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PDD Calendar Index: Superior’s south side celebrates

PDD Activities Director Jul 18, 2019 No Comments

Friday: South End Days
Friday: Dance Attic
Friday: Jillian Rae CD Release
Friday: The Lego Movie 2
Saturday: Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival
Saturday: Ryan Sims
Sunday: Buzz Ryan and Half Buzzed Triathlons
Sunday: Water is Life Festival
Tuesday: The Golden Anniversary of Apollo
Tuesday: Meet the NEMBA Winning Authors

For a complete look at what’s happening today, tomorrow and on into infinity, visit perfectduluthday.com/calendar.

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List of Old Bars in Superior

Paul Lundgren Jul 18, 2019 No Comments

Back in May, a collection of Superior bar memorabilia was briefly displayed at the Spirit Room. On a sheet of white paper, a list of old Superior bars was created, and folks passing through added to it.

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For Sale: Superior Entry Lighthouse

PDD News Sieve Jul 17, 2019 No Comments

The U.S. General Services Administration is auctioning off the Superior Entry Lighthouse. So far the top bid on realestatesales.gov is $10,000.

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Movies at West Theater

David Beard Jul 17, 2019 No Comments

I wanted to see the new Spider-Man movie, and five dollar night at the Marcus downtown is always tempting … but wait. The West Theater is showing Spider-Man?

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Postcards from Arrowhead Cafeteria & Grill

Paul Lundgren Jul 17, 2019 No Comments

This undated postcard, published by F.H. Lounsberry & Co. of Duluth, shows the exterior of the Arrowhead Cafeteria & Grill. The building was located where the Holiday Center is today.

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Gallery of Defunct Duluth-area News ’Zines and Random Publications

Paul Lundgren Jul 16, 2019 No Comments

From muckraking journalism to neighborhood fluff, sports and hobby content to political and spiritual propaganda, Duluth has seen its share of short-lived, themed newspapers and magazines. Previous posts on Perfect Duluth Day have delved into music ’zines and literary/arts ’zines; this post features the less (or bizarrely more) artsy publications.

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“The Begat” from the musical Finian’s Rainbow

Paul Lundgren Jul 15, 2019 No Comments

The 1947 Broadway musical Finian’s Rainbow featured the song “The Begat,” which included a reference to Duluth. It’s at the 1:24 mark in the clip above from the original Broadway cast album, featuring Jerry Laws, Lorenzo Fuller and Louis Sharp.

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PDD Quiz: Presidential Twin Ports

Alison Moffat Jul 14, 2019 No Comments

Courtesy of Archives and Special Collections, University of Minnesota Duluth.

Test your knowledge of local history and presidential trivia with this week’s PDD quiz, which explores presidential visits to the Twin Ports. Inspired by a 2011 PDD post, this quiz relies heavily on external sources (Zenith City Online and Minnesota Reflections in particular).

The next PDD quiz will review the month’s headlines; it will be published on July 28. Submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at [email protected] by July 25.

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Duluth Rock-Skipping Contest Recap

Jim Richardson Jul 14, 2019 No Comments

Duluth skipped its way toward competing internationally yesterday at the inaugural People’s Free Rock-Skipping Contest.

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Lakeside donut shop plan hits snag

Mark Nicklawske Jul 13, 2019 No Comments

A Dozen Excuses owner Melissa Kingren serves up fresh sweet rolls at her Tower Avenue bakery in Superior.

A Superior bakery saw its plans to open a satellite shop in Duluth derail last month but owners are still looking for a place to bring donuts back to Lakeside.

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Duluth rock-skipping takes rightful place as greatest thing ever

Jim Richardson Jul 12, 2019 2 Comments

With Duluth’s natural renewable bounty of perfect skipping rocks, the time is now to claim the mantle of one of the top rock-skipping destinations in the world. I propose a Duluth League that plays by its own rules, owing to our iconoclastic position as Outdoor Adventure Capital of the United States. Envision a day when Duluth’s rock-skipping force fans out over the globe to win championships and decimate festivals. Tomorrow (Saturday July 13, 2PM Leif Erikson Park) will usher in such an age. A Facebook comment about the contest said, “I remember a rock-skipping contest in Duluth in the 1950s.” It’s revealing of Duluth’s decades-long funk that this never blossomed into an annual contest, or festival, in the intervening 70 years. By comparison, look at what the Michiganders of Mackinac Island have going: they just had the 51st Annual Stone Skipping Competition and the Governor comes and skips the first stone. If Duluth had kept its 1950s contest going, we’d be ahead of Mackinac Island by 20 years…

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Selective Focus: Susanna Gaunt

Brian Barber Jul 12, 2019 No Comments

Susanna Gaunt is an artist who creates installations and draws on her background as a photographer. She works with paper, dimension, transparency and light to combine 3D structures with 2D layers and textures. She currently has work on view at the DAI until August 11.

SG: For 20 years, I worked primarily in photography, both exhibiting photographs and teaching at a private workshop school in Montana. In 2013, our family landed in Duluth and I decided to learn new mediums by enrolling in the BFA program at UMD. It was there that I began focusing on installation pieces that incorporate drawing, printmaking, collage and embroidery alongside the photography. The common denominator with all of these is paper – I love working with different types of paper textures and exploring the possibilities of creating layers of both meaning and visual interest. Experimenting with multiple finishes, such as shellac and encaustic wax, allows me to find the right amount of translucency to both conceal and reveal content. 

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The North Shore

PDDTV Jul 11, 2019 No Comments

Travelogue video by Ethan Larsen; music by David Naegele.


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Selective Focus: Rainbow!

Brian Barber Jul 10, 2019 No Comments

Hey, did you see the rainbow? Instagram did.

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Announcing the People’s Free Rock-Skipping Contest

Jim Richardson Jul 10, 2019 No Comments

 

This Saturday, July 13, 2PM, Leif Erikson Park beach. Prizes are gift certificates etc. donated from local businesses (Pizza Luce, Vikre Distillery, Hoops Brewing, Sir Ben’s, Global Village, Whole Foods Co-op, Duluth Coffee Company). If the weather turns on us we will reschedule, but it’s supposed to be full sun and little-to-no wind, which is critical for great rock-skipping. From the folks behind the People’s Free Skate, this is the first of what must become an ongoing rock-skipping festival, either annually or more, a lifestyle choice. Aren’t we having informal rock-skipping contests all summer anyway? All I know is, Lake Superior produces truly great skipping rocks, and Duluth deserves to be known as The Rock-Skipping Capitol of the World. Read on for contest rules!

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