Mini Makers Lab
Mini Makers Lab is a hands-on experience designed for young children and their caregivers to learn through building, experimenting, storytelling and creative problem-solving. Through open-ended challenges and engaging materials, families will work together to design, test, and invent while strengthening curiosity, confidence and critical thinking skills.
Activities are designed to be accessible for a wide range of ages and abilities, with simple prompts that encourage creativity, conversation, and exploration. There is no right or wrong way to participate—just opportunities to make, imagine and learn together.
Mini Makers Lab
Mini Makers Lab is a hands-on experience designed for young children and their caregivers to learn through building, experimenting, storytelling and creative problem-solving. Through open-ended challenges and engaging materials, families will work together to design, test, and invent while strengthening curiosity, confidence and critical thinking skills.
Activities are designed to be accessible for a wide range of ages and abilities, with simple prompts that encourage creativity, conversation, and exploration. There is no right or wrong way to participate—just opportunities to make, imagine and learn together.
Introduction to Relief Woodcarving
Adults & teens discover the art of relief woodcarving in this welcoming, beginner-friendly workshop with longtime carver Kevin Ewing. Learn basic carving techniques, tool safety, and how to create texture and depth in soft basswood. All materials and tools are provided and students leave with a handcrafted piece of wall art and the confidence to keep carving.
August Clay Camp: Fundamentals of Handbuilding
A weeklong clay camp for young artists to build skills and confidence through hands-on hand-building techniques. Students will explore pinch pots, coils, slabs, glazing and sculptural forms while creating functional and imaginative ceramic work. Daily instruction, guided practice, and open studio time support creativity and experimentation. Beginner-friendly, with space for returning students. Class runs from Aug 3-7.
Schedule
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (Ages 6–10)
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Ages 11–15)
Get Groovy with Green: Houseplant Basics
Bring home a healthy new houseplant and the confidence to help it thrive. In this hands-on workshop, participants learn the essentials of houseplant care, from watering and lighting to soil health, pests and repotting. Perfect for beginners and longtime plant lovers alike, with all plants and materials included.
The Old West Casino
The Old West Casino is a drag show produced by the Coral Collective, an LGBTQIA2S+ arts organization in Duluth.
This event is for all ages. Tickets are available for $10, cash only, at the door.
Sirens of the Great Lakes
The depths of the great lakes are calling with Coral Collective’s latest drag show, Sirens of the Great Lakes. The collective is an LGBTQIA2S+ arts organization in Duluth.
This event is for ages 21 and up. Tickets are available for $10, cash only, at the door. There is an automated teller machine on site.
The Gays are Back in Town
The Gays are Back in Town is a drag show produced by the Coral Collective, an LGBTQIA2S+ arts organization in Duluth.
This event is for all ages. Tickets are available for $10, cash only, at the door.
Let’s Go to the Movies
Let’s Go to the Movies is a drag show produced by the Coral Collective, an LGBTQIA2S+ arts organization in Duluth.
This event is for ages 21 and up. Tickets are available for $10, cash only, at the door. There is an automated teller machine on site.
Unsalted Magazine Launch Party
The inaugural issue of Unsalted magazine is off the presses and available to the public for the first time at this event in the St. Louis County Depot’s Great Hall.
Unsalted is a new biannual print magazine that explores the personalities, culture, natural elements and manmade relics at the head of the Great Lakes. Coordinated by the St. Louis County Depot, the project features editorial development by arts and culture website Perfect Duluth Day and creative direction by local design studio Graphic Science.
The debut issue centers on the theme “Remnants,” and includes an in-depth report on the past and uncertain future of Duluth’s oldest existing piece of architecture — the Minnesota Point Lighthouse. It also features the return of Chris Monroe’s “Violet Days” comic strip, which ran in various newspapers from 1996 to 2018.
A snappy digital invite with an RSVP option is available at paperlesspost.com.