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Vote for Fact-based Reality On July 4, about 125 Petoskey-area citizens turned out at the Peoples Park/ The Hole to peacefully demonstrate their politics, democratic values, and election-year priorities. Seventy-five of us were progressive guests of local Native Americans, who shared U.S. flags, drumming, and special dancing to observe Independence Day. And some were Democrats, and our candidates, who demonstrated solidarity with nationwide calls for justice and reform. In recognition of the still-metastasizing pandemic, Odawa event organizers also urged folks to practice social distancing and mask-wearing.

In marked contrast nearby, the homogeneous, closed ranks of some 50 Emmet Republicans answered a party call for a “Pro-Trump, Pro-Police, and Pro-USA” rally. What they clearly were not supporting was the Administration’s own CDC safety guidelines for such events. In aping the actions/inactions of the president, they were mostly Pro-Trump in their displays and calls to a limited “patriotism.” It was telling that only one of those present wore a mask.

When one senior conservative was asked about his group’s lack of PPE, he barely had to consult his MAGA-cap-sheltered cognitive dissonance before yelling: “Masks are for Democrats! We’re not afraid!”

Thus, neighbors — whether by way of GOP magical thinking or mere lack of thinking — this is where we’re at as a nation still struggling with the not-flu-like COVID19. And regardless of daily tweets, please recall that with only 4.25 percent of the world’s population, we’ve registered a third of all reported cases and a fifth of all deaths.

If you too are anti-science — i.e., pro false security — then keep supporting this stunted version of the GOP. If, however, you recognize that it’s time we all faced a factbased reality, then please consider a vote for candidates of the Democratic Party. It might save your life, and all our of futures.

Frank W. Hawthorne, Petoskey Shopping Elsewhere for Safety On June 17, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order mandating the wearing of protective face masks in grocery stores until July 15. In a democracy — whether we agree with an elected official or not — good citizens should respect the law or accept the reasonable consequence.

Remember: An asymptomatic carrier can transmit COVID-19 disease without knowing it.

Wearing masks should not be considered a political statement about whom we support in the election process or political party affiliation. There is strong scientific evidence that protective masks are helpful.

That said, on Wednesday, July 1, while shopping at one of my favorite stores, Meijer on South Division in Traverse City, I was following the mask mandate. I found the number of folks roaming the aisles not wearing protective masks disturbing. This included kids running up and down the aisles.

I contacted Meijer today and talked with a fine gentleman named Jim. He explained there were signs on the doors stating the requirements. He said beyond that, there was little else the store could do; some folks might have respiratory problems and cannot wear the masks and there was no way to differentiate who they might be. So, there is no enforcement of the state mandate other than a sign on the door, which seems to be ignored by many.

We each have a choice on where we shop.

This letter is in the interest of letting other Meijer shoppers know what is going on in this store. Personally, I will be looking to other fine grocers for better enforcement of the mandate while still loving Meijer. I am hoping they will more strictly enforce the law. I wish the wonderful people at Meijer safety, health, and perhaps a more enlightened policy.

Greg Binsfeld, Maple City What’s to Debate?

I am truly flummoxed by this whole mask-wearing controversy.

I have a couple of good friends who are in their 80s and 90s; I wear the mask for them.

I have a friend who is going through cancer therapy; I wear it for her. I have a friend who is diabetic and has heart issues; I wear the mask for him. I have asthma; I wear the mask for me.

When I am out in public, I don’t know who has health issues, so I wear the mask for them. It is not all about you; it is also about the others around you. I think that we in this country have become very selfish, and that saddens me greatly. It is totally a health issue, and to turn it into a political one is just plain asinine.

Roxanne Rowley, Manistee Freedom to Infect Others?

Although Vice President Mike Pence has now made some politically expedient adjustments to his coronavirus posturing (including wearing a face mask during a public appearance), we still need to remember that as recently as June 26, during the first coronavirus pandemic task force briefing since April 27, a very composed Vice President Pence, in defense of his longstanding refusals to demand or even suggest that all persons wear face masks during this pandemic referenced the First Amendment to the Constitution, which is our right to free speech.

So, if I am to understand his position on June 26, it was that our freedom of speech releases us from the responsibility of wearing a face mask during a pandemic, and that our right to speak trumps other’s right to live?

Perhaps in the interest of greater clarity, Pence should recommend that a new amendment be added to our Bill of Rights, one which would confer to all citizens the unfettered freedom of disease transmission.

Bob Ross, Pellston

Of COVID-19 & Cages I’ve been watching all the news reports about COVID-19 for the past few months, and they’ve been saying the same thing over and over again: Wear a mask to prevent the spread of the virus. This is what the doctors and scientists, healthcare workers and frontliners all say — except for the idiots on Fox News and, of course, their beloved supreme being, Donald Trump.

Same old story, same old results. The idiots don’t listen, causing the statistics to spike. I’m talking to you, Torch Lake and Diamond Lake partiers. A month from now, and two and three, we’ll continue to spike because of idiots not wearing masks and because of Trump lying to them daily, saying it’s all under control, it’s all good, do whatever you damn well please.

He’ll continue this rhetoric at his Coronaspreading rallies that the idiots clamor to attend, and this virus will continue to kill tens of thousands more and continue to destroy whatever’s left of the economy. It is the collective stupidity of Trump and his supporters, which includes most of the Republican politicos, that will ensure the continued rise of the virus and the continued demise of our country.

And now Trump wants to threaten our children’s lives by demanding schools to be open in August or he’ll cut off government funding for them. What is it with him and kids, anyway? I guess he figures if he can’t keep ‘em in cages, then he’ll try to kill ‘em off.

There’s a famous comedian who said you can’t fix stupid, but you can vote it out.

And that’s our distant light at the end of the tunnel. Come November, we who are not idiots may vote the king of morons out of office because we know nothing will get better until he’s gone.

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Clint Chambers, Traverse City Women, Don’t Abandon 100 years of Progress Watching PBS’ American Experience – The Vote, I was reminded that women’s voting rights — in all states — have been around for only 100 years.

Our country was established 244 years ago. Blacks were freed and given voting rights 157 years ago. It took 70 years of campaigning, parades, petitions, protests, arrests, jailing, beatings, and starvation before women won voting rights. At that time, only a few Western states included women in that right.

Thousands of white men fought each other to free slaves and give Black men voting rights. Very few white men fought for women’s voting rights.

The 19th Amendment passed in the Tennessee legislature by only three votes, making Tennessee the 36th state needed to ratify the amendment August 1920.

It was that close. Intense resistance to this amendment was not just white men but also white women. In the 100 years since, there has been progress for both the rights of Black citizens and and women, but predatory, discriminatory behavior by white men still exists in the workplace and in voter suppression.

My point is that I believe women who support our current president in 2020 would be of the same mindset as women in 1920, those who opposed the amendment, preferring to leave their well-being in the hands of a self-absorbed white male with questionable moral standards and little to no respect for women.

Connie Rumbach, Cedar

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top ten fireside chats with goldfinger Playwright Jacqueline Goldfinger’s summer residency with The Mitten Lab — an “incubator for theatre talent” based in Bear Lake — culminates with a 7pm July 18 reading of Goldfinger’s latest play, hosted on Facebook Live by partnering Traverse City theatre company Parallel 45. Want to hear about the process before the play reading? Follow The Mitten Lab on Instagram for fireside chats with Goldfinger starting July 14.

Now Open: A Second Open Space — and Pier Just in time for these seemingly never-ending hot days of summer (Hint: Whenever the sweat pools on your forehead and begins to drip into your eyes, recall those frigid winds of January), a new public space is opening in Leelanau County, just minutes from Traverse City’s Open Space.

Discovery Pier is now open to the public on West Grand Traverse Bay, next to Greilickville Harbor Park. The public is welcome to check out the tall ships or fish from pier, which, according to Matt McDonough, CEO of the Discovery Center (located across the road), boasts some of the best pier-based fishing in the bay.

“Smallmouth bass, rock bass, and perch are now being caught along the east wall of the pier, and lake trout and salmon are often seen cruising along the wall in the spring and fall,” McDonough said.

And when you’re done fishing, or if you get too hot, there are beaches and refreshing swims available a short hike north of the pier, at Elmwood Township Park, or a longer hike south, along the shore of Traverse City.

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When 18-year-old Jane discovers she’s pregnant, everyone’s elated to welcome a baby. Everyone, except Jane. A pizza delivery driver in suburban Los Angeles, Jane is itching for a way to leave the smothering home life she shares with her mother and boyfriend Billy, then an order for a pie with pepperoni and pickles brings Jane to the home of Jenny Hauser. A middle-aged mom in an unhappy marriage, Jenny is just the diversion Jane needs to avoid adulthood a little longer. But how can you transform when you’re trapped in the past? One of the year’s most-anticipated novels, Jean Kyoung Frazier’s “Pizza Girl” is hot and ready.

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tastemakers The Salvatore Sub

A modest family market has opened in the Bay Harbor neighborhood: Salvatore’s, a grocery/kitchen/deli ready to dish up your needs (bread, water, toilet paper), wants (beer, wine, wings), plus some extra-special items that can turn your super summer night stupendous — if you’re a meateater, especially. First, traceabilitycertified genuine Miyazaki Wagyu beef, graded according to the highest standard required by the Japan Meat Grading Association. And, second, the much more affordable (and, we think, in a meat lover’s to-die-for category of its own), zingy, zesty Salvatore Sub. It’s stuffed with fat layers of very fine pepperoni, salami, capicola, Italian sausage, Burrata cheese, provolone, banana peppers, roasted red peppers, lettuce, tomato, onion, and the shop’s house-made balsamic.

Only $11 but enough to feed a small army — or one very, very, very hungry human. Like most of Salvatore’s subs and its rotating hot lunch specials, The Salvatore is available only between 11am and 2pm Tuesday through Saturday. The market’s hot menu (pizza subs, wings), grocery, and grab ’n’ go cold items (subs, sandwiches, wraps, and heat-and-eat meals like pesto salmon and chicken picatta) are available 11am–6pm Tuesday–Saturday.

Find Salvatore’s at 4189 Main St. and order online at shopsalvatores.com. (231) 489-7555.

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More Protection for Local Waters

Two Traverse City nonprofits are among 10 groups from around the state to receive water-quality grants from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.

The grants were awarded to help restore impaired waters and protect high-quality waters by reducing nonpoint sources of sediment, nutrients and other contaminants.

The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay will receive $747,271 to implement greeninfrastructure practices to reduce stormwater impacts on flow rates in a parking lot in the Kids Creek Watershed. That should be good news to residents of Slabtown, where a series of floods swelled into yards and basements across the neighborhood this spring and summer. A study in Mitchell Creek will also be conducted to identify sources and causes of a newly identified E. coli issue.

Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy will receive $402,436 to permanently protect a 330-acre property covering 18,000 feet of river and lake frontage in the Platte River Watershed.

These grants are funded through the federal Clean Water Act — Section 319 and the Clean Michigan Initiative — Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Grants Program

Stuff we love People Helping People Help Pets When COVID-19 hit and job losses skyrocketed, Little Traverse Bay Humane Society opened a pet pantry at the shelter so struggling folks could feed their fur friends. It also temporarily launched a mobile pantry that dispensed food and litter at public locations around Emmet County and delivered to people who couldn’t get to those locations. When Edenville Dam collapsed, making hundreds of Midland’s people and pets homeless, LTBHS took in 28 cats and kittens from the area’s suddenly overflowing Humane Society of Saginaw County. As federal employment benefits begin to run out and other man-made and natural disasters loom, now seems like a great time to help a place that helps the helpless creatures caught in the middle. Start with the LTBHS’ largest annual fundraiser, Howl at the Moon. Its live and silent auctions will be held via a livestream event, 7pm– 7:45 Thursday, Aug. 27. Tickets are $75 each; individual sponsors will receive a private “house party in a box,” complete with dinner and drinks for the event (or to be redeemed at a later date); business sponsors can choose from an array of promotional perks. Learn more, donate, or get tickets to Howl at the Moon at ltbhs.com. Adopt a pet or get what yours needs at the shelter’s food pantry: 1300 W. Conway Rd., Harbor Springs.

Attention Art Lovers: Be on the Lookout for this Backside.

Before jetting off to Trôo, France, and Tuscany, Italy, this fall, famed artist and 2019 Plein Air Salon grand prize winner Tom Hughes is making a special stop in Harbor Springs this summer. He’ll lead a Plein Air Painting workshop August 4–6. Although the workshop ($575; transportation and lodging not included) is limited to only 12 enrollees, the nature of the work means local fans and art lovers might well catch a glance of the master in action. Learn more at info@pleinairholidays.com and, if you miss seeing Hughes in Harbor Springs, check out his blog — frequently updated with personal looks at his work as he travels — to see some of our Up North paradise through his eyes. Find his musings and latest paintings under “News” at www.tomhugespainting.com.

