Northern Express - Sept 26, 2022

Family Wasteland

How can it be that Traverse City, the largest town in northern Michigan, has no family/kid-friendly events? Ever. Other towns in the area offer such events on weekends. Why not TC?

The possibilities here are endless. The bay and the beautiful natural environment offer ample spaces to enjoy and discover. There is opportunity for daytime music performances throughout town. These are just a few suggestions.

I just don’t get it. If the smaller towns can offer these types of things, why can’t this “progressive,” “inclusive” community do the same? Why not include children and families? It’s very disappointing.

Marie Fletcher | Traverse City

The Pennsylvania Senate Race

“Midterm Surprises” by Stephen Tuttle (Sept. 19 issue) is your article that I am sending in this letter to the editor about. The column references the Pennsylvania senate race, and Mr. Tuttle’s piece was partisan and vindictive. Let’s hope Northern Express denies all such diatribe moving forward.

The column includes a two-paragraph depiction of the Republican candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz—which is negative and derogatory—yet one sentence on Democratic candidate John Fetterman. This basically proselytizes and confuses the issues that the state is facing.

Factoids: Fetterman took four years after being sued by Allegheny County to pay back taxes. Fetterman collaborated with a celebrity chef to open a restaurant called Superior Motors in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Kickstarter was used to fund the startup. The venue opened in 2017 and closed in 2021 amid COVID-19. Fetterman’s successor as mayor disparaged the restaurant for closing so soon and having received a Paycheck Protection Program loan for $190,000 the year prior.

While mayor, Fetterman was critiqued by the town council. Fetterman’s edgy relations with the town council is likely the fact that he did not attend many council meetings.

Julie Howe | Traverse City

that we’ve already missed our window to prevent the most dangerous effects of climate disaster, but we must remain strong and proactive so that our grandkids have a livable, but significantly changed, planet.

Kathleen Birdsall | Traverse City

Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot

Wake up Leelanau Township. A developer’s personal interest, joined by a few naive small business owners, is once again conning the spirited Northport area community into supporting his scheme to pave paradise.

His business dream isn’t a wonderful, contemporary, brilliantly designed, sustainable beachside park community of fabulous, architecturally designed homes; it’s for 355 concrete pads lined up 6 feet apart along 1,700 feet of beach to attract diesel RV trucks each with room for Mom, Dad, and six kids for a few weeks of “roughing it” in Leelanau’s new RV and water park. (Built on a wetlands beach that, just for starters, has no sewage disposal system.) The park has room for 2,840 more people each day in our township and downtown Northport for summer resort season.

We aren’t the backwater we were in 1968 when Timber Shores first opened as a forest campground. Inability to dream outside that tired, 50-year-old box of unsustainable ideas brings us full circle today for almost the same irresponsible tourist overuse idea for that beautiful property.

Where are the 21st-century ideas for something exciting and sustainable we can all admire and be delighted to have here that could become a showcase of inhabitable land use, complete with interesting new neighbors? Or does Leelanau Township become RV/Water Park Central?

Vigilance against this kind of moneydriven, special-interest use of our pristine home ground comes with your ownership here. This includes analysis of how to vote on the single and only referendum on the November ballot.

Craig Brigham | Leelanau Township

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A Livable Planet

Thank you to Northern Express for its great articles on climate change and its effects on regional agriculture. With the midterm elections approaching, I encourage all voters to demand further legislative action to address the climate crisis.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes $369 billion in climate and clean energy policies, estimated to help achieve 40 percent emissions reduction by 2030. However, a tax on carbon polluters is very much needed. Extensive research demonstrates that a carbon fee and dividend (paid to all American households) is the most effective plan to prevent global disaster. 73 percent of Americans support taxing corporations based on their carbon emissions.

Scientific bodies have reported

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Illuminate the Night

Do you still have that old prom dress hanging in the back of your closet? A tux from days gone by? (And the hair, makeup, and accessories to top it all off?) If so, Oct. 1 is the night to bust it all out at Illuminate the Night Adult Prom. The event is co-hosted by Right Brain Brewery, Spark in the Dark, and Illuminate My Life Counseling, and the goal—beyond a night of great dancing and potentially dubious fashion—is to raise $5,000 for those in need of mental health services who cannot afford them. The prom will have hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction, and dancing tunes presented by 231 Entertainment, and a photographer will be available from 6-7pm to capture you in your retro or modern-day best. The event runs from 6-10pm at Right Brain Brewery at 225 East 16th Street in Traverse City. Learn more at rightbrainbrewery.com/23/ upcoming-events.

Be Afraid…

Gaylord’s newest haunted house may send you screaming all the way home! The inaugural Haunted Bluffs at 254 Little League Dr. will hold its grand opening on Friday, Sept. 30, at 8pm, and will then be open every Thursday through Saturday from 8pm to midnight and Sundays from 6-10pm through Oct. 29. $20/person. alpenbluffs.com

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Hey, watch It! The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

A massive opportunity or an unenviable task? That’s the question many J.R.R. Tolkien fans asked when news broke that Amazon would be developing material from The Lord of The Rings into a brand-new TV series. On the one hand, Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga is one of the most beloved pieces of fantasy fiction ever written. On the other hand, Peter Jackson’s Oscar-fêted Lord of the Rings trilogy is perhaps the pinnacle movie-making achievement of the past 25 years. Could a TV series live up to the legacy of the material? Turns out, yes! The Rings of Power, which is slated to last five seasons and chart the history of Middle Earth leading up to the epic events of The Lord of the Rings, is a masterclass of fantasy worldbuilding, creepy foreshadowing, and nerdy fan service. It’s also one of the most lushly gorgeous things ever produced for the small screen—no surprise, given that it’s reportedly the most expensive television show ever made. Watch it on as big a TV as possible. Now streaming on Amazon Prime.

While the seasonal, Cajun-inspired All You Can Eat Shrimp Boil at the Dalwhinnie Bakery & Deli is a terrific deal at just $30 per person, you’ll need to add some adventuring to take in all the savory shrimp, smoked Andouille sausage, fingerling potatoes, corn on the cob, toasted garlic bread, slaw, and dessert. This family-style feast is only available on Beaver Island, and a lovely two-hour ferry trip across Lake Michigan or a shorter plane ride from Charlevoix will be required before you tuck in your bib. Once you hit island time, you can easily walk or bike to Dalwhinnie’s and enjoy your lazy picnic on the patio overlooking the harbor at Paradise Bay. What started as a creative solution to a staffing shortage has now become a weekend tradition; the boil runs on Saturday afternoons with reservations requested for planning. Dalwhinnie Bakery & Deli can be found at 38240 Michigan Ave and posts updates on their weekly shrimp boil to Facebook. Call (231) 448-2736 for more information.

6 Harvests and Haunts in Park

Harvest festivals are popping up all over the region, and if you plan your autumn schedule just right, you can hit at least two or three for your fill of pumpkins, cider, donuts, and fall fun. For a twist on the traditional small-town celebration, the Michigan State Park system celebrates their annual Harvests and Haunts this weekend at parks across the North. Events are scheduled for several area parks: Keith J. Charters Traverse City State Park, Aloha State Park in Cheboygan, and Hartwick Pines State Park in Grayling. Activities include pumpkin carving, family-friendly crafts, and even pre-Halloween fun like trick-or-treating and costume contests. (Yes, this is your cue to start thinking about Oct. 31.) Campers are also encouraged to decorate their campsites with their favorite festive or spooky décor for the season. Visit michigan.gov/dnr/places/state-parks/harvest-and-haunts-events to find an event near you. Reservations and recreation passports are required.

Stuff We Love: The Ramsdell’s Community Art Project

One great joy of childhood is getting creative in art class and then seeing your work proudly displayed in your school hallways. Similar opportunities don’t come along very often in adulthood, but the Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts in Manistee is offering one this fall. The Ramsdell’s Community Art2 project invites community members to turn blank 6-by6-inch canvas “squares” into unique pieces of art, which will then be combined into a “canvas wall” set to be exhibited at The Ramsdell from Nov. 17 to Dec. 18. Canvases are $5 for two or $10 for four and can be picked up at the Ramsdell Mondays through Fridays between 10am and 5pm. Each piece will also be available for purchase during the exhibit. All proceeds support The Ramsdell’s “grassroots programs,” including school field trips, workshops, and theater camps. Note that participants must return their squares to The Ramsdell by Saturday, Oct. 29, at 3pm. Register online at ramsdelltheatre.org/art.

Every fall, Northern Express puts together our Pets Issue, which features stories about our favorite furry friends. As part of that issue, we create a collage of pet photos from across the North who are very much #livingtheirbestlives. That’s where you come in! Send us photos of your best bud—cat, dog, rabbit, turtle, you name it—for a chance to see them featured in our October 24 edition. We recommend image sizes that fall between 150KB and 1MB to print well (and so we don’t have giant files flying between mailboxes), and we prefer full-color images rather than black and white. You can be in the shot with your pet, or they can be the star of the show. To be considered, send your photo to info@northernexpress.com with the subject line “Pet Issue Photo” and include your name, your NoMi city of residence, and the name of your pet. We will collect submissions through October 14. Please only send one photo per pet.

Long the parody shot of bad judgment, it’s hard to believe that Jägermeister (yes, that mysterious liqueur in the stag-tagged bottle) is, well, having a moment. Cocktail bars across the world are rediscovering this famous German digestif (made with the same secret mix today of 56 herbs and spices that was created fatefully in 1934 by brothers Wilhelm and Curt Mast). Rumored to include anise, poppy seed, saffron, ginseng, citrus peel, and juniper berries, Jägermeister bottles even contain a poem in homage to their storied history: “This is the hunter’s blade of glory.” The best cold and generous Jäg pour locally is at Side Traxx, where the official chilled dispenser maintains the company’s recommended serving temp of -18 C for the best tasting experience. If going neat is too bold for your palette, ask to add ice, a splash of pineapple juice, or even just fresh lime. Side Traxx is located at 520 Franklin St. in Traverse City, sidetraxxtc.com.

Photo courtesy of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

In 1637, Thomas Morton wrote a book called New English Canaan, a satirical putdown of Puritans and their customs. Among other things, Morton compared them to crustaceans, and the Puritans, a cranky lot to begin with, promptly banned the book.

They followed that by banning John Eliot’s The Christian Commonwealth in the late 1640s, and works by Thomas Pynchon a decade later.

Book banning has been an ugly tradition of ignorance and intolerance in this country long before it even was a country. It has only gotten worse lately. This comes to mind as we just “celebrated” the 40th year of Banned Book Week, created and sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA).

Demands to remove books from the shelves

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of public or school libraries eased into what was a comfortable routine for decades. School libraries especially, under pressure from elected boards of education under pressure from voters, often had no choice but to acquiesce to the demands. Public libraries could be more resolute in keeping books on their shelves.

Some books were targeted year after year, decade after decade, to the point librarians could accurately predict which would be in the bullseye. Sometimes allegedly offensive language was the culprit or suggestive or overtly sexual prose or graphic violence. Even the amorphous notion a book didn’t convey “the right message” could be sufficient to demand a book’s removal.

The result was a veritable who’s who of most banned books. George Orwell’s 1984, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby have all been at the top of the banned books list for a long time.

Twain must be banned because he uses the “n word” to name a character. (Never mind that it’s perhaps the first time in American literature a Black character and a white character enjoyed a positive friendship with each other.) Orwell was too negative, Angelou too graphic, Golding too subversive, and so on.

Public libraries mostly ignored the complaints, but school librarians found themselves in a bit of a quandary, caught between the proverbial rock of their duty to protect the First Amendment and the hard place of often loud groups of bookbanning parents who had the ears of board of education members.

Then, in 1975, Island Trees School District in New York removed some books from their library under pressure from a conservative parents group. Five students, led by Steven Pico, sued the district, claiming the First Amendment protected not just the right to publish books but also the right to read such books. In 1982, the Supreme Court of the United States finally heard the case. (Yes, it sometimes takes that long for cases to wend their way up to SCOTUS.) In a split and narrow decision, the court sided with the students and declared school boards do not have the power to unilaterally ban books from junior high and high school libraries.

But that was then, and we’ve entered a new and different reality these days. No longer are just the old reliable books being

targeted, nor is it the same subject matter that seems to now so offend.

According to the ALA, in 2021 a staggering 1,597 complaints were lodged, including demands to ban more than 800 books. Those complaints have now grown from some disgruntled individuals to highlyorganized and fully-politicized groups with cutesy names like Parents for Liberty.

Their targets include books that discuss or reference the LGBTQ+ community, and they accuse those authors, and by association librarians in whose buildings the books reside, of “grooming,” “recruiting,” or “conditioning” readers…as if sexual identity is like joining a club.

Also on the list of book banning demands are any discussing race, racism, slavery, or the treatment of Indigenous people. Even the vaguest references to those topics results in loud howls from protesting parents accompanied by accusations schools are trying to indoctrinate students with critical race theory (CRT). In fact, Florida has essentially banned teaching of any of those subjects because it might make white children feel bad about their race or guilty about themselves.

