Brian Cabell sits down with the 34-year-old cofounder and artistic director of the Upper Peninsula Shakespeare Festival and the Wolf's Head Theater Company. BC: Where were you born and raised? JW: Primarily downstate. Westland, Michigan, the Detroit metro area. I was raised there with my mom and my dad, my brother and ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Travis Alexander
Brian Cabell sits down and talks to the popular and relentlessly positive Travis Alexander, the YMCA's director of personal training and fitness. BC: Where were you born and raised? TA: I was born in northern Illinois but raised in Mercer, Wisconsin. We moved up there when I was about four years old. BC: What was ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Surfer Dan
PHOTO CREDIT: JAKE MILLER He lives in an RV in a trailer park, he grows medical marijuana, and he surfs Lake Superior all year round. Daniel Schetter, alias Surfer Dan, is one of a kind. He sat down and talked to Brian Cabell about his life and his philosophy. BC: Where'd you grow up, Dan? DS: I was born and raised ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Tom Dolaskie
Tom Dolaskie is a young man with a lot on his plate. He's an indispensable part of a company that operates all over the world, and yet, by choice, he lives in his hometown of Munising. And now, with various businesses established and more on the way, he's committed to pumping life back into his hometown. BC: ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Joe Heck
Joe Heck is a split personality--split three ways. He's probably the Upper Peninsula's best known baker, Joe the Cake Guy; he's also Joey Black, the flamboyant drag queen, and then in his off-time, he's Joe Heck, a self-described boring homebody. He's managed to balance the three personalities while also overcoming the ... Continue Reading