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“Completely Hollywood (abridged)”, March 25-26, April 1-2, 8-9.

Rubber Chicken Theater takes on Tinseltown in this seriously silly show at The Shack. (Try saying that fast five times.) 186 classic movies, crammed into one show. Plus, yummy food and YOU could help recreate a zombie scene, live onstage!

Call (715) 392-DINE to reserve your spot.

Word has it the former auto mogul arrived at the federal prison camp in Duluth on Tuesday, where he’ll be spending the next roughly 10 years after pleading guilty to bankruptcy and wire fraud.

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.

I am not a Wiki person but I am just putting this out there to those of you who are: check out the Duluth Public Schools Wikipedia Page.  Not only is it outdated and lacks proofreading it is quite salacious and suggests “controversity” (sic) without evidence to support those claims.  I don’t have the knowledge to update the page but would like to see something better out there! 

Click the image to see it at a readable size.

Keene Creek Youth Organization has after school programming available for musicians to work with youth and teach them a talent they can continue to practice for years. Volunteers will get the chance to work with different age groups as well as gain experience teaching. Must be able to pass a background check and give at least two hours a week of time to volunteer.

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Keene Creek Youth Organization is currently lining up its summer camp and coaching opportunities. Are you able to give at least five hours a week to volunteer to coach kids? If so, KCYO, located at Irving Community Center, needs you. Please contact the youth director today for more details — kcyoduluth @ gmail.com

The Duluth Urban Acres Coalition is studying how Duluthians access food and interact with the local food system. We’ve developed a brief survey that helps us get a sense of how people get food, what barriers (if any) they face when it comes to getting enough healthy food, and how they participate in the local food system. We’d love your input, so please go to the following link and tell us what you think!

Duluth Urban Acres Coalition Individual Survey

After reading the Iditarod racer profiles today and watching four-time champion Lance Mackey moved to tears about a dog who once saved his life, I asked a friend if any cat ever saved anyone?

Credit was given for ridding mice and disease, lowering blood pressure, etc. Then she told me an odd family history story. (more…)

Dude.

I’ve seen President’s Day, Presidents’ Day, and Presidents Day. (watch the ads on TV or in print) Which is it? I’m with the plural possessive, since we celebrate Lincoln and Washington specifically. Or do we celebrate all presidents? Then it should be like Veterans Day. Chime in.

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Black and white female Springer Spaniel lost yesterday in Canal Park.  Contact 715-798-2478 if you have any info on the whereabouts.  There is no collar on the dog.  A reward is being offered.  Thanks!

Three questions about banner photos:

1) This may have been covered before, but do those come up randomly or in some sequence?

2) How can there be no comments on any of the banners on the Flickr site? It’s odd to me that photographers haven’t typed in more info on what’s going on in the picture.

3) Why is the little girl in the cat make-up so sad?

2009 Guitar Foundation of America Concert Artist Competition Winner, French classical guitar virtuoso Florian Larousse, at the age of 22, has already wowed audiences on multiple continents. From numerous prizes in some of the most significant international competitions of the guitar world, to audience choice awards and recording contracts, Larousse has shot to the forefront of his field. Larousse has earned prizes in a number of international competitions in various countries including France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. His performance at the Jose Tomás Competition (Spain) earned him first prize and the Audience Choice Award in addition to resulting in a tour of Spain to 10 different cities as well as a recording contract. In 2009 he won the Koblenz International Guitar Competition “Hubert Kappel” (Germany) and later that year won the coveted first prize of The Guitar Foundation of America International Artist Competition.

Weber Music Hall
7:30 p.m. – $19/$17/$5
All seats reserved. Advance purchase recommended.

See you at the next bout?

2-19-2011 HCRD Hearbreaker’s Brawl (Intraleague) World of Wheels, Superior
From: harborcityrollerdames.com

Harbor City Roller Dames is the Twin Ports’ and Northern Minnesota’s origingal women’s flat-track roller derby league! HCRD provides an opportunity for all women ages 19+ to learn and play the sport of flat track roller derby and participate in the skater-run business aspects of the organization. HCRD strives to maintain a presence of athletic entertainment in the Northland while using the efforts of the league to give back to the local community.
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So, when your oven makes a weird sound and you look inside to find a little flame coming from a hole in the coil, does that mean you should call a repairman or plan on replacing the whole unit?

Anyone qualified to help me mentally prepare for how big of a hit the ol’ credit card is going to take when Daugherty’s opens on Monday, chime in .

A friend is conducting his motorbike from Minnesota to the South Pole. After painstaking deliberation, I decided for the sake of education, as he is an educator of troubled youth, that he wouldn’t mind if you guys snuck a peak.

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