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OUR MISSION:
Proactively taking part in the rebirth and development
of the Greenway Area Communities.
| ea. Wed. & Sat. | 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. |
| Thurs. | 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! |
| 1-31 | Laura Myntti exhibit @ MacRostie Art Center. Featuring figurative paintings of inhabited spaces. Artist's reception July 11th, 5-7p |
| 1 | Women's Invitational Golf Tournament, 9a @ Pokegama Golf Course |
| 1 | Indie Film Tuesday: Wilby Wonderful, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 2 | Tree Cookies, 11a & 2p @ Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center. Trace the route of history through tree rings. Free & open to public. |
| 2 | Grand Rapids Farmer's Market Season Opening, 8a-1p @ downtown Grand Rapids. May - October on Wednesdays & Saturdays. |
| 3 | Pistol Clinic, 6:30p @ Itasca Gun Club; shooting on the move and from cover. $2 |
| 3 | Black Bears of the Northwoods, 11a @ Edge of the Wilderness Discovery Center in Marcell. Naturalist program on how to co-exist with bears. Free and open to the public. |
| 3 | Thursday Comedy Night: Scott Hanson & Friends, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 3 | 101st Year Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear Park in Coleraine |
| 3 | Stockcar Races, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, fairgrounds. Fireworks immediately following the races. |
| 3-4 | Nashwauk 4th of July Celebration.
Thursday: Fireworks at dusk and street dance with Whiskey Johnson 8p-12p, Friday: parade at noon, children's games at 2p, street dance in the evening. |
| 3-26 | 4th Annual Juried Art Show @ the Edge Center for the Arts, Bigfork. Hours: Thurs 1-4p, Fri 1-7p, Sat 1-4p |
| 4 | Independence Day Fireworks @ Dusk, Drumbeater Island/Pokegama Lake in Grand Rapids |
| 4 | 14th Annual Two-Town Ten Trillion Race, 7a @ Nashwauk Pavillion. 7a registration, 7;30a walkers start, 8a runners start; prizes awarded at Keewatin City Park. |
| 5 | GR High School Class of 1998 Reunion @ Wendigo Lodge. 10a golf scramble, 11a family games & activities, 7p main reunion event. |
| 5 | GR High School Class of 1978 Reunion @ Timberlake Lodge |
| 5 | AAD Shrine Circus @ IRA Civic Center. Shows at 3p & 7:30p. Tickets $12 for children 12 & under, and $14 for adults. |
| 5 | Fireworks and Street Dance @ downtown Keewatin |
| 5 | 11th Annual Siseebakwet Lake Organ Concert, 7p @ Sugar Lake (best heard from a boat anchored off Norton Point) |
| 5 | All-Class, All-School Reunion @ Hill City. 8-11a breakfast, class meeting, competition sign-ups & social, 11a-2p kids carnival and games, class competitions, historical display, 2-3p reunion program, 3-6p BBQ, 8p-midnight live entertainment at Park X, fireworks at dusk. |
| 5-6 | Marble Centennial, parade, fireworks, teen street dance, old settler's dance, fire department water fight, kids games, town history display, flea market, vendors, antique marble display, marble games, marble history, marble exchange. |
| 6 | Nature Safari, noon - 5p @ Forest History Center. Nature walk focused on discovering beauty in nature and gathering materials for a take home craft project. $7 Adults, $4 children. |
| 8 | Indie Film Tuesday: Madeinusa, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 9 | Mary Sandstrom Memorial Jr Tennis Tournament @ Eagle Ridge Golf Course |
| 9 | Naturalist program: Dream Catchers; 11a & 2p @ Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center in Deer River. Free and open to the public. |
| 10 | Thursday Comedy Night: Dave Mordal, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 10 | 101st Year Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear Park in Coleraine. |
| 10 | The Squirrel, the Pine & the Pinecone, 11a @ Marcell Ranger Station, free naturalist program |
| 10 | We All Need Water, 7p @ Marcell Ranger Station, free naturalist program |
| 10-12 | Mississippi Melodie Showboat, 8:00p performance |
| 11 | Stockcar Races 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds |
| 11 | Singer/Songwriter Lance Benson performs @ Brewed Awakenings Coffeehouse from 6-8p. |
| 11-13 | White Oak Antique Tractor Club Show, 8a @ White Oak Fur Post, Deer River. Free & open to the public. |
| 11-13 | Tall Timber Days Baseball Tournament @ Sports Complex & Portage Park. |
| 11-13 | 60th Deer River Wild Rice Festival. Community carnvial, food vendors.
