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Arts &
Entertainment
Getting Out | Staying In
Movie Theatres | Art Galleries | Museums | Bowling & Billiards | Restaurants
Local Music | Staying Current | Festivals
Movie Theatres [top]
• The Film
Board is an Michigan Tech student organization which hosts various films in Fisher
Hall Room 135 at a very economical price, especially at student prices
with a Tech Express ID card.
• There are two theatres in Houghton and one theatre in Hancock.
• Club Indigo in Calumet hosts a dinner and a movie on most Fridays.
(review Keweenaw Calendar for showtimes)
• Renting Movies
Art Galleries [top]
The local area is blessed with a plethora of art galleries (from CC)
• The Studio - Pizza and Gallery in Houghton
• GalleryOnDaLine in Houghton
• Art Under The Deck in Houghton
• Community Art Center in Hancock
• Portage Gallery, Finlandia University Portage Campus in Hancock
• Turquoise Art Gallery, Hancock
• Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock
• Einerlei in Chassell
• Miskwabik-Ed Gray Studio/Gallery/Miskwabik Press in Calumet
• Copper Country Associated Artists Gallery in Calumet
• Vertin Gallery and Studios in Calumet
• Calumet Theatre in Calumet
• Healing Connection Gallery in Laurium, Keweenaw Memorial Medical Center
• Street Car Art Gallery in Ahmeek
• True North Antiques in Ahmeek
• Keweenaw Krayons in Mohawk
• Ramblin' Rose Art Center in Mohawk
• Swede's Gift Shop Gallery in Copper Harbor
additional galleries listed on CopperCountry.Com
Museums [top]
• A.E. Seaman Mineral
Museum on Michigan Tech's campus, 5th floor EERC
• Copper Country Archives on Michigan Tech's campus, 3rd floor J.R. Van Pelt Library
• Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock
• Copper Range Historical Museum in South Range
• Chassell Heritage Center in Chassell
• Hanka Homestead in Pelkie
• Houghton County Historical Museum in Lake Linden
• Coppertown USA Museum in Calumet
• Keweenaw Heritage Center in Calumet
• Keweenaw County Historical Museum Complex in Phoenix
Bowling and Billiards [top]
• The Memorial
Union Building houses a bowling lanes and billiards. As a student of Michigan Tech, you pay a MUB fee that entitles you to free services on the weekends. Check the website for more information.
• The Mine Shaft and Rock House Hardwood Grille in Houghton featuring 18 bowling lanes, a 177 seat restaurant and bar, a full-scale video arcade, pro-shop and a state-of-the-art light and sound show.
• Most other bars provide at least one pool table: (short list) Douglas House [1], Downtowner [2], Monte Carlo [1], B&B [1], Uphill 41 [4],
• Shuttes Bar in Calumet has a shuffle board.
Restaurants [top]
• An on-going growing categorized list can be found at CopperCountry.Com
• A link to restaurants & bars on the Student Resource Guide
Let your fingers do the walking on the yellow pages
Recreation [top]
• This link elaborates more of places and things to do outside, in the summer and winter.
Local Music Scene [top]
• Links to a calendar of upcoming local music events. An email list through the group is also available to stay current on the local music scene.
Staying locally current [top]
Keweenaw Calendar
• lists events occurring throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula
• hosted by the Keweenaw Convention and Visitors Bureau
KeweenawNOW
• lists some current activities and news occurring in the local area
Chassell local news link
• contains a lot of links of things going on and news in the local area. (if the viewing of information seems to get lost, try maximizing your browser window.)
• hosted by the City of Chassell.
Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association
• U.P. Calendar of Events
Additional on-line calendars on the Student Local Resource Guide
Festivals, Races, and Tournaments [top]
• Information provided by Copper Country.com
• Porcupine Mountains Music Festival (late August) official site
• U.P. Calendar of Events from Upper Peninsula Travel & Recreation Association
Staying
In/Getting Connected [top]
If you
would like cable TV and or an Internet connection:
• In your dorm room
or at Daniel Heights (on-campus): the service is through the MTU
telecommunications Department.
• If you live off-campus, the provider
is Charter Communications. If you are staying in, WMTU provides a variety of music and entertainment broadcasts.
If you'd like to rent movies:
Blockbuster
921 W. Sharon Avenue, Houghton
482-1455
www.blockbuster.com
Family Video
1224 Military Rd. (corner at Sharon Avenue), Houghton
482-7359
Superior Video
787 Market Street, Hancock
482-3950
Superior Video
56901 6th Avenue, Calumet
337-3949
*Michigan Tech is located in the City of Houghton, which is in Houghton County. Keweenaw County is to the north, encompassing all the most northern part of Michigan. Baraga County is to the east and Ontonagan County is to the west.
Neighboring cities include:
(to the south east) Chassell [7.3 mi], Baraga [27.0]
(to the south) Huron Town [1.7 mi], Dodgeville [3.2 mi], Atlantic Mine [4.6 mi], South Range [6.5 mi], TriMountain [7.9 mi], Painesdale [9.0 mi], Toivola [15.1]
(to the north) Hancock [1.7 mi], Calumet [14.1 mi], Laurium [14.5]
(to the north east) Ripley [2.6 mi], Dollar Bay [4.4 mi], Hubbell [9.9 mi], Lake Linden [11.8 mi]
Getting Out | Staying In
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