Trunk or Treat @ Eastridge Church

Saturday, Oct. 23, 3-6 pm
Eastridge Community Church
3727 W. Arrowhead Road, Duluth
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Rowdy crowd at Oberstar/Cravaack forum

It was an emotional crowd at the Congressman Jim Oberstar and challenger Chip Cravaack forum on Tuesday, Oct. 19. A crowd filled the main level of the DECC Auditorium and didn’t heed the requests of forum moderators Dave Orman or Chuck Frederick to keep the event civil.

At the beginning Orman told the crowd that there had been a fist fight in the Skywalk (which this blogger thought was a joke, but apparently not). See more photos and the whole Hillsider blog post here.

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Guitarist Laura Young at Weber Hall

Friday, Oct. 22, 7:30pm
Weber Music Hall
Adults $10 | Seniors $8 | Students Free

More info at www.mnguitar.org or www.d.umn.edu/music/events/

Baby Brain?

The perception that pregnant moms and moms who have recently given birth have difficulty remembering things has recently been debunked. However, as a woman with twin four-year-olds and a six week old infant, I have to wonder.

When I was pregnant, I attended Stacy Holden’s prenatal yoga classes at the Coppertop Church on Monday nights. Stacy does a great service to pregnant moms by offering this class. She will often say, ‘Try to remember this pose when you have given birth as it is good for stretching out muscles that tense up while you are nursing’. I for one, am not good at remembering such poses. So, I encouraged Stacy to publish a booklet/pamphlet or something for pregnant and new moms to continue the lessons we’ve learned in her class. She was one step ahead of me. Stacy would like to produce a CD with spoken word instructions on poses that would have an accompanying poster with photographs of the poses. She has worked with Chelsea E. Morgan and Magic Box photography and has a collection of photos she’d like to use.

So, why am I posting this? She’d like some help with recommendations for a process to produce the CD. Should she contact a recording studio to produce the CD? If so, anyone have any recommendations?

I’d really like to see her achieve this goal, so I’m working as a middleman in the process. Thanks for your feedback!

Candy Wrappers

Personalized over wraps for candy bars are becoming very popular because it provides a treasured memento of the special occasion, which can be cherished for many years to come. I can provide elegant and creative over wraps for events such as weddings, birthdays, baptisms, birth announcements or invitations of any kind for ANY occasion.

Any quantity!

I can wrap mini candy bars or full size…your choice.

Reply for pricing, it’s more reasonable than you might think.
duluthcandywrapper@yahoo.com

“Let’s Do the Time Warp Again!” Rocky Horror Picture Show at Duluth Playhouse

The Duluth Playhouse will be presenting The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 29 and 30 at 9:30.  The event will include:

  • Audience participation and costumes (but of course!)
  • “Scarioke” (Halloween-themed karaoke)
  • Prop bags (request a prop bag when reserving tickets, as supplies are limited). The bag o’ tricks will include glow sticks, newspaper, water gun, noisemakers, etc.
  • Players re-enacting the film in front of the screen
  • Costume contest, including prizes for “Sweetest Transvestite”, “Best Transylvanian”, and “Best Team/Group”
  • A chance to learn the choreography for “The Time Warp”



This “Floor Show” is rated R, so leave the kiddies at home. The seats in the Playhouse will be covered, to maximize mayhem.

So … who’s planning on kicking off their Halloween weekend in style with The Rocky Horror Picture Show? What transsexual Transylvanian costumes are you considering?

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UMD Used Computer Sale – WED OCT. 20

location: UMD Stores Express
location: UMD’s KSC / KPLZ lower level (1 floor below bus-stop, across from Northern Shores coffee-shop)
Wed. Oct. 20th

**UMD Students only from 8am to 10am**
Open to general public 10am to sell-out / 4pm)
ALL SALES FINAL, sale info/questions 726 6218

Used computer complete list is here:
https://www.d.umn.edu/book/umdcc/usedcomputersale2010.htm
(or) https://umdstores.com

726 6218 for questions/info as sale progresses

Computers generally 4 years old or older

Some of the items:
$80, Qty. 105 = Dell Opt. GX 270 / 280 Towers (2.8ghz, 512 or 1gb ram, WinXP install disc, ms/kb/power-cord)

$120, Qty. 21 = Gateway M460 laptop, 1.7ghz, 512 ram, WinXP

$200, Qty. 20 = Apple iMac, Early 2006, 1.83ghz, 2gb ram, 160hd, **price firm, no price reductions. owner will take unsold back **

Franconia Sculpture Park talk

passing it along:

Bridget Beck is hosting a “Three Dimensional Symposiums @ the park”

All people are warmly invited to a series of lively evenings for a free dialogue and an interchange of ideas between artists and everyone interested in art of three dimensions. FSP artists and alumni converge at the park twice a month, from June through October, for Three Dimensional Thursday Symposiums. The evenings’ events will include dinner with Franconia resident artists ($10 donation), examples of alumni and/or resident artists’ current artwork and a freewheeling discussion between artists, critics, philosophers, poets, and you!.
For more information please & to RSVP, please call 651-257-6668 or e-mail info@franconia.org.

Franconia Sculpture Park

If you haven’t been to FSP it is highly recommended. Directions at the bottom of this page

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Qwel & Maker

Chicago hip-hop duo, Qwel & Maker, perform at Lake Avenue Café this Sunday, October 24. $5 cover, 10PM show, 21+.

