Traverse City News and Latest Info
I learned much of what I know about film festival accessibility by attending the Cannes Film Festival. That gigantic international event attends to every language, nationality, class and physical ability. I was impressed with both the overall operation and attention given to every detail. Here in Traverse City, local people with disabilities and others have worked to improve accessibility and accountability at the Traverse City Film Festival.
And the 5th annual Traverse City Film Festival wouldn’t be complete without quintessential movie foods such as popcorn, pop and candy. Throw in cherries, sandwiches and desserts made by local businesses, and festival-goers can have it all — dinner and a movie.
Thomas Lynch recalled the first time he saw a dead body. “I wasn’t frightened, but I was changed,” described Lynch in “Learning Gravity.” The film will be screened today and Friday at the Traverse City Film Festival.
Inside news from the Traverse City Film Festival. Among today’s tid-bits: Gracie came home. The dog of projectionist Bill Hill had been missing since July 2. Hill, of Santa Fe, N.M., was tracking her via Web postings and phone calls while he-s here for the film festival. He found out Wednesday that she-s home, safe and sound.
Plans to revamp the 116-year-old Whiting Hotel in downtown Traverse City could crumble next week.
Northwestern Michigan College’s efforts to refinance some general obligation debt at a lower interest rate created savings of about $444,000 while refinancing $3.75 million.
A Kalkaska man faces criminal charges after a two-week investigation into an alleged child abuse incident.
A Kalkaska man faces assault charges after he allegedly stabbed a Traverse City man.
A third of Cherryland Electric Cooperative’s customers endured a 45-minute power outage.