Videos
Slow TV: Carrot Washing at the Food Farm
This is how the Food Farm washes carrots, slowly. (more…)
St. Louis River Story: Paula Vang
People in the St. Louis River watershed shared their connection to the river with WDSE-TV during the opening reception for The St. Louis River: Diverse Connections at the Duluth Art Institute.
Piano Man and PBS Pioneer Max Morath
The April 7 edition of WDSE-TV’s The PlayList featured this segment on Duluth piano man Max Morath, a member of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. His ground-breaking work on The Ragtime Era series in 1960 for what is today Rocky Mountain PBS set the bar for television programs nationwide.
Superior Surf
Video by Ali Rogers of Prana Lens. Narration by Rob Bell.
Skateboarding in Morgan Park School
Eight skaters, two days, granted permission. R.I.P. Morgan Park, you will be missed.
Shot/edited by Mike Rapaich. Additional video by Stephen Pestalozzi.
Aerial Duluth
Jake Moore’s Twin Cities-based video production company RedbellCentral recently completed this Duluth video, with footage from last summer.
Hockey Day Minnesota 2016 Videos
Waiting Room Collective produced this short documentary of the Lakeville North boys hockey team traveling to Duluth to play the East Greyhounds during Hockey Day Minnesota at Bayfront Park. The Panthers edged the Greyhounds 3-2. Below is the Fox Sports North video spotlighting the Greyhounds. (more…)
The PlayList: Virginia City Limits
WDSE-TV’s The PlayList launched its seventh season last week with a special episode shot outside the 218 Taphouse in Virginia. The show features live music by the Christopher David Hanson Band and Rich Mattson & the Northstars.
The Best Case Scenario
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5hxnXivxI
Samuel T. Weston has a goal to shoot 20 short videos in 2016. Three down, 17 to go.
In this short, shot at the Zeitgeist Arts Center and edited by Josh Bolen, Weston does a little Trump bashing.
Epic Beach Game of Foot Stomp
Starts with a long hug, ends with a brutal footstomp for my definitive win against a 7-year old. I am new to footstomp but it seems traditional in this family (my fiancee, her daughter, and her niece). This is one long clip of this game, which contains many different acts and little dramas, on the shore of Lake Superior.
Beauty Within the Torrent
With the One River, Many Stories project poised to fully launch in April, we present this new video shot by Dudley Edmondson on the St. Louis River.
Kraig James – “Back in the Day”
Kraig James & the Campfire Stars are releasing a new song each month in 2016 for a project called Campfire Americana: Volume 1. This is the third track, available for download at kraigjames.com/music. Portions of the video were shot at the Aerie Lake Crappie Challenge on March 12.
Dusty Heart – “Cigarettes & Matches”
Barbara Jean and Molly Dean perform “Cigarettes & Matches” in a gondola at Lutsen Mountains on March 7.
Duluth Puzzle Derby 2016
Let’s face it: competitive jigsaw puzzling is never going to be particularly exciting to watch. Unless you speed it up! Here’s some time-lapse GoPro footage from last Saturday’s third annual Duluth Puzzle Derby at Clyde Iron Works.
Music is “Held My Breath” by Portrait of a Drowned Man, which was composed for Wicker Kittens, a feature-length documentary about competitive jigsaw puzzling.
I Fell In Right After Taking This Footage Which Clearly Shows Me Being An Idiot
About five minutes after this footage was taken I wandered too far onto an escarpment of ice over Lake Superior. Marching out there, intending to be careful and to stay a couple feet from the edge, I said, “Let’s go risk our lives!” (more…)
Jedi Coworker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h330dRPVE74
Samuel T. Weston has a goal to shoot 20 short videos in 2016. Two down, 18 to go.
Jedi Coworker was primarily shot on the College of St. Scholastica campus. There is also a scene at the Aerial Lift Bridge. The actors are Weston, Anissa Peppersack, John Vālen, Lucretia Stillwater and Mike Koenigsberg.
Daniel Oyinloye’s Dawn of Redemption Album Release Project
Nigerian-born artist, storyteller and community organizer Daniel Oyinloye, a 2004 University of Minnesota Duluth graduate now living in Minneapolis, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to fund his next album, Dawn of Redemption. On Saturday, March 26, he’ll perform at Trepanier Hall in Duluth, along with openers Rachael Kilgour and Isaac Wierman.
Charlie Parr – “Jaybird”
Duluth’s Charlie Parr performs on the gondola at Lutsen Mountains on March 17, the day after his concert at Papa Charlie’s during the DuLutsen North of North Music & Ski Festival.
Video: Lester River Race 2016
Point-of-view video of a run during last weekend’s Lester River Race in Duluth.
Gwen Austin honorable mention in NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ump7-WuFNoE
Yes, Duluth musician Gaelynn Lea won NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest, but yesterday NPR posted “10 More Tiny Desk Entries We Loved” featuring the beautiful Gwen Austin.
Austin went to school at UMD and lives in Duluth on and off. Her most recent Duluth project is the trio Bone Harp. So out of more than 6,000 entries Duluth is represented twice in the top 11. Way to go Duluth.
Sixty Seconds of Minnesota Winter
Video by Layne Kennedy.
Duluth in the House
A quick Duluth reference in House, season 3, episode 18, “Airborne.”
Duluth on Robot Chicken
Duluth and Northeast Minnesota got a shout out on Robot Chicken this week. Watch the crappy screen-grab clip above, or view the pay version of the full episode below. (more…)