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Entertainment schedule for Thursday, June 18, 2026

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(Please check with venues first in case of cancellation) Friday * Bishop Noa Home, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – Tom Edberg’s Sundown * U.P. State Fairgrounds, 3rd Annual Northwoods Motor Mayhem. 2 p.m. – Willow Creek Band 5 p.m. – Stonewall 8 p.m. – The Dirty Martinis * Upper Hand Brewery, 6 p.m. – D.B. Rouse (Folk, Novelty & Originals) * Leigh’s Garden Winery, 6 to 8 p.m. – Friday Night Piano with Travis and Macy * Saunders Point Brewing, 6 to 9 p.m. – Jack Neumann * Church Brewery in Bark River, 6 to 9 p.m. – Leo G * Drifa Brewery in Marquette, 6 to 9 ...

The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show to brings music and comedy to Island Resort & Casino

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HARRIS — This Christmas season, the Island Resort & Casino is bringing a new holiday experience to the Island Showroom with The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show, a live musical variety production filled with classic Christmas favorites, sketch comedy and vintage radio-show flair. Performances are scheduled for December 11 and 12. Will Hearn created The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show as a live Christmas Eve broadcast from the 1225 AM N-O-E-L Radio studios. It’s an original show by The Grand Ol’ Production Company featuring Americana standout Blue Water Highway and a cast of some of the best ...

Keeping a neck tie intact

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Dear Heloise: I’ve enjoyed and learned from your column for years. If you’re like me, tying a neck tie can be frustrating. When I get a tie with a knot that has the style and length I like, I’ll take it off by loosening it just enough to get it off my neck and over my head. Then I hang ...

Career crises and workplace anxieties

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Dear Annie: I'm feeling torn between pursuing my dream and maintaining my financial stability. I have a job as an accountant making six figures, but it's boring work -- so boring that I dread getting out of bed every morning. The days go by slowly, and I find myself living for the weekend. ...

Dad and the water shrew

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ESCANABA- There I was, about 14 years old, on a summery day up along Hunter’s Brook near our camp. Beneath the cool canopy of trees, Dad sat quietly on a slab of limestone. We were waiting for our stubborn beagle to return when all a sudden a dark, greyish little creature skipped out from ...

Wringing out and drying clothes

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Dear Heloise: People have written to you with tips on how to dry clothes that you have handwashed (usually while traveling), but there’s one step that most people don’t seem to know about. After you wash clothes (and I’ve read that using shampoo is generally better than soap for this ...