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

There are only two seasons in Duluth, winter and road construction. Apparently winter is over. Many new projects begin today.

Nerd Nite is back on Wednesday with presentations on Max Headroom, biking and The Shining in their new venue, the Underground.

The Steampunk Spectacular exhibition of fashion, music, craft and anachronistic fun runs Thursday and Friday at the Depot.

Miss Homegrown? Western Thaw promises 18 bands in 2 venues over 3 nights – Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The Duluth Dolls are back with a new neo-burlesque show, Calendar Girls, playing Friday and Saturday at the Teatro Zuccone.

And if you’re looking for big names, Sheryl Crow is playing Black Bear Casino on Friday and Willie Nelson is playing Grand Casino Mille Lacs on Saturday.

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

Today the Playhouse presents some of its young talent in the 360 Showcase at the Underground.

If you didn’t see Charles Ross perform his one man take on Star Wars last year, well, you missed out. Don’t miss out on his One Man Lord of the Rings this week, running Tuesday through Sunday at the Teatro Zuccone.

Erotic haiku based on Moby Dick? That’s what local poets Kat Mandeville, Jayson Iwen and Chad Faries promise to deliver on Wednesday at Adeline’s.

The comic opera The World of the Moon plays at Weber Hall on Thursday and Friday.

Wise Fool Shakespeare presents The Merry Wives of Windsor, a rollicking comedy, at the Scottish Rite starting on Friday and running for three weekends.

Put out your non-perishable food for your postal carriers to pick up on Saturday for the postal service’s annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Sunday is Mother’s Day and, in case you haven’t made plans, Glensheen Mansion is offering tours and meals for you and your mom.

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

Well, let’s address the 800 lb. chicken in the room. It’s Homegrown week with lots of shows in lots of venues all week long. And, this year, Perfect Duluth Day is providing a handy guide on your smartphone. Admit it. You love us.

Love your Lakewalk? You have opportunities to show your love this week with clean-up days on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday. There’s also a volunteer day at the Rose Garden on Tuesday.

Thursday is Pancake Day down at the DECC, an annual fundraiser for the Lion’s Club.

In the world of theater:

• Marshall is steampunking Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend.
• Motherhood Out Loud, a Rubber Chicken production, opens at Fitger’s and runs this weekend only.
• Oh, Coward, a revue of Noel Coward tunes in a cabaret setting, opens at the new Underground venue Thursday and runs two weekends.
• Last chance to see Coriolana at UMD, Godspell at the Playhouse and The Three Musketeers at Harbor City as they end their runs this weekend.

Saturday is May the Fourth (aka International Star Wars Day) and so, of course, the DSSO is doing a concert dedicated to music from the James Bond films. Bring a lightsaber anyway.

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

There are Earth Day related activities today down at the Maritime Center in Canal Park.

Do you like beer and movies? Well on Tuesday you can enjoy a beer while watching movies about beer at the Zinema 2. Yeah, they get meta like that.

Coriolana, a gender-swapping version of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, opens on Thursday and runs two weekends at UMD.

The Underground, the new venue in the Depot, has its grand opening this Friday and Saturday with music, theater, and a special Nerd Nite presentation.

Saturday night it’s time for roller derby! With your Harbor City Roller Dames taking on the Fargo Moorhead Derby Girls at the DECC with the musical stylings of Big Wave Dave and the Ripples.

And Sunday? Nothing’s happening Sunday. Well, except if you’re interested in this little local music festival that begins then.

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

This week is Eat Downtown Week with $10 and $20 prix fixe menus in participating downtown restaurants.

The annual Empty Bowl fundraiser for Second Harvest Food Bank is Tuesday with a silent auction today at the Depot.

The Duluth Public Library is unloading all of its vinyl on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Godspell, a modern musical based on the stories and teachings of Jesus, goes up at the Duluth Playhouse on Thursday and runs for three weekends. It will be performed in the round.

Wise Fool Shakespeare presents James DeVita performing In Acting Shakespeare at the Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theater on Thursday and Saturday.

You have a choice of Vagina Monologues on Friday at AICHO and UMD.

You can sing along with the Sound of Music at CSS on Saturday.

Saturday is Bat Appreciation Day at Gooseberry Falls.

The second annual Run Smelt Run Parade is Sunday starting at the Lift Bridge in Canal Park.

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

There are many One Book, One Community activities this week and next week the author of “Clara and Mr. Tiffany,” Susan Vreeland, speaks at Lincoln Park Middle School.

Public schools are on spring break this week and the Duluth Heritage Sports Center has free open skating in the afternoons Monday through Friday.

The 1940s Radio Hour opens at UWS this Thursday and runs two weekends and Seussical opens at St. Scholastica this Friday and runs three weekends.

