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Where the Wild Women Grow On the new moon of each month, a network of women across the world gather to connect with each other and themselves. It’s called The Wild Woman Project, and northern Michigan has stepped into the circle.

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NORTHERN MICHIGAN’S WEEKLY • march 02 - march 08, 2020 • Vol. 30 No. 09

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Exercise Hindsight to Avoid Devastation Hindsight has never proven more beneficial than a judicious use of foresight.

Applying this maxim to Line 5’s operation would allow us to avoid environmental and economic catastrophe. The devastation to a pure Michigan would span generations.

I’ve been in contact with chambers of commerce and tourism boards of our coastal communities, from Traverse City to the Mackinac Bridge. I posed three questions: Is your group in favor of a Line 5 showdown?

What would be the impact of a spill? And is your group’s stance philosophical or political? I’ve received no response.

Enbridge is a Koch Brothers entity, Canadian owned and operated. Their money is allowed to control our politics, but they don’t own our water — yet.

Gov. Whitmer and A.G. Nessel have the authority to shut Line 5 down. I urge one or both to do so.

percent that Jack Bergman voted for has increased our national debt by another $1 trillion for 2019 alone. Is this fiscally responsible? Wasn’t this supposed to pay for itself? The GOP and their benefactors have for many years considered Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security entitlement programs.

They have tried varying approaches to reduce, minimize, and eliminate these programs for decades. In 2017, the Trump GOP tried, and is continuing to reduce and minimize the Responsible Care Act, including the elimination of Medicaid. The Democrats are focused on protecting these resources that help so many people. If the Trump GOP is allowed majority in the Senate and the presidency through 2024, their goal will be total elimination of these programs, which I thought would never happen! Why don’t the Republicans want our senior citizens and disabled neighbors to have access to affordable healthcare?

The Trump GOP has budgeted severe cuts for 2021 in Social Security disability and both Medicaid and Medicare. It appears as if the plan is to continue the demise of these programs a little at a time, each year through the budget process, to reduce a debt that they created.

As our U.S. Representative for the 1st District has stated, “A promise made is a promise kept for our Michigan seniors.”

Has anyone heard a response from Jack Bergman?

Stewart Grudzien, constituent, 1st Congressional District

Bradley Price, Northport

Between a Woman and Her Doctor In response to the Feb. 24 letter from Mike Dolack regarding abortion: Until a man can conceive, carry a fetus for nine months, and deliver a baby, he should consider the matter of whether or not to have a baby as one between a woman and her doctor.

There are already too many unwanted children in the world. One wonders how many of these unwanted children Mr. Dolack has adopted, since he shows so much concern for their welfare.

Abortion is strictly a matter between a woman (sometimes young girl) and her doctor.

Raise Your Voices My first letter to a newspaper, ever. I ask myself: “Why not before? Why now?”

In the past, the president and Congress seemed too far away to hear me. Who was I to speak?

Now the president brags about grabbing women, hates our Mexican neighbors, loves dictators like Putin, brags that he can shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, and idolizes a Marine who knifes an incapacitated enemy soldier.

What happened? Did my silence enable this president to be elected? Am I the cause of what’s happening to the U.S.? The horrid speeches, the inhumane treatment of people of color, the profanity, the unrepentant wrongdoing?

I speak to you, my friend and neighbors.

You and I have to set aside our comfortable silence and oppose the evil. Please, will you raise your voices with me? Write, sing, protest once each day. Vow no more silence.

Think of this. If our silence let this president happen, our active protest can surely remove him from office.

P.A Gaines, Traverse City

Kathryn KB Sutton, Cedar

Death by 1,000 Cuts According to Jack Bergman’s Dec. 2019 flyer, published and mailed at taxpayer expense: “Social Security and Medicare provide critical benefits … Congressman Bergman will not support proposals that would reduce benefits for those at, or near, retirement age. A promise made is a promise kept, and Michigan seniors paid into these programs with a promise that they would receive benefits when they retire.”

The GOP’s 2017 tax cut for the top 1

Vengeance We no longer have a government for the people, by the people. The Senate had an opportunity to show the entire country the Constitution matters, but it refused to hold the president accountable. The president’s actions were unethical and wrong. Many of them said as much after voting to acquit.

The Republican Senate has given the president the greenlight to do whatever he wants, lawful or not. He has become more emboldened to assert the powers of

By the Way I thank you for your interesting editorials, “News of the Weird,” etc. Happily, we are a nation of laws and doing well under God. We only need fear Red China!

James Dustin, Traverse City

the presidency. He sees himself as the allpowerful, ultimate ruler.

The President is bitter and vindictive and has targeted witnesses in the House of Representatives impeachment probe.

These witnesses gave factual and damaging testimony. He is trying to destroy the careers of the Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and his twin brother (who had nothing to do with the impeachment probe), Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman.

Lt. Col. Vindman conducted himself in accordance with applicable regulations and directives. In other words, he followed the rules and used his chain of command.

The testimony of Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland was most damaging, with firsthand knowledge of the quid pro quo. Ambassador Sondland, on the other hand, was dismissed from his position as Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council, effective immediately.

This is retribution for whistleblowing, retaliation for obeying a lawful subpoena, and outright vengeance. The president isn’t finished with this destruction. It has only begun. He will appoint spineless loyalists to all vacant and soon-to-be-vacant positions.

There will be no one to advise him in the proper way to do things. Remember, we can vote for conviction and removal in November.

CONTENTS features Crime and Rescue Map......................................7

Portrait of an Alleged Small-town Pimp..............10 Better Than Ever..............................................14 Wonder Woman.............................................15 One of World’s Leading Irish Bands to Play TC...17 Where the Wild Women Grow...........................18

dates................................................21-24 music Nightlife.........................................................27 columns & stuff Top Ten...........................................................5

Spectator/Stephen Tuttle....................................6 Opinion..............................................................8 Weird................................................................9 Cocktail Creations............................................13 Film................................................................25 Modern Rock/Kristi Kates................................26 Advice..........................................................28 Crossword...................................................28 Freewill Astrology..........................................29 Willie Jones Jr., Traverse City Classifieds..................................................30

Currying Favor Although my first instincts are to launch out on yet another anti-Trump letter, I know that the readers of your fine publication are already of a mind on that topic.

Instead I would like to applaud the fine article by Janice Binkert in your Feb.17 edition on the new Taste of India restaurant, located in the food court at the Grand Traverse Mall in Traverse City.

The Rabbani family has the kind of enthusiasm for northern Michigan that will wear well over the time it takes to establish a reputation for unique food that is so needed in our region.

We hope that they do well enough to make it to their own storefront soon.

Ralph Cerny, Traverse City Solutions Instead, Schmidt Republican Senator Wayne Schmidt recently published an attack on the idea of raising money to fix our roads. He was also opposed to borrowing the money.

This individual apparently thinks that the roads can be fixed for free. Unfortunately, however, he did not spell out how that can be done.

Barbara Abbott, Lake Leelanau Correction: Handsome as Odawa Casino & Hotel’s Barry Laughlin, Marty Van De Car, and Michael Bodijiak are, we recognize that not a one of them is an Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Company ballerina, despite what our flip-flopped captions on the Feb. 24 Northern Seen page suggested. Our apologies for all the ribbing they endured last week, and our appreciation for their — and Interlochen Dance Company’s — good humor about our mistake.—Ed.

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Makeover on Tap for East Jordan

A boardwalk, pedestrian bridge over the Jordan River, and a lakeside pocket park are coming to East Jordan, thanks to a $2.2 million Community Development Block Grant.

The grant will make a reality of long-in-the-works plans to make a connection between East Jordan’s Main Street and the city’s west side.

The entire corridor is slated to be redeveloped, according to a press release from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

The existing three-lane route through the city will be reduced to two lanes, and bike lanes will be added.

According to MEDC: “The project’s implementation will give all members of the community safe access to water recreational activities as well as safe passage throughout the east and west portions of the community without vehicle assistance.”

East Jordan is expected to contribute $243,826, or 10 percent, of the cost of the project.

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Hike a half mile through the backwoods of Timber Ridge Resort, TC on Sat., March 7, to get to northern Michigan’s ultimate “Party in the Woods,” the 14th Annual Suds & Snow! This ’70s themed event runs 1-6pm and includes two live music stages featuring Nicholas James & The Bandwagon, Medicinal Groove, The Daylites, and 2BaysDJs; 20+ craft breweries serving beer, wine and cider; and local food vendors. Tickets: $35 advance; if tickets remain, they will be sold at the door. sudsandsnowtc.com

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Struggling to get through the worst season of The Bachelor? Then Netflix has the reality dating show/social experiment for you: Love is Blind puts group of singles in “pods” where they meet potential partners through literal “blind” dating, form relationships, and even propose marriage(!) over conversation through an opaque wall. But it doesn’t end there. Once a proposal(!) is accepted, we not only see the face-to-face reveal but also follow as they explore the “physical” reality of being a couple at a resort getaway. When vacation is over, they live together for four weeks, until the wedding day, in a nondescript apartment complex, all while interacting with the other people they might have awkwardly rejected in the pods (and, BOY, are there some cringe-worthy moments). Although everyone is pretty good looking and most have real jobs, the show refreshingly focuses on a slightly older and thus more mature demo than shows like The Bachelor, plus all the participants hail from the same city, making lasting connections all the more feasible. But make no mistake, there’s still plenty of drama on this wild and wonderful journey.

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canoe trip on a vaguely charted river in Canada sounds like enough high adventure for one trip. But in Peter Heller’s fictional world, there’s no such thing as “enough adventure.” Heller’s newest novel, The River, adds a raging wildfire, hunger, weapons, and paddling through whitewater rapids in the dark.

On March 5, 7pm at the City Opera House, Peter Heller will talk with guest host Peter Robertson, himself an author, about The River and his own extreme kayaking and canoeing experiences. What puts this National Writers Series event in the Top 10 is that The River is also a poignant tale of friendship—of two college buddies who must come to terms with their differences as they dodge flames, face starvation, and deal with an armed man they suspect murdered his own wife. And it is adventure Heller has lived, at least in part. He’s canoed that river, he’s dodged that wildfire, and, most eerily, he’s met a man he suspects had killed his wife.

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Casinos Make Move to Roll Out Sports Betting by Late Summer

Sports betting in Michigan is delayed while the state sorts out regulatory approvals, but the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa have nonetheless signed a partnership with a company that will help them roll out sports and online betting in northern Michigan.

The tribe has partnered with William Hill, one of the top companies in the industry, and they hope to take sports bets by late this summer.

The William Hill Sports Book will be located in the current Onyx Sports Bar at Turtle Creek Casino & Hotel, with a satellite location at Leelanau Sands Casino. Both are expected to open prior to the 2020 football season, pending regulatory approvals.

“It was important for us to find a partner with a great sports betting and gaming brand that has proven experience throughout the U.S. market,” said Michael Schrader, CEO of Grand Traverse Resort & Casinos. “William Hill’s expertise in sports betting operations and marketing and strategic media partnerships will ensure that we are able to attract customers from throughout the State of Michigan to the online products while offering another great amenity to attract guests to our casinos.”

Stuff we love High-Carb Street Cred February proved to be a stellar month for Common Good Bakery, the SoFo (South of 14th Street) neighborhood bakery chef Jason Gollan owns in Traverse City. Hot on the heels of the announcement that Gollan had been awarded a seat on the board of directors of The Bread Bakers Guild of America, the website Eat This, Not That named Common Good Bakery the best bakery in Michigan. The site, working with restaurant review site Yelp!, used an algorithm that looked at the number of reviews and star ratings of bakeries listed in each state, then judged the reviews of those at the top. While the site recognized the “uniquely delectable treats” that have earned Common Good its well-deserved following — the fig and goat cheese tile, mushroom ricotta croissant, and chocolate cherry Danish among them — we’re pretty sure the judges missed an opportunity for the in-person taste test of a lifetime. We recommend you don’t make the same mistake. Find Common Good and far more of its uniquely delectable treats at 537 W. 14th St. (231) 933-8002, www.

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Race hosts and promoters, if you’d like your race to be included in the race calendar, please shoot an email with the following details to events@traverseticker.com by March 30: race name, race date, race location, website address for race information, and the website address for online registration.

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Education has become an actual issue in the Democratic presidential primary, though it’s mostly about cost. They should be focused on quality.

Newsweek gives it a try and ranks the United States 26th in the world in the quality and efficacy of our education system. Unfortunately, the results were based entirely on the opinions of a large group of educational, business, and community leaders — all subjectivity absent any objectivity.

Literacy seems to be a statistical barometer used to rank countries and would certainly be somewhat indicative of education systems. It’s also simply defined — the ability to read and write at appropriate grade or age level — and convenient, since countries keep track of this.

es and universities 19th out of the 28 countries they studied. Much of our low ranking involved cost and graduation rates.

We are the unquestioned leader in student debt, which has now ballooned to a staggering $1.5 trillion. The average U.S. college student graduates with a debt of more than $28,000, while the debt surges to $32,000 at private institutions. That doesn’t include graduate school, and we’ve all heard stories of graduate students with six-figure debts.

Even worse, only six in 10 students who enroll in college graduate within six years, and half the rest don’t graduate at all — nevertheless piling up years of debt as they try.

The colleges and universities are hardly blameless. According to U.S. News, since 2000, tuition and fees have increased 154

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According to WorldAtlas.com, the literacy rate in the United States is 86 percent, which sounds pretty good. But it ranks us 125th in the world, just behind Oman but ahead of Syria. Another ranking outfit, Index Mundi, moves us all the way up to 104th, having fallen one rung behind Syria but ahead of Burundi. (A half-dozen countries have achieved 100 percent literacy.)

