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Outdoors calendar: Duluth events celebrate night sky

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Celebrate the Night Sky Week features these Duluth events:

  • Night Sky Celebration, an evening of art, story and science, 7-10 p.m. Sept. 21, August Fitger's Ballroom, third floor, Fitger's Complex, 600 E. Superior St. Features Travis Novitsky, Bob King and Sam Zimmerman.
  • Aquatic Life and Light Pollution and children's activities, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 21, Great Lakes Aquarium. Learn about the importance of dark skies for animals and plants that live in our aquatic environment while exploring exhibits.
  • Free planetarium show, Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium, University of Minnesota Duluth, 7 p.m. Sept. 25. Live, interactive, full-dome theater experience that explores our connection to the cosmos and the need to preserve the darkness of the night sky.
  • Trivia night, 7 p.m. Sept. 26, Dovetail Cafe in the Duluth Folk School. Presented by Twin Ports Cafe Scientifique. Compete for prizes by testing your night sky knowledge and learn some amazing facts about our universe.
  • Globe at Night, 8 p.m. Sept. 27, Hartley Nature Center. Explore the constellations overhead and learn to measure and report the quality of the night sky with the free app Globe at Night.
  • Cloquet Valley and Riverlands State Forests Open House:

    ATV Safety Field Day:

    Firearm Safety Class:

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