Saturday: Wild Rice Fun Run 10K & 5K and 2 mile fun walk, cost $12. Sunday: parade @ 1p. |
| 12 | 24rd Annual Timberman Triathlon, 8a @ Ruttger's Sugar Lake Lodge |
| 12 | Mississippi Melodie Showboat, 2:00p & 8:00p performance 2p performance is at the Reif Center, 8p performance is at the Showboat Landing on the river. |
| 12 | 1st Annual MN Teen Challenge Dinner & Golf Tournament @ Wendigo Lodge |
| 12 | Hike Through History, 7p @ Schoolcraft State Park. |
| 12 | Naturalist Program: The White Pine Story, 7p @ Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center in Deer River. Free and open to the public. |
| 12-13 | Crafts Renaissance Weekend, Sat: 10a-5p, Sun: noon-5p @ Forest History Center. See demonstrations of artisans at work, works available for purchase. $7 adults, $4 children. |
| 13 | Mostly Country, 3p @ Edge Center for the Arts, Bigfork. Country & western, 50s rock gospel, ethnic music. Tickets $5 adults, $3 students. |
| 15 | Story Telling: "And the fight...", 6:30-8p @ Forest History Center - a Minnesota Sesquicentennial Event. Costumed characters portray stories and arguments in dramatic fashion depicting the battle over best use of the forestlands at the turn of the 20th century. $4 adults, $1 children. |
| 15 | Indie Film Tuesday: A Simple Curve, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 16 | Stockcar Races 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds |
| 16 | Ladie's Invitational Golf Tournament @ Eagle Ridge Golf Course |
| 16 | Naturalist Program: The Giving Tree, 11a & 2p @ the Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center in Deer River. Free and open to the public. |
| 16 | Basic Firearms Knowledge Clinic, 6:30p @ Itasca Gun Club. $2 |
| 17 | Dream Catchers, 11a @ Marcell Ranger Station, free naturalist program |
| 17 | Thursday Comedy Night: Cathy Ladman, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 17 | 101st Year Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear Park in Coleraine. |
| 17-19 | Krazy Dayz Sales @ Downtown Grand Rapids. |
| 18 | Folk Rock musician Jim Miller performs @ Brewed Awakenings Coffeehouse from 6-8p. |
| 18-20 | Mississippi Melodie Showboat, 8:00p performance |
| 18-20 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown @ Edge Center for the Arts, Bigfork. |
| 19 | 4th Annual KAXE Riverfront Festival, noon-9p @ Rotary Tent on the Mississippi River. Bands, food, family/children's activities. |
| 19 | Bald Eagle Day @ Cut Foot Sioux Visitor Center in Deer River. Birds of Prey naturalist program, 3p. Free & open to the public. |
| 19 | Nickelodeon's "Nick Game Lab Stage Show" @ Downtown Grand Rapids. 45 min shows, participants chosen from audience. Free, but tickets are required and may be picked up beginning June 1st at Paul Bunyan Telephone office |
| 19 | Geology Rocks!, 11a & 1:30p @ Hill Annex Mine State Park |
| 19 | Grand Rapids High School Class of 1968 Reunion @ Sawmill Inn. |
