Memorial Day Weekend - Cook County Minnesota

Memorial Day Weekend - Cook County Minnesota

If you do it right, a three-day weekend can last all
summer. Bring on summer with a trip to Grand
Marais and the North Shore in Cook County, MN.
Lots to do all weekend, on your own schedule!
Check out this list for you, family and friends and
find more resources at VisitCookCounty.com!
Memorial Day Weekend
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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FRIDAY, MAY 23
9 am – 4 pm 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 5 pm 4 – 6 pm 5:30 pm 6 pm 6 – 8 pm 8:30 pm Instructor Show at the Grand Marais Art Colony
“Joyce Gow Retrospective” Exhibit at Johnson
Heritage Post
12th Annual Season Opening 50% off Event at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais
Sivertson Gallery Open House (live music with
refreshments and Live Music with The Sivertones
Friday Bingo at Grand Portage Lodge & Casino,
18+ yrs. old. Bonus Ball Bingo night!
Church Basement Ladies Dinner Theater,
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais. $25.00
Briand Morrison plays jazz guitar at the Pie Place Café, Wisconsin St. in Grand Marais
The Wrong Omar Solo Acoustic at Gun Flint Tavern
in Grand Marais
SATURDAY, MAY 24
6 am 9 am – 1 pm 9 am – 4 pm 10 am – 2 pm 10 am – 4 pm 10 am – 2 pm 10 am – 5 pm 11 am 11 am – 5 pm 1 pm 2 pm 5 pm 6 pm 7 pm 9 pm Photography walk with professional Bryan Hansel. Meet by the Coast Guard Building sign.
Craft & Farmers Market at Broadway Ave. parking lot
Instructor Show at the Grand Marais Art Colony
Water Sport demonstrations at Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply in Grand Marais
“Joyce Gow Retrospective” Exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais
Kids Art activities at The Garage on 1st Ave
in Grand Marais
12th Annual Season Opening 50% off Event at
Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais
Season Opener ! Muffin Man Storyteller for young children at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais
Spring Open House at Betsy Bowen Studio in Grand Marais
Artists’ Point Naturalist Walk with Ann Russ, meet at the Coast Guard Building sign
North House Folk School Campus Tour
Writers Salon at Drury Lane Books with Mary Cassonova reading ‘Frozen’ her latest young adult book
Church Basement Ladies Dinner Theater,
Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Grand Marais. $25.00
North Shore’s Fascinating Geology with Master Naturalist Margie Menzies, Cascade River State Park by the office
Scarlet Rivera & Gene LaFond at Gun Flint Tavern
in Grand Marais
Music in the Galleries
Grand Marais
Friday, May 23.................... 4 pm - 6pm The Sivertones at Sivertson Gallery in
Upstairs in
Sunday, May 25 · 7:30 pm.... Spring Fling Concert Chris Gillis & Friends at What’s
Betsy Bowen Studio in Grand Marais, $10 donation
in Lutsen
Sunday, May 25.................. 3 – 5 pm Gordon Thorne at Last Chance Art Gallery
SUNDAY, MAY 25
6 am 9 am – 1 pm 9 am – 4 pm 10 am – 4 pm 11 am – 5 pm 1 - 3 pm 1 – 4 pm 3 – 5 pm 7 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm Photography walk with professional Bryan Hansel. Meet by the Coast Guard Building sign.
Craft & Farmers Market at Broadway Ave. parking lot
Instructor Show at the Grand Marais Art Colony
12th Annual Season Opening 50% off Event at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais
Spring Open House at Betsy Bowen Studio
in Grand Marais
Qu-Art (Quick art) Demonstrations with 4 artists,
Last Chance Gallery, Lutsen
“Joyce Gow Retrospective” Exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais
The Blues with Gordon Thorne at Last Chance
Art Gallery in Lutsen
North Shore Nature Trivia Extravaganza with Master Naturalist Margie Menzies, East Bay Suites
Conf. Room, Grand Marais
A Spring Fling– Concert with Chris Gillis and Friends at What’s Upstairs in Betsy Bowen Studio,
Grand Marais, $10
Pushing Chain at Gun Flint Tavern in Grand Marais
MONDAY, MAY 26
9 am – 4 pm 10 am – 5 pm 11:00 am Noon 1 – 4 pm 6 - 9 pm Instructor Show at the Grand Marais Art Colony
12th Annual Season Opening 50% off Event
at Drury Lane Books in Grand Marais
Ceremony honoring veterans on the lawn at
Cook County Courthouse, 5th Ave. W. in Grand Marais
Lunch at the American Legion Post 413, 1st Ave. W. in Grand Marais – Free lunch for Veterans!
“Joyce Gow Retrospective” Exhibit at Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais
Briand Morrison plays jazz guitar at Harbor
House Grille, Hwy. 61 in Grand Marais
Art on the Shore Galleries
Ningii Ozhitoomin Objiway Art Gallery.........................103 Store Rd. Grand
Portage (past marker 144)
Betsy Bowen Studio ................................................................. 3rd St. W &
1st Ave. W. Grand Marais
Eight Broadway Gallery.................................................................. 8 No. Broadway
Ave. Grand Marais
Sivertson Gallery ........................................................................... 14 W. Wisconsin
St. Grand Marais
Superior Design Studio ................................................................ 107 W. Wisconsin
St. Grand Marais
Johnson Heritage Post Gallery ...................................................... 115 W. Wisconsin
St. Grand Marais
Grand Marais Art Colony......................................................... 2nd St. W. &
3rd Ave. W. Grand Marais
North House Folk School Store ............................................................500
W. Hwy. 61 Grand Marais
The Blue Moose ................................................................................1301
W. Hwy. 61 Grand Marais
The Garage ........................................................................................... 16
1st Ave. W. Grand Marais
Thomsonite Beach Jewelry .................................................................2920
W. Hwy. 61 Grand Marais
Kah-Nee-Tah Gallery..................................................................................
4210 W. Hwy. 61 Lutsen
Last Chance Gallery.................................................. 17 Railroad Drive Lutsen
(across from Lockport)
All Weekend…
• Shop our galleries & boutiques
• Dine indoors and outside
• Hang out at the Grand Marais harbor
• Walk to Artists’ Point & the lighthouse on
the breakwall in Grand Marais
• Sail on the Hjordis, North House Folk
School in Grand Marais
• Enjoy the new pool and slide at the Cook
County Community YMCA
• Play golf at Mini Golf ‘n’ Stuff or Gunflint
Hills in Grand Marais and Superior
National at Lutsen
• Rent bikes in Grand Marais
• Fly kites – check out the supply at the
Superior North bike shop in Grand Marais!
• Fish Lake Superior with Charter
Fishing Guides
• Play tennis – 5 courts, 3 lighted at night
• Enjoy the skateboard park by the Cook
County Community YMCA on 5th St.
• Ride the mountain tram and alpine slide
at Lutsen Mountains, daily 10 am – 5 pm