The Pelicans by Paul Ostrum.
Greetings from the North Shore, where we can honestly report that spring has sprung and summer is on its way. There’s lots of snow over the hill, but it’s melting fast, and here, close to Lake Superior, you have to look hard to see a wedge of white. You don’t have to look very hard for daffodils and rhubarb, though. They’re poking out of the ground everywhere. Returning birds are overwhelming feeders, and the waterfalls and rivers are roaring. Happy Earth Day week!
And art-making continues.
First up is the Art Project Counter at Joy and Company, an event held each Thursday from 3-4:30 pm.
Make a Victorian Puzzle Purse at Joy and Company on Thursday.
This week, participants will make Victorian Puzzle Purses. The event is free and open to all. Supplies will be provided as well as instructions. The public is invited.
On Friday, the Johnson Heritage Post will open the 7th Annual North Shore Artists’ League exhibit, “Beneath the Snow: What Winter Hides, Spring Reveals.”
Stories Beneath the Snow opens with a reception from 5-7 pm on Friday.
A special exhibition all about North Shore Bioluminescence, created by Sawtooth Mountain Elementary kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders, has opened at Studio 21.
The North Shore Bioluminescent Glow Show is on view at Studio 21.
This glowing exhibition features artwork inspired by plants and animals that use bioluminescence on the North Shore. The exhibit is open on Fridays from 1-5 pm through May 8. Free. The public is invited.
Cook County resident, Dr. Muain Haseeb, will present Life in Palestine Before 1948 in two sessions, April 24 and May 1, at Cook County Higher Education, from 6-8 pm.
Life in Palestine before 1948, a presentation, will be held at Cook County Higher Education on Friday, April 24 and Friday, May 1.
A free presentation on life, culture, history, food, and craft is featured in this presentation. Participants will experience an immersive visual journey into Palestine before 1948 – a world of vibrant cities, rich cultural traditions, and everyday life captured through photographs and videos.
Gifts of Palestinian olive oil, textiles, garments, homemade food, and delicious desserts will be featured.
Also on Friday evening, a Bingo session will be held at Up Yonder from 6-8 pm.
Bingo Night is at Up Yonder on Friday.
The event is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 413. The public is invited.
Doubles Cribbage Tournament: 5th Annual Fundraiser for the Bob Pratt Skills, Trades, and Technology Scholarship Fund will be held from 1-3 pm on Saturday at the Birch Terrace Supper Club.
A fundraiser for the Bob Pratt Scholarship Fund will be held at Birch Terrace on Saturday.
- $40 per team – limited to 32 teams
- Register here.
- Cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Double elimination.
- Please note that online registration lists the event admission fee as $20 per person, but will require you to have two attendees; at final checkout, your total will be $40.
- Questions about the tournament? Call Julie at 218-370-8068
- Questions about online registration? Call Adrea at 218-387-3411, ext 4
The First Congregational Church will present Peter Mayer and Sara Thomsen in a concert on Saturday from 7-9 pm.
The Celebrate Earth Concert will be held at the First Congregational Church on Saturday.
The Celebrate Earth Concert begins at 7 pm. Tickets are $33.85. For tickets, click here.
Also on Saturday night, Lutsong Songwriters will perform at Cascade Pub and Restaurant from 7-9 pm.
A Lutsongs Songwriters event will be held at Cascade on Saturday.
The concert will feature Lutsongs’ instructors and students. The public is invited.
Monday, an Ecstatic Dance will be held in the Log Cabin Building at 7 pm.
An Ecstatic Dance session to be held on Monday.
Ecstatic Dance is an intentional, judgement-free space for free-form movement without words.
An invitation to embodiment, fun, healing, flow, and play.
The dance starts at 7 pm with a warm-up set with slower tunes. Stretching and moving into a deeper embodied awareness. The public is invited.
Exhibits:
Loyal by Amber Burns. She is the Artist of the Month at the Johnson Heritage Post.
The Annual Member Show at the Duluth Art Institute opened this week.
The Duluth Art Institute opened its Member Show on Tuesday.
This is a great show, featuring a wide variety of work by artists throughout the region. The show continues through May.
