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Stand in Line Tonight; Sale Opens Tomorrow

Jun 13, 2011 No Comments

The DPL Friends sale starts in just 24 hours; stand in line now if you want to be first. Or, maybe, just get their early tomorrow.

Video of 2009 Friends Sale

From the Friends: The 2011 Book Sale will be held June 14-17

The Friends of the Duluth Public Library annual used book sale is held this year in June. The first day of the sale is for Friends members only; anyone may join the Friends on that day by paying the membership dues ($10 annually for an individual) at the table in the Michigan Street Lobby.

Build your own home library and contribute to a good cause at the same time. The 2010 sale raised more than $30,000! These funds are given back to the Library to purchase special materials and to support specific programs.

The Book Sale is the Friends’ major fundraising activity. All proceeds from the sale are returned to the Library and are used to purchase new materials and to support programs and special activities.


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The War Continues…

Jun 13, 2011 3 Comments

Norton’s going crazy this morning while checking up on my PDD.

Blackhole Toolkit Website 5 is hitting my firewall pretty hard…


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Challenge: Gary-New Duluth vs. East Hillside / Chester Park

Jun 10, 2011 45 Comments

The challenge is to list the Pros and Cons of living in either location. GO TEAM GO!


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Homegrown Rummage Sale

Jun 09, 2011 No Comments

A number of folks expressed interest in buying our snazzy Homegrown tees this year, which were only available to volunteers and musicians. Well, we’ve got a few leftover so Rummage Sale time it is. If you’re headed to the Park Point sales tomorrow, June 10, stop by and visit us on Minnesota Ave between 18th and 19th, on the Lake side.

We’ll also have CDs, including the new Mayor’s Mix, Homegrown coozies, and tees screenprinted with the logo above.


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Cheap date for North Shore hikers, agoraphiles

Jun 09, 2011 10 Comments

For the price of a few gallons of gas, you can have a full, free day at Split Rock Lighthouse. It’s the annual open house for Minnesota State Parks, so park admission is free. So is admission to the Minnesota Historical Society Split Rock Lighthouse site.

Did I make up word, “agoraphile”? It’s the opposite of an agoraphobe (someone afraid of crowds). The park and especially the Lighthouse will be crowded!

 

By the way, gas is often 3-4 cents cheaper per gallon in Two Harbors. Something about Hugo Chavez…


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Yeehaw and Yahoo!

Jun 09, 2011 No Comments

Yahoo! thinks we’re pretty.

Stop: Duluth’s four-mile lakeside sports path shows off the city highlights: a rose garden, pre-Prohibition brewery, an aerial bridge, and the largest grain elevators in the world.


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Learn your local wildflowers

Jun 08, 2011 No Comments

Let’s say you’re a wildflower and you happen to like cool, moist, acidic woods. Suppose you’d find a place to live around Duluth? That’s what happened for Cornus canadensis, the bunchberry or Canada dogwood.

For four great random facts about the bunchberry, read more at my blog.


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Hello, West Duluth. Is it Lionel Ritchie you’re looking for?

Jun 08, 2011 12 Comments

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This poster was hanging on the pillar outside Insty-Prints at the Spirit Valley Shopping Center in West Duluth on Tuesday. Everyone at Insty denied involvement and seemed unaware of it. The tear-offs at the bottom are lyrics from the song.

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Free Movie Monday at Duluth Art Institute

Jun 06, 2011 4 Comments

TONIGHT!
Monday, June 6
6:30 Gallery Tour
7:30 Movie: “9 to 5”
FREE

Friday night isn’t the only free movie night in Duluth this summer! The Duluth Art Institute is offering Free Movie Monday at the Depot to celebrate the exhibit “Esther Bubley: On Assignment”. Treat yourself to a tour of our exhibition, then head downstairs to the Train Museum’s Zelda theater for a free movie.

Our first film of the series celebrates three sassy women as they take on their terrible boss. Dolly Parton memorized the entire movie, word for word, in preparation for her part, not realizing she really only needed to know her own lines!


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PDD, Infected. Leave immediately!

Jun 05, 2011 3 Comments

PDD appears to be infected with malware, which may harm your computer. Please leave immediately and take proper measures to cleanse your computer of our apparent filth.

We’re working on the problem, but it may take awhile for us to set things straight. Don’t check back. Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook accounts for further information.

And may God have mercy on our souls.


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Something’s Not Quite Right!

Jun 05, 2011 4 Comments

This warning greeted me on my browser when I tried to visit PDD just now. What gives?


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Today was actually a perfect Duluth day.

Jun 04, 2011 14 Comments

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Lakeside cat update

Jun 04, 2011 2 Comments

Cat is on his way home to Rochester, MN…I think that’s all I should say about it…microchips work!!!


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Zumba and bellydance summer classes @ Eman’s Belly Dance Studio

Jun 02, 2011 No Comments

Get in shape for your swimsuit this summer with the high-energy zumba and bellydance classes at Eman’s Belly Dance Studio in Duluth. The summer special is $5 a class when you join up now. Call Eman at 218- 724-2691 or visit emansbellydancing.com.


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Duluth Yard Sale of the Decade!

Jun 01, 2011 2 Comments

What happens when you combine a couple of families with ten years worth of stuff? You get a yard jam-packed full of interesting things looking for new owners! We have tables, curtains, books, rugs, a wide selection of purses, men’s and women’s clothing, glassware, electronics, CDs, kitchen items and much much more!  Come check out what else you may find!

1224 E. 10th St., Duluth
Friday, June 3, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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