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It’s a right guaranteed by the constitution.

Given this fact, this may a good starting point for conversation. The west protects and defends religious liberty. Can Islam say the same? North Korea should consider friendship with the U.S. and unite in a common cause against a common enemy of religious freedom.

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Rev. Dr. Alan R. Stadelman, Rapid City The Stars Come Out at Night............................10 Five Generations of Schmidts............................13 How to Flip a House........................................14 Let The Left Lose Downstate Destinations....................................16 We attended Congressman Bergman’s Pete Griffin Turns a Page....................................19 town hall in Gaylord and it was just like Fox Sparks BBQ..........................................................21 News has shown others by Republicans. The rude, crude, mindlessly noisy “left” took up Local Music:Botala..............................................22 a substantial portion of the room and did Canticum Novum Choir.......................................25 its best to shout down the proceedings. Seen..................................................................26 They went so far as to try to shout down the invocation, proving that their latest anti-American ploy is just as rude as all ...............................................27-30 the rest.

Well, it didn’t work. We freely exercised our right to pray and then went on with the town hall. I hope the “left,” which is un-American at best, downright anti- FourScore.......................................................31 American at worst, keeps it up. It only Nightlife............................................................33 believes in constitutional rights such as free speech and freedom of religion for its side.

Every time a scene like last night occurs, it turns more people against the “left.” Good. Top Five............................................................5 It helps us win more seats next year. And I Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................4 believe that I can say this right out in public Weird................................................................8 because they are so sealed in their bubble Modern Rock/Kristi Kates.................................32 that they will go on roaring their rage no matter what -- and that will keep working The Reel.......................................................34 Advice Goddess..............................................36 against them.

These raging resisters might try putting Crossword....................................................37 up some programs and candidates for whom Freewill Astrology...........................................38 people will vote. That’s what we did when Classifieds......................................................39 we lost; we re-evaluated our positions and candidates and won, unless you call winning over 1,000 federal, state, and local election contests since 2010 losing.

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Correcting The Climate Record

If any readers think there was even a scintilla of truth in Matthew Schoech’s letter castigating the NOAA, I urge you to fact-check it. I recommend you look up the John Bates he quoted on Snopes or Popular Science. Snopes has a lengthy article explaining all the many inaccuracies in the Bates article. Popular Science has a great graph showing the rise in temperatures both with and without the NOAA corrections.

By the early 1960s the dangers of smoking were known, yet with a very effective corporate misinformation campaign, nothing was done until recently.

In those intervening 50 years an estimated 20 million people died from smoking tobacco, and 2 million just from exposure to secondhand smoke.

But 20 million is a drop in the bucket compared to the calamity of global warming.

Global warming will increase the likelihood not only of deaths from heat waves, but also food insecurity.

The chance of my home burning down is about 1 in 3,000 but I gladly pay for insurance because of the utter chaos it would cause. The chance that global warming is occurring is many magnitudes greater than that. It will cost us to reduce the likelihood of the global warming catastrophe, but like fire insurance, it is the prudent thing to do.

Jim Rudolph, Petoskey

Nuclear Cult

North Korea has it all wrong. It’s not the United States they should consider a mortal enemy. They should focus their attention on radical Islam. According to the official state ideology of North Korea, the first Great Leader Kim Il Sung, is a “god” and is worshipped as such by the nation.

The religion of North Korea is known as Juche (joo-chay). Basically, it refers to self-sufficiency in politics, economics and military. While this sounds good, this system demands the absolute submission of every citizen to the supreme will of the Great Leader. It’s not a dictatorship; it’s a cult of personality. North Korea is a humanistic/ religious movement. All the emotion seen on the faces of North Koreans in television coverage is genuine.

The U.S. and most western countries are very tolerant about religious choice.

Individuals are free to worship any god they desire. The west would defend the right of North Korea to worship even the Great Leader.

Does the Muslim world recognize the North Korean deity as legitimate? Probably not. Given the history of how radical Islam has treated minorities (especially Christians), there is no doubt their gaze will eventually turn towards Pyongyang. Radical Islam is dedicated to world domination and North Korea is part of the world.

They should pause to consider that when it comes to religious liberty, the U.S. is far

Charles Knapp, Maple City

Bergman And The Party Line

So Jack Bergman made an appearance in Gaylord at a town hall meeting. He showed up 20 minutes late for what was supposed to be an hour long session. Questions were picked from a hat, Bergman gave vague responses, and no rebuttals were allowed.

The important questions of health care, the Russian investigation, and oversight of blatant conflicts of interest were brushed off with “wait and see how Congress reacts.” Questions regarding our precious natural resources prompted a promise to protect them, but if that’s the case, why has Bergman voted the party line to undermine the EPA? Bergman also voted to disapprove the Stream Protection Rule. I expected nothing less from a GOP party hack who also voted to eliminate Internet privacy and to remove other regulations that protect consumers, but I felt sorry for the woman who voted for him and expressed her disappointment that Bergman will not stand up to the GOP. Anne Serafin, Harbor Springs

Real Science

A recent letter by Matthew Schoech reported on a climate “scam” perpetrated

by Dr. Karl of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

But the 70 percent of Americans who believe in man-made warming need not question themselves. Carbon dioxide levels continue to rise rapidly. Until the laws of

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physics change there is a high probability temperatures will continue upward to levels never experienced.

Schoech’s assertions are fallacious. He reports that a Dr. Bates exposed fraudulent data manipulation by Dr. Karl in a paper published in the journal Science. Bates’ actual concerns involved Karl’s failure to use data archiving and verification procedures he, Bates, developed for NOAA. Bates himself has stated in blogs and follow-up interviews that there was no data tampering or loss.

The mistake Bates made was in reviewing his grievances with the UK Daily Mail, a tabloid notorious for publishing climate change misinformation. The Mail’s falsifications were picked up by alt right Breitbart and Fox News and gleefully fed to the American public. Worse, American journalist Julie Kelley further embellished the story and got it accepted by supposedly mainstream National Review.

The mistake Schoech made is a preference for hopelessly shoddy sources over peer-reviewed science if those sources support libertarian ideology.

After several decades of misinformation and delay purchased by the Kochs and other corporations invested in fossil fuels, our need to abandon these fuels is urgent.

Government must return to its proper leadership role. The best solution is a market-driven approach as advocated by the Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) and the Republican Leadership Council. To make a real difference call Congressman Jack Bergman and urge him to join the bi-partisan House Climate Solutions Council.

John T Wierenga, Williamsburg

support of science and empiricism.

Let us commit as a nation of shared values to return to the foundational principle that science is not a belief system. The sad truth is that, for far too long, too many of our fellow Americans have turned a blind eye to the sorts of science denial which have found voice in the highest levels of government. A powerful minority has thus been rejecting verifiable findings, at great peril to planet Earth.

We therefore plead with our neighbors to return to the kinds of common understandings which have taken America to the Moon, and beyond. If we are to work jointly to protect the beauty that is all around us, we need to utilize -- not deny -the wonders and truths of science.

Frank & Dottie Hawthorne, Petoskey

Building Strong Communities Through Volunteerism

Happy National Volunteer Month! I know, I know, there seems to be a month for everything nowadays. But this one’s important. So important that it includes 25 percent of the U.S. population! In 2015, 62.6 million people volunteered in the U.S. alone, accumulating 7.9 billion hours of service. Now I want you to imagine what our country would look like without that service.

We volunteer not only as a way to uphold our civic duty to our community but because we are skilled and eager to share our skills with people who need assistance. We do it because we have pride in our communities and want them to continue to thrive.

Many organizations would look very different if it were not for the extraordinary efforts of their volunteers. Some may not even exist. Next time you see a volunteer, take time to thank them for the amazing work that they do to make our communities more resilient.

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BY jack segal In January it was “obsolete.” As recently as March, the president remarked, “We have the threat of terrorism and NATO doesn’t discuss terrorism…" But by the time of his first meeting last month with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, the president affirmed the United States’ commitment to the alliance, praised its seven-decade long history, said NATO is now doing more to fight terrorism and, as a result, he no longer thinks the organization is obsolete.

I don’t know whether the president’s change of heart reflects a belief that NATO changed its strategy at his suggestion, but his rapid transformation comes as a great relief to our NATO allies, and it should also reassure us Americans.

His military-heavy team of advisers no doubt had a hand in bringing the president to see that NATO is the one tool that binds an increasingly fractious Europe together and one that strengthens America’s hand vis-à-vis Russia.

President Trump’s “obsolete” assessment once wasn’t so far-fetched. After the collapse of the Soviet Union there was a furious debate over whether the alliance was still needed. After all, NATO had been created to, in the words of its first secretary general, “keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." With the Russians temporarily relegated to irrelevance, NATO’s reason for being was rightly questioned. But in the intervening 26 years since the end of the Cold War, Russia has reverted from a pseudo-friendly role to the Putin-era adversary of today, and NATO has enlarged to embrace most of Russia’s former Warsaw Pact “allies.”

The White House announcement that President Trump will attend the May 25 NATO Summit and that he "looks forward to meeting with his NATO counterparts to reaffirm our strong commitment to NATO, and to discuss issues critical to the alliance, especially allied responsibility-sharing and NATO’s role in the fight against terrorism" came as a relief to many Alliance members. Europe is in turmoil – “BREXIT,” the flood of refugees from the Middle East and Afghanistan, the nationalist bent of democratic governments in Turkey, France, The Netherlands and Hungary – all these tectonic shifts make it appear that the very foundation of post-World War II security is crumbling. The president’s presence in Brussels will signal that he is gaining a sense of what NATO is, why it matters, and why we need it more than ever.

One of the president’s earliest misconceptions was that NATO doesn’t discuss terrorism.

The President presumably has learned by now that, after the 9/11 attack, the NATO Council, for the first time in its history, invoked Article 5 of NATO’s Washington Treaty, which meant that the 9/11 attack on the U.S. was construed as an attack on all NATO nations. NATO immediately deployed to the U.S. the NATO Airborne Warning and Control (AWACS) fleet and NATO planes arrived the next day to help the U.S. determine if there were any more hijacked airliners out there.

He now may realize that NATO’s anti-terror role continued with the alliance taking over the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan – a mission that began in December 2001 and continued until 2015. In the ensuing years, NATO further branched out into counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and counter-narcotics patrols and training off Africa’s west coast.

Before he leaves for Brussels, the president presumably also will be briefed on how the alliance actually works. He’ll be dispelled of the notion that NATO is some sort of standing

army. In fact, there are very few NATO forces.

Everything NATO does is done by national military units provided to NATO-commanded missions like Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan.

What NATO does provide is standardization, so that military forces from the nations can quickly operate together, using the same language (English), the same tactics, all the way down to using the same size bullets. When NATO’s civilian leaders authorize a NATO mission, the preparations have already been done in the course of countless simulations that produce NATO’s unique “interoperability” among the forces of the alliance members and such partners as Sweden, Finland and Switzerland.

Another misconception that the president perhaps has already cleared up in his mind involves NATO’s budget. In his March 17 meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President referred to the commitment by NATO nations to spend two percent of their GDP for defense. But then he tweeted that Germany “owes vast sums of money to NATO” and that "many nations owe vast sums of money from past years… these nations must pay what they owe." Defense Secretary James Mattis told a NATO meeting that if the allies don’t pay their fair share, the U.S. will have to “moderate our commitment” to NATO. In reality, the NATO nations don’t “owe” anything to NATO. Its operating budget is not at issue. Instead, the president and Secretary Mattis were referring to the inadequate investment by allies in their own military capabilities. That surely will be a major theme at the Brussels summit.

But the implication that these “debts” somehow are linked to whether the U.S. will honor its Article 5 commitment landed like a bombshell not only in NATO capitals, but also in Moscow.

For our allies, the idea that the United States would make our commitment conditional on whether the country being attacked was up to date on its funding struck at the heart of what NATO provides to all its members.

If an adversary attacks, all NATO nations will unite in common defense. Newer members like the Baltic States and Poland, sitting on Russia’s border, absolutely rely on this commitment.

Without that commitment, NATO fails. Implying that the U.S. might decide not to join in their defense effectively makes Article 5 meaningless and could tempt Putin to test our resolve.

So the president’s latest pronouncement that NATO isn’t obsolete after all is welcome news and suggests that he is hearing his military advisers. He may even have come to realize that his hoped-for rapprochement with Vladimir Putin is temporarily buried under the rubble of the Russian alliance with Syria’s Assad, Putin’s intransigence over Ukraine and Russia’s latest offers to the Taliban.

So the president goes to the Brussels summit hopefully better informed about NATO’s role in keeping Europe united in the face of all the internal and external forces that seek to pull it apart, that a Europe that is whole and relatively free is better for America than one which is disintegrating, and that the United States’ commitment to European stability provides us with a stronger hand in any talks that may ultimately emerge with Russia.

Jack Segal was political adviser to NATO’s operational commander from 2000-2010. He and his wife, Karen Puschel, co-chair the International Affairs Forum whose next speaker on May 18 is former National Intelligence Council adviser, Sam Visner, speaking about “The Cybersecurity Storm Front.”

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Dozens of Takes on Picasso During Art Walk

FIND US ON INSTAGRAM More than a million gallons of oil and natural gas have spilled from Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline since 1968, according to a National Wildlife Federation (NWF) report.

An analysis of government data released under the Freedom of Information Act shows spills, ruptures and equipment failures caused the release of a few gallons to hundreds of thousands of gallons in 29 incidents over the last 50 years, according to an NWF press release.

Only one spill occurred at the Straits of Mackinac – 20 gallons due to an equipment failure in 2013 – but because the 64-year-old pipeline crosses the pristine connection between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, calls to shut down Line 5 have amplified in recent years.

“This pipeline system places the Great Lakes and many local communities at an unacceptable risk,” said Mike Shriberg, executive director for NWF Great Lakes Regional Center. “The state of Michigan needs to find an alternative to this risky pipeline to protect our drinking water, health, jobs, and way of life.”

Enbridge has insisted that its pipeline is safe and properly maintained and the company has said the majority of liquid that has leaked was quickly recovered.

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An evening of art and free drinks is coming to Traverse City with the Downtown Art Walk.

One gallery is marking the event with a special show of more than 40 artists’ interpretations of one work by Pablo Picasso.

Michigan Artists Gallery’s “Channeling Picasso” features artists’ takes on Picasso’s 1939 painting “Woman with Green Hat” in a variety of media.

The show was inspired after one of the gallery’s artists, Nancy Adams Nash, sold a painting of that same title that she said was inspired by the little-known Picasso work, which is housed at the Philips Collection in Washington, D.C. The Picasso show opens at the same time the Art Walk begins, at 5pm Friday, May 5, and it runs through the end of May. Walking maps for the Art Walk are available at each participating location and the Downtown Traverse City office.

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The trendy tea product called matcha is currently having its moment in the spotlight.

How matcha is made is – dare we say – matchless in the tea world.

Let’s start with what matcha actually is: a finely ground powder made of green tea that’s farmed and processed in a very specific way. The green tea plants that go into matcha are shade–grown for several weeks prior to harvest, which encourages them to produce more caffeine and theanine (an amino acid believed to reduce stress).

During processing, the stems and veins of the leaves are removed before the leaves are stone–ground into matcha tea powder. That powder isn’t put into tea bags. Instead, it’s dissolved by the spoonful into either water or milk, creating a bright green beverage that’s naturally sweet and faintly vegetal.

Petoskey’s Dripworks, already well known for its distinctive coffee drinks and modern atmosphere, is quickly becoming a stop for matcha fans as well.

Dripworks serves up matcha in the form of its Matcha Latte, which blends the matcha tea powder with hot steamed milk and a dash of simple syrup. It’s a unique drink, and thanks to some pretty latte art on top, it’s also the perfect drink to welcome in spring.

Find the Matcha Latte ($4.50 each) at Dripworks at 207 Howard Street in downtown Petoskey. For more information, visit dripworkscoffee.com or call (231) 881-9227.

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THE 100-DAY FEVER spectator by stephen tuttle President Donald Trump is right about one thing: The first 100 days is a ridiculous way to judge a new president.

This began in the first 100 days of FDR's first term when a compliant and fearful Congress passed huge chunks of legislation designed to bring the country out of the Great Depression. Every president since has received a 100-day report card.

It is absurd when you consider it is 100 days of a 1461-day job. It's not a probationary review of a new employee we can just dismiss.

Unfortunately, candidates running for president have only fed the 100-day fever.

They promise all manner of miracles in their first 100 days, sometimes even reducing it to “on day one.” And they absolutely, positively promise.

Nobody promised more than Trump.

Great and awesome promises, believe me.

tributes to climate change.

Illegal immigrants and some who previously believed they were here legally are now easier to deport and we're building new detention centers.

Trump also quickly nominated, and had confirmed, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and rained down missiles on a Syrian airfield.

According to Trump, it's the greatest start in history, for Trump supporters it's an admirable and promising start and to Trump detractors it's a laughable and dangerous debut for a clueless president (it's more than a little ironic that many now loudly criticizing Trump's legislative inaction don't actually support any of the proposals).

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Nine of the ten first 100-day promises have yet to see the light of day and the one that did, repealing the Affordable Care Act, was withdrawn when it was clear Republicans didn't have enough votes in their own party to gain passage.

Late in his presidential campaign he made what he called a contract with American voters. Speaking in Gettysburg, he outlined his 100-day legislative plan.

All of it, he said, would be introduced.

Here's the list: Middle Class Tax Relief and Simplification Act, End Offshoring Act, American Energy and Infrastructure Act, School Choice and Education Opportunity Act, Repeal and Replace Obamacare Act, Affordable Childcare and Eldercare Act, End Illegal Immigration Act (yes, that's the one with The Wall and a declaration that Mexico would pay for it), Restoring Community Safety Act, Restoring National Security Act, and Clean Up Corruption in Washington, D.C. Act. Nine of the ten first 100-day promises have yet to see the light of day and the one that did, repealing the Affordable Care Act, was withdrawn when it was clear Republicans didn't have enough votes in their own party to gain passage.

His promise to “drain the swamp” has resulted in a minor flood of swamp denizens flowing directly into his administration.

Trump actually has had the least prolific legislative first 100 days since Jimmy Carter. But he's been busy with executive orders and presidential memoranda.

The bulk of those have either hardened immigration rules or loosened environmental rules.

Coal companies are now freer to let their waste spill into local streams and creeks, the Keystone XL pipeline is again in forward motion, carbon emission standards have been eased, mileage standards for vehicles have been extended and the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't believe carbon dioxide con-

latitude as commander in chief of the military, but not much anywhere else. There is the veto pen, the bully pulpit, and the political skills to influence and move a legislative agenda. But it's Congress, the first among separation of powers equals, where real power rests. It's not clear the president's bravado can influence what's become a fractured and unruly bunch.

But he just started. Let's assume Trump's first 100 days have simply been the stumbles of a presidential toddler finding his legs. Legislation takes time and it's possible if not likely some version or elements of the president's campaign promises will eventually come to fruition.

Trump detractors will have to get used to the fact that he, his cabinet and to some extent this Congress are going to do things they don't like. That's what happens when you lose the White House after having already lost Congress.

The tone being set in the first 100 days is more troubling. Nobody should be excited about Trump's misstatements, falsehoods, late night tweets and insults. Being anti-establishment is one thing; acting like a petulant child quite another.

Ongoing investigations into former Trump campaign workers' relationships with Russians aren't so good, either. Nor is Trump's refusal to release his tax returns, making it impossible to know if his tax reform proposals directly benefit his various business entanglements.

But whether you're a virulent Trump resister or a blind loyalist, there is still plenty of time for a Trump agenda to take shape, to your horror or delight. He's only answered a couple of questions on a very long test so, like every president before him, his grade for the first 100 days is “Incomplete.”

Crime & Rescue CHURCH-TIME B&E PROBED An Elmwood Township homeowner reported a break-in that occurred while they were at church.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a burglary at a home on South Briar Drive that happened between 9am and 11:30am April 23.

Deputies were called at 11:46am. Someone entered the house by breaking a window, taking small items, cash and the contents of a safe.

Undersheriff Steve Morgan said a substantial amount of money was taken. Anyone who saw anything suspicious in that area should contact the sheriff’s office.

MAN STUMBLES INTO ARREST Grayling Police and troopers who had been dispatched to an apartment complex in search of a larceny suspect happened upon a resident who drove up drunk.

The 30-year-old Grayling man pulled into the driveway and talked to troopers, who could smell alcohol. The man was taken to Crawford County jail on a charge of second-offense drunk driving.

SUICIDAL STANDOFF ENDS SAFELY An armed suicidal man prompted calls to 911 and a standoff with Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies.

Deputies ended the standoff with nonlethal force and the elderly Manton man was brought into custody with just minor injuries.

Police were called April 23 at 5:30pm to a rural home in E. 16 ½ Road because the man was armed and threatening suicide.

Deputies attempted to negotiate with man to get him to drop his weapon and come out of the woods; the man raised a gun and pointed it at police. Deputies took cover and did not fire. The man was able to make it into his residence. He would periodically emerge, confront the police and retreat back inside.

An emergency response team was dispatched and responders used non-lethal force when he emerged from his home and they were able to take him into custody. The man was taken for an evaluation by Community Mental Health.

DUCT TAPED CAT PROMPTS CHARGES A man faces animal abuse charges after a cat was found wrapped in duct tape.

Mykhaylo Narolskyy, a 54-year-old Ukrainian immigrant, faces an animal cruelty charge stemming from a cat found wrapped in duct tape and in poor health in Garfield Township in November.

Narolskyy was charged in March and arraigned April. 21, when he pleaded not guilty.

According to the blog Pet Friend Magazine, a neighbor reported the cat to Grand Traverse Animal Control and the animal was taken to Grand Traverse Veterinary Clinic where it was nursed back to health.

The animal later died of cancer.

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Narolskyy told investigators that he duct taped the cat because the stray animal was injured and he wanted to stop the bleeding but could not afford veterinary care. Investigators determined that the duct tape harmed rather than helped the cat.

SATALLITE INSTALLER CHARGED A Direct TV installer faces charges after a customer told Cheboygan County Sheriff’s deputies that the man stole prescription drugs from his home.

Deputies arrested 44-year-old Rogers City resident Brian Scott Lucus after an investigation that began in early April, Sheriff Dale Clarmont said.

A man had called Direct TV twice in a month for service and both times Lucus answered the call and both time medicine was missing after Lucus’s visist, Clarmont said.

Lucus faces a court hearing May 4 on two felony counts of larceny in a building.

Clarmont said Direct TV has cooperated in the investigation. He said he suspects there could be more victims and that anyone who suspects they’ve been victimized should call police.

Amber Skutt was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene, said F/Lt. Josh Lator, commander of the Houghton Lake Post.

Investigators determined Skutt crossed the center line, drove off the road and crashed into a tree.

SPEEDING WOMAN ARRESTED Deputies arrested a woman for drunk driving who was travelling 87mph in a 40mph zone on M-22.

Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies clocked the woman in Elmwood Township at 2pm April 23.

The 25-year-old Mancelona woman told police she was driving so fast because she was showing off her 1998 Audi to a friend who she had just picked up from a bar. Deputies smelled intoxicants on the woman, determined she was drunk and arrested her.

WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH A Roscommon woman was killed when she drove into a tree.

State police responded to Crawford County’s South Branch Township at 2:30am April 22 after the 25-year-old driver and loan occupant lost control on a curve on M - 1 8 near Deerheart Valley Road due to excessive speed.

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Mother of Invention Robotic models of living organisms are useful to scientists, who can study the effects of stimuli without risk to actual people. Northwestern University researchers announced in March that its laboratory model of the "female reproductive system" has reached a milestone: its first menstrual period.

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Recurring Themes (and Updates on Previous Characters) -- Chutzpah! Henry Wachtel, 24, continues in legal limbo after being found "not criminally responsible" for the death of his mother in 2014, despite having beaten her in the head and elsewhere up to 100 times -- because he was having an epileptic seizure at that moment and has no memory of the attack. A judge must still decide the terms of Wachtel's psychiatric hospitalization, but Wachtel's mind is clear enough now that, in March, he demanded, as sole heir, payoff on his mother's life insurance policy (which, under New York law, is still technically feasible).

-- Epic Smugglers: In February, federal customs agents seized 22 pounds of illegal animal meat (in a wide array) at the DallasFort Worth International Airport. Among the tasty items were raw chicken, pig and cow meat, brains, hearts, heads, tongues and feet -- in addition to (wrote a reporter) "other body parts" (if there even are any other edible parts). In a typical day nationwide, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes about 4,600 smuggled plant or animal products.

-- Over the years, News of the Weird has covered the long-standing campaign by animal-rights activists to bestow "human" rights upon animals (begun, of course, with intelligent orangutans and gorillas). In March, the New Zealand parliament gave human rights to a river -- the Whanganui, long revered by the country's indigenous Maori. (One Maori and one civil servant were appointed as the river's representatives.)

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-- Ewwww! Luu Cong Huyen, 58, in Yen Giao, Vietnam, is the most recent to attract reporters' attention with disturbingly long fingernails. A March OddityCentral.com report, with cringe-inducing photos, failed to disclose their precise length, but Huyen said he has not clipped them since a 2013 report on VietnamNet revealed that each measured up to 19.7 inches. Huyen explained

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The original location of the Cherry County Playhouse on State Street across from the Park Place. Photos courtesy the Traverse Area District Library's Historical Society Collection

By Patrick Sullivan In the ‘70s and ‘80s, summer in Traverse City was akin to the greatest episode of The Love Boat ever, thanks to a revolving door of television stars – some a little past their prime – who shined in performances at the Cherry County Playhouse (CCP).

Rita Moreno, Phyllis Diller, Florence Henderson, Gavin MacLeod, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors, Hal Linden, Robert Goulet, Bob Denver, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Milner, Vicki Lawrence, Dick Van Patten, Gene Rayburn, Abe Vigoda, William Shatner and Ted Knight were just some of the stars who appeared on the CCP stage in its last decade in Traverse City.

Those performances took place at the Park Place dome, slated to be demolished to make way for a modern convention center.

Pre–deconstruction of the dome is scheduled to begin May 1, with demolition taking place later in the month. The project is expected to be completed by early June 2018.

In honor of the last days of the dome, Northern Express talked to people who were involved with CCP, a place where, according to one of the theater’s slogans, “the stars came out at night.”

BEFORE THE DOME Before the dome was built, Cherry County Playhouse productions were staged in a red and white tent festooned with flags and banners in a parking lot across from the Park Place, where the Larry C. Hardy parking deck stands today.

Cincinnati socialite, soap opera star and Northport Point summer resident Ruth Bailey started CCP in the summer of 1955.

Bailey, who’d starred in the radio version of The Guiding Light, was a larger–than–life figure who ran her theater with an iron fist for its first 20 years.

“She would walk through the lobby and through the buildings and just create a storm – sometimes a hurricane, sometimes balmy,” said Joan Miller Oswald, who worked as a hostess at the Park Place when CCP was

“I remember going to her house, which was just fantastic,” Allen recalled. “She offered me $50 a week to work in the box office at Cherry County. I threw my lot in with the playhouse; I knew I’d at least have a job in summer.”

Allen moved to Traverse City and took a job teaching drama in the off season at Traverse City High School. She recalled Bailey as an imperious, stern figure.

“She was a producer with her finger on every penny, and we thanked everyone

“Its time came,” Allen said. “It just became so expensive to produce theater. Ticket prices just didn’t cover it, and actors weren’t dependent on making this extra money in the summer.” still in the tent (and who later rose up the ranks to become assistant manager of the hotel). “She had a demeanor that was just recognizable from the moment she entered the room.”

Bailey dressed like a movie star and carried herself with a kind of authoritarian self–assurance that seemed out of place in laidback Traverse City.

“People would just step aside and let her through,” Oswald said. “[The feeling was,] ‘She will get what she wants, one way or the other.’ And she did.”

One–time CCP manager Phyllis Lesser Allen met Bailey in Cincinnati and was recruited to move north to work at CCP in 1974.

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profusely in the playbill for things they would give us, but we bought nothing, as I recall,” Allen said.

Productions moved to the dome in 1965.

In a 1964 playbill, Bailey announced the move across the street: “We will have a new home in an air–cooled molded plastic dome next to the Park Place Motor Inn. We will still have arena seating and seating capacity will be approximately the same. However, the seating arrangement will be different as will ticket prices, to offset the cost of moving. We will endeavor, however, to keep the increase as low as possible.”

WITH NEW OWNERS COMES A NEW STYLE Bailey sold the theater company to

comedian Pat Paulsen and television writer and producer Neil Rosen in 1975.

In its early years, CCP had brought Broadway and film stars like Veronica Lake, Zasu Pitts, John Carradine and Burt Reynolds to Traverse City. Paulsen and Rosen increasingly brought more television stars because those were the people they knew.

Allen said Bailey sold the theater because she was nearing retirement age. “It had been 20 years for her, and most of her friends, like Vivian Vance, the stars that she had brought to the playhouse, weren’t doing summer stock anymore,” Allen said.

The change in management style was night and day.

“Neil was a wonderful, good and kind man; there could not have been a more opposite – I don’t want to say this because I don’t want to cast a bad light on Ruth Bailey – Neil was a really kind producer; he wanted everyone to be treated well, there was no doubt,” Allen said.

Take the time an actor (whom Allen declined to name) ushered a list of demands in the contract and expected a very particular and rare bottle of wine, a vintage that could not be found in Traverse City. Rosen had the owner of the Blue Goat drive downstate to find that bottle.

Allen recalled, “Neil would say, ‘Have you seen what he can do? Can you do what he can do? Have you seen anyone who can do what he can do? Well, that’s why he gets what he wants.’” Allen mused, “It was harder to keep money in control when you wanted to make people happy.”

Cherry County Playhouse Snapshots SHOPPING WITH PHYLLIS DILLER When Phyllis Diller came to Traverse City in 1989, she just wanted to go shopping.

Former Cherry County Playhouse manager Phyllis Lesser Allen said it appeared at first that Diller might be a high maintenance guest, but she turned out to be the opposite.

“I have to say, she had a contract that we had signed that came with a certain kind of wig stand and stuff to be in her dressing room, but when she arrived she just said, ‘Where’s my wine bottle?’” Allen said.

What Diller most wanted was to go grocery shopping, something her celebrity life didn’t allow, so some of the props workers took her on a late–night trip to Meijer.

“She took a cart and filled it with things she hadn’t seen in years; she bought an entire load of stuff to take back to her grandchildren,” Allen said. “She said the next Pat Paulsen performing with an unidentified woman. day it had been one of the best nights of her life, she enjoyed it so much.”

Actress Ann B. Davis at the Cherry Festival in 1966.

Allen left CCP in 1980 to attend graduate school. Lured back in 1985 to be general manager, she worked in Traverse City for the next six seasons.

“It was just a wonderful place to work and have a career,” Allen said.

On to a Bigger Stage There are big names that started out at CCP and went on to become stars, but Allen said there were also lots of people who spent summers apprenticing and went on to behind–the–scenes careers in show business.

“It was astonishing, and you have no idea how many people it affected,” Allen said. “So many people went on to have careers in theater because of Cherry County Playhouse.”

Some of the most notable individuals who interned at CCP over the years are Peter Bogdanovich, who apprenticed in 1955, Meredith Baxter and Bruce Campbell.

Another who got his start in Traverse City is character actor Dann Florek, who played Donald Cragen on NBC’s Law & Order. He came to CCP as a business manager in the 1970s. He took a small roll in one production and because CCP was an “equity” theater that only hired union actors, Cragen got his equity card, which opened the door to acting jobs in television.

“He was at Eastern Michigan, and he came to Cherry County Playhouse as a business manager and took his equity card to L.A.,” Allen said.

Phil Murphy, the executive director of the Old Town Playhouse, was hired in the late 1980s to supervise the apprentices.

He said he suspects many of the volunteers went on to careers in show business. The most notable from his era was Nick Demos, who went on to become a Broadway producer who won a Tony for “The Frog Prince” and who might win another for his current production titled “Come from Away.”

Nowadays, the Traverse City Film Festival has taken the roll of offering young people a start in show business. Allen said that happened to her daughter, who volunteered one summer for the TCFF, met her husband there and today works in public relations for the Film Society of the Lincoln Center and the New York Film Festival.

END OF AN ERA Summer stock theater is a relic of another age. Once common at resorts around the

country, today there are hardly any left. Just one equity theater remains in Michigan, the Barn Theatre in Augusta, which stages a series of summer plays and musicals but doesn’t focus on attracting big names to star in them.

The kind of theater that Cherry County aspired to be no longer exists.

“Its time came,” Allen said. “It just became so expensive to produce theater.

Ticket prices just didn’t cover it, and actors weren’t dependent on making this extra money in the summer.”

Today Allen is retired in Dayton, Ohio; it has been several years since she directed a play.

Summer stock’s days in Traverse City ended in 1990 after Rotary Charities purchased the Park Place and declined to renew CCP’s lease.

Rosen, who by then lived with his wife Joni on Peninsula Drive in Traverse City, wasn’t happy about that. He told a Record– Eagle reporter at the time that the theater company brought 25,000 to 40,000 people downtown each year in its nine–week season.

The problem was, the hotel wasn’t profitable, and Rotary needed to find ways to make it viable. One of those was attracting more convention and event business, something the lease with CCP prevented during the 10 busiest weeks of the year.

With its lease up, CCP moved to Muskegon in 1991, filed for bankruptcy two years later, became a nonprofit and shuttered for good in 2003.

Summer stock’s days were numbered, anyway. Dan Truckey, director of the Beaumier Upper Peninsula Heritage Center and former director of the Grand Traverse Heritage Center, produced an exhibit about the history of CCP in 2006. He said there were fewer entertainment options in summer stock’s heyday and that people expected to see shows featuring stars when they went on summer vacation. As times changed, so did people’s expectations regarding what they wanted to do when they went on vacation.

Nonetheless, Truckey said there was something wonderful about Cherry County and the kind celebrities it brought to northern Michigan.

“The stars they were bringing in as the years went by, they were people who were basically on The Love Boat, you know?”

Truckey said. “They weren’t getting film rolls; they weren’t getting star rolls in TV anymore.”

OVERSIZED PERSONALITY The only time former Park Place employee Joan Miller Oswald remembers a stronger personality than Cherry County Playhouse founder Ruth Bailey in Traverse City was the week that Eva Gabor came to town to perform in “Blithe Spirit” in 1981.

“The most glamorous star was Eva Gabor. She had four dogs, maybe five dogs, and she kind of gave Ruth Bailey, I don’t want to say a sort of run for her money, but she could create quite an audience,” Oswald said.

Sunday brunch at the Park Place was a big deal at the time, and when Gabor arrived with her dogs, people were aghast. Gabor apparently thought she was entitled to dine with the canines in the Montmorency Room.

“There were folks who were pretty upset that she thought she could bring her dogs in here,” Oswald said. “I believe – I’m not sure on this – I believed she compromised and brought only one dog, which she held in her arms as she went through the buffet.”

STARS AT SUN PERCH When the stars came to northern Michigan in the 1980s, they stayed at Sun Perch Condominiums in Leelanau County.

In 1981, Deb Callison was manager of Sun Perch. That was where comedian Pat Paulsen stayed with his wife all summer and it was where the actors used to stay when they came to Traverse City.

The only one who didn’t stay there, Callison said, was Eva Gabor, who stayed put at the Park Place. For the others, the pretty setting in the woods near the Timberlee ski hill and the outdoor pool made for a nice place to spend a week.

Callison remembers telling the housekeeping staff to ask guests to purchase laundry detergent from the office and not to use a box of detergent that was in the laundry room. One day she heard a housekeeper yelling at Richard Thomas, who played John Boy on The Waltons, not to use the soap.

Next she heard another maid say, “Missus is fighting with John Boy over the laundry soap.” Callison thought that was hilarious.

There were also surreal moments, like when Abe Vigota came to have a cup of coffee with her each morning or when William Shatner checked in and introduced himself.

“He said, ‘Hi, I’m William Shatner,’ and I said, ‘Like I don’t know that.’ We had a laugh about that,” she said.

BRUCE CAMPBELL DOESN’T LIKE THE HOB NOBS Evil Dead and Burn Notice star Bruce Campbell included a whole chapter in his autobiography on the summer he spent in Traverse City.

In his book If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B–Movie Actor, Campbell summed up his take on summer stock theater from the vantage point of his work as an unpaid teenage apprentice for the Cherry County Playhouse in the summer of 1976: “Summer stock, I realized, is where prime– challenged thespians spend their twilight years parading in front of retirees every week.”

Campbell also learned something about the hierarchy of show business. He kept a diary that summer, and one entry read, “We worked our bunzolas off again today – hauling wood, platforms and just good old junk to our storage area so we can have a clear rehearsal hall for the stars – big deal! I am getting progressively angrier at these ‘hob nobs’ when I think of all the work we do for them – for no pay – experience is what we get and brother – that we are! Well, I suppose if I ever become a hob nob, then I can look at the work done for me and really appreciate it – I shall, I hope. If I don’t, I will be too ‘hob nobbish’ to care, I guess – let’s hope not...”

PAT PAULSEN’S “TRAGIC PERFORMANCE” Pat Paulsen, a comedian who became famous for his appearances with the Smothers Brothers and his comedic campaigns for president, was irreverent and self–effacing as the owner of Cherry County Playhouse, as evidenced by his bio from a 1978 program in which the Washington state native concocted a fictitious back story: “Pat Paulsen was born on the island of Rodos (Rhodes) in Greece. His father, Myorkos Paulsen, ran a little outdoor amphitheatre where he produced Greek tragedies. Pat used to hang around with a friend of his, “Comedicles” Johnson, and try to convince his dad to do more amusing plays. Pat would get tired of always watching death, rape, pestilence and the other plots that the Greeks thought were fun.

“Unable to make changes there, he sailed the Mediterranean, ending up in Traverse City, Michigan. Once in Traverse City, he was able to purchase the Cherry County Playhouse. Once each summer Pat himself appears in a fun–filled play. In last summer’s appearance, a reviewer said of Pat’s performance…‘Paulsen has not forgotten his early beginnings in Greek theatre. His performance was tragic.’”

Much of the information in this article came from material provided by Amy Barritt, special collections librarian at Traverse Area District Library.

