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Duluth Public Schools board candidate Henry Banks spoke at a Labor Day event today at Bayfront Festival Park.
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Northern Lights Foundation plans annual Children’s Charity Gala at DECC
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Zeitgeist to hold annual Spirit of the Times fundraiser Oct. 10
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DSSO to open Masterworks season with Gershwin, Ellington and American jazz rhythms
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra will open its 2026-27 Masterworks season Sept. 19 with a distinctly American program featuring the music of George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and John Mackey — and a familiar Twin Ports musician in the spotlight. Alexander Sandor, the DSSO’s principal pianist and a longtime member