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"Come Home Bob" draws some wanna-Bobs
Feast your eyes on the third video from Iron Range Tourism inviting hometown legend Bob Dylan back to the Iron Range (Come Home Bob). It probably now goes without saying that we’re having some fun with this. We hope Bob (and you) like the homespun humor. I made note some time ago that my participation…
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COLUMN: "When junk becomes genetic’
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, May 2, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on last week’s episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. When junk becomes geneticBy Aaron J. Brown With spring safely here we can begin to consider procrastinating on the ritual…
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Actual gypsies also welcome at "Gypsy" in Hibbing
Those looking for a fun time on the Iron Range this weekend should check out the Hibbing Community College Theater’s production of “Gypsy,” which closes Sunday. The shows tonight and Saturday night start at 7:30. and the Sunday matinee is at 1:30 p.m. The wife and I shall put on our theater clothes to attend…
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Brown on the Air: HOMEMADE!
My weekly commentary for the Saturday, May 1, 2010 edition of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE joins the call-in/music program’s rotating topic of “homemade.” Are things you make on your own inherently better than the things you buy from the store? There’s some annual thing about beer going on that day at the…
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At the blogroads
It’s been a gut check week for me and this blog. I had intended for MinnesotaBrown to be a titanic force at last weekend’s DFL convention in Duluth. We had some fun, I guess. My convention re-cap got a little bit of attention, but mostly I was just another delegate struggling with the lousy wi–fi…
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Drain that pit
While I was busy at the convention I missed this Bob Kelleher MPR story on the Canisteo Pit by Bovey from last Friday. The mine pit waters in the Canisteo have been steadily rising since mining ended there decades ago and the water is now starting to flood Bovey. If the pit wall fails, parts…
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At DFL convention the Range yells a mighty Yalp
I’ve spent a day decompressing from my service as a delegate to the DFL state convention in Duluth this weekend (or, if you are not of that political ilk, I was instead gathering among the Bear People). Margaret Anderson Kelliher won party backing for the office of governor. That’s well known. From my standpoint, the…
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Try a little poetry/folk music fusion this week on ‘da Range
Perhaps you find yourself in the vicinity of the Iron Range and in need of quality entertainment and culture this week? Indeed, you’re in luck. The Sutter Brothers, a poetry and music duo, is touring Iron Range libraries all week long. A poetry-and-music duo, The Sutter Brothers have performed all over Minnesota and beyond—from Sandstone’s…
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COLUMN: "A dry spring fires up conversation"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, April 25, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A dry spring fires up conversationBy Aaron J. Brown The big red plane lumbered across the sky like a heavy hawk over Lake Boony, the small but serviceable loch set amid the pines down the path from our…
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Get your signed copy of "Overburden" between ballots
If you happen to be at the DFL convention in Duluth this weekend, consider stopping by to buy a signed copy of “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range.” I’m a delegate out of the Itasca County group and will be on the floor. The books probably won’t be on the floor, but I’ll be…
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Brown on the Air: JUNK DRAWERS ’10!
I may be politicking out of town this weekend, but elements of my normal routine continue. Tune in for my weekly contribution to the Saturday morning call-in and music program “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. This week’s topic is “junk drawers,” one of our annual shows where callers reveal the contents of their…
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Follow @minnesotabrown for Range-centric, utterly atypical convention feed
My 2010 DFL Convention blogging is off to a slow start. Good thing there’s a generous dropoff rule, or I’d be out of the running for most awesome bloggy person writing vaguely accurate information on an iPod Touch. Ever try to get out of the house with three screaming boys under age 5 when you…
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SOUTH to Duluth
While most of the state’s DFL bloggers and politcos pack up their stuff for tomorrow’s state party convention in the great “northern” Zenith City of Duluth, Minnesota, some of us look to the southern horizon with a sense of uncertainty and excitement. Unlike most, I’ll be driving a hundred miles south to fulfill my duties…
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Iron Range planetarium in danger
I neglected to mention that a community meeting will take place in Hibbing tonight at 6 to discuss the possible fate of the Paulucci Space Theater, until recently the largest planetarium in Minnesota. The place has been a longstanding favorite for Iron Range school kids in the months of April and May as it displayed…
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COLUMN: "The unspoken deal in pet ownership"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, April 18, 2010 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this piece aired on the April 17 episode of “Between You and Me” on 91.7 KAXE. The unspoken deal in pet ownershipBy Aaron J. Brown “Sammy needs a cheeseburger.” And I don’t mean just a…