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bottoms up Barrel Back’s Hendrick’s Strawberry Jive You have not tasted summer on Walloon Lake until you have sipped a Hendrick’s Strawberry Jive at Barrel Back Restaurant. The ingredients are pure and simple — Hendrick’s gin, muddled mint, basil, strawberries, lemon juice, orange juice, and simple syrup — but the result is a complex yet very well-balanced cocktail. Caleb Helsey, bartender at the casual upstairs eatery overlooking the water, credits the Jive’s citrus for cutting its sweet, the herbs for elevating its berries, and all ingredients for playing so well off each other. We suggest you make a play for one soon. Note: Not only is patio seating available, thanks to the expansive eatery’s walls, which are made up almost entirely of massive windows — rolled up and open nearly every day in summer — “inside” seating feels a lot more like “covered, fresh open-air deck.” Find Barrel Back Restaurant, open 8:30am–10:30pm daily for curbside, dockside, and dine-in service, at 4069 M-75. More info and online ordering at www.barrel-back.com. (231) 535-600.

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QANONSENSE

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by Stephen Tuttle There is an ongoing conspiracy. Not just any conspiracy but one writ large in capital letters followed by exclamation points.

It seems several hundred, or thousand, government employees — members of the socalled deep state— are involved in a plot to overthrow President Trump. Oh, and they’re also Satan-worshipers and participate in an international child sex abuse, torture, and trafficking ring.

That’s the basic premise of someone who posts messages in the darkest bowels of social media under the handle QAnon. He, she, or they — no one seems to know who’s doing it — claim to be a member of military intelligence or the CIA, somebody definitely in the know about secret cabals.

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There are people who actually believe this tripe despite the fact that none of the claims or predictions made have been proven or come true. And there are some spectacular claims being made by the mysterious Qanon.

There have also been some interesting QAnon predictions, like Republicans would dominate the 2018 midterm elections.

But the granddaddy of these predictions is something called The Storm. That was the day the giant conspiracy would finally be fully exposed, the military would round up all the conspirators, and ship them off to Guantanamo, where they would be tried for treason, not to mention child sex trafficking. The predicted day of The Storm, November 3, 2019, came and went with nary an arrest.

To point out this is all preposterous gets the expected response from QAnon followers: You, my thinking friend, are part of the conspiracy.

Then there was the accusation that a pedophile ring, led by Hillary, of course, was operating out of the basement of a pizzeria in Washington, D.C. A preliminary investigation determined the place had no basement.

(There were other anonymous posters making similar claims first, but when QAnon showed up in October 2017, the hopeless and the hapless began to slurp it up.)

It’s not easy to pick out highlights from a collection of the truly absurd, nearly all of which require a complete suspension of disbelief to accept.

Let’s see ... Robert Mueller’s investigation was actually a false flag operation, a distraction.

In reality, the claim goes, he was working with Trump to try and expose the sex-trafficking rings in government and to prevent a coup led by Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and George Soros. Those three are also the leaders of the sex-trafficking ring, and Hillary will soon be arrested for her role. Many Democrats and Hollywood notables are also involved, according to QAnon.

Jeff Sessions is also said to be secretly working with Trump, which must be quite a surprise to both of them given the president’s relentless attacks on his former attorney general.

Here are some good ones: Princess Diana was murdered because she was trying to stop the 9/11 attacks. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is actually the granddaughter of Adolph Hitler. Oh, and JFK faked his own assassination and reappeared in 2017. You’d think somebody would have noticed and mentioned these things.

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tion determined the place had no basement.

QAnon also has claimed mass shootings are government operations, or fake, designed to prepare us for gun confiscation. Naturally, there is also the old anti-Semitic trope that the Rothschild family is in control of all of it, everywhere.

Then there was the accusation that a pedophile ring, led by Hillary, of course, was operating out of the basement of a pizzeria in Washington, D.C. A preliminary investiga-

The saddest part of this is there are people, apparently summa cum laude graduates of the University of Gullibility, believing it all, despite the fact there isn’t a shred of evidence any of it is true. Included in that group are two Republican candidates for the U.S. House and one for the U.S. Senate who have already won their primary races. (To be fair, the national Republican Party has tried to create as much distance as possible between their official party apparatus and the three outlier candidates.)

A little common sense might be in order.

There is no conceivable way thousands of government employees could possibly keep such a conspiracy quiet. It would require impeccable planning, meticulous execution, and absolute secrecy ... by the government?

And where are the parents of all these allegedly tortured and trafficked children?

(They’re being paid to keep quiet.) Why has nothing been reported to the police? (Law enforcement is part of the conspiracy.) No reports from doctors or hospitals? (Yup, part of the conspiracy.)

This has the distinct odor of a prank that just keeps going, The Onion of the conspiracy world. One can imagine the perpetrators giggling uncontrollably every time they see their latest bit of insanity whistling around social media. That people follow this, and believe it with cult-like fealty, is a little pathetic not to mention dangerous; acts of violence have already been perpetrated by followers who believe they were doing QAnon’s bidding.

This is, to put it in technical terms, nuts. QAnon is a fraud, a prankster or both.

Crime & Rescue CASINO EXEC DIES IN JET SKI CRASH A Las Vegas casino executive was killed in a jet ski crash on Little Traverse Bay on July 4.

Richard Haskins was riding a 2011 Sea-Doo in the early afternoon when he collided with a 27-foot Magnum powerboat, helmed by James Moffatt, a 77-year-old from Vero Beach, Florida.

Emmet County Sheriff’s Office Marine Division responded at 2:13pm, according to a press release.

The 56-year-old was taken to a boat launch in Harbor Springs, where he was pronounced dead by emergency responders.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Haskins was the president of Red Rock Resorts Inc. and Station Casinos.

NO ONE HURT IN HOUSE FIRE Firefighters in Cadillac responded to a modular house fire and quickly extinguished it before it could spread to other structures.

Cadillac Fire Department personnel responded at 6:30pm July 7 to a structure fire on Sundberg Street and found large amounts of fire and smoke at the residence.

The lone occupant of the home had gotten out and was OK; firefighters stayed on scene until 9am to make sure the fire couldn’t spread.

The home was badly damaged by the fire, but a neighboring structure only suffered exterior damage, according to a press release. There were no injuries.

BOATER DIES IN GREEN LAKE An Interlochen man died after attempting to swim to shore when his boat became disabled in Green Lake.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies launched a search for 78-year-old Michael Henry Emaus after the incident was reported at 10:15pm July 4.

The next day, the sheriff’s dive team, ROV team, side scan sonar team, drone team, and officers from the Department of Natural Resources continued the search and ultimately found the deceased at 6:30pm.

TEEN KILLED IN CRASH A teenager who was not wearing a seatbelt was thrown from a vehicle and killed during a crash.

Manistee County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene at 3:49am July 4 on Merkey Road, near the intersection of Maple Road in Filer Township.

A Jeep Cherokee had been travelling too fast, the driver lost control, and it drove off of the road, rolling over and striking a utility pole.

A passenger, 18-year-old Sydney Jade Riggs, was thrown from the vehicle. She was taken to Munson Manistee and later pronounced dead.

Deputies suspect the driver, a 20-year-old Scottville resident, had been drinking.

VEHICLE RUMMAGERS SOUGHT Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a spree of car break-ins that occurred in Elmwood Township July 8.

Deputies responded at 4:45am that morning to South Center Highway where someone was reportedly breaking into a vehicle. The suspects had

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fled by the time the deputies got there, but they left behind some burglary tools, which the investigators collected.

Throughout the day, several more reports of thefts from motor vehicles came into the sheriff’s office; investigators believe they were the work of the same suspects. All occurred overnight in the Walnut Street area near East Fouch Road.

Anyone with information should call investigators at (231) 256-8800.

POLICE FIND SWORD AND DRUGS A Grawn man faces charges after state police found methamphetamine and a samurai sword in his car during a traffic stop.

Troopers pulled over Charles Culbertson, 42, for speeding on Homestead Road in Benzie County in June.

In addition to the drugs and the weapon, the trooper discovered Culbertson was using a plate that belonged to another vehicle, according to a press release.

Culbertson faces charges of second-offense possession of controlled substance, carrying a concealed weapon, and illegal use of a license plate.

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Evans had been on a boat with his girlfriend when he noticed the jet ski drifting away and went after it. Before he reached the watercraft, he disappeared in the water; his girlfriend called 911 and flagged down another boater, deputies said.

The other boater searched for Evans, spotted him below the surface, and jumped into the bay to pull him from the water. A group of people on a pontoon boat helped get Evans ashore, where responders attempted to revive him and took him to Munson Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

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BOATER DROWNS IN EAST BAY A Kalkaska man who jumped after an untethered jet ski apparently drowned while trying to swim after it in East Grand Traverse Bay. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 3:18pm July 6 to Bluff Road on Old Mission Peninsula.

Another boater had pulled the body of 47-yearold Tommy Allan Evans from the lake bottom in 13 feet of water.

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IT AIN’T OVER TILL IT’S OVER. AND IT’S NOT OVER. opinion

BY Tom Gutowski There’s a huge disparity between the well-being of white and Black families in America. Median Black household wealth is about one-tenth of median white household wealth. Median Black household income is 61 percent of that of whites. Black life expectancy is three and a half years shorter.

Black children are almost twice as likely to live in poverty. About 41 percent of Black families own their own homes, compared to 73 percent of white families. Rates of Black unemployment and infant mortality hover around twice the rate of whites. Black mothers are three times as likely to die in childbirth or from related complications.

The roots of this gap lay in the institution of slavery. Besides not being compensated for their labor, slaves often had their families torn apart, were subject to physical punishment at the whim of their owners, and were forbidden to own property or learn to read. There were exceptions; of the 25 percent of Southerners who owned slaves, a few were Blacks. Some slaves, with their master’s consent, could hire themselves out a few hours a week and own property. And a few learned to read. But overall the popular image is correct: white masters, Black slaves, and a brutal existence.

Much of the wealth of slave owners was destroyed during the Civil War and by emancipation, but by 1880 the major slaveowning families had recovered financially through their social connections and access to capital, while most ex-slaves and some whites had become sharecroppers or farm laborers.

After the war, during Reconstruction, former slaves hoped to enjoy the rights and opportunities available to whites.

There were promising beginnings — Blacks registered to vote, held office, started schools — despite fierce resistance from the white population, including 2,000 lynchings between 1865 and 1877. But in the Compromise of 1877, federal troops were removed from the former confederate states, and the period of federally backed egalitarianism came to an end.

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What followed was harsh discrimination in housing, transportation, employment, and education; various forms of blatantly illegal exploitation; thousands more lynchings, Klan intimidation, several massacres; and disfranchisement. The situation in the North was only marginally better.

After World War II, when discriminatory administration of the GI Bill denied most Blacks the benefits — like college tuition and government backed mortgages — that were available to millions of white GIs, it was a continuation of what Blacks had been experiencing for decades.

The Civil Rights movement of the ’50s and ’60s — the Montgomery bus boycott, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, marches, sit-ins, etc. — brought substantial and undeniable progress. But racism and the effects of past racism persist.

Some of it’s obvious: a policeman shooting an unarmed Black man in the back or killing a handcuffed Black man by kneeling on his neck. Or someone hanging a noose from a tree to intimidate a Black family or calling the police because a person’s skin color makes them “suspicious.”

Systemic racism may be harder to grasp, but examples abound. Whites and Blacks use illegal drugs at about the same rate, but Blacks are nearly six times more likely to be incarcerated for drug offenses. On average Blacks get longer prison sentences than whites for similar crimes. Blacks are more likely to be wrongfully convicted of serious crimes than are whites and constitute the great majority of innocent defendants who were framed for fictitious drug crimes and later exonerated.

Blacks are more likely to be represented by a public defender, and evidence suggests that many plead guilty to something they didn’t do to avoid a potentially worse outcome.

Blacks more often remain locked up while awaiting trial, causing job loss. White job applicants with criminal records are more likely to get a call back than are applicants with identical credentials and no prison record, but Black-sounding names.

Voter suppression provides more examples. One method in states with voter ID laws is to close DMVs in majorityBlack areas, making it harder for Blacks to get an ID. Another is to drastically reduce the number of polling places in Black neighborhoods so Black voters have to wait in line for hours while most whites can vote in a couple of minutes.

Some say whatever the historical causes of the economic and social gap between whites and Blacks, it’s totally up to Blacks to help themselves; slavery and Jim Crow ended long ago, and there’s only so much that whites can do. The first part of that proposition is a truism at best; we all should take responsibility for our own lives, whatever the obstacles in our path. But the second half is a cop-out.

The honor code at West Point reads: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” We need a similar code regarding race: “An American does not discriminate on the basis of race, or tolerate those who do, or a system that does.” It’s not enough to say, “I’m not racist so it’s not my problem” and move on. It’s time for white people to acknowledge that racism still exists and still causes harm, and to stop tolerating it. It’s also time to stop supporting politicians and pundits who seek to divide us. This isn’t a zero-sum game, where one group’s gain is the other’s loss. We all benefit by building a more just society.

Tom Gutowski earned a bachelors degree in economics and a bachelors, masters, and PhD in history before entering the insurance industry, from which he retired several years ago.

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A police officer in West Yorkshire, England, shared the thoughts of many after being called to the scene of a wreck involving a $300,000 Lamborghini that lasted only 20 minutes on the road before it was totaled on June 24. “It’s only a car,” the officer tweeted, but he “could have cried.” According to the BBC, the car suffered a mechanical failure during its virgin drive and came to a stop in the outside land of the M1 motorway, where it was rear-ended by a van.

The driver of the van suffered nonserious head injuries in the crash. The Lamborghini driver was not identified, nor was it clear whether he was hurt in the crash.

