Pints North
Brand new trivia questions about the Land, Water, and Inhabitants of the Great Lakes – hosted by the Points North podcast team.
Season 3 of Pints North is here!
Brand new trivia questions about the land, water, and inhabitants of the Great Lakes – hosted by the Points North podcast team. Plus, we'll be giving away a bunch of new pint glasses and other cool prizes!
Come hang out, grab a drink, and maybe even learn a thing or two about this incredible region we call home!
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, January 21 at 7 p.m. – Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City
*Monday, February 24 at 7 p.m. – Stormcloud Brewing Company, Frankfort
**Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. – Broad Leaf Brewery, Kentwood (w/ Friends of Grand Rapids Parks)
*Monday, March 31 at 7 p.m. – Farm Club, Traverse City (w/ Inland Seas Education Association)
Thursday, April 17 at 7 p.m. – Cheboygan Brewing Company, Cheboygan
Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. – Cherry Public House, Glen Arbor (w/ Leelanau Conservancy)
*Updated date
** New location
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In 2014, a group of botanists discovered that a very rare plant native to the Kankakee River in Illinois, had vanished from its only known native habitat in the world. That set off a quest to bring back the missing Midwestern flower. -
What would happen if our devices were alive? Would it change the way we treat them? One researcher in Chicago wanted to find out. So she made a smartwatch that has to be fed and watered to work. -
Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
