Events
Twin Ports Take Back the Night 2011
Join us April 21 at the Washington Center (310 N. First Ave. W.) in Duluth for a rally and march in support of ending violence against women!
Pre-march rally begins at 5pm. Enjoy food, entertainment and get information and resources!
March begins at 7pm … Speak out for survivors to follow.
Dropping Today!
Homegrown Field Guides drop today. If you’re interested in helping distribute, contact Kyle at: volunteer [dot] homegrown [at] gmail [dot] com.
J. S. Bach’s St. John Passion
Friday, April 29 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 1 @ 3:00 pm
First Lutheran Church (1100 E. Superior St., Duluth)
Experience the wonder and elegance of Bach’s St. John Passion sung in German with supertitles provided. Featured will be guest Evangelist/Timothy Stalter, Arrowhead Chorale, guest soloists and UMD’s University Singers, Concert Chorale and Symphony Orchestra.
University Singers – Stanley R. Wold, director
Concert Chorale – Tina Thielen- Gaffey, director
Adult/Senior $16 and Children $6
Become a Citizen Scientist!
Celebrate Earth Week by helping community organizations collect information about our world. Join St. Louis River Alliance Director Julene Boe to see what it’s like to get your hands wet and help out.
Great Lakes Aquarium will host a community class called “Becoming a Citizen Scientist.” At the class, St. Louis River Alliance will share its work and show you ways to get involved in citizen science!
Tuesday, April 19, 4:30-5:30 pm
Cost: Free; donations accepted.
All proceeds go toward stewardship efforts on the St. Louis River.
Contact Sarah Erickson at serickson @ glaquarium.org or 218-740-2007.
For more information, check out Community Education spring classes at Great Lakes Aquarium.
The Odyssey at UMD
The Odyssey by Homer
Adapted by Tom Isbell
Based on a translation by Samuel Butler
Music by Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac
April 21 – 23 & 27 – 30, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
April 24, 2011 @ 2 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Marshall Performing Arts Center
Directed by Ann Aiko Bergeron
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Beehive Collective, 4/14/11 @ UMD
The Beehive Collective is a group of artists and storytellers from Maine who make collaborative, narrative graphics that focus on human rights, environmental issues and social justice. Go see ’em at UMD this Thursday — they’re traveling the Midwest as part of a national tour. They do great work and you’ll learn a lot.
A Bloody Good Time
Renegade Theater Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutentant of Inishmore. (more…)
Old Timey Portrait Jamboree at the DPI
On Tuesday, April 12, at the Duluth Photography Institute (halfway between the Brewhouse and Carmody) I’ll be setting up to do a free portrait for anyone* who shows up between 5pm and 7pm.
The awesome point of interest is that I’ll be using a giant wooden camera manufactured about twenty years before the Hindenburg popped. It is guaranteed to be the most authentic modern vintage photo experience you’ll be able to find.
*Disclaimer: Please don’t bring five children and expect a whole set of family portraits. Everyone who you bring that you’d like a photo of gets stuffed into a single frame. If you do bring kids and have been feeding them sugar all day, expect blurry results. This is by no means an instant process.
Willie Nelson at Bayfront Park in Duluth
Willie Nelson, Trampled by Turtles and 4onthefloor are playing Bayfront Park in Duluth on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.
The cost is $46.37 for general admission, as illustrated in the Ticketmaster checkout details below.
(more…)LakeVoice: Random Person Project
A class at UMD had an assignment to write a story on a person they never met. The students used social media, phone books, and approaching people in public to find their “Random Person.” Check out the final stories on www.lakevoicenews.org.
LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community. If you have a story idea or would like to submit photos you can email us at lakevoicenews@gmail.com.
Official word on Duluth hash run!
Hey all! Official hash run on Easter Sunday, April 24, up at Spirit Mountain chalet. Meet @11 and bring $5 bucks for beer/food — 21+ please. Check out our Facebook page and email Karen (me) if you have any questions — kdillehay @ aol.com.
Chicago?
What’s the word among PDD’ers about the Duluth Playhouse’s production of Chicago?
April in the Paris of the North
Artist’s Reception
Saturday, April 16
From 1 to 4 pm
It goes without saying that there will be lautitious xylotypography! Acrographis amphigory! Tasteful incongruities!
