Jul 27 Saturday
The Marquette Regional History Center presents the Special Exhibit:50 YEARS OF GUTS FRISBEE IN MARQUETTE MAY 13 - SEPTEMBER 7 In 1974 a Guts Frisbee tournament came to Marquette’s Cliffs Ridge ski hill. Thousands of paying spectators lined the playing fields. Guts Frisbee had its beginnings in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the late 1950s when the Healy brothers played at a family picnic. They then started an annual tournament, the International Frisbee Tournament. Soon folks from Marquette were driving up to play or watch and forming teams like the Queen City Flyers. This sport has spread around the world and is now part of the World Flying Disc Federation. Marquette players have competed as far away as Japan. Celebrate the origins, the rich personalities, and the camaraderie in this U.P. Sport. For more information visit marquettehistory.org or call 906.226.3571. Attached image: Queen City Flyers Guts Team of Marquette: Left to right: Steve and Dave DesJardins, Mark Libby, Scott Smith, Doug Weesen. Not pictured: Dave Schneider at Cliffs Ridge Ski Area, 1978. Photo credit Susan Brown.
"Vision Between the Lakes", an art exhibit open to the public, features the landscape oil paintings of John Evans and the blown and carved glass sculptures of Alex Fekete. An Artists' reception will be held July 17th 6:00 -7:30 PM.
Across Time and Place features Liz Ward and Robert Ziebell's recent multi-media approaches to interpreting and understanding place. Residents of Eagle Harbor, Michigan, and San Antonio, Texas, their works examine the nuance of place and focus on the richness of our world today and yesterday.
Robert Ziebell is an American artist who has worked in the field for over thirty-five years. Ziebell is a lens-based artist who bridges still and motion imagery to create new visual languages. Ziebell's work has been shown in numerous US museums, galleries, film festivals, and abroad.
Liz Ward is an American artist who works across various media, scales, and sites. Her work explores the meaning of landscape through layers of human, natural, and environmental history, memory, and experience. Ward has been in over two hundred group shows and has completed over thirty solo exhibitions in galleries, alternative spaces, and museums.
On Thursday, September 26th, 2024, at 5:30 pm, please join us for the talk and reception with the artists.
Jul 28 Sunday
Jul 29 Monday
Marquette Junior Yacht ClubYouth Sailing Lessons 2024
Youth Sailing Lessons are available for ages 8-17. For the weeks of July 8-12,15-19, 22-26, & July 29-August 2; there are two sessions available, one in the morning from 10 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. and one in the afternoon from 2 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Each session (five lessons Monday-Friday) costs $200. Youth are encouraged to learn at their own pace, so they can sign up for both sessions during a week or multiple sessions over several weeks.