Join us next Saturday, April 17, for a great fund-raising event at the Duluth Great Lakes Aquarium!
The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone and the Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth partner together for a wine and beer tasting gala to benefit the Wildcat Sanctuary. “Waves and Whiskers” is scheduled for April 17 from 8-11pm. The event will showcase local and statewide breweries and wineries within a “safari” theme setting.
The Homegrown Field Guide is in town and will be distributed over the next few days to all of your favorite hotspots and local businesses. Cover art by the lovely Bridget Riversmith. They are currently in stock at the Fetus, Pizza Lucé, Teatro Zuccone and Carmody.
Brian Freeman, author of Immoral, Stripped, Stalked, and In the Dark, will be releasing his new book, The Burying Place, at the Bookstore at Fitger’s on Tuesday, April 13. He will be signing books from 4-8pm. There will be a reading and Q&A session at 7pm.
The bookstore will donate 10% of your purchase to Friends of the Duluth Public Library. Everyone is welcome! For questions please call 218-727-9077 or e-mail bookstore @ fitgers.com.
It’s time to SPEAK OUT Superior against sexual violence!
Superior / Douglas County Leadership, CASDA (Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, Inc.) and UWS are planning a “Speak Out” during April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This event will be held Friday, April 16, starting at the UWS Yellowjacket Union with a march/walk from 4pm-5pm and a “Speak Out” from 5pm-7pm at the Superior Community Gardens — Broadway & Hammond (kitty corner from the Trade & Commerce Market Place).
Rubber Chicken Theater presents “The Great American Trailer Park Musical”
April 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, dinner seating at 6:30pm
April 11, 18, and 25, dinner seating at 12noon
Agoraphobia, 80s nostalgia, road kill, strippers and disco. It’s everything a musical should be.
Call The Shack at (715) 392-DINE for reservations. Hurry, they go fast!
Shana David will perform a short cover set prior to the 7:30 screening of the brand-spankin’ new film, The Runaways. Set starts promptly at 7 p.m. on April 16, Zinema 2.
An evening of swinging tunes on the guitar and mandolin (and a few tunes on the Swedish Nyckelharpa for surprise interest) Sunday, April 11 at United Methodist Church. 3-5 p.m. concert, dinner after. This is part of a concert series that has included a number of regional acoustic bands.
Directly following the victory of Friday over Saturday at the Homegrown kickball game (May 8 @ 2:30) please join us for byob and byobbq’in at 325 W. Fifth St. Performances by Hard Feelings and the first, last and only performance of Tiny Town!
Saturday, April 10 from 1 – 5 p.m. at the Spiritual Deli on Superior St., V-Day UMD will present the first annual Vagina Cafe. Now accepting submissions from artists of multiple mediums from spoken word, poetry, and stories, to dance, music, sculpture and painting/drawing. Subject matter must pertain to women, violence against women, sexuality or vaginas.
On Tuesday, April 6 (the week between the cobbled classics Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix) the Zinema has been kind enough to show the film A Sunday in Hell.
This film is a legendary documentary about the 1976 Paris Roubaix and features the efforts of cycling legends Eddy Merckx, Roger de Vlaeminck and Francesco Moser. This film is widely considered to be the best cycling film of all time and is a must see for anyone into cycling. The beauty and drama of cycling in this film is unparalleled. A must see I tell you!
John Prine plays the DECC Sept 23rd. Tickets went on general sale today and seemed to be going at a decent clip when I picked some up.
(insert obligatory rant about ticket prices, mumble mumble)
Here’s something I’ve wished for a long time and never thought I’d see happen…
According to News Askew, the official news source for Kevin Smith and View Askew, Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier will be coming to Duluth to do a SModcast on April 28 at Sacred Heart Music Center.
Kevin Smith is the writer/director of Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Jersey Girl, Clerks 2, and Zak & Miri Make A Porno. He’s also appeared in Scream 3, Catch And Release, Live Free and Die Hard and most recently directed Cop Out. Scott Mosier is his good friend and producer of all the View Askew movies.
