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I am writing in response to Thomas Kachadurian’s recent op-ed [“Get Your Boots On,” Oct. 15 issue]. One thing that we can count on, with certainty, is the opposite of what he asserts: While males typically have XY chromosomes and females typically have XX chromosomes, there is a myriad of variation within human chromosomes, as well as the genes contained on the chromosomes. Furthermore, gonads and genitalia are only organs made up of tissue and have nothing to do with gender or sexuality. In fact, these three things are independent from each other. People who are transgender or identify as LGBTQ have been victims of religious and societal bias for too long.

It is only in recent times that we are starting to have open, honest dialogue about the matters at hand. While they may be tense and fraught with disagreement, these exact conversations are the important work that will help us move forward.

I hope that Mr. Kachadurian can read and listen with open ears and mind to hear these biological facts and not confuse it with a “rage mob” attack.

Jenna Scheub, via email I was horrified to read inhumane attack on the LGBTQ community in Mr. Kachadurian’s recent op-ed. In addition to belittling and spreading a false narrative about transgender people, and really anyone with a tolerant or supportive view of the LGBTQ community, Mr. Kachadurian makes a false leap to sexual assault. What does the reported sexual attack

by Brett Kavanaugh have to do with the LGBTQ community? What kind of false equivalence was he suggesting between sexual assault and sexual orientation, or gender identification?

Then to dismiss the difficult and dangerous choice of an assault survivor to come forward as “dog ate my homework” is appalling.

There is so much wrong with this attack that I hardly know where to begin. When our fellow human beings come forward with stories of abuse, and the most empathy we can muster is assigning it to the fictitious “dog ate my homework,” I worry about the loss of our underlying humanity. People can have different views, but publishing hate speech endangers people (more than two transgender women are killed each month, https://www.glaad. org/blog/2016-was-deadliest-year-recordtransgender-people) and emboldens those who would attack anyone who they see as different from themselves. I find this appalling in each individual part and in the entire narrative.

Dr. Kedrik Merwin, Traverse City I write this letter to express my disappointment and disagreement with Northern Express’s decision to publish Thomas Kachadurian’s opinion column entitled “Get Your Boots On.” As an attorney, I have a keen understanding and appreciation for the importance of speech rights, as well as the value of providing a platform for a wide variety of viewpoints. But, in this case, there is simply no factual merit to Kachadurian’s wild assertions, and no basis for him (or the Northern Express) to support them beyond simple prejudice and hate.

What was the utility of publishing this rant? What merit did the Northern Express find in the opinion? At the very least, why was a counter-opinion not published alongside Kachadurian’s hateful screed?

Unfortunately, unless and until Northern Express takes concrete and definitive actions to both acknowledge its mistake and ensure that no similar opinions are published in the future, I will not read the Northern Express and will purposely avoid frequenting any of its advertisers. I will encourage my colleagues,

friends and family to do the same.

As you well know, we are at an extremely precarious and volatile moment in American history. The very fabric of truth, as well as our democratic processes, are being debased on a daily basis. Publishing the baseless rants of a blatant ideologue, let alone one who provides — no factual basis for his assertions, only assists in that calamity.

Jordan Leff, Traverse City I’m writing about the recent guest column titled “Get Your Boots On,” published by Thomas Kachadurian on Oct.13th in the Northern Express. It’s an interesting choice (maybe it wasn’t though?) on behalf of the editorial staff to published a highly opinionated guest column that ran solo, without a partnering counterpoint column.

It’s also terribly irresponsible.

I’m not sure why Northern Express saw it fit to run a piece of writing that works to define how little empathy the author has for those that do not stand in his privilege.

A piece of writing that reminds readers of NE that there are those out there who don’t believe women who stand in their truth (just an FYI, we do live in a patriarchy. We know).

A piece of writing that puts on a pedestal trans phobic thoughts and ideas, and is also widely misogynistic (this is a small community... can’t we just practice empathy and support?).

A piece of writing that further divides people into simple “left” and “right” categories in this city, county, and country.

However the decision was made to go forward and print this, it’s disappointing to me as a reader, and as a human being. Times are so tough right now, adding a column that tries to spew the truth but ends up spewing hate ... is that really necessary?

I have a feeling the response to this will be none, or an explanation that these columns aren’t vetted (which ... why?!) and an invitation to me to stop reading the paper. I work for several nonprofits and local businesses in the area that do advertise in the Northern Express so my response to this is: OK. Megan Ernst, via email I never really expected the FBI investigation to result in conclusive evidence that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Dr. Ford, but what shocked me was how people could watch the same Senate hearing and come to such wildly different conclusions. I had family members whom I really respect who were certain Dr. Ford’s allegations were baseless. In my view, Dr. Ford was credible, and I truly believed her — and to me the whole process was a sad reminder of how victims of sexual assault are not taken seriously.

As the national political dialogue was full of what I saw as ugly and unfair criticism of Dr. Ford, I still sought to understand my family members with different views. Then I picked up Northern Express to read Tom Kachadurian describe the Kavanaugh accusers as “teenagers trying to talk their way out of coming home drunk.” Wow. Really, Tom? Believe whatever you want, but why spread that hateful language on the pages of our community weekly?

But Kachadurian doesn’t stop there. In another part of the same article he rails against transgender people. That sounds like fear to me. Fear of something you don’t understand.

Tom, if you have such strong views about gender identity, I seriously suggest that you get to know a transgender person and walk a mile in their moccasins — I bet you might change your tune. I appreciate that in general this community has a high standard of decency and civility. It’s a friendly place. We get along with each other. We respect each other. We get along despite our differences.

I don’t think Tom Kachadurian’s column is consistent with those values at all — and I think Northern Express should stop publishing his writing.

Hans Voss, Traverse City

I was please to read Thomas Kachadurian’s column in Northern Express this week. Pleased because Mr. Kachadurian usefully proves again why he is the best local articulator of the worst opinions a person could hold. Mr. Kachadurian offers two such opinions in this edition, though their relationship isn’t delineated very coherently: 1) The Progressive Left is waging a massive conspiracy to promote the rights and safety of transgender Americans (apparently culture war). 2) Brett Kavanaugh was unfairly smeared by Leninists in a sham attempt to undermine his eligibility to the Supreme Court.

Because it’s a clumsy argument, it needs some unpacking. First, Mr. Kachadurian establishes Vladimir Lenin as a spectral liberal boogie man, his ideas sinisterly lurking in modern progressive thought (they aren’t).

Then Mr. Kachadurian makes the simplistic and unintentionally hilarious claim that his is a politics of truth, that the Leninists wield a politics of lies, and that Truth is Good and Lies are Bad. From here we move briefly, and without much discernible reason, to the topic of transgender Americans. Mr. Kachadurian wants you to believe that a trans person’s gender identity belies their biological body, that this is deceitful and, since deceit — like Lenin — is Bad, then so too are transgender Americans.

From here we segue randomly to the topic of Brett Kavanaugh. Following the premise that Truth is Good and Lies are Bad, Mr. Kachadurian argues that Bad Leninists Lied about Good, Truthful Kavanaugh. Omitting any discussion of President Obama’s nomination of moderate judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, and Senate Republicans’ unprecedented refusal to even hold hearings for Garland, Mr. Kachadurian then unbelievably calls foul on the American people for wanting a moment to review allegations that Kavanaugh committed sexual assault, to process Kavanaugh’s hysterical tantrum on Capitol Hill refuting these allegations, and to wonder how such a temperament might manifest on the bench.

What is most sad about Mr. Kachadurian’s columns is that he is consistently unable or unwilling to empathize with vulnerable people.

What is most pathetic about his columns, though, is his constant need to cast himself as a victim, as an embattled defender of truth, bravely holding the line against the wicked disciples of Lenin, Moore, and other straw men.

The real reason he feels so isolated with his opinions is that they are terrible opinions and most of our community doesn’t share them.

For a commenter who so desperately wants to imagine himself among the ranks of William F. Buckley Jr., Peggy Noonan, Tom Wolfe, or Christopher Hitchens (in his later years) — nuanced contrarians and intellectual titans of conservative thought — Mr. Kachadurian would do well to borrow either their nuance or their intellect or their conservatism.

No, Mr. Kachadurian again appeals to the basest and most extreme strain of political thinking: dumb, noisy populism.

Credit to the Express for continuing to publish Mr. Kachadurian’s column, so excellently demonstrating which ideas in our discourse are terrible and to be ignored.

Jack Hagen, Traverse City Mr. Kachadurian’s opinions are just what the Right does: attack with fear, lies, and fake morals/patriotism. Repeated with catch words makes it believable, for never do they detail solutions or history as a candidate. For when does their hero Trump ever not lie? When caught, he attacks again the source calling it fake or worse the whole reporting system. His most vile is when he supported Putin over America squirming out by saying “It’s just one word.” Huh, how can anyone believe this con man, for his whole speech was in support of Putin, who helped him get elected. Next is his support of Kavanaugh, where someone was lying, and the Right didn’t even investigate it fully, leading to a very suspect criminal gaining the Supreme Court? Proving to me

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Date Your Dog...............................................12 Halloween for All............................................13 Crime and Rescue Map.....................................14 Feed Your Pet Right.......................................16 2018 Up North Halloween Roundup................17 Here Lies in Northern Michigan........................20 Northern Pets Seen........................................24

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Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion.............................................................8 Weird...............................................................9 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................29 Film................................................................31 Advice Goddess...........................................33 Crossword...................................................33 Freewill Astrology.........................................34 Classifieds..................................................35

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top ten White Pine Trail Takes A Big Step Forward Another big chunk of the bike trail between Cadillac and Grand Rapids is paved thanks to a $3.3 million project.

The 11.8-mile section of the Fred Meijer White Pine Trail between Leroy and Reed City was completed in September, making over half of the 92-mile-long trail paved.

“The new surfacing passes through the beautiful rural communities of Richmond Township, Ashton and Leroy,” said Scott Slavin, Cadillac District recreational trail specialist with the Department of Natural Resources. “We are very excited to have completed the 55 miles of paved surfacing from Cadillac to Big Rapids.”

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These last few weeks, the broadcast networks have been debuting their slate of new fall shows, many of which you can already hear the death knell of cancelation while watching. And among these shows there’s always a crop of forgettable and painfully derivative sitcoms. But if you believe there is still a place for traditional, and particularly family, sitcoms, one such show this fall season has risen slightly above the rest and is worth rooting for. Featuring a strong cast of TV veterans including Taran Killan (Saturday Night Live), Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), and Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), Single Parents is about five very different, you guessed it, single parents, and the “tribe” they form to help them keep their sanity and balance it all. Sure, it’s pretty standard fare, but this one gets bonus points for the preternaturally precocious yet somehow not annoying kids who’s charms will keep you watching. On ABC

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Petoskey Meijer Faces ACLU Complaint

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sued Meijer after a pharmacist at the company’s Petoskey store refused to fill a woman’s prescription on religious grounds.

The Ionia woman, who was in Petoskey on vacation in July, needed medicine to treat complications from a miscarriage; her OB/GYN prescribed the medicine in order to avoid an invasive medical procedure.

But the medicine that was prescribed can also be used to cause an abortion, and the pharmacist objected “as a good Catholic male,” according to the ACLU. He would not process the request and refused to allow the woman to see another pharmacist or transfer the prescription to another pharmacy.

“When you’re at one of the lowest moments of your life, you don’t expect this sort of demeaning treatment,” said the woman, Rachel Peterson, in an ACLU press release. “A pharmacy should not be able to deny patients medication prescribed by their doctors based on the personal beliefs of a particular employee.”

Peterson was forced to return to Ionia to have her prescription filled there.

Meijer spokeswoman Christina Fetcher said in a statement: “A pharmacist may refuse to fill a prescription based upon religious beliefs. However, our procedure requires the prescription to then be filled by another pharmacist in the store. If no other pharmacist is available, the pharmacist must consult with the patient to arrange for the transfer of the prescription to another pharmacy that is convenient to them.”

Fetcher said the pharmacist at the center of the ACLU complaint no longer works for Meijer.

stuff we love Unbreakables Steve Pucelik has long worked in wood, crafting tables, chairs, desks and the like. But when he decided to do something a little out of the ordinary, he took inspiration from his surroundings. “A lot of turners do pens, bowls or plates,” said Pucelik. “I thought, we’re here in wine country. And I’m a huge coffee drinker.”

The result is a series of wine glasses and coffee mugs made of hardwoods, from maple to exotics such as padauk and bloodwood. He said the look depends on the wood selected and its grain.

Some of his wineglasses are made from olive wood, some of which is sourced from the Holy Land. “You get a certificate of authenticity. It’s more expensive, but the grain is spectacular.” In the case of the coffee mugs, he’ll use two different woods to contrast and complement one another. “The harder African, Honduran or South American woods are really cool to work with. They accept a finish well.”

He uses FDA-approved food-safe epoxy and finishes. Between gluing, turning, and finishing, he said the glasses take four or five days; the coffee mugs more like a week. Pucelik sells them on his website, on Etsy and through the www.tinkerstudio.com website at $50 each.

Supper with a Side of Ghost Hunting Always scheduled for the last Friday in October and always downtown, Petoskey’s annual Halloween Feast pairs multiple courses with a walk through downtown Petoskey’s haunted history. “There’s a real infatuation people have with the history of our area and the spooky stuff surrounding it,” said Andi Symonds, Downtown Petoskey’s promotions coordinator. “Places like Stafford’s Perry Hotel and City Park Grill have ghosts and spirits that visit a lot. During one of the ghost walks this past summer, Chris [Struble, a ghost walk guide and occasional contributor to Northern Express] had a group in the hotel, and he was just starting his talk when a door on one of the cabinets suddenly swung open and hit a lady on the knee. There’s also a little girl who’s often seen running around [Stafford’s Perry] hotel. And the basement of City Park Grill has had a number of incidents. All kinds of things happen.” For the 2018 feast, local paranormal group Bumps in the Night will also present alongside Struble.

Petoskey’s Haunted Halloween Feast takes place at 6pm Oct. 26. The event usually lasts around 3 hours; costumes encouraged. Tickets are $45 per person, available online at petoskeydowntown.com. (231) 348-0388 for more information.

