The streak is over! A level III predatory offender has been released to a Duluth neighborhood that isn’t the West End

Paul Lundgren Apr 09, 2014 11 Comments

The Duluth Police Dept. announced on Tuesday a level III predatory offender has been released and is living on the 700 block of Boundary Avenue in Duluth’s Bayview Heights neighborhood, on the Duluth/Proctor border. It marks the end of a streak in which eight consecutive sex offenders released in Duluth chose to live in the West End neighborhood. This was over a span of exactly one year, going by the dates of DPD news releases — April 8, 2013 to April 8, 2014.

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R.I.P. Memorial Community Center

Paul Lundgren Apr 09, 2014 3 Comments

The community center building at Memorial Park in West Duluth is no more. The PDD Drone did a fly through on Sunday for posterity.

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Where not in Duluth?

Paul Lundgren Apr 08, 2014 27 Comments

In a twist on our usual game of “Where in Duluth?” we note this time the image was not shot in Duluth, yet the flag references Duluth’s Enger Park. Ready? Set? Describe the location where this photo was shot.


Photos

Duluth Band Profile: Maddy Siiter

Seth Langreck Apr 08, 2014 No Comments

Maddy Sitter adds a youthful approach to song writing. She explains how music has aided her in addressing issues that few young adults address. Click on the image above to hear her interview.


Music ,

Duluth Denfeld Sing-along Drone Video

Cory Fechner Apr 07, 2014 4 Comments

Footage by Liftoff Aerials.

The Halls of Denfeld (alma mater)

Oh, we love the halls of Denfeld
That surround us here today.
And we will not forget,
Though we be near or far away.

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My Duluth: Short film about saying goodbye

Lance Karasti Apr 07, 2014 6 Comments

If you enjoyed it, please help me out and vote for this short film at rodemic.com. The grand prize is a bunch of really great film equipment, which would help me make more short films in the area and another feature! Thank you for your time. I hope you enjoy it!


Videos

Usual pot hole complaint: What’s the deal?

aluminumpork Apr 07, 2014 29 Comments

Is there a schedule that I’m not aware of for pot hole filling? I feel like the weather has been warm enough lately for filling, but I have yet to see a single crew out. Are they waiting for all the snow to melt? Do they fear another snow storm and the plows it will bring? Have we decided to simply switch to gravel roads because they would be smoother?

My already fragile and poorly designed suspension is crying.


Uncategorized

R.I.P. Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

PDDTV Apr 07, 2014 No Comments


R.I.P., Videos

This week: Don Ness vs. Jim Carlson

Lawrence Lee Apr 07, 2014 No Comments

  

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

The public schools are on “spring break” this week and there’s open ice skating, kickball, lacrosse and more at the Duluth Heritage Sports Center and movies (including Catching Fire and 47 Ronin) at the Public Library this week.

Eat Downtown Week, with its prix fixe lunch and dinner menus at participating restaurants, ends this Friday.

Hero/Villain/Savior/Scoundrel is an exhibition of portraits featuring Don Ness and Jim Carlson by various local artists. It opens at the Zeitgeist on Thursday.

Think of it as a catered yoga sing-along. There will be a Kirtan at Beaner’s Central on Friday.

“Inuksuit” is an environmental musical piece in which 66 musicians will be spread over the grounds of Glensheen Mansion and the audience wanders through the piece. This happens on Saturday.

Daniel Tobin performs “An Iliad: A One-Man Odyssey” at Mitchell Auditorium on Sunday.

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


Events

Enger Tower inside and out

PDDTV Apr 07, 2014 No Comments

The PDD Drone takes an up-close and faraway look at a Duluth icon.


Videos ,

Duluth Mystery Photo #12: Holt Caterpillar

Paul Lundgren Apr 06, 2014 3 Comments

This week’s mystery photo is an illustration, really, but the small print indicates it’s a “drawing from photograph.” The text of this 1922 advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post refers to Duluth, which leads one to assume the illustration is based on a photo shot in Duluth. Is it? Does anyone recognize this location 92 years later?


History, Photos

Icebox Radio Theater: Acting Internships

David Beard Apr 05, 2014 No Comments

The Icebox Radio Theater is searching for performers for a two-week tour of public libraries in Northern Minnesota from June 2 to 13. We are in need of talented individuals willing to learn about a new form of theater while performing for kids and adults in a series of small shows in public libraries from Grand Rapids to Grand Marais. Must have own transportation to general area of events and for long weekend of rehearsals in International Falls. Per-show stipend plus lodging and mileage paid.


Art

2014 Duluth Homegrown Field Guide

Cory Fechner Apr 05, 2014 No Comments

Read the 2014 Duluth Homegrown Field Guide online as a flip-through magazine. Band profiles, full schedule and lots of choice Homegrown deets.

Duluth Homegrown Music Fest Field Guide

2014 Duluth Homegrown Field Guide

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Events, Music

Homegrown Field Guide 2014 is out!

Paul Lundgren Apr 04, 2014 No Comments

The Homegrown Music Festival Field Guide 2014 is lukewarm off the presses. Most of them are in stacks of boxes at the Chicken Shack, 207 E. Superior St., and will be distributed around town in the coming days. As of 2:30 p.m. Friday there was one box at the Electric Fetus, so you might be able to grab a copy there at this very moment.


Events, Music

Duluth Band Profile: Wino, WI

Seth Langreck Apr 04, 2014 No Comments

Wino, WI drives hard rock back into Duluth. Greg Conley and Scott Millis explain how the band started as a reaction to folk. Click on the image above to hear the interview.


Music
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