Loons Singing to the Northern Lights
Seth Trobec captured these sounds and scenes looking over Moose Lake, north of Deer River, on May 19, 2023. The video was released on YouTube last week.
Seth Trobec captured these sounds and scenes looking over Moose Lake, north of Deer River, on May 19, 2023. The video was released on YouTube last week.
This video intertwines a March 13 performance by the Duluth East Symphony Orchestra of Gioachino Rossini’s 1816 opera buffa The Barber of Seville with cartoon footage from the 1950 Looney Tunes short Rabbit of Seville.
The Seed AfFAIR is a meetup for people interested in crop art, the environmental art practice of using plants and seeds to create images, usually by gluing them to a background. The AfFAIR part of the name references the goal of entering pieces in the Minnesota State Fair’s juried competition.
The group began meeting at the start of 2024 and has been featured twice on The Slice; the 2025 part-two video is above, and the original 2024 video is below.
Alan Sparhawk‘s second solo album is not so solo. The title, With Trampled by Turtles, explains that. It releases May 30 on Sub Pop Records.
Big Into‘s most ambitious video yet was shot over the course of four months. It is a companion video to the short film Patterns of the Heart, directed by Connor Mayne.
MN Moder celebrates life and rides a scooter around Duluth in his latest music video, shot by Jaxon “JayGee” Gardner.
The new Trampled by Turtles EP, Always Now, is set for release on Sept. 20. The band’s annual Bayfront Park show is July 5.
Former Duluthian James Geisler, aka JamesG, spits truth about his bald head and big body.
Lettuce, camera, action! The bright lights once again were shining in St. Paul, and mullets were on the marquee. This year’s All Hockey Hair Team takes on a Hollywood theme as John King and Pulltab Sports offer up another montage of the best hair from the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament, handing out some Osc-Hairs for best supporting salads and best leading lettuce.
This video was uploaded to YouTube on March 7, 2010 — 15 years ago today. It shows someone identified as “Pat” piloting a hang glider towed by a snowmobile on the St. Louis River in the vicinity of Spirit Mountain. “Flight goes as planned and pilot releases from tow at 500 feet over ground,” the YouTube description explains. “A minute later his landing flare goes awry. Hilarity ensues.”
Gunflint Lodge owner John Fredrikson plowed what is possibly the largest ice-skating trail in the United States on Gunflint Lake. This video was produced by Matthew Baxley for WTIP North Shore Community Radio.
Please note the video was shot more than a month ago and ice conditions can always change rapidly.
The Duluth Explorers Club is a monthly gathering that highlights experiences and perspectives of local adventurers.
In its series The Slice, PBS North presents short “slices of life” that capture the events and experiences that bring people together and speak to what it means to live up north.
There’s no better time for a hockey-themed song about a goon than the first week of March during the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament. It’s the first release from Fat Earth, a new band based in Duluth.
Iron Range nerd-rockers Big Into have their moneyed interests primed and ready in their latest music video.
In a volatile world, JamesG persists in uncertainty. His latest video was shot in the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Performing Arts Center.
