Western UP Events

 Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds monthly meeting: Tuesday, December 17th,  2024 @ 6:30 pm        Portage Lake District Library Meeting Room Houghton, MI 49931 Keweenaw Support 4 Healthy Minds is a public group, and we welcome anyone interested in our mission:  “to support healthy minds through connection and community.”  Our goals are to talk more openly about mental health to reduce stigma, to build a resilient community by educating the public, and to support those at risk for mental health and substance use crises.  We are on Facebook and our email address is ksup4healthyminds@gmail.com. Please feel free to contact me

KBIC Victim Services and Programs invites you to Ananagokaa!   There Are Many Stars!  WE WILL BE WATCHING “STAR WARS” IN ANISHINAABEWMWIN (ANANGONG MIIGAADING) AND MAKING STAR RELATED CRAFTS   Wednesday, December 28, 2024 4:00 pm Location:  Zeba Hall   Please contact 906-353-4593 for more information or to sign up

Christmas in Calumet Holiday Events in the Calumet Area   Saturday, December 14th FREE Wagon Rides 11a – 1p Santa Visit at Ramona’s Bakery 11a – 1p   Saturday, December 21st Calumet & Laurium Christmas Parade 2pm Skate with Santa at the Gipp 3p – 5p

KBIC Victim Services & Programs and Promise Neighborhoods KB Two-Spirit Collaborative MINOGWAADAN (Sew it Well!) Regalia Class   December 27, 2024 @ 5:00 pm   Potluck!  Please Bring a Dish to Pass!   Ojibwa Seniors – Ca;; 906-353-4593

Houghton Counts Down to New Year’s Eve Chook Drop on Waterfront Pier HOUGHTON, Michigan (Dec. 12, 2024) — The City of Houghton and Visit Keweenaw are counting down to New Year’s Eve – and everyone’s invited! Bundle up in Houghton to ring in 2025 with a Yooper-style Chook Drop on the Portage Canal. Feel the winter magic early or late – families with kids or those who don’t want to stay up can enjoy an early drop at 6:30-7p with appropriate music. Later, Mr. Cesar and the Lucha Tones will play a set from 11:30p-midnight on the pier to lead the night crowd into 2025. Bring your friends

Our January Annual Meeting & Elections will be held at 7:00pm, (Eastern Time), in person at the Stannard Township Hall on 1/06/2025. For virtual attendance, we now have ZOOM available, along with the strictly audio/phone method. If you would like to attend virtually, please email me at this address and I will get you the connection information. If you are in the area, please stop in for the meeting!  We’d love to see you there!    Our future Meetings & Events will be listed below and will also soon to be found on our website (www.mi-trale.org) under the CLUB STUFF tab, Calendar option once they have been set at this

Womens Group   Smash Journals, Creative Writing & Healing Conversations   January 7th, 2025 from 5 p – 7 p Zeba Hall   Any questions contact jade at 906-201-7931

Wednesday 8 January 2025 is the monthly meeting of Alfred Erickson Post 186 of the American Legion Hancock.  Social hour 6 PM , 7pm meeting.  Our annual booya lunch will be served after meeting and roll call of the members. Members, and prospective veteran members are invited. This is a change from the usual meeting night of the first Wednesday of the month. If you have questions, please call public affairs officer Jim Peterson  906-3708144.

Baraga County Cancer Support Group Organizational Meeting   Friday, January 10, 2025 @ 1:00pm   Baragaland Senior Citizen’s, L’Anse   A meeting for all those who have been touched by cancer in anyway.

Domestic Violence & Local Businesses –Lunch & Learn Event   Baraga County Shelter Home will be the guest presenter at an upcoming Lunch & Learn event on Wednesday, January 15th, hosted by the Baraga County Chamber. Celeste Hendrickson, Executive Director of the Shelter Home, will be sharing information about how local businesses are affected by domestic violence in some surprising ways.  “Unfortunately, society considers the topic of domestic violence as a ‘family matter’ when in fact it is a societal issue that affects local businesses every day in major ways” shares Hendrickson. She explains that 1 in 3 Michigan families