Northern Express Weekly • aug 22, 2022 • 1 FEATURED EIGHTHS FOR AS LOW AS $17. Free rec delivery to Traverse City and surrounding areas. LUME.COM LUMECANN norther nex press.com NORTHERN express NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • aug 22 - aug 28, 2022 • Vol. 32 No. 33 As local restaurant staff continue to face rude and psychologycustomers,aggressiveaexpertweighsinonhowtoturnbadbehavioraround WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
2 • aug 22, 2022 • Northern Express Weekly tickets.interlochen.org The Fab Four Friday, Aug. 26, 2022 Kresge Auditorium Tickets starting at $35 BEER PATIO NOW OPEN! $15 entry includes two (2) beverages per person with valid I.D. Beer, wine, and hard seltzer options will be available. Must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcohol. Please drink responsibly. NEW THIS SUMMER... ARTS FESTIVAL SUMMER 2022 Our biggest sale of the year! Up to 70% off Bikes, Clothing, and Accessories! 231-947-4274 • located on the tart trail at 736 east 8th st., traverse city Email info@northernexpress.com and hit send!
Northern Express Weekly • aug 22, 2022 • 3 What Gives? On Aug. 14, 2022, I found: Sault Ste. Marie fuel = $3.61 a gallon. Gaylord fuel = $3.48 a gallon. Traverse City fuel=$4.09 a gallon. Same fuel suppliers 60 miles apart and $0.60 per gallon price difference. The freaking U.P. is cheaper! Asking (the State Attorney General) for a few hundred thousand friends…what gives? Chris Convissor | Lake Ann Poetic Justice Remember when Senate Leader McConnell and his Senate cronies thought they were so smart refusing to bring Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote? Instead, they put through “outstanding candidates” such as Kavanaugh, who is best known for his love of beer. One has to wonder if they are now wishing they had put Garland on the Supreme Court instead of having Garland in charge of the destiny of their golden-haired former POTUS. The Supreme Court most likely won’t even consider deliberating any of the lawsuits Trump has facing him. It seems like timing is going to be very important in how all this plays out. Since Trump only gets his legal fees paid for by the RNC up to the point of him declaring candidacy, and since Garland has said that he would not indite a candidate, it would seem like Garland may be in the driver’s seat in more ways than one. Maybe there is a God after all.
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Thelma Rider | Frankfort Short Term Rentals in East Bay Township East Bay Township homeowners and residents, please take notice. Short Term Rentals (aka one-unit motels) are an ever increasing problem in our township. Problems with STRs are not limited to waterfront properties. They have taken hold in offwater subdivisions as well as other residential neighborhoods.Complaints against STRs are many. There have been so many complaints that East Bay Township officials have instituted a six-month moratorium on rentals to listen to input and study possible solutions. This may be the time to ban STRs completely. Current policies and regulations have not worked. Discussed solutions will not help homeowners already saddled with living next door to these onerous STRs, nor will they work with new STRs. Sadly, there is a growing waiting list of owners who want to license a house as a rental, but no one seems to want an STR next to their house indefinitely. Don’t be the next homeowner who has a STR next to you; I urge you to call and write to your East Bay Township officials to solve this problem now. Tell them to ban future STR licenses completely and limit existing STR licenses to no more than one more year from the time their license expires.
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Every time we think of the Cedar Polka Fest, we think of John Candy’s brief and glorious cameo in Home Alone as the band leader of the Kenosha Kickers, aka the Polka King of the Midwest. There’s no doubt his character would have loved a chance to play at Cedar’s annual festival, happening this week Aug. 25 through Aug. 28. It’s a big milestone—the 40th anniversary—and thousands of folks will be turning out for live polka music, great food, and plenty of family fun. Some of our favorite activities are the Run 4 the Kielbasa 4K race, the classic car and motorcycle show, and the Polka Fest Parade. Admission is $10 Thursday through Saturday (with a $5 early-bird option on Saturday for Kids’ Day) and free for all on Sunday, which is also your chance to check out the on-site craft fair and farmers market. Find all the fun at 3075 E Sullivan St. Cedar, and get the full schedule at cedarpolkafest.org.
Hilbert’s Comb Honey When readers last left Tracy Flick, she was gunning for student body president in Tom Perrotta’s bestselling novel, Election. Now, she’s making her comeback in his newest book, Tracy Flick Can’t Win, and frankly, the title says it all. When we meet her amidst the #MeToo movement, middleaged Tracy is a little deflated. Her career aspirations never recovered after dropping out of Georgetown to care for her mother. Since then, she’s been dumped in an office cubicle and passed up for promotions in favor of men; until her moment finally arrives in the form of her boss’s long-awaited retirement. Tracy’s a shoo-in for the position—as long as she can play nice with the school board lead, whose plans for a misled Hall of Fame evoke painful memories of her past. But, why would you forget when you can get even? As usual, Perrotta hits all the high notes (complete with an ending you never saw coming) in this comic-noir anthem for the sociallystagnant. Read on, and consider the glass ceiling smashed. Hey, read It!
5 Honey, honey, how it thrills us! A true multitasker of an ingredient, we’ve yet to meet a riff on the golden stuff—in cups of Greek yogurt, stirred into coffee, or settled into puff pastry—that didn’t leave us longing for seconds. Today, we’re going straight to the beehive, and that’s where Hilbert’s Honey Co. comes in. Opened in 1887, this family-owned apiary produces a staggering 200,000 pounds of enzyme-rich honey annually, and the comb is where it’s at—literally. Sink your teeth into a square and prepare for the golden-floral deluge as each beeswax capsule explodes. Harvested only once per year, Hilbert’s Comb Honey comes straight from the hive, where it’s packed singly or jarred in a raw-honey bath. Enjoy it on a biscuit or pair it with your favorite cheeses for the ultimate artisanal snack. Find a 10 or 16 oz square at Hilbert’s Honey Co.’s on-site storefront at 3555 Five Mile Rd. in Traverse City (231) 252-4569, or order online at hilbertshoneyco.com.
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Polka, Polka, Polka 4 A parade, 5K fun run/race, carnival, and horseshoe, softball, and cornhole tournaments are all part of the fun at this year’s Kingsley Heritage Days, a hometown tradition celebrating friends and family. The event runs Aug. 26 through Aug. 28 at Civic Center South Park in Kingsley. kingsleyheritagedays.net
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The kids are heading back to school, but we all know the summer rush Up North has started to bleed into autumn too. This September, Northern Express will be publishing our fall Now Hiring issue, sponsored by Hagerty, which shares jobs from across our 13-county coverage region. (If you’re not sure if your business falls in that area, drop us a line at info@northernexpress. com and we’ll let you know.) There is no limit to the number of positions you may submit, though we do not guarantee publication of all jobs. To submit a job posting, head to northernexpress.com/jobs. You’ll need to have the following information handy: employer name, position title, position type, pay range, city, a brief description, and a contact email or phone number. We recommend sharing your openings as soon as possible, as the link will only be live until Aug. 27. Happy hiring! Have you visited the Grand Traverse Region Habitat for Humanity ReStore shop lately? If it’s been more than three years—pandemic time flies—then be sure you’re headed to their new digs off Cass Road. Your one-stop shop for all things home, ReStore offers furniture, housewares, appliances, and even building materials, fixtures, and tools for your next remodel project. Even better: Shopping at the ReStore directly supports Habitat’s mission to build homes for working families in northern Michigan. Habitat is celebrating three years in their new space (2487 Rice Street, Traverse City) with a one-day-only sale on Tuesday, Aug. 23, when everything in the ReStore will be 50 percent off the marked price. Half off and a good cause? Sign us up. The store is open Tuesday from 10am to 6pm. Get more details and learn about ReStore’s offerings—plus what you can donate if you’re ready for fall cleaning!—at habitatgtr.org/restore.
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There’s still a lot of summertime left to love, but on some of these cooler nights, we’ve found ourselves warming up beside the bonfire—or under a weighted blanket—with a cup of Bear Earth Herbals’ Northern Nirvana. In short, it’s the perfect pre-bed tea made with anise hyssop, lemongrass, milky oat tops, linden, and lavender. That’s a blend quite literally made to chill you out, as Bear Earth notes, “All of the herbs in this blend are known nervines, herbs that calm and soothe the nervous system, ease the troubles of the mind, and lift the mood.” (That’s basically a yoga class in a mug.) We bought our tin of loose leaf after enjoying a cup at Third Coast Bakery in Traverse City, but you can find Northern Nirvana and other Bear Earth teas across the North. Visit bearearthherbals.com/find-us to find a location or place an online order. Fans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, the 1980s, or novelty hotel experiences—tune in for this one. Grand Traverse Motel recently announced its “Pabst the Place” partnership with the Pabst Brewing Company, wherein the brewers (and marketers) behind PBR have transformed three of the motel’s rooms into quirky, vintage PBR-themed destinations. There’s The Arcade Room (pictured), a kingbed room “inspired by the classic arcades of your youth,” complete with working games and a bed that doubles as a Pop-A-Shot basketball machine. There’s The Dive Bar Room, a king room with a jukebox, kitschy décor, and other trappings of your favorite watering-hole-in-the-wall. And there’s The Rec Room, a queen room stocked with board games, a foosball table, and all the wood paneling and shag carpeting that you’d expect from an ’80s basement man cave. The rooms will keep their adventurous themes through Labor Day and can be booked online at gtmotel.com/pbr. But act fast! Reservations for The Dive Bar Room are already sold out.
Whichever side prevails, there is still much we don’t know about how this thing is going to work. For example, we still don’t know which fish species will be allowed upriver and which will be stopped or how. Will they allow steelhead, salmon, or rainbow trout to pass, even though none are native to the state, much less the river? And should the experiment fail, what will happen to the three 400foot long concrete walls designed to channel the fish? There seems to be no contingency for that possibility.
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if NMC still has visions of becoming a four-year institution, they will inevitably need to expand their facilities. That property might be more valuable for that purpose in a decade or more than it is now for housing, even though the housing need is great. We’re still awaiting an appellate court ruling on the future of the Fish Pass experiment. They will decide whether to uphold or overturn a circuit court ruling that held the Fish Pass was a giveaway of park land, which requires a public vote. The counter argument is it’s still a park, or part of it, even though it will not be readily accessible to the public.
Statewide, we have ourselves a gubernatorial contest, and the candidates’ differences are stark on at least two issues.
Republican Tudor Dixon believes there are “still questions” regarding the outcome of the 2020 elections. She is fervently pro-life, agreed with the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade , and is supportive of Michigan’s 1931 law outlawing abortion and would allow the procedure only if the mother’s physical life was provably at risk. She would make no exception in the cases of rape or Democratincest.Gretchen Whitmer accepts the audited, recounted, and certified results of the 2020 election and believes local election officials did an outstanding job under difficult circumstances. She is strongly pro-choice, believes the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, and is fighting Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law in the courts. Finding a compromise with the legislature that reaffirms at least some choice for women is unlikely.
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For this week: a local grab bag of news, projects, and plans. Undeterred by a pair of convincing thumpings at the polls, Traverse City’s tall building advocates are at it again.
The city’s Downtown Development Authority supports the tall buildings movement because it aligns with their growth and density visions as well as their financial interests; the more buildings in their tax increment financing districts, the more property tax dollars they can capture. This isn’t some sinister plot; it’s simply how they get funded.
A cynic might suggest a small but vocal group want to live downtown, can’t afford it, and would like everyone else to help pay for it. We’ll call it “affordable” while subsidizing the land acquisition, construction, rents, taxes, and maybe utilities.
First they circulated petitions in an effort to repeal the charter requirements brought about by the passage of Proposition 3. Those requirements limit buildings in Traverse City to a height of no more than 60 feet unless otherwise approved by the voters. Despite needing a scant 698 valid signatures to refer their repeal to the ballot, they came up short. But Traverse City voters will still be deciding whether or not they approve of a 77-foot building in the Warehouse District, which is quite a bit above the 60-foot limit and way more than the 45 feet zoned for properties that close to the water.
