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Apr 2024
Twin Ports Festival of History 2024: History Walking Tours of Duluth’s Ship Canal
The third annual Twin Ports Festival of History runs April 3-9 at multiple venues in Duluth and Superior. It features lectures, tours and more. The event aims to provide those with an interest in history an opportunity to listen and discuss topics with authors and historians of local, regional, national and international renown. It is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Duluth's Public History and Museum Studies Programs and the multiple heritage organizations that are putting on events.
Find out more »Twin Ports Festival of History 2024
The third annual Twin Ports Festival of History runs April 3-9 at multiple venues in Duluth and Superior. It features lectures, tours and more. The event aims to provide those with an interest in history an opportunity to listen and discuss topics with authors and historians of local, regional, national and international renown. It is sponsored by the University of Minnesota Duluth's Public History and Museum Studies Programs and the multiple heritage organizations that are putting on events.
Find out more »Twin Ports Genealogical Society Field Trip
The TPGS holds a field trip to the Family History Center in Duluth to explore that resource.
Find out more »Celtic Song Circle
Ryan Lane and Linda Crumpton lead. Attendees can sing and play Irish and Scottish favorites in a group setting. Instruments are welcome.
Find out more »Twin Ports Festival of History 2024: Hot Stove Night
Cate Kratville-Wrinn, a railroad historian and journalist who is currently documenting the restoration of equipment donated by the Union Pacific to Railroading Heritage Midwest in Silvis, Illinois, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the restoration of the historic UP steam engines #3985 Challenger and #5511 2-10-2 as well as Centennial diesel #6936. Hot Stove Nights are free to the public and include complimentary soda, coffee or water and cookies. Please enter through the North Shore Scenic Railroad entrance at the back…
Find out more »Crossroad of the North Concert
UW-Superior's Music Department is presents Crossroad of the North, a concert featuring the music of Bob Dylan. This narrated performance also explores John Hammond’s history in the city of Superior as an ancestral crossroad of the north. When record producer Hammond signed Dylan to Columbia Records in 1961, neither of them knew the fate of their meeting had begun generations before them in the building of Superior. Hammond’s grandfather, Civil War hero General John Hammond, built the city from swamp…
Find out more »Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration Days: Coffee and Conversation with Karen F. Nance
Author Karen F. Nance returns to Duluth as part of a week-long commemoration celebration for her noted ancestor and former Duluthian Ethel Rae Nance. The author of Ethel Ray: Living in the White, Gray and Black is available to share coffee and conversation at this event in the Family Freedom Center at Washington Center. Thirteen members of the Ethel Ray Nance family are expected to be in Duluth from April 9-14 during the Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration and Celebration. About…
Find out more »Celebrating Native American Fashion
AICHO and the Tweed Museum of Art are hosting the Celebration of Native American Fashion fashion show. This show will have representation from eight tribal Nations with 25 models and an emcee who live within our local and tribal communities. Attendees will learn about the rich, vibrant and cultural history of past and present Native American fashion in the Great Lakes Region.
Find out more »Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration Days: Karen Nance Book Release
Author Karen F. Nance returns to Duluth as part of a week-long commemoration celebration for her noted ancestor and former Duluthian Ethel Rae Nance. The author of Ethel Ray: Living in the White, Gray and Black celebrates the release of the book at the Nordic Center. Thirteen members of the Ethel Ray Nance family are expected to be in Duluth from April 9-14 during the Ethel Ray Nance Commemoration and Celebration. About Ethel Ray Nance Ethel Ray Nance was born…
Find out more »The Greater Cumberland County Cooking Show
Moorhead, Minnesota filmmaker Janet Brandau wrote, produced and directed this comic look at rural Minnesota living and community ties in a time gone by. The event includes a screening of the film followed by a discussion of food, friendship and community.
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Lake Superior Estuarium
One event on Mar 1, 2024 at 1:30 pm
One event on Mar 15, 2024 at 1:30 pm
One event on Apr 5, 2024 at 1:30 pm
One event on Apr 19, 2024 at 1:30 pm
One event on May 3, 2024 at 1:30 pm
One event on May 17, 2024 at 1:30 pm
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One event on Jun 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm
The Lake Superior Estuarium is a gateway to the headwaters of the Great Lakes. Interactive displays tell stories of the St. Louis River Estuary, Lake Superior and the communities on their shores. The exhibit hall includes a play area for young children, maps to orient you to the largest estuary on Lake Superior and information to help you get out and explore.
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One event on Apr 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Decision Height
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, repeating until Apr 20, 2024
One event on Apr 21, 2024 at 2:00 pm
From the winner of the 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival comes this story about friendship and the complex, essential role of women in wartime.
Find out more »St. Louis County Historical Society Annual Meeting
The St. Louis County Historical Society is hosting its 102nd annual meeting of members in the Great Hall at the St. Louis County Depot. The evening will begin with a social hour and light hors d’oeuvres. Executive Director Nicholas Jensen will introduce the keynote speaker, Mary Palcich Keyes, and her presentation, "The Importance of Boarding Houses." Following the presentation, the society’s business portion of the evening will begin, with the election and ratification of the board of governors. Schedule 5…
Find out more »Carlton County Historical Society Annual Meeting
It is the 75th anniversary of the Carlton County Historical Society and the role Cloquet Rotary played in its formation. Dinner will be at the Cloquet Forestry Center along with a silent auction and catering by Room at the Table. Tickets are available online or by calling 218-879-1938 to RSVP.
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