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letters TC Veterans In regard to Mickey M. Schaub’s disappointment in TC’s treatment of veterans (Nov. 13 issue): You may be disappointed in that there’s no free stuff available to you (except maybe on Veterans Day). Guess what, Mickey, most ex-GIs don’t want handouts. All we want is respect for serving our country. And there’s plenty of that in Traverse City.

Joe Evancho, USAF veteran | Traverse City Thanks for Democracy During this Thanksgiving season, I would like to express my gratitude for our democratic process, which has endured so many challenges recently.

Thank you, Governor Whitmer for signing House Bill 4568, which decriminalizes hiring transportation to get to the polls. Thank you, District Representative Betsy Coffia, for co-sponsoring the bill, which removes the following language from the 1954 Election Law: “A person shall not hire a motor vehicle or other conveyance or cause the same to be done, for conveying voters, other than voters physically unable to walk, to an election.”

I am grateful, as I say, and I am also curious: Why is it that every single Republican representative voted against this simple change to support access to voting?

Diane Miller | Honor Climate Alarmism Is a Threat to Peace In her Guest Opinion “War and Peace in Time of Climate Change” (Nov 20), Cathye Williams laments America’s “expanding militarism.” According to Williams, America’s greatest security threat is not posed by belligerent nuclear powers Russia and China, nor Islamic terrorists, but rather climate change. She believes “[c]limate impacts such as sea-level rise, intensifying tropical storms, and other extreme weather events threaten U.S. military fleets and infrastructure around the world.”

But in his 2021 book Hot Talk, Cold Science, physicist Dr. S. Fred Singer says there is no evidence that sea-level rise is accelerating, or that tropical storms are intensifying, or other extreme weather events are increasing in frequency or severity. Science policy advisor Indur Goklany argues in a 2015 report titled “Carbon Dioxide: The Good News,” that computer models have overestimated the rate of warming, overestimated the harms from climate change, and underestimated human capacity to adapt to the putative harms.

The world has warmed since the nadir of the Little Ice Age. Since 1900, the warming has been a modest 1.3 degrees Celsius, during which the human condition has improved by many measures: longer lifespans, less pollution, and more wealth.

Furthermore, there is an undisputed greening of the planet promoted by the warming and higher levels of atmospheric CO2. Bumper crops around the world relieve hunger and poverty and stabilize communities.

Finally, even if America achieved carbon neutrality, the feared cataclysmic warming would not stop. China, India, and Russia—the world’s first, third, and fourth largest emitters of CO2—as well as many developing nations of Asia, Africa, and South America, will expand their use of fossil fuels as they pursue prosperity.

Pursuing net zero, we would weaken, if not destroy, our economy, leaving our national security dangerously vulnerable. Loss of military deterrence risks war.

Neal Stout | Charlevoix The View from Wisconsin As I travel the Midwest, I always make a point of checking chamber offices, economic development offices, and grab the local papers.

Last week, as we visited the Soo Locks, I grabbed an Express, while my wife grabbed fudge! This is by far one of the absolute best papers I have seen, and I collect all types from shoppers to the trades, theater, etc.

There is no better way to get the true vibe of a community or area than to read the opinions, lifestyle sections, the arts pages, and the ads! You have a real gem here, and it goes along with the entire area that we traveled.

As print journalism is being stressed, and readers look elsewhere for info, this paper should be sent to countless papers to show how great and effective print journalism can be. Our own local paper is dismal compared to this.

Kudos to your staff and contributors for the excellent publication, but also a shout out to your advertisers who keep you strong. Let the area businesses know that the public does look for and need these papers, and their support is needed and appreciated.

Best wishes to you all, to your communities we visited, and to the charming people we met.

Rick and Jeanine Fassl | Wisconsin

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Stop by the Christkindl Market, a German-style holiday festival and market, Saturday, Dec. 2, from 11am-4pm at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. In addition to indoor gift market shopping, enjoy Stiggs Brewery beer, mulled wine, a downtown “Hot Cocoa Trail,” live music by Jessica Dominic and the Foghorn Jazz Band, and kids’ activities, including cookie decorating, a holiday craft, Santa visits, and more! charlevoixcircle.org

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Happy Holidays in Petoskey The holiday season is in full swing in Petoskey! First up is the downtown Petoskey Holiday Open House, with Santa lighting the tree in Pennsylvania Park, the Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band playing, and specials at local retailers from 6-9pm on Friday, Dec. 1. And though everyone loves getting their picture taken with Santa, this year we’re looking for the man in green—the Grinch! He’s making a few prickly appearances at The Katydid in Petoskey, including Dec. 2 and 3. Meanwhile, Crooked Tree Arts Center continues its Holiday Bazaar through Dec. 20, with knits, jewelry, pottery, prints, and more from over 40 local artists. Last but not least, don’t miss a one-man performance by Allen Fitzpatrick of A Christmas Carol at Great Lakes Center for the Arts on Saturday, Dec. 2, with showtimes at 2pm and 7pm. (Tickets $27-$52) Find more details at petoskeyarea.com/events.

2 tastemaker Food for Thought’s Blueberry Lavender Preserves

While we’re all for a little holiday flavor, bonus points go to seasonal treats we can actually feel good about eating. Enter: Food for Thought’s flavor-packed dressings and sauces.

Founded more than two decades ago, this Traverse-based company hangs its hat on scratch-made accouterments, and their organic Blueberry Lavender Preserves make just about anything taste delicious.

Made from juicy Michigan berries, which are often sourced from area farmers, this lightly-sweet spread—ingredients: natural cane sugar, pectin, lavender buds, and a generous squeeze of lemon juice—is a perfectly festive combo of fruity and floral. Spread it liberally on your next cheesecake, try it in a wine sauce for poultry, or heck, enjoy it straight from the jar, because jam ought to be a judgment-free zone! Grab a jar of Blueberry Lavender Preserves ($8.79) online at foodforthought.net, or use the Store Locator tab to find nearby products.

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Almost a decade after Anthony Doerr published his Pulitzer prize-winning novel, All the Light We Cannot See, the powerful, enduring story has made its way to television screens. The miniseries of the same name is now streaming on Netflix, starring Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie as the heavyweights in the cast. But it’s Aria Mia Loberti who has stolen the show, making her debut in the leading role of Marie-Laure LeBlanc, a blind French girl living in Saint-Malo during World War II. Loberti, who is also legally blind, had no acting training—though she is a Fulbright Scholar and a fan of Doerr’s work—and responded to a global casting search for the part. She anchors the narrative about a family that values history, learning, and truth in their role in the French Resistance. This wartime tale is often heart-wrenching and certainly horrifying in its depiction of Nazi rule in France, but audiences can trust that good will prevail in the end.

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The Leelanau Historical Society and Omena Historical Society are teaming up to offer a free event Wednesday, Nov. 29, at 6pm at Suttons Bay High School Auditorium.

Emily Modrall, coordinator of the Kchi Wiikwedong (Grand Traverse Bay) Anishinaabe History Project, will talk about the progress made so far to put more Anishinaabe stories and history at the forefront of northern Michigan communities. To date, Modrall has worked with members of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians and the Traverse Area Historical Society to create nine artistic steel signs in Traverse City and Leelanau County, plus downtown Traverse City banners with with Anishinaabemowin words and their English translations. (The banners are up now, and the first of the signs has been installed at Brown Bridge Quiet Area with the others to follow next spring.) Learn more about the event at leelanauhistory.org/events.

Mark Lindsay has been making his mark— pun intended—on the northern Michigan arts scene for over a decade. You’ll find his nature-intended photos on everything from hand-sewn boots to TSA-approved luggage to phone cases, not to mention the more standard forms like art prints, canvas, and greeting cards. Lindsay works at Junior Tires in Traverse City by day—and has done so for 30plus years—and captures moments of beauty around the region whenever he can. Beaches, sunflowers, waterways, and stoic old homes and barns feature prominently in his work. His collection has grown to encompass dozens of unique products, including his annual calendar drop—the 2024 edition is now ready with the new year just around the corner! And for every piece of artwork sold, Lindsay plants a tree to preserve the landscapes he captures with his lens.

Find his work at marklindsaycollection.com (and note the free shipping on all orders!).

Small Business Growth The Northern Lakes Economic Alliance (NLEA) of Boyne City acts as a resource to help communities and entrepreneurs retain and create quality jobs in Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, and Emmet counties. They recently announced their organization received a $400,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration to establish a revolving loan fund to serve the counties under their umbrella.

Another $100,000 was added through the NLEA, bringing the fund total to half a million dollars. The fund will work as a gap financing tool (in partnership with the borrower’s primary lender) for local small businesses to help owners start and grow their businesses.

More details on the program, including how to apply for funding, will be released before the end of the year. See more at northernlakes.net.

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We need a political reboot.

The latest data and polling analysis from Statista found the approval rating of Congress at a stunningly low 13 percent. Yet we keep sending the same people of whom we think so little back to their cushy jobs in Washington, D.C., where they will continue to do almost nothing.

Okay, that’s not completely fair. The current Congress did make some feeble progress with environmental law; added more funding for STEM programs in public schools; undertook endless investigations of each other, administration officials, and their families; and have twice kicked the budget down the road with temporary continuing resolutions.

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We’ll also eliminate any Republican who believes or has regurgitated any QAnon or other conspiracy theory, anyone who refers to an investigation as a “witch hunt,” and anyone who complains about the “weaponization of the government.” (The parts of the government that investigate folks, federal law enforcement, and intelligence agencies are weapons.)

On the Democrat side, we’ll start by eliminating anyone who claims to be a Democratic Socialist.

Please. There is nothing democratic about socialism, and there is no evidence socialism has ever worked as a governing system.

The point here is we can’t keep electing the same people we so disrespect and expect better results. Maybe we should try something else.

It has been a long time since we can point to significant legislation that actually helped working men and women (though Democrats would point to the massive $369 billion Inflation Reduction Act that included a host of incentives to help combat climate change and some lowering of some prescription drugs). But, really, investigating each other as part of the rankest partisanship we’ve seen in decades is what they most enjoy and that benefits none of us.

Our opinion of those at the top of the political food chain is little better. A CNN poll in late September indicated 67 percent of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents did not want President Joe Biden to run for re-election at all. They will vote for him but would prefer he not run. The reason given most often, by a wide margin, was his age.

If you think that must be good news for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, think again. Fully 70 percent of all voters don’t want him to run, including 44 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents. He’ll get those votes anyway, but a small but significant number—about 9 percent—of Trump voters say they will not vote for him if he’s convicted of a felony, and there are 91 different chances for that to happen.

Congress doesn’t do much, and we really, really don’t approve of them. And we don’t want the two men who will likely be the presidential candidates to be running at all, so we’re going to need a clean slate for our political reboot. We’ll start by eliminating those espousing foolishness.

On the Republican side, anyone denying the results of the 2020 and/or 2022 elections is disqualified. The 2020 election, especially, was the most recounted, examined, and audited in history, and the results kept coming

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up the same. No fraud or irregularities were ever found that would have changed the outcome of the presidential election or down ballot contests.

We’ll also eliminate any Democrat who still yammers away about defunding the police, an absurd idea to begin with; anyone from either party sympathetic to Hamas, Hezbollah, or any other terrorist organization; anyone who has used racist or antisemitic tropes in previous campaigns; and anyone under felony indictment or who will be 80 years old to start the next term.

We’re now hearing claims that Joe Biden has cognitive issues though his malapropisms and lost trains of thought aren’t much different now than in the past. Biden often talks faster than he thinks and, in his own words, can be a “gaffe machine.” But Biden is not the only presidential candidate with cognitive issues.

In addition to his willingness to spew untruths, the “stable genius” that is Donald Trump is having himself quite a month. While campaigning in Sioux City, Iowa, he kept referring to the place as Sioux Falls, which is in South Dakota. He referred to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as the president of Turkey and claimed Hungary shares a border with Russia, though the nearest point is nearly 800 miles away. Not yet done, Trump then claimed Orban told him Barack Obama should resign so Trump could be president, a tough task since Obama is not president and Trump is not vice president. He also claimed North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is the leader of 1.4 billion people, though North Korea’s population is about 26 million.

Then there was his bizarre riff with the word “us.” He wondered, right out loud, if he was the first to “discover” it is spelled u-s.

Probably not.

The point here is we can’t keep electing the same people we so disrespect and expect better results. Maybe we should try something else.

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Using our imaginations and allowing our minds to wander into the fascinating world of creation were both second nature to us. And whatever we created, we were proud of it. The lack of self-criticism in children is what allows them to show off those scribbled, lopsided drawings with immense pride.

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You may remember that feeling of being in the zone as a child—that flow state where you were completely absorbed and focused on something. Your senses were heightened, there was no concept of time, and it was hard to become distracted. When we get lost in the flow of an activity, we start to feel the motivation and enthusiasm for that hobby or task grow.

We are never too experienced to learn new things that allow our childhood artist selves to come out. For some, cannabis has helped them open up their minds and get the creative juices flowing. But did you know that CBD—the non-psychoactive component in the cannabis plant that helps with anxiety, depression, and pain—can also help boost your creativity by increasing blood flow to the frontal lobe of the brain?

