Fall reflection by Kim Nelson.
Greetings from the North Shore where we’re breathing in the heady scents of late fall, with a few snowflakes predicted in the next few days. Groans all around or cheers? Both, probably. In this corner, there’s some of both. Our long, warm fall has meant the colors have stayed longer, deepening in intensity over time.
Fall colors continue by Joan Farnam.
Late Garden Color by Monica Anderson.
And the respite from early shoveling is appreciated. On the other hand, we need the cold, the snow, and it is starting. There are snowflakes in weather icons for the next few days and frost beauty to appreciate.
Love the frosty morning by Ilena Hansel
And art making continues.
Tonight is Halloween and participants in Art Night at Joy and Company will be able to paint masks before going out to Trick or Treat.
Paint a Halloween mask at Joy and Company during Art Night this week.
The event is held in the shop from 3:30-5 pm and is free, with a suggested $5 donation. Open to all.
Halloween parties are on the schedule, too.
The Gunflint Tavern will host a Halloween Party starting at 8 pm on Thursday.
A Halloween Party will be held at the Gunflint Tavern.
The restaurant will close at 7 pm. The party starts at 8 pm. Free and open to all.
Grand Portage Lodge & Casino will also hold a Halloween Party and Costume Contest from 8 pm to midnight.
The Boogie Wonderland will play for the Grand Portage Halloween Party on Thursday, starting at 8 pm.
The Boogie Wonderland will play.
The Costume Contest will take place at 10 pm, with $300 for first place, and $200 for second place. Audience applause will determine the winners.
The event is free and open to adults 21 and over.
Up Yonder will hold a Katieoke Halloween Party on Saturday night, Nov. 2.
Up Yonder will celebrate Halloween on Saturday with a Katieoke party.
The event is free and open to all.
If you are going to Duluth on Saturday, the production of Swan Lake will be performed at Symphony Hall at the DECC for one night only.
Here’s the trailer:
Tickets can be purchased here.
Tuesday is Community Craft Night at North House Folk School.
North House Folk School holds Community Craft Nights on Tuesdays.
Crafters are invited to bring a project and work together from 5:30-7:30 pm. Free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, there will be an Old-time Dance Night from 7-9 pm at the Colvill Town Hall.
Old-time dances will be held at the Colvill Town Hall on Wednesdays.
The event is free and open to all. Participants are invited to bring their favorite CDs.
Exhibits:
This is the last weekend to see Tom Dimock’s exhibit: “Splendor of the North Shore” at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Every Breaking Wave, oil, by Tom Dimock is on view at the Johnson Heritage Post.
Dimock is a plein air painter from Minneapolis who captures the beauty of the North Shore in his work. The exhibit closes on Sunday.
The Heritage Post is open from 10 am to 4 pm Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-4 pm Sunday. Free.
This is the last weekend to see “The Seeker,” an audio exhibit at Sugarloaf Cove.
The Seeker, audio experience at Sugarloaf Cove.
Participants can listen to this site-specific story as they walk the one-mile trail from the visitor center through the forest, along Sugarloaf Creek, to the shore of the Big Lake.
People can download the audio from Sugarloaf Cove Nature Center’s website and listen to it on their devices and headphones.
Click here to download and for more information.
The Duluth Art Institute is featuring Tom Rauschenfels | 34, an exhibit of work by the printmaker. He creates artwork that not only stimulates visually but educates viewers about printmaking’s intricacies. Residing on Park Point in Duluth, Rauschenfels draws inspiration from his natural surroundings, a connection he developed from a young age while exploring his craft and love for water.
Calm Blue Seas, relief print, by Thomas Rauschenfels.
“34” is a unique exhibition that blends fine art with educational elements, showcasing Rauschenfels’ original prints alongside the corresponding printing blocks. The prints, which feature a mix of figures, sailboats, and natural elements, reflect his childhood memories and offer a vibrant, textured view of Park Point and its surroundings. This exhibit invites viewers to experience nature through Rauschenfels’ artistic perspective. The exhibit continues through Jan. 6.
