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BIG DIPPER CREAMERY | What’s Summer Without Real Ice Cream? Choose From 52 Hand-Made, Mouth-Watering Flavors!

With 52 flavors of hand-crafted ice cream – all made onsite – you’ll love our Big Dipper Creamery in Blaine, part of the Twin Cities Gateway area! Set your sites on this ice cream shop if you’re visiting, hiking or biking in the area this spring, summer and fall. Variety is the spice of life. […]

VISTA FLEET | See the Spectacular Scenery as you Tour the Duluth

Don’t miss a thing! Our most in-depth narrated tour aboard the Vista Star puts you right into the region’s most spectacular scenery. We’ll get close to all the action in our hardworking harbor, while telling you all there is to know about its workings, science and ecology — then & now. Enjoy the panoramic views […]

RON RABINOVITZ | Get the Story Behind the Story – and be INSPIRED!

Jackie Robinson & The Kid is the amazing story of a man and a boy who became the best of friends, though we were different. I was white & Jewish from a small Midwest town. He was black & Christian from a big city in the East. Yet we had a friendship that lasted until […]

Looking for Providers of Virtual Programs? Find Them Here!

Looking providers of virtual programs? Use the VIRTUAL PROGRAMS LIBRARY – a one-stop source of providers who offer online classes, shows, tours, entertainment and programs for all ages. You’ll find links to websites where they list livestream and recorded offerings. READ MORE

MALL OF AMERICA | “Ah! The Wonder that is the Butterfly!” See the Exhibit at Mall of America

Christopher Lutter-Gardella has created a magnificent suspended installation at Mall of America consisting of a majestic 30-foot Monarch butterfly surrounded by more than 300 smaller butterflies. The installation is entitled “Kaleidoscope” and will share the critical story about the decline of the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with the hope of educating guests on how […]

NORTHROP | Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs returns to Northrop

Paul Jacobs Tue, Apr 13, 7:30 pm CDT Carlson Family Stage Live-Stream Option Available On-Demand Streaming Available Wed, Apr 14 through Sun, Apr 18, 11:59 pm CDT Artist Q&A following the performance This event will be captioned, with other accessibility services available upon request. Grammy-winning organist Paul Jacobs returns to Northrop in a solo recital […]