Is it our public schools? High school graduation, for example, is declining. Michigan ranks 40th or 41st in graduation rates, at just under 81 percent. That’s too many being left behind. (Montana is first, at 93 percent.)

The lack of qualified teachers doesn’t help.

The Economic Policy Institute says our shortage of qualified teachers has reached nearly 310,000 and is growing. Experienced teachers are leaving and too often being replaced by marginally qualified newcomers.

Teachers leaving cite a litany of issues that include poor pay and shrinking benefits; government intrusion, including frequently changing mandatory tests; lack of administrative or school board support; lack of community support; and intrusive parents.

Nor is it helpful that more than half the states are still funding public education at or below 2008 levels. We know more money is not the only answer; Washington, D.C., with the highest per pupil spending in the country does not have the best student performance.

But we’re pretty sure not having enough money doesn’t work, either. It means always being behind on facility upgrades and maintenance, plus having an inability to attract the best teachers or include programs addressing the educational needs of children at all achievement levels.

At least our colleges are good. Or not.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranks our colleg-

percent at private colleges, 181 percent at public schools, and — the biggest jump of all — 221 percent for in-state tuition at public colleges. By comparison, inflation during those two decades has increased a cumulative 50 percent.

According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, cost is being cited as the leading reason enrollment at colleges and universities is down another 1.8 percent in 2019, the eighth straight year of enrollment decline. International student enrollment, a major source of income, is down 10 percent since 2016.

It’s college costs where the Democratic debate takes place: How to deal with student costs and debt.

Bernie Sanders would forgive all $1.5 trillion, which would be good news for students but presumably not such good news for lenders.

He would also make community colleges and public universities tuition-free. Other candidates have more modest versions of similar financial relief for students.

(Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos opposes any debt or tuition relief, even for those who were overcharged by sham institutions no longer in existence.)

The Democrats would be better served focusing on education much earlier. Student tuition costs and debt are legitimate issues, but improving K–12 public education is a better starting point.

Part of the solution has been right in front of us all along: Elect legislators who support truly equitable funding and stop meddling in the classroom. Elect apolitical school boards who hire and support quality administrators, who themselves provide clear guidelines and hire and support good teachers. Then get out of the way and let teachers teach to the needs of the students, not the latest test fad. Better student achievement will follow.

Crime & Rescue PARTY FIGHT LEADS TO STABBING An argument over a stolen dirt bike turned into a melee involving 15 people inside a garage and led to the stabbing of an 18-year-old Kalkaska man.

The teenager was stabbed at 12:30am Sunday during a party at a Kalkaska Township residence, according to Michigan State Police.

The victim was attempting to break up the fight.

The suspect, a 19-year-old Bellaire man, stabbed the victim in the leg and stomach, troopers said. The victim was treated at Kalkaska Memorial Hospital and is expected to survive.

The suspect was arrested Monday on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm.

FIVE INJURED IN CRASH A 1-year-old girl, two 7-year-olds, and two others suffered injuries in a crash in Mayfield Township.

A 16-year-old Traverse City youth was headed south on M-37 near Harrand Road at 10:30pm Feb. 21 when he lost control of his GMC Sierra pickup on a patch of ice. The pickup spun sideway, and crashed into a Kia van coming the other way.

The Kia van was driven by a 25-year-old Mesick woman and was carrying the three children.

The 1-year-old and a 7-year-old boy were taken to Munson Medical Center; a 7-year-old girl was airlifted to Devos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. The woman was also taken to Munson.

A 15-year-old female passenger in the pickup, also injured was taken to Munson.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Lt. Chris Oosse said a heavy crosswind had iced over patches of the highway prior to the crash. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors, but Oosse said the case will be turned over to the prosecutor’s office to determine whether charges should be filed.

FOUR CAUGHT IN DRUG BUST After receiving a tip about a man selling large amounts of narcotics out of a Traverse City home, detectives made an undercover buy that lead to four arrests.

Traverse Narcotics Team investigators said they learned that a downstate man was bringing loads of drugs to northern Michigan and got a search warrant for a residence. They executed the search while Traverse City Police pulled over vehicles driving away from the home.

During the search and in two traffic stops, officers arrested four suspects: Jevon Jackson, 25, of Pontiac, faces charges of delivery of methamphetamine, conspiracy, tampering with evidence, and maintaining a drug house; Nicole Hughes, 31, of Kingsley, faces charges of possession of methamphetamine and driving on a suspended license; William Moore, 41, of Fife Lake, faces a charge of delivery of meth; and Chaddrick Marks, 43, of Traverse City, faces charges of possession of meth with intent to deliver, conspiracy, and possession of heroin.

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GROUP BUSTED AT WATER PARK An early morning fight over a lost cell phone in the parking lot of Great Wolf Lodge in Garfield Township led to four arrests and four citations for minors in possession of alcohol.

Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the resort just before 2am Saturday after an intoxicated 21-year-old Traverse City man reported to resort staff that he had been assaulted outside.

When deputies arrived, they found a group of young people who had been drinking. Some were staying at the resort, and some were not. Two resisted arrest during the investigation, Lt. Chris Oosse said.

Apparently, an argument began over a lost phone and ended when a 21-year-old Traverse City man pushed the victim into a snowbank. Deputies arrested him for assault, and they arrested the victim for a probation violation because he wasn’t supposed to be drinking but had a blood-alcohol level of .175.

An 18-year-old Suttons Bay man and a 20-year-old Rapid City man were arrested for resisting and obstructing, assault, and minor in possession of alcohol; three other teenagers — females from Traverse City and Suttons Bay and 19-year-old male — were cited for being minors in possession of alcohol.

At the same spot at 10pm, a 17-year-old Traverse City man also lost control, rolling over his 1998 Ford Explorer.

A 5:50pm, a 48-year-old Glen Arbor man lost control of a 1997 Toyota pickup on M-72, near East Harry’s Road in Elmwood Township. He left the road and rolled over.

Another occurred at just before 10:30pm on South Coleman Road in Kasson Township when a 25-year-old Maple City man lost control of his 2004 Chevy Blazer, and the vehicle rolled over.

No one suffered serious injuries in the crashes.

Troopers forced their way inside and arrested Jared Cash Butterfield, of Kinde, on a charge of assault by strangulation. They determined he had choked and punched his girlfriend, according to a press release.

Butterfield is on parole for domestic assault, assault on a police officer, and breaking and entering.

POLICE: MAN STRANGLED GIRLFRIEND An early morning call to investigate a domestic violence complaint led state police to arrest a 25-year-old man for allegedly choking his girlfriend.

Troopers were called to a “domestic assault in progress” at a home in Kalkaska County’s Garfield Township at 1am Feb. 25.

Upon arrival, they could hear crying and yelling coming from inside the home; when they knocked on the door a woman said she couldn’t get the door open.

HIGH WINDS, ICE CAUSE ROLLOVERS Leelanau County Sheriff’s deputies kept busy responding to traffic crashes as heavy winds blowing snow over roads created icy patches that caused numerous motorists to lose control.

The trouble began the evening of Feb. 21, when roads next to open fields started to freeze over as wind pummeled them with snow.

Among the crashes were four rollovers: At 6:30pm, deputies responded to Bugai Road, near East Lincoln Road in Elmwood Township, where a 31-year-old Maple City man lost control of his 1987 Toyota pickup truck, which left the roadway and rolled over.

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bY David Frederick I could not in good conscience be a Republican. There are a number of reasons for this, not the least of which is the circumstance that they have been shamefully duplicitous in presenting a false pretense that GOP policies favor any group other than the wealthy.

Unfortunately, Republicans are intelligent as well as politically astute. Those assets have enabled their divisive scorched-earth efforts to achieve a regrettable level of success in governing by extreme partisanship.

In today’s Republican world, propaganda prevails.

Disinformation provided by Republicans defending a corrupt president — who is almost certainly treasonous — has consistently displayed contempt for the sentient abilities of the governed. During recent impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives, as well as in the mock trial in the Senate, the Republican Senators’ support for the continued attempts to corrupt our electoral process was itself an attack on our system of governance.

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I also cannot be a Democrat. That, too, is true for any number of reasons. Not the least of which is the manner in which the Democratic Party has allowed itself to be redefined in the last half-century. That redefinition has resulted in the Republican Party almost effortlessly improving its standing among voters. Today, instead of seeing the GOP for what it is — the party ‘of, by, and for the rich — significant segments of the population believe the policies of the Republican Party best represent the nation’s social, political, and economic values.

How is it that the Democratic Party allowed this to happen? Democrats have actually done far more than Republicans to support legislation and programs beneficial to citizens. By the late 1940s, the recovery from the Great Depression was complete. World War II was won. The soldiers, marines, and sailors were home. Good jobs were available. Laws had been enacted enabling hourly workers to have a collective voice in determining the terms of their employment.

Working-class blue collar families were the core constituency of the Democratic Party.

The prospects for a better life seemed unlimited.

The Social Security Act President Roosevelt signed into law in 1935 provided social insurance for the disabled and retired. This was accomplished in spite of vehement Republican opposition that continues yet today. “Happy Days Are Here Again” was not just a song; it was the Democratic Party’s anthem.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Democrats expanded their focus on social justice issues.

This resulted in additional segments of the population receiving the attention and support of the Democratic Party. The common thread binding these minority groups together was their shared exposure to social, political and economic discrimination.

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These expansions of the Party’s focus were appropriate; there is no justification for American citizens to be discriminated against because of their minority group status.

However, there was a problem with the manner in which it was done. Instead of expanding the Party’s base, the Dem’s working-class bluecollar families were largely left behind as the focus of attention transferred to others. That was an unnecessary and consequential mistake.

A newly added group, of particular significance to this article, was the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM). By the late 1960s, the WLM’s efforts to increase public recognition of injustices confronting American women had gained substantial momentum. It was an exciting time, but in 1973, after the Supreme Court decided in Roe v. Wade that the U.S. Constitution protects a woman’s liberty to choose to have abortion, the issue of abortion rights — and a new source of political divisiveness — was born.

The WLM, Planned Parenthood, and Democratic Party have consistently taken a hard-line ‘‘pro-choice,’’ stance on a woman’s right to end an unwanted pregnancy.

Supporting abortion as an unrestricted civil right has proved to be problematic.

Many regard abortion as the termination of a human life. This position, the ‘‘pro-life’’ stance, was quickly adopted by the Republican Party.

It has been effectively used by the GOP in attempting to assert its moral superiority. Doing so brought Republicans the support of evangelical Christians, an immense single-issue voting bloc — which has frequently had a deciding impact on close elections.

The issue might not be so much about abortion as it is with unrestricted access to abortion. It is almost certainly true that a majority of people, even those who oppose abortion, would at least privately concede that circumstances exist wherein an abortion might be the least wrong solution to a difficult and/or tragic situation.

However, supporting unrestricted access to abortion carries a quite different connotation.

Senatorial Candidate Gordon Douglas Jones, a Democrat from Alabama, reportedly stated during a 2017 interview that he favors legal abortion, without restriction, right up until the baby emerges blue and flailing from the womb.

Senator Jones, a former prosecuting attorney, should recognize that the right without restriction he supports is not for abortion; it is, rather, infanticide. Unfortunately, variations of his position are often regarded as defining the ‘‘pro-choice’’ message.

The issue needs to be readdressed to define reasonable and realistic abortion policies.

Unrestricted rights simply do not exist. The existence of social order is built upon norms and mores — i.e., rules and regulations respective to virtually everything people do.

Presidential administrations such as those of George W. Bush and Donald Trump are too high of a price to pay for the Democratic Party’s allowing itself to be branded by Senator Jones’ definition of abortion rights.

Republican concern for the unborn begins at conception and ends when the baby emerges blue and flailing from the womb. Give that some thought; it’s an excellent example of their continuing duplicity.

David Frederick, a centrist-based Independent, regards extremist political partisanship as a dangerous threat to the well-being and security of middle-class Americans. He further believes reestablishing coordinated grassroots truth-topower messaging is a prerequisite for diminishing that threat. dcf13343@gmail.com

Police Briefs The Selectboard of Croydon, New Hampshire, ruled unexpectedly on Feb. 18 that it would abolish the town police department and rely instead on the New Hampshire State Police for law enforcement, reported the Valley News. Croydon Police Chief Richard Lee, the sole member of the police department for almost 20 years, told the News he was asked to turn in his equipment, including his uniform, badges and the keys to his police cruiser, so at the meeting’s conclusion, Lee faced the board president and “gave them my uniform shirt.

I gave them my turtleneck, I gave them my ballistic vest. ... I sat down in the chair, took off my boots, took off my pants, put those in the chair, and put my boots back on, and walked out the door.” Lee walked about a mile in 26-degree temperatures before his wife picked him up. The Selectboard released a statement saying the decision was “an action based upon value for the cost of the department.” Resident Rick Sampson told reporters, “What kind of a town lets their chief of police walk out in a snowstorm in his underwear?”

Oops An unnamed 33-year-old woman from Herminie, Pennsylvania, took an unconventional route home after a night out drinking on Feb. 16, according to City of Duquesne police. Driving a Mazda CX5, the woman left a tavern and ended up in a rail yard near the Port Perry Railroad Bridge, a narrow span that carries one set of tracks over the Monongahela River. “The vehicle did quite well, considering it is not a locomotive,” noted police, and the driver traveled a significant distance along the bridge before getting stuck. WPIX reported she called 911 for help at about 2:40 a.m., and Norfolk Southern stopped all rail traffic while the car was removed from the tracks.

