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If the Social Security system is indeed running out of money, does it not make sense that those of us who actually paid into the system should get our benefits first?

Perhaps we cannot afford double dippers.

Steve Smedes, Kentwood

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Candy Winn describes her mom, Veronica Ramos, as her best friend. They love doing things together, and these days that includes shopping, hiking, biking and other fun outdoor activities. Weight loss surgery dramatically changed both of their lives.

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I am proud of them and excited about the great results they are getting.� – Michael A. Nizzi, DO

Veronica had the surgery ďŹ rst. As Candy watched her mother’s sleep apnea vanish and her life improve in every way, she decided it was right for her, too. “It’s the hardest thing you will ever do, but it’s the most life-changing and rewarding decision you will make,â€? she said.

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Facts About Trails I would like to correct some misinformation provided in Kristi Kates’ article about the Shore-to-Shore Trail in your April 18 issue.

The Shore-to-Shore Trail is not the longest continuous trail in the Lower Peninsula.

That honor belongs to the North Country Trail (NCT), which stretches for over 400 miles in the Lower Peninsula. In fact, 100 miles of the NCT is within a 30-minute drive of Traverse City, and is maintained by the Grand Traverse Hiking Club.

Second, although it is legal to walk on the Shore-to-Shore Trail, no one does it because it is so unpleasant. Horses break through the top layer of soil and dig a very deep trench that is so narrow you cannot walk in it. In addition, that trench contains very loose sand and horse manure, footing that most hikers try and avoid.

If you would like to try walking on the Shore-to-Shore Trail go out to the Muncie Lakes Trail System, and walk that trail until in intersects the Shore-to-Shore Trail, and then try walking on the Shore-to-Shore trail for 100 feet, and make up your own mind. Â John Heiam, Williamsburg

North Korea Is Bluffing I eagerly read Jack Segal’s columns and attend

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his lectures whenever possible. However, I think his April 24th column falls into an all too common trap. He casually refers to a nuclear-armed North Korea when there is no proof whatever that North Korea has any such weapons. Sure, they have set off some underground explosions but so what? Tonga could do that. Every nucleararmed country on Earth has carried out at least one aboveground test, just to prove they could do it if for no other reason. All we have is North Korea’s word for their supposed capabilities, which is no proof at all.    I think the North Koreans are bluffing, just like Saddam Hussein and his WMDs that never materialized. And the latter weren’t moved to Syria; if Saddam had had them he would have used them in an effort to survive. Thus with the North Koreans; they have a sealed nation and only what they want the world to hear gets out. I will believe they have even a nuclear program, broke as they are, let alone any kind of nuclear weapons, when they carry out an aboveground test for all the world to see. Unless that happens there is nothing to fear and we are being played for suckers.    Like I say, I’ll believe it when I see it. For that matter, the same goes for Israel.

Critical Thinking Needed  Our media gives ample coverage to some presidential candidates calling each other a liar and a sleaze bag. While entertaining to some, this certainly should lower one’s respect for either candidate. This race to the bottom comes as no surprise given their lack of respect for the rigors of critical thinking. The world’s esteemed scientists take great steps to preserve the integrity of their findings. Not only are their findings peer reviewed by fellow experts in their specialty, whenever possible the findings are cross-checked by independent studies.  Given the emotional pandering and simplistic solutions offered to address immigration and terrorism, it is no wonder that these candidates would blindly accept the unsupported articles on climate change from fossil fuel-funded think tanks.  While we are being distracted by their juvenile political antics, our planet is experiencing the consequences of climate change that go far beyond warming temperatures. Less arctic ice due to warming oceans raises the arctic temperature, which disrupts the jet stream and affects our weather worldwide. Warming oceans bleach our coral reefs, which threaten the survival of a large number of fish and other marine species. The real embarrassment is our self-destruction.  Ronald Marshall, Petoskey

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Double Dipping?

In Greg Shy’s recent letter, he indicated that his Social Security benefit was being unfairly reduced simply due to the fact that he worked for the government. Somehow I think something is missing here. As I read it this law is only for those who worked for the government and are getting a pension from us generous taxpayers. Now Greg wants his pension and he also wants a full measure of Social Security benefits even though he did not pay into Social Security. Sounds like something for nothing. We used to call that double dipping.

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features Crime and Rescue Map.......................................7 Help Wanted.............................................10-11 Runway Report: 2016 Nail Trends....................12 Runway Report: 2016 Sandal Trends...............13 Conscious Style From Yana Dee.......................14 Tribute To Mom...............................................15 Captain Maurie And Crew.............................16-17 “Danish Girl�.......................................................18 Restaurant..........................................................20 Northern Seen.....................................................31

views Opinion............................................................4 dates...............................................25-30 music Catching Up With Mustard Plug........................22 4Play................................................................23 Nightlife...........................................................33

columns & stuff Top Five............................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 News of the Weird/Chuck Shepherd.....................8 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates.................................32 The Reel....................................................34-35 Advice Goddess..............................................36 Crossword.......................................................37 Freewill Astrology.............................................38 Classifieds......................................................39

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WHY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSING opinion

By GRANT PARSONS There was a time when we raised up bright leaders on our shoulders, when politicians smiled and school kids with batons led the parade, glancing at each other to keep in step, and the sun shone brightly and men’s pant legs flapped like flags and women’s steps first lifted off the ground, and the streets, the conjoining tributaries of our villages and cities, channeled a river of belief that flowed to the communal ocean of America.

That wasn’t a reality for the disenfranchised, of course, but that was the shared vision. There’s a photo on my wall — George Romney, Bill Milliken, Bob Griffin, Helen Milliken, Diana Forster, Betty Parsons, a sea of faces marching on a sunny street, flags flying, a vision of bright government.

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Instead, today, Michigan corporations are on the march like armies of the night, stealing by tax credits what masked men used to take with guns. They call it “tax incentives,� but it’s money taken from services for us and given to businesses as tax subsidies — or outright cash.

How many schools can be kept open for $4.2 million? How many roads repaired for $5.6 million in state funds? How many retiree pensions funded? How much could local taxes be cut if $8 million wasn’t diverted to a developer?

The “tall buildings� development is only one of many local Brownfield projects. How many more millions have they or will they divert?

Developers say “these subsidies will result in more property tax revenue in 25 years, when Forget politics; I’ll set aside your bias if you’ll we start paying our full share.� But during 25 set aside mine. Yes, I represent opponents of years, an entire generation of children will the Pine Street development be born, pass through the in Traverse City. system, and graduate with Our leaders value condos a low-budget education. more than they value The real issue: Politicians, Why? For a Chamber of education; it’s just that whose public face is pure Commerce version of a New simple. anti-tax, are lavishing tax Urbanist community? subsidies on businesses.

Those business subsidies In a Forbes column titled are hurting the public by diverting funds from “Michigan Tax Incentives — Corporate Welinstitutions and services and by increasing the fare?� David Brunori calls tax subsidies “a microprivate taxpayer’s burden. cosm of all that is wrong with state tax policy.�

In 2007, Michigan pols voted to amend the “Brownfield Act� and the “Michigan Business Tax Brownfield Credit.� AKT Peerless, a business consulting firm wrote, “A cash refund is now available... There has never been a better time to develop Brownfield properties.� Developers can sell tax credits on “the open market.�

Developers’ “incentives� were sweetened again in 2012 at the expense of public schools. The DEQ wrote, “The funding source for the BRF (Brownfield Redevelopment Fund) is three mills of the state education tax captured under a Brownfield Plan for projects approved after December 31, 2012.�

Mlive carried the headline, “Michigan on the hook for $9.38 Billion in Budget-Busting MEGA Tax Credits.�

Crain’s Detroit Business, Feb. 22, 2015, wrote that tax subsidies totaling over $9 billion were given out over the past 20 years “with no clarity on when companies will redeem them‌ This year, businesses started claiming those tax credits at an alarming rate.â€?

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Local leaders have joined the corporate welfare club. A member of the Traverse City School Board, Erik Falconer is a principal investor in the “tall buildings� project on Pine Street that wants a Brownfield tax subsidy and $5.6 million in MBT credits. How much the project will take from local schools is unclear, because they haven’t disclosed that, but a previous analysis projected a combined $22 million in tax subsidies from federal, state and local sources. Of the $22 million, $4.2 million would be school funds. About $228,000 annually would be diverted from schools.

School closings are symbolic of a deepening crisis. Tax subsidies are not the only cause of school closings, and schools are not the only victim of tax subsidies. But schools are the canary in the mine. When a school official votes to close schools, while at the same time asking for subsidies that diverts money from schools, it tells us there’s something badly flawed; our vision of good government is fading.

Tax policy is society’s way of stating its moral vision in concrete terms. We give tax “incentives� to activities we want to encourage. We divert taxes from those we don’t care about.

Through various tax “incentives,� state and local leaders are diverting taxes — from schools, roads, and pensions — to businesses like the “tall buildings� development. Our leaders value condos more than they value education; it’s just that simple.

It is utter hypocrisy — call it fraud — to promise tax cuts that in reality shift more burden onto the private taxpayer.

This year, Michigan will face a budget shortfall between $290–$500 million because businesses are cashing in tax credits instead of paying their taxes.

There’s a saying: “The power to tax is the power to destroy.� A truer statement would be, “The power to give tax subsidies is the power to destroy.� If each of us paid our fare share, we’d thrive on taxes. But when businesses don’t pay their fair share, we suffer. Schools close. Roads are rutted. Pensions are gutted.

Do you want to know why, in an improving economy, things don’t seem to be getting better? As our Michigan motto goes, “Look around you.� Schools are closing while subsidized luxury condos are opening.

We need a new vision of government. Better yet, we need the old version of government — like the photo on my wall.

Education taxes are being diverted to condo projects.

Grant Parsons is a Traverse City native and a trial attorney with a keen interest in local government.

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A new development that will bring an Aldi food store and a Panera Bread to Gaylord was green-lit by city officials and should break ground this spring.

Shoppes on Main, a $6.5 million, 37,000-squarefoot development, is expected to bring as many as 40 jobs once construction is complete, Gaylord City Manager Joseph Duff said. ´:H¡UH ORRNLQJ DW D SUHWW\ QLFH GHYHORSPHQW IRU WKH FRPPXQLW\ Âľ 'XII VDLG “Construction should begin any time — they are taking the buildings apart right now and I would imagine earth will start to be moved anytime.â€?

Shoppes on Main is located on M-37, west of I-75 and across from Home Depot, in an area that has seen a boom in big-box development in recent years.

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NOT YOUR NORMAL STAND-UP ROUTINE!

One-of-a-kind songwriter/comic/ singer/poet/musician Heywood Banks brings his show that appeals to all types to two venues in northern Michigan: Friday, May 6: The Opera House–Cheboygan, 7:30pm. Tickets: theoperahouse.org.

Saturday, May 7: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, 8pm (presented by Blissfest). Tickets: blissfest.org

4 leave those critters alone State conservation officers have a message for wild animal lovers — those baby raccoons might seem adorable, but that lovable personality will not last if you take one as a pet.

Wild younglings are a common sight LQ QRUWKHUQ 0LFKLJDQ¡V ZRRGV WKLV WLPH of year, and officials at the Department of Natural Resources issued a notice to discourage people from interfering with young wildlife like raccoons or baby cottontail rabbits. “Animals are better left alone than removed from the wild,â€? said DNR wildlife technician Hannah Schauer. “A nest full of young rabbits may look helpless, but staying in the nest is their best chance for survival.â€? The animals also pose a health and safety danger to humans, she said.

Only licensed wildlife rehabilitators may possess abandoned or injured wildlife.

A list of licensed rehabilitators can be found by visiting mi.gov/wildlife or by calling a local DNR office.

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Crime & Rescue

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by stephen tuttle Aside from the natural beauty, there is another common thread connecting our local hiking and biking trails and waterways: trash.

Show some pride in the natural beauty we’ve been given. Trashing our trail systems, streams and rivers is monumentally irresponsible. Please stop it.

Whether you’re on Leelanau County’s Heritage Trail, anyplace on Traverse City’s TART Trail, or floating the Boardman, there is trash aplenty.

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Gum wrappers, drink cups, cigarette packages, beer cans, plastic bags; anything that should have been thrown in a garbage can is tossed on the ground by unthinking dunderheads. And if not on the ground then in the water. The Boardman River has yielded furniture, appliances and plenty of tires.

Despite Herculean efforts of volunteers — the TART cleanup just occurred and the Boardman River Clean Sweep takes place May 28 — we just keep trashing our trails and waterways.

It’s disappointing but not at all unique to northern Michigan.

Our national parks, the gems of our wildlands, are protected from all manner of insults except inexplicable human behavior. According to the National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park alone had 3,000 tons of trash

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Speaking of trash, TIME Magazine just announced their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. My dictionary defines influence as “the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of another or others...”

TIME uses a different dictionary altogether.

They believe influence involves breaking things. Their criteria is people who “broke the rules, broke the record, broke the silence, broke the boundaries...”

This is apparently a uniquely American trait, considering that 49 of the magic 100 are from here. And way too many of them are entertainers or jocks or both. They made the list because, among other things, they had a lot of Twitter followers or Facebook “likes.” Some had movie hits or sold a lot of records.

The list is very diverse, almost mathematically so. Plenty of women, plenty of minorities,

Gum wrappers, drink cups, cigarette packages, beer cans, plastic bags; anything that should have been thrown in a garbage can is tossed on the ground by unthinking dunderheads. hauled out of the park last year. A bit more than 90 percent of that was deposited properly in garbage cans and recycling locations.

But nearly 10 percent, a whopping 300 tons, was left on the ground or in the water.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore collects about 69 tons of trash annually, 88 percent of which is recycled. A swarm of dedicated volunteers pick up litter on the dunes and along the shoreline.

At Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most popular of our national parks with 10 million annual visitors, volunteers spend more than 10,000 hours annually picking up improperly disposed of trash left behind.

even a woman who used to be a man. What’s lacking is any sense of geographic or geopolitical reality.

