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The Worst Year on Two Wheels — and Foot

GT County is seeing a deadly spike in vehicle vs. bike/pedestrian collisions, but it’s not alone.

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letters Our Children’s Children Deservedly or not, William Shatner is a living legend. To be fair, he has given us some solid TV work but also some of the most cringe-y performances ever recorded.

Shatner was interviewed by CNN after his recent space flight.

While discussing climate change, his bewilderment at our collective “inability to see what’s coming our way” resonated with me. He began by saying, “I come back filled and overwhelmed with sadness and empathy for this beautiful thing we call Earth.” He made an emotional plea to unite to face this threat. “What is tragic is if our children, especially our children’s children, don’t have a chance to be part of this beautiful thing we call Earth ... and it’s just sad.”

Although celebrity status does not automatically confer wisdom, I found him genuine and insightful, and if he can break through to even a few climate deniers, good on him. The outlook is discouraging, but we are the ones who need to remain hopeful and to act now. With COP26 and the reconciliation package in active discussion, we sit at a pivotal moment. Act now and join the thousands of voices calling for a price on carbon in budget reconciliation at cclusa.org/white-house.

Mark Cannon, MD, PhD, Traverse City Truth or Consequences When a lie is told often enough, people begin to believe it, even if it goes against their better judgment.

Our parents and grandparents faced this truism in the late 1930s and early 1940s, when a few madmen plunged the entire world into war. We ourselves took note in the late 1960s, early 1970s and again at the beginning of the 2000s. Wars are fought, and people die because of these lies.

Those that profit from the lies never seem to suffer like we normal folks do.

During ex-President Donald Trump’s four years in office, he made false/ misleading claims with the deliberate intent to deceive — 30,573 times — effectively weaponizing his deceitfulness, and he’s not done yet.

The more he claims millions voted illegally, the more conspiracy-oriented people believe in him. Our own Republican legislators are currently justifying measures to enact restrictive laws filled with falsehoods and steeped in racism

about election irregularities and breaches of election security. Many of these new laws will discourage our election officials (and others) who assist voters engaging in ordinary, lawful, and often essential tasks.

Around 5.5 million people voted in the 2020 election in Michigan, yet, after exhaustive investigations, only three people have been charged with voter fraud.

When the “Secure MI Vote” petition is presented to you, refuse to sign it. Don’t enable the “Big Lie.” And for those who support the former president because he “tells it like it is,” it should be clear by now that he doesn’t ... and never has.

action to limit greenhouse gases.

Climate damage does not occur overnight but it will occur. What will it look like? Floods, droughts, disruption of food production and distribution, food insecurity, pests and disease, poor air and drinking water quality and availability, rising sea levels, ecosystem damage, product shortages, inflation, cost for property insurance and restrictions, fuel shortages, and power outages, just to mention a few.

These damages will impact our everyday life. There will be no way to escape the disruptions.

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Democracy Rules Insanity rules when our national Capitol is stormed by a mob, legislators are threatened, people are killed, and the former commanderin-chief (CIC) instigates the riot, sits in his office, and does nothing for hours.

Insanity rules when U.S. citizens believe that state and national elections were “stolen” merely because the former CIC declares so, without facts.

Insanity rules when lies from the former CIC lead good people in our country to believe conspiracy theories that damage the basis of our democratic way of life.

Insanity rules when 25 percent of people in our country will not get a vaccine for COVID-19 for political reasons led by the former president who received his vaccine before leaving the White House.

Insanity rules when the United States loses support from our worldwide allies and curries favor from China, Russia, and North Korea because of the former CIC. Insanity rules when unemployment skyrockets, GDP plummets, and the national debt is the highest in history due to economic policy decisions by the former CIC. Insanity rules when brothers, sisters, friends, and colleagues can’t have a civil discussion if the former CIC’s name is mentioned.

Do you see a theme in the insanity of the past five years? It has been stated that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Let’s give our new, experienced, decent, sane CIC a fair chance to do many things differently. In the greatest country in the world, democracy — not lunacy — must and will, rule.

No Vaccine for Climate Change We are experiencing a pandemic right now, and everyone is counting on a vaccine so we can get back to life as it was. The hope was that if enough people were vaccinated, we might reach herd immunity; but the Trump cult refuses to be concerned about the rest of the country. They are simply selfish. The last pandemic to hit the U.S. was over 100 years ago, and we did not learn anything. It is true: Americans have a very short memory. We have been warned, and if we do not learn from history, we are doomed to repeat it.

This message is aimed at all citizens less than 40 years old. You cannot decide to vote 20 years from now to fix climate change; it will be too late. You can deny climate change, but when it does occur you cannot quickly fix it. It might take a year to develop a COVID-19 vaccine and another year to distribute to enough citizens, but it will take a generation or more to undo the severe, life-changing impact of climate change. All you can do once climate change causes major human suffering is to pay the bill to treat the effects; it will not be cheap.

To do something to stem the warming of the earth now is like an insurance policy.

Think about it: Insurance is purchased in the hope of never using it. The science of climate change is solid. The only thing to discuss is what can we do to prevent or minimize it. On the other hand, if you do not believe in climate change you need to discuss what are you willing to pay if it does occur; there will be a cost (taxes or more deficit). Fact, there is no vaccine for climate change, but there is insurance: government

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The Worst Year on Two Wheels......................10 Architecture for the Ages..............................14 The Four Quarters..........................................17

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top ten We’re Going Gray — Fast Much of northwest Lower Michigan is getting grayer, and we’re not talking about the folks who quit coloring their hair when pandemic restrictions shuttered salons in 2020.

The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey reports that 33.3 percent of the people living in Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and Emmet counties were age 60 or older. In 2010, that 60+ population was 25.3 percent.

Considering that region’s overall population decreased in that same period — from 109,708 to 107,916 — the rapid increase in the over-60 crowd is not only significant but concerning, says Northern Lakes Economic Alliance in a recent report.

The group, whose aim is to provide resources to communities and entrepreneurs to create and retain jobs in Antrim, Charlevoix, and Cheboygan counties, contends that rapidly aging communities pose serious challenges to local communities and economies, playing a part in driving labor shortages and housing challenges, and increasing demand on industries like health care, retirement communities, restaurants, and recreation, “These demographic trends warrant a serious examination by community leaders,” the report urges. “In order to maintain our vibrant economy, our workforce needs to be maintained. The COVID-19 pandemic and the increase in work-from-home options may have contributed to last year’s population growth, but that does not mean new residents entered our local workforce. Our leaders need to explore avenues for attracting young professionals and families to the area.”

To read the full report, visit northernlakes.net.

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For the ultimate in upscale comfort food, look no further than Raven Social in downtown Cadillac. Opened in September 2016 by restaurant-power couple Chuck and Connie Freiberg, Raven Social combines a seasonal farm-to-table sourcing philosophy with classic European prep. The result is Euro-fusion flavor in a relaxed Up North atmosphere. And for a frigid autumn evening out, the Penne Rosa is exactly what executive chef Steve Gorski suggests you order. A modern take on the traditional alfredo, Gorski begins with a sauce-gripping base of penne noodles, which he drenches in a decadent garlic-Parmesan cream.

Topped with a portion of thin-pounded chicken breast that’s hand-battered and seared up to crispy perfection, then finished with a drizzle of “Rosa” sauce — that’s a tomato-based sauce spiked with cream and basil — and flakes of fresh Parmesan.

Pasta enlightenment, achieved. $19.95 at Raven Social, 119 S. Mitchell St., Cadillac.

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Fun Run, Pancakes & Fall Drinks Down on the Farm Work up an appetite with a 9am fun run at Jacob’s Farm in Traverse City on Saturday, Nov. 13. Jacob’s A-maze-ing 5K & 10K includes an off-road adventure across the farm and through a portion of its 10-acre corn maze. Fun-run tickets also get you free entry to the farm’s Flapjack & Flannel Festival following the race, 1pm–6pm, where you can refuel with a stack of pancakes and wash ’em down with water … or fall-focused beverages from Mammoth Distillery, Blackrocks Brewery, Silver Spruce Brewery, Right Brain Brewery, Stone Hound Brewing, Cheboygan Brewing, Earthen Ales, Left Foot Charley, and Blake’s Hard Cider. Enjoy live music by the Drew Hale Band, Jack Pine, and Stonefolk, too.

Search Jacobs A-maze-ing 5k for race registration or Flapjack Flannel for festival tickets at Eventbrite.com.

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If you weren’t lucky enough to be one of the legions of seventh- or ninth-grade science students Richard Fidler inspired over 31 years, thank your lucky stars the former Traverse City teacher has so far spent his retirement authoring some of our favorite books on nature and local history. His latest, “Out of the Corner of my Eye: Seeing Things That Matter,” is an immersive capture of the essence and beauty of living things, filled not only with his usual mind-opening (and often mind-blowing) revelations about the inner workings of the natural world but also poetry, narratives, his own pencil drawings, and a more personal glimpse of the author himself.

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Catch the Mist, Catch the Myth: Rush Tribute in Manistee

The Rush catalog will come alive when The Rush Tribute Project takes the stage at the historic Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts (RRCA) Friday, Nov. 12. An homage to one of the most enduring and influential bands in rock music, RTP covers all 40-plus years of Rush’s run, painstakingly recreating the sound and energy that has made Rush one of the top-selling rock bands of all time. This particular three-piece lineup uses vintage instruments, clothes, and sounds to produce a concert experience so real that it’s performed Rush tribute shows for over a decade across North America and around the world, including the biggie: RushCon. Don’t know what we’re talking about? You’ll probably still enjoy it; there’s also an on-site cash bar and complementary admission at 6:30 into RRCA’s newest art exhibit, First Americans, in Hardy Hall. Theatre seating for RTP begins at 7pm. RamsdellTheatre.org.

Stuff We Love: New U.S.-built Freighter Hits the Great Lakes For the first time since 1983, a U.S.flagged freighter has been constructed on the Great Lakes. Fincatieri Bay Shipbuilding, based in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, built the 639-foot beast for the Great Lakes’ own Interlake Steamship Company, whose roots trace back more than a century, to 1913.

Named the Mark W. Barker in honor of Interlake Steamship’s president, the self-unloading bulk-carrier launched last week. Its mission for the next half-century or so: transporting raw materials throughout the Great Lakes region.

If you’re not a boat nerd and the name Interlake sounds familiar to you, that’s likely because the longtime family-owned company made big news Up North in 2020, when it acquired the historic SS Badger passenger and car ferry; its sister ship, the non-operating SS Spartan; and an esteemed ol’ workhorse, the articulated tug-barge Undaunted-Pere Marquette 41 from Ludington’s Lake Michigan Car Ferry Co.

Make Way for the Queens!

Ladies, bid your hunters a joyous buh-bye next weekend. Four fun and fabulous drag queens — Michigan’s own Sydney Chablis, Deja Vaton, Krystal Van Kartier, and our personal favorite, Vajojo Visage — are about to storm Castle Farms in Charlevoix for one of the few events worth an 11am Sunday commitment. The Deer Hunters’ Wives Drag Brunch will treat each ticketholder to a mimosa and brunch provided by 1918 Cellars (make that a bottle of wine and brunch if you purchase a VIP ticket) 11am to 2pm Nov 14. Expect lots of glitter, girlfriends, and giggling, and don’t feel a bit guilty if this party sends you to bed by 4pm; it benefits the Paper Angels Project, which ensures that every child served by Child and Family Services of Northwestern Michigan has gifts under their Christmas tree. Click on the Event Calendar tab at www.castlefarms.com for more information and tickets.

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bottoms up RBB’s Chubby Squirrel It’s officially hibernation season, and no Northerner’s hidey-hole can be considered adequately prepped for the coming winter without a good stock of games, snacks, and of course, beer. That’s where Right Brain Brewery comes in. Founded in 2007 by thenstylist and still-beer-buff, Russell Springsteen, RBB has been a pivotal part of Traverse City’s creative beer culture. Pie filling, pig bones, and even asparagus are all featured on their menu right now, but it’s their Chubby Squirrel amber ale that’s bringing some extra body to our cold-weather party. The ultimate multi-palette pleaser, this easy-drinking red stacks the mellow maltiness of vanilla and toffee with a bouquet of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.

Topped off with a twist of lemon peel for a delightfully dry finish, this seasonal brew pairs best with a crisp autumn evening. $6.25 per pint at RBB, 225 E. 16th Street. By the way, the time is right to taste and stock up on local beers: From Nov. 12 to 19, Traverse City and Frankfort area brewers are hosting Brew Week, a self-guided tour of regional breweries, many of which are celebrating with discounts on beer and food, plus incentives for Beer Week participants — like a “My Hoppy Place” T-shirt, a beer-themed weekend in Traverse City that includes a $200 hotel voucher, and other beer-related gifts. For more information, visit www.traversecity.com/tcbw.

