Picture Perfect by David Johnson.
Greetings from the North Shore where we look forward to fall colors, outstanding art, and inspiring music this month. The trees have already started to turn, hinting at the glories soon to come.
The first maples, by David Johnson.
We’ve had our first frost scare, chasing people out to their gardens to rescue vulnerable crops.
First Frost Forecasted by Nancy Haarmeyer.
Now we can look forward to the warm sunny days of Fall in Cook County, where we celebrate community and the chance to live here.
The week starts out with Art Night at Joy and Company, which is held from 4-6 pm on Thursday. The event, which is open to the public, offers participants the opportunity to explore making art with a variety of different media in the shop. This week, the topic is scratch art, a fun and easy way to be creative.
Making Scratch Art will be featured at Joy and Company this week.
Demonstrations about how to use the materials to make scratch art are part of the evening. The event is free, with a suggested donation.
Also on Thursday, the Grand Marais Farmer’s Market will be held in the parking lot of the Cook County Community Center from 4:30-6 pm.
The Grand Marais Farmers Market is this Thursday. Hours are 4:30 to 6 pm.
Look for fresh produce, including tomatoes, hot peppers, chard, cucumbers, garlic, and more, baked goods,( including gluten-free), fresh eggs, and maple syrup. The public is invited.
This weekend also features one of North House Folk School’s most popular events: Unplugged 2023. hundreds of people will converge on campus for the four-day event.
Unplugged 2023 is Sept. 14-17 this year at North House Folk School.
This year’s Unplugged will continue the decades-long tradition of celebrating music, craft, food, and beverage as a community with an incredible weekend of events you won’t want to miss.
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 14 & 15, will feature two unforgettable nights of music with Sean Carey, Pieta Brown, Mike Lewis, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Joe Rainey Sr., Dylan Jennings, and Barbara Jean Meyers. For tickets, click here.
Saturday morning, Sept. 16, will mark the second annual family concert, followed by the Birch Bark Bash hosted by Chef Scott Graden of the New Scenic Café.
North House will also be hosting the Folk Artisan Marketplace, along with a speaker series, and the Points North Online Auction.
The Artisan Marketplace is one of the features of the Unplugged Weekend. Photo courtesy of North House.
One of the many items in the Points North Auction. The auction is open now and runs through Sept. 17. To see more, click here.
Friday begins with Plein Air Grand Marais Competition Week culminating in an exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post on Sept. 22.
A Plein Air Painter, oil, by Matt Kania. He is one of the artists participating in the Grand Marais Plein Air Competition that starts on Friday.
Plein Air Grand Marais is a 20-plus-year tradition that brings outdoor painters to the North Shore of Lake Superior for a week of competition, workshops, and friendship. The event is hosted by the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota and Cook County Historical Society’s Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery.
The competition class has invitational and juried painters. An Open Class of painters exhibit their work and compete in the Quick Paint event on Artist’s Point next Thursday, Sept. 21. Throughout the week you will find painters in every corner of Cook County painting the scenery – at the end of the week you can see their work displayed at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery through Oct. 15. The opening reception and Award Ceremony is at the Heritage Post Friday, Sept. 22 from 5-7 pm.
Also on Friday, the Johnson Heritage Post and the Cook County Historical Society Museum will be open from 5-7 pm for its monthly Culture Crawl.
A Culture Crawl at the Johnson Heritage Post and the Cook County Historical Society Museum will be held from 5-7 pm Friday.
First, stop by either the Cook County History Museum or the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery to begin the evening and pick up an event card. Each site will provide you with a sticker to place on your card, and a completed card can be exchanged for a free glass of beer, wine, or non-alcoholic beverage at The Gunflint Tavern. It is a creative way to explore the art, culture, and history of Cook County. Open to all. Free.
Saturday morning starts with the Fall Fly-In/Drive-In Pancake Breakfast at the Cook County Airport from 8-11 am.
The annual Fall Colors Fly-In/Drive-In will be held at the Cook County Airport from 8- 11 am Saturday.
The event is presented by the Arrowhead Eagles Aviation Organization, promoting the Grand Marais/Cook County Airport and the love of aviation. This non-profit organization awards aviation scholarships and promotes events and projects to support aviation in our community. It is also supported by the Cook County Historical Society, with a picture display of early aviation history in Cook County.
A presentation will take place at 10 am to award plaques of recognition to those responsible for helping build and operate the original Devil Track Airport and the current airport facilities at KCKC airport. Discounted airplane rides will be available, weather permitting, plus airplane displays and possible stop-by visits by Forest Service fire suppression aircraft and others.
