Eat your veggies. Drink your fruit.
Hey cool cats and hip chicks!
Spin your way over to PIF Cider and sticker up your game board like a rock ’n’ roll star! We’ll be servin’ up mini-slushies for just 3 bucks and sweet bites of baklava to keep you jivin’.
So grab your saddle shoes, slick back that hair, and join the hop — it’s gonna be a blast from the past!
SAFE’s mission is to champion individuals and organizations, as well as social, educational, and environmental policies that promote equity and justice. Come learn what they do and how they do it! Come chat with their lovely organization and enjoy a beverage special in honor of SAFE’s one year anniversary.
Let’s fire up our SkellaFit powerlifters before they head to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!
Autograph signing, silent auction, Badass Bingo, specialty drinks, music with DJ Skella!
The principles that guide the organization:
The goal of the League of Women Voters is to empower citizens to shape better communities worldwide.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political membership organization which:
acts after study and member agreement to achieve solutions in the public interest on key community issues at all government levels
builds citizen participation in the democratic process.
engages communities in promoting positive solutions to public policy issues through education and advocacy.
The League of Women Voters Education Fund is a nonpartisan public policy educational organization which:
builds citizen participation in the democratic process
studies key community issues at all governmental levels in an unbiased manner
enables people to seek positive solutions to public policy issues through education and conflict management.
We believe in:
respect for individuals
the value of diversity
the empowerment of the grassroots, both within the League and in communities
We will:
act with trust, integrity and professionalism
operate in an open and effective manner to meet the needs of those we serve, both members and the public
take the initiative in seeking diversity in membership
acknowledge our heritage as we seek our path to the future.
Come join our Overlord of Wax, the Gary, as he spins vinyl for the eve; he’ll provide commentary, context, and his cosmic charm to all the beats played and shared ————Bring your records to share!!!! Cider tastes better with groovy music. Let’s make that wax sing!
Featuring: University of Michigan professor and poet, Cody Walker, and local poet, Jeremy Proehl
FREE, but Registration is REQUIRED!!!
Come share and listen to poetry, written word, and stories. All draft cider $1/off for performers. the Poetics Lab website
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
To wassail is to: drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.
We opened just about 3 years ago on this day. Come hear music and dance a jig, drink cider from years of pressing, wear something appley for special discounts, and drink cider until your heart is content! Live music until we close beginning at 3pm.
$6 pints & 1/2 pints all day.
CLUB MEMBERS will receive:
40% OFF bottles
GENERAL PUBLIC will receive:
25% OFF bottles and cans
DOORS OPEN AT 12PM
Food: Bangarang Tacos
LIVE MUSIC:
3-5pm: TBD
5-7pm: Conor Larkin
7-9:30pm: Birch Road Band
$35/person
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN FOUNDATION AND FACE POWDER!!!
Everything else provided by the queens.
Get ready to turn your face into a masterpiece just in time for Halloween! Join us at the taproom for a fierce, fun-filled evening of makeup magic led by professional drag queens who know how to serve spooky and stunning.
Whether you’re channeling full-on glam, ghoulish fantasy, or fabulous camp, our queens will guide you through every contour, lash, and glittery detail. Perfect for beginners, pros, and anyone who just wants to level up their lewk for the most iconic night of the year.
We’ll start seating for the show at 7pm. This is a $26 ticketed event; tickets will be available soon. You may purchase tickets at the door, but the shows sell out fast. Please note, we will only refund a ticket if we have AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE. Otherwise, people miss out on a seat that could have been resold. Thanks for your understanding.
Prizes both Friday and Saturday for the best costume (as judged by our Queens)!!! You’ll get your ticket to the show refunded/paid for and a PIF Cider t-shirt of your choice. The drag show will “begin” at 7pm (which is actually more like 8pm Queen time)!
We’ll start seating for the show at 7pm. This is a $26 ticketed event; tickets will be available soon. You may purchase tickets at the door, but the shows sell out fast. Please note, we will only refund a ticket if we have AT LEAST 24 HOURS NOTICE. Otherwise, people miss out on a seat that could have been resold. Thanks for your understanding.
Prizes both Friday and Saturday for the best costume (as judged by our Queens)!!! You’ll get your ticket to the show refunded/paid for and a PIF Cider t-shirt of your choice. The drag show will “begin” at 7pm (which is actually more like 8pm Queen time)!
Gemini Moon perform guitar-driven originals with male/female lead vocals and harmonies.
