Friday night on The Pond. I went for a swim with the surfers at Stoney Point. It was a blast. Photo by Christian Dalbec.
Greetings from the North Shore where Lake Superior continues to inspire with its blues stretching to the horizon. We love its moods—calm or stormy, we’ll take them all. Last week, the winds kicked up from the right direction and surfers found big waves off Stoney Point. Next week? Who knows? We love this mystery, too. We’re pretty sure, though, that we won’t be seeing icebergs for a while as our long Fall lingers on.
Meanwhile, art-making continues.
First up on Thursday is Art Night at Joy and Company. This week, the topic is Art Samplers, and participants will explore different techniques using selected media.
Art Night is free with a suggested $5 donation. It is held from 3:30-5 pm in the shop. Open to all.
A new program has debuted on WTIP Community Radio on the second Thursday of the Month. Entitled “Turn Table Tennis,” it features co-hosts Adam Kirsch and Cory Quirk.
Turn Table Tennis is a new show on WTIP on the second Thursday of each month. It will air on WTIP this Thursday, Nov. 10, from 5-7 pm here.
The program is a cut-throat musical competition between two friends. It vaguely resembles a game of tennis – both Kirsch and Quirk come up with a secret playlist around a theme. After a coin toss, one player “serves” a song, and the other “returns” a song in reaction. Each month there’s a special guest umpire to judge each match and dole out points. At the end of the night, the points are tallied and the winner walks away with a prize put online by the other host.
This month’s theme is “Wind & Waves” with guest referee, Brett Monahan. The show airs on WTIP from 5-7 this Thursday. Listen to it here.
Also on Thursday, Drop-in Modern Dance classes will be held at the Log Building from 5:30-7 pm.
Drop-In Modern Dance classes will be held at the Log Building on Thursdays through Dec. 19.
This is a chance to explore different ways of moving. We’ll explore dance from the inside out – less about what it looks like and more about what it feels like. Class styles will vary, including approaches to modern and creative movement, and body awareness. Donations accepted. $0 to $15 per class. No pre-registration is required. Questions? Email here.
WTIP takes to the stage at Up Yonder on Thursday night with its monthly hosting of Cook County Trivia.
WTIP hosts Trivia at Up Yonder on the second Thursday of every month. The games start at 6 pm.
This is a bar-style Trivia and is open to all. It runs from 6-8 pm. Free.
On Friday, “Love Your Neighbor,” a community art exhibit sponsored by the Spirit of the Wilderness Church opens at the Johnson Heritage Post with a reception from 5-7 pm. An Artist’s Panel, including Bonnie Gay Hedstrom, Neil Sherman, and Greg Mueller will present at 6 pm.
Love Your Neighbor, the Spirit of the Wilderness Community Art Exhibition, opens with a reception on Friday.
An open invitation to the community was sent out earlier this year, inviting artists of every age to create in clay, paint, fiber, words, glass, and other media, works that can inspire care and ultimately love for others. Sacred scriptures from around the world, encourage us to love our neighbors. The challenge for this exhibit was to create art that could express these ideas.
This annual show is always a delight and is highly recommended. Refreshments will be served at the opening. The exhibit continues through Dec. 1. The public is invited.
Also, on Friday night, the Grand Marais Film Society will screen its November film at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts starting at 7 p.m.
The Grand Marais Film Society will present a film at the ACA on Friday at 7 pm.
The film is a 2024 comedy that features a 95-year-old lead actress who, after getting scammed over the phone, sets out for revenge. It is rated PG-13. This screening is sponsored by Boreal Community Media. Tickets are $5. To find out more about the film, click here.
In Duluth, Sam Zimmerman will open an exhibit of new paintings at Lizzard’s Gallery with a reception from 4-7 pm on Friday.
Sam Zimmerman to open an exhibit at Lizzards Gallery on Nov. 8.
The public is invited. The exhibit continues through the end of the month.
Also on Friday, the Duluth Art Institute will host Art Night Out in its downtown galleries at 130 W. Superior St., Suite 400.
The Duluth Art Institute will host Art Night Out Nov. 8.
The public is invited to celebrate two artists’ explorations of materials and processes: Brian Boldon’s Scatter/Gather and Tom Rauschenfels’ 34.
Hollow Recovery, clay, by Brian Boldon. He is exhibiting at the DAI.
Illuminate (kraft paper) by Tom Rauschenfels is on view at the Duluth Art Institute.
Participants can meet the artists during the reception and learn about their unique approaches to art making. The reception is from 5:30 – 8 pm.
On Saturday, Drury Lane Books will host an Author Talk with Anna Farro Henderson, author of Core Samples, from 6-7:30 pm.
Anna Farro Henderson will give an Author Talk at Drury Lane Books on Saturday starting at 6 pm.
She will give a presentation about her book, followed by a book signing.