The thing is, the taller downtown vision of the DDA and some members of the city commission isn’t shared by a majority of Traverse City voters. Residents might be willing to approve buildings taller than 60 feet at Munson Medical Center or in The Commons or maybe even at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC). But they’ve been clear they don’t want downtown to become canyons of shadows cast by high-rise buildings.
The more logical solution is already underway on LaFranier Road in Garfield Township, adjacent to the new BATA garage and transfer station. This might actually be a welcome, affordable housing project because it is not saddled with downtown costs. And being literally next door to BATA provides an excellent transportation option. Though, even with those advantages, the developer has asked to qualify for the payment-in-lieuof-taxes (PILOT) program, a form of subsidy.
NMC has suggested getting into the housing market themselves. Preliminary plans call for some senior housing on college property that is now 80 acres of dense woods just northeast of the campus. Given our aging demographics and NMC’s outreach to that population, their idea makes some sense, though it’s a shame to lose the wildlands to be However,developed.
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Dunegrass’ proposed location happens to be in Traverse City’s Downtown Development Authority district. We’re beyond excited at the prospect of adding a location in our hometown, where we can develop deep and meaningful relationships with locals while engaging with visitors and pedestrians in TC’s amazing downtown corridor. With the legalization of adult-use cannabis, the emerging industry is uniquely positioned to be a positive contributor in its vicinity, and we are actively working within the industry to foster the betterment of our communities.Dunegrass’ brand and operation was developed with northern Michigan’s tourism economy in mind. We’ve obtained six different adult-use marijuana permits from municipalities throughout northern Michigan and the U.P. With locations in Manistee, Big Rapids, Cadillac, and Gaylord we’ve developed the right touch of retail adult-use cannabis with northern Michigan sensibilities. After all, Dunegrass is northern Michigan’s cannabis outfitter.
Northern Express Weekly • aug 22, 2022 • 7 Hello, Northern Express readers. I’m Nick Piedmonte, and in addition to being Dunegrass’ co-founder and CEO, I’m also a resident of Traverse City. I’m excited that after years of delays and litigation, Traverse City will begin accepting applications from adult-use cannabis retailers at the end of this month. The applications are due the week of Aug. 22 and are comprised of an exhaustive list of requests from prospective cannabis retailers including but not limited to: • Comprehensive operating plan • Conceptual site plan for the proposed facility • Building plan • Traffic plan • Information about businesses the applicants have in the city • Meeting highly specific zoning requirements • Detailed information on how the application addresses the TC’s 28 different scoring criteria
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When I heard about the possibility of highrise buildings in Traverse City, I despaired about what was being contemplated in my beautiful hometown. I wrote a short, emotional letter to the editor about the beautiful, low-rise (nothing more than three stories), high-density (lots of people live along these crowded-with-houses streets) neighborhood I live in six months of the year in Highfield, Southampton, Why?England.Three times in my life (ages 9-22; 30-33) I lived in nine-story high buildings in New York City: 162nd Street and Riverside Dr., then 99th just off Broadway. Later, in adulthood, 99 Marble Hill in Upper Manhattan. There was a cadence to every trip. Lock the door. Walk down a narrow dark hall to an elevator. Press the button. Wait for the elevator. Get into a small cubicle that takes you down nine flights. (As a child, I always had nightmares about the cable snapping and the elevator, with me inside it, plummeting down.) The door opens, you walk along another long hall or into a large entrance way. Finally, you emerge into the air outside. Conversely, in Southampton, I walk out my front door and there is a sidewalk 10 feet away. Our Southampton house is a terraced house, and both side walls are shared with houses on either side of us. (In America, we call these “row-houses.”) The house is large; there is a basement, a full kitchen and dining room, and just outside the back, a garden. The first floor is over 20 feet wide and very long, with windows at the back overlooking the garden and bow windows at the front facing the street. The second floor has three separate bedrooms and a full bath. In New York City, I never knew anyone in my building—never saw a familiar face in a supermarket or shop. In Southampton, I see and talk to all the people in our row of houses and often meet tennis or dancing friends in our local supermarket. Because I taught at NMC for 30 years, I cannot help but meet a student everywhere I go in Traverse City. I shop at Oryana, which is literally a town square for my hippy friends. But even though I’ve seen both sides of the equation and know which one I prefer, I knew emotion would not be enough. I needed research that proved you can get just as many people into compact, threestory houses as you could into nine-story Imonstrosities.tooktoGoogle, searching “density highrise vs. low-rise,” “housing capacity highrise vs. low-rise,” and “crime high-rise vs. low-rise.” Here are just a few lines garnered in 20 minutes’ worth of research.
guest opinion by Henry Morgenstein LOW-RISE, HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION
I loved flying down the stairs. When I lived on the ninth floor? Never. Stairs weren’t an option, except in the case of an emergency.
S o now, we circle back to Traverse City. The city currently limits most building heights to 60 feet—roughly five stories— due to the passage of Proposal 3 in 2016, which states that buildings over 60 feet must be approved by voters. This is wonderful, but we must be eternally vigilant. Long ago, citizens voted down plans to build a parking ramp downtown. Since then several parking ramps have been built downtown. We should not be building nine-story buildings anywhere in Traverse City. There are other ways to achieve density without stacking people on top of each other.
A report written by Policy Exchange, a leading UK think tank, in conjunction with Create Streets, an organization focused on solving the housing crisis in the UK, finds, “Studies have shown that residents of high-rise blocks or large estates suffer from more stress, mental health difficulties, neurosis and marriage breakdowns. Children living in high rise accommodation suffer from increased hyperactivity, hostility and juvenile delinquency even when you adjust for social economic status.”
“By the 1960s … architects and planners were beginning to rethink and reintroduce low-rise high-density (LRHD) housing models as more livable alternatives to urban towers and suburban sprawl,” says Greta Hansen in Domus, a monthly magazine of architecture, design, and art.
“Rebuilding traditional streets of terraced housing could cut crime and raise living standards while still housing more people than high-rise blocks,” The Telegraph reports.
I love that last bit: Take the stairs in a pinch. As a kid in New York City, when I was visiting friends who only lived on the third or fourth floor, I jumped down two steps at a time. Several people said: “It sounds like you are falling down the steps.”
Henry Morgenstein is an emeritus faculty member of Northwestern Michigan College. He wrote as a Record-Eagle columnist from 1985 to 1991 and was a WNMC commentator for 30 years. He also rode a bike (while raising two boys) through a dozen TC winters. He’s a firm believer in no cars inside cities.
Lloyd Alter writes in The Guardian about “Goldilocks density: dense enough to support vibrant main streets with retail and services for local needs, but not too high that people can’t take the stairs in a pinch.”
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The mother of a 6-year-old Butler County, Ohio, boy was arrested on Aug. 9 and charged with endangering a child and contributing to the delinquency of a child, WLWT-TV reported. The incident started when Olivia Eversole, a worker at a Marathon gas station in Hanover Township, saw the boy emerge from a car holding a Smirnoff Ice. Eversole asked the boy, "Do you know that you're drinking a beer?" He replied, "Yup, this is me and my mommy's favorite beer. We drink it all the time." Eversole called police, but when deputies arrived, the mother, Victoria Hampton, 26, told them it was an accident and left with the boy. But when officers followed her home, they found the boy riding a scooter, holding another Smirnoff Ice. "You've got to be on your toes because you never know what's going to happen," Eversole said. Unclear on the Concept Miles Routledge, 23, of Birmingham, England, has stirred up controversy by traveling repeatedly to Afghanistan and cozying up to members of the Taliban, the Daily Star reported. Routledge posted on Twitter on Aug. 9, "I am officially Afghanistan's largest exporter to England. 150+ flags, patches and rugs," with a photo of his loot. But what's really got people up in arms is a rug he bought depicting the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. Routledge believes the rug doesn't glorify the attacks; instead, it was made "by Afghan women to tell a story of a historical event. Hundreds of American soldiers who signed up to the military because of 9/11 have this rug in their homes," he claimed. Routledge called Taliban members "kind blokes" because he had tea with them after stumbling into their compound during an April trip.
This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things! As of July 1 in Delaware, retail stores were no longer allowed to supply plastic shopping bags for their customers' purchases. No problem, said shoppers at Acme in Christiana -- we'll just walk out with your plastic shopping baskets. Delaware Online reported that the store's supply of baskets has been wiped out, and manager Kaitlyn DiFrancesco is not going to buy more. Customers had the option of buying reusable shopping bags or paying 5 cents for paper bags at checkout, but instead, as soon as the ban went into effect, they started lifting the baskets. Employees were asked to stop customers, but some shoppers just ignored the warning or slipped out unseen. Oh, Crap! Drivers along I-94 in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, were forced to navigate an alarming obstacle course around 4:45 a.m. on Aug. 9, WISN-TV reported. As a flatbed truck hauled port-a-potties, at least seven of them slid off the truck and landed upright in the road, causing panic for drivers following behind. "I was like, 'Is that a port-a-potty?'" said driver Alex Hilario. "Where did it even come from? Did they set it there? Because it was standing but rolling." Hilario's car collided with one portable john, but he was not hurt. Driver Vern Hicks also hit one of the johns and may have to total his car. Most of the units were hit by cars; one Waukesha County Sheriff's deputy was heard saying he was "responding to that crappy situation."
At a funeral on Aug. 6 at Rolling Hills Memorial Park in Richmond, California, a family brawl broke out after the deceased's son and daughter started arguing, SFGate reported. Police were called to the scene around 1:30 p.m., where up to 20 family members abandoned the service to fight with each other. The 36-year-old brother got into a vehicle and "attempted to drive toward his sister in an aggressive way, but instead he struck another female and sent her to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," said Sgt. Aaron Pomeroy of the Richmond Police Department. He also managed to knock over headstones and vases and break a water main, causing the funeral plot to fill up with water. The coup de grace was knocking over the casket; fortunately, the deceased did not fall out. When the brother finally emerged from the car, someone hit him with a cane to subdue him. The brother was later charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism.
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Ooohhh-kaaaayyyy Angel Domingo of Toronto is a big fan of trading items on resell websites. So when he moved into a new home and found a single cheese stick in the refrigerator, it was a no-brainer for him: Buy a billboard in Yonge-Dundas Square and offer the Black Diamond Cheese String in a trade for the best offer. "This is probably the strangest thing that I've ever had to offer up," Domingo told Global News. "I guess some people really want it." Indeed, he's received several offers for the cheese, the most unusual so far being a trade of two Persian cats. He hasn't made a deal yet, but he's in no hurry: There are months left before the cheese's expiration date.
There Are Cameras Everywhere Dr. Yue "Emily" Yu, 45, of Mission Viejo, California, was taken into custody on Aug. 4 after her husband alerted police that she was trying to poison him by adding Drano to his hot lemonade, The Mercury News reported. Yu's husband first started noticing a chemical taste in his drink in March and suffered from "two stomach ulcers, gastritis and esophagitis," according to his petition for divorce, filed on Aug. 5. He installed cameras in the kitchen and collected video evidence showing Yu reaching under the sink and pouring something from a Drano bottle into his drink. Yu's attorney says she "vehemently and unequivocally denies ever attempting to poison her husband or anyone else." She was released after posting bail.
The work centered on the remains of an indigenous village on the shore of Lake Skegemog dating back thousands of years. Lake Skegemog is part of the Chain of Lakes waterway, a 75-mile long series of connected lakes and rivers which starts in the Intermediate River and traverses Lake Bellaire, Clam Lake, Torch Lake, and Elk Lake before emptying into Lake Michigan.
