Laskiainen Finnish Sliding Festival
Feb. 6 & 7 (Sat.Sun.) at the Loon Lake Community Center in Palo MN

Celebrating the ethnic heritage of customs, crafts, music, sports,
marketplace, foods and of course sliding! Free and super family-friendly. Featuring the infamous vipukelkka or whipsled! An excellent opportunity to generate your own exclamation points!

http://www.ironrange.org

816 Highway 100 Palo
Aurora, MN 55705

Laskiainen

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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is Hiring an Assistant Director

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is looking for an individual knowledgeable about the regional arts community, self motivated, computer literate and eager to be part of an organization serving artists and arts organizations in the Arrowhead. ARAC has an immediate opening for a full-time Assistant Director to assist the Executive Director, the Board of Directors and to oversee selected grant programs which will receive funding from the new Arts and Cultural Heritage Amendment passed in November, 2008.

Interested individuals need to submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the position and their skills and abilities along with a resume by January 15, 2010. The ARAC will fill this position by January 31, 2010. Application may be made by email or mail.

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Kenny wishes you all a Happy Holiday!

After numerous comments on my “Merry F***ing Christmas” thread, I got a phone call from Chief Gordon Ramsey. He was most cordial and apologetic about my ticket and offered to take care of it in a manner amenable to me. So, I deleted the previous thread- and have a lot of respect for the power of this little ol’ PDD blog and for our DPD Chief. Kenny wishes you all a Happy Holiday (and he is still for sale).

February 22, 1932 – August 25 2009

A non-cantankerous, very funny guy and talented actor.

Local hater and  ne-er do-well Chuck Horton is rallying the troops to the steps of City Hall today to protest corruption in city government and to demand the resignations of a couple of councilors. (6:00 pm).  To make this my perfect Duluth day, I’d like to see some counter-protesters holding up signs with snappy slogans, like “Hey Horton, Get a Job!” or “Carinda is hotter than Sharla” or “Taxes = Anarchy.” I’m sure you guys get the idea. If you are too busy to counter-protest, at least share your pithy placard pronouncements on Perfect Duluth Day!

3 cultures, 3 stories, 1 timeless tale of hope and goodness in the face of adversity…

Presented by the East Hillside Youth Theatre Camp

SHOW TIMES:
Thursday, July 23, 1 pm
Friday, July 24, 1 pm & 7 pm
Saturday, July 25, 7 pm
at the Harbor City International School Theatre 332 West Michigan Street, Duluth. Admission is FREE, donations welcome.

Sponsored by: CDBG, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth Parks & Recreation, Grant Community School Collaborative, Grant & Nettleton Magnet Schools, ISD #709 EEAC, ISD# 709 African American Cultural Center, ISD #709 Asian Pacific Cultural Center, The Incredible Exchange, MDE 21st Century Community Learning Center, Northern Lakes Second Harvest Food Bank, Ordean Foundation, St. Mary’s Corporate Contributions, ISD #709 Title 1, True North Americorps, United Way of Greater Duluth, VISTA, Y.E.S. Duluth, YWCA of Duluth, and individual donations.

This nice little button celebrates the dedication of Enger Tower. The King and Queen of Norway were on hand along with many prominent Duluth dignitaries. I’ve had this thing for more than 30 years- I think an ex-girlfriend’s mother was cleaning out a junk drawer and gave it to me…

I’m in need of your retired steel-tined leaf rake. It cannot be plastic or bamboo- it must be steel. I chop the tines off for thumb piano keys and I need a whole lot of them for a kids music program/workshop I’m doing later in the summer. If your rake is missing all but one of it’s tines, I’ll still take it. You can contact me through yelling loudly or the internet thingy.

Sacred Heart Music Center

* 7 p.m. — Tim Kaiser

* 8 p.m. — Rivulets

* 9 p.m. — Sight Like December

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The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is Seeking New Board Members

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is currently accepting applications from individuals wishing to serve on its Board. The following four Board positions will be open as of July 1, 2009: the Student Ad Hoc position, the Lake County position, and two At-large Board positions. The ARAC serves individual artists and non-profit arts organizations who reside in the seven counties which make up the Arrowhead Region: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis. (more…)

Minnesota State Arts Board to Offer FREE Artists Workshop in Duluth

Duluth — Do you create or perform music or theater? Are you a storyteller,
dancer, weaver, painter, drawer, photographer or practicing any other art
form? Are you interested in learning more about grant seeking, marketing,
and using the Internet to showcase your work? The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Minnesota State Arts Board, mnartists.org and Springboard for the Arts have a workshop to answer those questions. Participants will learn about opportunities and effective strategies for receiving artistic support, promotion, and the new online market place. Artists from diverse ethnic backgrounds or communities are encouraged to attend.

The workshop will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. at Lake Superior College, 2101 Trinity Road in Duluth. The
workshop is free, but individuals are encouraged to register in advance by
contacting the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council by phone at 218-722-0952, 800-569-8134 or email: jean@aracouncil.org; or Minnesota State Arts Board by phone at 651-215-1600; 800-866-2787; Minnesota Relay Service 711 or 800-627-3529; by email at msab@arts.state.mn.us; or via the web at http://www.arts.state.mn.us.

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council’s mission is to facilitate and encourage local arts development. This mission statement grows from a conviction that the arts improve the quality of life in the region.

mnartists.org is an online resource for artists and arts organizations from
all disciplines. It offers Minnesota based artists a central gathering
place on the web. mnartists.org is a joint project of The McKnight
Foundation and the Walker Art Center.

Springboard for the Arts work is about artists – nurturing them, supporting
them and helping them make connections. It is a lifelong resource for
artists – a place to come for advice, training, and renewal. Its programs
provide arts focused management and career services to artists and arts
managers of all disciplines and at all stages of career development. Its
mission is to cultivate a vibrant arts community by connecting artists with
the skills, contacts, information and services they need to make a living
and a life as an artist. Springboard for the Arts is economic development
for artists – by artists.

The Minnesota State Arts Board is a state agency dedicated to enriching the
cultural lives of all Minnesotans. Funds for Minnesota State Arts Board
programs are provided through an appropriation from the Minnesota State
Legislature, with additional funding from the National Endowment for the
Arts.

Make: television presents – Make: Day! from make magazine on Vimeo.

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