What a week for nerds!
What a week for nerds! Sept. 11 was the sellout Nerd Nite at Teatro Zuccone.
Nerd Nite, organized by Jer Nilsen, Crystal Pelkey, and Adam Brisk, is nearly a religious ritual for me.
(It helps that Reverend Lee attends nearly every one. If you haven’t read this pastor from United Church of Two Harbors‘s recent column about upcoming constitutional amendments, you haven’t heard what the voice of religious conviction sounds like, when it is committed to the search for truth, rather than its presumption. See here or the Lake County News Chronicle for more.)
Nerd Nite is where I take new Duluthians to find community, to experience people who share their passions and their humor. (more…)
I need some people to shoot (camera, not rifle)
This could be you and your dog.
So I got this little photography art show coming up at the DAI in 15 months and still don’t have enough good photos taken to edit from! So I’m looking for a new glut of willing volunteers to let me photograph them, or a bit of their life, sometime between right this very second, and next fall.
Curious? Full information and sign-up form can be found right over here on my website. If you do one thing this year, have it be filling out that form.
The DOY Podcast
The DOY Podcast is a comedy/chitchat/whatever podcast. The very first episode features local raconteurs/comedians/ actors/musicians/television hosts/et ceteras Jody Kujawa, Tony Bennett, and Nathan Carlblom talking, singing, telling jokes, being gross, being vile, and just being. DOY is not recommended for children or people who get all freaked out by dirty stuff.
Please give DOY a shot, if you’ve got some spare time where your ears aren’t booked. It may be just what your drums have been craving. And keep checking back for Episode Two and beyond. The idea is to do at least one of these a month.
This week: iron sculpting, divine sex and hair cuts
Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.
Where can you learn about making beer, flat track roller derby, and Norse deities getting busy with it? Nerd Nite, of course, all on Tuesday night at the Teatro Zuccone.
Make clever puns about “irony” at the Duluth Art Institute‘s Iron Casting Seminar starting on Wednesday.
See the premier of The Cabin, a new play written by local playwright Caity Shea Violette, at the Play Ground running Thursday, Friday, and Saturday this week and next.
Storyteller Kevin Kling is coming to Duluth this week and you can see him Friday night at the Marshall Performing Arts Center with Simone Perrin and you can see him Thursday night reading his book, Big Little Brother, with illustrator Chris Monroe at Glensheen Mansion.
Rachael Kilgour sings songs. Adeline Wright cuts hair. And now the celebrated couple team up on stage to sing songs and cut hair! Will the zany fun never end? We hope not! See them this Saturday at the Teatro Zuccone.
So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know!`
Slacklining and Swimming at Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vBVwXht9zQ
Duluth’s megalithic ruins. I’d taken a spot of footage late last winter, and I’ve been looking forward to a summer shoot just like this to complete a video exploration of the Cribs, aka Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum. Sure enough these kind party people let me video their fun-loving attempts to best a wiggly slackline here on the late summer date of Sept. 9.
The water was very cold, it must be said, but I seem to have experienced a bodywide mutagenic change that can take it. I look forward to a shoot next summer with warm, crystal clear water; maybe I can get video even farther down in and around this quintessentially Duluth structure.
Lost Creek Falls Trail in Bayfield County
In Bayfield County Forest, across the road from the old Town of Bell Cemetery, is the trailhead to Lost Creek Falls. From there it’s less than a half-hour hike to the falls. (more…)
Minnesota North Shore Fall Colors Report 2012
Are you ready for fall? Minnesota, especially the North Shore of Lake Superior, is known for its vibrate fall colors. (more…)
Duluth Home Appliance Repair Recommendations
We have a washing machine and dishwasher that are in need of medical attention. Would anyone be willing to recommend a good home-appliance repair person/company to come and fix them? They are not under warranty, as far as I know.
Roads and Poles
Is there any news about the Vermillion-Tischer road repair? Is there an estimated time of completion?
Also, I’m perplexed by Denfeld High School’s parking lot and traffic pattern with utility poles in the middle of a drive path. What gives? When will that be fixed?
