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Events for June 21, 2018 - November 11, 2018

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June 2018

Soldier’s Stories: The U.P. and the Great War

June 21, 2018 - September 30, 2019
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton, 105 Huron Street
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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  On 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…

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August 2018

Speech Catastrophes

August 17, 2018 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Talk by Dr. Brett Gary for Constitution Day 2018 and World War I & the Copper Country OPENING RECEPTION. Find out more soon

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September 2018

American and French Propaganda Posters AND Shell-Shocked: Footage and Sounds of the Front

September 7, 2018 - October 2, 2018
Rozsa Center for the Performing Art Gallery, Michigan Technological Univeristy
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Join 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...

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Iconography of War

September 7, 2018 @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Rozsa Center for the Performing Art Gallery, Michigan Technological Univeristy
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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Talk 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…

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Copper Country Voices of Dissent in the Great War

September 14, 2018 - December 1, 2018
Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy St
Hancock, MI 49930 United States
FREE

This exhibit explores the ways in which Copper Country residents expressed dissent to the United States’ entry into World War I particularly through local response to the initiation and enactment of the Selective Service, the national military service draft system. OPENING RECEPTION, Sept 14, 4-7pm.…

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An Unpopular History: Uncovering Copper Country Antiwar Stories in WWI

September 14, 2018 @ 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy St
Hancock, MI 49930 United States
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Talk by Dr. Hilary-Joy Virtanen -- During World War I, those who supported the war, won the ability to share their history and those who didn’t, became footnotes in history. Through analysis of contemporary news reportage, archival documents, oral history, and more, the voices of Copper Country…

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Dug In: An Experiential WWI Trench

September 24, 2018 - November 11, 2018
US-41 and MacInnes Dirve, MTU, Townsend Dr.
Hougnon, MI 49930 United States
FREE

A full-scale reconstruction of a section of WWI firing trench on the front line, featuring an audio installation of the sounds of battle, with dramatic readings of soldier memoir and poetry. Find out more...

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“Reading Pastime: Literature in Fiction and Poetry about the Great War”

September 28, 2018 - November 11, 2018
Portage Lake District Library, 58 Huron St
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE
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Art & Warfare

September 28, 2018 - September 29, 2018
Electrical Energy Resources Center (EERC) 510, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Featuring sketches of the official AEF artists displayed on the Immersive Visualization Studio’s screen wall --  twenty-four 46” screens supported by eight computers -- accompanied by jazz renditions of contemporary wartime popular songs arranged and performed by Bill Carrothers. Find out more...  

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Armistice & Aftermath Symposium

September 28, 2018 - September 29, 2018
Memorial Union Building, 1503 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

This two-day symposium is open to the public, and features two keynote addresses by renowned World War I historians, as well as short presentations on various aspects of the Great War. Find out more...

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Town and Gown in the Great War: A Look Back at the Copper Country and Michigan Tech During WWI

September 28, 2018 - November 30, 2018
Van Pelt and Opie Library East Reading Room, Van Pelt and Opie Library East Reading Room, MTU
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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Local Theaters, Propaganda & WWI

September 28, 2018 @ 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
The Orpheum Theater, 426 Quincy St
Hancock, MI 49930 United States
FREE

Talk by Dr. Sue Collins -- During the war, local theaters were key spaces to capture audiences’ attention with propagandistic messages. Posters in lobbies, Four Minute Men speakers, slides, film trailers, newsreels, and official feature films were some of the ways the government reached movie-goers.

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Europe, America, and the World: An Outdoor Concert

September 28, 2018 @ 6:00 PM
Walker Arts Lawn, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Outdoor concert featuring the music of Harlem band leader and AEF soldier, James Reese Europe, performed by Michigan Tech’s Superior Wind Symphony, conducted by Dr. Mike Christiansen. Find out more...

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Copper Country at the Silver Screen in 1918

September 29, 2018 @ 7:30 PM
Fisher 135, 135 Fisher Hall, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Shoulder Arms (Charlie Chaplin, 1918, 46 min.) plus selected film shorts and newsreels September 29, 7:30pm Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts (co-sponsor), Michigan Tech Shoulder Arms is the first feature film directed by Chaplin, who plays a soldier in boot camp in the “awkward…

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October 2018

Film screening – Frantz (2017)

October 4, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Walker Arts 134, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
free

Frantz (François Ozon, 2016, 1h 53m) Oct. 4, 7:00pm Walker 134, Michigan Tech   Anna (Paula Beer) is a bereft young German woman whose fiancé, Frantz, was killed in the trenches of World War I. Adrien (Pierre Niney), a French veteran of the war, makes a…

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Film screening – Taistelu Näsilinnasta 1918 (2012)

