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DSFF Day 3 & 4

May 31, 2014 1 Comment

Last night, I saw Sorcerer and the Shorts festival at the Duluth Superior Film Festival… and I will be adding more to my thoughts before I post them.

Kathleen RobertsBut I ran into Kathleen Roberts, a local poet and a leader in the Duluth arts scene (one of the engines behind Prove Gallery). I teased that she would probably spend the weekend watching the movies in her gallery, but this is what she shared with me, instead — the movies she wants to see in the festival. Maybe she or I will see you there?

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Film Fest Night 2: Stop the Pounding Heart

May 30, 2014 No Comments

Last night was night #2 of the Duluth Superior Film Fest, and I made an evening of it.

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Film Festival Night 1: Clyde Iron

May 28, 2014 No Comments

Full schedule here.


Events

Wildwoods, Woodchucks, and More

May 26, 2014 No Comments

Friday we got a call from Samantha, Annabelle, and Lorelei. While these girls were out walking, they found a woodchuck who was stuck in a storm drain. They couldn’t turn away from an animal in trouble, so they called Animal Allies. Animal Allies gave them our number.

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Media Relations Internship Available

May 19, 2014 No Comments

The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council (ARAC)…

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Fox Kit from Park Point

May 19, 2014 9 Comments

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Deer in Need; Baby Porcupine Indeed!

May 10, 2014 1 Comment

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Bear

Apr 27, 2014 2 Comments

In early spring, bear moms often “park” their tiny cubs in or next to a tall “refuge tree” while they go off to forage. The cubs can climb to safety if they feel threatened, and can sleep up in the branches, out of harm’s way, while they wait for mom to return. Mom may be gone for a while. Read more about “refuge trees” here.

Wildwoods got a call yesterday morning about a small cub all by herself. After touching base with Dr. Rogers at the Bear Center, we’ve asked the folks who called about the cub to keep an eye on her from a distance, while keeping curious onlookers, dogs, etc., away. We want to give mom every chance to come back and reclaim her cub.

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Roller Derby Victory!

Apr 27, 2014 No Comments

Harbor City Roller Dames were victorious all around Saturday night! The HCRD Shipwreckers won their bout against Forx Roller Derby 295-112; I missed most of this bout, catching dinner with friends beforehand.

The HCRD Nautikills won their bout against Mid State Sisters of Skate 223-129! It was close in the beginning; the SOS seemed masterful at luring the dames into the penalty box, and they were skillful at keeping control of the lead jammer.

But no one is as flexible as the Dames, no team can adjust the way the dames can adjust, you know?

Special goodbye to the person who introduced me to local derby through a Nerd Nite presentation years ago, I think it was: Killer Cletah. This was her retirement bout, and I will miss her terribly, despite being greeted with “Good to see you, Sir.”


Sports

Cracked Walnut Poetry at Prøve

Apr 24, 2014 No Comments

Cracked Walnut Poetry (with the art of Kathy McTavish’s “Origin of Birds” projected behind them) at Prøve.


Art

Speed Research at UMD

Apr 22, 2014 No Comments

The UMD Visualization Lab‘s monthly Speed Research is up, and ready to be watched.

Talks about telepresent art, Hobbesian political science, and humor in business education. Fun!


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Writing Nature at UMD

Apr 17, 2014 No Comments

For the annual Writing Nature event, Atina Diffley read and spoke at UMD. Diffley’s visit to Duluth focused on writing creative nonfiction, organic farming, sustainability and the relationship we all have to the land. It was sponsored by the UMD College of Liberal Arts as well as the departments of English and Writing Studies, and some brief clips give you a sense of her flavor as a speaker and a writer.

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Videos

Michael Fedo read at UMD

Apr 16, 2014 No Comments

Michael Fedo read at UMD, and at LSC. I gained a genuine appreciation of him as a humorist.

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Soundcloud Accumulator for Duluth Music

Apr 14, 2014 7 Comments

If I left this thread open for a few days, and promised to alphabetize into a master list the SoundCloud pages of musicians who posted their SoundCloud links here, would anyone do that? Would it be interested?

I ask because I was posting about Tim Kaiser on FB, and noted that there were two Tim Kaisers on SoundCloud, and I wondered: what if there were a master list?


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Public lecture season…

Apr 12, 2014 No Comments

Universities in our region rarely schedule as many public lectures in the dead of winter the way they schedule them in the spring. Driving is safer for regional guests, while longer daylight means more community members will brave the parking hazards of campuses.

As a result, then, I’ve been to too many public lectures lately.

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