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The Build Back Better legislation, President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social program and climate legislation, is no more. It was maimed, dismembered, and chopped in half by the whining, quibbling, and obstructing interference of Democrat Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Some of us will be the poorer for it.

than nine out of the top 10 drug manufacturers spent annually on advertising and promotion.)

There are still plenty of goodies in the legislation: $1.75 trillion is a lot of new spending. It extends the enhanced child tax credit for another year, creates free and universal pre-school for 3- and 4-year-olds, spends half a trillion in climate-change-related initiatives, expands Medicaid, and reduces

Our prescription drug prices have increased more than inflation every year since MMA passed. This impacts all of us, not just Medicare enrollees, because we are all paying for those inflated prices with our tax dollars and our own prescription costs. Some of those costs give us the grim choice of debt or death.

As the MMA was being negotiated on the floor of the U.S. House, pharmaceutical industry lobbyists swarmed the floor, making threats and promises. Cameras covering the House floor were turned off during the unseemly display.

Affordable Care Act premiums, plus commits $150 billion to affordable housing.

The bill intends to pay for all this with a miniblizzard of tax increases on the wealthy, the very wealthy, and corporations.

Eliminated during the budgetary bloodletting was free community college for two years, paid family and sick leave, Medicare dental and vision coverage, and the so-called Billionaire’s Income Tax to help pay for things. Most notably, negotiating drug prices for Medicare, a key element of the original bill that would have been the most beneficial for the most people, was cut, a nearly two-decade gift to the pharmaceutical industry.

The Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 created the Medicare Part D drug coverage, but it also prohibited the federal government from negotiating drug prices for Medicare.

They can haggle over drug prices for the Veteran’s Administration and Medicaid but not Medicare.

The money involved is significant because those eligible to enroll in Medicare comprise about 16 percent of the population but consume 35 percent of all the prescription drugs. And since Americans pop more pills than the rest of the world combined, we’re talking about lots of drugs.

So, how can the most logical way to save tens of millions of Americans significant amounts of money end up being outlawed? The easy answer: money. As the MMA was being negotiated on the floor of the U.S. House, pharmaceutical industry lobbyists swarmed the floor, making threats and promises.

Cameras covering the House floor were turned off during the unseemly display. The lobbyists claimed companies would go out of business and lifesaving drugs would never be developed if their pricing was somehow restricted.

(It turns out the vast amounts spent on research and development of new drugs is actually less

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The result is we pay at least three times and up to 10 times more than our Western European friends, all of whom negotiate with the same companies with which our law prevents us from engaging.

For example, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the 54 most prescribed orally administered cancer drugs in the U.S. had price increases of more than 40 percent in the last decade. The average cost for those drugs is now $167,000 a year per patient.

Prices for the drugs most often prescribed for Medicare patients — for blood pressure, cholesterol, and heart ailments — have increased about the same in the last decade.

About 70 percent of the 62.6 million Americans now enrolled in Medicare have some form of Part D drug coverage, so we’re all paying for those price increases, with no way to keep the prices down.

In another example, the FDA just approved an Alzheimer’s drug called Aduhelm. It might work to prevent the destructive plaque buildup for patients whose illness is detected early enough. Since it requires a monthly infusion delivered by a doctor, it will be covered by Medicare Part B. The cost? $56,000 a year per patient.

The annual winners, the corporations with the best lobbyists and billionaires with the best lawyers, have won again.

The losers are every consumer who ever needs a prescription drug, and especially seniors on Medicare who use, on average, 4.7 prescriptions a month. We should all send our sarcastic thanks to Senators Manchin and Sinema for standing in the way of common sense. A cynic might suggest their receipt of substantial campaign contributions from pharmaceutical interests during their political careers — $500,000 for Sinema, $700,000 for Manchin — influenced their decision.

The other obvious loser is President Biden, who allowed two outlier senators of his own party to control and alter what he had hoped would be his signature accomplishment. His inability to generate sufficient support for drug-cost negotiations demonstrated political weakness that will serve neither him nor the country well.

EMBRACING THE MOMENTS guest opinion

by Kevin Breen Mother. Few single words in the English language pack a more potent punch. For most of my 61 years, the word mother for me has been a relatively simple one of love and acceptance, with a few interesting quirks thrown in here and there. In the past few years, though, my relationship to my now 90-year-old mother has taken on a new level of complexity.

Here is what this diminutive woman of just over 100 pounds has had to face since late summer of 2019: Her husband of 68 years passed away in front of her eyes under the care of hospice in their assisted living facility in Grand Rapids. My mother relied on her husband for many things. While the loss of a spouse is a common enough event in the lives of many older women, it’s still difficult.

A few months later, her eldest daughter passed away from Pict’s disease, an early onset form of frontal-lobe dementia at the age of 67.

Then the pandemic hit. As my mother was showing signs of dementia herself, this entire episode, including the lack of social interaction, confused to her. We communicated by phone and occasional visits, either speaking through a window or outside, sitting 6 feet apart, wearing masks — even in the winter months, when she was wrapped in a blanket to keep warm.

During this time, she seemed to experience a deterioration of her mental faculties in ways I am not qualified to describe. Eventually, we moved her up to French Manor, an assisted living facility in Traverse City. Our first visit to see her there was one for the record books. She cried for a full hour, demanding to know why her family had abandoned her. Fortunately, this anguish soon passed, and both she and the world outside showed signs of improvement.

I will try and give you a sense of this woman. My mother didn’t work outside the home, and she did not drive until well into her 40s. She never felt comfortable behind the wheel, but once she got her driver’s license, she managed to get to a few friends’ homes and the grocery store by driving on residential streets and cutting through parking lots.

One day she came home in the back of a police car. When she entered the house crying, I asked, “Accident?” She nodded.

Someone in the parking lot of the North Kent Mall had hit her hard enough to total her car.

My mother loved Bruce Springsteen and the Detroit Pistons. She once went to the Grand Canyon for vacation, peered into that colorful abyss, and announced that she wasn’t all that impressed.

There were times in the past two years when I thought I might never have a good conversation with her again. But there have been times we sat together in her room and managed it. She still stuns me now and again with her articulate use of

language. Once, while looking over the stuffed animals she had won in Bingo games, she said, “I like this one because he has a sardonic expression.” I looked at the stuffed animal, looked up the word sardonic on my phone, and sure enough, that furry face did wear a somewhat smug, sarcastic expression.

Recently, she told me she wanted to visit the main branch of the Traverse City Library; she had heard it was nice. She always loved libraries and books and often fell in love with the works of certain writers. (Besides getting her driver’s license in her 40s, my mother also attended college to study literature and earned her associate degree from Grand Rapids Junior College, as it was called at the time. I believe it was one of her proudest accomplishments.)

So I folded up her walker, placed it in the back of my car, and we headed over to the library. When she entered, she was in awe: two massive sun-lit floors, stacked with thousands of books. She struck up a conversation with another patron and remarked, “I’m from out of town, and this is my first time here. It is amazing.”

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To my mother, the Grand Canyon was not nearly as impressive as the Traverse City Library.

We wandered around, spoke with the librarians, and looked for books. She was interested in reading Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” again, but when we found the book, we discovered it weighed nearly 10 pounds. It was the same with another old favorite, “The Prince of Tides” by Pat Conroy.

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So instead, we took the elevator up and down, gazed out the windows over Boardman Lake, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We eventually found and checked out a mystery book — large print but not unwieldy — for her. I knew she was unlikely to finish it.

Mostly, she simply seems to like the feeling of having a book in her hands again.

As we get older, we often return, again and again, to the things we have most loved in the world. For my mother, it is reading and literature. And music. Maybe I’ll step into her room one day to find her head bobbing to Bruce Springsteen.

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That evening, as she was sitting in her room having her nighttime glass of chardonnay, she called me on the phone and thanked me for the outing. She said, “ If you ever want to go again, I would be happy to do so.”

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Government in Action About 100 hippopotami that are descendants of hippos once owned by late drug lord Pablo Escobar have been recognized by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio as legal persons, United Press International reported. The hippos live in Colombia, but nonhuman animals are allowed to go to a federal court in the U.S. to obtain testimony in defense of their interests.

Colombian attorney Luis Domingo Gomez Maldondo filed a lawsuit on the animals’ behalf to save them from being euthanized, arguing that sterilization would be a better option.

Most Competent Criminal A clever burglar in Coronado, California, devised a simple way to enter a home there on Oct. 21, the Associated Press reported. The 43-year-old woman just called a locksmith and asked him to change the locks on “her” home, then went inside, settled in, and turned on the music and fireplace. But a neighbor noticed the activity and contacted the out-of-town homeowner, who alerted the police. When officers arrived, the spare key provided by the neighbor didn’t fit the locks, and police saw metal shavings and parts of a discarded lock near the front door. Police went around back, called out to the person inside and arrested her as she emerged on suspicion of burglary.

Unclear on the Concept A hiker in Colorado who was on a trail to Mount Elbert got lost on Oct. 18, wandering in the woods until the next morning around 9:30 a.m. Lake County Search and Rescue began looking for the unidentified person that evening and continued through the night, Fox News reported, making repeated calls to the hiker’s cellphone, which went unanswered. The hiker, who didn’t realize a search party was looking for them, told officials that they ignored the calls because they didn’t recognize the phone number.

LCSAR recommended to hikers: “If you’re overdue according to your itinerary and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone.”

Creepy Residents of Ipswich, England, have spent more than four years being troubled by a haunting rendition of the nursery rhyme, “It’s raining, it’s pouring ...” sung by a young child during the night. “It was waking me up in the night. It was absolutely terrifying,” one woman said, according to the Mirror. “Last week it

played for hours. It was just horrible.” Finally, in September, the borough council’s rapid response team tracked down the source of the chilling singing: It was a motion alarm in an industrial park. “The sound is only supposed to act as a deterrent for opportunistic thieves that come onto our property,” a spokesperson for the park said. “The motion sensors were being triggered by spiders crawling across the lenses of our cameras, and it looks like we’ve had it turned up too loudly.” The volume has been lowered, and Ipswich residents can sleep at night.

It’s an Education Elementary students at Wilton Manors school in Florida were treated to a field trip on Oct. 27, walking over to Rosie’s Bar and Grill accompanied by Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi, who posted about the outing on her official Facebook page. Fox News reported that the post ignited outrage among members of the community, who, beyond their incredulity that a bar and grill was a “field trip” destination, were upset that Rosie’s is an LGBT bar, with items on the menu such as Rhoda Cowboy and Big Girl Burgers. Leonardi and the school district did not comment on the school trip.

The Way the World Works Well, it’s happened: the first-ever doping scandal to rock the world of professional Venetian gondoliers. Renato Busetto has been stripped of his second-place award in September’s Historical Regatta and has been banned from competing for more than a year, the Daily Mail reported. He tested positive for marijuana after the event on Sept. 4, and on Oct. 27, Venice’s Technical Disciplinary Commission laid out his punishment.

Harsh An unnamed Thai woman, 34, who lives in a high-rise condominium building in Bangkok was apparently very unhappy that she wasn’t informed that two painters, using ropes, would be working on the outside of the building on Oct. 12. So she cut their support rope, the Associated Press reported. One of the painters, a man named Song, said he and his co-worker had lowered themselves from the 32nd floor to repair cracks. When he reached the 30th floor, he felt something on the rope and looked down to see someone on the 21st floor lean out of the window and cut his rope. A third colleague supported them from the top floor as they tried to summon help from people in other apartments. A couple on the 26th floor finally let them in. The suspect confessed to cutting the rope and said she had no intention of killing the workers, but she faces attempted murder and property destruction charges.

Irony With Halloween coming up, Clark County (Nevada) law enforcement agencies came together to promote pedestrian safety on Oct. 26. The “crosswalk fairy,” a police officer in costume, even escorted people across busy Boulder Highway, KVVU-TV reported. But as officers demonstrated proper crosswalk techniques, pedestrian Tammy Wotton tried to cross the street where the event was being held -- and was almost struck by a semitruck. Nevada law stipulates that vehicles must yield to pedestrians. Officers pulled over the truck driver, along with several other offending motorists.

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THE WORST YEAR ON TWO WHEELS — AND FOOT

GT County is seeing a deadly spike in vehicle vs. bike/pedestrian collisions, but it’s not alone.

What’s going wrong on our roads?

Photo courtesy of Ian Valerio, Unsplash

By Craig Manning On Aug. 24 this year, a 16-year-old girl died after being struck by a semi-truck while riding her bike in Interlochen. She was on her way to work.