Along with teaching the bright promise and remarkable progress we’ve made, American history cannot be accurately taught without a long and detailed look at racism, slavery, and precisely how it was we ended up with this country and from whom we took it. If that makes kids feel bad, then maybe they will become the first generation that fully avoids the bigotry and ugliness that has come before.

In the end, the books groups try to ban are far less dangerous than the rhetoric spewed by those who wish them banned. We should remember that every week.

In Lansing, I will strive to protect our community and our environment and make Northern Michigan a place where families can grow and thrive.

Wait, What?

Ever watched a cooking show and wished you could sample the finished product? A professor in Japan has created a prototype TV screen that you can lick to taste a particular food. It works by spraying flavors on a film that rolls over the TV screen, Reuters reported. While such a product might seem misguided during a global pandemic, Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita sees it differently: “The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home,” he said. Miyashita said a commercial version could be made for about $875.

Scrooge Is Real

Gina Sheldon of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, arrived home from Europe and opened her luggage to find $3,000 of gifts gone, WMUR-TV reported on Dec. 24. The items were “replaced with dog food, an old T-shirt, a shaving cream bottle,” Sheldon said; she believes those items were used because they look like a “real luggage product” when scanned. She had spent 11 days in Italy and a few in Paris and believes the switcheroo happened in the baggage area of Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris. Sheldon had bought a leather jacket for her teenager and “these really cute leather wristlet band purses” for other family and friends. Delta Airlines and their partner Air France are looking into the incident.

a suspect in his 40s who had soot on his hands and matched a description from witnesses.

Thank You, I Think?

According to the Associated Press, Suyin Ting, collections manager for vertebrate paleontology at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, is retiring, so researchers in Alabama and South Carolina honored her with a unique gift: They named a prehistoric shark species after her. Carcharhinus tingae lived 40 million years ago and was identified using fossilized teeth in the museum’s collection. “I am very honored to be recognized by my peers for my work,” said Ting on Dec. 23, her retirement day.

Lovin’ It

McDonald’s locations in Guangdong and Shanghai, China, are testing new instore seating: exercise bikes. A spokesperson said the bikes are part of McDonald’s Upcycle for Good initiative, which promotes sustainability, United Press International reported. They generate electricity, which customers can use to charge their devices. Oh, and they help customers stay healthier while gobbling a Big Mac and fries.

The Continuing Crisis

A ordable, accessible healthcare, including mental healthcare; attract health professionals to Northern Michigan. Protect a woman’s right to make own health decisions.

Economic opportunities for all. Create highpaying jobs, attract new and retain current employers, invest in early education and lower costs for those attending trade school or college. Improve infrastructure, particularly transportation and broadband, to strengthen our local economy.

Protect our water, air, and natural areas – a high priority for ourselves and future generations.

In this story, Scrooge is a hyperactive rodent with a bushy tail: The vendor who usually installs holiday lighting at Mears Park in St. Paul, Minnesota, declined to take the job this year after squirrels chewed through the wires in 2020, Lee Ann LaBore, co-chair of the Friends of Mears Park, told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “Our vendor reuses the lights, and they can’t afford to ... have the squirrels destroy them again,” she said. Instead, this year organizers used a projector with kaleidoscopelike moving images of snowflakes. People “want to see the twinkly lights,” LaBore said. “Well, we can’t have twinkly lights. It was probably this or nothing.”

Virtual Reality

Pinellas County (Florida) sheriff’s deputies stopped a car at 4 a.m. on Dec. 18 for driving without its lights on, The Smoking Gun reported. They arrested the driver, Darius Owens, 27, for DUI and marijuana possession, but the real payoff came when they searched the car and passenger, Patrick Florence, 34. Under the Florence’s seat, they found a gun; wrapped around his penis, they discovered baggies holding methamphetamine and cocaine. Florence, who has many felony convictions, denied that the drugs were his, but he wouldn’t say who they belonged to. So many questions.

Weird Christmas Tradition

Since 1966, the city of Gavle, Sweden, has erected a huge straw goat in its downtown square at Christmastime. The goats are pagan symbols that preceded Santa Claus as a bringer of gifts, the Associated Press reported. But in what has become an adjunct to the town’s tradition, the goats have been torched dozens of times during the past 55 years, including this year on Dec. 17. Police arrested

On Dec. 26, as bad weather kept Kristin Livdahl and her 10-year-old daughter inside, they looked for some fun challenges to do: “... laying down and rolling over holding a shoe on your foot,” for example, Livdahl explained on Twitter. But when the child asked Amazon’s Alexa for a challenge, Fox News reported, it suggested she plug a charger cord about halfway into a wall, then hold a penny against the exposed prongs. Fortunately, Livdahl was there with her and yelled, “’No, Alexa, no!’ like it was a dog,” she said. Later, Livdahl received an email from Amazon, apologizing for the incident and promising to follow up.

It appears that red-winged parrots in Australia can’t hold their liquor, according to Broome Veterinary Hospital in Kimberley. It’s the end of mango season, and the ripe fruits are falling to the ground, where they ferment in the sun. The parrots indulge in the boozy treat -- sometimes to their demise, ABC News reported. “A lot of them, unfortunately ... don’t make it to the clinic because they pass away before people find them,” said veterinarian Paul Murphy. It’s not just the alcohol that kills them, but drunken behavior; Murphy said they fly into windows and sit on the ground, where they’re vulnerable to predators.

Oops When Olivia Crump tried to leave her apartment in Milledgeville, Georgia, on Dec. 28, she was surprised to find a crucial structure missing: the stairs to the ground floor. According to the Daily Mail, Crump said the management company did not notify her about the stairs being removed for construction. “It was impossible to get down without climbing over the ledge with a ladder or scaling the side with a decent drop below,” she said. She and her dog were trapped in the apartment for about four hours, during which the dog almost had an accident. While Crump doesn’t plan any legal action, she did note that the absence of stairs could be a fire hazard, and she hopes the management company will compensate tenants for putting them in a dangerous situation.

By Craig Manning

What if one solution to the housing woes of northern Michigan was as simple as letting homeowners build guest houses on their land?

As local leaders look for ways to bring more abundant and affordable housing to the region—and to counteract challenges with strained housing inventory, robust real estate demand, skyrocketing property costs, and a sizable local population living at or near poverty level—accessory dwelling units (ADUs) could be the ticket to a brighter future.

An ADU Primer

What exactly is an ADU? In essence, an accessory dwelling unit is just a separate residential living space that exists on the same property as a more traditional singlefamily home.

ADUs can be attached to the main house (such as a garage or basement that has been converted into an apartment) or detached (such as a tiny house in the backyard). A few commonalities that most ADUs share: They typically sit on the same lot as a larger singlefamily residence, have their own private entrances/exits, and are self-contained with their own living, sleeping, cooking, and bathroom amenities.

Yarrow Brown, the executive director of Housing North, calls ADUs “the low-

hanging fruit” of housing reform. “They are a way that individuals and families can contribute [to solving the housing crisis] despite not being a developer, and they are a way to add density on an existing parcel where it doesn’t require a lot of changes,” she says. “We see ADUs as small square-footage homes that can help in small ways to increase housing density and housing opportunities in our communities.”

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incremental steps are necessary to make housing more abundant, affordable, and attainable in the region.

That’s where ADUs come in.

Brown says there are a plethora of potential benefits to allowing ADUs in any given community. To start, ADUs can increase housing density, which can in turn help alleviate housing shortages. Since ADUs are typically smaller than traditional houses, they’re often an easier way to bring affordable workforce housing

The other big benefit ADU proponents often cite is income—specifically, the way that rental income from an ADU can supplement a household's cashflow to help them afford their own home.

ADUs for the Homeowner

While the potential value of ADUs for the broader community is driving most of the conversation around this topic in northern Michigan, there is also the question of what ADUs can do for a homeowner and their property value.

For instance, could putting an ADU on a property potentially make resale more challenging by taking a home into a higher price bracket and pricing out a significant segment of buyers? And what about limiting resale potential to would-be buyers who just don’t want to deal with having and managing an ADU?

tackle “the systemic problems embedded in zoning laws, development financing, and public-private partnerships” that act as barriers to housing solutions. That approach involves a lot of different strategies, many of which aim to support large-scale housing development.

However, because current market conditions have effectively made it “impossible to build affordable housing right now,” per Brown, smaller and more

to a region than through traditional housing development.

ADUs can have familial benefits, too: Brown gives the example of “an aging parent who wants their kids to move back here so they can age in place.” Because housing is hard to find—and often expensive—it can be helpful in those types of situations if there are multiple dwelling units on the aging parent’s property.

According to Bart Ford, regional vice president of Coldwell Banker Schmidt, the appeal of properties with ADUs on the premises is actually broader than many people realize. From his experience, those properties tend to sell well, in part because the higher prices come with the possibility of offsetting those increases with rental income.

“Selling a house in downtown Traverse City with an ADU, I don’t necessarily want to say it’s a piece of cake, but there are so many buyers out there looking for that,” Ford tells

“We as small that can help in small ways to increase housing density and housing opportunities in our communities.”

Northern Express. “I think just being able to live in a place where somebody can pay a portion of your mortgage, or a portion of your tax bill, that’s attractive to a lot of buyers.”

Most studies indicate that an ADU can add about 30 percent to a residential property’s resale value, though the amount ultimately depends on the size, type, design, quality, and condition of the ADU, among other factors. Rental income from an ADU, similarly, can vary dramatically depending on location, size, amenities, and more.

For instance, one of the big conversations happening around ADUs in northern Michigan right now is whether ADUs should be restricted to owner-occupied properties. Owner occupancy requirements demand that the property owner live on any property that has an ADU. This type of zoning requirement is designed to ensure on-site landlords for ADUs, to deter real estate investors from scooping up ADU properties, and to preserve ADUs as a means for homeowners to earn extra income.

Critics of owner occupancy rules, meanwhile, argue that they deter rental activity by keeping the owner in too-close proximity to the renter and that they stack the deck against property renters who might wish to sublease an on-site ADU for extra cash.

The Village of Suttons Bay currently has an ordinance that allows ADUs up to 600 square feet in size, so long as the owner of the parcel lives on the premises. Recently, there have been several citizen requests for the village to allow non-owner-occupied ADUs, with proponents arguing that a more flexible ordinance would lead to more ADUs and more housing opportunities in the community. For his part, Ford sees how a non-owner-occupied ADU would be more attractive to a renter, whether for short-term or long-term rental purposes.

“ADUs completely help with the affordability of a property—as long as you are okay housing your guests where you live,” Ford says. “But that’s an odd concept for a lot of people; it certainly is for me. I own a short-term rental in Leelanau County, and I’m happy to do all the customer service: I’m happy to clean it, I’m happy to change the sheets, I’m happy to do all that stuff. But I don’t necessarily want to be on top of guests, or even right next door to them. Because I might be annoyed with them—and they might be annoyed with me!”

ADUs in Northern Michigan

The barriers to ADUs tend to be related to zoning. Housing North keeps close track of which municipalities throughout its 10-county service region expressly allow ADUs, which ones prohibit ADUs, and which have no zoning language on the topic of ADUs at all.

Based on that spreadsheet, there is progress happening toward ADU adoption in northern Michigan. In Antrim County, for instance, ADUs are permitted in the majority of municipalities, including the villages of Bellaire, Central Lake, Elk Rapids, Ellsworth, and Mancelona. Similarly, most of the townships in Grand Traverse County allow some level of ADU permitting— including Acme, Blair, East Bay, Green Lake, Long Lake, and Paradise—as does the City of Traverse City itself.

The latest leap forward in northern Michigan’s ADU landscape is a brand-new ADU program that Housing North is about to launch in Charlevoix County. There, ADUs are currently permitted in the City of Charlevoix and Boyne City, as well as in parts of East Jordan. Made possible through a grant from the Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation, the new Housing North program will provide free architectural plans to Charlevoix County residents who are interested in building ADUs.

Additionally, Housing North will assist property owners in navigating the ADU permitting process and will even arrange training to help program participants learn the ropes of being landlords.

With the new Charlevoix County program, Housing North is hoping to remove some of the cost and logistical barriers that might preclude property owners from considering ADUs in the first place.

Importantly, Brown notes that “by participating in the program, [a property owner] agrees to make their ADU a yearround rental, not a short-term rental,” thus preserving those ADUs as housing stock for permanent residents.

If the Charlevoix program is successful, Housing North could eventually bring similar ADU assistance programs to other northern Michigan counties.

Assessing ADU Impact

The big question, of course, is how much of an impact ADUs can actually have for a community and its housing inventory.

To answer, Brown points to the success story of the City of Seattle, which started allowing the construction of “backyard cottages” in parts of the city in 2006 and expanded the opportunity to all singlefamily zones in 2009. The city has continued to remove regulatory barriers ever since, reducing minimum required lot sizes for ADUs, removing parking requirements, and more.

