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Kayaking the snowy banks of Minnesota’s Blue Earth River

Might as well go ahead and try this at home.

Aerial Lift Bridge Picture

A picture I took about a month back of a boat going under the bridge, shot with a Canon Mark 5D II.

HCIS presents Illusion Theater’s award-winning performance My Antonia

Harbor City International School will present My Antonia on Wednesday, March 16, at 7 PM.  The theater is located on the second floor of the school at 332 W. Michigan Street.  Admission is a free-will donation!

Duluth Musician/Band Needed

The Goldberg Family Boys and Girls Club is looking for a musician or band to donate time at its Teen Night on April 8 from 7-10pm.

Must be “kid friendly” and energetic. Please contact Sarah Hendrickson at shendrickson @ bgcnorth.org if interested.

Cravaack in the news

Congressman Chip Cravaack gets a lesson on what it’s like to live in a country under the rule of law.

Apparently there is a procedure that is followed when people (or organizations) are suspected of crimes. Who knew?

Duluth: The Real Hockey Town USA?

This will only be of interest to the biggest Duluth-o-philes, Twitter nerds (like me) and possibly hockey fanatics.

Last night for about 10-15 minutes Duluth East was trending on Twitter in the United States. This means that there was an enormous amount of “chatter” about Duluth East’s victory over Edina in the MN State High School League AA Hockey Semi-Finals.

2011 Homegrown Schedule

The schedule for the 13th annual Homegrown Music Festival was released today. It’ll probably change a little before May 1 rolls around, but this will give you a good idea of how the week is laid out.

2011 Homegrown Schedule

Documentary Film Passing Through

Passing Through is a documentary about a man from Northern Minnesota who has struggled with the HIV/AIDS virus for 20 years. I finished the film in 2007 as a senior in the video production program at UW-Superior. The film won the jury award in the student category at the Wisconsin Film Festival in ’08. Since then I haven’t been sure what to do with it, so last night I uploaded it to Vimeo for the public to view. If you have 20 minutes please check it out.

[The video embedded in this post has been removed from Vimeo.]

V-Café Art Show

An art show and silent auction displaying art of all mediums- photography, painting, drawing, performance art & music all related to womens’ bodies, lives, and experiences.

Friday, March 25, 6-9PM
Teatro Zuccone (Downtown Duluth)
Free to attend

All proceeds will benefit women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

If you are interested in performing or contributing a piece of art to display please contact vdayumd @ yahoo.com.

Brought to you by V-Day UMD, the Women’s Resource & Action Center, the Queer & Allied Student Union & the Alworth Institute.

Colbert takes on Pawlenty’s dramatic ads

At PDD, we compared Pawlenty to Superman, among other things, for his chest-puffed image on his book cover. Stephen Colbert one ups us by comparing him to Brawny Man.

At PDD, we called Pawlenty President of the United States of Apocalypse after viewing his book trailer. Colbert says Pawlenty is “running for President of the next Transformers movie.” That one could probably go either way.

LakeVoice has a new look

See it. Hear it. Read it.

Check out the LakeVoice’s new additions to its website. Our banner and logo has been updated along with a new tab that lets you look inside the news room and meet our staff. We have also opened our comment section and would appreciate the community sharing their opinions with us.

Top stories on LakeVoice this week include an introduction to the 2011 Homegrown Music Festival, a local business owner recalls the floods of 1972, and learn how you can get involved in feeding people in the community by exercising.

Also be sure to check out this week’s top photos from around the area.

LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community.

NerdNite VIII

You don’t need a GPS to find coolness. You do need it to try GeoCaching, one of the awesome events discussed at NerdNite VIII.

We loved all the talks, and we loved learning about a local creative resource. Kudos to all who planned it, and looking forward to the next one! I’d love to know about NerdNite as a movement — I learned a little at nerdnite.com, but want to learn more!

Ski ’em all: Tour Du Luth

Ski season is definitely not over. The Duluth Cross Country Ski Club is sponsoring its seventh annual Tour Du Luth this weekend. Come out and ski as many of the city’s ski trails as you can, and end with a potluck at Hartley Nature Center.

Blue Laws are Stupid, Post #4

The bill to allow retail sales of alcohol on Sundays in Minnesota is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m.

Quoth Sen. Roger Reinert of Duluth:

“Sunday liquor sale laws are remnants of a bygone era that no longer make sense in a 21st Century world.”

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