Events Posts

A Bloody Good Time

Renegade Theater Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutentant of Inishmore.

Old Timey Portrait Jamboree at the DPI

On Tuesday, April 12, at the Duluth Photography Institute (halfway between the Brewhouse and Carmody) I’ll be setting up to do a free portrait for anyone* who shows up between 5pm and 7pm.

The awesome point of interest is that I’ll be using a giant wooden camera manufactured about twenty years before the Hindenburg popped. It is guaranteed to be the most authentic modern vintage photo experience you’ll be able to find.

*Disclaimer: Please don’t bring five children and expect a whole set of family portraits. Everyone who you bring that you’d like a photo of gets stuffed into a single frame. If you do bring kids and have been feeding them sugar all day, expect blurry results. This is by no means an instant process.

Willie Nelson at Bayfront Park in Duluth

Willie Nelson, Trampled by Turtles and 4onthefloor are playing Bayfront Park in Duluth on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

The cost is $46.37 for general admission, as illustrated in the Ticketmaster checkout details below.

LakeVoice: Random Person Project

A class at UMD had an assignment to write a story on a person they never met. The students used social media, phone books, and approaching people in public to find their “Random Person.” Check out the final stories on www.lakevoicenews.org.

LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community. If you have a story idea or would like to submit photos you can email us at [email protected].

Official word on Duluth hash run!

Hey all! Official hash run on Easter Sunday, April 24, up at Spirit Mountain chalet. Meet @11 and bring $5 bucks for beer/food — 21+ please. Check out our Facebook page and email Karen (me) if you have any questions — kdillehay @ aol.com.

Chicago?

What’s the word among PDD’ers about the Duluth Playhouse’s production of Chicago?

April in the Paris of the North


Artist’s Reception
Saturday, April 16
From 1 to 4 pm

It goes without saying that there will be lautitious xylotypography! Acrographis amphigory! Tasteful incongruities!

Join us and, like a snowbank melting in July, let your winter-benumbed and color-starved senses begin to thaw in the warmth of our Annual Earth Day show with the salutiferous prints by Rick Allen and works by other brilliant artists of the magical region.

Sivertson Gallery
361 Canal Park Drive
218.723.7877

Final Weekend for “Completely Hollywood”

The reviews are in!

“Frankly, my dear, you should give yourself a damn treat and see this show.” –Rhett Butler

Ted Kooser is coming to Duluth

Mark your calendars for April 30. Ted Kooser, the former US Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner will read from his work on Saturday, April 30, at Somers Lounge, CSS. 7:30 pm. FREE! Check out his website at www.tedkooser.net. He’s the author of many books of poems, several children’s books, and a terrific book to help aspiring poets called the Poetry Home Repair Manual. You won’t want to miss this reading! It’s co-sponsored by Spirit Lake Poetry Series and the Arrowhead Library System, with funds from ARAC and the Heritage Amendment. Please come!

Duluth Photographers Guild Photo Exhibit

Emily Rose photo
(photo by Emily Rose)

Saturday, 5-8pm, come one down and enjoy the more than 40 works from this local photography group as you enjoy refreshments and good company. Exhibit runs through April at the DPI, 405 E Superior St. in Duluth. For more information on the Guild, go to flickr.com/groups/duluthphotographersguild. For more info on the exhibit and the DPI, go to duluthphotographyinstitute.com or call Brian at 393-2468.

Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band

Sunday, April 17, 2011 – 3 pm
Weber Music Hall

Symphonic Wind Ensemble – Mark Whitlock, director
Concert Band – Daniel W. Eaton, director
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3
Tickets:  218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)

Living Downstream Film Event

Monday, May 2, 7-8:30 PM
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
350 Harbor Drive, Duluth (Room number will be posted)

Join Clean Water Action for a showing of the documentary Living Downstream. The People’s Picture Company describes this film as “an eloquent and cinematic feature-length documentary based on the acclaimed book by ecologist and cancer survivor Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.

This poetic film follows Sandra for one pivotal year as she travels across North America, breaking the silence about cancer and its environmental links. In a powerful interplay between Sandra’s private journey and the scientific evidence she presents to the public, Living Downstream reminds us of the intimate connection between the health of our bodies and the health of our air, land and water. For more information about this film and to view the trailer, visit livingdownstream.com. Free event.

For more info: Contact Kim LaBo at klabo @ cleanwater.org

In Honor of Week of the Young Child

Ready, Set, Go! Parent and Child night on April 13! 
Week of the Young Child is April 10-16.

Providing children with quality early childhood experiences is one of the best things we can do as a community to stay strong.  That is why United Way of Greater Duluth Success By 6 celebrates anything in honor of young children, literacy, or reading! 

Sue Schumacher, an early literacy librarian from the Duluth Public Library, will be at the Duluth Area Family YMCA on Wednesday, April 13, 6-7pm, for a fun and exciting story time gathering!  Play time for the children in Kid’s Place will follow while parents stay for a few tips on engaging their young children with reading and early literacy activities! 

He’s coming … probably barefoot. And we’ll be waiting on July 9 at Bayfront

UMD Chamber Orchestra

Saturday, April 16, 2011 – 7:30 pm
Weber Music Hall

Chamber Orchestra – Jean R. Perrault, director
Adult $8 – Senior $7 – Student $5 – UMD Student $3

Tickets:  218-726-8877 or tickets.umn.edu (online tickets incur an additional $1 fee.)