Idle Hands TikTok user Kevin Wise told KSLA he was looking for his five minutes of fame when he jumped into a fish tank at Bass Pro Shop in Bossier, Louisiana, in late June. “I said that if I got 2,000 likes, I would jump in the tank,” Wise said. “I got way more than that and didn’t want to be a liar.” Shopper Treasure McGraw recorded video of Wise swimming around in the tank before he climbed out and ran through the store, soaking wet. “We heard a big splash, and I thought it was one of the fish,” McGraw said. Initially, Bass Pro Shops said it would not press charges, but on June 26, the company filed a complaint with the Bossier City Police Department, noting that it had to empty the 13,000-gallon tank and clean it after Wise’s swim. Wise wouldn’t recommend the stunt to others. “Don’t do spur-of-the-moment crap like I do,” he warned.

Repeat Offender Devin Roberts, 32, of Bardwell, Kentucky, caught the attention of local media after being arrested three times in one week. Carlisle County Sheriff ’s deputies first encountered Roberts on June 23, WSIL reported, when he called the sheriff ’s office to say he had taken a case he found next to a dumpster that turned out to contain items belonging to the city.

When officers arrived, they determined the case had been removed from a city building.

The following Saturday, Roberts was accused of fighting with a grocery store clerk and making lewd comments to female employees. Sheriff William Gilbert found Roberts at his home, passed out in a running vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He had also left his 3-yearold son at home with another inebriated person.

Finally, on June 28, deputies pulling over a car on suspicion of drunken driving found Roberts in the passenger seat, drunk and in possession of alcohol, which violated the terms of his earlier bonds. Roberts faces multiple charges related to all three encounters.

Questionable Judgments The Sun reported on June 29 that two Ryanair pilots are in the (chicken) soup after they recorded themselves getting silly with a rubber chicken in the cockpit of a Boeing 737800. In the video, thought to be recorded as passengers boarded the plane in Birmingham, England, the first officer and pilot trade off using the chicken to operate the airplane’s throttle and making it squeak while mugging for the camera. Other crew members laugh in the background. A spokesperson for Ryanair commented: “These pictures and videos show crew on the ground in a parked aircraft with the engines shut down. While the images are unprofessional, the actions in them posed no risk and safety was never compromised. ... (Nevertheless) we are investigating the matter further.”

Merseyside Police responding to the scene of a crash in Huyton, England, in the wee hours of June 28 say they arrived in time to witness a woman “finishing off a glass of wine,” according to the Echo. In the collision, a white Mercedes had plowed into a parked Ford Focus, with both cars sustaining significant damage. Photographs from the scene showed the Mercedes to contain an empty wine bottle on the floor of the passenger seat, along with a wine glass, and another full bottle in a storage compartment.

Police announced the arrest of two women, 33 and 35, on suspicion of unauthorized taking of a motor vehicle and drunk driving.

This Old House Firefighters were called to a home in Guilford, Connecticut, on June 29 where a resident had fallen through a wood floor in the 177-year-old house and down about 30 feet into a well, WHDH reported. The victim treaded water for about 25 minutes while responders worked to hoist them out. Apparently, the well had been covered over by an addition made to the home during a 1981 renovation. “Some of these older, historical homes may have hazards that were not updated by current code,” the Guilford Police Department tweeted. The victim was taken to the hospital but had only minor injuries.

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A Family Affair Retired wheat farmer Peter Grundy, 84, of Denilliquin, New South Wales, Australia, has wanted to sell his apartment in Melbourne for the past eight years so he can move to a retirement home, but he’s been foiled by his 49-year-old daughter, Katrina, who refuses to move out.

Grundy has taken his daughter to court to evict her, Nine reported, but she won’t budge, and Grundy is running out of options. “I’m sure it’s taken the bit of youth I had left in me,” said Grundy, describing his daughter as “very clever in legal terms.” Katrina contends her parents gifted her the apartment, but a judge has dismissed that claim. Dad has spent about $70,000 (Australian) in legal fees. “She has an enormous capability to come up with things we never hear of,” he said.

Should Have Seen It Coming Alexander Feaster, 44, in Hunter, Oklahoma, was arrested and charged in the June 28 shooting of an unnamed 26-year-old woman who had been attending a party across the street from Feaster’s property. Garfield County Sheriff Jody Helm told KFOR that, on a dare, the woman had tried to steal one of two Nazi swastika flags displayed in Feaster’s front yard, but “on the way back, someone hollered gun. She dropped the flag ... and shots were fired.” Police executing a search warrant on the home found more than a dozen guns and ammunition. Feaster was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill. The woman is expected to survive.

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ON TRIAL Opponents of the oil and gas pipeline believe the fight against it has a new life, and a new argument: climate change.

In April 2018, an anchor deployed in the Straits of Mackinac damaged a section of the west leg of Line 5. This image is a screen shot of the inspection video conducted by Ballard Marine Construction. Photo courtesy Enbridge Energy.

By Patrick Sullivan Times were different when Line 5 was stretched underwater across the five miles of the Straits of Mackinac in 1953.

The project was barely a blip in the news.

People were hungry for new sources of energy to fuel their cars and homes. The pipeline existed for decades in a blissful state of anonymity.

Line 5, though, is no longer anonymous.

Over the last decade, most of the concern and criticism of Line 5 has been centered on the aging pipeline’s frailties, worry over its owner’s track record for pipeline safety, and a fear over the threat that the now very-old infrastructure poses to the Great Lakes.

There’s no question that a large-scale failure of Line 5 could be devastating to the lakes, but even as the line has been shut down over engineering concerns in recent weeks, some advocacy groups who oppose the pipeline have decided to add a new argument to the case that it should

be removed: The fossil fuel carried by the line represents a significant potential to accelerate climate change, just as the people of this state have begun to recognize the consequences of climate failure, events like severe storms, flooding, and extreme heat.

On June 19, 2020, Enbridge announced an anchor support on the east leg of the Line 5 pipeline was found damaged in June. Photo courtesy of Enbridge Energy.

What led to their ability to make the case perhaps stemmed from the attention Line 5 got in the news after an eye-opening event in 2018 — an anchor strike that damaged the pipeline. (The pipeline recently suffered another strike — this one by an unknown

“We need the benefit of having other groups come in and provide information. There’s going to be a really serious, hardcore, thorough examination of what this tunnel will mean for the state of Michigan.”

TIME FOR A TRIAL Environmentalists might have wanted to make climate change part of their argument against Line 5’s existence for years, but until recent events unfolded in Lansing, they couldn’t litigate that argument, said Margrethe Kearney, an attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center.

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object — which lead to its temporary closure in late June.) Soon after the first strike, Enbridge, the Canadian company that owns and operates Line 5, proposed building a tunnel to bury the line and keep it out of harm’s way.

To accomplish that, Enbridge originally argued, they would undertake “minor maintenance,” a mere modification that had

been tacitly approved way back when that original permit was issued in 1953.

Advocates challenged that line of reasoning, however, and in late June, the Michigan Public Service Commission sided with Enbridge opponents, finding that a permit for the tunnel would have to go through a full approval process, one that’s expected to take about a year and will involve proceedings much like those that occur in a lawsuit — with evidence, testimony, cross-examination and, in this case, an administrative law judge.

For Kearney, the MPSC’s finding was a turning point, she said, because it essentially means that she and her allies can now put Line 5 and Enbridge on trial.

“That tunnel absolutely cannot be considered some kind of ‘minor maintenance’ project,” Kearney said. “We said we need a contested case where we can go in and we can ask Enbridge questions. … One of the big things we’re focusing on is climate change — what kind of climate change impact does this project have?”

Kearney said the approval process will enable her and other like-minded groups to bring in expert witnesses before the MPSC. That’s because when the commission considers a large-scale project like building a tunnel for Line 5, one of the factors they take into account are environmental consequences.

“We need the benefit of having other groups come in and provide information,” Kearney said. “There’s going to be a really serious, hardcore, thorough examination of what this tunnel will mean for the state of Michigan.”

Those effects, she said, would be immediate, such as the carbon cost of the construction itself, and long term, such as the carbon costs of enabling a fossil fuel pipeline to operate for who-knows-how-long into the future — especially when you consider that in the near future, we might not require as much fossil fuel as we do today.

“We look around us in Michigan these days, and we can see the impacts of climate change,” she said. “If the impacts of climate change are not worth the need for the energy to be brought through this pipeline, then the commission should say no.”

A PIPELINE’S LONG LIFE The argument that the projected lifespan of Line 5 is too long and therefore should not happen is almost the same argument — albeit in a reverse form — that Enbridge spokesman Ryan Duffy uses to argue that the tunnel project should go ahead.

According to Duffy, if the potential dangers of Line 5 are shored up so there’s little chance of a catastrophic oil spill in the Straits of Mackinac, then people who are concerned about Michigan’s environment should support the project.

Already, he noted, 23 counties around the area (including Grand Traverse County) have passed ceremonial resolutions in support of the line, along with the Republican-controlled state legislature.

“We’re seeing a lot of support and support building for the project because, I think, more and more, it’s a commonsense solution,” Duffy said.

Duffy said he believes the MPSC decision to do a full-blown examination of the permit request will only be a blip and will not delay the project.

“We’re still on top of that, and we expect to start construction next year and finish in 2024,” Duffy said. “I think it’s clear that the pipeline is very much needed in Michigan, as it does supply more than half of the propane used in the state.”

Duffy said Line 5 delivers 65 percent of the propane needed in the Upper Peninsula, and 30 percent of the oil in the line goes to Detroit-area refineries to make gasoline.This argument was echoed in Canada, where the an article in the country’s Financial Post recently warned that the shutdown of Line 5 by a Michigan judge would lead to gasoline shortages in Ontario.

Kearney said she doesn’t buy that argument, and that fearmongering over high energy prices is a tired page in Enbridge’s playbook.

“There are short-term impacts on energy markets, and they shift rapidly,” she said.

“The impact is going to be largely on a Canadian company that is in Michigan and other states to move fossil fuel from one part of Canada to another part of Canada. I think Enbridge likes to paint the picture that the sky is falling, that the world is going to end. I think that’s wrong.”

Duffy disputes that Line 5 is only critical to Canadian markets, noting that the corporation pays more than $60 million in property taxes to the state of Michigan every year.

BUILD TO THE FUTURE, NOT PRESENT Jim MacInnes, president and CEO of Crystal Mountain and a clean-energy advocate, said that he worries more about Line 5’s potential for an oil spill, given its age and track record, but he also believes it is infrastructure that should not be renewed.

“I think we need to ween ourselves off of fossil fuels faster than we are, that’s for sure,” MacInnes said. “We need to start investing in 21st-century infrastructure that will support clean energy.”

In order to slow the effects of climate change, we need to rethink how infrastructure is designed. We need to be able to move clean energy around with a modern power grid rather than undertake projects to restore old oil pipes, he said.

“What we need to do is, we basically need to electrify everything we can, and then run it with clean energy,” MacInnes said. “That’s what we need to be doing. … You need to be able to move power all around.”

Liz Kirkwood, the executive director of For Love of Water and one of the central attorneys opposing Enbridge in this case, said questioning the project as a matter of infrastructure is critical.

“We haven’t, as a state, even sat down and asked the question, ‘Do we need Line 5 for our energy future?’ Not ‘Does Enbridge need it?’ but ‘Do we need it?’”

Kirkwood said. “We’re going to be asking ourselves the most important public questions, such as, ‘Is there a public need for this type of pipeline?’”

Kirkwood disputes Enbridge’s claims that the Upper Peninsula and the state as a whole rely on energy from Line 5. She cited a 2018 National Wildlife Commission study that found that decommissioning the pipeline would not have huge economic impacts. She said it is time for Line 5 to have its day in court.

“The new phase, as a result of the regulatory approval process, means for the first time, Line 5 opponents will be able to question Enbridge officials under oath,” Kirkwood said.

Director of the Michigan Climate Action Network Kate Madigan said her organization, along with Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities, signed on to the effort to oppose Line 5 on the basis of climate, in part, because of the 99-year extension of life the tunnel would automatically receive if it’s approved.

Northern Michigan is already seeing the impacts of climate change, and they are not good, she said.

500-year storms are happening every few years,” Madigan said. “It would be great if we could not think about climate change while we worry about all this other stuff, but we have waited too long already.”

ENBRIDGE ALREADY ON BOARD Duffy, the Enbridge spokesman, doesn’t think the climate change argument against the tunnel is valid. The tunnel will ensure the safety of the line, he said, and, anyway, Enbridge is already on board with clean energy.

“Enbridge has invested heavily in renewable energy,” he said. “We recognize that we are transitioning, and we need to transition.”

He said they’ve built wind farms across the country.

The tunnel, he said, makes for the safest way to distribute all of those carbon energies for as long as we need them.

“As far as the tunnel, though, no matter what our energy use is in the future, if there is going to be any liquid products, the safest way to transport those is in a pipeline.”

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By Janice Binkert Adorning the Small Batch logo is a friendly looking bee, wings outspread. It could be a symbol for Lauretta Reiss, creative director and owner of the restaurant, bakery, and catering service that falls under the Small Batch heading. Reiss is the essential heart and soul of the whole operation — the force around which it revolves. But Reiss is no queen bee. Quite the contrary. She is a fierce worker bee, buzzing around spiritedly from one task to another right alongside her staff. And from the lively twinkle in her eyes that reveals the smile behind her now-essential face mask, she’s enjoying every minute of it.

