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The merry month of May launches a season of toil
Happy Memorial Day! The blog has enjoyed a busy May. We covered the end of the legislative session, redistricting talk and analysis, the ramping up of the MN-8 campaign, (Bob) Dylan Days in Hibbing, the governor’s fishing opener, the biting of an Iron Range mayor by an “alleged mayor biter,” roller derby, the retirement of…
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COLUMN: A nine-letter word for mortality
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, May 29, 2011 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A nine-letter word for mortalityBy Aaron J. Brown I see these books lined up next to my grandpa’s chair, dog-eared and inherently factual. They are his crossword puzzle dictionaries. Various wings of the extended family conspired over the…
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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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Brown on the Air: BOB DYLAN AT 70!
My weekly contribution to the Saturday morning 91.7 KAXE program “Between You and Me” joins the show’s rotating topic: Bob Dylan at 70. Dylan Days is going on now in Dylan’s hometown of Hibbing. With Dylan turning 70 last week, a generation is forced to reckon with its own mortality. This is has been a…
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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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Good night, everybody, and be kind
Tonight brings the final evening news broadcast of northern Minnesota newsman Dennis Anderson. He’ll anchor his final edition of WDIO/WIRT Eyewitness News at 6 and 10. the ABC affiliate in the Duluth, Minnesota, market. While the final broadcast of some news professional happens fairly often, Anderson’s career has greatly impacted the region’s quality of journalism…
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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…