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Not Far Enough Stephen Tuttle’s solution to the current political mess [suggested in his July 7 “The Parties are no Party” opinion column] — “It’s time all elections are nonpartisan” — ignores recent history and won’t do the job.

American political parties have been hurling insults at each other from our earliest days. But a close look at our intensifying decades-long partisan divide shows that the nastiest political hardball comes from one side.

Open bigotry, contempt for compromise, obstructionism as core strategy, voter suppression, and gerrymandering to win elections, outright theft of a Supreme Court seat, and three-plus years of a steady and foul stream of lies, denial, and distraction from its choice for president — all from a Republican Party noted for “dirty tricks,” even before the Tea Party appeared.

Mr. Tuttle writes: “What either (party) actually stands for is a mystery … .” What the Democratic Party stands for is definitely not a mystery: A healthy economy and democracy for all Americans, not just for the wealthy and well-positioned. A strong response to the climate change challenge. Affordable healthcare for all. Respect for the rule of law.

What did the other party once stand for?

Ask those who have abandoned it. Or have been kicked out. What does it stand for now?

Listen to Trump.

I think that folks on all sides who pay attention to such matters would bet that getting dark and big money out of politics would go farther in ending the partisan chasm we rightly deplore than would just` taking labels off candidates’ names.

Ron Tschudy, Central Lake Invisible Attributes After having someone trespass on my property to tear down and destroy my 3-by-5foot securely fastened Trump 2020 sign, I wondered what kind of person would do such a thing.

It brought to mind Romans 1:20–32.

Please, everyone, read this. I beg of you.

If you are a Christian, or even think you might be a Christian, read this; it could save your life.

It shouldn’t take long to read and if, after reading the verses, you don’t have eyes to see or ears to hear… then, party on, Dude!

Matt Grant, Traverse City Rights and Wrongs This flu [sic] crisis is being used to attack our constitutional protections, rights, and freedom. Every murderous regime in modern history has used emergency or martial law orders as cover to seize power.

Fortunately, our Founding Fathers foresaw

this threat and gave us the Constitution and guaranteed rights that can never by overridden or suspended, for any reason, and are always in effect, period!

Using this Chinese virus, certain elected, appointed, and paid public employees willfully carried out egregious violations of the Constitution and our rights, clearly identifying themselves as a domestic threat to our liberty and Constitution their violated oath of office warns of.

These domestic threats must be removed from office, fired, criminally prosecuted, and sued in civil suits for any damages caused by their unconstitutional and illegal actions and orders.

If we allow this open attack on our Constitution, rights, and liberty, we signal we’re ready for a Chinese-style slavery, and every American hero who gave life, limb, or blood for the last 224 years to defend our Constitution and liberty made their sacrifice for nothing (including the 700,000 who died to end slavery).

Honor our heroes, remove these dangerous domestic threats before they shed American blood and tens of millions of American patriots are forced to exercise their second most important right, forming well-regulated citizen militias coast to shining coast to restore the rule of constitutional law and liberty. Joined by the vast majority of the military and law enforcement who will honor their sacred oath to the Constitution, not the unconstitutional, illegal orders of some twobit, flavor-of-the-month, want-to-be Hitler politician or judge.

Americans are asked, slaves are ordered act now or pay with blood later.

Keith Lints, Traverse City According to the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu and COVID-19 are both contagious respiratory illnesses, but they are caused by different viruses. COVID-19 is caused by the novel coronavirus (a neverbefore-seen form of SARS called SARS-CoV-2), while the flu is caused only by various types or strains of influenza viruses. —Ed. Recognizing My Privilege The Black Lives Matter (BLM) issue and the plight of people of color have me thinking deeply.

If I was an African American at my age and been racially profiled for all these years … ? Well, I probably wouldn’t be alive. I would, at minimum, be an angry man.

I suppose if my parents had taught me at an early age to turn the other cheek, or keep a low profile, or keep my mouth shut, I may have accepted oppression.

George Floyd? Would we be having any discussion on this matter if someone wasn’t there taping his horrific death? Or if he hadn’t died? Kind of shameful, don’t you think?

The black population in Traverse City is 1.6 percent. Hispanics, 1.7 percent. Native American, 1.9 percent. The numbers speak for themselves. We here were and are raised in a predominately “white” culture.

We, us white folks, are the most privileged people in the world, especially white males.

We don’t know profiling. We don’t know discrimination. We weren’t taught by our parents to be wary.

Anti-racism training for our law enforcement is paramount. Anti-racism education for our community members is equally important.

My company commander in Vietnam, Captain Foye, was a black man. An exceptional officer/leader. He retired a full colonel from the military. I spoke with him the other day.

He now lives in a mostly white community.

He is racially profiled to this day. And he is 80!

As I said to Captain Foye, “I apologize,” for me and others of privilege. We know not what we do. We are ignorant. We live our happy lives without embracing the plight of others. Slowly, with awareness, we can see all people as our brothers and sisters, as friends.

Perhaps not in my lifetime, but there is hope.

We have much to learn.

Tim Keenan, Traverse City The Cohn Con I enjoyed Mr. Smith’s opinion piece on Joseph McCarthy [“Truman and the Dawning of McCarthyism,” Aug. 10 issue]. However, rather than focusing on Truman’s role, I would like to point out an important presence that Mr. Smith does not address: Roy Marcus Cohn, McCarthy’s chief counsel during the infamous Army-McCarthy hearings.

As Larry Tye’s referenced biography [“Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joseph McCarthy”] points out, Mr. Cohn was an unscrupulous win-at-any-cost attorney. Lies were simply a means to an end.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise to anyone that Mr. Cohn was also an attorney and mentor for one Donald J. Trump and schooled him on the attack dog, win-at-anycost, truth-be-damned mentality displayed by Trump as president.

For a revealing and intriguing interview of the author, listen online to the July 7 interview

by Terry Gross on her radio show, “Fresh Air.” It is an eye-opening explanation of the source of many of Trump’s behaviors that plague our nation today.

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It’s Time to Talk About the Great Lakes.........10 Local Niche Products..................................12 Lylah’s........................................................13 Welcome to Beer Valley................................14

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Top Ten.......................................................5 Spectator/Stephen Tuttle...............................7 Opinion.........................................................8 Weird............................................................9 Dates........................................................21 Advice....................................................24 Crossword.................................................25 Astro......................................................25 Classifieds..............................................26

Bruce Fisher, Traverse City Heavy Heart Books are being written about how we got here, about systemic racism, about the failed state in which we now find ourselves, as tens of thousands are dying needlessly from COVID-19 and losing their jobs and incomes.

Every day, children in the USA are going hungry, families are made homeless, and an unchecked pandemic rages on while so-called Republican “leaders” sit on their hands. They had three months to come up with their own plan, but no. They can’t find money to help families because “Oh, they might get more than they actually earn” with [the federal unemployment benefit] of $600 a week. Yet they’ve had no trouble finding billions to give to their wealthy pals in tax breaks.

Republicans, stop pretending you care about controlling the deficit, which you have completely blown up for the last four years, or that sick, desperate Americans matter to you — because they don’t. There is only one conclusion from your behavior: You want people to die.

Your Idiot-in-Chief just held a “press conference” at his private golf club, attended by over-privileged, bloated, rich old white men, so he could golf while the nation withers. You have your gated mansions, your gerrymandered districts, your voter suppression, and your heartless, racist selfishness all working to keep you flush in yachts and luxury bunkers. You are willing to be traitors to Democracy, to your own country. Let Americans die. Kill the postal service. Blow Putin a kiss. Soon, America will not exist. It has been replaced by Trumpism.

Your true, hateful colors are on full, ugly display. Look at the facts: Voting Republican means the death of America.

E. Paxson, Traverse City

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top ten Lake Sturgeon Washing Up at Sleeping Bear Multiple times this summer, dead Lake Sturgeon have been found washed up on the beaches of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

Sturgeon — lake-bottom feeders that can grow over 7 feet long and weigh 250 pounds — are listed as a threatened species in Michigan.

The reason they’re washing up at the national park is uncertain; the deaths are possibly caused by a type of E botulism, said Vince Cavalieri, CWB, a wildlife biologist at the park. Mortality events like these have been reported in the past, in Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, and Green Bay, he said. While this type of outbreak is typically associated with large bird die-offs, something that has not occurred here yet this year, there has been an uptick in bird carcasses washing up at the park in recent weeks, he said.

Cavalieri said it’s also possible that high lake temperatures lowered oxygen levels and impacted the sturgeon.

Anyone who discovers one of the prehistoric fish on the shore (identifiable by their elongated bodies, flattened snout, a toothless mouth on the underside of its head, and a body covered in five rows of large, prominent bony plates, called scutes) should call the park’s natural resources department immediately at (231) 326-4757.

A Bright Spot on the Horizon When Richard Stocker’s son died of cancer, he created the nonprofit Hospital Art for Kids to help them alleviate the stress of hospital life through coloring. Last winter he led a coloring club in Leland. And this August, he’s brought his Bright Spot designs — printed on weatherproof vinyl — to the trees and exterior of The Old Art Building. It’s free to see, but if you buy one of the artist’s Bright Spots for your garden, the side of your barn, boat house, or home, a portion of the proceeds will benefit The Old Art Building and its community art programs. See the outdoor exhibit 24/7 until August 31 at 111 S. Main St. in Leland. oldartbuilding.com

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Muppets Now

Everyone’s favorite talking frog and the rest of his merry band of felted entertainers are back in a new TV show for Disney+. Yes, Jim Henson’s beloved characters go back to their The Muppet Show variety roots, but in an updated format for the YouTube generation. The premise is that Muppets Now is the Muppets’ first “unscripted show”; it follows producer Scooter as he works with the Muppets to upload various segments for streaming. So in addition to the behind-thescenes antics, we also get to enjoy the segments in all their sketch comedy glory — think: cooking demos with special guests (and the Swedish Chef, of course!), game shows, science experiments (with Bunson and Beaker!), and even celebrity interviews (Gonzo’s Between Two Ferns-esque chat with RuPaul is a real highlight).

Plus, many of the segments even have an educational bent to them. It’s fun for the young and young at heart and also feels a bit like reconnecting with dear old friends.

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tastemaker Dutch Oven Bakery’s Cinnamon Bread

Put it in the toaster. Smear it with butter. Use it for French toast. It matters not how you eat this decades-old bakery’s famous cinnamon bread — so long as you eat it, as locals have been gratefully doing since the 1930s. Dutch Oven Bakery, Café, and Deli, located in the heart of Alanson, has been serving cinnamon bread — the bakery’s best-selling item — since it opened wayyyy back when. And no wonder people love it: While some other cinnamon breads offer a mere dusting of sugared cinnamon, Dutch Oven’s loaf, always sold whole and unsliced ($8.99/22 oz.), is riddled with it. And where the sugar-cinnamon combo is heaviest, the oven’s heat melts it into a brown-black slurry of sweet awesomeness that leaks from the loaf ’s cracks and crevices. Moreover, this bread’s inner crumb is tight and spongy, almost like angel food cake. It toasts well, but you may need to de-crumb your toaster afterward.

And, dear reader, should you be lucky enough to land this loaf, prudence dictates that you resist the urge to go in with both hands; children may be watching. Find it at 7611 U.S. 31 in Alanson. (231) 548-2231, www.dutchoven.com

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Virtual Watershed Race Underway

Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay wants to get people out of their homes and into the watershed, whether swimming in the bay or jogging or cycling alongside it.

The 2020 Watershed Challenge takes place through Aug. 22.

Participants can register through the Watershed Center’s website and then log their millage as they run, bike, paddle, hike, or swim.

“This is just sort of a low-key way to get people out and about and to start thinking about the watershed,” said T.J. Andrews, legal counsel for the center. “The watershed is an area that contributes water to the bay. It is, by definition, a land area. It’s 1,000 square miles of land.”

The $40 registration fee (which includes a T-shirt) benefits the Watershed Center, a nonprofit that advocates for clean water in Grand Traverse Bay and its waterways.

A Spot of Celebratory Tea Remember The Lake Ann Bread Lady, aka Rachel Beckwith?

