Perfect Duluth Day

Jeremy Messersmith and Dave Mehling

Zacaroo Jan 28, 2010 No Comments

This Saturday night, the 30th of January, UMD’s Late Night Kirby will be hosting a night of wonderful Minnesota music!

Jeremy Messersmith and Duluth’s own Dave Mehling will be playing at the Rafters on the third floor of the Kirby Student center at UMD. This event will be FREE for all UMD students and $5 to the public.

Please come by and enjoy the infectious sounds of one of Minneapolis’s favorite singer/songwriters and the musical stylings of UMD alum Dave Mehling!

Music

With You, Haiti Cherie: Benefit concert for Haitian relief

mzimmerm Jan 28, 2010 No Comments

The College of St. Scholastica is hosting a benefit concert for Haitian relief on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7 p.m in the Mitchell Auditorium on campus. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Seating is limited, so please arrive early. The event is free but a goodwill donation is requested. A silent auction begins at 6 p.m. in Mitchell’s upper and lower lobbies. T-shirts, books, CDs, etc. will also be for sale.

Performers include “Bonga and the Drums of Haiti,” Echoes of Peace Choir, First Lutheran Church Choir, CSS Hand Drum Ensemble, storyteller Elizabeth Nordell and a slide show accompanied by music from violinist Rudy Perrault. Michelle Lee from KBJR-TV will emcee.

Proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services and Partners in Health. For more information see haiti.css.edu.

Events College of St. Scholastica, Concerts

Alas, Mr. Salinger is dead

Mike Creger Jan 28, 2010 13 Comments

The car moved west, directly, as it were, into the open furnace of the late-afternoon sky. It continued west for two blocks, till it reached Madison Avenue, and then it right-angled sharply north. I felt as though we were all being saved from being caught up by the sun’s terrible flue only by the anonymous driver’s enormous alertness and skill.

Renegade Theater Company Grand Re-Opening

Renegade Theater Company Jan 28, 2010 1 Comment

A new year, a new name, a new look. Renegade Comedy Theatre is changing its name to Renegade Theater Company. Please join us to celebrate! We’re having a party and silent auction fundraiser to coincide with the opening of our first show of our 2010 season, The Sparrow, on Thursday, Feb. 4.

Apple iPad added to the long list of Apple iProducts like the iRack

Cory Fechner Jan 27, 2010 38 Comments

How about the iDon’t care.
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Videos Geeky

Bridge to Heaven

Dave Sorensen Jan 27, 2010 4 Comments

I heard that Japanese tourists visit Enger Park to view the “Bridge to Heaven,” as Park Point resembles a famous pine-tree covered sand bar in Japan. Both are viewed upside down, by bending over and looking between your legs. Here

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Uncategorized Weird

James Fallows on Cirrus as Game Changers, 9 Years On

JP Rennquist Jan 26, 2010 11 Comments

This was interesting to me. On the Plane Conversations blog, author Alan Howell reviews a 2001 book by Atlantic contributor James Fallows called “Free Flight: From Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel.” In the book, according to Howell, Fallows says that the Klapmeier brothers of Duluth’s own Cirrus Design created the first of three major innovations that would change the way people travel. How did the prediction stack up?

In the last nine years, how did James Fallows’ case studies fare?

To date, Cirrus has manufactured and sold more than 5000 aircraft and has been the number one, best selling aircraft in the past decade – not bad for a start-up company with a non-conventional design. Like other aviation companies, Cirrus has been severely impacted by the economy but will survive in some form. The aircraft has been too successful and the market will continue to demand new models with improved technology.

Read the whole article here: Free Flight: What has happened since James Fallows wrote the book

Random

He can no longer be a Twin killer

Hotrod Jan 26, 2010 5 Comments

Twins sign Jim Thome to a 1 year deal, 1.5 million. Great move.

Sports

Andrew Hudgins at St. Scholastica

Paul Lundgren Jan 26, 2010 No Comments

The College of St. Scholastica’s Warner Reading Series presents:

Andrew Hudgins
Friday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m. – Free
Somers Lounge, College of St. Scholastica

Author of six collections of poetry, including the National Book Award finalist The Never Ending: New Poems and the Pulitzer Prize nominated Saints and Strangers, Andrew Hudgins is an indispensable voice in contemporary American letters. His awards and honors include the Witter Bynner Award for Poetry, the Hanes Poetry Prize, fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Hudgins holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and teaches at Ohio State University.

Funding made possible by the Lee and Rose Warner Foundation.

Art, Events College of St. Scholastica

Nerd Gang!

BadCat! Jan 26, 2010 10 Comments

U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says prisoners can no longer play Dungeons & Dragons in prison, because it “promotes gang-related activity.”

The only thing hazardous about D&D are possibly the 4-sided dice if you happen to step on them! I think activities like this are harmless, and could provide an alternative to prison gang culture (and it uses math!). Some of my coworkers think that if you’re in prison, you shouldn’t be allowed to game. I think everyone can agree that despite what Jack Chick tells you, D&D is not a gang. Thoughts?

Random Geeky

Ryan Van Slooten CD Release

ryvanslo Jan 26, 2010 4 Comments

I’m happy to announce that my new album “All But My Soul” is now available on my website ryanvanslooten.com It will also be available on itunes in the next week or so, and down at the Fetus sometime next week. To hear a few tracks from the album, please visit my myspace site.

The CD release show will be this Saturday at Luce with Cars and Trucks also on the bill. I will have a backing band with me for the first time so it should be a good night.

Finally, tune into 91.3KUWS on Thursday night, 10:00 p.m., for Walt Dizzo’s weekly radio show. I’ll be performing tracks from the album live, in-studio, as well as playing tracks from the new album.

Hope to see you all this weekend!

Events, Music Album Releases

Turbo Rathvon Live at Norm’s

turborathvon Jan 26, 2010 No Comments

Saturday, Jan. 30 at Norm’s Beer and Brats, 10 p.m.

Turbo Rathvon (indie rock)
with Twin Cities bands Unexpected Guests (pop punk) and Not Like This (good ol’ rock ‘n roll)

Events, Music

Ladies Night Event

DJ Coco Jan 25, 2010 4 Comments

There will be a Ladies Night of Indulgence at Lake Superior Chiropractic this Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free to all ladies 21 and older. This is a time for pampering and checking out some local women vendors. Please RSVP by calling 715-398-6679. Don’t miss out on the fun!

Recommendations

Urban Explorers at Beaner’s

annied Jan 25, 2010 7 Comments

Tuesday, 7pm

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Beaner’s Tuesday Film Night will feature “Urban Explorers” this week. The documentary, by Melody Gilbert, gives us a glimpse into an international subculture of fearless thrill-seekers who lurk beneath city streets and venture into long-abandoned buildings, defiantly searching for unseen treasures of modern civilization.

Get out of the house and join us for a free movie in a relaxing environment!

Art, Events

Jason Vincent new Fox 21 news director

JP Rennquist Jan 25, 2010 11 Comments