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Sep 2023
Torii Gates and Hot Springs in Japan
Mia O’Brien and her two children traveled to Japan in May 2023 visiting Tokyo, Hakone, Isumi (a Duluth Sister City), and surrounding areas. Attendees can see what can happen when your son becomes your travel planner to share his love for Japan. "A delightful experience of traditions, modern culture, serene spaces, and food." O'Brien is the Executive Office and Administrative Assistant of the University of Minnesota Duluth Department of History, Political Science, & International Studies.
Find out more »Barbara Sjoholm
Barbara Sjoholm is visiting UMD to present on national museums in the Nordic countries. She’ll discuss the establishment of Sámi museums in Norway, Sweden and Finland in the past fifty years and their role in the renaissance of Indigenous Sámi music, duodji (handicraft) and language restoration. Sjoholm is the author of From Lapland to Sápmi: Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture (University of Minnesota Press, 2023) and of the recently reissued The Palace of the Snow Queen: Winter Travels…
Find out more »A Celebration of Julius Berg Baumann
406 Cloquet Ave, Cloquet. Cloquet’s Sons of Norway Heimsyn Lodge and the Carlton County Historical Society hosts a celebration of Norwegian-American poet Julius Berg Baumann (1869-1923) with Dr. Lawrence Moe of Metropolitan State University. Afterwards, attendees are invited to gather at the Baumann Monument in Cloquet’s Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Duluth Haunted Ship Tours 2023
One event on Oct 6, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 7, 2023 at 4:00 pm
One event on Oct 12, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 13, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 14, 2023 at 4:00 pm
One event on Oct 18, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 19, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 20, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 21, 2023 at 4:00 pm
One event on Oct 26, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 27, 2023 at 6:30 pm
One event on Oct 28, 2023 at 4:00 pm
One event on Oct 31, 2023 at 6:30 pm
William A. Irvin Haunted Ship Tours are a self-guided experience that feature: A sinking German U-boat with water flooding in and its escaped experiment on the loose. A narrow escape through catacombs and down into an abandoned castle with tension at every turn. The all-new Winchester Lore-inspired rooms with paths to dead ends and hallways with multiple exits. Guests choose their adventure. A vortex delivery to a Victorian parlor and library complete with thunderstorms, stained-glass windows and questionable books. An…
Find out more »Take Back the Night
Join UMD's Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) for the oldest worldwide movement to stand against sexual violence. The first Take Back the Night rally was held in Germany in 1973, in response to a series of sexual assaults, rapes and murders. In recognition of the vulnerability that women feel at night, this event is a call to empower survivors of violence, strengthen our communities and increase awareness. WRAC holds a Take Back the Night rally every year during Domestic…
Find out more »Norwegian Rosemaling Rogaland Style
Learn about the basic strokes of the art form, paint flowers, scrolls and leaves and complete a Rogaland pattern. Paint, brushes and woodenware are supplied.
Find out more »Biking While Black
A documentary film centering the daily experiences that Black lives encounter while bicycling. The film addresses critical conversations around police enforcement, historic disinvestment of infrastructure, racism, racial profiling and celebrating Black joy on two wheels. The film focuses on Los Angeles and speaks to wider issues of transportation safety and institutional racism.
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