Celebrate the UP!

The 2019 Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition's (UPEC) Celebrate the UP! will again be at the Three Corners on Ridge and Front streets (Peter White Public Library PWPL, Landmark Inn LI, Federated Women’s Clubhouse FWC) plus the Ore Dock Brewery (ODB) in Marquette.

Friday, March 29

• Quarterly meeting of the UPEC board, 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M., FWC. UPEC Annual Meeting, with review of the year and the board election, 4:30 P.M., FWC.

• Short Video Contest Award Winners, 6:30-7:30 P.M., ODB.

• Yooper music kickoff event: Conga Se Menne. 8:00 P.M., ODB.

Saturday, March 30

• Keynote Address, “The Sixth Great Lake.” David Dempsey, author and environmental policy specialist. 9:00 A.M., FWC.

• Individual sessions, 10:15 A.M. – 3:30 P.M., PWPL, LI, FWC :

– Rolf and Candy Peterson, canoeing around Isle Royale.

– Mark Doremus, filmmaker, the Back Forty Project (mine on Menominee River).

– Joe Kaplan, ornithologist.

– Phil Watts, rock climber.

– Michael Loukinen, filmmaker, burbot fishing in the Copper Country.

– Karena Schmidt, lichens.

– Michelle Tuccini, En plein air painters.

– Tara Gluski and Dave Kalishek, becoming an outdoors woman.

• Two “Activate the U.P.” Panels, FWC; Industrial wind power plant in L’Anse Township, and UPX mineral lease proposal.

• Plenary Panel: “Capturing a Moment in Time," 3:30 P.M., PWPL. A dozen people, one iconic U.P. image each, three minutes per person to elucidate choice and meaning.

• Reception: “Winding down with three wilderness poets,” 5:00 P.M., FWC.

All events free and open to the public.