Night Sky Week Celebration Schedule

Join us for Night Sky Celebration Week!  All events will be held at the Fitger’s Theatre (unless otherwise noted) and live-streamed! So, if you attend please follow the CDC mask guidelines and social distancing protocols.

Event Location

Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theatre (third floor)

600 E Superior Street
Duluth, MN 55802 United States

Sunday, September 19, 7-8:30 pm

SPEAKER – Paul Bogard 

Author of “The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light” and English and Environmental Studies at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Monday, September 20, 7-8:30 pm

SPEAKERS – Bob DeGross, Ann Schwaller, Trevor Gibb, & Diane Desotelle

Heart of the Continent Partnership & City of Duluth: 

Bob DeGross – Superintendent, Voyageurs National Park

Ann Schwaller – USFS Forest Wilderness Program Manager

Trevor Gibb – Quetico Provincial Park Superintendent

City of Duluth 

Diane Desotelle – City of Duluth Natural Resources Coordinator

Tuesday, September 21, 7-9 pm

SPEAKER – James Rock 

Director of Indigenous Programming at University Minnesota Duluth and Research in Ethno-astronomy and Archeoastronomy.

Wednesday, September 22, 7-8:30 pm

SPEAKER – Mary Stewart Adams 

Star Lore Historian, Storyteller, and host of the weekly public radio program and podcast “The Storyteller’s Night Sky”.

Thursday, September 23, 7-8:30 pm

SPEAKER – TRAVIS NOVITSKY

Indigenous Night/Nature/Wildlife photographer based in Grand Portage, Minnesota.

Friday, September 24, 7-9 pm

SPEAKER – BOB P. KING (ASTROBOB)

American photographer, writer for Sky & Telescope Magazine, and an amateur astronomer.

Saturday, September 25, 7-9 pm

WORKSHOP – Home Light Improvements

Cindy Hakala – President of Starry Skies North IDA

CAFE Scientifique Twin Ports – Trivia Night 

Creating a more curious, informed, and collaborative society by hosting public discussions in science and technology.

Wildlife Lighting Tour – At Capstone Apartments & Village at Matterhorn.