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Five Generations of Schmidts Local family's real estate roots date back to 1927

By Ross Boissoneau Ken Schmidt thought he was going to be an attorney. After a year of graduate study, he returned home to Traverse City, unsure that he wanted to return to school come fall.

“I wasn’t real excited about it,” he said. His father and brother were both in the family business, and his brother Fred’s enthusiasm won him over.

Today, the 72–year–old shows no less enthusiasm himself. Ken is the chairman and CEO of the Coldwell Banker Schmidt Family of Companies, with 66 offices scattered across the western side of Michigan and the UP, northeast Ohio and southwest Florida.

It’s still a family company, perhaps today more than ever: Ken’s wife Karen is a realtor and so is his son Mike and Mike’s wife Lisa.

Fred’s sons Joe and Fred Jr. are as well. Ken’s daughter Shawn Schmidt Smith joined the company a few years back, and the latest to join is Shawn’s daughter Caroline, making her the fifth generation of Schmidts to become part of a family business celebrating its 90th year in 2017.

Harold F. Schmidt started the company in 1927. H. F. Schmidt Real Estate, as the firm was originally known, was based on the principles of honesty, integrity and a commitment to outstanding service.

Harold’s son Joseph Schmidt joined the company in 1946. Fred followed his father and grandfather in 1962 before Ken joined their ranks six years later.

While it’s still a family business, this is no mom and pop operation. The firm joined Coldwell Banker Corporation as a franchisee

in 1983 and undertook an aggressive expansion strategy. Today the 66 offices of the Schmidt Family of Companies include some 1,100 associates; their total sales volume in 201 exceeded two billion dollars. With over 14,000 closed sales and listings, it’s the number one company for Coldwell Banker in the northern region of the United States.

“My dad would be totally shocked,” said Ken. To hear Mike tell it, his entry into the business was almost foreordained. “I grew up around this. I didn’t work on cars or go fishing.

I grew up around Jim Teahen, Mike Street – I was kind of brainwashed,” he said with a laugh.

He helped his dad with mailings, sending out brochures and learning the business firsthand.

“I’d do stuff with my dad and learned that way.

Now my kids can’t fish either.”

After graduating from college, Mike moved to Chicago and worked for two years in commercial real estate with CB Richard Ellis.

He subsequently moved back home and joined the family firm, concentrating on commercial real estate. Now he’s president of the company, but he never felt pushed into it. “It was more of a pull. I wanted to do it,” he said.

His sister Shawn Schmidt Smith eventually felt the pull as well. She was a teacher before turning to real estate. For her daughter Caroline, there was never much question about what she wanted to do. “I’m not sure at what point I decided on a real estate career, but I grew up around it,” said Caroline. “At 18, my mom had me take the classes and exam and get my license so I could hold open houses for her.”

Caroline considered her options, studied education and even substitute taught, but

she chafed at the rigid schedule compared with the flexibility of real estate. “I saw it as a career and a lifestyle,” she said of real estate. While still in college, she interned with a successful realtor in Chicago and was offered a fulltime job upon graduation. She turned it down to return to her hometown. “I wasn’t into the big city. I love it here,” she said.

Ken’s brother Fred, who helped entice him into the business, retired in 2004 and passed away in 2008. His sons Joe and Fred Jr., the vice president and director of branch services, are continuing the legacy on that side of the family as well. “Growing up, Dad took us to the office all the time,” said Fred.

Fred first hooked up with the company in 1981, at a time when interest rates were at an all–time high. “It was tough – interest rates were horribly bad,” he said. He opted to go into retail for a few years, returning to real estate and Schmidt Realtors in 1990. He appreciated his time outside the industry, saying it gave him the self–discipline he needed to be successful. “It was good for me, but I wanted the freedom to be able to create my own [success],” he said.

Joe entered the field prior to his brother’s return but from another angle. “When I started, I spent two and a half years in the mortgage industry,” he said. That was in 1987, before he bowed to the inevitable, joining Schmidt Realtors in 1991.

Both men continue working with clients who are buying and selling homes, but they’ve also developed other facets of the business. Fred is now the director of branch services and IT for the company. “It allows

for a lot of creativity, and building on my own experience helps me…to help others,” he said.

For his part, Joe has partnered with another realtor to flip houses. “We’ve done 12 to 15 over the last three or four years,” he said.

Having survived the burst of the housing bubble and subsequent recession, the company’s growth positions it well for the future, but Mike Schmidt acknowledges that with that growth comes challenges, from rapidly evolving technology to trying to maintain relationships with agents and employees. “The hardest part is not knowing everyone individually,” he said. Yet it’s the increase in size that enables the company to offer more opportunities. “It’s the scale of the organization that provides support.

The bigger we are, the more tools there are,” Mike said.

Though pleased to have two generations following him, Ken Schmidt says the company’s strength is in the non–Schmidts it employs. He explained, “The value of the organization is not in the name; it’s in the people. What’s really important is you have good people.”

Mike concurred, saying they’re not looking for any statues of Schmidts, just opportunities to provide real estate services to clients and to help others make a living.

Nonetheless, it’s the Schmidt name on the masthead. With the third and fourth generations still going strong and the fifth in place, could there be more to follow in their footsteps?

“No one will push them, but if the opportunity is there, sure,” said Mike.

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How to

By Kristi Kates The term “flipping” in real estate means something very different than pancakes or gymnastics. In the simplest of definitions, it means to purchase a house, upgrade it and sell it quickly to make a profit. Some people flip as a business while others do it more as a hobby, albeit a pricey one. Either way, house flipping isn’t quite as simple as it might seem.

Chris Linsell handles marketing and digital strategy for the Flamont–Hastings Group, a real estate team that’s also part of the brokerage Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. “We have members of our real estate team who are house flippers, and we represent them,” Linsell said. “We list their properties for sale, and we’re always scouting around for properties that these flippers could work with [to flip.]”

Most flips, he explained, are typical single family houses; larger, more luxurious, homes don’t tend to fall into the house flipping category. Smaller houses also lend themselves better to a fast flip, as Linsell said it’s most beneficial for the flipper to turn the house around quickly. “We have flippers who, from time of purchase to listing for sale, only take about four weeks to do the flip,” he said. “While they own the house, they are paying property taxes and utilities and such until they sell it, so it’s in their interest to move fast.”

Sam Flamont and Jennifer Hastings are friends and co–workers who collaborate

FLIP A HOUSE

on house flipping; they also work through Flamont–Hastings and have collaborated with Linsell. They both started house flipping years ago. They each approached flipping from a different direction, but these days, they’re both in more of a consulting role, assisting others in learning how to find houses and flip them.

“When I started, I was living in Maryland, 21 years old, and looking for a house of my own,” Hastings recollected. “I found a desolate part of Baltimore that I could just tell was on its way to becoming a trendy area soon. Baltimore City was offering one–dollar houses – really, just one dollar! – but you were required to rehab the house and live in it, and there was a threshold for when you would be allowed to put it back on the market.”

At that age, Hastings was willing to take the risk. Through trial and error, she ended up with a crew of contractors who let her follow them around and learn about the processes of house flipping and construction. Subsequently, she moved to northern Michigan with her family to be near the lakes and experience living in a small town, but Baltimore was the beginning of her house flipping career. “That very first flip, I made a $37,000 profit,” she said. “But the market in Baltimore is dramatically different than it is in Traverse City; we don’t have those kind of abandoned properties here, so it can be difficult to find something you can flip and make a profit.”

Flamont, in turn, got into house flipping

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as a real estate agent. At first, he was just helping other flippers find houses to flip. “I later wanted to buy my own house,” he said, “so I decided I’d find one, flip it and then live in it myself for a while.”

Flamont has a specific strategy for finding a flippable house. “I look at the area. Then the house. Then the resale value,” he said.

“Location is first – if the house is rundown but the location is awesome, you can fix the house but you can’t fix the location.”

Location in general is paramount for flippers. It’s also one of the biggest challenges of flipping houses in northern Michigan at the moment given the small pool of available houses to choose from.

That can be both bad and good news. “The housing market in TC is incredibly tight on inventory right now,” Linsell said, “but because there’s such a demand on property, you can buy a house for $150,000, put $10,000 into it and sell it for $200,000. I’ve seen that there can be a very high profit margin on doing this with the current demand for housing.”

Mike Clark is another Traverse–area house flipper who’s worked with Flamont.

His company, Flood Aid, is primarily a water and fire restoration service for damaged houses, but he and his crew also flip houses in between restoration jobs.

“The guys still need to work, and flipping keeps us all busy,” Clark said. He agreed that the biggest hurdle is finding the house to flip in the first place. “There’s such a lack of housing here right now, so in one way,

Sam Flamont and Jennifer Hastings are realtors who find “flips” for their clients to buy, improve, and sell at a profit.

Here’s one in-process in TC.

that can be a good thing for flippers,” Clark said. “But it’s also bad because there’s a lot of competition to buy houses.”

Clark’s experience so far differs from some of his peers in that he isn’t as bullish on the profit margin. “We’ve made a profit on all our house flips so far, but overall, we’ve found there’s really not a lot of money in it,” he explained. “You have to be very careful and buy right to actually make a profit. And you have to consider that it usually takes about three months of work, then one or two more months to sell it, on average, for not a lot of return. This isn’t HGTV or the California market – you’re not done with the whole thing in three months and making $80,000 grand. You might make $10,000.”

Which brings us back to the real estate agents’ old adage: location, location, location. “I scan all the time to see if anything good is coming onto the market,” Hastings said. “I have my own list of criteria, but the first thing I look for is location. I like places where people can easily access our beaches, parks and downtown. Right now I especially like Oak Heights, Oakdale Drive, Baldwin Street [all in Traverse City] – there are for sure houses up there that could be flipped.”

An area at the top of Flamont’s list is south of Eighth Street in Traverse City, but the current housing demand, he added, is interfering with pretty much every neighborhood in town. “I like the area south

of Eighth, between Eighth and Carver,” he said. “Over there, you can definitely find some flippable houses. But the thing is, the perfect house to flip is most likely already in a bidding war around here, so it’s going to be tough to get.”

If you’re new to the house flipping game, once you do find a house, you’ll quickly realize that you need to find a lot of other things, too. Mary Morrison–Collins of another local flipping company, Fix and Flip, emphasized that those new to house flipping often don’t realize how much equipment and experience they’re going to need to complete their mission.

For her, flipping houses is a family affair.

Her husband, Jim Collins, and son, Mark Morrison, have joined her house flipping business, which she’s been pursuing for about six years. “We were flipping houses part time for about five years, then last year we went full time,” Morrison–Collins explained. “My husband is good at construction, plumbing and electrical; he’s a retired auto mechanic and has built several houses. And I have a sales background, so we’re a good mix.”

The first house they flipped was a neighbor’s house that had gone into foreclosure. “We thought, well, that’s one way to control who we have as our neighbor,” she said. “So we bought it, fixed it up and sold it.

We’ve done 10 houses so far; we’re working on three concurrently right now.”

All flips, she noted, seem to need flooring, paint, kitchen cabinets and bathrooms – changes that might seem simple at first, until you really start to dig into the work. “If you’re new to house flipping and doing it as a DIY, many people don’t realize how much tools cost,” Morrison–Collins said. “You’ll quickly find that you need a lot more than a hammer and a screwdriver. Until last year, we did all the renovations ourselves, but we’ve grown now to the point where we hire contractors.

Now we tell the contractors what we want them to do and then let them do their jobs. If it’s a quick flip of paint and carpet, we might do it ourselves, but that’s it.”

She agreed that the lack of housing in the region can be tough, but in the end, she said it’s just “a numbers game.” She explained, “For every 100 houses we look at, we bid on 10 and win two. My advice is to work with good realtors, keep your eyes open and look for key words like ‘foreclosure, fixer upper, lots of potential’ – those words let you know that the house is probably priced below market value.”

The last component of house flipping is presentation. While flipped homes are shown completely furnished and beautifully decorated on HGTV and housing shows, our local house flippers agree that this isn’t realistic and is done mostly to make a pretty show for the cameras.

“I did a flip on Wenonah Street by the college, and we didn’t even have to do any staging – people were bidding on it before it was even finished,” Flamont said. “There’s such a demand, you don’t have to stage a lot of the houses. Plus, you don’t want to cover up the work you’ve done – you want them to see the nice floors and countertops and the fixtures. You want them to see that it’s all brand new.”

Hastings agreed, adding that both the interior and exterior should present as clean and new without too much interference. “I like to keep everything neutral and sleek,” she said. “And even though it’s a flip, I want it to look good from the outside, too, so I might power wash and plant some shrubs. I try to stay away from the HGTV flip concepts – it doesn’t really happen like that. But if you pick up a nice little flipper and leave it unstaged and open, people can better envision their own furniture and belongings in it, and you’ll have a sale.”

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Binge Your Flipping!

Want more? Check out a trio of the most interesting house flipping shows on TV, available on various broadcast networks as well as some streaming services. But as our local house flippers said, keep in mind that these are the glamorous TV versions of house flipping, so watch ‘em with a grain of salt.

FIXER UPPER The Gaineses have already become legendary among the TV house flipping realm.

The husband and wife team (Chip renovates and Joanna designs) stays firm to their Texan roots, tackling most flips right near their home base of Waco, and they seem to genuinely delight in helping their clients. If you want their “look” at home but don’t feel like revealing yourself on TV, the Gaineses already have a vast line of home products available through their Magnolia Market company (magnoliamarket.com). (Available on HGTV, Google Play and Amazon.com)

PROPERTY BROTHERS Twin brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott are a sharp Canadian team who assist newbie home buyers in finding a fixer upper (usually a pretty downtrodden one) and figuring out how much of a risk it is. While they’re both real estate agents in real life, on the show, Drew takes the role of the real estate expert while Jonathan is the scrappy contractor who comes up with the plan. Then they both dig in to help their TV client make the flip, usually on a pretty strict budget and schedule. (Available on The W Network, HGTV and Amazon.com) FLIP OR FLOP Realtors Christina and Tarek El Moussa are practically Vegas gamblers on this more high stakes, reality–show–like version of house flipping. The pair scoops up lots of foreclosed houses without much preamble, which means they’re often subjected to drama such as roaches, wasps, rats, mold or the absence of important fixtures (like, uh, toilets). How do they make any kind of profit off some of these money pits? To find out, you’ll have to switch on their show. (Available on HGTV)

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Downstate Destinations Spring Travel Flings

By Kristi Kates

Got spring fever? Itching to get back on the road? Feel like your winter vacation was years ago? No problem – here are some great spring mini–breaks you can take around our state.

Tulip Time Festival in Holland, May 6–14 The little slice of Amsterdam called Holland, Mich., brightens up every spring with the blooming of the town’s five million signature tulips. The popular yearly Tulip Time Festival has been a local cause for celebration since 1929.

The flowers are showy (some of the best can be seen at the Windmill Island Gardens alongside the windmill), and you’ll find amazing photo opportunities among the vibrant colors, but at times the festival itself is even showier. Its combination of intricately embroidered costumes (check out the Dutch Dancers for some of the best ensembles), bustling parades and the Midway Carnival stuffed full of rides, games and plenty of pageantry make for energetic surroundings and a fun crowd.

Regarding those Dutch Dancers, it’s hard to resist stomping your feet at the sight of a thousand smiling, costumed locals who perform delightfully traditional Dutch dances throughout the city every day of the fest.

In addition, the Dutch Marktplaats (marketplace) allows you to sample Dutch food, crafts and shopping in one convenient and picturesque location.

You’ll find another kind of flower – Steel Magnolias – when that play is presented at the Holland Civic Theater May 6–13. You’ll also find live concert performances from the Holland Chorale May 8, Fiddle Fire May 9–10, guitarist Duffy King May 11 and country star Vince Gill May 12.

Finally, you’ll find comedy from Chicago’s famed Second City troupe May 13.

Don’t Miss: Hit the Marktplaats to try kroketten, minced beef that’s breaded, deep fried and served with Dutch mustard; or boerenkook stamppot, a mashed potato and chopped kale hash.

Find Out More: All events take place throughout the City of Holland. Visit online at tuliptime.com or call (616) 396-4221.

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The Henry Ford/Greenfield Village in Dearborn (ongoing) You get two massive attractions in one location by visiting The Henry Ford/Greenfield Village. Boasting 1.6 million visitors every year, the complex is said to be the largest indoor–outdoor museum in the U.S. Having opened to the public as a museum in 1933, The Henry Ford focuses on a plethora of indoor educational and historical displays while Greenfield Village is made up of nearly 100 historical buildings that were moved from their original locations and set up like a small town to showcase how Americans once lived and worked.

Highlights of Greenfield Village include the Wright brothers’ bicycle shop, a replica of Thomas Edison’s laboratory, the Illinois courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law and even a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. You’ll also find a collection of workshops that showcase classic arts like glass blowing, pottery and tin works.

Many of the exhibits in The Henry Ford have to do with cars and motoring (this is the Motor City, after all), but they’re not your typical vehicles. Among those on display at The Henry Ford are the bus on which Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat, a model of the nuclear– powered Ford Nucleon automobile, a 1939 Texaco tanker truck, Russian aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky’s prototype helicopter, a 10–person bicycle from 1896 and of course Henry Ford’s Model T, which you can actually take a ride in.

You can easily spend several days here, so make sure to note the location of the various restaurants. Top picks are Mrs. Fisher’s Southern Cooking, the Sir John Bennett Sweet Shop and the Eagle Tavern, whose vintage “Bill of Fare” offers old–timey foodstuffs like Beef Alamode, Fried Oysters and Custard Pie. Don’t Miss: Never had the chance to see one of the famed Oscar Mayer Wienermobiles out in the wild? (Yes, it’s a car shaped like a hot dog on a roll.) You’re in luck – The Henry Ford has one.

Find Out More: Greenfield Village is located at 20900 Oakwood Boulevard in Dearborn. Visit online at thehenryford. org or call (313) 982-6001.

Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners (ongoing) Speaking of cars, this lesser known mid–Michigan attraction is definitely worth a visit if you’re an auto aficionado or if you just enjoy a little retro fun. The museum aims to “bring history to life,” and many of the exhibits do make you feel like you’ve stepped back in time to a Michigan of a completely different age.

In addition to a vast array of cars that range from Chryslers to Packards, Pierce–Arrows to Duesenbergs, you’ll find the perfect hangout spot – a remarkably detailed recreation of a ‘30s–era Shell Service Station with a pile of Shell memorabilia inside. Gas was only 18 cents a gallon back then, gas pumps had illuminated glass globes and public restrooms were…

Well, you’ll just have to visit to find out.

Another spot at the Gilmore Museum that serves as a time machine back to the past is George and Sally’s 1941 Blue Moon Diner, an historic roadside diner from the East Coast that was transplanted to Michigan. From March to December, the Blue Moon serves delectable treats at its vintage counter, including homemade pie and Plainwell ice crème.

The Gilmore Museum’s newest exhibit, Designed for Delivery: The Early American Truck, will highlight iconic pickup trucks from the turn of the 20th century through the 1960s and will only be on exhibit for a short time.

While cars are the main focus, there’s even more history to see throughout the museum campus. Visit the Motorcycle Gallery, which includes a rare 1910 Cleveland as well as the 1952 Triumph Trophy TR4 ridden by the character “The Fonz” on the TV sitcom Happy Days.