October 11, 2018
Finnish American Heritage Center, 435 Quincy St
Hancock, MI 49930 United States
FREE

Taistelu Näsilinnasta 1918 (The Battle of Näsilinna 1918) (Claes Olsson, 2012, 1h 10m) October 11, 2:00pm and 6:00pm Finnish-American Heritage Center, Finlandia University   Olsson's movie focuses on one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of Finland, the decisive battle of Tampere during the…

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Film screening: Journey’s End (2017)

October 12, 2018 - October 14, 2018
Fisher 135, 135 Fisher Hall, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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Journey’s End (Saul Dibb, 2017, 1h 47m) October 12, 5:30pm, 8:30pm, 11:30pm October 13, 2:30pm, 5:30pm, 8:30pm, 11:30pm October 14, 2:30pm, 5:30pm Fisher Hall 135, Michigan Tech   Trailer: https://youtu.be/936z-F_nEEQ

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Film screening – Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles (2004)

October 18, 2018 @ 7:00 PM
Walker Arts 134, 1400 Townsend Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2004, 2h 14m) October 18, 7:00pm Walker Arts 134, Michigan Tech   A young French woman, Mathilde (Audrey Tautou), is told that her fiancé (Gaspard Ulliel) has been killed in the trenches of the…

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Film screening – Paths of Glory (1957)

October 19, 2018 @ 7:15 PM
Calumet Theater, 340 6th St
Calumet, MI 49913 United States
FREE

Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957, 88 min.)    October 19, 7:15pm   Calumet Theatre, Calumet Buffet dinner at 6:00 pm for $18; Dinner reservation deadline 5:00 pm October 18   During World War I, commanding officer French General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate,…

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Film screening – The Big Parade (1925)

October 25, 2018 @ 6:30 PM
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton, 105 Huron Street
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

The Big Parade (King Vidor, 1925, 2h 31m)   October 25, 6:30pm Carnegie Museum Community Room, Houghton   “The blockbuster World War I silent film that brought home the traumatic impact of war . . . The Big Parade is among the first to explore the…

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WWI Bazaar sponsored by the Carnegie Museum

October 28, 2018 @ 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Dee Stadium Ballroom, 700 E Lakeshore Dr
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

performance and musical revue including: WWI-era fashion show by Chassell Friends of Fashion; music by Chassell Centennial Choir and Superior Wind Symphony; ÒHello GirlsÓ performance by Lois Sprengnether Keel

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November 2018

Film screening: The Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (2018)

November 1, 2018
41 North Film Festival, Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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The Hello Girls: The Story of America’s First Female Soldiers (Jim Theres, 2018, 55 min.)   Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.rg), November 1-4 In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps…

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Film screening: And We Were Young (2015)

November 1, 2018
41 North Film Festival, Rozsa Center for Performing Arts, Michigan Technological Univeristy
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

And We Were Young (Andy Smetanka, 2016, 1 hr 15 m)   Time/Date TBA, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, Michigan Tech Screening as part of the 41 North Film Festival (41northfilmfest.org), November 1-4   Three years in the making, And We Were Young is a…

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Copper Country Mothers

November 6, 2018 @ 6:00 PM - November 6, 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton, 105 Huron Street
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
FREE

Please note date change for this event. Talk by Dr. Patty Sotirin -- Copper Country mothers of sons in military service were critical figures in this area’s participation in the Great War. For these mothers, the war was a personal challenge but it made them…

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World War I & the Copper Country Home Front

November 6, 2018 @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Carnegie Musuem of Houghton, 105 Huron Street
Houghton, MI 49931 United States
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FREE

Please note date change for this event. OPENING RECEPTION, Nov 6, 6pm — with Copper Country Mothers talk by Dr. Patty Sotirin.

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Trench Closing for Armistice Day

November 11, 2018 @ 11:00 AM
US-41 and MacInnes Dirve, MTU, Townsend Dr.
Hougnon, MI 49930 United States
FREE

Coordinated event with Michigan Tech ROTC, JROTC, and Copper Country VFWs and American Legions (TBD)

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WW1CC Partners and Sponsors

Michigan Tech
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw
Finlandia University

The sponsoring institutions awarding grants include the Michigan Humanities Council; Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission; Finlandia Foundation National Chapter; and Michigan Council on Arts and Community Affairs through the Copper Country Community Arts Center. The following entities from Michigan Tech are also sponsors of WW1CC: The departments of Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Performing Arts, Information Technology, Civil Engineering, and Computer Science; College of Sciences & Arts; Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs and Advancement; Institutional Equity; William G. Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning; J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; University Marketing and Communications; Film Board; and Facilities Management.

WW1CC is made possible in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Michigan Humanities Council.

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For more information, email ww1cc@mtu.edu.

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