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Thinking about solar for your home or small business? Curious about the financial and environmental benefits of going solar? Join us for a free informational session on Going Solar in the Northland this Earth Day! Learn about energy independence — and how you can make a difference — while you enjoy a free drink on us! Earth Day | April 22 | 5:30–6:00 pm Bent Paddle Tap Room This event is hosted by Optimum Energy Group.
JAM Duluth is at the Paddle for Highkey Mondays in April! Get on down to Bent Paddle every Monday in April to enjoy live local jazz, industry night specials and positive vibes galore. 4-6 The Boys Back Home – The Boys Back Home a brass band was started back in 2017 and is led by Thomas Woytko and fueled by the region’s top improvisers. The Boys Back Home was inspired by Lucky Chops, Trombone Shorty, and other Brass Bands that Thomas and his band mates enjoyed listening to and couldn’t help but play along with. 4-13 Owl’s Club Big Band – The Owls Club Big Band hatched in 2017, taking the name of their home nest, The Owls Club. Fly on down to Bent Paddle for the 17-piece band playing swinging, horn-driven dance music. The group explores big band jazz with the goal of being a hoot to hear. The…
This year for National Volunteer Week, Head of the Lakes United Way is teaming up with our non-profit partners in the Twin Ports and on the Northshore to celebrate current volunteers and spark volun-curiousity for those looking to give back to their community. We are hosting two Volun-Cheers events that will feature door prizes, food, music and a chance to mingle with volunteers, volunteer coordinators, leaders from local non-profit organizations, sponsors and participating businesses. This event will be followed by a screening of a local documentary, “The Middle Ground,” highlighting the work of local volunteers with the Duluth Center of Women and Children in their Nourish Initiative. The film will be shown at the Harbor Theater at 6:15 pm. Following this screening at 7 pm, the Harbor Theater will show “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
This year for National Volunteer Week, Head of the Lakes United Way is teaming up with our non-profit partners in the Twin Ports and on the Northshore to celebrate current volunteers and spark volun-curiousity for those looking to give back to their community. We are hosting two Volun-Cheers events that will feature door prizes, food, music and a chance to mingle with volunteers, volunteer coordinators, leaders from local non-profit organizations, sponsors and participating businesses.
Presented by the Executive Director of the Carlton County Historical Society, who wrote this amazing book after finding a very special collection of letters in their archives. After losing both his sons in combat during World War II, Edward Kennedy did something positive with his grief. He took a request from his employer, the Northwest Paper Company of Cloquet, Minnesota, to collect names and addresses of their employees in military service and turned it into a letter-writing mission. Kennedy wrote newsy, upbeat four-page letters every two weeks from July 1943 to the end of the war: 57 letters in all. His letters talked about the weather, sports, hunting and fishing, and local events. Those receiving the letters wrote back with their news, which Kennedy then shared with the group. These letters served as a lifeline for men and women adapting to war-time assignments far from home. They weathered the war because…
The Leadership Group with the Cloquet Chamber of Commerce is planning and hosting this fundraising and outreach event benefiting the Carlton County Animal Rescue. Moose Lake Brewing Company will be donating $1 for every pint sold! A variety of fun silent auction items/baskets you won’t want to miss out on! A bake sale with all kinds of goodies to enjoy with a pint of your favorite beer or take home to share. Meet adoptable pets, pick up some CCAR merch, and learn more about how you can get involved as well. Fill out an adoption application in advance to help speed up the adoption process. Apply today.