Sunday, Nov. 5
The University of Minnesota Duluth Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concert Band will perform at 3 p.m. at the school's Weber Music Hall. No cost.
Wendy Dane and Vincent Osborn, a violinist and a double bassist, will perform at 2:30 p.m. at Torke Cafe, 37 E. Superior St. Cost is $10. For details, call 723-1225.
"How to Talk Minnesotan: The Winter Sequel," will be performed at 12:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11, at Bennett's Change of Pace Dinner Theater, 600 E. Superior St. Cost is $29 for Sunday brunch $40 for Friday and Saturday dinner.
Monday, Nov. 6
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Memorial Blood Centers will be holding a blood drive from 8 to 11 a.m. at Marshall School. For details, visit www.memorialbloodcenters.org .
Ice skate to old-time music from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the DECC's South Pioneer Hall. Cost is $3 plus $4 season parking passes.
Duluth Public Schools' Keith Dixon will be on hand for "Spend an Hour with the Superintendent" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Nettleton Magnet School, 108 E. Sixth St. For details, call 336-8735.
The Duluth Laughing Club will meet at 12:05 p.m. outside the Civic Center near the fountain for a couple rounds of laughter.
Open mic comedy night opens at 8 p.m. at the Play Ground, 11 E. Superior St. Admission price depends on the roll of the dice, with prices ranging from free to $3. To perform, sign up on the sheet outside the theater entrance between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, call 733-7555.
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Rebekah Maggor's "Shakespeare's Actresses in America" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Marshall Performing Arts Center. Cost is $10 for adults and $6 for UMD students and children.
One for the Team and Jessica Dee will perform at 10 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Rafters. Cost is $5 (free for UMD students).
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The University of Wisconsin-Superior Music Department's will host an opera workshop at 7:30 p.m. at the school's Kathrynn Ohman Theater. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for seniors and students. For details, call 394-8115.
The city of Duluth is seeking volunteers to help work on the Duluth stretch of the Superior Hiking Trail Tuesday and Thursday. For times and locations, e-mail gibbsjudy@aol.com or call 728-9827.
Teague Alexy will perform at 10 p.m. at Fitger's Brewhouse. No cost. For the week's full concert listing, visit www.brewhouse.net .
St. Louis County Forester Jim Larson will discuss forest ecology at 6 p.m. at the Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center. Cost is $10. Register by calling 721-3731.
A networking luncheon sponsored by Women's Business Center will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Superior's The Shack Smokehouse and Grill, 3301 Belknap St. No cost ($10 for returning members). Stacy Reuille-Dupont of SuperiorBalance will present.
Wednesday, Nov. 8
The Duluth Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 4 p.m. at the Parks and Recreation Office, 12 E. Fourth St. The proposed Kroc Center is on the agenda. For details, call 730-4300.
A Change of Pace and Paulson will perform at 10 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Rafters. Cost is $5 (free for UMD students).
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Evergreen Senior Dance Group is having its monthly dance at 6:30 p.m. at Evergreen Center, 5830 Grand Ave. Tracy and Rod Mattson will perform. For details, call 723-3663.
Thursday, Nov. 9
"Macbeth" will be performed by University Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Superior's Holden Fine Arts Center. Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for students and $1 for UWS students.
Sam Shepard's "True West" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Play Ground, 11 E. Superior St. Cost is $10. For details, call 733-7555 or visit www.duluthplayground.org .
Lake Superior College will host an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Faculty and staff from more than 70 programs will be on hand. For details, call 733-7601.
"Current Personnel Issues," a two-day seminar by Ken Buck, runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Superior's Rothwell Student Center. Cost is $209. To register, call 394-8469.
Free medical services will be provided throughout the day at Lake Superior Life Care Center, 101 W. Second St. in Room 109. For an appointment, call 727-3399.
Backyard birding secrets will be discussed by a Duluth Audobon Society panel of experts at 7 p.m. at Peace Church, 1111 11th Ave. E.
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Mike Simonson's documentary "We are Holding Our Own," on the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, will be broadcast at 7 p.m. on KUWS Radio (91.3 FM). An MP3 version is available for download at www.kuws.fm/documentaries.htm .
Free dance classes are held weekly at 7:45 p.m. at the Lincoln Park VFW, 2024 W. Superior St. Beginners can start at 7 p.m. No cost. For details, call 729-8390 or visit www.twinportsdance.com .
"Effortless Entertaining," a cooking class by Arlene Coco, will be presented at 6:30 p.m. at the Blue Heron Trading Company in the Dewitt-Seitz Marketplace, 394 Lake Ave. S. The class is $24. Register by calling 722-8799.
