PWPL Presents: Cultivating Care, Compassion, and Connection
2026-03-06 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Fridays, March (6, 13, 20, 27) 2026.
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library, Heritage Room.
In partnership with several area organizations, this hour-long event offers a safe space to pause, reflect, and build meaningful connections with others who are committed to cultivating kindness in our world. Each week, a different organization takes the lead, with experienced educators and leaders facilitating. This rotating format ensures diverse perspectives and practices while maintaining a shared commitment to the Charter for Compassion and the Circle of Trust principles. For more information and to check on the status of the program, call 906-226-4303 or visit pwpl.info.

PWPL Presents: LEGO Club.
2026-03-06 16:00 - 17:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Fridays March (6, 20, 27), 2026.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Great Room.
Meet other LEGO enthusiasts and build LEGO projects with the library’s LEGO blocks. Family friendly, children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.

Concert to Benefit Baraga County Cancer Support Group
2026-03-06 19:00 | L’Anse Methodist Church, 304 North Main Street, L'Anse, MI, 49946, United States
Concert to Benefit Baraga County Cancer Support Group

Country / Gospel / Bluegrass
March 6th, 2026 @ 7 pm
L’Anse Methodist Church
Free Admission ~ Freewill donations gratefully accepted.

Featuring: Laura Augustine, Bill Kautto, Courtney & Adam Lundgren, Todd Overbeek, Mike Roberts, Mike Urbis

Upper Michigan Ice Races
2026-03-07 00:00 - 23:59 | MI
150 West Johnson Lake Road, Gwinn, MI 49841

Dates: January 3, 2026 – March 14, 2026

Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Saturday

Get Ready For This Winter’s Biggest Adrenaline Rush: The Upper Michigan Ice Races

Are you ready to take your thrill-seeking to the next level? Join the Upper Michigan Ice Racing Association for an action-packed series of Weekly Ice Races held on Saturdays, where dirt bikes and quads tear up the ice in a battle of speed, skill, and sheer power!

The Upper Michigan Ice Races are open to the public for spectating or bring your best ORV to join the competition and race to the top! The raceway is conveniently located off Snowmobile Trail 8, making Saturdays the best day to come and experience the races and explore the trails in Gwinn and Marquette County.

Saturday Schedule: Day Races

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Gates open for Registration & for Pre-Registered Participants

10:00 AM: Spectator Gates Open

10:15 AM – 11:15 AM: Practice & warm-up runs

11:30 AM – 6:00 PM: Ice Races

January 31 & February 28: Night Races

11:00 AM: Registration Opens

4:00 PM: Youth Races

6:00 PM – Midnight: Adult Races

Whether you’re on the track or in the stands, the roar of engines, the spray of ice, and the fierce competition will have you coming back week after week. Invite your friends, family, and fellow racers for the coolest race event in town! Be sure to check the Michigan Ice Races website for updates and more details!

The Great Bear Chase
2026-03-07 00:00 - 23:59 | MI
The Great Bear Chase will take place on Saturday, March 7, 2026.

The 46th Great Bear Chase cross country ski event is slated for March 7, 2026. This longstanding community event is held in Calumet, Michigan, with more than 800 racers taking part each year. Roughly 85% of the racers come from out of the area – including 67% from out of state – to enjoy the Copper Country. This is an economic impact of over $700,000 annually.

There are so many ways to take part in this great event:

Sponsor – sponsor the GBC, which serves as one of the main fundraisers for the Swedetown Trail system. Your sponsorship helps ensure the success of the event. Note that sponsorship must be confirmed by December 15 to include all guaranteed recognition for the 2026 race. Sponsorship details

Volunteer – Volunteer for one of over 100 positions on race day or leading up to the race. Choose from aid stations that your organization can assist with, to registration, the banquet and everything in between!
Volunteer details

Ski – Participate in one of the many races, with several different distances to choose from.

