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who deserve a gold medal. These responders appear at disaster scenes, acting with critical knowledge, expertise and courage. Until becoming a victim in need of critical help, I paid little attention to these courageous people who save lives and administer aid to those in need. As one assisted by this incredible team of first responders, it is my honor to highlight their heroic actions and thank them for helping save my life. The gold goes to those who put others before self. We are blessed to have them in our community. Crime and Rescue Map......................................7

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Email info@northernexpress.com and hit send! Please Clarify Things I don’t understand: Why anyone would object to making voting as easy as possible for every American citizen. Why anyone would deny climate chance in view of the vast amount on scientific evidence. Why anyone would think they’re better than anyone or everyone else — as in wealthy tax breaks and corporations that are set to funnel all windfall from this deal to themselves. How can anyone justify the God-given right to carry a gun? Why would anyone object to health care for everyone? When did greed and the accumulation of wealth begin to mean more than human relationships, empathy, compassion, and caring about others? Laurel E. Mason, Arcadia A Sickening Sight Recently during a national news broadcast I saw something that turned my stomach: an evangelical church service where each person in the congregation held a gun. Many had assault rifles; some had handguns or hunting rifles. The pastor was blessing the guns. This is a sick, sick perversion. What has become of “thou shalt not kill” and “love one another”? Dianne Carlton, Traverse City Let Us Share What We Own I’m part of a significant number of responsible, considerate Traverse City homeowners that would like to see our existing Tourist Home Ordinance updated to be fair and equitable for anyone that wants to participate as a host. The home-sharing model made popular by online platforms like Airbnb

is in over 81,000 cities worldwide, and it should certainly have a place in Traverse City. The enjoyment and goodwill created is significant: Participating hosts earn supplemental income while welcoming out-oftown guests who want to have a real downtown Traverse City experience. It’s fun and fulfilling for both parties. When hosted responsibly, these guests are gracious and considerate to the neighborhoods in which they visit and go home sharing stories of what an amazing community we have. The economic impact is significant too: 100 percent of the revenue comes from outside our community with no need for additional infrastructure, signage, marketing, etc. And most of this lodging money is spent on residents’ mortgage payments, property taxes, and home upkeep. In addition to these moneys, the funds poured into our restaurants, bars, shops, wineries, SUP/Kayak rentals, etc. is also a clear benefit. Our group is aware of the alreadylimited affordable housing market for longterm rentals; we advocates for only primary residence/owner-occupied homes to qualify, ensuring no negative impact on the number of long-term rentals on the market, or on rental fees. As a forward-thinking, world-class tourist city that continues to draw more visitors — many of whom prefer home sharing as their means of lodging, we think short-term home sharing should be embraced here. We love Traverse City. And we love the idea of being good ambassadors by welcoming visitors to our homes to experience it. Dave Durbin, Traverse City Thank You, First Responders I write to celebrate our Grand Traverse first responders who arrived on scene when I was injured in a serious automobile accident in front of the Holiday Inn mid-January. I was extricated from my vehicle by the Jaws of Life. I know from others that many emergency vehicles came to my aid and to the driver of the car who hit me. I also had a good Samaritan — an angel — who opened my passenger door, kept me calm, and called my husband. These responders are community celebrities

See the Violence Inherent in the System After watching Black Panther, I felt conflicted. Socially, politically, even philosophically, it was relevant and had merits. But as someone who generally avoids superhero and action flicks, the obsession with violence, explosions, and guns stood out. The antagonist, Killmonger, was even pretty cool and was more of a tragic product of his circumstances than a traditional villain. Within the genre and context of Hollywood, it was something new. Outside of that context, it was a reminder of how fixated our culture is on violence. Today, the formality of political correctness is abandoned for insults and negative quips on Twitter. Proposed solutions to end gun violence are to arm more people, even as a cop leaves his gun in a school bathroom, and a teacher fires a pot shot in his classroom. In church, I’ve heard songs filled with violent rhetoric: “slaughter”, “enemy,” “redeemed by blood.” Where is the intentional peace in our speech and actions? Violence isn’t just punching baddies and blowing up things. It isn’t just name calling and bigotry. Violence is also propagation of hierarchy, fear, shame, anger, and division. It is the obstruction of the unity of humanity — of all living things. I think the film has a net positive effect. But when we consume media, speak to one another, and even worship, it wouldn’t hurt to pay attention to the violence in our words and world, recognize it, and move beyond it, toward peace.

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Joshua Lycka, Traverse City Can We Move Forward? The board of education decided to renew Traverse City Area Public Schools Superintedent Paul Soma’s contract even though he does not have the people skills to lead the district. Soma said he is misunderstood because of his passion for the job. It was acknowledged by board members that he can be like a bull in a china shop when dealing with people. When Soma was asked what he would have done different seven months ago, he could only talk about metrics and how the data was wrong. When asked how he would proceed to heal the wounds between himself and the principals, he again talked about measuring data. His lack of people skills was very evident by his answers. A person leading a school system has to be thought as of a respected leader by the community, school administrators, and teachers. One has to have excellent people skills to deal with all of the personalities and issues confronted by a school administrator. One needs to have the common sense and maturity to handle issues without blowing up at people. One has to be trusted so problems can be brought up and solved. Soma does not possess any of these skills. The board needs to be honest with themselves and have a heart-to-heart talk with Soma, in private, about his lack of good common horse sense, people skills, and the fact he has burnt his bridges with the people who teach our children. They need to honestly evaluate Soma’s answers and decide if he can change his personality to become the people person and educator we need to run the school system. The board needs to withdraw their offer of a new contract.

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Known for hits such as “When She Cries” and “I’ll Still Be Loving You,” country hit-makers Restless Heart plays Little River Casino Resort, Manistee on Sat., March 24 at 8pm. Tickets: $25, $35, $40. lrcr.com/eventcalendar/concerts/restless-heart

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Traverse City’s Polestar is raising money for an upcoming Queer Prom. The group also wants to make sure that every high schooler within driving distance who should know about it knows about it. “Our Queer Prom gives area LGBT+ teens an opportunity to experience a safe prom environment where they are free to be themselves,” said Rebekah Fuller. “Gender queer, gender fluid, and transgender students can come to prom dressed as they wish to express themselves without worrying about restrictive dress codes.” The event also gives young people who might feel isolated a chance to find a community. “I can’t adequately tell you how moving and empowering it was watching those students dancing, laughing, making new friends, and being free to be their authentic selves,” Fuller said. The event takes place at 7pm April 7 at Ground Zero. For more info, or to donate, visit: tcpolestar.org/queer-prom

In the wake of recent historical favorites, like “The Nightingale” and “All the Light We Cannot See”, comes “The Women in the Castle” by Jessica Shattuck. The third in a line of scrupulous and unapologetic novels, The Women in the Castle is an acclaimed national bestseller and a favorite of Between the Covers Bookstore staff in Harbor Springs. It opens on the grim aftermath of World War II, where the newly-widowed Marianne von Lingenfels is met with the colossal task of starting over alone in a Germany still entrenched in conflict. After her Nazi resistor husband, Albrecht, and his companions lose their lives in a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler, Marianne withdraws to the confines of a dilapidated castle owned by her aristocratic inlaws. Slowly reassembling the wreckage of her life, Marianne knows that her first task must be to uphold the pre-resistance promise she made to her husband and his conspirators: to find and offer protection to their displaced wives and children. In the process, she and her new makeshift family must confront their past identities and relearn the human conditions of compassion, sacrifice, and forgiveness amidst the inhumanities of war.

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Looking for the perfect third component for that chardonnay and chevre D’argental pairing? Look no farther than Black Star Farms, where they’ve developed their own Michigan-made, smallbatch artisan crackers that are ideal for evening hors d’oeuvres, cheese platters, afternoon snacks, and much more. “We describe them as a ‘wine and cheese-friendly cracker,’” explained Kim Zacharias, who runs the promotions department at Black Star Farms. The crackers have been made in-house for a while, for both the cafe and the farm’s inn guests, “but people kept wanting to take them home, so we decided to package and sell them,” Zacharias said. They’re now offered in two equally good flavors: Lentil Sea Salt, which leans more toward the savory side, and Sweet Potato and Cashew, which is nutty and and faintly sweet. “The crackers also serve as a way to keep some of our culinary staff employed yearround, instead of solely in the summer,” added Zacharias. “With the help of Cherry Capital Foods, we’re distributing the crackers throughout the state, and we plan to keep expanding our packaged product lines in the future.” Get the crunch for $5/per 5 oz. box at Black Star Farms, 10844 E. Revold Rd. in Suttons Bay. blackstarfarms.com or (231) 944-1270.

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If you were to have a conversation about affordable places to go in northern Michigan, Glen Arbor wouldn’t likely make the top of your list. But the Leelanau County village did make the list of Money magazine’s “The 20 Best Place to Go in 2018,” a list of destinations compiled to give travelers the best value for their dollar. Other U.S. destinations included Alexandria, Virginia; Stateline, Nevada; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Of Glen Arbor, the Money writers note: “Perfectly positioned on a small strip of land running between Glen Lake and Sleeping Bear Bay, Glen Arbor offers visitors the best of Northern Michigan. Water laps at a shore of white sand, inviting quiet sunbathers, hikers and water-sport enthusiasts.” The magazine notes that year-over-year hotel room prices in the town have dropped 21 percent and recommend dining at Blu and taking the kids to Cherry Republic.

things we love Stopping Opioid Addiction Because we hate what opioids are doing to our Up North community, we are loving the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee for hosting a big, fat regional opioid symposium 8am to 4pm, Thursday, April 5. The event is bringing together an incredible lineup of professionals from around the state who are dedicated to ending the epidemic. A full schedule of events, presenters, vendors, and opportunities to network and learn are in store. At 7pm the night before the event, a free showing of the HBO original documentary “Warning: This Drug May Kill You” — about four families facing addiction following legitimate prescriptions — is happening at the Little River Band of Ottawa Governmental Center, 2608 Government Center Dr. For more information and vendor inquiries, email hscbmanistee@gmail.com.

Eat Your Way Across Charlevoix We can’t think of a better way to spend a Wednesday afternoon than cutting out of work early, heading to a castle in Charlevoix, and — for a measly $5 — sampling eats from heaps of area shops and restaurants: American Spoon Foods, Bella Vita, Bridge Street Tap Room, Cherry Republic, Cre8tive Cupcake, Grey Gables Inn Restaurant, Kelsey’s Lakeside Grille, Pigs Eatin’ Ribs, Odawa Casino, and Smoke on the Water. The chow-down frenzy is part of the annual Taste of Charlevoix, which itself is part of the city’s business expo, a giant community event that gives attendees access to 70 exhibits, plus 10 taste tickets, an expo goody bag, several giveaways, and the chance to win big prizes. Be there 4–7 p.m., Thursday, March 19, at Castle Farms.

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The tinkling of the ice cream truck is a sound that heralds warmer days, right alongside fond memories of orange creamsicles and Push-Up pops. Recapture those childhood memories every day, any time of year, by pouring yourself a glass of Shetler Dairy’s orange cream. Made from Shetler’s own skim milk with vitamins A and D added, orange cream is flavored with orange powder and sweetened with pure cane sugar before it goes through Shetler’s low-temperature pasteurization process. The result is a smooth, faintly tangy drink that perfectly balances citrus and vanilla. Shetler’s offers plenty of other good dairy stuff, too — from whole milk and heavy whipping cream to one of the best classic chocolate milks around — but that unusual orange cream is the real standout. Try it ice cold, add vanilla ice cream to make an orange cream milkshake, or add more whole milk and some orange juice to make your own version of the famed “Orange Julius” drink. Find Shetler Dairy’s Orange Cream at any of the retail outlets listed at shetlermilk. com or pick up some at the source: Shetler Family Dairy, 5436 Tyler Rd. SE, Kalkaska, (231) 258-8216. They’re open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10am to 5pm this time of year.

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spectator by stephen tuttle Sandy Pensler is running for the United States Senate in the Republican primary. He joins former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bob Young and businessman John James as the only official Republican candidates, so far. The winner will take on Democrat incumbent Debbie Stabenow in November. We know this because Pensler is the first out of the box this year with a television commercial. He’s committed $5 million of his own money to help improve his lack of name identification. The ad, unfortunately, is mostly blather. Using a cleaning products company his private investment firm purchased as his stage, Pensler says, among other things, that he wants to “clean out dirty politicians,” presumably from Washington, D.C.

rored legislation drafted by the lobbyists for Citigroup, a really big bank. The number of actual registered lobbyists in D.C. has fallen from a peak of more than 17,000 in 2007 to just under 10,000 last year. Some of the decrease is the result of minor reforms enacted during the Obama administration. But most of it is because fewer people are registering as lobbyists and more claim to be “support” personnel. Lobbying firms employ nearly 20,000 such people. So many helping in so many ways. They will expect the favors to be returned. Now in office, you can identify those “dirty politicians” for us. You’ll be a freshman senator with almost no influence, the bottom of the Senate totem. You’ll be dependent on

The U.S. House recently passed legislation to roll back parts of Dodd-Frank banking reform law. The change will benefit big banks, and about 80 percent of the bill mirrored legislation drafted by the lobbyists for Citigroup, a really big bank. Here’s the thing, Mr. Pensler: We don’t believe you. In fact, we’re more likely to believe you’ll quickly become part of the corrupt system you so want to cleanse.

higher-ups for your office location, committee assignments and pretty much everything else. You won’t be cleaning out anything other than the boots of your party leadership.

Which is not to pick on Pensler in particular, but we’ve heard this all before, and no “dirty” politician ever gets named, much less cleaned out. The corrupting starts early, almost imperceptibly.

And soon after arriving in D.C. you’ll discover your real job isn’t legislating or representing your constituents at all; it’s raising money for the party. And you’ll be expected to raise lots of it.

Are you accepting contributions from special interest groups? From PACs and super PACs? Will the Republican Senate Campaign Committee be coming to your aid? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you’re already knee deep in the swamp you claim needs draining.

You’ll be lucky to be in the Senate where the party rules are a bit more relaxed since you have six years before your next campaign. Over in the House, both parties have fundraising quotas for members. If you want a plum committee assignment or to chair such a committee, there are annual “dues” to pay, as much as $1.5 million for the party. In fact, House members are told they should spend 6–7 hours a day fundraising and two hours legislating. I’m not making that up.