The Tweed Museum of Art features work by American modernist Charles Biederman in a special exhibit entitled “Collection Spotlight.”
#8, 5/37, 1937, model for structurist relief never completed, oil on wood relief, by Charles Biederman is on view at the Tweed.
Biederman gained recognition for what came to be known by the late 1940s as Structurist art. Biederman started creating reliefs and collages in 1935 and achieved his first critical success in 1936 with a solo exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York City. The following year his work was included in the exhibition, Five Contemporary American Concretionists: Biederman, Calder, Ferren, Morris, and Shaw, organized by writer and arts patron Albert E. Galletin (1881–1952). Biederman traveled to Paris in 1936-37. There he met artists associated with Constructivism, the most influential modern art movement in 20th-century Russia, and the Netherlands-based De Stijl movement, whose work focused on geometric forms and the use of primary colors.
The exhibit continues through May 30.
At the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Steel, Grease, and Gasoline is the debut solo exhibition by Colin Davis.
Steel, Grease, and Gasoline, with works by Colin Davis, is on view at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
In a series of oil paintings, he invites viewers to explore the complexities of rural life, the nuances of Northern masculinity, and the allure of the fantastic. Welding brand imagery and influences from Heavy Metal Magazine and Dungeons and Dragons, Davis’ paintings evoke childhood memories and narratives and ask the viewer to reflect on the modern role of men.
He will give an Artist Talk at 7 pm on Friday, Nov. 1. at the gallery. The public is invited.
60 Artists on 50th, an art show featuring regional artists, will be held at Burroughs School, 1601 50th St. S., on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 pm. Cook County artists include Betsy Bowen, Lee and Dan Ross, and Nan Onkka.
Red Pine, in process, woodcut print, by Betsy Bowen. She will be one of the artists in the 60 Artists on 50th art show in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Upcoming:
The Grand Marais Film Society will screen a film at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts next Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 pm. Tickets are $5.
The Grand Marais Film Society will present a 2024 comedy at the ACA on Friday, Nov. 8. To see the trailer, click here.
The film is a comedy that features a 95-year-old lead actress who, after getting scammed over the phone, sets out for revenge. This screening is sponsored by Boreal Community Media.
The film is 98 minutes long and is rated PG-13. More details, including the name of the film, are available here.
On Saturday, Nov 9, the North Shore Music Association will present Chamber Music Up North: Scandinavian Strings at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts at 7 pm.
The Third Coast Chamber Collective will perform at the ACA on Nov. 9.
The concert offers a unique combination of Scandinavian folk and classical contemporary music, performed by Third Coast Chamber Collective and guests Erin Aldridge, Irina Mueller, Paul Dahlin, and Ensemble REPRISE. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here or at the door.
Artists at Work:
The morning after the storm, by Patricia Hagen.
The Gunflint Pines by Randy Spry.
Wildfire, watercolor, by Marcia Roepke.
In process, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, papercut by Ellen Sandbeck.
Spoon carved from an apple tree branch torn off by a bear by Bryan Hansel.
Minnesota-Swedish folk paintings at the Nordic Center by Alison Aune-Hinkel.
Photography is the vehicle taking me places I myself cannot find by Layne Kennedy.
One of my favorite drawings by Sylvia, long ago by Jana Kokemiller-Berka.
Forest in Fall, oil, by Rick Stevens.
Online Findings:
Photographer Chuck Olsen has launched The Wild North, a 24/7 live stream showcasing the breathtaking natural beauty of Lake Superior’s North Shore.
Check out Chuck Olsen’s new video series here.
This innovative project provides “viewers with a mental health break, offering a peaceful retreat from the stress in our lives, including news fatigue, health issues, or social media overload,” he writes. “The Wild North is launching with nearly 10 hours of high-definition nature scenes scheduled to play throughout the day, refreshed monthly with new videos reflecting the season. Scenes include Sunrise over Lake Superior; roaring waterfalls; wildlife including fox, moose, and loons; a paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; a gondola ride through fall colors in Lutsen; sunset at Split Rock Lighthouse, and more.”
