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Hancock Planning Commission to meet Aug. 27

Posted 08/23/2007

HANCOCK -- The potential sale of waterfront lots in the City of Hancock's Government Lot 5 near Swedetown Creek will again be a subject of discussion for the Hancock Planning Commission at their next monthly meeting. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27, in the Council Chambers in City Hall, 399 Quincy Street. Read the Agenda on our Blog.

Copper Harbor's Art in the Park to feature art, music, food Aug. 18-19

Posted 08/16/2007

COPPER HARBOR -- Sixty five artists from all over the country, music, pasties, hot dogs, brats, a bake sale, face painting, Lakers on Parade and Oreo the Skunk are just some of the items on tap for this coming weekend’s 20th Annual Art in the Park. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19, at Grant Township Park in Copper Harbor -- rain or shine. Read more on Keweenaw Now's new Blog.
Photo: Hunter's Point, a recreational trail in Copper Harbor in need of funding for its Phase II, will share proceeds from Art in the Park with local organizations. (Photo © 2007 Gustavo Bourdieu)

Calumet Heritage Celebration to be Aug. 17, 18, 19

Posted 08/16/2007

CALUMET -- Main Street Calumet's Heritage Celebration will offer three days of events for the whole family Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17, 18 and 19. Heritage Days recognize the courageous emigrants who settled in the Calumet area and worked to become Americans. Come and celebrate Calumet's cultural diversity with music, dance, food and traditional arts. View the winners of the Windows Competition and visit the ongoing Key Ingredients Exhibit in the Keweenaw Heritage Center. Music will be provided alternately by Maple Sugar Folk and Fiddlehead between noon and 4 p.m. Saturday to celebrate this year's "French and Irish" theme. The Calumet Elks Beer Garden also begins at noon Saturday in Agassiz Park. Read more and see photos on Keweenaw Now's new Blog.
Photo: Croatian folk dance and music is represented by this colorful exhibit of the Croatian Fraternal Union Lodge #270 at 200 Fifth Street. Their window display tied with Rowe Furniture for Third Place as People's Choice in the window competition. The dolls' colorful costumes offer a preview of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, who will perform ethnic folk dance and song at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Calumet Theatre -- all part of the Heritage Celebration! See our blog for larger version and more photos. (Photo © 2007 Gustavo Bourdieu)

Carl Olson Run/Walk to be held Aug. 25 at Chassell trails

Posted 08/15/2007

CHASSELL -- The annual Carl Olson Memorial Adventure Run/Walk will take place at the Chassell trails on Saturday morning, August 25. Bib pick-up and registration are from 7 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and events begin at 8:45 a.m. Many runners call this their favorite race because of the beauty and variety of the trail system. Runners can choose a 5 km or 8 km race. Walkers can participate in the 5 km fun walk. There is a youth 2 km race and, new this year, a three-person-team 5 km event just for high school runners. Read more on Keweenaw Now's new Blog.

DEQ/DNR revise public hearing schedule for Kennecott Eagle Project

Posted 08/14/2007

MARQUETTE, LANSING -- The Michigan Departments of Environmental Quality and Natural Resources have issued an Updated Notice of their Consolidated Public Hearing on the Kennecott Eagle Project, a proposed nickel and copper mine in Marquette County. The notice is a response to public requests for an additional hearing in the City of Marquette. See the revised schedule on Keweenaw Now's new Blog.

"We Are all Family," fiber art by Christine Saari, on exhibit at Kerredge Gallery through Aug. 25

Posted 08/09/2007

HANCOCK -- "We Are All Family," a fiber art installation by Christine Saari, is on exhibit at the Kerredge Gallery of the Copper Country Community Arts Center through Aug. 25. The Marquette artist, well-known for her fiber art constructions about her family, will give a talk about her work at the Opening Reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, August 10. This exhibition will feature three bodies of work: Family Album, Travel Bags and Shaman's Coat. The Travel Bags came about when Saari's husband was ill and she was confined at home. She began hand-stitching bags made from the bits of fabric and other treasures collected from more than 20 years of world travel.
Photo: Fiber art by Christine Saari. Click on photo for larger version. (Image courtesy Community Arts Center)

Eagle Harbor to host 47th Annual Art Fair Aug. 11-12

Posted 08/08/2007http://

HANCOCK -- The 47th Annual Eagle Harbor Fine Art Fair and Exhibit will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, in the churchyard of St. Peter's by the Sea and the area surrounding the historic Rathbone School in Eagle Harbor. Featuring recent work by Copper Country Associated Artists (CCAA) members and more than 64 invited artists, the exhibit includes watercolor and oil paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, quilting, fiber, pottery, jewelry, stained glass, basketry, silver, iron, copper, stone, wood, bark, computer assisted prints and other materials. Read more details on the Keweenaw Now Blog 
Photo: Eagle Harbor Art Fair. Photo © 2006 Duane Lyon with digital manipulation by Linden Dahlstrom. Reprinted with permission.

