Calling all bikers:
Like the feeling of wind in your hair? We want to hear from you!
Lake Voice News, a UMD student news organization, is looking to talk to all of you Duluth biking fanatics out there.
Do you feel that Duluth is not the most bike-friendly place in the world? Or do you disagree? We want to hear about your horror stories, your best stories, your favorite trails, pictures, or even if you just want to share your love of biking with the world — tell us more!
Please share your stories with us. E-mail jawa0007 @ d.umn.edu. All help is appreciated!
Brian Freeman Release & Fundraiser
Brian Freeman, author of Immoral, Stripped, Stalked, and In the Dark, will be releasing his new book, The Burying Place, at the Bookstore at Fitger’s on Tuesday, April 13. He will be signing books from 4-8pm. There will be a reading and Q&A session at 7pm.
The bookstore will donate 10% of your purchase to Friends of the Duluth Public Library. Everyone is welcome! For questions please call 218-727-9077 or e-mail bookstore @ fitgers.com.
Cars & Trucks on Channel 8
Watch Cars & Trucks as they perform live in the WDSE-WRPT studios. Get a fresh take on the local arts scene with The PlayList Thursday, April 8 at 9pm on PBS Channels 8/31.
Your Old Socks Deserve Reincarnation!
Duluthians are all about being green, but did you know that now you can even recycle your old wool socks?!
Don’t throw away your holey or mismatched winter socks, they can have a new life as darn!socks cat toys. Actually any heavyweight winter sock will do, they don’t have to be all wool. Just save the grungy white cotton athletic socks for the dog. And of course make sure they are clean!
You can drop off your holey or lonely single wooly socks at the Green Mercantile, 209 East Superior Street. Or call Melissa (728-0419) for other drop off or pickup options.
Both darn!socks and three blind mice cat toys are made in Duluth by Marvelous Melissa with help from feline assistants Aven and Itty Bitty. Find them locally at the Green Mercantile, the Art Dock and Moxie Hollow. And if you happen to be in Singapore at CatDao.com
Speak Out, Superior!
It’s time to SPEAK OUT Superior against sexual violence!
Superior / Douglas County Leadership, CASDA (Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse, Inc.) and UWS are planning a “Speak Out” during April, Sexual Assault Awareness Month. This event will be held Friday, April 16, starting at the UWS Yellowjacket Union with a march/walk from 4pm-5pm and a “Speak Out” from 5pm-7pm at the Superior Community Gardens — Broadway & Hammond (kitty corner from the Trade & Commerce Market Place).
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Back by Popular Demand!!
Rubber Chicken Theater presents “The Great American Trailer Park Musical”
April 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, dinner seating at 6:30pm
April 11, 18, and 25, dinner seating at 12noon
Agoraphobia, 80s nostalgia, road kill, strippers and disco. It’s everything a musical should be.
Call The Shack at (715) 392-DINE for reservations. Hurry, they go fast!
“What Happens in Duluth, Stays in Duluth. Mostly.”
ESPN writer Paul Lukas traveled to Duluth for the House of Hearts Celebrity Bonspiel last month. His article is funny but clearly he respects curlers and doesn’t take any of the cheap shots that many national writers do. He includes lots of great quips, like “What Happens in Duluth, stays in Duluth” and even makes a run to Super Duper town and puts the Anchor Bar on the ESPN map (pictured below from the article)
Shana David is the Runaways
Shana David will perform a short cover set prior to the 7:30 screening of the brand-spankin’ new film, The Runaways. Set starts promptly at 7 p.m. on April 16, Zinema 2.
Duluth Homegrown Photography Show – Call for Artists
2009 Homegrown Photography show @ Harbor City
What: Homegrown Photography Exhibit
When: May 3, 2010 – 6:30PM – Opening Reception
Where: Harbor City International School Theater
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Elf Lettuce and The Infinite Flow 4/10 @ Pizza Luce
Elf Lettuce and The Infinite Flow will be playing from 10 PM until 2 AM at Pizza Luce this Saturday, April 10th. The cost is $5. If you want to listen to either of these amazing Jamtastic Dance your A** Off bands, go to
https://myspace.com/elphlettuce
https://myspace.com/theinfiniteflow
The Infinite Flow is comprised of 3 members of The Rez and an amazing guitar player from the cities. So if you like The Rez, you will love The Infinite Flow. We hit higher and higher peaks every time! =)
Thank you =)
Light and Love and Healing to you,
-Patrick Arden McNally
Looking for something other than a tea party on tax day?
Coleen Rowley, you may remember, was the veteran FBI agent who blew the whistle on pre-9/11 intelligence failures and tried to warn the Bush Administration against the war in Iraq. She’s retired from the FBI now, but still working for a more transparent and ethical government.
