Keep It In The UP!

Baraga County Holiday Decor Tours
2024-10-01 00:00 - 2025-01-01 23:59 UTC | Baraga County, Michigan
Baraga County Holiday Decor Tours

HALLOWEEN outdoor displays must be engaged from 6pm until 9pm from October 21st through October 31st.

CHRISTMAS outdoor displays must be engaged from 6pm until 9pm from December 14th through January 1st.

Share your holiday spirit and passion for decorating by listing your site on the map! Participate in Halloween, Christmas, or both! There is no fee to participate and no fee for maps. Sites listed on the maps will be entered into drawings for Baraga Bucks!

NMU Jazz Ensembles to Perform
2024-09-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Michigan
Northern Michigan University’s jazz ensembles will return to the Reynolds Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30 for their first concert of the fall 2024 season. This event is free and open to the public.
The NMU Jazz band, directed by Mark Flaherty, showcases Nicholas Wegrzyn and Ryan Leavitt on alto saxophone, Shelby Dera and Nathan Anderson on tenor saxophone, Tay Linder on baritone saxophone, Niana Hughey, Joe Daniels, Kaitlyn Levine and Natalia Collins on trumpet, Evan Dutro on guitar, Nicholas Jones on piano, Eli Salin on bass, and Chris Adams and Sam Murphy on drums.
The NMU Jazz Combo, led by Patrick Booth, features Hughey, Wegrzyn, Jones and Salin, along with Davis Radde on trombone and Quinten Mosher on drums.
For more information, visit the Department of Music’s events and performances page.

Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority Monthly Board Meeting
2024-09-30 16:30 - 18:00 | Michigan
Marquette, MI – The Iron Ore Heritage Recreation Authority is rescheduling its monthly board meeting to Monday, September 30 starting at 4:30pm at the Ishpeming Multi-purpose Senior Center, 121 Greenwood Street, Ishpeming.
The IOHRA is the caretaker of the Iron Ore Heritage Trail, a 47-mile, year-round, multi-use, interpretive trail that crosses the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Referred to as an outdoor linear museum where you exercise your body and mind. Those who bike, walk, run, hike, ORV, snowmobile, cross country ski, birdwatch, and/or wander will find a section of trail perfect for your activity.
The agenda can be requested by emailing ironoreheritage@gmail.com or by calling the trail administrator at 906-235-2923.

Hancock American Legion Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
2024-09-29 12:00 - 16:00 | Alfred Erickson American Legion Post 186, 424 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
Alfred Erickson American Legion Post 186
Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
Sunday, September 29 2024
@ the Post Home
1308 Quincy Street, Hancock
Serving from 12 noon – 4 pm
Donation $10
Curbside pickup only

We ask people to enter from birch street and exit onto Quincy st. Watch for our people directing traffic. Food will be delivered to your car. Tickets can be purchased from Legion members or at the event. The sauce is scratch made by our veteran members from a recipe we have been using for decades. Served with fresh French bread, coleslaw and a cookie. Please support our fund raiser that supports the post and its various veteran and community projects. These include veteran’s funeral services, Boys State, Girl and Boy Scouts, Legion baseball and other charitable community projects. For more information contact Public affairs officer Jim Peterson at 906-37

Calumet - Get Your "Crow On"
2024-09-29 11:00 - 14:00 | Calumet Art Center, 57055 Fifth Street, Calumet, Michigan, 49913
Calumet Art Center Classes and Events

Get Your “Crow On”

September 29th from 11am to 2pm

Cost $35.00

Houghton - Omega House Fundraiser - A Tribute to Queen
2024-09-28 19:00 | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michgian, 49931
Omega House Fall Concert Fundraiser
September 28th at 7:00pm
A TRIBUTE TO QUEEN
Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts Michigan Tech University
$20 General Public
$20 Students
Tickets (906) 487-1906
events.mtu.edu

Marquette County Habitat for Humanity Hosting a Square Dance Fundraiser at Willow Farm
2024-09-28 17:30 - 21:00 | Michigan
Marquette County Habitat for Humanity is hosting a square dance at Willow Farm, in Harvey, on Saturday, September 28th, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. This high-spirited event will feature live music by the Feltliners, offer a cash bar, fare from the Frenchtastic food truck, auction items. There are only 150 tickets available, with proceeds benefitting Marquette County Habitat for Humanity.
This event is sponsored, in part, by Lake Superior Press, with sponsorship opportunities still available. Tickets are $25.00 each and available for purchase at the administrative office, located at 2354 US HWY 41 S, in Harvey, or at the Habitat ReStore, located at 133 Carmen Dr., in Harvey.
For more information on volunteering, donating time or talent, or applying for homeownership, or home repairs, please visit our website at www.mqthabitat.org or call the Habitat office at (906) 228-3578 or email info@mqthabitat.org.