When we profiled her lovely loon cookies here last April, she told us the pandemic had spurred a 90-percent drop in her business income, derailing her plans to open a physical bakery — but not her commitment to providing free bread to families in need. We’re thrilled to report that Beckwith’s physical bakery has officially risen in the village. At 1pm Saturday, August 22, she’ll host an informal grand opening tea party, and anyone with a fancy dress and a yen for celebrating good things happening to good people is welcome to come, eat, drink (lemonade and tea), and join in some craft-making and photo fun.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/ TheLakeAnnBreadLady

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Stuff we love Simple Solutions in Chaotic Times Leave it to three educators to streamline student safety measures. Traverse City Immaculate Conception’s Teresa Passinault and Missy Muzljakovich, along with former educator Lori Westman, teamed up to create the ProtectorPouch: lightweight, wearable pouches that make it easy for kids to keep their individual masks clean, easily accessible, and — let’s be honest — less likely to be lost or picked up by any other hands a half-dozen times a day. The 3.5-inch-by-4-inch pouch, which is made of soft, machine-washable fabric (the stuff used in making surgical gowns), can be worn around the neck or in a cross-body style. It boasts a breakaway strap in case some school-day shenanigans can’t be avoided. Add to that a name label, a separate pocket to hold a 1-ounce bottle of hand sanitizer (not included), and some fire- and water-resistance, and you’ve got yourself at least one less thing to worry about this school year. $8 each, or bundle options of 6, 12, and even a class size are also available. Shop all the color options at protectorpouch.cheddarup.com.

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bottoms up TC Whiskey’s Barrel Proof Cherry Whiskey On its journey from the barrel to your glass, most whiskey is diluted with water to reduce its strength. Not so with Traverse City Whiskey Co.’s limited edition “Barrel Proof” whiskeys, which are bottled at cask strength. TC Whiskey has been releasing Barrel Proof editions of its bourbon and rye whiskeys for years, but this week marked the first time the distiller unveiled a Barrel Proof take on its cherry whiskey (aka the American Cherry Edition, aka the top-selling craft spirit in the state of Michigan). We sampled the first batch of the Barrel Proof version, and we can say with confidence: It’s world-class stuff. But be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart.

Where the ACE clocks in at 35 percent ABV, our bottle of Barrel Proof landed at 55.1. It’s a rich, full-bodied whiskey, leaving the boozy punch of the bourbon as the main event with just a hint of cherry for extra dimension (and none of the cloying sweetness that usually plagues flavored whiskeys). If you want to try it, be quick; there are just 864 bottles in this year’s batch. Miss getting yours, and you’ll have to wait until next August for the next opportunity. Each 750ml bottle, $79.99, is available at the TC Whiskey Stillhouse, 201 E. 14th St. (231) 922-8292.

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expounded on the current presidency with everything from condemnation to praise. The items on the wish list of what we want to see from the most powerful leader in the free world are often difficult to quantify (compassion, understanding, etc.).

What I propose is an easier bar to meet: plausible truth. When the president of the United States stands at the podium and says “Americans deserve [insert anything popular with the public — clean air, safe schools, etc.],” you can almost hear a collective nod.

However, when he says something like “… look at what’s happened in California with the votes … As you know, there was just a case where they found a million fraudulent votes ...” it simply is not true. It is easy to disprove — and it goes to the heart of his credibility.

The onslaught of misstatements, exaggerations, or whatever you want to call them by the current resident of the White House means that we cannot get a reasonable response to a reasonable question. As we asked of all previous administrations, what we deserve is a coherent and truthful reply.

It’s not a question of whether we’re Democrats or Republicans; it’s whether we as a country can stand behind our president and defend his or her public comments. I don’t think that is too much to ask.

Bing McClellan, Traverse City Kudos for Coverage Americans are quick to judge other nations for rigged elections, but they fail to look objectively at our own system. It’s a harsh reality when you stop and consider how unfair and biased our elections really are against independent third parties.

Television, newspapers, and other media like to focus on only the two major parties.

Independents aren’t permitted to debate until the final week in October, after all absentee ballots are filled out and mailed back. (This is even more crucial this year because of COVID19, because absentee ballots are expected to be used 300 percent more.)

Whom does this hurt the most? Media’s own readers and viewers who want to be informed about their choices before going to the polls. So, a huge thanks to Northern Express for all their timely articles on Northwest Michigan’s Libertarians this past week and this past year!

Mail-in Baloney Both President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr claim they opposed mail-in voting because [foreign countries and others could easily make and submit counterfeit ballots]. These two guys have voted by mail themselves. But Trump is planting doubt in our election in case he doesn’t like the outcome.

Let’s look at some facts: Five states are mail-in ballot states — Oregon since 2000.

They report no significant problems with their systems. Many states are making it easier to vote by mail. Michiganders overwhelmingly voted to join that movement in 2018.

To understand how difficult it is to “cheat” at voting, remember that all votes come back to your local clerk, which election after election, for years, has asked you to sign your name to vote. He or she has matched your signature each time. This person would notice an influx of new unregistered voters and/or new signatures that did not match the old ones.

Then consider this (as reported by National Public Radio): Many clerks use barcodes and numbered ballots. When a ballot comes back, its barcode or number must match the ballot they sent you. Again, that signature on the outside of your ballot envelope will be matched to your signature on file.

Making fake ballots is nearly impossible, as ballots are deliberately unique each election and unique from other area’s ballots. How would another country “flood us” with fakes?

Right after his election in 2016, Trump formed a voting integrity commission to uncover voter fraud; it was disbanded in 2018 after reporting it had uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread voter fraud.

So why has our president and one of his advisors lied to us about mail-in voter fraud?

Because if he loses, Trump can declare the election was rigged.

Carol Medland, Alcona Township

Kudos from Subscriber I wanted to respond to several letters in one of your recent papers. I won’t bother to mention these haters’ names because I think they will recognize themselves.

Unlike them, I appreciate your open and honest airing of reality and enjoy reading thoughtful readers’ take on our current sad state of affairs. As Voltaire said, “It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”

I like your paper so much that I pay for a home-delivery subscription. If some people find your paper so objectionable, I suggest they leave it in the box and continue to get their infotainment from FOX and their ilk.

Leelanau Moves Forward Leelanau County has just witnessed a very ugly instance of a county official publicly insulting Black Americans. Such corrosive behavior actively destroys communities. As the Leelanau community, Michigan, and the country reacted with revulsion over the comments, the commissioner swiftly resigned.

Our collective outrage has created a space that calls for an individual who reflects our values. And we look forward to a new commissioner who will proudly reflect those values.

Leelanau County residents enjoy living in one of the most beautiful places on Earth. We treat each other, and our visitors, with courtesy and respect. And, we go out of our way to assist visitors to find their way around, locate shops, restaurants, and beautiful scenery. We help one another. Let’s make extra attempts to continue these efforts during this upcoming divisive election.

The time for polite, respectful political discussion between ourselves and others with multiple opposing views is now. No more derogatory words, appeals to outdated notions, or highly emotional arguments. Let’s build a stronger community together; not fences and walls.

Peter Nortier, Grand Rapids

Robert B Carroll, Northport

Thanks for the kudos and support, Peter.

Although we’re a free paper, in times like these, when our advertisers are forced to cut the budgets that help sustain our publication, paid subscribers like you are more valuable than ever. Readers, if you’re interested in receiving a subscription to Northern Express, delivered

Correction: In the Aug. 10 story about the 25th anniversary of Michigan Legacy Art Park, “The Other Summer Sounds,” a late editorial change referred to an early supporter of the park, Ms. Terry Tarnow, with the pronoun he.

We apologize to Ms. Tarnow and our readers for this mistake.—Ed.

David Holmer, Manistee

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A RACIST AND A PARK

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by Stephen Tuttle Former Leelanau County Road Commissioner Tom Eckerle recently explained he wouldn’t wear a mask because “this whole thing is because of those n****** down in Detroit.”

prise to those now circling as they look for a spot. And it sort of flies in the face of years and years of discussion about insufficient parking and surveys indicating the lack of parking spaces is at the top of most people’s gripe list.

Well now.

Actually, the “surplus” label was all just a technical subterfuge; the City Commission had to declare a particular surface parking lot as surplus so it could legally “dispose” of it. The Commissioners likely know there is no such thing as surplus parking in downtown Traverse City, so their vote was an expedient little fib.

Undeterred, he pushed all-in, repeatedly using the vilest of racial epithets in order to explain his initial use of the vilest racial epithet. Then, a day after claiming he would never step down from his position, he quit.

Regrettably, Eckerle’s offensive choice of words wasn’t even the most disheartening of his comments; it was his claim that he had received a lot of support from people after spewing his bile.

There’s so much wrong here, it’s hard to know where to start.

His repeated use of the n-word bespeaks of overt and hostile racism. The word, based on the Latin adjective “niger,” meaning “black,” was first widely used in the South in the 18th Century. It has always been a pejorative when used by white people. It was, in fact, intended that way from the beginning. Young Black Americans, especially young men, now use the word and derivatives of it, as almost a term of endearment with each other, despite the objections of their parents and grandparents.

But there is a simple rule for white people: Don’t use the word. Ever. Even repeating a quote or a line from a rap song in which the word is used will rain down contempt on the user. The BBC just issued an apology because one of its newsreaders used the word while quoting someone else. White social media users have been angrily condemned for using the word while singing along to a lyric that includes it.

And, no, COVID-19 wasn’t caused by anybody in Detroit. There isn’t even much evidence Detroit-area residents, regardless of their race, are responsible for outbreaks up here. It was China, then Europe, then us. Infected Detroiters were victims, not the source.

Regrettably, Eckerle’s offensive choice of words wasn’t even the most disheartening of his comments; it was his claim that he had received a lot of support from people after spewing his bile. That, sadly, may well be true, including among other elected officials.

It is to the credit of Leelanau County residents that so many quickly stood up in protest and were willing to undertake the arduous process of recalling Eckerle. Their response likely encouraged his quick resignation. But not everybody was outraged.

Those puzzled about all these protests need look no further; there are still those among us who harbor the basest racist instincts.

Let’s hope they aren’t passing along the hatred to their children and grandchildren.

Meanwhile, Traverse City has “surplus” parking. That revelation is likely quite a sur-

(Having disposed of the lot, perhaps the Downtown Development Authority will stop asking for more money for its parking department.)

They will give the parking lot property to TCF Bank (formerly Chemical Bank) while buying the property at Union and State streets the bank currently occupies for $1.75 million, and we’ll throw in an additional $750,000 as a moving fee. The property at State and Union, presumably after some additional expense, will become the new civic park, for which $3 million has already been committed from Rotary Charities.

Several City Commissioners said they really hoped the new TCF Bank building will include some upper-floor housing and, oh boy, maybe some affordable housing. Nope — not unless we want to spend even more taxpayer money additionally subsidizing both the builders and the tenants.

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The latest trend seems to be expensive condos atop very expensive short-term rentals, the worst of both worlds. An upscale but transient downtown population might help fill cash registers but won’t much add to the character of the city.

But we are a step closer to a civic park.

There’s already $5.5 million committed to it, so let’s hope it turns into the important gathering place the DDA and City Commission believe it can become.

Nevertheless, we are no closer to affordable housing downtown because it becomes ever more bizarrely expensive to develop much of anything. Developers, who aren’t in business to be altruists, will create what provides a fair return on their investment, and that’s high end-condos as residences or short-term rentals. Affordable housing downtown is simply impossible without massive subsidies.

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Indeed, both the U.S. and Russia seemingly have chosen to undermine the framework of stability developed since the 1960s.

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted in December 2016 that the United States “must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” and that we should “outmatch” and “outlast” other potential competitors in a nuclear arms race. That vision of nuclear superiority didn’t start with President Trump. The across-the-board trillion-dollar modernization of our nuclear weapons systems began under President Obama. President Trump’s top arms control negotiator, Marshall Billingsley, described the administration’s approach. “We know how to win these [arms] races, and we know how to spend the adversary into oblivion …

If we have to, we will, but we sure would like to avoid it.”

That last remark sounds like an open invitation to negotiate with our adversaries.

But President Trump’s skepticism about the value of arms-control agreements has so far led elsewhere. The administration has systematically dismantled decades of arms-control agreements: The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and the IntermediateRange Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty have been terminated, the president intends to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty in November, and now the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, aka New START, is on life support.

Unconstrained by arms control, our main competitors are now actively researching new, destabilizing technologies. In response, we seek to match or defeat the technologies about which Moscow has boasted and which Beijing has more quietly pursued.

As the president promised, the Pentagon is determined to ensure that U.S. nuclear forces will not be overmatched. Pentagon planners are seeking faster-flying hypersonic missiles that will shorten the reaction time of decision-makers. New nuclear warheads with a “dial-a-yield” option offer the choice of “small” (as in Hiroshima-sized) nuclear explosions — a development that will surely eliminate the “firebreak” that has deterred using nuclear weapons for 75 years.

