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Apr 2024
Healthy Kids Day 2024
Duluth Area Family YMCA and the Superior Douglas County Community YMCA will be hosting Healthy Kids Day.YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day includes fun active play and educational activities to keep kids moving and learning, in order to maintain healthy habits and academic skills to achieve goals and reach their full potential. Anyone over the age of 16 will need a valid ID to enter the event. Downtown Duluth YMCA: 302 W. 1st St., Duluth, MN 55802 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Highlights 9:30…
Find out more »Lincoln Park Cleanup
Lincoln Park Cleanup volunteers meet up at Ursa Minor Brewing Co. to clean up litter in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
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Paint with Me Livestream
An event every week that begins at 10:30 am on Saturday, repeating indefinitely
Featuring David and Kristen Austin, their four-year-old Hugo and other local artists every Saturday morning. Streaming live on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. Explore new abstract and modern art techniques in a family-friendly atmosphere, with viewers watching and asking questions live from around the world. Use new media and tools to create paintings and art together.
Find out more »Super Hero Ball 2024
Have a night to remember with your Superhero dressed in their Superhero best. The ticket price includes dinner, dessert, a photo booth, face painting and a live DJ providing music and dance lights. The event will also feature live balloon twisting with Lauralloons, professional portraits taken by Alan Johnson Photography and a special surprise guest from a certain Spiderverse. Tickets must be purchased in advance and not available at the door.
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Foundations of Flash Fiction
An event every week that begins at 5:00 pm on Monday, repeating until May 6, 2024
Writer Katie Perttunen teaches writing within six weeks at Foundations of Flash Fiction. Perttunen has published two books, written for three newspapers and was the poetry editor for an online literary magazine. This class is best for ages 12 and older and is for both experienced and beginner writers. Participants will need to bring paper, writing implements and the book "Elements of Style".
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Play and Learn
One event on Feb 28, 2024 at 9:00 am
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Duluth Children's Museum is offering monthly Play and Learn sessions. Caregivers and children will enjoy a hands-on STEAM program, followed with museum exploration. Other early childhood development resources provided by the Northland Foundation will be available to participants. Pre-registration is not required and sessions are open for everyone.
Find out more »Slackline Clinic
RSOP is hosting a slackline clinic to challenge your balance, build core strength and have fun. Instructors will be on hand to teach the basics of beginning slacklining. Non-Rec Center members must purchase a climbing day or semester pass — all UMD students are free. Register online at umdrsop.d.umn.edu or at the door.
Find out more »Luminate
An evening to benefit Life House Duluth featuring music, film and performances by young artists from Life House Duluth, the Music Resource Center and local schools. This event features the premiere of Light Holder, a short film documentary by Jeremy Gardner following Life House alum Jasmine Clark's journey from loss, abuse, unstable foster care and youth homelessness to stability, entrepreneurship and community activism.
Find out more »Finding Nemo Jr.
Duluth Playhouse Youth Theatre presents Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr., a stage adaptation of the beloved Pixar movie with a new score from the songwriting team of Frozen. Performances run April 26-28. With a commitment to providing performance opportunities for young people, Duluth Playhouse Youth Theatre allows students to put their skills into action while connecting with their peers and growing as young artists.
Find out more »WLSSD Courtland Street Block Party and Medicine Cabinet Clean-Out
An open house at WLSSD's Courtland Street facilities that includes education, giveaways and specialized disposal events. Bring expired or unwanted medications to be safely and confidentially disposed of for free and tour the compost site.
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Spirit of the Lake Homeschooler Art: Exploring Cultural and Creative Art Forms
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, repeating until Apr 26, 2024
Alison Aune and University of Minnesota Duluth art and education students lead art lessons for children during this 12-session course. Sessions are on Fridays from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Cost is $20 per class, per child ages 6-13. Children ages 5 and under must be accompanied by an adult; the cost is $5 per adult. Register at zeffy.com. January - Painting 1/12 - Miriam Shapiro Mixed Media Pattern Painting 1/19 - Sonia Delaunay inspired Shapes & Colors Painting 1/26 -…
Find out more »STEAM Club: Light Benders
Calling all scientists. Explore the wonder of the natural world, build amazing inventions and solve problems using science, technology, engineering art and math — activities are best suited to youth aged 8-12 years old. Each month will offer a different theme to explore and April's is Light Benders — explore the colorful world of rainbows through. For a full schedule and registration visit duluthlibrary.org.
Find out more »By Youth For Youth Bike Check Basics
Duluth Public Library hosts By Youth For Youth Bike Check Basics: Free Workshop for Kids + Teens (with any level of experience). This is part of the Transportation Equity We Bike series. Learn how to: - Fix your flat - Lubricate your chain - Align your brakes - Set your seat - And more
Find out more »Free Park Day
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources offers free admission to all 75 Minnesota state parks and recreation areas on four days each year. On Free Park Days the DNR waives the requirement for a vehicle permit to enter state parks and recreation areas. The entrance fee waiver does not cover activities like camping, rentals or tours. The goal of Free Park Days is to get all Minnesotans outdoors. Most Minnesotans live within 30 miles of a state park. Visitors looking…
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