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War of Shame Many of the same folks that took part in the insurrection on January 6, 2021, when top leaders in the Republican Party plotted to prevent the peaceful transition of power, are now praising Putin’s effort to take over the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Shame.

These so called “Patriots” are now cheerleaders for Mr. Putin, a dictator that poisons, imprisons, and even murders his own citizens if they disagree with him. His actions in Ukraine, with his threats of nukes, could cause World War III, with devastating effects for the entire planet. Mr. Trump, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. Tucker Carlson, and others continue to praise this very evil leader of Russia.

No words can explain or excuse anyone who supports this horrible war that Putin has started.

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More with Less Shop locally, support locally…yet there is talk about socialism. Here, society wants me to buy locally, yet many do not have what I am looking for. Ace Hardware, I’m there; coffee, I’m there. Why would I shop locally when many offer products from China at dollars on the penny, purchased with pennies on the dollar? Why pay large sums of money at universities, when some professors did not create what is taught? To paraphrase Einstein, it’s not just about going off to school and committing others’ hard work and discoveries to memory—it’s learning how to think.

Back in the day they did more with less, greatness was the Pony Express, did more with less...funny how it rhymes (Bugs Bunny animation comparison to today’s come to mind). How does doing less equate to being paid more? Some told me to change with the times, but not when less gives one more.

Maybe we need to go back to earning money, instead of making it and remove our rosecolored glasses?

A Second Look at SB-768 Due to several factors, Michigan is dealing with a substantial surplus of resources at the moment, and both the House and Senate, as well as the Governor, have put forth plans for tax relief.

That’s good news! However, how the money is distributed is, of course, the rub.

Governor Whitmer and the Democrats are focused on giving seniors and those who need it most the tax relief. Their plan to roll back taxes on retirement income, including pensions, 401(k) accounts, and IRAs would save half a million households $1,000 a year. It will put money back in the pockets of retirees and will help them afford essentials like prescriptions, rent, utilities, and car payments.

Governor Whitmer and the Democrats’ plan would also help struggling families by restoring the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit) to its original amount, (it was cut in 2011 by then Governor Snyder), delivering an average tax refund of nearly $3,000 to over 730,000 working people and helping to pull 2,000 Michiganders out of working poverty.

The tax proposals offered by the Republicans, include a huge (3.9% - 6%) corporate tax cut. This proposal would give an estimated $2 billion in revenue almost exclusively to large corporations, most of whom have reported very large corporate earnings this past year.

They also plan a drop in the overall tax rate, which sounds good, but because it’s a flat rate cut, it benefits the rich to a much larger degree than those who are in the greatest need.

Governor Whitmer and the Democrats are fighting to give the money back to seniors and those trying hard to make ends meet in our state while sadly, once again, the Republicans seem bent on continuing to offer their breaks to those who already have the most.

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“compassion” with the word “grandstand?”

Trump has demonstrated his lack of compassion so many times especially from his denial and lies about the virus. Hence the billboard reading, “Trump lied, people died.”

Think he cared about those thousands of people who died of COVID-19? Well, he did when all those annoying deaths might be affecting his bottom line: the campaign. It was only then that he very belatedly got interested in the vaccine. After all, he was certainly losing Trump voters. Donald Trump cares nothing about peoples’ lives. Sounds like someone else we know doesn’t it? The president of Russia.

No wonder Trump likes the guy.

We are now seeing the many-tentacled fallout of a mishandled virus. Prices at the gas pump, grocery store, etc., etc. So please, don’t blame President Biden for our present woes.

He came into office with a hefty load on his shoulders. He does care about people and is trying to clean up this mess, and thankfully we don’t have to listen to Trump’s daily vacant grandstanding.

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A Huge Loss for Us All The resignation of Lisa Peacock as health officer for the Health Department of Northwest Michigan filled me with anger, pain, and loss. To endure all the hostility, humiliation, ridicule and harassment that Lisa has would be more than most of us could sustain. Yet she did so for the sake of the health of all the people she served in the five-county area. Lisa is a brilliant and stellar public servant and a warm, caring, and compassionate woman. She followed the science and did what was best for us all.

I send to you my most heartfelt thanks and wish you peace going forward. May you go forth into the world and make more peace Lisa. Namaste.

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top ten Make a Splash This Saturday (March 12), Otsego Resort in Gaylord welcomes back Splashdown, the watery celebration that marks the transition from winter to spring. A full day of St. Patrick’s Daythemed activities will be happening around the resort, including live music, a costume contest, and Irish dishes paired with High Five Spirits beverages.

But the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is Splashdown, when skiers and snowboarders attempt to make it across a slushy, sloppy pond by the River Cabin at the bottom of the resort’s back ski hills. What better way to end the snowsport season? Splashdown begins at 1 p.m. and is free for spectators, with a $10 entrance fee for participants. (Sign up at MyNorth.com.) Whether you’re skiing or cheering, be sure to wear your favorite green gear in honor of St. Pat! Learn more at www.otsegoclub.com.

St. Patty’s in TC Leapin’ Leprechaun! Don your green for TC’s Irish 5K, Sat., March 12 beginning at The Workshop Brewing Co. at 9am. Cost is $35 for in person or virtual racing. Price increases after March 10. leapinleprechauntc.com. Your next stop is TC’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade presented by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, starting at Kilkenny’s at 1:30pm and making a loop through downtown.

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Hey, read it Notes on an Execution

When bestselling author Danya Kukafka first introduces her antagonist, he’s on death row at a Texas prison, ticking down his last 12 hours. Ansel Packer is a serial killer, wanted in multiple states for murdering women. But a conventional crime novel, this is not. Instead, Notes on an Execution carefully unravels Ansel’s story through the eyes of the women that lived: his mother, Lavender, seeking solace from his father’s abuse; Hazel, his wife’s grieving sister; and dogged detective, Saffron Singh. While Ansel quietly plans his escape, readers examine the layers of life—as well as those he took with him—that culminated in his capture.

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That’sa Pizza eschews exotic toppings—you won’t find any Tandoori chicken, liver pate, or seaweed sprinkles crowning these rounds—but its menu nonetheless offers a little Intermountain West intrigue. At first glance, its specialty Idaho pizza might seem a nonstarter: Sans sauce, but with mashed potatoes, bacon, and cheddar cheese, could it even qualify as “pizza”? Most in our group said no; one (perhaps not surprisingly, a preschooler whose recent mastery of counting does not yet apply to carbs) insisted we try it. So, we did.

And wow. As it turns out, a 2-inch—nay, 2 1/2 inch!—deep layer of creamy mashed potatoes pressed between a miraculously sturdy yet light crust and a blanket of melty cheddar is an ideal foil to the sharp saltiness of itty-bitty bacon pieces so generously sprinkled. While our first-choice pizza, the standard family favorite of ham and pineapple, was delicious as ever, it was the Idaho that disappeared fastest into the mouths of both kids and adults. Available as an 8-inch for $10.49; the 10-inch, which will easily stuff a family of four, is $11.99. Find it at one of three That’sa Pizza locations in Traverse City. www.thatsapizzami.com.

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Join the Little Traverse Conservancy, Cheboygan Brewing Company, and Friends of Island Lake State Recreation Area for a peaceful evening stroll along Lake Huron. On March 12, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., folks are invited to register for a lantern-lit hike at the Duncan Bay Nature Preserve. These “lantern hikes” have become a popular series and offer a special sense of magic in the snowy months. This final hike of the season is intended to observe the spring equinox and bid farewell to the final days of winter. (We hope.) The trail is roughly one mile round trip and includes a boardwalk above the wetlands leading toward the Lake Huron shoreline. The event is free—though donations are appreciated—and is suitable for all ages. Register and get more details at landtrust.org/events.

Stuff We Love: Mega Book Clubs & Free Books Want to be part of the biggest book club in the nation? Be at Petoskey’s Crooked Tree Arts Center Ross Stokes Theater (461 E. Mitchell St.) at 5:30 on Wednesday, March 9. That’s the city’s kickoff to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read, a community reading program that, each year, selects a singular book for a nation of readers to read, celebrate, and discuss. This year’s book: An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo, who is not only Poet Laureate of the United States but also the first Native American Poet Laureate in our nation’s history. (i.e. She’s kind of a big deal.) We can’t recommend this book—about love, loss, beauty, survival, sin, morality, and more—enough. We also recommend, wherever you are, grabbing a copy and joining some of the North’s events related to it. Eagle Spirit Dancer Roberta Shalifoe (pictured) will perform at the Petoskey kickoff, and a host of other events for Big Readers in towns across the North (fans can join a conversation with Harjo herself, live, at a Traverse Area District Library and National Writers Series event April 22) are planned through May. Learn more at petsokeylibrary.org.

A New Season at Great Lakes Center for the Arts Five years ago this summer, the Great Lakes Center for the Arts (aka the Center) in Bay Harbor opened their doors. Since then, they’ve seen more than 75,000 visitors and presented 150 events—no small feat given two of those years were eaten up by the pandemic. They’ve also worked with thousands of K-12 students through their Next Gen and Dorothy Gerber Strings Programs. (Check out the Fascinating People bio on Dr. Rachel Sytsma-Reed to learn more about Next Gen!) The Center is celebrating the milestone with 11 events between May and August, ranging from a production of Godspell to The Doo Wop Project (which features stars from Jersey Boys and Mowtown: The Musical) to a performance by Lyle Lovett and his Large Band. Tickets went on sale to donor subscribers on March 1 and will be available to the public in the coming weeks. More information can be found at greatlakescfa.org.

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bottoms up Northern Latitudes’ Sweet Tart While spring is still a few weeks away, Northern Latitudes Distillery is serving up seasonal flavors by the swig. Open since October 2012, this Lake Leelanau stillhouse features classic and craft drinks alike, and their rotating selection of hand-made hooch is at the center of every script. “When creating new cocktails, we focus on allowing the spirit to shine,” says tasting room manager Jessica Nelson. In the case of their tangy Sweet Tart cocktail, a pair of spirits shares the spotlight. A localized take on a traditional Lemon Drop martini, the Sweet Tart combines the classic Limoncello di Leelanau with a limited-edition plum liqueur called Visions of Sugar Plums. Finished with fresh-squeezed lemon juice and a dash of simple syrup, the components are shaken over ice and presented in a martini glass. Served up with a lemon wedge, this expertly-balanced bev pairs best with a little springtime sun—or maybe a large UV lamp. You be the judge. $10 at Northern Latitudes Distillery. 112 E. Philip Street, M-204, Lake Leelanau. (231) 256-2700. northernlatitudesdistillery.com

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A FLORIST, A BAKER, A WEBSITE MAKER spectator

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The United States Census Bureau breaks down religious beliefs into the broad categories of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, unaffiliated, and atheist/agnostic.

But for some reason, this particular ilk of Christians has decided to pluck out a few verses they believe condemn homosexuality, and they will not serve those “sinners.”

Although more people now declare themselves to be unaffiliated with a specific denomination, far more Americans—some 230 million—identify as Christians than any other religious belief. And the US Center for the Study of Global Christianity lists more than 200 separate and distinct Christian denominations alone in the United States.

In fact, there isn’t even complete agreement on what the Bible says about homosexuality. There are more than 100 Bible translations in use, every one of them slightly different from the others.

It turns out the “literal word of God” is open to quite a bit of interpretation. Those translations that have somehow found “homosexual” in the text have clearly included their own bias since that word did not even exist until the 19th century.

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All of this comes to mind as yet another Christian has generated attention for refusing

It’s an interesting position since Christianity, like every other major religion, includes a fairly long list of prohibitions. Same-sex sexual activity doesn’t even make the Christians’ top 10 list of proscribed behavior, so it’s peculiar so many seem to focus on that singular issue.

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service to same sex couples based on “closely held religious beliefs.” In this case, it’s a Colorado-based web designer who does not want to be compelled to create a wedding website for same sex couples because she prefers to be able to promote her religious belief that marriage is between one man and one woman.

This seems to be a peculiarity of a particular kind of Christian belief system in which opposition to any non-traditional human sexuality is the single most important tenet.

So far, we’ve had a florist, a baker, and a website maker argue all the way to the Supreme Court that their First Amendment rights of both free speech and freedom of religion were being violated by state and federal laws that define their refusal to provide services to same sex couples as discriminatory.

