Northern Express - Aug 05, 2024

Artist Molly performs at The Alluvion in Traverse City in February 2024, photo by Tyler Franz.

Reforming the Supreme Court

Though I don’t agree with every solution he proposed, I concur with Stewart MacLeod [opinion piece July 29, 2024] that there’s an urgent need for reform of the Supreme Court.

Years ago, while working as a settlement consultant, I discovered that a U.S. attorney couldn’t accept so much as a cup of coffee from anyone involved in a case, no matter how tangentially. But apparently a Supreme Court Justice can accept millions in gifts, fail to report them, and then rule on cases involving these same wealthy donors. Apparently, a justice does not need to recuse himself, no matter how blatant the conflict of interest. How could a justice rule impartially on a case involving Jan. 6 when his wife was involved in the events leading up to it?

Then there’s the way cases are decided. So called “originalists” cherry pick and misinterpret history to justify their decisions, relying on what critics derisively call “law office history,” or abandon originalism entirely when it suits them. Or they make up nonsense like the “history and tradition” test.

And judicial activism is out of control. Supposedly conservative justices overturn precedent with alarming frequency, make decisions that are far broader than they need to be, and explicitly invite litigation on issues they’d like to rule on.

At the least the court should have an enforceable ethics code. Term limits would be nice, but that may require a constitutional amendment. But most importantly we need to elect a president and senators who will appoint and confirm competent people who are not ethically challenged, who utilize a reasonable and consistent judicial philosophy, who understand and respect the concept of stare decisis, and who won’t use the court to remake American society to suit their extremist agenda.

Tom Gutowski | Elmwood Township

Picking Cherries

No, this letter is not about the Cherry Festival. Rather, I address Stephen Tuttle’s latest cherry-picking of data to “prove” a nonexistent climate crisis, as is his wont, which he does again in his latest opinion, “Our Climate Is Still Changing” (July 29).

Tuttle cherry-picks recent record temperatures in cities during these El Niño years. But the well-recognized heat island effect in urban areas boosts those readings. More importantly, citing hot weather in select cities is anecdotal, not scientific. Weather extremes occur every year.

Scientists typically require at least 30 years of data to detect a climactic trend.

Current climatic trends are not scary. Since the end of the Little Ice Age circa 1850, climate has warmed a modest 1.5 degrees Celsius. Anthropogenic contribution to this warming is unsettled. Addressing extreme weather events, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found no signal of climate change beyond natural variability for droughts, windstorms, tropical cyclones, and other extreme weather events (Assessment Report, 2023, AR6).

Alarmists cherry-pick momentary extremes to frighten us. Remember this scare? “Global Warming is Killing the Great

Barrier Reef, Study Says,” CNN, April 18, 2018. But then, nature happened. “Parts of Great Barrier Reef Record Highest Amount of Coral in 36 Years,” CNN, August 4, 2022.*

Closer to home, the low water levels in the Great Lakes in the early 2000s presented an opportunity to alarmists. “Warming Lakes: Climate Change and Variability Drive Low Water Levels on the Great Lakes,” National Geographic, Nov 27, 2012.

Later, when water levels rose and caused shore damage, alarmists shamelessly pounced. “Researchers think they know what’s causing record water levels on and flooding around the Great Lakes: climate change,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Sept 20, 2019. In fact, most water levels are cyclical with no long-term trend.

Neal Stout | Charlevoix

*Editor’s Note: Per this 2022 story, “[Australian Institute of Marine Science] monitoring program team leader Dr. Mike Emslie said that most of the increase was driven by fast-growing Acropora corals which are ‘particularly vulnerable’ to coral bleaching, wave damage caused by tropical cyclones and as prey for the starfish.” In April 2024, the fifth mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in the past eight years was declared. The Australian Museum reported that due to high water temperatures beginning in February, “virtually all Acropora corals were either bleached or dead” near Lizard Island (an island on the Great Barrier Reef). “By mid-April, the death rate of those corals was estimated at more than 80%.”

Project 2025 & Schoolchildren

The Department of Education is one of several government agencies on the chopping block in the 900+ page Project 2025 playbook created by the Heritage Foundation, an extreme far-right, antidemocracy, dark money “think tank.” And though Trump has disavowed any knowledge of it, his name is mentioned more than 300 times in the document.

What happens to the students in northern Michigan if Project 2025 is put into play? Essential programs including Head Start, Title I, IDEA, and free school meals for children will disappear. These cuts will hurt children from low-income families and those with special needs the most.

Head Start, the federally funded preschool program for low-income families that Project 2025 proposes to end, served nearly 30,000 Michigan kids in 2023 (mischooldata.org/schools-at-a-glance). Its loss would severely impact the availability of childcare in poor rural areas. Title 1 provides additional taxpayer resources specifically to schools in lower income areas. IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation.

These programs have been put in place to help create a level playing field for our most vulnerable students and families. How can we hope for a better future if our children are not given the opportunity to receive a good education in a healthy environment?

Greta Bolger | Thompsonville

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We won’t sing the song, but the Northwestern Michigan Fair kicks off Aug. 4 and runs through Aug. 10 at the Blair Townhall Road Fairgrounds. Grandstand Events include a draft horse show, the TNT Figure 8 and Demolition Derby, lawnmower races, and more. A new rodeo—Twisted P Rodeo—is also on the docket for Aug. 8. And we recently learned about Vows with the Cows, a celebration where 10 couples will renew their wedding vows in front of the fair’s steer barn on Aug. 5. Daily passes for the fair are $3 for kids and $5 for adults ($1 on Sundays), but do not include Grandstand Events, most of which are $5 and $12 respectively. Week-long passes, as well as “mega bands” that will gain you access to all the Arnold Amusements rides, are also available at tickets.northwesternmichiganfair.net/tickets.

Bobbing in the Bay

Celebrate clean, healthy water in Grand Traverse Bay with a 2-mile swim to benefit The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, a nonprofit that works to protect the bay and its 1,000-square-mile watershed. Each swimmer is responsible for raising at least $150. Jump in on Saturday, Aug. 10, at Greilickville Harbor Park just outside downtown Traverse City at 8am. Register: runsignup.com/Race/ MI/TraverseCity/SwimforGTBay.

Hey, watch It! A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 4

If you’re a straight-A student and you want to dig into a cold case in your spare time, just convince your teachers to give you an extra-credit assignment. High schooler Pippa “Pip” FitzAmobi has been haunted by the murder-suicide that happened in her small town five years earlier, and she’s convinced the police—and everyone else in town—accused the wrong guy. Who better to figure out the truth than a whip-smart 17-yearold with a penchant for asking tough questions? The show stars Emma Myers (best known for her role as Enid, the bright-haired, big-hearted teen werewolf in The Addams Family spin-off Wednesday) as Pip, who brings a fearless tenacity to the role, even when she realizes her own life is in danger. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Holly Jackson, the adaptation is now streaming on Netflix.

With the Olympics in full swing over in Paris, we get two weeks of patriotic pride this summer, and Moomers is taking advantage in the best way they know how: Through ice cream flavors. We stopped by for a couple of cones recently and adored the two new mixes that’ll have you chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” to the cows next door. The Team USA flavor packs cake batter ice cream with red and blue chunks of actual cake, while Gold Medal blends golden Oreo bits with a peanut butter swirl running through caramel sea salt ice cream. We’ll take one of each, please! As with all Moomers flavors, they rotate through quickly, so dash, triple jump, or hurdle your way to 7263 N Long Lake Road for a taste. (231) 941-4122; moomers.com

Did Someone Say Block Party?

That’s right—downtown Cadillac is putting on its second annual summer showstopper, the Mitchell Street Market Block Party, on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 10am to 4pm. Strollers, shoppers, and diners will have the run of downtown with the streets blocked off and all kinds of merchants, nonprofit organizations, restaurants, and entertainers making it a day of fun. Kiddos will love the bouncy houses, rockwall climb, and the big trucks they can explore. And don’t forget: This is also the weekend of the Hoxeyville Music Festival (Aug. 9-11) in nearby Wellston, which includes headliners like Galactic, Sam Bush, Lindsay Lou, and 20+ other artists from Michigan, the Midwest, and beyond. (Day passes, $100; weekend passes $200.) Shop, eat, and dance! Plan your weekend at cadillacmichigan.com and hoxeyville.com.

Fill Your Fall Jobs!

It’s hard to believe it’s already August— summer will be gone before we know it! Northern Express is looking ahead to our fall “Now Hiring” issue, which will be online and on newsstands Sept. 2. We dedicate a special portion of the issue to job listings from across the region, so this is your chance to post all those fall jobs that will open up when seasonal staff moves on to their next adventure! There is no limit to the number of positions you may submit, though we do not guarantee publication of all jobs. To submit a job posting, head to northernexpress. com/jobs. You’ll need to have the following information handy: employer name, position title, position type, pay range, city, a brief description, and a contact email or phone number. We recommend sharing your openings as soon as possible and updating us if they are filled. Happy hiring!

Stuff We Love: A Family Portrait

Bridget Callaghan, a social worker in Traverse City, remembers a time when she was closer— literally and figuratively—with her large extended family in the Detroit area. “With each visit, the family grew bigger and bigger and more unfamiliar,” she says. In 2021, she decided to get to know those in her generation of the family better…no small feat given she has 55 first cousins. She obtained a photo of each cousin—plus those of her four siblings and herself—and set out to paint 60 individual portraits, a task that took over two years to complete. Prior to 2021, she’d never painted a portrait before, and not only did the project bring her closer to her family, but it was also accepted into the prestigious ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids for 2024. Find her work at bridgetcallaghan.com or head to GR in September to see it in the flesh!

Pass the Honey, honey! Never has a bottle of bubbles gone down quite as smoothly as Mawby’s latest creation, the aptly-named Honey. Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes from Leelanau Peninsula come together to create the base of the sparkling wine, while a Sleeping Bear Farms honey dosage adds a touch of sweetness. But this far from a cloying sip—the wine’s residual sugar is just 0.8 percent, significantly lower than other Mawby classics like Sex (1.4 percent), Sandpiper (1.5 percent), and Detroit (5 percent). Indeed, this is a classic brut (French for “dry”) style wine, with the honey offering a hint of sweet, golden flavor. Grab a bottle ($39) or enjoy a glass at Mawby’s tasting room at 4519 Elm Valley Road in Suttons Bay. (And hurry—only about 20 cases remain!) mawby.wine

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TOASTING LOCAL ISSUES

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By steven Tuttle

Time for a shallow dive into the still frigid waters of some local issues. Our county Republican party can’t seem to do anything without squabbling. Elk Rapids actually considered, briefly, an ordinance that referenced half parking spaces. Garfield Township and Traverse City have an issue over water that needs resolving.

But let’s start elsewhere. What Traverse City apparently needs is more liquor licenses and social districts. There are still a couple of residential areas with no bars, craft breweries, or tasting rooms, much less any liquor or beer and wine licenses. And there’s hardly any place we can wander around aimlessly with a drink in our hand. It’s shocking.

In 2021, concerned with some alcohol related incidents of unpleasantness, the city conjured up a Healthier Drinking Culture plan involving a number of stakeholders including business owners, police, and treatment professionals. They adopted several strategies, but according to the most recent data, we are still way above average when it comes to drinking, binge drinking, and problem drinking.

The one and only thing that would truly create a healthier drinking culture would be to encourage a lot less of it.

The problem is pretty basic—alcohol is poison. Not just a poison but also a known and proven carcinogen. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) categorize alcohol as a Psychotropic Central Nervous System Depressant and a dangerous drug. (“Psychotropic” means it has an impact on cognition, emotions, and perception.)

According to the NIH, alcohol has been directly or indirectly linked to cancers of the mouth, throat, larynx, esophagus, colon, rectum, liver, and, in women, breast cancer. They attribute 5.5 percent of all new cancer diagnoses and 5.8 percent of all deaths to consuming alcohol. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 32 percent of all traffic fatalities involve alcohol, and a stunning 64 percent of all murders involve alcohol consumption on the part of the victim, the perpetrator, or both. Altogether, they attribute 200,000 deaths annually to alcohol consumption. That’s nearly twice the number of deaths from non-alcohol drug overdoses.

But it isn’t difficult to understand why restaurants want the opportunity to sell alcohol. According to Restaurant365.com, the average profit margin for restaurants, not including alcohol sales, ranges from 3-5 percent. Very, very thin. It’s likely why the National Restaurant Association says fully 60 percent of new restaurants fail in the first year and 80 percent of the remainder don’t make it beyond five years.

But adding alcohol helps because the profit margin for beer, wine, and liquor ranges

from 10-15 percent, a nice bump and perhaps the difference between success and failure. But there is a cost to their alcoholconsuming customers.

This is not the ranting of a teetotaling neo-prohibitionist; many of us enjoy an alcoholic beverage on occasion. It is to suggest that if we really want a “healthier drinking culture” we’ll have to acknowledge healthier drinking will require less of it.

Next up: In order to make sure all people have access to a new, short trail at Sleeping Bear Dunes, we have to destroy a chunk of the nature meant to be enjoyed. Seriously? The removal of over 7,000 trees, including more than 3,000 mature examples, is hardly some “minor” landscaping.

Yes, it would be just lovely if everybody of every age and ability could enjoy every outdoor experience northwest lower Michigan has to offer but not if chainsaws, bulldozers, and metal sheet pilings are required where nature used to be. Is there not a less destructive but still accessible alternative?

Some in the Michigan Legislature keep wanting to prohibit local jurisdictions from banning short-term rentals (STR). The very folks who recoil in self-righteous indignation demanding local control when they don’t like federal mandates are only too eager to force their rules on local communities whenever they get the chance.

This isn’t about private property rights or consistent regulations, it’s about our overlords in Lansing wanting to exert more control over us vassals. Apparently, we have to believe downstate legislators know better than local leaders what our communities want and need.

On the other hand, the one statewide regulation they should enact regarding septic and sewer systems, or at least provide some guidelines, they continue to ignore. So the state with the most fresh water to protect remains the only state refusing to regulate human waste from leaching into that water.

Last but not least, Traverse City’s city attorney has decided both questions concerning the Downtown Development Authority’s TIF extension plans currently and in the future should appear on the ballot. There is some question about the legality of the proposals, and it’s more than likely any result, either way, will end up in court.

But letting people decide, whether their decision holds up or not, was a good choice. It’s always better to let people be heard than to keep them silent.

DAMAGE PROMISED BY PROJECT 2025

Guest Opinion

by Cathye Williams

Let’s start with the premise that not every Republican is anti-environment. Nor is every Republican in office working to thwart a clean energy transition, just as not every Democrat has impeccable environmental credentials. It’s well known that oil and gas interests lobby on both sides of the aisle and donate to blue, red, and everything in between.

It appears, however, that the influence of these lobbyists lands differently with Republicans nowadays. Whatever their good intentions for the planet, Republicans who do not pledge allegiance to Donald Trump and his dark, “drill, baby, drill” vision for America are likely to lose the support of their party and the money needed to run successful campaigns for office.

Bipartisanship, once a hallmark of strong, lasting legislation, succumbed to the bitter political acrimony that has been building since the Reagan era in the 1980s, but which reached new heights during the Trump administration. Trump filled that bipartisan void with a stream of damaging executive actions and packed the Supreme Court with justices who would go on to severely limit the power of the executive branch to regulate polluters, hobbling any future administration’s efforts to solve our pollution and climate problems (New York Times, June 2024).

Regardless, the Biden/Harris administration, responding to a broad range of constituents and advisors, continues to reverse or roll back Trump’s damaging policies. President Biden has also negotiated the most consequential economic and environmental legislation ever written to address global warming, such as the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Infrastructure and Jobs Act. While some progressives criticized the bills for not going far enough—and being watered down by concessions to the fossil fuel industry—there is no comparison between the environmental actions of the two administrations; they are night and day.

Sadly, rather than embrace the potential for jobs, improved health outcomes, and preservation of natural resources these laws brought to their districts, Trump loyalists in federal and state governments have embraced a course to upend it all. That course is Project 2025, a “playbook” from conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation for undoing all the progress we have made and for reorganizing the federal government to put their far-right agenda into action.

If even a portion of Project 2025’s tenets come to fruition, we do not have enough time left to undo the damage. The window to keep rising global temperatures to relatively safe levels is swiftly closing.

Candidate Trump claims to “not know

much” about Project 2025. Odd, because it seemed to be his script when he entertained two dozen or so of the country’s top oil and gas executives at his Mar-Lago resort recently. Asking them to fund his election campaign to the tune of $1 billion, Trump promised his guests he would reverse clean energy and electric vehicle initiatives, restore and expand drilling permits on federal lands, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Alaskan Arctic.

Additionally he vowed to fast track export permits for liquified natural gas (LNG), which is mostly methane and considered by scientists to be a “carbon bomb.” According to anonymous sources who attended the event, Trump promised the gathered execs he would get them their permits “on day one” (Washington Post, May 2024).

For someone who claims to be unfamiliar, Trump homed in on several of P2025’s proposals quite well, such as, “eliminate political and climate-change interference in DOE approvals of LNG exports,” “end the focus on climate change and green subsidies,” and my personal favorite, “stop the war on oil and natural gas” (“Project 2025: 180 Day Playbook,” pgs. 365, 369, 378).

Calling efforts to save us from climate change a “war” is rich, considering the “playbook” also purports that we need more nuclear warheads. Apparently the capability to destroy the world many times over isn’t enough for the folks at the Heritage Foundation.

The damage from burning fossil fuels is happening at a faster rate than predicted. It’s all around us. Several media outlets reported just last week on the startling decline of juvenile whitefish in our waters, as ice cover wanes year after year (MLive, July 2024). Farther away, the glaciers that hold millenia of methane are melting, and opening the Arctic to what? More drilling.

Even if we manage to keep Project 2025 from becoming a reality, the future is still uncertain. We need to chart a much bolder course than even President Biden was able to accomplish, and a second Trump term would be far more damaging than his first.

The fires, smoke, floods, and loss of life in impacted areas have become part of our daily news, but we must not look away. Staying informed, signing petitions, writing letters to representatives and the press, talking to our friends and neighbors, attending rallies and town halls, and most importantly voting are all ways we can avert the disaster that Project 2025 plans and continue building the transition to the clean prosperity and peace we can achieve.

Cathye Williams is a local climate activist. She writes from the northern corner of Manistee County.

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U-PICK BLUEBERRIES

Guest Opinion by

Soledad Demeuse

’Tis the season for inconvenient traffic, irritating crowds, piles of trash, and disruptive tourists—a local’s worst nightmare. But what if the tourist season didn’t have to be so bad for northern Michiganders?

While the overwhelming number of tourists and the disruption in our community can be seen as an annoyance to many citizens, it’s important to recognize that this summer rush is what keeps us locals local.

Recently, Good Housekeeping named Traverse City a 2024 Family Travel Award winner because of the area’s outstanding beaches, flourishing downtown area, and numerous wineries—all qualities that Traverse City residents cherish. While we locals want to enjoy those features for ourselves, we must remember that Grand Traverse County’s population is under 100,000 people—many of whom are employed in tourism and agriculture—

make in the summer to afford their living expenses throughout the winter.

But with almost every advantage comes a downside. While we do encounter a lot of very kind, respectable visitors, we also run into a lot of people who may not be so nice. When people are hot and hungry, they can get feisty, especially if they don’t know the area. Additionally, I tend to find a lot of people who have a shallow sense of spatial awareness and will take up sidewalks, roads, or other locations without a care in the world, which can be extremely frustrating.

