Lighting the beacon at Split Rock Light House Nov. 10. Dawn LaPointe took this photo last year.
Winter has arrived and the fun starts on the North Shore with Winterer’s Gathering at North House Folk School, an action-packed event that draws people from all over the country. Also this week, Empty Bowls, a fundraiser to help feed the hungry in Cook County is set for Thursday, there’s a panel discussion on Lake Sturgeon and an art show to go with it, an author talk, a gala art opening in Duluth and a Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party in Silver Bay. Here are the details:
First up is the Empty Bowls fundraiser on Thursday, Nov. 15.
The Empty Bowls fundraiser will be held at St. John’s Catholic Church on Thursday, Nov.15. There are two seatings: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.
Each year, Empty Bowls works to raise awareness of and funds for the Cook County Food Shelf and other community organizations addressing Cook County’s critical hunger needs. It features a simple soup and bread meal provided by local restaurants as well as beautiful handcrafted bowls made at the Grand Marais Art Colony. There’s also a bake sale with homemade goodies. There are two seatings: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. The soup meal is $5. Bowls are $10 and up. This is always a fun community event, and the soups are delicious. All invited.
Winterer’s Gathering at North House Folk School celebrates the crafts, customs, landscape, history and stories of winter travel and traditional life-ways in the North.
Winterer’s Gathering will be held at North House Folk School this weekend, Nov. 16-18.
The event draws people from all over the country to celebrate all things winter. It features winter-centric coursework, a winter tent camp, a gear swap, dancing, an Arctic Film festival, speakers, winter skill presentations and more.
On Friday, look for coursework and presentations, the screening of several films, including the award-winning film “The Eagle Huntress,” (4 p.m. Friday), as well as skill shares and more. The Intern Portfolio Gallery, which highlights the work and creativity of North House interns, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. At 7 p.m., there will be a contra dance with Over the Waterfall, and the Cold Snap Poetry Slam will be at 8 p.m.
On Saturday, the Great Gear & Ski Swap is held at 10:30 a.m. in the Commons at North House. This is a good place to find everything from wool sweaters to ski equipment and is open to all. There will be lots more presentations and films, including the screening of “Virginia, Minnesota,” at 4 p.m., which includes scenes from Grand Marais and cameos by local residents. Check out the trailer here.
VIRGINIA MINNESOTA – Trailer from Daniel Stine on Vimeo.
At 6 p.m.on Saturday, there’s the Winterer’s Gathering Chili Feed followed by a presentation by Sam Cook, the recently retired outdoors writer and columnist for the Duluth News-Tribune. Cook will give a presentation entitled “Why We Couldn’t Move Back to Kansas.”
Sam Cook will give a presentation at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at North House.
He is also teaching a writing class during the event. He will be interviewed on WTIP’s The Roadhouse” on Friday night. (BTW: Brothers in Arms will also be on the WTIP show to talk about their music and play a few tunes.)
To see the complete schedule of events during Winterer’s Gathering, click here.
There’s lots more happening in the community this weekend, too.
On Friday at 5 p.m., author Tim Cochrane will give a presentation on the release of his new book, “Gichi Bitobig, Grand Marais: Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade” at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Tim Cochrane will give a presentation about his new book at 5 p.m. Friday at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Cochrane will give a slide presentation, read passages from the book, and answer questions. He has worked as a backcountry ranger, historian, anthropologist, and superintendent for the National Park Service in Alaska, Minnesota, and Michigan. He has worked extensively with Native American tribes, most recently with the Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa as superintendent at Grand Portage National Monument. His books include “A Good Boat Speaks for Itself” (Minnesota, 2002) and “Minong–The Good Place: Ojibwe and Isle Royale.”
At 7 p.m. on Friday, the Grand Marais Art Colony will host a panel discussion about lake sturgeon, the leviathans of freshwater fish, which are slowly coming back into our lakes and streams, thanks to the Clean Water Act and rigorous reintroduction projects involving habitat restoration and stocking. The Art Colony is featuring an exhibit of work by artists from all over the country who were asked to do their take on this great fish. Entitled “Black Gold” and curated by Ryuta Nakajima and Darren Houser of the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Department of Art and Design, the artwork in this juried exhibition is from numerous artists who are helping to mark this success, record history, and inspire the next aquatic conservation effort.
A print of one of the lake sturgeon drawings currently on view in the Founders Hall at the Art Colony. The prints are for sale for $25 each.
Houser will be joined by Sharon Moen, senior science communicator for Minnesota Sea Grant and Don Schreiner, fisheries specialist for Minnesota Sea Grant for the panel discussion at 7 p.m.
The exhibit has prints of posters and drawings … and photographs.
