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2026 Fall Events in Downtown Alpena

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Thunder Bay Maritime Festival Returns This Month

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Local Group Hosting Community Meetings to Explore Creating a Food Co-Op in Downtown Alpena

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Downtown Alpena Gets Ready for 4th Annual Alpena Flower Festival

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Alpena Ice Festival

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Fresh Waves 2026 Artist Applications Now Open

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Review: Twelve Angry Men

May 20, 2016May 21, 2016 blogdowntownalpena

Review: Twelve Angry Men, put on by Alpena Civic Theatre and directed by Carol Rundell Running Dates: May 12- 15 and May 19-22, 2015 Twelve Angry Men. While anger may be one of the emotions present in the play put on by  the title doesn’t … Continue reading Review: Twelve Angry Men

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Detroit Institute of Arts meets downtown Alpena

May 16, 2016February 2, 2017 blogdowntownalpena

Some of you may have seen some of these U-Hauls around downtown Alpena today… Or maybe you saw some of these pictures on Downtown Alpena’s Facebook and Instagram pages (which if you’re not following, you should). What were they delivering, … Continue reading Detroit Institute of Arts meets downtown Alpena

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5 things not to miss this weekend in downtown Alpena

May 13, 2016June 7, 2016 blogdowntownalpena

Congratulations, you made it to the end of the week! (And hopefully Friday the 13th wasn’t too bad.) Wondering what to do this weekend? Here are five things not to miss. 1. Artist in Residence Reception at Thunder Bay Arts Council & Gallery, … Continue reading 5 things not to miss this weekend in downtown Alpena

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Opera comes to Alpena

May 12, 2016January 18, 2017 blogdowntownalpena

Event: A Spring Serenade, hosted by Thunder Bay Arts Council Date: Friday, May 6, 2016 Opera and Alpena go way back. Way back. As in 1879 when George L. Maltz opened the Maltz Opera House on Second Avenue (where the … Continue reading Opera comes to Alpena

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Blog Downtown Alpena is live!

May 8, 2016May 16, 2016 blogdowntownalpena

  Spring has finally arrived in downtown Alpena. The last of snow piles, gone; the strands of Christmas lights, taken down; the river, unfrozen. Spring has arrived—  as poet ee cummings says, with its hands “carefully to and fro moving … Continue reading Blog Downtown Alpena is live!

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