There’s no doubt that I, along with many others, wish we could enjoy the beauty of our hometown without the hassle of irritating crowds, but that might be a sign it’s time to change our mindsets.

Thanks to the undebatable charm of northern Michigan, tourism in this region certainly isn’t going away, and we will

I’ve chosen to embrace tourist culture as a local rather than to resist it; it’s what supports our people, our businesses, and our city.

which would make it difficult to support our growing downtown area and establishments on our own. Without the income we receive from the summer months, it would be extremely hard to maintain certain areas of our region, especially the downtown area.

Not only do tourists keep business owners going, but they also are partially responsible for sustaining jobs across the region. In fact, according to a report by Traverse City Tourism, over 8,900 jobs were supported by tourism across the Grand Traverse, Leelanau, and Benzie counties in 2022 alone. Thus, it’s a win-win all around; tourists get to explore, businesses can thrive, and residents can work to afford living expenses.

As a local myself, I understand the ambivalence (or anger) some people may feel when this time of year rolls around. On one hand, I’m appreciative of the business that the tourists are bringing into my work and I’m excited to meet all different kinds of people. But on the other hand, it’s easy to become frustrated when I’m not able to find a parking spot before work or I have to drive 30 minutes out of town to find a restaurant or a beach that isn’t packed with people.

During the winter, I make approximately a third of what I do during the summer working my restaurant job. Of course, I work less because of school, but since I work in the restaurant industry, the tips the staff make during this time completely change their everyday life. In hospitality, many people use the extra money they

likely see it grow even more. While no one can prevent the tourists from taking over during the summer, locals can control the way we react to the phenomenon.

For example, instead of sulking over the fact that hundreds of new people may take up your favorite beach, take it as an opportunity to take a long drive, disconnect from society, and explore new places. During the off-season, indulge in the areas that you couldn’t fully enjoy during the summer. Believe it or not, this can be extremely therapeutic after being stuck in crowds for months. Who knows, you may even find your new favorite secret spot!

So next time you find yourself getting irritated with the vast tourist community, consider other perspectives. Although the influx of people may cause a small inconvenience in your life, such as being late to work once or not being able to find a restaurant to eat at with your friends, think about where your hometown would be without it.

I’ve chosen to embrace tourist culture as a local rather than to resist it; it’s what supports our people, our businesses, and our city. The boost it gives our economy is what keeps us going, and the funds we gain from tourists are ultimately beneficial to our society all year round. It’s always easier to choose anger first when dealing with this time of year, yet it’s important to acknowledge how it will help our city in the long run.

Soledad is a current student at Traverse City West Senior High. She loves to write and is working on exploring her career options as she gears up for college.

Creme de la Weird

In China, the highly competitive practice of mukbang -- eating large quantities of food for viewers' enjoyment -- is a wildly popular streaming subject, Oddity Central reported. Successful mukbang streamers make good money and are showered with gifts from their followers. The trend took a sad turn on July 14, however, when 24-yearold Pan Xiaoting, a former waitress, lost her life during her mukbang livestream. As Pan's following grew, she took her overeating to greater extremes, pushing her weight to around 650 pounds. An autopsy reportedly showed that her stomach was full of undigested food and her abdomen was severely deformed.

Great Art

The Welsh town of Ruthin, Denbighshire, is struggling to embrace a 43-foot-tall inflatable figure of a laughing man in an odd squatting position, resting on a ball. Wales Online reported that the installation is related to the Ruthin International Arts Festival and was created by Chinese artist Yue Minjun, known for his self-portraits. Locals aren't impressed; some say the "sickly pink color of the piece" is frightening children, and one woman said, "Oh please. He looks constipated. Monstrosity!"

Eyewitness News

Remarkably, two brothers out fishing off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire, on July 23 caught a once-in-a-lifetime experience on video: A 30-foot-long humpback whale breached nearby, throwing itself onto the back of a boat where Ryland Kenney, 44, and Greg Paquette, 54, were fishing. As the front of the boat rose into the air, Kenney and Paquette were thrown into the water. "As it collapsed onto the boat, the mouth closed and smashed the top of the motor and I heard a big crunch," Kenney told The New York Times. "I had three seconds to act. I wasn't scared, I didn't have time to be scared." Colin Yager, 16, who took the video, and his brother, Wyatt, rushed over to pull the men, who were unhurt, out of the water. Kenney said he'll take some time away from the water to work on his boat, which will include a radar system that can detect nearby whales.

Ewwwwww!

Gizmodo reported on July 19 that a few days before in Portoviejo, Ecuador, doctors removed an obstruction from a 24-year-old woman's stomach that had caused her pain, vomiting and difficulty eating. The object was a 16-inch-long hairball that weighed 2 pounds, Verdi Cevallos Balda General Hospital announced. The mass was so large it could be detected "by touch from the outside," said lead surgeon Pedro Lovato. It had started to move into her intestines, but doctors said it had not caused serious injury to her stomach and she would recover. The hairball was likely caused by trichophagia, a form of disordered eating where people swallow their hair. The patient is receiving comprehensive treatment.

That Escalated Quickly

On July 16, Talanye Carter, 41, returned to a St. Louis Jack in the Box restaurant she

had visited three days earlier to complain that she'd been shorted one chicken strip, Yahoo! News reported. The store manager replaced the chicken strip, but that didn't satisfy Carter; she spit in the manager's face over the lack of adequate ranch dressing. When Carter went to her vehicle, the manager took photos of her license plate, and Carter noticed. She put the car in reverse and ran into the woman, knocking her to the ground and injuring her foot and ankle, then left the scene. She was charged the next day with second-degree and fourthdegree assault.

Florida

The Walton County Sheriff's Office had to remind Floridians on July 18 not to "approach black bears at any time," United Press International reported. The bear in question was hanging out near Highway 98 in Santa Rosa Beach, looking "depressed," and onlookers were getting too close for comfort trying to take a selfie with it. Deputies borrowed a song title, "If Not Friend, Why Friend Shaped?" to discourage residents from cozying up to the sadlooking guy. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist visited the scene, but the bear wandered back into the woods.

Least Competent Criminals

Tara Lyles and James Lyles of Louisville, Kentucky, where weed is not legal, showed their hand a little too publicly, WAVETV reported, when they posted videos of their marijuana production processes to TikTok. They were arrested on July 22 after a detective arranged to meet Tara in a Kroger parking lot to buy some devil's lettuce. During the exchange, she told the detective that she "packages the product on a thousands level scale and just completed a 1,000 pack order over the weekend." Police seized 218 pounds of marijuana, worth about $450,000 on the street -- again, in a state where weed is not legal.

Social media boasts also took down a foursome of 20-something criminals in Los Angeles County on July 23, KTLA-TV reported. Charles Christopher, 24; Jordan Leonard, 25; D'Angelo Spencer, 26; and Tazjar Rouse, 22, were arrested in connection with a months-long crime spree involving 7-Eleven stores. Leonard couldn't resist the chance to brag: He posted on Instagram, "love my bros we go hit every time," with a photo of stacks of cash, and he helpfully tagged his co-defendants Christopher and Spencer. All four face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each count -- hardly justifying the $7,600 they netted.

Awesome!

Kai McKenzie, 23, was surfing off New South Wales, Australia, on July 23 when a 10-foot-long great white shark bit off his leg, the BBC reported. When he was washed back to shore, an off-duty policeman applied a tourniquet, and a few minutes later, McKenzie's leg also washed up. Onlookers put the severed limb on ice and transported it and the surfer to the hospital, where doctors are evaluating whether they can save it. McKenzie is in serious but stable condition.

By Kierstin Gunsberg

From hosting nationally renowned artists like LeAnn Rimes and Norah Jones to local legends like The Sweet Water Warblers, northern Michigan is enjoying quite the melodic summer. And it’s just going to get better. This fall’s lineup includes Tom Petty cover band The Insiders at The City Opera House and Nashville indie-blues singer Phillip-Michael Scales at The Alluvion.

But while audiences are turning out to revel in the magic of live music, local venues, like pretty much every other business these days, are feeling the squeeze of inflation.

Keeping Time

An artist’s fee is only a fraction of the cost equation when putting on a show. As Chad Lindsey, executive director of City Opera House in Traverse City, explains, performance venues also cover an artist’s hospitality rider, which includes beverages, catering, and transportation for the band and their equipment.

Venues also often handle booking and covering the artist’s hotel stay—a tricky and expensive task during northern Michigan’s summer tourism flurry.

“We’ve got a show coming up that I need seven hotel rooms for,” says Lindsey. When all is said and done, show costs can run anywhere from a few thousand dollars for regional artists performing in smaller venues to upwards of $60,000 for bigger names performing for bigger crowds.

“We look at the numbers and then set the

ticket price to try to offset that,” says Lindsey. “We decide whether to take a loss because it’s such a great concert and we just want people in the door or set a ticket price that covers everything, which could be shocking to people. It’s a risk we take.”

As for whether off-season shows cost less to put on, Lindsey says that too is nuanced.

While the price of lodging and travel might come down after summer, other factors like weather-related flight delays can increase a venue’s outgoing numbers. Then again, those off-season shows are often well attended, as winter-chilled audiences no longer have the option to stay outdoors on beaches and biking trails. And it can be a great time to introduce less mainstream acts.

A case in point is the unexpected success of a Broadway performance at the Great Lakes Center for the Arts this past February. “We had a nearly sold-out house,” says Matthew Kacergis, executive director of the 525-seat venue. “We got great patron feedback. That audience was probably 95 percent full-time locals. You never know what people will be excited about until you give them an opportunity to experience it.”

Location, Location, Location

Another challenge to bringing artists Up North is that unlike Chicago and Brooklyn, we’re not really on the way to anywhere else, making northern Michigan venues a tougher sell to bands who want to pack their schedule with more high paid gigs and less travel time. But it’s a challenge venues are up for in order to provide live arts in NoMi.

“What we try to do is provide worldclass arts without the drive. We try to bring people north of Grand Rapids, north of East Lansing, north of those ‘lower than the Knuckles’ cities,” says Lindsey.

“We want to offer a huge, eclectic variety and things that you normally wouldn’t get in such a small, intimate space,” agrees Matt McCalpin, director of operations and booking for The Alluvion, Traverse City’s newest arts and entertainment venue. “It’s amazing to see how the audience shows up fully engaged. There’s dead silence. It’s an intense, high-fidelity listening experience for concerts.”

Just the Ticket

So how do these venues stay in the black when the cost of everything from electricity to insurance has ballooned over the last four years? As McCalpin explains, the challenges of turning a profit are nothing new in an industry that’s historically run on slim margins. Venue directors like him are versed in balancing operational costs against ticket prices—and factoring in an audience’s willingness to pay those prices.

“No matter what town you’re in or what venue you’re at, that’s your number one challenge,” says McCalpin of ticket sales, noting that so far, The Alluvion has only had to cancel one show due to low sales.

“On the flip side, many of our shows have been very well attended, and a lot of them have sold out, so we’re really grateful for that,” he adds. “But it’s never a sure bet, that’s for sure. We hope that someday there’s

such a thing as a built-in audience, but I think it just takes a lot of work and a lot of consistency.”

Ticket sales aren’t the only means to a profit, especially when it comes to smaller venues like The Alluvion, where seats are limited and performances aren’t garnering the prices of acts like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé. To offset the costs of putting on a show and pricing their tickets appropriately, The Alluvion offers a bar operated by and in partnership with neighboring cafe, NoBo Mrkt.

While concessions aren’t a big moneymaker for concert venues the way they are for movie theaters, McCalpin says that The Alluvion’s portion of the bar sales helps to increase profits. Every little bit counts as the venue works to pay artists a bigger fee to play there, “Because artists have always been overworked and underpaid,” says McCalpin.

Lindsey notes that part of the City Opera House’s strategy includes offering patrons the option to donate towards the upkeep of their historic, 130-year-old building when they’re purchasing tickets. “It really works because people do [donate]. They want to be proud of this cultural anchor,” he says. When donations, ticket prices, and in some cases concessions (venues like the City Opera House don’t typically even offer them) can’t cover the cost of a show, corporate sponsorships can also fill in the gaps.

Balancing Acts

But perhaps the most important aspect

Frankie Moreno performs at Great Lakes Center for the Arts.

Photo courtesy of GLCFA

of a successful show is the artist on the stage. Keying in on which acts crowds will turn out for requires a combo of research and intuition but, according to Kacergis, “There’s not really a perfect formula for how that works.”

To gauge audience interests, Great Lakes CFA sends out surveys after each performance and has staff in the lobby to collect feedback. They also plan to create a comprehensive survey for deeper insights.

“We’ve been doing this for six years now, so it’s time to take a bird’s-eye view to see what’s working well and where our challenges are,” says Kacergis, who does on-the-ground research attending shows at other venues. It helps him not only get a feel for the kinds of artists and experiences that excite concert-goers but also gives him the chance to connect with others in the arts industry.

“It’s been really fun over the past few years to get to know the community a little better,” Kacergis continues. “To see the audience continue to grow, and hopefully that indicates that we’re doing our job and listening and seeing what’s going to appeal to people and inspire them to keep showing up.”

Showing up—both as a venue and as an audience, is something Lindsey says is paramount to fostering a flourishing community arts culture.

“I think it’s never been more important to have live arts,” he tells Northern Express “It teaches us to be attentive and listen to something longer than a TikTok video. It trains our attention and it makes us celebrate the people we’re with. It’s something to talk about that’s shared together at the same time—not ‘Did you see something that I saw?’ but rather ‘Let’s go see something together.’”

Current stage view of The City Opera House.

Photo courtesy of The City Opera House

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ODE TO JOY

For TC Sings choir, a joyful noise builds connection

By Ellen Miller

Heather Kingham is not one to sit still. When we talk, the director of TC Sings—a community singing organization based in Traverse City—sounds surprisingly chipper for someone who directed a concert the night before, especially as she’s just coming off TC Sings’ biannual Big Sing performance and freshly back from a two-week cycling trip.

That boundless energy is often captured in song. Kingham created TC Sings after a singer/songwriter friend learned about a choir in Victoria, British Columbia, called the Gettin’ Higher Choir. The group was founded on the idea that everyone is a singer with the aim to “re-integrate singing into the daily routines of life,” per their website. Music is taught by call and response, making singing accessible to anyone, regardless of their ability.

Kingham was intrigued, and finally was able to make it to a choir training in October 2012. She didn’t waste any time in bringing the concept home, and TC Sings kicked off in March 2013.

“Not everyone that does the training starts a choir, but I started one,” says Kingham. “It’s fun and joyful.”

A Shared Love of Song

“I was sure everyone I knew would come, but that was not the case,” Kingham says with a laugh when asked about the early days of the choir. She began rehearsals with about 15 people, and the organization has grown steadily since, with a bit of a hiccup during COVID.

Before the pandemic hit, the group had 75 active singers with around 90 registered; they dropped down to closer to 30 when they were forced to convene on Zoom. “There’s an old choir mentor joke: What do you call 100 people singing together on Zoom? A duet,” Kingham jokes.

Still, the group continued to meet. Everyone had to be on mute because it’s impossible to be in sync over Zoom, so singers were essentially singing along with either Kingham or a recorded track. But as Kingham points out, the kind of community they were building was more essential than ever. “It was still a way to connect, and connecting is just as important,” she emphasizes.

TC Sings is part of the Ubuntu Choirs Network, which believes that “the joy of

singing is a universal birthright, and that together, regardless of musical background, we can help improve the world by joining voices in song.” These choirs are all about connecting and taking care of one another. That looks as simple as ensuring that singers can drop in and out as they feel able, and as complex as organizing meal trains when someone is injured or sick.

The group rehearses twice a week: one weekday in the morning and another in the evening, with singers able to choose which choir group to attend each week based on their schedules. No experience is necessary, and singers don’t need to be able to read music. Kingham teaches the same material during both rehearsals, with a social break in the middle. She also records “learning tracks” so that singers who are traveling or have to miss rehearsal can pick up where they left off, though homework isn’t required.

The morning and evening choirs combine twice annually for the “Big Sing,” where they all perform together. The Big Sings are free to attend, and the group collects donations in lieu of tickets. The winter concert benefits a local charity, usually the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, and the spring concert typically benefits On the Ground Global, a TC-based nonprofit associated with Higher Ground Coffee that helps improve standards of living in coffeegrowing communities.

The choir also performs at other events on request, and has previously sung at a meeting of the Parkinson’s Association, the Traverse City Film Festival, and a few funerals. Members also branch off to form their own smaller groups.

“People have met in the choir. The Duges [a local acoustic duo], they met at choir and now they perform all around. They’re at Chateau Chantal tonight,” says Kingham.

Joining Voices

Word of mouth is the primary way new singers find the group. Many join after attending the Big Sing and seeing how approachable the call and response method, which Kingham demonstrates to get the audience engaged, actually is. “Everyone would love [the choir] if I could get them there,” Kingham says confidently.

More often it’s a friend, not Kingham, who convinces an uncertain singer to show up and try it out.

“Last year I decided to join, and I was

very nervous because I hadn’t sung in public, don’t trust my ability to sing in tune, and am terrified to sing harmony,” shares Monica Schultz, who heard about TC Sings from her neighbor Clarissa.

Schultz had felt like a bit of a loner since her husband passed and was exhausted from the “craziness of COVID,” but decided to try it out. “The gist is that after the first rehearsal, I was hooked. The lyrics of one of the songs brought tears to my eyes in a good way, and though I certainly goofed up a lot, I didn’t feel bad about it.”

Betsy Alles and Eric Pekrul also found their way to TC Sings through a friend. “I can honestly say it is the high point of any week for us,” says Alles. “We drive from Frankfort, Michigan, and it’s worth every mile. We often say it’s better than any therapy!”

Dave Tingfah, who was completely new to singing with a group, was convinced to check out TC Sings by his girlfriend, Kris. “I’ve always been reluctant to sing in front of anybody,” says Tingfah. “I thought it would be nice to get involved with TC Sings at least for one or two choir practices. That was two seasons ago.

“What keeps me coming back is the spirit of the group,” Tingfah continues. “Since I’ve been attending, I’ve met some truly amazing people, who all enjoy great fun while creating something special every time we meet … and although I sometimes hit a quiet clunker, through the process, through Heather, and the easy vibe of the group, I’ve found my voice.”

Nothing Short of Magic

While friends might be the entry point, Kingham is clearly the heart of the operation.

“Heather makes the bad good—or at least extremely funny!” says Schultz. “I still goof up all the time. I’m learning to sing my part and listen to others—to hold both. That for me to sing, I need to hear others. It’s a great metaphor for life. And to stand next to a stronger singer to help guide me along.”

In addition to directing the choir, Kingham chooses and arranges the music that the group performs, mostly focused on tunes that inspire joy and reflection. She is also intentional about choosing multicultural pieces.

“I’m choosing, but I am part of a network that has a certain mindset that music is a great bridge across cultures,” explains Kingham. She and her husband went to a

singing camp in Ghana last fall, where they learned music that, with permission, the choir now performs.

“Heather’s unique ability to pull all of these varied voices together in song is nothing short of extraordinary,” Alles tells us. “Her music selections are inspired and uplifting, and her unbridled exuberance is contagious and so refreshing in today’s world. Rather than demanding perfection, she encourages all of us toward joyful expression according to our abilities. What happens when all voices come together during our Big Sing recitals is nothing short of magic.”

So what does Kingham have to say to the only-in-the-shower singers reading at home?

“I invite you to join us!” she enthuses. The new season will kick off after Labor Day; interested folks can get connected through the TC Sings website or by reaching out to Kingham directly.

