Minnesota Moose by Thomas Spence.
Greetings from the North Shore where we really do celebrate the moose this weekend during Moose Madness Weekend. Although we must admit that some of the contests are pretty quirky, they are quite entertaining and make for great experiences for families during MEA weekend in Grand Marais. Here’s a list of all the events and activities this weekend. See below for details.
The moose themselves are preoccupied with other things. It’s the rut season and there are great opportunities to see them as they chase each other through the woods.
Here are a few moose photos we found this week:
Hello there by Katie Mumm.
A Road Block by David Johnson.
- Morning stroll by David Johnson.
So here are some of the things we can do over the weekend:
First up is David Hahn Art Days, an art event for youth that will be held at Studio 21 on Oct. 19 & 20.
David Hahn Art Days will be held at Studio 21 Oct 19-20 from 10 am to 2 pm.
This free youth art opportunity offers participants the chance to work on multiple art projects including Paint-a-bowl for Empty Bowls, wand making, Suminagashi (fish printmaking), and more.
Hahn was a beloved artist and community member and for years volunteered to teach art to youth at the public school and the Grand Marais Art Colony. This opportunity at Studio 21 is made possible by his generous memorial gifts to the Art Colony.
The drop-in free classes will be held from 10 am to 2 pm at Studio 21. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday is also Paint-A-Halloweewn-Mask Night at Joy and Company during its weekly Art Night.
Paint Halloween masks at Joy and Company this week.
Participants are invited to the shop from 4-6 pm to paint masks for the coming holiday. The event is free with a suggested donation. Open to all.
North House Folk School is holding Family Weekend Oct 19-21. Campus tours begin on Thursday, Oct.19, and drop-in family activities and classes are on Friday and Saturday. There are a number of special events scheduled, too.
North House Folk School’s Family Weekend activities are set for Oct. 20-21.
The weekend features a dozen or more classes, some for kids only, others for adults and kids to take together. From cooking to fiber arts, woodworking to blacksmithing. There is a skill to learn for everyone. The weekend includes both formal classes that require registration ahead of time as well as drop-in activities that are free and require no pre-registration. Here are a few highlights:
Drop-in Family Activities, Friday-Saturday, 10 am-4 pm, free.
Family Fun Night – Games, S’mores, and Apple Pressing Demonstration, Friday, Oct. 20, from 5-7 pm.
Family Fun Night – Contra Dance, Saturday, Oct. 21, 6-9 pm.
On Friday, the 5th annual Apple Festival begins, offering people the opportunity to pick apples at three different orchards: Ray Block’s, Stan Bauch’s, and the Cook County Community Orchard across from Great Expectations School. The orchards are open from 4-7 on Friday and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday and Sunday. Apples will also be available to purchase.
Apple Fest is Oct 20-22 this year.
North House Folk School will hold an apple pressing demonstration from 5-7 on Saturday and Crosby Bakery will have apple pies for sale at the Community Orchard over the weekend. The public is invited.
Also on Friday, author Molly Beth Griffin and illustrator Meleck Davis discuss their book, “The Big Leaf Leap” at Drury Lane Books.
Author Molly Beth Griffin and illustrator Meleck Davis will be at Drury Lane Books at 11 am Friday.
This is a fun book to read with energetic illustrations, The event starts at 11 am. The public is invited.
At 1 pm on Friday, Sivertson Gallery will host author Tove Conway and illustrator Kari Vick for a book signing and conversation at the gallery.
Author Tove Conway and illustrator Kari Vick will be at Sivertson Gallery Oct. 20 for a book signing.
The book explores what the main character, Kai, can see in the Northwoods. The public is invited.
On Friday night the Johnson Heritage Post Gallery will hold an opening reception for Cam Zebrun’s exhibit from 5-7 pm.
Cascade, an exhibit by Cam Zebrun, opens at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday.
Zebrun is a multi-media artist and this exhibit focuses on sculpture and collages inspired by the natural world. For more information about the artist, click here. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served.
Saturday is busy with all kinds of “moosey “activities around town. Click here for more information.
The day starts in the parking lot of the Hub, where the Cook County Market celebrates its last market of the 2023 season.
This is the last week of the 2023 Cook County Market, which is held in the parking lot of the Senior Centers from 10 am to 2 pm.
Look for a wide variety of arts and crafts, including pottery, paintings, leatherwork, hand-knit hats, Lake Superior stones, jewelry, and more. Open to all.
Also at 10 am on Saturday, the Grand Opening for the 1st & 2nd Thrift Store in downtown Grand Marais begins.
The Grand Opening for the new 1st and 2nd Store is on Saturday.
The celebration at its new location, 11 First Ave. W., in the old Birchbark Books Building, will be held from 10 am – 4 pm. Everyone is invited.
At 11 am on Saturday, author Polly Carlson Voiles and illustrator Consie Powell will discuss their book “Star Party” at Drury Lane Books.
