Central UP Events

Marquette -Silver Creek Church and Silver Creek Thrift are partnering with Feeding America West Michigan to host a Mobile Food Pantry. Taking place on Thursday, August 14. Food distribution will begin at 10:00am and continue while supplies last or until 11:30am. Food will be available for approximately 550 families. Due to changes with Feeding America West Michigan, proxy pickup will be limited. This will be a drive-thru event with directions given by parking lot attendants. Guests are asked to remain in their cars and have adequate space prepared in their trunk or back seat in advance to allow the distribution

Thursday, August 14th at 2pm, the library will be hosting their regular Crochet Club program in combination with a Project Linus Meet-up. Project Linus now has a Marquette County Chapter that accepts handmade blankets of all types and sizes that will be donated to local children and teens in need. ICPL is a drop off location for these blankets!

Thursday, August 14, 2025. 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Huron Mountain Club Gallery – M.G.H. 1915 – 2025 by AJ Jensen Deo Gallery – Umbilios by Sensoria Artist Collective Teens, Adults, Seniors. Join us for two artist receptions in one night! Speak with the artists about their work and exhibits on display.

Agenda City Of Negaunee Regular Meeting August 14, 2025 @ 6:30 P.M. Negaunee Senior Center, 410 Jackson St (Tobin St. Entrance) Call To Order Pledge To Flag Roll Call Approval Of Agenda Public Comment (3 Min. Limit) Public Hearing – Commercial Rehabilitation District Tax Abatement – 103 W. Lincoln Street Unfinished Business New Business ~8.1 Ordinance Amendment – #50 Sewer Ordinance ~8.2 Mml – Community Excellence Award Budget And Dda Fund Budget Adjustment Consent Agenda ~9.1 Minutes – July 17, 2025 Regular Minutes ~9.2 Claims And Accounts ~9.3 Revenue/Expenditure Trial Balance Reports ~9.4 2025 Winter Sand Bids ~9.5 Fire Department

  The Marquette Trail 50 is an ultramarathon (a foot race with distances beyond the marathon distance of 26.2 miles) along some of Marquette’s most scenic and pristine trails. The Marquette Trail 50 consists of a 50-kilometer and 50-mile event held on Saturday and a 5K and kids mile on Friday. The course is mostly single-track, climbing the 4 peaks: Sugarloaf, Top-of-the-World, Bareback, and Hogback. Don’t wait, register today! Prices: 50K Admission – $135 50M Admission – $160 5K (Adults) $15.00 (Black Friday) | $25.00 (after Black Friday) | $35.00 (Race Day) 5K & 1-Mile (Kids) $5.00 (Black Friday) |

We begin the 2025 season of the Emberlight International Film Festival with stop-motion creatures, surreal daydreams, and absurd societal rituals in a night for the oddballs, the animators, the eccentrics, and anyone in need of a laugh with a little bite. Tickets start at $20 for adults and are Free for students 20 and under. https://emberlight.org/event/laughs-and-animations/

At the Downtown Marquette Farmers Market, you will find over 70 vendors gathered to exhibit their locally grown, collected, and crafted products. Stop by the Marquette Commons every Saturday from 9 am – 1 pm to enjoy local farmers, bakers, artisans, musicians, and more!

Now in its seventh year, Classic Cars on Third Street is a community event presented by the Marquette Downtown Development Authority in partnership with the Women’s Center of Marquette County. The show runs on North Third Street, from Ohio Street to Park Street. Street closures will run from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

American Theater is a daring, real-life documentary that follows a dismissed director and his new ensemble as they create an original musical based on the Salem Witch Trials. What begins as a creative experiment unfolds into a tense, often surprising exploration of belief, identity, and the role of art in an increasingly divided country. Tickets start at $20 for adults, Free for students 20 and under. https://emberlight.org/event/american-theater/