Events

Mary Batinich Presents ‘Highlights From Her 18 Trips to the Holy Land!” “Modern-day pilgrims renew quest for the holiest of truths.” Minneapolis Star-Tribune Easter Sunday feature story, April 19, 1987, by journalist Martha Sawyer Allen. photo~ This is during Holy Eucharist on the shore of the Sea of Galilee (Yam Kinneret), with guide Mary Batinich […]

Patty Phillips and Sharon Legg will bring pictures and tales of their 11 day March adventure in northern Thailand, Chiang Mia, Phuket, and Bangkok on a Road’s Scholar tour with 14 others. Stories will abound with tales of food, ancient buildings, and friendly people. Please bring a dish to share.

Join Marit Kringstad and Shelby Vaske to learn about this breathtaking country and the opportunity to travel to Norway in February 2027.  Highlights of the 2022 trip and upcoming winter trip will be shared. Please bring a dish to share.

11 AM: Kids Day! Dahlia Meyer’s Dog Agility Show, stories, lunch & Marge McPeak Reading Tree Dedication (VPI)

Shelby Vaske will be sharing stories about her many visits to Guatemala including her most recent trip this month. Shelby Vaske will discus the work that she and her daughter, Lauren and son-in-law, Mario support in Guatemala. Lauen is the Executive Director of Sharing the Dream in Guatemala,  a fair trade nonprofit organization which gives income […]

Irene Hartfield’s birthday concert & cake! – Irene is an Ely native-singer, songwriter, keyboardist For more about Irene visit her website: https://irenehartfield.com/

How Many Ways Can We Say Thank You? Saturday, June 20 at 5 PM Herb Lamppa Civic Center & St. Mary’s Hall Tickets: $75/person RSVP by June 10 — only 140 tickets available  

Mary Erickson presents creating “Finnish Himmeli” straw mobiles

Chamber music concert with members of our renowned performing faculty and prize-winning students from Northern Lights Young Artists Program. Adult $15 | $5 Students (under 18) Program to be announced.

She left Chicago in 1978, at the age of seventeen, to flee her family’s total implosion, and wound up on the Canadian border in a deserted cabin, alone with her notebooks, her guitar, and the early recordings of Bob Dylan as her only companions.

Learn to paint Sea Turtles! with local artist, Linda Smith in the craft room at Vermilion Park Inn.

Kids class with artist Diana Magner. Mandala painting is the art of creating beautiful, harmonious designs with symmetrical patterns and dots that radiate from a central point. In this class, you’ll learn to paint a unique mandala design on a 4-inch stone using dotting tools, guided by artist and educator Diana Magner. We’ll provide all […]