Author Polly Carlson Voiles and illustrator Consie Powell will talk about their book, “Star Party”, at 11 am Saturday at Drury Lane Books.
This is a story about a little girl discovering the mysteries of the night sky with her grandparents. The presentation is open to all. Free.
Also on Saturday, North Shore photographer Christian Dalbec will give a presentation about his photography at Sivertson Gallery from 1-3 pm.
Photographer Christian Dalbec will give a presentation at Sivertson Gallery at 1 pm Saturday.
Dalbec, whose work is showcased at the gallery, lives in Two Harbors. On a typical morning, he wakes before sunrise and drives along still-dark Hwy.61, eventually stopping at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park. There, he enters cold Lake Superior wearing a helmet, wetsuit, snorkel, fins, and mask and begins photographing. His distinctive photos are made from an unusual vantage point—from within the lake itself while swimming. It’s difficult and dangerous work, but ultimately his photographs capture the unusual perspective of a fish in water. The presentation is free and open to all.
At 4 pm, the Grand Marais Film Society will present a halloween film for kids at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts.
The Grand Marais Film Society will present a Halloween film for kids at the ACA on Saturday.
The screening is open to all. Costumes encouraged. Food will be available to purchase.
And finally, there will be an Author Talk at Drury Lane Books with Jeremy Norton discussing “Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response”, from 6 to 7:30 pm.
Author Jeremy Norton will be at Drury Lane Books at 6 pm on Saturday to discuss his book, Trauma Sponges.
In this remarkable memoir, Norton marshals twenty-two years of professional experience to offer, with compassion and critique, an extraordinary portrayal of emergency responders. From his first days as a rookie firefighter and emergency medical technician to his command of a company as a 20-year veteran, Norton documents the life of an emergency responder in Minneapolis. The presentation is open to the public. All invited.
And not to forget the Contra Dance at North House Folk School on Saturday night. The family dance starts at 6 pm with adults dancing after 7 pm.
On Thursday, Oct. 26, the annual Visit Cook County & Cook County Chamber of Commerce Fall Gala will be held at Up Yonder.
The annual Fall Gala will be held at Up Yonder on Oct. 26.
Social hour starts at 5 pm with hearty appetizers and live music with Timmy Haus. The award ceremony is at 6:30 pm. General admission tickets are $20. For tickets, click here.
Exhibits:
Summer exhibitions are coming to a close this month in Cook County.
Muse 12×12, the exhibit at Studio 21 featuring work by members and students at the Grand Marais Art Colony closes Oct. 21.
The Muse 12×12 exhibition at Studio 21 closes on Oct. 21.
Studio 21 is open from 10 am to 3 pm Wednesday through Saturday. Free.
There are only two more weekends to see “Now That Summer Has Ended: An Exhibit about Winter Activities at Grand Portage During the Fur Trade Era” at the Heritage Center at the Grand Portage National Monument.
“Now That Summer Has Ended” continues at the Heritage Center in Grand Portage through Oct. 31.
The exhibit offers viewers the opportunity to learn about the ways people spent their winter at the time of the fur trade – work, survival, and even some leisure activities, during the harsh, dark, northern season. It also has interactive exhibits. Open to all. It closes on Oct. 31.
The Lake Superior Watercolor Society exhibit at the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors closes at the end of the month.
The Lake Superior Watercolor Society is exhibiting at the Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors through October.
The exhibit features work by more than 30 members and covers a wide variety of topics and styles.
A number of new exhibits have opened as well.
Seven Summers: Paintings from Boeverdalen, featuring paintings by Arna Rennan, is currently on view at the Nordic Center, 23 N Lake Avenue in Duluth.
Skjermbilde, oil, one of Arna Rennan’s paintings at the Nordic Center in Duluth.
The exhibit continues through Nov. 5. The Nordic Center is open Friday and Saturday from 12 – 4 pm.
The Tweed Museum of Art has opened a new exhibition entitled “Everything and Nothing” featuring works by the faculty of the Art and Design Department at UMD.
Allison Aune is one of the artists in the UMD faculty exhibit “Everything and Nothing” that opened at the Tweed Museum of Art.
The exhibit continues through the fall.
The Thunder Bay Art Gallery in Thunder Bay has just opened a new exhibit entitled “Radical Stitch”.
“Radical Stitch”, an exhibit of contemporary beading, is currently on view at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
The exhibit continues through March 3.
Opportunities:
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council has four grants open for individuals and organizations.
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council has four grants open now.
The grants include the Individual Artist Equity Grant (New!), the Arts Learning Grant, the Art Project Grant (Organizations), and the Operating Support Grant. To find out more, click here.
Kudos:
The PBS documentary – Northern Nights, Starry Skies, with Travis Novitsky and Carl Gawboy, received a Regional Emmy Award this weekend. Congratulations to all involved: PBS North and The Center for Global Environmental Education, Hamline University.
The PBS documentary with Travis Novitsky and Carl Gawboy won an Emmy.