Farro Henderson, a climate scientist and policy expert, embarks on a remarkable narrative journey in “Core Samples,” exploring how science is done, discussed, legislated, and imagined. Through stories both raucous and poignant—of far-flung expeditions, finding artistic inspiration in research, and traversing the systemic barriers women and mothers face in science and politics—she brings readers into the daily rhythms and intimacies of scientific research and political negotiation.
The presentation is free. Open to all.
Also on Saturday, the North Shore Music Association kicks off November with Chamber Music Up North. The concert offers a unique combination of Scandinavian folk and classical contemporary music, performed by the Third Coast Chamber Collective and guests Erin Aldridge, Irina Mueller, Paul Dahlin, and Ensemble REPRISE.
The Third Coast Chamber Collective and friends will perform at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Nov. 9 at 7 pm.
The exciting repertoire combines traditional Swedish fiddle music and Danish, Norwegian, and Finnish folk music arranged for a classical string quartet. The aim of the event is to bring North Shore communities together to celebrate Nordic roots, traditions, and rich cultural heritage.
Tickets are $20. To get tickets online, click here. They can also be purchased at the door.
On Sunday, the Jeweler of the North, which previously had a shop in Lutsen, will hold a Pop-up Holiday Sale at North Shore Winery from 1-4 pm.
Jeweler of the North will hold a Pop-Up sale at the North Shore winery on Sunday.
The event will also feature other craft goods, appetizers, and wine. The public is invited.
Also on Sunday, the Grand Marais Writer’s Guild will meet at Cook County Higher Education from 2-3:30 pm.
The Grand Marais Writer’s Guild will meet on Sunday.
The meeting is led by Rose Arrowsmith and will feature writing prompts, project discussions, and more. Open to all writers.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Grand Marais Art Colony will hold pop-up exhibitions of works by students in its After School Art Clubs.
The Grand Marais Art Colony will hold After School Art Club Pop-ups on Tuesday and Wednesday in Studio 17.
The After School Art Club Pop-Up Exhibition/Ages 6-9, is from 4:30- 5:15 pm on Tuesday. The After School Art Club Pop-Up Exhibition|Ages 10-13 is from 4:30- 5:15 pm on Wednesday. The public is invited. Free.
Also on Wednesday, the Grand Marais Public Library will host local adventure biker Tim Lederle who will present, Biking from the Bosporus to the Baltic. The presentation will be from 6-7:30 pm at the library.
Tim Lederle will talk about Biking from the Bosporus to the Baltic at the library on Wednesday.
Lederle will take attendees through a slideshow of his cross-cultural journey. This four-month-long trip started in Istanbul on May 1 and ended in Helsinki on August 31, 2024. For the first month, he pedaled through Turkey, then to the Balkans—Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia, and Croatia—and on to Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland—then finally through the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. In Estonia, he took a rest, rolling onto a ferry to Finland, where he finished his 4500-mile journey.
The presentation is free.
Next Thursday, the Empty Bowls fundraiser to help the hungry in Cook County will be held at Up Yonder. Soup and bread will be served with two seatings: 11 am to 1 pm and 5-7 pm. There will be a bake sale as well as handmade bowls made by members of the community.
The Empty Bowls fundraiser will be at Up Yonder on Nov. 14.
Twelve percent of Cook County residents go hungry every month. Empty Bowls addresses Cook County’s food insecurity through several community hunger programs. Funds from last year’s Empty Bowls event were distributed to Birch Grove Community School, Cook County Food Shelf, Cook County Public Health and Human Services, Cook County Ruby’s Pantry, Cook County Schools, Cook County Youth Agency Coalition, Cooperation Station Daycare, Great Expectations School Lunch Program, Oshki Ogimaag Charter School, and the Violence Prevention Center.
The public is also welcome to donate to Empty Bowls at www.emptybowlscookcounty.org. Alternatively, send checks payable to “Empty Bowls Cook County” to Empty Bowls, P.O. Box 294, Grand Marais, MN 55604.
The public is invited to this important fundraising event in the community. All welcome.
Exhibits:
Robert Dearmond, Karen Keenan, and Ray Shelerud have opened an exhibit at the MacRrostie Art Center in Grand Rapids entitled: “Intersection: Reconnecting Through Clay.”
A new pottery exhibit has opened at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids.
The exhibit continues through Dec. 27. Find out more here.
Art Attack, the annual event at the Northrup King Building in Minneapolis is this weekend.
Art Attack, open studios at the Northrup King Building Nov. 8-10. Illustration by James Nutt (Studio 321).
Art Attack is a three-day celebration packed with art, food trucks, color, and endless inspiration. Look for home goods, fine art, photography, sculpture, jewelry, fashion, home décor, glass arts, textiles, fiber arts, ceramics, and drawing & illustration. To find out more, click here.
