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Needless Deaths On Dec. 31, Iranian-backed protesters attacked the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

No deaths or serious injuries occurred; the protesters quickly left.

On Jan. 2, President Trump ordered a missile strike at the Baghdad International Airport that assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.

On Jan. 4, President Trump threatened to attack 52 sites in Iran, including cultural sites, if Iran retaliated for the assassination.

On Jan. 5, President Trump reissued his threat.

On Jan. 7, Iran launched 15 ballistic missiles at American bases in Iraq. Apparently, the Iranians designed their retaliation to avoid any casualties; none occurred.

On Jan. 8, an Iranian anti-aircraft missile shot down a Ukrainian airliner, apparently by mistake, believing it to be an American military aircraft. None of the 176 passengers and crew survived. Iran has apologized.

Questions remain: Would the airliner have been shot down had President Trump not been so bellicose in the first week of 2020?

Was our president’s threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites a proximate cause for the loss of 176 innocent lives, including 57 from Canada, our closest ally?

Jay S. Johnson, Empire More Views, Please I love — absolutely love — your publication.

It’s a must-read for me at the Cheboygan Brewing Co. Brewery every week. I’m a 34-year-old divorced woman from Mullett Lake and the only complaint I have, and which finally tipped while reading Northern Express’ opinion section today, is the lack of a fair view.

I normally don’t read this section, because every time I do it does not fit my views and makes me put down the rest of the publication (so sad because News of the Weird is amazing and my favorite and right next door). It also seems like the same guy’s face every week.

But today I caught notice of a woman talking about women’s issues, but honestly, I was disappointed and disgusted.

I understand it’s an opinion section, but when will this section reflect my opinion or any other then the far left? I’m not trying to make this one way or another, but seriously, have both sides — don’t just print the one you want. Please be fair and let’s work together, in positive voices, to make this existence fulfilling and be better than those we are trying to distance ourselves from. Not my opinion or your opinion but opinions that are kind, that we can all get behind, and that are less combative and dividing and more unifying and just f***ing kind to everyone.

Emillie I. Kwiatkowski, Mullet Lake What is Racism?

Racism is easy to define. The racialist mind attaches negative stereotypes to groups of people with perceived, superficial, and unimportant differences, such as skin color,

religion, dress, and cultural traits. When the racialist mind meets a person from one of these groups, it automatically attaches those negative stereotypes to that person and strips that human being of his or her individuality.

The “N” word has proved to be murderous throughout history. As with all dehumanizing labels, it allows the user to discriminate, torture, and murder. In the not-so-recent past, in this country, people of color have been tortured with blowtorches, hung from trees, and dragged to death. Pregnant women of color have had their stomachs sliced open, the baby removed and strangled, and the woman left to bleed to death. The perpetrators and their families then enjoyed a picnic luncheon.

Trump has turned the dog whistle of ugly racism into a human whistle. He has beckoned the racist underbelly of America to shamelessly come into the open, and he has deemed it to be legitimate.

Bret Albright, Traverse City Vasectomies for All Men! As I entered the post office on Union Street in Traverse City this past week, I was approached by a woman to sign a petition that would mandate abortions illegal after the baby’s heartbeat is detected. (Note: There is scientific dispute over what week of utero there is an actual heartbeat.)

I said to this woman, “I am of the belief that if somebody is going to tell me what to do with my body, then I will in turn tell them what to do with theirs.”

Leaving the post office, while the woman was getting a signature, I said, “All men must get vasectomies!”

I doubt all men would agree to be subjected to having a vasectomy, but while we are on the topic of sex, allow me to expound further. When people who act a woman’s own worst enemy can actually begin talking about the rape and sodomy of children within the Catholic Church, the violent/ sexual and emotional raping of children in households, the raping of teen sports athletes, the unpunished rapes on college campuses, the millions of people killed, starving, and displaced in Yemen because of greed and patriarchal (male-dominant) leaderships, the 12,000 young Native American girls gone missing (presumably raped and killed) in the fracking lands of the Dakotas with little or no law enforcement help, then agree to feed, provide healthcare, and educate all these babies, that is when I will be able to have a meaningful conversation on the topic of abortion.

Being in an Evangelical bubble of disinformation and severe deficiencies of reality is not helpful. Remaining silent over the crimes done onto innocents who have made it out of the womb, you become the enabler and capitulator of horrific proportions.

Charlene Verschaeve, Cedar An Example of Racism This letter is in response to your Jan. 13 cover story, “Was It Racism?” I am white. My grandson is bi-racial: half Irish and Italian, half African American. He is obviously of African descent. He was visiting us recently and drove into Traverse City with his girlfriend. He was pulled over by a Traverse City cop who had been driving next to him for a couple of minutes. The cop said he was pulling him over because of an obstructed windshield. He ran my grandson’s driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance through the computer.

There was nothing there.

When the cop gave him his documentation back, he asked my grandson what he was doing in Traverse City and if he had any weapons or drugs in the car. When Daaron told him no,

the cop asked him to step out of the car and searched it, finding nothing. My grandson is a 22-year-old who doesn’t do drugs, has never held a gun, and doesn’t even drink beer. And what about the obstructed front window?

The passenger side windshield wiper, when turned off, didn’t return all the way to flush with the hood. It stayed up about two inches.

The cop said that was the obstruction. I’ll bet no white kid ever got pulled over because his windshield wiper didn’t go all the way down.

CONTENTS features Crime and Rescue Map......................................7

Time to Make Tracks........................................10 “Sow-Nah”......................................................12 Judson Market & Restaurant...........................14 Seen...............................................................16 Ode to the Unsung Wards of Winter Fun...........17 Tom Henderson, Williamsburg

Diminished Democracy We fought England over being taxed without representation. It is no wonder that our Founding Fathers crafted the Constitution based on the principle that the majority ought to govern. Early on, the first region-wide tax rebellion was led by many slave owners who questioned the legitimacy of taxation to advance public purposes.

Such concerns did not arise where slavery was absent. Where voters were free to do so, voters regularly called on governments to perform services they valued and elected candidates who pledged to perform them.

What every free-state American voter liked about tax policy in their self-governing republic was that they, the people, decided issues by majority rule. For these citizens, liberty meant having a say in questions of governance. Slavery-dominated government was more aristocratic, weaker, and more likely controlled by the wealthy few.

When voters in southern states tried to get their government to take up their concerns, the planters felt threatened by any political activity they did not control — even when voters were demanding roads, schools, and other services.

The antigovernment rhetoric that continues to saturate our political life is rooted in slavery rather than liberty. The paralyzing suspicion of government, so much on display today, came from a like-minded elite, wealthy plantation owners who saw federal power as a menace to their system of racial slavery.

Currently, like-minded extremely wealthy individuals, in order to preserve their economic liberty, are able to keep the Republican representatives in line by threatening to be primaried by a more conservative well-funded opponent. As former jurist Louis Brandeis said, “We must make a choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.”

Ronald Marshall, Petoskey Inman Recall The Inman recall campaign received almost 14,000 signatures. About 200 were disqualified because of irregularities.

These reflected the will of regular citizens, incensed that they lacked representation during crucial votes in 2019. Unknowingly, some signed twice, while others signed on the wrong page.

That’s human error. What was not an error:14,000 voters who objected to their representative getting paid while not doing his job.

The Inman Recall challenges should not be borne by its magnificent leaders. They exceeded expectations that the Lame Duck Legislation tried to thwart by enacting laws for recalls to fail. They restricted timelines and set up obstructions to keep in office politicians who abuse the privilege of representing their community. Lame Duck won this time.

The Inman Recall came within a razor’s edge of triumph; they are to be commended.

Kudos to those who worked tirelessly and valiantly with slingshot in hand. Message to Goliath: We are not finished yet.

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Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................21 Film................................................................23 Crossword...................................................25 Advice..........................................................25 Freewill Astrology..........................................26 Classifieds..................................................27

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top ten Cost of State Park Access Going Up — But Still a Bargain

The cost of a Recreation Passport vehicle entry fee to state parks for Michigan residents is going up for the first time in seven years, but the pass remains a bargain for a day of outdoor fun and recreation.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced that beginning March 1, the cost will increase from $11 to $12 — the first Recreation Passport price increase since January 2013.

That $1 per month ensures access to more than 100 state parks and recreation areas, 140 state forest campgrounds, hundreds of miles of state trails, historic sites, family friendly events, hundreds of boating access sites, and other outdoor spaces.

The increase is occurring because, by law, the price is attached to the Consumer Price Index, ensuring park funding can keep pace with inflation.

Passport fees for other modes of transport, including motorcycles, mopeds, and commercial vehicles, will remain the same.

ice wine festival The third Annual Chateau Chantal Ice Wine Festival takes place Sat., Jan. 25 at Chateau Chantal Winery, TC from 11am-5pm. One of the few regions in the world with suitable climates for Ice Wine, the summer must be warm enough for the grapes to fully ripen, and the winter cold enough to allow the grapes to freeze naturally on the vine. Enjoy an ice wine vineyard tour, Ice Wine production show and tour, ice sculptures, entice luge, outdoor fire pits, s’more kits and more. Find on Facebook.

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Osorio’s Salsas

“We don’t have a freezer. No canned or processed ingredients. Everything is fresh and homemade,” says Miguel Osorio, co-owner with wife, Karla, of Osorio Tacos Y Salsas in Williamsburg. Proof of the couple’s commitment to traditional cooking with fresh ingredients: every one of their seven pepper-, veggie-, and herb-packed salsas heating up their winter menu. All are delicious, but four in particular have captured our winter-weary hearts: the Salsa Primitiva, which showcases the deep red of guajillo peppers and a rich smokiness, is the flavor of Miguel’s childhood in the mountainous Mixteca region of Oaxaca. The Salsa Verde, a herbaceous blend, with fresh cilantro and finely diced onion suspended in a tomatillo base, is a profile directly drawn from Karla’s upbringing in BajaCalifornia. The Salsa Cremosa — light green, creamy, and comparatively mild, with aromatic garlic we (but maybe not our significant others) love. And the Salsa Morrongo, which delivers a potent dose of heat, but miraculously, when paired with Osorio’s supple tamales or crunchy flautas, enables the fire to calm to an endorphin-rich afterglow. Select salsa varieties are available at Old Mission’s Peninsula Market, Oryana Community Co-op in Traverse City, Leland Mercantile, and at Providence Farm in Central Lake. For the full experience, savor Osorio Tacos Y Salsas from the source, at 6037 US-31 (the junction of US-31 and M-72 West) in Williamsburg. (231) 938-9144, www.OsorioTacosySalsas.com

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CHEER

Did you know the best cheerleading team in the country is a junior college in the middle of nowhere, Texas? Netflix’s new six-part docuseries Cheer takes you inside the record-setting national champion competitive-cheerleading team of Navarro College, and after watching these phenomenal athletes, you will never think of cheerleading the same way. Part intimate character study, part gripping sports drama (think 30 for 30), it follows all the blood, sweat, and tears that goes into a single 2.5-minute performance where the pressure could not be any higher. From the incredible stories and journeys of the athletes to the quietly impressive force behind it all (Coach Monica, aka “The Queen”), this is edge-of-your-seat viewing.

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Harm Reduction to Open New Locations

Harm Reduction Michigan, a nonprofit that seeks to help people who suffer from substance abuse by providing services and fighting the stigma of drug addiction, will open three new locations, two of them in northern Michigan, beginning in February.

Harm Reduction, which currently operates in Traverse City and Petoskey, will open locations in Cadillac, Gaylord, and Midland.

“We have just signed leases, so they will be up and functional by Feb. 1 or so,” said Pam Lynch, Harm Reduction director.

The new centers were made possible through a $300,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Stuff we love Chic, Local, Handmade Hats When Amber Lambert isn’t busy making leather earrings, running her side business to sell them (alongside the shirts, blankets, home decor, and personalized items she also creates), or homeschooling her three kids — ages 8, 11, and 14 — she makes a little time to crochet these ultra-soft bulkyweight 100 percent acrylic hats. They feel as warm as wool, but without the itch, and they hug a gal’s head just right — low enough that ears are covered but cheekbones show. “I just really enjoy making things,” she tells Northern Express. “I find awe in taking a ball of yarn or a pile of leather and creating lovely things.” She says she’s been crocheting since she was 7 but really started crafting when her husband was deployed a few years ago — “just as a hobby to keep me busy.” Consider the not-so-industrious among us absolutely delighted with her busi-ness that followed, 15:10 Designs. Find Lambert’s winter hats — and a promise of new collections coming in spring — at the new Michigan in Metal Home Decor and Gifts, 346 E. Front St., in Traverse City, as well as at TC-based online boutique, Luna Kember (lunakember.com).

Fundraiser for Family of Local Brewer Just before Christmas, Petoskey Brewing Company brewer Nick Carson’s truck hit a patch of black ice on his way to work. He sustained severe head injuries in the accident and, on Christmas morning, was pronounced dead, leaving behind his wife and two young sons. In his passing, Carson, an organ donor, saved a number of lives.

To help the Carson family, Petoskey Brewing (1844 Harbor-Petoskey Rd.) will host a fundraiser from 5pm–8pm Jan. 23. The fundraiser has a $20 at-the-door entry, and will include two drink tickets, appetizers, and live music. A silent auction will also be held.

In addition to the fundraiser, 100 percent of sales from Carson’s contribution to the brewery’s “Small Batch Series” — Mint Chocolate Stout — will go directly to the family.

Can’t make it? Consider donating to “The Carson Family Needs Our Help” page at www. gofundme.com.

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Bottoms up Imperial Cinnamon Hefeweizen from Cheboygan Brewing Co. Winter is prime time for imperial stouts and barrel-aged beers, but what if you’re not a fan of those big, heavy, dark brews? The Imperial Cinnamon Hefeweizen is a perfect winter beer for folks who prefer the hue of their ales to stay on the lighter side of the spectrum.

On the one hand, this beer still packs plenty of punch, with an ABV of 7.4 and a boozier character than you’d expect from the traditional German hefeweizen style. On the other hand, pale malts and flaked wheat combine to make this beer a good deal lighter in color and texture than you’d get with a stout or imperial brown ale. The X-factor comes through thanks to what the folks at Cheboygan Brewing Co. added in the very last stages of fermentation: premium-quality Vietnamese cinnamon sticks and Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans. They lead to a beer that is sweet, full-bodied, richly flavorful, and extremely satisfying, while also retaining a surprisingly crisp, crushable drinkability. It’s on tap at Cheboygan Brewing Co.’s taproom location (101 N Main Street, 231-268-3218), at least until the seasonal Novemberthrough-February release window closes. Find other purveyors on the “Beer Finder” map at www.cheboyganbrewing.com.

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by Stephen Tuttle We are now surrounded by the evidence.

are mostly in very deep international waters.

The most significant and consistent temperature increases in the last 2,000 years have occurred in just the last century. The 10 hottest years globally have all occurred since 2005, and the five hottest were the last five.

