Marquette’s Peter White Public Library has announced the lineup of community events they will be hosting for Art Week! For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Youth Community Art- Tye-Dye Flags Monday June 23 (4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.), Tuesday June 24 (10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.), Wednesday June 25 (1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.), 2025. Peter White Public Library Great Room. Youth of all ages are invited to drop in to one of the Tye-Dye Flag Community Art sessions to design and dye a unique rainbow Flag. The flags will be added to a Community Art display in the Youth Services Room and will remain on display throughout the summer. Youth can retrieve their flags and take them home after August 1. Youth under the age of 8 must have an adult present in the program. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Block Busting Cinema Dinner & a Movie: Wicked Monday, June 23, 2025. 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. Adults, Teens, Seniors. Bring a wickedly delicious dinner for the movie! Tables will be available for dining. In this musical adaptation, Wicked (2024) reveals the untold story of Oz’s witches. Starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, the film follows Elphaba and Glinda—two unlikely friends whose bond is tested by power, destiny, and the forces that shape good and evil. Rated PG. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
All Booked Up: Can We Talk? Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Peter White Public Library Shiras Room. Adults, Seniors, Teens. This All Booked Up Book Club discussion will focus on Percival Everett’s James. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
Teen Tuesday: Felting with Jody Trost Tuesday, June 24, 2025. 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Peter White Public Library Community Room. Create a felted colorful person with local felting artist Jody Trost. Registration is required. Please only register for 1 session. For youth entering grades 6-12. No admission charge. For more information or to check the status of this program, call 226-4321, email Amanda at apierce@pwpl.info, or visit www.pwpl.info.
Bluesday Tuesday Concert on the Steps Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Front Street Steps. Adults, Seniors, All Ages. Peter White Public Library hosts a blues concert sponsored by the Marquette Area Blues Society. This month’s band: The Delta Duo. Weather Contingency: Community Room. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
All Booked Up Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. WLUC TV 6. Adults, Seniors, Family Friendly. Upper Michigan Today hosts an-air book discussion of Percival Everett’s James with host Tia Trudgeon. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
Cloverland Concert on the Steps Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Front Street Steps. Family, Adults, Seniors, Teens. Gather by the steps with chairs and picnics for an evening of folk and bluegrass tunes by popular local band Cloverland, featuring musicians Kerry Yost, Stephanie Whiton, Sarah Mittlefehldt, and John Gillette. A toe- and heart-tapping concert that is not to be missed! No admission charge. Weather Contingency: Community Room. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
Color Our World: Book Fair #1 Thursday June 26 (10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.) & Friday June 27 (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) Peter White Public Library Community Room. Youth registered for Summer Reading, and who have been tracking their reading, stop by anytime during Book Fair hours to choose your first free book of the summer! If you haven’t registered for summer reading yet, stop by the Youth Services desk and get your kids signed up! Remember your reading log. No admission charge. For more information and to check the status of the program, call 906-226-4323 or visit www.pwpl.info.
Adult SRP 2025: Art Escapes — Card Making Thursday, June 26, 2025. 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Heritage Room. Come and create one of a kind greeting cards made by you! We will have the supplies, so bring your creativity to make someone else’s day. Adults 18+ are invited to join us. Limited number of space. Registration required by calling the Reference Desk at 906-226-4311. This program is sponsored by the Friends of Peter White Public Library.
Ann Berman Louis Graveraet Kaufman: The Fabulous Michigan Gatsby Who Conquered Wall Street, Took Over General Motors, and Built the World’s Tallest Building Reading Thursday, June 26, 2025. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Peter White Public Library Shiras Room. Adults, Seniors, Family Friendly. Michigan historian Ann Berman reads from her biography about the life and legacy of local titan of American banking, Louis Graveraet, a Gatsbyesque figure born in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who married into great wealth and then amassed far more of his own. No admission charge. For more information, contact Marty at 226-4322, machatz@pwpl.info, or visit pwpl.info.
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