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Grow Benzie is all about finding the balance between healthful food and a rich, meaningful life. The community-forward organization has been around since 2008, and has since become a haven and partner for other local clubs, organizations, and nonprofits. In keeping with their mission of bringing folks together, they’re hosting a concert on June 10 with Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt, the dynamic duo known for folksy tunes, quirky humor, and incredible music. Rogers sings and plays guitar and Appalachian dulcimer—a lute-like instrument—while Schmidt combines music, poetry, and story in her performances. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the concert starts at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. (You can find that door at 5885 Frankfort Highway, Benzonia.) Note: Proof of vaccination is required, and masks are optional. For tickets and more information, call Grow Benzie at 231-882-9510 or go to growbenzie.org/events.
Get Smart Hop on your bike, use your two feet, take the bus, or carpool to celebrate the 28th Annual Smart Commute Week in TC, June 6-10. Presented by TART Trails, this week offers free daily breakfasts at various locations around town, plus incentives and prizes. Sign up a team for a competition known as the Smart Commute Week Challenge. Register and see the breakfast schedule and Smart Commute Week happenings at traversetrails.org/event/28th-annual-smart-commute-week
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The first thing you need to know is that our beloved, slowdrawling Matthew McConaughey is not reprising his role in this reboot of Michael Connelly’s bestselling series. But Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (known for roles in The Magnificent Seven and Murder on the Orient Express) offers a refreshing new take on Mickey Haller, the L.A. defense lawyer who runs his business out of the back of—in this version at least—a collection of Lincolns ranging from a ’60s Continental convertible to a Navigator SUV. After suffering a surfing accident followed by a painkiller addiction, Haller finds himself thrust back into the legal spotlight when he is bequeathed the law practice of a murdered colleague. The show shines brightest in the courtroom and during scenes with Haller’s two ex-wives— Neve Campbell as fellow lawyer Maggie McPhearson and Becki Newton as the charming Lorna Taylor. Verdict? The Lincoln Lawyer is a solid pick for fans of legal dramas with a touch of murder and mystery. Now streaming on Netflix.
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tastemaker Cheese & Co.’s Cheba Sauce
This food truck specializes in all things cheese—beer-battered cheese curds, mac & cheese, mac & cheese bites, five kinds of grilled cheese sandwiches—you get the picture. But the item even the lactose tolerant among us love most is its cheese-free Superfood Salad, contents: baby kale and mixed greens, pickled carrots and cukes, lemon quinoa, shredded purple cabbage, sweet potato chips, blueberries, and a scoop of avocado. Credit the cheesy-tasting but yet inconceivably-still-cheese-free (!) Cheba Sauce under which this salad of heroes is cloaked. A multi-layered salty, savory, spicy, and tangy delight, the Cheba Sauce is “simply” olive oil, lemon juice, garbanzo beans, water, garlic, turmeric, curry, cumin, garlic salt, onion salt, cayenne, mustard powder, and that B-vitamin powerhouse that both smells and tastes like—yet is not—parmesan cheese, nutritional yeast. The truck is open and drizzling that sauce at Petoskey’s Back Lot Beer Garden and Charlevoix’s The Back Lot through summer. Get summer hours at cheeseandcompany.com/locations.
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Hey, watch It! The Lincoln Lawyer
