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

Going Solar........................................................9 Five Fast Questions with Billy Gardell...............12 A Decade of Vegas Up North..........................13 Classic Golf and Casual Fine Eats....................15 Your Neighbor, the Bear.................................16 Seen................................................................20

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dates..............................................21-24 Like nothing you’ve seen before music Meet OK Go..................................................10 After Late Night.............................................14 Blair Miller’s Blues..........................................18 The 2017 Electric Forest Festival....................19 FourScore......................................................25 Nightlife..........................................................28

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Clarity In The Air

Further regarding “The Mile-High Subsidy Club” and Mr. Breeland’s comments: No hypocrisy here at all. EAS was a program begun in the wake of the Airline Deregulation Act to ease transition to “open skies” for select smaller airports. It was scheduled to expire in 1989. Now, finally, it should, as it distorts market demand and costs taxpayers needlessly. SCASD is a program of grants for a finite time to support real plans for real growth with needed guarantees. Manistee, Alpena, and other markets have to stand on their own or recognize that their air service future lies literally down the road a bit.

Public Charter is not an airline, just a middleman between an actual charter operator and Manistee’s management. They offer no online or published connections with any carrier to any other destination than Midway. That’s not the access to the nation’s air system that EAS intended.

Mr. Klein does not control which airlines fly into TVC, the market does. I have been involved with Mr. Klein in approaching Allegiant, Southwest, Spirit, and many others in regard to service into TVC and they have declined to do so. The size and seasonality of the TVC market is simply does not generate the required traffic.

Finally, Mr. Breeland notes that American, Delta, and United are stifling growth. In fact, boardings at Cherry Capital are up over 30 percent in the last six years.

That’s among the best nationwide.

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Not Appropriate

Are you kidding? A new Traverse City arts commission “to consider the appropriateness of art projects?” This is so

contrary to what art is. No local artist with an understanding of northern Michigan or Bryan Crough’s vision could capture his spirit? Bull.

I’m sure the commission puts the local artists first in their decisions.

Dan Rider, Traverse City

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We Must Improve

Every developed country except America provides healthcare to all its citizens. It’s worth a look at how their healthcare systems work.

Obviously, they all require everyone to participate. When healthcare is a right, paying one’s fair share is considered a responsibility. And it’s worth it, even if you’re young and healthy, because the system will be there for you when you need it.

These systems are all way more cost effective than ours. Since everyone’s covered, people don’t wait until they’re deathly ill to see a doctor. Because these systems all expect to pay their insureds’ medical bills for life, they have financial incentives to keep people healthy. Corporate profits have largely been removed; where private insurers are used they are mostly non-profit and regulated.

Administrative costs are lower. And medical billing is much simpler.

Pre-existing conditions are covered.

There are no individual coverage caps. Rarely does someone die from lack of care, and no one is bankrupted by healthcare bills.

Problems like wait times in Canada tend to get resolved or substantially mitigated because politicians want to get reelected.

In many of these countries you can see any doctor you wish. And each country has its own way of providing universal coverage, tailored to fit its own culture.

In America, despite the gains made by the ACA, millions remain uninsured, people die from lack of healthcare, and medical bills still cause bankruptcies. We pay more per capita but have higher mortality and morbidity rates, while insurers make billions. Why do we put up with this? We should either improve the ACA or find another path to genuine universal coverage.

The AHCA would be a giant step backward.

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A sharp pain cuts through my chest. So, this is what it’s like to die.

My voice is heavy with fear. I shake my wife, Marlene. “I’m going to the emergency room,” I gasp.

“Call me when you get there,” she says, yawning. “It’s 2 o’clock in the morning.”

“No, we are going to the emergency room. I think I’m having a heart attack.”

We are soon on our way to Arlington Hospital.

“Do you have your insurance card?” Marlene asks.

I nod. Insurance is the farthest thing from my mind. I want to live.

Middle-aged African American men with chest pains have priority in emergency rooms. An army of nurses and attendants wheel me into a room, rip off my shirt, and attach electrodes to my chest.

But first I must hand over my insurance card to assure the hospital that even if I don’t survive, my medical bills will be paid.

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America has long wrestled with the issue of providing universal health care for all Americans. Indeed, it is the political Sisyphean rock of American politics that never gets over the top of the mountain.

One of the earliest federal health care proposals was the 1854 Bill for the Indigent Insane, which would have established asylums for indigent citizens with mental and emotional disabilities, as well as for the blind and deaf, through federal land grants to the states.

But President Franklin Pierce vetoed the bill, arguing that the federal government should not commit itself to social welfare, which he believed was the states’ responsibility.

Throughout the 1900s, the federal government attempted to establish compulsory government run or voluntary health care programs.

Following World War II, President Truman called for universal health care as part of his fair deal; strong opposition stopped it. In 1970, three proposals for universal national health insurance, each of which would be financed by payroll taxes and general federal revenues, were introduced in Congress. None came to fruition.

Likewise, the Clinton “Health Security Express” bus never left the station. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, universal health care became a political football kicked around by both parties.

Neither party could score, and each successive proposal fell short of the goal line.

Under President Obama, the scale at long last began to tilt in favor of the American people.

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In 2010, the U.S. House passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).

President Obama signed the bill the same day.

The following day, Republicans introduced

legislation to repeal the ACA but never offered alternatives.

Members of the House attempted this stunt more than 50 times. Their main objection to the statute seemed rooted in their personal distain for the president who signed it into law, derisively labeling it “Obamacare.” The “people’s care” might have been a more suitable sobriquet.

Nonpartisan data gathered after the enactment of the ACA showed a significant drop in the number of Americans without coverage. Some estimates report that the ACA covered at least 22 million people who previously had been without insurance.

On May 4, 2017, the Republican-led House of Representatives passed, on its second attempt, the American Health Care Act. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that upward of 24 million people will lose coverage under this act. Millions might die. The Republican response? “We said we would repeal Obamacare, and we did it!”

During the first 10–15 years of the 20th century, European countries began passing their first social welfare acts, ultimately forming the basis for compulsory government-run or voluntary subsidized-health-care programs. The United States did not follow their lead.

A unique American history of decentralization of and limits to government, and a blind but foolish adherence to classical liberalism might help explain the aversion to compulsory government insurance.

I wonder. Congress has had little difficulty exempting itself from the punishing and meanspirited impact of the AHA — presumably because its members recognize a bad bill when they see it. Consequently, any congressman who suffers a heart attack at 2am can expect to receive the same exemplary care I received.

But will you?

The hospital staff found I needed emergency heart surgery that would cost as much as a small house. As a retired federal employee, I have the great fortune of being covered by the same insurance plan that covers every member of Congress. Unlike millions of Americans who struggle to pay their health care cost, my surgery was fully covered.

Additionally, my recovery, and the medications I must take for the rest of my life, were largely covered by my insurance policy. I am responsible for a reasonable co-pay, but without the insurance, I might not be here writing this column.

Rep. Raúl R. Labrador (R-Idaho) defended the GOP health care bill at a town hall in on May 5.

His assertion: “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.”Spoken like a man who enjoys the best health care in the world.

Isiah Smith Jr. is a former newspaper columnist for the Miami Times. He worked as a psychotherapist before attending the University of Miami Law School, where he also received a master’s degree in psychology. In December 2013, he retired from the Department of Energy’s Office of General Counsel, where he served as a deputy assistant general counsel for administrative litigation and information law. Isiah lives in Traverse City with his wife, Marlene.

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Moving Art Around Traverse City Traverse City’s got outdoor sculptures and larger than life paintings that cover the sides of whole buildings. What could be next? Outdoor art that travels around town?

Traverse City Art Network hopes to raise enough money to make that a reality.

The artists’ organization partnered with Bay Area Transportation Authority for Art in Transit. They hope to raise $3,000 by the end of July in order to see work by local artists Marcia Hales, Joe DeLuca or Glenn Wolff on the side of a bus. If the group reaches their goal, one work from two of the artists would decorate each side of a BATA bus for one year. (The third would have their work displayed on a bus shelter.)

“They will literally be rolling works of art all throughout the downtown area,” said Shanny Brooke, an organizer of the project. “We need our community to help us decide which pieces to choose, and to also help us raise the funds to install the artwork.”

Do donate, visit www.gofundme.com/artintransit; to vote on which art should be displayed, visit traversecityart.org.

tastemaker Gurney’s Sandwiches If somebody’s sandwich is going to bring you to rapture, it’s Gurney’s. The legendary Harbor Springs sandwich shop, a do-or-die destination for locals and in-the-know race boaters passing through the bayside burg, promises “heaven between two slices of bread” and delivers in spades.

Step in through the swinging front door and, if it’s lunchtime, expect a line. Expect also, two intractable rules. No. 1: Cash only. No. 2: No tomatoes allowed. Ever. The yearround quality of tomatoes isn’t consistent enough for Gurney’s high sandwich standards, so the shop doesn’t offer them.

What it doesn’t offer in plastic payment options or ’maters, Gurney’s more than makes up for in other categories, allowing you to build your own sandwich from an array of fresh meats, cheeses, veggies, condiments, and thick-sliced homemade bread. However you layer your edible ecstasy, remember that Gurney’s Deli Sauce (a mayo-based spread with garlic, horseradish, and a secret list of spices) is a must — and so is at least one try of the shop’s most requested sammie, the Train Wreck: mile-high ham and turkey and roast beef, plus cheese, condiments, and a pickle on the side — all for $6.50 and shrink-wrapped and ready to carry back to your boat or a beach picnic.

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Poet bard Terry Wooten hosts Stone Circle Gatherings every Sat. beginning June 24 through Labor Day weekend at 9pm.

Enjoy poetry, storytelling & music at this outdoor amphitheater that is located 10 miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr. & follow signs. $5 adults, $3 kids 12 & under. 231-264-9467 or terry-wooten.com for more info.

Sandbar Partiers: You’re Uninvited A citizens’ group that formed to fight an out-of-control Torch Lake sandbar party wants revelers to stay home again this year.

The Torch Lake Protection Alliance won a lawsuit against the promoters of a Fourth of July party last year, and an injunction remains in effect, said Karen Ferguson, the group’s attorney.

Last year there were far fewer partiers on the sandbar and far less noise, pollution, trash and rowdy behavior, Ferguson said. The group hopes for the same this year.

Nevertheless, the Kalkaska and Antrim county sheriff’s departments, state police, and the Department of Natural Resources have pledged to deploy more patrols over the holiday weekend.

“We just want to keep the momentum going from last year where there was a significantly reduced crowd,” Ferguson said.

“Because of law enforcement and the injunction, there were fewer problems. We just want to keep it going and keep the sandbar safe for families and allow them to enjoy it as well.”

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CONTROL spectator by stephen tuttle Quite a first five months for President Donald Trump. His legislative agenda, as he and the rest of us should have anticipated, is crawling along, or not yet moving at all.

There are multiple investigations swirling around his presidential campaign and the Russians. It seems a bit out of control.

It’s entirely likely that some new revelation will have occurred by the time you read this. Trump staffers, Obama holdovers, and disgruntled career bureaucrats can’t wait to anonymously talk to the nearest reporter.

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Mueller, who has a reputation as a straight shooter, will plod along. No smoking gun of criminality has yet emerged, and one might not exist. The process will require our ongoing patience.

Meanwhile, back at home, Grand Traverse County is still looking for a way to control pension debt.

The latest idea is selling county property.

Definitely worth examining, but the most valuable properties are probably the least likely to be sold.

First up was fired FBI Director James Comey. He said Trump told him he hoped he would “let go” of the ongoing investigation into then National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s contact with Russians. He said Trump told him he needed and expected loyalty. He three times said Trump had lied, using some version of that word rather than a gentler euphemism.

The county started by selling a lovely chunk of property to a local land conservancy.

It wasn’t the highest bid, but it was probably the right bid. It made no difference in the big picture. The land sold for less than $400,000; the pension debt is in excess of $50 million. It was the equivalent of throwing four inches of dirt in a 50-foot-deep hole. Still, it was a good decision, and land worthy of protection is in good hands.

Somehow the president, who has a unique approach to reality, declared he had been completely vindicated. Then he said that none of what Comey had said, which Trump claimed had completely vindicated him, was true. Then he called Comey “cowardly.”

Selling the Pavilions, which is valuable, was briefly considered. The place is self-sustaining, adds no deficits to operating expenses, and provides needed essential services.

Plus, it turns out, to sell it would require the approval of a county building authority that isn’t really interested in the idea.

Comey had his own confession, acknowledging that he made notes immediately following his private dinner with Trump. He gave them to a law school professor friend who, in turn, read excerpts to a New York Times reporter. Trump’s lawyer called it leaking classified information. It was neither classified nor confidential, but it was oddly disseminated.

Twin Lakes might bring some decent money. It’s a lovely location, and there are usable structures already in place. There are other properties that might bring tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Trump also made a passing Twitter reference to tapes of the Comey conversation.

Comey’s response was, “Lordy, I hope there are tapes.” There probably aren’t; the president’s bluster frequently gets ahead of the facts.

If such tapes ever did exist, and they substantiate Comey and repudiate Trump, they should now be long gone. The president isn’t much of a history buff, but surely someone on his team explained to him the problems tapes caused a previous president.

It isn’t clear what it all means. Comey and others believe Trump’s comments on letting go of the Flynn investigation constitute a presidential directive. That sounds like obstruction of justice, but did it include “corrupt intentions,” as the statute requires?

Robert Mueller, a former FBI Director, has been appointed as special counsel. His work can take him in whatever direction he chooses, but the starting point is determining if there is a connection between Russian election interference and the Trump presidential campaign.

The gem of the county is clearly the Civic Center. It is plenty valuable.

It is large, nearly square, and easily accessible from all four sides, including both main east-west corridors. It is centrally located and close to downtown, schools, parks, a beach, grocery shopping … pretty much the ideal location for new housing. And if less than an acre downtown is worth more than $3 million, it’s likely there are many, many millions available for the Civic Center acreage.

But there are a few more-than-minor obstacles.

Namely, it’s not clear the Civic Center property could be sold. The land was originally donated, and there are restrictions that would need to be somehow circumvented.

That would just be a minor kerfuffle compared to the cacophonous outcries of protest we’d hear should the county board ever seriously consider selling even a part of it.

Trump’s issues are out of our control; we’re spectators. The pension debt is something we have to control; we’re participants. The county would likely welcome any reasonable suggestions.

Crime & Rescue MAN DEAD AFTER JUMP FROM BOAT A 52-year-old Grayling man who dove into Lake Margrethe to retrieve something drowned when he couldn’t get back to his boat.

Witnesses in the boat lost sight of Mikel Stanley as the boat drifted away in high winds and rough water. Crawford County dispatchers received a call about the missing swimmer at 2:54pm June 10, and marine patrol officers launched a search, Sheriff Kirk Wakefield said.

DNR officers, Grayling Police, divers from Roscommon and Grand Traverse counties and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter joined the search, which was called off at sundown. The search resumed the next day, and Stanley’s body was recovered in 11 feet of water at 10am.

MAN SURRENDERS AFTER STANDOFF A 50-year-old who allegedly fired a weapon during a violent argument with his girlfriend faces trouble.

Antrim County Sheriff’s deputies were called at 8:15pm June 7 to an Ellsworth home by a neighbor who was concerned about a man and woman arguing. Deputies learned that Joseph Edward McCleese Jr. had a long gun and that he was contemplating killing himself and his girlfriend, Sheriff Daniel Bean said. The caller also said they’d heard a gunshot.

The woman managed to flee, and deputies were able to convince McCleese to peacefully surrender. McCleese faces charges of domestic violence and use of a firearm while intoxicated.

WELFARE CHECK LEADS TO ARREST Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for drunk driving June 9 after they got a call about someone sending suicidal texts.

Deputies went to a home in Solon Township for a welfare check after dispatchers got a call from someone concerned about the man. No one was home, and they left.

A concerned neighbor called police when the 53-year-old returned, and deputies returned to find the man intoxicated. They determined he’d been drunk driving and arrested him on a felony charge because the man had three prior operating under the influence convictions.

The man also had a felony warrant for his arrest out of Grand Traverse County. He was taken to Munson Medical Center for an evaluation.

MAN DIES IN FRIGID WATER A teenager drowned in West Grand Traverse Bay after his canoe tipped in frigid water.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies and state police were called to Elmwood Township June 11 at 7:22pm after witnesses reported a possible drowning.

An 18-year-old and a 17-year-old were in a canoe a good distance from shore when the canoe tipped; the 17-year-old was saved by a witness, but the 18-year-old vanished underwater.

The Leelanau marine division recovered the teenager’s body. Despite warm air temperatures, the water was frigid at the time of the drowning.

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SLEEPY WOMAN CRASHES INTO TREE A woman may have fallen asleep while driving through Cadillac, causing her to crash into a tree.

Cadillac Police were called at 9pm June 12 to Sunnyside Drive where a 49-year-old woman had lost control of her car and struck a large tree, Sgt. Lance Taylor said.

The woman was transported by North Flight EMS to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City to be treated for non-life threatening injuries.

MOTORCYCLE RIDER KILLED A motorcyclist died after a crash with a minivan in Boyne Falls.

Boyne City resident Richard Matelski, 41, was killed after he crashed into a minivan that turned in front of him on US-131, Charlevoix County Sheriff Chuck Vondra said. The crash happened just before 6pm June 13.

Ed Wojan, a 69-year-old Beaver Island resident, turned left into Big E’s Smoke Shack in front of the motorcycle, Vondra said.