China, the most populous country on the planet, had five people on the list. Five. Maybe the Chinese just aren’t loud enough, but it does seem there might be more than five of them more influential than, say, actress Charlize Theron or golfer Jordan Spieth, both of whom are on the list.

India, with all of its engineers and computer scientists and a billion or so people, did a little better with seven nods. The entire continents of Africa and South America managed a combined nine influential people, less than 20 percent of our total.

We just love nature. Nearly to death, in fact.

Poor little Australia was shut out completely.

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This is one of those “problems” with the simplest of solutions: Stop it. There is no government conspiracy here, no oppressing of anyone, no establishment trying to control anything, no one percenter receiving something we can’t have. The usual suspects we now like to blame for everything aren’t in the crosshairs this time.

There is no one to blame but thoughtless people tossing their trash on the ground and leaving it for someone else to clean up.

Our trail systems are among the region’s great assets. They are not landfills for McDonald’s wrappers nor recycling centers for beer cans and water bottles nor ashtrays for cigarette butts. We’re able to tote that material onto the trail so we should be able to tote it out empty.

Not a single teacher, from pre-school to graduate school or anything in between, made the list. Maybe not enough Twitter followers.

There was a university president, American of course, but no one from a classroom.

To be fair, the list does include some world leaders, medical researchers and other scientists and humanitarians who are truly influential. Not all of them have a positive influence, but an influence they do have.

The TIME list is good for entertainment and good-natured debate but not much else.

Most influential? Nicki Minaj? Seriously?

Just stop it.

RAID UNEARTHS ILL-GOTTEN LOOT A burglary investigation led police to a virtual warehouse of stolen property.

A suspect was arrested April 21 after a witness said he broke into a home on Knipe Road in Central Lake Township, Antrim County Sheriff Daniel Bean said. Deputies stopped the man and found stolen property in his vehicle.

The suspect admitted he took a handgun from a house and returned to the same house several days later to steal another gun and some jars of change. Investigators quickly got a search warrant after the suspect told deputies he traded the guns for drugs.

Deputies, along with the regional Emergency Response Team, raided a house at 5758 Rushton Road in Central Lake, where a second suspect was ordered out of the house at 4am. When the man ignored the order and he could be seen pacing inside, police shot tear gas into the building, leading to surrender. No one was injured.

Inside police found 15 flat screen televisions, 18 chainsaws, snowmobile helmets, coins, weed trimmers, air compressors, SCUBA equipment, snow shoes, downhill skies, water skies, and snow boards. They also found more than a hundred rifles, handguns and knives.

Investigators want to determine where the stolen property comes from. People who believe their home has been broken into should call police at (231) 533-8627 ext. 3515.

HOMELESS WOMAN IDENTIFIED A 42-year-old woman whose body was discovered near The Village at Grand Traverse Commons was identified as Mary Watkins Russell.

Russell, whom authorities said was homeless, had been living in Traverse City since 2011. Her body was found lying outside a tent by a hiker April 25 near what’s called the Men’s Trail by Eleventh and Division streets.

A preliminary autopsy indicates the cause of death was likely natural, specifically coronary artery disease. However, an official cause of death won’t be determined until toxicology reports are returned. Traverse City police say that process could take up to another two weeks.

MAN ARRESTED AFTER CHASE Police chased a domestic violence suspect through three counties before the suspect’s tired deflated and he was arrested.

Emmet County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Springvale Township residence April 25 at 11:50am to investigate a domestic assault.

The 32-year-old suspect left the scene before police arrived, Sheriff Pete Wallin said.

The suspect’s 1997 Plymouth station wagon was spotted 45 minutes later on Pickerel Lake Road, leading to a pursuit, which lasted a half hour and traveled into Cheboygan and Otsego counties.

The suspect was stopped and arrested at the 292-mile marker on 1-75 after police used stop sticks to deflate his tires.

FIVE ARRESTED IN HEROIN BUST Police arrested five people and seized 90 grams of drugs worth $15,000.

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The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s interdiction team arrested a 26-year-old Traverse City woman April 21, a bust that led investigators to a 36-year-old Detroit man, who they believe was in Traverse City to sell heroin and cocaine and who carried drugs and $2,000 in cash at the time of his arrest, according to the Traverse Narcotics Team.

TNT then learned of another Detroit man who was headed to Traverse City with a large amount of heroin. They found the suspect and arrested the 25-year-old and a 29-year-old Traverse City woman.

That led investigators to an East Bay Township hotel room where they found heroin and packaging materials and where they made a fifth arrest.

In all, TNT seized 46 grams of cocaine, 43 grams of heroin, $3,900 in cash and three vehicles.

HOMELESS MAN CAUGHT IN LIBRARY Police who responded to a computer room alarm at the Traverse Area District Library main branch arrived just as a homeless man was walking out the front door.

The officers, who were called at 2:19am April 23, checked inside the library to see if anything was missing or damaged and they found nothing, Traverse City Police Chief Jeffrey O’Brien said.

O’Brien said library officials asked the officers to give the man a warning and the suspect was told if he appeared at the library again in the next six months, he’d be charged with trespassing.

O’Brien says the 36-year-old Dorr man likely hid or was sleeping and he was not noticed when the library closed.

stopped by deputies without incident at 5pm April 26 near River Road and Beitner Road in Blair Township.

The man was returned to Missaukee County to face charges. Sheriff James Bosscher said the man also faces fraud charges in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

TWO STABBED; TWO FLEE Police are investigating the stabbing of two people at a home near Cadillac.

Wexford County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a Selma Township residence April 23 at 9:20pm after two people suffered non-life threatening knife injuries.

Deputies determined the people had been in a fight with two other people when they were injured.

Two suspects fled before police arrived and deputies said in a press release that the incident remained under investigation. The stabbing victims were taken to a hospital for treatment.

The motocross riders crashed on Wilcox Bridger Road in Grayling Township at 8:13pm April 23, Crawford County Sheriff Kirk Wakefield said.

The riders, a 22-year-old Gibralter man and a 20-year-old Trenton man, were taken to Grayling Munson and then airlifted downstate for further treatment.

Investigators determined that excessive speed was likely to blame for the crash. Wakefield said that while off-road vehicles are allowed on some county roads, the speed limit for ORVs is 25 miles per hour.

DIRT BIKE CRASH INJURIES SERIOUS Two downstate dirt bike riders were seriously injured in a crash.

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PURSUIT ENDS IN ARREST A man wanted on fraud charges rammed a patrol car and sped off when he was approached by police.

Missaukee County Sheriff’s deputies approached the 42-year-old North Dakota man as he was sitting in his vehicle in a driveway to question him about “a large monetary fraud.”

The man led police on a chase that went into Wexford County and then, along US-131, into Grand Traverse County, where the suspect was

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One notably hypersuccessful YouTube channel (700,000 subscribers) features Mr. Lauri Vuohensilta of Finland pulverizing various objects (such as a bowling ball) in a 100-ton hydraulic press. (Said Vuohensilta, “I think it’s built into every person — the need to destroy something.”) That channel is free of charge, but other entrepreneurs have created 24-hour pay-per-month websites and apps offering similarly specialized programming, e.g., “Zombie Go Boom” (actors taking chain saws to things; $5 a month), “Hungry Monk Yoga” (posing in orange robes while teaching martial arts; $15 a month), and “Lather Fantasies” (clothed people “excessively shampooing each other’s hair”; $20 a month). (An April Wall Street Journal report noted that the “lather” channel “sounds kinkier than it actually is.”)

Recurring Themes (Recent examples of traditional weird news themes repeated over “News of the Weird’s” 28 years, along with updates on a few of our favorite characters.)

-- Restaurants in Tokyo continue their vigilance for unique, attention-demanding animal themes to attract diners. Eateries showcasing tableside cats, rabbits, owls, hawks and even snakes have tried their hands, with the latest being Harry, offering food and drink — and 20 to 30 teacup-size hedgehogs for diners to fondle while awaiting meal service. The equivalent of $9 brings an hour of cuddling rights.

-- Fine Points of the Law: In some states, as News of the Weird has reported, visitors with the barest “right” to occupy property (e.g., invited in for one night but never left) cannot be evicted except by court order, which might take weeks to obtain. In April, owners in Flint, Michigan, and Nampa, Idaho, were outraged that nothing could be done quickly to remove squatters from their vacated houses. (The Nampa squatter produced a “lease” that, though fraudulent, was enough to send the sheriff away.)

-- The two most recent instances of suspects who claimed that the drugs or paraphernalia found in their genitals during police searches were not theirs (but were only being stored there for other people) were Tiffany Flores, 23, arrested in Fellsmere, Florida, on April 5 with a crack pipe in her vagina, and Deondre Lumpkin, 23, arrested in Largo, Florida, on March 22 with crack cocaine “concealed beneath his genitals” (though he did admit owning the marijuana found in his car).

-- Smooth Getaway: The December burglary of the Halifax bank in Sale, England, drew attention even though the hour was just after midnight — because Jamie Keegan and Marc Shelton (both age 33) had tried to haul away an ATM, but it fell out the back of their van, producing calamitous noise (and sparks in the road). (Also, the ATM had an “out of order” sign on it, raising still another question about the efficacy of the crime.) In February the Minshull Street Crown Court sentenced the pair to 40 months each in prison.

(Bonus: In court, Shelton helpfully corrected the legal record by reminding officials that the pair’s crime was actually “burglary” and not, as written, “robbery.”)

-- The most recent suspect to have the bright idea to try biting off his fingertips (to avoid identification) was Kirk Kelly, wanted in Tampa for violating probation and picked

up by police in February in Akron, Ohio.

While being detained in Akron, he had begun to chew the skin off his fingers. Even if he had succeeded, he was easily identified as Kirk Kelly because of his body tattoos (“Port Tampa” and “813” — Tampa’s area code).

-- More DIY Masters: (1) Randy Velthuizen had lived in the house in Everson, Washington, for 20 years, but in April he accidentally set it afire while attempting to kill weeds with a blowtorch. It was an uninsured total loss. Mused Velthuizen, “It just made downsizing a hell of a lot easier.” (2) In January, four units in an apartment house in midtown Detroit were accidentally burned out by a tenant attempting to kill a bedbug that had bitten him. He had tried to light it up, but by the time the flames were extinguished, he was badly burned, his and three adjacent units were uninhabitable, and two dozen others had suffered water damage.

-- Sex ‘n’ Veggies: Emergency surgeons at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Costa Rica removed an 18-inch-long “yuca” (cassava root) from the posterior of a 55-year-old man in April after one of the two condoms encasing it ruptured inside him. A photograph in San Juan’s Diario Extra showed that the yuca had been carved into a phallic shape. Apparently, the man avoided what could have been catastrophic internal injury.

-- Funeral directors who mix up bodies (either accidentally or, in some cases, fraudulently) are not uncommon, but Thomas Clock III of Clock Funeral Home at White Lake (Whiteside, Michigan) was charged with a bit more in April. Not only did Clock allegedly fail to bury the ashes of the late Helen Anthony in December (interring an empty box instead), but when the family asked for a specific burial date, Clock allegedly told them that no workers were available and that the family would have to dig the cemetery plot themselves — for which Clock helpfully advised using a “post hole digger.” (And they did.)

Updates -- Two News of the Weird All-Time Favorites: (1) Obsessive litigant Jonathan Lee Riches asked a federal court in Billings, Montana, in April to somehow issue a wellmeaning “restraining” order against Donald Trump — to force Trump out of the presidential race on the ground that he fears assassination. Riches wrote that he loves and adores Trump but suggested as a candidate John McCain (who is “less fiery”). (2) Mr. “Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop- bop,” 34, was arrested in January for assaulting an Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington) police officer. Mr. Zoppitybop-bop-bop (originally, Jeffrey Wilschke) had made News of the Weird several years back with arrests under his new name in Wisconsin and Iowa.

-- In April, the Sacramento Bee revealed (from freedom of information requests) that University of California, Davis, officials had spent at least $175,000 in scarce state highereducation funds merely to attempt to scrub the Internet of references to the notorious 2011 incident in which a campus police officer deliberately pepper-sprayed the faces of restrained, helpless protesters. The public relations venture was part of a campaign by the school’s chancellor, Linda Katehi, to rehabilitate her image after cutbacks to academic programs. (Other critics ridicule as futile almost any attempt — ever — to scrub news from the Internet.)

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Help Wanted

HIGH Demand For Skilled Workers

LOW Demand For UNSkilled Workers

By Patrick Sullivan

A state program that tackles both those problems has created 500 local jobs, but proponents believe it could help even more

Northern Michigan’s economy is starting to look good again. Hotel rooms are filling up, people are flocking to restaurants and streets are busy with shoppers who have enough spare cash to buy novelty T-shirts.

Despite these positive signs, it remains tough for locals without specialized training to find jobs that pay enough to afford rent without taking an extra job or two.

A state program designed to train people to earn a decent wage has added hundreds of new positions to the local economy, but the pace of the program has slowed and some would like that to change.

PHOTODETECTOR MAKERS WANTED A few years ago, Traverse City’s ElectroOptics Technology, Inc. needed people to make things like photodetectors, optical isolators, fiber collimators and other laser technology you’ve never heard of. It appeared it would take a type of worker that didn’t exist in northern Michigan.

The company hired dozens of entry-level workers anyway and, beginning in 2011, those workers started to become 21st century skilled technicians. That happened via training at Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) and was paid for through a payroll diversion program. Now, the program has reached its cap and officials hope to see it expanded so that its success can be replicated elsewhere.

The Michigan New Jobs Training Program came along at a time of unemployment and bleak prospects, but it’s proven to be a tool that could help strengthen and diversify northern Michigan’s economy in good times, too, said Marguerite Cotto, vice president of lifelong and professional learning at NMC. Even as the recession recedes, there are still a lot of people looking for jobs that pay a

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meaningful wage.

