The Grand Marais Playhouse will hold auditions for The Kitchen Witches at 7 p.m. May 10 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. Isobel Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two “mature” cable-access cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years, ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When circumstances put them together on a... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) will expand its knowledge of wild rice and sulfate interactions with the help of a University of Minnesota research team. This work, funded by the 2011 Minnesota Legislature from the Clean Water Fund, is designed to provide key information on the effects of sulfate on wild rice. The MPCA will use the results of... READ MORE >
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will offer 12 parcels of land for sale at public auction May 30 at 11 a.m. in the DNR’s central office, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. Parcels are located in the northern portion of the state including Aitkin, Crow Wing, Cook, Hubbard and St. Louis counties. While some... READ MORE >
Do you live near a lake or stream in Minnesota, or visit one regularly? If so, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) could use your help along with more than 1,500 Minnesotans who track the health of their favorite lake or stream through the Citizen Lake or Citizen Stream Monitoring Programs. Volunteers measure water clarity in their lake or stream... READ MORE >
The North Shore Music Association will sponsor a performance by Titambe at 7 p.m. May 19 at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts. In addition, an all-ages West African dance class with Titambe will be held Friday, May 18 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Grand Marais Rec Hall, located behind the swimming pool at the RV and Recreation... READ MORE >
Ernie Ashcroft will host a wine/cheese/chocolate tasting party from 7 to 9 p.m. May 9 at the North House Folk School. Proceeds from the ticket sales go to the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op Building Expansion Fund. Participants will be guided through a wide range of red wines, paired with delicious organic cheeses and fair trade chocolates. Learn from fellow... READ MORE >
The Cook County Visitors Bureau (CCVB) has named Shelby Gonzalez its new marketing manager. In collaboration with director Sally Nankivell and the CCVB’s marketing and PR team at Marketing that Matters, Gonzalez will be responsible for managing, carrying out and measuring the CCVB’s marketing and PR efforts. Before joining the CCVB, Gonzalez managed editorial planning and production at Grand Marais-based... READ MORE >
North Shore Bank of Commerce presents Portraits: Fair to Fiery featuring award-winning pastel artist, Michelle Wegler. Wegler has always been interested in red hair. Her father had red hair, and she thought her children might have red hair too. As it turned out, her two daughters are blond and her son has brown hair; even so, she remains fascinated by... READ MORE >
This year’s North Shore Health Care Foundation Health Conference focuses on positive steps people can take as they age. We may not know what will happen along that journey, but there are important choices we can make along the way to support quality of life and peace of mind for both ourselves and our loved ones. The conference is set... READ MORE >
Cook County Higher Education will feature Judy Siegle, who will present Witnessing a dream become reality: Building houses in Haiti at the first Guest Lecture Series of the season on Thursday, May 17 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Cook County Higher Education North Shore Campus in Grand Marais. Siegle will share information about the cultures she has visited... READ MORE >
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