Children’s Items – Rummage Sale
Friends of UMD Children’s Place is holding a rummage sale. Avoid the Park Point chaos this Saturday, June 13 from 9-3 at 136 West Anoka St. (Directions: Arrowhead to Woodland. Left (North) on Woodland. Left on Anoka.) We have Children’s Items Only!
- Tons of clothing for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool aged kids
- Toys of all kinds
- Strollers, slings, carriers
- Booster seats, potty chairs, baby bath tubs, diaper pails
- Lots more!
Many familes have donated items, and all profits will be dontated to the UMD Children’s Place. Items are priced to sell and most merchandise will be 50% off after 2pm. Come check us out!
Who, what, when, where, why and Howard
I have some questions about various “Howards” in the Duluth area, and I’m hoping someone on PDD can provide the answers:
1. What is/was the “Old Howard Mill” referred to in Old Howard Mill Road?
2. Why does Old Howard Mill Road have two parts so far apart (see Google map excerpt above)? One segment is north of Glenwood Street, and the other is across the Northland Country Club and a bit farther, in what would be… the Congdon neighborhood? Hunters Park? Not quite sure. In any case, why the gap? They don’t even seem to line up.
3. Howard Gnesen Road: It goes up to Gnesen Township, so that half makes sense (Gnesen Township was named for a city in Poland, by the way). But what does the Howard refer to? Is there a connection to the Old Howard Mill?
I think that exhausts my Howard question file. Can anyone out there provide some info?
You Gotta Go
It’s quilters vs. poets in the ultimate face-off in Duluth. This weekend, see the po-po-poetry take on the stitch-stitch-stitchers in what promises to be a fight to the death. Watch as quilting bees are disrupted with spoken word jams with gangs from each side rumbling over the merits of hands-on artistry vs. word assembly. It’s tactile vs. fragile. Quilts against quatrains.
It all starts Thursday when the heavyweights of QuiltCon and PoCon square off. Beatrice Ludden takes on Rainbow Star. Val Struthers takes her needle against Will Strom’s pen.
It all leads to the ultimate showdown Saturday night when the machines take center stage for an inhumane stand-off: Stitcher 2000 vs. Thesaurus Rex. Be there as lines and threads are crossed with any means necessary to come out on top.
It’s all at the DECC, and in the alleys after dark. Take a stitch in rhyme and see this mixed arts extravaganza melee. Limited engagement, only in Duluth.
Rebooting without Consent
Umm, yeah…
Windows Vista decided to reboot my system without my consent mid-game (Yes I’m a late night gamer geek). So let’s look at this for a second. What if I were running a 2 hour crunching program, or working on an important spreadsheet? No terrible offense, MS, but your promises are half-assed.
BTW, do you have those TPS reports done?
Looking for an apartment
If anyone knows of a one-bedroom apartment for rent for either July (preferably) or August please give me a heads up. A decent efficiency or studio would work too. Looking for something east of 6th. Ave. E. $400-600. N/S, no pets OK.
Thanks!
kokes
FORUM: Israel – Democracy for Whom?
This Saturday, July 13, 4:30 PM at the Quaker Meeting House, 1802 East 1st Street, Duluth
Israel: Democracy for Whom?
Featuring Dr. Smadar Lavie, Hubert H. Humphrey Professor on Islam and the Middle East, Macalester College
How do the majority of Israel’s own Jewish citizens fare under its regime, and can the struggles of oppressed Jewish minorities be linked to those of the Palestinians? Can Jews and Arabs coexist peacefully in a single, democratic state? An ethnic Misrahi Jew and citizen of Israel, Dr. Lavie has faced repression as a result of speaking out for Mizrahi and Arab rights and for a peaceful, one-state solution for Palestine.
Sponsored by the Northland Anti-War Coalition:
(715) 394-6660 – www.northlandantiwar.blogspot.com
Author? Author?
As you may all know David Sedaris was in town last night promoting the soft-cover release of his latest book When You Are Engulfed in Flames. I had the honor of playing tunes for the waiting crowd which finally wound down at 1 a.m.. I don’t imagine there are any authors that stick around until every last book is signed but he sure did. I could have left early but I was hoping to have him record a promo for my radio show, which he did! I also recorded the show on my phone for those of you who didn’t make it out. It is in 5 parts and may be downloaded below.
Thanks again Mr. Sedaris and I apologize for the photo I snapped of you. It was taken before I found out they were not allowed.
Found . . .
If you’re missing the roof (and attic, I suppose) of your big white wooden bird house, it washed up on the shore of Connor’s Point. According to Google, the coordinates are 46.744684,-92.093196, but don’t hold me to that.
Shopping Advice…
I have developed a slight Mountain Dew Throwback problem — a love for a soda that I grew up on, with NO HFCs. I avoid HFCs where possible.
