MANISTIQUE – The Upper Peninsula History Conference will be held in Manistique next weekend, June 20-22. The conference will highlight historical features of Schoolcraft County such as Big Springs or Kitch-iti-kipi and Seul Choix Point Lighthouse.
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Membership Show at Bonifas features local artists
ESCANABA – Artists that are members of the Bonifas Fine Arts Center have submitted works for the Bonifas Membership Show in May and June. Dakota Guiterrez submitted his painting “Of Our Lives (Within the Circles)”. It’s one of the pieces for the upcoming Membership Show in the Powers Gallery at the Bonifas.
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Volunteers make Bonifas art auction happen
ESCANABA – How many volunteer hours does it take to make an art auction happen? Fifty. One hundred. More. For the William Bonifas Fine Arts Center, this year’s art auction, “Arabian Nights – Rock the Casbah,” relied on the benefaction of many many more than that.
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Students receive awards in Bonifas’ annual ‘Youth in Art’ exhibit
ESCANABA – Students from 6th to 12th grade received awards last night for their artwork entered in the annual “Youth in Art” exhibit at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center in Escanaba. Gladstone freshman Kallie Hubert won an award for her artwork titled “Cornell Chickens.”
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Youth in Art exhibit at Bonifas makes adjustments in wake of school art cuts
ESCANABA – Youth in Art awards were presented last night to students from Kindergarten through 5th grade during a packed reception at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center. Director Pasqua Warstler says they were concerned about receiving enough entries this year because of cutbacks at some area schools and the elimination of art classes, especially in the elementary grades.
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Players de Noc production of Monty Python’s Spamalot opens Feb. 28
ESCANABA – The Players de Noc production Monty Python’s Spamalot opens Friday, Feb. 28, at the Bonifas Fine Arts Theater in Escanaba. Director Jeff Woerpel says he picked the play because of the humor.
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Players de Noc play is delightful twist to an old classic
ESCANABA – Players de Noc’s theater production of Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol follows the traditional yuletide tale but this is not the normal Charles Dickens holiday classic that you know so well. It was written in 1994 by Tom Mula.
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Upper Peninsula families have many Thanksgiving traditions
ESCANABA – Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to get together and enjoy time with each other. Those traditions can change over the years as people get older and others pass away. Craig Woerpel talks about the traditions of Thanksgiving with his mother Donna Woerpel and the history of the holiday in the U.S. during a radio interview Wednesday morning.
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Malone brings night sky to Bonifas exhibit
ESCANABA – The Northern Lights will be shining at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center with the photography of Shawn Malone. The Marquette photographer’s exhibit North Country Dreamland features vivid photos of Northern Lights and other night sky phenomena from the Upper Peninsula.
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