Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 PM on Thursdays at the Moondance Cafe in Lutsen. More information is available at 663-7324.

North House Folk School on the harbor in Grand Marais offers a variety of classes and events.

More information and registration are available at www.northouse.org or 387-9762. Local residents receive a 25 percent discount on courses.

The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder is open and celebrating its 10th season. The Schroeder Area Historical Society collaborated with the US Forest Service to create a new exhibit, "Forest Fires of the Arrowhead." Center hours are 10 am-4:30 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 1-4 pm on Sundays.

The new dog park located at the Gunflint Horse Arena is now open. The park provides a fenced in space that allows well behaved dogs to be off leash safe from traffic, predators, and traps, while socializing with other dogs. The dog park is located near the corner of the "old" Gunflint Trail and the "new" Gunflint Trail, just north of the Recycling Center in Grand Marais. More information is available from Go Dog North Shore at 370-9494 or from Cathy Quinn at quinn@boreal.org.

Gooseberry Falls State Park offers a variety of programs throughout the summer. All summer, there will be "nature carts" on the trails from Friday through Sunday, with naturalists to explain items from nature.

All programs are free and open to the public, and some are planned especially for kids. A schedule of events is available at www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/gooseberry_falls/index.html. Gooseberry Falls State Park is located approximately 13 miles north of Two Harbors, along Hwy 61. More information is available from naturalist Ben Bishop at 218-834-3855 ext. 235, or ben.bishop@state.mn.us.

Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center offers a variety of programs throughout the summer, including U.S. Forest Service presentations each Tuesday on the Chik-Wauk front porch. The presentations highlight a variety of Northwoods-themed topics. Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center is located 55 miles up the Gunflint Trail at 28 Moose Pond Drive. More information is available from 218-388-9915 or at chikwauk.com.

The Cross River Heritage Center in Schroeder is open and celebrating its 10th season. Upcoming programs and events include:
 
Art Show 2013
June: Quilt and Fiber Show-artists include Mary Jane Huggins, Mary Brislance,  Nancy Hansen, Betsy Zavoral, Coralyn Koschinska, Orlene Fisher and others.
 
July: Photographers Alan and Shell Foeckler, acrylic artist Bruce Palmer, and potter Ann Ward.
 
August: Photographer Peter Juhl, watercolorist David Hahn, watercolorist Trish Hunter, mixed media artist Joyce Yamamoto, printmaker Jerry Riach, and potter Ann Ward.
 
September: Photographer Kathleen Gray-Anderson, photographer David Degree, fiber artist Mary Jane Huggins. leather work by Ernest Boyes, bead work by Marcie McIntire and potter Ann Ward.
 
Upcoming Events
June 29 1 p.m.  Vintage Tea
 
July 6 1:30 p.m. Wayne Jorgenson, Civil War Researcher
 
July 13 12: 30 p.m. Lundie Vacation Home Tour in Hovland beginning at Naniboujou Lodge
 
Center hours are 10 am-4:30 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 1-4 pm on Sundays. More information is available at 663-7706.

Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is now accepting rain garden applications from private and public landowners in the Lake Superior Basin in Cook County. With the help of Clean Water Land & Legacy Funds, Cook SWCD has financial and technical assistance available to assist interested landowners in constructing a rain garden on their property.
 
More rain garden information and application forms are available at www.cookswcd.org or from the Cook SWCD office at (218) 387-3649. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, June 28, 2013.