53K or 20K Skiathlon
53K, 24K, or 10K Freestyle or Classic
3 or 6 K Sit- Ski
Junior Bear Chase races of 1K, 2k or 4K. All FREE thanks to a generous sponsor

Race details

Let us know if you have any questions or if you’d like to participate at : info@greatbearchase.com or 906.483.1187

PWPL Presents: Meditate Marquette Presents: A Year of Mindful Living
2026-03-07 10:00 - 11:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Saturday, March 7, 2026.
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Peter White Public Library, George Shiras III
Room. Four mindfulness meditation and yoga teachers invite you to engage in a year of mindful living. Each month, one of the teachers will present a topic that addresses the different dimensions where we can practice mindfulness and presence. The intent is for us to cultivate mindfulness, care, and well-being individually and in our love, business, and social relationships. These are drop-in sessions, although committing to a full year is a way to build a consistent mindfulness practice. For more information and to check on the status of the program, call 906-226-4303 or visit pwpl.info.

Digitization Days
2026-03-07 10:00 - 15:00 | Marquette Regional History Center, 145 W. Spring Street, Marquette, Michigan
Barnes-Hecker Digitization Days poster
The Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster occurred on November 3, 1926. Fifty-one men lost their lives; forty-one of them are still buried at the site of the cave in. To commemorate the 100th anniversary, the Marquette Regional History Center will host Digitization Days, where community members can receive free digital scans of their documents and photographs pertaining to the mine, employees, family members, and friends. These scans will be added to the Longyear Research Library’s digital collections for future generations to learn from.

Digitization Days will be held at the Marquette Regional History Center on Saturday, March 7 from 10-3, at the Ishpeming Carnegie Public Library on Friday, March 13 from 11-3, and at the Marquette Regional History Center on Wednesday, March 25 from 10-8. Appointments are required. To schedule, call (906) 226-3571 or email mrhc@marquettehistory.org.

PWPL Presents: Saturday Storytime
2026-03-07 11:00 - 11:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Saturdays, March (7, 14, 21, 28), 2026.
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Peter White Public Library Great Room.
Songs, rhymes, stories and finger-plays geared towards babies through preschool with a loving adult. Older siblings and older children welcome. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.

PWPL Presents: Dreamcatcher Workshop
2026-03-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Saturday, March 7, 2026.
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Community Room.
Adults, Seniors, Family. Join facilitator Sue Smart for a Dreamcatcher Workshop. Smart will teach participants how to create their very own traditional dreamcatchers. All supplies will be provided, and Indigenous foods will be available to sample. Registration is required, as space is limited to 70 participants. For more information or to register for the workshop, visit pwpl.info or contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info.

Restaurant Week﻿
2026-03-08 00:00 - 2026-03-14 23:59 | MI
Restaurant Week

March 8 – 14

Traveling Exhibition "The Holocaust: History, Memory & Michigan Voices"
2026-03-09 00:00 - 2026-04-30 23:59 | Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan
“The Holocaust: History, Memory & Michigan Voices,” a new traveling exhibition created by the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, is on display at Northern Michigan University’s Olson Library through April 30. An opening reception is scheduled at 4 p.m. Monday, March 9, in the Library Atrium. A smaller exhibit on art as resistance is also featured.

“In many ways, the traveling exhibition is a condensed, portable version of the Zekelman Center,” said Ryan Bond, an NMU staff member who teaches a history of the Holocaust class and is a member of the center. “The content there used to be oriented more toward the Nazi perpetrators, but now the focus has shifted to victims’ and survivors’ personal stories—specifically, Michigan survivors. I just learned that the Holocaust survivors who came to this state at some point after the war numbered at least 4,000. That surprised me; I had no idea it was that many.”

When he taught the course in fall 2024, Bond wanted to do something beyond his classroom that would benefit the broader NMU and Marquette-area communities. He invited a guest to campus whose mother was a Holocaust survivor. She stayed for three days, visited six other classrooms, presented a workshop for educators and participated in two full-film screenings of a documentary about her mother.

This past October, three Zekelman Center staff members came to NMU to give class presentations. That visit inspired Bond to propose bringing a traveling exhibit to campus.

“The Holocaust is an important topic that shouldn’t just be confined to my classroom,” he said. “The center is very outreach- and teacher-oriented, and because we can’t readily bring students there, it made sense to collaborate and find a way to bring the center to us.”

