HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech's Visual and Performing Arts department is sponsoring a benefit concert for the Turn on the Heat campaign of Little Brothers-Friends of the Eldery and St. Vincent DePaul at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Rozsa.
Music and entertainment will be provided by Cheap Therapy, Greenstone, the Outlaws and Misbehavin’ with Gail English and her Swing Cats. All proceeds will go towards Little Brothers to provide firewood to elderly people to keep warm this winter. The concert will also help St. Vincent De Paul provide financial help to people who need assistance with their fuel bills.
Admission is $10. Tickets are available at the Rozsa Box Office, the Visual and Performing Arts office at Walker 209 and at rozsa@mtu.edu.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Nordic Film Series to present "The New Mankind" Oct. 8
HANCOCK -- The Finlandia University Finnish American Heritage Center begins its 2009-10 Nordic Film Series at 2 p.m. and 6p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, with the Finnish film, Uusi Ihminen or, literally translated, The New Mankind.
The film is directed by Klaus Häro, who also directed popular Nordic Film Series selections, Mother of Mine and Invisible Elina.
Uusi Ihminen is set in Sweden in 1951 as a new society develops -- a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak. The main character, Gertrud, is a 17-year-old girl from a very poor family who, against her will, is committed to a work home for young women.
There is no charge to attend the film, but donations are accepted. For information, call 487-7549.
The film is directed by Klaus Häro, who also directed popular Nordic Film Series selections, Mother of Mine and Invisible Elina.
Uusi Ihminen is set in Sweden in 1951 as a new society develops -- a society where there is no room for the socially and mentally weak. The main character, Gertrud, is a 17-year-old girl from a very poor family who, against her will, is committed to a work home for young women.
There is no charge to attend the film, but donations are accepted. For information, call 487-7549.
"Mindfulness and Stress" class to be offered Oct. 7 at Jutila Center
HANCOCK -- Kim Menzel will offer the class "Mindfulness and Stress" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, in Room 324 of the Jutila Center in Hancock.
This class is part of an Optimal Wellness series. Menzel specializes in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Her class will focus on the importance of being in the present and on how noticing your thoughts and feelings without reacting to them allows calm and contentment instead of stress.
The Jutila Center is at 200 Michigan Street in Hancock. Cost is $10 at the door.
This class is part of an Optimal Wellness series. Menzel specializes in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Her class will focus on the importance of being in the present and on how noticing your thoughts and feelings without reacting to them allows calm and contentment instead of stress.
The Jutila Center is at 200 Michigan Street in Hancock. Cost is $10 at the door.
Community Arts Center to hold presentations, public forum on green building design
Front entrance of the Copper Country Community Arts Center on Quincy Street in Hancock. (Photo by Keweenaw Now)HANCOCK -- The Community Arts Center will host a series of three informative and inspiring educational presentations about sustainability and green building. The first of the series will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, in the Community Training Room (Room 323) at the Jutila Center for Global Design and Business at Finlandia University, Portage Campus, Hancock.
At this first meeting, Linda Frey, executive director of the West Michigan Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council, will introduce what it means to be LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and how it applies to the Copper Country Community Arts Center project. Immediately following Frey’s presentation, a public forum will be held to collect input and ideas regarding future development of the Community Arts Center building in downtown Hancock.
Early in 2008 the Copper Country Community Arts Center (CCCAC) in Hancock formed a small committee of people who were concerned with the state of the building. In one of the first conversations the group asked, "Shouldn’t we do something to make our building more sustainable?" and "Why wouldn’t we do something to take our south face of the building and turn it into an asset?" These were just a few of the questions that led the CCCAC to consider a green building renovation. Suddenly their vision had grown very large and very exciting. The CCCAC met with Allison Slavick who is a highly experienced consultant with a love for the area. She felt the Community Arts Center was a perfect fit for the Kresge Foundation's Green Building Initiative Grant. The CCCAC contracted with her to develop the grant proposal and was awarded $60,000 to execute the planning process. The grant will fund the professional consultation services necessary to develop and evaluate a green building plan for the Arts Center. This includes pre-design planning services, energy and material analysis and ecological site planning.
The CCCAC is a non-profit organization that serves Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties. The Community Arts Center features three galleries, classes and workshops for people of all ages, and hosts numerous community events including the Poor Artists Sale, the Houghton Spring Art and Music Festival, Art in the Garden, and OctoberFest in South Range.
