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The Duluth Experience is now on tap
Duluth’s craft brewing scene is now the focus of the city’s newest tour company. The Duluth Experience Brewery Tours is introducing visitors to craft breweries in the Arrowhead Region of Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
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Lodging needed for trail-care crew
A friend asked me to share this. If anyone’s got a space, please contact these folks directly.
Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores – COGGS
This week the IMBA Trail Care Crew is in town. Our lodging for them just became unavailable, so we are looking for help. The Crew consists of two people who need a large bed and their own space (i.e. not a room in a house with other people.
Good options would be:
– house
– apartment
– cabin
– donated hotel room
If anyone has a lead on something today — July 16 — please e=mail Waylon at waymunch@gmail.com and let him know. Thanks!
An Afternoon with the Minnesota Council for Non-Profits
I spent the better part of Monday with the Minnesota Council for Non-Profits. I attended largely because of the work I do with Wildwoods, but also because I serve on the Board of the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council and have volunteered with Clayton Jackson McGhie, Inc. (more…)
Leashless Dogs; Wildlife finally Wild and Free; BridgeFest and Budgeteer: Wildlife Roundup
Wildwoods updates of all sorts below (one funny, some happy, some sad, one quite terrible–read with caution):
Wildwoods
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This week: Bob, bucking broncos and brews
Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.
Tonight check out local musician Markus J. Dandy’s new open mic at Brewhouse.
On Tuesday, that guy who wrote the new Darius Rucker single “Wagon Wheel” will be performing at Bayfront Festival Park.
Then on Wednesday, shuffle your way to the Endion Station on the Lakewalk for the Sidewalk Shuffle 5K, and raise some money for the Y’s Strong Kids Campaign.
Thursday you’ll have a chance to go to Sacred Heart and yell at Low in person for that 27-minute song they played. Tim Kaiser will be there for moral support. If that’s too controversial for you, the Spooner Rodeo starts the same day.
Friday, explore some art that deals with biology, self, and the past and present. Extinct, Extant is showing at the Prøve.
By Saturday you’ll probably need a drink. Join craft brewers from all over Minnesota for the All Pints North Summer Brew Fest at Bayfront.
Last but not least, Tycoons hosts the Meat Puppets Sunday. Actual Wolf and Enemy Planes open.
So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.
Two Duluth Dylan Show Tickets
Two tickets for the July 9 Duluth show and we can’t make it. With silly TicketMaster fees and tax, price is $165. Let me know today or I’ll do the Craigslist thing Monday. Thanks. My cell 349-553six
Dylan tickets
Does anyone want two tickets to the sold out Dylan/Wilco/Morning Jacket/Richard Thompson show in St. Paul, Midway Stadium, Wednesday? They are $80 each, face. Lemme know, asap.
Common Loon Release
This beautiful adult common loon was grounded in a yard down in the Cloquet area. After we checked the bird over and fed it some minnows (thanks to Chalstrom’s Bait Shop for their kind donations!), we released it into Lake Superior down beneath the Lakewalk. The loon was happy to be in the water again! Thanks to Trish for taking these pics, and and to Farzad, Kelly, and Trish for doing the release this evening!
Crime Increases? Please share your stories
Its been a busy couple of weeks here in Duluth. Last week our house in East Hillside was entered by a stranger who tried to coax us outside for who knows what reason. Last week also brought a terrible gang beating of my girlfriend’s co-worker and a violent mugging on the Lakewalk. This morning on my way to work I was nearly run over in my front yard by a group of police and search dogs. Someone was shot by the co-op a few weeks ago. We know the local news has been trying to put stories together about the increase in crime in Duluth and are being met with silence from law enforcement. It seems terribly unfair to keep neighborhoods in the dark about crime activity in their back yards. Would folks be comfortable sharing what they see and know in this space? Also – does Duluth’s hillside have any organized neighborhood watch programs? Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Critter Updates
Daily critter report from Wildwoods… (more…)
Proclamation (official and certified)
Whereas, the only logical way to make an official proclamation regarding PDD is to post it on the PDD site, and
Whereas, there is ten years worth of history that is both well-documented and too boring to include in an already too boring proclamation, and (more…)
To the OG PDDers
On this 10th anniversary of the first PDD post, I would like to thank the original members of Perfect Duluth Day who were there at the start, helping to transform this site from a mere idea to what it’s become today: (more…)
Derelict Houses
We’ve got two derelict houses (on one lot) next door. According to our landlord, they are owned by the city. They have some interesting tenants: a flock of pigeons, a family of raccoons and the largest skunk I have ever seen. When that bad boy goes walking past my bedroom window … oof.
