Orpheum to present two Gypsy Jazz bands TONIGHT, Oct. 13

HANCOCK -- Tonight, Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Orpheum, a super double headliner show: The Appleseed Collective AND Steve Jones and The Garden City Hot Club will perform two fantastic Gypsy Jazz styles in one great show.

"But wait, there's more!" says Mike Shupe, Orpheum owner. "We just confirmed that Glenn Basham from the Bergonzi String Quartet will be joining Steve and the Hot Club boys for the show! Glenn played with The Hot Club before and they were AMAZING! If you have never seen any of these great musicians, you owe it to yourself to come see their show tonight -- and if you've seen a any of these bands before, I know you're already coming because you know how great this show will be!!"

The Appleseed Collective will play beautiful Gypsy Jazz, with touches of Dixieland, Bluegrass and Jugband that will get your feet moving while blowing your mind. Violin, double bass, and washboard bring really bring a snap, sizzle and pop! Two unbelievably talented bands for only $10.

The Orpheum Theater is at 426 Quincy St. in downtown Hancock. Call 906-482-5100 for more information.

Dance Zone Marquette to feature music by Black Pearl for anniversary dance Oct. 13

MARQUETTE -- Dancers, help celebrate the Dance Zone's second anniversary and dance to the music of Black Pearl from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13.

"Those who know Black Pearl agree that they are just about the best all-around dance band in the UP," says Marge Sklar, Dance Zone co-owner.

The dance is $8 per person; $2 if you are a full-time student. The party will include door prizes, wonderful music and dancing (on a great wood floor!) and refreshments. What more could you ask for on an autumn Saturday evening?

The Dance Zone is located at 1113 Lincoln Avenue in Marquette, Corner of Lincoln and College Avenues. For more information call 906-236-1457, email marge@dancezonemqt.com or visit their Web site.

Please bring clean shoes to protect this great dance floor.

Swedetown Trails to hold annual trails day Oct. 13

CALUMET -- Swedetown Trails will hold their annual trails day from 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, Oct. 13. Rain or shine, meet at the Chalet to form into crews for trail work such as cutting back and removing brush.

Copper Island Cross Country Ski Club members will have the wood stove going to warm you up as well as hot food, coffee and tea in the Chalet.

Please bring sturdy and warm clothing, including boots and gloves. All tools will be provided.

Keweenaw National Historical Park to hold 20th Anniversary celebration Oct. 13

CALUMET -- The National Park Service (NPS) and the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission invite the entire Copper Country community to participate in celebrating the park’s 20th Anniversary in a day of family fun and celebration this Saturday, Oct. 13.

The NPS and the Commission will be hosting celebratory events from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Agassiz Park in Calumet and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Quincy Mine and Hoist in Hancock. They will be gathering under a 40' x 60' tent at each site for a few hours of sharing local heritage through music and dance and a host of activities for the whole family.

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Dance Troupe will kick off both events by sharing their rich cultural traditions, reflecting the thousands of years of copper mining heritage along the Keweenaw. There will also be games for kids (all participants win prizes!), free cookies and cider, door prizes all day long, craft vendors, and music. Senator Carl Levin is expected to be on hand as well as NPS Midwest Deputy Regional Director
Patricia Trap. Awards for the winners of the Heritage Scavenger Hunt and the Historical Quiz will also be announced.

For more information call the Calumet Visitor Center at 906-483-3176 or 337-3168.

Portage Library to host Wellness Series massage program Oct. 11

HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library will host its monthly program in the Natural Health and Wellness series from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT, Thursday, Oct. 11.

Professional Massage Therapist Angel Janssen will present "Self Care for Pain Free Movement: Low Back." Participants will learn simple techniques that can be used to reduce pain, speed healing, and increase flexibility due to low back pain. These techniques can be done on the floor or on a bed. Participants are asked to bring a yoga mat or a blanket so they can learn and practice these moves on the floor. Those who are unable to work on the floor may watch the exercises and learn what to do at home.

Janssen is a licensed and nationally certified massage therapist in practice for over 20 years in Wisconsin, Arizona, and Michigan. She is a master level LaStone Therapist, a Reflexologist, and a 2nd Degree Reiki Practitioner. The focus of her massage practice is health maintenance, stress reduction, and pain relief with advanced training in aromatherapy, massage for people living with cancer, as well as massage for the medically frail. Janssen is the proprietor of Synergy Massage and Wellness.