But no one seems willing to ask why. Why do we “need” thousands of new warheads, hundreds of new land-based and submarinebased missiles, hypersonic missiles, and new stealth bombers? No effort has been made to seize the opportunity of our huge modernization effort to try to reduce the numbers or to question whether we “need” pretty much the same weapons that emerged from the arms races of the 1950s.

Neither Moscow nor Beijing can afford this burgeoning new arms race. And neither can we. With new COVID-19-related multitrillion-dollar demands on our “federal budget” (I use that term loosely), it seems that we should be exercising some fiscal responsibility.

One avenue that is still open is to renew our arms control efforts. The last, and arguably most important arms control agreement, “New START,” expires in February. The strategic stability that this treaty provides, its visibility on Russian strategic forces, and the transparency built into its verification measures will be lost.

But it is not too late. Putin wants to extend New START while we negotiate over the flaws that both sides see in the treaty.

Extending New START, would preserve its verifiable constraints on the other side’s arsenal, buy time to negotiate a better agreement, and pave the way for talks about intermediate-range missiles.

Was the treaty perfect? Of course not. Former chief negotiator Dr. Rose Gottemoeller said recently that the treaty needs to be revisited, and she agreed with the president that China needs to be brought into the arms-control arena. But she strongly disagrees that the treaty should be allowed to die. Everyone would lose — except perhaps the arms merchants.

Letting New START lapse next February, with nothing in its place, leaves the door open for an unconstrained arms race that serves no one’s interests and would surely increase the risk of nuclear confrontations.

A mechanism for resolving disputes between us exists in New START. Dismantling that mechanism is unconscionable.

There are many crises today — the global pandemic, U.S.-China tensions, the Middle East, Ukraine … the list is long. We should not add nuclear weapons to that list. The solution is simple: Extend New START now, before the February 5, 2021, deadline. This would allow all the parties time to resolve their differences without the pressure of an artificial deadline.

Jack Segal is a retired senior US and NATO diplomat. He was a State Department representative to the START negotiations and authored what became the “US-USSR Agreement on Nuclear Risk Reduction.”

(Learn more about it and other treaties and agreements at https://www.state.gov/aboutus-nuclear-risk-reduction-center/ ) He now teaches graduate students at Norwich University and extended education classes at NMC.

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Recent Alarming Headline A July 29 headline in the Ken-Ton Bee in Kenmore, New York, caught the attention of The Buffalo News: “Leprechaun spotted looting cars on Hamilton Boulevard.” Kenmore Police Capt. A.J. Kiefer told The News a white male with orange hair and wearing a green shirt (and “possibly plaid pants”) was reported to be looting vehicles on the street July 23. Police arrested the 36-year-old, who measured 5 feet 11 inches and had someone else’s debit card, but no pot of gold, according to Kiefer. He was charged with petit larceny.

Government in Action About 176 Rhode Island taxpayers waiting for their refund checks got a surprise when the checks they received in late July arrived bearing the signatures of “Mickey Mouse” and “Walt Disney” instead of state officials.

State Department of Revenue chief of staff Jade Borgeson told WPRI that the division of taxation uses the signatures on dummy checks for internal testing, and the test image files were mistakenly added to real checks. “Corrected checks will be reissued to impacted taxpayers within one week,” Borgeson said.

Karen Not Karen Domino’s pizza restaurants in New Zealand were forced to end a promotion to give free pizza to women named Karen “that aren’t, well, Karens,” the promotion announcement read. United Press International reported that customers named Karen were invited to fill out an application for one of 100 free pizzas, but people objected online, suggesting the chain offer food to minorities or people who have been impacted by COVID-19. “We wanted to bring a smile to customers who are doing the right thing -- Karen the nurse, Karen the teacher,” the company posted on Facebook, but “people interpreted this in a different way.”

Least Competent Criminals Edward Thomas Schinzing, 32, was charged July 28 with arson for allegedly setting fires inside the Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, on May 29, beginning two months of protest in that city. The Oregonian reported the shirtless Schinzing stood out among about 30 people who broke into the building around 10:59 p.m., vandalizing offices and setting fires, because of the large tattoo of his last name clearly visible across his shoulders on surveillance images, according to court documents. Schinzing, who was on probation at the time for domestic violence assault, is being held at the Justice Center.

Pueblo, Colorado, police were intrigued to find a young man sleeping in a car parked behind a motel on Aug. 2, “since motels have rooms, with beds, that you can sleep in,” said Capt. Tom Rummel in a tweet. Upon running the car’s license plate, he continued, the officers found it had been stolen in an armed carjacking, and “there on the front seat was a sawed-off shotgun, just like the victim said was used yesterday!” KKTV reported the sleepy thief, a juvenile, was taken into custody and the car was returned to its owner.

Police Report A 26-year-old man in Plymouth, England, was detained on July 9 after officers working nearby heard a commotion and looked up to see the man struggling with a seagull and biting it. “He sunk his teeth into it before throwing it to the floor,” a police spokesperson told Plymouth Live. The man told police the

seagull had attacked him, trying to get his McDonald’s meal, and also “volunteered ... that he was under the influence of drugs ...

The seagull was clearly injured by the incident but flew off before we were able to check on its welfare,” police said. The man was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Can’t Take a Joke After pub owner Steve Cotten jokingly announced in July that the beer garden at the Poltimore Arms in Devon, England, would become the Yarde Down International Airport for the summer, offering sightseeing flights, he was surprised to receive an official letter from Exmoor National Park Authority’s planning officer expressing concern about the change: “We have a duty to look into such matters to understand if there is a breach, and if so, whether any action is necessary.” Devon Live reported Cotten responded promptly in a social media post, saying, “All long haul flights have been suspended forthwith ... We apologise for any delays, and remind you that the departure lounge facilities are still open.”

The park authority replied with good humor, and the taps remain open.

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For her birthday, 5-year-old Macey Clemens of Parker, Colorado, went on her first horseback ride and was hooked, so she wrote her wish for a pet horse on a balloon, signed her name and let it soar. On Aug. 2, Jennifer Houghton, who owns seven horses and lives about an hour away, found the balloon stuck in a fence, and it wasn’t long before the two found each other through social media. “I feel like every little girl should get to enjoy the horse world,” Houghton told KOAA. “I couldn’t get her a pet horse, but at least try and help her ride and make somewhat of a dream come true.” She’s working with Macey’s family to find a horse close to home that the family can lease. “Hopefully, one day we’ll be able to meet up and go for a ride together.”

Father’s Day in Taiwan is celebrated on Aug. 8, and EVA Air wanted to make it special, so working around global travel restrictions, it announced a Hello Kitty flight to nowhere, Travel & Leisure reported. The anime character-decorated airplane is scheduled to take off from Taipei Taoyuan Airport and fly over the coasts of Taiwan for three hours at 25,000 feet, then land again at the same airport.

Guests will receive a special goody bag, enjoy a seafood feast created by a Michelin three-star chef and be given the opportunity to purchase Hello Kitty duty-free products at a big discount.

Tickets cost $180 for economy seats and $215 for business class.

Revenge An unnamed man in Cairns, North Queensland, Australia, posted notices offering a $100 prize to the person able to best impersonate Chewbacca from “Star Wars,” but the contest turned out to be a hoax designed to harass the woman who dumped him. The posters listed the woman’s phone number and invited contestants to call and deliver their best Chewbacca roar.

The woman, identified only as Jessica, told 9News: “I’m getting phone calls at really strange hours of the night. ... I thought it was quite funny, actually, a good joke.” However, she drew the line when the ex abandoned his car, without tires, in the driveway of her home, blocking her in. “The police ... are going to do something about it,” she said.

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It’s Time to Talk About the Great Lakes National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg is headlining the National Writers Series’ 10-year Birthday Bash — right before the Great Lakes headlines in her magazine. Northern Express spoke with the Michigan native about her perspective on the natural wonder in our backyard.

By Patrick Sullivan Although Susan Goldberg, the first female editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine, lives in Washington, D.C., her roots are firmly in Michigan. She grew up here, spent summers exploring Northern Michigan with her family, attended Michigan State University, and worked as a writer and editor with the Detroit Free Press.

She’ll be back Up North Aug. 23 — virtually, of course — to herald the 10th year of the National Writers Series. The event isn’t just a celebration, however; it’s also a fundraiser to help support the series’ continuation, which since the pandemic has forfeited ticketed inperson events to host free virtual chats for authors and audiences instead.

The timing of Goldberg’s appearance might have a touch of kismet with it. While she joins Doug Stanton — guest host, author, and co-founder of NWS — to “meet” audiences in Northern Michigan, her staff will be working on two big stories involving our backyard, the Great Lakes. The first, inside National Geographic’s October issue, looks at the Great Lakes through the lens of global climate change. The second, slated for December, delves into the lakes themselves.

It will be the magazine’s cover story.

Northern Express talked to Goldberg over the phone about her Michigan childhood, the Great Lakes then, and her thoughts on what challenges the Great Lakes — and the world as a whole — face today.

Northern Express: So, you’re from Michigan, you grew up in Ann Arbor, attended Michigan State, and you worked at the Detroit Free Press. Growing up, did you have any kind of relationship with Northern Michigan?

Susan Goldberg: We would go up for family vacations; we often went to Glen Arbor, or we went to Charlevoix. We went all over that part of Northern Michigan when I was a kid in the summer, and I just really came to love it so much. And I get back there as often as I can. I was so sorry this year; it was the first year in many years that we did not make our annual trip up to Northern Michigan for the Fourth of July because of COVID and all the

complications with traveling. So, we didn’t go this year, but I was very sorry to miss that, because I love being there.

Express: How are you doing with the pandemic? And how has the pandemic changed how National Geographic’s writers and photographers work?

Goldberg: It’s very interesting. I mean, personally, I feel very lucky to have a job and to have the kind of job where we can work from home. Like everybody else, it’s been a big adjustment and has made me realize how much I’ve come to rely on being around smart, creative people just to energize me and to inspire me. And so, I really miss not being with my colleagues in person, but we are making it work. We have had to make a lot of adjustments in how we’re reporting stories. Traditionally, the way National Geographic will report a story that involves overseas travel is we will send one writer and one photographer all around the world to tell a story. One writer and one photographer may go to five different places to tell a story. But now, because we can’t travel in that way, we’re having to report much more in the style of a newsweekly, which is to work with writers and photographers on the ground in those specific countries, and they will gather up the facts and do the reporting and send it in, and we’re assembling those stories here in Washington [D.C.]. So that’s a very different way for us to tell stories. They’re still terrific stories, with global reach and deep reporting and great photography, but it’s a very different approach.

Express: Tell me about the upcoming Great Lakes issue you’ve got planned for December.

Goldberg: We are very excited about that.

You know, the Great Lakes have 20 percent of the fresh water on the entire planet. And we look at all of the challenges that the Great Lakes are facing, from warming waters to rising waters to algal blooms to invasive species, and what is being done to combat some of those issues. We just looked at the photography that

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Susan Goldberg has been editor-in-chief of National Geographic since April 2014. Under her leadership, the publication has been honored with nine National Magazine Awards, including four awards in 2020 and the top prize for General Excellence in 2019. Before her employment at National Geographic, Goldberg was executive editor for federal, state, and local government coverage for Bloomberg News in Washington. She’s also served as the editor of The Plain Dealer, the daily newspaper of Cleveland and the largest newspaper in Ohio; the executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News; deputy managing editor of the News, Life and Enterprise sections at USA Today; and as worked as a reporter and editor at the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

will be in that issue — it is absolutely beautiful — and we also have amazing mapping, looking at the different kinds of challenges and threats to the Great Lakes, and also mapping that shows the enormity of it and the importance of it as a source of fresh water.

Express: So as somebody who grew up in Michigan and grew up around the Great Lakes, as you put together this issue, what have you learned that surprised you most?

Goldberg: Ever since I was a kid growing up, we knew about the invasive species — you know, the lamprey eels and that kind of thing. I can remember those stories going way back. What is new to me, I think, is the kind of lake rise that we’re seeing all over the place. I didn’t realize that had become so pronounced. But what hasn’t changed is just the sheer beauty of the Great Lakes. I think I’ve also been a little surprised by some of the algal blooms that we have pictures of that are kind of chilling photography. It makes you realize how widespread that is, and it is really concerning. We also have another story about the Great Lakes, coincidentally, coming up in our October issue, and that is looking at the effect of climate change and how this was basically a year with no ice and how the lakes aren’t freezing over, or not freezing over very much anymore.

