community beginning at 1:30 p.m. Family, friends, and community members are invited to attend the free performances and the award ceremony that follows. There is an artist forum and dinner following the performance. All the finalists receive certificates of participation and a $100 award.

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By Janice Binkert Forty-three years later, the cozy little original Omelette Shoppe still sits at 124 Cass St. in downtown Traverse City. And customers still cheerfully line up outside the quaint yellow brick building in the warmer months, more than willing to wait for the chance to put their name in to snag one of the leatherette booths inside or a patio table on the sidewalk. The small but wildly popular establishment eventually spawned a second, larger location in the Campus Plaza on East Front Street, and after the franchise was purchased by Restaurant Partners Inc., owned and operated by TC native Jeff Lobdell and his partner, Scott Parkhurst, two more Omelette Shoppes were added in Grand Rapids.

UPPING THE BREAKFAST ANTE Jennie Block, concept lead for the two Omelette Shoppes in Traverse City, said that as good as the franchise has been from the start, Lobdell and Parkhurst have taken it to a new fresh, local level. “We strive to buy locally as much as we can — our emphasis is on Michigan products, and some are right from the area. For example, as soon as local asparagus comes on the market, we will be using that.”

Block noted that people often have a misconception of what to expect at a breakfast place because most they’ve been to serve pretty standard fare. Not so with the Omelette Shoppe. Its four-egg, French-style omelettes are of course the stars of the show.

Incredibly light and fluffy, they would please even Julia Child (whose ode to the omelette covered 13 pages in “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”).

The menu features 11 specialty omelettes, including the customer favorite, California veggie (avocado, wild mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, green olives and Monterey Jack cheese), and the intriguing Inferno (Latinseasoned beef barbacoa, avocado, hash browns, mozzarella, sour cream, and a little kick from chipotle hollandaise), as well

as a “Create Your Own Omelette” section, offering almost endless variety. Egg whites and egg substitute are also available.

Beyond omelettes, yet staying in the savory department, there are scrambles and skillets and quiches and Benedicts (the traditional version of the latter, with Canadian bacon, poached eggs and hollandaise sauce on an English muffin, is a perennial best-seller), a standout Southwest breakfast burrito, and down-home biscuits and gravy (both homemade). Meats for various menu items are also done in house — corned beef, hams and turkeys are slowroasted overnight.

Prefer a sweet indulgence? Try the strawberry shortcakes (three fluffy buttermilk pancakes rolled and filled with strawberry cream cheese and topped with fresh strawberries, strawberry puree, and whipped cream). Or bananas Foster French toast (classic sourdough French toast with sliced bananas and chopped pecans, tossed in decadent homemade Foster sauce). Yum and yum.

DAILY BREAD AND MORE Baked goods are another Omelette Shoppe specialty: cinnamon rolls, pecan rolls, muffins, Black Forest cherry strudel, apple strudel, and cookies are all baked fresh at the Cass Street location. Insiders also eagerly await the month of July each year, when the Omelette Shoppe’s cherry cinnamon rolls honor Traverse City’s premier local fruit connection. Breads?

You’re spoiled for choice, including oat bran cherry pecan, raisin, rye, seven-grain wheat, whole wheat, white, sourdough, and glutenfree options, made from proprietary recipes in Grand Rapids for all four Omelette Shoppe locations. All bakery items — and, indeed, all menu items — are available for takeout. Bakery items can also be ordered in quantity with advance notice.

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press coffee, and carefully chosen loose leaf teas from Leelanau County’s Light of Day Organics (one of them an Omelette Shopbranded house blend) served freshly brewed in personal pots.

BIG CITY MUSE, SMALL TOWN HEART “Our menu is modified somewhat at least twice a year,” said Block. “Some of that is seasonal, but we try to stay on top of what’s new and exciting and what our customers want. Our owners travel every few months to see what’s trending in the big cities. We keep our classics that people traditionally love and come here for, but leave the door open for change and improvement.”

Although breakfast is the foundation it was built on, the Omelette Shoppe also serves lunch items (soup, salads, and sandwiches) and is currently looking to expand that part of the menu.

But even all of this goodness wouldn’t be worth much without one more key thing — customer service. “John, our kitchen manager at the Cass Street store, is phenomenal with ticket times, for example. We strive to stay under 20 minutes, to get you in and out and back to work or wherever you need to be.

That’s sometimes hard to do on weekends or in high summer, but it’s always our goal.

Also, at both locations, to accommodate customers when there are longer wait times, we encourage them to browse the nearby shops, and a member of the staff will come and get them when their table is ready. By doing that — and not relying on a buzzer system — we are promoting local businesses and giving our customers more personal service. We’re a bigger community than we were 20 years ago, but we still have the heart of a small town, where we support and connect with each other. ” The Omelette Shoppe Breakfast Bistro & Bakery has two locations in Traverse City: 124 Cass St., (231) 946-0912, and 1209 East Front St. (Campus Plaza), (231) 946-0590.

For more information, visit omeletteshop.com or check them out on Facebook. $

WHERE TO GO?

(YOU CAN’T GO WRONG)

While they share the same menu, each Traverse City Omelette Shoppe has a different vibe. Cass Street is a tiny, colorful, familiar, run-into-yourneighborhood-friends kind of place. The much larger Front Street location, which just underwent a remodel last year, sports a sleek mid-century look in black and white. Weekdays see more business people, school sports teams, or local organizations meeting there, but on weekends, it’s people coming in after church, and large groups and families. “It’s a bigger restaurant, but it still has that local, casual, comfortable feel,” said Block. “Your server might invite the kids to come along to the pick-up station and get their drinks or walk them around so mom and dad can eat.

At both locations, we have a separate menu for [kids] with a smaller version of the basic breakfast (eggs, meat, and toast), a kid-sized omelette, and Mickey Mouse pancakes with a fruit face.

The owners are very family oriented, and that spills over into the restaurant. And we’re blessed with great staff. They are really tuned in to our customers. You’re coming here for the whole experience — the atmosphere, the service, and consistently good food.”

EAT FOR GOOD

A UNIQUE KIND OF FUNDRAISER

The Omelette Shoppe provides a tasty option for non-profit groups to raise money for a worthy cause. “A member of the organization fills out an application and selects a date, mealtime, and location for their fundraiser,” said Block.

“Upon approval, we create and print 100 flyers for them and provide an electronic file, all free of charge, for publicity purposes.” Supporters simply have to bring in a copy of the flyer when they come to eat, the server attaches a receipt to it, and at the end of the day, 15 percent of the total sales generated by the group is tallied up, and a check is sent to the organizer. “These fundraisers have been used to earn money to buy gas cards for a person to get downstate for cancer treatment, assist a family in need, things like that,” said Block. It’s a direct way to help and give back.” (See further details under “Fundraising” at omeletteshoppe.com)

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3. Jean Sarasin and Donna Stein-Harris are proud to show off copies of best-selling author Anna Quindlen’s books at a recent National Writers Series event in TC. 4. Bill Millar, Jane Millar, Mary Wood, and David Wood looking very, very sharp at Swirl in Petoskey.

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saturday

MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: Mackinaw City. Join bird enthusiasts & experts to observe & learn about hawks, eagles & owls. Featuring speaker Eugene Jacobs & Glen McCune with a live raptor presentation. April 6-8. Register. mackinawraptorfest.org

---------------------RACE TO THE TOMB 5K: 9am, New Hope Community Church, Williamsburg. runsignup.com

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2ND ANNUAL MACKINAC MELTDOWN CELEBRATION: Mackinaw City, April 1-9.

Includes the 2nd Annual Mackinaw Spring Meltdown Gala, Mackinac International Bridal Expo, Spring Break Splash at Pirate’s Adventure Waterpark, Taste of Mackinac, Midwest Roller Derby Tournament & more. mackinawcity.net

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AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK: 10am-4pm, April 1-7. Enjoy a sensory-friendly week at Leelanau State Park & the Grand Traverse Lighthouse. Activities include a scavenger hunt, fur pelts & animal tracks, rock painting, sensory tables & more. Adults: $5; 6-12: $3; & 5 & under: free. $5. Find on Facebook.

---------------------DREAM TEAM SKILL EVALUATION CLINIC: 10am, New Campus School, TC. The Dream Team of Traverse City, a co-ed adaptive baseball league, is hosting this clinic for players with disabilities. Attend one of two sessions: 1011:30am for ages 8-14, & 12-1:30pm for ages 15-23. Free. dreamteamtraversecity.com

---------------------JUST FOR THE HEALTH OF IT: 10am-3pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. Offering classes focusing on women’s health & wellness. $20 includes lunch & four classes. 231-882-9510. growbenzie.org

---------------------THE SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOW CHALLENGE: 10am, Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire.