“We were among the first generation of community colleges where the board took action to allow us to participate,” Cotto said.

“We’ve been in this from the very beginning.”

The program works by diverting employees’ payroll taxes from state coffers to a community college to pay for their specialized instruction there. It’s meant to bolster local economies by creating employees who receive a better wage, and Cotto said that’s what’s been happening in Traverse City.

“The employee is local and the employee in that new job is now investing their earned dollars in paying local rent or local mortgage, local food; those jobs would perhaps not exist in the number that they do without some component of this program playing a part in that,” Cotto said. “After the training has been paid off, the state gets the tax revenue.”

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Robert Blake, human resources coordinator at Electro Optics, said his company has grown from 36 to 86 employees since they started participating in the program.

That’s not all because of the training, but the program had a lot to do with it. He said 46 new positions have been created through the training and Electro employees have completed 160 courses.

Finding qualified employees is one of the biggest challenges for a company like Electro Optics.

“We do very technical work here,” Blake said. “We don’t expect our assemblers to come in with knowledge of photonics. It’s very hard to find those individuals in this area.”

So rather than find them, Electro made them, with help from NMC. The program was established in 2008 and is available to each of the state’s 28 community colleges.

The Electro story shows how the program can create skilled workers, Cotto said. The company needed people who could work with lasers. There is no laser school in Traverse City, so NMC came up with a work-around.

“We had to find and train the person that would be their trainer. We did not have the skill set in house for the laser training that they needed, but we found the person,” Cotto said. “It was an Intermediate School District teacher who was interested in lasers and willing to go to New Jersey to get certified.”

She hopes the experience will show other companies that they can find qualified workers in an environment where those people are not immediately apparent.

“We’re hoping that their growth attracts other similar businesses to make kind of a corridor of like-minded industry in the region,” Cotto said. “We now have much more interest in lasers in our physics classes because they can actually see the path of getting a job in town.”

500 NEW JOBS The trouble is that the program has reached its cap. That means it only funds new training when existing contracts run out, said Kent Wood, director of government relations at TraverseCONNECT. “The program’s been very successful and what they’ve found is that’s created quite a big waiting list,” he said.

Wood said it works better than traditional government training programs which offer funding for a particular type of training at a given time. This program enables employers to get money to train employees whenever they are ready to hire more people and expand.

“There aren’t too many restrictions. It allows the community college and the employer to sit down and say, ‘okay, what do you want to do?’” Wood said.

That approach appears to be successful so far, according to a 2013 study by the Anderson Economic Group. The program’s economic impact on the state was $76 million in additional employee earnings and 2,266 added jobs in 2012. The study predicted additional earnings through the program will increase to $143 million and it will add 4,768 jobs.

“Locally, it’s directly created over 500 jobs over the course of the last five or six years or so. I can’t really think of another program out there that’s had that kind of measurable impact locally,” Wood said.

That study also found the program generated $3.3 million in extra state and local tax

revenue in 2012, and the money paid out for training had no net fiscal impact to the state.

That doesn’t mean it is politically easy to increase the program’s cap, however, which is set at $50 million available for training at any one time.

A SMALL SCHOOL IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN Wood would like to see the $50 million cap on the program increased or eliminated.

The program was scheduled to be phased out beginning in 2018, but last year, it was extended for five more years. Despite that gesture, legislators find it difficult approving measures that, on paper at least, divert tens

of millions of dollars of tax revenues, even in a state with an annual budget of $54 billion, Wood said.

As with other tax-offset financing plans, there is always concern that the economic stimulus that’s attributed to the program would have happened even if the program didn’t exist, he said.

Cotto said the program quickly became enormously popular around the state, and the bulk of the available money was claimed almost entirely early on, leaving everyone else to fight for the rest.

“There was a huge contract by Grand Rapids Community College with a major industry that was coming in to the Grand Rapids area, and that contract alone locked up close to $30 million of the available $50 million that treasury was willing to set aside,” Cotto said. “And it created a huge panic because we’re a small school in northern Michigan.”

Wood said the program should be expanded because it addresses two critical challenges faced by the region: lack of skilled workforce and too big a pool of unskilled workers.

“It is essentially killing two big road blocks to economic growth here with one stone,” he said.

He said he also hopes employers other than manufacturers take advantage of the training.

“It’s not just one industry that’s experiencing things, these troubles,” he said. “It’s every industry that’s in one way or another experiencing that skills gap.”

HELP FOR THE ENTRY-LEVEL Marcy Hermann, human resources manager at Cherry Capital Foods, said she is hopeful the added training will help her growing company. For the last few years, the local foods distributor has tapped into customers’ demand for food grown or raised nearby, and they’ve expanded roughly 40 percent per year,

adding new employees rapidly.

Cherry Capital is using the training to educate managers in leadership and efficiency. They only recently enrolled and they have just two employees involved. Hermann said they’d like to get more enrolled, as it takes specialized training to develop employees beyond entry level.

“It’s really important when you have a business that deals with something like food,” Hermann said. “We are growing in sales and growing in people.”

Cotto said the program is designed for a business like Cherry Capital, which needs to develop people into highly-skilled, well-paid employees as it grows.

“We’re really interested in what’s happening with some of the food processing pieces,” she said. “If you look at Cherry Capital Foods and others, there are two big tiers. You have people who are coming in with engineering backgrounds looking at the larger system … and you have a lot of entry level jobs that are minimum wage, and it’s going to take a while for that to mature.”

Richard Wolin, director of Michigan Manufacturers Technology Center North at NMC, said he sees possibilities for the program to expand to all kinds of occupations.

He said the NMC program has issued $3 million in training contracts so far and it’s created 513 jobs. That means each job has cost $5,848 in diverted payroll taxes to pay for the training.

A lot of employers are interested, he said, though some are challenged by the requirement that new jobs pay 175 percent of minimum wage.

“I really hope to be able to reach out to a larger variety of businesses and organizations. We do have a variety now, but it’s predominantly manufacturing,” he said. “It can be used by any company; the real challenge is the wage threshold.”

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Runway Report: Summer 2016 Nail Trends

Runway Report: 2016 Sandal Trends

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1. GO GLADIATORS

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After high school, Dee attended Finlandia University in Hancock, Mich., where she majored in product design, but it was a secondary class that really got her hooked.

THOUGHTFUL FABRICS

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I basically bummed all around the country, picking up fabrics as I went,â&#x20AC;? she said.

One of her goals as a clothing designer is to consider the lifecycle of the products she designs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I try and reduce waste, and reduce use of harmful materials,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Researching materials led me to using products of natural fiber origins, such as flax, linen and organic cotton, and I pay attention to comfort and chemical sensitivity in fabrics.â&#x20AC;?

She also uses salvaged materials, cutting apart older garments to make new garments and using things like coffee bags to make her market shopping bags.

As the years have gone by, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s found that fashion suppliers are catching up with environmental concerns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fabrics industry has changed tremendously in the last 10 years,â&#x20AC;? Dee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a lot more to work with now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more colors, hybrid fabrics and different weaves.â&#x20AC;?

rom the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P. to Traverse City, Yana COLLEGE COLLECTION â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got into the textile studio later on in my Dee has made quite a schooling at Finlandia,â&#x20AC;? Dee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I also started journey to become a experimenting with jewelry-making, metals, successful fashion de- wood and ceramics. From there, I created sevbodies of work and signer. Even though eral one of my final projects sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s built a strong local follow- at school was a clothing â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I try and ing, this is one fashionista who collection of versatile pieces.â&#x20AC;? reduce waste, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be pinned down.

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The Keweenaw might seem an unlikely place to find fashion. This northernmost part of the U.P. stretches into chilly Lake Superior in a region better known for copper mining than stylish clothing. Dee was home-schooled, which included arts and crafts, further inspiring her to do projects on her own, with no limits on how wild her designs could get. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got started, really, by being obsessed with clothes from when I was a kid,â&#x20AC;? she explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to cut up my clothes, alter them, and put them back together.â&#x20AC;?

and reduce use of harmful materials,â&#x20AC;? she explained.

couraged Dee and her classmates to bring their works to a local art show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And my entire collection sold â&#x20AC;&#x201D; quickly!â&#x20AC;? Dee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was the first time I thought, wow, this could actually be a business.â&#x20AC;?

Dee graduated from Finlandia in 2004 and continued to delve into fashion design on her own, with a little help from various mentors and advisors along the way. Then she hit the road in search of more inspiration.

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MEASURED SUCCESS

Deeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priorities today are her store and production studio in Traverse City, where she employs three women to assist with sewing and tagging. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been happy to watch some of the pieces sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed catch on locally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A couple of the most popular so far are the Dahlia dress; it fits all shapes and sizes of women. And the Valora dress coat, which also works for so many different people.

Those are two Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really proud of.â&#x20AC;?

Also popular are her headbands and bracelets, which she makes as part of her waste management approach, utilizing 1-by1 squares of leftover fabric to craft them. She sells to a handful of stores around the country, including Fed by Threads in Arizona (â&#x20AC;&#x153;They donate a portion of clothing sales to feeding hungry peopleâ&#x20AC;?) and Little Luxuries of Mackinac Island, but she isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in a hurry to expand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on the slow-growth program,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very thankful for my customer base, so I just hope to keep moving in the right direction and have more opportunities to do my design work.â&#x20AC;?

Yana Deeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store is located at 157 E. Front Street in downtown Traverse City. You can also browse her designs and send her email at yanadee.com.

hey play many roles in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives, from cook to chauffeur to dispenser of endless advice. And ultimately, they are the women who will have the biggest influence on our lives.

In tribute to moms everywhere, we asked area residents and community leaders to share their stories and recollections of their own moms.

From keeping laughter paramount to giving back to your community, the following moms conveyed valuable lessons indeed.

John Robert Williams, photographer and co-founder of the Traverse City Film Festival, recounted the following story about his mother, who recently turned 93: â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was a stay-at-home mom, as my dad was on the road almost every weekday for my first ten years. My dad was out of town when I fell and broke my arm. Our family only had one car, and it was a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;company carâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; issued to my dad. Mom had to get creative and find a way to transport me to the hospital. She never panicked...finally flagging down our next door neighbor, on his way home.

She didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fret, get upset, but was the picture of calm and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;get it done.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Actions speak louder than words, and her calm confidence in a rather stressful setting was a model of excellent response to a serious calamity (it was a bad break). Thank you mom, for being calm when the cards were stacked against you. Love to you!â&#x20AC;?

Traverse City Realtor Marilyn Taylor grew up as one of nine children, â&#x20AC;&#x153;all born within 12 years of each other, so I believe my mom should be considered for sainthood!â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of many lifelong principles I learned from her was to always look for the silver lining in the midst of difficult circumstances and even find the humor,â&#x20AC;? recalled Taylor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She would often write funny stories or poems about everyday trials and tribulations and have us all laughing. She taught me that laughter can be the best medicine. Today, at 81 years â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;young,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; still healthy and still beautiful, she is living proof there is truth to that adage.â&#x20AC;?

Brian Haas, Traverse City commissioner and digital marketer, recalled his momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entrepreneurial spirit. As a single mother of two, she had no help and little money, but what she did have was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;make it workâ&#x20AC;? attitude, he said.

She was a realtor, had a housecleaning business, and grew and sold flowers for a time.

She also kept her focus on the future, not dwelling on the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bad things happen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; oh well. You move on,â&#x20AC;? recalled Haas, who said she inspired his independence and ability to â&#x20AC;&#x153;roll with things.â&#x20AC;?

Todd and Caroline Oosterhouse are coowners of Old Mission Peninsulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bonobo Winery. Toddâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skills in juggling the various aspects of a business might just have been learned from his mom, Mary.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;She knew what she wanted and how she wanted it,â&#x20AC;? said Todd, calling his mom an organizer and planner capable of envisioning just how she wanted things, then executing her vision. Neighbors might have witnessed Mary directing the action on yard clean-up, pointing to various areas and letting her four kids know who needed to do what. Todd learned that he could make things happen, and that he could speak up to get what he needed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but in a polite and respectful manner.

Caroline Oosterhouse recounted a mother who put everyone at ease and made them feel welcome, a humble woman who loved kids and who instilled faith in her five children. Caroline called her mother a realist who also loves being festive, decorating for holidays throughout the year. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special emphasis on Christmas, as Carolineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father runs a Santa training school. It makes perfect sense, then, that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her mom who plays Mrs. Claus - bringing to mind her momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite quote: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Behind every successful man is a great woman.â&#x20AC;?

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SHE TAUGHT ME THAT LAUGHTER CAN BE THE BEST MEDICINE. Becky Philipp-Kranig owns Petoskeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bearcub Outfitters, a business she took over from her parents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are too many memories of my mom to just give one,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What I do remember is her always being there for me. Growing up, she was always in my corner. She went to my events, even if she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to. She would confront teachers, even if some of them were her friends. She listened to me and gave me advice, even if I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always use it. I never felt that I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come to her, even if I did something I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have. This gave me trust and confidence to be the person I am today.â&#x20AC;?

In Frankfort, Rick Schmitt is Stormcloud Brewing Companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;4â&#x20AC;? co-owner who heard â&#x20AC;&#x153;stand up straightâ&#x20AC;? a lot from his mom, Beverly.

She believed in making a good first impression. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She would tell me to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;look peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the eye and give them a firm handshake.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; She also helped foster gratitude in her son. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She made sure to impress upon me the significance of taking the time to write a thank you note. She said people will remember those symbols of gratitude. And they do. As always, Mom was right.â&#x20AC;?

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Parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Executive Director Renee Hintz recalled the nature walks her mother took her on while a small child. The woods near Fletcher Creek in Mesick were a â&#x20AC;&#x153;magical placeâ&#x20AC;? for Hintz.

