Job opportunity: Become the leader of Duluth’s music scene bureaucracy
The Homegrown Music Festival is looking for a director to follow in the footsteps of Paul Connolly, who has stepped down from the position.
Homegrown is Duluth’s yearly celebration of local music, featuring eight days of concerts with performances by well over 100 bands.
The 12th annual Homegrown will be held May 2 to 9, 2010.
The festival director is responsible for the overall management of Homegrown. (more…)
It’s a twister ma!
A tornado touched down a few times in Minneapolis. The Electric Fetus was hit.
We saw it coming from our work windows and headed to the basement. It touched down about five blocks from my theater.
And the winner is … (drum roll)
And the winner of two tickets to Suzanne Vega at Big Top Chautauqua is Sam Haraldson, whose rendition of the Last Supper managed to capture our hearts and minds here at the PDD Headquarters. We have no idea who any of these people are, or what the story behind the photo is, but we like it. Congratulations, Sam. We hope you enjoy the show.
How I Spent My Summer Vacation in Minnesota with Daniel Johnston, Laura Ingalls Wilder, my great-great-grandparents and a bunch of short-fiction writers
There comes a time in every Minnesota man’s summer when he climbs into a rusty conversion van with the love of his life and sets out across the state in search of everything and nothing in particular.
Once the dog and the cooler of beer are secure in back, it’s off we go.
Event
Aurora Baer tonight at Carmody
New 4 Track Films Production
We’re going into production on a new 4 Track Film. This one is entitled The Life of Riley and is a romantic comedy. We’re shooting in and around Duluth and a little up the North Shore. (more…)
Duluth on AOL
The Duluth housing market is being featured on the AOL homepage right now. It’s time to buy a house, according to this headline.
Victorian Olympiad at Carmody
I say! I say! Compete against other chaps and ladies in the hat-doffing competition, hop-skip-and-jump while holding a drink, and other categories that promise to be an entirely civilized good time!
Competitors should be dressed accordingly, and look to the UK Chaps Olympics to get into training!
Monday, August 24, 7 PM. Toodle pip!
Equal Xchange CD Release
w/ special guest Mat Milinkovich on drums.
Choose your Cruise
Glass Elevator rocked Homegrown. Aug 29 is the next chance to see the band again along with Uptown Boys and DJ Kevin Craig.
Question of the Day.
What won’t you buy used? I have a thing against used sheets, something weird about that. Also underwear (of course) and toilet brushes. How about you?
Waiter? There’s a drink in my brain.
you have a new place to get your drink on when you visit the twin cities.
A legendary north Minneapolis dive bar has risen from the dead.
When one of the Twin Cities’ most notorious bars, Stand Up Frank’s, closed earlier this year, I wouldn’t have believed in a million years it would be reopened and reimagined as something called Donny Dirk’s Zombie Den. Real zombies could dig themselves out of the ground and eat my brains before that would happen, because that would be crazy. Read the rest.
Harold Nelson Dies
Harold Nelson, the old fellow often seen walking along Central Entrance and elsewhere, was struck by a car and killed. The News Tribune has an article in the August 16th edition.
‘Im on a Boat’ – Beat Cruise
Boat loads @ 6:30 - Don't miss the boat!
Tickets available online @ www.psychedelicpanda.bigcartel.com
or available @ load-in for a higher price. (Get them presale and save)
Nemadji Wisconsin Point Burial Tour
Ever wonder what happened to all the remains from the old Indian cemetery on Wisconsin Point? According to this YouTube video, over 100 burials were “dumped” along the banks of the Nemadji River at the St. Francis Cemetery in Superior. Their bones and artifacts crop up to this day as the banks continue to erode.
Can Someone Please Explain to Me…
why if you want to see Sweeney Todd, or any Playground performance, you can’t buy tickets in advance? Oh wait, you CAN buy tickets in advance online but you have to pay a $2.50 convenience fee per ticket. Wouldn’t it be more convenient to skip the fee and just sell tickets in advance at the door?
I really just don’t get why every other theater in town can sell tickets in advance but the Playground insists on using this odd system.
So, really, can anyone explain this to me? Because I don’t get it.
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Joyful and unashamedly vulgar, The Great American Trailer Park Musical has been called South Park meets Desperate Housewives, and Jerry Springer set to music by theater critics around the country. (more…)
Ride the Rubber Chicken Charter to Applefest this October!
On Saturday, October 3, make it a beautiful fall day of crunchy apples and corny jokes as KUWS Radio and Rubber Chicken Theater invite you to ride in style to Applefest in Bayfield aboard the Rubber Chicken Charter.
The Rubber Chicken Charter will leave from Wessman Arena on the campus of UWS at 11:00am, and gets back to Superior at 10:30pm. There will be plenty of time in beautiful Bayfield to enjoy the sights and sounds of Applefest, then, at 5:00pm, you will be in the audience for the LIVE broadcast of The Rubber Chicken Radio Hour. The show will be performed smack dab in the middle of Applefest, right on the main stage. The show will feature local musicians from Big Top Chautauqua, a Brett Favre apple sketch or two, and other fun surprises.
Cost to ride the Rubber Chicken Charter is just $20. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot today by contacting Kim Gustafson at KUWS Radio (kgustafs@uwsuper.edu, 715-394-8530). Credit cards are accepted.
Renegade Duluth makes “the Network”
I had given up on much Duluth art being discussed ever on MPR, after forever of hearing the Pioneer Press’ Dominic Papatola’s eye-rolling, painfully self-conscious weekly host chats, (yes, “host chat” a la Regis and Kelly, only if you added a condescending air to their blather). But then they added this interesting feature “Art Hounds” which is a great step in the right direction, only they’re very Twin Cities centric, as is standard for “the Network.” THEN, today I heard a familiar voice: Lucie Amundson, who is (if I’m not mistaken) a PDD and/or Park Point regular. Haven’t heard her on the “network” since election day. They should use her more. Good work, Lucie. Would love to hear you do stories in person sometime!
https://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/13/art-hounds/?refid=0
She talks about the new renegade theater show, hopefully there is a link there ^ and you can click and listen …
Health Insurance Reform
I am trying to understand the issue of Health Insurance Reform, but all the stories seem to be about people shouting. Are news outlets reporting on the price of health insurance? How much does health insurance buy modafinil cost you? By comparing the average price of health insurance to the average income of Duluthians, we will know if there is a problem or not.
Promotional product company clearing out inventory
Rummage sale.
– Hundreds of blank and screenprinted T-shirts
– Polos, sweatshirts, jackets, etc.
– Lots of Boy Scout licensed apparel and accessories
– Office supplies and promotional products
– Mugs and water bottles
– Toys and knick-knacks
Come check us out Aug. 19-21, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Located behind our offices on 3907 Grand Ave. in West Duluth.
Farmers Market at UMD: Wednesday
Farmers Market at UMD
Every Wednesday from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
UMD Kirby Plaza Bus Hub
LOCAL Produce, Music and Artisans!
Contact:
Leah Nelson
nels5131 @ d.umn.edu
218-940-2138
Ride the Bus or Park for FREE in Lot E! (more…)