Express: So, what do you think is the most urgent problem facing the Great Lakes?

Goldberg: Ooh. I mean, there’s a lot. I’m not sure. What do you think it is?

Express: Well, I was going to ask next about the water levels, which are kind of disturbing, because nobody really knows what’s going on or where it’s going, which in itself is kind of scary.

Goldberg: Yeah, I mean, the last time I was there — which was not, as I said, this summer but the summer before — you could see the water was much higher. I would be hardpressed to say, as a non-scientist, which is the most pressing problem. There are a lot of pressing problems, everything from the so-called Asian carp and the zebra mussels to the fertilizer runoff and the rising waters.

Express: National Geographic featured a fascinating article in June 2018 about plastic pollution in the oceans. In the last couple of years, people in our region have become more and more worried about plastic debris that is apparent in the Great Lakes. That’s another disturbing development because I don’t think we know what the consequences of that are going to be for the fisheries, or for human health.

Goldberg: Exactly. The story of microplastics is really a developing story and one we’re learning more about. We’ve done a couple of different stories about microplastics, outside of that one big plastic issue. But you know, right at the moment, the issue of plastics is overshadowed certainly

by COVID and this racial reckoning in the country. But [plastics] is going to be an issue that isn’t going anywhere and that that we will continue to need to deal with. I hope that maybe one of the silver linings — if there is such a thing in the public health crisis that we are having around the globe — is that it will make people realize how interconnected we all are, how vulnerable we are, and how much we need global solutions to some of these big problems, whether it’s plastics in the ocean or climate change or COVID-19.

They all need global solutions.

Express: That’s a really good point.

Climate change, for example, is causing parts of the world to run out of water. We’ve got a lot of fresh water in the Great Lakes that I think is increasingly coveted. How much do you think we need to worry about that?

Goldberg: I remember when I was at the Detroit Free Press, we were writing stories — this was in the early 1980s — we were writing stories back then about whether there could be water diverted to some of the thirstier states from the Great Lakes.

So, I certainly think that that will continue to be a cause for concern. It doesn’t strike me being quite as pressing of a concern as what we’re seeing in other parts of the world where lakes and streams are literally going dry, where the glaciers are melting quickly, causing flooding. Ultimately, those waters will be gone, and the water supply of billions of people will be in peril. I think that

is a gigantic concern. But fresh water and everybody having enough water has been a concern for time immemorial, from the dawn of humanity, and I don’t think that will change any time soon.

Express: Do you have a favorite spot on the Great Lakes?

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Goldberg: I really love Petoskey. That’s usually where we go every year. But there are a lot of favorite spots on the Great Lakes, but I If I had to choose one, I think Petoskey.

Express: Is there anything you’d like to add?

Goldberg: You know, I guess I would just add this: I think with the Great Lakes, for those of us who grew up in the Midwest, obviously, they play a central role, and they are bodies of water we thought a lot about.

But having spent much of my adult life either living on the West Coast or the East Coast, I would say that many people don’t think about the Great Lakes all that much.

And on the one hand, I really love the fact that not everybody from Washington or New York or Los Angeles and San Francisco knows how great Petoskey is because it means that it’s sort of an undiscovered paradise for those of us from the Midwest.

So, that’s the good side.

The downside, though, of the fact that people don’t think enough about the Great Lakes, is that they don’t think enough about protecting them and how crucial they are.

And I would guess that most people outside of the Midwest don’t know that the Great Lakes have 20 percent of all the fresh water on Earth.

Maybe people learned that when they were in elementary school at some point, but those facts have gotten supplanted by other things that seem more pressing. And yet, protection of

Susan Goldberg is only the 10th editor — and first female editor — of the National Geographic since its first issue rolled off the presses in October 1888. So perhaps it’s not a coincidence that just before the 100-year anniversary of the 19th amendment, Goldberg has brought this particular book to fruition: “Women: The National Geographic Collection.” Drawn from the celebrated National Geographic archive, the book showcases 400+ stunning images from more than 50 countries to reveal the lives of women from around the globe, accompanied by revelatory new interviews and compelling testimony about what it means to be female, from historic suffragettes to the haunting, green-eyed “Afghan girl.”

Want to hear more from Susan Goldberg? Join the National Writers Series 10-year Birthday Bash and fundraising party. A link to the event, scheduled for 7pm Aug. 23, is $12 — the first attendee charge NWS has implemented since going virtual this spring — but attendees who want to go big and support NWS through these challenging times are invited to join its Can-Demic Pulitzer Club: a $250 donation will earn you a link to the Birthday Bash event, a special thank you gift, and exclusive entry into an Afterglow party with Susan Goldberg, host Doug Stanton, and some special surprise guests.

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the Great Lakes is something that should be of concern to everybody in the country, if not the world. And I worry sometimes that the Great Lakes get overshadowed by all of these other concerns.

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FERMENTED PICKLES, AQUATIC GRASS AND … PIG LARD? Local food growers and crafters making good on good-for-you niche products

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In this time of the coronavirus, more people than ever are Looking for a healthy fat? Olive oil has its adherents, It’s hard to find a good New York deli-style pickle in Northern growing their own food. For native Americans, that’s nothing as does avocado oil. Fish like salmon are prized for their Michigan. So Brian Shaughnessy decided to make his own. new. “We are very ag-minded. How do you think Garden Omega-3 fatty acids, while safflower and walnut oils offer He had the time, as he’d retired from his position as Island (part of the Beaver Island archipelago) got its name?” benefits of Omega-6 fatty acids. superintendent of a Lansing-area charter school and moved asked Joe VanAlstine rhetorically.

There’s another fat on the horizon that’s making waves for north to be closer to his daughter and her family. He also had the VanAlstine is the food distribution programming director its healthy nutrients and its flavor, and it might surprise you: knowledge and memory of the pickles he had grown up eating for the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians and chair Lard from Polish Heritage Farm outside Cedar. in his native New York. “There are a couple things you just can’t of the board overseeing Ziibimijwang Farm. It began several Farm owner Tom Koch said the farm’s Mangalitsa pigs are get in Michigan,” he said, pointing to New York-style bagels, years ago, when the tribe purchased 300 acres in Carp Lake. specifically bred for their fat content, both for their meat and ricotta cheese — and pickles.

One hundred acres is tillable, which is where they grow for lard. “They’re a wooly pig … bred for an Austro-Hungarian What sets Shaughnessy’s pickles apart is two things: the beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cilantro, dill, kohlrabi, and a archduke. They have a slow growth rate.” That leads to more process and their resulting fresh flavor. He eschews vinegar in myriad of other herbs and vegetables. marbling, even a different color to the meat: rather than “the favor of a salt brine and special seasonings. With no vinegar The tribe has been working the land at Ziibimijwang other white meat,” it tends to be red like beef. and no boiling, they need to be refrigerated, where they’ll keep Farm for five years. “We had some tribal members ask, ‘How Koch said the pigs are fed a diet rich in sprouted grains and for up to six months or more. “I’ve kept them for a year, but do we feed ourselves if there’s a pandemic?’ The goal is to walnuts. “They’re soy- and corn-free. We get spent grain from their [guaranteed] shelf life is three months.” provide food sovereignity for the tribe: wild rice, hominy, breweries and a malt company. I got six dump truck loads of Shaughnessy says when first packed, the taste is about squash, beans.” black walnuts. We have a strict regimen on feed,” he said. halfway between a typical dill and a cucumber. The longer But not all the food is grown on the farm. Case in point: The lard is pre-ground and is high in vitamins D and E. they’re kept, the more sour they become. “It’s a slow fermenting The tribe also grows and harvests wild rice.

Koch said it’s easy to render: simply turn a crockpot on low process. The first month they’re fresh and bright green. They Wild rice isn’t really rice; it’s an aquatic grass. According to and in six to eight hours it will be ready to use. He said once it continue to ferment and get a stronger dill flavor.”

VanAlstine, Ziibimijang means “place where the food grows is rendered it is relatively shelf stable for up to a year.

The pickles are a relatively cost-free snack, nutritionally: near the river,” so growing and gathering wild rice makes total Kathleen Bittner, Koch’s wife and the co-owner of the farm, five calories (zero from fat) and 10 percent of the daily intake of sense. He’s reluctant to precisely divulge the locations where said the body processes the fat easily. She also makes soap from sodium. Additionally, the fermentation process begets another they harvest, as it’s a sensitive plant, susceptible to changes in the fat, which she said has impressive skin-softening qualities. benefit pickles preserved in vinegar don’t: probiotics and enzymes, water levels or toxicity.

“I’d never had soap that didn’t dry my skin. I’ve never been so both considered essential for gut health. Though Shaughnessy Long a dietary staple for numerous tribes, development clean and it makes skin soft. It makes great lather and gets the is quick to note he is not a health expert, gut health is widely and invasive species have decimated the wild rice beds. body to produce collagen,” she said. believed to play a role in the strength of the immune system — a VanAlstine said he recently returned from travels to Minnesota Koch said each pig averages 30 percent fat. A 200-pound hot topic these days. and Wisconsin, where he purchased 800 pounds of wild rice hog would thus have 60 pounds of fat, with just more than half Shaughnessy said while the company got its start at farm seed. “I’m bringing it back to the tribal community. of that — approximately 35 pounds — available for rendering markets, it is not participating this year due to COVID-19.

“It’s got more protein, less fat and has better carbs than into lard, according to Koch.

“We gave out samples, people would taste and buy it. That was rice. You can use it in all rice dishes, even a dessert with berries The fat is currently sold at the Polish Art Center in probably 50 percent of our sales. We hope to be back on track and maple sugar. You can stuff a pumpkin with it or dry it and Cedar, also owned by the family, and downstate at Srodek’s [at farm markets] by spring,” he said. grind it into flour. It’s very versatile,” he said.

Campau Quality Sausage Company in Hamtramck. It’s also He said he is getting requests from locations in the Detroit, According to Healthline.com, a 3.5-ounce (100-gram) now available at Treat Dreams, an ice cream shop in Ferndale, Gross Pointe and Ann Arbor areas, so they are having a family serving of cooked wild rice provides four grams of protein, 21 which during the pandemic has diversified into specialty meeting to discuss whether and how to grow bigger. There grams of carbohydrates, 101 calories and a number of vitamins groceries. Cost is $5.50 per pound, with packages averaging may even be more products on the horizon. Two possibilities: and minerals. three to five pounds.

A Bloody Mary mix and a hot pickle. “Is it a retirement gig or a VanAlstine said the wild rice is not yet available in stores full-fledged business? We pick up a client every week. It’s kind but is sold at farm markets in Petoskey, Charlevoix and Boyne of awesome,” Shaughnessy said.

The Rowe Inn, Ellsworth Traverse Vernales, Harbor Springs City. It goesAmical, for $20 per pound.City Find TC Pickle Co.’s pickles in stores around the Traverse City area: Tom’s Food Markets, Folgarelli’s, Burritt’s, Hansen’s The Villager Pub, Charlevoix Herb-encrusted Rackinof Lamb Chicken Pot Pie Dry-aged Tomahawk Ribeye Oryana, Village Cheese Shanty, Leland Suttons Bay, and Village Market and Cellar 152 in Elk Rapids. Cost Whitefish Dinner North Shore Sandwich is $9.99 per jar. Learn more at traversecitypicklecompany.com/

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LYLAH’S

Sandwiches, Salads, Soups, and Desserts, “Made to Order, with Love” Cynthia Henderson has been involved in the restaurant industry in one way or another since the age of 14, first in her native state of Florida, and as of 1999, in her adopted home of Leelanau County. After working for others for many years, she started the Bayside Grill in Northport and later operated a successful food truck, Salsafied, in Suttons Bay. A LEAP OF FAITH “After that, I took a little break from the food business and worked for FEMA,” said Henderson. I was out in Dallas in the fall of 2017 when I got a call from my daughter back in Northern Michigan saying, ‘Mom, I just saw that there’s a space for rent in Lake Leelanau where Trish’s Dishes used to be. It would be cool to open up a restaurant there.’

So here I was in Texas, at 10 o’clock that night, Facebook messaging the people who had posted the ad — and by December, I was signing a lease. I know that sounds crazy, but when I want something, I go for it. I do everything I can to make it happen.”

She opened Lylah’s in Lake Leelanau in January 2019, which seems like a bold move, considering both the seasonal location and, well … the season.