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The Firearm Obsession Dr. Jason Gladwell, an orthodontist in Raleigh, North Carolina, has a catchy new promotion going, WRAL-TV reported: "Grins and Glocks." Yep -- patients who sign up for Invisalign braces can choose between a free Glock 19 ($500-plus retail) or a membership to Youngsville Gun Club & Range. The deal is open only to those 21 and older, and the club will conduct a background check on recipients. Dr. Gladwell has received mixed reactions to the comeon; notably, Align Technology, which makes Invisalign, isn't happy: "This promotion does not reflect our brand purpose."

Animal Antics A cargo flight on its way from New York to Liege, Belgium, was forced to turn around on Nov. 9 after a horse escaped its stall, CNN reported. The pilot alerted Boston Air Traffic Control that while the flight was not impeded, "we cannot get the horse back secured." They also requested a veterinarian meet the plane at JFK Airport, as the horse was having "difficulty." Later, the plane resumed its journey and arrived in Belgium the next morning.

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Florida In West Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 9, Kelly Jacobson was heartbroken after officers led away her pet pig, Pork Chop, during an eviction. WPTV reported that animal care and control officers actually had to drag the pig, as he weighs 400 pounds and can't really walk. They plan to gain custody of Pork Chop and get him the dietary care he needs. Jacobson has been cited twice before for neglecting his needs, but she said she would "do whatever I have to do to make him better. I need him."

Rudy Wilcox, 45, of Clearwater, Florida, was "observed defecating on a deceased opossum" on Nov. 15, according to The Smoking Gun. Officers with the Clearwater Police Department said he was in "full view of the motoring public during busy traffic times." While Wilcox denied the accusation, officers found "physical evidence" to support the charges. Just one question: What would have happened if the opossum were only playing possum?! Wilcox was jailed.

Police Report When a game warden pulled over a pickup truck near Lubbock, Texas, on Nov. 8, the driver and passenger obligingly waited with a deputy while the Texas Parks and Wildlife officer searched the vehicle, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. At one point, the driver asked for permission to retrieve a burrito and 44-ounce drink from the cab, telling the officer that he "did not have any drugs or anything in the vehicle."

Ah, but how about that big drink? When the officer removed the lid from the cup, he found an orange bag inside with 5 grams of methamphetamine. The driver was taken into custody.

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Weird Science Charlie Curtis of Toronto, Canada, developed Crohn's disease in 2014, Yahoo!

News reported. Although he took medicine, Curtis was hospitalized with his symptoms and had to visit the bathroom multiple times a day. Then he tried a new therapy: do-ityourself poop transplants, using his mother's fecal matter. Fecal microbiota transplants, or

FMTs, are typically performed by a doctor and involve collecting feces from a healthy donor, mixing it with a saline solution and inserting it in the patient's gastrointestinal tract through an enema. But Curtis' DIY transplants had an unexpected side effect: Over the four years they did the procedure, Curtis experienced sweating, hot flashes and mood swings -- his mom's menopause symptoms. Doctors believe hormones in his mom's fecal matter most likely were to blame.

"When I was actually doing the procedure," Curtis said, "I'd feel tingling inside of me. It felt healthy, it felt like it was working."

Kelsey Hatcher and her husband, Caleb, of Dora, Alabama, have three kids under 8 and a busy life, WVTM13-TV reported. Kelsey already knew she had the unusual condition of having two uteri and two cervixes when she became pregnant for a fourth time.

But when she had her first sonogram last spring, she discovered something amazing: She has two babies on the way, one in each uterus. "OB/GYNs go their whole careers without seeing anything like this," Shweta Patel, Kelsey's doctor, said. The pregnancy is getting the Hatchers a lot of attention, which Kelsey isn't all that comfortable with. Both babies are girls and are due on Christmas Day, but doctors say they could be born hours, days or weeks apart.

High on Christmas Henry Meade, 40, was busy spreading the Christmas spirit on Nov. 11 in Tazewell, Tennessee, Fox59-TV reported. Meade was operating "Santa's Train," a riding lawn mower pulling a cart with children and families, at the town's Christmas Tractor Parade. But visitors thought Meade was acting erratically and reported him to police. He subsequently failed a sobriety test, and officers found a syringe, meth and other narcotics in his possession. He was charged with possession and driving under the influence.

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Kathy Magruder, who operates the Pageturners Bookstore in Indianola, Iowa, was rummaging through the never-checkedout books at the Calvin Community retirement home when she stumbled upon a treasure, KCCI-TV reported. There among the other titles was a leatherbound Bible, printed in 1705 in Selkirkshire, Scotland.

Interestingly, it was printed illegally, without the oversight of the church. "This one, just something about it, when I open it up, the pages make a noise when you turn them that's a little different than a new book.

They feel a little different, and the book smells a little different than any other book," Magruder said about the Bible.

Citizen's Arrest In Glendale, Wisconsin, on Nov. 15, police identified a stolen Dodge Durango being driven erratically, TMJ4-TV reported.

Officers deployed stop sticks, and the Durango crashed into two other cars before all four occupants jumped out and ran away, with one ducking into a portable toilet to hide. As they crossed a golf course, one golfer stepped in to help: "When we realized they were being chased and that kid was in the porta potty ... I just made a rash decision to go push the porta potty down," said golfer Adam Westermayer. The suspect was trapped inside, and police were able to arrest him and one other suspect.

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by Karen Mulvahill My first assignment in an online graduatelevel class was to provide information about my background, including my pronouns. I guess I’d had my head in the sand for a while, because I found this an odd request. Jane Doe, for example, listed she/her. John Doe listed he/ him. I’m thinking, well, duh. But then I noticed someone named Pamela had listed he/his, and a student named Jonas listed they/them.

The lightbulb clicked on. You can’t just assume. My only experience with nonbinary people thus far had been the character on the TV show Billions. It had taken a while for me to get used to them being called them.

When I was a girl, expressions of one’s gender were expected to conform to one’s biological sex. Girls wore pink, played with dolls, were docile, sensitive to others’ feelings, not too smart, maybe even a little helpless. If you liked to climb trees, play baseball, pop wheelies on your bike, as I did, you were called a tomboy.

Many people have been proclaiming for a while that they don’t fit at one or the other endpoint of the gender spectrum. They deserve to be represented by our language.

At one time, the word he was considered a generic pronoun that covered all people. It was not an accident that he was the default and not she. In fact, it was a reflection of the dominance of men in all aspects of the culture. As that began to change, and women demanded to be included, the use of he began to be replaced by he/she or s/he and they. Neopronouns are also beginning to get wider play. These are nongendered pronouns like ze, zim, zir. (More about that in Pronouns 201.)

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They has long been a convenient device for writers to punt to, when the use of he or she just seems too clumsy. Traditionalist grammarians may argue that someone is singular, therefore they, usually a plural pronoun, is incorrect. On the other hand, this usage has been around long enough

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According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a tomboy is “a girl who acts and dresses like a boy, liking noisy, physical activities.”

The equally pejorative counterpart for boys deviating from expected behavior was sissy, “a boy who is weak or who likes things that girls usually like” (Britannica Dictionary). Both terms presume significant differences in appropriate behavior according to one’s sex.

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A quick definition may be in order here. Sex refers to biological makeup, while gender refers to the psychological, behavioral, and cultural traits that have typically been associated with a specific sex. A person’s gender attributes don’t always conform with the expectations of their sex.

“We used to think that people were either male or female, and that was it—that there were two endpoints, and everyone had to be at one of them. But it became clear that that didn’t fit everybody’s experience.”

(Jason Lamrese, M.D., Child Psychologist, Cleveland Clinic) I’ve noticed a lot of eye-rolling and spine stiffening when the subject of using a pronoun that doesn’t correspond with one’s birth sex comes up, especially the use of they/ them. Almost half of Americans say they would be somewhat or very uncomfortable using a gender-neutral pronoun to refer to a person (Pew Research Center). As with anything perceived as new or different, it takes education, exposure, and practice to become comfortable with it. Over time, language adapts to reflect cultural changes.

to be codified in the Oxford English Dictionary, so perhaps it’s time to accept it.

In the 1970s, women began to object to the use of Miss and Mrs., asserting that their marital status was irrelevant and nobody’s business. The male counterpart, Mr., telegraphed no such information. Despite early resistance, Ms. has become much more common. Until I began researching this article, I had no idea that Mx. is also an honorific, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a “title used before a person’s surname…by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female.”

What I learned in my class is that you cannot assume someone’s pronouns based upon their name, hairstyle, clothing, or behavior. That’s why someone like me, who is AFAB (assigned female at birth) and identifies as female should not object to being asked my pronouns and why it’s polite to ask someone theirs. Just as it would be rude and disrespectful to address a person by the wrong name, so it is with pronouns. In fact, research has shown that young people experience mental health difficulties when their gender preference is not affirmed.

Maybe someday we’ll move completely beyond gender expectations and embrace each other as individuals. Until then, let’s stop the eye-rolling and let people know we respect their identity.

Karen Mulvahill is a writer living in northern Michigan.

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Clothing = Confidence

How Elijah Nykamp turned a thrifting hobby into a thriving new boutique

A piece from Nykamp's "heirloom" collection.

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By Craig Manning “I think there’s a lot in the fashion world that makes people feel really, really bad about themselves. My goal is the complete opposite.”

So says Elijah Nykamp, the owner, visionary, designer, sewist, and sole employee of nykamping. The boutique store, which opened its doors in downtown Suttons Bay this past July, “originated from a love both for oversized outerwear and thrifting—along with the desire to take textile sustainability, circular fashion, ethically sourced, and zero waste to its absolute max.” The shop specializes in roomy, one-of-a-kind clothing that stays true to nykamping’s tagline: “A tent for your body.”

Nykamp, who hand-sews every nykamping piece himself from a mix of reclaimed and repurposed textiles, sees his work as mission-driven, and a lot of that mission has to do with rejecting the norms of the fashion world. In pushing people to keep up with the latest trends or align with certain body types or standards of beauty, Nykamp says fashion can have the effect of putting people down. His goal, always, is to lift them up.

“I want to help people take back that control,” Nykamp explains. “Instead of having clothes that wear you, and that dictate how you feel, I want you to have clothes that allow you to exude confidence and show people who you are. With my pieces being oversized and being one-size-fits-most, their job is not meant to give you an hourglass shape or be traditionally ‘flattering.’ Their job is to exhibit creativity. Their job is to be a conversation-starter. Their job is to let someone’s personality really shine through.”

Chasing the Muse That concept, of letting your personality shine through no matter what, doubles as the key takeaway from Nykamp’s journey in business so far.

Up until a few years ago, Nykamp was headed for a career as a teacher. In 2018, he earned his bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Hope College and then spent the next year teaching kindergarten at a school in Nigeria.

“But I realized in that year that, while I loved working with the kids, the pieces that I enjoyed the most were around creating,” he says. “I knew I wanted to do more design work.”

Rather than push that impulse down, Nykamp took a leap of faith. He moved to Leelanau County and started investing more of his time on creative pursuits. He had a “day job” to pay the bills—a three-and-ahalf-year stint as a house parent and later, head of house, at The Leelanau School. But the job afforded him more free time than a teaching gig, and soon, he was planting the seeds that would become nykamping.

“I don’t have a degree in design, or in sewing, or garment production, or fashion, or anything like that,” Nykamp says. “It’s all skills that I was taught as a child by my mom and then picked up way more intensely during COVID, when all of us were figuring out what we actually really liked to do with our extra time.”

The other piece of the puzzle, Nykamp says, came from simply spending time in thrift stores and developing both an eye for style and an idea of what he wanted his brand to be.

“During COVID, I was buying and selling thrifted clothing,” he says. “I was finding really great pieces and just reselling them on my Instagram. Soon, I started to alter pieces.

I’d do a new hemline, or change up shirts in different ways, and I started to sell those designs. Now, in the past year, I’ve finally

started to get into garment production and designing my own pieces from scratch.”

Earlier this year, Nykamp jumped at a chance to take his all-online business into the world of brick-and-mortar retail. A space opened up in downtown Suttons Bay, just a few blocks from his apartment, and he snagged it. That gearshift into public-facing retail happened much quicker than Nykamp expected, a timeline shakeup he describes as “deciding to push my five-year dream to a six-month dream.”

Finding an Audience While the quick transition from online seller to main street retailer has brought a few growing pains, Nykamp says it’s also offered incredibly gratifying evidence that he made the right choice in giving up his original career path to chase his muse.

This summer, for instance, in his first two weeks with a storefront, Nykamp sold through half his inventory. And while sales have slowed down a bit in the off-season, Nykamp says he’s still getting plenty of foot traffic. Perhaps more importantly, the slowdown of the fall has offered more opportunities for Nykamp to build connections with the community.

“I realized through the summer that, yes, it’s really nice to have a lot of sales; those are obviously important,” Nykamp tells Northern Express. “But a successful day, to me, is so much more than the number of sales. I’ve had great talks with customers about textile sustainability, about body positivity, and about the jobs that clothes have. People are coming through with great ideas, and I’ve loved getting their perspectives.”

All those talks have also given Nykamp a chance to master a core skill he says is crucial to nykamping’s success: multitasking. As the business’s lone employee, Nykamp runs the shop and creates the pieces—often at the same time.

“The multitasking is honestly a very special element of my storefront and my business,” Nykamp says. “If you come into the shop, you get the full picture of what’s going on here. There’s no behind-the-scenes stuff. There’s no partition. People who see me working at my sewing machine know that I’ve had my hand in every single one of the pieces on the floor.”

