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letters Illogical Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says that Florida will press ahead with the state’s legal fight with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over cruise ships’ restrictions against unvaccinated passengers. He takes this position because he favors freedom of choice in vaccinations for cruise ship passengers.

Now, let’s look at freedom of choice as it pertains to seatbelt use in Florida. All drivers and front-seat passengers must wear a seatbelt in Florida. Not wearing a seat belt is considered a primary violation, which means that law enforcement can pull you over and ticket you.

So, freedom of choice takes precedence when that freedom to reject vaccination causes a danger of viral infection to the subject, as well as to others in close proximity. But freedom of choice is not so important when the danger of driving unbelted is limited to the subject only?

It is difficult to grasp the rationale employed here.

Bob Ross, Pellston Bergman Doesn’t Care About PFAS On July 21, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives voted and passed House Resolution 2467 PFAS Action Act. PFAS is an acronym for a suite of chemicals, including perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, that are used in manufacturing and consumer goods.

Thousands of compounds contain PFAS chemicals and are used in everyday products such as nonstick cookware, fastfood wrappers, fire repellents, rain repellent for shoes and boots, and stain repellents for carpets and clothing. The problem is that PFAS chemicals are persistent and bioaccumulate in the food chain. Elevated levels of PFAS in humans has been associated with testicular and kidney cancer, damage to livers and thyroids, and decreases in fertility.

PFAS contamination is present in soil and groundwater at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base (AFB) in Oscoda, Iosco County.

The contaminated plume is migrating to Lake Huron. PFAS contamination has occurred at the decommissioned K.I. Sawyer AFB in Marquette County in the Upper Peninsula. Other contamination sites are located at Glen’s Landfill in Leelanau County, the Village of Elk Rapids in Antrim County, and residential homes in Grayling (Crawford County) while homes in East Bay Township (Grand Traverse County) have elevated levels of PFAS in soil, groundwater, and drinking water wells. Lake Superior smelt and deer within a 5-mile radius of Wurtsmith AFB have elevated levels of PFAS. The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians have hosted several public meetings on the health risks associated with PFAS contamination.

All the above contamination sites are located in the 1st Congressional District. Congressman Jack Bergman is the congressman for the 1st Congressional District.

Bergman voted against the PFAS Action Act. Three Michigan Republican congressmen voted in support of the PFAS Action Act. The act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to designate selected PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances and to determine if PFAS chemicals should be designated toxic pollutants under the Clean Water Act. Grants are provided to communities to respond to PFAS contamination of drinking water.

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Let’s Talk Diversity In the past election, I have heard the word diversity used. That which cannot be discriminated against is being used to describe diversity by using age, sex, ethnicity, etc. How can you stand against something, then turn it around for your benefit? Do you put forth your affiliation before diversity? Function over form or form over function? Republican or Democrats is not diversity. It is the easy way with no diversity. We have tried to define a democratic society with capitalism. Two separate words, two separate meanings.

What we have is what little was paid to those who came before us.

Paul Tremonti, Traverse City Paying the Price So these “patriots” come crawling out of their mother’s basements and spend their money to get to our nation’s Capitol on Jan.6 to try to overthrow the United States government. Some of them even brought their mothers along.

These traitors to our democracy are the same people that won’t get vaccinated. I’m sure some of them will end up in hospital care, without insurance, or any way to pay their medical bills.

Guess who will end up paying the medical bills of these traitors and insurrectionists: We the people!

CONTENTS features Susie Yang’s White Ivy..................................7 Lighthouse....................................................10 The Dirty Dozen..........................................12 Have Stage, Will Travel...............................15 The Hero’s Journey....................................16 Foreigner Returns.......................................19

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Top Ten......................................................4 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle.............................6 High Notes (sponsored content)...................7 Opinion......................................................8 Weird.........................................................9 Dates.....................................................22 Nitelife......................................................28 Film........................................................21 Advice...................................................29 Crossword...............................................29 Classifieds.............................................30 Astrology..................................................30

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Bret Albright, Traverse City Investing in Our Future I don’t have any children — but I am delighted that working families who do will have some extra money, thanks to the Child Tax Credit and the passage of the American Rescue Plan (which passed without any Republican votes).

Healthier, educated kids mean a better future for us all. Some of those kids are going to be our future leaders, so I was also pleased that the Democrats continue to fight for our voting rights.

The Republicans want the American people to think something went terribly wrong in 2020 just because their presidential candidate didn’t win — but many of them were elected or re-elected — even though it was one of the best-run elections, in the midst of a pandemic.

But while the Republicans continue to sow doubt and cast aspersions (without evidence) about that election, the Democrats are hard at work to ensure that eligible voters can safely and securely cast their ballots. And they are backing it up with $25 million to protect and educate voters, fight voter suppression, and invest in technology to make voting more accessible. This money is on top of millions already dedicated to protecting our right to vote.

Right now, I want the children who will be able to have some new school clothes or play team sports because their families can now afford the fees and uniform, or just have some extra food on the table, or a better bed on which to sleep, to enjoy those things. They deserve nothing less, and we as a nation should invest in their future (and ours).

And when they get older and cast their first ballot — safely and securely — I hope they have learned by then who made this possible.

Jana Goldman, Honor

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top ten Marky Mark Announces Commitment to Little River Band

We love our Five Guys burgers (if you haven’t tried one, get to Gaylord, stat!), but there could be some more competition coming to the quick-and-delicious burger market Up North.

Wahlburgers, the burger-based restaurant franchise owned by celebrity brothers and actors Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and their brother Chef Paul Wahlberg, recently entered a partnership with Little River Holdings, the economic development arm of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians.

While no formal plans have been announced regarding a Wahlburgers restaurant at the Little River Casino Resort in Manistee, the partnership means Little River Holdings has the right to open Wahlburgers franchises at any of Little River’s tribally owned locations.

Paul and Mark Wahlberg (pictured second from left and far right) announced Wahlburgers’ partnership alongside officials from Little River Holdings at the National Indian Gaming Association’s annual Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention, held in Las Vegas at the end of July. The brothers said they hope to develop 125 Wahlburgers restaurants throughout Indian Country within the next few years.

During the convention, National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. awarded the Chairman’s Business Leadership Award to Mark Wahlberg, Paul Wahlberg, and Little River Holdings Chairman Frank Lewis for their commitment to building their business with Indian gaming casinos.

Wahlburgers has 49 franchises in the United States, as well as locations in Canada and Germany.

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tastemaker Small Batch’s Superior Sandwich

For a truly entertaining dining experience, look no further than Small Batch at the Cupola in Harbor Springs. A combination catering biz, bakery, and full-service cafe, Small Batch is the brainchild of proprietress and full-blown foodie, Lauretta Reiss. A former designer-turned-artistic chef, Reiss has a flair for style that truly sets her space — and culinary creations — apart. “For me, it means that every aspect of dining and baking tells a story,” she tells Northern Express.

“That’s what makes the restaurant really unique.” Now in its seventh year of service, Small Batch changes its offerings with the season and features local produce whenever possible. The real summer catch right now: the Superior sandwich. It starts with a house-made bun and Lake Superior whitefish that’s caught and delivered three times per week, then cooked up crispy yet tender. From there, this towering sammie is stacked with garden-fresh leaf lettuce and tomato and finished with remoulade and a scratch-made bread-and-butter pickle. Drooling yet? Pile some thick-cut fries on your plate, and you’ve got lunch fit for a discriminating local. Head up to Harbor Springs and reel in your own for $17. Find Small Batch at the Cupola at 340 State St., in Harbor Springs, Michigan. (231) 242-4686, www.smallbatchharborsprings.com.

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Yeehaw! Another Summertime Staple is Back Going to the fair, going to the fair, going to the Northwestern Michigan Fair! You’re welcome for that jingle stuck in your head because you’ll be ready to sing it, in person, every day between Aug. 8 and 14. From harness racing to livestock auctions, prize-winning roses and vegetables to exotic chickens and carnival midways — the Northwestern Michigan Fair will offer all the best of small-town big-country fun. Enjoy all the old-fashioned activities, lots of good eats, cool demonstrations and exhibits — all of it family friendly and most of it affordable (Seriously: Kids 2 and under enter the fair free; tickets for kids 3 to 12 are $3.00, 13 and older are $5.00; week price is $15.) Food, rides, and some activities extra.) Held at the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., just south of Traverse City.

Plan your day — or days — at northwesternmichiganfair.net

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Hey, read It Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch

The year is 1618. The German province of Wurttemberg is caught in another wave of plague, the Thirty Years War has just begun, and in the tiny town of Leonberg, illiterate widow Katharina Kepler has been condemned for conducting witchcraft. Known about town for her unusually successful brood — most notably her eldest, Johannes Kepler — Katharina is brought to court after an unhinged neighbor falls ill after tasting one of her tinctures. Thus begins the arduous, six-year affair wherein Katharina strives to confound the claim amidst a city fallen to fear. From acclaimed author and comedic goddess Rivka Galchen comes “Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch.” Rife with wry wit and infused with fact, the real wizardry here is in the writing.

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N M E A C (Northern MI Environmental Action Council) n m e a c . o r g

A little lesson imparted by people who were part of President Joe Bidens blink-andyou-missed it tour across northwest Lower Michigan last month: All those Shut Down Line 5 signs were, apparently, confusing to not just a few folks in the cavalcade. As Barbara Stamiris, Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council explains to Northern Express, “ “… many walked by our Shutdown Line 5 signs and asked, “What’s Line 5?”

Oooof. What good is a good cause if folks are more confused than motivated?

NMEAC went quickly back to the drawing board and crafted a new poster whose messaging couldn’t be clearer. A hand-drawn U.P., Mitten and lakes are crossed by a big black oil pipeline and a call to “Save the Great Lakes” appear on the front, with five frightening Line 5 Facts on back — the poster explains, educates, and tells passersby why they should be concerned and how they can act (e.g., “Sign the shutdown petition at oilandwaterdontmix.org. Email mail@nmeac.org for fliers.”)

Now there’s just one problem, says Stamiris: NMEAC is having trouble finding businesses willing to go public with their support for shutting down Line 5.

Anyone with public-facing walls and windows who fears a potential rupture in Line 5 more than they do ticking off customers [raises hand, anxiously awaiting more angry Letters to the Editor …] is invited to reach out to NMEAC for a poster to display. Learn more at oilandwaterdontmix.org.

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National Lighthouse Day is Aug. 7, and if you didn’t think to get your favorite area lighthouse a gift (cash donations are most welcome for these aging dames), you can still delight them with a respectful visit to one of the oldest in the crew, the Mission Point Lighthouse at the end of Old Mission Peninsula in Traverse City during the upcoming Michigan Lighthouse Festival. Between 10am and 5pm Aug. 7, you can celebrate this born-in-1870 babe with a self-guided tour through her interior and on up into the tower, plus visit the on-site gift shop and historic Hessler Log Cabin, or hike the miles of trails that run through and around the park. (Hint: Perfect waterside picnic spots abound at the forest edges.) Lighthouse junkies might want to start celebrating the night before. A special dinner kicks off with a cash bar at 5pm, then rolls into a buffet dinner with two cool entertainment acts. The first shines the spotlight on William Lucas, Detroit Symphony Orchestra trumpeter, as he shows audiences the creative process and modern tools he uses to compose, perform, record, edit, and produce a lighthouse fanfare (set to video of some of Michigan’s most beloved lighthouses). The second brings a living history portrayal of Augustin Fresnel, a man obsessed with “finding the solution to many questions in the inexhaustible range of science” — and credited with “illuminating the seas, saving lives, and creating new light in new venues yet to come.” Still not enough for you? Turn to p. 10 for our Lighthouse Vacation feature and maybe make plans for an illuminating birthday celebration of your own. Learn more about the festival, tours, dinner, and even a lighthouse art marketplace at www.michiganlighthousefestival.com.

Stirring the Pot While Keeping Oil & Water from Mixing

“An unacceptable risk,” Gov. Whitmer.

Line 5, built in 1953.

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Since its inception in 2004, Short’s Brewing Company has prided itself on its cuttingedge mastery of craft beer. So when chief innovation officer Tony Hansen discovered an untapped passion for cider in his staff, a new drink endeavor was a no-brainer. Enter Starcut Ciders. Founded in 2014, Starcut combines the expertise of Shorts’s seasoned brewers with the abundance of local Michigan produce — not to mention the occasional dash of mad science — for a line of truly defining hard ciders. Featuring three core pours for general distribution, plus a litany of rotating seasonal draughts, Starcut has a cider to please every palate, from cider connoisseur to the casual drinker. For our taste, Mosa is the real MVP. A refreshingly fizzy combination of Starcut’s dry-fermented Pulsar cider and acid-cutting orange juice, this lower-ABV option packs all the pop of a Mimosa, but with none of the prep. Available year-round in single- or mixed-variety six-packs, Mosa’s got your next brunch bagged. Suggested pricing: $10.99 per Mosa six-pack. Find it at your local grocer or at Short’s Bellaire Pub at 121 N. Bridge St., in Bellaire. (231) 498-2300, www.starcutciders.com

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TEACHING OUR REAL HISTORY spectator

by Stephen Tuttle The Washington Post got it partially right: racism is a divisive issue in Traverse City. The “tearing the city apart” component was more than a little hyperbolic.

Their recent article connected the appalling “slave trading” on social media undertaken by teenagers from local Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) to an equity resolution hurriedly produced by the school system. That was followed by overblown negative reactions of some parents.

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That resolution, now rewritten thrice in response to various objections, tried to serve multiple masters, but nothing involving race or racism will satisfy the dissident parents.

They believe any discussion of race at all is part of critical race theory (CRT), which they consider an indoctrinating abomination poisoning their children.

90 percent of North America’s indigenous population because they had no immunity to them. There was no ordination nor Divine encouragement for us to expand westward, and the term “manifest destiny,” which we used to justify the taking of lands already occupied, was coined by a newspaper editor.

If we don’t include all of that as part of our history, we are ignoring a significant part of our reality.

Even now, some states mandate a bastardized version of our history. Some southern states, including Texas, give very short shrift to slavery as a cause of the Civil War and focus, instead, on so-called “state’s rights” and unfair taxation.

But we know exactly why states seceded and started the war because they all detailed it in documents called a “Declaration of Causes.”

Parents who believe teaching an honest version of American history is somehow subversive and will damage their children have decided TCAPS’ equity resolution is just code for CRT.

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The real debate here is this: Are we willing to acknowledge and teach our real history?

Because it cannot be accurately discussed or taught without including slavery and racism, both of which are codified in our Constitution.

The third paragraph of Article I, Section 2, which discusses apportionment for purposes of taxation and congressional representation, requires slaves to be counted and valued at three-fifths of a person. Not quite done, Article IV, Section 2, requires states to return runaway slaves, or, as the document puts it, a “... Person held to Service or Labor ...” from whence they came. Those aren’t the ravings of some modern-day leftist but blatant racism in our foundational document.

The reason those Founders were willing to appease slave owners was commerce. You simply cannot discuss early America without emphasizing that the economy was highly dependent on slavery, and the economy of the South was entirely dependent on slavery.

That isn’t CRT propaganda; it’s fact.

We could, one supposes, go back to an idealized American history that borders on delusion. You know, the one where Columbus “discovered” America, and we had a lovely first Thanksgiving with local indigenous people, and we then conquered the rest of the country because God ordained it, and then we had a Civil War over state’s rights, but everything was mostly fine with just a few minor glitches.

That narrative was mostly lies when it was taught in the classroom decades ago and remains mostly lies today. Columbus never set foot in North America and was likely the first European to bring slaves to the New World. Diseases Europeans brought killed

Here’s a small sample: Mississippi’s stated, “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery — the greatest material interest of the world.” Georgia’s read, “The reason was the North’s fixed purpose to limit, restrain, and finally abolish slavery in the U.S. where it exists.”

And Texas? Perhaps one of the most appalling documents ever created by an American government at any level: “The servitude of the African race, as existing in these states, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations.”

For parents to vehemently protest those parts of our history being taught is absurd. But it’s become even more bizarre than that. Parents who believe teaching an honest version of American history is somehow subversive and will damage their children have decided TCAPS’ equity resolution is just code for CRT. We’ve actually come to the point where people have convinced themselves a word like “belonging” is negative and subversive.