This event transforms the late season slopes into side-by-side uphill truck racing. shantycreek.com/ event/schuss-mountain-snow-challenge

---------------------TASTE OF INSPIRATION: 11am-3pm, Suhmthing, TC. Hosted by Arts for All of Northern Michigan. Enjoy a taste of the signature Inspiration Blend. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CTAC SCHOOL OF MUSIC STRINGS SHOWCASE: 1-2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------BARC FIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER: 4pm, State Street Marketplace, TC. Runs from 4pmmidnight. A Jungle Theme. Live music by Jack Pine. There will also be a corn hole tournament, scavenger hunt, contests & more. Free.

---------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS STEINWAY CONCERT: 4pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Introducing the new (to the Circle of Arts) Steinway Grand Piano. Featuring Dorothy Vogel, performers from The Cummings Quartet & Traverse Symphony. 231-547-3554. Donations at door. charlevoixcircle.org

HOPFEST: 4-10pm, City Park Grill, Petoskey.

Featuring about 100 different beers from 16 MI breweries. $15 advance; $20 door. wineguysgroup.com/product/hopfest-ticket

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NMC I-DANCE SPRING OPERA HOUSE DANCE: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Waltz workshop at 6pm, taught by Mykl Werth. Open dance then begins at 8pm, ending at midnight. Workshop & dance, $19. Dance only: $15. Senior/student: $10 or $8. cityoperahouse.org/nmc-i-dance “12 ANGRY JURORS”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Presented by Cadillac Footliters. cadillacfootliters.com

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---------------------“YOUNG HEMINGWAY & HIS ENDURING EDEN”: 7pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. A pre-broadcast screening & discussion of a new documentary by George Colburn, focusing on young Ernest Hemingway coming of age in northwest lower MI. Free. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------THE TOMB OF CHRIST: 7pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. National Geographic’s archaeologist-in-residence Fredrik Hiebert will share his insider view of the restoration of the Edicule of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, under which it is believed, lies the Tomb of Christ. $10. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------BLISSFEST COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Featuring live music

by Bliss Township Band. All dances are taught and come from around the country, including squares, contras, lines, circles & waltzes. $3/ person, $5/couple, $7/family. blissfest.org

---------------------IN CONCERT WITH PETER, PAUL & MARY REMEMBERED: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Honoring the legend of Peter, Paul & Mary with 60s hits & more. $20 advance; $25 door. mynorthtickets.com

Support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern MI by running or walking the Big Little Hero Race on Sat., April 14 at 9am at NMC, TC. Featuring a one-mile fun run (free), 5K and 10K ($15 students; $25 adults). Wear a costume! There will also be food, family-friendly events, games and more. biglittleherorace.com

PROJECT: 1-5pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. A family-friendly art project that will celebrate the river Nile, the waterway Tut knew well. $6 adults; $4 under 17. dennosmuseum.org

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MACKINAW RAPTOR FEST: (See Sat., April 7)

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2ND ANNUAL MACKINAC MELTDOWN CELEBRATION: (See Sat., April 7)

FENCES FOR FIDO: 4-7pm, Rare Bird Brewpub, TC. A fundraiser for exterior fencing at the Cherryland Humane Society. Potluck with food from area restaurants, live music from the Jazz North Band, & a raffle. Tickets are $50 at the door or $45 in advance at Pets Naturally. Find on Facebook.

COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: amical, TC. “Art of Simple Food II” by Alice Waters. For more than 40 years Waters’ restaurant Chez Panisse has been turning humble ingredients into elegant dishes. amical.com/cookbookdinnerseries

---------------------MYSTIC MICHIGAN AUTHOR AT BENZONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: 6pm. Join author Mark Jager as he explores unique MI discoveries & discusses his journey in becoming an author.

231-882-4111. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------- ---------------------21ST ANNUAL POETS’ NIGHT OUT: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Celebrating original poetry by residents of Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee & Wexford counties. Free. tadl.org/ event/21st-annual-poets-night-out

THE “BEAR” FACTS: 6pm, Samaritas Senior Living Facility, Acme. The DNR will present details about a black bear’s life cycle, general biology & behavior. Free, with an optional buffet style Italian dinner with salad & dessert served at 5pm for $5. 922-2080.

Petoskey. The MI Fingerstyle Guitar Society presents this acoustic guitarist from Rome Italy. $15 advance; $20 door. redskystage.com

Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. This comedy about the life of Mae West has roles for one woman & three or four men with two characters played by the woman & 12 characters played by the men. oldtownplayhouse.com

--------------------- ---------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -STEFANO AUDITIONS FOR “DIRTY BLONDE”: 7pm, Old BARONE: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, SPRING HIKE: 10am-2pm, Upper Manistee Headwaters Preserve (former Camp Tapico), Kalkaska County. Join the GT Regional Land Conservancy staff for an in-depth look at this proposed preserve. Hike up to five miles for this event. Bring your own bag lunch & drinks. gtrlc.org

---------------------THE SCHUSS MOUNTAIN SNOW CHALLENGE: (See Sat., April 7)

---------------------A MILE OF THE NILE INTERACTIVE ART

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monday

2ND ANNUAL MACKINAC MELTDOWN CELEBRATION: (See Sat., April 7)

231.929.9175 Kornergem.com

13031 S. Fisherman Cove Traverse City MI 49684

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---------------------GRAND TRAVERSE HUMANISTS PRESENT ROY SPECKHARDT: 7pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt will give a talk that will follow the outline of his book

“Creating Change Through Humanism.” Free. gthumanists.org

---------------------STRAW BALE GARDENING: 7pm, Up North Arts Center, Cadillac. Presented by Cadillac Garden Club. Featuring speaker Karleen Rose.

231-510-9047. Free.

---------------------TC CHARITY JOKE JAM: 8pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Semi-Finals. Benefits Norte, Cherryland Humane Society, Polestar LGBTQ Center & FLOW. Free. traversecitycomedy.com

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---------------------NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING PRACTICES: 10am, TC Senior Center. Presented by Paul Raphael & JoAnne Cook of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. Advance registration required. 922-2080. Free. grandtraverse.org/712/Senior-Centers

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TWEENS & TEENS OWL KEY CHAIN CRAFT: 4-6pm, Interlochen Public Library, Conference Room. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Korthase Flinn Insurance, Gaylord. Enjoy food & beverages & enter your business card for a chance to win two Tigers baseball opening day tickets. $5.

GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Create a bottle cap snake. Held at 11am & 2pm. greatlakeskids.org

“STRINGS & STANZAS”: 2pm, Bellaire Public Library. A program of poetry & cello with Leland James & Christine Williams. bellairelibrary.org

---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., April 9)

---------------------TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: 5:15pm, NMC’s Office of Student Life & NMC Voices will host this rally, march & Speak Out. Meet at 5:15pm outside of the Hagerty Center on NMC’s Great Lakes campus, TC to rally & march (march begins at 5:30pm) through downtown & back (to the Hagerty Center). Find more on Facebook.

---------------------FREE COMMUNITY DINNER: 5:30-6:30pm, First Presbyterian Church, Elk Rapids. erfpc.org FREE SCORE WORKSHOP: 5:30-7pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. “Building a Memorable Brand.”

Register. upnorthscore.com/scorewp

---------------------PLANTING NATIVE GARDENS TO BEAUTIFY YOUR LANDSCAPE & TO PROMOTE BACKYARD HABITAT: 5:30-7:30pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Presented by the GT Conservation District. Free. natureiscalling.org

---------------------BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy short films & documentaries about mountain culture, outdoor action sports & the environment. Preshow Social at 5pm. Presented by VASA Ski Club. $15. cityoperahouse.org/banff

---------------------PROCESSING GRAPES INTO WINE: 6-8pm, NCMC, room 536 SCRC, Petoskey. This program, in the series of wine making partnership with SAGGA, will cover the basic & advanced grape processing, specifically focused on making the most out of cold-hardy varietals.

Registration required. 231-348-6613. Free.

---------------------SEED LIBRARY GRAND OPENING & POTLUCK: 6-8pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. This collection of seeds will be available for taking or donating to. Hosts will explain how to use the library & local seed experts will discuss seed botany & tips for planting & saving seeds. Bring a dish to pass, if you’re able to. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------SEE SEMINAR: 6:30-8pm, Charlevoix Public Library. A Presentation About Our Endangered Oceans with Dave Smith & David Robinson.

Free. charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------AUDITIONS FOR “DIRTY BLONDE”: (See Mon., April 9)

---------------------HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL: 7pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Mary Campbell & John Larch spent six months hiking the AT in its entirety. Having hiked through weather & terrain of all types, they will share their experiences, photos & tales from this adventure. petoskeylibrary.org

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MEN IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 9am, Hospice of Michigan Office, TC. A 4-part grief series led by a male counselor specifically for men who have lost a loved one. Register: 231-4443350 or 929-1557. Free.

wednesday

COFFEE BREAK: 8am, Otsego County Community Foundation, Gaylord. Nonprofit networking.

------------------------------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., April 9) ---------------------15TH ANNUAL AIRPORT AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7:30pm, Pellston Regional Airport, Hoppies Landing. Hosted by the Air Service Task Force.