If you win the nomination, and the national party believes you actually have a chance to unseat Sen. Stabenow, the fetid waters will get deeper. It’s likely you’ll no longer be in control of your own campaign message. The third-party independent campaigns, many with anonymous donors, will outflank and outspend you. Since they can’t legally coordinate their efforts with your campaign, they’ll create their own. Those messages will be seen and heard significantly more often than yours. Let’s assume you actually defeat Stabenow and move to Washington. There will be people to help you with all manner of little details: nice housing in a good neighborhood with good schools and shopping. They can guide you through the intricacies of the inner workings of the Senate.

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They will even show you exactly how to write legislation and the best way to get it introduced. And they’re pretty good at it. Case in point: The U.S. House recently passed legislation to roll back parts of Dodd-Frank banking reform law. The change will benefit big banks, and about 80 percent of the bill mir-

In the Senate, you’ll be expected to raise money, too, and maybe even help out one of those dirty politicians you were going to eliminate. That will require almost daily fundraising efforts. No problem. Both parties now have call centers, with little offices, where you can bother folks and beg for money. It’s illegal to raise money from your official office, so the parties have created boiler room operations within easy walking distance. Alas, those calls won’t generate enough money for your beloved party. Fortunately, those always-helpful lobbyists will be happy to organize many fundraising receptions for you, each filled with special interest representatives eager to help and with checks in hand. They’ll be reminding you of that in the future. The swamp waters are now over your head, and you don’t even realize you’re drowning.

Crime & Rescue MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER A man who was shot during a breakin at his home died and a 29-year-old Mancelona man faces murder charges. Antrim County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on South M-66 near Green River Road at 3:50pm March 10 in Chestonia Township, where the homeowner suffered gunshot wounds. Daniel Sutherland, 64, died two days later. A teenager found walking nearby also had gunshot wounds, and he was treated and released from Munson Medical Center. The suspect, Robert Vincent Gerring, was charged March 14 in Antrim County with open murder, attempted murder, and home invasion; he faces up to life in prison. It took a manhunt that crossed county lines before Gerring was captured. State police used a tracking dog to follow a scent from the home where the shooting occurred to a nearby residence on Old Alba Highway. The home had been broken into, and a snowmobile was missing. A state police helicopter followed the snowmobile’s tracks into Kalkaska County, where the snowmobile was found in the woods behind a house. Gerring was found inside that house and arrested. COUNTERFEIT CASE NETS ARREST An investigation into the passing of two counterfeit $50 bills in Traverse City led to the arrest of a Kalkaska man. The 27-year-old suspect was arrested March 11 on a parole detainer and was expected to be charged with counterfeiting, said Traverse City Police Capt. Keith Gillis. Investigators also found a substantial amount of counterfeit cash in the suspect’s vehicle. Gillis said he couldn’t say how investigators determined the suspect had created the phony cash, but he said it appears to be of low quality. Police received reports of counterfeit cash passed at local businesses — one day at a 7-Eleven and the next day at a Burger King. There is another report of a suspect $50 bill used at a Garfield Township Burger King that is also under investigation by Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies. Traverse City Police received a tip that led them to a hotel on Munson Avenue and then a bar in Kalkaska and finally to the suspect. KALAMAZOO MAN FACES CHARGES A Kalamazoo man is accused of traveling to Gaylord to sell methamphetamine. Lamar Echols, 28, was arrested by state police on a charge of possession of analogues (items chemically similar to other controlled substances, such as narcotics) and possession with intent to deliver after a traffic stop March 11. Troopers pulled over Echols on South Otsego Road near McCoy. From his vehicle they seized two cell phones, $800, and 3.5 grams of a substance they believe is meth. FOUR MIPS AND ONE OUIL Five young people are in trouble after a deputy stopped to check on a car parked at the side of a road just past midnight. One of them faces a drunk driving charge, and the others were cited for being minors in possession of alcohol, according to Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies. On March 10, a deputy saw a 2015 Jeep parked with hazard lights flashing on South Lake Leelanau Drive in Bingham Township. Three males were standing outside the vehicle,

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next to a snowbank, and two females were seated in the vehicle. The 19-year-old driver had pulled over because the females, ages 17 and 18, had been fighting. The deputy found a bottle of wine and determined that everyone had been drinking and that the driver was intoxicated. The other two males were 18 and 20 years old; everyone was from Suttons Bay except the driver, who was from Northport. DECADE-OLD SEX CRIME CHARGED Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 47-year-old Indian River man in a decade-old criminal sexual conduct case. A woman told deputies Feb. 27 that she’d been molested by Kenneth Double when she was between the ages of 8 and 10 years old; she said the assaults began around 2008 and took place in Bear Creek Township. Deputies arrested Double on March 7, and he was charged with six counts each of firstand second-degree criminal sexual conduct. If convicted, he faces life in prison. “HIGH-LEVEL” DEALER BUSTED Tips from the community sparked an investigation that led to the arrest of a Benzie County man on drug charges. Traverse Narcotics Team officers requested charges of delivery and conspiracy to deliver between 50 and 450 grams of cocaine against Steven Loope. Loope was arraigned March 8 and also charged with witness intimidation and operating a drug house. Loope was a “high-level drug dealer,” according to a TNT press release. During the investigation, Loope was on parole following a 2013 malicious destruction of property conviction. When Loope realized he was wanted, police said he fled to Mesa, Arizona, but was captured and extradited back to Michigan. FIRE RULED UNDETERMINED Investigators could not determine the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of a Brethren man, but they said they could not rule out careless smoking or electrical malfunction. The March 6 fire destroyed a home on Pine View Drive near Thompsonville and took the life of 45-year-old Brian Bentley. The female homeowner was not present during the fire, which was reported at 1:50am. The f i r e ’s cause w a s ruled

undetermined, and investigators were still waiting for toxicology results in order to determine a cause of death, Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies said. DISORDER LEADS TO ARREST Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies responded to Barrels and Barrels party store following a report of a disorderly person and arrested a 60-year-old Suttons Bay man for drunk driving. The police were called at 9:23am March 9; they found the suspect sitting in the driver’s seat of his black 2017 Chevrolet pickup. They determined the man was intoxicated and that he’d driven to that location. The man was taken to Munson Medical Center for an evaluation; he was charged with third-offense drunk driving because he had past convictions in 2006 and 2015.

The DNR said that sturgeon can only be taken with a hook and line from Otsego Lake. The suspect’s fishing equipment was seized as evidence. Sturgeon are a threatened species and illegally taking or possessing one in Michigan carries a punishment of 30 to 180 days in jail, a fine, and loss of fishing privileges for three years.

POACHED STURGEON PROBED A Gaylord man is accused of illegally poaching a 55-inch Sturgeon from Otsego Lake. A Department of Natural Resources conservation officer used surveillance and interviewed witnesses following a tip received from a citizen March 12. A suspect was identified, and he eventually confessed to snagging the fish and then drilling several holes so that the fish could be pulled through the ice, according to a press release.

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A PROGRESSIVE? opinion bY Christie Minervini Early in 2017, I joined Woman2Woman TC (W2WTC), a local non-partisan group formed to take action on protecting human rights, ensuring civil liberties, preserving the influence of evidence and reason, and promoting public policy through the election of progressive candidates.

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As the new chair, I am sometimes asked, “Isn’t a progressive actually a ‘liberal?’” For decades, conservatives have used the word “progressive” as a euphemism for “liberal” — a word that’s even become a slur in some circles. Ever since Republican Ronald Regan called Democrat Michael Dukakis a “true liberal” during the 1988 presidential campaign, “liberal” has been considered a derogatory term, a way of undermining someone’s position and the values that they represent.

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The word “liberal” historically speaks to freedom, including individual personal freedom, and describes those we might call libertarians today. However, contemporary liberalism is associated with greater government intervention in the economy, as well as more tolerant attitudes surrounding issues of morality and lifestyle.

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A progressive is someone who wants to see more economic and social equality. Progressives are supportive of social programs directed by the state and would like social movements to have more power. Progressivism has historically been associated with science, rationality, and an approach to government and society that is reliant on empirical methods. In essence, progressivism represents a government and society where everyone gets an equal shot, everyone does his or her fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules. The most basic progressive value is freedom. Progressives believe in “freedom from” and “freedom to.” People should have freedom from undue interference by government and others in regard to their private affairs and personal beliefs, and freedom to control their own bodies and their own lives. This includes the rights to freedom of speech, association and assembly, and religion. Progressives also believe that all people should have the freedom to lead a safe and fulfilling life supported by the basic foundations of economic security and opportunity, such as protections against bodily harm, as well as provisions for adequate schooling, income, medical treatment, and financial stability. Complementing progressives’ commitment to human freedom is their belief in opportunity. We all know that political equality prohibits discrimination against anyone based on race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religious faith or non-faith, or disability. But it also means embracing the diversity of our society by ensuring that all people have the chance to turn their talents and ambitions into a meaningful life. Opportunity provides the conditions necessary for people to be secure

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and to move up in life : a good education, decent job, basic health care, and a secure retirement. Progressive taxation helps support these things and provides us with the economic competitiveness necessary to advance the interests of all — e.g., those who have and earn more should pay more. Along with freedom and opportunity comes responsibility. We are each responsible for improving our own lives through hard work, education, and by acting with honesty and integrity. We are also responsible to others and to the common good which requires us to put the public interest above the interests of the few. As stewards of the land, water, air and natural resources, we are responsible for the smart use of energy and the responsible consumption of goods. Working for ecological and social sustainability is our duty. Finally, progressives value cooperation as the foundation of our most important social institutions, including our families, communities, churches and civic groups. Freedom without cooperation leads to a society that cannot work together to achieve common goals or to improve the lives of all. Cooperation requires that we are openminded and empathetic toward others and that we are accountable for others’ well-being as they are accountable for ours. If we blindly pursue our own needs and ignore those of others, our society will soon unravel. Progressives believe that everyone deserves an equal shot at a healthy, fulfilling, and economically secure life. They believe that everyone should do his or her fair share to build their lives through education and hard work and through active participation in public life. And they believe that everyone should play by the same set of rules with no special privileges. If we want to achieve greater social justice and economic conditions that benefit everyone, we need an open and honest government and an active and engaged citizenry. Locally, Safe Harbor of Grand Traverse (a seasonal emergency shelter run by 24 churches and nearly 2,000 volunteers) provides for the health and safety of people experiencing homelessness without the use of public funds. And with organized pressure from supporters of FLOW (For Love of Water) and Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities’ Oil & Water Don’t Mix campaign, Governor Snyder ordered a study of risks posed by Line 5 in the Mackinac Straits and alternatives that could prevent environmental and economic disaster in the Great Lakes. So, regardless of the political labels we give ourselves, we have to agree that public participation is a small sacrifice to make in order to protect the freedoms and opportunities that we all enjoy. Christie Minervini is a Traverse City resident who owns Sanctuary Handcrafted Goods in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons. She is passionate about gender equality, community development, and ending homelessness.

make your staycation FEEL LIKE News That Sounds Like a Joke Wait times at emergency rooms are notoriously long, and Danny Konieczny’s experience was no different on March 6 at The Villages Hospital in The Villages, Florida. The Lady Lake resident, 61, was at home earlier in the day when a neighbor called 911 to report Konieczny was drunk and suicidal. According to WOFL TV, first responders took him to the hospital, where he waited for two hours to see a doctor before getting exasperated and stealing an ambulance to drive home. Konieczny parked the ambulance in the driveway of the neighbor he thought had called the police about him, and when Lake County Sheriff ’s investigators tracked him down, they found Konieczny curled up in the trunk of his own car in his garage. Konieczny was put on no-bond status because he is still on probation from a 2017 drunk driving charge. An Escalating Situation Things went from bad to worse for 30-year-old Isaac Bonsu on March 6 when he was charged in Alexandria, Virginia, with felony hit-and-run involving an unlikely victim. Fairfax County Police pulled Bonsu over for an equipment violation, but he apparently forgot to put it in “park” before exiting the vehicle. Bonsu can be seen on police dashcam video running in front of the car and then being struck by it. Unhurt, Bonsu jumped up and kept running, but police were able to catch him. The Associated Press reported that Bonsu was charged with driving while intoxicated (his third) and possessing marijuana along with the hitand-run. Awesome! -- Environmentalists decry all the debris washing up on beaches around the world, but a discovery in January near Perth, Australia, has historians thrilled. The Washington Post reported that Tonya Illman and a friend were walking along the beach when she spotted “a lovely old bottle.” Inside was a damp note, tied with string. “We took it home and dried it out ... and it was a printed form, in German, with very faint German handwriting on it,” she said. Experts at the Western Australia Museum have determined the note was 132 years old -- 24 years older than the previous record for a message in a bottle. The note was dated June 12, 1886, from a ship named Paula. Further study revealed that a German Naval Observatory program was analyzing global ocean currents in the area between 1864 and 1933, and an entry in the Paula’s captain’s journal made note of the bottle being tossed overboard. Thousands of other bottles were released into the sea as part of the program, and only 662 have been returned. The last one discovered was in January 1934. -- It may not be the oldest ever found, but the message in a bottle found by 12-year-old Joseph Vallis of Sandys Parish, Bermuda, certainly traveled an impressive distance -- more than 1,000 miles. The Royal Gazette reported that Vallis and his Warwick Academy class were picking up trash around Bailey’s Bay on March 10 when he came across a green bottle with a plastic bag inside. He and his father, Boyd, uncorked the bottle and found a note dated April 2014 that had

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CAMP CHASM A project to turn a one-time girl’s camp on Lake Charlevoix into a township park has thrown Hayes Township into turmoil.