Thanks to recent reporting by Wil S. Hylton in The Atlantic, we now know how some countries are going to exploit the ocean floor.

That has led to more drought and more wildfires. More than 2.5 million acres burned in Alaska last year, and California was on fire for most of the summer, with deadly results, the latest in a decades-long trend of more fires burning more acreage, costing more money.

And not just here.

We might never have seen wildfires quite like those now burning in Australia. More than 30,000 square miles — an area bigger than New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut combined — have already burned, and their peak fire season just started. Estimates of the number of animals killed by fire range from 500 million to a billion.

25 10:30am-12 Yeti Discovery Program at the Library in Suttons Bay 12-4pm Yeti Scavenger Hunt hosted by Downtown Merchants 12:30 Free movie at the Bay Theatre featuring “Abominable” sponsored by the Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce 2-3pm Turkey Bowling at the Ice Rink (corner of Lincoln & Broadway) must be there before 1:30 to sign up and compete 2pm “Norseman Cardboard Classic” at Bahle Hill (Cheer on student/faculty sled teams) 4-6pm Yeti Chili Cook-off w/area restaurant at VI Grill Silent Auction - Starting Mon. Jan 20-Sat. Jan 25 at Suttons Bay Trading Co. (Spice Store) will move items to VI Grill at 4pm... Concludes at 6pm

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Some of this — dredging or vacuuming — has already been done for years in several countries’ territorial waters. The DeBeers cartel has been siphoning the ocean floor off the coast of Namibia seeking diamonds.

Both Japan and South Korea have mining areas around thermal vents looking for gold and silver.

Now territorial restraints will be lifted, thanks to something called the United Nations International Seabed Authority, which will start handing out permits to 30 interested countries. The applicants, which do not include the U.S., have big plans.

Multiple large, experimental vessels with what are basically giant powerful vacuum cleaners will work methodical grid patterns, sucking up the top five inches of the seabed and anything happening to reside there. The ships will then

So we’re going to have to find a lot more lead, nickel, cadmium, lithium, sodium and chloride. The question is: How do we find, extract, and use these minerals safely? Some have decided the answer lies on the ocean floor.

Where fire isn’t an issue, water is. The world is having more storm-related flooding more frequently, another trend. And it gets worse with rising sea levels.

Recent research published in the journal Nature Communications projects that by 2050, land where 150 million people now live will be under water at every high tide and, ultimately, all the time. Most of south Florida, the New York/Newark region, the Carolina and Georgia coasts, and parts of New England would be included.

This isn’t a mystery; we’ve been told this was coming for four decades. Our use of fossil fuels personally and industrially has created greenhouse gases warming the globe, raising sea levels, and generating more weather extremes globally.

We also know the solution is to move away from fossil fuels. That means renewable energy. And more batteries, a lot more. Batteries to power vehicles and batteries that can store power from sources like wind and solar.

So we’re going to have to find a lot more lead, nickel, cadmium, lithium, sodium and chloride. The question is: How do we find, extract, and use these minerals safely? Some have decided the answer lies on the ocean floor.

We’ve known for more than a century that some parts of the ocean floor are full of what are called polymettalic nodules. Ranging in size from golf balls to softballs, the nodules are made almost entirely of copper, manganese, nickel, and cobalt. Pretty convenient for those seeking the minerals but not so convenient to extract, especially since the nodules

separate out the minerals and spew the leftover sediment back into the ocean — 2 million pounds per ship, every day.

Nobody knows exactly what impact that will have but, ocean currents being what they are, it’s a sure bet it won’t gently settle back onto the ocean floor from whence it came. And it probably won’t be so good for the critters trying to exist through the haze of sediment, or the ecosystem wherever it finally settles. Even worse, these operations could redistribute toxins, like mercury, that had been resting on the ocean floor.

This all sounds like bad unintended environmental consequences waiting to happen in service to provide the materials needed to help the environment.

This is not to suggest we can avoid it. Renewable energy is cleaner at every stage of development and use than fossil fuels. We need the material to create that energy and store it.

It does, however, suggest that we’ve not yet discovered an energy silver bullet; everything leaves a carbon footprint at some stage, some of the materials used are dangerously toxic, and we’ve not yet figured out how to effectively recycle or dispose of some of what we’re going to have to use.

Renewable energy helps us mitigate the existential threat of climate change, but it doesn’t mean the environmental work is done. We should start thinking about cleaning up renewable energy, too. We’re heading toward cleaner energy but still searching for something truly clean.

Crime & Rescue HOTIELER SENT TO PRISON A Metro Detroit psychologist used funds from a healthcare fraud scheme to invest in a Manistee County resort.

Paul Lucki Smith, 54, was sentenced to 51 months in prison at a Jan. 7 hearing in federal court in Detroit.

Smith, who practiced for over 20 years, submitted claims to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for reimbursement for services that he did not provide, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’ Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Over three years, Smith siphoned over $3.1 million and used hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase real estate, liquor licenses, and furniture in his venture to open the Swan Resort, a bed and breakfast in Arcadia Township.

CHARGES: MAN MAILED HEROIN A Gaylord man who police say received heroin through the mail faces up to 20 years in prison on drug delivery charges.

Raif Bonner, 38, was charged in Otsego County following an investigation by Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement, which said in a press release that, after learning packages of heroin had been sent to Bonner’s apartment, detectives got a search warrant and found heroin, Buprenorphine, and cash in the apartment.

Gaylord Police officers arrested Bonner Jan. 3, and he was charged with delivery of heroin and possession of Buprenorphine, according to a press release.

WOMAN INJURED IN CRASH A woman suffered serious injuries when she took a turn too fast on a snowmobile, lost control, and hit a tree.

Kalkaska County Sheriff’s deputies were called at 12:47pm Jan.9 to a trail near M-72 in Bear Lake Township.

Sandra Kay Anderson, 65, of Marshall, had been travelling northbound on Snowmobile Trail 76 when she failed to navigate a curve and struck a tree, suffering serious injuries. She was taken to Munson Medical Center, where she was listed in stable condition.

Deputies said that speed was a factor in the crash and that Anderson was wearing a helmet, but it wasn’t secured properly.

OBSCENE PICS LEAD TO CHARGES A Buckley man faces child sexual abuse charges after sharing inappropriate photographs with a minor female over Snapchat.

Cameron Joseph Schopieray faces three counts of child sexually abusive activity, 20-year felonies, and three counts of accosting children for immoral purposes, four-year felonies, and three misdemeanor charges of furnishing obscenity to children.

The investigation of the 20-year-old began when a girl’s family called police to report that between July and September 2019 their daughter was having an inappropriate online relationship with an adult.

Investigators determined that Schopieray and the girl shared explicit material over Snapchat and Facebook Messenger and that Schopieray had similar correspondence with several other minor females, according to a press release.

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Schopieray was charged Jan. 10 in Wexford County; police said anyone with information to share about him can contact investigators at (231) 779-6040.

SUSPECT CAUGHT ON DOORBELL CAM An Ishpeming man faces life in prison after he was caught on a doorbell camera, allegedly entering a home in order to steal a jar of change.

A Garfield Township homeowner told police that he got an alert on his phone via his Ring-brand doorbell surveillance camera that showed a man entering his house, then leaving with an object in his hands.

The homeowner gave police a description of the suspect’s vehicle, which was also captured on surveillance, and police later spotted the car and pulled over the suspect, 36-year-old Jacob Brook Smith.

Inside the car, police found an empty jar and a receipt from a coin exchange, according to the charges. Smith was charged with home invasion as a four-time habitual offender.

ALLEGED WOULD-BE VIGILANTE CHARGED A woman who allegedly tried to kill a man she believed had sexually assaulted a family member was ordered to stand trial on attempted murder charge in Emmet County.

Pellston resident Nicole Marie Eaton allegedly went to a residence in Springvale Township in November and pointed a handgun at a man. The man was able to wrestle the gun away from Eaton with the help of some bystanders, according to a Jan. 14 state police press release.

The man had been previously charged in a sexual assault case but had been acquitted of those charges, police said.

MAN KILLED IN SNOWMOBILE CRASH State Police investigated a fatal snowmobile crash in Wexford County.

At 1pm Jan. 12, troopers were sent to a trail in Boon Township where a 28-year-old man from Grand Rapids had lost control of his snowmobile on a curve and struck a tree.

Matthew Stephen Gardner was wearing a helmet, but he didn’t survive the injuries, troopers said in a press release.

The case led to the arrests of James Manford Jarrell and Jeffrey Allen Kobel, both 50 years old, who allegedly brought the woman from Ypsilanti to northern Michigan a few days earlier.

Jarrell faces charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, unlawful imprisonment, and being a four-time habitual offender. Kobel faces charges of unlawful imprisonment and third-offense habitual offender.

TWO JAILED FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING State police arrested two men on human trafficking charges.

The case began after a woman was arrested for car theft in Roscommon County. She told investigators that she was being held against her will at a residence in Crawford County and that she had escaped and stole a car. The woman told investigators she was being forced to clean and perform acts of prostitution.

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bY Isiah Smith Jr. Economic equality is a good, if essentially elusive, goal. It has become fashionable in some political circles to blame capitalism for Americans’ economic inequality. But are we to believe equality can only be achieved if capitalism dies? Can we have capitalism and economic equality?

Those pitching their tents on the extreme left bank of the political landscape don’t think so.

Blinded by the light of an idealistic glow and dismayed by the status quo, they argue that capitalism has created grossly unfair economic inequality in America.

Who among us rejects the desire for equality?

Equality is a good thing, right? It is among the cherished ideals upon which this great nation was supposedly found. The extreme left — let’s call them the neo-socialists, because that’s what they are — believe that economic equality can only be obtained through wealth redistribution.

The neo-socialists do not expressly claim wealth redistribution as their aim; they know that an open war against free markets would spark massive revolts. So they present their hidden agenda in language that would cause a 1970s social worker to blush.

There’s nothing new under the sun that hasn’t already been done at least once. (Probably more.) Mid-18th century thinkers, such as Voltaire and David Hume, considered free markets a boon to society. Free markets, they thought, promoted prosperity, intellectual vigor, and social peace and tranquility.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on the other hand, insisted that humans passionately guard their social status, but because competition for social status made people generally unhappy, it was a zero-sum game (i.e., I win, you lose; you win, I lose). It’s doubtful that you would find anyone who would voluntarily exchange their high status for lower status; it’d be inconsistent with human nature.

Not everyone is happy with the results of a free market. That is because market gains will always be distributed unequally, create differences between people, and make some people better off — and happier — than others. Rousseau thought the rich would “gorge themselves with riches while the vast majority of society lacked bare necessities and therefore starve.”

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Adam Smith rejected Rousseau’s philosophy, arguing that competitive markets created “universal opulence” and higher standards of living for everyone. In his first book, “The Theory of Moral Sentiments,” Smith wrote that an invisible hand — the tendency of free markets to regulate themselves by means of competition, supply and demand, and selfinterest — controlled the markets. Most famous for his 1776 book, “An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,” Smith presumably knew a thing or two about wealth and its creation.

The analysis above tracks the writings of Jerry Z. Muller, professor of history at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Muller writes that the neo-socialists are Rousseau’s descendants.

In “The Neo-socialist Delusion,” published in the Jan./Feb. 2020 issue of Foreign Affairs, Muller argues that the neo-socialists concentrate less on wealth creation than on wealth redistribution. They seem to care more about lowering those at the top than raising those at the bottom. Can we eliminate economic disparities through government fiat?

Recent history suggests we cannot.

A “wealth tax” forms the core of the neosocialists’ worldview. Muller thinks wealth taxes (an added tax, which in Elizabeth Warren’s formulation would levy an additional 2 percent on households worth more than $50 million and a 3 percent tax on billionaires) would negatively influence the economy.

He thinks it would discourage wealthy individuals from creating assets subject to the tax. It would curtail private investment and cause innovators to avoid funding new projects and expanding economic activity.

Why innovate and create if the resulting wealth is “redistributed” to others?

One might disagree with Muller’s argument but appreciate his intellectual rigor. He has taken the question seriously, offering thoughtful analysis.

Neo-socialists, however, seem to operate in the irrational domain of emotions. In their dystopian dreams, successful individuals and companies are engaged in nefarious dealings precisely because they have become so successful. Since they have done “something” wrong by becoming so successful, they must repent by surrendering a portion of their bounty to the government to be redistributed to the rest of society.

What the neo-socialists fail to understand, Muller argues, is all of society profits from successful companies and individuals like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. Their innovations improve lives. Bill Gates puts his wealth to work in diseased, plagued areas in Africa by bringing clean water and modern toilets where once there were none.

Individuals and companies are driven primarily by self-interest. This primary, primal drive forms the impetus for creative innovation, risk taking, and the imaginative leaps of faith that have produced groundbreaking advances, such as personal computers and smart phones.

Individuals at all economic levels today have access to advanced technologies our ancestors would consider magical.

Those who preach the gospel of wealth redistribution should demonstrate how their plan makes everyone better off and how wealth redistribution helps humanity meet future challenges. Does turning off the fountain of innovation and responsible investment make us all better off? These questions merit serious discussion.

The better solution would be revamping the tax code and closing unfair loopholes so that no future self-styled billionaire presidential candidate can be heard to declare, “I pay no taxes; that makes me smart.”

No, it doesn’t. Real Americans pay their share.

Isiah Smith Jr. is a retired government attorney.

People With Issues Police in Wichita Falls, Texas, say they responded to a report on Jan. 5 that Christopher Ragsdale choked and headbutted his unnamed girlfriend after she complained about his odorous gas. “She told Christopher that his fart smelled horrible and he got mad and grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to the ground,” the Associated Press quoted the arrest affidavit. The altercation took place at a friend’s house, and that friend called police.

Ragsdale was held on $10,000.

Questionable Judgment Four Amish men pleaded guilty in Gladwin County (Michigan) District Court on Jan. 8 to charges stemming from an earlier incident in Beaverton Township. According to the Midland Daily News, deputies from the Gladwin County Sheriff ’s office responded on Dec. 29 to a call from a concerned motorist who observed the four men tossing empty beer cans from the horse and buggy they were riding in. When deputies pulled them over, they gave bogus ages and would not confirm their names, authorities said, yet the men appeared to be inebriated, and a search of the buggy turned up empty alcohol containers along with unopened ones. Levei Mast, 20; Andrew Zook, 19; Joseph Miller, 20; and Joseph Troyer, 19, each paid a $700 fine and $150 in court costs.

They have yet to face the bishop.