Friday, Nov. 10
The Salvation Army kicks off its "Red Kettle" fund-raiser at 11:45 a.m. at Miller Hill Mall's food court.
Serendipity, a new Lakeside store, will celebrate its opening at 11:30 a.m. with a Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony. It is located at 4407 E. Superior St. For details, call 348-5265.
Bill Isles will play a CD release show for "The Shores of My Hometown" at 8 p.m. at Superior's Red Mug. Cost is $5. For details, visit www.billisles.com .
Cafe Accordion Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the College of St. Scholastica's Mitchell Auditorium. Cost is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students and $10 for children ages 12 and younger. For details, call 723-7000.
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Lake Superior Ragtime Society Inc. will perform at 6 p.m. at the College of St. Scholastica's Tower Recital Hall (Room 3625). No cost. For details, call 394-4319.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota will host a Medicare member meeting from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Best Western Edgewater. The meeting will inform members of the changes to Medicare plans for 2007.
Lake Superior Singles Fellowship, a non-denominational group, will meet at 6:30 p.m. at Taste of Saigon in Canal Park. For reservations, call 940-2248.
Saturday, Nov. 11
Veterans' Memorial Hall's Veterans' Day March will begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Duluth Armory and end at the Depot. A ceremony and three concerts will follow. For details, call 733-7500.
Journey to the Far East, an annual Asian culture show, will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Kirby Ballroom. No cost. For details, call 726-6335.
"Sophisticated Ladies," a music and dance review of Duke Ellington's music, opens at 7:30 p.m. at Duluth Central High School Auditorium. Cost is $7.
Bingo will be played at 6 p.m. at Hermantown's Public Safety Building, 5111 Maple Grove Road. Cost is $10 for the whole night.
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Erik Brandt and the Urban Hillbilly Quartet will perform at 8 p.m. at Beaner's Central. Cost is $5. Jamie Ness opens. For details, call 624-5957.
The Mood Swings, featuring Jody Anderson, Lynn Brasgala and Kathy McTavish, will perform folk, swing and blues at 8 p.m. at the Red Mug. No cost. For details, visit www.cellodreams.com .
Author Events
Dr. Richard Hudelson, a University of Wisconsin-Superior faculty member, will launch his book "By the Ore Docks" at 7 p.m. Friday at the Duluth Labor Temple, 2002 London Road.
Brian Freeman will sign "Stripped" at 7 p.m. Friday at J.W. Beecroft Books & Coffee in Superior and from 11 a.m. to noon at Northern Lights Books and Gifts and at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Saturday, Nov. 11.
Gerry Benassi will sign "The Red Hat Society Cookbook" at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Barnes & Noble.
Exhibits
The 2006 Arrowhead Biennial runs through March 4 at the Duluth Art Institute, 506 W. Michigan St. It opens Friday with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
"Colors in Canvas and Cloth," which includes works by Duluth's Bridget Riversmith, will be on display through Thursday at Pizza Luce.
"Response," the second collaborative exhibit between Lake Superior Writers and the Northern Printmakers Alliance, will be on display through Saturday, Nov. 11, at Northern Prints Gallery, 318 N. 14th Ave. E.
"Eloquent Silences," textiles and wood sculptures by Kyoung Ae Cho, will be on display through Nov. 12 at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Tweed Museum of Art.
"Eastman Johnson: Paintings and Drawings of the Lake Superior Ojibwe," from the collection of the St. Louis County Historical Society, has been extended through Nov. 14 at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Tweed Museum of Art.
"Orphans: Tiles and Ornamentation from Lost Buildings" will be on display through Nov. 19 at the University of Minnesota Duluth's Tweed Museum of Art.
Jen Dietrich's "Baseball: A Secular Religion" will be on display through Nov. 26 at the Duluth Art Institute's George Morrison Gallery, 506 W. Michigan St.
"Black & White" will be on display through November at Blue Iris Gallery.
"Early World Maps" will be on display through Dec. 28 at Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum, 902 E. First St. It includes a map from 1805 that shows Duluth as being part of Indiana.
Duluth's Lenni Rukavina will have art featured through Dec. 31 at the Duluth Teachers Credit Union, 11 W. Second St.
"500 Days," a World War II exhibit, is on display through Jan. 1 at the Depot, 506 W. Michigan St.
"Across Space, Time and Meaning: Selections from Tweed Museum of Art Collections" is on display through Jan. 7 at the Tweed Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota Duluth campus.
"Monkey King: A Journey to China" will be on display through Feb. 4 at the Duluth Children's Museum, 506 W. Michigan St.
"24 Hours Photographing Lake Superior" will be on display through February at the Great Lakes Aquarium's PASTA/Merrill Lynch Fine Arts Gallery, 353 Harbor Dr.
