Keep It In The UP!

Ontonagon - Lower Dam Removal Project
2024-10-14 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | MI
Trout Unlimited volunteer event On October 14th.

Location: Lower Dam removal project on the East Branch of the Ontonagon River near Kenton, MI
Volunteers will be working to restore riparian areas that were recently disturbed by dam removal construction work.

When: Monday, October 14th (Indigenous Peoples Day) 10am – 2pm
Who: TU staff, partners, volunteers
Where: 46.45435, -88.78332 Google map link here.
What: Planting 570 native plant plugs, 10 shrubs, some potted white pine trees – plus some activities that may include a stream insect search, fly fishing, breakfast/lunch, etc.

For more information, and to register for the event, please use the following link: https://tu.myeventscenter.com/event/Care-For-And-Enjoy-The-East-Branch-Ontonagon-River-101504

Dead River Bridge Walk for Diabetes
2024-10-13 12:00 - 15:00 | MI
A Dead River Bridge Walk for Diabetes has been set for Sunday, October 13th, from noon – 3 with walk from 12 to 1pm with options for drawings and resource fair to follow. The event is centered at the picnic area of Marquette Tourist Park, 2145 Sugarloaf Ave. in Marquette, Michigan, hosted by the Marquette Lions Club. The FREE event is intended to support individuals living with diabetes through the importance of physical activity. A 2.2-mile picturesque walk starting at the picnic site#1 following the city bike path under the historic Co Rd 550 Dead River Bridge out to the other newer Dead River Bridge on Lake Superior.
This walk supports all individuals living with diabetes (both types 1 and 2) including pre-diabetes, the event is part of Lions International STRIDES activities, which are a fun and engaging way for physical activity and help community members connect with one another to promote diabetes awareness .

"Cabaret" at NMU
2024-10-12 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-10-05 19:30 - 21:30 | MI
Northern Michigan University will present the daring and provocative musical Cabaret Oct. 3-5 and 10-12. The play is set in a Berlin nightclub as the 1920s draw to a close. It explores the tumultuous life of the city’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
“It’s a really interesting musical—more dark and gritty than happy-go-lucky—but very fun to put on,” said director and choreographer Kristen Beth Ludwig. “It was a time of economic depression and the rise of fascism. It’s a political musical, in a sense, but not about an election. Part of why we put it into our season this year is because we are in a very divided time in this country, and that is exactly where Germany was back then. Many of the themes are still relevant today, and that just shows we still haven’t learned from our history, and we’re going to continue that cycle if we can’t break free from it.
“In the U.S., we talk about the free love era of the 1960s, but that was very prevalent in the late ‘20s and early ‘30s in Germany, before Adolph Hitler came to power. The nightlife was thriving, and the people who work at the Kit Kat Club in Cabaret are very free with their sexuality, very open with their gender fluidity.”
The source material for the musical is Christopher Isherwood’s novel The Berlin Stories, about his experience in the city in the Jazz Age early ‘30s on the cusp of Hitler’s ascent. The book inspired a previous play, I Am a Camera, which portrays the writer as a detached observer from everything swirling around him. In Cabaret, on the other hand, the American novelist character named Cliff Bradshaw is actively involved in the plot.
“Cliff is intent on writing his next great American novel,” Ludwig added. “He’s already tried London and Paris for inspiration, but finds himself in Berlin. He gets seduced by the nightlife and the Kit Kat Club, where there’s an emcee who is like a puppet master for this memory play. Cliff is immediately taken with this English singer, Sally Bowles, an eccentric, fascinating woman who ends up talking her way into living with him and starting a relationship.”
A side story involves Fraulein Schneider, the owner of the boarding house where Cliff rents an apartment. She tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
NMU will be performing the 1998 Broadway revival version of Cabaret, which was directed by Sam Mendes. It featured Alan Cumming putting his stamp on the emcee role originated by Joel Grey, and Natasha Richardson as Sally Bowles. The revival ran for five or six years and brought in several guest stars for the leading roles.
The choreography was by Rob Marshall, who also directed and choreographed the movie musical Chicago. Bob Fosse had famously choreographed the 1972 Cabaret movie starring Grey and Liza Minnelli. Ludwig said she pays homage to both in her original choreography for the NMU production.
The NMU cast arrived on campus before classes started for a week-long boot camp to learn all of the music and staging for most of the big production numbers.
“We have a live pit band for the first time in many years for the fall musical; it’s being conducted by my brother-in-law Matt Ludwig, who retired as band director at Marquette Senior High School. Set designer Lex van Blommestein designed a runway that projects forward from the stage, bringing the action as close to the audience as possible. And our cast is phenomenal. Kendyl Dahlstrom does a fantastic job playing Sally Bowles. Logan Newcomb, who played Wayne in Puffs last season, is our Cliff Bradshaw. And Michael Ahlstrom, a Marquette native and crowd favorite, is the emcee.”
Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 3-5 and 10-12, with a 1 p.m. matinee on Oct. 12. A sensory friendly Theatre for All matinee will be offered at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. Tickets are $25 for the general public; $22 for NMU employees, seniors and military; $15 for youth; and $5 for NMU students. They can be purchase at nmu.universitytickets.com.

