Jillian Manning | Author

Jan. 28, 2023

Friends. Mentors. Colleagues. Sisters, moms, and cousins. No woman is an island, and this week we’re celebrating the wing women who help us become our best selves at work, at home, and in our communities.

We asked several NoMi women in leadership who their wing woman is—… Read More >>

Funny in February

Jan. 7, 2023

Here are five words you’ve probably never heard before:

“I cannot wait for February.”

But so says comedian Mike Geeter, one of the guiding forces behind the 2023 Traverse City Comedy Fest, which comes to stages in downtown TC Feb. 2-4. Geeter and business p… Read More >>

Striking Back Against Chronic Pain

Jan. 7, 2023

The ache in your lower back that just won’t go away. The unexplained inflammation or skin sensitivity. The chronic illness you’re living with, but only barely.

These are a few of the reasons folks seek out alternative therapies after they’ve left the doctor’s… Read More >>

Deck the Halls with Decadent Drinks

Dec. 10, 2022

We all know we can get a good box of wine for everyday occasions, but around the holidays, we feel compelled to step up the game. When you want to give the perfect gift or impress your guests—all while supporting local makers—here’s what we recommend.

SPIRITS

A Collective Collage

Nov. 26, 2022

We so often think of art as a solitary pursuit, done in the quiet of a studio with only a paintbrush or a potter’s wheel or a pair of pliers for company.

But all artists great and small need community. All need feedback and encouragement and a burst of inspiration. Enter: The … Read More >>

The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Nov. 19, 2022

In 2020, U.S. nonprofits and charitable organizations saw a record of $466.23 billion in charitable giving, largely in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy—an arm of Indiana University—2021 topped the charts again with $484.85 b… Read More >>

Sticks and Stones...and Cyberbullying

Nov. 12, 2022

For those of us in the Millennial through Silent Generation brackets, getting picked on looked a lot different when we were kids. Without the full force of technology and social media, bullying was based on physical acts of aggression and cruel words at school. Once we left the building, th… Read More >>

Pickleball Mania Hooks Players of All Ages and Skills in Northern Michigan

Nov. 5, 2022

According to a 2022 report from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America, with 4.8 million players nationwide, up 40 percent from 2020.

Northern Michigan is one of the hotspots for the sport, and was in fact one of the very fi… Read More >>

Of the People, For the People, By the People

Oct. 29, 2022

What were you doing in your late twenties? While many of us were hoping to get a promotion, leaving graduate school, or trying to figure out our first life insurance policy, Katie Fahey was quite literally changing the Michigan constitution.

Fahey, an Aquinas grad who studied sustai… Read More >>

Fab Furnishings

Oct. 15, 2022

There’s a special kind of magic involved in finding the furniture and décor for your home. Pieces need to be functional, stylish, comfortable, and ready to stand up to whatever your household throws at them, be it weekly dinner parties or 100-pound dogs. Most importantly, they … Read More >>

Athleisure Is the New Black

Oct. 15, 2022

The last few years have had more than their share of woes, so it’s only right we get a win: the rise of athleisure.

These are the clothes that can go from bed to the gym, Zoom meetings to errands, and heck, even a night out (or in) with friends. There are no buttons or zippers… Read More >>

Fall Birding: Making the most of the migration season

Oct. 8, 2022

Spring is usually thought of as the high season for birders, with the return of our feathered friends not only marking the end of winter but also bringing us bright plumage and beautiful songs to enjoy while the world wakes up.

But according to Brian Allen of the Manistee Audubon So… Read More >>

Two K Farms' Macoun

Oct. 1, 2022

This Suttons Bay cidery has just announced its fall release of new ciders, and we were thrilled to see Macoun on the canned list. (That means we can bring more of it home!) While Macoun isn’t new to Two K, it’s not always in cans, and we are firm believers that just one glass at… Read More >>

Cider Season

Sept. 17, 2022

This time of year, cideries are hard at work harvesting apples and getting all that magical fermentation going. They’re announcing carefully-aged concoctions and on-tap-only batches that are packed with flavor. Perhaps because so many of us grew up eating donuts and drinking NoMi appl… Read More >>

“Cherrishing” Northern Michigan

Sept. 17, 2022

Sara Harding is perhaps best known in NoMi for her role as the studio director of Yen Yoga & Fitness (which is now in their new digs at the Delamar Traverse City), but she’s also a curator and founder of TEDx Traverse City and a board member for Traverse Connect, TART Trails, and … Read More >>

Taking It Slow

Sept. 10, 2022

The fashion industry—particularly fast fashion, defined by trendy and inexpensive items—has been spotlighted in recent years as one of the world’s largest polluters. Hong Kong-based nonprofit Earth.org reports that 60 percent of clothing is made with plastic-sourced materi… Read More >>

The Universal Language

Sept. 3, 2022

Martial arts. Juggling. Intro to improv. Drone flying. Printmaking.

That sounds like a list of electives in a college course catalog, doesn’t it? Arts for All of Northern Michigan will do you one better: These are just a sampling of the classes they offer to folks of all ages,… Read More >>

Staying Substance Free

Aug. 27, 2022

Earlier this month, Northern Express spoke with the Grand Traverse County Drug Free Coalition and Addiction Treatment Services to hear about the trends in substance use among adults in northern Michigan. We learned that substance use and overdoses are on the rise—as has been … Read More >>

What Is Wrong with People?

Aug. 20, 2022

It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves for several years now. Stories of customers being rude to local business staff, community members punching journalists in the face, and people getting shot when putting their boat in the water seem to have become the norm. (Okay, those… Read More >>