FROM FOOTWEAR TO COOKWARE Originally from Birmingham, Michigan, Reiss earned a degree in design from Michigan State University that led to a high-powered, international career as a footwear designer, based first in Chicago and then in Los Angeles.

Extensive travel in Asia and Europe was a big part of her job. Retiring in 2012, after 25 years, she moved to Harbor Springs, where she used to have a summer home. But slowing down was never in her DNA. What was inherent in her was a passion for baking and cooking, having been inspired and taught her way around the kitchen from an early age by her Filipino artist mother. Back in Northern Michigan, she began to indulge that passion more intensely, and what used to be a form of relaxation after a long day’s work was soon to become a second career, with unique food designs replacing shoe designs.

With a little nudge from a good friend, she decided to open a bakery in downtown Harbor Springs. Small Batch Local made its debut in 2014. Then, less than a year later, the owner of The Cupola, a well-known Harbor Springs dining destination for 30 years, approached Reiss about taking over that space to open a breakfast and lunch restaurant, and Small Batch at the Cupola was born. Not long afterward, Reiss moved her bakery into the restaurant and expanded the kitchen. “Having both of them here has really worked to our advantage,” said Reiss. “It’s wonderful having the dining setting amidst all the baked goods, and it’s certainly easier to manage and maintain.”

Dinner wasn’t added at Small Batch until earlier this year, a result of COVID-19 restaurant shutdowns. “You have to be able to change course like that [snaps fingers] when a situation like that arises,” she said, “and that’s what we did. We shifted into doing

takeaway, and fortunately, that business has been amazing. We quickly realized that people wanted dinner more than breakfast and lunch, so we amped up our menu to include it. It started with our fish fry, Sunday chicken dinners, and barbecue to go. The locals really supported us, for which we are very grateful. It added a whole new aspect to our business, and we not only survived but thrived. It was a big challenge, but well worth it.”

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES Although Reiss has no formal culinary training, all of the recipes at Small Batch are her own creations, dishes that she says are tried and true. Asked how she developed such a large culinary repertoire, she laughed and replied, “With food, there are endless possibilities! I won’t put anything on my menu unless I’ve done it 100 times — I perfect it and change it until it’s right. And we still tweak things all the time if we feel they can be better yet.”

Small Batch is seasonally oriented and very much ingredient-driven. Everything is made from scratch, using products from several local sources, including Ziibimijwang, a Native American farm in Carp Lake that Reiss said has “fabulous” organic produce.

“Anything that goes into our food has to have a reason for being — there’s a difference in everything we do, and people notice it,” said Reiss. “Take our version of eggs Benedict, which we call Benedict’s Garden. We do a Florentine sauce rather than Hollandaise sauce, and we serve the poached eggs over grilled rosemary ham and mixed roasted vegetables. And our breakfast sandwich — the Rise and Shine — has caramelized onions, aged cheddar, tarragon-herbed eggs and sriracha aioli on grilled brioche.”

Other popular breakfast features include the Heavenly (lemon ricotta pancakes with fresh blueberries and lemon zest glaze), Cali Dreaming (avocado mash, pickled red onions, tomatoes, cheddar, and two sunny-side-up eggs on grilled ciabatta), and Gravy Train (a grilled golden biscuit topped with crispy fried chicken, sausage gravy and two fried eggs), as well as daily specials, often some version of a quiche. Various omelets add variety to the Sunday brunch menu.

SAVORY AND SWEET The dinner menu is nothing if not diverse, with bold flavors and choices ranging from the Holy Smoke (St. Louis ribs slathered in house BBQ sauce) to the Winner Winner Chicken Dinner (crispy chicken, mashed potatoes

and gravy, corn, slaw, and a biscuit), the Don Chipotle (a pork-belly BLT with fried green tomato and chipotle aioli), and the Over the Rainbow salad (a dish created to celebrate Gay Pride, with grilled chicken, roasted beets, asparagus, corn, zucchini, and squash tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, radish, and citrus vinaigrette). From time to time, Reiss also offers Filipino classics like pancit (a noodle dish) or Mexican fare that she came to love in Los Angeles, as well as things like a recent seafood boil (with crawfish, mussels, crab, shrimp, andouille sausage corn and potatoes).

“People come back to us again and again, not only for our restaurant menu items but also for our baked goods,” said Reiss. The sea salt chocolate chip cookies are the No. 1 seller, but the butter cake, lemon pound cake, and the beyond decadent triple-fudge bundt cake are equally beloved by customers, as are the magic bars (Oreo cookie crust, walnuts, coconut, and chocolate chips) and the wide array of fanciful cupcakes.

The interior of Small Batch showcases Reiss’s extensive collection of art, cookbooks, and vintage furniture, making patrons feel as if they are dining in a private home. Soft, ’40s-style music plays in the background.

“I wanted to create a compelling, exciting, interesting dining experience,” she said. “You’re

Clockwise from top: A cozy, cottage-y vibe is the hallmark of the eatery’s style, and it starts before customers even enter. Sea salt chocolate chip cookies are the No. 1 seller out of Small Batch’s bakery, but trust us — these rose cupcakes are as delicious as they are pretty. Small Batch’s iconic bee. Lauretta serving up her scrumptious BBQ ribs. The Gravy Train, a must-try. dining not only with art surrounding you but also with art on your plate. There’s an artistry in what we do. That’s exactly the concept, our brand. Whether it’s the aesthetics of where you’re sitting, the eclectic chairs, the colorful and flavorful dish before you, or the bakery cart with its sweet temptations – all of it is part of the same story.”

The Small Batch at the Cupola restaurant, also home to Small Batch Local bakery and catering, is located at 340 State St. in Harbor Springs.

Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner Monday 8:30am–5pm, Thursday through Saturday 8:30am–8pm. Brunch is served 8:30am–2pm Sunday. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Everything on the menu is available for dinein or to go. For more information, reservations, take-away orders or custom catering inquiries, call (231) 242-4686, visit www.smallbatchhs. com, or email lauretta@smallbatchhs.com.

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Some couples stay at a bayside inn for their honeymoon; Stafford and Janice Smith, pictured at the desk of the Bay View Inn in 1961, opted to run one.

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Just about a week before their wedding in 1961, Stafford Smith — age 22, fresh out of college, and suddenly unemployed — and his 22-year-old, just-graduated bride-to-be, Janice Johnson — signed on to buy the Bay View Inn. A look at the couple who turned a single hotel into a small hospitality dynasty in Little Traverse.

By Jillian Manning Stafford Smith is known as one of the region’s foremost hospitality professionals, with iconic Northern Michigan properties like the Bay View Inn, the Perry Hotel, and the Weathervane Restaurant under his umbrella. But his nearly six-decade career wasn’t planned; it was built on several happy accidents, a love story, and plenty of perseverance.

And he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I came into the hospitality industry by chance and by fate,” Smith says. “It’s been a great ride ever since.”

HAPPY ACCIDENTS Smith was born in Petoskey while his folks were vacationing at the family cottage, and he returned year after year for summer vacations. By the time college rolled around, he found himself working at the Bay View Inn in what he expected to be “just a summer job.”

During Smith’s early tenure at the hotel, seasonal guests would flock north via train and automobile for weeks at a time, but fled as soon as colder weather appeared after Labor Day, creating perfect summer employment for a college student.

The inn was owned by Dr. Roy Heath, who was the inn’s proprietor in the summer months and a Michigan Tech professor of physics and chemistry during the rest of the year.

“He worked on the atom bomb during World War II and the Fermi Project,” Smith says. “Why would a guy like this own a hotel? Well, he, like myself, worked at the Bay View in college, and when it started getting run down in the late ’40s, early ’50s, he bought the Bay View because it meant so much to him.”

Smith returned the next several summers, working his way up the hotel ladder. In the spring of 1960 (the end of his senior year), he got a letter from Dr. Heath.

The doctor had gotten a new position at

NMU and needed someone to operate the inn on his behalf if he was called away for work. Smith, of course, said yes.

A LOVE STORY Thank goodness he did, as it was this stroke of luck that led Smith to meet his wife.

“One of my responsibilities was to take over the staff and do some hiring,” he explains. “One of the staff members ended up being my dear Janice, my future wife.

When I read her application, I was struck by the things that she had done in college and in high school.” Laughing, he adds, “It was more than love at first sight: it was love over an application.”

The lovebirds — who recently celebrated their 59th anniversary — decided to wait to get married until the following summer after Janice had finished her final year of college.

They knew they wanted to live in Northern Michigan, so Smith took a promising position at the Perry Hotel. But the smooth sailing toward the wedding hit a bump in the road when the Perry Hotel went under new ownership and Smith was let go.

Never one to be down for long, Smith called his old boss Dr. Heath. Heath was in the process of selling the Bay View Inn and wound up convincing Smith to take over the hotel.

“That’s how I became a hotel owner in 1961,” Smith says. “We had signed a land contract before the wedding. We were married in the third week of June, and the fourth week of June, we opened up as the new proprietors of the Bay View. We were both 22 years old at the time.”

PERSEVERANCE, PART I The learning curve was steep for the young owners, but by then Smith had “worked every shift in the place,” from the dishwasher to the kitchen to the front desk. Little by little, he began making improvements on the building, renovations that were spurred on by the end of train service to northern Michigan in the early 1960s. Now, to draw visitors north, the Bay

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An old postcard shows the Bay View Inn in one of its many earlier incarnations, when it was known as The Roselawn. The oldest summer hotel in Northern Michigan, the inn was built in 1886 by J.W. Howard. He called it the Woodland Avenue House, but after renovating it only five years later, changed its name to Howard House. It wouldn’t become the Bay View Inn until 1935.

View needed to step into a new realm of hospitality.

“This was a summer hotel had been built in 1886,” Smith explains. “It didn’t even have foundation walls. It was like a big cottage, and only twelve of the sixty-three rooms actually had their own private baths.” (Today the hotel has 31 rooms, all with their own bathrooms!)

Smith also dreamed of having yearround business in Petoskey, which was beginning to branch out into skiing and other off-season attractions. That dream led to using the Bay View’s large kitchen and dining area for special events and catering jobs. When asked for a favorite memory from those early days, Smith tells the story of an event with the Bay View Association’s recreation department.

“I was part of [the program] growing up,” he says. “The first year we had the inn,

I said to the gentleman in charge, ‘You’ve run a beautiful program here. We don’t have any money, but is there something that we can do to help?’ He said, ‘Most of our kids are volunteers. I’d like to have a nice dinner together at the end of our season, and send these people off on a high note.”

Smith jumped at the challenge, creating a formal event that allowed the young volunteers to dress up and enjoy a night out with great food. And that tradition, started decades ago, still continues today.

PERSEVERANCE, PART II As the Bay View Inn took root under his ownership, Smith began expanding his portfolio. Not all the ventures succeeded, like the Birchwood Inn, an investment that was disrupted by the oil embargo in the 1970s, or Stafford’s Patio Buffet, an outdoor patio that operated for two summers in the

The Bay View Inn today.

Stafford and Janice Smith, who recently celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary.

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Stafford and Janice Smith dressed for dinner at their inn in 1961.

60s—a concept Smith admits was about 30 years ahead of its time.

But many of Smith’s endeavors still stand today. Gaining the Weathervane Restaurant in Charlevoix was “a real success,� and Smith is proud to be tied to the “absolutely gorgeous building.� The Perry Hotel came next in 1989, following the bankruptcy of the previous owner, Arthur Curry, whose story involves counterfeiting, kidnapping, ransom, and prison. Thankfully, the most recent acquisition, the Crooked River Lodge in Alanson, had no such drama.

But through all the ups and downs, Smith stuck to a specific code in his personal and professional life. “I’m a Rotarian,� he says. “When I make decisions, I think about these four things: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? And will it be beneficial to all?�

PERSEVERANCE, PART III Of course, the ups and downs are never over, especially as COVID-19 has thrown the hospitality world for a loop. But Smith points to a driving force that can weather any storm: giving customers a great experience. “One of the things that I’ve always believed is that when people come into your operations, one of the things they’re trying to do is create memories. I try to instill that in all our folks: these people are walking to our front door, and they’re looking for a positive experience we can provide. A lot of people are under a lot of pressure right now, so you just have to put on your kindness hat as much as possible.�

Hats off—and masks on—to that!

FAMILY MATTERS

We checked in with one more source — Stafford Smith’s cousin and COO of Stafford Hospitality, Brian Ewbank — to see what he had to say about Smith’s career.

Hard Work “My earliest work memory of Stafford was watching him wallpaper one of the guest rooms at the Bay View Inn,� Ewbak says. “I wondered at the time, ‘Why is he doing this if he owns it?’ Well, over the next few years, I ended up working for him during the summers and found out that just because you own something it doesn’t mean you work less; you work more.�

No Problem “With Stafford nothing is a problem, just an opportunity,� he adds. “Once, we were hosting a banquet at the Bay View Inn with about 100 doctors. I was bartending, and one of the doctors wanted a Hummer, which is an ice cream drink. I thought, ‘Boy, once the other doctors see that, they’ll want one.’ Sure, enough they all lined up. We only had one blender, so I went to Stafford and told him what I thought was a problem. He said to bring five fifths of rum to the kitchen, and [when I did], he had ten gallons of vanilla ice cream in the sixty-quart paddle mixer.�

Bottom Line “Stafford is Mr. Hospitality,� Ewbank concludes. “Can’t really say anything more about him. He treats me the same way he treats anyone he encounters — always with a smile and always with time to talk.�

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The Show will Go On Farmfest Braces for an Unusual 23rd Year

By Craig Manning Virtually every music festival is off the schedule for 2020, from Lollapalooza in Chicago to Coachella in Indio, California.

