April 2011 Posts

Become a Citizen Scientist!

Apr 12, 2011 No Comments

Celebrate Earth Week by helping community organizations collect information about our world. Join St. Louis River Alliance Director Julene Boe to see what it’s like to get your hands wet and help out.

Great Lakes Aquarium will host a community class called “Becoming a Citizen Scientist.” At the class, St. Louis River Alliance will share its work and show you ways to get involved in citizen science!

Tuesday, April 19, 4:30-5:30 pm
Cost: Free; donations accepted.
All proceeds go toward stewardship efforts on the St. Louis River.

Contact Sarah Erickson at serickson @ glaquarium.org or 218-740-2007.

For more information, check out Community Education spring classes at Great Lakes Aquarium.


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Impressed with Lake Ave Café

Apr 12, 2011 6 Comments

In light of the awesome weather we had last night my better half and I decided to go for an evening bike ride.  We ended up down on that first beach on Park Point and sat there for awhile.  When it got pretty dark we headed back and decided to stop at Lake Ave Café.  

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Recommendations, Restaurants

The Odyssey at UMD

Apr 12, 2011 1 Comment

The Odyssey by Homer
Adapted by Tom Isbell
Based on a translation by Samuel Butler
Music by Louis Dunoyer de Segonzac

April 21 – 23 & 27 – 30, 2011 @ 7:30 pm
April 24, 2011 @ 2 pm
Mainstage Theatre, Marshall Performing Arts Center

Directed by Ann Aiko Bergeron

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Art, Events

Beehive Collective, 4/14/11 @ UMD

Apr 12, 2011 2 Comments

The Beehive Collective is a group of artists and storytellers from Maine who make collaborative, narrative graphics that focus on human rights, environmental issues and social justice. Go see ’em at UMD this Thursday — they’re traveling the Midwest as part of a national tour.  They do great work and you’ll learn a lot.


Events

A Bloody Good Time

Apr 12, 2011 1 Comment

Renegade Theater Company presents Martin McDonagh’s The Lieutentant of Inishmore.

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Duluth bike cave open for the season

Apr 12, 2011 7 Comments

Open shop hours start this week at 1712 Jefferson St. Come find us in the backyard.

Wednesday 5pm-8pm (female identified night)
Thursday 5pm-8pm
Saturday 2pm-6pm

We’re also planning Friday sweater rides and Sunday bike polo for those of you interested … more to come!

Hope to see you soon. As always, email us at bikecave1712 @ hotmail.com with any questions or comments.


Sports

Get Low’s New Album, C’mon, on the Cheap

Apr 12, 2011 4 Comments

A heads-up for frugal Duluthians, Low’s new album, C’mon, is Amazon’s MP3 Daily Deal today. You can download the whole album for only $3.99, or you can download track one, “Try to Sleep,” for absolutely free.


Music, Recommendations

Free Outdoor Tennis Courts in Duluth

Apr 12, 2011 23 Comments

Does anyone know locations for outdoor tennis courts in Duluth where you don’t have to pay a court fee to play?


Outdoors, Sports

Coleen Rowley 4/12

Apr 11, 2011 1 Comment

TIME Magazine’s 2002 Person of the Year and FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley will be in Duluth tomorrow for 2 events:

At noon on the steps of the Duluth Federal Building, she’ll headline a Stand with Brad! rally to support accused Wikileaks whistleblower Pfc. Bradley Manning. The 23-year old Army intelligence specialist is facing brutal pre-trial punishment at Quantico for allegedly leaking information about war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

At 7:30pm in the Mitchell Auditorium at St Scholastica, Rowley will deliver the final lecture of the school’s Terrorism and Human Rights series, on the topic of Obama’s Response to Terrorism. Free and open to the public.

For more details, visit northlandantiwar.com.


Random

Old Timey Portrait Jamboree at the DPI

Apr 11, 2011 5 Comments

On Tuesday, April 12, at the Duluth Photography Institute (halfway between the Brewhouse and Carmody) I’ll be setting up to do a free portrait for anyone* who shows up between 5pm and 7pm.

The awesome point of interest is that I’ll be using a giant wooden camera manufactured about twenty years before the Hindenburg popped. It is guaranteed to be the most authentic modern vintage photo experience you’ll be able to find.

*Disclaimer: Please don’t bring five children and expect a whole set of family portraits. Everyone who you bring that you’d like a photo of gets stuffed into a single frame. If you do bring kids and have been feeding them sugar all day, expect blurry results. This is by no means an instant process.


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I’ve read a lot about fireworks safety!

Apr 11, 2011 8 Comments

When I was in kindergarten a stranger with one arm warned me sternly against ever using fireworks. But next week I’m turning 30 and apparently the terror of that day has receded in my memory because I’m ready to celebrate!

Where can a girl (responsibly and legally) get fireworks in these parts? A Google search turned up a number for an Arrowhead Fireworks (just rings), and I already tried that place in Superior that advertises the thrilling combination of fireworks, wild rice and lobster tails (they were closed for the month).


Random

North Shore rivers are running

Apr 11, 2011 1 Comment

Middle Falls of the Brule River

If you’re a whitewater kayaker or one of those dudes fishing ALL DAY LONG at the mouth of the Lester, you already know this: North Shore rivers have blown out their cover of ice and are running hard. Snowfall was well above average this year, and as the days warm up that snow has turned into torrents of milky-brown water headed down to Lake Superior.

But if you’re just a regular non-kayaker or non-angler, you can follow the North Shore spring melt online. You might not know your hydrograph from your hippogriff, but you can still see that something’s happening up the shore.


Random

Willie Nelson at Bayfront Park in Duluth

Apr 11, 2011 11 Comments

Willie Nelson, Trampled by Turtles and 4onthefloor are playing Bayfront Park in Duluth on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster.

The cost is $46.37 for general admission, as illustrated in the Ticketmaster checkout details below.

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Events, Music

Surprisingly impressed by Kia of Duluth

Apr 11, 2011 4 Comments

About a month ago I was on a return trip from the cities in my 1999 Corolla. A quarter mile from Pine City, I break down only to find out that I threw a rod. That meant I had to go car shopping.

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Recommendations

LakeVoice: Random Person Project

Apr 11, 2011 No Comments

A class at UMD had an assignment to write a story on a person they never met. The students used social media, phone books, and approaching people in public to find their “Random Person.” Check out the final stories on www.lakevoicenews.org.

LakeVoice News is a weekly online publication produced by UMD journalism students. The stories are reported on and written by students, but the content is for the community. If you have a story idea or would like to submit photos you can email us at [email protected].


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