On Sept. 6, a 76-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a pickup truck. It was 10am, and she had been walking along Traversefield Drive in Traverse City.

On the morning of Sept. 16, a Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) student was hit by a pickup truck as he attempted to cross Peninsula Drive to reach his school bus stop. The student survived the crash and was treated for his injuries at Munson Medical Center.

These incidents constitute just a few of the many vehicle-versus-cyclist or vehicle-versus-pedestrian crashes that have occurred in the region this year. If you’ve felt like headlines and stories of this ilk have been alarmingly common lately, you aren’t mistaken: According to Grand Traverse County Sheriff Tom Bensley, there have been a dozen traffic fatalities in the county – plus another two in the City of Traverse City proper — as of mid-October this year.

It’s the deadliest year on Grand Traverse County roads in recent memory. For comparison’s sake, 2020 saw just three traffic fatalities in Grand Traverse County and the City of Traverse City combined. In 2019, the count was seven. In 2018, it was five. From 2013 to 2017, annual traffic death numbers for the city and the county ranged from 7 to 14.

Those numbers account for traffic fatalities in general; not just crashes

involving pedestrians or cyclists. Still, this year’s numbers show the higher risk levels that non-vehicle groups shoulder when using local roads. Collectively, Bensley says pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists accounted for eight of the 14 fatalities that had been recorded through mid-October.

“This year has not been a good one,” the sheriff says.

THE ILLUSION OF SAFETY Grand Traverse County’s spike in crashes and deaths has made local roads a scarier place for pedestrians and cyclists to be. Alarmingly though, the trend isn’t just a local one. In fact, 2020 was the deadliest and most dangerous year for any traffic-related death on American roads in over a decade.

It’s not a trend most would have expected. At the outset of the pandemic, many assumed that 2020 would actually be a safer year on America’s roads and highways.

Businesses closing their offices and pivoting their teams to remote work meant that there were fewer people commuting to and from their jobs. The travel and tourism industry took a huge hit as well, as people stayed home and “sheltered in place.”

A general assumption was that the reduced traffic patterns would loosen gridlock, in big cities and small communities alike.

Those assumptions weren’t wrong, per se: According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the United States dropped 430.2 billion in 2020 compared to the year before — a 13.2 percent decline. Meanwhile, pedestrian and

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cyclist activity increased: Reports out of New York City, for instance, indicated that metro cycling traffic spiked 50 percent last year.

More broadly, bike sales skyrocketed in 2020 — to the point where there were significant bike shortage issues in many parts of the country.

But the fewer-cars-on-the-road phenomenon has not made the world safer for pedestrians, cyclists, or even other drivers. On the contrary, pandemic-era traffic patterns have actually kicked risk levels into higher gear.

Let’s start with pedestrians. Per the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), whose membership is made up of state highway safety offices of the 50 states, U.S. territories, and the Indian Nations, 2020 saw “the largest ever annual increase in the rate at which drivers struck and killed people on foot.”

Even looking at the raw numbers, more pedestrians in the United States died in 2020 than in other recent years. The total death toll — of 6,721 pedestrians killed — was up 4.8 percent from 2019 (6,412 deaths) and up more than 11 percent from 2017 (5,977 deaths). To put the numbers in perspective, 2020’s fatality rate means that one pedestrian was hit and killed about every 78 and a half minutes last year.

At first glance, things didn’t seem nearly as dire in the cycling community. According to Outside Magazine, there were 697 cyclist deaths in the U.S. in 2020. That number is down from 846 in 2019, which itself was a slight decrease from 857 in 2018 — the highest fatality rate on record since 1990.

But these raw numbers look starker

when factoring in the decrease in cars on the road.

According to the GHSA, based on 2020’s 13.2 percent decrease in VMT, the pedestrian fatality rate was 2.3 deaths per billion VMT — an unprecedented 21 percent increase from 1.9 pedestrian deaths per billion VMT in 2019.

“This projection is the largest ever annual increase in the pedestrian death rate since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) was established in 1975,” the GHSA reported. For cyclists, deaths per billion VMT in 2020 were 0.298, up from 0.256 in 2019.

A YEAR OF DRIVING DANGEROUSLY So, why aren’t the less-busy roads of the pandemic era also proving to be safer roads, as many assumed?

A change in driver behaviors is the most likely explanation. With fewer cars on the road last year, drivers had more opportunities to drive faster and more recklessly. “Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped” proclaimed an AP News headline in August, citing damning statistics about the lack of caution drivers were exhibiting. In California, for example, AP reported that tickets “for speeding levels in excess of 100 mph from January to June [2021] were nearly double pre-pandemic levels.”

Abuse of alcohol and drugs has also been a factor. One of the most widely reported traffic tragedies of the pandemic era occurred last December when the driver of a box truck plowed into a group of 20 cyclists

on U.S. Highway 95 near Las Vegas. Five of the cyclists died, and the driver of the truck ultimately pleaded guilty to DUI charges because he had methamphetamines in his system; he will spend 16 years in prison for his crimes.

All told, traffic deaths in 2020 spiked 7.2 percent, to 38,680, even despite the 13.2 reduction in total miles traveled. There had not been a deadlier year on American roads since 2007.

The pandemic isn’t the only factor at work here, though. Even before COVID-19 changed the dynamics of American highways, trends relating to pedestrian or cyclist crashes had been ticking upward.

Per the National Safety Council, the number of preventable deaths “from bicycle transportation incidents increased 37 percent” between 2010 and 2019. Experts say issues like faster speed limits on roads and highways and an increasing number of driver distractions — related to everything smartphones to elaborate “infotainment” systems in vehicles — are to blame for the upward trend.

STAYING SAFE As local and national roads become more hostile places for people traveling on foot or on bike, what can be done to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe?

Locally, there are multiple efforts aimed at creating a more welcoming environment for non-vehicular traffic. The Traverse City-based bike advocacy organization Norte coaches kids in bike safety and has

been a core player in the local Safe Routes to School effort, which has added miles of new sidewalk around Traverse City neighborhoods and schools.

TART Trails, meanwhile, will soon complete its Boardman Lake Trail Loop, and is eyeing projects that would expand trail access to Elk Rapids and Charlevoix – projects that will give more alternatives for bikers, walkers, or runners who want to avoid busy roads.

Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS), finally, is working to educate local parents on safety measures for kids walking to and from bus stops and schools — especially from late fall through early spring, when the North’s shorter days and the Daylight Savings’ clock reset means navigating weeks of dark mornings.

A SOBERING STORY Unfortunately, a cyclist or pedestrian can sometimes do everything right and still end up injured in a crash. Such was the case for local cyclist Brian Hofstra, who was severely injured on Valentine’s Day 2018 when a driver struck him from behind on Diamond Park Road just north of Interlochen Center for the Arts.

Hofstra recalls the day vividly. It was around 5pm, and he decided to take advantage of the remaining daylight to fit in a bike ride. Aware of potential visibility concerns (in northern Michigan, sunset in mid-February falls just after 6pm), he wore a hi-vis fluorescent yellow and reflective jacket for the ride, as well as a pair of blinking red

lights. He was traveling west on Diamond Park Road, on a section of the street that he describes as “a long straightway.” Then, suddenly, he was airborne.

“The driver hit me from behind,” Hofstra says. “He probably hit me going 45 or 50 miles an hour. And I could hear the car back there. You can usually hear the vehicle, unless it’s something like a Prius or a Tesla that’s quiet and very aerodynamic. So then, all of a sudden, I just felt this weird, rushing jolt, and I was upside down in the air, and I could see his mirror under my head. [The driver] told police he didn’t see me in the sun, but the sun was at an angle off to the side [of the road], so that didn’t really add up to me.”

Hofstra ended up spending three days in the hospital with a compressed vertebrae and other injuries that left him with “pain all over.” Even after being discharged, he had to miss three weeks of work completely, and then could only work four-hour days because he was “in too much pain just from sitting in my chair.” Today, more than three years later, he says he has to be careful with physical activity, since even “lifting something wrong” can re-injure his lower back.

Months would pass before Hofstra could get back on a bike, and even longer before he felt safe doing so. These days, he’s back to riding, but the fear of cars and motorists hasn’t faded. In addition to hi-visability equipment and blinking lights, he’s outfitted his bike with a Garmin Varia radar. It’s a taillight device with visibility up to 153 yards

and a radar function that detects — and flashes at — cars as they approach. Mostly, though, Hofstra tries to avoid riding on busy roads, opting instead for trails and dirt roads.

As for the driver? Hofstra says he was arrested for operating while intoxicated, with tests confirming that he was high on marijuana when the crash occurred. The man also had a prior felony on his record, for marijuana manufacturing. Despite facing a possible sentence of five years in prison, though, the driver ultimately ended up serving just 45 days. Looking back, Hofstra feels that, in a way, he served more time than the driver who almost took his life; he’s not even sure if the driver lost his license.

“The punishments just don’t really seem severe enough,” Hofstra said. “He spent 45 days in jail, and he could have killed me.

And I spent several days in the hospital, missed weeks of work, couldn’t bike for a long time, and still experience the effects of what he did. And he got 45 days in jail.”

“I think a lot of people just aren’t paying attention,” Hofstra says. “They’re eating, or they’re on their phone texting, or they’re changing their streaming service settings, their music, their podcasts. All these new cars have these huge displays on them compared to what we had before.

So, I think between smartphone and the cars themselves, people have a lot more distractions. And then probably a small minority is people that hate cyclists and are just angry to see you on the road.”

Photo courtesy of Luca Campioni, Unsplash

EYES WIDE OPEN Tips for Cyclists Pedestrians and cyclists can and should take numerous steps to protect themselves from dangers out on the road.

The League of American Bicyclists, for instance, has five “rules of the road” that all cyclists are encouraged to adopt as the backbone of smart, safe biking habits.

These include: 1. Follow the law: Obey traffic signals and road signs, and always ride with traffic (e.g., in the right lane or on the right side of the road) rather than against it. Know when other users of the road

have the right of way.

2. Be predictable: Signal all turns, ride in a straight line, avoid sudden stops, and check behind you before stopping, changing lanes, or turning.

3. Be conspicuous: Dress to make yourself visible, especially in the morning, at night, or in other low-light or low-visibility situations. Bright colors, reflective clothing, and headlamps or flashing bike lights are all useful for improving visibility.

4. Think and plan ahead: Be a “defensive biker” and try to anticipate what drivers, pedestrians, or other cyclists are likely to do next. Make eye contact with other people using the road to convey

your intentions or to assess theirs. Keep an eye out for turning vehicles, for objects in the roadway that might require drivers to stop or swerve suddenly, for potholes and debris that might impede your own path, or for open or about-to-open car doors.

Have a plan for how to handle each of these situations safely.

5. Ride ready: Make sure your bike is properly maintained and tuned up, with fully inflated tires, functional brakes, a reliable bike chain, and more. Consider carrying tools so that you can repair issues that might arise in the midst of a ride.

Finally, wear a bike helmet on every ride.

TIPS FOR PEDESTRIANS

Recomendations for pedestrians aren’t always the same, which can lead to some confusion. For instance, where cyclists are expected to ride with the flow of traffic, pedestrians should always walk or run against traffic, or on the left side of the road. This way, pedestrians can know what traffic is coming toward them at all times, can make eye contact with oncoming drivers or cyclists, and can have more warning to get out of the way if a motorist doesn’t appear to see them.

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Architecture for the Ages An Up North color tour made for mid-century-modern junkies

By Lynda Wheatley Not that we ever need an excuse to cruise the scenic roads snaking west from Traverse City to Leelanau and Benzie counties, or north to Charlevoix, Petoskey, and Harbor Springs. But this year seems extra special. An especially mild autumn has left loads of gold and orange leaves standing tall throughout these temperate lakeside spots. And while traditional fall color tour activities like apple picking and hayrides might be past prime, a leisurely drive to cool destinations never goes out of style.

One we and mid-century modern architect buffs are especially loving this year: Docomomo’s 2021 Northwest Michigan Driving Tour, masterminded

by Jacqueline Shinners and Susan Bandes, members and Northwest Michigan chairs of the Michigan chapter of Docomomo, aka the International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites, and Neighborhoods of the Modern Movement, founded in the Netherlands in 1988.

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dozens of Up North homes, churches, schools, and other buildings that exemplify mid-century chic — and the many local architects who brought the innovative style to our rural and small-town-dotted region in the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s.

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Bay (shown here), selling the same delicious fudge, in a small building along the highway recognized from a distance by its “rooftop box of fudge.”

Although a September 2018 fire, which started in the basement and blazed up under the floors and into the structure’s walls, threatened the iconic 60s-era roadside stand, only the post-fire smoke-scented fudge was a total loss. The shop is still in operation today, and — hint — Murdick’s seasonal pumpkin fudge is available until the end of November.