Peruse the cases of automotive mascots and hood ornaments (this particular collection was even featured on the PBS series Antiques Roadshow) and check out the Tin Toy Cards of Yesteryear, an intriguing lineup of more than 150 post–WWII toys that would have been the envy of any kid in the late ‘40s.

Don’t Miss: The one–of–a–kind 1930 Rolls Royce car and set piece from the 1967 Walt Disney movie The Gnome– Mobile. Called the “back seat” set, this oversized version of the car’s back seat blown up to four times its original size was gifted to museum founder Donald Gilmore by Walt Disney himself.

Find Out More: The Gilmore Car Museum is located at 6865 W. Hickory Road in Hickory Corners. Visit online at gilmorecarmuseum.org or call (269) 671-5089.

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Pete Griffin, who will be appearing at the Cadillac–Wexford Public Library, transitioned from U.S. forest ranger to professional storyteller.

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By Kristi Kates Michigan native–turned–Alaskan storyteller Pete Griffin was getting ready to step on stage at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, Tenn., last year when one of the other storytellers quickly pulled him aside. “Don’t leave the stage too soon when you’re done telling your story,” the man told Griffin. “Let them appreciate you!” So Griffin, after regaling the crowd with his tales of life as a forest ranger and anecdotes of living in Alaska, spoke his last word and then stood there, waiting.

After a brief pause, the appreciation began. “The stage was in a huge tent, with over 1,600 people in the audience,” Griffin said. “The applause started in the back of the room and worked its way to the front. And let me tell you – that applause picked me up like a wave and carried me along as I stepped down the stairs and off the stage. It was the neatest thing. I got goose bumps!”

Griffin arrived at that memorable moment after years of pursuing a completely different interest. In fact, he didn’t start storytelling until he retired from his former career as a forest ranger in 2010. But it was that career that yielded the many experiences that became the foundation of his stories, even if he wasn’t aware of it at the time.

THE GUY IN CHARGE Griffin grew up on the east end of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in Cedarville.

For as long as he can remember, he wanted to be a forest ranger. “I finally got a job with the U.S. Forest Service [USFS] in Cadillac, at the Manistee National Forest,” he said. “In 1987, I transferred to the Chippewa National Forest to become an assistant ranger, working with

wildlife and recreational opportunities.”

But Griffin’s big goal was to become a district forest ranger – “the guy in charge,” as he put it. This meant he needed more experience in different environments. He started applying for different positions and got two job offers, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Ketchikan, Alaska.

“My wife said, ‘There’s no way we’re going to D.C.,’” Griffin said, “so we moved to Ketchikan in 1992.” He kept moving up the ranger ranks, and by 1999, he finally got his district ranger job, moving to Alaska’s state capital, Juneau, to take it.

At this point, it might surprise you to learn that one of Griffin’s other goals was to return to Michigan. “Alaska, at first, was just a rung on a career ladder,” Griffin explained.

“What I really wanted was to be a district ranger in the Great Lakes region. But after being in Alaska a while, I realized that if I left Alaska to go work in Michigan, I’d definitely want to come back to Alaska. So I thought, ‘Well then, why leave in the first place?’”

SETTING DOWN ROOTS Griffin went on to spend 11 years as the district forest ranger in Juneau. His ranger territory was three and a half million acres, the largest territory in the whole USFS. “I worked with a lot of different things,” Griffin said. “Timber sales, mining permits and a lot of tourism and special use situations like glacier tours, treks out to the Juneau ice fields, helicopter companies that wanted to do tours, sled dog trips.”

He acknowledged that some of the adventure tourism can be controversial but said, “I think any time we can get people out into their national forests, they end up gaining a respect for the natural world and

for what nature provides for us.”

After setting down roots in Alaska, Griffin started paying more attention to his ranger colleagues who were being awarded for their service. This is where his aspirations as a storyteller were born. He explained, “I thought the awards were great for them, of course, but they just kind of got the award and then that was it. I wondered what was it that got them the award or honor. What was their story? I wanted to tell those stories, as it seemed that what was lacking in the forest service was telling the stories of the people who work there.”

LEARNING THROUGH STORIES Griffin started using storytelling informally in his work, sharing tales of past experiences he’d had or that he’d heard from co–workers. “I used them as a better way to communicate during challenging issues or to help people understand safety issues,” he said. “A lot of the work we do as rangers isn’t necessarily dictated by Forest Service guidelines; a lot of things that happen, we kind of have to figure out how to deal with off book. And I gradually realized that stories are one of the ways people learn.”

Having caught the storytelling bug, Griffin started doing regular natural history talks on local public radio in Juneau about things he’d seen as a forest ranger – stories of plants, trees, animals and fish. The radio series was popular enough, but most of all, it boosted Griffin’s confidence and showed him that people were interested in what he had to share. Once he decided to retire from the USFS, he hung up his forest ranger hat but kept telling stories.

“I went to some storytelling workshops and a storytelling conference,” he said, “and

just learned more about the process. I used to spend time out in the woods as a kid, by myself, and I was pretty introverted. I didn’t want to deal with people at all a lot of the time, but that gradually changed. You never really get over being introverted, but after all that time as a ranger, I can now stand up in front of thousands of people and tell stories.”

He also has four storytelling CDs to his credit and a storytelling video called Diary of a Forest Ranger that ran on television statewide throughout Alaska. Some of his stories range back to his time in Michigan; others focus on experiences he had after moving to Alaska.

REFLECTIVE EXPERIENCES Griffin explained, “My storytelling is a real mix. Some stories are about my childhood, spending time in the forest, but the mix is also pretty heavy on U.S. Forest Service stories.

One Michigan story is about the Mack Lake Fire in Mio in 1980; it was a fire that started as a prescribed burn to create habitat for the Kirtland’s Warbler [a bird], but it ended up burning 25,000 acres and 40 houses, so I share my reflections on that experience.”

Many of Griffin’s popular stories are about Alaskan wildlife. “One is about a black wolf that was coming into town in Juneau, and the wolf really divided the town,” he said. “Some people loved the wolf, wanted to meet it and tried to feed it. Others hated it and didn’t want it in town at all. And I was right in the middle. So that was another interesting experience.”

As is his tale called “The Skunk Whisperer.” Griffin revealed, “That story is about my insisting that we don’t kill skunks but live trap them into cages so we can relocate them elsewhere. I won’t spoil it by telling you how that one ended, but let’s just say we had a little trouble getting the skunk back out of the cage!”

Griffin also gets a lot of questions about how Alaska is represented on television, most notably about the Discovery Channel show Alaskan Bush People. To this, he just shakes his head. “People come up to me all the time and ask, ‘Is that show really real?’” he said. “No! It’s not real. Sheesh.”

FOREST POSITIVITY What is real is the interest in Griffin’s stories. He’s told his tales at a number of storytelling conferences and events, including the aforementioned national festival in Tennessee and the Honolulu Talk Story Festival in Hawaii. Most recently, he’s begun receiving invitations from cruise ships to tell stories for passengers as they travel through the Alaskan regions he knows so well. “Disney invited me aboard its cruise ship that tours southeast Alaska, and Princess Cruises just invited me to do the same,” he said. “I talk about brown and black bears, shrews, caribou and moose; I now do five to six cruises every summer, telling Alaskan stories.”

This, Griffin feels, is a positive way to portray both Alaska and the U.S. Forest Service job that resulted in all his storytelling material.

He concluded, “I think, through my storytelling, people finally get the idea that there are real people working for the forest service. It might be a large organization, but it’s not a faceless one. Forestry people experience so much in common with everyone else and have such a deep appreciation for the natural world we live in. I think I help give people a picture of Alaska they won’t get by watching reality TV.” Pete Griffin will present An Afternoon of Stories at the Cadillac–Wexford Public Library at 411 Lake Street in Cadillac at 1pm on May 6. The event is free. For more information, visit cadillaclibrary.org or call (231) 510-9047.

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Sparks BBQ A Passion for the Pit

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n the north side of Front Street, two blocks east of Traverse City’s main shopping district, stands a deceptively insignificant–looking little clapboard building. But go inside, and the tantalizing bouquet of wood–smoked meats and a tangible air of excitement let you know that something big is happening here.

There must be some really good karma in this location, because over the past several years, that little house has been an incubator for what have become some of the most successful names on the regional culinary scene.

This time around, the name is Sparks BBQ, the theme is authentic pit–style barbecue from a wood–powered smoker and the founder is a man who just kind of fell into it – figuratively speaking, of course – while he was on a completely different career path.

Owner and head pit master Dean Sparks, a native of Rockford, Mich., said he already knew what he wanted to do in life in the seventh grade, and it wasn’t barbecue: His goal was to become an architect. In high school, he focused all his energy and studies on things like geometry, math and arts. Staying on track, he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lawrence Tech in Detroit, completed a required three– year architecture internship program and then started his board exams. He had passed eight of the required nine exams when fate intervened.

He explained, “I had already started my own architecture firm with a licensed architect on staff; we had a lot of projects and things were going really well. But then the housing market crashed, and suddenly there was no work to be had.”

By this time, Sparks was married, and he and his wife, a physician, had a newborn son.

Since he wasn’t working, he decided he was going to be a stay–at–home dad for a while. “My wife did 12–hour shifts at the hospital, and I did 12–hour shifts at home with our son,” he said. “I love my son and my wife very, very much, and I was committed to being the best dad to him and the best partner to her, but I admit that when she came home, I would hand him to her and say, ‘Here you go; I need to go and do some man stuff for a little while.’ My sanctuary turned out to be outside in front of

our grill. It was quiet, I was on my own time and I could play with fire, which I had always enjoyed. I’d been dabbling in that kind of cooking before, but not to such an extent. I started collecting cookbooks and researching the subject. It got to the point where every night I grilled outside.”

Sparks’ wife was as enthusiastic about this new development as he was. “She’s a vegetarian, so although I cooked a lot of meat and poultry, there’s also not a single vegetable I haven’t grilled,” he said. “We started hosting dinner parties, and the feedback was so good that the parties got bigger and bigger. One annual party eventually grew to about 150 people in our backyard, and I was cooking brisket and ribs and pulled pork and chicken, all on wood–powered grills. I made all the side dishes as well. And people were telling me, ‘You know, you’re so good at this, you’re crazy not to do it professionally – you’ve got to give it a shot.’”

That opportunity came when Sparks and his wife decided to move their family – which now included a second son – out of the metro Detroit area. “They were just starting elementary school,” said Sparks, “and we wanted to raise them in a different environment – somewhere where they could chase frogs and go to the beach and play in the woods. We used to have a cottage in the Big Rapids area, and every single weekend we were leaving Detroit to go up there.” They saw it as a sign that they were ready for a change. As it turned out, Traverse City was calling their names.

“It’s been a pleasure ever since we got here – we love everything about it,” said Sparks.

Sparks BBQ started out in a food truck in 2015, just about 400 yards west of the present restaurant location, which became available in 2016. Sparks said he’s planning to use the truck for catering this year, although a couple of area breweries have also approached him about setting up a more permanent operation with it on their premises.

Why did he go the BBQ route if he’s so crazy about grilling? Sparks explained, “Although I’ve always loved grilling, I chose to do pit–style barbecue because there were already places in Traverse City doing grilled products.

The basic difference between grilling and barbecue is temperature. For grilling, you think of high heat – searing steaks and getting a nice char on your vegetables. Barbecue is low and

slow – our pork butts and the beef brisket are cooked at 225 degrees for anywhere from 12 to 18 hours.” As for “pit–style,” Sparks noted that to use that label, your smoker must be 100 percent powered by wood.

“I’m kind of a purist about cooking with wood,” he said. “Often you combine different species because they all have different qualities. One may have good smoke, one may burn faster or slower or hotter and each imparts its own flavor.” Because he wants to put Michigan on the “Barbecue Belt” map, along with states like Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee, Sparks uses a lot of cherry wood and apple wood. “We use hickory too, though,” he said. “It’s a little off for the Michigan flavor profile, but it plays well with all the other wood flavors.”

Reflecting the space it occupies, Sparks’ menu is small but mighty. Crowd pleasers such as dry–rub spare ribs (which, despite the name and the absence of sauce, are incredibly tender and moist), melt–in–your–mouth beef brisket and succulent pulled chicken and pulled pork (the latter three with sauce) are offered up with traditional sides à la Sparks: Silky cavatappi mac ‘n’ cheese, smoky pit–roasted beans and crunchy broccoli slaw with bacon and blue cheese are popular choices. And what’s the secret to that addictive barbecue sauce?

“Well,” mused Sparks, “the thing with barbecue sauce among barbecue people is… we don’t really talk about it. But I can say that we’ve tweaked it for the Michigan palate, too.

It’s not something you can find anywhere else.”

Nor, presumably, can you find Sparks’ “Famous BBQ Sundae” anywhere else. A portable, supremely palatable layering of coleslaw, beans, pork and barbecue sauce topped with beef jerky and served in a tall plastic cup (for optimal visual appeal), its only rival for the most fun name on the menu might be the “Pig Candy.” (Don’t ask, just try it!)

Besides the food, what Sparks believes makes his operation special is attention to detail and the almost “slap you in the face” customer service. “With that I mean that it gets your attention,” he qualified. “We really focus on you – we want you to be happy. I love to host, and I think that shines through.”

If his vision is realized – and indications are good that it will be – Sparks will be hosting for a long time to come. He revealed that he is already developing a plan for Sparks BBQ 2.0, which would include “two really important things. One is beer and wine, and the other is more hood space so I can have a grill. I would have two sides to the menu – one side from the pit, one side from the open grill. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Look out Traverse City – there’s way more to come from us!”

Sparks BBQ is located at 430 East Front Street in Traverse City. Open from 11am–8pm daily (11am–9pm in summer) through Labor Day, then six days a week during fall and winter.

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research into sounds for his Botala project, and he’s found plenty of places to showcase his own world music–inspired sounds.

“I helped direct the inaugural programming for the Wheatland Music Festival’s Rhythm Stage last year and am doing that again this year as well as working in some capacity with Blissfest as a workshop/world music guy,” he said. “And I’ve booked myself pretty solid for the summer.”

Botala doesn’t have any album releases, but fortunately for Vadnais’s growing fan base, it sounds like he’ll be getting started on one soon.

“I hope to begin producing some original tracks, but that kind of thing tends to happen in the off season,” Vadnais said.

Traverse City’s Greg Vadnais performs as Botala to bring his unique combo of eclectic world music sounds and DJ beats to northern Michigan. Photo by Crystal Giordani.

Local Music: Botala A World of Sound Inspiration For musician Greg Vadnais, music–wise, nothing is off limits.

By Kristi Kates MEET THE MUSICIAN Taking music lessons as a kid is the entry point into adult musicianship for many, including Greg Vadnais, who goes by the moniker Botala for his ever–evolving solo music project.

“I took classical guitar and piano lessons and had good music programs in my school in Lansing as well,” Vadnais said, “but what really launched me into performing and playing with other musicians was when my dad set up his old Ludwig drum set in our basement. I played along with his records, which were mostly Motown and oldies stuff. Eventually, the fact that I owned a drum set is what got me ‘hired’ into my first band.”

Drawn to world music, a genre he discovered in his late teens, Vadnais soon moved past drumming to the oldies.

“I was always interested in history and anthropology, so I kind of naturally developed a curiosity about the connection between geography and music,” he explained. “I had no idea what ethnomusicology [the study of music of different cultures] was, but that’s kind of what I accidentally started doing.”

As Botala, Vadnais’ live percussion performances focus on the music of the African diaspora: West Africa, South America

WHERE IN THE WORLD Vadnais’s inspiration comes from some pretty far–flung locales. While he’s never been to South America, he grew up traveling to the Caribbean quite a bit when he was young.

He said, “I also lived in Costa Rica for a short time while performing as the house band a few times a week at Ricky’s Bar in Cahuita in the early 2000s. That’s a fishing village in the Limon district, about 45 minutes north of Puerto Viejo.”

He has plenty of anecdotes and stories, but they all happened pre–internet, and he prefers to keep them to himself for now.

“I’d love to visit South America,” he said.

“Brazil would probably be number one – Argentina and Peru are both places I would love to go as well – but at this point, I’m pretty much rooted in family and work life.”

YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD HIM As a percussionist, Vadnais has been performing in northern Michigan for the past eight years, playing drums with several local jazz groups as well as with the Jon Archambault Blues Band and the Galactic Sherpas.

“I’ve also performed with Medicinal Groove, Old Mission Collective, Charlie’s Root Fusion, Younce Duo, The Shifties, The Marsupials and probably a few other folks that I can’t remember right now,” he said.

Thanks to his own Botala project and these other groups, he’s begun popping up at festivals and venues all over Michigan, though he hasn’t made it out of the state much yet. “I pretty much stick to Charlevoix, Emmet, Antrim, Otsego and Grand Traverse Counties in the summertime,” he said.

and kalimba in addition to playing ukulele and piano. “I enjoy learning new instruments, so if I see something interesting, I can probably pick it up and get a sound out of it,” he said. “I learned a long time ago that the ground isn’t going to crack open and swallow me up if I play a wrong note – nothing is off limits in music.”

Originally from Lansing, the Traverse City musician was inspired to delve further into world music when he spent some time in southwest Colorado. “There, I was really indoctrinated into the performance aspects of West African and Afro–Cuban drum and dance,” he said. “I had a lot of very generous teachers who encouraged me to keep showing up to class even when my hands were blistered and bleeding. I feel indebted to them.”

“Botala” is a word Vadnais constructed himself. “I kind of made up ‘Botala’ by re– mixing the letters of the word ‘Obatala,’ a deity in the Santeria religion,” he explained. “I’m still developing the performance and sound for Botala, but I’ve learned that the best way to make something happen is just to do it, which is why I started playing shows [as Botala] this year.”

FUTURE BOTALA With his feet firmly planted in Traverse City and a full summer of performance dates ahead of him, Vadnais, through Botala, aims to expand the audio horizons of his nearby neighbors.

“What I really want to do is provide the opportunity for people to feel connected to the outside world,” he said. “I don’t want to be too dramatic or political about this, but I feel like this project is healing some of my frustration about being so intimately connected to the outside world while still feeling isolated within the monocultural geography that we have in northern Michigan.”

“I have a wife and two children,” he continued, “and I really do appreciate the environment and opportunities that living in northern Michigan affords. But there is also a danger of becoming ideologically rigid and bereft of cultural literacy.”

Part of what he wants to do with Botala, Vadnais explained, is let the music work as a tool to heal these concerns. “I think that by incorporating traditional folk music of Africa into the electronic music scene, I’m helping the younger generation understand how connected we all are culturally and historically.”

HIS INSPIRATION Vadnais’ instrumental skills revolve primarily around percussion instruments. To date, he’s learned the balafon, ngoni, mbira

CURRENT PROJECTS With several local festivals continuing to bring world music into our region, Vadnais has found no lack of opportunities to do further

To find out more about Greg Vadnais’ Botala, visit facebook.com/botalamusic. He can also be found on YouTube (under Greg Vadnais) and at soundcloud.com/vadnaisg.

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“People have been receptive,” he said. “I’ve had a ton of support from my friends in the EDM [electronic dance music] scene and the music community at large.”

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CANTICUM NOVUM CHOIR HITS THE BIG TIME

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By Kristi Kates One rehearsal.

One performance.

Ten years later: Carnegie Hall.