The result is a robust program that, in 2020 alone, led to the permitting of more than 500 new ADUs. As of last year, Seattle has 3,928 total ADU units. More than 80 percent of those “have been permitted in areas identified as high displacement risk on the City’s Displacement Risk Index,” indicating that the program is benefiting economically-strained households.

As for the key worry that detractors often cite about ADUs—that they’ll simply be used as short-term rentals and won’t solve housing shortages for year-round residents—Seattle offers a counterpoint. In a 2021 report, the city estimated that just 11 percent (418 units) of its nearly 4,000 ADUs were shortterm rentals. Brown says there are ways for communities to “limit out” how many ADUs become short-term rentals, whether through zoning or through programs like the Charlevoix County initiative.

As more local ADU ordinances come into focus, “making sure that all the ADUs don’t all get converted to short-term rentals is definitely really important,” Brown says.

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“But I do think there’s a way to create a balance [between short-term and year-round use]. And we might need that balance in order to provide support for both our tourist economy and our year-round residents. It just so happens that our communities are trying to navigate these questions simultaneously, of how to limit short-term rentals and whether to allow ADUs.” if you have for one another.”

Pat Leavy’s take on two decades of real estate Selling the Dream House

By Ross Boissoneau

Real estate is part finance, part therapy, and part vision. The ability to combine those aspects has served Pat Leavy during his more than two decades as a realtor—the last several as one of the top-selling agents in the entire state—as he and longtime friend and business partner Wally Kidd have built their Petoskey-based firm Kidd & Leavy Real Estate into a powerhouse, primarily serving high-end buyers and sellers.

Starting Out Up North

Leavy’s real estate story begins in Bay Harbor. When the tiny resort community just south of Petoskey was being built in the 1990s, Leavy was told he’d be a natural in real estate sales there.

As the owner of a successful concrete products business in the metro Detroit area, he was reluctant to uproot his family. But ultimately, the draw of the region was too much to resist. “I told my wife we had an opportunity to go live in paradise,” he recalls.

But it was no paradise at first. “We had a baby, and the first year I made $11,000. I [thought] I might not be cut out for this.” But within a few years, he figured out how to parlay his work ethic and leverage his everincreasing client base of friends, family, and former customers from downstate, selling them on the lifestyle of northern Michigan he’d already embraced.

By 2003, Leavy was ready to expand beyond the confines of Bay Harbor. “My business partner and I went off on our own to offer Walloon Lake, Petoskey, Harbor Springs. We opened a little boutique office in downtown Petoskey,” he says. Kidd & Leavy took off selling homes large and small— mostly the former, or at least those boasting bigger price tags.

Today, they have nearly two decades of success under their belts, and Leavy says referrals are key for any agency. “I come from a large Irish Catholic family. I know everybody,” Leavy says. But it’s not enough to know a lot of people. “The key is happy clients. They’ll keep sending friends.”

Flexibility is also crucial, zeroing in on the numbers when dealing with a client focused on the financial details, or finding just the right place for a client for whom the price is largely irrelevant but who wants the perfect waterfront home. “A good agent has to be a chameleon,” Leavy says.

Following the Ups and Downs

After the recent real estate boom, the market has begun to shift, in part due to rising interest rates and low housing inventory. Prices and number of sales are also coming down in many areas.

Leavy takes it all in stride. For those currently looking to buy a property up north, he says it’s imperative to determine the area they prefer, something you can’t do online.

“Get focused. Take the wheel and drive around, eat out, grab some coffee, see what you like,” he says. “If you want to be in northern Michigan, do you have friends there? If so, ask why they chose that spot.”

He tells clients to make a checklist about what they’re looking for and what’s most important for them: Boating? Golf? Eating out? Being near town, or getting away from it all?

Location, location, location works… until there is nothing to buy. Leavy says the lack of inventory is a hurdle for everyone in real estate and points to Bay Harbor as an example. “Bay Harbor has a ton of condos. There’s one for sale and only two or three houses. That’s stunning.”

He is hopeful that will change as summer turns to autumn. “There’s a little more coming on the market,” he says, noting

many people want to spend one last summer at their cottage or waterfront home before putting it up for sale come fall.

He says one of the biggest challenges is selling a relatively expensive in-town home, while vacation properties or highend cottages at an even higher price point aren’t as problematic. “The hardest to sell is a $500,000-$700,000 [house] in town. If it’s not a cottage, what is the occupation for someone to be able to afford that? Who’s hiring?” On the other hand, “If it’s a vacationer from downstate or Florida, they don’t care. For them, it’s a luxury item.”

As interest rates inch upward, overall sales are slowing, though Leavy says that is immaterial to some of his clients. “My

market is high-end. If it’s a million or more, they don’t care about interest rates. They pay cash.”

For others, however, interest rates are a concern—though perhaps they shouldn’t be, as rates are still at a relatively low point compared to the past. “Over the last 30 years, the interest rate has been (as high as) 9 percent,” Leavy says. (In the ’80s, it was in double digits.) Rates are now hovering around 5 to 6 percent, but as Leavy notes, “Now 30- and 40-year-olds haven’t seen that interest rate.”

The Biggest Challenge Yet

The changes in the real estate market now come with a strong dose of perspective

for Leavy. In 2020, his career was going so well, it seemed like nothing could slow sales down—not even the pandemic. “I sold $137 million in 2020,” he says.

What did interrupt things was a serious health challenge. That year, Leavy went through two months of chemotherapy and radiation for lung cancer, though he’d never been a smoker.

Then late last year, his health deteriorated again. He ended up at Mayo Clinic, where he was told his lungs had weakened to the point they were shutting down. He couldn’t leave the clinic and spent 45 days in a hospital bed.

On Feb. 2, he went through an 11-hour lung transplant surgery.

“I spent five days in the ICU, then walked out a week later,” he says. “I was blessed by the physicians, God, and somebody else who gave me a gift.”

Buoyed by his new lease on life, Leavy has returned to the area and his livelihood with a greater sense of purpose. “The sky is bluer, the grass is greener. I love people more now. I can’t thank all the people who cheered me on. I love my job. It feels like a fun hobby.”

The pivot to remote work during the pandemic allowed Leavy to continue working, even while confined to the hospital, and Leavy boasts a year-to-date total in 2022 of $107 million, not far off the pace of 2020 or last year’s total sales of $132 million.

GLASS FUSING STUDIO

A Bridge to the Past

The history and architecture of some of NoMi’s famous bridges

By Al Parker

Northern Michigan is home to a wide variety of historic bridges, some very high profile and others tucked away from the public eye. Whether you’re a pontist—aka someone who loves bridges—or just a casual appreciator of these feats of creativity and engineering, read on for a quick look at a few of the North’s most spectacular spans. (Did we hear someone say road trip??)

MACKINAC BRIDGE

Last century, connecting the state’s two peninsulas by bridge had been a dream of politicians, engineers, and business leaders for decades. Finally, in 1950, the Mackinac Bridge Authority was appointed. Three years later, D. B. Steinman was selected to engineer the project. Construction began on May 7, 1954, with 3,500 men working at the bridge site and another 7,500 working at quarries, shops, and nearby mills. Some 350 engineers produced 4,000 engineering drawings and 85,000 blueprints for the massive project.

Finally, on Nov. 1, 1957, the bridge was open to traffic, and it’s been buzzing with cars ever since. The 100 millionth bridge crossing took place on June 25, 1998.

The “Mighty Mac” is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere and fifth longest in the world. The total length is 26,372 feet, and there were 4,851,700 steel rivets and 1,016,600 steel bolts used in the construction. (But who’s counting…)

The width of the bridge’s roadway is 54 feet, though not all lanes are the same width. The outside lanes are 12 feet wide, while the inside lanes are 11 feet wide. There’s a 2-foot center mall and a catwalk, curb, and rail measuring 3 feet on each side, thus totaling 54 feet.

CHEBOYGAN RIVER RAILROAD BRIDGE

A worn, cracked plaque tells visitors that this span was built in 1904 by the American Bridge Company, part of U.S. Steel. It now serves as part of a popular snowmobile trail in winter and is open to pedestrians for hiking in other months.

Technically it’s a “warren through truss with all verticals” style bridge, and it stretches over the Cheboygan River in rural Cheboygan County. It’s part of the North Eastern State Trail, formerly the Detroit & Mackinac Railway.

The entire structure is only 138 feet long, with 130 feet of that being the main span.

“The wooden railings placed on the bridge have a gaudy appearance and detract from the visual qualities of the structure”, according to historicbridges.org, a website devoted to detailing time-worn bridges. “Metal pole railings might have been a better notion here, as they would have blended into the trusses better.”

Either way, we think this old bridge still looks grand.

CHARLEVOIX BRIDGE

This venerable drawbridge is an iconic part of downtown Charlevoix, and we bet if you close your eyes, you can picture the two blue sections rising up in the air. When the bridge is open, it stops traffic on U.S. 31 to allow large watercraft to pass along the Island Lake Outlet, also known as the Pine River Channel.

The current span is the fifth version to cross the channel there, with the first being a pedestrian-only structure that was built in the 19th century.

Technically, today’s version is a double-leaf bascule bridge. It was planned in 1940, but when World War II broke out, the project was delayed. Construction bids were finally accepted in 1947, and work began immediately. The bridge was open to traffic in late June 1949.

Despite the fact that it briefly stops motorists heading north and south on U.S. 31, the bridge immediately became a popular tourist attraction and hot spot for photographers, who have captured images of all sorts of watercraft beneath the span.

PIERCE STOCKING COVERED BRIDGE

This quaint covered bridge was one of the picturesque details that Pierce Stocking included in the drive that bears his name. You can find it along M-22 in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and it draws flocks of admirers, especially when the colors change.

Pierce Stocking spent his younger years working as a lumberman in Michigan’s forests. In 1948, he bought forest land from D.H. Day, south of Glen Haven, and ran a sawmill there. Stocking loved the woods and spent most of his spare time there, developing a self-taught knowledge of nature. He wanted to share nature’s beauty with others and conceived the idea of a road to the top of the Sleeping Bear Dunes.

The planning for the road began in the early 1960s, and in 1967, the road opened to the public. Stocking operated the scenic drive until his death in 1976, and the following year the road became part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Later it was named the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive.

The bridge’s roof is tall enough to allow a 13-foot, 6-inch vehicle safe clearance. It’s a timber and truss structure with a roof, deck, and sides, and the trusses are triangular frames that support a structure by distributing the weight of the deck. As with your typical covered bridge, the roof and walls protect the framework from snow and rain, and covered bridges tend to last longer than other wooden spans because they don’t need to be repaired or replaced as often.

But that doesn’t mean these bridges are immune to all problems. “The sides of the original bridge were largely consumed by porcupines, which seem to relish man-made structures more than the native wood of the forest,” according to the National Park Service website.

MANISTEE SWING BRIDGE

The original bridge on this site was built by the Manistee and Northeastern Railway in 1889 (and then rebuilt 10 years later). The wood and iron span was 160 feet long and rose 12 feet above the water line. Originally, the swing was powered by strong-armed operators who would crank the bridge into place.

The current version was built in 1939 by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee. No longer operated by human muscle, this historic span is a very rare style: a plate girder swing bridge.

Even more remarkable, it still carries trains for the Marquette Rail system across the Manistee River and opens and closes for maritime traffic, making it one of the few functional bridges of its type remaining in Michigan. It’s 312 feet long, with a main span of 100 feet.

The bridge is still in good working order and is a key intersection point for the Manistee area’s industrial rail freight and shipping. Watching a Great Lakes freighter navigate the tight opening through the river is a special sight that attracts onlookers on a regular basis during the shipping season.

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To Traverse City

The North American Space Summit heads to TC

By Joseph Beyer

If you’re surprised that the Mitten State has rocketed into the global space race, you shouldn’t be, says Gavin Brown, the executive director of Michigan’s Aerospace Manufacturers Association (MAMA) and host of the upcoming North American Space Summit in Traverse City.

“There’s nothing sudden about spacefocused ventures being based here,” he points out. “Our state has been involved in manufacturing aviation and aerospace components since the first airplanes took flights and the first rockets were launched.”

When Brown gives this context, it makes sense that our manufacturing history and transportation strategy infrastructure (born and bred from Detroit outward) might be a leader in the commercialization and exploration of the outer limits of our atmosphere and beyond.

With over 600 aerospace related companies in Michigan currently producing an estimated $3 billion dollars in revenue, according to MAMA, “the expectation is still for steady growth over the decade ahead,” said Brown, who launched the MAMA trade organization in 2007 and has grown to over 200 members.

The natural next step was creating a conference and summit to gather these experts and disciplines together each year, connecting and strengthening their collaborations and advocacy. To be held Oct. 2-4 at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, the fifth-annual North American Space Summit (NASS), has been happening here

in northern Michigan since 2018.