2. Round’s Restaurant 1033 East Eighth St., Traverse City Originally called Round’s Circle Inn Here, a sampling of what awaits: Restaurant, this 1948 low, one-story structure located in what was once known as Eastfield District, has retained its original exterior with 1. Doug Murdick’s Fudge minimal change. The door was moved to the 4500 US-31, Acme center, and the stone brick wall was raised to Perhaps it was the Murdick family create a semicircular garden bed. The building that put fudge on the Michigan map. The is distinguished by its semi-circular extension original family of fudge makers sold a fudge and echoes the circular shape of the signage in noted for its unduplicated creaminess. Their reference to the original owners, William and descendent Doug Murdick his Jashinksky. first Mary Round. Today it is most noted for an allOil onopened wood by Judy store in downtown Traverse City in 1964. In day breakfast specializing in homemade velvet 1965 he opened a second location on East corned beef hash.

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3. The Dairy Lodge 405 North Division St., Traverse City While everything else around this small, square 1959 building has changed or been razed, the Dairy Lodge has stayed the same. It serves as a prime example of now-vanishing roadside architecture that once symbolized a growing America when the automobile and new roads on which to explore this vast country reigned. It is easily recognized by its iconic image of a woman with blond hair on one side and brown hair on the other, wearing a Santa cap, in front of an igloo, riding an ice cream cone.

4. St. Michael’s Lutheran Church 912 S. Garfield Ave., Traverse City

By Orus O. Eash, Bauer & Eash, 1955 5. Shirley S. Okerstrom Fine Arts Building 1701 E. Front St., Traverse City

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and stately white pines. The first campus building was completed in 1955 and served as the administration building. A few buildings, namely the gymnasium and old library, retain their original style of architecture.

The most notable [NMC] campus building, however, is the mid-century modern Shirley S. Okerstrom Fine Arts building, completed in 1971. It was designed by The Architects Collaborative, a firm established

by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, and seven young architects in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1945. A departure from the typical campus architecture of the time, this building was to reflect ideals and principles of creating art in a space unencumbered by constraining classrooms. The asymmetric architectural design is distinguished by its alternating sloping walls of cedar and glass.

6. Traverse City Central High School 1150 Milliken Dr., Traverse City

By Gordon Cornwell, Cornwell & Associates, 1959 Recipient of West Michigan Chapter AIA, 1st Place Award 1959 Set within an open campus, the classrooms,

gymnasium, and library of what was then known as Traverse City Senior High School were all housed in separate, one-story buildings. At the time, it was rather unusual for a high school in a northern climate to have such a setting. Gordon Cornwell, one of Traverse City’s most prolific architects, was also responsible for the junior high school, set high on a hill overlooking the city. Different from the high school, the junior high was built as a one-story series of connected buildings.

7. Private Residence 2018 Timberlane, Traverse City

By Donald Bouschor, Gordon Cornwell & Associates, 1966 8. Private Residence 7380 Maple Terrace, Traverse City Architect unknown, 1955 9. Interlochen Golf Course Restaurant & Pro Shop 10586 US-31, Interlochen A great way to spend an afternoon is on the beautiful Interlochen Golf Course, built in 1965. Bradley’s Pub and Grille makes up the majority of interior space with a dining

area, kitchen, bar, and pro shop. Although somewhat altered, the original open-spaced dining area and pro shop have been retained.

10. Interlochen Center for the Arts 4000 J Maddy Parkway Nationally renowned architect Alden B. Dow was responsible for the initial campus layout and designed over a dozen structures utilizing indigenous stone, wood, and poured concrete block. Of particular interest are his three domed classrooms for the sciences, language arts, and library, which radiate from an enclosed and heated concourse that served all three buildings. Photo courtesy Alden B. Dow Home and Studio 11. The Lakeview Resort, Shanty Creek 5780 Shanty Creek Rd., Bellaire Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire Shanty Creek Resort, a mid-century modern gem, is set on 4500 acres of pristine beauty overlooking Lake Bellaire. It is comprised of four separate and distinct villages: Summit Village, Cedar Village, Hawk’s Eye Village, and Schuss Mountain, each offering slightly

different lodging, dining, and recreational opportunities. The Lodge at Shanty Creek, a streamlined timber, stone, and glass building designed by architect H. Jack Begrow. Today, the lodge is called The Lakeview Hotel and Conference Center.

Please & Thank You However you tackle your tour, please keep in mind that any private residences and non-public sites highlighted on the tour are for exterior viewing from the road only, and check the websites of any public sites for current hours.

Special thanks to Docomomo – Michigan and northwest Michigan Docomomo chairs Jacqueline Shinners and Susan Bandes, who provided the photos and site descriptions featured in this story.

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THE FOUR QUARTERS: Living Your Life with Purpose An open letter to my grandchildren — and kids everywhere

By Larry Constantineau Dear Logan, Teagan, Brendan, Keenan and Amelia, It has always been in my thinking that one of the key responsibilities of grandparents, and especially grandfathers, is to pass along some thoughts on what we have learned during our lives that might be of benefit to you, our grandchildren. As you probably know, my life has been greatly influenced by my formal education and business experiences, beginning with my early schooling, then through college and graduate school, and through ongoing lifelong learning.

You are all just beginning your life journey as I am nearing the sunset of mine; it seems like an appropriate time to give you some perspectives that might ease your travels and help you reap greater rewards, both personally and professionally. (Please pardon me if I sound a little “preachy” at times; that is not my intent.)

While growing up in the 1950s in the rural Upper Peninsula of Michigan, life was quite simple by comparison to the 2020s you are all experiencing. Today, there are far more choices available, with new technologies “the great enabler.” Personal computers, electronic devices, and the internet are a way of life, facilitating a greater understanding of the world and any topic of interest. However, these are simply tools that will enrich your lives when properly used.

You will still need to make decisions along the way on how you choose to lead your lives and what will be most important in realizing your dreams and aspirations. That is my focus in writing you this letter at this time of great opportunity.

Looking back on my 70-plus years of experience, I have come to realize that one’s professional life can be viewed as composed of four somewhat distinct phases. My thinking has evolved, especially in the past few years, to formalize this approach into what I call “The Four Quarters.”

Keeping in mind that our general life expectancy is now approximately 80 years, each of the four phases is about 20 years in

duration, more or less. One might be just 15 years; another might be 25 years, depending on your own personal approach to life. But it is very likely that your primary focus in each phase will change as you progress through life’s stages. Namely: THE FIRST QUARTER (Birth to Age 20) The Learning Phase The focus here is on basic learning, the 3 R’s, social skills, and learning how to learn about a multitude of topics and interests.

Your focus will be on absorbing as much information as you are inclined to take in and organizing your thought processes into building blocks for future learning. During this time you will be growing up and feeding your interests by exploring new topics and technologies. Your formal education will be from kindergarten through high school and then into college through graduation.

While you might rightly feel that you have accomplished yourself, in reality, you have simply prepared yourself for a lifetime of learning, with a natural curiosity and the ability to explore new topics.

THE SECOND QUARTER (Age 20 to 40) The Building Phase Your emphasis here will naturally evolve to more specialized learning and concentrated skill-building in your chosen field(s) of study. During this time, you will also begin cultivating your professional network of others who share your interests.

Graduate studies, including a master’s degree (or possibly even a doctorate), are likely in order. Your interests will mature, as will your personality. This will be an exciting time for you, both professionally and personally.

While you may think you have “arrived,” your growth will be enhanced by your additional investments made during this time. You will be sowing seeds for the future.

THE THIRD QUARTER (Ages 40 to 60) The Leveraging Phase During this phase, you will focus on using your accumulated knowledge, perspectives, and professional network for maximum impact and contributions to

your field. You will find yourself cultivating your relationships and enriching your personal perspectives and those of your colleagues. Perhaps you will write about your experiences, or even teach in a formal educational setting. You will likely reach your peak earning years, realizing the rewards of the many investments you have made in the past. Life is good, but you are not done yet. The best is yet to come.

THE FOURTH QUARTER (Ages 60 to 80) The Harvesting Phase The time has come for you to fully benefit from all the years of learning, building, and leveraging your skills and abilities, and to develop a fully enriched perspective of your expertise. During this time, you will find yourself giving back to those individuals and institutions that have helped you along the way. It might be in the form of the wisdom of your years through writing or speaking, or financial gifts to chosen beneficiaries. You will want to share your rewards in ways that will benefit the coming generations. Showing your gratitude will make you feel good about all the sacrifices you’ve made along the way. A “life well lived” is the goal for these times. If done well, your legacy will be lasting.

So there you have it — a simple, logical, organized way to view your working or professional life. Of course, it’s not quite so simple. Life doesn’t always permit you to transition from one phase to the next on some pre-arranged timetable. However, I feel that if you think about the concept in general terms, you will begin with an understanding far beyond your years. You can focus on what’s most important at a particular time in your life as it relates to your career and professional interests. And you can come to fully appreciate what life has to offer as you progress through the years.

While I have not necessarily always followed my own advice, I have learned much through my own experiences. If you give some thought to developing your own personal priorities, chances are good you’ll feel better about your choices and the outcomes. We all need to make our own mistakes to reinforce better courses of

action for ourselves. After all, that’s what life is about.

And while I would rather have had the opportunity to impart my perspectives to each of you through our daily lives, since that is not possible with the distance that separates us, hopefully this letter will accomplish that end. Please know that you are all loved and valued by your family for who you are, and we all have nothing but your best interests in mind as you seek your way. Make it a great journey!

With my love, Grandpa C Larry Constantineau is a former marketing executive and management consultant. lacintc@aol.com

More Advice for the Journey • Plan your work and work your plan.

• The harder you work, the luckier you get. Do what you like and success will follow.

• A successful life is a journey, not necessarily the destination.

• Seek out many and varied experiences throughout your life to enrich your perspectives. Take advantage of every opportunity that comes your way to the fullest extent.

• Value quality over quantity; more is not necessarily better.

• First impressions are lasting.

Actively manage your personal and professional image.

• Your character is what you do when no one is looking.

• Send thank you notes to really show your appreciation. You will stand out from the crowd.

• Read, read, and read some more.

It will improve your perspectives, your writing, and your vocabulary.

• Take care of your health along the way; you’re going to appreciate it more and more as you age.

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BELL’S ICEMAN COMETH CHALLENGE: SOLD OUT & WAIT LIST IS FULL!: 9am, 521 S. Union St., TC. Over 5,400 men & women as well as 300 children in 77 age divisions will participate. The main event, the Bell’s Iceman Cometh Challenge presented by Trek, is about a 30-mile pointto-point cross-country mountain bike race from Kalkaska to TC. The Meijer Slush Cup & Sno-Cone events add an 8-mile course for beginning riders as well as a race for children 10 & under. registericeman.com/?mc_ cid=c81702787f&mc_eid=df24b9efb4

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BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN ART & CRAFT SHOW: 9am-3pm, 1050 Peninsula Dr., TC. Featuring 50 local & original handcrafted artists & crafters. Free.

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FREE HIGH SCHOOL PORTFOLIO PREP SO YOU WANNA... ?: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Visual Arts Classroom, TC. A portfolio review/opportunity to share some of the art you are working on. Register to save your spot. There will be a free drawing session going on throughout the day that you can join in before &/or after your appointment. crookedtree.org/class/ctac-traversecity/high-school-portfolio-prep-so-you-wanna

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GROW BENZIE HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET: 10am-4pm, Grow Benzie Community Event Center, Benzonia. Local farmers, entrepreneurs, & small business owners will showcase their products in anticipation of the upcoming holiday season. This will be a multi-faceted event including: “National TieOne-On Day” Apron Celebration hosted by the Grow Benzie Fibershed; Holiday Gift & Craft Market; & Fall Harvest Farm Market.

231-642-1524. growbenzie.org/market

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HOLIDAY GIFT FAIR: 10am-3pm, Shanty Creek Resort, Bellaire. Featuring more than 60 local artists & crafters. 231-533-6023.

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TREETOPS TRIFECTA: Treetops Resort, Gaylord. 5K: 10am at Treetops Main Campus.

