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...

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,...

Mariah and Tom Arko saw stormy skies melt into a golden sunset on their wedding day.

To Have and To Hold

A bridal couple gets their wedding wish. “It was a dark and stormy morning.” It isn’t a great start to a story, much less a wedding day, but it was...

Maple Grove Magazine January/February 2026 Issue

Welcome to the January/February 2026 Issue

Hello, neighbor! For the past four years as the editor of Plymouth Magazine, I’ve had the privilege of sharing stories about the social fabric that...

Brooke Vogt’s “something borrowed” was her floor-length veil, studded with pearls, which her friend had worn for her own wedding.

A Love Story Starts Its Next Chapter Back Where It All Began

When Brooke (née Rogers) and Nick Vogt traveled across the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on March 9, 2024, their path echoed that of their first...

Alongside the charcuterie cart, Aperitivo offers customizable cups for on-the-go snacking.

Aperitivo Designs Crowd-Pleasing Platters

Mobile charcuterie cart offers customized delectables. For Ashley Daniel, it’s been a long love affair with charcuterie. “My family lives in Europe,...

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’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...

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...

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,...

To Have and To Hold

A bridal couple gets their wedding wish. “It was a dark and stormy morning.” It isn’t a great start to a story, much less a wedding day, but it was...

Welcome to the January/February 2026 Issue

Hello, neighbor! For the past four years as the editor of Plymouth Magazine, I’ve had the privilege of sharing stories about the social fabric that...

A Love Story Starts Its Next Chapter Back Where It All Began

When Brooke (née Rogers) and Nick Vogt traveled across the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis on March 9, 2024, their path echoed that of their first...

Aperitivo Designs Crowd-Pleasing Platters

Mobile charcuterie cart offers customized delectables. For Ashley Daniel, it’s been a long love affair with charcuterie. “My family lives in Europe,...

Dan McAvey’s Brush With Nature

Arts, Featured, Outdoors

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...

Travel Through Taste With crème Cheesecakes

Featured, Local Makers

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,...

Rebecca Aadland Discusses Her Upcoming Third Album

Arts, Featured, People

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...

Backstage at The Bandshell

Photo Contest

Yoko Yamasaki originally went to Town Green Park after work to take photos of butterflies and flowers. To her surprise, Cross Community Players was...

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“So We Meet Again”

Book Club, Noteworthy

Jessie Kim has reached a low point in her life. Laid off from a high-powered Wall Street bank, despite her skills and hard work, she returns home to...

Maple Grove Through the Ages

Arts, History, Noteworthy

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then the thousands of pictures in the Jim Deane Photography Collection at the Maple Grove Historical...

A Memorable Love

History, Noteworthy, Weddings

As Vera Anna Katherine Koch prepared to marry her sweetheart, Harold E. Schaefer, on October 20, 1935, the day was clear and sunny. Her soft velvet...

Picture Perfect With Taylor Marie Beauty

Noteworthy, Style, Weddings

The term “airbrushed makeup” can be daunting to brides and members of the wedding party, but Taylor McKinney of Maple Grove’s Taylor Marie Beauty is...