Kate Madigan, who won an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Environmentalist of the Yearâ&#x20AC;? award from the Northern Michigan Environmental Action Council (NMEAC) in 2015, said her momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;influence is so fundamental to who I am and why I have become that person,â&#x20AC;? and recalled her mother as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;unique mix of strong, kind, generous and fun.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom has always had high expectations. She expected us to be kind and polite, work hard, and put family first. She held herself to those same standards, going back to nursing school when we were young and getting straight As while raising a family. My mother also expected my sisters and I to be strong and independent women. She and my dad never doubted that we could do or be anything we wanted to be, and because of that, I never did either.

She supported our decisions, even when it was probably pretty hard for her. When I traveled to South America alone for a year after college, instead of talking me out of it, she threw me a party. She also figured out which countries were the most dangerous at the time and convinced me to avoid them. She also taught us through example to voice our opinions and to not be afraid to stand up for what we believe in,â&#x20AC;? said Madigan.

Jen Lake emcees Traverse City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; based â&#x20AC;&#x153;Swingshift and the Stars,â&#x20AC;? the dance-off that has raised tens of thousands of dollars for area nonprofits. She is also the founder and creative director of Brand Tonic, a marketing and design firm. Her mom not only raised three kids, volunteered and helped run the family business, she did so while struggling through the effects of multiple sclerosis. It was when her mother died at age 50 that Lake felt her mom had the most impact on her life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At that moment, life became too short.

Within months, I started to shift. I quit my job and started my own business in graphic design.

I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of failing. I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of anything. Fear never crossed my mind. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when I realized I was my motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter. Through everything she went through, she wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid.

She was strong, she was confident, she kept pushing through every challenge.â&#x20AC;?

Lake describes her mom as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a movement.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She believed everyone had value. And she believed in giving back, when sometimes, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a lot of energy to give. But she was there, volunteering her time with seniors, children, and those with disabilities...she made this world better,â&#x20AC;? said Lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I realize what I do today is a reflection of the values she showed me.â&#x20AC;?

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Captain Maurie and Crew Look Forward to Another Half-Century

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Betsy and I had three kids and we decided we wanted to raise them here,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s any way to stay hereâ&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the stars aligned.â&#x20AC;?

They bought a menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing store from a downtown merchant who was looking to retire. A few years later, the store moved next door to its present location when a womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing store moved out.

As is often the case, the store became a family endeavor. Maurie, Betsy and their children Jason, Lisa and Matt all worked in the store. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even during the time when we moved from next door, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have work bees,â&#x20AC;? said Betsy, from hauling trash out to painting and wallpapering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a family business. We were blessed by a wonderful community; it was a lot of blessings,â&#x20AC;? said Jason, using that word again.

AYE AYE The maritime theme came about as Allen surveyed the surrounding water. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bay, the river â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the name seemed appropriate. It made sense,â&#x20AC;? said Allen.

The store boasts nautical decor throughout, from maps and sextants on the walls to an aquarium inside a coffee/display table.

The theme even extends to the lingo. Both Betsy and longtime staffer Wayne Schmidt say of street sale time, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all hands on deck.â&#x20AC;?

THE CREW Schmidt is just one of the many people who have worked at the store during its halfcentury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people have worked here and gone on themselves. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flattering to see that,â&#x20AC;? said Allen.

He said his first employee was Bill Kurtz, while Bob Brick and Tim Brick were also among the early hires. Kurtz went on to become a longtime downtown businessman, heading Kurtz Music. Bob Brick is one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest-serving realtors, while Tim Brick owns and operates Brick Wheels.

Current manager Dennis Fox said, in his previous life as a mortgage officer, he always wore suits and enjoyed dressing the part. He thought it would be enjoyable to immerse himself in the industry.

Michelle Edick works extensively with formal wear, as well as the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock of clothing. She said she likes the fact that, while some pieces reflect changing tastes and trends, others remain virtually unchanged. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Classics never go out of style,â&#x20AC;? she said.

They are among the 16 staffers listed on the storeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website, from industry veteran Lee Abbey to college student Adam Bergin.

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o hear Maurie Allen tell it, the fact that his menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing store is celebrating a half-century is all because of others. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been so blessed,â&#x20AC;? said Allen, Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters owner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blessedâ&#x20AC;? might not be a word you hear often in a business discussion, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one you hear over and over in conversation with Allen, his family and staff at the landmark haberdashery in downtown Traverse City.

Allen feels he is blessed to live and work in Traverse City, blessed to have had so many caring staffers and customers, and blessed to be in business for 50 years.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never thought about it [50 years]. It just crept up. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be 75 in July,â&#x20AC;? Allen said.

He said opening the store was â&#x20AC;&#x153;the second-best decision I ever made in my life.â&#x20AC;?

Number one was marrying the love of his life, Betsy, herself a veteran of the downtown retailer.

After 50 years, the always sharp-dressed Allen continues to work three days a week or more, as he did during the recent bridal show at Grand Traverse Resort. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really no surprise, given the fact that he still finds it engaging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The business is still interesting. I always enjoyed menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing,â&#x20AC;? said Allen.

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BEGINNINGS Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quartersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; existence is due, in part, to Montgomery Ward. Allen was working for the now-defunct department store chain when he and his wife Betsy were transferred to Traverse City. They immediately fell in love with the town and the area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I saw the city for the first time, I thought this was the most amazing place,â&#x20AC;? he said.

That was in 1964. Two years later, they had the opportunity to move back to Fort Wayne. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a transfer to our hometown and a shiny new store,â&#x20AC;? Allen said.

Instead, they decided to stay put.

HOW THE BUSINESS HAS CHANGED Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters has never gone in for trendy. It has, however, changed with the times, such as the shift toward more casual wear for business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more sportswear-oriented,â&#x20AC;? said Allen.

The store still carries a large selection of suits and sport coats. Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re displayed next to bright, colorful ties and socks, as well as shorts and polo shirts.

He said attending regional and national markets and shows helps them pick up new trends and new lines. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Computerization has helped us a lot,â&#x20AC;? said Allen, enabling the staff to really see whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s selling and what isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters has weathered another sea change in the industry, as clothing stores migrated to malls or simply went out of business, particularly menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing stores. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At one time in the 60s or 70s, there were seven downtown,â&#x20AC;? Allen said. Today, the likes of Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Prattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Millikenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Store are but a fading memory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing even one is left,â&#x20AC;? he added.

Perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not so amazing considering

Manager Dennis Fox came to menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clothing after dressing the part in the mortgage industry how important customer service is to the crew. They even trademarked the slogan, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s store that really does care.â&#x20AC;?

Even when off the clock, staff who stop in often lend a helping hand. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I came into the store and it was busy, I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to wait on somebody,â&#x20AC;? said Betsy.

Schmidt spoke of working as guest services manager at Grand Traverse Resort and speaking to a guest who needed some business wear. He still had a key to Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters and went down to the store, where he got a dress shirt and tie and brought them back.

In addition to Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters, some longtime retailers are still holding forth in Traverse City, such as Petertyl Drug and Gift Center,

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Votruba Leather Goods and Horizon Books, but many others have fallen by the wayside. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wards, Penneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Woolworth, Kresge, Millikenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were all anchors downtown,â&#x20AC;? said Allen.

Now theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gone, but in their place are numerous other shops, restaurants and other attractions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become a much livelier place,â&#x20AC;? he noted.

Both Jason Allen and Wayne Schmidt went on to politics, serving locally and at the state level. Jason said he thinks that was inspired in part by his dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dedication. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dad and the community instilled a spirit of public service. Dad was the first Downtown Traverse City Association president at 26 or 27,â&#x20AC;? Jason said.

The elder Allen also served on boards at the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Development Authority and is a longtime member of the Traverse City Rotary Club. He was also one of the founders of the Cherry Capital Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chorus and today is the only one still performing

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Can Captainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Quarters go on another 50 years? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope,â&#x20AC;? said Allen with a laugh. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If my life could continue just the way it is, another 50 could fly by, no problem.â&#x20AC;?

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A masterful study of conflicted sexual identity and the many forms love can take, “The Danish Girl” explores the lives of Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener (1882–1931) and his wife, the artist Gerda Gottlieb (1886–1940). The novel also served as the basis for the award-winning feature film by the same name.

Ebershoff sticks to the basic historical arc of Einar and Gerda’s lives together: marriage, careers and Einar’s gradual realization that his psychic and physical suffering came from being a woman trapped in a man’s body. For background, Ebershoff Ebershoff studied newspaper accounts, Einar’s autobiography (“Man into Woman”) and Gerda’s paintings, especially those inspired by Lili Elbe, as Einar was later called.

Ebershoff ’s stated goal as a novelist is to recreate the “emotional truth” he thinks might have existed between these two unique characters. He imagines their lives as they struggle haltingly and — at times — awkwardly to free themselves from bourgeois social norms.

They move from Copenhagen to Paris to find more freedom; Lili visits a clinic in Dresden; fame comes and goes. We watch, fascinated, as Einar fades and an ever-more confident Lili gradually emerges. It is this long transition that propels the story.

For years, Einar was an alien to himself, inhabiting a body he barely understood, but gradually, he realizes he is not alone. There are others. That knowledge, plus his own strong will, emboldens him to undergo one of the earliest known gender reassignment surgeries. Ebershoff reflects on the courage it must have taken to create what, today, we would call an “authentic” life, but he does not lionize Einar for it.

“I understand the impulse to…define her story as one of undiluted triumph, but her story is more complex than that,” he stated.

Then there is the question of the marriage. An explanation is due here. Ebershoff

replaces the historical Gerda, a Dane, with the character of a free-thinking American artist he names Greta Waud. Greta is committed to a life that defies bourgeois norms of the day.

She wants a partner, for example, “who would take her someplace unlike where she’d ever been.”

In ways she might never have imagined, she found just that. Instead of falling apart, the marriage takes on a different and, in certain ways, more intense, form. On other levels, the distance between them grows. Through it all, Greta never fails to be of interest because what Ebershoff has written is her “unusual combination of independence and fidelity.”

Early on, Greta intuits her husband’s turmoil. She lends her full support, asking in return only to use Lili as an artistic muse.

Lili describes this act of love. “Out of nowhere came Lili. Yes, thanks were due to Greta.”

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These are all unanswered questions, but they are fuel aplenty for a compelling read.

“It’s important to remember that Lili and Greta were pioneers,” Ebershoff told the Northern Express. “They had no role models to follow, nothing in the media, no examples to refer to. So they sometimes made mistakes, as we all would. They were searching.”

For all their courage, Greta and Lili also experience moments of uncertainty, and those can be pretty funny, as when Greta reflects, “Oh, jeepers, the last thing I want to do right now is dine with my husband dressed up as a girl” or when Ebershoff describes Lili’s insecurities: “[Her]… notion of herself could

flip-flop nearly by the minute.

Sometimes she looked in the mirror and exhaled and felt the settling peace of gratitude; other times she saw a man-woman, its head peering out of the collar of a dress.”

From start to finish, Ebershoff challenges his characters (and, by extension, his readers) to overcome the social strictures and fear of the unknown that stand in the way of an authentic life. This profound, yet simple, theme draws us into “The Danish Girl,” but is also used to great effect in “The 19th Wife,” Ebershoff ’s novel about historic and modern characters swept up in religion-inspired polygamy.

“With each story, we understand more about each other. That’s why we read fiction and non-fiction — to learn about people who are different than us, to learn something new and feel astonishment,” Ebershoff said. “And I’m not just talking about meeting a trans man or woman.”

Ebershoff ’s sharply-drawn characters face off against tremendous odds, whether in the form of Einar/Lili’s internal battles against her own body’s demands, Greta’s unfailing dedication to help free her husband or, in 1800’s America, an articulate young woman’s rebellion against a life of servitude to Mormon leader Brigham Young (“The 19th Wife”).

Even if a reader’s own struggles are very different, Ebershoff makes us care about these characters and their difficult journeys.

“I certainly hope so,” Ebershoff said. “A book can touch people in different ways.”

He called Lili’s example “bigger than her own life,” adding, “maybe she can help expand the minds of readers.”

Readers have reason to hope that Ebershoff ’s literary output might accelerate in coming years. After nearly two decades as an editor at Random House, he recently committed to writing full time.

Originally, editing was simply a means to pay his way in the world, but, from the start, he distinguished himself. One of his early clients was Norman Mailer. He parlayed an internship at Random House into a full-time gig, then went on to became the company’s vice president and executive editor. Those years editing were hardly wasted. He edited

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“It allowed me to engage with some very original minds — people who saw the world uniquely and knew how to write about it whether [through] fiction or non-fiction,” he said. “Getting that level of intimacy with writers, that’s rare and very intense.”

He described editing as “representing readers” while manuscripts move toward publication. That perspective, it could be argued, might explain his skill at engaging readers.

“The greatest thing a writer can hear is a reader gets emotionally involved in a story, that they have a real response,” he said. “It’s what we’re trying to achieve as writers.”

The thing to remember, he said, is that, in the final analysis, “the writer always gets the last word.”

In addition to “The Danish Girl” and “The 19th Wife,” which was made into a television movie, Ebershoff wrote “Pasadena,” a bestseller about his hometown.

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erry Left is a man of singular vision.

“Restaurants are all I’ve ever done,” he said from his headquarters in Charlevoix.

Left owns Charlevoix’s popular Villager Pub — a story of its own for another day — and the quietly sophisticated Terry’s Place, which he opened 33 years ago, in 1983.

fine french food complements enterprising chef’s other dining endeavors

ing in Florida for such a long time, I really wanted to bring that experience up to northern Michigan.”

Locating his venture in the same building as the Villager Pub, Left — who now counts 80 employees on his restaurant’s roster — opened Terry’s with an eye toward vintage elegance. He kept the room’s natural brick walls and tin ceilings, instilling a calm mood with pale vanilla walls, faux windows and shutters with trailing vines, landscape paintings, cafe seating and flared pendant lights hanging from the ceiling.

While classics like filet mignon and shrimp provenÇale are available, Left and his executive chef Paul Bradley take advantage of Charlevoix’s proximity to the lakes by centering most of the menu around fish.

