Hey folks, we are playing a last minute gig at R.T. Quinlan’s this Friday night with some neat Twin Cities bands. Aaron Gall and the Likely Story (hopefully the official permanent name) will be headlining the gig with a full lineup including washboard, sax, trombone, accordion and more!
Come check out the hype before we finish up New Band Night on Sunday, May 1, for Homegrown!
Carmody Irish Pub will be releasing its new home brew “Dead Cat Ale” to coincide with Renegade Comedy Theatre’s after-show party. So come on down and mingle with stars of the stage, taste the new brew and enjoy some solid American music.
Sat. April 30
The BBC Orinoco slipped out of Duluth this morning at first light. Was the Ukrainian/Filipino crew concerned about ANOTHER pirate attack? Turns out the same boat and crew were attacked just six months ago on the Arabian Sea.
Paging Johnny Depp.
Duluth Farmer’s Market
14th Ave. E. and Third St.
Open 7am to noon
The first edition of Lois Hoffbauer’s Farmer’s Market Update arrived via email today. I thought I’d share.
Get on the email list and she’ll keep you posted as to what’s happening each week at the market: what’s in season, when to plant, and all the good stuff you want/need to know.
Cheers!
Photography of the Heavens: Secrets of Night Photography
with Astro Bob King
Wednesday, May 11, 7pm
I’m guessing this will be an easy one. But seriously, this many of you can’t make that turn?! I must not suck enough at driving.
Tangier 57 at the Red Star, Friday, May 6, 11 PM
Thursday, April 28, 8:30 p.m.
$5 ($4 with non-perishable food item) 21+
Rex Bar at Fitger’s
Join MPIRG for a fun night of music benefiting a great local organization — Churches United in Ministry. CHUM provides core social safety net programs which include emergency food, shelter, advocacy, and outreach to over 7,000 hungry, homeless and low-income people each year. Hope you can join us to support this great organization!
Set-list:
Solidarity Hymn
Uprising
Lazaret
The People Say Fox
Blue Water Dance
Open to everyone; over $1,500 in prizes!
Enter the Duluth Photography Institute‘s first annual 2011 Photography Contest. Five categories. Early bird registration discount ends soon.
By popular demand, we chose Big Daddy’s Burgers as the next location in our “Breakfast in Duluth” series. Because it’s located next to Arthur’s Formal Wear in the Piedmont Plaza, we considered renting tuxedos so we’d look good while scarfing down our omelets, but unfortunately that wasn’t in the budget, so we kept our regular clothes on and, as usual, looked like a couple of fools.
The pomp of musicians, and why we care
Jill Lawful
Associated Press
DULUTH–Poor Kristen Jacobs. She’s not just marrying a local singer. She’s marrying us all.
Once upon a time, Duluth citizens gazed upon their rock musicians from afar. Not any more.
Members of the band Sexhawk are now Hollywood-style mega-celebrities — their cellulite, receding hairlines and boozy nights out subject to the same relentless scrutiny as other A-listers.
(Story continued on page 4A with details about what kind of cake will be served at Hot Rod’s wedding. Look below the fold for a chart with important details like what time it will be in Abu Dhabi or Hong Kong when Hot Rod’s parents arrive at Sacred Heart.)
Damage Boardshop over on 1904 W. Superior St. submitted a quick shop edit to Transworld Snowboarding‘s website for its Neff: East vs. West shop video contest. For all of you metal fans they used a song by Class of ’86 and edited without all the foreplay, getting straight to the point and making it last a little over 2 minutes (which is totally normal for most of those guys.)
Everyone can vote one time (tracked by I.P.) so if you really like it and you’re at work go make your rounds on all the desktops! If you don’t like it STFU and make your own last-minute edit.
Place your vote at snowboarding.transworld.net.
I also heard a rumor if you vote and run into the owner at any local establishment that serves alcohol (e.g. Carmody, Lucé, Black Woods) he’ll buy you a shot of Patron.
Harbor City Roller Dames
Sat. May 7
Fargo Moorhead Derby Girls
S. Pioneer Hall, DECC – Duluth
Michael D. Linn, UMD Linguistics professor and friend, celebrated his retirement this week. Linn is most famous, perhaps, for work in the Linguistic Atlas of our region. Mike is the reason that we know that the unique mix of ethnic communities in the Range produced more than 30 identifiable dialects. Maybe equally importantly, he explained (to me, at least) the ways that labor in the mines was fragmented and weakened when work groups were mixed together of people who did not speak the same language. No common language, no ability to organize unions. [Today, it seems, we are separated by a common language that keeps us from organizing. That’s my opinion, not Mike’s.]
Mike taught intro linguistics, topics in linguistics, and applied linguistics for teachers. I’m sure many teachers in Duluth learned their trade from Mike. He also taught writing. If you have any memories of Mike you’d like to share, comment below.
More info about Mike, including some indication of how he will spend retirement, can be found here
Annual Asian Cultural Show: ImaginAsian Hosted by UMD’s Asian Pacific American Student Association. Join us in a night of Asian arts, cultural performance, and delicious Asian cuisine. Admission: $10 (admission includes dinner and a show). For more information, please contact Hli Vang at 218-726-6335 or at [email protected]
UMD Kirby Ballroom
Saturday, April 30th
6:00 p.m.