TCAPS has not, is not, and will not teach CRT. Hopefully, the district will provide students with an accurate accounting of early America that includes our economic dependence on slavery, our reluctance to end the practice, and the roles race and racism have played and are playing in our country, in addition to the many positive steps we’ve taken to improve and grow.

It is not antithetical to our values to acknowledge we are a work in progress and that we continue to struggle with racial issues. Supporting a version of our history that is figuratively and literally whitewashed does a disservice to our children and our future.

Susie Yang’s White Ivy

Ahead of her NWS appearance, the author dishes on the creation of her debut novel and its unreliable class-, rank-, rule-breaking protagonist

By Anna Faller Bestselling author Susie Yang is all for a little literary dilemma: “My favorite endings are [when] the moral — if there is any moral to a story — is very bleak,” she says. “It really feels unsettling, and that has always appealed to me.”

So perhaps it comes as no surprise that her debut novel, “White Ivy,” leaves more than a few loose ends untied. Inspired by classic social-climbing titles like F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” and Patricia Highsmith’s infamous “Tom Ripley” series, for example — “White Ivy” follows Ivy Lin, a Chinese-American immigrant, on her quest to be accepted by New England’s high society.

“Those power-hungry, Machiavellian-type characters are so interesting,” Yang says. “Vile, but interesting. So, I thought, let me create that type of character who is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants.”

What Ivy wants is golden-boy Gideon Spire. A stereotypical unattainable dreamboat, Gideon first intersects with Ivy when the two are teenagers at the same private school. But Gideon’s family belongs to Boston’s elite, a rank that lower-class-raised Ivy simply can’t hope to penetrate. “So, when they reconnect as adults,” says Yang, “she feels like it’s destiny, or like it’s her second chance.”

Unbeknownst to those around her, Ivy is actually the mistress of multiple chances — and multiple disguises to boot. “To me, [her journey] was a very deliberate choice,” says Yang, “because at the very beginning I thought, is Ivy going to be a sociopath?”

It’s a question that readers still contest.

A classically unreliable character, Ivy’s plain and unassuming appearance actually masks a nasty shoplifting habit. “I feel like teenage girls shoplifting is such a cliché, in a way,” says Yang.

“So, I wanted the reader’s first introduction to

Ivy to be, ‘Oh, maybe this is a normal teenage girl.’ And based on her family background and her desires, you could understand the genesis of her greed in that way.”

In fact, it’s this juxtaposition of Ivy’s character upon which Yang based the rest of the book. “The first line of the novel, ‘Ivy Lin is a thief, but you wouldn’t know it to look at her,’ became my bedrock,” she says. From there, the first chapter arose in a single sitting. “It was instantaneous,” says Yang. “I was really just putting it down and racing to the finish line.”

As the story progresses, however, Ivy’s black-and-white dichotomy inevitably blurs to an unnerving gray. “At every step along the way [you wonder], ‘Oh, is what she’s doing normal, or is it crossing some line?’” says Yang.

“She’s a liar, and she’s a thief, but [if] people understand where she’s coming from, that means I’ve done my job.”

Yang’s “job,” by the way, was nearly in another field. In fact, Yang earned her doctorate in pharmacy and then spent a few years working in tech before a friend introduced her to some MFA courses. “Fiction came to me because I like to read,” says Yang, “but I always had it in the back of my mind that it was a hobby. [It was one thing] to love books, but to consider a career path was never something I thought about.”

So, Yang did most of her writing in secret — at least initially. “I had been writing my whole life,” she says, “but I had never finished a book. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was such a perfectionist. I would attempt these novels, never let anyone read [them], get bored with them, and throw them away.”

“White Ivy” was different. “At the time, I thought, ‘Let me see if I can just finish a manuscript so I can prove to myself that I can do it,’” says Yang. The ultimate exercise in authorial discipline, she gave herself one

year to finish her book. “I said, ‘Forget about [whether or not] it’s good,” she says. “Just get the story down.” Two years, six drafts, and one bestselling novel later, it’s safe to say her experiment was successful. “I think that’s where I became a real writer,” says Yang. “As opposed to [that sense of] ‘let me write it all down,’ it was the process of refining and making deliberate choices.”

Don’t let the formally published glow fool you; Yang is a traditional story weaver at heart. “I say that because as a child, all of my grandparents would read to me,” she says, “so, the oral storytelling tradition was my first introduction to that.”

Since then, Yang’s own narrative has come full circle. “Like Ivy, I came to the U.S when I was six,” she says. “[Her] social-climbing story is interesting for me because you have to be an outsider — you’re trying to go into a class that you are not a part of — and I think that really mirrors my experience.”

Unlike her protagonist, who is excluded based because of both class and race, Yang’s own lens was colored more by ‘new kid’ syndrome than experiences of xenophobia. “I moved around so much as a child,” she says, “I think I was in 11 schools before college.”

Still, being stuck on the outside often reels the same. “I was just so used to that sense of ‘I don’t belong,’ or ‘I’m here temporarily,’” says Yang.

“You [have to] develop an understanding of life’s social dynamics, so I really enjoy books that do that.”

“White Ivy,” of course, is one of them. “I think this theme will probably influence my work forever,” says Yang. “Even now when I’m working on new things, it’s always through the lens of someone trying to navigate their way in a group setting that is unfamiliar to them. It’s emotional truth that I want to convey, and for me, this is exactly that.”

Attend a Conversation with Susie Yang New York Times bestselling author Susie Yang will join the National Writers Series for a free, virtual event at 7pm Thursday, Aug. 5 to discuss her celebrated debut novel, “White Ivy.” The book, published Nov. 3, is available now at a 20% NWS discount at Horizon Books for event attendees.

Guest host for the event is awardwinning NPR journalist and bestselling author Aarti Shahani. Register under the Upcoming Events category at nationalwritersseries.org.

The Interviewer: Aarti Shahani Celebrated journalist and best-selling author Aarti Shahani is a graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Shahani spent most of her 20s working as a prison reform activist before transitioning to business reporting. Shahani quickly rose through the ranks at National Public Radio, where she served as Silicon Valley correspondent and guest-hosted flagship shows All Things Considered and KQED’s Forum. Her debut memoir, “Here We Are,” 2019), was released in October 2019 and has since become an Amazon bestseller.

Shahani was in Traverse City as a guest author of the National Writers Series just two weeks after “Here We Are” was published. The author is also the host and co-creator of Art of Power, a weekly podcast featuring conversations with some of the world’s most interesting people. She lives in California with her nephew.

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by Cathye Williams It’s fitting that Jeff Bezos and his fellow billionaires are contemplating life on other planets because they’re clearly not living on this one. You’d have to be living under a rock (or in an ivory tower) to ignore that devastating impacts of climate change are happening now — in many places, to many people.

You can’t open a newspaper that isn’t talking about unprecedented heat, drought, fires, rains, floods, and more. China, India, Central Europe, Siberia, California, the Pacific Northwest, and as close to home as Detroit have all suffered disasters in just the last month alone.

Here in our little corner, fruit harvests are again diminished from the effects of too little, then too much water. As the editorial board of USA TODAY sees it, inaction on climate change is “no longer an option.”

The outcry is growing across the political spectrum, beyond environmentalists and scientists. It’s taking hold in businesses, local governments, the military, and a broad range of other organizations.

Other countries have or are contemplating placing border tax adjustments on carbonintensive products. Countries that aren’t addressing their emissions will be left out in the … well, heat. Countries that implement effective action will have a head start on getting their innovations and products to market and growing their green economies.

It seems, however, that the climate-related crises happening around our world have escaped the notice of those billionaires.

Rather than use their money, influence, and much bragged-about visionary “genius” to help devise plans to combat global warming or simply support efforts already underway, this elite group of astronaut wannabes have turned their collective gaze to the stars — where, of course, there may be more for them to exploit and profit from, without a thought to the large carbon footprints they’re leaving behind.

Bezos has a particularly warped rationalization for how his “vision” will benefit mankind and protect the Earth. His space company’s mission is to “expand, explore, find new energy and material resources, and move industries that stress Earth into space.” He envisions “millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth.” I wonder what that will cost … and how long it will take? Long enough, one imagines, for the billionaires and their progeny to have extracted and emitted all that they like.

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Hey Jeff, excuse me? I like it here. I want to fix here. I don’t want to “exploit new energy and material resources.” I want us to learn how to properly, respectfully, and regeneratively use what we already have. I want us to harness the power of bountiful sun, wind, waves and more. Scientists tell us there is enough, and that we have the technology and knowledge to make use of these renewable energies. Yes, it will take a massive mobilization and the reimagining of structures and systems. What it won’t take is a spaceship.

The truth spoken by Marshall Saunders, founder of Citizens Climate Lobby, at the group’s 2016 international conference, becomes more evident each day. We really are “engaged in a battle for all life on Earth” and no one else is coming to help. No space cowboys and no heroes with capes. As Marshall put it so well: “You are the cavalry … we are the cavalry.

And there really is no choice.”

Fortunately, some of the cavalry resides in Congress and have introduced several bills that include best first steps to keep fossil fuels in the ground and build resiliency against further climate impacts. We need to be their cavalry, empowering them with our voices and votes, and demanding that others step up as well.

Here are just a few examples of the many bills brought forth: The Save Our Future Act (S2085), introduced

by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Brian Schatz, would place an ambitious price on carbon to reduce emissions, as well as pricing co-pollutants that have long choked frontline environmental justice communities. Revenues collected would go to individuals and also provide state grants to help low-income and rural households and workers transitioning to new industries.

The bill also provides for investment in energy affordability, pollution reduction, and workforce development. This policy demonstrates that carbon pricing can be a win for the planet and for the people who need it most.

The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (HR2307), which currently has 77 co-sponsors, also prices carbon emissions, but the revenues collected would be returned entirely to American households in the form of a monthly dividend. This makes the bill palatable to those who favor small government and robust economic growth, and thus more likely to pass.

The Growing Climate Solutions Act (S1251), was introduced by both Republican and Democratic senators, including our own Senator Stabenow. The bill removes barriers and provides assistance for farmers and foresters to participate in markets that reward them for sequestering carbon and other climate-smart practices.

Years of work by lawmakers and environmental groups have gone into these and other climate bills. Now it’s our turn to bring the political will to get them enacted.

Whatever your personal belief is about the source of climate change, we have been given all that we need on this beautiful blue dot. Now we need to set aside our hubris and ego to listen, learn, and get to work — right here.

Cathye Williams serves as a volunteer and media liaison for the Grand Traverse area chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby, www. citizensclimatelobby.com. She writes from Benzie County.

Creme de la Weird An arrest warrant was issued July 8 in Little Rock, Arkansas, for Brian Dale Reams, 32, in connection with several incidents where he allegedly approached women and asked if he could touch their feet -- with a curious twist, KATV reported. In Conway, Arkansas, a woman said a man with no arms followed her into a Walmart last September, telling her she had pretty feet and asking if she liked having people touch them. Later he began harassing her on Facebook. In June, a second woman said a man matching the same description (but wearing a face mask with “Brian” written on it) followed her around the same Walmart and wondered if she’d let him give her a foot massage. He apparently didn’t explain how that might work. A third woman identified Reams after viewing screenshots of his Facebook account; he approached her in a Kroger store.

Awesome!

Delray Beach, Florida, has a new addition to its fleet of police vehicles: an ice cream truck. Police Chief Javaro Sims told WPBFTV that he’s been thinking about getting an ice cream truck for some time. “We must continue to find ways to break down those invisible barriers we continue to deal with on a daily basis within our communities,” Sims said. He hopes the public will grab some free ice cream and stay for some conversation, getting to know the officers and building relationships.

Bright Ideas California Highway Patrol officers were called to a spot on I-80 near the Nevada border on July 15 because of a car on fire, SFGate reported. When they got there, they discovered a man yelling about “the bears,” Officer Carlos Perez said. After talking with him, they determined that the man had set his car on fire to ward off bears. “Listen, we have bears in the area,” Perez said, “but there were no bears nearby. ... You can’t light a fire on the hood of your vehicle to ‘keep the bears away.’”

Jimmy Jennings of Lafayette, Louisiana, doesn’t like being stuck in traffic. But on July 9, as he sat in a jam on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge, he was struck with a dubious notion: He would jump off the interstate bridge into the river below. “When I hit the water, my shoulder went up, I kind of hurt my shoulder, but I started swimming,” Jennings said, according to WABC-TV. “I couldn’t get back to the bank because the current was way too strong. I thought I was going to die, but God saved me.” Eventually, Jennings found his way to land, where he rode around on an ATV for a while -- only to discover he was on an island.

Finally, he found a boat and was met by police, who charged him with criminal mischief and trespassing. Jennings later admitted on Facebook that his leap of faith was a bad idea.

But Why? A Reno, Nevada, woman was charged on July 14 in a break-in incident at a dental practice where she worked, the New York Daily News reported. Laurel Eich allegedly broke into the practice in May and stole $23,000 worth of checks and cash. In the course of the investigation, Eich also admitted to extracting 13 teeth from a sedated patient after using anesthetic discarded by the practice -- even though she is not licensed to

perform such procedures. Eich was charged with multiple felonies, including performing surgery on another without a license.

Smooth Reaction When Fort Worth, Texas, code compliance officers arrived at a home at around 8:30 a.m. on July 16 to issue a violation for too-high grass, the homeowner did not answer the door. But when mowers hired by the city showed up and started cutting the grass, the person inside began shooting at them, KDFW-TV reported.

The police officers who had accompanied the compliance team took cover and waited for backup; the person inside continued shooting until SWAT units arrived and shot tear gas into the home. The shooter was taken into custody at about 1 p.m.; the citation was his seventh in two years. “Being shot at for trying to make the community look better?” said Fort Worth officer Jimmy Pollozani. “That just proves the dangers of this job.” The man was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Say What?

The Guardian reported on July 19 about a phenomenon among American preschoolers called the Peppa Effect. The hypothesis is that children who watched a lot of “Peppa Pig” during the pandemic lockdown have developed British accents and started using British terms like “mummy” (mommy), “give it a go” (try it) and “satnav” (GPS). Wall Street Journal reporter Preetika Rana tweeted that her niece “had an American accent before the pandemic. Now she has a posh English accent.” One responder agreed: “And for Christmas I had to put out a freaking mince pie for Father Christmas, or, as we call him here in the States, Santa Claus.”

Least Competent Criminal Robert Perez, 53, was pulled over in Iowa City, Iowa, on July 15 for erratically driving a stolen Kawasaki motorcycle, The Smoking Gun reported. He told police that he had borrowed the bike from “a fellow meth user,” but he couldn’t provide the name or address of that friend. Perez admitted that he had injected meth five hours earlier; while in police custody, he was caught Googling “how long meth stays in your system after initial consumption,” Officer Daniel Boesen said.

Investigators obtained a blood sample from Perez and sent it to the crime lab; he was booked for theft, DUI and driving with a suspended license.

Questionable Judgment An unnamed 31-year-old woman in Beachwood, Ohio, went on a spectacular joyride on June 15, crashing into another car at more than 100 mph before spinning into a utility pole, another car and a house, WJW reported. Surprisingly, no one was hurt in the series of crashes, including the driver and her 11-year-old daughter, who was sitting in the front seat with her. Officers didn’t detect any evidence of drug or alcohol use. Instead, the driver told police that she’s been going through some “trials and tribulations” and was recently fired from her job, so she “let go and let God take the wheel.” She went on to say that she believed she had done the right thing. She now faces charges of felony assault, endangering a child and driving under suspension.

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LIGHTHOUSE GETAWAYS St. Helena

By Brighid Driscoll Though they’re rarely necessary to guide Great Lakes ships home anymore, Michigan’s lighthouses are still alluring destination points for travelers, photographers, and history buffs. What draws us to these relics of Michigan’s storied past? Their grand stature? The mysterious, isolated lives of their keepers? The legends of the days and nights they succeeded — or failed — to keep early sailors safe?

While we don’t know your answer to the question, we know of several lovely lighthouses scattered throughout northern Michigan’s stretch of Great Lakes where you can visit and ponder for a few hours, a few days, or weeks in utter solitude.

