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People sample chili made by four Benzie County chefs during a chili cookoff at the Garden Theater in Frankfort, on Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo: Alexandra Herryman/IPR)

Thanks for coming: 25 years of ‘Escanaba in da Moonlight’ (plus darn good chili)

The line to see a free screening of "Escanaba in da Moonlight" and sample chili by local chefs wrapped around the building.

We asked for your ghost stories. Here are the tales you submitted

From California to Eastport to Sault Ste. Marie, spooky things are happening. Here are a few of the ghost stories submitted by IPR listeners. Happy Halloween!

Attendees watch a film at a previous year's Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette. (Handout photo from FCFF by Ryan Stephens)

Marquette’s ‘Fresh Coast Film Festival’ coming to TC in the spring

Ed Ronco

Like its parent event, the Traverse City offshoot will feature films, panels and outdoor experiences for attendees.

Kathleen Knight, an ecologist with the United States Forest Service, shown here talking to Points North host Dan Wanschura (credit: Nick Loud / The Boardman Review)

'Points North' heads to Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette with new film

Ed Ronco

IPR's Points North podcast debuts a new film at the Fresh Coast Film Festival this weekend.

From left, Andrew Dost, Andrew Lutes and Jack Senff play 'Hello Darkness,' the fourth annual concert marking the shift in seasons and, this year, held on the last night of Daylight Saving Time. (Photo provided)

Expect new music and community at ‘Hello Darkness,’ even without the chili

Ed Ronco

Andrew Dost and friends return Nov. 1 for the fourth annual "Hello Darkness," a concert held this year on the last day of Daylight Saving Time.

The 2025 Frankfort Film Festival features 14 films shown over the course of five days. (Photo courtesy of the Garden Theater)

14 films on screen this weekend at Frankfort's 17th Film Festival

Ed Ronco

Comedies, dramas, documentaries and more will be shown at the historic Garden Theater in downtown Frankfort.

There's some money set aside in the state budget for a land conservation project in Elberta, river restoration for Arctic grayling and reforestation after northern Michigan's ice storm. (Courtesy: Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, top, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, bottom left, Ellie Katz/IPR News, bottom right)

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Beaches, fishes and trees: Here's a few northern Michigan projects that got a piece of the state budget

Ellie Katz

Money is going to efforts to conserve waterfront in Elberta, restore Arctic grayling to rivers and reforest northern Michigan after the ice storm.

Interlochen's past, present and future, as seen by two community leaders

Ed Ronco

Green Lake Township supervisor Marvin Radtke and Interlochen Center for the Arts President Trey Devey talk to IPR about the community and its future.

Dana Lacuesta and Jessica Kooiman Parker are organizing the inaugural Traverse City Design Week, which runs Oct. 4 - 11 in and around Traverse City. (Photo: Ed Ronco / IPR News)

Inaugural Traverse City Design Week focuses on many aspects of the craft

Ed Ronco

The week begins Oct. 4 with an open house and wraps up Oct. 11 with an awards ceremony and celebration.

State Rep. Betsy Coffia (D-Traverse City) listens to testimony at the Michigan Capitol. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Legislature)

Few details as lawmakers race budget clock; Coffia says talk of a deal was 'premature'

Ed Ronco

State Rep. Betsy Coffia (D-Traverse City) says she "cannot even consider voting for a budget if I have not even seen the numbers and fiscal analysis."