COVID-19 has rendered large concert events virtually nonexistent since March — though artists have gotten creative with livestreamed online shows to stay connected with their fans. Amid all the chaos and cancellations, one northern Michigan music festival is taking a stance that the pandemic has rendered somewhat unusual: The show must go on.

A HOMEGROWN FESTIVAL Some 22 years ago, in the summer of 1998, Stacy Jo Schiller launched what has become Northern Michigan’s preeminent music festival: Farmfest, a homegrown event that welcomes guests onto Schiller’s farm property in the tiny town of Johannesburg, about 15 minutes east of Gaylord, to hear the best in Michigan folk music, bluegrass, and more. It’s an off-the-beaten-path experience: Schiller even cautions festivalgoers that most GPS systems can’t ever seem to find her farm. But it’s also an event that has grown into a beloved tradition among many in northern Michigan. When Schiller calls it “one big musical family reunion,” she means it.

“We’ve got people that have been here every year for the whole 23 years,” Schiller told Northern Express. “The babies have turned to teenagers and then to young adults, and the kids that gave us trouble back in the day have their own children now.”

Hearing live music, seeing familiar faces, convening with friends and family: it doesn’t escape Schiller that all the things that have come to define Farmfest over the past two decades are the same things that have become rare (or even taboo) during the COVID-19 pandemic. So when it came time to make a decision on whether or not

to postpone the festival’s 23rd annual event, Schiller decided she’d commit herself to making Farmfest happen.

“I’m doing everything I can do to make sure that this is a safe environment, because I believe that we need to gather,” Schiller said of her decision to move forward with the 2020 festival. “We need to be together.

We need to hear live, in-person music. We need to laugh. We just need community. It’s a mental health thing, and I think that we need to start having a conversation about the mental health impacts of the isolation that we’ve had. I believe we can do this safely; we just have to adapt. This situation [with COVID-19] is not going to away, I don’t think, anytime soon. So if we’re going to live a healthy life [through this], we need to be together occasionally.”

SAFE AND SOUND While Farmfest is proceeding for 2020, Schiller notes that the event will look considerably different this year than it has in the past. In the name of safety, the festival is cutting its capacity by 75 percent, from 2,000 tickets to 500 tickets. The smaller crowd will make it easier for attendees to remain socially distant on Farmfest’s 40-acre property. Other safety practices are also in place, including temperature checks at the gate, extra distance between campsites, and one-way foot-traffic markings to direct guests across the property.

Schiller even made the call to convert Farmfest’s usual “dance pavilion” space into an extra stage, to limit congregating and close-quarters celebrating.

The number of musicians playing Farmfest will also be smaller this year: around 33 instead of the usual 72. At the same time, Schiller is maintaining the festival’s usual count of six stages and is planning to keep performances going on each stage for the majority of the festival. The strategy, she thinks, will help keep the smaller audience naturally spread out throughout

the property. In addition, Farmfest will take place 100 percent outdoors this year, with Schiller trading several interior performance spaces for exterior ones.

The changes won’t just affect audience members, but the performers as well. Schiller has designed safety protocols for the stages themselves, including sanitizing processes between each set and a request for all musicians to bring their own microphones.

The artists will also likely find themselves playing to fairly small audiences, given the reduced festival capacity and multi-stage programming schedule. Despite this fact, Schiller hopes the musicians will still enjoy the opportunity to get out and play in front of live audiences again.

BUILDING ON A LEGACY Armed with her safety protocol — which was devised in collaboration with the Ostego County Health Department — Schiller says she’s ready now to focus on hosting something that does justice to the history and legacy of Farmfest. That legacy started in 1997, when Schiller pulled together a team to take a barn that was falling into disrepair, move it to a new location, and rebuild it into what now serves as Farmfest’s mainstage.

Since then, Farmfest has had two primary goals. The first has been to create a symbiotic relationship between the attendees of the festival and the farm itself.

While Schiller’s property is known best as the site of a music festival, it is also the home to a working vegetable farm called Home Comfort Farms. Crucially, the farm relies on Farmfest to be self-sustaining. Though Farmfest tickets are available for purchase with no strings attached, attendees can also barter for festival weekend passes or ticket discounts by volunteering on the farm.

Some of that volunteer work happens in the leadup to Farmfest — including a planting party in the spring to get new crops in the ground, and a “get ’er done” weekend right

before the festival to prepare the grounds.

Other bits happen at the festival itself, with a series of farming workshops that focus on everything from composting to hoop-house construction. Reliably, Schiller says just about everyone who comes to the festival — from the musicians to the audiences to members of the media — pitches in to help with something.

“It works out,” Schiller said of the volunteer model. “I’m an old farmer lady without a tractor, so I have to get creative.

We’ve combined this music festival with the farm production, and it just works great.”

Perhaps more than anything else, though, Schiller says Farmfest is about the music. Coming from a musical background, Schiller has always seen the entertainment aspect of Farmfest as more than a just means to an end. Her pie-inthe-sky hope from the beginning was to be able to give up-and-coming Michigan musicians a “launching pad” for their careers. That’s certainly happened. Past Farmfest lineups have featured many of Michigan’s brightest musical stars, from the Rolling Stone-endorsed bluegrassrock band Greensky Bluegrass to Voice finalist Joshua Davis. Other festival alums include May Erlewine, Luke WinslowKing, Seth Bernard, The Crane Wives, The Go Rounds, The Appleseed Collective, Oh Brother Big Sister, Doc Woodward, and many, many more.

This year, Schiller is determined to keep that spotlight illuminated for performers like Full Cord, The Bandura Gypsies, Hey Cuz, Michelle Held, and Sydni K — even if it means absorbing a monetary loss herself.

“I’ll probably lose money this year, but that’s OK,” Schiller said. “It’s more about supporting the community and the music, and doing it live. Because we need live music.”

Tickets to Farmfest are available online at farm-fest.com/index.php/admission.

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Pictured: Cristopher Ciccone and just a few images of his completed projects.

MATERIAL MAN Designer Christopher Ciccone — Madonna’s younger brother and son of Ciccone Vineyard owner, Tony — recently made Petoskey his home. Now he’s ready to redesign yours.

By Jillian Manning In Northern Michigan, the last name Ciccone usually brings to mind a famous pop singer or a Suttons Bay winery. But recently another Ciccone arrived to make his mark Up North.

Christopher Ciccone, younger brother of Madonna and son of Tony, proprietor of Ciccone Vineyards in Suttons Bay, comes to the Mitten with a diverse artistic background. He’s been a dancer for his sister, designed concert-tour shows, shot music videos, written a book, showcased his art around the world. But his passion for furniture and interior design are the cornerstones of his artistic career, and what brought him to the Petoskey area.

“Design is the one thing that I’ve kept doing since 1985, no matter what else I veer off to explore,” Ciccone says. “Working with clients crosses over the many platforms that I’ve worked in. I get to say, ‘Here’s what I can do for you. Let me help you fulfill your dream.’”

FAMILY BUSINESS His start in the field was an untraditional one, and Ciccone admits to having “stumbled into” the profession during his 20s. He had been a painter for years, but had never tried

his hand at decorating a space until he got a special request.

“It was actually Madonna who introduced me to interior design,” he explains. “She had just married Sean [Penn], and they had a two-bedroom apartment. She needed help buying some furniture, and there’s where my interest began for filling a space, designing a room, and working with a client.”

Although it was his first foray into design, Ciccone says, “I knew innately what would fit in a space because I could feel scale. And I understood colors — that was one of the first lessons I learned when I began painting.

What colors work together, what’s pleasant.

For example, you don’t paint a kitchen green.

You just don’t.”

That apartment kicked off a career that took Ciccone all over the globe. He’s gone on to design NYC restaurants, Miami luxury condos, and even furniture for sitting presidents.

Over the years, he’s called New York, Miami, Paris, London, and L.A. home, and credits travel and living abroad for fueling his creative spirit.

“You can look at pictures of Paris or Venice or Rome. It’s an entirely different experience to be standing there in front of the real thing. I learned to take the time to

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see things and not just look at them. All of that informed me as a designer.”

INSIDE OUT Now, with Petoskey as a home base, Ciccone is discovering new forms of inspiration. From the blues of the water and sky to the green of the trees, northern Michigan’s landscape provides a setting Ciccone says can’t be found in the city.

“The number one thing up here for me is that there’s so much color outside,” he explains. “There’s no point in fighting nature, so let it be your color palette. I like to keep things neutral and simple inside and let nature speak for itself, especially if you’re looking at water or acres of trees and hills.”

Ciccone also mentions an affinity for the color red but tries to use it as you’d find it out in the natural world, scattered among the flowers or in the brief blaze of autumn leaves. He recommends using accent colors or trendy concepts sparingly to keep your home feeling cohesive and timeless.

“I’m about designing things that will last,” he says. “I think about this beautiful old stone house on the drive between here and Charlevoix. When I’m working, I ask, ‘Is this going to last as long as that stone house that’s probably been there for 70-plus years?’”

DESIGNER EYE Ciccone points to a few staples of his aesthetic, as well as recent discoveries.

The color blue is a favorite, as it’s “easy and calming” and fits in so well with the region’s backdrop. Working with the style of Northern Michigan’s Victorian homes and classic farmhouses — especially those with grand front porches — also appeals. And a new discovery has Ciccone looking at walls in an entirely different way.

“When I moved up here, I discovered something that I had never ever used before: wallpaper. I find myself fascinated by it.

I never thought about it as an accent but always imagined a whole room of pink polka dots. But looking through vendors, I realized I can actually use this as a design element.

It’s nice to know that even after 30 years, I haven’t stopped learning.”

When asked whether one of the most love-it-or-hate-it design elements of the modern era —subway tiles — will stand the test of time, he laughs and says he used them in Madonna’s apartment.

“They will always be a classic. They remind me of being young and being in the New York subway. It was the ’80s and there were rats running around, but it was iconic just to look up at the wall and see ‘Fourth

Street’ or ‘Broadway’ on the tiles. I’m still really drawn to that three-by-six tile.”

WORKING TOGETHER Knowing where a client stands on subway tile — and more important design elements — matters. Ciccone says it’s key to meet in the client’s home to get a sense for the space, as well as to become familiar with both the client’s design dreams and their personality.

For him, the intersection of professional and familiar is necessary when designing a space as intimate as the home. “You want to see the colors they like, to see the way that they live,” he says. “You have to ask, ‘What do we want? What are we trying to achieve here?’”

Although Ciccone has his own brand

— Christopher Ciccone Design — he collaborates with the Quiet Moose in Petoskey (see the sidebar for details) as a member of their Design Collective, which allows designers access to the store’s portfolio of products, services, and showroom.

Ciccone says the connection with The Quiet Moose is a great way to brainstorm and get feedback, with the ultimate goal of creating an even better end result for the client. He believes interior design is a very client-focused business, and even though he has his own tastes and preferences, they come second to the client’s vision.

“When you walk into your home, if someone like me has worked with you, it needs to mean something,” he adds. “It needs to feel like home.”

BIG MOVES FOR THE MOOSE Nestled in the heart of downtown Petoskey, you’ll find The Quiet Moose, a full-service interior design studio and furniture store.

Though not new to the area — the business has been around since the mid 1990s — The Quiet Moose reopened in new digs on Mitchell Street in Petoskey in December 2019. Their vibe encapsulates that mix of contemporary and classic that comes in the form of clean lines with tasteful colors, fun accent pieces, and a subtle bent toward the beach-y, cottage-y feel of Up North living.

The studio appeals to those looking to decorate high-end homes as well as the single gal who needs few pretty pieces for her first apartment. Their website sums up their mission perfectly: to create “a casual, comfortable and understated interpretation of luxe living.”

For those looking for an insider scoop, head to The Quiet Moose Facebook page or the Journal section of their website, where they regularly post designer tips and photos that will inspire you to step up your decorating game.

Find The Quiet Moose at 300 E. Mitchell St., Petoskey. (231) 348-5353, www. quietmoose.com

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july 11

saturday

ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: Run/walk any time before July 25. $20 registration fee includes t-shirt & being entered for the chance to win door prizes. Benefits the local high school cross country teams. Those registering will receive an email with info about sending their time &/or photo(s) to The Alden Run. aldenrun.com

---------------------ALL-VIRTUAL SWEATY YETI 2020: 5K & 1 mile. runsignup.com/Race/MI/EastJordan/ SweatyYeti2019

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: The 12th Annual Friends of Fishtown 5K, “Seiche Happens,” can be completed between July 18-31.

Walk, hike or run on your own time wherever you choose. $35. fishtownmi.org/events/fishtown-5k

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: Flintfields Horse Park, Williamsburg, July 1 - Aug. 9. traversecityhorseshows.com/greatlakes-equestrian-festival

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: Experience nearly 100 miles of trail by running, walking, biking, skating &/or roller skiing your way across the TART Trails bingo card. Complete your Bingo card between July 10-26; electronically or printed. Prizes will be randomly awarded to participants throughout the event. All participants who complete the registration form & submit their completed horizontal, vertical, or diagonal Bingo pattern will be eligible to choose a prize at an in-person prize pick up between July 24-26. $15 kids/$30 adults. traversetrails. org/event/tour-de-tart

---------------------52ND ANNUAL CHEBOYGAN ARTS FESTIVAL: 9am-3pm, Festival Square, Cheboygan.