Breakfast is $10 for adults and $6 for kids under 16. Everyone invited.
At 10 am on Saturday, the Cook County Market opens in the parking lot of the Hub (The Senior Center) featuring a wide variety of work by local artists and artisans. Look for pottery, painting, woodworking, weaving, jewelry, rock art, leatherwork, and more. And there is live music.
Bob LaMond creates lamps, jewelry, and more from native rocks Photo by Jennifer Shoals.
The Market is open from 10 am to 2 pm. Everyone invited.
Also on Saturday, the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino will host a Car Show with food, fun, and cool cars & trucks.
Grand Portage Lodge & Casino will host a Car Show on Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm.
Afterward, a free 18+ concert with Rock-A-Billy Revue will be held from 7-11 pm in the Grand Portage Event Center.
On Saturday evening, Duluth poet, Bart Sutter, will give an Author Talk at Drury Lane Books starting at 6 pm. Sutter has just released a new book of poems entitled “So Surprised to Find You Here.”
Poet Bart Sutter will give an Author Talk at Drury Lane Books at 6 pm on Saturday.
The new poems embody a series of surprises. Why should a walk through a woodland bog call up the names and faces of first-grade girls? What’s it like to be a one-year-old who’s crawled beneath a grand piano while it’s being played? Or an arborist, sky-high up a tree, who’s suddenly attacked by killer bees? How come a Lutheran congregation worships at a boulder in the woods?
This book of poems is rich with stories, whimsy, and humor and their settings range from the poet’s home ground in northern Minnesota to the backroads of New Mexico, to Ireland and Spain. The Author Talk begins at 6 pm. Free and open to all.
On Sunday, Lutsen Fire and Rescue will hold a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at the Lutsen Fire Hall.
Lutsen Fire and Rescue will hold a Pancake Fundraiser on Sunday.
The event is from 8-11 am. Open to all.
Up Yonder has started Sunday Movie Night. The movies are free and start at 8 pm.
Up Yonder has started Sunday Movie Night. The films start at 8 pm and are free.
The movie on Sunday is Walt Disney’s Holes. Here’s the trailer:
This movie is rated PG.
And on Monday, knitters and crafters are invited to Beach Knitting, a chance to make on the Grand Marais Harbor, weather permitting.
Beach knitting is this Monday from 9-11 am. Free and open to all.
The event is free. Bring a chair and warm clothes.
Exhibits:
This is the last week to see Botanical Forays, a multi-media exhibit at the Johnson Heritage Post.
“Botanical Forays” is currently on view at the Johnson Heritage Post. It closes on Sunday.
The exhibit features bead paintings by Jo Wood, a flower installation by Corrie Steckelberg and needle felting by Cheryl Larsen.
The Heritage Post is open from 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday through Sunday. It is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Free.
Painter Alexa Carson is exhibiting her work in the Great Hall at Tettegouche State Park.
What a Child Knows by Alexa Carson is on view at Tettegouche State Park.
Carson’s exhibit continues through the month of September.
The Lake Superior Watercolor Society is currently exhibiting work at the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors.
The Lake Superior Watercolor Society is exhibiting work at the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors.
Upcoming:
Naomi Hart will open an exhibit of her encaustic paintings at the Duluth Art Institute on Sept. 20.
Naomi Hart opens an exhibit at the Duluth Art Institute Sep. 20.
The Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour opens next Friday, Sept. 22, featuring 30 open studios in Cook County exhibiting everything from ceramics, weaving, fused glass, wood carving, paintings, woodcut prints, and more.
The Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour is from Sept. 22 – Oct. 1. Click here for more information about the artists, their studio location, and their guests as well as examples of their work.
This is really an extraordinary 10-day event. Many of the 30 studios have guest artists as well, so there will be lots to look at and enjoy.
Here are a few examples of works you can see.
Swans Flying Home, wool and silk, 3 feet by 5 feet by Mary Sannerud.
Wood-turned birch bowl, carved and painted with milk paint by Jim Sannerud.
Hand-knitted, original design textiles in organic fibers by Sue Stavig. She will be a guest at Betsy Bowen’s Studio from Sept. 28-Oct. 1.
Cliffs and the Deep, oil, by Paula Gustafson.
Brochures about the tour are available at all the artists’ studios as well as at the Visit Cook County Visitor Center, 116 Hwy. 61.
Kudos:
Photographer Travis Novitsky is featured in the latest issue of The Walleye.
