Kristi Kates | Author
Cherry Jam
June 24, 2017
Eight big music events will rock you through the week of Traverse City’s National Cherry Festival. Here’s your guide to who’s playing and our pick of each performer’s singular song you simply can’t miss:
Mark Farner – July 1
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FourScore
June 24, 2017
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie – Buckingham/McVie – Atlantic/Rhino
Having lightened up a little as they’ve temporary stepped away from Fleetwood Mac (including a recent stint on Jimmy Fallon to delightfully play songs with classroom instr...
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Gurney's Bottle Shop Sandwiches
June 17, 2017
If somebody’s sandwich is going to bring you to rapture, it’s Gurney's. The legendary Harbor Springs sandwich shop, a do-or-die destination for locals and in-the-know race boaters passing through the bayside burg, promises “heaven between two slices of bread” and d...
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Your Neighbor, the Bear
June 17, 2017
The American black bear — aka Ursus Americanus — is the only species of bear that calls northern Michigan’s forests home. Or, perhaps more accurately, that should call northern Michigan forest’s home.
According to the Michigan Department of Natural Re...
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Bold As Bass
June 17, 2017
Don’t Cry Wolf! Go Above and Beyond as you’re picking Lettuce and Breaking Biscuits after The String Cheese Incident. Consider the Source, and call in The Revivalists for anot...
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Blair Miller's Blues
June 17, 2017
Blair Miller’s got the blues. Or do the blues have him? Turns out, it’s a little bit of both for this Traverse City-based musician who makes some serious blue magic with nothing more than voice and guitar.
MEET THE MUSICIAN
Blair Miller believes ...
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Jackson is Back with the State of the World
June 17, 2017
Janet Jackson, who postponed last year’s extensive Unbreakable World Tour due to family matters, is back with a new schedule that she’s dubbed the State of the World Tour. The 56-shows trek across North America includes nearby stops at the iWireless Center in ...
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FourScore
June 17, 2017
Pentatonix – Vol. IV Classics – RCA
Pentatonix can really do no wrong with its releases at this point, as its members have such a solid grip on their vocal chemistry and ability to transform most any tune into an a cappella standout. On this set...
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Five Fast Questions with Billy Gardell
June 17, 2017
If you loved the CBS sitcom Mike and Molly, then you’re probably familiar with the man behind the character Mike, actor Billy Gardell, who co-starred in the hit series with actress Melissa McCarthy.
Gardell has a slew of television and film credits — The King of Que...
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Odawa Celebrates Ten Years
June 17, 2017
The Vegas-style Odawa Casino Resort made its debut on the Petoskey scene in 2007 in a $141 million-dollar building designed by architect Leo A. Daly, with modern lines, earth tones, and a spectacular canopy entrance. Inside, gaming took center stage with over 50,000 square feet of slot ma...
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Interlochen Inspirations and a Suitcase of Dreams: Meet OK Go
June 17, 2017
Touring musicians know how to pack a suitcase; it’s the actual packing part that’s difficult. That’s the first topic that comes up when talking to Damian Kulash, the lead singer/guitarist for the Chicago-founded, Interlochen-educated (well, half of them, anyway), Los Ang...
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Classic Golf and Casual Fine Eats
June 17, 2017
Opened in 2005 as a combination golf course and restaurant, Chestnut Valley sits north of Harbor Springs in a wooded setting that surrounds meticulously groomed greens and gently rolling fairways.
Its current owner, Mike Wilson, bought the facility in 2011; new general manager, Ma...
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Worth the Ride
June 10, 2017
Hold on tight to your lap bar, your bag of amusement park souvenirs, and your lunch — we’re rating the best roller coasters in Michigan and our neighboring road-trip-able states.
Shivering Timbers June 10, 2017 The third Michigan vocalist in three years to hit the top four on the NBC singing competition series The Voice (Ann Arbor blues guitarist Laith Al-Saadi and northern Michigan’s own Joshua Davis preceded her), Gaylord country singer Lauren Duski recently fin...
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June 10, 2017 Bleachers – Gone Now – RCA June 10, 2017 Watching the Wheels The Motor City might be four hours away, but northern Michigan is no slouch when it comes to celebrating the machines that move us. Whether your heart revs for vintage, sport, or specialty vehicles, there’s several Up North car shows worth scoping this su...
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June 10, 2017 Bellaire’s Jim Walker said he was “always raised to be a good steward” — to leave a place better than he found it. That’s exactly what he and his partner, David Schulz, have done with an old farmhouse, transforming it into a bed- and-brea...
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June 10, 2017 From Blissfest to Farmfest, Manitou to Microbrew: It’s time again for northern Michigan’s summer music festivals to roll out their respective red carpets for tunes, food, drink, dancing, and other diversions. Join us, won’t you? June 3, 2017 The latest bigwig of the bivalve world, PEI mussels — mussels that hail from Prince Edward Island, off Canada’s eastern coast — are sweeping the seafood world by storm. Their latest landfall: The Fish restaurant, just outside downtown Harbor Springs. Steamed in w...
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June 3, 2017 Superstar basketballer to artistic tile maker. This may sound like an unusual transition at first — until you dig further into Leif Sporck’s story, a narrative of youthful ambitions, family ties, and a sudden realization of purpose. Sporck is the artist and proprietor ...
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Michigan’s Adventure &ndash...
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Gaylord Vocalist's Post-Voice Plans
FourScore
Jack Antonoff is best known for his two highest-profile projects — his breakthrough band fun., and his work songwriting with one Taylor Swift. But his secondary solo effort is definitely not to be ignored, as it ...
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Watching the Wheels
Peace, People, and Posies
From Manitou To Microbrew
BAY VIEW MUSIC FESTIV...
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The Fish’s PEI Steamed Mussels
Sporck Tile Art: Carving Out a Career