Sure is pretty in the woods with the October snowfall by Thomas Spence.
Greetings, friends. This is going to be a crazy week, no doubt. Halloween is just around the corner, then a return to regular time on Sunday, and then the election, whatever that entails this year. So the offerings this week are just the opposite … you can click on many links and just sit back and listen or watch, and enjoy being a human being. There’s more stuff, of course–artwork, a drive-in movie, music, to name a few.
First up is a presentation on Lichens on the North Shore — those beauteous and mysterious organisms that can be found all over the Northwoods.
Wolf Ridge naturalist Joe Walewski will present a free webinar on Lichens of the North Shore at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 through North House Folk School. To register, click here.
Lichens are an example of the ultimate symbiotic relationship-a complex life form that is the partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga. Joe Walewski, the naturalist at the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, will lead a webinar through North House Folk School on Thursday, Oct. 29, to explore this mysterious and beautiful world. The webinar is free. Click here to register.
Halloween is on Saturday, and there are a variety of ways that families have decided to celebrate it. The YMCA is doing it two ways, with a virtual costume contest and a social distancing event and movie screening in the parking lot at the Y.
The YMCA is sponsoring a Halloween costume contest virtually this year, and ins inviting everyone to post a photograph of themselves and their family, including pets, in their Halloween costumes on their Facebook page.
The YMCA will host a virtual Halloween costume contest on its Facebook page starting Oct. 29. Post a photograph here.
There are three categories: kids, family or group and pets.Photos must be posted by 9 p.m. Oct. 31. Special prizes for those with the most likes. To post photos, click here.
On Saturday, the Y will host a Halloween event in the parking lot with social distancing in place. There will be treats and more, as well as the screening of a movie at 7 p.m.
The YMCA will screen the Disney movie “Coco” in the parking lot at 7 p.m. Oct. 31.
For a virtual live theatre experience of Halloween, the Duluth Playhouse will present, “Tales from the Ghost Light,” a series of creepy vignettes that will stream via their Facebook page and YouTube channel Thursday through Sunday.
Stream the Duluth Playhouse’s “Tales from the Ghost Light” Thursday through Sunday for free.
The tales can be seen anytime from 7 p.m. Oct. 29 and through 11 p.m. Nov. 1. To see, click here or here.
Exhibits:
David R. Johnson’s exhibit, “Cook County Through MyEyes, Vol 11″ continues at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Self-portrait by David R. Johnson, one of the photographs in his exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post, Cook County Through My Eyes, Vol. II.”
The exhibit features a wide variety of photographs including landscapes and seascapes as well as wildlife photographs.
Icy Blue Sunset by David Johnson is one of the photographs on exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post this month.
The exhibit can be viewed in person at the Heritage Post from 1-4 p.m on Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays, or online. To view all the photographs and shop, click here. The exhibit continues through Dec. 5. Covid protocols, including masking, social distancing and hand sanitizing are in place at the gallery.
Upcoming:
Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux will teach a class entitled “Once Upon a Folktale” from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Grand Marais Art Colony.
Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux will teach a class on folktales at the Grand Marais Art Colony Nov. 7.
In this laid-back class, participants will explore a variety of traditional folk tales, learn to tell a story without memorization and spend time spinning yarns with old and new friends. This family class is open to ages 7 – adult. All participants must follow the Art Colony’s social distancing and mask protocol. Learn more and register here.
Artists at Work:
David Gilsvik and his wife Patti took at trip to Amsterdam and Tromso, Norway just before Covid hit. He writes “the virus was right behind us as museums were closing right and left, and eventually the whole continent, and we had to go home.” But, he continues: “Quarantined, I worked with a new energy born of travel and experiencing the land of my Ancestors.”
The result? An exhibit of the paintings at Cedar Coffee in Two Harbors, which is located just north of SuperOne.
David Gilsvik is exhibiting the work he created during quarantine, inspired by his trip to Scandinavia before the Covid lockdown. They are on exhibit at the Cedar Coffee House in Two Harbors.
Bryan Hansel has put out a new newsletter entitled “The Lows of Photography.”
Photograph by Bryan Hansel.