Artists At Work:
New work by Paula Sundet Wolf. She has opened Wolf Meadow Studio at 503 Caribou Trail in Lutsen. The studio features her baskets, paintings, and more. It is open this weekend.
What I Saw by Mary Beams.
Studio painting. Blocking in the Clouds, by Neil Sherman.
Online Findings:
Moose Conclave by Thomas Spence.
Thomas Spence’s latest newsletter has detailed advice on how to find moose in the fall. Click here to find out more.
Love jigsaw puzzles? Here’s an interesting one to do online. Here’s a link to recreate the photograph below as an e-puzzle. The link is in the caption.
Split Rock photograph by Edward Lee. It can be done as an e-puzzle. Click here to try it out on your computer.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, Sept 14:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 7-9 pm
- Joe Paulik, Cascade Restaurant & Pub, 6-8 pm
- Unplugged, North House Folk School, 7 pm
- Pieta Brown
- Sean Carey (S. Carey, Bon Iver)
- Joe Rainey Sr.
- Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings
- Jeremy Ylvisaker
- Mike Lewis (Bon Iver, Happy Apple)
- Barbara Jean Meyers (Dusty Heart)
Friday, Sept 15
- Unplugged, North House Folk School, 7 pm
- Pieta Brown
- Sean Carey (S. Carey, Bon Iver)
- Joe Rainey Sr.
- Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings
- Jeremy Ylvisaker
- Mike Lewis (Bon Iver, Happy Apple)
- Barbara Jean Meyers (Dusty Heart)
- Bump Blomberg, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 7:30-9 pm
Saturday, Sept 16:
- Zahir Orest, Senior Center Parking Lot, 10 am
- Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players, North House Folk School, 10 am
- Donny Buck and the Rock-A-Billy Revue, Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, 7 – 11 pm
- DJ Birthday Gurl!, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 7-10 pm
Sunday, Sept 17:
- Briand Morrison, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 10-12 pm
- Joe Paulik, Raven’s Nest at Gunflint Tavern, 1-4 pm
- Brilliant Color, North Shore Winery, 3-5:30 pm
- Timmy Haus, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 5-7 pm
- Open Mic Hosted by Pete K, Up Yonder, 5-8 pm
Tuesday, Sept 19:
- Eric Frost, North Shore Winery, 5:30-7:30 pm
Wednesday, Sept 20:
- Billy Johnson, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 4-6 pm
Thursday, Sept 21:
- Andrew Huber, Cascade Restaurant and Pub, 6-8 pm
- North Shore Swing Band, Up Yonder, 7-9 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 7-9 pm
Friday, Sept 22:
- Pat Eliasen, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 7:30-9 pm
Saturday, Sept 23:
- Zahir Orest, Senior Center Parking Lot, 10 am
- Amy and Gene, Cascade Restaurant and Pub, 6-8 pm
- DJ Birthday Gurl!, Up Yonder, 10 pm
Sunday, Sept 24:
- Briand Morrison, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 10-12 pm
- Joe Paulik, Raven’s Nest at Gunflint Tavern, 1-4 pm
- Billy Johnson, North Shore Winery, 3:30-5:30 pm
- Timmy Haus, Mogul’s Grille & Tap Room, 5-7 pm
- Open Mic Hosted by Pete K, Up Yonder, 5-8 pm
Photographs:
We found some great photographs this week. Here’s a selection:
Wildlife:
Mama Otter on the North House dock, by Paul Sundberg.
Well Hi, little buddy, by Karin Kraemer.
Triplets explore everything by Heidi Pinkerton.
Green Heron by Kathy Vanderwall.
Birthday Bull by David Johnson.
Flowers & Pollinators:
Resting Bee by Tom McCann.
Our lovely little sunflower by Roxanne Distad.
Purple Prairie Coneflower by Kathi Polley.
A fall of sunflowers by Creaking Tree Farm.
The Harvest:
Check out this Puffball, yo, by Cathy Quinn.
Tina Hegg Raway is the Princess of Pies.
It’s apple season. Photo by Joan Farnam.
Landscapes, Skyscapes & Waterscapes:
A storm came through by Travis Novitsky.
Sunset over Devil Track Lake by Bryan Hansel.
First Light by Jan Swart.
A quick golden hour in the almost golden forest by Jamie Rex.
Lake Superior Swim by Maria Isley.
Good morning Grand Marais by David Johnson.
The Walkway by Alexa Hanson.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness by Dave and Amy Freeman.
Pink-Blue Skies at Sunrise by Bryan Hansel.
And finally, this promise.
Fallen Leaf Collection by Don Davison.
Have a great weekend!!
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