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July
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September
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July 2010 |
Wednesdays &
Saturdays |
Grand Rapids Farmer's Market, 8a-1p
@ downtown Grand Rapids. Wednesdays &
Saturdays from May into October.
Locally grown and produced vegetables,
herbs, foods, baked goods, flowers, meats & more. |
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Tuesdays |
Indies on
Tuesdays, 7:30p @
Reif Performing Arts Center.
No charge; free-will donation accepted.
Screenings of award winning independent and
foreign films. |
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Thursdays |
Old Car Cruise
Night every Thursday. Members of the
local car club cruise the streets and meet
for treats at the Dairy Queen. An informal gathering of classic and vintage
cars; lookers welcome! |
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Thursdays |
Stockcar Races,
7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, Itasca County
Fairgrounds. Pits open at 4p. Tickets
$10 Adults, $8 senior and students, Children
under 12 free with paid adult. |
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1-31 |
Monthly Exhibit
at the
MacRostie Art Center: Works of
Jill Jevne (mixed media) in the MacRostie Gallery and
Bradley Benn (ceramic fish) In the
Minnesota Gallery. Free and open
to the public. |
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1 |
103rd Year
Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear
Park, Coleraine |
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3 |
Fireworks @ dusk
in Nashwauk. (best viewing is near the Dairy
Queen just off Highway 169) |
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4 |
4th of July
Fireworks @ Dusk, Drumbeater Island/Pokegama
Lake in Grand Rapids. Free shuttle bus
transportation departs from the parking lot
of
Lake Country Furniture beginning at 8pm.
Seating is on the golf course; bring a
picnic blanket to sit on. |
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4 |
Nashwauk 4th of
July Parade, noon. |
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4 |
Hill City 4th of
July Parades - Kid's parade at 10:30a, Grand
Parade at 11a @ Lake Avenue. |
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8 |
103rd Year -
Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear
Park. |
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9 |
Artists' Opening
Reception for Jill Jevne & Bradley Benn,
5-7p @
MacRostie Art Center. Free and open
to the public. |
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9 - 10 |
Grand Rapids
High School Class of 1970 Reunion. Friday 6p
@ Eagles Club. Saturday 6p @ Sawmill Inn. |
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9 - 11 |
62nd Annual Deer
River Wild Rice Festival, sponsored by the
Deer River Lions Club.
Friday: Midway opens at 5p,
Sportsman's Club Turtle Feed 5-8p, Pow Wow
6p, Live Music & Beer Garden
Saturday: Wild Rice Run 7a
registration, Bike Rodeo
10a, Flea Market, Sawdust Scramble noon,
Bracelet Day on the Midway, Lion's
Bingo 3-10p, Colgate Country Showdown 5-7p, Great Outdoor Open
Air Concert & Street Dance 8p.
Fireworks Extravaganza 10p.
Sunday: Flea Market 9a,
Vintage Car Show following parade, Festival Parade
1p (rain or shine), Bracelet Day on the
Midway |
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10 |
26th Annual Timberman Triathlon, 8a
@
Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge |
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11 - 17 |
Habitat 500 Bike
Ride. |
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15 - 17 |
Krazy Dayz Sales
@ Downtown Grand Rapids. |
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15 - 17 |
Mississippi Melodie Showboat, "Up
the Creek", 8:30p
performance. All tickets are general
admission seating and can be purchased at
the gate beginning at 7p the night of the
performance. Tickets, $10 adults, $6
seniors & student. Pre-show at 8p, Showboat
performance at 8:30p.
(Click
here for Showboat video) |
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16 |
Itasca County
Relay for Life @ Longyear Park, Coleraine. |
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17 |
Annual Great
Minnesota Pie Extravaganza, 11a-3p @
Forest History Center. Fun,
educational program centered on food,
particularly pies as part of American
culture. Program features a number of
historical and contemporary pie recipes, pie
baking techniques and taste testing. $8
adults, $6 seniors, $5 children. |
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17 |
Bigfork Valley
Health Expo, 1-4p @ Bigfork Valley Hospital. |
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17 |
MacRostie Art Center Downtown Art
Fair, 9a-5p @ downtown. Juried event of fine
handcrafted items. |
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17 |
6th Annual
KAXE Riverfront Festival, noon-9p @
Rotary Tent on the Mississippi River.
Bands, food, family/children's activities.
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20 |
Ladies Hot Ball
Tournament @
Pokegama Golf Course |
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22 |
103rd Year
Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear
Park, Coleraine |
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22 - 24 |
Mississippi Melodie Showboat, "Up
the Creek", 8:30p
performance. All tickets are general
admission seating and can be purchased at
the gate beginning at 7p the night of the
performance. Tickets, $10 adults, $6
seniors & student. Pre-show at 8p, Showboat
performance at 8:30p.
