Events
Geography of National Geographic
Tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the Duluth Art Institute Depot galleries: A tour and talk with Pat Farrell, Geography professor at UMD on the new exhibit: “National Geographic Greatest Portraits.”
A Winter Downpour + Atlas Mts. + Hotel Coral Essex Saturday!
A Winter Downpour made its Duluth debut this past May at “New Band Night” during the Homegrown Music Festival. Now we take the second step in becoming a certified Twin Ports band by crossing the bridge for our second show and playing at Thirsty Pagan. Hope to see you there. This is a free show. Plus our friends Atlas Mts. and The Hotel Coral Essex are joining us.
Sat. June 5th @ Thirsty Pagan
10pm | 21+ | Free
A Winter Downpour | Atlas Mts. | Hotel Coral Essex
The Hold Steady in Hayward July 2
We’re so excited, we’re doing back flips here! Of course, this is leading to serious injuries and skyrocketing group insurance rates, but here’s the skinny:
Community radio station WOJB is presenting The Hold Steady with special guests The Whigs from Athens GA and Milwaukee’s best kept secret, Jaill in concert July 2 at the Lac Courte Oreilles Convention Center, four miles east of Hayward at the junction of County Highways B & K.
And only 20 bucks in advance! Tickets are available at www.wojb.org or by Visa/MC over the phone at 800-776-3689.
Things to Do Memorial Day Weekend
Big weekend ahead. Got plans? Here are some suggestions, assuming that you’re not heading off to hibernate at your cabin on the lake … though if you are reading this now, you really should be outside. (more…)
Sound Unseen opening night approaching!
We can hardly believe our festival will begin a week from today! Eeep! We are buzzing with nervousness and excitement — we truly hope to see all of you out and about! If you haven’t visited our website yet, please do as our full schedule is up and you can download a PDF of our program and a quick music and film schedule to put right in your pocket!
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Experimental Music Fest and Workshop
Who is interested in attending a short experimental music fest in Duluth? I’ve got interested performers and workshop presenters. I could probably wrangle some funding, too. I’m looking at some time in the fall for a Friday-Saturday kind of thing. Still need a venue, a couple of interested volunteers and a potential crowd of workshop participants and performance attendees. Express your desires here or contact me directly through my web site.
Duluth Does the Opry tickets still available
Wednesday is the last day to buy advance tickets online.
Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Music Center (more…)
Uptown Boys at Teatro Zuccone
The Twin Ports’ only Billy Joel tribute band plays Teatro Zuccone on Friday, May 28, at 9 p.m. Stick around for Renegade Theater Co. Improv at 10:30 p.m. Cover charge: Five bucks.
DingWop Freedom Fest IV
Celebrate freedom in style with Duluth’s Ultimate Frisbee team, DingWop!
Saturday, June 12 @ Mont du Lac Ski Hill.
Charlie Parr, the Boomchucks, the Breeze
Music starts at 8pm
$5 at the door 21+
Please do not drink and drive.
Tournament play June 12-13 on Park Point 9am-5pm, come check out the action and soak up some rays on beautiful Park Point.
contact: dingwop @ gmail
Free Movie Monday
The Duluth Art Institute kicks off the first of three Free Movie Mondays on Monday, May 24. At 6:30 pm take a self-guided tour of the exhibit: In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits on the fourth floor of the Depot the head down to the Zelda Theater on the first floor of the Depot at 7:30 pm for a screening of Rear Window.
It’s a MOVIE on MONDAY and it’s FREE!
Duluth Does the Opry
Thursday, May 27, 2010, 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart Music Center
$10 advance/ $12 at the door
Tickets online at sacredheartmusic.org or at the Electric Fetus
Sponsored by the Transistor, Pizza Luce, Carmody Irish Pub, Paper Hog, B105 Radio, Coors Leamon Mercantile and Keyport Liquor
Duluth Farmer’s Market
Annual May Fest. Saturday, May 29, from 7am to noon. All the bedding plants, veggie starts and perennials you will need for your garden. Now is the time to finish your planting.