Neither drugs nor alcohol are believed to be a factor. Matelski was wearing a helmet, and Wojan was wearing a seatbelt. The accident remains under investigation.

INFO SOUGHT ON BURNED BRIDGE The Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants to find whoever set a newly reconstructed bridge on fire.

Someone attempted to burn the Ham Creek Bridge on Trail No. 6 in Missaukee County sometime in May. The bridge was rebuilt with money from the ORV Trail Improvement Fund after the previous bridge deteriorated and was deemed unsafe, according to a DNR press release. The bridge gives ORV and snowmobile riders access to public trails.

DNR officers discovered May 19 the new bridge had been damaged in a fire. While the damage was not severe enough to close the bridge, part of it will need to be replaced.

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FLEEING MOTORCYCLIST CRASHES A fleeing motorcyclist outran police after he sped away from a traffic stop in Leelanau County but he soon crashed his bike in Grand Traverse County.

A Leelanau County Sheriff’s sergeant attempted to pull over the man on M-72 in Elmwood Township June 13 at 9:22pm when he clocked the vehicle at 83 in a 55mph zone.

The motorcycle sped off at speeds in excess of 100 mph, and the sergeant stopped the pursuit in the interest of safety. Deputies in Grand Traverse picked up the pursuit, but they also backed off when it got too dangerous.

Despite breaking free, the 35-year-old suspect continued the wild ride until he lost control and crashed near Chum’s Corner, breaking his leg. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

The suspect was taken to Munson Medical Center and was expected to face felony fleeing charges in Leelanau County. The man is also expected to be charged as a four-time habitual offender: He’s got prior convictions for drunk driving, resisting arrest, breaking and entering, drug trafficking, and carrying a concealed weapon.

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Government in Action!

-- Harry Kraemer, 76, owner of Sparkles Cleaning Service in London, Ontario, was alone in his SUV recently and decided to light up a cigarette based on his 60-year habit, but was spotted by Smoke-Free Ontario officers and cited for three violations. Since his vehicle was registered to his business, and the windows were up, the cab constituted an “enclosed workspace.” It took a long legal fight, but in May, the Provincial Offences Court cut Kraemer a break and dismissed the tickets.

-- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) finally prevailed in federal appeals court in February in its Endangered Species Act designation that wetlands in Louisiana’s St. Tammany Parish should be preserved as a safe habitat for the dusky gopher frog.

Landowners barred from developing the land pointed out that no such frogs have been spotted there for “decades,” but have been seen elsewhere in the state and in Mississippi.

FWS concluded the St. Tammany area could be a place that dusky gopher frogs might thrive if they decided to return.

The Job of the Researcher From the abstract of California State Polytechnic assistant professor Teresa LloroBidart, in an April academic paper, comparing behaviors of native-California western gray squirrels and disruptive (to residents’ trash cans) eastern fox squirrels: “I juxtapose feminist posthumanist theories and feminist food study scholarship to demonstrate how eastern fox squirrels are subjected to gendered, racialized and speciesist thinking in the popular news media as a result of their feeding/eating practices (and) their unique and unfixed spatial arrangements in the greater Los Angeles region....” The case “presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of ‘otherness’ that manifests in part through a politics” in which “animal food choices” “stand in” for “compliance and resistance” to the “dominant forces in (human) culture.”

The Continuing Crisis -- Japan is in constant conflict over whether to become more militarily robust (concerned increasingly with North Korea) even though its constitution requires a low profile (only “self-defense”). When the country’s defense minister recently suggested placing females into combat roles, constitutional law professor Shigeaki Iijima strongly objected, initiating the possibility that Japan’s enemies might have bombs capable of blowing women’s uniforms off, exposing their bodies. The ridicule was swift.

Wrote one, “I saw something like that in Dragon Ball” (from the popular comic book and TV productions of Japanese anime).

-- Took It Too Far: Already, trendy restaurants have offered customers dining

experiences amidst roaming cats (and in one bold experiment, owls), but the art house San Francisco Dungeon has planned a two-day (July 1 and 8) experimental “Rat Cafe” for those who feel their coffee or tea is better sipped while rats (from the local rat rescue) scurry about the room. Pastries are included for the $49.99 price, but the rats will be removed before the food comes.

(Sponsors promise at least 15 minutes of “rat interaction,” and the price includes admission to the dungeon.)

Bright Ideas Organizers of northern Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival (billed as the world’s biggest metal music extravaganza) expect the 75,000 attendees to drink so much beer that they have built a nearly 4-mile-long pipeline to carry 105,000 gallons to on-site taps. (Otherwise, keg-delivery trucks would likely muck up the grounds.) Some pipes were buried specifically for the Aug. 3 to Aug. 5 festival, but others had been used by local farmers for ordinary irrigation.

Smooth Reactions (1) Robert Ahorner, 57, apparently just to “win” an argument with his wife, who was dissatisfied with their sex life, left the room with his 9mm semi-automatic and fired four shots at his penis. (As he said later, “If I’m not using it, I might as well shoot it off.”) Of course, he missed, and police in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, said no laws were violated. (2) In a lawsuit filed against an allegedly retaliating former lover, Columbia University School of Public Health professor Mady Hornig said her jilted boss tried repeatedly to harm her professional standing, even twice calling her into his office, dropping his trousers, and asking her professional opinion of the lesion on his buttock.

Fine Points of the Law Convicted murderer John Modie, 59, remains locked up (on an 18-to-life sentence), but his several-hours-long 2016 escape attempt from Hocking (Ohio) Correctional Institution wound up unpunishable -- because of a “technicality.” In May 2017, the judge, lamenting the inflexible law, found Modie not guilty of the escape because prosecutors had, despite numerous opportunities, failed to identify the county in which Hocking Correctional Institution is located and thus did not “prove” that element of the crime (i.e., that the court in Logan, Ohio, had jurisdiction of the case). (Note to prosecutors: The county was Hocking).

Bluffs Called (1) In May, Charles Nichols III, 33, facing charges in Cheatham County, Tennessee, of sex with a minor, originally was tagged with a $50,000 bail -- until he told Judge Phillip Maxie to perform a sex act upon himself and dared Maxie to increase the bail. That led to a new bond of $1 million, then after further insubordination, $10 million, and so on until the final bail ordered was $14 million. (2) Jose Chacon, 39, was arrested in Riviera Beach, Florida, in May after allegedly shooting, fatally, a 41-year-old acquaintance who had laughed at Chacon’s first shot attempt (in which the gun failed to fire) and taunted Chacon to try again. The second trigger-pull worked.

THE SOLAR SECTOR A Nationwide Hot Spot

The U.S. industry had its biggest year ever in 2016, nearly doubling its previous record and adding more electric generating capacity than any other source of energy, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, a national trade group.

“It would be hard to overstate how impressive 2016 was for the solar industry,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, SEIA’s president and CEO. “Prices dropped to all-time lows, installations expanded in states across the country and job numbers soared. The bottom line is that more people are benefitting from solar now than at any point in the past, and while the market is changing, the broader trend over the next five years is going in one direction — and that’s up.”

A recent SEIA report predicts that U.S. solar photo voltaic (PV) capacity is expected to nearly triple over the next five years. By 2022, more than 18 gigawatts of solar PV capacity will be installed annually.

Going Solar (Not just for hippies and rich people anymore)

By Al Parker Everything seems to be all sunbeams and big sales for the U.S. solar energy market, but what about the great white northern Michigan?

Turns out, snowy winters and gray spring skies aren’t stopping our solar-seeking residents.

“The growth of solar homes and solar energy has been fantastic,” said Dan Worth, clean energy policy specialist at Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, a Traverse City-based advocacy group dedicated to a “pro-environment, pro-economy” mission.

Worth estimated that more than 100 homes in 10-county northwestern lower Michigan area have turned to solar for their residential energy needs. “It’s a wonderful mix of people turning to solar,” he said. “It’s Trump voters, Hillary and Bernie voters. Some do a whole house, some do a couple of panels, some do roof mounts, some do ground mounts.”

Credit, in part, goes to the organization’s Groundwork Shines program, which helps homeowners and businesses choose the rightsized, quality solar energy system for their home or building and connecting them with installers who can make it happen. The timing, at least in Traverse City, is right: Encouraged

by Groundwork, the Michigan Climate Action Network, Northern Michigan Environmental Action Committee and others, the city last year committed to a goal of generating 100 percent of its municipal electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

“We’re definitely busy,” says sustainable energy consultant Ric Evans who owns Paradigm Energy Services near Ellsworth.

“Solar is here to stay. We’ve already done more systems this year than we did all of last year.

For many years, financing was a problem and only the uber-rich tree huggers were pulling the trigger. But now pricing has changed dramatically. A homeowner can buy 10 or 12 years of energy up front and then get 15 to 20 years of energy for free.”

Traverse City resident Mary Van Valin had 14 solar panels installed on the roof of her

Webster Street home nearly three years ago.

“I love it,” said the retired elementary school teacher. “It covers all my electrical needs and even charges my electric car. I even heat with electric. It’s such a simple thing to do.”

After having the rooftop panels installed, Van Valin was so impressed with the efficiency that she contacted Cherryland Electric Cooperative and purchased 37 panels through the utility’s “Community Solar” program.

Total cost for her 51 panels was about $22,000.

She got a good chunk of that back with a 30 percent federal tax credit.

Anyone can purchase panel subscription and receive bill credits for their share of the solar array’s output. A panel subscription costs either $600 up front or $10 per month for five years. In return, the user receives $.10 per kilowatt hour on their monthly bill for the panel’s output. The subscription lasts for 15 years, with the option to cancel at any time. As an added bonus, participating members receive a $200 rebate once they have paid for their panel subscription in full.

“We’ve found that community solar is a great option for homeowners who don’t have a good site for solar on their home or who don’t want the risk or hassle of owning their own system,” said Rachel Johnson, member relations manager at Cherryland Electric Cooperative. “After our first project quickly sold out, we moved forward with this new offering of over 4,000 available shares at the 1.2 mega watt array in Cadillac. We are committed to continuing to meet member demand for community solar and can definitely see the potential for more projects in the future.”

Van Valin praised Cherryland and Traverse City Light & Power for their continuing efforts in solar energy.

“I’m so grateful that we have local public utilities,” she said. “TCLP and Cherryland were most helpful when I went solar, and they are showing leadership with renewables. I think because they are local and small utilities, they reflect our values, like knowing that our most essential wealth is a healthy ecosystem.”

The relatively high price of a solar energy

system had been a problem in the past, but costs are coming down, according to Energy Sage, an online energy marketplace.

The company estimates that the average solar installation cost is just over $29,000 and Dan Worth dropping. The price doesn’t account for tax credits and other government incentives so the final cost could be significantly less.

“There’s a 30 percent federal tax credit that homeowners can take advantage of,” explained Worth. “So if you invest in a $10,000 installation, you would get a tax credit for up to $3,000.”

And a state program, Michigan Saves, offers low-interest loans and a tax credit to homeowners who want to go solar.

“Instead of paying energy bills for 25 years, it’s like paying those energy bills up front,” said Worth. “Then not paying at all. A typical homeowner should easily make their money back, and even make a profit.”

But does northern Michigan get enough sun to make solar energy feasible?

“We get about 4.2 solar hours a day,” said Worth. “That beats such places as Portland, Oregon, Vermont and Germany.”

Van Valin first learned about home energy systems from friends in Benzie County who went solar a few years earlier. “They were so excited about it,” she recalled. “I caught the bug from them. “ And she’s passed that bug on to other friends who have inquired about home solar energy.

“I feel that installing that system is the most satisfying move of my life. I don’t contribute to heavy metals contaminating our rivers, lakes and streams. I just create energy in a clean way. It’s just a wonderful bargain … . When you think about it, you can gamble your money on Wall Street, or you can invest in something that improves the well-being of every living thing on the planet.”

According to the SEIA in 2016: • The U.S. solar market installed 14,762 megawatts of solar photovoltaic (PV) nearly doubling the capacity installed in 2015.

Growth was primarily in the utility market, which installed more last year than the entire market in 2015.

• On average, a new megawatt of solar PV capacity came on-line every 36 minutes.

• A record 22 states each added more than 100 megawatts of solar PV.

BRING IT HOME

Clean Energy Conference Coming to TC Want to clean up your energy act?

Clean energy experts from across the state and nation are coming to Traverse City June 23–25 to share the latest info, discuss trends, and help attendees make renewable energy efforts and resources a bigger part of their lives.

The Michigan Clean Energy Conference and Fair kicks off Friday at the State Theatre with a film and panel discussion on the future of electric vehicle manufacturing, infrastructure and sales, the role of public transportation, and the roles of Uber and autonomous vehicles. The session runs from 4pm to 8pm and is free of charge.

Saturday will be dedicated to the opportunities and hurdles that energy entrepreneurs face in Michigan. At 9:30 am, keynote speaker Mary Powell will detail “The Power Company of the Future.”

Powell is president and CEO of Green Mountain Power in Colchester, Vermont. At 3pm, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm will speak on “Michigan’s Role in the Modern Industrial Revolution.”

On Sunday, Northwestern Michigan College will host the 25th annual Michigan Energy Fair at the Aeropark Laboratories in conjunction with the school’s construction and renewables program. Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday sessions range from $10 to $75. For details, visit http:// micleanenergyconference.org

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Interlochen InspIratIons and a suItcase of dreams:

meet oK Go

By Kristi Kates

Touring musicians know how to pack a suitcase; it’s the actual packing part that’s difficult. That’s the first topic that comes up when talking to Damian Kulash, the lead singer/guitarist for the Chicago-founded, Interlochen-educated (well, half of them, anyway), Los Angeles-based band OK Go, known for their ridiculously catchy indiepop songs and innovative music videos, the latter of which play with perspective, science, and choreography.

The band — Kulash, Andy Ross on guitar and keyboards, Dan Konopka on drums, and Tim Nordwind on bass (all the bandmates sing harmonies) — is heading out on what Kulash calls a non-traditional tour this summer: Instead of a solid schedule of dates, OK Go is hopping around a bit, with a packed schedule in June, less so by August, and then even more of a diversion from the norm in the fall. But more about that later. Kulash is all packed for the trek, we presume?

“Uh, well … no,” he said. “I’ve been packing for so much of my adult life with this band that, by now — well, you’d think that would make me a faster packer, but it really just means that I do it super last minute because I’m so blasé about it.”

The effort that he doesn’t put into packing is easily used up by all of the other projects with which he and the band stay busy. For those unfamiliar, you’ll want to check out OK Go’s singles, catchy slices of pop that mesmerize college and indie-rock radio:

“Get Over It,” “A Million Ways, “Upside Down and Inside Out,” and “I Won’t Let You Down” are just a few.

CREATIVITY UNBOUND And then there are those music videos: effervescent short clips that showcase the band’s interest in bending visual limitations, bright with color and full of filming challenges in which they often do the entire video in one take. The band is so inventive, it was even invited to do a TED talk earlier this year about its creative process.

The members are constantly throwing ideas around, which has resulted in several carefully-choreographed extravaganzas, including one in a Russian zero-gravity aircraft, and another on a giant set inspired

by Rube Goldberg, the vintage cartoonist known for his elaborate inventions. The video for OK Go’s single “Here It Goes Again,” shot entirely on four treadmills (and choreographed by Kulash’s sister, Trish Sie, another Interlochen alum), won a Grammy Award for best music video.

In the band’s TED talk, OK Go members spoke of how they’ve developed an environment for themselves that opens them up to those ideas. But with so many possibilities always floating among them, how do they choose?

“That’s a good question.” Kulash said.

“I think we pick ones to work on through some semi-conscious calculus of how excited we are about it, how capable we feel of approaching it, and how realistic the

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opportunity seems. It feels a lot like choosing the classes you’re going to take in school, which change as you go — or figuring out what your passion is, which may be one thing one year, and another thing entirely five years later.”

BORN AT INTERLOCHEN School — specifically Interlochen — was a big part of OK Go’s foundation. Kulash and Nordwind met as students at Interlochen’s Arts Camp in 1987; they were both 11 years old. “I was there for violin, and Tim was there for theater,” Kulash said. “Later on, he added on choir, and by then I was also doing sculpture and painting. So we covered a lot of creative territory there.” After they’d left Interlochen, the friends kept in touch, often sending mixtapes back and forth. Ten years later, they ended up in Chicago, where they started the band that would become OK Go. Their Interlochen experience was crucial to its creation and evolution.

“What was cool about Interlochen is that it was ‘our people,’” he said. “Most schools were filled with people that wanted to be cool through, like, their athletic prowess, or the cliques of adolescence, or whatever.

But at Interlochen, you were prized for your creativity and your dedication to your craft.

So I think you can see the roots of the band in that — we didn’t show up to be a rock band, we showed up to make stuff.”

Learning the hows and whys of “making stuff ” was a bigger deal for Kulash than just the process itself. It was when he first

realized that creating was what he wanted to do, and why he now wants to help other people hit that realization.

“I was working on a sculpture project at Interlochen, when I was like 13 years old, and I can’t remember exactly what the deal was, but I was trying to solve a conceptual problem with the sculpture and I can remember myself just raging about it,” he said. “I had one of those quick, out-of-body moments where you look at yourself and say, What’s going on here? And I figured out that the reason I was so angry about it was because I cared so much about it. I find the greatest joys in my life in [creating], and I also find the greatest sorrows in it. But I don’t have a choice — I’m compelled to do it.”