Featuring food trucks & family-friendly entertainment. Free. Find on Facebook.

---------------------PETITE CHARLEVOIX ART & CRAFT STROLL: 10am-6pm, East Park, Charlevoix.

TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: Keep track of your daily reading minutes. Runs through July 27. Sign up online at tadl.org or via the TADL app. The Finale Party will be held on Mon., July 27 via Zoom or Facebook Live. tadl. org/summer-reading

---------------------VERY CHERRY PORCH PARADE: Virtual event. July 4-11. During what would have been the National Cherry Festival Week, members of the community are asked to celebrate by decorating their porch, yard or window. The theme is Cherries. Register by July 2. cherryfestival.org/p/ parades/very-cherry-porch-parade/register

---------------------SKILL SWAP: OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING: 11am. A Facebook Live event. Ruby Andromeda Miller guides both beginner & advanced artists through a series of drawing exercises designed to ground the observer in the moment. Part art lesson, part meditation. Free. crosshatch.org

---------------------DOODLE DAY: 1-3pm, Twisted Fish Gallery, Cottage Gallery, Elk Rapids. Absentminded scribbling. Open to all ages. twistedfishgallery. com/events/2020-07

---------------------GRAVESTONE MAINTENANCE TRAINING: 2pm, Champion Hill Cemetery, Honor. The Benzie Area Historical Society is beginning a project to train volunteers in the correct methods of cleaning cemetery gravestones. Bring a “cleaning kit” consisting of a bucket, gallon or two of water, stiff natural brush, stiff spoon, an old toothbrush, a trowel, trash bag, & plastic or wood “scraper.” Must wear masks & abide by social distancing. 231.882.5539.

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SOCIALLY DISTANCED OUTDOOR HAPPY HOUR: 5-7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Featuring live music from Jake Allen, BBQ from a local food truck, Pigs Eatin’ Ribs, & beverages including brews from

july

Beards Brewery. $35. greatlakescfa.org/eventdetail/outdoor-happy-hour

---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “JAWS”: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Must adhere to social distancing & wear masks. Limited to 50 people per showing. $3. thebaytheatre.com

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---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Featuring “Mary Poppins Returns.” Held at Michilimackinac State Park in Mackinaw City at dusk. Free.

july 12

sunday

send your dates to: events@traverseticker.com

IMPRES ART WALK: 12-5pm.

Impres Salon Spa, TC will host their first art walk in their parking lot. They are calling all local artists who are interested in being a part of this. Please send an email to: madsvo@alumni.usc.edu to reserve your parking spaces free of charge. This event will be open to the public for donation based entry & those entry proceeds benefit Black Lives Matter, TART Trail, & Women’s Resource Center. Must wear mask & social distancing guidelines will be put in place. Artists must provide their own fire safe display. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “JAWS”: 4:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Must adhere to social distancing & wear masks. Limited to 50 people per showing. $3. thebaytheatre.com

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

The Port City 5K Race, 5K Walk, and 1 Mile Family Fun Run, along with a 5K race for high school teams, are happening on Sat., July 18! Beginning at 9am at 600 Main St. in Frankfort, the course heads south out of Frankfort toward the village of Elberta before bending back around and returning to the finish back in Frankfort. All events follow the Betsie Valley Trail along the shoreline of Betsie Bay. Funds raised from the event will help support the Frankfort-Elberta Area Varsity Cross Country, Football and Track programs. Register: runsignup.com/Race/MI/ Frankfort/PortCityRun

PETITE CHARLEVOIX ART & CRAFT STROLL: 10am-4pm, East Park, Charlevoix.

traverse-city-pit-spitters.nwltickets.com/SingleGame/Tickets/SelectSeats/2042

TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

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july 13

monday

2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: A Virtual Tour of the Arts Near & Far. July 13-18. Featuring a calendar of live streamed music, virtual art, community chalk & lawn art opportunities, & much more. Find on Facebook.

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------WATERCOLOR, PART 1 W/ CARLENE LAGROU: 1pm. A free online workshop presented

by Gaylord Area Council for the Arts. Learn the basics of watercolor painting techniques to paint a water lily. Posted on GACA’s Facebook page or web site. Call or email for a list of materials needed for each workshop. gacaevents. weebly.com/events--exhibits.html

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TOGETHER THRU MUSIC CONCERTS: 7pm.

Free on Facebook Live. Featuring Sandra Sue who sings folk, light rock, classic country & songs Wolfman Jack used to sing in the 70’s. Find ‘Gaylord Area Council for the Arts’ on Facebook.

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC.

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july 14

tuesday

COFFEE CHAT: 10am. Join executive director Diane Baribeau & a mystery guest for a virtual conversation about all things City Opera House, performing arts & life. Held on the City Opera House YouTube or Facebook page. cityoperahouse.org/coffee-chat-july

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: MILES HARVEY: 7pm. A Zoom event with the author of “The King of Confidence,” the story of James Strang, the self-proclaimed divine king of earth, heaven — & Beaver Island. Register. Free. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA

---------------------2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: (See Mon., July 13)

---------------------ELK RAPIDS GARDEN WALK: 10am-5pm.

Held throughout the Village of Elk Rapids & surrounding lake areas. Featuring six gardens designed to not only provide beauty but to protect surrounding watersheds & provide grounds for pollinators. $12 in advance; $15 day of walk. elkrapidsgardenclub.com

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TALKS, TUNES & TOURS: MIDWEEK MORNINGS IN MANISTEE: 10am, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee.

Featuring Stephen Plummer: “The Music of

Django Reinhardt & How Just One Musician Began an Entire Genre of Music.” ci.ovationtix. com/35295/production/1029908

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------BENZIE BEE GUILD WORK BEE: 2-3:30pm, Grow Benzie, Benzonia. This working bee at the hives located at Grow Benzie is held every other Tues. Find on Facebook.

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

july 15

wednesday

2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: (See Mon., July 13)

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE ANTHROPOCENE, BEFORE COVID-19: 6pm. Join author & professor Christopher Schaberg as he shares his experience writing before, & and now, in the time of COVID-19. Free virtual program. Email Laura at programs@lelandtownshiplibrary.org to receive the Zoom meeting details. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: CHERRY RUN: Run a 5K any time between July 15-31. runsignup.com/Race/MichiganHarvestRun/Page-5

TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------VIRTUAL COFFEE HOUR: 8am. Hosted by NMCAA’s Homeownership and Financial Empowerment Center. This NeighborWorks event will include lenders, realtors, inspectors & other interested parties. Held on Zoom. Includes door prizes. nmcaa.force.com/NMCAACFT/ NWSHOP__TrainingCenterCPS

---------------------GLEN LAKE WOMAN’S CLUB 49TH ANNUAL ART FAIR: 10am-4pm, Glen Arbor Town Hall. Featuring work from over 100 artists. Free face painting.

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey.

The Lonely Lovers will perform on the Gazebo stage. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/ charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2020

---------------------EVENINGS AT THE GAZEBO: 6:30pm, Downtown Boyne City. Featuring Wyatt & Shari Knapp.

---------------------JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: 7pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. Featuring Bill & Laurie Sears.

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. NORTHERN MICHIGAN DUNE BEARS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Find on Facebook.

july 16

thursday

THE FRIENDS OF THE KALKASKA COUNTY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: 9am-6pm, Northland Food & Family Center Plaza, center hallway, Kalkaska. Featuring books of all types, including paperbacks, hard covers, CDs, DVDs & more. All sale prices are by donation. A special shopping time will be made available to those who are elderly or immunocompromised from 8:30-9am on both Thurs. & Fri. Find ‘FriendsoftheKCL’ on Facebook.

---------------------2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: (See Mon., July 13)

---------------------DARK SKIES: RECEPTION: 5pm, Northport Arts Association Gallery. Enjoy food & drinks alongside artwork celebrating the night sky as the kickoff to a week-long Dark Skies celebration. Free (donations accepted). northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/callfor-artists-dark-skies

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------CONCERTS ON THE LAWN GOES RADIORETRO FEATURING K. JONES & THE BENZIE PLAYBOYS: 7pm. Bringing you recorded concerts from the Grand Lawn to your own lawn, couch or kitchen table through the radio airwaves on WCCW 107.5 FM. Pass the virtual bucket for any free-will donations by visiting the website during the concert at www.gtpavilions.org/donate.

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

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ENCHANTING NIGHT SKY - DARK SKY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SHEEN WATKINS: 9:30pm. Viewing & photographing the Milkyway at the Airport or Peterson Park at dusk. Register online. Free. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/callfor-artists-dark-skies-atr4s

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: CHERRY RUN: (See Weds., July 15)

NORTHERN MICHIGAN DUNE BEARS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Find on Facebook.

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

july 17

friday

SHAY DAYS 2020: 10am3pm, Harbor Springs History Museum. A celebration of inventor Ephraim Shay & his contributions to the community. Activities include kids crafts & games at the Shay Hexagon House, live model steam trains in Shay Park & selfguided tours of the historic Hexagon House.

---------------------2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: (See Mon., July 13)

---------------------SUMMER FUN FILMS: “E.T.”: 7:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Must adhere to social distancing & wear masks. Limited to 50 people per showing. $3. thebaytheatre.com

---------------------ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey.

Botala with Greg Vadnais will perform on the Gazebo stage. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2020

---------------------FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------TVEDTEN FINE ART’S SUMMER OPENINGS: 5-7pm, Tvedten Fine Art, Harbor Springs. Featuring art by Margaret Tvedten. tvedtenfineart.com

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: CHERRY RUN: (See Weds., July 15)

---------------------EAST JORDAN MUSIC IN THE PARK: 7pm, East Jordan Memorial Park Band Shell. Enjoy folk/indie music with Breathe Owl Breathe.

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. NORTHERN MICHIGAN DUNE BEARS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Find on Facebook.

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THE FRIENDS OF THE KALKASKA COUNTY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: 9am3pm, Northland Food & Family Center Plaza, center hallway, Kalkaska. Featuring books of all types, including paperbacks, hard covers, CDs, DVDs & more. All sale prices are by donation. A special shopping time will be made available to those who are elderly or immunocompromised from 8:30-9am on both Thurs. & Fri. Find ‘FriendsoftheKCL’ on Facebook.

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

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------------------------------------------VIRTUAL BEAR RIVER CRAWL: Run or walk a 5K or 10K anywhere, anytime between July 18 - Aug. 1. Benefits the Northern Michigan Cancer Crusaders. Register. $25. nmsmc.enmotive. com/events/register/2020-bear-river-crawl

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---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------SUMMER CRAFT SHOW: 9am-4pm, Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey. The Community Building will host local vendors featuring a variety items including jewelry, home goods, food & more.

231-348-5479. $3/person. Find on Facebook.

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: CHERRY RUN: (See Weds., July 15)

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BENZIE COUNTY DEMOCRATS MONTHLY MEETING: Benzie County Democratic Party Headquarters, 9930 Honor Hwy., Honor. Meetings on third Sat. of the month, with 9:30am coffee klatch, 10am community announcements, followed by featured speaker. Free. benziedemocrats.com

---------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------ELK RAPIDS ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: 10am4pm, River St., downtown Elk Rapids. Free. elkrapidschamber.org

---------------------SHAY DAYS 2020: (See Fri., July 17) ---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

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SKILL SWAP: ADVOCACY IN THE POLITICAL WORLD: 11am. A Facebook Live event. Featuring Northern Michigan Regional Director for U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Eric Keller. Free. crosshatch.org/events/2020/6/5/skill-swap-waltz-hourfrom-the-earthwork-barn-m74gc-2hsx5-whw3hkjadj-8l62w-swgfk-zdjhw

TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

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KAYAK FOR A CAUSE ON WALLOON LAKE: 8am, Bear Cove Marina, Camp Daggett, Petoskey. Camp Daggett’s annual fundraiser for its Adventure Center. campdaggett.org/annual-cause-walloon

---------------------2020 CADILLAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS REIMAGINED!: (See Mon., July 13)

FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: CHERRY RUN: (See Weds., July 15)

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ALDEN 5K/10K RUN, 2 MILE WALK GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

PORT CITY 5K RUN/WALK & 1 MILE FAMILY FUN RUN: 9am, 600 Main St., Frankfort. runsignup.com/Race/MI/Frankfort/PortCityRun

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ENCHANTING NIGHT SKY - DARK SKY POETRY READING LED BY MIMI DIFRANCESCA HEBERLEIN: 7:30pm. Online event. Enjoy listening to poetry inspired by art & the night sky.

Register online. Free. northportartsassociation. org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/call-for-artistsdark-skies-atr4s

july 18

SUMMER FUN FILMS: “E.T.”: 4:30pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. Must adhere to social distancing & wear masks. Limited to 50 people per showing. $3. thebaytheatre.com

GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. NORTHERN MICHIGAN DUNE BEARS: 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Find on Facebook.

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FISHTOWN’S 5K GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

THE FRIENDS OF THE KALKASKA COUNTY LIBRARY ANNUAL BOOK SALE: (See Thurs., July 16)

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN DUNE BEARS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. Find on Facebook.

