The Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute held a virtual seminar Tuesday night on the formation of Yellowstone Country. The “Geology of Yellowstone Country” seminar was held over Zoom and featured guest speaker Rob Thomas, regents professor of geology at University of Montana Western. Thomas is the co-author of the second.
Lakes Jam features record-breaking attendance, packs in 4 successful days at BIR for outdoor music fest
Lakes Jam 2021 packs in four successful days, bringing close to 35,000 people to Brainerd International Raceway. 8:40 pm, Jun. 27, 2021 ×
Carly Pearce performs Saturday, June 26, 2021, during Lakes Jam at Brainerd International Raceway. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
Face masks and social distancing were out of sight as smiles, laughter and social closeness were part of Lakes Jam at Brainerd International Raceway, north of Brainerd.
The number of people record-breaking attendance, in fact throughout the four-day outdoor music fest, Wednesday through Saturday, June 23-26 made it evident people were ready to go out and gather after staying home during the pandemic that hit the United States in March 2020, resulting in the cancellation of music festivals, concerts and large public events for more than a year.
Lakes Jam Headliner Jon Pardi cancels; Big & Rich to take spot
Jon Pardi who was scheduled to be the June 25th headliner for Lakes Jam had to cancel due to him being placed on vocal rest.
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Lakes Jam organizers announced Wednesday, June 16, that country artist Jon Pardi who was scheduled to be the June 25th headliner canceled due to him being placed on vocal rest.
“Lakes Jam wishes Jon a speedy recovery and we’ll all be raising a glass in his honor, in late June,” General Manager Ken Lacy stated in an email. “The show will go on without him this year, but he’ll be back in 2022 and we can’t wait! Til then, we’ll all just need a little Heartache Medication!”