Interlochen, he said, was the perfect place to do exactly that, and to be around other people who felt the same way. “It was an amazing, amazing place,” he said. “My teachers there changed lives.”

Kulash said he hasn’t been back to campus since his last year there as a student in 1993; returning this summer is a pretty big deal. He and Nordwind are trying to figure out how to mark the occasion via their upcoming performance.

“It’s such a specific place to play, and then there’s the thing where a lot of the video components we often use in our shows won’t work so well in an outdoor amphitheater like Interlochen’s because of all the light,” he said.

“So we’ll probably scale it back to put the focus on it being a very musical show — and I know it will be definitely be a very special show.”

It also will be a show stuffed with hits.

OK Go’s most recent album, Hungry Ghosts, was released in 2014, but the band’s been busy with video projects, so hasn’t recorded much new music since then. Kulash said the members have been writing new songs, but none are ready for public ears just yet, so they’ll most likely dig into their extensive back catalogue of music, and might also throw in a few covers. But mostly, he wants to talk to the current generation of Interlochen kids and revisit the place that started this whole ball rolling for him and his bandmates.

“I want to find the exact place where I had that out-of-body revelation about my life. I also want to go to another spot called the Indian Circle, if it still exists — that’s where Tim and I used to go to hang out and get away from the other campers and talk about girls,” Kulash said. “I’m also excited to see main camp. I mean, I’ve just got so, so many memories of the place, very intense memories of so many spots on campus. The main question is, how many still exist? I’d guess the place has changed a lot in 25 years.”

OK Go’s tour will continue through the summer, but fall will bring yet another approach to their performance style. “We’re going to be playing a bunch of shows where, instead of being a standard rock show, we’re going to do video screenings where we’ll play

our music videos on a big screen and score them live, so that we’re playing along with them,” Kulash said. “We now have a lot of fans of all ages, 5 years old to 65 years old, and for a lot of those people, a rock club or even a nice theater aren’t really appropriate places for them to be. So we want to do a more friendly version for everyone, where it feels more like film on steroids than a rock ’n’ roll show.”

But first, there’s Interlochen. After he unpacks for the evening, Kulash plans to stroll the cement paths, figure out where he and Nordwind’s old haunts were and perhaps even help light a match under another generation of potential rockers.

“I want to know what it’s like to go to school at Interlochen now and hopefully be a part of the kind of memories I had there for others,” Kulash said. “I mean, I vividly remember seeing Kronos Quartet live in concert while I was at Interlochen.

I remember seeing the Pilobolus Dance Theatre. Those were things that literally changed my life. So if we can be anything like that to the generation that’s at Interlochen now, that would make me really happy.”

OK Go will be in concert at Interlochen Center for the Arts’ Kresge Auditorium at 8pm on June 30. For tickets and more information, visit interlochen.org.

A QuArtet of oK Go’s Most InnovAtIve vIdeos (All can be viewed on YouTube)

HERE IT GOES AGAIN The video that jump-started OK Go’s popularity captured the band executing seriously complex choreography atop four treadmills — one per band member — as they hopped from machine to machine in a single take, with nary a missed step. Once they perfected their aerobic ballet, they performed it live at the 2016 MTV Music Awards.

THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL The guys play with optical illusions in this clip, using mirrors, paint, and objects as they seamlessly transition through two dozen fun-house-style visual tricks.

The shoot, filmed in real-time, required eighteen takes before it succeeded.

THIS TOO SHALL PASS This is OK Go’s Rube Goldberg extravaganza, a four-minute single-shot of sequences that included water glasses that played part of the melody, plus props like dominos, rolling wooden balls, flags, paintball guns, and falling musical instruments. Not content with one supercool video for this song, the band also recorded a second featuring a massive marching band.

UPSIDE DOWN AND INSIDE OUT The band’s most ambitious and colorful music video to date found them in a Russian S7 Airlines reduced-gravity airplane, utilizing the plane’s parabolic flight path to do more of their quirky choreography, in zero gravity and complete with props like notebook computers, bouncy balls, paint-filled balloons, and two dancing stewardesses (who were actually trained aerial acrobats).

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Five Fast Questions with Billy Gardell

By Kristi Kates

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Sunday · June 25 · 2pm The Village Voices Sing

The Tonys’ Best Musicals

If you loved the CBS sitcom Mike and Molly, then you’re probably familiar with the man behind the character Mike, actor Billy Gardell, who co-starred in the hit series with actress Melissa McCarthy.

Gardell has a slew of television and film credits — The King of Queens, Monk, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, Jersey Boys, and You Me and Dupree among them — but since Mike and Molly ended in 2016, the longtime actor has returned to his career roots: comedy.

Influenced by greats like Jackie Gleason, George Carlin, John Candy, and John Belushi, Gardell brings a down-to-earth brand of funny to the stage, and he’s been successful, working the crowds at small and large comedy clubs around the nation and appearing on The Dennis Miller Show, Monopoly Millionaires Club, and his own comedy special on the Comedy Central network.

This month, he’s bringing his stand-up show to the Petoskey. He stays busy, that’s for sure; but we sat him down for just a few minutes to see what he’s been up to lately, and what fans can expect at his upcoming standup performance in Kristi Kates for Northern Express: So Billy, with all of your television success, what draws you back out to do standup comedy?

Seems like that’s a lot tougher job than TV! Billy Gardell: It’s not tougher when you love it! I love the crowds, and I love the live feedback – standup has always been my first love.

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Express: How does doing standup influence your TV work, and vice-versa?

Gardell: Standup helps you perfect delivering a line, and acting helps you put emotion in the line, so the two of them complement each other nicely.

Express: Back to TV for a moment, how did you enjoy your role as Colonel Tom Parker

on the Sun Records TV series? It was so different from much of your other work, especially your standup; can we expect any future episodes of Sun Records?

Gardell: They’re going to leave it as a miniseries; but I really enjoyed playing the Colonel because it was such a departure from what I did on Mike and Molly.

Express: For your upcoming show here at Odawa, can you give us a sneak peek of what you’ll be talking about?

Gardell: Being married for a long time… and having a kid… and trying not to be a hypocrite!

Express: And finally, what are you looking forward to most about your trip to northern Michigan?

Gardell: I’ve been to several spots in northern Michigan, and its always nice to come to a place that really appreciates that you traveled there. Plus it’s blue collar, and that’s where my humor is rooted from.

But that’s only one facet of Gardell’s talents. A long-time actor and comedian, you may also have seen him in such TV shows as The King of Queens, Monk, The Practice, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, or Desperate Housewives. Or perhaps movies like Jersey Boys or You Me and Dupree. Or maybe even the miniseries Sun Records, a CMT drama that showcased the early days of musicians like Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins – Gardell played the larger-than-life character of Colonel Tom Parker, who managed Presley’s career.

A DECADE OF VEGAS UP NORTH:

Odawa Casino Celebrates Ten Years

By Kristi Kates The Vegas-style Odawa Casino Resort made its debut on the Petoskey scene in 2007 in a $141 million-dollar building designed by architect Leo A. Daly, with modern lines, earth tones, and a spectacular canopy entrance. Inside, gaming took center stage with over 50,000 square feet of slot machines, roulette, craps, blackjack, and poker, with the remaining 250,000 square feet of the building including a host of additional diversions, from the upscale gourmet Sage Restaurant and the Waas-No-De (‘Northern Lights’) Buffet, to Ovation Hall, where the facility would host big-name concert events.

In between, guests would find retail shops, welcoming walkways, and the OZone nightclub with its brightly-lit dance floor and private “party booths.” It’s no wonder the place quickly became a huge nightlife draw for the region, and a fun place to test your fortunes 24 hours a day, whenever the whim might strike.

Today, it’s still the Odawa Casino Resort, of course – and all of the above features are still a big part of its appeal - but now it’s celebrating ten years as part of Petoskey’s entertainment landscape. It was so well-planned from the start, that not a whole lot has changed, except for general building upkeep.

So what is different from ten years ago?

Some of the slot machines, for starters. The most popular slot machine themes when the casino first opened were Wheel of Fortune and Titanic. Today, the themed machines have been updated with shows like Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and a nod to the current retro trend with ‘60s throwbacks like the original Batman.

The Odawa Casino’s table games have seen some improvements, as well. New side bets and other enhancements have been added to many of the carnival games, and the poker room now offers weekly poker tournaments.

All of this gambling translates to income for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, the Native American organization that owns and operates the casino. The Odawa put a lot of effort into the smooth running of the casino property itself, and contribute back into their local community in part by contributing a percentage of the casino’s earnings to help support health programs, youth programs, education, and police services.

The tribe’s involvement with the community is perhaps most obvious in the casino’s employment opportunities and entertainment

options. But Odawa Casino also gives back to the community through direct donations. Since opening its doors in 2007, the casino has given away more than $326,000 to local charitable organizations and non-profits.

In addition to the charitable donations, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians makes revenue sharing payments to the state of Michigan and Emmet County.

Over the last ten years, these payments totaled $29.3 million to the state and $11.2 million to the county.

It’s a symbiotic relationship that benefits locals, tourists, and the tribe itself. And they’re celebrating ten years of the casino, and their pride in running it, with a series of anniversary events this month.

The celebratory happenings, which will include free ice crème for guests on the Odawa Casino’s exact anniversary date of June 20, will feature a range of giveaways; promotional “points” that can be earned by playing various games; hot seat drawings; and a $25,000 cash giveaway on June 24, with a series of smaller prizes plus a grand prize of $10,000 (guests can earn entries via various casino activities starting June 19.)

Finally, on June 23, actor/comedian Billy Gardell (see sidebar) will be performing two standup comedy shows at 6pm and 9pm at Ovation Hall, to cap off this month-long recognition of the casino’s achievements.

“It’s a thrill for us to be able to celebrate ten years of operation in the community,” said Eric McLester, General Manager of Odawa Casino, in a press release. “Sharing and giving back is important to us. We’re thankful to be able to have helped such a wide variety of worthy charity and non-profit organizations through the years. We can’t wait to see what the next ten years holds for us and this community.”

For more information, visit odawacasino.com.

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Classic Golf and Casual Fine Eats The revamped Chestnut Valley restaurant

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By Kristi Kates Opened in 2005 as a combination golf course and restaurant, Chestnut Valley sits north of Harbor Springs in a wooded setting that surrounds meticulously groomed greens and gently rolling fairways.

Its current owner, Mike Wilson, bought the facility in 2011; new general manager, Mark Sanche, started at Chestnut Valley this past April, and has been part of the restaurant relaunch at the club that’s aiming to take the menu back closer to its roots.

“Early on, the menu here was casual fine dining, with classics like risotto and pasta dishes,” Sanche said. “The past few years, it was more of a bar menu with a focus on burgers and hot dogs.” Now, Chestnut Valley is trying to bridge the gap between those disparate culinary approaches, blending the more informal foods with a few upscale options in a bid to appeal to a wider range of palates.

“We’re sourcing a lot of local ingredients and items where we can, with a goal of keeping the menu prices low,” said Sanche.

“We feel that we can offer a higher-quality product by working with local people. Our new focus is on ‘affordable and casual fine dining.’ Familiar fare like nachos, shrimp cocktail, and locally sourced chicken wings top the appetizer options, with chili and a soup of the day rounding out the restaurant’s “Short Game” selections.

“In the Weeds,” Chestnut Valley’s menu of salads, includes both a standard Caesar

salad and a chicken Caesar, as well as a classic wedge salad with iceberg lettuce, chopped bacon, blue cheese crumbles, and diced tomatoes. “Our most popular salad is the blackened salmon salad, with Michigan dried cherries, artisan greens, grape tomatoes, red onion, cucumber, and blue cheese crumbles; that one is served with a cherry vinaigrette dressing,” Sanche said.

The burgers remain on the menu but bring a local, tasty connection to the table: “We’re bringing in grass-fed beef from Jurek’s Meats and Grocery in Pellston,” Sanche said. “That really makes the burgers good, and keeps them away from that typical bland-burger flavor. We’re super excited about our burgers.”

One to try: The Chestnut Burger, which boasts bacon, cheddar cheese, barbecue sauce, and a hand-battered onion ring.

Diners also will find a grilled pork chop dinner on the new menu, grilled to perfection and served with garlic mashed russet potatoes and seasonal vegetables.

“The sauce on that is really good, it’s made of Michigan apples, heavy crème, and Left Foot Charley Cinnamon Girl hard cider,” Sanche said, “so it’s almost like an apple gravy on the pork.”

Other entrees include a 10-ounce New York strip steak and a 12-ounce ribeye; pasta dishes including carbonara, Alfredo, and chicken pesto; and Chestnut Valley’s “Water Hazard” menu selections, which include perch, cod, smelt, and shrimp dinners. “We also do a bluegill fish fry on Friday nights,” said Sanche. “We get Lake Ontario bluegill

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sourced from Eastern Market in Detroit, and we serve the fish with hand-cut French fries and cole slaw.”

If you’re looking for dessert, you’ll see that Chestnut Valley has revamped that part of the menu, too, with cheesecake, old-school Bananas Foster, and a northern Michigan favorite: “We’ve got a great Grandma’s oldfashioned cobbler,” Sanche said. “We make it with whichever fruit is currently in season, and serve it with vanilla ice cream.”

With the new menu focus and summer right around the corner, it looks like Chestnut Valley is ready to grow. “We’re just looking forward to getting our name back out there,” Sanche said. “My goal is to highlight the fact that you can eat local reasonably. You can come on out, play a round of golf, and have a nice dinner without spending a lot of money.”

Chestnut Valley Golf Club and Restaurant is located at 1875 Club House Dr., northeast of Harbor Springs. chestnutvalleygolf.com, (231) 526-9100. $$

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These are just a few of the Michigan bears that the Department of Natural Resources has encountered.

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Your Neighbor, the Bear A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT SUMMER’S BACKYARD BURGLAR

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The American black bear — aka Ursus Americanus — is the only species of bear that calls northern Michigan’s forests home.

Or, perhaps more accurately, that should call northern Michigan forest’s home.

According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the state’s bear population is on the rise. And though the omnivores are typically shy, elusive creatures, their increased numbers, plus summer’s alluring scents — think: birdseed, garbage cans, and your barbecue grill — are boosting the likelihood that you’ll see a bear in your backyard.

Steve Griffith, a wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, said that the most recent calculation of Michigan’s bear population, completed in May 2017, confirmed that there are between 10,000 and 11,000 bears living in the state. Estimates point to about 8,000 bears in the Upper Peninsula and 2,000 in northern lower Michigan.

“The black bears’ range in Michigan normally extends down to between Newaygo and Grand Rapids, and then across the state,” Griffith said. “Sometimes the bears wander further south, but there are too many people there for them, so they just head back up north.”

The growing black bear population isn’t a sign of a problem; it’s actually an indication that the state’s bear population is healthy, said Griffith. He said that more and more, the Michigan DNR is seeing female bears (sows) with four cubs, when two cubs traditionally has been considered normal. “It’s unusual, but that mostly shows that the bear population is healthy, and that’s good,” he said. “There’s definitely room for them to grow.”

Unlike their western cousin, the grizzly bear, which number only about 1,500 in the continental United States, black bears don’t actively hunt. “If they come across something wounded, they might eat it,” he said, “but 75 to 80 percent of a black bear’s diet is vegetation — seeds, nuts, grasses, and fruits — while the rest is mostly insects.”

In the summer, bears will raid ant mounds and rip open rotten old logs looking for grubs and insects. And unlike the cartoon character Yogi Bear, black bears are not on a constant quest for honey. “I mean, they’ll eat honey — they do like sweet foods,” Griffith said, “but where a beehive is concerned, they’re mostly after the bees themselves, and the bee larvae

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for protein.”

Another difference? Unlike grizzlies, black bears don’t hibernate all the way through the winter. Griffith called it “more of a long, heavy nap” that the bears start when they retreat into their den in late October or early November.

Bear cubs are born right in the den, usually in January, and the whole family makes an exit in April, when spring arrives; but the bears will often come out during warm spells in the interim, “especially if there’s still food around, like acorns,” Griffith said.

Another misconception about our resident black bears is that they can’t see very well.

Griffith said that, contrary to popular belief, black bears actually do have good eyesight, as well as excellent hearing and an extremely wellrefined sense of smell that can outdo most dogs.

“They’re also hardwired to be shy, timid, and to avoid human contact,” Griffith said.

“I’ve gone out picking wild blueberries, found a steaming pile of bear scat, and realized that a bear must have been right near me, and I scared them away just by being there.”

CUB INTRODUCTIONS Griffith knows black bear cubs well; they’re one of the Michigan DNR’s specialties. The agency even has a “surrogate sow” program for orphaned cubs, to help little bears who’ve lost their mother. “We have a small number of sows that we’ve put radio collars on,” Griffith said.

“So when we find, for instance, a mama bear hit by a car, we catch her cubs and try to set up a surrogate for them.”

To set up a surrogate, DNR officers coat the orphaned cubs with Vicks VapoRub to cover up the scent of the actual mother bear and of people; then they located one of their current sows that already has cubs, and the covert introductions begin.

“We scare the cubs a little, just enough to get them to go up a tree, and then we put our orphaned cubs up into the same tree,” Griffith said. “When the mama bear returns, she can’t detect the cubs that aren’t hers, because with the Vicks, they don’t smell ‘wrong.’ So most of the time, once she cleans the Vicks off [each cub], it establishes her own scent on the cub, and she’ll accept it as her own.” (Griffith said the Vicks is safe for the bear to ingest.)