Nerd Nite 4: Wednesday night!
“Captain, there be nerds here.”
Come one, come all to Nerd Nite 4: The Voyage Home. This Wednesday, May 19! Doors open at 7pm at Teatro Zuccone
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Free classes at Duluth Farmers Market
Learn to plant a mixed container from Maureen Ulvi on Wednesday at 8am. Duluth Farmer’s Market – 14th Ave. E. & Third St. There will be a different class every Wednesday through June.
The Who’s Tommy featuring Cars & Trucks
Renegade Theater Company presents The Who’s Tommy, featuring Cars & Trucks LIVE!
June 3-19 at Teatro Zuccone
Poetry Book Release – Deborah Gordon Cooper’s “Under the Influence of Lilacs”
Thursday, May 27, 7 pm. Please join us in celebrating the book release of Deborah Gordon Cooper’s newest collection of poetry, Under the Influence of Lilacs. Deborah will read selections, accompanied by folksinger-songwriter Sara Thomsen. Duluth Congregational Church, 3833 E. Superior St., Duluth. Refreshments will be served. For information, call 218-525-4552.
Practicing Justice, Living Faith
Practicing Justice, Living Faith: Connecting Spiritual Life with Social Action
CHUM and the JRLC will be co-hosting a panel discussion of young activists on the topic of faith-based social justice from multiple religious perspectives.
Thursday, May 20, 7pm
Teatro Zuccone
222 E. Superior St.
All ages are welcome. Refreshments and informal discussion to follow the event in the lobby of Teatro Zuccone.
Sound Unseen Int’l Duluth website and ticketing is up!
Thank you all so much for your patience as it took us a bit longer than anticipated to get our website up and fully functioning. Our confirmed film titles are in, along with our full music line-up!
As space is limited to each screening and music event, we highly encourage you to purchase tickets in advance. There is definitely something for EVERYONE at the festival this year and we can’t wait to see you all there.
Cheers-
Sound Unseen Int’l Duluth
The work of Chuck Jones, Max Fleischer, Tex Avery an others Thursday night!
The animated shorts of Chuck Jones, Max Fleischer, Tex Avery and many others will be presented tomorrow night by my favorite dumpster divin’ archivist, Dennis Nyback, heading to Duluth all the ways from Portland, Ore. (more…)
5.28.10: FREE Tours at Glensheen
Complimentary Community Day (that means free standard house tours!) at Glensheen on Friday, May 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Here’s a tip: tour tickets are limited so we suggest getting yours early. The ticket house opens at 9 a.m.
This is a great opportunity to experience part of Duluth’s opulent past. We hope you can make it!
Duluth’s favorite barn-style film festival returns!
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Eat Downtown: Duluth Restaurant Week
Eat Downtown: Duluth Restaurant Week
Duluth’s Downtown Waterfront is richly diverse in the types and styles of authentic food. For seven scrumptious days, May 10 – 16, 2010, residents and visitors of Duluth can take advantage of multi-course fixed-price menus at participating downtown waterfront restaurants. Lunches are available for $10 and dinner is $20. This is a perfect culinary showcase for our unique and distinctive downtown waterfront restaurants.
“Picture Duluth” Book Launch
Please join us this coming Friday to celebrate Duluth Photographer Dennis O’Hara and the release of his first book, Picture Duluth: Photographs of the Zenith City.
Day: Friday, May 14
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Place: Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center (Canal Park)
Cause: Ten percent of the sales of “Picture Duluth” will go to support the LSMVC.*
ETC: Author presentation starts at 7:30; refreshments served.
To check out the book, including a online condensed eBook version, click here.
*Special prices on books, and everyone who buys a book or donates just $5 to the LSMVC will receive as our thanks either one of four vintage postcard reproduction art prints or a copy of Greetings from the Arrowhead: the North Shore & Canoe Country.
Jonny Lang Live
The Prior Lake Rotary Club is proud to announce Jonny Lang, Grammy Award-winning recording artist, as the headline act for the 2010 Lakefront Jazz & Blues Festival on Saturday, July 10.