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Foxgloves appear at Sacred Heart Saturday, with Maygen & The Birdwatcher.

Cabaret
April 18-26
UMD Marshall Performing Arts
Based on the 1939 novel by Christopher Isherwood, the show explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. But this story couldn’t have any relevance today – could it?

Jason Schooler Band, Beauty Mountain Rd., 
Grand Holler
Friday, April 18, 7 pm
Caddy Shack
Jason Schooler weaves elements of country, blues, rock and folk. Beauty Mountain Rd. is an indie rock duo. Grand Holler plays electrifying dirt road rock.

Foxgloves, Maygen & The Birdwatcher
Saturday, April 19, 7 pm
Sacred Heart
Two Twin Cities Americana acts bring their progressive sound to Duluth. The  all-female group Foxgloves are are a little bit country, a little bit folk, a little bit classical and whole lot of fun. Maygen & The Birdwatcher adventurously blur country, bluegrass, folk and blues. 

Holidazed
Sunday, April 20, 4:30 pm
Legacy Cannabis
Celebrate 420 with live music inside the shop. At 4:30 p.m. the Dishonest Waitress Band, consisting of members of Saltydog and Junkyard Mule, hit the stage. At 6 p.m. the frontman of electronic reggae-dub jam innovators Jon Wayne & The Pain plays a solo show.

A Refugee Journey
Tuesday, April 22, 1 & 2:30 pm
UMD Kirby Rafters
This interactive exhibit takes participants on the journey of a refugee from Afghanistan to Germany. Attendees will learn about the reasons refugees leave their countries, the rights governments are legally obligated to offer, and more. There are two sessions, 1-2:15 pm and 2:30-3:45 pm

Earth Day Rally & March
Tuesday, April 22, 4-6 pm
Leif Erikson Park
Starts with speakers and a rally at Leif Erickson followed by a three-quarter-mile march (bring your sign) along the Lakewalk to Gitchi Ode Akiing (Lake Place Park), where local organizations will provide info on climate advocacy opportunities.

Two One-Act Operas
Thurs. & Fri., April 24 & 35, 7:30 pm
UWS Manion Theater
Premiere of The Brontë Sisters: Retrospection, written by UWS Professor Vicki Fingalson and local composer Wendy Durrwachter. Second show is Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury, a comic satire on the British judicial system.