Future Forward In keeping with that archaeological link, the farm hosted its inaugural Artifact Identification Day earlier this summer. Visitors were invited to bring their own artifacts to the farm for identification and examination. It also served as an opportunity for the Samels Family Heritage Society to release its new book, The Fascinating Archaeology of Skegemog Point and The Samels Farm. It describes discoveries by the Samels family and those by Dr. Cleland and his team.Thefarm itself serves as a reminder of a past that many can still remember, and one of the most engaging facets of the preservation is the involvement of Elk Rapids Schools. Eighth grade students work with members of the Heritage Society to learn about various aspects of life on the farm, then act as docents to students in third and fourth grades. “[The eighth graders] write the script and take on a persona of their choosing. One kid could do an English accent, so he [became] a visiting Londoner,” says RiversFriese. “This is the big deal, to help the younger generation understand what life was like on a subsistence farm.” That program is far from the only workshop or event the farm hosts. Open houses, farming bees, a quilting workshop, photography workshop, and other gatherings allow attendees to observe and learn traditional skills while enhancing the feeling of Amongcommunity.themost popular workshops are those on blacksmithing. Ted Ewald, another Heritage Society member, took his first blacksmith classes at Greenfield Village in Dearborn 25 years ago. He later attended an open house at the farm and saw the open blacksmith shop, but sadly, there
It all dates back to 1855, when William and Mariam Samels moved to the Williamsburg area from Canada to begin farming. In 1889, their son, Frank, bought 64 acres on Skegemog Road, and he and his wife Mary raised four sons on the farm: Amos, Dennis, Ben, and Robert. Amos died at an early age, while the other three never married but remained farmers for the rest of theirThelives.second generation of the Samels family raised a multitude of crops including beans, potatoes, oats, wheat, alfalfa, timothy, clover, and corn, some of which served as livestock feed for their horses, cows, hogs, and chickens. They set up their own blacksmith shop and a wood shop, creating a nearly self-sustaining operation on-site for the cycle of farm life. The brothers remained dedicated to preserving their traditional way of life, not purchasing a tractor until 1958 or hooking up to electric service until a year later. “Their dad didn’t allow electricity on the farm,” says Rivers-Friese. It wasn’t until after Frank had passed away that they acceded to some aspects of modern life. Despite all that newfangled electricity, the farm has remained firmly vintage in the ensuing 60+ years. Which is fortunate, considering the land could have been developed had it not been for the formation of the Samels Family Heritage Society in 2003. Rivers-Friese says the organization formed when a plan to build condos there saw neighbors band together to instead preserve the property. The farmstead museum today offers classes, workshops, and other events to bring the days of yore back to life. Digging into the Past Well before that, however, the farmland was already serving as an archaeological site. Dr. Charles Cleland, now retired from his position as professor of archaeology at Michigan State University, first visited the farm area in 1966. He worked there every summer until his retirement in 2000 and is now writing a book on his experiences and discoveries. “It was a lot of mosquitoes and sunburn, and a hell of a lot of fun,” he recalls.
It’s unlikely the first—or second, or maybe even third—generation of the Samels family ever considered themselves historians or thought of their farm as a future historic site.Yet that’s been the case for more than a half century. The family farm in Williamsburg has been an archaeological dig site as well as a working demonstration farm. Today, the farm hosts numerous events, including a history program with Elk Rapids“TheSchools.Samels brothers were interested in keeping things as they were,” says Mary Anne Rivers-Friese, one of the members of the Samels Family Heritage Society, an organization dedicated to preserving the farm and showcasing how life operated there.
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It has long served as a passageway, and the settlement occupied a midway point on the waterway. Cleland says it was a strategic location. “It was occupied as early as 10,000 years ago,” Cleland says. Cleland says the site is important not solely because of its history, but because of what it can tell us about how the people dealt with the various seasons and the vagaries of the weather. “There’s a lot of interest in what happened in our landscape, what it was like here, especially with climate change,” he says. He says questions about what formed the diet of those people, what structures they lived in, and how long they lived in the area are all important to those who study the past. “It’s the essence of archaeology. It’s not just artifacts, but trying to learn about the culture and the time before there were written records. Their technology, homes, food, the size of their communities.”
Preserving the Past, Forging the Future
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167 Years of History
Samels Farm offers a never-ending source of history
Aerial photo of the farm dated 1980. (Courtesy of Samels Family Heritage Society)
Skegemog Raptor Center volunteer Allye Kemme shows raptor claws and wings to Maddie Smith from Traverse City visiting during the Farm's Spring Open House in early June this year. (Photo by Tom Vranich) Members of the Hammer’d acoustic band entertain visitors to the Spring Open House event in early June 2022. (Photo by Tom Vranich) Settlers Frank and Mart Laubscher Samels taken in 1892. (Courtesy of Samels Family Heritage Society) A recent aerial of the farm.
Northern Express Weekly • aug 22, 2022 • 11 was no blacksmith. Not for long. Ewald was invited to be on the Heritage Society’s board and began to make use of his skills demonstrating how people like the Samels lived a century ago, when farms had to be self-reliant with just about everything from food to tools. “I’m more of a fix-it guy than buying a new one,” Ewald says. “That’s the reason for the [farm’s] blacksmith shop. Back then, there were no hardware stores. It took all day to get to town.” So whether they were making or repairing the farm’s tools, building wagons, or forging horseshoes, the Samels brothers did it themselves. Ewald’s demonstrations have evolved to include actual blacksmith classes. He offers both the public classes on specific dates on the Events page of the Samels Farm website and private classes as well. “I do classes and mentoring. This year, a cardiologist called and had five people for a class.” The classes include everything from an introduction to the craft to lighting the forge fire to working with the high-carbon steel and learning how to bend, twist, and taper it into the desired shapes. The board members are hopeful that the school programs, classes, and other events will boost interest among the public. Rivers-Friese says they are concerned that as the members of the Heritage Society grow older, they won’t be replaced by younger people. “We’re terrified if we can’t get some 50- to 60-year-olds [to join the board]. We hope kids grow up and want to help,” she says. To learn more, go to samelsfarm.org.
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6 > How many people are on one of those tastings Milligan:online?
5 > We haven’t talked since the pandemic. How did that massive event impact your business? Milligan: Well, one of the trends that got traction during that time was virtual olive oil tastings. We send out a kit with three of our extra virgin olive oils and one grocery-bought oil so people could experience the difference. And that was so successful while everyone was remote.
Could be two or 10 or 60. We had lots of large groups and companies do that experience.
4 > And when can we expect to taste Fustini’s olive oil from that harvest? Milligan: OOur Picual varietal will be featured in one of our new gift sets in time for the holiday season. The response to these fresh oils has been phenomenal.
1 > Hello there! Last time we talked, you were in a hotel in Spain in 2019... Milligan: Right! We had just finished making our first selection of fresh, early harvest green olives for olive oil in early November 2019. That was a fantastic trip and was the start of a very popular new product for us, the SELECT Extra Virgin Olive Oils.
Milligan: Well of course our stores in Petoskey, Traverse City, Ann Arbor and Holland. And then we’re now in all the Tom’s, all the Oleson’s, Anderson’s, Hansens, and other outlets and farmers markets throughout the north. And especially now, some people are preferring to just buy online. Lots of new ways to find us as we get closer to the holiday season!
12 > Lemon and garlic are my two go-tos that I basically cannot cook without.
Northern Michigan’s own Fustini’s is taking kitchens across the globe by storm, and we caught up again with Owner Jim Milligan to hear the latest about flavors, products, and an upcoming trip to the olive fields of Spain.
Milligan: Last year we added a unique QR code to each product. Scan the code on the bottle and it will will direct you to specific recipes that use that product for healthy and flavorful inspiration. It is like having Fustini’s 2000+ recipes right in your kitchen.
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10 > Sounds like you have another new product innovation, too.
13 > And where can readers find your products these days across northern Michigan?
7 > What else? Milligan: Well, also as a result of the pandemic, more people began cooking at home and ways to do things together, so that was really good for our business. One thing that emerged was cooking classes online, where a guest chef hosts a small group, and we send out the ingredients list, and tools needed. And then a group or family goes online with the chef and learns and makes those dishes live and then can enjoy them as a meal. It’s really, really fun.
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Milligan: Everyone has a favorite or two. Those are excellent choices!
Milligan: Yes, we’ve introduced a line of olive oils where — instead of being infused — the pepper or herb is milled right with the olives. It gives a much more intense flavor and those have been wildly popular………flavors like basil, ginger and cayenne.
11 > I just know so many people who absolutely rely on your oils and vinegars while they cook. I’m not sure it’s a stretch to say you’ve changed the way people cook and prepare food!
2 > So much so that you’re heading back, correct? Milligan: We haven’t been able to the last couple years due to the pandemic, so we’ve done it in collaboration with Paul Vossen, renowned expert in all things olive and olive oil. And yes, we’re on our way back to Spain to do it in person. That fresh, green taste is so distinct and unlike anything you’ve tasted before.
9 > So, once I’ve made the recipe I’ve bought a specific product for, how else can I use what I purchased?
3 > And what will this year’s trip bring? Milligan: This year’s crop in Spain will be smaller because of abnormally high heat. This won’t affect quality. We’ll head back that first week of November for harvest and milling in the region near Linares, Spain, and we’ve really gotten to know the Aguilar family there, whom we work with exclusively for those superb olive oils.
Milligan: I think you’re right. We’ve likely even impacted spice sales in some places.
8 > How do you share all these great recipes with your Milligan:customers? Each week Fustini’s sends out an enews with 40 or so recipe suggestions that relate to the specific season or holiday that is coming up. You can sign up to get these ideas right on our website home page.
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In the 1950s, when Americans were urged to “See the USA in your Chevrolet,” the typical roadside motel was a series of connected rooms, sometimes with a café and a swimming pool on-site. Over time, the interstate highway system diverted travelers away, and chains like Holiday Inn and Howard Johnson turned the ubiquitous roadside lodging into an anachronism. But the Foothills of Glen Lake, circa 1957, is thriving. Quirky…but with Roots Most everything about the Foothills is a bit quirky—in fun, Schitt’s Creek way— from the origin story to the unlikely stewardship of the current owners, a trio connected through family, friendship, and profession.TheFoothills’
Visit foothillsofglenlake.com. Motel (231) 334-3495, Café (231) 334-7499, 7097 S. Dunns Farm Rd., Maple City
The Foothills of Glen Lake harken back to simpler days
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By Geri Dietze
In 2009, Shari Bernstein and Paul Staber of Toledo and Shirley Cheney of Indianapolis were in the area visiting Paul’s brother. Before leaving town, they ate at the Foothills Café. Later, Paul’s brother called them en route and said, “Hey, that restaurant where you just had breakfast is for sale.”
Fast-forward a bit, and the “three unlikely souls,” as Bernstein says, became owners. Cheney had longed to open a bed and breakfast. Bernstein was a counselor and Staber was in charge of a lockdown drug and alcohol treatment center. “We met in prison,” Bernstein deadpans. Retro…but without the Irony Today, it doesn’t get much more “vintage summer” than the Foothills. Still, the place is not a throwback to another time, nor is it a nostalgia trip. Rather, it is what it is: a nod to the ways things used to be, with recognition that things can be simple and still be just fine. It’s a little off-beat, to be sure. (Body parts and hopes and dreams are included on the do-not-flush list posted in every bathroom.) But people who understand the vibe come back regularly for the comfortable beds, robust water pressure, fluffy towels, and a satisfying breakfast, all tucked under the trees on a country highway. Those who require more modern, shinier creature comforts go elsewhere. “Most people say, ‘It’s clean, comfortable, and cute. Don’t mess with it,’” says Bernstein. And, the location is a big draw. “We have lots of repeat customers who like to be away from the hubbub of Glen Arbor but still appreciate the convenience of being close by.” The motel is just a short drive to downtown Glen Arbor, Glen Lake beaches, and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park.
