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Homegrown Kickball Classic: Saturday wins, leads series 10-9

Team Saturday celebrates its 2018 victory in the Homegrown Kickball Classic. The 5-2 win brought Saturday into a 10-9 overall series lead.

After losing nine of the past 10 games, the Saturday bands came back to beat Friday 5-2 in the 19th Homegrown Kickball Classic, pulling ahead in the overall series 10-9.

Homegrown Kickball Classic: Friday shuts out Saturday

Team Friday celebrates after winning the 2017 Homegrown Kickball Classic.

DULUTH, Minn. – The Friday bands shut out Saturday to win 2017’s high-stakes Homegrown Kickball Classic 8-0, tying up the overall series at 9-9.

This week: Late-in-life fame, lakeside concerts and Lloyd Weber

Charles Bradley ABBA tribute Train

Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Today is the biggest single-day golf event Duluth has to offer-the Charter-Chamber Golf Classic.

The Explorers Club at Zinema 2 shows a film tomorrow about a soul singer who waited 48 years to make it.

Pack a picnic and loiter in the Glensheen lawn to hear Gaelynn Lea and Dan Dresser’s duo The Getarounds play a Concert by the Lake Wednesday.

On Thursday, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s rock opera Evita opens at the Playhouse.

Mama Mia! Friday there’s an ABBA tribute band playing Big Top Chautauqua. My, my.

Check out what are literally being called “the most extreme obstacle course races imaginable” at the Spirit Mountain Mudman Race on Saturday. Apparently they’ve never been in line for dinner at one of my family reunions, am I right?

The last day of the Chalk.a.Lot Sidewalk Chalk Festival is Sunday in downtown Two Harbors. Hey, maybe you can get there on this train.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

This week: Bob, bucking broncos and brews

 
Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Tonight check out local musician Markus J. Dandy’s new open mic at Brewhouse.

On Tuesday, that guy who wrote the new Darius Rucker single “Wagon Wheel” will be performing at Bayfront Festival Park.

Then on Wednesday, shuffle your way to the Endion Station on the Lakewalk for the Sidewalk Shuffle 5K, and raise some money for the Y’s Strong Kids Campaign.

Thursday you’ll have a chance to go to Sacred Heart and yell at Low in person for that 27-minute song they played. Tim Kaiser will be there for moral support. If that’s too controversial for you, the Spooner Rodeo starts the same day.

Friday, explore some art that deals with biology, self, and the past and present. Extinct, Extant is showing at the Prøve.

By Saturday you’ll probably need a drink. Join craft brewers from all over Minnesota for the All Pints North Summer Brew Fest at Bayfront.

Last but not least, Tycoons hosts the Meat Puppets Sunday. Actual Wolf and Enemy Planes open.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.

Homegrown Kickball Classic 2013: ‘I can’t see the base because it is covered in mud, like my eyes.’

kickballFriday pitcher Chad Lyons arrived at the field 45 minutes early, presumably to claim the field for his team in some sort of ceremonial ritual that involved his old high-school soccer cleats and a cigarette.

It worked. Friday took the 2013 Homegrown Kickball Classic, 7-5.

Rainy conditions throughout the week forced the game to be played away from its usual location, Chester Bowl. After a 20-minute search for car-floormat-bases, the action was underway at Observation Park.

Repurposed Duluth Day: Art in the Alley

Art in the Alley

Art in the Alley is located across from the Red Mug in Superior.

[This article is the last in a five-part series profiling local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: North Shore Architectural AntiquesSellers AuctionRetro AntiquesCentral Sales.]

Tami LaPole Edmunds walks through her store and points out every piece of art, commenting and describing with passion.

“Those are just old castaway lamps, but you repaint the shade and it’s fabulous,” she says.

When the CD in the background begins skipping loudly she goes to its rescue, but she can’t help stopping to point out some jewelry while the jarring noise continues.

Repurposed Duluth Day: Central Sales

Xena

[This five-part series profiles local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: North Shore Architectural Antiques, Sellers Auction, Retro Antiques and Art in the Alley.]

Judy Okstad stands at the counter of Central Sales, welcoming customers into a three-floor-deep ocean of stuff. Seriously… a lot of stuff.

Repurposed Duluth Day: Retro Antiques

Panama Jack ready for another Retro day.

[This five-part series profiles local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: North Shore Architectural Antiques, Sellers Auction, Central Sales and Art in the Alley.]

Panama Jack, a man with a gray beard and a black cowboy hat, sits behind the counter at Retro Antiques in Downtown Duluth and makes jokes. Oh, and he’s also the manager, or “referee,” as he better defines it.

Repurposed Duluth Day: Sellers Auction

Col. Brent Loberg accepts items for the upcoming Sellers Auction.

Col. Brent Loberg accepts items for the upcoming Sellers Auction.

[This five-part series profiles local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: North Shore Architectural AntiquesRetro AntiquesCentral Sales and Art in the Alley.]

Col. Brent Loberg stands at the front of a huge warehouse-like room, auctioning off bottles of barbecue sauce, jars of olives and boxes of candy.

Repurposed Duluth Day: North Shore Architectural Antiques

John McCarthy

John McCarthy opens North Shore Architectural Antiques every Saturday.

[This five-part series profiles local dealers of used goods, in all their rich variety. Others in the series: Sellers Auction, Retro Antiques, Central Sales and Art in the Alley.]

In a drafty old 1930s movie theater, environmental consultant John McCarthy sells antique building elements on his days off.

McCarthy, a geologist, opened North Shore Architectural Antiques in Two Harbors nearly 10 years ago. His inventory includes windows, doors, light fixtures, tiles, ceiling tins and other items.

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