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Oct 2023
Book Launch: John Teschner’s Valley of Refuge
Duluth author John Teschner presents his new adventure Valley of Refuge. In this high-stakes, character-driven thriller, a Hawaiian family must decide the future of its ancestral land when a tech billionaire decides he wants it for himself, and won't take no for an answer.
Find out more »Grant Writing with Moira Villiard
Local artist Moira Villiard will be presenting a free, virtual workshop on basic grant writing for the arts. Learn how to organize yourself and the components you will need to include in order to best position yourself to win a grant award. A limited number of participants will also be able to receive 1-1 support outside of this session to focus on their specific needs and goals. For the zoom link and to register, visit duluthartinstitute.org.
Find out more »Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl Presents “The Essential Dear Dara”
Zenith Bookstore presents Minneapolis food writer Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, who will discuss and read from her new book The Essential Dear Dara: Writings on Local Characters and Memorable Places. For 25 years, Moskowitz Grumdahl has been a fixture of Twin Cities life, telling the stories of local people, places and (sometimes delicious) things. Her book revisits stories from the past 25 years, including columns, profiles and restaurant reviews from City Pages, Minnesota Monthly, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, Gourmet, and Saveur. Each piece…
Find out more »Finding Your Flash: How to Tell a Story in 500 Words or Less
This two-hour class focuses on the fundamental building blocks of story by examining “story beats” in both literary classics and by reading flash fiction examples. The group will look at genre and literary fiction, allowing participants to find their voice within. After examining examples, participants will have a variety of prompts to craft a narrative (or they can come ready with their own ideas ready to edit). This class will provide the opportunity to work in pairs, editing and distilling…
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 1:00 pm on Sunday, repeating until Nov 19, 2023
Duluth Poetry Chapter: Weekly Coffee Chats
An event every week that begins at 1:00 pm on Sunday, repeating until Nov 19, 2023
Poets gather to read, workshop and free-write together. The coffee chats are casual, oriented around connection and organic mentorship among other people interested in writing and sharing poetry. During the meetings, the Duluth Poetry Chapter also organizes and plans poetry events, motivates and informs each other of grant-writing and submission opportunities. Generally, the meeting flow is as follows: - Introductions and a poetry read-around - Sharing of any local poetry news, upcoming events, grant deadlines, and journals open to submissions…
Find out more »Twin Ports Perceptions
This fall, the Twin Ports Perceptions project invites six award-winning Twin Ports authors (three from each side of the bridge) to participate in two moderated panel discussions to talk about how they portray Duluth and Superior in their work, how they grapple with issues of regional identity and the challenges and joys of writing about where they live. The first discussion will be held at Superior Public Library (1530 Tower Ave., Superior) on Tuesday, September 26 at 6 p.m. and…
Find out more »Evening with Author William Kent Krueger
The Duluth Public Library, the Duluth Library Foundation, The Depot and Zenith Bookstore will host a citywide Evening with Author William Kent Krueger at the Depot Theater on Saturday. Krueger will present his new novel, A River To Remember, which has received widespread acclaim since its release earlier this month. William Kent Krueger is the bestselling author of This Tender Land, Ordinary Grace, as well as 19 books in the Cork O’Connor mystery series, including Lightning Strike and Fox Creek.
Find out more »An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, repeating until Dec 11, 2023
The Soul of a Pilgrim: Book Discussion
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, repeating until Dec 11, 2023
A nine-week book discussion group of The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within. Organizers describe that attendees "encounter the stages of the pilgrim's way—from hearing the call to coming home, accompanied by scripture stories of biblical journeys and the author's practices of prayer, writing, and photography."
Find out more »The Soul of a Pilgrim Discussion Series
A nine-week book-discussion group using The Soul of a Pilgrim: Eight Practices for the Journey Within. Topics include "great Biblical journeys," prayer, writing and photography. Mondays from 10 to 11 a.m. via Zoom between October 16 and December 11.
Find out more »First 50 Pages Workshop
Felicia Schneiderhan leads this online workshop series on Mondays from October 16 through November 20 at 6-8 p.m. that aims to have scribes writing ten pages a week with help from workshop activities.
Find out more »Book Discussion: Braiding Sweetgrass
The Feminist Theologies group hosts its first monthly gathering of the year in the large conference on ground floor at the Monastery of St. Scholastica. Soup and bread is available during the discussion of the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. This book emphasizes "the importance of gratitude and building a strong connection with nature and the earth."
Find out more »Book Launch: Dianna Hunter’s Clouded Waters
Zenith Bookstore celebrates Dianna Hunter's new novel Clouded Waters (Holy Cow! Press). The book launch will include a reading, discussion and book signing, with music by Duluth singer and guitarist Terrol Cousineau, crushing-it stylist on the bluesy, soulful and sometimes Western sides of R&B. Clouded Waters tells the story of water defenders and pro-mining forces clashing in the far north of Minnesota, where the publisher of a struggling newspaper unearths a corrupt conspiracy.
Find out more »Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response Book Talk
Minneapolis Fire Captain and EMT Jeremy Norton will be discussing his new memoir, Trauma Sponges: Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response. In this remarkable memoir, Norton captures in arresting detail the personal and social toll that twenty-two years on the job exacts, as well as the unique perspective afforded by sustained direct encounters with the sick, the dying and the dead. Norton's stories range widely across his experience ranging from his early EMT training to his role as…
Find out more »Nov 2023
One event on Nov 4, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm
One event on Nov 8, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 9, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 10, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 11, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 11, 2023 at 2:00 pm
Sense and Sensibility
One event on Nov 4, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 5, 2023 at 2:00 pm
One event on Nov 8, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 9, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 10, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 11, 2023 at 7:30 am
One event on Nov 11, 2023 at 2:00 pm
The production "Sense and Sensibility" was written by Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen. Performance is in the Dudley Experimental Theatre of the Marshall Performing Arts Center. Synopsis: When reputation is everything, how do you follow your heart? Kate Hamill’s rollicking, ingeniously-staged 2017 adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters — sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne — after their father’s sudden death leaves them financially destitute and socially…
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