Call for Artists
We are looking for a few more artists interested in participating in Glensheen’s 16th Annual Festival of Fine Art and Craft on August 15 and 16. An abundance of jewelers have already applied for the show, so non-jewelers are especially appreciated. Details and an application are available on Glensheen’s website — glensheen.org — or feel free to call 726-8921.
A Different Kind of Duluth Pack
I read with interest the post about the Duluth Pack on eBay. Here is a photo of an unidentified pack. Maybe someone has some information on this one.
Lanyards and pouches in Duluth
Does anyone know if there is a place in town one could purchase laminating pouches and lanyards?
Thank you.
duluthdesigned @ gmail.com
Russell V. Gran Exhibits New Paintings at Washington Gallery; show opens June 11
Russell V. Gran is the oldest (age 74) artist residing at Washington Studios Artists’ Co-op, but is certainly not the least eccentric. The door to his apartment at Washington is adorned with various quotations and newspaper clippings, with most of them involving some sort of commentary on the aging process.
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Karl Spring interviews Alex Giuliani at Clyde Iron Works Restaurant
This video has been removed from YouTube.
Is tonight Ladies Night at your favorite bar? Dept. of Human Rights would like to know.
I’m not naming names here, but I know of at least one bar in Duluth that has Ladies Night specials.
“Gender-based pricing violates the Human Rights Act,” says Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights Commissioner James Kirkpatrick.
Five Twin Cities bars are being investigated.
Fred Tyson Doing What He Wants to Do on Madeline Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkp7YhhBvSM
Good luck on the Howard Stern Show, Freddy.
Identity Theft Presentation
Sponsored by the Northern Financial Wellness committee, will be held at the Superior Library on Thursday, June 10, at 4:30. Free to the public. Speaker will be financial crimes investigator with the Superior Police Dept., Mike Jaszcak. Please come – with questions!
Call for Volunteers
International Explorations is bringing its Treasure Adventure to Duluth this summer from July 24 through August 8 and is looking for a variety of volunteers for this fun event on Duluth’s beautiful waterfront.
Volunteers are guaranteed to have a BLAST at this gig for kids of all ages featuring real treasure from land and sea discoveries around the world!
Places everyone: We need people – from pre-event set builders and setup crew, to pirate-actor volunteers, technical event producers and guest services. There is definitely a place for you at Treasure Adventure.
Check out ZCWAVO.com for more details on Crew Descriptions and Volunteer Incentives or call 218/249-0737.
Great Class for Parents-to-be
Natural Parenting Workshop offered through Duluth Community Ed runs for three Wednesdays beginning June 16. Topics include choosing your birth team (OBs/Midwives/Doulas), birth place (options for home birth, hospital birth and birthing centers), what is labor and delivery *really* like?, birth plans, nighttime parenting, breastfeeding and babywearing.
Cost of the class is $25/couple. Register through Duluth Community Ed.
Raw milk is either going to kill us or make us live forever, according to experts
Apparently, according to the Minnesota Dept. of Health, if raw milk from one dairy farm in Minnesota is contaminated with E. Coli, then raw milk in general presents a serious health risk.
And apparently, according to a dairy farm accused of having contaminated milk, there’s no way it could be their fault, even though five people have been hospitalized and the same strain of E. coli found in several animals at the farm in question has been found in the sick people.
Sure, it’s possible that the dairy industry somehow has manipulated the Dept. of Health into scaring people off raw milk from family farmers — after all, it did a good job scaring Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle last month. But isn’t it possible that one farm can screw up without an entire product being considered dangerous?
And let’s not even get into whether raw milk is healthier than pasteurized milk or not, since even that seems to be a major debate, with both sides telling us the other milk is going to kill us.
Anyway, we might as well have the regular people who don’t know anything spout off about it on PDD. So, is raw milk going to kill us or make us live forever? Or is it just as dangerous as other food products and probably not much more nutritious, but comes from a nice little farm where the cows are treated well and that’s good enough?
CASDA Seeks On-Call Volunteer Advocates
The Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse in Superior will be offering advocacy training the week of June 21. This training is comprised of various sessions preparing volunteers to provide advocacy to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.
CASDA is currently seeking candidates interested in volunteering in all capacities of our organization including the areas of on-site childcare, office assistance, client transportation, and on-call direct advocacy.