The Natural Health and Wellness series is held on the second Thursday of each month. All library programs are free, and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.

Algomah Acres Honey House to host Harvest Festival in Greenland Oct. 13

GREENLAND, Mich. -- The Second Annual Harvest Festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 13, at the Algomah Acres Honey House in Greenland, Mich. An artist market will feature local art and fine crafts, including honey and hive products.

Lunch will be served and kids' activities will take place throughout the day! Peg Carrothers and Gratiot Lake Road will be playing live music at the festival. Algomah Meadery will have tastings throughout the day, and honey wines will be available for purchase.

Free admission and everyone welcome!  611 Plank Rd, Greenland, MI 49929

For more information call 906-883-3894, e-mail algomahacres@live.com or visit their Web site.

Khana Khazana to offer Asian "fusion" cuisine Oct. 12

HOUGHTON -- This Friday, Oct. 12, Michigan Tech will be treated to Asian fusion cuisine, courtesy of Khana Khazana. Featuring a combination of Chinese, Thai and Korean dishes, Friday's lunch will be a truly diverse dining experience, including larb ped (a Thai duck and herb dish), dak kang jung (Korean sweet and spicy fried chicken), and braised pork ribs with potato (a mildly spicy Szechwan Chinese dish). A vegetarian alternative is available on request.

Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Memorial Union Food Court. A full meal including a fountain drink costs $6.95. Individual items are $2.50 each.

Khana Khazana is a weekly international lunch, a collaborative effort of international students and Michigan Tech Dining Services.

Michigan Natural Resource Commission to hold annual UP meeting Oct. 11

LANSING -- The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) will hold its annual Upper Peninsula meeting on Thursday, Oct. 11, in Ontonagon at the Theater of Performing Arts, located at 311 South Steel St.

The meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. with a meeting of the NRC’s Policy Committee on Wildlife and Fisheries. Committee members will receive reports from the Wildlife
Division and Fisheries Division chiefs on proposed policy and regulation changes, along with a presentation on the Little Bay de Noc Walleye Management Plan.

The NRC committee of the whole will then meet at 3 p.m. to receive a report from Department of Natural Resources Director Keith Creagh, including updates on the metallic minerals lease and development process, regional state forest management plans, and the encroachment resolution initiative summary.

Some local residents, including Keweenaw Bay Indian Community members, are concerned about metallic mineral leases requested by Kennecott Minerals in the area shown on the map below.

This map shows the area where Kennecott wants to lease mineral rights from the State of Michigan. Although Kennecott is seeking 15,000 acres of leases from the State, the map indicates the affected area of the 15,000 acres, which could amount to 45,000 acres affected or possibly consolidated in Kennecott possession -- thereby impacting the watersheds of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The State's metallic minerals lease and development process will be discussed at the Natural Resources Commission meeting in Ontonagon on Oct. 11, 2012. (Map courtesy Richard Sloat)

A number of fisheries orders are eligible for action by Director Creagh at the meeting, including a decision on proposed regulation changes for muskellunge and northern
pike statewide.

At 4 p.m., the Bay de Noc Great Lakes Sport Fishermen, Inc., of Delta County, will receive the DNR’s Partner in Conservation Award. The award presentation will be
immediately followed by public appearances before the NRC. Those wishing to make public comments to the NRC should contact Deb Whipple, executive assistant to the NRC, at 517-373-2352 or whippled1@michigan.gov to register.

Individuals registered by 5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, will be allowed five minutes to address the commission on agenda topics, and three minutes for topics not on the meeting agenda. Registration for public comment is still possible after Oct. 5, with a time limit of three minutes to address the commission. Registration cards will be available at the meeting.

For more information about the NRC, including the full meeting agenda, informational memos and past meeting minutes, visit www.michigan.gov/nrc.

Click here for the agenda for this Oct. 11 meeting.

Indian Consul General promotes bilateral education initiatives

By Jenn Donovan, Michigan Tech Director of Public Relations
Posted on Tech Today Oct. 10, 2012. Reprinted with permission.