Guests can also head out on bikes or on foot, but be prepared for hills. (Someone from the Foothills would be sure to pick you up, if you need a lift, and bring you back. Now there’s service!) All-day Breakfast…but with a Side of Altruism Due to current staffing issues, the Foothills Café is serving breakfast only, from 8am to 2pm, Thursday through Monday. Still, it’s hopping with guests and regulars, local and seasonal. In the high season, the little place puts out 90 to 150 meals daily. The café's easy style fits well with the motel’s retro vibe. The original Formica dinette tables are still in use, but the matching pink dinette chairs—it was the Fabulous Fifties, after all—were falling apart and, sadly, could not be saved. Expect Higher Grounds fair trade coffee (bottomless cup!), farm fresh eggs, breakfast meats, and griddle items including special (secret) recipe pancakes. Try the Bomblette, a three egg omelet with sausage, onion, cheddar, and if desired, Paul’s homegrown jalapeños. (The 12-egg Bomblette is free if you eat the whole thing.) Another favorite is Eggs Benedict, and the café has bested some heady competition: Londoners who summer on Glen Lake have had the dish in fine European restaurants, but prefer the Foothills’ version, hands-down. “Europeans seem to like [The Foothills],” Bernstein says. To wit: An Italian family staying in the motel needed to cook some pasta for their little one, so Bernstein took the mother into the café kitchen and put on the pasta water. A helping hand comes in many forms, and one of the first things the owners did back in 2009 was institute a pay-it-forward arrangement for the café. Customers can buy another’s meal or purchase gift certificates, many of which find their way to area food banks and churches. Plus, Bernstein continues to work parttime in counseling, and she is particularly sensitive to the dangers of overdose in Leelanau County. The Foothills has partnered with Harm Reduction Michigan, and, through a grant, offers free nasal doses of naloxone, which is used to stop an overdose.Outside the café, the Harm Reduction Box resembles a white metal newspaper box, and its contents are free. “If it can save [a] life and reach more people, it’s for anyone who shows up and wants it,” Bernstein says. Pay it forward, indeed. Old(er)…but New Again Mid-century motels are experiencing a retro-chic renaissance, so the Foothills is right on trend without even trying. Still, the trio does look to the future. A sauna is planned, and at some point they hope to finesse the ’50’s look with modernity into a “boutique experience that works for every patron.” In summer, Sunday concerts happen on the back deck. Bring some wine, lawn chairs, and be entertained: Larz Cabot, John Kumjian, Andre Villoch, and Blind Dog Hank, among others, have been on the stage. Suggested donations help pay for the cost. According to Bernstein, “It lets us keep the music and the energy flowing. It’s always a niceIntime.”the meantime, the owners savor the journey. “We love being up north,” Bernstein says. “This place is magical.”
first owner was Roland Foote, who built a do-it-yourself cabin kit from the Montgomery Ward catalog on the shores of Glen Lake. The rental income from that cabin made him see the potential in something even larger. He purchased more property, ordered more cabin kits, and, in 1957, strung them together to form an 8-unit roadside motel. There were other owners over the years, one of whom installed an in-ground pool, a powerful attraction in the mom-and-pop roadside motel business. Eventually, the pool became a victim of expensive liability insurance and was filled in. Speaking of victims, local scuttlebutt had it that the pool site was the final resting place of a downstate gangster. It’s a good story, and some like to think that he haunts the café. (Crime junkies take note: The dates don’t jibe with Jimmy Hoffa’s demise.)
About the Event The conversation with Dennis and Dempsey begins at 7pm on Thursday, Aug. 25, and offers both digital and in-person purchasing options. Livestream tickets are available for $12.50 through the National Writers Series website, while in-person tickets range from $5-$25 and can be purchased through the City Opera House. Guest host for the event is local environmental journalist Sheri McWhirter. For more information, visit nationalwritersseries.org.
Past, Present, and Future
The Michigan of 100 years ago would likely be unrecognizable now. In the last century, we’ve built it up—strip malls and condos come to mind—while simultaneously tearing at its forests and other natural features. Still, Jerry Dennis can’t stay away. “[Northern Michigan] is a topic I’ve never grown tired of,” he says. “It has always been a pleasure to return to writing about the landscape and people of my home.” An award-winning environmental author (not to mention a Michigan native), Dennis has focused his life’s work on capturing his home state in each of her changing seasons. His new essay collection, Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons, pays homage to that very flux. Though change is inevitable, depletion is not, and this is where author Dave Dempsey comes in. A 30-year veteran of conservation policy and an author of six books on the topic, his 2021 reprint of Great Lakes for Sale (2008) arrives on the tails of outdated efforts that could suck our freshwater from under our noses—one BlueTriton water bottle at a time.“It’s important to realize that people look at the Great Lakes from other parts of the world, and certainly the U.S.,” Dempsey says. But, instead of a precious ecological system, the lakes are often viewed as a water vat to be utilized in other areas. “We tend to take our fresh water for granted in this part of the world. Hopefully, this book will inspire people to do a little more in that regard.”
On Thursday, Aug. 25, two of Michigan’s most celebrated nature authors, Jerry Dennis and Dave Dempsey, take to the National Writers Series stage for a deep dive (pun intended) into Great Lakes stewardship, including the effects of climate change, encroaching threats to our water supply, and other issues they explore in their featured books, Up North in Michigan and Great Lakes for Sale.
This ostensibly positions Great Lakes states as targets for entrepreneurs, or, even worse, paves the way for the potential horrors of making water a commodity. “That leads to water being priced out of affordability for a lot of people. That inequity, I think, is just a taste of what could happen if we let large markets in,” Dempsey explains. The Power of the People Dire as our situation may seem, both authors insist that hope remains, as long as locals are willing to take up the fight. “People might not believe it, but they can make a huge difference. We can’t let the ‘bad guys’ dominate the playing field,” says Dempsey, adding that the fight starts with pushing politicians on the path towards concrete change. “There have always been people who rise up. That’s the whole history of Michigan’s environmental protection,” he says.Great Lakes states are only square one. In fact, the last decade has fostered a movement— headlined by the United Nations, no less—to declare water a right throughout the globe.
“[There’s hope] in that people are becoming more aware,” Dempsey says. Affordable drinking water, however, is not yet part of U.S. governing practices, though that hasn’t hindered California, where a 2012 law (Assembly Bill 685) entitled its residents to no-nonsense water access. We’re not quite there yet in Michigan, particularly in low-income communities, but progress of local nonprofits and NGOs— more than 10 of which are in Grand Traverse County—offers reassurance. “Most people care deeply about this place, and many are willing to fight to protect it,” says Dennis. “I have no doubt their work will be recognized for decades.” So how can we—that is, laypeople— participate in the fight for freshwater? Says Dennis, “Books [are] still the best way to enter deeply into a subject and learn more than other media can impart.” Education in general is crucial to understanding conservation issues, as well as the part we play within them. From a legislative perspective, Dempsey calls for more direct action in regulating water extraction. “We ought to assess a royalty on it and put the money back into our water resources,” he says. This way, argues Dempsey, “we’re making it clear that it’s a privilege, not a right, for private parties to take water, and there’s an obligation to compensate the public for that.”
Michigan authors talk water protection at the National Writers Series
The Great Lakes in Print and on Stage
Precious—but Precarious—Resources At a staggering six-quadrillion gallons, the Great Lakes account for about 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater stock. And while they have so far been a permanent fixture—“they were here when we were born, and they’ll still be here when we die,” says Dempsey—there’s no guarantee to how long they’ll last. To put the concept into perspective, Dempsey invites us to consider the following figure: “While writing Ruin and Recovery [2000], I was astonished to learn that in the 1870s, it was predicted that we had enough timber in Michigan to last for 500 years,” he says. Humans, however, cleared it in 50. The Great Lakes aren’t immune to human meddling. “Climate change, especially, has been on a lot of minds, for valid reasons,” says Dennis, whose research for an earlier book, The Living Great Lakes, included digital projections of shifts in the global climate. He notes that “even those early models [circa the ’90s] predicted more extreme weather events,” as well as the invasive species and water-level fluctuations we’ve seen play out over the last decade. One especially unsettling (and foreseeable) threat is the commodification of the Great Lakes. “It’s still a shock to me that there are people in this water basin that think it’s fine to sell water, to sell the Great Lakes,” says Dempsey. “When you allow corporations to make a product”—in our case that product is bottled water, or tapping the lakes for water needs elsewhere—“you are at risk of losing public control.”
“Most people care deeply about this place, and many are willing to fight to protect it,” says Dennis.
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The 75-minute experience from Rabbi Arnie is called “From Biblical Sarah to Seinfeld: 4,000 Years of Jewish Humor,” and it will be performed for one night only on Aug. 27 at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Traverse City. Guests of all denominations (or none) are welcome. I ask Sleutelberg about the role of laughing in faith, or what he thinks God had in mind with comedy overall, and he immediately replies with, “Joan Rivers, legend, what did she say: Can we talk? She was right! We can talk!”Rivers is one of his comedy idols. The others he mentions at the top of the list are Jackie Mason and Buddy Hackett for their abilities to get people laughing and then keep them laughing with their incredible sense of timing.“We can laugh, hopefully about ourselves, because God created us to have that ability. Other faith groups have limits on what you can poke fun at, or make fun of, but it’s not true with Jewish humor. Even the most holy of sacraments are fodder for us. Not all Jewish humor is about laughing. Sometimes it’s self-protection, co-opting antisemmitical comedy and then becoming better, quicker and funnier about it all,” Sleutelberg says. He adds, “I’ll be crossing lines, because how else can we historically or accurately talk about these things? We learn so much from this humor because it’s a window into the lives of the people who laughed way back when too. Their humor is insight into what their lives were like and what was happening to them.”Hisroutine is based on real comedy and history; suffice to say, Rabbi Arnie isn’t making things up. But he’s sharing it all and also giving it context too. One genre of comedy that gets a whole chapter in his talk is the category of “Priest, Minister, and Rabbi” jokes. “It’s fascinating! When a Jew tells one of these jokes, the rabbi gets the punchline, and when a gentile tells one, the rabbi also gets the punchline!” he says as we both laugh. “We’ve come to understand that some ethnic groups have humor only amongst themselves, like Jews and African-Americans. Some of our same jokes told by someone outside our community would be disgusting and inappropriate, right?” These are some of the more interesting questions and thoughts Sleutelberg hopes his routine provokes in the moment and in the conversations that follow it. The act follows Jewish humor through time in basic chronological order, but he’s always changing and tweaking the flow too. “It’s never the same twice. I’ll add something here. Take something away. Get new thoughts,” he says. At age 63, he thinks he’s probably done the routine publicly in some way shape or form over 40 times. When I ask about any future plans for expansion, he laughs. “No plans to change my day job, no! I don’t have a world tour or a Netflix special, but I’ve got another gig next year here in Detroit, so it keeps going.” Sleutelberg steadfastly believes that God has a wonderful sense of humor and that he gave us the natural ability to laugh at ourselves as one of our highest and most humanKarentraits.Segal, one of his congregants here in Traverse City, agrees and says about Rabbi Arnie, “We are blessed to have him in this community and to benefit from his wisdom and humor. Especially when we need it most.”
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By Joseph Beyer Rabbi Arnie Sleutelberg has already made me laugh several times, and I haven’t even had my first cup of coffee yet. His demeanor is thoughtful, calm, and seriously funny.
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The full-time rabbi and part-time stand-up comedian (slash historian) is talking to me from Lake Orion outside the Detroit area, where he and his partner live most of the time. They come up to Traverse City monthly to serve the local Congregation Beth Shalom. “My father loved a good joke, and he was very good at telling them, but they weren’t Jewish jokes,” Sleutelberg says. “I only became aware there was a specific type of Jewish comedy when I was in rabbinical school. That’s when I really started studying it, and I’ve been honing this routine for almost 40 years now.” The routine is part stand-up comedy, part religion lesson, and part social experiment.
