by Janice Binkert | Mar 28, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, Towns
Taste the sweet, sour, bitter, salty and umami world of culinary school with recent Great Lakes Culinary Institute graduate Katie Ianni. Follow one Traverse City culinary student’s journey through GLCI’s intensive two-year culinary program. This article...
by Carly Simpson | Mar 25, 2016 | Counties, Events, Features, Outdoors, Towns
Join the National Park Service for their newest program: Sleeping Bear Dunes InstaMeets. Anyone is welcome to participate in these free, ranger-led hikes, and participants are encouraged to bring a camera or phone to capture and share their photos on social media...
by Tim Tebeau | Mar 25, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, People
Meet Abigail Koprowicz, the general manager at The Ridge Microbrewery in Peshawbestown and the mind behind Northern Michigan beer craft cocktails. MyNorth’s Food and Drink Editor Tim Tebeau introduces us to cocktail chemistry. This article was originally...
by Courtney Jerome | Mar 25, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink, Northern Michigan Videos, Towns
Charcuterie and cheese plates are the hottest things to order at Northern Michigan restaurants right now. And, they’re popular to place on the table when you have guests over for a house party. But is there a way to do it simply at home if you have no idea where...
by | Mar 25, 2016 | Events, Features
Take a stroll down memory lane as The Best in Motown Tribute Music Production pays legacy to The Four Tops, Temptations, and Supremes in Northern Michigan! On Saturday, April 9 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., the Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts hosts a three-group...
by Ross Boissoneau | Mar 24, 2016 | Counties, Events, Features, Towns
When country music star Don King retired from the road in 1981, the members of his band decided to soldier on. Naming themselves after the street near where they rehearsed, Sawyer Brown played as much as possible in hopes of attracting an audience and a record label....
by Carly Simpson | Mar 24, 2016 | Counties, Farm and Agriculture, Features, Outdoors, Towns
If you live in Michigan or enjoy recreating on the Great Lakes, you’ve likely heard about the controversy on net-pen aquaculture. But if you haven’t, we worked with Jennifer McKay, the policy specialist at Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council in Petoskey on...
by Carly Simpson | Mar 24, 2016 | Counties, Features, Food & Drink
Microbrews are tasty on their own, but what about mixing them with bourbon or fruit or tomato juice? Approach these Northern Michigan beer cocktails with an open mind. The recipes were created by Abigail Koprowicz,  the general manager at The Ridge Microbrewery in...
by Carly Simpson | Mar 23, 2016 | Counties, Events, Features, Towns
In celebration of its 20th anniversary as an international smash hit, the Interlochen Arts Academy is bringing the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway play “Rent” to Northern Michigan in May. This will be the first time that Interlochen will present...