ON THE (WILD) MENU Now back to our backyards, where bears most often find themselves unwelcome. “Bears love cracked corn, suet, sunflower seeds, even

hummingbird sugar water,” Griffith said. “If they go into your yard and get a reward, they will remember and might come back.”

Your job is to make the yard as far from a free “bear café” as it can get. It’s often suggested to not feed the birds in the summer, since there’s plentiful food for them in the warmer months; Griffith also said it’s a good idea to keep garbage cans in a shed or garage until pick-up day, and to keep grills inside as well.

“Grill one single burger, and a bear will know that there was meat there!” he said.

If you do see a bear in your yard, Griffith said the best thing to do is keep your distance.

Briefly watch through your window and take a few photos if you’d like — then use light and sound to chase them away. “Knock on the window, put on a porch light or, if you’re safely away from the bear, step outside and yell,” he said. “These are all ways to say ‘We don’t mind that you live here, but please keep your distance.’ Negative reinforcements that will remind the bear that it’s time to go.”

BEAR COUNTRY Nature trails are another place where you might encounter a black bear, so remain alert when you’re out in the wilderness. “Even though black bears don’t see people as food, they often associate people with food, so if you’re hiking, and you have a peanut butter sandwich in your pack, they can smell it,” Griffith said.

You can purchase bear spray as a deterrent, or carry a walking stick to put some distance between yourself and any wild animals, but again, the best approach is simply to scare bears off. “If you’re yelling and waving your arms around and flapping your coat and throwing sticks at them, then the bear will most likely think, well, That sandwich just isn’t worth it,” he said. “Bears want the easiest route to food, and you’re not it.”

Increasing numbers and backyard attraction aside, black bears likely won’t be a feature of your next hike, Griffith said; they’re quite timid creatures, especially when they can hear people approaching, and most Michiganders — even those living Up North — will go their entire life and never encounter one in the wild.

“Black bears are surprisingly timid,” Griffith said. “For the most part, they’ll avoid us. But they’re still a wild animal, and still unpredictable – and we’re in bear country, so we need to be mindful.”

Dallas Buyers Club Dare to Live

In recognition of National HIV Testing Day, the Thomas Judd Care Center and State Theater in Traverse City are hosting a free screening of the Academy Award-winning film, Dallas Buyers Club.

A panel discussion featuring community leaders and local HIV experts will immediately follow the screening to discuss the urgent need for increased HIV testing in northern Michigan.

Tuesday, June 27, 6 pm State Theater, Traverse City Free to the public. First come, first served.

Learn more at munsonhealthcare.org/TJCC-GetTested

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Ahhh....Summer

Local Music:

Blair Miller’s Blues

By Kristi Kates Blair Miller’s got the blues. Or do the blues have him? Turns out, it’s a little bit of both for this Traverse City-based musician who makes some serious blue magic with nothing more than voice and guitar.

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MEET THE MUSICIAN Blair Miller believes in taking inspiration from the successful paths of others. And after 35 years of listening to the blues, the accomplished guitarist, singer, and songwriter knows the best routes to follow. “My road to music has been similar to Eric Clapton’s,” said Miller. “He trained himself to play the blues by listening to old blues records, and he started his own career with a country-blues sound. I pretty much did the same.” Miller, who’s been playing guitar since he was a teenager, said that he’s always loved the blues for the directness of the music and the way it reaches deep into emotions.

“I’ve always liked the intensity and the honesty of it,” he said. Delta blues are his main focus. One of the earliest forms of blues music, Delta blues began in the Mississippi Delta on instruments like slide guitar and harmonica, with distinctive vocal stylings full of the grit, gravel, and early struggles of that region. Miller interprets the genre with his own guitar work, which is quick yet studied, rich with emotion yet controlled with the obvious experience of someone who’s been playing for decades; with one listen, his influences are obvious. “Clapton and bands like The Doors all covered the old blues songs,” Miller said. “And rock ’n’ roll is essentially 12-bar blues a good part of the time.

So it all works together.”

GUITAR, GUITAR, AND MORE GUITAR Miller’s sound is a proven one, especially in northern Michigan, where blues are a favorite sound for many bar-goers.

Alternating between a steel resonator guitar and a slide guitar, a parlor guitar, and a cigar box guitar, he’s performed at Traverse City venues like The Workshop Brewing Co., the Grand Traverse Distillery, Little Fleet, and (now closed) InsideOut Gallery. He plays an impressive list of his originals live; some stick to his favorite Delta blues style, while others are more unique takes on a blues-rock hybrid of his own making.

“I play a lot of covers, too — Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, Willie Dixon, Mississippi Fred McDowell — they’re all the fathers of the blues. Then there are the ‘kids,’ and I cover them, as well — Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf. They all headed up to Chicago and got involved with Chess Records in the ’60s and started influencing a long list of bands that came after them.”

STORYTELLER The history of the music itself is a big motivator for Miller, who can tell you the backstory of just about any blues artist you can think of. “When I’m playing live — wherever I can as long as it’s not too loud — I really like to share specifics about songs and the artists – it’s nice as it adds a foundation to the music I’m playing,” he said. “Today’s modern blues can seem really formulaic at times, and often sound very similar to each other. Another reason I like the Delta blues is because there’s still a lot of variety, because each Delta blues musician plays the blues so differently.”

Miller’s own tunes echo the settings and evocative storytelling of classic blues songs.

One original, “Low Flying Crow,” tells the tale of a wanderer walking down a road, happening upon a crow, and asking it to help him find his way, while “Desert Rose” is the story of a man who decides it’s time to leave his girlfriend behind to drive across the desert at night. Miller’s original lyrics give voice to the man’s thoughts: “Somewhere in the dark/a freight train moans/I’m out here on my own.”

WALKING THE WALK In the grand tradition of musicians who moved on from day jobs to pursue their passion — B.B. King bucked plantation work; McDowell quit plowing fields; Dixon, a professional boxer, hung up his gloves to play — Miller spent 35 years as a medical social worker before he decided to showcase his music on stage and perform live for the public.

What gives him the blues personally?

“Aging!” he said. “But the blues are, fortunately, an ageless genre of music, so in my case, age actually buys credibility, especially if you’ve been through a lot in your life. And I have.”

FUTURE MILLER At the Depot is Miller’s most recent CD, which he recorded at the Traverse City Guitar Company. The album is in rotation on Northwestern Michigan College’s WNMC radio and available via Miller’s website and other outlets. But he’s working on another album, which he’s also recording in Traverse City, at Studio Anatomy, with owner/musician/sound engineer Brian Chamberlain. Miller expects it to be ready for release in August. In the meantime, you can catch him performing live around the North: playing regularly at The Parlor in Traverse City; the Fillmore of Manistee; Hop Lot Brewing Co., in Suttons Bay; and Cellar 152 in Elk Rapids.

To find out more about Blair Miller and his music, visit blairmillerblues.com.

By Kristi Kates Don’t Cry Wolf! Go Above and Beyond as you’re picking Lettuce and Breaking Biscuits after The String Cheese Incident. Consider the Source, and call in The Revivalists for another Big Gigantic pair of weekends in Big Wild Rothbury, Michigan, for the 2017 Electric Forest Festival.

All of the above — and dozens more — musicians are taking the stage at this year’s Electric Forest Festival, the annual summer music extravaganza that’s heavy on EDM and jam bands, and a destination for an estimated 50,000 music fans.

The festival has become so popular that organizers have expanded this summer’s event to two weekends: June 22 –25 and June 29–July 2.

In addition to all of the music and fancy footwork, you’ll find art installations, curated after-show events, several levels of camping, a silent disco, workshops, and of course food, drinks, and places to casually crash in between shows (hammock, anyone?) so that you can rest up for your next round of dancing. Y’all ready for all of that? Then here are our top picks for your must-see musical acts at this year’s edition of the EFF.

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THIEVERY CORPORATION Blending tropical-island rhythms and club beats with a plethora of worldly influences, TC, who hails from Washington D.C., is one of the most chill musical outfits on the electronic scene today. TC is the perfect score to a late summer’s evening, and its ability to create a complex hybrid of sounds without making it sound dated (or just plain weird) is a real feat.

Sounds Like: A vacation flight to Brazil that was rerouted to Mumbai, then to Spain, then to your great-uncle’s underground speakeasy.

For Fans Of: Zero 7, Bonobo, Avatars of Dub, Tosca BASSNECTAR Bassnectar, aka Lorin Ashton, is an American DJ with an affinity for the grunge sounds of the ’90s who specializes in a distinctively floppy, low-end version of dubstep, but with sectioned breaks that reference heavy rock as often as ambient sounds. Known for his sharp live performances, his shows feel connected to his fans, as opposed to just another man up on a platform.

Sounds Like: Vintage synths being run over by a monster truck.

For Fans Of: Lupe Fiasco, Flux Pavilion, Deru, Pretty Lights A-TRAK Another DJ on the don’t miss list is A-Trak, aka Alain Macklovitch, the Canadian turntablist responsible for helping jump-start the careers of Flosstradamus and Kid Cudi, to name just a couple. Oh, yeah, and he’s been Kanye West’s tour DJ for years. A-Trak’s specialty is merging the worlds of electronica and rap for a blend that lends itself well to intriguing collaborations.

Sounds Like: An off-script Adidas commercial shot in Brooklyn by interns who end up being hipper than the director.

For Fans Of: Dizzee Rascal, Kimbra, Zedd, Alesso THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS If you dig bluegrass, you’ll dig the ’Dusters, who take the genre and groove it up while retaining a country-western flair on the surface layer and a more refined sound overall.

They’re masters at blending the fiddle, banjo, dobro, and guitars into a trampoline of sound upon which the vocals safely bounce, and their live shows are fun to watch for their sheer complexity.

Sounds Like: A mountain-music jam session transported to a nice country club for lunch.

For Fans Of: Union Station, Steep Canyon Rangers, Yarn, Hank Williams Jr. TYCHO Ambient artist Tycho utilizes sampling better than the majority of the chillwave artists

out there today, with radio clips, steps, vintage sounds, and human conversation filtering in and out of his tracks to add depth and intrigue.

He achieves this live with his two bandmates, in an interesting balance of live instrumentation and rebooted backing tracks from his albums.

Sounds Like: Shortwave radio fastforwarded into the VIP room of a futuristic nightclub.

For Fans Of: Helios, Boards of Canada, Ulrich Schnauss, Aphex Twin

THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Considering the The Strong Cheese Incident is not only the headliner playing both weekends but also that it’s playing two shows each weekend, this one’s a no-brainer. The uber-popular jam band hails from Colorado, is arriving in part to promote its brand new album, Believe, and offer tight instrumentation with hippie vibes and prime opportunities for maximum noodle-dancing.

Sounds Like: Jimmy Buffett’s backing band

meeting a couple of hip-hop vocalists at the Grand Ole Opry.

For Fans Of: Widespread Panic, moe., Umphrey’s McGee, Railroad Earth The Electric Forest Festival takes place at the Triple J Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan. For tickets, more information, and to download the festival’s official app (to make your own custom schedule of the artists you want to see!), visit electricforestfestival.com.

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NORTHERN SEEN 1. Dr. Daniel and Julie Sarya attend the Mary Roach National Writers Series event at the City Opera House in TC. 2. Cody Sovis repping Norte in the dunk tank fundraiser at The Little Fleet “School’s Out” party.

3. Michael Fitzhugh, Geoff Nelson and Shawn Schmidt Smith pose in front of a model of Roost, a new “tiny home” concept on display in downtown Traverse City.

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4. Izzy Beckwith, Nick Perez, Bridgett Beckwith at The Little Fleet in TC. 5. Author Mary Roach and guest host Benjamin Busch on stage at the City Opera House for a National Writers Series event.

6. Juliette Goodwin and Meghan Ballard at the Posh grand reopening in Traverse City.

7. Traverse City commissioner Richard Lewis speaks with Mayor Jim Carruthers behind during the commemoration of a new piece of art in honor of former Downtown Traverse City leader Bryan Crough.

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6TH ANNUAL GLEN ARBOR SOLSTICE HALF MARATHON & 5K: 7am, Downtown Glen Arbor. enduranceevolution.com

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PARADE OF HOMES NEW HOME TOUR: 12-8pm, homes in Leelanau & GT counties.

Presented by the Home Builders Association of the GT Area. Tickets: $15 advance; $18 during parade. hbagta.com/parade-of-homes

FREE SAFE FAMILY BOATING WEEKEND: 8am, Dewitt Marine, Bellaire. Today includes a Boater Safety Class from 8am-4pm & recreational vessel safety checks from 9am-5pm. Must register by June 16: 231-377-6611.

SPIRIT OF THE WOODS FOLK FESTIVAL: 12-10pm, Dickson Township Park, Brethren.

Featuring The Chenille Sisters, Claudia Schmidt & Sally Rodgers, Ray Kamalay & Joel Mabus, DEBALB, Nic Gareiss & Jessie Nieves, & many others. There will also be arts & crafts, children’s activities & more. spiritofthewoods.org

KIDS FREE FISHING, ELK RAPIDS: 8am-8pm, Kid’s Pond, Downtown Elk Rapids. Kids 17 & under can catch & keep two fish, or catch & release as many fish as they want during the day. There will be poles to use.

WINGS OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Gaylord Airport. Gates open at 10am; Opening Ceremonies at noon. 1-4pm: Aerobatic aerial performances, jets and vintage war birds performing and on display. Tickets: wingsovernorthernmichigan.org

ELLSWORTH PIG ROAST PARADE & 5K/KIDS 1 MILE: Ellsworth Community Park and Pavilion. 5K & 1 Mile starts at 8:45am at 9467 Park St. This year’s parade theme is Pure Ellsworth.

Parade registration and line-up at 9am. Parade starts at 11am. runsignup.com/Race/MI/Ellsworth/ Ellsworth5KPigRoastFunRun

AUTHORS SIGNINGS: Horizon Books, TC. 2-4pm: Desiree Cooper will sign her book “Know the Mother,” Robin Gaines will sign “Invincible Summers,” Mardi Jo Link will sign “The Drummond Girls,” & Mary Kay Zuravleff will sign “Man Alive!” 4-6pm: Brandy Shooks will sign her book “Stratagem Navigation.” horizonbooks.com

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-------------------ANYONE CAN TRI: 9am, Cadillac YMCA. cadillacareaymca.org

-------------------KIDS FREE FISHING DAY: 9am-1pm, NMC’s Great Lakes Campus, TC. Featuring fishing rods, reel & bait, a fish painting activity by the Great Lakes Children’s Museum, U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue demonstration, & free pizza. nmc.edu

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KRISTIE YAAKOBY MEMORIAL TRIATHLON: 9am, Nedows Beach, Leland. Olympic & sprint triathlon. Proceeds benefit cancer research. events. bytepro.net/kristie-yaakoby

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MILITANT’S RUN - HALF MARATHON: 9am, Hanson Hills Recreation Area, Grayling. runsignup.com

-------------------QUILTS BY THE BAY: 9am-4pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. Presented by the Little Traverse Bay Quilters Guild. Over 150 quilts on display. $6 admission. ltbquiltersguild.org

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BAY HARBOR LAKE MARINA’S IN-WATER BOAT SHOW: 10am-8pm, Bay Harbor Lake Marina. There will also be magic by Jania, food trucks, a bounce house & more. bayharbor.com

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PET ADOPT-A-THON: COLLARS FOR A CAUSE: 10am-1pm, Dave Kring Chevrolet, Cadillac. Dave Kring will donate $50 toward each pet adoption. Also enjoy food, face painting & more.

Sponsored by the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society. ltbhs.com

-------------------TC TAKES A GIRL MOUNTAIN BIKING DAY: 10am. Meet at the VASA singletrack trail head off Supply Rd., TC at 9:45am. Presented by Norte!

Info: elgruponorte.org Free.

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VETERANS FOR PEACE: 10am, Horizon Books, lower level, TC. Featuring a Cost of War discussion.

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2ND ANNUAL FRESH WATER FESTIVAL: 11am-5pm, Elk River Landing, Elk Rapids’ Upper Harbor. Featuring the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Traverse Area Community Sailing, Quantum Sail, YMCA, US Power Squadrons, Paddle Antrim, Level 40 Adventures, & more.

FAMILY FUN DAY: 11am-4pm, Field of Dreams Park, Interlochen. Featuring games, kids karaoke, storytelling, airplanes & much more. Hosted by Interlochen Area Chamber of Commerce & Green Lake Township.

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FREE WATER ADVENTURE EXPO: 11am-3pm, Platte Point at the end of Lake Michigan Rd. Featuring water play safety demos, skills practice, exhibits, kayak & SUP demos, mock capsize/ self-rescue exercises & more. This expo is for those who like to swim or paddle in rivers, inland lakes, or Lake Michigan. Hosted by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Free. nps.gov/slbe/ planyourvisit/calendar.htm

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JOB WINSLOW CHAPTER, NSDAR MEETING: 11am, The Elks Lodge, TC. Featuring “The Eighth Citizen of America” presented by Joe Conger of the Sons of the American Revolution. Lunch will follow. Reservations required: 946-6337. jobwinslow.michdar.net

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-------------------FAIRIES & FORTS: 2pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Featuring a children’s concert with Brotha James. Free admission. michlegacyartpark.org/events/fairiesandforts

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BEERTHDAY/FUNDRAISERS FOR BETSIE VALLEY TRAIL: Stormcloud Brewing Co. celebrates its fourth anniversary with a pub party & two fundraising events for Betsie Valley Trail: Fun Walk/Ride starting on Betsie Valley Trailhead, Elberta at 4pm & ending at Stormcloud, Frankfort, where 50% of all sales at the pub from 5-7pm will be donated to the trail. stormcloudbrewing.com

-------------------WINE & CHEESE EVENT WITH FOUR AUTHORS: 6pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Featuring Desiree Cooper, Robin Gaines, Mardi Jo Link and Mary Kay Zuravleff.