Baraga - Spaghetti Fundraiser
2024-09-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Baraga American Legion Post #444, 505 S. Superior Avenue, Baraga, Michgian, 49908
Spaghetti Fundraiser

Baraga American Legion 4-6pm, September 28th
$10 Donation per person, includes spaghetti, salad, bread

Silent Auction & Baked Goods
Music by Double Shot

Put on by American Legion Riders and Friends, Donations to Moria Pantti

Calumet Farmers Market
2024-09-28 10:00 - 14:00 | Agassiz Park, Calumet, Michgian
Calumet Farmers Market
Every Saturday from June 15th to October 12th
Agassiz Park, Calumet, MI
10:00 am to 2:00pm

Downtown Marquette Farmers Market
2024-09-28 09:00 - 13:00 | Michigan
Held at the Marquette Commons rain or shine

Baraga County Farmers Market
2024-09-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-09-25 15:00 - 17:30 | Meadowbrook Park, Division Street, L'Anse, Michigan
Baraga County Farmers Market
Meadowbrook Park, Division Street, L’Anse
Saturdays 9am – 12pm from June 15th to October 12th
Wednesdays 3pm – 5:30pm from July 3rd to October 9th

Downtown Day in Marquette
2024-09-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Michigan
DOWNTOWN DAY
September 28, All Day
A special day celebrated across Michigan on the fourth Saturday of September to honor and appreciate the unique charm and vitality of our Downtown areas. Take a leisurely stroll along the sidewalks, admire the public art, and soak up the cultural and recreational aspects of your local downtown. This initiative, proposed by the Michigan Downtown Association (MDA), is aimed at promoting local businesses and community engagement.

Block Busting Cinema: Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40-The Karate Kid
2024-09-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Michigan
Block Busting Cinema: Lordy, Lordy, Look Who’s 40-The Karate Kid
Friday, September 27, 2024. 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library Shiras Room. Adults, Teens, Seniors, Family Friendly. Let’s hop in our time machines and travel back 40 years to the summer of 1984 when Mr. Miyagi taught Daniel LaRusso a few things about life, love, family, and karate. Rated PG. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

Houghton - Upper Peninsula Accessibility Summit
2024-09-27 09:00 - 14:00, 2024-09-26 09:00 - 16:00 | Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, Michgian, 49931
Houghton’s first-ever Upper Peninsula Accessibility Summit (UPAS) takes place this week at Michigan Technological University (MTU). The event brings
together advocates, community leaders, and innovators to address accessibility challenges in the Keweenaw and more broadly, Northern Michigan, focusing on rural and recreational areas.

UPAS is Thursday, Sept. 26 from 9am to 4pm and Friday, Sept. 27 from 9am to 2pm at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at MTU in Houghton, MI.
The summit will create a safe space for all to come together and share ideas and listen to stories of accessibility advocates. UPAS will create actionable solutions and initiatives to improve accessibility throughout the Upper Peninsula.

Accessible Keweenaw Initiative partners include Keweenaw Community Foundation, The Western U.P. Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR), Visit Keweenaw and Michigan Tech. Keynote speakers include Kaelynn Partlow, a Lead Technician and Autism advocate featured on Netflix’s “Love on the Spectrum,” and Robin Jones, Director of the Great Lakes ADA Center and Accessibility Advisor for the 2024 Democratic Convention. These two women will bring valuable
experience in Autism advocacy and disability rights to the summit.

Hancock - Laura Foster Nicholson Exhibit
2024-09-26 19:00 | Finlandia Art Gallery, 435 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
The Finlandia Art Gallery will present Foretelling the Future, Reflecting the Past, a textile exhibit by Laura Foster Nicholson.