Bond secured support for the idea from Olson Library Director Emera Bridger Wilson and Dean of Library and Instructional Support Leslie Warren.
“Olson Library is excited to host this exhibit, the first of what we hope are many now that we are in our renovated spaces,” Bridger Wilson said. “This exhibit also complements our Holocaust and Genocide Studies collection. We hope that people are made more aware of the collection through programming such as this.”
“It was exciting to unpack three huge shipping crates and collaborate with colleagues from the library and history students who volunteered to set up the main exhibit and the art installation,” said History Professor Kathryn Johnson, who was part of the team that made it happen.

Senior history major Alexis Hall is helping to coordinate the exhibit and related events via an internship. Bond says he is in conversations with the Zekelman Center about possible summer internship opportunities in Farmington Hills for NMU students.

To coincide with the display, three Zekelman Center educators will be on campus March 25-26 for classroom presentations for history and other disciplines. They will also deliver a free full-day workshop for area teachers on using content from the exhibit and the center in their classes. Teachers can earn SCECHs or NMU graduate credit for attending.

Preservice secondary social studies teachers are also invited to the workshop. Johnson said it will be an important learning experience for them to collaborate with current teachers in a meaningful content-specific professional development workshop.

Rick Schaffner from the center will present “Reclaiming Power Through Resilience and Resistance” as part of NMU’s UNITED Conference from 1:15-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in the Northern Center Ballrooms.

Founded in 1984, the Zekelman Center is the only Holocaust museum in Michigan. Its newly renovated museum is complemented by a research and library archive, special exhibit galleries, educational workshops and public programming. Learn more at holocaustcenter.org.

The Holocaust: History, Memory & Michigan Voices
2026-03-09 16:00 - 17:00 | NMU Harden Hall, Learning Resource Center, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
“The Holocaust: History, Memory & Michigan Voices,” a new traveling exhibition created by the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, is on display at Northern Michigan University’s Olson Library through April 30. An opening reception is scheduled at 4 p.m. Monday, March 9, in the Library Atrium. A smaller exhibit on art as resistance is also featured.
“In many ways, the traveling exhibition is a condensed, portable version of the Zekelman Center,” said Ryan Bond, an NMU staff member who teaches a history of the Holocaust class and is a member of the center. “The content there used to be oriented more toward the Nazi perpetrators, but now the focus has shifted to victims’ and survivors’ personal stories-specifically, Michigan survivors. I just learned that the Holocaust survivors who came to this state at some point after the war numbered at least 4,000. That surprised me; I had no idea it was that many.”
When he taught the course in fall 2024, Bond wanted to do something beyond his classroom that would benefit the broader NMU and Marquette-area communities. He invited a guest to campus whose mother was a Holocaust survivor. She stayed for three days, visited six other classrooms, presented a workshop for educators and participated in two full-film screenings of a documentary about her mother.
This past October, three Zekelman Center staff members came to NMU to give class presentations. That visit inspired Bond to propose bringing a traveling exhibit to campus.
“The Holocaust is an important topic that shouldn’t just be confined to my classroom,” he said. “The center is very outreach- and teacher-oriented, and because we can’t readily bring students there, it made sense to collaborate and find a way to bring the center to us.”
Bond secured support for the idea from Olson Library Director Emera Bridger Wilson and Dean of Library and Instructional Support Leslie Warren.
“Olson Library is excited to host this exhibit, the first of what we hope are many now that we are in our renovated spaces,” Bridger Wilson said. “This exhibit also complements our Holocaust and Genocide Studies collection. We hope that people are made more aware of the collection through programming such as this.”
“It was exciting to unpack three huge shipping crates and collaborate with colleagues from the library and history students who volunteered to set up the main exhibit and the art installation,” said History Professor Kathryn Johnson, who was part of the team that made it happen.
Senior history major Alexis Hall is helping to coordinate the exhibit and related events via an internship. Bond says he is in conversations with the Zekelman Center about possible summer internship opportunities in Farmington Hills for NMU students.
To coincide with the display, three Zekelman Center educators will be on campus March 25-26 for classroom presentations for history and other disciplines. They will also deliver a free full-day workshop for area teachers on using content from the exhibit and the center in their classes. Teachers can earn SCECHs or NMU graduate credit for attending.
Preservice secondary social studies teachers are also invited to the workshop. Johnson said it will be an important learning experience for them to collaborate with current teachers in a meaningful content-specific professional development workshop.
Rick Schaffner from the center will present “Reclaiming Power Through Resilience and Resistance” as part of NMU’s UNITED Conference from 1:15-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in the Northern Center Ballrooms.
Founded in 1984, the Zekelman Center is the only Holocaust museum in Michigan. Its newly renovated museum is complemented by a research and library archive, special exhibit galleries, educational workshops and public programming. Learn more at holocaustcenter.org.