Next, on ‘Dateline’ Colleagues of 35-year-old paramedic Joshua Lee Hunsucker told investigators in Mount Holly, North Carolina, they were surprised at how quickly he had another girlfriend following the death of his wife in September 2018. And when Stacy Robinson Hunsucker’s mother shared her suspicions, pointing to the $200,000 in life insurance Joshua had collected, agents of the North Carolina Department of Insurance began an investigation that led to Joshua Hunsucker’s arrest on Dec. 19, charged with first-degree murder for poisoning his wife with Visine, according to prosecutors. Stacy Hunsucker, 32 at her death, had suffered from heart problems, the Gaston Gazette reported, and a test of her blood revealed tetrahydrozoline, a chemical found in eye drops and nasal sprays, at levels 30 to 40 times the recommended dose, an amount insurance fraud attorney Jordan Green told the court would have had “a dramatic effect on her heart, which would cause heart stoppage in a short amount of time.”

The Gazette also noted the wide news coverage given two weeks before Stacy’s death to a woman arrested in York, South Carolina, for putting eye drops in her husband’s water, causing a seizure and cardiac arrest. A Gaston County grand jury on Jan. 6 additionally indicted Hunsucker on charges of insurance fraud.

Precocious The father of a 3-year-old girl in Guilin, China, is paying the price for his toddler’s creative expression. On Nov. 24, the man, identified only as Mr. Zhao, his wife and daughter visited an Audi dealership, Oddity Central reported. As the adults looked around, the bored girl scratched “artwork” into 10 automobiles, including one valued at more than $140,000. The dealership sued the father for $28,400 over the damage caused.

Eventually, Mr. Zhao and the dealership settled on a payment of $10,000.

Act of Desperation After Dona Maria Schiave failed her driver’s license test three times in the Novo Mutum Parana district of Brazil, her son, Heitor Marcio

Schiave, 43, decided to take matters into his own hands. On Dec. 10, he donned a stuffed bra, long skirt and makeup and showed up at the State Department of Traffic, claiming to be his mother, ready to take the test again. Aline Mendoca, the examiner, became suspicious and summoned the military police. “I thought she was drunk at first,” she told globo.com. “When I realized that the student was actually a man, I decided to proceed normally” and wait for officers. “I think he pitied his mother for failing three times.” Schiave was arrested for fraudulent misrepresentation and released; he may face a fine.

The Way the World Works Kari and Dustin Drees bought their first home In Atlanta’s Buckhead district in December and shortly thereafter left on vacation to visit family. While they were gone, an alarm went off, and friends reported nothing was amiss, but when the Dreeses returned home, they discovered an uninvited visitor had moved in: a squirrel. The animal had apparently fallen down the chimney and become trapped inside, where it did a lot of damage -- defecating, scratching floors, chewing baseboards and building a nest in the couch. No worries, the couple thought: “This is why you have homeowner’s insurance,” Kari told the Associated Press. Not so fast: The couple’s insurance “explicitly stated” it doesn’t cover damage done by rodents, and a squirrel is a rodent. Small comfort: The company did offer to provide housing for the couple for up to two weeks.

You Can’t Make This Up Odis Latham, 47, and Russell Sparks, 48, of Columbus, Mississippi, were arrested on Jan. 6 after they allegedly hatched a cockamamie scheme to “win” the lottery, WLBT reported.

The two arrived at the Mississippi Lottery Corp. in Flowood and presented a losing $100,000 ticket upon which they had glued the winning numbers, according to authorities.

Flowood police arrested the pair, who were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and uttering a counterfeit instrument over $1,000. They were held without bond.

Entrepreneurial Spirit Mike Parrish of Woodfin, North Carolina, is making fantasy a reality with a “Lord of the Rings” hobbit home he’s building to offer on Airbnb. “I’m not just a casual fan. I’m a huge fan,” Parrish said as he guided WLOS through the 800-square-foot “Unexpected Journey,” built 90% underground with one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen and round doorways crafted by local woodworker John Fenwick.

“What we want is to just have an area where people can come and bring their kids and just leave with an unforgettable experience,” Parrish said. The home should be ready to rent in February or March; Parrish and his wife have not set a per-night rate yet.

Bright Idea Firefighters in Las Vegas discovered what they say is an illegal, homemade gas station in a backyard on Jan. 7. The setup comprised two yellow tanks in the corner of a walled yard and a gas pump nozzle on the end of a hose long enough to reach from the backyard to the curb out front, the Associated Press reported, for “possible curbside fill-ups.” “This is not only illegal in the city,” Las Vegas Fire and Rescue wrote on social media, “it is a hazard to neighbors (and) first responders who may respond there for an emergency, like a fire.” Las Vegas Metropolitan Police are investigating and believe it is part of a scheme to purchase gasoline with stolen credit cards and stash the fuel in storage containers at private homes.

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Time to Make Tracks

The air is cold, the flakes are flying, and the woods of northern Michigan are the least crowded you’ll ever see them.

Take advantage and hop on your classic or (where allowed) skate skis and glide onto one of these new — or simply not-to-be-missed — paths to pure Nordic bliss.

By Laurel Sutherland Kettles Trail Loop Empire The 3-mile Kettles Trail loop is a new, easy-to-access Nordic ski venue. It opened in fall 2019, adding about 100 miles of hiking trails to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This medium-difficulty, ungroomed trail begins with a 1,000-foot stretch of rolling meadow. From there, the path spills into wooded rolling hills, meets a 1-mile forested loop, and reconnects with the original 1-mile pathway to the parking lot. Along the route, skiers (and snowshoers and hikers) have the choice to take spur trails to a bog and a scenic lookout. The trail winds through the Bow Lakes area, which gives the trail its name; it’s home to kettle lakes — depressions made by partially buried blocks of ice that were left behind when the glaciers retreated. Bonus: The trail is in a snowbelt, which means frequent fresh powder.

Find it: The trailhead sits near the intersection of West Baatz and South Fritze roads, west of County Road 669.

More info: Call the SBD Visitor Center at (231) 334-2000, or visit friendsofsleepingbear. org/programs/kettles/

Hickory Hills Ski Area Traverse City Hickory Hills’ recent $4 million expansion and infrastructure improvements weren’t just for downhill skiers, you know.

This close-to-town ski destination also offers more than 5K of accessible Nordic ski trails — for both classic and skate skiers — and now boasts a 1K lit loop for convenient and safe night skiing. All the trails are

beginner-friendly, running along gentle meadow ascents and descents just south of Hickory Hill’s downhill runs. Between skis, stop into the new lodge to refuel; the menu is noticeably upgraded. Finally, if you’re looking to inspire your cross-country skiing kids, or yourself, head to Hickory Feb. 28 and 29, when it hosts the Michigan High School Championships for Nordic skiing.

Find it: The 125-acre public ski resort is located on the west side of Traverse City.

Access Randolph Street from Division Street and head west until it dead-ends at the resort.

More info: (231) 947-8566, www. traversecitymi.gov/hickory_hills.asp

Forbush Corner Nordic Frederic Forbush Corner Nordic ski resort, near Grayling, has the largest fleet of Nordic grooming equipment in the Midwest. It offers miles of impeccably groomed trails for skate and classic skiers of any skill level.

Visit Forbush for reliably smooth and snowy conditions and wooded rolling trails all winter long. Though the resort is naturally located in a snow-heavy microclimate, it recently added even more snow-making power: In December, Forbush launched a new state-of-the-art snowmaking system — the first of its kind in Michigan. Forbush offers various loops including a 1.3K and 1.5K easy trail for beginners, a 2K loop for intermediate skiers, and a 6K and 7K loop for seasoned skiers.

Find it: Forbush is ¼ mile east of I-75 exit #264.

More info: (989) 889-1644, www. forbushcorner.com

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Wildwood Hills Pathway Indian River Wildwood Hills Pathway is wildly popular among northern Michigan classic skiers, and for good reason: It’s got options galore. This 11-mile, moderatedifficulty trail system offers multiple loop possibilities — 4.5-mile, 5.7-mile, 7.5mile, 8.7-mile, and a full 11-mile loop option. (The loops are double-tracked for classic skiing but are not wide enough for skate skiing.) Wildwood laces through an upland forest along the border between Cheboygan and Emmet Counties. Visitors love the trail’s serene setting, nestled a world apart from traffic noise. The heavily forested trail system runs along ridges and gentle ascents, with hills that make skiing interesting but not overwhelming for intermediate skiers. The trail is maintained by volunteers and fundraising now for a volunteer grooming program.

Find it: The ski area has two access points: the East Lot trailhead (southwest of I-75 exit 310 to Indian River) and West Lot trailhead (9.5 miles east of Petoskey on CR-58).

More info: www.trailscouncil/wildwoodhills-pathway/

Big M Cross-Country Ski Trails Manistee/Cadillac Big M Cross-Country Ski trails offer 35K of classic ski trails through the heart of the rolling hills of Manistee National Forest. Though the ski area is partially machine groomed, it’s made up almost entirely of narrow, natural ski trails that jog through mature hardwoods and pines. The area is managed by volunteers who work in partnership with the Huron Manistee

Forest Service. Big M has 12 dedicated ski loops ranging from beginner to expert difficulty level for classic skiers. Big M Cross Country skiers revel in the extensive selection of routes to choose from, ranging from 1.8 miles to 6.2 miles. Several trail loops link, enabling you to combine loops to extend mileage. After a long winterafternoon jaunt in the snow, cozy up at Big M’s woodstove-heated trail shelter.

Find it: Big M is located on Udell Hills Road, 3 ½ miles south of M-55 (about 29 miles west of Cadillac).

More info: (231) 723-2211, www.skibigm.org

Black Mountain Trail System Onaway Black Mountain is a stunning 30-mile trail system between Cheboygan and Onaway. Skillfully groomed for both skate and classic skiing by Black Mountain Nordic Ski Club volunteers, the area has rolling trails with breathtaking overlooks of Black Lake to the west and glimpses of Lake Huron to the east. Its stunning ridges make it one of northern Michigan’s best Nordic ski destinations. The area has routes for any skill level, including easy sections suitable for beginners and challenging black diamond descents and climbs for expert skiers.

Find it: The ski area has four parking lot access points, including Twin Lakes and Doriva Beach roads in Cheboygan County and North County Line Road and County Road 489 in Presque Isle.

More info: (231) 627-2811, www. trailscouncil.org/black-mountain-recreationarea-trail/

On Your Mark!

If your preferred style of Nordic skiing is competitive, toss the trail map and take on some worth contenders in one of these races around the North this winter.

White Pine Stampede Feb. 1 Mancelona, MI 10, 20, and 50K senior freestyle and classic point-to-point race through picturesque Antrim County, ending at Shanty Creek Resort. http://whitepinestampede.org/ Mike Seaman Memorial 10k Classic Feb. 2 Frederic 10K race through Forbush Corner Nordic’s wooded rolling hills. https://www.forbushcorner.com/blog 44th Annual North American VASA Festival of Races Feb. 8-9 Traverse City 25K, 50K freestyle and 6K junior freestyle races and16K, 34K and 6K junior classic races through the Vasa Pathway in Pere Marquette State Forest. http://www.vasa.org/race-info/

Olympian Skier’s Inspired Visit to Traverse City

By Laurel Sutherland Olympic Gold Medalist Kikkan Randall recently visited Traverse City to speak at Hagerty Insurance. The skier and motivational speaker shared lessons from her tumultuous 10-year journey to win Olympic gold, beat breast cancer, and balance motherhood with her work and active life.

Northern Express sat down with Randall to learn more about what fuels her fire — and how we can fuel our own — in life and nordic skiing.

“There are themes that apply to whatever I do. It comes down to mindset. I encourage people to dream big and take on challenging things, whether you choose them or they’re thrown at you.” Kikkan said.

Kikkan’s November visit was her first experience in Traverse City.

Serendipitously, her stop here fell right after the early-season blizzard.

“I was really impressed with the people in Traverse City. People were really excited and working hard on the trails. I wish I could have gotten out,” said Kikkan.

Though she didn’t have time to visit local trails during her visit, she did dabble in front-yard skiing with her 3-year-old son, Breck.

Kikkan says introducing children to skiing is all about exposure and managing expectations.

“When you go out, know that it may be 5 minutes, or 5 hours … we bring a sled to pull him around when he’s done skiing.” Kikkan said.

If you’re inspired to ski (with or without kids) Kikkan says the key to comfort is layering. She suggests a moisture-wicking base layer,

like merino wool or a synthetic fiber, to keep your core warm and dry. From there, you can change out your upper layers.

Beyond smart layering, Kikkan has another secret weapon in her attire repertoire. Years ago, she put pink in her hair as a statement against the idea that cross-country skiers are boring. Over her career, pink became her signature power color, signifying strength, energy, and positivity.

After her stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis in June 2018, it was pure coincidence that pink is also emblematic of breast cancer awareness.

Kikkan began wearing rainbow-colored shoes during her cancer treatment as a reminder to stay positive and strong.

“It’s amazing how a visual cue can be a reminder that there’s always something you can focus on that you can do something about.” said Kikkan.

Kikkan won her battle with cancer, still competes in recreational ski races, and last year completed the New York Marathon — under her goal time, 2 hours. On top of those incredible achievements, she focuses much of her remarkable energy on giving back. In fact, last year, she partnered with Darn Tough Vermont to design socks inspired by her rainbow kicks. They read: “It’s going to be OK,” a galvanizing message for anyone facing cancer or another life challenge. $2 from each pair sold goes to Aktiv Against Cancer.

Visit www.kikkan.com to learn more.

Meijer State Games Hanson Hills Classic February 15-16 Grayling 8K, 14K, and 17K men’s and women’s freestyle races through Hanson Hills. https://hansonhills.org/cross-country (989) 348-9266 Michigan Cup Freestyle Championships February 22 Frederic 8K and 17K freestyle race at Forbush Corner Nordic ski resort. http://www.nordicskiracer.com/event-details. asp?id=2944 Boyne Vistas 10K Freestyle Feb. 22 Boyne Falls 10K freestyle race through Boyne Mountain resort. http://www.nordicskiracer.com/event-details. asp?id=2946 Flying Squirrel Skiathlon March 7 Thompsonville 2.5K Classic, 2.5K skate middle school and 5K classic and 5K skate junior race at Crystal Mountain. https://www.ccskiclub.org/

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Inside the Wheeler sauna.

Norm and Mimi Wheeler

Matt Nahnsen’s mobile sauna comes to you.

“SOW-NAH” A northern Michigan way of life — and bonding.

By Ross Boissoneau You sit on a wooden bench, wearing a bathing suit (or less). The temperature rises to 100, then 120 degrees. You start to sweat, and then ladle water onto scalding-hot rocks.

The temperature continues to climb, to more than 150 degrees, yet you continue to sit. And sweat. And sweat some more.

Welcome to the sauna (pronounced sownah; with the first syllable pronounced like the word for female pig). For those unfamiliar (generally, those who call it “saw-nah”), a sauna is both verb and noun, and in the latter form, a petite cedar-walled (and, usually, cedar-ceilinged and cedar-floored) structure specifically built to engulf users in sweltering steam.

For those familiar, it’s pure calescent bliss.

So says Norm Wheeler, for one. He and his wife, Mimi, erected a sauna about 15 steps up a wooded hill near their home between Empire and Glen Arbor.

“You get purified,” said Norm. “It brings your blood to the surface, it’s good for your kidneys, liver, skin.”

