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Skeeters!
The mosquitoes hatched last night. They’re late this year, but appear to be healthy. Saw them drive a deer out of the woods this morning. This could be a rough year. Related posts: No related posts.
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Cook, MN slates week of art displays in the north woods
The Northwoods Friends of the Arts kicks off their Spring Arts Expo this Friday, May 31 in Cook, Minnesota. You can read more about the activities here, including gallery displays, live music and more. To see the poster with more details, go below the jump. Read more… Related posts: No related posts.
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Dylan Days reach fever pitch today in Bob’s hometown
Dylan Days continues this morning with the famous Bobby Zimmerman bus tour, an interactive storytelling experience that takes visitors through “Bob’s” Hibbing. The tour departs from downtown Hibbing at 10:30 a.m. and lets out at 2:30 p.m. (refreshments available) at Howard Street Booksellers. Author M.L. Liebler will hold an event there at the end of…
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See the ‘Dylan by Duluth’ sculpture concept
Last Sunday I talked about a new Bob Dylan sculpture project in Duluth in my preview of northern Minnesota’s Dylan Fest and Dylan Days (starting today!) Here’s a sneak peak at the sculpture, which was unveiled at a preview yesterday: The “Dylan by Duluth” website launches Monday, with a Kickstarter raising funds for the project…
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Paul Bunyan horror flick on tap for summer showings
A few weeks ago I wrote about “Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan.” I found the concept of a Paul Bunyan horror film to be quite divisive among my readers. For some, the trailer evoked the kind of excitement seldom seen for a movie that proudly bills itself as a latter-day B-movie. For others,…
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Comet Theater meets fundraising goal, will surivive into Digital Age
The Comet Theater in Cook, the oldest active single-screen theater left in Minnesota, faced an existential crisis this spring and has survived. Last week, the theater announced it had met its Kickstarter goal of raising $80,000 for new digital equipment allowing them to show modern features. Movie studios are no longer sending film versions of…
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Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in history
This is my Sunday column for the May 19, 2013 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I’ll be revealing more about Tom Page’s Dylan sculpture project in a week or so. Dylan sculpted music, now hometowns etch him in historyBy Aaron J. Brown The figure crouches over a guitar, playing against a hurricane. A long…
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North Country Dylan Celebration starts today
For fans of Bob Dylan, the northern Minnesota music scene or those who just wonder about the connection between the world’s most influential living musician and the back woods, mining towns and blue collar city of his youth, well, we’ve got you covered. Today Duluth begins its annual Dylan Fest. A series of events continue…
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Brian Laidlaw plays Zimmy’s tonight, unofficial start of Dylan celebration
Twin Cities-based singer/songwriter Brian Laidlaw will be putting on a pretty cool show tonight at Zimmy’s in downtown Hibbing. You could even consider this an unofficial kickoff of the “North Country Dylan Celebration” in northern Minnesota, starting tomorrow with Duluth Dylan Fest and continuing next week with Dylan Days in Hibbing. From 8-11 p.m., Laidlaw…
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Canada wins space race for first music video in orbit
I know this has already gone viral, but Commander Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency left behind a truly special gift as he returned from the International Space Station this week: the world’s first music video shot in space. Reprising David Bowie’s famous “Space Oddity,” Hadfield more than carries his own (it’s his actual…
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Stonich takes interesting new novel on northern MN tour
Minnesota author Sarah Stonich kicks off a tour of the state’s great northern environs this Monday for her new book “Vacationland.” The tour puts her in most of the libraries of the Arrowhead Library System. May 13: Duluth, 6 p.m., main libraryMay 14: Hibbing, noon; Buhl, 3 p.m.; Aurora 6 p.m.May 15: Gilbert, 10:30 a.m.;…
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Trampled by Turtles (@tbtduluth), Actual Wolf (@actualwolf) at Reif Center tonight
Tonight, Christina and I will be attending the Trampled by Turtles concert at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. The Turtles are making their 10th anniversary tour around Minnesota, hitting venues where they got their start. Grand Rapids is the hometown of bassist Tim Saxhaug. Opening for TBT is Actual Wolf, whose frontman Eric Pollard…
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Haunting Lynx showdown deserves your internet attention
A Tofte, Minnesota, couple took some video of two lynx facing off on a rural road. Seeing a lynx (a woodland feline predator) is a rare treat in itself. Seeing two of them yowl at each other, well, really you should treat yourself and spend some time with this: (h/t Duluth News Tribune) Related posts:…
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#springmapmadness pushes me over electoral threshold
Massachusetts, Delaware and South Dakota BREAKING: At 10:48 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, the United States Postal Service delivered to me the state maps of Kansas and Connecticut, bringing my collected total to 281 electoral votes and the Presidency of the United States.* My Spring Map Madness campaign continues. Follow me on Twitter or…
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Hibbing, Duluth team up to honor famous son Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan’s northern Minnesota heritage is in no doubt, but invariably there are squabbles over who really gets to claim Dylan. He was born in Duluth, where he lived until he was six. The family then moved to his mother’s Iron Range hometown of Hibbing where he was raised and graduated high school. So technically,…