The food and wine lovers who participated in the Bluefin Bay Food & Wine Lovers weekend in May are no doubt wondering when they can return for another delightful event. However, the spring 2011 gathering will be hard to top. Guests knew, from the first sip of the amuse—a buttery spring asparagus soup served in a delicate glass— that the […]
Lake Superior Fish Recipe Contest seeks entries
Lake herring pâté, anyone? Minnesota Sea Grant wants your best hors d’oeuvre recipe using commercially caught fish from Lake Superior. Recipes must incorporate at least one ingredient derived from whitefish, lake herring, ciscoes, or lake trout. Prizes will be awarded to the top five contestants and a People’s Choice Award will be given to the recipe that receives the most […]
Folk singer Sara Thomsen in concert at ACA
The North Shore Music Association continues its summer of music with a concert by Twin Ports folk singer Sara Thomsen. According to the Duluth Reader Weekly, Thomsen is “one of Northern Minnesota’s best kept secrets…” She will be a secret to the North Shore no more after the concert at the ACA on Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. According […]
Tofte Trek registration open
Are you ready to get muddy? The Sugarbush Trail Association will present the 32nd Annual Tofte Trek 10K Wilderness Run/Walk on July 4. Same-day registration will be held at the Birch Grove Community Center in Tofte starting at 7:45 a.m. Preregistration is currently open and can be found at www.sugarbushtrail.org, pre-registration closes on June 27. The 10k walk will start […]
Ice cream social set for July 4 at Congregational Church
An ice cream social with all the fixings will be held at the First Congregational UCC Church in Grand Marais on Monday, July 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. Hosted by St. John’s Catholic Parish and First Congregational, the event is a fundraiser for the Congregational – UCC’s 10-year mission partnership with San Francisco (St. Francis) Parish in Chiapas, Mexico. […]
21st Arts Festival to be celebrated July 9- 10
Last week Wisconsin Street in downtown Grand Marais was closed for an impressive display of automotive art during the Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce Classic Car Show. The street will be closed again on July 9 – 10 for another longtime tradition, the Grand Marais Art Colony Arts Festival. Over 70 local and regional artists will be on hand to […]
Community Calendar
Cook County AA Meetings Mondays: Open Meeting, 7:30 PM, Grand Marais Senior Center (1st Monday of the month is desserts and coffee at 7 PM and speaker at 7:30 PM.) Tuesdays: Big Book Study Group, Open Meeting, 6:00 PM, First Congregational Church in Grand Marais. Wednesdays: 12 Step Study Meeting, 6:30 PM, Arrowhead Electric Co-op building, Lutsen. Wednesdays: at Trinity […]
West End Calendar
Tofte Town MeetingHeld the 2nd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. at the TofteTown Hall, 7240 Tofte Park Road. 3/12tfnLutsen Township Monthly MeetingsHeld the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at theLutsen Town Hall located at 116 Caribou Trail. 4 17tfnSchroeder Town MeetingsHeld the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.Meetings are held at Schroeder Town Hall, […]
The Art of Intentional Living is guest lecture series topic
Cook County Higher Education will feature Marcia Hyatt, noted leadership coach and facilitator, at the July Higher Education Guest Lecture Series event on Tuesday, July 5 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. at the North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. Hyatt’s presentation The Art of Intentional Living will explore what it means to live intentionally—why we should strive to live intentionally, […]
Memorial Blood Center mobile unit coming
According to the Memorial Blood Center, one blood donation can save as many as three lives. You can be a hero to someone through the simple act of donating blood. Three opportunities are coming up to help fill the need in the Arrowhead Region. The “bloodmobile” will be visiting Tofte, Grand Marais and Grand Portage in July. The Memorial Blood […]