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Arts and Entertainment

Calumet Theatre Chandelier Society plans 2nd event

CALUMET — The Calumet Theatre’s Chandelier Society is hosting a dinner-dance, on July 6, to raise funds to replace a chandelier in the theater that was destroyed by a fire in 1918. Calumet native Jim Enrietti, who was nominated for a Grammy for his accordion playing, and an inductee of ...

Calumet Theatre aims to better target audience

CALUMET — The trustees of the Calumet Theatre Company Board reflected on its mission to the public during its regular June meeting on Monday. The mission of the board directing a community theater, is to provide the community with shows, concerts, and entertainment and educational programs ...

Cultural exchange inspires hope for Ukraine

There is a new Community Culture Center for Ukraine at 314 Sheldon Avenue Suite 3C in Houghton. It is a place for the community to come in and recognize Ukrainian art, its unique culture, and the history of Ukraine. For two years, Nadija Packauskas, co-founder of Yoopers for Ukraine, has been ...

What2Watch: What “IF” or “IF” Only?

In case you haven’t seen any trailers for “IF” yet, the movie is all about imaginary friends (who call themselves IFs for short) and is one of the best combination of live-action and animation movies to hit the big screen since “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” back in 1988. This is a movie ...

Local author of ‘The Last Huck’ gives talk at library

HOUGHTON — A Keweenaw author shared his work and told stories about his process during a presentation at the Portage Lake District Library Tuesday. J.D. Austin’s debut novel “The Last Huck” came out last year. It tells the story of Jakob, his little brother Niklas and their cousin ...

What2Watch: Caps, gowns and movies

Congratulations to all of the graduates! I’ve managed to be in the right area for three different university graduations over the past month and for all of the local high school graduations over the past weekend. Seeing so many caps and gowns out and about, I can’t help but reminisce on the ...