David Beard Posts

Duluth Meal Deals and Happy Hours

Dec 25, 2010 15 Comments

I took a lot of heat from friends for always going to Green Mill for Happy Hour. $5 apps that make me think of college, you know.

But it made me think about meal deals around town for happy hour. What do you got?

1. Green Mill, $5 apps
2. Midi: Is this right? Buy one, get one entrees?
3. Blackwater: $5 pizzas? How big are these pizzas?
4. Thai Krathong: All you can eat Pad Thai Tuesday? Does it include beef/shrimp/chicken?
5. Sammy’s Woodland: All you can eat pizza buffet Tuesdays?

and

1. Lunch at Saigon Cafe, buffet for $5.99?

What else can you add to this list? I want to eat out in new and exciting places this week!


Recommendations, Restaurants

Hmong New Year in Duluth

Dec 03, 2010 No Comments

The Duluth/Twin Ports Hmong New Year is free and open to the public. It features celebrations with programs showcasing Hmong traditions. On Saturday, Dec. 4, at the First United Methodist Church (“The Coppertop Church”), 230 E. Skyline Parkway, Duluth, doors open at 9 a.m., a program starts at 11 a.m., and will be followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m.


Events

You got your zombies in my movie theater

Dec 03, 2010 No Comments

The season finale of The Walking Dead is Sunday. Standing room only has been a problem for some of the weeks. Get there early (it’s free!), buy a beer and bring a little extra scratch to Dragonport Games, where you can buy more than 1000 pages of Walking Dead comics, books and more.


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Lady of the Lake Warhammer Tournament

Nov 21, 2010 1 Comment

I don’t play, but I know an opportunity for cool pictures when I see it. The Lady of the Lake Warhammer Tournament was held at Dragon Port Games and Comics Saturday.

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Photos

Thanksgiving 2010

Nov 09, 2010 14 Comments

What is open in Duluth on Thanksgiving? We used to travel to the TC to go to Dunn Bros. for coffee (they were open until noon), reading the Black Friday ads, then down to a casino for a magnificent dinner buffet.

Where can I snag some coffee and dinner in Duluth on this most Thankful of Days?


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Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Nov 05, 2010 2 Comments

The Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial folks and the various offices and commissions on diversity at UMD co-sponsored a day on “truth and reconciliation” on Nov. 4. The Griggs Center (a large multimedia-capable meet space seating 200, I’d guess) was filled with students, faculty and staff. Julia and Dick of CJMM walked the audience through the history of the lynching, the history of the memorial, and through some basic reflections on racism as personally experienced and as structurally defined.

The day included showing videos and a reading by Michael Fedo, as well as a tour of the Memorial.

https://events.d.umn.edu/008814

I’m grateful that this resource was available to the UMD community. The day was a success.


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Zombies again

Nov 05, 2010 3 Comments

The Zombies were out in force last week. They will be out in force again this weekend, and every weekend until Zinema 2 gives notice!

Watch Walking Dead, again, at Zinema, free at 9pm Sunday. Support the local cinema and support Dragon Port comics and games, its partner.

Zinema 2


Events

Walking Dead at Zinema2

Oct 26, 2010 16 Comments

Dragon Port Games and Comics will host the premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead on Oct. 31, Halloween night, at the Zinema2 movie theater in Downtown Duluth.

Robert Kirman’s award-winning comic series focuses on the human condition in a post-apocalyptic world, making for a fantastic adventure into the popular genre of zombies and drama. Follow Rick Grimes in his adventures as he awakens, alone and confused, trying to make his way home to his wife, Lori and son, Carl — all the while meeting new folks along the way and trying to survive.

The pilot introduces us to several main characters directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) that will come across as both dramatic and emotional.

Tickets are available at Dragon Port Games and Comics with the purchase of any Walking Dead-related item.

3 S. Fourth Ave. W., Duluth
Open 11am-9pm M-Sat 12am-7pm Sun.
Call 218-260-2646 | sirjeff @ dragonportgames.com

In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to begin living.


Events

Duluth artist reports from abroad

Oct 07, 2010 No Comments

Kalk Bay, South Africa

Duluth artist Kenneth Marunowski reports from his painting trip abroad.


Art

Where do I buy celestial binoculars in Duluth?

Sep 22, 2010 2 Comments

Please don’t say Wal-Mart.


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Lotta sirens on London Road

Jul 30, 2010 3 Comments

All day, maybe once an hour, sirens racing down London Road behind our apartment. Tourists with heat stroke or something else I should know about?


Random

Panna Cotta

Jul 06, 2010 2 Comments

Where can I buy it in Duluth?  Bought some awesome frozen ones at Trader Joe’s in Mpls.


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Free Comic Book Day 2010

Apr 28, 2010 4 Comments

What is Free Comic Book Day?

Free Comic Book Day is a single day – the first Saturday in May each year – when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely free* to anyone who comes into their stores. *Check with your local shop for its participation and rules.

Dragon Port Games & Comics
3 South Fourth Ave. W., Duluth | (218) 260-2646

Collector’s Connection
Village Mall; 2322 Mountain Shadow Drive, Duluth

Fun and Games in the Greater Ashland Area
212 West Main, Ashland

I hope that the stores involved will post descriptions of the activities for the day — special sales, special games, special events.

–David Beard


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Recent Landscapes – Kenneth Marunowski

Apr 28, 2010 2 Comments

oil on paper (16" x 20"), 2009

Kenneth Marunowski
Recent Landscapes
Chester Creek Books & Antiques
(14th Ave E. & Superior St. in back of church across from Alakef)
Opening: 7-9 p.m., Friday, April 30, 2010
Contact Ken at: kmarunow @ kent.edu
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=231462

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Art, Events

Annual Food Queries: Throwback; Paczki

Jan 30, 2010 15 Comments

I’m looking for two seasonal foods:

1. Any stores with Mountain Dew Throwback still in stock … a gas station, a grocer — anything. This is number 1 priority.

2. Pepsi Throwback. Same deal. The no-HFCs is attractive to me.

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