To read his post, click here. It includes links to his workshops.
The art students at ISD 166 usually have an exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post during the year, but that isn’t possible. So art teacher Mila Horak is posting their work online. Here’s a beauty:
“Sharp” by Charlet, an art student at ISD 166.
Winter Birches by Marti Mullen.
Cosmic Yin and Yang by Kathy Fox Weinberg.
For your listening and viewing pleasure:
(Note: This is where you get to sit back and enjoy. Most of these posts are about an hour long.)
The Cook County Chamber’s annual Gala Award Ceremony was held virtually this year through a Zoom event on WTIP Community Radio on Wednesday.
WTIP Community Radio has its Fall Membership Drive this week.
It was really fun and such a great way to experience and celebrate what this community is all about. To listen, click here.
In Duluth, the Tweed Museum of Art is not yet open to the public, but they are active online, posting examples of exhibits as well as videos. Here’s a video with Carl Gawboy, discussing a few of his paintings in his retrospective at the Tweed.
The Duluth Art Institute is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday with Covid protocols in place. One of the exhibits features the textile art of Bemidiji artist Blair Treuer.
One of the textile pieces in Blair Treuer’s exhibit at the Duluth Art Institute.
Treuer’s portraits of herself, her husband, Anton Treuer, and nine children move off the walls with emotional energy. In her exhibit, “Identity,” Treuer becomes a storyteller delivering a message, “magic can be created when two people from different cultures love each other and build a life together,” she says.
The Duluth Art Institute just had an extraordinary interview with Treuer, where she talks about her art, how she got started, her family, her techniques. It’s so worth the time to watch. Here’s the link:
You might have to register to see. Click here if necessary.
Here’s a great video about the search for the places that the Group of Seven painted. In it, author and wilderness photographers Joanie and Gary McGuffin and art historian Michael Burtch set out to find the actual locations in northern Ontario that inspired the legendary Group Of Seven and some of their most iconic works of art. The film weaves the paintings and fascinating stories of these artists with the modern-day journey, taking viewers through some of Canada’s most stunning landscapes.
And here’s this great video featuring the legendary Japanese potter Hamada and British potter Bernard Leach entitled “The Art of the Potter.” The film, which is available for viewing for free through Nov.1, is offered courtesy of the Thunder Bay Potters Guild. Enjoy!
And finally, Cook County Higher Education recently hosted a webinar entitled “We Are All Treaty People: A History of Treaties in Minnesota.”
The webinar, “We Are All Treaty People” is now available to watch. Free.
More than 750 people registered to see this extraordinary piece. You can too. Here’s the link. It’s free, but registration might be required before you can view.
Virtual Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, Oct. 29:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, make reservations here. or call (218) 481-9280
Photographs:
We were lucky again this week. Here’s a selection of what we found.
First, wildlife:
Nap time by Amber Nichols.
Two from not around here.
Buffalo by Christian Dalbec.
A sheep that was out by itself for six years. All that wool apparently saved its life, according to the keeper. Every time the wolves attacked, they just got a mouthful of fluff, he said. Photo by Ian Short.
Black-backed woodpecker, courtesy of the Thunder Cape Bird Observatory.
A youngster in Grand Portage by Travis Novitsky.
Canada Lynx by Thomas Spence. Looking forward to see these this year, he writes.
Fall Buck by David R. Johnson, one of the photographs on view at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Here are some landscapes, skyscapes and waterscapes:
Black and gold and blue and white at Middle Falls, Gooseberry State Park.
Just had to stop and take this last week. Duluth, MN by Matthew Pastick.
Split Rock Lighthouse by Nathan Klok.
Art is everywhere. Floating leaves in river foam by Mary Amerman.
North Shore in Fall, courtesy of the Grand Marais Art Colony.
Seeking Shelter by David R. Johnson.
One tough lady rocking the waves of Lake Superior by Matthew Pastick.
Foggy Woods by Mark Tessier.
Waves in October by Christian Dalbec.
Lake Superior by Tim Beebe.
And last, but not least, a hope for this week:
Togethert. Photographer unknown.
Have a good weekend, everyone! Stay safe!!
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