Central UP Events

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

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

  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

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,

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