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Khashoggi, a legal alien resident of the United States, was one of Saudi Arabia’s leading journalists and an advisor to several Saudi leaders. He became a critic of the Saudi government when 32-year-old Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud, often known as MBS, became the heir apparent to the throne, promising reforms while silencing most anybody who disagreed with him.

Khashoggi became an obvious target of a crackdown on the media and self-exiled to the U.S. In 2017. He worked as a guest opinion columnist for The Washington Post and

talks about; there are ongoing “discussions,” and it will amount to billions, but there is no such deal now.)

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia continues as one of the most repressive and oppressive countries in the world.

MBS the reformer has allowed women to finally vote — but in municipal elections only.

He has allowed women to drive and attend some sporting events — but only with a male companion. At the same time, he rounded up and jailed women dissidents and critics.

He touted his new transparency while shuttering opposing newspapers and jailing journalists. He boasted about a crackdown on corruption but launched what amounted

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He was a frequent critic of the Saudi government and MBS specifically.

Engaged to a Turkish woman, Khashoggi was lured to the Saudi Consulate under the guise of a paperwork requirement as part of his upcoming wedding. The Turkish government says they have video and audio proof he was interrogated, tortured, murdered, and dismembered.

The Saudi government claims innocence, and President Donald Trump already repeated their nonsense about “rogue killers.” (Rogue killers in their own consulate? Seriously?) He becomes the latest in a long line of American presidents sucking up to the thuggish family that created and runs Saudi Arabia.

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Nobody much cared about the Arabian peninsula until they discovered there was a lot of oil — the world’s largest known reserves of clean crude — under all that sand and rock. American, Dutch and British oil companies made quick deals and started drilling and pumping.

When the House of Saud, the family that owns Saudi Arabia (no, seriously, they really do), nationalized the oil companies, the sellers became buyers, and the power balance shifted.

We’ve found various reasons to accommodate them ever since.

We no longer have a critical need for their oil; only nine percent of our imported oil comes from Saudi Arabia. Other parts of the world are more Saudi-dependent, and any disruptions in supply can be destructive to the world economy, but we’ve found new reasons to maintain our romance with them. We do so with our eyes closed and our noses plugged.

All because nobody buys more military hardware from us than the Saudis.

(There is no $100 billion deal the president

to a Mafia-style shakedown of the country’s leading businessmen. They were detained, housed in a luxury hotel, and forced to pay massive “fines.”

Our friends the Saudis have a legal system in which trials are secret, and you are not allowed to even present a defense for some offenses. The conviction rate is a tick above 99 percent. It’s a place where just three years ago a woman convicted of adultery was legally, publicly stoned to death with the approval of her husband. Her alleged paramour was not punished. It’s a place where a 14-year-old girl was gang-raped by a group who admitted they had done it. They were publicly lashed.

The girl? Twice as many lashes because she was unaccompanied in public and thereby “lured” the men to commit their crime.

They provide the financing for the madrassas that teach Wahhabism, an especially intolerant form of Islam that has bred much of the international jihadist terrorism, including a majority of the 9/11 murderers who attacked us.

It’s a country we claim provides a useful military counterbalance to Iran — that used to be Saddam Hussein’s job — but has three times attacked Israel, our only real ally in the region.

And they’ve launched a war against Yemen because some revolutionaries in that country believe in a different version of Islam.

As a nice bonus, they’re flying combat missions with planes they bought from us dropping cluster bombs they bought from us on schools and hospitals.

Saudi Arabia, with no freedom of anything and unrelenting oppression for some, is no friend, nor have they stabilized anything in a region rife with instability.

They likely murdered a U.S.-based journalist whose offense was criticizing their leader-inwaiting. We’ll just make more excuses and sell them more bombs.

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the Right will do or say anything to win and destroying America in the process as needed to have a dictator in power. Why is it Trump only likes them?

Also he has never seen any Michael Moore’s movies, or he couldn’t dismiss him as anything other than a Patriot concerned for America.

Why is it all want to live in Blue States where things are good? I sure miss living there!

Brad Krull, Traverse City I love Traverse City. My father was born there, and I lived there for 10 years until 2015.

And although I am only an annual visitor now, I still support Traverse City and take pleasure in reading the Ticker and Northern Express. I am fairly sure you do not care what I have to say, but I cannot remain quiet after reading the recent opinion column by Thomas Kachadurian.

The column may be this man’s opinion, but it is nothing more than a rant. It is not a reasoned argument. He flails at everyone he disagrees with, calling them “the left, the national democrats, the traditional media, Hollywood, the deceitful machine, the foot soldiers of the left, and the rage mob.” He calls his fellow Americans “Lenin’s contemporary followers.” He says these Americans are liars who weaponize their lies.

I am sure most people are now getting used to being called names by those who do not agree with them. But Mr. Kachadurian is not content with simple name-calling. He tells us that LBGTQ people are a “cultural trend” that will die off. At this point in his opinion piece, Northern Express should have called a full stop. How can you justify allowing this type of language used regarding real human beings? Not only is it hurtful, it is just plain wrong. Nothing in this piece is based on facts. And yes, you decided to couch it as “opinion” but as Bret Stephens, a conservative opinion writer for the NY Times, explains: An opinion piece “requires a clear thesis, backed by rigorously marshaled evidence, in the service of a persuasive argument.” I am sure you would agree that Mr. Kachadurian has not achieved this goal. In fact, the piece begins by excoriating those on the left, goes on to disparage the gay community, and finally ends with another rant about Justice Kavanaugh. There is a lot I could say about the writer’s view of how Mr. Kavanaugh was treated, but is it absolutely unforgivable to say that his accusers (Dr. Ford) “looked and sounded like teenagers trying to talk their way out of coming home drunk.”

I expect that, upon reflection, Northern Express will issue an apology for printing this angry, mean-spirited, hurtful, and mostly untrue opinion piece. It was a violation of journalistic ethics standards and a disservice to your readers and your community.

Jill Fenton, Venice, Florida After reading Thomas Kachadurian’s recent opinion piece in Northern Express, I am compelled to write and ask that you reconsider allowing such virulent, hateful rhetoric to pose as opinion in your magazine. I realize that the discussions around free speech and political correctness are ironically part of his essay, and that he would claim that my asking for his exclusion from NE publishing would be evidence proving his point. But frankly, I don’t think he deserves the privilege of being published in one of the few remaining local, publicly available, free, mass-produced magazines. At its worst, it’s a passive endorsement of his mis-educated beliefs. At its best, it’s just another click-bait article to sell ads. Be better than that.

Jason Dake, via email

I’m writing in response to the op-ed the Northern Express published recently from Mr. Thomas Kachadurian. I know that journalism is under many constraints these days and that it is increasingly difficult in our public discourse to illuminate what is truthful.

I also know that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment in the U.S., but I would like Northern Express to know that when hate speech is given a platform with no counterpoint (as is the case with this article where Mr. Kachadurian calls Justice Kavanaugh’s accusers “guilty belligerent teenagers” and transgender people “a cultural trend”) it doesn’t encourage healthy discourse, it directly harms our community.

2016 was the deadliest year on record for transgender people. When rhetoric like Mr. Kachadurian’s is given a voice, it perpetuates hateful beliefs about our trans neighbors and makes things particularly difficult for young people in Traverse City to feel validated about who they are.

There were close family friends of ours as I was coming out 10 years ago that told me homosexuality was “so trendy right now.” I was fortunate to have a support network at the time that could protect me from having my identity dismissed and my rights denied. Had I been younger and living in rural northern Michigan, there’s a good chance my self-worth would have been crushed. The Trevor Project (a suicide hotline) has seen an uptick in call volumes since 2016 because so many people, especially youth, are in crisis, and they are hearing hateful opinions that their lives don’t matter. This op-ed is not constructive to the conversation; it is toxic for those in Traverse City struggling with their identity or to anyone who has survived sexual assault.

I had to leave Michigan to become my authentic self, but I moved back home so that I could better understand how the country got to such an intolerant place. I am actively seeking viewpoints different from my own and empathize with the challenges of modern journalism.

However, I would ask that the Northern Express consider publishing a counterpoint to Mr. Kachadurian’s piece. Balanced perspectives that offer new insights (not ones that dig up disproven old tropes with no evidence) are what northern Michigan needs to heal and engage with the issues.

Kate Rose, via email How pleasant to read an article in Northern Express based on fact. Mr. Kachadurian placed his finger directly on the problem with politically correct reasoning. It is not based on reality. It is based on ideology. And it is pursued in a totalitarian manner, ruthlessly, with no regard for the truth.

The Kavanaugh hearing was reminiscent of the use of Senate hearings by the late, infamous, Senator Joseph McCarthy to accuse government employees, without basis in fact in most cases, of being a member of, the Communist party. As Joseph Welch, counsel for the Army, said to that Senator: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”

Over a long, now over, legal career, I handled numerous cases dealing with sexual assault and harassment. The legal process for dealing with the problem has been in place for a long time now. The American system of justice has no place for trial by implication and innuendo not supported by credible facts.

I say to the ladies — as the son of a mother, brother of sisters, husband of a wife, father of daughters, and grandfather of granddaughters — that the legal system is designed to protect you. If you have a problem, deal with it now.

Clearly the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings were a cynical and failed attempt to hijack the emotions of the Me Too movement.

Modern day McCarthyism. Despicable.

Remember who voted, and how, in November.

Eugene W. Smith, East Jordan

The offensive column published in the op-ed section of Northern Express is disgustingly offensive, supremely oppressive, and just plain sad. I’m an avid Express reader, but with this published op-ed I will struggle to pick up another company.

This kind of rhetoric gives bullies a megaphone to push their hateful agenda. I don’t support it whatsoever and am truly upset with the words that were published. Those words and offensive to so many people in the world and community they should never be put in writing.

Annamarie Dituri, via email I am deeply saddened and disappointed by Northern Express’s choice to publish the hatespeech op-ed by Thomas Kachadurian. There are many differing, interesting, intelligent people to select from in our community; you can do better than giving a platform to bigotry and hate.

Maggie Racich, via email I found it oddly apropos that Thomas Kachadurian’s “Boots” column appeared opposite “News of the Weird.” While I agree with him on various aspects of political correctness, the manner he uses projection tends to derail his arguments.

Citing Lennin’s adage about “lies told often enough they become the truth” is hilarious in this age where our president has logged over 5,000 documented lies in his public utterances since assuming office. Also Kachadurian’s complaint about “censorship of truth” falls flat in the context of what every day emanates from apparatchiks in the Trump administration.

Kachadurian likely never encountered anyone with a significant gender problem. It is a heck of an itch to have to scratch. He ought to read National Geographic’s January 2017 issue to obtain some insight on this issue. Using it in a political discussion is cruel and absurd.

Kachadurian then refers to the Kavanaugh escapade, citing “people who had the courage to stand firm under the pressure of dishonesty.” What was “honest” about rushing the nomination; about ignoring thousands of documents in Kavanaugh’s portfolio; about accepting his obvious lies concerning aspects of his younger years? Kavanaugh’s unhinged, partisan utterances in his concluding remarks leave me with little trust in his jurisprudence.

Especially in the Supreme Court, which already gave us the Hobby Lobby and Citizens’ United decisions.

Kachadurian’s last projection flip is “ … even in the swamp, the truth can prevail when bold people defend it.” Thomas apparently doesn’t recognize the swamp masters. But if the “bold people” “mob” shows up at the polls, the truth can be defended.

John M. Gerty, Jr., Williamsburg I’m sure you’re hearing from a lot of concerned readers about the so-called “opinion” piece by Tom Kachadurian in the Oct. 15, 2018 issue of Northern Express.

His self-righteous presentation of Trump and Kavanaugh as the truth defenders is patently absurd (both are flagrant liars), but that is not my main objection.

It is his characterization of LGBTQ persons as perversions of nature and his disregard for survivors of sexual abuse that is most offensive, cruel and harmful to the safety and security of our community.

Why a paper like Northern Express, which acts in many ways as the cultural flagship publication of northern Michigan, would give an uncontested platform to such a bigoted, extreme voice is beyond me. I understand wanting to allow both sides exposure, but this “column” in its unchallenged state is pure propaganda.

I’m sure you’ll hear from many readers about this man and his opinions. As will other area organizations that give him a platform and an audience.

Greta Bolger, Benzonia

I completely understand the concept of free speech, and I generally endorse it. However, there are times when speech, or here, the written word, is so objectionable that weighing our freedoms versus the offensive nature of the speech must be considered. On Oct. 13, you published a guest column by Thomas Kachadurian, “Get Your Boots On.” I understand Mr. Kadachurian was upset about the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Most Americans were. It was a polarized mess, as everything has been as of late. If Mr. Kadachurian had simply expressed his frustration with political processes, I would have been OK with it. However, his rant against the gay and transgender communities, as well as sexual abuse survivors, was so abhorrent and hate-filled, I can’t believe Northern Express chose to publish it. His column was not a conservative v. liberal examination of the Kavanaugh hearings. Rather he belittled the very people we should support. You have now given Mr. Kadachurian, and those of his ilk, a public platform for hate speech. Don’t we have enough of that in our world? Please do Traverse City a favor and keep hate-filled rants out of your publication.

Debbie Hershey, via email I was appalled to read the this article in Northern Express. Mr. Kachadurian is a reprehensible individual who is entitled to his opinion. He is not entitled to have a public forum like Northern Express to spew his venom. It is deceitful for Northern Express to state this is an op-ed; it’s not! It is a full blown [column] that in a better world would have had counterpoints and facts.

I think of the youth of our community who are struggling with all types of issues, sexual identity being one of those issues. This article supports the idea that they are not entitled to their struggle and should not be validated in their quest for self-identity. Our children need to be seen, heard and supported.

Shame on Northern Express for being so divisive in a time where we need to be able to report subjectively and try to find some bridge between us.

Sue Bauer, via email I am writing in response to [Thomas Kachadurian’s column, Oct. 15 issue] that has shocked and disappointed me.

In truth, this article, published on its own, is not an op-ed. It doesn’t offer a counter point; instead it just spews opinions as truth and gives hate a platform. When we have minimal publications in northern Michigan, it is irresponsible journalism to publish this alone. Northern Express needs to consider the repercussions these words can have on the young transgender student growing up in small-town northern Michigan that doesn’t have the support they need and read these words as they are crying alone in their bedroom. Or consider the young woman that doesn’t believe anybody will hear her if she speaks her truth.

