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.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

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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Through events too complicated to explain here, I needed to run a 5K by the end of the month to get a break on my health insurance. The only one that fit into my schedule involved being chased by Big Foot through an obstacle course.

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.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

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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It’s almost time for the Minnesota State Fair. Idaho Nachos, Deep Fried Olives … Synthetic Ice Rinks … all awesome! Duluthians look at me like I’m nuts when I say I secure a hotel room every year and spend 3-4 days at the fair every year. I used to spend 4-6 days, when I lived in St. Paul. I love the fried food, I love Lililan Colton’s crop art.

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.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.