If you miss her at the rally, she’ll be giving a public lecture that same evening at UMD, 7:30pm in Room 120 of the Solon Campus Center.
Fox 21 News at 6 … no that is not a typo
Fox 21 News is adding a 6 pm newscast starting June 28th. This move is surely related to the addition of Jason Vincent (most recently of Fargo) as the new news director replacing Julie Moravchik.
In the release on their site (click the image to see it) they are clearly gunning for their competition:
In addition to being the fastest growing Twin Ports station in terms of newscasts, we are also the Twin Ports fastest growing station for viewers. Since we first launched in March of 2007, we immediately beat our 9pm competition and continue to do so.
FOX 21 also beat the local CBS’s 10pm show and continues to do so. We are now neck-and neck with the local NBC, which has the advantage of having been on the air for the last 50 years.
After 36 months, we’re poised to outnumber them as well (and have already beaten them in two key demos: 18-34 year olds and 18-49 year olds).
Superior 2010 General Election Results
Total votes cast: 1,706
First District Alderperson
Dan Olson — 225 | 54%
Tom O’Neill — 190 | 46%
Third District Alderperson
Warren Bender — 235 | 70%
Kevin Norbie — 103 | 30%
Fifth District Alderperson
Denise McDonald — 224 | 56%
Ed Anderson — 179 | 44%
Seventh District Alderperson
Bob Finsland — 55 | 100%
(unopposed)
Ninth District Alderperson
Mick MacKenzie — 396 | 82%
Dennis E. Dalbec — 85 | 18%
Superior School District Board
(Top two are elected)
Christina Kintop — 1,617 | 51%
Patrick C. Dorin — 1,549 | 49%
All of the Douglas County Board Supervisors in Superior districts ran unopposed.
West Duluth Garage Sale
Saturday, April 10, 8am to 1pm
101 S. 60th Ave W. — one block from Raleigh Edison School
Four friends garage sale. Letting go of grandma, ex husbands and old boyfriends. Selling the usual and some strange things, domestic items, 12-piece Depression ware, “Home & Garden”, collectibles. MAN POSSESSIONS. Bring your truck, free scrap wood. No early birds, not even friends. Cash only. Directions: Central Avenue to Raleigh Street to South 60th Avenue West.
The Guitar & Mandolin of Ted & Jim
An evening of swinging tunes on the guitar and mandolin (and a few tunes on the Swedish Nyckelharpa for surprise interest) Sunday, April 11 at United Methodist Church. 3-5 p.m. concert, dinner after. This is part of a concert series that has included a number of regional acoustic bands.
Lincoln Park help
Hello, I am a journalism student at UMD and I need some help finding a story idea about an issue that fits into a broad context in our world in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. It can be a symbol, anomaly, trend, or just an example of something.
Any help finding a relevant issue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood would be a huge help.
Please contact me at maso0211 @ d.umn.edu or by phone at (507) 271-0410.
Stuff I Like
My house, the alley, a train.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSElE6UsTUk
Unofficial Homegrown Basement Show
Directly following the victory of Friday over Saturday at the Homegrown kickball game (May 8 @ 2:30) please join us for byob and byobbq’in at 325 W. Fifth St. Performances by Hard Feelings and the first, last and only performance of Tiny Town!
The Vagina Cafe: Art to raise funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls
Saturday, April 10 from 1 – 5 p.m. at the Spiritual Deli on Superior St., V-Day UMD will present the first annual Vagina Cafe. Now accepting submissions from artists of multiple mediums from spoken word, poetry, and stories, to dance, music, sculpture and painting/drawing. Subject matter must pertain to women, violence against women, sexuality or vaginas.
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Natural Parenting Workshop
Duluth area Birth Doulas Jesse Dykhuis and Sara Weik bring you round two of the Natural Parenting Workshop starting Wednesday, April 21.
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From the Ripsaw Archive: April 5, 2000
Ten years ago today, the first weekly issue of the Ripsaw came out. Looking it over this morning, the thing that surprised me is there was a localized crossword puzzle. I had forgotten about that. It only lasted a few months because the guy who did it, Israel Malachi, either got tired of putting it together or left town for a while, I can’t remember which.
Anyway, the puzzle is below. It’s pretty easy, but I’ll follow up with the answer key in the comments tomorrow.
School Project Help
I am trying to find someone willing to sit with me for an hour or two and tell me the story of his or her life. I am a graduate student in a marriage and family therapy program and this is for a project about the development of individuals by circumstances in their life. None of the interview is “therapy” and there is no analyzing involved.
I really would love to interview someone from the WWII generation. I would love to do this over the weekend or early in the week next week, as my paper is due the following weekend. If anyone is interested, or know someone who would be willing to participate, please email me at joellynsteele @ gmail.com.