Qwel & Maker label website | Myspace

Free Bloodbath!

In the comments to this post, explain in one sentence why you should win two tickets to see Rubber Chicken Theater’s Evil Dead: The Musical.

The winner will be chosen later today — maybe around 3pm … maybe sooner. We’ll see how it goes.

3rd Annual Chester Bowl Wine/Beer/Pizza Tasting & Silent Auction

The 3rd Annual Chester Bowl Wine & Beer Tasting and Silent Auction will be held Saturday, Nov. 6 from 6pm to 9pm at the Midi Restaurant in Fitger’s Brewery Complex.
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Hillsider intern attends presentation about Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Our Hillsider intern, Sam Elmquist, attended a presentation about Domestic Violence. Here is his post.

Power and Control Wheel

October is nationally recognized as violence against woman awareness month. In honor of this I attended a presentation about physical violence against women, more particularly about a women’s shelter here in Duluth called Safe Haven. The shelter works with men, women, and children involved in abusive relationships. Safe Haven provides a safety net which allows women caught up in abusive relationships to come and stay at the shelter, hopefully allowing them the time they need in order to try and settle themselves as individuals. Specifically they give these women a place to stay and time to figure out what it is they want to do.

Various support groups help them realize the situation they are in and give them the chance to relate with other women who are going through similar circumstances. The shelter offers women looking for help up to thirty days to figure out what it is they want to do, this is not necessarily a time limit because the shelter is willing to make exceptions for women who need more time and are seriously committed to change.

Read the whole post here.

Team CXC Superfit at Skihut

Thinking about doing the Birkie – or any other Nordic races this winter?  Or do you simply want to make your XC skiing a bit easier? Team CXC Vertical Limit will be at Skihut this weekend kickin’ the k-nowledge. 
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Peter Mayer in Concert at Sacred Heart

Friday Oct. 22, 7:30 pm
Sacred Heart Music Center
201 W. Fourth St.

$20 advance/ $25 at the door
Tickets online at sacredheartmusic.org or the Electric Fetus

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Young at Heart Records on GoJohnnyGo.com

Young at Heart Records Pics on GoJohnnyGo.com

Nice trip down memory lane with some snapshots of Young at Heart Records from 1996 and recollections to fill them out. The pictures themselves are just snapshots, as I said, but upon close examination they do capture the feel and the spirit of that place nicely. I just wish there were more of them. Click the image to go to the post and see it all in context. (more…)

Last Place of Commerce

I miss the days when the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce headquarters was next to the Last Place on Earth. That was synergy at its finest.

The photo above is from roughly 1993 1996. Last Place hadn’t quite finished moving in. I think the two were neighbors for at least 10 years before the chamber hightailed it to First Street.

Free Family Days at Tweed Museum of Art

Friday, Oct. 22, 1-4pm
Saturday, Oct. 23, 1-4pm

Looking for something to do with your kids without emptying out your wallet?

Keep them active, their imagination running wild, and enrich their lives with art, with a free day at the Tweed! The whole family can discover art adventures taking away confidence, enthusiasm and shared memories. Stop by anytime between 1 and 4 for museum games, art activities, stories, and refreshments for all ages!

Taste of Hermantown

The 2010 Taste of Hermantown is set for Thursday, Oct. 21 from 5 – 8 p.m. at the Shrine Building (5152 Miller Trunk Highway). Admission is $15 or free for children 10 and under. All proceeds benefit the Hermantown Community Fund, an affiliate of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at the door or the National Bank of Commerce – Hermantown location.
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Aquatic Invasive Species Presentation

At Hartley Nature Center this Wednesday, Oct. 20, @ 7 p.m. — an aquatic invasive species presentation on VHS and Asian carp: An in-depth look at how these two invasive species are affecting U.S. waters, will be presented by Marte Kitson, a program specialist at Minnesota Sea Grant.

The Danielson family’s 400-foot zip line

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMQ6k_PW10

Right here in Duluth, Minnesota.

You might recognize Darren Danielson as co-host of WDSE-TV’s Almanac North program.

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What’s happening next weekend?

Winter Camping Symposium

So much more than just winter camping!


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Jive Ass Dude Don’t Got No Brains Anyhow

Barbara Billingsley passed away yesterday.

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LCD Projector Recomendation

I’m thinking about getting an LCD projector for work. It needs to be portable, but not compact – I don’t plan on taking it on a plane.  My application is primarily marketing presentations, not heavy on video or high end graphics.  I’ll be using it about twice a month.  Any recommendations for makes, models or vendors?

Partridge and life as we know it

Right on time, the partridge are back in my crab apple tree. They have been here ever since I moved in. They move to my feeder come winter (I put out cracked corn for them) and beat a path through the snow (I can see their little heads poking up above their snow-bank path as they come, which gets taller as winter progresses). I love it that some things never change.

One day, years ago, I went out to my rental cabin to clean and noticed white poop everywhere. I mean everywhere! (I didn’t go out to clean for days in between rentals.) I looked around and saw a little window broken out, (actually in). So I looked closer, and saw a partridge sitting on the sofa. We blinked at each other. He let me pick him up, and set him free outside. Me and his prodigy have been friends ever since.

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Selling antique bedroom set — not sure how to price it

I have a three-piece antique bedroom set that I’m looking to sell. I have no idea on the value or where to even start with the price. Its got to be 95+ years old — it was my great grandmother’s. Set includes: full-size bed frame, dresser with mirror, and armoire. Can anyone help?