“Music is a wonderful thing to bring people together, and it goes right to the heart of things,” Kingham concludes. “The happy, the sad, and everything in between—we just have a good time.”

To learn more about TC Sings, visit them at www.tcsings.org.

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MARSHALL MUSIC COMPANY

Who they are: Founded in 1948 in downtown Lansing, Marshall Music Company was born so that owners Mary and Willis Marshall could share their love of music with others.

Since then, the business has expanded to include six other Michigan storefronts, including one in Traverse City, which opened its doors in 1997. Now in its third generation of leadership, this music mecca is the 17thlargest instrument retailer nationwide, and its initial aim of supporting community through music is still at the forefront.

“I always try to remember what it was like to be on the other side of the counter,” Traverse City assistant manager Chris Sterr notes. “We always try to make every experience as positive as we can.”

What they do: A primary component of Marshall Music’s offerings is its School Service program, wherein a total of 20 “road representatives” visit a staggering 700 schools each week—of which, the Traverse City branch serves 70—to distribute and repair instruments, provide accessories, and offer program maintenance.

The store offers virtual and in-person lessons through their Music School, as well as comprehensive repair for band, orchestra, and professional instruments. The Traverse City shop also serves as a full-service music retailer, offering an extensive array of brass, woodwind, string, and percussion equipment—much of which is available on a rent-to-own basis—sound gadgets, and dozens of accessories.

Who they serve: Per Traverse City branch manager Deb Clark, the store sees musicians of all ages and levels, from children attending

By Anna Faller

Rock band Wild Cherry once demanded that we “lay down the boogie and play that funky music.” To do that though, there’s some prep involved. We need instruments, a lesson or two, and maybe even some sound equipment.

Good news: We know where to start. Northern Express sat down with representatives from three local music shops—Marshall Music Company, Musik Haus, and Traverse City Guitar Company—to talk noteworthy industry trends, flagship instruments, inventory, and beyond.

their first lessons to adults rediscovering a long-lost hobby. Of these, students make up a notable percentage, as do customers on the hunt for their next “combo product” (think: guitars, amps, drum kits, and the like).

“Besides Lansing, we’re the only store in the company offering [that type of equipment], so our store, in particular, has a large market for it,” she explains.

Other frequent fliers include tourists, especially in the summer, as well as music therapy patients and touring bands preparing for performances.

Their hot item(s): On the band side of instrument sales, Clark highlights trumpets and saxophones—especially Yamahas—as evergreen picks, though that demand often fluctuates. The shop’s line of Eastman guitars is an obvious standout, as is a Boss Katana MkII amplifier, which Sterr likes for its quality and accessible price.

As for the serious instrument buyer? Though Marshall Music’s inventory offers products for all levels, its headliners include several top-of-the-line instruments, like a hollow-body violin sunburst electric guitar from Ibanez or a five-piece Yamaha maple drum set ordered especially for The Alluvion (retail price: upwards of $4,000).

Their easiest instrument(s) to learn: For a total novice, the ukulele is a great place to begin.

For starters, says Clark, ukes fit little hands, making them the perfect choice for children just starting their music education journey. As a bonus, there’s no air involved, which removes variables like lung capacity or embouchure.

A ukulele also serves as the perfect transitional instrument for budding guitar

players, because the chords are the same, just tuned a fourth higher. “You already know the basic shape patterns, so it makes learning guitar easy as you’re building,” adds Sterr.

Music industry trends: Sterr and Clark note there has been an uptick in demand for keyboards and interface recording— that’s a device whose sound transcription software can turn anyone’s house into a studio. They say there has also been a dip in print sheet music, much of which has now gone digital

Sterr adds that the store has also seen a resurgence in live band formation (many of whom couldn’t play mid-pandemic), as well as individual hobby gigging. Other industry trends include a focus on userfriendly electronics, as well as move towards cordless accessories.

“A lot of people are prioritizing music again, and it’s amazing,” adds Clark.

Find Marshall Music Company at 1197 W. South Airport Rd. in Traverse City. (231) 9229503; marshallmusic.com

MUSIK HAUS

Who they are: When Gary Kersting walked into Musik House in Gaylord in 2018, he and his wife Teresa were hardly expecting to walk out as the new owners.

But, that’s exactly what happened. “I had always thought it would be fun to do a music store. It was an impulse buy!” Kersting says with a laugh.

Originally opened in 1995 by John and Mary Jane Kirby, Musik Haus has long been an institution for all things music in northern Michigan, and the shop shows

no signs of slowing down. In fact, the Kerstings opened a second location in Petoskey in 2020.

What they do: Both Musik Haus locations serve as full-service instrument retailers, offering a wide selection of combo products, as well as band, orchestra, and percussion instruments (there’s even a few outliers to choose from, like accordion accessories and harmonicas).

The shop also provides what Kersting calls “backline” rental, which provides large scale equipment and instruments— amplifiers, drums, basses, etc.—and set-up for multi-piece groups and performers.

Other services include instrument rentals, both short-term and a rent-toown program, as well as repairs and maintenance and private lessons for a variety of wind and string instruments. The shop is even in the process of becoming a custom Fender dealer!

Who they serve: The majority of the year, says Kersting, Musik Haus’s average customer is someone who’s playing for “amusement or amazement.” The shop also sees a significant number of local performers seeking repairs or upgrades; though in the summer, he estimates that tourists account for more than two-thirds of total business.

Kersting emphasizes that the type of traffic at each store is different. The Gaylord location, for example, is what Kersting calls a “destination”—that is, most people are heading in for a purpose (a lesson for instance, or a specific product). The Petoskey store, on the other hand, is centrally located in the town’s historic Gaslight District, and consequently brings in everyone from touring professionals to window-shoppers.

A wall of guitars greets visitors at Gaylord's Musik Haus.

“Here in northern Michigan, one of our biggest industries is recreation, so we get people coming in at all levels,” he adds.

Their hot item(s): Musik Haus’s most popular guitar make, both electric and acoustic, is Taylor, bar none. “This happens to be Taylor’s 50th year in business, and we have a Taylor 814, their flagship model, with a [limited edition] set of features. That’s probably our most popular-selling guitar,” Kersting says.

Other standout products include a Yamaha DGX 670 keyboard, complete with stand and pedal unit, as well as a Roland digital grand piano, which is essentially an electric baby grand.

For true connoisseurs, Musik Haus also offe rs built-to-order Taylor guitars, which players can choose and assemble from scratch and cost anywhere from $4,000 to $10,000.

Their easiest instrument(s) to learn: The way Kersting sees it, any instrument can be easy for a beginner to learn, if they truly want to learn it.

That said, if he had to select an instrument for a novice, he’d go for the piano. This is because the keys are linear, he explains, which makes chords easier to recognize and build upon.

Piano proficiency also provides an easy transition to music theory, which Kersting says is critical to developing other music skills down the line. “I think a foundation in music theory is really important for beginning students,” he adds.

Music industry trends: Musik Haus has recently discovered a new instrument niche: the steel drums. “The local high school in Petoskey has a steel drum band,

so we found a manufacturer. They’re addictive!” Kersting says.

The shop’s overall sales are also still on the upswing since the pandemic, he notes; though there has been a discernible shift in how consumers approach potential purchases. A sale that might have taken 15 minutes three or four years ago, for instance, might now take a week or more as customers weigh their available options.

“Personally, I think it’s good,” he adds. “They’re doing more research and really deciding what they want to spend their time with.”

Find Musik Haus at 2300 S. Otsego Ave. in Gaylord, and at 412 E. Mitchell St. in Petoskey. (989) 731-2842 (Gaylord); (231) 347-2826 (Petoskey); musikhaus45.com

TRAVERSE CITY GUITAR COMPANY

Who they are:

“Geno” and Patty Hansen, Traverse City Guitar Company opened its doors downtown in 2014 as a space for veteran craftsman Gene to build and sell the instruments he was already making.

“I’d been looking for a Thinline guitar, but those can be very pricey,” he says. “So, I started developing my own [guitar] lines! It was a natural evolution.”

Fast forward 10 years, and the shop has since become a local center of all things strings, with a commitment to offering killer products and the highest-quality customer service. (Playing with inventory is highly encouraged!) And they just completed the move to their new location on Cass Street.

The Petoskey location of Musik Haus is next to the historic J. C. Penney building.

so we found a manufacturer. They’re

The shop’s overall sales are also still on the upswing since the pandemic, he notes; though there has been a discernible shift in how consumers approach potential purchases. A sale that might have taken 15 minutes three or four years ago, for instance, might now take a week or more as customers

“Personally, I think it’s good,” he adds. “They’re doing more research and really deciding what they want to spend their

Find Musik Haus at 2300 S. Otsego Ave. in Gaylord, and at 412 E. Mitchell St. in Petoskey. (989) 731-2842 (Gaylord); (231) 347-2826

What they do: As the largest guitar repair center north of Grand Rapids, TC Guitar Co. offers everything from a tuneup to complete restoration of strings and amplifiers. (Plus, they’re Fender Gold and Taylor Silver authorized.)

The shop is also a full-scale retailer, offering electric and acoustic guitars and basses; mandolins, banjos, and ukuleles; a selection of pedals, amps, and effects; as well as percussion accessories. Other services include custom builds (available for instruments and “shop series” amplifiers), as well as consignments, lessons for strings and percussion, and professional instrument care.

Hansen’s scratch-built strings, which buyers can customize piece-by-piece, from the body right down to the color and finish. Their easiest instrument(s) to learn: As for the most user-friendly instrument? “Ukulele!” says Hansen, hands down.

Much like the team at Marshall Music, Traverse City Guitar Co. highlights the uke for its comparably low learning curve— which requires just a handful of chords to achieve proficiency—and small size, making it ideal for kids. “You can put a [ukulele] in the hands of a two-year-old to strum or play. You can’t do that with another instrument,” Hansen says.

The brainchild of Gene “Geno” and Patty Hansen, Traverse City Guitar Company opened its doors downtown in 2014 as a space for veteran craftsman Gene to build and sell the instruments he

“I’d been looking for a Thinline guitar, but those can be very pricey,” he says. “So, I started developing my own [guitar] lines! It

Fast forward 10 years, and the shop has since become a local center of all things strings, with a commitment to offering killer products and the highest-quality customer service. (Playing with inventory is highly encouraged!) And they just completed the

Who they serve: Though TC Guitar Co. sees a wide range of patrons, from those who’ve never picked up an instrument to semi-pro and professional players, Hansen says that the majority of customers fall in the “amateur musician” category—that is, they’re gigging around with friends or playing at home for their own enjoyment.

Age is irrelevant here, though, he stresses, as the shop serves everyone from teenagers to adults in their 60s and beyond. “It’s more a person that’s been playing for a number of years and is actively practicing,” he notes.

Their hot item(s): As for the shop’s most popular-sellers, Hansen highlights wellmade and reputable brands like Taylor and Cort Guitars, the latter of which is the largest instrument manufacturer in the world, as crowd-pleasers (though the shop also offers a selection of other iconic brands, like Schechter and Washburn).

The real headliners, though, include 800- and 900-Series Taylor guitars, which sit comfortably in the $6,000 range, as well as

In comparison to full-sized strings, the ukulele is also far less expensive, clocking in at just a quarter of the average price. “It’s an easy one to get started with without a huge financial [investment],” he adds.

Music industry trends: Per Hansen, the fickle nature of the music industry makes it nearly impossible to predict the next trend. Instead, TC Guitar Co. focuses on cultivating an inventory that suits the needs and tastes of an ever-evolving array of consumers.

That being said, he has noticed a recent industry shift back toward live performance for singer-songwriter acts and multi-piece combos that’s heightened buyers’ demand for more complex items, like rhythm instruments and new electronics.

“Everyone is different,” he adds. “It’s insanity to try to predict the next [big trend], so we aim to stock a variety of products.”

Petoskey location of Musik Haus is

Guitar Co. recently moved their headquarters

extensive guitar inventory to a new location on Cass St. in Traverse City.

By Craig Manning

Learning Morse code. Finding an effective yoga routine. Getting better at photography. Figuring out a game plan for getting into college. Mastering a foreign language.

These days, no matter what you want to learn, help is only a Google search away. From blog posts to podcasts to YouTube instructional videos to cheap online masterclasses, it’s easier than ever to access knowledge and follow a path toward enlightenment and self-improvement, right from the comfort of your own home.

Once upon a time, though, before the internet existed, you might have tried a different tactic for learning at home: You might have dropped the needle on a vinyl record.

American Vinyl

Among music fans, the vinyl format has seen a remarkable resurgence in recent years, with Americans buying nearly 50 million vinyl records in 2023 alone. In comparison, compact discs, the format once credited with rendering vinyl obsolete, moved a little shy of 37 million units in the United States last year.

Clearly, a lot of consumers are in love with vinyl right now—especially if it has something to do with pop icon Taylor Swift, who herself accounted for 3.5 million vinyl record sales in 2023.

But even though vinyl is back, that doesn’t mean the full spectrum of what the format once represented has been dragged screaming into modern times. Today, vinyl is primarily a collectible product that musical artists like Swift lean on to drive physical media sales and bring in revenues.

Years ago, though, vinyl played a broader role in American lifestyle and culture than simply serving as a delivery mechanism for songs.

Designed for Everything

For more than half a decade, authors Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder have been telling the story of America’s past through the lens of vinyl records. The couple—who hail from Flint but have long spent their summers on Duck Lake in northern Michigan—started the project in 2017 with Designed for Hi-Fi Living, an expansive look at how day-to-day American

life was encapsulated in the record album covers that were being made in the wake of World War II.

Rather than focusing on the iconic album covers of the rock ‘n’ roll era—from acts like Elvis, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones— Designed for Hi-Fi Living instead searched for meaning in the covers of forgotten compilation albums or promotional records. For instance, it wasn’t uncommon in the post-war era for airlines or travel companies to sponsor vinyl albums themed around destinations like Hawaii and spurring Americans to travel the world.

Borgerson and Schroeder’s book looked back at those records and asked: What did these covers communicate about the America that used to exist?

The second installment in the series, 2021’s Designed for Dancing, kept the theme of mid-century record album covers, but focused specifically on records about different types of dances. From the waltz to the hula to the tango to the twist, the covers featured in that book charted dance records released in the 1950s and ’60s and examined them “as expressions of midcentury culture,

identity, fantasy, and desire.”

Now onto the third installment of the colorful coffee table book series— Designed for Success, published by The MIT Press earlier this year—Borgerson and Schroeder have found yet another twist on their favorite theme. The book’s subtitle is Better Living and Self-Improvement with Midcentury Instructional Records, and the vinyl records featured offer pep talks, howto guides, tutorials, and other roadmaps to help listeners learn about everything from personal fitness to musical instruments to finding harmony in marriage.

The Ghost of Vinyl’s Past

Even as vinyl has mounted its resurgence, the concept of instructional LPs has stayed firmly lodged in the past. Why buy a record telling you how to mix a cocktail or cook an Italian feast when there’s a whole internet’s worth of recipes and tutorial videos right at your fingertips? But back in the day, the thing vinyl is most known for today—music—was actually secondary to the instructional approach documented in Designed for Success.

“The book, in a sense, tells an alternate story of the whole recording industry, because when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, [instruction] is what he thought would be the main use,” Schroeder tells Northern Express. “He thought it would be used for business; it would be used to record great works of literature; it would be used for teaching languages. And then, obviously, music took over.”

While vinyl’s instructional era is largely forgotten, the topic fascinated Borgerson and Schroeder, especially as they began brainstorming a third book about the castaside pieces of vinyl ephemera from the middle of the 20th century.

According to Borgerson, the seed for the new book was planted all the way back during the writing process for Designed for Hi-Fi Living.

“We had started pulling out records that were sponsored by all these different companies,” she says, not just airlines, but also brands like Marlboro, Budweiser, and General Motors. “We started to think that it would be really interesting to write about these business records, these branded records, and try to understand what these companies were trying to communicate by putting out vinyl LPs.”

It was a good idea on paper, but the authors soon realized that, while they could almost certainly find enough branded records to fill a book, the next steps in the process probably wouldn’t be so easy.

“We got a little panicky when we started thinking about getting the permissions for those images,” Borgerson says, noting that she, Schroeder, and their publisher have to get clearance to use every album cover they reproduce in the pages of their books.

To avoid that kind of scrutiny, Borgerson and Schroeder pivoted to a book about instruction and self-improvement—a broader topic that the pair ultimately found to be even more illustrative of a certain era in American history.

“What we realized from these records is that, back then, time with your record player wasn’t just about fun and leisure,” Borgerson says. “It was trying to get ahead in the hours you had off from your day job. There was this sense, in the post-war/Cold War era, that each individual American had a responsibility to increase their potential, to build their capacities, because we were now in a global competition. We had to stay ahead of the Soviets, whether it was through physical fitness, or expanding our minds, or learning a language.”

Spinning Your Way to Expertise

As Designed for Success shows, there was really no limit to what you could learn from a vinyl record back in the day.

One record in the book pledges to help listeners “reduce tensions and sleep deeply.” Another promises “better golf through hypnosis.” A third offers a guide to outboard motor boating. And a whole chapter’s worth of records (supposedly) offer up the secrets to seduction, romance, love, marriage, and sex.

In the internet age, the idea of sitting next to a record player and jotting down notes about any of the above subjects may seem almost comical. Still, Schroeder contends that Americans might have lost something by trading professionallyassembled instructional records for poorly-shot YouTube videos and typoridden blog posts.

“We ended up thinking a lot about expertise, and about who got to make these instructional records,” Schroeder says. In most cases, he notes, the records featured in Designed for Success were anchored by people who carried a lot of weight in their respective fields or crafts. Examples include records that offered up golf advice from Arnold Palmer, tennis tips from Arthur Ashe, bass-playing lessons from 1960s instrumental rock band The Ventures, and exercise routines from pioneering fitness guru Bonnie Prudden.

“Now, with YouTube and TikTok and the internet, so many people are putting out advice and instructions, but in most cases, we really have no idea who they are,” Schroeder laughs. “One of the things that’s interesting to look at is how these records established who was an expert, who got to kind of give advice. And today, anyone with an iPhone can pass themselves off as an expert.”

If you want to learn from the bona fide and diversely-talented experts—with records like Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling, You Be a Disc Jockey, and How to Ski (A LivingRoom Guide for Beginners)—head to mitpress. mit.edu to find Designed for Success, or order a copy at your local bookseller.

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JAZZ HANDS

By Ross Boissoneau

There aren’t many musicians who have found success for as long as Bob James. Nor are there many with his musical gifts or openness. He’s played straight-ahead jazz, soul jazz, fusion, smooth, acoustic, electric, and is stunningly (at least to him) one of the most sampled artists in the world of hip-hop.

The 84-year-old jazzman and Traverse City resident continues to ride high with recording projects, tours, and the success of Jazz Hands, his most recent recording. The Grammy-nominated album includes, among others, singer CeeLo Green, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dave Koz, his producer and engineer David Marchione, and his standing band: bassist Michael Palazzolo, drummer James Adkins, and Ukrainian saxophonist Andrey Chmut.

Jazz Hands is also—amazingly—James’ 36th solo album. It’s as fresh as ever, and has been met with praise from all quarters. Such as this, from All About Jazz: “The meticulously crafted sounds go down easy, from the opening with the percolating ‘Mambalicious’ to the soft cinematic soundscape of a closer, ‘Sea Goddess,’ that serves as an achingly beautiful, save-thebest-for-last symphonic smooth-jazz jewel.”

