Staff & Contributors

Round Two Is About To Begin

Sam Black

A  Weekend  To  Remember

Sam Black

A Week Of Concrete And Costume

Sam Black

Charismatic Words And Music From 1915 to 1939

Sam Black

Another Week With Overflowing Arts In Town

Sam Black

Twenty years of choral bliss, not to mention Hawaii

If This Is A Slow Week In Duluth, Then . . . 

Sam Black

I thought this was going to be a slower arts week in Duluth for me. I was wrong. Even a slow week in Duluth has more opportunities than a cat has lives.

I’m Lucky; I Know Where Duluth Is

Sam Black

Mid-September Launches Multiple New Seasons

Sam Black

By the time you begin reading this column, the fall season of music and drama in the Twin Ports will have bounded into view. Start picking up tickets and look forward to being well-entertained for the next nine months without interruption.

A Quiet Week In This Northern Duluth-Superior Corner

Sam Black

More than anything else, I want to encourage all of my readers to be aggressive supporters of the ARTS in this USA community.

Opera And Poetry On The Road; Murder And Mayham Recedes

Sam Black

Much to my surprise on Saturday evening, instead of going to the opera, the opera came to me.

DSSO Bridges Session Needs Your Votes

Sam Black

We are beyond the middle of August now, and the DSSO Bridges Session is only active until August 31. Take a few moments

Enjoy Twin Ports Variety Throughout August 

Sam Black

Music and theater are still blooming in Duluth as we move deeper into August.

Creative Classics As The Season Slows Down

Sam Black

The 29th season of the Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra has closed, but it certainly went out with a loud splash.

A  Musical  Blowout  At  The  End  Of  July,  2015

Sam Black

Young Duluthians can produce art, and need art, as much as anyone else in the community

LSCO And Duluth Playhouse Create A Throbbing Duluth

Sam Black

You know that I heartily encourage you to buy tickets, make contributions, and offer whatever financial assistance you can to artists throughout the Twin Ports and the Arrowhead communities.

Summer Music Series Dash From The Starting Gate

Sam Black

June  Brings July Into The World Of Music

Sam Black

Chamber Music In Abundance Near Lake Superior

Sam Black

This year marks the seventh season of really good music presented by the Three Bridges International Chamber Music Festival.

Variety Is The Spice Of Duluth

Sam Black

Watching Tim and Gene stay focused on complex rhythms and multiple instruments made time stand still.

Chekhov Laughingly Visits The Three Bridges

Sam Black

Chekhov, Ozzie & Harriet, and Maggie Smith get top laughs on the Playhouse stage.

Can You Be In The Band And Orchestra, Too?

Sam Black

Saturday night, the Twin Ports Wind Orchestra(TPWO) offered a performance celebrating twenty-five years of music making in this community.

A Weekend At The Theater In Duluth, MN

Sam Black

Both Dr. Seuss and Will Shakespeare are sources of the fountain of youth for your constant indulgence.

Creating Harmony & Beauty from Harshness and Discord: Minnesota Ballet at 50 and Arrowhead Chorale at 25

Sam Black

Music might bring fresh courage and rejoicing into a world that is too much characterized by harshness and discord.

All the World’s a Stage for Those Who Create

Sam Black

“From Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss, Duluth is bubbling over with creative energies.”

May Begins With New Sounds And Fresh Revivals

Sam Black

It was refreshing to watch Conductor Dirk Meyer raise one to five fingers, keeping the orchestra in the appropriate loop during this intense concerto.

Duluth Playhouse Stages the 1970 Version of “the Gospel Truth”

Sam Black

I have yet to understand what attracts throngs of people to this 1970 musical, but the profit has certainly reaped rewards for its creators.

One Blythe Spirit Meets an Angelic Cellist

Sam Black

Everyone in Symphony Hall knew that Bagratuni and his cello were creating a gifted communication.

In Duluth, Every Month Is An Artistic Spring

Sam Black

If I invite the sun to this scene, the light will reveal that my garden is the envy of jewels.

Where Are the Snows of Yesteryear?

Sam Black

This really fine dramatic production is much more satisfying than the shameless, shallow characters Fitzgerald created.

Artistic State of the Arrowhead

Sam Black

In the world of music, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra is engaged in a brilliant metamorphosis. Executive Director Rebecca Peterson and Music Director Dirk Meyer have embarked on creative programming unmatched in the past twenty years.