| 19-20 | Minnesota Music, Sat 10a-4p & 6p-10p, and Sun Noon-4p @ Forest History Center - a MN Sesquicentennial Event. Program focusing on the popular music of 1900. John Philip Sousa music, ragtime band, Scott Joplin music and traditional American folk music. Costs: All day $7 adults, $4 children, or Sat eve only $3 adults, $1 children. |
| 20-21 | Minnesota MS Society Bike TRAM @ Itasca County Fairgrounds |
| 22 | Indie Film Tuesday: Buddy, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 22 | 6th Annual Larry Maki Memorial Stockcar Race, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway. |
| 23 | Naturalist Program: Help, We're Being Invaded, 11a & 2p @ Cut Foot Sioux visitors center in Deer River. Program about invasive and exotic species. Free and open to the public. |
| 24 | NO July Meeting for GABA! |
| 24 | The Giving Tree, 11 @ Marcell Ranger Station, free naturalist program |
| 24 | Hike the Chase Point Trail, 6:30p leave Marcell family center and go to Scenic State Park for a hike on the trail; free naturalist program |
| 24 | Thursday Comedy Night: Scott Novotny, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 24 | 101st Year Coleraine City Band Concert, 7-8p @ Longyear Park in Coleraine. |
| 24-26 | Mississippi Melodie Showboat, 8:00p performance |
| 25 | Stockcar Races 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds |
| 25-26 | 3rd Annual 38 Jam 7p-1a @ Wilderness Pub featuring the Incredible Ides & The Jury. |
| 25-27 | 53rd Annual North Star Stampede Rodeo in Effie. Fri: 5p, Sat & Sun: 2p) International trick rider all three days. Adults $10, kids $5 |
| 26 | Archery Shooting Clinic, 1-4p @ MSSEC. Beginner level archery class covering types of shooting, types of bows, proper technique. Class limit 10 people; cost $25 |
| 26 | 3rd Annual "Pie Extravaganza", 11a-4p @ Forest History Center. Education program about food and pie as a part of American culture, differences in historic and modern recipes and baking techniques, and taste testing. $7 adults, $4 children. |
| 26 | 24th Annual Northern Cruisers Car Show, 7a-4p @ IRA Civic Center, $1 admission. Variety of muscle cars, street rods, and vintage/classic cars. |
| 26-27 | 37th Annual Northern MN IVCC Car Show & Swap Meet, Sat: 7a-6p & Sun: 8a-4p @ Itasca County Fairgrounds. Many vendors of antiques and collectibles, memorabilia, household items, cars, and parts. Auto corral of cars for sale. Sunday car show & prizes awarded. |
| 27 | 29th Annual Bigfork Lyons Club Fly'n-Drive In Pancake Breakfast, 7a-noon @ Bigfork Airport. Rain or shine. |
| 29 | Indie Film Tuesday: A Peck on the Cheek, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 30 | Bird Feeding 101: Naturalist Program, 11 & 2p @ Cut Foot Sioux visitors center in Deer River. Learn what makes a good feeding station for your back yard. Free and open to the public. |
| 30 | Parent/Child .22 Fun Shoot, 6:30p @ Itasca Gun Club. $2 |
| 31 | Sugar Point, the Last Indian Battle, 7p @ Grand Rapids Public Library. |
| 31 | Thursday Comedy Night: Matt Stanton & Felisha Gilespie, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 31 | Help, We're Being Invaded (by exotic species), 11a @ Marcell Ranger Station. free naturalist program.