It’s an interesting position since Christianity, like every other major religion, includes a fairly long list of prohibitions. Samesex sexual activity doesn’t even make the Christians’ top 10 list of proscribed behavior, so it’s peculiar so many seem to focus on that singular issue.

It’s true enough same-sex activity is mentioned more than once, and not favorably, in the Bible. The Old Testament is especially harsh. Chapter 20 of Leviticus is a laundry list of sins punishable by death, not just same-sex behavior. All of Leviticus is full of various proscriptions and prohibitions that might have made sense at the time but do not now. (Women fare especially poorly in the Old Testament.)

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It sets up these business owners for some fairly hypocritical transactions.

Assume a man enters the web designer’s site requesting a design for his upcoming wedding. The designer knows, for a fact, the man is a boastful adulterer, someone who does not keep the sabbath holy, who regularly bears false witness, regularly takes the Lord’s name in vain, and does not honor both his father and his mother. He has broken or is currently breaking half the Ten Commandments. He’d like a website announcing his fourth marriage, to a woman.

At the same time, a woman enters the designer’s site requesting service. She has been an exemplary human being in every way, honorable and virtuous and tirelessly giving of herself to admirable and important causes. She is getting married for the first time, but to another woman.

The commandment breaker gets service and the candidate for sainthood does not.

Tellingly, Jesus Christ takes no position on the issue at all. So, the homophobic Christians cannot say he is on their side. If he ever spoke of it, it did not get recorded or reported. He does tell people to not cast stones unless they are sin free themselves, and to not judge unless you want to be judged yourself; both admonitions are apparently easier to ignore than Old Testament prejudice.

It would seem the closely held religious beliefs of some Christians conflict with the closely held beliefs of the very person on whom their religion is based.

RURAL SOLUTIONS NEEDED IN MI HEALTHY CLIMATE PLAN guest opinion

By Levi Teitel What makes Michigan unique is our Great Lakes and the amazing resources they provide. But for too long, policymakers have put large corporations and their lobbyists in the driver’s seat and have failed to take serious steps towards averting the climate crisis and protecting our environment.

Our state has a chance to correct course and meet the ambitious goals in the MI Healthy Climate Plan, led by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and Governor Gretchen Whitmer, putting us on a path to carbon neutrality. While the plan is a great start, there are still ways it can be strengthened so we can address the climate crisis, the greatest challenge of our lifetime. To fight the climate crisis, we must put affected communities first, including Michigan’s rural communities.

to have more regenerative farming and less agricultural pollution to improve our environment. Rural communities are dealing with the stench and pollution that comes with factory farming—namely, from animal waste that seeps into our waterways.

That means the MI Healthy Climate Plan must take concrete steps to curb factory farm pollution, and that means taking steps to curb overall waste. We should not include false solutions like anaerobic digestion, and it should be taken out of the MI Healthy Climate Plan.

The plan should take steps to encourage regenerative farming more than what the plan now includes. Regenerative farming has been practiced for millennia in Indigenous communities and is just now

The climate crisis affects our agriculture, our ecosystems, and the air we breathe.

These concerns are especially harmful for rural communities and their resilience.

The climate crisis affects our agriculture, our ecosystems, and the air we breathe.

These concerns are especially harmful for rural communities and their resilience.

Throughout recent history, rural economies have been sites of extractive industries like mining, logging, and factory farming, which has contributed to the climate crisis.

Meanwhile, lax government regulations have resulted in environmental destruction just for the sake of making money.

At a time when we’re seeing record-high corporate profits and accelerating climate disasters, it should be clear that change is needed. That’s why the MI Healthy Climate Plan needs to include the following: insights and takeaways from the Upper Peninsula Energy Task Force, attention to regenerative farming practices and agricultural pollution, and energy cooperatives and community choice aggregation as alternatives to corporate-owned energy utilities.

Ending our use of carbon-emitting fossil fuels is a good place to start and looking at findings from the UP Energy Task Force will help. Michiganders, mostly in rural areas, are the largest users of residential propane in the country. And yet, for many Michigan families, propane is unaffordable because it is largely unregulated and subject to corporate-driven price inflation. By including findings from the UP Energy Task Force—like installing cost-saving electric heat pumps at a large scale, updating and weatherizing existing housing stock, making grain drying on farms more energy efficient, and having better transportation options, which is lacking in rural Michigan—we can lessen our climate damage and save families and farmers money.

Along with recommendations from the UP Energy Task Force, our state needs

making headway in Western food systems.

Regenerative farming uses conservation practices like cover crops and no-till farming which reduce soil erosion and chemical runoff. Doing these things at a large scale will be essential to lessen the damage we’re already seeing in our water.

Finally, we need to ensure that impacted communities will be empowered to make decisions about their own energy use, and that means having alternatives to corporateowned energy utilities. For decades, electrical cooperatives have led the charge in rural Michigan for delivering quality service at a reasonable cost all while using renewable sources. Along with cooperatives, community choice aggregation (CCA) is gaining traction throughout the state to address the needs of low-income families, communities of color, and Tribal nations who have been continually ignored by corporate-owned utilities. CCA allows residents of a community to have the power to decide where they get their energy from.

The village of L’Anse on the shores of Lake Superior is already doing this successfully and is a great example to follow.

The MI Healthy Climate Plan is an important plan for getting Michigan on track to fight the climate crisis and all communities need to be heard in this process, especially rural areas. Rural and urban communities alike can and should work together to advocate for a better climate and a fairer economy so everyone can be healthy and thrive. Let’s speak up together and make sure this plan is what we all deserve it to be.

Levi Teitel is the rural communications coordinator with Progress Michigan, a nonprofit communications advocacy and government watchdog group. He is currently based in Emmet County.

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Bright Idea Robin Folsom, 43, the former director of external affairs for the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, was indicted on Feb. 10 for faking multiple pregnancies in order to get paid leave from her position, The Washington Post reported. Folsom reported her latest pregnancy to human resources in October 2020 and allegedly gave birth in May 2021. The “father” of the newborn, Bran Otmembebwe, emailed her bosses and said her doctor had called for seven weeks of leave following the birth, which she ordinarily would not have received. Pictures that Folsom shared with coworkers were found to be “inconsistent and depicted children with varying skin tones,” the inspector general’s report said. Co-workers also noticed that her baby bump seemed to be detached from her body. In addition, “a review of medical and insurance records found no indication that Folsom had ever delivered a child.” Folsom resigned after an October 2021 interview with investigators and is due back in court in April.

Going to Extremes It was sooooo cold in Beijing during the men’s 50km cross-country skiing event.

How cold was it, you ask? It was so cold (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) that Finland’s Remi Lindholm, who spent an hour and 16 minutes covering the course, suffered some painful frostbite to an unspeakably delicate body part that was not insulated enough by his thin suit and underlayer, The Guardian reported. Yes, that one. He endured a similar setback in Ruka, Finland, last year. Lindholm said he used a heat pack to thaw out the “appendage” after the Feb. 19 race but “the pain was unbearable. ... It was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in.”

Police Report Former Chadbourn (North Carolina) Police Chief Anthony Spivey, 36, was taken into custody in Conway, South Carolina, on Feb. 24, ending nearly a year of magnificent flouting of the law, WECT-TV reported. It all started in April 2021, when Spivey was charged with more than 70 offenses, mostly related to repeatedly raiding the department’s evidence room and stealing narcotics, cash and firearms. In June, he allegedly embezzled $8,000 meant for a family whose son was battling leukemia. North Carolina Wildlife officers contacted the Columbus County Sheriff ’s Office on Feb. 21 about a boat and truck that belonged to Spivey that were found along the Lumber River. Family members told officers the scene might indicate a suicide, and investigators searched the waters and wooded areas nearby for three days. But as the investigation continued, “it became even more apparent that the scene on the river was staged,” they said. He was finally located at his aunt’s apartment in Loris, South Carolina. His total bond is set at $1 million.

It’s Nice To Have a Hobby People have discovered all sorts of pastimes during COVID-19 lockdowns, and Tom Quirk, 36, is no exception, as Metro News reported on Feb. 23. Quirk, of the Forest of Dean in the United Kingdom, treated himself to a new Shark vacuum a couple of years ago and quickly realized that he could make great art with it. For example, Quirk made a stunningly realistic portrait

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of Donald Trump in his living room rug, a frightening likeness of Jack Nicholson from “The Shining” (“Here’s Johnny!”) and a pretty good image of Slash. “You have to hoover the rug all over in just one direction first so it gives you an all over light image,” Quirk said. “Then I remove the hose and add the thin attachment to the end and drag the long fibers the opposite direction to get the shadows of faces. It normally takes about 15 to 20 minutes, which isn’t bad considering it took Leonardo da Vinci four years to do the ‘Mona Lisa.’”

Questionable Judgments Welcome to Texas, where Sarah Stogner, 37, is running for railroad commissioner against Wayne Christian. Christian has amassed a war chest of $766,000, and Stogner is apparently willing to bare all to win the contest, Canoe reported on Feb. 23: “I have other assets,” she said. To prove it, Stogner posted a 5-second TikTok video of herself wearing only cowboy boots and hat and straddling an oil pumping jack as “Apache” by the Sugarhill Gang played. Unfortunately for her, the stunt may not have worked: She lost the endorsement of the San Antonio ExpressNews and rankled some religious conservative supporters. “I knew it would be controversial,” Stogner said. “I didn’t realize it would incite the rage and anger that it did from the press.”

An unnamed 22-year-old student at Brigham Young University in Utah was busily trying to make 5 pounds of rocket fuel on Feb. 20 in his dorm kitchen when the mixture exploded, People reported. Flames “engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove, and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system,” BYU police said in a statement. Although no one was injured, 22 students were relocated while cleanup and repairs were undertaken.

Lt. Jeff Long said the student was trying to re-create something he saw online. “He didn’t think this through,” Long said. Which is basically a subhead for every article about a college student.

News That Sounds Like a Joke What you’ve been waiting for: cologne for your dog. Yes indeed, none other than the queen of England has released Happy Hounds Dog Cologne, a unisex scent for pups that smells of “coastal walks” and features a “rich, musky scent with citrus notes of bergamot,” Canoe reported. Dog owners can purchase the pooch perfume at Sandringham House, the monarch’s estate in Norfolk, England, for 9.99 English pounds. Queen Elizabeth II, 95, is a big fan of corgis and has had pet dogs since she was 18 years old.

News You Can Use Toddler Locklan Samples of Roswell, Georgia, looks “like a little rock star” with his nearly white hair that stands straight out from his head, People reported on Feb. 23. But it was only by chance that his mom, Katelyn, discovered what causes Lock’s unusual locks: uncombable hair syndrome. After hearing about the syndrome, the Samples visited a specialist at Emory Hospital, who said she’s only seen one case in 19 years. But after tests, they confirmed that Lock had the condition, which causes hair to grow with a soft and very breakable texture. Katelyn said she rarely has to wash his hair, because it doesn’t get greasy, and she hardly brushes it because it’s so fragile. “I just try ... not to mess with it unless I have to.

It brings a smile to people’s faces,” she said.

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Twenty years ago, flying out of Traverse City was expensive, and the lack of direct connections prompted some to drive downstate to fly. How things have changed. Cherry Capital Airport is now all of northern Michigan’s airport, with record passengers, lower fares, and more direct destinations than ever. In fact, it’s one of the fastest growing airports in the U.S. Airport Director Kevin Klein gives us the inside scoop.

Yes, that’s right. Allegiant was a game-changer for us, delivering multiple direct destinations and low fares.

1 > It’s more true than ever, isn’t it? Cherry Capital is the entire region’s airport.

6 > And that’s because of more competition?

Absolutely. We draw passengers from Wexford County all the way up to Sault Ste. Marie and even into Canada, and west to Marquette. It’s a massive area.

And of course, what stood out during COVID was that northern Michigan is a place everybody wanted to come because of our beautiful open spaces.

2 > What are the numbers?

They’re amazing. In 2021, we had almost 603,000 passengers, which made us the third largest airport in the state. And between May and Labor Day, we saw the busiest times we’ve ever seen.

3 > Give us a sense of the growth 20 years ago versus today.

Well, 20 years ago in August we saw maybe 65,000 passengers. This past August we had 103,000. We’ve almost doubled. Another difference would have been back then we had mostly 50-seat regional jets, while today we have larger jet aircraft with more seats, more amenities, and faster speeds. And most importantly, we’ve gone from just four direct destinations to now 17 non-stop destinations!

