HOUGHTON — Join the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw on Tuesday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 8 p.m. for "The Spanish Flu . . . and Hockey," a Zoom presentation by Bill Sproule. In this live-stream Zoom presentation, Dr. Sproule will discuss the 1918 Flu Pandemic, and hockey — why it was called the ...
HANCOCK – Mary Brodbeck spends a lot of time looking at, being in, and being on the water. Floating World, her newest body of work is at the Copper Country Community Arts Center this month. Brodbeck explains that her woodblock prints tell stories about places she has explored and revered. As ...
HANCOCK — The Rita Obelleiro exhibit Who Am I Without Her, Who is She Without Us? has been extended through the end of the month. Email gallery@finlandia.edu for a private viewing. Obelleiro’s work, made during the recent lockdown in the late night hours after putting her child to ...
LANSING – In an effort to continue raising funds for Michigan’s foster youth, the Fostering Futures Scholarship Trust Fund will host an encore, family friendly virtual trivia night from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8. “We received so much support for our first trivia night that we had ...
Every year, the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition — the UP’s oldest grassroots environmental organization — invites people to help us recognize and share the beauty of our landscape and its inhabitants by entering our Photo Contest. Send us your best shots representing the beautiful ...
The Hancock Library will be closed to public patrons and students beginning Monday, Sept. 28 and will instead offer curbside pickup of library materials. Curbside services will be offered during the library's regular open hours. The library will remain closed for the duration of the school's ...
HANCOCK - Charles Eshbach has been photographing the Copper Country for over 40 years. His experience as a backcountry guide, presenter of Photographic Field Seminars in the Keweenaw and Isle Royale, and regional leader in conservation and preservation provides a sensitive perspective on our ...
ONTONAGON – The annual Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Foundation (AOH Foundation) Christmas concert, originally scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, has been canceled due to COVID-19. For more than a decade, the AOH Foundation Christmas Concert has been the community’s premiere event consisting of a ...
HOUGHTON – The Department of Visual and Performing Arts, the Rozsa Center, and Pavlis Honors College are excited to announce the fall gallery exhibition, Hero City: Documentary Photography by Meghan Kirkwood. The exhibit features a collection of silver gelatin and inkjet photographs of modern ...
The MTU Sustainability Demonstration House released its first community-wide event of the semester: The Sustainable Gems Scavenger Hunt. The purpose of this event is to showcase the many sustainable features in Houghton and Hancock, so we can bring awareness to all the opportunities our ...
CALUMET — Bring the whole family for a frighteningly fun time at your historic Calumet Theatre, as we present Spooky Halloween at the Theatre. The event happens Friday, Oct. 30 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be food, lots of free treats, games and a costume contest for the kids with prizes, and ...
CALUMET — Get ready for bands, beer, food & more at Red Metal Music Fest 2 at the Calumet Theatre Saturday, Nov. 7. All proceeds benefit the Theatre, & the great music lineup includes Tom Katalin, Uncle Pete’s BBQ Blues Band, Chad Borgen & The Collective, Steve Jones & the ...
UP children with cancer, their siblings, and other children confronting serious illness can now take free martial arts classes to empower themselves. Lions across the UP are partnering with Kids Kicking Cancer to bring daily online classes to children across the UP. Kids Kicking Cancer offers ...
HOUGHTON – National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (NPLSF) announced today the premiere of an original film produced in partnership with CuriosityStream, called Breakthrough: Return of the Wolves. This 23-minute educational documentary chronicles the multiyear work of the National Park ...
HANCOCK – Laura Maze's paintings are calming. They take you to real and imaginary places, an expanse of beach or a fanciful landscape glimmering with metallic leaf. She calls her exhibition Settling Down, which is currently on display in the Copper Country Community Arts Center's Kerredge ...
HANCOCK — "Art is…" is an Instagram outdoor scavenger hunt hosted by the Copper Country Community Arts Center (CCCAC) in Hancock on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Get an art clue, take a photo of your answer, and post to Instagram. Early bird registration: Sept. 4 to Oct.1. Late ...
HANCOCK – Finlandia University Gallery will present the exhibition Who Am I Without Her, Who is She Without Us? by Chicago artist Rita C. Obelleiro at the Finlandia University Gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), Hancock from Sept.2 to Oct. 9. Appointments for a ...
HOUGHTON – The Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to present a webinar and Q & A with the creative team behind Manual Cinema, an award-winning artistic company that has pushed the art and crafts of filmmaking, puppetry, and live performance in an exciting and breathtaking new ...
HANCOCK — The Hancock School Public Library is partnering with the Kent District Library and Schuler Books to host the ninth annual Write Michigan Short Story Contest, which drew over 1,000 Michigan writers last year. Writers of all ages are invited to enter, with separate categories for ...
HANCOCK — The Hancock School Public Library is excited to welcome students back into the building at the start of the school year, with a lot of positive changes in store. In the time since the Library closed alongside the school district due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the library has received ...