Vocalist and guitarist Joe Chamberlin, having performed at music venues throughout the United States for more than a decade, brings his Hendrix-Frusciante inspired riffs, and pop sensibilities with him into Gemini Moon. While vocalist Casmira Draconid, having been born into a musical family, continues a long tradition in the arts, bringing their masteful prose and powerful voice to the songs of Gemini Moon.
The group is influenced by 90s alternative and 60s/70s classic rock, as well as blues, pop, and folk from all eras. Gemini Moon blend these influences together into a playful, loving, and inviting musical space with balanced tones and mindful volume.
This Labor Day, we’re reminded that the holiday exists because of the hard work, heart, and dedication of working people—especially those who build the foundations of our community.
For us here in Alpena, no group embodies that more than our educators and school staff at @alpenaschools Teachers, counselors, janitors, lunch workers, bus drivers, administrators—you carry so much on your shoulders. You don’t just teach; you inspire, protect, guide, and nurture. You keep the lights on, the halls clean, the students safe, and the doors open to possibility. None of us would be where we are today without your labor of love.
As former teachers ourselves, we know the long nights, the hard conversations, the endless giving of your energy and care. We also know the difference it makes in a young person’s life when an adult shows up with compassion, encouragement, and belief.
This Labor Day weekend, we want to celebrate you.
All teachers and school staff will receive 40% off all purchases at our cider taproom Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Just show your school ID and let us serve you as a small token of our enormous gratitude.
To every single educator and staff member in Alpena: thank you for shaping futures, strengthening families, and reminding us that the most important work often happens quietly, day after day. We see you, we appreciate you, and we raise our glass to you this weekend.
Happy Labor Day, and thank you for all you do.
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
6pm - 8pm Cost to non-members is $20 and includes a curated flight. Please purchase tickets from our website to reserve a seat.
Come join our Overlord of Wax, the Gary, as he spins vinyl for the eve; he’ll provide commentary, context, and his cosmic charm to all the beats played and shared ————Bring your records to share!!!! Cider tastes better with groovy music. Let’s make that wax sing!
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
Come share and listen to poetry, written word, and stories. All draft cider $1/off for performers. the Poetics Lab website
Join members of the Signal Path crew for an epic throw down at PIFCider this Wednesday 8/13 in Alpena, Michigan, beginning around 8pm.
Come early for some fantastic cider and fabulous folks and stay late dancing the night away! DJ sets by your boy L i g h t R a y and Dion Stepanski with @d.stepmusic plus a live electronica collab set featuring special guest Nathan Weidenhaft. Should be one of the best Alpena Events of the summer! No cover. No excuses! LFG!!
Singer songwriter, often seen with Conor Larkin.
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
6pm - 8pm Cost to non-members is $20 and includes a curated flight. Please purchase tickets from our website to reserve a seat.
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
Come share and listen to poetry, written word, and stories. All draft cider $1/off for performers. The Poetics Lab website
Tired of waiting for politicians to make change? So are we. Learn how working folks are taking charge.
-Invest in MI Kids: Invest in MI Kids makes sure the wealthiest Michiganders pay their fair share. It would include a small tax surcharge on those who've benefitted most, with the money going directly to the School Aid Fund to support public schools across Michigan.
-Rank MI Vote: Proposes a constitutional amendment to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan. Ranked choice voting requires winning candidates to secure at least 50% of the vote and allows voters to rank their choice of candidates.
-Taking Back Our Power: Corporations shouldn't be able to buy their way out of accountability and silence our voices in our elections. This coalition is launching a campaign to ban these corporations from making political contributions in Michigan.
-Family Leave Optimal Coverage: Raise wages and guarantee paid family leave.
Up North Advocacy empowers Northern Michigan communities through encouraging civic engagement, amplifying our diverse voices, and advocating for positive change. Grounded in our love for our region and its people, we champion democracy, education, environmental stewardship, and inclusivity to create a stronger, resilient, more equitable home for all.
Learn more about what they do here: UP NORTH ADVOCACY
Come join our Overlord of Wax, the Gary, as he spins vinyl for the eve. Bring your records to share!!!! Cider tastes better with groovy music. Let’s make that wax sing!
Come check out this musical master’s set - all original music. He’ll play bass, guitar, sing, and mix some sick beats. Chill house, experimental, ambient, drum and bass. $5 suggested donation.