PWPL Presents: CRP Dinner & a Movie Block Busting Cinema: The Danish Girl
2026-03-09 17:30 - 20:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Monday, March 9, 2026.
5:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Community Room.
Adults, Seniors. Bring your dinner, sit down, and enjoy this sensitive 2015 film inspired by the lives of two Danish painters. Alicia Vikander won an Oscar for her portrayal of Gerde Wegener, the wife of Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne in an Oscar-nominated performance), who was one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery. Rated R. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

NMU Orchestra Children's Concert March 9
2026-03-09 19:30 | NMU Reynolds Recital Hall, Marquette, Michigan
Due to recent snow days and lost rehearsal time, the Northern Michigan University Orchestra’s annual Children’s Concert has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 9, in Reynolds Recital Hall. This is a free event.
“The music that the orchestra will perform is generally familiar to the families since it is based on film and musicals,” said conductor Barbara Rhyneer. “Plus, the folk fiddle tune ‘Blackberry Blossom’ offers a chance for the small kids to get up and dance.”
Selections the orchestra will perform include “How to Train Your Dragon” by John Powell, “Phantom of the Opera” by Andrew Lloyd Webber, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” by Hans Zimmer, and Randy Newman’s “Ma Belle Evangeline” from The Princess and the Frog arranged by Anna Zepke.
“This annual event is important to the NMU Orchestra because it is a chance for students and other members of the orchestra to come together and perform fun selections in-between demonstrating instruments to a younger audience that might not be familiar with them,” Rhyneer said.
The NMU Orchestra is a symphonic orchestra made up of strings, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. The ensemble consists of students from a variety of academic disciplines.
For more information about the NMU Music Department, visit nmu.edu/music.

PWPL Presents: Preschool Storytime
2026-03-10 10:00 - 10:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Tuesdays & Fridays March (3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20, 24, 27), 2026.
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Peter White Public Library Great Room.
Preschool age children. Stories, songs, finger-plays, crafts and other school-readiness activities for preschool age children and a loving adult. Siblings welcome. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.

PWPL Presents: Tasty Reads Book Group
2026-03-10 12:00 - 13:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.
A book group for readers, who love to cook. With a focus on food-themed literature, the group explores a variety of books from cookbooks to culinary memoirs. Participants can enjoy tasty treats inspired by the book of the month while sharing their thoughts and connecting with others who share their passion for both literature and food. This month’s book is Be Ready When Luck Happens: A Memoir by Ina Garten. No admission charge. For more information call 906-226-4303 or visit pwpl.info.

PWPL Presents: Muggles for Potter
2026-03-10 16:30 - 17:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Great Room.
All young wizards in 3rd-6th grade welcome. Delve deeper into the deep dark corners of Hogwarts and make Aragog a special home to keep him safe! And in case the Whopping Willow broke your wand, make a new wand. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.

Cooking Demo
2026-03-10 17:00 | Ojibwa Senior Citizens, 208 Main Avenue, Baraga, Michigan, 49908
Cooking Demo
March 10th, 23026 @ 5:00pm
Corned Beef and Cabbage

You are invited to participate in an engaging session focused on exploring the wonderful world of cabbage and its many intriguing facets!

Ojibwa Seniors, Baraga

Registration Required 906-353-4540

What is Needed? in Planning for Long-Term Care
2026-03-10 17:30 | Canal View, 1100 W. Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
What is Needed? in Planning for Long-Term Care

March 10th @ 5:30 pm
Pre-registration is needed to attend. A light dinner is provided.

To register call Jaye @906-483-2151

Preparing for long-term care involves putting in place specific legal paperwork to ensure your wishes, both medical and financial are carried out.