“We wanted the locals to know that we were there for them, year-round — that we were not just focusing on summer tourism business,” said Henderson. “And our goal was the same when we got the opportunity to make the move here to Suttons Bay this year. Again, it was winter — the second week of February — but we wanted to be there for the community.”

The new Lylah’s was open for only two weeks — two very successful weeks at that

— before the pandemic hit. “We were so thrilled that we had made a change for the good because there was more foot traffic, more parking, and we were sure that this was going to be something big. Little did we know, however, what was about to happen next.”

Henderson closed down right away and stayed closed for a month. “When we reopened, for takeout only, there was definitely an initial drop in sales,” she said, “but since then we have been getting a lot of support from the locals, and visitors are discovering us, too.”

sourced from TLC and other local farms, and most of what can’t be sourced nearby comes from other Michigan growers and producers.

Vegetables and salads are prepped fresh daily, and all sauces, spreads and dressings are made in house, Henderson noted, calling herself the “condiment queen.” And she demands the same quality in the meats she serves. “We make our own pulled pork, slowroasting it for about 12 hours,” she said. “We also bake our own chicken breasts and roast our own turkey and top round beef. The only meat that we don’t cook here is ham.”

ALL IN THE FAMILY Lylah’s is a true family business. Henderson’s mother and aunt also work with her, both having moved up from Florida to help with the restaurant when it opened. Her daughter (and mother of granddaughter Lylah, for whom the restaurant is named) takes care of social media.

And the two other women who work with her have become like family, too. “In fact, no one is allowed to say the ‘boss’ word here,” said Henderson. “I’m not their boss; I’m their coworker. We’re all in this together.”

There are of course many eateries across the region that do soups, sandwiches and salads, but Henderson believes Lylah’s stands out in many respects. “I won’t serve you anything I wouldn’t eat myself,” she said. “I want every bite to be great, from the first to the last. We’re fussy about quality, and we pay close attention to detail. If something isn’t working well for us or our customers, we change it. I know it’s hard to make everyone happy, but we sure do try.”

Fresh and homemade are key words for Lylah’s. Tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce are

ON THE MENU Henderson has always been intrigued by the “endless possibilities” that sandwiches offer, and her made-to-order creations, piled high with toppings and sauce, are definitely the main attraction at Lylah’s. Top sellers include the Gouda-nuff Turkey sandwich (house-roasted and chopped turkey breast tossed with garlic-herb mayo and topped with smoked Gouda cheese, cucumber slices, lettuce and tomato on toasted sourdough bread), the Jalapeño Mouth (ham, bacon, cheddar, house-candied jalapeños, Dijon mustard and tomato on a toasted onion bun), Horsin’ Around (hand-sliced roast beef, house-pickled onions, horseradish cheese, lettuce, tomato and herb mayo on sourdough bread), and Oh What A Year Oh! (rotisserie lamb or chicken, lettuce, tomato, red onion, feta cheese and housemade tzatziki on warm pita bread). “People love the fact that we have the gyro rotisserie here,” said Henderson. “We may be the only place in Leelanau County that has that.”

Three different soups are featured

Clockwise from left: Owner Cynthia Henderson named her eatery after her granddaughter. Lylah’s gyro, aka Oh What a Year Oh! Lylah’s version of a Cuban sandwich is the Pulled, Pickled and Pressed. The Gouda-nuff Turkey is more than good enough. Lylah’s (pulled) Pork with a Punch.

daily, with the Turkey Noodle making repeat appearances and selling out quickly every time (with house-roasted turkey and Henderson’s mom’s fresh noodles, it’s irresistible). A newcomer among the three salads on the menu — all made fresh to order and served with dressing on the side — is the Clubbin’ (turkey, ham, bacon, provolone, pepperoncini, red onion, cucumber and tomato over mixed greens, with herb vinaigrette).

And for your sweet tooth, Lylah’s offers an ever-changing selection of homemade desserts (think cheesecakes, pies, brownies, cookies … ).

“My family instilled a love of cooking in me from an early age, which is why I’ve been in and out of the restaurant business for so many years,” said Henderson. “Sometimes you try to get out of it, but it just draws you back in. It’s a love-hate relationship. But for me, it’s mostly love, because otherwise, I wouldn’t keep doing it. It gives me joy to make people happy through food.”

Lylah’s is located at 99 W. 4th St. in Suttons Bay (in the same plaza as Hansen Foods.)

Currently takeout only, with pickup outside, 11am–2pm Monday through Saturday. Order online at Lylahs.square.site or call (231) 866-4081. Catering for larger orders is also available. For more information, check out Lylah’s on Facebook and Instagram.

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Alison Babb, Founder of Empire Malting Co.

Welcome to Beer Valley Empire Malting Co.

By Craig Manning It’s no secret that Northern Michigan has become something of a craft beer Mecca. From Short’s in Bellaire (the third biggest brewery in the state in terms of production volume, after Bell’s and Founder’s) to the collection of breweries scattered around Downtown Traverse City, you don’t need to go far in northern Michigan to find someone who brews beer.

But what about someone who grows barley, one of beer’s key ingredients? While hops have become a somewhat common agricultural export in the region, barley remains more of an anomaly. In fact, even the producers who are making malted barley locally have only been at it for less than a decade. One of those producers is Empire Malting Company, which planted its first barley crop in 2013.

FATE ON THE ROAD According to Alison Babb, founder and director of Empire Malting Company, the origins of the business actually date back to a road trip, of all things. While she’s a Michigander to the bone now, Babb was neither born nor raised in the Mitten. In 2011, she earned her bachelor’s degree in agricultural operations management and technical sales from the University of Florida.

Two years later, she found herself driving through Michigan, marveling at the natural beauty of the landscapes and taking pitstops along the trek to sample Michigan beers. She fell in love.

“I realized that Michigan is a place where the beer is just unmatched,” Babb said. “It’s wonderful. The brewers here are really great at what they do. And so, when I arrived up in northern Michigan, it didn’t take me long to decide that this was going to be a great place for me. [Empire Malting] started with this keen interest on finding out what the barley would taste like here. With hops growing everywhere, it seemed like the perfect place to start up and see if the barley would grow.”

With a goal in mind, Babb set her sights on finding a place to put a barley crop in the ground. Luckily, she says that piece of the puzzle fell into place quickly and serendipitously. In no time at all, she was getting her wish: to see what barley grown in northern Michigan could be.

“I met my partner Zack [Stanz], and he had this historic barn and a family farm here, and he was part of a hop-growing group,” Babb explained. “So we planted our first barley in 2013, and it was a beautiful crop.

There’s nothing more beautiful than a barley field in the summertime.”

In the years since that first crop, Empire Malting Company has grown considerably.

This year, the business is aiming to grow 300 acres of barley, up from 280 last year. Along the way, Babb and her team also built a malt house, cultivated relationships with local brewers, and expanded their portfolio to include six types of barley (and counting).

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success so far, Babb says, is the push among breweries throughout the region (and across the state as a whole) to source their ingredients from close-to-home sources and producers.

Michigan brewers have always had at least one clear advantage on that front, thanks to the proximity of the Great Lakes. While many beers incorporate extra ingredients such as chocolate, coffee, and mint, all beers start with the same four building blocks: water, hops, barley, and yeast. Michigan brewers enjoy plentiful access to fresh water, which gives the state a leg up over many others when it comes to craft brewing. Hops have also become a prominent crop in Michigan, with the single largest supplier of hops in the Midwest — the Michigan Hop Alliance — based right here in northern Michigan (you’ll find it in Northport).

Until recently, though, Michigan was not much of a barley producer. According to a 2014 article published by Michigan State University Extension, it was common during the first half of the 20th century for Michigan producers to harvest 100,000 acres of barley every year. Particularly robust years delivered harvest hauls of 300,000 acres. During the second half of the century, though, the state’s barley acreage saw a steady decline.

By the 2000s and early 2010s, Michigan was averaging just 10,000 acres of barley harvest each year.

The small harvest wasn’t the only problem for brewers hoping to source malt from

Michigan producers. As the MSU Extension article also noted, there were not many malt processing operations in Michigan as of the mid-2010s. Barley grain cannot be used for beer production until it has gone through the malting process, where moisture stimulates germination inside the barley grain. This process helps unlock the enzymes and sugars in the barley, making them available for the brewing process. In turn, this malted barley plays a crucial role in giving beer its signature golden hue and robust flavor backbone.

When Empire Malting Company came on the scene, Babb says she was able to quickly build contacts with breweries throughout the state, in part because there was such an urge among brewers to source their ingredients as locally as possible. Partnering with those breweries shaped what Empire Malting is today because it familiarized Babb and her team with the role their malt needed to play in beer production.

“We had quite a bit of trial and error those first few years,” Babb told Northern Express.

“But over time, we got to know the brewers and what they were really looking for, and what our barley could do. The big picture really came together for us, and I’d say we’ve been really producing and selling malts for four years now.”

FINDING THE TASTE OF THE PLACE Ostensibly, barley is to beer what grapes are to wine. And just as wine grapes grown in different geographical areas impart specific

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flavors and characteristics onto the wines they are used to produce, so too does a barley’s origin affect the flavor of a beer. The word for this idea in the world of wine is “terroir,” a French term that translates literally to “earth” or “soil.” Speaking of crops, “terroir” refers to the specific environmental factors that can affect how a crop grows, including soil types, climate, precipitation, and more. Speaking of wine, “terroir” is often thought of more as the “taste of a place,” or the characteristics in the wine that tie it to its specific geography.

Babb says she was drawn to grow barley in northern Michigan because suspected it would have a significantly different terroir than the west coast or other parts of the Midwest.

Describing precisely what that terroir is, though – and what differences beer drinkers might notice in similar beers brewed with northern Michigan malt versus malt from, say, California or Montana – is a challenge.

“It’s a very complex medium to work with,” Babb said of barley. “There is a lot of flavor there and there’s a lot going on as far as what we’re looking for in a malt barley. So when we see a lot of rain come, for example, it’s a scary challenge for us, more so than it is in much of the Midwest. But the thing that comes with the rain is the proteins tend to be lower. If it’s been wetter all season, then you see such low proteins and you’ll get really, really great modification in your malt, as we call it, which means your wort [the “beer starter,” made up of malt extract and water] is going to be really lovely and light. We try to study [the malt terroir] and take it in stride and really work with it.”

Whatever the terroir of northern Michigan barley, local brewers have certainly responded to what Empire Malting Company has brought to the table. The business regularly provides malt to more than half a dozen northern Michigan brewers, including Stormcloud Brewing Company in Frankfort, Five Shores Brewing in Beulah, Lake Ann Brewing Company in Lake Ann, The Filling Station Microbrewery and Middlecoast Brewing Company in Traverse City, and Short’s in Bellaire. Empire Malting Company also ships its malt out to several brewers around the state, including in craft beer hubs like Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and Detroit.

And recently, Babb says the phone has started ringing off the hook with calls from distillers, all of them looking for barley to use in their spirits. (All whiskey essentially starts out as beer, hence the need for malt.)

KEEPING IT FRESH Beyond the appeal of supporting local business and the draw of unique terroir, Michigan brewers and distillers have come to trust Empire Malting because of the company’s focus on freshness. Babb says she and her

team are very deliberate about planning their batch sizes — about 5–6 tons of malt each week — to maximize freshness. That number is the product of a math equation, one that takes into account crop acreages and harvest times to ensure that the Empire Malting malt house is constantly producing fresh malt, but that its grain reserves only hit empty just before harvest time.

“Every harvest, we want to see all of our inventory coming in with our grain bins empty and ready to receive it, so that we’re working with all fresh barley,” Babb explained. “We successfully have done that two years in a row now, and that’s a really cool thing that we do as a malt house. It really is quite different than a lot of mass-produced malts, the fact that our inventory is 100 percent fresh. Brewers know that when they’re getting malt in from us, it’s always this year’s inventory. And that makes the terroir concept even more powerful.”

Keeping things rolling constantly is somewhat complicated, especially as Empire Malting has expanded its capabilities to include different kinds of malt. Currently, the business is producing six types of malt – including pilsner, pale, brewer’s tworow, Vienna, Munich, and special malts for distillers from malted oats and rye. In recent years, the company has also added winter barleys to its acreage, which adds different planting and harvest times into the equation.

Fortunately for Empire Malting Company, Babb and most of her team live right on the farm property.

“We’ve always had a very tight group that works at the malt house,” Babb said. “We live beside the facility, which allows us to make sure our batches are well attended to. It is a 24-hour/365 job. We operate all year long.

We bring in most of our barley in August at harvest time and we malt it throughout the year, every week. We have a very small three or four-person crew that runs the operations here, and we stay out here and we live out here.”