If you haven’t seen it yet here is a link.
Artists At Work:
Spruce Trees by Kim Dayton.
The Blue Depths, oil, by David Gilsvik is at Siiviis in Duluth.
Freaky by McKenna Backlund, 5.
Father Time, oil, by Matt Kania.
Wolf Meadow Studio, 503 Caribou Trail, will be open this weekend.
Dropping the sails for the day by Layne Kennedy.
Scenes from my mural in Tower by Adam Swanson.
Online Findings:
Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf
Painting by Rabbett Before Horses Strickland.
With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists, and artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, this film captures enduring spiritual connections with Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities shared between native people and the wolf species, and the opportunities and challenges presented by the reintroduction and protection of the animals across reservation lands. Here is the link to the film produced by Wisconsin Public Television. It’s 1 1/2 hours, but interesting.
Here’s a link to more of his paintings.
Layne Kennedy: “For many who’ve never had the chance to visit a large high-end printing facility, I used my iPhone to snap a few pix and video clips during the printing of my newest book; BEYOND THE LIGHT-The Stories Behind The Photographs. The book was printed at Brilliant Graphics in Exton, PA, and designed by Phil Unetic in New Jersey. Both did excellent work.”
Printing BEYOND THE LIGHT-The Stories Behind The Photographs from Layne Kennedy on Vimeo.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, Oct 19:
- SonOfMel, Cascade Restaurant and Pub, 6-8 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
- North Shore Swing Band, Up Yonder, 7-9 pm
Friday, Oct 20:
- Live Music, Bluefin Grill, 8-10 pm
- Buffalo Galaxy, Up Yonder, 9-11:55 pm
Saturday, Oct 21:
- Buffalo Galaxy, Up Yonder, 9-11:55 pm
Sunday, Oct 22:
- Jon Miller & Will Effertz, Up Yonder, 1-3 pm
Tuesday, Oct 24:
- Eric Frost, North Shore Winery, 4:30-6:30 pm
- Open Mic Hosted by Pete K, Up Yonder, 6-9 pm
Thursday, Oct 26:
- Joe Paulik, Cascade Restaurant and Pub, 6-8 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
Friday, Oct 27:
- Live Music, Bluefin Grill, 8-10 pm
- Katieoki, Up Yonder, 9-11:55 pm
Saturday, Oct 28:
- Bump Bloomberg, Cascade Restaurant and Pub, 6-8 pm
- Boogie Wonderland (Costume Party), Grand Portage Lodge & Casino’s Antlers Lounge, 8-11:55 pm
- The Evening Stars, Up Yonder, 9-11:55 pm
Photographs:
Here’s the selection of photographs we found this week:
Wildlife:
Puck and two of the foxes sharing breakfast by Sandra Updyke.
Shimmering Grackle by Chuck Olsen.
White-Crowned Sparrow by Chuck Olsen.
Pileated Woodpecker enjoying the Sweet Sixteen apples on our tree by Brian Bennett.
A male Ruffed Grouse strutting his stuff by Thomas Spence.
Green Heron holds its youngster close by Mukul Soman.
What a nice tail you have, my dear by Kathy Vanderwall.
The cutest elephant. Photographer unknown.
Potpourri:
Amanita by Bryan Hansel.
The dog at least left a precise space to open the door by Mary Beams.
Northwoods at Night by Matt Nesheim.
Grand Marais in October by Bill Vanderwall.
They didn’t get very big but they sure are pretty by Jamey Penney-Ritter.
Mushrooms or Art? by Judy Gray.
Landscapes, Skyscapes, Moonscapes, and Waterscapes and a Winterscape:
Partial solar eclipse in Cook County by David Johnson.
Thi Solar eclipse in Utah by Hayes Scriven.
The annular eclipse in Utah from the Two Big Dogs In A Teardrop crew by Bill Hansen.
Fifty Shades of Cold Glacial Lake Jokulsarlon, Iceland by John Heino.
It’s windy out there. A Mountain Ash in all its fall glory by Judy Grey.
Early Misty Morning by Don Davison.
Cloud Talk by Sierra Parsons.
Fall colors by Ann Jorgenson.
Devil Track at sunset by Monica Anderson.
The Sunrise Guy by Chuck Olsen.
Northeaster by Paul Sundberg.
It sure turned out to be a beautiful day by Sierra Parsons.
The Hjordis on her way for the winter at French River. Photo by Layne Kennedy.
Winds on Friday the 13th by Paul Scinocca.
Sunrise this morning on the North Shore by Kathy Vanderwall.
The UP in Fall by Sandra Updyke.
An evergreen world by Hunter Lutz.
All colors living and loving ripping through time by Mike Wiggins, Jr.
The North Shore by Hunter Lutz.
The High Falls in Fall by Nathan Klok.
Beauty by Lane Pelovsky.
Tonight by Jamie Rex.
Just around the bend by Colton Evens.
At Peak by George Ilstrup.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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