Free. mcleanandeakin.com

-------------------51ST ANNUAL JUNE NIGHT OF HARMONY: 7pm, TC Central High School Auditorium.

Presented by the Cherry Capital Men’s Chorus.

Feature performers are international finalist quartet, After Hours. Tickets: $15; $10 children. mynorthtickets.com

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“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Enjoy this Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi musical. Presented by the Cadillac Footliters. Tickets: $12 advance; $15 door. cadillacfootliters.com

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BARRY ROSS & STEVE KAMERLING IN CONCERT: 7-9pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg.

Enjoy Ross on violin & Kamerling on guitar & vocals: “From Brahms to Beatles with Jazz on a String.” $20 adults, $10 students. musichouse.org

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DANN’S HOUSE FRESH FOSSILS FUNDRAISER: 7-10pm, Little Bohemia, TC. Help raise funds for Dann’s House, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for people who have been experiencing chronic homelessness and also suffer from severe Alcohol Use Disorder. Music by The Fresh Fossils.

-------------------BOTTLE ROCKETS, ERIC AMBEL & THE SURREAL MCCOYS: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. The Bottle Rockets bring their “brand of populist, Midwestern, brawny rock ‘n’ roll.” Eric Ambel has been a solo guitarist, & a member of the Dellords, the Yayhoos, & his own Roscoe’s Gang.

The Surreal McCoys joined forces with Ambel to record their second album, “The Howl and the Growl.” Tickets start at $17.50. cityoperahouse. org/bottle-rockets

-------------------PIANIST DAVID SYME: 8pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $20. northportcac.org

june 18

sunday

FREE SAFE FAMILY BOATING WEEKEND: Dewitt Marine, Bellaire. Today includes recreational vessel safety checks from 9am-5pm. 231377-6611.

All Together Now for TC’s Up North Pride Week, June 21-25. The 4th Annual Up North Pride Rally & Visibility March will be held on Sun., June 25 from 1-3pm beginning at The Little Fleet. Find many more events at: upnorthpride.com BAY HARBOR LAKE MARINA’S IN-WATER BOAT SHOW: 10am-3pm, Bay Harbor Lake Marina. There will also be food trucks, a bounce house & more. bayharbor.com

-------------------PARADE OF HOMES NEW HOME TOUR: 11am-4pm, homes in Leelanau & GT counties.

Presented by the Home Builders Association of the GT Area. Tickets: $15 advance; $18 during parade. hbagta.com/parade-of-homes

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WINGS OF WONDER PRESENTATION: 11am1pm, Community Center, Alden. Rebecca Lessard brings live raptors & a hands on display of wings, talons, and feathers. Sponsored by Alden District Library/Friends of the Library. 231-331-4318.

-------------------STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL: 12-4pm, Alden Depot.

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WINGS OVER NORTHERN MICHIGAN: Gaylord Airport. Gates open at 10am; 1-4pm: Aerobatic aerial performances, jets and vintage war birds performing and on display. Tickets: wingsovernorthernmichigan.org

-------------------SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7-10pm, Elk Rapids Harbor Pavilion at the Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor. Featuring The North Carolines. Free. elkrapids.org/harbor

-------------------FOUNTAIN POINT CONCERT SERIES: 7:309:30pm, Fountain Point Music, Lake Leelanau.

Featuring major label artists The Accidentals, who are most recently known for “Michigan and Again.” Tickets: $5-$20. mynorthtickets.com/ events/the-accidentals

june 19

Representative Curt VanderWall. Registration required. Free. benzie.org

-------------------CHARLEVOIX COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY GENERAL MEETING: 5:30-7pm, Boyne District Library, Community Room, Boyne City. Featuring special guest Bill Cobbs, Democratic candidate running for Governor of Michigan in 2018. RSVP: Call (231) 753-8411. Free.

-------------------MUSIC AT THE GAZEBO & POTLUCK: 5:30pm, ASI Community Center & Park, Bellaire. Featuring local singers/guitarists Peter & Leslee, who bring standards, country-pop & light rock. Bring a dish to pass & your own table service. $5-$10 suggested donation. areaseniorsinc.org

june 20

tuesday

26TH ANNUAL SENIOR EXPO: 10am-2pm, Suttons Bay High School. Presented by the Leelanau County Senior Services.

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COFFEE @ TEN: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Featuring photographer Peggy Sue Zinn, director of the Michigan Aurora Hunters. crookedtree.org/TC

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WINGS OF WONDER PRESENTATION: 11am, Leland Library. Featuring live raptors. Learn about the wonders of raptors, their habitat, needs, environmental issues and pro-active strategies for helping raptors. Free. lelandlibrary.org

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AUTHOR LENA RAI: 2-4pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Lena will sign her latest novel “Gaydar Gone Wrong.” mcleanandeakin.com

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WINGS OF WONDER PRESENTATION: 11am, Alden District Library. See live raptors & a hands on display of wings, talons, and feathers with Rebecca Lessard. aldenlib.info

-------------------COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 2-3pm, GT Pie Co., TC. senatorwayneschmidt.com

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OPIATE ADDICTION: HOW DID WE GET HERE?: 5:30pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Dr. Cynthia C. Statler will show the documentary “Chasing the Dragon.” 231.758.3100. Free.

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“FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT”: 6-8pm, Munson Community Health Center, Rooms A & B, TC. A 2-hour workshop on child sexual abuse, free for all area RNs. Registration: jeanineeasterday@ gmail.com or 231-947-0047.

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COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 3:30-4:30pm, Java Jones, Elk Rapids. senatorwayneschmidt.com

CITIZENS’ CLIMATE LOBBY TC MEETING: 6:30-8:30pm, Central United Methodist Church, third floor, TC. Please arrive at 6pm if you’d like an intro to CCL. 231-499-6747, citizensclimatelobby.org

PINTS & POLITICS: 4:30-6:30pm, The Cabbage Shed, Elberta. Featuring Michigan’s 101st District

“EMOTIONAL VS. LOGICAL COMMUNICATION”: 6:30pm, TC. The NW Michigan NT Sup-

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port group will hold this meeting of partners and family of adults with Asperger’s. The exact TC location is provided when the neurotypical (NT) partner or family member joins a private Meetup group. meetup.com/NW-Michigan-NT-Support

LAKES”: 7-8:30pm, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level, Suttons Bay. Sponsored by Leelanau Clean Water. 231-256-9812. Free.

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MANISTEE SHORELINE SHOWCASE CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, 1st Street Beach Rotary Gazebo, Manistee. Featuring Ted Malt and the WSCC Deans List.

NMC CONCERT BY THE BAY: 7:30pm, TC Senior Center. Featuring the NMC Concert Band.

922-4911. Free.

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june 21

wednesday

CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Featuring the Epsilon Jass Band. crookedtree.org

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“THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY IN THREE ACTS” : 12pm, Petoskey-Bay View Country Club, Petoskey. This “Lunch and Learn” event is presented by John Branch, assistant professor in the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, & faculty associate in the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies, at the University of Michigan. Sponsored by the University of Michigan Alumni Spirit Group of Little Traverse Bay. $25, includes lunch.

-------------------ADDRESSING BENZIE COUNTY’S EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: 4-6pm, Benzie County Government Center, Beulah. Held to benefit the residents of Benzie County. advocatesforbenziecounty.org

-------------------BIG TICKET FESTIVAL: 4pm, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord. Today features Mac Powell & Skillet. Tickets: bigticketfestival.com

-------------------WINE DOWN WEDNESDAYS : 5-7pm, Chateau Grand Traverse, TC. With Janice Keegan & Steve Stargardt. cgtwines.com

-------------------AN EVENING WITH FILMMAKER RIC BURNS: 5:30-9pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Galleries & Theater, Petoskey. Dinner & presentation: $75/ person. Presentation & dessert: $20/person. crookedtree.org

-------------------ELLSWORTH MUSIC IN THE PARK: 6-8pm, Lake Street Pavilion, Ellsworth.

-------------------EVENING ON RIVER STREET : 6-9pm, River St., Elk Rapids. With live music by The Plumville Project. elkrapidschamber.org

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Sunday Brunch June 18th

JUNE MEETING FOR TC WOMEN IN STEM: 6-7:30pm, Keen Loft, 2nd floor, 160 E. Front St., TC. For women who have a background in STEM or are interested in STEM. facebook.com/groups/tcwis

-------------------SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION OF LIFE & LIGHT: 6-10pm, Aurora Cellars, Lake Leelanau. An adults-only Masquerade Party with tricks, music, food & wine. Cirque Movement will juggle and perform acrobatics. Benefits the Remembrance Run of TC. mynorthtickets.com

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UP NORTH PRIDE RIDE WITH NORTE: 6pm, F&M Park, TC. Pride-themed bike decorations & costumes encouraged. Meet at F&M Park at 5:45pm. Cruise down Front St. to the Bay & then through TC neighborhoods, ending at Rare Bird Brew Pub. Find on Facebook.

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“CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS THAT BRIDGE THE PARTISAN DIVIDE”: 6:30-8pm, Saint Francis of Assisi Church, TC. Presentation

by Dr. Lisa Del Buono. 231-590-6279.

-------------------UP NORTH PRIDE SIGN MAKING PARTY: 7pm, Rare Bird Brewpub, TC. Make signs for the Sunday Pride March. Find on Facebook.

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SUMMER SOLSTICE YOGA ON THE BEACH: 7pm, Glen Haven Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Beginner-friendly, community style beach yoga. Bring a blanket, towel or yoga mat and meet on the beach in Glen Haven near the Cannery. Benefits the Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Donation. Find on Facebook.

-------------------UP NORTH VOCAL INSTITUTE: 7pm, Old City Park/Gazebo, Boyne City.

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-------------------DEDE & THE DREAMERS : 8-10pm, The Rhubarbary, 3550 Five Mile Creek Road, Harbor Springs. Enjoy eclectic, “ethereal gypsy” music with this high energy trio. 231-499-8038. $15-$20 donation requested.

june 22

thursday

FRANKFORT48 FILM FESTIVAL & CONTEST: 9am, The Garden Theater, Frankfort.

Aspiring filmmakers are invited to create a 3-to-5 minute film celebrating the beauty of northern MI. They have 48 hours to conceive their ideas, scout locations, film, edit, & present their film. The public can attend a screening of the festival films & awards ceremony on Sat., June 24 at 8pm. Tickets, $10. There will also be a Pre-Screening Party at 6:30pm. frankfortgardentheater.com/frankfort48

-------------------PEACE & FRIENDSHIP DANCE: 10:30am, Leelanau Township Library, Northport. With Marie Elena Gaspari. leelanautownshiplibrary.org

-------------------FREE SCORE WORKSHOP: 12pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. On Social Media Marketing with Facebook, for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Reserve your seat. upnorthscore.com/scorewp

-------------------MUSIC ON THE BIDWELL PLAZA: 12:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. With the CTAC Jazz Orchestra “The Old Stuff.” Enjoy Dixieland hits and standards from the early days of swing. Free. crookedtree.org

-------------------BIG TICKET FESTIVAL: 4pm, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord. Today features Free Shrugs Improv, Decyfer Down, Family Force 5, Jason Gray, Love and The Outcome, George Moss & Matt Maher. Tickets: bigticketfestival.com

-------------------“WRITING LEELANAU HISTORY”: 4:30pm, Leelanau Historical Society, Norbert Gits Family Gallery, Leland. With local author & historian Kathy Firestone. leelanauhistory.org

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Beach party & picnic! RSVP: 231-533-6023 or info@bellairechamber.org.

-------------------COWELL WELLNESS INITIATIVE CAREGIVER WORKSHOP SERIES: 5:30-7pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center, REMEC Room 1073, TC. “The Art of Loving Listening; Support Groups” with John Chuchman. sacredtorch.com

-------------------FOOD SAFETY 101: 6pm, Crawford County Commission on Aging & Senior Center, Grayling.

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CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: 7pm, on the lawn at GT Pavilions, TC. With Rebooted. Free. gtpavilions.org/2017-concerts-on-the-lawn

-------------------UP NORTH PRIDE AT THE PLAYHOUSE: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. An evening of storytelling, spoken word, slam poetry and entertainment Detroit slam poet Natasha Miller and more. $10.

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-------------------CONNEMARA COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES: 7:30pm, HERTH Hall, Elk Rapids. “Swing into Summer” with Jazz North with special guest

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friday

BAY HARBOR VINTAGE CAR & BOAT FESTIVAL: 8:30am, Village at Bay Harbor. Today includes the Automobile Tour & Lunch & Exhibitor Meet & Greet. bayharborfoundation. org/events/vintage-car-boat-festival

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FRANKFORT48 FILM FESTIVAL & CONTEST: (See Thurs., June 22)

-------------------IPL’S 31ST ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE: 9am8pm, Interlochen Public Library, Golden Fellowship Hall. tadl.org/interlochen

-------------------COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 9:30-10:30am, Harbor View Café, Charlevoix. senatorwayneschmidt.com

-------------------CEDAR POLKA FEST: 10am, under the big tent, on the tennis courts, Cedar. Today includes Sidewalk Chalk Art in Downtown Cedar at 10am, polka music by Box On, New Brass Express, & New Generation at 5pm, dancing & more. cedarmichigan.biz/polkafestival.htm

-------------------FRIENDLY GARDEN CLUB OF TRAVERSE STAND FLOWER SHOW: 10am-4pm, The Bluewater Hall, TC.

-------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Featuring the Northern Michigan Chorale. crookedtree.org

-------------------COFFEE WITH STATE SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT: 2:30-3:30pm, Roast & Toast, Petoskey. senatorwayneschmidt.com

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BIG TICKET FESTIVAL: 4pm, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord. Featuring Neshama, Stand Strength Team, Point of Grace, Jeremy Borders, George Moss, Aaron Boyd with Blue Tree, and For King and Country. Tickets: bigticketfestival.com

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-------------------HOLLY WREN SPAULDING /2017 ANN HALL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBIT: The Old Art Building, Leland. The Opening Reception & Exhibit will be held today from 5-8pm. Spaulding is a poet & teaching artist based in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Her latest book is “If August.” oldartbuilding.com

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COMEDIAN BILLY GARDELL: Odawa Casino Resort, Ovation Hall, Petoskey. Gardell is known for his role as Mike on “Mike & Molly.” Tickets start at $40. Shows at both 6pm & 9pm. odawacasino.com

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“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”: 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Enjoy this Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi musical. Presented by the Cadillac Footliters. Tickets: $12 advance; $15 door. cadillacfootliters.com

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--------------------------------------EAST JORDAN MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, Memorial Park Bandshell. Blues with the Jon Archambault Band. facebook.com/EJChamber

-------------------SUMMER AUTHOR SERIES: 7pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Steve Lehto: “Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow.” Presented by Petoskey District Library & McLean & Eakin Booksellers. Reservations: 231-758-3100.

UP NORTH VOCAL INSTITUTE: 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Free. crookedtree.org/

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“HUSBANDS, WIVES & OTHER STRANGERS”: 7:30-9pm, Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. Presented by OTP’s Aged to Perfection.

Three one-act plays exploring the mysteries of whom we can trust: “The Goofy Groom,” “Trifles” & “The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy.” Donation. oldtownplayhouse.com

Wed - Get it in the can for $1 w/ Funky Professor

TANYA TUCKER - SOLD OUT: 9pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. Country legend. Tickets start at $30. lrcr.com

Fri June 23: Happy Hour: Steve Michaels

open mic w/ host Chris Sterr

Thurs - $1 off all drinks

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Sun June 25:

2ND ANNUAL 45TH PARALLEL PADDLE FESTIVAL: 6am, Suttons Bay Marina Beach. Featuring a 6+ Mile Race, 2 Miles Adventure, & Susan Soffredine Rauser - State Farm Insurance Free Kids & Family Race. After Party at Hop Lot Brewing Co., Suttons Bay. $35; kids free, demos free. racetc.com

HEAD FOR THE HILLS LIVE SHOW (10AM-NOON) THEN KARAOKE (10PM-2AM)

941-1930 downtown TC check us out at unionstreetstationtc.net

-------------------CHARLEVOIX MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, 10K & 5K: 6:30am, Downtown Charlevoix. Marathon starts at 6:30am; half marathon, 7am; 10K & 5K, 7:15am. charlevoixmarathon.com

-------------------ALDEN MEN’S CLUB’S BUSINESS/BREAKFAST MEETING: 8am, Alden United Methodist Church, Alden. Info: 231-322-6216.

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13TH ANNUAL LITTLE TRAVERSE CROP HUNGER WALK: 9am, Evelyn Hall, Bay View. Registration, 8:30am. Three mile course. Proceeds will help the local Manna Food Project & Church World Service (CWS) feed the hungry and counteract poverty & disasters with self-sustaining projects.

