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Stateside's conversation with Steve Girbach and Jackson Smith Wishing you could just go to a concert, listen to your favorite local bands, and relax on a Saturday night? There’s a new weekly radio show, coming to you from the Beaver Island airwaves, that might just meet your Michigan music needs during this socially distanced time. Out in the middle of Lake Michigan, between the Lower and Upper Peninsulas, a new low-watt radio program called Songs from the Trail is broadcasting on WVBI 100.1 FM. And it’s all about Michigan-centric music. Musicians Steve Girbach and Jackson Smith are co...

2:12 Water quality and conservation practices around Michigan reach both its Lower and Upper Peninsulas, and two local waterkeepers say vigilant monitoring of these watersheds is vital. The rural Grand Traverse Bay, at the northern end of the Lower Peninsula, is a tourist and retirement hotspot. Heather Smith, Grand Traverse Baykeeper, said this has led to more development, which results in loss of wetlands, vegetation, and the natural shoreline tree canopy. She said she works to stop those impacts. "If we don't pay attention to wetland loss now, or if we don't think about preserving our tre...

On the eve of the fourth anniversary of the shooting at a Quebec City mosque that left six worshippers dead, Ricochet contributor Sanaa Ali-Mohammedexplores the “systemic, institutional, and societal forms of exclusion (that) remain a daily reality for many Canadian Muslims.” This is partly due to lack of public funding for “anti-Islamophobia work led by the people and civil-society groups who understand the issue and experience it most severely,” she says. According to her research, “in 2019, the Department of Canadian Heritage, through its Community Support, Multiculturalism, and...

50 wonderful reasons to rediscover America – one for every state We've found an American adventure for everyone to mark the changing of the guard in Washington DC America is full of epic trips Credit: Getty And so America has entered a new moment. After months of uncertainty and several weeks of (how shall we put it?) turbulence, a page has been turned, a fresh chapter begun. Will the USA’s politics be less abrasive as a result of this changing of the guard? Perhaps. Will it be suddenly more attractive as a destination? No, not exactly. Because, while the events of recent history: the fra...

See our Poll Leaders for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining Updated Jan 29, 2021; Posted Jan 27, 2021 The Benstein Grille in Commerce Twp. has two igloos. The BG Lodge is decorated in a cozy lodge theme. The Ice Globe is decorated with white faux fur pelts on the chairs and a ice glacier looking chandelier. Both igloos have two heaters each, air purifiers as well as Bluetooth speakers.Courtesy of Sheila Richardson Facebook Share The voting for Michigan’s Best Outdoor Dining kicked off on Tuesday, Jan. 26, and we’ve already received more than 6,500 votes in just one day. Thanks to everyone...