HOUGHTON -- Mukta D. Tomar, consul general at India's consulate in Chicago, addressed a public forum at Michigan Tech on Tuesday, Oct. 9. She talked about the need for more collaboration between US and Indian research centers and institutions of higher education.

Mukta Tomar, consul-general of India's consulate in Chicago. (Photos © and courtesy Jenn Donovan)

"We share many values," she said, "particularly the spirit of inquiry."

Some steps have already been taken. Tomar spoke of the first bilateral higher education conference, held in Washington, DC, last year. An Indian Support for Teacher Education initiative and an exchange program for junior faculty from India and the US are also under way. India study centers have been established at several leading US universities, and India is in the process of designating 14 of its universities as "innovation and research universities," each focusing on research and advanced education in a different field.

"Our focus is on making the entire higher education/innovation/research enterprise grow," Tomar stated.

There is also a need for more cooperation between industry and research institutions in India, she said.

"India is positioned to be the country with the third largest GDP (gross domestic product) in the world," she noted. "But we face many techno-economic challenges." However, she said, "there is an interesting new phenomenon, and that is the rise of investment by Indian companies in the US. Indian companies created 280,000 jobs in the US last year."

Mukta Tomar talks with Alex Mayer, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Tech.

"Entrepreneurship and vision have made this possible," said Tomar. "Investment occurs when there is mutual benefit."

Tomar praised Michigan Tech for its own focus on research and on "keeping education relevant," pointing to Tech's revival of mining engineering and its multidisciplinary biofuels research as examples.

Tomar was scheduled to meet with President Glenn Mroz and other campus representatives today. Tonight she will help judge the Homecoming Court.

Call for Entries by Oct. 27: 19th Annual Shaft and Junior Shaft Exhibition

HANCOCK -- The Copper Country Community Arts Center announces its 19th annual "Shaft" and "Junior Shaft" community exhibits on mining. Artists are invited to submit work inspired by mining in the Copper Country -- the physical signs of its presence or the effect it has had on the area and its people. This is a non-juried community exhibit.

Deadline for entry is 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27. Entry forms are available at the Copper Country Community Arts Center. The reception for the Shaft and Junior Shaft will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. The exhibit will be in the Kerredge Gallery and the Youth Art Gallery. Cash prizes will be awarded by public choice and will be announced the first week in December. Voting will take place throughout the month of November.

The Copper Country Community Arts Center is located at 126 Quincy Street in Hancock. Call 482-2333 for more information and entry fee details.

Books with Dimension Class

Join book artist Debra Charlesworth at the Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, for a bookbinding class. Debra will teach students how to make a bound book with a dimensional element that will appear to float in the cover.

Register by Saturday, Oct. 13, for a discounted rate. Class fee: $50 if registered by Oct. 13; after Oct. 13, $60. Four hours of instruction time and all materials are included. The deadline to register is Oct. 20. Call the CCCAC at 482-2333 for more information.

Portage Library to host stamp collecting workshop TONIGHT, Oct. 9

HOUGHTON -- The Portage Lake District Library will host the stamp collecting group, the Portage Lake Philatelists, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT, Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Ed and Liz Sheridan will present "Need a New Hobby? Try Stamp Collecting!" This workshop on stamp collecting for beginners will help people get started with what has been hailed as the most popular collecting hobby in the world. Topics include why people collect stamps, the categories of domestic, foreign and topical stamps, ways to get stamps, types of stamp albums that are available, and supplies and tools used by collectors. Handouts and resource materials will be available. The workshop will be held at the large table at the west end of the library.

Library programs are free and everyone is welcome. For more information, please call the library at 482-4570 or visit www.pldl.org.

Michigan Tech's Center for Diversity and Inclusion to host Social Justice Lecture Series by Waziyatawin Oct. 9

From Tech Today
Posted Oct. 5, 2012
Reprinted with permission.

HOUGHTON -- Michigan Tech's Center for Diversity and Inclusion will host a Social Justice Lecture Series with guest speaker Dr. Waziyatawin, who will provide two presentations on Tuesday, Oct. 9, in Memorial Union Ballroom B1 on campus. Waziyatawin is a Dakota writer, teacher, and activist committed to the pursuit of Indigenous liberation and reclamation of homelands.