SAINT HELENA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Just 10 miles west of the Mackinac Bridge sits historic St. Helena Lighthouse, on its own island, in its own world. Once home to around 200 people, the island now sits uninhabited, with the exception of wildlife. The last full-time lightkeeper at St. Helena, Wallace Hall, transferred to another post in June 1922, and the St. Helena station was boarded up. Care for the lighthouse became the responsibility of the Old Mackinac Point lightkeepers, who boated out to the island to check up on the light only when passing boats reported an issue. Time, mother nature, and vandals — both human and rabbit — ravaged the abandoned lighthouse, boathouse, and assistant keeper’s housing until by the ’80s, they

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McGulpin Point

were in such desolate shape, the boathouse and keeper’s cottage had to be razed. In 1989, the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keeper’s Association stepped in and, with the help of volunteers and Boy Scouts groups, steadily improved the lighthouse and keepers quarters to become the stunning showpiece they are today. A grant awarded last year by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation will improve the lighthouse further, financing efforts to remove old paint and add new paint, replace dilapidated masonry and sealant, and make other changes. The island offers little in terms of commercial recreation; there are no hotels. But the GLLKA accepts volunteer assistant lightkeepers in the summer — the catch being that a fee is charged to volunteer. However, that fee goes toward the volunteer’s housing, meals, snacks, beverages, and other consumables enjoyed during your time, which can run from three days through the entire two-month period the lighthouse is open to tours. Positions are open to singles, couples, and families (kids age 8+) and entail duties from general cleaning and maintenance to tour guide services. You’ll get a firsthand look into the past and present of this enduring icon. Download a volunteer application at gllka.org/st-helena-island-light-station.

PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSES Lighthouse aficionados, rejoice: Two lighthouses reside at this historic site. The “Old Lighthouse” was built along with a keeper’s house in 1840 to mark the entrance into Presque Isle Bay and harbor.

For a small fee that goes toward upkeep, visitors can climb the old lighthouse. It might be particularly fun to visit in the early fall. Folks claim that it’s haunted and ghosts can be heard or seen around the

old lighthouse. Ghost stories, however, don’t plague the “New Lighthouse.” After just 30 years, the old lighthouse had rapidly deteriorated. The solution was to build a brand new lighthouse at the tip of the peninsula. It was constructed in 1870, and the keeper’s house was rebuilt on its original foundation. In 1905, a new keeper’s house was built. Today, the new lighthouse is still operating smoothly. Presque Isle Township allows the public to climb the new lighthouse for a small fee. The view — northeast across Lake Huron to Great Duck Island and, on a clear day, to the north side of Canada’s Georgian Bay — is one worthy of the 113-foot climb. After a long trek up and down stairs, Old Lighthouse Park is an ideal site for a relaxing picnic lunch while watching boats pass by. The old keeper’s house is located in the park and operates as a visitor’s center, museum, and gift shop. The new keeper’s house is also a beautifully restored museum filled with historically accurate decor, furniture, and artifacts from the 1915 era.

Entry is free. Don’t forget to ring the Lansing City Hall clock tower bell. It outweighs the Liberty Bell and makes for a tasteful tourist photo op. No overnights here, but volunteer keepers are needed for the 2021 season for regular 2.5 hour shifts greeting visitors.

“New” Presque Isle

POINT BETSIE LIGHTHOUSE Tour, visit, and even stay at this gorgeous lighthouse built just north of Frankfort in 1858. Point Betsie is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is still actively working today. Out of all of the “live-like-a -lightkeeper” experiences, this one is arguably the most posh. The keeper’s quarters are available to rent for up to six. The quarters underwent renovations last year, and unsurprisingly, have been booked all summer. Two bedrooms, fresh decor, a view of the Manitou Islands, and no obligation to volunteer make this stay a getaway.

Climb to the top of the lighthouse; explore their various historic exhibits, including info on the fragile dune ecosystem; and check out the Boathouse Museum. To wind down, take a short walk down to Point Betsie Beach.

It’s covered in powdery sand and is a great spot to rock hunt. After a meditative stroll looking for the perfect Petoskey stone, catch a view and a photo of the lighthouse against a sunset sky. Can’t spend a night? Spend $5 for a 30-minute lighthouse tour instead. www.pointbetsie.org.

MCGULPIN POINT LIGHTHOUSE The first recorded deed in Emmett County’s history was for McGulpin Point in 1811, but McGulpin Point Lighthouse wasn’t built until 1869. Located along the Straits of Mackinac, it was a necessary lighthouse as boat traffic in the straits increased dramatically through the 1850s. Eventually, the Old Mackinac Point Light Station was deemed the more easily managed lighthouse between the two, and McGulpin Point Lighthouse was decommissioned in 1906. Seven years later, it was purchased by a private owner. After a string of other owners, Emmet County purchased the property in 2008. The county still owns and operates the lighthouse and has done so lovingly. While the original lighthouse was built with living quarters within, they are not rentable. A well-appointed cottage with room for four next door, however, is. A vital part of any visit to McGulpin Point is its Discovery Trail. The trail leads walkers through the history and landscape of McGupin Point, with docents at various stops on the trail providing tidbits and historical context about each location and what it represents to McGulpin’s larger story. Costumed re-enactors are lively, engaging, and fascinating to gain knowledge from.

With a location just moments away from Mackinaw City, this lighthouse makes for a great, multi-faceted trip. www.mcgulpinpoint.org

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Japanese Barberry. Photo courtesy of Chris Evans, University of Illinois Extension, via bugwood.org

Hemlock Wooly adelgid. Photo courtesy Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive

Beech bark disease. Photo courtesy of UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery, and Urban Forestry Program

Garlic mustard, second year flowers. Photo courtesy of David Cappaert, Michigan State University, via bugwood.org

Japanese Knotweed. Photo courtesy of National Park Service

Oak Wilt. Photo courtesy of MSU Extension

Phragmites. Photo by Dan Engel, United States Geological Survey

Milfoil. Photo courtesy Graves Lovell, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

THE DIRTY DOZEN Up North’s Least Wanted Invasive Species

By Ross Boissoneau You won’t see them on posters at the post office. But make no mistake, these threats to our fields and forests, lakes and streams are most unwelcome. A huge number of plants, animals, and insects are recognized as nonnative threats to the state. Many of them are even prohibited to own in Michigan.

Numerous organizations and governmental agencies are working to identify, control, and/or eradicate these pests while scientists, field workers, and ordinary citizens are using various means — natural, chemical, and mechanical — to address the situation, whether the offender is homegrown or not. “[It’s] those that do damage, not just nonnative. Those that harm human health, the environment, or our ecology,” says Eli Baker, education and outreach specialist at Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council.

The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list, as there are many others that could be included (for a complete list, go to www.michigan.gov/invasives). Think of it as the highlights — or maybe the lowlights — of the things we wish weren’t here.

INVASIVE PHRAGMITES Introduced via ship ballast in the late 1700s, the plant is now illegal to sell, trade, plant, or share in Michigan. Invasive phragmites can clog wetlands, as their stems and rhizomes catch sediments, eventually filling in small waterways. Its height and thickness can prevent waterfowl from using invaded areas as a home or even a stopping point. With the potential to grow over six feet high, phragmites can make it near

impossible for many native species to access wetlands and they commonly impede the views from waterside properties, as well.

PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE Think of it as the near-perfect invader: Introduced from Eurasia via ship ballast and intentionally planted as an ornamental garden flower in the 1800s, the undeniably pretty but deadly purple loosestrife bears seeds that germinate very rapidly and grow faster than almost any other wetland plant. The problem? This cruel beauty — now illegal to sell, trade, plant, or share in Michigan — not only reduces critical food resources for birds, butterflies, and other wild creatures but also boasts stiff stems that collect so much debris, they can entirely dry up shallow waters, destroying the habitat for native aquatic animals that have been living there.

NEW ZEALAND MUD SNAIL Joanne Foreman, invasive species communication coordinator for the state’s Department of Natural Resources, Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, says the New Zealand mud snail is one of the greatest aquatic threats out there: It’s very small, reproduces quickly, and can survive in or out of the water. They eat a lot of the lowest levels on the food chain, but when ingested by fish on the next level, the snails offer no nutritional value and simply pass through the fish. Unfortunately, these snails prefer the same habitat as trout — bad news for anglers looking to catch big, healthy fish. They are currently in the Au Sable, Pere Marquette,

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Boardman, and Manistee Rivers. Even worse, because New Zealand mud snails can survive out of the water, they can be easily transferred on waders, meaning no trout stream is safe.

“There’s no magic bullet,” Foreman says. But anglers can help stem spread the by thoroughly cleaning off their waders before moving from one river to another.

ZEBRA MUSSELS Some four decades after they first gained a foothold in the Great Lakes, zebra mussels are still causing economic and human health concerns, says Baker. They’ve also moved inland, likely transported by boaters who moved their watercraft from one waterway to another without cleaning off their boats.

Lakeshore residents around northern Michigan have reported entire colonies attached to their docks, boat hulls, and water intake pipes. Prolific reproducers, each zebra mussel can filter a liter of water per day, removing almost every microscopic aquatic plant and animal. Not only does this disrupt the food chain, but the resulting clearer water also permits sunlight to penetrate deeper into lakes, resulting in increased growth of rooted aquatic vegetation and bottom-dwelling algae. That said, they are a lower priority than the next member of the Dirty Dozen.

QUAGGA MUSSELS Even though Quagga mussels are less common than zebra mussels, Baker says quaggas pose a greater threat; they have a wider distribution and can survive both deeper waters and colder temperatures.

Jane Perrino, Aquatic Invasive Species

Coordinator for the Benzie Conservation District, says their ability to adapt makes them particularly formidable. “They can reposition themselves if disturbed, and they don’t need a hard substrate,” she says. “They can settle in on all kinds of surfaces” — sandy lake bottoms included.

Good Harbor Reef is a good example.

There, quagga mussels have blocked spawning sites for whitefish, lake herring, lake trout, and other native aquatic species. The negative impacts extend to the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where dead algae and mussel shells are creating a nuisance and a hazard when they wash up on beaches. In addition, the area has experienced problems with the botulism toxin — likely driven by the dead algae invasive mussels have introduced into the food — leading to the death of fish and waterbirds.

One of the biggest challenges for both species of mussels and the many other invasives is the cost of addressing them.

“What the party [trying to address the problem] is pursuing and how deep their pockets are” are huge factors in the efforts to eradicate mussels, Perino says.

EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL Milfoil has invaded countless waterways around the region. Biologist Brian Price, formerly executive director of the Leelanau Conservancy, calls Eurasian water milfoil one of the worst invaders. “It packs a big punch — it can plug navigation, impact recreational values and property values.”

Tom Hiatt, president of the Lake Leelanau Lake Association, knows the issue well. LLLA is undertaking a major effort to eradicate

Zebra mussels. Photo by Bob Nichols, USDA

its Eurasian Water Milfoil problem with benthic barriers — large 400-by-40-foot sheets of plastic or burlap spread on the lake bottom to prevent photosynthesis — and plenty of manpower: Divers pull by hand any milfoil that escapes the barrier, then carefully raise it to the surface in bags or vacuum tubes. Any pieces that escape can reroot. Hiatt says a cooperative effort with the association and the Grand Traverse Band resulted in a three-year grant and plan.

A recent $5 million gift from a donor with longtime intergenerational ties to the lake will be dedicated to controlling the spread of milfoil and other aquatic invasives.

Rick Kiehle is Hiatt’s counterpart at Long Lake in Grand Traverse County. He says the association there has used drones to identify infestation areas. “Our lake is deeper, and we only get it in certain areas,” he says. Kiehle says the biggest challenge is to prevent further infestations from milfoil or any other invasive species, and the key is to persuade people to wash their boats and trailers whenever they move them from one body of water to another.

JAPANESE AND COMMON BARBERRY A spiny shrub whose arching branches are characterized by green or blue-green, oval or spoon-shaped leaves, both barberry species have been used as a common horticultural plant. However, it has frequently escaped from yards and has been found in the wild in Benzie, Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Manistee counties. Left to grow, it forms dense thickets that reduce habitat for birds, butterflies, and other animals. The dense foliage also increases humidity levels within the canopy, leading to higher tick populations. Unwanted occurrences in natural areas can be controlled using both mechanical and chemical techniques. Due to their shallow root systems, Japanese barberry can easily be pulled or dug up.

Zebra and quagga mussels. Photo courtesy of University of California Riverside Center for Invasive Species Research

New Zealand mud snail. Photo courtesy Michigan EGLE

Loosestrife. Photo courtesy of John D. Byrd, Mississippi State University, via bugwood.org

GARLIC MUSTARD Introduced as food and medicine to North America from European settlers in 1868, garlic mustard crowds out native plants, especially spring ephemerals like trillium and violets. It also releases chemicals into the soil that hinder the growth of other plants. Furthermore, few native herbivores will eat garlic mustard, giving it even more competitive advantage over native plants. Worst of all, garlic mustard seeds are able to live in the soil for at least seven years before sprouting.

Garlic mustard is an extremely hardy plant, and can re-sprout in a compost pile or if left out, and seeds can develop even if the plant was not flowering when pulled. Pulling garlic mustard is very effective in small populations.

Price compares it to Eurasian water milfoil, saying both are hardy and spread easily. “You need to battle them both all the time.”

she says. The disease is a fungus introduced through extensive bark invasion by the beech scale insect. It produces cankers, areas of dead tissue, which will eventually girdle the tree and kill it. First detected in Ludington State Park in the ’80s, beech bark disease has migrated throughout the state. It is spread through a variety of means: wind, birds, insects, and people.

“You don’t know it’s affected until it’s dead.

Tears flow at site visits,” she says.

KNOTWEED Another plant introduced as an ornamental, knotweed, like other invasives, crowds out native plants while providing little in the way of food or habitat for native wildlife. Knotweeds are problematic for infrastructure as well, as the plant can sprout up through concrete and asphalt, spread quickly, and is difficult to eradicate. Knotweeds are very hardy and can tolerate ash, sulfur, and toxic gases, as well as high salinity, full shade, high temperatures, and drought. For all these reasons, Japanese knotweed and its hybrids/cultivars are prohibited in Michigan.

BEECH BARK DISEASE Kama Ross, regional forester with the Grand Traverse Conservation District, says this is one of the most important threats facing the region. “My big concern is beech bark disease. It’s catastrophic. It will kill 98 percent of beech, and the northern hardwood [forest] is predominantly beech and maple. It will be a huge change for the forest system,”

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HEMLOCK WOOLY ADELGID This insect — like many other invasives, a native of Asia — feeds by sucking sap from the base of the host tree’s needles. This disrupts the flow of nutrients, slows growth, and causes the tree’s dark green needles to discolor and turn grayish-green, eventually falling off. Foreman says the state’s 190 million hemlocks are all in danger — and that puts a lot of other species in danger too. “Hemlocks are a major part of the northern forest,” Foreman says. “They shade waterways, help wildlife and fish.”

Previously thought to be a problem south of this region, Hemlock wooly adelgid has arrived in northern Michigan. “There’s one site in Leelanau County and one in Benzie,” Ross says. There is hope, however: Ross tells Northern Express she just received word from the office of Senator Gary Peters that Michigan has received a sizable multiyear grant to help fight the disease.

OAK WILT A worrisome fungus that attacks red oaks, oak wilt is spread through shared root systems and certain beetles, which carry spores that can attack healthy trees, especially through fresh wounds such as pruning cuts. Foreman says affected trees develop the fungus under the bark, which then goes through its sap system. Impacted trees will die in just a couple of months.

The beetles also spread the disease through moving affected firewood.

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WHAT CAN BE DONE While the lattermost three invasive species portend huge changes in the forest environment, it’s not all doom and gloom. As an example, Ross points to the state’s ash trees.

While the emerald ash borer destroyed most of the state’s ash trees before moving on, Ross says the remaining ash trees are slowly rebounding.

“Research from MSU shows some of the most heavily impacted areas are showing signs of miraculous recovery,” she says.

She also says diversification will help mitigate the affects now and in the coming decades. She says introducing trees that will be winners as climate change warms the region will help. In particular, she cites white oaks, shagbark hickory, basswood, and hackberry as trees we can plant now to help offset the losses to come.

Despite the large infestations of loosestrife, milfoil, and others in many of the region’s waterways, Perrino says it’s important not to give up. Like Price, she says it’s imperative to continue both educate people and work to negate the impacts of non-native plants and animals. Whether you observe new growths of knotweed or baby’s breath and take the time to remove them or support continued research into means of treating these species, preserving the environment is critical for everyone.

It’s also critical to continue to research the problems posed by the different species. A project at Good Harbor is the use of Zequanox®, a U.S. EPA-registered molluscicide specific to zebra and quagga mussels. It is approved for use in open water lakes and has been safely used in multiple lakes across the Great Lakes region.