The circus comes to town this weekend and plays at the DECC Friday through Sunday.

Whitewater kayak racing comes to Lester River this Saturday.

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

Tickets go on sale today at 10 a.m. for this summer’s Tall Ships Festival.

On Tuesday you can attend a panel discussion on Community Perspectives on Violence in America at UMD.

Trampled by Turtles plays the DECC on Thursday.

Tim Eriksen plays Beaner’s on Friday and then leads a shape note singing workshop on Saturday at the Duluth Friends Meetinghouse.

Get your geek on at the Geek Prom on Saturday at the newest venue in Duluth, the Underground at the Depot.

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

First of all, if you haven’t checked out our new video links on the calendar, do. It’s a nice upgrade to the calendar.

As part of the One Book, One Community program, there’s a glass art demonstration at Lake Superior Art Glass today.

Nerd Nite XXII has presentations on the NASA Gemini program, podcasting, and Daylight Savings Time at the Play Ground on Tuesday. (Speaking of which, I need to start working in earnest on my presentation.)

There’s a Waldorf Education discussion group at Amazing Grace on Wednesday, the first of a series, sponsored by the Spirit of the Lake Community School.

If you are a web professional there’s a meet up of area web pros at Co.Lab on Thursday.

Friday is Good Friday and there is a “walk for justice” based on the stations of the cross starting at the County Courthouse.

On Saturday there’s an Easter Eggstravaganza at the zoo and an Easter Egg Hunt at Pilgrim Church.

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

Storyteller Kevin Kling returns to Duluth tomorrow with Dan Chouinard to perform at Mitchell Auditorium.

La Leche League meets for discussion every third Wednesday of the month at the Coppertop.

Zombie madness meets Elizabethan England in Renegade Theater Company‘s William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead at the Teatro Zuccone starting Thursday and running for three weekends.

The Minnesota Ballet presents its production of Firebird on Friday and Saturday at the DECC Auditorium.

The Cabin Fever Bluegrass Festival melts the winter blues away at the Inn on Lake Superior in Canal Park this weekend, Friday through Sunday.

And if that weren’t enough, this weekend World of Wheels: Motorhead Madness comes to the DECC with custom cars, bikes, four-by-fours and other wheeled wonders.

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

Today Sarah Brokke opens a new exhibit at Zeitgeist Arts or you could go to a gallery discussion at the Duluth Arts Institute.

On Tuesday you can get all sans serif at the Zinema 2 with a screening of Helvetica, the last movie in their Gary Hustwit design trilogy.

What should we do with Rockridge Elementary? You can chime in with your ideas on Wednesday in an open meeting at Portman Community Center.

Cats opens at the Duluth Playhouse on Thursday and runs for two weekends. Also opening that night is How I Learned to Drive at UMD and it runs through the end of the month.

Friday is the Ides of March and in Duluth that means a series of concerts where bands pay tribute to their musical influences. The series starts on Friday at Lake Avenue Café and heads to R. T.’s on Saturday and concludes next Friday at Pizza Lucé.

Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate, including:

• A film festival and concert at Clyde Iron in support of Second Harvest Food Bank
• A whole weekend’s worth of celebration at Dubh Linn
• A party at Sir Ben’s
• A ceili dance at St. Paul’s in support of Loaves and Fishes

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

Mayor Ness will deliver the State of the City via video tonight. People are gathering to view the virtual mayor at Clyde Iron. Rumors of the mayor doing the Harlem Shake during the State of the City are unconfirmed.

Osmo Vänskä has little else to do being shut out of his orchestra, so he’s bringing his clarinet and umlauts to Mitchell Auditorium on Tuesday.

You can cultivate a little empathy at UMD on Wednesday and learn about diversity from two white women. Clearly I need to take this workshop.

I, for one, plan to welcome our new robotic overlords at the FIRST Robotics Regional Competition, running Thursday through Saturday at the DECC.

Text, a text based art exhibition, opens at the Prøve on Friday.

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

If summer is the season for fests, winter must be the season for expos. The Duluth Energy Design Conference & Expo is at the DECC today through Wednesday and the Duluth Women’s Expo is at the DECC on Saturday.

The Children’s Hour opens at the Play Ground on Thursday and this will be the last show in that space. The Playhouse is opening a new second stage in the Depot called the Underground. The Children’s Hour runs two weekends.

Bigtree Bonsai, American Revival and Black River Revue play R. T. Quinlan’s on Friday.

On Saturday Al Hunter reads from his new book, “Beautiful Razor: Love Poems and Other Lies,” at Trepanier Hall with music provided by Kathy McTavish, Michael “Waabi” Furo, Jake Vainio, and Larissa Desrosier.

