Youth Sailing Lessons Offered this Summer   The Marquette Junior Yacht Club will again offer youth sailing lessons this summer to the public. The program will provide the basic fundamentals of sailing for beginner ages 8-17 and expanded skill training for returning intermediate sailors. Instruction takes place both on and off the water by certified sailing instructors at the Marquette Yacht Club location, E Main Street, Marquette. Students will convene daily at the MJYC boathouse space generously donated by the Marquette Fish Producers.   The 2025 schedule is as follows: July 7 – July 11, July 14 – July 18,

Eagle Mine to offer Free Public Tours of Facilities CHAMPION, Mich., April 22, 2025—A series of public tours of Eagle Mine facilities will be offered during the summer. Tour locations will alternate between the Eagle Mine in Big Bay and the Humboldt Mill in Champion on Thursdays from July to September. Tours of the Eagle Mine will be offered on the following dates from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: June 19, July 10, July 24, August 7, August 21, September 4, and September 18. The Eagle Mine Tour is primarily a driving surface tour of the mine site with a

Come hike with us through a beautiful hardwood forest on a serene, old logging road and forest trail. It’s a great chance to enjoy some of the quiet beauty of our northern forest and spend some time with your fellow NCT hikers. The hike begins at the Lakenenland parking lot on M28 and heads for the North Country Trail shelter. From there it heads east along an old logging road to the Jeske Flooding boat ramp and then on to the new NCT boardwalk. Our hike will be led by Dennis Fattaleh, an experienced group hike leader. This is an out-and-back

  Northern Michigan University Athletics and NMU Theatre & Dance will team up once again for the seventh annual Arts and Athletics Golf Outing on Thursday, June 19, at the Marquette Golf Club. The event supports both departments’ students and programs. Four-person teams can play either the Heritage course for $150 per person, or Greywalls for $250 per person. Tickets include 18 holes with a cart, dinner, refreshments on the course and a thank-you gift. Registration begins at 10 a.m. Shotgun starts are scheduled at 11 a.m. for Greywalls and noon for Heritage. A 19th hole reception is scheduled at

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.