Main Street Calumet Blog by Tom Tikkanen

Calumet’s Cultural Economic Development Planning Launches with Public Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Calumet’s Cultural Economic Development (CED) plan—an assessment of the community’s assets, vision, and future goals that has been nearly a year in the making—will be presented to the public on Monday, October 5.

Consultant Tom Borrup, of Dreeszen and Associates, will lead the presentation. Borrup worked with Main Street Calumet and its Cultural Economic Development Steering Committee to create the plan, which highlights Calumet’s advantages and goals and identifies action items to strengthen the community’s identity and cultural economic development.

Last year, Calumet was named as one of only four Main Street communities selected to take part in the pilot CED program, which provides cultural, arts, and heritage-based planning. The goal was to provide Calumet with strategies for utilizing arts and culture within the community, identify existing cultural assets, and develop opportunities for collaboration with local and regional partners.

The CED plan is sponsored by the Michigan Main Street program, a joint partnership between the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA)/Michigan Main Street Center and the Michigan Department of History, Arts, and Libraries (HAL)/State Historic Preservation Office. The Michigan Office of Cultural Economic Development at HAL assisted. Funding was provided by a grant from MSHDA and federal funds from the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior through HAL.

The meeting will be held on Monday, October 5, at 7:00 pm at the Calumet Art Center (former Community Church), located at 57055 Fifth Street. It is open to the public and all Keweenaw residents are encouraged to attend. For more information, contact Main Street Calumet at 906-337-MAIN or info@mainstreetcalumet.com.

2009 Events at the Calumet Art Center

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:49:00 +0000

2009 Class & Events Schedule for the Calumet Art Center, Inc.

September

· 26 – Drumming Circle 7pm – 9pm

Instruments provided or bring your own

· 29 – Art in Spire – Artist Talking Circle 7pm – 9pm

All art enthusiasts and supporters welcome

Discussion about art and artists

October

· 2 – First Friday in Calumet 6:30 – 9:00

Savannah Clayton, Flute

Julia Feeley, Violin

Making music with friends

· · 3 – Maria & Percussionists “Kitchen Symphony”

Youth – Workshop 3pm – 5pm

Performance 7pm – 9pm

· · 5 – Main Street Community Meeting

(Cultural Economic Development Plan Presentation) 7pm

· · 14 – Open Studio 10am - 5pm

BYO project and materials – all mediums

Clay and tools available

(Donations for clay materials accepted)

· · 16 – Harvest Fund Raiser 6:30 – 9pm

“Palette and Palate”

Bring a harvest dish to pass and be ready for ”fun”raising!

· · 21 & 22 – Journal Workshop 6:30 – 9pm

· · 24 – Drumming Circle 7pm – 9pm

· · 27 – Art in Spire – Artist Talking Circle 7pm – 9pm

All art enthusiasts and supporters welcome for discussions about art and artists.

· · 30 – Mask Making 10 am –12 & 3:30-5pm

Big Truck Day

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:48:00 +0000

July 25th 2009, Dial Help will bring Big Trucks to Calumet!!! With special thanks to the CLK Schools, there will be between 20 and 30 Big Trucks on exhibit in the CLK Parking lot featuring (confirmed):

Moyle Racing Team Truck
Moyle Gravel Train
Moyle Concrete Truck
Universal Metals Crane
Mercy Ambulance
Houghton County Grader
Houghton County Snowplow
Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle
Dave's BP Tow Truck
Calumet Fire Trucks
Bootjack FD Hovercraft and 4x4 Vehicle
Collesium Zamboni
CLK School bus
and many more...

Kids's activities such as face painting, games, coloring, and other activities will be free for children after the price of admission.
Vendor: Baxter's Hotdogs will be on hand to provide refreshments
In addition this is a family event and CLK has one of the best playgrounds around.

The event is $5 per child or $20 per family, adults are free. The event will begin at 11:00am and go to 3:00pm

HERITAGE CELEBRATION

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:29:00 +0000

MAIN STREET CALUMET’S

HERITAGE CELEBRATION

2009 Celebrates the Italians!

EVENT SCHEDULE

Thursday July 23rd

7:00 pm “Italians in the Keweenaw” 4th Thursday in History Event & Downtown Calumet

Preservation Awards at Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s

Tuesday August 11th

7:00 pm "C&H Employees Reunion" stories & oral histories at Coppertown Museum

Wednesday August 12th

7:00 pm "Italian Dance Lessons" at 5th & Elm Coffee Shop

Thursday August 13th

7:00 pm "The Red Metal Radio Show" Calumet Theatre

Friday August 14th

4:00 pm - 9:00 pm "Gun & Sport Show" Calumet-Keweenaw Sportsman’s Club - Calumet Colosseum

8:00 pm "The Miss Coppertown Pageant" Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's

Saturday August 15th

9:00 am - 5:00 pm "Gun & Sport Show" Calumet Colosseum

10:00 am "The Great Deer Chase" bike race starts at the Calumet Colosseum & rolls down 5th Street

10:05 am "The Copper Country Heritage Parade" starts at the corner of Red Jacket Road &

Mine Street and proceeds down 5th Street

11:00 am - 5:00 pm "Heritage Celebration in Agassiz Park"

Music, Food, Vendors, Games, Horseshoe Tournament, Horse-drawn tours, fun!