You are one of the only printed publications within this community. You have a responsibility to freedom of speech, certainly, but you also have a responsibility to ethics, humanity, knowledge, and respect. This piece lacked all of those items and was published with pure negligence.

I look forward to seeing Northern Express’ response to this piece.

Nick Viox, Traverse City As a “Spider Lake kid,” and former journalist, now living in Portland, Oregon, I was shocked to see Northern Express’ op-ed (if you can even call that piece of garbage something worthy of being an op-ed). That wasn’t an OpEd -- it was a spewing of hate that you just distributed to an entire community.

I’m a gang rape survivor, from 25 years ago. Guess what? I wouldn’t be able to provide you every last detail of the neighborhood I was drugged and taken to, but you can sure bet I remember the faces, I remember the hardwood floor I was pinned to, and I Letters continues on pg. 9

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On October 13, the Northern Express ran a guest opinion column written by Thomas Kachadurian entitled “Get Your Boots On.” The piece alleges that the political left in the U.S. uses tools like political correctness, “safe zones,” and media campaigns to repress free speech and censor truth.

As examples of the types of truths that are being repressed, Mr. Kachadurian pointed to the “true, scientific description of biological sex assignment” and that “male humans have both different plumbing and different genetic composition than female humans.” He called transgender individuals a “cultural trend” that will soon die off, and said when it does, “the truth of male and female will be right here waiting.” In the same op-ed, Mr. Kachadurian dismissed the female survivors who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault as political pawns, the “weakest boondoggles” who “looked and sounded like teenagers trying to talk their way out of coming home drunk.”

school (K-12)” experienced abuse including verbal harassment, physical violence, and sexual assault.

Thirty percent of respondents had been fired, denied a promotion, or were mistreated in the workplace because of their gender expression.

Nearly half – 47 percent – had been sexually assaulted in their lifetime. A “staggering 39 percent of respondents experienced serious psychological distress in the month prior to completing the survey, compared with only five percent of the U.S. population. Among the starkest findings is that 40 percent of respondents have attempted suicide in their lifetime – nearly nine times the attempted suicide rate in the U.S. population.”

We agree with Mr. Kachadurian on one front: Truth is important. Spreading denigrating statements about entire communities without offering a shred of evidence to back one’s claims under the guise of free speech isn’t

Dressing up hateful rhetoric in the flattering trappings of “straight talk” to vilify entire groups of vulnerable peoples with impunity isn’t a new tactic – but it’s one disappointing to see still being embraced in 2018.

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Dressing up hateful rhetoric in the flattering trappings of “straight talk” to vilify entire groups of vulnerable peoples with impunity isn’t a new tactic – but it’s one disappointing to see still being embraced in 2018. Mr. Kachadurian said defenders of truth should be judged on the “substance of their arguments.” Yet he provided zero scientific backing for his conclusions about gender identity. Perhaps that’s because he couldn’t find such research: Numerous scientific studies back the commonality of gender fluidity and the diversity of sexuality throughout nature.

The October 2016 Harvard University article “Between the (Gender) Lines: The Science of Transgender Identity” summarizes the research of several studies on this topic. It concludes: “So, where do we stand on transgender issues?

Science tells us that gender is certainly not binary; it may not even be a linear spectrum.

Like many other facets of identity, it can operate on a broad range of levels and operate outside of many definitions. And it also appears that gender may not be as static as we assume. At the forefront of this, transgender identity is complex…we know now that several of (its) causes are biological. These individuals are not suffering a mental illness, or capriciously ‘choosing’ a different identity. The transgender identity is multi-dimensional – but it deserves no less recognition or respect than any other facet of humankind.”

Here is another truth about transgender individuals backed by scientific research: Members of this group are far more likely to be the victims of violence and discrimination, and to attempt suicide, than their heteronormative peers. The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, which interviewed 27,715 transgender respondents from all 50 states, found pervasive “levels of mistreatment, harassment, and violence in every aspect of life…the majority of respondents who were out or perceived as transgender while in

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championing truth. It’s perpetuating dangerous stereotypes that directly contribute to the harm of individuals already experiencing elevated risks of suffering in our society.

If Mr. Kachadurian laments the increased creation of “safe zones,” he might do well to pause and consider why such zones are on the rise. What are the forces in our country – in politics, on school campuses, in public gathering places, in the op-ed sections of newspapers – that are facilitating the spread of hate speech and allowing individuals to feel attacked to such a degree they need to seek refuge in protected places? Why would there be a need for safe zones, other than a widespread climate that perpetually makes vulnerable populations feel threatened and unsafe?

At Up North Pride, one of our core missions is to foster welcoming, inclusive spaces. To the transgender individuals in our northern Michigan communities – many of whom may still be closeted, or fearful of living as their authentic selves because of the reaction of neighbors like Mr. Kachadurian – we see you.

We welcome you, and we love you.

To the sexual assault survivors in northern Michigan – many of whom have never shared their stories, or have tried to share their stories and were met with the same sneering dismissal expressed by Mr. Kachadurian – we see you.

We welcome you, and we love you.

We will never stop fighting to provide you a safe place – a place that embraces truth, including your own.

Up North Pride is an organization that works to foster inclusive spaces that provide education, inspire activism, and celebrate community through the production of LGBTQ+ events in northern Michigan. For more information, visit www.upnorthpride.com.

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For Kachadurian to assume that those who came out to oppose Kavanaugh’s appointment were, at face, liars and plants (“deceit machine”? “smear campaign”?) — is just appalling.

Don’t even get me going on the LGBTQ commentary. What on this earth? This is not an opportunity to create conversation. It’s uniformed hate. I’m disappointed and sure hope you regret that crap being published right down to your core.

Jenny Foss, Traverse City Hate speech. It seems to be everywhere, especially in the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation. Is it not enough that he “won” his position on the highest court of the land, in spite of lying under oath, of behaving like an adolescent brat while being questioned, and having highly credible accusations of assault and attempted rape against him while the investigation of those claims and others were thwarted? Is it not enough that his accuser and her family have been threatened repeatedly with death and can’t go home again? Is it not enough that all women have once more been sent the message that they are invisible — that no matter what horrors they experience at the hands of men, they will never be believed? Apparently not.

The men who cheer Brett Kavanaugh and laud his ascension still feel compelled to stir the pot of discord, to say the most hateful things about women, and about how “good” men are at risk. The only conclusion one can reach from this behavior is that they are terrified. Any man who identifies deeply with Kavanaugh probably does so for one reason: guilt and shame. Their loud protestations point to something hidden — perhaps behavior in the past, or present, that is dark and shameful, and they know it.

That they could also be exposed as sexual predators, as rapists, as men who have committed acts that they would prefer lie buried forever — that is a highly probable explanation for their cries of outrage.

Our culture has a long history of oppressing women, of seeing them as objects, of treating them as expendable.

Christine Blasey Ford is only the most recent example of a woman being made expendable so that a man can claim what he believes to be his “rights.”

No sooner do decent people speak up for justice and fairness, for an equal seat at the table, than the hate-mongers who hold all the cards start shrieking about how it is they who are victims, they who are at risk. This a pure manifestation of fear. It is projection — a trick that has been mastered by those in power. This is the fear that when you are the one holding power and you are being called out for wrongdoing, you will have to face the consequences.

Yes, life has consequences. White men are used to being in total control, of holding all the cards, of calling the shots, of getting away with murder. They have done it for centuries.

But the tide is turning, and demographics don’t lie. Their hold on power and all the structures that support it are slipping away.

That is at the core of the hate they display.

They are terrified that they will be treated in the same way as they have treated women, people of color, those who are different in any way, for so long. Or worse, they may be psychopaths and narcissists, who lack the capacity to feel empathy at all. All they care about is power and domination.

Either way, truth has a way of emerging, despite all the protestations, the projection, the victim blaming, and the outrage. Consequences may not come to all individuals, but they will come to society. When people have had enough oppression, they rise up; and no denial, no

was just plain trashy. I can’t see any editorial reason or value in publishing something like this. Just plain sad.

Judy Jones, via email projection, no threats can stop them.

The winds of change are blowing. Hate speech is just spit in the wind, and blowback is a very real bitch.

L. Paxson, via email In regards to the guest column “Get Your Boots On,” I feel it is irresponsible to print an opinion piece like that which has so much potential for harm to young people struggling with their gender identity and women struggling to speak about their abuse. I believe there should be an opposing column with it.

Lori D. Pilong I am shocked that Northern Express would publish such a gaslighting article. I am embarrassed for the Express.

His words and ideas are hurtful, divisive and wrong.

What a shameful thing you have done.

With his comments on the very controversial and gaslighting Kavanaugh hearings combined with gender identity shaming, what on earth were you hoping to accomplish by publishing such vitriol? I expected the Express to be better than this.

Carole Simon, via email I am wondering why Mr. Kachadurian continues to be given space for his own opinions in your publication? I fail to see how he is adding anything to the discourse besides hate speech. Is there a reason Northern Express considers his thoughts and opinions valuable? Until I receive a reasonable answer, I will not be reading your publication and will make a concerted point of not patronizing the businesses who advertise with you.

Chris Hinrichs, Petsokey I am writing to share my concern about the publication of the “Get Your Boots On” guest column (editorial?) by Thomas Kachadurian on Oct 13, 2018.

It presents itself as a less of an opinion piece and more of a politically slanted article, with needless partisan attacks and slurs on vulnerable populations. Especially concerning is the extended and uninformed rant on gender orientation. One could easily surmise that the publication shares the view of this man. This was hate speech and has no place in print as a stand-alone opinion piece. I urge you to consider the effect of your publication on the communities you represent. It would be a service to the populations affected if there was an update to the online article with supportive resources for sexual assault survivors and transgender individuals. A printed response from another viewpoint, in the next printed publication would be appreciated as well.

Further, I understand that Northern Express has asked men and women to come forward and share their stories of sexual assault and harassment. As a women who experienced significant workplace harassment in Traverse City from an individual who still holds a position of power and authority at a large institute in town, I was considering coming forward and sharing my story. The publication of such pieces as “Get Your Boots On” gives me pause; it degrades my trust in the organization and negatively impacts my desire to work with anyone who would think that article was fair to publish as is.

Ronessa Butler, via email

I’m truly disgusted by your magazines publishing of the article “Get Your Boots On.” I’m shocked and appalled that you would be OK with posting something that could be so harmful to so many people. I will keep this in mind for the future and will be choosing not to read your magazine.

Nicole Martell, via email I am an avid reader of Northern Express, and so appreciate that it exists. It definitely plays a role in northern Michigan to inform us of events and news in our area.

The opinion piece by Thomas Kachadurian published in the October 15 issue, however, was very disturbing. Mr. Kachadurian is plainly just sharing his hatred of the LGBTQ community and sexual assault survivors, and those who support them. There are already plenty of that type of abusive messages in our society without them appearing in a publication such as Northern Express, which is widely read by LGBTQ people, and I’m sure some sexual assault survivors.

I understand that Northern Express wants to be open to all thoughts and opinions, but pieces like Mr. Kachadurian’s are simply hateful, and at times damaging to some northern Michigan residents. Let him find another outlet for his hatred. Please find someone else to represent the right-wing community — someone less hateful. Someone who might be interested in helping to bridge the huge divide among Americans, rather than make it larger.

Cheri Paul, Traverse City

TADL Governance Structure & Your Voice The Traverse Area District Library (TADL) was established in 1982 by an agreement between the City of Traverse City and Grand Traverse County and then ratified by a vote of residents throughout Grand Traverse County.

There are seven members of the Traverse Area District Library Board of Trustees. All members of the Board are appointed to a four-year term and limited to three sequential terms. Five members are appointed by the Grand Traverse County Commission, two board members are appointed by the City of Traverse City Commission (Mayor). The appointments to the Board are made without advice or consent of current TADL Trustees, nor the TADL Director.

Trustees may voluntarily resign their board appointment for any reason, and the partial term will be filled by the responsible governmental authority. As a body, the TADL Board of Trustees has no authority to terminate one of its members. All authority to consider action to terminate a current, swornin, trustee is left to the Governor of the State of Michigan.

If you are interested in serving on the board of the Traverse Area District Library, the following application information is available online: Grand Traverse County board vacancy application: https://www. grandtraverse.org/242/Vacancies-on-BoardsCommittees. City of Traverse City board vacancy application: http://www.traversecitymi.gov/boards.asp Gail Parsons Juett, Director, Traverse Area District Library

Editor’s Note: We see our role not to promote a specific agenda we support, but as a community forum that asks questions, offers different viewpoints, and seeks to remove our own biases to keep the views of our columnists intact. We strive to represent all readers, not some, and we edit columns based on length, clarity, grammar, and punctuation — not opinion or idea, whether we agree or not.

The history of Northern Express, for more than 27 years has been about highlighting human causes and spurring action in northern Michigan. We’ve brought forth discussions that have prompted action for retrials of the unfairly imprisoned; informed readers about what the legalization of marijuana would mean; published hundreds of editorials about politicians of all stripes; and devote an issue each year to Pride Week.

We applaud those who, rather than seeking to silence the columnists they dislike, instead have written in and/or take action to counter the thinking with which they disagree. We feel strongly that opinions we disagree with are far better aired than kept repressed in private, only to explode in more dangerous ways later.

Mr. Kachadurian’s column has sparked a great deal of debate, and spurred a week of difficult and likely overdue introspection at Northern Express. Following many conversations among our staff of 15; consultations with journalism, free speech, and LGBTQ+ advocates; and frank talks with those who both agree and disagree with Mr. Kachadurian’s views, we’ve concluded that we could have done better.

I could have pushed Mr. Kachadurian on his facts. I should have — and will — become more knowledgeable about the often heart-rending issues facing today’s LGBTQ+ individuals. We are deeply sorry for any pain or lost trust caused by these actions.

Please read Up North Pride’s thoughtful reaction to Mr. Kachadurian’s column, featured on p. 8.

Finally, we owe an apology to the Traverse Area District Library, which was inadvertently included as part of Mr. Kachadurian’s byline and has no connection with Mr. Kachadurian’s own opinions or the columns he has penned for us.