You will have a chance to win a $500 Delta Airlines gift card. $7.

---------------------BE ANTIBIOTICS AWARE: 5:30-7pm, Munson Medical Center, REMEC Classroom, TC. Hosted by the Munson Community Health Library with K. Anderson, Pham D. Register. 935-9265.

Free. munsonhealthcare.org

---------------------“RADIANCE OF RESISTANCE”: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. This film is presented by MidEast:JustPeace. It follows two young activists in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, their resistance & subsequent incarceration. A panel discussion follows the film. 231-228-7115. Free. facebook. com/MidEastJustPeace

---------------------AN EVENING WITH DREW PHILP: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the NWS. Author & journalist Drew Philp, at age 23, decided to help fix Detroit by rebuilding a decrepit house in the inner city, where he lived without water & electricity.

He will talk about his debut book “A $500 House in Detroit.” Tickets: $15.50, $25.50. Students, $5.50.

Cocktail hour begins at 6pm with live music. cityoperahouse.org/nws-drew-philp

---------------------GROWING & CARING FOR ORCHIDS: 7-9pm, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC. Featuring Northwestern Michigan Orchid Society’s Jan Rygwelski & Jim Scrivener. RSVP. Free. mynorthtickets.com/events/orchids

---------------------MICHIGAN AWARD AUTHOR SPEAKS IN BENZONIA: 7pm, Mills Community House, Benzonia Public Library. A multi-arts program with author Daniel Wolff & singer-songwriter Chris Buhalis.

Wolff is the author of “Grown Up Anger: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Calumet Massacre of 1913.” Musician Chris Buhalis joins Wolff in demonstrating the musical connections of Guthrie & Dylan. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------OAK WILT DISEASE: 7pm, Kasson Township Hall, Maple City. Forester Kama Ross of the Leelanau Conservation District will discuss the growing concerns about Oak Wilt disease & its impact on our native woodland ecosystem. A Glen Lake Library program. glenlakelibrary.net

---------------------SEA SHANTY OPEN MUSIC SESSION: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Alliance, TC. Held the second Weds. of every month. maritimeheritagealliance.org/calendars

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

This one-hour event features a film about a topic currently in the news, along with a discussion. Free. Find on Facebook.

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thursday

COMMONS NATURAL AREA VOLUNTEER WORKBEE: 9am-noon, Garfield Township’s Grand Traverse

Commons. Join GT Conservation District staff in sprucing up trails at the Commons. Bring sturdy shoes, work gloves & water. Register: 941.0960, ext. 15.

Selling Author, Dr. Tilar Mazzeo, & an auction followed by entertainment from Mark Randisi— featuring the classic sound of Sinatra. For info & tickets visit: tcbigswineauction.org

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COASTAL PRESERVES TRAIL CLEARING DAY: “12 ANGRY JURORS”: 7pm, Cadillac High 10am-2pm, Arcadia Dunes’ St. Pierre6am-9pm parking lot. Monday-Saturday School Auditorium. Presented by Cadillac FootOpen Help clear the trails at Arcadia Dunes of small logs liters. cadillacfootliters.com & sticks.

Bring comfortable shoes & gloves & a bag Gluten Free Burger Buns lunch. gtrlc.org/recreation-events/events MARDI LINK: 7pm, Empire Township Hall. This TrDrummond y our Girls” Now Available! author of “Bootstrapper” & “The will present “Not All Sugar & Spice: Women INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great wrapBad of the Mitten,” an exploration of some of infamous Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Pete the past. day!A Glen female criminals from Michigan’s the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Lake Library program. glenlakelibrary.net Litwin. greatlakeskids.org ow

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TECHNOLOGY CAREER FAIR: 4-6pm, Hagerty Conference Center, NMC, TC. Featuring Information Technology (IT), Visual Communications, Engineering Technology, & Welding Technology.

Local employers will be present, recruiting qualified candidates for current open positions & internships. Hosted by Northwest Michigan Works! & NMC. Free. nmc.edu/tech-career-fair

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---------------------NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. With Roberta Shalifore & Friends. Roberta, who performs in the Fancy Dance style, & each of the other participating dancers will explain their dance style, regalia, the cultural significance & history of their dance & then perform a dance. Tickets: $10 advance & $15 night of. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

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EAST JORDAN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Blue Smoke, East Jordan.

PROACTIVITY IN SAFETY & SECURITY: 6-7:30pm, First Congregational Church of Benzonia. Presented by Lt. Gutowski of the Manistee County Sheriff’s Office.

“THE FATHER”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. A performance of an honest & human story of dementia. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com FRESHWATER CONCERTS PRESENTS WILLIE NILE: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery & Concert Venue, Boyne City. This New York artist’s “American Ride” won “Best Rock Album of the Year” at the Independent Music Awards. $30 advance; $35 door. freshwaterartgallery.com

BIG LITTLE HERO RACE: 9am, NMC, TC. Featuring a one-mile fun run (free), 5K ($15 students; $25 adults) & 10K 1120 CARVER STREET, TRAVERSE CITY 231 946-0789 ($15 students; $25 adults).

Wear a costume. There will also 2018 SPRING TOUR - A FEW OF OUR FAVORbe food, family-friendly events, games & more.

ITE THINGS: 7:30pm, Gaylord High School.

Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Presented by the East Shore Wind Symphony.

Michigan. biglittleherorace.com BENEDETTI ELSCHENBROICH GRYNYUK AAUW ANNUAL MEETING: 9:30am, BethleTRIO: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy the hem Lutheran Church, TC. After this short busiMidwest premiere of Turnage: “Duetti d’Amore” ness meeting, AAUW State President-Elect Deb along with works by Schubert, Brahms, Ravel. This Kennedy will speak on the “State of our AAUW trio is made up of violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist State.” Free. aauwtc.org Leonard Elschenbroich & pianist Alexei Grynyuk. $32.50, $22.50, & $15 students. cityoperahouse.

GAYLORD’S FOURTH ANNUAL 5K COLOR org/benedetti-elschenbroich-grynyuk-trio TOUR: 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. $35 for 18 & over; $30 for under 18. Benefits WAILIN’ JENNYS: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center the Otsego County United Way, T.A.C.K.L.E. for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. These multiCancer Fund. 5kcolortour.weebly.com award winning vocalists will perform their Americana, pop & traditional folk music. $37 pit, APRIL SHOWERS SALE: 10am-4pm, Book $33 orchestra. tickets.interlochen.org House, behind the Manistee Library. Presented

by Friends of the Manistee County Library.

ARTS FOR ALL SPRING DANCE: 6:308:30pm, Elk’s Lodge, TC. For teens & adults with disabilities & their peers. Pre-register. $5. eventbrite.com

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LEAN LEARNING CONSORTIUM - LEAN CHAMPION CELEBRATION: 8:30-11am, Lobdell’s, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, TC. For members of the LLC only. Reserve your spot: 231-348-6613.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD FAIR: 10am-1pm, Betsie Valley Elementary School, Thompsonville. Free activities & books for kids. Lunch provided.

Sponsored by the Betsie Valley Elementary School, Benzie Central Schools, 5toOne Group, & Grand Traverse Great Start Collaborative.

231-378-4164. Free. Find on Facebook.

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DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring dinosaur themed language development. greatlakeskids.org

APRIL ACCESS - FLOWER POT PAINTING: 11am, Arts for All of Northern MI, TC. Paint flower pots & plant spring blooms. For teens, adults & their peers. Free. artsforallnmi.org

LUNCHEON LECTURE: 11:30am, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. International immigration lawyer Audrey Lustgarten will speak about global employment-based immigration in a restrictionist era, & what it means for companies & their employees. Reservations required. 231348-6600. $12, includes lunch.

TSO TOTS @ TADL: 11am, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Join members of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra for an hour of music & movement. Explore rhythm & instruments of the orchestra with hands-on musical fun. Instrument petting zoo, story reading, movement & crafts.

Ages 5 & under. Free. traversesymphony.org

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---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., April 9) ---------------------TC BIGS WINE AUCTION: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern MI, April 13-15. This wine experience includes movies, seminars, wine tasting, Guest Speaker & New York Times Best

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MAKER DAY AT BENZONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: 1-3pm, Benzonia Public Library. Featuring friends from the University of Michigan School of Information with many Maker Stations where anyone can engage in open play & creation. LEGOs, Robots, 3-D printer, littlebits, Makey Makey, ozobots, virtual reality goggles,

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“Creating Change Through Humanism.” Free. gthumanists.org

---------------------STRAW BALE GARDENING: 7pm, Up North Arts Center, Cadillac. Presented by Cadillac Garden Club. Featuring speaker Karleen Rose.

231-510-9047. Free.

