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MSU Extension – Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 Registration

Smart Gardening with Vegetables 101 – Registration is Open We are pleased to announce that registration for MSU Extension Smart Vegetable Gardening 101 is now open. This course is online and self-paced. Individual registration is $40.00. We also offer a group rate of $125.00. Group leaders must email Liz Slajus, slajusel@msu.edu with a list of names and email addresses for all group members. Register at https://bit.ly/SGVEG101 Course Overview This course covers gardening from start to finish: what you need to get started, types of gardening, planning and preparation, soil preparation, plants to select, starting and maintaining healthy plants, garden maintenance,

 Prom Dress Swap  

 Prom Dress Swap  Saturday February 22, 2025. 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. All students in grades 9 to 12 are welcome. Looking for a Prom Dress, come to the Annual PWPL Prom Dress Swap.  The Swap will be open 10 am – 4 pm, to anyone looking for a prom dress.  We will be accepting dresses until Friday, February 21.  Dresses can be dropped off in the Teen Zone. 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.

Trenary Outhouse Races

An iconic UP winter tradition returns for its 32nd year.  Outhouses pushed down the main street of Trenary, a mullet competition, food, fun and more.  Visit their Facebook page for more info.

“Much Ado About Nothing” at NMU

A Shakespeare play presented with the second week of deer camp in the Upper Peninsula as its backdrop might seem a strange combination or stretch, but Jimmy Ludwig, director of this month’s Northern Michigan University production of Much Ado About Nothing, said his adaptation is designed to make the show more relatable to local audiences. “Shakespeare isn’t really worth doing if the audience doesn’t see themselves in it; otherwise, it’s museum theater, which is a lovely production that sort of mimics how it was done back in the day,” said Ludwig, who grew up hunting near Iron River. “It may be interesting