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Descent into madness

HOUGHTON – Tonight, tomorrow and Saturday night (Oct 23-25) the Michigan Tech Theatre Series invites the public to once again celebrate the spooky season by visiting a historically “haunted” Keweenaw mining site. Themed "Descent into Madness," this year’s haunted experience will take ...

Art is alive at Gladstone MS

GLADSTONE – When the new school year began last month, Gladstone Middle School welcomed a new art teacher, Amy Gilner — after going without an art program for 10 years. “I’m very happy to bring the arts back,” Gladstone Middle School Principal Dave Ballard said. “I think we got ...

360 Degrees of Understanding

HOUGHTON — The Portage Lake District Library will host “360 Degrees of Understanding: Communication Beyond Culture” at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The program will be facilitated by Shawnrece Butler, assistant vice president for Opportunity, Empowerment and People at Northern Michigan ...

ABOVE NEW YORK STATE ROUTE 25 Former Houghton resident Chevalier Daniel C. Boyer will have a drawing done with Crayola® Twistables® coloured pencils on paper included in a group art exhibition in Japan. "The Feelings Between Us and Their Influence on Our Collective Creativity," which is subject to the restriction that it is to be associated with things prior to 2019 only, will be displayed as part of "Connect and Create" at Kyoto Sangyo University Gallery, Kyoto Sangyo Gallery in Kyoto. The show will run from Feb. 2 - 28, 2026. In the past few months, Boyer has had work displayed in ...

Annual Holiday Art Sale

MARQUETTE — The perfect way to start your Holiday shopping and support UP artists in every medium is coming up next month at the Marquette Regional History Center and City of Marquette Arts and Culture Center's, 25th Annual Holiday Art Sale. The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ...

Last show of the year

MARQUETTE —The Northern Michigan University Vinyl Record Club will present its last vinyl record show of the year from noon to 11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1 on the main flod of Blckrocks Brewery, 424 N. 3rd st. Marquette. Thousands of new & used vinyl records, CDs, posters, cassettes, books, and ...