Police arrested the driver for DUI. The Passing Parade Three friends were wrapping up a night of dinner and drinking on Feb. 15 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, when things got “a little out of control,” according to a police report. As the night wore on, Kasey Margaret Westraad, 24, became increasingly amorous toward a resistant female friend, the friend told police, eventually escalating to the point that a naked Westraad pursued the woman outside, punching her several times in the face. Myrtlebeachonline.com reported Westraad was charged with third-degree assault and battery, damage to property and resisting arrest.

The Smell Test Police in Speyer, Germany, gave chase after they were passed by a car driving at high speed with its lights off on Feb. 14. The suspect, a 26-year-old man, pulled over and ran from the car, leaving a trail of scent that was so distinct officers said they were able to follow it from the car to the man, who was hiding behind a hedge. “Due to the cloud of perfume that was detected inside the car and on the man,” police said, “it was possible to identify him as the driver,” the Associated Press reported. His breath didn’t smell so good, though: He was far over the alcohol limit.

Wait, What?

The woman who attempted to board an airplane with her emotional support peacock made headlines, but in Port St. Lucie, Florida, one man is questioning why his particular support item has been banned from the dialysis center where he takes treatments three times a week.

Nelson Gibson first brought an 8-by-10inch photo of President Donald J. Trump to comfort him as he endured the 3 1/2-hour treatments, then exchanged that for a small cardboard cutout of himself standing next to a Trump photo. When he next arrived with a life-size cutout of the president, no one complained, Gibson told WPBF, but on Feb. 11, “they told me it was too much and it wasn’t a rally.” “It just feels like bringing something from home to make you comfortable,” Gibson said, noting that others bring items, including one woman who pops bubble wrap during the entire treatment. “That’s very nerve-wracking,” he said. It’s unclear whether Gibson will return to the center for treatments.

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Extreme Measures Tensions are running high in China, where the coronavirus has affected thousands of people and sparked instances of panicbuying. AFP reports that supermarkets have experienced runs on staples such as rice and pasta, but in Hong Kong, a gang of men wielding knives attacked a delivery driver in Mong Kok on Feb. 17, making off with hundreds of rolls of toilet paper worth about $130. Police said the missing rolls were recovered, and two suspects were arrested.

Locals seemed baffled, with one woman telling a TV station, “I’d steal face masks, but not toilet roll.”

Government at Work Ontario’s new license plates hit the roads on Feb. 1, sporting a pleasing color of blue with white numbers and letters.

During the day. At night, all that’s visible is a shiny blue rectangle, according to complaints on Twitter -- the numbers and letters disappear, which makes them a problem for law enforcement. “Did anyone consult with police before designing and manufacturing the new Ontario license plates?” wrote Kingston Police Sgt. Steve Koopman. “They’re virtually unreadable at night.” The CBC reported a government spokesperson saying authorities “are currently looking into this,” but Lisa Thompson, Ontario’s minister of government and consumer services, saw a political angle: “Sticking with the status quo Liberal plate that was peeling and flaking was not an option,” she said. “We absolutely have confidence in our plates.”

Must-See TV Police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, arrested Robert Lee Noye, 52, on Feb. 17 and charged him with first-degree harassment and false imprisonment after his victim told them Noye kidnapped her and forced her to watch the 1977 historical miniseries “Roots” “so she could better understand her racism,” The Gazette reported. He allegedly told her if she did not sit for the entire nine-hour series about slavery, he would “kill her and spread her body parts across Interstate 380 on the way to Chicago.”

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PIMP Kenneth Bonney, the former Village of Elberta DPW director, pled no contest in a prostitution case involving allegations that he attempted to entice an impoverished and desperate woman to become a “sex slave.” Bonney insisted to investigators that it was only a joke, and his attorney says the whole thing was blown out of proportion.

A warning to our readers: The story that follows contains graphic language and details of a sexual and violent nature.

By Patrick Sullivan At noon on a chilly Tuesday last February, a 36-year-old woman walked with a friend into the Benzie County Sheriff ’s Office to complain that someone was pestering her to become a prostitute.

Deputy Martin Blank took the report. He noted that the woman appeared physically shaken and said the man had been harassing her for years to send him nude photos and to get into sex work.

That man: Kenneth Bonney, the 58-year-old former department of public works director for the Village of Elberta and the woman’s neighbor — during a period when the woman was out of work, low on cash, and stayed in a trailer in Elberta with her father.

She said that “her life was in shambles,” Blank wrote, and that Child Protective Services workers had recently taken her kids. She was expected that weekend to meet a mysterious client at a home near Crystal Mountain, where, in exchange for spending the weekend as a “sex slave,” she was promised an SUV. IMAGINATION OF THOSE INVOLVED The meeting never happened. In the intervening days, Traverse Narcotics Team officers joined the investigation, and detectives recorded several phone calls between Bonney and the woman. By Friday, Bonney’s trailer, in Elberta, and his workshop, in Joyfield Township, had been raided by police, and Bonney had been arrested and taken to jail.

Months later Bonney would plead no contest to a reduced charge of keeping a house of prostitution, a five-year felony, and in January 2020, he was sentenced to 120 days in jail and two years’ probation.

He originally had faced up to 20 years in prison on a pandering prostitution charge; in the plea deal, five counts of possession of a firearm by a felon were also dropped.

Each of those charges carry up to five years in prison.

Benzie County Prosecutor Sara Swanson said the case was one of a predator preying on a vulnerable victim, a victim who, while by no means not without her own troubles with the law, was at a desperate point in life, in need of money and a car, and therefore susceptible to enticement and manipulation.

Swanson said the woman represented a kind of complicated vulnerable victim who

one of the search warrants, which he said would have been tossed our because it didn’t properly identify the property that was searched. That would have meant all of the evidence from Bonney’s Elberta home would have been thrown out in court.

Then there were questions about the prostitution allegations themselves, Williams said — none of it added up.

“Where’s the guy? Where’s the car? The complaining witness wasn’t very credible at all.

The allegations are disturbing, but when you actually look at the evidence and the people involved, they are all surrounded by drama, Williams said. “It’s really in the

In the raids of Bonney’s properties earlier that day, investigators had found 29 rifles and shotguns inside gun safes in his Elberta home. In a briefcase in his truck, police also found a blindfold, two tubes of lipstick, and a pair of Velcro hand restraints. lives on the margins of society. Of this kind of victim, she said, “They are not kids, and they are not elderly. They are vulnerable in different ways.”

Jesse Williams, Bonney’s attorney, said that if police hadn’t found firearms on Bonney’s property during the raids, his client never would have pled no contest to a prostitution charge.

But because he had been found with the rifles and shotguns — and because he had been convicted of a felony in the 1990s (he had been charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm and had pled to discharging a firearm from a vehicle) — it would have been too risky to take the case to trial.

The prostitution case itself was full of holes, Williams said, starting off with

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imagination of all of those involved.”

BRING A “COMATOSE” FRIEND Here is what led to Bonney’s arrest and conviction, according to the police reports and the court record: After the woman filed a complaint at the sheriff ’s department, she met the next day with TNT detectives who picked her up from an apartment in another town and interviewed her in their car.

Early in that interview with TNT detectives, Bonney called the woman’s cell phone, and police recorded their conversation and included a summary in their report.

Here are excerpts from that summary: The woman: “With you doing all of this, is he [the mysterious client with whom she

was supposed to spend the weekend —Ed.] giving you a cut of the deal?”

Bonney: “No, I’m helping you.”

The woman: “I’m just a little concerned about hanging out with some dude for a weekend.”

Bonney: “You’re going as my slave. To me, that means you’re my responsibility. If I get there, and I don’t think shit’s kosher, then we’re just going to f***ing leave, and f*** them.”

The woman: “You have to blindfold me and cuff me?”

Bonney: “Yeah, but the blindfold thing, we can set that where you can kind of see out.”

Later, Bonney told the woman that he’d check on her and that he expected something in return.

The woman: “You know it’s hard for me to do this. I’m in a rock and a hard spot and need a car to progress. How much are you participating in this, Mister?”

Bonney: “I’ll probably get one Friday night.”

The woman: “You’ll get a blow job from me Friday night?”

Bonney: “Yeah.”

Bonney was also intently interested in the woman bringing one of her friends, according to the summary, hopefully one who used drugs and could spend the weekend in a “comatose” state so that she would be pliable for whatever sex acts were in store.

Bonney told the woman that if she was able to provide a “comatose” friend, that would not only take a lot of the burden off of her, but she would also be better compensated.

He said: “Basically, if you had her passed out and s***, and then she goes, she would probably be doing most of the stuff and you would just be whatever.”

The woman asked if she would have her own room.

“I imagine you would be with him. If

she went, they’d probably leave her tied to a coffee table.”

Bonney added, “If he said he wanted a blow job or someone to suck his d***, you could just stand her up and f***ing just bob her head. You know what I mean?”

Northern Express reviewed the police reports and court transcripts in the case.

There are several apparent discrepancies between the two.

For example, according to the police report, the woman said she sent “erotic” pictures to Bonney a year earlier, after he promised her that he could enter them in a contest. The woman later testified that she had never sent him nude photos. The police report also describes her saying that she thought Bonney was “playing games” with her. She later testified that she never believed that.

Also, in the police report, the SUV she said was at stake in the negotiations in the police report was a 2012 GMC Yukon, while in testimony the woman said she was promised a 2014 Dodge Durango.

Nonetheless, the description of the negotiations over her becoming a sex slave that were detailed in the police report appears to mostly match her testimony.

“I WAS JUST MAKING S—T UP”

By Friday, investigators had search warrants for Bonney’s properties in Elberta and Joyfield Township, south of Benzonia, and they were ready to bring Bonney into the station for arrest and questioning.

Bonney agreed to waive his rights and talk to the detectives.

By the time Bonney was in custody, he had already texted the woman that the meeting that day needed to be called off because of weather. Later that day, while the woman was being interviewed by police again, Bonney called her to tell her that the meeting might be back on for Saturday.

According to a police report, Bonney told her that “his contact told him [Bonney] that if he could have the comatose girl ready for prepping at the shop before four o’clock, that everything would still be on” and that Bonney also encouraged the woman to pick up some drugs to get her friend into that “comatose” state.

Later, after he was arrested, Bonney struck a far different tone.

Early on in Bonney’s interview with

police, Bonney explained that the woman had a “big-time vendetta” against him. There were allegations that the woman’s father, who was battling cancer, had entrusted his disability checks to Bonney after his daughter inappropriately took some of his money. The woman later testified that she paid all of the money back.

Nonetheless, Bonney didn’t dispute much of the evidence against him. He told the officers that it should be interpreted differently.

Bonney said it was all a big joke.

He said he was “f***ing with her” and had talked to her several times over the past week after she expressed a desire to get a car.

He told the investigators, “Being a smart ass, I told her to go stand on the street corner.”

He said he had no intention of actually delivering her money or a car in exchange for becoming a prostitute. He said he had made up the whole thing — there was no downstate man who wanted to give her a car in exchange for spending a weekend as his sex slave.

“I was just making s*** up,” Bonney said.

He claimed that it was the woman’s idea to bring along a friend, and that he went along with it and referred to the friend as “comatose” because he knew that friend used drugs.

Later, perhaps grasping how much trouble he might be in, he said, “I do not traffic women.”

Detectives told him they had a search warrant for his phone. They asked him what they would find. He told them they’d find the naked photos of the woman.

In the raids of Bonney’s properties earlier that day, investigators had found 29 rifles and shotguns inside gun safes in his Elberta home. In a briefcase in his truck, police also found a blindfold, two tubes of lipstick, and a pair of Velcro hand restraints.

In Bonney’s pole barn in Joyfield Township, investigators found more firearms and ammunition, homemade and commercial pornography, and 15 handwritten “modeling contracts,” apparently signed by different women.

In the interview with detectives, Bonney said the guns belonged to him and his stepson. He said he collected guns to give to his grandkids.

He also mentioned that his shop had been broken into several year ago, in 2012, and several guns had been stolen, along with a briefcase containing business documents.

“Kenneth said the person who took the guns and briefcase tried to report that he was running a prostitution ring,” an investigator wrote in a police report. “I asked Kenneth if he had anything in there that was prostitution related. Kenneth said that he did have some paperwork that had girls’ names and sexual acts they were willing to perform.”

Bonney denied that these were contracts and said he had no good reason for why he kept them; they were, he said, just women he used to date.

A woman was charged in the case about the stolen briefcase, but the charges were later dismissed by a judge. At the time, Bonney was not charged in connection with the prostitution allegations. In the current investigation, Swanson, the prosecutor, said that detectives looked into those contracts, but that investigation stalled because the contracts were old enough that the statute of limitations would preclude charges.

Late in the interview with detectives, Bonney denied ever even pursuing a sexual relationship with his accuser — then he remembered that he’d lent her $20 for gas money a month earlier and had told he he’d take a blow job in repayment. He said she turned him down.

DAYS LATER, ANOTHER ARREST Remarkably, just days after Kenneth Bonney was arrested on charges of pandering prostitution, his brother, Kevin Bonney, was arrested on charges of soliciting prostitution.

Kevin Bonney was accused of arranging for a woman to travel from Muskegon to meet him in Benzie County for sex; the 28-year-old woman and her 41-yearold handler were arrested after they were involved in a traffic crash.

Investigators never found a link between the two cases.