4 > That is pretty amazing. We can travel direct from Traverse City to everywhere from Denver to Washington DC to several places in Florida. And part of that is due to Allegiant Airlines coming here, right?

5 > And it seems like airfares in and out of Traverse City have actually dropped.

They absolutely have. Fares are lower here across the board. In 2013, the average one-way fare was $240.

Today it’s about $183.

Well, because we have added capacity and seats in this market and most importantly because the local traveler has started to fly out of Cherry Capital versus driving downstate. That’s the key to our success, and building upon that basis allows us to grow. If there’s more demand here, the airlines will take notice and add seats to our flights.

7 > I almost wonder if some people take the airport here for granted…

Maybe a little. It’s true that if we’re not using it, we’ll lose it. When we look across Michigan, Marquette has lost its Minneapolis service. United has pulled out of Lansing. Kalamazoo lost United. Flint doesn’t have Delta any longer. Grand Rapids lost a United flight to Washington DC. That’s tough news, but here we are doing so well, we are adding seats.

8 > Another change has been the improvements at the airport itself!

Yes, we have a full-service restaurant and café, complete with soups, sandwiches, local beer and wine, mixed drinks, coffee and more. And then the thing most people asked for: we have free, high-speed fiber internet and upgraded plugs throughout for smart devices.

9 > Talk about the future of the airport.

It’s exciting! We were congested in 2021 at our sixgate facility. We really need 11 gates to handle all the

volume. So we did a study to justify expansion of the terminal so that by 2035, we will have not only 11 gates but possibly 15. So the FAA approved our study, and we will be going through further financial, environmental, and design phases and hopefully have shovels in the ground in 2025. Our forecasts are putting up in the top 25 fastest-growing airports in the U.S. 10 > And if that growth happens, is it likely another airline will come to Traverse City?

I would think so, with our continued growth. It could be a low-cost carrier or a business carrier. It will be interesting to see the trends in the industry. You know, high-end leisure travel has really come back strong.

11 > Yes, I would bet that COVID has upended travel trends quite a bit.

It really did. And now trends continue to emerge. That person or family who flies here, rents a house or hotel room and a car, dines out and shops -- we are seeing that market flourish. And the business market will likely change too. Business travelers used to travel Monday through Thursday, and now they might end up doing Thursdays through Mondays for those meetings and long weekends. So big changes.

12 > Where are all the travelers coming here from?

We draw from those 17 nonstop markets, definitely Florida in the summer for the Great Lakes Equestrian Festival, travelers from Charlotte who are connecting through from the south. Second homeowners in New York or on the west coast. They’re really from all over.

13 > It was a record 2021, and many events didn’t even happen. So what are you expecting this summer?

Exactly. And it’s an opportunity for us locals to take advantage. It’s a chance to go to Disney or to Dallas or to the Carolinas or New York. Take those opportunities while they’re here!

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PEOPLE Every year, Northern Express reporters scour the North to find 20 average folks dedicating themselves to a not-so-average existence — people who parlay their passions into something bigger than themselves. Here, our picks for the unsung but undoubtedly fascinating people that reporters Al Parker, Lynda Wheatley, Craig Manning, Geri Dietze, Ross Boissoneau, and Jillian Manning found for 2022:

Paxton Robinson

The Mountain Biker Most eight-year-olds spend Saturday mornings sleeping in or watching cartoons. On November 4 last year, though, eightyear-old Paxton Robinson whiled away his Saturday doing something else entirely different: riding a prestigious 30-mile bike race through the wooded trails of northern Michigan.

Robinson is a third-grade student at Traverse City’s Cherry Knoll Elementary. He is also, as of November, the youngest person ever to finish the full 30-mile Iceman Cometh Challenge bike race. With a top prize of $6,000 for the male and female victors, the Iceman is a big deal, typically drawing 5,000 competitors from throughout the

United States. Robinson’s 3:32:44 time enshrines him in the event’s history, There’s some family history at play here too. Two eight-year-old cyclists crossed the Iceman finish line on November 4: Robinson and fellow local biking enthusiast Asher Schwartz, who is several months older. (Schwartz finished in 2:54:32.) In becoming the two youngest cyclists ever to finish the epic point-to-point course, the pair broke the records held by none other than their respective older brothers.

Indeed, Crosley Robinson and August Schwartz first rode the Iceman several years ago, when they were 10 and 9 respectively. They reigned as the Iceman’s two youngest finishers until last fall, when their younger brothers edged them out.

Carol Greenaway The Ballerina

Al Laaksonen The Captain

Eighty-three-year-old Al Laaksonen fell in love with a princess. Not one of those Disney heroines, but a 65-foot charter boat, The Princess of Ludington. “It was love at first sight,” says Laaksonen, who was a charter boat captain for 37 years.

When he purchased The Princess in Wisconsin in 2020, his plan was to offer sightseeing tours of Lake Michigan out of Ludington. He ran 50 tours for more than 1,000 passengers in the short time the Princess was in Ludington. But after a year, docking space for the 48-yearold Princess became an issue. Luckily, officials from Manistee came knocking.

They heard about the situation and urged Laaksonen to move north a bit.

“The most meaningful accomplishment, to me, was the outpouring of genuine support from the community of Manistee,” says Laaksonen. “The multitude of people walking the river boardwalk who stopped to express their gratitude that we brought the Princess to Manistee was impressive.”

Now he offers several types of cruises.

“I’m proud to reveal that we entertained close to 4,000 visitors our first season in Manistee,” says Laaksonen. “We provided 18 private cruises for weddings, celebration of life activities, anniversaries, office parties, corporate celebrations, political gatherings, and family reunions.”

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Ballerina, teacher, and choreographer Carol Greenaway has performed all over the country, but for years, she’s called Frankfort home. The Detroit native began dancing at age three, and by the time she was eight, she was already securing leading roles. “I danced Clara in The Nutcracker with the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo,” Greenaway says. “My teacher sent me to the audition, and I won.”

That was the start of a long career with the Ballet Russe de MonteCarlo, which operated in the U.S. from 1937 to 1968. Greenaway continued to dance with the company throughout high school, but only on the weekends and “if they were on this side of the Mississippi River,” as she didn’t want to miss a day of school. After college, she joined the company full time, and says some of her favorite parts were in productions of Swan Lake and Coppélia.

Greenaway left the ballet in the mid-fifties and, thanks to a family connection, made her way to Frankfort. The shift to small town life wasn’t easy, but Greenaway began to teach and build the local dance community. Notably, she has worked with fellow choreographer Ingrid Bond and the Ramsdell Threatre in Manistee for renowned productions of The Nutcracker featuring the ballet’s original choreography. Although Greenaway is now retired, and jokes that at age 90 “I don’t move too fast,” NoMi ballerinas will be dancing her steps for years to come.

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Michael Lehnert The General

Mike King The Outdoor Filmmaker You might think of him as the quintessential ski bum, working during the summer to go out West to hit the slopes in winter. You’d only be partially right. Mike King does indeed work in the summer and fall at his family’s orchards in Kewadin and Central Lake—you may be most familiar with the King Orchards farm stand/bakery/ cidery on US 31—and he does frequently travel to Colorado and other skiing locales.

But he’s gone beyond that, creating the film “Lake Effect” about some of his professional skiing exploits in the Great Lakes

State. Why? “That’s a great question. It’s for the art of storytelling,” he says, though he immediately adds, “it might be ego.”

It’s definitely the best way he can think of to share and celebrate the pleasure of deep powder in his home state. “It’s a platform to show people—parents, friends—what we were doing,” King says of the two-year project created during the pandemic when travel was at a standstill. The film took him to “high level ski atmospheres like out West” across Michigan, trading mountains for Midwestern hills. A truncated version was shown at the Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette, and the teaser is available on YouTube. The full-length film will be premiering this fall.

20 years ago, United States Marine Corps Major General Michael Lehnert played a key role in establishing and leading the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Now retired, General Lehnert has long been one of the strongest and loudest voices advocating for the camp’s permanent closure.

His advocacy on that front has made Lehnert a national figure, regularly interviewed by major news entities like NPR and Politico. The quieter side of Lehnert’s life, though, plays out in northern Michigan, where lives in Williamsburg with his wife, Denise.

Until his retirement in 2009, Lehnert had led a storied military career that involved overseeing every marine base in western Mississippi and commanding 5,000 marines in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Because of Guantanamo Bay’s controversial place in American history, though, much of Lehnert’s legacy is tied to the detention facility. After helping to open the camp, Lehnert served as its commander for approximately 90 days before handing off the baton to a U.S. Army commander.

In the years since, the general has stated that his policy was to treat all detainees humanely. That approach fell by the wayside in later years, as the camp became mired in controversies surrounding its use of torture, among other human rights violations.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times in 2009, Lehnert expressed his believe that the U.S. had “lost the moral high ground” in the war on terror, largely because of those practices. And in 2017, Lehnert told the Northern Express that Gitmo and its tactics had become “a recruitment tool for ISIS.” “It puts our troops at risk,” Lehnert explained at the time. “We’re supposed to be a nation of laws. We’re supposed to be better than this.”

Mickey Cannon The World-Traveling Chef He served as the personal chef to Sandra Day O’Connor. He cooked for four presidents and worked in the Italian Embassy. And he owned one of northern Michigan’s most beloved Italian eateries, Tuscan Bistro. He’s Mickey Cannon, and today he is the Food & Beverage Director at Odawa Casino.

“I was either going to be an architect or a chef,” Cannon tells us. He even went so far as to put down a deposit to attend an architecture program in his youth, but made the switch to cooking at the last moment. This has made Cannon something of a “food archi-

tect,” a role he got to put into practice when he lived in the Soviet Union in the 1990s while opening the first American hotel in the country. Cannon designed three 4,000-square-foot kitchens in the place, creating his own culinary empire.

Now, with four decades of experience under his chef ’s hat, Cannon is designing menus for Sage Restaurant and other Odawa outlets in Petoskey and Mackinaw City. We asked Cannon what he’ll be eating—and hopefully serving—this spring as Michigan produce comes into season. His answer: “grilled asparagus with prosciutto, a lemon vinaigrette, shaved Reggiano, and a balsamic glaze.” (He had us at “asparagus.”)

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20 FASCINATING PEOPLE Kaila Kuhn The Teenage Olympian From Boyne Mountain to Beijing 2022, Olympian Kaila Kuhn, 18, has been on a trajectory: straight up.

How did she do it? At the age of 14, she won the Junior Nationals and took second place at U.S. Nationals.

Her 2019 World Cup debut at Lake Placid, followed by two 8th place World Cup appearances in China, proved her bona fides. And two podium appearances in 2021—a 3rd at Yaroslavl, Russia, and a 3rd at Deer Valley, UT—paved the way for her Olympic dream, where she finished in 8th place.

But Kaila’s story begins much earlier: alpine skiing at 18 months, competitive gymnastics at age 12, and, at the suggestion of another Olympian, Winter Vineki, Kaila earned acceptance into Park City’s Ski & Snowboard Elite Aerial Development Program, which gave her the foundation for success.

What propelled her to such heights? “It’s complicated,” says her father, Chris Kuhn. “In order to be successful, she’s had to be truly selfmotivated.” That meant leaving home at 13 for full-time training and online schooling in Park City. “She was truly focused and driven to follow her passion,” Kuhn adds. Keep an eye on Kaila Kuhn: U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the national governing body for Olympic snow sports, calls her “the future of U.S. aerials skiing.”

Dr. Rachel Sytsma-Reed The Deep-Sea Explorer

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Bay Harbor’s Great Lakes Center for the Arts welcomed a new face this winter: Dr. Rachel Sytsma-Reed, whose resumé includes work with Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital, Calvin University, NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration, and NASA’s Astrobiology Institute. We can’t decide if we’re more impressed by her doctorate in educational psychology or her masters in astrobiogeochemistry—try saying that five times fast!—but we’re definitely impressed that she has explored the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with the same deep-ocean research submersible that took the first crewed expedition to the Titanic. (Jack, come back!)

But the depths of the Atlantic have nothing on northern Michigan. Drawn to the beauty of the region since she was a kid visiting in the summers, Dr. SytsmaReed made the move to Charlevoix with her family in 2016. She now heads up GLCFA’s Next Gen Program, which helps connect Michigan students to free performances and educational programming. All of the roles she’s held—from science to teaching—come together at GLCFA. “I get to work with a fantastic group of people committed to providing opportunities for people of all ages to broaden their senses of art, beauty, creative expression, and possibility,” Dr. Sytsma-Reed says. “I get to help children and young people learn to express themselves, in part by helping them see what expression looks like.”