Calumet Farmers Market
2024-10-12 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

Walk for the Wild 5K Challenge at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.
2024-10-12 09:30 - 13:00 | MI
Join thousands of people across the U.S. who are walking to celebrate the awe and wonder found on the more than 570 national wildlife refuges across the country, including Seney National Wildlife Refuge!

Walk with us on Saturday, October 12. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at 10:00 a.m. Can’t physically be there? Register and walk in a favorite nature space near you.

The walk is free and open to everyone. It’s a great opportunity to support wildlife conservation, connect with the great outdoors, and boost physical and mental well-being. A win-win-win!

Find more information on the Seney National Wildlife Refuge’s homepage under events. www.fws.gov/refuge/seney/events

The walk will begin at the Northern Hardwoods trailhead on Robinson Street in Germfask, where walkers can choose a 5k adventure loop through a beautiful forest, or the more accessible Otter Run road route, which lets you turn back at any point, and is accessible for strollers, wagons, and other wheels

This is a fun walk! The event is not timed, and there will be treats at the finish line. Dressing like your favorite “wild thing” is encouraged! “Puddles”, the official mascot of the National Wildlife Refuge System, will also be joining us. Participants can join in a BioBlitz and kids can earn a Junior Ranger badge while completing the walk route. Details will be available at the Northern Hardwoods trailhead on walk day.

For more information, please contact the Friends of Seney National Wildlife Refuge at https://friendsofseney.org/contact or visit/call the Refuge visitor center – Tuesday thru Saturday from 9a.m. to 4a.m. 906-586-9851 or 906-225-5692.

This event is conducted in partnership with the Public Lands Alliance and the Friends of Seney National Wildlife Refuge.

Baraga County Farmers Market
2024-10-12 09:00 - 12:00, 2024-10-09 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

L'Anse - End of Summer Beach Clean Up
2024-10-12 09:00 | L’Anse Township Park, 15829 Skanee Road, L'Anse, MI, 49946, United States
End of Summer Beach Clean Up October 12, 2024

last Beach Clean Up Event of the Summer 2024 Season
Meet at L’Anse Waterfront Park for 9:00 am

For more information contact: Zena Huhta, Lake Superior Program Coordinator, KBIC Natural Resources Department: 906-524-4242

L'Anse - Boo on the Bay
2024-10-11 16:00 - 18:00 | L’Anse, Michigan, 49946
Boo On the Bay

Friday, October 11, 4pm – 6pm

Trick or Treating in Downtown L’Anse
Cider * Horse Drawn Wagon Rides * Inflatables

