Arts
Today, Superior: The Red Mug Coffeehouse, 916 Hammond Ave., hosts a performance by The Pines at 8 p.m. For information, call 392-2662 or visit www.redmugcoffee.com.
Saturday, Wrenshall: The REEL Youth Film Festival will premiere more than 20 films from students in kindergarten through grade 12 at 6 p.m. inside the Free Range Film Barn. Free. The festival celebrates Northland youth and their cinematic creativity. Directions available at www.freerangefilm
.com.
Sunday, Superior: The piano students of Ruby Thomas present their spring recital at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church. The students are Nicole Manion, Anna Lurndal, Gabrielle Heytens, Molly Bergum, Kelcie Rickstrom, Robert Severin, Elizabeth Knuuttila, Joshua Waring, Elliana Waring and Abby Downs. Also performing will be Sarah Nindorf, a student of Kelcie Rickstrom.
Sunday, Duluth: Twin Ports Wind Orchestra performs at 3 p.m. in Weber Music Hall at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, $5 for students and $3 for UMD students. Call 726-8877 or go to tickets.umn.edu.
Fundraisers
Saturday, Duluth: A spaghetti dinner fundraiser runs 4-7 p.m. at The Other Place/Ridgeview Lanes. The benefit is for the Jeff Hashey family. Hashey died unexpectedly while working in Amarillo, Texas, and the expenses have been devastating for his family.
Sunday, Duluth: Haiti Worthy Cause Concert is at Chester Park United Methodist Church. Program starts at 3 p.m. Haitian Dinner at 4:30 p.m. 819 N. 18th Ave. E. (218) 724-4969.
Tuesday, Duluth: Musicians from the College of St. Scholastica stage a concert entitled “One World” at 7:30 p.m. in the Mitchell Auditorium to raise money to enable two Iraqi refugees to study at the college beginning in the fall. Donations welcome. Proceeds will help cover transportation and other expenses for Mohammed Al-Suraih and Mustafa Saleem, who are from Baghdad but are displaced in Damascus, Syria.
Gardens
Saturday, Duluth: Bayfront Visions, the Duluth Garden Flower Society and 8th District-Minnesota State Horticultural Society sponsor its third annual “Tour des Fleur” Garden Center Bus Hop & Shop. For more information, call Dale Hurst (218) 525-1717 or visit www.bayfrontvisions.com/tour.htm.
Saturday-Aug. 29, Shell Lake: Free guided tours of the Shell Lake Monarch Butterfly Habitat is offered 10-11 a.m. every Saturday morning. The habitat is located along Highway 63 at the north edge of Shell Lake’s Memorial Park and beach.
Saturday, Duluth: A Worm Composting Workshop begins at 10 a.m. in Room E2018 of Lake Superior College. The squiggly little creatures can recycle leftover food scraps and turn them into fertilizer for your vegetable garden and house plants. The $15 fee includes the cost of a bin, screening and starter kit.
Meetings
Monday, Iron River: The Tri-County Recreational Corridor commission meets at 6 p.m. at the Iron River Community Center.
Tuesday, Duluth: The La Leche League meets at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church (the Coppertop Church). This month’s topic is “Getting Breastfeeding Off to a Good Start.” Babies and children welcome. Lending library available. For information, call 727-6933, 525-1356 or (218) 393-2403.
Tuesday, Superior: The Douglas County Genealogy Club meets at 5 p.m. at the Superior Public Library, 1530 Tower Ave. Following the meeting will be a pot luck with the Twin Ports Genealogical Society. Free.
Tuesday, Duluth: The American Lung Association of Minnesota is offer a support group for patients having chronic lung disease. Free. Family members welcome. They meet at First United Methodist Church, 230 E. Skyline Parkway at 10:30 a.m. Call 218-726-4721.
Wednesday, Superior: The Superior Central High School Class of 1941 meets for lunch at 1 p.m. at Fuller’s Family Restaurant. All classmates and guests welcome.
Wednesday, Amnicon: The Town of Amnicon 100 year centennial meeting will be held at the Amnicon Town Hall at 6 p.m. Please bring any info or pictures you may have. Questions call Dennis Hill, 364-2588.
Wednesday, Superior: The 1937 Class of Superior Central meets at 9 a.m. at Fuller’s Restaurant. All members, spouses and friends invited.
Open house
Today, Superior: NorthernBridges hosts an open hours 11 a.m. to noon at its Superior hub office, 3631 Tower Ave.
Saturday, Duluth: Lake Superior College’s center for advanced aviation hosts an open house for its professional pilot program 1-5 p.m. at the LSC flight school near the Duluth International Airport. Tours, refreshments and demonstrations offered. For information and directions, call (218) 733-7700.
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