Liz Saile The Rock Hound Liz Saile traded in precious gems for stones she thinks are just as beautiful…especially because they’re from Michigan. Saile started working at Martinek’s Jewelry in 1970, which was owned by her mom and stepdad. After her stepfather passed away, her mother decided to sell the business, and Saile began taking classes in silversmithing and rock polishing.

Today, Saile sells her jewelry made from Petoskey stones, Leelanau Blue, Frankfort Green, and Fordite at her shop in Cedar (L. Saile Designer Jewelry), which doubles as a retail showroom and workplace. She’s known for the pendants, earrings, and other jewelry she makes herself. Originally, Saile focused on Petoskey stones before branching out to include Leland Blue, the leftover slag from iron ore processing. Next came Frankfort Green, also the remnants of iron ore smelting, but with a greenish hue. Then there’s Fordite, formed from the leftover auto paint walls at manufacturing sites across the state.

“Who would have thought?” asks Saile, referring specifically to the Fordite, though she could be speaking about any of the leftover byproducts she uses, as well as the natural coral that eventually became Petoskey stones. “It’s good therapy,” she says of jewelry making. “Who else gets to say they get to go to work at the beach?”

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20 FASCINATING PEOPLE Mark Wilson The Pursuer of Change Mark Wilson certainly knows how to stay busy.

He has served on the Tribal Council of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians since 2014, presently as its Vice Chair. Last November, he was elected as a Commissioner for the City of Traverse City. And he’s also the owner of New Leonard Media, a Native American-owned multimedia recording studio that offers podcast and vocal production in Traverse City.

“Having grown up during the golden era of hip hop music and culture, I wanted to be an entertainer in the arts of rapping, disc jockeying, and break dancing,” Wilson says. This led him to work as an audio engineer, DJ, and multimedia specialist, all of which informed his work as a creator and storyteller today.

Wilson says his different roles in the community come together “in effort to support those who advance positive change.” Indeed, Wilson is part of this change, both through his public service and through his podcast called “The Pursuit Of…”, where Wilson and friend Ryan Buck interview guests who are in pursuit of making life better through nonprofit work, entrepreneurship, art, environmental protection, and more. You can find them on your favorite podcast platform to hear what other fascinating people and organizations are doing in northern Michigan.

Emily Umbarger The Green Thumb Educator

Alex Sanderson The Strongman Like so many other high school sports standouts, Alex Sanderson found himself looking for a new athletic pursuit as he entered young adulthood. Sanderson had been a goalkeeper on the Traverse City West Senior High soccer team until he graduated in 2009, and even continued to play soccer in college. As he left his school years behind, though, he confesses to feeling stymied about what to do next.

“I kind of felt lost,” Sanderson tells us. “I knew I still wanted to pursue some kind of physical endeavor. But once you’ve stopped doing sports through school, the possibilities for competitive stuff are pretty limited.”

Sanderson ultimately found his new passion in strongman competitions. Those contests put their participants through multiple challenges of extreme strength, such as the “dead lift” (a twist on normal gym dead lifts, which Sanderson says can involve lifting anything from “giant Hummer tires” to cars) and the “log press” (which involves lifting and holding a heavy “log” over one’s head for a certain period of time). Competitors fit into weight classes, similar to boxing or wrestling.

Until recently, Sanderson says the closest strongman competitions were downstate, which meant a lot of travel. But a few years ago, the Grand Traverse region got its own contest, the “Great Lakes Strongest Man,” which Sanderson says has been a gamechanger. Competing in that event (and even winning his class two years ago) has been a highlight of Sanderson’s postsoccer athletic pursuits.

Tawny Hammond The Schooner Queen Water and boats have been constant themes throughout Tawny Hammond’s life.

After growing up in Illinois on the shores of Lake Michigan, Hammond is fulfilling a lifelong dream of combining her love of the outdoors with a vigorous entrepreneurial spirit. She’s one of a very small number of female schooner captains on the Great Lakes.

Hammond is the owner and newly minted captain of the Wind Dancer, a 60-foot schooner that provides scenic sailing tours of Lake Michigan. The three-hour tours begin in May and run through September. “As a Wind Dancer guest, you’ll not only be treated to great sailing, you’ll also get to taste food and drink from around the region as you learn about points of interest from our crew,” says Hammond.

Once welcomed on board by the captain and crew, guests kick back and relax. The journey is jammed with photo-worthy moments. “We’re eco-tourism,” she explains.

“We give our guests the opportunity to taste and experience northern Michigan. We really want to create fans of Traverse City and of northern Michigan.”

In TC, Hammond also owns The River Outfitters, a family business that offers kayak, stand-up paddleboard, and bike rentals along with trips and tours of Lake Michigan, Boardman Lake, and the Boardman River.

Instructor of Agricultural Sciences.

Certified Master Gardener. Beekeeper.

Emily Umbarger is all these things, and she also serves as the Director of Sustainability at Interlochen Center for the Arts. “It didn’t exist prior to 2019,” she says of her title. “If you dream it, you can create it.”

After getting her PhD in 2008, the public-school teacher couldn’t find a job amidst the economic collapse. She instead took a position as a guidance counselor at Interlochen the next year.

Nine years in, she began teaching about sustainability. In 2019, Umbarger led the institution’s efforts in sustainability across the campus, for which it received the US Department of Education’s Green Ribbon School award.

She oversees the school’s initiatives in composting, recycling, sustainabilityrelated outreach, and community education and manages Interlochen’s botanical laboratory and school garden complex, the latter of which provides fresh vegetables for the school cafeteria and local food pantry. Umbarger also teaches agriculture science at the academy, where every day the students work with the plants.

Good work bears good fruit: in 2020, the American Heart Association awarded Interlochen the US Teaching Garden of the Year. “It’s about food sovereignty, equity, accessibility,” Umbarger says. In the summer, she offers an Education in the Garden series for the public, combining subjects like art, learning, and cooking with gardening.

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20 FASCINATING PEOPLE Duane Brandt The Smooth Operator “On a busy day, I see the same faces over and over and probably load north of 10,000 people,” says Duane Brandt, operator of the six-place express lift, Boyne Mountain’s highspeed Doppelmayr. Brandt likely knows hundreds of people by name. “Repetition helps, but I challenge myself to learn ten new names each season. I’ve watched one whole generation grow up and am working on another,” he says.

But thousands must know him: he’s the guy in the holiday-appropriate attire, the one boosting the kiddies onto the chair or tucking a piece of candy into the hood of a youngster’s jacket. He’s the gallant, offering his arm to a lady as she slides through the gates. He’s been doing this, and doing it well, for 17 years. In many ways, Brandt is the face of Boyne Mountain.

But safety comes first. “My job is to make sure guests are safely loaded,” Brandt explains, “and my responsibility is guest satisfaction.” Brandt sends everyone off with equanimity, grace, and, when necessary, forbearance. All are treated well: guests, locals, first-timers, the frightened, the oblivious, the stragglers…that shivering sliver of humanity that one sees on any busy chairlift.

Brandt is the right person in the right job; he loves people (and the feeling is mutual). “I’ve never had a bad day outside at my lift. I am truly blessed.”

Joe Van Alstine The Foodie

Katherine Corden The Lakeside Painter Because she lives in northern Michigan, painter Katherine Corden finds inspiration everywhere she goes. Her loose, layered style gives viewers the feeling of “hanging out at the beach” or enjoying the “social culture that surrounds our Great Lakes region.”

The Detroit-raised artist made the move up north to capture those moments, both in her art and in her personal life. A former physical therapist, Corden began to lean more and more into her hobby of painting, which had been cultivated from a young age by her art-teacher mother.

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Now, art is her full-time job and a way to build community, leading her to connect with two of her most-admired northern Michigan artists: Alyssa Smith and James Morse.

(Check them out!)

Corden also makes sure to connect back to the natural world she loves. “I donate a small percentage of my proceeds to FLOW,” Corden says, referring to the environmental nonprofit For Love of Water. “I live here in Traverse City, and the Great Lakes are so important to me. They inspire my work significantly, and [FLOW is] a cause that’s close to my heart.”

Corden’s paintings can be found in galleries throughout the country, in northern Michigan, and on her website, katherinecorden.com.

Joe Van Alstine is a man with many irons in the fire. To start, he’s the program director for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians food distribution program. That role eventually led to a seat on the National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations (NAFDPIR), which represents 276 Indian Tribal Organizations throughout Indian Country. He also volunteers his time as chairman of Ziibimijwang Inc., a 300-acre triballyowned nonprofit farm located near Mackinaw City.

And last fall, he joined the board of the Groundwork Center for Resilient Communities.

Collectively, those roles put Van Alstine at the forefront of tribal food sovereignty and food security—not just for the Little Traverse Bay Band and other native tribes throughout the state of Michigan, but also for tribal populations across North America. In the simplest terms, Van Alstine’s job is about making sure citizens across Indian Country have access to food. But it’s also about taking steps to improve the quality of the food. And in recent years, Van Alstine has even dedicated himself to restoring age-old food traditions for native tribes.

“Years ago, we didn’t have fresh produce in the packages, like we do now,” Van Alstine says of NAFDPIR food distribution programs. “We’ve done a lot of work with the USDA to make the food package better and healthier for tribal citizens. We have even been incorporating more of the food that tribes traditionally ate to help restore the diet of the citizens across Indian Country. For example, for us here in the Great Lakes region, we ate a lot of fish and a lot of rice, historically speaking. So now, we have walleye in the food package, and we have wild rice in the food package. Those are traditional foods that our people now have more access to.”

20 FASCINATING PEOPLE Kyle Evans The Rebuilder What do you do when you’ve designed automobiles, multi-family apartment buildings, and even your own home? Apparently you purchase a derelict former health center/hospital. At least, that’s what Kyle Evans has done.

The former Detroit resident and his husband

Michael “Chet” Chetcuti designed their northern Michigan home—called “Chetonka”—and now split their time between Northport and Miami Beach. Evans attended the College for Creative Studies in Detroit where he learned the basics before applying them for Jeep, later turning to yachts, a multi-family apartment building in Detroit, and an Airbnb development in progress on a former industrial property in Northport.

“The car thing is deep in my blood, but I did separate projects on the side. I’ve always had architecture in

mind,” Evans says.

Last year, the Northport resident purchased the former Leelanau Memorial Health Center on High Street, which he says boasts fantastic views across its 11 acres.

He’s unsure about exactly how this next project will take shape, though he says a mix of uses is a good possibility, from housing to retail and beyond. First is demolishing the crumbling structure, then he’ll determine how to move forward. “We’re taking our time to make sure we address every possible route,” he says.

Molly Ames Baker The Outdoorsy Teacher There was a time when Molly Ames Baker envisioned a different life for herself. When she headed off to college for undergrad, she wanted to pursue degrees in psychology and French. Soon, though, she found she was living for the weekends, when she’d lead fellow students into the wilderness as part of her college’s outdoor education program.

That realization led to the rest of Baker’s life.

Soon, she’d enrolled at the University of Minnesota to earn her master’s degree in outdoor education.

She and her husband ended up at Colgate University, where they ran the school’s outdoor education program for 12 years.

Today, Baker is the founder and director of learning for TOPOnexus Center for Learn Local. The Harbor Springs-based nonprofit seeks to build “a connection to your place and a commitment to your community” by encouraging learners of all ages to explore what’s right outside their door. At the heart of the organization, Baker says, is a drive to make learning “fun, interactive, experiential, learner-centered, localized, and always grounded in community.”

Current TOPOnexus projects include a partnership with Harbor Springs Public Schools to reshape summer camp learning, an initiative with the National Parks Services to reinvent historic preservation workshops, and work with the Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway to inspire people in the trades to be more civically engaged.

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20 FASCINATING PEOPLE Nancy Bordine The Writer

Winter Vinecki The Philanthropic Olympian Freestyle skier Winter Vinecki, 23, of Gaylord, made her Olympic debut at the Beijing 2022 games, earning a 15th place finish in aerials, but her astonishing history as a competitive athlete began much earlier.

