Full-Blue-Super Moon over Mackinac

Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac Island

Experience Mackinac Island by the light of the full moon on a free guided walk with Park Naturalist, Kyle Bagnall. Meet at the Avenue of Flags (behind Fort Mackinac) for a walk to the highest point of the island at Fort Holmes. We’ll arrive in time to watch the full moon rise over the Straits […]

Michilimackinac Fire at Night

Colonial Michilimackinac Mackinaw City

This will be one of the coolest things you see all summer. Experience the power of Michilimackinac’s weapons at night. Gates open at 9:00 p.m. Rifle firing will start at dusk; cannon firing will be after dark. This is a free event; donations welcome. (always July 3)

Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Playwrights Heron Kennedy and Jessie Lillis

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

For their public presentation, Heron Kennedy and Jessie Lillis will present their research on the island, as well as excerpts from an adapted script of The Tempest. By this point in the residency, they will have chosen a location for the performance, and will be well-underway with adapting the script, so they will be able […]

Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Author and Journalist Amy Haimerl

Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island

Amy Haimerl will host a workshop that is a mix of presentation and "Ask Me Anything" about how media works. Haimerl will present a warp speed history of media, from cave walls to TikTok. Then the group will discuss how changes in distribution have detached media from community and how those changes impact newspapers and […]

Mackinac Island State Park Commission Meeting

Post Hospital 7029 Huron Road, Mackinac Island, United States

A regular meeting of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission held at the Post Hospital Administrative Office on Mackinac Island.

Equinox Audience with Forest King

Fort Mackinac Mackinac Island, MI

A towering white pine, Forest King marked the trail to Arch Rock a century ago. On this date in 1889, Mackinac’s ancient trees harbored the last flock of Passenger Pigeons ever seen on Mackinac Island. During this walk with Park Naturalist, Kyle Bagnall, we’ll search for today’s forest giants and listen for secrets they tell. […]