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Oct 2024
Holiday Gift-Making: Handmade Soap
Participants can make a custom two-pound batch of cold-process soap (that’s about 8-10 bars) using all-natural ingredients during this class.
Find out more »Light Therapy and Energy Medicine Presentation
This presentation discusses Firefly Light Therapy and Energy Medicine for pain, pathogen ablation and brain health. The first 20 people to arrive will receive a complimentary five minute Firefly session with the Bales Photonics Team.
Find out more »Advanced Processing
Experts Bill Trautman and Dusty Jensen teach participants the step-by-step processing methods used to transform a flower into rosin and hash in this two-for-one class. To register: call or text 218-600-9187 or email growingduluth @ gmail.com. 21+.
Find out more »Nov 2024
Veterans Remembrance Dinner 2024
The St. Louis County Historical Society and its Veterans Memorial Hall program are hosting the 19th annual Veterans Remembrance Dinner. The annual fundraising event includes a social hour and a silent auction fundraiser. The night’s keynote speaker is Colonel Jeffrey Williams, US Army. COL. who holds the record for longest time in space for an American man, with over 534 days logged. His work includes time on the International Space Station with Expedition 13 and Expedition 21 as Flight Engineer…
Find out more »Fall Back: Daylight Saving Time Ends
The dark nights are upon us; it's time to fall back. The good end of the bargain is everyone gets a 25-hour day on Sunday. If your clocks are advanced enough to do the work for you, they should jump backward in the wee hours of Sunday morning from the last moment of 1:59 a.m. to 1 a.m. If not, society expects you to push the buttons or twist the dials and manage the time-traveling yourself.
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First Wednesday of the Month Siren Test
An event every month that begins at 1:00 pm on day First of the month, repeating indefinitely
"Don't panic, it's only a test." Duluth's emergency sirens sound off at roughly 1 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month.
Find out more »Quantifying Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Northeastern Minnesota
Dr. Heather Brown’s lab is focused on developing low-cost methods for routine environmental monitoring and she is coming to speak in Duluth. This event is a School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) Colloquium held in the Raven Room at the College of St. Scholastica Library.
Find out more »Make Cleansing Shower Oil
Walk away with four ounces of emulsified, surfactant-containing, moisturizing cleansing oil with an appealing texture and smell.
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Seniors Get Savvy
An event every month that begins at 10:00 am on day Third of the month, repeating until Nov 21, 2024
Do you have questions about your new device? Want to learn how to best utilize your settings? How do you access Facebook on your phone? Bring devices, passwords and questions for a drop-in informational Q&A session to help build your confidence in technology. Please note, this is NOT a repair or virus removal service. This program can help with basic technology questions, but may not be able to answer all individual inquiries. Ages: 55+
Find out more »Made By You Gifts: Body Polish
Learn to craft sugar-based scrubs using ingredients that are meant to leave skin radiant and smooth. Choose base oils, colors and essential-oil scents and go home with four personalized scrubs. All ingredients provided are organic or wild-crafted.
Find out more »Dec 2024
Winter Solstice 2024
It’s the northern hemisphere’s shortest day and longest night of the year. No matter where you live on Earth, the solstice happens at the same instant: Dec. 21 at 3:20 a.m. CST. It’s when the sun reaches its farthest southward point for the year, and when noontime shadows are the longest of the year.
Find out more »Mar 2025
Spring Forward: Daylight Savings Time Begins
Sunday at 2 a.m. is the official time to set clocks ahead one hour. Those who do not are living in the past.
Find out more »Vernal Equinox 2025
Day and night are of approximately equal duration all over the planet on this day. The official Central Standard Time moment of spring equinox in the northern hemisphere is 4:01 a.m.
Find out more »Jun 2025
Summer Solstice 2025
Summer solstice occurs when the Earth's rotational axis is most inclined toward the star it orbits. The Sun reaches its highest position in the sky on this day, and the Earth's gravity pulls humans toward beaches.
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