UPSCALE AMBITION Left worked in restaurants as a youth, “always as a cook,” he said. He never worked as a waiter or busboy because it was the food part of the food industry that had gotten into his blood, even early on.

“After high school, I went to CIA (Cu- STANDOUT SIMPLICITY Starters include escargot baked in garlic linary Institute of America) butter, and mussels steamed in New York State and got my white wine. Then the fish “The Pub is great, in associate degree in 1977,” Left choices begin: whitefish recollected. “Then I went to but I’m actually from local John Cross FishFlorida International Univereries, plus walleye and perch, much more into sity in Miami for restaurant all arrive fresh and are panmanagement.” formal dining,” sautéed to order, served up After he finished at FIU, four ways: meuniere (with Left explained. he stayed in Miami, eventually lemon beurre blanc sauce), becoming the executive chef almondine (lemon beurre at the legendary upscale eatery Cafe Chauveron. The Chauveron, now blanc and almonds), Robinson (olive oil, closed, would eventually find its way into garlic and parsley) and Grenoblois (lemon beurre blanc and capers.)

Left’s most ambitious restaurant effort.

If it seems simple, that’s because it purposefully is, in order to maximize the flavors FRENCH FORMALITY and freshness of the fish. End your meal In 1981, Left opened Great Lakes Fish with one of Left’s chocolate or Grand Marand Chips in Charlevoix, which he soon ex- nier souffles, allowing you to experience all panded into the Villager Pub. Next up was of Left’s northern Michigan interpretation of Terry’s Place, in the same building, named French gourmet fare. to impart a casual flair, as if you were just “We may not have a water view or anydropping by Left’s house for a friendly din- thing like that,” Left said, “and we haven’t ner. But, don’t think this is a simple sand- changed our menu much in years, but we’re wich stop; Terry’s is a gourmet destination, still very busy. My food is my drawing card.” inspired by what Left learned at the Chauveron. He even borrowed several ideas from Terry’s Place is located at 101 Antrim Street in the old Miami restaurant’s menu. downtown Charlevoix. Open Sunday–Thursday “The Pub is great, but I’m actually much from 5–9pm, Friday and Saturday from 5–10pm. more into formal dining,” Left explained. Appetizers start at $7; entrees $25–40. For more “It’s just the kind of cooking I really like to information, visit terrysofcharlevoix.com or call do. And after working in fine French din- (231) 547-2799.

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WHAT’S NEW? “During the last year, we’ve really just been focused on hitting the road,” explained Mustard Plug’s singer, Dave Kirchgessner.

“We just headlined a really awesome West Coast tour that culminated with a sold-out show in Denver.”

The band also made a big impression at last year’s Riot Fest in Chicago and The Fest in Gainesville, Fla. “We’re doing the Amnesia Festival in Canada this summer, which is a huge outdoor, camping-type fest sort of like a punk rock Bonnaroo, so that should be fun. Besides all of that, we’re basically gearing up for our 25th year as a band and some 25th anniversary shows here in the Midwest,” Kirchgessner said.

Their upcoming TC show will feature opening acts The Neighborhood Dogs and The Droogs; both have shared the stage with Mustard Plug before. “We’re really excited to be playing with some great local punk bands and they’re super nice guys to hang out with as well,” he said.

SONG DEVELOPMENT The tracks from Mustard Plug’s newest album, Can’t Contain It, are still a work in progress as far as their live format goes, even though it’s been out for awhile now.

Kirchgessner said that “The All-Nighter” and “What Does She Know” are two proven live favorites with their crowds. “‘The All-Nighter’ is kind of funny because it started off really different when we first wrote it,” he said. “We worked on it over the course of probably two to three years and we were fairly close to leaving it off of the album, but Colin (Clive, guitar/vocals) and I came up with a new twist on it and reworked it completely. ‘What Does She Know’ has a super-hooky chorus and it’s easy to get stuck

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in your head. Plus, it’s basically a love song about a dog, which isn’t that common, but it’s easy to relate to.”

SKA THOUGHTS While ska will probably always have a solid base of fans, as a whole, the genre seems to be quieting down a bit in the U.S. What are Kirchgessner’s thoughts on this?

“Overall, the ska scene here is probably the weakest it’s been in at least a couple of decades,” he agreed. “I know that’s a brutal thing to say, but I just don’t see too many new bands with new ideas.”

Mustard Plug may be something of an exception, as Kirchgessner pointed out that their shows have actually been drawing bigger audiences lately.

“There are tons of newer fans that keep discovering us,” he said. “And the main exception to the weak U.S. ska scene is with the Latino community; there are some awesome new ska bands coming out of places like California, Texas, Denver and Chicago.

I’m excited to have that new energy being put into ska.”

SKANKIN’ SHOES A lot of energy is expended by ska fans, too, especially in the dancing department.

Skanking — the dance most familiar to ska, ska-punk, jump-up, two-tone and reggae fans — is kind of a combination Running Man and a lot of arm-flailing, so you’d best be prepared with proper footwear, as expert Kirchgessner suggested.

“If there is one shoe that is completely synonymous with ska, it’s Doc Martens,” he said. “I love the look of classic Docs, plus they protect your feet from other stomping shoes and broken bottles. However, I have to come clean. I usually wear something lighter. I’ve been wearing Van’s Old Skools lately; they weigh less, so my legs get less tired if I’m out on the dance floor or onstage for an hour or two.”

Mustard Plug (mustardplug.com) will be in concert with special guests The Neighborhood Dogs and The Droogs at InsideOut Gallery in Traverse City on May 7 at 10pm. For tickets and more information, visit facebook.com/insideoutgallerytc or call (231) 929-3254.

“Instrumental indie pop” bands are few and far between and, lately, it seems EItS are the ones making the most substantial mark on the scene, in large part because of their distinctive sound. These post-rockers are experts at crafting audio vignettes that are quickly snagged by movies and TV shows because of their ability to evoke place and emotion; highlights of this particular set include the anthemic “Disintegration Anxiety” and the bright “Infinite Orbit.”

Animal Collective – Painting With – Domino The experimental Baltimore popsters are on their 10th album and, with it, a new-ish approach, one that’s as much videogame soundtrack as it is actual album. Pinging and ponging energetically from track to track, this is an intriguing listen that needs several spins to be fully absorbed, from the Brian-Wilson-meets-horror movie shifts of “FloriDada” (not to mention its winking title) to the weirdly cheerful psychedelic repetition of “Hocus Pocus” and the jumpy rhythms of “Vertical.”

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FIGHTING CYSTIC FIBROSIS: With a dinner & silent auction from 4pm-12am at the Argonne Supper Club, Charlevoix. Held in honor of Kayla Thompson. Tickets: $25/ person or $45 for two. Includes dinner, dessert, music, dancing, & the silent auction.

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-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;CHILDREN OF EDENâ&#x20AC;?: Presented by Elk Rapids Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drama Program at Elk Rapids High School at 2pm & 7pm.

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BENEFIT TACK SALE: Featuring a large variety of tack including saddles & ropes, & more. 9am-3pm, Reining Liberty Ranch, TC. Proceeds benefit Reining Liberty Ranch, a local non-profit veterans organization. ReiningLibertyRanch.org â&#x20AC;&#x153;A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREâ&#x20AC;?: Parallel 45 brings you Tennessee Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; story of a woman who undergoes a spectacular disintegration as she struggles to survive. 7pm, InsideOut Gallery, TC. There is also a 2pm performance, but it is SOLD OUT. Tickets, $20. parallel45.org

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;DEATH & TAXESâ&#x20AC;?: Presented by the Manistee Civic Players at Ramsdell Theatre, Manistee at 7:30pm. Tickets start at $11. manisteecivicplayers.org

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BIRDING: SPRING MIGRATION: Join docents to bird the tip of the peninsula & Lighthouse West Natural Area. 8am, Lighthouse West, TC. Presented by the Leelanau Conservancy. leelanauconservancy.org

-------------------BRIA SKONBERG: A specialist in classic American hot jazz, Skonberg brings her worldly rhythms & modern jazz variance to the City Opera House, TC at 8pm. She has been dubbed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the most versatile & imposing musicians of her generationâ&#x20AC;? by the Wall Street Journal. She brings her quartet. Tickets: $23, $35. Students, $15. cityoperahouse.org

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CELEBRATION FOR YOUNG CHILDREN: Hosted by the Downtown TC Association & the GT Association for the Education of Young Children at ECCO, Horizon Books & many other stores Downtown TC. 11am-2pm. Enjoy craft projects, educational opportunities, & activities. www. downtowntc.com

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EXPOSURES 2016: An exhibit to celebrate the art & creative writing of Leelanau County students in grades 7-12 chosen for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Exposures Magazine. 10am-4pm, Leelanau Community Cultural Center, The Old Art Building, Leland. oldartbuilding.com

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ARTISTS FROM INTERLOCHEN: Presents IAA Director of Choirs & Instructor of Voice John Bragle, accompanied by IAA Instructor of Piano Sheryl Lott. 7:30pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Tickets: tickets.interlochen.org

â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE SLEEPERâ&#x20AC;?: Presented by Little Traverse Civic Theatre at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey at 8pm. Tickets, $17 adults. ltct.org

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-------------------SEEKING A FAIR CONTRACT: Labor Struggles of TC Teachers in Past Decades.

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SPRING FAIRY FLING: Say hello to spring with ELF, Life & Whim, & The Little Fleet at TCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new enchanted forest, The Fairy Trails from 12-4pm. Explore fairy trails, build fairy houses, enjoy live music, food, maypole dance & more.

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-------------------WILD ROSE CONCERT SERIES: Presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Voicesâ&#x20AC;?. Manitou Winds wsg Susan Snyder, piano & Claire Olinik, soprano are partnering with artist Ellie Harold for this concert to benefit the Wild Rose Society & their scholarship fund, which assists Benzie County music students. 3pm, Frankfort United Methodist Church. Freewill offering. manitouwinds.com

-------------------COMMUNITY BAND CONCERT: With the Jordan Valley Community Band at East Jordan High School Auditorium at 3pm. Local barbershop quartet Just the Four of Us will also perform. Free.

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FREE DOCUMENTARY FILM PREMIERE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journeyâ&#x20AC;? will be shown at the State Theatre, TC at 6pm. Sponsored by Hospice of MI. Tickets: stateandbijou.org

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREâ&#x20AC;?: Parallel 45 brings you Tennessee Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; story of a woman who undergoes a spectacular disintegration as she struggles to survive.

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-------------------MANISTEE CIVIC PLAYERS AUDITIONS: For â&#x20AC;&#x153;Free to Beâ&#x20AC;Ś You and Meâ&#x20AC;?. 7pm, Ramsdell Theatre Stage, Manistee. Looking for ages 16 & up. manisteecivicplayers.org

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Brott, Settles & Brott PC acme, michigan psettles@bsb.tc

INDIA: LAND OF MYSTERY: Old Mission resident Raj Asava & his daughter Rani will talk about India at Peninsula Community Library in Old Mission Peninsula School, TC at 7pm. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

-------------------MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSE: This free training is co-sponsored by the Health Department of NW MI & North Country Community Mental Health. 8am5pm, Emmet County’s Health Department, 3434 M-119, Harbor Springs. Register: 231-347-5057.

-------------------“PAPER TIGERS”: A free viewing of this documentary film by James Redford will be held at The State Theatre, TC at 6pm. “Paper Tigers” explores the impact of adverse childhood experiences & toxic stress on struggling teens. Tickets: 947-4800.

may 03

TUESDAY

NATIONAL WRITERS TO THE SENIOR CENTER: The Senior Center Network will present a program featuring one of the founders of the National Writers Series, Anne Stanton. 3:30pm, Senior Center, TC. Stanton will discuss the National Writers Series & Front Street Writers. Free.

Register in advance: 922-4911

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 2)

-------------------FRIENDS OF TADL ANNUAL MEETING: Featuring guest speaker Commander Gregory Matyas of Air Station TC. 6-8pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. tadl.org/ friends

-------------------MANISTEE CIVIC PLAYERS AUDITIONS: For “Free to Be… You and Me”. 7pm, Center Stage at West Shore Community College, Scottville. Looking for ages 16 & up. manisteecivicplayers.org

may 7, 2016 12PM-MIDNIGHT

400 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684

North Peak Brewing Company presents Mohawks for Munson.

Join now at Mohawksformunson.com and start fundraising! Raise $50 get a free shirt, $100 a free shirt and ticket to the evening event, $250+ a free shirt, pint glass and ticket. Get a mohawk, help raise awareness and show your support of our local cancer community. Sign up solo or form a team and help us reach our goal of $50,000 for the newly opened Cowell Family Cancer Center!

For more information on the event visit Mohawksformunson.com

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-------------------NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE OPIATE EPIDEMIC: Presented by Harm Reduction Michigan wsg Lieutenant Detective Patrick Glynn. Additional panelists include local & national experts in substance abuse prevention, treatment, policy & policing. 6pm, The State Theatre, TC. Free. stateandbijou.org.

-------------------SPRING FLING FUNDRAISER DINNER: Enjoy dinner at The Dockside, Torch Lake between 5pm & 10pm, & a percentage of proceeds from dinners & drinks purchased are donated to the Grass River Natural Area, Bellaire. grassriver.org

-------------------SPRING WILDFLOWER HIKE: 10am12pm, Arcadia Dunes Preserve, Pete’s Woods Trail, Arcadia. Presented by the GT Regional Land Conservancy. RSVP: gtrlc.org

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BUILDING BETTER BONES: This free program offers education on osteoporosis prevention & treatment. 6-8:30pm, McLaren Northern Michigan, Petoskey. northern-

health.org

-------------------BIKE NIGHT AT THE BIJOU: Smash the most bicycles at the TART-adjacent Bijou record, & raise funds for Norte’s kids on bikes programming. 6:30pm, The Bijou, TC. Enjoy Film By Bike’s “Bike Love” short film program that features 11 biketastic films.

