Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Halloween is upon us in full force! How do you celebrate? Where are you going or what are you doing this year? Any costume pics you want to share?

There are a few things going on this week that aren’t directly related to Halloween.

Undecided about how you are going to vote in the City Council race? There is a City Council Candidate Forum at City Hall on Tuesday.

Renegade‘s Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rock musical about our 7th President, opens at Teatro Zuccone this Thursday and runs for three weekends.

You can have breakfast in a bank vault on Friday at the Torrey Building because … reasons.

While you are at All Souls Night at the Depot on Saturday, that laughter you will be hearing from below you in The Underground will be from Rubber Chicken‘s Live Read of the Princess Bride.

And you get an extra hour to sleep in on Sunday because of the time change. Don’t forget to “fall back” an hour.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

There’s a whole lot of Halloween going on in this town this week with haunted ships, shacks, houses, a terror train and a scary aquarium.

Ever want to learn to curl? The Duluth Curling Club is holding Curling Clinics on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Give your input on the reconstruction of Superior Street at a community meeting at Greysolon Plaza on Tuesday.

Zinema 2 continues its “Silent Film, Loud Score” series with Portrait of a Drowned Man scoring L’Inferno, a 1911 silent film based loosely on The Divine Comedy on Friday and Saturday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Check out all of the Halloween happenings on the calendar, including Zombie Fest on Friday at the Scottish Rite Auditorium, the Haunted Shack at Buffalo House starting this weekend, and a “Not So Scary” Concert for Kids by the DSSO at Denfeld on Saturday.

When I walk into a planetarium the first thing I think is “drum solo.” Well, maybe not, but apparently that’s what Gene Koshinski thought, cause he’s doing a percussion set at the UMD Planetarium on Tuesday accompanied by a planetarium show.

Katherine Boo, writer for The New Yorker and The Washington Post, talks about poverty in India at Mitchell Auditorium on Wednesday.

Your last chance to visit the Lincoln Park Farmers Market at the Harrison Community Center this season is this Thursday.

In theater news Die Fledermaus, Johan Strauss’ comedic operetta, opens at UMD on Thursday and runs through Sunday, A Wrinkle in Time opens at the Duluth Playhouse on Friday and runs two weekends, and Rubber Chicken is doing the Chicken Hat Plays again this Saturday at the Harbor City Theater in which a team of writers, actors and directors create eight new short plays in 24 hours.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

‘Tis the season for ghosts and goblins and you can check out all things Halloween on the calendar. Already this week you can go to the Haunted Ship and the Silver Brook Corn Maze, see Nosferatu at the Scottish Rite, bring your kids to Boo at the Zoo at the Lake Superior Zoo, and meet at Pineapple Arts to help prep for All Souls Night. And there’s much more to come in the weeks ahead.

Tonight you can celebrate the Weber Music Hall at the Weber Music Hall with music… in the hall. Maybe they’ll fire up some Webers outside.

Need to work on your bike? The Bike Cave is a free cooperative bike shop where people can come in and work on their bikes or build new bikes. It’s open Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. And on your bike you can Bike with a Cop on Saturday starting at Leif Erikson Park.

On Friday you can get your think on at Adeline’s with Prof. Jason Ford of UMD (aka our reigning Geek Prom King, all hail) in a Philosophical Salon.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Crossing Borders is a tour of North Shore artist’s studios that runs through Sunday. Print off a map and go visit local artists in their studios. You can also wander the South Shore by heading over to the 52nd annual Bayfield Apple Festival Friday through Sunday.

Lyric Opera of the North (LOON) presents two “bite-sized” operas at the Underground. The Face on the Barroom Floor and Bon Appetit! run Thursday through Saturday.

Chefs compete. You win. At the Lake Superior Fish Classic 10 chefs from Wisconsin and Minnesota are cooking up fish in a judged competition at the Depot on Friday.

