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. 10:00 – 11:00 AM. Peter White Public Library Heritage Room. This Book Group welcomes readers interested in a variety of contemporary fiction on the first Wednesday of the month at 10 AM. Book discussions will be led by Reference Desk staff. Book selection for October 1st will be THE TROUBLE UP NORTH by Travis Mulhauser. Please call 906-226-4311 or visit www.pwpl.info/news-events/book-groups with questions.
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
Wednesday, November 5, 2025. 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library Teen Zone. Teens in grades 6-12 join in on the fun with unTITLEd Teens, a monthly program that will be a different activity each month. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of this program, call 906-226-4321, email Amanda at apierce@pwpl.info, and 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.
City of Houghton Invites Community to Branding Working Sessions The City of Houghton invites residents and stakeholders to participate in one of two public working sessions dedicated to shaping the future of Houghton’s community brand. These sessions will be held: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 11, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Both drop-in sessions will take place at the City Center in downtown Houghton and will run approximately two hours. Each session will begin with an overview of the city’s branding initiative, explaining why this effort is both important and
The League of Women Voters of Marquette County will hold its next general membership meeting on Wednesday, November 5th at 6:45 p.m. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Heritage Room on the 2nd floor of Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St., Marquette. The business meeting will be followed by a presentation by David Allen on the City of Marquette’s Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major policy issues, and influences public
WNMU-TV will host a preview screening and panel discussion related to “The American Revolution,” a new Ken Burns six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence. The screening is open to the public and takes place at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, in the Northern Center Ballrooms on Northern Michigan University’s campus. “This opportunity to learn about the founding of the United States’ democracy is brought to you as part of NMU’s commitment to expand opportunities for civic learning and community engagement by staff, faculty and students,” said Tammy Wixtrom Johnson