Vinecki was just five years old when she ran her first 5k and eight when she completed her first 10k, but it was her father Michael’s battle with a rare and aggressive form of prostate cancer, when Vinecki was nine, that brought out yet another side of her character: cancer research advocate and prolific fundraiser. While the family was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, for her father’s treatment, Vinecki began to seek out marathons and races in the area, using the events as a platform to talk about prostate cancer. To that end, she formed TeamWinter.org, a 501(c)(3) non-profit to raise money for prostate cancer research and awareness.

All the while, Vinecki was competing. She was the 2010 and 2011 Ironkids National Champion and its official ambassador. At age 14, she became the youngest person to complete seven marathons on seven continents. (Her mother accompanied her, also making them the first mother-daughter team to accomplish the feat.) Winter has been honored for her work with the ANNIKA Inspiration Award and the Athletes in Excellence Award from The Foundation for Global Sports Development. To date, TeamWinter has raised over $500,000 for prostate cancer research. Publication of her memoir, Winter’s Rising, is set for fall 2022.

Nancy Bordine technically retired from Munson about eight years ago, but she says, “Being a nurse is like being in the Mafia…you can’t just walk.” If you see somebody in need of something you can provide, she says, “You just do it.” Care, you might say, is what Bordine does best.

But her interests and acumen extend farther: Lake Michigan surfing, teaching, history, vintage fashion, historical re-enactment, fostering (one dozen kids and counting), hosting exchange students, running an Elberta B&B—oh, and somewhere in there, interviewing an Anishinaabe medicine man to help her craft diversity education training for Munson nurses. Then publishing a children’s book about diversity appreciation and inclusion strategies…via quilting.

Her picture book, What Do You See, will be published by Mission Point Press this summer. Most recently, she finished a YA novel about an Anishinaabe girl training to become a medicine woman in 1850s Omena, right as Michigan was methodically working to displace Native tribes and erase their traditions—and with them, the girl’s dreams. Her novel, yet untitled, was picked up by an agent just last week.

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GVSU students juggles jobs, family responsibilities with plans to earn master’s degree Michele Coffill

Juggling family and job responsibilities is enough for many people. Catherine Russell-Maxson adds college classes and applications for a master’s degree program to the mix.

In April, the Traverse City resident will earn a bachelor’s degree in allied health sciences from Grand Valley State University’s Traverse City Regional Center. Russell-Maxson was a concurrent student at Northwestern Michigan College and GVSU, then transferred to GVSU in 2017.

She and her husband have two children under the age of 2. They moved from New York City to Traverse City six years ago to be closer to family.

It was then Russell-Maxson decided it was time to finish college.

“I was a medical assistant when we lived in New York but I always knew I wanted to be a provider,” she said. “I would take a class here and there, chipping away at a degree.”

Russell-Maxson worked as an insurance adjuster in New York, a job she continues to do in Traverse City, while working as a nurse assistant at Munson Medical Center.

“At Munson, I help with rounds and patient care, take their vital signs and help with their personal care,” she said.

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She said her proactive attitude helps keep her and her busy schedule organized.

After starting at NMC, Catherine Russell-Maxson will finish her bachelor’s degree from GVSU in April. She plans on applying to GV’s physician assistant studies program in the future.

“I have never been a reactive person. I also prioritize all my daily tasks,” she said. “It’s nice that all of my classes are online and offer flexibility.”

Russell-Maxson plans to apply to GVSU to enroll in the physician assistant studies program.

“I have always enjoyed medicine and the interaction you have with patients,” she said.

Her children are young, but Russell-Maxson said her jobs, education and career aspirations are all done with them in mind.

“I keep pushing myself not only for me, but I want my kids to be proud of me,” she said.

GVSU Physician Assistant Studies GVSU opened its satellite PAS program in Traverse City in 2015, to educate students who want to stay in northern Michigan and provide patient care. Since that program began, more than 70 percent of students who earn PAS degrees work in the area.

The PAS program has an articulation agreement with NMC that grants preferred admission to the program at the Traverse City Center for two qualified NMC students who meet admission criteria. Learn more about programs and pathways from NMC at www.gvsu.edu/tcpathway.

Shrimp at the Supper Club The Argonne House nears 100 years

By Geri Dietz Charlevoix’s Argonne House, christened in 2020, is the present-day iteration of the Argonne Supper Club, the much-lauded shrimp house and the longest family-owned restaurant in Charlevoix County. Fred and Mary Taylor, who purchased the restaurant in 2018 from previous owners Steve Ager and Cindy Ager Whitley, were among those past generations who knew and loved the old Argonne, having grown up dining there with their families.

General manager Wendy Roberts recalls the feeling of taking on such a legacy business. “It was exciting,” she says, “and we knew we had big shoes to fill.”

A Bit of History The Argonne House building was originally opened in the summer of 1925 as the Thurman Country Club, a dance hall and social center.

It changed hands twice more before being purchased in 1948 by the Matzingers, who introduced the shrimp dinners and coleslaw recipe still used to this day. And, on New Year’s Eve, 1961, Ted and Clara Ager purchased the Argonne—and its recipes—and began the 57year run that forever fixes the Argonne in its place as a legacy business.

Their daughter, Cindy Ager Whitley recalls, “[They] served all you can eat shrimp for $2.75 and chicken for $2.00, and they had bands play a few nights week. It was very popular.” This was the era of the supper club, a destination evening of dining, cocktails, and dancing. “For years people would come all dressed up in the finest clothes and come out to dance,” she says. “I used to come downstairs [from the upstairs apartment] to listen to the band and watch [the] people.”

Today, the Argonne House is both new and not-so-new: it honors its namesake and its traditional shrimp dinners, and its meticulous exterior renovation stays true to the original 1925 design. The interior has the same casual comfort for which the Argonne was always known. “We made some changes…but we kept the same feel,” Roberts says.

A u-shaped bar topped with Brazilian river stone fronts an Italian-made brick pizza oven; a fireplace area with high-top bar tables accommodates overflow. Two dining rooms use the traditional white tablecloths and napkins, with butcher paper to keep things practical, and vintage photos and memorabilia recall Argonne history.

Customers who knew the Argonne Supper Club are pleased with the results.

“They are very excited; they love the new look,” Roberts says.

A Menu for the Generations Shrimp, faithful to the original recipe, still accounts for 70 percent of the dinner sales: steamed, deep fried in a tempura batter, or mixed. Accompaniments still include the same red and yellow sauces, Germanstyle baked bread, and traditional coleslaw.

(Another item from the old Argonne will return in fall 2022: fried bread with housemade maraschino cherry jelly.)

But the updated Argonne House menu has plenty to satisfy other tastes: walleye, perch, and lobster; ribs in house-made BBQ sauce; a 10 oz. burger with the works and Mary Taylor’s baked cannelloni. Weekly specials include Thursday’s 10-piece shrimp dinner, Friday’s fish fry (Lent is coming), and Saturday’s surf and turf. The 14” Neopolitan-style pizzas, made with Fustini’s garlic oil, are just the right size for two. And for dessert, the house favorite is the bread pudding, with enticing variations, including lemon-poppy, turtle, and Black Forest.

The Argonne House was voted Best Dining Experience in the Petoskey News Review’s 2021 Best of the Northwest competition.

More Details, Please Patrons can enjoy the large outdoor patio for al fresco dining, in season, shaded by two 150-year-old maple trees. (Patio heaters are on standby to chase the chill.) A drivethrough take-out window in the back of the building, originally a response to COVID, remains for customer convenience, and intown deliveries are available, depending on

In Memorium Fredrick Blake “Fred” Taylor March 31, 1951 – December 13, 2021

staffing. Roberts states, “If we get a request for a delivery, we rarely say no.”

For more information, find them at argonnehouse.com, 11929 Boyne City Rd, Charlevoix, MI 49720, (231) 547-9331.

Reservations recommended.

Argonne House owner Fred Taylor passed unexpectedly after a short illness. He was an accomplished international businessman who put his heart into restoring the Argonne and creating a place for future generations.

The Argonne House will carry on with his vision in his honor.

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ALIENS, iPODS, AND CARL SAGAN Battle of the Books Heads to Space with Author Jack Cheng

By Anna Faller Jack Cheng didn’t set out to be a children’s book writer. An alumnus of the University of Michigan with a degree in communications and media studies, Cheng worked in copywriting and design—and co-founded a tech startup—before his nightly journaling practice provided the path he didn’t know he needed.

“One night, I didn’t have anything to write about my day, and this scene of a story popped into my head,” says Cheng. “The next day, another scene, and after a few days I thought, ‘there’s something here.’”

Those scenes laid the groundwork for Cheng’s first book. Published in 2013 by Cheng himself and a successful Kickstarter project, These Days chronicles his own experience as a twenty-something tech minion in New York. “It was not a kids’ book,” he says, “but it was that process that launched my career as a writer.”

Go for Launch Cheng’s debut middle-grade novel, See You in the Cosmos, also happens to feature a launch, though this one sends an iPod into space. And it all goes back to his little brother’s bookshelf: “[We] were hanging out in his room, at [our] childhood home in suburban Detroit,” says Cheng, when a particular book title caught his eye.

It was Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot. “I remembered learning about Sagan and the Golden Record through the podcast

Radiolab,” he says. One 2020 “Space” episode spotlights Sagan’s widow, Ann Druyan, and the love that emerged whilst amassing audio clips for the creation of the Voyager Golden Records, which featured “The Sounds of Earth” aboard the 1977 Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.

The next morning, Cheng woke to a story coming together. “It was almost like the remnants of a dream,” says Cheng. “I had this premise of a boy and his dog trying to launch an iPod into space. I was so excited about the idea that I started working on it right away.”

That enthusiasm ultimately translated to adolescent protagonist Alex Petroski.

Accompanied by his dog, Carl Sagan, Alex embarks on a space-loving quest to share life on Earth with alien beings. The story is told through transcripts of Alex’s recordings, because as Cheng says, “Pairing story to medium is very interesting for me and [good] stories suit the form [they’re] told in.”

In the case of See You in the Cosmos, that form goes back to a golden iPod. “In design, we talk a lot about constraints enabling you to come up with creative solutions,” says Cheng, “so finding the right vehicle for a story is very important. I already [had] this golden iPod in the story, so I thought, why not just tell the entire story as the transcripts that Alex was making?”

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to record what life is like on Earth decades after the creation of the Golden Record, but they’re also trying to find a place where they belong. For Cheng, the question of belonging—“of feeling like you’re not as connected to a person or place as you should be”—characterizes Alex’s arc.

“His father passed away when he was really young,” says Cheng, “so, he’s trying to grapple with [this] experience that he doesn’t really understand, but obviously impacts the rest of his family.”

The theme of fitting in is one Cheng himself can relate to. Based in Detroit, but born in Shanghai, Cheng sometimes feels like his heritage is unfamiliar. “I have the same feeling about my homeland,” he says. “[China] feels like this place that I should know more about but is [sometimes] inaccessible…In the last decade, I’ve been reflecting more on what it means to be Chinese-American. Just this sense of arriving at an identity, or an understanding of what makes you who you are, is something that’s recurrent [for me].”

Cheng’s work is bound to inspire readers of all ages to take stock of their own place in the world, something that can be especially powerful for the middle grade (ages 8-12) audience.

“Meeting readers over time has been such an unexpected gift,” Cheng says, “and it’s what makes me want to keep writing for kids; you’re meeting them at a time in their lives when you can really make a difference.

That’s really special for me.”

About Battle of the Books 2022 Battle of the Books (presented by the National Writers Series) is a trivia-based book competition that engages some 300+ students in the Grand Traverse area each year. Awardwinning children’s author Jack Cheng will appear as the special guest of Battle of the Books on Sunday, March 13, beginning at 2 p.m.

On the day of Championship Battle and All Team Finale, Cheng will crown the 2022 Championship team and speak on his critically-acclaimed novel See You in the Cosmos. The virtual event is free, while BOTB participants, family, and friends are invited to join in person at the City Opera House.

See You in the Cosmos is available for purchase via Horizon Books at a 20% National Writers Series discount. For more information, virtual reservations, and registration, please visit nationalwritersseries.org.

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MINI WOOL & BUTTON CRAFT CLASS: 11am, Interlochen Public Library.

Bring a handful of your own buttons to use for the craft at this class. Bring in your button collection to show your favorites to the class & to tell a button story. 231-276-6767.