The project is a partnership among more than a dozen organizations and educational institutions, including the University of Michigan, the University of WisconsinMilwaukee, EGLE, the DNR, and the National Park Service.

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Have Stage, Will Travel Dance company takes its professional show on the road

By Ross Boissoneau Sometimes you can’t get to the dance, can’t easily afford to attend — or maybe just aren’t sure you’ll even like it. Traverse City Dance project is solving all three of those problems this summer. It’s bringing the dance to you.

This month, the professional dance company is unveiling a new mobile stage and launching its first Traverse City Dance Project Community Tour, a showcase of live performances at four locations across the region. The mobile Moving Theater stage can be trucked and set up virtually anywhere there’s room — indoors, outside, even on the beach. That flexibility holds special appeal for audiences in summer, says TCDP’s Executive and Co-artistic Director Brent Whitney, because, let’s face it: “Nobody wants to go to a show indoors.”

“We worked with professionals and technical people on it. It’s a fiber-spring floor that has a little bit of give,” Whitney says. “It’s a raised platform, 2 feet tall, that can be set up anywhere.” What’s more, the platform can be configured in many different ways, from a 32foot square to a 60-foot-long rectangle.

And thanks to grants, sponsorships, and donations, the performances will be offered at no cost to attendees. Whitney says the purpose of the tour is about making dance more

accessible: By taking it into the communities and performing outdoors for free, he believes more people will attend. He says people often say they don’t like dance, or they’re not into it. He thinks removing barriers such as cost and location will help people take a chance and attend a show, find they enjoy it, then return for another. “We think it will keep growing audiences,” he says.

This year will be the ninth summer of professional dance performances by TCDP. Ten professional dancers from some of the nation’s most respected dance companies will be in northern Michigan for the tour, and each performance will feature live music — a string quartet from the Traverse Symphony Orchestra will play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons — and a compilation of choreography, crafted by TCDP co-artistic directors Whitney and Jennifer McQuiston Lott and an all-female roster of rising guest choreographers, including Alyssa Myers and Traverse City natives Maddy Falconer and Madison Vomastek.

The all-female roster was 100 percent intentional, says Lott. “As with so many other art forms, women have historically been underrepresented as makers and leaders in professional dance,” she says. “We are eager to help change that.”

As part of that effort, TCDP has also commissioned a world premiere performance

by Kara Wilkes, a choreographer, teacher,

filmmaker, and former dancer/rehearsal director with Alonzo King LINES Ballet.

She’s teaming up with composers Spencer Aubrey and Kevin Beck for a special performance.

Each show will run for about an hour and 15 minutes. Whitney says he is hopeful both the reception and the new stage will help the company create momentum to bring more presentations to more areas around northwest Lower Michigan.

“Our plan for 2020 was to add spring and fall [shows],” he says. Of course, the pandemic intervened.

Now that live performances are possible again, Whitney, Lott, and the rest of the staff are encouraged and renewing their resolve to add more to the public’s dance calendar. “We’re still moving in that direction,” he says, noting that among the possibilities being discussed for the late fall season is a Nutcracker cabaret. “Kind of a naughty Nutcracker for adults. We’ve got a lot of things in the works.”

One of the possibilities seeming far more likely now that the mobile stage is part of the act: going beyond Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Antrim Counties. He says of the 83 counties in Michigan, 43 are considered underserved in the arts. While the troupe has concentrated all its efforts in and around Traverse City to date, Whitney says that as the company looks toward the future, it plans to expand its service area.

Until then, audiences in this region will have three opportunities to catch a live performance. One of the four performances scheduled, at Thoreson Farms Aug. 11, no longer has any lawn or other seating available. Whitney tells Northern Express that the outdoor space maxed out at 350.

THE REST OF THE SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS: Aug. 7: Brownson Memorial Park 205 S. Brownson Ave, Kingsley Free – No Advance Ticket Required Doors & Refreshment Stand Open at 6pm, Performance 7pm Rain Date Aug. 12 Aug. 8: Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology 2543 Vandermark Rd., Bellaire Free/Pay What You Can Doors Open 6pm, Performance 7pm Tickets are limited; see tinyurl.com/ wmzztbcx Rain Date Aug. 14 Aug. 13: Grand Traverse Pavilions 1000 Pavilions Circle, Traverse City Free tinyurl.com/n6w7fhem Doors Open 12 noon, Performance 1pm Rain Date Aug. 14

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By Mary Stewart Adams

THE HERO’S JOURNEY A little lesson in entering the darkness and conquering our fears, courtesy of August’s stars

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It’s said that wishing on stars began in ancient ages, on account of Claudius Ptolemy, a 1st Century Greek astronomer who explained that occasionally, out of curiosity or boredom, the gods would look down to the earth from between the planetary spheres.

Sometimes a star would slip through the gap, and because the gods were already looking earthward, if you were lucky enough to see the falling star and cast your wish to it, it was more likely to be granted.

This is lucky for us as we make our way through the month of August, when everybody’s favorite meteor shower comes to peak activity. Known as the Perseids, this shower begins as early as July 17 each year, and extends to August 26, with its peak activity overnight Aug. 11–13.

The rule of thumb for catching the most falling stars during a meteor shower is to know when the “radiant” of the shower is highest in the night. The radiant is the central point from which it seems the stars fall through the sky. And because astronomers will name a meteor shower according to the radiant location, which in this case is the constellation region of the mighty hero Perseus, knowing when Perseus is highest will set you on the right path for seeing as many falling stars as possible.

Perseus mounts into the night from the northeast — riding along the Milky Way just beyond Cassiopeia — brandishing his trophy, the head of the Medusa with its twinkling demon star, Algol, marking her eye.

This whole region of sky is linked through ancient mythology to the deeds of Perseus, who is a son of Zeus and an interesting precursor to contemporary understanding of our celestial environment. It is said that Perseus was born from the union of the mighty Olympian god Zeus and Danaë, a mortal princess, whose father had locked her up in a brass vault inside the earth to preclude the prophecy that she would have a child who would slay him. But her father, King Acrisius, either out of compassion or naiveté, had left the vault open to the sky above. When Zeus happened by, he transformed himself into a shower of golden stars so he could rain down upon Danaë, who thereby conceived Perseus, whose name means “son of Zeus.”

In characteristic Greek fashion, a great deal of drama ensued, which ultimately resulted in Perseus being sent on an errand to slay the snake-haired gorgon Medusa while she lay asleep in a dark cave with her sisters. The one who had sent Perseus on this mission hoped he would be turned to stone by the Medusa’s gaze, overlooking the fact that Perseus was the son of an Olympian, which translated into his having friends in high places.

Perseus used the reflection in his shiny shield to enter the cave where the Medusa slept and succeeded in lopping off her head before she woke. He took the head as his trophy, then mounted the winged white horse Pegasus and flew off into yet another drama taking place in the sky. (Seems that Queen Cassiopeia was bragging about her good looks, trumpeting that she was more beautiful than even the daughters of Oceanus. She should have known better than to consider herself superior to the divine; Oceanus sent a terrific storm to the shores of her kingdom and demanded Cassiopeia sacrifice her daughter, Andromeda, to his ocean beast, Cetus, the whale. So poor Andromeda was chained to a rock to await her fate of being devoured by Cetus.)

Here’s where we start to bump into contemporary astronomical thought: Cetus was described as a devouring beast born out of the Pontus region of the Black Sea, which the Ancient Greeks described as a dark and

dangerous vortex of water out of which devouring monsters were born and from which nothing could ever escape.

Fast-forward to the 20th Century, when astronomers began describing certain regions of space as “black holes,” dangerous, voracious places in the universe from which nothing that passes by can ever escape, not even light. Astronomers have observed that black holes appear at the center of galaxies and that galaxies collide with one another.

It is predicted that our Milky Way galaxy will eventually collide with the Andromeda galaxy — much like it was said by the Ancient Greeks that Cetus would devour Andromeda.

But the Ancient Greeks had in their story something that is not so evident in contemporary astronomical thought: the intervening hero of the human spirit, Perseus. By reflecting on his role in the mighty events happening around him — remember, he used the reflection in his shield to take action against the Medusa — he is able to overcome the immobilizing fear (i.e., turning to stone in the face of danger) of what might come to pass.

That’s the first step of any initiation: overcoming fear. Then, taking the fruits of his labor out into the world, he recognizes that he can bring assistance where it’s needed, and that’s step two: recognizing that we have the resources we need to help one another.

In the myth, Perseus happens upon the scene where Cetus is about to devour Andromeda, and swooping down in front of the beast, brandishes Medusa’s head, stopping Cetus in his tracks and turning him to stone.

This allows Perseus to free Andromeda, and they get married to live happily after — steps three and four: freeing the beloved

and entering into the sacred marriage. This doesn’t necessarily mean “getting married” in the legal sense, but rather, indicates that through the heroic acts of overcoming fear and trusting in one’s ability to help others, one’s own higher nature is awakened. This can be referred to as the higher self, or the soul-spirit nature, and its awakening within the self is always referred to as the mystical union, or the sacred marriage.

Perseus, like all of us facing our fears, is on a quest to unite with his true, higher nature. And when the predictions of doom and gloom are overcome, the narrative ends — not in devastation, ruination, or random collision and devouring black holes, but in a fruitful and productive happily ever after.

Knowing we are a consequent part of the narrative is key to success here, that our deeds and actions, no matter how great or small, have an effect in the grand scheme and may inform the outcome.

It might seem a leap, but from the perspective of the cultural arts of humanity, this is where dark-sky advocacy steps in, ensuring that we are neither cut off from the consistent experience of natural darkness, which stirs the imagination, nor from the awesome beauty of the star-filled night sky, which has been one of the greatest sources of inspiration throughout human history.

Entire civilizations have been built out of a striving to harmonize with the rhythms of the night sky. Magnificent works of art, architecture, and literature have inspired centuries of humanity with their emulation of the harmony of our cosmic environment.

But here in the 21st Century, most of the civilized world lives where it is not possible to see the Milky Way, nor even most of the stars in the night sky. Artificial light at night that is not conscientiously used spills up

into the sky, inhibiting our opportunities for naturally experiencing something higher, greater, and more beautiful than ourselves or the terrestrial world we know. In addition, protecting natural darkness in those places where it can still be found is synonymous with protecting habitat, with being better stewards of our energy resources, and with sustaining healthy human circadian rhythms.

Artificial light at night can interrupt healthy sleep patterns and, given that sleep disorder is connected to every major illness that plagues our population, it becomes evident

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Foreigner Returns to Interlochen Aug. 14

By Ross Boissoneau Sure, you can expect “Double Vision,” “Urgent” and the rest of the band’s hits when Foreigner hits the stage at Kresge Auditorium Aug. 14. What you might not expect is the sense of urgency lead singer Kelly Hansen promises he and the rest of the band will play with. Indeed, they perform each show … like it’s the very first time.

In a sense, it is. Like with virtually every other touring musical artist, the novel coronavirus stopped the band dead in its tracks, wiping out planned performances across the globe for a year and a half. This tour is the first time the band has performed live since spring 2020.

“It’s so weird. It feels like a day has gone by — like we were never gone,” says Hansen.

Yet it’s been over a year since he was belting out “Feels Like the First Time,” “Cold As Ice,” and rest of the band’s hits on stages across the world. “We were hunkered down for a year and three months.”

Regardless of the months-long pause, Hansen says he and the band give their best at every performance. “We always try to reach perfection, but it’s hard to do. Every day has a different set of variables. We call it ‘concert perfect.’ You’ve gotta go out and deliver.”

And deliver they do — whether band founder Mick Jones is on stage or not. Jones still performs occasionally with the band, but given his age (he’s 76), he picks and chooses which shows to do. That said, he’s still the man in charge, says Hansen: “It’s his baby. We talk a lot.”

Jones originally formed the band in 1976 with multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, singer Lou Gramm, keyboard player Al Greenwood, drummer Dennis Elliot, and bassist Ed Gagliardi. With three Brits and three Americans, the group settled on the name Foreigner and immediately began an assault on FM radio with “Feels Like the First Time,” the first of four hit singles from the band’s debut album.

The radio-friendly nature of the band’s songs, whether rockers or power ballads like

“I Wanna Know What Love Is,” produced not only strong sales but also a critical backlash.

Bands like Foreigner, Starship, and Journey were dubbed “corporate rock” and castigated by many critics.

Hansen scoffs at the criticism. “In the ’70s, bands started to sell millions of albums,” he says. He says the novelty of such staggering album sales flew in the face of the rock police who liked the idea of a band that only appeals “to me and my two friends.”

Limited appeal wasn’t — and isn’t — Foreigner’s way. The band’s songs ruled radio throughout the ’70s and ’80s and remain staples of classic rock radio today, while the band continues to rock stages across the world, despite getting longer in the tooth.

“None of us is in our 20s. I just turned 60,” says Hansen.

While it’s true Foreigner’s last big hit was in — what, 1984? — the Greatest Hits of Foreigner Tour will hit all the high notes.

With so many hits, it’s a challenge to play a song their audience isn’t intimately familiar with. “We’re fortunate to have sixteen Top 30 songs,” says Hansen.

As to what lies ahead for the band, Hansen isn’t sure. New songs and recordings remain a possibility, but everything depends on factors such as Jones’s health and inclinations.

Then there’s the specter of the onceagain surging COVID-19. With the band performing in different states with different rules, restrictions, and outbreaks, planning ahead isn’t something they’re eager to spend much time on. “We’re not really talking about the future. We have all these dates booked, and just hope COVID [doesn’t] affect it going forward. We’re all vaccinated.

We have our own bubble backstage and … we’re following all the rules, plus our own set of criteria.

“It’s an evolving scenario. If I get sick, everybody goes home.”

So far, so good. The year-long, 123-date tour is set to hit 16 countries.

For ticket information on the Aug. 14 show at Interlochen, go to www.interlochen.org.

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M. Night Shyamalan introduces his latest film, Old, before it hits the screen. But this is a director who truly needs no introduction, and I won’t spend long on the ups and many downs of his career. The man has done his Hollywood penance, and proven his box office worth, filling a distinct niche. You just can’t lick him. And with Old, more so than any other of his recent films, he’s back in his aughts-era groove.

So as much as viewers continue to come into his films hoping to relive the good old days of his masterful “twist” filmmaking, at this point it’s been 20 years since The Sixth Sense blew our minds. And as much as we keep wishing for that same old feeling we once got watching his movies, at this point, I have made my peace. I am no longer bringing those early expectations into the film. Rather, I’m just grateful to be seeing a well-crafted, absorbing, and original (not based on any existing IP or franchises) thriller on the big screen.

Old plays out a lot like an episode of The Twilight Zone. It takes old clichés like “they grow up fast” or “seems like yesterday they were children” and makes them literal, as a group of vacationers age rapidly over the course of a day on a beautiful, secluded beach.

It’s an intriguing, strange, and spooky premise but also a lumbering, awkward, and goofy one. Yet in the theater, if you take things at face value, you’ll be hooked. It’s the kind of stripped-to-basics setup that’s simple enough to be compelling despite the campy and obvious turns.

The film focuses on a family having one final vacation before parents Guy (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread) announce their separation to their children, 11-year-old Maddox and six–yearold Trent. Further complicating matters is a tumor diagnosis for Prisca that might or might not be benign.

The family arrives at the Anamika Resort, greeted by craft cocktails and an exceptionally helpful staff. It’s almost too wonderful, the hospitality unsettling, with the manager singling out the family for a secret beach excursion he only makes available for select guests.

So they head to this remote and truly dreamy beach. Also along for the ride are a surgeon, his young trophy wife, his elderly mother, and young daughter. They have blankets, umbrellas, and coolers full of provisions. The children play, the adults relax. Maddox spots a famous rapper, Mid-Sized Sedan (which got the biggest laugh of anything on screen), also enjoying the environs.

But then a dead body turns up, a dog dies, and the kids start to complain that their swimsuits are too tight. See, they’re all aging at a rapid pace, which is more evident in the children than in the adults. As they try to make sense of what exactly is going on, fear overtakes the group and accusations fly.

Old leaves a lot of obvious crumbs as to what’s going on. In the exposition, Maddox is singing in the car and her mom remarks, “I can’t wait to hear your voice when you’re older” — a totally normal and not at all foreshadowing thing to say. This also epitomizes the major problem with the film: the hokey dialogue, which just doesn’t hold up to much scrutiny, along with the general ridiculousness of the rapid aging. Yet, in the moment, I bought into it, in all its manic, preposterous glory. Old might be unhinged, but it’s in a classy, earnest way.

