By BOBBY GLENN BROWN Special to Journal MARQUETTE — Happy Anniversary, “Rent” and thank you Masonic Arts Theatre Fellowship and Masonic Arts, Theatre & Innovation for allowing Marquette audiences to celebrate with you. Producer Sarah Balding Engle entrusted a stellar production staff ...
My unease grew as I scrolled through the news notifications on my phone on the evening of March 11, 2020, the lit-up screen a bright contrast to the surrounding darkness. “Tom Hanks tests positive for COVID-19.” “NBA suspends season.” “Restrictions announced on travel from Europe.” This series of headlines seemed to mark a definite transition in the world. I remember thinking that this day would divide my life into two distinct halves. I did not realize just how true this would become. In the following days, I would realize the aforementioned notifications were ...
The first day of March seemed to completely fulfill the beginning of that well-known cliche about the month: “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” Writing the first half of this old saying in my journal last Sunday was a bit trite, but completely irresistible as winds howled, clouds filled the sky and large, fluffy snowflakes fell. Yet, deep down, I know the arrival of March 1 means spring is on the horizon, no matter what the weather is like that day. The early days of March — whether they come howling in with bitter winds and inches of snowfall or arrive more gently, with dry ...
For me, there’s no shortage of things to love about secondhand items. There’s the mysteries, the stories, the joyful coincidence of the perfect object somehow finding its way to you, the chance to give something another use, a new life. And whether an item comes from a thrift store, a yard sale, an estate sale, a friend, a relative, or another type of secondhand conduit, there’s likely more to it than meets the eye. Depending on the situation, you may or may not know an item’s story, but it can be fascinating to try to learn more about its history; or at least, imagine the ...
MARQUETTE — Local book lovers: Make note of this. The Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association has announced the Second Annual U.P. Notable Books List. UPPAA Publications Chairman Mikel Classen of Sault Ste. Marie initiated the list as a response to the lack of representation of ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: Christie’s Chronicles is a new monthly column by Journal Staff Writer Christie Mastric that will run the last weekend of each month. At first I balked about naming my column Christie’s Chronicles, as I realize that alliteration is overused in literature. But that’s what ...
