To those who know Bill
Message from Bill Meier:
“I’m in Vietnam and my e-mail and Facebook are shut down. Please tell anybody that cares I am doing great and only suffer from a bad case of too much sun. Lumpy or Lefty, please Facebook my mom and tell her the same.”
Poems about Pizza and Farm Equipment
Poems about Pizza and Farm Equipment is a Spirit Lake Poetry Series event featuring two writers:
Michelle Matthees has three collections, “Served” “Outside” and “Junket.” She was a 2009 Jerome/SASE Emerging Writer and her work has been in “The Bloomsbury Review,” “Hayden’s Ferry Review,” “PANK,” “The Bellingham Review” and other journals.
Joyce Sutphen grew up on a farm near St. Joseph, Minn., and that is the impetus for her collection “First Words.” She also wrote “Naming the Stars,” which won a Minnesota Book Award and “Straight out of View,” which won the Barnard New Women Poets Prize in 1994. She has been a guest on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.”
Go see it.
What: Poems about Pizza and Farm Equipment, featuring poets Michelle Matthees and Joyce Sutphen
When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 26
Where: Teatro Zuccone, 222 E. Superior St.
Tickets: Free and open to the public
1,000 Perfect Duluth Day Users
Perfect Duluth Day hit a milestone today at 4:28 p.m. when the user “emmajoru” created an account and made the post below about the Low concert. PDD now has 1,000 contributors.
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Low at Harbor City Theater
Low will be performing Thursday, April 14, 8pm at the Harbor City School Theater located at 332 W. Michigan Street. Tickets are on sale at the school and at the Electric Fetus. $12 general admission.
Friday! (3/25) ‘Farmers Take the Stage’ at Amazing Grace Cafe
Please join us for a fun-filled night of musical and variety talent presented by members and supporters of the Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association!
All proceeds go directly toward the work of the Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association.
HCRD is Back in Black, on the Track!
Women’s flat track roller derby is once again going to rock the DECC as the Harbor City Roller Dames are “Back in Black, on the Track!” Saturday April 2. HCRD will return to the DECC’s Pioneer Hall to take on the Mississippi Valley Mayhem (La Crosse, WI).
A portion of the bout’s proceeds will benefit the YWCA’s Spirit Valley Young Mothers Program. There will also be a pre-bout performance by the Twin Ports Elite Cheer Squad.
Doors open at 7pm, roller derby action starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 plus any applicable fees and are available at the DECC Box Office, Ticketmaster.com, or Ticketmaster outlets. Children 10 and under are free with paid admission.
Harbor City Roller Dames is the Northland’s original women’s flat track roller derby league and currently in the middle of their second season. For more information about HCRD please visit harborcityrollerdames.com or find them on Facebook.
Friends of DPL Mystery Night
Friends of the Duluth Public Library Mystery Night
Friends members only
$18 per person, prepaid reservation required
Guest speaker: Brian Freeman
Duluth Public Library Green Room
April 1, 6-9 p.m.
Low on KUMD
Excited to hear the new Low album? KUMD 103.3 will be playing cuts from C’mon throughout the day today. It comes out April 12.
Rocking Out Autism at Clyde Iron Works
The Autism Association of Northern Minnesota is hosting its annual “Rocking Out Autism” benefit concert at Clyde Iron Works on April 10. Doors open at 7 pm. This all-ages show will feature Retribution Gospel Choir, Uprising, Eeriearq and the What Four. Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Music-Go-Round, Goin’ Postal or online at autismassociationofnorthernmn.org. All proceeds will benefit the Autism Association of Northern Minnesota and its mission to raise awareness of Autism Spectrum Disorders and provide support for people on the autism spectrum and their friends and families here in the Northland.
Saturday at R.T. Quinlan’s
Three Bands / $4 / 10PM / RTQ’s
Fontanelles
Three Song Sunday
Pictures of Then (MPLS)
Hope to see you! Pictures of Then is fresh of (on?) tour and back from Austin. Real nice guys, real great music – if you’re fans of Dr. Dog, ELO or Modest Mouse I’m sure you’ll enjoy their pop psych rawk!
An Evening of Art: Furniture Music
I posted about a week ago about the exhibition titled Furniture Music which will be held at the Old European Bakery in Duluth, and I just wanted to write an update.
The event will be held on Friday, March 25, from 7 to 10pm, during which there will be free food, beer and best of all … art!
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Completely hypothetical question about drinking on the beach
July 4th weekend, two couples are sitting at the beach around mid afternoon watching their kids play in the sand. They are at the “s” curve beach at Park Point, approx 100 yards to the right of the sidewalk. They are talking quietly, drinking a few beers from cans. Each open beer is wrapped in a can “coolie” or whatever you call them. Each beer can is immediately put back in the small cooler when emptied.
What are the chances that a community officer (or whoever patrols the beaches) will come up and hassle them?
