The calendar
EDITOR’S NOTE: Information for the Community Calendar should be submitted in writing, including the phone number of a contact person, no later than one week before the event. Mail to The Mining Journal, Attention: Newsroom/Community Calendar, Box 430, Marquette, MI 49855; fax to 906-228-2617; or email to rprusi@miningjournal.net, putting calendar in the subject line.
Thursday
Alcoholics Anonymous — Early Bird meeting, 7-8 a.m., First United Methodist Church, Marquette. Handicapped accessible. Call AA Hotline, 249-4430. For a complete AA meetings list visit www.aa-marquettecounty .org.
Superiorland Breakfast Kiwanis — meets 7-8 a.m., Pioneer Room A of University Center at Northern Michigan University. Meetings are open to the public.
MCHD — Clinic Services available today at Marquette County Health Department are: HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing, Family Planning, Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening, STD, and Health Services from9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A WIC Clinic will be held from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
12-Step Recovery Groups — offered daily at the Alano Club, 1202 S. Front St., Marquette.
Chair yoga — Chair yoga is offered at the Gwinn Clubhouse at 10 a.m. $2 donation goes to library fund. Call 346-2117 for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous — meets 10 a.m. at St. John’s Church in Ishpeming.
Library Treasure Sale — The Peter White Public Library Treasure Sale will take place in the Business Reference Room on the upper floor of the library. This sale will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.pwpl.info or call 228-9510
Storytime for 1s and 2s — 10:15 a.m. Peter White Public Library Youth Atrium. Join us for interactive stories, songs, rhymes and activities. For 18 months to 35 months, with a loving adult. Free. For more information call 226-4320 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Open Gym — from 10:30-noon at PEAK Gymnastics and Fitness, Marquette. $5 entry fee. Non-members are welcome.
Storytime for 3s and 4s — 11-11:30 a.m. Peter White Public Library Youth Atrium. Explore stories, fingerplays, songs and crafts. For 3 and 4-year-olds, with a loving adult. For more information call 226-4320 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Belles — The Ishpeming/Negaunee Belles will meet at the Jasper Ridge Brewery in Ishpeming at noon.
Alcoholics Anonymous — meets at noon at the Alano Club, 1202 S. Front St., Marquette. Handicapped accessible.
Alcoholics Anonymous — Women’s “Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions” discussion meeting at noon, Marquette Masonic Center, second-floor lounge. Handicapped accessible. Call AA hotline at 249-4430.
Movie — at 12:30 p.m. the Peter White Public Library will show the 2017 film “Gifted” in the library’s community room as part of its Matinee Movie series. Free. Bring a lunch and enjoy the movie in a dinner theater setting. Closed captioning will be on to ensure access for all.
Bridge — is played at 1 p.m. at the Superiorland Bridge Club, next to MC Sports at the Westwood Mall, Marquette. Visit http://superiorland_bridge.tripod.com/ for more information or call Cerona at 249-3529 or Karen at 273-1716.
Safe and Sober Group — for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence. 1-2:30 p.m. Conducted by the Women’s Center. Contact Camille at 226-6611 for more information.
Aktion Club — community service group for adults who live with a disability meets 1:30-2:30 p.m. first/third Thursdays at the Tourville West Clubhouse, Marquette. Call Troy Connors at 251-8353 or Miriam Black at 360-9430.
Storytime, exercise — The Negaunee Public Library is offering a storytime and exercise program each month. Tonya Marra Allen, a local fitness coach, will present her fun “Let’s Get Moving at the Library!” program at 4:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month. This program is for children ages 3-8 years.
Masterminds of All Kinds: Explore Tech, Water Wedges — 4:30-5:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. Put engineering skills to the test with Water Wedges. Part of the Explore Tech: Engineers Make a World of Difference Exhibit. Grades K-5. For more information call 226-4323 or visit www.pwpl.infok.
TOPS — Group 1579 meets at Christ the King Lutheran Church, 440 Stoneville Road, Ishpeming. Weigh-in at 5 p.m., meeting at 5:30 p.m.