Arts & Culture

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI--   Four Upper Peninsula nonprofit groups have received grants from the Michigan Humanities Council.  

Money is awarded annually to organizations that support cultural, educational and community-based public humanities programs. 

$15,000 was approved for the Calumet Theatre Company in Houghton County. 

In Chippewa County another $15,000 is slated for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society; $2,930 is going to Lake Superior State University; and $5,674 is going to the Bayliss Public Library in the Soo.

MARQUETTE, MI (AP)--   A restoration effort is under way for the historic Father Marquette statue in the city of Marquette. 

A Detroit-based company that works in sculpture preservation recently spent the day creating molds of the reliefs at the base of the statue.  In the 115 years since the statue was dedicated to the city of Marquette, pieces have been broken from the reliefs.  Experts will return in the spring to attach replacements to the original reliefs.

MARQUETTE, MI--   Six Upper Peninsula counties are sharing in nearly $5.7 million in grants from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.  

The money is going to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, educational institutions, and municipalities.