Join us and, like a snowbank melting in July, let your winter-benumbed and color-starved senses begin to thaw in the warmth of our Annual Earth Day show with the salutiferous prints by Rick Allen and works by other brilliant artists of the magical region.
Sivertson Gallery
361 Canal Park Drive
218.723.7877
Final Weekend for “Completely Hollywood”
The reviews are in!
“Frankly, my dear, you should give yourself a damn treat and see this show.” –Rhett Butler
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Ted Kooser is coming to Duluth
Mark your calendars for April 30. Ted Kooser, the former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner will read from his work on Saturday, April 30, at Somers Lounge, CSS. 7:30 pm. FREE! Check out his website at www.tedkooser.net. He’s the author of many books of poems, several children’s books, and a terrific book to help aspiring poets called the Poetry Home Repair Manual. You won’t want to miss this reading! It’s co-sponsored by Spirit Lake Poetry Series and the Arrowhead Library System, with funds from ARAC and the Heritage Amendment. Please come!
Duluth Photographers Guild Photo Exhibit
(photo by Emily Rose)
Saturday, 5-8pm, come one down and enjoy the more than 40 works from this local photography group as you enjoy refreshments and good company. Exhibit runs through April at the DPI, 405 E Superior St. in Duluth. For more information on the Guild, go to flickr.com/groups/duluthphotographersguild. For more info on the exhibit and the DPI, go to duluthphotographyinstitute.com or call Brian at 393-2468.
Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band
Sunday, April 17, 2011 – 3 pm
Weber Music Hall
Symphonic Wind Ensemble – Mark Whitlock, director
Concert Band – Daniel W. Eaton, director
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3
Tickets: 218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)
Living Downstream Film Event
Monday, May 2, 7-8:30 PM
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
350 Harbor Drive, Duluth (Room number will be posted)
Join Clean Water Action for a showing of the documentary Living Downstream. The People’s Picture Company describes this film as “an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
This poetic film follows Sandra for one pivotal year as she travels across North America, breaking the silence about cancer and its environmental links. In a powerful interplay between Sandra’s private journey and the scientific evidence she presents to the public, Living Downstream reminds us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land and water. For more information about this film and to view the trailer, visit livingdownstream.com. Free event.
For more info: Contact Kim LaBo at klabo @ cleanwater.org
In Honor of Week of the Young Child
Ready, Set, Go! Parent and Child night on April 13!
Week of the Young Child is April 10-16.
Providing children with quality early childhood experiences is one of the best things we can do as a community to stay strong. That is why United Way of Greater Duluth Success By 6 celebrates anything in honor of young children, literacy, or reading!
Sue Schumacher, an early literacy librarian from the Duluth Public Library, will be at the Duluth Area Family YMCA on Wednesday, April 13, 6-7pm, for a fun and exciting story time gathering! Play time for the children in Kid’s Place will follow while parents stay for a few tips on engaging their young children with reading and early literacy activities!
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UMD Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, April 16, 2011 – 7:30 pm
Weber Music Hall
Chamber Orchestra – Jean R. Perrault, director
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3
Tickets: 218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)
Pizza Luce Friday: Zoo Animal, The Half Hearts, Honey Vein (feat. Ariane Norrgard)
Who: Zoo Animal, The Half Hearts, Ariane Norrgard & Honey Vein
Where: Pizza Luce, Duluth
When: April 8, 9:30P.M., $5
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New Music Festival: Vocal Music Recital
Friday, April 15, 2011 – 7:30 pm
Weber Music Hall
Regina Zona, coordinator
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3
Tickets: 218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)
Big Dipper Jazz Band Concert and Dance
Big Dipper Jazz Band Concert and Dance
Saturday April 9, 2011 7:30 PM
Sacred Heart Music Center
Tickets $10 advance/ $15 at the door
available online at sacredheartmusic.org
New Music Festival
Thursday, April 14, 2011 – 7:30 pm
Weber Music Hall
The New Music Festival features the internationally acclaimed Duo Gaetesi-Bezerra return after their stunning concerts at UMD five years ago, which showcased the best of current piano ensemble music from around the globe.
Justin Rubin, coordinator
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3
Tickets: 218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)