The exhibit will be held at The Finlandia Art Gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), Hancock from September 26 to November 13, 2024.

A reception for the artist will take place at the gallery, Thursday, September 26, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The reception is free and open to the public, refreshments will be served.

Methane Glow, 2022, 23” x 43”, Wool, mylar, cotton

“Climate change is not the future, it is now,” says Foster Nicholson in describing her work. An award winning textile artist, Foster Nicholson uses her weavings to convey her deep concern for the environment and the effects of climate change. In her Finlandia Art Gallery exhibition “Foretelling the Future, Reflecting the Past” Foster Nicholson will present two of her series: Venice and Containers.

The Lagoon, Flooding, 2020, 27” x 44”, Wool, mylar, cotton

Her Venice series strives to convey the future of damage, dislocation and loss faced by all of us living near large bodies of water as a result of rising sea levels. “The poignance of seeing such a treasure of an artwork, the City of Venice, annually inundated with devastating flooding, is a dramatic beacon, highlighting the plight faced by cities around the world.”

Il Redentore, Flooded, 2020, 36″ x 30.5″

In her Containers series, she visually distills our societies ever increasing appetite for consumer goods and the vast network of shipping and trucking routes needed to meet that appetite. “The manufacture of the goods, the energy expended, the end use of goods no longer desired, all deeply affect our environment and our health.”

MV Express Pearl Fire, 2021, 25” x 45”, Wool, mylar, cotton

Foster Nicholson is of Scottish and English heritage and had strong support from her family to study art. Her education led her first to Kansas City Art Institute where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts, but it was her graduate education at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield, Michigan that made her a life-long friend of Finland.
“I went on to get my MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art which was highly recommended by my professor. Cranbrook is a very small but intensively aesthetic school, dedicated to the hand, critical thought and vision, and the goals of the arts and crafts movement, a handmade environment,” says Foster Nicholson.

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

“Eliel & Loja Saarinen, a Finnish Architect and his textile designer wife, designed much of the original Cranbrook community, with buildings detailed down to the laying of each brick, bringing in sculptors and metalsmiths and weavers to embellish and bring to life this extraordinary Finnish American environment. Their aesthetic has lived on for decades at Cranbrook, and I became a devotee.”

“So now, I am part Finnish, by adoption,” continues Foster Nicholson. “I was, and still am, mesmerized by the totally designed environment, engaging art and craft and design in equal portions. When I was a student there, I had a work-study job at the Cranbrook Museum, helping to prepare Loja Saarinen’s rugs and textiles for a large exhibition about Cranbrook (Design in America: the Cranbrook Vision, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). And now, I live in New Harmony, Indiana, a Utopian settlement full of art, artists, visionaries, and life.”

Foster Nicholson’s artwork is in a number of museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the archives of the Venice Biennale, Racine Art Museum, Reading Public Museum, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Cotsent Collection of the Textile Museum, Washington, DC, as well as many private and corporate collections.

Foretelling the Future, Reflecting the Past will be on display at The Finlandia Gallery through November 13, 2024.
The Finlandia Art Gallery is located in the Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy Street, Hancock. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. Please call 906-487-7309 or email gallery@finlandiafoundation.org for more information.

Artists Address Featured Works
2024-09-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Michigan
Northern Michigan University’s DeVos Art Museum will host an artist talk and reception featuring Liz Ward and Robert Ziebell at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. The artists will discuss their work currently on display. Their project titled “Across Time and Place” explores the artists’ approaches to understanding and interpreting place through multimedia artworks. Their works examine the nuance of place and delve into the richness of our world today and in past periods.
Ziebell’s career spans 30 years. His work has been exhibited in numerous U.S. museums, galleries and film festivals. He is a lens-based artist who creates new visual languages by bridging still and motion imagery.
Ward is a multimedia artist who explores the meaning of landscape through layers of human, natural and environmental history, memory and experience. Her work has been featured in more than 200 group shows and more than 30 solo exhibitions in galleries, alternative spaces and museums.
Learn more at nmuartmuseum.com/.

