The Minnesota Discovery Center isn't moving any time soon (but it will, eventually, move).

Before this #MetGala livestream is over, we’re going to see someone show up in ruby slippers “sourced on eBay.”

forever ago

Hugs all around!

"Look at her speech tournaments now. She has multiple people who come back just to help her, who she has taught in the past ... and they're still, 20 years later, coming back and wanting to help other students have that same experience. That speaks for itself. She's a legend."

Featuring C U Next Tuesday, Sidestreet Detour, Winzige Hosen, and Sugar on the Roof.

"Twenty years ago, there (were) way more venues than there (are) now. There was live music happening way more often."

This may be the most widely read article I've ever written. It came together quickly because much of it was adapted from an "Artist of the Month" profile I had written earlier — one that was retweeted by Prince, so I knew he approved (or at least didn't disapprove) of my take on his career.

"People are telling more stories. I hope that there is a momentum growing." - Tony Cuneo of Zeitgeist

If for no other reason, check out this Minnesota Ballet history for the beautiful photos I unearthed in our archives, now presented in fresh high-res scans. Including the Edmund Fitzgerald ballet!

The essential distinction in all of literature is between books where someone winks and books where no one does.

William Shakespeare might have foreseen that one day, the entire world would become "Hamlet." Could he have guessed that Joe Alwyn would be at its center?

For people who only know the highlights of @gaelynnlea.bsky.social's career, here's a more detailed guide through her rise to first local, then international fame.

Watching plows clear ice ridges every Monday after Duluth parking switches sides on Sunday is pure ASMR.

I broke AI. You're welcome.

One person after another walks in the door, looks at the piles of smoked product, and cracks, "Do you have any fish?"

2011: Fire 2020: COVID 2021: Reconstruction project 2024: Flood 2026: [fingers crossed]

In his later years, Hertzel remembered, her father confided, "'There were just so many of you. There wasn't enough love to go around.' I thought that was heartbreaking. It's wrong. There's always enough love."

The Secret Agent (dir. Phil Roman, 1981)

If you don't add alt text, not only are you hampering accessibility, you're missing the opportunity to write things like, "Cartoon image of two light-skinned men, each with mustache and wearing denim overalls. Man at left wears red cap emblazoned with 'M,' man at right wears green cap with 'L.'"

Great question @ Great Lakes Aquarium

The DECC was saving up for a simple "DLH" until a donor stepped up and said, "Let's go big."

"The clientele I found at the Jade Fountain was the best I've ever dealt with. Creative, ambitious people that wanted to culturally enhance Duluth."

Today’s Duluth vibe: tweens wearing shorts and carrying Big Gulps playing on giant piles of melting snow.

Here's something you probably didn't have on your 2026 bingo card: I'm the host of a new financial literacy podcast! Plain Money Talk was developed by Forum Communications, the parent company of @duluthnewstribune.com, in collaboration with sponsor Bell Bank.

Is David Salmela to Richlite what Frank Gehry is to stainless steel? "Maybe!" Salmela laughed at the suggestion. That said, "Frank Gehry is much more programmatically progressive. This was just common sense."

"I sometimes forget that it's a puppet."

When we tell our kids about grocery store samples, they’re never going to believe us.

Happy 156th birthday to Duluth feat. Mayor Roger Reinert and Lyric Opera of the North

Another great reason to live in Duluth

Elevator winned

The federal government is holding, without explanation, $1.05 billion allocated to replace the Blatnik Bridge. If the funding is not released, the bridge is projected to close for safety reasons circa 2030.

Any predictions?

"As Taylor Swift says, 'It's been a long time coming.'"

“It’s more important than ever not to just teach students the tools of filmmaking, but make them understand what those moving images mean.”

Paul McCartney must really like secret agents, because he agreed to write theme songs for both James Bond and Austin Millbarge.

Duluth is a city of 87,000, and yet it sustains multiple organizations that offer classes in spoon carving.

Talked with @jaygabler.com about the Minneapolis sound, and how it defined the shape of music to come for his latest piece for @artsmidwest.bsky.social: artsmidwest.org/stories/how-... Still having a real pinch me moment that my quotes are graced alongside quotes from the legendary Dr. Fink!

There’s so much modern dance in the #Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, and yet where are the medals?

As an arts journalist, my favorite #Olympics moment is this closing ceremony DJ being introduced as a “founding member of Eiffel 65.”

I need Rick Steves as an #Olympics closing ceremony announcer, explaining how this all goes back to the pagans

omg they played the Water Drops On Burning Rocks orgy song in the #Olympics closing ceremony

One of the bobsled announcers has an Australian accent and I can only picture Bluey’s dad in the control booth.

"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical" contains two "Tinas," and who would want any fewer?

Well, that’s an awkward way to structure that headline

Intermission at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Anyone know where you can get a drink around here?

"There's a large, turtle-shaped hole in our hearts."

I can't believe they played the Jeopardy! theme at the @exploreminnesota.bsky.social conference and no one mentioned the show was invented on a flight out of Duluth. #LocalAngle

"I've read a lot of romance novels in my day. Never one with ghost murder." "There was not ghost sex. Should have been."

"In seeing bodies moving on stage together, and in seeing these different kinds of stories, whether they are joyful or frightening, they remind us of our humanity."