WTIP North Shore Community Radio and Bluefin Bay Resort in Tofte are pleased to announce the 6th Annual Fingerstyle Masters Weekend, April 8 and 9. For this year’s event, local musician Gordon Thorne welcomes St. Paul fingerstyle guitarist Pat Donohue and Twin Cities’ fiddler Tom Schaefer. The weekend features performances both Friday and Saturday night, as well as guitar and […]
Community to gather at Benefit for Allan Aubid
A Taco Fundraiser Benefit is being held to show support for the Aubid Family as Allan Aubid undergoes medical treatment for brain and lung cancer. Allan and his partner Anna Deschampe live and work in Grand Portage, but both are currently on extended and unpaid leave of absence from their places of employment. The community is rallying to help Allan, […]
Explore mythology with the Duluth Playhouse and Theatre
The Arrowhead Library System is pleased to present the Duluth Playhouse production of The Imaginarium Myth Adventure with the Theatre for Young Audiences. This free program is offered at three locations on three separate dates: the Arrowhead Center for the Arts on Friday, March 25, 1:30 p.m.; Silver Bay Public Library on Monday, March 28, 6:00 p.m.; and Two Harbors […]
Award-winning quartet visits Grand Marais April 2
The North Shore Music Association will host international award-winning Viennese string ensemble the Minetti Quartett at 7:30 p.m. April 2 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais. This event, one of only two Midwestern stops on their tour, follows the group’s “Great Performers” concert at New York’s Lincoln Center. Founded in 2003, the young and enormously talented […]
Cooperation Station Family Dance
The Cooperation Station annual Family Dance and Fundraiser is here again! The event will be held at Voyageur Brewing Company on Tuesday, March 22. Cooperation Station invites you to join them for a fun family night out with music, dancing, and a backyard cookout featuring a silent auction and kids raffle items. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with music by […]
Community Calendar
Borealis Chorale & Orchestra Palm Sunday Concert Requiem by John Rutter performed on Sunday, March 20 at 7 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Grand Marais. Suggested free will offering $10. Bill Beckstrand, conductor. A very beautiful requiem performed to usher in the Easter Season. Care Partner Volunteer Training The gift of friendship can mean a lot for those on the journey […]
Dedicated athletes playing North Shore hockey
Six kids (ages 13-15) from Cook County played hockey for the North Shore Storm Bantam A hockey team this year, and the team compiled a great regular season mark of 23-13-2 before heading off into playoffs where they were seeded Number 1 for District 11. Any athlete has to make some sacrifices to play his or her sport, but kids […]
Young Viking track team begins training
On Monday, March 14 the Cook County High School track team worked on hill repeats on 8th Avenue West in Grand Marais, taking one-block sections at a time. The athletes were red-cheeked, huffing and puffing, legs churning, muscles burning, fists clenched, knees pumping, arms driving as they sought to gain the top of the block, each stride taking them one […]
Cascade Lodge donates trail groomer to Norpine Trail Association
Michael and Maureen O’Phelan, owners of Cascade Lodge, have donated their Pisten Bully cross country (XC) ski trail groomer to the Norpine Trail Association. The Pisten Bully is essential for grooming trails in very deep snow and in restoring trails that have become crusty and iced over. In 2009 Norpine Trail Association was formed as a volunteer-run nonprofit organization. The […]
Bad news for Minnesota bats
In late January several hundred bats were found dead near the main entrance of the Vermilion- Soudan Underground Mine State Park by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) employees. When the bats were tested by the United States Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, it was determined they had suffered from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a disease that attacks and kills […]