4th Street Arts
Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth is beginning an arts-based revitalization along East 4th Street. The first step in this exciting process is by adding new artist-designed banners along the corridor and replacing the existing banners. NHS will be paying a commission to the selected artist(s) as well as the fabrication of the winning design. Visit the news tab on nhsduluth.org or click here. Any additional questions, contact Dan Ollhoff with NHS at (218) 727-8604 ext. 207 or email him at dollhoff @ nhsduluth.org.
What’s Obamacare? It sounds icky.
Another from our Rep.’s crack staff:
Cravaack Statement on Anniversary of Obamacare
(Washington, DC) – Today, U.S. Congressman Chip Cravaack (MN-8) released the following statement on the one year anniversary of Obamacare being signed into law:
“Today marks the one year anniversary of Obamacare being signed into law. Obamacare puts government between doctors and patients; is harmful to our job creating entrepreneurs and small business owners; and has been ruled unconstitutional in federal court. Despite broad opposition from the American people, the Obama Administration and their allies on Capitol Hill used every procedural trick in the book to ram through their nearly 3,000 page partisan health care takeover.
“Since then, report after report has shown Obamacare will cost significantly more than we were told, kill jobs, raise taxes, expand government control, and increase the cost of health care for northeast Minnesotans. In response, my colleagues and I in the House passed a simple, two-page bill to repeal this legislation and begin the process of replacing it with true reforms that will expand coverage while at the same time cutting costs to consumers. I will continue to fight against the folly of Obamacare and for common sense solutions to issues within our health care system.”
First meeting of Duluth Photoshop Experts
No, you do not have to be an expert! Come on down to the DPI, bring your laptop with Photoshop (if you have one) and join in the discussion! Wednesday, March 23, at 6:30pm. 405 E Superior St. For more info, go to duluthphotographyinstitute.com or call 218.393.2468
Faculty Artist Recital: “Music Around the World” Betsy Husby, cello & Alexander Chernyshev, piano
Weber Music Hall – University of Minnesota Duluth March 27, 3 p.m.
Works by Barber, Hindemith, Dvorak, Piazzolla, Neyoshi and Menotti.
Adult $10 – Senior $8 – Student FREE
Question? Call 218-726-8877
Baby, it’s cold outside …
But it will be hot in here!
If you have ever attended one of Harvey Plasch’s BarBQueer events you can imagine how much fun this will be! Dinner and an aerialist performance followed by DJ extraordinare David Vipond (you may remember him as judge’s choice from this year’s Minnesota Ballet Celebrity Dance Challenge) and dancing! (more…)
Ice volcanoes, if you dare!
The ice volcanoes of Park Point are spouting off big-time right now. Grab your ski goggles, your rain pants and your windbreaker and head on down.
Guest Artist Concert: Libby Larsen
Thursday, March 24, 7:30 pm
Weber Music Hall
Recently awarded the Peabody Institute’s George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America, Larsen is one of America’s most performed living composers. This chamber music concert features fresh and lively favorites and a premiere of her newly commissioned work for piano four-hands.
Please join us for a Meet the Composer reception following the concert. While in residency at UMD, Ms. Larsen will present the following FREE events: a noon lecture and masterclass from 2-4:30 on March 24; and on March 25 a Forum from 10-noon and a youth workshop from 1-3:30.
Adult $10 – Senior $8 – Student FREE
Questions? call 726-8877
Wildwoods Rehabilitation
Drum roll!!! Trumpets!!! Wildwoods Rehabilitation is now an official nonprofit organization!!! (Applause!)
About Wildwoods
Wildwoods, a Minnesota nonprofit, is a group of wildlife rehabilitators and volunteers in Duluth. We work to help injured and orphaned animals return to their natural lives. Though we are currently based out of the homes of our individual wildlife rehabilitators, we plan to open a free-standing center in the Duluth area in the next 6-12 months.
We invite you to browse the pictures and stories of the wild animals on YouTube on pffarr’s channel. We are very fortunate to live in such a wild, wonderful corner of the world. Enjoy!
Email
* duluthrehabber @ yahoo.com
Facebook
* https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001386579814
Soils and Spring planting prep!
If you’ve ever wondered “what do I need to do before I plant wildflowers to make sure they will thrive? do I leave the sod/existing vegetation in place or remove it? what if I have sandy soils? what if I have clay?” then this program is for you. It’s free and opne to the public.
What: “Soils for Wild Flower Gardens: Laying a Solid Foundation”
When: Wednesday, March 23, beginning at 7 PM.
Wild Ones members and other interested persons are invited to come at 6:15 for a short, informal meeting regarding upcoming projects and events our Wild Ones chapter is undertaking to share examples and info re: native plants
Where: Hartley Nature Center, Duluth MN
Who: John Pastor, UMD Professor, Dept. of Biology, co-owner and maintainer of a yard that is nearly 100% native and/or edible, and long-time member of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes