Central UP Events

Bergonzi String Trio Family Concert Friday June 20, 2025. 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. Families with children of all ages are invited to this special Bergonzi String Trio Family Concert! Children will hear experts from Haydn Piano Trio No. 39 on G Major “Gypsy”, Jennifer Higdon Piano Trio No. 1 “1. Pale Yellow” and Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50. Throughout the concert, members of the trio will explain different parts of the music, talk about the different instruments and more. Family friendly, youth of all ages welcome. Youth under the age

6/11/2025 The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University will offer three free walking tours of NMU’s campus this summer. All are open to the public. The tours are scheduled at 11 a.m. on June 20, July 11 and Aug. 8., beginning at the Carillon Towers next to the Northern Center just off Lee Drive. Reservations are not required. Each tour will take about 90 minutes to complete and participants will walk about one mile through campus. Beaumier Center Director/Curator Daniel Truckey, a 1990 graduate of Northern, will lead the tours. He will take visitors on a historical journey through campus, discussing its formation in

Global Cinema:  Ilker Catak’s The Teacher’s Lounge Friday, June 20, 2025.  12:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Community Room.  Adults, Seniors, Teens.  In this 2023 Oscar-nominated German feature, director Ilker Catak tells the story of an idealistic young teacher who is pressured to discover which of her seventh grade students is responsible for a series of thefts..  Rated PG-13.  No admission charge.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

Gwinn, MI – Up North Lodge is excited to announce its collaboration with local businesses to host the “Party on the Patio” every Sunday throughout the summer, with the aim of supporting local nonprofits. Join us at the Up North Lodge on Sunday, June 22, for a special event benefiting the Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare Shelter (UPAWS). The festivities kick off at 3 PM, featuring live music from the band “Lost Cause” from 4 PM to 7 PM. Attendees can enjoy an outdoor bar and delicious food, along with exciting basket raffles and a 50/50 drawing. A heartfelt thank you

  The Northern Michigan University Department of Music is launching a new series titled Summer Concerts at Reynolds, which will take place on Tuesdays in June and July in Reynolds Recital Hall. This year’s series will highlight the department’s faculty, all of whom are highly trained professional musicians, in addition to teaching full time. One or more faculty members will be featured during each performance. Admission to all concerts is free, but donations will be gratefully accepted, with all proceeds benefitting the NMU Department of Music to provide the best experience for its students. The schedule for the inaugural season of

The regular monthly meeting of the Marquette County Board of Health will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at 6:00 pm.  The meeting will take place in Room 231 of the Henry A. Skewis Annex, Marquette County Courthouse, Marquette..

Cloverland Concert on the Steps Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Front Street Steps.  Family, Adults, Seniors, Teens.  Gather by the steps with chairs and picnics for an evening of folk and bluegrass tunes by popular local band Cloverland, featuring musicians Kerry Yost, Stephanie Whiton, Sarah Mittlefehldt, and John Gillette.  A toe- and heart-tapping concert that is not to be missed!  No admission charge.  Weather Contingency:  Community Room.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

Ann Berman Louis Graveraet Kaufman:  The Fabulous Michigan Gatsby Who Conquered Wall Street, Took Over General Motors, and Built the World’s Tallest Building Reading Thursday, June 26, 2025.  6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.  Adults, Seniors, Family Friendly.  Michigan historian Ann Berman reads from her biography about the life and legacy of local titan of American banking, Louis Graveraet, a Gatsbyesque figure born in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who married into great wealth and then amassed far more of his own. No admission charge.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

  Northern Michigan University Theatre & Dance will present “Love Letters” by A.R. Gurney, a past nominee for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play features two characters—Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III—whose 50-year correspondence chronicles their evolving relationship and shared confidences. It has been described as “a tender, tragi-comic and nuanced examination of the shared nostalgia, missed opportunities and deep closeness of two lifelong, complicated friends.” Showtimes are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26 through Saturday, June 28, in Forest Roberts Theatre. The play stars Amy Dolan-Malaney and Robert Ouellette, both seasoned actors who performed “Love Letters”