HOUGHTON — The Portage Lake District Library will host its first Keweenaw International Children’s Festival beginning 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The event began as an idea from the Elaine Bacon Literacy Program and is being coordinated to allow children to experience cultures found throughout the region in an interactive way through crafts, story telling, music, food tasting and more. Groups and individuals will be at the library to share their cultural practices and traditions with the community.

Expected participants include the Finnish American Heritage Center Folk School, Copper Country Suzuki Association, local bluegrass musicians and a guitarist player from India. There will be a storytelling session featuring speakers from Zimbabwe, Canada and Belarus.

“We want it to be a joy filled eve

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