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Pedaling on the bones of old industry
Do you like post-industrial imagery? Do you like bike tricks? You will like this. There’s a whole symbolic commentary thing I could do here, but that would cut into the time you have to watch the aforementioned bike tricks. Though this appears to be filmed in Scotland, that red color that pops off the ground…
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I suppose I am ready for some football
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Cuddyer pitches; universe disturbed
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‘Let the Great World Spin’
I keep threatening to write a novel the way the barbarians once kept threatening to overrun Rome. Unthinkable, but one day it could happen. On my journey I’ve decided to rejigger my reading list to include more fiction. And today I’m glad I’ve done so. “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann (2009) doesn’t…
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Spirit of Iron Range captured in upcoming photo exhibit
The photographer Richard Colburn will be hosting a series of exhibits on the Iron Range over the next few months. Colburn’s primary subject has been the people and places of the upper Midwest. He’s spent some time on the Iron Range over several years and will be displaying his work at these exhibits. Lyric Center…
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Iron Range rocks as Dylan Days reaches its peak
Dylan Days enters its busiest day with an exciting Saturday lineup: Bobby Zimmerman Bus Tour, 10:30-2:30, pick up/drop off at Zimmy’s: the popular interpretive, interactive tour of Hibbing showing the town Dylan knew, his potential influences, along with the town today through storytelling and history. Waiting list available. Dylan Days 2011 Postal Cancellation, 2-5 p.m.,…
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Dylan Days like a rolling stone with big Friday events
Today brings the first big day of the Dylan Days weekend in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing. Dylan Days Symposium, 2-4 p.m. at Hibbing Public Library Auditorium, featuring discussion with members of Dylan’s high school band The Golden Chords, original film about Dylan and tourism featuring Manchester professor David Leaver, and the 2011 literary showcase…
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Dylan Days 2011 welcomes world travelers
Dylan Days, the grassroots arts, music and literature event in Bob Dylan’s Iron Range hometown, opens today in Hibbing, Minnesota. Here is today’s lineup: Dylan Days Welcome Reception, 5 p.m. at Zimmy’s; followed by live music from Anchorage, Alaska’s The Grunt Monkeys. Find out more about Dylan Days at the website or by following Dylan…
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Dylan Days Eve brings acoustic show in downtown Hibbing
Dylan Days in Bob Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing, Minnesota, officially opens tomorrow. Nevertheless, tonight there’s a “Dylan Days Eve” show at Zimmy’s featuring acoustic Nashville performers Brittney Lee and Josh Dunne. Lee is an Iron Range native. Find out more about Dylan Days at the website or by following Dylan Days on Facebook or Twitter.…
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Deer eats bird
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Open Water exhibit opens in Virginia tonight
You can tell the weather if finally getting pleasant because the arts world on the Iron Range is revving up. The Lyric Center for the Arts in Virginia will host an artist reception tonight from 6-7:30 for the opening of “Open Water.” (Pictured at right: painting by Nancy Luloff) Information below: Open WaterA visual art…
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"My Fair Lady" on the Iron Range; auditions next week
This theater note was passed along. Those interested in enhancing the theater community of the Range should take note: Mesabi Musical Theatre will be extending the auditions for My Fair Lady: Mon-Thurs, 6-8 pm, May 16-19, Virginia High School music room (door 9, 6th Ave). Paid stipends for principal players. No parts have been cast…
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On matters of pants, I stand with George F. Will
Every word of this Washington Post column, “Demon Denim,” by conservative intellectual columnist George F. Will is in accordance with my beliefs about pants. Will and I are in total, unmitigated agreement. I am disturbed by this, but not as disturbed as you after you read the column. It bears mentioning that I am 31…
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Let the ‘acoustic’ good times roll like ‘rag rug,’ or something like that
Here are some upcoming events at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. I haven’t been doing a good job of promoting Acoustic Cafe, but it remains a regular live music event on the “free” night at the Discovery Center, which is, of course, the nonprofit cultural center celebrating the people and history of the Iron…
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Iron Range past, present, future subject of new radio documentary
The following is a press release from 91.7 KAXE regarding an upcoming radio documentary about the Iron Range by Milt Lee. I spoke with Milt with for this piece and am greatly looking forward to his take on the region. Iron Range Radio Documentary Debuts on 91.7 FM“Ranger in My Heart” Seeks the Region’s People,…