Lake Letters and Heirloom Quilts It’s a lot of pieces, too. Late in the summer, for instance, Nykamp launched “lake letters,” a 39-piece collection named after and inspired by a book of poems and essays from Empire-based writer and photographer Mae Stier. Described as “flowy, calming, sustainable, and one of a kind,” the collection incorporated patterns, colors, textures, and an overall aesthetic that mimicked the look of northern Michigan waves, shorelines, and sand dunes.

Now, with winter closing in, Nykamp is on to his next collection: “heirloom,” a run of “weekly Friday mini-drops” featuring new pieces made from quilts. “I have been accumulating quilts for years, not quite sure what I wanted to end up doing with them,” Nykamp says. The popularity of an earlier collection—which turned quilts into coats— gave him the idea.

“Quilts tell us stories,” he says. “There’s so much history in them. Especially in Michigan and throughout the Midwest, it’s normal to have quilts that are gifted to children or passed down through generations. I wanted to celebrate that history and heritage, and because the quilts I’m using were either donated by local people or sourced locally, it feels cool to have them filtering back into the community that they came from.”

Quilts also have the benefit of being a very obvious embodiment of Nykamp’s

A look inside the minimalist nykamping storefront.

Photo by Mae Stier

Nykamp can usually be found at the sewing machine when you visit the store. Photo by Mae Stier

principles when it comes to sourcing fabrics as ethically as possible. In the description for the heirloom collection on the nykamping website, Nykamp writes that quilts are “society’s longest example of slow fashion, unique design, and leisure home textiles”— all attributes that make them perfect for his unique approach to clothing design.

The Slow Fashion Ideal As nykamping becomes more of a known commodity in the northern Michigan community, one benefit for Nykamp is that, now, instead of having to go out and hunt down textiles, the fabrics are coming to him.

Before he opened his storefront, Nykamp would take regular treks to secondhand shops

like Samaritan’s Closet and the Women’s Resource, hunting down materials that were “local and pre-loved.” He still does that, to a certain extent, but now, customers are also bringing him bags of textiles, from quilts to secondhand clothing to little fragments of unused fabric.

For Nykamp, that trend of customer behavior is a sign that locals are embracing a new cycle for their clothing habits—one that rejects the wasteful, pollutive, factory-tolandfill arc that has long defined fast fashion.

Even beyond Nykamp’s sourcing of fabrics and his penchant for recycling and repurposing, “slow fashion” is an apt way to describe the nykamping approach. Some items in the store, Nykamp says, took 15-

20 hours to make. The prices on the clothes reflect all that work and all that time—and help explain why Nykamp is so passionate about each garment finding the right person, and vice versa.

“I believe that fashion is art and fashion is choices,” Nykamp says. “People who end up purchasing my pieces, that is a really intentional thing—both because of the financial investment, but also because of the confidence it takes to make that fashion choice. I like knowing that someone is so in love with the piece that they’re ready for tons of comments.”

Those comments come because nykamping designs tend to stand out instead of blending in. For Nykamp, though, that

impossible-to-miss quality is the beauty not just of the work itself, but also the customer who decides to buy it.

“I recently heard from a woman who bought a piece from me, and she wore it on a road trip from here all the way to California,” Nykamp says. “She said she got compliments or someone talking to her about that coat in every state she stopped in. You might not get that if you were making a more subdued fashion choice. So, I love thinking that, for the people who are purchasing my pieces, it’s an opportunity for them. It’s an opportunity to exude confidence, to draw people’s eyes, and to make people jealous, saying, ‘Wow, I wish I felt like I could pull something like that off.’”

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Farley's Triassic-inspired mural at the Dennos Museum Center.

How the Mural Gets Made Two local artists share what it takes to create enormous works of art

By Jillian Manning

Brianne Farley is no stranger to turning a boring old wall into a vibrant, eye-catching mural. When she’s painting on that massive version of a canvas, she says it really feels like “the world is your oyster.”

You can find Farley’s whimsical works around northern Michigan, from the Dennos Museum and the Traverse Area District Library to Grocer’s Daughter Chocolate and The Little Fleet food truck lot. (Plus Trattoria Stella, the daycare room at Elev8 Climbing and Fitness, and more.)

But Farley didn’t set out to create giant works of art; in fact, she’s more used to working in picture book size as the author and illustrator of multiple books for children.

Even her sketches for the murals she creates start out small and then get scaled up proportionally to fill entire walls.

“I do have to say that there’s an unexpected amount of math in murals, to my horror,” she tells us wryly.

Take her project at the Dennos, for example, which is her biggest project yet.

The premise started out simple enough: Create a mural that references a sculpture of a Coelophysis, a Triassic-era dinosaur in the museum. (It’s an early ancestor of other twolegged carnivores like the velociraptor and the T. rex.)

“Then of course, I make my own parameters for myself just to drive myself crazy,” Farley jokes. “I was like, ‘I’m going to find out what era this dinosaur is from, and then I’m going to paint other dinosaurs, animals, and flora that are from that same era. And I’m going to make them all life size.’”

Once Farley had an approved sketch, she

Farley's art at Grocer's Daughter showcases the chocolate-making process.

A bear-y good reader at the Traverse Area District Library

Brianne Farley.

Photo by Michael Poehlman

used a projector to amplify it onto the wall.

Then came more math: She put a 1-squarefoot grid over the sketch to get all those dinos to their correct, respective sizes. The mural was so large that Farley had to trace the left and right halves separately, bringing them together without missing an inch.

“It was actually really fun,” Farley says of the process. “I feel like that’s what I love so much about illustration … no project is exactly the same as the last project that you did. And I’m always doing all this research and learning stuff … and then I become, like, a super nerd.”

(For the other super nerds out there, you can watch a hyperlapse video of Farley painting the Dennos mural on her website at briannefarley.com.)

It All Began in a Bathroom Sometimes the art does flow a little easier.

So it was with her very first mural, which she

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created at The Little Fleet in summer 2014.

Farley, a TC local, was living in Brooklyn at the time and had just released her first picture book, Ike’s Incredible Ink. She’d come back home for a few book events, and a woman who was friends with The Little Fleet owners Gary and Allison Jonas saw her presentation. Meanwhile, the Jonases were looking for a muralist to come in and spice up the interior of the restaurant. Although Farley had never painted a mural before, an introduction was made.

Farley says the Jonases were looking for “super loose line art” and “some funky characters,” which happened to be right up her alley. Though she hadn’t done largescale artwork professionally, she did have a bathroom in her Brooklyn apartment painted with chalkboard paint.

“I sent them a photo of my bathroom wall, and I just recently had covered it in weird characters. And I was like, ‘Do you

want it to look kind of like this?’” Farley recalls. And lo and behold, they did.

But there were no grids or projectors that first time around. Instead, Farley came in and worked for eight hours straight, painting left to right across the room while The Little Fleet patrons enjoyed a drink and watched her work.

“It could have been very intimidating, because I was just up there making stuff up as I went along,” she says. “But that was actually part of how I decided to move back to Traverse. [The Little Fleet] literally had just opened, and I was like, ‘What is this place? You guys look like people that I would want to hang out with.’”

Working Big Now, Farley lives and works in the same town where her art graces the walls of so many establishments.

“It feels good to know that these business

Corden's mural at Bryant Park encapsulates a summer day at the beach.

owners who have these little community hubs want me to be a part of that, and it’s fun to see that stuff out in the community,” she says.

What’s next on her palatte—we mean plate? Two books are on the horizon: Farley has another original work, Worm Makes a Sandwich, coming soon, and she will be illustrating a book called Plenty of Pancakes

by Carrie Finison, the follow-up to the duo’s 2020 Dozens of Doughnuts.

No murals are in the works for the moment, though she tells us she’d love to see the exterior of Elev8 covered in art one day soon. (Hint, hint!) But she does have a bit of parting wisdom for aspiring muralists.

“I think as I get older, the hardest part is that I need to schedule a recovery period.

When I do make those hyperlapse videos of myself, I’ll go back and watch it and just be like, ‘Oh, that’s why I hurt! I was laying at a weird angle on the floor for a really long time.’ … Blood, sweat, and tears goes into this,” she says, laughing.

On a more serious note, she adds, “There’s something very freeing—especially if you’re someone who’s used to working small—about working big. And actually, now that I think about it, both of my bathrooms in my house here have mini murals in them … so yeah, it’s contagious.”

portfolio, she applied to the call for artists put forth by the Traverse City Arts Commission to show the Bryant Park restroom some TLC. “So much of what I’m known for in my work … is my beach scenes,” Corden tells us.

“My pitch was that you’re going to be looking through the building, so it almost disappears and the skyline kind of blends in with the peninsula and the background meets the peninsula on the painting. I was like, ‘This is unique—it feels like a very personal project.’”

The commission granted Corden the gig, and soon the work began. The first leg of the project took about 10 working days in October, with the weather shifting from 80 degrees and sunny to 50 with drizzle and blustery winds as she painted two walls of the building. The final leg—the largest wall— will be completed in the spring.

“I definitely felt like I was racing against the weather,” she says of the October stage.

But the unusually warm start to the month did make the experience special, because that meant folks were actually at the beach while she was working.

“So many young families were there, and little kids were coming up and [saying], ‘Oh, your painting is so pretty!’ It was nice having interactions with the community. It was really sweet.”

October Beach Days Local fine artist and painter Katherine Corden has also caught the mural bug, even though she’s in the process of her very first one, a two-part piece that is transforming the restroom building at Traverse City’s Bryant Park into a work of art.

“I [hadn’t] really imagined my art on that scale or in that space before,” she says of muralmaking. “I ended up really loving the process of painting it, so it’s definitely expanded my thought process when I’m … envisioning the future of what my business can do. It’s cool to branch out into the public art space.”

The Bryant Park project was special to her from the start, as it’s the beach she and her family have frequented for years. Even though Corden didn’t have a mural in her

Puzzles and Patchett Like Farley’s Dennos project, Corden started with sketches, which she then aligned to a grid. Her first task was to draw that grid with sidewalk chalk onto the building. Her second was to get some scaffolding, since the highest point of the building was 14 feet.

And her third was to match up the puzzle pieces of friends and family spending the day at the beach.

“You look at each square and you’re like, okay, so there’s a line that starts here … half of this square is the person’s face. And then their shoulder starts right here and it goes into half of the square, it cuts across on the diagonal through this square, and then out like at the middle of that one,” she explains, noting that proportions were important

since she was painting a life-like beach scene.

Bit by bit, the puzzle came together, and finally, it was time to paint. While we’re talking, Corden counts the paint cans still in her studio—28 quarter-gallons plus two gallons a piece for bigger elements like the sand and sky. She notes she’ll have to replenish some in the spring when she finishes up and will likely have used enough product to paint a large home when she’s done.

But despite the sheer amount of painting to be done, she was in her wheelhouse.

“The hardest part, I think, of doing a mural is the preparation phase, all the way from designing through gridding it out and sketching it into the building. That’s the most time consuming, mind bending [part of] designing the mural,” she says. “Once that’s out of the way, you’re just mapping it out on the building and painting it. That’s actually much more relaxing.”

In a fitting twist, Corden was listening to an audiobook during the project: Tom Lake

by Ann Patchett. For those who haven’t read it, the novel is set on a northern Michigan cherry farm and references the very land and water that Corden was looking out over every day.

“It was crazy because I was literally standing on scaffolding at the base of Old Mission Peninsula while I’m listening to Meryl Streep talk about cherry picking on her [character’s] family’s cherry farm on the peninsula,” she recalls. “They’re driving back and forth between Old Mission Peninsula and Interlochen and they’re performing and it’s about the arts. I was like, ‘Oh my god, I’m living in this book!”

The Impact of Public Art For the winter, the paint cans are put away and the audiobook is over, but come spring, Corden will be back at Bryant Park to finish her work. (What should she read next? Send us suggestions!) She says she can’t wait to pick up where she left off, especially because the project has been such a special way for her to connect with the community.

“It’s been really encouraging just for my

When not working on her mural, Corden works on paintings and sketches in her studio.

entire art practice [to do] something that people resonate with and people enjoy. You don’t always hear that feedback when you paint an original painting … if someone buys it online or through a gallery, you might never even meet that person,” she says.

Corden adds that it’s an honor to drive by her work and to know she’s part of making her beloved park that much better, mentioning the impact of art in public spaces and how it helps people take more care of those lands and buildings.

“I feel lucky that [the Traverse Art Commission] chose me and that people like it,” she says with a smile. “And I’m excited to show people the third side because I think the third side is actually the coolest side.”

Stay tuned! In the meantime, Corden has a new painting going up at Farm Club and is working on smaller paintings and sketches for her website, katherinecorden.com.

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Collaboration Is the Name of the Game LELAND CELEBRATES ITS CULTURE ON ONE CAMPUS

By Ross Boissoneau How long does it take to create a cultural center? As few as three years, or as many as 170. Sometimes both.

The organizations that comprise the new Leland Cultural Campus have been around for varying lengths of time. The Leland Historical Society dates back to 1957, the Leland Township Library to 1944, and the Old Art Building (OAB) celebrated its centennial last year.