Building Musical Bridges

The album’s success, like that of his entire career, is due to James’ gifts, from his fleet piano playing to his continued ability to craft engaging compositions. It also showcases his decision to explore adding elements of hip-hop to his music, after his compositions produced such an impact on the genre.

Over the years, numerous rappers and hip-hop artists have used his recordings, from “Nautilus” to “Angela” to produce their own sounds—much to James’ surprise, and often without permission or credit. The latter didn’t sit well. “I made sure my copyright was protected,” James says seriously. “I always encourage them [other musicians] to protect theirs like I protect mine.”

One of the first such transgressors was DJ Jazzy Jeff, who sampled “Westchester Lady” on his 1988 album with Will Smith, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper. Now, years after coming to an agreement regarding James’ copyright claims, James and Jeff have recorded together. James says Jeff sent him some loops to work with, and the end result was the tune “That Bop.”

After not having any voice in what was done to and with his music by those sampling

it, James decided the best way to fuse the genres while maintaining some control was by collaborating directly with some of those artists. So Jazz Hands includes Jeff, and he brought in Green, who co-wrote the title track with James as well as provided the vocals.

The desire to continue the experiment led to including Jeff and Talib Kweli when James and his band appeared on the popular National Public Radio feature “Tiny Desk Concerts.” James still sounds excited about the experience, which took place late this spring and continues to generate views, with over 400,000 to date.

“You only get 20 minutes. It’s a complete challenge, and the band rose to the occasion,” says James.

Present, Past, and Future

Speaking of concerts, a recent post on James’ Facebook page regarding a show in New Hampshire reads, “Two nights of smooth, grooving jazz from one of the genre’s most influential artists.” One could take issue with that—his music is certainly grooving, but in many quarters, the label “smooth” is a pejorative.

When it’s suggested that some so-called

smooth jazz artists don’t get the respect they deserve—including James—he disagrees.

“I can’t complain. You get stereotyped in art,” he says matter-of-factly. With millions of sales and countless sold-out tours, it’s obvious his fans and fellow musicians don’t care about the labels. They simply enjoy the music.

The good news for his legion of fans is the end isn’t in sight. “I’m not giving up. I’m not dropping out of the race,” James says with a smile.

The octogenarian acknowledges his age, noting it’s harder for him to memorize pieces. But he continues to write, record, and simply play during the day. He’s also buoyed by the fact his daughter Hilary and her husband Kevin DiSimone, both of whom are also musicians, have moved next door.

So how much longer will he continue a career that started when he was discovered by Quincy Jones at the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival in 1962? “As long as I can still do it.”

Among his upcoming projects is recording with his friend Dave Koz. The two previously recorded a couple tunes as a duo, just acoustic piano and saxophone, and James will be performing as part of one

of Koz’s popular jazz cruises later this year. Before that happens, they will get together again at James’ home studio and record some more tunes. Ultimately the goal is to produce an entire album.

Those hoping for a reunion of Fourplay, the popular band comprised of James, bassist/ vocalist Nathan East, drummer Harvey Mason, and a rotating cast of guitarists, are likely out of luck. At age 84, James is still looking forward, not backward.

The Instrument That Started It All

If James is looking to the past at all, it’s likely right there next to his grand piano. “Even though I’m so identified with the sound of the Fender Rhodes, I never owned one,” he says almost wonderingly. It was his producer/ engineer David Marchione, who also revamped the acoustics of his home studio, who finally convinced James to get one.

The sound of that electric piano became part of the bedrock of Creed Taylor’s CTI label in the 1970s, where James served as a performer and arranger. He helped usher in the crossover jazz of the era, with elements of soul, pop, and rock, and performers ranging from Grover Washington Jr., Freddie Hubbard, and Hubert Laws to George Benson, Ron Carter, and a multitude of others.

In fact, he arranged what became Washington’s theme song, “Mr. Magic.” The original version was spare and downtempo, but by adding an emphasis on spicy guitar, backing horns, and his own Fender Rhodes, James helped “Mr. Magic” become one of the genre’s biggest hits.

And he was just getting started. His first five solo efforts established him as a star in the crossover jazz market, and his 1978 release Touchdown soared into the stratosphere on the basis of his track “Angela” being used as the theme to the popular sitcom Taxi. His recordings continued largely in the same vein, including duo or co-billed albums with Earl Klugh, the late, great David Sanborn, and Kirk Whalum.

James’ jazz bent was interrupted occasionally by excursions into the classical realm, with Rameau and The Scarlatti Dialogues. Other adventurous recordings include Altair & Vega, in which he and fellow pianist Keiko Matsui played fourhanded pieces; and In the Chapel In the Moonlight, a duo with Interlochen flute instructor Nancy Stagnitta.

And then there’s 2080, where he joins forces with Sam Franz (the son of his personal trainer) on a set mixing James’

pianistic forays with Franz’s electronica and DJ skills. The French music site Paris Move calls it a radical, courageous work, but it’s really James just keeping his ears open and his fingers moving.

And now here we are with the Grammynominated Jazz Hands and James’ continued live performances, which included a recent cameo with his daughter Hilary and son-inlaw Kevin at the Civic Center. There aren’t any other local gigs currently scheduled, but he’s hoping to do a date at the Traverse City venue The Alluvion in the future.

“I want to do The Alluvion. I’m so happy to see that,” he says of the space. “I want to bring my quartet, [but] the timing hasn’t been quite right.” Stay tuned!

To keep up with the latest concerts and albums, head to bobjames.com.

A TINY DESK INTERVIEW

We could spend all day talking with Bob James about his music, but if you only have a few minutes to read his responses, here’s what he has to say about eight rapid-fire topics:

On his status as a legend and his legacy: “It’s age-related.”

On being looked down upon by jazz traditionalists: “We get exactly the respect we deserve.”

On the spirit he gets from his youthful bandmates: “I love the energy I get from them.” As he said at his Tiny Desk Concert, “I don’t have that [youth] myself, but I can hire it.”

On his current recording label, evosound: “They’re great at letting me do my own thing.”

On his own hit music: “‘Angela’ has been a good friend to me. It’s romantic, a nice melody.”

On other musicians he admires: “Keith Jarrett. His complex improvisations, and also the way he plays melodies. For me, he’s up in the stratosphere. And Glenn Gould.”

On the younger collaborators in his orbit: “I’m happy, happy, happy with the kids I work with. It’s been a highlight.”

On his own ability: “I’m never gonna be Erroll Garner. I [sometimes] look at my fingers, and it’s like they’re moving of their own accord. That’s the good stuff.”

Bringing

weird (and rockin’) shows to northern Michigan one musical at a time

By Ren Brabenec

Weird, wacky, inclusive, creative, committed, and collaborative. Describing Mashup Rock & Roll Musical in a sentence is no small feat, as the organization has created a unique and irreverent theater experience that would leave even the most conservative Broadway critic super-glued to his seat, belly stitched in laughter.

“We’re a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that produces new works, remixing popular culture not just to entertain, but to celebrate and question the society we live in, with stories that promote inclusion and tolerance,” said Lesley Tye as we sat down with her and husband and Mashup co-founder Anthony Bero.

“That’s our tagline, but we’re also just a bunch of weirdos who really like music and theater,” Bero jokes. “We believe there is a

place for all us weirdos in this world, and we’re creating that place one production at a time.”

According to Tye and Bero, Mashup came about because the couple wanted to create the shows they wanted to see. Both have deep backgrounds in theater, music, directing, scriptwriting, composing, and casting. Rather than putting on shows that trotted out iconic yet overdone classics, the couple wanted to bridge the gap between vintage production themes from the past to the relevant issues, challenges, and humor of the 21st century.

The Curtain Rises

Mashup got its start in 2013. Their format is unique, not only in the productions they host (which adhere to the “mashup” concept by combining different stories with music, however unlikely the pairing may seem), but

also in how they create their works.

Unlike traditional plays and musicals in which actors must mold themselves to the roles they are cast, Tye writes her scripts for Mashup’s productions based on the actors. And unlike traditional musical accompaniment where musicians play the established songs created for that production, Bero gives existing hits a new sound or creates entirely new musical works to accompany the story playing out on stage.

How does it work? On the acting side, once Tye has an idea for a production, she holds auditions. Once she knows who will be cast for each role, Tye writes the script, penning the material with each cast member’s personality, style, identity, and creative ingenuity in mind. In so doing, Mashup’s productions have been lauded for their messages of camaraderie, queer acceptance, and powerful social commentary.

“A glance at our production titles gives away our hand pretty quickly,” says Tye with a smile. “I mean, c’mon, BROmeo vs The Juliettes, Popeyes Wide Shut, A Midsummer Night’s California Dream, Grimm’s Alternative Fairytales, The Sound of mUZIc—just from the titles you know you’re going to get something funny, quirky, and unique but also insightful and uplifting.”

The organization rolled out one production per year until 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic put a damper on community gatherings. During the pandemic, Tye and Bero masked up and put on some outdoor productions with their troupe, like the popular Scooby Doo-Wop and its sequel. The founders also dedicated some pandemic downtime to restructuring the organization as a nonprofit and arranging financials so the duo could pay actors a stipend.

Grimm's Alternative Fairy Tales is "a twisted romp through the magical woods, where creatures, royalty, and lost children alike are mashed with New Wave and Rock stars from the 1980s."

Photos by Harpe Star

“Mashup’s first several productions were funded from our own pockets and produced with the volunteer time of our actors,” says Bero. “But good management of the organization has enabled us to now pay actors for their work, and we’ve never lost money on a show. That’s allowed us to grow over the years.”

The Show Must Go On

Eleven years in, the organization has indeed grown and evolved. As local venues became available and later shuttered, Tye and Bero have had to think on their feet, sometimes not knowing what a venue would look like until their actors and musicians showed up for set installation and dress rehearsal the day of a performance.

“It makes sense though,” says Tye with a laugh. “That is just so theater. Our shows put new takes and comedic undertones on pop culture themes, so I guess it’s appropriate that in our humorous approach to our productions we would also be humored and humbled by the curveballs of showbiz. If we’re not

laughing, we’re crying, and vice versa!”

To that point, the greatest challenge facing the troupe and their musician comrades is the issue of a venue or a “home base,” as Tye and Bero call it. From Parallel 45 to InsideOut Gallery, many smaller venues that were more fitting (and affordable) for a small production are no longer around, and the larger venues are unaffordable.

For example, the organization got its start at InsideOut, at that time a warehouseturned-gallery that, according to the troupe, always felt like it was going to collapse in on them. Plus, the lighting had one setting and one setting only, and the acoustics, well, “what acoustics?” one might say. But it was their home, and more than one tear was shed when the gallery shuttered in 2016.

At InsideOut, the troupe put on sold-out and packed productions that, according to Bero, would have earned them a stern glare from the fire marshal. As the years passed, Mashup used funds from ticket sales to invest in more production material. Meanwhile,

the troupe developed relationships with organizations like Parallel 45 and Old Town Playhouse to facilitate bigger and better productions.

In the future, the troupe hopes to find another home base in the Grand Traverse area.

Coming to the Stage 2023 marked the first year Mashup hosted two productions, a feat Tye and Bero have been planning for since before the pandemic. The troupe has two productions on the docket for 2024 as well, one in October and another slated for the holidays.

October will feature a reboot of The Sound of mUZIc. A parody of the beloved classic The Sound of Music, Mashup’s feminist retelling sets the iconic tale in a zombie apocalypse.

Maria, the top zombie killer in the nation, is sent to save the “VonTrapped” family in the mountains of Colorado as they are surrounded by the encroaching “NaZombies.” The production is set to a rock

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soundtrack sure to delight zombie, musical, and rock ’n’ roll fans alike. Show dates are set for October 18, 19, 20, 24, and 25, with tickets on sale soon and showtimes and a venue to be announced.

Over the holidays, Mashup is putting on Madonnativity, A Holiday Show. The production incorporates Madonna’s music with pop culture themes, holiday drama, the importance of community, and how lending a hand to a stranger can make the world a better place. For Madonnativity, Mashup will perform in multiple venues, including the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall on November 30, the Garden Theater in Frankfort on December 5, and multiple showings in Traverse City on December 12-15.

In addition to the regular ticketed shows, Mashup hosts a Pay What You Can night for each production to ensure finances are never a barrier to enjoying theater.

To learn more about Mashup or to find upcoming shows, head to mashuprockandrollmusical.com.

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Saturday

ELK RAPIDS HARBOR DAYS: Today includes the Harborun Fun Run, Harborun 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run, Rotary Roundup BBQ, Mutt Strut Dog Parade, Grande Parade, sand sculpture building, $100,000 Hole-In-One Contest Final Round, Dinghy Parade, Paddlebuoy/Paddleboard Races Harbor Days on Elk River, Swan Race, Live Storytelling, boat lighting contest & display, Zambelli International Fireworks & more. elkrapidsharbordays.org/events-schedule

PORT ONEIDA RUN: 7:30am, 3164 W. Harbor Hwy. (M-22), 3 miles north of Glen Arbor. Join for the 12th Annual Port Oneida Run/walk fundraiser. Proceeds support Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear, a nonprofit partner of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Includes a kids run, 5K, 10K, & half-marathon. Park pass required. $5-$95. phsb.org/port-oneida-run

ONEKAMA DAYS: Aug. 2-5. Today includes the 1 Mile Fun Run & 5K Run/Walk, Car Show, Arts & Crafts Fair, Parks Scavenger Hunt, Blessing of the Pets, Cornhole Tournament, Pig Out for Onekema School Pig Roast, Bump N’ Run & Demolition Derby, fireworks over Portage Lake & much more. onekama.info/onekama-days-schedule

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: 9am-5pm, behind Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. Book price is by your donation, with all proceeds benefiting library programs. Free. sbbdl.org

PAUL MCMULLEN MEMORIAL 5K RUN/ WALK: 9am, 398 Chestnut St., Cadillac. $25. runsignup.com/Race/Events/MI/Cadillac/PaulMcMullenMemorial5kRunWalk

18TH CENTURY MACKINAW RENDEZVOUS & TRADE FAIR: Conkling Heritage Park, Mackinaw City, July 31 - Aug. 4. A living history experience with a street battle & 18th century auction. Free. facebook.com/ mackinawrendezvous

37TH ANNUAL BOATS ON THE BOARDWALK: 10am-4pm, on the boardwalk along the banks of the Boardman River in downtown TC. Featuring dozens of wood, metal, & fiberglass vintage boats. Free. wwcacbs.org

61ST PORTSIDE ARTS FAIR: 10am-4pm, Elm Pointe Estate, East Jordan. Juried art fair with live entertainment all day. Onsite historical museum, snacks, lunch & more. South Arm of Lake Charlevoix. Come by car or by boat; plenty of free parking. Golf cart assistant for those who need shuffling from parking. portsideartsfair.org

ART ATTACK ART & CRAFT SHOW: 10am-5pm, Pellston Historical Museum Grounds. Free admission.

COPEMISH HERITAGE DAYS: Friday Night Fireworks, Duke and the Studebakers, street dance & beer tent. Saturday: Be In Our Parade!, Magic Bob Kids Fishing Pond. Sunday: Church in the Park, 11am. Free. copemishheritagedays.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/copemish-heritagedays-2024

HINDLE-ROSS TRAIL EXPERIENCE WITH BRAD: 10am-noon, private property near Cross Village. Experience the trails of Debbie Hindle & Ken Ross’s property with LTC Ecology Specialist Brad Von Blon. These 80 acres have been cared for & restored by the owners who invite you to enjoy the views of the Waugoshance Peninsula, walk their sundial, & learn from Brad’s wealth of botanical knowledge. Must register. Free. landtrust.org

SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL: 10am5pm, next to Suttons Bay Marina Park. Featuring 100 artists, community groups, a community library book sale, food vendors & a children’s area. suttonsbayartfestival.org

SPANISH LANGUAGE CONVERSATION MEET-UP: 10:30am, Traverse Area District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. Practice your Spanish language skills with a casual conversation group. All levels are welcome. Free. tadl.org/event/spanish-languageconversation-meet-11688

HUMAN LIBRARY EVENT: 11am-3pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. The Petoskey District Library will be the first library in northern Michigan to provide human “books” to checkout, through their partnership with the Human Library© organization in Denmark. At this event readers can borrow human beings serving as open books & have conversations they would not normally have access to. Every human book from the bookshelf represents a group in our society that is often subjected to prejudice, stigmatization or discrimination because of their lifestyle, diagnosis, belief, disability, social status, or ethnic origin. Check out a book for a 30-minute conversation. petoskeylibrary.org/en/index.aspx

FREE BELLY DANCE CLASS: 11:15am, Loving Beyond Yoga, 1320 W South Airport, TC. Enjoy the rich traditions of Belly Dance as the instructor showcases her skills & takes you on a journey through the rhythms of the Middle East. For beginners of all ages, sizes, shapes, & ethnicities. Only 15 spots available; call/text 231-3135577. AmiraHamzarRaks.com

ART OF LOUISE JONES: 1pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Discover the fascinating world of painter & muralist Louise Jones, aka Ouizi, as she discusses her solo exhibit. Explore themes of flowers, folk craft, & contemporary life. Please register in advance. Price reflects the cost of admission to the museum. Limit of 35. $0$10. simpletix.com/e/art-of-louise-jonestickets-169668

AUTHOR EVENT: 1-3pm, Horizon Books, TC. Roger Rapoport will sign his book “Searching for Patty Hearst.” horizonbooks. com/event/roger-rapoport-book-signing

VEGMICHIGAN - TC - MONTHLY MEETUP: 1pm, Oryana West, TC. Join for a sampling of delicious, dairy free dips & dressings. Meet other folks & learn more about eating, cooking & enjoying plant-based foods. Free. meetup.com/traverse-city-vegmichigan-meetup/events/302156846/?utm_ medium=referral&utm_campaign=sharebtn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_ source=link ----------------------

CLASSIC STORIES DOUBLE FEATURE: 2pm & 6pm, Grand Traverse Mall, TC. “Aesop’s Fables” & “The Iliad, The Odyssey, and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less” in one performance. Performed by the Teen Studio Factory campers. $12-$21. tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/online?bestavail=2156&qty=0 ----------------------

RAPTORS IN THE SUMMER SKY: 2pm, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Have an up-close experience with live raptors from North Sky Raptor Sanctuary. Join with a blanket on the programming lawn to learn about what Michigan raptors are up to in the summer. This program is geared towards an audience of children & families. Must register. $10 for children under 12; $15 for ages 12 & up; free for ages under 2; $55 for a family of 5+. natureiscalling.org/events

15TH ANNUAL PLEIN AIR WEEKEND: Glen Arbor Arts Center. Featuring more than 75 artists from across Michigan &

throughout the Midwest. Includes two outdoor painting competitions & exhibitions of original work at the Glen Arbor Town Hall on Fri. & Sat. evenings. For more info visit web site. glenarborart.org/events-page/plein-air-weekend ----------------------

TOP SHOW JUMPING & DRESSAGE

EVENTS: 5pm, Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. $75,000 CSI2* & NAYC U25 Grand Prix Dressage Freestyle. Along with watching world class jumping, you can enjoy food vendors, shopping opportunities, & more. Gates open at 8am; Grand Prix activity begins at 3pm. 100% of general admission ticket revenue will be donated to The Traverse Bay Pony Club. From $15. eventbrite.com/e/75000-csi2-grand-prix-nayc-u25grand-prix-dressage-freestyle-tickets884348639587?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

“WONDERFUL TOWN”: 7pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Experience a lighthearted homage to New York City’s status as a destination for dreamers as the students of the High School Musical Theatre Production program stage “Wonderful Town.” $36, $21. interlochen.org/ events/wonderful-town-2024-08-01

FREE SUMMER CONCERTS: 7-9pm, GT County Civic Center, Amphitheater, TC. Featuring Joseph & The Velozians.

