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The Northwest Michigan Housing Summit is an annual event presented by Housing North and its partners.

The theme for this year's summit, ROOTED IN COMMUNITY: Housing Solutions for Collective Impact, implies a focus on community-driven approaches to housing that aim for broad, systemic change through collaboration. It highlights the belief that lasting housing solutions emerge when communities come together, share responsibility, and work collectively.

The Housing Summit will feature several updates and presentations highlighting solutions and tools for housing being used in the region.

More information related to sessions, news and the draft agenda for the 2025 Housing Summit is available on Housing North’s website at https://www.housingnorth.org/nwm-housing-summit and all of their social media pages.

The Northwest Michigan Housing Summit is an annual event presented by Housing North and its partners.

The theme for this year's summit, ROOTED IN COMMUNITY: Housing Solutions for Collective Impact, implies a focus on community-driven approaches to housing that aim for broad, systemic change through collaboration. It highlights the belief that lasting housing solutions emerge when communities come together, share responsibility, and work collectively.

The Housing Summit will feature several updates and presentations highlighting solutions and tools for housing being used in the region.

More information related to sessions, news and the draft agenda for the 2025 Housing Summit is available on Housing North’s website at https://www.housingnorth.org/nwm-housing-summit and all of their social media pages.

National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups for families and individuals living with a mental health challenge. Groups are confidential, free and no registration is required.

Email info@namigt.org or call 231-944-8448 for more information.

National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups for families and individuals living with a mental health challenge. Groups are confidential, free and no registration is required.

Email info@namigt.org or call 231-944-8448 for more information.

Fifty years after the fateful sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the National Writers Series welcomes New York Times bestselling author John Bacon to the City Opera House to discuss his new book, “The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.”

Drawing on over 100 interviews with the families, friends, and former crew mates of those lost, The Gales of November is the definitive account of the ship’s role in Great Lakes’ shipping, the lives of her sailors, her fateful sinking, and the heartbreaking aftermath for those left behind. Haunting and captivating, “The Gales of November” indulges readers in the mysteries still circling in the waves of Lake Superior after the famous wreck and honors the lives of those lost.

“The wreck of the Fitzgerald has long fascinated and frustrated storytellers. Now, at last, the story is deftly and deeply explored by John U. Bacon in this terrific, gripping account.” —Jonathan Eig, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for King: A Life

Bacon will take the stage on November 6th to uncover the mysteries of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The event will begin at 7 PM and includes Q&A and an author signing.

In-person and virtual tickets for this not-to-be-missed glimpse into the past are available at nationalwritersseries.org! Be sure to grab yours today!

National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups for families and individuals living with a mental health challenge. Groups are confidential, free and no registration is required.

Email info@namigt.org or call 231-944-8448 for more information.

A space for people to share and listen to stories from our lives based on a theme of the evening. Join Kingsley Branch Library & The Kingsley Folk School for a storytelling community circle. Inspired by NPR's The Moth storytelling hour, the Everyone Has a Story series welcomes you to share your personal stories with others to create connections in our community.

Presenters will be given 5 minutes to share stories from their lived experiences with an open-minded circle of fellow storytellers.

Every second Thursday of the month.

This event is FREE and open to the public of all ages.

The National Writers series is thrilled to present Joe Hill in conversation about his newest sinister tale, King Sorrow, a story about the collision between modern-world dangers, an ancient evil, and the unpredictable consequences that send the lives of six friends into a tailspin.

Hill’s chilling novel follows Arthur Oakes on Rackham College’s campus in frosty Maine. Forced to choose between stealing rare books and summoning a demon with a group of friends, Arthur chooses the latter. But there’s nothing simple about dealing with dragons, and the six suddenly find themselves in the middle of a terrifying bargain that continues to haunt them for years to come.

“A brilliantly Faustian fable with a heart as huge as a dragon’s, and a stinging twist in its tail. I devoured it.” —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Suite 11

Hill will take the City Opera House stage on November 15th alongside guest host and #1 New York Times best-selling author and NWS co-founder Doug Stanton. The event will begin at 7 PM and includes Q&A and an author signing. Each ticket comes with a copy of “The Gales of November,” or, opt for our two-ticket/one book bundle and share with a friend! You won’t want to come alone!

Grab a friend and visit nationalwritersseries.org to purchase in-person and virtual tickets today!

Individual tickets include one copy of "King Sorrow," or opt for our two-ticket/one book package and share a copy with a partner or friend!

National Alliance on Mental Illness offers support groups for families and individuals living with a mental health challenge. Groups are confidential, free and no registration is required.

Email info@namigt.org or call 231-944-8448 for more information.

Book Club meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm