For a slide show of Calumet photos go to www.michiganbackroads.com

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Heritage Celebration August 13th -16th more info

Miss Coppertown Registration Form download pdf file

here

Pageant Criteria - download pdf file here

The Miss Coppertown 2008 Pageant will be held at the Historic Calumet Theatre on August 15th at 7PM

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VERTIN ART GALLERY ANNOUNCES AUGUST EXHIBITION

CALUMET, Michigan -The Vertin Gallery will be hosting an opening reception for its newest exhibition of visual artworks by Tom Rudd and Margo McCafferty. The reception will be held August 15th 7-9:00pm, refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

From August 15th to September 17th the show, titled "Recent Works", will be on display in their first Upper Peninsula solo show. The McCafferty-Rudds will show artworks produced by this dynamic visual art couple in the past three years. The works will include paintings made with egg tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor and colored pencil, and three-dimensional works in stone, wood, various cast materials and installations.

The exhibit will also feature collaborative color-reduction relief prints inspired by the McCafferty-Rudds residencies at Isle Royale National Park and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, along with selected revealing images from their ongoing "Rust Belt" series of prints.

Located in the heart of downtown Calumet, the Vertin Gallery is one of the Upper Peninsula's premiere galleries, featuring art across all mediums including painting, copper, jewelry, sculpture and fine woodworking. The work in the gallery changes frequently and, each month, premiers a new exhibit to feature fresh new artists of the highest quality. For more information on the gallery and upcoming events, please visit www.vertingallery.com or call (906) 337-2200.

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If you'd like more information on this event please call the Vertin Gallery at 906/337-2200.

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Press Release Miskwabik Ed Gray GalleryProgram, AUGUST 15TH

This Friday evening, August 15th, visiting poets Ralph Murre and Sharon Auberle will be joined by resident poet Tom Blessing as they each read from their collected works at Calumet's Miskwabik Ed Gray Gallery, 109 Fifth Street.

The program will also feature the launching of the latest book from Miskwabik Press, Keweenaw favorite Joe Kirkish's "Superior Seasons", a volume of color photography. The photographer will be on hand for book signing.

The evening will conclude with a reading of Murre's "Psalms" in the voices of Auberle, Blessing, and the author, who will also be available to sign copies of his book of art and poetry which will be available from the gallery.

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NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Calumet, Michigan "Help Stop The Rot"     The First Norwegian Church of Calumet was constructed by the local contracting firm of Bajari-Ulseth in 1898-99 to serve an immigrant population from Norway attracted by work in the area’s copper mines.   The church design shows a strong Norwegian influence and is said to be a replica of a church in Kristiansund, Norway, birthplace of Ed Ulseth.   Since 2000 The Norwegian Lutheran Church Historical Society has been dedicated to maintaining, restoring, and facilitating future use of this very historic building.   Installed in the 1920’s, the current fiber cement roof has weathered many severe winters and urgently needs replacement. The proposed architectural grade composition shingle roof will closely approximate in look and color the original wood shingle roof from 1898. The $35,000 roof replacement price tag is an enormous sum for a small organization such as ours and it is quite plain that help from charitable donors is needed to meet the cost.     We know that you would not wish to see this well-loved and familiar silhouette of local church architecture disappear from the landscape. Any contribution will be gratefully received please click here for a printable donation form.

Norwegian Lutheran Church in Calumet - "Help Stop The Rot"

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June 26 & 28 Pastyfest 2008

Click here for more details		Click here for a larger view.

Bake-off Application can be downloaded here

Parade Registration Form can be downloaded here

Pasty Fest Schedule of Events

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Great Deer Chase Mountain Bike Race

This year for the Great Deer Chase Mountain Bike race we want to give the racers a $5 coupon to purchase food after the race. This coupon will be referred to as Bambo Bucks and will be issued only in $5 denominations. They will be sequentially numbered and printed with 2/colors of ink on colored paper to make false duplication difficult. They will only be valid from Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17, 2008.

We ask that you treat them as you would cash. On the Monday or Tuesday following the race (August 18 & 19, 2008), the director will come by and issue a check for amount of Bambo Bucks that have been used at your place of business.

We would like to know if you would want to participate in this program. If so please let us know before May 1 so we can add your name to the approved Bambo Buck vendor list.

Sincerely,

Marc J. Norton
Great Deer Chase
www.GreatDeerChase.org
423 Pine Street, Calumet, MI 49913
906-337-1300 Work

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Bear Chase 2007 Photos Click here to view

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Main Street Committee Meetings

• Economic Restructuring - 2nd Tuesday @ 8am at the MSC Office
• Organization Committee - 2nd Tuesday @ 11am at Keweenaw Memorial Hospital
• Promotions Committee - Last Wednesday of the month @ 8am at the
  Evergreen Restaurant
• Design Committee - Every 2nd Thursday @ 8:30am at the MSC Office
• Board - Every 3rd Wednesday @ 8am at the MSC Office, 200 Fifth Street, Calumet
  
  

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