EPIC EAGLES: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. Get ready to rock with the sounds of Canada’s definitive Eagles Tribute band, the Epic Eagles. Take a journey back to the days of this legendary band when they ruled the airwaves. Tickets: $25$40. Veterans: $5 discount. Students: $10. theoperahouse.org/tickets

TRAVERSE CITY DANCE PROJECT RO-

TARY SQUARE: 7:30pm, Rotary Square, downtown TC. Enjoy pre-show tunes by Jordan Hamilton & his band at 6:30pm. Featuring guest artists Isabella LaFreneire, a dancer with the New York City Ballet, & Dylan Ward of Pacific Northwest Ballet, performing choreographer Peter Martin’s famous Black Swan Pas de Deux from

the ballet Swan Lake. This performance also includes guest artists from the Grand Rapids Ballet, under the direction of James Sofranko, performing excerpts from choreographer George Balanchine’s ballet Who Cares. Following the performance participate in a Q&A session with the dancers, musicians, choreographers, & crew. Bring your own chairs or blankets as seating will not be provided. Free. tcdanceproject.org/ events/traversecityperformance

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT: 8-9:30pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This rock band has been performing since 1972. Their biggest hits include “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” & “Burnin’ For You.” $50-$80. lrcr. com/event/blue-oyster-cult

DAVID KWONG – WORDPLAY: AN EVENING OF (MORE!) PUZZLES & MAGIC: 8pm, Bay View, John Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. Experience the mind-bending magic & mentalism of David Kwong. He’ll even teach a trick or two to kids in the audience, from his upcoming book “How to Fool Your Parents” (release date: Oct. 2024). $20-$35. bayviewassociation.org/education-special-events

KANIN WREN’S TAYLOR SWIFT EXPERIENCE: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Enjoy all of the greatest hits from “You Belong With Me” to “Midnights.” Featuring the powerful voice of Kanin Wren, backed by a group of dynamite musicians, enjoy a 90-minute journey through Taylor Swift’s discography. Wren has the versatility of Taylor Swift, the lyrical style of Olivia Rodrigo, with the all-American feel of Carrie Underwood. Tickets starting at $25. greatlakescfa.org/ events/detail/kanin-wren

Sunday

BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-noon, Rainbow of Hope Farm, Kingsley. Suggested donation: $10 adults, $7 chil-

Pianists Nick Luby and Susan Zhang bring The Concert Truck through northern Michigan, stopping at various locations, Aug. 7-11. In 2016 Luby and Zhang converted a 16-foot box truck into a mobile concert hall. They have presented concerts across the country in city streets, music and arts festivals, schools, parks, and many other locations. Catch a free performance or two beginning in Boyne City at Sunset Park on Weds., Aug. 7 at 12:30pm. For the complete schedule visit: greatlakescfa.org/ events/detail/the-concert-truck-24.

dren, preschool free. rainbowofhopefarm. weebly.com

ONEKAMA DAYS: Onekama, Aug. 2-5. Today includes the Onekama Lions Breakfast, Butterfly Palooza, & Book Talk with John Wemlinger - “The Cut.” onekama.info/ onekama-days-schedule

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HARBOR SPRINGS COASTAL CRAWL: 8:30am, Harbor Springs City Beach (Zorn Park). Held in Little Traverse Bay. Open water swim. Events include a 1/2 mile, 1 mile, 2 miles & 3 miles distances. $40; includes lunch. coastalcrawl.org

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: 9am-4pm, behind Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. Book price is by your donation, with all proceeds benefiting library programs. Free. sbbdl.org ----------------------

HARBOR DAYS CLEAN UP DAY: 9-11am, Elk Rapids. Meet at the First Presbyterian Church – Lighthouse for breakfast. All volunteers welcome! elkrapidsharbordays.org/ events-schedule

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61ST PORTSIDE ARTS FAIR: (See Sat., Aug. 3)

ART ATTACK ART & CRAFT SHOW: (See Sat., Aug. 3)

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NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., TC, Aug. 4-10. Enjoy seeing animals, midway rides, food, & more. Today includes the Draft Horse Show at 10am, Horse Pulls at 1pm, & the TNT Figure 8 & Demolition Derby at 7pm. northwesternmichiganfair.net

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SUTTONS BAY ART FESTIVAL: 10am4pm, next to Suttons Bay Marina Park. Featuring 100 artists, community groups, a community library book sale, food vendors & a children’s area. suttonsbayartfestival.org

“SAVING THE BARN”: 1pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Free movie showing & Q/A. This documentary, shown on WCMU Public Television, is about the history, rehabilitation, & uses of Leelanau County’s Poor Farm Barn. Following the film, Norm Wheeler, musician/storyteller & narrator of the documentary will moderate a panel discussion with Kim Kelderhouse, Barbara Siepker, Susan Stein-Roggenbuck, & Joe VanderMeulen, PhD. Free. lchp.org

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BOOKS TO MOVIES: 1pm, Traverse City District Library, Thirlby Room, TC. First come, first served, up to 20 adults. The movie this month will be: “Bob Marley: One Love.” Free. tadl.org/event/books-movies-8741

“WONDERFUL TOWN”: (See Sat., Aug. 3, except today’s time is 2pm.)

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EQUESTRIAN FINAL HOSTED BY TRAVERSE CITY HORSE SHOWS: 2pm, Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. Enjoy a showcase of equestrian talent. Witness elite riders & horses from around the globe gather to compete for top honors in the NAYC Young Rider Jumping Final. There will also be food vendors, shopping opportunities, & more. Gates open at 8am; final activity begins at 1pm. TCHS will be donating 100% of general admission ticket revenue to The Traverse Bay Pony Club. From $15. eventbrite. com/e/nayc-young-rider-jumping-final-tickets885844754507?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE PARK: 4-6pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Sunshine String Band.

VESPER CONCERT: GREAT GATSBY & GERSHWIN: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. Great Gatsby meets the Gershwins, culminating in the beloved Rhapsody in Blue with Tony Patterson & Spectrum Brass. Member: $18.50; NonMember: $23.50; Under 18: Free. onthestage.tickets/bay-view-association

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YÄCHTLEY CRËW: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. The nation’s #1 yacht rock band playing all the best soft rock hits from the late 70’s & early 80’s, & having as much fun as possible while performing. Tickets starting at $52. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/yachtley-crew

monday

NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: (See Sun., Aug. 4)

ONEKAMA DAYS: Onekama, Aug. 2-5. Tonight includes Monday Night Concert in the Park at Village Park with Michael Trixx, magician, & Elvis Tribute Artist Jake Slater. onekama.info/onekama-days-schedule

JAMMIN’ MONDAYS ON BETSIE BAY: JOSEPH AND THE VELOZIANS: 7-9:15pm, Waterfront Park Amphitheater, Elberta. Enjoy blues, soul & R&B. Free.

TC PIT SPITTERS GAME: BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters/schedule

JEWEL & MELISSA ETHERIDGE W/ RETT MADISON: SOLD OUT: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jewel is known for songs including “You Were Meant for Me” & “Standing Still.” Rock legend & two-time Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge has captivated audiences with “I’m the Only One,” “Come To My Window,” & many more. This show will be kicked off by Interlochen Alumna, Rett Madison. interlochen.org/events/jewel-and-melissa-etheridge-2024-08-05

MONDAY NIGHT MOVIE: 7:30pm, Bay View Association, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey. Rams (Australia). 2020, 118 mins. Free. bayviewassociation.org/monday-night-movies

tuesday

COFFEE & CONVERSATION: 8-10am, Harbor Springs Area Chamber office, 118 E. Main St., Harbor Springs. Enjoy conversation & connections with chamber staff & other members. Free.

KID’S CRAFT LAB: FAIRY HOUSES: 10:30am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Make your fairies’ houses out of imagination, paint, stickers, beads & gems. greatlakeskids.org

FREE OPEN STUDIO TUESDAYS: Noon4pm, Boyne Arts Center, Boyne City. Bring your paints, fiber arts, written arts, sculpting, jewelry, cards, drawing, or other portable mediums. Create & share.

PWR! MOVES: MICHIGAN PARKINSON FOUNDATION EXERCISE CLASS:

Traverse Area District Library, front lawn, TC. Moves for people with or suspected Parkinson’s Disease & their caregivers. Free. tadl.org/node/16110

GRAND TRAVERSE KENNEL CLUB

MEETING: 6pm, Silver Lake Recreation Area, TC. Featuring a picnic/pot luck.

THURS 8/8: TSP • FRI 8/9: Tower of Bauer • SAT 8/10: Matt Mansfield

Public welcome. Free. Grandtraversekennelclub.com

TC PIT SPITTERS GAME: FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northernexpress.com/manage/events/new

RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Kresge Auditorium. A ‘Fleetwood Mac’ tribute concert. Bringing meticulously crafted covers of iconic charts such as “The Chain,” “Dreams,” & “Go Your Own Way.” $35-$57. interlochen.org/events/rumours-fleetwoodmac-2024-08-06

wednesday

GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOUR: 10am, Perry Hannah Plaza, corner of 6th & Union, TC. This tour leads you through our boomtown history, the good & the regrettable. From Perry Hannah’s mansion, past the Carnegie library, to the original downtown, this easy two mile walk is an enjoyable trip through our history. Free; gratuities appreciated. walktchistory.com

NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., TC. Aug. 4-10. Enjoy seeing animals, midway rides, food, & more. Today includes truck & tractor pulls at 7pm. northwesternmichiganfair.net

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RECOVERY RESOURCE ROUNDTABLE: 11am, The Friendship Community Center, Suttons Bay. Catholic Human Services Peer Recovery Coach Denny Brown is available on the first Weds. of each month at 11am. Drop in for resources, community connections, & coaching. This is available at no-cost to any community member with a substance use disorder, struggling with substance misuse, or with questions/curiosity about either. e4b32379-0a02-48e1-a8743a499da39dec.usrfiles.com/ugd/e4b323_7a 2b8e0fc2bf490d94617fe1122ec01e.pdf

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CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo, downtown Petoskey. Featuring Mike Ward. Bring a lunch & lawn chair or picnic blanket. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concertspark-2024

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THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 12:30pm, Sunset Park, Boyne City. Free. greatlakescfa. org/events/detail/the-concert-truck-24 ----------------------

BOYNE AREA CHAMBER PAVILION SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 6:30pm, Veteran’s Park Pavilion, Boyne City. Featuring the Crosscut Kings. Free.

ELLSWORTH CONCERTS ON THE SQUARE: 7pm, Ellsworth Community Square. Featuring Foghorn Jazz.

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JAZZ, JOKES & JESUS: 7pm, The Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd. Benefit for local charities. Enjoy music by the Back Room Gang, jokes, inspiration & refreshments. Charity recipients: Big Brothers Big Sisters; Before, During and After Incarceration; & Generations Ahead. Free. tcpresby.org/j-j-j

ture Network, Michigan Writers, Interlochen Public Radio, & The Alluvion. Free.

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JAKE SHIMABUKURO: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Jake became an overnight sensation after his ukulele cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” went viral on YouTube. His music has hints of jazz, blues, funk, rock, folk, flamenco & more. His latest album, “Grateful,” includes collaborations with legendary Hawai’i-based musicians. $38-$44. interlochen.org/events/jake-shimabukuro-2024-08-07

AMERICAN SPIRITUALS INTENSIVE OUTREACH CONCERT: 8pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Free. bayviewassociation.org/events/brass-outreach-concert-933-756-946-367

thursday

COFFEE @ 10, PETOSKEY: MAKE A SPLASH: 10-11am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey. CTAC has partnered with the team at the Tipp of the Mitt Watershed Council to develop a week-long interdisciplinary kids camp that uses art practices & design thinking to learn about protecting Northern Michigan water resources. Join for this presentation. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/coffee10-make-splash-tip-mitt-watershed-council ----------------------

FRIENDS OF PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: 10am7pm, Peninsula Community Library, Community Room & Carriage House, TC. Aug. 8-15. Gently used books, games, puzzles, vintage finds, & more. Proceeds help the library provide crucial services & programs beyond their operating budget. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org/friends

NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., TC. Aug. 4-10. Enjoy seeing animals, midway rides, food, & more. Today includes Twisted P Rodeo at 8pm. northwesternmichiganfair.net

GET CRAFTY: 10:15am, Petoskey District Library. Alexis of Fox & Hound in Petoskey will help you get crafty. For ages 3+. First come, first serve due to limited supplies. Free. calendar.petoskeylibrary.org/default/ Detail/2024-08-08-1015-Get-Crafty-withFox-amp-Hound

STORYTELLING & SPEED PAINTING PROGRAM: 10:30am, Helena Township Community Center, Alden. Martina Hahn will present the story of the Sleeping Bear Dunes, a short-animated film, facts & history, & how art ties into this program. Martina will also speed paint an image related to the Legend. 231-331-4318. Free.

MEET CHILDREN’S AUTHOR SARAH TRULASKE: 11am, Glen Lake Community Library, Empire. Susan will be appearing along with her dog Nellie who is the star of her book, “Nellie Meets Charlie the Crab.” Attendees will be eligible for a drawing to win a copy of the book. glenlakelibrary.net

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TRANSFORMATIONAL: STORIES FOR NOMI ARTS & CULTURE BOOK

LAUNCH & READINGS: 7pm, The Alluvion, TC. Featuring the words, work & transformational moments of artists & culture bearers who weave our region’s creative tapestry. Enjoy readings by 12 of the 36 authors, music, book signings, refreshments, & camaraderie. Sponsors include Michigan Arts & Culture Council, NW MI Arts & Cul-

LUNCHEON LECTURE: “PUBLIC HEALTH”: 11:30am, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, MPH, FISDA, Michigan’s chief medical executive will give an overview of pressing public health issues in our state: the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis, maternal & infant health, & vaccines for preventable diseases & sexually transmitted infections. Register. $15; includes a buffet lunch. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-5652500

THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: Noon, Veterans

Memorial Park & Marina Lawn, Mackinaw City. Free. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/ the-concert-truck-24 ----------------------

HARBOR SPRINGS CAR FESTIVAL: 5:30-8:30pm, Zorn Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring about 200 vehicles - open to all types of cars, trucks & motor vehicles. Free entrance.

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THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 6pm, East Park, downtown Charlevoix. Free. greatlakescfa. org/events/detail/the-concert-truck-24

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HARBOR SPRINGS STREET MUSIQUE: WORLD MUSIC: 6:30-8:30pm, Downtown Harbor Springs. Featuring Greg Vadnais w/ Sounds of Africa, Owen James Trio, Deep Blue Water Samba School, Dave Cisco, & Magic by Jania.

“PASSENGER STEAMERS: DESTINATION BENZIE COUNTY: THE GOLDEN ERA OF STEAMSHIP TRAVEL & SUMMER RESORTS”: 7pm, The Mills Community House, Benzonia. This presentation by Larry White is part of the Benzie Area Historical Society’s Benzonia Academy Lecture Series. Recommended donation: $5. benziemuseum.org ----------------------

A CONVERSATION WITH DEBORAH SPAGNUOLO, HISTORIAN FOR THE BURT LAKE BAND OF OTTAWA AND CHIPPEWA INDIANS: 7pm, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey. Deborah will discuss “A Cloud Over the Land” by Richard A. Wiles. Wine & cheese will be served. RSVP: 231-347-1180. Free. mcleanandeakin.com

CONCERTS ON THE LAWN: GT Pavilions, on the lawn, TC. Featuring Some Like It Yacht with Judy Harrison. Concessions will be available for purchase from 5:30-7pm. The concert runs from 7-8pm. Free. gtpavilions.org/news-events/2024-concerts-onthe-lawn

ELIZABETH LANDRY TRIO IN CONCERT: 7pm, Old Art Building, lawn, Leland. Part of the Music In The Air summer concert series. Bring lawn chairs or blankets, along with a picnic dinner. Free. oldartbuilding.com/events/music-in-the-air-elizabethlandry-trio

LIVE ON THE LAKE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, East Park, Odmark Performance Pavilion, downtown Charlevoix. Featuring Levitator + Super Nuclear wsg Radio Vision. A special pre-show performance by The Concert Truck, a mobile music venue featuring Nick Luby & Susan Zhang will take place at 6pm. Free.

TRAVERSE CITY JAMBOREE: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Dueling pianos, ragtime, boogie woogie, early blues. Featuring Ivory & Gold® & Bob Milne & Peter Bergin. $10$30. cityoperahouse.org/node/586

CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. Akropolis Reed Quintet World Premieres. NonMember: $18.50; members & under 18: free. onthestage.tickets/bay-view-association

friday

BAY VIEW: A UNIQUELY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE - SESQUICENTENNIAL PREVIEW: 10am, Bay View Association, Voorhies Hall, Petoskey. Bay View Archivist Elizabeth Nelson closes out the 2024 Friday Forum series with a look toward Bay View’s 150th anniversary in 2025. She will share rarely seen

photos from Bay View Archives, & will offer unique perspectives on the community’s history, the history of the nationwide Chautauqua movement, & Bay View’s connection with other summer resorts in the area. Free. bayviewassociation.org/events/scarrow-friday-forum-659-796-187-416-447-463-864

FRIENDS OF PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: (See Thurs., Aug. 8, except today’s hours are 10am-4pm.)

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NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., TC. Aug. 4-10. Enjoy seeing animals, midway rides, food, & more. Today includes TNT Bump & Run and Demolition Derby at 7pm. northwesternmichiganfair.net

PORT ONEIDA FAIR: 10am-4pm, 3164 W Harbor Hwy, Maple City. Step back in time & experience life as it was in the late 1800’s & early 1900’s. Help bale hay or watch a broom-maker at work. Learn about spinning, basket weaving, soap making, butter making, candle dipping, & fur trapping. Listen as park rangers & local history experts share the area’s history. The fair is held at six of the historic farmsteads in Port Oneida. Each farm has a variety of artists, crafts, food, & activities for visitors. All programs are free with a valid park entrance pass. nps.gov/thingstodo/port-oneida-fair.htm

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KID’S CRAFT LAB: FAIRY HOUSES: (See Tues., Aug. 6)

MICHAYWÉ ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 11am-5pm, Michaywé, Gaylord. Handmade crafts, indoor & outdoor décor, original artwork, natural products, jewelry, & unique foods. Featuring more than 100 booths. michayweartfair.com

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CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS

IN THE PARK: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo, downtown Petoskey. Featuring Jeff Pagel. Bring a lunch & lawn chair or picnic blanket. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concertspark-2024

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LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 1pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Free. greatlakescfa. org/events/detail/the-concert-truck-24

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QUINTANGO - THE BUENOS AIRES EXPERIENCE: 5-9pm, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. 5pm: Culture & Dance Lesson. 6pm: QuinTango performs. 7:30pm: Milonga After-party. $70-$75. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org/music-series

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE: 6-9pm, Front St., between Union St. & Park St., downtown TC. Nonprofit organizations providing interactive games, food & beverage vendors, & a variety of entertainment. downtowntc.com/ annual-event-calendar

FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC IN THE PARK: 6:30-8:30pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring songwriter & performer Michelle Chenard. Free.

THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK

LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 6:30pm, by the Marina or South Lawn, by Brandy’s Harbortown, Bay Harbor. Free. greatlakescfa.org/ events/detail/the-concert-truck-24

DOWNTOWN GAYLORD SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: 7pm, Claude Shannon Park, Gaylord. Featuring the Jake Allen Band. Free.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER: 7pm, Pennsylvania Park, downtown Petoskey. Indie-rock with The Black Feathers. Free. petoskeydowntown.com/events/sounds-of-summer

TC SACRED DRUM CIRCLE: 7pm, The House of Bear, 4242 Cty. Rd. 633. Held the 2nd Fri. of the months (through Oct.). No experience necessary. No drum necessary, but feel to bring an acoustic item of your own making. Earth Blessing will start each event. Dress for outside. 231-383-0803. Free. groups.google. com/g/tc-sacred-drum-circle

CHAMBERFEST: CHENG SQUARED DUO: 7:30pm, Cheboygan Opera House. This Canadian brother-and-sister, Bryan & Silvie Cheng, perform classical works for cello & piano. Their program in Cheboygan will include works by Romantic composers Max Bruch, Jean Sibelius, Edvard Grieg; & a new work composed specifically for the Chengs by Dinuk Wijeratne. $30; $25 Veterans; free for students. theoperahouse.org/tickets

AMERICAN SPIRITUAL INTENSIVE FINALE: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. The finale of the intensive featuring students from across the country who came to study the art form of the American spiritual with Everett McCorvey. Free. onthestage.tickets/bay-view-association

COUNTRY CONCERT SERIES: THEM DIRTY ROSES, FOLLOWED BY DJ: 9pm, Odawa Casino Resort, Victories, Petoskey. $10.

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saturday

CRYSTAL LAKE TEAM MARATHON: 8am, 284 S. Benzie Blvd., Beulah. The course goes around Crystal Lake & ends back in Beulah. The first four team members run 5 miles each. The fifth team member runs 6.2 miles. See web site for various start times & fees. runsignup.com/ CrystalLakeTeamMarathon

MARK MELLON TRIATHLON & 5K: 8am, Otsego Lake County Park, Gaylord. See web site to register & for various start times. runsignup.com/Race/Events/MI/Gaylord/ MarkMellonTriathlon5K

SWIM FOR GRAND TRAVERSE BAY: 8am, Greilickville Harbor Park, TC. Celebrate clean, healthy water in Grand Traverse Bay with a unique 2-mile bay swim event to benefit The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay, a non-profit that works to protect the bay & its 1,000-square-mile watershed. Each swimmer is responsible for raising at least $150. runsignup.com/ Race/MI/TraverseCity/SwimforGTBay

22 2 NONE DREW KOSTIC MEMORIAL 5K TOUGH RUN: 9am, Twisted Trails Off Road Park, Copemish. Raise awareness to veteran suicide & support veteran heroes! Family event. Can walk or run. There are also team categories for teams of 4. $55/person; $25 for 12 & under (no shirt). 222none.org/dk5k

FREE ARTISTS DEMONSTATIONS: 10am-5pm, Long Lake Artisans Gallery & Gifts, TC. Artists will be outside under tents demonstrating their art. Enter to win a gift basket filled with treasures from artists. longlakeartgallery.com

FRIENDS OF PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: (See Thurs., Aug. 8, except today’s hours are 10am-2pm.)

MICHAYWÉ ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: (See Fri., Aug. 9, except today’s time is 10am4pm.)

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NORTHWESTERN MICHIGAN FAIR: 3606 Blair Townhall Rd., TC. Aug. 4-10. Enjoy seeing animals, midway rides, food, & more. Today includes the Super Kicker Ro-

deo at 7pm. northwesternmichiganfair.net

OUTDOOR CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW: 10am-3pm, The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC. Browse Michigan vendors offering arts, crafts, jewelry, food & more. Family friendly event. Free admission. thevillagetc.com

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PORT ONEIDA FAIR: (See Fri., Aug. 9)

7K FUN RUN X RIGHT BRAIN: Noon, Right Brain Brewery, TC. This is part of the 2024 Michigan Brewery Running Series™. Everyone starts together at noon. Run, walk or jog before celebrating with a locally-made craft beverage at the finish line. A portion of the proceeds supports local nonprofits. $0$50. eventbrite.com/e/7k-beer-run-x-rightbrain-2024-michigan-brewery-running-series-tickets-766509188617

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THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: Noon, Pennsylvania Park, Gazebo, downtown Petoskey. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/the-concerttruck-24

31ST ANNUAL ODAWA HOMECOMING POW WOW: LTBB Pow Wow Grounds, Harbor Springs. Grand entry times today are 1pm & 7pm. Food & craft vendors; Junior Miss Odawa & Miss Odawa Contests; Dance, Drum & Hand Drum Contests; & more. Free admission, parking & shuttle. facebook.com/ OdawaHomecomingPowWow

“ANNIE KIDS”: 2pm & 5pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. The sun’ll come out tomorrow. Performed by the One-Week Intensive Musical Theatre campers. $12-$21. tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/ online?bestavail=2162&qty=0 ----------------------

JUMPIN’ GRASSHOPPERS!: 2pm, Offield Family Viewlands, Harbor Springs. Join naturalist Brad Von Blon on a hunt for grasshoppers. The former golf course now provides wildflower meadows where a great diversity of native insects can be found. You will walk through tall grass & wildflowers to look for as many species as you can catch. Nets will be provided. Register. Free. ncmclifelonglearning.com/event-5720969

FREE SUMMER CONCERTS: GT County Civic Center, Amphitheater, TC. Featuring A.S. Lutes at 4pm & Jeff Haas’ BIG FUN Electric from 7-9pm.

SMALL TOWN OUTLAWS VS. LAKESHORE ROLLER DERBY: 4pm, The Kaliseum, Kalkaska. Two roller derby games. Bring school supplies for a back to school drive. $10 per ticket, 12 & under free. facebook.com/100064540915099/ posts/pfbid0XmtefhVAozUBQwqzsfGvpHaCww75BFA2HKctjjQmf8Tuipt7zUqU2Ju9mQvpi8Akl/?app=fbl

RHUBARBARY HOUSE CONCERT: HEARTH & HYMN: 7:30pm, The Rhubarbary, Five Mile Creek Rd., north of Harbor Springs. An intermission includes treats & snacks provided by the attendees. Donation, $20. dalescottmusic.com

SPECTRUM BRASS & CHAMBER BRASS FINALE: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. Non-member: $18.50; members & under 18: free. onthestage.tickets/bay-view-association

THE FOUR PHANTOMS IN CONCERT: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. An extravagant celebration of the iconic music of Broadway & more, The Four Phantoms In Concert brings together four Phantoms from the Tony Award-winning “The Phantom of the Opera” for a night of entertainment. Tickets starting at $52. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/the-fourphantoms

sunday

THE CONCERT TRUCK

FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 10:30am, Morgan Memorial Park, Alanson. Free. greatlakescfa. org/events/detail/the-concert-truck-24

FRIENDS OF PENINSULA COMMUNITY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: (See Thurs., Aug. 8, except today’s hours are 11am-2pm.)

31ST ANNUAL ODAWA HOMECOMING POW WOW: (See Sat., Aug. 10, except today’s grand entry time is noon.)

SECOND SUNDAY ART PROJECT: WATERCOLORS WITH ROCCO PISTO: 1pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Join renowned artist Rocco Pisto for an engaging workshop perfect for families. With over 50 years of experience in abstract watercolor painting, Rocco brings a wealth of knowledge & creativity. Explore the world of watercolor in a fun & interactive setting suitable for all ages. Please register in advance. Price reflects the cost of admission to the museum. Limit of 30. $0-$10. simpletix.com/e/second-sunday-art-project-watercolors-with-tickets-169671 ----------------------

WEEKLY SHOW JUMPING GRAND PRIX AT TRAVERSE CITY HORSE SHOWS: 2pm, Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg. “$120,000 CSI2* Grand Prix. Witness elite riders & horses from around the globe gather to compete for top honors in the FEI 2* Grand Prix. Also enjoy food vendors, live music by The Miriam Pico Duo & more. Gates open at 8am; Grand Prix activity begins at noon. TCHS will be donating 100% of ticket revenue to Generations Ahead.

From $15. eventbrite.com/e/120000-csi2grand-prix-tickets-884359381717?aff=odcl eoeventsincollection

SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE PARK: 4-6pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Featuring the Rivertown Jazz Band.

THE CONCERT TRUCK FEAT. NICK LUBY & SUSAN ZHANG: 6pm, ASI Community Center & Park, Bellaire, Central Lake & Ellsworth. Free. greatlakescfa.org/ events/detail/the-concert-truck-24

VESPER CONCERT: 8pm, Bay View, John M. Hall Auditorium, Petoskey. Grand Finale, the season closer. Member: $18.50, NonMember: $23.50, Under 18: Free. onthestage.tickets/bay-view-association

ongoing

SUMMER YOGA SERIES: Join for beach yoga very Weds. through Sept. 4 (with the exception of Aug. 21) at 7:30pm at Van’s Beach. Explore conscious breathing, meditation, self-massage, stretching, body weight strength building, & restorative rest. Bring your towel, a water bottle & friends. Donation-based with donations supporting the Leelanau Conservancy. leelanauconservancy.org/events

BALANCE BIKE CLUB MEET-UPS: Norte Clubhouse, GT County Civic Center, TC. Held every Weds. through Aug. from 10:30am-11:30am for first time riders in TC. Drop-in. No need to bring your bike. There are plenty to borrow. For riders ages 2-5. norteyouthcycling.org/calendar/traversecity-slow-roll

HISTORIC 1842 DOUGHERTY OLD MISSION HOUSE TOURS: Dougherty Old

Mission House, TC. This house was built by Rev. Peter Dougherty, Chief Agosa, the Odawa and Chippewa who lived along East Bay. Visit the summer kitchen, carriage shed & icehouse with a zinc refrigerator. Learn about the Old Mission Peninsula Agricultural Heritage where the fruit industry began. Discover its ties to the Old Mission Lighthouse. Open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11am until 4pm. doughertyoldmissionhouse.com

MINERAL SPRINGS CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Held on Fridays through Aug. 16 + Aug. 30 at 7pm.

OUTDOOR STORY TIME: Held outside the Suttons Bay-Bingham District Library, overlooking the beach on Tuesdays through Aug. 13 at 10:30am. Please bring a blanket for your family to sit on. These story times are geared toward pre-k to second graders & their caregivers, but fun for all who attend. Rain site is the library’s lower level Community Room. sbbdl.org

RUN, WALK OR BIKE: Wednesdays, 6pm through Aug. 28, Northland Brewing Co., Indian River. Held on a crushed limestone, flat trail. All paces & ages welcomed. 810444-0247.

PAWS TO READ: Wednesdays, noon2pm through Aug. 7, Petoskey District Library. Featuring Lady AnnaBella, a certified therapy dog. Practice reading aloud with a furry friend. Reserve your 15-minute session. calendly.com/pdlyouth/paws-toread?month=2024-06

STROLL THE STREETS: Lake & Main streets, downtown Boyne City. Enjoy live music, entertainment, children’s activities, & much more Friday evenings from 6-9pm

through Labor Day. boynecitymainstreet. com/event/stroll-the-streets/2024-06-07

farmers markets

CASTLE FARMERS MARKET: Birch Lake, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Held every Tues. from 8am-1pm through Oct. 15. Celebrating craftsmanship, emphasizing the artistry of handmade goods & locally sourced produce. castlefarms.com/events/ farmers-market

DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Howard St., between E. Mitchell St. & Michigan St., Downtown Petoskey. Held every Fri. through Sept. 27 from 8:30am-1pm. Featuring seasonal locally grown produce, locally raised meats, caught fish, fresh cut flowers, plants, foraged mushrooms, from-scratch baked goods, sauces & more. There will also be live entertainment.

EAST BAY CORNERS FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 3-7pm through Oct. 31, 1965 N 3 Mile Rd., TC. Featuring fresh & locally grown produce & goods. Find ‘East Bay Corners Farmers Market’ on Facebook.

EAST JORDAN GARDEN CLUB’S FARMERS MARKET: Held each Thurs. from 10am-2pm at the East Jordan Tourist Park. Fresh veggies, fruits, baked goods, handmade items, fresh cut flowers & more.

ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Next to the Elk Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, on US 31 by the swan. Local growers & producers from all around northwestern Michigan. Shop every Friday morning through Oct. 4, 8am-noon. elkrapidschamber.org/farmers-market

EMPIRE FARMERS MARKET: 10234

Front St., Empire. Held on Saturdays, 9am1pm through Aug. 31. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/empire

GLEN ARBOR FARMERS MARKET: 6394

W. Western Ave., Glen Arbor. Held every Tues., 9am-1pm through Sept. 10. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/glen-arbor

HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-1pm through Oct. 19. Corner of Main & State streets, Harbor Springs.

HONOR FARMERS ARTIST & MAKERS MARKET: Maley Park on US31, across from Honor Plaza. Held every Tues., 9am2pm through Sept. 3. Featuring 24 vendors & fun community events. Find ‘Honor Farmers Artist & Makers Market’ on Facebook.

INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: Sundays, 9am-2pm through Oct.; Thursdays, 2-7pm through Aug. 2112 Joe Maddy Parkway, Interlochen. Featuring 60+ vendors. Includes local produce, baked goods, arts & crafts, & more. facebook.com/InterlochenFarmersMarket

LELAND FARMERS MARKET: Immanuel Lutheran Church Parking Lot, Leland. Held every Thurs., 9am-1pm through Sept. 5. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/leland

MACKINAW CITY FARMER’S MARKET: Held every Mon. through Sept. 30 at 9am at Conkling Heritage Park, parking lot.

NORTHPORT FARMERS MARKET: 105 S. Bay St., Northport. Held every Fri., 9am1pm through Sept. 20. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/northport

OUTDOOR FARMERS MINI MARKET: Mondays, 1-5pm through Aug. 26. The Village at GT Commons, The Piazza, under Pavilion, TC. The market will grow as the flowers, fruits & veggies grow & become available. thevillagetc.com

SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Runs every Weds. through Oct. from 8am-noon; & every Sat. through Oct. from 7:30am-noon. Held in parking lot “B” at the southwest corner of Cass St. & Grandview Parkway in Downtown TC. ----------------------

SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Saint Joseph St., at north end of village. Held on Saturdays through Oct. 19 from 9am-1pm. Farmers market selling local produce, flowers, baked goods, artisan products. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/suttons-bay

TRAVELING GALLERY OF THE BIENNAL INTERCONTINENTAL OF ART INDIGENOUS: The Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd. Based in Ecuador, BIAI is a collective of artists, cultural groups, institutions & organizations from different countries whose objective is the intergenerational transmission of knowledge & wisdom of the Indigenous nations through art & good will. Runs Aug. 9-18. A Grand Opening will be held on Fri., Aug. 9 at 7pm. A Children’s Art Workshop will led by BIAI artists on Sat., Aug. 10 from 1-4pm. Sign up: forms.gle/qB2m9WJjvRQkTxV59 Free. facebook.com/events/788969590069365/? ref=newsfeed

CONTEMPORARY CONVERSATIONS, A GROUP EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Sculptural works utilizing found objects, metal, wood, rubber & clay and luminous oil paintings full of jewel-like tones focusing on the interplay of light & shadow, all created by four Michigan artists. Showcasing work by Christopher Fellows, James Kipp, Bradford Sprouse & Glenn Wolff. Artist Talk on Sept. 6, 4-7pm. Oliver Art Cen-

ter is open Mon.-Sat.: 10am-4pm; & Sun.: noon-4pm. oliverart.org

AGGLOMERATIONS: Cedar North Classroom Gallery, Cedar. This exhibit by Simon Anton runs through Sept. 29. Anton is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, & educator. He collaborates across the fields of architecture, interior design, furniture, art, & jewelry. Hours are Thurs./Fri., 4-7pm; Sat., 10am-2pm; & by appointment. cedarnorthtc.com

PAIRINGS - ALCOHOL INK WORKS BY KIMBERLY ERICKSON & PENNY GABOR: Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids. The paintings are known for their bright & colorful elements. Each artist brings her fresh approach, but both are inspired by their love of nature. Runs through Aug. 17. Open Tues. through Sat., 10am-5pm. twistedfishgallery.com/event/ pairings-with-kimberly-erickson-penny-gabor-alcohol-ink-show

SUMMER’S PALETTE MAGIC THURSDAY ARTIST ANNUAL SHOW: City Opera House, TC. Runs through Aug. Featuring over 100 original paintings. A portion of all sales benefits the City Opera House. Featured artists are Sue Bowerman, Lori Feldpausch, Rita Harrington, Ruth Kitchen, Dorothy Mudget, Marilyn Rebant, Dorothy Ruble, Stephanie Schlatter, Laura Swire, & Adam VanHouten. cityoperahouse.org

FANTASY TEEN ART: Mondays, 2-3:30pm through Aug. 26 at Petoskey District Library, Classroom. Join local young adult artist Ronan Baumhardt to create fantasy based art. The library will provide art supplies. All skill levels welcome. For ages 10-18. calendar.petoskeylibrary.org/default/Detail/202406-10-1400-Fantasy-Teen-Art

SUMMER SALON: Charlevoix Circle of Arts. The fifth annual salon-style art sale showcasing regionally inspired work from more than 40 local & area fine artists. Runs through Aug. 31. charlevoixcircle.org

UNIQUE ART OF ANTRIM COUNTY

OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT: Downtown Bellaire. Featuring 12 local artists’ works on display. After the exhibit the artwork will be auctioned off, & these funds will help fund future public art exhibitions in Downtown Bellaire. Runs through Oct. 31. bellaireart. wixsite.com/bellaireart

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY:

- OPEN STUDIO, PETOSKEY: Saturdays, 10am-1pm in the Visual Arts Room. Free drop-in art studio for the whole family. New projects are offered weekly. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/openstudio-august-3

- MICHIGAN: AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT: Runs through Aug. 31 in Gilbert Gallery. This exhibit re-envisions the PBS documentary film of the same name as a dynamic art & culture exhibition. Open Tues. through Sat. from 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-petoskey/michigan-american-portrait

- HORIZONS: LANDSCAPES & FIGURES BY ROBERT & SUSAN PERRISH: Held in Bonfield Gallery through Aug. Works by Michigan-based painters Robert & Susan Perrish. Open Tues. through Sat. from 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/horizons-landscapes-and-figuresrobert-and-susan-perrish ----------------------

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC:

- CLAY IN SPACE: Held in Cornwell Gallery through Aug. 23. A juried exhibition of contemporary clay & ceramic artwork. Check web site for CTAC’s hours. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-traverse-city/clay-space-ctac-tc

- NEW VISTAS: EMERGING NORTHERN MICHIGAN PAINTERS & PRINTMAKERS: Runs through Aug. 23 in Carnegie East Gallery. A curated exhibition by

Rufus Snoddy & Glenn Wolff. Featuring a collection of artworks made by emerging young artists in the greater Grand Traverse area. Check web site for CTAC hours. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/ new-vistas-emerging-northern-michiganpainters-and-printmakers-tc

- PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE 2024 - EXTENDED EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. 23 in Carnegie Rotunda. Experience the beauty & diversity of the Grand Traverse region through the eyes of 31 talented artists from across the country. This showcase features a collection of plein air artworks created during the 2024 week-long plein air event, Paint Grand Traverse. Check web site for CTAC hours. crookedtree.org/event/ctactraverse-city/paint-grand-traverse-2024-extended-exhibition

chine chain stitch embroidery. She uses this hybrid method of creation to continue her exploration & interpretation of native plants local to northern Michigan. Gallery hours are Mon. through Fri., 9am-3pm; & Sat. & Sun., noon-4pm. glenarborart.org/eventspage/events-all

