A retrospective exhibition and sale of works by the late Ranier, Minnesota, artist and teacher Genevieve “Gene” Ritchie Monahan runs through September 11 at the Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery. The exhibition, featuring about 70 works in oil, will include seascapes and landscapes, and the soulful, impressionistic portraits for which Monahan was best known. It showcases two of her earlier […]
New art and wine collaboration announced
North Shore Winery (NSW) and Last Chance Studio and Gallery (Last Chance) have announced a new business collaboration to combine wine and art in Lutsen. A special event will be held during the Grand Marais Art Colony’s Plein Air art day at Lutsen Mountains on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 4 to 7 p.m. The new venture provides another location for […]
Sutter Brothers set to visit Grand Marais library
Join the Sutter Brothers as they present the landscape, critters, and quirky characters of northern Minnesota through songs and stories, poetry and music, at 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Grand Marais Public Library. Best known for his baritone voice, Ross Sutter plays an impressive array of instruments: guitar, button accordion, dulcimer, and Irish drum. He has issued four CDs, […]
Annual “Empty Bowls” events announced
The annual Empty Bowls dinner and silent auction will be held Nov. 10 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Grand Marais. Those interested may help make bowls to donate to this event while learning the basics of pottery and fused glass. The Make-a-Bowl schedule has been changed this year and sessions are now condensed into two different weekends. The activities […]
Community Calendar
Events at Drury Lane Books Saturday, September 10, 5 p.m., Writer’s Salon with Lucie Amundsen reading from her book, Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-changing Egg Farm. Saturdays, 11 a.m., Muffin Man Story Hour with stories for young children. Maple Hill Community Fire Department Annual Meeting Potluck dinner with chicken and hamburgers Wednesday, September 7, 6:00 p.m. at […]
Ekstrom to play 100 holes of golf in one day
Superior National at Lutsen golf pro Heath Ekstrom loves to play golf, but even his love of the game will be tested on September 11 when he attempts to play 100 holes in 24 hours. “It’s a lot of golf but it’s for a good purpose,” Ekstrom said, adding he probably hasn’t played a total of 100 rounds this summer. […]
Volleyball starts season with a loss to Marshall
“The elephant is off their back,” Volleyball Head Coach Pam Taylor said following her team’s opening season 3-2 loss to the Marshall Hilltoppers at Marshall on Tuesday, August 30. What Taylor was referring to was that Cook County went undefeated in the regular season last year. Cook County was the only team— large or small—that went into the 2015 state […]
Vikings to field young football team
Cook County High School Head Football Coach Mitch Dorr welcomed 26 players to practice this fall. The Vikings are coming off their first nine-man season in which they finished with a 6-4 record, winning one playoff game. With the first game scheduled against North Woods (away) on September 1, there isn’t much time to prepare a team that lost nine […]
Local pedalers bound for Central Europe
Keith Morris was in the Superior North Outdoor Center (the Bike Shop) on Tuesday, August 30, talking to owner Mark Spinler about a European bicycle trip he was soon to embark on. When asked if he was traveling alone Morris replied no, he was going on a six-week bike adventure with five other locals, Leah Thomas, Virginia Danfelt, Tim Lederle, […]
Cross country team running as North Shore Storm
At press time, North Shore Storm was preparing to take to the trails in the first cross country meet of the season at Pincushion Mountain on September 1. It was not only the first meet of the season; it was the first time runners performed under the new team name. The name change, from the Two Harbors/ Cook County Vikings […]