“As far as we know, they are completely unrelated. We never found any ties between the two,” Swanson said.

All three people involved in the Kevin Bonney case took pleas. Kevin Bonney pled to misdemeanor obscene conduct, and he was sentenced to probation.

Kevin Bonney did not respond to a message seeking comment.

Williams, Kenneth Bonney’s attorney, said the whole case against his client was overblown.

There was no “comatose friend”, and

the relationship between his client and the woman who filed the complaint was complicated, he said.

“The other person that was going to be involved wasn’t even aware that it happened,” Williams said. “He had a long history with [the complaining witness]. I mean, people from her family wrote him letters of support at sentencing.”

The letters were written before details of the court case were made public.

“I honestly think Ken at no point thought this was going to happen, and he just kept going along with it to see how far she would take it,” Williams said.

Indeed, Kenneth Bonney is known around Elberta and appears to be seen as an upstanding citizen; several influential supporters in the community came to his aid and wrote to the judge before he was sentenced.

One couple, who are related to the victim in the case, said they’d known Bonnie for 18 years and that he was “a good honest close friend.” The couple wrote that he offered to take them fishing many times, that he plowed their driveway, and that he would give people “the shirt off his back.”

They said that Bonney was also a good friend to their relative, the victim’s father, including the last year, while he was dying of cancer.

A former mayor of Frankfort said she knew Bonney for seven years as an Elberta official and that “he would go above and beyond to help people and took great pride in his work.”

The woman said she knew Bonney as “a family man” who was devoted to his longtime girlfriend and her disabled son.

A former Elberta village president said she had known Bonney for five years and praised his character.

“Kenneth is dependable, honest, and respectful,” she wrote. “His devotion to the village was exemplary.”

At Bonney’s preliminary examination, the woman who accused him characterized Bonney in a different light: “I did not have a job. I did not have a car, you know.

The circumstances with my children … ” she testified, alluding to the fact that her children had recently been removed from her custody. “This had been going on for years, since 2015. The asking for pictures, asking to meet him, asking to, you know, be a sex slave for others.”

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and let’s face it — there’s no beholder as critical as the one scrutinizing herself in the mirror every morning. If you’ve got something standing in the way of greeting that gal with an approving smile, don’t beat yourself up; do something about it. Northern Express scoured the region to find the latest and greatest cosmetic treatments trending now, and what we found is this: From fine hair to fine lines, there’s a new fix available — and the pros and people trying it swear it’s better than what’s come before. By Laurel Sutherland

Brow Lamination Alchemy Esthetics, Traverse City $70, 45 minutes Expertly styled and tinted nomaintenance eyebrows for 1 month or more.

Cosmetic leaders on the East and West coasts are loving brow lamination, and it’s finally hit the northern Michigan beauty scene at Alchemy Esthetics. This gamechanging technique delivers more defined, lifted, fuller eyebrows without the pain or permanence of micro-blading or tattooing, or the frequent upkeep pens and brushes require. Think of it as an eyebrow perm. Here’s how it works: Eyebrow hairs are given a fuller look through repositioning, tinting, and lamination. Within a 45-minute session, eyebrows are transformed to appear slick, fuller, and shiny.

Laminated brows remain perfectly defined, lifted, and tinted for six to eight weeks. www.facebook.com/AlchemyEsthetics-356043414965926/

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Wonder Woman The aptly named Lillii Armstrong has the strength of mind and muscle you might not expect from a small-town teenage girl, but her achievements in weightlifting show that, for this powerhouse, other people’s expectations are a lot like lifting records: made to be broken.

By Al Parker Without much fanfare or fuss, one of America’s outstanding young athletes works out every day in a small no-frills fitness center in East Jordan.

Seventeen-year-old Lillii Armstrong is a weightlifter. But not any ol’ teenage weightlifter. The soft-spoken high school senior has a racked up an impressive record of achievements in state, national, and even international weightlifting competitions.

More astonishing yet: She took up the sport only three years ago.

Already, since her freshman year in high school, Armstrong has posted 25 first place finishes and broken several records.

Perhaps the most surprising discovery to make about this exceptional athlete is that she’s the last one you’ll hear bragging — or even talking about — her mental and physical toughness, or the determination it takes to liberate ever-increasing pounds of iron from gravity.

“I don’t feel anything special when I’m competing. I just go out there and do my thing,” she said. “You don’t say you can’t do something. You just don’t stop.”

RECORD BREAKER ‘‘Doing her thing’’ included being named a state champion for three straight years, shattering eight lifting records in three different weight divisions, and being recognized as a national champion in 2018

by USA Powerlifting. In 2019, Armstrong set two state records and two national marks lifting during Natural Athlete Strength Association (NASA) events.

Ironically, much of that success came after East Jordan High School had dropped their weightlifting program following

Armstrong’s freshman year. Tom Outman, owner of Jordan Valley Fitness, stepped up and started coaching her, and he has been instrumental in her success.

“I couldn’t have done it without my coach Tom Outman,” Armstrong wrote on her Facebook page. “He has been my back bone and has pushed me to become the lifter and person I am today. He has always been there for me.”

Armstrong’s personal records are 176 pounds in bench press, 285 pounds in squats, and 385 pounds in deadlift. She’d like to boost those to her goals: 200 in bench press, 300 in squats, and 400 in deadlift. While her weight has fluctuated from 204 down to 170 over the years, she’s most comfortable competing in the 180–185 pound class.

“She’s a perfectionist when it comes to certain things,” said her mother, Patsy Armstrong. “But she doesn’t really compete against others. She competes against herself.”

Last May, Armstrong placed third in the International Powerlifting Federation World Women’s Classic Bench Press Championships in Japan. She will be going to Pilsen, in the Czech Republic, to represent the United States in this year’s event.

Before that, in March, she’ll go to Killeen,Texas, for an event that attracts the best high school lifters in the nation. Then comes the trip to the Czech Republic in early May, followed by her graduation from East Jordan High School later in May. Then in June, Armstrong has been invited to Minsk, Belarus, again representing the U.S. All of that traveling puts a financial strain on the members of “Team Armstrong,” made up of her mother, Patsy Armstrong, aunt Mickey Hoffman, and Outman. No one on the team is wealthy. Patsy works

at Burnette Foods, running a cooker and helping with quality technology. Hoffman is a self-employed horse trainer. To help offset all these traveling expenses, a Go Fund Me account (www.gofundme.com/f/nationalto-worlds) has been set up.

Lillii Armstrong joined the sport of weightlifting three years ago. Every year since, she’s been a state champion.

She’s also shattered eight lifting records in three different weight divisions, was recognized as a national champion in 2018 by USA Powerlifting, and set two state records and two national marks during Natural Athlete Strength Association (NASA) events.

EARLY SIGNS OF PROMISE Even as a toddler, Armstrong has always been an athletic dynamo and full of energy and creativity.

“She’s my little force of nature,” said Hoffman. “She’s always been exceptional.

She was climbing rock walls all the way to the top when she was 3 or 4, just flying to the top. It was amazing. She drew a crowd watching her.”

Growing up, Armstrong tried basketball, loved soccer, and really wanted to play football, but settled easily into weightlifting, she said: “One day I walked into the gym and found out, ‘Hey, I’m pretty good at this.’”

Her instinct was correct. In her very first weight lighting meet, she took first place.

That win kicked off a string of impressive efforts that fuel her to this day.

But, Armstrong admits, she’s paid a price for her success. Although she’s only 17, a string of physical injuries has plagued her, including knee and shoulder problems, plus a torn bicep tendon.

In addition to her physical pain and injuries, Armstrong suffered through a period of bullying from others. It might be hard to believe that someone would bully a weightlifting champ, but like anybody who defies convention, she endured a lot of criticism from others.

Armstrong handled it, said family members, and as you might expect from someone with her strength of mind, now spends significant time and effort

encouraging others who suffer from bullying.

“I like to tell people they don’t have to be abnormal to stand out,” said Armstrong.

“I’m a normal person. Treat me bad, and you’ll lose my respect. Respect is a big thing in my family.”

When she’s not lifting weights, Armstrong said she likes to spend time honing her juggling skills. She often performs with northern Michigan performer, Tommy Tropic.

“Lillii is an outstanding example of how hard work and determination will pay off,” said Matt Stevenson, Superintendent of East Jordan Public Schools. “ Whenever she has put her mind to something, she has succeeded. Whether this be in her classes, learning how to juggle, or just being a great person. Lillii has always put her all into it. She is a great asset to our student body and sets a wonderful example of what East Jordan pride is all about.”

With high school graduation looming, Armstrong is on the radar of several colleges and has already received one offer of a fullride scholarship from a Florida school.

But she has a different career path in mind, according to her mother.

“She want to become a welder,” said Patsy Armstrong. “She took three years of it in high school and just loves it.”

But weightlifting will always be a big part of her life.

“You can do powerlifting for all your life,” said Lilli. “I know there are people over 80 years old, and they’re still lifting.”

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ONE OF WORLD’S LEADING IRISH BANDS TO PLAY TC Danú bringing its bouzouki, bodhran, tin whistles, Uillean pipes, and more just in time for St. Pats

By Ross Boissoneau Time flies when you’re having fun. For Benny McCarthy, that’s been the case for the quarter century he’s been performing with Danú, an ensemble of Irish musicians who’ve managed to earn massive critical acclaim in the 21st century by playing traditional Irish music.

“How we got here I just don’t know.

We did our first record in 1997. We’re still going,” he said in an interview from Ireland.

Danú will be onstage at the City Opera House March 10. The show will mark their first time ever in Traverse City and, despite decades of tours through Europe and North America — among them Los Angeles’ The Hollywood Bowl and New York City’s Symphony Space — 10 years since they’ve last played in northern Michigan.

REWIND McCarthy, who plays button accordion with the band, as he has since its founding in 1995, still seems a little stunned by the band’s success. “I never set out to be a professional musician. We’d play as kids. In the ’80s we played just for fun,” he said. “None of us were professional musicians.”

“A friend came to see us do a cèilidhe [a native Irish dance, pronounced kay-lee] down in Dungarvan [in Ireland’s County Waterford]. He liked the sound,” said

McCarthy. Indeed, the friend liked it so much he scored the band an invitation to what McCarthy said is the biggest Celtic festival in the world: the Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival in Brittany. Brittany is a region of western France recognized as one of the six Celtic nations; the Lorient Inter-Celtic Festival is an annual homage to Celtic traditions and music.

That was the beginning, and 25 years later, there’s no end in sight. As the years have gone by, the personnel has changed, but the group’s sound is not markedly different from the sound it debuted with all those years ago: traditional Irish music.

Winners of numerous awards from the BBC and Irish Music Magazine, Danú has taken audiences around the world on a musical journey to Ireland of old, complete with stirring vocals, dancing, and historical tales of the isle and its people. McCarthy attributes the appeal in part to the fact that there are many regions across the world that Irish and Celtic people — and their music — call home. “There’s a huge Irish diaspora,” he said.

YOUR STARRING ROLE That means the reception for the music is typically enthusiastic, though he said it varies, depending on the audience. Some go more for the stories, others the pensive aires, still others favor the high-energy reels

and jigs. “Every night is different. It depends on the energy — that’s where the audience comes in.”

The audience in Traverse City might even play a part in the band’s next CD. “We’ll have a new release this year to mark our 25th [year]. We’ll do a live record from this tour,” said McCarthy.

In its original incarnation, the band was a seven-piece. For many years, it performed as a sextet. It’s currently again a septet, playing a dizzying variety of instruments, among them bouzouki, guitar, bodhran (Irish drum), cello, keyboards, fiddle, viola, tin whistles, flute, Uillean pipes, mandolin, plus vocals. It adds up to a hypnotic showcase of the sounds of the Emerald Isle.

McCarthy said the band’s pace has slowed a quarter century on, but they relish the opportunity to get together to perform. “We don’t tour as much. We go out for about three weeks, two tours each year,” he said. The tours are based around Christmas, with an Irish Christmas tour starting in late November, and then one around St. Patrick’s Day. The timing and brevity of such a schedule means the band members have time apart to recharge their batteries. McCarthy said that means they look forward to the tours, rather than getting tired of them or missing home.

“That works in our favor. When we meet

up, we’re like school kids. It’s fun. We have a great time touring.”

THE O.G. (& LATEST ADDITION) As such, the band’s membership isn’t static. They have families and solo careers, and over the years, people have come and gone. McCarthy is the only founding member remaining. “We’ve had a lot of different members, 15 or 20 over the years.

We’ve had people guest with us as well. Such is the nature of bands. I’m the only one [original] since day one,” said McCarthy.

The latest to the fold is vocalist Nell Ní Chróinín, who joined the band in 2016 and singes in both Irish and English. Her multiple awards include TG4 Traditional Singer of the Year 2012, and she was also the winner of the prestigious Oireactas “Corn Uí Riada” award in 2014. McCarthy said the rest of the band is similarly talented. “I have the best musicians in the country sitting around me,” he said.

The band also travels with its own sound engineer, all the better to make that live record. “We’re kind of audio geeks. I have my own studio. We have high-end mics — it’s kind of ridiculous,” he said with a laugh.

“But we love it.”

TICKETS Tickets for the 7:30pm show start at $35; $15 for students. See www.CityOperaHouse.org.

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Kicking off with this February’s new moon, Shelly Smith (shown at center) now leads monthly Wild Woman Project Circles in Traverse City. “There is an enormous web of circle leaders in cities across the world, all using one theme to inspire us based on the astrology of the new moon,” Smith said.

