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August 2004 Calendar

Updated 08/18/04 Posted 08/02/2004

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide and Web links to arts, music, cultural, government and organization events, meetings, exhibits and special events in the Keweenaw Peninsula, as well as community announcements, for the month of August 2004. This calendar was compiled with the assistance of Jonathan Soper of Lake Linden.  more
Image: "Ancient Messages," water media, by Fredi Taddeucci. The Community Arts Center is hosting a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 20, for "Seeing from Within," Taddeucci's water media paintings on exhibit in the Kerredge Gallery through Aug. 28. (Image courtesy Communtiy Arts Center) 

Keweenaw Point Advisory Committee to meet Aug. 17 in Allouez

Posted 08/13/2004

MARQUETTE -- The Keweenaw Point Citizen Advisory Committee (KPAC) will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 17, at the Allouez Township Community Center in Allouez. KPAC scheduled this second August meeting because of the approaching September deadline for submitting its recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). KPAC was assembled to provide recreation and resource management suggestions to the DNR regarding more than 8,000 acres of land recently acquired by the State of Michigan for public recreation and conservation. Watch for the Aug. 3 meeting minutes to be posted here soon. Minutes can also be mailed or e-mailed to individuals upon request. For more information, contact Ronald Yesney, MDNR, Marquette, at 906-228-6561.
Photo: KPAC non-motorized trail committee members Sam Raymond (standing, left) and Lori Hauswirth indicate trail recommendations on DNR map at Aug. 3 KPAC meeting in the Mohawk School. (Photo © 2004 Michele Anderson)

August 2004 Calendar

Updated 08/11/04 Posted 08/02/2004

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide and Web links to arts, music, cultural, government and organization events, meetings, exhibits and special events in the Keweenaw Peninsula, as well as community announcements, for the month of August 2004. This calendar was compiled with the assistance of Jonathan Soper of Lake Linden.  more
Photo: Ray Haywood of the Breakers Blues Band will be among musicians performing at the Eagle River Music Festival -- Blues at Sunset, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Eagle River Community Lawn/Town Square, next to the Courthouse. In case of rain the concert will be held in the Houghton Township Hall, next to the Community Lawn in Eagle River. (Photo © 2004 and courtesy Breakers Blues Band)

March to oppose sulfide mining on Yellow Dog Plains Aug. 14

Posted 08/09/2004

 BIG BAY -- A March for the Yellow Dog Plains will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug.14, on the Plains. Sponsored by concerned citizens in Big Bay and Baraga, this walk is a peaceful demonstration of citizen solidarity in opposition to a potential sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains. Citizens will gather on each side of the plains on the Triple A road and walk together towards the intended Kennecott Minerals mine site on the AAA. more
Photo: This is an aerial view of one of Kennecott's drill sites on the Yellow Dog Plains. It is reportedly within 116 feet of the Salmon-Trout River. (Photo courtesy Eagle Alliance.)

Conservation District, KLT to celebrate Dan's Point preservation Aug. 7

Posted 08/02/2004

 HOUGHTON -- The public is invited to the Joseph and Mary Lizzadro Lakeshore Preserve Dedication Ceremony at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7, at Dan's Point on Hwy M-26 between Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor. The Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District (HKCD) has recently acquired 24 acres and 643 feet of rugged Lake Superior shoreline known as Dan's Point. The Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT) holds a conservation easement on this property to ensure its protection for nature for future generations. more
Photo: This Lake Superior shoreline at Dan's Point, a  24-acre parcel with a high quality bedrock plant community, is now the property of the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District, with a conservation easement from the Keweenaw Land Trust. (Photo © 2003 Gina Nicholas. Reprinted with permission.)

August 2004 Calendar

Posted 08/02/2004

KEWEENAW PENINSULA -- This calendar provides a guide and Web links to arts, music, cultural, government and organization events, meetings, exhibits and special events in the Keweenaw Peninsula, as well as community announcements, for the month of August 2004. This calendar was compiled with the assistance of Jonathan Soper of Lake Linden.  more
Photo: Kelly Suvanto, fiddler, will perform at the Keweenaw Polka Fest on Aug. 5 in Gabriel Chopp Park, Ahmeek. (File photo ©  2003 Darlene Basto, courtesy Keweenaw Krayons. Reprinted with permission.)