Viewers can access The Wild North on mobile devices, desktop computers, or internet-capable TVs, making it easy to incorporate moments of calm into their day.
Check out the series here, and enjoy!
Photographer John Gregor has produced a short video on desert beauty.
Desert beauty video by John Gregor. Click here to see.
Following the Silk Road: A Photo Essay
Crescent Lake in the oasis city of Dunhuang, north-west China. Photograph Feng Wei, Getty Images. See more photos and find out more here.
Online Music:
Live Music:
Thursday, October 31:
- Boogie Wonderland, Grand Portage Lodge and Casino, 8-11:59 pm
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
Saturday, November 2:
- Katieoke Halloween, Up Yonder, 9-11:55 pm
Sunday, November 3:
- Medicine River, Gunflint Tavern, 3-6 pm
Tuesday, November 5:
- Open Stage, Up Yonder, 6-9 pm
- Community Sing, Boat Barn at North House Folk School, 6:30 – 8 pm
Wednesday, November 6:
- Community Sing-Along, First Congregational Church, 6 pm
Thursday, November 7:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6:30-8:30 pm
- Open Old Time Appalachian Music Jam, Log Cabin, or Community Center, 7-9 pm
Saturday, November 9:
- Chamber Music Up North: Scandinavian Strings, Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 7-9 pm
Sunday, November 10:
- Medicine River, Gunflint Tavern, 3-6 pm
Photographs:
Here’s a selection of photographs we found this week:
Wildlife:
Birds protect their young from rain, 1, photographer unknown.
Birds protect their young from rain 2, photographer unknown.
Keeping an eye on me by David Johnson.
An apple peeling feast. Photo by Diane Booth.
Bull Moose by Paul Sundberg.
Late afternoon Canada Lynx by Michael Furtman.
Moose on the loose by Bret Fogelberg.
Early morning in a remote Beaver Pond by David Johnson.
Loon in the Autumn mist by Roxanne Distad.
What a rack he carries. Gunflint Trail by Mike Carlson.
Not Quite Wild:
I have never wanted to be in a gang more than this one. Photographer unknown, submitted by Bob Lamond.
Two Harbors Icon by Ben Kostka.
Doors:
Bryan Hansel typed in the word “Door” into his photo files and came up with some great images. Here are a few. To see more, click here. (Scroll down a little on the page.)
Door 1 by Bryan Hansel.
Door 2 by Bryan Hansel.
Door 3 by Bryan Hansel.
Door 4 by Bryan Hansel.
Door 5 by Bryan Hansel.
Door 6 by Bryan Hansel
Door 7 by Bryan Hansel.
Potpourri:
Pixiocene! Manic pixie fossil in shale. A lucky find by Ron Benson.
Sheep poster. Courtesy of Margaret Duncan.
4 am ice by Anette Block-Valdivia.
Dry Aspen. More to come by Michael Furtman.
Fall Days by Mary Beams.
Still, Oct. 26 by Jim Boyd.
Landscapes, Starscapes, Waterscapes:
A Memory is a Photograph taken by the Heart by Roxanne Distad.
Morning Walkabout by Sandra Updyke.
Beaver River by Roxanne Distad.
Sunset by Chuck Olsen.
East Bay on a foggy morning by Nancy Giguere.
Friday Night Light by Maryl Skinner.
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Grand Marais harbor with a Starlink constellation launch on its way to pollute our night skies by Bryan Hansel.
The colors are still hanging out by David Johnson.
Red sky in the morning by Mike Carlson.
Dark Nights by Hayes Scriven.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! And don’t forget to vote!
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A special thank you goes out to Jeremy Lopez (Live Music schedule, tech advice, music suggestions), Yvonne Mills (proofreading), and Kari Carter (caption corrections.) Also, thanks to Visit Cook County for their great Events Calendar.
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