Events

Fri. Dec. 13

Dark Sky Festival

Multiple locations, Grand Marais

5-7pm Fri. Dec. 13

Mark Joseph & Al Oikari

Gunflint Tavern 111 Wisconsin St., Grand Marais

6-8pm Fri. Dec. 13

Shore Thing

Castle Danger Brewery 17 7th St., Two Harbors

6pm Fri. Dec. 13

Christopher David Hanson

The Tipsy Mosquito 623 1st Ave., Two Harbors

7pm Fri. Dec. 13

Borealis Chorale & Orchestra Christmas Concerts

This year’s program features "Wexford Carol," a new composition by local composer Bill Beckstrand, with Eric Anderson on trombone and a vocal ensemble. Other works will include a selection from Handel’s Messiah, and a small women’s ensemble singing "Candle Blessing," a Hanukkah piece by David Ludwig. Handel’s "The People That Walked in Darkness" will feature Scott Mehlhaff, baritone; and "Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow," by Gordon Thornett, will feature Aurora Schelmeske, soprano. Scott Mehlhaff, Mike Roth, Aurora Schelmeske, Hannah Miller, and Erika Ternes will be featured soloists in the piece "Come Unto Him," by BJ Muus, From the early days of Cook County’s Symphonium Music Club in the 1950s to today’s Borealis Chorale & Orchestra (BCO), hundreds of talented and devoted community members have kept the art of choral music alive in Cook County.

Bethlehem Lutheran Church 1st Ave. W., Grand Marais

Cost: Free, suggested donation of $10-20

8pm Fri. Dec. 13

Southpaws

Gunflint Tavern 111 Wisconsin St., Grand Marais