Woodblind performs at the Lakeside Lester Park Community Club on Wednesday.

45th annual Northland Figure Skating Competition
Jan. 16-19
DECC Amsoil Arena
A competition that attracts more than 500 skaters from across the country. Whether you’re a fan of figure skating or just looking for a fun weekend activity, this is an incredible opportunity to watch top-notch performances up close. Admission is free.

Hygge: Winter in Scandinavia
Fri. & Sat., Jan. 17 & 18, 7:30 pm
UMD Weber Music Hall
Twin Ports Chorale performs an homage to the Danish notion associated with coziness, warmth and conviviality. Music by Edvard Grieg, Trond Kverno, Karin Rehnqvis and Jan Sandström and a selection of Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish hymn tunes and folk music. 

Discord at Dawn & Friends
Fridays, Jan. 17 & 31, Feb, 7 & 21, March 7 & 21, 8 pm
Caddy Shack
DAD winter residency with a different guest band each night. Jan. 17 is Illuminaughty Night with Deep Fake Five; wear your foil hats, lizard people masks (or human masks if you are lizard), and sandwich boards.

Folsom Prison Experience
Saturday, Jan. 18, 8 pm
DECC Symphony Hall
High-intensity recreation of one of Johnny Cash’s most important days in his musical career, an unforgettable journey that takes you back to the iconic day of Jan. 13, 1968, at Folsom Prison.

Sentimental Journey
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2 pm
Old Post Office, Superior
Time Arc Theatre celebrates the 80th wedding anniversary of WWII ace Richard Bong and his bride, Marjorie Vattendahl, who were married on Feb. 10, 1945, less than a month before V-J day when Richard was killed while test-piloting. Randy Lee and his swing band perform and Teddie Meronek’s stories guide the audience through the war years that shaped the songs of the era.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events
Jan. 19 & 20
Multiple locations, Duluth
The Twin Ports celebrates with this year’s theme as “One People,” recognizing Dr. King’s insight that all people are “caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Community worship Sunday and breakfast, gathering, march and rally Monday.

Woodblind
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 7 pm
Lakeside Lester Park Community Club
Special setting for Duluth’s acoustic music duo of guitarist Jason Wussow and Los Angeles studio/touring bass player Velko Lepisto, who perform ska, a genre popularly described as “what a little kid hears in their head when mozzarella sticks arrive at the table.”