Where the Wild Women Grow On the new moon of each month, a network of women across the world gather to connect with each other and themselves. It’s called The Wild Woman Project, and northern Michigan has stepped into the circle.

Story and Photos by Emily Tyra In Traverse City, on the night of this month’s new moon, 15 women join in a circle, essentially as strangers, about to become connected in ways immediate and unexpected.

One woman came to the circle after a friend told her it would help her with what was on her mind. A few craved self-care. Others were dealing with changes — moves, closure, new babies, new jobs — and dang it, change is hard. One brought her mom. Most arrived alone.

Wild Woman Project Circles are a worldwide movement — women across 18 countries joining in sacred circles in their local communities.

Traverse City has become one of the latest outposts for the international project, thanks to yogini and wellness guide Shelley Smith, who leads the monthly circle at New Moon Yoga Studio. Though she has led yoga and meditation retreats in India, Hawaii, and Thailand, February was her first time leading a new moon circle in northern Michigan, with more scheduled in the months to come.

“The new moon is a time that is thought to be in connection with setting intention,” Smith said. “With each Wild Woman Circle, we have a guided meditation and, based on a different theme every month, an intention-setting portion — an insight each woman has received from her journey through the session.”

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She added, “Our pace of life is so fast. Everyone is so busy, everyone is overwhelmed. Coming into these circles gives us some time to just get centered and to listen to the voices that want to speak up from inside of us. That voice is there — it’s there — and when we get disconnected from it, we don’t feel good, and we can’t live as fully or bring all we have to our lives, families, and communities. This is a safe place to share, and we have an opportunity to share as much or as little as we are called to. It could be about things we’re working on in our lives, situations we are facing, things we want to bring into existence.”

“I was surprised at how open everyone was,” said participant Jessica Protetch of Traverse City, who was also pleasantly surprised that her nerves vanished when it was her turn to connect and share her message with the circle. “It was great to have that space to open up and release some heavy stuff.”

When each woman shares, she is the only one who speaks. No one offers solutions, or advice; they simply listen. “We listen as if we are hearts with ears,” said Smith.

“I hope all have a really close circle of women friends, sisters, or family that they can be super open and authentic and vulnerable with, but I’m not sure we all have that. The circle is a closed container for that.

We just respectfully witness and support each experience.”

Roommates Protetch, Moaly Molinos and Cassandra Chase do have that bond.

“We do a lot of kitchen therapy, doing dishes,” said Molinos, “but this was different.”

Hearing and sharing with people they had just met was a moving experience, that found all of them digging deeper into their own intuition than they had anticipated.

“And I didn’t expect to cry so much, listening to everyone,” said Protetch.

After a final trip around the circle, each woman set intentions for the moon cycle ahead, and all gathered to leave. Lily Pitser of Traverse City faced the circle and deadpanned, “That was like the best TED Talk of my life.”

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COMMUNITY YOGA FOR EVERY BODY: 9am, 206 S. Oak St., TC. Love your body through gentle breath/body movement. Donation based class. eventbrite.com/e/communityyoga-for-every-body-tickets-87380127313

---------------------WINTER GUIDED HIKE: 9:30am-noon. Join Grand Traverse Conservation District staff on a guided hike through Brown Bridge Quiet Area, TC to explore new trails, view wildlife, & learn about new & upcoming parkland projects on the property. A limited amount of snowshoes are available to borrow. RSVP’s required: 9410960. Free. natureiscalling.org/event/winterguided-hike-at-brown-bridge-quiet-area-3

---------------------GAYLORD BOAT SHOW: 10am-8pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. Featuring over 75 watercraft on display. Pontoons to ski boats… cruisers to personal watercraft, in addition to docks, boat lifts, paddle boards & boating accessories. gaylordboatshow.com

---------------------PLUSH PUPPY ADOPTION PARTY: 10amnoon, Petoskey District Library, Children’s Department. Choose a plush puppy to call your own. Make a toy for your new puppy & bring it to the veterinarian for its first checkup. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------SECRETS TO RELIEVING KNEE PAIN: 10am, Whole Health, TC. Call 943-2100 to reserve your spot. Free.

---------------------TADL MAKERFEST: 10am, GT Resort, Michigan Ballroom, Acme. Join TADL & the STEAM/ Maker Alliance of Northwestern MI as over 30 regional Makers & STEAM aficionados are brought together for hands-on exploration of the arts, crafting & technology. Free. tadl. org/2020makerfest

---------------------2020 TC RESTAURANT WEEK: Feb. 23-29.

Participating restaurants will offer three course meals for $25 or $35. Reservations encouraged. downtowntc.com/traverse-city-restaurant-week

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: Feb. 28 - March 8. Enjoy special menus at each participating restaurant.

---------------------ART IN ICE, SWEET & NICE: 12-4pm, Downtown Bellaire. Watch 3,000 pounds of ice transformed into sculptures by regional culinary artists, students of Henry Ford College Culinary Program & Macomb Community College. Also featuring the Sweet Treats Bake Off, including samples from area pastry chefs. A $5 ticket lets you taste eight baked sweet treats that include a pie dough ingredient.

---------------------FUN IN THE SNOW TO BENEFIT TART TRAILS: 1-6pm, Brengman Brothers, TC. Explore Brengman Brothers’ property trails while fat tire biking, snowshoeing & cross-country skiing. Warm-up & refuel afterwards with chili & soup, wine, hot chocolate & coffee. All donations for chili & soup & a portion of all wine & tasting sales will go to TART Trails. brengmanbrothers.com/events/fun-in-the-snow

---------------------“THAT FUNNY PUPPET GUY”: 2pm & 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. Featuring ventriloquist Richard Paul. A Family Fun Show at 2pm ($15 adults, $8 youth under 18 + fees) & an Adults Only Show at 7pm ($20 advance, $25 door + fees). oldtownplayhouse.com

---------------------GALLERY TALK: A COLOR TOUR: 2pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center. Art educator Linda Young leads a conversational tour of COLOR, an exhibition of 2D & 3D color art work. The GAAC’s COLOR exhibition continues through March 26. Free. glenarborart.org

BEARCUB OUTFITTERS TORCHLIGHT SNOWSHOE OUTING: 5-9pm, Camp Daggett, Walloon Lake, Petoskey. Also enjoy hot chocolate & cookies by a fire. Free; snowshoes available. bearcuboutfitters.com

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---------------------CHAR-EM UNITED WAY TOAST TO LITERACY: 6-9pm, Castle Farms, Charlevoix. Proceeds benefit the Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Charlevoix & Emmet counties. $30 advance; $40 door. char-em-united-way.square.site

---------------------RODNEY WHITAKER SEPTET W/ ROCKELLE FORTIN: 7pm, Harbor Springs Performing Arts Center. The Harbor Springs middle & high school jazz bands will be the opening act. Free.

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---------------------HIP-HOP CONCERT: LEAP YEAR EXTRAVAGANZA: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor.

Performers include Drebb, Letter B, Faux, Adams Avenue & Clay Meadows. $10 advance. mynorthtickets.com/events/hip-hop-concertleap-year-extravaganza-2-29-2020

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NASTAR MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIPS: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

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GAYLORD BOAT SHOW: 10am-4pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. Featuring over 75 watercraft on display. Pontoons to ski boats… cruisers to personal watercraft, in addition to docks, boat lifts, paddle boards & boating accessories. gaylordboatshow.com

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------DUNGEONS & DRAGONS FOR TEENS: 1-3pm, Traverse Area District Library, Teen Services, TC. Play using fifth edition rules & a few adaptations. Dice, rule books & snacks will be provided. New & experienced players welcome. Free. tadl.org/event/dungeons-dragonsfor-teens-2/2020-03-01

---------------------DARK & STORMCLOUDY FILM & BEER SERIES: The film is “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” & the beer is a Scandinavian black IPA. The film is at 2pm at The Garden Theater, Frankfort.

Tickets are $10 per person. Plus each movie ticket purchaser receives a $5 Stormcloud Brewing Co. token. frankfortgardentheater. com/dark-stormcloudy-film-series

---------------------STEVE GREEN CONCERT: 3pm, New Hope Community Church, Sanctuary, TC. This Christian music vocalist will perform with concert pianist Dick Tunney, orchestral strings & the Community Concert Choir. Free. newhope.cc

---------------------TO BE SUNG ON THE WATER- INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY CHOIR IN TC: 3pm, Central United Methodist Church, TC. A concert inspired by several facets of water & featuring music by Daniel Pinkham, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Vijay Singh, Gwyneth Walker & more. Free. Find on Facebook.

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HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

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NMRPOA: Harrington’s By The Bay, TC. Northern Michigan Rental Property Owners Association will have their lunch meeting. Please arrive by 11:30am to place your lunch order. The guest speaker will be Rick Robbins, a GT County court officer. He will be speaking on evictions, how to do a prospective tenant background check, & will answer questions on court procedures. For more info, email: gkroush48@outlook.com. Free (purchase lunch).

---------------------DROP-IN RÉSUMÉ WORKSHOP: 3pm, Elk Rapids Library, porch. Drop in for one-on-one tips & pointers. Brush up your résumé with

A traditional Irish band based in Lansing, Limerick also brings bluegrass and Americana to Crooked Tree Arts Center Theater, Petoskey on Sat., March 7 at 7:30pm. They play everything from mandolin, tin whistle, guitar, banjo, fiddle and bass. $25 members, $35 non-members and $10 students. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/limerick Michigan Works career adviser Mandi Brown.

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---------------------T3 TEEN TABLETOP - CONCEPT: 4-6pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Your goal is to guess words through the association of icons.

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---------------------CIVIC (MIS)INFORMATION: 6:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. A Librarian-Led Discussion of How We Find, Evaluate & Share News! Hosted by Librarians Nicco Pandolfi & Michele P. Howard. Presented in collaboration with League of Women Voters – Grand Traverse Area. tadl.org/event/civic-misinformation

mar 03

SHARECARE COMFORT SESSIONS WITH REV. DIANA STOVER: 11:30am, Leland Township Library. Join Rev. Diana Stover for lunch & a conversation addressing the powerlessness, grief, physical changes, isolation from social life, & the reimaging of self that follows trauma.

RSVP: 231.256.9152. Free. lelandlibrary.org

---------------------MUNSON HEALTHCARE HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP: 2pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Join a friendly environment where grief & loss are understood. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------TEEN CRAFTERS: 4:30pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Create key chains & other items with Perler beads. Free. tadl.org/event/ teen-crafters-2020-03-03

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GRAND TRAVERSE AREA MANUFACTURING COUNCIL 6TH ANNUAL SUMMIT: 7:30am-12:30pm, Hagerty Center, NMC, TC. Free. makegreatthings.org

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PEEPERS PROGRAM: WONDERFUL WORMS!: 10am, Boardman River Nature Center, TC. For ages 3-5. All children must be accompanied by an adult. This 90-minute nature program includes stories, crafts, music & discovery activities. It ends with an outside portion. Pre-register. $5. natureiscalling.org/event/ peepers-program-wonderful-worms

---------------------GET CRAFTY: LION COLLAGE: Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Create a mane using colorful recycled paper scraps. Held from 11am-noon & 2-3pm. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------PRESENTING YOURSELF PROFESSIONALLY: 11:30am-1pm, Otsego Grand Event Center, Gaylord. Unleashing the power of elevator pitches & business etiquette to expand your network. Featuring Ryan & Carrie Sharpe.

AAUW MARCH MEETING: 5:30pm, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, TC. The American Association of University Women, Traverse City Branch, welcomes Dr. Mark Jackson, PACE medical director, who will speak about the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly that assists persons wanting an alternative to a nursing home, & their caregivers. Free. aauwtc.org

---------------------BOOKS AT THE BOATHOUSE: 6-8pm, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Amy Reynolds, co-owner of Horizon Books, & her husband Vic Herman will talk about the store’s legacy. Tickets can be purchased at the library. peninsulacommunitylibrary.org

---------------------GROWING HERBS: Boardman River Nature Center, TC. Michele Worden & Sandi Clark, members of the herb study group Herbal Renewal & the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan, will speak on Growing Herbs in the Garden at the meeting of the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan. An optional potluck will be served at 6pm & the program will start at 6:30pm. Free for MGANW members; $5 donation appreciated for non-members. wordenwood80027.wildapricot.org/event-3735369/Registration

---------------------PARKINSON’S NETWORK NORTH EVENING SUPPORT GROUP: 6pm, Foster Family Community Health Center, TC. Speaker: Topic:

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---------------------TCNEWTECH: 6pm, City Opera House, TC. Five presenters are allowed five minutes to present & five minutes of question & answer. Between presenters, the audience is allowed to make brief announcements for things such as job openings, persons seeking employment, & other events happening in the area related to technology. Register.

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wednesday

COFFEE & CRAFTS: 10am, Peninsula Community Library, TC. Enjoy making watercolor cards. Reserve your spot: 231-223-7700.

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------CELEBRATE WOMEN DURING MARCH, WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Noon, Leelanau County Government Center, lower level public meeting room, Suttons Bay. Share a three-minute story about a woman who changed your life.

Use any art, craft or artifact that best conveys it.

To participate, contact Jan Frazee, chair of the LWV Leelanau County Equal Rights Advocacy Committee: jfrazee@centurytel.net. Many bring a sack lunch. Free. LWVLeelanau.org

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Swing Into Spring on sunday, may 8th at 3pm DR. TIMOTHY TOPOLEWSKI, ENCORE DIRECTOR SPECIAL GUEST ENSEMBLE “SUN RADIUS BIG BAND”

tickets available at mynorthtickets.com or at the door Come tap your toes and help us kick out winter in a swinging style!

