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‘First Thursdays’ event returns to Marquette

MARQUETTE — Marquette’s First Thursdays returns for a special holiday edition from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today. The First Thursdays program features a citywide experience when gallery owners and the artists they represent welcome the community into their studios. Visitors enjoy food, drink and conversation with some of Marquette’s finest painters, sculptors, woodworkers, jewelry designers and other artists on the self-guided tour. One-of-a-kind gifts are also available. The First Thursdays program promotes area talent, invites visitors to explore the local art scene and helps ...

U.P. is wild, bountiful

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” — Friedrich Koenig With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it is still good to remember how wild and bountiful the Upper ...

What’s flying: The softness of winter’s snow

“I wonder if the snow  loves  the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’”  — Lewis Carrol The first snows have come and this one may ...

Marquette County Moose

In this photo taken by Ishpeming resident Tony Bertucci, a moose takes a stroll in the woods south of Ishpeming on Nov. 9. Did you take a great shot of the sunset over Teal Lake? Or did you happen to snap a captivating image of wildlife? The Mining Journal is accepting original local photo ...

Oh yes, it’s ‘Ladies Night’

In the photo above, Allie Johnson of Marquette fills out a form to win a $5,000 shopping spree at Richardson Jewelers, located along Washington Street in Marquette, during Thursday’s annual Ladies Night Out. In the photo at left, Joanna Emigh of Marquette visits Revisions, a store carrying ...

World changes as winter arrives

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” — Anais Nin As winter closes in on the Upper Peninsula, the world here definitely changes. The sounds of all but the storms on Lake Superior ...