But where can I find this tasty soda in Duluth? Do you know of a gas station or corner shop that still has some?
Video Equipment Scouting
Hello,
My name is Rob Larson, and I posted a couple of weeks ago about compiling a name list for future video production work in the Twin Ports. I currently live and work in the Milwaukee area, and I am moving with my wife to Duluth in a couple of weeks.
My business partner and I are taking inventory of our equipment and deciding what I will be bringing with me to Duluth. We currently use all sorts of fun stuff: Green screens, dolly tracks, the FigRig, the Sony HVR-V1U, updated NLE studios and editing bays, etc…
I would like to get a sense of the equipment available in the area, as well as who’s who in Twin Ports video production. I plan to hold a meeting in July to become better acquainted with individuals who would like to have steady commercial and narrative production work.
Anyway, I would like to leave most of our equipment in the Milwaukee studio, but I can’t service any of our increasing number of Twin Ports clients without good equipment. So this post is to ask, “who has what?”
Cover Story: Gay Getaways & Duluth
Somewhat difficult to find the story online, but click the picture and that will get you started, anyway.
Caroline Smith & the Good Night Sleeps
Performing at Beaner’s Central on Friday, June 12, at 8 p.m.
Listen to songs from their debut album Backyard Tent Set at https://www.myspace.com/carolinesmithmusic.
(I particularly dig the track “Clinch My Teeth.”)
Selling a sea kayak
I’m looking to sell my sea kayak (decent boat used like 6 times, hence the sale). Besides Craigslist, are there places in town that I should be posting physical fliers?
Dungeons & Dragons Mentor Needed
My 10-year-old, known by old PDDers as “Little Pirate”, wants to start playing “Dungeons & Dragons”. Can anyone help explain what “Dungeons & Dragons” is to him? He wants to play the game because he’s a HUGE Futurama fan.
And are there any D&D kids groups in Duluth?
Any Motorcycle Junkyards near Duluth?
Does anyone know of a junkyard near Duluth which has lots of old Honda motorcycles in it?
Great Lakes Documentarian
A friend of a friend is looking to buy a cheap but lake-worthy boat in Duluth. He’s an artist working on a project documenting threats to Great Lakes fresh water.
He wants to start in Duluth and work towards the Ocean. He is looking for somebody that hangs out with small-fishing-company-types, or lake-ecology-research-professor types that might get his quest for a boat started.
This is his website: www.recycledcarbon.com
Twig Renaissance Festival, June 13-14
The Olde World Renaissance Faire is next weekend, June 13 & 14. If you’ve never been, take some time to go. It’s great fun!
Last seen alive at 4 p.m.
The dog in the shadow somehow made it’s way onto I-35 in West Duluth today. I saw it when traffic stopped on the Grand Avenue onramp, where drivers waited patiently for it to merrily prance by.
I think some people wanted to get out and try to rescue the dog, but it seemed like a dangerous thing to attempt. The dog got to the bottom of the onramp safely and continued on its way. It could be anywhere by now. I’m sure whereever it is and whatever danger it’s in, it still has its tongue hanging out and its tail obliviously wagging as if so much fun has never been had.
(In case the owner is reading: If you’re still looking for Rover/Scrappy/ Whatever, I recommend the Irving area. Sorry I couldn’t get a better description or photo, my camera is slow and I had to watch traffic.)
Large-flowered trilliums
Have you noticed these suckers are everywhere this spring?
I must see eight dozen wild flowers for every tick I pluck off my socks. Not a bad ratio.
Clever Headline
This Saturday at Thristy Pagan:
Show starts at 6 with two fab. songwriter/performers. Bands start at 9 and go till 1am. Bring earplugs and noisemakers.
Old Knifey (Duluth)
Will Tolle (MPLS)
Holly Newsome of Zoo Animal (MPLS)
Three Song Sunday (Duluth)
Colder in Moscow (MPLS)
The Fontanelles (Duluth/MPLS)
The Unit Breed (Portland, OR)
Straight Lake State Park
If you ever wanted to see a state park before it’s a state park, here’s your chance. Straight Lake State Park is about two and a half hours away from Duluth, near Luck, Wisconsin.
It is, legally, already a state park, but don’t look for big brown road signs to help you find it. The tiny yellow marker pictured above is all I found. (And when I asked people at a convenience store a few miles away for directions, the best advice I could get was “try asking at the library.”)
There’s an old ATV trail that runs through it (can’t drive those in there anymore) but otherwise there are not really any established trails, maps, parking spots, campsites, ranger stations, etc. (There are little flags here and there that show where some of those things might go some day.)
It is quite a nice lake, so I do recommend it. I wouldn’t say you should drive the 120+ miles from Duluth for this single purpose, but if you’re in the area, check it out.