That close-quarters live/work setup has made things easier for Empire Malting this year, as COVID-19 has created big question marks about the safety of workplaces and the ability of agricultural operations to function as normal. But with the blessing of a quality 2020 crop and a growing interest throughout the industry of sourcing ingredients close to home, Babb says that it’s actually been a good year for her business.

“Everybody’s had to change various aspects of doing business and serving beer, so it’s been a tough year [for the industry as a whole],” she said. “But I can definitely say that I’ve noticed a huge push to try to get your ingredients locally and operate in a way that can support local businesses — and make sure that you can actually get your ingredients. Having a shorter supply chain is a big benefit right now.”

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DART FOR ART: Crooked Tree Arts Center’s annual fundraiser will be held online, Aug. 13-20. Local artist Trisha Witty’s artwork, “Ethereal,” will be auctioned off during the Virtual DART for ART finale. Tickets include: Dinner & drinks at your choice of DART for ART partner restaurants; $250 credit for artwork from the DART for ART online art gallery; online auctions & raffles; & live-stream events & performances from the CTAC School of Music, CTAC School of Ballet, Trisha Witty & more. crookedtree.org

---------------------CLEAN WATERS CHALLENGE: Aug. 8-15.

After 15 years, the annual Bear River Cleanup is taking on a new form as a region-wide family cleanup event. With members of your family (or small groups that follow government social distancing guidelines), clean a reserved stretch of beach or river & collect as much trash as possible. Take photos during the cleanup, use the tags provided by the Watershed Council, & be entered to win prizes from Patagonia, Keen, Bearcub Outfitters & more. Register. www.watershedcouncil.org/clean-waters-challenge.html

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: Run a 5K or 10K any time between Aug. 1-31. runsignup.com/Race/ MichiganHarvestRun/Page-5

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: Run any time between Aug. 29 - Sept. 8. Proceeds benefit the T.A.C.K.L.E. Fund of the Otsego Community Foundation.

“Together Against Cancer, Kept Local Everyday.” Must register by Aug. 22. $30 for 18 & over; $25 for under 18. give.otsegofoundation. org/event/6th-annual-color-tour/e267391

---------------------PATRICK’S HEAVY RIDE WITH FRIENDS FOR NORTE: 8am. Ride from TC to Wilderness State Park via a 130-mile route. A 70-mile option, Charlevoix to Wilderness, is also available. elgruponorte.org

---------------------VIRTUAL RUBBER DUCKY FESTIVAL: Get your tickets at the Bellaire Farmers Market on Fri. Win up to $500 in prizes. Free; race ducks are $5 each. bellairechamber.org/rubber-ducky-festival

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BENZIE COUNTY DEMOCRATS MONTHLY MEETING: Benzie County Democratic Party Headquarters, 9930 Honor Hwy., Honor.

Meetings on third Saturday of the month, with 9:30am coffee klatch, 10am community announcements, followed by featured speaker.

Free. benziedemocrats.com

---------------------33RD ANNUAL WISH-A-MILE BICYCLE TOUR - NOW VIRTUAL: Participate any time now through Aug. 16. Help make transformational wishes come true for Michigan children battling critical illnesses. The largest fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Michigan. Register for the WAM 300 or WAM 50. 810-522-6510.

Cost: $95 to register, but WAM 300 riders must raise at least $1,200 to ride. WishAMile.org

---------------------GAYLORD SIDEWALK SALES: Downtown Gaylord, Aug. 14-15. Wear your mask.

---------------------KIERSTEN’S RIDE: Chandler Hills Campground, Boyne Falls. 10am horseback trail ride: Approx. 10 mile ride; check-in from 8:309:30am. 11am trail bike ride: Approx. 8 & 12 mile trails; check-in from 10-10:30am. Noon walk: Approx. 1.3 mile nature walk; check-in from 11-11:30am. 2pm ORV ride: 30-40 mile ride; check-in from 12:30-1:30pm. $15 pre-registration; $10 for 12 & under; $25 after Aug. 7.

Benefits suicide prevention programs in northern lower MI. kierstensride.org

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: Featuring an online auction & drone powered golf ball drop. Purchase a golf ball online or over the phone for the Drone Drop for $25.

Prizes for the balls closest to the hole & the

ball farthest from the hole include: $1,000 cash prize, new MacBook Air, iPad Pro, & Air Pods Pro. Balls on sale through Aug. 15. You can also bid for an Up North experience. Auction opens Aug. 15 & closes Aug. 27. Then join online Aug. 27 at 7pm to watch the drone drop & find out who the winners are. Benefits Oliver Art Center. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org

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---------------------RUBBER DUCKY DAYS SIDEWALK SALES: 10am-10pm, Downtown Bellaire. Enjoy the Open Air Spaces while you shop & dine. Check out the DIA Art Walk too.

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TC STROLL FOR EPILEPSY: 10am, West Bay Beach Hotel, TC. Adults: $25; children: $15; infants free. epilepsymichigan.org

---------------------“PROTECTING OUR LAKES & SHORELANDS”: 10:30am-noon. A virtual series developed by the Friends of Spider Lake & Rennie Lake, for those living on or recreating in our local lakes & waterways. Today features Erick Elgin, M.S., limnologist/water resource educator at Michigan State University Extension.

Register. Free. natureiscalling.org/events

---------------------OUTDOOR CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW: 11am-4pm, The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC. Find on Facebook.

---------------------VIRTUAL CAMP GOOD GRIEF: 11am-1pm.

For children in Michigan coping with grief. Hosted by Hospice of Michigan & Arbor Hospice.

Featuring arts, crafts, music & conversation.

Space is limited. Free. hom.org

---------------------VIRTUAL READ ALONG WITH SAM: 11am.

To celebrate National Health Center Week, East Jordan & Bellaire Family Health Centers have partnered with the Jordan Valley District Library, Central Lake District Library & Bellaire Public Library on Children’s Health Day to read-along with their PA, Sam Dyste. Sam will read “Circus Ship” by Chris Van Dusen. facebook.com/events/599735384242579

---------------------BENEFIT CAR & BIKE SHOW: 12:30pm. Help support Steve Mortensen who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 small cell aggressive lung cancer that has spread. Registration begins at noon.

Prizes awarded at 3pm. This is a day-long event that begins with a horseshoe tournament & ends with a dinner & auction. $10 per vehicle. facebook. com/events/327825824929518

---------------------SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: CHRIS CALLEJA: 2-6pm, Boyne Valley Vineyards, on the patio, Petoskey. boynevalleyvineyards.com

---------------------BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: 5pm & 8:30pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

“Broadway’s Last Leading Baritone,” Mitchell recovered from the Coronavirus a few months ago. He is a Tony Award-winning singer whose career covers Broadway, television, film & concert appearances. 5pm show: $97 all seats.

8:30pm show: $117 all seats. greatlakescfa. org/event-detail/brian-stokes-mitchell-1

---------------------TAKE IT FROM THE TOP SHOWCASE: City Opera House, TC. The pinnacle of the weeklong musical theater workshops; the culmination of participants’ musical theater talents.

Doors open at 5:30pm; Broadway Intensive Showcase at 6pm; Advanced Workshop Showcase: “Sister Act JR” at 7:45pm. Free. cityoperahouse.org/tiftt-2020-showcase

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------20TH ANNUAL LADY BIKER DAY: Aug. 1415, Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls. “Memory Lane.” Today includes guided rides, East Jordan Train Group photo & presentation, LBD Costume Awards Dinner & more. Find ‘Lady Biker Day Northern Michigan’ on Facebook.

---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Michilimackinac State Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring “The Mighty Ducks.” Starts at dusk. Free.

The Benzie Fishing Frenzy will happen Aug. 21-23 in Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Fri. is the ladies tournament, followed by the Pro, Am and 333 on Sat. and Sun. Fishing is from 6am-1pm all three days. For more info visit tournamenttrail.net/tournaments#/frankfort

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mine what their owl likes to eat. $5-$11. greatlakeskids.org/news-events

sunday

NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: MOLLY WIZENBERG: 7pm. A Zoom event with the author of “The Fixed Stars.”

Wizenberg is a New York Times bestselling & James Beard Award-winning author. Guest host is Elon Cameron, co-founder of UpNorth Pride, scholar of Chinese medicine, acupuncturist & writer. Register. Free. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA

---------------------DART FOR ART: (See Sat., Aug. 15) ---------------------MARK MELLON TRIATHLON & 5K: 8am, Otsego Lake County Park, Gaylord. Choose from the Sprint Triathlon, Sprint Triathlon Relay, 5K Run or Kids Triathlon. runsignup.com/Race/MI/ Gaylord/MarkMellonTriathlon5K

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. TC PIT SPITTERS: 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------33RD ANNUAL WISH-A-MILE BICYCLE TOUR - NOW VIRTUAL: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

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monday

MOBILE MUSEUM: OWL PELLET DISSECTION: 11am, outside of Norte, 1213 W. Civic Center Dr., TC. Learn about owls & owl pellets through a hands-on, guided dissection of an owl pellet. Each participant will have their own pellet & have the opportunity to use their comparison, deduction & logic skills to deter-

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------TOGETHER THRU MUSIC CONCERTS: 7pm. Held on Facebook Live. Featuring Sydni K., a 19-year-old pop/country singer songwriter. business.facebook.com/GaylordAreaCouncilForTheArts

---------------------DART FOR ART: (See Sat., Aug. 15) ---------------------FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP: CREATE FABRIC & PAPER BEADS W/ BETSY YUSKO: 1pm, Gaylord Area Council for the Arts, Gaylord. Make jewelry worthy beads from scraps, by cutting, rolling & embellishing to make a finished product. gacaevents.weebly.com

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------SEEKING THE SACRED: 1pm, Life Church of Gaylord. Presented by Beatrice Smits, docent for the Detroit Institute of Arts. GACA is partnering with Life Church of Gaylord to hold this presentation in their auditorium, next door to GACA. Bea’s topic compares the different ways people throughout the world & throughout time have used works of art to hold, communicate & reinforce ideas about religion, spirituality & cosmology. Call 989-732-3242 to reserve your spot. The event is free, but seating is limited due to social distancing. gaylordarts.org

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

aug 18

tuesday

TALKS, TUNES & TOURS: MIDWEEK MORNINGS IN MANISTEE: 10am, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. Owner of Ideal Kitchen Shelley Doyan presents “Easy Entertaining.” Free. ci.ovationtix. com/35295/production/1029908

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MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------VIRTUAL COFFEE @ 10: 10am. Crooked Tree Arts Center is celebrating its 23rd annual arts fundraiser, DART for ART- virtually. Learn about the Harbor Springs featured artist, Trisha Witty. The Zoom link will be on crookedtree.org.

---------------------DART FOR ART: (See Sat., Aug. 15) ---------------------VIRTUAL COFFEE CHAT W/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIANE BARIBEAU & AUGUST MYSTERY GUEST: 10am. Presented by the City Opera House on YouTube & Facebook.

Free. cityoperahouse.org

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------GREAT ART ON SCREEN FEATURES “BERNINI”: 2pm, Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Manistee. $15. ci.ovationtix.com

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OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------BILL MCALLISTER AS FRANK SINATRA: 6:308pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. charlevoixlibrary.org/events/events-calendar

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. TC PIT SPITTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Michilimackinac State Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring “Moana.” Begins at dusk. Free. mlive.com/ news/2020/06/watch-movies-in-a-historic-fortor-by-the-mackinac-bridge-this-summer.html

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aug 19

wednesday

THE ART OF: BILL ALLEN: 10:30am. Join artist Bill Allen & curator of education Jason Dake online as they discuss Allen’s work in the Dennos galleries. Registration tickets are pay what you can, $0-$15. After your ticket is reserved, a member of Dennos staff will email you the details to join on Zoom. shop.dennosmuseum.org/product/the-art-of-bill-allen/1482

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Holly Keller will perform on the Gazebo stage. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2020

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------------------------------------------SLACKLINE 101: FIND YOUR BALANCE: 6-8pm, F&M Park, TC. Slacklining is a sport invented by rock climbers to train balance. Instructors will walk you through the fundamentals. $5-$10 recommended (pay-what-youcan). Social distancing required. facebook. com/events/603370737216692

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

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

---------------------DART FOR ART: (See Sat., Aug. 15) ---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

aug 21

friday

BENZIE FISHING FRENZY: Aug. 21-23. Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Today is for ladies. $100/team. Fish from 6am-1pm. Open communication. One angler limit (2 Lake Trout max) at scales. tournamenttrail.net/tournaments#/frankfort

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------CHARLOTTE ROSS LEE CONCERTS IN THE PARK: 12-1pm, Pennsylvania Park, Petoskey. Chris Koury will perform on the Gazebo stage. crookedtree.org/article/ctac-petoskey/charlotte-ross-lee-concerts-park-2020

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TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

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“SHOWSTOPPERS”: 7pm, Old Town Playhouse, Theatre Under the Tent, parking lot, TC. The OTP Young Company’s Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop presents their annual musical revue. Featuring the best of Broadway. Adults, $15; under 18, $8 (plus fees). tickets.oldtownplayhouse.com/TheatreManager/1/online

---------------------JAZZ AT THE LIBRARY: 7pm, Charlevoix Public Library, Children’s Garden. With Nancy Stagnitta. charlevoixlibrary.org

OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. TC PIT SPITTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------DART FOR ART: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

aug 20

thursday

SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: CHRIS CALLEJA: 2-6pm, Boyne Valley Vineyards, on the patio, Petoskey. Free. boynevalleyvineyards.com

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OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES: SHELAGH & ROBBIE: 3-6pm, 45 North Vineyard & Winery, Lake Leelanau. facebook.com/ events/560790334789993

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aug 22

saturday

BENZIE FISHING FRENZY: Aug. 21-23, Mineral Springs Park, Frankfort. Aug. 22-23 is Pro/Am/333. Pro: $500/team.

