

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Great Lakes Now Weekend:  Sorting Fish & a Breakaway Buoy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sun, 01 Mar, 2026 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: On Saturday, February 28 and Sunday, March 1, you can catch “Sorting Fish and a Breakaway Buoy,” the latest episode of Great Lakes Now from Detroit PBS.

On this episode of Great Lakes Now, explore a project on a Michigan river that keeps undesirable fish away. Then take a canoe out onto the Au Sable River to harvest wild rice. Plus, see what a drifting buoy revealed about winter on the lakes.

The Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center is open:
Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm
Saturday 10am to 5pm
Sunday 12pm to 5pm

The last weekend of every month is a “Great Lakes Now weekend” where we show the latest episode from Great Lakes Now, a product of Detroit PBS.

This is a free event open to all. The episode will play in the theater all weekend while the Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center is open. The center is always free of admission and offers 10,000 square feet of exhibit space to explore!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/alpena/great-lakes-now-weekend-sorting-fish-and-a-breakaway-buoy/200029691931101
- **Event Categories**: sports, art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 16

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029691931101?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=alpena-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Alpena
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United States, Michigan 49707
- **lat**: 45.06737
- **long**: -83.43323
- **full address**: Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United States, Michigan 49707

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary (https://allevents.in/org/friends-of-thunder-bay-national-marine-sanctuary/12918444)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 28 Feb, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center 500 West Fletcher Street, Alpena, MI, United States, Michigan 49707
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Friends of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, art, theatre
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Great Lakes Now Weekend:  Sorting Fish & a Breakaway Buoy ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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