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Gaelynn Lea on Sexuality and Disability

Gaelynn LeaDuluth’s Gaelynn Lea gave a lecture titled “Sexuality and Disability: Forging Identity in a World that Leaves You Out” during a TEDx event at Yale University in October. It made its way to YouTube a few weeks ago.

Lea once felt left out of mainstream dating and beauty culture due to her physical disability. In her talk, she recounts the epiphany that empowered her to pursue life, love and a musical career on her own terms.

Ear to the Ground: Charlie Parr

Charlie Parr 2014A session and interview with Duluth musician Charlie Parr filmed and recorded in Saranac Lake, N.Y., in July 2015. It’s part of Beehive Productions‘ “Ear to the Ground” series featuring sessions and interviews exploring the artists and places that make up roots music culture.

Upcoming Charlie Parr gigs:
Feb. 8 at Red Herring Lounge with Devil’s Flying Machine
Feb. 9 at Clyde Iron Works with the Boomchucks
Feb. 11 at First United Methodist Church

Superior Siren – “Nightmare”

Another round of NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest is underway, with the winner to be announced in March. Duluth’s Gaelynn Lea took top honors in 2016.

Local band Superior Siren‘s 2017 submission is for a song called “Nightmare.” (The video was embedded here but has since been removed from YouTube.)

Subzero with Lake Superior’s Sea Smoke

In this video, Dawn LaPointe of Radiant Spirit Gallery explores a section of Lake Superior’s North Shore on a day when temperatures hovered around -10°F.

Backyard LED Hockey Rink

led-rinkThe list of oddball Minnesota hockey rinks is growing. In December Liftoff Aerials showed off PDD’s pond hockey rink shaped like the North Star State. Now, Gopher Aerial presents Shawn Carlon’s backyard rink in Maple Grove, which uses LED lights for added nighttime fun.

Aqua Kids: Lake Superior Stormwater Management

aqua-kidsAqua Kids, a nationally syndicated television series created to educate young people about “ecology, wildlife, science and how it all relates to them,” shot several episodes in the Duluth area last summer. In this edition, the Aqua Kids get an up-close look at how Superior handles storm-water runoff. From retention ponds to engineered wetlands, the Aqua Kids don waders and headlamps to climb into the storm drains of Duluth to help divert toxic road runoff from entering a trout stream.

Paul Metsa – “Christmas at Molly’s”

This video slideshow, produced by Andy Watson of ANDVD Media, was released just before Christmas. It features a song written by Paul Metsa in 1990 as a loving tribute to Molly O’Kash Muench Spaun, proprietor of Molly’s Bar in Superior. Spaun died in 2013 at the age of 99. Molly’s Bar closed in 2005 and became Tower Avenue Tavern.

Perfect Duluth Day’s Best Videos of 2016

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Among the 250+ videos that landed on PDD in 2016, we’ve chosen 17 to feature as “the best.” From music videos and aerial waterfall footage to everything in between, here’s how people amused themselves with cameras in Duluth this year.

Crows Attacking Snowy Owl at Sunrise

Shot this morning in the Duluth area by Richard Hoeg for 365daysofbirds.com.

Christmas Waves at Tetteguche

Gary Fiedler of Radiant Spirit Gallery captured the power Lake Superior’s waves at Tettegouche State Park on Christmas Day.

Video Archive: Star Wars closes in Duluth (R.I.P. Carrie Fisher)

Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars movies, died today at age 60.

Destination Duluth recently found this WDIO-TV news report on YouTube. The clip is from Dec. 22, 1977, the day the original Star Wars closed in Duluth. Destination Duluth posted it to Facebook with a note that “Star Wars smashed box office records with 459 showings over 191 days in Duluth.”

Kalli Erickson Manion skates on her Superior driveway

Kalli Erickson Manion of Superior makes the best of nature’s ice sheet on Boxing Day.

Big Wave Dave and the Ripples – “Snow Pants”

soul-brothersBig Wave Dave and the Ripples are the subject of a WDSE-TV documentary titled Soul Brothers, which first aired in November. The video above is a clip from the documentary featuring the nine-piece funk-and-soul band in action.

Wall of Sea Smoke

Duluth photographer Levi Drevlow‘s video of the wall of sea smoke on Lake Superior last week blew up on Instagram and was shown nationally on both CBS and ABC network news programs.

Merry Christmas from Fred Tyson

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