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CANCELLED - Passacalles y Obras
Music Department
Summary: Imagine a comfortable sunny day in Madrid while you enjoy a concert. Late baroque music for baroque guitar by Santaigo de Murcia will be performed by Mina Kaiser on a replica instrument of the time period. The instrument is a copy of a guitar made by Stradivari, created by local luthier Daniel Larson. Murcia's music has an international flair with arrangements of Corelli, assorted dances from French suites, and styles from Mexico – all with his personal touch. It is like a musical version of a nice glass of… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $12 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.
Saturday, October 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. L.E.G.A.C.Y.® Life Review: Creating a Meaningful Life and Lasting Legacy
Arts + Ideas - Lectures
Summary: What would make your life matter? Although deeply personal, the yearning for the answer to this question is a shared human experience. During this retreat, you will be guided through the L.E.G.A.C.Y.® Life Review, an innovative program designed to meet you at your current stage of life and help you live a purposeful, values-centered, and meaning-focused life; create a lasting legacy; and develop an appreciative mindset. This is an intergenerational retreat for adults in all stages of life. There will be an… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $425 Suggested Offering, $325 Students (Limited to 12 participants). Contact: Nicole Onori. Contact Email: nonori@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Saturday, October 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM.
St. Scholastica Monastery.
For more info visit retreatduluth.org. L.E.G.A.C.Y.® Life Review: Creating a Meaningful Life and Lasting Legacy
Arts + Ideas - Lectures
Summary: What would make your life matter? Although deeply personal, the yearning for the answer to this question is a shared human experience. During this retreat, you will be guided through the L.E.G.A.C.Y.® Life Review, an innovative program designed to meet you at your current stage of life and help you live a purposeful, values-centered, and meaning-focused life; create a lasting legacy; and develop an appreciative mindset. This is an intergenerational retreat for adults in all stages of life. There will be an… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $425 Suggested Offering, $325 Students (Limited to 12 participants). Contact: Nicole Onori. Contact Email: nonori@css.edu. Student Calendar Type: All Campuses.
Sunday, October 26, 2025, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
St. Scholastica Monastery.
For more info visit retreatduluth.org. Truth and Reconciliation Begins with Truth: A Conversation About Healing and Home
Alworth Peace and Justice
Summary: Anton Treuer will speak on Anishinaabe conceptions of home and cultural preservation. This event is 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, October 30, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
Ryan Vine's New Poetry Book, "The Cave"
School of Arts and Letters Faculty Colloquium
Summary: Join us as we celebrate the publication of Professor Ryan Vine's new collection of poetry, The Cave, a book about fatherhood, childhood, and everything in between. Critics have described the collection as a "book of Earthly wonders," "utterly masterful, and deeply moving." This event will be ASL Interpreted. 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, November 7, 2025, 3:40 PM – 5:00 PM.
St. Scholastica Library Raven Room.
Benedictine Boogie
Music Department
Summary: Come dance the night away to live swing band music performed by the St. Scholastica Jazz Band and Big Time Jazz Orchestra. North Shore Ballroom will provide dance instruction throughout the evening. 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.
Friday, November 7, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
Benedictine Commons
Science Building
St. Scholastica campus.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. Hands Reunited
Music Department
This program features works by two iconic composers that curiously utilize only the left hand of the pianist. In Scriabin’s case, the Two Pieces, op. 9 came from necessity in a period in which the composer had injured his right hand while practicing. In Brahms’s case, he transcribes one of the best-known violin pieces of J.S. Bach as a study for the left hand in an act of homage. Closing the program is a reunification of the pianists’ hands; Debussy’s second book of preludes is a 40-minute set that takes the listener on an evocative journey across foreign landscapes, magical tales, and the distant past.
Summary: Former St. Scholastica faculty member Dr. Nicholas Susi returns to Duluth from South Carolina for a guest artist recital. Get tickets. This program features works by two iconic composers that curiously utilize only the left hand of the pianist. In Scriabin’s case, the Two Pieces, op. 9 came from necessity in a period in which the composer had injured his right hand while practicing. In Brahms’s case, he transcribes one of the best-known violin pieces of J.S. Bach as a study for the left hand in an act of… Is this event open to the public? Yes. Cost: $12 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.
Sunday, November 9, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. String Orchestra Concert
Music Department
Summary: Join us for the first ever collaboration between the string players of the College of St. Scholastica String Orchestra, University of Wisconsin-Superior Orchestra, and North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra. The program features soloists Melanie Sever, flute and Alexander Sandor, harpsichord on John Rutter's Suite Antique, and Jessica Schroeder, harpsichord on J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. 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.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. The Small and the Mighty with Sharon McMahon
Alworth Peace and Justice
Summary: The Alworth Center welcomes Sharon McMahon, author of The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement. McMahon is also known for her Instagram account, Sharon Says So, as well as the podcast, Here's Where It Gets Interesting. Fitgers Bookstore will be on hand selling copies and the author will be available for signing. The Small and the Mighty is St. Scholastica’s Common Read selection for this academic year, and this event,… 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, November 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
A Pirate's Life for Me
Music Department
Summary: Join the St. Scholastica Steel Band, Concert Band, and Handbell Ensemble for a fall showcase of music inspired by the sea. The program will feature original music, sea shanties, and a suite from Pirates of the Caribbean. 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.
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
Mitchell Auditorium.
For more info visit thecollegeofstscholastica.ticketspice.com. 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. 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.