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Laskiainen
Feb. 1, 3 & 4
Palo, Minn.
Traditional Finnish festival with sledding, ethnic food, sleigh and dog sled rides, basketball games, queen coronation, artisans, demonstrations and a Sunday afternoon concert by the bluegrass band Monroe Crossing.

Stage Blood
Feb. 2-4
UMD Marshall Performing Arts
As leading man of his family-run theatrical company, Carl Stone has recently taken over the role of Hamlet. All seems well as everyone prepares for the show, but a chaotic mystery develops when their real lives begin to mimic their characters onstage.

Cold Front
Saturday, Feb. 3, 12-6 p.m.
Bayfront Festival Park
Free family event with sledding, ice skating, sled dog and tractor rides,  story stroll, curling, bonfires & s’mores, cross country skiing, crafts, snowshoe kickball, fat tire bike and snowboard demos, kid dance party and fire spinners. Afterparty at Hoops Brewing.

Quartet for the End of Time
Saturday, Feb. 3, 7 p.m.
Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior
French composer Olivier Messiaen wrote and first performed this chamber music piece in 1941 while captured in a German prisoner-of-war camp. With Erin Aldrige (violin), Byron Klimek (cello), Ted Schoen (clarinet) and Teresa Vaughan (piano).

Sleigh & Cutter Rally
Sunday, Feb. 4, 10 a.m.
Northern Pines Event Center, Iron River, Wis.
Northwoods Harness Club’s 35th annual event with horse-drawn vintage sleds, costumed passengers, narrated and judged divisions, food, raffle and vendors. Free sled rides starting at 10 a.m., parade at noon.

Laying the Beats
Sunday, Feb. 4, 4 p.m.
Pizza Lucé
Host band South of Superior with diverse percussion students from Hamlin Music Academy and Schmitt Music, young and … less young. Check out future musicians as they get on stage for the first time.

The Future of Water in Duluth
Thursday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.
St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium
A panel of Twin Ports experts presents the challenges and opportunities facing our region with regard to water and sustainability. Co-sponsored by the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, this is the third event in the 2023-24 series, “Water: Sustaining Life in the 21st Century.”