Monday, Oct. 4 @ 7PM

At Sara’s Table/Chester Creek Café will be celebrating its appearance on Diners Drive-ins and Dives. T-Shirt design contest with prize for the best.

Free Apps. Happy Hour. Marc Gartband. Samples.

I am telling you – this will be super fab.

I guess this one is right up there with “Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?” and “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio.”

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Facilitator: Stephanie Love
When: Friday, Oct. 29 from 8:30am – 1pm
Where: Great Lakes Aquarium Board Room
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Friday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 pm

The Free Range Film Barn will host the Manhattan Shorts Film Fest this Friday. It has been warm all week so the barn will be nice and cozy. Come on out before we close it up for winter!

freerangefilm.com | msfilmfest.com

This is the view looking up from inside the new main entrance to Denfeld High School. The main floor of the new addition connects to the old building through the auditorium lobby. The main floor of the addition will include a new cafeteria and common area, administrative offices and media center.
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On Friday, Oct. 22, Friday, there will be a benefit for PeaceLoveHaiti at R.T. Quinlan’s starting around 9 with all $5 of the cover going to the charity.

Little Black Books will be playing, as well as Tony Bennett as the lone acoustic guy, but we need a headliner!!! Are you in a band that will donate one night of rock (hip hop, reggae, funk, folk, socca, whatev) to help us help Haiti?

PeaceLoveHaiti is a nonprofit group made up of 2 RNs. We go to Port au Prince and try to help as many people as possible by running mobile clinics in the tent cities there. We have a blog — peacelovehaiti.blogspot.com.

We need to make some drug money so we can bring plenty of vitamins, antibiotics, etc. with us. If you are seriously interested please email us at peacelovehaiti @ yahoo.com

Our third COGGS Movie Night at the Zinema is this Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7:15.

We’ll be watching Bicycle Dreams, an award winning documentary on the Race Across America. The RAAM is one of the most difficult ultra endurance events in the country, requiring cyclists to traverse 3,000 miles over 10 days. The documentary details what it takes to compete in this event and the level of insanity that most of the racers exhibit to even entertain the notion.

Tickets are $7.50. It’s highly recommended you get yours early to reserve a seat.

Proceeds go to COGGS, the organization that has built and maintains multi-use singletrack trails at Mont du Lac, Spirit Moutain, Piedmont, Hartley and Lester-Amity.

Protest the ongoing wars! Bring the troops and war dollars home now! Money for jobs and education – not war and occupation!

Monday, Oct. 11, 5-7pm

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The Teatro Zuccone is pleased to present Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem in concert for two shows on Saturday, October 2, 2010. A 2PM Family Show (tickets only $6 each) and an 8PM Evening performance ($20/$15). Please join us and welcome them to Duluth!

Saturday, Oct. 9

Hundreds of area residents will be sleeping outside Saturday, Oct. 9, at Wade Stadium in an effort to raise donations to aid the homeless in our community.

Night Without a Home Sleep Out and Fundraiser will include a homelessness demo along with music and many great speakers. Funds and items collected by participants will benefit the more than 500 homeless in our community at the Project Homeless Connect event to be held at the Washington Center on Oct. 28.

A Night Without a Home asks participants not just to learn about homelessness but to be part of the solution to raise awareness of homelessness in our own community by sleeping outside for a night. The event is also intended to raise donations that will help those in our community who don’t yet have the option of a warm bed. Participants will be joined by a group of speakers featuring residents who have experienced homelessness, faith leaders, and community leaders.

For more information you can call Scott at 218-590-0943 or send an e-mail to twinportsaction @ charter.net.

Kids Carnival starts at 10 am
Softball Challenge at 11 am
Registration for Night Out starts at 4 pm
Music, homelessness demo, food, art

This Friday night Duluth’s own Loup-Garou will be taking the stage at Beaner’s Central along side St. Paul’s Lotus Eater for a night of rowdy and hearty indie-folk music.

Come enjoy some tunes whilst sipping a coffee drink, tea, beer, or eating a sandwich (might I suggest the Naughty Bird?), scone, or parfait.

Show starts at 8pm \ $5 cover charge \ only 2 bands \ all the smiles you can handle.

Lotus Eater: http://www.myspace.com/lotuseaterband
Loup-Garou: http://www.myspace.com/loupgarouduluth

Retribution Gospel Choir tops off a 10 day tour at Pizza Luce Duluth with headliners Equal Xchange.  Saturday October 2nd.  10pm.  21+.  $5.

This fall, the Encounter Youth Center in downtown Duluth is celebrating over 100,000 total visits from young people since opening in November of 2002.  To celebrate this momentous occasion, a full mini-golf course will be set-up throughout the 38,000-square-foot, multi-level facility.  Games will be offered free for all ages.  The hours for the course will be:

Thursday, Oct. 7, from 12pm – 9pm (course will open after ribbon cutting at noon)

Friday, Oct. 8, from 5pm – 9pm

Saturday, Oct. 9, from 10am – 5pm
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“Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,
come smell your way among the trees,
come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:
Welcome to the night.”

With Joyce Sidman’s (Wayzata) poems and the illustrations Rick Allen (Duluth) spent nearly two years printing, Dark Emperor received four starred reviews (from Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Kirkus & Horn Book) and was chosen as a Junior Library Guild Selection–even before its official release date!

