This week: a parade, a long kayak trip and a journey down a rabbit hole

Lawrence Lee Jan 21, 2013 No Comments

  

Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and a parade is happening this morning downtown. Stay warm, paraders!

Lucas Will will talk about his 97 day kayaking trip around Lake Superior at Duluth Pack on Tuesday.

The Duluth Playhouse Children’s Theatre opens Alice in Wonderland at the Marshall School Auditorium on Thursday and it runs through Sunday.

There’s a variety show for the benefit of local theater legend Liz Larson in Lincoln Park on Saturday.

The Fusion Belly Dance Show on Saturday at Teatro Zuccone features a variety of styles – steampunk, Bollywood, gothic, tribal, and more.

Playwright John Patrick Shanely will be speaking at St. Scholastica on Sunday.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know!


Events

R.I.P. Steve Kramer

Starfire Jan 21, 2013 6 Comments

Steve Kramer of Wallets fame dead at 59.


R.I.P.

Berserkon is back!

Lawrence Lee Jan 21, 2013 No Comments

Berserkon failed to make it’s initial Kickstarter goal of $42K, but it gained a lot of attention, a major grant from Visit Duluth, and learned a thing or two about what people are looking for from a major gaming convention. It’s back with a much more manageable $9,950 basic goal and stretch goals that will add to the fun.

If you pledged the first time, that’s erased. To support this project, roll again!


Random

The Subjectivity Spill

Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman) Jan 20, 2013 1 Comment

The UMD Anomalies Dept. dispatched two Morphogenetic Field Technicians to Professor Marrow’s hillside home, surveying the contamination from a novel form of radiation.


Videos

Awesome Fest and Bad Fashion Party call for volunteers, etc.

agreeablesteve Jan 20, 2013 1 Comment

Awesome Fest and the sixth annual Bad Fashion Ski Party at Mont du Lac are coming up Feb. 1-3, hosted by the KinkHos Telemark Ski Gang. The music and Bad Fashion Party are free; discounted three-day lift tickets are available for skiers. There will be telemark, alpine and snowboard events all weekend. Ten bands are playing. We’re looking for sponsors, volunteers, participants and a decent PA system. “It’s your turn to be awesome,” and “you have to be awesome.”


Random

Wisconsin Point in Winter

Paul Lundgren Jan 20, 2013 2 Comments


Outdoors, Photos

Call for participants and UMD Creative Writers: Story Telling Project

dinondelilah Jan 20, 2013 No Comments

In conjunction with local organizations (such as United Cerebral Palsy Duluth) and group homes, the Storytelling Project will match UMD writing students with people in the community who have mental and/or physical disabilities from Cerebral Palsy.

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Random

A good place to have snow tires put on?

FranceneStarr Jan 19, 2013 8 Comments

I know I’m late — tires are off the wheels, so need mounting/balancing … thanks!


Recommendations

Found dog

maria Jan 19, 2013 17 Comments

Found this dog running loose on Sixth Street and 11th Avenue East at about 1pm today. Male, no collar. We caught him, called the cops and he got hauled away to the animal shelter. Sorry, Mr. Husky! I hope someone picks him up soon. Super handsome dog, mouthy and full of energy. We would’ve kept him for the weekend but he was too big a handful.


Random

Tiffany Tarrolly and Pageant Police

Paul Lundgren Jan 18, 2013 72 Comments

Former Northland’s NewsCenter reporter Tiffany Tarrolly’s new project is called “Pageant Police,” a video series critiquing the physical beauty of contestants in the 2013 Miss USA pageant.

(This post originally contained an embedded video of the “Miss Maryland USA 2013 Critique.” We have removed the video in the interest of not giving it any more attention.)

The concept of the series is essentially to say mean things about the physical appearance of women who are in pageants. So anyone annoyed by women who are in pageants can experience something worse: women who say mean things about women who are in pageants.

The only thing more annoying would be me, for posting this, but I’ll soon be eclipsed in the annoying rankings by everyone who watches this video and then comments on it.


Videos

Wicked North Shore Icicles

Pretty far north Jan 18, 2013 2 Comments

Former Duluthian here, now a couple of hours further up the shore. My coworker (at the Cook County Visitors Bureau) snapped this photo in the Grand Marais harbor earlier this week. Too awesome to not share.

Photo from Grand Marais, MN on Facebook.


Outdoors, Photos ,

Cookie delivery

emilymoesewco Jan 17, 2013 18 Comments

With four colleges in this town, this seems a viable business idea.


Recommendations ,

Trampled by Turtles on Conan

PDDTV Jan 17, 2013 No Comments

TBT on Conan

Trampled by Turtles performed “Midnight on the Interstate” on Conan. The video was embedded on PDD via teamcoco.com when this post was published but it seems to no longer exist anywhere on the internet.

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Music

“Duluth is Horrible” Casting Call

VincentGargiulo Jan 17, 2013 28 Comments

Everyone’s upcoming least favorite film is having auditions Jan. 30 & Jan. 31. Here is the notice with all the info about the film & characters. If interested, please send me an email with any acting experience you have, a pic, and what roles you prefer. Acting experience isn’t necessary. Just be willing to work and have fun with it. Thanks and I look forward to meeting with you.

duluthishorrible.blogspot.com


Art, Videos ,

FEMA Trailers by Two Harbors

gingerbliss Jan 16, 2013 8 Comments

Does anyone know anything about the FEMA trailers supposedly hanging out back in the woods a couple miles before you hit Two Harbors?


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