Tickets, $15; includes one beer from The Workshop Brewing Co. stateandbijou.org

-------------------NCMC FOUNDATION HOSTS FUNDRAISER: For students who are dealing with financial challenges that impede their ability to complete their coursework. 5-7pm, Sage, Odawa Casino, Petoskey. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction & music. Cost is $20. 231-439-6218.

-------------------BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: This performer’s “Until It’s Time for You to Go” was recorded

by Elvis & Barbra & Cher, & her “Universal Soldier” became an anthem of the peace movement. She won an Academy Award Oscar & Golden Globe Award for the song “Up Where We Belong”. 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Tickets: $27 members, $30 advance & $35 door. dennosmuseum.org

may 04

WEDNESDAY

“TOWARDS AN AGE FRIENDLY LEELANAU”: A panel discussion of the issues facing an aging population. Presented by the League of Women Voters Leelanau County at noon at the lower level of the Leelanau County Government Center, Suttons Bay. LWVLeelanau.org

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 2)

-------------------WOMEN’S HERBAL EVENT: 6-8pm, Notably Natural, The Village at GT Commons, TC. $10 suggested donation. RSVP: 231-735-4110.

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FULFILLAMENT #5: Five storytellers drawn from the TC business community will take the stage to share a true story from their journey toward fulfillment. Each of them will issue a potentially life-changing challenge for audience members to be true to themselves & come alive. $500 in seed money will be awarded to help an audience member to get a good idea off the ground.

7pm, InsideOut Gallery, TC. Tickets: $9 online or $10 at door. mynorthtickets.com

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TC BIKES TO SCHOOL DAY: 8am. For info visit ‘Traverse City Bikes To School Day’ on Facebook.

-------------------TERRY WOOTEN: Enjoy this author & storyteller who is the founder & host of the Stone Circle, a summer tradition dedicated to the art of storytelling. 7pm, Glen Lake Library. glenlakelibrary.net

-------------------AUTHOR RICHARD LOUV: Enjoy this award-winning author at Peterman Auditorium, Elk Rapids at 6:30pm. Hosted by Green Elk Rapids. Louv has written eight books about the connections between family, nature & community. Tickets are $10 & $15 with the option of attending both the presentation & a reception following for $40. greenelkrapids.org

may 05

THURSDAY

AN EVENING OF STORIES: With professional storyteller on cruise ships Pete Griffin. Pete will share his Forest Service career stories from Cadillac, Minnesota & Alaska, as well as stories from his early days in Upper Michigan. 6pm, Cadillac Library Meeting Room.

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 2)

FREE MOVIE – “INSIDE OUT”: Celebrating Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week. 4pm, The State Theatre, TC. stateandbijou.org

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ARTS FOR ALL FESTIVAL: Artists Creating Together-Grand Traverse will present this festival & benefit concert in Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Featuring a variety of art, music & theater opportunities for people with special needs from throughout the Traverse Bay Intermediate School District. The benefit concert starts at 6:30pm with Miriam Pico & David Chown, Travis Hall, several students & many others. Concert tickets: $12 adults, $6 students & free for 5 & under. 947-1278. act-gt.org

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BENEFIT CONCERT & SILENT AUCTION: This benefit concert is hosted by Friends of Michigan Midwives & will feature The Crane Wives, Seth Bernard & May Erlewine, & E-Minor. All funds raised at the benefit concert & silent auction will be used in Michigan to ensure the success of active state legislation to license Certified Professional Midwives. 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Tickets: $25; $10 children 13 & under.

Available at Oryana, Dance of Life Midwifery & City Opera House. cityoperahouse.org

-------------------JEFF HALPER: This Nobel-Prize nominated Israeli peace activist & author will discuss his book “War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and the Global Pacification”. 7pm, Watershed Church, TC. Free.

-------------------“BULLSHOT CRUMMOND”: 7:30-9pm, Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall. Presented by the Elk Rapids Players. Tickets, $15. ertownhall.org

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MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION: An event to honor all women who are grieving the death of a loved one. Presented by Hospice of Michigan at Michael’s Place, TC from 11am-1pm. Lunch provided. 947-6453.

-------------------THERAPY THURSDAY: With the Builders Exchange of NW MI. Held at Bravo Zulu Brewing, Williamsburg from 5-7pm. Enjoy networking with your industry friends.

-------------------AUTHOR RICHARD LOUV: Enjoy this award-winning author at the Hagerty Center, TC at 6:30pm. Hosted by Green Elk Rapids. Louv has written eight books about the connections between family, nature & community. Tickets are $10 & $15 with the option of attending both the presentation & a reception following for $40. greenelkrapids.org

-------------------ON STAGE! KYLE PRUE: This award winning teen author, actor & comedian will share his journey into publishing & how he balanced being a high school student & becoming a published author. 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey. Free.

A free young writers workshop will be held from 4-5pm in Gilbert Gallery, CTAC. preregister. crookedtree.org

may 06

FRIDAY

UNDERSTANDING YOUR HEALTH: Choosing Reliable Digital Resources.

Retired medical librarian Dottie Hawthorne will guide you through several reputable online sites, offering tips on how to navigate & evaluate health info online.

1:30pm, Petoskey District Library classroom. petoskeylibrary.org

-------------------GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 2)

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CAREER FAIR: 1-4:30pm, Gym Court in the Student & Community Resource Center, NCMC, Petoskey. Register: 231-347-5150.

-------------------A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: To benefit Michael’s Place. Featuring “Mad Hot

Ballroom”. 7pm, The State Theatre, TC. Tickets, $25; includes popcorn & pop. stateandbijou.org

-------------------NMC’S CANTICUM NOVUM: 8pm, Kirkbride Hall, The Village at GT Commons, TC. Singers will perform “in the round”. General admission, $25. kirkbridehall.com

-------------------DOWNTOWN ART WALK: Enjoy art, wine, food & music in downtown TC from 5-9pm.

Experience art from sculpture & oil paintings to glass & watercolor, all while shopping at your favorite local shops. Walking maps will be available at each participating gallery & the Downtown TC office. www. downtowntc.com

-------------------MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: May 6-8. Celebrate the tasty but elusive morel mushroom with a parade, carnival rides, games, a 5K, softball tourney, contest & more. mesick-mushroomfest.org

-------------------“BULLSHOT CRUMMOND”: (See Thurs., May 5)

-------------------SALLY ROGERS & CLAUDIA SCHMIDT: Enjoy the opening performance of the Mother’s Day Concert Tour at The Garden Theater, Frankfort at 7:30pm. Schmidt passes between folk & jazz musical genres, in addition to her theater performance.

Rogers is well known for her folk music & children’s music. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door. frankfortgardentheater.com

-------------------PRUNING WORKSHOP: Hosted by Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore at the Schmidt farmstead in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District from 1-4pm. Focusing on maintenance of neglected apple & pear trees, & how to bring them back into production & maintain their health. Sign up: 231-326-4771.

-------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE: “Health Impacts of Climate Change”. Presented by Elizabeth Del Buono, M.D., surgical pathologist, Munson Medical Center. Held in the NCMC Library conference room, Petoskey. Lunch, 11:30am; lecture, noon. Cost, $10. 231348-6600.

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A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: Featuring “Mad Hot Ballroom” at The State Theatre, TC at 7pm. Benefits Michael’s Place. Tickets, $25; includes popcorn & soft drink. stateandbijou.org

-------------------“CALENDAR GIRLS”: This play is based on the true story of 11 members of one of the British Women’s Institutes who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund. 7:30-10pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Tickets start at $15. oldtownplayhouse.com

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FIRST FRIDAYS FOR FOODIES: Petoskey Cheese: Learn about varietals of wine, different styles of cheese, & how & why they pair together. Local Cheesemonger, Katie Potts, will walk you through tasting cheese, a brief cheese lesson & some of her favorite paring tips. 11am, Crooked Tree Arts Center kitchen, Petoskey. Free. crookedtree.org

-------------------BLISSFEST FOLK & ROOTS MINI-CONCERT SERIES: Presents John Warstler & The Johns. 8-10pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Tickets: $10 advance, $12.50 night of. Students, $8; kids 12 & under, $5. redskystage.com

-------------------INDIE LENS POP-UP: “The Armor of Light” by Abigail Disney. Two people of faith come together to explore the contradictions of a nation rife with gun violence.

7pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. dennosmuseum.org

-------------------HEYWOOD BANKS: This songwritercomic-singer-poet-musician performs at The Opera House, Cheboygan at 7:30pm. Heywood intersperses his humorous observations of life with twisted, inventive, bizarre songs, sung & played

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in a variety of styles, from folk, to country to rock to pop, & way beyond. Tickets, $20. theoperahouse.org

may 07

SATURDAY

25 CENT KIDS MATINEE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holesâ&#x20AC;? will be shown at The State Theatre, TC at 10am. Law Day! Benefits the STEP program for homeless students. www. stateandbijou.org

-------------------MUD, SWEAT & BEERS: Fat Tire Fest & Mountain Bike Race. Mt. Holiday, TC. Info: mudsweatandbeers.com GLEN LAKE RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Mon., May 2)

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RED GREEN â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M NOT OLD, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M RIPE: After 20 years on TV from the infamous â&#x20AC;&#x153;Possum Lodge,â&#x20AC;? the handyman is back!

7-9pm, Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts, Roscommon. Tickets, $49.50. kirtlandcenter.com

-------------------HORIZON BOOKS, TC EVENTS: 12-2pm: Cindy Brubaker Allen will sign her book â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Thought I Heard the Lionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roarâ&#x20AC;?. 2-4pm: Jim Stamm will sign his â&#x20AC;&#x153;Guide to the Rivers & Lakes of Grand Traverse & Leelanau Countiesâ&#x20AC;?. 4-6pm: Chuck Pfarrer will sign his book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Philip Nolan: The Man Without a Countryâ&#x20AC;?. horizonbooks.com

NOW OPEN

-------------------NMCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CANTICUM NOVUM: (See Fri., May 6)

-------------------MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: (See Fri., May 6)

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943-2943

720 West Front Street, next door to ACE Hardware Days for accepting merchandise Mon-Thurs

FRESH FOOD I FABULOUS VIEW

â&#x20AC;&#x153;BULLSHOT CRUMMONDâ&#x20AC;?: (See Thurs., May 5)

-------------------SUE DEYOUNG/JUDY EDGER MEMORIAL BREAST CANCER WALK & RUN: Starts at Charlevoixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Park at 9am; registration at 8am. walkruncure.org

-------------------EARTH WEEK PLUS ADVENTURES: Inside the working of the Cheboygan Water Treatment Plant. See how todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s waste water is being recycled to provide clean, usable water for our future. 1pm, 975 N. Huron, Cheboygan. 231-224-4196.

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BLISSFEST PRESENTS HEYWOOD BANKS: This one-of-a-kind songwriter/ comic/singer/poet/musician brings his show that appeals to all types. 8pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Tickets for members: $20 adults, $10 students. Non-members: $25 & $13. blissfest.org

-------------------FIDDLERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; JAMBOREE: Hosted by The Original Michigan Fiddlers Association at Golden Fellowship Hall, Interlochen. Fiddlers perform at microphones from 1-4pm; open mic from 4-5:30pm; & old time square & round dancing begins at 5:30pm. 231633-9130.

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Join us for Boyne Appetite!

Wine Wednesdays 5/4 . 6/1 Special MOTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY Dinner Offering Saturday, May 7 $25.95 for 3 Courses Drop op Anchor 00970 Marina Dr. l Boyne City sommersetpointe.com l 231--582--7080 0

MOHAWKS FOR MUNSON: North Peak, TC will host this fundraiser to support the new Cowell Family Cancer Center at Munson. After you get a mohawk shaved, enjoy a parking lot community celebration including bands, a Silent Disco, & more. Mohawks will be shaved from 3-5pm. Family festivities run from 12-5pm. Adult festivities, including bands, a 3 Stage Silent Disco Dance Party, & much more run from 6pm-midnight (tickets: $10 advance; $15 door). To participate & help raise money: https://www.crowdrise. com/MohawksForMunson

-------------------CROSSTOWN CAMPUS 10K & 5K: Starts at 8am at TC West Senior High. Proceeds benefit STEP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Students in Transition Empowerment Program. Register: https:// events.bytepro.net/ctc10k

-------------------MARCH FOR BABIES FUNDRAISER WALK: This four mile downtown walk includes music, family friendly activities,

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lunch & more. Starts at Howe Arena, Civic Center, TC at 9am; registration is at 8am.

231-421-6468.

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19TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER & SHOW: Held at The Redheads CafĂŠ & Tasting Room, Lake Leelanau. Dinner will be served between 5:30pm & 7pm, & Half Past Tree will perform at 7pm. Tickets: $35 for dinner & show; $15 for show only. redheadsinc. com/64/events

-------------------3RD ANNUAL MACKINAW CITY MAGICAL COLOR FUN RUN: 9am, trail head behind Burger King, Mackinaw City. mackinawchamber.com

-------------------CROSSHATCH BENEFIT: Help support Crosshatch, which explores the intersections of art & ecology. Enjoy a raffle, live music & more at Shortâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewing Co., Bellaire at 4pm. crosshatch.org

-------------------CHRIS SMITHER: This American original has been honing a combination of folk & blues for 50 years. He plays Freshwater Art Gallery, Boyne City at 8pm. Call for ticket price: 231-582-2588.

-------------------25 CENT KIDS MATINEE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holesâ&#x20AC;? will be shown at The State Theatre, TC at 10am.

