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Annie Humphrey

Deer Camp, Sept. 29-Oct, Encore Performing Arts, Cloquet. Four buddies enjoy their annual deer hunting trip, but after 15 years of them coming home with nothing but a hangover, their wives have set an ultimatum, bag a deer or your camp days are over. Only one hurdle stands in their way: none of them know how to hunt.

Slope City, Friday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Wussow’s. Graphic artist Michael Smišek also happens to be a songwriter who performs upbeat, windows-rolled-down soul to slow-building blues & folk. With Vader (Garth Anderson), who creates spaced-out experimental groove tunes.

A Servant's Heart, Fri. & Sat., Sept. 29 & 30, 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Church, Duluth. Inaugural concert of the all-pro Twin Ports Choral Project Chamber Singers offers music that examines why people commit selfless acts to help others.

Climate Change in the Northland, Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. First United Methodist (Coppertop) Church. Meteorologist Paul Douglas talks about believing the science, why the north seems to be warming faster than the rest of the planet and how resilience will be key.

Taiko Arts Midwest, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m. UWS Thorpe Langley Auditorium. High-energy Japanese drum group combines music, dance, martial arts, athletics and culture. They’ll host a workshop for the campus and community at 4 p.m. and a concert at 6 p.m., both free.

Annie Humphrey, Thursday, Oct. 5, 7 p.m. Sacred Heart. The Anishinaabe musician from Leech Lake releases her third album, “The Light in My Bones,” with a special concert to raise funds for the American Indian Community Housing Organization’s Dabnoo’igan shelter expansion. With David Huckfelt and Jeremy Ylvisaker.

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Thursday, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., The West Theatre. The gold standard for fiddle and cello in traditional music, Fraser from Scotland and Haas from California have forged a partnership for two decades fusing chamber music finesse with dynamic dance energy.