**You can now find his music on most platforms as D.Step or Dion Stepanski**
We are partnering with some spectacular folks to bring you an amazing experience. On Friday, doors open at 7pm, and there will be Queens performing at PIFCider. Tickets available, just click on the date:
Saturday, June 7th, doors at 7pm
Please always check our social media and website to ensure the schedule is correct. We may change for special events.
We are partnering with some spectacular folks to bring you an amazing experience. On Friday, doors open at 7pm, and there will be Queens performing at PIFCider. Tickets available, just click on the date:
Friday, June 27th, 7pm
Please always check our social media and website to ensure the schedule is correct. We may change for special events.
Come join our Overlord of Wax, the Gary, as he spins vinyl for the eve. Bring your records to share!!!! Cider tastes better with groovy music. Let’s make that wax sing!
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
Come share and listen to poetry, written word, and stories. All draft cider $1/off for performers. The Poetics Lab website
Visit Alpena did a feature on this Alpena native, artist Nicholas Hartman aka Chapel of Ghouls. You can read that interview in full here: Gravely Art from the Hart
And we’re so excited to invite him home for an art show at our Tap Room and feature HIS ARTWORK for our newest cider label! Hopefully we’ll be able to see a bunch of his other work as well.
Nick on Nick:
“My name is Nicholas Hartman but usually just go by Nick. I graduated from Alpena High School in 2004, received an Associate in Fine Arts from ACC, and a Bachelor of Science in Film Studies from GVSU. I worked as a Film Curator at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts located in Grand Rapids, MI for 8 plus years, but the museum closed due to the devastating effects of the pandemic. I’m now currently working for the historic Wealthy Theatre where I continue to curate films, manage theatre operations, and am head of the Grand Rapids Film Society.
Other than my professional work, I’m an artist who goes by the name Chapel of Ghouls. I’ve shown my work in a handful of galleries, put on my own art shows, and am an advocate for all things mental health. My hobbies include skateboarding, painting, listening to music, all things film, reading, and embracing the gift of life. I love drinking cold beer, spending time with my loved ones, and believe that every day should be lived to the fullest. I’ll rest when I’m dead.”
Let’s celebrate Downtown Alpena’s Flower Festival getting our hands dirty! Grab a flower friend or two and come to the taproom anytime between 1 & 5 on Sunday to build a porch pot! Soil, pots & flowers provided for $22 each. Message us to reserve your spot!
6pm - 8pm Cost is $22 and includes a curated flight of 4 ciders, and cheese/chocolate pairings with each. Please purchase tickets to reserve a seat. This is NOT a cider club event, but if club members purchase their tickets at the taproom, you can still receive your 15% discount.
All you have to do to join the club is come on down to the taproom, bring whatever you're currently reading (there is no assigned reading!), grab your favorite drink from the bar, and then join us for an hour of silent reading. There will be time to socialize before and after the hour, but if that's not your jam, no worries, it's totally optional! Specials on baklava and cheesecake for participants.
Schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Get your drinks and snacks, grab a seat, socialize with other readers, share what you're reading
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Silent Reading Hour
7:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Optional socializing (or keep reading!)
All who join are responsible for purchasing their own drinks and snacks. We will have an area reserved for us.
Please invite your friends to come read with us! Follow our page to always stay up to date on when the next meet-up is happening.
Learn more about Silent Book Club on their website: www.silentbookclub.com
Come share and listen to poetry, written word, and stories. All draft cider $1/off for performers. The Poetics Lab website
Come check out this musical master’s set. He’ll play bass, guitar, sing, and mix some sick beats. Chill house, experimental, ambient, drum and bass. $5 suggested donation.
**You can now find his music on most platforms as D.Step or Dion Stepanski**
Join Shipwreck Alley Rollers and experience the joy of skating! Practice starts on May 21st. Visit alpenarollerderby.com to learn more.
2025 Season Details
-Begins May 21st
-Wednesdays 6-8 pm @ Northern Lights Arena
Pre-season Meet and Greet
-May 7th at 7pm @PIF Cider taproom in Alpena
-Meet members of the team and learn about the season.
-Open to all levels - learn to skate or advance your skills (no experience necessary!)
-Starter gear available
-Learn to play on a team and the rules of roller derby
-Finish the season with a scrimmage and swag bag of SAR gear
Join us for Bingo, drink specials, and feel free to bring a dish to pass! Silly prizes to be won! Please also bring your own serving utensils for your dish.
