THE TWO SIGNS out front--Book World and For Sale--are incorrect. Book World closed down two years ago, and the building was sold two months ago. The new owners, Anne White and Scott Anderson, are planning to convert the former theater and book store into a distillery. Yep, they'll be making gin, vodka, malt whiskey ... 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
A Theater in Downtown Marquette
MAYBE. It's very early in the process but two men are quietly putting together plans, with the help of a few other locals, to buy the building being vacated next month by Book World on West Washington Street. And then transform it into a 400 seat theater for both cinema and the performing arts. A one screen theater ... Continue Reading
More Music, More Coffee, a Mea Culpa, Fewer Books, Many More Apartments, A New Tech Launch, More National Praise, and How Not to Do Business
EXPECT TO HEAR more music on Third Street later this month. A new music store, Yooptone Music, offering instruments for sale and rent, repairs and lessons, hopes to open its doors in the Village Shopping Center on November 20th. That's the space currently occupied by the Sara Cambensy headquarters. If you're saying to ... Continue Reading