STEAMY ORIGINS Saunas are a Scandinavian tradition. One of the first written descriptions of a sauna dates back to 1112, in Finland. Back then, saunas were typically small dwellings built into embankments, heated by wood-burning rock stoves. Instead of a chimney, a tiny wall cutout would vent the enclosure.

While Mimi Wheeler is originally from Denmark, Norm Wheeler’s passion for saunas was inspired by one of his college instructors.

“I had a prof at Olivet [College, in Michigan] who held classes at his house,” said Norm. Said professor was married to

a Danish woman, and they had a sauna at their home. Following class, a number of the students would join the family in the sauna.

“It turned a bunch of us into sauna friends.”

After graduation, he took that concept with him, building saunas at various homes he lived in over the years. He said he enjoys the sauna for its cleansing qualities, as well as how it unwinds a person and instills a sense of camaraderie among those partaking.

“It relaxes you, softens the muscles.

There’s a group of us that go to each other’s homes, have sauna and a potluck,” he said.

For all the attention the heat gets, it alone doesn’t make a sauna experience.

Equally critical, according to sauna fans from both Scandanvian countries and northern Michigan, is the kind of chill you rouse yourself with post-sauna or between several sauna “baths.”

Traditionally, that’s jumping in a cold lake, rolling in snow, or simply doing what the Wheelers do when lacking for lake or fresh flakes, according to Mimi Wheeler, as she pointed to an enclosure attached to their sauna building. “That’s a shower. We run a hose up here,” she said.

“When you feel hot, take a cold shower,” said Norm. “When there’s fresh snow, you can roll in it. Then go back in, and do it three or four times.”

While popular throughout Scandinavia, in Finland, saunas are pretty much an institution.

According to the website This Is Finland, there are an estimated 2 million saunas in Finland, which has a population of 5.3 million. With a large population of Finnish descent in the Upper Peninsula, the sauna has become part of the culture there, and to a lesser extent, here under the bridge, too.

Patrick Niemisto grew up with saunas. “I

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was born and raised in the Western U.P. I’m 100 percent Finn, and it’s part of our culture,” said Niemisto. He remembers how his family would visit other families who had saunas, and afterwards the kids would play while the adults visited. “It was a social thing,” he said.

Like Wheeler, he said the sauna’s healing properties are treasured among the Finns.

“There’s an old Finnish saying: A sauna is a poor man’s drugstore,” said Niemisto.

While there are a number of respected sauna manufacturers in the U.P., northwest Lower Michigan boasts a fairly legendary one. Leo Niipa, who changed his name to Nippa when he moved to the U.S., owns Nippa Sauna Stoves and Heaters of Beulah, which has been manufacturing wood, gas, and electric sauna stoves since 1930. (That’s 85 years — longer than Wonder Bread has been around, or Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, and even longer than the “Star Spangled Banner” has been the country’s official national anthem.) In addition to the stoves, the company sells a variety of accessories such as buckets, dippers, essence oils, thermometers, and hygrometers, as well as blueprints for building your own sauna.

INSTA-SAUNA You don’t want to build a sauna but you’d like to try steaming yourself up? Matt Nahnsen can help. The self-named Sauna Dude, he operates a portable sauna business based in Frankfort. He will transport his barrel sauna to wherever you desire. “I was at a buddy’s home sauna-ing, and it hit me: A mobile [sauna] rental would be a really cool business and expand the culture.”

So Nahnsen called a friend in the Upper Peninsula who had one on wheels, and he went up and brought it back. He will transport

it to wherever it’s wanted — your home, your rental, the beach. While winter is typically the time of year most people use their saunas, Nahnsen said he has business year-round.

“I’ll take it to different lakes, rivers. In the spring you can park it by the lake. In the heat of summer I still get some rentals,” he said.

Like other adherents, Nahsen said the appeal is both physical and mental. “It’s such a nice dedicated time. You’re not looking at a screen. Solo, it’s mentally relaxing. With friends you have nice conversations.”

Many, if not most, saunas use a wood stove for heat. Electric works as well, but for those like the Wheelers who don’t want to hook up an outbuilding to electricity, wood is the fuel of choice.

Want more proof of the sauna’s appeal?

Last year the construction trades students at TBA and those at Northwestern Michigan College held a building competition. While the high school students constructed two utility buildings, the college students opted to build two saunas.

Niemisto understands the attraction.

When he moved to this area in 1983, one of the first things he did was build one in his back yard. “My wife and I don’t use it as much, but when our kids come home, we use it all the time. Over the holidays, we used it a lot as a family.”

Song to Sauna By As proof of its enduring appeal, Patrick Niemisto and Norm Wheeler wrote a rollicking song about a red-hot sauna, with lotsa nods to Michigan.

Want to hear it? Search “The Sauna Song,” performed by New Third Coast, on YouTube.

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It’s not always easy to be the new kid on the block, but Judson Market & Restaurant, which debuted in Kingsley on Nov. 4, has been welcomed into the community with open arms. Northern Express talked with Mark Dunham, the Great Lakes Culinary Institute alumnus who helped owner, Chris Roehler (who also owns Rolling Farms Café in Traverse City) open the new venue and now serves as its general manager.

By Janice Binkert The Rolling Stones might claim that “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” but Judson Market & Restaurant sings a different tune, with a giant menu of food and beverages (nine pages!) that is designed to please any palate — seven days a week from morning till night. In his first position as the general manager of a restaurant in a career that had up to now unfolded in the kitchen, Mark Dunham could understandably be daunted by the substantial challenges that such scope and intensity brings. But instead, he is calm, confident and cheerful. He explained why: Thanks to the well-honed organizational skills of owner Chris Roehler, there are precise systems in place here that allow food preparation to be executed in the most efficient, streamlined manner. The same goes for front-of-the house service, both in the dining room and at the bar, which features a full line of beer, wine, cider and spirits. It also helps that the restaurant’s menu is the same one Roehler has long used at Rolling Farms Café, except for the addition of burgers and dinner entrées.

BY THE NUMBERS To say that the menu at Judson Market & Restaurant is huge is hardly an overstatement.

Case in point: at least 40 breakfast options, with 18 possible sides; nearly 50 hot and cold sandwich options, including 10 vegetarian, offered on 7 different kinds of bread; 16 salad options, most offered as whole or half portions, with a choice of 11 dressings; 15 ice cream (or frozen yogurt) options, including shakes, sundaes and even a banana split;

20 sodas, iced teas, lemonades and juices; 16 coffee and tea drinks, including hot and iced cappuccino, latte, espresso, chai and herbals — all made fresh – with a choice of regular or soy milk. In comparison, the lists of appetizers (6) burgers (4), and dinner entrées (8, not including specials) seem small. But this is not a case of quantity over quality. Cross-utilization — an essential theme in culinary school and a proven concept in the restaurant industry — and a well-trained staff are two key ingredients.

Three of the most-ordered breakfast items are the Good Harbor breakfast scramble (two eggs, two pancakes, two strips of bacon, two sausages, two pieces of toast, and roasted red potatoes, served with butter and local maple syrup); the Holland breakfast burrito (scrambled egg whites, turkey, spinach, roasted potatoes, Swiss cheese, jalapeño, sour cream and house-made salsa, all wrapped in a tortilla); and the Texas omelette (six eggs, cheddar and Swiss cheese, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, roasted jalapeños, garlic and onion with a choice of toast). French toast and pancakes are also available.

Both hot and cold sandwiches get rave reviews, among them the giant State, which is literally stacked with over a pound of meat and cheese (turkey, ham, roast beef, salami, pepperoni, Swiss and dofino Havarti cheeses, lettuce, tomato, mayo, hot honey mustard and red onion); the Michigan (hot turkey, melted dofino Havarti cheese, mushrooms, melted cheddar, red onion, mayo and hot honey mustard). Dunham also noted that any sandwiches that feature roast beef are popular. “All of our roast beef is cooked to rare and sliced fresh every morning,” he said.

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His own top pick: the Sicily (hot pepperoni, hot Genoa salami, melted fresh mozzarella, artichoke hearts, Roma tomato, red onion, romaine, mayo and balsamic vinaigrette).

CLASSIC SOUPS, SALADS, APPETIZERS & ENTRÉES Soups are a big thing at Judson Market & Restaurant. “We make two different soups every day of the week on a rotating basis, so that people know when they can come in and get their favorites,” said Dunham. Selections include such classics as tomato-basil, New England clam chowder, beef chili, chicken chili, corn chowder, cream of potato, chicken noodle and beef barley, among others, and any soup can be served in a bread bowl for a slight upcharge.

Familiar choices pop out from the large salad section of the menu, too, such as the Chef salad (crisp greens — fresh romaine and leaf lettuce, cut fresh every morning — turkey, ham, Swiss and cheddar cheeses, tomato, cucumber, hard-boiled egg and seasoned croutons), the Cobb (crisp greens, chopped tomato, bacon, chicken, hard-boiled egg, red onion, bleu cheese crumbles and seasoned croutons), and the Caesar (crisp romaine tossed with seasoned croutons, parmesan cheese and house-made Caesar dressing).

Appetizers like the Shrimp Orleans (cooked and served in a sauce of beer, butter and Cajun spices) and house chicken wings (with a choice of house-made buffalo or BBQ sauce and ranch or blue cheese dip) are often ordered as main courses, but fried zucchini and sautéed mushrooms are popular too. And the entrées have more than

earned their place on the menu, according to Dunham. “Our steaks (a 14-ounce New York strip and an 8-ounce filet mignon) are 28-day, dry-aged cuts of certified Angus beef, cooked to order, and everyone who tries them raves about how amazing they are,” he said. “The rainbow trout (sautéed, with a sauce of butter, shallots and lemon juice) is delivered fresh from a trout farm in Utah. Our shrimp (with white wine garlic, button and lemon, served over vermicelli pasta) is U.S. wild-caught from the Gulf of Mexico. And our slow-roasted pot roast (cooked in its own juices), like many of our entrées, comes from Chris Roehler’s wife’s recipe collection. It’s home cooking in a restaurant.” All entrées are served with seasonal vegetables (currently maple-glazed tricolored carrots) and a side salad.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Now, about that logo: Judson Market & Restaurant, Est. 1876 … Who is Judson?

Where’s the market? And what’s with that “established” date? “The founder of this town was Judson Kingsley, and the town was established in 1876, so we just played with that,” said Dunham. “Obviously, the place isn’t quite that old, but when we were cleaning up the basement here, we found an old coal chute, so there must have been a coal-fired furnace at some point, indicating that this place has been around in some form for a long time. As for the market part, we do plan on adding a market — hopefully in the spring — that will sell deli sandwiches and basic groceries like milk and bread, among other things, and we wanted to incorporate that in our logo from the beginning.”

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The people of Kingsley have stood behind Judson Market & Restaurant from the beginning, “They want us to stay around,” said Dunham. “A lot of them who hadn’t been in the building for many years have come in to eat and said, ‘Wow, this place has changed — we’ll be coming back.’

We also have an outdoor patio, and we plan on doing live music out there next summer.

Everything on the menu is available to go, too — that part of our business has definitely been picking up lately. And right now we do karaoke in here on Saturday nights. It starts around 9pm, so it doesn’t interfere with the main dinner hour, but the kitchen doesn’t close until 10pm, so you can still get a bite to eat. You can basically have anything on the menu all day, including breakfast — except for the dinner entrées, which we don’t start serving until 5pm.”

Judson Market & Restaurant has eight big-screen TVs, usually two with Club Keno, and offers specials on game days — including Super Bowl LIV, coming up on Feb. 2 (see Facebook for details). “During the mornings, I like to run news and weather — a lot of people just like to come in and sit and have breakfast and watch it,” said Dunham. “The Kingsley school bus drivers sometimes show up after they drop off all the students. And families who come into town from other schools when their kids are playing football or basketball against the Kingsley teams will often have dinner here before the game.” He’s also hoping to see some snowmobilers stopping in this winter, since there is a trail that runs along the road right out in front of the restaurant.

A MAN(AGER) FOR ALL SEASONS Dunham grew up in Midland and San Diego, and began his restaurant career washing dishes and, later, cooking at a country club in his early teens. He took some culinary classes in high school, and after graduating, he applied and got accepted into the Culinary Institute of America in New York. “But then I found out how expensive it was, and I decided to join the military,” he said. After 14 years in the Coast Guard, he enrolled in the Great Lakes Culinary Institute in Traverse City (GLCI), graduating in 2016.

Before becoming general manager at Judson Market & Restaurant, he had worked as sous chef at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City and as chef de cuisine at Shanty Creek Resort in Bellaire, and helped former GLCI

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colleagues Jonathan Dayton and Stephanie Wiitala open S2S/Sugar2Salt in the Village at Grand Traverse Commons in Traverse City.

Most recently, Dunham was chef de cuisine at Chateau Chantal on Old Mission Peninsula. “I’ve always had a passion for food and wine, so being able to work at a winery restaurant was a great experience,” he said.

“But when I got the opportunity to join Chris in this venture and do something completely different, I couldn’t resist. It’s nice to have a management role and not just be in the kitchen for once — to be able do a little bit of everything. Besides my regular management duties, I can go back and cook if needed, I can bartend, I can wait tables — it’s very diverse.

I’m here six days a week, but it’s exciting and so interesting — I’m really in my element. I look forward to coming to work every day.

The people I work with are great, too — we’re creating a restaurant ‘family’ here.”

As much as he would like to see the restaurant become a destination for people outside Kingsley, Dunham is also realistic.

“I understand why people wouldn’t necessarily drive here to eat from places like, say, Traverse City or Cadillac — they have enough dining choices where they are.

But if they do happen to come this way for another reason, we hope they will stop and check us out. The place that was formerly here was a bar with food, but Judson Market & Restaurant is a restaurant with a bar, and that’s a very important distinction. With our large menu, we offer something for almost everybody, and we give great service. You can come in any time of day and bring your work colleagues, your friends, your family, the kids — everyone is welcome. Relax and have a nice conversation (there’s no loud music in the background), watch TV or play some Club Keno, enjoy some good food and drink, and just have a good time.”

Judson Market & Restaurant is located at 211 E. Main St. in Kingsley. Look for the big red wooden building on the south side of the road just east of the intersection of Main St. and N. Brownson Ave./Garfield Rd., right after the railroad tracks. Open for breakfast lunch and dinner seven days a week: 8am to 9pm Monday–Wednesday, 8am to 10pm Thursday, 8am to 2am Friday–Saturday, and 9am to 9pm Sunday. Dinner served from 5pm.

Happy hour daily from 4pm to 6pm. For more information, call (231) 263-8120 or visit them on Facebook.

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ODE TO THE UNSUNG WARDS OF WINTER FUN

If you skied, skated, or snowshoed this winter — chances are good that one of these generous, wool-wearing souls made it possible.

