Naturalist Programs
7:00 pm (every Thursday in August—
Grand Marais RV Park and Campground)

Aug. 18: Geology All Around Us with Cathy Quinn, Wilderness Ranger

Aug. 25: Boundary Waters Families Like Clean Air & Water with Trent Wickman, Superior National Forest Air Quality Specialist

Cook County Fair
Aug. 19-21

There’s nothing like a county fair for pure family fun, and in Cook County, that means homemade, home grown and handcrafted items—plus horse shows, live music, bingo, kids’ activities and all sorts of delicious food favorites. It’s a great, big slice of North Shore flavor!

Leo Kottke in Concert
Aug. 19—Arrowhead Center for the Arts

Blues, jazz, folk and an outstanding evening of acoustic guitar. This is Leo Kottke—a two-time Grammy nominee—and we’re proud to welcome him as part of his global tour. Get tickets now!

Gas and Candles,
a poignant comedy
by David Henry Wilson
Aug. 25-28, Sept. 1-4
Arrowhead Center for the Arts

This humorous and yet poignant play concerns an old couple’s attempt to attract a little attention to themselves and thus avoid starvation. The scheme devised by this couple is to appear to be taken hostage and held in their own apartment. Their hope is that someone will become aware of their desperate straits and that help...a decent meal, anyway...will follow. The results are often funny and, at the same time, a little heartbreaking. This is an unusual and provocative play for a cast of three.

Interpretive Programs
Grand Portage National Monument

With topics ranging from bagpipes to historic baking and from Ojibwe culture to coopering, you’re sure to learn something you wouldn’t have even imagined before.

A Taste of the Gunflint Trail
Sept. 4, 11:00am-5:00pm

Sure, it’s a fundraiser for the Gunflint Trail Historical Society at Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, but most importantly, it’s a homemade pie and ice cream social. And something that delicious deserves your donation.

September’s
Ten Days of Music
Sept. 10-11, Sweetheart’s Bluff
(next door to the Grand Marais RV
Park and Campground)

WTIP’s Radio Waves Music Festival fills the air this long and lovely weekend with a full line-up of North Shore musicians, including The Pete K Group, Cook County’s Most Wanted, North Shore Community Swing Band, Curry Family Band, Bicycle Army, Unnamed Stream, Portage, Trails End Band, Bug House, KGB, Josh Von Mink, Blueberry Jaam, Zabobo, Paul Pederson, Drew Heinonen, Yvonne Mills, Critter du Jour, Amanda Hand, Al Hedstrom and Don Bauer. You can bring a chair if you like, but don’t you dare forget your dancing shoes.

Unplugged and Mountain Stage! Sept. 15-18

Friday night:
Great Lake Swimmers, Tim O’Brien, Kathy Mattea, Sally Barris and Jon Vezner

Unplugged X
Saturday night:
Welcoming back singer-songwriters and celebrating the 10th anniversary of Unplugged