SENDING HUGE LOVE AND RESPECT TO TRAVERSE CITYʼS PAST MUSIC VENUES, SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS THROUGH THICK AND THIN: INSIDE OUT GALLERY • JACOBʼS WELL

SATELLITE SPARKLE • THE SAWMILL

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - HARD EDGES, VIBRANT COLORS: OP ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: Runs through Sept. 1. A subfield within the growing genre of Geometric Abstraction, Op Art often explores the interplay between geometry, tonal variations, & sharp, defined bands of color, all of which rely upon the viewer’s perceptions. “Hard Edges, Vibrant Colors” offers over a dozen works from the Dennos Museum Center’s permanent art collection. Check web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcomingexhibitions/index.html

- OUTDOOR GALLERY EXHIBIT: MARGO BURIAN + ORDINARY MAGIC: Leelanau County artist Margo Burian’s collages have been chosen for display in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2024-25 Outdoor Gallery exhibition, an annual, invitational exhibit. Burian’s collages are rooted in the idea of Ordinary Magic, or delight. They were reproduced on five, 5-foot-square, weatherresistant aluminum panels created by Image 360 of TC. Runs through April 20, 2025. Check web site for hours. glenaborart.org

HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC:

THE OTHER PLACE • THE TANZ HOUSE

- UNDER SUMMER STARS: This Kristen Egan exhibit features masks & totems that are an alchemy of carved gourds, clay & natural materials such as twigs & wood found in her woodland studio. Runs Aug. 9 - Sept. 7. higherartgallery.com/exhibitcalendar

PLUS SCORES OF OLD BARS AND RESTAURANTS LIKE THE BROOKS, THE SHADOWLAND, THE RATHESKELLAR, THE LOADING DOCK AND SO MANY MORE. PLUS, OF COURSE, THE ONGOING DIY SCENE AT THE VFW HALL, THE CIRCUIT, THE MASONIC TEMPLE, AND COUNTLESS HOUSE CONCERTS

- LOUISE JONES: “10,000 FLOWERS”: Runs through Sept. 1. This exhibit showcases new works by Jones drawing inspiration from still life & landscape traditions such as Trompe-l’œil (the illusion of three dimensional space), Vanitas (themes of mortality), scientific botanical illustration, & cityscapes. Best known for her floral murals, her new works on canvas mark a departure, delving further into our relationships with the natural world, seasons, & death. Also on display is Jones’ “50 State Flowers” project, in which the flowers representing each US state are painted in crisp detail on individual miniature wood panels, which was created for an upcoming exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. See web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-onview/index.html

- MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 77TH ANNUAL EXHIBIT: Runs through Sept. 1. This year’s exhibit was juried by award-winning artist, instructor & juror Stan Kurth. Michigan Water Color Society received 193 submissions from 105 different artists, with 55 being chosen for inclusion. The 30 pieces chosen by the juror to receive awards will later become a Travel Show to be on display at different locations across the state. Check web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcoming-exhibitions/index.html

- SOLO E TUTTI: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY: Runs through Sept. 1. Inspired by the musical phrases “Solo e Tutti,” which translates to “alone” & “everyone,” this collection of works offers a new take on the concept of community, reflecting the diversity of backgrounds that make up the students at Interlochen Arts Academy. Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. Closed on major holidays. dennosmuseum. org/art/now-on-view/solo-e-tutti.html?utm_ source=cision&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=dmc-summer-2024

GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - “MEMBERS CREATE” RETURNS: Featuring the work of 41 current GAAC members, in an array of work: 2D + 3D media including: clay, collage, fiber, mixed media, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, & more. Runs through Aug. 8. glenarborart.org/exhibits/current-exhibits - NATIVE PLANTS: PAINTED + STITCHED CANVASES BY DANA FALCONBERRY: Held in the Lobby Gallery through Aug. 29. Falconberry, a musician, printmaker, painter & more, has been creating textile works that combine hand-painted imagery with ma-

- NORTHERN VIEWS: Edward Duff Solo Exhibit. This exhibit runs through Aug. 3. Northern Views is born out of the artist’s love for the natural beauty found in the surroundings of northern Michigan. This body of work is comprised of 9 new oil paintings. higherartgallery.com Deadline for Dates information is Tuesday for the following week.

SATURDAY, AUG 10 10AM - 3PM

flowers, fruits & veggies grow & become available. thevillagetc.com

SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Runs every Weds. through Oct. from 8am-noon; & every Sat. through Oct. from 7:30am-noon. Held in parking lot “B” at the southwest corner of Cass St. & Grandview Parkway in Downtown TC.

SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Saint Joseph St., at north end of village. Held on Saturdays through Oct. 19 from 9am-1pm. Farmers market selling local produce, flowers, baked goods, artisan products. leelanaufarmersmarkets.com/suttons-bay

TRAVELING GALLERY OF THE BIENNAL INTERCONTINENTAL OF ART INDIGENOUS: The Presbyterian Church of TC, 701 Westminster Rd. Based in Ecuador, BIAI is a collective of artists, cultural groups, institutions & organizations from different countries whose objective is the intergenerational transmission of knowledge & wisdom of the Indigenous nations through art & good will. Runs Aug. 9-18. A Grand Opening will be held on Fri., Aug. 9 at 7pm. A Children’s Art Workshop will led by BIAI artists on Sat., Aug. 10 from 1-4pm. Sign up: forms.gle/qB2m9WJjvRQkTxV59 Free. facebook.com/events/788969590069365/? ref=newsfeed ----------------------

CONTEMPORARY CONVERSATIONS, A GROUP EXHIBITION: Oliver Art Center, Frankfort. Sculptural works utilizing found objects, metal, wood, rubber & clay and luminous oil paintings full of jewel-like tones focusing on the interplay of light & shadow, all created by four Michigan artists. Showcasing work by Christopher Fellows, James Kipp, Bradford Sprouse & Glenn Wolff. Artist Talk on Sept. 6, 4-7pm. Oliver Art Cen-

Rufus Snoddy & Glenn Wolff. Featuring a collection of artworks made by emerging young artists in the greater Grand Traverse area. Check web site for CTAC hours. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/ new-vistas-emerging-northern-michiganpainters-and-printmakers-tc PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE 2024 - EXTENDED EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. 23 in Carnegie Rotunda. Experience the beauty & diversity of the Grand Traverse region through the eyes of 31 talented artists from across the country. This showcase features a collection of plein air artworks created during the 2024 week-long plein air event, Paint Grand Traverse. Check web site for CTAC hours. crookedtree.org/event/ctactraverse-city/paint-grand-traverse-2024-extended-exhibition

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - HARD EDGES, VIBRANT COLORS: OP ART FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION: Runs through Sept. 1. A subfield within the growing genre of Geometric Abstraction, Op Art often explores the interplay between geometry, tonal variations, & sharp, defined bands of color, all of which rely upon the viewer’s perceptions. “Hard Edges, Vibrant Colors” offers over a dozen works from the Dennos Museum Center’s permanent art collection. Check web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcomingexhibitions/index.html

chine chain stitch embroidery. She uses this hybrid method of creation to continue her exploration & interpretation of native plants local to northern Michigan. Gallery hours are Mon. through Fri., 9am-3pm; & Sat. & Sun., noon-4pm. glenarborart.org/eventspage/events-all

- OUTDOOR GALLERY EXHIBIT: MARGO BURIAN + ORDINARY MAGIC: Leelanau County artist Margo Burian’s collages have been chosen for display in the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s 2024-25 Outdoor Gallery exhibition, an annual, invitational exhibit. Burian’s collages are rooted in the idea of Ordinary Magic, or delight. They were reproduced on five, 5-foot-square, weatherresistant aluminum panels created by Image 360 of TC. Runs through April 20, 2025. Check web site for hours. glenaborart.org

HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - UNDER SUMMER STARS: This Kristen Egan exhibit features masks & totems that are an alchemy of carved gourds, clay & natural materials such as twigs & wood found in her woodland studio. Runs Aug. 9 - Sept. 7. higherartgallery.com/exhibitcalendar

showcasing regionally inspired work from more than 40 local & area fine artists. Runs through Aug. 31. charlevoixcircle.org

UNIQUE ART OF ANTRIM COUNTY

OUTDOOR ART EXHIBIT: Downtown Bellaire. Featuring 12 local artists’ works on display. After the exhibit the artwork will be auctioned off, & these funds will help fund future public art exhibitions in Downtown Bellaire. Runs through Oct. 31. bellaireart. wixsite.com/bellaireart

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY:

- OPEN STUDIO, PETOSKEY: Saturdays, 10am-1pm in the Visual Arts Room. Free drop-in art studio for the whole family. New projects are offered weekly. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/openstudio-august-3

- MICHIGAN: AN AMERICAN PORTRAIT: Runs through Aug. 31 in Gilbert Gallery. This exhibit re-envisions the PBS documentary film of the same name as a dynamic art & culture exhibition. Open Tues. through Sat. from 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org/event/ ctac-petoskey/michigan-american-portrait

- HORIZONS: LANDSCAPES & FIGURES BY ROBERT & SUSAN PERRISH: Held in Bonfield Gallery through Aug. Works by Michigan-based painters Robert & Susan Perrish. Open Tues. through Sat. from 10am-5pm. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/horizons-landscapes-and-figuresrobert-and-susan-perrish

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, TC:

- CLAY IN SPACE: Held in Cornwell Gallery through Aug. 23. A juried exhibition of contemporary clay & ceramic artwork. Check web site for CTAC’s hours. crookedtree.org/ event/ctac-traverse-city/clay-space-ctac-tc - NEW VISTAS: EMERGING NORTHERN MICHIGAN PAINTERS & PRINTMAKERS: Runs through Aug. 23 in Carnegie East Gallery. A curated exhibition by

- LOUISE JONES: “10,000 FLOWERS”: Runs through Sept. 1. This exhibit showcases new works by Jones drawing inspiration from still life & landscape traditions such as Trompe-l’œil (the illusion of three dimensional space), Vanitas (themes of mortality), scientific botanical illustration, & cityscapes. Best known for her floral murals, her new works on canvas mark a departure, delving further into our relationships with the natural world, seasons, & death. Also on display is Jones’ “50 State Flowers” project, in which the flowers representing each US state are painted in crisp detail on individual miniature wood panels, which was created for an upcoming exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. See web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-onview/index.html

- MICHIGAN WATER COLOR SOCIETY 77TH ANNUAL EXHIBIT: Runs through Sept. 1. This year’s exhibit was juried by award-winning artist, instructor & juror Stan Kurth. Michigan Water Color Society received 193 submissions from 105 different artists, with 55 being chosen for inclusion. The 30 pieces chosen by the juror to receive awards will later become a Travel Show to be on display at different locations across the state. Check web site for hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/upcoming-exhibitions/index.html

- SOLO E TUTTI: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY: Runs through Sept. 1. Inspired by the musical phrases “Solo e Tutti,” which translates to “alone” & “everyone,” this collection of works offers a new take on the concept of community, reflecting the diversity of backgrounds that make up the students at Interlochen Arts Academy. Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. Closed on major holidays. dennosmuseum. org/art/now-on-view/solo-e-tutti.html?utm_ source=cision&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=dmc-summer-2024 ----------------------

GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - “MEMBERS CREATE” RETURNS: Featuring the work of 41 current GAAC members, in an array of work: 2D + 3D media including: clay, collage, fiber, mixed media, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, & more. Runs through Aug. 8. glenarborart.org/exhibits/current-exhibits - NATIVE PLANTS: PAINTED + STITCHED CANVASES BY DANA FALCONBERRY: Held in the Lobby Gallery through Aug. 29. Falconberry, a musician, printmaker, painter & more, has been creating textile works that combine hand-painted imagery with ma-

- NORTHERN VIEWS: Edward Duff Solo Exhibit. This exhibit runs through Aug. 3. Northern Views is born out of the artist’s love for the natural beauty found in the surroundings of northern Michigan. This body of work is comprised of 9 new oil paintings. higherartgallery.com Deadline

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska

ALEXANDRA INN, TC

BLUSH, ROOFTOP TERRACE:

Mon -- John Piatek, 6-8

APACHE TROUT GRILL, TC

6:

8/3 & 8/9 -- Bryan Poirier

8/4 -- Chris Smith

8/8 -- Levi Britton

8/10 -- Luke Woltanski

8/11 -- Matt Mansfield

BLUE TRACTOR, TC

8/10 -- David Lawston, 5-9

BONOBO WINERY, TC

8/4 -- Chasing Denver, 5-8

8/9 -- Rhett & John, 6-8

BRADY'S BAR, TC PATIO:

8/8 -- Craig Jolly, 6:30-9:30

CHATEAU CHANTAL, TC EAST PATIO:

8/9 -- Derek Boik, 5-8 WEST PATIO:

Thu -- Jazz at Sunset w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears, 7

COMMON GOOD RESTAURANT, TC

6:

8/3 -- Billy & The Kid

8/9 -- Ben Traverse

8/10 -- Blake Elliott

ENCORE 201, TC

8/2-3 -- DJ Ricky T wsg Bobby Strohmer, 9

8/8 – DJ JR, 9

8/9-10 – DJ Ricky T, 9

GRAND TRAVERSE RESORT & SPA, ACME

MAIN LOBBY BAR:

8/3 -- Blair Miller, 7-10

IDENTITY BREWING CO., TC PATIO:

8/9 -- Miriam Pico & Ryan Younce, 6-9

JACOB'S FARM, TC

8/8 -- Blair Miller, 6-9

KILKENNY'S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, TC Mon -- Team Trivia, 7-9 Tue -- The Will Harris Trio, 8 Wed -- The Pocket, 8 Thu -- DJ Leo, 9:30

8/2-3 – Somebody’s Sister & the Goodfellas, 9:30

KINGSLEY LOCAL BREWING

8/3 – Adrian & Meredith, 7 8/6 – Open Mic, 6-7

8/8 – Trivia Night, 7-8

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC BARREL ROOM: 8/5 – Open Mic w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9

TASTING ROOM, 5-7:

8/3 – Hanna von B. 8/10 – Laura Thurston

LIL BO, TC Tues. – Trivia, 8-10 Sun. – Karaoke, 8

MIDDLECOAST BREWING CO., TC

8/3 -- Knee Deep, 8-11

8/8 -- Drew Hale, 6-9 8/9 -- Doc Probes, 6-9 8/10 -- The Ampersands, 8-11

NORTH BAR, TC

8/3 -- Craig Jolly, 1-4; Tai Drury, 5-8

8/4 – Rhett DuCouer, 1-4; Blake Elliott, 5-8

8/8 -- Jim Hawley, 7-10

8/9 – Tai Drury, 1-4; Chris Smith, 5-8

8/10 -- Luke Woltanski, 1-4; Mal & Mike, 5-8

8/11 – Amanda Igra, 1-4; Swan Bros, 5-8

OLD MISSION DISTILLING, TC SEVEN HILLS:

8/3 – A.S. Lutes, 6

8/4 – Swingbone North, 2; Protea, 6

8/7 – Jimmy Olson, 6:30

8/8 – Chris Smith, 6

8/9 – DJ Ras Marco D, 6

8/10 – Jenn Marsh, 6 8/11 – Mitchell McKolay, 5

SORELLINA'S, TC SLATE RESTAURANT:

Thurs. -- Tom Kaufmann on Piano, 5-8

Fri. & Sat. – Tom Kaufmann on Piano, 6-9

STONE HOUND BREWING CO., WILLIAMSBURG

8/3 -- Allie Kessel, 7:30-9:30

8/8 -- Jeff Socia, 7:30-9:30 8/10 -- StoneFolk, 7-10

THE ALLUVION, TC 8/3 -- An Evening with Joe Hertler, 7:30-9

8/5 -- Funky Uncle - Funky Fun Mondays, 6-8:30

8/9 -- Adrianne Evans, 7:30-9

THE COIN SLOT, TC 8/7 – BYOVinyl, 7-10

THE HAYLOFT INN, TC

8/2-3 & 8/9-10 -- Sandy & The Bandits, 7:30-11

THE LITTLE FLEET, TC PATIO:

8/9 – Lucas Paul Band, 6

THE PARLOR, TC

8/3 – Tai Drury, 6-9

8/6 – Jesse Jefferson, 8-11

8/7 – Wink, 8-11

8/9 – Brett Mitchell, 6-9; Blue Footed Booby, 8-11

8/10 – Kevin Paul, 6-9

THE PUB, TC

8/3 – Kevin Paul, 5-8; Empire Highway, 9-12

8/4 – Amanda Igra, 1-4; Rob Coonrod, 5-8

8/7 – Zeke Clemons, 8-11

8/8 -- David Martón, 8-11

8/11 -- Craig Jolly, 1-4

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC

8/3 -- Delilah DeWylde, 8

8/6 -- Open Mic, 7-9

8/9 -- Blair Miller, 8 8/10 -- Boardman River Band, 8 8/11 -- Comedy Open Mic, 7-9

THIRSTY FISH SPORTS GRILLE, TC PATIO, 6:30-9:30: 8/3 -- J Hawkins Band 8/8 -- TSP

8/9 -- Tower of Bauer 8/10 -- Matt Mansfield

TOWNLINE CIDERWORKS, WILLIAMSBURG

6-8: 8/9 -- LaRose Duo 8/10 -- Rebekah Jon

TRAVERSE CITY WHISKEY CO. STILLHOUSE, TC 8/3 & 8/10 -- Ben Richey, 6-8

TURTLE CREEK CASINO, WILLIAMSBURG

MID-LEVEL BAR: 8/9 – Live Music feat. 231 Entertainment, 9-1 WATERFALL, 9-1: 8/3 – One Hot Robot

UNION STREET STATION, TC 10:

8/3 -- Jabo Bihlman Band

8/8 -- DJ 1Wave Dance Party 8/9 -- The Brothers Crunch

Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee

LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE OUTDOORS:

8/3 – Blue Oyster Cult, 8-9:30 8/10 – Pinter Whitnick, 6-9

BAY HARBOR YACHT CLUB

8/9 -- Randy Reszka, 6-9

BEARDS BREWERY, PETOSKEY

8/9 – Vinyl Suite: Sunset Patio

Sessions feat. DJ Clark After Dark, 7-10

8/10 – Two Track Mind

BIERE DE MAC BREW WORKS, MACKINAW CITY BACKYARD, 7-10:

8/3 -- Charlie's Root Fusion

8/9 -- DJ Franck & DJ Yakob

8/10 -- Kirby

BOB'S PLACE, ALANSON

8/7 -- Mike Ridley, 6-9

BOYNE VALLEY VINEYARDS, PETOSKEY PATIO, 2-6:

8/3 & 8/9 -- Chris Calleja

8/10 -- Chase & Allie

BURNT MARSHMALLOW BREWSTILLERY, PETOSKEY

5:30-7:30:

8/3 -- Terry Coveyou

8/9-10 -- Peter Allen Jensen

CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY

8/9 -- Annex Karaoke, 9:30

CROOKED VINE VINEYARD & WINERY, ALANSON

8/3 -- Randy Reszka, 1-4

DOUGLAS LAKE STEAKHOUSE, PELLSTON 6-9:

8/4 – Lee Fayssoux

8/11 – Ed Tatum

HIGH FIVE SPIRITS, PETOSKEY TASTING ROOM: Wed -- Trivia Night with MyClueIs Trivia, 8

Emmet & Cheboygan

LEGS INN, CROSS VILLAGE Fri -- Kirby, 5-8

NOMAD., BAY HARBOR

8/4 & 8/11 -- DJ Parker Marshall, 4:30-10:30

NOGGIN ROOM PUB, PETOSKEY PATIO, 7:30-10:30: 8/3 -- Adam Hoppe

8/7 -- Hanna von B.