---------------------TC CHARITY JOKE JAM: 8pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Semi-Finals. Benefits Norte, Cherryland Humane Society, Polestar LGBTQ Center & FLOW. Free. traversecitycomedy.com

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MEN IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 9am, Hospice of Michigan Office, TC. A 4-part grief series led by a male counselor specifically for men who have lost a loved one. Register: 231-4443350 or 929-1557. Free.

---------------------NATIVE AMERICAN HEALING PRACTICES: 10am, TC Senior Center. Presented by Paul Raphael & JoAnne Cook of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians. Advance registration required. 922-2080. Free. grandtraverse.org/712/Senior-Centers

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TWEENS & TEENS OWL KEY CHAIN CRAFT: 4-6pm, Interlochen Public Library, Conference Room. Free. tadl.org/interlochen

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BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Korthase Flinn Insurance, Gaylord. Enjoy food & beverages & enter your business card for a chance to win two Tigers baseball opening day tickets. $5.

GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes 1 7 Children’s 5 2 U S Museum, - 3 1 , TC. Create T R A V EaRbottle S E cap C Isnake.

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Smokeandporter.com “STRINGS & STANZAS”: Follow us Public on Facebook Instagram 2pm, Bellaire Library. Aand program of poetry & cello with Leland James & Christine Williams. bellairelibrary.org

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---------------------TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: 5:15pm, NMC’s Office of Student Life & NMC Voices will host this rally, march & Speak Out. Meet at 5:15pm outside of the Hagerty Center Great Lakes Lift:on A NMC’s semi permanent curls the campus, TC to rallytreatment & march that (march begins for 6-8 weeks at 5:30pm) throughlashes downtown & back (to the Hagerty Center). Find on Facebook.

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First Presbyterian Church, Elk Rapids. erfpc.org FREE SCORE WORKSHOP: 5:30-7pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. “Building a Memorable Brand.”

Register. upnorthscore.com/scorewp

---------------------PLANTING NATIVE GARDENS TO BEAUTIFY w w w. m o h a i r a n d b e a u t y. c o m YOUR LANDSCAPE & TO PROMOTE BACK231.421.3556 | 3301 west s. airport rd YARD HABITAT: 5:30-7:30pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Presented by the GT Conservation District. Free. natureiscalling.org

---------------------BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy short films & documentaries about mountain culture, outdoor action sports & the environment. Preshow Social at 5pm. Presented by VASA Ski Club. $15. cityoperahouse.org/banff

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PROCESSING GRAPES INTO WINE: 6-8pm, NCMC, room 536 SCRC, Petoskey. This proAlways the surprising gram, in the series of wine making partnership with SAGGA, will cover the basic & advanced grape processing, specifically focused on making the most out of cold-hardy varietals.

Registration required. 231-348-6613. Free.

---------------------SEED LIBRARY GRAND OPENING & POTLUCK: 6-8pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. This collection of seeds will be available for taking or donating to. Hosts will explain how to use the library & local seed experts will discuss seed botany & tips for planting & saving seeds. Bring a dish to pass, if you’re able to. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------SEE SEMINAR: 6:30-8pm, Charlevoix Public Library. A Presentation About Our Endangered Oceans with Dave Smith & David Robinson.

Free. charlevoixlibrary.org

---------------------AUDITIONS FOR “DIRTY BLONDE”: (See Mon., April 9)

---------------------HIKING THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL: 7pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Mary Campbell & John Larch spent six months hiking the AT in its entirety. Having hiked through weather & terrain of all types, they will share their experiences, photos & tales from this adventure. petoskeylibrary.org

------------------------------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., April 9) ---------------------15TH ANNUAL AIRPORT AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7:30pm, Pellston Regional Airport, Hoppies Landing. Hosted by the Air Service Task Force.

You will have a chance to win a $500 Delta Airlines gift card. $7. • 4952 Skyview Ct. 231-929-3200

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---------------------BE ANTIBIOTICS AWARE: 5:30-7pm, Munson Medical Center, REMEC Classroom, TC. Hosted231-237-0955 by the Munson Community Library • 106 E. Health Garfield Ave. with K. Anderson, Pham D. Register. 935-9265.

Free. munsonhealthcare.org

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“RADIANCE OF RESISTANCE”: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. This film is presented by MidEast:JustPeace. It follows two young activists in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank, their resistance & subsequent incarceration. A panel discussion follows the film. 231-228-7115. Free. facebook. com/MidEastJustPeace

---------------------AN EVENING WITH DREW PHILP: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by the NWS. Author & journalist Drew Philp, at age 23, decided to help fix Detroit by rebuilding a decrepit house in the inner city, where he lived without water & electricity.

He will talk about his debut book “A $500 House in Detroit.” Tickets: $15.50, $25.50. Students, $5.50.

Cocktail hour begins at 6pm with live music. cityoperahouse.org/nws-drew-philp

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GROWING & CARING FOR ORCHIDS: 7-9pm, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, 49654Northwestern • (231) 256-7747 TC. MI Featuring Michigan Orchid Society’s Jan Rygwelski & Jim Scrivener. RSVP. and unique since 1986 Free. mynorthtickets.com/events/orchids

---------------------MICHIGAN AWARD AUTHOR SPEAKS IN BENZONIA: 7pm, Mills Community House, Benzonia Public Library. A multi-arts program with author Daniel Wolff & singer-songwriter Chris Buhalis.

Wolff is the author of “Grown Up Anger: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Calumet Massacre of 1913.” Musician Chris Buhalis joins Wolff in demonstrating the musical connections of Guthrie & Dylan. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------OAK WILT DISEASE: 7pm, Kasson Township Hall, Maple City. Forester Kama Ross of the Leelanau Conservation District will discuss the growing concerns about Oak Wilt disease & its impact on our native woodland ecosystem. A Glen Lake Library program. glenlakelibrary.net

---------------------SEA SHANTY OPEN MUSIC SESSION: 7pm, Maritime Heritage Alliance, TC. Held the second Weds. of every month. maritimeheritagealliance.org/calendars

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

This one-hour event features a film about a topic currently in the news, along with a discussion. Free. Find on Facebook.

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COFFEE BREAK: 8am, Otsego County Community Foundation, Gaylord. Nonhours thursday, friday profit networking.

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COMMONS NATURAL AREA VOLUNTEER WORKBEE: 9am-noon, Garfield Townsaturday 10am - 5pm ship’s Grand Traverse

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Commons. Join GT Conservation District staff in sprucing up trails at the Commons. Bring sturdy shoes, work gloves & water. Register: 941.0960, ext. 15.

---------------------COASTAL PRESERVES TRAIL CLEARING DAY: 10am-2pm, Arcadia Dunes’ St. Pierre parking lot.

Help clear the trails at Arcadia Dunes of small logs & sticks. Bring comfortable shoes & gloves & a bag lunch. gtrlc.org/recreation-events/events

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INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” by Eric Litwin. greatlakeskids.org

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BENZIE ACADEMY LECTURE: 4pm, Benzie Historical Museum, Benzonia. Mike Nagle will speak about the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Free; donations welcome. info@benziemuseum.org

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TECHNOLOGY CAREER FAIR: 4-6pm, Hagerty Conference Center, NMC, TC. Featuring Information Technology (IT), Visual Communications, Engineering Technology, & Welding Technology.

Local employers will be present, recruiting qualified candidates for current open positions & internships. Hosted by Northwest Michigan Works! & NMC. Free. nmc.edu/tech-career-fair

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EAST JORDAN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Blue Smoke, East Jordan.

--------------------PROACTIVITY IN SAFETY & SECURITY: 6-7:30pm, First Congregational Church of Benzonia. Presented by Lt. Gutowski of the Manistee County Sheriff’s Office.

--------------------ARTS FOR ALL SPRING DANCE: 6:308:30pm, Elk’s Lodge, TC. For teens & adults with disabilities & their peers. Pre-register. $5. eventbrite.com

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2018 SPRING TOUR - A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS: 7:30pm, Gaylord High School.

Presented by the East Shore Wind Symphony.

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BENEDETTI ELSCHENBROICH GRYNYUK TRIO: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Enjoy the Midwest premiere of Turnage: “Duetti d’Amore” along with works by Schubert, Brahms, Ravel. This trio is made up of violinist Nicola Benedetti, cellist Leonard Elschenbroich & pianist Alexei Grynyuk. $32.50, $22.50, & $15 students. cityoperahouse. org/benedetti-elschenbroich-grynyuk-trio

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WAILIN’ JENNYS: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. These multiaward winning vocalists will perform their Americana, pop & traditional folk music. $37 pit, $33 orchestra. tickets.interlochen.org

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friday

LEAN LEARNING CONSORTIUM - LEAN CHAMPION CELEBRATION: 8:30-11am, Lobdell’s, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, TC. For members of the LLC only. Reserve your spot: 231-348-6613.

