Kristi Kates | Author
Jim White: Boyne City's King of Hardware
April 22, 2017
In this era of fast–paced everything, sticking with the same career for more than 50 years is almost unheard of, but that’s exactly what Boyne City’s Jim White has done in the hardware industry. It’s a career that caught him by surprise but that over five decades has…
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FourScore
April 22, 2017
Milky Chance – Blossom – Lichtdicht Records
This German outfit, only on its second album, has proved nearly impossible to categorize so far, with its mélange of folk, electronica and dance music that shifts hue more often than the par cans at an LCD…
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OK Go, Amos Lee and Salt N Pepa Heading North
April 22, 2017
Interlochen Center for the Arts has announced the schedule for this year’s summer concert series, with pretty much something for everyone on the eclectic lineup. Indie rocker OK Go, known for its innovative music videos, and legendary Queens, N.Y., hip–hop duo Salt–N&ndash…
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Holding Fast to Tradition at Charlevoix’s Belvedere Club
April 22, 2017
The word belvedere is derived from two Italian words: bel, meaning beautiful, and vedere, which means view. The English language has borrowed the word since the late 1500s. Appropriately enough, it’s the name of an exclusive summer community in Charlevoix with a beautiful view of its …
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Main Street Market’s Pan–Seared Salmon
April 22, 2017
It’s tough to go wrong with just about anything on the menu at Gaylord’s Main Street Market. The family–owned bistro, which includes a specialty market, coffee bar and wine bar, offers lunch and dinner items such as roasted veggie flatbread, kale and quinoa salad, arugula …
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Trout Town USA: Kalkaska Gets Festive with Fish
April 22, 2017
“Fishing…in some Jungian sense returns us to the aesthetics of the ancient art of gathering and hunting our food. It is a time warp we may step in for a little peace.” – Jim Harrison
Author Jim Harrison wrote about its beginnings way back in 193…
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Brix Soda Company
April 15, 2017
Made by a small group of restaurant industry professionals and friends in Grand Rapids, Brix Soda is the result of these beverage buddies wanting more of a craft–type soda to offer guests as opposed to regular pops that were often loaded with high fructose corn syrup.
These…
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FourScore
April 15, 2017
Various Artists – The Shack: Music from the Motion Picture – Atlantic
While the best tracks from this soundtrack album to the inspirational film The Shack are the most obvious – the strikingly sung Kelly Clarkson/Aloe Blacc duet “Love Goes On&r…
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Pierson's Grille Opens In Harbor Springs
April 15, 2017
Juilleret’s, a classic soda fountain and favored summer destination in downtown Harbor Springs, was open for 112 years before it closed in 2007, to sit vacant for several years. The building was purchased and updated by two ambitious local residents, Andrew and Martha Bowman, who valu…
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Three Weddings And A Budget
April 15, 2017
Weddings come in a variety of shapes, sizes and prices, all with the same basic needs but different savings and splurge options to consider at every budget level.
Each element of a wedding is a personal choice, perhaps most notably the ring, wedding dress and venue departments, and …
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Sweet Dreams And Honky Tonks Come To TC
April 15, 2017
Johnny Cash. Loretta Lynn. Hank Williams. Patsy Cline.
If you’re looking at that shortlist and thinking “legends of country music,” then you’re on the same track as Tom Waselchuk, the writer and founder of the stage show Sweet Dreams and Honky Tonks, a …
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Michele Branches Back To Pop Sound
April 15, 2017
Nineties’–era pop–rock singer Michelle Branch hasn’t done much with her own music for the past decade or so, in spite of a country–western side project and a collaboration with Timbaland, but now she’s got a full–length album recorded and ready to g…
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Creative Paper Chasing At Sable And Gray
April 15, 2017
Sable and Gray Paper Co.’s owner is living proof that sometimes good things happen to you when you least expect them to – or have zero idea what those good things are even supposed to be.
“If you had told me five years ago that I would own my own wedding stationery…
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Something New: 2017's Top Wedding Trends
April 15, 2017
Much like fashion itself, every year brings with it new wedding trends and ideas, from the shifting designs of wedding dresses to new takes on cakes, and 2017 is no exception. Here are some of this year’s best new ideas to keep your wedding plan on top of the latest trends.
April 8, 2017 The Shins – Heartworms - Columbia April 8, 2017 Like so many people in northern Michigan, Anne Morningstar and her husband Brian Bates were drawn Up North for the lifestyle, abundant fresh water and affordable land to start their homestead. Morningstar, who has a bachelor of fine arts degree, joined Bates, who has a bachelor’s in g…
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April 8, 2017 Half a dozen albums in and with a major tour already under their collective belts featuring A Forest of Arms, their latest full–length collection of songs, Tony Dekker and his Great Lake Swimmers bandmates are ready for something a little different: an “almost–unplugged&rd…
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April 8, 2017 Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park just revealed the first chunk of their concert schedule for the 2017 summer season at the park’s outdoor amphitheater, with several big names on the bill plus a show full of woman power. The biggest news is buzz band St. Paul and The Broken B…
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April 8, 2017 Breathing space from the obligations of daily life and literal space to create are two things that artists of all stripes often find in short supply. So when an organization like the Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology offers up something like the Hill House Artist Residency – an op…
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April 8, 2017 From pink to puffs, paperbag waists to practicality, pendants to pockets, this upcoming season’s looks are an extravagant visual potpourri as we follow fashion’s usual cycles and transition (somewhat awkwardly) from one influential decade to the next. But never fear, fashionista…
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While The Shins are officially a “band,” those in the know know that for many years the band has essentially been frontman James Mercer, a fact that comes to the forefront with this set. Self-produced and even more in…
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The Buzz To Save The Bees
Great Lakes Swimmers Splash Into Boyne City
St. Paul to Top the Bill at Meijer Gardens
Hatching Inspiration At Hill House
Get Prepared for Spring/Summer 2017 Fashion