Arts & Culture
Barbara Jean Johnson wins Big Top Chautauqua Singer/Songwriter of the Year
-Bob and Buck welcomed WTIP News & Public Affairs Director Barbara Jean Johnson to Studio A Oct. 14. BJ is an accomplished musician and recently won the Big Top Chautauqua Singer/Songwriter of the Year contest with her song, "The River." Bump Blomberg accompanied her on guitar.
'For the Birds' producer, birder and author Laura Erickson visits The Roadhouse
-Buck spoke Oct. 14 with birder, author and radio producer Laura Erickson. She has a new book, "Twelve Owls," which is illustrated by Betsy Bowen, and appeared in Grand Marais Oct. 15 for a book reading and signing.
Of Woods and Words: The Weekend Warrior
Ada Igoe-About six months out of college, I discovered what it meant to “live for the weekend.” I’d just started as an administrative assistant for an extremely small international accounting
Moments in Time: Harriet Boostrom Taus on Early Gunflint Life
-Clearwater Lodge sits half-way up the Gunflint Trail. It's one of the oldest resorts in the Northwoods. Within its history lie stories of the area's earliest pioneers.
Of Woods and Words: The Joy of Jam
-Recently, whenever a friend calls to check in, it always seems I’m in the middle of canning something.
Classical pianist Brook Cuden, choreographer Andreas Denk visit The Roadhouse
-Buck Benson & Dave Seaton welcomed pianist Brook Cuden and choreographer Andreas Denk to Studio A Oct. 7, a day before their first public performance of "Sophie and Concert," at the ACA in Grand Marais.
Singer/songwriter Eric Frost brings a few friends to Studio A
-Ann Possis & Buck Benson welcomed local musician Eric Frost, with friends Bill Hansen and Barbara Jean Johnson, to The Roadhouse Sept. 30.
Jazz guitarist Briand Morrison visits Studio A
-Ann Possis & Bob Carter welcomed jazz guitarist Briand Morrison to The Roadhouse Sept. 23 for music and chat in advance of his performance at the Grand Portage Lodge & Casino Antlers Lounge.
Minnesota's new poet laureate Joyce Sutphen on 'luxuriating in language'
-Ann Possis spoke Sept. 23 with Joyce Sutphen, new poet laureate of Minnesota, about her new position and what poetry means to her.
Moments in Time: Anishinaabe & Isle Royale
-In its early days, before Isle Royale became a national park in 1940, the island was home to loggers, miners and fishermen. Most were Scandinavian immigrants.