Brown says the location has been key. “The conference allows attendees to share knowledge, make connections, and build partnerships. It gives us the opportunity to position Michigan as a location with the human talent, manufacturing prowess, favorable business climate, and technical expertise needed to foster a thriving aerospace industry.”

This year, the conference hosts a high-profile keynote from Lt. Gen. Nina M. Armagno, the director of staff for

(tell us more!); “Low Earth Orbit Cyber Security” (hint: keep your OS updated); Spaceports and the FAA (checked baggage extra); and Liability Insurance in Space (prudent).

Then again, the sessions aren’t all aeronomy and solar-terrestrial physics. NASS also gives attendees a chance to interact with potential partners and government contract opportunities, as well as to mingle with industry leaders eager to help Michigan’s development as a space support hub. It’s the business of space and

Traverse City is also home to ATLAS Space Operations. Founded in 2015 by four former military colleagues, ATLAS provides aerospace communications technologies and software solutions that keep outdated systems running on older satellites.

Serving this niche is just one example of our region’s growing space talent and subculture, and ATLAS has grown to staff over 40 employees and was named one of the top disruptors in the satellite sector by Morgan Stanley. They’ve expanded their services to now include data and comms systems for the future of cloud based space management, and their “Freedom” softwareas-a-service could someday become the standard of ground-based control.

the U.S. Space Force. She is based in the Pentagon and synchronizes policy and procedural issues for the U.S. Space Force headquarters’ staff. Another guest will be Lt. Gen. (retired) Joseph “Keith” Kellogg Jr., the former chief of staff and executive secretary of the National Security Council under President Donald Trump.

When space experts get together like this, don’t expect a Star Trek convention environment. The dialogue and conference topics are pretty granular and serious, with sessions like “The Hypersonic Imperative”

how we’ll position ourselves in the supply chain of interstellar needs.

“We’re bringing the visionaries, entrepreneurs, and doers who are the driving forces behind positioning Michigan as a space state together [and] working to promote the aerospace ecosystem in Michigan,” Brown says.

With sizable business opportunities in military, communications, research, and navigation support systems, entrepreneurs are racing to establish companies to meet these needs. In addition to the Space Summit,

For stargazers and space geeks, Michigan has some fascinating and ongoing projects that may result in components and mini-satellites being launched soon from Marquette, Oscoda, or Chippewa County. (Complex licensing and impacts are still being studied and are not without controversy, though future launches from Michigan would be smaller in comparison to the giants like SpaceX’s Brownsville Texas launch site or the bigs like Kennedy, Cape Canaveral, and Houston Space Centers.)

While there’s no word yet on possible locally-infused cherry-flavored Tang, you can still take a lot of community pride in looking up at the brilliant night skies of our region, seeing a small nano or micro-satellite orbiting our pale blue dot, and knowing it may be made by one of us…a Michigander.

For more information, visit thenass.org.

The North American Space Summit brings speakers and attendees from across the country.

The summit is held over two days with presentations and panels on space industry issues, trends, and technology.

“We’re bringing the visionaries, entrepreneurs, and doers who are the driving forces behind positioning Michigan as a space state together [and] working to promote the aerospace ecosystem in Michigan,” Brown says.

By Alexandra Dailey

Since 2014, Traverse City’s Up North Pride (UNP)—currently helmed by President & Programming/Events Co-Chair Nick Viox and a board of volunteers—has been fostering inclusion, providing education and resources, inspiring activism and advocacy, and producing a variety of community-focused 2SLGBTQIA+ programs and events for all.

Last year, UNP decided to move their annual Up North Pride Week from June—the nationally recognized Pride Month—to the fall, a less hectic event season in northern Michigan. By shifting the event to the end of September or early October, the volunteer-led nonprofit says it can more easily find donations and local sponsors for the week-long event, as well as more readily partner with community businesses that have the time and availability outside the summer rush.

Fall also means an opportunity for larger venues, new events, and updated favorites, and the UNP team is excitedly preparing for the upcoming community activities that promote inclusion, diversity, and togetherness.

“We strive to create events that everyone will be interested in,” says Kendall Kotcher, social media manager for the organization. “I’m hoping the Pool Party [new for 2022] will reach a new group of attendees this year.”

Though she’s eager to facilitate and participate in all events, there’s one Kotcher is most anticipating. “The Silent Disco is always my absolute favorite,” she says. “Dancing under the stars with your friends is bliss.”

So, consider this September (and October) Pride Month Part II! On the next page, you’ll find details on the major events throughout Up North Pride Week, as well as sneak peeks at special guests and activities happening Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. Week Returns

The Visibility March takes to the streets of downtown Traverse City, traveling from F&M Park down to The Open Space for fun evening events. Photo credit: LilJes Photography

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28

Pride Ride & Sign Making Party

F&M Park, 716 E. State St., 6-9pm

Led by Norte and open to all ages, the Pride Ride starts at F&M Park and ends at The Little Fleet, where cyclists can participate in the annual Sign Making Party in preparation for the Visibility Rally on Saturday.

“We welcome over 100 riders and artists to this event,” says Kotcher. “We’re grateful for Norte’s leadership in bringing together a community through bikes and Ampersand Lettering Lab for leading the creativity for the signs.”

Note: Cyclists are encouraged to arrive at F&M Park before 6pm to get ready to ride.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 29

Pool Party! (Now sold out!)

Delamar Traverse City, 615 E. Front St., 6-9pm

Everyone is invited to participate in Up North Pride’s first-ever pool party event at Delmar Traverse City! (Old-timers know the Delamar as the former Holiday Inn West Bay.) Come socialize and mingle for the evening with a sunset backdrop, delicious drinks, and heated pools.

This inaugural party came from a brainstorming session and feedback from previous attendees—UNP heard and took action! This event is open to all ages, though alcohol will be available to those 21+.

to entertain audiences with her selfdeprecating, improvisational style and guitar. Joining her are two national-touring LGBTQ+ comedians: Jeff D, known for his riotous and satirical Southern-style humor, and Jen Kober, who uses her storytelling skills and improvised rock-n-roll approach to induce laughter.

“We are thrilled to move Comedy Night to a larger and beloved venue this year,” adds Kotcher. “It’s exciting that more of our community has access to a night of laughs!”

available for purchase on-site, and attendees are invited to come in Pride attire, drag, or whatever gender expression they feel.

Silent Disco

The Open Space, 10pm–12am

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30

Comedy Night

City Opera House, 106 E. Front St., 8-9:30pm

Comedian Kristin Key returns

SATURDAY, OCT. 1

Visibility Rally & March

F&M Park, 716 E. State St., 4-5pm

This is the big one, folks! The largest participant-driven 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride March in Michigan takes place here in Traverse City. The Visibility Rally kicks off at F&M Park with keynote speakers and Grand Marshall Senator Jeremy Moss, Michigan’s first openly gay senate member.

From there, the Visibility March flows from downtown to the Open Space. During the march, participants display their creative statements from Wednesday’s sign making party. (Or BYO sign from home!)

Post-drag night, the Open Space morphs into a silent disco under the October sky. If you’ve never seen or attended a silent disco, they’re pretty neat: Everyone is listening to music and dancing the night away, but instead of blaring through loudspeakers for the whole town to hear, the music is right there in your ears.

Attendees will be given headphones to bust out their moves and enjoy great tunes facilitated by 2Bays Productions, which is hosting three competing DJs on-site. Food and drink will also be available.

SUNDAY, OCT. 2

Big Gay Brunch

The Open Space, 11am-2pm

To wrap up Pride Week’s lineup is the Big Gay Brunch, which includes food, drinks, music, and a great opportunity to network and socialize.

Drag Night

The Open Space, following the Visibility March until 10pm

Hosted by local drag king and fan-favorite Ben Eaton, Drag Night at the Open Space includes national, regional, and local drag artists who are ready to wow! Co-headliners for the event include RuPaul’s Drag Race alumnae Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and Angeria Paris VanMicheals. Food and drink will be

“The Big Gay Brunch is a lovely way to end the week with delicious food and groovy local tunes,” shares Kotcher. “We moved the picnic to this day because we felt like it was a good opportunity for the community to connect with other nonprofits that align with our values. The queers love a brunch, and Sundays are notorious for brunch.”

For more information about each event, visit upnorthpride.com.

Attendees cheer for performing artists during the annual Drag Night at The Open Space in downtown Traverse City. Photo credit: LilJes Photography

saturday

BOYNE CITY HARVEST FESTIVAL: 8am-3pm, Downtown Boyne City. Mu sic, crafts, children’s activi ties (10am-2pm), fall pro duce, more than 30 arts & craft vendors, & more.

DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP: 8am, Centre Ice Arena, TC. Sept. 22-26. $15-$25. centreice.org/drwtickets

MICHIGAN ADVENTURE RACE: 6 OR 12 HOURS: Caberfae Peaks, Cadillac. Man istee National Forest Edition. Experience classic northern Michigan terrain while you trek, orienteer, paddle & bike in & around the majestic Manistee National Forest. 12 Hours option starts at 8am; 6 Hours option starts at 10:30am. miadventurerace.com/ manistee-natl-edition/race-information

RAPID RIVER RUN & 1ST ANNUAL TORCH LAKE CRUIZERS CAR, TRUCK & MOTORCYCLE SHOW: Freedom Park, Rapid City. Rapid City Heritage Festival presents the Rapid River Run, a 5K run that begins & ends in the park at 8:30am followed by a one mile walk at 8:45am. Car show competition starts at 10am, with tro phies awarded at 2:45pm, & ending with a planned cruise around Torch Lake at 3pm. Also enjoy food & craft vendors all day & live music from local artist Darrel Boger from 11am-2:30pm. $15 entry fee to register a ve hicle; free to attend. facebook.com/RapidCity-Heritage-Festival-110979938219092

EAST JORDAN FALL FEST: East Jordan Tourist Park. Featuring live music by Lou Thumser, Nelson Olstrom, Charlie’s Root Fusion, Two Track Mind, & Derailed. There will also be a co-ed softball tournament, Paint & Pumpkins Art & Craft Show, food, beer tent, cornhole tournament, hayrides, children’s games, early trick or treating at campsites & more. facebook.com/profile. php?id=100076341665018

HARBOR SPRINGS FESTIVAL OF THE BOOK: SOLD OUT: Sept. 23-25. A cel ebration of readers, writers, books, & the literary craft. Featuring nationally-published authors & illustrators. hsfotb.org

PEACE RANCH WILDERNESS RUN: Peace Ranch, TC. 10K Race: 9am; 5K Race: 9:15am. 100% of the race proceeds will go to serve veterans, at risk youth, chil dren & families in crisis. peaceranchtc.com/ wilderness-run

13TH ANNUAL BREEZEWAY FALL COLOR CRUISES: From 10am-noon at Royal

Farms in Atwood, pick up your goodie bags filled with coupons, business swag, “Trip Tips” sheet of attractions, events, etc. & then “tour” 26 miles of C-48 The Breezeway at your own pace. ejchamber.org

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2022 NATIONAL ALPACA FARM DAYFREE FAMILY EVENT: 10am-5pm, Cotton Creek Farms, Thompsonville. Meet 50+ al paca boys & girls, meet Lucy the llama, see alpaca babies, feed alpacas, shop for alpaca products & more. cottoncreekfarms.com

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24TH ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL & SCARECROW EXTRAVAGANZA: 10am4pm, Bellaire. Includes the Kids Scare crow Extravaganza Scavenger Hunt, Free Family 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk, live music with Jessica Dominic, mini pumpkin paint ing, Pie Eating Contest, Best Dressed Pet Parade, live music by Reggie Smith & The After Party, “Chopped” Disaster Style: Law Enforcement Addition, & much more. Find on Facebook.

ARTISTS FAIR: 10am-4pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Unique & hand crafted items from local artists. 231-2237700.

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COOKING CLASSES WITH BEN BEEDEN: 10am, Bellaire Public Library. An hour-long workshop featuring hands-on prep work each week as participants create a soup, chili, or stew meal to be taken home, & frozen or cooked for your dinner. Held on Saturdays: Sept. 10, 17 & 24, & Oct. 1. Any participants who attend at least 3 sessions will receive a crock pot, instant pot, OR air fryer (your choice) after the classes have concluded. Registration required. Class size limited. Free. bellairelibrary.org

GRAND TRAVERSE AREA ANNUAL ROCK, MINERAL & JEWELRY SHOW: 10am-5pm, VFW Cherryland Post 2780, TC. Enjoy vendor booths, displays & shop ping. Adult entry donation: $2.

