Month: September 2010
Hillsider to Fink and Jewell: Why are issues relating to mining and forestry important?
The September issue of The Hillsider features candidates running for District 1 County Commissioner, Dennis Fink and Frank Jewell, answering two questions:
- Why are you running?
- Why care about mining and forestry?
Click on the links below for the answers. The paper issue also contains an encore presentation of questions and answers from candidates for other offices.
By the way, St. Louis County is over 6,000 square miles — larger than three states: Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island. It has an abundance of natural resources contributing to mining and lumber industries. Why should people in the core neighborhoods of Duluth be concerned? Read up.
North Shore Iron Pour and scratch block workshop: Bob Dylan Manhole Project
Saturday, Sept. 11
Peace Church, 1111 N. 11th Ave. East, lower parking lot
Workshop – 10 am to 3 pm
Iron Pour – 12 noon to 6 pm
Contact: Jeffrey Kalstrom, 218-310-8411 | [email protected]
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Gubernatorial candidates debate in Duluth
Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio, here’s audio from today’s debate at the Duluth Playhouse between Tom Emmer, Mark Dayton and Tom Horner.
Wooden arch from Duluth’s Spalding Hotel at State Fair
I didn’t ask around, with the crowd as thick as it was, but I’m assuming this big wooden arch must be the one from the Spalding Hotel that was retrofitted into O’Gara’s fairgrounds restaurant in St. Paul.
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Minnesota State Fair attendance record
Saturday, Sept. 4, was a record setter at the Minnesota State Fair. In that single day, 234,384 people attended.
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Vintage Film Equipment For Sale
I’m clearing out the closets and have decided to sell most of my vintage photo/video equipment. I’d like it to go to a person who will actually use it or appreciate its history and value.
There are over a dozen 8mm projectors and video cameras, a few Super 8mm projectors/cameras, and several random Kodak and Polaroid film cameras. Most everything has its original case. Make an offer and let me know what you’re interested in. Thanks for looking!
Labor Day at Amazing Grace
Come to the Grace on Labor Day evening, order a Peach Italian Soda with Cream, sit your butt down, and indulge in the uke-totin, ghetto-blastin, soul-inspirin, smile-makin music of Connor Garvey. Connor comes all the way from Mainetana just to make your day fantastic. Please bring your awesomeness.
Word has it that Tom Murphy, Mandolin king of Bozeman MT (and the world) will be along.
Connor Garvey. He’s not boring.
7pm, Amazing Grace
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8GLZVDNLU[/youtube]
Ideas for “Neighborhood Revitalization??”
Three weeks ago, despite countless warnings, I moved into the St. Regis Apartments (up the block from the Kozy). My goal is to be a part of (spearhead?) a revitalization, of sorts. I figure, if something is going to change, I must be an active participant in it (as opposed to ye olde hoping/praying method). The current phase involves increasing the aesthetic through art (murals, etc.). I’m quite curious if anyone has thoughts on this, and most certainly, if anyone would like to get involved. Oh, won’t you please…be my neighbor?
Duluth’s Goat Hill Neighborhood
Does anyone know about the history of West Duluth’s “Goat Hill” area or how it got that name?
Duluth Farmers Market
The market is full of local produce at its peak! There is also fresh and smoked whitefish from Lake Superior Fish Co., the best wild rice and maple syrup from Spirit Lake and to top it off Peace, Love, & Chocolate just announced a Root Beer Truffle on its Facebook page! Stop by the market from 7am to noon on Saturday, 14th Ave. E. and Third St. It always helps to buy local.
Here’s hoping everyone is feeling sequeer during the Pride Festival this weekend
Full rundown of Duluth-Superior Pride events at dspride.com.
WDSE-WRPT shows its shorts! Indoors!
Update on a previous post:
WDSE-WRPT Movies in the Park: Shorts! is officially an indoor experience. We’re staging music and films at the Fitger’s Spirit of the North Theater. Please join us at 7 for music by James Moors and 8pm for films by your creative neighbors and friends!
92.1 Lite FM now “Nu 92”?
It looks like local radio stations aren’t done changing formats yet. I turned my car radio on this morning and saw that 92.1 Lite FM is now “Nu 92” and appears to be another top 40 station. Can anyone else confirm? Did this happen a while ago and I just never noticed? More importantly, why on earth do we need three top 40 stations?!
Cormier Dry Goods of West Duluth
Left:
Cormier Dry Goods, 6227 Grand Ave., West Duluth, in 1907.
(Northeast Minnesota Historical Center photo.)
Right:
The same building in 2010, now entirely apartments.
(Perfect Duluth Day photo.)
Cormier Dry Goods stayed in business well into the 1930s. Gustave Cormier was the proprietor and lived upstairs. By the mid-1930s, J.A. Lundeen’s shoe store shared the building.
Fierce Alleycat Road Race for Reproductive Justice — Friday at Leif Erickson Park
Brought to you by your local HOTDISH militia*
Deets:
Friday, Sept. 3
4pm Registration
5-7PM Race
Meet at Leif Erickson Park
$5 minimum donation to ride
Prizes for all sorts of fun reasons
An alleycat is a bike race and a scavenger hunt combined – come find out more! Be sure to bring a bike, helmet, backpack and your best costume.
*HOTDISH stands for Hand Over The Decision It Should Be Hers. We are a small grassroots organization mostly made-up of badass feminists who spend our time advocating for reproductive justice in the Northland while educating ourselves and others. We have a small fund that we maintain through our fund-raising efforts to ensure that women of the Northland with lower incomes have access to abortion and other reproductive health care services.
Eddie Money – “We Should be Sleeping”
Classic rocker Eddie Money performs a free concert this evening at outside Fond-du-Luth Casino. Duluth gets a shout out at the :35 second mark in the video for “We Should be Sleeping.”
Joss Whedon Sing Along – Friday @ 9:30 @ Zinema 2
Come sing along in this double feature from the mind of Joss Whedon! We’ll start the evening with Once More with Feeling, the musical episode of Buffy. During the intermission there will be trivia, costume contests, and a special Firefly sing along led by Pat Carroll. You can also check out the Whedon memorabilia displayed by Lawrance Bernabo. Then we close the evening singing along to Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog!
The cost for the evening is a mere $9.50 and that includes props for the audience participation portions of the event. You can buy tickets in advance from the Zinema 2 box office or, for a $1 surcharge, on the Zinema 2 website.
WDSE-WRPT shows its shorts! (films, that is) and the music of James Moors
Public TV, WDSE-WRPT, invites you to celebrate smart, original films; and the music of James Moors at its free outdoor local film event, Movies in the Park – Shorts!, Friday, Sept. 3 at 7pm in Leif Erickson Park. (more…)
WOJB Fall Concert Series Kick-off: Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
Friday, Sept. 10, 7:30 pm at the Park Theater, Highway 63 in downtown Hayward. (more…)
Lorrie Janatopoulos for County Commission
Join in to support Lorrie’s run for St. Louis County Commission.
5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1
Carmody Irish Pub – 308 E Superior Street, Duluth, MN
Lorrie is running for Commission in District 5 (Virginia/Eveleth) but that official makes decisions for Duluth, too. We need new, sensible people on our County Commission, so come to the party, meet and talk with Lorrie, and give what you can.
Upcoming Concerts at Clyde Iron Works
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