July 8, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 7:00 pm EDT Event Series Maritime Michilimackinac Maritime Michilimackinac Colonial Michilimackinac Mackinaw City Colonial Michilimackinac was a major hub for the Great Lakes Fur Trade, and its location where Lakes Michigan and Huron meet was crucial to its success. This special event will focus on Michilimackinac’s maritime history. Join the interpretive staff as they discuss and demonstrate the many different ways Michilimackinac’s historic residents interacted with and worked... Read more » $14.50
July 12, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am EDT Event Series Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence Tours Michigan Governor’s Summer Residence Tours Explore the Governor's Summer Residence on Mackinac Island on select Wednesdays June through August. Built in 1902 as a private summer cottage by Lawrence A. Young, it has served as the Governor's summer Residence since 1945. The residence was listed in the Michigan Register of Historic Places in October 1975. In November 1997, the house... Read more »
July 12, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Artist-in-Residence Workshop with Poet Lauren Carlson Station 256 Conference Room Above the MISP Visitor's Center, Mackinac Island Life By Water: on Mindfulness and Poetic Form with Lauren K. Carlson and Great Lakes Poet Lorine Niedecker Lauren K. Carlson will present an interactive poetry workshop for the public on mindfulness, poetic form and observing the natural world. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will 1) receive a presentation on haiku,... Read more »