Conservation district still accepting erosion reports from June floods
Private landowners in south St. Louis County who have yet to register erosion issues from the June floods should do so by Sept. 28. The South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District has already received more than 100 calls. New, undocumented erosion may also be eligible for recently allocated flood relief funds.
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Duluth synth-pop from the Electric Witch
Two debut albums from new synth-pop project The Electric Witch (aka Zac Bentz aka hey, that’s me) have just been released. (more…)
Teague Alexy – “All the Way Long Gone”
New video, directed by Joshua Priestley, from Teague Alexy’s album This Dance.
Get your geek on for fall
Fall is in the air and a young nerd’s fancy turns to thoughts of gaming! (more…)
Good Knight – “Good Old Days”
If you loved the “Hey Big Girl” video, you’ll hate this. If you came from West Duluth, I hope you can appreciate it. Much love y’all!
Wildwoods Updates: Of Sandpipers, Squirrels, and More
The pectoral sandpiper released in this series of photographs was found injured up the north shore, was transported to Wildwoods where triage examination led to a referral to the exotic vets at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in St. Paul. The sandpiper was driven to St. Paul (on a car already headed that way), and cared for at WRC. When it was back to normal, it was loaded back onto a car headed back to Duluth (its other occupants filled with State Fair goodness), transported to Wildwoods, and eventually returned to Erik, who took these amazing pictures of his release.
Town of Bell Cemetery, 1902 to 1915
Out in Bayfield County Wisconsin is the small town of Bell (within which is the more well-known unincorporated place of Cornucopia). Two little secret spots in Bell are the old 23-grave cemetery (photos above) and the Lost Creek Falls Trail (photos of that to come in a future post).
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Arrowhead Regional Arts Council seeks new board members
We at the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council are hoping to complete the roster of our board of directors early this fall. We have received two applications, and hope to receive several more, meeting the following qualifications:
a) one applicant residing in Itasca County;
b) one applicant residing in Lake County;
c) one at-large applicant residing in any Arrowhead County outside the city limits of Duluth;
d) one student liaison – an arts enrolled student at any of the Arrowhead post-secondary institutions, including those in Duluth.
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Cascade hops for sale/trade
Hey brewers, I’ve got some surplus cascade hops for sale. $5 per pound or $25 for a paper grocery bag full. Limited supply, absolutely no chemical pesticides or fertilizers used. Call or text 612-716-1104.
The Perilous Inlet 1 & 2
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqlQXrBMkcM
[Part two of this video series is no longer available.]
(Regular readers may recognize the first couple of minutes of part 2 as I already released those, teaser-style, not too long ago. Now the gruesome conclusion may be shown.)
This week: goat ladies, open houses and dragsters
Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.
You can attend some open houses this week. The YMCA is having an open house Tuesday through Sunday and Yoga North is having one on Sunday.
You can hear District 07B state representative candidates Travis Silvers, Jay Fosle and Erik Simonson at a live forum on Wednesday at the Play Ground.
Just to emphasize the passing of summer, Aaron Kloss opens a showing of his acrylic paintings collectively entitled “Awesome Autumn” at Beaner’s this Thursday.
Bayfront will be hosting the Lake Superior Harvest Festival this Saturday with food and live music and live demonstrations of blacksmithing, beekeeping, and “goat ladies.” I’ll leave the last to your imagination.
The Sixth Annual Burrito Union 5 & 10 Hour Triathlon will also be this Saturday in Pattison State Park.
Garfield Avenue will be the domain of hot rods and roadsters this weekend for the Duluth Drag Race.
So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know!`
Welcome to Washburn, Wisconsin!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnUb12y-_uE&feature=youtu.be
Little Free Library in the Twin Ports?
Someone asked on Twitter today if there are any Little Free Libraries in the Twin Ports. So, are there any around?
(While reading the blog, I noticed that Claire wrote an article for Publishers Weekly on the movement … maybe you might know?)
Duluth Superior Pride 2012
Perfect day for a parade.