By Patrick Sullivan There’s a township just northeast of Charlevoix with miles of Little Traverse Bay shoreline along its northern end, and at its south, miles of Lake Charlevoix shore. In between lie 42 square miles of rolling farmland, curving country roads, nature preserves, and woods. It’s a paradise that’s attracted vacationers and retirees for generations. From the outside, it looks like a place of peace and leisure. Lately, it’s been anything but. For years, the township has been embroiled in a debate over details of a plan to develop a park and a boat launch on a serene slice of wooded landscape that, for nearly a century, was home to Camp Seagull, a girls camp founded in the 1920s. The 20-acre waterfront property, once an idyllic place where thousands of lifelong friendships were forged, has become the unwitting incendiary for a nasty fight — one that has pitted neighbor against neighbor, sparked accusations of deception and underhanded tactics, and now threatens to boot three township officials from office in a recall. How did a disagreement over a little lake access get so ugly? SEEDS OF CONTROVERSY The mess began in 2011, when Camp Seagull closed and was put up for sale. Hayes Township has a lot of shoreline, but just about every inch is private, and residents wanted access to water — ideally, a beach on Lake Charlevoix, not an unimproved road-end as they’d had for years. Camp Seagull seemed the idea place to create a beachfront park. It offered all of its wooded plus 1,400 feet of shoreline, Photos byacreage Frank Solle Photography but it would come at a price. The township,

to buy the land, would need the help of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, which approved a grant of $3,375,000. The township pitched in $500,000, and supporters of the plan, with the help of the Little Traverse Conservancy, raised $625,000. The establishment of the park was not without controversy. Some lakefront property owners opposed the purchase and, in particular, the boat launch; they formed a group called Save Hayes Township.

be chopped down. “They referred to it as a small boat launch constantly — in all of the advertising, in all of the applications,” said Ron VanZee, township supervisor who, in an effort to quash the boat launch plans, ran for office in 2016 along with two allies. “They forgot to listen to the public. They claim they listened to the public by having public hearings, but they didn’t take the information that they received there and apply it to what they’re proposing.”

VanZee said he didn’t mean to call his political opponents “habitual liars.” “The unsaid concern was that there would be more people going out onto the lake,” said Jim McMahon, a former township official who’s been attending meetings and who, as a private citizen, has watched the Camp Seagull controversy unfold for years. In the current dispute, the dynamics have changed. Everyone interviewed for this article said they had been in favor of the park when the township bought Camp Seagull. Now the vocal opponents of the park plans are not only Lake Charlevoix waterfront owners but also residents who wanted Camp Seagull and say they feel betrayed; they say the current proposal includes a much larger boat launch than what they had initially imagined and will require too many trees to

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A MOVING TARGET The original MNRTF grant application, back in 2012, however, did include a sizable two-lane boat ramp. Bill Henne, who’s been involved in township government for 25 years and was an early park supporter, said the pro-boat launch officials have always been transparent and above-board as they’ve developed the park plans. (Although both sides say they support a boat launch of some size, the incumbent majority officials will be referred to as “pro-boat launch” for the remainder of this article.) Henne questioned VanZee’s actions. “The supervisor, in my opinion, has not acted in good faith and is trying to sabotage the whole effort,” Henne said.

Clerk Marlene Golovich, one of the three targets of the recall campaign, said she doesn’t know how the matter became so acrimonious. Golovich said she was involved in the search for land suitable for a park long before the Camp Seagull property became available and long before she was a member of the township board. At the beginning, she said, township officials told her that there were two preconditions for a park: The land must have waterfront, and it must have a boat launch. “I’m not sure what [the opponents] want. I can’t even speak to that because I’m just not sure what they want,” Golovich said. “The boat launch has been a moving target.” She said the fissures started to show several years ago amid a debate about what to do with Camp Seagull’s cafeteria building. “It began with a building — the old cafeteria building — and they wanted to keep it, and we tore it down,” Golovich said. “It needed a lot of work to bring it up to code, and there was no parking for events near there. There was a myriad of problems with buildings.” THE CAFETERIA CONTROVERSY Leslie Cunningham, a boat launch opponent and co-founder (with her brotherin-law, Frank Shepherd), of the muckraking Hayes Township Sentinel said she was angered when officials tore down that cafeteria, which she said should have been restored and rented out as an event venue. It could have been a revenue generator for the township, but it was torn down to make space for parking, she complained. “I started asking questions. I said, ‘Have you had [the cafeteria building] assessed?’” she said. “They didn’t assess it or get quotes for

support, but he said he’s asked them to cut out the namecalling.

how much it would cost to fix it up.” She said a third-party appraisal determined it could be fixed up for $26,000; she said the township paid $27,000 to have it torn down. Township officials said restoration costs were determined to be far more than $26,000 and that the building would not have been suitable for events because it had no nearby parking. Golovich said the cafeteria decision — and everything else in the development plans — were discussed at public meetings, and the decisions were made in the open. “Everything is done at a board meeting,” she said. The cafeteria dust-up caused Cunningham to question other aspects of the plans, including why the park was, from the beginning, tied to a boat launch. Cunningham said she now understands what the lakefront owners were worried about when they opposed the purchase of the park in the first place. “I wanted the park, and they said, ‘You can’t afford it.’ They said, ‘It’s going to create all kinds of problems,” she recalled. “They didn’t want to keep us off the lake. This project is not a good project the way it’s going to be built. … They are turning this [park plan] into a [plan for a] boat launch. When they’re done, it’s going to be a boat launch. It’s not going to be a park. A REFERENDUM IN 2016 By the time the 2016 elections arrived, the debate was so heated it served as a referendum on the boat launch; the results favored the incumbents. Opponents of the proposed boat launch put together a slate of three candidates, but only VanZee and Matt Cunningham prevailed, leaving the incumbent’s majority on the board at 3–2. VanZee, though, insists that he was begged to run for supervisor by many residents upset about what was happening at Camp Seagull, and he doesn’t believe the majority has a mandate. Leslie Cunningham (mother of candidate Matt) also said she didn’t see the results as offering a mandate for the proposed plans because the race for that third swing vote was so close. The race between her ally, challenger Bob Jass, and incumbent Paul Hoadley was close enough in the Republican primary to trigger a recount. Hoadley won by only one or two votes. “If you don’t think your vote counts … ,” Cunningham said. Despite how close the race was, one side prevailed, and democracy depends on respect for election results, McMahon said. “At some point you just have to give up,” he said. “You just have to say, ‘This is what the will of the people is.’”

Rather than relent, however, Leslie Cunningham and Shepherd escalates the conflict. They started the Hayes Township Sentinel on Facebook the following October, and the next month, they published its first newsletter. Cunningham said that through the election, she came to believe that her side represented the will of the people. “People wanted the boat launch smaller,” Cunningham said. Golovich disagrees with Cunningham’s interpretation. She noted that even after Jass lost in the primary, he ran a write-in campaign during the general election and lost that election, too. “They didn’t get that. They did not get their third vote. They got two people on, and they didn’t get that majority vote,” Golovich said. THE TOWNSHIP SENTINEL Last November, a copy of the first edition of the Sentinel was mailed to every one of the 1,400 or 1,500 households in the township. It’s a pithy and sharply written look into the minutiae of township business, with a particular interest in anything to do with the boat launch and the three township officials who support it: Golovich, Hoadley and Clerk Robbin Kraft. Although only one of the publication’s four pages is labeled “Opinion,” articles throughout rail against the three officials. Kraft and Hoadley did not respond to messages seeking comment. Cunningham said the Sentinel is a nonprofit funded by donations and that she and Shepherd are volunteers. (Shepherd, the publisher, was out of the country and not available to comment.) At times, the Sentinel has called the three officials who are targeted in the recall “sinful” and “habitual liars,” and accused them of working against “the vast majority of the township.” The three officials are routinely written about in derisive terms as and referred to as “the three Amigos.” Here’s a representative sample of the writing, from the February lead story about the recall: “Township sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said they believe when most township residents go to the polls, they will be singing that old-time favorite, ‘Take me out to the ballgame ... For it’s one, two, three strikes you’re out ... ’ while waving goodbye to Hoadley, Kraft, and Golovich.” The Sentinel has come under criticism from some residents who complain that it is divisive and relies too much on innuendo rather than facts. Some people interviwed by the Express said it’s made them afraid to speak up at public meetings lest they get derisive mentions in the newsletter. VanZee said he’s glad to have the Sentinel’s

HABITUAL LIARS VanZee, who spent decades as a building official for municipalities around Lansing before he moved to Hayes Township fulltime in 2006, said he is not part of the recall campaign, but he wrote a column in the February Sentinel that explained why he thought his fellow officials should be booted from office. In the column, VanZee likened the officials to “habitual liars” who force untruths unto the public. He wrote that they lied about the way the boat launch scored in the documents leading up to the MNRTF grant. “The truth is, there were NO points, that’s right, 0 points, scored on the acquisition grant for a boat launch,” he wrote. “There is not one mention of it on the scoring sheet. In fact the complete opposite is true. There were over sixty (60) combined points for maintaining the natural aspects of the park.” VanZee said he didn’t mean to call his political opponents “habitual liars.” “That was frustration based on that the same untruths are told over and over and over again,” he said. For example, VanZee said that at one point in the process, the township asked the road commission whether the driveway to the park could be moved. VanZee said he learned that road commissioners determined that it could be moved. “The road commission said, ‘Yeah, it wouldn’t hurt,” he said. Following that, he said, the officials told the public that the road commission had told the township they had to move the driveway. In response to this allegation, Golovich sent the Express a letter from the road commission that stated that the driveway needed to be moved in order to accommodate turns onto the highway by vehicles towing boats trailers. BIG NAMES WEIGH IN That debate about whether a boat launch needed to be part of the park in order for Hayes Township to get that massive grant from the MNRTF has dragged on in the years since the ink dried on the purchase agreement. But whether or not a boat launch scored points in the application, former MNRTF board members said a boat launch was critical to Hayes Township getting that money. Boat launches are not required at parks that receive MNRTF money, but the grants do require that parks provide the public access to recreation. When Hayes Township went to the state to ask for the money, the boat launch was a component of that access. That’s because Camp Seagull features a steep bluff from the entrance on Boyne City Road down to the beach. Many visitors would not be able to reach the beach without an access road through the park. Keith Charters, who was on the MNRTF board when the Camp Seagull grant was proposed, said he recalls visiting the site and said he was concerned that the topography precluded the possibility of constructing a boat launch. Opportunities to create public access on a lake like Lake Charlevoix are rare, Charters said, so he wanted it to work. “I was concerned,” he said. “It’s pretty narrow. It would be pretty hard to take a vehicle and a trailer in and turn it around.” Bob Garner was another MNRTF board member who considered the Camp Seagull grant application. He said he doesn’t recall the details, but he is certain the boat launch was critical to the approval. “It was in the plans,” Garner said. “Whether it would have scored high enough to be funded [without a boat launch] or not, I can’t tell you.” Garner, a one-time host of Michigan Outof-Doors, praised Golovich for her work to create the park and improve access to outdoor recreation. He said it is common for proposed boat launches to become controversies and that,

during his tenure, they could bring out the worst in people. “You ever wonder why no one wants to be a township official anymore?” he said, laughing. WHAT PARK SUPPORTERS THINK NOW Anne Kantola was instrumental in the drive to raise matching funds for the purchase of the property. She said a boat launch was always part of the plan although there were features, such as restrooms and pavilions, that ranked ahead of it. She said she understood why it was necessary to start with the boat launch, however: because it had to be part of the development of the road through the property. “The boat launch was always part of it and the township officials chose to initiate that project first, perhaps before other projects, because there was a need to create access down by the lake to the public,” Kantola said. “That means a road.” The township was able to secure around $900,000 in grants to develop the park, McMahon said, and they needed to include a boat launch in order to get money to pay for a road. “No one will give you grant money to build a road — no one,” McMahon said. “However, there are organizations that will pay for a road if it goes to a boat launch.” Another early supporter of the park who’s grown weary of the tone of the Camp Seagull debate is Sara Gay Dammann, a retired journalist who lives across the road from the park. She said she always supported the park and always supported the boat launch, but she thinks the boat launch as proposed is too big. “I firmly support the need for a boat launch,” she said. “I am concerned about the size of the boat launch that’s proposed.” Ultimately, though, Dammonn said she wishes there wasn’t so much acrimony in the township over the park. “I am very disturbed by the tone of the debate, and there’s an incredible level of anger that’s making it very difficult for people to be rational,” she said. “I’m disappointed. I would love to see everybody sit down and talk and work out something.” Dammann noted specifically that she was not directing criticism at Leslie Cunningham or Frank Shepherd, both of whom she said she respects. She said she would not comment about the Sentinel. THE RECALL At a March 12 meeting, officials voted 3–1–1 (Matt Cunningham recused himself) to commence construction of the boat launch after they accepted a bid submitted by the lowest bidder. That could mean trees to construct the road will be chopped down before April. But it does not mean boat launch opponents will go away. VanZee had questions over whether the township had secured proper Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the boat launch. What officials submitted to those agencies and what is proposed to be constructed are different projects, he said. No matter what happens, recall supporters are expected to begin collecting signatures in April to get the recall on an upcoming ballot, even as plans to build the boat launch lurch forward. McMahon said the grounds for the recall don’t make sense to him. He understands that the other side is upset that they haven’t gotten their way, but they don’t have grounds for a recall. The other side has some valid concerns, he said. The road plan does require a lot of trees to be cut down. The old cafeteria building was in the way and was sacrificed for a boat launch. McMahon said those are regrettable tradeoffs that are necessary to develop a nice park, but they shouldn’t lead to a recall. “The only grounds for a recall is some type of malfeasance, some kind of fraud,” he said, “and that’s not the case here.”