Chromesthesia: The Color of Sound, a multi-artist exhibit, opened at Lizzard’s Gallery last week.
The exhibit, The Color of Sound, opened at Lizzard’s Gallery in Duluth.
Artists in this exhibit were asked to consider the color of sound, and the result is exciting. The exhibit continues through June.
A new exhibit of Contemporary Nordic folk Art has opened at the Walker Art Center.
Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art has opened at the Walker.
View the traveling exhibition of contemporary Nordic folk art and cultural traditions from the American region, curated by the American-Scandinavian Foundation. This exhibition features stunning works by 24 artists from the Upper Midwest, including Tia Keobounpheng, Christine Novotny, John Frandy, Talon Cavender-Wilson, Mike Loeffler, and more. This exhibition is also supported in part by the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation. Several works will be on view at Norway House’s Mondale Gallery.
In Thunder Bay, the exhibit “Strong Law Bids Us Dance” continues at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
Detail of a work from the new exhibit at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.
This large-scale exhibition resonates with the gallery’s 50th anniversary. A selection of charged and dynamic paintings, prints, and sculptures showcases more than 40 artists from the collection, including master Daphne Odjig (b. 1919 – d. 2016) and Ahmoo Angeconeb (b. 1955 – d. 2017), alongside music-making and regalia accessories by several artists not yet identified. Everyone is part of this circle.
Upcoming:
The North Shore Music Association has announced that the Midwest old-time and bluegrass group, Steam Machine, will be at the Hovland Town Hall for a concert and community dance at 7 p.m. on May 2.
It should be a fun, family-friendly event with sliding scale tickets and free admission for K–12 students. Click here for more info, tickets.
Plants and Trees
There are some great opportunities to get trees, seedlings, and plants this month.
Free 5-foot apple trees will be given away on May 2.
Hedstrom Lumber will hold its annual Free Tree Seedling Giveaway on Friday, May 8, from 10 am to 4 pm, for those who preordered. Leftover seedlings will be available to the public after 4 pm.
To pre-order white pine, red pine, or white spruce seedlings, click here
A free tree and shrub seedling giveaway will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on May 9.
A Seedling Tree/Shrub Giveaway will be held at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church on May 9.
The annual Plant Sale and Breakfast at Great Expectations School will be held on Saturday, May 16.
The GES Plant Sale fundraiser will be held on May 16. Stay tuned for details.
The Cook County Soil and Water District is offering several opportunities to get trees, shrubs, native plants, and more this year.
The tree sale ordering window closes on April 30, with pickup from noon to 4 pm on May 14 at the Cook County Courthouse. Click here to learn more.
Click here to see and order the tree seedling varieties available through SWCD. Questions: 218-387-3647.
SWCD is also offering native plant kits from Shoreview Natives in Two Harbors. The deadline to order these is May 17. Click here to learn more.
Click here to see the wide variety of native plant kits available for the yard and garden through SWCD. Questions: 218-387-3647.
Artists at Work:
Anthropomorphic animals by Patrica Canelake.
Teapot, clay, by Anthony Huonder.
Cherry Pit – An art gallery on Keene Creek in Duluth, by Gregory Israelson.
Covered jar by Robert DeArmond.
Hiding Wren, pen, and pencil by Anita Inverarity.
Cedar bark mats with April McCormick and Erik Carlson, courtesy of North House Folk School. They were among the instructors who attended the Instructors Retreat at North House Folk School recently.
The Boundary Waters, oil, by Anna Clarey.
A nesting Sandpiper carved by Quebec folk artist Leo Gervais.
Time, acrylic, by Adam Swanson.
Brightest Skies, acrylic, by Aaron Kloss.
Untitled, oil, by David Schab.
Story of Flowers, acrylic, detail, by Katie Scott.
The Harvesters, 1565, oil, by Pieter Bruegel-the-Elder.
Where the lantern light leads, hand-cut paper collage, by Angie Pickman.
You Can Find Me In The Forest, acrylic, by Nancy L. Moore.
Poppies in the house, acrylic, Sue Rauschenfels.
