I Am Anne Frank
The Duluth Festival Opera presents an innovative music drama that re-visits Anne Frank’s diary in this inspiring story of a young girl standing tip-toe on the edge of her future during a time of hatred and intolerance. Produced by the award-winning Nautilus Music Theater of St. Paul.
WHEN:
July 21-23, 7:30 pm and July 24, 2:00 pm
WHERE:
Teatro Zaccone
TICKETS:
$16 per adult/under 18 free
(218) 336-1414 or online at teatrozuccone.com
Seed Math IV Digital Reissue
Here’s the fourth of four digital reissues of the Seed Math albums that were originally released in 2003-2004. This one is free for the taking, as are the other three. Complete your set, today! And, please, tell a friend.
New album is recorded and awaiting mastering. (Read: I have to learn how to master and then master.)
Free Duluth music for free Duluth people. Eat up.
RIYL: noise, Beck, Ween, noise, Melvins, psych, etc.
Introducing PDD Calendar Beta Test +
Perfect Duluth Day is launching an events calendar, and for the next month or so you can preview it at it’s permanent URL:
We have created this calendar because a majority of posts to the PDD Blog are about events, but the format of a blog is not a practical way to organize that type of information. If you wanted to know what’s happening today based on PDD posts, you’d have to select the “events” category and skim through weeks of random items looking for today’s date. That is lame.
So today our calendar is born. It doesn’t have a ton of events in it yet, and it probably has some technical issues left to be fixed, but the general format is set and it has seemed to be working well during our initial testing phase.
Check it out and tell us what you think with a comment to this post or an e-mail to calendar @ perfectduluthday.com.
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Rick Nolan for Congress
What are “Essential” Services?
Yesterday, across Minnesota, battered women’s shelters closed their doors. Why? Not for lack of need, but for lack of priority by the state. So far shelters and childcare for low-income families have been placed in the “non-essential” services category. What then are “essential” services and who gets to decide?
Walk-Jog-Yoga with Kiki (by Donation)
Walk/Jog/Yoga with Kiki is a weekly summer and fall-long gathering held (by donation) in Duluth of like-minded people that connect through yoga, walking and jogging. Kiki is happy to motivate and empower you to get fit, loose a few extra pounds (if desired) and get happy!
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Mysterious Metal Melodies
I hear a band playing that sounds like it’s coming from Bayfront park, but I don’t see anything on the schedule. Anyone know the mystery of the random sounds of metal washing over Lincoln Park?
Musicians Wanted
Do you play an instrument? Well good for you, you frigging braggart.
Wait … let’s try that again.
Do you play an instrument? Want to get paid to play it and hang out with some cool people? Renegade Theater Company’s upcoming production of THE WILD PARTY needs the following musicians:
- Trumpet player
- 2 Reed players
- Guitarist
- Bassist
If you or anyone you know might be interested in playing some sweet jazz / rock / pop music while earning some cash and having some fun, please contact Artistic Director Katy Helbacka at [email protected].
Free Tour and Talk
Wednesday
5:30pm
Duluth Art Institute Depot galleries
A free tour and talk with UMD instructor, Lucy Kragness, on the history of photojournalism and Esther Bubley’s role in the story. Think of it like Summer School – but fun!
Lynx on its way
Captain LeeAnne Gordon of the Tall Ship Lynx informed the folks at Visit Duluth today that she estimates her ship’s arrival in Duluth at 3:30 p.m. The Lynx is sailing into the harbor for the Duluth Music and Maritime Festival. This will be the first visit to Duluth for the 114-ton Lynx, an interpretation of a privateer or naval schooner from the War of 1812.
Big Rummage Sale
Unitarian Universalist Church
835 West College St
Thursday, July 14, 4-7
Friday, 8-4
Saturday, 8-3
Duluth Schools Construction Tour
Duluth Public Schools just released a 53-page PDF (which takes a moment to load) titled “Duluth’s 21st Century Public Schools: Construction Tour, July 2011.” It includes updated construction photos of the district’s three new and six updated schools. Here’s a brief gallery for those too lazy to take on 53 pages.
Indian Tacos Friday in Lincoln Park
Friday, July 15, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. at the Lincoln Park Skate Shack. Proceeds go to Twin Ports Action Coalition.
Indian tacos are only $5, dessert frybread is $3 and the new ultimate dessert frybread is $4.
Delivery available – call 218-260-5390 or 218-213-4943.
Twin Ports Action Coalition is a group working on ending homelessness and poverty in the northland.
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Music Resource Center pilot project teens to perform
The Music Resource Center-Duluth’s pilot program will hold an open house on Thursday, July 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. to celebrate the successful completion of the first phase of its pilot program. (more…)
Lord Muse
Lord Muse is located at 723 S. Lake Ave. on the Park Point side of the Lift Bridge. The hours of operation are 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Lord Muse offers photography, art work, tea and coffee — all made here in Duluth. Plus clothing from local designers, crafts like soap all hand made, and fresh produce groceries items milk and dairy products.
Big boom on Saturday night?
Anyone know what the loud boom or explosion was on Saturday night at about 10:10 p.m.? We heard it out in Lakeside and thought it was a gunshot, but found out the next day that somebody also heard it out by Mcquade safe harbor, which is quite a ways from us.
Who is responsible?
On June 7 a local contractor dug up my home’s sewer line to find that the city’s contractor bored right through it with a gas line. The city says that it is the contractor’s responsibility, and they are out of business and this was 30 years ago so the statute of limitations is up and they are not responsible. The estimated repairs are approximately $20,000.
I say the city is guilty of reckless endangerment since there are homes that have actually blown up in the Cities after a local sewer cleaning company drilled into the gas line and gas leaked into homes. Those cases are in court right now. In 30 years you would think the city would have taken all precautions to scope the lines to be sure this would not happen again, since apparently I am not the first with this issue. Should I contact the Pipeline Safety organization? I know (especially since I am unemployed at the moment) that I do not have funds for a lawyer. WCCO? Local news? City Counselor? Any ideas for rectifying this situation?
Square Dance Input Request
I just attended my first Monday Night Square Dance in Minneapolis and want to build a similar event in Duluth. I am asking PDD for input on location or other thoughts. (more…)
Separation of church and state?
Holy Rosary parking lot during mass
Three blocks away from my home, every Sunday morning, in front of Holy Rosary Cathedral, in spite of a two-thirds empty parking lot kitty corner from the church, Wallace Avenue is clogged with cars parked up on the sidewalk on both sides and in no parking zones. (more…)
Back to the tundra!
I am heading back to Duluth tomorrow. I have been gone for a little less than a year, is there anything different enough that I should know about it in advance? What has changed? What is exactly the same? Any new restaurants/stores I should check out as soon as I get back? Suggestions for new local bands/upcoming shows?
Bingo!
Someone in PDDland has to know the best place in town to get my bingo on. Help me out here.
Twin Ports Bridge Festival 2011 Photos
Michael Franti and Spearhead put on quite the jubilant performance during the Twin Ports Bridge Festival at Bayfront Park. Cheers to organizer Shane Bauer; this was a great event. (more…)
Parks Commission Presentation About Magney Snively Park
The Duluth Parks and Recreation Commission’s next monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 13. This public meeting will be held at the Parks and Recreation office located at 12 E. Fourth St., beginning at 4 p.m.. An informational presentation will be made by City of Duluth staff person Tim Howard regarding the transfer of the Levang property from the Nature Conservancy to the City for the purpose of expanding Magney Snively. A complete agenda for this meeting is available at the Parks and Recreation office. For more information, call Parks and Recreation at 730-4300.