1K Hill Climb: 4pm at Treetops Alpine Ski Area. $40 for 5K & $35 for 1K Hill Climb. 5K + 1K Hill Climb: $60. Trifecta (5K, 1K Hill Climb plus Half Marathon on 11/7): $120. greatlakesendurance.com/michigan-races/treetops-trifecta/ race-information/592-treetops-trifecta.html

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TRINITY LUTHERAN FRANKFORT’S SCANDINAVIAN BAZAAR & BAKE SALE: 10am-2pm, 955 James St., Frankfort. Featuring Tomtens designed by Betty & Rosemary. Exquisite paintings by Rosmal & scenic artist Sandy Anderson. Handmade gifts & bake sale including Scandinavian delights & numerous confections. Free/purchases donated to charities. trinityfrankfort.org

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2021 HOLIDAY ARTIST MARKET: 11am4pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine art & handmade goods including pottery, jewelry, wood & metal work, fiber art, print, painting, mixed media, & more handmade by juried Michigan artists. shop.dennosmuseum.org/2021-holiday-artist-market

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KATHERINE REAY VISITS FOR A SIT-NSIGN: 11:30am-1:30pm, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord. Reay will introduce her newest novel, “The London House,” about an uncovered family secret that sets one woman on the journey of a lifetime through the history of Britain’s WWII spy network & glamorous 1930s Paris in an effort to understand her past, save her family, & claim her future.

Free. saturnbooksellers.com/event/katherine-reay-visits-us-sit-n-sign

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Zonta Club of Traverse City will present the 2021 Festival of Trees, Fri., Nov. 12 through Sun., Nov. 14 at Golden Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Browse the beautifully decorated trees, visit the Yuletide Emporium with holiday treasures, and more. Your purchase directly supports Zonta and this year’s nonprofit community partners: Child and Family Services, Norte, and the Women’s Resource Center. Daily themes include Foodie Friday, Golden Z Shopping Spree Saturday, and Holly Jolly Sunday. zontacluboftraversecity.org

ZONTA CLUB OF PETOSKEY’S 49TH ANNUAL FASHION SHOW: HYBRID: This show will have both a virtual format as well as an in-person format. Zonta Club of Petoskey’s 50th anniversary will also be celebrated. The in-person reception will be held in the Rose Room of the Perry Hotel at noon. Live music & heavy hors d’oeuvres.

At 1pm enjoy a video produced by Scott Castelein, of fall fashions from area retailers. Tickets, $50. At 12:30pm virtual ticketholders can access the online show & network with each other through the REMO format. At 1pm the virtual show will be live through REMO. Tickets, $20. zontapetoskey.com

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IN STORE BOOK SIGNING: 1pm, Horizon Books, TC. Sue Ann Rawlins will sign her book “Traveling the Trail for Pete.” horizonbooks.com/event/store-book-signing-sueann-rawlins-traveling-trail-pete

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“THE LOWER DEPTHS”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre. The IAA Theatre Division presents Maxim Gorky’s character-rich drama set in a Russian night lodging where a group of impoverished tenants go about their daily duties & discuss their lives, ultimately deciding whether to face their harsh reality or cling to a comforting lie. $19 full; $14 student. interlochen.org/events/lower-depths-2021-11-05

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SWINGSHIFT AND THE STARS: 6pm.

Nonprofits AC Paw, COGNiTiON & Love Thy Neighbor are participating with celebrity dancers, helping to raise dollars for their local programs & services. Shows will be at the Grand Traverse Event Center on Garfield Ave., TC. This season see the nonprofits battle it out on the dance floor, the lip

sync stage in Nov., & virtually in ‘Beyond the Competition.’ swingshiftandthestars.org

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EVENING OF CONVERSATION WITH CHEF ABRA BERENS & FOOD WRITER ALEX BEGGS: 7pm, Old Art Building, Leland.

Berens & Beggs will discuss Berens’ new cookbook “Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds and Legumes,” as well as Michigan’s agricultural & food community, & more. Wine provided by Bel Lago.

Proceeds from the event benefit The Friends of the Leland Township Library & the Old Art Building. $20 in advance. oldartbuilding.com

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A FOODIE FILM FEST: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Featuring “The Truffle Hunters.” A documentary about a band of elderly men & their dogs who comb the northern Italian forests looking for the white Alba truffle. Runs Nov. 5-10. Purchase tickets in advance. $5-$10. thebaytheatre.com

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INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY WIND SYMPHONY FALL CONCERT: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Dr. Matthew Schlomer leads the ensemble in a program of wind band standards & contemporary compositions. $9-$12. interlochen.org/events/arts-academy-wind-symphony-fall-concert-2021-11-06

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27TH ANNUAL LAMB’S RETREAT SONGWRITER CONCERT: 8pm, Birchwood Inn, Fireside Room, Harbor Springs. Hosted by John D. Lamb. Open to folks who are fully vaccinated or who’ve tested negative to Covid-19 within 48 hrs. of arrival. Lamb’s guests are Dick Siegel, Rachel Garlin, Chuck Brodsky & Lisa Redfern. $20. springfed.org/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/LambsRetreat2021.jpg

THE GRASS ROOTS: 8pm, Odawa Casino, Ovation Hall, Petoskey. An American rock band that originated in 1965 & has changed dramatically over the years, with all new members. $20. odawacasino.com/entertainment

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TREETOPS TRIFECTA HALF MARATHON: 9am, Treetops North Resort, Gaylord. Half Marathon: $75.

Trifecta (5K, 1K Hill Climb (11/6) plus Half Marathon on 11/7): $120. greatlakesendurance.com/michigan-races/ treetops-trifecta/race-information/592-treetops-trifecta.html

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CONNECTING WOMEN LUNCHEON: 11:30am, Treetops Resort, The Oak Room, Gaylord. Tips for Painless Networking. Join guest speaker Carrie Sharpe & brush up on your skills since social distancing. $20 members, $25 non-members. gaylordchamber.com/ events/details/connecting-women-luncheon-tips-to-make-networking-painless5521?calendarMonth=2021-11-01

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2021 HOLIDAY ARTIST MARKET: 11am4pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring fine art & handmade goods including pottery, jewelry, wood & metal work, fiber art, print, painting, mixed media, & more handmade by juried Michigan artists. shop.dennosmuseum.org/2021-holidayartist-market

A HEALTH & WELLNESS LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE PROGRAM: GRIEF & THE HOLIDAYS: 2-3:30pm, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Connect with Sharon Neumann, SPMC AdvGRS, Advanced Grief Recovery specialist & consultant, to learn holiday coping strategies as well as share personal stories & memories.

A simple holiday activity honoring loved ones will be offered. You can bring a photo of your loved one to share. Free. interlochenpubliclibrary.org

NORTE RIDES WITH THE PROS: 1pm, Vasa Pathway Trailhead. Shred some trails with professional mountain bikers Cole Paton & Savilia Blunk. Riders between ages 8-18 & their adults are invited to this casual ride.

GUEST SPEAKER FOR AAUW OF TC: 5:15pm. Sarah Eichberger of MSU Extension & public health nutritionist will be speaking via Zoom to AAUW of TC (American Association of University Women). Register: traversecityarea-mi.aauw.net Free.

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CIVIL WARSHIP; C.S.S. ALABAMA: 2pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Dr. Tom George, a past president of the Historical Society of Michigan, will discuss the depredations of the Alabama, its fate & its unusual connection to our state.

Free. 231-331-4318.

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GREAT LAKES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS FREE STRING & BASS CONCERT: 4pm, First Presbyterian Church, Boyne City.

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A FOODIE FILM FEST: 4:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Featuring “The Truffle Hunters.” A documentary about a band of elderly men & their dogs who comb the northern Italian forests looking for the white Alba truffle. Runs Nov. 5-10. Purchase tickets in advance. $5-$10. thebaytheatre.com

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VANDERWALL NOVEMBER COFFEE HOURS: Residents of the 35th District can meet with State Sen. Curt VanderWall, R-Ludington, to express their opinions or concerns about state government or to request assistance with a state issue. 1-855-347-8035.

9-10am: Benzie County Chamber of Commerce, Benzonia. 12:30-1:30pm: Leelanau County Government Center, Commission Chambers, Suttons Bay.

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REP. ROTH OFFICE HOURS: People in Grand Traverse County can meet with State Rep. John Roth, of Traverse City, to share their questions or concerns. 12-1pm: Traverse Area District Library, TC. 2-3pm: Fresh Coast Market, TC. 517-373-1766.

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KID’S CRAFT LAB: ACORN ART: 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Paint with an acorn! Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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ANDERS MORLEY: AUTHOR, SKIER, & ADVENTURER: 6:30-8pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. In his early thirties, Morley strapped on cross-country skis to travel across Canada in the winter alone. Join us as he tells of his adventures across Canada, what he learned, & how he was able to chronicle the time in his book “This Land of Snow: A Journey Across the North in Winter.” Must register. Free. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/ register/WN_qlNBn8LpSGmz6b3bIQXh_Q

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STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm, & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “The Pout, Pout Fish” by Deborah Dieson. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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GAYLORD BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm, Pine Squirrel, Gaylord. Food, drinks, prizes. Make connections & gain business exposure. $5 members; $10 non-members. gaylordchamber.com

BLUZ-A-PALOOZA WITH CRAIG & JAMIE

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH & 21ST | NOON-4 PM

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VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST: 7-10am, Odawa Casino Resort, Petoskey. A free breakfast for veterans of all military services & their guests. 231-439-6321.

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COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10-11am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. With Peter Sparling: Dancing at the Intersection of the Arts. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey-ctaconline/coffee-10-peter-sparling-dancingintersection-arts

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FREE HAIRCUTS FOR SERVICE MEMBERS & VETERANS: Held on Veterans Day at Traverse City Sport Clips. sportclips.com

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LADIES’ WEEKEND OUT: Harbor Springs, Nov. 11-14. Over 50 businesses are expected to participate & will offer special pricing.

Shoppers can pick up a passport at any participating business, make purchases, & get them initialed. To be entered in the prize drawings, bring your passport to Pierson’s Grille & Spirits by 7pm, Sat., Nov. 13. Stafford’s Pier will have dinner specials tonight from 6-8pm.

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The slightly dark, incredibly quick, observational style of Mary Santora's comedy is one that is uniquely her own. Santora's debut album, "Hillbilly Boujee" hit #1 on both iTunes and Amazon.

YVONNE WALKER KESHICK: ARTIST DEMONSTRATION: 10am-5pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Art Tree Gallery, Petoskey.

Join this artist to learn about quill art & the process behind it. Free. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-petoskey/yvonne-walker-keshick-artist-demonstration-person-only

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KID’S CRAFT LAB: ACORN ART: 10:30am, 1pm, & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Paint with an acorn! Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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WILLS FOR VETERANS: 12-4pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. In observation of Veterans Day the Grand TraverseLeelanau-Antrim Bar Association is offering free Wills & Durable Powers of Attorney for estate planning to Veterans. RSVP: admin@ gtlaba.org. Please bring valid ID & proof of military service.

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november 26-27 HOUR Detroit Named Bill bushart “Best of Detroit Stand Up” (2019). He has been featured on WDIV Channel 4, WRIF, Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Bill has worked with stand up greats such as Gilbert Gottfried and more!

“IKE: 1941-1945 - THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN HERO”: The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Held at 1:30pm & 7:30pm. In recognition of all veterans, The Bay Theatre will be offering a Veterans Day matinee & evening showing of this new documentary, which features key witnesses to Eisenhower’s war against Hitler & his battles with allies. This will be the first & only theatrical showing of the documentary before it moves to PBS. The film’s director, George A. Colburn, will be present at this event & will respond to questions from the audience following both shows. $10. prod5.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info. aspx?evtinfo=166452~73d539ea-e963-4dcbb1cf-00ef2ec5215c&epguid=f29d1b84-c6504ad4-a720-40ead3000f53&showing=166459&

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Michael Harrison has become a favorite at clubs all over North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe!

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COMPUTER BASICS FOR VETERANS: 2-4pm, NCMC, Tech Building, Room 218, Petoskey. A free class only available to Veterans. Join instructor Howard Bates, NCMC Adjunct Faculty for a hands on lesson on computers & navigating the internet. If you need help registering, call 231-348-6705. ncmclifelonglearning.com/ event-4507992

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IAA MUSIC DIVISION RECITAL: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Music Center 1008. Enjoy a diverse program of classical & contemporary works presented

by Interlochen Arts Academy’s Music Division. Young artists from the division’s string, woodwind, brass, piano, percussion, voice, & guitar programs will perform solo & small ensemble works in a variety of styles & genres. Free. interlochen.org/ events/music-division-recital-2021-11-11

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2021 FESTIVAL OF TREES: 10am-6pm, Golden Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Nov. 12-14. Presented by Zonta Club of Traverse City. Enjoy seeing beautifully decorated trees, visit the Yuletide Emporium with holiday treasures, & more. Your purchase directly supports Zonta & this year’s nonprofit community partners: Child and Family Services, Norte & the Women’s Resource Center. Today is Foodie Friday. zontacluboftraversecity.org/fot

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COMMUNITY CRAFTERS HOLIDAY SHOW: (See Sat., Nov. 6) LADIES’ WEEKEND OUT: Harbor Springs, Nov. 11-14. Over 50 businesses are expected to participate & will offer special pricing.