Bradtober Fest on Saturday celebrates running, music, beer… it’s like a fest with attention deficit disorder. And if you wander downstairs from the Bradtober Fest Afterparty at Tycoons, you can have a bawdy time in the Rathskeller with Duluth’s only burlesque troupe, the Duluth Dolls.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

One Week Live at Beaner’s, a celebration of live music being recorded, runs today through Saturday.

Mayor Don Ness invites you to meet with him one on one during Mayor’s Night at City Hall on Tuesday.

There are two events for the chattering classes this week. Nerd Nite returns to the Underground on Wednesday with presentations about martial arts, Santa Claus, and computer games. Chester Chats, modeled on TED Talks, opens at Glensheen Mansion on Thursday with presentations on public service.

Moliere’s hilarious farce, The Miser, gets the Wise Fool treatment and opens in the Harbor City Theater on Friday and runs two weekends.

The annual Pirate Ninja Jedi Trekkie Browncoat Whovian Reddwarvian Pub Crawl (otherwise known as “Pub Crawl for Indecisive Nerds”) starts at R. T. Quinlan’s on Saturday. The organizers urge you, as always, please, do not bring a real sword.

Ottertoberfest is Sunday at the Great Lakes Aquarium with accordion music and root beer! Because apparently that’s how you celebrate Ottertoberfest.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

There’s a panel discussion on issues surrounding ethics of voter ID laws at UMD on Tuesday.

Suspect that painting of dogs playing poker hanging in your den may be a priceless antique? Bring it to the Depot on Wednesday for a free appraisal.

Renegade Theater Company opens The Pillowman at the Teatro Zuccone on Thursday. It runs for three weekends.

Not sure who you want to elect to the school board? There’s a candidate forum at Valentini’s on Thursday.

Get ready for bad French accents and hot air balloons this weekend with the first ever Le Festival des Montgolfières à Duluth at Bayfront. Elsewhere in Duluth airspace, there’s the annual Hawk Weekend Festival with hawk watching at Hawk’s Ridge. Both festivals run Friday through Sunday.

And, if that isn’t festy enough for you, the Chester Bowl Fall Fest is Saturday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Tuesday is a Primary Election here in Duluth and after you get your vote on you can head down to The Underground for Portrait of a Drowned Man and Toby Thomas Churchill being recorded for a future airing of The Playlist.

Time is running out for farmers markets. The UMD Market Day is every Wednesday until the end of September outside Kirby Center. The Lincoln Park Farmers Market is every Thursday through the middle of October at the Harrison Community Center.

The very very very exceedingly silly musical, Spamalot, opens at the Duluth Playhouse on Thursday and runs for five (no, three, sir) three weekends.

Transplants is a new exhibition opening at the Prøve on Friday featuring artists who have moved to Duluth.

The 18th annual Inline Skate Marathon is this Saturday following the well worn course from Two Harbors to Canal Park.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Happy Labor Day! Celebrate work by taking a day off of work. Today may be the unofficial end of summer, but it’s the official end of beach house season. No more lifeguards on duty on Park Point until next year.

Buzzed Up Spelling Bee is a new Tuesday night event at Red Star hosted by a variety of local celebs, because watching drunk people spell is funny.

Two new shows open on Thursday. Collected Stories, a two woman show starring Julie Ahasay and Sarah Ruth Diener, is at The Underground. Thom Pain (Based on Nothing), a one man show featuring John Pokrzywinski, is at the Teatro Zuccone and runs through Sunday. 

Friday marks the beginning of high school football with the Denfeld Hunters taking on the Chisago Lakes Wildcats at the Public Schools Stadium and the East Greyhounds hosting the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets at Ordean Stadium.

The Lake Superior Harvest Festival is a celebration of locally produced food. It’s at Bayfront this Saturday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

I bet you’ve been hankering a good ol’ fashioned laser light show synched to classic rock in a planetarium with a fog machine thrown in, haven’t you? Well, you’re in luck! There’s a series of Classic Rock Laser Light Shows at the UMD Planetarium tonight, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Tonight kicks off with “Dark Side of the Moon.”