Commercial fishing, the lifeblood of the tiny burg as it grew, dates back at least 170 years, though the Fishtown Preservation Society is more recent, dating to 2007.

While the four institutions have long collaborated among themselves, it wasn’t until just over three years ago that they decided to celebrate their efforts under the umbrella of the Leland Cultural Campus.

“I don’t know who coined the term,” says Mark Morton, the director of the library.

Nor do his counterparts, but since coming into vogue, they’re running with it.

“I like how it gets people to perk up and see this corner of Leland with greater awareness and pride,” says the executive director of Fishtown, Amanda Holmes, of the term “cultural campus.”

Location, Location, Location Three of the four organizations call the same building home, connected by a common room. “The library is attached at the hip by the community room,” says Kim Kelderhouse, the executive director of the Leelanau Historical Society and Museum.

The Historical Society also leases space to Fishtown Preservation Society for its administrative offices. While the Old Art Building street address is on South Main,

not Cedar Street as the others, it is just steps away.

“These four organizations are integral to the identity of Leland,” says Holmes.

“We’re all open year round.”

There is not a formal agreement of any sort between any of the institutions. At least, not yet. If circumstances suggest something of the sort for future grant funding or some other reason, they’re open to it, though it would mean getting agreement from their four separate boards. But informally they work together all the time.

engagement. Morton says he used the same word over and over: Collaboration.

The organizations meet formally in the spring to review their individual programs, needs, and events. That enables them to avoid calendar conflicts as well as to brainstorm ideas to promote one another’s programs. As next-door neighbors, they also often have watercooler conversations.

Holmes notes that beside their proximity, the Historical Society and Fishtown often work together because both organizations have their roots in

“We don’t all have the same mission, but all the organizations are here to serve the community,” says Mills.

As an example, Morton points to a library presentation held in May with author, farmer, and chef Abra Berens.

“We’re a little tight in terms of space,” he says, so the event was moved to the Old Art Building. Berens discussed her new book, Pulp, and the event also included interviews with local fruit producers. “This event would not have been nearly the success it was without the help of the OAB.” “They don’t always have enough space [for] library author talks. We help host larger audiences,” says Old Art Building Executive Director Sarah Mills.

When Morton attended a conference more recently at which Berens was again the keynote speaker, she asked him what the library does to facilitate outside

history. “Nearly 10 years ago we started taking early summer field trips together with our staff and summer interns, and from these outings have blossomed an even greater appreciation of the work of our organizations,” she says.

The Power of Connection While independent, the organizations share supporters, volunteers, and occasionally board members as well. “We don’t all have the same mission, but all the organizations are here to serve the community,” says Mills.

The collaborations are ongoing, though they don’t necessarily involve all four institutions. For example, in the last five years, the Historical Society Museum has

expanded its Katherine Hall Wheeler Traditional Anishinaabek Arts Room by adding a virtual exhibit with elders from the local tribe. Then it coordinated with a Native American program at the Old Art Building.

“It [the OAB] is an arts organization, but in a historic structure. Through the years, there have been lots of collaborations,” says Kelderhouse.

Mills notes that their reach extends far beyond the village. “The Leelanau Historical Society goes beyond Leland.

Our reach is extended [through] artists, music, and performing arts, summer traffic,” she says. Indeed, thousands of people swarm the town each year, visiting restaurants, patronizing the many shops downtown and in Fishtown, and exploring the nearby Sleeping Bear Dunes.

So where does the cultural campus go from here? Almost anywhere, even beyond the confines of the parcel of land housing the four institutions.

“I think I speak for all of us when I say we are always looking for more ways to collaborate with each other, along with other organizations,” says Morton. “It extends our reach and our power to accomplish our various missions, which serve Leelanau County and the wider region.”

Holmes says there may be formal agreements about the team-up in the future, but regardless of when or if that happens, their working arrangement benefits them all and the community around them. “We don’t want to be in a silo,” she says.

“I feel we would always welcome conversations with anybody, even if they were outside of Leland,” says Morton. “...

We certainly aren’t an exclusive club.”

LEELANAU HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Founded in 1957

LELAND TOWNSHIP LIBRARY Founded in 1944

• Their first home was the old county jail in 1959.

• The society decided to lease part of the property where the library was located and began building their space in 1983, opening in 1984.

• This is a county-wide museum, though it cooperates with other similar groups in the county, such as the Empire Area Historical Museum. “We try to dispel the myth that it’s the Leland Historical Society. We make a concerted effort to have representation from across the county,” says Kelderhouse.

• Books, of course, have always been the main draw, but today the library also offers ebooks, music, and other digital products. (Wi-Fi hotspots, laptops, birding backpacks, kids’ STEM kits, a DSLR camera, and even a ukulele are all available to check out. And don’t forget the seed library!)

• On the historical side, the library is working on digitizing historical newspapers from throughout the county’s history, 12 different titles in all, including the Northport Tribune, the Provemont Courier, and the Empire Journal.

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OLD ART BUILDING Founded in 1922

FISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY Founded in 2007

• What eventually became the OAB was started by Allie Mae Best. Then, the Walter T. Best Community Club offered social, educational and cultural events for 17 years.

• In 1939, she donated the building to Michigan State University to offer accredited summer art classes. The MSU summer art program closed in 1989.

• The building stood vacant until 1992, when Leland Township entered into a lease agreement with MSU. • In 1994, the Leelanau Community Center nonprofit formed to preserve the Old Art Building, to promote cultural enrichment, and to provide a gathering place as a community center.

• Today it offers a variety of classes, exhibits, performances, and community events.

Upcoming are The Haunting of Old Ebenezer with the Stone Fruit Collective Dec. 1 and Christmas at the Old Art Building variety show Dec. 16.

• The organization was formed in February 2007 with the purchase of eight shanties, two smokehouses, 200 feet of docks along the Leland River, other ancillary buildings, and the fish tugs Joy and Janice Sue for $2.7 million from the Carlson family.

• In 2016, FPS acquired two neighboring shanties and their deep lots on the south side of the Leland River. The property now owned by FPS comprises most of the key historic elements of Leland’s Fishtown.

• The shanties in Fishtown date from 1900 through the mid-1990s, though the name Fishtown didn’t come into common usage until the 1940s.

• While the word Fishtown may bring to mind the shanties and shops that attract tourists, it’s the commercial fishing that started it all. Holmes says commercial fishing has been in decline for the past 60 years. “It’s an industry that needs to be fought for much more visibly,” she says.

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Fine Art as a Second Act PAINTERS JENNIFER LAKE AND LINDA HANKES-SMITH

By Alexandra Dailey

Some people dream of becoming artists from the time they are finger-painting toddlers.

Others develop an appreciation for art, even find ways to bring it into their lives, but don’t exercise that side of their creative expression until later in their careers.

Both Jennifer Lake and Linda Hankes-Smith came from different backgrounds—graphic design and hairdressing, respectively—that eventually led them to putting brush to canvas.

Here, they’ll paint a picture of their journeys and talk about inspiration, creation, and what it takes to chase that dream, whether you’re three or 30 or 70.

Lake posing beside her piece titled "Harmony."

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Escaping into Color and Texture Owner of Brand Tonic, a branding and design studio in Traverse City, Jennifer Lake has been creating for clients for over 20 years, with painting being a relatively new skill in her repertoire.

“My career has been anchored in creative expression,” says Lake. “Design is intentional, beautiful, and precise, but with painting, there is a great sense of freedom and unpredictability that appeals to me as well. Design is my first love, but painting is a great addition to my creative endeavors.”

Lake earned her BFA in graphic design while taking a few fine art classes, too, but it wasn’t until around the time of the pandemic that she decided to snag some painting supplies and mess around with colors on canvas.

“It was all experimental,” shares Lake. “I found that painting gave me an incredible outlet through the challenging times, allowing me to escape into color and texture.

It was meditative and rewarding, so I kept going, becoming more confident in my abstract style.”

As a painter, Lake favors acrylics for their quick-drying quality and ability to layer well and create depth. “I like texture and fast movements to create work that captures energy. I also use a palette knife instead of a brush. It was a new tool for me when I started painting, and I am drawn to the texture a knife allows.”

Color and what each shade and hue embody also inspire Lake. “I love color and how it evokes emotion. I am inspired by the beautiful color palettes of our region.

I also photograph colors when I travel abroad and bring those combinations back to the canvas.”

In less than five years, Lake’s work has found its way into galleries, homes, businesses, and restaurants. She’s been commissioned to paint large-scale pieces, too. “The canvas size is always intimidating at first,” admits Lake.

“But as the piece comes together, there is a great sense of accomplishment. I love getting lost in a large painting surrounded by all the detailed elements.”

And in terms of painterly high points, Lake says, “It is very rewarding when someone else connects with my work. Art is subjective and personal, and I feel honored when someone wishes to place my work in their home or business. When they feel something in my art, that’s success enough for me.”

Her advice for aspiring painters? “When starting out, just experiment and keep going.

Don’t try for perfection, but instead, honest expression.”

Lake’s work is currently on display at Tinker Studio on Old Mission Peninsula and Wren in Suttons Bay. juice-gallery.com.

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Going with the Flow Linda Hankes-Smith first stepped into the realm of painting in the early nineties, with her first oil painting show in 1992.

“I always liked art, and I didn’t like school because I struggled to learn,” Hankes-Smith says. “So at 15, I went to beauty school in Lansing, then I got into photography, and after that, I went into painting.”

Her journey to becoming a fine art painter included opening and running several salons in Michigan, seeing all of her children become hairdressers, and working for magazines as a photographer. Today, Hankes-Smith predominantly works in oils and sometimes mixed media and has shown work in Charlevoix, Petoskey, and Bay Harbor. Her pieces have found homes across the country in New York, Dallas, Chicago, Indianapolis, and Florida.

She’s developed a loyal following in her art career, too.

“I have four or five patrons that really want my work,” shares Hankes-Smith. “People find me when they’re visiting up here. Some go to Stella’s for dinner and see my work, and others have found my work in galleries over the years. My market is for the people who love my work—I like it when my art catches peoples’ eye, and they say they like something—and that doesn’t have dollar signs attached to it.”

She’s done representational work, portraits, abstract designs on giant canvases and glass pieces, and three-dimensional florals that involve five, six, and sometimes seven layers of paint, which can weigh up to nearly 40 pounds.

“I create a lot of big works—four-foot by five-foot, seven-foot by three-foot—that type of stuff. When I look at a big canvas, I have so many ideas in my head.”

Initially, Hankes-Smith started out painting smaller nine-by-twelve-inch canvases, but the size didn’t fit her style and personality. “It was terrible. So, then I went a little bigger and a little bigger and a little bigger. Then, I got canvases that were huge, and I realized that the size is what inspires me. That, and music.”

Listening to a wide range of music, from Indian flutists and classical baroque symphonies to jazz tunes and religious songs, puts Hankes-Smith into a creative-type trance.

“I realize that music takes on an image you don’t even comprehend initially,” she tells us.

“If you can just paint and feel the music, I don’t see the image that’s in it until after it’s done.

Music plays such an integral part in the spirit of whatever you’re creating.”

Hankes-Smith offers these words to new painters and artists—words she also lives by: “Just go for it. Don’t think about it. Just create.”

Hankes-Smith’s paintings are on display at Traverse City’s Trattoria Stella and her husband’s jewelry store on Front Street, James C. Smith Fine Jewelry. lindahankessmith.com

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Olson uses a grinder to work on one of his artistic knives.

Hunting knives are very popular among Todd Olson's clients.

BESPOKE BLADES The custom creations of Charlevoix knife maker Todd Olson

By Al Parker What do you do with a battered ice skate, an old rubber puck, a cracked hockey stick, and a gob of tape? Pitch ’em, right?

Not if you’re Todd Olson, Charlevoix knife maker extraordinaire.

He collected those shabby items from a hockey-loving client who played for many years and, with about 20 hours of work and a ton of creativity, turned them into a oneof-a-kind knife that the client and his family will cherish for generations.

“It was a neat challenge,” recalls Olson.“He liked it so much that he had me do another project. I worked on an ax for him, reshaping the head and re-handling the ax with a beech wood handle.”

The Knife Guy Olson, who graduated from Michigan Tech, does gauging, wiring, and welding at Michigan Scientific, a Charlevoix firm that has about 100 employees and specializes in the design and manufacturing of testing equipment. The company allows him to work on his creations during his 30 minutes of break time during his shift.

“I’m known as ‘The Knife Guy,’ at work,” he says with a smile. “People come by to see what I’m working on now. I’ll often ask their opinions of my work. Everybody knows Todd is working on something.”

The 56-year-old Navy veteran is part of a three-generation family tradition that results in stunningly beautiful collectible cutlery. We’re talking one-of-a-kind, bespoke blades that are very hard for serious knife collectors to resist.

“My grandpa made knives, my dad made knives, and now, I make knives,” says Olson, who was born and raised in Ishpeming, then moved to Charlevoix 29 years ago.

The first knife Olson made was for a Navy buddy back in 1991. “I made the blade out of an old file and put a red handle on it,” he recalls. “I didn’t follow a template or anything, just made it up in my head. I sketched it out and took pictures. It took about a month.”

Then Olson sort of hit a creative wall and says he didn’t make any knives for about 12 to 15 years before returning to his hobby with renewed enthusiasm. Now, he estimates he’s created about 80 of the custom blades, almost all at the specific request from knife collectors.