Northern Witches Performance
4:45pm and 5:15pm

FREE EVENT
Sponsored by the L’Anse Downtown Development Authority

Candidate Forum: Marquette Area Public Schools Board
2024-10-10 18:30 - 20:00 | MI
What do you want to know from the candidates for the Marquette Area Public School Board? Ask your question at the Candidate Forum presented by the Marquette County League of Women Voters on Thursday, October 10, 2024 at the Peter White Public Library, Community Room, 217 N Front Street, Marquette. All eight candidates have been invited to participate. The doors open at 6:00 p.m. The Candidate Forum begins at 6:30 p.m. and will conclude at 8:00 p.m. The Marquette County League of Women Voters is a non-profit, non-partisan political organization whose main mission is educating voters, helping voters to register, and advocating for voters’ rights. We have a reputation for civil, well-organized, fair forums in which each candidate answers each question. There is no debate or cross-talk, and the questions come from the constituency.
You can send a question ahead of time to lwvmqtco@gmail.com or submit your question as a member of the audience. All questions are screened by League members for appropriateness, clarity, and pertinence. Questions on the same topic will be batched so as many topics as possible will be covered. Admission is free. The Forum will also be live streamed to the League of Women Voters of Marquette County YouTube Channel and recorded for later viewing.

Deo Discusses U.P. Portrait Collection
2024-10-10 18:00 - 20:00 | MI
Northern Michigan University alumnus Jack Deo will present an artist’s talk pertaining to his collection of photographs featured in the NMU DeVos Art Museum exhibition titled “Standing Still – Studio Portraits from the Upper Peninsula.” The event begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in Art & Design 165 and will be followed by a reception.
Deo is an award-winning photographer whose work has been featured in various books and magazines. He is also the curator of Superior View Photography. His collection in the exhibit is an amalgam of historic photographs, featuring portraits of local legends, friends, neighbors and everyday heroes of a bygone era—all captured in U.P. photo studios from 1890-1910.
Photographers on display include Charles Cole and Brainard F. Childs of Childs Art Gallery in Marquette and Ishpeming; John William Nara of Nara Studio in Calumet; Gustav A Werner of Werner Studio in Marquette and Ishpeming; and Theodore Sexton of Sexton Studio in Garden.
Visit the DeVos Museum Website for more information.

Northern Michigan University WellBeing to Commemorate World Mental Health Day With 5K
2024-10-10 17:00 - 19:00 | MI
MARQUETTE, Mich., Sept. 17, 2024 – Northern Michigan University WellBeing today announced that will host “Wildcat World Mental Health Day” on Thursday, Oct. 10, coinciding with World Mental Health Day, an effort by the World Health Organization (WHO) to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.

The day of, as well as the days preceding Wildcat World Mental Health Day, will feature programming related to mental health awareness and resources hosted by WellBeing Promotions and the WellBeing Center, culminating in the Mind Over Miles 5K. The 5K run/walk event, sponsored by the WellBeing Center and Northern as part of its 125th anniversary celebration, will begin at the WellBeing Center before taking participants on a scenic loop around the edge of most of Northern’s central footprint, and finish back at the WellBeing Center.

“Wildcat World Mental Health Day and the Mind Over Miles 5K are great opportunities for us to demonstrate Northern’s ongoing commitment to the health and wellbeing of our student body and campus community,” said NMU President Brock Tessman. “As we continue our implementation of the Okanagan Charter and address our first ‘grand challenge’ of supporting people, we are grateful for events like Wildcat World Mental Health Day to host thoughtful programming that address the holistic needs of those who call Northern home and inspire dialogue about mental health.”

The first 100 registrants for the Mind Over Miles 5K will receive a complimentary T-shirt. Registration is free and closes Oct. 7, however limited same-day registration will be available from 4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. before the race begins at 5:30 p.m. The course cut-off time is 7 p.m.

