5th Annual Bike Swap

Sonya Feb 21, 2011 3 Comments

Bike Swap 2011 poster

Despite the current weather outside, spring is in fact on the way, and the United Way and Continental Ski & Bike  are gearing up for the 5th annual Bike Swap, April 16 and 17 at Continental, 1305 E 1st St.  Now is the time to check your garage to see if you’ve got a old bike you’d like to sell or donate… or to start dreaming about what kind of new-to-you bike you’d like to buy.  If your bike sells, you get 75% of the selling price and the remaining 25% goes to the United Way.  We’ve set up a Facebook page to watch for updates.  Thanks!


Events

Lake Superior Waves Video

GPearl Feb 21, 2011 11 Comments

I’m new to the area, so I was really excited to see the waves and film some this morning. To all locals: what’s the biggest waves you’ve seen?


Outdoors, Videos

Hockey Day Minnesota: Portman Bruins vs. Glen Avon Red Army

PDDTV Feb 21, 2011 2 Comments

[This post originally featured video from nhl.com that has since been removed.]


Outdoors, Sports, Videos

Last Day to Celebrate I Love to Read Month!

Success By 6 Duluth Feb 21, 2011 4 Comments

Kids and parents come and join United Way Success By 6 at the Duluth Public Library for our final Cozy Pajama Story Time!

The last three weeks have been a huge success and we want to make sure more people can enjoy our final story time on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 6:30pm in the Green Room at the library.

Three teen readers from the Boys and Girls Club of Duluth will be reading as a part of a service project.  The stories are expected to go from 6:30-6:50 with a craft activity planned for 6:50-7:15.

It will be another great night of fun during that restless time between dinner and bedtime for your little ones.


Events, News and Current Affairs , ,

2011 St. David’s Day Open Reading

Paul Lundgren Feb 21, 2011 No Comments

As always, it’s free.


Events

Blowin’ in the Wind

Starfire Feb 20, 2011 11 Comments

Videos

Loup-Garou EP Release

Zacaroo Feb 20, 2011 No Comments

EP Release Flier

Loup-Garou will release their debut EP this Saturday down at Beaner’s Central alongside The People Say Fox and Minneapolis’s Party House.

Show starts at 8pm, $5 cover, and open to all ages.

If you didn’t get a ticket to Atmosphere, this is the place to be.


Music

Sarah Heimer, When is Frozen Man?

adam Feb 20, 2011 1 Comment

Dude.


Random

Duluth Deer Parts

bluenewt Feb 20, 2011 26 Comments

Has anyone else noticed deer parts along Seven Bridges Road? You know where they close the road in the winter, and people walk and ski and snowmobile and run dogs? Near the barrier at the bottom, and in the woods next to Smiley’s, my dog is always coming up with a spine or a leg or a hunk of pelvis. What’s up with that? Do poachers dump the parts they don’t want there? Do old deer go there to die?


Outdoors

Duluth Media Boners

K. Praslowicz Feb 19, 2011 10 Comments

While I was really rooting for the “Paste Headline Here” whoopsie by the DNT, I think the Transistor gets the gold cup for its summary of today’s Polar Plunge.


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Lost Spaces in Duluth

northshoresessions Feb 19, 2011 11 Comments

I just wanted to put a general question out there for those that know the city better than me:

What are some existing abandoned buildings you know of in Duluth? (Including places that are in the works of being renovated, or even really unique, big interior spaces that aren’t abandoned).


History

Duluth mansion demolition makes way for big box store

Sun Dog Feb 18, 2011 33 Comments

Well, they have begun to tear down the mansion to make way for the mega Walgreens. Some other houses will be torn down, too. See my post The Last Mansion Between Kitchi Gammi Club and 14th Ave. East.


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Our man in Washington

The Big E Feb 18, 2011 23 Comments

I note that the first piece of legislation that Raymond Cravaack saw fit to propose involved defunding the U.S. Institute of Peace, a $46.5 million budgetary rounding error responsible for useless projects like the Iraq Study Group.

[The USIP is currently raising money to complete a relatively fancy headquarters on the Mall, but has for years been located on the second floor of the National Restaurant Association’s palatial headquarters in DC.]

This concludes today’s object lesson in the fact that Elections Matter.


Politics

Rock at the Rex Saturday

zacbentz Feb 18, 2011 No Comments

This Saturday at the Rex — 10pm — $5

American Rebels
The Surfactants
Cars & Trucks


Events, Music ,

Community Clean-ups for Water Quality

naturalplace Feb 18, 2011 No Comments

Imagine Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes full of clean, clear, fresh water for future generations to enjoy. Together we can make this vision a reality.  The Freshwater Society, the Friends of the Minnesota Valley, and the McCabe Chapter of the Izaak Walton League invite you to learn more about Community Clean-Ups for Water Quality, created to protect the water in our lakes and rivers. Presentation on Monday, Feb. 21 @ 7 p.m. at Hartley Nature Center.


Events, Outdoors
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