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Monday, February 15, 2010

Keweenaw Krayons, Horizon School to host Mardi Gras celebration Feb. 16 in Mohawk

MOHAWK -- Keweenaw Krayons will hold its annual Mardi Gras celebration from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 16, at Horizons Alternative High School and Keweenaw Krayons Art Center, 110 Stanton Ave., Mohawk.

Directions: Coming from Calumet turn right on either 2nd or 3rd St. and go one block to Stanton (the school is between 2nd and 3rd).

The Mardi Gras Celebration features Cajun food -- including vegetarian options -- music, silent auction, art sales, mask making and more…

The menu consists of Gumbo (vegetarian and regular), Cajun salad, red beans and rice, corn bread and Keweenaw Krayons' famous berry sundaes.

From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. the talented duo of Heaven Hawkins and Tony Laux will play a mix of easy folk and indie. Jazz and Blues by Steve Loukus and John Snyder will follow from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Heaven Hawkins, right, and Tony Laux will perform a mix of easy folk and indie music at the Keweenaw Krayons - Horizon Alternative School Mardi Gras celebration Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Mohawk. (File photo by Keweenaw Now)

Tickets are $10 in advance and $20 at the door. Pre-schoolers eat free and family discounts are available. If you can’t make it, but want to support Keweenaw Krayons and Horizon's S.T.A.R.S., consider purchasing tickets for us to give away…

Tickets are available at the following places: Mohawk: the Mohawk Superette, Horizons Alternative High School, Keweenaw Krayons Art Center; Copper Harbor: the Gaslight General Store, the Mariner; Calumet: Vertin Gallery, Michigan House Café and BrewPub, 5th and Elm Coffee Shop; Hancock: The Lone Wolf Hair Den, 5th and Elm Coffee Shop; Houghton: Good Times Music, Cyberia Café.

If you cannot make it to one of these sites but know for sure you are coming, you can call Keweenaw Krayons at 337-4706 or email staff@keweenawkrayons.com and tickets will be put aside at the $10 price. For current information on the Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras event check out www.keweenawkrayons.com.

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