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John Wick gets even more stylish in fourth episode

A trip to Paris should be on everyone’s bucket list, even John Wick. The Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre — what better way to refresh your soul, even as you kick everyone else’s bucket? The un-retired assassin does indeed dive into the City of Lights in the inventive and ...

Nightlife

Today 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Dano Keller at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring open mic and jam with Warren Hantz and Joe Patrick at Flanigan’s, Marquette Wednesday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring open mic at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette Thursday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Jim and Ray at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette 8 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring The Delta Duo at Landmark Pub, Marquette Friday 5 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring The Wallens at Shelly’s Rainbow Bar, Ishpeming 7 ...

New this week: ‘Top Gun,’ Lana Del Rey and ‘Rabbit Hole’

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving this week. Do you have what it takes to be a country music’s next big star? Then tune into Apple TV+’s “My Kind of Country,” in which Jimmie Allen, ...

New ‘Shazam!’ has more everything, but less charm

Sequels, by nature, are more. Whatever the original had, just add more, the rule seems to be. Even more words in the title — how often is a sequel’s title shorter than the original? And so, exactly four years after the original DC superhero pic “Shazam!” surprised with its clever blend of innocence and silliness, and enough wit to blunt the inevitable ridiculousness of plot, we have “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.” It brings five times the title wordage, more action, more villains, more monsters and more star wattage — Oscar winner Helen Mirren, for example. But not more ...

NMU alumnus practices and teaches blacksmithing

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University 1997 alumnus Sam Laturi describes his craft of blacksmithing as “a spiritual journey, combining the four ancient elements to make objects of art and function.” The Iron River native is in his 25th year of shaping steel, and said he enjoys the ...

SAYT offers a sweet treat with ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’

By TEAGAN STURMER Special to the Journal Come experience Wonka Mania! this weekend down at Superior Arts Youth Theatre’s production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!” Led by a cast of incredible local youth actors, this show will have you bursting at the seams, reaching for a tissue, and rediscovering your love for pure imagination. It is a tale we all know and love. When young and imaginative Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to the mysterious Wonka Chocolate Factory, he finds himself given a chance at winning a lifetime’s supply of sugary sweets and chocolate that ...