April 19

• The annual Sisu Shuffle is a family-friendly 5k run/walk that begins and ends at the UP Health System-Portage Hancock Campus. All are welcome to take part, at no charge. Advance registration is required. On-site registration will open at 8:30 the day of the event. All those who register will be eligible to win prizes. To sign up and get more information, visit the UP Health System Portage web site.

• Pancake Breakfast 7 to 11 a.m. Calumet Township Fire Hall on Pine Street.Proceeds will benefit Calumet Fire and Rescue.

• Hancock Cold season Tori, 10 a.m. to noon. The Hancock Cold Season Tori is a weekly indoor farm and craft market that is held each Saturday throughout the winter and spring at the Community Hub, featuring local producers and creators.

April 22

• In celebration of National Poetry Month, local poet Kathleen Carlton Johnson, author of Roots in Water will lead an Evening of Poetry at 5:30 p.m. at the Portage Lake District Library in Houghton. Johnson will lead a 45-minute session featuring a thoughtful talk on poetry and the creative process. Open to anyone interested in the poetic word.

April 25

• DEADLINE TODAY: Alpha Delta Kappa, Gamma Alpha chapter, is a sorority of local women educators which is offering scholarships to Upper Peninsula Houghton-Baraga-Keweenaw county teachers who are enrolled in a graduate program related to education and to H-B-K county high school graduates who are enrolled as undergraduates in a teacher preparation program with two or more years of studies completed. The application deadline is April 25. For further information and for an application contact Deb Olson at ADKGammaAlphascholarship@gmail.com.

April 26

• Dorcas Society/LWML of SS Peter & Paul Lutheran, 1010 Madeleine, Houghton, is holding its Spring Bazaar from noon – 3 p.m. Funds raised go toward missions, both near and far. Bake Sale, Tea Table, Craft/Used Books, Silent Auction.

• Spring Craft Show, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Doelle Senior Center in Tapiola. A raffle will be held and lunch will be offered.