Tickets to the Aug. 27 event are $15 for students and $25 for general admission. The show takes place at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Grand Traverse located at 6726 Center Road. Details and registration can be found online at bit.ly/rabbiarnie.
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It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves for several years now. Stories of customers being rude to local business staff, community members punching journalists in the face, and people getting shot when putting their boat in the water seem to have become the norm. (Okay, those last two only happened once, but still.) So, seriously, what is wrong with people? A 2021 article in TIME says “Re-entry into polite society is proving to be a little bumpy. … Americans appear to have forgotten their niceties, especially with those whose job it is to assist them.” Slate hypothesizes that a mixture of pandemic stress, social isolation, and violent political rhetoric have pushed people over the edge. Amy Alkon, our wonderful former Advice Goddess, put it bluntly in a piece for Psychology Today: “We modern humans are a bunch of grabby, self-involved jerks, the same as generations of humans before us. It’s just that there are fewer constraints on our grabby, self-involved jerkhood than ever before.”
As restaurant staff continue to face rude and aggressive customers, a psychology expert weighs in on how to turn bad behavior around Short’s Brewing cuts to the chase in a July 2022 post on Facebook: “We are doing the best we can with what we have, and that often means short staffed during peak business levels with guests yelling in our faces. And sadly, this is the ‘norm’ in the service industry—just ask anyone in it.”
The post was liked by 27,000 people— which is more than the entire population of Antrim County—but apparently those folks aren’t the only ones headed to Bellaire. Short says it’s the Friday and Saturday crowds coming in July and August who bring the worst behavior with them. Already, the brewery has made major changes to improve the experience for guests. A trimmed-down menu allows for faster food service. Beer and pizza by the slice are available for those “hangry” (Short’s term) guests who need something to tide
In August of 2020, the brewery shared its first fed-up Facebook post that said, “It’s time to STOP. Enough is enough already. To all of the customers who have swore at us, yelled, laughed in our faces, threatened negative reviews, name-called, belittled and brought us to tears, we’re done.”
18 • aug 22, 2022 • Northern Express Weekly By Jillian Manning
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?
Fed Up Unfortunately, all of those theories seem to contain nuggets of truth. And the people who have seen it all are working in the front lines of your favorite restaurants, which are already short-staffed and dealing with soaring food costs and supply chain issues. Some folks have tried taking a gentle approach, reminding customers to put their best foot forward. For example, this summer, Stafford’s Pier in Harbor Springs put up a sign that read: “Please take responsibility for the energy you bring into this space. Your words matter. Your behaviors matter. Our team and our guests matter. Take a slow, deep breath, and make sure your energy is in check before entering. Thank you!” Others have had to take more drastic measures. Larah Moore, general manager at East Park Tavern in Charlevoix, went viral— including national stories with TODAY and Newsweek—after she put her foot down and closed the restaurant during July’s Venetian Festival in response to badly behaved visitors. “Due to the mistreatment of our servers, our kitchen is closed,” Moore wrote on a sign at the restaurant, which she followed up with a Facebook post detailing the “rude,” “arrogant,” and “cocky” actions of out-oftownSimilarly,customers.Small Batch at the Cupola, the bakery/café in Harbor Springs, shared an “open letter to the public” in August after seeing bigoted behavior from their diners. “If you exhibit any rude, entitled or racist behavior you will not be served and told to leave the premises immediately. We have a zero tolerance policy for racism and prejudice of any kind,” they said. Short on Patience Short’s Brewing Company in Bellaire is also done with customer nonsense. Like other eateries, they took to social media this July to say, “First and foremost: We will not tolerate this negative behavior. We will ALWAYS have our staff’s backs so don’t be a jerk. And secondly: Good things take time. If you come here during the busiest time of the year, you’re going to wait. Period.”
Owner Joe Short sees a correlation between the pandemic and the rise in rudeness from customers. “It’s innate, really, for us to have this kind of behavior,” Short says. “Pre-pandemic, it was a regular thing, but not as bad. [Since the pandemic began], it seemed like there was just an added sense of frustration across the board … So I think the pandemic was definitely a rift that exacerbated what was already out there.”
“I’m a behavioral psychologist, and the one thing that we know about behaviors is that they can always change,” Smith says. “We can change—we just have to get out of our own personal bubble and start to empathize with the people that are part of our lives.”
“We are not here to be abused. We will not tolerate that anymore,” Larah Moore says in a social media post explaining this sign she put up at East End Tavern in July.
Smith does have some optimism about the future. She points to a project her classes have done—which she calls “the pandemic discussion”—in which students have to talk about acts of altruism they have seen in their communities, focusing on the good instead of the bad. “[Bad news] can almost seem like it is overwhelming, and that yes, we are headed to a Mad Max society. But I will tell you, that’s not the case, because for every act of aggression and violence, there are five or six acts of compassion. … Maybe it’s a matter of we need to let people know that there is goodness out there and they will act accordingly.”Themoral of the story: If you find yourself about the fly off the handle on your next night out, think back to those preschool days when we learned important lessons like “treat others how you want to be treated” and “if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” And if you can’t live by those rules, then stay home, cook your own dinner, and practice a bit of empathy.
Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You
While we can’t explain all the strange, rude, and aggressive behaviors of the population, we do have an idea as to why so many people are acting out now. We spoke with Shilo Smith, instructor of psychology at Northwestern Michigan College, who lends some insight into why acts of unkindness are becoming more common. Smith says the pandemic thrust the U.S. into “high-stress mode,” which has since been exacerbated by other stressors like an uncertain economy, political turmoil, and inflation. Bonus: That political turmoil has also made certain forms of intolerant behavior more socially acceptable. “All of those pressures can lead to frustration,” she explains. “One of the side effects of frustration is displaced aggression—when you can’t take out your frustration on what is causing it, you take it out on something else.” This, in part, explains why some people have chosen to target service industry staff with that overflow of aggression. “There’s a division of power, so to speak, between customer and service worker. … When you are put in a position of differences of powers, such as a manager, some people will take that to the extreme, and they will abuse that power.” Smith also points to a lack of understanding and appreciation for folks working in restaurants, especially when the would-be aggressor has no similar experience of their own. “Some people have never experienced [working in the service industry], so they don’t understand,” she says. “They look at a service worker as somebody less than them, somebody under them.” There are societal ramifications for that kind of behavior. We’re already seeing an obvious one play out: People are treated badly in their restaurant jobs, so they quit. Having fewer staff leads to challenges in service—especially during the busy summer months—which leads to disgruntled customers. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle with no end in Nevertheless,sight.
Northern Express Weekly • aug 22, 2022 • 19 them over while they wait. And the pavilion made out of shipping containers across the street from the Bellaire pub offers live music two or three nights a week to keep guests entertained.“We’retrying to be resourceful and helpful,” Short says. “But there’s only so much you can do with human behavior.” There are some good eggs out there though, he contends. “The vast majority of our customers are very pleasant, and they’re very supportive. … They’re just embracing our business, our products, our people, and they’re happy to abide by the rules.”
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Open daily at 106 St. Mary’s Street Brand new this summer season, Capital Dog opened in May and set up shop in Lake Leelanau’s original fire station. The summer staple is owned by Kevin and Sue Burns, who entered the restaurant business with a mission in mind: to create a place for families to eat in Leelanau County that is economical when it comes to expense and time. “What we’ve loved most about opening and operating Capital Dog is how welcoming the Lake Leelanau community has been. We’re filling a void here, and the local support has been overwhelming,” Sue says. The atmosphere of Capital Dog is straight out of Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, with a full-service ice cream counter, vintage decor, swivel stools, booth seating, and an antique apothecary counter. (In fact, you might sense that Jimmy Stewart could make an appearance and shout “hot dog!” at any time.) As a bonus, there’s a quaint back patio for additional seating outdoors. It took several years of thought and planning before the boutique restaurant opened its doors, but Capital Dog is now thriving on serving a variety of specialty hot dogs, small-batch slow-cooked pork, and ice cream for hot summer days. “We opened Capital Dog May 1, and one thing we’re learning is that everyone has an opinion about their hot dog preference,” says Sue. “There’s lots of banter between customers regarding Detroit-style vs. Flint-style vs. Chicagostyle—and it’s all in jest! We didn’t set out to reinvent the wheel; we just wanted to serve darn good dogs and hit high marks with our customers.” All dogs and buns are steamed, but there are several versions in particular that the people love. “Our bestsellers are the Narrows Dog with kraut and mustard and our signature, the Capital Dog, with shredded cheddar, chili, fresh diced garlicky dill pickle, onion, ketchup, and mustard,” says Burns. Peruse the menu and learn more at capitaldog.net.
By Alexandra Dailey There’s nothing like a late-summer neighborhood party where friends get together, fire up the grill, and create a smorgasbord-style potluck. If you’re nostalgic for those summer nights but can’t create your own backyard charcoal ambiance, we recommend you, your friends, and your neighbors head to one of the NoMi establishments known for their hot dogs. There, you’ll find all of the flavor and none of the clean-up…plus some truly creative takes on America’s go-to summer food.
Capital Dog,Lake Leelanau
Located in lovely downtown Frankfort is FrankZ, a restaurant featuring—you guessed it— franks. Owned and operated by Joey Barcheski, Franks also serves other American classics, like chicken tenders, fries, and wings, as well as gyros and specialty egg rolls.
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Open daily at 325 Main St
[Editor’s Note: We looked this up, and while Michigan doesn’t technically have a state food, people sure like to think Coney dogs are it.]
On the dog side of the menu, you get to choose between 11 different iterations. Embrace the coming of fall with the Cheddar Dog, topped with FrankZ chili and shredded cheddar. Go above and beyond the Works Dog, which starts with ketchup, mustard, onions, pickles, and offers the option for unlimited toppings. Or lean into a local legend with the Dog Man, featuring honey sriracha, onion, jalapeño, and FrankZ’s man dip. According to Barcheski, FrankZ’s mission is to offer a superior product at an affordable price. Another part of Barcheski’s mission is to give back to his community by supporting events and funding local schools. FrankZ also offers full-service catering for birthdays, graduation parties, company picnics, family reunions, tailgates, holiday parties, weddings, and more. (Possibly even that neighborhood backyard cookout we were daydreaming about earlier.)
Get the details at frankzfrankfort.com.
FrankfortFrankZ, Open Wednesday through Sunday at 109 S Union St. Since 2015, Howard’s Hot Dogs of Traverse City has been supplying the late-night Union Street bar district patrons with delicious Coney dogs between 10pm and 2:15am. The mobile food vendor is a mere stone’s throw away from 7 Monks Taproom, Union Street Station, and Dillinger’s Pub, and the bars’ patrons love indulging in late-night snacks. “My mission has always been to provide customers with the most delicious and authentic Coney dog they’ve ever tasted,” says Howard Byrne, proprietor and namesake of the eatery. “After all, the Coney dog is the official state food of Michigan!”
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PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE PUBLIC EXHIBIT OPENING: 10am-5pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Enjoy the artwork created during PGT 2022! The 36 fea tured artists will have created hundreds of new paintings, including scenes from Leelanau County, Old Mission Penin sula, Elk Rapids, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Downtown Traverse, & more. Free. pgt-public-exhibit-openingcrookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/
HARBOR SPRINGS SIDEWALK SALES: Downtown Harbor Springs. LAST SLICE OF SUMMER CELEBRA TION: Open Space Park, TC. 10am-7pm: Yoga in the park. There will also be free yoga on the water from 10-11am with dharamsala. Bring a mat or towel. 10am5pm: Downtown Art Fair. 10am-7pm: Bubbles, face paint, kids crafts, bikes, chalk. 11am-6:30pm: Bands including 8th Street West, Old Mission Fiddle Vine, & The Soul Syndicate. Free. downtowntc. MADE IN CHEBOYGAN SUMMER CRAFT SHOW: 10am-5pm, Washington Park, Cheboygan. facebook.com/ma
DOWNTOWN TC ART FAIR: 10am-5pm, The Open Space, TC. This annual juried art fair features over 90 Midwest & na tional artists. Held in conjunction with The Last Slice of Summer! Presented by: Fu sion Fine Art Framing.
