Super short notice … Nick Pawlenty is the featured artist. Come celebrate the one-year anniversary of the salon. Food, wine, coffee tea, etc. DJ Olee and Nola and live performance by Jessica Myshack and the artist, Nick’s band!
Saturday, July 23, 6-9pm, 1131 E. 4th St.
www.jlydiasalon.com
My name is Lance Karasti. I have recently returned to Duluth after living in Hollywood for the past 2 years. This was my thesis film. I’m hoping to make a feature film in Duluth, as well as a handful of short films.
The short film is based on a Hollywood rumor about Martin Scorsese. He got the idea to change the color of the blood at the end of “Taxi Driver” in order to get out of an X rating. This film is a fictional version of how he got that idea.
This was shown in the Sound Unseen Film Festival at Zinema 2 and got a great response.
Local creative writing enthusiast and editor Chris Grant edits Twist of Noir, a website of noir-style mystery fiction.
Twist of Noir Logo by Walter Conley. Copyright 2011
Chris wants to see stories that are well-written, engaging and interesting crime and noir stories.
UMD Library’s Northeast Minnesota Historical Center recently contributed 493 images of Duluth businesses to the Minnesota Digital Library. This is a great collection of images, selected by NEMHC curator Pat Maus. These images add to the over 2000 photographs, documents, and maps from the Center already in the Digital Library.
Not that I distrust the kids totally, but there are some youth in Duluth going door to door. They are collecting ‘points’ toward a trip and award to sell subscriptions to magazines. But along the way, the young man who came to my door asked to come in for a writing surface. When the table in the entry wasn’t enough, he asked to come in further for a counter or dining table. Then he asked for some bottled water. All of this made me increasingly uncomfortable. After he left, I called the phone number on the receipt and Googled the name of the company. Upshot is, they are tagged by the Better Business Bureau for not refunding money and not delivering product. Buyer beware.
The fair is proud to present the Tisdales on Sunday, Aug. 21, at 1 p.m. Free to all! Small-town atmosphere with big time events. To see everything that is going on and a map to the events visit meadowlandsfair.org.
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The corn analysis made me think of this right away and had to share based on the corn comments. If you haven’t seen this already, it’s worth watching through. In addition to the experiment results, Elise’s scripted narration and awkward pauses are fantastic. She’s not from Duluth, but is from Minnesota and really likes our town.
128 E. Toledo St
Off Kenwood between College St and Arrowhead
Friday, July 22, 3-6pm, and Saturday, July 23, 8am-Noon
With a few small households moving in together we have things to pass on to new homes including an extensive number of books, including a wide assortment of political and current event nonfiction, assorted fiction, and many others. Some other goodies are:
-Lamps
-Kitchen utensils
-Corelle Dish Set
-Pots and Pans
-Coffee Pot
-Coffee mugs
-Women’s Clothing and Shoes
-Knick-knacks
How many different beers are produced in Duluth and commercially available in July 2011? Could you drink a pint of each in one day and not require a stomach pump?
Please join the American Cancer Society and the relay teams at this year’s Duluth Relay for Life at Bayfront Park on Friday, July 22. In addition to the events listed below, there will be food, a silent auction and fun for all ages! All of the profit supports the American Cancer Society.
We’re having a bit of a soiree at Lake Avenue Cafe on Friday night, July 22. Marijuana Deathsquads, a group of world famous musicians from the Twin Cities, will be converging on Duluth to use our bodies and lake for their quality of sonic resonance. Kevin Craig will play records on the deck and help us all party. Come check it out.
10 PM | 21+ | $5
Marijuana Deathsquads on Facebook
marijuanadeathsquad​s.tumblr.com
emptystapes.blogspo​t.com
An Introduction to Lake Superior by Jim Richardson of Duluth, MN.
Girl on her Bike, Duluth, 1977. By Tom Arndt from his book Home.
Now, I don’t actually know where in Duluth this was taken, but I’d like to know so I can go re-shoot it. The buildings in the background look distinct enough that I hope someone here recognizes them if they are still standing.
I just now noticed that “analysis” could be thought of as having a prefix. Anyway, the ears on the left are from the Whole Foods Coop and the ones on the right are from the guy in the Pizza Hut parking lot on Central Entrance.
Co-op price was .99 each (or .89 with my membership). Pizza Hut price was $6/doz or .50 each.
Go see him! If you’re not familiar, check out his website. Saw him first at Green Man a few years back and he’s hella fun. Playing a 1-hour matinee at Big Top Chautauqua this Saturday for only $4 and then opening later that night (still at Big Top) for … hold onto your hearts, ladies … Kansas.
Admittedly, we’re skipping the Kansas part, but the matinee should be rad and there are still a bunch of tickets left.