Law Day! stateandbijou.org

-------------------SHANTY 2 SHORTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 5K/10K/FUN RUN: Lakeview Hotel & Conference Center, Shanty Creek Resorts, Bellaire, 10am-2pm. shantycreek.com

-------------------GARDEN PARTY: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every Garden has a Storyâ&#x20AC;?. Featuring speakers, including local childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s author Jeffery Schatzer, local story teller Jenifer Strauss, kidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activities, & much more. Free. Pine Hill Nursery, Torch Lake. 10am-4pm. pinehill-nursery.com

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;CALENDAR GIRLSâ&#x20AC;?: (See Fri., May 6) -------------------MOTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY WEEKEND HIKE: 2pm, Clay Cliffs, Lake Leelanau. Presented by the Leelanau Conservancy. leelanauconservancy.org

may 08

SUNDAY

SALLY ROGERS & CLAUDIA SCHMIDT: 4pm, Slederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Tavern, TC. Schmidt passes between folk & jazz musical genres, in addition to her theater performance. Rogers is well known for her folk music & childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 door. 947-9213.

-------------------MESICK MUSHROOM FESTIVAL: (See Fri., May 6)

-------------------THE MOTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY 5K: 9am, Hickory Hills, TC. tctrackclub.com

-------------------TIFFANY FERGUSON MEMORIAL RUN: 8am, Kalkaska High School Track. Featuring a half marathon, 10K & 5K. runfree4tiffany.com

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MOTHERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DAY SPRING WILDFLOWER WALK: Presented by Little Traverse Conservancy at Goodhart Farms Nature Preserve, Good Hart from 1-3pm. Free. landtrust.org

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;CALENDAR GIRLSâ&#x20AC;?: This play is based on the true story of 11 members of one of the British Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Institutes who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund. 2-4:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Tickets start at $15. oldtownplayhouse.com

ONGOING

SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Farmers & gardeners from around the local region bring their fresh produce, flowers & baked goods to this Downtown Farmers Market located between Cass & Union streets, across from

Clinch Park, TC. Held on Saturdays, May 7 through Oct. www.downtowntc.com

-------------------INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Inside the Mercato at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons, TC on Saturdays through April 30, 10am-2pm. http://www.thevillagetc. com/events-attractions/farmers-market/

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INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Interlochen Shopping Center, big parking lot behind Ricâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Interlochen Corners, 9am2pm, every Sun., May 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Oct. facebook. com/interlochenfarmersmarket

-------------------CTAC ARTISANS & FARMERS MARKET: Located in the Carnegie Library Building, & on the Bidwell Plaza, Petoskey when weather permits, the market is held on Fridays through June 3 from 10am1pm. Featuring local produce, preserves, & handmade gift items. There will also be art, live music & a kids craft table. crookedtree.org

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WEDS. AFTER WORK BIRDING: Presented by the Petoskey Regional Audubon Society. Held on private property at 9502 Burgess Rd., Charlevoix on Wednesdays through May 18 at 5:30pm. petoskeyaudubon.org

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MEDICINE MEN & WOMEN GATHER: On the new moon or the Weds. prior to one, to share seeds, plants, stories & medicines. May 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; third week of Oct. Info: wisewomengather@gmail.com

-------------------25 CENT COMMUNITY WALK: Held every Tues. through Sept. 27 starting at the Bellaire COA parking lot at 4:45pm. Walk the trails from 5-6pm. There will be beginner & advanced groups. 231-533-8703.

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;MANAGE YOUR MONEYâ&#x20AC;? & â&#x20AC;&#x153;POWERFUL PARENTINGâ&#x20AC;?: Free classes held at Faith Reformed Church, TC from 6-8pm for eight weeks beginning Tues., April 5 through May 24. There will be free on sight childcare & a free meal before class each week from 5:15-5:45pm. Presented

by Love In the Name of Christ. Register: 941-5683.

-------------------DADDY-O MEET-UP: Both experienced & new dads can share successes & offer support with those tricky â&#x20AC;&#x153;dadâ&#x20AC;? issues.

Meets at ELF, GT Commons, TC every Thurs. at 4pm & Sat. at 10am. eatlearnfrolic.com

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BRAND NEW MEET-UP: Meet with new & expecting parents & trade stories. Meets at ELF, GT Commons, TC every Sun., Weds. & Fri. at 10am. eatlearnfrolic.com

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COMPULSIVE EATERS ANONYMOUS: A program of recovery using the Twelve Steps. Held at Friends of the Light Church, TC on Thursdays from 5:30-6:30pm. traversecityceahow.webs.com

-------------------COLORING CLUB FOR GROWN-UPS: Held on Wednesdays from 12-1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Free. crookedtree.org/tc

-------------------PET ADOPTIONS: Pets Naturally hosts pets from Cherryland Humane Society every Saturday from 11am to 2pm. 1420 S. Airport Rd., TC. www.petsnaturallytc.com

-------------------BOXING FOR PARKINSONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S: Parkinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network North meets at 10am every Mon. at Fit For You, TC for these free sessions. gtaparkinsonsgroup.org

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;JUST FOR USâ&#x20AC;? BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Meets the first Tues. of every month from 6:30-8:30pm at the

McLaren Northern MI John & Marnie Demmer Wellness Pavilion & Dialysis Center, Petoskey. 800-248-6777.

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SONG OF THE MORNING, VANDERBILT: Free yoga classes, Tues. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Fri., 7:308:30am. songofthemorning.org

BAGEL SANDWICHES

HAND-CRAFTED O N LY A T Y O U R N E I G H B O R H O O D B I G A P P L E B A G E L S ÂŽ

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BLISSFEST UKES FOR YOU CLUB: Ukulele enthusiasts meet the second & fourth Mon. of each month at Red Sky Stage, Petoskey from 7-9pm to learn, play & discuss ukuleles. Free. redskystage.com

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FINE DINING ON LAKE MICHIGAN

POETRY SLAM: Held the first Mon. of every month at Red Sky Stage, Petoskey at 6pm.

Read your poem or anything you wrote in front of the group. redskystage.com

Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Dinner 1-7pm

-------------------TRAVERSE BAY BLUES SOCIETY JAM SESSION: Held the third Thurs. of every month from 7-10pm at InsideOut Gallery, TC. traversebayblues.com

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PETOSKEY FILM THEATER: Showing international, indie, art house & documentary films on Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays. Carnegie Building, 451 E. Mitchell St., next to Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Donations welcome.

For schedule find â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Petoskey Film Theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on Facebook. 231-758-3108.

Depot Coffeehouse: Fridays from 6-7:30pm at After 26 Depot CafĂŠ, Cadillac. Enjoy coffee with dinner or dessert while listening to live entertainment. 231468-3526.

-------------------BLISSFEST JAM SESSIONS: Every Sun., 1-4pm, Red Sky Stage, Petoskey. Bring your instruments or just sing along or listen. www.redskystage.com.

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231-256-9081

APPLY FOR ART EXHIBIT: â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Views: A Storm of Art,â&#x20AC;? March 1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; May 1. The show will run June 10-24 at Glen Arbor Art Association. See prospectus at glenarborart.org

-------------------NATUREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PALETTE: May 2-30, Visitor Center at the Botanic Garden in Historic Barns Park, TC. Paintings of 14 local artists. An opening reception will be held on Sat., May 7 from 1-3pm. thebotanicgarden.org

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;CREATIVE MINDS, CHANGING MINDS TRAVELING ART SHOWâ&#x20AC;?: Featuring about 25 pieces of art created by people who use community mental health services statewide. Runs May 5-11 in the Antrim County Building, Bellaire.

-------------------â&#x20AC;&#x153;IN CELEBRATION OF NATIVE PEOPLEâ&#x20AC;?: Featuring a collection of native artifacts that tell a story of people from cultures in Africa, Central America, South America, New Guinea & beyond. Runs through May 22 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. charlevoixcircle.org

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;IMAGES FROM HISTORIC BENZIE COUNTYâ&#x20AC;?: Featuring paintings, oil pastels & pencil drawings by 8th-12th graders.

Takes place at the Benzie Area Historical Museum, Benzonia through June 11. benziemuseum.org

-------------------GT DISTILLERY, TC EXHIBIT: Featuring works by Beth Bynum, Cherie Correll, Pat Dixon, Susan Horvat, Sherry McNamara & Adam Van Houten, through May 1. grandtraversedistillery.com

-------------------TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MEMBER & STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Held at the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Runs through May. 231-883-1588.

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HAVANA 2015: Comprised of street photos & video three northern MI photographers & one writer/videographer took in Cuba last fall. A free opening reception will be held on Fri., May 6 from 6-8pm. The exhibit runs through May 28. Twisted Fish Gallery, Elk Rapids. twistedfishgallery.com

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BRUSHWORK: THE ART OF CHARLES R. MURPHY: An exhibition of the artist’s work in oil, acrylic & watercolor. Held through May 31 at City Opera House, TC. 947-6285.

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2016 REGIONAL STUDENT EXHIBITION: Runs through May 14 at Oliver Arts Center, Frankfort. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: - Images of Up North: Oil paintings by Kurt Anderson, Joan Gerigk & Robert Scudder.

Held in the Atrium Gallery through June 10.

- Youth Art Show: Showcasing the artwork of students in the Charlevoix-Emmet County School District. Through May 7.

- “Northwood Awakening”: This 2015 ArtPrize People’s Choice Award winner

by Ann & Steve Loveless is on display through May 14. crookedtree.org

HARDCOVER FICTION

- Squash Boom Beet by Lisa Maxbauer Price Lisa Maxbauer Price $18.85 - Ancient Minstrel Novellas by Jim Harrison Grove Press $25.00 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Scribner $27.00

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC: - Wildhearted: This art exhibit includes installation, mixed media, sculpture, painting, graphic design, video & photography.

Runs through May 14. crookedtree.org

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - Not Ready to Make Nice: Guerrilla Girls in the Artworld & Beyond: Illuminates & contextualizes the important historical & ongoing work of The Guerrilla Girls, highly original, provocative & influential artists who champion feminism & social change.

Runs through May 29. “Do We Need the Guerilla Girls in Traverse City?” will be held on Sun., May 1 at 1pm. The program, including community artists & gallery owners such as Joan Richmond, Mary Beth Acosta, & Christie Minervini, will explore what it means to be a woman artist in the GT region & in the larger art world.

- The MI League of Handweavers 2016 Biennial Fiber Show: This juried exhibition will chronicle the current state of hand weaving in MI & showcase the work of MI fiber artists including home décor, fashion accessories, garments, yarn, fabric, handmade paper, wall pieces & more. Runs through May 29. dennosmuseum.org

-------------------GAYLORD AREA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GAYLORD: - Wildlife Painter TJ Lick Exhibit: Runs through April 30. gaylordarts.org

please send dates to jamie@northernexpress.com

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PAPERBACK FICTION

- Danish Girl by David Ebershoff Penguin $16.00 - Turner House by Angela Flournoy Mariner $14.95 - Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman Atria $16.00

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

- Next Africa an Emerging Continent by Jake Bright Macmillan $25.99 - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Macmillan $26.00 - Immortal Irishman by Timothy Egan Houghton $28.00

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION

- - Complete Kitchen Garden by Ellen Ogden Harry N Abrams $25.95 - Trails of M22 by Jim Dufresne Michigan Trails Maps $19.95 - Child of the Great Depression by Cliff Sjogren Cadillac Pringing $12.95

Compiled by Horizon Books: Traverse City, Petoskey, Cadillac

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Sally, who grew up in Beulah, will be reconnecting with Claudia, our own Michigan girl, to renew their traditional Mother's Day performance.

Get your tickets early! Bring Mom to a performance she will cherish for a lifetime.

Sunday, May 8th, 2016 â&#x20AC;˘ Showtime: 4 pm â&#x20AC;&#x153;On The Porchâ&#x20AC;? Concert Series â&#x20AC;˘ Tickets: $20 adv. $25 door

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Slederâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Tavern Mount Pleasant, Lansing, Gaylord, Petoskey and two locations in Traverse City.

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porting a ďŹ&#x201A;amboyant red hair, remarkably shiny fabrics, and gaudy jewelry, Melissa McCarthy is back. And in her latest, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michelle Darnell, the 47th richest woman in the U.S. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a self-made impresario who retains that trademark McCarthy arrogance, but a little more of the old Sookie St. James (of The Gilmore Girls) sweetness weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been missing.

The Boss is a funny, occasionally raucous, occasionally ďŹ&#x201A;at comedic conquest that is as successful as it is thanks to the McCarthyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inexhaustible gifts for physical comedy, some wellplaced ad-libbing, and sheer willpower. One moment Michelle Darnell is on top of the world, ďŹ&#x201A;ying into a packed arena, a gold phoenix rapping with T-Pain, and the next sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing ďŹ ve months in the slammer for insider trading. Penniless and homeless upon returning to society, Michelleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey to cinematic redemption comes in the form of a brownie salesgirl empire, Darnellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Darlings, she starts with the help of her former beleaguered assistant (Kristen Bell). McCarthy is reteamed with her husband, co-writer/director Ben Falcone, and this is a vast improvement on their previous effort, the incoherent Tammy.

But for as enjoyable as The Boss is, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help but wonder what McCarthy couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve accomplished working with someone in possession of a little more ďŹ nesse. One can dwell on the imperfections and missed opportunities, yet this is a ďŹ lm where not a single joke came at the expense of McCarthyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body or appearance and that is largely what made it feel so refreshing and also what makes it worth your while.

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Director Jon Favreauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s take on Rudyard Kiplingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s classic story The Jungle Book is a technical marvel.

A visually audacious achievement and lush fantasy adventure, it seamlessly creates a world where rhinos, crocodiles, porcupines, wolves, monkeys, â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the whole dang menagerie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; have never looked so startlingly real. And they talk! But to what end? In the case of this film, the mindboggling special effects conflict with a story that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it wants to be.

So for as ostensibly beautiful as it is, miraculously filmed entirely from a green screenâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; riddled warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, ultimately two things prevented me from fully enjoying this film: the fundamental creepiness of the talking animals, and the absence of any emotional investment.

