Antlers and Meat
A TASTE OF DEER HUNTING CULTURE IN THE U.P.
The cold December night is silvered and silent. No wind stirs the empty tree branches at field’s edge. Deer creep from forest to clearing on hushed, cloven hooves. When clouds unveil the moon, their breath makes ghostly puffs. Delicate white hairs framing black button noses rime with frost. A thick pink tongue protrudes, licking away […]
Woolymama: Transforming Wool Into Wearable Art
U.P. ARTIST CREATES COUTURE DRESSES WITH NUNO WOOL Marquette, MI – No longer a vision of awkward knitted sweaters from your grandparents time, wool is making a comeback in new and wonderful ways. Combining modern fibers and techniques people are redesigning wool products into sustainable wearable clothing from head to toe. Tucked away within the […]
A Thank You
JOIN A YDWP VOLUNTEER AS SHE WADES INTO THE YELLOW DOG RIVER By Xavier Donajkowski As I waded into the Yellow Dog River in chest waders in mid-fall, the rain rolled off my waterproof jacket sleeves. The cold drizzle made my lips shiver and my hands slip on the bucket full of river water, leaves, […]
STRAIGHTtalk: With Karl Bohnak
Marquette, MI – Brian Cabell sits down with the UP’s favorite meteorologist, Karl Bohnak, for a candid conversation about females, politics, TV news and climate change. BC: How would you describe yourself as a boy? Curious? Adventurous? Mischievous? KB: I would say I was the curious type and occasionally I was adventurous. For instance, during […]
“Chicago” Theatre Review
"CHICAGO" CAST RAZZLE DAZZLES ONSTAGE AT FOREST ROBERTS THEATRE NOVEMBER 19TH - 22ND!
By Denise Clark The Forest Roberts Theatre brings the well known, and much loved musical “Chicago,” to their main stage this week. If by chance you agree with Defense Attorney Billy Flynn’s assertion that “murder is a form of entertainment,” then you will not want to miss this fairly extravagant production. Direction is by Ansley […]
REFLECTIONS OF PAST AND FUTURE ON THE YELLOWDOG WATERSHED
REFLECTIONS OF PAST AND FUTURE ON THE YELLOWDOG WATERSHED by Rochelle Dale Octobers on the Yellow Dog always remind me of Aunt Mildred and my mom and dad. They would have been in their seventies at the time, back in the early 1990s. We were driving along the Toboggan road that runs parallel with the […]
Marquette Home Brewers
BREWING ENTHUSIASTS CREATE COMMUNITY AROUND THEIR PASSION FOR BEER Marquette, MI – The last several years in the United States has seen the popularity of craft beers and home brewing take off. Avid home brewer, David Gill says the craft beer revolution started up in the 90’s as people began discovering how much flavor beer […]
Deer Hunter’s Holiday
Marquette, MI – Probably the last great undeclared state holiday is the opening day of deer season. November 15th certainly creates a much bigger hoopla than many other holidays. While many public schools and businesses close for Opening Day, whoever calls in sick so as not to miss a Presidents’ Day celebration? Who has ever […]
Marquette Redmen vs Escanaba Eskymos
REDMEN EARN HARD FOUGHT WIN AGAINST ESKYMOS Marquette, MI – The Marquette Redmen varsity football team hosted the Escanaba Eskymos Friday September 19, 2014 on their home field. Plans for a comeback against Marquette fell short for the Eskymos as the Redmen held their lead with a close final quarter score of 24-22. Friday night’s […]
Camping in the U.P.
CREATING MEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME: CAMPING IN THE U.P. Marquette, MI – We may not have made the Top 10 locations to visit this summer, according to some reports, but something that has made the Upper Peninsula famous for its summer tourism industry are the vast areas of camping available up here ‘above the bridge.’ […]