Booksigning with Rick Allen
October 2, from 1-4pm
Sivertson Gallery
361 Canal Park Dr
218/723-7877

Dark Emperor book cover

Above is a 1961 photo of “The Rentola,” a Finnish boarding house at 4 N. 59th Ave. W., in West Duluth. In the 1980s it was remodeled and shed its ethnic identity, becoming a regular old apartment house, as seen in the 2010 photo below. So I’m told, there was an old steam house nearby where Rentola residents took saunas.

The third annual Duluth All Souls Night will be held in the Great Hall of the downtown Depot on the evening of Tuesday, Nov. 2, 6-9 p.m.
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Has anyone been out early-season grouse hunting?  I’m curious how people have been doing.  I have seen decent numbers around Duluth and up the shore.

Grouse Hunting

New ceramic work, functional and sculptural for the Northland at:

Ceramic Art by Lenni

On Friday, Sept. 24, FBI agents raided four homes of anti-war and social justice activists in Minneapolis, the offices of the Twin Cities Anti-War Committee, two homes in Chicago, and others in Michigan and North Carolina.

All of the activists targeted have been involved in legal, open political work against U.S. wars and for solidarity with the people of Palestine and Latin America. None have yet been charged with any crime.

Reports indicate that this raid was more than a year in the making, and it follows on the heels of a U.S. Justice Department investigation revealing that the FBI has been illegally spying on activists in the peace and social justice movements for several years.
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Anybody have a recommendation for a good tile person?

Pizza buffet dinner and concert to benefit the Lake Superior Youth Chorus (LSYC) on Sunday, October 3rd @ Clyde Iron Works. The concert features performances by Sarah Lawrence & Cal Metts, Bill Bastian, UMD Vocal Jazz alumni in “Port Authority,” LSYC alumni and friends, and MORE! Come out for pizza and a night of great music to help support the Youth Chorus.

Pizza from 6-7 pm. Concert at 7 pm.

Tickets for sale at Clyde Iron Works or by calling (218)591-3515. $25 ($15 is tax-deductible)

Clyde Iron Works, 2920 W. Michigan Street, Duluth, MN 55806

Visit www.lsyouthchorus.org for more information

Time to start getting together our fabulous group of actors for the Haunted Ship on the William A. Irvin. Ever wanted to scare someone and get thanked for doing so? Ever wanted to leer at someone without having the police called? Now’s your chance!

We’re looking for a solid, responsible, fun crew of actors to staff the ship. The age for volunteers is 18 for safety reasons, but if you’re younger (like 16ish and extremely interested) or if you’ve worked on the boat before, we should be able to work something out.
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The sun is setting on this canoe season. Get you last fix in at Hartley Nature Center.  This Saturday, September 25, from 10 am- 1:30 p.m., rent a canoe at the nature center and paddle around Hartley Pond!

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On Saturday, Sept. 25, at 2:30 p.m., all neighbors are invited to gather at the Lower Chester Park Rink on East 15th Avenue between Fifth and Sixth Street. This is a pot luck event with games, balloon animals, a magician, and other silliness.

There is a serious side to this event, too. The rink and warming house at Lower Chester Park are in danger of being torn down — and soon. They are still in good repair, and it would be a shame to see this facility continue to go to waste. The facility has been under-utilized for several years due largely to lack of consistent hours, no Zamboni, no easy way to flood the rink, etc.

The goal of this gathering on Saturday afternoon, aside from having some good-ol’-fashioned family fun, is to mobilize a neighborhood-wide grass-roots effort to keep this rink alive. We’d love to fill the rink on Saturday afternoon with as many neighbors as possible (from BOTH sides of the creek!). College students, high school students, and families with young children are especially encouraged to attend.

Utensils, plates, bowls and cups will be provided. Bring lawn chairs, beverages, anything with wheels (human-powered), and lots of enthusiasm. Folks with questions should contact Mabel Galvin at 724-7667, or Bev Bertnson at 724-6126.

art and artists fest

14th Annual Franconia Sculpture Park Art and Artists Celebration
Saturday · September 25th · 10:00am to 9:00pm · Rain or Shine

. . . is a day-long festival celebrating the artists, the new sculpture installations, and our amazing community. A full day’s entertainment with artist-led tours, live music, dance, poetry, kids’ activities, and great food.

This year’s Franconia Fellowship and Intern Artists will be exhibiting their new sculpture installations – some interactive, some climbable, most simply amazing. There will be artist-led tours of the exhibition for those who like to get the inside scoop on the artists and their work.

Franconia Web Site

Facebook Link

Friday, Sept. 24 | 8 p.m. | $8
Beaner’s Central, West Duluth

Mark Anderson Trio * Atlantis Quartet
Kilometers Davis * Billy Don’t Be a Hero

Yep, we’re doing it again. The first person to comment on this post will be on the guest list for free admission to tonight’s show.

On gigapan.org.

A varicocele is an enlargement of the veins of the scrotum, frequently causing a knotted or swollen appearance.

Fortunately, Duluth’s Progressive Medical Association had a “master specialist” back in the day. He considered the cause of a varicocele to be “often indiscretion” and listed as references some of “the leading businessmen of the city.”
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Thursday, Sept. 23 | 8 p.m. | $8
Beaner’s Central, West Duluth

Yeltzi * Tony Furtado
Steve Isakson Band * The Brushstrokes

Rainy day fun! Get into the show free by being the first person to comment on this post.