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A Big Brewery Bash at Short’s

A Lovely Wine Weekend in Leland

More festivals! A NoMi summer staple, the Leland Wine & Food Festival will be held Saturday, June 10, from 12-6pm at The Leland Lodge. Enjoy wine from Leelanau vintners, plus food from spots like Pleva’s, Art’s Tavern, Leelanau Bounty Boards, The Riverside Inn, and more. Laura Rain and the Caesars and Funktion will provide live music. Re-entry wristbands will allow you to explore all of Leland and return to the festival whenever you’d like. Tickets are $30 in advance ($40 at the event; VIP $70) at mynorthtickets.com.

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Remember last week when we told you festival season was coming? Well, it’s here! On our can’tmiss list is Short’s Fest, the summer kick-off party from Short’s Brewing Company. They’re celebrating their 19th anniversary with live music, food trucks, and plenty of brews. The only change in this year’s schedule? The party used to happen during Elk Rapids Harbor Days, but they’ve moved up the date to this Saturday, June 10. Tickets are $35 for general admission and include drink tokens to sample the brewery’s wares. (If you want to level up your experience, the $65 early entry ticket gets you in at 4pm, an hour ahead of general admission, and also comes with a fun swag bag.) The bash will be held at Short’s Pull Barn location in Elk Rapids (not the headquarters in Bellaire): 211 Industrial Park Elk Rapids. Get more details by heading to shortsbrewing.com/ events and find tickets at mynorthtickets.com

2 tastemaker The Dig’s Orange Chicken

Food trucks are out in force across the North, and we’ve made it a mission to try as many of them as we can. Our first stop for the season: The Dig’s of Gaylord (now also found at The Little Fleet in Traverse City). This truck—easy to spot by its bright red, black, and white paint job—serves up Asian-inspired dishes from potstickers to stir fry to sweetened cream cheese wontons. We recently gave their Orange Chicken a whirl, and fell for the crispy chicken doused in tangy, slightly spicy orange sauce. Choose from fried rice (complete with veggies like carrots and peas) or steamed rice (topped with sesame seeds) for a hearty meal on a sunny evening. Oh, and be sure to add a dash of Sriracha, available at the window, for an extra kick. Find them in Gaylord at 402 S Otsego Ave or in TC at 448 E Front St. (989) 3705091; digsfoodtruck.com

The sleepy vale of Cutter’s Pass is famous for outdoor adventures, which tourists travel for miles to experience. Recently, it’s also made national headlines as “the most dangerous town in North Carolina” following a string of disappearances linked to the popular Passage Inn. The most recent of these disappearances is Landon West, a journalist whose still-fresh case has all the locals walking on eggshells. At the center of everything is Abby Lovett, an outsider to the town’s close-knit community and longtime manager of the inn. When Landon’s brother turns up unannounced, Abby resolves to help him find answers. Meanwhile, her neighbors turn a blind eye as evidence starts to pile up, and Abby quickly discovers that even those closest to her have something to hide. From bestselling author Megan Miranda comes her latest suspense novel, The Last to Vanish. Delightfully twisty and tensely plotted, this complex thriller had us hooked to the end. (We recommend reading with the lights on!)