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Spring Break Staycation Deals Free, cheap, and discounted fun for us locals who are left behind By Craig Manning A lot of local families are counting down the days until they can jet off to somewhere warm. Not one of ’em? We feel your pain. If you’re sticking around for spring break, there’s a good chance you’ll be stuck with gray skies and cold temps, but there’s no reason you need to endure a cacophony of kids whining about being bored — or go broke trying to keep ’em entertained. From free movies to special hotel rates, there are plenty of things to do around northern Michigan between Friday, March 23 and Sunday, April 1. Below, we’ve compiled some of best: CATCH A FREE MOVIE In 2009, Traverse City’s State Theatre started offering a week’s worth of free movies for Up North spring breakers. The tradition continues for its 10th year in 2018, with themes like Dreamers Friday, Oscar People’s Choice Saturday, Oscar Academy’s Choice Sunday, Find Your People Monday, School’s In Tuesday, School’s Out Wednesday, and Adventure Thursday. There are 36 different free films on the docket for the week, including La La Land, Wonder Woman, Get Out, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Baby Driver, Back to the Future, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. You can see the full calendar online at stateandbijou.org/ calendar. Tickets to all showings are free, but to ensure your seat, plan to pick up tickets ASAP. You can grab them by visiting the State Theatre in person, by calling 231-9473446, or by using the State Theatre website. There is a limit of four tickets per showing, per person. SQUEEZE IN SOME SHAKESPEARE Keep the kids’ brains off break by taking

them to a staging of one of Shakespeare’s sharpest and kid-accessible comedies. The Old Town Playhouse is doing a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream through Spring Break.” Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. (on March 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, and 31) or 2 p.m. (March 18 or 25). You can order tickets online by visting oldtownplayhouse.com. GO TOTALLY RETRO AND SEE A RAPTOR If spring break week proves to be snowy in northern Michigan, and you’ve got a gaggle of action-loving little and big ones, take a trip to Crystal Mountain. The ski resort is holding its annual Retro Weekend on March 23 and 24. Friday includes a Birds of Prey event with raptors, owls, falcons, and more. Saturday is jam-packed with Zumba, yoga, a dance party, and a karaoke contest — as well as a ski race and a fat-tire bike race. Throughout, attendees are invited to wear neon duds, ringer tees, gigantic jeans, and vintage sweaters to celebrate the retro theme. ’80s music and Rubik’s cubes will also make appearances. Most Retro Weekend events are free for guests of the Crystal Mountain resort, but paid registration is required for the ski and bike races. Learn more at crystalmountain. com/events/retro-day. VISIT MARS Wear out your wee ones at the Great Lakes Children’s Museum. Beyond the permanent exhibits at the museum, special spring break activities are planned for every day of the week. This year, the Children’s Museum is focusing on space and NASA, so the week’s programs will be built around some heady stuff: earth science, sun science, planetary science, and astrophysics. Kids and parents can participate in the hands-on, educational activities together. The program will run each

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day, March 26–30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participation is free with regular admission to the museum. THROW A BOWLING BALL DOWN THE STREET Sometimes, small towns have the quirkiest traditions. That’s the case with Harbor Springs and the annual Bowling Down Main Street event. As local legend goes, the event started about 14 years ago, in the middle of a quiet spring break. The heart of town was so abandoned that a few guys figured they could set up a bowling game in the middle of Main Street, and no one would be bothered. In the years since, Bowling Down Main Street has transformed from a joke about being the only people in town during spring break to a reason to stick around and play. At noon on March 31, local families and business owners gather on Main Street in Harbor Springs to continue their favorite tradition. Children are the ones who get to bowl, but everyone comes out to cheer them on and see who might manage a strike. Any kids who wish to participate may do so for free. UNLEASH THEIR INNER ADVENTURER OR ARTIST Looking for a little me-time during spring break? A couple drop-off programs are available — and awesome. In Bellaire, the Grass River Natural Area is hosting a three-day camp where kids will track wildlife, tap maple trees for sap, build roaring campfires, and spend lots of time in the great outdoors. The camp is open for kids 7–12 years old, costs $100 per person, and runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Monday, March 26 to Wednesday, March 28. Register at grassriver.org/spring-camp. Crooked Tree Arts Center in Traverse City also has courses available for kids sticking around for spring break. The classes this year are pet-themed and include

photography, printmaking, painting, and more. There are two courses: one for grades K–3 and one for grades 4–8. Both classes run from Monday to Thursday, with the K–3 class in the morning (10am–noon) and the 4–8 class in the afternoon (1pm–4 p.m.). You can learn more at crookedtree.org/classes/ traverse-city/spring-break. GO (NOT VERY FAR) AWAY Just because you aren’t flying off to some tropical destination doesn’t mean you can’t spend a night away from home. Many northern Michigan hotels are offering big discounts or promotions for spring break: • The Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, which has an indoor water playground, Dylan’s Candy Shop, and a fully renovated spa (you’re welcome, Mom), offers 20 percent off all bookings between March 23 and April 7. • Chateau Chantal has a Buy One Night, Get One Night Free promotion running for midweek bookings until March 29. Wear out the kids exploring Old Mission Peninsula’s parks and hikes (think: Pyatt Lake Preserve, Old Mission Point Park and lighthouse, or Pelizzari Natural Area, followed by a stop for ice cream and candy at the Old Mission General Store), then retire to your room to enjoy a bottle of wine with your mate while the kids succumb to their post-hike sugar coma. • Boyne Mountain, home of Avalanche Bay indoor water park and adventure ziplining, has not one, but two weeks of kidtastic spring break activities planned, plus discounted hotel packages. • Reward yourself and your spouse for surviving a spring break at home by getting a sitter for the night and running away together to The Park Place Hotel in downtown Traverse City, where you can enjoy a romance package for two that includes a discounted hotel rate, bottle of champagne, and two champagne flutes.

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By Ross Boissoneau Looking for a summertime sabbatical in northern Michigan? You’re in luck. Even though many Up North cottages are rented out a year in advance, just as many are still available for fun in the sun. We checked with local consultants, real estate and rental agents, and the trusty ol’ internet to get leads on little-known but-still available (as of press time) properties across the region — all ripe for an unforgettable summer getaway. The seven they shared represent just the proverbial tip of the iceberg. So whether you’re hoping for a waterfront playground or a woodsy getaway, you are sure to find something just right. One caveat: We’ve not included pricing because some rental costs differ not only season to season but also week to week; many also change based on the length of stay (i.e., expect a higher nightly fee if you’re staying three days rather than a week) The good news? If you can’t wait until summer to get away, you’ll pay even less during spring. Contact the property owner for specifics and availability. Sunshine Inn, Interlochen Let the sun shine, let the sunshine in. At the Sunshine Inn on Cedar Hedge Lake in Interlochen, the beautiful sunporch and bevy of windows facing the lake will do just that. You can take the family — heck, since the

place sleeps 12, you can take two families — and enjoy the sandy bottom lake. After your nighttime swim, stay down by the water and make S’mores at the fire pit and contemplate the star-filled skies. The Sunshine Inn is located minutes away from Interlochen Arts Camp and just 20 minutes from Traverse City, yet it feels like a country getaway. https://www.c21northlandvacationrentals. com/rental/54408/ (231) 346-4100 Tunnel of Trees Bluff Chalet, Cross Village This chalet-style cottage sits on a bluff overlooking the Tunnel of Trees and Lake Michigan. Hike through the acre of forest behind the cottage, or cross the street to a private beach. The main level features a full kitchen and dining area, a large living room with a fireplace, and a fully furnished threeseason room. The Tunnel of Trees runs from Cross Village, where this cottage is located, to Harbor Springs. This threebedroom, 2.5 bath home sleeps eight. https://www.vrbo.com/3656730ha HomeAway Booking (888) 640-7927 Platte Lake Cottage, Honor Located steps from a public access to Little Platte Lake and across the road from Big Platte, this cozy cottage is a perfect place from which to base your summer adventures. It’s

just a short drive to Lake Michigan beaches, Crystal Mountain Resort, Interlochen, wineries and brewpubs — it’s even close to the Cherry Bowl Drive In. The cottage sleeps eight, though between fishing, kayaking and other summertime activities there won’t be a lot of time for sleeping. https://www.vrbo.com/736761 The Caboose, Empire Come on! Who wouldn’t want to stay in a real railroad caboose? Especially when it’s located at the base of the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It’s built to accommodate two, with a full-size Murphy bed, TV, and Wi-Fi. But really, you’ll be busy exploring the dunes, nearby Glen Lake, the wineries, and Lake Michigan. Outside there’s a gas grill, picnic table, and fire pit. And it’s right next to the Heritage Trail for biking, walking and running. ht t p : / / l e el anau . es capi a . com / Unit / Details/143250 (231) 334-6100 Little Manistee River Cabin, Manistee This cabin is the perfect spot for rest and relaxation on 40 acres. The Little Manistee River is just steps away, so you can enjoy canoeing, kayaking, fishing or just the sound of the river flowing by. Sip your morning coffee from the front porch with the amazing views that abound. The cabin has been

updated but offers guests an “un-plugged” stay. Sleeps up to 6. http://www.ilovemanistee.com/details. aspx?PropertyID=238958 (231) 645-7368 Lake Arrowhead Chalet, Gaylord Kick back and enjoy it all from this threebedroom, two-bath chalet that sleeps eight on Lake Arrowhead, formerly known as Buhl Lakes. You can kayak on the lake or rent a pontoon. Other water activities include a community pool and a hot tub. Hey, you don’t even need to wait till summer — it’s on the snowmobile trail, and the hot tub is open year-round. https://www.vrbo.com/203992 Historic Cottage on Lake Bellaire History with all the amenities. The AhWaGa, noted as the first home built on Lake Bellaire, dates back to the 1890s. It’s only 15 feet from the shoreline and offers magical sunset views. Lake Bellaire is a part of the Antrim County Chain-of-Lakes waterway, connecting Lake Bellaire, Clam Lake, Grass River, and Clam River to Torch Lake. The cottage has been completely renovated, though it still features the original maple hardwood floors, milled by the Thomas Forman Lumber Company of Petoskey. Sleeps four in two bedrooms. https://www.vrbo.com/745612

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Four Mini

Road Trips By Kristi Kates

Longing to get the heck out of Dodge, but don’t feel like venturing too far away? Check out these easy-to-get-to destinations. Each are a sweet six-hour drive — or less — from northern Michigan but promise plenty of spring break fun for you and your family.

FRANKENFUN Nicknamed “Michigan’s Little Bavaria,” the town of Frankenmuth, Michigan, is only three hours from Traverse City and Petoskey. It leans heavily on farming and tourism, and the latter is where you’ll benefit. You can dine at a plethora of Bavarian-themed, kid-friendly restaurants (The Frankenmuth Brewery is a favorite for parents) and fun boutiques. One must-visit: Bavarian Specialties, which offers authentic German clothing like lederhosen and dirndl, plus treats like soft, cakey lebkuchen. Whatever you do, don’t miss Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, which bills itself as “The World’s Largest Christmas Store” (it’s nearly as big as two football fields) and is stuffed with 50,000+ holiday goodies and gifts, “Christmas Lane,” which is illuminated nightly year-round. The Michigan Military and Space Heroes Museum, which showcases authentic flight gear, military equipment, and more for your cadets) and the Lager Mill Museum, which shows the story of the city’s brewing history are musts, as is the Frankenmuth Aerial Park (zipandclimb.com, opening April 28), where you’ll find multi-leveled challenges through a combination of rope bridges, zip lines, and a fun aerial obstacles course Happening Soon in Frankenmuth! March 26 – Make your own snacks by learning pretzel rolling at the Bavarian Inn (bavarianinn.com) March 26–31 – Get ready for springtime’s biggest holiday when the Easter Rabbit visits Bronner’s (bronners.com) April 12 – Check out a performance from the energetic STOMP at the Dow Event Center (doweventcenter.com/15 minutes away in nearby Saginaw) More Information: frankenmuth.org

THE BELLE OF SPRING BREAK Located 4.5 hours south of northern Michigan, the Belle Isle Aquarium It was designed by famed architect Albert Kahn and opened in the early 1900s, making it the oldest aquarium in the U.S. It spent several decades living a fairly quiet life, until it was revamped and then reopened in 2012. Since then, attendance has tripled — and for good reason. The museum continues to add new exhibits, events, and fish, making this both a historical destination and one that’s a favorite of aquarists. Beyond the aquarium’s Beaux Art-style entrance and dolphin-festooned archway (it used to be a speakeasy back in the 1920s!), its interior features skylights and rare green opalite glass tiles glimmering from the vaulted ceiling, the perfect Waterworld-like setting for the fish themselves. Visit the fish of the tropics, and of other regions of the world, throughout the facility. You’ll find both exotic varieties of fish as well as those indigenous to the Great Lakes. Dedicate a full day to the aquarium, and you’ll have enough time to leisurely view the fish without rushing through. After your visit, try the pub food at the Thompson House in Windsor (find them on Facebook), or the great Mediterranean/vegan fare at Carrots N Dates, also in Windsor. Happening Soon at the Belle Isle Aquarium! April 21 – Add a little environmental action to your vacation by joining the fun Belle Isle crew on Earth Day weekend for their yearly spring tidy-up When Spring Arrives: Keep an eye out for the blooming of the floral clock, which features over 2,000 flowers (in-season) and welcomes visitors at the aquarium/park entrance More Information: detroitaquarium.weebly.com

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LITTLE BREAK ON THE PRAIRIE A pleasant six-hour road trip from northern Michigan is Fishers, Indiana, where you’ll find Connor Prairie, which hosts exhibitions and items from the Smithsonian’s national collection, including major works of art, scientific specimens, and historical icons. The outdoor portion reopens on March 27 and allows you too step back into 1836 Prairietown, where the people, buildings, objects, and happenings are just as they were over 150 years ago. Take the 1859 Balloon Voyage, and literally soar up above the museum grounds. Explore what life was like during the Civil War and “enlist” to help defend the state. Or visit the Lenape Indian Camp to get a peek into early Native American life. Also outdoors, you can climb up into the park’s four-story treehouse. Take a nature walk along the White River (you can even “equip” yourself first with a special backpack), or spend some time in the barn of a real working farm, where you’ll meet farm animals and see how things work. And back indoors, you’ll find craft and discovery stations around every corner, plus the Create.Connect indoor exhibit that celebrates innovation, invention, and change in Indiana and beyond.

SPRINGTIME SCIENCETIME If you seek science over history for your springtime fun, then the Cranbrook Institute of Science — located in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, about a four-hour drive from Up North — has mastered the art of making education fun. The on-site Acheson Planetarium allows viewers to escape into space; its state-ofthe-art Digistar projector (accompanied by a booming 5.1 surround sound system) virtually takes you through galaxies and around planets. The Cranbrook Observatory features three new telescopes and a new dome for a remarkable night sky viewing experience that will also allow safe live observations of the sun in the daytime. The Motion Gallery allows you and your kids to play with physics in fun ways, as you balance, spin, and collide various objects in hands-on, on-site experiments. Love the Ice Age movies? Learn more about the actual history behind the cute cartoons at Cranbrook’s Life Changes Over Time, Mastodons, and dual Ice Age galleries, in which you can see a full-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur cast, learn about mastodons, and discover how our own state’s geography was changed by the moving of glaciers.

