Maple Grove Magazine May 2026

Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Growing up, when my brother and I spent the weekend at my grandparents’ house, at least one morning started at dawn. My grandpa would take us out to...

Bisque Boutique Explores How To Plan a Summer Soirée

It’s the perfect time to deck out your patio (and wardrobe). When Mary Brueske plans a backyard fête, her gatherings follow one important rule:...
Retro style swimbaits from Throwback Baits

Landing the Big One With Throwback Baits

Throwback Baits carves out a unique niche in Maple Grove. For eight years, wedding photography paid the bills and kept a roof over Kyle Buchholz’s...
Pile of cooked red lobster

An Expert Weighs in on How To Cook Lobster

A Lunds & Byerlys chef details how to make heads or tails of cooking lobster. Lobster is a decadent ingredient that poses a quandary for some...
Aerial photo of Heritage Christian Academy

A Decade of Accreditation for Heritage Christian Academy

The Maple Grove school earns a distinctive merit award from Cognia. Adding to its longstanding legacy, Heritage Christian Academy (HCA) has exceeded...
Maple Grove Magazine March/April 2026 Issue

Welcome to the March/April 2026 Issue

Beading was all the rage when I was in middle school, and I was by no means immune to the glittering trays of Czech glass, Swarovski crystals and...
Dan McAvey painted this en plein air landscape at the St. Paul-Changsha Friendship Garden in Phalen Regional Park.

Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature

A landscape artist incorporates rest and healing into his paintings. Last summer, painter Dan McAvey spent a week deep in the Sax-Zim Bog, an...
After a series of popular performances, singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland will return to Crooners Supper Club for a concert on April 9.

Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album

Singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland returns to the recording booth. Rebecca Aadland doesn’t just sing the songs she writes; she shares the life she’s...
Dubai Chocolate

Travel Through Taste With crème Cheesecakes

Try a slice of something new. When looking at a Basque-style cheesecake for the first time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the cake was a bit, well,...
Maple Grove Magazine May 2026

Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Growing up, when my brother and I spent the weekend at my grandparents’ house, at least one morning started at dawn. My grandpa would take us out to...

Bisque Boutique Explores How To Plan a Summer Soirée

It’s the perfect time to deck out your patio (and wardrobe). When Mary Brueske plans a backyard fête, her gatherings follow one important rule:...
Retro style swimbaits from Throwback Baits

Landing the Big One With Throwback Baits

Throwback Baits carves out a unique niche in Maple Grove. For eight years, wedding photography paid the bills and kept a roof over Kyle Buchholz’s...
Pile of cooked red lobster

An Expert Weighs in on How To Cook Lobster

A Lunds & Byerlys chef details how to make heads or tails of cooking lobster. Lobster is a decadent ingredient that poses a quandary for some...
Aerial photo of Heritage Christian Academy

A Decade of Accreditation for Heritage Christian Academy

The Maple Grove school earns a distinctive merit award from Cognia. Adding to its longstanding legacy, Heritage Christian Academy (HCA) has exceeded...
Maple Grove Magazine March/April 2026 Issue

Welcome to the March/April 2026 Issue

Beading was all the rage when I was in middle school, and I was by no means immune to the glittering trays of Czech glass, Swarovski crystals and...
Dan McAvey painted this en plein air landscape at the St. Paul-Changsha Friendship Garden in Phalen Regional Park.

Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature

A landscape artist incorporates rest and healing into his paintings. Last summer, painter Dan McAvey spent a week deep in the Sax-Zim Bog, an...
After a series of popular performances, singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland will return to Crooners Supper Club for a concert on April 9.

Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album

Singer-songwriter Rebecca Aadland returns to the recording booth. Rebecca Aadland doesn’t just sing the songs she writes; she shares the life she’s...
Dubai Chocolate

Travel Through Taste With crème Cheesecakes

Try a slice of something new. When looking at a Basque-style cheesecake for the first time, you’d be forgiven for thinking the cake was a bit, well,...
Spring Woodland Garden

Spring Woodland Garden

Photographer Tracy Walsh says she loves the colors and shapes of the Jack-in-the-pulpits and bleeding heart flowers in her award-winning photograph...

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Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Welcome to the May/June 2026 Issue

Growing up, when my brother and I spent the weekend at my grandparents’ house, at least one morning started at dawn. My grandpa would take us out to the garden compost pile, and we’d sift through...

Spring Woodland Garden

Spring Woodland Garden

Photographer Tracy Walsh says she loves the colors and shapes of the Jack-in-the-pulpits and bleeding heart flowers in her award-winning photograph Spring Woodland Garden. “Noticing and...

Discover a “Garden Wonderland”

Discover a “Garden Wonderland”

Learn how to create a garden that nurtures community and self by incorporating personal and edible elements into your landscape. Garden Wonderland by Leslie Bennett and Julie Chai features practical...

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