ENCHANTING NIGHT SKY - MARY STEWART ADAMS TO OFFER AN NAA ONLINE EVENT: 7:30pm. Listen to stories on preservation & viewing of our night sky. Then go outside, view the sky & see the stories. Register online.

Free. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/call-for-artists-dark-skies-atr4s

GREASE SING-ALONG: 8pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Presented by the Great Lakes Cinema Series. Socially distanced event. 50’s inspired costumes encouraged & vintage vehicles welcome. $8.50. greatlakescfa.org/event-detail/great-lakes-cinema-series-presents-grease-sing-along

---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: 10pm, Michilimackinac State Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring “A League of Their Own.” Held at dusk. Free.

------------------------------------------TOUR DE TART GOES VIRTUAL: (See Sat., July 11)

---------------------VIRTUAL BEAR RIVER CRAWL: (See Sat., July 18)

---------------------TADL VIRTUAL SUMMER READING CLUB: (See Sat., July 11)

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6TH ANNUAL HAIKU CONTEST: Send in your original haiki by Aug. 15. You can enter as many as you’d like. Email submissions to: landmarkbookstc@gmail.com or drop off at Landmark Books in The Village at GT Commons, TC.

---------------------VIRTUAL FILM SERIES: “RECORDER: THE MARION STOKES PROJECT”: Marion Stokes secretly recorded television twentyfour hours a day for thirty years. It started in 1979 with the dawn of the twenty-four hour news cycle & ended when Marion passed away in 2012. Streams are free on the PBS app & PBS.org through July 14. dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html

---------------------2020 WATERSHED CHALLENGE: Celebrate the clean, healthy water our region boasts by participating in the 2020 Watershed Challenge: Grand Traverse Bay Your Way. This virtual challenge encourages people to get outside & bike, swim, run, paddle, or hike.

Participants are challenged to collectively exceed the goal of 2,020 miles completed. Runs from July 25 - August 22. https://runsignup. com/2020watershedchallenge

---------------------WINE, WATER & WHEELS!: The Inn at Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. This Black Star Farms Outdoor Adventure Package will provide a day of biking & sightseeing through Leelanau County, & one’s choice of paddle activity on Suttons Bay. Visit Black Star Farms online for details. blackstarfarms.com/package-specials

---------------------OUTSIDE ISN’T CANCELED! GRAND TRAVERSE KIDS’ BIKE LIBRARY: To keep elementary-aged students pedaling by making sure they always have a bike that fits, no matter their family’s resources. See what’s available online, schedule an appointment to pick up your bike from the Wheelhouse, & then ride it until it doesn’t fit anymore. Free. elgruponorte.org

---------------------BEE TV: Every Sat. through July 18 at 10am.

A Facebook Live event with Bob Bernard in his bee yard at Earthwork Farm. Tune in to the Crosshatch Facebook page. facebook.com/island.artmeetsearth

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Mon March 16- $5 martinis, $5TUESDAY domestic beer JULYpitcher, 14TH $10 craft beer pitcher.

8-9:30: TC Comedy TuesCollective - 4-8pm: The Pocket

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9pm-1am: Kung Fu Rodeo

Wednesday it in the can July night -15th $1 domestic, Wed - Get $3 craft- w/DJ JR

10pm-2am Skin & Marshall

Thurs -$2 off all drinks and $2 Labatt drafts w/DJ Ricky T

Fri March 20 - Buckets of Beer starting at $8 (2-8pm)

Sunday July 19th Sat March 21 - The Isaac Ryder Band (No Covers) karaoke Sunday March 22 10pm( 10pm-2am) -2am KARAOKE Happy Hour: The Chris Michels Band Then: The Isaac Ryder Band

BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Tuesdays, 6pm through Sept. 1 at Boyne Mountain Resort, Clock Tower Lodge circle drive, Boyne Falls. Bring your roadster, hog or coupe. Live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities & more. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CHAIRLIFT RIDES: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Ride the Crystal Clipper chairlift & enjoy panoramic views of three counties & top-of-the-mountain attractions including live musical entertainment, snack bar, cash bar & more. Available Wednesday & Saturday evenings through Sept. 5. $9/person; free for 8 & under with paying adult. crystalmountain. com/event/chairlift-rides

---------------------FREE FOOD BAGS: The Depot, East Jordan.

Pick up on Mondays from 12-1pm.

---------------------GRIEFSHARE AT MICHAEL’S PLACE: Wednesdays, 1pm through July 29. Michael’s Place is partnering with First Congregational Church to offer GriefShare Online Video Support. Contact Michael’s Place at goodgrief@ mymichaelsplace.net with questions. mymichaelsplace.net/griefshare-at-michaels-place

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---------------------GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TC: A two-mile, two-and-a-half-hour tour held on Sundays at 2pm. Begins & ends at Perry Hannah Plaza located at 6th & Union streets. Please wear a face mask & practice current social distancing guidelines. walktchistory.com

---------------------OUTDOOR MOVIE: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Bring a chair or blanket to watch a movie under the stars. Movies range from G to PG 13.

Held at the Mountain Adventure Zone on Wednesday & Saturday nights at dusk, July 8 - Sept. 5. crystalmountain.com/activities/outdoor-movie

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STORY HOUR WITH MISS DIANE: Wednesdays, 11am-noon, Bellaire Public Library. For ages 0-5. Includes a story, snack & craft. bellairelibrary.org

---------------------STREET MUSIQUE: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm.

Each Thurs. will have a theme with music & musician types that fit the themes. Social distancing will be kept in place. Presented by the Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation & Blissfest Music Organization. Held on the streets of downtown Harbor Springs.

---------------------SUNRISE YOGA FLOW!: Tuesdays, 7am. A Vinyasa Flow session on East Bay Park beach, TC. Move & restore your body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat or towel. eventbrite. com/e/sunrise-yoga-flow-east-bay-park-tickets-84780854819

---------------------YOGA IN THE PARK!: Wednesdays & Thursdays, 6pm through July 29. A Vinyasa Flow session in Hull Park behind the Traverse Area District Library, TC. Relax & restore your body through movement & breath. Bring your own mat or towel. eventbrite.com/e/ yoga-in-the-park-wednesday-nights-tickets-84779161755

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BELLAIRE FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-1pm, front parking lot of ASI, Bellaire.

Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. facebook.com/ BellaireFarmersMarket?fref=ts

---------------------BOYNE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 8am-noon, Veterans Park, Boyne City.

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---------------------DOWNTOWN GAYLORD FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 8am-1pm, under the Pavilion, Downtown Gaylord. facebook.com/DowntownGaylordFarmersMarket

DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm, Howard St. - between Mitchell & Michigan streets. petoskeychamber.com/downtown-petoskey-farmers-market

---------------------EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 9am-1pm, Memorial Park.

---------------------ELK RAPIDS FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, Rotary Park. Market guidelines: https://www.elkrapidschamber.org/farmersmarket/ ELLSWORTH FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon, Town Square.

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET: Wednesdays & Saturdays, 9am-1pm, Main St., Downtown Harbor Springs. New rules this year include being more spaced out (10-foot space between vendors), from State St., all the way to the end of Zorn Park, & customers are asked to wear masks. There will also be preorders available. harborspringsfarmersmarket. org/?reqp=1&reqr=

---------------------KALKASKA FARMERS MARKET: Tuesdays, 2-6pm, held near the trout fountain at Railroad Square in downtown Kalkaska.

---------------------MANCELONA FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 3-7pm, Howard St. & East State St., Mancelona. Currently only allowing a minimum number of individuals through at a time, & there will be a manned entrance & exit. mancelonafarmersmarket.weebly.com

---------------------OUTDOOR FARMERS MARKET AT THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS, TC: Held on Mondays through Oct. from 2-6pm on the Piazza. Please practice social distancing & wear a mask.

---------------------SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARMERS MARKET: Online Market: Wednesday Pickup ONLY, 5-8pm, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. Physical Market: Saturday ONLY, 7:30am-noon, Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. dda.downtowntc.com/ farmers-market

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ENCHANTING NIGHT SKY: Village Art Building, Northport. Each artist presents the idea of preserving the dark sky to enhance the viewing of the stars, planets & moon at night. Opening Night is Thurs., July 16 from 5-7pm. Runs through July 22. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/4/16/call-for-artists-dark-skies-atr4s

---------------------EXHIBIT: SUMMER SALON: July 4 – Aug. 15, Charlevoix Circle of Arts. A salon-style exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. CharlevoixCircle.org

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CALL FOR ARTISTS: 33RD RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR: The arts & crafts fair will be held on Aug. 15. Handmade items only. Register. bellairechamber.org

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TADL VIRTUAL ART EXHIBITION: “LOCAL CREATIONS”: Traverse Area District Library, TC. Runs through July 12. tadl.org/events

---------------------SEQUESTERED ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. 29 at GACA Art Center, Gaylord during normal business hours of 1-4pm on Thursdays & Fridays, 12-2pm on Saturdays or by appointment. This is a multi-media exhibit of artwork, creative writing & music that was created during Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” COVID-19 time period or for GACA’s 100-Day Project. gaylordarts.org

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MICHIGAN ARTISTS GALLERY VIRTUAL SPRING SHOW 2020: “Out of the Woods: Mammals, Memories and Mud”: Featuring six Michigan clay artists. Runs through July. michiganartistsgallery.com/out-of-the-woods.html

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER: - YOUTH ART SHOW 2020 ONLINE: Runs through Sept. 1. Featuring over 1,250 images from young artists working throughout the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-online-ctacpetoskey-ctac-traverse-city/youth-art-show2020-online - TC GUILD MEMBER SALON SHOW: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Runs through Aug. 28. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/tc-guild-member-salon-show - ACCELERATE THE CURE PLEIN AIR EVENT DISPLAY: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gallery, TC. The Alzheimer’s Association hosted Accelerate the Cure, where plein air painters captured scenes from Fountain Point Resort in Lake Leelanau. This display features the work made during the event. Runs through July 31. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/accelerate-cure-plein-air-event-display

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 40 CHANCES: FINDING HOPE IN A HUNGRY WORLD: Runs through Aug. 16. Featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett & 40 photographs that document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign.

Check web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/temporary-exhibits/40chances.html - ERGO SUM: A CROW A DAY: Runs through Aug. 16. On Aug. 1, 2014 artist Karen Bondarchuk set out to mark the passing time that her mother – diagnosed with dementia in 2010 – no longer could. For 365 days, she produced a crow a day on a hand-cut, hand-gessoed panel, remembering her mother as she once was & grieving her loss. See web site for days & times. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/crow-a-day.html - PULPED UNDER PRESSURE: Runs through Aug. 16. With traditional hand papermaking at its core, this exhibition underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history & craft.

See web site for days & hours. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/temporary-exhibits/ pulped-under-pressure.html

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - NEW VIEWS: BIRDLANDIA: This virtual juried exhibition focuses on birds, both the literal & symbolic ways they help to describe our inner & outer lives, home, relationships, the state of the ecology & more. Runs through July 16. glenarborart.org/exhibits/virtual-exhibits - WORDS FOR WATER POETRY THROWDOWN CALL FOR POETS: “Who owns the water?” That question is the basis for the July 31 Words For Water open-air poetry throw-down at the Glen Arbor Arts Center.

This event is part of the GAAC’s 6ft Apart Art program, a series of outdoor pop-up events, & is offered in collaboration with FLOW [For Love Of Water]. Each writer may read up to five minutes. No pre-registration is required.

Free. glenarborart.org/events/6ft-apart-artclothesline-exhibit - 6FT APART ART: CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT CALL-FOR-ENTRIES: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is moving art outdoor as part of its 6ft Apart Art series of creative, pop-up events.

The first event is the Clothesline Exhibit, July 24 – Aug. 27. Create an unframed painting, drawing, photograph or collage on a single sheet of paper that creatively interprets northern MI’s landscape & woodlands. Each work will be placed in a sealed plastic envelope & pinned to a clothesline in front of the GAAC building. The deadline for entry is July 15. Mail finished work to: GAAC, P.O. Box 305, Glen Arbor, MI 49636. Hand delivered works may be deposited in the sealed plastic tub stationed outside the main entrance.

Please include the following info on the back of your work: title, your name, contact phone number, email. glenarborart.org - ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS - A POSTCARD RESPONSE: Glen Arbor Arts Center call-for-entry. Exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5. This an exhibition of postcards created in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Postcards will be installed in the GAAC’s

Lobby Gallery, & exhibited in tandem with the Power Tools exhibition in the main gallery. The submission deadline is Aug. 12. glenarborart. org/artists-main/calls-for-entry - POWER TOOLS - A JURIED EXHIBITION: Seeking submissions for this exhibit through Aug. 12. The exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5 & is built on the belief that the visual arts provide powerful tools of expression. glenarborart.org/ artists-main/calls-for-entry - MANITOU MUSIC POSTER COMPETITION: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for online submissions is Sept. 17. Open to all current GAAC members. glenarborart.org/ mmf-poster-competition-guidlines HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - RUFUS SNODDY: CONSTRUCTION PAINTINGS & OTHER SMALL WORKS: Runs July 11 - Aug. 11. higherartgallery.com - CALLING MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHERS: Photographers should be based in Michigan.