Fish 6am-1pm. Open communication. 2 Angler limit (4 Lake Trout max) at scales. Am: $250/team. Fish 6am-1pm. Open communication. One Angler limit (2 Lake Trout max) at scales. 333: $100/ team. Fish 6am-1pm. Open communication.

Weigh your best 3 fish in 2 days. tournamenttrail.net/tournaments#/frankfort

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 1:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: TYLER PARKIN: 2-6pm, Boyne Valley Vineyards, on the patio, Petoskey. Free. boynevalleyvineyards.com

---------------------LET’S GO FLY A KITE: 3-5pm, Frankfort Lake Michigan Beach Turn Around. Free kites to the first 100 participants. Free. frankfort-elberta.com

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AN EVENING WITH CHRIS THILE: Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor. Held at 5pm & 8:30pm. A mandolin virtuoso, composer, vocalist, & member of Punch Brothers & Nickel Creek, Chris is also a multiple Grammy Awardwinner & MacArthur Fellow. 5pm: $57 all seats.

8:30pm: $67 all seats. greatlakescfa.org/eventdetail/an-evening-with-chris-thile

---------------------“SHOWSTOPPERS”: (See Fri., Aug. 21)

aug 23

sunday

BENZIE FISHING FRENZY: (See Sat., Aug. 22)

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MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

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OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 15)

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. TC PIT SPITTERS: 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pitspitters

---------------------“SHOWSTOPPERS”: (See Fri., Aug. 21) ---------------------VIRTUAL 10TH BIRTHDAY BASH WITH SUSAN GOLDBERG & GUEST HOST DOUG STANTON: 7pm. Presented by National Writers Series. Goldberg is the editor-in-chief of National Geographic, & the first woman to edit the magazine since it began publishing in 1888. A fundraising, ticketed event. Held on Zoom. Register. zoom.us/webinar/register/ WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA

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TC’S SLOW ROLL: Ride your bikes slow for 4-5 miles, chit-chat, ding your bells & more. Meet at F&M Park, TC at 5:50pm every Weds. in Aug. Roll out at 6pm. elgruponorte.org/theme_event/ tc-rides-slow-roll-responsibly-august

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

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

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

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

OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 8)

---------------------OUTDOOR CRAFT & VENDOR SHOW: 11am-4pm, The Village at GT Commons, Historic Front Lawn, TC. Find on Facebook.

---------------------VIRTUAL CAMP GOOD GRIEF: 11am-1pm.

For children in Michigan coping with grief. Hosted by Hospice of Michigan & Arbor Hospice.

Featuring arts, crafts, music & conversation.

Space is limited. Free. hom.org

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BENEFIT CAR & BIKE SHOW: 12:30pm. Help support Steve Mortensen who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 small cell aggressive lung cancer that has spread. Registration begins at noon.

Prizes awarded at 3pm. This is a day-long event that begins with a horseshoe tournament & ends with a dinner & auction. $10 per vehicle. facebook. com/events/327825824929518

---------------------SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: CHRIS CALLEJA: 2-6pm, Boyne Valley Vineyards, on the patio, Petoskey. boynevalleyvineyards.com

---------------------BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: 5pm & 8:30pm, Great Lakes Center for the Arts, Bay Harbor.

“Broadway’s Last Leading Baritone,” Mitchell recovered from the Coronavirus a few months ago. He is a Tony Award-winning singer whose career covers Broadway, television, film & concert appearances. 5pm show: $97 all seats.

8:30pm show: $117 all seats. greatlakescfa. org/event-detail/brian-stokes-mitchell-1

---------------------TAKE IT FROM THE TOP SHOWCASE: City Opera House, TC. The pinnacle of the weeklong musical theater workshops; the culmination of participants’ musical theater talents.

Doors open at 5:30pm; Broadway Intensive Showcase at 6pm; Advanced Workshop Showcase: “Sister Act JR” at 7:45pm. Free. cityoperahouse.org/tiftt-2020-showcase

---------------------TC PIT SPITTERS VS. GREAT LAKES RESORTERS: 7:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------MOVIES BY THE BRIDGE: Michilimackinac State Park, Mackinaw City. Featuring “The Mighty Ducks.” Starts at dusk. Free.

aug 16

sunday

NATIONAL WRITERS SERIES: MOLLY WIZENBERG: 7pm. A Zoom event with the author of “The Fixed Stars.”

Wizenberg is a New York Times bestselling & James Beard Award-winning author. Guest host is Elon Cameron, co-founder of UpNorth Pride, scholar of Chinese medicine, acupuncturist & writer. Register. Free. zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UtrRyLmaSxey8RqedXPTJA

---------------------VIRTUAL DART FOR ART 2020: (See Thurs., Aug. 13)

---------------------MARK MELLON TRIATHLON & 5K: 8am, Otsego Lake County Park, Gaylord. Choose from the Sprint Triathlon, Sprint Triathlon Relay, 5K Run or Kids Triathlon. runsignup.com/Race/MI/ Gaylord/MarkMellonTriathlon5K

---------------------MICHIGAN HARVEST VIRTUAL RUN SERIES: APPLE DASH: (See Sat., Aug. 8)

---------------------NUENERGY’S FIRST ANNUAL VIRTUAL 5K COLOR TOUR: (See Sat., Aug. 8)

---------------------GREAT LAKES RESORTERS VS. TC PIT SPITTERS: 5:05pm, Turtle Creek Stadium, TC. northwoodsleague.com/traverse-city-pit-spitters

---------------------33RD ANNUAL WISH-A-MILE BICYCLE TOUR - NOW VIRTUAL: (See Sat., Aug. 8)

---------------------OLIVER ART CENTER’S NO GALA GALA: (See Sat., Aug. 8)

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

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

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

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

---------------------BIKE NIGHT & CAR CRUISE-IN: Tuesdays, 6pm through Sept. 1 at Boyne Mountain Resort, Clock Tower Lodge circle drive, Boyne Falls.

Bring your roadster, hog or coupe. Live music, weekly raffle to benefit local charities & more.

Find on Facebook.

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AUGUST ACCESSIBLE ART KITS: Offered by artBright. For local families impacted by COVID-19. These free kits are available with a one kit limit per household for children under 12.

Register online. Aug. 7: Recycled Silk Painting Art Kit. Aug. 14: Terracotta Leaf Painting Art Kit. Aug. 21: Nature Chalk Drawing Art Kit. Aug. 28: Tricolor Leaf Prints Art Kit. facebook.com/ artbrightlight

---------------------“HISTORY MATTERS”: Shay House, Harbor Springs. A community art display that is open Fridays & Saturdays, 11am-3pm all summer.

Sponsored by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society.

---------------------JOSEPH WORKS: Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts, Hardy Hall, Manistee. New Art by Phil & Susan Joseph. Fridays, 12-3pm through Sept. 25. Make a reservation at: ramsdelltheatre.org.

---------------------BELLAIRE DOWNTOWN TO DISPLAY DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART OUTDOOR EXHIBITS: Will be displayed through late fall, 2020. bellairemichigan.com/images/DIA_Final_Art_map.pdf

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EXHIBIT: SUMMER SALON: Runs through Aug. 15 at Charlevoix Circle of Arts. A salonstyle exhibit showcasing regionally inspired work by local & area artists. CharlevoixCircle.org

---------------------“DON’T MISS THE BOAT”: Harbor Springs History Museum. Presented by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. This exhibit highlights the historic ferries of Little Traverse Bay & features original watercolors & giclees by local artist William Talmadge Hall. Runs through the summer of 2021. Hours: Tues.Sat., 11am-3pm. harborspringshistory.org/history-museum-exhibits

---------------------2020 VIRTUAL MEMBERSHIP SHOW: Presented by Jordan River Arts Council. Includes all media. Runs through Oct. 3. jordanriverarts.com

---------------------SEQUESTERED ART EXHIBIT: Runs through Aug. 29 at GACA Art Center, Gaylord during normal business hours of 1-4pm on Thursdays & Fridays, 12-2pm on Saturdays or by

appointment. This is a multi-media exhibit of artwork, creative writing & music that was created during Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” COVID-19 time period or for GACA’s 100-Day Project. gaylordarts.org

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CROOKED TREE ARTS CENTER: - VIRTUAL PINT-SIZED PAINT OUT FOR KIDS: Aug. 8-16. A part of the Paint Grand Traverse event, that lets kids get in on the plein air painting fun. Artists can capture their favorite scenery (or even their own backyards!) & submit pictures of their paintings to the online gallery. Six cash prizes will be awarded to artists ages 0-15. Gouache Art Kits are available for purchase for $20 from Crooked Tree in Petoskey & TC. paintgrandtraverse.com/event/ pint-sized-paint-out - PAINT GRAND TRAVERSE 2020: Presented

by Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Aug. 8-9: Artists paint en plein air in downtown TC & Old Mission Peninsula. Aug. 10-16: Shop artwork safely from your PC or mobile device. Aug. 17 Sept. 12: In-person exhibit & sale in the gallery. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traverse-city/paintgrand-traverse - CTPS ATRIUM SHOW 2020: Runs through Oct. 1, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Atrium Gallery, Petoskey. Original photographs by 16 artists of the Crooked Tree Photographic Society. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-petoskey/ctps-atrium-show-2020 - DART FOR ART GALLERY: Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey. Runs through Sept. 5.

Featuring original paintings, pottery, photos, jewelry & more. crookedtree.org/event/ctacpetoskey/dart-art-gallery - YOUTH ART SHOW 2020 ONLINE: Runs through Sept. 1. Featuring over 1,250 images from young artists working throughout the Charlevoix-Emmet Intermediate School District. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-online-ctacpetoskey-ctac-traverse-city/youth-art-show2020-online - TC GUILD MEMBER SALON SHOW: Crooked Tree Arts Center, TC. Runs through Aug. 28. crookedtree.org/event/ctac-traversecity/tc-guild-member-salon-show

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

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

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

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GLEN ARBOR ARTS CENTER: - ARTISTS INVITATIONAL & VIRTUAL AUCTION: Fifty-five artists make art on Aug. 1-2.

