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Pints North at Creston Brewery in Grand Rapids

Interlochen Public Radio
Published February 12, 2024 at 5:01 PM EST

Wednesday, February 21, at 7 p.m. - Join us at Creston Brewery in Grand Rapids for a very special Pints North for a fun night with the Friends of Grand Rapids Parks.

Enjoy a night with good friends, good beer, and the creators of Interlochen Public Radio’s Points North podcast.

Check out the latest episodes of Points North to brush up on your Great Lakes knowledge!

  • Darren Bush and his wife, Stephanie Bush at Day Lake State Natural Area in northern Wisconsin.
    Short: Sittin' On Top of the Bell Curve
    Darren Bush has a rule about gifts. He won’t sell anything that was given to him. And at a time that will be made obvious, he will give that item to someone who is deserving. That item is a paddle, and that time comes in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
  • Update: A Thank You Card
    Kevin Shafer's job is to prevent Milwaukee’s sewage from overflowing into Lake Michigan or people’s basements. After a Points North episode about him dropped, he got something unexpected in the mail.
  • Marcia Bjornerud is a geologist who teaches at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin.
    Presenting Living Planet: How Thinking Like a Geologist Can Help Save the World
    Marcia Bjornerud says we live in a time illiterate society. Most people don’t have a good sense of how extremely long the geologic chapters of earth’s history were. And she argues that’s leading to many of the environmental problems we’re facing today.
  • Dave Clausen, a retired veterinarian in Amery, Wisconsin, poses with his rifle in his living room window. “Sometimes I go out to start the coffee and I'll take a quick look out the window,” Clausen said. If he sees a deer, he shoots. He’s able to do so because of nuisance permits, which allow him to harvest white-tailed deer outside of Wisconsin’s hunting season. (credit: Ellie Katz / Points North)
    The Don Quixote of Wisconsin
    One man in northwest Wisconsin thinks the deer population is out of control. And he’s willing to go to great lengths to rein it in.
  • Jim VerSnyder (right) filets a whitefish at Carlson's Fishery in April, 2024. (credit: Dan Wanschura / Points North)
    Thinking Outside the Filet
    Iceland has figured out how to use almost 100% of every fish caught – not just the filet. By making things like durable leather, beauty products and skin graft bandages, it’s increased the value of Atlantic cod from about $15 to over $5,000. Can this approach help the struggling Great Lakes fishery?