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Selling Author, Dr. Tilar Mazzeo, & an auction followed by entertainment from Mark Randisi— featuring the classic sound of Sinatra. For info & tickets visit: tcbigswineauction.org

---------------------“12 ANGRY JURORS”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Presented by Cadillac Footliters. cadillacfootliters.com

---------------------MARDI LINK: 7pm, Empire Township Hall. This author of “Bootstrapper” & “The Drummond Girls” will present “Not All Sugar & Spice: Bad Women of the Mitten,” an exploration of some infamous female criminals from Michigan’s past. A Glen Lake Library program. glenlakelibrary.net

---------------------NATIVE AMERICAN DANCE CONCERT: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. With Roberta Shalifore & Friends. Roberta, who performs in the Fancy Dance style, & each of the other participating dancers will explain their dance style, regalia, the cultural significance & history of their dance & then perform a dance. Tickets: $10 advance & $15 night of. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

---------------------“THE FATHER”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. A performance of an honest & human story of dementia. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------FRESHWATER CONCERTS PRESENTS WILLIE NILE: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery & Concert Venue, Boyne City. This New York artist’s “American Ride” won “Best Rock Album of the Year” at the Independent Music Awards. $30 advance; $35 door. freshwaterartgallery.com

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saturday

BIG LITTLE HERO RACE: 9am, NMC, TC. Featuring a one-mile fun run (free), 5K ($15 students; $25 adults) & 10K ($15 students; $25 adults).

Wear a costume. There will also be food, family-friendly events, games & more.

Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern Michigan. biglittleherorace.com

---------------------AAUW ANNUAL MEETING: 9:30am, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. After this short business meeting, AAUW State President-Elect Deb Kennedy will speak on the “State of our AAUW State.” Free. aauwtc.org

---------------------GAYLORD’S FOURTH ANNUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. $35 for 18 & over; $30 for under 18. Benefits the Otsego County United Way, T.A.C.K.L.E. Cancer Fund. 5kcolortour.weebly.com

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APRIL SHOWERS SALE: 10am-4pm, Book House, behind the Manistee Library. Presented

by Friends of the Manistee County Library.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD FAIR: 10am-1pm, Betsie Valley Elementary School, Thompsonville. Free activities & books for kids. Lunch provided.

Sponsored by the Betsie Valley Elementary School, Benzie Central Schools, 5toOne Group, & Grand Traverse Great Start Collaborative.

231-378-4164. Free. Find on Facebook.

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DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring dinosaur themed language development. greatlakeskids.org

APRIL ACCESS - FLOWER POT PAINTING: 11am, Arts for All of Northern MI, TC. Paint flower pots & plant spring blooms. For teens, adults & their peers. Free. artsforallnmi.org

LUNCHEON LECTURE: 11:30am, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. International immigration lawyer Audrey Lustgarten will speak about global employment-based immigration in a restrictionist era, & what it means for companies & their employees. Reservations required. 231348-6600. $12, includes lunch.

TSO TOTS @ TADL: 11am, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Join members of the Traverse Symphony Orchestra for an hour of music & movement. Explore rhythm & instruments of the orchestra with hands-on musical fun. Instrument petting zoo, story reading, movement & crafts.

Ages 5 & under. Free. traversesymphony.org

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---------------------COOKBOOK DINNER SERIES: (See Mon., April 9) ---------------------TC BIGS WINE AUCTION: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwestern MI, April 13-15. This wine experience includes movies, seminars, wine tasting, Guest Speaker & New York Times Best

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MAKER DAY AT BENZONIA PUBLIC LIBRARY: 1-3pm, Benzonia Public Library. Featuring friends from the University of Michigan School of Information with many Maker Stations where anyone can engage in open play & creation. LEGOs, Robots, 3-D printer, littlebits, Makey Makey, ozobots, virtual reality goggles,

THE ART OF: SLOWING DOWN: 1pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. A special event for Slow Art Day. Enjoy a guided discussion about works in the new permanent collection wing of the Dennos. Afterwards, create your own art. dennosmuseum.org

COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: 1-2:30pm, New Moon Yoga Studio, TC. Presented by Oryana, this class will focus on calming three common types of stress: work, relationship & time-management.

Taught by Devin Moore, Marlaina Norgan & Abby Havill, 200-hour RYT. Bring your own mats. Registration required: eventbrite.com or 947.0191. Cost: $10. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Third Level Crisis Center. oryana.coop/events/684

BOOK LAUNCH: 2-4pm, Horizon Books, TC. “THE RUSSIAN FIVE: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage” by Keith Gave. horizonbooks.com

TRAVERSE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY HISTORY SERIES: 1pm, Traverse Area Historical Society, TC. Featuring Jens C. Petersen, architect. Free. traversehistory.wordpress.com

“tool box” & more. Info: 231-882-4111. Free. benzonialibrary.org

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CTAC SCHOOL OF MUSIC BASEMENT SHOW: 2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Lower Carnegie Studio, Petoskey. The CTAC Jazz & Rock Programs present this first-ever “underground” concert. crookedtree.org

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

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

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“TALK ABOUT ART”: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will talk with “In Bloom” exhibitors Lauren Everett Finn & Carol C. Spaulding attraction to flowers. “In Bloom” runs through May 17.

The GAAC is open Mon.-Fri., 9am-2pm; & 12-4pm on Sun. 231-334-6112. Free. glenarborart.org.

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MASQUERADE GALA: 6pm, Treetops Resort, Convention Center, Gaylord. Presented by the Gaylord Rotary Club. Includes an auction, food, beverages, live entertainment by Sweet Tooth, & an after party with Distant Stars. $50.

BACH’S FAMILY FESTIVAL: 4pm, Petoskey United Methodist Church. Presented by Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. A pre-concert talk with Libor Ondras will be held at 3pm. $25 general admission. glcorchestra.org

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TC BIGS WINE AUCTION: (See Fri., April 13) “12 ANGRY JURORS”: 3pm & 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Presented by Cadillac Footliters. cadillacfootliters.com

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BACK PORCH MUSIC: 7pm, Charlevoix Senior Center. Dave Boutette & Kristi Davis fuse a classical folk feel, along with a little modern folk as well.

Free soup, cookies & coffee available. A circle jam will follow. 231-622-2944. $10 suggested donation.

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TC BIGS WINE AUCTION: (See Fri., April 13) IMAGINE DANCE: 7pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Presented by the Dance Department of NMC. (800) 836-0717. $12 adults & $7 students, seniors. mynorthtickets.com

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MAGIC ON THE VINE: 7pm, Chateau Grand Traverse, TC. Featuring magician & actor Ben Whiting performing magic & mind reading. Tickets include the show, hors d’oeuvres & glass of wine. Ages 21+. magiconthevine.com. $30/person.

WES “WARMDADDY” ANDERSON: 7pm, Harbor Springs High School Performing Arts Center.

This jazz saxophonist performs with his quintet, following a short performance by the Harbor Springs High School Jazz Band. Reserved seats: $25; all others, free. 231-526-4829.

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11TH ANNUAL TRASHION FASHION SHOW: 8pm, TC West High School. Students from area will gather to showcase their one-of-a-kind creations in a runway style event. Tickets, $5; proceeds benefit the Father Fred Foundation. tcaps.net

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LUKE WINSLOW-KING: 8pm, Elk’s, third floor, Cadillac. Presented by Gopherwood Concerts.

Luke mixes country, blues, R&B, rock ‘n’ roll & folk. His latest album, “Blue Mesa” will be available May 11. Advance tickets: $15 adults; $7 students; free for 12 & under. Door: $18 adults; $9 students. gopherwoodconcerts.org

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SWITCHBACK: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. This duo draws on traditional Celtic music & original songs to reflect their Irish heritage & Midwestern roots. $24-$27. mynorthtickets.com

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sunday

PETOSKEY - RUN MI CHEAP: 9am, East Park, Petoskey. Half marathon, 10K & 5K. runsignup.com

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9TH ANNUAL TC CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL: City Opera House, TC. A fundraiser for the Northwest Food Coalition. This kaleidoscope of chocolate also features live music by Jim Hawley & door prizes. 11:30am-2pm & 2:30-5pm. $15.50 adults; $8.50 12 & under. facebook.com/tcchocolatefestival

AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THE PRICE INCLUDES A PINT OF OUR FRESH, HAND-CRAFTED BEER!

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“THE FATHER”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. A performance of an honest & human story of dementia. $17. oldtownplayhouse.com

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THESE GREAT BBQ SPECIALS ARE AVAILABLE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENINGS FOR A LIMITED TIME.

C3: CHARLEVOIX CREATIVES COLLABORATIVE WEEKLY BREAKFAST GATHERING: Fridays, 10:30am, Smoke on the Water Cafe, Charlevoix. Info: alexis @ 503.550.8889. Find on Facebook.

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Smoked Brisket Sandwich

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Mustard Apple Baby Back Ribs mustard apple ale bbq sauce, pub fries, sriracha slaw 27 full 18 half

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C3: CHARLEVOIX CREATIVES COLLABORATIVE WRITE ALONG GROUP: Sundays, 2:30-4pm, Charlevoix Public Library, 2nd floor Trustees Rm. Info: alexis @ 503.550.8889.