Hancock Tori & Farmers Market
2024-10-10 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

L'Anse - Baragaland Senior Citizen's Center Lunch & Learn
2024-10-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Baragaland Senior Citizen’s Center, 6 N. Main Street, L'Anse, Michigan, 49946
Baragaland Senior Citizen’s Center Lunch and Learn

Topic: Staying Active

Guest Speaker: Dr. Jamie Smith, DCM, NBC-HWC

October 10th from 12pm – 1pm
Baragaland Senior Citizen’s Center

Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry
2024-10-10 10:00 - 11:30 | MI
Marquette -Silver Creek Church and Silver Creek Thrift are partnering with Feeding America West Michigan to host a Feeding America Mobile Food Pantry on Thursday, October 10. The distribution of food 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.

Imagine: A John Lennon Birthday Celebration with Russell Thorburn, Patrick Booth, & Dylan Trost
2024-10-09 18:30 - 19:30 | MI
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 2024. 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. All Ages, Adults, Seniors, Teens. For John Lennon’s 84th birthday, celebrated writer Russell Thorburn and popular local musicians Dylan Trost and Patrick Booth provide an evening of poetry and music that honors Lennon’s spirit. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 906-226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.

Baraga - KBIC Victim Services Women's Circle
2024-10-09 14:00 - 15:00 | Ojibwa Senior Citizens, 208 Main Avenue, Baraga, Michigan, 49908
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

Marquette Regional History Center presents: Senior Support Series: Shipwreck!
2024-10-09 13:30 - 15:00 | MI
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.
Regional author Christian Leathers is a current Great Lakes ship pilot. Join us to hear his story of writing the recently published: The Wreck of the Steamer Superior. The 1856 tragedy took place near the Pictured Rocks lakeshore and is described in this book along with the fate of passengers she was carrying. Enjoy hearing this true story directly from the author who researched this seldom celebrated wreck. Artifacts on display for this event will help illustrate the tale. Take part in casual maritime and Lake Superior trivia throughout the program. Book signing after the program and discussion. See SSS notes below for more info on this daytime program series. Free.
Our Senior Support Series (SSS) is New for 2024
History is health! We hear consistently from you, our audience, that our programs ignite curiosity, social interaction, and community involvement. In coordination with Mapping Medicare, we are launching a day-time series. Themes include nutrition, music, cognitive acuity, local history and more. We will inspire more of this whole-health approach as a resource particularly designed for our seniors. Free, donations appreciated. Wednesday afternoons, while MarqTran buses are free to seniors. Attendees have an opportunity to win door prizes such as $100 in grocery gift cards at each session. Complementary Dead River Coffee Roasters coffee. Meets at the MRHC. All ages welcome. Four sessions this year. For more info visit marquettehistory.org or call 906-226-3571.

MARQUETTE CITY MANAGER COMMUNITY OFFICE HOURS
2024-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | MI
Marquette City Manager Karen Kovacs will hold her next community office hours on
Wednesday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Shiras Room, on the top level of
Peter White Public Library (Front Street side). The meeting is intended to provide an
informal opportunity to discuss issues within the community, and to give citizens the
opportunity for direct dialogue with City staff about interests and concerns.

Houghton - Community Grief Event: Transforming Grief
2024-10-08 18:00 | Houghton High School, 1603 Gundlach Road, Houghton, Michigan, 49931
Community Grief Event Transforming Grief: The Spiral Journey of Grieving and Healing

With Dr. Yan Zhao Clupak, Associate Professor of Sociology at NMU

*An Understanding of Loss and Grief
* Methods to care for those suffering from grief

With Caden Natale, Research Asst. Psychology & Sociology

Maintaining connections with loved ones who have passed away
October 8th @ 6:00pm – FREE
Houghton High School Auditorium, 1603 Gundlach Road, Houghton

For more information: Omega House 906-482-4438

Houghton Farmers Market
2024-10-08 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

Houghton - Houghton-Keweenaw Chapter of MARSP Meeting
2024-10-08 12:30 | The Bluffs, 1000 Bluff View Drive, Houghton, MI, 49931, United States
The October meeting of the Houghton-Keweenaw Chapter of MARSP (Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel) will be held on Tuesday, October 8th, at the Bluffs in Houghton. The business meeting will begin at 12:30 pm, followed by a buffet lunch and speaker. The guest speaker will be Kevin Store, President/CEO of Copper Shores Community Health Foundation. All local members and their guests are encouraged to attend. Contact person = Steven Karpiak, 482-8455