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10TH ANNUAL KIERSTEN’S RIDE: 10am, Chandler Hill Campground, Boyne Falls. Benefits suicide prevention programs in northern lower Michigan. Choose from a horseback trail ride, trail bike ride, walk, or ORV ride. $10-$25.
COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY: 10am5pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center & sur rounding Hannah Park, TC. Enjoy an afternoon of live music, food & activities. This event is a part of Paint Grand Tra verse! Free. crookedtree.org/tc
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JOSHUA DAVIS: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Enjoy this Michigan-based singer, song writer & guitarist’s unique blend of Ameri can roots traditions. Davis was a finalist on Season 8 of NBC’s “The Voice.” $38, $33, $28.
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SUMMER BAYFRONT ART & CRAFT SHOW: 10am-5pm, Bayfront Park, Petoskey. Featuring painters, sculptors, mixed media artists, glass blowers, wood workers, jewelry & more. daniellesblu
SAVING BIRDS THROUGH HABITAT ANNUAL FUNDRAISER FEATURING GREG BUTCHER: 4-6:30pm, Charter Sanctuary Discovery Center, Omena. This outdoor program features food, wine, a silent auction & live music by Hot Biscuits. Greg Butcher, International Spe cies coordinator for the US Forest Ser vice, will give a talk on Michigan’s tropi cal connection, using data from his latest State of the Birds report. Reserve your spot: 231-271-3738. $45 suggested do nation. mibirdfest.org
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DISNEY’S WINNIE THE POOH KIDS: 2pm & 5pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. In the Hundred Acre Wood, Winnie the Pooh & his pals discover that Christopher Robin has been captured by the mysteri ous Backson. Along the way to a rescue, they learn about teamwork, friendship & sharing snacks. Performances feature 8to 16-year-old participants in the Young Company’s One-Week Intensive Musical Theatre Camps. Adults, $18; Youth under 18, $10. TheatreManager/1/login&event=404tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/
SERIOUS MOONLIGHT - A DAVID BOWIE TRIBUTE: 6-9pm, Rudbeckia Winery & Burnt Marshmallow Brewstillery, Petoskey. Era accurate costumes, custom-made wigs, & a talented band come together to help transport audiences to their fondest memories of iconic entertainer David Bow ie. $20.
COMEDY WITH CARMEN MORALES: 7pm & 9:30pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. Carmen’s style incorporates opinion ated quick wit & outlandish characters. She’s been seen on two seasons of the TV show “Laughs” on Fox & heard on Sirius XM Radio in the U.S. & Canada. $20-$25.
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PINT-SIZED PAINT OUT FOR KIDS: 10am-noon, Crooked Tree Arts Center & surrounding Hannah Park, TC. Art ists ages 5-15 will compete for awards, & younger artists are welcome to create masterpieces as well. Register online at paintgrandtraverse.com or call 9419488. All supplies provided. Please wear clothes that can get messy. Free.
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BATTLE OF THE NORTH RACING EVENT: Flintfields Horse Park, Williams burg. Featuring the fastest barrel racers in Michigan. Also enjoy live music by ReBooted & Judy Harrison, a western hat contest with school spirit, activities & more. Gates open at 10:30am. Family admission, $25; GA, $10; 12 & under, free. gobluegogreenpolo.org/purchaseticket
STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Feathers For Lunch” by Lois Ehlert & “Bugs For Lunch” by Margery Facklam. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org CORK & CRUISE-IN: 3-6pm, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. Family-friendly event featuring a wide range of cars & trucks, from vintage to modern. Free. blackstar farms.com/cork-cruise-in 5LOAVES2FISH FUNDRAISER CON CERT: 6pm, Main Street Gallery, Le land. Geno Miller & his group Blind Dog Hank will be joined by musicians Sarah Landry Ryder, Aaron Ryder, Sierra Cas sidy, Kevin Kelley, & Andre Villoch for a music-packed night. There will also be heavy hors d’oeuvres, including lo cally produced chocolate, cheese, wine & beer. Proceeds benefit 5Loaves2Fish Northern Michigan, a homeless outreach group who serves both Leelanau County & Traverse City. $100/person. MUDMRI7GKsquare.site/buy/UNEGXP45G4G6UXLcheckout.
JAMMIN MONDAYS ON BETSIE BAY: 7-9:15pm, Waterfront Park Amphitheater, Elberta. Eat-it-Up Quartet, featuring vo calists Ellie Martin & Michael Harrison, bring their energetic & eclectic jazz & blues.
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COMEDIAN KEVIN NEALON: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Emmy & SAG-nominated actor, comedian & author Kevin Nealon is best known for his nine-year stint as a cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live & has received critical acclaim for his role in the Showtime series Weeds. $77, $67, $52, $47. comedian-kevin-nealongreatlakescfa.org/events/detail/ tuesday COUNTYEMMET-CHARLEVOIXFAIR: Em met County Fairgrounds, Petoskey, Aug. 23-28. Highlights include Corn hole Tournament on Aug. 23, Chris Jan son in concert on Aug. 24, Monster Truck Throw Down on Aug. 25-26, Autocross Racing on Aug. 27, carnival every day, & much more. met-charlevoix-county-fair/2022-08-23petoskeyarea.com/event/em
SINGING THE GOOD OLD SONGS AGAIN: 2pm, Helena Township Com munity Center, Alden. Jackie Davidson & Gary Brandt combine classic & original folk songs into an energetic, entertaining & fun show. There is a lot of audience in teraction, participation & humor. 231-3314318. Free.
MITCH ALBOM, AUTHOR: 7pm, Christ Episcopal Church, Charlevoix. Speech topic is: “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” with some commentary mixed in from “Giving is Living” From Tuesdays with Morrie to Haiti.” Albom will speak in sanctuary with book signing & reception in parish hall. Open to public. Space is limited.
2022 MUSIC IN MACKINAW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 8pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Straits Area Concert Band.
KID’S CRAFT LAB: TIE DYE: 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Tie Dye a bandanna or bring your own shirt. Sign up when you reserve your attendance at the Museum. greatlakeskids.org
TRAVERSE CITY TRIATHLON: 8am. The Olympic & sprint-distance races start in the waters of Bowers Harbor on West Grand Traverse Bay for a looped swim. The bike courses point athletes past pic turesque orchards & vineyards & over a few tough climbs. Heading out on the run, racers follow Neahtawanta Road along the water before turning up a dirt road into the Pyatt Nature Preserve. Athletes then return to the pavement for the final stretch to the finish line at Bowers Harbor Park. traversecitytriathlon.com
THE DOO WOP PROJECT: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Tracing the evolution of Doo Wop from the classic sound of five guys singing har monies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today. $67, $57, $47, $42. wop-projectgreatlakescfa.org/events/detail/doomonday
RIVERTOWN JAZZ BAND: 4-6pm, Ma rina Park, Harbor ----------------------Springs. A BENEFIT CONCERT TO PROTECT & CELEBRATE WATER!: 6pm, Am phitheatre at Civic Center Park, TC. Enjoy an evening of music & song with Seth Bernard. Seth is the founder of the Clean Water Campaign for Michi gan, Title Track, Earthwork Music, & the Earthwork Harvest Gathering. Gather on the lawn in front of the amphitheater. Bring blankets or beach chairs. Ben efits FLOW (For Love of Water) & the TC Tritons High School Girls Swim/Dive Team. Tickets in advance: $20 ($10 for 12 & under, babies in arms are FREE). Day of: $25. water-8-21-2022benefit-concert-to-protect-and-celebrate-an-intimate-evening-with-seth-bernard-a-mynorthtickets.com/events/
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TINY FEST: 6-10pm, Northwest Garden at Traverse Area District Library, TC. Enjoy face painting & live music by DJ Summerisle, Failed Pilot, John Piatek & Friends, & Breathe Owl Breathe. BYO chair. events.tadl.org/event/tiny-fest
GTRLC FIELD TRIP: 10am-noon, Arcadia Marsh Nature Pre serve, Arcadia. “Marsh Wildflowers at the Arcadia Marsh” with Paula Dreeszen. Reg ister. gtrlc.org/recreation-events/events
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2ND ANNUAL MUSIC IN THE AIR SUM MER CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, Old Art Building, front lawn, Leland. Featuring King Possum. oldartbuilding.com/calendar
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40TH ANNUAL CEDAR POLKA FEST: 5pm, under the big tent, Cedar. A festival celebrating the town’s rich Polish history. Authentic Polish food & dance. $10. To night includes music by Duane Malinows ki & Bavarski-Polkas NYC. cedarpolkaf est.org A PLEASANT EVENING OF MUSIC AT STONE HILL FARM: Stone Hill Farm, TC. Enjoy live & local outdoor music sur rounded by orchards & a possible Har vest Moon. Featuring Jack M. Senff & The Rolling Hill Band with Eliza Thorpe and Thomas & Dark. Doors open at 6pm with music starting at 7pm. Hot dogs & veggie dogs are included from the grill (until they run out), along with sweet treats by Hannah Lane. Bring your own camp chairs or blankets. $15 advance; $20 door; free for 12 & under. bit.ly/ stonehillfarm2022
CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, GT Pa vilions, Grand Lawn, TC. Featuring K Jones and The Benzie Playboys. Free. org/events/concerts-on-the-lawn-13gtpavilions.
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NWS: AN EVENING WITH DAVE DEMPSEY & JERRY DENNIS: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Join two of Michigan’s acclaimed environmental authors for a con versation about how we can keep the Great Lakes great for generations to come. $15, $25. cityoperahouse.org/node/459
REGIONAL BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5:30-7:30pm, Legs Inn, Cross Village. Join the Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce along with the Petoskey Re gional Chamber of Commerce & Mackinaw Chamber of Commerce for a great view, food & networking. $10 Chamber mem bers; $15 not-yet-members. ness-after-hours-legs-inn-2022-11425chamber.com/events/details/regional-busiharborsprings
LIVE MUSIC AT KINLOCHEN PLAZA: 6-8pm, Crystal Mountain, Kinlochen Plaza, Thompsonville. Featuring Jesse crystalmountain.com/event/kinlochen-augustJefferson.
CONCERTS ON THE BLUFF: 6:30pm, The Cross, Cross Village. Featuring the Boundary Water Trio.
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friday BENZIE FISHING FRENZIE: Frankfort. Three day salmon fishing tournament with hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes & hun dreds of fish being weighed daily. fish-ben zie.com
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DOWNTOWN GAYLORD - FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC SERIES: 7-10pm, Claude Shannon Park, Gaylord. Featuring John Piatek & Friends. Bring your own chair.
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THE FAB FOUR: THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. This Beatles tribute band is an Emmy Award-winning ensemble who traces the beloved band from Liverpool to “Let It Be,” highlighting every era of the Beatles’ career through costume changes & performances of classic Beatles hits such as “Can’t Buy Me Love” & “Yesterday.” $58, $48, $41, $35. mate-tribute-2022-08-26interlochen.org/events/fab-four-ulti Torch Let us deliver to you! Order here! a No medical card needed Adults 21+ Custom formulization Lab tested, Mother approved Delivery available 20% all Torch Cannabis Co. products; valid through Labor Day. Present this coupon during time of purchase.