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HARBOR SPRINGS AREA SPRING RESTAURANT WEEK: Feb. 25 - March 6. Enjoy special menus at each participating restaurant. harborspringschamber.com/events/details/restaurant-week-spring-2022-10975

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MARDI GRAS ON THE MOUNTAIN: 11am, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring food, live music, find the Crystal Mountain Court Jester skiing on the mountain, OnSlope Scavenger Hunt, Annual Costume Contest, & more. crystalmountain.com/ event/mardi-gras

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“SING! HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS ON ICE”: 11:30am & 4:30pm, Centre ICE Arena, TC. Presented by the Traverse City Figure Skating Club. A high-energy show featuring music from big screen & Broadway favorites “High School Musical,” “Sing!,” “Hairspray” & “Grease.” $18. mynorthtickets.com

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BOYNE COUNTRY SPORTS HIGHLANDER FRIENDS & FAMILY RACE: 11:30am, Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs. highlandsharborsprings.com/friends_and_family

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15TH ANNUAL SUDS & SNOW: 1-6pm, Timber Ridge RV & Recreation Resort, TC. An afternoon filled with beer, wine & cider, food sampling from local restaurants & food trucks, & snowshoeing. This year’s theme is 80’s Ski Bum. Enjoy a half-mile hike to the backwoods where the event will take place. $40-$70. eventbrite.com/e/suds-snow2022-tickets-216034162997

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PUPPET ADVENTURES / A FREE PUPPET SHOW: 1pm, Glen Arbor Arts Center.

Join Jack on an adventure up the magical beanstalk to the Giant’s castle. Jack learns that doing your part & following your heart makes dreams come true. A workshop using paper materials to create characters & animation techniques will take place after the show, starting at 2pm. Register in advance for the workshop. All children must be accompanied by an adult. glenarborart.org/events

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS GRAND TRAVERSE - TOURNAMENT & FAIRE DAY: 2-5pm, NMC, TC. Nearly 300 well-read elementary students—organized in 4-6 person teams—will test their mettle against other teams & prove their knowledge of the eight battle books they have been reading since December. battleofthebooksgt.com

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ROBERT EMMET HOOLIE: 6pm, City Park Grill, Petoskey. Featuring Kennedy’s Kitchen, a touring band well known for its Celtic music.

Over the past 15 years, the Hoolie has been the major source of funding for the Robert Emmet Society’s annual scholarship. A special Irish-themed menu is planned by the restaurant. $25, $20, $15. robertemmetsociety.org

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BENEFIT PERFORMANCE: MUSIC FOR HOPE: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Dendrinos Chapel & Recital Hall. Join Interlochen Arts Academy students & faculty for a night of inspiration as they bring light to the darkness of cancer. Music for Hope is a free concert & no tickets are needed.

Donations to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society are greatly appreciated. interlochen. org/events/benefit-performance-music-forhope-2022-03-05

The Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre presents “Song of Wyoming” in Milliken Auditorium, Dennos Museum Center, NMC, TC on Sat., March 12 at 2pm. Artist Director Thomas Morrell used his love of film and television Westerns as a young boy to come up with the idea of “Song of Wyoming.” In it he pays homage to Western classic characters and scenes. Dancers developed their personalities, movements and motivations for this performance, and will perform in period costumes. Tickets range from $12-$20. mynorthtickets.com/events/song-of-wyoming2pm-3-12-2022

FLY FISHING FILM TOUR: 7:30pm, City Opera House, TC. The 2022 show will feature locations from Costa Rica, Hawaii, Maryland, Belize, Louisiana, Alabama, Australia, Colombia & beyond. $20 adults; $17 10-17; free under 10. cityoperahouse.org/node/428

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: Old Town Playhouse, TC. Forced into a life of servitude, a young woman dreams of a better life. Then, with the help of her fairy godmother, she is transformed into an elegant young lady who meets her prince at the ball. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from Feb. 17 through March 19, starting at 2pm on Sundays & 7:30pm all other days. Adults: $28; youth under 18: $15 (plus fees). tickets. oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/ login&event=358

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LOCASH: 8pm, Little River Casino Resort, Manistee. This duo made up of Chris Lucas & Preston Brust combine modern country & classic heartland rock. Their hits include “I Love This Life,” “I Know Somebody” & “Ring on Every Finger.” Two free tickets. lrcr.com/ event-calendar/concerts/locash

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THORNETTA DAVIS: 8pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Crowned “Detroit’s Queen of the Blues” in 2015, international singer songwriter Thornetta Davis has won over 30 Detroit Music Awards. $25 members, $30 advanced, $33 door. dennosmuseum.org

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ANIMAL ANTICS: WHERE THE WILD STRINGS ARE!: 3pm, City Opera House, TC. Featuring the TSO Civic String Ensembles, Kids Commute host Kate Botello, artwork by students from the Pathfinder School, young dancer Gus Baldyga & more.

Free. cityoperahouse.org/node/431 JAZZ (LATE) BRUNCH W/ JEFF HAAS TRIO & LAURIE SEARS & THE NMC JAZZ BIG BAND: 3pm, The GT Circuit, TC. Wine from Chateau Chantal & food from The Good Bowl.

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TIME OUT: 3-5pm, Old Art Building, Leland.

A songwriters-in-the-round concert with The Accidentals, Kim Richey, Beth Nielsen Chapman & Maia Sharp. $30; $100 VIP. mynorthtickets.com/events/time-out-w-theaccidentals-kim-richey-beth-nielsen-chapman-maia-sharp-3-6-2022

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KENNEDY’S KITCHEN: 4pm, The Bay Theatre, Suttons Bay. This sextet from South Bend, Indiana is all family & friends who gather every Thurs. for dinner, laughter & music that is rooted in traditional Irish music, jigs, reels, hornpipes, aires, recitations, stories & songs. They have averaged 80 shows per year & have recorded five CDs, with a sixth one on the way. $25. thebaytheatre.com

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AIR FRYER & INSTANT POT COOKING CLASS: 2pm, Interlochen Public Library, Community Room. Pam Hebert & Janette Ransom will offer tips & recipes that will help take the mystery out of these time-saving kitchen tools. interlochenpubliclibrary.org

mar 09

BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: 5pm, Comfort Inn & Suites, Gaylord. Presented by Otsego-Antrim Habitat for Humanity. Register. $5 members; $10 non-members. gaylordchamber.com/business-after-hours

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IAA MUSIC DIVISION RECITAL: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Music Center 1010. Enjoy a diverse program of classical & contemporary works presented by Interlochen Arts Academy’s Music Division. Young artists from the division’s string, woodwind, brass, piano, percussion, voice, & guitar programs will perform solo & small ensemble works in a variety of styles & genres. Free. interlochen.org/events/music-division-recital-2022-03-09

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ISEA VOLUNTEER OPEN HOUSE: 4:306:30pm, Thomas M. Kelly Biological Station, Suttons Bay. Meet the Inland Seas Education Association team & learn about the volunteer opportunities available this year. Try your hand at raising sail at a line-handling exhibit, speak with a master gardener about grounds maintenance, & more. Please RSVP through web site. Free. schoolship. org/news-events/voh

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: (See Sat., March 5)

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KID’S FESTIVAL WEEKEND: Boyne Mountain Resort, Boyne Falls, March 11-13. From face painting, paintball & rock walls to family movies, silly ski races & coloring contests, Kids’ Festival Weekend is geared towards kids of every age. Check out the Happily Ever After: Cinderella’s Royal Ball &

other princess events. boynemountain.com/ upcoming-events/kids-fest-weekend

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SLEDDING & S’MORES: 6-8pm, Kiwanis Park, Harbor Springs. Sledding, fire pits, s’mores, hot chocolate, music, food, rides back up the hill on the Harbor Springs Fire Department’s rescue sled, & more.

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“DIDO REIMAGINED” FEATURING DAWN UPSHAW & THE BRENTANO STRING QUARTET: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Corson Auditorium. Enjoy this new project sparked by the famous “Dido’s Lament” from Purcell’s opera Dido and Aeneas. $14 full price; $11 student. interlochen.org/events/dido-reimagined-featuring-dawn-upshaw-and-brentano-stringquartet-2022-03-11

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“THE PROCESS”: 7:30pm, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Phoenix Theatre. See what happens when the performer & the person step to the stage as one. Witness the last leg of a journey rooted in self-discovery through art. This devised theatre presentation showcases the personal narratives of students who journeyed The heal.be.live.

Method. $21 full, $16 student. interlochen. org/events/process-2022-03-11

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BLISSFEST PRESENTS FULL CORD BLUEGRASS: 7:30pm, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. This Michigan-based group blends traditional bluegrass music with jazz, western swing & rock n’ roll. $25 members, $30 GA, $10 livestream. blissfest.org

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COMEDY W/ BOB ZANY: 7:30pm, TC Comedy Club, TC. Bob has appeared on over a thousand national TV shows, including The Tonight Show. Currently he can be seen on Showtime in Billy Gardell’s Road Dogs. He has numerous film credits including “Joe Dirt” with David Spade. Bob has performed in all 50 states & D.C., plus nine countries. $20-$25. traversecitycomedyclub. com/bob-zany

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MOREL PICKING SEMINAR WITH ANTHONY WILLIAMS: 2pm, Interlochen Public Library. After winning the National Morel Hunting Championship five years in a row, Anthony retired from competitive picking to become the “Expert in Residence” for The National Morel Festival. 231-276-6767.

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KID’S FESTIVAL WEEKEND: (See Fri., March 11)

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LEAPIN’ LEPRECHAUN 5K: 9am, The Workshop Brewing Co., TC. Cost is $35 for in-person or virtual race. Prices increase after March 10. runsignup.com/Race/MI/TraverseCity/LeapinLeprechaun5K

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SPRING CARNIVAL: Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Featuring the Cardboard Classic Race; build a sled using only cardboard & duct tape, On-Slope Scavenger Hunt, Candy Jar Challenge, Slush Cup; ski or ride through a giant pit of icy slush, & more. crystalmountain.com/event/spring-carnival

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GUIDED SNOWSHOE HIKE: 10am, Michigan Legacy Art Park, Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville. Executive Director Angie Quinn will lead you on a tour on wooded,

snowy trails to view the sculptures in the Art Park. Meet at the Art Park trailhead. If there is no snow, it will be a hike. $5/adults, children free. michlegacyartpark.org/toursworkshops/winter-art-park-tours

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KEHL LAKE GUIDED HIKE: 10am, Kehl Lake Natural Area, Northport. Join Leelanau Conservancy docents to talk history during this hike. Free. leelanauconservancy. org/events/kehl-lake-guided-hike-docentsjoined-by-executive-director-tom-nelson

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LITTLE WAVES YOUNG CHILDREN’S LIBRARY SERIES: Children can discover their own unique gifts & interests through interactive activities with GLCO musicians.

This year’s theme is “My Favorite Musical Instrument.” Held at Petoskey District Library at 10:30am, & Charlevoix Public Library at 1pm. This month will feature the horn.

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FRIENDS OF GLEN LAKE LIBRARY POPUP BOOK SALE: 11am-3pm, Glen Lake Community Library, Program Room, Empire. glenlakelibrary.net

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TC’S ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: 1:30pm. Take part in this familyfriendly event with the Ancient Order of Hibernians in downtown TC. Starts at Kilkenny’s.

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“THE PROCESS”: (See Fri., March 11, except today’s times are 2pm & 7:30pm.)

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ART IS SWEET: 2-5pm, Downtown Bellaire.

The Annual Sweet Bake Off with a twist.

Check out local artist exhibits in various locations. Purchase tickets to taste sweets made by local bakers & vote for your favorite. Tickets can be purchased at various downtown

Bellaire businesses. $10. bellairechamber. org/event/art-is-sweet

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SONG OF WYOMING: 2pm, Dennos Museum Center, Milliken Auditorium, NMC, TC. Presented by Northwest Michigan Ballet Theatre. Written by Thomas Morrell, the “Song of Wyoming” pays homage to Western classic characters & scenes. $12-$20. mynorthtickets.com/events/song-of-wyoming-2pm-3-12-2022

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competition for fourth & fifth graders in the Grand Traverse community. Kids read stories together & then compete. Today is the Championship & All-Team Finale. It will feature Jack Cheng, author of “See You in the Cosmos.”

In-person tickets: $5-$25. Virtual: Free. nationalwritersseries.org/product/jack-cheng

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: (See Sat., March 5)

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TSO MAESTRO SERIES: OTHALIE GRAHAM, SOPRANO: 3pm, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. Main floor, $45.50. traversesymphony.org/concert/maestro-seriesothalie-graham

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COMEDY W/ BOB ZANY: (See Fri., March 11, except tonight’s times are 7pm & 9:30pm.)

