With art classes for both young and old, the Grand Marais Art Colony offers a great variety of courses and workshops. Click above for full course listing and details.

From Basketry, to Fly Fishing and Timber Framing, North House offers a great variety of courses and workshops. Check out the some of the great summer courses available. Click above for full course listing and details.

Join the JHP Art Gallery for an amazing exhibition titled  “Belvo | Cushmore : Paintings & Drawings 2018” – a magnificent showing of works by famed artists Hazel Belvo and Marcia Casey Cushmore. The exhibit runs through August 12th. Their work is grounded in the environment, but is thoroughly abstract. Both artists will have artwork available for purchase. This is not an exhibit to miss!

Everyone is invited, you don’t need to be staying at a particular location to join the program.
These programs are provided free to all by the Superior National Forest and Visit Cook County.

Multiple events Tuesdays through Saturdays, click for details.

Thursdays – In-Depth Nature Discovery

Aug 8 – 1 pm, Lutsen SNA Hike
Aug 15 – 10 am, Geology Field Day and Community Invasives Training at 6 pm
Aug 22 – 8 am, Bird Exploration Adventures

Fridays – 7 am  – Bird Banding Demos

Have you ever seen a wild bird up close? Discover the many types of birds that live along the North Shore.

Saturdays – Nature Talks

Aug 10 – 2 pm,  An Up-Close Look at Northwoods Animals
Aug 17 – 10 am, State of the Birds
Aug 24 – 10 am, Photo Scavenger Hunt
Aug 31 – 10 am, Life on the Edge

Sundays – 10 am – Geology Walks

Discover how Lake Superior was formed. Learn how to find agates. Free, donations appreciated.

Calendar and details here

Join the Cook County Historical Society at the JHP Art Gallery for a presentation on the the historic rescue attempt of local legend Carl Hammer. There will be a panel discussion by David Hammer, Ray Nagy and Gene Hagen recalling the events of this day.

Live music 6-8pm

AUGUST
Aug 16 :: Pete Kavanaugh
Aug 18 :: Gene LaFond and Amy Grillo
Aug 23 :: Frozen Britches
Aug 25 :: North Country Fair, 3:00pm – 7:00pm

AUGUST
Aug 16 :: Date Night – Maria Nickolay, 7-9pm
Aug 23 :: Date Night – Gordon Thorne & Friends, 7-9pm
Aug 30 :: Date Night – Gordon Thorne & Friends, 7-9pm

Tuesday & Thursday night music is 6 – 8 pm
Saturdays Live Music is 7-10 pm

Wine & Trivia Wednesdays
The wine bar will open at 6pm with Trivia kicking off at 6:30pm. The Poplar River Pub will be serving food and drink for anyone looking for a non-wine beverage. Folks of all ages are welcome & encouraged to participate. Pro Tip! Get a leg-up on the competition by visiting our Facebook page between 12pm-5pm the day of the event for the answer to a sommelier-level wine question that will be asked that night.

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December
31 :: Briand Morrison

2020
January
2 :: Jon Kalberg
3 :: Rob & Jill
4 :: Plucked-Up String Band
7 :: Gordon Thorne
9 :: Jim & MIchele Miller
11 :: Briand Morrison
14 :: Eric Frost
17 :: Pushing Chain
18 :: Gordon Thorne
21 :: Pete Kavanaugh
23 :: Briand Morrison
25 :: Jim & Michele Miller
28 :: Joe Paulik
30 :: Joshua Schmidt
31 :: Plucked-Up String Band

Free to play so bring all your friends out! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place! Every Thursday at 7:00 pm!

Shrek the Musical

Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure that brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there’s more to the story than meets the ears. Irreverently fun for the whole family, Shrek proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre.

Shrek The Musical Performances will be July 19, 21, 27, 29, Aug. 2, 4, 10, 12.

Mom’s Gift by Phil Olson

In this comedy with a heart, Mom has been dead for 11 months and shows up at her husband’s birthday party as a ghost with a mission. Like Clarence in It’s A Wonderful Life, she has to accomplish a task to earn her wings. Only what the task actually is, is a mystery. There are so many things to fix. The problem is complicated by the fact that the only person who can hear or see Mom is her daughter who has been ordered by the court to spend Dad’s birthday with him as part of her Anger Management Program. One by one the family’s secrets are peeled away revealing a shocking truth that surprises even our ghost.

Comedy performances will be July 20,22, 26, 28, Aug. 3, 5, 9, 11

LIVE MUSIC

Sundays :: Open Stage with host Joe Paulik,  6:00pm – 9:00pm

AUGUST
Aug 15 :: Pete Kavanaugh :: 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Aug 16 :: Jerry Vandiver :: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aug 17 :: Jim’s Country Laundry :: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Aug 18 :: Doug Otto & the Getaways :: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Aug 19 :: Sky Blue Jazz Trio :: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Aug 22 :: North Shore Community Swing Band :: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aug 23 :: Maria Nickolay :: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aug 23 :: The Lucky Dutch – Benefit for NSMA :: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aug 24 :: Sarah Morris :: 8:00pm – 11:00pm
Aug 26 :: Bill and Kate Isles :: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Aug 29 :: Joe Paulik :: 11:00am – 2:00pm
Aug 30 :: North Country Fair :: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aug 31 :: Alamode :: 8:00pm – 11:00pm