MARQUETTE — Maritime History on Tap presents Fred Stonehouse’s “Gone: The Greatest Shipwreck Mystery on the Great Lakes” at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Ore Dock Brewing Co.. in Marquette. The suggested donation at the door is $5. Arrive early for the Christmas ornament sale at the ...
An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday — but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work, a badly needed bright spot after repeated disappointments in the quest for better Alzheimer’s treatments. Now the companies are providing full results of the study of nearly 1,800 people in the earliest stages of the mind-robbing disease. The data was ...
MARQUETTE — Tech Coaching for Seniors will be offered from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays Dec. 6, 13 and 20 in the Heritage Room of Peter White Public Library in Marquette. Need help with the downtown Marquette parking app? Want to adjust the settings on your phone or tablet? Learn how to make your electronic devices work the way you want them to with the help of Christine Ault, retired teacher and librarian, who is also an expert troubleshooter. Sessions will be offered in15-minute time slots. Sign up by calling the Peter White Public Library’s Reference Desk at 906-226-4311.
MARQUETTE — Northern Center for Lifelong Learning is offering a Christmas Light Bus Tourfrom 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. Participants should load on the bus at the Berry Event Center, east parking lot. The presenter will be NCLL’s Pat Woods. The cost is $5 for NCLL members/$10 for non-members plus $1 to MarqTran. This will be a bus tour of Marquette’s finest Christmas Light Displays. $1 charge by MarqTran payable the night of the tour. The evening will end with a Dutch treat pizza party at Vangos. The event liaison is Pat Woods: 906-458-9994, woodsy0782@gmail.com.
MARQUETTE — Celebrate Finnish Independence and Little Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 4. Finnish Independence Day (Dec. 6) and Little Christmas (“Pikkujoulu”) are the topics for the Sunday, Dec. 4 celebration of the Lake Superior Chapter of the Finlandia Foundation National. The event will take place in Magnuson Hall of Messiah Lutheran Church, 305 W. Magnetic St. in Marquettte, from 2-4 p.m. on Dec. 4. This celebration is open to all, both members and chapter friends, as well as folks interested in learning more about Finnish history and culture, and meeting some area Finns and ...
People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Travel experts say ...
