Michigan's Upper Peninsula Calendar of Events

MOSTLY MICHIGAN presents 55 vintage black and white photographs by D. James Galbraith that capture the everyday lives of people in Michigan and Ireland. Galbraith (1930-2002) had an extensive career that began as a United States Air Force photographer and continued as a photojournalist for numerous newspapers in Lower Michigan. The photographs and oral histories of Jim and Susan Galbraith earned their published book, “Hartland: Change in the Heart of America”, a Pulitzer Prize nomination for documentary literature in 1985. The majority of the photographs in the exhibition concentrate on Galbraith’s work from the Hartland Project, where the artist documented the daily lives of people in the small town of Hartland, Michigan during the 1970s and 80s. Galbraith also travelled extensively, including trips through his native Ireland in 1970, 1978 and 1997, where he documented the lives of people across the country. The Ireland photographs were recently acquired by National Photographic Archives in Dublin, Ireland. Whether in Michigan or Ireland, Galbraith had a unique ability to capture the personalities and spirits by documenting the daily lives and landscapes where his subjects lived. MOSTLY MICHIGAN is co-curated by Melissa Matuscak, Director of the DeVos Art Museum and Susan Scott Galbraith, wife of D. James Galbraith, archivist and co-author of the Hartland Project.

The CopperDog 150, the culminating "triple Crown" of Lake Superior sled-dog racing, begins in downtown Calumet and runs north through the Keweenaw Peninsula with a layover in Gay and a stage rest in Copper Harbor. The exciting finish is in downtown Calumet and the race provides plent of spectator opportunities.

Adam Whittington will be in Concert

Original music and cover songs included...
Opening Becky Cairati and Ethan Bott
Intermission: Ishpeming Phelps Select Choir - Pop songs
Becky Cairati
Duets: Adam Whittington and Becky Cairati
Choreographed dancing along with Adam - MSHS Dance team
NMU Dance team

Tickets available: Marquette Arts and Culture Center
Jim's Music Store Marquette
Koski Korner - Champion
Maki's Mini Mart - Michigamme
Kaufman Auditorium

$7 Student - $10 Adult ($2 more at the door)

Phone: 906-225-4302 ext.110 or 906-869-5267

***There will be T-shirts, posters, wristbands, and CD's available for purchase. A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS SOLD AT THE CONCERT WILL GO TO A.J. KARVONEN AND MATT SCHNEIDER'S CHILDREN. Both men, who were best friends, died tragically within a month or so of each other last fall.

It's guaranteed to be a fun evening filled with music, skits and jokes featuring music by Jeff Guenther and Dan Flesher.

Adults $10
Children 12 and under $8

Drummond Island Vintage Single Cylinder Lemans Style Enduro Snowmobile Racing

This is an opportunity to view the products and services of the area businesses in an informal and comfortable manner. There will be vendor exhibits and a concession is available.

HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University’s International School of Art & Design will host its third annual Fusion Fest art and music festival Saturday, March 20, 12:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the university’s Jutila Center campus. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Featured at the festival are art demonstrations, live music, an art scavenger hunt, group painting, raku pottery demonstrations, tie dyeing, children’s activities, food, free dancing lessons from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., an artist’s market with work from students and local artists, and more.

Attendees can purchase a Fusion Fest t-shirt and tie dye it for free, or bring a 100% cotton garment from home to tie dye for a small fee.

New to Fusion Fest this year is a “Cookies as Your Canvas,” an artful cookies baking contest.  For official rules, please call 487-7225, and come to the bake sale to cast your vote for a people’s choice award!

Proceeds from Fusion Fest help fund an annual student trip to the Self Employment in Arts conference in Chicago. At the conference, Finlandia Art & Design students learn about business opportunities in the arts, receive one-on-one career coaching, network with art students and professionals, and learn from successful artists working around the country.

Finlandia’s Jutila Center campus is located at 200 Michigan Avenue, Hancock.   For more information, call 906-487-7225 or e-mail fusion.fest@finlandia.edu.

Saturday, March 20, 2010 The 28th Annual Woodchoppers Ball will take place at The American Legion Hall, M-123, Newberry, MI. Roast Beef dinner will be served from 5:00-7:00pm, followed by dancing to live music by "Log Jammers" from 7:00-11:00pm. Dinner tickets are $10.00 and need to be purchased by March 19, 2010. Dance admission is $5.00 at the door. Raffle items, silent auction. King and Queen will be chosen and other fun events will take place at the dance. Sponsored by the Tahquamenon Logging Museum. For tickets and more information phone 906-293-3818 or 906-293-5777.

Join Michigan Tech jazz musicians for the annual Don Keranen Memorial Jazz Concert at 7:30 pm Saturday, March 27 at the Rozsa Center on US-41 in Houghton.

For tickets or more information call 906-487-3200 or visit tickets.mtu.edu.

The spring concert tour of the student orchestra from Gustavus Adolphus College provides a "performance of excellence" for the classical music audience.