Entertainment by Pat Sehr & Ensemble. crophungerwalk.org/petoskeymi

-------------------FRANKFORT48 FILM FESTIVAL & CONTEST: The Garden Theater, Frankfort. A screening of the festival films & awards ceremony at 8pm. Tickets, $10. There will also be a Pre-Screening Party at 6:30pm. frankfortgardentheater.com/frankfort48

-------------------FREE DENTAL CARE FOR LOCAL VETERANS: 9am-3pm, Aspen Dental, TC. Healthy Mouth Movement. Make an appointment. aspendental.com/about/healthy-mouth-movement

THURSDAY

Trivia nite • 7-9pm

FRIDAY FISH FRY

All you can eat perch $10.99

FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS for all Home Team Sporting Events.

231-941-2276 121 S. Union St. • TC. www.dillingerspubtc.com

231-922-7742 121 S. Union St. • TC. www.dillingerspubtc.com

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-------------------FREE DENTAL CARE FOR LOCAL VETERANS: 9am-3pm, Aspen Dental, Gaylord. Healthy Mouth Movement. Make an appointment. aspendental.com/about/healthy-mouth-movement

-------------------IPL’S 31ST ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE: 9am3pm, Interlochen Public Library, Golden Fellowship Hall. tadl.org/interlochen

-------------------JORDAN VALLEY TRIATHLON: 9am, Tourist Park, East Jordan. jvemsa.org/triathlon.html

GOOD TUNES. GOOD POURS. GOOD TIMES.

RUN FOR SHELTER 5K: 9am, Willow Hill Elementary School, TC. Held to benefit the Goodwill Inn Homeless Shelter. Presented by Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge. $35. goodwillnmi.org/runforshelter

5:00 TO 7:00

--------------------------------------“ART IN MOTION” 5K COLOR FUN RUN: 10am, Otsego Conservation District Education Center, Gaylord. Part of the Art in the Garden Festival, & a “fun”draiser to benefit the Otsego County Demonstration Gardens and Conservation Forest. $25.

Also enjoy free outdoor workshops, art displays, treats, a silent auction, and more. 989-732-4021 or email acherwinski@otsegocountymi.gov.

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19TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX SUMMER ART SHOW: 10am-5pm, East Park, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring work by over 80 artists. charlevoix.org

-------------------BAY HARBOR VINTAGE CAR & BOAT FESTIVAL: 10am, Village at Bay Harbor. Today includes the Parade of Cars & In-Water Boat Display, Exhibitor Luncheon, Award Presentation & What a Wonderful World Dinner & Auction. bayharborfoundation.org/events/vintage-car-boat-festival

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HOLLY WREN SPAULDING /2017 ANN HALL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBIT: 10am-5pm, The Old Art Building, Leland. Meet the artist and view an exhibition of letterpress poetry from her latest work in progress, “Lost Lexicon.” oldartbuilding.com

-------------------LEELANAU WOMEN ARTISTS SUMMER SHOW: 10am-5pm, Empire Township Hall. Featuring paintings, jewelry and basketry. leelanauwomenartists.org

-------------------UP NORTH PRIDE EVENTS, TC: 10am: Free Yoga in The Open Space. 3-10pm: Loud & Proud Block Party at The Little Fleet. . 11pm: Late Night Film Screening: “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” The State Theatre. upnorthpride.com

-------------------WORLD ORPHANS RUN 5K: 10am, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord. crowdrise.com/ run-michigan

-------------------FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY FEST: 11am-2pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Kids and their grown-ups can learn about the photographic process and experience hands-on activities. Free. crookedtree.org/TC

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HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 12-2pm: Author signing with Ellen Wahi, author of “Full More Lore.”

2-4pm: Poetry Reading: ZG Tomaszewski, author of “Mineral Whisper,” & Robert Fanning, author of “Our Sudden Museum,” will read. horizonbooks.com

-------------------LANDMARK BOOKS TYPE-IN IV: 12-4pm, Landmark Books, TC. Learn about the hobby of typing, see displays & more. 922-7225. Free. landmarkbookstc.com

-------------------“LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS”: 2pm & 7pm, Cadillac High School Auditorium. Enjoy this Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi musical. Presented by the Cadillac Footliters. Tickets: $12 advance; $15 door. cadillacfootliters.com

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AUTHORS JOANNE GERSTNER & DR. JEFF KUTCHER: 2-4pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. These authors of “Back In The Game: Why Concussion Doesn’t Have To End Your Athletic Career” will sign their book. mcleanandeakin.com

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TRAVERSE CITY WINE AND CIDER FESTIVAL: 3-9pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Celebrating the region’s award winning wines & many local ciders. Also enjoy food, music, art, and fun. $35 per person. traversecitywinefestival.com

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“FIND YOUR PARK” AFTER DARK: SUMMER STAR PARTY: 4pm, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Dune Climb parking lot, Empire.

From 4-6pm view the sun using a solar telescope.

From 9-11pm view distant galaxies, star clusters & Jupiter & Saturn. Park in the row furthest from the dunes with your headlights facing M-109. This event also coincides with Junior Ranger Day 101.

Free. nps.gov/slbe/index.htm

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BIG TICKET FESTIVAL: 4pm, Otsego County Fairgrounds, Gaylord. Featuring Kate Bartow, Untitled Skateboards, Nate Butler, Remedy Drive, Heath McNease, Elevate Youth, Aaron Boyd with Blue Tree, & Chris Tomlin. Tickets: bigticketfestival.com

-------------------CEDAR POLKA FEST: 4pm, under the big tent, on the tennis courts, Cedar. Today includes a parade at 4pm with a Veterans’ Tribute to follow, polka music by New Brass Express, New Generation, & Diddle Styx at 5pm, dancing & more. cedarmichigan.biz/polkafestival.htm

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RUSTIC HEARTS CONCERT: 7:30pm, Wellington Farm, near Grayling. Featuring folk music. For info email: welfar32@gmail.com

-------------------SOUND OF SUMMER 2017: 7:30pm, Mills Community House Theatre, Benzonia. 231-399-0242. $15.

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COMEDIAN TIM BEDORE: 8pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $20. northportcac.org

june 25

sunday

19TH ANNUAL CHARLEVOIX SUMMER ART SHOW: 10am3pm, East Park, Downtown Charlevoix. Featuring work by over 80 artists. charlevoix.org

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LOG CABIN DAY: 10am-3pm, Hessler Log Cabin at Lighthouse Park, Old Mission Peninsula, TC. Featuring music, historic crafts & demos, the Gracie L displayed by the Maritime Heritage Alliance & more. 231-223-7400.

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OLD TOWN ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 10am-5pm, Downtown TC. This juried art fair features over 90 artists and craftsmen displaying their work. Lay Park will feature live entertainment throughout the day. 922-2050. Free. downtowntc.com

-------------------CEDAR POLKA FEST: 11am, under the big tent, on the tennis courts, Cedar. Today includes Catholic Polka Mass at 11am, polka music by Diddle Styx at 1pm, dancing & more. cedarmichigan.biz/polkafestival.htm

-------------------HOLLY WREN SPAULDING /2017 ANN HALL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBIT: (See Sat. June 24)

-------------------LEELANAU WOMEN ARTISTS SUMMER SHOW: (See Sat. June 24)

-------------------UP NORTH PRIDE EVENTS, TC: 1pm: 4th Annual Up North Pride Rally & Visibility March.

Starts at The Little Fleet & ends at Clinch Park with A Very Pride Picnic. Music by Josh Davis & May Erlewine & other guests. facebook.com/pg/ upnorthpride/events

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“HUSBANDS, WIVES & OTHER STRANGERS”: 2pm, Studio Theatre @ the Depot, TC. Presented

by OTP’s Aged to Perfection. Three one-act plays exploring the mysteries of whom we can trust: “The Goofy Groom,” “Trifles” & “The Fabulous Dr. Tweedy.” Donation. oldtownplayhouse.com

-------------------CULTURAMA: 2-5pm, Carnegie Building, TC. Snacks, games, & other free fun featuring Oliver Arts Center, Eyaawing Museum, Grand Traverse Lighthouse Museum, & more groups providing info on their summer activities. Sponsored by the GT Cultural Center. grandtraverseculture.org

-------------------THE VILLAGE VOICES SING TONYS BEST: 2pm, Northport Community Arts Center. $15. northportcac.org

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30TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS’ DAY PICNIC: 3-6pm, Cowell Family Cancer Center parking lot, under the tent, TC. Featuring speakers, free massages, exercise classes, music, nature walks, food & more. You can also join Bike It Out with the Less Cancer organization on their fundraising ride during their final leg of a journey from Detroit. 231-392-8492.

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COUNTRY DANCE: 6pm, Summit City Grange, Kingsley. 6pm hot dog dinner; 7-10pm dance. Live music. Donation. 231-263-4499.

BENZIE AREA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: 4pm, Benzie Central High School Auditorium, Benzonia.

“Dvorak in America.” Tickets: $15 adults, $10 senior citizens & free for 18 & under. benziesymphony.com

GRASS RIVER ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT: 6-10pm, Alden Depot Park, Alden. Featuring live music by the Lowdown Brass Band & Turbo Pup. There will also be food & beverages. Tickets: $25 advance, $30 door. grassriver.org

NWS PRESENTS: A CONVERSATION WITH JULIA GLASS: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Julia is the author of the National Book Award-winning “Three Junes.” General admission, $15.50. cityoperahouse.org/nws-julia-glass

--------------------------------------UP NORTH VOCAL INSTITUTE: 7pm, Harbor Springs Watefront.

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“HUSBANDS, WIVES & OTHER STRANGERS”: (See Fri., June 23)

-------------------NMC CONCERT BAND W/ NORTHPORT COMMUNITY BAND: 7:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Free.

--------------------------------------SUNDAY SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7-10pm, Elk Rapids Harbor Pavilion at Edward C. Grace Memorial Harbor. With Brett Mitchell and the Giant Ghost.

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FOUNTAIN POINT CONCERT SERIES: 7:309:30pm, Fountain Point Music, Lake Leelanau. With The Go Rounds. $10-$20. fountainpointmusic.com

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SOUND OF SUMMER 2017: 7:30pm, Mills Community House Theatre, Benzonia. 231-399-0242. $15.

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MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN GATHER: 6:30pm, on the new moon or the Wednesday prior to one, May-Oct. Gather to share medicines, plant knowledge and stories. Please email wisewomengather@gmail for more information.

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30pm-7pm, basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. For those who seek to address the residual effects of having been raised in dysfunctional household. adultchildren.org

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ALDEN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 4-7pm, Tennis Court Park, Alden.

Aug. 10. higherartgallery.com

-------------------“CITIES, LIKE DREAMS, SWAMPS WHERE CEDARS GROW”: The Provincial, Kaleva. An exhibition featuring over 50 works by 29 artists.

Champagne Opening on Sat., June 17 from 124pm. Runs through July 15. Free and open to the public on Saturdays from 12-4pm during exhibition or by appointment. theprovincial.net

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“FRESHLY PICKED”: Twisted Fish Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Elk Rapids. Premiering the artwork of five new artists to the gallery, exploring themes of color, light, energy and beauty. The five artists are Lindy Bishop, Ginnie Cappaert, Anne Corlett, Mimi Prussack & Lynn Uhlmann. The exhibit runs through July 2. twistedfishgallery.com

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“LAKE EFFECT”: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. A group exhibit featuring objects, sculpture, paintings & drawings by mid-career artists who have a strong connection to the region. Runs June 23 July 21. An Artist Talk will be held on Fri., June 23 from 5-7pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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“RETROSPECTIVE”: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. An exhibit by Chuck Forman. Runs through June 23. jordanriverarts.com

-------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Veterans Park, Boyne City. Held on Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon. boynecitymainstreet.com

CHARLEVOIX FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-1pm, 408 Bridge St., Charlevoix. charlevoixmainstreet.org/farmers-market DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9:30am, Downtown Gaylord Pavilion. m.facebook.com/DowntownGaylordFarmersMarket

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DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, 400 block of Howard St. between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber.com

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EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 8am-12pm, Sportsman’s Park, East Jordan.

ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-12pm, Elk Rapids Chamber, 305 US 31. elkrapidschamber.org

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“THIS PLACE FEELS FAMILIAR”: Presented by students from the Aesthetics of Health Class led by Interlochen Arts Academy’s Visual Art Department faculty member Megan Hildebrandt. Runs through the summer in the cancer center’s Reflection Gallery on the third floor & Health & Wellness Suite on the second floor, TC. munsonhealthcare.org/cancer

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ART IN THE CITY ARTIST COMPETITION: Cadillac Area YMCA. Theme: Local Inspirations.

11x14 Art Competition and fundraiser. The deadline is Aug. 23 & the preview party will be held on Thurs., Aug. 24 from 4-6pm. 231-775-3369. paulk@cadillacareaymca.org

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CHANNELING PICASSO: Through June at Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. 40+ Interpretations of his 1939 Painting, Woman with Green Hat. michiganartistsgallery.com

SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET, TC: Saturdays, 7:30am-12pm; Wednesdays, 8am-12pm. Lot B, across from Clinch Park, TC. downtowntc.com THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 12-4pm. On The Piazza, The Village at GT Commons, TC. thevillagetc.com/events-attractions/farmers-market

-------------------COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: New Moon Yoga, TC. Donation only. Tuesdays, 5:30pm. newmoonyogastudio.com

-------------------FREE COMMUNITY YOGA CLASS: Wednesdays, 7:30pm, Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. bikramyogatc.com

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GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOUR: Mondays, 2-4pm. Perry Hannah Memorial at 6th & Union, Traverse City. A 2 hour, 2-mile walk through Traverse City’s historic neighborhoods. Emphasis is put on the 1840’s through the early twentieth century.

-------------------JAZZ AT SUNSET: Thursdays, 7-9:30pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. Featuring the Jeff Haas Trio with Anthony Stanco, Laurie Sears & Rob Mulligan this week. chateauchantal.com

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STONE CIRCLE GATHERINGS: Saturdays, 9pm.

Stone Circle: Ten miles north of Elk Rapids off US 31. Turn right on Stone Circle Dr. & follow signs.

Poetry, storytelling & music under the stars with poet bard Terry Wooten. 231-264-9467. terrywooten.com/index.html

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STROLL THE STREETS: Fridays, 6-9pm, Main St., Boyne City. Featuring live music, magicians, caricature artists, face painters & balloon twisters. boynecitymainstreet.com/calendar/event/strollthe-streets-2

-------------------WILDFLOWER WALKS: Tuesdays, 10am-12pm, Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. Go for a stroll on the trails with GRNA docent Julie Hurd each week to find and identify the wildflowers at Grass River. Donations appreciated. grassriver.org

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“BLACK AND WHITE”: Higher Art Gallery, TC. A photography exhibit in small works of photographers. Exploring botanical, form, landscapes and abstractions. An opening reception will be held on Sat., June 17 from 6-8pm. Exhibit runs through

--------------------------------------EXPERIENCE ART RAPIDS!: A juried art show with $6,000 in cash awards takes place in the GT Bayside community. 33 venues, 104 artists, 277 works. Vote for your favorite work of art. Runs through June 24. artrapids.org/calendar

-------------------JUNE ARTIST OF THE MONTH: The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park, TC. Featuring the work of local artist Rebecca Deneau. Runs through June. thebotanicgarden.org

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SPARK!: Runs through June 25 at Northport Village Arts Building. Exhibition by Artists Under 40.

VISUAL ODES: A TRIBUTE TO PABLO NERUDA: Three Pines Studio, Cross Village through June 27. threepinesstudio.com

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Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey: CTAC SUMMER ARTISANS MARKET: Fridays, 9am-1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey.

Artisans will sell their work and provide demonstrations on CTAC’s Bidwell Plaza. crookedtree.org

-------------------“OUR NATIONAL PARKS” JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Held in honor of Ansel Adams and the 100th Anniversary of our National Parks. Runs through Sept. 9. crookedtree.org

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THROUGH THE LENS: ANSEL ADAMS - HIS WORK, INSPIRATION & LEGACY: Runs through Sep. 30 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Bonfield & Gilbert Galleries, Petoskey. Featuring 47 iconic images of Ansel Adams and 1 portrait of Ansel Adams by James Alinder. crookedtree.org Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC:

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MONTE NAGLER: VISIONS OF LIGHT: Runs through Aug. 2 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. A collection of photographic work by Michigan’s own Monte Nagler, a former student of Ansel Adams. crookedtree.org

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NORTHERN LIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: Runs through Aug. 2 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An exhibition of night sky photography and the Northern Lights. Presented in collaboration with the Michigan Aurora Hunters. crookedtree.org

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Pentatonix can really do no wrong with its releases at this point, as its members have such a solid grip on their vocal chemistry and ability to transform most any tune into an a cappella standout. On this set, they tackle some true classics and do a bang-up job both putting a modern spin on the 1940s gem “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and adapting the complexities of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” to their unaccompanied vocals.

You’ll also get their Grammy Award-winning version of Dolly Parton’s iconic “Jolene,” and an energetic spin through A-Ha’s “Take On Me.” PTX takes just enough risks to keep these versions intriguing but respects the melodies along the way.

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Harry Styles – Harry Styles – Columbia

He said farewell to One Direction and hello to a brand new solo career — a direction that’s long scuttled many a boy band-er headed out by himself after a successful career as part of a strongly identified group. But Styles has a sizable amount of talent on his own, and also a more vintage, solid reservoir of influences from which to draw. Away from his bandmates, he’s more inclined to rely on the sounds of Bowie, the Stones, and Lindsey Buckingham than ’NSync.

