The Northwoods Fiber Guild show opens at the Johnson Heritage Post June 26.
The Northwoods Fiber Guild opens it’s biennial show with a reception on Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the Johnson Heritage Post. The show features more than 100 pieces of fiber art, from handmade socks to tapestries, felted hats to silk scarves, just to mention a few of the items crafted by the talented members of the guild.
The show is also considered a giving-back-to-the-community by the Fiber Guild, and members have prepared special hors d’oeurves for the occasion. Needless to say, it’s an event that shouldn’t be missed.
Everything in the show is handmade, including these socks.
Also this weekend, the Grand Marais Playhouse’s production of the thriller, “The Final Twist” with Nathan Borka, Bob Carter and Molly Hicken, opened at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts for a two-weekend run. The opening was Thursday night with an after-play reception with the cast sponsored by Lola’s Sweet Life Bakery. The play is a must … after all, with a cast like that, how could you mss?
Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday June 25-28 & July 2-5. For tickets, call 387-1284 or on the Web.
Another exhibit is opening this weekend — the photography of Anders Bjorling at the Cross River Heritage Ccnter. The opening is Friday, June 26. Bjorling will talk about his photography at the opening reception, which is from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Heritage Center in Schroeder. He has traveled throughout the world, including a trip to Iceland with Ely photographer Jim Brandeburg. He also has many images from Sweden and Norway. The exhibit will be up through the summer.
Music this weekend includes Chastity Brown at the Gunflint Tavern starting at 9 p.m. Friday and Joe Paulik at the Eight Broadway Stage at 1 p.m. Saturday and at the Tavern at 8 p.m. Sunday. And there’s a 50s & 60s Weekend at the Grand Portage Casin0 Friday and Saturday nights.
The Grand Marais Art Colony’s Saturday Community Art event this week will focus on learning to draw with Sandi Pillsbury Gredzens. It’s $5 to cover the cost of materials and is from 9 m. to 11:30 a.m. Sandi asks that if you have a small object you would like to draw, you should bring it so that she can help you draw it.
And Betty Hemstad will be signing her fantastic wildflower book at Drury Lane Books at 5 p.m. on Saturday. She will also talk about how the book evolved after years of photographing wildflowers.
For those travelling to Duluth this weekend, the two-day Park Point Art Fair is this weekend and is usually a pretty spectacular affair, especially if the weather is great. The white tents are all set up near the end of the Point.
Here’s something to look forward to: Randy Lee, saxophone player for the Big Time Jazz Orchestra in Duluth, will be guest musician for the launching of a new Wednesday night Summer Jazz Series at Caribou Highlands from 6:30-9 p.m. starting July 1. Lee will perform with the Sky Blue Trio (Mike DeBevec, piano, Nathan Baker, bass and Brett Jones, drums.) Check it out.
And last, but not least, Corgi worlds.
Painter Tim Young is developing a series of fantastical paintings about Corgis, a Welsh herding dog. Young is sharing many of his latest paintings on his Facebook page, but you can find them all in their high-definition glory on his blog.
Corgis Below the Surface
Tim’s tongue-in-cheek explanation for “Corgis-Below-the-Surface” –
“July of every year, packs of corgis mysteriously appear below the surface of the Grand Marais Harbor. They swim and dance below the waves like fat otters. Fat, slow otters. Fat, slow otters without tails or webbed feet. OK, not much like otters at all. But they seem to enjoy it.”
Detail "Corgis Below the Surface"
Detail: Corgis below the surface
Here’s another in the Corgi series. He calls it “Corgis in Grand Marais.”
Tim: “Those crazy Corgis. They come up north in their gas-guzzling station wagons and take all the best parking spots. They’re cute though.”
Detail: Corgis in Grand Marais
Detail: Corgis in Grand Marais
Young has a show coming up at the Johnson Heritage Post at the end of July but hasn’t decided yet if he’ll include these paintings or not.
His “regular” work can be seen at the Angry Trout and the Last Chance Gallery in Lutsen.
