Scenes from Fall Fest
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the PDD Canopy of Joy yesterday. It was a good day at Chester Bowl. Sunshine. Pan flute. Cheese curds. Matching puppies.
Evil Dead: The Musical 2010 (Bigger & Bloodier!)
It’s back! Last year’s hit musical that Paul Brisett of the DNT called “your best bet for Halloween fun.”
Bigger, bloodier, dancier, and more hilarious than ever!
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Art Show at Lake Avenue Café: Tuesday, Sept. 21 5-7pm
Paintings by Bob Pokorney. Free wine and chow. Stay for dinner!
Hillfest 2010: Food, games, music, art
Come check out the action at Hillfest on Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m. on the corner of Sixth Avenue East and Fourth Street. (more…)
Roller Derby Saturday Night!
Saturday, Sept. 18, 6pm
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Pioneer Hall
Minnesota North Shore Fall Colors Report 2010
Typical MN Fall Color Peaks
The Duluth/Minnesota North Shore fall colors are expected to be great this year! Typically the peak happens sooner if you go inland from the shore. The colors right on or near the shores of Lake Superior tend to peak a little bit later.
See the the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources website for more info.
Fetus Makes Rolling Stone
The Electric Fetus is getting some love from Rolling Stone. It’s featured in a new list of the top 25 record shops in the United States.
Lake Superior Watercolor Society 2010 “Jewels of Superior” Exhibition
“Jewels of Superior” opens Friday, Sept. 24, with a reception from 4-7pm at the Johnson Heritage Post in Grand Marais. The show closes Oct. 10.
Better Brands Beer Sign Liquidation
The ‘Buerke Bunch’ is liquidating over 50 years of beer sign collectibles. Old and new including neons, pub signs, pool table lamps, mirrors, tin signs, steins, mugs, glassware, merchandise, bottles, cans inflatables, cups, and one of a kind pieces! We carry Hamm’s, Royal 58, Olympia, Miller Brands, Leinenkugel, Heineken, Guinness and many more! One day only! Saturday, Sept 18, at 10am sharp! Preview starts at 8am. 6555 E. Hunter Lake Road, Duluth. Contact 722-3360 for more information.
Lyric Opera Benefit – Saturday, Sept. 18
Please join us for a Benefit Gala Concert to be held on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Mitchell Auditorium at the College of St. Scholastica.
Lyric Opera of the North kicks off a new season — and a new era — with this festive program, which features soloists Vicki Fingalson, Kate Kulas, Sarah Lawrence, Bill Bastian, Cal Metts, Jeffrey Madison and others, along with the LOON Chorus and Orchestra, all under the baton of Keith Swanson. With close to 70 musicians participating – 100% of them local artists- this is an event you do not want to miss!
The program is sure to please: plenty of favorites and lots of variety from opera and operetta. The program will run approximately 75 minutes and will conclude with a champagne reception. More than 10 local vendors have contributed treats for this event.
Funds raised at this event will support future programming, including LOON’s upcoming production of Amahl and the Night Visitors, scheduled for December 17, 18 and 19.
Tickets are $24 and are available at the Mitchell Auditorium Box Office: 723-7000.
You would like it in the Northern Plains: Duluth, Minnesota
This ad for Northern Natural Gas Company ran in Time magazine on Sept. 17, 1965. Hats off to Susie LeGarde Menz for the find. (more…)
New Glocal fair – Dec 11 – global and local artist openings
Local and global artist openings for Glocal, Global & Local Art & Gift Fair to be held Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 from 10 until 3 p.m. at St. Michael’s Church, 4901 E. Superior St. in Lakeside.
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Sept. 25 – Come walk for the library – Laps Around the Library fundraiser
Laps Around the Library – a fundraiser walk to support the library, Sept 25, 2010.
Organized by the Friends of the Duluth Public Library
Exercise * Community * Support the Library
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Google seeking input
Heads up: Google has created a new mailing list for discussing 1 Gbps fiber Internets in our community. Google employees want to know what we’ll do with it, discuss things we have done during the campaign, compare notes with enthusiasts in other cities and that sort of thing. Show them Duluth is still in this by chiming in with your ideas.
PDD Gimmick Canopy debuts Saturday
A Perfect Task for Perfect Duluthians
The New York Times is looking for people to show off their city.
Show us Your City:
A User-generated video project with a local point of view
We all remember the Google Fiber video. I think the PDD universe can produce something better. Better than Visit Duluth. Better than the powers that be.
Anyone up to the challenge?
26-hour Renegade Improv Marathon
Renegade Improv’s Friday and Saturday night crew is teaming up with the New Class to bring you the very first Renegade Improv Marathon. (more…)
Urban Farm Tour Saturday, Sept. 18
Urban Farm Tour
Saturday, September 18, 10 am – 2 pm
sponsored by the
Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association and
Duluth Community Garden Program
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NorShor to Remain Closed
The NorShor received the ban hammer from DEDA today. The building will be closed indefinitely until it meets ADA compliance.
Upset Duluth: In case you missed it
It took a few days to pull together, and the link was kind of buried in the Upset Duluth thread, but in response to demand a gallery of portraits has been started over at the News Tribune Attic. It includes the 1995 photo above, by the News Tribune’s Bob King, of a Superior resident concerned about the condition of the sidewalk near his home. There are photos of people without concerns, too.
I’ll keep adding to it if there’s reader interest in seeing more.
Denfeld vs. Central: The Pranks
Now that the Denfeld and Central High School student bodies have been united, it seems like a good time to look back at some of the pranks students played on each other.
The most infamous, of course, was during the 1974-75 school year. Denfeld kids somehow managed to hoist a Volkswagon to the top of Central High School. The car had “Hunters” painted on the side.
The statute of limitations is probably up, so anyone willing to come forward, admit participation and explain how it was done will surely be held harmless. (Although I can’t promise some middle-aged Central grad won’t toilet paper your house. And I suppose administrators could still revoke your diploma. Better keep quiet.)
One rumor I heard was that the whole prank was based on a lesson from a physics class at Denfeld.
Another prank I remember hearing about, I think also from the 1970s, involved Denfeld kids setting a greased pig loose at Central. Again, anyone with details should chime in on the comments.
And, of course, there was the fall of 1979, when Central kids threw eggs at the Denfeld marching band before the Homecoming game, which prompted Denfeld kids to throw eggs at Central’s band during halftime. I think that was the last significant prank before Duluth Public Schools entered an era of civility and brotherhood and whatnot.
Certainly there were some other good pranks not mentioned here. Let the discussion begin. Hell, we’ll even let cake eaters participate.
Charities win when you vote Bob in!
Duluth charities and UMD can win up to $70,000 in this year’s Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year contest. Plus the alumni association that rallies the most votes will win an additional $10,000.
Bob Nielson is again in the running for NCAA Division II coach of the year, after nearly winning the title last season. Everyone can vote every day on their smart phone and each of their computers at coachoftheyear.com. Your vote could mean up to $80,000 for our community.
(Video created by three UMD students is no longer available.)
Wednesday Happenings at Hartley
Today, September 15, at Hartley Nature Center:
5-7 p.m. Staff-led Mushroom and Plant Walk- join staff as we stroll through Hartley Park to see what’s growing.
7 p.m. AIS meet and greet – an introduction to the aquatic invasive species found in our area presented by Marte Thabes Kitson, Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Specialist and National Park Service Liaison for Minnesota Sea Grant.
More information at www.hartleynature.org