Going forward, we commit to pursuing constructive dialogue with those arguing for themselves and their causes while also fighting for our right to serve up diverse views and be a vehicle for healthy debate.

Lynda Wheatley Editor, Northern Express

I enjoy reading Northern Express for the local news and events in the area. I was very surprised and disappointed to see your latest “opinion” piece by Thomas Kachaurian, which

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Anna Faller After their first Charlevoix dining room changed hands a year-and-a-half ago, local restaurant veterans Jack and Patty Strand thought they had retired. But as those in the restaurant industry know, once you fall in love with food, there’s no falling out; it was only a matter of time before civilian life failed to satiate the pair.

Emeritus be damned, the pair opened JAX Northside Food and Spirits in May 2018.

“We just felt like the North side of town needed something,” Patty Strand said. “[The building] had been sitting vacant here, and we thought if we geared the menu toward family dining, toward the locals, they would come.”

Fast forward five months, and the Strands’ theory looks to be coming true.

Tucked into a restful stretch just north of Charlevoix, along US-31, JAX serves up a timeless mixed grill of traditional-meetsmodern that’s drawing in loads of locals and passing travelers alike.

Climb up the narrow concrete steps, and an enclosed entryway emerges into an openair dining room made intimate with dark mahogany booths, an immense blondewood salad bar, and — a must for the owners — carpeting.

“We just wanted it to be a warm, inviting, atmosphere,” said Strand.

Their target customer, she said, is couples; their target menu, quality American dining. “Good burgers, good steaks,” she said, adding that a salad bar was essential to

the scheme. “The salad bar was something [that we felt] needed to be brought back from the ’70s. Salad bars are kind of a dying thing — you don’t see them much anymore — but we felt like we needed a niche, to draw diners in, and the salad bar seemed to be the thing. And if we put one in, we [knew we] wanted it to be big. We try to listen to locals, and [provide] what’s lacking in town.

If there’s something they want, I try to get it on the menu.”

It’s precisely that local-centric mentality that’s kept JAX packed long after the swell of the summer tourist season. So full in fact, that even in the middle of a rainy October, they still regularly utilize the space’s second dining room. In stark contrast to the main dining room, this second space is all wood and wicker, awash in nautical blues, with wall-to-wall windows overlooking the neighboring greens.

The rest of the restaurant’s interior encompasses a deceptively far-reaching bar area, which, even at 4pm midweek, is packed wall-to-wall with regulars, happily sipping one of JAX’s regularly rotating taps or beverage features, and munching an appetizer or two. An extension of that homey snugness the Strands hoped to create, the bar features a long, modern rail, where patrons can take in the latest football score on one of several mounted televisions, or withdraw with family members to a more secluded high-top table.

JAX’s menu emulates the same sort of elevated tradition as the building itself.

Appropriately dubbed “New American,” the

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cuisine the Strands envisioned is brought to life by executive chef Zach Snay, and sous Rosie Chavez, who focus on scratch-made classics and kicked-up comfort food.

“We like to do a lot of specials,” Strand explained, “and everything is homemade. We don’t use [ingredients out] of the can — all of our sauces, all of our dressing are homemade.

We don’t do store-bought, pre-made.”

Open daily for lunch and dinner, JAX offers a hodgepodge of pub-style staples punctuated with Southwest, Latino, and Asian-fusion influence. Among their most popular items: “Our hot wings [served with bleu cheese and carrot sticks] are outstanding,” said Strand. “We buy fresh wings, we do them in-house, and people say we have the best wings anywhere. We also do a really nice sizzler,” she continues, “and a salad bar for an affordable price. Our burgers are really good. We buy only [high quality] Angus beef and good buns. We try to really focus on [quality ingredients].”

Traditional pub fare not your style? No problem. Give the “Sweet Heat Brussels” a try, served fried with applewood bacon and a sweet and spicy honey sauce. Other menu favorites include locally sourced and pistachio-cured John Cross Fisheries whitefish, homemade Chicken Parmesan, and the ever-popular French-dip style Brisket Melt.

JAX also boasts a litany of rotating dinner specials, as well as a repeating weekend lineup. “We do prime rib on Saturday nights, and a weekly [cod] fish fry on Friday,” Strand said, “and we [offer a different feature] every

night of the week.”

The heart of the business, she said, is about catering to the community. “[It’s important] that [the locals] feel like they’re involved and that we care. If you don’t cater to and take care of the locals, [it’s going to be] a long, cold winter.”

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

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Taking your significant other on a date might be fun, but let’s be real. Nothing will ever compete with the love you have for your dog. A quick online search reveals that northern Michigan is a place for dogs—and their owners. In Traverse City alone, there are two official dog parks, many beaches and parks where you can bring your dog off-leash, and a steadily increasing number of restaurants, coffee shops, and even hotels that will allow you to bring your dog along.

There are even a couple of extremely active dog groups like the Northwest Michigan Golden Retriever club and Woofers on the Run, which host events to socialize dogs.

Some area restaurants and hotels really roll out the red carpet—one has gone as far as to actually include dog-friendly items on their menus.

It would take days to visit every single dog-friendly place northern Michigan has to offer, but here’s a preliminary list to get you and Fido started: At The Shed Beer Garden in Traverse City, enjoy a beer while your dog eats

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dinner! Unfortunately, The Shed is out for the season, but their dog menu is too fun not to share a few items: Healthy Hound: Crispy salmon treats, peas, and baby carrots served over brown rice.

Puppy Patty: All beef burger patty, cheddar cheese, served with peas and baby carrots.

Hungry Dawg: Brisket bits, bacon, peas, carrots, and brown rice.

General Manager Jimmy McKenna said, “We’ve been doing it for two years now, and it’s been a huge success! We’ve had zero problems.”

While you’re waiting for the snow to thaw, perhaps take some culinary inspiration from their menu to shake things up for your dog!

Higher Grounds Trading Company at the Village at Grand Traverse Commons in TC looks out over the large village green.

Here, you can enjoy small-batch fair trade coffee, tea, and nibbles out on the patio with your pup.

Morsels is a dog-friendly bakery and coffee shop downtown with a lovely patio overlooking the Boardman River, and is only a 15-minute walk to the Traverse City Dog Park. And after walking a dog for fifteen minutes you will absolutely deserve a

sausage and egg biscuit. Or one of their tiny cupcakes. Or both…

During the summer, The Little Fleet in TC is filled with—yes—a fleet of food trucks, but now as it’s getting colder, the food trucks are out and indoor cocktails and outdoor (hopefully) fires are in.

“We are very dog friendly,” says General Manager Jess Heller. She particularly looks forward to the Woofers on the Run Annual Halloween Parade. Owners come by (this year it’s October 25 at 6pm) and dress their dogs up in costumes and go for a stroll that ends back at The Little Fleet with a “Yappy Hour.”

“The Little Fleet was created to be a welcoming space for everyone, and that includes dogs!,” added Heller, a dog owner herself.

BringFido.com points to no fewer than six eateries in Petoskey that get at least a “three bone” rating for pet friendliness, including Chandler’s, Mim’s and Duffy’s, all of which earn five-bone ratings. Elsewhere, consider Short’s in Bellaire, Bridge Street Tap Room in Charlevoix, and Boyne City Taproom in Boyne City – all of which get the highest ratings for being pet friendly.

COOL COMMUNITY Arts for All is an ambitious organization; they run a wide variety of programs both inside and outside of classrooms, with the aim of promoting accessibility in arts and culture in our region for people with disabilities.

“But not just them,” explained Arts for All Executive Director Grace Hudson. “We promote community inclusiveness for all people to do things together. One of the best things about our dances and other events is that non-disabled people get the chance to play and celebrate alongside people with disabilities – and learn from them – where they may not have had that opportunity otherwise.”

Halloween for All!

By Kristi Kates During Halloween week, you might see a dramatically-styled witch dancing with a knight in full armor; a head-to-toe pumpkin boogying along next to a cowgirl; or a crew of misfits from Alice in Wonderland enjoying

some music and punch together.

But even more importantly, you might see some people with disabilities enjoying some fun seasonal festivities alongside nondisabled teens and adults at the Arts for All Halloween Party, an all-inclusive event happening in Traverse City.

DARING DESIGNS Five times a year, Arts for All host dances at the Elks Lodge in Traverse City (the Elks generously donate their space). And the Halloween bash might end up being the most impressive one of all, because these folks go all-out to put together a wide range of great Halloween costumes.

“These people do not let their disabilities limit them in the least,” Hudson said. “I’ve seen costumes at our Halloween dance surpass those at other costume contests I’ve seen; the Queen of Hearts and her crew from last year are just one group that spring to mind.”

“Sometimes, they even incorporate their wheelchairs right into their costumes; with some of these designs and how extensive they get, you often don’t even notice that they’re in a wheelchair.”

VIVACIOUS VOLUNTEERS This year’s dance costs $5 per person to

attend -- proceeds go to Arts for All. Arts for all doesn’t provide transportation or personal care, but they do provide volunteer supervision, which Hudson pointed out is another great way to participate.

“We always need volunteers,” she said.

“It’s neat when families attend together, you can bring your kids and everyone can help out and have fun.”

Snacks and beverages are also included with your ticket, as is live music from DJ Mr. Music, who will be bringing plenty of pop tunes and his collection of dancefloor lighting.

“This is one of my favorite events to run,” Hudson added. “We get at least 100 people at each dance. For the Halloween one, I especially love seeing all of the costumes, and we’ll also do a big train/ locomotion dance at some point, holding on to each other’s shoulders, which is always so much fun.”

The 2018 Arts for All Halloween Party will take place on October 25 from 6:30-8:30pm at the Elks Lodge, 625 Bay St., in Traverse City. For more information, visit www. artsforallnmi.org.

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Crime & Rescue MEN FACE SHIPWRECK CHARGES Two TC men face charges after they admitted to scavenging four pieces of wood from the shipwreck Metropolis in East Grand Traverse Bay just off of Old Mission Peninsula.

Jacob Francis Garris, 27, and Joseph Michael Frawley, 28, face charges of removing property worth between $100 and $20,000 from state land. The defendants were arraigned Oct. 16. The charges are felonies that carry up to five years in prison.

The Department of Natural Resources investigated after a witness supplied photographs of the pieces coming off of the shipwreck Sept. 16, the MC number from the boat that was used, and a license plate number from a vehicle used by one of the suspects.

An officer traced the license plate to Garris, who at first said he and Frawley only took only one piece from the wreck. Frawley made the same statement and told the officer where the artifact could be found.

Later, the officer confronted the suspects about the three other pieces and they admitted they had taken them after all, according to the charges. The curator of maritime history at the Detroit Historical Society examined the artifacts and estimated they are worth $1,450.

HOMELESS ATTACK INVESTIGATED Traverse City Police investigated after a 30-year-old man said he was jumped by two men in a homeless camp and robbed of his cellphone, backpack, and wallet.

The man, whom police suspect is also homeless, told police he was walking on the Men’s Trail near 11th and Division streets at 8pm Oct. 13 when he encountered a group of around 10 people sitting around a fire and three tents; two of them, men who appeared to be under 40, attacked and robbed him, Chief Jeffrey O’Brien said.

The man, who lost consciousness in the attack, reported the incident to police the following afternoon. O’Brien said that the man was taken to Munson Medical Center to be treated for a suspected concussion, an injured eye, and a cut on his head. Officers who were sent to the area to investigate found the camp abandoned.

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Township; that suspicion proved correct, and the youth was found on the northeast side of the lake in need of treatment for exposure.

TANKER CRASH CLOSES ROAD A tanker truck crashed at a busy Traverse City intersection, shutting down traffic for hours.

The tanker truck, which normally hauls corn syrup but which was empty at the time, crashed into a power pole at the intersection of Keystone and Cass roads at 7:30am Oct. 11, toppling the pole and the intersection’s traffic signal.

The driver was not injured, and the truck suffered only minor damage, but the crash forced traffic to be re-routed away from the intersection.

Keystone opened up later that day, but Cass remained closed until the following day.

MAN CHARGED IN VAPING ATTACK A man faces up to 10 years in prison for assault with intent to do great bodily harm after he attacked his mother when she asked him to stop vaping, according to charges.

On Oct. 13, Nathan Patrick Baers was at home in Kingsley with his mom when she asked him to stop vaping and he became angry. Later, his mother entered his room looking for a phone charger and he told her to “get the f--- out.”

He attacked her, pinned her against a closet, and choked her, according to the charges. She hit and scratched him until she could break free.

MAN DIES IN BOATING CRASH One man died after three men, who were riding in a boat that struck a submerged tree, were thrown overboard.

Michael Robert Kovich, 65, of Waterford Township, died following the incident on the Big Manistee River on the morning of Oct. 11 in Norman Towship.

SPEEDING WOMAN ARRESTED Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Gaylord woman who admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana before she got behind the wheel.

Deputies pulled over the 26-year-old the driver of a 2016 Audi on M-22, near McAllister Road in Bingham Township for travelling 85mph in a 55pmh zone. Soon after, another driver stopped and told police that the Audi had just passed him in a no-passing zone travelling 90mph.

The driver was arrested for drunk driving following the traffic stop, which happened at 8:08pm Oct. 14.

WAYWARD YOUTH FOUND Rescuers located a boy who wandered away from home, took out a rowboat and spent a night outside.

Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies were called at just past 7am Oct. 16 to look for a missing juvenile who had left his home some time the previous night.

The boy was suspected to have taken off in a rowboat from the shore of Bar Lake in Manistee

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Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies said the two other men, a 61-year-old from Indiana and a 53-year-old from Ohio, were able to swim to shore; Kovich was not. A county animal control officer managed to get Kovich aboard a boat and to shore, but efforts to revive him were not successful. The other men were treated for hypothermia.

None of them were wearing life jackets, deputies said.

The 82-year-old was held in jail in Cheboygan as he fought extradition out of state.

The case was investigated by the Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice, the Cheboygan County Sheriff’s Office, and the Michigan State Police.

ARREST MADE IN COLD CASE Wisconsin police arrested a Cheboygan man in connection with a murder that occurred in September 1975.

Wisconsin authorities arrested Richard Gale Pierce at his home in Cheboygan on Oct. 11, according to a Michigan State Police press release. Pierce is accused in the death of his one-time wife, Carole Jean Pierce, who was reported missing 43 years ago.

