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SUMMARY:MSU Extension - Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 Registration
DESCRIPTION:Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 – Registration is Open \nWe are pleased to announce that registration for MSU Extension Smart Vegetable Gardening 101 is now open. This course is online and self-paced. Individual\nregistration is $40.00. We also offer a group rate of $125.00. Group leaders must email Liz Slajus\, slajusel@msu.edu with a list of names and email addresses for all group members. \nRegister at https://bit.ly/SGVEG101 \nCourse Overview\nThis course covers gardening from start to finish: what you need to get started\, types of gardening\, planning and preparation\, soil preparation\, plants to select\, starting and maintaining healthy plants\, garden maintenance\, harvest and storage\, pollinators and various gardening activities. \nPlease email Liz Slajus\, slajusel@msu.edu with any questions or concerns.
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SUMMARY:NMU Hosts Women in Construction Event
DESCRIPTION:  \nNorthern Michigan University’s construction management program is hosting a Women in Construction Career Exploration Event from 8:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Friday\, Feb. 21\, at the Jacobetti Complex. More than 100 regional middle school students in grades 6-8 have registered to participate in this free event\, which offers students a unique opportunity to discover and experience options that are traditionally viewed as male-oriented. \nStudents will complete hands-on projects in a safe and well-supervised environment. They will explore areas such as welding\, graphic technology\, woodworking\, trade opportunities\, leadership\, and construction management. Throughout the day\, they will learn from\, and interact with\, dynamic women working in these areas who are volunteering their time. \nThe more visual hands-on activity sessions for media to obtain video/photographs will take place from 9:45-10:30\, 10:35-11:20\, 12:05-12:50 and 12:55-1:40. The onsite NMU contact for the event is Heidi Blanck.
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LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:Beaumier Exhibit on U.P. Politicians Opens
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe lives and work of the Upper Peninsula’s greatest politicians will be on display beginning Friday\, Feb. 21\, in the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center’s new exhibition\, “The Political Life.” An opening reception will be held from 5–7 p.m. in the center’s Gries Hall gallery at Northern Michigan University. Admission to the reception and exhibition is free. \nEver since the Upper Peninsula became part of the State of Michigan in 1836\, its history has been full of fascinating\, powerful and controversial figures in state\, national and international politics. These included politicians such as Chase Osborn of Sault Ste. Marie\, the only Michigan governor from the U.P.; State Rep. Dominic Jacobetti from Negaunee\, who dominated Lansing for several decades; Connie Binsfeld of Munising\, who became Michigan’s first female lieutenant governor; the colorful and controversial Joe Mack\, state senator from Ironwood; and Cora Reynolds Anderson\, the first woman and Native American to be elected a state representative in Lansing. \nThere will also be a section dedicated to the various presidents of the United States who traveled to visit the Upper Peninsula before\, during and after their terms in office. Theodore Roosevelt visited the Upper Peninsula twice within one year\, first to campaign for his presidential run in 1912 and then again several months later to testify in his libel suit against the Ishpeming Iron Ore editor\, George Newett. Four presidents have visited the U.P. during their terms in office; William Henry Taft in 1911\, George H. Bush in 1992\, George W. Bush in 2004\, and Barack Obama in 2011. \nThe exhibition will be on display through June 28. Hours are noon to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-4 p.m. Saturday. \nThe Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center is used as both a historical museum and educational facility. Its mission is to promote and preserve the history and culture of the Upper Peninsula through a variety of exhibitions and public programs for the whole region to observe. The center also collects and preserves artifacts related to the history of NMU\, while presenting a gallery in Gries Hall and several other displays throughout campus. \n 
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LOCATION:MI
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SUMMARY:"Much Ado About Nothing" at NMU
DESCRIPTION:A Shakespeare play presented with the second week of deer camp in the Upper Peninsula as its backdrop might seem a strange combination or stretch\, but Jimmy Ludwig\, director of this month’s Northern Michigan University production of Much Ado About Nothing\, said his adaptation is designed to make the show more relatable to local audiences. \n“Shakespeare isn’t really worth doing if the audience doesn’t see themselves in it; otherwise\, it’s museum theater\, which is a lovely production that sort of mimics how it was done back in the day\,” said Ludwig\, who grew up hunting near Iron River. “It may be interesting and cool\, but why do we care? The first act of the play is basically a party\, which is similar to the second week of deer camp. Whether you got your buck or not\, all you want to do is drink beer\, play cards and just hang out. \n“Also\, one of the recurring themes in the play is the idea of the haves and the have-nots intermingling and often clashing with each other. We have that here to a degree with some locals’ opinions about big-money folks who buy up properties and only live here part-time\, or those who fly in on private planes to stay at their private club off [highway] 550. If you can relate to the play\, then the language of Shakespeare suddenly isn’t a big deal.” \nThe primary plot of Much Ado about Nothing centers on the courtship and scandal involving young Hero and her suitor\, Claudio\, but the witty banter between Claudio’s friend Benedick and Hero’s cousin Beatrice often takes center stage. Add the slapstick of Dogberry and his absurd “forest cops” and the result is arguably Shakespeare’s funniest play\, which flips from rollicking comedy to searing tragedy and back again. NMU’s production will run Feb. 20-22\, 27-28 and March 1 in the Panowski Black Box Theatre. \n“At one end of the stage will be a deer camp that looks like somebody’s grandpa built it\,” Ludwig said. “You know the kind: no right angles\, nothing matches\, nothing’s level\, and it’s been added onto multiple times. It’s the kind of place you can party like crazy and you don’t care\, because you can be rough on it\, and it will remain standing\, right? And on the other end of the is a ‘cottage’ like those you might see along Lake Superior.” \nLudwig’s “dream cast” includes Maya Moreau as Beatrice. She advanced to the nationals of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival last year and earned the Classical Acting Award at this year’s regional festival. Others in leading roles are: Samuel McKnight\, Benedick; Sophia Zavala\, Hero; and Phillip Smith\, Claudio. \n“I want people to look at our characters in the play and say\, ‘I know someone like that\,’” Ludwig added. “He’s the bartender at Third Base\, or he runs a startup and only visits Marquette for a couple months each year. There’s also a series of comedic scenes featuring a group of bumbling DNR officers. One of them speaks only Finnish. Sometimes there’s someone translating what he says; other times people just kind of pretend they know what he’s saying.” \nShakespeare plays are often perceived as elitist entertainment\, but he wrote for the masses\, who comprised the bulk of his audiences\, Ludwig said. Nearly all of them were illiterate\, so he was writing for them to hear his work performed\, not to read it. \n“He was really just a businessman trying to get people in his theater so he could sell tickets and make a living. He had to have widespread commercial appeal to pull that off. The reason some have difficulty with his material now is that he wrote in a particular way that was very popular 450 years ago. We want to challenge our audience\, but we also don’t want to alienate anybody. The themes of his works continue to have relevance today\, and we’re making it even more relevant to the community through this regional adaptation of one of his classics.” \nShowtimes are at 7:30 p.m.\, with additional 1 p.m. Saturday matinees on Feb. 22 (a “pay as you may” Theatre for All sensory-friendly performance) and March 1. Tickets are $25 for the general public; $22 for NMU employees\, seniors and military; $15 for youth; and $5 for NMU students. They can be purchased at nmu.universitytickets.com.
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