While the materials aren’t always as eclectic as old hockey gear, Olson does get creative. One knife he shows us has a blade crafted from a buzz saw blade, while others are formed from stainless steel. Many of them started life as a hand file.

“With files, I know they have good steel,” explains Olson. “I have a place that does the stainless steel for me.”

The other key component of a custom knife is the handle. Shaping the custom

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handle to fit the client takes a lot of patience and elbow grease, and Olson does a lot of filing and sanding with sandpaper to get the feel just right. The handle is also where a client’s personal taste can come into play.

“Some like an antler handle, others like a nice-looking wood or something more exotic,” explains Olson. “I did one with a beautiful Arizona ironwood, one with curly maple, and another with a really nice stacked birch bark handle.”

His finished products range in price from $200 to $500 and include an impressive variety of sharp instruments, everything from hunting knives to culinary cutlery.

The Cutting Edge Olson and a legion of other bladesmiths are on the cutting edge of a national trend in the knife making industry, which is not just surviving, but thriving.

TV shows like Forged in Fire, (which Olson enjoys when he has time) have given bladesmiths a higher profile than ever before.

According to 2022 data, it’s a $12 billion industry that’s growing by the month.

Red Label Abrasives, an industrial firm closely aligned with blade making, did a 2023 poll of more than 100 different knife makers and consumers and found 73 percent expect their industry to grow in 2024. 40 percent indicate hunting knives are the most popular knives to produce, followed by Every

A hockey fan loved this short bladed knife crafted from an old skate blade.

Day Carry (EDC) knives at 21 percent and culinary at 15 percent.

Despite creating dozens of one-of-a-kind blades, Olson’s current inventory is only six handcrafted beauties. All the others have been sold or given as gifts.

So what’s he working on now? Olson is in the process of making a very important project for a very important person: his 13-year-old son. “He’s really good in the kitchen and he wanted a nice knife, so we’re working on that for him,” says the proud dad.

See more of Olson’s artistic creations on Instagram at @olsonknifeworks.

nov 25

Saturday

ANTRIM SKI ACADEMY SKI SWAP: 9am-3pm, Shanty Creek Resort, Summit Village, The Lakeview Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Bellaire. Antrim Ski Academy will hold their 28th annual equipment & clothing sale. Featuring new & used ski & snowboard equipment & clothing. Those who want to sell equipment &/or clothing may drop these items off at the swap location on Fri., Nov. 24 from 5-8pm & again from 8-10am on Sat. Unsold items &/or payment(s) for sold items may be picked up between 3-5pm Sat. evening. Antrim Ski Academy retains 20% of the selling price of all items sold, as a commission for selling the items. Proceeds benefit the Great North Academy (Elk Rapids/St. Francis/Central Lake/Grand Traverse Academy) High School Ski Team & the Antrim Ski Academy lesson programs. 231-676-2493. antrimskiacademy.com ----------------------------HOLLY BERRY ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 9am-3pm, Frankfort High School. There will also be free horse-drawn carriage rides & a kid’s play area. Free will donation.

----------------------------COTTONWOOD INN HOLIDAY MARKET: 10am-4pm, 9583 W. Front St., Empire. Mixed media artisans, cookie decorating for kids, card reading by Tammy Schuster, silent auction & bake sale. Benefits the TCHS Holiday Needs Program.

----------------------------FRIENDS OF GLEN LAKE LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE: 10am-3pm, Glen Lake Library, Empire. Wide selection of gently used books & puzzles for holiday gifting. glenlakelibrary.net ----------------------------GLEN ARBOR HOLIDAY MARKETPLACE: 10am-4pm, Glen Arbor. Handcrafted gifts, jewelry, artwork & more from local artisans. visitglenarbor.com/celebrate-the-spirit-ofthe-season-in-glen-arbor ----------------------------HOLIDAY ARTS & CRAFTS SALE: 10am4pm, Northport. A creative variety of arts & crafts for holiday gift giving at two locations.

Northport Arts Association & Willowbrook Mill open their space to artists to sell their craft.

Visit the craft show & local shops in Northport, take a carriage ride around the town, & stay for the tree lighting. Free. northportartsassociation.org/events-exhibits ----------------------------OPEN STUDIO, PETOSKEY: 10am-1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Visual Arts Room, Petoskey. Enjoy drop-in arts & crafts activities. New projects are offered each week.

Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/ open-studio-november-25 ----------------------------MAC & CHEESE BAKE-OFF: SOLD OUT: 11am-5pm, Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail, TC. The Old Mission Peninsula Wine Trail members select their favorite seasonal wine & pair it with Mac & Cheese dishes from various restaurants & chefs in the state. Attendees make their way through the OMP Wine Trail, stopping at all ten locations to indulge in the pairings. They then vote for their favorites: best pairing, cheesiest dish, & best overall. eventbrite.com ----------------------------PETE’S BIG HOLLYWOOD ADVENTURE: 11am & 1:30pm, City Opera House, TC. When Pete the Cat & his buddy Callie sneak into the Hollywood Studios, they get lost in the world of the movies. Enjoy this musical adventure that features several Pete the Cat books including “Cavecat Pete,” “Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map,” & “The Cool Cat Boogie.” $10. cityoperahouse.org/node/508 ----------------------------ALDEN’S CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION: 3-8pm, Downtown Alden. Free Christmas

children’s crafts & a train display at the church. At 5pm warm up by a fire, enjoy cookies & cocoa, & countdown as the Christmas tree is lit at 5:20pm. Cheer the arrival of Santa & enjoy a chat, photo-op, & kiddie bag.

A canned food or monetary donation is appreciated for the local food pantry. facebook. com/events/668478305264039?active_ tab=about ----------------------------THE VILLAGE TREE LIGHTING: 5-7pm, The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC. Enjoy hot chocolate & Christmas music performed by Christina Teresa as you await the 6:15pm countdown. thevillagetc. com/the-village-tree-lighting ----------------------------SANTA PARADE: 5:30pm, Downtown Gaylord. The parade runs from S. Indiana to the downtown Pavilion. East bound lane only. After the parade meet Santa under the Pavilion.

----------------------------“LIGHT UP THE NIGHT”: DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY HOLIDAY PARADE: 6pm, Downtown Petoskey, Lake & Mitchell streets.

Featuring the Petoskey High School Marching Band, Santa Claus, local area non-profits, & festive floats & walking ensembles. petoskeydowntown.com/events/petoskeyholiday-parade ----------------------------HARBOR SPRINGS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING: 6pm, Harbor Springs. Sing carols, enjoy the lighting of the tree on Main St., & more. Afterwards head to a chili dinner at the Holy Childhood Parish Hall, where you can also see Santa & enjoy cookies & cocoa. facebook.com/harborspringschamber ----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Based on the historic voyages of Christmas tree ships during the late 1800s & early 1900s, “The Christmas Schooner” is the musical story of a Michigan shipping captain who braves the deadly winter weather to bring Christmas trees to homesick German-American families in Chicago.

Adults: $33; youth under 18: $20. oldtownplayhouse.com/performances/mainstage/ the-christmas-schooner.html A DOUBLE BILL: ANNIE CAPPS TRIO & WILSON THICKET: 8pm, Freshwater Art Gallery & Concert Venue, Boyne City. Annie Capps Trio is known to be creative & “a musical happy pill.” Bluegrass pickers Wilson Thicket are known to hit a number of musical genres & have high energy. They have performed with groups like Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, Wayward Roots, Escaping Pavement, & many more. 231-582-2588. $35.

nov 26

Sunday

HICKORY MEADOWS & HILLS HIKE: Noon, Hickory Meadows trailhead, TC. Join the Grand Traverse Chapter of the NCTA on a hike through Hickory Meadows & the upland forests of Hickory Hills. Meet at the Hickory Meadows trailhead at the west end of Randolph St., TC. Hike the 2 mile meadow trail at an easy, flat 2 mile per hour pace that will bring you back to the parking lot. Then those who wish to, can hike up to the top of the ski hill & the adjacent woods for another 2 miles. Hiking boots & poles recommended.

Call 847-308-3806 with any questions. Free ----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: (See Sat., Nov. 25, except today’s time is 2pm.)

----------------------------SANTA AT PCL: 3-5pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Santa arrives via Peninsula Township firetruck. Decorate a cookie, enjoy a craft, & take a picture with Santa. 231-223-7700.

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Switchback is bringing Christmas concerts up north this week, drawing on traditional Celtic music and original Americana songs that portray their Irish heritage and midwestern roots. Brian Fitzgerald (L) and Martin McCormack first head to the Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall (HERTH) in Elk Rapids on Sat., Dec. 2 at 7:30pm. Tickets: $20 advance at ER Corner Drugs, River St. Market, Oryana 10th St., or Brown Paper Tickets online. $25 at door. They then travel to Christ Episcopal Church in Charlevoix on Sun., Dec. 3 at 4pm with old fashioned carols, their new Christmas songs, and a wee dose of Irish. christepiscopalchurch.net/recent-events/

nov 27

monday

nov 28

tuesday

KID’S CRAFT LAB: GROCERY BAG GINGERBREAD HOUSE: 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Looking good enough to eat, this gingerbread house will be fun to make with all the yummy paper decorations & glittery designs that you can come up with. Sign up at the front desk when you arrive. Make you reservation on the web site. greatlakeskids.org ----------------------------THROUGH A NATIVE AMERICAN LENS: A FILM & SPEAKER SERIES: 7pm, Vogue Theatre, Manistee. Featuring “Bring Her Home.” This film follows three Indigenous women - an artist, an activist & a politician - as they work to vindicate & honor their relatives who are victims in the growing epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women.

A panel discussion will follow the film. Free.

PEEPERS PROGRAM: “AWESOME ADAPTATIONS”: 10am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. An adult-accompanied program for early learners ages 3-5 years old. Held outside. Includes stories, crafts, music & discovery activities. Register. $5 per child. natureiscalling.org/preschool-peepers-program ----------------------------STORYTIME ADVENTURES: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Duck at the Door” by

Jakie Urbanovic. Sign up at the front desk when you arrive. Register on the web site. greatlakeskids.org ----------------------------ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: 2pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Becky Dykstra shows how to craft a watercolor card suitable for framing. RSVP; space is limited: 231-223-7700.

----------------------------TECH TUESDAY - GMAIL: 3pm, Glen Lake Library, Program Room, Empire. This month’s focus for Tech Tuesday, presented by your four Leelanau County libraries, is Gmail. Librarians Nellie Danke & Autumn Anderson from the Suttons Bay Bingham Public Library will demonstrate the many features of this popular email program. glenlakelibrary.net ----------------------------IMPACT100 TC - GIVING TUESDAY: 5-7pm, West Shore Bank, 400 East Eighth St., TC. Celebrate the Grand Finalists from this past year & review their wish lists. impacttc.org/ events/#!event/2023/11/28/giving-tuesday ----------------------------REMOTE WORKERS MEETUP: HOLIDAY POTLUCK: 5:30pm, Fourge Coworking Space, Gaylord. Bring a dish to pass, your beverage of choice, & a Christmas ornament (wrapped) for a white elephant gift exchange. meetup.com/nmiremote/events/291173415

nov 29

wednesday

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it can take you, & how to use their tracking & scheduling technology. Bring your phone, tablets, or laptop for assistance with apps & technology that will help you ride BATA more easily. Then go for a bus ride from the library to the Hall Street Transfer Station & then back to the library from 1:10-1:45pm. Free. bata.net/news/library-programs.html ----------------------------MAKE IT FOR THE HOLIDAYS: MACRAME WALL HANGING: 2pm, Disability Network Northern Michigan, TC. disabilitynetwork. org/events ----------------------------A KCHI WIIKWEDONG ANISHINAABE HISTORY PROJECT SUMMARY PRESENTATION: 6pm, Suttons Bay High School Auditorium. Talking about the past for the present (& the future). Join the Leelanau Historical Society & the Omena Historical Society for this free event. This project was started in 2021 by Emily Modrall in an effort to bring greater visibility & awareness to the very long history of this region as an Anishinaabe homeland. Her presentation summarizes the project & its outcomes as it enters its final months. leelanauhistory.org/events ----------------------------TALK TO US: HOW CAN WE HELP? AN ALA GRANT DISCUSSION: 6pm, Interlochen Public Library. Learn how Interlochen Public Library can improve its services & resources for the community. This grant opportunity seeks to raise awareness about including people with developmental, emotional, & physical disabilities in all facets of community life. 231-276-6767.

----------------------------ART21 FILM SCREENING: 7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Theater, Petoskey. Enjoy a screening of “Friends & Strangers” from Art21’s acclaimed PBS series, “Art in the Twenty-First Century.” Free. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-petoskey/art21-film-screening-friends-strangers ----------------------------LOCAL ARTIST ELLIE HAROLD: 7pm, Glen Lake Community Library, Empire. Ellie will discuss her new book “Monet, Mitchell and Me: a painter’s pilgrimage.” Free. glenlakelibrary.net ----------------------------PETOSKEY FILM SERIES: 7pm, Carnegie Building, Petoskey. Featuring “Chinatown.”