Find on Facebook.

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

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HOSPICE OF MICHIGAN WRITING THROUGH LOSS: Thursdays, 10-11:30am through April 12.

Michael’s Place, 1212 Veterans Dr., TC. This grief support program focuses on the use of writing as a healing process. Facilitated by Kathryn Holl, MA, LPC & Melissa Fournier, MSW. To register or for more info, call Kathryn Holl: 929.1557. hom.org

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BOYNE CITY INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon through April, main lobby area of the new City Facilities Building, Boyne City.

On April 7 Something Great will perform live music.

On April 14 Sean Miller will perform. boynecitymainstreet.com/farmers-market-welcome

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

This market has moved back inside. When weather permits, vendors will sell their goods out on the Bidwell Plaza, too. crookedtree.org

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Hancock Fuses Vintage and New On Latest Album Herbie Hancock, who is one of the few musicians who deftly straddles the lines between classic jazz, pop-jazz, and the new jazz vanguard, is welcoming in a host of guest collaborators on his next album, which will be his first since 2010’s The Imagine Project.

In addition to world music performers Zakir Hussain (who plays tabla, a pair of drums popular in Indian music) and Lionel Loueke (the guitarist from West Africa), Hancock’s collaborators on the new set will include saxophonist Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat, Snoop Dogg, and Flying Lotus. The album will be produced by Terrace Martin, who also plays saxophone and keyboards …

A pair of big festival announcements this week: Heading overseas for the BBC’s The Biggest Weekend Music Festival are Taylor Swift and Beck, who will be joining the likes of Ed Sheeran and Noel Gallagher for a huge slate of acts that will perform in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in an event that will likely fill at least part of the vacancy left by the Glastonbury Festival, which is on hiatus until 2019. Also happening, this time much closer to Michigan, is the

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2018 Forecastle Festival, which will hit Louisville, Kentucky, with performances from Chris Stapleton, Arcade Fire, Vance Joy, Jenny Lewis, Houndmouth, and more, and will run July 13–15…

Speaking of Taylor Swift, she has more than festival appearances happening this summer. She’s announced her massive Reputation tour, which will crisscross North America and make stops overseas. The trek will begin in Glendale, Arizona, on May 8, and will keep Swift on the road until Sept. 8, when the tour is slated to wrap up (at least as of press time) in Kansas City, Missouri.

Charli XCX and Camila Cabello have been announced as opening acts for the tour, which will also include two shows in Chicago at Soldier Field (June 1 and 2); a performance in Columbus, Ohio, on July 7 at Ohio Stadium; and one at Detroit’s Ford Field on Aug. 28 …

While Taylor is on fast-forward, Kesha is on pause; she recently announced that she’s had to postpone all tour dates after sustaining an injury to her knee when she fell during a concert in Dubai. Currently in rehab, Kesha’s aiming to be in top shape for her upcoming co-headlining tour with Macklemore this summer: She posted an online message apologizing to her fans and saying that she tried to “will the injury

away,” but it didn’t work. A total of 11 dates were postponed but should be rebooked and announced later this spring …

LINK OF THE WEEK The soundtrack to Marvel’s latest hit superhero movie, Black Panther, has topped the charts for several weeks, earning the most sales for a movie soundtrack since 2016’s Suicide Squad album collection.

What’s all the noise about, you ask? Plenty — check out the movie and its impressively bombastic tunes, including tracks by Kendrick Lamar, Khalid, Anderson Paak, and The Weeknd, at a theater near you, and find out more about the whole project at marvel.com/blackpanther …

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THE BUZZ Grand Rapids hard-rock band Trixy Tang has released its first EP and celebrated the event with a party at GR’s Intersection venue …

Fellow Grand Rapids outfit The Willeys has notched over 30 years of it’s unique blend of Celtic rock and “folkwave” music …

Also mixing up Celtic sounds with world music and folk is West Michigan band An Dro, now playing gigs around the state …

The Great Lakes Folk Festival, which is usually held at the MSU Museum in East Lansing, is taking a hiatus this year, with a plan to return in 2019 … 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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Just in time to rev up for summer is the latest from Ezra, a bright, soulful set that makes maximum use of Ezra’s unusually deep vocals and old-school phrasings. Opener “Pretty Shining People” contrasts its wryly cynical lyrics with a bubbly and appealing beat, while more cavernous, brooding tunes like “Only a Human” and “The Beautiful Dream” frame Ezra’s singing in a more spare fashion alongside piano. A collaboration with Swedish sisters First Aid Kit positions their vocals as a prettily opposing counterpoint to Ezra’s own.

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Parquet Courts – Wide Awake – Rough Trade The 13-track follow-up to its 2017 Milano teaming with Karen O and Daniele Luppi, Parquet Courts’ latest brings in yet another collaborator, this time in the form of the legendary Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). First single “Almost Had to Start a Fight/In and Out of Patience” showcases the group’s first jump away from its trademark sound, as it takes its grungy rock and adds a little more profundity.

The band carefully exposes more feelings (gasp!) on tracks like “Normalization” and “Tenderness.”

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Jack White – Boarding House Reach – Third Man Records

White’s latest was crafted in a spare apartment purposefully set up with little ambiance to keep the focus on the music, which was demoed primarily on a quarter-inch tape recorder and basic mixer. The result — later recorded at White’s own Nashville studio — is a raw and experimental collection of self-assured, if somewhat bewildering (aka weird), tunes like the electronica-via-Louisiana “Connected by Love,” the (perhaps not surprisingly) repetitive “Over and Over and Over,” and the bongo-inflected “Corporation.”

Preoccupations – New Material – Jagjaguwar

On their third album, these Canadian post-punkers shift and morph the various instruments they play into what at times comes across like completely different sounds, resulting in alternately grainy/futuristic takes on their tunes. Joy Division/Bauhaus influences can be heard in ’80s-inspired tracks like “Antidote” and “Espionage,” while additional tracks like “Disarray” and “Doubt” are ever more ready for darkened dancefloors as Preoccupations pushes further into the emotional via its vocal performances.

The reel

by meg weichman

unsane

O

h to be post-retirement Steven Soderbergh, to get an idea into my head for a feature film and seemingly just do it.

Like you get the feeling the auteur director is just working his way through genres, experimenting along the way. And his latest experiment? A psychological horror film with decidedly pulpy B-movie vibes shot entirely on an iPhone (an iPhone 7 Plus to be exact). The Crown’s Claire Foy plays Sawyer Valenti, an incredibly capable woman who has just started a new job in a new city. Struggling with the move more than she lets on to family and friends, she seeks out a therapist and ends up accidentally committing herself to the psych ward for what starts as a 24-hour voluntary hold. The situation escalates when the real reason for Sawyer’s move, her stalker, shows up as an orderly on the ward.

And so you begin to start questioning what’s real and what isn’t.

Is the stalker really there, or is she actually crazy? Unbearably tense and socially aware, Unsane is a tight and effective thriller with something on its mind — a work of metaphorical resonance for the #metoo era that is worth your time.

READY PLAYER ONE Nostalgia is a helluva drug. And in these relatively bleak and surreal times we live in, it’s no wonder that nostalgia is prized above all else in some situations. The fond feelings we have for the things long passed, perhaps from when our lives seemed simpler and we seemed to have a better grip on things, fills a void that grows wider and deeper each year. And there’s nothing inherently wrong with nostalgia. It’s just that it’s a lazy way to frame a story, especially when your story is peppered with as many pop culture references as you can think of, all in the name of surrounding yourself with the things you like the most. And the side effect of all those esoteric touchstones is you end up relying more on what they mean than what you aim to say.

So what is there really to say about the nostalgia feast that is Ready Player One? It’s an adventure story with no complex motive, designed to be readily consumed and to hit all the spots your brain needs in order to be moved. And yes, for two+ hours it feels so, so good.

Based on the novel of the same name by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One is set in the year 2045 and centers on a young man named Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan). Wade, like everyone else in the vaguely dystopian world he inhabits, spends all his time on the OASIS, an advanced virtual reality network where people can do anything and be anyone.

In real life Wade is just a teenager from the “Stacks” — ramshackle towers of trailer homes — on the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. But in the OASIS he’s Parzival, his boyishly handsome avatar with iridescent skin cross-hatched like graph paper. He wears fingerless gloves and a ripped denim vest, and he drives the DeLorean from Back to the Future. His best friend is an intimidating orc named Aech who’s good with a wrench, but he and Wade have never met “IRL,” as the kids say. There’s (naturally) a girl in the picture: Art3mis (Me, Earl and the Dying Girl’s Olivia Cooke), a skilled gamer with and spikey hair and impish fish-like features.

