NO SURPRISE, THE famed Mt. Shasta Restaurant in Michigamme hasn't been a big moneymaker in its first year after being brought back from the dead. New owner Scott Holman has spent plenty in re-doing the dining room, the kitchen, the basement, and the outside dining area. But Holman, who's been highly successful in his ... Continue Reading
Celebrating the Outdoors, Meeting Singles, and Biking and Skiing on the Mountain
IT STARTED AS just a crazy idea tossed about by cofounders Aaron Peterson, Bugsy Sailor and Bill Thompson about five years ago. Now it's a full scale four day event that's putting Marquette on the map. We're talking about the fourth annual Fresh Coast Film Festival, of course. It opens Thursday at the Marquette Commons ... Continue Reading
Omigod! Nudity in Marquette!
MOST OF US may be adding layers of clothes as the biting cold of winter approaches, but inside the theaters of Marquette, well, the actors are taking their clothes off. Nudity on stage! Alert the censors! Call in the police! Well, maybe not. Maybe we're become a little more tolerant, more sophisticated, more ... Continue Reading
Coming Soon Downtown: an Upscale Women’s Clothing Store
THAT STOREFRONT RECENTLY vacated by Silk Worm Threads (and previously Reblossom) on Washington Street downtown won't stay vacant much longer. Say hello to "Revival," the latest creation of Michele Dupras, the entrepreneurial designer who's given us Revisions, the handcrafted home goods store just a block down the street ... Continue Reading
From Tacos to Books, and from NMU to Border Grill
WEEK NUMBER ONE in Mike Walker's new life. "I'm loving it," he says. "For the last few weeks, I hadn't been sleeping very well because I've been worried about the change in my life, the new job. But actually now, over these last few days, I've been sleeping really well." Walker, of course, is the guy who ran the ... Continue Reading
Protecting the Lake from Pollution, and Easing the Burden for Churches
THERE'VE BEEN CONCERNS recently about storm runoff in Marquette polluting Lake Superior. The photo above, showing a stream of street runoff flowing directly into the Lake near McCarty's Cove, illustrates the problem perfectly. City Manager Mike Angeli concedes it's something the city needs to work on but insists it ... Continue Reading
A Bakery War? Or a New, Welcoming Pastry Row in Downtown Marquette?
YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED the new facade on the 231 West building in downtown Marquette. Exceptionally handsome. As attractive as any in Marquette. But it's what's behind that exterior that will provide an interesting story in the months and years ahead. 231 West will be a high class French-style patisserie and coffee ... Continue Reading
Book World Building Is Sold, and It’s Beer Choir Night!
NEARLY TWO YEARS after Book World closed down in the heart of downtown Marquette, the building has finally been sold. The buyers? Anne White, originally of Marquette, and her partner, Scott Anderson, who together form Buffalo Dragon Investments. So....what's it gonna be? "We're not absolutely certain what we're ... Continue Reading
The Hail Mary
"It's like we threw a long bomb into the end zone and we completed the pass. And we scored. It actually happened." The words of David Gill, the president of the board of the Marquette Brewing Cooperative which today (Tuesday) opens Drifa, the new brewery in south Marquette. Today's opening is for the 350 co-op members ... Continue Reading
StraightTalk: Sophie Erber
Brian Cabell sits down and talks with TV6 anchor Sophie Erber--the classic fish-out-of-water who's managed to adapt to life in the Upper Peninsula over the last five years. BC: You're not from the U.P., are you? Born on the East Coast? SE: I was born in New York City. My first bedroom was actually facing the ... Continue Reading
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