By Ross Boissoneau Northern Michigan’s reputation as a haven for outdoor recreation is wellearned. But who maintains those miles and miles of trails for bikers, hikers, skiers, and snowmobilers? While the DNR has some responsibilities, in large part, winter maintenance is left up to volunteers.

Many are retired and trails able to schedule the work fairly easily. Others take time out from their work or home life to make sure the trails are accessible, safe, and ready to use. What they have in common: an enjoyment of the outdoors, and a commitment to doing for others.

Like Bill Heitman and Pete Ostrowski.

They take responsibility for the Leelanau Trail — Heitman the southern portion and Ostrowski to the north.

“I was a skier. I was skiing one day, and a car stopped, and [the driver] asked me how I liked the trail. I said I liked it a lot, and I want to volunteer,” said Heitman.

Easy as that. So now Heitman, a retired engineer, heads a group of four or five people who runs a snowmobile up and down the trail while hauling a groomer. That allows them and others to enjoy their time outside, whether on skis, snowshoes, or in other ways. “People hike the trail, walk the dog, ride fat bikes — it’s always in use.”

While the goal is to make sure the trail is in condition for them to get out and do what they love on skis, they also enjoy the work of getting it ready. “It’s a lot of fun to do,” said Heitman.

Unfortunately, unlike resorts and ski hills that have snow guns, when there’s no snow, there’s no skiing. “We’ve got to have snow. We can’t make snow on the trails,” Heitman said, then laughed. “We also don’t charge $40 to go skiing.”

Besides a lack of snow, Ostrowski said it’s also a challenge when there’s too much snow.

“We like it nice and flat, with a corduroy

surface,” he said. When it’s just snow, they use a groomer, but when there has been a combination of rain, snow, melting, and refreezing and the like, they hook up a Ginzu to the snowmobile. Rather than simply dragging the surface to flatten it and break down the occasional drift, the Ginzu has rakes that break through and rough up the surface.

Ostrowski said it takes about four hours on a typical day to groom his portion of the trail, similar to what it takes on the southern portion.

Further north, John Baker and Margie Reh are part of a volunteer cross-country ski group that grooms the trails at Wildwood Hills Pathway, southwest of Indian River.

Baker said that in the summer, the work involves actually making trails. So he and the others use not only snowmobiles and groomers, but shovels, hammers, loppers, chainsaws — anything necessary to cut through brush and keep the trail open and accessible.

He said there are two groups of volunteers, one that meets Tuesdays and one on Thursdays, though there is no hard-andfast rule of who works when. “Most of us who meet Tuesdays are retired,” he said.

Perhaps surprisingly, he said winter work sometimes makes it easier to travers the trails and do the work. “It’s easier to get around on snowshoes in winter than in the summer in the wetlands,” Baker said.

Working alongside other volunteers has led to meeting others with similar interests.

“I enjoy the camaraderie. I’ve made good friends,” he said.

Reh’s role is a little different. Though she works on the trails, she spends more time raising funds for their maintenance.

“I always liked cross-country skiing. When I moved here 10 years ago, I called the DNR and they said there was no budget for grooming.”

So she began raising money to pay the DNR to groom the trails. But with its many

other responsibilities, the DNR didn’t make grooming the trails a priority. After gathering similarly motivated friends and lobbying the DNR, she was able to get permission for the volunteer group to groom — as long as the group had its own equipment.

That led to seeking more donations and hosting events, such as the Indian River Biathlon. “And last year we had the Wildwoods Loppet and raised $3,000,” Reh said. The group now has its own snowmobile and groomer.

Speaking of snowmobiles, Kurt Bard is president of the Grand Traverse Snowmobile Club. Like those who work on the Leelanau Trail, he and his group try to keep the snowmobile trails free of trees and brush while keeping the surface perfect for their snow machines. “It’s a volunteer organization.

We don’t make or get money,” he said.

What they do is keep the trail ready for themselves and others. “We have 40-plus members,” he said. “Most of the volunteers are die-hard snowmobilers who are trying to give back to something they love.

“The trail system in Grand Traverse County is a 92-mile loop,” Bard said. “We’re in charge of grooming and maintaining it.” While the skiers use a snowmobile to groom the trail, the snowmobilers use larger equipment. “We have a couple large John Deere tractors with 20-foot drags. We make sure the trails are smooth and safe,” Bard said.

Though the snowmobilers use the trails only in the winter, their volunteer work begins earlier. “We start in August.

In November the DNR inspects and makes sure the signs are up. The trail system opens Dec. 1 and closes April 1” – assuming there is snow, of course.

Bard said he and the other groomers typically do an eight- to 12-hour shift for each section of the trail. One section is from near Ranch Rudolf to near Kalkaska, another in the Fife Lake area to Walton’s Junction, and a third heads south to the fairgrounds.

He said the volunteer base of the organization includes some retirees, but noted that the length of the shifts and the physical nature of the work can make grooming a challenge. “You bounce around in the tractor, sometimes cut trees or move limbs. It can be quite physical,” he said.

What do they get out of it? “I want to promote outdoor recreation,” said Ostrowski. “I like to ski. My wife and I skied for four miles today. The sun was out, the trail was groomed. We’re all pretty humble.

We just get the job done.”

While the organizations use the trails in various ways, they band together to lobby for common goals. “The clubs work together on issues. Non-motorized versus motorized, it’s always safety first,” said Bard. “Everybody is trying to play nice in the same sandbox.

We’re a great example of working together.”

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jan 18

saturday

FAMILY YOGA: 10am, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC. Today’s theme is Ninja Warrior Day. Must register in advance. thebotanicgarden.org/events

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27TH ANNUAL WINTER FEST: Mackinaw City. Includes an amateur Snow Sculpting competition, sleigh/wagon rides, Outhouse Races, Poker Walk, Art Show, Chili Cook Off, Ice Fishing Tournament & more. mackinawcity.com/ events/26th-annual-winter-fest

---------------------COMMUNITY YOGA FOR EVERY BODY: 9am, 206 S. Oak St., TC. Love your body through gentle breath/body movement. Donation based class. eventbrite.com

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ball target practice, borrow snowshoes to enjoy the Sleeping Bear Heritage Trail, sip hot chocolate by a fire, & more. nps.gov

VETERANS FOR PEACE MEETING: 10amnoon, Horizon Books, TC. horizonbooks. com/event 2ND ANNUAL BOURBON & BACON BASH: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Today includes Bourbon & Bacon inspired dining specials, the On Hill Cookout, The Sizzler - Slope Style Competition, cookie decorating & Bourbon Pairing Dinner. boynehighlands.com/ events/2nd-annual-bourbon-and-bacon-bash

DOWNTOWN CHILI COOK-OFF: 11am3:30pm, Park Place Hotel, TC. downtowntc. com/downtown-chili-cook-off

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SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES: Noon, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. Explore easy to moderate trails & then warm up with a glass of mulled wine on the heated Terrace Patio.

Snowshoe rentals will be available. blackstarfarms.com/snowshoes-vines-wines

55TH ANNUAL MOOSE JAW SAFARI: This snowmobile ride starts at Harbor Springs Snowmobile Club Groomer Barn (3151 Kernow Lane) at 10am. Ride your vintage sled. Will ride scenic trails on the way to Larks Lake. The Famous Bean Soup will be ready at noon at Center Township Hall at Larks Lake. Free. harborspringssnowmobileclub.com

---------------------OMP WINE TRAIL’S WINTER WARM-UP: 10am-5pm. Winter wine pairings & comfort food. Tickets include a wine pairing at each of the 10 wineries, a food pairing at each winery, & a souvenir wine glass. Designated driver tickets are available for $25. When you purchase your ticket, you will choose your starting winery location. This event is self-guided. $30. ompwinetrail.com/event/winter-warm-up

---------------------THE SLEEPING BEAR HIBERNATION FESTIVAL: 10am-4pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Empire. The National Lakeshore’s 50th anniversary activities start with a kick-off celebration at the Dune Climb. Build a snow sculpture, sled down the dunes (remember to BYOS (Bring Your Own Sled)), try snow-

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BENZIE COUNTY DEMOCRATS MONTHLY MEETING: Benzie County Democratic Party Headquarters, 9930 Honor Hwy., Honor.

9:30am: coffee klatch; 10am community announcements, followed by featured speaker. benziedemocrats.com

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GRAND TRAVERSE ART BOMB 2020 OPENING RECEPTION: 11am-11pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Art Bomb is a three month show that allows visual artists to hang up their work & sell commission free. The Opening Reception is held today. Enjoy an art demonstration during the day & music & live performance in the evening. Free. gtartbomb.com

TC TRACK CLUB’S FROZEN FOOT RACE: Eastern Elementary School, TC. Presented

by Running Fit. 1-mile kids fun-run at 9am & 5-mile race at 9:30am. Free to all 2020 TC Track Club members; $5/$20/$30 for others. tctrackclub.com

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---------------------MODEL RAILROAD MEETING: 1-4pm, Peninsula Township Hall, TC. National Model Railroad Association North Central Region Division 2 Monthly Meeting. Will include a presentation on model railroading & show & tell. info@ncrdivision2.groups.io Free.

---------------------WOMEN’S MARCH TC 2020: Gather at The Workshop Brewing Company, TC & march through downtown TC at 1pm. End at the Parkway, where you will stand for an hour, & then gather back at The Workshop for speakers, community building & conversation. Donations will be accepted for Justice for Our Neighbors TC. Brings signs, drums & dress for the weather. 231-325-6812 for more info. Free.

---------------------WINTER CHEER FEST: 2pm, Leland Lodge.

Bring the kids for bounce houses, face painting, crafts, s’mores & hot chocolate bar, princess story time, sledding & more, plus food & drink specials, an outdoor ice bar & live music from The Broom Closet Boys from 6-10pm. Adults, $10; ages 4-12, $5; 3 & under, free. lelandlodge.com/2019-cheer-fest-2

Spot Yeti all over Suttons Bay during Yetifest on Sat., Jan. 25, beginning at 10:30am. Activities include a Yeti Discovery Program at Suttons Bay Bingham District Library, Yeti Scavenger Hunt at participating downtown merchants, free movie (“Abominable”) at the The Bay Theatre, Turkey Bowling at the ice rink, Norseman Cardboard Classic at Bahle Hill, Yeti Chili Cook-Off at VI Grill and more. Find on Facebook.

SPIRE & ICE FEST: 3-7pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Piazza, TC. Featuring bonfires, live music by Finster in the Morning on North FM, hot chocolate, mini tunnel tours & a frozen bocce ball tournament. thevillagetc. com/spire-ice-fest

---------------------AUTHENTIC CREATIVE EXPRESSION THRU INTERPLAY: 4-6pm, New Moon Yoga, Studio #4, TC. Explore yourself, life & the joy of creativity, using drama, movement, sound, storytelling & connection. 231-774-6146. $10-$20 suggested donation. soulwayshealing.com/interplay.html

---------------------5TH ANNUAL CAPS ADULT SPELLING BEE: 6-9:30pm, Cherry Grove Event Center, Cadillac. info@cadillacfootliters.com

---------------------“BOEING BOEING”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. This comedy is presented

by the Cadillac Footliters. $11. cadillacfootliters.com/calendar

---------------------“INDECENT”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. This play with music tells the moving story of the production of a controversial Yiddish play. Adults: $28; youth: $15 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------BROADWAY’S NEXT HIT MUSICAL: 7:30pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

Created by a group of New York City based improv veterans, Broadway’s Next Hit Musical takes audience suggestions to create an improvised musical theater award show. $37, $32, $27, $22. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/ broadways-next-hit-musical

---------------------PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: 7:30pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. Featuring “The Peanut Butter Falcon.” Donations appreciated. facebook.com/petoskeyfilm

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TRICKS AGAINST HUMANITY MAGIC & MIND READING SHOW FEATURING BEN WHITING: 7:30pm, Turtle Creek Casino, Williamsburg. Enjoy an hysterical evening of inappropriate magic & mind reading. Don’t bring the kids! $25. turtlecreekcasino.com/explore/tricksagainst-humanity

---------------------BLISSFEST PRESENTS HARPER & MIDWEST KIND CD RELEASE SHOW: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. Award winning Australian singer/songwriter/virtuoso harmonica player Peter D. Harper creates a mix of roots music through his harp & didgeridoo. He is backed by his American Midwest based touring band Midwest Kind. $15 Blissfest members; $20 GA. showclix.com/event/harperand-midwest-kind/listing

---------------------LIVE FROM CHARLEVOIX - THREE MEN AND A TENOR: 8-10pm, Charlevoix Cinema III. Enjoy pop vocal music with quick-witted humor. This group has a national touring schedule & has opened shows for national legends like Jay Leno and The Beach Boys. $25. livefromcharlevoix.com

---------------------THE DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery/Concert Venue, Boyne City. Enjoy roots rock & Americana music with this group. $35 advance; $40 door. freshwaterartgallery.com/concertCalendar.php

jan 19

sunday

FAT CHANCE FAT TIRE BIKE RACE: 10am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville.

The race will be held on the Otter Trail loop. Choose from the 90 Minute or 45 Minute Category Trail Loop courses. Also includes a brew ticket & post-race chili bar. $50 per rider. crystalmountain.com/event/fat-chance-fat-tire

---------------------WORLD SNOW DAY: 10am-4pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring a variety of free activities geared to introduce first timers to the world of snow. Includes presentations on cross-country, snowshoeing & adult & kid ski & snowboard; a bonfire, the Art of Snowmaking, ice skating, Fat Tire snow bikes & more. crystalmountain.com/event/world-snow-day

---------------------2ND ANNUAL BOURBON & BACON BASH: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Today includes Bourbon & Bacon inspired dining specials, Bourbon Tasting, & the Boarder Cross. boynehighlands.com/events/2nd-annual-bourbon-and-bacon-bash

---------------------“INDECENT”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. This play with music tells the moving story of the production of a controversial Yiddish play. Adults: $28; youth: $15 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------COLOR IN THE GARDEN: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery. Featuring Brian Zimmerman, a third-generation landscaper from TC, who will discuss ways to bring more color to home gardens with native plants & pollinatorfriendly blooms. Offered in conjunction with the GAAC exhibition COLOR, Jan. 10 - March 26.