Happening Soon at Connor Prairie! April 14 – Passport to Hi-Tech, a hands-on event where kids and teens can learn about STEM and how they can participate. April 15 – The Prairie Plates event offers sophisticated foodie fun for adults featuring farm-to-table cuisine from Taxman Brewing Co. April 28-29 – Shear Fun, where you’ll meet sheep, watching herding demos, and learn about yarn. More Information: connerprairie.org

Happening Soon at the Cranbrook Institute of Science! April 2-6 – Spring Into Science with this earthfriendly spring break workshop series all about our planet and its environment April 21 – Astronomy Day invites you to join Cranbrook astronomers and members of the Warren Astronomical Society to learn more about the universe More Information: science.cranbrook.edu

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YOU GOTTA HAVE ART (And Time and Support)

Opportunities for the Artist in You By Kristi Kates Who isn’t inspired by a little time Up North? For decades, artists have been flocking to northern Michigan to lose themselves in its sublime beauty, slower pace, and appreciative audiences. As evident by the ever-increasing numbers of galleries, art walks, installations, and cultural events around the northwest lower Michigan region, hundreds of artists — and their work — have made a home here. Lesser known, perhaps, are the northern sanctuaries created for artists to come and, for a time, to dedicate themselves entirely to their work. Here, a look at the latest opportunities in a quartet of outstanding artist residencies and programs Up North: THE DAVID BARR LEGACY ARTIST RESIDENCY Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville Art Start: The David Barr Legacy Artist Residency has been going strong for five years, selectively inviting artists to use the Michigan Legacy Art Park as an artistic muse and create art for it. “We wanted to be able to involve more artists to use our space to be inspired and create new works,” explained Renee Hintz, executive director of the park. Program Notes: “Kaz McCue was our first artist, and is now our creative director,” Hintz said. The “first five” included Nancy McKay, an interpretive artist also from Ann Arbor; John DeHoog and Brian Nelson, two Eastern Michigan University professors who collaborated on a wood and steel sculpture called “The Beacon Project”; and iron sculpture artist Theresa Smith from Marquette. This year, the residency is expanding in scope and reach. It will provide both housing and an honorarium to not one annual artist but several. “Also new this year, it won’t be by invitation only; all artists can apply,” said Hintz. “And what’s really unique about us is that everything about our residency takes place outdoors,” she added. “We do have a tool bench and some electricity available, but mostly the artists are using the woods of our 30 acres to get their inspiration.” What They’re Looking For: Artists who can also provide a public element to their residency, working with school kids, lecturing, or staging public demonstrations.

More Info: Applications opened March 13 and end April 13; visit michlegacyartpark.org/ get-involved. PHOTOSTOCK Birchwood Inn, Harbor Springs Art Start: Detroit native Bill Schwab owned property Up North for years before finally moving north a year or so ago, settling between Harbor Springs and Cross Village. But more than a decade before the move, he had launched Photostock, which a recent attendee describes as “a freewheeling symposium/ workshop/festival that magically materializes every summer in the upscale wilderness of Northern Michigan.” Schwab wasn’t aiming to create a formal residency program (and still isn’t today). He simply wanted to connect with like-minded photographers. “I was part of an analog photographers’ users group online,” Schwab said. “With digital photography arriving so fast, a lot of our equipment started kind of disappearing, so that became a place where people would share analog photography information, darkroom processes, and other discussions. It was the springboard for Photostock.” Program Notes: After an open call that rounded up about 15 people the first year (“I just told them to bring their photography gear and a tent,” Schwab said), year two brought 80 attendees, and now the event draws up to 100. Now held at the Birchwood Inn, the attending photographers meet up with friends and are treated to presentations by established photographers each year. The event is purposefully held in June, around the solstice. “Since it’s the longest day of the year, it fits,” Schwab said, “because of course photographers love light.” If you also really love photography, plan ahead carefully, because several days before and after the actual three-day Photostock event, you can chip in additional fees to take several additional photography workshops and classes. What They’re Looking For: Less a formal residency and more a gathering of passion and talent, Photostock’s main requirement is a love for the art. More Info: This year’s event will run June 21 through 24; visit photostockfest.com for details.

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POP-UP AND “CLASSIC” ARTIST RESIDENCIES Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology, Bellaire Art Start: Brad Kik is the co-founder and co-director of Crosshatch (formerly ISLAND, the Institute for Sustainable Living, Art and Natural Design), a local organization that works to combine stories, music, art, farming, shared word, and food to help restore and sustain the earth and its people. Crosshatch’s Hill House Artists residencies, which have supported and encouraged such local and regional talents as Chris Bathgate, Graham Parsons (of the Go Rounds), and the Passepartout Duo, recently ended after a seven-year run. “We’d been renting a log cabin for those residencies, from a group of siblings who had taken over a family property, and they decided to put the log cabin on the market. We decided not to purchase it, so now we’re in the process of setting up several popup residencies, and we’ll bring back our classic residencies later,” Kik said. Program Notes: The first of the pop-up residencies will be called The Long Memory Projects, and will bring together community elders with artists under 35 years of age. “The elders will share their stories, with a focus on their involvement in any environmental or political actions throughout the ’70s and ’80s,” Kik explained. “Then the artists who have heard those stories will go into their residency to create something from what they’ve heard.” The first of The Long Memory Projects, Kik confirmed, will happen some time in 2018, possibly at musician Seth Bernard’s Earthworks Farm; those details are currently still in the works. What They’re Looking For: With the larger residencies program on hold at the moment, the crew of artists and elders have already been pre-selected for the above project. “We hope to open up entries, with more details, after that,” said Kik. “Watch the ‘news’ section of our website for more about our upcoming residency opportunities.” More Info: Crosshatch is currently looking for spaces to restart that “classic” artist residencies program, and they hope to have an update by this upcoming August; keep an eye on crosshatch.org for all the latest, or to contact them with any questions.

Top left: John DeHoog (on right) and Brian Nelson beginning construction on their Beacon Project, a sculpture inspired by features of Michigan’s rural and urban landscape — lighthouses, water buoys, and smoke stacks. The completed Beacon Project can be seen from the forested trails running through the Michigan Legacy Art Park. At Crystal Mountain last fall, artist Theresa Smith led a public iron pour (pouring molten iron into forms dozens of area students had “scratched” designs into) as part of her residency with the Michigan Legacy Art Park. After Smith completes the sculpture at her Upper Peninsula studio, it will be installed inside the Art Park.

ARTIST/SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE Eastern Michigan University Jean Noble Parsons Center for the Study of Art and Science, Lake Ann Art Start: Located on 86 acres of natural woods and marsh surrounded by lakes (including its own namesake lake in the middle of the property), the Jean Noble Parsons Center, owned and operated by Eastern Michigan University, is the legacy of late sculptor/potter Jean Parsons. “People had such especially great experiences studying under Jean at Interlochen,” said Sandra Murchison, the director of the School of Art and Design at EMU who is also on the center’s executive council. Program Notes: In addition to its beautiful surroundings, the center also offers a large work studio, a multipurpose room, and several housing options that include classic dorm rooms and special platform tents nestled in the surrounding forest. Available equipment includes large work stables, equipment for hand-printing, a table saw, a loom, and a kiln. “In between, our writers, scholars, and artists will find four different lakes with walking and hiking trails,” Murchison said. “It’s a big facility and a very inspiring place.” Murchison and the Parsons team have also recently been updating and retooling all of the facility’s programming, to better help support their visiting artists in pursuing their crafts in this uniquely quiet and remote residency environment. What They’re Looking For: “Ideally, they’d be a professional artist, scholar, researcher, or writer who understands their own craft and can work just fine on their own,” Murchison said. More Info: Search Parsons Center at emich. edu; the standard procedure involves submitting a proposal and formal application to Murchison at smurchis@emich.edu.

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Columnist Turned Novelist Anna Quindlen Visits National Writers Series Stage

By Clark Miller In 1995, having decided the world had enough instant internet pundits, Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist Anna Quindlen charted a new path for herself as a writer of fiction and non-fiction books. It was a move she’d often considered. Quindlen appears at the National Writers Series on Sunday, March 25 at City Opera House in Traverse City to discuss her ninth (and latest) novel, “Alternate Side.” The on-stage host for the 7 p.m. event will be Michigan broadcast journalist Cynthia Canty, whose “Stateside” reports can be heard on Interlochen Public Radio and elsewhere. Cocktail hour begins at 6 p.m. “Alternate Side” is a character study of the uptight and very white residents of an exclusive, one-block-long New York City neighborhood. Our narrator and tour guide is Nora Nolan, who sums up things large and small in a New York minute: “The houses on the block, like most of Manhattan, had appreciated so much they constituted a lottery prize. The women saw them as homes, the men as real estate.” Nora introduces us to male characters who are particularly hard to like, starting with her husband, Charlie, with whom she’s had a long (and lackluster) marriage. Charlie’s ennui is interrupted only by his passionate search for the ultimate neighborhood status symbol: reliable, off-street parking. Nora describes the mutual apathy of their marriage “like a truce without even a war first.” Next up, there’s George, the quintessential neighborhood jerk, who makes everyone else his business and whose fawning antipathy toward mankind is outdone only by Jack Fisk, the neighborhood bully whose volatile blend of racism and anger later prove central to the plot. Still, there’s relief from all the heaviness. Nora’s college-age twins, Ollie and Rachel, for example, are age-appropriately self-absorbed but also keen observers of their mother’s foibles. Jenny, a university

professor and Nora’s best friend, and a bit of a “round heel,” has plenty to say. Ricky, the dependable, obsequious Latino handyman, play-acts his way from house to house to find work, but in the end has a key role in changing the neighborhood. There is another character from the other side of town: Phil, a not-exactly-homeless panhandler and sidewalk philosopher who tries to stir Nora’s conscience. One last character, however, upstages all others — possibly even Nora. It is New York City itself, which receives many of the best lines in “Alternate Sides.” “The garbage in the gutters was frozen into agonized attitudes as though the CheezIt bags and drinking straws had died of hypothermia.” For those who “make it” in Manhattan, Nora says, “The price they had paid for prosperity was amnesia. They’d forgotten who they once had been.” In an interview with Northern Express, Quindlen talks about the city, why she made a career change, how that decision has affected her writing life, and what she’s working on now. In “Alternate Sides,” you have Phil speak of NYC as a “city of the mind.” Can you elaborate on that idea? I think New Yorkers invent the city within themselves. When they first get here all they see are the amazing idiosyncrasies, the fantasyland that is the city. Then after a while they cease to observe those things — what, the man in the American flag top hat? Scarcely notice him! — and create within themselves a city that is, as the end of the novel says, all the strata of their personal earth. The places they hung out when young, the streets where the kids went to school, the buildings where they once went to dinner parties.

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Neighborhoods there seem to morph constantly. Because New York changes so much, a good deal of it is imaginary. I still think of the New York Times as being at 229 West 43rd Street, even though it hasn’t been there for years. It’s part of the New York that lives within me, even though it has ceased to exist. For all its size and sizzle, the NYC you portray in “Alternate Sides” also seems like a string of small towns or even enclaves. New Yorkers have a very narrow sense of their neighborhoods. People who live in [Greenwich] Village used to say often that they never went above 14th Street. A girl in my daughter’s seventh grade class wasn’t allowed to come to our house for a sleepover because we lived on the West, not the East Side. But it’s even narrower than that. In terms of daily habits — coffee shop, dry cleaner, food stuffs —most people seem to have an area of about ten blocks. How would you describe your relationship to NYC? When I fly into one of the airports and see the jagged skyline of Manhattan out the window … the sight is absolutely thrilling to me. It’s always the first time. Save my family and my closest friends, there is nothing for which I feel the same deep and abiding love that I feel for New York City. I totally understand people who don’t get it, [but] New York is who I am. You’ve written so many different types of forms — columns, a memoir, novels, etc. Was that your plan when you started out? I was blessed to have a column in the country’s best venue just before the internet made it possible for anyone to be a pundit. Now I’m a novelist, which is what I always wanted to be. when I was 11 I went to our public library

to see where my books would be shelved. [It’s] between Proust and Ayn Rand. The easy road would have been to stick with your extremely popular columns, right? One of the things that has always determined my professional path is whether I feel that I’ve gotten good at something. When I feel comfortable, it’s time to move on. Fiction writing still makes me deeply uncomfortable because each new book calls on a new set of challenges and chops. I’m always scared to death. So that’s where I want to land now. What are you working on now? The plan is for my next book to be entitled Nana and be a nonfiction meditation about being a grandmother. I’m also working on a new novel that is written in the first-person voice of a long-married woman who has moved temporarily to a state where her mortally ill husband can end his own life on his own terms. I am chairing the search for a new president of Planned Parenthood, and as soon as I’m done [with this] book tour, I take possession of a new Labrador puppy. So my life is a bit overfull at the moment. For tickets to the March 25 National Writers Series event with Anna Quindlen, go to cityoperahouse.org, call (231) 941-8082, ext. 201 or visit the City Opera House box office at 106 E. Front St., Traverse City.

Why do I know that name?

In the past 20 years, Quindlen’s work has made her a book club — and movie goer — fan favorite. Her non-fiction includes the semiautobiographical work “One True Thing,” which became a movie starring Meryl Streep and Renee Zellweger. Among Quindlen’s 11 nonfiction books are her bestselling memoir, “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake,” and a reflection on life lessons she learned from her dog Beau, “Good Dog. Stay.”

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NORTHERN SEEN 1. The crew from the City Opera House meets at Right Brain Brewery following the conclusion of another season of the Picnic At The Opera series. 2. It wasn’t an actual wedding, but this couple played along as they showcased the banquet space inside Streeters 2.0 during Recess. 3. This trio was having some serious fun at the Traverse City Ticker’s Recess at Streeters 2.0 in TC. 4. Holly Hack, Lori Andrzejewski Hall, Sam Charnes, and Jacquie Thomas were in attendance at Impact 100’s Big Reveal event, where the group announced it will distribute $247,000 between two local charities this year. 5. Northern Express opinion columnist Isaiah Smith poses with bestselling author Nikki Giovanni following a National Writers Series event.

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KRAZY DAZE: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Featuring Silly Slalom, Ski Over the Pond, Jump Competition, Get Krazy Party & more. boynehighlands.com/ events/krazy-daze

---------------------THIRD ANNUAL NEWTON’S ROAD GUTTER CAR DERBY: 8am-3pm, TC East Middle School. Featuring 3D printed cars designed by local students. Plastic gutters are used as the race track.

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FAMILY EXPO: 9am-noon, Cadillac Senior High School. Kids activities, free vision screening for kids, child ID kits, fire trucks, car safety & more. 810-265-6163. Free.