Richard Pierce is accused of murdering his then-35-year-old wife, in Wisconsin, on Sept. 5, 1975. The complaint alleges that he told police he last saw her on Sept. 8, that he was the last person to see her alive, and that he “benefitted from her demise in numerous ways.” Pierce collected his wife’s pension, took possession of her property and belongings, and within weeks, had a new girlfriend, according to the press release.

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By Al Parker Kathy Hyland loves dogs.

So when Lucy, her beloved Boston Terrier, developed intestinal and skin issues, Hyland made it her mission to get to the root of the problems. “I researched pet foods and was shocked to find out some of the things about the pet food industry,” she said.

What Hyland learned was that most commercial dog food brands are owned by large corporations, leading her to believe the quality of ingredients had been compromised in pursuit of profits.

“Our pets are being forced to eat foods that are not good for them,” said Hyland, who moved to Traverse City from downstate in 1979. “Once Lucy’s diet was changed to a healthy whole food kibble containing real meat and no corn, her issues vanished.”

That was in 2010 and Hyland’s passion to help animals, along with the urging of her husband, Tim, led her to open Pets Naturally, a shop devoted to providing healthy foods and more for dogs, cats and other beloved companions. The Traverse City store also stocks health aids and accessories for dogs

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and cats and some items for rabbits, hedge hogs and koi.

And while her in-store sales have grown, Pets Naturally’s online presence has boosted the business’ awareness and revenues even further, prompting further growth and a move. Located for several years at 1420 West South Airport Road, this week the shop moved a half-mile east to a new location at 1117 South Airport, just a dog bone toss west of Garfield Avenue. The new store more than doubles the retail space available for pet items.

The new location also boasts a convenient self-serve dog wash that can handle dogs up to 175 pounds. Dog owners will be able to give their furry friends a complete, comfortable 30-minute bath for only $20, and $6 for each additional 15 mines.

“We’ll supply the shampoo, conditioner, towels and a commercial dryer,” said Hyland.

“It’s the only one in Traverse City.”

One of Pets Naturally’s most popular items is a complete line of grain-free dog treats produced by The D.O.G. Bakery, which Pets Naturally acquired last year and relocated from its long-time Front Street location to the South Airport site.

• Dry kibble, one of the most popular and convenient ways to feed your pet, are complete, balanced meals. The best types are free of by-products, corn, wheat, soy and artificial preservatives, dyes or chemicals, according to Hyland.

• Canned foods are convenient and contain high moisture levels. Meat ingredients are closer to their natural state, so they are more palatable and appetizing to pets.

• Dehydrated and freeze-dried meals are complete, balanced meals. Because the ingredients are not cooked, the foods are rich in vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, antioxidants and amino acids.

• A raw diet is designed to mimic a dog’s or cat’s ancestral diet. These foods contain meat, bones and organs. “These diets offer 95 percent meat, organ and bone and only 5 percent fruits and vegetables,” said Hyland. “Benefits of a raw diet are improved digestion and improved skin and coats. A raw diet is made so one can prepare their companion’s meals easily by just thawing in the refrigerator a day or two in advance.”

To learn more, visit www.petsnaturallytc.com.

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What’s NOT Happening This Halloween Looking for 2018 info about Nightmare on Challenge Mountain, the massive annual Halloween event in a remote corner of Boyne Falls that tours you through scary scenarios like the Grateful Dead Graveyard and the Deadly Witches Cottage? You’re not alone.

But the nightmare has ended for this interactive Halloween extravaganza. After years of production and thousands of dollars raised for Challenge Mountain (a park that works to enrich individuals with disabilities by involving them in adaptive recreation opportunities), coordinators Terry and Jim Baker have retired.

The project has been taken over by longtime volunteer Burton Jones, but he’s opted not to open Challenge Mountain this year; instead, he devoting his efforts to restructuring the team, reorganizing all of the sets and props, and readying for a return — an event renamed “What Nightmares May Come” — in October 2019.

Also out of action this year is Wolverine/ Gaylord’s annual Halloween event “Scream in Wolverine.” After 14 years, its organizers have decided to close down the Scream until further notice, due to shrinking staff and the sale of the property where the event has long been held.

2018 Up North Halloween Roundup

Finally, in Boyne City, the Boyne Firefighters won’t be holding their annual haunted house event this year. But they will be passing out candy at their firehouse between 5-8pm, at 319 North Lake St., following the city’s Halloween parade, which starts at 4:30 on Pine Street.

Looking to get frightened, fooled, spooked, or scared? Or just looking for a place to show off your awesome costume and enjoy some Halloween treats? We’ve got the scoop on what’s happening all around northern Michigan this Halloween. By Kristi Kates SCREAMS IN THE DARK Oct. 5–28, Fridays–Sundays only Every other Halloween event in the region too wimpy for you? Then this is your scarefest. A walk from The Mausoleum to Grimfell Asylum, the Pandemonium, and the Swamp of Suffering, where legend tells of failed experiments that were dumped into the swamp to die … but instead made the swamp their domain, corrupting everything from the overgrown pathways to dark, deserted shacks. If you can’t handle this more serious side of scary, then your best bet is the Haunted Hayride, but while it’s still considered family-friendly, even that one is several broken, cobwebbed steps above your “normal” Halloween attraction Scare Score! 9/10 Find It: Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, 3606 Blair Town Hall Road in Traverse City Admission: $5 for Haunted Hayride/Trail, $15 for all attractions ($10 for kids) More Info: evernighthaunt.com

PUNKIN’ CHUNKIN’ Oct. 22–23 It’s always 1932 at Wellington Farm, a midMichigan vintage destination that offers a detailed look into farm life in the rural Midwest during the Great Depression.

While we’re not entirely sure if folks actually were flinging Halloween pumpkins with a giant trebuchet back then, the Punkin’ Chunkin’ has become an annual ritual at the Farm, with pumpkins being flung as far as they can be fly starting at 10am daily. You can purchase some pumpkin ‘ammo’ if you want to see how far you can get one of these orange gourds to go and also enjoy plenty of other autumn activities on the farm, from tours of historical buildings and displays to the simple pleasures of cider and donuts.

Scare Score! 1/10 Find it: Wellington Farm, 6944 S. Military Rd., Grayling Admission: $10 adults/$7.50 seniors/$6 kids through high school; separate fees for punkin’ ammunition.

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FRIGHT NIGHT AND HEADLANDS CHALLENGE Oct. 27 Two different doses of Halloween scares are available at this yearly event. The first, Fright Night, which starts at 5pm and ends at 7pm, takes place at Heritage Village near Mackinaw City. The village itself will be decorated for the festivities, with ghouls and goblins around every corner — but much like Casper, these are friendly ghosts, ready to pass out some treats! The Pavilion at the village will serve fresh doughnuts and apple cider throughout the event. Guests are encouraged to wear their best Halloween costumes. The second, and slightly scarier option, is the Headlands Challenge at the Dark Sky Park (8pm to 10pm), where you’ll wind your way down the park’s 1-mile paved entrance path guided only by the light of candles. Be prepared, because you’ll see plenty of spooky things along the way.

Once you reach the main building, you’ll be able to browse fun gifts in the gift shop, and join astronomers out on the viewing platform for some Halloween sky viewing through telescopes.

Scare Score! 5/10 Find It: Fright Night is at Heritage Village, 1425 W. Central Ave. in Mackinaw City.

The Challenge is at the Headlands, 15675 Headlands Rd., just south of Mackinaw City.

Admission: Free More Info: Visit middarkskypark.org or call (231) 427-1001.

TEE LAKE HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR Tee Lake has stepped down the scariness of their Halloween offerings from last year’s over-the-top drive-thru haunt CarnEVIL to this year’s family friendly stroll through Halloweentown. Happening every night in October, 7pm–10pm, the walk features low-key scares and Halloween-appropriate music. You can fully capture the slightly spooky experience by staying overnight at one of Tee Lake’s themed cabins — Igor’s Hideaway or The Witch’s Cottage — and snag some spooky souvenirs at the Voodoo Gift Shop, too.

Scare Score! 3/10 Find It: 3987 Tee Lake Rd., Lewiston Admission: free More Info: terroratteelake.com

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Here Lies northern Michigan’s Famous

— and Not So Famous — Dead A who’s who of notable folks who’ve found their final resting places in our local cemeteries

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By Ross Boissoneau The creepy graveyard haunted by restless spirits has long been a Halloween staple.

Truth is, other than falling leaves, the Halloween season doesn’t really bring much change to a cemetery’s surroundings. Most across the region are peaceful, even scenic resting places for those who have passed on. But even if the folks inside are dead and gone, many have left us legacies — and a sense of their restless spirit while alive — that inspire us still.

BENZONIA TOWNSHIP CEMETERY Bruce Catton, Oct. 9, 1899–Aug. 28, 1978 Born in Petoskey and raised in his Beloved Benzonia (about which he penned his memoir, “Waiting for the Morning Train,” Presidential Medal of Freedom winner Bruce Catton was an American historian and journalist, known best for his books about the Civil War. Catton won a Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for “A Stillness at Appomattox,” his study of the final campaign of the Civil war.

That same year, he took on the position as founding editor of American Heritage magazine. Oliver Jensen, who succeeded him as editor of the magazine, wrote: “There is a near-magic power of imagination in Catton’s work that seemed to project him physically into the battlefields, along the dusty roads and to the campfires of another age.” Catton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Gerald R. Ford in 1977, the year before his death. Ken Burns based his PBS series The Civil War in part on Catton’s books, which resulted in a revival of interest in Catton’s histories.

Gwen Frostic, April 26, 1906–April 25, 2001 Sarah Gwendolen Frostic was an artist and author, and is a member of the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. Lauded for her nature drawings, books, and stationery, her Benzonia business Presscraft Papers continues today, 17 years after her death.

Originally trained as a teacher, Frostic soon embraced the art she had always loved to make a living. She first worked in metals, but the advent of World War II forced her

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to look to other media, and she turned to linoleum block carving. That eventually led to her starting her own printing company, Presscraft Papers, first downstate, then in Frankfort. Eventually she moved to Benzonia, where she designed her own home and workplace, incorporating native stones, glass, and wood.

Though she left school prior to her own graduation, Frostic bequeathed $13 million to Western Michigan University, one of the largest single gifts in the school’s history. In 1978, Governor Milliken declared May 23 “Gwen Frostic Day” in Michigan. Today, Presscraft Papers still makes cards, papers and other products at its location just outside Benzonia.

OAKWOOD CEMETERY, TRAVERSE CITY Perry Hannah, Sept. 22, 1824–Aug. 16, 1904 Dubbed “Father of Traverse City,” Perry Hannah first came to the area in 1851 to inspect a timberland camp owned by Captain Harry Boardman. By the time of Hannah’ death 53 years later, he had bought the camp, opened the area’s first store and first bank, paid half the cost for the area’s first railroad, and served on the school board, and as supervisor and president of the village.

Thanks in large part to his persuasive abilities, Traverse City was chosen as the site of an asylum, which led to some $300 million being injected into the local economy by the state. Today the former Traverse City State Hospital, now the Village at Grand Traverse Commons, is being revived through the efforts of Ray Minervini. Hannah’s mansion is now the home of ReynoldsJonkhoff Funeral Home, and his Hanna Lay mercantile building still stands at the northeast corner of Front and Cass Streets in downtown Traverse City.

Dr. Joe Maddy, Oct. 14, 1892–April 18, 1966 The founder of Interlochen Center for the Arts was an accomplished musician himself, serving as violist and clarinetist for the Minneapolis Symphony before he embarked on a teaching and administrative career that eventually impacted tens of thousands

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of musicians. He taught and supervised the teaching of music in public schools in New York, Indiana, and Ann Arbor, as well as at the Metropolitan School of Music in Chicago and the University of Michigan.

While in Ann Arbor he was asked to create a national youth orchestra, which led to the founding of the National Music Camp in 1928. On June 24, 1928, 115 students arrived by train, bus and car from across the country. In 1962, Maddy and a staff of 34 opened Interlochen Arts Academy, the country’s first independent arts boarding school. A year later, Interlochen launched WIAA, an FM public radio station that joined forces with 37 radio stations across the country in 1971 to create National Public Radio. In 1964, the first Interlochen Arts Festival brought to campus the Philadelphia Orchestra and Harvey Lavan “Van” Cliburn Jr, an American pianist phenom who, at the age of 23, won Moscow’s inaugural International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in 1958.

John Frederick “Jack” Lundbom, March 10, 1877–Oct. 31, 1949 Lundbom played major league baseball for the Cleveland Bluebirds in the 1902 season. Cleveland had several iterations of professional baseball teams in the late 1800s, all of which failed: the Forest Citys, the Blues, the Spiders, the Infants, and the Babes. In 1894, the Grand Rapids Rustlers moved to Cleveland, where they became the Bluebirds, often shortened to the Blues.

In 1902, Lundbom’s only season in the big leagues, the players tried to change the name to the Broncos or Bronchos, but it never caught on. After later being known as the Cleveland Naps, the name was changed to the Indians in 1915.

A right-handed pitcher for the club, Lundbom appeared in eight games, starting three. His record was 1–1, with an ERA of 6.62. The Bluebirds finished in fifth place in the eight-team league. Lundbom was born in and died in Manistee.

OAK GROVE CEMETERY, MANISTEE

GREENWOOD CEMETERY, PETOSKEY

John Hyland, 1819–Aug. 10, 1867 Hyland emigrated to the United States from Ireland, where he served in the Union Navy during the Civil War. The assistant gunner was cited for his bravery during an engagement in May 1864. His citation reads, “The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman John Hyland, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in action, serving as seaman on board the USS Signal which was attacked by field batteries and sharpshooters and destroyed in Red River, 5 May 1864.

Proceeding up the Red River, the USS Signal engaged a large force of enemy field batteries and sharpshooters, returning their fire until the ship was totally disabled, at which time the white flag was raised. Although wounded, Hyland courageously went in full view of several hundred sharpshooters and let go the anchor, and again to slip the cable, when he was again wounded by the raking enemy fire.”

The award was give Dec. 31, 1864, presumably

by President Abraham Lincoln.