Free. GlenArborArt.org

---------------------LIGHT OF DAY ORGANICS TEA: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Angela Macke, founder of Light of Day Organics, will present an interactive program on the art of tea drinking & its healthful benefits. Register: 231331-4318. $5.

jan 20

monday

MLK: A MUSICAL REMEMBRANCE: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. A musical celebration honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. will feature the NMC Children’s Choir Cantus, the

Chamber Singers & Canticum Novum under the direction of Jeffrey Cobb & the NMC Jazz Big Band & Lab Band under the direction of Laurie Sears. Presented by Building Bridges with Music. 941-8082. Free; ticketed event. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------“TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”: 10am, State Theatre, TC. Free for MLK Day. Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a white Southern lawyer & single father who defends a falsely accused black man was made into a film in 1962, the year before Dr. King led the March on Washington. stateandbijou.org/movies/kill-mockingbird

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BOOK DISCUSSION: 5:30pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Join the Pageturners Book Club discussion of “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and Hope in an American City” by Mona Hanna-Attisha. petoskeylibrary.org

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COMMUNITY, MOVEMENT & WELLNESS: 6pm, Elk Rapids Library, Meeting Room. Join Dr. Angie Keas to learn the importance of movement & community for overall wellness. Please dress in comfortable clothing & come prepared for light activity. Free. elkrapidslibrary.org

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GTHC JANUARY PROGRAM: 7pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. The regular monthly meeting will feature the GTHC annual awards for 2019. Details TBA. Free. facebook.com/GTHikers

PEACE DAY PROGRAMS: 12-3pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Activities include peace puzzles, recognizing & communicating peaceful feelings, exploring different peace symbols & more. greatlakeskids.org THE JANUARY SERIES: ALICE MARIE JOHNSON: 12:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. “After Life: My Journey From Incarceration to Freedom.” This lecture series is presented by Calvin University. Free. calvin.edu/directory/series/alice-marie-johnson

---------------------“HARRIET”: 6pm, State Theatre, TC. Free for MLK Day. Based on the inspirational life of an iconic American freedom fighter, “Harriet” tells the tale of Harriet Tubman’s escape from slavery & transformation into one of America’s greatest heroes. stateandbijou.org/movies/harriet

---------------------RIDE OR RUN FOR BEER AT BLUE TRACTOR: 6pm, Blue Tractor, TC. Choose between a 3 or 5-mile run led by Running Fit - TC & a bike ride through Hickory Hills area led by Hagerty Cycling Team. Afterwards you will be treated to two 50% off beer tickets at the Blue Tractor. Lights are required for both the run & ride & helmets are mandatory for all cyclists.

Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------HERE:SAY PRESENTS: EXQUISITE CORPUS: 7pm, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Sing the body electric at the first Here:Say Storytelling of the 2020s. Scheduled performers will take the stage to tell true, first-person stories about the corporeal. Come early for eats & a seat. Free; donations at door. Find on Facebook.

jan 21

tuesday

DETOX YOGA FLOW: 6:45pm, Press On Juice Cafe, TC. This one hour class involves twists & poses that are focused to help eliminate toxins from the body through movement & breath.

Bring your own mat. Register. eventbrite.com

---------------------PEEPERS PROGRAM: ABOVE THE SNOW!: 10am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Learn about the animals that live & thrive above the snow during MI’s winter months. For ages 3-5.

Must be accompanied by an adult. A 90-minute nature program that includes stories, crafts, music & discovery activities. Each program ends with an outside portion. $5 per child. natureiscalling.org

---------------------GET CRAFTY: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Snowflake Salt Resist Art: Watch the magic of paint & salt as you create a winter snowflake scene. Held from 11am-noon & 2-3pm. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------THE JANUARY SERIES: MITCH ALBOM: 12:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. “A Little Girl, an Earthquake and the Making of a Family.” This author of “Tuesdays with Morrie,” philanthropist, columnist & sports reporter has written eight best-selling books, with five debuting at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. He also founded 10 charities. Presented by Calvin University. Free. calvin.edu/directory/series/mitch-albom

---------------------4:45 CLUB: 4:45pm, Snowbelt Brewing Company, Gaylord. An informal monthly gathering of

on the Sled” by Kim Norman, followed by an activity. greatlakeskids.org

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jan 22

wednesday

PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH DAY SUPPORT GROUP: 10:30am, TC Senior Center. Have a cup of coffee & chat. 947-7389.

JANUARY SERIES OF CALVIN UNIVERSITY - ANN COMPTON: 12:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. “Up Close and Very Personal: My 41 Years in the White House Press Corps.” Free. calvin.edu/januaryseries/2020-speakers

---------------------PETOSKEY CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5-7pm, Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Petoskey. Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, a chance to win door prizes & more. $10 members; $15 others.

---------------------SOUP SUPPER NIGHT FUNDRAISER: 5-7pm, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Enjoy soup, bread & dessert for a suggested donation of $10/person or $20/family.

All proceeds benefit Interlochen Public Library programs. tadl.org/interlochen

---------------------WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONNECTION ADULT ED: UNDERSTANDING SUICIDE & HOW TO HELP: 6:15pm, The Presbyterian Church, TC. Michael’s Place Program Director Melissa Fournier, LMSW will talk about factors contributing to an increase in the suicide rate in the country. Learn to recognize risks, & discuss how to help & how to respond with care to those grieving the death of a loved one due to suicide. Family buffet meal from 5:30-6:15pm. Free.

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FULFILLAMENT, A STORY TELLING EVENT: 6:30pm, City Opera House, TC. A storytelling event where 5 local community leaders take the stage to tell their personal journey towards fulfillment through their work. Each storyteller will issue a challenge for the audience to do something to find fulfillment in their own lives. A $500 grant is awarded to an audience member with a good idea that needs some help to get it started. $15 online; $18 door. cityoperahouse. org/fulfillament

jan 23

thursday

PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: 7:30pm, Petoskey District Library, Carnegie Building. Featuring “Pain & Glory.” Donations appreciated. facebook. com/petoskeyfilm

---------------------PRESCHOOL ART DROP-IN: 9am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Fun art projects for preschoolers & their grown-ups. $5. crookedtree. org/class/ctac-traverse-city/preschool-adventures-art-january-23

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Ten

DETOX YOGA FLOW: 6:45pm, Press On Juice Cafe, TC. This one hour class involves twists & poses that are focused to help eliminate toxins from the body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat. Register. eventbrite.com JANUARY SERIES OF CALVIN UNIVERSITY - JEREMY EVERETT: 12:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. “Solving America’s Hunger Crisis.” Free. calvin.edu/ january-series/2020-speakers

---------------------HAPPY HOUR FOR A CAUSE: 5-7pm, Pearl’s, Elk Rapids. Funds raised will go to the Grass River Natural Area educational programs. Pearl’s will provide complimentary hors d’oeuvres & happy hour drink prices. $10 cover charge. grassriver.org

---------------------UKULELE JAM SESSION FEATURING S.T.R.U.M.: 6pm, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Bring your own instrument or borrow one from the library. Free. tadl.org/ interlochen

---------------------A MAGICAL FEAST WITH BEN WHITING: Held at The Franklin, TC. An evening of magic & laughter presented by Ben Whiting, an award-winning magician, actor & playwright.

Magic, cocktails & appetizers start at 6:30pm with dinner to follow at 7pm. $75. mynorthtickets.com/events/a-magical-feast-with-ben-whiting-1-23-2020

---------------------GOPHERWOOD CONCERT: WILLY PORTER: 7pm, 4320 E 46 Rd., Cadillac. Takes place at the home of Paul & Nancy Brown. With 11 albums, Porter brings his voice, guitar & songs that portray a universal perspective about the questions, struggles & triumphs of human existence. He has toured in support of artists like Tori Amos, Paul Simon, Jethro Tull, Sting & Jeff Beck. $10-$20. mynorthtickets.com/events/ Willy-Porter-House-Concert-1-23-2020

---------------------“INDECENT”: (See Sat., Jan. 18) ---------------------2020 ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre.

From selecting the scripts to casting & directing, Interlochen Arts Academy theatre students will manage every aspect of the production of the 2020 One-Act Festival. The professionally published plays encompass comedy, drama & experimental theatre. Free. interlochen.org

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DUBLIN GUITAR QUARTET & ROOMFUL OF TEETH: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall. The Dublin Guitar Quartet brings contemporary music, featuring eight & eleven-string guitars.

Roomful of Teeth is a Grammy-winning vocal project. $34 full, $14 student. tickets.interlochen.org/arts-festival

jan 24

friday

DISCOVER WITH ME: 10am-noon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Talk to Me: Dinosaur! Language development with a “Roar!” greatlakeskids.org

---------------------WINTER LUNCHEON LECTURE: 2020 CENSUS: NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. David Springsteen, partnership specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau, explains the process, the jobs that need to be filled & more.

Lunch at 11:30am; program at noon. Reservations required. 231-348-6600. $12; includes lunch. ncmich.edu

---------------------NMC LIFE LUNCH: 12-1:30pm, NMC University Center, Room 215, TC. Tail Rotor Tales by Former US Army Aviator Dan Zassick. Dan will speak about his experiences with Apache Attack Helicopters. Bring your own lunch; bever-

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ages & desserts are included. Pre-registration required. 995-1700. $10. nmc.edu/resources/ extended-education/events/life-lunches

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JANUARY SERIES OF CALVIN UNIVERSITY - JOHAN NORBERG: 12:30pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. “Progress: 10 Reasons to Look Forward to the Future.”

Free. calvin.edu/january-series/2020-speakers

---------------------BOYNE HIGHLANDS HOMECOMING WEEKEND: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs.

Tonight features a Welcome Reception, bonfire & s’mores, Carboard Classic building, & more. boynehighlands.com/events/homecoming/2020

---------------------FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: 5:30-9pm, Kensington Church, TC. Enjoy a family movie & fun event.

Featuring games, snow cones, popcorn & treats, kids activities & pizza ($1 per slice). Enter a raffle to win a family prize pack at Crystal Mountain. Free. kensingtonchurch.org/events

---------------------“BOEING BOEING”: (See Sat., Jan. 18) ---------------------UP NORTH BIG BAND: 7-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor. 30’s & 40’s swing & big band dancing. Dance lesson, 6:45-7:30pm. $10; includes a dance lesson. redskystage.com

---------------------WINTER OWL PROWL: 7pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Learn about owls’ calls & habits & take an evening hike in the woods.

Bring snowshoes if the snow is deep (can rent for $5). Meet at the Grass River Center. Preregister. $5. grassriver.org

---------------------“INDECENT”: (See Sat., Jan. 18) ---------------------2020 ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Jan. 23)

jan 25

saturday

PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: (See Thurs., Jan. 23)

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FAMILY YOGA: 10am, The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC. Today’s theme is Superheroes. Must register in advance. thebotanicgarden.org/events

---------------------BIGFOOT 5K & 10K SNOWSHOE RACE: 9am, Timber Ridge RV Resort, TC. The course is a hilly off trail run with logs to jump over & branches to duck under. Rent a pair of snowshoes if you don’t have your own. If there’s no snow, bring your trail shoes. $25 before 1/23; $30 day of race. runsnow. com/registration

---------------------BOYNE HIGHLANDS HOMECOMING WEEKEND: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs.

Today features the Cardboard Classic, The SnoGo Hot Cocoa Hustle Relay Race, Snowglobe Ski & Snowshoe, fireworks & much more. boynehighlands.com/events/homecoming/2020

---------------------COMMUNITY YOGA FOR EVERY BODY: (See Sat., Jan. 18)

---------------------GREENWOOD FOUNDATION WINTER ADVENTURE: 10am, Greenwood Foundation, four miles east of Wolverine. Includes a groomed trail for skiers. A shorter route is available for snowshoeing. Please provide your own skis or snowshoes; snowshoes are available for 12 & under if needed. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early. Pre-registration is requested by calling 231.347.0991. Free. landtrust.org

---------------------WINTER TRACKING: 10am-noon, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Join a naturalist to learn the art of tracking wildlife in winter. The workshop will start indoors, learn the track shapes & gait patterns of a variety of northern MI wildlife species, & then you’ll head outside on the trails to search for tracks & practice new skills. $5. grassriver.org

---------------------YETIFEST: 10:30am, Suttons Bay. Featuring a scavenger hunt, movie, , Chili Cook Off & more.

Free; $10 for Chili Cook-off. suttonsbayarea. com/yetifest

3RD ANNUAL ICE WINE FESTIVAL: 11am5pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Sample various ice wines, dessert wines & food pairings while enjoying outdoor fire pits with s’mores & wine activities. There will be an Ice Wine Vineyard Tour at 2pm & Ice Wine Production Show & Tour at 3pm. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------SPORTS IMPACT LUNCHEON: 11am-1pm, Bear River Health at Walloon Lake, Boyne Falls.

A discussion with NFL legend Herman Moore on how addiction affects us all. bearriverhealth.com

---------------------2020 ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre.

From selecting the scripts to casting & directing, Interlochen Arts Academy theatre students will manage every aspect of the production of the 2020 One-Act Festival. The professionally published plays encompass comedy, drama & experimental theatre. Free. interlochen.org

---------------------BEARCUB OUTFITTERS TORCHLIGHT SNOWSHOE OUTING: 5-9pm, Camp Daggett, Walloon Lake, Petoskey. Enjoy snow-covered trails illuminated by torchlight. Snowshoes available. Hot chocolate & cookies at the lodge.

Free; donations encouraged. campdaggett.org

---------------------“BOEING BOEING”: (See Sat., Jan. 18) ---------------------“INDECENT”: (See Sat., Jan. 18)

jan 26

sunday

BIG SING BENEFIT CONCERT: 3pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. TC Sings! Community Choir will perform a cappella favorites from around the world. Admission is free; donations benefit Meals on Wheels of Northwest Michigan. tcsings.org

---------------------BOYNE HIGHLANDS HOMECOMING WEEKEND: 10am-3pm, Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Features the Harbor Springs Area Chili Cook-Off. Taste chilis at the bottom of Challenger while watching the HEAD Downhill race.

Cast your vote for the best chili. Chili Cook-Off: $12 adults, 12 & under free (fundraiser for Manna Food Project). boynehighlands.com

---------------------“INDECENT”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. This play with music tells the moving story of the production of a controversial Yiddish play. Adults: $28; youth: $15 (plus fees). mynorthtickets.com

---------------------SIPS AND SNOWSHOES: 2:30-5pm, Shady Lane Cellars, Suttons Bay. This 1.5 mile snowshoe hike through the vineyard includes a stop for mulled wine & a warm campfire. It ends with s’mores at the winery & a tasting of Shady Lane Cellars’ wines. $30; snowshoe rentals included.

Find on Facebook.

---------------------THE INTIMATE BEETHOVEN: 3pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Kevin Rhodes, small ensembles featuring Traverse Symphony Orchestra musicians, along with special guests, present an afternoon of world-class chamber music. $25.50-$61.50. traversesymphony.org/concert/the-intimate-beethoven

---------------------WHISPERS OF OM KIRTAN CONCERT: 6:30pm, Yoga for Health Education, TC. Steve Sander, jazz musician, will lead the kirtan band from Song of the Morning Ranch. $15 door; $12 prior to Jan. 20; $10 youth. yogaforhealthtc.com

ongoing

LEARN TO SKI & SNOWBOARD MONTH: Offered at Nub’s Nob, Harbor Springs & Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs, Jan. 2-31.

Cost: $20 to learn to cross-country ski & $35 for downhill & snowboarding lessons. Includes rentals & lift ticket or cross-country pass.

---------------------GENTLE YOGA FOR ADULTS: Tues. & Fri., 10am, Jan. 21-28, Interlochen Public Library.

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Free weekly yoga classes. Focus on breathing, gentle repeated movements & stretches.