Shoppers can pick up a passport at any participating business, make purchases, & get them initialed. To be entered in the prize drawings, bring your passport to Pierson’s Grille & Spirits by 7pm, Sat., Nov. 13. Tonight features Fashion Shows at Truffulas on Main at 6pm & 7pm.

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STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm, & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “The Pout, Pout Fish”

by Deborah Dieson. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org

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VANDERWALL NOVEMBER COFFEE HOURS: 10:30-11:30am, Kalkaska Village Office, Kalkaska. Residents of the 35th District can meet with State Sen. Curt VanderWall, R-Ludington, to express their opinions or concerns about state government or to request assistance with a state issue. 1-855347-8035.

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TRAVERSE CITY BEER WEEK: Nov. 1219. A self-guided tour featuring northern MI breweries & restaurants. Track your tour in a passport & enter to win prizes. traversecity. com/tcbw/beer-week-ale-trail/#venues

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LUNCHEON LECTURE: “SUN, STORMS AND A LITTLE SMOKE”: 11:30am, North Central Michigan College Library Conference Center, Petoskey. Patrick Bak, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service Gaylord office, will review the weather phenomena of summer 2021 & offer some clues as to what to expect during the winter ahead. Register & pay in advance. $15; includes a buffet lunch. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-4465718

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REP. ROTH OFFICE HOURS: 12:301:30pm, Oleson’s Food Store, 1100 E. Hammond Rd., TC. People in Grand Traverse County can meet with State Rep. John Roth to share their questions or concerns. 517373-1766.

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HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 4-8pm, The Red Dresser Marketplace, TC. Featuring holiday decor, gifts, vintage wares, & handcrafted & artisan goods. Tonight is the “Early Shopping Event.” $10/ticket.

Get first dibs on holiday decor & gifts while listening to local musicians Rhett & John.

Every adult will receive a Swag-Bag full of goodies & samplings from the newly revamped Red Dresser Grocery area. Proceeds to benefit J&S Feed the Kids. facebook.com/events/1228223774269978/?a context=%7B%22event_action_history%2 2%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page %22%7D]%7D

I ha AN EVENINGNo OF JAZZ WITH JEFF HAAS & FRIENDS: 7pm, GT Circuit, TC. Wine from Chateau Chantal. Edibles from Good Ma donation. gtcircuit.org Bowl. $10 suggested --------------------“ALL TOGETHER Bu NOW”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, MainStage, TC. In collabo-

ration with Music Theatre International, this is a worldwide event celebrating the return of live theatre. See some of your favorite Playhouse & Young Company entertainers as they perform songs from MTI’s catalogue of musicals including “Annie,” “Come From Away,” “Guys and Dolls,” & many more. $50 ($20 of which is tax deductible). tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/ login&event=369

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“STRING”: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. Join the IAA Theatre Division for Sarah Hammond & Adam Gwon’s original musical about fate, love & the imperfections that make us human.

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COMEDY WITH MARY SANTORA: 7:30pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. Enjoy Santora’s “slightly dark, incredibly quick, observational style” of comedy. Her debut album, “Hillbilly Boujee,” hit #1 on both iTunes & Amazon, #5 on Billboard, & can be heard regularly on Siriusxm. $15-$25. etix.com/ ticket/e/1021948/mary-santora-traversecity-traverse-city-comedy-club-at-grand-traverse-event-center

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INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY JAZZ COMBOS FALL CONCERT: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall. $9-$12. interlochen. org/events/interlochen-jazz-combos-fallconcert-2021-11-12

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ANNUAL UNITED METHODIST WOMEN HOLIDAY BAZAAR: 9am-3pm, United Methodist Church, Harbor Springs. Featuring a Cookie Walk, Soup Luncheon from 11am-2pm, decorated trees, wreaths, swags, ornaments & much more. Admission is $1 & includes a ticket for three different prize drawings. 231526-2414.

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OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS BAZAAR: 9am-4pm, Old Mission Peninsula United Methodist Church, TC. Enjoy treasures from Santa’s attic & a big bake sale. Free.

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COMMUNITY CRAFTERS HOLIDAY SHOW: 9am-3pm, Suttons Bay/Bingham Fire Hall, Suttons Bay. A holiday art & craft show featuring quilts, holiday & fall home decor, photography, pottery, floral, origami, baby items, jewelry, ornaments, & more.

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2021 FESTIVAL OF TREES: 10am-6pm, Golden Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Nov. 12-14. Presented by Zonta Club of Traverse City. Enjoy seeing beautifully decorated trees, visit the Yuletide Emporium with holiday treasures, & more. Your purchase directly supports Zonta & this year’s nonprofit community partners: Child and Family Services, Norte & the Women’s Resource Center. Today is Golden Z Shopping Spree Saturday. zontacluboftraversecity.org/fot

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2021 SHOP YOUR COMMUNITY DAY: Downtown TC. For every purchase you make at participating stores today, 15% of the sale will be donated to one of the 30 nonprofit organizations of your choice.

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 10am-4pm, The Red Dresser Marketplace, TC. Featuring holiday decor, gifts, vintage wares, & handcrafted & artisan goods. facebook.com/even ts/1228223774269978/?acontext=%7B%22 event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surf ace%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

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LADIES’ WEEKEND OUT: Harbor Springs, Nov. 11-14. Over 50 businesses are expected to participate & will offer special pricing.

Shoppers can pick up a passport at any participating business, make purchases, & get them initialed. To be entered in the prize drawings, bring your passport to Pierson’s Grille & Spirits by 7pm on Sat., Nov. 13, when the drawings will be held. Participants must be in attendance to win.

laps of a shorter course within a given time frame. 11am: Green Circle Race - 30 minutes - Beginner Men, Beginner Women, Juniors (under age 14). 11:50am: Blue Square Race - 45 minutes - Sport Men, Women’s Open, Single Speed. 1pm: Black Diamond Race - 60 minutes - Men’s Open, Masters (40+). Kids 10 & under, Junior Men, & Women under 14 races are free. All other races are $25. upnorthcx.com

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TRAVERSE CITY BEER WEEK: (See Fri., Nov. 12)

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LONG LAKE CRAFT FAIR: 10am-4pm, Long Lake Elementary School, TC. Help support local artists & craftspeople & the students of Long Lake School. Free.

WILD TURKEY TROT 5K: Grass River Natural Area trails, Bellaire. The official start time is 11am on Nov. 13, but the course will be set up all weekend & participants can run or walk the course at any time over the weekend. To register, purchase the Wild Turkey Trot t-shirt or sweatshirt at: bonfire.com/ wild-turkey-trot-5k/. The shirt will be mailed directly to you. $25-$39.

LITTLE WAVES YOUNG CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SERIES: 10:30am, Petoskey District Library. This program provides a variety of opportunities for children ages 4-10 to discover their own unique gifts & interests through interactive activities with GLCO musicians. This year’s theme is “My Favorite Musical Instrument,” with today featuring percussion. Free.

DEER WIDOWS WEEKEND: 12-4pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Join for Deer Widows Weekend on Nov. 13-14 with fun events including a two-day indoor craft & vendor show in Kirkbride Hall, complimentary swag bag for the first 200 attendees, shopping specials, tunnel tours, a photo booth, giveaways & more. Free. thevillagetc. com/events

BEAD & WIRE BRACELET CRAFT CLASS: 11am, Interlochen Public Library.

For adults & teens. Materials provided. Free. interlochenpubliclibrary.org

JACOB’S A-MAZE-ING 5K: 9-11am, Jacob’s Farm, TC. This fun run will include an off road adventure throughout the farm & a portion of the ten-acre corn maze near the finish line. Tickets will include free entry to Flapjack & Flannel Festival following the race. In addition, this year will offer a two lap 10K run on the same course. Early reg-

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MT. HOLIDAY CX: Mt. Holiday, TC. Presented by Up North CX. CX is cyclocross, a bike racing format in which riders complete

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istration: $20 for 5K & $30 for 10K. Day of: $30, $40. Mini Maze Course (ages 3-10): $5. eventbrite.com/e/jacobs-a-maze-ing-5ktickets-194743371667

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FLAPJACK & FLANNEL FESTIVAL: 1-6pm, Jacob’s Farm, TC. Wear your flannel while eating pancakes from Jacob’s Farm & Willie’s Ridge Farm, paired with fall-focused beverages from Mammoth Distillery, Blackrocks Brewery, Silver Spruce Brewery, Right Brain Brewery, Stone Hound Brewing, Cheboygan Brewing, Earthen Ales, Left Foot Charley & Blake’s Hard Cider. There will be live music by the Drew Hale Band, Jack Pine & Stonefolk. GA tickets include two drink tokens, with additional tokens available for purchase. $15-$30; VIP, $75. eventbrite. com/e/flapjack-flannel-festival-tickets170466176924?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

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HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET & OPEN HOUSE: 1-5pm, Tinker Studio, TC. Shop the new collection of festive ornaments, cards, decor & artisan-made gift ideas. Free. tinkerstudiotc.com/featured-artists

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IN STORE BOOK SIGNING: 1-3pm, Horizon Books, TC. Charles Kraus will sign his book “Thompsonville in Time.” horizonbooks.com/event/store-book-signingcharles-kraus-thompsonville-time

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LITTLE WAVES YOUNG CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SERIES: 1pm, Charlevoix Public Library. This program provides a variety of opportunities for children ages 4-10 to discover their own unique gifts & interests through interactive activities with GLCO musicians. This year’s theme is “My Favorite Musical Instrument,” with today featuring percussion. Free.

“STRING”: 2pm & 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. Join the IAA Theatre Division for Sarah Hammond & Adam Gwon’s original musical about fate, love & the imperfections that make us human. Email: boxoffice@interlochen.org to reserve free tickets.

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COMEDY WITH MARY SANTORA: 7pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. Enjoy Santora’s “slightly dark, incredibly quick, observational style” of comedy. Her debut album, “Hillbilly Boujee,” hit #1 on both iTunes & Amazon, #5 on Billboard, & can be heard regularly on Siriusxm. $15-$25. etix.com/ ticket/e/1021948/mary-santora-traversecity-traverse-city-comedy-club-at-grandtraverse-event-center

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TSO MAESTRO SERIES FEATURING WILL HAGEN: 7:30pm, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. World caliber soloist Will Hagen on violin joins TSO Maestro Kevin Rhodes at the piano for a fun & intimate performance. $49. traversesymphony. org/concert/maestro-series-will-hagen

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TRIBUTE TO JOHN PRINE: 7:30pm, Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Old Art Building, Leland. Rachael Davis, Seth Bernard & The Mark Lavengood Band celebrate their shared admiration for the many musical works of John Prine, the American country folk singer-songwriter.

He was known for his original music which includes elements of protest & social commentary & can be by turns humorous & heart-breaking. $30-$35. oldartbuilding. com/events/tribute-to-john-prine-featuringdavis-bernard-and-lavengood

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27TH ANNUAL LAMB’S RETREAT SONGWRITER CONCERT (WEEK 2): 8pm, Birchwood Inn, Fireside Room, Harbor Springs. Hosted by John D. Lamb. Open to folks who are fully vaccinated or who’ve tested negative to Covid-19 within 48 hrs. of arrival. Lamb’s guests are Michael McNevin, Louise Mosrie, John Latini, Jacinta Clusellas, Kirby, & Jim Bizer. $20. springfed.org/ songwriters

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BASS BY THE BAY: 8:30pm, Studio Anatomy, TC. Presented by HomeGrown Promotions. The lineup of musical acts includes Fendz from Kalamazoo, PuMbA from Muskegon, Gage Baggs from Kalkaska & more to be announced. 231-409-7946. $15 advance; $20 door.

