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  • Saturday 7-10am
Genre: 
variety
Host CJ Heithoff brings you this Saturday morning show, created at the request of WTIP listeners.  North Shore Weekend features three hours of community information, features, interviews, and music. It's truly a great way to start your weekend on the North Shore. Arts, cultural and history features on WTIP’s North Shore Weekend are made possible with funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

 

 

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The following are regular features of this program:
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Behind the Work

"Behind the Work" is a regular feature on WTIP. Each segment focuses on an individual and the work they do in the region.

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Marcia Hyatt

Best of Ourselves

Contributor(s): 
Marcia Hyatt

Marcia Hyatt is a leadership and life coach who provides a weekly feature on WTIP's North Shore Weekend titled "The Best of Ourselves," which explores how we can be resilient and creative in

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The St. Francis Xavier Church in Chippewa City, photo courtesy of the Cook County Historical Society.

Chippewa City History

Walking the Old Road: The Story of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Chippewa is a monthly series told through the words and stories of the people who lived in Chippewa City.
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Molly Hoffman with her dog, Irish

Field Notes

Contributor(s): 
Molly Hoffman

Molly Hoffman became a birder following a 1970 course in Ornithology at the University of Minnesota, Duluth which was part of a degree in Biology.  Molly created Field Notes to bring a r

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Steve Ramberg

Gunflint Notebook

Contributor(s): 
Steve Ramberg
Steve lives on the Gunflint Trail with his family. His ongoing audio series, “Gunflint Notebook,” highlights life on the Trail.
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Vicki with her angora rabbit, Peaches

Magnetic North

Contributor(s): 
Vicki Biggs-Anderson
Vicki lives with her husband, Paul, on a nearly 100-year-old homestead in Colvill.
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Joan Farnam

NorthShore ArtScene

Contributor(s): 
Joan Farnam

Joan Farnam has been writing about the arts scene on the North Shore for more than ten years.

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Nosey Rosey

Contributor(s): 
Rosey Seaton

Nosey Rosey lives with Dave and Nancy Seaton and family at Hungry Jack Outfitters, half-way up the Gunflint Trail.

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Ada Igoe

Of Woods and Words

Contributor(s): 
Ada Igoe

Ada Igoe is proud to be homegrown on homegrown radio. Her radio career at WTIP began at an early age.

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Rose Arrowsmith-Decoux

Saturday Morning Story

Contributor(s): 
Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux

Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux lives at the end of the Gunflint Trail. She is a professional storyteller and actor who performs throughout the Region.

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Weekend Outdoors

Contributor(s): 
Larry Weber
Local naturalist and retired teacher Larry Weber joins us to share his observations on what's going on in the great outdoors.
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Frank Hansen

West End News

Contributor(s): 
Frank Hansen

Frank has been a member of the West End community since 1957. He has written the West End News, many years for a local newspaper, and more recently for WTIP.

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Fred Smith

Wildersmith on the Gunflint

Contributor(s): 
Fred Smith
Fred Smith, a native Iowan re-located to the wilderness of border country at the end of the century, has been writing of happenings in the upper Gunflint territory for going on eight ye
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Weekend Art News

Lots of fun stuff to do this weekend including Sivertson Gallery's 10th annual Inuit Premiere, which opens today (Saturday) and the Mush for the Cure events at Trail Center.

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Art News for March 6 weekend

The North Shore Photographers show opened at the Johnson Heritage Post on Friday night.

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