Wednesdays, October (1, 8, 15, 22, 29) 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 www.pwpl.info.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025. 10:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m.  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 a.m. Book discussions will be led by Reference Desk staff. Book selection for October 1st will be The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley.  Please call 906-226-4311 or visit www.pwpl.info/news-events/book-groups with questions.

Wednesday, October 1, 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 www.pwpl.info.

Two Tours Offered Wednesday, October 1, 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. The concept of “forest forensics” was coined by Tom Wessels and means to look for clues on land to understand human, climatic, and geologic actions that shaped a forest. We are thrilled to partner with MSU Extension’s Forestry and Natural Resources Educator, Anna Ellis, to take a hike at Old Towne in Negaunee. Once a neighborhood, the “caving grounds” are now a forest with a fascinating past. Meet at Jackson Mine Park Pavilion. Pre-registration is required, and tickets are on sale now. $10.00 per ticket; maximum 25 people per

Wednesday, October 1, 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. October’s activity will be spooky crafts.  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 www.pwpl.info.

Michigan Education Trust heads north of the Bridge to link Yooper families to new college savings opportunities MET fall tour spans Upper Peninsula to promote college savings program with $25 enrollment and $100 bonus  MARQUETTE – This fall, as the Upper Peninsula comes alive with color and crisp air, the Michigan Education Trust (MET) will embark on its first U.P. tour since launching its historic $25 minimum enrollment, with community sessions to help families start saving for college. The events, to be held Sept. 29-Oct. 1, in Escanaba, Marquette, Newberry and Sault Ste. Marie, mark the most significant push yet

On October 1, 2025 from 4:30-6:00 pm the NMU Center for Lifelong Learning will host “History of Stained Glass Windows at St. Paul’s” featuring the Resurrection window commissioned by Peter White for St. Paul’s in 1887.  For more information go to https://nmu.edu/ncll/events.

Wednesday, October 1, 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 www.pwpl.info.

Northern Michigan University Theatre and Dance will present Into the Woods, a fantasy musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, Sept 25-27 and Oct 2-4. This “darkly enchanting” production blends familiar fairy tale characters with profound themes of desire, consequence and hope. “Into the Woods begins with characters everyone recognizes, like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood, but Act II gets, as most Sondheim pieces do, much more mature and more personal,” said director Paul Truckey. “Everybody goes into the woods at some point in their life, and this show explores what happens when you do.”