What’s Going On: Hard Rock, Dynamic Duos & The Jimi Hendrix of Accordion

Alex Meixner Photo courtesy Speedbump Media

Geena and Jesse Photo from Riverstop Cafe fb page

In Silent Outrage- Photo courtesy of the band.

Also Author, Birds, Tarot, Polish Fest, Crepes and more.

We at N3 World Headquarters and Floral Forest (N3WH&FF) are pretty pumped about the week ahead. There is a boatload of music around and about and some fun stuff designed to pique the interest of the citizenry. Let’s get started.

Growing Up X Author To Speak In Idlewild
If you feel like taking a pleasant little drive north on Thursday head to the Mid Michigan Idlewilders Event Center (19 Joy Street Idlewild) for what will be an impactful (and free) evening of entertainment.
Dr. Ilyasha Shabazz is an award winning author, educator and producer. She is also the daughter of Malcolm X the human rights activist who was assassinated in 1965.
Her book “Growing Up X” (highly recommended) reminds us that she is also the daughter of Dr. Betty Shabazz an indefatigable woman of strength and perseverance. From the book:
“from that day at the Audubon when she heard the shots and threw her body on [ours, she] never stopped shielding her children.”
Thursday 6-7:30pm and thanks to the Fremont Area Community Foundation for making this happen.
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Cartomancy at FBB
Thursday August 24th from 4-6pm Flying Bear Books & Creperie is hosting local artist Susie Rodriquez who  will be doing personal Tarot Card readings from 4-5pm followed by a Tarot Card Class from 5-6pm. Tickets are $30/person for full experience. Tickets: can be purchased at the store or via link https://www.eventbrite.com/.../tarot-card-reading-and…

Calling All Birders! 
Saturday at 9am there will be a Birding field trip at the Muskegon Wastewater led by Steve Minard. Essentials: Meet at the main entrance to the Muskegon Wastewater, now signed as the Muskegon County Resource Recovery Center on the east side of Maple Island Rd. at 9:00 AM. (For those familiar, this is where we meet for bluebird box cleaning in March.) Bring your binoculars. A spotting scope, a drink and snacks will be helpful. This trip is planned for the morning.
There is no cost to participate; birders of all ages are welcome.

Love those ethnic Festivals? 
Calder Plaza is channeling their Polish Pride this weekend so if you have a pierogi itch that needs scratching or have been hankering for some golabki and kapusta, head for downtown GR. And for Polka lovers here’s the lineup.
Friday. Noon-4pm: Virgil Baker’s Just For Fun Band
6pm-10pm(Close): Tony Blaconcyk and New Phaze Band
Sat: Noon-4pm: Bruce Packard Band
6pm-close: Gerry Kaminski’s Polka Network and alternating with Jimmy K and Ethnic Sounds
Sun: Noon -5pm. Trent Urbyte and Polka Riot

Speaking of Music…

The Faulkners return to the Northern Trails deck this Wednesday from 6-9pm and it’s likely to be a warm day so a cold beverage and a little deck music sounds like a good plan.
 
Also on Wednesday one of our favorite haunts, the Cedar Springs  Brewery, is sponsoring Alex Meixner who will play at the Cedar Springs Amphitheater (downtown at Maple St and White Pine Trail)  from 7-9pm.
 Meixner (aka the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion) will forever change your perception as to the limits of accordion music. Take it from the N3WH staff, this is a show you will be talking about for a long time… but only if you go. 
See you there.

If you have the day off Thursday or need to be in our Metro Friend to the south for some reason make plans to go to Rosa Parks Circle for a free lunchtime concert from 12-1:30pm. 
Why, you ask?
Because this week the music will come from The Crane Wives. If you know them no explanation is necessary. If you don’t know them and you make it down to RPC Thursday for a listen, you’ll likely be making plans to see them again. Great music.
Oh, and one of the food trucks that day is El Caribe, a must if you embrace Caribbean food.

Thursday from 6-9pm  the music series at the Riverstop Cafe in downtown Newaygo continues with Genna &  Jesse making their first appearance here as part of an international tour to showcase their new album “Say Ok”. This sounds like a really intriguing night of music with a pair of gifted vocalists weaving lyrical stories like a pair of wandering troubadours. Highly recommend. Here’s their website.
https://www.gennaandjesse.com/?fbclid=IwAR2pY2xqkLT-hdlKbnfXn173_wi0X-FozFALfjjqdzNbrFYtT1kzfoDcwzU

Friday is Open Mike Night at Flying Bear Books in downtown Newaygo from 6-9pm hosted by Sandra Bernard, one of my favorite local songstresses. Bonus here is the close proximity to the wonderful crepes put out by the Johnson’s. Seriously good eats.

The Guinness Brothers Band is back at the Driftwood for a weekend of high energy entertainment. Love to hear Annette Powell's voice echoing across the pond.  Saturday 4-8pm and Sunday 3-7pm. Good show, good eats and a really fine view.

Saturday starting at 8pm,  In Silent Outrage will be playing the Brew Works patio in Fremont. This three piece band delivers a heavy dose of rock and roll covering tunes that range from Seger to Megadeth while mixing in some original pieces. The cover tunes might surprise listeners since the band likes to put a personal stamp on all their songs. Worth a visit to BW where, by the way, the flatbreads  are a hit with the N3WH&FF staff. And while you’re there tell them to bring back Alaskan Amber (a beer not a server from Fairbanks).

There you are fellow denizens of this bipeninsular paradise.
Choose wisely.

Photo by Lesly De Laat