Central UP Events

Monday, November 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.  Teens, Family, Adults, Seniors. Join fiber artist Lydia Taylor for a Beginner Punch Needle Workshop. Learn basic punch needle skills and leave with your very own handmade punch needle project. Starter kits provided. Space is limited to ten participants, so register early.  No admission charge.  For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.   

November (4, 7, 14, 18, 21), 2025. 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Peter White Public Library Great Room.  Preschool age children. Stories, songs, finger-plays, crafts and other school-readiness activities for preschool age children and a loving adult. Siblings welcome.  No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226- 4323 or visit  pwpl.info.  

Tuesdays and Thursdays, November (4, 6, 18, 20), 2025. 10 AM – 1 PM.  Peter White Public Library Heritage Room.  Need help with the settings on your phone? Want to download the downtown parking app? Learn how to make your electronic devices work the way you want them to with the help of Christine Ault, retired teacher and librarian.  Please charge your electronic device before each session, and bring passwords with you.  No fees.  Call the Reference Desk at 906-226-4311 to schedule your 30-minute session.   

Tuesday, November 4, 2025. 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Great Room.  For November’s meeting we will dive into Potions Class!  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info. 

Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. Room 231, Henry A. Skewis Annex, Marquette, Michigan 49855 CALL TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN DEROCHA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE FOLLOWING MEETINGS: Regular Meeting Minutes held on October 21, 2025 PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND AWARDS PUBLIC COMMENT (5 minutes per person) REVIEW OF CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTS: Total Expenditures paid via check & EFT Transfers for the period October 17, 2025 through October 30, 2025 were $1,160,222.43; and biweekly payroll for the period ending October 25, 2025 was $900,144.90. PUBLIC HEARINGS PRIVILEGED COMMENT a. Undersheriff

Tuesdays, November (4, 18, 25) 2025. 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Heritage Room. Mediate Marquette and PWPL have collaborated to offer a weekly, in-person mindfulness meditation program. The sessions begin at 6:00 pm followed by a period of fellowship. Dr. Debra Smith, a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and psychologist, will deliver brief talks exploring various aspects of meditation and its impact on our lives. These talks will take place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, while longer meditation sessions are scheduled for the remaining Tuesdays. All individuals, regardless of skill level or spiritual affiliation, are welcome

Wednesdays, November (5, 12, 19, 26) 2025. 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  Peter White Public Library Great Room.  Songs, rhymes, stories and finger-plays for newborns to 17 months with a loving adult. Older siblings are welcome.  No admission charge.  For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.   

Wednesday, November 5, 2025. 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. & 5:00-6:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Circulation Lobby.  Stop by the Library to chat with Library Director Andrea Ingmire. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4303 or visit pwpl.info.   

Wednesday, November 5, 2025. 1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m.  Peter White Public Library Teen Zone. Home School Teens, Ages 11 & up, are welcome to join Amanda in the Teen Zone for bi-weekly book discussions. We will be discussing The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy. For youth ages 11 & up.  No admission charge.  For more information or to check the status of this program, call 906-226-4321, email Amanda at apierce@pwpl.info, visit pwpl.info, or find Peter White Public Library Teen Services on Instagram or Facebook.  

Marquette Regional History Center presents: Here Comes the Wizard Oil Wagon: Senior Support Series (SSS) Wednesday, November 5, 1:30 p.m.  During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Marquette County residents eagerly awaited the arrival of various traveling medicine shows. The shows consisted of free musical performances and humorous skits, plus sales pitches for whatever medicine the self-proclaimed “doctor” was selling. This presentation by local history buff Bill Van Kosky will take us back to the golden age of quackery, when medical science was floundering and anyone could legally put anything in a bottle and say that it would cure