Soldier’s Stories: The U.P. and the Great War
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton 105 Huron Street, HoughtonOn Thursday, June 21, the first of several exhibits commemorating the Copper Country’s involvement in World War I opened at the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, “Soldier’s Stories: The U.P. and the Great War,” with a public reception and talk by exhibit curator and
American and French Propaganda Posters AND Shell-Shocked: Footage and Sounds of the Front
Rozsa Center for the Performing Art Gallery Michigan Technological Univeristy, HoughtonJoin us for the OPENING RECEPTION of these two concurrent exhibits, SEPT 7, 5-7pm, in the Rozsa Gallery. Featuring propaganda posters on loan from the Marquette Regional History Center and battlefield footage with sound design by Christopher Plummer and Michigan Tech students. Find out more...
Iconography of War
Rozsa Center for the Performing Art Gallery Michigan Technological Univeristy, HoughtonTalk by Dr. Stefka Hristova -- The propaganda posters of the Great War reflect a mass mobilization effort in which everyone was expected to do their part. A closer look at the posters reveals patterns of representations of men, women, and children that tie into