DISNEY AND DESSERTS: 2pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Enjoy treats with your favorite Disney characters. You can come dressed as your favorite character. There will be singing, coloring, storytelling, face painting, and more. Tickets only available at the door, one hour prior to performances. $12 adults; $6 under 18; $30 family of four.

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LEAPIN’ LEPRECHAUN 5K: 9am, TC’s Warehouse District. Wear your green! Post-Race Party at the Workshop Brewing Co. runsignup.com

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: 7:3010pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Enjoy Shakespeare’s comedy as his characters learn to distinguish true love from “fancy.” $15-$28. mynorthtickets.com

MARDI GRAS: 10am, Nub’s Nob, Harbor Springs. Includes the Soaker Cup, Costume Contest, Crazy Couples and Dorie Sarns Open races and the Petoskey Steel Drum Band. nubsnob.com

JONATHA BROOKE: 8-10pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. This singer, songwriter & guitarist performs an evening of music inspired by folk, rock & pop genres. $24-$27. mynorthtickets.com

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SHAMROCK SHUFFLE 5K: 10am, Charlevoix Elementary School. 5K, 1 mile run. $25. runsignup.com

---------------------CELTS & KAYAKS: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Kayaks will race down the mountain at 11am, the Slush Cup takes place at 2pm, & Brena performs live music from 6-9pm. crystalmountain.com

---------------------PET TREAT TASTING EVENT: 11am-4pm, Tractor Supply Store, TC. Also featuring 4health Resource Center, pet adoption, vaccinations & H.A.N.D.D.S to the rescue. 943-4062.

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ST. PATTY’S DAY CRAIC! (FUN!): 12-5pm, Ciccone Vineyard & Winery, Suttons Bay. Featuring live music by the North Bay Celtic Band, complimentary soup du jour, & wine specials. Music starts at 2pm. Free. cicconevineyard.com

---------------------AUTHOR SIGNING: 1-3pm, Horizon Books, TC. Karl Olson will sign his book “Broken Truth.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------KIDS FUN DAY CARNIVAL: 1-3pm, Mills Community House, Upper Level, Benzonia

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sunday

CARNIVAL WEEKEND: (See Sat., March 17)

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GET THE SCOOP ON DOWN SYNDROME: 11am-9pm, Moomers, TC. World Down Syndrome Day. Ten percent of all sales will be donated to the local group (DSANM). dsupnorth.org

---------------------LOCAL HISTORY MONTHLY PROGRAM: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Presented by the Traverse Area Historical Society. Learn about the history of public schools in TC. traversehistory.wordpress.com

---------------------TC FAMILY EXPO: 1-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Featuring a kids’ craft & info on early literacy offerings, including “1000 Books Before Kindergarten.” tadl.org

---------------------“MARY POPPINS”: (See Sat., March 17, except today’s time is 2pm.)

---------------------BATTLE OF THE BOOKS WITH PETER BROWN: 2pm, City Opera House, TC. Pre-

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Bring out your neon for Retro Weekend at Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville on Fri. and Sat., March 23-24. Fri. features “Birds of Prey” with Wings of Wonder at 6pm. Sat. includes Zumba with 80’s Hits, Yo Yo Yoga, Mjolnir Challenge, Snow Descend Fat Tire Bike Race, DJ Dance Party & BBQ & more. crystalmountain.com/events/retro-day

sented by National Writers Series. Award-winning children’s author & illustrator Peter Brown is the star author at the Battle of the Books finale. Peter will talk about his New York Times bestseller “The Wild Robot” & sign his newest book, “The Wild Robot Escapes.” Tickets: 941-8082, ext. 201. Free. cityoperahouse.org/ nws-peter-brown

ICH: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Featuring Armenian cello soloist Suren Bagratuni. $25.50, $38, $46. traversesymphony.org

DARK & STORMCLOUDY FILM & BEER SERIES: The Garden Theater, Frankfort. This series pairs award-winning films shown at The Garden Theater with small batch dark beers, handcrafted specifically for each movie by Stormcloud Brewing Company. “Lucky” will be shown at 4:30pm. This month’s beer is Coffee & Smokes. Admission is $10. Each movie ticket purchaser receives a $5 Stormcloud token. frankfortgardentheater. com/dark-stormcloudy-film-series

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Enjoy Shakespeare’s comedy as his characters learn to distinguish true love from “fancy.” $15-$28. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“MARY POPPINS”: 4pm, Cherryland Middle School, Elk Rapids. $7 adults/ $3 students. facebook.com/CMSMusicMan

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---------------------FOLK FROM THE HEART: 4-6pm, Horizon Books, TC. A benefit concert for the Father Fred Foundation. Songwriters Andre Villoch, Jenny Thomas & Dennis Palmer will perform. Cash donations accepted. horizonbooks.com

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mar 19

monday

LIFELONG LEARNING: UNDERSTANDING ISLAM: 5:15pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom, Petoskey. Presented by professor Toby Jones of World Religions at NCMC. Register: 231.758.3100. Free. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------SOUP AND BREAD FOR DISABILITY NETWORK: 6-8pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Featuring community donated soup & bread. Donations encouraged to benefit Traverse area charities, with this month featuring Disability Network Northern Michigan. Find on Facebook.

---------------------HERE:SAY PRESENTS: LIE LIKE A RUG: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Hear true stories about lies. $5 suggested donation. Find on Facebook.

---------------------MEN’S BASEBALL LEAGUE INFO NIGHT: 7:30pm, The Filling Station Microbrewery, TC. Find ‘Men’s Baseball League Info Night’ on Facebook. Free.

mar 20

tuesday

COFFEE @ TEN TALK: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. A free talk with art educator and MAEA representative Patty Smith. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. The World of Digital Art with Anne Morningstar & Shanna Robinson. Free. crookedtree.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: CREATE A BUNNY BASKET: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Decorate a milk jug to look like your favorite bunny. Held at 11am & 2pm. greatlakeskids.org

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Easter at Stafford's Sunday, April 1, 2018 Spring after spring, decade after decade, we honor and celebrate this holiday of growth and renewal. We would be honored if you joined us this Easter. Bay View Inn - Traditional Easter Buffet 9 am to 3 pm • 231-347-2771 Perry Hotel - Classic Easter Buffet 9 am to 3 pm • 231-347-4000 Pier Restaurant - A la Carte Brunch Menu 10 am to 3 pm • 231-526-6201 Weathervane Restaurant - Classic Easter Buffet 10:30 am to 2:30 pm • 231-547-4311

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LUNCH & LEARN: 11:30am-1pm, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level, Suttons Bay. Learn about funds available to help with suspected or known contaminated sites in Leelanau County. Presented by environmental consultants Jeff Hawkins & Dan Wells. RSVP: 231-256-9812. Free.

---------------------“MONEY IN POLITICS”: Noon, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse, TC. Presented by Indivisible Grand Traverse & Craig Mauger, executive director of Michigan Campaign Finance Network.

---------------------SOUTH OF THE STRAITS SIERRA CLUB MONTHLY MEETING: 5:30pm, Petoskey District Library. Held the third Tues. of every month. Contact SouthofStraits@michigan.sierraclub. org for details. Club advocates for, & educates themselves & others about the air, water, soil & people of Charlevoix, Emmet, Cheboygan & Presque Isle Counties. Free.

---------------------“VITICULTURE AROUND MICHIGAN”: 6-8pm, NCMC, Student & Community Resource Center, room 536, Petoskey. Presented by Chuck Lindsey. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------PLANTING WORKSHOP: 6-8pm, Homestead Twp. Hall, Honor. A sustainable garden, landscape, and acreage with experts in forestry, native plants, and wildlife. Pre-register for this free presentation: 231-882-4391. benziecd.org

---------------------“YOUR ASPERGER’S PARTNER & NEUROTYPICAL YOU: EMPATHIC & SYSTEMS-ORIENTED WAYS OF BEING”: 6:30pm, TC. The exact TC location is provided when the neurotypical spouse/partner joins the NW Michigan NT Support private Meetup group at: www.meetup. com/NW-Michigan-NT-Support/

---------------------“MARY POPPINS”: 7pm, Cherryland Middle School, Elk Rapids. $7 adults/ $3 students. facebook.com/CMSMusicMan

GTHC MARCH PROGRAM - ALASKA: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Join the Grand Traverse Hiking Club for a program on “Alaska - Favorite Hikes” by Steve & Betsy Duede. Free. facebook.com/GTHikers

---------------------TSO CIVIC STRINGS ENSEMBLES WINTER 2018 CONCERT: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. A brief reception will follow the concert. Free. traversesymphony.org

mar 21

wednesday

FREE CPR CLASS: 9-11am, McLaren Northern Michigan, John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. Register: 800-248-6777.

---------------------FIESTA GIVES BACK FOR WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY: 11am, La Senorita, U.S. 31, TC. Twenty percent of sales (with vouchers) will be donated back to the local group (DSANM). dsupnorth.org

---------------------THE GLORY OF HAVING A RAILROAD: 12:30pm, Senior Center, Fife Lake. Presented by Wexford County Historical Society Docent Richard Kraemer. Advanced registration required: 922-4911. Free. grandtraverse.org

---------------------8TH ANNUAL BUSINESS EXPO & TASTE OF CHARLEVOIX: 4-7pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Learn what local companies & organizations can do for you. Featuring 70 exhibits. During Taste of Charlevoix, area restaurants will showcase signature dishes for the opportunity to win 2018 Best in Taste. 231-547-2101. $5.

---------------------FOOD & FARMING NETWORK FARM ROUTE TO PROSPERITY SUMMIT: 4-6pm, Monkey Fist Brewing Co., TC. See what’s been going on over the year within the local food system. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------PLANT-BASED LIFESTYLE TC’S LEARNING & TASTING EVENT: 6:30-8pm, Timber Ridge Conference Center, TC. “The Dangers of Dairy” & “Faux Cheese & Dairy Alternatives” tasting theme. Register: eventbrite.com pbltc.org

---------------------“MARY POPPINS”: (See Tues., March 20) ---------------------COMPASSION CIRCLE: 7pm, Healing Arts Counseling, 3301 Veterans Dr., Suite 203, TC. Share & receive support around communication challenges. Also explore how to identify emotions, & learn skills to manage emotions & clarify intentions. Free. Registration required. conta. cc/2GfP2B3

---------------------FREE MOVIE NIGHT: 7-9pm, East Jordan High School Auditorium. The Jordan River Arts Council presents “Loving Vincent.”

---------------------LIFETREE CAFE: 8pm, The Rock of Kingsley Youth Center. Featuring a film about dangerous foods & a discussion. Free. Find on Facebook.

MAR 22

thursday

INTERACTIVE STORY TIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Runaway Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------TIP OF THE MITT WATERSHED COUNCIL’S ICE BREAKER WINTER SPEAKER SERIES: Noon, Watershed Council, Petoskey. “Swimmers Itch Issues and Answers.” Reserve your spot: 231-347-1181. watershedcouncil.org

---------------------MARCH SWIRL: 5:30-7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Mingle in the galleries & enjoy live music by The North Carolines & wine & bites by City Park Grill. $15 advance; $20 day of. crookedtree.org

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DANIEL HOUSE: 6pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling. Enjoy instrumental music with finger style guitar, mandolin & mountain dulcimer. 989-348-7123. Free.

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---------------------COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT: 10:3011:30am, First Congregational Church, TC. Organized egg hunts by age groups through 5th grade. Donuts, coffee, hot chocolate, crafts, face painting & prizes. Free. fcctc.org

26TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN CAMPER & RV SHOW: 11am-8pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Featuring all types of new 2018 recreation vehicles, as well as campground info. michiganrvandcampgrounds.org

---------------------EASTER HOP: EGG HUNT: 11am-1pm, Downtown Gaylord. 3,000 eggs will be hidden at 12 participating Downtown Gaylord businesses. 989-732-6333.

WRECKS & RESCUES OF THE MANITOU PASSAGE: 7pm, Great Lakes Maritime Academy, TC. With Kim Kelderhouse, curator of the Leelanau Historical Museum. 231-499-1787. $5 adults, $3 children.

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26TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN CAMPER & RV SHOW: 11am-8pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Featuring all types of new 2018 recreation vehicles, as well as campground info. michiganrvandcampgrounds.org

---------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;EGG-STRAVAGANZAâ&#x20AC;?: 11am-3pm, Great Lakes Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum, TC. Dye your eggs at the science stations. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: 11:30am, NCMC, Petoskey. Featuring info on East Jordan Iron Works. $12. ncmich.edu

---------------------LIFE LUNCH: ARCTIC FIELD SCIENCE IN THE ALASKAN WILDERNESS: 12-1:30pm, NMC, University Center 215-217, TC. Bring your lunch. 995-1700. $10. nmc.edu

---------------------AQUA EGG HUNT: 3:30pm-6pm, Charlevoix Area Community Pool. Swim & dive for eggs, & then trade them in at the end of your hunt for a goody bag. Limited to 50 swimmers per wave. Reservations required: 231-547-0982. $5; 3 & under, free. charlevoixpool.org

---------------------RETRO WEEKEND: Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville. Tonight features Birds of Prey at 6pm. Learn about Wings of Wonder & their raptor rehabilitation program & meet live birds of prey like owls, falcons & hawks. crystalmountain.com/events/retro-day

---------------------BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Featuring the Crosscut Kings. Enjoy a night of acoustic roots, blues & Americana with two-time Mid-North Michigan Blues Challenge winner Charlie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hippsâ&#x20AC;? Witthoeft (harmonica) & newcomer Jim Bonney (guitar, vocals). Tickets: $10 advance & $15 night of. Students, $8; 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

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saturday

RETRO WEEKEND: Crystal Mountain Resort, Thompsonville. Today includes Zumba with 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hits, Yo Yo Yoga, Mjolnir Challenge, Snow Descend Fat Tire Bike Race, DJ Dance Party & BBQ & more. crystalmountain. com/events/retro-day

---------------------PARSONS FARM & HARWOOD GOLD MAPLE SYRUP TOUR: 10-11:30am, Parsons

EGG HUNT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN: 12-1pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Enjoy an indoor egg hunt, along with free face painting, crafts, donuts, and hot chocolate. Free. fcctc.org

SIPS, CHIPS & DIPS: 12-5pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail, Leelanau Studios, Studio 1, TC. Souvenir wine glass & a snack-and-wine pairing at each of the 24 participating wineries. $10. lpwines.com/events/sips-chips-dips

---------------------MARCH FOR OUR LIVES TC: In support of, & in solidarity with the Parkland students, join this nationwide day of action. Meet at the Workshop Brewing Company at 1pm & march peacefully through downtown TC. Then stand along the Parkway. At 2:30pm make your way back to the Workshop for speakers. Presented by the women of TC for Gun Reform Rally. 231-325-6812. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------NORTHERN LOWER BRASS QUARTET: 2pm, NMC, Fine Arts Building, TC. With special guests pianist Dr. Barbara Young & narrator Gwen Willson. Free. nmc.edu

---------------------TEEN SPRING BREAK CELEBRATION: 2-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Enjoy music, crafts & fun. For teens & their guests only. tadl.org/event/teen-spring-breakcelebration

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---------------------RESTLESS HEART: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Enjoy these country hitmakers. $25-$40. lrcr.com

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SHAMROCKERS RUN FOR THE GOLD: 9:30am, East Jordan Snowmobile Club. 5K run/2 mile walk. Enjoy a free breakfast at the Snowmobile Club afterwards. northernstridersrunningclub. redpodium.com

---------------------26TH ANNUAL NORTHWEST MICHIGAN CAMPER & RV SHOW: 11am-5pm, GT County Civic Center, TC. Featuring all types of new 2018 recreation vehicles, as well as campground info. michiganrvandcampgrounds.org BILL STAINES: 4pm, Slederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Tavern, TC. Enjoy this poet/storyteller/folk musician who has been performing for over 43 years. 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door.