You window shop online Aug. 6-7. Then buy online Aug. 8, 5-9pm. This is a fundraiser for GAAC. glenarborart.org - MEMBERS CREATE: Annual exhibition showcasing members’ talents. Runs through Aug. 27. On display: 25 works in both 2D & 3D. The online version of the exhibition is available for viewing beginning July 24. Open every day, 11am–2 pm. glenarborart.org/events/exhibitmembers-create - 6FT APART ART: CLOTHESLINE EXHIBIT: Glen Arbor Arts Center. Runs through Aug. 27. glenarborart.org - ART IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUS - A

POSTCARD RESPONSE: Glen Arbor Arts Center call-for-entry. Exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5. This an exhibition of postcards created in response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Postcards will be installed in the GAAC’s Lobby Gallery, & exhibited in tandem with the Power Tools exhibition in the main gallery. The submission deadline is Aug. 12. glenarborart. org/artists-main/calls-for-entry - POWER TOOLS - A JURIED EXHIBITION: Seeking submissions for this exhibit through Aug. 12. The exhibit runs Sept. 11 – Nov. 5 & is built on the belief that the visual arts provide powerful tools of expression. glenarborart.org/ artists-main/calls-for-entry - MANITOU MUSIC POSTER COMPETITION: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions of original paintings for its 2021 Manitou Music poster competition. The deadline for online submissions is Sept. 17. Open to all current GAAC members. glenarborart.org/ mmf-poster-competition-guidlines

---------------------HIGHER ART GALLERY, TC: - MONO-MICHIGAN: Twelve Michigan photographers through the monochromatic lens. Runs Aug. 13 - Sept. 2. higherartgallery.com - RUFUS SNODDY: CONSTRUCTION PAINTINGS & OTHER SMALL WORKS: Runs through Aug. 11. higherartgallery.com - OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: “CITIZEN’S COPING”: Artists of all mediums are invited to examine how the last four years have changed them personally (or not), & express how the actions of this administration has affected them. NEW: Examine the effects of COVID-19 as well. Deadline to apply & enter submission is: 9/5/2020. Show Opens: 10/9/2020. higherartgallery.com

---------------------NORTHPORT ARTS ASSOCIATION, NORTHPORT: - CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS - NORTHPORT PHOTO EXHIBIT: Northport Arts Association. Call through Aug. 20. Space is limited.

Exhibit runs Sept. 4-13. northportartsassociation.org/all-happenings/2020/5/22/northportphoto-exhibit-2020 - 4TH ANNUAL SUMMER ARTS OF OUR MEMBERS ART EXHIBIT: Village Arts Building Gallery, Northport. Featuring a large variety of art mediums & styles. Runs Aug. 13-30: 12-4 pm, Sun. through Thurs.; & 4-8pm, Fri. & Sat. northportartsassociation.org

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

Each class will last one week & conclude with an online exhibition of student work. Classes will run weekly into mid-August. Supply kits will be available at OAC for $10 & will include all the supplies needed for classes all summer. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org - ELLIE HAROLD’S ‘BIRDS FLY IN’: A team representing the U.S., Mexico, Germany & the U.K. have collaborated to create the art, music & poetry featured in the avian-themed installation created in response to migration issues at the U.S. southern border. This exhibit comprises 16 of Ellie’s large format oil paintings displayed on both sides of a Refuge Structure designed by local architect Wilfried Schley. Runs Aug. 7 - Sept. 11. Hours: Mon. - Fri., 10am4:30pm; Sat., 10am-4pm; & Sun., 12-4pm. oliverartcenterfrankfort.org Richard Stocker Exhibit: “Bright Spot”: Hosted by the Leelanau Community Cultural Center at The Old Art Building, Leland. This out of doors exhibit will be on display on the building & from the trees, allowing the art to interact with the changing light & wind. It is an extension of Hospital Art for Kids, a non-profit organization Richard began in 2000 after losing his son to cancer. It portrays that we all need more color & joy in our lives. Runs through Aug.

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: relationship. She’s now on the rebound hard — hitting on her co-workers, going on multiple dates every week, hooking up with different guys all the time, etc. I can’t decide whether to admire her confidence or be concerned that she needs constant attention and validation from men. Do you think this is healthy behavior? Should I tell her that she needs to stop acting out and work on healing from her relationship in healthy ways?

— Worried Friend

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: Nothing like women celebrating other women: “Yay, you, getting in regular workouts doing the walk of shame!”

I get that you mean to help. Uh, help your friend, that is. However, it appears we women evolved to help ourselves by “helping” other women, or as I like to call it, “benevolent meangirling.” This plays out, for example, in telling a hot friend in a fabulous little dress, “I have to be honest, that makes you look a bit trampy,” and engaging in other acts of humanitarian frankness to help keep her from giving men whiplash and jamming up her evenings with lots of dates.

These acts of female frenemyship are often subconsciously motivated, which is why we can tell ourselves we just want the best for our friends while in fact serving our own evolutionary best interests. Hidden treachery is actually a primary feature of “female intrasexual competition” (women competing with women).

Women are mistakenly seen as the sweeter, kinder sex. You hear people sigh, “If only we had women in charge,” as if this would lead to world peace, universal basic income, and cats that paw-dial 911 when their owner dies instead of eating their face. But this view of women as the better half of humanity is psychologically naive. Women aren’t less aggressive; they’re just differently aggressive.

Aggression gets a bad name because it gives rise to uncomfortable emotions such as fear and, sometimes, to unexpected workplace activities, such as murder-suicide. However, aggression is actually a vital evolved motivation for getting our needs met so we can survive, mate, and leave surviving children to pass on our genes.

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Research on sex differences in male and female aggression by psychologists Anne Campbell, Joyce Benenson, and others suggests that while male aggression is direct, manifesting in, say, yelled threats, a punch

BY Amy Alkon in the nose, or a barstool upside the head, female aggression tends to be indirect and thus hidden.

Though there are women who get physically violent with each other, Benenson explains that this happens rarely, and usually just in certain contexts (like impoverished neighborhoods). Generally, women fight other women with poisonous veiled aggression such as mean gossip, ostracism, shaming, and sneaky sabotage dressed up as concern for other women’s welfare. Campbell contends that covert female aggression likely evolved out of women’s need to avoid physical confrontation, which could kill them or damage their reproductive parts, leaving them unable to fulfill their role as an infant’s primary caregiver.

Depressing as all this twisted sisterhood stuff surely seems, an inclination to behave a certain way isn’t a mandate. So, if you’d prefer to be the sort of woman who acts in her friend’s best interests, you can be. However, the reality is we often think we know what’s best for somebody else, especially when we believe they’re harming themselves. In fact, a person sometimes needs to go a bit wrong to get right again.

When (and if) what they’re doing ultimately proves unsatisfying, they’ll stop. Telling them to stop can actually be counterproductive, even if you feel sure you have their best interests at heart. Research by psychologist Jack Brehm finds that telling people what they should do seems to make them rebel and do exactly the opposite, like by continuing to do whatever they’d been doing, but louder and harder.

A more effective technique — one that’s proved successful in addiction treatment — is “motivational interviewing.” It starts with asking a person what they value deeply and ultimately want (romantically, in this case).

After they reflect on that and answer, ask them how whatever they’re currently doing, whatever behavior they’re engaging in, aligns with their values and goals.

This technique might not get you immediate answers (or any answers), but you might inspire your friend to reflect on behavior she might be engaging in somewhat automatically. And how nice if you’re doing this through some insight of your own — for example, on sisterhood ideals like, “There’s a special place in hell for women who do not create space for other women,” and how this can play out in reality: “I want to get your shoes in the shot, doll. Just take two more steps back” (right into that open manhole).

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Joy is a mystery because it can happen

anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances,” writes author Frederick Buechner. What he doesn’t say is that you must be receptive and open to the possibility of joy arriving anywhere and anytime.

If you’re shut down to its surprising influx, if you’re convinced that joy is out of reach, it won’t break through the barriers you’ve put up; it won’t be able to land in your midst. I think this is especially important counsel for you in the coming weeks, Virgo.

PLEASE make yourself available for joy. P.S. Here’s another clue from Buechner: “Joy is where the whole being is pointed in one direction.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) If you can

manage it, I recommend taking a break from business-as-usual. I’d love to see you give yourself the gift of amusement and play—a luxurious sabbatical that will help you feel free of every burden, excused from every duty, and exempt from every fixation. The spirit I hope you will embody is captured well in this passage from author Okakura Kakuzo: “Let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

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Eminem advises us, “Never take ecstasy, beer, Bacardi, weed, Pepto-Bismol, Vivarin, Tums, Tagamet HB, Xanax, and Valium in the same day.”

What’s his rationale? That quaffing this toxic mix might kill us or make us psychotic? No. He says you shouldn’t do that because “It makes it difficult to sleep at night.” I’m going to suggest that you abide by his counsel for yet another reason: According to my analysis, you have the potential to experience some wondrous and abundant natural highs in the coming weeks. Your capacity for beautiful perceptions, exhilarating thoughts, and breakthrough epiphanies will be at a peak. But none of that is likely to happen if you’re loaded up with inebriants.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Everyone

who has ever built a new heaven first found the power to do so in his own hell,” declared philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. That’s a rather histrionic statement! But then Nietzsche was a Maestro of Melodrama. He was inclined to portray human life as a heroic struggle for boldness and liberation. He imagined us as being engaged in an epic quest to express our highest nature. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I propose that you regard Nietzsche as your power creature during the coming weeks. You have a mandate to adopt his lion-hearted perspective. And yes, you also have a poetic license to build a new heaven based on the lessons you learned and the power you gained in your own hell.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20): Here’s some

knowledge from author John le Carré: “In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book.

Below the line is how you do the job.” According to my analysis, you have, at least for now, done all you can in your work above the line. That’s great! It was crucial for you to follow the rules and honor tradition. But now it’s time for a shift in emphasis. In the coming weeks, I hope you will specialize in finessing the details and massaging the nuances below the line.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We never know

what is enough until we know what’s more than enough,” said Aries singer Billie Holiday. I don’t think that applies to everyone, although it’s more likely to be true about the Aries tribe than maybe any other sign of the zodiac. And I’m guessing that the coming weeks could be a time when you will indeed be vivid proof of its validity. That’s why I’m issuing a “Too Much of a Good Thing” alert for you. I don’t think it’ll be harmful to go a bit too far and get a little too much of the good things; it may even be wise and healthy to do so. But please don’t go waaayyyy too far and get waaayyyy too much of the good things.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) took many years to write The Human Comedy, an amalgam of 91 intertwined novels, stories, and essays. For this vast enterprise, he dreamed up

the personalities of more than 2,000 characters, many of whom appeared in multiple volumes. I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I believe that the next 15 months will be an excellent time for you to imagine and carry out a Balzac-like project of your own. Do you have an inkling of what that might be? Now’s a good time to start ruminating.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Not until the 19th

century did humans begin to take organized actions to protect animals from cruelty. Even those were sparse. The latter part of the 20th century brought more concerted efforts to promote animal welfare, but the rise of factory farms, toxic slaughterhouses, zoos, circuses, and cosmetic testing has shunted us into a Dark Age of animal abuse. I suspect our descendants will look back with horror at our barbarism. This problem incurs psychological wounds in us all in ways that aren’t totally conscious. And I think this is an especially key issue for you right now. I beg you, for your own sake as well as for the animals’, to upgrade your practical love and compassion for animals. I bet you’ll find it inspires you to treat your own body with more reverence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian literary critic Harold Bloom bragged to The New York Times that his speed-reading skills were so advanced that he could finish a 500-page book in an hour. While I believe he has indeed devoured thousand of books, I also wonder if he lied about his quickness. Nonetheless, I’ll offer him up as an inspirational role model for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because you’re likely to be able to absorb and integrate far more new information and fresh experiences than usual—and at a rapid pace.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Magic lies in

challenging what seems impossible,” says Leo politician Carol Moseley Braun. I agree with her, but will also suggest there’s an even higher magic: when you devise a detailed plan for achieving success by challenging the impossible, and then actually carry out that plan. Judging from the current astrological omens, I suspect you’re in an unusually favorable position to do just that in the coming weeks. Be bold in rising to the challenge; be practical and strategic in winning the challenge.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I transformed

stillnesses and darknesses into words,” wrote Libran poet Arthur Rimbaud. “What was unspeakable, I named. I made the whirling world pause.” In accordance with current astrological potentials, I have turned his thoughts into a message for you. In the coming weeks, I hope you will translate silences and mysteries into clear language. What is unfathomable and inaccessible, you will convert into understandings and revelations. Gently, without force or violence, you will help heal the inarticulate agitation around you with the power of your smooth, resonant tenderness.

ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Your desires,

whether or not you achieve them, will determine who you become,” wrote author Octavia E. Butler.

Now is a fertile time for you to meditate on that truth. So I dare you to take an inventory of all your major desires, from the noblest to the most trivial. Be honest. If one of your burning yearnings is to have 100,000 followers on Instagram or to eat chocolate-covered bacon that is served to you in bed, admit it. After you’re through tallying up the wonders you want most, the next step is to decide if they are essential to you becoming the person you truly want to be. If some aren’t, consider replacing them with desires that will be a better influence on you as you evolve.

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ScORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): To aid and

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Second, author George Orwell believed that “to see what is in front of one’s nose” requires never-ending diligence. Finally, author Pearl S. Buck testified that she didn’t wait around until she was in the right mood before beginning her work. Instead, she invoked her willpower to summon the necessary motivation.

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