Wild Event Calendar
Northern Wilds Calendar
APRIL
April 1- 24
Margaret Carroll: “Seasonal Voices” Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais
April 1- May 22
Allen Smutylo: Wild Places, Wild Hearts- Nomads of the Himalayas Thunder Bay Art Gallery, info@theag.ca
April 1,2,3
Spring Home & Garden Show Canadian Lakehead Exhibition Hall, Thunder Bay · www.cle.on.ca
April 3
Lake Superior’s Most Spectacular Shipwreck – Lecture Caribou Highlands, Lutsen, 7-8 p.m. · www.caribouhighlands.com
April 8 – 10
Stars on the Shore Lake Superior Community Theater Kelley School in Silver Bay 218-353-7509
April 9-10
7th Annual Superior Living Health & Wellness Expo Thunder Bay · 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. www.tb-chamber.on.ca
April 9
Discovering and Monitoring Wildlife Sugarloaf Cove, Schroeder · 10 a.m. www.sugarloafnorthshore.org
April 10 -24
Biophilia Exhibit Grand Marais Art Colony www.grandmaraisartcolony.org
April 10
White Hurricane – The Great Lake Worst Storm Ever – Lecture Caribou Highlands, Lutsen, 7 p.m. · www.caribouhighlands.com
April 12
Kayak Safety Class by Stone Harbor 7-9 p.m. · Grand Marais Pool, 218-387-3136
April 15-17
Service Learning and Volunteer Weekend North House Folk School, Grand Marais · info@northouse.org
April 15
52th Bi-Annual Outdoor Adventure Expo Midwest Mountaineering www.outdooradventureexpo.com
April 16-17
Mountain Meltdown Festival Lutsen Mountains · www.lutsen.com
April 16
Run for Life Organ Donor Awareness Event Thunder Bay · 10 a.m., Register at any Safeway store
Project Wild Aquatic Workshop Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center, Duluth · 9-5 p.m. www.boulderlake.org
Art for Earth Day Gallery Hop Duluth · 11 – 5 p.m. · (218) 722-1451
Fitger’s 5K Duluth · www.fitgers.com/events
April 17
Project Learning Tree Workshop Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center, Duluth, 9-3 p.m. · www.boulderlake.org
April 28
Wine in the Woods Hartley Nature Center – Duluth, 7-10 p.m. · www.hartleynature.org
April 29–May 1
Gear Up for Outdoors Tent Central Weekend Thunder Bay · www.gear-up.com
April 29–May 8
George Pope: “Welcome to My World” Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais
April 30 and May 1
Folklore Festival Fort Williams Garden – Thunder Bay www.folklorefestival.ca
MAY
May 1
Ham Run Half Marathon and 5K fun Gunflint Trail – Grand Marais www.hamrunhalfmarathon.com
May 1-8
Homegrown Music Festival Duluth · Duluthhomegrown.com
May 5-8
Northern Sustainability and Simple Living Symposium North House Folk School, Grand Marais www.northhouse.org
May 6-7
Gunflint Green Up Gunflint Lodge, Grand Marais www.gunflintgreenup.com
May 7
10th Annual Dulcimer Day in Duluth Music Jamboree First United Methodist Church (Coppertop Church), Duluth www.WendyUpNorth.com
Boulder Birding Big Day Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center, Duluth · 7-11 a.m. www.boulderlake.org
May 13 – June 5
Lennie Sobanja: “Fiber Arts Retrospective” Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais
May 13-14
Food and Wine Weekend Lutsen Resort
May 14
Minnesota Fishing Opener! Guided Hike, Lutsen Mountains Recreation Area to Oberg Mountain · 10 a.m. www.shta.org
Green Tradeshow Terrace Bay Arena, Terrace Bay, ONT www.greentradeshow.ca
May 15
Guide Hike Britton Peak to Oberg Mountain, 10 a.m. · www.shta.org
May 21-22
Outdoor Youth Expo Hugo, MN www.outdooryouthexpo.com
May 21
Spring Superior Trail Race 25 and 50 km races on Superior Hiking Trail www.superiortrailrace.com
Horses R Us 4th Annual New and Used Tack Sale and Horse Show
Head of the Lakes Fairground, Superior WI · 715-374-3071
May 23
Fire Fighters 10 Mile Road Race Columbus Center, Thunder Bay www.10mileroadrace.org
May 26
Digital Photography with Barry Wojciechowski Kakabeka Falls Provincial Park, Canada · 6-9 p.m.
May 27
Superior Agates: Beauty on the Inside - Nature Cart Gooseberry Falls State Park, 2:30-3:30pm
Life of a Voyageur at Gooseberry Falls State Park, 7:30-8:30pm
May 28-29
Canyon Country Birding Festival Dorion, ON www.dorionbirdfest.ca
May 28
Mystery Nature Cart at Gooseberry Falls State Park, 11:30am-1pm
John Pine Heritage site opens Reconstruction of original
Finnish Settlement · Finland, MN www.finlandmnus.com
Log Cabin Concerts with Michael Monroe Michael Monroe’s Log Cabin, Grand Marais · 7 p.m. 218-387-2919 for reservations
May 29
Kite Festival Chippewa Park, Thunder Bay, 12-4 p.m. · www.thunderbay.ca
