Month: August 2009
Ride the Rubber Chicken Charter to Applefest this October!
On Saturday, October 3, make it a beautiful fall day of crunchy apples and corny jokes as KUWS Radio and Rubber Chicken Theater invite you to ride in style to Applefest in Bayfield aboard the Rubber Chicken Charter.
The Rubber Chicken Charter will leave from Wessman Arena on the campus of UWS at 11:00am, and gets back to Superior at 10:30pm. There will be plenty of time in beautiful Bayfield to enjoy the sights and sounds of Applefest, then, at 5:00pm, you will be in the audience for the LIVE broadcast of The Rubber Chicken Radio Hour. The show will be performed smack dab in the middle of Applefest, right on the main stage. The show will feature local musicians from Big Top Chautauqua, a Brett Favre apple sketch or two, and other fun surprises.
Cost to ride the Rubber Chicken Charter is just $20. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today by contacting Kim Gustafson at KUWS Radio ([email protected], 715-394-8530). Credit cards are accepted.
Renegade Duluth makes “the Network”
I had given up on much Duluth art being discussed ever on MPR, after forever of hearing the Pioneer Press’ Dominic Papatola’s eye-rolling, painfully self-conscious weekly host chats, (yes, “host chat” a la Regis and Kelly, only if you added a condescending air to their blather). But then they added this interesting feature “Art Hounds” which is a great step in the right direction, only they’re very Twin Cities centric, as is standard for “the Network.” THEN, today I heard a familiar voice: Lucie Amundson, who is (if I’m not mistaken) a PDD and/or Park Point regular. Haven’t heard her on the “network” since election day. They should use her more. Good work, Lucie. Would love to hear you do stories in person sometime!
https://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/13/art-hounds/?refid=0
She talks about the new renegade theater show, hopefully there is a link there ^ and you can click and listen …
Health Insurance Reform
I am trying to understand the issue of Health Insurance Reform, but all the stories seem to be about people shouting. Are news outlets reporting on the price of health insurance? How much does health insurance buy modafinil cost you? By comparing the average price of health insurance to the average income of Duluthians, we will know if there is a problem or not.
One more from after the bomb baby
Last time to plug the show that might ruin your day.
Promotional product company clearing out inventory
Rummage sale.
– Hundreds of blank and screenprinted T-shirts
– Polos, sweatshirts, jackets, etc.
– Lots of Boy Scout licensed apparel and accessories
– Office supplies and promotional products
– Mugs and water bottles
– Toys and knick-knacks
Come check us out Aug. 19-21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Located behind our offices on 3907 Grand Ave. in West Duluth.
Farmers Market at UMD: Wednesday
Farmers Market at UMD
Every Wednesday from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
UMD Kirby Plaza Bus Hub
LOCAL Produce, Music and Artisans!
Contact:
Leah Nelson
nels5131 @ d.umn.edu
218-940-2138
Ride the Bus or Park for FREE in Lot E! (more…)
From the Rock Poster Archive | 1999
Ten year’s ago, the hottest chainsaw-weilding band in the country played at Stargate in Superior. For some reason I held on to the poster, even though I did not attend. I did see Jackyl open for Damn Yankees at the DECC in 1992, however.
Did anyone see the Soup Town show? Anyone? Anyone?
Opens This Thursday!
Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Andy Bennett (more…)
Clean Recovery Services Presents Mark Lundholm
Mark Lundholm | CSS | Sept 17
Beaners Anniversary Week!
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This PDD brought to you by the brothers Ring
My boys are fascinated with this discovery they made last night at Brighton Beach. Our bedtime talk was filled with the possibilities of the other worlds that just might lie at the other end of a tunnel.
Do you have a favorite culvert in Duluth? I think we have more exploring to do.
In Dough We Trust
I’ll start. Here ya go. I set the bar low. Go ahead. Jump over it.
Phunky Photo Phun Phor Phreaks
OK, kids, it’s time for another PDD contest. The rules for this one are simple.
1) Take the boring image above and doctor it up. Alter it. Manipulate it. Make it something special. Please feel free to use Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, MS-Paint, ImageBuddy, or whatever software you desire to enhance the photo. Heck – print it out, draw on it with markers, and scan it back in for all we care. Just have fun.
2) E-mail your image to [email protected] by 11:59pm next Sunday, August 16.
The prize is two tickets to see Suzanne Vega at Big Top Chautauqua on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:15pm.
We’ll post the winner here next Wednesday morning, along with any honorable mentions.
[a higher resolution version of the photo is available here]
Short Term Lease Needed
I’m looking for a lead on a 2-3 bedroom apartment or house meeting the following criteria: (1) within 10 minute walk to CSS or (2) along direct bus route (i.e. no transfers). I need the lease through 2009, possibly extending month by month into 2010. email me directly: recovery at css.edu
Fall allergy season begins!
It started for me today. Anyone else?
My favorite remedies are sleeping 12 hours a day and eating every second that I’m awake. Snorting cromolyn sodium also helps.
Billy Mays shocks and dismays.
Read and discuss. 🙂
Trouble in Thunder Bay
People may complain about crime in Duluth, but it appears our sister city to the north is having a really, really bad year.
According to Thunder Bay’s daily newspaper, the Chronicle Journal, the city just recorded its sixth homicide of the year. And we’re only in August. That may give Thunder Bay the highest per-capita murder rate in Canada.
I love visiting up there, but… yikes.
A Truly Superior Saturday
… and after some exciting bowling – everyone is welcome to attend the musical festivities.
Danger Strangers are from CA, Captain Black from TN, High Life and Cars & Trucks represent the home team
1935 Wheaties box featuring Frank “Butch” Larson
Duluth native Frank “Butch” Larson appeared on Wheaties cereal boxes in 1935. Finding one of those boxes after 74 years might be a challenge. (more…)
RIP John Hughes
This man has had an enormous impact on my life, I’m a little speechless so won’t even try. We’re playing 16 Candles tomorrow at MITP, just so you know. Wanna come down and celebrate that life/grieve a little with us?
Rainn Wilson Likes Us, He Really Likes Us!
Rainn Wilson (who plays Dwight on NBC’s “The Office”) recently alerted his nearly two million followers on Twitter that he found Dink Tank’s “total devotion to McConnaughy (sic) and “Ghosts of Girlfriend’s Past,” Hysterical.”
So, just in case you missed it the first time we posted it, here’s the video again. This time with a fresh smelling seal of approval from a guy we think is pretty damn hysterical too. In fact, way more so.
Foreign exchange student host family needed
I was contacted by a very nice Brazilian girl named Mariana who wants to continue her high school education here in Duluth for 2009-2010 school year. She was an exchange student at Mesabi East last year, and did very well. Unfortunately, the visa she was on last year expired and cannot be renewed. She can come back on a different visa to attend a SEVIS-qualified high school (i.e. Marshall or any Duluth Public School), but she needs a host family. A stipend for the host family is part of the deal. If you can help, or know someone who can, please contact me by e-mail: nbs @ twinportslaw.com, or phone 625-8765. Thanks very much!