Mackinac’s Forgotten Features
Mackinac Island State Park Mackinac IslandOn this guided bike tour, join Kyle Bagnall, Park Naturalist, on a nature adventure back in time. Starting at the Avenue of Flags (behind Fort Mackinac), you’ll learn about features that are long lost or forgotten, such as Deer Park, the Musical Well, Scott’s Cave, Dousman’s Distillery, and Fairy Arch. You’ll also hear unfamiliar tales […]
Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival
Marquette ParkThe second annual Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival will be held in Marquette Park throughout the month of August. All performances are presented by the Starling Shakespeare Co. and are free. More information coming soon.
Askin’s Men and Women at Michilimackinac, 1780
Colonial Michilimackinac Mackinaw CityAskin's Men and Women at Michilimackinac, 1780, will explore the lives of the men and women, both free and enslaved, who worked for the merchant John Askin at Michilimackinac in the 1770s. Join the staff at Michilimackinac as they demonstrate the various work performed by Askin's employees, who included sailors, bakers, gardeners, cooks, voyageurs, laundresses, […]
Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival
Marquette ParkThe second annual Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival will be held in Marquette Park throughout the month of August. All performances are presented by the Starling Shakespeare Co. and are free. More information coming soon.
Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival
Marquette ParkThe second annual Mackinac Island Shakespeare Festival will be held in Marquette Park throughout the month of August. All performances are presented by the Starling Shakespeare Co. and are free. More information coming soon.
Artist-in-Residence Workshop Painter John Dempsey
Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac IslandPainter John Dempsey will give a presentation on Military Field Drawing during the time of the British and American occupation of Fort Mackinac. The discussion would focus on methods of drawing from direct observation and the training that was given military personnel during 18th and 19th centuries in order to communicate important military field information. […]