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| ea. Wed. & Sat. | 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. |
| Thurs. | 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 and vintage cars. |
| 1-31 | 16th Annual Juried Art Exhibit @ MacRostie Art Center; Aug 1st artist's reception 5-7p |
| 1 | The Wailin' Jennys, 6p @ KAXE Ampitheater, tickets $30 |
| 1 | 34th Annual Arts & Crafts Fair, 10a-4p @ Bigfork High School |
| 1 | Stockcar Races, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds |
| 1-2 | Grand Rapids Players Summer Theater Children's Performance @ Reif Performing Arts Center; Fri 7p, Sat 2p |
| 1-3 | 20th Annual White Oak Rendezvous in Deer River. Hours: Fri 10a-7p, Sat 10a-7p, Sun 10a-4p. Live music, food vendors, traders selling their wares, family camps, period costumes, demonstrations in blackpowder shooting, primitive archer's range, an Ojibwa village & replica 1798 Northwest Co Fur Post with living history interpretation. |
| 1-17 | 2008 Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop @ ABCs of Quilting, Old Central School in Downtown Grand Rapids |
| 2 | Tall Timber Days 5K & 10K races, 8a @ IRA Civic Center. Registration through Itasca County Family YMCA |
| 2 | GR High School Class of 1963 Reunion |
| 2-3 | 7th Annual Round Robin Canoe race, Saturday 9a-4p and Sunday 8:30 a - conclusion @ Ice Lake. |
| 2-3 | 27th Annual Tall Timber Days (free)
Arts & Crafts vendors: Sat & Sun, Food Avenue booths: Sat & Sun, Chainsaw Carving demonstrations: Sat & Sun, Legion Bingo Tent: Sat & Sun, Scheer's Lumberjack Shows: Sat & Sun, Sky Pilot Sunday Service: Sun, Tall Timber Days 5K/10K Run: Sat at the IRA Civic Center |
| 2-3 | ESPN 10,000 Lakes ATV Championship @ Quadna Mountain Park. |
| 3 | Kid's Day, Noon-5p @ Forest History Center. Activities include hands on craft projects, interactive activities in the logging camp, stories for kids and nature adventures. $7 adults, children free. |
| 5 | Indie Film Tuesday: Aaltra, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 5-8 | 2008 CEFTS Conference @ Itasca Community College |
| 6-8 | Star of the North Lions Club Jr Golf Tournament @ Pokegama Golf Course |
| 7 | Thursday Comedy Night: John Bush, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 6-7 | Smokey Bear's 64th Birthday, Wednesday: 11a & 2p @ Cut Foot Sioux visitors center, Deer River; Thursday: 11a @ Marcell Ranger Station - Activities for kids, birthday cake, free. |
| 7 | Shaping Minnesota's Identity, 7p @ Grand Rapids Library. Free. |
| 7 | Bounties from the Forest, 7p @ Marcell Ranger Station; naturalist program about forest products made from wood sources, free |
| 8 | 4th Annual Dave Wohlers Memorial Stockcar Races, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds |
| 8-9 | 8th Annual Bearded Child Film Festival @ The Reif Center. Annual festival of independent & experimental short films. |
| 8-9 | 7th Annual Fish-A-Rama Fishing Tournament @ Trout Lake. |
| 8-9 | Grand Rapids High School Class of 1988 Reunion; info at www.grandrapids1988.myevent.com |
| 9 | Chair Affair Auction to benefit the Grand Rapids Public Library, 7p @ KAXE Rotary Tent. Food, entertainment, live and silent auctions of Adirondack chairs designed and beautified by local artists. Tickets $20. |
| 9-10 | 24th Annual Threshing Show & Antique Show, 9a in Blackberry. Flea market, quilt raffle, live music, tractor raffle, activities and displays depicting early 1900's farm life. Cost is $5. |
| 10 | For the Birds, 4-7p @ Forest History Center. Birding program for beginners focusing winter feeding, how to make a bird feeder, and birding hike. $7 adults, $4 children. |
| 12 | Indie Film Tuesday: Forest for the Trees, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 13 | Stockcar Races/Matco Tools Night, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, fairgrounds |
| 13 | Chronograph Clinic, 6:30p @ Itasca Gun Club. Find out what your caliber really does. $1/gun. |
| 13-17 | 116th Itasca County Fair @ Itasca County Fairgrounds |