OPEN STUDIO: 10am-1pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Visual Arts Classroom, Petoskey. Enjoy drop-in arts & crafts activi ties. Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-peto skey/open-studio-september-24

PENINSULA LIBRARY ART FAIR: 10am4pm. Held at the brand new Peninsula Com munity Library, 2893 Island View Rd., TC. Local artists present: block printing, glass ware, jewelry, natural fiber toys, oil painting, photography, woodworking & more. Free. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

ST. ANDREWS CHURCH FALL BAZAAR: 10am-3pm, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Beulah. Sponsored by the Presby

terian Women of St. Andrews Church. Pro ceeds from the sale are used to support lo cal charities. For info call the church office: 231-882-4241.

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TC FAMILIENFEST 2022: 10am-2pm, Trin ity Lutheran Church & School, TC. A free, family-friendly event under the Bavarian tent. Enjoy games & prizes. Food is avail able to purchase. mynorthtickets.com/ events/tc-familienfest-2022-9-24-2022

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WRITING THE ARTS: OBJECT + WORDS = EKPHRASIS: 10-11am, Glen Arbor Arts Center Gallery. Using the GAAC Vessels exhibit as foundation, Michigan Writers will lead four, one-hour Sat. morning sessions. Ekphrasis is the time-honored tradition of using the visual arts for literary inspiration. Writers of all skill levels welcome. Free, but must pre-register. glenarborart.org/ events/writing-the-arts-object-words-ekph rasis/2022-09-10

LEELANAU UNCAGED: 11am, Downtown Northport. Featuring a water blessing, pa rade, live music - 40 acts on six stages (Sil ver Creek Revival, Crystal Bindi Dancers, Robin Connell Trio, Northport Community Band, Parallel 45, StoneFolk, The Fabulous Horn Dogs & many others), artisans, 15 food vendors & a kids tent. Free. leelanau uncaged.com

ST. JOSEPH FALL FESTIVAL: 11am-4pm, St. Joseph Catholic Church, TC. Wine tast ing from all 12 Old Mission wineries, au thentic Hispanic food, music, kid’s tent, pi nata, raffle, & silent auction. stjosephtc.org

FREEDOM, DONUTS + CIDER FOR ALL: 12-4pm, Northport Marina Park Pavilion. Meet the Leelanau Republican Candidates for County Commission while celebrating the coming autumn. Held during Leelanau Uncaged. Free.

GENO’S ANNUAL CAR SHOW & FRIENDS OF THE BVDL FLEA MARKET & ARTS/CRAFTS SHOW: Geno’s Sports Bar & Grill, Thompsonville. Geno’s Annual Car Show: 12-4pm. $5 entry fee. Registra tion: 12-2pm. 231-378-2554. Live entertain ment by Duke and the Studebakers. Flea market & Arts/Crafts Show held in conjunc tion with car show, but from 12-5pm. bet sievalleydistrictlibrary.org/news-events/ genos-annual-car-show-and-bvdl-friendsarts-crafts-fair-and-flea-market

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BOOK SIGNING: 1-3pm, Horizon Books, TC. Michael Lucido will sign his book “Little Drop.” horizonbooks.com/event/book-sign ing-michael-lucido-little-drop

SEED SAVING 101: 1pm, Bellaire Public Library. Author & organic farmer Bevin Co hen will show how to save seeds from gar dens, large & small. Free.

TALES & CURIOSITIES: 2pm, Marilla His torical Society, Copemish. An afternoon of storytelling to bring local history alive. The museum complex consists of four historic buildings that include: the 1920 Marilla Standard School, the 1870’s two-story, fully furnished log Pioneer House, the Nels Johnson Trapper’s Cabin, & the 1900 Pio neer Barn. There will be live music, tours & a large outdoor historical mural celebrat ing the 150th anniversary of the formation of Marilla Township. Donations welcome. marillahistory.org

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PLAY IT FORWARD: 6-10pm, Lavender Hill Farm, Boyne City. A benefit performance by the Joshua Davis Band. This event in cludes an auction to support arts education at CTAC. It will feature a work of original

art by local artist Kevin Barton. Pack a pic nic & bring a lawn chair. Theater seating: $37.50; lawn seating: $15.50. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-petoskey/play-it-forward-0

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CADILLAC FOOTLITERS PRESENTS “THE 39 STEPS”: 7pm, 421 S. Mitchell St., Cadillac. A comic conspiracy caper filled with unexpected twists & turns. $11. cadil lacfootliters.ludus.com/index.php

BREATHING SPACE: Old Art Building, Le land. A new comedy by McAdoo Greer & Leland’s own Rebecca Reynolds. Lobby opens at 6:30pm with cocktails & appetiz ers. The show begins at 7:30pm on Sat. for the Red Carpet Premiere. Or enjoy on Sun., Sept. 25 at 3pm for the matinee show. Meet the cast & directors following the show. $65 on Sat.; $35 on Sun. oldartbuilding.com/ events/cocktails-and-comedy

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COMEDY WITH TOM MCCARTHY: 7:30pm, Traverse City Comedy Club, TC. A staple on the Midwest club & festival circuit, Tom has been seen on “Laughs” on Fox Network, & was a regional finalist on Na tional Lampoon’s “Comic Search.” Recently he was a performer at the “Brew Ha Ha” Festival, & is the host of the weekly “Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle Podcast.” $20-$25. traversecitycomedyclub.com/tom-mccarthy

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Just af ter midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks, & by morning it is one passenger fewer. Dame Agatha Christie’s famous story was adapted into this come dy-mystery for the stage by playwright Ken Ludwig. Adults, $28; youth under 18, $15 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/ TheatreManager/1/login&event=406

“FIND YOUR PARK” AFTER DARK: STAR PARTY: Dune Climb, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, Glen Arbor. Enjoy a dark sky (new moon) viewing. Drop-in telescope & infor mation stations will be available. Free, but a park entrance pass or annual pass must be displayed in your vehicle. Please park in the row furthest from the dunes with your headlights facing M-109. 231-326-4736.

9TH ANNUAL BLUE RIBBON RUN: starting at Byte Productions, 16th St., TC. This 4 mile run/walk along the Boardman Lake Trail is held in memory of Curt Bar rons, who was an active member of the lo cal US-Too prostate cancer support group. All race proceeds support local prostate cancer support, education & advocacy groups. Register: https://events.bytepro. net/blue-ribbon-run

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GRAND TRAVERSE AREA ANNUAL ROCK, MINERAL & JEWELRY SHOW: 11am-4pm, VFW Cherryland Post 2780, TC. Enjoy vendor booths, displays & shop ping. Adult entry donation: $2.

2ND ANNUAL CHILI COOK-OFF FOR CHARITY: Barrel Back Restaurant, Walloon Lake. En joy not only the chili competition & tastings, but a local farmers’ market, canned food drive, kids’ activities, live music & more, all benefitting the Manna Food Project. barrelback.com/post/2nd-annual-chili-cook-offfor-charity

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DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP - RED/WHITE GAME: Noon, Centre Ice Arena, TC. Reserved & Mezzanine tick ets are SOLD OUT. Standing room tickets available. $15-$25. centreice.org/page/ show/482510-drw-training-camp

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GRAVESTONE MAINTENANCE PRO GRAM: 2pm, Colfax Township Cemetery, near Thompsonville. For more info & to reg ister, visit the web site, email info@benzie museum.org, or call 231-882-5539. Free. benziemuseum.org

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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: (See Sat., Sept. 24, except today’s time is 2pm.)

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BREATHING SPACE: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

monday

DETROIT RED WINGS TRAINING CAMP: 9:30am, Centre Ice Arena, TC. Sept. 22-26. $10. centreice.org/ drwtickets

EMMET & CHARLEVOIX COUNTY CANDIDATE FORUM: NCMC, Iron Horse Café, Petoskey. Meet & Greet at 5:30pm; forum, 6:30pm. Candidates for the 37th State Senate race, the 107th State House race, Emmet County Commission, & Charlevoix County Commission races have been in vited. Candidates for County Commission races will be participating in the Meet & Greet only, while the other candidates will also participate in the moderated forum.

Right Where You Are” by Ann Voskamp, the festival keynote speaker. Pastor Sherry Mc Guffin of Cross of Christ Lutheran Church will lead the discussion. Free. petoskeyar ea.com/event/c-s-lewis-festival-book-dis cussions

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PORCH-A-PALOOZA COMEDY NIGHT: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by Addiction Treatment Services. Featuring na tionally recognized comedians Sam Miller & Kurtis Matthews (both in recovery). Hosted by Jeremy Reisig, aka brotha James. $25. cityoperahouse.org/node/468

wednesday

BREAD & CHEESE CLASS WITH THE CHEESE LADY: 5:30-7pm, Interlochen Pub lic Library. Learn all about cheese & sample some of the fine cheeses available at The Cheese Lady. 231-276-6767. Free.

SMALL FARM TOOL SELECTION & USE: 5:30pm, Buckwheat’s Market Garden, Cen tral Lake. Learn about tools that might be a good fit for your small farm, such as a wheel seeder, Paper Pot Transplanter & BCS hand tractor. Free; please register to attend. crosshatch.org/events/2022/9/28/ small-farm-tool-selection-and-use

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tuesday

PORCH-A-PALOOZA: The Porch, 1010 S. Garfield Ave., TC. Presented by Ad diction Treatment Services. An all-day event of activities & events aimed at building connection, rais ing awareness, & spreading hope. The day will include activities such as a nature walk, acupuncture, partner dance workshop, eu chre tournament, corn hole tournament, a marathon meeting, dunk tank, & many other activities. The day will be capped off with a comedy show held at the City Opera House. allevents.in/traverse%20city/porch-a-paloo za/200023251435013

PRESCHOOL STORY TIME: 10:30am, Suttons Bay Bingham District Library. En rich your day with stories, songs & more. Free. sbbdl.org

CWIB LUNCHEON: 11:30am, Petoskey Bay View Country Club, Petoskey. A pan el discussion with women in the finance field. Learn what you need to know about financial planning during your 20/30’s, 40/50’s & then 60’s & beyond. Registration & networking from 11:30am-noon; lunch at noon; & program at 12:20pm. $30 for CWIB members; $35 for not-yet-members. peto skeychamber.com/events/details/cwib-lun cheon-september-27-2022-28436

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SPEED NETWORKING: 5:30-7pm, Fourge Coworking Space, Gaylord. For profes sionals in the greater Gaylord area to meet new people & make new connections with old acquaintances. Register. Free. eventbrite.com/e/speed-networking-tick ets-382474851577

C.S. LEWIS FESTIVAL: BOOK DISCUSSIONS: 6-9pm, Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Petoskey. Book to be discussed: “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully

PRIDE RIDE/SIGN MAKING PARTY: 6-9pm, F&M Park, TC. Meet at F&M Park in your bike gear & pride gear for a spirited ride through downtown led by Norte & ending at The Little Fleet for the annual Sign Making Party. Make a statement & prepare for the Pride Visibility March on Sat. The ride will begin at 6pm, so please meet before 6pm to rally up. upnorthpride.com/events

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JOHN WEMLINGER, LOCAL AUTHOR: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, Mc Guire Community Room, TC. Wemlinger will share his new book, “The Cut,” a Michigan Notable Book. A retired US Army Colonel with 27 years of active duty service, John is a veteran of the Vietnam conflict where he amassed nearly 1,000 hours of combat fly ing as a helicopter pilot. Free. events.tadl. org/event/john-wemlinger-local-author

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LAUGHS AT THE LIBRARY: 6:30pm, Le land Township Library, lawn, Leland. The Tilt Think Improv players are returning & they’re bringing their wacky storytelling, games & formats. The audience will give suggestions to inspire the stories, scenes & characters that are created on the spot & in the mo ment. It’s all improvised! Free. lelandlibrary. org/programs-events

thursday

ART BEAT: 10am, Elk Rap ids. Visit all three galleries in Elk Rapids to see art, art demonstrations, meet the artists, & get entered to win gift certificates. They include: Mullaly’s 128 Gallery, Blue Heron Gallery, & Twisted Fish Gallery.

COFFEE @ TEN, PETOSKEY: 10am, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Gilbert Gallery, Petoskey. Fall Exhibition Walkthrough: CTAC Visual Arts Director Liz Erlewine will introduce visitors to CTAC-Petoskey’s fall exhibitions: “Travelogues: Juried Photogra phy Exhibition,” & “Work: Juried Functional Art.” Free. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-peto skey/coffee-10-fall-exhibition-walkthroughctac-petoskey readers:

CHARLEVOIX MAYORAL CANDIDATE

FORUM: 5:30-7pm, Charlevoix Public Li brary. Featuring candidates Dennis Halv erson & Lyle Gennett, & networking oppor tunities with the City of Charlevoix Ward 1, 2 & 3 Councilmember candidates (running unopposed). Moderated by Scott T. La Deur, Ph.D Professor of Political Science at NCMC.

