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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!

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    The Brimstone Blondes’ Staircase to Stardom
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    The Secret Life of a Great Lakes Mushroom Hunter
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  • Artist Eric Edward Esper’s depiction of the Lady Elgin as it’s struck by a small lumber schooner, the Augusta, in the early morning hours of September 8, 1860. (courtesy: Eric Edward Esper / Gallery VICTOR)
    Presenting Curious City: The Deadliest Shipwreck in Great Lakes History
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  • A Bigfoot crossing sign in Portage County, Ohio. In early March, northeast Ohio was home to eight reported Bigfoot sightings in just five days. (credit: Dan Wanschura / Points North)
    When Bigfoot Finds You
    When eight Bigfoot sightings were reported in just five days, northeast Ohio had the country’s attention. What was it like for these small rural communities to be at the center of the Bigfoot universe? And did it change what the people there believed?
  • A portrait of a passenger pigeon from 1908. By this point, wild passenger pigeons had already vanished. The last of the species, a captive pigeon named Martha, died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. (credit: John Henry Hintermeister / Wikimedia Commons)
    The Pigeons’ Last Passage
    Passenger pigeons were once the most abundant bird in North America. But in 1914, they went extinct. Most of their last nesting grounds hugged the Great Lakes. What was it like to experience these birds? And what are we left with when we lose a species?