"Ever since coming to Duluth three years ago, I'd thought that something musical should be done in the summer. In talking to the musicians, I found out I wasn't the only one who felt that way." - Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra founder Warren Friesen, speaking with @duluthnews.bsky.social in 1987

When the Park Point Art Fair started in 1971, organizers quickly learned that drunk smelters weren't the best art buyers.

Who knows where All Pints will land, but it's hard to imagine anywhere more epic than Bayfront.

This review feature may have more euphemisms per column inch than anything I've previously written for the @duluthnews.bsky.social.

"We're not a band that (is) rushing. We're seeing where the chips fall, and then acting from there. We've got time."

Few moments in popular music are as unsettling as when, in the Chordettes’ “Mr. Sandman,” the sandman answers back. “YESSSSS?”

Duluth audiences had a rare opportunity: Désirée, Fredrik, and Frederika were played by members of a real-life family.

Maybe my favorite thing about writing for @duluthnews.bsky.social is that every time I mention Bob Dylan, I have not only an excuse but an imperative to point out that he was born in Duluth.

"I don't want Big Tech to know about the origins of Obleek!"

Even after living in Duluth for years, it’s still crazy to look out the window and see clouds of fog floating up the hill like they’re making a Target run.

Don't worry, "talk Duluthy to me" isn't going anywhere.

“She was like Moses.”

You have to love a story that includes the phrases "newly armored shoreline," "powerful wave action," and "a mile-high sheet of ice."

I’m not one to wring my hands over kids’ TV, but I have to say I’m concerned with the degree to which it misleads viewers regarding the prevalence of surprise birthday parties.

I did the math, and this equates to over 13 books published *every day* in the @duluthnews.bsky.social coverage area alone.

Journalist Robin Washington is working to bring his mother's work to wider attention.

You know it's summertime in Duluth when you step out your door and realize it finally feels like spring.

Duluth built what might be the country's longest intracity municipal bus route — and it's been a massive success.

The wit that made Lena Dunham “a voice of a generation” fills her new memoir, a wild ride up and down the zeitgeist roller coaster. If you’ve only read the excerpts, you’re missing the real story. Thanks Random House for the free book.

When you saw Meryl Streep's sofa in "The Devil Wears Prada 2," did you yell out that it was designed by a guy from Duluth? YOU SHOULD HAVE.

"It is a starter market for a lot of people," said Maria Vollom. A benefit of working in a smaller market, she continued, is that "you get to do everything. You get to learn how to do it all, and hopefully do it all pretty well."

🌬️ @barrettchase.duluthnewstribune.com caught this yesterday afternoon: from atop the hill to on the lake, there was a 33-degree temperature differential within the city of Duluth.

“Mando & G” would actually have been a better title

“Oysters do not have brains, do not have a central nervous system, and are not considered sentient beings,” writes Dan Martino. So that makes us the smart ones, for eating them.

"It's more of a family than a band," said George Zissos about the Centerville All Stars. "We just happen to make good music together."

How busy is Sir Ben’s for the “Desire” tribute at Duluth Dylan Fest? Someone just offered to buy me a beer in exchange for cutting my place in the bar line.

"If I can make people see themselves in my painting, or see the things they love, if I can stir them up and make them feel alive, I think I've succeeded." - Wayne Bryers, 1944

"You have gorgeous scenery all over the United States. You have beauty all over the United States, but northern Minnesota has the best incentives in the United States."

Unexpected joys of parenthood: that little thrill you get every time there's a message from the daycare app that does *not* say your kid just threw up.

It's like Monopoly: if we get four Chipotles, we can upgrade to one Trader Joe's.

Facebook suggesting that every post (by a page) should be an event is as if Gmail started suggesting that every email (by an organization) should be a meeting.

OUT: FinnFest, Art in Bayfront Park, (temporarily) Tall Ships and Trampled by Turtles IN: EDM harbor cruise, Flock Artfest, Renaissance Market, "Weird Al" Yankovic

Three years of Duluth vacations in a row were enough for America's Finns.

Owner Bill Pagel rarely allows media to photograph the inside of the house where Bob Dylan spent most of his youth, but he generously made an exception for the Duluth News Tribune.

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.”

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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?"