(Click
here for Showboat video) |
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23 - 24 |
Be a Lumberjack:
children's program, 11a-4p @
Forest History Center. Hands on
educational and active learning activities
for children. Kids earn wooden nickels
for each activity. Kids' crafts and nature
walk also. $8 adults, $6 seniors, $5
children. |
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23 - 25 |
55th Annual
North Star Stampede @ Effie. Fri: 5p, Sat &
Sun: 2p. International trick rider all
three days. $10 adults, $5 children. |
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24 |
26th Annual
Northern Cruisers Car Show, 7a-4p @ IRA
Civic Center.
(Click here for the Car Show Video) |
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24-25 |
39th Annual
Northern MN Itasca Vintage Car Club Show &
Swap Meet. Sat: 7a-6p, Sun: 7a-4p @ Itasca
County Fairgrounds. High swap meet and flea
market both days. Saturday only craft show.
Sunday only Car Show.
(Click here for the Car Show Video) |
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29 |
103rd Year
Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear
Park, Coleraine |
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29 - 31 |
Mississippi Melodie Showboat, "Up
the Creek", 8:30p
performance. All tickets are general
admission seating and can be purchased at
the gate beginning at 7p the night of the
performance. Tickets, $10 adults, $6
seniors & student. Pre-show at 8p, Showboat
performance at 8:30p.
(Click
here for Showboat video) |
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7/29 - 8/1 |
10th Annual
Boundary Waters Blues Festival
@ Itasca
County Fairgrounds, Grand Rapids. 13 blues
bands perform over four days. Performers
include: Bernard Allison, Big Walter Smith,
Rob Blaine, Vince Agwada, Eddie Turner,
Kevin Burt, Tony Brown, Ross William Perry,
Lil' Slim, Perry Weber, Virgil Caine, Funky
Mojo Daddy, and Aurora Baer.
(Click here for the Video Preview) |
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August 2010 |
Wednesdays &
Saturdays |
Grand Rapids Farmer's Market, 8a-1p
@ downtown Grand Rapids. Wednesdays &
Saturdays from May into October.
Locally grown and produced vegetables,
foods, baked goods, flowers, meats & more. |
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Tuesdays |
Indies on
Tuesdays, 7:30p @
Reif Performing Arts Center.
No charge; free-will donation accepted.
Screenings of award winning independent and
foreign films. |
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Thursdays |
Old Car Cruise
Night every Thursday. Members of the
local car club cruise the streets and meet
for treats at the Dairy Queen. A great
informal gathering of classic, vintage, and
muscle cars. |
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Thursdays |
Stockcar Races,
7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, Itasca County
Fairgrounds. Pits open at 4p. Tickets
$10 Adults, $8 senior and students, Children
under 12 free with paid adult. |
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Fridays |
Farmer's Market,
9a-1p @ Northview Bank parking lot, Deer
River |
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1-31 |
18th Annual
Juried Art Exhibit and Juror's Show @
MacRostie Art Center. Open to
artists from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
North and South Dakota. Largest
exhibit of the year. |
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4 - 5 |
Star of the
North Lions Club Jr. Tournament @
Pokegama Golf Course |
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6 |
Artists' Opening
Reception for the Juried Show Event, 5-7p @
MacRostie Art Center. Free and open
to the public. |
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6 |
Bigfork Valley
Hospital Auxilliary Arts & Crafts Fair,
10a-4p @ Bigfork School. |
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6 - 8 |
22nd
Annual White Oak Rendezvous, Deer
River. Fri: 10a-7p, Sat: 10a-7p, Sun:
10a-4p. Enjoy live music, food booths,
story telling, traders selling their wares,
family camps of the era, demonstrations in
black powder shooting, primitive archers,
and Ojibwa Village, and replica of the 1798
Northwest Co Fur Post with living history
interpreters. Special classes held at
several locations throughout the site
including: Hawk Range classes, blacksmith
shop, fur post cook, Lewis & Clark
Expedition, NW Company Store, Bourgeois
Quarters, Bread Oven and Voyageur Camp.
$6 adults, children under age
5 free, family pass $20.
(Click here to see the White Oak Video.)
Entertainment
Schedule: |
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7 |
Tall Timber Days
5K Race, 8a @ IRA Civic Center. Registration
through Itasca YMCA. |
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7 |
Fish-A-Rama @
Trout Lake, Coleraine. |
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7 |
Nashwauk
Community-wide Garage Sale. |
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7 - 8
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29th Annual
Tall Timber Days
(free)
Weekend festival of Lumberjack shows, craft
and food vendors, live entertainment, beer
garden, children's activities.