Bring your own mats, water & towels. tadl.org/ interlochen

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KIDS ON SKIS IN THE WOODS EVERY SUNDAY: Sundays, 11:45am, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. Presented by Norte & Vasa Ski Club. A group ski for families. The use of Timber Ridge Resort will be free for the entire Winter Vasa Domingos Ski Season. elgruponorte.org

---------------------MONDAY SOUL FLOW YOGA: Mon., 8:30am, Jan. 20 - Feb. 3, Bodies In Motion, TC. A 60-minute Vinyasa Flow class. All levels welcomed. eventbrite.com/e/monday-soul-flowyoga-tickets-87622207381

---------------------NEW SNOWSHOE HIKES: Saturdays, 1pm, Jan. 4 - Mar. 14. Choose from two ranger-led snowshoe hikes to explore the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park. “Snowshoe Saunter” is for beginners & “Snowshoe Trek” is for more experienced snowshoe hikers. Meet for an introduction at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center, Empire.

These hikes are free, but participants do need a park entrance pass or have an annual pass to participate. Reservations are required whether participants borrow snowshoes from the National Lakeshore or have their own. facebook.com/sbdnl

---------------------SNOWSHOE WEEKENDS: Rove Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room, TC. Held every Sat. & Sun. through March at 11am. Bring your snowshoes or cross-country skis. These are not guided tours.

---------------------STORYTIME: Fridays, 10:30am, Jan. 24 - Mar. 20, Leland Township Library. Stories & more designed to promote joy & growth in literacy.

Children ages 0-6 & their caregivers welcome. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------THE VINE TO WINE SNOWSHOE TOUR: Saturdays, 11am, Jan. 18 - Feb. 1, Big Little Wines, Suttons Bay. Led by a guide, you will enjoy a casual snowshoe hike starting & stopping at three wineries along the way. The private vineyard trail connects Suttons Bay Ciders, Ciccone Vineyards & Big Little Wines. This tour starts at Big Little Wines. It includes your snowshoe & pole rental, a catered warm lunch of chili & soups, & a wine purchase pick up service. grandtraversebiketours. com/vine-to-wine-snowshoe-tour.html

---------------------TRAIL TUESDAY: Held Tuesdays through winter at noon. Antrim Conservation District Office, 4820 Stover Rd., Bellaire. Enjoy a hike through the Cedar River Natural Area. 231-533-8363.

---------------------YOGA + BEER: Sundays, 11am, Silver Spruce Brewing Co., TC. A one hour flow class. Register. eventbrite.com

art

DOODLE DAY: Held every second Sat. of the month from 1-3pm at Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. Free event welcomes all who wish to express their creativity in a warm & inviting environment. Supplies available. twistedfishgallery.com

---------------------THE IRON FISH WINTER BLIZZARD ART INVITATIONAL: Iron Fish Gallery, Thompsonville. Featuring artwork from Benzie Central & Frankfort High School students. Runs through Jan. 30. ironfishdistillery.com

---------------------FURNITURE, FIBER, PHOTOGRAPHY & SCULPTURE EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Featuring a multi-media Pop-Up Exhibition from the Benzie Area Historical Society. Runs through Feb. 7. Also includes the 5th Annual Cabin Fever Artist Talk Series on Fri., Jan. 24 with Carol Irving (fiber) & David Moehle (sculpture); & Fri., Jan. 31 with Susan Tusa (photography) & Bill Perkins (furniture), both at 5:30pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org/welcome

---------------------WINTER PAINTINGS AT BLK\MRKT: BLK/ MRKT, TC. Claud Mills presents Traverse City area winter scenes in oil on canvas. Runs through Jan 31. blkmrkt.coffee

BEST OF THE CHARLEVOIX PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB: Charlevoix Circle of Arts. This show highlights the collection of photographs featured in the 2020 CPC calendar including additional photos by CPC members. An opening reception will be held on Fri., Jan. 24 from 5-7pm. Runs through March 7. Open Mon. - Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. charlevoixcircle.org/exhibits-2020

---------------------CALL FOR ENTRIES--INSPIRED BY THE MASTERS: Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord.

Inspired by the Masters Exhibit will run March 4 April 11, 2020. All Michigan artists 16 years old or older (including part-time residents) may enter this exhibit. Entries can be of any medium but must be in good condition & of the artist’s own creation.

Art work will be accepted from Feb. 5-29 during normal business hours (11am-3pm, Tues.-Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat). Maximum entries: 4 pieces due to space limitations. gaylordarts.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: Jan. 21-27: Photographers are invited to apply for Crooked Tree’s annual juried photography exhibition. crookedtree.org/call-for-artists/photo2020 - CALL FOR ARTISTS: ART FAIR: Jan. 20 – Feb. 15: Artists & artisans are invited to apply for the 60th annual Crooked Tree Art Fair. crookedtree. org/call-for-artists/crooked-tree-art-fair

---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 40 CHANCES: FINDING HOPE IN A HUNGRY WORLD: Featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett. Forty photographs document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign. Runs Jan. 19 - April 26.

- ERGO SUM: A CROW A DAY: On Aug. 1, 2014 artist Karen Bondarchuk set out to mark the passing time that her mother – diagnosed with dementia in 2010 – no longer could. For 365 days, she produced a crow a day on a hand-cut, hand-gessoed panel, remembering her mother as she once was & grieving her loss. Runs Jan. 19 – May 24.

- PULPED UNDER PRESSURE: THE ART OF HANDMADE PAPER: With traditional hand papermaking at its core, this exhibit underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history & craft. Runs Jan. 19 - May 24. Hours are 10am-5pm daily & 1-5pm on Sundays. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - “LOVE LOCALLY” - CALL FOR ARTISANS: Higher Art Gallery is looking for artisans of handmade goods for their Valentine’s Day Pop Up Shop. The deadline to apply to Love Locally is Jan. 25. Searching for jewelers, candle makers, handbags/clutches, cards, journals & small art objects. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING” - ARTISTS RESPOND TO 4 YEARS OF AN ADMINISTRATION: Higher Art Gallery is the incubator to new Non-Profit Art Organization: Project Civilization which is having its first Open Call to All Artists for its Annual Juried show. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/1/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art

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NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION, NORTHPORT: - NORTHPORT PHOTO EXHIBITION: CALL TO ARTISTS: Now through April 30: Photographers of all skill levels are invited to submit their work to the Northport Photo Exhibition, which will take place from May 22-31. $30/ member; $40/nonmember. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/5/22/northport-photo-exhibit-2020 - DARK SKIES: CALL FOR ARTISTS: Jan. 18 - Feb. 28: Submit up to three pieces in the medium/media of your choosing that celebrate the night sky. northportartsassociation.org/allhappenings/2020/4/16/call-for-artists-dark-skies - PLEIN AIR: CALL TO ARTISTS: Jan. 18 Feb. 29. Northport’s 2020 Plein Air event takes place from Sat., July 25 at 7am through Sun., July 26 at 8:30pm. Sat. & Sun. Paint Out: $30/ member; $40/non-member. Dark Skies Paint Out: $15/member; $20/non-member. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/7/25/ northport-2020-plein-air-paint-out

MODERN

Styles Walks a Fine Line

Harry Styles

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

Harry Styles has released his sophomore album, Fine Line, which departs thematically from his 2017 debut album, Harry Styles, which dug deep into ’70s rock and folkinspired music: THe new collection of tunes leans more into indie-pop and includes contributions from producers Tyler Johnson and Jeff Bhasker and writer-producer Kid Harpoon, as well as several of Styles’ touring musicians, drummer Sarah Jones and guitarist Mitch Rowland among them.

It was recorded over a month and a half at Rick Rubin’s Malibu, California, Shangri-La Studios. Styles will tour behind the album, with the bulk of his spring dates taking place in Europe. His stateside dates will kick off on June 26 in Philadelphia, with additional stops in Toronto (July 3), Detroit (July 17), and Chicago (July 24–25) …

Fellow boy band-er Niall Horan is heading out on tour, too, with his North American tour starting on April 22 in Atlanta, Georgia. The tour, named after Horan’s latest single “Nice to Meet Ya,” will include shows in Miami (April 24); Philly (May 2); Toronto (May 6); Columbus, Ohio (May 8); and Rosemont, Illinois (May 9). Opening acts on the trek will be Fletcher and fellow singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi …

Speaking of the ’70s, a musical biography about disco-era band The Bee Gees is in the beginning stages, with Paramount Pictures and Bohemian Rhapsody producer Graham King behind the movie. No actors are attached to any roles yet, but there’s sure to be some competition for this one, as THe Bee Gees are registered as one of the best-selling acts of all time and spent five decades producing music that included the Grammy Award-winning Saturday Night Fever soundtrack …

Robbie Robertson’s theme for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman (an original Netflix film about Jimmy Hoffa, starring Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci) resides nicely on the movie’s soundtrack alongside classic tunes from Jackie Gleason, Fats Domino, and Marty Robbins, among others.

Robertson’s own tune has a faintly Western feel to it, with acoustic guitars, dark drums, and bass notes, plus alternating melody lines played on cello and harmonica. It’s a quirky mix of sounds for an equally quirky movie that covers several decades of drama …

LINK OF THE WEEK Mumford and Sons have shot a music video for their new single “Blind Leading the Blind” in an unusual location — the clip was shot in an old laundry warehouse in Bangkok, THailand, while the band was on tour. Check it out at https://youtu.be/7B7caqMYCag …

THE BUZZ Grand Rapids piano player and singer Sandra Effert (formerly the keyboardist for GR band The Sauce) has released her debut EP, River Rocks …

Detroit rapper Kash Doll’s debut album Stacked, has hit the Billboard 200 at position No. 76, due in part to her rap skills and likely because she teamed up with big hiphop names like Big Sean and Lil Wayne on the set …

Michigan “teen supergroup” Five Strand Fusion has just selected 14-year-old Skylar

Mayton of Ada as their new lead singer after an American Idol style audition session of over a dozen singers …

Jay-Z fans no longer need a TIDAL subscription to listen to his older albums; the rapper just released his entire discography onto Spotify … 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.at modernrocker@ gmail.com.

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The popular Cartoon Network series expands Steven’s universe (see what we did there?) with the character’s first musical TV movie, which arrives with a stand-out soundtrack from series creator, Rebecca Sugar, also a skilled singersongwriter. Scoring Steven’s quest to help defend his home of Beach City are a whole host of guest performers, including Aimee Mann (“Independent Together”), Chance the Rapper, Gallant, Estelle (“Isn’t It Love?”), and more. From the first single, “True Kinda Love,” it’s evident that Steven Universe’s debut movie is just as appealing as his series.

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Following the story of an American illustrator who goes through a personal tragedy and ends up wandering alone out in an icy landscape, Spell’s soundtrack, composed by Fall Out Boy founding member Patrick Stump, deftly follows the main character’s alienated, isolated feelings via dark, haunting soundscapes that work very well stitched into the plot, in which you’re sometimes not sure what’s real and what isn’t. The track “Deep Blue Love” is the top track.

Original Broadway Cast – Jagged Little Pill – Atlantic Unexpected but true: A Broadway show has been adapted from Alanis Morrisette’s top-selling Jagged Little Pill album. This is the cast recording from that show (now running on Broadway), and it includes all of the songs from the original album, plus some additional Alanis tunes performed by the cast. The problem is that the play’s themes (scripted by Juno writer Diablo Cody) are not neither upbeat nor pleasant ones, much like the album itself. So while they work together just fine, both play and album are a harsh, downbeat experience for anyone but the most diehard Alanis fan.

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reta Gerwig’s take on Little Women isn’t just the very best adaptation of the novel in a long line of adaptations, it’s also one of the very best movies of the year, a masterful directorial achievement by any gender. Big, little, for men, for women — the only modifier that really needs to be applied here is wonderful! Gerwig takes this familiar story of the four March sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy) growing up in a middle-class family in Concord, Massachusetts, during the Civil War and gives us a faithful retelling that is as fresh as it is timeless, as nostalgic as it is modern. The lighting is gorgeous, the costumes are stunning, and the cinematography is full of life. Exhilarating, imaginative, and beguiling, you can feel the love in every frame. A profoundly effecting work, you’ll be overtaken by the sheer joy of this film’s gentle spirit and generous filmmaking, as well the feeling of being truly seen by a filmmaker who deeply understands and values the rhythms girlhood, of sisters, of family.

Late to the awards season party, there wasn’t a lot of buzz surrounding 1917 before it broke out and surprised moviegoers with wins at the Golden Globes for both Best Director and Best Picture Drama; most people hadn’t heard much about it and, outside of select urban centers, hadn’t even seen it. But after seeing 1917, it seems impossible to believe that more people weren’t shouting praises from the rooftops about this stunner of a film that which is easily the best war movie I’ve seen since Saving Private Ryan.

don’t-you-dare-look-away action that unfolds in near-real time is how Mendes has constructed the film to appear as one long seamless take. And while he fakes the single take through seamless, flawless editing, don’t let that make you underestimate any of the technical or artistic achievement at play here. In fact, not only do I urge you to see this extraordinary film, but after seeing it, you need to immediately Google behindthe-scenes videos to understand how they pulled it off. I guarantee it will make you want to watch the whole thing again.

One of the top directors working today, Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall), pays tribute to his WWI veteran grandfather with a story that is intensely epic and also impossibly intimate. It’s a simple enough of a concept — two ordinary men (no one’s idea of statuesque “war heroes”) are sent on an extraordinary high-stakes mission, with the lives of 1,600 men hanging in the balance — but there is nothing simple about the execution.

Now the single-take conceit has been done to varying degrees of effect before, and whereas, in a film like Birdman, I felt it was 100 percent gimmick and didn’t bring anything of substance to the table other than directorial indulgence in an already indulgent film (rant over), in 1917 it feels like the gauntlet has been thrown. It is that effective in drawing you into this story and the relentless threats as the clock winds down.

The story starts tamely enough: Two men are sitting seemingly peacefully under a tree when one of them is instructed to “pick a man and bring your kit.” And so lance corporal Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and his pick, Schofield (George MacKay), are brought to Colin Firth’s General Erinmore. They’re told they must deliver a message to stop a folly of an attack that will lead to certain annihilation of the entire regiment — Blake’s own brother among the soldiers at risk.

With not a moment to waste, the two men — nay, boys — immediately embark on their mission. The chatty, friendly, and cherubic Blake and the older, more weary, and cynical Schofield cross the horror of No Man’s Land into the superiorly outfitted trenches of the strategically withdrawn Germans, then move on to a small abandoned French farm, and so on and so on. Along the way they encounter many incredibly talented British actors in near-cameo parts. (Hello, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, and Fleabag’s own “hot priest,” Andrew Scott!)

