Community calendar

Arts

Friday, Mount Ashwabay: Madison-based Peace Drum Dance Co. performs at 8:15 p.m. at Big Top Chautauqua. Tickets are $16-$26. Visit www.bigtop.org or call (888) 244-8368.

Saturday, Mount Ashwabay: Larry Long performs a family matinee at 1 p.m. at Big Top Chautauqua. Tickets are $4. Visit www.bigtop.org or call (888) 244-8368.

Saturday, Mount Ashwabay: Big Top Chautauqua features The Hard and the Easy at 8:15 p.m. Tickets are $36; all seats reserved. For information, go to www.bigtop.org or call (888) 244-8368.

Saturday, Superior: The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center will host President Harry S. Truman, as portrayed by Niel Johnson of Independence, Missouri at 10 a.m. in the center’s classroom. Refreshments will follow the program which is free and open to the public.

Sunday, Mount Ashwabay: The African Children’s Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. in Big Top Chatauqua. Ticket prices are $38, $30 and $20.

Gardening

Friday, Superior: Learn how to manage your garden bounty during the brown bag series for Master Gardeners hosted by UW-Extension. Call 395-1363.

Saturday, Duluth: The Fifth Annual Urban Farm Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pick up a tour map and travel from site to site at your own pace. Maps are available at Whole Foods Co-op, the Green Mercantile or the following web sites: www.duluthcommunitygarden.org, www.lakesuperiorfarming.org. Free and open to the public.

Meetings

Thursday, Superior: Kiwanis Club meets at noon at Aces on 29th. Luke Lane will speak on traumatic brain victims.

Wednesday, Cloverland: The Town of Cloverland holds a special town board meeting at 7 p.m. in the town meeting room.

Outdoors

Thursday-Friday, Superior: Pattison Park naturalist Jim Craig presents Clown of the Northwood at 7 p.m. Thursday followed at 9:30 p.m. by a no lights hike. Friday, learn about the Mysterious Loons at 7 p.m. with Craig, featuring intriguing highlights about this unique bird. At 9:30 p.m., he introduces evening wildlife experiences during a no lights hike. Programs are free, but a park admission sticker is required. Pattison State Park is 12 miles south of Superior on State Highway 35. Call 399-3111.

Saturday, Superior: The Douglas County 4-H Dog Show will be held beginning at 9 a.m. at the Head of the Lake Fairgrounds. The event is free and open to the public.

Aug. 3, Duluth: Lake Superior Zoological Society invites area golfers to the 9th annual Tiger Tournament at Northland Country Club. Tee-off is at 1 p.m.; social hour, dinner and silent auction at 5 p.m.; and awards at 7 p.m. The cost is $135 per golfer and includes golf, cart and dinner. Teams of four or five welcome. You may also just come for dinner at $40 per person. Reservations for both accepted through July 31. Go to www.LSZoo.org or call 730-4500. Sponsors also needed.

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