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38th Annual Poor Artists Sale to feature wide variety of handmade items Dec....
HANCOCK -- The 38th annual Poor Artists Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the CLK Gymnasium in Calumet Enjoy work from more than fifty local and regional artists.Poster for...
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Enjoy Christmas in Calumet art, music, family activities beginning Dec. 5, 6
These snow people are among the one-of-a-kind gifts for sale at the Paige Wiard Gallery's "Glorious Gifting" show -- part of the First Friday gallery events that will kick off Christmas in Calumet...
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Calumet galleries, studios, shops offer First Friday gift shopping, art...
CALUMET -- First Friday in Calumet -- Dec. 5, 2014 -- will offer visitors a chance to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts while enjoying new art exhibits and art activities in the holiday atmosphere of...
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Public invited to celebrate Finnish Independence Dec. 6 at Finnish American...
The Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock will host the 97th annual Finnish Independence Day celebration at 6 p.m. TOMORROW, Saturday, Dec. 6. It will include music, dance, food and fun for the...
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Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club to host "Middle Bridge Music Jam" fund raiser Dec. 6...
HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club will hold a "Middle Bridge Music Jam"from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock.The event is a fund raiser to help with the...
View ArticleCopper Country Reading Council to hold Holiday Party Dec. 8 at Community Arts...
HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Reading Council (CCRC) will hold its annual Holiday Party from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, at the Community Arts Center in Hancock.This 30-year tradition includes...
View ArticlePortage Library offers Food for Fines program through December and January
HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library is offering its Food for Fines program during the months of December through January. Patrons can pay up to $10 in overdue fines by bringing non-perishable...
View ArticleFriends of Calumet Library to host presentation on sturgeon Dec. 10
CALUMET -- Have you ever seen a sturgeon on Lake Superior? Are you curious about this ancient fish that can live over a hundred years and grow to six feet or more? Come to the Calumet Public Library at...
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Noteworthy women's chorus to perform Christmas concert Dec. 11 at Gloria Dei
The women's chorus Noteworthy, directed by Joan Petrelius, left, performs a holiday concert at the Church of the Resurrection in Hancock. This year they will offer their annual Christmas concert...
View ArticleFriends of Portage Library to offer Christmas Ornament Making project for...
HOUGHTON -- The Friends of the Portage Lake District Library invite young children and elementary age students to decorate ceramic Christmas ornaments from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at...
View ArticleGreen Lecture Series to host Rich VanderVeen on wind, solar energy Dec. 11
HOUGHTON -- Rich VanderVeen, president of Mackinaw Power, will be the speaker for the Green Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, in Hesterberg Hall of the Forestry Building on the MTU...
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People's Climate March, Part 4: Videos, photos of the People's Climate March...
By Michele Bourdieu [Editor's Note: This is the fourth in our series of articles about the People's Climate March in New York City and related events.*] Lined up on Central Park West, indigenous groups...
View ArticleMDOT TRAFFIC ALERT: Portage Lake Lift Bridge evening, night closings Dec. 14-16
HANCOCK -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued this TRAFFIC ALERT for the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock:Closures are set for Sunday, Dec. 14, through...
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Michigan Tech choral ensembles, Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra to present...
Michigan Tech Concert Choir will perform in a holiday concert at the Rozsa Center this Saturday, Dec. 13. (Photo courtesy Rozsa Center)HOUGHTON -- Ready for a musical mix offering peace and beauty in...
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Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery to host Artists Holiday Celebration Dec. 14
"Elegant," by Laura Stahl Maze, is part of the holiday exhibit at the Michigamme Moonshine Art Gallery, which will host an Artists Holiday Celebration TOMORROW, Sunday, Dec. 14. (Photo courtesy...
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Community Arts Center seeks art works for 2015 Art from the Kalevala exhibit
These art works, by Kris Raisanen Shourek (left) and Joyce Koskenmaki, were part of the January 2014 Art from the Kalevala exhibit at the Copper Country Community Arts Center. (File photo courtesy...
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Rolf Peterson to lead wildlife discussion TONIGHT, Dec. 16, at Carnegie Museum
Rolf Peterson, Michigan Tech expert on Wildlife Ecology, will lead a discussion from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. TONIGHT, Tuesday, Dec. 16, at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton. (Poster courtesy Carnegie...
View ArticleHancock City Council to hold public hearing on two proposed ordinances Dec. 17
HANCOCK -- Hancock City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, on two proposed City ordinances:1. Proposed ordinance (No. 288) approving amendment to the Development...
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MDOT to hold public meeting on Portage Lift Bridge maintenance project and...
View of Portage Lift Bridge by night. The public is invited to review plans for upcoming bridge closures at a Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) meeting TOMORROW, Thursday, Dec. 18, in Fisher...
View ArticleHancock Tori to hold Christmas Market Dec. 20
HANCOCK -- The Hancock Tori Christmas Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, Dec. 20, at the First United Methodist Church, next to Quincy Green in downtown Hancock.Handmade crafts...
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