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: (See Sat., March 5) TSO MAESTRO SERIES: OTHALIE GRAHAM, SOPRANO: 7:30pm, Historic Barns Park, Cathedral Barn, TC. Main floor, $45.50. traversesymphony.org/ concert/maestro-series-othalie-graham

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JAZZ (LATE) BRUNCH W/ JEFF HAAS TRIO & LAURIE SEARS & THE NMC JAZZ LAB BAND: 3pm, The GT Circuit, TC. Wine from Chateau Chantal & food from The Good Bowl.

Masks required. $20 suggested donation.

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KID’S FESTIVAL WEEKEND: (See Fri., March 11)

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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS FINALS WITH JACK CHENG: 2pm, City Opera House, TC. Presented by NWS. A book-based quiz

DENNOS MUSEUM CENTER, NMC, TC: - COLOR & SHAPE: BLACK ARTISTS FROM THE DENNOS COLLECTION: This exhibit of works by Black American artists highlights the growing legacy of this collection. Comprising 70 years of artistic prowess, the collection ranges from abstract painting to figurative drawing & digital photography. Artists include Charles McGee, Carole Harris, Felrath Hines & Dex Jones. On view through April 3, Tues. - Sun. from 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/temporaryexhibits/color-shape.html - NWMI JURIED EXHIBITION: The 2022 NWMI Regional Juried Exhibition submissions comprised 388 artworks from 217 artists throughout the 37-county region. The final juried show features 94 artworks from 83 artists, with media ranging from charcoal, watercolor, & acrylics to aluminum, wood, fiber, & more. Held regularly at the Museum for 30 years, the exhibition features art made by

regional artists over the last year & juried by an arts professional outside of the region. On view through May 29, every Tues. - Sun., 11am4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/nwmi-juried-exhibition.html - NATHALIE MIEBACH EXHIBITION: Based in Boston, Massachusetts, Miebach’s exhibition, “Stay Healthy and Strong,” features new installations & sculptures that she completed during a 2021 residency at the Ucross Foundation in Sheridan, Wyoming. It explores climate data & COVID trends through art. Runs through May 29. Open Tues. through Sun. from 11am-4pm. dennosmuseum.org/?utm_ source=cision&utm_medium=email&utm_ campaign=DMC-Nathalie-Miebach - THE ART OF: DEL MICHEL: Michel has participated in competitive & invitational exhibitions throughout the U.S. & has won many prizes. He has been selected for seven international exhibitions & is represented in numerous private, corporate, & university & museum collections throughout the U.S., Europe & Mexico.

On view through April 3, Tues. - Sun, 11am4pm. dennosmuseum.org/art/now-on-view/ temporary-exhibits/del-michel.html

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - “PAPERWORK”: Runs through March 24.

This exhibition focuses on works on paper, & works made of paper. It features the work of 21 artists from throughout Michigan, Massachusetts, Missouri, & the nation of Chile. Check web site for hours. glenarborart.org/events/ paperwork-exhibition - “WOODLAND STUDIES”: Martin focuses his lens on the landscape. For the images in “Woodland Studies,” he zeros in on rivers, woods & orchards in Benzie, Grand Traverse & Leelanau counties. See web site for hours. glenarborart.org/events/exhibitwoodland-studies

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by meg weichman

Sweet.

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

The Worst Person in the World? More like the best movie in the world. Forgive the lowhanging fruit of an opening, but sometimes the most obvious headline can also be the most true… A staggering triumph of a film, this Norwegian dramedy from acclaimed director Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st; Thelma) is my favorite film of the past year. It is something so special and that has moved me so singularly, it is simultaneously something I want to keep just for myself and something I want to personally share with every single person I know.

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It’s also a film so sparkling and so powerfully felt, that to discuss it in great depth would somehow diminish it, so feel free to just stop reading here and make your plans to go see it. But if you need a little more to go on, The Worst Person in the World follows an adrift 30-something-woman living in Oslo across twelve vignette “chapters” (plus a prologue and epilogue) as she struggles to find her path.

We first meet Julie (Renate Reinsve) as she sets aside her lifetime of overachieving tendencies to drop out of medical school to become a photographer. Gorgeous, sophisticated, intelligent, wry, charming, and effortlessly cool, Julie is clearly not the worst person in the world, but in her aimlessness, in throwing away a promising career, she embodies the kind of insufferable, restless “millennial behavior” that makes you want to roll your eyes and mutter, “Uggghhh, she’s the worst.”

But Julie’s self-absorption doesn’t make her the worst—here it makes her real and wonderful and someone we can all empathize with. Julie knows she wants something more, she just has no idea what that could possibly be.

And so she waits for inspiration, for something to happen. But what first happens is she falls into a relationship with the alt-comic book artist Aksel (frequent Trier collaborator Anders Danielsen Lie, who also stars in Bergman Island, making him the official indie dream boy of 2021).

Aksel is older, and has already found success.

But their connection is immediate and palpable and they move in together. Yet weekends spent with his couple friends and their children introduce tension, as Julie balks at having children of her own, unsure of what she wants

out of a relationship and still working through her issues with her own family.

And after playing the supportive girlfriend with no firm career of her own (she works in a bookstore), at one of Aksel’s big events, Julie heads out early, crashes a wedding, and has a dazzlingly epic night of flirting with a stranger (Herbert Nordrum). Their chemistry is off the charts, but could a relationship ever possibly top that initial high? Months, maybe almost a year later, after leaving Aksel for reasons Julie does not fully understand, she begins to find out.

In the third act, things take a much more dramatic turn as characters confront their mortality. If you haven’t cried yet—in a movie where the whole thing is basically an empathy bomb—at that point, you no doubt will.

Now if this story sounds like something you have already seen a zillion times, in a lot of ways it is; yet in watching the film, every moment somehow feels extraordinary and exhilarating. With a certain playfulness to its cinematic language and an undeniable visual genius, Trier has achieved a tremendous feat of filmmaking. This is pure cinema with several sequences—some showy, some far less so— that will stop you dead in your tracks.

It’s a phenomenal script made transcendent by its performances, with Renate Reinsve, Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, giving what is undoubtedly one of the best performances of the year no matter what the Academy may have to say. Taking contradictions that would otherwise prove frustrating and making them beguiling, Reinsve is everything audiences want to love and to relate to. She is complex and flawed and absolutely perfect.

Even if you think there’s no way you could possibly relate to another story of a privileged white woman with manic pixie dream girl tendencies discovering themselves, you couldn’t be further from the truth. No matter where you are in life, Julie’s struggles bring such honesty and tenderness to very human struggles and to the idea that life doesn’t need to be defined by set milestones.

Shimmering with vitality, heartbreakingly alive, and lovely and limitless in its exuberance, this is a movie so good, I encourage you to see it right away.

Grand Traverse & Kalkaska ENCORE 201, TC 3/10 -- Drew Hale Band, 6 3/11 -- The Trutones, 9-11 3/12 -- Jabo Bihlman Band, 9-11

TC COMEDY CLUB, TC 3/11 -- Comedy w/ Bob Zany, 7:30 3/12 -- Comedy w/ Bob Zany, 7 & 9:30

FRESH COAST BEER WORKS, TC 3/11 -- Tai Drury, 6-9

THE GT CIRCUIT, TC 3/6 -- Jazz (Late) Brunch w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears & The NMC Jazz Big Band, 3 3/13 -- Jazz (Late) Brunch w/ Jeff Haas Trio & Laurie Sears & The NMC Jazz Lab Band, 3

LEFT FOOT CHARLEY, TC THE BARREL ROOM: 3/7 -- Barrels & Beats w/ Rob Coonrod, 6-9

THE PARLOR, TC 8-11: 3/5 -- Dave Crater 3/8 -- Jesse Jefferson 3/9 -- Wink Solo 3/10 -- Jimmy Olson 3/11-12 -- John Pomeroy

LIL BO, TC Thurs. – Jazz w/ Larz Cabot, 6-9 Fri. – Live music Sun. -- Karaoke - Shooting Star Entertainment, 8 ROVE ESTATE VINEYARD & WINERY, TC 3/11 -- Brian McClure, 5-8

THE WORKSHOP BREWING CO., TC 3/5 -- DJ Ras Marco D, noon-2pm 3/7 -- Big Fun Jam Band, 6-8:30 3/8 -- Open Mic, 7 3/9 -- Jazz Show, 6 3/11 -- Lipstick Jodi, 7 3/12 -- DJ Ras Marco D, noon2pm; Rolling Dirty, 7

HELLO VINO, BELLAIRE 3/5 & 3/12 -- Doc Woodward, 7-9 3/11 -- Rick Woods, 6-9

SHORT’S BREW PUB, BELLAIRE 3/5 -- Dig A Pony, 8-10:30 3/6 & 3/13 -- Sunday Vibes Sessions w/ Local DJs, 2-5 3/11-12 -- Biomassive, 8-10:30

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Emmet & Cheboygan BEARDS BREWERY, PETOSKEY 3/5 -- Greg Vadnais Jazz Trio, 6 3/6 -- Drawbridge Uke Band, 5 3/12 -- Charlie Millard Solo, 6 3/13 -- Celtic/Traditional Irish Session, 5 BOYNE VALLEY VINEYARDS, PETOSKEY 2-6: 3/5 -- Michelle Chenard 3/12 -- Pre-St. Patrick’s Day Celebration w/ Adam & Pat

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THIRSTY FISH SPORTS GRILLE, TC 3/8 -- Tuesday Trivia, 7-9 3/13 -- Music Bingo, 6-8

Antrim & Charlevoix ETHANOLOGY, ELK RAPIDS 3/12-13 -- Deerfield Run - Solo Alex Show, 8-12

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CITY PARK GRILL, PETOSKEY 3/5 -- Irish Hoolie Celebration w/ Kennedy’s Kitchen & Local Celtic Artists, 6-10 THE BEAU, CHEBOYGAN 3/5 -- Delilah DeWylde, 7-10 3/11 -- Billy Jewell, 7:30 3/12 -- Lonely Pines, 7:30

THE HIGHLANDS AT HARBOR SPRINGS, HARBOR SPRINGS SLOPESIDE LOUNGE: 3/5 -- Chris Calleja, 8 ZOO BAR: 4pm: 3/5 – Pete Kehoe 3/12 – Chris Calleja

The Drew Hale Band is Michigan country with a Texas heart. Head to Encore 201 (above Sparks BBQ), TC to hear them on Thurs., March 10 at 6pm, or the Vista Lounge at Crystal Mountain, Thompsonville on Fri. March 11 from 8-11 (Drew Hale solo) and Sat., March 12 from 2-5pm (solo) and again from 8-11pm with the Band.

Leelanau & Benzie CICCONE VINEYARD & WINERY, SUTTONS BAY Thu -- SnowGood Thursdays w/ Open Mic, 6-9 CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, THOMPSONVILLE SLOPESIDE TENT, NEAR CRYSTAL CLIPPER CHAIRLIFT: 3/5 -- Chris Smith, 3-5 VISTA LOUNGE: 3/5 -- Johnny P, 2-5 & Johnny P Band, 8-11 3/11 -- Drew Hale, 8-11 3/12 -- Drew Hale, 2-5; Drew Hale Band, 8-11

DICK’S POUR HOUSE, LAKE LEELANAU Sat. -- Karaoke, 10-1 FRENCH VALLEY VINEYARD, CEDAR 3/10 -- Live Music, 4-6:30 LAKE ANN BREWING CO. 6:30-9:30: 3/5 -- The Boone Doggies 3/11 -- Elizabeth Landry Duo 3/12 -- Runaway Mule

ST. AMBROSE CELLARS, BEULAH 6-9: 3/5 -- Luke Woltanski 3/11 -- Chris Michels 3/12 -- Jedi Clampetts STORMCLOUD BREWING FRANKFORT 7-9: 3/5 -- Jason Dean 3/12 -- Luke Woltanski

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Q

: I read your column about why women apologize more than men, and the science makes sense. What you didn’t address is why men don’t admit they’re wrong or apologize. So while women operate according to the survival instincts you described, men oafishly bumble through life without a clue they screwed up and owe someone an apology.

They don’t even know how to apologize in the first place! Explain that, science lady!

— Annoyed

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: You’ve got loads of company in believing women default to “mea culpa” while men are all “mea do no wronga.”

