Central UP Events

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tour Da Lake 2026  Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026  Location: AJ’s Lodge and Oven, Bergland, Michigan  Check-In Opens: 10:00 a.m. EST  Ride Begins: 12:00 p.m. EST

What: Life Walk Where: Lower Harbor Park, Marquette When: Saturday June 20 10am-2pm Details: Fundraiser for the Care Clinic The annual Life Walk is a fundraiser for the Care Clinic. It engages churches and individuals in taking pledges and then walking to support our work of supporting families. You can register at www.careclinicmqt.org click on Partner with Us, select Events. You can also call the Care Clinic at 906.228.2273 to sign up. There will be a hot dog cookout following the walk. Sponsors: Chickadee’s Store Chesla & Associates Closner Construction MACASU Inc. Mission One Exterminating Yardbuilders Care Clinic exists to

Ishpeming, MI – Partridge Creek Farm (PCF)  is calling on their community to join them at the Ishpeming Middle School Garden located at 402 Cleveland Ave Ishpeming MI on Saturday June 20th,10AM-4PM, to roll up their sleeves and join a volunteer day. No registration is required, and volunteers are welcome to come and go as needed throughout the volunteer day.    All ages are welcome to join this volunteer event, PCF asks that volunteers under 16 years of age be accompanied by an adult. Be sure to dress for the weather, bring a pair of work gloves, sunscreen, and a

Monday, June 22, 2026.  10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  Peter White Public Library Dandelion Cottage Room.  Adults, Seniors. Join Marty for an in-person, in-depth discussion of Upper Michigan Today’s All Booked Up book of the month. Come with your questions, insights, and observations. This month’s book: This month’s book: On Witness and Respair: Essays by Jesymn Ward.  No admission charge.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.  

Monday June 22, 2026.  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. &  4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Great Room.  Families with youth of all ages, drop in to paint dinosaurs both GREAT and SMALL with unconventional tools! There will be limited painting shirts provided, it is recommended that participants wear clothes that can get messy. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult in the program with them.  No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.  

Monday June 22, 2026.  10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. &  4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Great Room.  Families with youth of all ages, drop in to paint dinosaurs both GREAT and SMALL with unconventional tools! There will be limited painting shirts provided, it is recommended that participants wear clothes that can get messy. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult in the program with them.  No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.

Monday, June 22, 2026.  6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.,  Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.  Adults, Seniors, Teens. In this new programming series, seasoned published authors of various genres lead participants through writing exercises and workshops to hone their writerly talents. June’s Writer: Selah Tay-Song. A fiction/non-fiction writer, Tay-Song will guide writers in balancing interior writing (thoughts, feelings, exposition) with exterior details (sensory description and action) in your narrative prose.  Space is limited to 15 participants, so register early. No admission charge.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.  

Tuesdays June (9, 16, 23, 30), 2026. 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Ohio St. (Williams) Park. Families and youth, join us outdoors for Park Storytime! Books, songs, action songs, bubbles & parachute play, and more! Rain Location-Peter White Public Library Community Room. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult in the program with them. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.  

Tuesday, June (2,9,16,23), 2026  10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Local History Research Room, Peter White Public Library.  Need help with the settings on your phone or iPad? Want to download travel apps before you leave town? Need help utilizing the library’s Memory Lab or navigating Libby? Learn how to make your electronic devices work the way you want, with the help of Christine Ault, retired teacher and teach coach, Tuesday mornings from 10 AM – 3 PM during June, July and August in the Local History Research Room of the Peter White Public Library. Call the Reference Desk at 906-226-4311

Tuesdays & Thursdays June (9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 30), 2026.  11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Lower Level Lobby.  PWPL is once again partnering with Feeding America West Michigan in the Gather2Grow summer meals program and will serve as a pickup site for shelf stable meals. Available at no cost to all youth (18 and under) and disabled adults up to age 26. No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.