March 2010 Posts

Cross City Trail — A photo tour of the proposed section from Clyde Park to the Lakewalk

Mar 08, 2010 7 Comments

In a Feb. 18 post the maps for the proposed Cross City Trail – which will connect the Munger Trail to the Lakewalk – were laid out, with photos showing the various route options for the westernmost section shown in the comments. A Feb. 28 post showed a photo tour of the middle section of the proposed trail.

In this post, the route options for connecting Clyde Park to the Duluth Lakewalk are shown. Here are the maps to follow along with:

29th Avenue West to 18th Avenue West
18th Avenue West to Mesaba Avenue
Mesaba Avenue to the Lakewalk

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Outdoors, Politics

Countdown to spring

Mar 08, 2010 1 Comment

The ski hill at Chester Bowl is scheduled to stay open through this weekend, but it looks like Mother Nature may not be patient and cooperative. Already this weekend, the creek started flooding the bottom of the hill. So if you’re interested in taking or watching a waterskiing run at the Bowl, today might be your day. The lift is open from 4:30 – 8:30 tonight (Monday 3/8). The next scheduled day the lift is open will be Thursday, but that’s a long way away. Lift tickets are $5 at the concession stand. While you’re there, pick up a nifty Chester Bowl Hoodie or long-sleeve T-shirt at the concession stand.


Outdoors, Recommendations, Sports, Videos

Voices of the Lake Speaker Series

Mar 08, 2010 No Comments

Full Circle: Hike Around the Greatest Lake
Presented By: Mike Link and Kate Crowley
Thursday, March 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Aquarium Lobby
Free

Full Circle Superior is not just the first shoreline circumnavigation of Lake Superior by foot in recorded history – it is an incredible international bridge that brings together people, ideas and issues from areas as diverse as science, community, economy, education and the environment intricately into a web interlacing around and in the midst of this great lake. Join us as Mike Link, executive director of Audubon Center of the North Woods and Full Circle Superior hiker, describes the planning, preparation, and goals of this historic hike.

For more information call Sara Kubarek at 218-740-2013.


Events, Outdoors

Images from Diorama-rama 4

Mar 07, 2010 1 Comment

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Art, Photos ,

Colder gets older

Mar 07, 2010 11 Comments

Colder by the Lake‘s “Older by the Lake,” a comedy about aging, opens this Thursday night at Teatro Zuccone.

In the pic: Cathy Podeszwa, John Schmidt, Christa Schulz, Jack Setterlund and Gary Kruchowski. They guarantee the show will be “more fun than a barrel of reading glasses.”

This post is being published early on Sunday morning for a reason. The first person to write a comment on this wins two tickets to the opening night show (Thursday, March 11, 7:30 p.m.). It’s a reward for being up early on a Sunday and reading about oldness.

Oh, and don’t worry, the playbill is in large print.


Art, Events ,

Batteries – You’re So Excited

Mar 05, 2010 3 Comments

YSE Cover

You can hear a track from this thing on MySpace.

Now available at the Electric Fetus and online at cdbaby.com/cd/batteries.

Or at the show tonight at Pizza Luce with Dead Man Winter. (Undesirables had to cancel, utmost apologies.)


Music

Renegade Free Improv Weekend

Mar 05, 2010 No Comments

Renegade Theater Company is proud to announce a free improv weekend on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13. Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis, and you must be present to claim your ticket. Tickets will be available beginning at 9:30 p.m on both nights. The improv performances are at 10:30 p.m on both Friday and Saturday at the Teatro Zuccone in downtown Duluth.

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Art

Photo of Dusty Olson and Scott Jurek in April issue of Runner’s World Magazine!

Mar 04, 2010 20 Comments

Not only did Duluth help raise the lovely Olympian runner Kara Goucher for a short time at Duluth East,  but ultramarathoner Scott Jurek calls it his hometown.

As I opened up this month’s issue to the article about Jurek,  I had to giggle with shock at the photo of he and another D-town personality, Dusty Olson!  Go buy the issue today!  And, oh,  start running, too.


Sports

Here it is! Lake Voice News

Mar 04, 2010 8 Comments

Some of you were in a discussion in February about what UMD Journalists should name their online news organization. Thank you for all of your suggestions!

We would like to announce our name and website. We called it “Lake Voice” after an old French newspaper in Duluth, “Voix du Lac.” We focus on community news.

Please check us out and feel free to give any feedback.

lakevoicenews.org
twitter.com/lakevoicenews
facebook.com/lakevoicenews


Random ,

“The Process” and Nathan Ness

Mar 04, 2010 No Comments

Duluth native Nathan Ness appears in the new film The Process, which premieres March 20 at the Suburban World Theatre in Minneapolis.

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Art, Events, Videos

“Theives Like Us” – Duluth screenings

Mar 04, 2010 No Comments

“Thieves Like Us” is a feature-length action comedy (Jackie Chan style) made for about $3,200. There are two screenings at the Duluth Playground — March 5 and 6 at 7:30 pm.

The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Jarrod Crooks, and actor/producer Daniel Quaile of St. Paul-based Film Under 5, a production company with the goal of showing “that if you get creative, write a good story, and work your butt off, you can make a feature film for under $5,000.”


Art, Events, Videos

Photographers Kim Borst and Shannon Cousino Exhibit

Mar 04, 2010 No Comments

Photographers Kim Borst and Shannon Cousino are unveiling new work in a collaborative exhibit, which opens Friday, March 5 from 6-9 at Washington Gallery. Both artists have a unique approach to photography that utilizes traditional black and white darkroom techniques.

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Art, Events, Photos

Low reaches for ‘Heaven’ with dance

Mar 04, 2010 No Comments

Duluth indie band Low is trying something very new about a very old subject as band members are collaborating with Minneapolis choreographer Morgan Thorson on “Heaven,” a dance exploring religious ritual.

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Music

Duluth Mayor to Google: Forget Topeka, Take My First Born

Mar 03, 2010 16 Comments

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News and Current Affairs, Videos

Toast the Arts – Taste the Wine

Mar 03, 2010 No Comments

“Toast the Arts – Taste the Wine” is a wine tasting, silent auction and live auction fund-raising event benefiting Choice Unlimited’s Arts Program. Choice Unlimited is a non-profit organization supporting individuals with disabilities in their pursuit of employment and community inclusion. Choice Unlimited’s Arts Program provides instruction in visual arts, dance, and acting classes.  Bold-choice Theatre Company, part of the Arts Program, creates disability awareness productions providing unique performances for community and student audiences.

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Events