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PDD Calendar Index: Weirdo

PDD Activities Director Oct 09, 2019 No Comments

Wednesday: Pop-up Party at Embassy 35
Thursday: Catalyst Content Festival
Thursday: Joyce Sutphen, Connie Wanek and Louis Jenkins
Friday: John Sebelius and Chris King Opening Reception
Friday: Rabbett Strickland and Pat Kruse
Saturday: Boo at the Zoo
Saturday: Mihoko Goto
Sunday: Hiki Hut at Glensheen
Sunday: Fantasy Flowers Painting
Monday: Duluth Symphonic Winds Community Band

For a complete look at what’s happening today, tomorrow and on into infinity, visit perfectduluthday.com/calendar. And visit the Halloween category to view just the spooky stuff.

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Events

Lake Superior Bakehouse closing coffee shop; baking continues

PDD News Sieve Oct 09, 2019 1 Comment


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Gaelynn Lea – “The Long Way Around”

PDDTV Oct 09, 2019 No Comments

The official music video for Gaelynn Lea‘s new single, “The Long Way Around,” was shot, directed, edited and produced by Dave Mehling in Duluth, with assistance in the shooting by Rachael Stigsell and Paul Tressler.

The line drawings are by Lee Zimmerman. The actor is Vlad Messing.

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Postcard from the SS America “Booth Line”

Paul Lundgren Oct 09, 2019 1 Comment

This postcard of the passenger and delivery ship America is from some point between 1902, when the Booth Steamship Line acquired the vessel, and 1928, when it sunk near Isle Royale.

More info about the vessel can be found in two other Perfect Duluth Day posts — “SS America, 1925” and “Remembering America and her life on the water.”


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Twins done; Trampled by Turtles’ National Anthem video lives

PDDTV Oct 08, 2019 No Comments

The Minnesota Twins ended an historic season by bowing to the New York Yankees in three straight playoff games. But Duluth band Trampled by Turtles was able to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before it was all over. Video via Jumbotron above.


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Duluth Coffee Pale Ale wins GABF gold medal

PDD News Sieve Oct 08, 2019 No Comments

Earth Rider Brewery was awarded a gold medal at the 2019 Great American Beer Festival, the world’s largest commercial beer competition. The Superior brewery was recognized in the Coffee Beer category for its Duluth Coffee Pale Ale, a mildly hopped pale crafted using single-farm sourced beans roasted by Duluth Coffee Company.

Ursa Minor Brewing of Duluth also brought home a medal. Its Thistle Dew won the bronze medal in the Scottish-Style Ale category.

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Duluth 2019 General Election Sample Ballot

PDD News Sieve Oct 08, 2019 No Comments

General Election polls open Nov. 5 at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.

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Politics

Duluth Trivia Deck Sampler #23

David Beard Oct 08, 2019 No Comments

Here’s another in the series of Duluth Trivia cards, from a board game found at Savers.

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History

Luke Redfield – “Ides of May”

Paul Lundgren Oct 07, 2019 No Comments

In the song “Ides of May,” Luke Redfield lyrically implores, “If I’m the one for you, baby, meet me in Duluth.”

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Music

Mystery Photo #100: Early Settler

Paul Lundgren Oct 06, 2019 5 Comments

This photo is labeled “Early Settler Duluth MN.” And that’s all we know. Who is this dude?

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History, Photos

The Richardson Bros. Podcast: New Episodes

Jim Richardson Oct 05, 2019 No Comments

After a hiatus, we return with regular releases. This week’s episodes: “Menno Zwonk, Amish Outlaw: The Death of Professor Marrow.” This explicitly violent short fiction features a shootout in a house on Chester Creek. Also: “Diaper Island,” in which the Robinson Crusoe of Diaper Island tells his terrible tale. Warning: gross. And another Zwonk story, “The Tale of Crusty McGee,” about Zwonk’s yeast rancher in Superior. Also gross.


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Postcard from Lyceum Theatre and Spalding Hotel

Paul Lundgren Oct 05, 2019 No Comments

It’s not known who scrawled a date on this postcard, when it was scrawled, or what the date is supposed to represent. But the date is one century ago today — Oct. 5, 1919.

It could represent the date the photo was shot, but that seems unlikely. The date was probably written by someone who bought the postcard and wanted to remember the date of a visit to that spot.


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Blue Rock Coffee and Wine Cafe planned for Miller Hill

PDD News Sieve Oct 04, 2019 No Comments


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Jessica Lange’s shout-out to Duluth

PDD News Sieve Oct 04, 2019 No Comments

From Rolling Stone magazine:

What’s your favorite city and why?
Oh God, there are different ones from different times in my life. In my 20s, it was Paris — it’s 1970, I’m living by myself for the first time, everything is alive and crazy. Being that city back then … it was like another love affair! New Orleans, because it’s a separate universe down there, with different cultures co-existing in a way you don’t see other places. And Duluth, Minnesota, because it’s home. Shout-out to Duluth!


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Trampled by Turtles to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” Monday

PDD News Sieve Oct 04, 2019 No Comments

Duluth band Trampled by Turtles will sing the National Anthem when the Minnesota Twins host the New York Yankees at Target Field in Minneapolis on Monday. The best-of-five American League playoff series begins tonight. TBT’s version of “The Star-Spangled Banner” will happen prior to Game 3 on Monday, Oct. 7, at 7:40 p.m.


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