Category: Ishpeming
Enduring Legacies: Revisiting the Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster of 1926
(ISHPEMING, MI) Nearly a century ago, a historic tragedy struck the small mining town of Ishpeming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula when the Barnes-Hecker mine collapsed, claiming the lives of 51 men. It was the worst mining disaster in Michigan history and the deadliest iron ore mine disaster in the history…
Book Preview Party in Ishpeming for “My Heart Smiles”
Two of our newest Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) members, Diana Oman and Colleen O’Hara are going to have a book preview party for their new book My Heart Smiles at the Joy Center in Ishpeming. Here’s Diana’s message: SAVE THE DATE!!!! Thursday, JANUARY 9TH! at the JOY…
Winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest to appear on September 19th
U.P. resident writers serving as contest judges have selected the winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest, sponsored by North Country Publishing of Skandia and Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore of Munising. Entries were received from residents across the peninsula. Andrea Chynoweth of Munising is the contest…
Tyler Tichelaar on Ghost Stories – May 30th, Ispheming
Join U.P. Author Tyler Tichelaar as he tells stories and reads from his new book Spirit of the North: a paranormal romance. Tyler will talk about Marquette’s first ghost, why he chose to write a paranormal story, and the story behind the story. The Joy Center, Wednesday, May 30th, 7-8:30…
UPPAA @ Ishpeming Renaissance Fair
Tyler R. Tichelaar – Author Events in the U.P.
I hope you’re all enjoying summer. It’s been too hot for this Yooper lately, but that’s not stopping me from participating in multiple summer events. Here are a few places you can catch me, beginning this weekend. Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 – Come to Marquette to visit…
Enduring Legacies: Revisiting the Barnes-Hecker Mine Disaster of 1926
(ISHPEMING, MI) Nearly a century ago, a historic tragedy struck the small mining town of Ishpeming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula when the Barnes-Hecker mine collapsed, claiming the lives of 51 men. It was the worst mining disaster in Michigan history and the deadliest iron ore mine disaster in the history…
Book Preview Party in Ishpeming for “My Heart Smiles”
Two of our newest Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) members, Diana Oman and Colleen O’Hara are going to have a book preview party for their new book My Heart Smiles at the Joy Center in Ishpeming. Here’s Diana’s message: SAVE THE DATE!!!! Thursday, JANUARY 9TH! at the JOY…
Winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest to appear on September 19th
U.P. resident writers serving as contest judges have selected the winners in the First Annual UP Nature Writing Contest, sponsored by North Country Publishing of Skandia and Falling Rock Cafe and Bookstore of Munising. Entries were received from residents across the peninsula. Andrea Chynoweth of Munising is the contest…
Tyler Tichelaar on Ghost Stories – May 30th, Ispheming
Join U.P. Author Tyler Tichelaar as he tells stories and reads from his new book Spirit of the North: a paranormal romance. Tyler will talk about Marquette’s first ghost, why he chose to write a paranormal story, and the story behind the story. The Joy Center, Wednesday, May 30th, 7-8:30…
UPPAA @ Ishpeming Renaissance Fair
Tyler R. Tichelaar – Author Events in the U.P.
I hope you’re all enjoying summer. It’s been too hot for this Yooper lately, but that’s not stopping me from participating in multiple summer events. Here are a few places you can catch me, beginning this weekend. Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 – Come to Marquette to visit…



