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Duluth Preservation Alliance Centennial Homes Recognition

Mar 21, 2013 11 Comments

At its annual awards ceremony in May the Duluth Preservation Alliance is recognizing Duluth homes that are turning 100 years old. The DPA is looking for applicants whose homes are turning 100 years old this year and that have retained their historic character.

If you would like to apply, or know someone who might qualify, you can download an application at duluthpreservation.org under the “Centennial Homes Recognition” tab. Applications are due April 18.

If you have any questions, please contact Bob Berg at 218-341-6143 or robert.berg @ duluth.k12.mn.ust.

Events, History Duluth Preservation Alliance

Spirit Mountain Snowboarding

Mar 20, 2013 No Comments

Sports, Videos Skiing and Snowboarding, Spirit Mountain

Charles Duluth on TV’s The Americans

Mar 20, 2013 No Comments

I just found out about this by reading on the TWOP blog about the show. The character Charles Duluth (played by Reg Rogers) has been in two episodes so far. I wonder how they decided on his last name?

Random References to Duluth in Film/TV or Other Media

Homegrown 2013 Schedule

Mar 20, 2013 9 Comments

Just released on duluthhomegrown.com.

* Roughly 186 bands.
* Big Wave Dave at Mr. D’s on Tuesday
* Stellar lineup at Grandma’s Sports Garden on Wednesday
* Too much everything after that

Events, Music Homegrown Music Festival

Homegrown Band Publicity Photo Showdown: Snobarn vs. Peter Pain

Mar 20, 2013 3 Comments

Snobarn (photo by Shawn Stigstill)

Peter Pain (photo by Rich Narum)

With the Homegrown Music Festival coming up PDD launched a series of polls six weeks ago, tournament style, to determine which Duluth-area band has the sweetest pic. Last week Tangier 57 defeated Duck Duck Punch. This week we ask …

Which band has the better publicity photo?

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This poll is now closed. The results were:

Snobarn – 52.2 percent
Peter Pain – 47.8 percent

Note: Only people who are logged in to their Perfect Duluth Day blogging account are allowed to vote (to prevent people from voting multiple times). To create an account, click here. If you need help figuring it out, click here.

Music, Photos, Polls

Local film makers producing horror film in Duluth

Mar 19, 2013 3 Comments

Murder Pretty, a local independent group of film makers dedicated to producing fun and interesting horror films, is producing its first slasher movie, How Pretty You Die right in Duluth. Filming begins March 28. Check out the Kickstarter campaign.

Videos Creepy, Crowdfunding

Lake Superior ice sheets breaking at Brighton Beach

Mar 19, 2013 8 Comments

Videos Kitchi Gammi Park and Brighton Beach, Lake Superior, Lake Superior Plate Ice Stacking

Cooking on the Car returns

Mar 19, 2013 No Comments

Duluth’s finest cooking show continues as Dan Dresser and Jason Wussow make beer cheese soup and black bean dip on the manifold of their car on the way to Washburn using techniques they’ve honed on their many road trips around the country.

Brewhouse Cattle

Mar 19, 2013 9 Comments

[This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.]

Jason Davis was in Duluth for his “On the Road” series to find out more about the connection between a brewery and a farm.

Restaurants, Videos

17.5mm Film

Mar 18, 2013 2 Comments

I was talking to a friend about historical research, and he mentioned a local film, unwatchable, because it is on 17.5 mm film — basically, 35mm film cut in half.

Can anyone think of a way to watch this film? This is the 21st century!

Uncategorized Queries

MBOTMA Bluegrass Cabin Fever — site change due to Radisson flooding

Mar 18, 2013 1 Comment

Important news if you are considering attending the Cabin Fever Festival in Duluth this weekend. Unfortunately the Radisson Hotel has experienced an unforeseeable incident that has forced us to move the event.

A water main broke in downtown Duluth a couple days ago and flooded the basement and electrical service to the Radisson Hotel where the festival was to take place. The hotel will not be able to restore electrical power for several weeks and has completely shut down.

The good news is an alternate space at the Inn on Lake Superior in Canal Park has been secured.

Events

Chipotle coming to the Twin Ports! (?)

Mar 18, 2013 91 Comments

I have it on decent authority that work is being done right now to bring four or five Chipotle restaurants to the Twin Ports area. My source says that one of the stores is destined for Cloquet and the rest are going to be in Duluth/Superior.

I won’t get too excited until the doors open, but I think many will agree that this is a long time coming for this area. No more trips south just to get a burrito (yes, I’ve done that).

Restaurants Burritos

Low at 20

Mar 18, 2013 16 Comments

In yesterday’s story in the DNT, Alan Sparhawk, sound engineer Eric Swanson, musicians Marc Gartman, Amy Abts and Tony Bennett, and Low’s former nanny Scott “Starfire” Lunt all weigh in on the band’s 20 years of music.

It’s a great conversation and it’s one I think is worth continuing here as Low commemorates its second decade in the business and its 10th studio album, which hits the shelves on Tuesday.

What are your favorite Low memories, whether you know the band or you’re just a fan of their music?

History, Music Low

This week: zombies, ballet, bluegrass and custom cars

Mar 18, 2013 4 Comments

Here’s a sampling of what you have to look forward to this week on the PDD Calendar.

Storyteller Kevin Kling returns to Duluth tomorrow with Dan Chouinard to perform at Mitchell Auditorium.

La Leche League meets for discussion every third Wednesday of the month at the Coppertop.

Zombie madness meets Elizabethan England in Renegade Theater Company‘s William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead at the Teatro Zuccone starting Thursday and running for three weekends.

The Minnesota Ballet presents its production of Firebird on Friday and Saturday at the DECC Auditorium.

The Cabin Fever Bluegrass Festival melts the winter blues away at the Inn on Lake Superior in Canal Park this weekend, Friday through Sunday.

And if that weren’t enough, this weekend World of Wheels: Motorhead Madness comes to the DECC with custom cars, bikes, four-by-fours and other wheeled wonders.

So what are you doing this week? Can we tag along? Any upcoming events that you want to promote? Let us know.