Central UP Events

  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

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).

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.

  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

 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.

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