From 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Waziyatawin will present "Activism with People of Color."

Waziyatawin explains, "This presentation will explore one more 'ism' with which people of color must contend -- the anthropocentrism that has set this society on a course toward self-destruction that might only be mitigated through drastic action today. In the 21st century we will experience unimaginable turmoil due to shortages of resources, such as oil, water, topsoil, and food, as well as economic collapse, increased violence, and life-threatening global climate change. As in most societal problems, poor people of color will initially bear the brunt of these burdens. The magnitude of these problems means that as activists committed to social justice we must prepare ourselves for another kind of struggle that will challenge many of our beliefs about American society, the meaning of equality, and our notions of success."

From 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Waziyatawin will present "What Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland."

"From the perspective of people faced with genocide, land theft, ethnic cleansing and colonization, this presentation will present one vision of how justice might be achieved in the shadow of these crimes against humanity," says Waziyatawin, whose talk is based on her book by the same title, published by Living Justice Press in 2008.

In this volume, which was the winner of the 2009 Independent Publishers' Silver Book Award for Best Regional Nonfiction in the Midwest, she explores a four-pronged approach to justice in her homeland that includes truth-telling, taking down the fort, reparations, and decolonization.

Waziyatawin received her Ph.D. in American history from Cornell University in 2000. She later earned tenure and an associate professorship in the history department at Arizona State University, where she taught for seven years. Waziyatawin currently holds the Indigenous Peoples Research Chair in the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

For more information about upcoming diversity-related events, email Renee Wells, Center for Diversity and Inclusion assistant director, at rrwells@mtu.edu.

Deadline for Poor Artists Sale booth application is TODAY, Oct. 6

HANCOCK -- Today, Oct. 6, is the booth application deadline for the 36th annual Poor Artists Sale. The Poor Artists Sale is a juried art fair and will be held at the CLK Gymnasium in Calumet on Saturday, Dec. 1. Artists who would like to apply for a booth space should pick up an application form at the Copper Country Community Arts Center in Hancock. Applications must be received by TODAY, Saturday, Oct. 6. The booth fee is $65.

The Poor Artists Sale is organized by the Copper Country Community Arts Center -- located at 126 Quincy Street, Hancock. Contact Cynthia Coté at (906) 482-2333 for more information or stop by the CCCAC to pick up a booth application or email cynthia@coppercountryarts.com TODAY.

UPDATED: Free screenings of film on Italian Hall tragedy to be Oct. 5, 6 in Calumet

[Editor's UPDATE: There will be two screenings of this film on Saturday, Oct. 6: at 2 p.m. and at 7 p.m. at the Calumet Theatre. We apologize for the error posted on Friday, Oct. 5.]

CALUMET --  Following numerous trips from New York City to Calumet, and spending several years in the editing room, filmmakers Louis Galdieri and Ken Ross are returning to Upper Michigan’s Copper Country to show their now-finished film, 1913 Massacre, in Calumet.

Inspired by the famed Woody Guthrie song of the same name, Galdieri and Ross capture the thoughts and feelings of the last living witnesses to the disaster, as well as those of descendants and Calumet residents at-large.

UPDATE: The film’s local premier will be held at the historic Calumet Theatre at 7 p.m. TONIGHT, Friday, Oct. 5, and at 2 p.m. AND AT 7 P.M. on Saturday, Oct. 6. A question and answer period, and an opportunity for open discussion with the filmmakers will follow each showing. The screenings are free and open to the public, courtesy of the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission.

The film follows singer / songwriter Arlo Guthrie to Calumet, a once-thriving copper mining community still haunted by the tragic events that inspired Woody Guthrie’s ballad, "1913 Massacre." The film reconstructs Calumet’s past from individual memories, family legends and songs -- and traces the legacy of the tragedy to the present day.

"We’re really excited to be coming back to Calumet," said filmmaker Ken Ross. "“It’s a homecoming for the film, and we’re humbled by the opportunity to screen the film for the community it’s about."

Calumet galleries present new art openings for First Friday, Oct. 5

CALUMET -- First Friday in Calumet, Oct. 5, will offer exhibits of new art in the local galleries.

