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John McCutcheon returns to the West Theatre on Ot. 2.

Maxi Childs Trio Farewell Party
Fri. & Sat., Sept. 26 & 27, 5-8 pm
Alhambra Theatre
The jazz vocalist, along with guitarist Steve Netzel and a rotating cast of bass players, drummers and keyboardists, was a Twin Ports landmark, playing several nights a week at Blackwater Lounge during its 2009-2024 lifespan. Here’s your last chance to see them.

The Foreigner
Sept. 26-Oct. 5
Encore Performing Arts Center, Cloquet
Larry Shue’s 1984 comedy, a staple of local theater, takes place in a Georgia fishing resort. Englishmen Charlie Baker visits for a weekend but doesn’t want to talk to anyone, so everyone thinks he doesn’t speak English and inadvertently reveals wild secrets in his presence.

Tick, Tick ... Boom!
Sept. 26-Oct. 5
Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theater
Autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, his first before creating the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical Rent, is the story of a composer and the sacrifices he makes to achieve his big break in theatre.

The Body Electric presents The Gothic Ball
Saturday, Sept. 27, 8 pm
Studio 4, The Depot
Gather in your finest gothic attire for an evening of dark and eerie entertainment featuring aerial, burlesque, dance, drag, hula hooping, fire spinning, music, pole artistry and live singing.

Born Too Late Does Dylan
Sunday, Sept. 28, 6 pm
Ursa Minor Brewing
The ELBMOTION Film Produktion team from Hamburg, Germany, is coming to Northern Minnesota to shoot a documentary about Lake Superior. One scene will feature singer/songwriters Traxx and Rokkyn of Born Too Late performing Dylan songs and originals, showing the legacy of our Duluth-born legend continues to live on for future generations.

‘Documents, Not Art’
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1 pm
UMD Humanities 420
Professor Paula Derdiger presents her research on Lee Miller, a fashion model who became a war correspondent for Vogue magazine covering the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris and the concentration camps at Dachau and Buchenwald.

John McCutcheon
Thursday, Oct. 2, 7:30 pm
The West Theatre
Six-time Grammy-nominated folkie known since the 1970s for socially conscious songs such as “Christmas in the Trenches.” His music has increasingly evolved into heartland rock-influenced ballads, though he still performs purer folk.