Join us as we discuss what is needed for long-term care. We will give an overview of DPOA (Durable Power of Attorney)for healthcare vs Guardianships for long-term care admission. the remaining time will for Q&A. We will have Canal View staff available to assist with paperwork, as able, in regards to DPOA or Guardianship. If you have paperwork, feel free to bring it with you.

PWPL Presents: Meditate Marquette
2026-03-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Tuesdays, March (3, 10, 17, 24, 31) 2026.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Heritage Room.
Mediate Marquette and PWPL have collaborated to offer a weekly, in-person mindfulness meditation program. The sessions begin at 6:00 pm followed by a period of fellowship. Dr. Debra Smith, a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher and psychologist, will deliver brief talks exploring various aspects of meditation and its impact on our lives. These talks will take place on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, while longer meditation sessions are scheduled for the remaining Tuesdays. All individuals, regardless of skill level or spiritual affiliation, are welcome to attend. For further information, please contact meditatemarquette@gmail.com or call 906-226-4303.

PWPL Presents: Writers on Writing
2026-03-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.,
Peter White Public Library Shiras Room.
Adults, Seniors, Teens. In this new programming series, seasoned published authors of various genres lead participants through writing exercises and workshops to hone their writerly talents. March’s Writer: Natalie Colby and Sara Daniels. Explore place-based writing, using your genre of choice (poetry, creative nonfiction, or fiction). Space is limited to 15 participants, so register early. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

YooperCON 2026 at NMU March 11
2026-03-11 00:00 - 23:59 | Northern Center, NMU, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, Michigan, 49855
The fifth annual YooperCON event at Northern Michigan University will be held on Wednesday, March 11, at the Northern Center. Hundreds of high school students from across the Upper Peninsula will converge on NMU’s campus for a day of cybersecurity education and career exploration.
Students will have the opportunity to connect with industry professionals and learn about internet safety, scam detection and the role of artificial intelligence in the digital landscape.
YooperCON 2026 will feature 10 unique cybersecurity education sessions: Ask AI Right; Career Q&A; Cyber Bingo; Metadata Mayhem; Gamer’s Challenge; Network Topo; Digital Vapor Trails; Teachable Machines; Hack A House; and KC-7. The breakout sessions are scheduled from 9:20-11:25 a.m. and noon to 1:55 p.m., with lunch in between.
Registration is free and all registered students and teachers receive lunch and a t-shirt. YooperCON 2026 is sponsored by the NMU Upper Peninsula Cybersecurity Institute (UPCI), a Marshall Plan for Talent Grant, NMU’s Seaborg Center for Math and Science, and the MiSTEM Network.
For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/YC2026.

PWPL Presents: Baby Storytime
2026-03-11 10:00 - 10:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Wednesdays, March (4, 11, 18, 25), 2026.
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.

PWPL Presents: unTITLEd Teens
2026-03-11 15:00 - 18:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Wednesday, March 11, 2026.
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. This month local felting artist Jody Trost will be here to teach teens how to needle felt. 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.

Marquette County League of Women Voters
2026-03-11 18:30 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
The League of Women Voters of Marquette County will hold its next general membership meeting on Wednesday, March 11th at 6:45 p.m. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Shiras Room on the 2nd floor of Peter White Public Library, 217 N. Front St., Marquette. Come learn about the League’s Observer Corps. Volunteer observers will describe the local governmental groups they opted to observe and share what they’ve recently learned.

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 policy through education and advocacy.

All interested community members are welcome to attend. For more information, email lwvmqtco@gmail.com or visit the website lwvmqt.org. In case of inclement weather, library or school closures, visit our website or Facebook page for the meeting location or Zoom link.

Meet the Candidates Forum for the MI01 Congressional Seat
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Hancock Community Hub Gym, 417 Quincy Street, Hancock, MI, 49930, United States
Keweenaw Indivisible and Voters Not Politicians are hosting a non-partisan meet the candidates forum for the MI01 Congressional seat on the evening of Wednesday, March 11th, 2026. This event aims to inform and educate local voters on the candidates’ platforms.

EVENT DETAILS:
WHO: Keweenaw Indivisible
WHAT: MI-01 Meet the Candidates Forum
WHEN: March 11th from 7–9 pm
WHERE: Hancock Community Hub, 417 Quincy St., Hancock, MI
Event link: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/912803/

Rich Canevez, the local organizer of Keweenaw Indivisible will be available on site for interviews starting at 6:00 PM.

