Emberlight Arts 
——FROM THE OFFICE OF MILES MYKKANEN—— During the late hours of August 20, the Emberlight Festival’s 2023 edition of Art in the Park was vandalized. Art in the Park is Emberlight’s annual large-installation outdoor show that highlights gifted artists from across the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, and northern Minnesota. The delinquents used spray paint to deface … Read more
Pamela Jansson Emberlight Festival IRONWOOD — When Helen Fashbaugh recalls her late husband, she can’t help waxing rhapsodic. “I was always in awe of how his brain worked and how he saw the world with such specificity and abstraction, if that makes sense,” she said. “He could find complexity in just about everything. He could … Read more
By Pamela Jansson Emberlight Festival HURLEY — When Ann Toomey was in high school, she envisioned herself teaching music in a high school or college. She said she had “great reception” from the public when she performed in Michigan’s Shelby Township, where she attended Eisenhower High School. “I had no idea I was going to … Read more
By Pamela Jansson Emberlight Festival IRONWOOD — The third annual Emberlight Festival will offer for the first time a full theatrical production in the form of Buyer and Cellar, a one-man comedic play starring Bessemer native Miles Mykkanen. Manhattan-based director Colton Pometta is directing the performances, which will begin on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at … Read more
IRONWOOD – After careful deliberation, the Emberlight Festival’s 2022 Poet Laureate has been chosen. We are proud to announce that this year’s winner is Christy Schwan of Cedarburg, WI. Christy Schwan is a rockhound, wild berry picker, wildflower seeker, astronomy studier, and quiet sports lover of canoeing, snowshoeing and loon spotting. She’s been writing for … Read more
IRONWOOD – Come help us kick off 4th of July weekend and the 2022 Emberlight Festival! After unveiling Mary Burns’ award-winning Ancestral Women Exhibit: Wisconsin’s 12 Tribes and the Emberlight Photographers(generously sponsored by The Leather & Gift Shop) show on July 1 at 4 PM in the Historic Depot Museum, saunter over to the Historic … Read more
IRONWOOD – The Emberlight Festival’s 2022 Main Stage series is packed with unforgettable performances you’ll be talking about for weeks. Enjoy a night out at the beautiful Historic Ironwood Theatre for music ranging from stunning opera arias to Broadway belting to French cabaret with lots of musical surprises along the way. The season’s Opening Night … Read more
IRONWOOD – The 2022 Emberlight Festival will feature over 30 events with singers from The Metropolitan Opera and Lyric Opera of Chicago, musicians from the current Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, independent films from around the world, six art shows including Mary Burns’ Ancestral Women Exhibit and the return of Art in the Park, … Read more