Hancock Tori & Farmers Market
2024-09-26 15:00 - 18:00 | Quincy Green, 401 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
Hancock Tori & Farmers Market
Every Thursday from June 13th to October 10th
Quincy Green, Hancock, MI
3:00pm – 6:00pm

Lake Linden - STUFF A BLUE GOOSE
2024-09-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Louie’s Super Foods, 5400 Bridge Street, Lake Linden, Michigan, 49945
Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post and five grocery stores in Baraga and Houghton counties will be working together to host “STUFF A BLUE GOOSE” Harvest Gathering charity events. The purpose is to raise hunger awareness and to provide food to local food pantries.

Troopers will be at Louie’s Super Foods in Lake Linden, Larry’s Market in Baraga, Pat’s Foods in L’Anse, and Pat’s Foods in Calumet, to assist in the collection of donated food items and to answer questions regarding the food drive. A “BLUE GOOSE” patrol car will be at the sites to haul donated items to local food pantries at the conclusion of the events. The events will be as follows:

Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Louie’s Super Foods in Lake Linden
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Larry’s Market in Baraga
Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Pat’s Foods in L’Anse
Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Pat’s Foods in Calumet

All grocery stores will have pre-made bags available for purchase, which will be stuffed in the “BLUE GOOSE”. Each bag will be pre-filled with non-perishable food items. You may also donate your own non-perishable food items.

There is a significant need for food items in our local pantries and the participation and involvement from the public is greatly appreciated. Come help “STUFF A BLUE GOOSE”.

L'Anse - Meet & Greet Luncheon
2024-09-26 11:30 | Baraga County Chamber of Commerce, 1 N. Main Street, L'Anse, Michigan, 49946
Small Business Association of MICHIGAN

Strategic Partner MEET & GREET Luncheon

Learn more about SBAM and their Strategic Partnership. SBAM President & CEO Brian Calley will give a legislative update regarding proposed legislation currently being considered in Lansing. This will also be a time to learn how to maximize your SBAM membership.

SBAM works with various organizations around the state to offer joint memberships known as an SBAM Strategic Partner. As a member of the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce, you are also an SBAM member,. SBAM Strategic Partner members have access to SBAM benefits, events, products, services, and more! There is no charge to attend and a complimentary lunch will be provided.

Thursday, September 26
11:30 am
Baraga County Chamber of Commerce
f1 N Main, L’Anse, MI 49946
Register at https://member.sbam.org/events

Hancock - Unveiling of Sculptures at the Quincy Dry House Ruins
2024-09-26 10:00 - 12:30 | Quincy Dry House Ruins, US Hwy 41, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
Keweenaw National Historical Park, the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission, and Isle Royale and Keweenaw Parks Association scheduled the unveiling of four sculptures on the landscape at the Quincy Dry House Ruins along US-41, Thursday, September 26, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.; all members of the public are invited to attend.

Art has been a part of the history of the National Parks since the 1870s when Hudson River School painters captured majestic Western landscapes. Keweenaw NHP and its partners set out to commission an art piece that captures the workers and families who were once sprawled densely throughout the Copper Country, showing the everyday lives of those who are gone, but not forgotten. Artist Kasey Koski has captured those themes through the metal of her sculptures.

Koski is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator living in Wenatchee, Washington. From 2015 to 2023, she served as exhibits curator for the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and is currently serving as curator for the Chelan County Museum. Her ties to the Keweenaw run deep. She attended Finlandia University and is descended from mining immigrants to the Keweenaw.

Koski and Keweenaw NHP will hold numerous events throughout September for all to attend. On Saturday, September 21 and 28 from noon – 2:00 p.m. at the Calumet Visitor Center, Koski will host a hands-on workshop where participants of ages can create silhouettes of their own. Join her on Wednesday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the Calumet Visitor Center for her presentation on her inspiration and process for creating the sculptures.

To learn more about the program visit: https://go.nps.gov/KeweArtist2024

To find Kasey’s portfolio, blog, and more visit https://www.kaseykoskiart.com/

Marquette County Board of Health Meeting
2024-09-25 18:00 | Marquette County Courthouse, 234 W. Baraga Avenue, Marquette, Michigan, 49855
The regular monthly meeting of the Marquette County Board of Health will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:00 pm. The meeting will take place in Room 231 of the Henry A. Skewis Annex, Marquette County Courthouse, Marquette.