The OASIS was designed and built by an enigmatic weirdo named James Halliday (Oscar winner Mark Rylance looking like an elderly Garth from Wayne’s World — and that’s meant as a compliment because he’s totally one of the best parts of the film). See, because Halliday’s a nerd through and through, he based nearly everything in the OASIS on the 1980s pop culture he’s obsessed with. And when Halliday dies suddenly, he posthumously reveals that he’s hidden a secret quest in the OASIS, a series of races and puzzles that, once successfully completed, award the whole kit and caboodle to the winner, ála Willy Wonka.

But it’s not just prize money (we’re talking trillions), the future itself is at stake here, so Parzival devotes his time to researching the man (read: studying the music, video games, movies, and comic books of the era, and his journals), hoping to learn the secrets to Halliday’s life and find the three keys.

Standing in his and like-minded players’ way is soulless corporate overlord and former Halliday hanger-on Nolan Sorrento (Rogue One’s Ben Mendelsohn). Sorrento commands an army of indentured gamers who compete against the little guy players like Wade, and he’ll stop at nothing to win the OASIS, all in the name of installing adware (apparently).

That’s basically all you need to know. The first part of the movie is pretty much devoted to this line of exposition, and it’s some pretty interesting world building. (Interesting enough to not make you question certain plot holes until after the film ends.)

Director Steven Spielberg (you know, the guy who has been the steady hand guiding popular culture for the past 40 years) takes the flimsy source material and slim characters and absolutely knocks it out of the park. Even though the film is certainly CGI-heavy, RPO gets the full Spielberg treatment.

I don’t know why I, along with many others, ever doubted the man’s ability to take on this behemoth. I mean this is a guy who certainly knows a thing or two about a good treasure hunt (see: Indiana Jones franchise), and that is essentially what we have here. Just trade “easter eggs” for Shankara Stones. So of course everything will come together and you’ll no doubt cheer by film’s end and enjoy looking at borderline creepy avatars and following an insipid teen romance more than you ever thought possible. And then there are the moments it truly feels like you’ve been transported into another world — the set pieces, action sequences, and chase scenes are just so absolutely stunning and undeniably thrilling.

Spielberg even inserts a bit of himself, ála Halliday, into the film, and to amazing effect. The sequence recreating scenes from The Shining is a true marvel of detail and feeling. And that being said, this is definitely more movie-oriented than video game, and that makes this film much more accessible. Purists of the book may be upset by some of the changes, but it all ends up working.

The only thing Spielberg doesn’t get a pass for?

The soundtrack. (Where’s John Williams when you need him?) The cheesy, on-the-nose classic rock songs that dot the film makes other heavy pop music soundtracks like Guardians of the Galaxy seem nuanced and indie by comparison.

This feels both like something quintessentially Spielbergian and then at other times like a younger director’s homage to the master of movie magic (think Stranger Things). I was blown away to read that Spielberg is now 71(!), and this certainly doesn’t come across as a work of someone eligible for Social Security, but I guess this sense of youthful exuberance and awe has always kinda been the boy wonder’s thing. No extra life necessary.

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

love, simon

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ove, Simon is a coming-of-age coming-out story that is universally, beautifully, and even painfully relatable. The first mainstream film about a closeted teen, this is a huge milestone for Hollywood inclusivity, and with its sharp script, solid soundtrack, and endearing characters, it’s so good, it was almost worth waiting for (but mostly totally overdue).

Simon (Nick Robinson), as he narrates, is a teenager “just like you.” He’s got a great family and great friends; he’s living the suburban dream. And it is this mix of idealism and realism that makes the film’s point all the better. Simon is a kid who has it so good, and yet his story is still so hard. See, Simon’s got a “big-ass secret,” one that prevents him from living the honest life he deserves. So when a classmate anonymously posts to the local gossip blog that he’s gay, Simon reaches out to the online alias, Blue. With neither knowing the other’s identity, the two trade emails and forge a unique connection that Simon hopes will end with them finally meeting. Exuberantly and intelligently told, the magic of Love, Simon is that something so “groundbreaking” feels so normal, so familiar. Gay stories are not just “indie” stories, and gay love stories don’t have to be tragic, and there is incredible value in that. Sincere and meaningful, this is not just a teen or a coming-out movie, it’s the kind of generous and heartfelt filmmaking we all deserve.

wrinkle in time

A

va Duvernay’s adaptation of the classic Newbery-medal winning novel is a beautifully intentioned, wears-its-hearton-its-sleeve, feminist-flag-flying work of empowerment.

And for that alone, this is a film worth celebrating and sharing with the young people in your life. The story concerns Meg Murray (Storm Reid), a stubborn, angry, and withdrawn teenager who hasn’t been living up to her potential since her father (Chris Pine) disappeared four years ago. Her NASA scientist parents had been researching tesseracts when he went missing. The family had all but given up on his return when her child prodigy younger brother, Charles Wallace, brings home a trio of celestial guides (Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, and Oprah Winfrey) along with Meg’s dreamy but dull classmate Calvin (Levi Miller), and together they all begin a journey across space and time to find Mr. Murray. For all its epic adventure, trippy candy-colored worlds, and star-powered appeal, this is, at its heart, a family film — a sweet and gentle one, where the underlying message of wanting to make young people feel understood and important resonates loud and clear. You can tell just how much Duvernay and the entire cast believe in the movie’s message of love, self-acceptance, imagination, and discovery. And to surround yourself in those feelings for a few hours is a heartening experience.

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Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 4/7 -- Ron Getz, 7-9 4/13 -- Zeke, 7-9 4/14 -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 Tue -- Songwriters Open Mic, 7-9

4/14 – DJ Scott Perry Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Sun. -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia, 7-9

FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC 4/9 -- Open Mic Night w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 4/13 -- Jeff Brown, 6-8

GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY BAR, ACME 4/7 -- Big Rand, 7-11 4/13 -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 4/14 -- Levi Britton, 7-11

MONKEY FIST BREWING CO., TC 4/13 -- Greg Vadnais Trio, 7-10

GAIJIN, TC Wed -- Karaoke, 8

PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE: Thurs,Fri,Sat — Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

GRAND TRAVERSE DISTILLERY, TC Fri -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30

ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 4/13 -- Levi Britton, 5-8

HOTEL INDIGO, BAY BAR, TC 4/7 -- The Dune Brothers, 7-10 4/13 -- Strobelite Honey, 7-10 4/14 -- Dominic Fortuna, 7-10

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

KILKENNY'S, TC 4/6-7 – Lucas Paul 4/13 – Scarcazm

TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 4/7 -- Gregory Evans, 7-9 4/11 -- Open Mic w/ Rob Coonrod, 7-10

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the ADViCE GOddESS Backbone To The Future

“Jonesin” Crosswords "The 4 Ps"--Stay happy, people! by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Cereal aisle consideration 6 Former Senate Majority Leader Trent 10 Carpet protection 13 Diagnostic machine 15 Hawkeye’s state 16 “Here ___ Again” (1987 Whitesnake hit) 17 Spicy appetizers 20 Like chai, sometimes 21 M&Ms color replaced by blue 22 Parlor furniture 23 Charged subatomic particle 24 “Wild” author Cheryl 25 Some barnyard noises 29 Gender pronoun option 30 Card game where you match adjectives with nouns 36 Girl in “Calvin and Hobbes” 37 “The Subject Was Roses” director Grosbard 38 Ancient Aegean region 40 Slice choice 43 T or F, e.g.

44 Sleeper’s breathing problem, to a Brit 45 “You Might Think” band 50 ___ Awards (event held in Nashville) 51 Outburst from a movie cowboy, perhaps 52 Massage 53 “That ___ not fair!”

57 “Wacky Races” character who later got her own cartoon 60 Director Roth 61 1982 Disney movie with a 2010 sequel 62 PiÒa ___ (rum drink) 63 Sugar suffix 64 Bypass 65 Cobalt, for one

DOWN 1 Tonga neighbor 2 Desktop that turned 20 in 2018 3 Hay unit

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23 “Why do ___ trying?”

24 Olympic snowboarding medalist White 25 ___ in “questionable” 26 “___ and away!”

27 Domed church area 28 Movie snippet 29 One-person performances 31 Goes sour 32 Kate Middleton’s sister 33 Pork cut 34 Auto manufacturer Ferrari 35 10 1/2 wide, e.g.

39 Abbr. on a tow truck 41 Tune that’s tough to get out of your head 42 Like much of Keats’s poetry 45 Blood group known as the universal donor 46 High shoes 47 Kids’ rhyme starter 48 “Weekend Update” cohost Michael 49 Finnish architect Alvar who’s the first entry in many encyclopedias 50 Sippy ___ 52 “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes” musical 53 Spot in the ocean 54 Sports page number 55 Scotch mixer 56 Birthstone that shares a first letter with its month 58 Luau delicacy 59 Cruise around Hollywood

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Q

: I’m a man in my 60s. Looking back on my romantic life, I was always the guy women spent time with when their husband or boyfriend wasn’t paying attention to them or while they waited for the right guy (status, power, money) to show up. I’m good-looking, but I realize from reading you that I never had enough “mate value,” never mastering the essence of Cialdini’s “scarcity principle.” I’m a retired teacher. For 20-some years, I taught kids who had severe behaviorial problems. While parents, grandparents, and school personnel appreciated what I did, it didn’t hold much long-term interest for women. My wife left me for someone with much higher “mate value.” I keep thinking that all of this could have been avoided if I had only chosen a profession with high-end “mate value.”