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DEER WIDOWS WEEKEND: 10am-2pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Join for Deer Widows Weekend on Nov. 13-14 with fun events including a two-day indoor craft & vendor show in Kirkbride Hall, complimentary swag bag for the first 200 attendees, shopping specials, tunnel tours, a photo booth, giveaways & more. Free. thevillagetc. com/events

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LADIES’ WEEKEND OUT: (See Sat., Nov. 13)

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HUNTERS’ WIVES DRAG BRUNCH: 11am, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Spend a morning with your doe camp, enjoy brunch by 1918 Cellars, laugh with Michigan-made drag queens, & support a great cause the Paper Angels Project. Tickets: $40, includes brunch & a mimosa. VIP tickets: $50, includes brunch & a bottle of wine. castlefarms.com/events/hunters-wivesdrag-brunch

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2021 FESTIVAL OF TREES: 12-4pm, Golden Fowler Home Furnishings, TC. Nov. 12-14. Presented by Zonta Club of Traverse City. Enjoy seeing beautifully decorated trees, visit the Yuletide Emporium with holiday treasures, & more. Your purchase directly supports Zonta & this year’s nonprofit community partners: Child and Family Services, Norte & the Women’s Resource Center. Today is Holly Jolly Sunday. zontacluboftraversecity.org/fot

HOLIDAY ARTISAN MARKET & OPEN HOUSE: 12-4pm, Tinker Studio, TC. Shop the new collection of festive ornaments, cards, decor & artisan-made gift ideas. Free. tinkerstudiotc.com/featured-artists

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HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 12-4pm, The Red Dresser Marketplace, TC. Featuring holiday decor, gifts, vintage wares, & handcrafted & artisan goods. facebook. com/events/1228223774269978/?acontex t=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[ %7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22% 7D]%7D

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LIVE CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE LIBRARY: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Free. tadl.org

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TSO MAESTRO SERIES FEATURING WILL HAGEN: 3pm, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. World caliber soloist Will Hagen on violin joins TSO Maestro Kevin Rhodes at the piano for a fun & intimate performance. $49. traversesymphony.org/ concert/maestro-series-will-hagen

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FALL FOR BACH: 6-8pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. Enjoy a performance by the CTAC School of Ballet, under the direction of renowned dancer/choreographer, video artist, & U-M professor emeritus Peter Sparling. $10-$30. crookedtree.app. neoncrm.com/np/clients/crookedtree/event. jsp?event=3328

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BIRDS FLY IN: A HUMAN REFUGE: Runs through Jan. 2 at Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. A cross-cultural art collaboration focusing on themes related to Migration & Intuition. Artist Ellie Harold was surprised by birds who “flew” onto her canvas after the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. As intuitive messengers, they brought not only an entirely new way of painting, but comfort during confusing times. Later, as migration issues came to the fore, she felt birds were a metaphor for the universal human desire to move toward greater freedom & love. Following her intuition, Ellie met Mexican composer David Mendoza, creator of the soundtrack music, & German architect Wilfried Schley who designed the Refuge Space. dennosmuseum.org

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WOMEN OF THE NIGHT: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Nocturnes by Heidi Amenda Mar-

shall - pastels; Mara Manning - oil & cold wax; Cynthia Marks - ceramic. The exhibit runs through Nov. 15. higherartgallery.com

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - KINDRED: TRADITIONAL ARTS OF THE LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY BANDS OF ODAWA INDIANS: Held in Gilbert & Bonfield galleries. Historic & contemporary examples of Odawa arts & crafts will be on display, including quill boxes, beadwork, regalia, basketry, & ceramics.

Through these finely crafted objects, thematic threads are woven together to explore the economic drivers, environmental factors, & challenges inherent in sustaining tradition, creative practice, & identity. Runs Sept. 20 - Nov. 27. There will be a free educational program connected with the exhibition every Thurs. at 10am. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/ kindred-traditional-arts-little-traverse-baybands-odawa-indians - THROUGH OUR EYES: CROOKED TREE PAINTERS’ STUDIO EXHIBITION: The Crooked Tree Painters’ Studio meets weekly at CTAC in Atrium Gallery to share their love of painting. This year’s exhibition features original paintings by 18 artists. Runs Sept. 20 - Dec. 18. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-petoskey/through-our-eyes-crookedtree-painters-studio-exhibition

GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER, GLEN ARBOR: - PAPER CONSTRUCTIONS: DENISE SAMUELS: Held in the Lobby Gallery.

Samuels exhibits sculptural, geometric constructions with recycled papers – cereal boxes, common cardboard & other heavier fibers she sometimes paints & alters – & stitches each hand-cut piece together with wire. Runs through Dec. 17. glenarborart. org/events/exhibit-denise-samuels - SMALL WORKS HOLIDAY EXHIBITION: Annual showcase of 2D + 3D work that offers small, original art at affordable prices, $150 or less. Runs Nov. 5 – Dec. 16, & features the work of 19 artists working in mixed media, collage, paper, painting, glass, wood, pastel, clay, charcoal, watercolor, & digital imagery. A Holiday Open House, with music & refreshments, takes place Dec. 9, 5–7 pm at the GAAC. Exhibition visitors can also enjoy the GAAC’s holiday forest, a group of decorated trees that line the driveway & GAAC front yard. glenarborart.org/events/2021-smallworks-holiday-exhibition

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - FOREWORD: SOLO EXHIBITION BY PATRICK EARL HAMMIE: Held in the Gallery. Through portraits & allegories, Hammie explores the complexities of identity, emotion, & family. Hours: Tues. Fri.: 11am-5pm; Sat.: 10am-4pm. Closed Sundays & Mondays. Runs through Nov. 13. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/foreword-solo-exhibition-patrick-earlhammie - LUSTRON STORIES: AMERICANS AT HOME: Held in the Gallery. The subject of the “Great American Dream” is explored through photographer Charles Mintz’s series, “Lustron Stories.” Lustron Corporation manufactured porcelain-baked, enamel-coated, all-steel houses between 1948-1950 in Columbus, Ohio. The kit homes were shipped-to-site & assembled by local contractors. Many of the homes are still in use today. This project set out to discover who lives in these homes now. Runs Sept. 27 - Nov. 13. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-traverse-city/lustron-stories-americans-home

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dune Jeff Haas & Friends

Dune. For so many years I have tried to understand you. Your appeal. Your basic plot. What David Lynch was on when making his film version in 1984.

And I haven’t had much luck. Your story remained impenetrable to me even after cracking open Frank Herbert’s original text and spending extensive time on the many Dune-related Wikipedia pages out there.

But put pretty-boy Timothee Chalmet on the big screen in a film with the artistic backing of the incredible Denis Villvenue (Arrival, Sicario), and I am putty in your hand, willing to pretend I am excited by and even understand the Dune-ness of it all. And you know what? Watching this new film, everything on my Dune journey fell into place and suddenly made sense. And while I can’t speak to how faithfully or spiritually the film represents Herbert’s original text, all I can say is I was gosh darn enraptured by what I saw.

The experience of watching Villvenue’s Dune was akin to watching a Star Wars movie, if Star Wars was actually sci-fi and actually good. Now hear me out: I love Star Wars, and of course, it is good — nay, great! — in many, many ways. But watching Dune is like watching a bravura work cinema; Star Wars, a fun fantasy. Dune takes the archetypal “hero’s journey” that both films are not so subtly based on and disguises it enough to make it almost seem fresh.

An ambitious Shakespearean space saga that ends up somewhere slightly more operatic when combined with the undeniable brilliance of Villeneuve’s craft, all the elements of the production sing. The sheer grandeur of the storytelling is a beautiful thing to behold.

Set far in the far future amid a complex world of intergalactic trade alliances and aristocratic families, the House of Atreides, led by Duke Leto (Oscar Isaac), has recently been given the governorship of the inhospitable dessert planet of Arrakis. It is home to the indigenous population of Fremen and of the most valuable substance in the universe: the spice. But Leto can’t help but suspect he has been set up for failure, and all the political intrigue, maneuvering, and betrayals that follow are pretty coherent, for the most part.

The film employs several effective techniques of explaining some the extensive minutia without bogging down the proceedings.

But the film’s focus isn’t on Leto. No, that hero on a journey is his son, Paul (Chalamet), and I would argue that, at least in Part One anyway, the film almost focuses as much on his concubine mother, Lady Jessica (Rebecca Ferguson), making this what may go down as one of the best examples of

mother-son cinema. Lady Jessica is part of a psychic order of women known as the Bene Gesserit (basically, witches), who have been masterminding plans behind the scenes for centuries and follow a breeding program intended to bring about a “messiah,” who may or may not be Paul.

And as any maybe-messiah would, Paul has plenty to brood about. Plus, he’s haunted by dreams that seem to predict a future for him and a native Fremen woman, Chani (Zendaya).

Dune takes everything you loved about Villvenue’s Blade Runner 2049 and gives it all of the compelling narrative momentum that film lacked. You also get impeccable production design that is a monochromatic minimalist’s dream: sprawling vistas, colossal spaceships that are breathtaking and never showy, and a soundscape that throbs, pulses, and engulfs the mind and senses. Even when things slow, it only serves to allow you to luxuriate in the vastness and epic-ness.

From the way various soldiers move and seem to float down to the dragonflyinspired helicopters, it is all as transporting as it is haunting. Overwhelming in the best possible way, there is so much going on that even Dune’s notorious sandworms seem to play only a sparingly background role.

Also playing what can seem like background roles are an utterly stacked cast — there is simply not enough time to fully enjoy all that they offer. There’s Stellan Skargard doing his best Colonel Kurtz, Charlotte Rampling as the sorceress supreme Revered Mother, a deliciously lowkey Javier Bar-dem as a Fremen leader, and even Zendaya, who, despite opening the film with her narration, takes a backseat to the proceedings. This is all to say these all-too-brief appearances only serve to make me even more excited for what is to come in the recently confirmed Part 2.

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But I also look forward to Part 2 in hopes that Villvenue will nail down what he is trying to say with his adaptation. So far, we get lots of threads critiquing colonialism, religion, capitalism, and environmentalism, but they don’t go anywhere. For a film that deals so frankly with the oppression of an indigenous population, it still essentially presents the solution as a white savior.

So while I wait to bear final judgment in that department, I can say with certainty that Dune was a stunning spectacle, and I valued and appreciated every moment of seeing this on the biggest screen and with the best sound possible. And even though it is also readily available for viewing on HBOMax, I urge you to do the same. The experiences simply cannot compare.

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FRESH COAST BEER WORKS, TC 11/12 -- Matt Mansfield, 7-10

TC COMEDY CLUB, TC 11/12 -- Comedy with Mary Santora, 7:30 11/13 – Comedy with Mary Santora, 7 TC WHISKEY CO. 11/11 -- Paul Livingston, 6-8

GT CIRCUIT, TC 11/12 -- An Evening of Jazz with Jeff Haas & Friends, 7 LIL BO, TC Thurs. – Blues/Jazz w/ Ron Getz & Ted Alan, 9-11

Weds. -- Live Jazz, 6-8:30 11/12 -- Jakey Thomas, 7 11/13 -- Ben Davila and the Powers That Be, 7-9 THIRSTY FISH SPORTS GRILLE, TC PATIO: 11/6 -- TC Guitar Guys, 6:308:30 11/12 -- The Blue Pines, 6:309:30 11/13 -- The Pocket, 6:30-9:30

THE PARLOR, TC 7-10: 11/6 – Jim Hawley 11/10 – Wink Solo 11/11 – Jimmy Olson 11/12 – Chris Sterr 11/13 – Blue Footed Booby

MAMMOTH DISTILLING, TC 7:30-10:30: 11/6 -- Chris Smith 11/8 & 11/10 – Eric Clemons

UNION STREET STATION, TC 11/7 & 11/14 -- Karaoke, 10 11/8 -- Jukebox, 10 11/9 -- Open Mic Comedy, 8-9:30; Electric Open Mic, 10-2 11/10 -- DJ JR, 10 11/11 -- DJ Coven, 10 11/12-13 -- Snacks & Five, 10

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 11/6 -- Protea, 7 11/8 -- Workshop Open Mic, 7-9 Tue -- TC Celtic, 6:30-9

STUDIO ANATOMY, TC 11/12 -- Avid Kain, Novva, 8

Singer songwriter Jakey Thomas also refers to himself as a producer, author, actor, director, MC and truth seeker. Choose your location to hear him perform! He plays Mammoth Distilling in Bay Harbor, Nov. 6 and 11 from 7-10pm; High Five Spirits, Petoskey, Nov. 7 from 8-10pm; or The Workshop Brewing Co., TC, Nov. 12 at 7pm.

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Antrim & Charlevoix ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS 11/13 -- John Paul Solo, 8-11 HELLO VINO, BELLAIRE 11/9 -- Doc Woodward, 7-9

SHORT’S BREW PUB, BELLAIRE 8:30-11:30: 11/6 – Escaping Pavement 11/12 – The Marsupials 11/13 – The Distant Stars

TORCH LAKE CAFÉ, EASTPORT (US 31/M-88) 11/7 -- Bluz-A-Palooza with Craig & Jamie, 12-4 Weds. -- Karaoke, 8:30 Thurs. – Nick Vasquez, 7 Fri. & Sat. – Leanna Collins & Ivan Greilick, 8

MAMMOTH DISTILLING, BELLAIRE 11/6, 11/11 & 11/13 -- Clint Weaner, 7:30-10:30

BENNETHUM’S NORTHERN INN, GAYLORD 11/9 -- Randy Reszka, 5-8

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Q

: Lately, women’s magazines keep mentioning “sociopaths.” What is a sociopath? From what I’ve read, it seems like both my exes were sociopaths. How do I avoid attracting others?

