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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Mary Bue
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Hobo Nephews
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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The sounds of Sparta
On the topic of Minnesota musicians with ties to the Great Northern Radio Show, check out this marvelous Andrea Swensson “The Current” profile of Sparta Sound, where Rich Mattson and friends have crafted a respected recording studio used by many in the growing Minnesota music scene. From the story: Sparta may feel remote, but it’s…
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Range town thinks spring with ‘Green Envy’
For those longing for spring in this land where spring eludes us well into late April, how about this Iron Range shindig? This Saturday, March 2, an event called “Green Envy” will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Olcott Park Greenhouse in Virginia, Minnesota. The tagline: “Be the envy of all your friends, get…
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Still time to enter poems, stories in Dylan Days contest
As a shiftless blogger with dreams of an illustrious writing career I know that you, a shiftless blog reader, probably pine for the same. How about you try a contest that I help run for Dylan Days in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota? The B.J. Rolfzen Memorial Creative Writing Contest is named for Dylan’s…
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Lyric Center celebrates ‘Range of the Arts’
Every year the Lyric Center for the Arts in Virgina, MN, hosts the “Range of the Arts” festival, a multi-day collection of workshops and gallery exhibits. Range of the Arts 2013 begins today. New this year is tomorrow night’s 6:30 p.m. live variety show at The Loft at 516 1/2 Chestnut Street. The event will…
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A casual defense of the ‘Harlem Shake’
Last month, when Duluth Mayor Don Ness official killed the Gangnam Style meme, northern Minnesota’s response to a national trend came nearly a full year after its emergence. But one cannot help but notice that Gangnam’s successor, the Harlem Shake, has not only emerged, but peaked, filtered to the small markets and died out at…
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Skol Uncouth Norsemen!
From “What if All the NFL Logos Were British” at Dave’s Art Locker by Dave Rappoccio. The Minnesota Vikings did draw the overseas game in London for next season. Perhaps a sniff of the Thames will remind them of the real vikings’ Scandinavian win streak. Related posts: No related posts.
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A very mining-y baby announcement
On Tuesday, WDIO-Duluth anchor and Iron Range reporter Renee Passal made a very clever announcement that she’ll be having a baby in August. She framed it in the tone and language of a “This Week in Mining” news segment. For those of us who grew up watching “the channel” (WDIO’s twin WIRT Channel 13 in…
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Snowmobiles, art and poetry, a true Range blend
Looking for something to do on the Iron Range this weekend? Here are an assortment of options, all of which roughly coincide with e-mails that have lingered in my inbox until this present and pressing moment. How about a snowmobile race? We’ve got solid snow pack all over the Range and if cross country skiing…
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Gadzo talks Iron Range potica on Twin Cities TV
Jason Davis’s popular KSTP “On the Road” segment heads to the Iron Range to talk to Jan Gadzo (pronounced Yahn Gahdso) about potica. Jan Gadzo is an amazing person with an amazing story. I kept lots of notes from talking with him about his experiences fleeing the former Czechoslovakia. Here’s a guy who knows what…
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Hobo Nephews, Mary Bue headline Bagley ‘Great Northern’
I’m writing now for the Saturday, March 9 edition of the Great Northern Radio Show on Northern Community Radio, broadcasting live at the Bagley High School auditorium in beautiful Bagley, Minnesota. Reserve your free tickets now! We just found out we’re up against a big men’s hockey game between the University of Minnesota Gophers and…
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"36 maps that explain the entire world"
I have a thing for maps. It’s a cliche, of course, for a fellow of my profession. Something about an easy way to pretend to be smart. But I love maps. When I roll out the new version of this blog later this year, I want to include an interactive map somehow. I don’t know…
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UMD students declared hottest in the nation
A typical UMD student when not wearing parka. A website called DateMySchool has named the University of Minnesota at Duluth as the U.S. college with the hottest student body. Hotness, in this case, has been measured by the number of photos from that college that have been downloaded at their creepy website. I attended the…
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Duluth is a one-mermaid town
Well, there’s this. A young woman in Duluth has always wanted to be a mermaid. One $3,000 synthetic tail later, SHE IS ONE. And she’s finding a way to pay for that tail as a guest mermaid in hotel pools and special events. WDIO has video. The legend of mermaids comes from ancient sailing tradition.…