That’s the trajectory of Northwestern Michigan College’s (NMC’s) Canticum Novum Choir, a group that started simply and then grew into an impressive collective of local singers and the ambitious director who leads them.

The first inception of what would become the Canticum Novum Choir started 10 years ago, when Jeff Cobb, director of music programs at NMC, put together an ad hoc group of singers for a Habitat for Humanity benefit event in Traverse City. After a rehearsal and the benefit show, that was supposed to be it, but the group sounded so great that Cobb kept the singers together for the next couple of years, until the group kind of fell by the wayside.

“Later, I started working with some of those folks again – community members who were involved with other choirs already existing at the college – and they said, ‘Hey, let’s bring that group back!” Cobb explained. So the Canticum Novum Choir (the name means “new song” in Latin) was revived in 2013 as an audition–only choir (the next round of auditions starts this August) and has been going strong ever since.

Because NMC is a community college, its music ensembles include both college students and community members. Membership in the choir doesn’t come with the opportunity to earn credit; it’s just an opportunity to learn.

But for these singers, that’s plenty. “For us, it’s a performing opportunity, and that’s what we really want to be doing,” said Dave Chrostek.

Chrostek’s involvement with the choir began when he moved to the Traverse City area in the spring of 2013 and started attending the same church as Cobb. “He’s director of music at the church as well as at NMC, and he told me he was starting a new choir. I jumped at the opportunity. I was an instrumental major in high school but didn’t start singing until later in life; singing reignited my love for music,” Chrostek said.

Cobb is well versed at working with groups of people to create music. He taught in public school for years, most recently at Traverse City Central High School. In addition to being music programs director at NMC, he oversees the overall music department as well as the audio tech program.

What some might not know about Cobb is that he’s also an accomplished composer,

having contributed score to television shows and movies. “I got a connection to Harpo Productions, which is Oprah Winfrey’s production company, and ended up working on score for several of her shows,” Cobb said.

He’s still actively composing for Harpo and other projects, but after a while, he missed teaching, which is how he came to his current role at NMC. All that experience allows Cobb to bring a rich history of music to his choir projects.

Canticum Novum’s repertoire includes pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart as well as some more unexpected contemporary composers who Cobb said are “on the cutting edge, pushing choral music in different directions.”

Eric Whitacre is one of those composers; Ward Swingle is another. The two composers are light–years apart in visual aesthetics – Whitacre used to play synth in a techno– pop band and has worked with pop artists like Annie Lennox and Imogen Heap, while Swingle, who passed away in 2015, got his start in jazz and was playing in big bands before he’d even completed high school. Both individuals stand out for pushing boundaries.

“Eric has been a powerful force in choral music for the past 15 years,” Cobb said. “He’s changed how people think about choral structure and harmonies. And we just love Ward’s stuff, especially the fusions of jazz and pop songs that he created with [French vocal group] The Swingle Singers. We love performing his arrangements.”

The Canticum Novum Choir recently performed some of this music at the state conference for the Michigan chapter of the ACDA (American Choir Directors Association). That’s what led to the invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall this June; the famed New York City concert venue invites choirs based on the feedback it gets from events like the ACDA conference.

Carnegie Hall, of course, is one of the world’s most prestigious venues for any musician. This will be the Canticum Novum Choir’s first visit, but Cobb’s not nervous.

“We’re mostly doing our normal show prep,” he said. “We’re just trying to think on a bigger scale and kicking things up a notch or two. But don’t get me wrong – the opportunity to be on that stage and make music with these fantastic people is a thrill.”

Chrostek said he’s confident the choir will be well prepared. “It’s very exciting,” he said.

“I’ve never been to Carnegie Hall. It’s also

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Jeff Cobb, director of music programs at Northwestern Michigan College, will take one of the choirs he directs to a live performance at Carnegie Hall this spring.

unique because we’re performing as our own group, with our own director, as opposed to being part of a larger ensemble. That would’ve been great, too, of course, but this is very special, to be going there with the choral group you’ve grown with.”

The Canticum Novum Choir will be attired in its best black formal wear for the show and will get a pre–Carnegie rehearsal at its upcoming performance at The Dennos Museum Center. “That alone will be a concert unlike any other,” Cobb said. “We’ll be singing in different locations around the Dennos’ sculpture garden, which has amazing acoustics. And we’ll be using that space in lots of different ways. At times we’ll be surrounding the audience; other times, we’ll be singing right among them. We’re going to envelop the crowd in sound.”

Chrostek and the rest of the choir are equally enthused. “This is the best choir I’ve ever worked with,” Chrostek said. “There are no egos pulling at each other. We just all have a common goal of presenting a good experience for the audience and crafting beautiful music together.”

The Canticum Novum Choir will perform at The Dennos Museum Center on Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20 (see dennosmuseum. org). Keep an eye on the choir’s Facebook page (facebook.com/NMCCanticumNovum) for more details about its upcoming Carnegie Hall performance in June.

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2. Kayla and Adam stop for dinner at Terry’s during Charlevoix Restaurant Week.

3. Bear Creek Meadows Property Manager Mark Gardner and Megan Preston made the seen at Odawa Casino during Petoskey’s Business Expo.

4. Sisters Sierra, Savannah, and Sage join mom Steff in Oryana’s newly expanded cafe in TC. 5. NCMC was well represented at Odawa by Shawn Bauman, Carol Laenen, and Kathryn Bardins.

6. The Christman Company Senior Project Manager Brad Kranig shared a laugh with wife Becky at Odawa’s Business Expo in Petoskey.

7. NW Michigan Habitat for Humanity Restore Director Cindy Blasius, and Administrative Manager Mandy Martine supporting a great cause at Petoskey’s Business Expo.

8. Emmet-Charlevoix County Fair representatives Chris Reyner, Gary Appold, and Becky Swiger were all smiles at Odawa.

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9. Harbor Care Associates’ Justine Faylor and Mandie Harris sharing home care options at Odawa Casino.

apr 29

saturday

81ST NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: All Day, Kalkaska. Fun events for children, adults, and seniors. nationaltroutfestival.com

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GRAND TRAVERSE BAY YMCA SILENT AUCTION: All Day, Silver Lake YMCA, TC. Hosted by the competitive swim team. Each year the swim team raises funds to support coach training, Olympian swim clinics, team training equipment, and to support team athletes who compete at the national level. Final bidding takes place at 4pm. Free.

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TREETOPS SPRING CHALLENGE: Treetops Resort, Gaylord. Help support Otsego Memorial Hospital. Compete against yourself & others in this festival of races. Run on the Jones Masterpiece in a free 1k Fun Run, or race in the 5k or 10k for $30. 855-854-0892. treetops.com

-------------------11TH ANNUAL TAGGED-FISH DERBY: 12:01am-6pm, Lake Billings, Manton. Catch one of 15 tagged fish and win a prize. Tickets $5 each. Call 231-824-4158.

-------------------29TH ANNUAL BOY SCOUTS PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 7am-1pm, Bellaire Senior Center. $5 adults, $3 children. Children 2 and under free. bellairechamber.com

-------------------COMMUNITY BLOCK PARTY: 1-6pm, Oryana, TC. Celebrate Oryana’s latest store expansion. The Community Block Party will include live music, a local vendor fair, kids’ activities, prize giveaways, scavenger hunts and incredible sales throughout the store.

-------------------ALDEN MEN’S CLUB MEETING: 8am, Alden United Methodist Church. Monthly breakfast/ business meeting. For more information, call 231-322-6216.

-------------------BLACKSMITH CLASS: 8:30am-12pm, Samels Farm, Williamsburg. Introductory class. For more info and to register for the program, email Ted at ewaldted@yahoo.com. $35.

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FRIENDS OF TADL BOOK SALE: 9am-4pm, Traverse Area District Library. The Friends of Traverse Area District Library will hold their annual Spring Book Sale. Two rooms of books at two great prices: $1 and $2, with a large selection of fiction, children’s books, cookbooks, gardening books, and more. Come early for best selection.

Bag sale on Sunday. Free. tadl.org/friends

-------------------FUN WALK FOR AUTISM AWARENESS: 9am, Veteran’s Memorial Park, Boyne City. North Country Community Mental Health is sponsoring the 6th Annual Fun Walk. Registration 9am, walk 10am. More information at 231-347-9605 x3607. $10 Registration Fee. Tickets at eventbrite.com

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STEWARDSHIP DAY: 9am-12pm, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Thompsonville. Volunteer to help the park get ready for summer. michlegacyartpark.org/events/stewardship-day

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SUPER SATURDAY FOR KIDS: 9:45am-3pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Students, grades K-8, can spend the day experiencing the arts. Free. crookedtree.org

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“EXPOSURES 2017”: 10am-4pm, Old Art Building, Leland. The Leelanau Community Cultural Center and Leelanau Art Educators will host the exhibit to celebrate the visual art and creative writing of Leelanau County students in grades 7-12 chosen for this year’s publication. This year is the 29th Anniversary of the Exposures Magazine. For more information, call 231-256-2131.

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AUCTION FOR CHARLEVOIX AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: 10am, Historic Boyne Cinema, Boyne City. Partial Estate liquidation, consignment, and donated goods and services to benefit the Charlevoix Area Humane Society. More information: 231-582-6774 or email director@charlevoixhumane.org $5 Registration Fee.

BOYNE THEATRE AUCTION TO BENEFIT THE CHARLEVOIX HUMANE SOCIETY: 10am, Boyne Theatre, Boyne City. 231-582-6774.

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FREE LOWER BACK PAIN & SCIATICA WORKSHOP: 10am-11:30am, Superior Physical Therapy, TC. Registration required: 9446541. thesuperiortherapy.com

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GREAT LAKES CHILDREN’S MUSEUM PARTNER PROGRAM: 10am-1pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. GLCM partners with local businesses and organizations representing interesting places and important resources in Northwest Michigan to present informative and interactive programs designed for children 2-8. This Partner Program will feature Grass River Natural Area. 231-932-4526. Free. greatlakeskids.org

send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

-------------------CELEBRATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: 11am-2pm, Downtown TC. Hosted by DTCA in cooperation with the Grand Traverse Association for the Education of Young Children.

Activities take place at the City Opera House, Horizon Books & many other stores in Downtown TC. Free. downtowntc.com

-------------------EMPTY THE SHELTERS: 11am-4pm, Cherryland Humane Society, TC. BISSELL Pet Foundation will be paying all adoption fees at more than 50 shelters and rescue organizations across Michigan. In addition to no adoption fees, families adopting a pet will also receive an AdoptBox™ that contains everything you need to kick off your life as a new pet parent.

Applications must be submitted 24-hours prior. cherrylandhumane.org/adoption-applications

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN CHAPTER SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION QUARTERLY MEETING: 11am, Ruby Tuesday, TC. Business agenda, new member induction and short chapter meeting precedes lunch. Wives are welcome.

231-929-7142 or ceventh7sun@gmail.com.

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CHARLEVOIX RESTAURANT WEEK: All Day, Charlevoix. Special pricing on lunch and/or dinner at Charlevoix Area restaurants. facebook. com/CharlevoixRestaurantWeek

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. Participating establishments will offer their own 3 course prixfixe special dinner menus for $25-30. Some may offer lunch specials as well. Call ahead to make reservations. visitglenarbor.com/event/ glen-lake-restaurant-week-2017

-------------------JORDAN VALLEY FIDDLER’S JAMBOREE: 12pm-5pm, East Jordan Civic Center. Fiddlers and other Musicians & Callers from around the state will be playing throughout the day. Instruments should be acoustic. Donations at the door. Open Mic 5-6 PM. Dance 7-10 PM. More information: 231-526-9924.

-------------------PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH: 12pm-3pm, Clinch Park, TC. Join The Watershed Center and dozens of other organizations for the People’s Climate March. The event kicks off with a rally, followed by a march downtown.

The event concludes with a resource fair, live music, and food trucks. miclimateaction.org/ peoples_climate_march_traverse_city

-------------------RPM VINYL RECORD SHOW: 12pm-8pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Vinyl record show and sale. Complimentary coffee on Sunday. rightbrainbrewery.com

-------------------“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: 2pm, Peterman Auditorium, Elk Rapids High School. Elk Rapids High School Drama presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. “Be Our Guest!” for the beloved “Tale as Old as Time”. Advanced tickets: $12/adults, $7 students. Door tickets: $15. elkrapidsdrama.com

-------------------SHORT’S BREWING COMPANY ANNI PARTY 13IRTEEN: 4pm-10pm. Closing the street of downtown Bellaire to celebrate with 30 Short’s brews and Starcut Ciders, local food, two specialty Private Stache bottle releases,

Enjoy everything chocolate by area businesses at the TC Chocolate Festival, the largest chocolate festival in Michigan.

Includes live music by Jim Hawley, door prize drawings & more. 12pm-4pm, City Opera House, TC. Tickets: $15 adults, $8 children 12 & under. tcchocolatefestival.com

performances by Laith Al-Saadi, May Erlewine & The Motivations, and the first ever Battle of the Bands winner. 50% of the profits go to the Village of Bellaire Downtown Development Authority to assist with village improvements and beautification. $20.00 - $60.00. shortsbrew. com/anniparty

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“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: 7pm. (see 2pm description).

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EAST JORDAN ROTARY VARIETY SHOW: 7pm, East Jordan Community Auditorium. Tickets available at Charlevoix State Bank. $10.

-------------------JENNIFER SPERRY STEINORTH &CHRISTINA NICHOL: 7pm, Landmark Books, TC. Special poetry and fiction reading for National Poetry Month. Books will be available for purchase. For questions: 231-922-7225

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sunday

81ST NATIONAL TROUT FESTIVAL: (see Sat., Apr 29)

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DOWNTOWN TC JOB FAIR: 12pm-3pm, Park Place Hotel, Lakes Room, TC. A variety of Downtown businesses will be present seeking employees to prepare for the summer season and beyond. Part-time and full-time positions available. downtowntc.com

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FRIENDS OF TADL BOOK SALE: 12pm-3pm, Traverse Area District Library. (see Sat., Apr 29)

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

-------------------RPM VINYL RECORD SHOW: 12pm-4pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Vinyl record show and sale. Complimentary coffee on Sunday. rightbrainbrewery.com/23/upcoming-events

-------------------TC CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL: 12pm-4pm, City Opera House, TC. Tickets: $15 adults, $8

children 12 & under. Everything chocolate by area businesses. Includes live music by Jim Hawley, door prize drawings & more. tcchocolatefestival.com

-------------------ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES: WHAT’S HOT & WHAT’S NOT: 2pm, Petoskey District Library Classroom. Join local businessman and appraiser Joseph McGee to learn about what’s collectable and what’s not. $10/advance, $12/door. More information: 231-7583100. petoskeylibrary.org

-------------------CTAC JAZZ ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE: 3pm-4pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey.

A celebration of International Jazz Day from Crooked Tree Arts Center. Free. crookedtree.org

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NMC CHILDREN’S CHOIRS: 3pm, Lars Hockstad Auditorium, TC. Tickets $15 adults, $10 for students and seniors.

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WRITING WORKSHOP: COMPELLING, CREATIVE NONFICTION: 4pm, Horizon Books, TC. Writers can improve their skills and be shortlisted for a local publishing opportunity with a new literary journal, “Northern Wildes,” for writers and artists exploring gender and sexuality. horizonbooks.com

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AUDITIONS: “PIPPIN”: 6pm-8pm, Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Looking to cast 20 – 30 Performers, ages 16 & up, in this spectacular four-time Grammy, three-time Oscar, Tony Award winning musical allegory. For questions, 231-970-1686 or email the Manistee Civic Players’ at civicplayers@ramsdell-theater.org.

may 01

monday

DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY SIGN UP: 11am-7pm, Moomer’s, TC. Any child up to 5 years living in zip codes 49637, 49643, 49685, and 49650 are invited to sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. This program sends each child who

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signs up a free book each month until their 5th birthday. All children who enroll May 1st at Moomers will receive a free child sized cone from Moomers.

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

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ASK THE LAWYERS: 3:30pm-7pm, Petoskey District Library. In honor of Law Day, local attorneys volunteer their time to answer legal questions in the areas of criminal law, domestic/ family law, probate, personal injury, automobile/ no-fault insurance, business and copyright/trademark law. Patrons will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Free. petoskeylibrary.org

-------------------NATIVE LANDSCAPING WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS: 5:30pm-7:30pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Join to help make gardens shine, meet new people, and learn from experienced gardeners. Free.

-------------------“MANCHESTER BY THE SEA” SCREENING: 6:30pm, Darcy Library, Beulah. See this Academy Award-winnig film as part of the Movie Mondays series at the Darcy Library. 882-4037.

-------------------MONDAY NIGHT @ THE LIBRARY: 6:30pm8pm, Kingsley Branch of the TADL. The meeting will include time for fellowship and refreshments, with a short annual report of the Kingsley Friends of the Library and what they are planning to accomplish in 2017. Open to the public. 263-5484. tadl.org/kingsley

may 02

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IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON MEDICINAL HERBS: 6am-8pm, North Central Michigan College, Petoskey. Go on a field walk with herbalist, Sierra Bigham, and learn many of the common, local plants and their edible and medicinal uses.

This class will cover identification techniques and sustainable wild harvesting practices and will explore a wide variety of plants. Register at ccefaq@ncmich.edu or call 231-348-6613. $20.

-------------------HARBOR SPRINGS ROUNDTABLE: 8:30am, Lyric Theatre. Members are invited to participate in the Harbor Springs Business Roundtable which showcases members at their locations, provides “mini” education topics in a discussion forum setting as well as networking opportunities, timely updates, and ongoing communication from the Chamber and DDA.

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PEEPERS PROGRAM: BUSY BEES: 10am11:30am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. The Peepers program is specifically developed for children ages 3-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult for the duration of each session. Stories, crafts, music, and discovery activities. Program ends with an outside portion to bring the lesson to life. $5. natureiscalling.org/learn/pre-k-programs/peepers

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29) LIVING ON: LOSS OF SPOUSE: 12pm-1:30pm, Hospice of Michigan Office, TC. Contact Kathryn Holl for more information, 231-929-1557 or kholl@hom.org. Free to all adults grieving the loss of a spouse or partner. Free.

-------------------“VITALITY FOR LIFE” PRESENTATION: 3:30pm, Traverse City Senior Center. Join Chef Linda Szarkowski in a presentation where participants will discover how to strip away foods that weigh them down and then add energy foods that fuel the body all day long. Registration required. dmikowski@ grandtraverse.org or 231-922-4911. Free.

-------------------SPRING FLING FUNDRAISER DINNER AT DOCKSIDE: 5pm-10pm, Dockside-Torch Lake, Bellaire. Enjoy dinner at the ‘DocksideTorch Lake’ with friends & supporters of Grass

River. Evening profits will be split with Grass River Natural Area.