William Smith Mesick, Aug. 26, 1856–Dec. 1, 1942 Born and raised in Newark, Mesick moved to Michigan to attend Kalamazoo Business College before matriculating to the University of Michigan to study law. He graduated in 1881 and passed the bar. He began practicing that year in Mancelona before serving as Antrim County Prosecuting Attorney for one term.

In 1896, Mesick ran for and was elected to Congress, serving the state’s 11th congressional district. He was reelected in 1898, and during that session of Congress (the 56th), he was chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3. He lost the Republican nomination to Congress in 1900.

After losing his seat in Washington, D.C., Mesick resumed his practice in Mancelona, then moved to Petoskey, where he died.

ST. PHILIP NERI, EMPIRE Deborah DeCostello, 1893–Oct. 1, 1920 DeCostello was an early aviatrix daredevil

who parachuted from from airplanes at fairs.

Legend says she is the first female to do so.

She was in Empire as part of the town fair in late September 1920. The fairgrounds were located north of the village, across from the Catholic cemetery on M-22. She was scheduled to jump on the 29th and 30th for $600, but the weather was very bad, and the jumps were canceled. She was offered $400 for her time, but chose to jump after the fair had ended on Thursday, Oct. 1.

The pilot misjudged the wind, and took her out over Lake Michigan, thinking the wind would blow her back in to shore.

Instead, she went directly into the water.

The coast guard was summoned from Glen Haven, but by the time they arrived there was no sign of DeCostello or her chute. Her body washed ashore Nov. 6 under one of the tramways along Lake Michigan. As no family members could be located, she was buried at St. Philip Neri cemetery, not far from where she started her fatal flight.

MAPLE HILL CEMETERY, CADILLAC Guy Vander Jagt, Aug. 26, 1931–June 22, 2007 Longtime politician Vander Jagt served in the state legislature before moving onto

the national stage. He got his start in his hometown of Cadillac, where he began delivering sermons as a high school senior with aspirations of becoming a minister.

He graduated from Hope College and then earned a degree in divinity from Yale before changing direction. Following a stint as anchor and news director at WWTV in Cadillac, he went to law school, graduating from the University of Michigan. Vander Jagt ran for the Michigan State Senate, from which he resigned in 1966 when he was appointed to fill an unexpired term in Congress. Vander Jagt served from 1966 to 1993, when he was defeated in the Republican primary by Peter Hoekstra, at which point he went back into private law practice.

He was famed for his rich oratory, and was described by President Nixon as “the best public speaker in America.” In 1980, Vander Jagt was chosen by presidential nominee Ronald Reagan to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Detroit; he delivered the entire address from memory. Reagan was quoted as saying, “Some call me the great communicator, but if there was one thing I dreaded during my eight years in Washington it was having to follow Guy Vander Jagt to the podium.”

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oct 20

saturday

CARS, COFFEE & 70 YEARS OF PORSCHE AUTOMOBILES: 8:3011am, MFD Classic Motors, TC. Featuring a display of Porsche cars from the iconic 356 to the newest Porsche models, a dedicated Porsche parking corral, & a presentation on the Porsche brand from a Marque expert.

---------------------BIRDING AROUND LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY: 8:45am. Join Petoskey Audubon President Darrell Lawson & a Little Traverse Conservancy staff member, as you caravan around Little Traverse Bay in search of migrating birds.

Spend about three hours looking for geese, ducks, loons, grebes gulls & other seasonal & resident birds. You will bird at six or seven sites. Meet at the Harbor Springs Marina public parking lot. You will then carpool to the Raunecker Nature Preserve trailhead at the base of Bull Moose Hill. For more info contact Darrell: lawsodw@gmail.com.

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

DRIVING A STICK SHIFT IN THE AGE OF AUTOMATICS: 9am-4pm, TC East Middle School. The Hagerty Driving Experience puts young drivers, ages 15-25, behind the wheel of iconic classic cars to teach them how to drive a manual transmission. There will be combined classroom instruction & closedcourse driving. 231-313-1447.

Wood fired neapolitan style pizza 3 varieties: italian sausage, pepperoni or eggplant

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

---------------------PLACEMAT PALOOZA FOR MEALS ON WHEELS: 9am, TC Senior Center. Everyone is welcome to participate in a potluck lunch.

Fabric, patterns, pressing equipment & construction assistance will be provided. Participants are asked to bring their sewing machine & basic tools. 231-276-9100. Free. interquilten.com/placemats-for-meals-on-wheels.htm

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

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

---------------------$.25 KIDS MATINEES: 10am-noon, State Theatre, TC.

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

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

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

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

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Entertainment:

nathan bates 6-9 pm A love story that looks into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control, Tayari Jones will present her book, “An American Marriage,” at City Opera House, TC on Sun., Oct. 21 at 7pm as part of the National Writers Series, and again at Crooked Tree Arts Center Auditorium, Petoskey on Mon., Oct. 22 at 6pm.

This book is a 2018 Oprah Book Club selection and an instant New York Times best seller. Ticket info: cityoperahouse.org/ nws-tayari-jones mcleanandeakin.com/event/tayari-jones

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

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

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 11am-1pm: Susan Steen Ciolek will sign her book “Imprinted Survivor.” 1-3pm: Paul Wheelock will sign his book “Love’s Finest Battle.” 5-7pm: Book Launch Party with Elizabeth Buzzelli, author of “In Want of a Knife.” horizonbooks.com

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

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

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

---------------------GLEN ARBOR’S 3RD ANNUAL PUMPKIN FEST: 12-3pm, Glen Arbor Township Park. Enjoy games, Lord of the Gourd pumpkin carving, a costume parade, pet parade, face painting, music

by DJ Miles Pendergast, & more. $5 suggested donation; 3 & under, free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: The Garden Theater, Frankfort, Oct. 18-21. Featuring 17 award-winning films from

around the globe, plus more. $10 each. frankfortgardentheater.com/film-festival

---------------------SPOOKTACULAR SATURDAYS: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Enjoy wagon rides, caramel apples, a petting zoo, pumpkin carving & much more. After dusk choose between the Family Friendly Spooky Trail Walk or terrifying Haunted Trail. crystalmountain.com

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

---------------------“THE CAT AND THE CANARY”: 7pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. The Music House Museum Silent Film Series presents a family Halloween treat, “The Cat and the Canary,” with accompaniment by organist Andrew Rogers. Adults $16, seniors $14, students $5. musichouse.org

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

Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students: $5. cityoperahouse.org

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

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

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Gallery, Boyne City. This American roots music performer brings her MI album release show for “Don’t You Feel My Leg: The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker.” $35. freshwaterartgallery.com

Jones, author of “An American Marriage,” a 2018 Oprah Book Club selection & an instant New York Times best seller. Reserved seating: $15. Premium Reserved: $25. Students, $5. cityoperahouse.org/nws-tayari-jones

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

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

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

oct 21

sunday

PEAKTOBERFEST: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

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

Free. stpatricktc.org

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

---------------------FALL PUMPKIN PEDAL: Free organized group ride on Old Mission Peninsula (donations benefit friends at TART Trails). Registration starts at 11:30am. Please sign a waiver in the Peninsula Room (adjacent to Jolly Pumpkin restaurant) before meeting in the Jolly Pumpkin parking lot for the ride. Ride leaves at noon. Two Rides: 40 miles or 20 miles. Following the ride will be $2 beers & live music by Chris Smith in the Peninsula Room. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------2ND ANNUAL TC DONUT RIDE: 11:45am, Timber Ridge, Norte Dirt Yurt, TC. Bring a mountain bike, helmet & water bottle. Choose from different distances. Free. elgruponorte.org

---------------------10TH ANNUAL FRANKFORT FILM FESTIVAL: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: 2-5pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. For “Fun Home.” This musical has roles for four women, two men & three children. Today’s auditions are for ages 6-14. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------NWS BATTLE OF THE BOOKS INFO MEETING: 3:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Read books, imagine & make new friends. battleofthebooksgt.com

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

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oct 22

monday

PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

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AN EVENING WITH TAYARI JONES: 6pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Auditorium, Petoskey. Tayari is the author of “An American Marriage.” Reservations requested.

231.347.1180. Free. mcleanandeakin.com/ event/tayari-jones

---------------------ROVS IN INDONESIA: AN ISEA-NMC CONNECTION: 6pm, Inland Seas Education Association, Suttons Bay. Alicia Symanski & Clayton Harbin will share their experience in Indonesia & talk about the ways being an NMC student helped them at ISEA & how being an ISEA employee influenced their time at NMC. Free. schoolship.org/news-events/isea-seminar

---------------------NCAC AUDITIONS: 6:30pm, Northport Community Arts Center office. For the Feb. dinner theatre production of Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” There are roles for one man & three women. 231-342-3940.

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: AN EVENING WITH ALICE WALKER: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. In 1983 Walker received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel “The Color Purple,” becoming the first African-American woman to receive the honor. Her latest book of collected poetry is “Arrow Out of the Heart.” Reserved seating, $30; premium reserved, $40; students, $5. cityoperahouse.org/nws-alice-walker

---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: 7-9pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. For “Fun Home.” This musical has roles for four women, two men & three children. Tonight’s auditions are for adults. oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------SPHINX VIRTUOSI: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall. This professional chamber orchestra is comprised of 18 of the nation’s top black & Latino classical soloists, who are alumni of the Sphinx Competition. $33 full, $13 youth. tickets.interlochen.org

---------------------DAVE ARCARI: 7:30pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. Enjoy this Scottish blues guitarist & songwriter. Arcari’s latest album is “Live at Memorial Hall.” 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door.

oct 23

tuesday

PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

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Jordan. 231-536-7351. $15 Chamber members; $20 not-yet members.

---------------------FRIENDLY GARDEN CLUB MEETING: 11:30am, Bluewater Hall, TC. “Stewardship of The Great Lakes.” thefriendlygardenclub.org

---------------------CARDIAC SUPPORT GROUP: 2pm, MCHC, rooms A&B, TC. Share, learn, support & connect with others experiencing the effects of cardiovascular disease. 935-8560. munsonhealthcare.org

---------------------FALL INTO NUTRITION: 5:30pm, McLaren Northern Michigan, John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey.

A free cooking demonstration led by McLaren Northern MI registered dietitians Mary Fisher, RD, & Elizabeth Lownsberry, RD. Enjoy healthy & seasonal fall foods. Take the recipes home to recreate. Registration required: 800-248-6777.

Free. mclaren.org

---------------------COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP: 6:30pm, TC West Middle School, Library. Free. tcaps.net

---------------------MOVIE NIGHT: 6:30pm, Bellaire Public Library. Enjoy “The History of Future Folk,” a TC Film Festival movie & alien-folk-comedyromance. bellairelibrary.org

---------------------DAVE ARCARI: 7pm, Grow Benzie Event Center, Benzonia. Enjoy this Scottish blues guitarist & songwriter. Arcari’s latest album is “Live at Memorial Hall.” 231-882-9510. $20; $25 door.

---------------------OTP AUDITIONS: 7-9pm, Old Town Playhouse, Schmuckal Theatre, TC. For “Fun Home.” This musical has roles for four women, two men & three children. Tonight’s auditions are for adults. oldtownplayhouse.com

oct 24

wednesday

PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH DAYTIME SUPPORT GROUP: 10am, TC Senior Center. Fred Goldenberg presents “Benefit Solutions Changes to Medicare & Co Insurances for 2019.” 947-7389. Free. pnntc.org

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

---------------------INTERLOCHEN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Mallory-Towsley Center for Arts Leadership.

Park in Lot “U.” $5. interlochenchamber.org

---------------------THE EMMET ENTREPRENEUR CHALLENGE: 5:30pm, Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre. $5. northernlakes.net

---------------------NCAC AUDITIONS: 6:30pm, Northport Community Arts Center office. For the Feb. dinner theatre production of Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” There are roles for one man & three women. 231-342-3940.

---------------------PLANT-BASED LIFESTYLES’ FREE TASTING, LEARNING & NETWORKING EVENT: 6:308pm, Timber Ridge Conference Center, TC. Dr. Jamie Qualls presents: “10 Reasons to Choose Plant-based Nutrition.

thursday

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

CONNECTING WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON: 11:30am, The Talcott, Village of Walloon Lake. Featuring Karen Marietti of Camp Daggett, who has traveled all over the United States doing headstands in many of the national parks. Her latest headstand was on the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa. Karen will talk about this climb – her motivation & her experiences. $18 CWIB members; $25 not-yet members. petoskeychamber.com

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: 5-8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine arts & crafts from 45 MI artists, Christmas & Chanukah gifts, arts & crafts kits & more. dennosmuseum.org

NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. An Evening with Tayari

EAST JORDAN STATE OF THE COMMUNITY: 11:30am, Harvest Barn Church, East

EAST JORDAN BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, The Landing, East Jordan. Chamber

PIANIST ELLIOT WUU: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Elliot was named a 2018 Gilmore Young Artist, one of the most prestigious awards given every two years to two young pianists up to 22 years old. 231-4392610. $40 / $30 / $25 / $20. greatlakescfa.org

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oct 25

PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

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---------------------BELLAIRE BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7pm, The Flying Pig, Bellaire. Featuring a wine tasting with Torch Lake Cellars, Stock Boy’s chili & Shelly’s pumpkin bread, plus giveaway/drawing for a handmade reclaimed wood tray.

---------------------SWIRL: 5:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Featuring a variety of wine & MI micro-brew beer that will pair with specialty cheeses & meats provided by Petoskey Cheese. Live music by The Real Ingredients. $15 advance; $20 day of. crookedtree.org

---------------------ARTS FOR ALL— HALLOWEEN DANCE PARTY: 6:30-8:30pm, Elk’s Lodge, TC. Featuring a costume contest, photo booth & spooky songs. $5 admission teens & adults with disabilities & their peers. eventbrite.com

---------------------TC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL DEPARTMENT CONCERT: 7pm, First Congregational Church, TC. Free.