8/8 -- Doug & Marcie Slater

8/9 -- Lee Fayssoux

8/10 -- Raimie Lynn

NOMAD., BAY HARBOR

8/4 -- DJ Parker Marshall, 4:3010:30

NORTHLAND BREWING CO., INDIAN RIVER BACKYARD:

8/3 – DJ Clark After Dark, 7-10

8/4 – Groove Yard Vinyl Session w/ DJ Franck, 5-8

8/8 – DDA Summer Concert Series feat. Electric Soul, 6:30-8:30

8/9 – The Shifties, 7-10

8/10 – Harmonized Steel, 7-10

8/11 – Groove Yard Vinyl Session w/ DJ Yakob, 5-8

ODAWA CASINO RESORT, PETOSKEY VICTORIES:

8/9 -- Country Concert Series: Them Dirty Roses, followed by DJ, 9

POND HILL FARM, HARBOR SPRINGS

8/3 -- Ty Parkin & The Old Souls, 4-8

8/4 -- Jeff & Rob Duo, 3-6 Wed -- Open Mic Night Hosted by Kirby Snively, 5-8; sign up at 4:30 8/8 -- Mike Ward, 5-8

Antrim & Charlevoix

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NORTHERN NATURAL CIDER HOUSE & WINERY, OUTDOOR STAGE, KALEVA 8/3 -- J&O Junction, 7

THE GREENHOUSE - WILLOW/ PRIMOS, CADILLAC

8/7 – Trivia & Music Bingo Night w/ Shawny D, 6-9

8/8 -- Karaoke Thursdays w/ Shawny-D, 7-10

BOYNE MOUNTAIN RESORT, BOYNE FALLS

BEACH HOUSE:

8/9 -- Nelson Olstrom, 6-9

CAFE SANTÉ, BOYNE CITY

7-10:

8/3 – Lavender Lions Duo

8/9 – Blake Elliott

8/10 – Chris Calleja

ELK RAPIDS MARINA

8/3 -- Robert Abate Trio feat. David Egeler & Sterling Hill, 6:30

ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS

7-10:

8/3 -- Stormy Chromer

8/10 -- Nathan Walton & The Remedy

FIRESIDE LOUNGE, BELLAIRE

8/3 -- Chris Karl, 6:30-9:30

8/9 -- Todd Aldrich, 7-10

LAVENDER HILL FARM, BOYNE CITY

8/10 -- Denning & Johnson – Local Ground, 6; The Steel Wheels, 7:30

SHORT'S BREW PUB, BELLAIRE BEER GARDEN:

8/3 -- Luke Woltanski & his Dangerous Music Men, 7

SHORT'S PULL BARN, ELK RAPIDS

8/3 -- Botala, 6:30-9:30

8/4 -- Keith Scott, 2-5

8/8 -- Spencer Hollenbeck, 6-9

8/9 -- The Groove Suns, 6:30-9:30

8/9 -- Yankee Station, 5-8

8/10 -- Delilah DeWylde, 5-8 8/11 -- The Jeffs of the North Country, 3-6

SEASONS OF THE NORTH WINERY, INDIAN RIVER

8/9 – Duffy King, 6-9 THE BEAU, CHEBOYGAN

7: 8/3 -- Nicholas James 8/8 -- Musicians Playground ‘Open Mic’ 8/9 -- The Pints

THE HIGHLANDS AT HARBOR SPRINGS

SLOPESIDE LOUNGE PATIO: 8/7 & 8/10 -- Nelson Olstrom, 6

THE QUEENS HEAD, CHEBOYGAN

8/7 – Duffy King, 5:30-7:30

THE STATION @ 310, INDIAN RIVER

8/8 -- Mike Ridley, 2-5

THE TERRACE INN, 1911 RESTAURANT, PETOSKEY

8/11 -- Jelly Roll Blues Band, 5

THE WIGWAM, INDIAN RIVER 8/8 -- Dominic Fortuna, 7:30-9:30

WALLOON LAKE WINERY, PETOSKEY

8/8 -- Duffy King, 6-8

8/11 -- 3rd Annual Day Fest at Dennis Farms w/ Live Music, 1-8

8/10 -- The Real Ingredients, 6:309:30

8/11 -- Jen Sygit, 2-5

THE EARL, CHARLEVOIX ROOFTOP: 7:30-10:30: 8/3 – Jesse Jefferson

8/8 -- DJ Parker Marshall

TOONIES RESTAURANT & BAR, BELLAIRE Sat -- Karaoke, 9-1

TORCH LAKE CAFÉ, CENTRAL LAKE

8/4 -- Jelly Roll Blues Band, 8 WATERFIRE VINEYARDS, KEWADIN

8/9 -- Ken Shepley, 6-8

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8/3 -- Nelson Olstrom, 6

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Otsego, Crawford & Central

PADDLE HARD BREWING, GRAYLING

8/3 -- Levitator, 7-10

8/9 -- Delilah DeWylde, 7-9

Leelanau & Benzie

45 NORTH VINEYARD & WINERY, LAKE LEELANAU

8/8 -- Rhett & John, 4-6

9 BEAN ROWS, SUTTONS BAY 1-3:

8/4 -- Jen Sygit

8/11 -- A-Z Music

AURORA CELLARS, LAKE LEELANAU

8/11 -- Luke Woltanski, 3

BEL LAGO VINEYARD, WINERY & CIDERY, CEDAR

8/9 -- John Piatek, 5:30-7:30

BLACK STAR FARMS, SUTTONS BAY LAWN, 6-8:

8/3 -- Bob Roberts

8/10 -- Highway North

BOATHOUSE VINEYARDS, LAKE LEELANAU

TASTING ROOM LAWN:

8/4 -- Bryan Poirier, 4-6:30

8/7 -- Jim Hawley & His Band, 5:308 8/11 -- Chris Smith, 4-6:30

BROOMSTACK KITCHEN & TAPHOUSE, MAPLE CITY PATIO:

8/4 -- Luke Woltanski - DangerFest!, 6

CICCONE VINEYARD & WINERY, SUTTONS BAY

8/4 -- Jeff Socia, 2-4:30

8/8 -- Michelle Chenard, 5-7:30

8/11 -- Highway North, 2-4:30

CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, THOMPSONVILLE

KINLOCHEN PLAZA, 6-8:

8/3 -- Brady Corcoran

8/7 -- Bill Frary

8/10 -- Tim Krause

LEVEL4 LOUNGE, 8:30-10:30:

8/3 -- Rhett & John

8/4 -- Jim Hawley

8/7 -- Dominic Fortuna

8/8 -- Luke Woltanski

8/9 -- Drew Hale

8/10 -- Sean Kelly

WILD TOMATO, PATIO, 6-8:

8/3 -- Tim Krause

8/4 -- Jesse Jefferson

8/9 -- Brady Corcoran

8/10 -- Jason Locke

8/11 -- Nick Vasquez

DUNE BIRD WINERY, NORTHPORT

3-6:

8/4 -- Andre Villoch

8/11 -- Rhett & John

FIVE SHORES BREWING, BEULAH

8/7 -- Open Mic Night, 7-9

8/9 -- Rochelle Clark, 6-9

FRENCH VALLEY VINEYARD, CEDAR

4-7:

8/5 -- Ty Maxon

8/8 -- Loose Change

FURNACE STREET DISTILLERY, ELBERTA PATIO:

8/3 – Fay Burns, 6-8

8/4 – Jerome Forde, 6-8

8/8 -- Luke Woltanski, 5

GLEN ARBOR WINES

8/9 -- Luke Woltanski & John Piatek, 7

HOP LOT BREWING CO., SUTTONS BAY

BEER GARDEN, 5-8:

8/5 -- Chris Smith

8/7 -- Luke Woltanski & John Piatek

8/10 -- Mike Moran

IRON FISH DISTILLERY, THOMPSONVILLE

8/3 – Reminisce, 6-8

8/4 – Matt Gabriel, 5-7

8/5 – Sam & Bill, 6-8

8/9 – Brian Curran, 6-8

8/10 – Alex Teller, 6-8

8/11 – J&O Junction, 6-8

8/12 – Max Lockwood, 6-8

LAKE ANN BREWING CO.

8/3 -- Daydrinker's Series w/ Skellenger & Koss, 3-6; The Dune Brothers, 7-10

8/6 -- New Third Coast, 6:30-9:30

8/7 -- Andre Villoch, 6:30-9:30

8/8 -- Red Barn Brass Quintet, 5-6; Mike Moran & Ryan McGee, 6:309:30

8/9 -- Barefoot!, 7-10

8/10 -- Daydrinker's Series w/ Uncle Z, 3-6; Andy Perrin & The Show Buds, 7-10

LITTLE TRAVERSE INN, MAPLE CITY

8/9 – Zach Watson, 6-9 BEER GARDEN, 4-7: 8/4 – Elizabeth Landry Trio 8/11 – Blake Elliott

RAY'S BBQ, BREWS & BLUES, GRAYLING

8/4 – Brian Curran, 4-7

NORTH COUNTRY KITCHEN & BAR, SUTTONS BAY PATIO: Sun -- Jazz Brunch w/ Ron Getz & Ted Alan, 11am-2pm

RIVER CLUB, GLEN ARBOR

8/3 -- Amanda, 2-5; Jazz Cabbage, 6-9

8/6 -- Chesse, 5-8

8/7 -- Younce Guitar Duo, 5-8

8/8 -- Rob Coonrod, 5-8

8/9 -- Elizabeth Landry, 5-8

8/10 -- Amanda, 2-5; The Timber Fellers, 6-9

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH

8/3 -- Bekah Brudi, 1-4; Jen Sygit, 5-8

8/4 -- Jabo Bihlman, 3-6

8/5 -- Charlie Arnett, 5-8

8/6 -- Luke Woltanski, 5

8/7 -- Blair Miller, 5-8

8/8 -- Wink, 5-8

8/9 -- Keith Scott, 5-8

8/10 -- John Piatek, 1-4; Chelsea Marsh, 5-8

8/11 -- Jesse Jefferson, 3-6

SHADY LANE CELLARS, SUTTONS BAY

8/9 -- Friday Night Live w/ Kevin Paul, 4-7

STORMCLOUD PARKVIEW TAPROOM, FRANKFORT 6-8:

8/4 -- Maddy Sharp 8/8 -- Jen Sygit

SUTTONS BAY CIDERS

8/4 -- John & Madeline Piatek, 5:30-8

8/8 -- Thursday Trivia, 6:30-8

8/11 -- Laura Thurston, 5:30-8

THE CABBAGE SHED, ELBERTA

8/7 – Vinyl Vednesday w/ DJ TJ, 5-8

8/8 – Open Mic Night, 7-9

8/9 – Jake Frysinger, 5-8

THE HOMESTEAD RESORT, GLEN ARBOR WHISKERS, 6-9:

8/3 -- Dave Crater w/ Dave Montie

8/9 -- Billy & The Kid

8/10 -- Jerome Ford

THREE TREES VINEYARD, SUTTONS BAY

8/5 -- Adrian + Meredith, 5:45

lOGY

AUG 05 - AUG 11

BY ROB BREZSNY

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I love the fact that Antarctica doesn’t belong to anyone. Thirty nations have research stations there, but none of them control what happens. Antarctica has no government! It has a few laws that almost everyone obeys, like a ban on the introduction of non-indigenous plants and animals. But mostly, it’s untouched and untamed. Much of its geology is uncharted. Inspired by this singular land, I’d love for you to enjoy a phase of wild sovereignty and autonomy in the coming weeks. What can you do to express yourself with maximum freedom, answering primarily to the sacred laws of your own ardent nature?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Babylonia was an ancient empire located in what’s now Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Among its citizens, there was a common belief that insomnia was the result of intrusive visitations by ancestral spirits. Their urge to communicate made it hard for their descendants to sleep. One supposed cure was to take dead relatives’ skulls into bed, lick them, and hold them close. I don’t recommend this practice to you, Virgo. But I do advise you to consult with the spirits of deceased family members in the coming weeks. I suspect they have a lot to tell you. At the very least, I hope you will explore how you might benefit from studying and pondering your ancestors’ lives.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran tennis player Naomi Osaka is one of the highest-paid women athletes ever. She is also a staunch political activist. That blend of qualities is uncommon. Why do I bring this to your attention? Because now is an excellent time to synergize your pragmatic devotion to financial success with idealistic work on behalf of noble causes. Doing both of these activities with extra intensity will place you in alignment with cosmic rhythms—even more so if you can manage to coordinate them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio actor Sally Field told a story about an agent who worked for her early in her career. In those formative years, all her roles were on TV. But she aspired to expand her repertoire. “You aren’t good enough for movies,” the agent told her. She fired him, and soon she was starring in films. Let’s make this a teaching story for you, Scorpio. In the coming months, you will be wise to surround yourself with influences that support and encourage you. If anyone persistently underestimates you, they should not play a prominent role in your life’s beautiful drama.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): One Sagittarius I know is building a giant sculpture of a humpback whale. Another Sagittarius is adding a woodshop studio onto her house so she can fulfill her dream of crafting and selling fine furniture. Of my other Sagittarius acquaintances, one is writing an epic narrative poem in Greek, another is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Northern California to the Columbia River in northern Oregon, and another has embarked on a long-postponed pilgrimage to Nigeria, the place of her ancestors' origin. Yes, many Sagittarians I know are thinking expansively, daring spicy challenges, and attempting fun feats. Are you contemplating comparable adventures? Now is an excellent time for them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): ): When opened my fortune cookie, found a message that read, "If you would just shut up, you could hear God's voice." In response, I laughed, then got very quiet. ruminated on how, yes, I express myself a lot. I'm constantly and enthusiastically riffing on ideas that are exciting to me. So I took the fortune cookie oracle to heart. stopped talking and writing for two days. I retreated into a quiescent stillness and listened to other humans, animals, and the natural world. Forty-five hours into the experiment, I did indeed hear God's voice. She said, "Thanks for making space to hear me. I love you and want you to thrive." She expounded further, providing me with three interesting clues that have proved to be helpful in practical ways. In accordance with your astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to do what I did.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Scientists at the University of California devised a cheap and fast method for unboiling an egg. Their effort wasn’t frivolous. They were working with

principles that could be valuable in treating certain cancers. Now I’m inviting you to experiment with metaphorical equivalents of unboiling eggs, Aquarius. You are in a phase when you will have extra power to undo results you’re bored with or unsatisfied with. Your key words of power will be reversal, unfastening, unlocking, and disentangling.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Every week, I imbibe all the honey from an eight-ounce jar, mostly in my cups of hot tea. To create that treat for me, bees made a million visits to flowers, collecting nectar. am very grateful. The work that I do has similarities to what the bees do. I’m constantly gathering oracular ideas, meditating on the astrological signs, and contemplating what inspirational messages my readers need to hear. This horoscope may not be the result of a million thoughts, but the number is large. What’s the equivalent in your life, Pisces? What creative gathering and processing do you do? Now is a good time to revise, refine, and deepen your relationship with it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Legend tells us that the first person to drink tea was Chinese Emperor Shennong in 2737 BCE. As he lounged outdoors, tree leaves fell into his cup of water and accidentally created an infusion. Good for him that he was willing to sample that accidental offering. It took many centuries, but eventually tea drinking spread throughout the world. And yet the first tea bag, an icon of convenience, didn’t become available until 1904. I don’t expect you will have to wait anywhere near that long to move from your promising new discoveries to the highly practical use of those discoveries. In fact, it could happen quickly. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to ripen your novel ideas, stellar insights, and breakthrough innovations.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): hope that in the coming months, Taurus, you will be refining your skills with joy and vigor. I hope you will devote yourself to becoming even more masterful at activities you already do well. I hope you will attend lovingly to details and regard discipline as a high art—as if doing so is the most important gift you can give to life. To inspire you in these noble quests, I offer you a quote by stage magician Harry Blackstone Jr.: “Practice until it becomes boring, then practice until it becomes beautiful.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Wohlweh is a German word that means “good pain” or “pleasurable pain.” It might refer to the feeling you have while scratching a mosquito bite or rubbing your eyes when they’re itchy from allergies. But my favorite use of the word occurs when describing a deep-tissue massage that may be a bit harrowing even as it soothes you and provides healing. That’s a great metaphor for the kind of wohlweh I expect for you in the coming days. Here’s a tip: The less you resist the strenuous “therapy,” the better you will feel.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I earn my living as a writer now, but for many years I had to work at odd jobs to keep from starving. One of the most challenging was tapping the sap of Vermont maple trees during the frigid weather of February. Few trees produce more than three gallons of sap per day, and it takes 40 to 50 gallons to create a single gallon of maple syrup. It was hard work that required a great deal of patience. According to my analysis, you Cancerians are in a metaphorically comparable situation these days. To get the good results you want, you may have to generate a lot of raw material—and that could take a while. Still, I believe that in the end, you will think the strenuous effort has been well worth it.

“Jonesin” Crosswords

"A Quiet Spell" -just relax and solve. by Matt Jones

ACROSS

1. Bottle of whiskey

6. Bob's "The Price is Right" successor

10. Fiery gemstone

14. College founder Yale

15. Took a Lyft, perhaps 16. Sugar source

17. *"I'm headed onstage," or an introduction to the first letter?

19. Fish in a can

20. Broccoli part

21. Hydrogen and oxygen, e.g.

22. *Tagline for hopeful lottery winners, or a question of the second letter?

26. Gave a big smile

27. Not that frequent

28. Choir section

29. Book in many a hotel room

31. Progressive spokescharacter

34. Treble, e.g.

35. *Mount in Exodus, or write down the third letter?

36. Like some news days

37. Boxing wins, briefly

38. "The Big Sick" actress Zoe

39. Whatsoever

40. Kingly title

41. Escargot

42. *Of change, or the segue to the fourth letter?

47. "___ in Toyland"

48. Bitter feeling

49. Together, on sheet music

50. *Executed perfectly, or closed with the last letter?

55. Ability to charm, slangily

56. Stink bug's defense

57. Rainforest vine

58. Tailor's concern

59. Facebook's parent company

60. Slip-up

DOWN

1. Disgusted utterance

2. Spot in the Seine

3. Pacific Northwest tree

4. Words before "All Fears" or "its parts"

5. Moves fast

6. In a boring way

7. Mid-1990s animated wallaby on Nickelodeon

8. School-based URL ending

9. Little, in Glasgow

10. Pump reading

11. Remote function?

12. Architectural addition

13. Slightest amount

18. Anti-D.U.I. org.

21. "Chicago" actor Richard

22. Quartet member

23. Hall's erstwhile songwriting partner

24. ___ Decay (cosmetics brand)

25. South Pacific island

26. Returned

29. "Carmen" composer

30. TV chef Garten

31. Thrash about

32. Ice ___ (popsicle, in the U.K.)

33. Head-turning birds

35. Draped garment

36. Stuffy atmosphere

38. "Best ___" (longtime MTV Movie Award category)

39. French author ___ France

40. "Gesundheit" precursor

41. Unsettled state

42. Letter-shaped ski lifts

43. Spokes of a circle

44. Full of activity

45. Fails to be

46. Puccini performance

50. Actor DeLuise

51. Literary tribute

52. Street sealer

53. Ambient composer Brian

54. Canal site

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