-------------------INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR KNEE PROBLEMS: 6pm-7:30pm, Northwestern Michigan College, Room 7, TC. Presented by Justin Hollander, DO. munsonhealthcare.org/ortho-events

-------------------TCNEWTECH: 6pm-8pm, City Opera House, TC. Technology professionals can hear presentations from five pre-selected speakers who will each be given five minutes to showcase their technology product or business startup, and another five minutes to field questions from peers, potential partners, and investors in the audience. Presentations are followed by a social networking hour. RSVP: meetup.com/TCNewTech/ Free. tcnewtech.org

-------------------UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH THE EYES OF DIGITAL NATIVES: 6pm-7pm, In this panel discussion students from North Central Michigan College will discuss how they perceive and use social media. Moderated by North Central Michigan College adjunct English professor Carrie Tebeau. Free. petoskeylibrary.org

-------------------AUDITION: “PIPPIN”: 7pm-9pm, Senior Center, Manistee. (see Sun., Apr 30)

may 03

wednesday

NATIVE LANDSCAPING WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS: 9am-11:30am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Join to help make gardens shine, meet new people, and learn from experienced gardeners. Free.

-------------------OPEN MEETINGS ACT PRESENTATION: 9:30am, Leelanau County Governmental Center, Suttons Bay. Informal educational session conducted by County’s legal counsel, Peter Cohl. RSVP to Laurel at 231-256-8101. Free.

-------------------TOWN HALL MEETING: 10:30am, Traverse City Senior Center. Interact with and ask questions of Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers.

Registration is required, dmikowski@grandtraverse.org or call 231-922-4911 Free.

-------------------HATS OFF TO WOMEN LUNCHEON: 11am, TC Golf & Country Club. Presented by the Zonta Club of TC. Exhibitor booths from local non-profits will be open from 11am-noon. The luncheon, with featured guest speaker Mary Rogers of Experience 50, will run from noon until 1:15pm. $35. zontacluboftraversecity.org/ hats-off-to-women-luncheon

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CREATE YOUR OWN BONSAI: 6pm-9pm, Create your own bonsai tree and learn about their care and maintenance. $45. thebotanicgarden.org/events.

-------------------ROBOTICS WORKSHOP: 6pm-7:30pm, Grand Traverse County Governmental Center, TC. 4-H in Grand Traverse County is hosting an exploratory, beginning robotics workshop with the popular VEX IQ robotics systems.

Lead by professional expert robotics coaches, adult and youth leaders (ages 15 and up) can expect to gain an understanding for the depth and possibilities that exist with VEX IQ. 9224825 or steve552@msu.edu. $10.

-------------------WINE DOWN WEDNESDAY: 6pm, Chateau Grand Traverse, TC. BINGO! Games are free to play with prizes after each round. cgtwines.com

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“MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 6:30pm-8:30pm, The Rock, Kingsley. Post-screening discussion led by NMC biology instructor Nick Roster and Kingsley Middle School Principal Karl Hartman. Free.

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NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH ELIZABETH STROUT & GUEST HOST BENJAMIN BUSCH: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Doors open at 6pm with live music & treats from Morsels. Q & A & book signing afterwards.

General admission, $20.50. nationalwritersseries.org/programs/evening-elizabeth-strout

-------------------TOWN HALL MEETING: 7pm, Traverse City Senior Center. Interact with and ask questions of Traverse City Mayor Jim Carruthers. Registration is required, dmikowski@grandtraverse. org or call 231-922-4911 Free.

may 04

thursday

ARTS FOR ALL CELEBRATION: All Day, Dennos Museum Center, TC. This annual Arts for All event features a school day full of interactive arts workshops for hundreds of students with and without disabilities. 231-9471278, artsforallnmi.com

-------------------HARBOR SPRINGS BUSINESS SUMMIT: 7:30am-12pm, Holy Childhood Parish Hall, Harbor Springs. Admission: $15 - HSACC & PRCC members; $22 - Non-chamber members. harborspringschamber.com/events/details/inaugural-business-summit-818

-------------------STORY STEW: CINCO DE MAYO: 9:30am, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Fun for preschoolers at the library. Free.

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BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT IN YOUR COMMUNITY: 10am-2pm, Leelanau Government Center. This session will feature talks about the EPA’s Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) Program. TAB is a free assistance program for any-sized community and focuses on public involvement, community development and brownfield redevelopment.

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EAST JORDAN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SOUP & SALAD LUNCHEON: 11am-1pm, East Jordan United Methodist Church. All-you-care-to-eat Soup and Salad Luncheon. Children under 5 free. $7.

GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr. 29) INTERLOCHEN WOMAN’S CLUB MONTHLY LUNCHEON: 12pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Guest speaker Margaret Beery of Interlochen Arts Academy. Lunch is provided.

231-276-9647.

“TOWARDS AN AGE FRIENDLY LEELANAU: HOW DO WE GET THERE?”: 12pm, Governmental Center, Suttons Bay. Hosted by The League of Women Voters Leelanau County.

Many people bring a sack lunch. 231-271-5600.

TEA AT BELLAIRE VICTORIAN B&B: 2pm, Meet at the B&B, bring $12 for the tea. Sign up at the Alden District Library, 231-331-4318.

Sponsored by Alden District Library/Friends of the Library. aldenlib.info/calendar.html

-------------------MAY RECESS: A CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA: 5pm-7pm, Liv Arbors, TC. Join the Ticker for May Recess and be entered to win great door prizes including an Amazon Echo, Kayak, Bike & Brew tickets and more. Attendees will enjoy socializing, an event photo booth, Cinco de Mayo appetizers and a beer, margarita and sangria bar sponsored by Brewery Terra Firma. $10. traverseticker.org

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-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

-------------------GTOC MARDI GRAS TRUNK SHOW: 1pm7pm, Grand Traverse Ophthalmology Clinic.

Bring a donation of non-perishable food for the Father Fred Foundation and earn special prizes.

A percentage of proceeds to benefit Preserve Hickory, Traverse City Health Clinic, and Mt. Holiday. gtoc.net

-------------------AN EVENING WITH MIRIAM PICO & DAVID CHOWN: 6pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Part of the Dennos Museum Cen-

ter’s Spring Celebration, marking its 19th year.

Silent auction to follow. Items include rounds of golf, ski passes, and private winery tastings and tours. $15. artsforallnmi.org

-------------------GREEN PARTY HOUSE PARTY: 6pm, 8460 Sadie Lane, Alanson Mi. The Up North Green Party hosts a House Party for new members to learn about the Green Party. 231-547-2828.

Free. gp.org

-------------------OFF THE WALL MOVIE NIGHT: 6pm, Dinner at 6 PM, movie at 7 PM. Sign up for potluck at the library. See website for details. 231-3314318. aldenlib.info/calendar.html

-------------------“BEING MORTAL” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: 6pm, Charlevoix American House. Presented by Hospice of Northwest Michigan, “Being Mortal” delves into the hopes of patients and families facing terminal illness. For information, call 231-547-7659 or a.wieland@nwhealth.org

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TAPESTRY - CHILDREN’S MUSICAL: 6:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Tapestry is the annual Pathfinder All-School Musical which includes 120 students, ages 3-14. Open to the public. FREE. thepathfinderschool.org

-------------------OLD MISSION PENINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING: 7pm, Old Mission Township Hall, TC. Dr. Stacy Leroy Daniels will present a program, “The Tragedy and Comedy of Crystal Lake.” Open to the public. Free.

-------------------FULFILLMENT #8: STORYTELLING AND CHALLENGES TO COME ALIVE: 7pm, Workshop Brewing Company, TC. Five storytellers drawn from the TC business community will take the stage to share a true story from their journey toward fulfillment through their work. Live music will also be part of the event. Tickets: $13/online, $15/door. traversecityworkshop.com

-------------------HEART AND HEALING ARTS PROGRAM: 7pm-8pm, John and Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion and Dialysis Center of McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. Art and Yoga: Practice and observation of basic postures with art. Free. mclaren.org

-------------------34TH ANNUAL RIVERTOWN FOLLIES 2017: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan.

“Follies or Bust.” Tickets: May 4: $10; May 5-6: $12 advance & $13 door. 231-627-5841. theoperahouse.org

may 05

friday

“30 FOR 30” CAMPAIGN: 8am-8pm, Phone Donation.

Benefit Third Level’s crisis and suicide prevention services.

The goal is to raise $30,000 in support of the 30,000 contacts fielded through their 24/7 crisis unit each year.

Donate by calling 1-888-830-3066.

-------------------AAUW BOOK SALE: 9am-6pm, Mercado, TC. The American Association of University Women, Traverse City Branch is holding its annual used book sale. Like-new books, puzzles, DVDs, CDs and audio books. Come early for best selection. Half-price and Bag Sale on Sunday. aauwtc.org

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

-------------------ANTIQUE APPLE AND PEAR TREE PRUNING WORKSHOP: 1pm-4pm, Miller Farm, Port Oneida. The annual workshop will focus on maintenance of neglected apple and pear trees and how to bring them back into production, as well as maintain their health. 231-326-4771 or kimberly_mann@nps.gov to register. Free.

-------------------CINCO DE MAYO FIESTA: 3pm-10pm, The Little Fleet, TC. Fresh Fruit Margarita Bar, Modelos, Sombreros, Food Truck EatsPiñatas and more. All ages welcome. Free. thelittlefleet.com

CHANNELING PICASSO: 5pm-9pm, Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Opening reception for group show, “Channeling Picasso: 40+ Interpretations of his 1939 Painting, Woman with Green Hat.” Forty-four artists interpret Picasso’s painting through their own media, vision, and style. michiganartistsgallery.com

-------------------DOWNTOWN ART WALK: 5pm-9pm, Downtown TC. Downtown Traverse City invites you to enjoy art, wine, food and music. Experience art from sculpture and oil paintings to glass and watercolor. downtowntc.com

-------------------RANDI FORD & MAYA JAMES: 5pm-8:30pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Meet the artist while listening to acoustic sounds. higherartgallery.com

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LIVE PRO WRESTLING FEAT. CORY RHODES: 6pm, Kaliseum, Kalkaska. See Former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes, American Ninja Warrior Zach Gowen, Amazing Race’s Mikey Zeroe & more compete in a night of family friendly pro wrestling action. $15. MCPWOnline.com

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FOLK CONCERT: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Bob Fawcett will perform a concert of original folk and blues, plus Bob Dylan tribute. Expect lots of laughs at songs like the “Sultan of Psychopharmacology” and “The Virgin Vampire”. 231-487-0000. $10 ahead/$15 at the door. redskystage.com

-------------------34TH ANNUAL RIVERTOWN FOLLIES 2017: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. “Follies or Bust.” May 4: $10; May 5-6: $12 advance & $13 door. 231-627-5841. theoperahouse.org

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ADULT SPELLING BEE AND FUNDRAISER: 8pm-10pm, Stormcloud Brewing Company, Frankfort. Funds will be raised for The Friends of the Benzie Shores District Library. $25/team. stormcloudbrewing.com

may 06

saturday

SPRING STREAM MONITORING: 8am-12pm, GRNA Center, Bellaire. Collect and ID macroinvertbrates from Cold Creek. One group of volunteers will meet at 8am and go into the creek to collect the macros while another group meets at 10am to pick through, sort and ID the macros at the center. Lunch is provided for this event. volunteer@grassriver.org to register.

-------------------MARCH FOR BABIES: 8:30am, Grand Traverse Civic Center, TC. March for Babies provides a memorable and rewarding day for the whole family including opening ceremony breakfast, a pizza party lunch, music, vendor sale and family-friendly activities. Register online or 231-735-4243. marchforbabies.org

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AAUW BOOK SALE: 9am-6pm, Mercado, TC. (see Fri., May 5)

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BUFF UP BOYNE: 9am-12pm, Sunset Park, Boyne City. Buff Up Boyne provides community members with an opportunity to meet their neighbors, get out in the sunshine, and get ready for a great summer season. mainstreet@boynecity. com. Free. boynecitymainstreet.com

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MACKINAW CITY COLOR FUN RUN: 9am, Northwestern State Trailhead Pavilion, Mackinaw City. Run or walk, Northern Michigan’s most colorful & magical 5K, run a color-blasted 5K, where you get showered in safe, ecofriendly, plant-based cornstarch dye every kilometer. $25, $5 discount for groups of 4 or more, kids free. mackinawchamber.com

City Grange, Kingsley. 231-263-4499.

-------------------VIOLA DAY FOR STUDENTS: 9am-3pm, West Middle School, TC. Students will enjoy learning music for viola, how to select and care for their instrument, how to improve their playing and receive details on lessons, camps, viola choirs and more. 231-947-7120. $10. traversesymphony.org/about/education/viola-day

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GLOBAL 6K FOR WATER: 10am, Medalie Park, TC. Join thousands of advocates across the globe in the mission to bring clean water and fullness of life to children in the developing world. $50 registration fee, $25 for kids 15 & under. teamworldvision.org/team/tc6k

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING CONFERENCE: 10am-4pm, Pine Hill Nursery, Elk Rapids.

Featuring presentations from MSU extension, Morgan Composting, Local Author Marcie McQuillan, Inhabitec, Kids Activities, Wine Tasting and more. Call 231-599-2824. Free.

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SPRING SIP & SAVOR: 11am, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. A self-guided tour along the trail, where you’re free to visit any of the 24 participating wineries in any order you choose on both Saturday (11am-6pm) and Sunday (12pm-5pm). Tickets: $35. lpwines.com/events/ spring-sip-savor

-------------------FUNCTIONAL FIBER AND CERAMIC MARKET: 12pm-5pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. For one day, the gallery will be host to 11 local and non-local fiber and ceramic artists. All work is under $80. Shop items such as woven baskets, platters, mugs, bowls, handmade clothing, scarves, and purses. higherartgallery.com

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

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FIDDLER’S JAMBOREE: 1pm, Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. The Original Michigan Fiddlers Association invites everyone to the Jamboree and Old-Fashioned Square and Round Dance. Bring your fiddle or non-electric instrument. Lunch and beverage available. Jamboree 1-4pm, dinner and open mic 4-5:30, dance 5:30.

Donations welcome. 231 392 5158. Free.

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DERBY DAY PARTY: 4:30pm-7:30pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Watch the 143rd Kentucky Derby live on the big screen and enjoy traditional Mint Juleps (and other libations) while you bet on your favorite horses. Tickets $15, include first drink, and proceeds benefit the Old Art Building. $15. oldartbuilding.com

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INFORMATION SESSION: 6:30pm, Michigan Connections Academy is an online school serving students K-12 statewide throughout Michigan. Meet local families over light refreshments and learn more through a presentation.

Staff members will be available for questions.

Please visit www.michiganconnectionsacademy.com to register. Free. connectionsacademy. com/michigan-virtual-school/learn-more/events

-------------------“BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE SKIES!”: 7:30pm, Leland Community United Methodist Church. Presented by the Leelanau Community Choir, “A Bouquet of Choral Anthems both Sacred and Secular.” Donations welcomed.

271-6091 or email abbottb@msu.edu. Free.

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Gentle instructor Tina Livingston offers yoga basics in the library for adults & teens of all abilities. Call Peninsula Community Library at 223-7700 to save a place.

-------------------KARAOKE AT DICK’S: Saturdays, 10pm2am. Apr. 29 - May. 27. Dick’s Pour House, Lake Leelanau. Every Saturday night. dickspourhouse.com/historyarticles

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MONDAY TANGO: Mondays, 7pm. May. MUSIC HOUSE SEASON OPENING CELE1 - May. 29. Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. BRATION: 12pm-4pm, Music House Museum, Half-hour class for beginning tango dancers Williamsburg. Celebrate the 35th season. followed by a practice session by the Traverse Special family-friendly tours and screenings City Tango Co-op. No experience or partner of a short silent film complete with popcorn. necessary. 231-715-1066.

Discounted admissions; adults $5, students $3 and children under 6 are free and a special Adorable chalet located the heart of Schuss Mountain convenient to ski, family admission of $15.inmusichouse.org

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“TALK ABOUT ART” WITH FELDA BROWN: TION: Daily, 5pm. Apr. 29 - May. 12. Oliver Art Undervalden, Bellaire $128,500 2pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. The Center, Frankfort. All schools in the five-county Donna Gunde-Krieg Ellie Krieg 231-587-1012 dekrealty@gmail.com Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) “Talk region are invited to participate. An opening About Art” series continues with host Norm reception will be held on Fri., April 14 from Wheeler in conversation with Traverse City 5-7pm.

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For more information, call 231-334-6112. glenarborart.org Heart Free. of Downtown Traverse City APRIL ARTIST OF THE MONTH, BETH BYNUM: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 - Apr. 30. The Botanic “BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE LUXURY CONDOMINIUM Garden at HIstoric Barns Park, TC. An opening SKIES!”: 3pm, Suttons Bay Congregational reception will be held on 13 from Ready forThurs., yourApril custom layChurch. (see Sat., May 6) 5-7pm with mixed media artist Beth Bynum. Art out and finishes, with sevwill be on display through April. thebotanicgarJORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY eral decks, fabulous views, den.org/visitor-center/artist-of-the-month BAND SPRING CONCERT: 3pm, East Garden Roof, Private ElevaJordan High School Auditorium. “A concert the CHANNELING PICASSO: Daily, 11am.

May. tor, Attached 2 Car Garage, entire galaxy will enjoy,” with selections from 5 - May. 31. Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Dust, Stars and Snowmelt Drive, WalkMichigan Artists Gallery invites youFull to visit the Stripes Forever, and a few jazzy numbers to extraordinary Out world ofBasement, Pablo Picasso copious as interget your feet tapping. Free. preted by 40+storage. artists. The3848 exibit SF, will run 4-5through BR, the end of May. michiganartistsgallery.com “BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE SKIES!”: 2.5-3.5 BA. 7pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Glen Arbor.

DOORS & WINDOWS:$1,295,000 Daily, 1pm. Apr. Barb Cooper 231-218-0303 (see Sat., May 6) 29 - Apr. 30. Jordan133 RiverUptown Arts Council, Ct. East Barb@BarbCooper.net Jordan. This Invitational Exhibit runs April 9-30.

MLS 1795214 Open Tues. - Sun. jordanriverarts.com www. UptownTraverseCity.com

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“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: Apr. 29. St. Francis High School, Kohler Auditorium, TC. Advance tickets: $13 Adult, $10 Seniors, $8 Students. Door tickets: $15 Adult, $12 Senior, $10 Student. thehap.net

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“SPAMALOT”: Saturdays, 7:30pm, Sundays, 2pm, Thursdays, 7:30pm, Fridays, 7:30pm.

Apr. 29 - May. 20. Old Town Playhouse. “Spamalot” tells the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical also diverts a bit from more traditional versions of the legend. Tickets: $15-28. oldtownplayhouse.com

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FAMILIAR ROADS AND DIVERGENT PATHS: Daily, 10am-5pm. May. 1 - May. 5. City Opera House, TC. This one man show for the month of May at the City Opera House will feature paintings done in Watercolor and Acrylic

by Traverse City artist Charles R. Murphy. cityoperahouse.org

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GREAT GIRLS IN MICHIGAN HISTORY EXHIBIT: Daily, 4:30pm. Apr. 29 - May. 17.

Petoskey District Library. In this exhibit you will meet nine girls from different eras, with different dreams, from across the state of Michigan who all accomplished something amazing before the age of 20. This exhibit features women like Serena Williams, Tricia McNaughton (Saunders), MaryLou Hernandez, and Myra Komaroff (Wolfgang). Visitors will leave knowing what qualities Great Girls possess and inspired to reach their own dreams. Hosted by the Zonta Club. petoskeylibrary.org

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30pm-7pm. May. 4 - Dec. 28.

Basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC .

Thursdays. adultchildren.org

BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR

-------------------“ALMOST MAINE”: Apr. 29. Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Tickets $13-$22. manisteecivicplayers.org

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“BROMEO VS THE JULIETTES”: Apr. 29.

Former Inside Out Gallery, TC. A 1990s gender-bending Battle of the Bands from The Mash-Up Rock ‘n Roll Musical Troupe. General admission: $20. mashuprocknrollmusical.com/ bromeo-vs-the-juliettes

MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 - May. 26. Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 8 from 1-4pm. Featuring a talk by exhibition juror Judi Betts & live music. The exhibition runs through May 26. crookedtree.org

Live music on may 5

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• Register to FOR A DRONE DRAWING ON MAY 8 Win a Trip to Cuba -------------------• LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS: 8pm, - - - - -FOOD - - - -&- DRINK ---------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennos Museum Center, TC. Mixing smoking FREE COMMUNITY CLASS: Wednesdays, YOUTH ART SHOW: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 slide guitar boogie and raw-boned Chicago SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE 5K AND 1M FUN 7:30pm. May. 3 - Dec. 27. Bikram Yoga, 845 SPECIALS May. 6. Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. shuffle with the deepest slow-burners, Lil’ Ed RUN: 9am, Woodland School, TC. A benefit for S. Garfield Ave., TC. Every Weds. at 7:30pm. the Woodland Heartwood Foundation. 9:30 a.m.

- 1 mile fun run; 10:15 a.m. 5K fun run/walk. $10-$60. events.bytepro.net/soarlikeaneagle

-------------------SPRING CRAFT SALE: 9am-4pm, Summit

34TH ANNUAL RIVERTOWN FOLLIES: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. “Follies or Bust.”

Tickets: May 4: $10; May 5-6: $12 advance & $13 door. 231-627-5841. theoperahouse.org

and The Blues Imperials deliver the blues, from riotous and rollicking to emotional and moving.

Tickets: $27/advance, $30/door, $24/member. dennosmuseum.org/milliken/concert-season

-------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 10am. May. 5 - Jun. 9. Upper Level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Fridays, 10am-1pm through June 9. crookedtree.org

SPARK! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Daily, 12am. Apr. 29 - May. 15. SPARK! is a juried exhibition of artists age 18-39, presented by the Northport Arts Association. Deadline is April 30, 2017. The exhibition will run June 16 - 25, 2017 at the Northport Village Arts Building. $10 submission fee. northportartsforall.com/spark

Food & drink specials

bikramyogatcgr.com

-------------------GENTLE YOGA: Wednesdays, 9:30am. May. 3 - May. 31. Peninsula Community Library, TC.

Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District.

Opening reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 8. Runs through May 6. crookedtree.org

Mount Pleasant, Lansing, Gaylord, Petoskey and two locations in Traverse City.

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CHANNELING PICASSO: 5pm-9pm, Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Opening reception for group show, “Channeling Picasso: 40+ Interpretations of his 1939 Painting, Woman with Green Hat.” Forty-four artists interpret Picasso’s painting through their own media, vision, and style. michiganartistsgallery.com

City Grange, Kingsley. 231-263-4499.

art from sculpture and oil paintings to glass and watercolor. downtowntc.com

Park, TC. Join thousands of advocates across the globe in the mission to bring clean water and fullness of life to children in the developing world. $50 registration fee, $25 for kids 15 & under. teamworldvision.org/team/tc6k

-------------------VIOLA DAY FOR STUDENTS: 9am-3pm, West Middle School, TC. Students will enjoy learning music for viola, how to select and care for their instrument, how to improve their playing and receive details on lessons, camps, viola choirs and more. 231-947-7120. $10. traversesymphony.org/about/education/viola-day

may 07

sunday

SPRING SIP & SAVOR: 12pm, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. (see Sat., May 6)

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Gentle instructor Tina Livingston offers yoga basics in the library for adults & teens of all abilities. Call Peninsula Community Library at 223-7700 to save a place.

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KARAOKE AT DICK’S: Saturdays, 10pmFor Traverse City area 2am. Apr. 29 - May. 27. Dick’s Pour House, AAUW BOOK SALE: 12pm-------------------Lake Leelanau. Every Saturday night. dick3pm, Mercado, TC. (see Fri., news and events, visit DOWNTOWN ART WALK: 5pm-9pm, Downspourhouse.com/historyarticles May 5) - - - TraverseTicker.com ----------------- -------------------- -------------------town TC. Downtown Traverse City invites you GLOBAL 6K FOR WATER: 10am, Medalie MONDAY TANGO: Mondays, 7pm. May. to enjoy art, wine, food and music. Experience MUSIC HOUSE SEASON OPENING CELE-

-------------------RANDI FORD & MAYA JAMES: 5pm-8:30pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. Meet the artist while listening to acoustic sounds. higherartgallery.com

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LIVE PRO WRESTLING FEAT. CORY RHODES: 6pm, Kaliseum, Kalkaska. See Former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes, American Ninja Warrior Zach Gowen, Amazing Race’s Mikey Zeroe & more compete in a night of family friendly pro wrestling action. $15. MCPWOnline.com

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FOLK CONCERT: 7pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Bob Fawcett will perform a concert of original folk and blues, plus Bob Dylan tribute. Expect lots of laughs at songs like the “Sultan of Psychopharmacology” and “The Virgin Vampire”. 231-487-0000. $10 ahead/$15 at the door. redskystage.com

-------------------34TH ANNUAL RIVERTOWN FOLLIES 2017: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. “Follies or Bust.” May 4: $10; May 5-6: $12 advance & $13 door. 231-627-5841. theoperahouse.org

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ADULT SPELLING BEE AND FUNDRAISER: 8pm-10pm, Stormcloud Brewing Company, Frankfort. Funds will be raised for The Friends of the Benzie Shores District Library. $25/team. stormcloudbrewing.com

may 06

saturday

SPRING STREAM MONITORING: 8am-12pm, GRNA Center, Bellaire. Collect and ID macroinvertbrates from Cold Creek. One group of volunteers will meet at 8am and go into the creek to collect the macros while another group meets at 10am to pick through, sort and ID the macros at the center. Lunch is provided for this event. volunteer@grassriver.org to register.

-------------------MARCH FOR BABIES: 8:30am, Grand Traverse Civic Center, TC. March for Babies provides a memorable and rewarding day for the whole family including opening ceremony breakfast, a pizza party lunch, music, vendor sale and family-friendly activities. Register online or 231-735-4243. marchforbabies.org

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AAUW BOOK SALE: 9am-6pm, Mercado, TC. (see Fri., May 5) BUFF UP BOYNE: 9am-12pm, Sunset Park, Boyne City. Buff Up Boyne provides community members with an opportunity to meet their neighbors, get out in the sunshine, and get ready for a great summer season. mainstreet@boynecity. com. Free. boynecitymainstreet.com

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MACKINAW CITY COLOR FUN RUN: 9am, Northwestern State Trailhead Pavilion, Mackinaw City. Run or walk, Northern Michigan’s most colorful & magical 5K, run a color-blasted 5K, where you get showered in safe, ecofriendly, plant-based cornstarch dye every kilometer. $25, $5 4th discount for groups of 4 or May more, kids free. mackinawchamber.com

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SOAR LIKE AN EAGLE 5K AND 1M FUN RUN: 9am, Woodland School, TC. A benefit for the Woodland Heartwood Foundation. 9:30 a.m.

- 1 mile fun run; 10:15 a.m. 5K fun run/walk. $10-$60. events.bytepro.net/soarlikeaneagle

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING CONFERENCE: 10am-4pm, Pine Hill Nursery, Elk Rapids.

Featuring presentations from MSU extension, Morgan Composting, Local Author Marcie McQuillan, Inhabitec, Kids Activities, Wine Tasting and more. Call 231-599-2824. Free.

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Got art?

SPRING SIP & SAVOR: 11am, Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail. A self-guided tour along the trail, where you’re free to visit any of the 24 participating wineries in any order you choose on both Saturday (11am-6pm) and Sunday (12pm-5pm). Tickets: $35. lpwines.com/events/ spring-sip-savor

-------------------FUNCTIONAL FIBER AND CERAMIC MARKET: 12pm-5pm, Higher Art Gallery, TC. For one day, the gallery will be host to 11 local and FIBER non-local fiberFUNCTIONAL and ceramic artists.

All work is under $80. Shop such as woven basAND items CERAMIC MARKET kets, platters, mugs, bowls, handmade clothMaypurses.

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- - - - Shop - - -all-handmade, - - - - -one- of- a- kind ---GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: 12pm, work from local artisians Glen Lake. April 28 - May 6. (see Sat., Apr 29)

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FIDDLER’S JAMBOREE: 1pm, Golden Fel231-252-4616 lowship Hall, Original Michigan 126 S.Interlochen.

UNION ST.The • TRAVERSE CITY Fiddlers Association invites everyone to the Jamboree and Old-Fashioned Square and Round Dance. Bring your fiddle or non-electric instrument. Lunch and beverage available. Jamboree 1-4pm, dinner and open mic 4-5:30, dance 5:30.

Donations welcome. 231 392 5158. Free.

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DERBY DAY PARTY: 4:30pm-7:30pm, Old Art Building, Leland. Watch the 143rd Kentucky Derby live on the big screen and enjoy traditional Mint Juleps (and other libations) while you bet on your favorite horses. Tickets $15, include first drink, and proceeds benefit the Old Art Building. $15. oldartbuilding.com

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INFORMATION SESSION: 6:30pm, Michigan Connections Academy is an online school serving students K-12 statewide throughout Michigan. Meet local families over light refreshments and learn more through a presentation.

Staff members will be available for questions.

Please visit www.michiganconnectionsacademy.com to register. Free. connectionsacademy. com/michigan-virtual-school/learn-more/events

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- - - - - - - - - -May - - 11th -------“BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE SKIES!”: 7:30pm, Leland Community United Methodist Church. Presented by the Leelanau Community Choir, “A Bouquet of Choral Anthems both Sacred and Secular.” Donations welcomed.

271-6091 or email abbottb@msu.edu. Free.

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34TH ANNUAL RIVERTOWN FOLLIES: 7:30pm, The Opera House, Cheboygan. “Follies or Bust.”

Tickets: May 4: $10; May 5-6: $12 advance & $13 door. 231-627-5841. theoperahouse.org

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LIL’ ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, TC. Mixing smoking slide guitar boogie and raw-boned Chicago shuffle with the deepest slow-burners, Lil’ Ed and The Blues Imperials deliver the blues, from riotous and rollicking to emotional and moving.

Tickets: $27/advance, $30/door, $24/member. dennosmuseum.org/milliken/concert-season

Every - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Thursday --SPRING CRAFT SALE: 9am-4pm, Summit 7-9:30pm

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NMC Vocal Jazz Ensemble Mike Davis, director May 18th

BRATION: 12pm-4pm, Music House Museum, Williamsburg. Celebrate the 35th season.

Special family-friendly tours and screenings of a short silent film complete with popcorn.

Discounted admissions; adults $5, students $3 and children under 6 are free and a special family admission of $15. musichouse.org

1 - May. 29. Bodies in Motion Studio, TC. Half-hour class for beginning tango dancers followed by a practice session by the Traverse City Tango Co-op. No experience or partner necessary. 231-715-1066.

“TALK ABOUT ART” WITH FELDA BROWN: 2pm, The Leelanau School, Glen Arbor. The Glen Arbor Art Association’s (GAAA) “Talk About Art” series continues with host Norm Wheeler in conversation with Traverse City poet Fleda Brown. For more information, call 231-334-6112. Free. glenarborart.org

ANNUAL REGIONAL STUDENT EXHIBITION: Daily, 5pm. Apr. 29 - May. 12. Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. All schools in the five-county region are invited to participate. An opening reception will be held on Fri., April 14 from 5-7pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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-------------------“BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE SKIES!”: 3pm, Suttons Bay Congregational Church. (see Sat., May 6)

-------------------JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND SPRING CONCERT: 3pm, East

Jordan High School Auditorium. “A concert the entire galaxy will enjoy,” with selections from Star Wars, Star Trek, Star Dust, Stars and Stripes Forever, and a few jazzy numbers to get your feet tapping. Free.

-------------------“BLUES, BLUEBIRDS, AND BLUE SKIES!”: 7pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Glen Arbor. (see Sat., May 6)

ongoing

“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”: Apr. 29. St. Francis High School, Kohler Auditorium, TC. Advance tickets: $13 Adult, $10 Seniors, $8 Students. Door tickets: $15 Adult, $12 Senior, $10 Student. thehap.net

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“SPAMALOT”: Saturdays, 7:30pm, Sundays, 2pm, Thursdays, 7:30pm, Fridays, 7:30pm.

Apr. 29 - May. 20. Old Town Playhouse. “Spamalot” tells the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical also diverts a bit from more traditional versions of the legend. Tickets: $15-28. oldtownplayhouse.com

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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS (ACA): Thursdays, 5:30pm-7pm. May. 4 - Dec. 28.

Basement of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC .

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-------------------“ALMOST MAINE”: Apr. 29. Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee. Tickets $13-$22. manisteecivicplayers.org

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“BROMEO VS THE JULIETTES”: Apr. 29.

Former Inside Out Gallery, TC. A 1990s gender-bending Battle of the Bands from The Mash-Up Rock ‘n Roll Musical Troupe. General admission: $20. mashuprocknrollmusical.com/ bromeo-vs-the-juliettes

-------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 10am. May. 5 - Jun. 9. Upper Level Carnegie, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Fridays, 10am-1pm through June 9. crookedtree.org

-------------------FREE COMMUNITY CLASS: Wednesdays, 7:30pm. May. 3 - Dec. 27. Bikram Yoga, 845 S. Garfield Ave., TC. Every Weds. at 7:30pm. bikramyogatcgr.com

-------------------GENTLE YOGA: Wednesdays, 9:30am. May. 3 - May. 31. Peninsula Community Library, TC.

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-------------------APRIL ARTIST OF THE MONTH, BETH BYNUM: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 - Apr. 30. The Botanic Garden at HIstoric Barns Park, TC. An opening reception will be held on Thurs., April 13 from 5-7pm with mixed media artist Beth Bynum. Art will be on display through April. thebotanicgarden.org/visitor-center/artist-of-the-month

-------------------CHANNELING PICASSO: Daily, 11am. May. 5 - May. 31. Michigan Artists Gallery, TC. Michigan Artists Gallery invites you to visit the extraordinary world of Pablo Picasso as interpreted by 40+ artists. The exibit will run through the end of May. michiganartistsgallery.com

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DOORS & WINDOWS: Daily, 1pm. Apr. 29 - Apr. 30. Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. This Invitational Exhibit runs April 9-30.

Open Tues. - Sun. jordanriverarts.com

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FAMILIAR ROADS AND DIVERGENT PATHS: Daily, 10am-5pm. May. 1 - May. 5. City Opera House, TC. This one man show for the month of May at the City Opera House will feature paintings done in Watercolor and Acrylic

by Traverse City artist Charles R. Murphy. cityoperahouse.org

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GREAT GIRLS IN MICHIGAN HISTORY EXHIBIT: Daily, 4:30pm. Apr. 29 - May. 17.

Petoskey District Library. In this exhibit you will meet nine girls from different eras, with different dreams, from across the state of Michigan who all accomplished something amazing before the age of 20. This exhibit features women like Serena Williams, Tricia McNaughton (Saunders), MaryLou Hernandez, and Myra Komaroff (Wolfgang). Visitors will leave knowing what qualities Great Girls possess and inspired to reach their own dreams. Hosted by the Zonta Club. petoskeylibrary.org

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MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 70TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 - May. 26. Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 8 from 1-4pm. Featuring a talk by exhibition juror Judi Betts & live music. The exhibition runs through May 26. crookedtree.org

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SPARK! CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Daily, 12am. Apr. 29 - May. 15. SPARK! is a juried exhibition of artists age 18-39, presented by the Northport Arts Association. Deadline is April 30, 2017. The exhibition will run June 16 - 25, 2017 at the Northport Village Arts Building. $10 submission fee. northportartsforall.com/spark

-------------------YOUTH ART SHOW: Daily, 9am. Apr. 29 May. 6. Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey.

Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District.

Opening reception from 2-4pm on Saturday, April 8. Runs through May 6. crookedtree.org

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Fri May 5: Happy Hour: 1000 Watt prophets

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The album title is an apt one for Crow’s latest, considering the winding road she took to get here.

After great acclaim in the ‘90s with her folk–rock formula, she veered into country with only minimal success. Now she’s regrouped with former collaborators Jeff Trott and Tchad Blake to craft this set that returns her to her hit–making roots on tracks like the politically–irritated “Heartbeat Away,” the regretful “Strangers Again,” the soulful “Halfway There” and the more carefree “Grow Up,” which sounds like her best kickoff track for another run of radio hits.

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RaeLynn – WildHorse – Warner Bros.

She’s already being called “the country Katy Perry” and for good reason; the Voice quarterfinalist, who progressed on the singing competition show under the mentorship of country big shot Blake Shelton, seems to have a knack for slyly blending catchy pop hooks into her nu–country tunes as best evidenced by singles “Your Heart” and the title track itself. She also doesn’t fall into the typical trench of romantic–song tropes; instead, she stands her ground on tracks like “Lonely Call,” where she sends him directly to voicemail. It’s a solid and affecting blend of introspection and pop.

John Mellencamp – Sad Clowns and Hillbillies – Republic Records

Mellencamp did some heavy leaning on country veteran Carlene Carter for his 23rd full–length release. Carter’s vocals are the one highlight – she’s also touring with Mellencamp in support of the album – but while early previews called this an “eclectic” collection of songs, it’s really, well…not. Mellencamp’s music sounds pretty much the same as always: a faintly dated mix of lite rock and Americana with earnestly strummed guitars on tracks like opener “Mobile Blue,” duet “Grandview” with Martina McBride and first radio single “Easy Target.”

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THE CRANBERRIES OFFER UP SOMETHING ELSE This week sees the return of The Cranberries, the Irish pop–rock band that hit it big in the ‘90s with hits like “Zombie,” “Dreams” and “Linger.” The band is releasing a new unplugged album called Something Else that will feature acoustic and orchestral versions of those classic singles and others alongside three new tunes. The first single hitting radio and streaming outlets now is the revamped version of “Linger,” the first song frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan wrote after joining the band 25 years ago; the new take on the track features O’Riordan’s vocals in the spotlight with subdued but pretty instrumentals behind her in the form of the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Something Else the album is in outlets now.

The band The Decemberists is joining the ranks of the summer festival crowd but not by merely performing at some of this year’s warm–weather musical extravaganzas; instead, the band is launching its own festival. Called The Travelers’ Rest, the event is set to take place in Decemberist frontman Colin Meloy’s hometown of Missoula, Mont., on Aug. 12 and 13 with performances from The Head and the Heart, Real Estate, Sylvan Esso and Belle and Sebastian as well as The Decemberists.

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releasing a second album of Japanese– language music with his side project Scott and Rivers, which teams Cuomo up with Allister’s Scott Murphy. The album hit outlets last week exclusively in Japan, so if you want to find a copy, you’ll have to dig it up as an import, although it’s reportedly also being considered for a worldwide digital release. The set’s first single, “Fun in the Sun,” can be heard on selected streaming services now.

