Editing Aurora, Minnesota (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Annual cultural events===
The Northern Lights Music Festival, based in Aurora, is one of Minnesota's largest summer festivals, presenting professional opera, chamber music, symphonic music and lectures to Iron Range audiences, including Ely, Aurora, Tower, Gilbert, Virginia, Buhl, Chisholm and Hibbing, utilizing historic venues across the Range.  The historic B'nai Abraham Synagogue is owned by NLMF, and chamber music events are presented there, in the city of Virginia.  The festival begins on July 1 each year, and also includes the NLMF Young Artists Program and the NLMF Opera Apprentice program.