Charlie Parr appears at the Underground on Tuesday in a new series of music and conversation shows called “Song, Interrupted.” It’s like a concert with liner notes.

Pride Festival kicks off Thursday with the Mayor’s Reception at the Depot and runs through Sunday with music, a wedding tent, a parade, a 5K, a drag show, a boat cruise, a train ride, a worship service… and the pride goes on and on and on.

“Who Am I, Again?” is a one-man show about brain damage showing one night only at the Teatro Zuccone on Friday.

Break out the s’mores! Rachael Kilgour, Brothers Burn Mountain, Evergreen Grass Band and others gather around the campfire at Camp Miller for a fundraising concert on Saturday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Monday means International Folk Dancing at Temple Israel. Get your multicultural dance on!

It’s mid-August so why not get started on Halloween? There’s a scarecrow making workshop at Engwall’s this Tuesday. No brains required.

Taste of Duluth-Superior is a fundraiser for the Children’s Museum featuring food from the New Scenic Café, Duluth Grill, Restaurant 301 and other tasty local eateries. It’s at the Northland Country Club on Wednesday.

At Bayfront on Friday and Saturday you can see not KISS, not AC/DC, not Metallica, not Led Zeppelin and a lot of not other bands at Tribute Fest.

The Islamic Center of the Twin Ports is serving up a Middle Eastern Dinner at the UU Church on Saturday.

Hillfest is a big ol’ street party in the heart of the Hillside with live music, games, and local crafts this Sunday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Hey! The Huskies made the playoffs! Which means you have one more chance to see them at Wade Stadium tonight!

The Head of the Lakes Fair opens Tuesday at the Head of the Lakes Fairgrounds in Superior and runs through Saturday.

The Bigfoot Boogie music festival is in Lake Nebagamon this weekend, starting on Thursday evening and winding up Sunday with a free pancake breakfast.

A kid friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” opens at The Underground Thursday and runs two weekends.

Every Friday in August is Food Truck Friday on Michigan between the Library and the Depot.

Take a hike! There’s a guided 7.4 mile hike on part of the Superior Hiking Trail through Duluth on Saturday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

This is the last week of the regular season for the Duluth Huskies at Wade Stadium, so you only have a handful of chances to take in a game.

Tomorrow night is National Night Out with neighborhood get togethers all over Duluth. Get out and meet your neighbors.

The Nettleton World Beat Drummers are playing with Mu Daiko at Bayfield this Wednesday. With Nettleton School now closed, I’m guessing this will be one of the last performances of the group. Anyone knowing differently, let me know in the comments.

Renegade‘s Burnt Part Boys, a musical about mining in West Virginia, opens at the Teatro Zuccone this Thursday and runs for three weekends.

At the Duluth Playhouse Metamorpheses and Grease open on Thursday and Friday and run for two weekends. These plays are part of the Summer Youth Intensive program where the cast for one show is the tech crew for the other show, so the kids you see on the stage on Thursday, will be running the show behind the scenes on Friday.

Bayfront Blues Festival is this coming weekend, running Friday through Sunday.

This weekend will also be the Festival of Fine Art and Craft at Glensheen on Saturday and Sunday.

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Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

After you wave goodbye to the last of the tall ships today you can go to the Grand Opening of the New Lester Park Playground tonight.

Revisit all the awkward hilarity of The Dating Game but with live Duluthians playing for love and big prizes at The Underground on Tuesday.

Spirit Valley Days starts up on Wednesday with music, a classic car show, and the Miss West Duluth Pageant and runs through Sunday with plenty of stuff happening every day.

Want to shake your family tree? There’s a free genealogy workshop at the Public Library on Thursday.

Every Friday during the summer (well, part of the summer anyway) there’re Movies in the Park at Leif Eriksen Park and this week’s movie is The Amazing Spiderman.

There are 34 events listed on Saturday and about half of them are free. You choose what you want to highlight, ’cause I can’t choose. Let us know in the comments.

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