Me Siirtolaiset | We Immigrants on display March 12-April 16
2026-03-12 00:00 - 2026-04-16 23:59 | Finlandia Art Gallery, 435 Quincy Street, Hancock, Michigan, 49930
America Beckons by Aura Jylhä-Vuorio

Finlandia Art Gallery
presents

ME SIIRTOLAISET | WE IMMIGRANTS

Selections from our art + archival collections

March 12 – April 16, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 12, 7-8:30pm

HANCOCK, Mich. – Art, artifacts, and oral histories come together to tell stories of Finnish migration to the United States in the new exhibit “Me Siirtolaiset | We Immigrants,” which opens March 12 at Finlandia Art Gallery.
The artwork in the exhibit is from the gallery’s permanent collection and includes the work of nine Finnish-American and Finnish artists – Ariadna Donner, Gerald Immonen, Aura Jylha-Vuorio, Gladys Koski Holmes, Desiree Koslin, Jan Manniko, Mabel Mustonen, Onni Nordman and Tatu Vuorio. Joanna Chopp, Finnish American Heritage Center archivist, and Phyllis Fredendall, a former director of the Finlandia Art Gallery, will speak at the opening reception and contextualize the exhibit.
“It’s wonderful to tie the archival collection and the art collection together in an exhibition that reflects the ways that art and objects tell a story of our time and the time they were made,” Fredendall said.

Detail of Infrared View Ryiji #2 by Desiree Koslin

Highlighted alongside the art and archival artifacts of immigration are excerpts of oral history interviews from the FAHC Oral History Collection. These histories, digitized and available to researchers through the Finnish American Historical Archive website, allow visitors to immerse themselves in the firsthand experiences of immigrants and their descendants. Interim Gallery Director Clare Zuraw sees these stories as an important part of this exhibit.
“Oral histories offer us perspective on the experiences of the past while also helping us to understand the present. Art tells a visual story, while recordings and transcripts of stories preserve the words and experiences of our ancestors,” she said.

An opening reception will take place at Finlandia Art Gallery in Hancock on Thursday, March 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. with remarks by Phyllis Fredendall and Joanna Chopp beginning at 7:20 p.m. “Me Siirtolaiset | We Immigrants” will be on display through April 16 at the Finnish American Heritage Center, located at 435 Quincy St. in Hancock. The gallery is open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. For more information, call 906-370-3722 or visit www.finlandiaartgallery.com.

gallery@finlandiafoundation.org

Finlandia Art Gallery
Finnish American Heritage Center
Finlandia Foundation National
435 Quincy St.
Hancock, MI 49930

Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry
2026-03-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Silver Creek Church, 219 Silver Creek Rd, Marquette, MI, 49855, United States
Marquette -Silver Creek Church and Silver Creek Thrift are partnering with Feeding America West Michigan to host a Mobile Food Pantry. Taking place on Thursday, March 12. Food distribution will begin at 10:00am and continue while supplies last or until 11:30am. Food will be available for approximately 550 families. Due to changes with Feeding America West Michigan, proxy pickup will be limited. This will be a drive-thru event with directions given by parking lot attendants. Guests are asked to remain in their cars and have adequate space prepared in their trunk or back seat in advance to allow the distribution team to place food boxes directly in the vehicle. Silver Creek Church and Silver Creek Thrift are located at 219 Silver Creek Road in Harvey. Businesses or organizations that are interested in supporting these monthly mobile food pantries are encouraged to call 906.249.1715 for more information.

PWPL Presents: School’s Out, Library’s In: Drop-In LEGO
2026-03-12 12:00 - 17:00 | Peter White Public Library, 217 N Front Street, Marquette, MI, 49855
Thursday, March 12, 2026.
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Peter White Public Library Youth Services Room.
Kids of all ages are welcome to come and hang out at the library during this MAPS halfday! Come read, check out materials, play and drop-in for some special half-day activities! It’s going to be a LEGO all day with LEGO building challenges in the Great Room and LEGO Stamping in the Makerspace. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult in the program with them. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit pwpl.info.