In other Weezer news, the band just debuted its new road–trip–ready track “Feels Like Summer” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as it continues its April tour and preps for a big fall outing that will take the band through Europe in its first tour there since 2005. The “Summer” single also sets the groundwork for the release of Weezer’s 11th album, which is headed to outlets later this year; the band has yet to decide on an album title for the set.

Modern Rock Link of the Week: Migos also showed up on late night TV last week to showcase its tune “Bad and Boujee” in a unique way – the trio joined Jimmy Fallon and The Roots to perform the instrumental parts of the song using only office supplies like staplers and tape dispensers (band members sang along too, of course). Check it out at https://youtu.be/ RBZlRb5tmJY.

The Buzz: Brave Youth’s Luke Shoemaker, The Little Village’s Rob Froh, Tokyo Morose guitarist Erin Lenau, Ghost Heart’s Cedric Canero and KINS’ drummer Grant Floering have all joined forces to form the new Grand Rapids rock band Lambo.

The Grand Rapids Film Festival just launched a Fashion and Music for Film Showcase featuring clothing lines inspired by music videos.

Detroit’s El Club, just opened last year, is already working on an expansion with a second venue called The Vernor Cafe in

southwest D–Town.

Grand Rapids band Northern has a new EP out called It Could Have Been, a set that took the band two years to record.

And Michigan/Nashville outfit Lindsay Lou and The Flatbellys is preparing for some big tour dates this summer, including a performance at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado…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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ESCAPE BAR, CADILLAC Thu -- Open Mic Night Hosted by Lynn Callihan, 8 Fri -- Karaoke, 9

TJ'S PUB, MANSITEE 5/5 -- Cinco de Mayo w/ Tim Krause, 7

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ACOUSTIC TAP ROOM, TC 4/29 -- Jennifer Thomas, 7-9 Fri -- Andre Villoch, 7-9

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC Mon -- Open mic w/ Blake Elliott, 6-9

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

TAPROOT CIDER HOUSE, TC Tue,5/2 -- Turbo Pup, 7-9 Wed -- Open Mic w/ E Minor, 7-9 5/4 -- Acoustic G Snacks, 7 Fri -- Rob Coonrod, 7-9 Sat,5/6 -- Christopher Dark, 7-9

GT DISTILLERY, TC 4/29 -- Jeff Brown, 7

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

THE PARLOR, TC 4/29 -- Chris Sterr, 8 5/3 -- Jimmy Olson, 7:30

RARE BIRD BREWPUB, TC 4/29 -- The Claudettes, 9 5/3 -- Benjamin James, 8:30

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 4/29 -- Brett Mitchell Solo, 8-11 5/2 -- STRUM Ukulele Sing-A-Long Night, 6 Wed -- The Workshop Live Jazz Jam, 6-10

GT RESORT & SPA, GRAND LOBBY, ACME Sat -- Blake Elliott, 7-11 HAYLOFT INN, TC Thu -- Open mic night by Roundup Radio Show, 8 HORIZON BOOKS, TC 5/5 -- Sons of Brothers, 8:3010:30 KILKENNY'S, TC 4/29 -- Rev. Right Time, 7 Sun -- Geeks Who Drink Trivia , 7-9 Tue -- Levi Britton, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- 2 Bays DJs, 9:30 5/5-5/6 -- Lucas Paul, 9:30-1:30

ROVE ESTATE, TC 4/30 -- Sunday Funday w/ Dennis Palmer, 2-4 SIDE TRAXX, TC Wed -- Impaired Karaoke, 10 5/5-5/6 -- DJ/VJ Mike King, 9-9 STREETERS, GROUND ZERO, TC 4/29 -- Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, 8 5/5 -- Dance Party, 7 TC CIRCUIT 4/29 -- The My Ways, 6:30

UNION STREET STATION, TC 4/29 -- Electric Red, 7 5/3 -- DJ DomiNate, 7 5/4 -- DJ FASEL, 7 5/5 -- 1000 Watt prophets, Funky Professor, 7 5/6 -- KUNG FU RODEO, 7 5/7 -- Karaoke, 10:30 WEST BAY BEACH RESORT, TC 4/29 -- DJ Motaz, 9:30 5/4 -- Jazz Night with The Jeff Haas Trio, 7

Leelanau & Benzie BIG CAT BREWERY, CEDAR 5/3 -- Dennis Palmer, 7 LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 5/2 -- Pat Niemisto and Friends, 6:30

LEELANAU SANDS CASINO, PESHAWBESTOWN Tue -- Polka Party, 12-4

STORMCLOUD BREWING COMPANY, FRANKFORT 4/29 -- Keith Scott Blues, 8

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Antrim & Charlevoix BRIDGE STREET TAP ROOM, CHARLEVOIX 4/29,5/5 -- Ben Overbeek, 8-11 4/30 -- Chris Calleja, 6-9 5/2 -- Sean Bielby, 7 CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS 4/29 -- Lizze Liberty, 7:30 5/5 -- Jeff Brown, 6 5/6 -- Blair Miller, 7:30

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Emmet & Cheboygan CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 4/29 -- Three Hearted rocks The Annex, 10 LEO'S TAVERN, PETOSKEY Sun -- S.I.N. w/ DJ Johnnie Walker, 9

STAFFORD'S PERRY HOTEL, NOGGIN ROOM, PETOSKEY 4/29 -- Pistil Whips, 8-11 5/5 -- Brett Mitchell, 8-11 5/6 -- Alex Mendenall, 8

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In “Colossal,” Anne Hathaway plays Gloria, a disgraced NYC blogger whose boyfriend (“Downton Abbey’s” Dan Stevens) has finally had enough of boozy party girl antics. He packs her bags, and Gloria, broke with no where else to go, leaves her life in the city and heads to her small-town childhood home to take refuge while she gets her shit together.

There she runs into her old pal Oscar (Jason Sudeikis), with whom she’s long been out touch, but as most meet-cutes go, they seem to pick up right where they left off. He gets her a job in his bar and maybe they’ll help each other find their way.

We’ve all seen this particular brand of hipster indie movie (where the main character heads home to find themselves) and we all know where it’s going (they’ll find love and redemption), but despite this beyond typical indie dramedy setup, “Colossal” is definitely not that movie.

Because in the midst of this ostensibly standard tale of reconnection, news breaks that a giant Godzilla-esque kaiju (think the monsters in “Pacific Rim”) has appeared out of nowhere in Seoul and is wreaking havoc on the city, sending the entire world into hysterics.

Now how do Gloria’s very personal story and the world-upending development going on in Seoul relate? Well, I’ll go so far as to say Gloria and the kaiju share some gestures, but I won’t go any further because to do so would ruin what has become an all too rare experience at the movies – the pleasure of truly not knowing where a movie is headed.

Writer-director Nacho Vigalondo has made an astonishingly creative, genre-defying film that brilliantly combines indie millennial milieu with classic monster movies, two genres I never even thought about in the same breath, let alone thought could work together, but here they do -- the warped love child of blockbuster disaster movies and independent character pieces.

Vigalondo’s outré inclinations make for a richer and even slightly profound work. The weirdness feels organic, the outrageousness somehow intimate. It’s funny (there’s a hilarious extended bit with an air mattress), it’s meaningful (you’ll be surprised just how much you’ll invest in Gloria), it’s sharp (the writing is smart and fresh), and Hathaway keeps the bizarro premise grounded.

With her blunt bangs and self-destructive behavior, Hathaway’s mess of a character is in familiar “Rachel Getting Married” territory, but with a dark comedic undertone reminiscent of Charlize Theron in “Young Adult.” But unlike in “Young Adult,” Gloria is actually likeable and maintains an allure and relatability very much due to Hathaway’s charm and strength.

(WRITER’S TIME OUT: I get that Anne Hathaway can be a bit much at times, but as someone who’s never fully understood the Hathaway hate, can we all just agree that we have moved on and can embrace her theater-kid optimism, which works so winningly well here?)

Special attention must also be given to Sudeikis, who finds himself in a surprisingly meaty and tricky part. The often one-note comedic actor really rises to the occasion, giving an unexpected, hard-to-read performance that keeps you guessing.

Midway through, things take a dark turn (maybe Charlie is encouraging Gloria more than he’s helping her reform her ways, and why does he have so much extra furniture?).

The buoyant, magical realism of earlier gives way to a harsher reality, and your interest might start to wane. So while “Colossal” transcends its attention-grabbing concept, it never fully transcends the near novelty that is its unexpected storyline.

But then, in the face of an abusive man who thinks he can take what he thinks he deserves, the film draws you back in and starts to resonate once its message of female empowerment has been made clear. The ending really lands – satisfying, cleansing, and powerful – the perfect way to cap off an incredibly unique and emotional story.

‘Cause that’s the thing with “monster movies”: They’ve always been about us confronting the monsters within us all. The film’s observable expression of the allegorical inner demons of a young woman is both incredibly obvious and deftly subtle, making you wonder why this approach hasn’t been used more before.

So although there is a 300-ft monster and some global destruction, “Colossal” remains a small, intimate little movie with perfectly modest ambitions. It is this simplicity of its execution, along with its fine performance, boundless imagination, and sheer audacity that makes it a colossally impressive feat.

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hat’s a Boss Baby? Well, after 100 minutes spent in its vibrant and whimsical world, I’m still not quite sure other than I’m told there’s a Trump joke to be found somewhere. With an overcomplicated plot involving the war between puppies and babies for love and a way-too-complex mythology (yes, it goes there), “The Boss Baby” works way too hard to overcome its one joke setup, and you have to work too hard to suspend your disbelief. If circumstances were different, I could certainly buy into the absurdity and metaphorical truth of a “boss baby,” but the problem here is that “The Boss Baby” just isn’t that funny, and drags on too long. The humor only has two levels: It’s either jokes that are way too adult (David Mamet references), or bottom-of-the-barrel gags about butts (I counted at least 25). There’s no middle ground. This dearth of engaging amusement means you have way too much time to overthink just about everything. I get that Boss Baby is essentially an extension of his older brother Tim’s fantasies, but that doesn’t give the filmmakers a pass. The best thing I can say about “The Boss Baby” is that it was better than expected. From the earnest sense of wonder and analog spirit to some heartfelt moments, director Tom McGrath (“Madagascar”) elevates a painful premise beyond animated drivel. But with its gratuitous “Toy Story” influences, McGrath was clearly aiming for Pixarlevel poignance, making it all the more apparent just what a frustrating imitation this is.

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: Male sexuality is about as sentimental as an oar. In fact, if there’s one secret guys try to keep from women, it’s this: A man can really love a woman and still want to spend the afternoon wrecking the bed with her BFF, her well-preserved mom, and her sister.

As awful as that probably sounds, men’s evolved lust for sexual variety isn’t something you and other women should take personally.

Evolutionary psychologists David Buss and David Schmitt explain that genetically speaking, it’s generally in a man’s interest to pursue a “short-term sexual strategy” —pounce and bounce, coitus and, um, avoid us — with as many women as possible.

This isn’t to say men evolved to be entirely without discernment. Because “beautiful” features (like pillowy lips and an hourglass bod) reflect health and fertility, if a man has a choice in casual sexmates, he’ll go for a hot woman, but if he doesn’t, he’ll go for a woman with a pulse.

However, Buss and Schmitt explain that there are times when it’s to a man’s advantage to pursue a “long-term sexual strategy” —commitment to one woman. It’s a quality-over-quantity strategy — wanting a woman with “high mate value” (one who’s physically and psychologically desirable enough to hold out for a guy who’ll commit).

Other factors include seeking the emotional, social, and cooperative benefits of a partnership and wanting to retire from the time-, energy-, and resource-suck of working the ladies on Match.com like a second job.

In light of this, think about what your boyfriend’s really telling you by opting for “Honey, where do I sign away my sexual freedom?” This isn’t dismaying, degrading, or any of the other bummer D-words. In fact, it’s really romantic, considering that men evolved to be sexual foragers. But for your boyfriend’s desire to make a life with you, he could be wandering the planet and sharing his life and hopes and dreams — uh, for about six minutes and 23 seconds —with a wide variety of oiledup naked strangers.

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: Ideally, “I’ve never felt this way before!” reflects something a little more romantic than longing to tunnel out of your relationship with a sharpened spoon.

I wrote recently about a cocktail of personality traits that are associated with a susceptibility to infidelity in a person — basically those of a narcissistic, lazy con artist with all the empathy of a bent tack. That finding is from research by evolutionary psychologists Todd Shackelford and David Buss, who also studied the emotional circumstances in a relationship that might lead one of the partners to cheat or to want to (even if that person isn’t some ethically bankrupt, empathy-deficient turdpiece).

They found that there are two personality characteristics someone can have that make a relationship particularly miserable. One is emotional instability — marked by mood swings and a gloomy obsessiveness about things beyond one’s control. As Buss explains in “The Dangerous Passion,” when emotional instability is paired with quarrelsomeness (and all of the ugly condescension, sniping, and emotional neglect that goes with it), relationships become “cauldrons of conflict.” This, in turn, raises the odds that one’s partner will seek solace in the, um, back seat of another.

Part of being in a relationship is taking out the trash when it starts to overflow -- including the psychological trash spilling out of the dumpster that has become “you.” Talk compassionately with your boyfriend about the need for him to start figuring out and fixing whatever’s causing him to act out in toxic ways.

Don’t expect change at “Poof!” speed, but look for signs that he’s taking meaningful steps to dig out of his emotional winter. Give yourself some time markers — maybe the two-week mark, a month from now, the three-month mark. This should keep you from just blindly continuing along with a partner whose interests could be advertised as: (SET ITAL) Enjoys dive bars, French cinema, long screaming arguments on the beach, and staying up till dawn pondering the age-old question, “I KNOW YOU ARE, BUT WHAT AM I?!”

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(April 20-May 20): When poet Wislawa Szymborska delivered her speech for winning the Nobel Prize, she said that "whatever else we might think of this world -- it is astonishing." She added that for a poet, there really is no such thing as the "ordinary world," "ordinary life," and "the ordinary course of events." In fact, "Nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world." I offer you her thoughts, Taurus, because I believe that in the next two weeks you will have an extraordinary potential to feel and act on these truths. You are hereby granted a license to be astonished on a regular basis.

we imagine," writes Piscean author N. Scott Momaday. "Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine who and what we are. The greatest tragedy that can befall us is to go unimagined." Let's make this passage your inspirational keynote for the coming weeks. It's a perfect time to realize how much power you have to create yourself through the intelligent and purposeful use of your vivid imagination. (P.S. Here's a further tip, this time from Cher: "All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.")

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Beware of feeling

sorry for sharks that yell for help. Beware of trusting coyotes that act like sheep and sheep that act like coyotes. Beware of nibbling food from jars whose contents are different from what their labels suggest. But wait! "Beware" is not my only message for you. I have these additional announcements: Welcome interlopers if they're humble and look you in the eyes. Learn all you can from predators and pretenders without imitating them. Take advantage of any change that's set in motion by agitators who shake up the status quo, even if you don't like them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Would you

consider enrolling in my Self-Pity Seminar? If so, you would learn that obsessing on self-pity is a means to an end, not a morass to get lost in. You would feel sorry for yourself for brief, intense periods so that you could feel proud and brave the rest of the time. For a given period -- let's say three days -- you would indulge and indulge and indulge in self-pity until you entirely exhausted that emotion. Then you'd be free to engage in an orgy of self-healing, self-nurturing, and selfcelebration. Ready to get started? Ruminate about the ways that people don't fully appreciate you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In a typical

conversation, most of us utter too many "uhs," "likes," "I means," and "you knows." I mean, I'm sure that . . . uh . . . you'll agree that, like, what's the purpose of, you know, all that pointless noise? But I have some good news to deliver about your personal use of language in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you'll have the potential to dramatically lower your reliance on needless filler. But wait, there's more: Clear thinking and precise speech just might be your superpowers.

As a result, your powers of persuasion should intensify. Your ability to advocate for your favorite causes may zoom.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): In 1668, England named John Dryden its first Poet Laureate. His literary influence was so monumental that the era in which he published was known as the Age of Dryden. Twentieth-century poetry great T. S. Eliot said he was "the ancestor of nearly all that is best in the poetry of the eighteenth century." Curiously, Dryden had a low opinion of Shakespeare. "Scarcely intelligible," he called the Bard, adding, "His whole style is so pestered with figurative expressions that it is as affected as it is coarse." I foresee a comparable clash of titans in your sphere, Leo. Two major influences may fight it out for supremacy. One embodiment of beauty may be in competition with another. One powerful and persuasive force could oppose another. What will your role be? Mediator? Judge? Neutral observer? Whatever it is, be cagey.

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PIScES (Feb. 19-March 20): "We are what

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Just this once,

and for a limited time only, you have cosmic clearance to load up on sugary treats, leave an empty beer can in the woods, watch stupid TV shows, and act uncool in front of the Beautiful People. Why? Because being totally well-behaved and perfectly composed and strictly pure would compromise your mental health more than being naughty. Besides, if you want to figure out what you are on the road to becoming, you will need to know more about what you’re not.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In addition to fashion

tips, advice for the broken-hearted, midlife-crisis support, and career counseling, I sometimes provide you with more mystical help. Like now. So if you need nuts-and-bolts guidance, I hope you'll have the sense to read a more down-to-earth horoscope. What I want to tell you is that the metaphor of resurrection is your featured theme. You should assume that it's somehow the answer to every question. Rejoice in the knowledge that although a part of you has died, it will be reborn in a fresh guise.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): "Are you ready

for the genie's favors? Don't rub the magic lamp unless you are." That's the message I saw on an Instagram meme. I immediately thought of you.

The truth is that up until recently, you have not been fully prepared for the useful but demanding gifts the genie could offer you. You haven't had the self-mastery necessary to use the gifts as they're meant to be used, and therefore they were a bit dangerous to you. But that situation has changed. Although you may still not be fully primed, you're as ready as you can be. That's why I say: RUB THE MAGIC LAMP!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You

may have heard the exhortation "Follow your bliss!", which was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell. After studying the archetypal stories of many cultures throughout history, he concluded that it was the most important principle driving the success of most heroes. Here's another way to say it: Identify the job or activity that deeply excites you, and find a way to make it the center of your life. In his later years, Campbell worried that too many people had misinterpreted "Follow your bliss" to mean "Do what comes easily." That's all wrong, he said. Anything worth doing takes work and struggle.

"Maybe I should have said, 'Follow your blisters,'" he laughed.

I bring this up, Sagittarius, because you are now in an intense "Follow your blisters" phase of following your bliss.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

versatile artist Melvin Van Peebles has enjoyed working as a filmmaker, screenwriter, actor, composer, and novelist. One of his more recent efforts was a collaboration with the experimental band The Heliocentrics. Together they created a sciencefiction-themed spoken-word poetry album titled The Last Transmission. Peebles told NPR, "I haven't had so much fun with clothes on in years." If I'm reading the planetary omens correctly Capricorn, you're either experiencing that level of fun, or will soon be doing so.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In what ways

do you most resemble your mother? Now is a good time to take inventory. Once you identify any mom-like qualities that tend to limit your freedom or lead you away from your dreams, devise a plan to transform them. You may never be able to defuse them entirely, but there's a lot you can do to minimize the mischief they cause. Be calm but calculating in setting your intention, Aquarius! P.S.: In the course of your inventory, you may also find there are ways you are like your mother that are of great value to you. Is there anything you could do to more fully develop their potential?

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