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thursday

KID’S CRAFT LAB: GROCERY BAG GINGERBREAD HOUSE: 10:30am, 1pm & 3:30pm, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Looking good enough to eat, this gingerbread house will be fun to make with all the yummy paper decorations & glittery designs that you can come up with. Sign up at the front desk when you arrive. Make you reservation on the web site. greatlakeskids.org ----------------------------CHILI FOR A CAUSE: 11:30am-1pm, West Shore Bank, TC. Bring any canned goods or non-perishable items & enjoy a chili lunch. All donations will go to the Father Fred Foundation. westshorebank.com/connect/spirit-ofgiving---giving-november ----------------------------VISIT SANTA FOR A CAUSE: 1-4:30pm, West Shore Bank’s Manistee South Branch.

Bring your canned goods or non-perishable items & visit Santa. They will be given to the Matthew 25:35 Food Pantry to help those in need. westshorebank.com/connect/spirit-ofgiving---giving-november ----------------------------EAST JORDAN HOLIDAY BUSINESS AFTER HOURS & JUBILEE OF TREES FOR

501 C3’S: 5:30-7pm, The Boathouse on Lake Charlevoix, East Jordan. Christmas tree & basket auction, food & networking. Entry by donation to benefit Care & Share Food Pantry & Good Samaritan Food Pantry.

----------------------------HOLIDAY SWIRL: 5:30-7pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Galleries, Petoskey. Hearty appetizers, mini sweet treats prepared by Spring & Porter, holiday tunes with Pete Kehoe, & the Holiday Bazaar. $30 member; $35 non-member; includes one drink ticket. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/holiday-swirl-1 ----------------------------GVSU FILM ABOUT CLIMATE ACTION PREMIERES: 6:30-8:30pm, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. “Climate Sisu: The Stories of Climate Resilience from Northern Michigan” is a production involving Grand Valley faculty & recent alumni. It tells stories from an array of people across Michigan involved in climate action. This event will begin with a panel discussion featuring experts who will share information & local resources. Free; registration required. gvsu.edu/traverse/cmsform-edit.htm?formId=12EB960B-C5A8B1F4-21E5A5BFB2ACEF1C ----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: (See Sat., Nov. 25)

dec 01

friday

STORYTIME: 10:30am, Leland Township Library, Leland. Stories & more for patrons aged 0-6 & their caregivers. Free. lelandlibrary.org/programs-events ----------------------------LUNCHEON LECTURE SERIES: “QUILTS OF VALOR”: 11:30am-1pm, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey. Treasa Keys, coordinator of Quilts of Valor, will be joined by other quilters to display their work, explain their charitable mission & invite others to tell their quilting stories. $15; includes a buffet lunch. ncmclifelonglearning.com/ event-5392152 ----------------------------LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY LIGHTS HIKE: 4:30-7pm, Leelanau State Park campground, Northport. Enjoy a stroll through the Leelanau State Park campground lit with lanterns, Christmas trees & many holiday decorations with 3D glasses.

End your tour at the Lighthouse & walk through the decorated home of the McCormick family of the 1920’s. Hear the pump organ & climb the tower for a night view of Lake Michigan. Venture into the Fog Signal Building to see the Grinch tree & activities for kids & adults. $5; 5 & under, free. mynorthtickets.com/events/christmas-atthe-lighthouselantern-lit-walk?fbclid=IwAR0 TkVvhMs0CaN0JFjTzS5D5A-PUWKzDmaVxy0hjru-qdK0sPfvPl6g3eSM ----------------------------THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY: 5:30pm, New Hope Community Church, Williamsburg. Experience the Story of Christmas from Creation to Bethlehem & beyond in a 45 minute tour completely outdoors. Watch scenes come to life as a guide leads you through a woodland path filled with actors, scenery & live animals. ASL Interpretation on Dec. 1 at 7pm. Free. newhope.cc ----------------------------DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 6-9pm, Downtown Petoskey. Santa Claus will fly into town to light the giant Christmas tree in Pennsylvania Park. The tree lighting ceremony begins at 6pm. The streets close & merchants open their doors.

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----------------------------THE HAUNTING OF OLD EBENEZER: 7pm, Old Art Building, Leland. A folk-inspired concert retelling of the classic tale. With readings of Charles Dickens’ own words, Steve Clark’s original songs bring new life into Ebenezer’s tale. Featuring The Stone Fruit Collective. $20 adult; $10 under 18. oldartbuilding.com/ events/the-haunting-of-old-ebenezer ----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: (See Sat., Nov. 25) HEARTS & BONES - PAUL SIMON TRIBUTE SHOW: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Complete with a full 9 piece back-up band & horn section, this show is set in the backdrop of Paul Simon’s famous 1991 “Concert in Central Park” & takes you through a musical journey of Paul’s career. $10-$30. cityoperahouse.org/node/547 ----------------------------THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: SOLD OUT: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Harvey Theatre.

This Tony Award-winning comedic musical follows three quirky adults & six colorful contestants as they host & compete in a spelling bee. Each speller’s personal lives & struggles are revealed. For ages 13+. interlochen.org/ events/25th-annual-putnam-county-spellingbee-2023-12-01

dec 02

saturday

VILLAGE TREE DECORATING: 8am-noon, Mackinaw City Recreation Center. Enjoy a morning of tree trimming, family fun & a visit from Santa Claus. 231-436-5351.

----------------------------2ND ANNUAL 5K ELF RUN BELLAIRE: 10am, 202 N. Bridge St., Bellaire. $25. runsignup.com ----------------------------ANNUAL CHRISTMAS MARKET: 10am2pm, Central United Methodist Church, Downtown TC. Featuring gingerbread house decorating, wreath making, make & take crafts for kids, & the United Women in Faith cookie walk. There will be more than 20 local artisan vendors with a variety of items. Admission is free. tccentralumc.org/events ----------------------------CADILLAC HOLIDAY HOME TOUR: 10am3pm, Cadillac. Four unique homes representing the 1880’s to the present day - decorated throughout by the Cadillac Garden Club.

Tickets available at Horizon Books - Cadillac or Brinks Art & Framing - Cadillac. $15 in advance; $20 at door. 517-285-0110. Locations on tickets or web site. cadillacgardenclub. com/events.html ----------------------------CHARLEVOIX HOLIDAY MERCHANT OPEN HOUSE & HOT COCOA CONTEST: The Holiday Merchant Open House will be held all day at area businesses. Featuring entertainment, samples, snacks, sales, raffles & more. The Hot Cocoa Contest will be held from noon - 5pm. Follow the trail to vote for your favorite hot cocoa.

----------------------------DROP-IN ART: 3D SNOWFLAKE: 10amnoon, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Visual Arts Classroom, TC. For ages 1st grade through adult. Join Kristi to make 3D snowflakes using glassine sacks. $5. crookedtree.org/

class/ctac-traverse-city/drop-art-3d-snowflake-0 ----------------------------HOLIDAY ART SHOW 2023: 10am-4pm, Almira Town Hall, Lake Ann. Featuring a variety of handmade goods for sale from all local artists. Paintings, fiber art, clothing, crocheted items, handmade cards, woodwork, basketry, jewelry, etc. Benefits the Almira Township Historical Society. Free. facebook.com/events/s/holiday-art-show2023/2060827260934965/?mibextid=Gg3lNB ----------------------------LIGHT UP THE NIGHT & SOUP COOK OFF: Bellaire. Held all day. Kids crafts, parade, scavenger hunt, soup tasting & contest, tree lighting, Santa & more. $15 per ticket; includes 7 soups & bread. Tickets available at Bellaire Bar, Toonies, Corner Bistro, Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire Library, Lakeview Shanty, & Bellaire Chamber Office.

MANISTEE JINGLE BELL JOG 5K RUN/ WALK: 10am, The Tabernacle Church, Manistee. $20; price increases after Nov. 28. runsignup.com/Race/MI/Manistee/ManisteeJingleBellJog5K ----------------------------OPEN STUDIO, PETOSKEY: (See Sat., Nov. 25) ----------------------------WOODCREEK HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW & FOOD DRIVE: 10am-4pm, 501 Woodcreek Blvd., across from Costco - S. Airport Rd., TC. ----------------------------CHRISTKINDL MARKET CELEBRATION: 11am-3pm, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. Treats, beverages, live music, kids’ activities, & CCA’s indoor artist market of handmade gifts. charlevoixcircle.org/events ----------------------------HOLIDAY MARKET AT 45 NORTH: 11am6pm, 45 North Vineyard & Winery, Lake Leelanau. Food, drinks & local artists market.

Free admission. fortyfivenorth.com/events/ holiday-market ----------------------------JOLLY GINGERBREAD: 11am-1pm, Bellaire Public Library. All ages, but children under 5 need to be accompanied by an adult.

Registration required; limited openings. bellairelibrary.org ----------------------------FARMLAND 5K & FREE FOR ALL BIKE: Noon, Rasho Farm, TC. This European-style cross country race is on a dedicated course on private farmland & features trails, rolling hills, & turfgrass. It is a 5K run & 6 loops/12 miles biking event. 5K Run: $35; Free for All Bike: $35; Farmland Run & Bike Combo: $50; Bike Add-On Day of: $15; Run Add-On Day of: $15. Prices increase after Nov. 30. runsignup.com/farmland5k ----------------------------VEGMICHIGAN - TC - MONTHLY MEETUP: 1pm, Oryana West, TC. Enjoy a vegan holiday cookie exchange. Prepare 2 dozen of your favorite vegan cookies. Print out copies of the recipe to share. RSVP in the comment section on the Meetup with the type of cookies you’re bringing. If you don’t have time to bake, please bring 2 dozen ready-made vegan cookies. Bring a large container to carry your cookies. There will also be a holiday themed craft for kids.

Free. meetup.com/traverse-city-vegmichigan-meetup/events/297283272/?utm_ medium=referral&utm_campaign=sharebtn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_ source=link ----------------------------A CHRISTMAS CAROL: 2pm & 7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Allen Fitzpatrick follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens, who, a few years after writing the novella, began public readings of it, which he continued to perform until the year of his death. Audiences can use the full range of their imagination as one actor on a virtually

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bare stage creates 26 different characters. $27-$52. greatlakescfa.org/events/detail/achristmas-carol ----------------------------CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE: 2pm, Heritage Village Chapel, Mackinaw City. Hear the history of the Chapel & participate in a traditional service from the late 1800s. Dress warm. Free. mackinawhistory.org ----------------------------PICTURES WITH THE GRINCH AT THE KATYDID: 2pm, The Katydid, Petoskey. Get your pictures with the one & only Grinch!

Free.

----------------------------THE HAUNTING OF EBENEZER: 2pm, The Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. An acoustic concert retelling of Dickens’ classic tale. $15. hauntingofebenezer.com ----------------------------LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY LIGHTS HIKE: (See Fri., Dec. 1) THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY: (See Fri., Dec. 1) ----------------------------COMMUNITY TREE LIGHTING: 6pm, Rotary Park, Frankfort. Free hot chocolate & carols by the Frankfort elementary school chorus & Benzie Community Chorus. Santa’s Workshop including crafts & Mr. & Mrs. Claus will be held at the Garden Theater from 4-5:30pm prior to the tree lighting.

----------------------------HARBOR SPRINGS MERCHANTS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE: 6-9pm, Downtown Harbor Springs. Main & State streets will be closed to allow the community to stroll between stores. The Petoskey High School Steel Drum Band will perform.

----------------------------RESOLVE SOLO ART EXHIBITION: 6:3010pm, Harbor Brook Hall, TC. Enjoy an evening of art, appetizers, & drinks featuring new works

by Karen Vande Kieft. For more info email: vandekieftphotography@hotmail.com. Free.

----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: (See Sat., Nov. 25) ----------------------------A SEASON FOR SINGING - LITTLE TRAVERSE CHORAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY CONCERT: 7:30-9pm, Zion Lutheran Church of Petoskey. $15 adults; $5 students; free for under 12. littletraversechoralsociety.org/concerts ----------------------------MANITOU WINDS PRESENTS WINTER SONGS & CAROLS: 7:30pm, Grace Episcopal Church, TC. Enjoy a festive evening of traditional carols, holiday favorites, & wintry originals interspersed with inspiring spoken word. Featured guests include soprano Emily Curtin Culler & a Community Choir under the direction of Michael Beery. Free. manitouwinds.com/upcoming-performances ----------------------------SWITCHBACK CHRISTMAS CONCERT: 7:30pm, Historic Elk Rapids Town Hall, Elk Rapids. Switchback is an Irish folk duo made up of Brian FitzGerald & Martin McCormack.

They will perform holiday favorites in their spirited style. Tickets: $20 advance at ER Corner Drugs, River St. Market, Oryana 10th St., or Brown Paper Tickets online. $25 at door. Doors open at 6:30pm.

----------------------------THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: SOLD OUT: (See Fri., Dec. 1) ----------------------------SETH BERNARD & RACHAEL DAVIS: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Rachael is known for her expressive & explosive voice, & for uniting folk, blues, country & pop. She describes her music as “Motown-Banjo.” Seth is known as “a prolific producer of inventive original music, & a dedicated community caretaker.” $15-$30. cityoperahouse.org/node/546

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SANTA & SLEIGH RIDES: Noon-4pm, Incredible Mo’s, Grawn. Bring your camera & take a photo with Santa for free. 2Fools will also provide sleigh rides. facebook.com/ events/896671848688620 ----------------------------“THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER”: (See Sun., Nov. 26) ----------------------------PICTURES WITH THE GRINCH AT THE KATYDID: (See Sat., Dec. 2) ----------------------------THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE: SOLD OUT: (See Fri., Dec. 1, except today’s time is 2pm.)