What the film does have going for it is craftsmanship. The shots are well thought out and composed, the film impeccably paced.

Shyamalan knows what to withhold to build suspense. And while some of the spooks are cheaper than others, Shyamalan appreciates that body horror doesn’t always need to be grotesque; the true horror is the fate that will ultimately befall us all. Crow’s feet can be as scary to us as mortals as an open wound. But it also disturbs with a true chiller of a sequence that serves up some gross-out Death Becomes Her realness.

For a film that wants to make an emotional point about appreciating the time that remains with those we care about, we don’t end up caring much about any of the characters on screen.

They lack dimension and are not particularly likeable, yet you’ll still be drawn into their plight.

Cause it’s fun to see people age before your eyes, to problem solve, to watch as the dynamics shift as they try to escape and try to figure out what exactly is going on and what they can do.

In the end, there is not so much a twist as a reveal. The ending is definitely not a groaner — it sort of makes sense — but it doesn’t fully satisfy. It both explains too much and not enough.

The actual most confounding part is that Shyamalan, who is not a strong (or really even passable) actor, continues to cast himself in his films, this time in a particularly meta role.

Thankfully, he has an excellent ensemble cast (Ken Leung, Rufus Sewell, Abbey Lee, etc.) to pick up the slack, elevating the clunky dialogue.

The teen actors in particular — Eliza Scanlen (Little Women), Alex Wolff (Hereditary), and Thomasin Mackenzie (Jojo Rabbit) — bring remarkable nuance, each having the difficult task of simultaneously playing a child and an adult.

By the film’s measure, I would’ve aged about four years watching this. And yeah, if you put it that way, it’s not worth it. But if I took anything away from this, it’s that life is too short to continue to hate on M. Night Shyamalan. Dude is out there successfully making unique, ORIGINAL movies that are playing IN THEATERS, are still oddly compelling, and are always something to talk to about. So keep doing your thing, M. Night, and I will keep watching.

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60TH ANNUAL UGOTTA REGATTA: July 30 - Aug. 1.

Hosted by the Little Traverse Yacht Club. Sailboats from across the U.S. head to Harbor Springs each summer for this sailing tradition. Open to all boats 22 ft. & above. Race watchers either head out onto the water in power boats or watch from the Petoskey State Park or Petoskey’s Sunset Park. ltyc.org/ugotta-regatta

---------------------60TH ANNUAL CROOKED TREE ART FAIR: 9am-4pm, GT Civic Center, TC. Featuring nearly 100 artists & vendors. Free admission. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/ crooked-tree-art-fair-july-31-2021

---------------------DHARAMSALA TC YOGA STUDIO FREE YOGA/GRAND OPENING FESTIVAL: 9am-6pm, 869 Robinwood Court, TC. Enjoy free yoga classes & drawings for prizes. dharamsalatc.com

---------------------THE INVITATIONAL AT WALLOON LAKE: July 31 – Aug. 1, Village Green Park, Downtown Walloon Lake. This fine art show will feature painters, sculptors, glass blowers, mixed media artists & much more. All items are handcrafted by the displaying artist. Find ‘The Invitational at Walloon Lake’ on Facebook.

---------------------FRANKFORT’S ANNUAL STREET SALE: 9am-4pm, Main St., Downtown Frankfort. 231352-7251.

---------------------THE ALDEN RUN: 5K RUN, 10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK: 9am. All three events start just east of the Community Center, up the hill from town - Alden. Registration ends July 27 at noon. $22. aldenrun.com/register

---------------------EDIBLES HIKE: 10am, Kehl Lake Natural Area, Northport. Join docents on a tour through this historical natural area. Registration required. Free. leelanauconservancy.org/events/ edibles-hike-at-kehl-lake-natural-area

---------------------QUILT SHOW & BOUTIQUE SALE: 10am4pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden.

---------------------13TH ANNUAL BOCCE TOURNAMENT: 10:30am-5pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Four player teams. $15/person. Picnic/potluck. Register. thevillagetc.com/13th-annualbocce-tournament-2-2-2

---------------------“FOOD IS ART” COMPANION PROGRAMS: 11am, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Front Porch.

A conversation about the Benzie Seed Saving Guild with citizen seed savers Josh Stoltz, Grow Benzie executive director; Becky Thatcher, project seed librarian. Free. glenarborart. org/events/exhibit-food-is-art-art-is-food

---------------------“UGLY: A NEW POP MUSICAL”: 11am, P45 Amphitheatre at Civic Center Park, TC. Presented by P45’s Youthquake Company. A fresh parody of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Ugly Duckling,” presented & created by a cast of local TC student performers. A twisted tale of a familiar fable turned upside down, “Ugly: A New Pop Musical” explores learning to love what makes us different through pop bops, Broadway faves, & maybe even TikToks. Suggested ticket price: $15. Pay what you can. parallel45. org/ugly

---------------------GRAND FINALE SUMMER READING: 11am1pm, at park next to Benzonia Public Library, Benzonia. Join Benzonia Public Library staff & surprise guests - including Pete the Cat! Enjoy stories, activities & crafts. Grand Prize Drawing winners will be announced. Free. benzonialibrary.org

---------------------LIVE DEMO WITH BLACKSMITH JOE LAFATA: 11am-3pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts.

Enjoy live demonstrations by Joe Lafata of J&N Blacksmithing throughout the day with hand-

made pieces for sale. Most of Joe’s work is created out of reused metal from old farm equipment to scrap pieces he has collected. Free. charlevoixcircle.org/classes-workshops

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---------------------THE WHY & HOW OF SEED SAVING: 11am, Glen Arbor Arts Center, outdoors. The Grow Benzie Seed Saving Guild has been saving seeds since its formation in 2008. Two citizen seed savers who tend this project are in conversation. GAAC Gallery Manager Sarah Bearup-Neal will talk about this ongoing project with Josh Stoltz, Grow Benzie executive director; and Becky Thatcher, project seed librarian.

Free. glenarborart.org/events/the-why-andhow-of-seed-saving

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---------------------HOW THE PINE RIVER BECAME CHARLEVOIX 1721-1869: 12-3:30pm, Charlevoix Public Library & Children’s Garden. Presented by the Charlevoix Cultural Corridor. Learn more about the area & the Indigenous people who have been inhabiting it for centuries. Noon: Intro by Jessica Dominic & David Miles. 12:15pm: Fort Michilimackinac Program from Mackinaw City.

1pm: Bear River Pow Wow Singing & Dancing Group featuring Raymond & Leroy Shenoskey.

1:45pm: Odawa/Ojibwe storytelling by Larry Denemy. 2:15pm: (Repeat) Intro by Jessica Dominic & David Miles. 2:30pm: Bear River Pow Wow Singing & Dancing Group. 12-3:30pm in library’s main entrance: Quill Art Demonstration

by Yvonne Walker Keshick, NEA National Heritage Fellow. Library Community Room Gallery: Charlevoix Historical Society Exhibit: “How Pine River Became Charlevoix 1721-1869.”

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PORTAGE LAKE YACHT CLUB ONEKAMA ONEFIFTY SUNFISH INVITATIONAL: Open fun race for Sunfish sailors. 1:30pm Skippers Meeting; 2pm First Warning. 8061 Portage Point Rd., Onekama. 231-889-4739. View the race from Onekama Village Park, 4775 Main St.

---------------------P45 PLAY READING SERIES: 2pm, Civic Center Park, Amphitheatre, TC. A Festival of 3 Plays in One Day. A series of play-readings featuring the work of playwrights produced across the country & around the world. These plays include multiple voices in important, ongoing conversations around race, religion, gender identity, & more. Each reading concludes with a talkback featuring artists & community members. “I Wanna F*ck Like Romeo and Juliet”: 2pm. “Our Father”: 5pm. “Blind Crest”: 8pm. $8 per reading or $12 all-day pass. parallel45.org/play-reading-series

---------------------MUSIC BY THE LAKE: 6-9pm, St. Mary School, Lake Leelanau. Featuring funk & blues with Jabo Bihlman’s Family Jam. Bring your own blanket or a lawn chair & pack a picnic.

Free. StMarysLL.org

---------------------LIVE MUSIC IN THE VILLAGE: 7-9pm, Crystal Mountain, Kinlochen Plaza, Thompsonville.

Featuring Christopher Winkelmann. crystalmountain.com/event/live-music-saturdays/7

---------------------THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: SHOWSTOPPERS: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. The OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop presents their annual musical revue. Featuring the best of Broadway.

A small but elite cast of young adults. Adults: $15, Youth: $8, VIP Table for Six: $150 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/login&event=350

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. KOKOMO JACKRABBITS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/12/202 1Marketing_8.5x11_Schedule.pdf

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PINK MARTINI FEATURING CHINA FORBES: 7:30pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Featuring a dozen musicians with songs in 25 languages. Pink Martini has released 11 studio albums on its independent label Heinz Records, selling over 3 million albums worldwide. $99, $79, $49, $42. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/pink-martini

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Lots to choose from at the 46th Annual Boyne Falls Polish Festival in downtown Boyne Falls, Aug. 5-8! The Car Show will be held the first night, Thurs., Aug. 5 at 6pm. You’ll also want to see the Youth Bike Parade, Grand Royale Parade, Bump-N-Run, 4-Wheel Drive Mud Run, Youth Day Games, Horseshoe Tournament, and of course enjoy dancing in the polka tent every day to live music. boynefallspolishfestival.com THE ARCHIPELAGO PROJECT IN CONCERT: 7:30pm, TC Senior Center Beach.

The Project’s mission is to connect, educate & inspire audiences from diverse ethnic, geographic & socioeconomic populations, & is comprised of highly-trained musicians, teachers & artists from the US & around the world, performing music that spans many styles. Bring a chair or blanket. Free.

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MYRON ELKINS & THE DYING BREED: 8-11pm, Coyote Crossing Resort, Cadillac.

A hillbilly band out of southwest Michigan whose music contains hints of bluegrass, rock, country western & metal music. $15/person. mynorthtickets.com/events/myron-elkins-thedying-breed-live-show-7-31-2021

aug 01

sunday

60TH ANNUAL UGOTTA REGATTA: (See Sat., July 31)

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PEDAL, PIG & PINT BIKE TOUR: 7:30am. A self-paced bike touring event. Enjoy miles of wooded mountain bike trails or a scenic paved route around Lake Charlevoix, while supporting two non-profit organizations striving to enhance outdoor experiences in the area: Top of Michigan Mountain Bike Association & Raven Hill Discovery Center. Stiggs Brewing Company in Boyne City will support this event with a pig roast, pint & festive atmosphere for relaxing after the ride. All riders start at Veterans Memorial Park in Boyne City. Register: bikereg.com. $50/ person; $100/family; $25 under 15. miravenhill. org/get-involved/pedal-pig-pint-bike-tour/pedal-pig-and-pint-bike-tour.html

---------------------DHARAMSALA TC YOGA STUDIO FREE YOGA/GRAND OPENING FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 31)

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THE INVITATIONAL AT WALLOON LAKE: (See Sat., July 31)

---------------------PADDLE FOR PINTS: Meet at MiddleCoast Brewing Co., TC next to the parking garage & ride to The Filling Station Microbrewery for check-in & enjoy your first beer & some breakfast or lunch. At designated times, you will launch at Hull Park directly behind the brewery.

Wave leaders guide you on an urban paddle through downtown TC over the course of 5+ hours, visiting up to five breweries on water & foot. $65-$99. paddleforpints.com

---------------------BOOK SIGNING WITH KARL MANKE: 10am-7pm, Horizon Books, TC. This Michigan author has a variety of engaging stories & is more than happy to guide you to the right fit for you. horizonbooks.com/event/book-signingkarl-manke-august-1st-and-2nd

---------------------PARALLEL 45 THEATRE FESTIVAL: “YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN”: 11am, P45 Amphitheatre at Civic Center Park, TC. $25, $18. parallel45.org/charlie-brown

---------------------YOGA + BEER: 11am, Silver Spruce Brewing Co., TC. A 1-hour flow outdoor class that will start off slow, & as the class continues, you will go through sequences that will allow more movement into the body. Bring your own mat. Donation based. eventbrite. com/e/yoga-beer-at-silver-spruce-tickets161004561979?aff=erelpanelorg

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“UGLY: A NEW POP MUSICAL”: 2pm, P45 Amphitheatre at Civic Center Park, TC. Presented

by P45’s Youthquake Company. A fresh parody of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Ugly Duckling,” presented & created by a cast of local TC student performers. A twisted tale of a familiar fable turned upside down, “Ugly: A New Pop Musical” explores learning to love what makes us different through pop bops, Broadway faves, & maybe even TikToks. Suggested ticket price: $15. Pay what you can. parallel45.org/ugly

---------------------INTERLOCHEN PUBLIC RADIO LIVE POPUP CONCERT: 2pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. This program features a triad of flute, cello & guitar, playing everything from Bach to tangos.

Bring a chair or blanket. Free. interlochenpublicradio.org/classical-happenings/2021-06-10/ ipr-live-summer-2021-concert-series

---------------------THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: SHOWSTOPPERS: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. The OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop presents their annual musical revue. Featuring the best of Broadway.

A small but elite cast of young adults. Adults: $15, Youth: $8, VIP Table for Six: $150 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/login&event=350

SHAMBLE ON THE GREEN/LIGHT UP THE NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: 4pm, Elmbrook Golf Course, TC. A 9-hole progressive shamble, followed by Light Up the Night Concert Series hosted by Kenny Olson & guests. elmbrookgolf.com/home/2021shambleconcertseries

---------------------TIM ALLEN: City Opera House, TC. Along with his stand-up comedy career, Tim Allen is known for playing Tim “The Toolman” Taylor on the ABC sitcom “Home Improvement” & Mike Baxter on the ABC/Fox sitcom “Last Man Standing.” He also voices Buzz Lightyear for the Toy Story franchise & played Scott Calvin & Santa Claus in the Santa Clause film trilogy. On tour with Allen is comedian Lowell Sanders. A Detroit native, Lowell offers a unique blend of comedy that is provocative & real. For ages 18+. Held at both 5pm & 8pm. $45. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. KOKOMO JACKRABBITS: 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2020/12/202 1Marketing_8.5x11_Schedule.pdf

---------------------VESPERS: THE 1960’S: 8pm, John M. Hall Auditorium, Bay View, Petoskey. Elton John Meets Ellington: Elton John, Duke Ellington, Elizabeth Taylor, & more. $18.50, $13.50. https://ci.ovationtix.com/36110/production/104 5499?performanceId=10672995

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BAY VIEW WALKING HISTORY TOUR: JOIN WAITLIST: 10am, John M. Hall Auditorium, Bay View, Petoskey. Step inside the Bay View campus with a resident tour guide. Your tour will begin at Hall Auditorium & stroll through campus, while talking about the history of the buildings & taking a peek inside some of them too. Free. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-4394023

MIDWEEK MORNINGS IN MANISTEE: 10am, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Kevin Christ, associate professor of economics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN presents “America in the Age of Hyperglobalization.” Free. ci.ovationtix. com/35295/production/1059372?performanceI d=10750225

---------------------WOMEN OWNING WOODLANDS (W.O.W.) HIKE: 10am-noon. The Leelanau Conservation District & W.O.W. are hosting a hike through a woman-owned forest property in Maple City.

Participants will be able to experience different examples of forest management & learn from local professionals. Some topics of discussion will be managing red pine plantations, what to anticipate when doing a harvest, & enhancing fallow fields & small forest openings for diverse wildlife habitat. This free event is geared for women to learn & share about becoming a confident forest steward, though all are welcome to attend. Address is provided upon registration. leelanaucd.org

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BOOK SIGNING WITH KARL MANKE: (See Sun., Aug. 1)

MINDFLOW YOGA: 10am, Northern Lakes Community Church, TC. Mindflow - gentle-moderate. A slower paced flow style of yoga that moves from pose to pose, breath by breath. Great for beginners or returning students. Call 935-4556 to reserve a spot. Free.

