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Calendar – Music – Marquette City Band Concert – Aug. 4
Marquette – The Marquette City Band will present a concert “Music from Around the World” on Thursday, August 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Presque Isle Park band shell.
The band will be under the direction of Stephen Grugin. The concert is ...
Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Bread and Putter Golf Outing – Aug....
Marquette – AMCAB’s 12th Annual “Bread and Putter” Golf Outing will be held on Thursday, August 4 beginning with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. at the Marquette Golf and Country Club. This is an 18 hole scramble with four person teams. There will be many prizes, including a new Ford for a hole-in-one on [...]
Calendar – Music – Thursday Night Concert Series in Ishpeming –...
Ishpeming – The Thursday Night Concert Series will present fantastic local talent on Thursday, August 4 from 7 to 8 p.m. by Old Ish in downtown Ishpeming.
Bring your own lawn chairs. The concert is free.
Calendar – Education – MTU Board of Control Meeting – Aug....
Houghton – The Michigan Technological University Board of Control will meet on Thursday, August 4 at 9:30 a.m. in Ballroom B of the University’s Memorial Union Building. The dedication of the A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum’s new home on Sharon Avenue, adjacent to the Advanced Technology Development Complex, will take place at 1:30 p.m. the same [...]
Calendar – Community – National Night Out Event in Michigamme –...
Michigamme – Michigamme and Spurr Townships will sponsor a National Night Out event on Thursday, August 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Michigamme Community Building.
There will be games, prizes, hot dogs and ice cream, all free to participants.
Calendar – Community – Employment Seminar Early Registration Deadline – Aug....
Marquette – Steven Fishman, employment law specialist with Bodman LLP of Troy, will present a seminar on privacy, disability, the Medical Marijuana Act and other employment issues including “Right to Work” on Thursday, August 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Citizens Forum Room at Lakeview Arena. Cost is $15 for Northern Michigan [...]
Word of the Day – Aug. 1 – Facsimile
Noun: Facsimile (fak-SIM-uh-lee)
Definition:
1. An exact copy
2. A system of transmitting and reproducing graphic matter (as printing or still pictures) by means of signals...
Health Tip – Aug. 1 – Yoga Can Reduce Chronic Pain
A small Canadian study found that practicing yoga twice weekly for eight weeks reduced the symptoms of chronic pain and mental stress in women...
Summer Travel in Pure Michigan
Mackinac – July 31, 2011 – Traveling to Grand Rapids to see gramma, engaging with 70 relatives at a family reunion, playing music with cousins, enjoying a pig roast, and traveling on I-75 North back to the Great U.P…. Wow, what a super weekend. The city of Mackinac is again just so very busy-Busy-BUSY. People [...]
Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – 2nd Annual (Re)Fashion Show and Design Contest...
Marquette – The Marquette Regional History Museum, in partnership with Garden Bouquet and Design, will host the 2nd Annual (Re)Fashion Show and Design Contest. Experience the season’s hottest redesigned fashions by local artists Paulette Carr, Joann Shelby, Alexandra Kralova and Lanni Lantto, including designs for all ages. Gather ideas on how to recycle clothing and [...]







