Beer, Wine, and Trampled by Turtles!
Don’t wait to get your tickets for the newest beer and wine fest around town (these things are known to sell out, even without the Trampled show post-party). You can get them online. Hope to see some of you there! (PS – I tried to get a room at Black Bear last week because I have friends coming up from Mpls, and they were sold out. If you’re worried about driving, there’s a free shuttle between Fond-du-Luth & Black Bear all night. Keep it safe!)
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Jessica Myshack at Thirsty Pagan Brewing
Saturday, Feb.12, 6-9 p.m.
Check out jessicamyshackmusic.com for more information!
Rockin’ Honky Tonkin’ Blues @ Sir Ben’s
Bill Flannagan will be playing some good old Rockin’ Honky Tonkin’ Blues on Friday, Feb 11, at Sir Benedict’s Tavern. Start time is 9pm sharp. Come for the excellent Surlys beer on tap and stay for the music.
Winter Break Camps at Hartley
Looking for a fun school winter break option? Check out Hartley’s Winter Break Camps, Feb. 22-25. Just a few openings left for ages 5-7, 8-9, & 10-13. Come and have some fun in the snow. Check this link for registration information — hartleynature.org/learn/daycamp.html
Andrew Archer — Robot Boy!
While this is interesting in general, what makes it PDD material is Dougherty’s reference to Robot Boy from Duluth at about 6:12.
A-V Set Times
Anti-Valentine’s · Saturday, February 12, 2011 · FREE
Mark Anderson Jazz Trio · 9 – Red Star
DJ Delgado · 9:30 – Rex
Two Many Banjos · 10 – Brewhouse
Wyatt Famous · 10:30 – Rex
Path Annu vs. Horsefist · 11 – Red Star
Clique, Clique, Boom · 11:30 – Rex
Low Forms · 12:30 – Rex
Lillian’s of Duluth
My wife and I went to Lillian’s on First Street this week. I just recently noticed that something went into the old New Moon location when passing it on the bus, though apparently, they’ve been here since August.
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Downtown Duluth Meters Extended?
I was just downtown and parked at the meters in front of Pizza Luce and the Technology Village. I noticed that the hours that the meters were enforced was until 9pm. It looked like there was a new sticker covering up the old one. When did this change, and does anyone know if it is actually enforced? I just noticed it, could have been there for a while before.
Class Action Lawsuit re: Duluth Roads?
With tax time upon us, one has to wonder where all of the money is going that is supposed to be maintaining our roads?
How many roads have gone without repair this year because funding was instead redirected to horrific ideas like installing an ‘s’ curve at the end of the freeway where it joins to London Road?
What kind of brilliant ‘road engineer’ would go out of the way to bend traffic with a ‘I’ll show you’ attitude regarding a speed drop from 50, to 40? Is the message here that he would rather see faster moving men, women, and children in a horrific accident then to be traveling fast?
Is that the same mentality behind the ‘speed bump’ pot-holes? What’s next? Barrels in the road that we will have to weave between?
The Asylum Street Spankers
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npKVQkp-8KY
The Spankers will be making their first and last appearance here in Duluth on Feb 21st, 8:00p.m. Teatro Zuccone. For more info and tickets click here
“Elements of Exposure: Images Made on a 10,000 Mile Journey” opens Friday, Feb. 11
"In the Heart of Mount Olympus" captured in Olympic NP
Duluth nature photographer Ryan Tischer opens an exhibit of new photographs at Washington Gallery on Friday, Feb. 11 from 6-8pm. His images are a compilation of new work created over the past year on travels through twenty states, covering over 10,000 miles by car.
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Merging on I-35 — Please Stop the Madness
Yesterday I was cruising along the highway at 60-odd miles per hour when another car came speeding down a ramp and almost was on top of me. I thought about changing lanes but there was a car coming up in the left lane.
I watched the situation develop, waiting to see if Captain Clueless on the ramp was going to slow down — or speed up enough to “beat” me — but there was no adjustment. With a car length or two between us I hit the breaks and the horn hoping to avert catastrophe. No one hurt, thank God. But I’m tired of people merging into traffic expecting me to change lanes to suit them.
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Make a giant “human” Valentine Feb. 13
Help fashion a giant Valentine’s Day heart at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Coppertop Church on Skyline Parkway. Supporters of marriage equality will gather in the church’s east parking lot to form a colossal “human” heart. Participants will enjoy fellowship, music by Sara Thomsen, and hot cocoa and coffee. Wear red — and smile!
Basic photography workshop with veteran local instructor Dave Kohne
Basic Photography: Taking Great Outdoor Pictures
Hosted by the Duluth Photography Institute. Registration open all — you do not need to be a member of the DPI.
Instructor: David Kohne
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Mmmmmm. Monorail.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF_yLodI1CQ[/youtube]
Personally, one of my favorite episodes.
Elton John at Amsoil Arena on May 6
Elton John will be the first big headliner to grace the new Amsoil Arena on May 6. Tickets go on sale Monday, Feb. 14, and range from $27-127.
Michael Buble will also perform at the Amsoil Arena on June 25.
Anyone else super excited?
Duluth Tire Shops
Anybody have suggestions on where to go to find inexpensive and reliable tires? I know of all of the ‘regular’ spots, but I thought you all may have some other good suggestions. Thanks in advance!
Vote for Loup-Garou!
Loup-Garou is in Are You Local? hosted by the star tribune and vita.mn. We’re one of very few bands outside of the metro area in the contest. It would mean a ton to us if you could take a few minutes out of your day and vote for us and show some of that Duluth support! You’ll also get a chance to hear the first track from our I Am Blind EP, coming out at Beaner’s on the 26th of February (playing with The People Say Fox and MPLS’s Party House)
All you have to do is go here and register (they ask for only your email) and rate our song a 10! Be sure to check out the other bands on the roster as well, a ton of great artists and groups that i’m sure are familiar names.
The top 3 bands get featured in Vita.MN magazine and play a showcase at the Varsity Theater on March 4th. One group advances from that showcase down to Texas for SXSW.
Streets. Sidewalks. Alleyways.
E 1st Street, 2010. by Kip Praslowicz
Streets. Sidewalks. Alleyways.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011.
Opening 6PM – 8PM** Show will hang through the month of February 2011
Beaner’s Central
324 N. Central Avenue Duluth, MN 55806
(218) 624-5957
www.beanerscentral.com
By area DPG Photographers, including:
Jason Huntzinger
Richard Narum
Kip Praslowicz
Brian Ravola
Bill Schwalbe
Edgewood Smith
Music will be performed by local artists during Beaner’s Open Mic.
Duluth Superior Pride Logo Contest! $300
Duluth Superior Pride is looking for an artist type to design our logo! We have two theme ideas for you to base your work on. 1. Some version of “These colors don’t run” or “After 25 years, These colors still don’t run” that incorporated the queer rainbow. 2. Silver going for the Gold. ( A play on 25 being the silver anniversary since its our 25th anniversary of the Pride Festival in the Twin Ports.)
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Who was that guy?
I’m trying to find footage of Equal Xchange from last year’s Homegrown. It was at the Rex Bar and some dude with dreads was walking around with a shoulder-mounted camcorder. Does anyone know who this person is? I was playing bass and would like it for my archives.