Excited for summer - now offering bus trips - sign up today

The short summer of Duluth is just about here.   This summer I'm starting up a bus excursion business.  Start in Duluth and we'll head to Bayfield, the Iron Range, Hayward, Renaissance Festival, St. Cloud gardens, and more.  Each trip has a nature, art/music, or history connection.  Check the calendar at www.wendyupnorth.com/excursions for more information.  Please sign up at least 2 weeks prior to the trip.  There will be two trips per month in the summer and early fall.

July 14 and July 28 are the first trips.

Also, Woman-Made local art & gift fair will be July 30 (not July 23) at Duluth Congregational Church, 3833 E. Superior St.  Shop from 10AM through 4PM.  Meet the artists and you'll have a special time picking out great gifts.

And - the June/July issue of the Look at Lakeside newsletter is published.  Go to www.LookAtLakeside.com.

Fairs, Poetry and More

I'm an organizer of community events ;

Here are some upcoming ones -

March 26 Free poetry workshop with Sheila Packa, 10AM at the Unitarian Church, 835 W. College St..

April 9 Better World conference - free event.  Social justice for all.  9 workshops.  Topics : compassionate communication, engaging youth into action, strength in diversity, overcoming poverty, affordable health care, and more.  More info at uuduluth.org  or www.betterworld2016.eventsmart.com or email wendyupnorth@yahoo.com


Be sure to come to this year's Dulcimer Day in Duluth festival May 14 at the Coppertop Church, 230 E. Skyline Parkway.  More info at www.DulcimersInDuluth.com

Local art & gift fairs are being set up for the rest of the year
July 23 Woman-Made at Duluth Congregational Church

November 19 Get Great Stuff, Duluth Congregational
December 3 Get It Local, Peace Church
Dec 10 Get to the Point, Lafayette Community Building

Let me know if you'd like to participate.

Fall 2015 events - local fairs

Local artists.   Locally-made unique items.

Check out these fairs:

October 10 Get to the Point - Awesome Art & Gift Fair at Lafayette Community Building on Park Point.

November 14 Get Great Stuff at Duluth Congregational Church.

December 5 Get It Local Fair at the Peace Church.

All of these Duluth fairs will run 10 AM-3 PM.

Check my website for any updates or email me to inquire to be a part of the fairs.
wendyupnorth.com
Wendyupnorth@yahoo.com

Spring events 2015

It's feeling like spring - sort of.   It's time for a fun cabin fever reliever local art & gift fair.
Treasures of the Earth will be March 28 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 835 W. College St.  Over 20 artists will be selling cool things made of natural or recycled materials.  A book sale will also be going on at the church.


Also, calling all folk music fans and lovers of dulcimers.   Dulcimer Day in Duluth festival will be held May 2.  Concerts will be at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.  Classes include mountain dulcimer, ukulele, autoharp, and guitar.  Advanced registration is recommended for classes.  Vendors will be open for business 10AM-3 PM .  A day concert ticket is required during concert time.   See the schedule, performer information, and registration form - and SPONSORS - at www.DulcimersInDuluth.com

Finally,  I'd like to announce July 18 Woman-Made:Marvelous Things Made by Northland Women.  The Coppertop Church will be filled with about 30 regional artists.  The fairs are a great place to buy affordable one-of-a-kind locally-made gifts. 

Thanks for all the support of attendees at the fairs.  It's a task to put the events together.  I'd like to think they are good community contributions to increase the local economy and local knowing each other status.   A part of me will always be about learning - and these events are also great to keep on learning.

Fall Fairs Now Open in Duluth

Thanks to all those who participated - artist vendors and shoppers - in the recent Woman-Made fair.  It's new location is a keeper.  Coming indoors on a beautiful summer day is worth it to be part of improving the local economy, being exited by local made creative things, and meeting talented people. 

Here are the date for the Fall 2014 fairs that I'm putting together in Duluth.

   Get to the Point Oct 11, Lafayette Community Center on Park Point
   Get Great Stuff Nov 15, Duluth Congregational Church
   Get It Local Dec 6, Peace Church

Registrations are now open until filled.  I do create waiting lists for the fairs once it's filled.  The fairs are open to Duluth-Superior area artists (within about 60 miles).  The Get It Local fair is the "ultra-local" fair with all the artists from the city boundaries of Duluth and Superior. 

Yeah - for local art!

The fairs run from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

As reminder my website is WendyUpNorth.com

2014 Local Fairs

Here are the 2014 fairs that are now open for the first half of the year.

 March 22
Treasures of the Earth Green Goods, Craft & Art Fair. Things made in the Northland of natural materials and recycled 'stuff'
Unitarian Church, 835 W. College St.

May 3
Dulcimer Day in Duluth folk music festival
Coppertop Church, 230 E. Skyline Parkway
www.DulcimersInDuluth.com

 July 26
Woman-Made: Marvelous Things Made by Northland Women 
Coppertop Church, 230 E. Skyline Parkway

The 4 fall fairs will likely be
Get to the Point Awesome Art & Gift Fair - Oct
Get Great Stuff -Nov
Get It Local Gift Fair - Dec
Neighbor-Made - Dec


I strive to provide quality indoor fairs with a variety of local artists making wonderful things.   I encourage everyone to buy local and do what they love.

Wendy

Shapes and Characters

I rather enjoy this time of year. Most of the leaves have dropped and now the shape of the tree through its branches is more visible. Like skeletons reaching out to the sky and waving to each other on windy days the bare trees have character. Some do look a bit scary I guess but some plainly look like grand earthly creatures. The knots of the tree or the burl or scars from lightning or fallen branches mark some of the trees. Some of the trees are downright dead but likely have a taste population of insects that the residents and migratory birds seek to find.
I invite you this time to pick up your dulcimer (feel free to buy one if you don't have one :-) and look at the grains of the wood. Follow the lines. Look at the shapes - all beautifully are part of the wood. Wood is a special material - and not only did the tree once provide oxygen that we use but as its 'living on" mode creates a one of kind instrument sound box for dulcimers (and other instruments.) Living on through music and beauty - pretty exciting.