---------------------ALAN GERBER: 7:30pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Presented by the Blissfest Music Organization. Gerber brings his rock ‘n roll swagger & soulful poet’s heart. He has appeared with Bob Dylan, BB King, J Brownie McGee & many others. $20. redskystage.com

oct 26

friday

11TH ANNUAL FRESHWATER SUMMIT: 9am-3pm, The Hagerty Center, NMC, TC. Topics include: Great Lakes lake levels & the impact of their rapid rebound; bringing the science of coastal change & resilience to the local level; & measuring the economic impacts of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. $35; $15 students, includes lunch. gtbay.org

---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 10-11am: Story Hour: Halloween. 8:30-10:30pm: Enjoy original folk, roots & blues with the Jim Crockett Trio. horizonbooks.com

---------------------PETOSKEY RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

---------------------LIFE LUNCH: TC’S HISTORIC OAKWOOD CEMETERY: Noon, NMC, University Center, Rm. 215, TC. Bring your lunch. 995-1700. $10.

---------------------TRUCK-OR-TREAT FESTIVAL: Held in front of the abandoned Cottage 30 building at The Village at GT Commons, TC. Boos, Brews, Food Trucks & Dance Party. Wear your costume. Admission is free from 3-8pm. Live music by Jack Pine from 5-7:30pm. 8pm-midnight is 21+ & is $18 advance or $25 door. Live DJ dance party from 2Bays DJ’s from 8-10pm, & then Silent Disco from 10pm-midnight. mynorthtickets.com/ events/truck-or-treat-festival

---------------------NMC I-DANCE MASK OF ZORRO DANCE: City Opera House, TC. Featuring a salsa workshop beforehand starting at 6:30pm & ending at 8pm. Taught by Mykl Werth. Open dancing will follow & run until midnight. Costumes or formal wear encouraged, but not required.

Enjoy an evening of salsa, waltz, tango, swing & other Latin dancing. Workshop & dance, $19; dance only, $15. Student & senior, $10 or $8. cityoperahouse.org/mask-of-zorro

---------------------DOCUMENTARY: “HAPPENING: A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION”: 7pm, Elk Rapids Cinema. Presented by Green Elk Rapids. 231264-0618. Free/donations. greenelkrapids.org

---------------------UP NORTH BIG BAND: 7-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. 30’s & 40’s swing & big band dancing. A dance lesson will be held from 6:45-7:30pm. $10 adults; $5 students w/ ID. redskystage.com

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: 10am-5pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine arts & crafts from 45 MI artists, Christmas & Chanukah gifts, arts & crafts kits & more. dennosmuseum.org

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THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND: SOLD OUT: 9pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee.

These legendary country boys perform the hits that earned Charlie a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame. lrcr.com

oct 27

saturday

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: (See Fri., Oct. 26)

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ALDEN MEN’S CLUB’S BREAKFAST/BUSINESS MEETING: 8am, Alden United Methodist Church, downtown Alden. 231-252-2329.

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10TH ANNUAL TC ZOMBIE 5K RUN: 9am.

Starts at Right Brain Brewery, TC. Proceeds benefit TART Trails. Have fun in your most stylish & scary zombie attire. $30 adults/$20 18 & under. tczombierun.com

---------------------EAST EXTRAVAGANZA CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3:30pm, East Middle School, TC.

---------------------PETOSKEY DOWNTOWN TRICK OR TREATING: 9:45am-noon, Central Elementary School, Petoskey. The Costume Parade starts at 10am.

THE ART OF: PERSPECTIVE: 6:30-8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Join author & activist Larry Plamondon for an in-depth look at the stories between the paintings in the exhibition, “Visions of American Life: Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, 1850-1940,” organized & toured by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Free. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------HALLOWEEN COUNTRY DANCE: 7-10pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. Live music by the Straight Forward Band. Snacks provided.

Donation. 231-263-4499.

---------------------HALLOWEEN DANCE & COSTUME PARTY: 7pm, The Rock of Kingsley. For 6th-12th graders. “Come as you aren’t,” but appropriately attired, to win prizes for best purchased & homemade costumes. Enjoy music, dancing & treats. $3 per person. Find on Facebook.

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TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. “The Actor’s Nightmare” & “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.” $17 plus fees. oldtownplayhouse.com

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HAUNTED HALLOWEEN AT PCL: 6:30-8pm, Peninsula Community Library, Old Mission Peninsula School, TC. 7th annual Halloween event with a haunted library, pumpkin walk & stories in the woods. This family friendly evening is co-sponsored by PCL & the OMPS PTO. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

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NMC CONCERT BAND: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Directed by Pat Brumbaugh. $12 adults; $7 students & seniors. mynorthtickets.com

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---------------------MT. HOLIDAY HALLOWEEN PARTY: 8pm, Mt. Holiday, TC. For ages 21+. Featuring costume prizes & a DJ for dancing. Benefits Mt. Holiday Ski Area. $18 advance; $25 door. mynorthtickets.com

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GRAND WEDDING EXPO: 11am-4pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Featuring a Grand Finale Fashion Show presented by Petoskey Bridal. castlefarms.com

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---------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 12-2pm: Harry J. Grether will sign his book “Lessons From an Imperfect World.” 2-4pm: Mary Roessler will sign her book “The Surprising Spring of Cyndarria Rose Thornwell.” 4-6pm: Valerie Winans will sign her book “Road Trip with Remington Beagle: Michigan to Alaska and Back.” horizonbooks.com

---------------------JACK O’LANTERN WALK: Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Held at dusk through Pennsylvania Park. Bring an already carved pumpkin between noon & 6pm to Pennsylvania Park & help line the sidewalks.

---------------------SPOOKTACULAR SATURDAYS: (See Sat., Oct. 20)

---------------------DOG COSTUME PARTY: 3-5pm, Charlevoix Area Humane Society, Boyne City. Featuring a doggie costume contest. Free, but donations welcome.

---------------------FIRE IN THE HAUNTED VALLEY: 3pm, Otsego Resort, Gaylord. Enjoy a hayride, bonfire, cider & donuts, pumpkin painting & more. Fees for some food & pumpkin painting. otsegoclub.com

---------------------HAUNTED SCHOONER: 3:30-5:30pm, Discovery Pier, TC. Presented by Maritime Heritage Alliance. Schooner Madeline will turn into a spirit schooner. Meet pirates, a ghostly crew, & learn about maritime history. Free.

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HALLOWEEN BASH: 5-11pm, Starry Night Barn & Studios, Suttons Bay. No entry fee. Donations welcome. Hot dog bar, chili & beverages for purchase. Bring a goulish dish to share.

Donate a carved pumpkin for the jack-o-lantern raffle & contest. All proceeds benefit Leelanau Montessori Public School.

DENNOS MUSEUM HOLIDAY ART FAIR: 1-5pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine arts & crafts from 45 MI artists, Christmas & Chanukah gifts, arts & crafts kits & more. dennosmuseum.org

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NATIONAL DYSLEXIA AWARENESS: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Learn the myths, stigmas & truth about dyslexia. Join the GT Dyslexia Association in viewing a free movie: “The Big Picture Rethinking Dyslexia.” A panel discussion will follow. Free.

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ALASKA, THE LAST FRONTIER: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Tim Hannert will take you on a visit to Glaciers, Denali, a Tlinglit first-nation community, Juneau, Ketchikan, & Vancouver - British Columbia.

231-331-4318. Free.

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FREE SCREENING OF “SAVING SNOW”: 2pm, The Garden Theater, Frankfort. Cohosted by Benzie Conservation District & Citizens’ Climate Lobby. This is a 53-minute documentary about the economic impact of climate change on winter sports industries. Jim MacInnes (Crystal Mountain) & Nicola Philpott (Citizens’ Climate Lobby) will talk about the strategies that are being used to solve the climate crisis. Find on Facebook.

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Claudia Fajardo’s contemporary jewelry features tiny glass beads which are used in combination with bright sterling silver to create her unique designs.

“Nature is my inspiration, every detail of it leads me to create unique pieces, where color and texture become the protagonists of my creations.”

LIVE ON STAGE THE ILLUSIONIST TOM COVERLY: 2-4pm, The Salvation Army, TC. Enjoy this Christian illusionist, comedian & motivational speaker. This event is targeted to families, school age children & teens (must be in at least kindergarten to attend). Tickets can be picked up at The Salvation Army Community Center, 1239 Barlow St., TC. Free/ticketed event. Find on Facebook.

---------------------TWO COMEDIES BY CHRISTOPHER DURANG: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. “The Actor’s Nightmare” & “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.”

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ANNIVERSARY MEMBERS EXHIBIT & SALE: Village Arts Building, Northport. Held Oct. 20-27, 12-4pm. 231-386-9798.

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

$17 plus fees. oldtownplayhouse.com

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HALLOWEEN PARTY October 27th Featuring: The Broom Closet Boys 9pm to 1am

GREAT LAKES CINEMA SERIES: “YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN”: 4pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Enjoy a Halloween classic from 1974 starring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn & Marty Feldman. 231-439-2610.

Free; tickets required. greatlakescfa.org

THE CUMMINGS QUARTET CONCERT: 4pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Featuring Chas Helge. Performing “Cello Quintet” by Franz Schubert & “The Bird” by Franz Joseph Haydn. Free. charlevoixcircle.com

---------------------HALLOWEEN THEMED CEMETERY WALKING TOURS: 5-6:30pm, TC. Start just inside the cemetery off Eighth St., across from the fire station. Bring a flashlight. Free; donations appreciated. traversehistory.wordpress.com

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

Drink specials Tuckers gift certificates for the top 3 best costumes! (winner announced at 11:30pm)

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

---------------------9TH ANNUAL WARM-UP WITH TEAM BOB’S COAT DRIVE: New & gently used winter apparel of all sizes will be accepted to be donated to The Father Fred Foundation for families in need. Located at the future home of Team Bob’s Heating Cooling Plumbing, which is on the corner of S. Airport Rd. & Park St., TC. Donations can also be dropped off at the current Team Bob’s office, 2282 Cass Rd., TC, between the hours of 7:30am-4:30pm, Mon.Fri. teambobs.com

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

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

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CO-ED ADULT SEXUAL ABUSE SUPPORT GROUP: Thursdays, 11am-12:30pm, Healing Private Wounds Center, Cadillac. 231-846-4495.

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DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EXHIBIT: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Featuring over 32 artists from all over the region & world celebrating the Mexican cultural holiday known as Day of the Dead.

Runs through Nov. 23. higherartgallery.com

---------------------LANDSCAPES INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: Runs through Nov. 23 at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Featuring the work of Linda Beeman, Carolyn Damstra, Susana Green, Jane Kramer, Thomas Tomasek, Lynn Uhlmann & Catherine VanVoorhis. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10am-4:30pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 124pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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MICHIGAN PRINTMAKING: Charlevoix Circle of Arts, Charlevoix. Sixteen MI artists have been invited to represent traditional & contemporary methods of printmaking in the exhibit “Block-Paper-Ink.” This exhibit runs through Nov. 3. Open Mon. - Sat., 11am-5pm. charlevoixcircle.com NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION’S 2ND

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

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

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

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

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

- “TESTAMENTS: CTAC FACULTY SHOW”: Atrium Gallery. Includes the work of 13 CTAC instructors. Runs through Dec. 1. A reception will be held on Thurs., Nov. 29 from 5:30-7pm. crookedtree.org

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

- JURIED FINE ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Nov. 3 during gallery hours of 11am-3pm, Tues. through Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat. - THE CREATIVE CROWD: Join local artists working on their own projects & enjoying the company of others. Every Thurs. from 11:30am-2:30pm. Bring your own project, supplies & lunch, if desired. gaylordarts.org

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

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

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

WHO KNEW BEN STILLER HAD A BAND? You may or may not have heard of the post-punk band Capital Punishment — but chances are you’ve heard of its drummer: actor and stealth musician Ben Stiller.

Stiller’s first album with the band, Roadkill, was recorded waaaay back in 1982, and up until now has only been available on limitedrelease vinyl pressings from back in the day. Now, Roadkill is available to stream via Captured Tracks Records on Apple Music and Spotify, complete with two tracks — “Muzak Anonymous” and “Confusion” — which weren’t on the original version of the album.

All of this attention has actually spurred Stiller and his bandmates to reunite, and new music from them is reportedly on the way …

Also creating again is Chicago outfit Smashing Pumpkins, which is returning with its first new album in 18 years, a set that will feature founding members Billy Corgan, James Iha, and Jimmy Chamberlin. Fans have been rumbling about a possible reunion like this for years, and now those rumbles are actually reality. The new (albeit awkwardly titled) album, Shiny and Oh So Bright Vol 1/LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun., is set for release on Nov. 16, complete with production by studio guru Rick Rubin …

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Brooklyn indie-popsters Lucius have remixed Portugal. The Man’s single “Tidal Wave,” at the request of PTM itself. The new version, available on all the usual outlets, starts with the track sounding as familiar as it always does, before Lucius digs into the dynamics of the tune, pulling out various audio components and siphoning them back in a little at a time, with more depth audio-engineered into the drums and bass, especially. It makes for some intriguing headphone listening …

Also out of the electro-pop camp, LCD Soundsystem has contributed more tunes to the Spotify Singles series. Its latest tracks, recorded live at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, comprise LCD Soundsystem’s first throwback to the series since wrapping up its world tour late last year (in support of the band’s American Dream album). You’ll hear live in-studio performances of the band’s own tune “tonite” and several others from American Dream, as well as a rockin’ cover of ’70s funk band Chic’s hit single “I Want Your Love” …

LINK OF THE WEEK Have you caught the new animated yeti movie Smallfoot yet? Once you see it, you’ll probably also want the soundtrack,

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as composed by Despicable Me/Angry Birds composer Heitor Pereira, a set of appropriately wintery tunes that’s great for casual listening. Check out how the tracks are used in the movie via the preview trailer at https://tinyurl.com/smallfoot4 …

THE BUZZ White Stripe-turned-solo-artist-turnedrecord-mogul Jack White has donated $30,000 to help preserve the Tulsa,Oklahomabased house that was used in the classic 1983 Francis Ford Coppola film, The Outsiders …

Detroit’s Grande Ballroom, a longdefunct, now dilapidated venue that was center of the Motor City’s counterculture

movement, is likely to be added soon to the National Register of Historic Places, which could aid in the building’s restoration …

Over 30 dresses worn on stage by the late Aretha Franklin are going up for sale at an Icons and Idols auction happening Nov. 10 at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City …

The Milk Carton Kids, with opening act The Barr Brothers, will perform at The Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan, on Oct. 22 … 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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Dave Brock, Mr. Dibs, Haz Wheaton, Magnus Martin, and Richard Chadwick make up the current incarnation of Hawkwind, now (remarkably) on its 31st album. The band brought along conductor and writer Mike Batt to add some orchestral elements to reboots of a selection of their tracks; it’s a little weird, but you can at least appreciate the band’s nods to prog-rock on tracks like “Psychic Power” and the newly bossa-nova “Quark, Strangeness and Charm,” as well as its ability to rope in Eric Clapton as a special guitar guest on “The Watcher.”