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NWS: FREDRIK BACKMAN: 7pm, Lars Hockstad Auditorium, TC. Fredrik is the author of “A Man Called Ove” & “The Win ners.” Guest host will be Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times-bestselling author & co-founder of the National Writers Se ries. $29.40-$64.40. eventbrite.com/e/ nws-presents-fredrik-backman-authorof-the-winners-a-man-called-ove-tick ets-396705044467

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2B1 WORLD: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. Dedicated to opening hearts & encour aging change by coming together to save the planet, one beat at a time. 2B1 World brings a unique take on classic songs & the rhythmic feels of many cultures. $32, $27, $15. cityoperahouse.org

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

friday

ANNUAL HARVEST FESTI VAL: 8am, Aloha State Park, Cheboygan. For registered campers & their guests only. Decorate your camp site & enjoy a pumpkin decorating contest, costume contest, & kids crafts. 231-625-2522.

ART BEAT: (See Thurs., Sept. 29)

VINTAGE SHOP HOP TOUR: 10am-5pm. Tour the shops! The Flying Pig, downtown Bellaire; The Pear Tree, downtown Alden; Grace of Alden; Stonehedge Gardens, East Jordan; Whimsical Wit, Boyne City; Vintage Mercantile, Walloon Lake. Receive a pass port at any of the shops, fill your passport & enter to win a grand prize.

MADE IN CHEBOYGAN SUMMER CRAFT SHOW: 12-7pm, Washington Park, Che boygan. facebook.com/madeincheboygan

CADILLAC FOOTLITERS PRESENTS “THE 39 STEPS”: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

COMEDY WITH THE KNOCKAUFFS: 7:30pm, Traverse City Comedy Club, TC. These musicians & singers bring punk rock renditions of hits from the 1950’s & 1960’s. They combine “a comically snotty & snarky stage show with excellent showmanship.” $10. traversecitycomedyclub.com/the-knockauffs

DANCE: FALL PERFORMANCE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. The Interlochen Arts Acad emy Dance Division will perform a variety of classical & contemporary dance works. Full, $15; student, $12. interlochen.org/con certs-and-events/all-events?search=

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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

COMEDY NIGHT: 8pm, City Opera House, TC. Up North Pride brings back the musical comedic brilliance of Kristin Key, & national touring LGBTQ+ comedians: Jeff D & Jen Kober. $20. cityoperahouse.org/node/460

saturday

SLEEPING BEAR MARA THON, HALF MARATHON & 5K: Empire Beach. Marathon, 7:30am; Half Marathon, 8am; 5K Run/ Walk, 8:20am. The out-andback marathon course will take runners by the “Dune Climb,” past Little Glen Lake, & through the village of Glen Arbor with breathtaking views of the Manitou Islands & Sleeping Bear Dunes along the way. The half marathon & 5K will follow the same course as the marathon, with the half mara thon turning around at the 6.5 mile mark, & the 5K turning around at 1.5 miles. runsign up.com/Race/MI/Empire/SleepingBear

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ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL: (See Fri., Sept. 30)

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FAMILY FUN FAIR: 9am-noon, Big Beauti ful Life Chiropractic & Wellness, TC. Food, petting animals & a bounce house. A morn ing of fun, connection & education about local family health & wellness resources. Free. BBLFamilyFunDay.eventbrite.com

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LEIF ERIKSSON DAY ROW & RUN: 9am, Depot Beach, Charlevoix. The event con sists of a one-mile boat race & 5K foot race & celebrates the life of Leif Eriksson. Be ginning at Depot Beach, the one-mile boat race leads participants to Ferry Beach. The 5K will traverse along a road course in the city of Charlevoix. All proceeds will benefit the Rayder Den, a food pantry project for Charlevoix Middle & High School students experiencing food insecurity. From 9/16 to 9/28 the registration price is $40. Sign up the day of the event is $45. rowandrun.org

WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S: The Open Space, TC. Registration opens at 9am & walk begins at 10am. Among the fes tivities will be cosplay groups from Star Wars, Ghostbusters & Star Trek. For more info & to start your own team visit alz.org/ walk act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2022/MIGreaterMichigan?fr_id=15646&pg=entry

13TH ANNUAL BREEZEWAY FALL COL OR CRUISES: From 10am-noon at Royal Farms in Atwood, pick up your goodie bags filled with coupons, business swag, “Trip Tips” sheet of attractions, events, etc. & then “tour” 26 miles of C-48 The Breezeway at your own pace. ejchamber.org

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3RD ANNUAL COLORS BY THE LAKE: 10am-5pm, Village Park Green, Walloon Lake. Enjoy the fabulous local nature colors & the colorful art for sale.

ART BEAT: (See Thurs., Sept. 29)

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BEULAH FALL FESTIVAL: 10am-5pm, Downtown Beulah. Enjoy pumpkin deco rating, a visit from the Lord of the Gourd, sidewalk chalk art, face painting, mask & trick-or-treat bag painting, a classic car & motorcycle show, horse-drawn wagon rides & more. Free. clcba.org/event/fall-festival

COOKING CLASSES WITH BEN BEEDEN: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

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MADE IN CHEBOYGAN SUMMER CRAFT SHOW: 10am-5pm, Washington Park, Che boygan. facebook.com/madeincheboygan

OPEN STUDIO, PETOSKEY: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

WRITING THE ARTS: OBJECT + WORDS = EKPHRASIS: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

FAMILY FUN WITH S.T.E.A.M. (SCIENCE/ TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING/ART/ MATH): Suttons Bay Bingham District Li brary. Featuring several family friendly hands-on activities. Drop by between 10:30am-noon. Free. sbbdl.org

ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL: 11am-2pm, Marina Park, Harbor Springs. Pumpkin painting, straw mountain, live music, do nut eating contest, & more. harborspring schamber.com/events/details/annual-fallfestival-harbor-springs-marina-park-10985

HIGHLANDS HARVEST FESTIVAL: 11am4pm, The Highlands at Harbor Springs. Take a scenic chairlift ride to Upper Camelot, where you can take in the beautiful fall col ors & views. At the top, there will be activi ties for everyone; a $5 activity wristband will allow access to all of the events. These in clude face painting, cookie decorating, toy in a hay stack, burlap sack racing, pumpkin ring toss, & more. highlandsharborsprings. com/events/highlands-harvest-event

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13TH ANNUAL SKITOBERFEST: Noon, Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls. Keg bowling, stein hoisting, Kids’ Zone fun, pond pedal ing & more. Craft brews, food, live music, & the Pray for Snow Bonfire. boynemountain. com/upcoming-events/13th-annual-skito berfest

22ND ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL: 124pm, Chateau Chantal, TC. 1pm: Public Cellar Tour. Learn the basics of winemaking from vine to glass as you stroll through the working cellar. 2pm: Grape Stompin’. Get in line for your chance to crush grapes the old-fashioned way; with your feet! Addition al offerings included. See web site. shop. chateauchantal.com/res-401192/Flight-OrGlass-Reservations.html

BOOK SIGNING: 12-2pm, Dog Ears Books, Northport. Leelanau County au thor & Newbery prize winner Lynne Rae Perkins will sign copies of her new chil dren’s book, “Violet & Jobie in the Wild” for bookstore customers. This is a middlegrade chapter book with illustrations by the author. Free. facebook.com/Dog-EarsBooks-1349509478475800

CADILLAC FOOTLITERS PRESENTS “THE 39 STEPS”: 2pm, 421 S. Mitchell St., Cadillac. A comic conspiracy caper filled with unexpected twists & turns. $11. cadil lacfootliters.ludus.com/index.php

DANCE: FALL PERFORMANCE: 2pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. The Interlochen Arts Acad emy Dance Division will perform a variety of classical & contemporary dance works. Full, $15; student, $12. interlochen.org/con certs-and-events/all-events?search=

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INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON

DAY: Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC. Solar Observation at the Museum, 2-4pm; Lunar Observation at the NMC Observato ry, 8pm. Free. dennosmuseum.org/events/ community-programs.html

4TH ANNUAL ANDREW BOYER SCHOL ARSHIP BREWFEST: 4-8pm, Valley View Farm, East Jordan. Enjoy food, locally brewed beer, music by Two Beats, yard games, & a Fun Run on a 1.5 mile rugged trail. $10-$40; see web site. valleyview brewfest.com/get-your-tickets

UP NORTH PRIDE WEEK EVENTS: TC. 4-5pm: Visibility Rally & March: The larg est participant-driven 2SLGBTQIA+ Pride March in Michigan beginning at F&M Park & walking through downtown to The Open Space. Featuring keynote speakers & Grand Marshalls. Following will be Drag Night at The Open Space. Hosted by local drag king Ben Eaton. 10pm-midnight: Silent Disco at The Open Space. Hosted by 2Bays Productions. upnorthpride.com/events

ADULT PROM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: 6pm, Right Brain Brewery, TC. Hosted by Illuminate My Life Counseling. Silent auction, hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, music by 231 Enter tainment, on-site photographer. $50.

“ASPECTS OF AMERICA” CONCERT: 7pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Karlie Thomas, 15 years old, from Charlevoix, will be featured in this saxophone concerto with the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra. A pre-concert talk by Libor Ondras, orchestra conductor & music director, starts at 6pm in the Community En gagement Room. $35-$65. glcorchestra.org

CADILLAC FOOTLITERS PRESENTS “THE 39 STEPS”: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

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MAX LOCKWOOD & ERIC O’DALY HOUSE CONCERT: 7-9pm. Presented by Gopherwood Concerts at the home of Paul & Nancy Brown: 4320 E 46 Rd., Cadillac. Songwriter, vocalist & poet Max Lockwood channels the flair of Tom Petty, & brings ele ments of rock & roll, folk & pop. Eric O’Daly transforms himself to fit the wide-ranging styles of music he performs. His songs are rich & evocative. $7-$15. mynorthtick ets.com/events/max-lockwood-eric-oda ly-10-1-2022

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: (See Sat., Sept. 24)

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UNIFLORA: 7:30pm, Old Art Building, Le land. A concert & exhibition by 2022 Ann Hall Visiting Artist Dana Falconberry. Enjoy a full set of Dana’s original music while tak ing in an exhibit of her visual art. $25. old artbuilding.com

LARRY MCCRAY: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. This singer/songwriter, legendary blues man’s latest 12-track release, “Blues Without You,” was recorded on famed blues rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa’s Keeping the Blues Alive nonprofit label with producer Josh Smith, a partnership that has also created a video & a documentary. $25, $30, $35. dennos museum.org/events/milliken/index.html

sunday

ANNUAL HARVEST FES TIVAL: (See Fri., Sept. 30)

3RD ANNUAL COLORS BY THE LAKE: (See Sat., Oct. 1)

BIG GAY BRUNCH & PICNIC: 11am-2pm, The Open Space, TC. Local food & bever ages can be purchased with opportunities to interact with local nonprofit booths. Fea turing live local music stylings & familyfriendly activities. upnorthpride.com/events

15TH ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVUS: 126pm, The Village at GT Commons, TC. A German-themed, fun-for-all-ages event. Left Foot Charley will offer wine & cider by the glass, winemakers in lederhosen, live music by Ben Traverse and company from 1-3pm, food trucks from 12-6pm, fresh ci der, & wine tasting. thevillagetc.com

BUILD A SCARECROW FAMILY FUN DAY: 12-4pm, The Botanic Garden at His toric Barns Park, TC. Just bring your own scarecrow attire & decorations. Scare crow frames, burlap & straw will be pro vided. There will be cider & donuts on the Pavilion & a youth-oriented activity in the classroom. Register. $5. eventbrite.com/e/ build-a-scarecrow-family-fun-day-tick ets-417914953877

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BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BREAKFAST: 8am-noon, Rainbow of Hope Farm, King sley. Last breakfast this year. $10 adults, $7 students, free for 5 & under. rainbowof hopefarm.weebly.com

SKITOBER DAYS: Noon, Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls. Keg bowling, stein hoisting, Kids’ Zone fun, pond pedaling, craft brews, delicious eats, & more. boynemountain. com/upcoming-events/skitoberdays

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: (See Sun., Sept. 25)

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GHOST FARM OF KINGSLEY HAUNTED TRAIL: Fridays & Saturdays, 7-11pm, Sept. 30 - Oct. 28. Ghost Farm of Kingsley, 5010 Pierce Rd., Kingsley. hauntedtraverse.com/ tourschedule

SCREAMS IN THE DARK HAUNTED AT TRACTIONS: Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds, TC. Held Fridays & Saturdays, 7-11pm; & Sundays, 7-10pm, Sept. 30Oct. 30. There are two tour options: Option 1 includes a wagon ride, a haunted trail, The Mausoleum & corn maze while Option 2 includes all the attractions including the wagon ride, haunted trail, Pandemonium, Swamp of Suffering & Dreadmoore Manor. evernighthaunt.com

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HAUNTED BLUFFS’ 1ST ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE: 254 Little League Dr., Gaylord. Held every Thurs., Fri. & Sat. from 8pm-midnight; & Sun., 6-10pm from Sept. 30 - Oct. 29. Grand Opening on Fri., Sept. 30 at 8pm. alpenbluffs.com

HAUNTED VINEYARD & FRIDAY FAMILY FRIGHT NIGHTS: Fridays, 6-9pm, Sept. 30 - Oct. 28. Pond Hill Farm, Harbor Springs. The Haunted Vineyard is for ages 12+ at $10/person. The Family Fun Barn is free. Also enjoy a bonfire with s’mores, brats, hot dogs, beer, wine, cider & hot cocoa. On Sept. 30 only: “Lord of the Gourd” Pro Pumpkin Carver - Patrick Harrison at 6pm. pondhill.com/events

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY GROUP: Fridays, 1-3pm through Nov. 18. 856 N. Mitchell St., Cadillac. Learn skills for managing difficult emotions, mindfulness, coping skills for distress tolerance & skills for setting boundaries with others. Group limited to 10 people. Register: 231-8464495.