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 1150 MILLIKEN DR. - TRAVERSE CITY www.encorewinds.org

Adults: $15.00 Seniors: $ 10.00 Students: $5.00 Kids 12 & under: Free

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FREE INTERNATIONAL LECTURE: Noon, NCMC, Library Conference Center, Petoskey.

Northern MI native Heather Lewis will present “Connecting with Cultures Through NGOs.” Includes a free lunch of traditional Indian food.

Must RSVP: 231-348-6600

---------------------INTRO TO WATERCOLOR PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATE: 1-3pm, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. For adults. Learn techniques professional painters use. Bring your own watercolor brushes, paints & paper. Sign up: 231-276-6767. Free.

---------------------MARCH RECESS: 5-7pm, State Street Marketplace, TC. Networking happy hour event. Enjoy draft beers, house wines, coffee/espresso, buffalo wing bar, slider station & more. Prizes include gifts baskets from State Street Marketplace, Edward Jones Financial Advisors & We Before Me. Sponsored by Edward Jones. $10. traverseticker.com

mar 05

thursday

GALLERY EXHIBIT #1: 10am-1pm, Northport Arts Association. Art exhibit featuring the works of Colleen Cooper, Jay Petersen & Sheen Watkins. Free. northportartsassociation.org

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------INTERACTIVE STORYTIME: 11am, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Featuring “Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom” by Bill Martin Jr., followed by a craft or activity. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------COMBINED CAREER FAIR: 3-6pm, NMC’s Hagerty Center, TC. Hosted by NMC & Northwest Michigan Works! Will include the formerly separate NMC Career Fair, Jobs for Vets, & Technology Career Fair events. It will open one hour early, at 2pm, to veterans & military families only. Free. nmc.edu/student-services/ advising-center/career-fair/index.html

---------------------POTLUCK & OFF THE WALL MOVIE NIGHT: Alden District Library. Potluck dinner, 6pm; movie, 7pm. Call to sign up for the potluck: 231331-4318. Free.

---------------------INDIE LENS POP-UP: “BEDLAM”: 7pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Filmmaker & practicing psychiatrist

Ken Rosenberg visits ERs, jails & homeless camps to examine our national mental health crisis. Film is followed by a discussion with community leaders & scholars. Free. dennosmuseum.org/events/films.html

---------------------NWS PRESENTS: AN EVENING WITH PETER HELLER: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. This adventurer & author returns with “The River” & “Into the Wild.” Doors open at 6pm with Morsels, music & cash bar. GA: $16; students: $5. cityoperahouse.org/nws-peter-heller

---------------------DARK & STORMCLOUDY FILM & BEER SERIES: The film is “Cold Case Hammarskjöld” & the beer is a Scandinavian black IPA. The film is at 7:30pm at The Garden Theater, Frankfort.

Tickets are $10 per person. Plus each movie ticket purchaser receives a $5 Stormcloud Brewing Co. token. frankfortgardentheater. com/dark-stormcloudy-film-series

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friday

DISCOVER WITH ME: 10amnoon, Great Lakes Children’s Museum, TC. Adult caregiver & child will imagine & pretend together with games & activities focusing on spring. greatlakeskids.org

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------INTRO TO MINDFULNESS IN THE WORKPLACE: 11am-1pm, NMC, UC Room 7. An introduction to Google’s mindfulness-based emotional intelligence training, Search Inside Yourself. Free. eventbrite.com

---------------------GAYLORD RV SHOW: 3-8pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. $5 adults; $2 ages 6-15. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“DISNEY, DESSERTS & BROADWAY!”: 6pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Presented by TC Central High School Vocal Department. Student entertainers perform favorites from Disney movies & family-friendly Broadway shows. Audience children (& adults) are encouraged to dress as their favorite Disney characters. Dessert reception after show.

933-6984. $12 adults, $6 children, $30 family bundle of 4. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CANDLELIT SINGING BOWLS: 6pm, New Moon Yoga, TC. This collection of antique bowls handmade by Tibetan monks were used for centuries for healing & meditation. Eva creates an improvised, vibrational soundscape that is heard, as well as felt, awakening the body’s internal wisdom for healing, releasing stress & relaxing deeply. Suggested donation: $12. newmoonyogastudio.com

---------------------MARDI GRAS ON THE MOUNTAIN: 6pm, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Tonight includes Mask Making with the Snow Monsters & live music by TC Knuckleheads. crystalmountain.com/event/mardi-gras

---------------------FLY FISHING FILM TOUR: 7pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by The Northern Angler, TC. These films & stories will take you from Alaska to Florida, South Dakota to French Polynesia, British Columbia to the coast of Australia & more. $18; $22 at door. Youth, $15; 12 & under, free. cityoperahouse.org/fly-fishing-film-tour

---------------------TC FIGURE SKATING CLUB PRESENTS “MAGICAL KINGDOM ON ICE”: 7pm, Centre Ice Arena, TC. Featuring a mixed bag of favorite characters from Aladdin, Frozen, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Moana, Star Wars, Toy Story & more as presented by the local club’s figure skaters. Bleacher seat tickets: $18 adults; $15 11 & under. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------“SILENT SKY”: 7:30pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. A century ago women who worked in astronomy weren’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. But that didn’t stop one

woman from making a groundbreaking discovery. $18 adults; $15 (plus fees) youth under 18. tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/online

---------------------CINEMA CURIOSA PRESENTS: “JAY MYSELF”: 8pm, Traverse Area District Library, TC. Free. tadl.org/event/cinema-curiosa-presentsjay-myself

---------------------NIVE AND THE DEER CHILDREN: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Enjoy “hummable folk tunes on indie steroids.” Before the show, ticket holders can visit the museum. Afterwards, meet the artists & enjoy light refreshments. $25-$32. mynorthtickets. com/events/Nive--The-Deer-Children-3--6-2020

mar 07

saturday

MARDI GRAS ON THE MOUNTAIN: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Today includes an On-hill Bead Search, DJ Dance Party, BBQ & Seafood Boil, Stylin’ on the Slopes Costume Contest, Mardi Gras Open Jam, live music by TC Knuckleheads & more. crystalmountain.com/event/mardi-gras

---------------------SPRING BIRDING AT OTTER CREEK: Join the Grand Traverse Audubon club as Tom Ford leads an early spring birding walk at Otter Creek. Meet at the west end of Esch Rd. (beach parking lot) at 9am. Text Tom Ford: 231409-9203 to confirm attendance. Free.

---------------------GAYLORD RV SHOW: 10am-6pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. $5 adults; $2 ages 6-15. Find on Facebook.

---------------------GLCO’S YOUNG CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SERIES: String musicians will teach Melody & Harmony at Petoskey District Library at 10:30am &

Boyne District Library at 1pm. The 45-minute sessions with Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra musicians include story-telling, directed listening, movement & dance, imitation & rhythm games. Best for ages 4-10. glcorchestra.org

---------------------HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------TC FIGURE SKATING CLUB PRESENTS “MAGICAL KINGDOM ON ICE”: 11:30am & 4:30pm, Centre Ice Arena, TC. Featuring a mixed bag of favorite characters from Aladdin, Frozen, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, Moana, Star Wars, Toy Story & more as presented by the local club’s figure skaters. Bleacher seat tickets: $18 adults; $15 11 & under. mynorthtickets.com

---------------------HUMA LOOPA LICIOUS FAT BIKE RACE: Noon, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. The last race of the Short’s Brewing Fat Bike Series plays out in front of 1,000 spectators at the 14th Annual Suds & Snow. Featuring a short race loop (nearly 2 miles) & a long race loop (nearly 4 miles). nmmba.net/hoomalupalicious-fat-bike-race

---------------------14TH ANNUAL SUDS & SNOW: 1-6pm, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. For 21+. This 70’s themed event includes a 1/2 mile hike through the backwoods of Timber Ridge Resort where there will be two live music stages featuring Nicholas James & The Bandwagon, Medicinal Groove, The Daylites, and 2BaysDJs; 20+ craft breweries serving beer, wine, & cider, & local food vendors. $35 advance. sudsandsnowtc.com

---------------------“DISNEY, DESSERTS & BROADWAY!”: 2pm, TC Central High School Auditorium, TC. Presented by TC Central High School Vocal Department. Student entertainers perform favorites from Disney movies & family-friendly Broadway shows. Audience children (& adults) are encouraged to dress as their favorite Disney characters. Dessert reception after show.

933-6984. $12 adults, $6 children, $30 family bundle of 4. Find on Facebook.

---------------------“SILENT SKY”: (See Fri., March 6) ---------------------BLISSFEST COMMUNITY DANCE: 7:30pm, Petoskey Presbyterian Church. Featuring contras, circles, squares & more. Music by the Hannah Harris Trio. All dances taught. $5/person, $7/couple, $10/family.

---------------------LIMERICK: 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. This quartet from Lansing performs a blend of traditional Irish & folk music including bluegrass & Americana. $25 CTAC members; $35 non-members; $10 students. crookedtree.org

---------------------HELL ON HEELS PRESENTS 90’S DRAG REVIVAL: 8pm, Red Sky Stage, Bay Harbor.

This lip syncing, dancing & singing adventure is full of comedy & crassness. $10 advance; $15 door. redskystage.com/event-schedule-4

mar 08

sunday

GAYLORD RV SHOW: 10am-4pm, The Ellison Place, Gaylord. $5 adults; $2 ages 6-15. Find on Facebook.

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HARBOR SPRINGS RESTAURANT WEEK: (See Sat., Feb. 29)

---------------------BEEKEEPING SERIES: 1-3pm, NCMC, Room 536 SCRC, Petoskey. Session One: March 8: Learn about the advantages of keeping bees, the equipment, costs & sources for beekeeping gear, & bee biology. Session Two: March 15: Will walk participants through their first year of beekeeping, covering hive management & bee health topics. Session Three: March 22: Will cover bees in winter, processing products of

ENTER TO WIN: Gifts baskets from State Street Marketplace, Edward Jones Financial Advisors and We Before Me Recess is brought to you by

“SILENT SKY”: 2pm, Old Town Playhouse, TC. A century ago women who worked in astronomy weren’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. But that didn’t stop one woman from making a groundbreaking discovery. $18 adults; $15 (plus fees) youth under 18. tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/online

---------------------CHARLIE MILLARD BAND: 5pm, Sleder’s Family Tavern, TC. This trio plays numerous festivals & venues across the Midwest & Canada & has its own sound with tones of an indie-Americana style that is reminiscent of a 60s/70s folk/rock singer/songwriter. 947-9213. $20 advance; $25 door.

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BOYNE CITY’S INDOOR FARMERS MARKET: Saturdays, 9am-noon through May 9.

City Hall, Boyne City. boynecitymainstreet. com/farmers-market-welcome

---------------------COMMUNITY YOGA FOR EVERY BODY: Saturdays, 9am, 206 S. Oak St., TC. Love your body through gentle breath/body movement. Some mats & props are available. Find on Facebook.

---------------------CORNHOLE LIVE!: Tuesdays through March, State Street Market, TC. Cornhole tournament with live commentary by ref Chwaz. Registration starts at 6:45pm; games begin at 7:05pm. The first 12 teams will be registered for places in the double elimination bracket. Find on Facebook.

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KIDS ON SKIS IN THE WOODS EVERY SUNDAY: Sundays, 11:45am, Timber Ridge Resort, TC. Presented by Norte & Vasa Ski Club. A group ski for families. The use of Timber Ridge

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Resort will be free for the entire Winter Vasa Domingos Ski Season. elgruponorte.org

---------------------LIFELONG LEARNING: SCIENCE FICTION: Wednesdays, 5:30pm, Petoskey District Library, lower level classroom. Join Diane Cookinham to discover & discuss major themes in science fiction, their evolution over time, & their impact on societal norms. Registration is not required. petoskeylibrary.org

---------------------NEW SNOWSHOE HIKES: Saturdays, 1pm.

Choose from two ranger-led snowshoe hikes to explore the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore park. “Snowshoe Saunter” is for beginners & “Snowshoe Trek” is for more experienced snowshoe hikers. Meet for an introduction at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center, Empire.

These hikes are free, but participants do need a park entrance pass or have an annual pass to participate. Reservations are required whether participants borrow snowshoes from the National Lakeshore or have their own. facebook. com/sbdnl

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SNOWSHOE WEEKENDS: Rove Estate Vineyard & Tasting Room, TC. Held every Sat. & Sun. through March at 11am. Bring your snowshoes or cross-country skis. These are not guided tours.

---------------------SNOWSHOES, VINES & WINES!: Saturdays, noon, Black Star Farms, Suttons Bay. Explore the easy to moderate trails & then warm up with a glass of mulled wine on the heated Terrace Patio. Snowshoe rentals will be available. blackstarfarms.com/snowshoes-vines-wines

---------------------STORYTIME: Fridays, 10:30am, Leland Township Library. Stories & more designed to promote joy & growth in literacy. Children ages 0-6 & their caregivers welcome. lelandlibrary.org

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THE VINE TO WINE SNOWSHOE TOUR: Saturdays, 11am, Feb. 15-29, Big Little Wines, Suttons Bay. Led by a guide, you will enjoy a casual snowshoe hike starting & stopping at three wineries along the way. The private vineyard trail connects Suttons Bay Ciders, Ciccone Vineyards & Big Little Wines. This guided tour starts at Big Little Wines. It includes your snowshoe & pole rental, a catered warm lunch of chili & soups, & a wine purchase pick up service. grandtraversebiketours.com/vine-to-winesnowshoe-tour.html

---------------------TRAIL TUESDAY: Held Tuesdays through winter at noon. Antrim Conservation District Office, 4820 Stover Rd., Bellaire. Enjoy a hike through the Cedar River Natural Area. 231-533-8363.

