Sunday, December 5th is the official unveiling of "Portrait of a Peninsula". We'll have a get-together and book-signing at the Landmark Inn, downstairs in the lobby from 3-6 pm.Paul Grant, the longtime Marquette painter, is of course, the big attraction. His patrons have been asking him for years to put together a book of ... Continue Reading
New book due out soon
It's titled, "Portrait of a Peninsula" and it'll be unveiled in a few more weeks on Sunday, December 5th.The book is a collaboration between me and the artist Paul Grant, featuring more than 80 of his paintings over the last 4o years, accompanied by text written by me. It's a celebration of Paul's paintings and of the Upper ... Continue Reading
The Monstrosity on Ridge Street
It was one of the most dispiriting experiences I've had since I moved to the U.P. more than six years ago.The Marquette City Board of Zoning Appeals Thursday evening overruled an earlier Planning Commission decision, and voted to approve the construction of a butt-ugly six-story building next to the graceful Citadel ... Continue Reading
Agreement, at Last
In what has to be the most toxically partisan political campaign of the last few decades, we finally found some cross-partisan agreement in the First Congressional District debate that TV6 aired earlier this week.The unifying issue, interestingly enough, was the war in Afghanistan. Six candidates--Republican Dan Benishek, ... Continue Reading
David versus Goliath
It hasn't gotten a lot of attention yet, but there's an interesting dynamic building within the business communities of Marquette County.And although both sides in this dynamic are trying to play down any possible conflict, the potential for conflict is certainly there.I'm talking about the re-emergence of the Greater ... Continue Reading