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Hell’s Half Mile Movie & Music Pageant
The 2023 Hell’s Half Mile Movie & Music Pageant brings impartial movies and dwell music to Downtown Bay Metropolis from Thurs., Sept. 21 by way of Solar., Sept. 24.
The competition takes its title from the 1800s when lumberjacks would go away the forest and are available to Bay Metropolis to drink, gamble, and get into hassle. Right now, the world is understood for boutiques, eating places, and bars. For a couple of days in September, it’s full of movie buffs and music fanatics.
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Tickets can be found on-line. Purchase an All Entry Move or Movie Move earlier than the competition begins and also you’ll save a bit of cash.September means colleges is in full swing, however there’s nonetheless one other Wednesday evening live performance in Wenonah Park. (Photograph Credit score: Doug Coombe)
Concert events in Wenonah Park
The summer time live performance collection continues Wed., Sept. 6 with the Trilogy Classics Reside, a efficiency that includes basic hits from Journey, Foreigner, and Styx. The present begins at 7 p.m.
Bay Metropolis Morning Rotary Driathlon
The Bay Metropolis Morning Rotary Membership affords its thirteenth annual Driathlon on Solar., Sept. 17. The driathlon begins at Castaways, 3040 Boy Scout Highway. The three-part race requires racers to paddle 5 kilometers, bike 20 kilometers, and run 5 kilometers. Be taught extra concerning the occasion, together with how you can register or watch it, on Fb.
24-Hour Write-In
Get literary throughout a 24-hour writing marathon on the Historic Masonic Temple, 700 N. Madison Ave., starting at 2 p.m. Sat., Sept. 9. The occasion is open to anybody age 18 and up. The $30 registration price consists of dinner, continental breakfast, and snacks. Carry your laptop computer, typewriter, or favourite pen and paper. Click on right here for particulars and to register on-line.
State Theatre highlights
Fall in Michigan means occasions transfer inside, however they don’t cease. Try the State Theatre’s schedule on-line. September occasions on the 913 Washington Ave. theater embrace a Fri., Sept. 15 Comedy Night time with Andy Beningo and a Sat., Sept. 30 exhibiting of the film “Loving Vincent.”
Drydock Beer BackyardCool evenings do not imply the tip of the Drydock Beer Backyard season. Watch Fb for information about which nonprofits are staffing the outside bar this fall. (Photograph courtesy of Drydock Beer Backyard)
The Drydock Beer Backyard retains serving drinks and elevating cash for space nonprofits properly into the autumn. The outside bar is at 113 Heart Ave., tucked in between different companies. Control the Drydock’s Fb web page for hours and particulars concerning the nonprofits staffing the venue. The bar is outside, however so long as it’s not raining, it stays open for a lot of the autumn. Heaters and fireplaces can be found when the evenings flip chilly.
Studio 23/The Arts Heart
Dana Lynn Harper is Studio 23’s visiting artist by way of late October. Harper makes use of paper mâché and paper clay as she “explores identification by way of cultural heritage, private reminiscences, and a connection to her current atmosphere by utilizing discovered objects.” Throughout September, you possibly can enroll in workshops that Harper leads. Go to Studio 23’s web site to study extra about Harper and the “Beneath Twin Skies” exhibit. The Studio is positioned at 901 N. Water St.
Bay County Library System
September is Library Card Signal Up Month. All month lengthy, when you present your card, you’ll be entered to win a $25 present card. Don’t have a card? Now’s your likelihood to get one and be entered into the drawing. The drawing is open to all Bay County residents. You possibly can join a card at any department. Go to the web site for hours and areas.
Occasions for adults, teenagers, and youngsters fill the Bay County Library System calendar. You’ll discover arts and crafts, guide golf equipment, magic exhibits, and extra at every of the library system’s branches. The entire September schedule is obtainable on-line.
Highlights embrace a Sat., Sept. 9 occasion with Phyllis Wong, who wrote “We Saved Our Cities Going.” The guide tells the story of the ladies who labored within the factories of the Higher Peninsula. Because the UP’s mines and timber turned depleted, households relying on ladies working within the factories. The occasion runs 11 a.m. to midday and can be livestreamed within the Kantzler Neighborhood Room of the Alice & Jack Wirt Library, 500 Heart Ave. Click on right here to study extra.
Searching for a guide membership? Strive Books & Brews on Wed., Sept. 6. The membership gathers at H2O’s, 966 E. Midland St., at 7 p.m. This month, the guide is “The Phrase is Homicide,” by Anthony Horowitz. Registration on the library web site is required.
Delta Faculty Planetarium
Be taught extra about eclipses whenever you catch a present on the Delta Faculty Planetarium in September. (Photograph courtesy of Delta Faculty Planetarium)The Delta Faculty Planetarium, 100 Heart Ave., re-opens Fri., Sept. 1 after a closure for repairs.
Reveals on the schedule in September embrace “The Seek for Life in Area,” “Mysteries of the Nice Lakes,” “3-2-1 Liftoff!,” “Eclipse: The Solar Revealed,” and “Darkish Universe.” The September schedule, plus a preview of particular occasions in October and November, is obtainable on-line.
Bay Metropolis Gamers current “Junie B. Jones Jr., The Musical”
If you do not know Junie B. Jones, you’re lacking out. Creator Barbara Parkland wrote a collection of standard books concerning the quirky elementary college pupil and her adventures. The musical traces her path by way of first grade. It takes the Gamers stage Sept. 23-24, Sept. 30, and Oct. 1. For particulars and tickets, click on right here.
Bay County Historic Society & Museum
Historical past is about greater than dusty artifacts and staid displays. On the Bay County Historic Museum, 321 Washington Ave., motion pictures, an ice cream social, yoga, and extra await you.
Graphic courtesy of the Bay County Historic SocietyThe Historic Society is internet hosting an Ice Cream Social with Previous Common Video games from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Sept. 16. In the course of the free occasion on the Trombley Home, 901 John F. Kennedy Drive, you possibly can take pleasure in video games, crafts, tales, and classes in how you can make butter and fly a kite. A motorbike parade steps off at midday. The entire schedule is on-line.
Different September highlights embrace:
- No College Day on the Museum: From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fri., Sept. 1, the museum affords a scavenger hunt and a deal with from The Farm at Apple Acres. Admission is free.
- Hell’s Half Mile Strolling Excursions: At 1 p.m. Fri. Sept. 1 and Fri., Sept. 22, you’re invited to satisfy on the Museum to step off on a strolling tour of Bay Metropolis’s waterfront. Within the 1800s, lumberjacks gathered On this space, which got here to be referred to as Hell’s Half Mile, for playing, consuming, and leisure. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for teenagers 12 and below.
- Artwork & Historical past: Trombley Home: From 6 to 9 p.m. Tues., Sept. 12, Studio 23 and the Historic Museum associate to supply a night of artwork and historical past. In the course of the night, the Museum’s Sam Fitzpatrick particulars the historical past of the Trombley Home, 901 John F. Kennedy Drive, as Studio 23’s Rachelle Dula guides friends by way of a portray step-by-step. The associated fee is $45 per individual and registration is required.
- Yoga On the Museum: On Thurs., Sept. 14 and Thurs., Sept. 28, yoga lessons are supplied on the museum. Every $15, one-hour class begins at 9 a.m. Registration is required. To register, textual content (989) 798-0059.