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

You can attend some open houses this week. The YMCA is having an open house Tuesday through Sunday and Yoga North is having one on Sunday.

You can hear District 07B state representative candidates Travis Silvers, Jay Fosle and Erik Simonson at a live forum on Wednesday at the Play Ground.

Just to emphasize the passing of summer, Aaron Kloss opens a showing of his acrylic paintings collectively entitled “Awesome Autumn” at Beaner’s this Thursday.

Bayfront will be hosting the Lake Superior Harvest Festival this Saturday with food and live music and live demonstrations of blacksmithing, beekeeping, and “goat ladies.” I’ll leave the last to your imagination.

The Sixth Annual Burrito Union 5 & 10 Hour Triathlon will also be this Saturday in Pattison State Park.

Garfield Avenue will be the domain of hot rods and roadsters this weekend for the Duluth Drag Race.

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.

Do you like paintings of penguins? Do you like paintings of bicycles? Do you like paintings of penguins on bicycles? If you answered yes to any of these questions, hie thee to Adam Swanson’s opening at the Zeitgeist Arts Café today.

Wild Bill’s Run relates the story of Bill Cooper of Willow River, who planned a trip on snowmobiles from Minnesota to Moscow in the early ’70s. It’s the next offering on the Explorers Club at the Zinema 2 on Tuesday.

Get a head start on winter with free Open Ice Skating at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center on Wednesday.

And, of course, get your Pride 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.

Perfect week for learning to walk on stilts, don’t you think? The members of the Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe think so. They are giving free stilt walking classes Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Central Hillside Community Center.

The Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival runs Friday and Saturday at Barker’s Island in Superior. On the other side of the bay you can see cover bands galore at The Tribute Fest with tributes to Tom Petty, AC/DC, Ted Nugent and more this Friday and Saturday at Bayfront.

This Saturday you can see eight brand new short plays written and produced over a 24 hour period. Raw and often hilarious, see the Chicken Hat Plays at the Harbor City International School Theater.

This Sunday celebrate the Hillside neighborhood at HillFest with outdoor music, a climbing wall and a tofu toss! Because when I think Central Hillside, I think flying tofu.

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.

The Primary Election is Tuesday. Find your polling place here.

Patty Duke and Richard Thomas star in “You’ll Like My Mother,” shot back in the ’70s on location at Glensheen Mansion. You can see the movie there on the site it was filmed on Wednesday and attendees can get a special film related tour of the mansion.

Renegade Theater Company opens the musical “Company” this Thursday at the Teatro Zuccone.

Opera is everywhere this week during OperaFest including A Night at the Opera on Thursday at Marshall High School, an Opera FilmFest at Zinema 2 on Saturday and Sunday, Opera’s Greatest Hits on Saturday at Bayfront,

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

Hey all! I’m working on putting together the weekly events for September through November for the PDD Calendar. If you have or know of a weekly event that you’d like to publicize on the calendar for all or some of that period, please let me know and send me a picture related to that event. Mention in the description how long the event should run.

Thanks for your input and your help in making this calendar a great resource for our community.