The result: ’70s-dusted, low-toned, bluesy pop-rock, yards away from what 1D ever did. The standouts: The Paul Simon-ish “From the Dining Room”; Aussie-inspired rocker “Kiwi”; and showcase single “Sign of the Times.”

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Take That – Wonderland – Polydor

Gary Barlowe, Mark Owen, and Howard Donald are what’s left of Take That (Jason Orange and solo success Robbie Williams are gone), but the takeaway from this change is that only the visuals are lacking with two fewer bandmates sharing the stage. The powerful pop sounds of the band — such as it is — are still intact. The lyrics … ? Well, not so much; they lean toward the banal far too often. That said, several of these tracks are still instant anthems for the pop fan, including the ’80s synths ’n’ beats of the title track; the brisk, compelling melodies of “Superstar”; and the hushed pause of “Hope,” one of the few slower songs on the set.

Julia Michaels – Issues – Republic

“Issues” is the first of Michaels’ songs that has snagged the songwriter some attention for herself, with its descending chorus melody, personally revealing lyrics, and harpsichord-esque backing riff on the keyboards. It’s a catchy track for sure, even if Michaels’ vocal tics — most notably, the yelp at the end of many of her notes — can be a little much at times, but her songwriting skills are most definitely present, especially considering that Michaels is best known to date as the co-writer of other songs for artists like Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. As soon as she pushes through a few growing pains and reins in control of her own vocals a little better, it’s likely we’ll hear some interesting pop work from her.

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JACKSON IS BACK WITH THE STATE OF THE WORLD Janet Jackson, who postponed last year’s extensive Unbreakable World Tour due to family matters, is back with a new schedule that she’s dubbed the State of the World Tour.

The 56-shows trek across North America includes nearby stops at the iWireless Center in Moline, Illinois, on Oct. 25; the Allstate Arena in Chicago on Oct. 26; Little Caesars Arena in Detroit on Oct. 29; Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Nov. 1; and Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario, Nov. 2 …

GRAM on the Green — the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s free Thursday night music series — takes over the museum’s terrace in July and August. The events combine visual arts and music by inviting attendees to stroll through museum exhibitions, which are left open later than usual, as the musicians jam.

Summer 2017’s GRAM offerings include performances from folk rockers The Crane Wives, DJs SuperDre and Complete VII, hip-hop artists The Great Ones, Latinseasoned outfit Cabildo, and Detroit jazz trumpeter Walter White. Food trucks and dancing are also available at the Terrace, which overlooks Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, a great place to enjoy some outdoor music …

Farther upstate, the Keweenaw Peninsula’s Farm Block Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this summer with 30+ roots, folk,

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and bluegrass acts, including Vox Vidorra, Mark Lavengood, May Erlewine, The Go Rounds, Turbo Pup, Rachael Davis, Seth Bernard, and more. In addition to the music, attendees can enjoy workshops, food and art vendors, and camping. Need more motivation to head north? The fest raises money for the Dan Schmitt Gift of Music and Education Fund, a nonprofit that provides instruments and music lessons to youth. Get tickets and more info at farmblockfest.com …

And much farther away, Michiganians heading south next January will have Holy Ship! as an option — two cruises (Jan. 6–10 and Jan. 10–13, both through Great Stirrup Cay) on the ship Norwegian Epic, each helmed by a host of DJs, electronica musicians, rappers, and more. Expect late night disco dances and minimal shuffleboard. The artists haven’t been announced yet, but keep an eye on holyship. com; it’s likely we’ll hear who’ll be aboard before the end of the summer …

LINK OF THE WEEK The former steel town of Albion, Michigan, is experiencing a blues music rebirth with the new Blues at the Bohm (theater) evenings, which were started by a local music fan and college chemistry professor, and are attracting talented blues musicians from all over. Find out more at bohmtheatre.org/blues-at-the-bohm …

THE BUZZ In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, the Motor City’s Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, said that her recent show at the inaugural Detroit Music Festival on June 10 was likely her last live performance in the city. At 72 years old, she said, one “can’t go on doing this forever” …

Kalamazoo singer-songwriter Brian Koenigsknecht has released his new solo album, From the Shallows to the Deep, a set he said he considers the best of his career to date …

The international musical tribute to

Michael Jackson, Who’s Bad, takes the stage at Grand Rapids’ 20 Monroe Live on July 15 …

The Third Street corridor in Muskegon continues its revitalization with the opening of Third Coast Vinyl, a shop offering new and used records and refurbished stereo equipment …

Grand Rapids band Northern is keeping busy playing live shows in promotion of its new EP, It Could Have Been … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

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“Wonder Woman” is not the movie you think it is (or were worried it would be). It’s not some campy, exploitative, or perfunctory “female superhero” movie. Its feminism is natural as can be, and its empowerment is something you feel in your bones. And it’s not really a superhero movie. No, it’s more of an anachronistic and stylized war movie (like a PG-13 “Inglourious Basterds”) or a retro-cool globetrotting adventure á la Indiana Jones than your standard caped crusader fare.

Plus for a DC Universe film, it is not only free of the brooding tedium that has befallen so many of the films in this most recent iteration of the cannon, it has finally found a Marvel-esque balance of light and dark, seriousness and levity.

Most crucially though, unlike its folly-filled predecessors like “Suicide Squad,” “Wonder Woman” is actually good. Like really, really, good.

What we have here is an origin story, but one never bogged down by mythology or exposition. We first meet Diana when she’s a precocious young girl (the only young girl, apparently) living on an idyllic island. She’s the daughter of Zeus and Queen Hippolyta, the only child of the Amazons, a race of women that the gods created to defeat the god of war, Ares, and bring peace to the world.

But with Ares currently defeated, their island is hidden from the rest world, though the Amazon female warriors still train under Diana’s aunt, General Antipe (Robin Wright), for the day he might return. And most anxious to join that training is Diana, even though her mother all but forbids it, concerned her growing daughter (Gal Gadot) is divinely designed to wield their ultimate weapon.

Diana is stubborn and defies her mother, becoming the strongest warrior on the island.

Her days of training come to end though, when WWI flyboy Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) breaks through the forcefield that surrounds the island in a mortally wounded Fokker Eindecker aircraft. Diana saves Steve, dragging him onto the beach just as rowboats of German troops make landfall. Steve is an Allied spy, you see, and the ensuing battle between the invading Huns and an army of defending Amazons is something to behold.

When all is said and done, Diana sees war and death and men for the first time. Using the Lasso of Truth, we learn that Steve had come from a German chemical weapons factory, where General Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and his weapons designer, Dr. Poison (Elana Anaya), are developing a terrible new gas that promises to turn the tide of the war. Trevor has to the get his information to his superiors in England, and Diana insists it’s her duty to go with him; in her mind, this “War to End All Wars” is clearly the doing of Ares, and once she defeats Ares, the war will be over, and all suffering and strife banished from earth. But

Steve (and you and I) know it’s not that simple.

The two return to England, and there the film embraces fish-out-of-water comedy as Diana tries on stuffy Edwardian clothes and ignores sexist Edwardian decorum. She’s anxious to fight. But getting to the Western Front isn’t possible without a ragtag group of characters, which Steve assembles in the form of a be-fez’d Algerian spy, hard-drinking Scottish sniper, and stoic Native American tracker who provide comedic relief and add to both the film’s sense of fun and depth.

So off to war they all go, and throughout their adventures, which unfortunately lack Zeppelin action of any kind (perhaps the film’s greatest flaw), I found myself crying during the characterdriven and compassionate action pieces — and not for the reasons you’d expect. From the opening sequence when the women of Amazonia take to their horses in their first battle, I was truly awestruck at seeing so many women with such agency. And when they are in the trenches of WWI, after Diana has been repeatedly told No, she can’t do this; No, she can’t help those people; That’s not how it works, she heads into No Man’s Land in full Wonder Woman regalia and what happens next will take your breath away. ’Cause Diana persists, doing what no man can.

This all strikes a profound chord. The emotion is real, and it’s deep, and I didn’t realize just how much I needed this movie, just how powerful this kind of representation can be. I was truly “Waiting for Gadot” and director Patty Jenkins (“Monster”). No one else could’ve made this movie.

Gadot’s performance is nothing short of revelatory. Her triumphant work has the beyond-tricky task of balancing naiveté and earnestness with baddassery. She never comes across as weak. Not even for a moment. And her chemistry with Pine is something to see. With his matinee idol charm and breezy wit, their romance builds naturally and compellingly.

There’s plenty of rom-com delights.

The casting and reveal of Ares, on the other hand, never really works. And actually, all the villains, from characterization to actors, leave a lot to be desired. They’re not the formidable enemies Wonder Woman deserves. On top of that, the final act drags some and takes us into more repetitive and predictable territory, but these are minor issues at best, because those things are easy to ignore when you leave the theater as exhilarated and moved as you are here.

“Wonder Woman” is a comic book story that is both familiar and revolutionary. It’s a more nourishing and meaningful experience than you can imagine and one that so earnestly pursues its ideals it reminds us, as cheesy as it might seem, that love can change the world.

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

ead Men Tell No Tales isn’t the soulless void you might expect from anything with a five after the title. While it might still be far from the heights of the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, it works as both a standalone adventure and an entertaining continuation of what people have come to know and love about this franchise. It kicks off with the introduction of Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), the grown son of Pirates 1, 2, and 3 characters Will Turner (Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). Henry has spent his young life becoming an expert in maritime lore in hopes of finding the Trident of Poseidon and breaking the curse that keeps his father enslaved as the captain of the Flying Dutchman. As fate would have it, in the course of his quest, he meets up with his parents’ old friend, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), to whom the Trident holds its own, less altruistic, appeal.

Directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg prove capable captains, following the same standard formula but streamlining it a bit. The scenery is all so lush and detailed and transporting, and the action doesn’t feel mindless. Even if it’s missing the spark of a Gore Verbinski set piece, the effects are truly first rate. If you know what you’re in for, there’s a gratifying, albeit fluffy tale here, and by film’s end the saga has been, you guessed it, set up to continue.

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fter reviving the franchise five years ago with the panned and highly cerebral prequel Prometheus, director Ridley Scott, at the age of 79, tries his hand at getting it right with the next chapter in the Alien saga, an origin story for those titular aliens that marks a return to basics. While Scott might continue down the heady philosophical vein of Prometheus (this is a film that quotes the likes of Byron and Shelly), he also tones down the reaching mythology and amps up the thrills, the result of which is a film with decidedly more slasher vibes.

We pick up 10 years after the events of Prometheus on the Covenant, a colonizing ship carrying some 2,000 souls and still seven years out from its destination. Everyone is in hypersleep save for android Walter (Michael Fassbender), who is keeping things running. But then a freak accident occurs, the crew has to wake up, and through a series of too-good-tobe-true developments, they decide to explore a potential new home planet for their colony. And what do they find there?

Well, it ain’t good. And it involves aliens and alien eruptions out of human bodies. This is a gruesome film, one that trades heavily in silly horror tropes and gives of its gore too freely for much of a suspenseful payoff and where it’s profound aspirations and cheap scares don’t always mesh. But with the craftsman touch of Scott behind the lens, it’s still pretty terrifying, rather entertaining, very beautiful, and well done.

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n these original-story-averse, and Game-of-Thrones-loving times, King Arthur actually seems about due for a reboot — a canonical work where someone could leave a mark. And this time around that someone could be director Guy Ritchie, whose reboots of properties like Sherlock Holmes brought something new to the table in an enjoyable way and who has an innovate and unique visual style — facts together that seem to practically prophecize, Hey, at least this will probably be fun. But, as is turns out, Guy Ritchie will not be the one to pull the sword from the stone and bring the satisfying Arthur of every “The-Onceand-Future-King” reader’s dreams to the screen. Worse yet, you won’t even get to have much fun. Because while there are glimmers of the cheeky delight found in Ritchie’s gangster films like Snatch, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is never enough of a romp. In this, the first of supposedly six planned films (yeah, that kind of optimism is almost endearing), the focus is on a streetwise Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) getting Excalibur, discovering his true heritage, and going from reluctant hero to taking back the throne from his power-hungry uncle, Vortigern (Jude Law). While I can certainly appreciate that this doesn’t go down the expected Guinevere-and-Lancelot-love-triangle path, without Guinevere, women are only here to get stabbed. And you can’t take away the thoughtful and melancholy Arthur while failing to offer any significant female presence. They needed to make a little more room at the (round) table.

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CADILLAC SANDS RESORT, SANDBAR NITECLUB Sat -- Dance videos, Phattrax DJs, 8:30

ESCAPE BAR, CADILLAC Thu -- Open Mic Night Hosted by Lynn Callihan, 8 Fri -- Karaoke, 9

LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE 6/17 -- Great White & Vixen - SOLD OUT, 8 6/23 -- Tanya Tucker - SOLD OUT, 9

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska 7 MONKS TAPROOM, TC 6/22 -- Mike Moran, 7:30-10:30

LITTLE BOHEMIA, TC Tue -- TC Celtic, 7-9

THE PARLOR, TC 6/20 -- Clint Weaner, 7:30-10:30

ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 6/20 -- Open & un-mic'd w/ Ben Johnson, 7-9 Fri -- Andre Villoch, 7-9

NOLAN'S CIGAR BAR, TC 6/23 -- G-Snacks Acoustic, 9

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 6/17 -- Barbarossa Brothers, 8-11 6/18 -- Samuel Seth Bernard Father's Day Show, 7-10 Wed,6/21 -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam, 6-10 6/23 -- Bigfoot Buffalo, 8-11 6/24 -- Conrad Shock & The Noise, 8-11

PARK PLACE HOTEL, BEACON LOUNGE, TC Sat,Thu,Fri -- Tom Kaufmann, 8:30

BUD'S, INTERLOCHEN Thu -- Jim Hawley, 5-8 CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC 6/22 -- Jazz at Sunset w/ Jeff Haas Trio w/ Anthony Stanco, Laurie Sears & Rob Mulligan, 7-9:30 CHATEAU GRAND TRAVERSE, TC 6/21 -- Wine Down Wednesdays w/ Janice Keegan & Steve Stargardt, 5-7

SAIL INN BAR & GRILL, TC Thurs. & Sat. -- Karaoke w/ Phattrax DJs SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 6/23-6/24 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 6/21 -- B.o.B.: The Elements Tour, 9

FANTASY'S, TC Mon. - Sat. -- Adult entertainment w/ DJ, 7-close GT DISTILLERY, TC 6/23 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 7-9:30

STUDIO ANATOMY, TC 6/17 -- Underground Comedy Night, 9

HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8

TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC 6/18,6/25 -- Kids Open Mic, 3 Tue -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 Thu -- G-Snacks, 7-9 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9

HORIZON BOOKS, TC 6/23 -- Dead Letter Office, 8:3010:30 KILKENNY'S, TC 6/16-17 -- Honesty & the Liars, 9:30 6/23 -- Off Beat Band, 9:30 6/24 -- Afrodytee & the Tighty Whiteys, 9:30 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC 6/19 -- Open Mic Night w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 6/23 -- Sierra Cassidy, 6-8

TC WHISKEY CO. 6/22 -- Paul Livingston, 6-8

THE FILLING STATION MICROBREWERY, TC 6/17 -- The Appleseed Collective, 8-11 6/18 -- Mitch McKolay, 1-4 6/21 -- Robin Lee Berry & Glenn Wolff, 7-10 6/22 -- Rhett Betty & The Sinners, 7-10 6/23 -- The Claudettes, 8-11 6/24 -- Jeff Bihlman, 8-11 6/25 -- Peter Murphy & Friends, 1-4

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BOYNE CITY TAP ROOM 6/17 -- Party in the Lot w/ Adam & the Cabana Boys, 5-9 6/24 -- Pat Ryan, 8-11 BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM, CHARLEVOIX 6/18 -- Pete Kehoe, 7-10 6/20 -- Michelle Chenard, 7-10 6/23 -- Pat Ryan, 7-10 6/25 -- Chris Calleja, 7-10

WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC Mon -- Dueling Pianos, 7-9:30 Tues -- Sweetwater Blues Band, 7-9:30 Wed -- Electic Fusion Project Jam Band w/ Jeff Haas, Don Julin, Jack Dryden & Randy Marsh, 7-9:30 6/22 -- The TC Knuckleheads, 5-9 6/23 -- Three Hearted, 6-10 6/24 -- The Funkamatics, 6-10; DJ Motaz, 10-2 Sun -- DJ Motaz, 4-7; Jazz w/ Jeff Haas Trio plus Anthony Stanco & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30

CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 6/17 -- The Marsupials, 10 6/20 -- DJ Franck “Old School Night”, 9 6/23 -- Adam Labeaux and the Cloudbuilders, 10 6/24 -- Kung Fu Rodeo, 10

THE LITTLE FLEET, TC 6/23 -- Oh Brother Big Sister, 6:309:30

MAIN STREET BISTRO, GAYLORD 6/17 -- The North Carolines, 7:30-10 Wed -- Jazz on Main, 7-9 Thu -- Open Mic Night, 7-9 6/23 -- Zeke Clemmons, 7:30-10 6/24 -- Acoustic Bonzo, 7:30-10

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UNION STREET STATION, TC 6/17 -- Zoo Pack, 10 6/18 -- Karaoke, 10 6/19 -- Jukebox, 10 6/20 -- Open Mic w/ Host Chris Sterr, 10 6/21 -- Funky Professor, 10 6/22 -- Steve Michaels, 10 6/23 -- Happy Hour w/ Steve Michaels, then Electric Red, 5 6/24 -- Electric Red, 10 6/25 -- Head for the Hills Live Show, 10am-noon, then Karaoke, 10pm-2am

Otsego, Crawford & Central ALPINE TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD 6/17 -- Mike Ridley, 7-10 6/23 -- Nelson Olstrom, 7-10 6/24 -- Mike Ridley , 7-10

Chicago's The Claudettes describe their music as having hints of blues, jazz, soul, punk, rockabilly & cartoon.