CONNECTING WOMEN LUNCHEON: 11:30am-1pm, Michaywe Inn the Woods, Gaylord. “Giving Back in Your Own Way” featuring Eileen Tussey, Jessica Kane & Hannah Techel. $20 members; $25 non-members. www.gaylordchamber.com/events/details/connectingwomen-luncheon-august-3-2021-5015

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---------------------SUMMERFOLK!: 6:30pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. Bruce combines country, folk, rock, blues, gospel, & a little classical. He brings his guitar, harmonica, & Farmer Foot Drums. Bring a chair.

---------------------“COLLABORATION”: 7-9pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Live music & live art featuring the Jeff Haas Trio & artists. $12 goodwill offering. higherartgallery.com/tickets

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT: 8pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs.

Listen to a mix of classical, show tunes, marching, & jazz music from local & visiting musicians from around the world. Free.

---------------------JOSH MARTIN: 8-11pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Josh’s music is rooted in the country & bluegrass traditions of his Eastern Kentucky heritage. His acclaimed 2019 album, “Nothing Holding Me,” is an exploration of life’s ironies, as told & sung by a “modern mountain man.” He is accompanied by his acoustic string band consisting of Jenee Fleenor, Matt Menefee & Seth Taylor. Doors open at 8pm; show starts at 9pm. $25. mynorthtickets. com/events/josh-martin-8-2-2021

---------------------MOVIES IN BARR PARK: 9-11pm, Crystal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompsonville. Grab a blanket or your lawn chairs & enjoy a familyfriendly outdoor movie. crystalmountain.com/ event-calendar

aug 03

tuesday

THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: DANCE NIGHT WITH JAZZ NORTH: 7-8:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. www.oldtownplayhouse.com

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OUTDOOR PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: “ALL ABOUT TAILS!”: 10:30am, Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. Featuring stories & songs geared toward preschoolers & their caregivers.

Free. sbbdl.org

aug 02

GALLAGHER’S

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CAR FESTIVAL

---------------------IN STORE BOOK SIGNING: 1pm, Horizon Books, TC. Sandra Stosz will sign her book “Breaking Ice and Breaking Glass.” In it, Admiral Sandy Stosz draws upon her forty years of extensive experience & wisdom to provide tools that will help leaders reach their goals & succeed at every level. horizonbooks.com/ event/store-book-signing-sandra-stosz-breaking-ice-and-breaking-glass

---------------------ARTS IN THE PARK: 7pm, Civic Center Park, P45 Amphitheatre, TC. An evening of live music, dance & theater. A collaborative concert featuring the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, Parallel 45 Theatre, & the Traverse City Dance Project. Highlights will include Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the TSO and TCDP dancers, excerpts from The Sound of Music featuring all three organizations, & a program of American Patriotic Favorites by the TSO! $78, $48, $24. traversesymphony.org/arts-in-the-park

---------------------VIRTUAL EVENT: LIVE & IN CONVERSATION WITH ELLEN AIRGOOD: 7pm. Ellen is the author of “Tin Camp Road” & “South of Superior.” View on McLean & Eakin Booksellers’ Facebook page & YouTube channel. Preorders will be signed & personalized. Free.

Thursday August 12, 2021 August 12, 2021 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Thursday 5:30pm until dusk CHICAGO: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. One of the most memorable chart-toppers in popular music, ChicaZorn Park go’s instantly recognizable sound—a fusion of 5:30 PM till dusk pop, rock, & jazz—& trademark horn section Downtown Harbor Springs have propelled them to 11 number-one singles, two Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, & a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Join the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers for an evening of hits such as “25 or 6 to 4,” “Saturday in the Park,” & “If You Leave Me Now.” Tickets range from $68-$88. interlochen.org/events/chicago-2021-08-03 TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIES IN THE PARK: 9:30-11:30pm, Zorn Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring the rescheduling of “Big.” Free.

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aug 04

wednesday

ELK RAPIDS HARBOR DAYS: Aug. 4-7. Today includes the Senior Luncheon, downtown Midway, & opening ceremonies during Evening on River St. elkrapidsharbordays. org/erhd-events-schedule

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CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo stage, Petoskey. Featuring Fowler & Richey.

Bring a lunch, lawn chair or picnic blanket.

Free. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/ charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2021

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EVENINGS ON RIVER STREET: 6-9pm, Downtown Elk Rapids, River St. Featuring live music from the Sweetwater Blues Band, kids’ activities & more.

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PAVILION SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 6:30pm, Veterans Park, Pavilion, Boyne City.

Featuring Nelson Olstrom. Bring a chair or blanket.

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LIVE MUSIC WITH JESSE JEFFERSON: 7-9pm, Crystal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com/event/barr-parkwednesday/7

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MUSIC IN THE AIR: SPECTRUM BRASS QUINTET IN CONCERT: 7pm, Old Art Building, on the lawn, Leland. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Free. oldartbuilding.com

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THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: STRUM: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. The Society of Traverse Region Ukulele Musicians will perform traditional & folk songs on four strings. This ragtag group of local ukulele enthusiasts, comprised of musicians of all ages & abilities, encourages audience participation. Sing, dance, or play along (bring your own uke) for a fun night with the whole family.

Free; goodwill donations appreciated. tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/ online?bestavail=1073&qty=0

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TRUCK, TRACTOR & SEMI PULL: 7pm, Kalkaska County Fairgrounds. Watch the West Michigan Pullers at the Kalkaska County Agricultural Fair, featuring seven classes of trucks & tractors. Adults, $10; kids 3-10, $5. fb.me/ e/2AXhMGdb3

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DREW NELSON: 8pm, Lake Street Studio Stage, Glen Arbor. This storytelling songwriter & multi-instrumentalist writes as a witness to the lives & journeys of those he has met along the way, mixing Americana & roots-rock with traditional folk styles. Nelson has opened for rock artists like Melissa Etheridge & Edwin McCain, as well as folk singers like Josh White Jr. & John Gorka. Tickets: 231-334-3179. $20.

aug 05

thursday

46TH ANNUAL BOYNE FALLS POLISH FESTIVAL: Downtown Boyne Falls, Aug. 5-8. Polish food & music, rides, games, horse & tractor pulls, parades & more. boynefallspolishfestival.com/schedule-of-events

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ALDEN DISTRICT LIBRARY CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES: 10am, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Kids’ crafts for ages 6-12: Make your own wind chimes. Preschool Story Hour: Listen to “A Parade of Elephants”

by Kevin Henkes & enjoy a physical activity.

231-331-4318.

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KALKASKA COUNTY CELEBRATES 150 YEARS: 10am-6pm, Kaliseum, lawn, Kalkaska.

History Tent: Local historic artifacts on loan from community families, townships & county agencies, displayed from 10am-6pm. There will be a living history discussion with local elders at 11am. A bus tour takes place in downtown

Kalkaska narrated by Dave Wolfe who will point out & talk about buildings & homes of historic importance. Tours at 1pm & 2pm leave from the Kalkaska Senior Center/COA. Must register: 231-258-5030. Free Community Ice Cream Social at Kalkaska Senior Center/COA Gazebo lawn from 3-5pm. Free.

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ONEKAMA ONEFIFTY EVENT: Noon, Onekama Branch of Manistee Library. Kids story, craft & playtime. onekama.info/onekama-onefifty

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ONEKAMA ONEFIFTY EVENT: 2pm, Onekama Township Hall. Settlers & Shorelines Historical Presentation. onekama.info/onekamaonefifty

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ELK RAPIDS HARBOR DAYS: Aug. 4-7. Today includes a car show, Evening Paddle, Harbor Voices & more. elkrapidsharbordays.org/ erhd-events-schedule

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FAMILY THURSDAYS: BUTTERFLY HOUSE & BUG ZOO: 6pm, GT Area Children’s Garden, behind Traverse Area District Library, TC.

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STREET MUSIQUE: POTLUCK MIXER: 6:308:30pm, Downtown Harbor Springs. Featuring Hannah Harris & John Warstler, Peacemeal String Band, Randy Reszka, & The Hype. facebook.com/StreetMusique/photos/pcb.1842352 079270317/1842351085937083

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CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, GT Pavilions, Grand Lawn, TC. Featuring the Bay Area Little Big Band. Food concessions will be available & new this year. Live streaming will also be available. Free. gtpavilions.org/newsevents/2021-concerts-on-the-lawn

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LIVE ON THE LAKE: 7-9pm, East Park Odmark Performance Pavilion, Downtown Charlevoix. Folk/pop with Matt Gabriel.

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MUSIC IN THE STREET: 7-8:45pm, Downtown Beulah. Enjoy folk singer/songwriter May Erlewine. clcba.org/event/music-in-thepark-2021-07-08

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NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES’ SUMMER SEASON: 7pm, held via Zoom. Featuring Susie Yang, author of “White Ivy,” a New York Times bestselling debut novel. Guest host is award-winning NPR journalist & best-selling author Aarti Shahani. Free. nationalwritersseries.org

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THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: “HATE MAIL”: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. This comedy is a Gen X antidote to the play, “Love Letters.” Worlds collide when a man’s furious complaint letter gets the assistant manager fired. Soon they embark on an epic, often acrimonious correspondence as their lives intertwine. Adults: $20, VIP Table for Six: $180 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/login&event=337

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DEREK ST. HOLMES LIVE: 8pm, Kalkaska County Fairgrounds Arena. The Kalkaska County Agricultural Fair & The BEAR welcome Derek St. Holmes with special guest Evershine Unplugged. Tickets available at gate. $10. fb.me/e/TJIwaoHU

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MOVIES IN THE PARK: 9:30pm, Alanson Community Park, Alanson. Featuring “The Lion King” (Live Action). Begins at dusk. Bring your own blanket or chair. Free.

aug 06

friday

ELK RAPIDS HARBOR DAYS: Aug. 4-7. Today includes the Arts & Crafts Show, Yoga on the Beach, pickleball, Toddler Trot, Laser Tag Event, Hole in One Contest, Waterball Contest, “Madagascar” shown at Elk Rapids Cinema, Sunset & Sundaes with Drum Circle, & much more. elkrapidsharbordays.org/ erhd-events-schedule

TC DOWNTOWN STREET SALE: 8am-9pm, Downtown TC. Held on Front St. between Union St. & Park St. Avoid construction, & take Grandview Parkway to Union St. to access the Old Town Parking Garage, located on Eighth St. (between Union & Cass).

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46TH ANNUAL BOYNE FALLS POLISH FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Aug. 5)

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MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE FESTIVAL: Mission Point Lighthouse, TC, Aug. 6-7. Located at the north end of a picturesque drive along M-37 through cherry orchards & vineyards, the 2021 Michigan Lighthouse Festival host, Mission Point Lighthouse stands as a classic piece of 150 year old Michigan history. Visitors get a peek of what life was like around the turn of the century for lighthouse keepers & others who lived & worked in the area at the time. michiganlighthousefestival.com

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PADDLE FOR PINTS: Meet at MiddleCoast Brewing Co., TC next to the parking garage & ride to The Filling Station Microbrewery for check-in & enjoy your first beer & some breakfast or lunch. At designated times, you will launch at Hull Park directly behind the brewery.

Wave leaders guide you on an urban paddle through downtown TC over the course of 5+ hours, visiting up to five breweries on water & foot. $65-$99. paddleforpints.com

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BOOK SALE: 10am-4pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Sponsored by Friends of the Alden District Library. Featuring books, DVDs, & music CDs. 231-331-4318.

ONEKAMA DAYS: Aug. 6-9. Today includes the Guided Glen Park Adventure, Scavenger Hunt, Princess & Prince Contest, Fairgrounds Concert, Figure 8 Demo Derby & more.

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SUTTONS BAY BINGHAM DISTRICT LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM: 10:30am, Suttons Bay Bingham District Library.

Summer Reading Wrap-Up! Join for crafts, games & prizes. Free. sbbdl.org

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CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo stage, Petoskey. Featuring Something Great.

Bring a lunch, lawn chair or picnic blanket.

Free. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/ charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2021

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ONEKAMA ONEFIFTY EVENT: 1-6pm, Village Park, Onekama. Onekama Parks & Rec Scavenger Hunt. onekama.info/onekama-onefifty

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER’S PLEIN AIR WEEKEND 2021: Painters from across Michigan & the Midwest will converge on Glen Arbor Aug. 6-7 for the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 12th Plein Air Weekend. This year the event will be highlighted by two outdoor painting competitions & two exhibitions of original work. The Quick Draw is Fri., Aug. 6. This year’s theme asks artists to “Capture Village Life: Images of Empire & Glen Arbor.” Quick Draw paintings will be on view & for sale at the Glen Arbor Township Hall on Fri. from 5-6:30pm.

The Paint Out Exhibit & Sale is Sat., Aug. 7. It features work by 70 artists who registered early to be included in this all-day painting event. The evening viewing & sale is 5:30–7pm at the Glen Arbor Township Hall. glenarborart.org/events-page/ plein-air-weekend

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FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC IN THE PARK: 6:308:30pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring Keith Scott. Bring a blanket or chair.

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IPRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO: 7pm, Kalkaska County Fairgrounds, Rocking Horse Arena. International Professional Rodeo Association & the Kalkaska County Agricultural Fair present World Championship Rodeo action.

Adults, $10; kids 3-10, $5. fb.me/e/1Is2sT2ds

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LIVE MUSIC WITH JIM HAWLEY: 7-9pm, Crystal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com/event/barr-park-friday/7

NORTHPORT MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, Marina Park, Northport. Featuring New Third Coast. Bring chairs, blankets & a picnic basket.

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SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Featuring the Salt City Dixie Lane Band. Free.

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THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: “I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE!”: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. This musical comedy explores the journey from dating & waiting to love & marriage to the agonies & triumphs of in-laws & newborns, trips in the family car, & geriatric pick-up techniques. Adults: $20; youth: $13; VIP Table for Six: $180 (plus fees). tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/ login&event=334

Hurry in for our Available online Joy Susan or in-store.

Open 7 days a week. restock! www.hullsoffrankfort.com 231-352-4642 419 Main St, Frankfort www.hullsoffrankfort.com

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BEACH BARDS BONFIRE: 8-10pm, The Beach at The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor.

Listen to & share poetry, stories & music. The first hour is reserved especially for the younger set - kids have the opportunity to recite their favorite rhyme, joke or story - then the adult hour continues as the sun sets. Free.

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BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Hailed as “Broadway’s last leading man,” Brian brings his iconic voice & commanding stage presence to northern Michigan. The two-time Tony Award-winning singer’s career covers Broadway, television, film & concert appearances, including two performances at the White House. $117, $97, $77, $47. greatlakescfa.org/events/ detail/brian-stokes-mitchell

aug 07

saturday

ELK RAPIDS HARBOR DAYS: Aug. 4-7. Today includes the Harborun, Cornhole Tournament, Chicken BBQ, Grande Parade, Hole in One Contest, Pet Show, Sand Sculpture Building Contest, Dingy Parade, Paddle Harbor Days, Swan Race, Boat Lighting Contest & Display, fireworks & much more. elkrapidsharbordays.org/erhd-events-schedule

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WALK-A-THON: Frankfort’s Bellows Park on Crystal Lake. Walk, run, bike. Benefits Benzie Senior Resources. Register & begin your walk between 7:30-9am. A brunch box will be served from 8:30-11am. 231-525-0600.

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AMERICAN LEGION POST 531 CAR SHOW, CORNHOLE TEAM TOURNEY & DANCE: Enjoy these events representing Copemish Heritage Days. Classic Car & Truck Show Registration, 8-10am, $10 entry fee. Judging 10am-1pm. Copemish Heritage Parade is at 1pm in Copemish.