August Happenings now posted on Keweenaw Now's new BLOG

Posted 08/07/2007

HANCOCK -- Visit Keweenaw Now's new blog, www.keweenawnow.blogspot.com to learn about August Happenings. We recently posted community announcements on the First Annual Portage Paddle Fest, the Community Arts Center Summer Arts Camp, Keweenaw Krayons' "Homemade Fun Day" and the Keweenaw Guerilla Gardeners. See these announcements, watch for more Keweenaw Happenings and add your own comments on our blog or send us your own community announcement for the blog at andersm@pasty.com.

Finlandia Gallery to exhibit "In/of Nature," by Cherie Sampson, July 26-Sept. 5

Posted 07/26/2007

HANCOCK -- The Finlandia University Gallery, Hancock, continues a summer exhibition schedule of Finnish-American artists with "In/of Nature" by Cherie Sampson July 26 through Sept. 5, 2007. An opening reception for the artist will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 26, 2007, in the gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center. At the reception, the artist will present a brief talk about her work. The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Sampson has received numerous grants to work in Finland. In both Finland and the United States, she has created environmental, performance and video art pieces, as well as sculpture and photography. more
Photo: Artist Cherie Sampson often works outdoors -- in wild, public and rural locations. (Photo courtesy Finlandia University)

Celebrate Lake Superior Day and enter our "blog" photo contest!

Posted 07/13/2007  Updated 07/14/2007

ASHLAND, WIS.; HANCOCK, MI -- What’s better than a July picnic on a sandy beach next to the world’s largest freshwater lake? How about leaving the beach cleaner than you found it? Keweenaw Now is launching a new, interactive blog for readers with a photo contest. We invite you to celebrate Lake Superior Day (officially July 15) sometime during the week of July 14-22, record it with your camera and email us your best photo in one of three categories: landscape (the beauty of the lake), wildlife (if you can catch them) or responsible action (e.g., doing something to leave the beach cleaner than you found it). The Lake Superior Binational Forum is promoting the basin-wide Lake Superior Day to highlight the personal, environmental, economic and spiritual connections people have to this unique world treasure. Tell us about your connection with a photo! more
Photo: Keweenaw Now photographer Gustavo Bourdieu photographed this sunset with freighter near the Keweenaw Tip during the Reading the Landscape boat tour from Copper Harbor on the Isle Royale Queen IV June 30, 2007. (Photo © 2007 Gustavo Bourdieu)

Traveling exhibits to celebrate Copper Country food, culture July 14 - Aug. 26

Posted 07/12/2007  

CALUMET -- Food is the theme in the Copper Country this summer as a series of exhibits, festivals and presentations explore the region’s rich food culture. The events are anchored by two traveling exhibits that will remain open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily from July 14 through August 26 at the Keweenaw Heritage Center -- the former St. Anne’s church, Calumet. Key Ingredients: America By Food is a Smithsonian exhibit depicting the history of food production in the United States, the ethnic traditions that flavor the foods we eat and the many food-related traditions that are part of our culture. The second exhibit, Michigan Foodways, is a Michigan State University Museum exhibit exploring Michigan’s rich agriculture, its diverse ethnic cuisines and its special culinary traditions. more
Photo: During Heikinpäivä tori (market) on Jan. 20, 2007, Anita Campbell, board member of the Keweenaw Heritage Center and chair of the Children's Ethnic Recipe Contest held last February as part of Key Ingredients, displays information on the contest in the First United Methodist Church in Hancock. Also pictured is young helper Emma Tervo, right, of Calumet. (Keweenaw Now file photo © Michele Anderson)

Reading the Landscape 2007 field trips to explore Keweenaw "Shorelands"

Posted 06/28/2007  

GRATIOT LAKE -- The Gratiot Lake Conservancy will offer "Shorelands" as the theme of this summer's Reading the Landscape of the Keweenaw art and natural history field trips for adults. The trips will take place on seven Saturdays: June 30 through August 11. Beginning with an evening boat tour along the easternmost coast of the Keweenaw with limnologist Judith Budd on June 30, the series will include two other sessions for adults and families: Sand and Pebbles on July 28, near 7-Mile Point, and Lake's Edge, August 11, on Lake Superior and Gratiot Lake shores. Adult trips (16 and older) are Coastal Geology, July 7 at Horseshoe Harbor; Lake Effect, July 14 at Great Sand Bay; Bete Grise Beaches, July 21 at Bete Grise; and Harbor Shores, Aug. 4 at Eagle Harbor. Visit the Gratiot Lake Conservancy Web site for details and the 2007 Reading the Landscape Brochure. Registration is required. Call 906-289-4514 for information.
Photo: Lake Superior shoreline at Bete Grise South -- part of the Bete Grise Preserve. The July 21 Reading the Landscape session will offer an Ojibwe perspective on historical and current uses of this shoreline's natural resources. Click on photo for larger version. (Keweenaw Now file photo © Michele Anderson)

July 2007 Happenings