Zeba - KBIC Victim Services Women's Circle
2024-09-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Zeba Community Hall, Zeba Road, Zeba, Michigan, 49946
Hosted by KBIC Victim Services WOMEN’S CIRCLE
2nd Wednesday of the month @ the Baraga Senior Center from 2-3pm
4th Wednesday of the month @ the Zeba Hall from 2-3pm
For questions or more information, please contact Shanel LeRue @ 906-353-4592

Houghton - STUFF A BLUE GOOSE
2024-09-25 11:00 - 14:00 | Tadych’s Marketplace Foods, 1000 W. Sharon Avenue, Houghton, Michgian, 49931
Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post and five grocery stores in Baraga and Houghton counties will be working together to host “STUFF A BLUE GOOSE” Harvest Gathering charity events. The purpose is to raise hunger awareness and to provide food to local food pantries.

Troopers will be at Taydch’s Marketplace in Houghton, Louie’s Super Foods in Lake Linden, Larry’s Market in Baraga, Pat’s Foods in L’Anse, and Pat’s Foods in Calumet, to assist in the collection of donated food items and to answer questions regarding the food drive. A “BLUE GOOSE” patrol car will be at the sites to haul donated items to local food pantries at the conclusion of the events. The events will be as follows:

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Taydch’s Marketplace in Houghton
Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Louie’s Super Foods in Lake Linden
Wednesday, October 2, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Larry’s Market in Baraga
Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Pat’s Foods in L’Anse
Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Pat’s Foods in Calumet

All grocery stores will have pre-made bags available for purchase, which will be stuffed in the “BLUE GOOSE”. Each bag will be pre-filled with non-perishable food items. You may also donate your own non-perishable food items.

There is a significant need for food items in our local pantries and the participation and involvement from the public is greatly appreciated. Come help “STUFF A BLUE GOOSE”.

Houghton - Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
2024-09-25 00:00 - 2024-10-24 23:59 | Memorial Union Building, MTU, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI, 49908, United States
Copper Shores Outreach & Education is hosting a free two-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) on Monday, October 28 and Tuesday, October 29 at the MUB Alumni Lounge on Michigan Tech’s campus. This two day workshop runs from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day, teaching people the skills the help prevent suicide, and how to intervene to help keep someone safe from suicide.

Those who partake in ASIST include both trained professionals and members of the general public. People do not need to have any training in suicide prevention or intervention prior to attending ASIST. With ASIST, people can provide guidance and suicide first-aid to a person with thoughts of suicide in ways that meet their individual safety needs, as well as identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it.

This training is open to the public, and provided at no cost. To register for the training contact Kristine Martens at 1 (906) 523-5920, extension 2060, or email kmartens@coppershores.org. The deadline to register is October 24.

To learn more about ASIST, visit livingworks.net/asist. To learn more about the programming available at Outreach & Education, visit coppershores.org/outreach-and-education.

Houghton - Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds Meeting
2024-09-24 18:30 | Portage Lake District Library, 4585 W. Lakeshore Drive, Houghton, MI, 49908, United States
Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds monthly meeting
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024 @ 6:30 pm
Portage Lake District Library Meeting Room
Houghton, MI 49931

Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds is a public group, and we welcome anyone interested in our mission: “to support healthy minds through connection and community.” Our goals are to talk more openly about mental health to reduce stigma, to build a resilient community by educating the public, and to support those at risk for mental health and substance use crises. We are on Facebook and our email address is ksup4healthyminds@gmail.com.

PWPL Board of Trustees Meeting
2024-09-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Michigan
Tuesday, September 24, 2024. 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library, Shiras Room. Regular monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Peter White Public Library. The meeting is open to all. Meeting agenda, materials, and remote attendance link are available on the library’s website: www.pwpl.info.

Network Calumet
2024-09-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Eva’s Hideaway, 211 7th Street, Calumet, Michgian, 49913
Join us for our Network Calumet at Eva’s Hideaway, Calumet, Michigan.

Snacks * Updates * Punch * Business Networking

Tuesday, September 24th from 5pm – 6pm

Houghton Farmers Market
2024-09-24 15:00 - 18:00 | Houghton Waterfront Pier, Houghton, Michigan, 49931
Houghton Farmers Market
Every Tuesday from June 11th to October 8th
Houghton Waterfront Pier, Houghton, MI
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