They play The Filling Station Microbrewery, TC on Fri., June 23 from 8-11pm.

TREETOPS RESORT, HUNTER'S GRILLE, GAYLORD Thurs., Fri., Sat -- Live Music, 9

CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 6/23 -- Jeff Brown, 6:30-9:30 RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 6/20 -- Project 6, 7-10 6/21 -- Missy Memorial Party w/ Dave Cisco, 7-10 SHANTY CREEK RESORTS, LAKEVIEW RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, BELLAIRE 6/17 -- Kenny Thompson, 8:3011:30

6/24 -- David Lawston, 8:30-11:30 SHORT'S BREWING CO., BELLAIRE 6/17 -- Summer Kick Off Party w/ The Go Rounds, 9 6/22 -- Seth Bernard, 7:30-10 6/23 -- Melophobix, 8:30-11 6/24 -- The Pistil Whips, 8:30-11 6/25 -- Amy Andrews, 7:30-10 TORCH LAKE CAFE, EASTPORT Mon -- Bob Webb, 6-9 Tue -- Kenny Thompson, 7:30

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LEO'S TAVERN, PETOSKEY Sun -- S.I.N. w/ DJ Johnnie Walker, 9

MRS EDS, PELLSTON 6/18,6/25 -- Open Mic w/ Billy P & Kate, 7-10 ODAWA CASINO RESORT, PETOSKEY 6/23 -- Comedian Billy Gardell: Shows at 6pm & 9pm

STAFFORD'S PERRY HOTEL, NOGGIN ROOM, PETOSKEY 6/17 -- Pistil Whips, 8-11 6/23 -- E Minor Band, 8-11 6/24 -- Blake Elliott & The Robinson Affair, 8-11 6/25 -- Sweet Tooth, 8-11 UPSTAIRS LOUNGE, PETOSKEY 6/17 -- Desmond James, 10 6/24 -- DJ Psycho

Leelanau & Benzie HOP LOT BREWING CO., SUTTONS BAY 6/17 -- E Minor, 6-9 6/23 -- Kellerville, 6-9 6/24 -- Jen Sygit, 6-9

LUMBERJACK'S BAR & GRILL, HONOR Thurs. -- Karaoke w/ Phattrax DJs Fri., Sat. -- Dance videos/karaoke w/ Phattrax DJs

LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 6/17 -- Full Cord, 6:30 6/20 -- New Third Coast, 6:30 6/21 -- Mitch McKolay, 6:30 6/22 -- J Winkler & Associates, 6:30 6/23 -- Da Sista Hood, 6:30 6/24 -- Jim Hawley, 6:30

MARTHA'S LEELANAU TABLE, SUTTONS BAY Sun -- The Hot Biscuits, 6-9 Wed -- The Windy Ridge Boys, 6-9 Fri -- Dolce, 6-9

LEELANAU SANDS CASINO, PESHAWBESTOWN Tue -- Polka Party, 12-4 LITTLE TRAVERSE INN, MAPLE CITY 6/18 -- E Minor on the Patio, 4-7 6/22 -- Live Irish Music w/ Swallowtail, 7-9 6/23 -- The Usual Suspects , 7-10 6/25 -- Goodboy on the Patio, 4-7

SHADY LANE CELLARS, PATIO, SUTTONS BAY 6/17 -- Randy Reszka, 4-7 SPICE WORLD CAFÉ, NORTHPORT 6/24 -- Latin Jazz feat. special guest Rob Mulligan w/ Jeff Haas Trio plus Laurie Sears & Anthony Stanco, 7-10 ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 6/17 -- Ron Hark, 6-9 6/23 -- Chloe & Olivia Kimes, 6-9 6/24 -- Talantis & Jans, 6-9

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“Jonesin” Crosswords "All for It"--literally so. by Matt Jones

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1 Greek letters shaped like pitchforks 5 Retired NHLer Larionov whose nickname was “The Professor” 9 Wright of 2017’s “Wonder Woman” 14 Hosiery shade 15 Neighborhood near Greenwich Village, slangily 16 Bacteria in spinach recalls 17 Poetic foot 18 Vivacity 19 Crack filler 20 Racquetball match, in a way?

23 Debtor’s note 24 2010 Apple debut 25 With 44-Across, exasperated complaint about endless corridors?

31 ___Pen (injector for some allergic reactions) 34 Garlicky dip for sweet potato fries, e.g.

35 “Look ___ this way ...”

36 Seize suddenly 37 Pouting countenances 38 Tony-winning Sweeney portrayer Cariou 39 Part of an M.O.?

40 Dies down 41 “Shameless” blurb 42 “I would give all my fame for a pot ___ and safety”: Shakespeare’s “Henry V” 43 Montreal steak seasoning?

44 See 25-Across 46 Part of Q.E.D. 48 Ear, in German 49 Left like a tossed football?

55 African country just north of the equator 56 Move like a batch of homemade slime 57 Ingredient in some diaper rash creams 59 Limp Bizkit frontman Fred 60 Taj Mahal location 61 Embarrassing defeat 62 “Orange” drink that’s really black 63 Yearling, previously 64 Her friends include a Backpack and Map

1 Louvre Pyramid architect I.M. 2 Scraped elbow souvenir 3 Jon’s usual waitress, in “Garfield” 4 Feature on some Blu-Rays 5 “Rhapsody ___” 6 45th American vice president 7 Only U.S. state with a non-rectangular flag 8 It provides coverage 9 Episode summaries 10 City between Jacksonville and Tampa 11 Barrier later renamed for Herbert Hoover 12 Maladies 13 No-good conclusion?

21 Andrew Marvell’s “___ Coy Mistress” 22 Go bad, like kale 25 Willie of “Eight Is Enough” and “Charles in Charge” 26 Weeping statue of Greek legend 27 Be an ass in the lot, maybe 28 “X-Men: Days of Future Past” star Berry 29 Bought hook, line and sinker 30 Specialized slang 32 St. ___ Girl (German beer brand) 33 “Peer Gynt” dramatist Henrik 36 Phrase before “Move ahead” in “Whip It” 39 McCafe option 41 “2017: The Year for Animal Liberation” sponsor 44 Martial art debuting as an Olympic event in Tokyo in 2020 45 Game show option after The Banker makes an offer 47 Bygone detergent with an apt brand name 49 “Leaving Las Vegas” actress Elisabeth 50 Boulangerie purchase 51 Airer of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” before it moved to VH1 52 MSNBC contributor Klein 53 ___ gobi (Indian potato dish) 54 “How to Train ___ Dragon” 55 National economic indicator, for short 58 Announcement of when Alaska lands in Washington, e.g.

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: My girlfriend of two years had me help her download photos from her phone, and I found about two dozen close-ups of her private parts. She said she was “just curious.” Well, okay, but why not use a mirror? Besides, she’s in her 30s. Surely, she knows what her parts look like without a photo shoot. Do you think she took these to send to another guy?

— Disturbed : Men aren’t used to women being preoccupied with their girlparts. Even in Redneckville, you never see a woman hanging a rubber replica of hers off the back of her pickup.

The truth is, not all women went for a looksee down there with a hand mirror at age 14.

Recently, some women may have gotten inspired to do some camera-phone sightseeing thanks to the increased visibility of the ladygarden via free internet porn, the mainstreaming of the waxedbald vulva, and giant ads for labiaplasty (aka a face-lift for your vagina).

Though it’s possible that your girlfriend is texting these to other guys, consider what anthropologist Donald Symons calls the human tendency “to imagine that other minds are much like our own.” This can lead us to forget about biological sex differences, like how men, who are in no danger of getting pregnant from sex, evolved to be the less sexually discriminating half of humanity. Note that women don’t have to text photos of their naked bits to get sex; they just need to text their address and tell the guy not to dawdle.

It’s hard for many people to tell whether another person is lying, especially when they’re invested in believing otherwise. Borrowing from research methodology, a way to figure out whether a lone ambiguous event might be meaningful — like whether the panty hamster pictorial might mean what you dread it does — is to see how much company it has. (In other words, is it part of a pattern?)

Look back on your girlfriend’s behavior over your two years together. Does she act ethically — even when she thinks nobody’s looking? Does it, in fact, mean something to her to do the right thing? Being honest with yourself about whether she has a pattern of ethical corner-cutting will allow you to make the best (that is, most informed) guess about whether you have something to worry about — beyond coming home to a, um, new addition to the framed photos of her parents’ anniversary and your nephew with his Little League trophy.

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: My relationship ended recently, and I asked my ex not to contact me. But just as I’d start feeling a little less sad, I’d hear from him and fall apart. I’ve now blocked him on my phone and social media. This seems so immature. Why can’t I be more grown up about this?

— Incommunicado : For you, breaking up but staying in contact makes a lot of sense -- about the same sort as trying to drop 20 pounds while working as a frosting taster.

Sure, there’s this notion that you “should” be able to be friends with your ex. Some people can be -- eventually or even right away -especially if they had a relationship that just fizzled out instead of the kind where you need a rowboat to make it to the kitchen through the river of your tears.

However — not surprisingly — clinical psychologists David Sbarra and Robert Emery find that “contact with one’s former partner … can stall the emotional adjustment process” by reactivating both love and painful emotions. For example, in their survey of people who’d recently gone through a breakup, “on days when participants reported having telephone or in-person contact with their former partner, they also reported more love and sadness.”

It might help you to understand how adjusting to the new “no more him” thing works. In a serious relationship, your partner becomes a sort of emotional support animal — the one you always turn to for affection, attention, and comforting. This habit of turning toward him gets written into your brain on a neural level, becoming increasingly automatic over time.

Post-breakup, you turn and — oops — there’s no boo, only a faint dent in his side of the bed. Your job in healing is to get used to this change — which you don’t do by having him keep popping up, messing with your new belief that he’s no longer available for emotional need-meeting.

That’s why, in a situation like yours, breaking up with your boyfriend should work like breaking up with your couch. When the thing gets dropped off at the city dump, it stays there; you don’t come out on your porch the next morning to it saying, “Hey, babe…was in the neighborhood, so I thought I’d bring over some of your stuff — 36 cents, a pen cap, and this hair elastic.”

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off one of your debts to the past, you can go window-shopping for the future’s best offers. You’re finally ready to leave behind a power spot you’ve outgrown and launch your quest to discover fresh power spots. So bid farewell to lost causes and ghostly temptations, Cancerian. Slip away from attachments to traditions that longer move you and the deadweight of your original family’s expectations.

Soon you’ll be empty and light and free -- and ready to make a vigorous first impression when you encounter potential allies in the frontier.

extra creative in the coming weeks. Cosmic rhythms are nudging you towards fresh thinking and imaginative innovation, whether they’re applied to your job, your relationships, your daily rhythm, or your chosen art form. To take maximum advantage of this provocative luck, seek out stimuli that will activate highquality brainstorms. I understand that the composer André Grétry got inspired when he put his feet in ice water. Author Ben Johnson felt energized in the presence of a purring cat and by the aroma of orange peels. I like to hang out with people who are smarter than me. What works for you?

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There are places in

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the oceans where the sea floor cracks open and spreads apart from volcanic activity. This allows geothermally heated water to vent out from deep inside the earth. Scientists explored such a place in the otherwise frigid waters around Antarctica. They were elated to find a “riot of life” living there, including previously unknown species of crabs, starfish, sea anemones, and barnacles. Judging from the astrological omens, Aries, I suspect that you will soon enjoy a metaphorically comparable eruption of warm vitality from the unfathomable depths. Will you welcome and make use of these raw blessings even if they are unfamiliar and odd?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I’m reporting from

the first annual Psychic Olympics in Los Angeles.

For the past five days, I’ve competed against the world’s top mind-readers, dice-controllers, spirit whisperers, spoon-benders, angel-wrestlers, and stock market prognosticators. Thus far I have earned a silver medal in the category of channeling the spirits of dead celebrities.

(Thanks, Frida Kahlo and Gertrude Stein!) I psychically foresee that I will also win a gold medal for most accurate fortune-telling.

Here’s the prophecy that I predict will cinch my victory: “People born in the sign of Taurus will soon be at the pinnacle of their ability to get telepathically aligned with people who have things they want and need.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): While reading

Virginia Woolf, I found the perfect maxim for you to write on a slip of paper and carry around in your pocket or wallet or underwear: “Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small.” In the coming weeks, dear Gemini, I hope you keep this counsel simmering constantly in the back of your mind. It will protect you from the dreaminess and superstition of people around you. It will guarantee that you’ll never overlook potent little breakthroughs as you scan the horizon for phantom miracles. And it will help you change what needs to be changed slowly and surely, with minimum disruption.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I suspect you will soon

have an up-close and personal encounter with some form of lightning. To ensure it’s not a literal bolt shooting down out of a thundercloud, please refrain from taking long romantic strolls with yourself during a storm. Also, forgo any temptation you may have to stick your finger in electrical sockets. What I’m envisioning is a type of lightning that will give you a healthy metaphorical jolt. If any of your creative circuits are sluggish, it will jumpstart them. If you need to wake up from a dreamy delusion, the lovable lightning will give you just the right salutary shock.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Signing up to

read at the open mike segment of a poetry slam? Buying an outfit that’s a departure from the style you’ve cultivated for years?

Getting dance lessons or a past-life reading or

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instructions on how to hang-glide? Hopping on a jet for a spontaneous getaway to an exotic hotspot? I approve of actions like those, Virgo. In fact, I won’t mind if you at least temporarily abandon at least 30 percent of your inhibitions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I don’t know what

marketing specialists are predicting about color trends for the general population, but my astrological analysis has discerned the most evocative colors for you Libras. Electric mud is one. It’s a scintillating mocha hue. Visualize silver-blue sparkles emerging from moist dirt tones. Earthy and dynamic!

Cybernatural is another special color for you. Picture sheaves of ripe wheat blended with the hue you see when you close your eyes after staring into a computer monitor for hours.

Organic and glimmering! Your third pigment of power is pastel adrenaline: a mix of dried apricot and the shadowy brightness that flows across your nerve synapses when you’re taking aggressive practical measures to convert your dreams into realities. Delicious and dazzling!

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Do you ever

hide behind a wall of detached cynicism?

Do you protect yourself with the armor of jaded coolness? If so, here’s my proposal: In accordance with the astrological omens, I invite you to escape those perverse forms of comfort and safety. Be brave enough to risk feeling the vulnerability of hopeful enthusiasm. Be sufficiently curious to handle the fluttery uncertainty that comes from exploring places you’re not familiar with and trying adventures you’re not totally skilled at.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “We must

unlearn the constellations to see the stars,” writes Jack Gilbert in his poem “Tear It Down.” He adds that “We find out the heart only by dismantling what the heart knows.” I invite you to meditate on these ideas. By my calculations, it’s time to peel away the obvious secrets so you can penetrate to the richer secrets buried beneath. It’s time to dare a world-changing risk that is currently obscured by easy risks. It’s time to find your real life hidden inside the pretend one, to expedite the evolution of the authentic self that’s germinating in the darkness.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When I

was four years old, I loved to use crayons to draw diagrams of the solar system. It seems I was already laying a foundation for my interest in astrology. How about you, Capricorn? I invite you to explore your early formative memories. To aid the process, look at old photos and ask relatives what they remember. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that your past can show you new clues about what you might ultimately become. Potentials that were revealed when you were a wee tyke may be primed to develop more fully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I often ride

my bike into the hills. The transition from the residential district to open spaces is a narrow dirt path surrounded by thick woods on one side and a steep descent on the other. Today as I approached this place there was a new sign on a post. It read “Do not enter: Active beehive forming in the middle of the path.” Indeed, I could see a swarm hovering around a tree branch that juts down low over the path. How to proceed? I might get stung if I did what I usually do. Instead, I dismounted from my bike and dragged it through the woods so I could join the path on the other side of the bees. Judging from the astrological omens, Aquarius, I suspect you may encounter a comparable interruption along a route that you regularly take.

Find a detour, even if it’s inconvenient.

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WRC VOLUNTEER TRAINING Registration OPEN Please join The Women’s Resource Center’s mission to protect, shelter and empower those impacted by domestic or sexual violence in our community. Be a part of our Volunteer Training seminar, June 26-29 each evening 5:30-7:30 PM and learn how you can assist survivors through advocacy and crisis intervention. http://www. womensresourcecenter.org/volunteer WANTED clean moving boxes near Traverse City. Will pick up. (970)826-9597 DAN’S AFFORDABLE HAULING Best rates in town! Hauling junk, debris, yard, misc. Anything goes! For a free estimate, call (231)620-1370.

ART & ANTIQUE APPRAISALS by Ernest DuMouchelle June 26, 27, 28 at Gaylord Arts. 989-732-3242 for appt.

FISH FOR POND and Lake Stocking Algae and weed control, aeration systems, equipment installation. Harrietta Hills Trout Farm 1-877-389-2514 or www.harriettahills.com

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Wanted: Old, Wood Duck Decoys I pay cash for old, wooden duck, geese and fish decoys. Call 586-530-6586.

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