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Housing in Duluth: A Local Panel
Alworth Peace and Justice
Summary: A panel of leading advocates will speak in this roundtable discussion about housing in Duluth. This is the Tom Morgan Honorary Local Panel, part of the 2025-2026 lecture series "Home," presented by the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice. This event will be ASL Interpreted.
Livestream broadcast. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free admission. Contact: Tim Lorek. Contact Email: tlorek@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
O Holy Night
Music Department
Summary: The College of St. Scholastica Music Program presents our annual Christmas concert, O Holy Night. Our choral, brass, and string ensembles will share the Christmas story and spirit through an unforgettable evening of music. A freewill offering will be collected to benefit Chum. Get tickets.
. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $17 general admission, free admission for students pre-K to college and for Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, December 5, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
2801 E 4th Street
Duluth, MN 55812.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. O Holy Night
Music Department
Summary: The College of St. Scholastica Music Program presents our annual Christmas concert, O Holy Night. Our choral, brass, and string ensembles will share the Christmas story and spirit through an unforgettable evening of music. A freewill offering will be collected to benefit Chum.Get tickets.
. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $17 general admission, free admission for students pre-K to college and for Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
2801 E 4th Street
Duluth, MN 55812.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. Feeling That Gingerbread Feeling
Music Department
Summary: The St. Scholastica Concert Band closes out the semester with a holiday program featuring music by John Williams from the Home Alone films, along with new works by Randall Standridge and Gavin Lendt incorporating timeless classics. Get tickets.
. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $7 general admission, free for students and Sisters of the St. Scholastica Monastery. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Saturday, December 13, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. Messiah Singalong
Music Department
Summary: Join the CSS Music Program and Borealis Chamber Artists for St. Scholastica’s 43rd Annual Messiah Singalong. Warm up those vocal cords and dust off that Messiah score (or borrow a copy at the door) for a joyful evening with Handel’s beloved masterpiece. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free admission. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
Steel Pan Splash
Music Department
Summary: Can't get to the Caribbean before Christmas? No problem--come enjoy some beach vibes and a variety of musical selections played on steel drums by the Saints Steel Band. They'll perform a set of tunes at 5:30 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free admission. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu.
Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
Bent Paddle Brewing
1832 W Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55806.
St. Scholastica High School Honor Band Festival Concert
Music Department
Summary: The St. Scholastica High School Honor Band Festival brings together high school wind, brass, and percussion players in grades 10-12 from across Minnesota and Wisconsin. Following a day of rehearsals, the culminating festival concert will be open to the public. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Emily Nast. Contact Email: enast@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Monday, January 19, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
A New Morning: Reconstructing a 17th-Century Matins Service
School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: In May 2025, Borealis Chamber Artists performed Antonio de Salazar’s Matins for the Blessed Virgin Mary, music that hadn't been heard in 300 years. In this colloquium, Dr. Richard Carrick traces the process of reconstructing the service, from archival research to performance, and reflects on the cultural significance of restoring this 17th-century work and reviving it for a contemporary audience. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, January 30, 2026, 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM.
CSS Library Raven Room.
Rose Warner Reading Series with Martín Espada
Summary: The Rose Warner Reading Series presents renowned poet Martín Espada. A Puerto Rican-American poet, Espada is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has published over twenty books, including poetry collections and essays, with themes often reflecting his political activism and Puerto Rican heritage. Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, February 6, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
The L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project: Reconstructing the Library of a Self-Professed ‘Book Drunkard’
School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: What can be learned from reconstructing an author’s library? What might an author’s library reveal about them that their published work does not? Canadian author L.M. Montgomery—best known for her classic, Anne of Green Gables (1908)—was a voracious reader with widely varied tastes in literature. Dr. Emily Woster will discuss the wealth of evidence we have of Montgomery’s reading habits and share insights, surprises, and highlights from her work curating the "L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project,” a physical a… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: Free Admission. Contact: Kevin Quarmby. Contact Email: kquarmby@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Friday, February 27, 2026, 3:40 PM – 4:40 PM.
CSS Library Raven Room.