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Douglas County League of Women Voters celebrates (with beer and music) the 19th Amendment at Earth Rider Brewery on Aug. 22.

Fast Fest
Friday, Aug. 16, 7-9 pm
Saturday, Aug. 17, 9 am to 10 pm
Encore Performing Arts Center, Cloquet
State festival of short plays. Welcome session is Friday evening and Saturday has three blocks of sessions beginning at 9 am, 1:30 pm and 6:30 pm. You can register for single sessions or a full festival package.

Mines & Pines Revisited
Fri. & Sat., Aug. 16 & 17, 10 am to 6 pm
Bennett Park, Hibbing
An exceptional experience for artists, musicians and attendees. Friday’s music lineup is Sam Miltich, Eli Little, Aurora Baer and Annie Humphrey; Saturday has Drew Anderson, Lindula Brothers, Greg Tiburzi and Brothers Burn Mountain.

2024 Anniversary Party
Saturday, Aug. 17, 1-8:30 pm
Castle Danger Brewery, Two Harbors
The brewery’s 13th year anniversary with special celebratory beer infusions, food trucks and a full day of live music.

Wolf Blood, Feast of Lanterns
Saturday, Aug. 17, 9 pm
Caddy Shack
Feast of Lanterns is an Alan Sparhawk project with drummer Shanna Willie and Pete Biasi (Low Forms). Wolf Blood plays psycho-sludge metal with guitarist Mike Messina and drummer Jake Paulsrud (Dirty Horse/Dad’s Acid), guitarist Mindy Johnson (The Keep Aways) and bassist Brian Wells (Dirty Horse).

52 Tuesdays
Tuesday, Aug. 20, 6 pm
Carmody’s
Anniversary celebration of the Tuesday night open jam sessions hosted by Bruce Woodman with perfomers who joined in the past year. Music goes from 6 pm til closing, including Ashe Berton, Paul Metsa, Misisipi Mike, Norah Ness, Steve Solkela, Ross Thorn, Adam Herman, The Gemstones, Jumpsuit and more.

The Revisionist
Aug. 21-24
Depot Theatre
Jesse Eisenberg, known as an actor for films like Adventureland and Zombieland, penned this semi-autobiographical play for New York theater about a young writer who arrives in Poland to visit his elderly relative, a Holocaust survivor.

Suffragist Jamboree
Thursday, Aug. 22, 5:30 pm
Earth Rider Brewery
Douglas County League of Women Voters celebrates (with beer and music) the 19th Amendment and the achievements of the suffragists who fought for women’s right to vote. Music by Aurora Baer, Breanne Marie, Jen West and Ashe Berton.