May 19 Sunday
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.
MooseWood Nature Center is getting wild with native plants! Come see a variety of plants native to the Upper Peninsula and learn about why what you plant matters. Pop-up plant sale benefits MooseWood Nature Center's year-round programming.
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Wednesday, May 22, 6:30 p.m.For decades, rock layer in Negaunee Township has been on the radar of regional and international geologists. Confirmed now to be the far-flung debris created by the impact of a giant meteor that struck near what is now Sudbury, Ontario 1.85 billion years ago, this rock forms an outcropping at the McClure Basin. Come hear the story of this incredible geological discovery from the principal investigator on this project, William Cannon, Geologist Emeritus of the U.S. Geological Survey along with local landowner at the basin, Bryon Ennis. $5 suggested donation.Image of Amy and Bryon Ennis at an outcropping of meteor debris at McClure Basin. Picture by Barb Letts.
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