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“MALLEABLE METALS II”: 2pm, Jordan River Arts Council, East Jordan. An art exhibit featuring works in a variety of metals & executed using a variety of techniques. Includes sculptures, furniture & jewelry that are cast, fabricated or forged in bronze, pewter, silver, copper & aluminum. The exhibit reprises a 2004 exhibit of the same name & honors both the neighboring foundry EJ & the original curators Jane Diller & John Stevens. Also included is a series of prints taken from photographs of an EJ cast iron street grating by Duncan & Carla Brown. Opens on Sun., March 8 from 1-5pm.

Runs through April 3; open daily from 1-4pm. jordanriverarts.com

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“ALONG THE WAY: VISTAS & VIEWS”: Dentolutions, 5011 Skyview Ct., TC. Featuring the landscape paintings of artist Barbara Reich.

Meet the Artist Opening Reception: Fri., March 6, 5:30-7:30pm. Runs through May. 947-3530. barbarareich.com

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SUNDAY 2 PM • MONDAY 7 PM • TUESDAY 4 PM WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY 1 PM

MUST LOVE BLUE AT BLK\MRKT ART SPACE, TC: Eleven artists offer works focusing on the color BLUE, Feb. - March. Hours: M-Sat., 7am-5pm; Sun., 9am-3pm. instagram. com/blkmrktartspace

231-947-4800

YOUTH ARTS EXHIBIT: Crooked Tree Arts

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Center, TC. Celebrating the work of area K-12 art students & educators. On display through March 14. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/2020-youth-art

---------------------BEST OF THE CHARLEVOIX PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB: Charlevoix Circle of Arts. This show highlights the collection of photographs featured in the 2020 CPC calendar including additional photos by CPC members. Runs through March 7. Open Mon. - Fri., 11am-5pm & Sat., 11am-3pm. charlevoixcircle.org/exhibits-2020

---------------------100 YEARS OF POLISH INDEPENDENCE: ZAKOPANE 1918: Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Runs through March 27 from 10am-5pm on Mon., Tues., Thurs., & Fri. ramsdelltheatre.org/art-exhibits

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HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING” - ARTISTS RESPOND TO 4 YEARS OF AN ADMINISTRATION: Higher Art Gallery is the incubator to new Non-Profit Art Organization: Project Civilization which is having its first Open Call to All Artists for its Annual Juried show. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/1/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art - CALL FOR ARTISTS: “SENSE OF HOME” ANNUAL COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER EXHIBIT: Presented by Higher Art Gallery to benefit Pete’s Place, which is a branch of Child & Family Services & is TC’s only homeless youth shelter. The open call for this show has a theme of art called: “To Comfort.” Artists are asked to respond with pieces that invoke comfort, a sense of home & what brings you comfort.

The deadline to submit images is Aug. 1, 2020. higherartgallery.com/calls-for-art

2020 WINE LABEL ART COMPETITION: Mission Point Lighthouse, in conjunction with Bowers Harbor Vineyards, is sponsoring this competition to design the bottle label of the 2020 season Mission Point Lighthouse Wine. It is the 150th Anniversary of Mission Point Lighthouse.

The winner will have his or her name & artwork featured on a special release of Bowers Harbor Vineyards Pinot Grigio for one year & will receive $250 cash. Art submission deadline is March 17. missionpointlighthouse.com/specialeventsweddings.html

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER, PETOSKEY: “GUILD MEMBER SALON SHOW”: This invitational exhibit showcases work created by current CTAC Artist Guild Members. Over 100 artists from 34 cities are participating in this event.

An opening reception will be held on Thurs., Feb. 13 from 5-7pm. Runs through March 28.

EMERGING ARTISTS: RECENT WORK BY NCMC STUDENTS: Atrium Gallery, March 7 April 25. Features recent work created by current Creative Arts students at NCMC. An opening reception will be held on Sat., April 18 from 2-4pm.

LOCAL COLOR: SUSAN GLASS & ANN ROBINSON: Runs through April 25. Held in the galleries. crookedtree.org

GALLERY EXHIBIT #1: Runs through March 8. Art exhibit featuring the works of Colleen Cooper, Jay Petersen & Sheen Watkins.

- ARTS! FOR KIDS WINTER SATURDAYS: Saturdays, 1pm, Feb. 1 - Mar. 21, Village Arts Building, Northport. Experience different media at three different art stations. Kids make creative art choices, interspersed with teacher directed lessons. northportartsassociation.org - NORTHPORT PHOTO EXHIBITION: CALL TO ARTISTS: Now through April 30: Photographers of all skill levels are invited to submit their work to the Northport Photo Exhibition, which will take place from May 22-31. $30/ member; $40/non-member. northportartsassociation. org/all-happenings/2020/5/22/northport-photoexhibit-2020

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---------------------DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - 40 CHANCES: FINDING HOPE IN A HUNGRY WORLD: Featuring the photography of Howard G. Buffett. Forty photographs document the world hunger crisis as part of a global awareness campaign. Runs through April 26.

- ERGO SUM: A CROW A DAY: On Aug. 1, 2014 artist Karen Bondarchuk set out to mark the passing time that her mother – diagnosed with dementia in 2010 – no longer could. For 365 days, she produced a crow a day on a hand-cut, hand-gessoed panel, remembering her mother as she once was & grieving her loss. Runs through May 24.

- PULPED UNDER PRESSURE: THE ART OF HANDMADE PAPER: With traditional hand papermaking at its core, this exhibit underscores important contemporary issues steeped in history & craft. Runs through May 24. Hours are 10am-5pm daily & 1-5pm on Sundays. dennosmuseum.org

---------------------GAYLORD AREA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, GAYLORD: - BLACK & WHITE WITH A HINT OF COLOR EXHIBIT: Runs through Feb. 29.

- CALL FOR ENTRIES--INSPIRED BY THE MASTERS: Inspired by the Masters Exhibit will run March 4 - April 11, 2020. All Michigan artists 16 years old or older (including part-time residents) may enter this exhibit. Entries can be of any medium but must be in good condition & of the artist’s own creation. Art work will be accepted from Feb. 5-29 during normal business hours (11am-3pm, Tues.-Fri. & 12-2pm, Sat).

Maximum entries: 4 pieces due to space limitations. gaylordarts.org - FUNDAY MONDAYS: Held every Mon. through April 27 at 10am. Try a different art or craft each week. All supplies provided. gacaevents.weebly.com

NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION, NORTHPORT: - PLEIN AIR: CALL TO ARTISTS: Jan. 18 Feb. 29. Northport’s 2020 Plein Air event takes place from Sat., July 25 at 7am through Sun., July 26 at 8:30pm. Sat. & Sun. Paint Out: $30/ member; $40/non-member. Dark Skies Paint Out: $15/member; $20/non-member. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/7/25/ northport-2020-plein-air-paint-out

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OLIVER ART CENTER, FRANKFORT: - PRINTMAKING & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION: This exhibition features three printmakers: Andrew Jagniecki, Lauren Everett Finn & L.C. Lim. Runs through March 13. Hours are 10am-4:30pm, Mon. through Fri.; 10am-4pm, Sat.; & 12-4pm, Sun. - ‘MAKE MINE ABSTRACT!’ INVITATIONAL & OPEN CALL EXHIBITION: Featuring artists Skye Gentle, Carol C Spaulding & Susan Thompson. OAC is asking artists to submit up to two pieces of artwork for display. Cost is free for art center members & $5 for non-members.

Artwork drop off is March 14-15 & the exhibition runs March 20 - April 17, with an opening reception from 5-7pm on March 20. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

CALLING ALL RACE HOSTS AND PROMOTERS Do you want your upcoming running/ swimming/biking/tri/canoe/paddleboard race to be included in Northern Express’ biannual roundup of races happening between May and Oct. in northwest Lower Michigan? By March 30, please send an email with the following details to events@traverseticker.com: race name, race date, race location, website address for race information, and the website address for online registration. The comprehensive race roundup will be featured in our April 20 issue.

The reel

by meg weichman

brahms: the boy II sonic the hedgehog

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o they actually did it. Those animators who slaved over a rushed redesign (following the Twitter outcry over the film’s trailer release) successfully transformed a very creepy, and very human looking Sonic the Hedgehog into something far more cuddly and way less unsettling.

Yet all that work was seemingly for naught, because while they might have fixed the CGI animation, it was too much to ask that a similar amount of attention be put on the actual story: We have a more palatable Sonic, sure, but we’re still left with a video game adaptation that is nearly unwatchable.

It is unremarkably bad and bland, from its lame Uber jokes to its painful product placement (Olive Garden! Zillow!). The plot, if you can call it that, reveals that Sonic is an alien on earth who is hiding out from those after his speedy powers.

But when his cover is blown and crazed genius Dr. Robotnik (Jim Carrey) comes after him, through a series of ridiculous plot happenstance, the film becomes a boring road trip buddy comedy in which Sonic convinces a small-town cop (James Marsden) to drive him to San Francisco. ’Cause, yeah, for a film supposedly about a super fast and inherently dynamic creature who could get to San Francisco in an instant, it

No one asked for this sequel. And the first film, 2016’s The Boy, a very minor horror film, pretty conclusively wrapped things up (with a stellar twist at that). But that didn’t stop Hollywood from granting us, much to my heart’s delight, a sequel.

Because while there are much better evil doll movies out there (Annabelle and even Child’s Play come to mind), the evil doll at the center of The Boy — one made of porcelain, dressed to look quite dapper, and with the oh-so-perfect-name Brahms — is my personal brand preference of evil doll. The Boy, which follows a nanny hired to care for said creepy doll as though he were a real boy, was not a good film by any means, but it was a campy delight.

And with a change in the title that puts the enduring charms of Brahms at the forefront, it seemed as though the sequel was really going to lean into the ridiculousness of all that is Brahms. But the film actually does the exact opposite, taking a more serious approach, and it suffers as a result. So while there are still mysteriously flipped tables and impaled bullies, there was a serious shortage of Brahms antics. (Give me more shifting gazes, outfit changes, and childrearing pantomime, please!)

This more austere approach focuses on a family recovering from trauma, and while thematically the film offers some rich territory to explore familial relationships and parent/child bonds, it doesn’t go anywhere with them, making the film feel all the more devoid of personality.

Following a home invasion that left mother Liza (Katie Holmes, heads above the rest of the cast) in the hospital and son Jude (Christopher Convery, whose bad acting made me actively appreciate other child actors all the more) selectively mute, dad Sean (Owian Yeoman), suggests a change of scenery. And so they pack up and leave the city behind, moving to the country and into the very modern and

very well maintained guesthouse of an old dilapidated English estate.

This isn’t any old estate though; it’s the estate where the events of The Boy took place, and Lisa and Sean are clueless to their new home’s infamy. When the family is out exploring the grounds, Jude finds Brahms buried in the woods — a list of intense rules in the doll’s pocket.

Refreshingly, Liza immediately sees that Brahms is creepy, but since her struggling mute son connects to the strange doll, she begrudgingly allows Brahms to stay, and then less begrudgingly so after she overhears her son finally speak out loud to Brahms.

But just like Katie Holmes knows she is too good to be in this movie (peep her facial expressions in the film’s final climatic scene), Liza can’t contain her reservations about Brahms, despite what her beyond forgettable husband — he honestly leaves no impression — might think. Because soon, a clearly possessed Jude dutifully totes the oddly oversized Brahms around, to near hilarious effect.

We all know where this is headed, but as previously mentioned, the first film had a truly satisfying twist. And while The Boy II is unable to duplicate the effect, it tries as hard as it can by essentially revising the entire mythos of Brahms — to completely underwhelming effect.

Making that revision an even more bizarre choice: The mythology is barely explained here, so it’s mystifying unless you’ve seen the first film, which suggests that The Boy II is truly only for those who are in the cult of Brahms and not a welcoming experience for any newcomers to the series. So without the nutso fun and appeal the first film promised, there’s no need to get all dolled up to go out see this one in theaters.

Meg Weichman is a perma-intern at the Traverse City Film Festival and a trained film archivist.

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hile DC Comic’s Suicide Squad was a film I think we all would rather forget, we can also probably agree that the only thing worth saving from that cinematic disaster was Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn. And that she’s become such an overly sexualized, omnipresent pop culture icon also means that she’s ripe for her own expanding spinoff — especially one with a female gaze (courtesy of director Cathy Yan). The film finds Harley broken up from the Joker, and without his protection, all of Gotham is now coming after her.

This leads to Harley coming together with a very alternative girl gang of crime fighters. With a madcap energy, this goofy girl’s movie combines a nutso appeal with gory violence, and perhaps flies in the face of what DC devotees want from their Harley Quinn, but at the same time, I think that is precisely why it will be so enjoyable for everyone else.

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foreign film might have won the Academy Award for Best Picture (Parasite), but Hollywood still thinks mainstream audiences can’t overcome — as director Bong Joon Ho puts it — “the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles.” And so comes directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s (The Way, Way Back) remake of the dark Swedish comedy Force Majeure.