Omphale Gallery to exhibit "Italian Hall: Beyond the Bricks," photos by Eric Munch

Posted 07/30/2004

CALUMET -- The Omphale Gallery in Calumet will showcase "Italian Hall: Beyond The Bricks," a photographic exhibit by Eric Munch of Calumet, Aug. 4 through Sept. 4, 2004. The Opening Reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6. The exhibit includes never-before-seen photos of the site where 74 people lost their lives on Christmas Eve, 1913. Woody Guthrie wrote his song "1913 Massacre" about that tragedy.
Photo: Calumet Photographer Eric Munch took this photo of his grandfather Carl Pintamo, Italian Hall survivor, who returned to the site in 1983. (Photo ©  2004 Eric Munch. Reprinted with permission.)

Democrats to hold meeting, discussion

Posted 07/30/2004

HOUGHTON -- The Houghton County Democratic Party will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4, in the conference room of the Super 8 Motel in Houghton. Items to be discussed include the August county convention, the opening of the party headquarters and the fall event schedule. Kerry for President campaign signs and buttons will be available at the meeting. Anyone interested in becoming involved in the Democratic Party is encouraged to attend. The Democrats will also meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19, at the Motherlode Coffee House in Houghton for discussion. For more information contact Houghton County Democratic Party Chair, Janet Metsa, at 482-5665.

Turquoise Gallery exhibits "A Story of Keweenaw," art by Rebecca Koivu

Updated 07/26/2004 Posted 06/17/2004

 HANCOCK -- Whether it is a beach scene in watercolor pencil or a sculpture made with Lake Superior sand, the work of Calumet artist Rebecca Koivu is representative of the Keweenaw Peninsula. Hancock's Turquoise Gallery is hosting a selection of Koivu's work in the exhibit, "A Story of Keweenaw." Sevil Soyer, Gallery co-owner and artist, said she discovered these works during a visit to Koivu's home and was impressed by the quality of the art: "everything in the correct balance -- light and dark, perspective and color -- really, really correct." The Gallery has re-opened and is hosting this exhibit until September. Summer hours are from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. The Turquoise Gallery is located in the E. L. Wright Building, just south of Pat's IGA on U.S. 41.more
Image: Rebecca Koivu's "After the Storm," 2003, in watercolor pencil, drawn from a photograph taken at Tamarack Waterworks after a Lake Superior storm. (Image © 2004 Rebecca Koivu and courtesy Turquoise Gallery. Reprinted with permission.)

Fort Wilkins offers summer evening programs, special events for whole family

Posted 07/18/2004

FORT WILKINS -- Sea stories, lighthouses, nature trails, mountain biking and kayaking are just a few of the wide variety of subjects being offered in this summer's visitors' programs at Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, near Copper Harbor. In addition to evening programs, special events and costumed interpreters make history come alive at the fort, offering something for everyone in the family. A special ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Quartermaster Exhibit will be held at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, in conjunction with the "Fort Wilkins by Candlelight" program. Read the schedule of events through Aug. 27.

New Finlandia exhibit chronicles Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy

Posted 07/16/2004

HANCOCK -- For artist David Feinberg historical events provide a starting point for creating artwork that examines human tragedy. The tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald is chronicled in "None to Tell the Tale: The Edmund Fitzgerald," a five-panel work now on exhibit through Sept. 3 at the Finnish-American Heritage Center Gallery in Hancock. Feinberg, a professor of art at the University of Minnesota, conducted research for the artwork in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and at the Whitefish Point Lighthouse near Paradise, Michigan. A closing reception for the artist and a screening of Feinberg’s Voice to Vision, a DVD documentary of Holocaust survivors sharing their experiences through art, will take place from 6:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 3, in the Gallery. more

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