NMU Nursing, Clinical Sciences Host Open Lab Day
2024-10-08 10:00 - 14:00 | MI
Two Northern Michigan University Schools–Clinical Sciences and Nursing–will join together to host an Open Lab Day for U.P. high school students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, in rooms and labs around The Science Building.
Past events have attracted as many as 150 high school participants from across the Upper Peninsula.
The seven different labs and their respective room numbers are: clinical lab sciences (3508), surgical technology (1603), radiography (2610), speech, language and hearing sciences (1504), CLS molecular lab/Upper Michigan Brain Tumor Center (3611), Nursing Technology Center (1609) and nursing simulation labs (1702 and 2612 A-E).

Hubbell - Keweenaw ATV Club Meeting
2024-10-07 19:00 | Hubbell VFW, 52218 Duncan Avenue, Hubbell, Michigan, 49934
The next Keweenaw ATV Club monthly meeting will be held on October 7th at 7:00 pm at the Hubbell VFW. This is also our annual meeting. if you would like to become an officer, this is the meeting to be at. Also all Club business will be voted on. All new members welcome and please bring a friend.

'Letters from Brno' Screening, Producer Talk at NMU
2024-10-07 17:00 - 20:00 | MI
Northern Michigan University will host a film screening of “Letters from Brno,” an award-winning documentary that relays a powerful, heart-wrenching story of parental love and unspeakable sacrifice during the Holocaust. The showing is at 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Mead Auditorium (2701 Science Building). The film’s writer and producer, Karen Kruger, will participate in a discussion afterward.
In a 45-year search for clues to her mother’s past, a woman uncovers the tragic fate of her grandparents from the eyewitness accounts of their letters written during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. The film’s awards include best documentary at the Prague International Film Festival and best feature documentary at the Brno Film Festival.
In December 1976, during a college break, Kruger learned that her mother, Erika Stefanie Turkl (Neumann) was Jewish. This discovery marked the beginning of Kruger’s insatiable curiosity about her mother’s family history and the start of a 45-year journey to uncover her mother’s past.
In the summer of 2019, Kruger traveled to Brno and Prague, Czechoslovakia, and to Cornwall, England to finally take the necessary time to research her mother’s past. She spent three months working in archives, meeting with experts from the Jewish Museum of Prague and traveling to Terezin and Boskovice, Alexovice and other towns. She traced her mother’s 1939 journey from her Brno to England via Kinder transports of 669 Czechoslovakian Jewish children arranged by British stockbroker Nicholas Winton.
When Kruger returned in the Fall of 2019, she knew that she needed to work full-time on the project. She decided to retire from her school administrator’s position and dedicate her time, effort and finances to researching the family history.
Jeffery Gary, a documentary filmmaker, learned of Kruger’s project and offered to interview/film her to record her recent research trip “while it was still fresh in her mind.” During the first two sessions of filming, Jeffery realized that the story of Kruger’s mother’s family had all the components of a documentary film and he suggested that she consider telling the story on film first instead of writing a book—which she had originally planned to do.

Houghton - National Life Chain Event
2024-10-06 13:45 - 15:30 | Copper Country Mall, 47420 Hwy M-26, Houghton, Michigan, 49931
NATIONAL LIFE CHAIN EVENT JOIN US
WHEN: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2024
TIME: 1:45 PM to 3:30 PM
WHERE: COPPER COUNTRY MALL, 47420 M-26 HOUGHTON, MI 49931
*GATHER IN THE PARKING LOT

Each year, since 1987, believers have gathered nationwide on the first Sunday of every October to make a public, prayerful, peaceful stand for Life. “If my people, who bear my name, humble themselves, pray and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. My eyes will now be open and my ears attentive to prayer from this place.”
2 Chronicles 7: 14-15