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13TH ANNUAL GREAT LAKES PUMPKIN PATCH: Boyer Glass Works Studio & Gal lery, Harbor Springs will be demonstrating blown glass pumpkins, Oct. 1-8, 10am5pm. facebook.com/Boyerglassworks

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MUFFIN RIDE: Join the Cherry Capital Cy cling Club every Fri. at 9am for a bike ride to Suttons Bay & back from the parking lot in Greilickville behind Subway on M-22. It includes a coffee & bakery stop. Continues through Oct. cherrycapitalcyclingclub.org

PETER DOUGHERTY OLD MISSION HOUSE TOURS: Fridays & Saturdays,

1-5pm. Tour the 180 year old Dougherty House built by Rev. Dougherty, Chief Ahgo sa & his people where Old Mission Peninsu la earned its name. Explore the House, out buildings, a new visiting exhibit & 15 acres of trails. doughertyoldmissionhouse.com

HEALING PRIVATE WOUNDS RECOVERY GROUP: Thursdays, 5:30-7pm through Nov. 17. 856 N. Mitchell St., Cadil lac. A 10 week recovery program. For adults who have been sexually abused. Explore ways to heal from sexual abuse trauma. Register: 231-846-4495.

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GUIDED WALKING HISTORY TOURS OF TRAVERSE CITY: Perry Hannah Plaza, TC. Held on Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednes days through Oct. 10, 10am-12:30pm. Learn about the history of this area on a two mile route through historic neighborhoods, the waterfront area & downtown. 946-4800.

farmers markets

BELLAIRE FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8am-noon, ASI Community Center & Park, Bellaire.

DOWNTOWN PETOSKEY FARMERS MARKET: Fridays, 8:30am-1pm. Howard St., between Mitchell & Michigan streets, Petoskey.

EAST JORDAN FARMERS MARKET: Thursdays, 10am-2pm, East Jordan Tourist Park.

ELK RAPIDS FARMER’S MARKET: Fri days, 8am-noon. Held at the Elk Rapids Chamber on Elk River. elkrapidschamber. org/farmers-market

GROW BENZIE COMMUNITY MARKET: Wednesdays, 2-6pm, 5885 Frankfort High way, Benzonia. Local farm fresh produce, handmade crafts & community connections.

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

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INTERLOCHEN FARMERS MARKET: 9am-2pm, Interlochen Corners, US 31 S at J. Maddy Parkway. Held every Sun. through Oct. 231-378-4488.

KINGSLEY FARMERS MARKET: Wednes days, 3-7pm, Brownson Memorial Park, Kingsley. Shop for all the bounty from the garden plus meat, dairy, fish, baked goods, preserves & crafts.

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OLD TOWN EMMET FARM MARKET: Held Saturdays until Oct. 1, 9am-1pm. New location: Petoskey Friendship Senior Center, 1322 Anderson Rd. Local crops & crafts. oldtownemmetfarmmarket.com

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SARA HARDY DOWNTOWN FARM ERS MARKET: Saturdays, 7:30am-noon; Wednesdays, 8am-noon. Lot B, Downtown TC, across from Clinch Park. dda.down towntc.com/farmers-market

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SUTTONS BAY FARMERS MARKET: Sat urdays, 9am-1pm, North Park, 602 Front St., Suttons Bay.

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THE VILLAGE AT GT COMMONS OUT DOOR FARMERS MARKET: Mondays, 2-6pm, The Village at GT Commons, The Piazza, TC. Featuring fresh fruits & veg gies, eggs, honey, baked goods, & much more. thevillagetc.com/outdoor-farmersmarket-17-6

A BRUSH WITH NATURE ART SHOW & SALE: Runs through Oct. 28 at City Opera House, TC. Three local artists showcase the beauty of this place they call home - north ern Michigan. They include Jacquie Auch, Dorothy McGrath Grossman & Janet Wilson Oliver. The exhibit will be on display Mon.Fri., from 10am-2pm, & during events in Sept. & Oct. cityoperahouse.org

PAINTINGS BY MIMI FRANCO-BELL: Al den District Library, Sept. 3-30. See Mimi’s watercolor paintings & prints on display. 231-331-4318.

THE LEGACY ART OF JEAN HALE: Runs through Oct. 5 at Northport Arts Association, Village Arts Building, Northport. Open noon4pm, Weds.-Sun. northportartsassociation. org/events-exhibits

TRAVERSE AREA CAMERA CLUB MEMBER SHOWCASE EXHIBIT: Traverse Area District Library, TC. Photographic exhibit by members of the Traverse Area Camera Club runs through Nov. 18. tacameraclub.org

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“HONKY TONK: PHOTOGRAPHS BY HENRY HORENSTEIN”: Runs Oct. 1 - Nov. 12 at Crooked Tree Arts Center, Cornwell Gallery, TC. A collection of photographs documenting the changing world of country music. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/honky-tonk-photographs-henry-horen stein-tc

JORDAN RIVER ARTS COUNCIL’S MEM BER SHOW: Held at Jordan River Art Cen ter, East Jordan through Sept. 30. Featuring the work of JRAC member artists. The gal lery will be open Thurs. through Mon. from 1-4pm & closed Tues. & Weds. jordanriver arts.com

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SHIPWRECKS OF THE MANITOU PAS SAGE EXHIBIT: Runs through Dec. 30 at Leelanau Historical Society Museum, Leland. This exhibit illustrates the stories of the ships, steamers & crews lost in the Manitou Passage, the waters that surround the Leelanau Peninsula & its islands. leela nauhistory.org/exhibits

CHARLEVOIX CIRCLE OF ARTS, CHAR LEVOIX:

- TURTLE HILL ART COLLECTION: Held in the Norman Brumm Artist Reference Li brary. On loan from the private collection of local resident Joan MacGillivray. Runs through Oct. 1. Open 11am-4pm on Mon. through Fri. & 11am-3pm on Sat.

- CHARLEVOIX AND THE NIGHT: An ex hibition featuring paintings by three award winning artists: Kevin Barton, Kurt Ander son, & Phil Fisher. Each artist explores their approach to nocturne. Runs through Oct. 29. Open 11am-4pm on Mon. through Fri., & 11am-3pm on Sat. charlevoixcircle.org

CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY:

- “TRAVELOGUES: JURIED EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY”: Runs through Nov. 5 in Gilbert Gallery. Highlights outstanding im ages that embody the essence of travel. For ty-eight pieces by 25 Michigan artists were selected for this exhibition. crookedtree. org/event/ctac-petoskey/travelogues-juriedphotography-exhibition

- “WORK: JURIED EXHIBITION OF FUNC TIONAL ART”: Runs through Nov. 5 in Bonfield Gallery. Featuring work exploring the relationship between form & function. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/workjuried-exhibition-functional-art

- CROOKED TREE PHOTOGRAPHIC SO CIETY EXHIBITION 2022

Oct. 29 in Atrium Gallery. Featuring recent work by members of the Crooked Tree Photographic Society. Photographs were self-selected by the group through peer re view. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/ crooked-tree-photographic-society-exhibi tion-2022

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DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC:

- “JASON S. YI: DISSIMULATIONS”: through Dec. 23. Jason S. Yi is an interdisci plinary artist working in photography, video, sculpture, drawing, & site-specific installa tions. Immigrating from South Korea to the United States at an early age, his work is conceived through a bi-cultural lens & inter rogates the notion of perception’s equiva lence to reality.

2022 ANNUAL CAPE DORSET PRINT COLLECTION:

this collection of 34 prints by 15 artists, there is a diverse array of themes & techniques that showcase each artist’s individual voice.

- INFINITE SPLENDOR, INFINITE LIGHT: Runs through Dec. 23. Two years after graduating from DePauw University in 1953, Bruce Walker became a case officer with the Central Intelligence Agency. As a CIA officer, Walker participated in the Tibetan resistance project (code name ST CIRCUS) in its earliest stages, only six years after the Chinese People’s Liberation Army invaded Tibet & captured the capital city of Lhasa. In 2002, Walker donated his 66-piece collec tion of Tibetan thangkas, works on paper, & religious objects to DePauw University. den nosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/index.html

F rom the celebrated author of the #1 New York Times bestseller A Man Called Ove comes the long-awaited conclusion to the beloved New York Times bestselling and engrossing Beartown series. These books (which inspired an HBO series of the same name) follow the small hockey town’s residents as they grapple with change, pain, hope, and redemption.

Guest host: Doug Stanton, NWS co-founder Event Underwriters : Susan & Al Cogswell Literary Sponsor: Bay Books

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If you’ve seen the tense and surprising trailer beforehand, long before you settle into your seat at the theater, you know The Woman King is a film experience that will end in an epic battle of battles. But this is no fantasy film: The remarkable and complex story is based on the true events of the Agojie tribe of female warriors who fought to protect the West African kingdom of Dahomey 200 years ago.

The narrative journey begins in 1823 and is carried beautifully by the centerpiece performance of actress Viola Davis as the reluctant but determined General Nanisca, chosen first to lead and then to train a new era of fighters to follow her as the last chance for her kingdom’s independence while European slave traders exert more and more control.

The too-many-awards-and-nominationsto-count actress and Julliard School alumna is transformed physically and emotionally here in a triumphant survivor story that draws you in with the power of her pain and the intensity of her resulting convictions. Davis’ remarkable fierceness comes from Nanisca’s cruel understanding of the world’s realities, and her response to the twists of fate that the story throws at her yields powerful results.

Nanisca’s loyalty is to her tribe first and her king second, the latter played by actor John Boyega as Ghezo, the patient but authoritarian leader who sees Nanisca as an equal and his most trusted asset in the complicated game of loyalties which pits him against his fellow Africans in order to sustain his peace. “Let us be an empire that loves its people,” she tells him as they trade prisoners to the Spaniards instead of being enslaved themselves.

This slave-trade within the slave-trade is one of the film’s most complex themes, and

it pushes the characters to unite for a cause they suddenly see as larger than themselves. Nanisca encourages her king to fight the Europeans and promises to provide him the womanpower to do so, saying simply, “We fight or we die.”

The ensemble also includes standouts Lashana Lynch as the rebelious Izogie, a right-hand confidante and spiritual leader of the King’s Guard, and Thuso Mbedu as the recruit-in-training Nawu and the future all these women are fighting to protect.

Much more emotional than a history lesson, the arc of the film is elegantly simple in that you’ve seen this battle film or war story before…but never like this. That’s because this is a survivor story, a call to arms, and a moral showdown as seen mainly from the perspective of women who lead, strategize, and fight unapologetically for their own lives and freedom, where it can be had.

The movie offers an entirely new perspective on long-uncomfortable history and brings another true storytelling notch in an increasing Hollywood interest in Afrocentric history and characters. (Note the paired release windows of The Woman King alongside the anticipated Black Panther follow up in Wakanda Forever from Ryan Coogler.)

Rated PG-13, there is enough on-screen violence to be cautious with young viewers, but with context and guidance the story can provoke meaningful conversations and understanding of the complicated themes.