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GENEALOGY SOCIETY MEETING: 1pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Guest speaker Katherine Wilson pres ents “Reverse Genealogy: Locating Liv ing Relatives.” Free. “BIKE TOURING EUROPE ON A BUDGET”: 7:30pm, Mens Emporium, TC. This digital slide-talk will be presented by local cyclists Bob Downes & Jeannette Wildman. In June, the couple spent a month biking the Rhine & Moselle rivers through France, Ger many, Switzerland & Luxembourg, followed by a swing through the
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KINGSLEY HERITAGE DAYS: Civic Center South Park, Kingsley, Aug. 26-28. Includes a parade, 5K fun run/race, arts & crafts, & horseshoe, softball & cornhole tournaments.
CRAFTERNOON: 4pm, Bellaire Public Library. For ages 16+. Learn some basic sewing skills. There will be a few sewing machines to use, but if you have one of your own, please bring it. Registration re quired. 231-533-8814. Free.
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40TH ANNUAL CEDAR POLKA FEST: 5pm, under the big tent, Cedar. A festival celebrating the town’s rich Polish history. Authentic Polish food & dancing. $10. Tonight is First Responder Appreciation Night. Enjoy music by Mollie B. & Ted Lange with Squeezebox, & Bavarski-Pol kas NYC. cedarpolkafest.org
COMEDY WITH DARIUS BENNETT: 7:30pm & 10pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. Darius is originally from Detroit, but now lives in LA. He can currently be seen on Netflix’s “Introducing...” He has been featured in numerous commercials for 5 Hour Energy & Rocket Mortgage. $20$25. traversecitycomedyclub.com
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COMEDIAN MAGICIAN JEFF HOB SON: 6pm & 8pm, Lotus Room, above Red Ginger, TC. As seen on HBO, Show time’s Comedy Club Network, NBC’s World’s Greatest Magic as well as the star of Thames Television’s Magic Comedy Strip, a 16-week television series in Eng land. In 2019 he completed a 7-year tour with The Illusionists. $27.50. ets.com/organizations/jeff-hobsonmynorthtick
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 23) MIRIAM PICO: 10:30am, Leland Town ship Library, Leland. Children’s Summer Program Finale. Free. lelandlibrary.org/ programs-events STORYTIME ADVENTURES: (See Tues., Aug. ----------------------23)
LIVE MUSIC IN BARR PARK: 6-8pm, Crystal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompson ville. Featuring Jim Hawley. tain.com/event/barr-park-wednesday/10crystalmoun
PAVILION SUMMER CONCERT SE RIES: 6:30-8pm, Veterans Memorial Park, Pavilion, Boyne City. Featuring The Real Ingredients. TELL YOUR STORY: POETRY AS SOL ACE: 7-9pm, Interlochen Public Library. This free generative poetry reading & workshop is led by Ellen Stone. Partici pants will learn how writing poetry can be a tool to cope with hardship & loss. El len’s poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart prize & Best of the Net. Regis ter. 231-276-6767. michwriters.org
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CREATIVE COLLAGE CLASS FOR ADULTS: 5-7pm, Interlochen Public Li brary. Led by author/illustrator Lori Taylor. All materials provided. Register: 231-2766767. ----------------------Free.
MID SUMMER WEEKDAY ART SHOW: 10am-5pm, Village Green Park, Wal loon Lake. 2ND ANNUAL CLOTHESLINE SHOW & SALE: 1-4pm, Old Art Building, front lawn, Leland. Presented by plein air painters group, “Painting on Location.”
MID SUMMER WEEK DAY ART SHOW: (See Weds., Aug. ----------------------24) FOSSIL FUN WITH ASHLEY: 10:30am, Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. Learn about dinosaurs, fossils, & the world of paleontology with author Ashley Hall. Free.
HARBOR SPRINGS STREET MU SIQUE: 6:30-8:30pm. Musicians/bands in four locations around town. They include Lavender Lions, Annie & Rod Capps, Waterbaby Brass Band, Fowler & Richey. Free. details/street-musique-2022-10932harborspringschamber.com/events/
EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 23) OUTDOOR CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW: 10am-3pm, The Village at GT Commons, historic front lawn, TC. Browse Michigan vendors offering art, jewelry, crafts, food, & more. Free.
40TH ANNUAL CEDAR POLKA FEST: 8am, under the big tent, Cedar. A festival celebrating the town’s rich Polish history. Au thentic Polish food & dance. $10. Today is Kids Day & features the Lions Club Pancake Breakfast, Run 4 The Kielbasa, Hagerty In surance Pol Car Fest, Classic Car & Motor cycle Show, The Scottville Clown Band, Ce dar Polka Fest Parade, live music by Duane Malinowski & Dynabrass, & a Veterans Trib ute. cedarpolkafest.org
RIVERTOWN JAZZ BAND: 4-6pm, Ma rina Park, Harbor Springs. Free. harbor town-jazz-2022-10998springschamber.com/events/details/river
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NITY: 1-3pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Per cussionist Lori Fithian brings her collection of hand drums & percussion instruments to this “Drummunity” circle, fun & empowering drumming activity for all age groups. Free. glenarborart.org/events/drummunity
LIVE MUSIC IN BARR PARK: 6-8pm, Crys tal Mountain, Barr Park, Thompsonville. Featuring Christopher Winkelmann. mountain.com/event/barr-park-saturday/5crystal
COMEDY WITH DARIUS BENNETT: (See Sat., Aug. 26, except tonight’s times are 7pm & 10pm.)
ANNUAL CHICKEN DINNER & CAR SHOW: 11am-3pm, Grant Township Fire & Rescue, 835 West Hoague Rd., Manistee.
REMEMBER THE TIME: 8pm, Odawa Casino, Ovation Hall, Petoskey. A Tribute to Michael Jackson Starring Leo Days. $20. odawacasino.com/entertainment
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JEWISH COMEDY NIGHT!: 7:30pm, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, TC. With Rabbi Arnie. “From Biblical Sarah to Seinfeld: 4,000 Years of Jewish Humor.” $25/person. s0iQ63GJ4wRU4BcQtpdFuE9g/viewforme/1FAIpQLScC_IMAcwQqxf2c0lvvBIoUdndocs.google.com/forms/d/ SOUSA!: 7:30pm, Northport Performing Arts Center, Northport Public School. This concert is presented by the Northport Com munity Band. A non-stop musical treat that showcases the popular & patriotic music that made John Philip Sousa famous. 231-3862009. $15 adults; $5 students. northportper formingarts.org/events/sousa
TEEN LEADERS OUTSIDE IN THE WOODS: (See Sun., Aug. 21) 2022 MUSIC IN MACKINAW SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 8pm, Conkling Heritage Park, Roth Performance Shell, Mackinaw City. Featuring the Mackinaw City High School Band. AN EVENING WITH CHRIS BOTTI: (See Sat., Aug. 27, except tonight is NOT sold out.)
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BARN DANCE & CHILI SUPPER: Samels Farm, Williamsburg. Chili Supper begins at 5pm; dancing with live music by Hammer’D at 6:30pm. A dance caller will provide instruc tion. Individuals are asked for a $5 donation; families $10 at door. $5, $10. samelsfarm.org
KINGSLEY HERITAGE DAYS: (See Fri., Aug. 26) EMMET-CHARLEVOIX COUNTY FAIR: (See Tues., Aug. 23) 40TH ANNUAL CEDAR POLKA FEST: 10am, under the big tent, Cedar. A festival celebrating the town’s rich Polish history. Authentic Polish food & dance. Includes the Craft Fair & Farmers Market, Polka Mass, live music by the Pan Franek Polka Band & Dynabrass, & a Cornhole Tourna ment. ----------------------cedarpolkafest.org
sunday BENZIE FISHING FREN ZIE: (See Fri., Aug. 26) NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL RUN: (See Sat., Aug. ----------------------27) RACE THE STRAITS OF MACKINAC: 7:30am, Fort Michilimackinac, Mackinaw City. Distances include International, Inter national Aquabike, Sprint, Sprint Duathlon, Super Sprint, & Sprint Aquabike. Two & three person relays are offered for the Sprint Distance Triathlon. For more info visit the web site.
33RD ANNUAL CORVETTE CROSS ROADS AUTO SHOW: Odawa Casino, Mackinaw City. Hundreds of the All-Ameri can classic Corvette will be on display. The show runs from 10am-3pm. Corvettes will line up for the parade at 6pm at Odawa Ca sino, Mackinaw City. The Corvette proces sion will cross the Mackinac Bridge at
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DISNEY’S WINNIE THE POOH KIDS: (See Sat., Aug. 20)
LET’S GO FLY A KITE: 3-5pm, Frankfort Lake Michigan Beach Turnaround. Free kites to the first 100 kids.
AN EVENING WITH CHRIS BOTTI: SOLD OUT: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. This Grammy Award-winning trumpeter & composer has recorded & per formed with Sting, Barbara Streisand, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Michael Bublé, Paul Simon, Joni Mitch ell, Frank Sinatra & many others. $127, $102, $82, $67. detail/an-evening-with-chris-bottigreatlakescfa.org/events/
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Local restaurateurs Gary and Allison Jonas (The Little Fleet and Farm Club) are perpetually starting new things that lead to even newer things, and this pattern is just fine by them. As pioneers of the craft bar and food truck culture, and now the mini-music-festival scene in Traverse City, they know sometimes you just have to trust your instincts. That’s why, years ago in Brooklyn, when they heard an emerging musician named Helado Negro perform in the basement of their tiny bar and flower shop named Sycamore, they made a mental note: This guy’s an artist to watch. Fast-forward and jump from Brooklyn to Traverse City, where the Jonases decided this summer to launch the all-day All Call Music Festival. They knew exactly who they wanted to headline: Helado Negro with his hazy grooves, sticky melodies, and international rhythms. And even though a swing through NoMi wasn’t on Negro’s original summer touring plan (which includes a European tour followed by appearances in Portugal), he said, “Why not?” Thus, the lineup for the cosmopolitan pop-up festival began, sparked by the connections of the past. That lineup now includes six artists on two stages, creating an eight-hour experience that will bring some of the most contemporary and diverse musicians of the whole year to town. Festival promoter Cindy Milock says this was the idea. “Music has always been an integral part of The Little Fleet community, and people are hungry for something new and different. All Call is really trying to create a lineup here like we’ve never had before.” Local designer Will Thomas is also a festival organizer and created the groovy look and feel of the event. All Call is hoping its inaugural launch on Saturday, Sept. 4, will be the beginning of a new annual event. The festival is making a significant investment in the artists, the setups, and the infrastructure to close Wellington Street and create two performance stages. During the festival, access to The Little Fleet may be limited, and a $35 day pass is required for entry to the concerts (which includes in and out Milockprivileges).adds, “This is an opportunity to go outside your comfort zone musically and discover totally new sounds with an awesome crowd. You usually have to go to New York, London, Chicago, Detroit to hear these artists. To have them here is just Otherfantastic.”musicians in the schedule include soul-pop and R&B artist Kaina (traveling with Helado Negro here and then on to Austin and Pitchfork London); the Chicago art-rock duo known as Ohmme (returning to The Little Fleet for their third appearance); Detroit hip-hop jammer Tiny Jag, fresh from a stint at the MoPop Festival downstate; Latin percussionist of funk fusion Daniel Villarreal; and finally The Antivillains, a group from Toledo featuring the work of singer and songwriter Sarah Cohen. Unlike their usual local-focused shows, The Little Fleet is expanding the reach of All Call by promoting it far beyond our region. The festival has partnered with the Delamar Hotel for a special rate for outof-towners, and All Call is being touted all over Michigan with organizers expecting a sizable crowd of 600-1,000 attendees. Children are allowed, but parents should be aware the program is geared for adults. Doors open at 2pm, with live music starting at 3pm and running until 10pm. Passes are available exclusively online, and organizers are hoping for a sell-out festival. When asked what the Jonases were hoping to get out of this latest experiment, they said simply “We wanted a full day of great music…right where we live.”