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

It’s Presidents Day today! So celebrate with the traditional inflatable bouncy house at the Depot, because nothing says Presidents Day like an inflatable bouncy house.

This week is Winter Break for Duluth Public Schools and the Duluth Heritage Sports Center is opening its doors for free open ice skating Monday through Friday.

Every Wednesday night is bluegrass night at Sir Ben’s with the Stitch & Bitch club, presumably stitching and bitching.

Folk legend Bill Staines plays Amazing Grace on Thursday and funky eclectic Red Baraat plays Mitchell Auditorium on Friday.

The Twin Ports Brewfest is at Black Bear Casino this Saturday featuring over 150 beers and wines and the Dropkick Murphys providing live music. Free shuttles from downtown Duluth.

The annual Zenith City Indie Wedding Show is at Clyde Iron this Sunday with vendors and live music.

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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 new Zumba class meeting at Pilgrim on Mondays.

Been day dreaming about that summer outing? Do some window shopping for that day dream at the Duluth Boat, Sports, Travel and RV Show at the DECC. It runs Wednesday through Sunday.

Valentines Day has lots of events for your romantic outing. Here’s a sampling:

• Love Is in the Air at Camp Miller.
• Salsa Night at Avalon.
• Valentine Dining at Glensheen.
• A Wine & Chocolate Affair at Lizzard’s.

Also on Thursday, Almost, Maine opens at the Playhouse and Tales from the Bad Years opens at UMD. Both run for two weekends.

A couple Black History Month events to note this week. Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. (Ret.) Hiram Mann will talk about his experiences during UMD’s Profiles in Courage event on Friday at Weber Hall. Sue Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan launch their book Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi Sunday at At Sara’s Table.

Watch people jump into Lake Superior on purpose at the annual Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday. Sign up is at Grandma’s Sports Garden.

Or if you’d rather stay inside and watch movies, there’s a Short Films Festival at the Play Ground on Saturday.

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

February is a lot of things… Black History Month, the shortest month of the year, the month that makes you seriously reconsider your life choices. Add to the list a month for giving books to children. There is a book drive going on all month and a “beer for books” reading at Carmody next week.

Tuesday the Chamber of Commerce is having a lunch panel at Midi on using social media as a tool, which would be a refreshing change from using social media like a tool.

Two plays open this week. Renegade Theater‘s Coronado, a voyeuristic drama about conversations in a bar, opens Thursday at the Teatro Zuccone and runs three weekends. Cariboo Magi, about four Californians trying to make it to the promised land of Canada, opens Friday at the CSS Little Theater and runs two weekends.

Nerd Nite moves to the Play Ground this Friday with its sometimes monthly presentations on nerdy topics. This time around we hear about Arthurian women, the cuisine of Game of Thrones, and the Raspberry PI.

The DSSO performs a concert of dance music paired with movie clips on Saturday at the DECC. Expect scenes from “An American in Paris,” “Singin’ in the Rain,” and “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Also, the YMCA is now offering children’s activities and a meal while parents go to the symphony, including a 25% discount on symphony tickets.

Ever go to a comedy improv show and say, “Hell, I could do that?” Prove it. Auditions for Renegade Improv are this coming Sunday at the Teatro Zuccone.

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the good old days when you could run the gauntlet on PDD?

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

Today you can learn about making healthy smoothies at the library, of all places. This is part of their Cabin Fever Reliever series.

On Wednesday there’s free open skating at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center for those who want to be active indoors and a Headlamp Ski Tour at Hartley and a Night Ski Race at Spirit Mountain for those who want to be active outdoors.

The Northland Figure Skating Competition will be at the Amsoil Arena Thursday through Sunday with hundreds competing individually and in teams.

Awesome Fest (“You have to be awesome.”) is a weekend long celebration of outdoor winter sports, indoor winter drinking, bad fashion, good music, and more. It runs Friday through Sunday at Mont du Lac.

And on Sunday there’s this football game and I hear tell some people are having parties because of it.

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

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a parade is happening this morning downtown. Stay warm, paraders!

Lucas Will will talk about his 97 day kayaking trip around Lake Superior at Duluth Pack on Tuesday.

The Duluth Playhouse Children’s Theatre opens Alice in Wonderland at the Marshall School Auditorium on Thursday and it runs through Sunday.

There’s a variety show for the benefit of local theater legend Liz Larson in Lincoln Park on Saturday.

The Fusion Belly Dance Show on Saturday at Teatro Zuccone features a variety of styles – steampunk, Bollywood, gothic, tribal, and more.

Playwright John Patrick Shanely will be speaking at St. Scholastica on Sunday.

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