FUNdraising for a Playground for All We are well into the age of the FUNdraiser... the event-driven vehicle of choice for non-profits and service groups looking to raise money for their cause, whatever that might be. Of course, many still just send out the occasional appeal letter with a return envelope, but where's the ... 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
A Packed Weekend
THE WINTERTIME BLAHS in Marquette? Naah. If your interests run more artsy than outdoorsy, you've got a helluva weekend ahead of you. First, the Medieval Dinner Theatre at the Masonic Center downtown, brought to you by the Forest Roberts Theatre and NMU. Both Friday and Saturday nights. Dinner, drinking, dancing, ... Continue Reading
The Ball is Back, and the Spectacle is Better than Ever
THE BALL DROP is back for New Years Eve in Marquette. And it'll be a new ball dropped from a new building. You can thank the Double Trouble boys and the Downtown Development Authority. A couple of weeks ago, JP Electric announced that, after a few decades of conducting the ball drop from the Savings Bank ... Continue Reading
Rover Deal Is Off
NO HUGE SURPRISE here. The rumors had been leaking out for the last few months. The deal that had the Double Trouble guys, Bill and Pat Digneit, and their partner, Alyssa Pilot, buying the Wild Rover, is off. Bad news for downtown. Bad news for everybody. The culprit, as it is in so many of these transactions, was ... Continue Reading