One of the prints in the “Black Gold ” exhibit at the Art Colony: Vladimir Putin kissing a young sturgeon. The sturgeon is a valued source of caviar in Russia, and the world, hence the title of the exhibit–Black Gold.
The exhibit continues at the Art Colony through Nov. 28. The Art Colony is open daily from 9 am. to 4 p.m.
If you like to dance, the Northern Lake County Arts Board is hosting the Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party at the William Kelley Auditorium in Silver Bay starting at 7 p.m. Friday.
The Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party will be held at the William Kelley Auditorium in Silver Bay on Friday night.
Exhibits:
“Listening to Lichen & Sculptural Weaving/ Elise Kyllo & Patricia Beilke” continues at the Johnson Heritage Post Gallery through Dec. 2. This is a not-to-be-missed exhibit, with extraordinary work by both artists.
A felted lichen piece by Elise Kyllo, one of many intriguing and often playful shapes crafted by this artist.
An antler basket by Patricia Bielke. She has a number of antler baskets are well as sculptural pieces on exhibit.
Winter Hours at the Johnson Heritage Post are 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
In Duluth, the Tweed Museum of Art opens two Native American-focused exhibits this week: “Manifest’o,” an animated series of panels by Jonathan Thunder which focuses on the bridge between two worlds, myth and art, , and “Intersections,” a new exhibition derived from the museum’s extensive collection of works by Native American artists. Artists include George Morrison, Patrick Desjarlait, Carl Gawboy, Dyani White Hawk, and Andrea Carlson, Jim Denomie and Karen Savage, to name a few.
Karen Savage’s blue otter is one of the pieces in the “Intersections” show at the Tweed. It opens with a reception on Thursday evening at 5 p.m. and continues through December.
There are a number of exhibits at the Duluth Art Institute, too, including “Exceptionally Ordinary” by Patrick Luber.
One of the pieces from “Exceptionally Ordinary” by Patrick Luber, currently on view at the Duluth Art Institute. Photo by Ed Newman.
Luber’s work explores the relationship between religious symbols and art through time. The multi-media exhibit continues through December.
And, across the border, there are less than two weeks left to see Christi Belcourt‘s exhibit, “Mother Earth: A Retrospective” at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Fall Harvest, 2011-2015 by Christi Belcourt.
Belcourt’s exhibit ends Nov. 25.
Upcoming:
Next weekend, we can look forward to the start of holiday sales and events, Stay tuned for details, but here’s a short list:
- Christmas Market at the North Shore Winery, noon to 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 23
- Oh Ole Night Parade, downtown Grand Marais, tree lighting, parade, fireworks, start st 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23
- The New Standards Holiday Show, Papa Charlie’s, Friday, Nov. 23, 7:30 p.m.
- Hovland Art Festival Holiday Sale, Saturday, Nov. 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Holiday Market at Voyageur’s Brewing, Saturday, Nov. 24. 1:30-6 p.m.
FYI
Dip your toes into art this winter at the Grand Marais Art Colony.
The Grand Marais Art Colony offers lots of opportunities to dip your toes into art this winter: artist talks, panel discussions, min-classes, artist services and winter reading groups are just a few things on the pallette. For more info, click here.
Music:
Thursday Nov. 15:
- Joshua Schmidt, Poplar River Pub, 6 p.m.
- Maria Nickolay, North Shore Winery, 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 16:
- Gene Lafond and Amy Grillo, Voyageur Brewing Co., 4 p.m.
- Jon Miller and the Home Brews, Gun Flint Tavern, 8 p.m.
- Brothers in Arms, Wunderbar, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17:
- Joshua Schmidt, Lutsen Resort, 7 p.m.
- Jon Miller and the Home Brews, Gun Flint Tavern, 8 p.m.
- North Shore Community Swing Band, Wunderbar, 7 p.m.
- Aftershock, Grand Portage Lodge Casino, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 18:
- Briand Morrison, Mogul’s Grille, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 20:
- Gordon Thorne, Poplar River Pub, 6 p.m.
Here are a few photos we found this week:
Warmer winters means the gray fox is hanging around the North Shore now. Photo by Paul Sandberg.
First-of-the-winter pine grosbeak by Michael Furtman.
Wild turkeys are heading north, too. An inquisitive deer checks out these birds. The photo was taken in Michigan by Sandra Updike.
A magnificent tree. “Cedar in Snow” by Sandra Updike.
Take a moment to meditate by Kathleen Gray-Anderson.
Fireweed and the silver sea by Jennifer Trowbridge.
Sunset at Canal Park by Curt Brown.
Morning hike at Devil’s Kettle by Chelsea Pusc.
Sunrise at the Grand Marais marina by David Johnson.
And finally, this beauty:
“Subtle” by Jamie Rabold.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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