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October 16
• America at 250, 7:30 p.m. Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts. An all-American program recognizing our nation’s semiquincentennial, led by Joel Neves, featuring music by John Williams, Duke Ellington, John Philip Sousa and Aaron Copland, as well as a piece inspired by Norman Rockwell’s paintings. The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra is joined by the Michigan Tech Concert Choir for Battle Hymn of the Republic, and partners with Michigan Tech’s premier jazz ensemble, the Jazz Lab Band, to perform Ellington’s Grand Slam Jam. Guest conductor Kory Katseanes leads the second half of the program. Get tickets at rozsatickets.com or at the Rozsa Box Office.
• Boo! on the Bay 4-6 p.m. L’Anse. Boo! On the Bay offers kids an opportunity to trick or treat safely at downtown L’Anse merchants, along with tractor-drawn wagon rides, cider and performances by the Northern Witches at 4:45 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. All activities are free.
October 17
• Coat the Copper Country Distribution, Sponsored by Copper Country Angel Mission, At the CLK multipurpose room
From 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
• Treat Street, 4-6 p.m. Downtown Houghton. Join the City of Houghton on the 17th for the 17th annual Treat Street! Get your costumes ready and hit the town! Businesses and organizations will be handing out candy up and down Shelden Avenue. Do not line up at the City Center as there will not be a haunted House this year. Please do not try to begin trick-or-treating before 4 p.m.
• The Buellwood Weavers and Fiber Arts Guild invite interested fiber artists to our monthly meeting at 1 p.m. at the Finnish-American Folk School studio--room 105 on the 1st floor of Skyline Commons in Hancock. Bring your show-and-tell projects. Park and enter at the lower entrance around the back of the building, Email John at jegale@att.net or call Melissa at 906-221-5306 for more information.
• Rock the Vote Keweenaw, 1-5 p.m. Quincy Green. Keweenaw Indivisible, Voters Not Politicians, and the League of Women Voters of the Copper Country will hold a Copper Country Rock the Vote event on the Quincy Green in downtown Hancock.
This will be a fun-packed, family-friendly event with local musicians and comedians, community organization tables, food and drink, a bounce house, and even a costume contest! Attendees will get information on early voting, ballot initiatives, and how to register to vote from local organizations. There will also be a food and donation drive to help local people in our community.
• Spooky House of Physics, 6-11 p.m. Lake Linden High School Gym. The Lake Linden-Hubbell Physics Club invites you to come on down and get spooked at the 6th annual Spooky House of Physics. There will be a family friendly version from 6-8 p.m. and a scary version from 8-11 p.m. Cost is $5 for anyone 12 and under $7 for anyone 13 and over.
• Lasagna Dinner, 4 – 6 p.m. Lakes Lounge, American Legion Post 90, 390 Front St. Lake Linden. Includes coleslaw, garlic bread, dessert, coffee or punch. Dine in or take out, $16.
• Lake Linden Fun Run, 10.m. Lake Linden-Hubbell School. This 5k Fun Run is sponsored by the LL-H Elementary PTO. Bib pickup opens at 9:30, with the start at 10 at the school. For full details, online sign-up and volunteer opportunities: https://www.facebook.com/events/2278470896263015/.
• Nordic Tune Concert, 7 p.m. Finnish American Heritage Center, Hancock. Tickets at the door, donations welcome. There will be a Nordic Tune Workshop, at 1 p.m. $10.
October 18
• Let’s Eat Community Meal, 4-5:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chassell. The sponsorship for this meal is still open at this point. The team to prepare and serve the meal will be our Chassell/Copper Country team. Thank you all you volunteers! They plan a menu of Mostaccioli, with sauce and meatballs, vegetables, coleslaw, and rolls. Pie and cake will be the dessert. There will be plenty of opportunity to converse with your neighbors or others from the Copper Country. Please pass the word to all who might need or just want a meal or simply to chat with others.
October 20
• “The flora of Isle Royale” 6:30 p.m. Noblet Forest Building. Botanist Abraham Stone will give a talk, "The Flora of Isle Royale," in room G002 at Michgan Tech's U.J. Noblet Forestry Building. Stone will describe the ecological history of Michigan's sole national park, highlight some of its lovely and peculiar flora, and discuss why, botanically, there's no place in the world like Isle Royale. For more information, visit keweenaw.wildones.org.
October 23
• Coat the Copper Country Distribution, 4 – 7 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Hancock.
October 24
• Fall Festival which includes the 79th Annual Fall Bazaar and a Trunk or Treat event will take place on from noon-3 p.m. at SS Peter & Paul Lutheran, 1010 Madeleine, Houhton. Funds raised go toward missions.
• Coat the Copper Country Distribution, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Salvation Army in Hancock.
October 31
• Coat the Copper Country Distribution, 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church Hall in L’Anse.