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Can Someone Please Explain to Me…

Aug 14, 2009 21 Comments

Sweeney_Toddwhy if you want to see Sweeney Todd, or any Playground performance, you can’t buy tickets in advance? Oh wait, you CAN buy tickets in advance online but you have to pay a $2.50 convenience fee per ticket. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to skip the fee and just sell tickets in advance at the door?

I really just don’t get why every other theater in town can sell tickets in advance but the Playground insists on using this odd system.

So, really, can anyone explain this to me? Because I don’t get it.


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The Great American Trailer Park Musical

Aug 13, 2009 4 Comments

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Joyful and unashamedly vulgar, The Great American Trailer Park Musical has been called South Park meets Desperate Housewives, and Jerry Springer set to music by theater critics around the country.

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Ride the Rubber Chicken Charter to Applefest this October!

Aug 13, 2009 2 Comments

 

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On Saturday, October 3, make it a beautiful fall day of crunchy apples and corny jokes as KUWS Radio and Rubber Chicken Theater invite you to ride in style to Applefest in Bayfield aboard the Rubber Chicken Charter.

The Rubber Chicken Charter will leave from Wessman Arena on the campus of UWS at 11:00am, and gets back to Superior at 10:30pm. There will be plenty of time in beautiful Bayfield to enjoy the sights and sounds of Applefest, then, at 5:00pm, you will be in the audience for the LIVE broadcast of The Rubber Chicken Radio Hour. The show will be performed smack dab in the middle of Applefest, right on the main stage. The show will feature local musicians from Big Top Chautauqua, a Brett Favre apple sketch or two, and other fun surprises.

Cost to ride the Rubber Chicken Charter is just $20. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today by contacting Kim Gustafson at KUWS Radio ([email protected], 715-394-8530). Credit cards are accepted.


Art, Events, Music, News and Current Affairs, Outdoors

Renegade Duluth makes “the Network”

Aug 13, 2009 3 Comments

I had given up on much Duluth art being discussed ever on MPR, after forever of hearing the Pioneer Press’ Dominic Papatola’s eye-rolling, painfully self-conscious weekly host chats, (yes, “host chat” a la Regis and Kelly, only if you added a condescending air to their blather). But then they added this interesting feature “Art Hounds” which is a great step in the right direction, only they’re very Twin Cities centric, as is standard for “the Network.” THEN, today I heard a familiar voice: Lucie Amundson, who is (if I’m not mistaken) a PDD and/or Park Point regular. Haven’t heard her on the “network” since election day. They should use her more. Good work, Lucie. Would love to hear you do stories in person sometime!


http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/13/art-hounds/?refid=0

She talks about the new renegade theater show, hopefully there is a link there ^ and you can click and listen …


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Opens This Thursday!

Aug 11, 2009 3 Comments

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Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Andy Bennett

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Romeo and Juliet’s Tragic Comedy

Aug 04, 2009 1 Comment

When:    Thursday, August 20, 2009

Where: Superior High School
2600 Catlin Ave.
Superior, WI

Time:  Doors open at 7:00

Tickets:  $5 donation at the door

Brought to you by CHOICE, unlimited.

Romeo and Juliet’s Tragic Comedy is an outreach production by the BOLD-choice Theatre Company (Battling Obstacles Living with Disabilities). The production reveals the abilities and talents of persons living with disabilities to audiences, opening new channels for dialogue and providing a venue to “talk” across barriers.

For more information visit www.choiceunlimited.org or call the Arts Program Coordinator, Annie Roseen, at 218-724-5869


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Glensheen Festival of Fine Art and Craft

Aug 03, 2009 2 Comments

Glensheen’s 15th Annual Festival of Fine Art and Craft takes place on Saturday, August 15 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

More than 80 artists, free admission, free parking, and a free shuttle bus from UMD

http://www.d.umn.edu/glen/visit/calendar.html#fineartcraft


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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Aug 01, 2009 No Comments

Thursday through Saturday, August 6 through 22, 2009 – 7:30pm

Tickets: $15 available at the door beginning at 6:00pm

Or purchase advance tickets online starting July 23, 2009

Sweeney’s waiting. I want you bleeders.