7:00 pm "Duquesne University Tamburitzans" Calumet Theatre

Monday August 17th

7:00 pm "Heritage Dance w/ performance by Kivajat youth folk dancers”

Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's

Main Street Calumet Window Display Contest Winners

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:39:00 +0000

Main Street Calumet’s Design Committee is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Summer window Display contest:

1st place: Curves for Women 205 Fifth Street
Business feature ad in the Daily Mining Gazette ($650 value)

2nd Place: Red Jacket General Store 412 Fifth Street
Calumet Theatre 2009 Season Ticket ($215 value)

3rd Place: Calumet Mecantile 107 Fifth Street
Night’s stay at AmericInn, Calumet ($135 value)

This summer’s display window theme is Keweenaw Music Traditions and aims to celebrate the roll music plays in our community life. Downtown businesses were invited to create a storefront window display that highlights an aspect of the Keweenaw’s musical heritage while incorporating goods or services offered for sale.

In Calumet’s Historic downtown district, we are fortunate to be surrounded by music: live music and open mic. nights featured at bars and cafés; prominent performers on the stage at the Calumet Theatre; piano lessons in the front parlor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church parsonage and this summer, a concert series at the Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s.

Fourteen merchants participated in the window display contest.
Windows were judged on the following characteristics:

Connection to Theme (Keweenaw Music Traditions)
Originality and Creativity
Use of Space
Cleanliness of Displays and Windows

The windows were judged by a panel of Michigan Main Street Managers and volunteers from all over the state attending the Michigan Main Street Quarterly Conference held in downtown Calumet on June 16-17, 2009.

Auditions for Calumet Radio/Theatre Show Being Held July 15

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:30:00 +0000

Auditions for Calumet Radio/Theatre Show Being Held July 15, 2009

Calumet, MI—Auditions for “Red Metal Radio Show” will be held Wednesday, July 15, 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., at the Merchants & Miners Building, 200 Fifth Street in downtown Calumet. The Merchants & Miners Building is located at the intersection of Fifth & Portland Streets. Use either the 4th or 5th Street entrances.

The Main Street Calumet live radio-theatre production, hosted by present-day narrator/host Oren Tikkanen, is a local history variety show loosely based on Garrison Keillor's “Prairie Home Companion”. Show date is Thursday, August 13, 2009 starting sharp at 7:00 p.m. at the Calumet Theatre and aired LIVE on Eagle Radio!! Dress rehearsal will be Wednesday, August 12 with other rehearsal dates to be announced.

Show is based on talking with people in Calumet (Red Jacket) 100 years ago, including various ethnic groups of that time (so it will be helpful if you could recreate the speech/dialects of that time – for example, Slovenian, Italian, Ojibwe, Irish, Cornish, Finnish ...).

Spoken vignettes/stories will alternate with ethnic music by regional musicians.

This program is part of Main Street Calumet's Calumet Heritage Celebration. Main Street Calumet is sponsoring the Red Metal Radio Show, in conjunction with the Keweenaw National Historical Park. Eagle Radio is a media partner. This activity is supported by the Copper Country Community Arts Council and is a program of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Community supporters include the KNHP Archives, the Finlandia Archives, and Range Bank.

To find out more information about how to participate in this fun local history project or how to add your organization to the list of community supporters, please call Darlene at 337-5243 or e-mail at dkbasto@up.net and leave a voice mail or email message (please leave the best time/s and what phone number or e-mail address where you can be reached).

Pastyfest Schedule June 26-27, 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:58:00 +0000

PastyFest in Calumet, Michigan
Main Street Calumet PastyFest 2009 Schedule of Events
June 26 - June 27

Friday, June 26

7:00 pm.—Community Service Awards Ceremony, Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne’s Church

Saturday, June 27

11:00 am—Pasty Parade, Downtown Calumet
Noon-3:00 pm—Free horse-drawn wagon tours, Agassiz Park
12:00 - 3:00pm, "Hidden Treasures - Discover the Story Behind Items You Treasure", Calumet Public Library
11:00 am-5:00 pm—Vendors, artists, and crafters in Agassiz Park
11:00 am-5:00 pm—Food & refreshments (including lots of pasties!), Agassiz Park
12:00-4:00 pm—Live music, Agassiz Park
1:00 pm—Pasty Bakeoff, Agassiz Park
2:00 pm—Kids' games, Agassiz park
7:30 pm—Richie Havens concert, Calumet Theatre

All forms for parade entries, contests etc. may be downloaded from www.MainstreetCalumet.com

New Calumet Art Center Opens

noreply@blogger.com (Tom Tikkanen) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:37:00 +0000

The Calumet Art Center is a newly formed non-profit organization which has a strong focus on teaching and involvement in the ARTS, CULTURE AND HISTORY OF THE KEWEENAW. Including classes, mentoring, performances, recitals, and lectures. Calumet Center will be as strong and active part of Historic Calumet. It is time to tap into the many and varied resources already existing in our richly diverse community. The Calumet Art Center recently purchased the former Community Church located on Fifth Street and will begin to offer learning opportunities to the public immediately.

For more information, call 906-281-3494. Donations can be mailed to:
Calumet Art Center,
PO Box 7
Calumet, MI 49913