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The Peculiar Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes is performed Tuesday, Nov. 19 at St. Scholastica.

Moving Forward in a Divided Post-Election Country
Thursday, Nov. 14, 6 pm
St. Scholastica Somers Lounge
Workshop cosponsored by Minnesota Public Radio and Braver Angels about how opposing sides can build bridges after the election rather than react with spite or revenge.

Mino Mashkiki Music Fest
Friday, Nov. 15, 5:30 pm
Iron Trail Motors Event Center
Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, in observance of Native American Awareness Month, presents this showcase of Contemporary Native American music featuring Hip/Hop, Rock, Indie and AlterNative Live with Keith Secola, Annie Humphrey, War Bonnet, Itz lil lee and Bobby V.

The Lady Pirates of Captain Bree
Nov. 15-17 & 22-24
Grand Marais Playhouse
Swashbuckling musical comedy in which a band of female pirates demand gold in exchange for the pretentious Madam Prescot, her nephew who masquerades as a girl to avoid becoming shark bait, and her niece who wants to join the pirates.

World Kitchen Cooking Demonstration
Saturday, Nov. 16, 5-8:30 pm
Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Superior
UW-Superior international students will demonstrate how recipes from their country or culture are prepared. Attendees can enjoy international food and can meet others from different countries.

Spaghetti Monetti & The Sauce
Saturday, Nov. 16, 7 pm
Bent Paddle
Twin Cities band led by Colin Roy Monette dishes out a tantalizing spicy flavour of psychedelic soul blues-jazz with electrified, unhinged guitar solos and sweet songs, music that wiggles like jello.

The Peculiar Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes
Tuesday, Nov. 19, noon
St. Scholastica Mitchell Auditorium
Lunch with Friends music recital features a song cycle by Libby Larsen about Henry Howard Holmes, a swindler and murderer who operated in Chicago in the 1890s, especially during the World’s Fair. The text is taken from police accounts and Holmes’ own confessions.

Captives in the Heartland
Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30 pm
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center
Pam Ekholm of the Wisconsin Historical Society shares her research into the many POW camps located throughout Wisconsin during WWII, focusing on the ones in the northern region.