Opportunities:
The Grand Marais Art Colony invites Minnesota Arrowhead regional artists working in two-dimensional mediums to submit applications for month-long exhibitions in its Gallery Store next year. Available months include June, July, August, and September. The Gallery Store is located in downtown Grand Marais and is open May – October, Wednesdays – Saturdays, 10 am – 3 pm.
Artists residing in any of the following counties are eligible to apply: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis, as well as the Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Leech Lake Nations.
The Grand Marais Art Colony has put out a call for Arrowhead artists to exhibit in 2025 in the Gallery Store.
The deadline to apply is Jan. 10. For more info and to apply, click here.
Upcoming:
The Grand Marais Art Colony will hold an Open Studio next Thursday, in its Ceramics Studio featuring demonstrations of hand-building by Joanna Manning. The event is from 5:30-8 pm and is free.
The Grand Marais Playhouse opens the community musical “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree” at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais on weekends from Nov. 15 – 24.
The musical, “The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree” opens at the ACA on Nov. 15.
Tickets are on sale now. To purchase, click here. And stay tuned.
And North House Folk School’s Winterer’s Gathering and Arctic Film Festival is coming up. It will be held on campus Friday, Nov. 22 through Sunday, Nov. 24 with a great selection of presentations, events, and films. Check out the schedule here.
Winterer’s Gathering 2024 at North House Folk School starts on Nov. 22.
The Arctic Film Festival is a popular part of this winter festival. Here’s a trailer for one of the films that will be screened:
Click here to see the complete schedule of film screenings.
Artists at Work:
Holy things can’t help but grow, by Julie Deters.
Coffee and Conte by Neil Sherman.
Mysterious black birds by Rae Klesser.
The start of the Brown Season, AI image submitted by Todd Miller.
Croissants in the making. Photo courtesy of Crosby Bakery.
Turning Point, oil, by Don Biehn. He is exhibiting at several galleries in the Twin Cities.
A few forager knives, built with some foraged wood are ready for a rub-down in the finishing room by John Jacobson.
Stanger Doodle 1, courtesy of Joy and Company.
Stranger Doodle 2, courtesy of Joy and Company.
Stranger Doodle 3, courtesy of Joy and Company.
Churning Clumsy, acrylic on panel by Adam Swanson.
Blocking in by Ron Benson.
Shared Perspective, oil, by Allison Eklund.
A Better Boobie, Ink on Bristol vellum by Ralph Keating.
Online Findings:
Here’s a great story about a successful effort to build affordable housing in Grand Marais, one house at a time– Hamilton Habitat, Inc.
One of the affordable homes built by Hamilton Habitat, Inc. See the program about their work here. The segment starts at 24:30.
Online Music:
Live Music:
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:
- Carlisle Evans Peck, Community Center Log Cabin in Grand Marais, 6:30 pm
- Chamber Music Up North: Scandinavian Strings, Arrowhead Center for the Arts, 7-9 pm
Tuesday, November 12:
- Open Stage, Up Yonder, 6-9 pm
- Community Sing, Boat Barn at North House Folk School, 6:30 – 8 pm
Wednesday, November 13:
- Community Sing-Along, First Congregational Church, 6 pm
Thursday, November 14:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
Photographs:
Here’s a selection from the photos we found this week:
Wildlife:
Hanging out with the big boy by David Johnson.
Oops! by Sandra Updyke.
A forest friend swoops by unexpectedly by Kristofer Bowman.
Two big boys shooting the bull by David Johnson.
Barred Owl Lori Sparkly Franklin.
And a partridge in a birch tree by Christian Dalbec.
Two Not So Wilds:
Oh to be a dog, as my friend Jess says. Photo by Lin Salisbury.
Awaiting the early returns by Don Davison.
Potpourri
I found it on my car handle yesterday. Thank you, whoever you are. Photo by Annie Possis.
Last rose of the season by Karen Sunderman.
Godspeed Myron Burns by Mike Wiggins, Jr.
Last blooms of the season by Sue Weber.
The turning of some leaves on my path by Mary Beams.
Would you go in this house? Photographer unknown.
Fire in the pit at the end of blue hour. The toes are toasty. Back needs a jacket by Janice Latz.
Landscapes, Skyscapes & Waterscapes:
Halloween Sunrise Storm Skies over Falls, Douglas Fault, Wis. by Ken Harmon.
Moonlit aurora by David Johnson.
This might be the day. Fall leaves are in jeopardy of keeping it all together by Layne Kennedy.
Clouds and Sun and Editing by Paul Ranelli.
Nov. 5 — Stay calm by Tor Torkildson.
Red Dawn by Mike Sims.
Jay Cooke State Park by Ryan Tischer.
Listen to the music by Christian Dalbec.
Good Morning by Siffy Torkildson.
Bull Moose by Paul Sundberg.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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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.) Adam Hirsch provided links to some of the music videos. Also, thanks to Visit Cook County for their great Events Calendar.
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