April 2010 Posts

UMD Spring Sustainability Fair – Thursday, April 22nd – 9am-2pm – UMD Kirby Student Center

This semester the theme of the UMD Sustainability Fair is Art and Design.  What can you do at the fair?  Attend an engaging conversation with community experts!  Architect David Salmela, FAIA, will discuss architecture and sustainability. Pastor David Carlson of Duluth’s Gloria Dei Lutheran Church will talk about his experience with the Early Adopter’s training and how the Natural Step Framework as affected the congregation.  Susan Meyers, graduate of UMD’s Masters of Liberal Arts program, will talk about her project, Creating a Journey into Healing with Art.  Ryan Jordan, UMD Admissions Diversity Counselor, will present on Music and Social Change.  You’ll have the opportunity to learn more about sustainability efforts in the Twin Ports by visiting over 20 community and campus organization’s informational and interactive booths!  Also, check out UMD and Duluth elementary student art on display at UMD Stores Express and around campus! Sustain Fair Poster Spring 2010

UMD Parking Q’s: www.d.umn.edu/parking

Check out UMD’s Sustainability website: www.d.umn.edu/sustain

Modest Home Makeover

Last summer/fall, the Extreme Makeover Home Edition TV show came to town to build a new home for the Huber family in South Range. It was a wonderful thing, but several commenters on this website wrote that those efforts should continue without all the TV cameras and didn’t need to be so extreme.

A little something called Modest Home Makeover was started around that time, with the goal of raising $150,000 to build a new home for Rick & Brenda Hallfrisch. Fox 21 News did this story about it …

I bring this up now because volunteer meetings and fund-raising events are coming up soon. You can read about all of them at modesthomemakeover.com.

Duluth Women’s Soccer League

Recreational, Competitive Summer Soccer

Recreational soccer is an ideal fit for women who want to play just for fun.  It is non-competitive and beginners are not only welcomed but encouraged.  This is a great opportunity to learn the game, build skills, gather with women, get exercise and have fun.

Competitive soccer is perfect for women who have played competitively either in high school or college and are looking for a higher level of play one or two nights a week.

Register on-line at: duluthsoccer.com click on the DWSL link.

Registration deadline is May 1.

Games begin in early June and end in mid August. They will be held at Public Schools Stadium and some at UMD’s field.

For more information contact Kyle Elden 218-341-6115 or [email protected] or Trish Stinnett at [email protected]
Or visit duluthsoccer.com and click on DWSL.

Are you a biking fanatic? Share your photos.

Do you and your bike share an unhealthy love? Lake Voice News wants to know about it!

Please post or email jawa0007 @ d.umn.edu a photo of your bicycle. Tell us your name, your bike’s name, how long the two of you have been together, and any stories or anything else you feel we should know about your bike!

All help is appreciated!

Duluth home-movie footage from 1938

This 8mm home-movie depicts a 1938 fishing trip to Duluth.

Today’s my birthday.

So where’s the best cake?

I’m talking about cake I can buy one piece of and take back to my house, by the way.

It’s not over yet, Netflix.

As Business North reports, the West Duluth Video Vision closes April 17. As the banners at Hollywood Video report, that store will be closing soon as well.

Other West Duluth video stores that came and went over the years include Mr. Movies, All Star Video and Late Night Video. The Redbox outside Super One and scattered convenience stores are the only movie rental choices in West Duluth now.

UPDATE: Video Vision owner Brian Augustine has changed his mind and will open a new location in the Spirit Valley Shopping Center.

Fresh! Novelties and Kenspeckle Flosculations

Sivertson Gallery
361 Canal Park Drive
723-7877

Happy Record Store Day

Today is the third Saturday in April, which means that it’s officially Record Store Day. The way to celebrate Record Store Day is to go check out your local independent record stores, which in the Twin Ports means either the Electric Fetus or the Vinyl Cave.

From the official website:

A Record Store Day participating store is defined as a physical retailer whose product line consists of at least 50% music retail, whose company is not publicly traded and whose ownership is at least 70% located in the state of operation. (In other words, we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores-not online retailers or corporate behemoths).

Finally, something goes right in the world of journalism.

Now if we can just get them to change “Internet” to “internet,” all will be right with the cosmos.

In 1975 rock was a man’s world, until …

The Runaways at Zinema 2, baybee!

Friday at 7:30. Live music by Shana David at 7 p.m.

Seedlings … and local Morning TV Shows.

WDIO-WIRT was good enough to do this morning show interview with a couple of organizers for this event that I am helping with on Saturday. We’re giving out seedlings for dads, among other things. That’s why I mention it. The event itself is called “MN Father’s Forever” and it is designed to help promote connections between dads and their kids, especially for dads who have been around the block a few times, so to speak. Sometimes dads get so far behind on child support or they have trouble navigating the custody and family court system and they just give up. So we’re working with those guys, too. We want to help them get re-connected. I wrote some details for the event here on our Facebook event page.

Report on the Tax Day Anti-War Protest

by Adam Ritscher

Bring our war dollars home!” was the message of the more than 120 protesters who participated in the Northland Anti-War Coalition’s April 15 Tax Day protest. The event was held to highlight the fact that hundreds of billions of dollars of our tax dollars are being wasted every year on the unjust wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. At the same time this is going on federal, state and local governments are being forced to cut social programs due to budget shortfalls. The NAWC protest called for our tax dollars to be spent on human needs, rather than war.

Historic Photos of Duluth

LakesnWoods.com: A Guide to Minnesota Communities

Old time post cards and photos of Duluth. Cool site!

My Insecurities Make Me Wanna Prove Things

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