"Maple and Birch," by Margo McCafferty and Tom Rudd. (Photo courtesy Gallerie Bohème)

Gallerie Bohème, 426 Fifth Street, "Autumn Prints," Collaborative Works by Tom Rudd and Margo McCafferty, will open with a reception from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday.

Ziyad and Co. (formerly the Ed Gray Gallery) will exhibit "Visions of Nature," art by Ginnie Cappaert, during October.

 Art by Ginnie Cappaert. (Photo courtesy Ziyad and Co.)

Ginnie Cappaert combines colors and textures in a playful and intuitive working style creating depth and spatial relationships derived from nature as well as incorporating abstracted landscape imagery. Layers of oil paint and cold wax on wood panels create visual and emotional connections with the land and tell a story and complexity of various life experiences.

A reception for the artist will be held  from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, at Ziyad and Co., 109 Fifth St. Calumet.  Please call 906-337-5066 for more information.

The members of the Copper Country Associated Artists Gallery in Calumet are shifting into autumn mode in many ways. Handfuls of "fallen leaf" pins created by artist Fredi Tadeucci were brought into the gallery recently. The group is painting a new batch of silk scarves, and a 2013 Copper Country Calendar by photographer Mark Upton is for sale.  Watch for a display of autumn scenes produced by the WorldWidePhotoWalk, taking place mid-month with local participants in Copper Harbor.

Copper Country Associated Artists will host a wire pendant workshop for First Friday, Oct. 5. (Photo courtesy CCAA)

The CCAA will be hosting a wire pendant workshop for the First Friday activity Oct. 5. Participants will take round reed and form it into a circle, then weave copper wire and small beads into the center to form a small pendant that can hang as a necklace or pin to a shirt -- a perfect accessory for your fall attire. The project is suitable for teenagers and adults, and there will be two classes -- one at 6:30 p.m. and one at 7:30 p.m. The activity is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted.

Clyde Mikkola, long time member of the CCAA, has works on display this month at the Omphale Gallery and Café.

The CCAA Gallery is located at 205 Fifth Street in Calumet  Call for more information at 337-1252.

 "Built on a Rock," pastel by jd slack. (Photo courtesy Vertin Gallery)

Artist jd slack will be exhibiting new work in pastel from October 5-31, 2012, at the Vertin Gallery in Calumet. "The Places we Dwell" is a collection of works exploring the house and home, both literal and conceptual.

"We dwell, not just in buildings, but in the fourfold coming together of the material world, living creatures, meaning, and felt sense of place," slack writes in her artist's statement. "We build, not just structures, but the structures of that coming together."

jd slack’s pastel images of dwellings bring into being versions of that structure: relations among earth, sky,  matter, suggestions of the presence or absence of living creatures, and, always, a sense of occupying that particular place. Never simple, these paintings depict what is complex in as simple and direct a way as possible.

A reception for the artist will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at the Vertin.

Calumet Art Center to host final Empty Bowls event Oct. 5

CALUMET -- Join the Calumet Art Center and BHK Great Explorations at the Calumet Art Center at 57055 5th St., Calumet, for the final Empty Bowls event from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on First Friday, Oct. 5.

Frank Fiala, right, owner of the Fifth and Elm Coffee House in Houghton, hosted the fourth Empty Bowls event on Sept. 5, 2012. He is pictured here outside the Fifth and Elm with Sherry Rivard, regional coordinator for BHK Great Explorations. The final Empty Bowls event will take place at the Calumet Art Center on First Friday, Oct. 5. (Photo by Allan Baker for Keweenaw Now)

For a $10 donation select a bowl made by local potters and enjoy a meal of soup and bread. 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to these local food pantries to fight hunger: CLK Food Pantry, St. Vincent DePaul (Hancock and L’Anse) and Community Action Food Pantry.

Through BHK Great Explorations, children from third through eighth grade have participated in the Calumet Art Center's Empty Bowls project by decorating the bowls. Volunteers of all ages have also decorated the bowls, made by local potters. Local restaurants and cafés have served soup to customers who donate $10 for one of the decorated bowls. The café/restaurant serves the soup in one of their own bowls and the customer takes home the decorated bowl.