Individuals interested in serving as direct service advocates or with interest in volunteering in another capacity should contact CASDA volunteer coordinator Walter Raschick at 715-392-3136.
Flyby
So yesterday, about 2pm, my husband is up on the roof cleaning gutters and I’m acting as a totally ineffective spotter. I look at the sky and I see six fighter jets accompanying, or being accompanied by, one really big plane. They were high up, like the same height that you see a passenger jet traveling, and they were heading I think southwest (but I’m really bad at that kind of thing).
Did anyone else see this? My two thoughts are: the Blue Angels were in Eau Claire last weekend, but why would they have been way the heck up here? And two, could it have been Air Force One or Air Force Two? Do they travel with that many jets?
Anyway, it was cool.
Hula hoops Wednesday at the Farmers Market
My sister Paige (a.k.a. djhoopster), is coming to the Duluth Farmers’ Market to demonstrate adult hula hooping for fun (feats of dexterity!) and physical fitness (ab-blaster!). She will be there from 9:30am until noon on Wednesday, June 9, and will have homemade hoops available for sale. Come and check it out!
Carpets, Blankets and Linens
We want them!! We are reconstructing a small music studio in the area and are looking for any blankets, linens, and mostly carpet that we can use to cover the walls and dampen the sound. Any extra 1970s shag lying around? Let us know.
1882 Duluth Pack for sale – $50,000
On eBay:
1882 Duluth PATD “Poirier Pack Strap Sack” Backpack Bag
Vintage Leather & Canvas Bag Camille Poirer Rucksack
Item condition: Pre-owned
Price: US $50,000
Clouds Over Rice’s Point
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGSxOF5nypg
Time-lapse video of clouds drifting over Rice’s Point in Duluth during a roughly one-hour period.
“Notice that each dies a swift death as it reaches Lake Superior,” the videographer notes on YouTube. “No convection, no cloud. That water is cold in May!”
Trish’s Estate Sale
This weekend, June 12 and 13, I am having an Estate Sale from 9am to 4pm. On Sunday from 2-4pm I will be giving away what is left to anyone who says they saw this post on PDD.
Sale includes: Vintage furniture, clothing and costumes. As well as misc. household, garden, tools, and electronics. Sorry not a lot of kids stuff but we will be giving away whatever toys we do have.
1119 N. Sixth Ave. E. Just up from Grant School.
Rockin’ Honky Tonkin’ Blues @ Carmody
On Saturday, June 12, Bill Flannagan will be playing at Carmody Irish Pub. The 10pm show is free. There will be a few guest appearances. Hopefully a rockin’ good time will be had by all. Hope to see you there.
Art for a Cure
Several local artists will be shown at the North End Art Gallery, corner of Hammond & Broadway in Superior, on July 2, 5-8 and Sat, July 3, 10-4. 50% of the proceeds will be donated to the Relay for Life in Superior for the American Cancer Society. A few confirmed artists: Ed Newman, Chris Bode, Joni Tauzell, Luke Krisak, and Jeredt Runions. Please stop by!. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] with any question.
Whirlpool Electric Stove
Cream colored electric stove for sale. In great condition, but one burner needs some minor re-wiring. Other than that it works fine. It’s yours for just $200!
Speaking of Northland’s NewsCenter …
I am taking this moment to shamelessly plug two stories from last week. Both Renee Passal and myself profiled the Superior-based Genesis Attachments.
The company supplied the gigantic steel shears used to cut the bleeding Deepwater Horizon oil pipe last Thursday.
Fun Fact*
For me, doing this story brought out the unavoidable side of my imagination that creates terrifying, ocean-dwelling robots armed with savage instruments of war. (Not that they truly exist, but if they did, we humans could outfit them with some crazy shit).
Admittedly, Passal with WDIO had the story first. And I’m not saying that my version is better. However, think of it this way:
Could you resist a story about gigantic, robot-controlled, underwater cutting tools?
-MS
Gobin Pawshington rips Babwa Spry Pelts
Duluth News Tribune Editor Robin Washington got one thing right in his column this week: The DNT is not good at promoting itself.
Washington announced that city hall reporter Brandon Stahl has been promoted to investigative/special projects editor and noted some other staff shuffling. It’s supposed to be good news. It shows that the DNT intends to focus more on investigative journalism. That’s what readers want, right? (more…)