Traverse City buzzing at the chance to see Madonna

[Faygo Kid]

BY JULIE HINDS • FREE PRESS POP CULTURE WRITER • July 27, 2008

Reservations for Saturday started pouring in more than a month ago to Red Ginger.

Tables usually are booked a few days in advance at the popular Asian-themed restaurant in Traverse City. But this won't be any old day for businesses and residents of the tranquil cherry capital.

It's Madonna day, and that changes everything.

The 49-year-old Material Girl is coming Saturday to the Traverse City Film Festival to introduce her documentary about the orphans of Malawi, "I Am Because We Are."

Locals are quick to point out that Madonna has visited the region privately. Her father's Ciccone Vineyards and Winery is located in nearby Suttons Bay (and it's a site of a reception tonight for festival sponsors). . .

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What fun, and thanks to Michael Moore for making this bigger and better every year.

[Royal Oak Rog]

1. That is pretty cool, and that's a great festival

Not a big fan of Madonna, but I love that festival. Missed it for the first time last year, but the films, the panels, the great feeling of having thousands watch a film in the big space they're all top notch. It's the best festival in Michigan by a long shot. God Bless Michael Moore.