Online Findings:
Marine Traffic Map
World shipping map, live. Click here to view.
Sparky Stensaas on Woodpeckers
Giving Myself Permission, Episodes 3 & 4, Alexander the Great, Bus to Afghanistan
Episodes filmed by Patrick Knight.
Online Music:
Music Selections by Annie Possis
Live Music:
Thursday, April 23:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
- Border Crossing Band, Canned Food Drive at Up Yonder , 6-8 pm
Friday, April 24:
- EricKaoke, Karaoke hosted by Erick Steey, Up Yonder, 8:30-12:30 am
Saturday, April 25:
- Peter Mayer and Sara Thomsen, First Congregational Church, 7-9 pm
- Lutsong Presents with Michaela Anne and Siri Undlin (Humbird), Surfside Resort, 7:30-9 pm
- EricKaoke, Karaoke hosted by Erick Steey, Up Yonder, 8:30-12:30 am
Monday, April 27:
- Jim Miller, Voyageur Brewing Company, 5-7 pm
Tuesday, April 28:
- Eric Frost, North Shore Winery, 4:30-6:30 pm
- Open Stage hosted by Pete K, Up Yonder, 6-8 pm
- Community Singing, Log Cabin at the Grand Marais Community Center, 7 pm
Thursday, April 30:
- Gordon Thorne, North Shore Winery, 6-8 pm
Friday, May 1:
- Steam Machine, North House Folk School – Blue Building, 7 pm
Saturday, May 2:
- Steam Machine, Hovland Town Hall, 7 pm
- D’Merritt, Up Yonder, 7-10 pm
Photographs:
Here is what we found this week:
Wildlife:
A repeat customer by Chris Artist.
A Flicker and its gold tail by Chris Artist.
Kildeer chick at sunrise on the West Coast by John Cannell.
They have arrived by Michael Furtman.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker by Chris Artist.
A great place to raise eaglets by Daniel Peter Gaudette.
On the ice by David Johnson.
Working on a new nesting hole by Michael Furtman. See a short video here.
Chipping Sparrow. by Richard Armstrong.
White Pelicans are passing through, photo courtesy of Destination Duluth.
Healthy by Gary Arands.
Hunting Hawk by Chris Artist.
A perfect landing by Matthew Pastick.
American Marten by Paul Sundberg.
Through the fog by Paul Sundberg.
Great Horned Owl and Owlet; Minneapolis, by Carl Anderson.
People:
Catpack by Bryan Hansel.
Dave and Amy Freeman meet with John Amren in Antigua.
Find the angler in this photo by Sam Cook.
Potpourri:
Ramps are sprouting by Paul Ostrum.
Springing up, by Jamey Penney-Ritter.
My world today by Mary Beams.
Fiddlehead fern poised to unfurl this morning by John Cannell.
Leaving Duluth by David Schauer.
Landscapes, Skyscapes & Waterscapes:
Milky Way over Lake Superior by Travis Novitsky.
Rock Candy by Cary Schmies.
Root Beer Run, Jay Cooke State Park by John Heino.
Sunrise, Spruce, Cedar, and Pine on a Foggy Ridgetop above the mouth of the Baptism River, by Ken Harmon.
Sucker River in the ice-out mode today by Sam Cook.
Keep your head in the clouds by Holly Goodale.
Two Harbors sunrise by Matthew Pastick.
An icy breakup by Gary Arands.
Lower Antelope Canyon by John Gregor.
Spring by Adam Malmanger.
Beautiful Superior by 906 images.
The Thaw Begins by Sandra Updyke.
Lester River under street lights by Sam Cook.
Tonight’s Waxing Crescent Moon by Nicholas Narog.
The roaring Beaver River by Christian Dalbec.
Water is Life 1, by Staci Drouillard.
Water is Life 2 by Staci Drouillard.
Water is Life 3 by Staci Drouillard.
Morning fog in Grand Marais Harbor, by Carl Anderson.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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A big Thank You! to Jeremy Lopez for his Live Music schedule and tech support, and Yvonne Mills for her great proofreading. Thank you, both! And to Visit Cook County for its outstanding Events Calendar.
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