Out of context, these CGI animal creations are extraordinary, but within the familiar story of man-cub Mowgli (played by the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only on -screen human actor, Neel Sethi), the hyperrealism is anachronistic and unnerving. For all the visual sparkle of the forests, tundra, and the magnificent creatures, things never quite ignite â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it never charms you, it never connects.

So as I said, the story is one you know: Mancub Mowgli, happily raised in a wolf tribe by mother Raksha (Lupita Nyongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;o), finds his life suddenly in danger when the villainous tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba) basically puts a fatwÄ on his head. And so it then falls to the protective paternal figures, serious-minded panther Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) and fun-loving bear Baloo (Bill Murray) to safely shepherd him to the man village.

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idnight Special, the latest ďŹ lm from director Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud), is the kind of ďŹ lm that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get made much anymore: a ďŹ lm so imbued with genuine mystery and intrigue, yet grounded in the mundane everyday connections we all experience, that you will be completely swept away. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the story of a father (Michael Shannon) on the run with his eight-year-old son Alton (St. Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jaeden Lieberher) in order to protect him from those after Altonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strange powers. To continue in any detail would rob you of one of the best pieces of cinematic storytelling Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen, and easily the best movie of the year so far. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thrilling, eerie, and tender, and explores the lengths people will go to for what they believe in with uncanny emotional depth. Borrowing tone and trajectory from Steven Spielbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1977 opus Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Midnight Special is less a science ďŹ ction tale than one of ordinary people struggling to understand the extraordinary things that are upending their world. This is a profound, introspective work of art masquerading as a genre ďŹ lm. So donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let the sci-ďŹ mantle scare you off; this magniďŹ cently compelling ďŹ lm is so much more than the sum of its parts.

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Perhaps itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just me who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand the enduring appeal of The Jungle Book. I mean, I enjoyed Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1967 animated outing as much as the next raised-on-Disney-VHS kid,

but I liked it for the delightful songs, the engaging humor, the vivid characters.

So even though this version is basically a carbon copy of the 1967 story, it lacks all of what made Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original so appealing. In wanting to come out of its own shadow but also wanting you to be comforted by your memories, the narrative indecisiveness becomes a chore as you dutifully check off each of Mowgliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bildungsroman encounters.

By retaining Disneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original framework and then adding extensive action set pieces that make it darker and scarier, it strips the story of its wonder; it lacks fun and warmth.

A bit of a slow go at first, Murray livens things up with his innate personality. Yet the real heart of the film is Bagheera. Kingsleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance comes the closest to transcending technical curiosity to become a genuine feeling character.

So much rests on young Mowgliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoulders to carry the film and Sethi mostly holds up to the pressure. He is sweet, strong, and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t rely on cuteness. Yet how to truly and realistically interact with these CGI characters is a problem that is solved neither technically nor emotionally in this film.

In the end, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all fairly genial, but the detachment is the rub. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re watching yourself watch the movie, one step removed from what is transpiring on the screen.

Too scary for little kids, too straightforward and uninvolved for adults, it hits a sweet spot for kids of a certain age raised on bombastic CGI creations. So if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see yourself fitting that criteria, consider it barely a necessity to see this one.

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

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eye in the sky espite what its pretentious opening Aeschylus quote may suggest, Eye in the Sky is not another pseudo serious melodramatic drag about the exhausting moral quandaries of drone warfare. By following a more procedural and less character-driven format, as well as injecting a bit of farce to the ethical gravity, Eye in the Sky becomes a compelling, lively, and suspenseful thriller that does a very solid job at humanizing drone warfare â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an all the more impressive feat considering most of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;actionâ&#x20AC;? takes place in ofďŹ ces, boardrooms, and bunkers. Unfolding in what feels like riveting real-time, we meet Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren), a British Colonel about to ďŹ nally capture a western radical sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been tracking for years.

But then the camera catches sight of something that changes everything: terrorists donning suicide bomb vests, and the capture mission turns to kill. Gavin Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Tsotsi, Enderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Game) direction is not ďŹ&#x201A;ashy. But what the ďŹ lm lacks in style it makes up for with an engaging story, strong cast (including the great Alan Rickman in his ďŹ nal live-action role), and an effortless mix of quotidian reality and high stakes drama. Even though within a few minutes of the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll realize the ending is a foregone conclusion, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make the white-knuckle tension any less intense, the message any less potent.

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Q For Traverse City area news and events, visit TraverseTicker.com

: I’m a happily married 30-year-old woman. A co-worker pointed out a senior trainer at work constantly sneaking lustful glances at me. I was later assigned to his section. We quickly became close friends, and he began mentoring me. He’s married, too, with two children, so though we were extremely flirtatious, nothing inappropriate ever happened, and I told my husband about him. Recently, there were rumors that this man and I were hooking up. He freaked, saying he could lose everything, and cut off our mentorship and our friendship. This was a real slap in the face, as was learning that he’d never told his wife about me. Should I confront him about how bad it feels to be cut off by him?

— Betrayed

A

: Workers’ comp covers many on-the-job accidents — but unfortunately not the kind where a married man slips and falls into his co-worker’s vagina.

Granted, that isn’t what happened here.

But you don’t have to have the fun to have the fallout, which is why some execs now avoid having closed-door meetings with opposite-sex co-workers. Also consider that when somebody has a lot to lose, they have a lot to fear. We all hope for life-changing experiences, but it’s best if they aren’t getting fired, going through a bitter divorce, and having the ex-wife drop off the kids on alternating weekends: “Okay, boys, time to put down the Xbox and go visit your dad at the homeless shelter!”

And no, he never announced to his wife, “Hey, honey, I’m mentoring this total hotbody. There’s a rumor that we’re hooking up. Believe me, I wish we were…” Of course, he wouldn’t say that, but he probably senses what psychologist Paul Ekman has found — that we tend to “leak” what we’re really feeling through facial expressions and body language (especially if these include Gollum-like panting and slobbering: “Must.

Have. The. Precious”).

You probably understand this intellectually. But the sting from being socially amputated comes out of what psychologist Donna Hicks, an international conflict resolution specialist, deems a “dignity violation.”

Hicks describes dignity as “an internal state of peace” we feel from being treated as if we have value and our feelings matter. Because we evolved as a cooperative species and reputation was essential to our remaining in our ancestral band, we react to threats to our dignity as we would threats to our survival.

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You patch up your dignity not by marching around all butthurt while waiting for him to repair it but by calmly taking the initiative.

Tell him that you miss having him as a friend and mentor — but that you understand.

Counterintuitively, you should find that being the bigger one makes you feel better. Acting like the antithesis of the scorned work wife should help him ease up, too. Though it’s unlikely that things will go back to how they were, he should at least stop treating you like poison ivy in career separates.

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: I’m a 34-year-old woman who’s been in a year long relationship with a wonderful man. I’ve caught myself several times almost calling him by my ex’s name. Surely, this means something, but what? I loathe my ex and regret spending seven long years with him.

Still, could I have unresolved feelings for him?

— Disturbed

A

: It’s like when you pour orange juice on your cereal instead of milk, which surely only happens because you’ve been having sex dreams about fruit salad.

If your near name slips are a sign of anything, it’s probably that you need a snack and a nap. Your brain is an energy hog, so it likes to cut corners where it can, especially when you’re tired. Basically, like your web browser, it’s big on autofill. In researcher-speak, this means it makes “retrieval errors” — reaching into the right file drawer but just grabbing any old name and then going, “Yeah, whatever…good enough.”

Research by psychological anthropologist Alan Page Fiske finds that the biggest predictors for name swapping are the same “mode of relationship” — like here, where both names are from the boyfriend zone — and being “of the same gender.” Boringly reassuring, I hope. There’s also a boringly simple fix — from memory researcher David Balota: asking and answering the question “What is my current boyfriend’s name?” using “spaced retrieval.” This means setting a timer for, say, 15 seconds and then 45 seconds and then two minutes so you’re recalling the name on demand (as opposed to just reciting it over and over again).

You might also try to see these near errors as a sign of the rich tapestry of our bustling modern lives, or some bullshit like that.

At least that’s what I tried to tell myself last week when I got off the phone with “Love you!” and heard back, “Um, yes, ma’am.

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magic is at a peak, and will continue to soar for at least two more weeks. And when I use that word â&#x20AC;&#x153;magic,â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not referring to the hocus-pocus performed by illusionists like Criss Angel or Harry Houdini. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about real feats of transformation that will generate practical beneďŹ ts in your day-to-day life. Now study the following deďŹ nitions by writer Somerset Maugham, and have faith in your ability to embody them: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Magic is no more than the art of employing consciously invisible means to produce visible effects. Will, love, and imagination are magic powers that everyone possesses; and whoever knows how to develop them to their fullest extent is a magician.â&#x20AC;?

thor Vladimir Nabokov, the Russian word toska means â&#x20AC;&#x153;a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness.â&#x20AC;? Linguist Anna Wierzbicka says it conveys an emotion that blends melancholy, boredom, and yearning. Journalist Nick Ashdown suggests that for someone experiencing toska, the thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yearned for may be â&#x20AC;&#x153;intangible and impossible to actually obtain.â&#x20AC;? How are doing with your own toska, Gemini? Is it conceivable that you could escape it â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe even heal it? I think you can. I think you will. Before you do, though, I hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take time to explore it further. Toska has more to teach you about the previously hidden meaning of your life.

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autobiography is on my pillow,â&#x20AC;? writes Cancerian poet Buddy WakeďŹ eld. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I put it there every morning after making my bed so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll remember to read it before falling asleep. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been reading it for 6 years. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on Chapter 2.â&#x20AC;? Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the equivalent phenomenon in your world, my fellow Crab? What good deed or righteous activity have you been pursuing with glacial diligence? Is there a healthy change youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been thinking about forever, but not making much progress on? The mood and the sway of the coming days will bring you a good chance to expedite the process. In WakeďŹ eldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case, he could get up to Chapter 17.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the 16th century,

European explorers searched South America in quest of a mythical city of gold known as El Dorado. Tibetan Buddhist tradition speaks of Shambhala, a magical holy kingdom where only enlightened beings live. In the legends of ancient Greece, Hyperborea was a sunny paradise where the average human life span was a thousand years and happiness was normal. Now is an excellent time for you to fantasize about your own version of utopia, Leo. Why? First, your imagination is primed to expand. Second, dreaming big will be good for your mental and physical health. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s another reason, too: By envisioning the most beautiful world possible, you will mobilize your idealism and boost your ability to create the best life for yourself in the coming months.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anytime youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

going to grow, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to lose something,â&#x20AC;? said psychologist James Hillman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re losing what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hanging onto to keep safe. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re losing habits that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comfortable with, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re losing familiarity.â&#x20AC;? I nominate these thoughts to serve as your words of wisdom in the coming weeks, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, you are in a phase when luxuriant growth is possible. To harvest the fullness of the lush opportunities, you should be willing to shed outworn stuff that might interfere.

LIBRa (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): On Cracked.com,

Auntie Meme tells us that many commonlyheld ideas about history are wrong. There were no such things as chastity belts in the Middle Ages, for example. Napoleonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soldiers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoot off the nose of the Sphinx when they were stationed in Egypt. In regards to starving peasants, Marie Antoinette never derisively said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let them eat cake.â&#x20AC;? And no Christians ever became meals for lions in ancient Romeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Colosseum. (More: tinyurl.com/historicaljive.) In the spirit of Auntie Memeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposĂŠ, and in alignment with the astrological omens, I invite you to uncover and correct at least three fabrications, fables, and lies about your own past.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Poet Charles Wright marvels at the hummingbird, â&#x20AC;&#x153;who has to eat sixty times his own weight a day just to stay alive. Now thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a life on the edge.â&#x20AC;? In the coming weeks, Scorpio, your

modus operandi may have resemblances to the hummingbirdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean to suggest that you will be in a manic survival mode. Rather, I expect youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel called to nourish your soul with more intensity than usual. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need to continuously ďŹ ll yourself up with experiences that inspire, teach, and transform you.

SaGITTaRIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Any-

body can become angry,â&#x20AC;? said Greek philosopher Aristotle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power and is not easy.â&#x20AC;? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pleased to inform you, Sagittarius, that now is a time when you have an exceptional capacity for meeting Aristotleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high standards. In fact, I encourage you to honor and learn all you can from your ďŹ nely-honed and well-expressed anger. Make it work wonders for you. Use it so constructively that no one can complain.

CaPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To cel-

ebrate your arrival at the height of your sex appeal, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m resurrecting the old-fashioned word â&#x20AC;&#x153;vavoom.â&#x20AC;? Feel free to use it as your nickname. Pepper it into your conversations in place of terms like â&#x20AC;&#x153;awesome,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;wow,â&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;yikes.â&#x20AC;? Use a felt-tip marker to make a temporary VAVOOM tattoo on your beautiful body. Here are other enchanted words you should take charge of and make an intimate part of your daily presentation: verve, vim, vivid, vitality, vigor, voracious, vivacious, visceral, valor, victory, and VIVA! AQUARIUs (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When he was a boy, Mayan poet Humberto Akâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;abâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;al asked his mother, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What are those things that shine in the sky?â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bees,â&#x20AC;? she answered mischievously. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every night since then,â&#x20AC;? Humberto writes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;my eyes eat honey.â&#x20AC;? In response to this lyrical play, the logical part of our brains might rise up and say, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a load of nonsense!â&#x20AC;? But I will ask you to set aside the logical part of your brain for now, Aquarius.

According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the coming days will be a time when you need a big dose of sweet fantasies, dreamy stories, and maybe even beautiful nonsense. What are your equivalents of seeing bees making honey in the night skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pinpoints of light?

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These are precisely the minutiae that you should be extra alert for in the coming days, Pisces. Major revelations may emerge from what at ďŹ rst seems trivial. Generous insights could ignite in response to small acts of beauty and subtle shifts of tone. Do you want glimpses of the big picture and the long-range future? Then be reverent toward the ďŹ ne points and modest speciďŹ cs.

ARIEs (March 21-April 19): â&#x20AC;&#x153;Silence is not

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