Subject matter is open to anything. Monochromatic or black & white only. Up to three images may be submitted & considered for inclusion.

Deadline to submit is July 20. Exhibit will run Aug. 14-30. higherartgallery.com - THE WOODLAND: A digital exhibit. You can also view the exhibit in the Higher Art Gallery, downtown TC showcase window. Featuring the artwork of Kristen Egan & Brian Sostrom, through July. higherartgalleryonline.bigcartel.com - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING”: Artists of all mediums are invited to examine how the last four years have changed them personally (or not), & express how the actions of this administration has affected them. NEW: Examine the effects of COVID-19 as well. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/5/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - CREATIVE SPACE TO GO!: Bags of craft ideas & supplies designed for ages 3-7 will be available for pick up at Oliver Art Center, Frankfort until supplies run out.

- FREE VIRTUAL ONLINE ART CLASSES: Kids can log into Google Classroom & join Meg Louwsma, OAC’s art instructor, for lessons on historic periods of art & artists, face to face teaching & assistance, how-to videos of several art projects & a story time segment with Kaitlin from Benzie Shores District Library.

Each class will last 1 week & will conclude with an online exhibition of student work. Classes will run weekly into mid-August. Supply kits will be available at OAC for $10 & will include all the supplies needed for classes all summer. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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Jerome Collins performs Sam Cooke.

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By Ross Boissoneau Down but not out. That could be the motto for musicians and concert presenters across the country. Take heart: There are still some cultural opportunities to take advantage of in the Little Traverse area.

Bay View Music Festival was forced to cancel its slate of performances, but last month the organization offered a proprietary online show by singer/songwriter (and actor) Jeff Daniels, presented in conjunction with Lakeside Chautauqua. Now it’s presenting two shows outdoors, enabling the audience to safely enjoy live music in person.

On July 18, Jerome Collins will reprise his turn as Sam Cooke. “Change Gonna Come” is a musical biography of the gifted singer, which debuted at Bay View last year.

A member of the celebrated a capella group Straight No Chaser, Collins will again front a band, with musical director and Bay View artistic director Chris Ludwa on piano.

Collins demonstrates the appeal of Cooke’s music while sharing the tale of his life. Not only was he a gifted vocalist, his smooth tenor causing the ladies to swoon, Cooke was also a songwriter, a Civil Rights activist, and an entrepreneur. His music was silenced when he was killed under very cloudy circumstances at the age of 33.

“Jerome and I will lead a conversation on race” following the performance, said Ludwa. “We’ll find some level of personal understanding.”

That show will be followed by a concert by the Spectrum Brass Quintet July 25.

The group will feature a variety of music by American composers. The group annually hosts a brass seminar at Bay View, though it will not take place this year due to the pandemic.

Both concerts will take place on the lawn outside Hall Auditorium on the campus of Bay View. There is no charge but a freewill offering will be taken.

That’s not the only time Spectrum will be kicking brass. The group will be performing

the previous day, July 24, as part of the Charlotte Ross Lee Concerts in the Park series in downtown Petoskey. The series started July 8, and runs every Wednesday and Friday through Aug. 21, with the exception of Friday, Aug. 14.

The concerts are free and take place from noon to 1pm at Pennsylvania Park. In addition to Spectrum Brass, the slate of local and regional favorites includes Boundary Waters, Pete Jackson, Katherine Ryan and Chris Koury.

Nearby Great Lakes Center for the Arts is still planning to present shows this summer as well. Marketing Director Alex Myers said the venue is operating at the required 25 percent capacity and will continue to adjust as the state moves through reopening phases.

“Artists have been very accommodating, as they want to perform in a safe way just as much as we want to be able to safely present events,” she noted.

Next up is a Grease singalong July 18.

Tickets for the 8pm showing of the classic film starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta are $8.50. Patrons are encouraged to dress the part, and classic cars are welcome as well. “It was evident how much the audience (and staff) enjoyed the sing-along Sound of Music event in December, and we knew we wanted to present a similar event,” said Myers.

Other shows still scheduled include Laith Al-Saadi July 25, part of the Great Lakes Music Festival; trumpeter Chris Botti Aug. 8; Tony Award-winning Broadway star — and COVID-19 survivor — Brian Stokes cherry Mitchell Aug. 15; and Grammy-winners (eight times winning, 27 times nominated!) sh baked Asleep at the Wheel Sept. 6.

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person must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur,” wrote Sagittarian author and activist Jean Genet. “And dreaming is nursed in darkness.” According to my analysis of your astrological omens, this is an apt description of what has been unfolding for you, Sagittarius—and will continue to play out for you in the next two weeks. If you’re aligned with cosmic rhythms, you have been nursing your dreams in darkness—exploring and cultivating and learning from the raw creative energy that is simmering and ripening in your inner depths. Keep doing this important work, even if there are not yet any productive results. Eventually, it will enable you to “act with grandeur,” as Genet said.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau said, “There are truths that one can only say after having won the right to say them.” In my estimation, you have recently earned the right to express a fresh batch of scintillating and useful truths. Please do us all a favor and unveil them—preferably with both candor and tact. In behalf of everyone who will benefit from your insights, I’m sending you congratulations for the work you’ve had to do on yourself so as to win them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “After you

make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works,” testifies musician and singer Gwen Stefani. In my own life, I’ve had to make a fool of myself more than a few hundred times to learn what works. My number is closer to a thousand—and I’m still adding new examples on a regular basis. In the coming weeks, Capricorn, I highly recommend that you try what has served me and Gwen Stefani so well. You’re entering a phase when your foolishness will generate especially useful lessons. Being innocent and wildly open-minded will also be very useful.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): “It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution,” wrote author and futurist Alvin Toffler. While I hesitate to declare that idea to be absolutely and always true, I do recommend it to you in the coming weeks. Given the fact that you have recently been expanding possibilities and cultivating breakthroughs, I’d love to see you keep on pushing forward until you climax your momentum. To boost your courage, try to think of a crazy cry of exhilaration you might exclaim as you make your leaps, like “YAHOO!” or ‘HELL YES!” or HERE I COME!”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): “If the time is not

ripe, we have to ripen the time,” wrote Aries educator and activist Dorothy Height. This approach worked well during her 98 years on the planet. Her pioneering advocacy for African American women generated a number of practical improvements in their employment opportunities and civil rights. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Aries, I highly recommend her guiding principle for your use. You now have the power to ripen the time, even if no one else believes the time is ripe.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Whatever

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a Cancerian, you have a natural propensity to study and understand what author Margaret Atwood describes as “echoes and emptiness and shadow.” I believe this aspect of your repertoire will be especially active and available to you in the coming weeks. For best results, regard your attunement to these echoes and emptiness and shadow as an asset, even a precious talent. Use it to discern what’s missing or lost but could be recovered. Invoke it to help you navigate your way through murky or confusing situations. Call on it to help you see important things that are invisible to others.

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inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous ‘I don’t know.’” A wise and talented woman said that: Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska.

According to my analysis of the astrological omens, it’s excellent advice for you to embrace during the coming weeks. You’re close to finding and accessing

a mother lode of inspiration, and one of the best ways to ensure that happens in an optimal way is to make “I don’t know” your mantra. In other words, be cheerfully devoted to shedding your certainties. Lose your attachment to the beliefs and theories you tend to overly rely on. Make yourself as empty and clear and spacious as you possibly can.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini-born

author Djuna Barnes (1892–1982) was a world traveler who wrote in several different genres, ranging from lesbian fiction to essays on boxing to plays that used poetic language. She was experimental and empirical and experiential. On one occasion, she voluntarily submitted to the force-feeding endured by hunger-striking suffragists so she could write about what it was like to be tortured. Another fun fact about Djuna: Every morning, she did up her hair and put her make-up on, then climbed into bed and wrote for many hours. In the coming weeks, Gemini, I recommend you draw inspiration from every aspect of her life— except the torture part, of course. The coming weeks will be a fine time to be versatile, exploratory, and committed to expressing yourself purely in whatever ways make you comfortably excited.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Time can turn

a scab into a beauty mark,” said actor and screenwriter Nia Vardalos. That’s a rousingly poetic speculation—and more metaphorically true than literally. But I suspect that if it ever might have a useful and meaningful application to an actual human struggle, it will be yours in the coming months. In my view, you are in fact capable of harnessing the magic necessary to transform a wound into a lovely asset. Be bold and imaginative as you carry out this seemingly improbable feat—which is actually not improbable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Would you like

to boost your mental and physical health in the coming weeks? Try this: Immerse yourself in the understanding that you’re interconnected with everything in the world. Tell yourself stories about how the atoms that compose your body have previously been part of many other things. This isn’t just a poetic metaphor; it’s scientific fact. Now study this passage by science writer Ella Frances Sanders: “The carbon inside you could have existed in any number of creatures or natural disasters before finding you. That particular atom residing somewhere above your left eyebrow? It could well have been a smooth riverbed pebble before deciding to call you home. You are rock and wave and the peeling bark of trees, you are ladybirds and the smell of a garden after the rain.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): It’s a favorable time

to celebrate the fantastic privilege of being alive.

Are you willing to believe that? Will you cooperate with my intention to nudge you in the direction of elation and exaltation? Are you open to the possibility that miracles and epiphanies may be at hand for you personally? To help get yourself in the proper mood, read this passage by Libran author Diane Ackerman: “The great affair, the love affair with life, is to live as variously as possible, to groom one’s curiosity like a high-spirited thoroughbred, climb aboard, and gallop over the thick, sunstruck hills every day.”

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Deciding to

remember, and what to remember, is how we decide who we are,” writes poet Robert Pinsky.

That’s useful counsel for you right now, Scorpio.

You’re entering a phase when you can substantially reframe your life story so that it serves you better. And one of the smartest ways to do that is to take an inventory of the memories you want to emphasize versus the memories you’d like to minimize. Another good trick is to reinterpret challenging past events so that you can focus on how they strengthened you and mobilized your determination to be true to yourself.

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: I’m a 34-year-old woman, and I’ve been with my boyfriend for about eighteen months. He’s a loving guy but comes up a little short on romance (“butterfly moments,” I guess you’d call them, from being surprised with some big romantic gesture). While I want those, I wonder whether that’s just because society/media/ culture have led me to believe they’re the norm? How can I get these “butterfly moments” without asking unreasonable things of him?

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: Heterosexual relationships would be less upsetting if straight men paired up with each other, starting with one guy hitting on another in a bar with, “Yo, I have somebody who’d like to meet you,” and then just pointing to his crotch.

There are sentimental men out there, but men in general (and especially straight men) take a more utilitarian approach to relationships than women: “If it ain’t broke, no need to divert the car payment to the French florist.” There’s too little understanding and acceptance of this difference (ultimately in emotional mindset).

Many people make a leap from the legitimate idea that women and men deserve equal rights to the illegitimate assumption that they are psychologically the same — down to their having the exact same needs.

This fantasy is taught as fact in women’s studies departments, and it’s made the way into the population as a whole. It’s driven by the unscientific denial of sex differences in male and female emotional makeup (some emerging as early as infancy) and the differences in behavior that come out of them.

Granted, men and women are more similar than different. (We all want love, food, shelter, and good dentistry.) But men and women are emotionally different. For example, if a woman forgets her man’s birthday or lets Valentine’s Day slip her mind, it’s the rare man who will punish her with a sex strike and/or three months of resting pout face (“every day is a funeral for me”).

Men’s and women’s differing and sometimes sharply conflicting emotional mindsets seem mysterious and even pointless until you look at them through the lens of evolutionary psychology. Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers notes that having sex results in differing levels of obligatory “investment”

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In line with this, research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests that women evolved to be “commitment skeptics,” to err on the side of believing a man won’t stick around. Our emotions are our support staff for seeing we meet our evolutionary needs, and female emotions press women to seek signs that a man they have sex with is committed to them.

When the signs are scant or absent, women feel bad, which motivates them to press for more commitment or find the undercommitted man’s replacement. In other words, “abandonment issues” seem to be baked into women’s emotional makeup.

Ancestral women who vetted a man to see that he’d stick around post-sex to bring home the bison were more likely to have children who survived to pass on their genes.

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This should tell you that you aren’t wrong to want some romantic extravaganzas any more than you’re wrong to want a sandwich when your stomach starts growling like a wolverine.

To get what you need, avoid the thinking too many women make themselves miserable with: “If he loved me, he’d just know what to do.” Reality: If he were a woman, with evolved female emotions, he probably would.

When you two are having a sweet moment together, acknowledge that the male mindset on romance is different. Tell him what would make you happy, and ask that he do it. Because a guy can sincerely intend to follow through and then have it slip his mind, you might give him specific targets to hit — your birthday, your anniversary, Valentine’s Day — and suggest he get one of those reminder apps.

When he comes through, tell him how much it means to you. That said, it’s also important to be mindful of human fallibility, as in, what it means if a man forgets your birthday. If he shows his love in little daily ways, maybe tell him you’re rescheduling your birthday for the next week to give him another chance.

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If money is an issue for him, let him know it’s the heartfelt effort that counts, not a reservation at Chez We’ll Need Your Pension Signed Over. Explain ways he can be romantic without going broke or more broke. When you love a man, you can have a magical time while toasting your anniversary over a romantic picnic dinner and then getting arrested together for the public consumption of alcohol: “We’ll always have Paris Bail Bonds!”

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