One-Tank Road Trips
Thursday - 8AM
17th Annual Young Writers Juried Exposition: Call for Young Writers
Elementary, middle & high school students who attend schools served by the Char-Em ISD (or home school students in Charlevoix ...Thursday - 8AM
Call for Artists: Ceramics Exhibition
Apply through March 23 for "Bodies of...", a juried ceramics exhibition.Thursday - 8AM
Geek Breakfast
A casual monthly community-driven networking event for tech-minded people to discuss topics like social media, digital marketing, design, & more ...Thursday - 9AM
"Wood, Woods, Wooden"
An exhibition that approaches the material (wood), the place (the woods), the state (wooden) from fresh, innovative & inventive perspectives ...Thursday - 9AM
2019 Juried Photography Exhibition
Juried by John Fergus-Jean, this exhibition includes 43 photographs by 34 exhibiting photographers of local & regional acclaim. An opening ...Thursday - 9AM
Call for Photographers - Northport Photo Exhibit
2019 Northport Photo Exhibit: June 21-30. Limited to 35. Photographers Reception: June 21, 6pm.Thursday - 9AM
Great Northern Fine Art - Fine Craft Expo
An outstanding fine art—fine craft open to all MI artists 18 & older, offering eight juried category awards - $500 ...Thursday - 10AM
"Neu Histoires"
This exhibit by Jesse Jason will feature a collection of abstract, narrative works with a central focus on the imaginative ...Spring Break in Your Own Backyard
Under-the-radar indoor and outdoor adventures Up North
You’ve sprung ahead, and now you’re looking to spring somewhere nearby.Not to worry. The region offers plenty of fun. Sure, you can do the usual: Traverse City ... Read More >>Metal Scrapper Murder
Trading scrap for cash and drinking hard, two scrappers turn on a third and are charged with murder.
The day that 64-year-old Frederic resident Dennis Everson went missing was a busy one for his two partners. The pair, downstaters who salvaged and soldscrap metal with ... Read More >>Vitamin D
See what a dose of Detroit does for your system
Think you can’t afford to head south for spring break? Rethink it. An afternoon’s car cruise from most parts North, the Motor City is hardly the has-been ... Read More >>Flap Jack Shack's Mimosa
Bottoms Up
Whether you’re kicking off your vacation or stuck here pretending to take one, the Flap Jack Shack will put you in full Bahama-momma mode. Every Saturday and ... Read More >>Grille 44's Tater Kegs
Tastemaker
The first item on the menu at Grille 44 is Tater Kegs. There’s no beer in this potato-packing appetizer, but its oversized tots won’t leave you wondering ... Read More >>
Sleder's Family Tavern
TC's Slabtown Stalwart
How can you not love a place “where people have come for over a hundred years to eat, drink beer, tell lies and kiss the moose”? Sleder’s ... Read More >>
Feature
Sober St. Patty’s
You don’t need to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day, and despite what the North’s many packed pubs and bars indicate each year, there are other ways to celebrate the holiday without guzzling ...March 9, 2019 | COMMENTS
Dining
StrongBrew: NITRO Cold Brew Coffee & Chai Tea
Coffee in a can? Why not? Troy Daily has added two new products to his StrongBrew beverage line: StrongBrew NITRO Cold Brew Coffee and Elevated Cold Brew Chai Tea have joined the original StrongBrew ...March 9, 2019 | COMMENTS
Music
Jenny Lewis’ Album is On the Line
Singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis is about to have a busy spring, starting with the arrival/release of her fourth full-length solo album, On the Line, which hits outlets March 22 on Warner Bros. Records, complete ...March 16, 2019 | COMMENTS
Opinion
What are the Real Issues in Medicare for All?
In a general sense, Medicare For All, or MFA, isn’t a radically new concept. Every highly developed country has universal health insurance, except us. Some of those insurance systems — not all — are ...March 16, 2019 | COMMENTS
Virtual Express
Trending
Lucky You: Local Brewers Spill Their Go-to Beers
You won’t catch a Ford salesman tooling around town in a Toyota, but seeing a local brewer tipping back a beer in another’s pub … ? Well, let’s just say it wouldn’t shock us. Local beer culture is a community culture. And be it in the name ... Read More >>
14 Breweries in One Day
Kevin McKinney started out 2018 with an ambitious goal. He’d started a blog the year before called Michigan Brewery Review, which serves as not only a creative outlet but also a justification to spend his free time travelling the state in search of craft beer. In 2018, ... Read More >>
“Electric Folk” To Sit Down and Listen To
The Scottish band Heron Valley is performing for the first time in the region on March 17 at Crooked Tree Arts Center. The group is comprised of six friends from Argyll: piper/guitarist/whistle player Euan McNab; banjo player and drummer Nick Hamilton; keyboardist Arlene Mackechnie; her brother Alex ... Read More >>