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Poll: Best Play or Musical of 2013

Feb 20, 2014 No Comments

This poll is now closed. The three plays advancing to the final ballot are:

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson – Renegade Theater Co.
Cats – Duluth Playhouse Children’s Theatre
The Pillowman – Renegade Theater Co.

The other nominees were:

Almost, Maine – Duluth Playhouse
Burnt Part Boys – Renegade Theater Co.
Collected Stories – Duluth Playhouse at the Underground
Everything You’ve Done That Hurt Me – one-man performance by Jonathan Manchester
Frozen – Duluth Playhouse at the Underground
God of Carnage – Duluth Playhouse
Godspell – Duluth Playhouse
How the Grinch Shut Down Christmas, or, I Saw Rudolph Twerking Santa Claus – Rubber Chicken Theater
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove – UMD Theater
Merry Wives of Windsor – Wise Fool Shakespeare
Metamophoses – Duluth Playhouse
The Princess Bride (live read) – Rubber Chicken Theater
Seussical the Musical – St. Scholastica Theatre
Tuesdays With Morrie – Duluth Playhouse at the Play Ground


Polls

Lake Superior Ice Cover

Feb 18, 2014 No Comments

Satellite imagery of the big lake from Jan. 4 to Feb. 16. Video by Paul Schonfeld. Music by Chilly Gonzalez. Sure to remind many of you of the hand jive.


Videos

Best Play or Musical of 2013 Nominations

Feb 18, 2014 25 Comments

Returning to our periodic infatuation with polls, the next item up on the PDD Awards list is determining Duluth’s Best Play or Musical from 2013.

Before we do that, we rely on you to supply the nominees in the comments. Ready. Set. Go.


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For those in a summer mood …

Feb 17, 2014 1 Comment

“Duluth Sketches: Park Point After The Flood” video by Shawn Donovan.


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Duluth Mystery Photo #5: Baby Marge

Feb 16, 2014 6 Comments

This photo is for sale on eBay under the heading “Vintage Snapshot Photo Babies Family on Rocks 1920s Duluth Minnesota #250.” The description reads: “Offered is a great vintage picture of a darling baby girl sitting on a pile of rocks with another child and a group of adults. Photo is from the 1920s. I bought these photos from a living estate, and baby’s name is Marge and lives in Duluth Minnesota. This picture was taken down by Lake Superior probably.”

There’s not much to go on here for pinpointing a location, but apparently we do have a baby name. So, who is this Marge?

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History, Photos

UMD Bulldogs Hockey 101

Feb 15, 2014 No Comments

The 12th episode of this series about the National Collegiate Hockey Conference profiles the University of Minnesota Duluth and its hockey history, NHL success, the campus and the school itself.


Sports, Videos

Chad Salmela’s Access Gold Medal

Feb 11, 2014 No Comments

We had the clip here from Access Hollywood of Duluth’s Chad Salmela accepting a Gold Medal for his announcing of the 30k Skiathon as a cross-country skiing analyst for NBC. As you can see if you click on it now, NBC has put the copyright kibosh on it. Hopefully that means NBC has the clip available somewhere.


Sports, Videos

Twenty-two consecutive days below zero

Feb 10, 2014 4 Comments

Post by Perfect Duluth Day.

News and Current Affairs

Duluth Mystery Photo #4: Mr. Dillner?

Feb 09, 2014 1 Comment

I saved this photo graphic at some point in the past and titled the file “Dillner.” Call it sloppy archiving on my part, but I’m guessing that might be his last name and on the front of the photo is the photographer’s name, which looks like it’s maybe S. F. Dahlquist. The address is 19 E. Superior St., Duluth. So that’s what we’ve got to go on.

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Martin Pattison

Feb 07, 2014 No Comments

Historical sketch from the Dec. 31, 1913, Duluth News Tribune.

The three-time mayor of Superior was the original owner of the Fairlawn Mansion, which was completed in 1891. Read about rumors of paranormal activity in the mansion at unexplainedresearch.com.

Martin Pattison is also the namesake of Pattison State Park, which was established in 1920. Read about that on zenithcity.com.


History

Duluth Album Releases in 2014

Feb 04, 2014 2 Comments

Charlie Parr
Hollandale
Chaperone Records (Jan. 25)


Dave Simonett
Razor Pony
(Jan. 29)
Available on Bandcamp


Dirty Knobs
I Want to Live Inside the Sun
Xero Music (Jan. 29)
Available on Bandcamp

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Music

Duluth Mystery Photo #3: 1938 Neighborhood Hockey Game

Feb 02, 2014 6 Comments

It happened in Duluth in 1938. That’s all we know. What rink? Who are these kids?

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History, Photos

Paul Robeson in Duluth

Jan 30, 2014 8 Comments

What is Paul Robeson’s connection to Duluth? For some reason I’ve never wondered about this before. Today someone asked me.

Paul Robeson was a singer, actor and football player who was involved in the Civil Rights Movement. You can read about him on Wikipedia and numerous other places on the Internet.

The Paul Robeson Ballroom is part of the Kozy Apartments complex, which has been shuttered since 2010 due to three arson fires. (Photo above by Daniel Kerkhoff.)

There is a one-man show, The Tallest Tree in the Forest, running at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. through Feb. 16, that mentions Robeson was in Duluth in 1947. (The show is probably based, at least in part, on the 1977 documentary film The Tallest Tree in Our Forest.)

That’s all we’ve got. Help fill in the blanks.


History

Five Perfect Duluth Years on WordPress

Jan 30, 2014 3 Comments

A minor anniversary for Perfect Duluth Day: Five years ago today we stayed up late on a Friday night and switched to the WordPress publishing platform. From September 2005 to January 2009 PDD used Moveable Type and looked like this:

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From Gaylord to Mookie: The Best Names in the 1982 Topps Baseball Card Set

Jan 29, 2014 9 Comments

How this could possibly be relevant to the Perfect Duluth Day website will be explained at the end, but up top we present the 30 best names of the 1981 Major League Baseball season, as preserved for history in 1982 Topps cards.

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