- Calendar – Holidays- St. Patrick’s Day Pancake Breakfast – March 14
Rock – American Legion Post 559 of Rock will sponsor its annual St. Patrick’s Day pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Rock Lions Club. The breakfast honors the 91st anniversary of the American Legion and 63rd anniversary of the Rock Legion. Cost is for $6 for adults and $3 [...] - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Jam 4 Love – March 14
Marquette – Northern Michigan University’s Public Relations Student Society of America and Marquette Mountain will hold the Third Annual Ski and Snowboard Competition “Jam 4 Love,” a charity ski and snowboard rail jam on Sunday March 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Marquette Mountain. There will be three divisions for [...] - Calendar – Music – All Chopin Piano Recital – March 14
Marquette – Nancy Railey will perform an all-Chopin piano recital commemorating the 200th birthday of Frederic Chopin on Sunday, March 14 at 2 p.m. in the Morgan Chapel at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Marquette. A freewill donation benefiting St. Paul’s piano maintenance fund will be accepted. - Calendar – Music – Second Sunday Folk Dance Series – March 14
Crystal Falls – One man dancing band Colin O’Brien will perform at the Second Sunday Folk Dance series Sunday, March 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. CST at Fortune Lake Camp, two miles west of Crystal Falls on U.S. 2. White Water will open the event with a short concert, followed by the featured [...] - Calendar – Community – Book Release Party – March 13
Marquette – A book release party for children’s author Boni Ashburn will be held on Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Peter White Public Library in Marquette. The event will include a book sale, signing opportunity and light refreshments. Ashburn’s latest book, “Over At The Castle” is a fresh [...] - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Spaghetti Dinner for Jordan Adediran – March 13
Sands – A spaghetti dinner fundraiser for Jordan Adediran will be held on Saturday, March 13 from 3 1o 8 p.m. at the Crossroads Restaurant in Sands. The dinner is to help fund his trip to MSU in Lansing to participate in the All Star Football Game. Dinner is $5 per person and there will be [...] - Calendar – Outdoors – Jack Rabbit Snowshoe Challenge – March 13
Harvey – The Jack Rabbit Snowshoe Challenge will be held on Saturday, March 13 at 1000 Silver Creek Road in Harvey. Late registration is at 9 a.m. The Challenge begins at 10 a.m. The cost is $25 for adults and $20 for students, which includes a t-shirt and lunch. Children 8 years and younger may [...] - Calendar – Community – Learning to Walk Together Traditional Pow-wow – March 13
Marquette – The 18th annual “Learning to Walk Together” traditional powwow will be held on Saturday, March 13 beginning at 11 a.m. at Northern Michigan University’s Vandament Arena. Grand entries will be at noon and 6 p.m. They will feature a veterans’ honor song, male and female traditional dances, jingle dress and grass dance exhibitions, and [...] - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Introductory Tai Chi Chuan Workshop – March 13
Marquette – An introductory tai chi chuan workshop will be offered on Saturday, March 13 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at Grace United Methodist Church, 927 W. College Avenue, Marquette. Tai chi is a gentle exercise-based on the movements of animals and metaphor that has proven to enhance the immune system, improve balance, and increase [...] - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – St. Patrick’s Day Auction Adventure – March 13
Ishpeming – St. John’s Parish in Ishpeming will host a St. Patrick’s Day Auction Adventure on Saturday March 13 with a social hour beginnning at 5:30 p.m., and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by Julie and Dave Williams. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Advance tickets are available at [...] - Calendar – Theater – Our Town – March 12
Marquette – Marquette Area Public Schools Theater Department and Kaufman Auditorium will present Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town” on Friday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Kaufman Auditorium. Advance tickets are $12 and available at all NMU EZ ticket outlets, by calling 227-1032 or online at www.nmu.edu/tickets. Tickets at the door will be $14. - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Cookie Booth – March 12-13
Negaunee – Brownie Troop 5044 of the Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes Council will have a Cookie Booth at the Negaunee SuperOne, next to the check out lines on Friday, March 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday, March 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each box is [...] - Calendar – Food – Lenten Fish Fry – March 12
Harvey – St. Louis the King Church in Harvey will offer a Fish Fry on Friday, March 12 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the church’s Gauthier Hall. All U Care to Eat-Deep-Fried Fish: Adults $9, Seniors $8, Children (11-16) $6, Children (10-under) free with one paid adult. For the children there will [...] - Calendar – Education – Songbird Presentation – March 12
Marquette – Professor David Bailey, a biology professor at St. Norbert College, will discuss memory in songbirds on Friday, March 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Mead Auditorium in the West Science Building at Northern Michigan University. Bailey will examine the convergence of procedural and “episodic-like” memories in songbirds, explaining the pieces of data that [...] - Calendar – Fun – Comedian Don Burnstick Adult Comedy Show – March 12
Marquette – Comedian Don Burnstick will perform an adult comedy show on Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m. in Vandament Arena at Northern Michigan University. Burnstick is a Cree from the Alexander First Nation near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He has been involved with the healing/personal wellness movement for the past 20 years and has [...] - Calendar – Holidays/Music – Celtic Band Concert – March 12
Marquette – The Celtic band “The Crossing” will perform an all ages St. Patrick’s Day concert on Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m. at Water’s Edge Church, 1228 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette. Admission is $5. - Calendar – Education – Breakfast in Paris Seminar – March 12
Marquette – Peter Claybaker, owner and head baker of the Marquette Baking Company, will present “Breakfast in Paris: Croissants and Other Breakfast Pastries” on Friday, March from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Whitman Commons at Northern Michigan University. This free seminar will include the history, the baking processes and a taste of the products. This event [...] - Calendar – Health – WIC Clinic – March 12
Gwinn – Marquette County Health Department will offer a WIC Clinic on Friday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 201 Ventura, K.I. Sawyer in Gwinn. For an appointment or more information, call 475-7846. - Calendar – Strengthening Families – March 11
Marquette – Catholic Social Services of the Upper Peninsula will offer Strengthening Families, a free program for families challenged by a substance abuse or mental health problems and have a desire to improve family life as a part of their recovery, on Thursday, March 11 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist [...] - Calendar – Benefits/Fundraisers – Spaghetti Dinner – March 11
Marquette – The Marquette American Legion Blues/Reds baseball teams will sponsor their annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Thursday, March 11 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 44, 700 W. Bluff Street in Marquette. Tickets cost $5; free for children 4 and younger. Tickets may be purchased from any Blues or Reds player [...]
Do You Have an Event or Calendar Item To Share
As public service, community events, sport announcements, charity events, school events, and so on may be submitted for free here.
Submitted items are published on a number of websites:
- WRUP.com – 98.3 WRUP – The U.P.’s ONLY Real Classic Rock Station
- WFXD.com – FOX 103 – WFXD – Today’s New Hit Country
- WKQSfm.com – The Best of the 80’s, 90’s, and Now!
Select Calendar Items are also broadcast on in several of our Community Calendar Announcements. ALL FREE! So, submit your announcement with the form below.