Ruben Östlund’s original film was a masterful look at the fragile male ego — gripping and subtle and brilliant. And through a process of adaptation for American audiences, you get a film with big stars, but that goes soft. Here, the comedy takes a broad, friendly, and much less incisive approach.

But the premise remains essentially the same. A well-to-do American couple (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell) and their two tween boys are taking a ski vacation in the Austrian Alps when a near-death experience causes their trip to take a very different turn. (In the face of what appeared to be an oncoming avalanche, Dad Pete basically grabbed his phone and ran, leaving his family alone.) But differences from the original aside, there are still a lot of very strong ingredients at work, with the film offering some penetrating moments of truth — and even more moments of laughter.

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Electric Forest Goes Back to the Future Electric Forest Festival organizers are thinking backward for this year’s 10th anniversary festival roster, bringing back a shortlist of artists who were featured in the first Electric Forest Festival and its precursor, Rothbury. Among the returning acts slated for the June 28–28 event in Rothbury, Michigan: The String Cheese Incident (performing three nights), Bassnectar, Lotus, and Keller Williams.

Additional performers will include Michigan rock band Michigander, Grand Rapids DJ SuperDre, Detroit house music act Golf Clap, and the arrival of Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew, who will perform songs from the band’s Remain in Light album, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary Justin Bieber will crisscross North America on a massive stadium tour this spring and summer, with Jaden Smith (actor Will Smith’s son) and Kehlani along as his opening acts. Bieber’s Changes tour will start in Seattle, on May 14, and will include stops in Chicago (June 19), Minneapolis (June 21), Milwaukee (June 24), Nashville (July 11), and Columbus, Ohio (Aug. 8). There are two Michigan dates on the schedule: Grand Rapids on Aug. 16 and Detroit on Aug. 29 …

MODERN

ROCK

BY KRISTI KATES

Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams, set to release her debut solo album this spring, has just released her first solo single, “Simmer.” Her album, Petals for Armor, was produced by Paramore’s guitarist, Taylor York, with an accompanying music video directed

by Warren Fu, who’s worked with both Paramore as well as bands like The 1975.

Petals for Armor, is a more musically experimental venture for Williams (she brought in friends to collaborate with and played several of the instruments herself) will be in outlets on May 8 …

Alicia Keys also has a new album on the way. Her simply titled Alicia — from which you’re probably already hearing the first single, “Underdog,” on radio and streaming media — will arrive in outlets March 20. Keys, fresh from hosting this year’s Grammy Awards, is also prepping for a summertime world tour that will start in Dublin, Ireland, June 4 and will wrap up in Miami Sept. 22. Nearby North American stops include Toronto (Aug.16), Detroit (Aug. 18), Cleveland, Ohio (Aug. 21), and Chicago (Aug. 25) …

LINK OF THE WEEK Kevin Parker and his Tame Impala band have just released a new album, The Slow Rush, and with it comes a weddingband themed music video for their single

“Lost in Yesterday.” Check it out at https:// youtu.be/utCjuKDXQsE …

THE BUZZ Doo doo doo doo doo doo — got kids who are music fans? Take ’em to see Baby Shark Live at the EMU Convocation Center in Ypsilanti on March 6 …

Or check out some Irish music with Gaelic Storm at the Intersection in Grand Rapids on March 8 …

BECAUSE YOU DESERVE A BURRITO

LEE

LAN

Michigan quartet Graham Parsons and The Go Rounds are recording their next album at High Bias Recording Studios in Detroit …

Of Montreal with be in concert at The Pyramid Scheme in Grand Rapids on March 9 … and that’s the buzz for this week’s Modern Rock.

Comments, questions, rants, raves, suggestions on this column? Send ’em to Kristi at modernrocker@gmail.com.

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— Frustrated

A

: At the moment, the perfect love poem for you would come from a clerk at the court: “Roses are red, violets are blue; stay 500 feet away, or it’s handcuffs for you!”

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Chances are you’re looking to win, not looking for love. Once you win — once you’ve landed the guy you’ve been pursuing — you’re done.

However, you probably tell yourself you’re seeking romantic connection because, well, it’s more appealing than admitting you’re the human version of a dog chasing a dirty tennis ball. The point — the excitement of it — is the chasing, not the getting. (Dirty tennis balls don’t taste like bacon.)

You’re basically on an emotional crack bender. The big neurochemical player here is dopamine, a neurotransmitter, a messenger in chemical form that carries signals from brain cell to brain cell. Though it’s often called the “pleasure chemical,” that’s wrong. Giving you a buzz is opioids’ department. Getting you to the opioids is dopamine’s job. Research by neuroscientist Kent Berridge suggests dopamine drives “wanting” (as in, craving) — motivating you to pursue things that are “rewarding,” like sex, drugs, and cake.

There are some nuances to this. Dopamine is the Beverly Hills brat of neurochemicals — seriously snobby about rewards being new.

In researcher-ese, it spikes at the prospect of “novel rewards”: sex, drugs, and cake you haven’t tried before. It also goes up big-time for “unpredictable rewards” -- those we aren’t sure we can get — which explains the allure of the seemingly aloof himbo. However, “predictable rewards,” like the Grandmapleaser — the nice, stable fellow you can always count on —read as a big “meh” in Dopamineville.

I’m guessing your love of the chase has a second job — as convenient cover for repairs needed in your emotional wing. Get to work on your self-worth, self-acceptance, and any other self-(s) in need of shoring up.

While you’re an emotional work in progress, be honest with men you date that you have a tendency to disappear like cartoon ink.

Eventually, however, your efforts should be transformative — meaning the meme guiding your romantic life will no longer be “Look for a man who looks at you like my dog looks at the small print on the iTunes agreement.”

BY Amy Alkon

: I have a challenging job I love, and lately, it’s really cutting into my time with my boyfriend. I tell him how much I hate this, but he’s been very understanding. Initially, this was great, but now I’m annoyed that he seems fine with seeing less of me. Is it ridiculous I’m upset he isn’t acting more upset that I’m not around as much?

— Disturbed

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: Poets and lyricists often describe love as a medical issue: Love hurts! Love is blind! Love lies bleeding! It goes a little far, however, to give it a traumatic brain injury: Love is comatose.

But maybe that isn’t what’s going on for your boyfriend. Maybe you’re just prone to suspect his love is waning. Research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests humans evolved to be imperfect thinkers — to have distorted perceptions when we have to make “judgments under uncertainty.” These are guesses we make when we lack access to some or all of the facts.

Haselton and Buss explain that recurring mating and survival issues over human history have led us to make protective errors — overperceiving or underperceiving elements in our physical and social environments. We err in our thinking in whichever way would be the least costly to us: overestimating or underestimating.

Because women are the babymakers of the species, it’s a big costly error for a woman to believe a man will commit — stick around and dad — when he’s really just a “sex it ’n’ exit” cad. So, women err on side of “commitment underperception” — underestimating men’s level of commitment. Even if a man actually is committed, a woman’s going all hurt feelz that he isn’t might lead him to reassure her with increased shows of devotion: cuddling, romantic dinners, the (ethically sourced!)

Hope Diamond Jr. Consider whether there’s any real evidence your boyfriend’s love and commitment are waning or whether your emotions are playing evolutionary lap dog. When someone really loves you, they show it by making sacrifices for you -- like by supporting your need for unimpeded time and energy when the job you love gets more demanding than usual. Your boyfriend seems really accommodating, so let him know if what would really make you happy is a jealous, demanding manchild who sneaks out in the middle of the night with a big tub of Crisco and greases all the rungs on the ladder of success.

aSTRO

lOGY

MARCH 2 - MARCH 08

BY ROB BREZSNY

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): In 1637, renowned English poet

John Milton wrote “Lycidas,” a poetic elegy in honor of a friend.

Reading it today, almost four centuries later, we are struck by how archaic and obscure the language is, with phrases like “O ye laurels” and “Ah! who hath reft my dearest pledge?” A famous 20th-century Piscean poet named Robert Lowell was well-educated enough to understand Milton’s meaning, but also decided to “translate” all of “Lycidas” into plainspoken modern English. I’d love to see you engage in comparable activities during the coming weeks, Pisces: updating the past; reshaping and reinterpreting your old stories; revising the ways you talk about and think about key memories.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) “Vainly I

sought nourishment in shadows and errors,” wrote author Jorge Luis Borges. We have all been guilty of miscalculations like those. Each of us has sometimes put our faith in people and ideas that weren’t worthy of us. None of us is so wise that we always choose influences that provide the healthiest fuel. That’s the bad news, Sagittarius. The good news is that you now have excellent instincts about where to find the best long-term nourishment.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Poet Adrienne Rich wrote, “When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.” I believe this same assertion is true about people of all genders. I also suspect that right now you are in a particularly pivotal position to be a candid revealer: to enhance and refine everyone’s truthtelling by being a paragon of honesty yourself. To achieve the best results, I encourage you to think creatively about what exactly it means for you to tell the deep and entire truth.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Through some

odd Aquarian-like quirk, astrologers have come to harbor the apparently paradoxical view that your sign is ruled by both Saturn and Uranus. At first glance, that’s crazy! Saturn is the planet of discipline, responsibility, conservatism, diligence, and order. Uranus is the planet of awakening, surprise, rebellion, barrier-breaking, and liberation. How can you Aquarians incorporate the energies of both? Well, that would require a lengthy explanation beyond the scope of this horoscope. But I will tell you this: During the rest of the year 2020, you will have more potential to successfully coordinate your inner Saturn and your inner Uranus than you have had in years. Homework: Meditate on how you will do just that.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Progress rarely

unfolds in a glorious, ever-rising upward arc.

The more usual pattern is gradual and uneven.

Each modest ascent is followed by a phase of retrenchment and integration. In the best-case scenario, the most recent ascent reaches a higher level than the previous ascent. By my estimate, you’re in one of those periods of retrenchment and integration right now, Aries. It’s understandable if you feel a bit unenthusiastic about it. But I’m here to tell you that it’s crucial to your next ascent. Let it work its subtle magic.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are most likely

to be in sweet alignment with cosmic rhythms if you regard the next three weeks as a time of graduation. I encourage you to take inventory of the lessons you’ve been studying since your birthday in 2019. How have you done in your efforts to foster interesting, synergistic intimacy? Are you more passionately devoted to what you love? Have you responded brightly as life has pushed you to upgrade the vigor and rigor of your commitments? Just for fun, give yourself a grade for those “classes,” as well as any others that have been important. Then—again, just for fun—draw up a homemade diploma for yourself to commemorate and honor your work.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Are you ready

to seize a more proactive role in shaping what happens in the environments you share with cohorts? Do you have any interest in exerting leadership to enhance the well-being of the groups that are important to you? Now is an excellent time to take brave actions that will raise the spirits and boost the fortunes of allies whose fates are intermingled with yours. I hope you’ll be a role model for the art of pleasing oneself while being of service others.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian

author Lionel Trilling (1905–1975) was an influential intellectual and literary critic.

One of his heroes was another influential intellectual and literary critic, Edmund Wilson.

On one occasion, Trilling was using a urinal in a men’s room at the New School for Social Research in New York. Imagine how excited he was when Wilson, whom he had never met, arrived to use the urinal right next to his. Now imagine his further buoyancy when Wilson not only spoke to Trilling but also expressed familiarity with his work. I foresee similar luck or serendipity coming your way soon: seemingly unlikely encounters with interesting resources and happy accidents that inspire your self-confidence.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Poet Conee Berdera

delivered a poignant message to her most valuable possession: the flesh and blood vehicle that serves as sanctuary for all her yearnings, powers, and actions. “My beloved body,” she writes, “I am so sorry I did not love you enough.” Near the poem’s end she vows “to love and cherish” her body. I wish she would have been even more forceful, saying something like, “From now on, dear body, I promise to always know exactly what you need and give it to you with all my ingenuity and panache.” Would you consider making such a vow to your own most valuable possession, Leo? It’s a favorable time to do so.

W W W. M I S S I O N TA B L E . N E T

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Luckily, the

turning point you have arrived at doesn’t present you with 20 different possible futures.

You don’t have to choose from among a welter of paths headed in disparate directions.

There are only a few viable options to study and think about. Still, I’d like to see you further narrow down the alternatives. I hope you’ll use the process of elimination as you get even clearer about what you don’t want. Let your fine mind gather a wealth of detailed information and objective evidence, then hand over the final decision to your intuition.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Certain artists are

beyond my full comprehension. Maybe I’m not smart enough to understand their creations or I’m not deep enough to fathom why their work is considered important. For example, I don’t enjoy or admire the operas of Wagner or the art of Mark Rothko.

Same with the music of Drake or the novels of Raymond Carter or the art of Andy Warhol. The problem is with me, not them. I don’t try to claim they’re overrated or mediocre. Now I urge you to do what I just did, Libra, only on a broader scale.

Acknowledge that some of the people and ideas and art and situations you can’t appreciate are not necessarily faulty or wrong or inadequate. Their value may simply be impossible for you to recognize. It’s a perfect time for you to undertake this humble work. I suspect it will be liberating.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio-

born Ralph Bakshi has made animated films and TV shows for over 60 years. His work has been influential. “I’m the biggest rippedoff cartoonist in the history of the world,” he says. Milder versions of his experience are not uncommon for many Scorpios. People are prone to copying you and borrowing from you and even stealing from you. They don’t always consciously know they’re doing it, and they may not offer you proper appreciation. I’m guessing that something like this phenomenon may be happening for you right now.

My advice? First, be pleased about how much clout you’re wielding. Second, if anyone is borrowing from you without making the proper acknowledgment, speak up about it.

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