| 14 | Thursday Comedy Night: Jeff Gerbino, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 15 | Stockcar Races/Pepsi & Dominoes Pizza Night - Fair Races, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway/Fairgrounds. Pits open at 4p. |
| 15-17 | Grand Slam Amateur Golf Tournament @ Pokegama, Eagle Ridge, & Sugarbrooke golf courses. |
| 16 | Wild Edibles, noon-3p @ Forest History Center. |
| 19 | Indie Film Tuesday: Hawaii, Oslo, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 21 | Thursday Comedy Night: Darlene Westgor, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; $10 |
| 22 | Stockcar Races/Final Track Points Championship, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, fairgrounds |
| 23 | Construction Cruise - Motorcycle Ride to benefit Itasca County Habitat for Humanity. |
| 23-24 | Horsepower Weekend, Sat 10a-5p & Sun Noon-4p @ Forest History Center. |
| 26 | Indie Film Tuesday: Drifters, 7:30p @ Reif Performing Arts Center; free of charge |
| 28 | GABA’s Monthy Meeting, 7p @ Greenway High School Cafeteria in Coleraine, MN – Public encouraged to come! |
| 29 | WISSOTA Classic Stockcar Race, 7p @ Grand Rapids Speedway, fairgrounds |
| 29-31 | Pengilly Centennial
Friday: Pengilly Elementary School all class reunion, coffee and cookies, memory sharing, photo display, story collections, 5p Curb Feelers band, car show & root beer floats
Saturday: Memory display, parade, kids games, clowns, variety show, vendors, Skorich BBQ
Sunday: Brunch at Lone Pine Hall, golf tournament @ Swan Lake Country Club, cribbage tournament @ Mr. Roberts, baseball game and concessions @ Pengilly Ball Park. |
| 8/30-9/1 | 97th Annual Farmer's Day @ Bovey. Sun: 8a Fireman's softball tournament, 5&10K fun run (9a registration, 10a run), flea market, concession stands & more.
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| ea. Wed. & Sat. | 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. |
| 1-30 | Jess Albrecht exhibit @ MacRostie Art Center. Iraq war veteran's work factored by history, emotion & experience. |
| 1 | Bear Hunting Opener |
| 5 | Community Stage/Open Mic Night, 6-8p @ Brewed Awakenings Coffeehouse, no cost. |
| 5 | Log-A-Load for Kids Golf Tournament @ Pokegama Golf Course |
| 6 | Classical pianist, John McKay, 7p @ Edge Center for the Arts |
| 7 | West Range Country Show, 6:30p @ Greenway High School Auditorium, tickets $6 |
| 13 | General small game opener (grouse, gray partridge, rabbits, squirrels) |
| 13 | Archery Deer Hunting Season opener - through Dec 31st |
| 13 | Paul Bunyan Telephone Lady's Hoky Scramble, 9a @ Pokegama |
| 13 | Bigfork Valley Challenge. 4.5 mi run & 3 mi walk @ Kocian's Market in Bigfork. |
| 14 | Paul Bunyan Telephone Men's Hoky Scramble, 10a @ Pokegama |
| 14 | Pretenders & Friends, 3p @ Edge Center for the Arts, Bigfork; rock n roll, 50s-60s, ballads & country, tickets $5 adults, $3 students |
| 19 | Up North & Living Green: woodland workshop @ Wendigo Lodge |
| 20 | Woodcock Hunting Season opener |
| 20 | 7th Annual POW/MIA Recognition Day & Motorcycle Ride, noon @ Deer River Vets Club. Lunch served. |
| 20-21 | 6th Annual Goods From the Woods @ IRA Civic Center. Marketplace of fine arts, crafts and other items made from materials harvested from the woodlands. Sat: 9a-5p, Sun: 9a-3p. Kiwanis walleye lunch; Rotary blueberry pancake breakfast. |
| 20-21 | Bargains are Great on Highway 38; 47 miles of garage sales from Grand Rapids to Effie. |
| 20-21 | Take a Kid Hunting Weekend. Adults accompanied by a youth under 16 may hunt small game without a license. All rules, seasons or other laws still apply. |
| 21 | 4th Annual Woodtick 12K Run (USATF certified) 8a @ Itasca County Fairgrounds. 7a registration. $19 early registration, $24 registration. Kiwanis pancake breakfast @ IRA Civic Center free to runners. |
| 25 | GABA’s Monthy Meeting, 7p @ Greenway High School Cafeteria in Coleraine, MN – Public encouraged to come! |
| 27 | 13th Annual Eagle Ridge Challenge Golf Tournament, 8:30a @ Eagle Ridge Golf Course. 2 person 27 hole event with scramble, best ball, and modified alternate shot.
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