The public is welcome to attend all of the presentations. The next two presentations will also be held at 7 p.m. in Room 323 at the Jutila Center on the following dates:
- Monday, Oct. 12, with Cortland Overmyer, Community Sustainability Manager, United Water Contract Services, Suez Environnement North America, and Norman Christopher, Sustainability Director of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids.
- Wednesday, Oct. 28, with Heather McElwee, Assistant Director and Chris Clarke, Facilities Director from the Pittsburgh Glass Center.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Gundlach Shelter to hold Candlelight Ceremony, walk against violence Oct. 5
CALUMET -- The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter will hold a Candlelight Ceremony for Survivors of Domestic Violence at 7 p.m. tonight, Monday, Oct. 5, at Grace United Methodist Church, 201 Isle Royale St., Houghton.
Michigan Tech University students join community members and pets in a Walk Against Violence last August in Houghton. The walk was sponsored by both the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter and the Copper Country Humane Society. (Photo by Keweenaw Now)
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public is invited to show support in mourning victims, celebrating survivors and reaffirming the struggle for a non-violent future. The Ceremony will include music, speakers and poetry. Bring a flashlight or a candle and join the walk after the ceremony.
For more information call the Shelter at 337-5632.
Michigan Tech University students join community members and pets in a Walk Against Violence last August in Houghton. The walk was sponsored by both the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter and the Copper Country Humane Society. (Photo by Keweenaw Now)October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The public is invited to show support in mourning victims, celebrating survivors and reaffirming the struggle for a non-violent future. The Ceremony will include music, speakers and poetry. Bring a flashlight or a candle and join the walk after the ceremony.
For more information call the Shelter at 337-5632.
Friday, October 02, 2009
Pancake / French toast breakfast, bake sale, raffles to benefit Logan Muljo Oct. 4
Logan Muljo. (Photo and text courtesy Jill Codere)LAKE LINDEN -- A pancake / French toast benefit breakfast, bake sale and raffles will be held for 9-year-old Logan Muljo from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Lake Linden-Hubbell Elementary School Gym.
Logan Muljo, a student at the Lake Linden-Hubbell Elementary School, has a case of congenital scoliosis. Logan had surgery on his neck August 13, 2009, at the Gillette Children’s Hospital in Minnesota, where doctors removed part of his hip bone to make a c-1 vertebrae, since he was born without one. They then put screws in his skull and had to put rods in his neck to fuse vertebrae c-1, c-2 and c-3 together.
Logan is in a halo for 3 months, and then will be in a neck brace for 6-8 weeks. Then the next surgery will be started, which involves fusing his low back together, as it is not fused at L-4, L-5, S-1, and S-2.
Logan's heart is also located on the right side of his body instead of the left, and he has a horseshoe kidney, so he will have to see a urologist and a cardiologist for these problems for a long time. Logan has a 42-degree curve in his neck, and then a 36-degree curve, which will also require surgery.
Logan will have to have many surgeries in the next year or two, but he is one brave little boy! The reason for the benefit is to help with medical bills and travel expenses for all the trips his family must make to Minneapolis.
Tickets for this event are available at the door or from his mother, Joanie, at 906-296-0631 or his grandmother Joan at 906-296-0346. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children 6-12 and free for children 5 and under.
Logan Muljo, a student at the Lake Linden-Hubbell Elementary School, has a case of congenital scoliosis. Logan had surgery on his neck August 13, 2009, at the Gillette Children’s Hospital in Minnesota, where doctors removed part of his hip bone to make a c-1 vertebrae, since he was born without one. They then put screws in his skull and had to put rods in his neck to fuse vertebrae c-1, c-2 and c-3 together.
Logan is in a halo for 3 months, and then will be in a neck brace for 6-8 weeks. Then the next surgery will be started, which involves fusing his low back together, as it is not fused at L-4, L-5, S-1, and S-2.
Logan's heart is also located on the right side of his body instead of the left, and he has a horseshoe kidney, so he will have to see a urologist and a cardiologist for these problems for a long time. Logan has a 42-degree curve in his neck, and then a 36-degree curve, which will also require surgery.
Logan will have to have many surgeries in the next year or two, but he is one brave little boy! The reason for the benefit is to help with medical bills and travel expenses for all the trips his family must make to Minneapolis.