----------------------------A SEASON FOR SINGING - LITTLE TRAVERSE CHORAL SOCIETY HOLIDAY CONCERT: 3pm, First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. $15 adults; $5 students; free for under 12. littletraversechoralsociety. org/concerts ----------------------------“LIGHT AND LIGHTNESS”: 4pm, Bellaire High School Auditorium. This concert is presented by the Antrim County Community Choir. Freewill offering. 231-676-9277.

----------------------------45TH ANNUAL MESSIAH SING: 4pm, Central United Methodist Church, Downtown TC. Featuring soloists: Laura Osgood Brown (soprano), Lindsey Anderson (alto), John Bragle (tenor), & Keith Brown (baritone). Also performing will be the NMC Grand Traverse Chorale, accompanied by organ & chamber orchestra, under the baton of conductor Jeffrey Cobb. Rehearsal for those who want to sing starts at 2:45pm. Donation. tccentralumc.org/events ----------------------------JORDAN VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND HOLIDAY MUSIC: 4pm, East Jordan Middle/ High School, Community Auditorium. Free entry.

----------------------------THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY: (See Fri., Dec. 1) ----------------------------JAZZ ORCHESTRA: “NUTCRACKER SUITE” BY DUKE ELLINGTON & BILLY STRAYHORN: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall.

Wsg Stafford Hunter. A Grammy-nominated trombonist & 21-year veteran of the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Hunter will lead the Arts Academy musicians in takes on Nutcracker favorites. $17 adult; $14 child through college. interlochen.org/events/jazz-orchestranutcracker-suite-duke-ellington-and-billystrayhorn-2023-12-03

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SAFE HOME HARVEST FOOD & SUPPLY DRIVE: Asking for grocery or supermarket gift card donations & financial contributions to benefit the Safe Home that is operated 24/7 by Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan. wrcnm.org/event/harvest-foodand-supply-drive-4-copy/ ----------------------------CLOTHING DRIVE: Held at West Shore Bank, TC. Donate men’s sweatshirts, t-shirts & athletic pants for Safe Harbor. Donations will be accepted through Nov. westshorebank.com

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LIGHTS OVER LEELANAU: The Leelanau Peninsula Wine Trail is partnering with Leelanau Christian Neighbors for a canned food

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drive for the month of Dec. Bring a donation of 2 canned goods per person to any & all participating local wineries & receive a winery-choice promotional benefit. lpwines.com/ lights-over-leelanau ----------------------------BELLAIRE WINTER FARMERS MARKET: Bee Well Mead & Cider; Short’s Brewing Co. Southside event space; & Terrain. Held on Fridays with the exception of Nov. 24 through the middle of May from 9am-noon.

----------------------------INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 10am-2pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Mercato, TC. More than 35 vendors offer a variety of items from farm fresh eggs, meats & cheeses, to fruits, veggies, homemade breads & more. thevillagetc.com

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HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET: Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. Runs through Dec. 19 from 1-4pm. Featuring gifts made by local artists. Extended hours on Fri., Dec. 1 from 5-7pm. There will be cookies & an ornament decorating activity for children on the lower level that evening. jordanriverarts.com ----------------------------CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE MARKET: Charlevoix Circle of Arts. More than 30 local artists, crafters & makers create & sell their items. Runs through Dec. 30. Open Mon. through Fri., 11am-4pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. charlevoixcircle.org/circle-market ----------------------------WILLIE JONES ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Nov. at Traverse Area District Library, McGuire Community Room, TC. Mr. Jones is an Air Force Veteran & his work includes both aviation & portraiture. tadl.org/events ----------------------------JUST GREAT ART EXHIBIT & SALE: Runs through Dec. 30 at City Opera House, TC. Artists Sue Bowerman, Kurt Bullock, Lori Feldpausch, Rita Harrington, Michelle Jahraus, Ruth Kitchen, Dorothy Mudget, Joyce Petrakovitz, Marilyn Rebant, Laura Swire, Linda Tyson, & Wendy McWhorter are showing over 100 original works of art in oil, watercolor, acrylic & pastel. Enjoy holiday shopping during the City Opera House hours, daily 10am-2pm & during their many evening events. cityoperahouse.org ----------------------------“ESCAPING THE FRAME”: Commongrounds, 414 E. 8th St., TC. Etching prints

by Dorothy Anderson Grow. Runs through Jan. 7.

----------------------------5TH ANNUAL SMALL WORKS & ART TREE SHOW: Higher Art Gallery, TC. Visit a tree of artisan made ornaments, along with a wall of small works. Show runs during open hours through Dec. 23. higherartgallery.com ----------------------------MERRY MARKETPLACE 2023: Runs through Dec. 9 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC. Shop hundreds of unique handmade gifts & works of art from artists all over the state. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-traverse-city/merry-marketplace ----------------------------BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD: Glen Arbor Arts Center, Lobby Gallery. A series of abstract landscapes out of the imagination of painter Alice Moss. This small show runs through Dec. 15. Moss’ focus is on Leelanau County roadways, woodlands, & beaches, all of which she has been walking, watching, & visiting since childhood in the early 1960s. glenarborart.org/events/exhibit-by-the-sideof-the-road ----------------------------BARBARA REICH EXHIBIT: Bonobo Winery, TC. Original artwork by plein air/studio artist Barbara Reich, featuring “Paintings

from Around the Peninsulas.” Runs through Nov. 28. barbarareich.com ----------------------------CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY - CROOKED TREE PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY EXHIBITION 2023: Held in Atrium Gallery. The photographs included in this show were self-selected by the group through peer review. Runs through Dec. 9. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-petoskey/crooked-tree-photographic-society-exhibition-2023 - HOLIDAY BAZAAR: Runs through Dec. 20 in the galleries. Featuring handmade gifts & artwork. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/holiday-bazaar-petoskey-0 ----------------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - “A SEPARATE SHINING: SELECTIONS FROM THE TUSEN TAKK FOUNDATION COLLECTION”: The Tusen Takk Foundation & the Dennos Museum present this exhibition representing artists who have participated in its artist-in-residence program to date. Taking its title from the poem “Joy” by Hilda Conkling, the exhibition surveys the artist’s exploration of the intangible, the unseen qualities of joy, beauty, & hope. Runs through Jan. 7.

Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/index.html - “PASSAGES: THE ART OF RON GIANOLA”: Gianola’s paintings are the result of a fifty-plus year long experience with the Art Spirit, pursuing the possibilities of a personal transformative vision, engaging emotion, expression, & the poetry of visual music. Runs through Jan. 7. Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-onview/index.html - “STEPHEN DUREN: A LIFE OF PAINTING”: This exhibit brings together works by artist Stephen Duren that cover his sixtyyear career & bring greater definition to his artistic contributions. Runs through Jan. 7.

Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/index.html - NORTHLAND WEAVERS & FIBER ARTS GUILD’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION: Runs through March 3 & includes the work of 27 current & past members. Open Tues. through Sun., 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org ----------------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - WINTER MARKET: Runs through Dec. 30. Featuring the work of more than 30 area artists & craftspeople. Includes ornaments, wearable art, home decor, jewelry, cards, photography, prints, paintings & more. Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10am-4pm & on Sundays from noon-4pm. The OAC will be closed on Nov. 23-24 & from Dec. 24-26.

To celebrate Small Business Saturday on Nov. 25, OAC will have treats for children & an art activity as part of the Winter Market. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org - FALL EXHIBITION: Enjoy an exhibition of paintings, prints & photography by Nancy Debbink, Dennis Gordon & Tim Wade through Dec. 1. Hours are Tues. - Sat., 10am-4pm & Sun., noon-4pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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by JOSEPH BEYER

Priscilla

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While you will certainly be mesmerized by the haunting lead performance from newcomer Cailee Spaeny—and be impressed as always by the sophisticated storytelling of director Sofia Coppola—you may also find yourself wondering at the end of Priscilla if you missed something and the film was actually about her husband, Elvis Presley.

It’s a bit of a bold narrative and cinematic trick that mirrors the same secondary placement the real Priscilla Beaulieu lived through after her first meeting with the rock ‘n’ roll star at the vulnerable age of 14.

The circumstances were fateful: Both Presley and Beaulieu’s families found themselves stationed overseas in West Germany in 1959.

Priscilla’s father takes his responsibilities seriously, but Elvis is on a bit of a vacation, building up his American bona fides while surrounded by his sycophants and all the pampered luxuries from home.

Priscilla is immediately infatuated, and following an invitation to meet the legend, the two form an intimate and complex union that would last until the famed singer’s death in 1973, endure through marriage and divorce, and continue on through the life of their only child Lisa Marie (who criticized Coppola’s script as hyperbolic when she read it, but passed away earlier this year before seeing the final film).

Now 78, the real-life Priscilla shares both screenwriting and producing credits on the project, which is based on her memoir, Elvis and Me, published in 1985. She has said Coppola’s handling had initially made her nervous, but ultimately won her over through the truth of what she saw in the adaptation.

The result of the cautious collaboration is a taut, nuanced, and precise examination

of the inner life of a girl-turned-woman forced to the sidelines for most of her life and the irony of a dream come true that led to deep trauma. Priscilla’s abandonment and loneliness are palpable even and often without words, and Spaeny’s on-screen portrayal is deservingly buzzworthy.

Just as powerful is the tortured performance of a sometimes-violent Elvis, brought to life by actor Jacob Elordi. The film reveals a dark utility in his relationship with a younger Priscilla reminiscent of Nabokov’s controversial Lolita, telling her after meeting, “Promise you’ll stay the way you are now.”

Later, Elvis turns Priscilla’s adulation into self-loathing as he dresses and shapes her in the images his heart desires at any given time. It’s a shameful Madonna-whore dichotomy out of her control.

From there, the audience experiences her entrapment as the King comes and goes, loves and hates, and expects Priscilla to be there whenever and however he needs her.

Lost, without clear options, and hanging onto the hope his deeper love will return for her, Priscilla numbs her pain as best she can and stoically carries on.

Following on the heels of last year’s biopic success Elvis, directed by Baz Luhrmann, there seems to be a resurgence of interest in both the man and his cultural influence.

Director Coppola is fighting for a flipside to the myth, or at least a counterpoint, or maybe even screaming for Priscilla to be examined, celebrated, and, ultimately, understood. I believe she and her team of artists succeeded brilliantly.

Rated R for adult language, drug use, and sexual content, Priscilla is remarkably complete at only 1 hour 49 minutes.

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Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ENCORE 201, TC 11/25 -- The Jon Archambault Band, 7-10; DJ Ricky T, 10 12/1 -- The Equality Show Band, 7-10; DJ Ricky T, 9 12/2 -- The 4 Horsemen, 7-10; DJ Ricky T, 10 KILKENNY'S IRISH PUBLIC HOUSE, TC 11/25 -- One Hot Robot, 9:30 11/27 -- Team Trivia, 7 11/28 -- The Will Harris Trio, 8:30 11/29 -- The Pocket, 8:30 11/30 -- DJ Leo, 9:30 12/1-2 -- The Lucas Paul Band, 9:30 KINGSLEY LOCAL BREWING 11/27 -- Trivia Night, 6-8 11/28 -- Open Mic, 6-8 12/1 -- Elizabeth Landry, 7-9

11/30 – Chris Smith, 7:30-10:30 12/1 – Clint Weaner, 7-10 12/2 – Andrew Lutes, 7-10 MIDDLECOAST BREWING CO., TC 11/25 -- Knee Deep, 8-11 NORTH BAR, TC 11/25 – John Pomeroy, 7-10 PARK PLACE HOTEL, TC BEACON LOUNGE, 7-10: 11/24-25 & 12/1-2 -- Jim Hawley SORELLINA'S, TC SLATE RESTAURANT: Thurs. -- Tom Kaufmann on Piano, 5-8 Fri. & Sat. – Tom Kaufmann on Piano, 6-9

LIL BO, TC Tues. – Trivia, 8-10 Weds. – Open Mic Night w/ Aldrich, 9-11 Sun. – Karaoke, 8

THE ALLUVION, TC 11/25 -- Desmond Jones & The Marsupials, 8-11:30 11/27 -- Funky Uncle, 6-8 11/28 -- The High School Jazz Jam, 7:30-9:30 11/30 -- Anthony Stanco, Marion Hayden & Tariq Gardner, 6-8 12/1 -- "Alluvion Winter Tones" Night One: Laurel Premo & Red Tail Ring, 7-9:30 12/2 -- "Alluvion Winter Tones" Night Two: Breathe Owl Breathe & The Antivillains, 7-9:30 12/3 -- The Don Julin Trio, 7-9

MAMMOTH DISTILLING, TC 11/25 – Andrew Lutes, 7-10

THE HAYLOFT INN, TC 11/25 -- Vertigo, 7:30-10:30

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC BARREL ROOM: 11/27 -- Open Mic w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9 TASTING ROOM: 12/1 -- Randy Reszka, 5-7

THE PARLOR, TC 8-11: 11/25 -- Old Mission Fiddle Vine 11/28 -- Jesse Jefferson 11/29 -- Wink Solo 11/30 -- Jimmy Olson

ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS 7-10: 11/25 -- Jazz Cabbage 12/2 -- August - The band JAX NORTHSIDE, CHARLEVOIX Wed -- Trivia Night, 7-9 PROVISIONS WINE

LOUNGE,

BOYNE CITY 11/25 -- Peter Allen Jensen, 6 RED MESA GRILL, BOYNE CITY 11/28 -- Peter Allen Jensen, 6 SHORT'S PULL BARN, ELK RAPIDS 11/30 – Norte Trivia, 6-8

TRAVERSE CITY COMEDY CLUB, TC 12/1 – Comedy w/ Mo Mandel, 7:15-9 12/2 – Comedy w/ Mo Mandel, 7-8:45 TRAVERSE CITY WHISKEY CO. 11/25 -- Ben Richey, 6 UNION STREET STATION, TC 11/25 -- Parker Marshall, 10 11/28 -- USS Open Mic Comedy, 8-9:30 11/29 -- DJ PRIM, 10 11/30 -- DJ 1 Wave, 10

Grand Rapids soul-pop band August will land in Elk Rapids at Ethanology on Sat., Dec. 2 from 7-10pm.