Directed with personality and confidence by Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees) and produced and co-created by actress Maria Bello (ER), this project reinforces the potential and the rewards for allowing us to explore perspectives on screen that have long been hidden.

by Joseph Beyer

BONOBO WINERY, TC

9/30 -- Luke Woltanski, 5:30

ENCORE 201, TC

9/24 -- Vintage Vinyl DJ Rob Greco, 9

9/29 -- DJ Ricky T, 9

9/30 -- Fabulous Horndogs, 7-9; DJ Ricky T, 9

10/1 -- Hell on Heels Drag Show & Pride Brunch, 11am-1pm; DJ Rob Greco, 9pm

FANTASY’S, TC DJ

JACOB'S FARM, TC

6-8:30:

9/25 – Marco Dedenbach 9/30 -- Soul Patch

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC

10/2 -- 15th Annual Harvest Fes tivus w/ Ben Traverse & Co., 1-3

BARREL ROOM: 9/26 -- Barrels & Beats w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9

9/30 -- Dave Barth, 5

LIL BO, TC

Tues. – Trivia

Thurs. – Jazz Night w/ Larz Cabot, 6-9

Fri. – Live Music

Sun. -- Karaoke

MIDDLECOAST BREWING CO., TC

9/30 -- Tyler Roy, 6-9

NORTH BAR, TC

9/30 -- John Pomeroy, 3:306:30; Matt McCalpin, 7-10

10/1 -- Old Mission Fiddle Vine, 7-10

ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 9/30 -- Sam & Bill, 4-7

TC WHISKEY CO. 9/25 & 10/2 -- Craig Jolly, 5-7

THE PARLOR, TC

9/24 -- Jim Hawley, 5; Empire Highway, 8 9/27 -- Jesse Jefferson, 7-10 9/28 -- Wink, 7-10 9/29 -- Jimmy Olson, 7-10

9/30 -- Silver Creek Revival, 5-8; Chris Sterr, 8-11

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC

9/24 -- Pandora Music Night, 8 9/26 -- Vinyl Lovers w/ Eugene's Record Co-op, 7

9/27 -- Open Mic & Musical Tal ent Showcase, 7 9/28 -- Jazz Jam, 6 9/30 -- Clay Wires, 8 10/1 -- Blair Miller, 7

THIRSTY FISH SPORTS GRILLE, TC PATIO:

9/24 -- Marsupial Cream Pie, 6:30-9:30

9/27 -- Tuesday Trivia, 7-9 9/29 -- Family Jam, 6:30-9:30 9/30 -- 8th Street West, 6:309:30

10/1 -- 1000 Watt Trio, 6:309:30

TRAVERSE CITY COMEDY CLUB, TC

9/23 -- Comedy w/ Tom Mc Carthy, 7:45 9/24 -- Comedy w/ Tom Mc Carthy, 7:30 9/30 -- Comedy with The Knock auffs, 7:30

UNION STREET STATION, TC

9/24 -- One Hot Robot, 10 9/25 & 10/2 -- Video DJ Dance Party, 10

9/27 -- Open Mic Comedy, 8-9:30; then Electric Open Mic 9/28 -- Skin & Marshall, 10 9/29 -- DJ Parker Marshall, 10

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BEARDS BREWERY, PETOS

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9/29 -- Open Mic Nite in the Root Cellar w/ Host Charlie Millard, 6

BIERE DE MAC BREW WORKS, MACKINAW CITY

BACKYARD: 9/24 -- The Galactic Sherpas, 8 9/30 -- The Pistil Whips, 7:30

BOYNE VALLEY VINEYARDS, PETOSKEY

PATIO:

9/24 -- Lou Thumser, 2-6 9/30 - 10/1 -- Chase & Allie, 4-7:30

CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 9/30 - 10/1 -- Annex Karaoke, 9:30

MAMMOTH DISTILLING, BAY HARBOR 9/28 -- Jeff Greif, 6:30-9:30

ODAWA CASINO RESORT, PETOSKEY

VICTORIES:

9/24 -- Jon Archambault Band, 10

THE BEAU, CHEBOYGAN 7:30: 9/24 -- Nate King 9/30 -- Doc Probes 10/1 -- Mark Bowen

THE DIXIE SALOON, MACKI NAW CITY

9/28 & 9/30 -- Pete 'Big Dog' Fetters, 8-11

BEL LAGO VINEYARD & WIN ERY, CEDAR

9/25 -- The Truetones, 2-5

CICCONE VINEYARD & WINERY, SUTTONS BAY

Live From The Hilltop:

9/25 -- Live From The HilltopRigs & Jeels, 2-4:30

9/29 -- Jeff Socia, 5-7:30

BIER'S INWOOD BREWERY, CHARLEVOIX

9/30 -- Blair Miller, 7-9

CELLAR 152, ELK RAPIDS

5-8: 9/24 -- Jazz Cabbage 9/30 -- Blake Elliott

ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS

8-11: 9/24 -- August The Band 9/30 -- Chris Michaels Band 10/1 -- Normal Mode

Antrim & Charlevoix

LAVENDER HILL FARM, BOYNE CITY

9/24 -- Play It Forward w/ The Joshua Davis Band, 6

SHANTY CREEK RESORT, BEL LAIRE

SUMMIT VILLAGE, THE OTHER BAR:

9/24 -- David Lawston, 7-10

SHORT'S BREW PUB, BELLAIRE 9/30 -- King Possum, 7-9:30

SHORT'S PULL BARN, ELK RAPIDS

10/1 -- Jason Dean, 7-9

TORCH LAKE CAFÉ, CENTRAL LAKE

9/26 -- Karaoke & Open Mic Night, 7

9/27 -- Dominic Fortuna, 6:30

9/28 -- Lee Malone & Sandy Me tiva, 6:30

9/29 -- Nick Vasquez, 7

9/30 - 10/1 -- Leanna Collins & Ivan Greilick, 8

10/2 -- Mark Daisy, 2-4:30

DICK'S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU

Sat. -- Karaoke, 10-1

DUNE BIRD WINERY, NORTH PORT

9/25 -- Luke Woltanski, 3

FIVE SHORES BREWING, BEU LAH

6-9: 9/24 -- Tim Jones 9/30 -- Nadim Azzam

Leelanau & Benzie

FRENCH VALLEY VINEYARD, CEDAR

4-7: 9/26 – Mark Hansen 9/29 – Keith Scott

IRON FISH DISTILLERY, THOMPSONVILLE

9/24 – Barefoot, 6:30-8:30

9/25 – Wink, 3:30-5:30

9/26 -- A.S. Lutes, 5:30-7:30 9/30 -- John Keith Scott, 5:307:30

10/1 -- Lighting Matches, 5:307:30

LAKE ANN BREWING CO.

9/24 -- The Daydrinker SeriesChris Skellenger & Paul Koss, 3-6; Levi Britton, 7-10

9/27 -- Luke Woltanski Duo, 6:309:30 9/30 -- The BooneDoggies, 7-10

SHADY LANE CELLARS, SUT TONS BAY

PATIO: 10/2 -- Blair Miller, 2-5

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEU LAH

9/24 -- Keith Scott, 5:30-8:30

9/27 -- Brett Mitchell, 5:30-8:30

9/28 -- Bill Frary, 5:30-8:30

10/1 -- Barn Dance w/ The Benzie Playboys & Special Guests, 2-9

10/1 -- David Lawston, 5:30-8:30

STORMCLOUD BREWING CO., FRANKFORT

9/24 -- Nick Veine, 7-9

THE UNION, NORTHPORT

9/28 -- Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears, 7-9:30

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Singer, songwriter, composer, and “The Dangerous Music Man” Luke Woltanski just released his fourth studio album, “before we part.” Check him out at Northern Latitudes Distillery in Lake Leelanau on Sat., Sept. 24 at 5pm; Dune Bird Winery in Northport on both Sun., Sept. 25 and Sun., Oct. 2 at 3pm; Lake Ann Brewing Co. (with Michael Fahey) on Tues., Sept. 27 at 6:30pm; and Bonobo Winery, TC on Fri., Sept. 30 at 5:30pm.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh was born under the sign of Libra. He said, "The root-word 'Buddha' means to wake up, to know, to understand; and he or she who wakes up and understands is called a Buddha." So according to him, the spiritual teacher Siddhartha Gautama who lived in ancient India was just one of many Buddhas. And by my astrological reckoning, you will have a much higher chance than usual to be like one of these Buddhas yourself in the coming weeks. Waking up will be your specialty. You will have an extraordinary capacity to burst free of dreamy illusions and murky misapprehensions. I hope you take full advantage. Deeper understandings are nigh.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you should refrain from wrestling with problems that resist your solutions. Be discerning about how you use your superior analytical abilities. Devote yourself solely to manageable dilemmas that are truly responsive to your intelligent probing. PS: I feel sorry for people who aren’t receptive to your input, but you can't force them to give up their ignorance or suffering. Go where you’re wanted. Take power where it's offered. Meditate on the wisdom of Anaïs Nin: “You cannot save people. You can only love them.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I invite you to be the sexiest, most intriguing, most mysterious Scorpio you can be in the coming weeks. Here are ideas to get you started. 1. Sprinkle the phrase "in accordance with prophecy" into your conversations. 2. Find an image that symbolizes rebirth and revitalization arising out of disruption. Meditate on it daily until you actually experience rebirth and revitalization arising out of disruption. 3. Be kind and merciful to the young souls you know who are living their first lifetimes. 4. Collect deep, dark secrets from the interesting people you know. Employ this information to plan how you will avoid the trouble they endured. 5. Buy two deluxe squirt guns and two knives made of foam rubber. Use them to wage playful fights with those you love.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There's an ancient Greek saying, "I seek the truth, by which no one ever was truly harmed." regard that as a fine motto for you Sagittarians. When you are at your best and brightest, you are in quest of the truth. And while your quests may sometimes disturb the status quo, they often bring healthy transformations. The truths you discover may rattle routines and disturb habits, but they ultimately lead to greater clarity and authenticity. Now is an excellent time to emphasize this aspect of your nature.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Let's imagine you are in your office or on the job or sitting at your kitchen table. With focused diligence, you're working on solving a problem or improving a situation that involves a number of people. You think to yourself, "No one seems to be aware that I am quietly toiling here behind the scenes to make the magic happen." A few days or a few weeks later, your efforts have been successful. The problem is resolved or the situation has improved. But then you hear the people involved say, "Wow, I wonder what happened? It's like things got fixed all by themselves." If a scenario like this happens, Capricorn, I urge you to speak up and tell everyone what actually transpired.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To honor your entrance into the most expansive phase of your astrological cycle, I'm calling on the counsel of an intuitive guide named Nensi the Mercury Priestess. She offers the following advice. 1. Cultivate a mindset where you expect something unexpected to happen. 2. Fantasize about the possibility of a surprising blessing or unplanned-for miracle. 3. Imagine that a beguiling breakthrough will erupt into your rhythm. 4. Shed a few preconceptions about how your life story will unfold in the next two years. 5. Boost your trust in your deep self's innate wisdom. 6. Open yourself more to receiving help and gifts.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Author Colin Wilson describes sex as "a craving for the mingling of consciousness, whose symbol is the mingling of bodies. Every time partners slake their thirst in the strange waters of the other’s identity, they glimpse the immensity of their freedom." I love this way of understanding the erotic urge, and

recommend you try it out for a while. You're entering a phase when you will have extra power to refine and expand the way you experience blending and merging. If you're fuzzy about the meaning of the words "synergy" and "symbiosis," I suggest you look them up in the dictionary. They should be featured themes for you in the coming weeks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Poet Susan Howe describes poetry as an "amorous search under the sign of love for a remembered time at the pitch-dark fringes of evening when we gathered together to bless and believe." I'd like to use that lyrical assessment to describe your life in the coming days—or at least what I hope will be your life. In my astrological opinion, it's a favorable time to intensify your quest for interesting adventures in intimacy; to seek out new ways to imagine and create togetherness; to collaborate with allies in creating brave excursions into synergy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Social reformer Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) had a growlery. It was a one-room stone cabin where he escaped to think deep thoughts, work on his books, and literally growl. As a genius who escaped enslavement and spent the rest of his life fighting for the rights of his fellow Black people, he had lots of reasons to snarl, howl, and bellow as well as growl. The coming weeks would be an excellent time for you to find or create your own growlery, Taurus. The anger you feel will be especially likely to lead to constructive changes. The same is true about the deep thoughts you summon in your growlery: They will be extra potent in helping you reach wise practical decisions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): your blooming in the noise and whip of the whirlwind,” wrote Gemini poet Gwendolyn Brooks. I love that advice! The whirlwind is her metaphor for the chaos of everyday life. She was telling us that we shouldn't wait to ripen ourselves until the daily rhythm is calm and smooth. Live wild and free right now! That's always good advice, in my opinion, but it will be especially apropos for you in the coming weeks. Now is your time to "endorse the splendor splashes" and "sway in wicked grace," as Brooks would say.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Don’t look away," advised novelist Henry Miller in a letter to his lover. "Look straight at everything. Look it all in the eye, good and bad." While that advice is appealing, I don't endorse it unconditionally. I'm a Cancerian, and I sometimes find value in gazing at things sideways, or catching reflections in mirrors, or even turning my attention away for a while. In my view, we Crabs have a special need to be self-protective and self-nurturing. And to accomplish that, we may need to be evasive and elusive. In my astrological opinion, the next two weeks will be one of these times. I urge you to gaze directly and engage point-blank only with what's good for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Tips to get the most out of the next three weeks: 1. Play at least as hard as you work. 2. Give yourself permission to do anything that has integrity and is fueled by compassion. 3. Assume there is no limit to how much generous joie de vivre you can summon and express. 4. Fondle and nuzzle with eager partners as much as possible. And tell them EXACTLY where and how it feels good. 5. Be magnanimous in every gesture, no matter how large or small.

6. Even if you don't regard yourself as a skillful singer, use singing to transform yourself out of any mood you don't want to stay in.

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