Tickets for this event are available at the door or from his mother, Joanie, at 906-296-0631 or his grandmother Joan at 906-296-0346. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children 6-12 and free for children 5 and under.
Tomasic / Fitzpatrick duo to perform at Portage Library Oct. 5
HOUGHTON -- Singer/Songwriter Lindsay Tomasic returns to the Copper Country and will play a free concert at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, at the Portage Lake District Library.
Lindsay will be joined by long time singing partner, Jesse Fitzpatrick. The duo has had notoriety since the 70s while performing across Michigan with their band, TREES. Since the late 1980s, Lindsay has been living in Los Angeles and working full time as a singer/songwriter/composer and recording engineer, writing and recording music for television and film through her company, Frameworks Music. Frameworks is a production music catalog with a worldwide presence. In addition to some TREES favorites, Lindsay will perform songs from her latest Datolite Records release, "The Most Amazing Dream."
This concert is free and everyone is invited to attend. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Lindsay will be joined by long time singing partner, Jesse Fitzpatrick. The duo has had notoriety since the 70s while performing across Michigan with their band, TREES. Since the late 1980s, Lindsay has been living in Los Angeles and working full time as a singer/songwriter/composer and recording engineer, writing and recording music for television and film through her company, Frameworks Music. Frameworks is a production music catalog with a worldwide presence. In addition to some TREES favorites, Lindsay will perform songs from her latest Datolite Records release, "The Most Amazing Dream."
This concert is free and everyone is invited to attend. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
First Friday in Calumet to offer art exhibits, music Oct. 2
CALUMET -- First Friday in Calumet, Oct. 2, offers four new exhibits -- in the Vertin Gallery, the Copper Country Associated Artists, the Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery and the Tamarack Trading Company (formerly Beadazed Studio) -- and a musical event at the Calumet Art Center.
Meegan Flannery's Dream of the White Horse and the Tilting Field of Wheat. Oil, 2009. This painting is part of her exhibit, "Dreaming in Color," which is on display at the Vertin Gallery in Calumet through Nov. 4. 2009. (Photo courtesy Vertin Gallery)
At the Vertin Gallery an opening reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, for the new exhibit, "Dreaming in Color," by Meegan Flannery.
"An obsession with oil painting began immediately after I graduated from Northern Michigan University with a B.F.A. in painting and drawing and a minor in creative writing," Flannery writes in her artist's statement. "I was suddenly free to explore forbidden subject matter such as landscape, wildlife, and flora. What turned me onto paint was the intensity of color, flexibility and the thickness of this medium. Art was once again fun."
Flannery says she grew up in several small towns around the U.P. and she finds the landscape of her childhood most fascinating to paint.
"Most of all, art for me was a means to study naturalism, diagram childhood inventions and put a face to the characters of my dreams, which were as vivid and surreal as motion pictures," Flannery writes.
The Vertin Gallery is at 220 6th St. in Calumet. For more information call 906-337-2200.
Copper Country Associated Artists Gallery to host Homespun Art
First Friday at the Copper Country Associated Artists (CCAA) Studio/Gallery is the first day of the Fall/Winter member exibition program at the Member Gallery -- and color is the thing.
This time, the color is Homespun Art, with hand weaver Eve Lindsey and spinner Jean Medlyn. For inspiration, on display will be the work of Sandstone Piecemakers Quilt Guild, showing a work dedicated to the benefit of the Heritage Center at St Anne’s. Plenty of hands-on work for all. All CCAA creative sessions are free, so come and enjoy.
First Friday CCAA activities are an opportunity to introduce your visitors to a variety of arts and fine craft techniques by some of the area’s most talented practitioners.
The CCAA Studio/Gallery is located at 112 Fifth Street in Calumet. Gallery Fall/Winter hours are Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Fridays, the Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about the CCAA call 906-337-1252 or visit their web site at ccaartists.org.
Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery to offer "Sawdust / Loose Threads" exhibit
"Sawdust / Loose Threads," a two-person show by artists Pam Beal, fiber, and Wayne Walma, wood, will open with a reception from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at the Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery, 109 Fifth Street in Calumet.
For more info call 906-337-5970.
"Making Music with Friends" to be First Friday music event at Calumet Art Center
As you take in the First Friday art exhibits, stop in at the new Calumet Art Center for some musical entertainment.