In much the way the brilliant Mad Max: Fury Road was basically one long chase sequence, so is 1917, but here they’re chasing the clock, and boy, do you feel it ticking. Further immersing you in the

Finding the often jaw-dropping beauty among the permeating terror, cinematography G.O.A.T. Roger Deakins is given a challenge worthy of his prodigious talents, and if he doesn’t win the Oscar this year, there will be no justice. With the near first-person perspective, video game comparisons are bound to made. But this isn’t video games as cinema, it is truly cinematic art.

By focusing so closely on two men, it was really up to the actors to hold everything together. And they live up to the challenge — MacKay particularly. You are completely with them every step of the way, and the technical conceit never detracts from the emotional weight, but rather, adds to it.

War is hell, we all should know that by now, and should seek to avoid it with every instinct in our body. And it’s not that 1917 has that much new to add to the subject; but it makes that hell feel all the more real. What it was like to be in those trenches, what it was like to put your life on the line — while something this Midwestern girl will (likely and fortunately) never be able to comprehend fully, it’s something we can benefit from experiencing, if only via great film.

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

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o the deal with “Cats,” other than it has mindbogglingly grossed over $3 billion during the course of its thousands of stage runs, is that there is basically no story, and the film adaptation certainly doesn’t go very far toward offering any more narrative. The songs are loosely tied together by the idea that a tribe of cats, known as the Jellicles, gather annually to see what cat will be the “Jellicle Choice” and ascend to the Heavenside Layer, where they will be given a new life. Other than a few standouts, “Mr. Mistoffelees” and “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” (mostly for the tap dancing), the songs in this film feel boring, tedious, and forgettable. There are glaring technical issues aplenty, from the cats’ human hands to the distracting and inconsistent use of scale. The way it renders the human performers into cats with fur is so artificial looking that it’s a struggle to appreciate the dancing and artistry. In trying to make the cat/humans look as realistic as possible, it ends up achieving the exact opposite effect. Everyone knew this film would be bad, but I don’t think they realized it would be so irredeemable.

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caffeinated jolt to a sleepy genre, Knives Out is a gloriously old-fashioned whodunit that very much belongs in the here and now. Think of an ensemble cast and a manor-set murder mystery, like the recent remake of Murder on the Orient Express, but actually really good and exceptionally fresh. It’s rare to see something so sublimely enjoyable across so many demographics. It’s one big delightful romp that tells a suspenseful story of biting class conflict with crackling wit. Subversive and smart, absolutely nothing is predictable. But it all begins traditionally enough. A wealthy old patriarch, Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead the morning after his 85th birthday party, seemingly a victim of an unexpected suicide. The police are brought in to look further into his suspicious death at Thrombey’s lavish estate and interview the family members, all of whom seem to have a reason to want Thrombey dead. Everyone in this stellar all-star cast (Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, to name only a few) is working at full capacity and clearly having a blast. Satisfying beyond measure, not only in the way it so deviously comes together but also in what it has to say, Knives Out is truly a cut above.

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: I’m a straight woman, and at my recent birthday party, several people remarked about this other woman, also straight, “Whoa, is she infatuated with you, or what?”

Straight women getting intense girl crushes on me has actually been a pattern in my life.

Weird. A friend says I have “charisma” but couldn’t really explain what that is.

— Mysteriously Popular

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: Charisma is human magnetism. If you’re a mugger with charisma, you don’t even have to hold people up at gunpoint. They just come over and offer you their wallet.

Charisma can seem mysterious and magical — like psychological catnip for humans — but organizational psychologist Ronald Riggio explains that it comes out of a “constellation of ... social and emotional skills” that allow a person to “inspire others at a deep emotional level.”

This charisma skill set includes being gifted at talking, listening, connecting, and reading the room. When charismatic people talk, they grab others’ attention and emotions by being “real” -- spontaneous and genuine. They’re usually great listeners, making people feel heard and understood. And they tend to be powerful public speakers, converting masses of people into followers with their voice, words, and presence.

Take Martin Luther King Jr., booming out — almost singing — “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” That idea gets its mojo sucked out if it’s delivered by some nervous little pastor, mumbling, “Uh...I hope my kids can someday live in a country where people understand that skin color isn’t what’s really important.”

Though people with charisma are psychologically captivating, a person doesn’t have to be physically attractive to have it.

Among world leaders considered charismatic, Mahatma Gandhi had a little round head hijacked by a giant mustachioed schnoz, and Golda Meir, the former prime minister of Israel, looked like she killed a small animal with matted fur and wore it as a hairdo.

Charisma might seem like the personality version of latte foam — nice but unnecessary for human functioning. However, research by evolutionary psychologist Allen Grabo suggests that we evolved to have “psychological mechanisms which enable an individual — the potential follower — to make automatic, rapid and reasonably accurate assessments” of others’ leadership potential. Getting behind an effective leader would’ve allowed ancestral humans “to coordinate effectively

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and efficiently” for hunting, warfare, and other “recurrent” challenges so they could survive and pass on their genes.

Even people without much charisma can benefit by borrowing from the skill set of the charismatic. (Who among us couldn’t do with being a more attentive listener?) But lucky you; you have a social superpower — the power to charm the masses into following your lead. Hopefully, you’ll use it to do good, like by being a Pied Piper for kindness, as opposed to, say, starting a high-end travel business-slash-death cult: “Cyanide-tinis on the Lido Deck at 5!”

Spurner Phone

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: My boyfriend of nine years often doesn’t reply to my texts and emails. He says that we talk daily, and whatever’s in my message could be discussed then. Well, it hurts my feelings to get zero response. Not even an emoji.

— Increasingly Angry

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: Communicating with a man should not compare unfavorably with yelling into a manhole. (Shout “Hello?” into the sewer and you’ll at least get the courtesy of a faint “hellooo” or two back.)

An email to your boyfriend is not just an email.

It’s what marriage researchers John Gottman and Janice Driver call a “bid for connection” — one of many small attempts people in relationships make to get their partner’s attention, affection, or emotional support.

In response, their partner could ignore the bid (“turn away”), express irritation (“turn against”), or reply lovingly (“turn toward”) — even just with a smile, a nod, or a hug.

In Gottman and Driver’s research, newlywed couples who had “turned toward” each other 86% of the time, on average, were still married six years later. The couples who ended up divorced had a 33% turn-toward rate. On a bleak note, Gottman writes, “I think that you can sometimes actually see people crumple physically when their partner has turned away from their bid for connection.”

Explain the “bid for connection” thing to your boyfriend. Tell him you’re just looking for some tiny loving reply to your texts and emails — even an emoji or two. He’s human, so he might sometimes let a message slip by unanswered. But if he mostly responds, you’ll mostly feel loved instead of “increasingly angry” that messaging him feels like grabbing a handful of words and hurling them into the void. (Of course, in space, no one can hear you scream, but here on Earth, the neighbors tend to call the cops 10 minutes into a blowout.)

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9 Bean that goes in bars 14 Make up (for) 15 Fish eggs 16 Ivy League sch.

17 Game show legend who, in his late 80s, returned to host “Let’s Make a Deal” for a week in 2010 19 Heavy weight, in France 20 Health stat that can be misleading 21 Farm grunt 22 Billboard’s Hot 100 #1 song of 2010 (originally a limited-time free download on Kesha’s MySpace page in 2009) 23 Black Widow portrayer, in tabloids 25 Forest growths 26 Neptune’s home 27 “Good Will Hunting” director Gus Van ___ 28 Break down 31 Shareable PC files 34 Veteran actress who got to host “Saturday Night Live” in 2010 after a grassroots campaign 37 Red-headed Disney princess 39 AI game competitor 40 ___ Boogie (“The Nightmare Before Christmas” character) 41 A cappella group formed in 2011 that won NBC’s “The Sing-Off” 44 Part of RPI 45 Do some math 46 Elizabethan collar shape 47 Dorm leaders 49 Regrettable 51 Kind of poster 54 IBM computer that beat two humans on “Jeopardy!” in 2011 56 “___ oughta!”

57 Templeton, in “Charlotte’s Web” 59 “Cast of thousands” films 60 Only one of 2011’s top 10 highest-grossing films that wasn’t a sequel 62 Broad, flat beans 63 Long-handled farm tool 64 Thrown for ___

65 Farm machinery manufacturer 66 ___ Poly (West Coast school) 67 Temptations DOWN 1 Gyro ingredient, often 2 Smashable items 3 Gin complement 4 Crate contents in “Angry Birds” 5 Friend of Roo and Pooh 6 Brand used in pipes 7 Form of the Sanrio character Gudetama 8 Predatory fish 9 Bifurcate 10 Pig in ___ 11 Symbol that’s a lowercase letter split by a vertical line 12 Part of A.D. 13 1,024 bytes, briefly 18 Hair-covering garment 22 Like nanotechnology’s scale 24 It’s on the plus side 25 “Lady Marmalade” singer LaBelle 27 Ring setting 29 Songwriter Redding 30 Round red root 31 Bear whose chair was too hard 32 1857 litigant Scott 33 Works into the schedule, with “for” 35 Magazine first published in 1945 36 Give a lift 38 North America’s oldest sport 42 In shreds 43 Inside looks?

48 Drummer in the Electric Mayhem 50 Award for Alfonso CuarÛn 51 Potter’s device 52 Misjudgment 53 “Finding Dory” actor Willem 54 Join metal to metal 55 “Four and twenty blackbirds baked in ___” 56 “Hold up!”

58 Amts. in recipes 60 Active chemical in cannabis 61 Mauna ___ (former Hawaiian erupter that’s neither one you’re probably thinking of)

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example, every horoscope I write evolves over the course of at least three drafts. For each book I’ve published, I have written but then thrown away hundreds of pages that I ultimately deemed weren’t good enough to be a part of the finished text. And yet now and then, I have created a poem or song in one rapid swoop. My artistic artifact is exactly right the first time it flows out of me, with no further tinkering needed. I suspect you’re now entering a phase like that, Aquarius. I’m reminded of poet Allen Ginsberg’s operative principle: “first thought, best thought.”

books of the Bible’s Old Testament refer to a magical place called Ophir. It was a source of exotic finery and soulful treasures like gold, peacocks, jewels, frankincense, and precious sandalwood. One problem: No one, not even a Biblical scholar, has ever figured out where it was. Zimbabwe?

India? Tunisia? Its location is still unknown. I am bringing this to your attention because I suspect that in 2020 there’ll be a good chance you’ll discover and gain access to your own metaphorical Ophir: a fount of interesting, evocative resources.

For best results, be primed and eager to offer your own skills and riches in exchange for what this fount can provide to you.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn filmmaker Steven Soderbergh says it’s crucial for us to have a well-developed story about who we are and what we’re doing with our lives. It’s so important, he feels, that it should be the trigger that flings us out of bed every morning. We’ve got to make our story so vivid and interesting that it continually motivates us in every little thing we do. Soderbergh’s counsel is always good to keep in mind, of course, but it will be even more so for you in the coming months. Why? Because your story will be expanding and deepening, and you’ll need to make the necessary adjustments in how you tell your story to yourself.

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PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Who don’t you

want to be, Pisces? Where don’t you want to go? What experiences are not necessary in your drive to become the person you were born to be? I encourage you to ask yourself questions like those in the coming weeks. You’re entering a phase when you can create long-term good fortune for yourself by knowing what you don’t like and don’t need and don’t require.

Explore the positive effects of refusal. Wield the power of saying NO so as to liberate yourself from all that’s irrelevant, uninteresting, trivial, and unhealthy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) declared that English writer Lord Byron (1788– 1824) was the greatest genius of the 19th century.

Here’s an interesting coincidence: Byron regarded Goethe as the greatest genius of the 19th century. I bring this to your attention, Aries, in the hope that it will inspire you to create a similar dynamic in your own life during the coming months. As much as possible, surround yourself with people whom you think are wonderful and interesting and enlivening—and who think you are wonderful and interesting and enlivening.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20): Taurusborn Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) was a renowned German composer who lived most of his life is Germany and Austria. He became so famous and well-respected that England’s Cambridge University offered him an honorary degree if he would visit the campus. But Brahms was too timid to risk crossing the English Channel by boat. (There were no airplanes and Chunnel in those days.) He declined the award. I beg you not to do anything even remotely like that in the coming weeks, Taurus. Please summon the gumption necessary to claim and gather in all you deserve.

solve dilemmas that have previously confounded and frustrated you. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to get a bit wild and exploratory, this is it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): J. M. W. Turner

(1775–1851) is regarded as one of England’s greatest painters. He’s best known for his luminous and imaginative landscapes. His experimental use of light and color influenced the Impressionist painters who came after him. But the weird thing is that after his death, many of his works were lost for decades. In 1939, a famed art historian found over a hundred of them rolled up like tarpaulins in the basement of an art museum. Let’s apply this event as a metaphor for what’s ahead in your life, Cancerian. I suspect that buried or lost elements of your past will soon be rediscovered and restored. I bet it will be fun and illuminating!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In my early adult life,

I lived below the poverty line for many years.

How did that impact me? Here’s one example: I didn’t own a mattress from ages 23 to 39, but rather slept on a two-inch thick foam pad that lay directly on the floor. I’m doing better now, thank you. But my early experiences ensured that I would forever have profound empathy for people who don’t have much money. I hope this will serve as inspiration for you, Leo. The next seven weeks will be the Empathy Building Season for you. The cosmos will reward you if you build your ability to appreciate and understand the pains and joys of other humans. Your compassion will be tonic for both your mental and physical health.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Greek

author Theophrastus was a scientist before the concept of “scientist” existed. His writings on botany were influential for hundreds of years after his death. But some of his ideas would be considered unscientific today. For example, he believed that flute music could heal sciatica and epilepsy. No modern research suggests that the charms of the flute can literally cure physical ailments like those. But there is a great deal of evidence that music can help relieve pain, reduce anxiety, reduce the side effects of drugs, assist in physical therapy, and even make you smarter. And my reading of the current astrological omens suggests that the therapeutic effects of music will be especially dramatic for you during the next three weeks.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Learning to love

is difficult, and we pay dearly for it,” wrote the serious and somber author Fyodor Dostoevsky. “It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship,” he added. All that’s true, I think. To hone our ability to express tenderness and warmth, even when we’re not at our best, is the most demanding task on earth. It requires more courage than that of a soldier in the frenzy of battle, as much imagination as a poet, and diligence equal to that of an architect supervising the construction of a massive suspension bridge. And yet on the other hand—contrary to what Dostoevsky believed— sometimes love is mostly fun and inspiring and entertaining and educational. I suspect that the coming weeks will be one of those phases for you.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How well do you

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my

analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be one of those rare times when you can safely engage with influences that might normally rattle you. You’ll be protected as you wander into the unknown and explore edgy mysteries.

Your intuition will be highly reliable if you make bold attempts to

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nurture yourself, dear Scorpio? How diligent are you in providing yourself with the sustenance that ensures your body, mind, and soul will thrive? Are you imaginative in the ways that you keep yourself excited about life? Do you take strong measures to avoid getting attached to mediocre pleasures, even as you consistently hone your focus on the desires that lead you to joy and deep satisfaction? The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to meditate on these questions.

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