Videos
Great Lakes Now episode: “Great Lakes Wildlife”
This contains several segments including one about Enbridge Line 3 (@17:15), and a mention of Duluth’s “Water is Life” festival (@24:58).
The War Widow from Duluth Who is Worried About Frances
Forty years ago today — Dec. 3, 1982 — the dramatic film Frances premiered in American theaters. In addition to featuring Cloquet native Jessica Lange in the leading role as Frances Farmer, the film also includes a reference to Duluth. (more…)
“Bird Love Song” by Cory Coffman
Duluth’s Cory Coffman composed what he calls “this super cheesy love song from a musical that doesn’t exist.” Alexander Sandor is on piano, Adam Sippola sings and Alyssa Johnson of Blind Spot Creatives handles the video work.
Climate>Duluth: Bruce Jennings of Vanderbilt University
Climate>Duluth host Tone Lanzillo interviews Bruce Jennings of Vanderbilt University. Jennings speaks to Health Policy and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at VUMC, his former professor and mentor William Patrick Ophuls, Economics for the Anthropocene as well as the Centers for Humans and Nature.
Demolition of hilltop Central High School underway
Northern News Now reports demolition of the former Duluth Central High School on the top of the hill began this week. The 55-acre property was sold in August to Chester Creek View, a New York developer, for $8 million.
Explore Wisconsinbly w/ Mary Mack: Woodland Dance Troupe
Comedian Mary Mack chats with Becky Taylor, creator of the Woodland Dance Troupe in Hayward.
Jonathan Thunder on PBS
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Duluth’s Jonathan Thunder is the subject of a new short film airing nationally on PBS. Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology, directed by Sergio Mata’u Rapu, was selected by American Masters for national broadcast as part of the digital series In the Making. It will air in Duluth on WDSE-TV channel 8.1 on Tuesday, Nov. 22, following the broadcast of Buffy Sainte Marie: Carry it On. The programs occupy the 8 to 10 p.m. slot, so the Thunder feature will likely air after 9:30 p.m. (more…)
Duluth retailer on Twin Cities TV
Rogue Robot Games & Comics - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Minnesota Live is taking you to Duluth where Ryan Fleming shows us what's hot this holiday season.
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Ryan Fleming of Rogue Robot Comics and Games was on KSTP-TV’s Minnesota Live with a nearly statewide audience, showing off hot holiday gift items and/or “a little bit of everything in geekdom.”
Climate>Duluth: Martha Stephens and Manlio Pertout of THES
Climate>Duluth host Tone Lanzillo interviews Martha Stephens and Manlio Pertout of the Human Exploring Society, which seeks to “talk to and involve everyone, because this connection we all share, plays the most important role in the changes we need to see.”
Abortion
This post originally featured a re-released classic from John Holden. The embedded video has since been removed from its source, YouTube.
All the hipsters in New York want to be from Duluth
This Twin Cities Public Television segment challenges the notion that Minnesotans are all blond-haired, blue-eyed Scandinavians. Although the piece is Twin Cities-focused, the final clip includes a nod to Duluth.
Duluth Canal/Lift Bridge stock footage in ghost ship doc
I was watching this YouTube documentary on the Big Old Boats channel, like ya do. It is about the Carroll Deering, which wrecked on Cape Hatteras without her crew in a nautical mystery. But a lot of the footage used is stock footage from other sources, for seaside vibes. So when I saw Ol’ Lifty on screen @17:30-17:46, I wasn’t too surprised. Duluth as generic sea location, thrown into amateur doc about unrelated East Coast disaster.
MN Moder – “Christ Air”
Duluth-based hip-hop artist Zachary Moder, aka MN Moder, hangs out with Jesus at Enger Tower in his new music video, produced by Montclair Media.
Almanac North: All Souls Night 2022
The 15th annual All Souls Night brought Duluthians together to remember those lost with poetry readings, fire dancing and Mary Plaster’s unique puppets. WDSE-TV Producer Megan McGarvey captured the scenes for this Almanac North feature. (more…)
Cruising the Great Lakes with Dan Kraker, MPR
Minnesota Public Radio’s Dan Kraker talks about the Great Lakes cruise ship industry.
A nice girl from Duluth on S.W.A.T.
The CBS network television drama S.W.A.T. has a reference to Duluth in its second episode, titled “Cuchillo.” The show aired five years ago today — Nov. 9, 2017.
In the scene, Sergeant “Hondo” pulls over a nice girl from Duluth who has been mixed up with a bad boy.
The Duluth Strangler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2s72q83VbA
The 1998 satirical comedy Wrongfully Accused, starring Leslie Nielsen, is available to watch in its entirety on YouTube. A reference to “The Duluth Strangler” shows up around the 18-minute mark. (more…)
Remembering the Fitzgerald
Great Lakes Now is a production of Detroit Public Television.
Rich Mattson and the Northstars – “Echo Chamber”
Rich Mattson and the Northstars have a new album titled Out There set for release on Nov. 4. “Echo Chamber” is the band’s newest video release. (more…)
The Slice: Duluth Poet Laureates Reading 2022
A series of readings was held in October celebrating past poet laureates of Duluth and introducing the next generation of the city’s poets.
In its series The Slice, WDSE-TV presents short “slices of life” that capture the events and experiences that bring people together and speak to what it means to live up north.
Trampled by Turtles – “Starting Over”
Trampled by Turtles released a new album last week, Alpenglow, along with a new music video, shot and edited by Cooper Baumgartner.
People are Strange
For your Halloween viewing pleasure, a video montage of retro creatures, compiled by Duluth’s Jean Kirwan and set to the Doors’ “People are Strange.”
Shippee – “Song in a Letter”
The third video release from Blake Shippee’s new solo album, It All Started from a Whisper, was produced by Laura Jean.