Cornhole Team Tournament Registration Starts at 2pm. $20 per team. DJ playing your dance favorites at the Legion from 7-9pm. Rock out to Fragile Hammer from 9-11pm. $5 Cover. 944-0221. facebook.com/copemishdays

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ONEKAMA DAYS: Aug. 6-9. Today includes Lions Pancakes in the Park, Boosters 5K Run/Walk & 1 Mile Fun Run, PLA Antique Car Show, Lions Doubles Cornhole Tournament, pig roast, fireworks, Bump n’ Run & more. 8a699dd0-4d22-4f80ac28-71784a0b8c4d.filesusr.com/ugd/111d5a_ ca1355cbc43b409bbe954f25a06f4e3e.pdf

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46TH ANNUAL BOYNE FALLS POLISH FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Aug. 5)

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MICHIGAN LIGHTHOUSE FESTIVAL: (See Fri., Aug. 6)

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PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 9am-5pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. $10 per person; 12 & under, free. petoskeyantiques.com

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33RD ANNUAL BOATS ON THE BOARDWALK: 10am-4pm, Boardman River, downtown TC. Featuring vintage boats of all materials, boats older than 25 years, & wooden boats

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of any age. Free. wwcacbs.org/event/boats-onthe-boardwalk-boat-show

---------------------41ST ANNUAL SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL: 10am-6pm, Marina Park, Suttons Bay. Featuring 100 artists, community groups, community library book sale, food vendors & a children’s area. Sun. includes a pancake breakfast. suttonsbayartfestival.org/about-1

---------------------58TH ANNUAL PORTSIDE ARTS FAIR: 10am-5pm. Held at Elm Pointe, 01656 South M-66 Highway, just 1.5 miles north of East Jordan. This juried art show is a family-friendly event with live entertainment, a snack booth sponsored by The Depot Teen Center, homemade pies & an opportunity to tour the historical museum located on site. Donations appreciated. portsideartsfair.org

---------------------BOOK SALE: 10am-4pm, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Sponsored by Friends of the Alden District Library. Featuring books, DVDs, & music CDs. 231-331-4318.

---------------------PAUL MCMULLEN MEMORIAL 5K: 10am, 3740 South 41 Rd., Cadillac. Cross-country style course. It is held in memory of 1996 Olympian, Paul McMullen. $30. runsignup.com/ Race/MI/Cadillac/PaulMcMullenMemorial5kR unWalk?aflt_token=vkmwDmweQ4iCYn8otSO OnKQ3vCO8buOw

---------------------SIDEWALK SALES DAY IN BEULAH & BENZONIA: 10am-4pm, Downtown Beulah & Benzonia. Two blocks of downtown streets will be closed so that shoppers may roam freely among the bargains. A variety of vendors from the Beulah Art Fair will also participate.

---------------------WALLOON WOODIES 2021: 11am-12:30pm.

Held on the docks in front of Barrel Back restaurant in the Village of Walloon Lake. A group of wooden boat owners get together the first Sat. in Aug. to parade their boats down Walloon Lake. Free. facebook.com/walloonwoodies

GAYLORD AUTHOR GLEN A. CATT: 11:30am-1:30pm, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord.

An in-store sit-n-sign for Catt’s new book, “International Leadership: The Glen’s Market Culture.” saturnbooksellers.com/event/sit-n-signgaylord-author-glen-catt

---------------------ONEKAMA ONEFIFTY EVENT: 1-6pm, Village Park, Onekama. Onekama Parks & Rec Scavenger Hunt. onekama.info/onekama-onefifty

---------------------KALKASKA COUNTY CELEBRATES 150 YEARS: 3-5pm. Free Community Ice Cream Social at the Kalkaska Senior Center/COA, 303 S. Coral St., from 3-5pm. Display of the 1971 & 1996 Time Capsule. Join local officials & dignitaries for a proclamation, music & memories. Free.

---------------------GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER’S PLEIN AIR WEEKEND 2021: (See Fri., Aug. 6)

---------------------MOTORS & MAYHEM DERBY: 6pm, Kalkaska County Fairgrounds Arena. Presented by Keiser Boys Motorsports & the Kalkaska County Agricultural Fair. Pit passes, $15. Adults, $10; kids 3-10, $5. fb.me/e/cGS0TIDWG

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LIVE MUSIC IN THE VILLAGE WITH IZZY WALLACE: 7-9pm, Crystal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompsonville. crystalmountain.com/ event/live-music-saturdays/8

---------------------THEATRE UNDER THE TENT: “HATE MAIL”: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, parking lot, TC. This comedy is a Gen X antidote to the play, “Love Letters.” Worlds collide when a man’s furious complaint letter gets the assistant manager fired. Soon they embark on an epic, often acrimonious correspondence as their lives intertwine. Adults: $20, VIP Table for Six: $180 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/login&event=337

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY DANCE PROJECT COMMUNITY TOUR: 7pm, Bronson Park, Kingsley.

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string quartet from the Traverse Symphony Orchestra performing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons & choreography by Dance Project artistic directors Brent Whitney & Jennifer McQuiston Lott & guest choreographers Alyssa Meyers, Maddy Falconer & Madison Vamostack. The second part of the evening includes two contemporary dance premiers & the program concludes with an optional Q&A with the dancers, choreographers & musicians.

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. ROCKFORD RIVETS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC.

---------------------LAVENDER HILL FARM SERIES: CHRIS WAGONER & MARY GAINES: 7:30-9pm, Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City. These musicians, together & separately, are founding members of several of Wisconsin’s musical groups, past & present: Harmonious Wail (vintage jazz), The Common Faces (original “folk-soul”), The Bob Westfall Band (original “jazz-grass”), The Moon Gypsies (original Americana/roots-rock), The Stellanovas (“cafe jazz”) & many more. $30 barn; $10 lawn. lavenderhillfarm.com/series-lineup

---------------------MICHIGAN RATTLERS: 8-11pm, Coyote Crossing Resort, Cadillac. “Lifelong friends and deep-north natives, Michigan Rattlers play heavy-hearted folk-rock with an aching dose of Midwestern nice.” Rolling Stone named the band one of their “Ten New Country Artists You Need To Know” in 2016. $25/person adv. eventbrite.com/e/michigan-rattlers-live-showtickets-151845115829

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ONEKAMA DAYS: Aug. 6-9.

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NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, TC, Aug. 8-14.

From harness racing to livestock auctions, from prize winning roses & vegetables to exotic chickens -- you’ll find it at the Northwestern Michigan Fair. Enjoy all the old-fashioned fun along with carnival action on the midway, lots of good eats, demonstrations, exhibits & more. northwesternmichiganfair.net

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RUN MICHIGAN CHEAP - TC: 8am, Harrington’s By The Bay, TC. 5K, 10K, Half Marathon. 7/8-31 prices: $25, $30, $35. Prices 8/1 - Race: $30, $35, $40. facebook.com/events /292541799114773?acontext=%7B%22eve nt_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface% 22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

---------------------46TH ANNUAL BOYNE FALLS POLISH FESTIVAL: (See Thurs., Aug. 5)

---------------------41ST ANNUAL SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL: 10am-5pm, Marina Park, Suttons Bay. Featuring 100 artists, community groups, community library book sale, food vendors & a children’s area. Sun. includes a pancake breakfast. suttonsbayartfestival.org/about-1

---------------------58TH ANNUAL PORTSIDE ARTS FAIR: 10am4pm. Held at Elm Pointe, 01656 South M-66 Highway, just 1.5 miles north of East Jordan. This juried art show is a family-friendly event with live entertainment, a snack booth sponsored by The Depot Teen Center, homemade pies & an opportunity to tour the historical museum located on site. Donations appreciated. portsideartsfair.org

---------------------PETOSKEY ANTIQUES SHOW: 10am-4pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. $10/ person; 12 &under, free. petoskeyantiques.com

---------------------IPR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 2pm, Black Star Farms, Hearth & Vine Cafe Patio, Suttons Bay. Mozart in the Pub: String Quartet Play for Fun. Free. blackstarfarms.com/calendar

PITCHES FOR PREVENTION: TC Pit Spitters vs. Rockford Rivets. 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. An evening of inspiration & awareness as part of HOPE L;ves in Northern Michigan’s Movement to Inspire Action for Suicide Prevention/Intervention, Aftercare Support Programs, & Mental Health Awareness. Promo Code: HOPE BUY YOUR TICKETS: https://bit.ly/PitchesForPrevention-Tix-21 Use promo code HOPE when purchasing your tickets & a portion of each ticket sold will be donated to local nonprofits who are providing HOPE through Suicide Prevention/Intervention services, Aftercare Support Programs, & Mental Health Awareness. $12.

---------------------TRAVERSE CITY DANCE PROJECT’S MOVING THEATER COMES TO BELLAIRE: 6pm, Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology, Bellaire.

The Traverse City Dance Project Community Tour kicks off this summer with an outdoor performance in collaboration with Crosshatch Center for Art & Ecology. This program includes Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons featuring a string quartet from the Traverse Symphony Orchestra. The second part of the evening includes two contemporary dance premiers, one by Jennifer McQuiston Lott & the other by guest choreographer Kara Wilkes with electronic composers Kevin Beck & Spencer Aubrey. Patrons must reserve their space in advance as it will be limited. Sliding scale. crosshatch.org/ events/2021/6/14/traverse-city-dance-projectsmoving-theater-comes-to-bellaire

---------------------JEFF HAAS & BIG FUN IN CONCERT: 7pm, Old Art Building, on the lawn, Leland. Enjoy a mix of jazz, funk & Americana. Improvisational watercolorist Lisa Flahive will be demonstrating her craft during the musical performance. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Free. oldartbuilding.com

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VESPERS SERIES: SPECTRUM BRASS & FRIENDS: THE 2021 SEASON FINALE: 8pm, John M. Hall Auditorium, Bay View, Petoskey. $18.50 adults; $13.50 members. ci.ovationtix. com/36110/production/1045499?performanceI d=10672996

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HISTORIC PETER DOUGHERTY HOUSE TOURS: Tour the historic 1842 Peter Dougherty Mission House where Old Mission Peninsula earned its name. Featuring visiting exhibitions of early H K Brinkman contributions to the Village of Old Mission Peninsula & Blacksmith items on loan from Brendon Keenan. Hours: Friday-Sunday, 1-4:30pm. $4 12 years & older.

Free under 12. doughertyoldmissionhouse.com

---------------------13TH ANNUAL FRIENDS OF FISHTOWN 5K - VIRTUAL: Walk, run or hike the race on your own time wherever you choose. All proceeds go toward preserving historic Fishtown. Participants will receive a race packet, via USPS mail, with the essential items needed to complete the race between July 17-31. $35. fishtownmi.org/fishtown-5k

---------------------ROCK THE LIGHT 5K VIRTUAL RUN/WALK: Registration goes through Dec. 15. Organizers will mail you your race packet, which includes the tech t-shirt & medal. Choose your date. Run or walk a 5K (3.1 miles). Share your photos on the Facebook pages: Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum &/or Friends of Leelanau State Park. All proceeds will benefit the Grand Traverse Lighthouse & Friends of Leelanau State Park. $25 per person. runsignup.com/Race/MI/ Northport/RocktheLight5KVirtualRunWalk

---------------------YOUNG AMERICANS DINNER THEATRE: Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. Dinner theatre shows will be held Tues. through Sat. at 6:30pm. Matinee shows will be held Sat. & Sun. at 2pm. Runs through Aug. 28. See web site for tickets. boynehighlands.com/events/ young-americans-dinner-theatre

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KIDS ON THE GO SUMMER CAMP: Immaculate Conception Elementary School, TC. Held Mondays & Wednesdays, June 21 - Aug. 4. A Michigan-based pediatric non-profit program that provides physical, occupational, & speech

therapy during the summer months for children with special needs. The camp will offer a morning session (ages 3-5 years old): 9:30-11:30am & an afternoon session (ages 6-8 years old): 12:30-2:30pm. Free. kidsonthegocamp.com/ kids-on-the-go-camp-traverse-city

---------------------BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls. Held on Tuesdays from June 1 - Aug. 31, 6-9pm. Bring your favorite roadster, hog, or coupe. The Clock Tower Lodge circle drive becomes your showplace filled with plenty of bikes & car lovers that share your passion. There will also be food & drink specials, live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities, & giveaways. Aug. 3 will feature live music by The Pistil Whips. boynemountain.com/upcoming-events/bikenight-and-car-cruise-in

---------------------BIKES FOR ALL MEETUPS: This program is for individuals with special needs who are 26 years & older. Norte has a growing fleet of adaptive bikes for all types of people with special needs. Held every Tues. at 10:30am at Norte’s Clubhouse, TC. Bring a lunch. elgruponorte.org/theme_event/bikes-for-all-5/?mc_ cid=dc0ff355c0&mc_eid=df24b9efb4

---------------------BLOOMS & BIRDS: WILDFLOWER WALK: Tuesdays, 10am-noon, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Go for a relaxing stroll on the trails with GRNA docents Julie Hurd & Phil Jarvi to find & identify the beautiful & unique wildflowers. grassriver.org

---------------------DOWNTOWN THURSDAY NIGHTS LIVE: Downtown Cheboygan. Live music, yard games, vendors, extended business hours & more. Held every Thurs., 3-8pm through Sept.

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---------------------ER RIDES - SUMMERTIME SLOW ROLLS: Harbor Pavilion, Elk Rapids. Easy 4-5 mile route. Held on Thursdays through summer.

Meet at 5:50pm. elgruponorte.org/theme_ event/elk-rapids-rides-summertime-slow-rolls16/?mc_cid=8e9420df74&mc_eid=df24b9efb4

---------------------LAVENDER FEST FRIDAYS: Fridays, 10am2pm, Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City. Drop in, multi-skill level crafts are $5 each. Bring a picnic & visit the free farm. Some weeks will have live music. lavenderhillfarm.com/lavender-fest-fridays

---------------------MEET UP & EAT UP!: Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Pick up meals on Mondays from 12-2pm. Free to children 18 & under. 231-276-6767.

---------------------STROLL THE STREETS: Downtown Boyne City. Friday evenings from mid-June through Labor Day, downtown comes alive as families & friends “stroll the streets” listening to music, enjoying entertainment, children’s activities & much more from 6-9pm.

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CELEBRATING THE ART OF KEN COOPER: Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. This artist has had numerous oneman shows of his paintings both here in the U.S. & in the U.K. He spent over a decade working with Britain’s National Trust, English foundations, museums, & historic sites where his watercolor paintings were exhibited & he often lectured & also conducted his “Art and Architecture” workshops. Runs Aug. 6 - Sept. 15. A reception will be held on Fri., Aug. 6 from 6-8pm. See web site for hours, dates. ci.ovationtix.com/35295/pr oduction/1062482?performanceId=10761109

---------------------“DON’T MISS THE BOAT”: Harbor Springs History Museum. Presented by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. This exhibit highlights the historic ferries of Little Traverse Bay & features original watercolors & giclees by local artist William Talmadge Hall. Runs through the summer of 2021. Hours: Tues.Sat., 11am-3pm. harborspringshistory.org/history-museum-exhibits

“ON THE PRECIPICE”: Glen Lake Library’s first community exhibit in the new Program Room, featuring the combined talents of Linda Dewey & Anne-Marie Oomen. Their collaborative project features Linda’s pastel paintings, highlighting favorite cultural places or experiences in Leelanau County, coupled with AnneMarie’s poems that were built in response. The pairings are designed to enhance connection & invite insight to places positioned here at the sometimes unsettling precipice where we all now live—even here in this idyllic area. The exhibit will remain on display through the summer. glenlakelibrary.net/events

---------------------SUMMER SALON: Charlevoix Circle of Arts.

2nd annual salon-style exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. charlevoixcircle.org

---------------------MAGIC THURSDAY ARTISTS SUMMER 2021 ART SHOW & SALE: City Opera House, TC. The “Magic Thursday” artists came together as a group because they shared a passion for creating art. During the summer months, the group paints en plein air at a variety of locations in the Grand Traverse region. They share studio space at Crooked Tree Arts Center during the winter months. Participating artists include Sue Bowerman, Nan Frankland, Ruth Kitchen, Sherry McNamara, Dorothy Mudget, Marilyn Rebant (EMME), & Laura Swire. The exhibit is on display Monday-Friday, from 10am-2pm, & during events in July & Aug. cityoperahouse.org

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MICHIGAN... IN THE DEEP HEART’S CORE: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. A photography exhibit based on William Butler Yeats’ poem, “The Lake Isle of Innisfree.” Written in 1890 & calling for a rejection of the stresses of the industrialized urban lifestyle, Yeats expressed his yearnings for a simpler, more nature-based life. The visual images in the poem, which embrace dream-like references to the small cottage, the planting of food, the open glade in the forest, & the ever-beckoning call of water, were the inspiration for four artistphotographers who readily found Yeats’ visuals in northern Michigan. The exhibit runs through Aug. 20. jordanriverarts.com/events

---------------------PLEIN AIR EXHIBIT: Artists painted throughout the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula in July, even in the torrential rain. The artwork is on display & for sale at the Northport Arts Association, Village Arts Building & online, July 25 – Aug. 1. northportartsassociation.org

---------------------SMALL WORKS, BIG IMPACT: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Community Collage Project. Runs through Aug. 28. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

---------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - RUSTIC ROMANTIC: WORK BY TRISH MORGAN: Held in Atrium Gallery. Trish Morgan’s paintings take common subjects & render them memorable. Runs through Sept. 11. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/rusticromantic-work-trish-morgan - BENEATH THE MOON AND UNDER THE SUN: LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS BY HEIDI A. MARSHALL: Heidi’s pastel paintings capture the grace, power, & emotion of the land that inspires her. Runs through Sept. 4. Open Tues. through Sat., 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org - PAST IS PRESENT: A DART FEATURED ARTIST RETROSPECTIVE: This exhibit will recognize the talent, skills, creativity & generosity of past Dart for Art featured artists. Runs through Sept. 4. Open Tues. through Sat., 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org - THE COLLECTIVE IMPULSE - ONLINE EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. Featuring the work of artists Ruth Bardenstein, Jean Buescher & Susan Moran. The three artists met in Ann Arbor &, over time, have nurtured both personal & creative connections. They regularly share & critique one another’s work & together visit gallery & museum exhibitions. The exhibition was hosted at the Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey from Sept. 21 through Dec. 18, 2020.