And sure, as you note, I did show that women apologize more often than men — both when they realize they’ve wronged somebody and in situations where an apology is beyond ridiculous: “I’m sorry, but could you pass the salt?” Women likewise use more hinty, tentative language (“I hate to bother you”) and “whimperatives,” linguist Jerrold Sadock’s term for direct orders — like “Stop yelling at me!” — meeked-up into questions: “Would you mind not yelling at me?” (Answer — at 90 decibels: “WELL, YEAH, I WOULD!”)

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BY Amy Alkon four categories of offenses: failed obligations (like showing up late), inconveniences (calling a wrong number), physical offenses (denting a borrowed car), and “relational” offenses (hurtful interpersonal behavior like lying, cheating, or putting the toilet paper roll on “backward”).

Schumann did find that the women apologized more than the men. But don’t gloat just yet!

Women also reported doing more things they felt called for an apology. So, you could say, “Awww...see, they care more about how their behavior affects others!” However, the women also found more of others’ behaviors objectionable and apology-worthy.

Men, on the other hand, showed more of a “whatever, dude” attitude about much of the stuff women found offensive. This attitude was reflected in research by psychologist Joyce Benenson on men’s and women’s issues with their college roommates. The women found their roommates much more obnoxious than the men found theirs: messier and louder, as well as smellier and more disgusting (“which is hard to believe,” writes Benenson, “as usually men care less than women about ... hygiene”).

Schumann’s results suggest that “women offer more apologies than men do” (and are more likely to see an apology as necessary) “because women have a lower threshold for what constitutes offensive behavior.” This brings us to Schumann’s stereotype-debunking finding: “Men were no less willing than women were to apologize for their behavior once they categorized it as offensive.” And guess what: “Their apologies were similarly effusive.”

B A K E O ats FF Women don’t hide what they’re saying behind a bunch of verbal bramble because they’re weak.

Female indirectness seems to have evolved to help ancestral mamas (and mamas-to-be) avert conflict and avoid retaliation and physical harm. A beatdown could easily break their reproductive “machinery” or jeopardize their ability to feed and care for babies they’d had — making it “goodbye forever!” for their genes.

Because, right now in 2022, our minds are powered by antique, ancestral-era psychology, we women are still “programmed” to be mealymouths — despite how, these days, we can neatly take out any club-wielding brute with a well-aimed Hello Kitty-embossed Smith & Wesson.

However, the fact that men apologize less frequently doesn’t mean they are less willing to apologize when they’ve wronged somebody.

As social psychologist Karina Schumann put it in her research on sex differences in “apology behavior”: “Despite wide acceptance of the stereotype that women apologize more readily than men” (“more readily” being the important nuance), “there is little ... evidence to support this bias.”

Schumann had male and female undergrads keep a diary for 12 days and log each time they apologized to someone — as well as each time they or someone else did something they felt called for an apology. There were

Male-female differences in perception can lead to ugly misunderstandings. “For example,” Schumann notes, “If women perceive offenses that their male romantic partners do not notice, women might interpret an absence of an apology as evidence that their partners are indifferent to their well-being” (rather than the natural result of leaving a man to guess what he’s done). “Similarly, men may regard their female partners as overly sensitive.” However, the real issue seems to be that “men and women unwittingly disagree at an earlier stage in the process: identifying whether or not a transgression has even occurred.”

Understanding this — what men and women don’t understand about each other — the supposedly worst apology (bordering on criminal!) that a husband or boyfriend can give, “I’m sorry you feel hurt,” isn’t necessarily the atrocity it’s made out to be. Look to a man’s intentions. Is he generally a good-hearted guy who shows you he loves you and wants to make you happy? If so, maybe give him credit for doing his semi-clueless best. Ultimately, for a man, love means never knowing exactly why you’re sorry.

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BY ROB BREZSNY

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20):

Singer-songwriter Jill Scott has earned one platinum and two gold records. She approaches her craft with diligence and intensity. On one occasion, she was frying a burger at her boyfriend’s house when she sensed a new song forming in her imagination. Abandoning the stove, she ran into the next room to grab pen and paper. Soon she had transcribed the beginning of a melody and lyrics. In the meantime, though, the kitchen caught on fire.

Luckily, she doused it. Later Jill testified, “His cabinets were charred, and he was furious. But it was worth it for a song.” I don’t think you’ll have to make as big a sacrifice as hers in the coming days, Pisces. But you should respond robustly whenever inspiration arrives.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A blogger named MysteryOfWhat expressed appreciation for her errors and wrong turns. “I love all my mistakes!” she exclaimed. “I had fun!” She has a theory that she would not have been able to completely fulfill her interesting destiny without her blunders and her brilliant adjustments to those blunders. I won’t encourage you to be quite so boisterously unconditional in celebrating your fumbles and miscues, Libra. My inclination is to urge you to honor them and feel grateful for them, but I’m not sure I should advise you to shout out, “I love all my mistakes! I had fun!” But what do you think?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As author Mary

Ruefle points out, “In the beginning, William Shakespeare was a baby, and knew absolutely nothing. He couldn’t even speak.” And yet eventually, he became a literary superstar— among history’s greatest authors. What happened in between? I’m not exaggerating when I attribute part of the transformation to magic. Vast amounts of hard work and help and luck were involved, too. But to change from a wordless, uncoordinated sprout to a potent, influential maestro, Taurusborn Shakespeare had to be the beneficiary of mysterious powers. I bring this up, Taurus, because I think you will have access to comparable mojo during the next four weeks.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio poet

Norman MacCaig wrote, “Ask me, go on, ask me to do something impossible, something freakishly useless, something unimaginable and inimitable like making a finger break into blossom or walking for half an hour in twenty minutes or remembering tomorrow.” I hope people say things like that to you soon, Scorpio. I hope allies playfully nudge you to stretch your limits, expand your consciousness, and experiment on the frontier. To encourage such a development, you could do the same for your beloved allies: nudge them to stretch their limits, expand their consciousness, and experiment on the frontier.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): As talented and

financially successful as Kanye West is, the Gemini singer-songwriter experiences a lot of emotional suffering. But no one lives an ideal life, right? And we can learn from everyone. In any case, I’ve chosen quotes by Kanye that are in rapt alignment with your astrological omens. Here they are: 1. “I’m in pursuit of awesomeness; excellence is the bare minimum.”

2. “You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.” 3. “I’m not comfortable with comfort. I’m only comfortable when I’m in a place where I’m constantly learning and growing.” 4.

“Everything I’m not makes me everything I am.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “Look at

your body not as a source of physical attraction but as a shrine,” wrote teacher Sobonfu Somé.

Personally, I have no problem if you regard your body as a source of physical attraction—as a gorgeous, radiant expression of your life energy, worthy of inspiring the appreciation of others. But I agree with Somé that you should also treat your body as a sacred sanctuary deserving of your reverence—especially now. Please boost your intention to provide your beloved organism with all the tender care it needs and warrants.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “It’s

surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. Yes! I agree. And by providing you with this heads-up from her, I’m hoping that the subtly potent events unfolding for you in the coming weeks will not go unnoticed. I’m hoping you will be alert for seemingly small but in fact crucial developments—and thereby give them all the focus and intelligence they deserve. Later, you’ll remember this delicately pivotal time with amazed gratitude.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): ): What’s more important: to learn or to unlearn? The answer, of course, is they are equally important. But sometimes, the most crucial preparation for a new learning phase is to initiate a surge of unlearning.

That’s what I’m recommending for you right now. I foresee you embarking on a series of extravagant educational experiences in a couple of weeks. And the best way to ensure you take maximum advantage of the available lessons is by dumping useless knowledge and irrelevant information and numbing habits.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Isak

Dinesen defined “true piety” as “loving one’s destiny unconditionally.” That’s a worthy goal for you to aspire to in the coming weeks. I hope you will summon your deepest reserves of ingenuity and imagination as you cultivate a state of mind in which you adore your life just as it is. You won’t compare it negatively to anyone else’s fate, and you won’t wish it were different from what it actually is. Instead, you will be pleased and at peace with the truth of exactly who you are right now.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22): “Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction,” wrote philosopher Saint Teresa of Avila, who was renowned for her euphoric spiritual experiences. So is there any such thing as “fake ecstasy,” as she implies? Maybe fake ecstasy would be perverse bliss at the misfortune of an enemy, or the trivial joy that comes from realizing your house keys aren’t missing. Real ecstasy, on the other hand, might arise from a visceral sense of the presence of God, or the rapture that emerges as you make love with a person you care for, or the elation you feel when you commune with your favorite animal. Anyway, Cancerian, I predict that in the coming days, you will have an extra rich potential for the real kinds of rhapsodic delight and enchantment.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22): Leo actor Jennifer Lawrence portrayed a rugged, fierce, resourceful champion in The Hunger Games film trilogy. In real life, however, she has few resemblances to that stalwart hero. “I have the street smarts and survival skills of a poodle,” she has confessed. But I’ve got potentially good news for her and all the rest of you Leos. The coming months will be a favorable time for you to cultivate the qualities of a rugged, fierce, resourceful champion. And right now would be an excellent time to launch your efforts.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Each of us

periodically has to deal with conflict. There come times when we must face the fact that a specific situation in our lives isn’t working well and needs to be adjusted, fixed, or transformed.

We might prefer to pretend the problem doesn’t exist. We may be inclined to endure the stressful discomfort rather than engage with its causes. But such an approach won’t be right for you in the coming days, dear Virgo. For the sake of your mental and spiritual health, you have a sacred duty to bravely risk a struggle to improve things. I’ll provide you with advice from novelist John Fowles. He said, “I must fight with my weapons. Not his. Not selfishness and brutality and shame and resentment.” Fowles goes on to say that he will offer generosity and gentleness and no-shame and forgiveness.

“Jonesin” Crosswords "It's Getting Dark"--but it's supposed to do that. by Matt Jones

ACROSS 1. They’re part of the vinyl solution?

4. Young of AC/DC 9. “Guernica” painter Picasso 14. Alley-___ (basketball maneuver) 15. Million-___ odds 16. “I speak for the trees” speaker 17. Win-win deal 19. Still around 20. Conclusion of “Hamilton” 21. Discussion need 23. Grandma, across the Atlantic 24. Seasonal reason to get a shot 26. Quite 28. Not built in a home workshop, perhaps 33. ___ Spaghetti (Detroit restaurant co-owned by Eminem) 36. Bard’s instrument 37. 2021 singer of “Easy On Me” 39. “Xanadu” rockers 40. Film editing technique, or what the edges of the theme answers represent 42. “Bloody ___!” (Cockney outburst) 43. Florida critter 45. Guitarist Benjamin and hockey player Bobby 46. It may be trapped in a filter 47. Old-timey emergency service provider 50. Go off course 51. Comes along 55. “American Dad!” employer 57. Primary impact 61. Layer discussed in “An Inconvenient Truth” 62. Pull some strings?

64. Maryland home of the U.S. Army Field Band 66. Kitchen range 67. Like Lamb Chop or Shaun 68. Chess’s ___ Lopez opening 69. Hurting more 70. Chimney deposits 71. Refreshing resort

DOWN 1. Like some yogurt, informally 2. Cook eggs, in a way 3. “In ___ of it all ...”

4. Leader of the Huns 5. “Conjunction Junction” conjunction 6. First-ballot Hall of Famer, presumably 7. Go back, in a way 8. Move like groundwater 9. It may get colored in at dinner 10. “You’ve got mail!” ISP 11. Where pirate ships sink, poetically 12. Obsidian source 13. “Oregon Trail” creatures 18. Jazz motifs 22. Climbing vine 25. Stanford rival 27. “Excellent” 29. Henry VII or Henry VIII, for instance 30. “SNL” castmate of Ferrell and Gasteyer 31. Company shake-up, for short 32. Self-titled 1969 jazz album 33. Former eBay chief Whitman 34. Current chancellor of Germany Scholz 35. Person who gets you going 38. Street of horror fame 40. Part of a pub concert promotion, perhaps 41. Insurance provider to mil. families 44. Bauxite, e.g.

46. Jump on, as an opportunity 48. “It’s too chilly!”

49. Suffixes that go with stadiums 52. Gets really high 53. Reach a conclusion 54. “Byeeee” 55. Utter some discouraging words 56. Keen on 58. Tabloid craft 59. Porto-___ (capital of Benin) 60. Small music group 63. “___ Been Everywhere” 65. Sticks around for a real blast?

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