We would like to ask the city to raze the buildings and put in community garden space, but I’m really not sure who I should call to get this going. Any ideas?
Like shopping? Fixing things? Hanging out in the hardware aisle?
Combine your passions into a volunteer position at the Twin Ports ReStore! The Twin Ports ReStore is a retail outlet specializing in new and gently used building materials donated by our community and offered for sale at a deep discount. All proceeds help to build and repair homes for families in need right here in the Twin Ports. Volunteers are needed to do everything from running the cash register to accepting, sorting and pricing donations to making minor repairs to donated materials.
Intrigued? E-mail Susan at volunteer @ twinportshabitat.org or call 218-722-3875 or visit our website at twinportshabitat.org to find out more.
Rollerdames Crashing into Charity
Today the Harbor City Roller Dames will bring dinner to LifeHouse in Duluth. LifeHouse is an organization that serves homeless youth in our community. It provides a place for them to be and access to resources. In addition, the HCRD will present a pledge check toward the “Adopt a Kid” program which will provide services to a youth for one full year.
I’m a fan of HCRD, and I have several friends who work, who give their personal and professional lives to LifeHouse. This is great to see.
Critter Update
Critter updates:
The young grey foxes, though scared and sad without mom, take comfort from each other’s presence, and ate well last night. We cleaned out their kennel this morning (lots of poop–yay!), and moved them to a new kennel. Two are very docile, but one is a real spitfire. He thinks we’re planning to kill him, and he will not “go gentle into that good night.” More power to ya, buddy; way to go! (more…)
Lost dog in Congdon Park
Small Papillon Pomeranian mix black-and-white dog ran off around 6 p.m. on Friday, June 14, in the Congdon Park area — Hawthorne Road and East Second St. She was wearing a pink collar and is chipped. She answers to the name Chloe. Please email me: kourtz at juno dot com with any information. Thanks so much!
Wildwoods on CNN
If you love reading stories like this and would like to support our work, please “share” this. Also, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to help us pay for the food, medication, and equipment we need to help these animals.
Briar, Bentley, and Beavers in Our Community
A recent social media campaign about beavers has caught my attention. At the very least, it raises some questions about common access to wild space in our community.
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Arrowhead Regional Arts Awards
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is very excited to be able to host an annual event that recognizes the contributions made by individuals to the arts in the Arrowhead Region and beyond. This year ARAC will present the fifteenth annual George Morrison Artist Award to nationally recognized public sculptor Gareth Andrews from Zim, MN, and the Maddie Simons Advocate Award to Dr. Stanley Wold, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Arrowhead Chorale.
Dialect Map
Fascinating way to understand Duluth linguistically. Hat tip to @Kate Vo Thi-Beard. Salute to Mike Linn and Chongwon Park.
Empowering your Employees
For the last three months, I have been bringing a study group to a local eatery in Superior, WI for Saturday sessions. Even though the eatery is a franchise, I support it because I understand that franchises are still locally owned, and local investment is important to me. And the specific food types there are available at few other places in the Twin Ports. (I’m not naming the place because my goal is not to punish the specific eatery, but to offer some principles for empowering employees everywhere.) (more…)
Helpers to stencil storm drains in Superior
We are looking for local groups and individuals who may be interested in stenciling storm drains with the message Do Not Dump, Drains to River. We’ll supply all that is needed. We do have a couple public dates set up – one being 9AM on Thursday, June 13 meeting at Fairlawn Mansion in Superior – but can also find a time when it might work for your organization. A group of 6 to 15 would be great. Ages 9 and above, please. We will be marking storm drains in Superior to communicate that the other end of most storm drains is, indeed, a stream or lake (even Lake Superior). The time needed is about an hour and a half and we’d also need a non-rainy day. Call 715-394-0392 if you are interested. We’d like to mark 200 drains this summer. Everyone makes a difference.
Field Guide to Duluth Apostrophe’s
While PDD users are vigilant in reporting sightings of improper apostrophe use — what for these purposes we call the Duluth Apostrophe, or “the DA” — these reports are widely scattered over many different posts. I decided to correct the situation by aggregating all known examples of the DA, past and present, into a single post.
Here is the list, in alphabetical order, followed by the locations of each example.
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