The Art Center will also be holding a Fall Silent Auction as a First Friday event. This auction will benefit continuing programs at the Calumet Art Center throughout the fall and winter.

Michigan Tech to host Lake Superior Water Festival at Great Lakes Research Center Oct. 5

HOUGHTON -- The 2012 Lake Superior Water Festival will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, at Michigan Tech's new Great Lakes Research Center.

A view of the entrance to Michigan Tech's new Great Lakes Research Center. (Keweenaw Now file photo)

The Water Festival will give 1,000 students in grades 4-8 the opportunity to learn about the Great Lakes, careers, research, art, science, and more from Michigan Tech scientists, staff, university students, government agencies, community organizations and more.

Michigan Tech scientists, staff and students, the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other organizations will present activities on a wide range of topics related to Lake Superior and water resources.

Some of the offerings include:

• Aquatic Invasive Species: their impacts and control
• Remotely-Operated-Vehicles used to study the Great Lakes
• Computer simulations
• Geo Wall illustrating changing Lake Superior temps throughout the year
• Great Lakes dance and creative expression
• Writing a Great Lakes position statement
• Assessing the health of the Great Lakes through water sampling and data collection
• Low impact development to protect water quality and reduce water use
• Discovering what aquatic insects tell us about stream health

Click here for information and registration.

Sumi-e Paintings by Alison Starr at Reflection Gallery Oct. 4-27

 

Artwork by Alison Starr. Her work will be on exhibit in Finlandia University's Reflection Gallery at the Jutila Center Oct. 4-27, 2012. (Photos courtesy Finlandia University)

HANCOCK -- The Finlandia University Reflection Gallery, Hancock, will host "Breath of the Brush," an exhibition of sumi-e paintings by Minnesota artist Alison Starr, from Oct. 4 to Oct. 27, 2012.

An opening reception for the artist will take place at the gallery from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. The reception is free and open to the public; refreshments will be served.

Starr, a professional musician turned artist, combines in her artwork her love for music and the outdoors. She says her paintings express her goal for "chi," a mystical energy force created by a perfect balance of self and nature.

Starr uses the ancient techniques and tools of China to create contemporary pieces of art work. Her paintings are steeped with her love of nature, both in the Chinese brush paintings created in her studio and her watercolor impressions painted on location.

Artwork by Alison Starr.

Starr has studied with numerous national and international masters of her trade. Now almost 80, she enjoys teaching her craft to school children and art groups through workshops in Duluth, Minn. She has shown her work nationally and internationally in both juried and solo shows.

The Reflection Gallery is located on the second level of Finlandia’s Jutila Center campus, 200 Michigan Street, Hancock, MI 49930.

For additional information, call 906-487-7500 or e-mail finlandiareflectiongallery@gmail.com.

Orpheum to host Golden Boy, New Familiar Oct. 4

HANCOCK -- Goldenboy, Featuring the New Familiar -- Shon Sullivan's new project-- will perform at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock as a part of their current national tour.

Shon has been been a touring and recording guitarist with the EELS, Rentals and with Elliot Smith. His new project, Goldenboy backed up by The New Familiar, will mesmerize you with their ultra mellow folk grooves.

The Copper Country's own Gratiot Lake Road will open with their own brand of mellow folk for an unbelievable night not to be missed.

This show is only $5, which is crazy cheap for a show this good. Be there, or you'll be sorry! Music starts around 8 p.m.

Community Arts Center to exhibit new photography by Dan Beers Oct. 4-28

HANCOCK -- There are FLOWERS in the Kerredge Gallery in October. The new exhibition of photographs by St Paul artist Dan Beers will include his new work in what he calls "run on" images. While Beers does occasionally use digital format, these photographs were produced in the camera on film and printed in the darkroom.

Beers, whose work typically centers around both abstract and representational landscapes, recently won an honorable mention at the Minnesota State Fair for his fine art photography. Dan Beers also worked at Cardazo Fine Art for five years as a master printer for a collection of Edward S. Curtis plates in silver, platinum/palladium and goldtone.

The exhibition will open on Thursday, Oct. 4, with a reception and gallery talk from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will be on display through Oct. 28.

The Community Arts Center is located at 126 Quincy Street in Hancock. For more information call (906) 482-2333.