"Making Music with Friends" will feature Savannah Clayton on flute and Julia Feeley on violin between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the Calumet Art Center, 57055 Fifth Street.
Tamarack Trading Company (formerly Beadazed Studio) to feature wood carver Stuart Baird
This carved hawk by Stuart Baird was exhibited at a Calumet Heritage Celebration. (Keweenaw Now file photo)
Tamarack Trading Company (formerly Beadazed Studio) will celebrate the craftmanship of Stuart Baird, "The Birdman of Albion," from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 2. Stuart will be demonstrating his wood carving techniques, along with live background music with Heaven and Tony -- also fun nibbles!
The Tamarack Trading Company is at 300 Fifth Street in downtown Calumet.
Meegan Flannery's Dream of the White Horse and the Tilting Field of Wheat. Oil, 2009. This painting is part of her exhibit, "Dreaming in Color," which is on display at the Vertin Gallery in Calumet through Nov. 4. 2009. (Photo courtesy Vertin Gallery)At the Vertin Gallery an opening reception will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, for the new exhibit, "Dreaming in Color," by Meegan Flannery.
"An obsession with oil painting began immediately after I graduated from Northern Michigan University with a B.F.A. in painting and drawing and a minor in creative writing," Flannery writes in her artist's statement. "I was suddenly free to explore forbidden subject matter such as landscape, wildlife, and flora. What turned me onto paint was the intensity of color, flexibility and the thickness of this medium. Art was once again fun."
Flannery says she grew up in several small towns around the U.P. and she finds the landscape of her childhood most fascinating to paint.
"Most of all, art for me was a means to study naturalism, diagram childhood inventions and put a face to the characters of my dreams, which were as vivid and surreal as motion pictures," Flannery writes.
The Vertin Gallery is at 220 6th St. in Calumet. For more information call 906-337-2200.
Copper Country Associated Artists Gallery to host Homespun Art
First Friday at the Copper Country Associated Artists (CCAA) Studio/Gallery is the first day of the Fall/Winter member exibition program at the Member Gallery -- and color is the thing.
This time, the color is Homespun Art, with hand weaver Eve Lindsey and spinner Jean Medlyn. For inspiration, on display will be the work of Sandstone Piecemakers Quilt Guild, showing a work dedicated to the benefit of the Heritage Center at St Anne’s. Plenty of hands-on work for all. All CCAA creative sessions are free, so come and enjoy.
First Friday CCAA activities are an opportunity to introduce your visitors to a variety of arts and fine craft techniques by some of the area’s most talented practitioners.
The CCAA Studio/Gallery is located at 112 Fifth Street in Calumet. Gallery Fall/Winter hours are Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Fridays, the Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information about the CCAA call 906-337-1252 or visit their web site at ccaartists.org.
Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery to offer "Sawdust / Loose Threads" exhibit
"Sawdust / Loose Threads," a two-person show by artists Pam Beal, fiber, and Wayne Walma, wood, will open with a reception from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at the Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery, 109 Fifth Street in Calumet.
For more info call 906-337-5970.
"Making Music with Friends" to be First Friday music event at Calumet Art Center
As you take in the First Friday art exhibits, stop in at the new Calumet Art Center for some musical entertainment.
"Making Music with Friends" will feature Savannah Clayton on flute and Julia Feeley on violin between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at the Calumet Art Center, 57055 Fifth Street.
Tamarack Trading Company (formerly Beadazed Studio) to feature wood carver Stuart Baird
This carved hawk by Stuart Baird was exhibited at a Calumet Heritage Celebration. (Keweenaw Now file photo)Tamarack Trading Company (formerly Beadazed Studio) will celebrate the craftmanship of Stuart Baird, "The Birdman of Albion," from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Oct. 2. Stuart will be demonstrating his wood carving techniques, along with live background music with Heaven and Tony -- also fun nibbles!
The Tamarack Trading Company is at 300 Fifth Street in downtown Calumet.
PasiCats to play in Republic Oct. 2
PasiCats' poster for their dance in Republic Oct. 2. (Poster courtesy PasiCats)HOUGHTON -- The PasiCats Finnish dance band will play from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, at the Republic-Michigamme School (in the south part of Republic). Good music, dancing and great friends, thanks to the Republic Lions Club, sponsors of the event.
Refreshments will be provided for a free-will offering. Tickets are $5 for adults, $1 for students; children are free.
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