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Free gardening series continues
MARQUETTE -- The second session of a free gardening series will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Marquette Missionary Church at 1804 Wright St., in Marquette.
The "Growing Your Food in the U.P." gardening series is open to everyone, is hands-on and explores soil dynamics and the use of permaculture for greater success growing food in the challenging Upper Peninsula climate. The series is sponsored by Transition Marquette County.
For more information, contact Michael Riesterer at transitionmarquette@gmail.com or call 225-0608.
NCLL deadline coming up
MARQUETTE -- The Northern Center for Lifelong Learning will host a tour of the Marquette Area Public Schools Makerspace from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in Room 257 at Marquette Area Senior High School.
Learn the history of innovation at MAPS, the programming MAPS has launched this year and plans for the future. After a presentation by MAPS Makerspace Director Becky Simmons, attendees will have the chance to try coding, virtual reality and a 3D printer.
The cost is $3 for NCLL members and $8 for non-members. Register by Friday, Oct. 13, by calling 227-2979. For more information, contact Caroline Jordan at 228-9953.
Legion fish fry is Friday
MARQUETTE -- The Marquette American Legion Post at 700 W. Bluff St., Marquette, will host a fish fry from 5-7 p.m. Friday.
There is a choice of whitefish, shrimp or chicken strips and baked potato or french fries. All meals include cole slaw.
The public is welcome. There will be live music in the club for members and guests.
Bands will battle on Saturday
MARQUETTE -- Northern Michigan University's Forest Roberts Theatre is hosting Rock the FRT at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Six bands will compete for the local title and a cash prize of $300 for first place and $200 for second place at this "battle of the bands" event.
Audiences can expect to hear a range of music, from metal to folk rock, with a mix of originals and covers. Bands are given a four-song or 25-minute time limit for their sets.
The bands competing are Daydreamers, Now Society Fails, Tease, Joel & The Good Boys, Heel Click and Our Last Vision.
"Audiences should look forward to seeing six really talented bands grace the stage of the FRT," said Technical Director David Pierce in a news release. "There will also be a full range of entertainment design, such as moving lights, fog, haze and more.
"We are doing everything we can to make this into a full concert experience."
Rock the FRT will feature entertainment designs by NMU theater students, under the guidance of Pierce and Director of Theatre Bill Digneit.
Tickets are $15 for the public, $10 for students and $5 for NMU students. Tickets are available online at tickets.nmu.edu or at any NMU EZ Ticket outlet. For more information on the event, contact the Forest Roberts Theatre Box Office at 906-227-2082 or via email at frtbox@gmail.com.
Far North Brass to perform
MARQUETTE -- The Northern Michigan University music department will host a free concert by The Far North Brass Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Reynolds Recital Hall.
The concert is part of the department's Chamber Music Series.
The group includes professors of music Mark Flaherty and Steve Grugin, and a selection of students. This will be the premier performance for the group.
MooseWood talks fungi
MARQUETTE -- "The Hope of Fungi Amidst the 6th Mass Extinction: Spiritual Experience, Medicine, and Human Evolution" is a presentation being offered twice at MooseWood Nature Center, from 2-4 p.m. Saturday and again from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 28.
When anthropologists found Otzi the Ice Man in north Italy, the frozen mummy had two special and very common mushrooms attached to his belt. What was it that humans knew back then…3500 B.C.E.?
Ryan Iacovacci will lead a discussion, followed by a fungi walk/ID, focused on the roles fungi play not only in the forest ecosystems, but as they relate to the evolution and survival of symbiotic species, especially humans. Mushrooms have been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years, as well as mystical experience throughout Central/South America for just as long. Remnants of Fungi iconography can be found across cultures and history, even fossilized fungi as tall as trees.
Iacovacci has a background in international relations and religious studies from the University of South Florida, and has been working in local food systems for the past decade, from foraging to permaculture to distribution.
Iacovacci holds a mushroom certification with the state of Michigan and can be found at the farmers market in Marquette during the season.
A suggested donation of $20/adult is being asked or pay what you can to help support MooseWood and the instructor. Kids 12 and younger may attend for free.
Registration is required. Each date will have a maximum of 30 people. Visit moosewood.org for more information and to register.
For Saturday's session, participants will meet as MooseWood and the walk will take place on Presque Isle Park. For the Saturday, Oct. 28 event, the location will be in Marquette County. Specific place yet to be determined.
Dress appropriately for the weather as the program will be held rain or shine.