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Leelanau & Benzie ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 8/26 – Davey Squires, 6 BONOBO WINERY, TC 8/26 -- Rhett & John, 5:30 CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC Thu -- Jazz at Sunset, 7-9:30 ENCORE 201, TC 8/20 -- Drew Hale, 7-9; DJ Ricky T, 8/24-259 -- DJ Rob Greco, 9 8/26 -- Erin Coburn, 7-9; DJ Ricky T, 9 8/27 -- Biomassive, 8-10; DJ Ricky T, 10 FANTASY’S, TC DJ FRESH COAST BEER WORKS MICROBREWERY, TC 8/20 -- The Big Farewell (For Now) Comedy Showcase, 7-10 8/21 -- Sunday Jam Session w/ John Paul, 2-5 JACOB'S FARM, TC 6-8:30: 8/21 – Rhett & John 8/24 -- Blair Miller 8/25 – The North Carolinas 8/26 – Molly 8/28 – Miriam Pico LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC BARREL ROOM: 8/22 -- Barrels & Beats w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 8/26PATIO:– Weston Buchan, 5 8/28 – Sturtz, 3 LIL BO, TC Tues. – Trivia Thurs. – Jazz Night w/ Larz Cabot, 6-9 Fri. – Live Music Sun. -- Karaoke MIDDLECOAST BREWING CO., TC 8/206-9: -- Ah, My Goddess 8/26 -- Chuk Light 8/27 -- Zeke Clemons 8/28 -- Tyler Roy RED MESA GRILL, TC 8/20 -- Craig Jolly, 6:30-9 ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 8/26 -- Chris Smith, 5-8 TC COMEDY CLUB, TC 8/19 -- Comedy w/ Carmen Morales, 7:30 & 10 8/20 -- Comedy w/ Carmen Morales, 7 & 9:30 8/26 -- Comedy with Darius Ben nett, 7:30 & 10 8/27 -- Comedy with Darius Ben nett, 7 & 10 TABONE VINEYARDS, PATIO, TC 8/27 -- Chelsea Marsh, 3 THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 8/206:30: – Valentiger 8/26 – The Pocket 8/27 – Twin Pfunk THE LOTUS ROOM, TC 8/24 -- Comedian Magician Jeff Hobson, 6 THE PARLOR, TC 8/20 – Jazz Cabbage, 5-8; Dave Crater, 8-11 8/23 -- Jesse Jefferson, 7-10 8/24 -- Wink, 7-10 8/25 -- Jimmy Olson, 7-10 8/26 -- Miriam Pico & Ryan Younce, 5-8; Chris Smith, 8-11 8/27 -- Silver Creek Revival, 5-8; Drew Hale, 8-11 THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 8/20 -- Rolling Dirty, 8 8/22 -- Big Fun Jam Band, 6 8/23 -- Open Mic & Musical Tal ent Showcase, 7 8/24 -- Jazz Show, 6 8/26 -- The North Carolines, 8 8/27 -- DJ Ras Marco, noon THIRSTY FISH SPORTS GRILLE, TC Sun. – Karaoke, 6-8 8/20PATIO:-- Knee Deep, 6:30-9:30 8/23 -- Tuesday Trivia, 7-9 8/25 -- The Family Jam, 6:308/269:30 -- Slim Pickins, 6:30-9:30 8/27 -- The Blue Pines, 6:309:30 UNION STREET STATION, TC 8/20 -- Snacks & Five, 10 8/21 & 8/28 -- Video DJ Dance Party, 10 8/22 -- Jukebox, 10 8/23 -- Open Mic Comedy, 8-9:30; then Electric Open Mic 8/24 -- DJ Ricky T, 10 8/25 -- DJ Leo, 10 8/26 -- Happy Hour w/ Chris Michaels Band; then The Blue 8/27Pines -- Kenny Olson, 10 OTSEGO, CRAWFORD & CEN ALPINETRAL TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD 8/20 -- Nelson Olstrom, 7 BENNETHUM'S NORTHERN INN, GAYLORD 8/23 -- Jeff Greif, 5-8 BIG BUCK BREWERY, GAYLORD 8/20 -- Jeff Greif, 6-9 8/25 -- Michelle Chenard, 6-9 8/26 -- Nelson Olstrom, 7 MANISTEE, WEXFORD & MISSAUKEE COYOTE CROSSING RESORT, CADILLAC 8/27 – Sam Morrow w/ Doug Henthorn Band, 7:30-11
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A blogger named Chaconia writes, "I've cultivated a lifetime of being low maintenance and easy-going, and now I've decided I'm done with it. Demanding Me is born today." I'm giving you temporary permission to make a similar declaration, Taurus. The astrological omens suggest that in the coming weeks, you have every right to be a charming, enchanting, and generous version of a demanding person. So I authorize you to be just that. Enjoy yourself as you ask for more of everything.
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CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian poet Danusha Laméris discovered that earthworms have taste buds all over their bodies. Now she loves to imagine she's giving them gifts when she drops bits of apples, beets, avocados, melons, and carrot tops into the compost bin. "I'd always thought theirs a menial life, eyeless and hidden, almost vulgar." But now that she understands "they bear a pleasure so sublime," she wants to help the worms fulfill their destinies. mention this, Cancerian, because suspect you may have comparable turnarounds in the coming weeks. Long-held ideas may need adjustments. Incomplete understandings will be filled in when you learn the rest of the story. You will receive a stream of interesting new information that changes your mind, mostly in enjoyable ways.
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PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Here's a good way build your vibrancy: Use your emotional intelligence to avoid swimming against strong currents for extended periods. Please note that swimming against strong currents is fine, even advisable, for brief phases. Doing so boosts your stamina and fosters your trust in your resilience. But mostly, I recommend you swim in the same direction as the currents or swim where the water is calm and currentless. In the coming weeks, I suspect you can enjoy many freestyle excursions as you head in the same direction as vigorous currents. 1. Addams of "The Addams Family", as abbreviated "Star Wars" role played by a new actor in 2018 Duck that gets you down First name in country music Locale depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling Name that usually comes up in interviews with "SNL" alumni 17. "Yes, we're ___" Feline ___ (natural cat litter brand) "___ Vista Social Club" (1999 documentary) 1987 hit by Was (Not Was) with a "Flintstonesque" video [OK, there he is!] "That was some time ___ ..." Peak occurrence Information start? Piglet parent 29. "Young Sheldon" character Rosenbloom Judge's highest score on "Dancing With the Stars" Town where Evel Knievel attempted to jump across the Snake River Canyon in 1974 [Tough to spot, but right there!] 39. Move around, as a mannequin 40. Tip of a boot 41. Type of booth 43. ABC hidden-camera show that was once a segment on "Primetime" [Took me a while, but found him!] 48. Heap 49. Actor Simu 50. "Toy Story" character 51. Nautical position 54. Long, thin musical instrument 57. Most-nominated female artist at the 2018 Grammys 59. It may extend a lease or passport [That's it? He's not even trying!] 65. Pore Strips brand 66. ___ Jr. (Pixar's lamp mascot) 67. Work the land 68. No further than 69. Laptop company 70. Bygone U.S. gas station that's still in Canada 71. Girder composition 72. Email button 73. Squares on calendars DOWN 1. "Upstart ___" (sitcom based on the life of Shake 2.speare)Airfilter acronym 3. Cain's brother 4. Decaf brand 5. High-end cosmetics chain 6. Garfield's foil 7. Provides, as aid 8.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the coming weeks, urge you to flee from stale and rigid certainty. Rebel against dogmatic attitudes and arrogant opinions. Be skeptical of unequivocal answers to nuanced questions. Instead, dear Aries, give your amused reverence to all that's mysterious and enigmatic. Bask in the glimmer of intriguing paradoxes. Draw inspiration and healing from the fertile unknown. For inspiration, write out this Mary Oliver poem and carry it with you: "Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company with those who say 'Look!' and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads."
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the Spansh language, there's the idiom pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo. Its literal translation is "thinking about the immortality of the crab." It applies to a person engaged in creative daydreaming—her imagination wandering freely in hopes of rousing innovative solutions to practical dilemmas. Other languages have similar idioms. In Finnish, istun ja mietin syntyjä syviä means "wondering about the world's early origins." Polish has marzy o niebieskich migdałach, or "dreaming about blue almonds." I encourage you to enjoy an abundance of such explorations in the coming days, Capricorn. You need to fantasize more than usual. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran blogger Ana-Sofia Cardelle writes, "I look back on past versions of myself with such love and tenderness. I want to embrace myself at different parts of my life." I hope you're inspired by her thoughts as you carry out the following actions: 1. Create an altar filled with treasures that symbolize major turning points in your destiny. 2. Forgive yourself for what you imagine to be old errors and ignorance. 3. Summon memories of the persons you were at ages 7, 12, and 17, and write a kind, thoughtful message to each. 4. Literally kiss seven different photos of your face from earlier in your life. 5. Say "thank you" and "bless you" to the self you were when you succeeded at two challenging tests in the past.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Whenever you are contemplating a major decision, I hope you raise questions like these: 1. Which option shows the most self-respect? 2. Which path would be the best way to honor yourself? 3. Which choice is most likely to help you fulfill the purposes you came to earth to carry out? 4. Which course of action would enable you to express your best gifts? Are there questions you would add, Virgo? I expect the coming months will require you to generate key decisions at a higher rate than usual, so I hope you will make intensive use of my guiding inquiries, as well as any others you formulate.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): My Aquarian reader Georgie Lee wrote to tell me what it's like being an Aquarius. I offer it to you because you are potentially at the peak of expressing the qualities she names. She says, "Accept that you don't really have to understand yourself. Be at peace with how you constantly ramble, swerve, and weave to become more of yourself. Appreciate how each electric shift leads to the next electric shift, always changing who you are forever. Within the churning, ever-yearning current, marvel at how you remain eternal, steady, and solid—yet always evolving, always on a higher ground before."
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You should never allow yourself to be tamed by others. That advice is always apropos for you Leos, and even more crucial to heed in the coming weeks. You need to cultivate maximum access to the raw, primal sources of your life energy. Your ability to thrive depends on how well you identify and express the beautiful animal within you. Here's my only caveat: If you imagine there may be value in being tamed a little, in harnessing your brilliant beast, do the taming yourself. And assign that task to the part of you that possesses the wildest wisdom.
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The witch Lisa Chamberlain writes about the magical properties of colors. About brown, she says it "represents endurance, solidity, grounding, and strength." She adds that it's used in magic to enhance "balance, concentration, material gain, home, and companion animals." According to my reading of the astrological omens, the upcoming weeks should be a deeply brown time for you Geminis. To move your imagination in a righteous direction, have fun wearing clothes in shades of brown. Grace your environment with things that have the hues of chestnut, umber, mahogany, sepia, and burnt sienna. Eat and drink caramel, toffee, cinnamon, almonds, coffee, and chocolate.
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Kabbalistic writer Simon Jacobson says, "Like a flame, the soul always reaches upward. The soul's fire wants to defy the confines of life. It cannot tolerate the mediocrity and monotony of sheer materialism. Its passion knows no limits as it craves for the beyond." That sounds both marvelous and hazardous, right? Jacobson concludes, "Whether the soul's fire will be a constructive or destructive force is dependent on the person’s motivation." According to my astrological analysis, your deep motivations are likely to be extra noble and generous in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. So I expect that your soul's fire will be very constructive. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You know more about how karma works than all the other signs. Scorpio-style intelligence typically has a fine intuitive grasp of how today's realities evolved out of the deep patterns and rhythms of the past. But that doesn't mean you perfectly understand how karma works. And in the coming weeks, urge you to be eager to learn more. Become even savvier about how the law of cause and effect impacts the destinies of you and your allies. Meditate on how the situations you are in now were influenced by actions you took once upon a time. Ruminate on what you could do in the near future to foster good karma and diminish weird karma.
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