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Aurora Baer at Carmody

Jul 28, 2009 No Comments

Every Tuesday 9:00 -1:00 pm. Folk, blues and jazz performed with vocals, guitar and harmonica. Come check it out!

http://www.myspace.com/50874956


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Duluth Art Institute Space Talk Tuesday

Jul 26, 2009 No Comments

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Tuesday, July 28th at 5:30 pm

Duluth Art Institute Galleries

FREE

What else is out there? Are we the only ones? Explore some of these big questions with staff from the Alworth Planetarium as they guide you through an exploration of our solar system’s planets and moons.


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Cinderella X 3

Jul 21, 2009 9 Comments

3 cultures, 3 stories, 1 timeless tale of hope and goodness in the face of adversity…

Presented by the East Hillside Youth Theatre Camp

SHOW TIMES:
Thursday, July 23, 1 pm
Friday, July 24, 1 pm & 7 pm
Saturday, July 25, 7 pm
at the Harbor City International School Theatre 332 West Michigan Street, Duluth. Admission is FREE, donations welcome.

Sponsored by: CDBG, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth Parks & Recreation, Grant Community School Collaborative, Grant & Nettleton Magnet Schools, ISD #709 EEAC, ISD# 709 African American Cultural Center, ISD #709 Asian Pacific Cultural Center, The Incredible Exchange, MDE 21st Century Community Learning Center, Northern Lakes Second Harvest Food Bank, Ordean Foundation, St. Mary’s Corporate Contributions, ISD #709 Title 1, True North Americorps, United Way of Greater Duluth, VISTA, Y.E.S. Duluth, YWCA of Duluth, and individual donations.


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Starving Artist Barter??

Jul 21, 2009 4 Comments

Dear Duluthians,
You might have seen some of my art at Bohemia Arts, and if not, please do come see it, because if you like it: I am hoping to trade existing paintings, commissions, and/or mural work for a) a decent bike b) a canoe in working order c) a kayak that floats and/or d) misc hauling equipment and useful accessories for said objects. Or other awesome stuff to trade for might be considered too…

Thank you kindly,
maria sippola
fox wife


Art, Outdoors, Random

Cracked Egg Improv, a wing of Rubber Chicken Theater, debuts this Thursday

Jul 21, 2009 No Comments

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Every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 8pm, starting July 23rd, come to Dubh Linn Comedy Pub and watch us make it up as we go along. Just five bucks. That is a lot of intentional comedy for five bucks. (I know, I know. You get more from City Hall every day and that’s free, but what can you do?)
www.RubberChickenTheater.com or (218) 213-2780 for more info.


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Music @ Bohemia Arts this evening

Jul 20, 2009 No Comments

Come check out a few locals and a couple touring bands from New York! If don’t already know… Bohemia Arts is located in between Superior and 1st St. on 1st Ave W. downtown. All Ages are welcome. Click the poster for more details.


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Free Movie Monday

Jul 19, 2009 5 Comments

40 years ago, humans made their mark in the lunar dust…

In the Shadow of the Moon

FINAL FREE MOVIE MONDAY

Monday, July 20th

Duluth Art Institute

6:30 Gallery open house

7:30 Screening – In the Shadow of the Moon
FREE

Enjoy a free open house of the Duluth Art Institute galleries before watching “In the Shadow of the Moon”.  Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Stephen Armstrong share their personal experiences in this 2007 documentary that celebrates curiosity, courage, and the wonder of our universe.

Use the back entrance to the Depot to enter events. This program is part of two months of enhancement programming surrounding the Duluth Art Institute’s exhibit “Beyond: Visions of Planetary Landscapes ” from the Smithsonian Institution. Learn more at duluthartinstitute.org


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