— Wary Woman

A

: When a guy asks you on a date, it would be great if you could check him out on LinkedIn and be all, “Oh, look... endorsements for embezzlement, insurance fraud, and identity theft!”

Set aside everything you’ve read about sociopaths, much of which is probably wrong.

Sociopathy and its nasty sibling, psychopathy, are manifestations of “antisocial personality disorder”: a relentless pattern of exploitative behavior involving a disregard for the rights of others and a lack of guilt upon violating them.

However, sociopathy and psychopathy differ in meaningful ways, though they are often written about as if they are interchangeable — in the media and (ugh!) even by researchers.

In short, sociopathy is “fire,” and psychopathy is “ice.” Psychopaths — the icy ones — are coldly calculating manipulators who fake caring about others but are incapable of forming any emotional attachments. (Think lurking plotters lying in wait.) Sociopaths are the fiery ones: impulsive, hot-headed, and boastful; easily enraged — even to the point of violent outbursts — making them more likely to end up in the slammer. Sociopaths sometimes form one-on-one emotional attachments, but these are typically pretty toxic.

Psychopaths are born, not made, meaning psychopathy is genetic and present from birth, reports forensic psychologist Scott A. Johnson. Sociopathy, on the other hand, is environmentally driven: typically resulting from harsh, abusive, indulgent, and/or neglectful parenting. There’s “no known effective treatment” for either psychopathy or sociopathy. However, a psychopath “easily cons treatment staff ” to get a positive progress report, while sociopaths tend to act out angrily and get cut from treatment programs.

You can’t avoid attracting sociopaths, but because they’re impulsive, explosive, and braggy, they can only hide their true nature for so long. You can be speedier at ejecting them from your life (along with other human nightmares) if you aren’t too quick to be “all in.” When you start dating someone, take a wait-and-see approach — over, say, three or even six months — and pay special attention to his behavior when he seems unaware he’s being observed. See whether a guy actually is your Mr. McDreamy, rather than sliding into the temptation to simply believe that —

BY Amy Alkon making yourself prone to ignore behavior that suggests he has a big scoop of hummus where his conscience is supposed to be.

Uneven Steven

Q

: I’m a 22-year-old woman. I’m bothered my best guy friend’s shift in priorities. We talked about meeting up, and when I asked about his schedule, he said it depends on the schedules of women he’s meeting for dates.

I found this really rude, especially because I always have the decency to prioritize my friends over any random romantic prospect.

— Angry

A

: Apparently, the lyrics of the Carole King classic, “You’ve Got a Friend,” should’ve included disclaimers throughout; for example: “You just call out my name, And you know, wherever I am, I’ll come running” (“though there may be a several-day wait if there’s a really good opportunity for my penis”).

The actual problem here is not the apparent shift in the guy’s priorities but how they now differ sharply from yours -- leading to an imbalance in what you put into the friendship versus what you’re getting out of it. “Equity theory,” developed in the 1960s by behavioral psychologist J. Stacy Adams (and originally applied to business relationships), suggests this sort of “inequity” leads to “dissatisfaction and low morale.”

Recent research on equity theory confirms that we evaluate our friendships (and other relationships) based on how fair they are. We look for reciprocity: a level of mutualness in how much we and our friend are each investing in the friendship. When we perceive a friend is giving much less than we are, we get miffy and are motivated to put them on notice or give them the boot.

The guy isn’t wrong to have more matingfocused priorities. However, you might decide it’s too painful to remain friends with him.

Telling him how you feel might inspire him to change his behavior (or hide it better) — my bet...for a few days or a week. Another option would be to make peace with the sort of friend he’s able to be -- which could be a temporary thing while he’s on the hunt -- and spend more time with friends who share your priorities.

There are friends who — upon getting your faint, staticky phone call for help from the Alaskan tundra — will drop everything, hop five planes, rent a team of sled dogs, and come rescue you...and then there are friends who will get on with dropping their pants on some chick’s floor, telling themselves you’ll probably get through to somebody else before your phone dies and you follow its lead. (“Testes before besties!”)

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Cat-astrophe" -when they're paired up. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Traffic issues 7 Partner of the “five W’s” 10 Former host of “The Tonight Show” Jack 14 Part of AOC 15 Moses Malone’s league, once 16 Nearly 5,000 square yards 17 Role in an Oregon capital production of “The Odd Couple”?

19 Ball-___ hammer 20 The rite words at the rite time?

21 Kunis who voices Meg Griffin 22 English makeup YouTuber-turned-actress Burr 23 They may be put on 25 Brady in charge of every round piece of sporting equipment?

28 Escape the egg 30 “Back to main menu” key 31 Regret 32 “Certainement!”

34 Early August sign 35 “J’adore” perfumier 36 Footwear merch for “Wuthering Heights” fans?

41 “Sometimes you feel like ___ ...”

42 Nutri-Grain grain 43 Thanksgiving day, on a sched.

44 Denver summer hrs.

45 College, slangily, abroad 46 Shoestring tip 50 Find lead singer Day at the right Time?

55 Prefix with decimal 56 FDR biographer Joseph 57 Quechua speaker 59 Diesel that isn’t measured by the gallon 60 Bert who sang “If I Only Had the Nerve” 61 20th U.S. president picking a side in the “war of the currents”?

64 “___ Blue Moon” (Marie Osmond song) 65 Sushi fish 66 “Annie Get Your Gun” protagonist 67 Mountain ___ (some Taco Bell orders) 68 Authority in a Twitch chat 69 Doesn’t look forward to

DOWN 1 President Bartlet on “The West Wing” 2 French-Canadian region 3 Jeppson’s ___ (Chicago-based wormwood liqueur) 4 Benefit from 5 Liqueur producer James, whose drink is used in a “cup” cocktail popular during Wimbledon 6 Actress Vergara 7 Permissible, in Islam 8 “Help me, ___-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope” 9 Lose hair, in a way 10 Pontifical 11 Without a middle, geometrically 12 Concerned query 13 People changing their branding, say 18 “Oh, bloody ___!”

22 “No Scrubs” group 24 Rapper Travis who had a signature McDonald’s meal 26 Dog food ingredient, maybe 27 “___ Place to Land” (Janae Marks book) 29 “What the ...?”

33 Prefix meaning “image” 34 On fire 35 Bakery need 36 Side at some delis 37 Cartilaginous layer between vertebrae and disks 38 Place to see cars indoors 39 Bear’s den 40 “Grease” band ___ Na Na 45 Play caller 47 Bottom of a parking garage, perhaps 48 Voted off the island?

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lOGY

NOV 08 - NOV 14

BY ROB BREZSNY

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio theologian Eugene

Peterson cleared up a mystery about the nature of mystery.

He wrote, “Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend.” Yes! At least sometimes, mystery can be a cause for celebration, a delightful opening into a beautiful unknown that’s pregnant with possibility. It may bring abundance, not frustration. It may be an inspiring riddle, not a debilitating doubt. Everything I just said is important for you to keep in mind right now.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You could soon reach a new level of mastery in an aptitude described by author Banana Yoshimoto. She wrote, “Once you’ve recognized your own limits, you’ve raised yourself to a higher level of being, since you’re closer to the real you.” I hope her words inspire you, Libra. Your assignment is to seek a liberating breakthrough by identifying who you will never be and what you will never do. If you do it right—with an eager, open mind—it will be fun and interesting and empowering.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize for Economics.

His specialty: researching how unreasonable behavior affects the financial world. When he discovered that this great honor had been bestowed on him, he joked that he planned to spend the award money “as irrationally as possible.” I propose we make him your role model for the near future, Sagittarius. Your irrational, nonrational, and trans-rational intuitions can fix distortions caused by the overly analytical and hyper-logical approaches of you and your allies.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Neurotic” and “neurosis” are old-fashioned words.

Psychotherapists no longer use them in analyzing their patients. The terms are still useful, though, in my opinion. Most of us are at least partly neurotic—that is to say, we don’t always adapt as well as we could to life’s constantly changing circumstances. We find it challenging to outgrow our habitual patterns, and we fall short of fulfilling the magnificent destines we’re capable of. Author Kenneth Tynan had this insight: “A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you are keeping.” I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because you now have extra power to adapt to changing circumstances, outgrow habitual patterns, and uncover unknown secrets—thereby diminishing your neuroses.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Author

Darin Stevenson wrote the following poetic declaration: “’No one can give you the lightningmedicine,’ say the people who cannot give the lightning medicine.” How do you interpret his statement? Here’s what I think. “Lightning medicine” may be a metaphorical reference to a special talent that some people have for healing or inspiring or awakening their fellow humans.

It could mean an ingenious quality in a person that enables them to reveal surprising truths or alternative perspectives. I am bringing this up, Aquarius, because I suspect you now have an enhanced capacity to obtain lightning medicine in the coming weeks. I hope you will corral it and use it even if you are told there is no such thing as lightning medicine. (PS: “Lightning medicine” will fuel your ability to accomplish difficult feats.)

PISCES

(Feb 19-March 20): The superb fairywren gives its chicks lessons on how to sing when they are still inside their eggs. This is a useful metaphor for you in the coming months.

Although you have not yet been entirely “born” into the next big plot twist of your hero’s journey, you are already learning what you’ll need to know once you do arrive in your new story. It will be helpful to become conscious of these clues and cues from the future. Tune in to them at the edges of your awareness.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): For much of her

life, Aries poet Mary Ruefle enjoyed imagining that polar bears and penguins “grew up together playing side by side on the ice, sharing the same vista, bits of blubber, and innocent lore.” But one day, her illusions were shattered. In a science journal, she

discovered that there are no penguins in the far north and no bears in the far south. I bring this to your attention, Aries, because the coming weeks will be a good time to correct misimpressions you’ve held for a while—even as far back as childhood. Joyfully modernize your understanding of how the world works.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Actor Elizabeth

Taylor described her odd rhythm with actor James Dean. Occasionally, they’d stay awake till 3 am as he regaled her with poignant details about his life. But the next day, Dean would act like he and Taylor were strangers—as if, in Taylor’s words, “he’d given away or revealed too much of himself.” It would take a few days before he’d be friendly again. To those of us who study the nature of intimacy, this is a classic phenomenon. For many people, taking a risk to get closer can be scary. Keep this in mind during the coming weeks, Taurus. There’ll be great potential to deepen your connection with dear allies, but you may have to deal with both your and their skittishness about it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There are

many different kinds of smiles. Four hundred muscles are involved in making a wide variety of expressions. Researchers have identified a specific type, dubbed the “affiliation smile,” as having the power to restore trust between two people. It’s soothing, respectful, and compassionate. I recommend you use it abundantly in the near future—along with other conciliatory behavior. You’re in a favorable phase to repair relationships that have been damaged by distrust or weakened by any other factor. (More info: tinyurl.com/HealingSmiles).

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): According to feminist cosmologists Monica Sjöö and Barbara Mor, “Night, to ancient people, was not an ‘absence of light’ or a negative darkness, but a powerful source of energy and inspiration. At night the cosmos reveals herself in her vastness, the earth opens to moisture and germination under moonlight, and the magnetic serpentine current stirs itself in the underground waters.” I bring these thoughts to your attention, fellow Cancerian, because we’re in the season when we are likely to be extra creative: as days grow shorter and nights longer. We Crabs thrive in the darkness. We regenerate ourselves and are visited by fresh insights about what Sjöö and Mor call “the great cosmic dance in which everything participates: the movement of the celestial bodies, the pulse of tides, the circulation of blood and sap in animals and plants.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your heart has its own

brain: a “heart brain.” It’s composed of neurons similar to the neurons in your head’s brain.

Your heart brain communicates via your vagus nerve with your hypothalamus, thalamus, medulla, amygdala, and cerebral cortex. In this way, it gives your body helpful instructions. I suspect it will be extra strong in the coming weeks. That’s why I suggest you call on your heart brain to perform a lot of the magic it specializes in: enhancing emotional intelligence, cultivating empathy, invoking deep feelings, and transforming pain.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): How did

naturalist Charles Darwin become a skillful thinker who changed the world with his theory of evolution? An important factor, according to businessperson Charlie Munger: “He always gave priority attention to evidence tending to disconfirm whatever cherished and hard-won theory he already had.” He loved to be proved wrong! It helped him refine his ideas so they more closely corresponded to the truth about reality. I invite you to enjoy using this method in the coming weeks, Virgo. You could become even smarter than you already are as you wield Darwin’s rigorous approach to learning.

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