• Marquette – Youth Sailing Lessons

    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 Free Public Tours

    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

  • Soo Locks to host Engineers Day 2025

      SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Sault Ste. Marie Convention & Visitors Bureau, the United States Coast Guard, the Lake Superior State University Center for Freshwater Research and Education, Hospice of the Eastern Upper Peninsula, and Superior Health Systems are hosting open house events for the 2025 Soo Locks Engineers Day on June 27. Visitors are welcome into the Soo Locks facility and across the MacArthur Lock from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday, June 27. Engineers Day honors the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’

  • “Love Letters” at NMU

      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”

  • Pathways in Photography

    Pathways in Photography Saturday, June 28, 2025 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Free Event https://emberlight.org/event/pathways-in-photography/ Miners Memorial Heritage Park 771 E Ayer St. Ironwood, MI 49938 FRAME THE WORLD IN A WHOLE NEW WAY Pathways in Photography is an immersive, hands-on experience that invites participants to explore the art of photography through three unique workshops – all set within the natural beauty of the Miners Memorial Heritage Park. Led by experts from Emberlight’s photography team, these free workshops provide practical guidance, creative inspiration, and a deeper understanding of how to tell stories through images. Choose your Pathway: 📸 Photojournalism –

  • Harris – E-Waste Collection

    E-Waste Collection   Saturday, June 28th from 10am to 2pm EDT Bark River-Harris Schools, Harris, MI Back Parking Lot, W471 US Hwy 2/US 41   $5 Fee Per Car *Businesses can be invoiced for materials (differing prices)   Keyboards, Cords, & Routers DVD & VCR Players Desktop Fax Machines Computers, Phones & Tablets TV’s, Monitors Desktop Printers & Scanners Gaming Consoles NO KITCHEN APPLIANCES (COFFEE POTS, MICROWAVES, VACUUMS, LAMPS)

  • Art in the Park Grand Opening

    Art in the Park Grand Opening Saturday, June 28, 2025 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM Free Event https://emberlight.org/event/art-in-the-park-grand-opening-2025/ Miners Memorial Heritage Park 771 E Ayer St. Ironwood, MI 49938 Art in the Park is sponsored by the Gogebic Community College Foundation, in memory of Alex Marciniak JOIN US AT THE STARTING LINE – ART IS CALLING! Kick off Emberlight’s 2025 season in the heart of Miners Memorial Heritage Park with the Art in the Park Opening Ceremony on June 28 at noon! Join artists, performers, and fellow art lovers for a ribbon-cutting celebration, followed by an afternoon of festivities throughout

  • ‘Love Letters’ at NMU

    6/10/2025 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”

  • Hancock – Pride Market

    Orpheum Theatre 426 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan

    The 1st Annual Pride Market will be held at The Orpheum Theater in Hancock, MI, June 29th, 1pm-6pm. Market-goers will find things from the practical to the fanciful, such as soaps, fresh produce, stickers, crochet plushies, art prints, books, baskets, garments, and more. Everything at Pride Market was drawn, grown, sewn, crocheted, designed, written, or otherwise made by vendors, and features a full lineup of LGBTQIA+ makers and small businesses.   Pride Market is an expansion of successful past events organized by local artist Gray Kotila. Prior events, such as the 2021 Queer Artists Market held in the Rozsa Center