TORCH LAKE CAFÉ, CENTRAL LAKE Thu -- Open Mic & Nick Vasquez, 7 Fri - Sat -- Leanna Collins & Ivan Greilick, 7:30 Sun -- Trivia, 5:30; Dominic Fortuna, 6:30

IRON FISH DISTILLERY, THOMPSONVILLE 11/25 – Luke Woltanski, 6-8

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 11/25 -- Dede Alder, 5-8 11/30 -- Open Mic, 6-8:30 12/1 -- Honky Tonk Hippies, 5-8 12/3 -- Kid's Open Mic Hosted by Chris Winkelmann, 3-5:30

LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 11/25 -- New Third Coast, 6:309:30

Otsego, Crawford & Central ALPINE TAVERN & EATERY, GAYLORD 6: 11/25 -- Lou Thumser 12/1 -- Spencer Opperman 12/2 -- Rick Woods

C.R.A.V.E., GAYLORD 6-9: 11/25 -- Brad Corpus 12/1 -- The Rounders 12/2 -- Nelson Olstrom

KARMA TAPROOM, GAYLORD 11/25 – Adam Hoppe, 8-10

Emmet & Cheboygan

Leelanau & Benzie 11/30 -- Trivia Night, 7 12/1 -- Barefoot, 6:30-9:30 12/2 -- Stonefolk, 6:30-9:30

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THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 11/25 -- Rebekah Jon, 8-10 11/26 -- Comedy Mixtape #8, 7 Tue -- Open Mic Night, 7-9 Wed -- Jazz Show & Jam, 6-8 Thu -- Trivia Night, 7-8 12/1 -- Parallelz, 7-9 12/2 -- Jack Pine Band, 8-10

THE EARL, CHARLEVOIX LOBBY LO BAR: 12/2 -- Kevin Johnson, 6-9

DICK'S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU Sat. -- Karaoke, 10-1

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THE PUB, TC 8-11: 11/25 & 12/1 – Chris Smith 11/30 – Steve Clark 12/2 – Jazz Cabbage

Antrim & Charlevoix BARREL BACK RESTAURANT, WALLOON LAKE 11/30 -- Peter Allen Jensen, 6

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SHADY LANE CELLARS, SUTTONS BAY 12/1 -- Friday Night Live: Austin Flees, 5-8

BEARDS BREWERY, ROOT CELLAR, PETOSKEY 11/25 – The Real Ingredients, 7-10 11/27 -- Trivia, 7-9

MAMMOTH DISTILLING, BAY HARBOR Thurs. – Trivia, 7-9 11/25 – Sean Bielby, 7:30-10:30

BOYNE VALLEY VINEYARDS, PETOSKEY 11/25 & 12/2 -- Michelle Chenard, 2-6

NOGGIN ROOM PUB, PETOSKEY 11/25 -- Shouting Bones, 7-10 11/29 -- PubStumper's Trivia, 6:30 12/1 -- Mike Ridley, 7-10 12/2 -- Holly Keller, 7-10

CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY Tue -- Trivia Night, 7-9 Fri. -- Annex Karaoke, 9:30

ODAWA CASINO RESORT, PETOSKEY VICTORIES, 9: 12/1 – High Speed 12/2 -- DJ THE BEAU, CHEBOYGAN 11/30 -- Musicians Playground ‘Open Mic,’ 6-8 12/1 -- Cellar Door, 8-11 12/2 -- The Lonely Pines, 8-11

Manistee, Wexford & Missaukee LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT, MANISTEE 11/25 – Twice Shy, 9-1

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lOGY

NOV 27- DEC 03

BY ROB BREZSNY

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Nina Cassian said, "I promise to make you so alive that the fall of dust on furniture will deafen you." I think she meant she would fully awaken the senses of her readers. She would boost our capacity for enchantment and entice us to feel interesting emotions we had never experienced. As we communed with her beautiful self-expression, we might even reconfigure our understanding of who we are and what life is about. I am pleased to tell you, Sagittarius, that even if you’re not a writer, you now have an enhanced ability to perform these same services—both for yourself and for others.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo journalist

Sydney J. Harris offered advice I suggest you meditate on. He wrote, "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." I bring this to your attention because now is a favorable time to take action on things you have not yet done— and should do. If you put definitive plans in motion soon, you will ensure that regret won't come calling in five years. (PS: Amazingly, it’s also an excellent time to dissolve regret you feel for an iffy move you made in the past.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In contrast to false

stereotypes, Medieval Europeans were not dirty and unhygienic. They made soap and loved to bathe. Another bogus myth says the people of the Middle Ages believed the Earth was flat. But the truth was that most educated folks knew it was round.

And it’s questionable to refer to this historical period as backward, since it brought innovations like mechanical timekeepers, moveable type, accurate maps, the heavy plow, and illuminated manuscripts. In this spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I invite you to strip away misconceptions and celebrate actual facts in your own sphere. Be a scrupulous revealer, a conscientious and meticulous truth-teller.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet John Berryman said, "To grow, we must travel in the direction of our fears.” Yikes! I personally wouldn’t want to do that kind of growth all the time. I prefer traveling cheerfully in the direction of my hopes and dreams. But then I'm not a Scorpio. Maybe Berryman's strategy for fulfilling one's best destiny is a Scorpio superpower. What do you think? One thing I know for sure is that the coming weeks will be an excellent time to re-evaluate and reinvent your relationship with your fears. I suggest you approach the subject with a beginner's mind. Empty yourself of all your previous ideas and be open to healing new revelations.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): "Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm," says Capricorn singer-songwriter Joan Baez. "A full-blown storm where everything changes." That approach has worked well for her. At age 82, she has released 30 albums and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She has recorded songs in eight languages and has been honored

by Amnesty International for her work on behalf of human rights. If you're feeling resilient—which I think you are—I recommend that you, too, get lonesome for a storm. Your life could use some rearrangement. If you're not feeling wildly bold and strong, maybe ask the gods for a mild squall.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Science

educator Neil deGrasse Tyson tells us that water molecules we drink have “passed through the kidneys of Socrates, Genghis Khan, and Joan of Arc.” The same prodigious truth applies to the air we breathe: It has “passed through the lungs of Napoleon, Beethoven, and Abraham Lincoln.” Tyson would have also been accurate if he said we have shared water and air that has been inside the bodies of virtually every creature who has ever lived. I bring these facts to your attention, Aquarius, in the hope of inspiring you to deepen your sense of connectedness to other beings. Now is an excellent time to intensify your feelings of kinship with the web of life. Here's the practical value of doing that: You will attract more help and support into your life.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): I am saying

a prayer for you. I pray to the Fates that you will not accept lazy or careless efforts from others. You won’t allow their politeness to be a

cover-up for manipulativeness. I also pray that you will cultivate high expectations for yourself. You won’t be an obsessive perfectionist, but will be devoted to excellence. All your actions will be infused with high integrity. You will conscientiously attend to every detail with the faith that you are planting seeds that will bloom beautifully in the future.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): As a child, I loved

to go to a meadow and whirl around in spirals until I got so dizzy, I fell. As I lay on the ground, the earth, sky, and sun reeled madly, and I was no longer just a pinpoint of awareness lodged inside my body, but was an ecstatically undulating swirl in the kaleidoscopic web of life. Now, years later, I've discovered many of us love spinning. Scientists postulate humans have a desire for the intoxicating vertigo it brings. I would never recommend you do what I did as a kid; it could be dangerous for some of you. But if it's safe and the spirit moves you, do it! Or at least imagine yourself doing it. Do you know about the Sufi Whirling Dervishes who use spinning as a meditation? Read here: tinyurl.com/JoyOfWhirling and tinyurl. com/SufiSpinning

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your power creature in the coming weeks will not be an eagle, wolf, bear, or salmon. I don’t advise you to dream of being a wild horse, tiger, or crocodile. Instead, I invite you to cultivate a deep bond with the mushroom family. Why? Now is a favorable time to be like the mushrooms that keep the earth fresh. In wooded areas, they eat away dead trees and leaves, preventing larger and larger heaps of compost from piling up. They keep the soil healthy and make nutrients available for growing things. Be like those mushrooms, Taurus. Steadily and relentlessly rid your world of the defunct and decaying parts—thereby stimulating fertility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini novelist Geraldine McCaughrean wrote, "Maybe courage is like memory—a muscle that needs exercise to get strong. So I decided that maybe if I started in a small way, I could gradually work my way up to being brave." That is an excellent prescription for you: the slow, incremental approach to becoming bolder and pluckier. For best results, begin practicing on mild risks and mellow adventures. Week by week, month by month, increase the audacious beauty of your schemes and the intensity of your spunk and fortitude. By mid-2024, you will be ready to launch a daring project.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian neurologist and author Oliver Sacks worked with people who had unusual neurological issues.

His surprising conclusion: "Defects, disorders, and diseases can play a paradoxical role, by bringing out latent powers, developments, and evolutions that might never be seen in their absence." In not all cases, but more often than seemed reasonable, he found that disorders could be regarded as creative—"for if they destroy particular paths, particular ways of doing things, they may force unexpected growth." Your assignment is to meditate on how the events of your life might exemplify the principle Sacks marvels at: apparent limitations leading to breakthroughs and bonanzas.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I am falling in love with how deeply you are falling in love with new ways of seeing and understanding yourself.

My heart sings as I listen to your heart singing in response to new attractions. Keep it up, Leo! You are having an excellent influence on me. My dormant potentials and drowsy passions are stirring as I behold you waking up and coaxing out your dormant potentials and drowsy passions. Thank you, dear!

“Jonesin” Crosswords "Bar Numb"-I must've heard it differently. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1. Self-descriptive shortening followed by a period 5. Pack firmly 9. Study late 13. Indie pop duo Tegan and ___ 14. Word flashed on "The Circle" when news comes through 16. Baltic Sea capital 17. It may be adjusted by using a different head 19. Tippy-top 20. Game show for graveyard enthusiasts?

22. Cyndi Lauper hit "___ Bop" 23. Buckwheat noodles 24. Lionel Messi's home, for short 27. Having an outside pier 31. Shellfish that's shucked 33. Actress Thurman of "Red, White & Royal Blue" 34. Water container fastened to a mountaineer's belt?

37. A smattering 39. "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria owner 40. Artist Mondrian 41. Hair styler used while waiting to move on the freeway?

46. Wolf Blitzer's channel 47. Actress Robbie 48. Flockhart of "Ally McBeal" 50. Prefix with center 51. "Rendezvous With ___" (Arthur C. Clarke novel) 54. "Anchorman" first name 55. "Don't agree to that! You're being cheated"?

60. Grill residue 63. Damaging substances 64. Banjoist Fleck 65. "Give it ___!"

66. "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" star Michael 67. Shortening for a really tall NBA star 68. Bitter bar brews 69. Turkey ___ (November race)

DOWN 1. Pt. of PGA 2. "Who Let the Dogs Out?" group ___ Men 3. "Sleepy Hollow" antagonist ___ Bones 4. Least refined 5. North Carolina resident 6. ___ Romeo (Italian sports car) 7. Certain sandwiches 8. Prefix with "plasm" or "type" 9. ___ Rangoon 10. Tear (apart) 11. Questionnaire question 12. Highest limit 15. Trifling amount, in British slang 18. Belief system 21. It may be held in a deli 24. Lofty stories 25. Give in 26. ___ Green (Scottish eloping destination) 27. "Is it ___, or ..."

28. Sullen subgenre for Kid Cudi 29. Japanese soy sauce variety 30. DVD player insert 32. Longtime NASCAR sponsor 35. ___ salad (side dish in some Hawaiian restaurants) 36. Alliance of countries 38. Queue after D 42. It may be made from logs or pillows 43. Lake that's the source of the Mississippi River 44. Woodchuck cousins 45. Shapeless masses 49. Do a grand jury's job 52. "Kia ora" language 53. Madison Ave. figure 55. Turkey's neighbor 56. "Major" constellation 57. "Worst ... episode ... ___" 58. Chocolate bar full of bubbles 59. Pre-law exam 60. "Young Sheldon" network 61. Rueful laugh 62. Carte lead-in

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