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Bag It
Watch the film Bag It and learn about the Bag it Duluth campaign and how more than 119 local businesses, organizations and congregations are asking the city to join the global effort to protect Lake Superior. All ages welcome.
Find out more »The Basics of Radiation Oncology
Radiation oncology involves therapy that uses controlled, targeted radiation to kill cancer cells. Learn more at this lecture. Experts will address important concerns such as what to expect from treatment, possible side effects and how to manage them. Light dinner at 4:30, followed by lecture at 5.
Find out more »Nature Sketching and Collage
Nature Sketching and Collage with Susana Gaunt is a Duluth Art Institute class that allows participants to immerse themselves in nature to connect with their creative sides for an evening of sketching at Hartley Nature Center. All materials and one beverage are included.
Find out more »Lunch with the History People: Roger Hellesvig
Roger Hellesvig will share “An Immigrant’s Tale” during this St. Louis County Historical Society lunch event. He will transform into Norwegian immigrant Ole Oleson. Using Ole’s trunk, he will take the audience back to the mid-1800s. Discover the difficult choices immigrants made in coming to America and the traditions from their homelands that they continue to celebrate. In 1985, Hellesvig began to portray Oleson, his great grandfather, at Murphy's Landing living history museum in Shakopee. Hellesvig said that “one of…
Find out more »Wooden Boat Show and Summer Solstice Festival
Rows of handmade and unique watercraft, a boat parade, craft demonstrations, an evening square dance, boat and tool auction, chowder and brats and more. Full three-day schedule here.
Find out more »Grandma’s Marathon Pre-Race Talk Show 2019
Grandma’s Marathon invites runners and other guests to get inspired and be entertained during the second annual pre-race talk show hosted by running legends Dick Beardsley and Carrie Tollefson. Their guests will be Jordan Hasay and Jeff Galloway. The presentation will begin at 4 p.m. in the Edmund Fitzgerald Hall at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Along with the guest interviews, there will be prize giveaways and a dedicated Q&A time with Beardsley and Tollefson. Dick Beardsley is known as…
Find out more »Introduction to Piano: Registration Deadline for Online Course
This online course serves as an introduction to the piano for individuals with no prior keyboard knowledge. Sessions run June 24 to Aug. 9. Music reading, harmonization, improvisation and basic music theory concepts will be emphasized. For more information and to register go to cvent.com.
Find out more »Foy Scholarship Concert and Award Ceremony
Nicoshia Wynn, singer/songwriter and motivational speaker, will be the guest speaker. Music for the celebration will be provided by the St. Mark AME Reunion Choir.
Find out more »Runners’ Recovery
Join fellow marathoners and half-marathoners in a heated, post-race restorative yoga class. Duluth Yoga says: "Research supports the benefits of yoga after strenuous physical activity. It restores muscle, tendon, joint, fascial and dural mobility and pliability, lessening stiffness and post-race soreness." Registration required. Bring in a race bib and get 15% off all clothing and accessories (not valid on essential oils, protein bars or beverages).
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Yoga at Fairlawn
An event every week that begins at 6:30pm on Monday, repeating until Jul 1, 2019
Vinyasa-style yoga with Kat Warner of Align Yoga in various rooms of the mansion every Monday June 3rd through July 1st. All levels welcome. No reservations needed. For more information, call 715-394-5712.
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Band of the Sacred Heart with Sarah Seidelmann
An event every month that begins at 6:00pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating until Jul 23, 2019
Sarah Seidelmann shares different shamanic teachings each month. Participants will have an opportunity to "journey on personal questions" and "receive and offer healing."
Find out more »Kids’ Bike-Education Clinic
A free informational and educational clinic. Learn the basics on how to size and choose the proper bike for a child to produce a confident rider. Learn the ABC’s of biking safety and proper equipment-fitting. Staff will be available to answer questions and assist adults and kids to be prepared for an active biking summer.
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First Thursday Yoga and Creative-Writing Workshop
An event every month that begins at 6:00pm on day First of the month, repeating indefinitely
A donation-based yoga practice and guided free-form writing workshop, held the first Thursday of every month. This workshop is intended to be an opportunity to slow down in order to reflect and reconnect through the use of yoga and prompted journal-writing. Each month will have a different theme, with the goal of building self-awareness and appreciation. Materials will be provided, but attendees are asked to bring a journal (if they have one) and anything else desired for their comfort. This…
Find out more »Artist Talk: Jonathan Thunder and Zamara Cuyún
The American Indian Community Housing Organization hosts an artist talk for its latest art exhibition, titled “Long Night of the Floating Shell.” The exhibit, on display through July 19, explores an overlap in themes between two artists’ experiences as contemporary Indigenous artists navigating their connection to their ancestry and communities -- Zamara Cuyún with roots in the Maya Highlands of Guatemala and Jonathan Thunder from the Red Lake Nation in Greater Minnesota. Thunder and Cuyún will be present to engage…
Find out more »Beginning Clay
Beginning Clay is an eight-session class led by Sheila Staubus. It meets on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m. from July 16 to Sept. 3. Students will learn and practice the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel from centering to trimming. Clay, glazes and firing fees included. Open to all levels; instruction directed to the beginning/intermediate beginning potter. The cost is $195 for members and $235 for non-members.
Find out more »Gitche Gumee Wedding Show 2019
The Gitche Gumee Wedding Show in the Lake Superior Ballroom at the DECC is designed for people planning a wedding in Duluth as a destination. It features an exclusive gathering of 70 wedding industry professionals, including representatives from catering, limousine, hospitality, music, floral and apparel businesses. Tickets are $8 in advance and $12 at the door.
Find out more »Fall Colors and Stream Photography Workshop
Duluth native and professional landscape photographer William Hurst offers instruction on digital photography equipment and techniques during this workshop exploring Duluth's most colorful season. The course includes a full day of shooting on Saturday and a three-hour Adobe Lightroom classroom session on Sunday morning to learn crucial photo finishing techniques and workflows. Each student also receives one 12x18-inch print of their favorite image from the day.
Find out more »Catalyst Content Festival 2019
The Catalyst Content Festival runs Oct. 9-13 in Duluth at the NorShor Theatre, Zeitgeist Arts Center and Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater. It's the festival's first year in Duluth and first year under its current name, but this will technically be the 14th annual iteration of what was formerly known as the International Television Festival. The event is an industry marketplace for independently produced episodic programming. The goal is to lower the barriers between creators, audiences, the industry, and…
Find out more »St. Louis County Health & Human Service Conference 2019
The 37th annual St. Louis County Health & Human Service Conference draws together more than 3,000 public and private sector practitioners for three days of training and networking while providing a forum for sharing innovative ideas, stretching perspectives and strengthening community health and human services. The event runs Oct. 9-11. Ellie Krug, writer, lawyer and author of Getting to be Ellen: A Memoir about Love, Honesty and Gender Change will be the keynote speaker. Krug speaks, trains and consults on…
Find out more »Clayton Jackson McGhie Day of Remembrance 2020
Honor the victims of the 1920 Duluth lynchings at the site of their memorial, one century after a mob of 10,000 community members lined the streets of Duluth to participate in the lynching of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie. The Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial Committee is asking for more than 10,000 community members and visitors to join at the intersection of the memorial and in the surrounding streets to listen to keynote speaker Bryan Stevenson. Stevenson is the…
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