Maria Bamford displaced by L.A. fires

PDD News Sieve Jan 17, 2025 No Comments

According to several social media posts today, Duluth native Maria Bamford has canceled four upcoming comedy shows on the East Coast due to being displaced by the wildfires in Los Angeles, where she has been a longtime resident. Her website lists the tour resuming on Jan. 31 with a string of shows in California.


News and Current Affairs

The Ice House

PDDTV Jan 17, 2025 No Comments

 

Via Erinn Springer on Vimeo, we present a slice of summer for mid-January meditation. 


Videos

Cloud Cult – “Vision in a Field”

PDDTV Jan 16, 2025 No Comments

The fifth video release from Cloud Cult‘s new album Alchemy Creek is for the song “Vision in a Field.” The concept, visuals and editing are the work of Patrick Riggle.


Music, Videos

Postcard from Tugs Breaking Ice for Steamer Ireland

Paul Lundgren Jan 14, 2025 No Comments

This undated postcard, circa 1903 to 1913, shows a tugboat next to the Steamer R. L. Ireland, which the caption indicates is “going to winter quarters, Duluth, Minn.” The Great Lakes bulk freighter was built and launched in 1903. According to the website Great Lakes Vessel History, it was twice renamed — Sirius in 1913 and Ontadoc in 1926 — and sold for scrap in 1970.


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Torment – “I Am the Problem”

PDDTV Jan 13, 2025 No Comments

Duluth band Torment performs “I Am the Problem” on New Year’s Eve at Pizza Lucé. The song is from the band’s new EP, The Pain. The video was shot and edited by Kayden Emantsal and Lane Peterson.


Music, Videos

PDD Quiz: 2025 Coming Attractions

Alison Moffat Jan 12, 2025 No Comments

The first PDD Quiz of 2025 previews events, establishments and shenanigans coming to the Twin Ports this year.

A quiz reviewing the month’s headlines and happenings will be published on Jan. 26. Please email question suggestions to Alison Moffat at alisonlinnaemoffat @ gmail.com by Jan. 23.

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Random

Sugar on the Roof – “Over the Great Saltless Sea”

PDDTV Jan 11, 2025 No Comments

Sugar on the Roof has a new self-titled album out on Philville Records. The track “Over the Great Saltless Sea” is highlighted here as the latest addition to Perfect Duluth Day’s list of more than 100 songs with “Duluth” in the lyrics or title.


Music

Duluth Salvation Army building has hit century mark

Paul Lundgren Jan 10, 2025 No Comments

A small feature in the Jan. 10, 1925 Duluth Herald mentions the opening of the “new” Salvation Army at 118 N. Third Ave. W. The building still stands, now serving as an annex to Hostel du Nord.

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New book of interest if you have friends at UMD

David Beard Jan 10, 2025 No Comments

I love talking about the literary writing world here, but I rarely talk about academic writing. I’d like to, this time, because I just finished c0-editing a freshly published book with articles by some of your neighbors. They were intentionally written to be accessible to a broad readership.

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Random

Kyle Orla – “Worried Blues”

PDDTV Jan 09, 2025 No Comments

Duluth’s Kyle Orla performs “Worried Blues” at the edge of Lake Superior on the last “warm” day in December 2024.


Music, Videos

Regional partnerships inviting proposals for community projects

David Beard Jan 09, 2025 No Comments

The University of Minnesota Extension Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships are seeking proposals for projects related to sustainable agriculture and food systems, clean energy, natural resources and resilient communities.

I’m on the board for these proposals, and many of your neighbors throughout the region are, too. You don’t need to be a nonprofit — local businesses with community impact and individual citizens can apply, too!

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Lessons from Scribes and Vibes and a Minnesota writers class

David Beard Jan 08, 2025 No Comments

Last semester, I taught a class in the writing major at the University of Minnesota Duluth called Minnesota Writers. It was a survey of a few “greatest hits” (Laura Ingalls Wilder and Wanda Gag; Upton Sinclair and F. Scott Fitzgerald; Tim O’Brien), but mostly, it was a tour through some of the writers alive and well and shaping Minnesota culture (Margi Preus, Chris Monroe, Julie Gard, Emily August, Michael Fedo, Lucie Amundsen, Kelly Florence, Meg Hafdahl, and contributors to the Pride Zine).

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Art

“Opiate War,” Container Music Publishing

Container Music Publishing Jan 07, 2025 No Comments

“Opiate War”
Copyright 2025 Container Music Publishing
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Music, Videos

Boxcar – “Here I Am”

PDDTV Jan 07, 2025 No Comments

The third video release from Duluth band Boxcar‘s new album, Black Noon, is directed by Lance Lindahl and edited by Adam Jones, with photography directed by Austin Hilgenberg.


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Living Chess (The Vintage Duluth blog is back)

David Beard Jan 07, 2025 No Comments

The Vintage Duluth Blog at the Duluth Public Library is back.


History