This online publication shares work from the exhibition. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petos-

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---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: NISHIKI SUGAWARA-BEDA: This exhibition features works

by Tusen Takk’s July artist-in-residence. Runs July 25 - Aug. 29. Nishiki Sugawara-Beda is a Japanese-American visual artist based in painting & installation, & has an MFA from Indiana University & a BA from Portland State University. She exhibits her work in solo & group exhibitions nationally & internationally to promote cultural diversity & exchange. Open Weds. through Sun. from 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcoming-exhibitions/artistspotlight-nishiki-sugawara-beda.html?utm_ source=cision&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=tt-dmc-artist-spotlight - VOICES AND VOTES: DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA: When American revolutionaries waged a war for independence, they embraced a radical idea of establishing a government that entrusted the power of the nation not in a monarchy, but in its citizens. That great leap sparked questions that continue to impact Americans: who has the right to vote, what are the freedoms & responsibilities of citizens, & whose voices will be heard? This exhibit will be a springboard for discussions about those very questions & how they are reflected in local stories. Runs July 3 - Aug. 15. Open Weds. through Sun., 11am-4pm.

- RESILIENCE: AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS AS AGENTS OF CHANGE: Runs through Aug. 15. This exhibition honors aspects of African American history & culture & its contributions to all of America, highlighting a select group of artists who use art as an indispensable tool for social commentary & change. The artworks assembled here—paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, & sculpture—reflect an important part of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts’ collecting history.

- RUFUS SNODDY: DISAPPEARING MAN: Runs through Aug. 15. Open Weds. - Sun., 11am-4pm.

- RUSSELL PRATHER: AND THE HEART IS PLEASED BY ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER: Runs through Aug. 15. Open Weds. - Sun., 11am-4pm. Russell Prather makes visually volatile renderings of simple forms & ordinary objects from layers of transparent & translucent media.

- TOM PARISH: AN AMERICAN IN VENICE: Runs through Aug. 15. Open Weds. - Sun., 11am-4pm. Tom Parish (American, 1933 2018) committed his life to painting the essence of Venice. Inspired by shimmering canals & architectural beauty of Italy’s Serenissima (the old serene one), his stylized realist paintings are constructed from blocks of sturdy modernist color. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER, GLEN ARBOR: - CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: Runs July 24 – Aug. 27. An open-air exhibition of small work.

This year’s theme is “Wild Friends.” Mon. - Fri.: 9am -3pm. Sat. & Sun.: 12-4pm. glenarborart. org/events/clothesline-exhibit - FOOD IS ART / ART IS FOOD: This juried exhibition features the work of 23 exhibitors who have approached the theme of food as a way to talk about feeding mind, body & spirit.

It runs through Aug. 19. GAAC is closed on Sundays. glenarborart.org/events/exhibit-foodis-art-art-is-food - A CELEBRATION: THE PAINTINGS OF AMY L. CLARK-CARELS: Runs through Aug. Featuring many paintings of local landmarks — from Alligator Hill to interior scenes from the historic Sleeping Bear Inn. glenarborart.org

---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - “HEROINES - REAL & IMAGINED”: A 2 woman show featuring sculptor Michelle Tock York & the paintings of Shanny Brooke. An Opening Reception Celebration will be held on Aug. 5 from 6-8. The exhibit runs through Sept.

5. higherartgallery.com - MARK GLEASON: “CARRY THE FIRE”: RUNS June 21 - Aug. 1. Gleason is a contemporary realist. higherartgallery.com

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: I’m a woman in my early 20s. The guy I’m dating brought me to meet his friends.

His male friends were warm and friendly.

The women were awful. One deliberately kept saying my name wrong (it’s not exactly exotic), and two others glared at my miniskirt. Another said something about how low-cut my top was.

She made it sound like a compliment, but it was a mean dig. How can these women be so nasty when they don’t even know me? How do I diffuse situations like these?

— Upset

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: Nothing like women celebrating other women: “Way to go, girl! Showing everything but your areolas.”

When a man has a beef with another man, he’ll be direct about it: hurl insults at the guy’s face and maybe try to renovate his jaw with a barstool.

Women fight sneaky-dirty with other women, using covert tactics, explains psychologist Anne Campbell. These include mobilizing a group of women to ostracize a woman, talking trash to men about her looks and how “loose” she is, and offering “compliments” that are actually nasty digs. Give a woman’s confidence a beatdown and she might dim her shine (cover her miniskirt with a shawl and wipe that sexy red lipstick off on her sleeve).

Psychologist Tracy Vaillancourt separated female research participants into random groups. She compared one group’s reactions to a 20-something woman walking into a classroom dressed “conservatively” (in a loosely fitting shirt and khaki slacks) with the other group’s reactions to the same woman dressed “provocatively” (in a very short skirt and a tight, low-cut shirt). Dressed conservatively, she was “barely noticed by the participants.” When she entered in skin-baring sexywear, almost all the women “aggressed against her.” They rolled their eyes at her, gave her “once-overs,” and shot her “death stares.” After she left, many laughed at her, ridiculed her appearance, and/ or suggested she was a man-hopping sleaze.

You’re a target for the she-hyenas whenever you wear sexy clothing and makeup (like an intense smoky eye with winged eyeliner).

Decide whether you have the emotional strength and social capital to bear the glares and backbiting, or whether you need to, say, stock up on some floor-length prairie dresses.

This isn’t to say you should immediately assume the worst of all women. However, understanding what you can expect from some might help you stand tall in the face of an attack -- remembering that it’s about them, not about you, when they imply that your bedroom’s visitors log rivals Ellis Island’s.

: I’m a guy in my 30s. Before COVID, I used Tinder to hook up with different women a few times a week. I don’t recognize myself anymore. Yesterday, I was on a date, and the girl was really hot and wanted to go back to my place to have sex. I was weirdly turned off by the idea and called her an Uber home. This isn’t like me, but it keeps happening. Why am I suddenly like this?

— Worried

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: If we hadn’t gotten vaccines, we might’ve seen a whole new category of lingerie, a la Victoria’s Crotchless Hazmat Suit.

Our body’s immune system protects us by mobilizing warrior cells to fight off invaders like bacteria, parasites, and viruses that cause infectious diseases. However, war is costly — whether between nations or inside us. Psychologist Mark Schaller notes that our body’s effort to surround and kill “pathogenic intruders” sucks up calories needed for important bodily functions. It can also be “temporarily debilitating” due to “fever, fatigue, and other physiological consequences of an aggressive immunological response.”

(You sometimes have to boil the village alive to save the village.)

To avoid these costs, we need to avoid being exposed to disease in the first place. Helping us do that is the job of our “behavioral immune system.” This is Schaller’s term for a suite of psychological mechanisms that function as our early warning system, helping us identify signs of pathogens in our social environment and motivating us to feel, think, and behave in ways that keep us from getting invaded by the buggers.

For example, social psychology grad student James B. Moran and his adviser, social psychologist Damian Murray, find that reminding research participants of the looming threat of infectious disease puts a damper on the appeal of casual sex and their inclination to have it down the road.

Chances are this response explains your own psychological and behavioral shift: stud-turned-monk of COVID-19. There’s no clock on exactly when you’ll be back to your sexual-Wild West self. Should you get nostalgic, keep in mind that you can still dip into some elements of the hookuppy old days, such as “the walk of shame” — though, these days, that’s what we call it when you get yelled at by the old lady down the street for taking out the trash unmasked.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Yes, Lieutenant"--an unexpected ending. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1 Disappear gradually 5 Olivia of 2018’s “The Predator” 9 Off-price event 13 “Amadeus” director Forman 14 Mayberry kid 15 “Fathers and Sons” novelist Turgenev 16 Lazy attempt at a scare?

18 Repair books, in a way 19 Gather in the field 20 1,000,000,000 years, in geology 21 Secondary songs, once 23 Celeb’s promoter 25 2020 Pixar offering 26 Santana hit based on a bank?

32 Actor Whishaw 35 Detach, as a trailer 36 Small jazz combo 37 Wilson of “The Office” 39 “Ah, I see” 40 Many are empty for the 2020 Olympics 41 East, in Spain 42 Deliberately misinforms 44 Primus frontman Claypool 45 News anchor Lester on location in California?

48 Spike Lee’s “___ Gotta Have It” 49 Incurred mobile charges, maybe 53 With 61-Across, cheap price on some granular seasoning?

56 Lower, as lights 58 Almond ___ (toffee candy) 59 Singer Ora 60 See 54-Across 63 God on an eight-legged horse 64 “Voice of Israel” author Abba 65 Mother of Perseus 66 Social Distortion frontman Mike 67 Prepare the laundry 68 Bedframe strip

DOWN 1 Clerk at work 2 “Half ___ is better than none” 3 Strong drink also called double espresso 4 Sixth sense letters 5 “Got My ___ Working” (Muddy Waters classic) 6 Second word of “The Raven” 7 Nothing, on scoreboards 8 Laptop with a smaller screen 9 Make a hissing sound 10 Ready and eager 11 “Stay in your ___” 12 Has a series finale 13 Abbr. on a new car sticker 17 Country home to Mocha 22 Its U stands for “utility” 24 Olympic runner Jim who later became a congressman 25 Squish down 27 Groups on risers 28 Gasped with amazement 29 River through Kazakhstan 30 Miller beer brand 31 Play some Cornhole 32 Make kombucha 33 Lack of intensity 34 They can be picked 38 They may have tickets at Barclays Center 40 Millennium Falcon pilot 42 Brother of Ophelia, in “Hamlet” 43 Singer nicknamed “The Velvet Fog” 46 “Never heard of them” 47 Foot bone-related 50 Disney title character voiced by Auli’i Cravalho 51 Flamboyance, from the French 52 Time to remember 53 “___: Legacy” (2010 sci-fi sequel) 54 Like the Amazon River 55 Singer Redding 56 One of the few words not to be repeated in “Happy Birthday” 57 “It just ___ my day” 61 “Succession” network 62 Flyer contents

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Professor of psychology Ethan Kross tells us there can be healthy, creative forms of envy. “Just as hunger tells us we need to eat,” he writes, “the feeling of envy could show us what is missing from our lives that really matters to us.” The trick is to not interpret envy as a negative emotion, but to see it as useful information that shows us what we want. In my astrological opinion, that’s a valuable practice for you to deploy in the coming days. So pay close attention to the twinges of envy that pop into your awareness. Harness that volatile stuff to motivate yourself as you make plans to get the very experience or reward you envy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Poet Walt Whitman bragged that he was “large.” He said, “I contain multitudes.” One critic compared him to “a whole continent with its waters, with its trees, with its animals.” Responding to Whitman, Sagittarian poet Gertrud Kolmar uttered an equally grandiose boast. “I too am a continent,” she wrote. “I contain mountains never-reached, scrubland unpenetrated, pond bay, river-delta, salt-licking coast-tongue.” That’s how I’m imagining you these days, dear Sagittarius: as unexplored territory: as frontier land teeming with undiscovered mysteries. I love how expansive you are as you open your mind and heart to new self-definitions. I love how you’re willing to risk being unknowable for a while as you wander out in the direction of the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet Ezra

Pound wrote a letter to novelist James Joyce that included the following passage: “You are fucking with my head, and so far I’ve been enjoying it. Where is the crime?” I bring this up, Capricorn, because I believe the coming weeks will be prime time for you to engage with interesting souls who fuck with your head in enjoyable ways. You need a friendly jolt or two: a series of galvanizing prods; dialogs that catalyze you to try new ways of thinking and seeing; lively exchanges that inspire you to experiment.

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

Mandukhai Munkhbaatar offers advice on the arts of intimate communion. “Do not fall in love only with a body or with a face,” she tells us. “Do not fall in love with the idea of being in love.” She also wants you to know that it’s best for your long-term health and happiness if you don’t seek cozy involvement with a person who is afraid of your madness, or with someone who, after you fight, disappears and refuses to talk. I approve of all these suggestions. Any others you would add? It’s a favorable phase to get clearer about the qualities of people you want and don’t want as your allies.

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(Feb 19-March 20): I gave my readers homework, asking them to answer the question, “What is your favorite rule to break?”

In response, Laura Grolla sent these thoughts: “My favorite rule to break is an unwritten one: that we must all stress and strive for excellence. I have come up with a stress-busting mantra, ‘It is OK to be OK.’ In my OKness, I have discovered the subtle frontier of contentment, which is vast and largely unexplored. OKness allows me not to compete for attention, but rather to pay attention to others. I love OKness for the humor and deep, renewing sleep it has generated. Best of all, OKness allows me to be happily aging rather than anxiously hot.”

I bring this to your attention, Pisces, because I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to investigate and embody the relaxing mysteries of OKness.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Filmmaker Federico

Fellini had an unexpected definition of happiness.

He said it was “being able to speak the truth without hurting anyone.” I suspect you will have abundant access to that kind of happiness in the coming weeks, Aries. I’ll go even further: You will have extra power to speak the truth in ways that heal and uplift people.

My advice to you, therefore, is to celebrate and indulge your ability.

Be bold in expressing the fullness of what’s interesting to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Look for a long

time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you,” wrote the novelist Colette. What?!

Was she making a perverse joke? That’s wicked advice, and I hope you adopt it only on rare occasions. In fact, the exact opposite is the healthy way to live—especially for you in the coming weeks. Look at what pains you, yes. Don’t lose sight of what your problems and wounds are. But please, for the sake of your dreams, for the benefit of your spiritual and psychological health, look longer at what pleases you, energizes you, and inspires you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you deepen your

affection for butterflies and hummingbirds, I will love it. If you decide you want the dragonfly or bumblebee or lark to be your spirit creature, I will approve. You almost always benefit from cultivating relationships with swift, nimble, and lively influences—and that’s especially true these days. So give yourself full permission to experiment with the superpower of playful curiosity. You’re most likely to thrive when you’re zipping around in quest of zesty ripples and sprightly rhythms.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): Life is showing you truths about what you are not, what you don’t need, and what you shouldn’t strive for. That’s auspicious, although it may initially feel unsettling. I urge you to welcome these revelations with gratitude. They will help you tune in to the nuances of what it means to be radically authentic. They will boost your confidence in the rightness of the path you’ve chosen for yourself. I’m hoping they may even show you which of your fears are irrelevant. Be hungry for these extraordinary teachings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo spiritual

author Don Miguel Ruiz urges us not to take anything personally. He says that if someone treats us disrespectfully, it’s almost certainly because they are suffering from psychological wounds that make them act in vulgar, insensitive ways. Their attacks have little to do with what’s true about us.

I agree with him, and will add this important caveat. Even if you refrain from taking such abuses personally, it doesn’t mean you should tolerate them. It doesn’t mean you should keep that person in your life or allow them to bully you in the future. I suspect these are important themes for you to contemplate right now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “People who feel

deeply, live deeply, and love deeply are destined to suffer deeply,” writes poet Juansen Dizon. To that romanticized, juvenile nonsense, I say: NO! WRONG! People who feel and live and love deeply are more emotionally intelligent than folks who live on the surface—and are therefore less fragile. The deep ones are likely to be psychologically adept; they have skills at liberating themselves from the smothering crush of their problems. The deep ones also have access to rich spiritual resources that ensure their suffering is a source of transformative teaching—and rarely a cause of defeat. Have you guessed that I’m describing you as you will be in the coming weeks?

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