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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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MPR: Northern Minnesota’s politics is about to get ugly
I have the MPR News Commentary today with a piece about the changing nature of Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District after Rep. Chip Cravaack’s defeat of former Rep. Jim Oberstar in 2010. Check it out and pass it along if you can. Related posts: No related posts.
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Range energy project given breath of life by desperate lawmakers
I did not miss the fact that the state legislature expanded the exceptions and special language for a proposed Iron Range coal gas power plant advocated by Excelsior Energy, a new company formed in 2001 by energy industry lobbyists. I saw the news. I was well aware of this bill’s slow slinking through the back…
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Excitement over Dylan week builds in northern Minnesota
Dylan Days opens tonight in Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing and Dylan Fest is ongoing in his birthplace of Duluth. A host of music, arts and literature events are on tap for a celebration of the folk rock icon’s 70th birthday. Media coverage is starting to pick up with a fascinating collection of reflections and musings…
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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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Ship named for former Rep. Oberstar christened
The James L. Oberstar was christened yesterday and set off into Lake Superior fully loaded with iron ore for Indiana. The giant laker was named for the now former Iron Range Congressman after his decades of transportation advocacy, including near total expertise on Lake Superior shipping issues. (Story, WDIO) Related posts: No related posts.
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Hibbing nurses reauthorize strike
Registered nurses at the Range Regional Medical Center in Hibbing have reauthorized a strike. A strike vote was OK’d earlier in the spring but the strike was called off on April 29 as negotiations made progress. Now that process will be revisited as mediation was rejected today. This is the largest hospital north of Duluth,…
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The session, the shutdown, the malaise, and a secret plan
I hope you’ll forgive me for not spending much time analyzing the latter portion of Minnesota’s legislative session. To quote a character from Jon Hassler’s “Staggerford,” this year’s session “makes my ass tired.” In truth, I called it the day after the election with this tweet: @minnesotabrown Aaron Brown MN voters seem to have found…
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Happy 70th Birthday, Bob Dylan!
Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan! Dylan turns 70 today. Born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth Minnesota, May 24, 1941, he was raised up the road in Hibbing on Minnesota’s Iron Range. This week Hibbing and Duluth celebrate Bob’s 70th with Dylan Days May 26-29 in Hibbing (I’m one of the organizers there) and Dylan Fest in Duluth…
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Iron Range Maidens win big, and what it means
On Saturday night I watched the Iron Range Maidens compete at the Grand Rapids IRC arena for their first home bout against the Capital City Roller Girls of Bismarck, North Dakota. The Maidens rocked the near-capacity crowd with a dominant 123-58 victory. For much of the year I’ve written about the Maidens in the abstract.…
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History shows copper mining has always been tricky business
Historian Jeff Manuel is an occasional contributor to this blog and today presents a fascinating historical take on the issue of nonferrous mineral mining in northeastern Minnesota. Recent debate over possible nonferrous/copper-nickel mining in northeast Minnesota has largely framed the issue along the predictable jobs versus the environment divide. Although Minnesotans will ultimately have to…
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The Picture Grace, almost a century later
Among several events going on these days, consider this one. Many might not realize that the iconic Picture Grace, which can be seen here, was taken in 1918 on the western Mesabi Range by Bovey photographer Erik Enstrom. The Minnesota Discovery Center is hosting a gallery opening for two related exhibits this weekend. Info below:…
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In Cook, the art flows freely this weekend
The good folks up at Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery in Cook have passed this along: Friday, May 20th–In conjunction with the Spring Art Expo in Cook, the Northwoods Friends of the Arts Gallery, 210 River Street, will be open serving appetizers at 5 p.m. before the 7 p.m. concert by Matt Ray and…