---------------------GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SUNDAY SERIES: DOUBLE REEDS: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church, Harbor Springs. Free will donation. glcorchestra.org

---------------------AN EVENING WITH ANNA QUINDLEN: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. This Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times and #1 New York Times bestselling author will talk

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about her book “Alternate Side.” Presented by National Writers Series. Cocktail hour with music begins at 6pm. Two $15.50 tickets plus a book: $59. One $15.50 ticket plus a book: $43.50. cityoperahouse.org/nws-anna-quindlen

INDOOR FARMERS MARKET, THE MERCATO, THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC: Saturdays, 10am-2pm through April. 941-1961.

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“ARNTSON, SEMAN, VOYTENKO”: Runs through March 23 at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Featuring the paintings of bodies of water by Amy Arntson, the photography of Greg Seman, & the abstract encaustics of Marissa Voytenko. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 12-4pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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“NATIVE TREATIES: SHARED RIGHTS”: Runs through April 10 at NCMC, Library, Petoskey. An educational exhibit about treaties, land ownership, rights & more. Hours: Mon.Thurs., 8am-7pm & Fri., 8am-5pm. cmich.edu

C3: CHARLEVOIX CREATIVES COLLABORATIVE WEEKLY BREAKFAST GATHERING: Fridays, 10:30am, Smoke on the Water Cafe, Charlevoix. Info: alexis @ 503.550.8889. Find on Facebook. 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. COMPULSIVE EATERS ANONYMOUS: Thursdays, 5:30pm, 5th & Oak St., TC. Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience, strength & hope are recovering from compulsive eating & food addiction. traversecityceahow.org

---------------------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 and Melissa Fournier, MSW. To register or for more info, call Kathryn Holl: 929.1557. hom.org

---------------------RANGER-LED SNOWSHOE HIKES: Saturdays & Sundays, 1pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. Meet at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center. Reservations required: 231-326-4700, ext. 5010. Free, but park entrance pass or annual pass required. nps.gov/ slbe/index.htm

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------------------------------------------“THE LYRICS OF BOB DYLAN”: Nobel Laureate 2016. Three Pines Studio, Cross Village. This all media exhibition runs through March. threepinesstudio.com

---------------------DRINK & DRAW: Tuesdays, 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. traversecityworkshop. com

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GRAND TRAVERSE ART BOMB: Runs through Apr. 7 at Right Brain Brewery, TC. This collaborative art show featuring talent from around northern MI gives artists an opportunity to showcase their talents with minimal cost. A Closing Reception will be held on Sat., April 7. gt-artbomb.wixsite.com/2018

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GREAT LAKES PHOTOGRAPHY: A SAILOR’S PERSPECTIVE: Runs through Apr. 14 at Tinker Studio, TC. Featuring work by photographer & sailor on the Great Lakes, Michael Diduch. Gallery is open Weds.-Sat., 10am-5pm & Sun., 12-4pm. Find on Facebook.

---------------------JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Runs through Apr. 28 at Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Enjoy the work of nature & wildlife photographer Kristina Lishawa.

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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

GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - CELEBRATING YOUNG ARTISTS AT GAAC: Through March 23. Featuring the work of young creatives with an exhibition by Glen Lake Elementary School sixth graders & the GAAC’s After School Art kids. Gallery hours: 9am-2pm, Mon.-Fri., & 12-4pm, Sun. - MOLLY PHINNY: WORKS IN CLOTH 20152017: A small survey of fiber constructions by Leelanau County artist Molly Phinny. Runs through April 8. 231-334-6112. glenarborart.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: “ART OF NCMC STUDENTS”: Featuring 29 NCMC student artists. Runs March 22 - April 21. - CROOKED TREE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXHIBITION: Runs through March 24. Includes 90 photographs by local & regional photographers. Juried by photographer & founder of the annual Photostock Festival, Bill Schwab. - “HAND IN HAND: CRAFT AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES”: Runs through March 24. This exhibition explores the relationship between tradition & innovation when applied to diverse concepts, materials, methods & processes. crookedtree.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: YOUTH ART SHOW: March 11-31. Featuring the next generation of visual artists and their teachers. crookedtree.org

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HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - MARCIA K. HALES SOLO SHOW: Marcia’s new exhibit, “Cycle of Duality,” contains new abstract works. An opening reception will be held on Fri., March 23 from 6-8pm. Runs through April 27. - “CAMERA EYE VIEW”: Runs through March 17. Featuring Calvin Boulter’s B&W photography. higherartgallery.com

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: Mon. - Sat., 10am-5pm; Thurs., 10am-8pm; Sun., 1-5pm.: - “LINES OF LIGHT: CRAIG TANDY MONOFILAMENT SCULPTURE”: Runs through April 29 at Zimmerman Sculpture Court. Canadian artist Craig Tandy constructs complex sculptures with monofilament nylon that illustrate the properties of projected light, with an interest in creating a space through which the viewer can move. - TUTANKHAMUN: “WONDERFUL THINGS” FROM THE PHARAOH’S TOMB: Runs through May 6. From the artisans of the Pharaonic Village in Egypt & the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this exhibit features about 100 replicas of the pharaoh’s possessions & artifacts from the period surrounding Tutankhamun’s reign. It reconstructs the discovery of the tomb by Howard Carter & the life of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. dennosmuseum.org

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WILCO’S JEFF TWEEDY COMING TO MICHIGAN In a major musical coup, northern Michigan’s inaugural Camp Greensky Music Festival, helmed by the members of local favorite band Greensky Bluegrass, have snagged Jeff Tweedy, frontman of Wilco, for their very first two-stage festival event coming up May 31–June 2 on the Hoxeyville festival grounds in northern Michigan. Also on the festival’s debut roster will be performances from another big name in the jam band world Phish’s Mike Gordon, plus Traverse City The Voice finalist Joshua Davis, Trampled by Turtles, the Cris Jacobs Band, Rayland Baxter, and Traverse City export Billy Strings (now in Nashville). More performers are expected to be announced soon; get all the info at campgreensky.com … The 2018 Record Store Day, the worldwide “holiday” to celebrate (and shop at) independent record stores, is April 21. Selected as this year’s Record Store Day ambassadors are rap duo Run the Jewels — aka Killer Mike and El-P — who recently announced their ambassadorship and talked about the significance of small record stores in a press release video. Run the Jewels will also release a Record Store Day exclusive of its own music, a deluxe box

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set edition of its latest album with remixes and new material … David Byrne will launch a world tour on April 9 in support of his new American Utopia album. The trek is set to include both festival spots and headlining gigs. Byrne’s already soldout northeastern U.S. dates are happening this month, and then he’ll head to South America (including a stop at Lollapalooza there), back to the U.S. and Canada, and then overseas for a slate of European dates. From there, you can keep an eye out for more stateside shows and available tickets starting in late July. Byrne wraps up the tour Aug. 18 in Colorado … Detroiter Jack White has announced a tour in support of his upcoming new album, Boarding House Reach (out March 23). The tour will take White through North America and Europe, kicking off in his hometown of Detroit on April 19, with subsequent appearances at the Shaky Knees and Boston Calling festivals. After June, White will be over in Europe, trekking through shows in London, Paris, and Amsterdam, with his second North American leg kicking off Aug. 6 in Minneapolis … LINK OF THE WEEK Can you play the organ? Wanna be famous to a very small but dedicated and enthusiastic segment of people? Then why not audition to be the game-day organist at

the Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids. The season starts April 5 with a game against the South Bend Cubs, and you could be there on the keys to herald it. More info on the auditions at whitecapsbaseball.com … THE BUZZ Ed Sheeran has added more shows to his 2018 North American stadium tour, including a Sept. 8 date in Detroit … The Frames’ main troubadour, singersongwriter Glen Hansard, will be in concert on March 20 at the Royal Oak Music Theater (near Detroit) …

Short’s Brewery in Bellaire will welcome Steppin’ In It, Lindsay Lou and The Flatbellys, and The Detroit Party Marching Band for its 14th anniversary celebration on April 28 … Debbie Harry and Blondie will make their first appearance at Frederik Meijer Gardens this upcoming summer on June 29 as part of the revamped outdoor amphitheater’s 2018 season … 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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Yo La Tengo – There’s a Riot Going On – Matador

Utilizing parts of past tracks, chunks of leftover instrumental compositions, and the the help of mixmaster John McEntire, Yo La Tengo made a point of crafting this album super slowly. The effort shows, giving new tunes like “She May, She Might,” “Out of the Pool,” and “Shades of Blue” plenty of room to breathe and to draw in an assortment of sound layers, from hovering guitar riffs to churning synths.

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New producer often equals a new direction for a band, and that proves true on the latest from Portland, Oregon’s Decemberists, who headed into the studio with Lana Del Rey cohort John Congleton behind the board. The result is an ’80s-fueled synth-folk (yes, “synth-folk”) explosion, an admittedly very different direction the quintet pursued on purpose. The first single, “Severed,” burbles with a rolling arpeggio, all eyes on the dance floor, while the opener, “Once in My Life,” gets sentimental with fluid guitar strums “Your Ghost” brings the drama.

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Duo Randy Randall and Dean Spunt have traversed an interesting route along their 13 years together, filtering their talents through everything from poppunk to disoriented art rock to make their way to this more direct noise-rock effort that’s best encapsulated in three songs: the sparse, carefully unfolding “Tidal,” with its resounding chorus; the bright “Send Me,” which adds a dash of uplifting harmonics to its punk refrain; and the title track, an instrumental diversion whose arrangement is the audio equivalent of a flickering lightbulb.

The Wandering Hearts – Wild Silence – Decca

U.K. alternative-country folk outfit The Wandering Hearts just dropped its first EP last November, and is now debuting its only full-length with this set, which perfectly showcases this quartet’s penchant for diverse Americana on tracks like the harmony-heavy “If I Fall” and more rollicking tunes like “Fire and Water.” Opener “Rattle” does particular audio justice to singer AJ’s offbeat voice, while slightly left-field tunes like “Change for the Good” and “Devil” show the band’s willingness to stretch out and push its musical abilities.

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The reel

by meg weichman

A WRINKLE IN TIME RED SPARROW

Ava Duvernay’s adaptation of the classic Newbery-medal winning novel is a beautifully intentioned, wears-its-heart-on-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. Does it have shortcomings though? For sure. The most surprising of which is that the film doesn’t so much as buckle under the pressure of adapting a beloved novel but that it fails to live up to the hype surrounding its release. It’s the story surrounding the film — its diverse cast, its role as the first film directed by an African American woman with a budget of over $100 million — and not the “unadaptable” source material that overpowers it. And while these are things that makes this film all the better, only three weeks out from the similarly barrier-breaking Black Panther, A Wrinkle in Time comes off feeling like a letdown. I can understand why Disney might have been trying to capitalize off this historic moment, one that has enabled us to witness, for the first time in history, that the top two grossing films in the country were directed by people of color. However, as a viewer, Black Panther was so amazingly, outstandingly good that A Wrinkle in Time seems like more of a disappointment by (unfair) comparison. But these are films designed to do very different things. For all its epic adventure and starpowered appeal, this is, at its heart, a family film — a sweet and gentle one at that. And for the young women who will watch this, the film more than succeeds. The 13-year-old me would’ve loved it (and not just because she shares a name and a few traits with its 13-year-old lead). So yeah, the events of the film concern Meg Murray (newcomer Reid Storm), 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 — essentially the folding of space and time — when he went missing. She had all but given up on his return when her child prodigy younger brother, Charles Wallace, brings home an interesting guest who calls herself Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) and claims to have information about her father. Mrs. Whatsit is joined by her colleagues, Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling), who speaks only in quotations from the likes of Shakespeare and Outkast, and Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), who commands your attention the way only Oprah can. Together these three women form my dream girl gang. Also along for the ride is Meg’s dreamy but dull classmate Calvin (Levi Miller), and together they begin a journey across space and time to find Mr. Murray, lost somewhere in the far-off dimensions of the universe.

ennifer Lawrence teams up again with her Hunger Games series director, Francis Lawrence (no relation), for this sexy spy thriller that explores similar themes of their previous work together but takes it to a much more disturbing and brutal place (which is saying something, considering The Hunger Games was about forced child-on-child killing). An extremely dark film that features everything from nudity, torture, and rape to murder and incest, Lawrence plays Dominka, a prima ballerina for the Russian Ballet living out her dream. But when an unexpected injury kills her career, Dominka’s situation becomes desperate and takes her own Uncle’s offer to attend “Sparrow School,” where she will be instructed on how to use her body and sex as a weapon for Mother Russia. Her first assignment? Getting the identity of a Russian mole from their CIA handler (Joel Edgerton). They do a completely uninspired will-they or won’t-they dance and over the course of its near 2.5-hour (sheesh!) runtime, the tension never really builds, and the thrills never really add up. This is definitely not the grand espionage thriller — think Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy — that it so clearly aspires to be, but Lawrence’s charisma at least makes it not a complete waste of time.