(Click to view a short Tall Timber Days
video) |
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7 - 8 |
9th Annual Round
Robin Canoe race, Saturday 9a-4p and Sunday
8:30a - conclusion @ Crystal Lake. |
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9 |
Kosak Memorial
Golf Tournament, 1p shotgun start @
Pokegama Golf Course. |
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14 - 15 |
25th Annual Threshing & Antique Show,
9a @ Blackberry farm club grounds. $5 at the
gate. Displays, activities, steam
engines, gas engines, antiques, tractors,
sawmill, threshing, farm tools,
blacksmithing, shingle mill, quilt raffle,
flea market and more.
(Click here to see the Video) |
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18 - 22 |
118th Itasca
County Fair @ Itasca County Fairgrounds.
Admission, $3 per person, or Parking $7 per
car. |
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20 - 22 |
Grand Slam Amateur Golf Tournament
@ Pokegama, Eagle Ridge, &
Sugarbrooke golf courses. |
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21 - 22 |
4th Annual White
Oak Antique Tractor Show, Sat 8a, Sun 8a @
White Oak Fur Post, Deer River.
Free and open to the public. |
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21 |
Minnesota Music,
Story Telling, 11a-4p @
Forest History Center.
Celebrate MN's rich & colorful logging
history with songs, music, stories & poetry
of lumberjacks. Cost $8 adults, $6
seniors, $5 children. |
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21 |
Wild Edibles,
noon-3p @
Forest History Center. Program
focuses on identification of northern MN
native plants, where to find them, how to
responsibly harvest, prepare for cooking and
eating. Includes power point
presentation followed by a guided nature
hike and taste sampling demonstrations. $8
adults, $6 seniors, $5 children. |
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28 |
Real Horse
Power, 11a - 4p @
Forest History Center. Event
features the versatility of the horse as a
motive of power and the skill of the
teamsters, blacksmith and the barn boss in a
logging operation. $8 adults, $6
seniors, $5 children. |
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September 2010 |
Wednesdays &
Saturdays |
Grand Rapids Farmer's Market, 8a-1p
@ downtown Grand Rapids. Wednesdays &
Saturdays from May into October.
Locally grown and produced vegetables,
foods, baked goods, flowers, meats & more. |
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Fridays |
Farmer's Market,
9a-1p @ Northview Bank parking lot, Deer
River |
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1-30 |
Monthly Exhibit
at the
MacRostie Art Center: Works of James
Klueg (ceramics) in the MacRostie Gallery and the Mail Art
Exhibit (all works the same size and price)
in the Minnesota Gallery. |
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3-6 |
99th Annual
Farmer's Day @ Bovey. Fireman's softball
tournament, 5K & 10K fun run, flea market,
concession stands, carnival, street dance,
annual vegetable & flower contest, musical
entertainment. Parade on Monday at 10:30am. |
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10 |
Log A Load for
Kids Golf Tournament @ Pokegama Golf Course.
8a registration, 9a shotgun start. |
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10 - 12 |
Minnesota Street
Rod Association state event @ IRA Civic
Center. |
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11 |
4th Annual
Bigfork Valley Challenge. 1/2
marathon, 4.5 mile run
& 3 mile walk @ Kocian's Market in Bigfork.
7:30a registration, 9a race start. |
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11 |
Construction
Cruise - Motorcycle Charity Ride to benefit
Itasca County Habitat for Humanity.
Registration at 9:30a, ride at 11a.
$30 per person cost includes t-shirt, ticket
for cash prize drawing, and lunch at one of
the stops during the ride. |
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12 |
11th Annual Jug
Band Boogie, 3p @ Neighborhood Tavern,
Effie. |
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17 |
Hoky Giant Skins
Game @
Pokegama Golf Course |
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18 |
Ladie's Hoky
Scramble, 9a Shotgun start @
Pokegama Golf Course |
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18 |
9th Annual
POW/MIA Recognition Day & Motorcycle Ride,
noon @ Deer River Vets Club. Lunch and
ceremony follow. |
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18 |
8th Annual
Goods From the Woods @ IRA Civic
Center. Marketplace of fine arts,
crafts and other items made from materials
harvested from the woodlands. Saturday only: 9a-6p |
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18 - 19 |
Bargains are
Great on Highway 38; 47 miles of garage
sales from Grand Rapids to Effie along the
Edge of the Wilderness National Scenic Byway.
(Click here for the Byway Video.) |
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19 |
Men's Hoky
Scramble, 9a Shotgun start @
Pokegama Golf Course |
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26 |
6th Annual
Woodtick 12K Run (USATF Certified event), 8a
@ Itasca County Fairgrounds. 7a
registration, busses will shuttle racers to
Gunn Park for race start. $19
pre-registration before 9/15, $24 after
9/15. |
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