— Alone

A

: You were never going to be the guy for those women who pictured themselves spending lazy summer afternoons in Martha’s Vineyard (as opposed to Martha’s Laundromat).

However, your having a middlin’-bucks job instead of a megabucks one probably wasn’t the root of your mate retention issues. It turns out that there’s more to mate value than money and a “high-end” job. In fact, evolutionary psychologist David Buss did a massive crosscultural survey looking at what men and women want in a partner, and kindness topped the list for each. (Yes, kindness — which was pretty much your job description.) Intelligence was another list-topper.

What wasn’t on the lists at all? A partner who’s a pushover -- always available, never any pesky boundaries. Accordingly, you mention psychologist Robert Cialdini, whose “scarcity principle” I’ve referenced. Basically, we value — and want — what is out of reach and seems hard to get, not what seems hard to get rid of.

That “hard” truth might seem like reason for you to keep looking back with despair.

However, within it is actually a message of hope — an action plan. The reality is, you’re in a better position than ever to land and keep a woman.

As I often explain, there are sex differences in what men and women prioritize in a partner, with men valuing looks far more than women

do. (Youth and beauty are evolution’s version of a billboard advertising health and fertility.)

This means that women’s mate value is higher when they’re, say, in their early 20s. And that’s why 22-year-old guys find 22-year-old women seriously hot — as do the grandpas of those 22-year-old dudes.

Meanwhile, a 22-year-old guy is essentially gum under the tire of a 32-year-old guy’s Mercedes. Because women prioritize status and resources in a male partner, men’s mate value tends to increase as they get older and more accomplished. Cruelly, women’s mate value declines with age. On a more positive note, what also tends to go is the notion some younger women have that massive character flaws can be outweighed by a massive mansion.

Women with a thing for bad boys may likewise come to see the excitement in a man who pays the bills the boring way — through online banking instead of online identity theft.

In short, there are plenty of women who’d want a guy like you — providing you mend your ways. Going back to that “scarcity principle,” what needs to become scarce is your willingness to be a convenient option instead of a priority.

Though this has been your default state — for decades — it doesn’t have to remain that way.

As I explain in my new “science-help” book, “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence,” “your feelings are not the boss of you. It’s not what you feel; it’s what you do.”

In fact, by repeatedly acting assertively, you’ll actually rewire your brain. This isn’t to say the old rollover kitty behaviors go away.

Unfortunately, there’s no giant neural eraser that comes around once a week like the trash guys the city sends to your neighborhood. What happens is that you transform your default behavior — how you behave when you react automatically — to acting like a man instead of like the male friend who braids women’s hair while they’re waiting for the guy they are having sex with.

As for the practical steps to becoming the new bold you: Figure out what seems fair and right, and then say “no” to everything outside that box. (Generosity is good. Generosity that knows no bounds is a ladyboner killer.) Assert yourself even when you’re scared to do it. Sure, you’ll feel uncomfortable, especially the first few times. However, you should slowly begin to do better with the ladies — and maybe even find love, despite it being clear that the only fur you’d ever get a woman would come with the rest of the hamster or the cat.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries statesman Thomas Jefferson

was the third President of the United States. He wrote one of history’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence. He was an architect, violinist, inventor, and linguist who spoke numerous languages, as well as a philosopher who was knowledgeable about mathematics, surveying, and horticulture. But his most laudable success came in 1789, when he procured the French recipe for macaroni and cheese while living in France, and thereafter introduced the dish into American cuisine. JUST KIDDING! I’m making this little joke in the hope that it will encourage you to keep people focused on your most important qualities, and not get distracted by less essential parts of you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Luckily, you

have an inventive mind and an aptitude for experimentation. These will be key assets as you dream up creative ways to do the hard work ahead of you. Your labors may not come naturally, but I bet you’ll be surprised at how engaging they’ll become and how useful the rewards will be. Here’s a tip on how to ensure you will cultivate the best possible attitude: Assume that you now have the power to change stale patterns that have previously been resistant to change.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): May I suggest

that you get a lesson in holy gluttony from a Taurus? Or perhaps pick up some pointers in enlightened self-interest from a Scorpio? New potential resources are available, but you haven’t reeled them in with sufficient alacrity. Why? Why oh why oh why?! Maybe you should ask yourself whether you’re asking enough. Maybe you should give yourself permission to beam with majestic self-confidence. Picture this: Your posture is regal, your voice is authoritative, your sovereignty is radiant.

You have identified precisely what it is you need and want, and you have formulated a pragmatic plan to get it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): ): In the early

1990s, Australian electrical engineer John O’Sullivan toiled on a research project with a team of radio astronomers. Their goal was to find exploding mini-black holes in the distant voids of outer space. The quest failed. But in the process of doing their experiments, they developed technology that became a key component now used in Wi-Fi. Your digital devices work so well in part because his frustrating misadventure led to a happy accident. According to my reading of your astrological omens, Taurus, we may soon be able to make a comparable conclusion about events in your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the fictional

world created by DC Comics, the superhero Superman has a secret identity as a modest journalist named Clark Kent. Or is it the other way around? Does the modest journalist Clark Kent have a secret identity as the superhero Superman? Only a few people realize the two of them are the same. I suspect there is an equally small number of allies who know who you really are beneath your “disguises,” Gemini. But upcoming astrological omens suggest that could change. Are you ready to reveal more about your true selves? Would you consider expanding the circle that is allowed to see and appreciate your full range and depth?.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Playwright

Tennessee Williams once spent an evening trying to coax a depressed friend out of his depression. It inspired him to write a poem that began like this: “I want to infect you with the tremendous excitement of living, because I believe that you have the strength to bear it.” Now I address you with the same message, Cancerian. Judging from the astrological omens, I’m convinced you currently have more strength than ever before to bear the tremendous excitement of living. I hope this news will encourage you to potentize your ability to welcome and embrace the interesting puzzles that will come your way in the weeks ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you finished dealing

with spacious places and vast vistas and expansive longings? I hope not. I hope you will continue to explore big bold blooming schemes and wild free booming dreams until at least April 25. In my astrological opinion, you have a sacred duty to keep

outstripping your previous efforts. You have a mandate to go further, deeper, and braver as you break out of shrunken expectations and push beyond comfortable limitations. The unknown is still more inviting and fertile than you can imagine.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Between December 5 and 9, 1952, London was beset with heavy fog blended with thick smog. Visibility was low. Traffic slowed and events were postponed. In a few places, people couldn’t see their own feet. According to some reports, blind people, who had a facility for moving around without the aid of sight, assisted pedestrians in making their way through the streets. I suspect that a metaphorically comparable phenomenon may soon arise in your sphere, Virgo. Qualities that might customarily be regarded as liabilities could at least temporarily become assets.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your allies are

always important, but in the coming weeks they will be even more so. I suspect they will be your salvation, your deliverance, and your treasure.

So why not treat them like angels or celebrities or celebrity angels? Buy them ice cream and concert tickets and fun surprises. Tell them secrets about their beauty that no one has ever expressed before. Listen to them in ways that will awaken their dormant potentials. I bet that what you receive in return will inspire you to be a better ally to yourself.

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ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the coming

weeks, I suspect you will be able to find what you need in places that are seemingly devoid of what you need. You can locate the possible in the midst of what’s apparently impossible. I further surmise that you will summon a rebellious resourcefulness akin to that of Scorpio writer Albert Camus, who said, “In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger -- something better, pushing right back.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1936,

Herbert C. Brown graduated from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in science.

His girlfriend Sarah Baylen rewarded him with the gift of a two-dollar book about the elements boron and silicon. Both he and she were quite poor; she couldn’t afford a more expensive gift. Brown didn’t read the book for a while, but once he did, he decided to make its subject the core of his own research project. Many years later, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discoveries about the role of boron in organic chemistry. And it all began with that two-dollar book. I bring this story to your attention, Sagittarius, because I foresee you, too, stumbling upon a modest beginning that eventually yields breakthrough results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 20 B.C.,

Rome’s most famous poet was Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known to us today as Horace. He prided himself on his meticulous craftsmanship, and advised other writers to be equally scrupulous.

Once you compose a poem, he declared, you should put it aside for nine years before deciding whether to publish it. That’s the best way to get proper perspective on its worth. Personally, I think that’s too demanding, although I appreciate the power that can come from marshalling so much conscientiousness. And that brings me to a meditation on your current state, Capricorn. From what I can tell, you may be at risk of being too risk-averse; you could be on the verge of waiting too long and being too cautious. Please consider naming a not-toodistant release date.

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