The film does a good job at establishing its very emotional core, and the payoff at the end for the family unit is big. It’s the episodic nature of the journey and its lack of momentum that is troublesome. These trips to different worlds are visually appealing, but nothing seems to happen to the search crew, except the appearance of a giant flying lettuce monster, as well as the realization that they will have to become warriors in a bigger battle between light and dark. I wish the trio of guides had a little more to do. Witherspoon injects the most personality into her part. Winfrey makes grand, meaningful pronouncements, but you have to admit they feel a lot more meaningful because it’s Winfrey giveing them. Kaling, on the other hand, is a bit too subdued. Their costumes, however, are a psychedelic fever dream of texture and color. The glittering lipstick, the bedazzled eyebrows (my pick for the trend of 2018) are truly makeup goals. This, combined with the destinations of their intergalactic planetary travels, creates an odd and bizarre atmosphere, but you have to applaud its commitment to its own weirdness. It’s like a glittery trapper keeper come to life — and I mean that in a good way. Plus, the candycolored, trippy nature of the worlds suggests Disney will at least have a rebranding option in face of the near imminent failure of its newly opened Avatar world. So while our merry travelers never really seem to accomplish anything, they then must scramble to some kind of conclusion on Camazota, where Mr. Murray is imprisoned by a brain-like evil organism. This is one of those rare cases where maybe the film is actually too short. The fantasy can feel a bit like sensory overload, and the score is 100 percent overdone (to the point that every moment is made to seem monumental), but the underlying message of wanting to make young people feel understood and important resonates loud and clear. It is this thoughtful, kind, intelligent, and yes, incredibly didactic filmmaking that provides a powerful emotional undercurrent and rages so wonderfully against conformity. Like an Interstellar for the younger set, it is ambitious in its exploration of space and time, and head and heart. The activist in Duvernay comes out, and you can tell just how much she and the entire cast believe in the movie’s messages of love, self-acceptance, imagination, and discovery. This film wholeheartedly thinks, as I do, that girls will literally change the fate of the universe. And with our own kind of darkness threating our days, this doesn’t seem sentimental, but urgent. ’Cause if we’ve seen anything in the past month from students activists around the country making their voices heard, kids really are gonna be the ones to stop the darkness. Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

game night

ax (Jason Bateman) and Annie (Rachel McAdams) are an average suburban couple who met cute at a bar trivia night and to this day still enjoy their weekly game night with friends. But their regular routine of Pictionary, snacks, and wine has it stakes raised in a major way when Max’s incredibly successful older brother, Brooks (Kyle Chandler), comes to town and invites the gang over for an interactive game experience (think murder mystery party). But everyone gets more than they bargained for when an actual kidnapping occurs, blurring the lines of reality and fiction. See, Brooks’ money might not have been made on Wall Street, and it’s up to Max and Annie to rescue him from an international crime boss. But no one realizes this yet, and when they don’t know they’re in real danger, or that they’re wielding a real gun, or that that’s real blood, it’s an undeniable riot. With an appropriate mix of absurdly humorous situations, decently choreographed action, and interesting interpersonal drama, Game Night makes you care for the characters without resorting to overt sentimentality. It’s not particularly sharp, but it’s never dull, and there are more than the expected share of gut-busting comedic moments. The pieces are put into place over the course of a twisty and turn-y ride, and it all comes together in a very satisfying way. So while this certainly isn’t a game changer of a film, it’s one you’ll like, and it definitely isn’t a charade.

black panther

irector Ryan Coogler (only 31!) already elevated a Rocky movie to the level art with Creed, so it should come as no surprise that he has done the same thing here. Black Panther is the first superhero movie with a nearly all black leading cast, something that’s been a long time coming — too long coming — and Coogler knows the weight of this moment, and boy, he doesn’t waste it. But Black Panther is revolutionary not only because of its cast and crew or Afrocentric storyline but also because what it has to say and how it delivers it in such joyously entertaining fashion — disrupting the very idea of what mainstream Hollywood entertainment can be. What we have here is an origin story but one that skips all the boring origin story-ness. It isn’t about the Black Panther coming into his powers, or really even about super powers, but something far more meaningful. When a vengeful challenger (Michael B. Jordan) to the throne appears, the new king of Wakanda, T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), rethinks his technologically advanced and isolationist country’s place in the world. Deeply personal and exhilarating, Black Panther brings a welcome real-world gravity to the Marvel-verse. I stopped counting all the times I said to myself, Wow, I haven’t seen that in a movie before, followed by, Wow, why haven’t I seen that in a movie before? And I hope to see lots more movies as bold and as dazzling as this. Because representation matters. Black Panther matters. Go see it!

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: For three months, things were going really well with this man I was dating. He’d introduced me to his daughter. We’d even planned a trip together. And then he just disappeared. I eventually texted him to find out what happened, but he simply texted back, “Really busy, all good.” This isn’t the first time this has happened to me or my girlfriends. Why do men do this? Why don’t they tell you what’s really going on? — Upset

: When a guy just cuts you off like a bad tree limb, it’s tempting to come up with egocushioning explanations: He’s in a coma! He’s trapped in a wooded gully in his crashed car! He’s being interrogated at a CIA black site! (“Sorry… Mr. Jones is getting a series of painful electric shocks to his nipples right now and cannot come to the phone.”) However, the best explanation for this man’s disappearance is probably textbook stuff — psych textbook, that is, and specifically a couple of personality traits. One of these is “conscientiousness.” And the bad side of the spectrum is being “low in conscientiousness” — psychologists’ term for a person who is careless, irresponsible, impulsive, and lacking in selfcontrol and who habitually ducks his obligations (as if they were flaming arrows). The other trait is the unfortunately named “psychopathy.” Though it calls to mind showerstabbing hobbyists, it doesn’t necessarily lead to murderous rampages. Still, it isn’t exactly the personality trait of angelic hospice nurses, as it’s marked by exploitiveness, aggression, poor impulse control, self-centeredness, and a lack of empathy. Low conscientiousness and psychopathy partner up into an inability or unwillingness to admit to being wrong. Apologizing takes emotional strength and character strength — the conscientiousness and empathy that leave the wrongdoer feeling borderline queasy until they come clean and express remorse to the person they hurt. It isn’t just men who do the disappearo thing; it’s anyone low on conscientiousness. The problem is, when love appears to be on the horizon, we want to believe more than we want to see. It’s helpful to take an almost pessimistic approach to any new relationship: Assume a man has flaws; figure out what they are; and decide whether any are deal breakers. This takes observing his behavior over time (at least a year) in a variety of situations —

especially crisis situations. You want to know that when the chips are down, a man’ll have your back — and not just to use you as a human shield so the SWAT team snipers won’t pick him off.

Shudder Speed

: Every photo my boyfriend takes of me is horrific (one eye kind of shut, bad angle of my face, etc.). My female friends take decent pictures of me, so it’s not like it’s impossible. I know my boyfriend loves me and thinks I’m beautiful. Could he be trying to keep other men from being attracted to me? — Occasional Bride Of Frankenstein

: You’d think you wouldn’t have to give a man who loves you a detailed list of instructions for photographing you — down to “immediately erase any shots in which I look like I’m having a seizure or bear a strong resemblance to a surprised goat.” In fact, you are far from alone in complaining that the man you love takes terrible pictures of you — or in worrying that it means something. However, this worry of yours probably comes out of what I call our mind’s neatfreakitude. Research by cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests we get so itchy over mental chaos — being in a state of uncertainty about someone or something — that we’re quick to sweep aside inconsistencies and ignore missing information in service of creating a coherent narrative. And then (conveniently!) we turn right around and go with the story we’ve created -- in this case, the suspicion that your boyfriend is plotting to make you look uggo in photographs. The reality is, if you aren’t a professional model being shot by a professional photographer, it sometimes takes dozens of shots to have even one you don’t want to delete in horror. (Shoot my long face from above, as my boyfriend sometimes forgets and does, and I look like a movie star -- the horse that played Seabiscuit.) Because men evolved to prioritize physical attractiveness in women and women coevolved to expect this, women are extremely sensitive to being photographed in ways that don’t show them off at their sparkliest. That’s probably why, if you glance at various 20-something women’s Instagram pages, you’ll see that many strike the very same pose in photo after photo (having figured out their exact best angle, to the micrometer). Sure, some men are as acutely sensitive about engineering their perfect pose — mostly those whose work attire is a sequined evening dress, a ginormous feather boa, and chandelier earrings the size of New Jersey.

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1 1998 Apple rollout 5 #, outside of Twitter 10 Dog in early kiddie lit 14 “You’re in trouble!” 15 Buddy, slangily 16 Russian speed skater Graf who turned down the 2018 Winter Olympics 17 Request in exchange for some ones, maybe? 19 “Roseanne” of “Roseanne” 20 Confused 21 It’s sung twice after “que” 23 “Uh-huh” 24 Prepares leather 27 Bedtime, for some 29 Golden-coated horse 33 The Rock’s real first name 36 66 and I-95, e.g. 37 Surveillance needs, for short 39 1966 Michael Caine movie 40 Pound sound 41 Io’s planet 43 “You’ve got mail!” company 44 “The Great Gatsby,” for one 46 Harry and William’s school 47 General feeling 48 Some circus performers 50 Split into splinters 52 Harnesses for oxen 54 Garden of Genesis 55 Scrooge’s outburst 57 Bacon portion 59 Search (through) 63 Shaped like a zero 65 Sand down some menswear? 68 NPR correspondent Totenberg 69 Wonderstruck 70 Bauxite, et al. 71 “Electric Avenue” singer Grant (who turned 70 in 2018) 72 “I Got Rhythm” singer Merman 73 Abbr. in a Broadway address

1 Greek vowel 2 Castle surrounder 3 Affirmative responses 4 Snack notable for its residue 5 Retiring 6 Org. that honors sports legends 7 Author Kingsley 8 Bridge fastener 9 Looked closely 10 Convulsive sigh 11 Demand for your favorite band to perform at a county gathering? 12 Beast 13 Camping need 18 Palindromic address with an apostrophe 22 1978 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Sadat 25 Preemie’s ward, for short 26 Rickman, in the “Harry Potter” films 28 Buddy 29 “Guardians of the Galaxy” star Chris 30 Heart chambers 31 Walked away from the poker table with cards face down? 32 Leaves off 34 Mythical weeper (and namesake of element #41) 35 Caught lampreys 38 Took the wrong way? 41 People who cut you off in traffic, say 42 Oklahoma city near Oklahoma City 45 Shortest of the signs 47 Meat that somehow sparked a 2017 Arby’s craze 49 Pic taken alone, or together (as the name doesn’t suggest) 51 Extremely 53 Canonized figure 55 Fibula or ulna 56 Dedicated 58 Dullsville 60 Emotion that’s unleashed 61 Claim on property 62 Crafty website 64 Make some eggs? 66 Ma who says “baa” 67 Blanc with many voices

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old-fashioned idiom referring to the unofficial and accidental course of study available via life’s tough experiences. The wisdom one gains through this alternate approach to education may be equal or even superior to the knowledge that comes from a formal university or training program. I mention this, Aries, because in accordance with astrological omens, I want to confer upon you a diploma for your new advanced degree from the School of Hard Knocks. (P.S.: When PhD students get their degrees from Finland’s University of Helsinki, they are given top hats and swords as well as diplomas. I suggest you reward yourself with exotic props, too.)

Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison decided to compose his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the flow of coincidence into his creative process. The words he found in the first book were “gently weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Rolling Stone magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs of All Time” and the tenth best Beatle song. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you try some divinatory experiments of your own in the coming weeks. Use life’s fun little synchronicities to generate playful clues and unexpected guidance.

crucial role in the development of civilization, says biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. The process of creating this mind-altering staple was independently discovered by many different cultures, usually before they invented writing. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming weeks will be a favorable time to transform your habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely and constructively. Whether you choose to try intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel, or edgy experiments, know your limits.

PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): Millions of you

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The astrological

Pisceans live in a fairy tale world. But I suspect that very few of you will be able to read this horoscope and remain completely ensconced in your fairy tale world. That’s because I have embedded subliminal codes in these words that will at least temporarily transform even the dreamiest among you into passionate pragmatists in service to your feistiest ideals. If you’ve read this far, you are already feeling more disciplined and organized. Soon you’ll be coming up with new schemes about how to actually materialize a favorite fairy tale in the form of real-life experiences.

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omens suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds. You’ll be wise to deepen at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir up interesting challenges if you consider the possibility of entering into more disciplined and dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust your own perceptions and insights to guide you toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must to muster that trust.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If you want people

used to think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe were that color. But in 1697, Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a river the indigenous tribe called Derbarl Yerrigan, they spied black swans. They were shocked. The anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon experience such an incongruity yourself. It might be a good thing! Especially if you welcome it instead of resisting it.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Booze has played a

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): One day,

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of the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are playful and imaginative. Among the company’s standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink Flamingo, and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no color that’s simply called “Pink.” I find that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also important to cherish and nurture the basics. In accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the fundamentals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According

to Vice magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected himself with 3.5-million-yearold bacteria that his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia. The infusion of this ancient life form, he says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor for possibilities you could take advantage of in the near future: drawing on an old resource to boost your power, for example, or calling on a well-preserved part of the past to supercharge the present.

to know who you really are and savor you for your unique beauty, you must be honest with those people. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. There’s a similar principle at work if you want to know who you really are and savor yourself for your unique beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to practice these high arts.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your journey in

the coming weeks may be as weird as an R-rated telenovela, but with more class. Outlandish, unpredictable, and even surreal events could occur, but in such a way as to uplift and educate your soul. Labyrinthine plot twists will be medicinal as well as entertaining. As the drama gets curioser and curioser, my dear Scorpio, I expect you will learn how to capitalize on the odd opportunities it brings. In the end, you will be grateful for this ennobling respite from mundane reality!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Love

is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence,” wrote philosopher Erich Fromm. I would add a corollary for your rigorous use during the last nine months of 2018: “Love is the only effective and practical way to graduate from your ragged, long-running dilemmas and start gathering a new crop of fresh, rousing challenges.” By the way, Fromm said love is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling in our hearts. It’s a creative force that fuels our willpower and unlocks hidden resources.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): My goal

here is to convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care -- to be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus on your own health and well-being make you appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in the glow of self-love; exulting in the perks of your sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make you interesting.

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