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Carrack’s live shows always seem to run under the radar, but if you ever catch one, you’ll be treated to some of the best twisty-turny songwriting you’ve ever heard, and he replicates that feel well on this studio set. Co-writing several songs with his former Squeeze bandmate Chris Difford brought out even more of Carrack’s wit on these smart and soulful tracks that never fail to tell a story. Standouts on this collection include the Squeeze-esque “Life in a Bubble,” faintly Motown “You Make Me Feel Good,” and the sleek pop of “Amazing.”

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Jason Mraz – Know. – Atlantic

Mraz’s first full-length studio set in nearly five years is a reverse-politics venture for the singersongwriter, who said he’d penned a long list of “frustrated and angry” songs in the wake of the 2016 presidential election but shelved most of them for this more positive set of love-focused folk-pop tracks. Among them, the romantic “Let’s See What the Night Can Do” and “Better with You,” the pay-itforward sentiments of “Have it All,” and the banter of “More Than Friends,” which features vocals from the ubiquitous Meghan Trainor.

Josh Groban – Bridges – Reprise

Steve Jordan, Dan Huff, Toby Gad, Bernie Herms — an impressive set of producers worked with Groban to get this album made. The first single, “Granted,” shows off the baritone’s distinctive vocals, as does the original romantic ballad “More of You.” Elsewhere on the set, his duets with Sarah McLachlan (“Run”), Andrea Bocelli (“We Will Meet Once Again,” in Italian,) and a delicately pretty cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” all work flawlessly.

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The reel

by meg weichman

First man a star is born

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It’s the most basic of trivia: Who was the first person to walk on the moon? The answer is of course Neil Armstrong, a fact that for those who weren’t even a glimmer in their parents’ eyes when it happened on July 20, 1969 has been seemingly engrained in their minds since birth.

But more than just a trivia question or grade school lesson, Neil Armstrong is practically a mythological figure. Someone so enigmatic and deeply private, it’s hard to imagine he actually walked among us when he literally walked on another world.

In their remarkable new film First Man, Damien Chazelle -- the Oscar-winning director of La La Land, along with his La La Land star Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong -- give us a incredibly grounded look into the man we all know and yet really know nothing about.

Part character study, part domestic drama, it’s incredibly intimate (the POV is limited largely to Neil’s) in scope for a story about something that’s really as epic as it can get. Incredibly immersive and with impressionist imagery, this a profoundly feeling work that while largely chronological doesn’t follow a simple trajectory or a typical hero’s arc. There’s no space fluff to be found and the viewing journey is somewhat arduous, which is not only true to the nature of the achievement documented and the man at its center, but all the more rewarding.

Covering events from 1961 to 1969, we first find Neil working as a civilian engineer (Armstrong was never military), testing planes at the highest of altitudes and speeds. Even in these initial (and sometimes terrifying) moments you get the sense not only of his dedication and extraordinary skill and will, but his complete lack of ego.

On the home front, tender family moments with his wife (Claire Foy) and children lead to a tremendous tragedy, and it is this loss the film builds Neil’s story and the few insights into his internal life around. And so he and his family are offered a fresh start when Neil is chosen for NASA’s Project Gemini, and we see how the Americans are behind the Soviets in nearly every space race achievement. And while the film doesn’t include all the steps and facts it took to get to the moon, this somehow feels more authentic than any other NASA story you’ve seen on screen.

ou wouldn’t be alone if you thought this tragic Cinderella story didn’t need to be brought to the screen for the fourth time. And by an untested first-time director directing himself in the starring role at that. But once you’ve seen A Star is Born, you’ll thank your lucky stars you did. With rapturous music and remarkable performances from director/star Bradley Cooper and a luminous Lady Gaga, Cooper has modernized the studio romance, making a film with a soul of indie and the heart of classical Hollywood melodrama. For those not familiar with this ultimate Hollywood myth, it’s the showbiz story of a male star whose career is on its way down discovering and then falling for a female star on the rise. And in these iconic archetypes we have a nearly unrecognizable Bradley Cooper as Jackson Maine, an outlaw rocker who’s some kind of rugged relic of Americana. He still plays to arenas, but it’s only a matter of time until his chronic tinnitus and alcoholism catches up with him.

And then we have Lady Gaga’s Ally. Wearing painted on hair and tape eyebrows, she captivates Mr. Maine with her performance of “La Vie en Rose” at a drag show performance he happens to stumble into on night. He invites her to perform with him at his next concert and from there her music career takes off just as their romance does. But of course it’s not all sunshine and roses for long, and their tender love and the electric music they make together gives way to raw and ugly and all too real pain.

Putting you through the emotional wringer, from its soul-stirring highs to its soul-crushing lows, somehow by the end you’re just grateful for the opportunity to have experienced it.

effects and it’s Interstellar or 2001 level visuals.

The action may be sparingly scored, but it’s another brilliant work from Chazelle’s longtime collaborator Justin Hurwitz. And in addition to these judiciously used instrumentals, you also get treated to these otherworldly soundscapes and some of the most effective cinematic uses of silence.

Nearly as much attention is given to Neil at home with his family as in space, though things don’t seem to make nearly as much sense to him on the ground. Living in a neighborhood with fellow astronauts, in them he finds both competition and confidants, for as much as someone as guarded as he is possibly can. And the NASA supporting players are played by some pretty terrific actors including Jason Clarke as Ed White, Kyle Chandler as Deke Slayton, and Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin.

Then there’s Gosling, who sheds his pretty boy, “Hey, Girl” heartthrob appeal and really becomes a perfect blank slate. And without making substantial changes to his appearance, he’s unrecognizable at times. It’s a taciturn and controlled performance composed of a series of little implosions of the soul.

As Armstrong’s wife Janet, Foy’s accent may not always be there, but the rest is. She doesn’t say much, but what does leaves a mark. The perfect foil to Gosling, she’s not the supportive or timid wife you’re expecting and doesn’t know what Armstrong is thinking or feeling any more than you do, giving the audience the outlet it needs.

SPOILER ALERT! Neil does make it to the moon, and it’s not the moment of wonder you might expect, but something more meditative and profound. Sure there is the grandeur of the surroundings, but also the grief, all that was lost to get here and it stops your breath. You see this moment from a new perspective, not only removed from news coverage, but also in a much more human way.

The space and flight set pieces are executed with the utmost craftsmanship and control.

The opening scene is a complete jolt to your senses, setting the tone for the dizzying sequences to follow that will both exhaust and exhilarate. We’ve never seen space travel or NASA quite like this before. Glimpses of the heavens are used sparingly and you feel, really feel, just how uncomfortable, claustrophobic, and low-tech it all was, boggling the mind more than space travel already did.

Offering a change in perspective is what Neil cites earlier in the film as what he believes is the benefit of space exploration. And First Man is an entirely new way of seeing this monumental moment of our history that has come to stand for so much for both our country and humanity.

Things like American exceptionalism, ambition, vision, and imagination. And as much I wanted to be comforted by the warm feelings of this great human achievement, Chazelle eschews this easy nostalgic treatment. This is not a rahrah, inspiring, feel-good escape to the by gone better days when we dared to gaze into the heavens, though those feelings will certainly come. But the film is much more concerned with offering us a new perspective on ourselves, our place in this world, and through that it gives us a glimpse of something else we’ve lost sight of: hope.

But when you do stare into the infinite, the results are stunning. Chazelle employs practical

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

LOVE, GILDA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: There are certain people throughout history that you just know had charisma. Moses, for example: “Hey, fellow Jews, just follow right behind me as I take a jog into the sea.”

Charisma is the Pied Piper of personality traits — a mix of personal magnetism, likability, and powerful presence that leads people to flock to and follow a person who has it. This can have creepy and even deadly results when the charismatic person is a cult leader, but evolutionary researchers Allen Grabo and Mark van Vugt believe that charisma evolved to be a cooperation booster. Their research suggests it is a “credible signal of a person’s ability” to inspire a group of people to unite behind him or her so they can collectively solve some problem that would stump them individually.

Looks are an element of charisma. Being tall, good-looking, and physically stronger than your peers, as well as appearing healthy, are correlated with charisma, note Grabo and van Vugt. That said, though it’s helpful to be a ringer for Gisele Bundchen, you can more closely resemble a hamburger bun in a bikini and still be mad charismatic. Accordingly, the researchers observe that “anecdotal evidence” suggests that having “particularly unique” features — “such as Abraham Lincoln’s elongated face or Rasputin’s piercing eyes” — may amp up charisma “as a result of their attention-grabbing ability.”

The good news — for anyone who lacks height, hots, or eyes that burn a hole in people -- is that how a person acts appears to be the main driver of charisma. And though some people are naturally (that is, genetically) equipped to be more charismatic through their set of personality traits, there are charismatic behaviors that anybody can learn and practice (or, perhaps in your case, engage in more often).

The behaviors that drive charisma are those that reflect a combination of “high power and high warmth,” explains business coach Olivia Fox Cabane in her research-based book “The

Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism.”

Most people probably believe that charisma comes simply out of speaking powerfully — Martin Luther King-ing it rather than mumbling their message. Actually, listening powerfully — tapping into how somebody’s feeling, engaging with it emotionally, and empathizing — is essential to having charisma.

Connecting in this way drives what people experience as warmth, which Cabane sums up as “goodwill” — the sense that another person cares about them and their well-being.

And sorry, but you can’t just fake the look of someone who’s listening (nod, nod, nod, eye contact, eye contact) while you’re all up in your to-do list or formulating the brilliant thing you’re going to say next. You’ll think you’re hiding your inattentiveness, but little bits of your body language will always sell you out.

Charismatic body language comes out of the antithesis of nervousness — being comfortable in your skin, having a sort of high-powered calm. That’s reflected in slower speech (rather than squirrel-like chit-chattering), the confidence to take pauses while speaking, and breathing from your diaphragm instead of taking shallow gulps of air. (For the basics on speaking more powerfully, read speech therapist and pathologist Morton Cooper’s “Change Your Voice, Change Your Life.”)

Slower, expansive body movements are another mark of the charismatic, in contrast with the herky-jerkyness of the perpetually uneasy — those who always seem on the verge of making a run for it. However, there’s a caveat to all of this walking and talking advice: If you’re insecure and self-loathing, you can’t just plaster some alpha-girl body language on top of that.

Not credibly, anyway. You’ve got to put in the work to fix your foundation. (See my “sciencehelp” book, “Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence.”)

Finally, consider that it takes a strong person to be open about their weaknesses and failures.

Counterintuitive, I know. But people don’t relate to greatness. They relate to other people who show how human and imperfect they are. Cabane explains that “drawing attention to your vulnerabilities” ultimately enhances your power. In other words, instead of always working hard to look good, you’ll amp up your charisma by making intermittent efforts to look bad -- like by confessing, “I’m socially awkward. Always have been. I’m really bad at leaving conversations at parties -- to the point where I wish a meteorite would crash through the ceiling so I could make my escape.”

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(I’ve rendered them in prose for easier reading.) “Pulling out of the old scarred skin—old rough thing I don’t need now—I strip off, slip out of, leave behind. Shedding toughness, peeling layers down to vulnerable stuff. And I’m blinking off old eyelids for a new way of seeing. By the rock I rub against, I’m going to be tender again.” Halloween costume suggestion: snake sloughing its skin.

Halloween season, I encourage you to fantasize extensively about what your dream home would look like and feel like if you had all the money necessary to create it. What colors would you paint the walls? Would you have carpets or hardwood floors?

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Extraordinary

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Picturesque views of the Gulf and Bay. Washer/ dryer, private beach/bath house, 4 pools. An exercise dream, workout room, walking/biking trails, centrally located for dining/ shopping. Call Jane 941-232-8392 WANTED OLDER MOTORCYCLES 810-7759771 Road Or Dirt Bikes Buying In Any Condition Picked up At Your Location Cash Paid HIGH-TECH HOLISTIC DENTISTRY Lk Leelanau office with IAOMT approved Hg removal. Lisa Siddall DDS

PIANO LESSONS Piano lessons available for all ages, styles and levels. Elk Rapids,Mich.

BMI POLE BUILDINGS “Your Barn, Your Way, Your Price” Call 989-916-8668 McLaren.brad@ gmail.com COLD, COUGH, FLU have you down want relief come see us at urban oasis salt spa You having respiratory issues and looking for relief try dry salt therapy at URBAN OASIS SALT SPA. Call 231 938-6020 or for appointment. Bring in add and get 50% OFF a session.

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

Asking $525.00 per month, plus electric. 231-879-3903 DAN’S AFFORDABLE HAULING Best rates in town! Hauling junk, debris, yard, misc. Anything goes! For a free estimate, call (231)620-1370 SHORES CONDO, Grand Traverse Resort Furn.1 bed/2 bath condo on 600’ of East Bay for rent until 6/1/19. 231-922-5053 GALLYS - WOW! 3 FOR $10 sale rack - womens resale shop in traverse city’s work center building - 710 centre street just off woodmere ave - call 855-style-85 for info. mention this ad & receive 50% off 1 item. hours 11-7 tues-friday & 11-5 saturday CONSERVATION EASEMENT STEWARD The Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy is seeking a full-time Conservation Easement Steward. For more information please visit our website: www.gtrlc.org. https://www.gtrlc.org/about/job-openings/ 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Open House Traverse Wellness Center 1 Year Anniversary on Sat Oct 27 from 1:30 to 4:30pm for demos,door prizes & food. We have a lot going on: Interplay, Belly Dance, Reiki, CranialSacral, Massage, Kundalini & Svaroopa Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Chakradance and more. Check us out on facebook or website www.TraverseWellnessCenter.com for detailed info. Or call 231-633-6033.

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