Community Calendar

The CDC has recommended a Spring dose of COVID- 19 vaccine for those individuals 65 and older. The Marquette County Health Department offers vaccine appointments Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please call to schedule an appointment and to check eligibility.

June 23, 2025 – January 31, 2026

Maps are a valuable tool for seeing history at work. Maps have been used as an aid to all types of transportation from steamboat routes to today’s single track bike trails. They are also used as a marketing tool, for reference, and entertainment. View maps of the Great Lakes and Marquette County. See how mapmakers have sometimes misled their viewers and how our landscape and surroundings have changed. For more information on our special exhibit, visit marquettehistory.org or call 906.226.3571.

Call for Art: North of the 45th 2025 Annual Upper Midwest Juried Exhibition Rebecca Heidenberg is the 2025 Juror. Heidenberg is a curator, filmmaker, and co-founder of the Minneapolis gallery Dreamsong, which, beyond an exhibition program, participates in art fairs, including Frieze Los Angeles, Expo Chicago, and The Armory Show. In 2021, Heidenberg launched Twin Cities Art Week, an annual celebration of contemporary art in Minneapolis and St. Paul which features events at over twenty venues, from small artist-run spaces to leading galleries and major institutions, including the Walker Art Center.

Eligibility: Open to MI, MN, and WI residents, 18+, living north of the 45th parallel (up to 45.9°).

Submissions: All entries must be submitted by creating an account at devos.slideroom.com. There is a $20 fee to submit 1-5 images; the juror will select specific artworks for the exhibition based on submissions. Cash prizes will be awarded.

Timeline (all dates are 2025):
March 18, 11:59 PM EST: Entries due
April 17: Artists notified
June 10: Artwork due at the museum*
June 20 - August 1: Exhibition dates

Reception to be announced.
For full call details and to apply visit:
devos.slideroom.com

*All artwork must be at the museum by 5 pm, June 10.

North of the 45th: 18th Annual Upper Midwest Juried Exhibition
June 20 - August 1, 2025

North of the 45th is an annual juried exhibition of artists living in the geographical area north of the 45th parallel in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This line, known as the halfway point between the equator and the North Pole, is often associated with being “up north.” The exhibition highlights artists living in this upper Midwest region from rural and urban areas.

The 2025 exhibition is juried by Rebecca Heidenberg. Heidenberg is a curator, filmmaker, and co-founder of
the Minneapolis gallery Dreamsong. Heidenberg earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 and an MA from The New School in 2016. In 2021, Heidenberg launched Twin Cities Art Week, an annual celebration of contemporary art in Minneapolis and St. Paul, featuring over twenty venues, from small artist-run spaces to leading galleries and major institutions. On Friday, July 25 at 6 pm, please join us for talks with the juror and the closing reception.

You asked, we listened! This summer, from July 3rd to August 30th, we are bringing back your favorite exhibits: Remnants: Ghost Towns of the Upper Peninsula and Polar Bears: U.P. Soldiers in the Northern Russian Expeditionary Force 1918-1919.

The UP is known for its mining, creating a prosperous and booming population in its early days. But as this excitement settled, the once flourishing towns became abandoned. Now, they are forgotten, reclaimed by nature, or even demolished. Our Remnants exhibit explores 15 ghost towns, one from each county across the UP, through historic photos, contemporary photos, and drone footage.

Despite the infamy of World War 1, many don't know the history of the “Polar Bears”, a group of British, French, Canadian and U.S. troops who were sent to Northern Russia and Siberia. These units included nearly 100 UP residents who fought bravely and some even sacrificing their lives. Their stories cover the historical, social, and ethnic identities of these men through maps, artifacts, and photographs.

We are open *Monday through Saturday* 12pm to 4pm

Open knitting, crochet, other handwork. Bring your project. Enjoy working together sharing what you know and learning from others.
Meets Thursdays in the summer.
For more information call 906-524-6213.

It's time for Lego Club! The theme for July is "Red, White, & Blue" and we'd love to see your imagination at work! Build something using the theme or come up with your own creation.
You can be entered into a prize drawing, taking place at the end of the session.
Please bring one container of Legos per child attending.

The CDC has recommended a Spring dose of COVID- 19 vaccine for those individuals 65 and older. The Marquette County Health Department offers vaccine appointments Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Please call to schedule an appointment and to check eligibility.

June 23, 2025 – January 31, 2026

Maps are a valuable tool for seeing history at work. Maps have been used as an aid to all types of transportation from steamboat routes to today’s single track bike trails. They are also used as a marketing tool, for reference, and entertainment. View maps of the Great Lakes and Marquette County. See how mapmakers have sometimes misled their viewers and how our landscape and surroundings have changed. For more information on our special exhibit, visit marquettehistory.org or call 906.226.3571.

The Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will host an online public forum on Sunday, July 13 that will provide information and an opportunity to ask questions about the upcoming August 5 millage election to support construction of a new jail and county buildings.

Houghton County is considering a proposal for a new jail facility, including potentially building a new jail or renovating/adding to the property recently purchased by the county at 601 Sharon Avenue. The proposal will be presented to voters as a millage request on the August 5 ballot. The new facility would address overcrowding and safety concerns in the current jail, which has a capacity of only 28 inmates. The proposed jail would have a capacity of 70 beds and would be designed for 40 to 50 years of use.

The speaker will be Faith Morrison, co-president of the Copper Country Chapter of the League of Women Voters. Morrison, in collaboration with the Houghton County Commission, has spearheaded a public education campaign to inform voters about the new jail proposal, including tours of the existing jail. She is a professor emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Michigan Technological University.

Forums are open to the public. They are online and run approximately one hour.

Forums are typically recorded. Find past forum recordings at https://www.keweenawuu.org/worship/sermons/

Join the July13 forum via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83975762265?pwd=TC9BcStaTDF4dFZOU2ZsUHhZTERoUT09
Meeting ID: 839 7576 2265
Passcode: KUUF